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purposes, except stock raising, for which it is considered too warm. 

 The Osage Indians are a peaceable race, and, having been removed to 

 their reservation, have no interference with settlers. The Neosho 

 River railroad, now the Missouri, Kansas and Texas railroad, is com- 

 pleted 187 miles south of the Kansas line, and is expected this year 

 to reach Texas. There are three railroads in Neosho county. This 

 county had', in 1871, over 10,000 inhabitants. The Neosho river is 

 not navigable ; it has several dams across it, which furnish water-power. 

 Lands are getting scarce there, and spring is the best time to visit 

 that country. 



To Renovate a Pasture. 



Mr. H. W. Field, Dutchess county, 1ST. Y. — I have fifty acres of 

 rolling land, clay ; has produced fine crops ; no seed for twelve years ; 

 grass a good deal run out. I want to seed it down ; cannot get 

 manure ; am advised as follows : First, to plow it early in spring, and 

 seed it down with rye in fall ; second, to cut what grain it produces 

 in July, and then plow and seed with rye in fall ; third, to cut in 

 July, and then harrow it over four times with a sharp-toothed drag, 

 in place of plowing, and then seed down. It is held that the latter 

 course is best for clay soil, and that the drag will kill the weeds, moss, 

 etc. Would fine pulverized stone divided by the weather into minute 

 cubes, or leaf mold from the woods, help the land % If not, what 

 is the cheapest fertilizer for clay soil % 



Mr. Henry Stewart — I would advise that this land be plowed when 

 in good condition, early in June, plowing under everything growing 

 on it ; that it should then be harrowed with a heavy harrow length- 

 wise of the furrows, once a week for six weeks ; then allowed to rest 

 till the middle of August, and then cross-plowed a little deeper than 

 at first, and harrowed until mellow. About the 10th of September, 

 harrow once more to destroy weeds, sow the field to rye with five 

 pecks of seed per acre, and cover the seed with a fine-toothed cultiva- 

 tor. In spring, sow a peck of red clover seed per acre, and harrow 

 the field with a light grass-seed harrow, and in two years afterward 

 plow the clover-sod under and repeat. If a sample of the pulverized 

 stone were sent, it could be judged of what value it would be, but 

 leaf-mold from the woods is good, when rotted, anywhere. 



The French Way of Preserving Green Fodder. 

 Professor James A. Whitney presented the following translation 

 from Les Mondes : 



