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half bushel the other day for §1.00. They 

 are very white, very clean, and were highly 

 recomuiendecl. On cooking sorae of them, 

 we found they did not swell; the skins soon 

 loosened, and although they tasted good, 

 yet they did not thieken the water, and were 

 not as rich as I hoped they would be. Ought 

 I to plant such? 



On trimming my Osage hedge, about tlie 

 last week in April, I found the largest of the 

 plants all cut off by the gopher, some six 

 inches below the surface. The stalks cutoff 

 were three-fourths to an inch in diameter. 

 Is there any remedy ? Can these under- 

 ground pirates be exterminated? 



Belbre long I will take the liberty of of- 

 fering you an item or two respecting the 

 forthcomins; apple crop. J. R. W. 



Wood wild. May 14, 1859. 



In answer to the request of our correspou- 

 dentj we give the following extracts from the 

 forthcoming volume of the Transactions of 

 the Illinois State Agricultural Society, fur- 

 nishing the manner of cultivation of the two 

 crops of beans for which the premiums of 

 the society were awarded : 



" Harrison Hancock, of Tazewell county, 

 received the first premium. He says : ' Tlie 

 ground for my beans was plowed in 3Iay. 

 The weather still continued to be wet and 

 rainy until the last of June. I then plowed 

 again, harrowed the ground smooth, and 

 then laid it off in rows one way, about three 

 feet apart. I dropped the beans in a drill, 

 form, say eighteen inches apart the other way. 

 I planted one-half bushel to the acre. The 

 kind I planted was what is called the 'White 

 Pea Bean,' (larger than the small white 

 bean.) In regard to plowing beans, tliey 

 should not be plowed or hoed except in the 

 dry part of the day. I plow and hoe from 

 one to three times.' 



H. Hancock. 



Levi Mann, of Buda, Bureau county, was 

 awarded a medal for his crop of beans. He 

 says : ' I this year raised, on half an acre of 

 gn)nnd, eight hundred and sixteen pounds 

 of beans. The land on which these beans 

 grew was broken two years ago last spring. 

 It is a warm and liglit soil in ordinary sea- 

 sons. It is prairie loam, with a moderate 

 mixture of saud, with a soutiiern exposure. 

 The quantity of scud was about twenty-seven 

 pounds. The kind was the small wliite 

 bean. The beans were planted the first week 

 of May, Marks for rows were made with 

 the chain two feet apart. I used Wakefield's 

 hand corn planter, and guagcd to drop about 

 six beans in a hill, and made the hills about 

 ten inches apart in the row. The ground 

 had been plowed in the latter p.,rt of April. 

 The beans were hoed twice alter they came 

 up, by which means the ground was kept 

 clean and mellow.' Levi Mann." 



Wo are inclined to the belief that the best 

 bean for our rich soils is the " White I*ea 

 Bean," — (in size about twice as large as the 

 small white bean.) The stalks or holm of the 

 White I'ea Bean rarely fall upon the ground, 

 and the crop is preserved from mould and 

 injury. In the use of the small bean, in wet 

 reasons, the lioiiu falls upon the ground, and 



many of the beans arc spoiled by mo, Id and 

 mildew. Pure and clean white beans always 

 bring a higher price in market than those in- 

 jured by mould, Wc have procured a fine 

 stock of the large bean for planting. 

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Wool-Growers' and Manufacturers' Convention. 



We hope every newspaper in the country 

 friendly to the important interests of wool- 

 growing and nianufiicturing,will publish the 

 following call for a convention, to be held in 

 Cleveland, on the 4tli day of August next : 



wool-growers' call. 



The subscribers, having at heart the in- 

 terest of the wool-growers of the West, sug- 

 gest that a fair be held at Cleveland, at as 

 early a day as convenient after shearing, for 

 the purpose of exhibiting the different styles 

 of wool, and that the awarding committee of 

 manufacturers be selected, from whom wool- 

 growers will be likely to receive many sug- 

 gestions, which may prove useful in enabling 

 them to select the most desirable style of 

 wool to grow. We would further suggest : 

 first, that Goodalc & Co,, of Cleveland, be 

 requested to make the necessary arrange- 

 ments for carrying out this fair : second, that 

 such competition be open to every wool- 

 grower in the l^nion : third, that manufac- 

 turers be invited to attend such fair. 



We believe that an interchange of views 

 would result in the mutual benefit of manu- 

 facturers and wool-growers, whose interests 

 are identical. Wc have, in some sections of 

 the country. Market Fairs, for the sale of 

 horses, cattle, sheep, swine, poultry, &c. In 

 our judgment, no article of farm produce 

 would be more benefitted by Market Fairs 

 than wool. We would, therefore, recom- 

 mend that the above-named firm offer to 

 manufacturers, on the day of the fair, the 

 wool that may be accumulated, and which 

 may be accumulated at the Cleveland Wool 

 Jjepot. 



