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the atmosphere, is in every way more cleanly, and involves less labor. 

 Here we make butter alone, as the relative price of butter and cheese 

 M r ill not warrant us in making the latter. As this is one of the best 

 of butter-making climates, and also an excellent grass region, with 

 pure, soft water, we are sure that this will develop a first-class dairy 

 region ; so give us your counsel and let us get started right. 



Dr. J. "Ware Sylvester — Some years ago I tried experiments with 

 deep and shallow pans, and the result was in favor of the deep. We 

 got a greater amount of cream in proportion to the milk. 



How to Spkout Lakch Seed. 



Mr. J. J. Teschard, Monroe, Wisconsin, has tried for several years 

 to raise larch trees from seed, which he received direct and fresh from 

 Switzerland, but has failed every time, although he tried in fresh- 

 broken sod, in timber ground and open prairie. This spring he gave 

 some of the seed to a friend, who understands this business, as he 

 keeps a nursery, but not the least sign of a plant comes up yet. The 

 seed seems to be dead, although it is certain that the same was sent 

 fresh and sound, and came here in less than three weeks. 



Mr. Thomas Cavanagh — Larch seed don't always come up the same 

 year. 



Dr. J. Ware Sylvester — If he will get seed in season, compost it 

 with fine sand, put it out doors where it will freeze and thaw two or 

 three times, I think he will have better luck. 



Mr. Thomas Cavanagh — It is a good practice to cover the ground, 

 or shade it with a network of lath, and allow this to remain on all 

 summer. 



The Potato Pest and Paris Gkeen. 



Rev. H. F. Harrington, St. Louis, Mo., made the statement that, in 

 his section, potatoes are doomed to a total failure. The striped bug- 

 covers and destroys the vines all over the country, and no remedies, 

 of which a host are tried, seem to avail against this pest. No change 

 of the land helps any more, and, where no potatoes were last year, 

 for more than eighty rods around, there they come now out of the 

 ground with the plants in millions. It looks dark for this so much 

 beloved household fruit. 



Prof. H. E. Colton presented the following paper in regard to Paris 

 green : It is an unfortunate fact that nothing has yet been discovered 

 which will destroy the Colorado potato bug, except Paris green ; I 

 think it unfortunate, as that substance is one of the most poisonous 



