1875.] 
AMERICAN AaRICULTQRIST. 
14:9 
cofUai/iiiif/ a fr?'€at t'ariety of Ketiis, iiic'iiding many 
good IliiUs and Siif/f/esdons which we (hrow infnsmaHtr 
lyiH and condensed form, for want of room dsuvhtre. 
KoiiiifliiB"- :Tffoi»cy: — CIbo<'1»:s on 
New Vorlt t'lty Hanks or Bankeris uc best 
forlar^e srnn^: ; make pnj'alilo to the order of Orai»g;e 
JiKid <'oiupaiiy. PoNt-OfHco lYIoiiey Ortlers 
for $50 or less, are clieaji and siife also. Wlieii tlicscare not 
obtainable, register letters, aftixin;^ stamps for post- 
age and registry ; put in tbe money and seal tiie letter in 
the presence of the postmaster, and take hU receipt for it. 
Money sent in the above three methods is safe against loss. 
B^" N.B.— Tlic I\eM^ Postage IL.a^v. 
— On ncconntof the !ic\v postal law, ^x-laieU requires 
pre-payinent of postage by tlic publiji^li- 
ers, after January 1st, 187-7, cncli ^iibscribur 
must remit, in addilioii to the recrulnr rates, tcit eeiits 
for prcpnynieiBt of postase by tlie Piiblisli- 
er«, at New Vorlc, for the year 1875. Every 
snbscriber, whether coming singly, or in clubs at club 
rates, will be particular to send to this office postage as 
above, with his mhscriptlon. Subscribers in British Am- 
erica wiil continue to send postage as heretofore, for 
prc-paymcnt here. 
IS0111B4I l\>i>ios of Voliiitac Xliirty- 
tliree arc now re;idy. Price. $■}, at our otfice ; or $'2.50 
each, ifscntby mail. Any of the last eighteen volumes 
(16 to 33) will also be forwarded at same price. Sets of 
nnnibers sent to our office will be no»tlybomid in our 
regular style, at 75 cents per vol. (50 cents extra, if return- 
ed by mail.) Missing numbers supplied at 12 cents each. 
** Science Applied, to FarniiMs,'*'' 
on page 254, gives eonic useful and important hints on 
tiie value of several kinds of feed. 
Our *♦ National BAZAAR " tliis 
month, contains the usual assortment of good things, ad- 
vertised by trustworthy men. It will always pay any one 
Xo\oQ\i all through the advertisements, and see what is 
offered, by whom, at what price, etc. Many a man has 
got a valuable new idea from seeing what others say 
about business matters, which has started his own 
thoughts in a profitable direction. When writing to any 
of our advertisers, for information, catalogues, etc.. or 
Bending orders to them, please let them know that you 
belong to the great Agriculturist family, and you may ex- 
pect and will receive good treatment. Our advertisers 
know that we carefully exclude any one who docs not 
promptly perform what he promises in his advertisement. 
Frnit and Produce, may be consig-ned 
for sale to Messrs. Meyers & Alley, 83 Murray Street, 
with confidence iu having them quickly and well Eold, 
and honest returns made at a reasonable commission. 
A ISuniiner Resort, Quiet, Home-like, 
Healthful, with charming surronndinge in the neighbor- 
hood, and at reasonable rates, can be found by address- 
ing "Maplewood,"' EUenville, UlBter Co., N. Y., oria- 
qoiring at No. 2 Exchange Place, (Room G,) N. Y. City, 
between 9 A. M. and 3 P. M. 
Potato Bug; — Paris CSreeu. — F. W. 
Devoc & Co., 115 & 117 Fulton St., N. Y., issue a circular 
giving an article from the Report of the Mich. Board of 
Agriculture, by our friend Prof. A. J. Cook, on the use of 
Paris Green. Bevoc & Co. claim that they make only 
pnre Paris Green. There is a plenty of the adulterated 
article to be had. 
' American Veterinary College.— 
This college, recently incorporated, is under l!ie direction 
of the former Faculty and Medical officers of the New 
York College of Veterinary Surgeons. Prof. A. Liautard 
19 Dean of the faculty, and Dr. A. Large is the professor 
of veterinary practice. Under the direction of experi- 
enced pro''cs8ors this college offers a good opportunity 
for etndejits who desire a veterinary education. The 
session commences in October. The fees are $135. Cir- 
culars may be obtained of Dr. A. Liautard, at the college, 
1 U West 54th st.. New York. 
Professor Xurned Farmer. — Profes- 
Bor N. entered our office the other day. He was dressed 
in a suit of black, not of the n«nvcst fashion, but highly 
respectable, with white cravat, polished boots, and withal 
smoothly shaved. Wc had known him for a score of 
years, first as a professor iu a Biblical Institute, then as 
a writer in church periodicals, and lastly as United States 
Consul at one of the inland cities of Germany. But hia 
consulate ceased and he returned to his native country. 
