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AM RRIOA^r AGRICULTURIST. 
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E. Rose & Co., have taken ap the management of the 
"World at Home." The proprietors present no new 
featnn - to tine very evident humbug. They still offer 
bawls, cloaks, etc., to each subscriber to their 
pap r. The] irl receiving the goods are to act, as 
foi thoii paper, and increase its circulation, etc. 
Of course none of our readers will bite at such a poorly 
baited hook... The President of the " Sandy River Pe- 
troleum Stock Co." presents a new plan. For $2.00 he 
i roposi to" strike a duplicate " of each certificate held 
by any party, and post the same for sale at the Brokers 
This •" stock" is not worth One Cent 1" anybody. 
We wonder howour "generous friends" will like 
the new postal law. Congress in an Art "To further 
d 1 ie r- tal Laws," passed July 27, 186S, Sect. 18, 
■<'. That it shall not he law- 
ful to depo-it in a post-office, to be pent by mail, any 
letter or circular concerning lotteries, to-called gift-con- 
"i' other similar enterprises offering prizes of any 
i i v pretext whatever." Sending any Lottery 
Tickets, therefore, or-Gift-Euterprise circulars in the 
mails, hereafter is an unlawful business, and our readers 
Will take uoticeofthe fact. We would advise all who 
■ ■ ofortunate as to have Buch letters sen l them, and 
who know their contents to be of the character described, 
to return them unopened to the Post Master, stating the 
fact to him, with the request that he send themat ouce to 
the dead letter office at Washington. We hope that thcau- 
thoritics will issne orders to Postmasters that when let- 
tore are received, the contents of which are known to be of 
the character of Gift Concert Enterprises to enclose them 
in a package to the dead letter office, and not deliver them 
lo the parties to whom they are addressed. It is desired 
by the Department at Washington, that all the evidence 
bearing upon these swindling concerns be brought to 
their notice, so that justice may be dealt to those whoiu- 
ilul ■ \n this unlawful and wickedbti^iucss. 
"Two Wonders of the Ago. — King- 
Frost the fruit destroyer effectually conquered, and frnit 
now can be grown every year in any Northern climate, 
without injury from frost by premature budding." This 
u the heading of a circular of a chap, who in addition to 
that wonder has No, 2, which preserves trees, shrubs and 
vines, " in root, body, branch and bud from the attacks of 
any kind of vermin or insect," which is a very good 
■ '■" course the circular lias certificates, what 
would a circular be without them ? Ii is a little odd that 
tors never get a known horticulturist to 
sign their • irculars. The names are very good ones, and 
ii ■!'; I to those who own them, but they do not 
carry any weight. We learn that the proprietor of the 
•■ Two Wonders" has sold nearly $8,000 worth of county 
rights in a single county in Pennsylvania. If the stuff, 
or proc ssfl is good for anything, the rest of the 
-ill probably hear of it. Meanwhile we advise 
our read sura to always let very hoi things cool a little 
before they handle them, and thus avoid burnt fingers. 
IIodg*e 'Trimmer. — It' any one lias a ma- 
chine for trimming tied ■■ - by horse power he had better 
e ii. as we have a loud call for it from the West. 
Deep Planting of Trees.— "C. A. E.," 
to plant trees no deeper than they 
n. bul ' without stating the reason." 
There perience has shown that trees so 
planted usually do better than those planted deeply. 
While with many plants it seems to make but little 
difference how much of the stem iscovered with earth, 
the bars of ourfruil trees that has grown in the air is 
apl to become unhealthy if covered with earth. 
Grapes and Pears. — C. A. Eggert, Iowa. 
therf You can use your land but 
once, and why not lei half of it be all grapes and the 
other all pears 1 it the pears are standards they will soon 
i and if dwarfs they may be put as 
i would do to have the vines near 
In economical use of land may often be made 
, raspberries, or even peaches in 
orchard of standard pears, but this is with a 
I before the pear trees need all the land, 
'!il tO be in a measure permanent. 
\ ield ofPear Trees. — A subscriber oaks 
as to ■ icld of pear trees ten years old. 
It depends so much upon the variety that no definite 
.p'i w. i i ii be given. We know <>f some trees over ten 
yr.ii old Mi M have nol borne a bushed in (heir Uvea 
Tin* i$f»omi Uaspbrri-y.-Mr, Geo. E. 
