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Ohio, niltivatod a farm of seventy acres this j'car. She had her haying 

 and wheat harvest, and grew eight acres of corn, besides sweet and com- 

 mon potat(>(>s, a patch of s(trgo, and a good kitchen garden. She only 

 cmplityed a hired man part of the time. She strijiped and cut her sorgo, 

 and dng her potatoes. When the first frost came, she was out at daybreak 

 to cut off the vines of the sweet potatoes before the sun wilted the vines, 

 as that is apt to injure the tubers. Mrs. Owen is a highly educated and 

 acc(un[)lished lady, the widow of a soldier, and is a fine example of what a 

 woman and mother can do in case of necessity. 



Concentrated Coffee. 



Mr. Disturnell, presented specimens of coffee, prepared in cakes like 

 chocolate, by Dr. L. D. Gale, formerly of the Patent OflSce, Washington, 

 whicii, upon trial, proves to be a very good article, and very convenient for 

 soldiers or travelers. Its cost is one dollar per pound. 



Insects Named. 



Dr. Trimble stated that some insects found upon the leaves of a Scotch 

 pine, which were sent to the Club some weeks since by Albert A. Cramp- 

 ton, Henry county, Dlinois, proved to be of the familj' of bark lice, manj' 

 of which have been destroyed by some parasite. 



Apples Suited to Illinois. 



3Ir. Lucius C. Francis writes from Springfield, III., as follows: 

 " For the benefit of Mr. Fairchild and others, I will give our experience 

 with an orchard of 800 trees, comprising some 30 or 40 varieties. The 

 Wagner is the earliest bearer we kiiow of, producing fruit sometimes the 

 first and generally the second year after setting out. The Ilawthornden is 

 an early bearer^ so, also, is the Maiden's Blush, Jersey Sweet, Wine Sap, 

 Jewett's Fine Red, Pennock's Red Winter or Big Romanite, Fameuse or 

 Snow Apple, Carolina Red Jane, Victuals and Drink. The manner in which 

 trees are work(?d makes a great difference in their early bearing. The 

 nursery trees are almost universally root grafted, and with us, generally 

 come into bearing late, while those of our own raising, budded or stock 

 grafted, commence bearing early, I have repeatedly planted seed the same 

 spring I have set out late-bearing varieties from the nursery, cut scions 

 from these nursery trees, and grafted the young trees when they were three 

 years old, picked apples from these trees as soon, and in some instances a 

 year before the nursery trees bore. The stock grafted trees are also more 

 harih'. 'fhe winter of 1855 and 1856, which destroyed so many fruit trees 

 in the West, proved it conclusively to me. The Baldwin and Jennetting 

 from the nursery suffered severely, while those stock grafted were unin- 

 jured; and were I to set out another orchard, I should purchase thrifty 

 seedlings, set tiiem out in orchard, give them good cultivation and graft 

 them in the top after they were well rooted and growing thriftily." 



Emigration to Delaware and Maryland. 



^Ir. Solon Robinson. — There seems to be a growing spirit of inquiry arter 

 lands in states that have heretofore been shunned by emigrants from ihe 

 free states. Ilcrejs a sample of many inquiries; 