This plan will, we believe, meet with the 

 favor of manufacturers and wool growers, or 

 merchants having wool for sale, and will bc 

 likely to insure competition by the largo at- 

 tendance of manufacturers, and will favora- 

 bly impress all wool-growers with the im- 

 portance of that union and sy.steni in mar- 

 keting wools which seems so desirable. 



Signed by Adam Ililderbrand and Henry 

 Everhurd, of Massillon ; Simon Perkins, 

 Akron; Harvey Baldwin, Hudson; Wm. 

 Bonar, Mt. Vernon ; Thos. 15rown, Cleve- 

 land ; Edwin Wetmore, Cuyahoga Falls; 

 Josiah Wetmore, Stow ; William Perkins, 

 Franklin Mills; Thomas Corby, Ilandolph ; 

 William Shaw, New Baltimore ; D. Tenstu- 

 niaker, Jackson ; William Saint, New Balti- 

 more; II. K.Wise, Middle Branch; Henry 

 Jlocncr, Xew Berlin ; James 3IcDowell, Jas. 

 fjockport, TIios. Stcjjhensoii, Itaw.son Bourn, 

 h]liphalet Wycatt, Everett Farnham and 

 John H. Jones, Canton; Secretary llawson, 

 Ilichfield ; Henry K. Bcdfield and Hoel Sa- 

 bin, Ilandolph ; Henry llutheraff, Xew Ber- 

 lin , J. (jr. Jjcster, Canton; John Snyder, 

 ^IcDonaldsville; Dwight Jarvis, Massillon ; 

 Augu'^tus Adams, Brecksville ; John Noble, 

 Ilichfield, and others. 



In compliance with a request, numerously 



signed by some of the most prominent wool- 

 growers in the State, we have decided to 

 make the necessarry arrangements, and would 

 here announce that a Wool-Growers' Fair 

 will be held at Cleveland, on the 4th day of 

 Augu.st next. 



The advantagers of such fairs must be ap- 

 parent to all, and need not be enumerated 

 hero. The proposed Wool-Growers' Fair 

 will, however, differ from all other similar, 

 exhibitions in one important particular, to 

 wit : the exhibitors of wool will meet face to 

 face with the consumers of their product ; 

 and by a personal interview, and interchange 

 of ideas, can be made better accjuainted with 

 the true situation and wants of the latter, 

 and both parties will no doubt bc able to 

 make suggestions that may prove materially 

 beneficial. As the outlines are so clearly de- 

 fined in the call, little remains for us to do, 

 except to arrange details. We have already 

 procured a very respectable subscription, 

 which will enable handsome premiums to bc 

 awarded to successful exhibitors, and which 

 will be placed in the handsof a committee of 

 wool-growers, to be distributed among the 

 different styles of fine, medium and long 

 wools as the committee, in their wisdom, 

 may decide. The commiitee for awarding 

 premiums will be selected from among man- 

 ufacturers. 



Competition will be open to every wool- 

 grower in the United States ; and we would 

 invite all wool-growers, east or west, who may 

 feel interested in the enterprise, to consign 

 their samples to our care ; and should any 

 not be present to take care of their wool on 

 the day of the fiur, it will be resl ipped, or 

 disposed of as directed. Not more than ten, 

 nor less than five fleeces, of one class, will be 

 entered for competition. 



The names of owners will not be made 

 known to the awarding committee, until the 

 premiums are awarded. 



Parties consigning wool to us for sale, 

 may, if they request, have us select from 

 their clips the number of fleeces named 

 above for exhibition. 



We have long advocated the propriety of 

 farmers establishing such fairs, at commer- 

 cial points, accessible to both growers and 

 consumers, where wools can be marketed ; 

 and we shall be pleased to test the expedi- 

 ency of this plan, believing as we do that it 

 will lead to annual fairs for the exhibition 

 and sale of wools. The proposed fair, in 

 August next, will affored a favorable oppor- 

 tunity, which we should be pleased to avail 

 ourselves of, to offer for sale such wools as 

 may be consigned to us for that purpose, as 

 there will be a general attendance of eastern 

 manufacturers. IlaTing corresponded with, 

 and visited many of the latter, we feel jus- 

 tified in stating that they will ))c largely 

 represented ou that occasion. We have no 

 doubt large consignments of wool will bc 

 made with the view of offering the same for 

 sale on the day of the fair, as no better op- 

 portunity can possibly be presented to wool- 

 growers, and others having wool to dispose 

 of. We shall, however, as stated in our 

 yearly advertisement, dated 1st of April, 

 hold ourselves in readiness to make early 

 sales, on receipt of wool, if consignors so di- 

 rect. We hope to see not only large con. 



