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were propagated from cuttings, since that is the way that nearly all such 

 fruits are propagated. The lault is, perhaps, owing to the method of cul- 

 tivation, which should be in rich, mellow ground, and not as is usually the 

 case, in the most out-of-the-way spot about the premises, where the bushes 

 are allowed to run wild. 



Mr. Veeder said that he finds it a good way to set currant bushes through 

 his orchard. 



Solon Robinson. — I set mine in rows in line with the orchard trees, soaa 

 not to interfere with plowing one way. 



Botanical Works. 



J, Nelson, Franklin, N. Y., asks the Club " to name the best works upon 

 botany for new beginners — something of more practical utility than Lin- 

 nseus's or Wood's botany." 



John G. Bergen. — I object to the Club giving an authoritative opinion of 

 the merit of any particular work. Besides, I do not think it is our business 

 to advertise things for any bookseller. Let him take a hint and attend to 

 his own interest. 



Oil an Antidote for Worms on Trees. 



E. Parker, of Lebanon, Luzerne county. Pa., says: "Oil is a specific to 

 drive worms from fruit trees. Every case where I have used it, the worms 

 have left the trees — though I do not believe in specifics and certain cures, 

 and in sixty years' medical practice, have never used or prescribed a quack 

 patent medicine. I believe that patent quack medicines and tobacco are 

 injuring more people and destroying more lives than the war. I use Sum- 

 mer strained lamp oil, applied with a rag around the body of each tree, 

 just below the limbs,- and around the limbs that the nests or webs were on. 

 In three days every worm left the trees and never returned. Afterward I 

 applied oil to fruit trees with like success. Li every instance where I have 

 used oil it has driven off the worms." 



Mr. Carpenter don't believe that the oil has any effect upon the worms. 



Mr. Veeder thinks if it was of very strong odor it might drive off the 

 ■worms — not otherwise. 



Remedy for E-oaches or Croton Bugs. 



Dr. Crowell. — The parings of cucumbers, placed where the bugs can eat 

 of them, are the most effectual remedy for these pests that I have ever 

 found. 



Remedy for Rats. 



And the best remedy for rats is to fr}^ pieces of cork in ftit and place 

 them in the way q|f rats, whicli swallow them, and find them so indigestible 

 that they become disgusted and leave the premises. 



Plowing Under Green Crops. 



An Iowa farmer writes from Davenport as follows : 



"Nothing interests me more than the reports of the Farmers' Club. Some 

 talk on early plowing in green crops for manure attracted my attention, 

 and I wonder it was not earlier thought of. We in the West, cannot raise 

 good crops on late plowing, more especially of new prairie. I have re- 

 plowed late plowing in the spring, and found the weeds and grasses nearly 



