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copy from its pages, are the most valuable we present to our readers : but 

 we have never yet refused credit to the proper source. 



The 25th, 26th and 27th days of October next, have been fixed upon by 

 the United States Agricultural Society, for holding its Cattle Convention, 

 in the city of Springfield, Clark Co., Ohio. 



Six thousand dollars will be distributed in premiums for the best stock of 

 the various breeds of cattle, subject to competition without territorial limit. 



TRANSPLANTING. 



For briefness sake I will confine myself to the transplanting of ligneous 

 plants only. The first consideration of importance is to examine the soil 

 upon which the tree, shrub, or vine is growing, and also that in which it is to 

 be planted, as a great variation in this respect is frequently the only cause 

 of failure. 



Plants grown in sandy soils have generally long, naked roots, shallow in 

 the soil, which causes them to suffer much from the first summer's drought- 

 after being transplanted, and although they generally succeed after being 

 planted in light soils, many failures occur when they are planted in heavy 

 loamy lands ; they are, however, earlier matured in the fall, larger for their 

 age, and cheaper for their size, than those raised in loamy lands ; on the 

 other hand, these latter are heavier, contain more sap and woody fibre, are 

 more branchy, their roots are more numerous and more fibrous, and run 

 deeper into the earth than those grown in sandy Soil, and are attended with 

 more success in transplanting, as they suffer less in the first year on account 

 of the fibres and depth of their roots ; failures rarely occur with them when 

 planted in any soil except sharp sand, that is, when the soil is properly pre- 

 pared, and the trees properly planted. But when trees are raised on culti- 

 vated ground, and transplanted to lawns, failures will often happen, as the 

 grass reflects the heat, and throws it up around the tree, and scalds it. 

 This cannot always be prevented ; the best thing to do in this case is to stir 

 the soil frequently around the stem with a hoe. Where plants have been 

 raised on stony lands, I have witnessed good results from mixing stones 

 with the soil about their roots. 



Plants raised in the nurseries generally succeed, unless there is a very 



great difference between the soils ; the very cause of success in this case is, 



because they have been once or twice transplanted. Transplanting trees 

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