We presumed, of course, that he had resumed his old 
occupation of teaching, or that he had settled down as a 
writer, for which he possesses rare qualtiea, when in 
course of conversation he announced himself a farmer. 
Had actually exchanged the professor's chair for the 
plow, and dropped his pen for the hoc. Our astonish- 
ment was freely expressed. Wc said to him. ''Why, 
Professor, some people say that a man cannot live by 
farming, even if raised to the business, how then do you 
expect to succeed, whof-rc without experience T"—'' Oh," 
he rci^lied, " men cannot live if they depend on others to 
do their work, but it hasn't cost me over seven dollars 
all this spring. I have done my own plowing, planting, 
and chores, and as I must starve unless I work, I con- 
clude to work so as not to starve."— Our friend looks 
healthy, cheerful, and gritty. Perhaps here is a lesson 
for seedy merchants and bankers who are troubled be- 
yond measure for simple support in these hard, times. 
Let them go to mother earth witli Queen Esther's reso- 
lution, " If I perish, I perish."' C. C. N. 
BattfTulo Ctiiat. — A brief account of this 
mischievous insect, is given on page 262, in which, by 
the di'oppiuir of a single letter, tlie scientific name of the 
insect is spelled incorrectly. It should be Hmulitim, and 
not fintulurfi, as it stands there. 
Prodeice Commission — Removal.— 
The old iion^e of W. A. Covert & Co., has taken up new 
quarters at 112 Warren St., N. Y. 
I>eatU of CJeorgc S. Parsons.— Mr. 
Parsons was well known to those dealers in and purchas- 
ers of agricultural implements, as he was for many years 
with R. H. Allen & Co., and mortkrecently with Carr & 
Hobson, of New York. He died on June 1st, of Briglits 
disease, and though only 28 years of age, was a well 
known and popular member of the trade. 
<Munno. — "M." Jersey City. Plants with deli- 
cate foliage will be very apt to be injured, if guano ia 
dusted upon their leaves. 
D^^ Don't fail to read about tlie 
Wonderful Menagerie, 
On Page 283, 
Tlie Colorado Potato Beetle has 
put in its appearance, and has nov/ reached saltwater. 
Some of the potato growing counties of New Jersey arc 
badly infested, and they are ecpuilly juimerous in Pennsyl- 
vania, and southward. Last fall wc gave warning lliat 
they were nearlhc coast, and have this year given timely 
notice. Knowing that they were to be expected, the 
writer began to exaniilie his potatoes as soon as they 
were fairly up, and in the last week in Maya few bugs 
were found. Examination was d«ily made of tlie vines, 
and a few hundred in all collected, and what few eggs 
were found destroyed. If the first ones whicii come from 
Ihe-r winter quarters iu thegrouud, arc allowed to breed, 
then the case becomes serious, but having, while the 
plants were small, and the beetles easily seen, disposed 
of the first brood, we hope to keep the:n in check, though 
no doubt some will come iu from other places, and it 
will not do to omit frequent examinaiion. Those who 
have been so un fortunate as to allow the insects to get 
the mastery, must resort at once to Paris Grceu. Full 
particulars as to its application, arc given in June, page 
220. Every day of delay only makes the matter worse. 
If the bugs arc few, pick by hand, and destroy the eggs, 
which will be found in litlle orange-colored clusters on 
tlie leaves. If too many to pick, then use Paris Green, 
nbscrving all the prtcaidions given iu the article referred 
to. Keep up the watch ; if no bugs arc found now, they 
are liable to come at anytime during the summer, and 
success depends greatly on beginning in time. 
XIic Peaeli Crop. — The peach trees in 
Delaware and Maryland, were, as usual, all badly injured 
by the severe winter. Again in spring, that frost came 
and killed all the buds, as it is bound to do every year. 
Very likely the convenient peach bug will be along at the 
proper time, it came last year and was very destructive — 
in the newsjiapers at least. On the other hand, we have 
it from the best sources, that up to the middle of June 
the prospects were that thccrt)p ^vill be the greatest ever 
known in the great peach counties of Del, and ^td. 