Hull, Clevel LnflvQ.,scnl as some specimens of the Naomi 
Raspberry. They came in very good order considering 
lied and were found to be of 
excellent flavor. After their long journey i I was neces- 
sary to utilint them at once, or we should have complied 
with the request of Mr*. II. to show them to our horticul- 
tural friends. The variety originated from the seed with 
Mr6. Gov. Ward, Rtfckport, 0. The committee on fruits 
of the Cincinnati Horticultural Society in July last con- 
cluded their report as follows : "We would recommend 
them as the best flavored and most firm of any red rasp- 
berry that has been brought within our observation re- 
cently." The Naomi proves hardy at Cleveland. 
Grafting- the Grape.— J*. F. Kotsch, 
Kansas. Grafting is practised occasionally where one 
has a vine of inferior quality and wishes to change it. 
We described the process at length a few years ago. Be- 
fore the ground freezes dig it away from the stock and 
cut it off at six inches below the surface. The cion 
should have about four inches of wood and one good 
eye; split the stock and insert it in the usual way of 
cleft grafting'; tie firmly, but use no wax; fill in the 
earth SO as to leave the bud just above the surface ; cover 
the graft with an inverted flowerpot or box, lay over some 
straw and cover the whole with a mound of earth. Do 
not uncover until freezing weather is over in spring. As 
to grafting wild roots, we infer that, you have the idea, as 
many have, of procuring wild stocks to graft for a vine- 
yard. The plan is not advisable. No plants are so good 
as those grown from cuttings. 
Forsyth's Composition.— "Subscrib- 
er," Alden, Iowa. We have Forsyth's old work, and arc 
familiar with the matter you so kindly copy. Forsyth's 
discovery was thought a great one at the time (1791,) and 
no doubt the treatment was servicable. The decayed 
portions of a tree were carefully cut away, to leave a 
clean wound, which was covered with a plaster made of 
cow dung, lime rubbish and sand; after its application 
the plaster was sprinkled with bone dust. The trees re- 
covered and credit was given to the materials of the com- 
position, while really the removal of the decayed portion 
and protecting the wound from the weather did the busi- 
ness. The modern method of covering wounds with 
grafting wax. shellac varnish, &C, is much neater, more 
easily applied and equally effective. 
Applet iu IHiiiAi^.-At ;i r<,.-.'ii t meeting 
of the Alton Horticultural Society, it was the general 
opinion of the members that, the apple crop was almost 
an entire failure, attributable to frosts in April. 
Ij< v t Bags Beware, — We. are pleased to 
learn that Messrs. B. D. Walsh and C. V. Riley are to 
start a journal, the American Eutomologist, to be publish- 
ed in St. Louis, by R. P. Studley & Co. The paper is to 
be a monthly of 10 pages at $1 per annum. The publish- 
ers say: " Although this publication is owned and edited 
exclusively by Western mm, yet it is not intended to be 
in any wise local or sectional in its scope. Communi- 
cations from all parts of the Union on the history and 
habits of noxious or beneficial insects are earnestly solic- 
ited, and the utmost attention will be paid by the editors 
to answering all questions from correspondents upon this 
subject, no matter whither they come from the East, 
the West, the North, or the South, and wh never possible 
the best and most approved method of fi hting the par- 
ticular noxious insect will at the same ti. ie be briefly in- 
dicated." The enterprise ie one to which we wish success. 
Rat-tailed Radish.— Lust mouth wc 
allowed a correspondent to say that the Rat-tailed or 
Long-podded Radish was a failure, and corroborated his 
statement from our own experience. We did not know- 
that we were living in the face of royalty. A correspon- 
dent of the London Gardener's Chronicle says: "Mr. 
Carmichael (Prince of Wales' gardener) told me that he 
always kept a regular supply of it. and that it was much 
used and relished at the Royal table, a fact surely worth 
knowing." So important " a fact," thai Wales like the 
Rat-tail should not be confined to one side of the Atlan- 
tic— it being "surely worth knowing/ 1 we spread it 
abroad. The English papers contain much snobbishness 
like the above, which reads strangely to an American. 
Turnip Flea-Beetles.— " 5, T.," Orient, 
L. I.— Various remedies are resorted to, to keep these 
pests in check. Among the safest and cheapest are slak- 
ed lime, or wood ashes, sprinkled upon the plants v, hen 
the dew is on. The ashes would bo quite sure to promote 
the growth ofthe bulbs, as well as destroy their enemies. 
Cost or Raising: Roots.— " L. G.," 
Shclburiie, Vt.— In four statements mad* before Massa- 
chusetts county Agricultural Societies, iV cosl of Ruta- 
bagas per bushel i* put at 8 cte., 9 •♦«., 8 eta and 
23 cents. The gentlemen who used the most manure 
and raised them at the rate of 750 and 90 I bushels to the 
acre, respectively "• theh turnips for S cts.abushel 
The poor fellow whose turnips cost him 23 cts. a bushel 
raised only 8GG bushels to the acre. The difference in the 
cosl lay mainly m the manure and in the cultivation. 
