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both are benefited and made better as fertilizers, and because it is 

 needed as an absorbent of the liquids of a farm-yard. The same 

 correspondent asks if wheat grown from that which had sprouted in 

 a stalk is as good as any for seed. Yes. He speaks of four bushels 

 to the acre. That is an extravagant allowance. The best wheat 

 growers sow in the drill, and use less than two bushels per acre. 



Oknajviental Hedge. 



Mr. J. Elliott, Putnam, Conn., inquired whether the Osage or 

 Arbor Vita3 would be most suitable for quite an extensive front. 



Mr. A. S. Fuller. — The Arbor Vitre, decidedly. The Osage makes 

 a coarse hedge, and requires much trimming to keep in order. The 

 Arbor Vitae lian be bought in the spring for about five dollars per 

 1,000, at which time they are to be set in nursery-rows, well cared 

 for, and mulched, and if they grow well, they can be set out perma- 

 nently the next spring ; otherwise, the spring after. 



Mr. J. B. Lyman. — I have traveled a considerable in Connecticut, 

 and find ver}' few Osage hedges which have withstood the cold 

 winter. 



Peosser, or Burlington Raspberry. 



Dr. J, M. Crowell inquired its value. 



Mr. A. S. Fuller. — I have condemned so man}' humbugs and swin- 

 dles, that they call me an ofi"-ox ; but somebody must stand such 

 things, or there is no protection. I heard a great deal of this rasp- 

 berry ; it had sold high, and in one place I know of, at $1.20 a dozen. 

 I went to Burlington to see it, and was shown a little inclosure where 

 there were four distinct varieties of raspberries. \ asked the young 

 man in charge which was the Prosser, and he stared at me, but finall}'- 

 said I might take my choice. Mr. Parry, of Cinnaminson, got a 

 small lot of three varieties, and said if he had got another he would 

 be certain of having the Prosser, Don't we want some authorized 

 propagators at Washington, to test new varieties, since 'those selling 

 them seem incapable, either for want of honesty or knowledge? 



Horse Radish as a Crop. 



Mr. II. Peck, Norwich, Conn., asks fur information about this 

 plant. 



Mr. J, B. Lyman. — Peter Henderson, of Jersey city, raises more of 

 it and makes more money from his crops, than any cultivator around 