A»;-rioiiltiiraI Collcg-e, — "A Correspon- 
dent."" who -ivLS no clue \o his whereabouts, not even 
his sta;e, dates iiis leiter May :ilst, and asks us to reply 
iu June. We don't know who this youth is, or where 
he lives, but he needs many tilings more than he does an 
Agricultural College. He should learn to spell, and 
should know tliat every third word does not begin with a 
capital letter. Asking if students "are Learned to plow 
Good," shows that he has not done with the common 
school. He should learn that it is impolite to write to 
any one without giving his name, and that it is custom- 
ary to give town and state. Take our advice, yoimig 
man, and get a decent Common-school education before 
you think of anything beyond. 
SUi^DRV mjMBCJCJS.— The letters we 
receive thanking us for giving warning against certain 
schemes, and thus saving the writers from fraud, are so 
numerous that we are sure that these espocures have 
been of great benefit to our readers. But this is only one 
eide of the matter, certain other letters make us feel that 
there is a class of persona which, do what we may, we 
cannot help, and their letters are quite as discouraging 
as the others are the reverse. It seems very strange when 
we have exposed a scheme month after month, and 
warned our readers against it in the plainest language, 
to receive a letter taking up the subject afresh and ask- 
ing the very queries wc have already answered. Then 
again, if there is anything that we have tried to state 
clearly, and enforce by repetition, it is the fact that we 
regard all advertising doctors as useless or dangerous, 
and have stated that we make no exceptions to this— yet 
more of the time of one man than we can spare is taken 
up in answering letters from all over the country, asking 
if we know anything about this or that advertising doc- 
tor, or if such a one is not an exception to the general 
rule. These inquiries come so often that we sometimes 
w^ondcr if the?e people read what is written. While we 
arc willing to aid our readers with advice upon schemes 
not already treated of in this column, we beg of them hot 
to ask about matters already disposed of. We have no 
information held back, and cannot add to what has been 
said, and it is too great a tax upon our time to repeat in 
a private letter what has already been published for the 
general good. We are led to these remarks by several 
letters now before us w^hich the writers need not hatro 
written had they looked over the humbugarticles forthe 
past few months. Some of these letters ore inquiries 
ABOUT WALL-STREET BROKERS, 
and we have already given abundant warning in this 
matter. As bad a name as the street has, there are men 
iu it of the highest integrity who advertise their legiti- 
mate business, so we cannot eay that all Wall-street bro- 
kers are frauds. But where you find those calling thom- 
selves brokers, advertising in obscure country papers^ 
sotting forth the hope of immediate great returns for 
small investments, you may be very sm-o that such 
arc of the kind known as "curbstone brokers," who 
have no standing at the regular hoard, but belong to that 
class of " shysters " who give the street its bad name. It 
is safe to say, iu every case and all the time, one who 
is not familiar with stock operations should have noth- 
ing to do with the street either personally or by proxy. 
'■ Never play at a game you do not understand." 
HEAVY LOSSES IN EVERT COMMUNITY 
annually result from small frauds which the people ac- 
quiesce in if they do not encourage ; the small losses in 
each family every year are iu the aggregate very large. 
Some storekeepers designedly cheat, while many others 
are careless, and those who buy their supplies at retail, 
not only pay a larger price for a given weight or measure, 
but they often do not get the weight they pay for. In 
cities weights and measures are, or should be, annually 
examined and sealed ; this, while it prevents much unin- 
tentional false dealing, does but little to avoid actual 
fraud ; but in the country the buyer has not even this 
protection. Those who have never given attention to 
the matter would be astonished to find how few scales, 
weights, and measures are really accurate. Every family 
should have correct scales and weights, and re-weigh 
each article in the package as it is brought home, if 
found short-weight, return it immediately, even at the 
cost of some trouble, and ask that it be made right. As 
soon as it is understood that you intend to have what 
you pay for, there will be little trouble iu future. Some 
may say that 
*'IT LOOKS 60 SMALL AND MEAN 
to make a fuss about an ounce of coflec or a quarter of a 
pound of sugar." It is notmean, hutjust. Forexample, 
you agree to pay 35c. for a pound of cotfee, and law and 
custom decide that you are entitled to 10 avoirdupois 
ounces. If you get but 15 ounces, it is your duty to show 
the dealer, if he is honest, that his scales arc inaccurate, 
and that he is unconsciously defrauding his customers ; 
if the short weight is intentional, the dealer should be 
exposed. Let any one who thinks it mean to insist on 
full weight, try the other side of the case and give 32e. 
instead of 35c., the agreed price of the coffee, and see if 
the seller will think it "mean" to aslc* for the other 
three cents. Not only in articles that arc sold by weight 