There is a volume of wisdom in the facts here given. 
Winter Radishes.— Mrs. C. K. M. The 
black and white winter radishes are usually sown about 
the middle of August, though if sown early this month 
they will probably make a fair crop. The Chinese Rose- 
colored Winter, is much superior to the varieties named, 
and it is not too late to sow it. Treat in all respects like 
turnips. Keep by burying them iu a pit beyond reach 
Of frost, or in a cool cellar In barrels, with some earth 
thrown among them to keep from drying up. 
Use 2tl.uK Ink.— It is very trying to the 
eyes and equally so to the patience to endeavor to make 
out a letter written in ink the color of which is a pale 
brown or dun. Good black ink costs but little. 
Patented Walks and other Pa- 
tents.— A friend at Troy, 0., writes us a long and in- 
teresting account of a patented Asphalt walk, evidently 
thinking that its introduction would be a public benefit. 
We do not publish his communication, as our advertising 
columns are the place in which such things are made 
known. When the right to make. use. or sell a thing, rests 
exclusively in the hands of our person, he has, if the 
article be good for anything, abundant means for making 
it known, and journals do not feel it a part of their duty 
to advertise his wares. 
WormsonArbor Vltaes.— V. G. F. New- 
port, Del. The specimens are the Basket or Drop-worms. 
(O/kttiatx con/fenmnn,) very troublesome on many trees. 
The method to which you have resorted, hand-picking, 
is the only way to get rid of them. 
■>o I,oeeists Sting-?— "R. W.," Patter- 
son, N. J. No, they do not. The common Locus! 01 
Harvest fly, (Cicada), and the 17-year Locust are as harm- 
less to handle as house flies, and neither bite nor sting. 
During their short lives they neither eat nor drink, but 
simply prepare for laying and lay their eggs. The dam- 
"■■ ■ I hex do is to the trees whereon the eggs are depos- 
ited. The true Locust, (GTUIU8), we would popninny 
term a grasshopper, and though it eats voraciously, it 
can neither sting or bite to harm any one. Children 
frequently report themselves stung by insects which by 
their description might bo locusts, but they probably 
mistake bees or hornets of some kind for them. 
White Huckleherries.— C. II. B., Pro- 
vidence. R. I. These are sometimes found, though they 
are not very common. We have seen them several times 
in Rhode Island. It would be well for some one to ex- 
periment in the culture of this white variety. 
Peach Trees. — F. Mars, Milford, Mass. 
The trouble described is the " curl," by some attributed 
to plant, lice, and by others t > sudden atmospheric 
ehnii'jes. We doubt if insects have anything to do with 
it. Good cultivation is the only remedy. Mr. M. uses 
upon his trees suds containing considerable sal soda with 
marked effect in promoting growth. This should not 
be continued any later; it is not desirable to prolong 
the growing season, as the wood will not ripen properly. 
"Tunes" in an Old ILog.— A. Lear, 
Minnesota. The tubes made of leaves nicely rolled to- 
gether contained each a grub or larva o\ some insect, 
probably a bee or wasp, but we cannot tell which one. 
Dried Sweet Corn. — The canning of 
corn cannot be successfully done in families, but dried 
corn is nearly as good if properly done, and can be had 
by all. The excellence of this depends quite as much 
upon the time of picking, as upon the method of curing. 
If too old, no process "i" drying will make it tender and 
savory. The ears should be plucked En the milk, their 
best coudi! ion for eating when fresh. With a sharp knife 
split the rows o( kernel,-, and cut from the cob. Spread 
in iron pans ami plate in the oven to drive off a part of 
the moisture. Stir well to keep from burning, and when 
thoroughly heated, spread upon sheets in the sun to dry. 
It must be thoroughly dry when put away, and must b 
kept iii a dry place. Another method is to boil thel fresh 
picked corn five minutes, then split the kernels and cut 
from the cob. and spread in the sun to dry. It is good 
cooked as a vegetable in winter, and still better made 
with Lima beans, or even common beans, into succotash. 
>' Subscriber," Blootnflold, Iowa, boils the corn, cuts the 
grain oni half off, and scrapes off thai which remains at- 
tai hed to the cob. The drying is done in a shallow box. 
po ei I with a hot-bed eash, set -loping to catch tie sun. 
