1875. 
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Continued from p, 47, 
II01T SI, Student Bocninc a. Ciar- 
deuer.— One of our associates out West on a business 
tour, ^vrites home the following,': Not many years ago 
a young man studying' hiw in Miclii^'an, fell into ill-health. 
Having come across Henderson's " Gardening for Profit," 
he became greatly interested in tlie subject. Provions to 
that time he Icnew so little about plants, that he could 
hardly tell the ditlercuce between a turnip and a carrot. 
Determined to improve his hcailh by out-door labor, he 
procured and studied back volumes of the American 
AffriculturisI, and commenced work on a dozen town 
lots, then owned by him. From the start success re- 
warded his cfi'orts. He soon removed West beyond the 
lakes, where he grows vegetable and Howcr seeds on a 
large scale. To-day he is a pictm-o of ruddy hcailh, and 
though no more than 40 years of age, he ranks among the 
foremost seedsmen of that region. A famous dealer at 
the East has sought him out, and made large purchases 
of him the past season, among the rest, paying $G0 
gold for ounces, a handful, of choice seed of Lis raising. 
Cioiiig- West.— D. B. Miller, " McMitchels. " 
(\Miere S; It is impossible to reply by mail to a query 
dated as above, with neither County or State. Many 
such letters come to us, the writers of wliich probably 
feel inclined to accuse us of neglect, because they receive 
no reply, wlien the fault is their own, as in this case. Of 
the two localities mentioned in your letter, we should 
choose that around Hutchinson, in Eeno Co., Kansas, on 
aceotnit of the abundance of water ; the Arkansas river 
aiid Cow Creek flowing through the County, and also 
because there is no liquor saloon licensed i}i Reno county, 
wliicli tends greatly to elevate the character of society in 
that neighborhood. 
Tlie Estimates ol'tlie Ooltuii Crop. 
— "B. E.,'' Ediston, S. C. That tbe estimates of tlie 
cot;on crop, made by the Agricultural Department of 
Washington, have for several late years, excepting in 1871, 
fallen nearly 13 per cent below the actual crop, is proba- 
bly due to the fact tliat the detailed estimates are origin- 
ally made by planters or (■ther correspondents of the 
Department, whose interests cause them to lean toward 
low estimates rather than high ones. 
Foreisn Trade in Butter.— A package 
of butter was recently received in New York, from Boli- 
via, iu S<inth America, which was originally shipped 
eighteen months ago, from Denmark to London, and 
thence to South America. It was packed in a tin case, 
and after its long voyages, when opened was in excellent 
condition, and the case perfectly free from rust. Tliis 
foreign tr.ade is now ready to be secured by our dairymen, 
if they will only have the enterprise to p.ick their butter 
in the manner desired by the South American consumers. 
V¥iscorasira State Ag'l. Contention. 
—Had the "powers'" sent us notice a few days earlier, 
we should have been glad to call attention to this Gath- 
ering, called for Jan. 2Tth to anth. Wo cheerfully pub- 
lish such notices, bnt they must always be on hand be- 
fore the middle of the month preceding that in which 
they are held. This one presented a programme of moBt 
attractive subjects, treated by capable men. 
Amerioan 'yiiaes for France.— Since 
the destruction of the French vineyards h^ phylloxera, 
the viueyardists there are giving much attention to 
American vines. One of the great grape firm of Bush &, 
Son & Meissner, Bushberg, Mo., in a private note to the 
Editor, states that their French trade is becoming im- 
portant ; they have already made several shipments, and 
will forward a car-load of plants and cuttings this month. 
■WUerc tii« Brills come from. — 
The book that tells us all this, not by one old story 
patched on to another, and copied over and over, but by 
authority, and with originality and freshness, is the 
PliarmacograpJiiay a IJistory of thi^ prliwlpal Dj'ugs of 
Vegdable Origin, by Dr. Fliiekiger, a Professor in the 
new University of Strassburg, and Mr. Daniel Hanbary, 
of London, one of a family of fame in the druggist line, 
and who has made drnes for a Jong while a scientific 
study. The volume is an Svo. of 700 pages, and is pub- 
lished by MacMillau & Co., of Astor Place, New York, 
and of London. It is not a medical botany; it Ib Uie 
