202 TRANSACTIONS OF TITE AMERICAN INSTITUTE. 



" Af r. Georg-e Husman estimates the value of vineyard land in Missouri 

 at $1,000 per acre. He made 1,200 gallons of wine from three acres, and 

 soid from the same $300 worth of grapes. Any family accustomed to weav- 

 ing would find profitable employment in this county. The usual charge for 

 weaving jeans is tweuty-five cents per yard. Our next State convention 

 will abolish slavery and disfranchise rebels. As soou as the war is over 

 land will rapidly increase in value. It has already increased, as, two years 

 ago, you could have bought almost any farm in the county; now, I only 

 know of three or four for sale, which are held at $4 to $5 per acre. There 

 are eight churches and ten school-houses and four physicians within six 

 miles of my house. The diseases are mostly b>ilious fevers and fever and 

 ague in tlie bottom lands. A doctor who depended for his living upon the 

 inhabitants of the ridges would starve. My doctor's bill for five years 

 amounts to §7.65, and I have a wife and five children. This ridge land is 

 the place for invalids to recruit health. In conclusi(jn, I would say that I 

 am ready to extend the hospitalities of my house to any loxjal man who 

 wishes to settle in Warren county." 



Agriculture of Peru. 



Solon Tiobinson announced that Hon. E. G. Squier, the traveler and his- 

 torian, who h.as just returned from Peru, v/ould address the Club, at some 

 future meeting, upon the subject of agriciilture in that country, and exhibit 

 some curious specimens, one of which is some remarkable Indian corn. 



On motion of Mr. Bergen, it was 



Eesolved, That the Secretary address the Hon. E. G. Squier, and invite 

 him to address the Club on the Agricultural Productions of Peru at an early 

 day. 



Adjourned. John W. Chambers, Secretary. 



Jannary 3, 1865. 

 Mr. Nathan C. Ely in the chair. 



Exhibition of Industry in Prussia. 



The Chairman read a letter from Mr. Charles J. Snndell, United States 

 Consul, Stettin, Prussia, which states that a general agricultural and indus- 

 trial exhibition is to be held at that place, in May and June, 1865, to which 

 exhibitors of all nations are invited. The exhibition will be opened May 

 15, and continue to the end of June, Circulars containing particulars may 

 be seen at the rooms of the American Institute. 



To Prevent Rabbits Eating Trees. 



Mr. William A. Goodrich, Paxton, Ford county. 111., writes that a "quar- 

 ter of a pound of sulphur, thoroughly mixed with one pound of soft grease, 

 and either put on the tree or shrub needing the protection, or put on a 

 stake near the same, is a sure preventive, as I have tried it for years. I 

 keep it in a tin pale and watch the depredations of the varmint)<, and when 

 I see the mark of the teeth, which is mostly in February and March, I take 



