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•discom-aging, we 'shall have a fortune in a few 3'ears. We have 

 planted a good many bananas. They are growing linely, and in two 

 years we shall have the fruit for market. We intend to have most 

 of the tropical fruits in our grove as soon as we can get them." 



N. C.,,Meeker. — I don't see why we should hold up Florida so con- 

 stantly as the best place in the world for the poor man who wants a 

 pleasant home. The State is an old one, but it has never attracted 

 population, and there must be something about it that we haven't 

 heard of yet. Why all the people in Florida would not make so big 

 a town as Leavenworth. Either the land is miserably poor or the 

 societ}^ is bad, or the climate sickly, or there would be more people 

 go there. 



Cows FOK THE South. 



Mr. William M. Matthews, who lives in Georgia, near the Florida 

 line, inquires about a milch cow, how to get her to Savannah, and 

 what kind to buy, and how much milk he ought to expect of a good 

 •cow, and her cost here. 



Mr. J. B. Lyman. — The best breed for milk only is the 

 Ayrshire ; the best for butter is the Alderney ; the best for 

 size and beef is the shorthorn. Any northern cow would need to 

 be acclimated, and would not do well at first so far south. She should 

 be kept in a cool open shed and fed on green forage and protected 

 from musquitoes, if possible. The cost of a first class cow is from 

 seventy-five doRars to $150, according to breed. But the advice of 

 the Club to Mr. Matthews is to import a good Ayrshire bull calf that 

 he can get for $100 or $150, and buy the best native milkers he can 

 find in his part of Georgia. In a few years he will have a herd of 

 very valuable cows. Meantime, Mr. Fuller suggests the use of 

 Borden's condensed milk. 



Longevity and Intelligence of Animals. 

 Mr. J. V. C. Smith read the following interesting paper : With a 

 ■considerable degree of accuracy, naturalists have determined the ages 

 of horses, oxen, sheep, goats, asses, mules, cats, dogs, and many 

 others, so long ago that it would be difiicult to refer to those who are 

 entitled to the most distinction for their industrious researches in 

 that relation ; and, further, experience of ages has proven the fact 

 that their lives cannot be much prolonged bej-ond the ordinary limit 

 assigned by the laws of nature, with the utmost effort of human 

 ingenuity. 



