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make a peck, and colored finely. These 

 quinces at once attracted attention in 

 the market and sold by count at $G.OO 

 per 100. This was brought about by 

 careful pruning and heavy manuring. 

 A heavy coat two inches deep of well 

 rotted manure was spread about the 

 trees in the fall and in the spring, this 

 was forked in about the tree. 



The difficulty we have found with 

 quince growing for profit is to find the 

 buyers. Our city cousins seem to know 

 very little about this fruit, and buy it 

 very cautiously. We need some 

 schools of cookery established to open 

 up a better knowledge of the uses of 

 fruits. 



Silviculture. 



Prof. John Robinson's lecture on 

 this subject before the Board of 

 Agriculture of Massachusetts, was very 

 interesting. The drift of it was 

 that within fifty years there will be 

 a great deal of timber in the United 

 States. The marketable supply of 

 White Pine from the three great pine 

 producing states, Michigan, Wisconsin, 

 and Minnesota, will be soon exhausted, 

 indeed the supply in the whole United 

 States is likely to meet a similar fate 

 witliin the next fifty years. 



He advises a national forest policy 

 and a national forest school. The 

 former would include forest protection, 

 forest guards, commissioners and 

 inspectors. This would give an im- 

 pulse to the study of the subject by 

 opening up positions for duly qualified 

 graduates of the School of Forestry. 

 This latter he would have established 

 on a basis similar to that of Westpoint 

 Military Academy. The course of 

 study should extend over a period of 

 from five to eight years, and graduates 

 given a permanent appointment in the 

 forest service, with opportun-ity of pro- 

 motion. 



For the state of Massachusetts, Mr. 

 Robinson advises the planting of the 



White Pine particularly. It is com- 

 paratively free from insects, and en- 

 dures drouth well ; besides it will bring 

 profitable returns in a short time. He 

 also commends the hickory, ash and 

 chestnut. 



We are glad that in Canada we 

 have gentlemen who are giving their 

 attention to this department of study, 

 sucli as Prof. Brown, Thos. Beall, R. 

 W. Phipps, T. M. Grover, 1. C. Chapais, 

 Hon. H. G. Joly and others ; and we 

 hope that through their zeal our 

 country will be awakened to an in- 

 terest in silviculture by no means be- 

 hind that of her enterprising neighbor, 

 the United States. 



Fruit Ladder. 



I HAVE heard of a wheelbarrow fruit-ladder, 

 but don't know exactly how it is constructed. 

 I am an old man, and have no help, I want to 

 make a ladder I can handle alone. Can you 

 help me ?— G. McG. 



The accompanying cut shows how to 

 make the wheelbarrow ladder. Get two 

 hand-cart wheels, or any light stout 

 wheels. The dimensions of the device 

 may vary to suit circumstances. If the 

 trees are tall, the ladder may be longer 

 and stand straighter, etc. Care must 

 be taken to secure foot of ladder by 

 weights, to overbalance the weight, at 

 top. The board at top of ladder is to 

 set the basket on. — Ohio Farmer. 



