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tliat is, as soon as it sheds its' leaves. If your vine bears fruit, and is not 

 a vigorous grower of wood, and you wish it to produce more, prune early. 

 If yo«r vine is a vigorous grower, but a shy bearer, prune late. If severe 

 cold may soon be expected, at the time you are pruning, do not cut the 

 cane near a bud, but several inches above it. If desirable you can cut 

 away the spur above the bud, after cold weather is past. The growth of 

 wood, or fruit, is regulated more by pruning than by the soil in which the 

 vine is grown. 



It may be set down as a fact that no vine in the climate of New York 

 can ripen a crop of fruit upon all the wood its roots will produce. 



THE QUANTITY OF SEED PER ACRE. 



This question of the day was called up and opened by the Secretary, 

 who read the following statement furnished by one of the oldest and best 

 seedsmen of the United States, Alexander Smith, No. 64 White street, 

 New York; 



"Wheat, on rich land, 2 bushels, on poor land, 2^; rye, on rich land, 2 

 bushels, on poor land, 2^; barley, on rich land, 2^ bushels, on poor land, 

 3; oats, on rich land, 3 bushels, on poor land, -31; clover fred top), 12 

 pounds; timothy, 1 peck; grass (red top), 3 bushels; orchard, 1| to 2 

 bushels." 



POTATO SEED. 



Wm. *S. Carpenter, — I have tried a great many experiments with pota- 

 toes, and have come to the conclusion that two eyes to the hill is better 

 than more seed. I plant in drills, 15 inches apart in the drill, and rows 

 3 feet apart. I do not approve of deep planting. This requires 8 or 9 

 laushels per acre. 



CLOVER, 



I would sow April 1, 10 pounds to the acre, upon winter grain land, 

 ^hich was fell seeded with timothy at the rate of 1| pecks per acre, which 

 I take care not to cover deeply, never over an inch, 



CORN 



Depends upon the quality of the land, which cannot be too bighly man- 

 ured. I plant rows three feet apart, and seed in drills, one in a place, 

 <eight inches apart. I grow the improved Kin^ Philip, 100 bushels per 

 acre. 



-OATS, 



I sow three to four bushels to the acre, and get 75 bushels per acre as a 

 crop. I think oats are generally seeded too thinly, 



RYE. 



•One and one-half bushels per acre, upon well-prepared ground, carefully 

 put in, is about the right quantiy upon our Westchester farms. It is not 

 ■generally sown as thick as that by most farmers. 



WHEAT. 



I would sow two bushels per acre; and if the land is in good condition a 

 h,h crop can bo grown in this region. 



