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AMERICAN AGRICULTURIST. 
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any other geologist in tlie country, and I know tliat a very 
large part of iJie oil companies are a swindle— their lands 
being wortliless. Buying stock in them would be like 
buying a lottery ticket at ten prices, and linding at last 
(hat the ticket itself was bogus. There is a little oil to 
be found almost everywhere in the West— just enougli to 
ilelu.lc — but good loca'.inns are only in limited areas." 
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Containing a f^rrat variefy of Items, includinff many 
good Mints and Suggestions which we throw into small 
type and condensed form, for want of space elsewhere. 
Several Pajjes of liaslcet Items, .ire 
crowded out of this number, by llie press of matter, for 
which we hope to find room soon. 
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our stereotype plates, the entire numbers of the volume, 
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tictte'rs and Money— "*Vlio For ?— 
Here are two lettei-s addressed to the Publishers of the 
Agriculturist, but they are without date, place, sign.a- 
ture, or other maik to show whom they came from. 
One has $3.60 for three subsciibers, and is signed Post- 
master (names J. A. Alt, V. Myers, H. Dupont)— the 
other is an order on some one for several hundred trees, 
grape vines, etc.— probably for R. G. Hanford. (Where ?) 
'I'lie liarge Display of Ciood Adver- 
tisements, are worthy of general attention, and will 
be found a source of much Informalion. Business men 
seem to understand wliere they will find an immense 
number of wide-a-wake enterprising readers. Please 
reciprocate their compliment by letting them know when 
and where tlieir advertisements were seen and read. 
Of the AgTiciilntrist Stra-»vl>erry 
Plants we Itave none to supply.— So many 
subscribers applied for a plant or two last autumn, that 
we nearly stripped our entire plot, and the urgent re- 
quests for them eaily in the winter, to be sent in spring, 
can not be all met, though w-e shall clear the ground so 
thoroughly as to leave but few plants for home fruiting. 
This is the case with many dealers, though a few small 
lots may perhaps be advertised— possibly in this p.aper. 
Seed and otlier Order.s. — Win. Sim- 
mons, Oregon. Publishing the Agriculturist and Agri- 
cultural books occupies all our time, and though we 
should be glad to accommodate our friends by taking 
their commissions, it is quite impossible for us to do so. 
Our advertising pages contain the names of numerous 
dealers in seeds to whom orders may be sent direct. If 
we procured seeds for you, we should go to any of 
the dealers whose advertisements are admitted by us. 
Broom Cora Seed for Sheep. — A. C. 
Hayes, Washington Co., Iowa, inquires if "Sorghum 
and Broom corn seed will make good feed for sheep, for 
a change ' " Mixed with Indian corn or oats and ground, 
it makes excellent feed. 
Orape Cuttings in the open 
Ground. — J. Maccracken, Esq., Secretary of the 
Hocking Valley (Ohio) Horticultural Society, gives us 
the following account of the metiiod of one of the mem- 
bers, JIi'. Fetters, of treating cuttings of the Delaware 
and other grapes : " Mr. Fetters reported his success in 
propagating the Delaware grape from cuttings .a.s cer- 
tainlv veiy encouraging, being due, no doubt, to the fa- 
vorable season, but largely, he thinks, to the modus ope- 
randi. He makes his cuttings, say three eyes long, then 
removes with a sliarp knife all the bark from tlie lower 
end of the cutting close up to the fii'st eye, and as fast as 
thus pi epared he puts Ihe peeled end to soak in a .slush of 
fresh cow manure. They are laid in the ground at the 
usual angle, as in the ordinary piactice. The weaker 
cuttings are cut into single eyes and laid in a common 
hot bed. Nine of out ten grew, and transplanting them 
in about five weeks, he found they had roots twe and 
three Inches long. Twe thousand five hundred and sixty 
Catawba cuttings were prepared in the same manner as 
the stronger Delaware, and planted in the vineyard 7 by 
feet apart, t» o to each stake, and of the lot so prepared 
and planted, over 2500 grew, showing a growth of new 
wood on July Slh, 4 to 10 inches long." 
The Rinderpest.— At tire annual meeting 
of the N. Y. Stale Agric'l Sociely, this subject was dis- 
cussed'and referred to a committee. Messrs. O. Judd, 
Jas. O. Sheldon, Sam'l Thorne, Oen. C. S. Wainwrlght 
and Hon. A. B. Conger. TheyrnaJe asomewhal lengthy 
report .and recommended the Society to authorize the 
Executive Committee to take the subject into careful 
consideration, and use any needful measures to obtain 
informalion elc. at home and abroad. The report was 
unanimously adopted i and at a subsequent meeting, the 
Executive Committee appointed the following gentlemen 
to gather information and prepare for publication a report 
upon the character of the disease, remedies, preventives, 
etc., viz.: Hon. Jno. Stanton Gould, Hudson; Hon. A. B. 
Conger, Haverstraw ; Dr. J. T. Williams, Dunkiik ; 
Prof. Luther H.Tucker (of Country Gentleman. Albany), 
and Col. Mason C. Weld (of the American Agricultu- 
rist. New York). It is to be hoped that this committee 
will take early and vigorous action. 
Mr. Itolmer's Peach Orchard. — At 
a recent meeting of the Cincinnati Horticultural Society, 
Doctor Warder read a long communication fiom Mr. 
Lewis Bolmer, of the Great Miami Valley, giving an 
account of iris success with a new method of [leach cul- 
ture. The trunks are kept surrounded by a mound of 
earth and the limbs have winter protection also. We 
have not space to give an abstractor this interesting doc- 
ument now, but will endeavour to do so hereafter. 
Frnit Qaery. — Henry Hunt asks, if seed- 
lings of fine cherries grafted on Moiello stocks will pro- 
duce fruit like that of the cherry from which Ihe seed 
came. Seedling fruits are not apt to be like their parents, 
and grafting these seedlings into any stock will not change 
the result. The fruit may be better or worse than Ihe 
parent; there is little chance of its being just like it. 
Tlie American Pomological So- 
ciety.— The President of this association, the Hon. 
Marshall P. Wilder, writes that Tuesday, the 4lh of Sep- 
tember next, is appointed for the commencement of the 
next session, at St. Louis, Mo. We learn that it is the 
intention of western pomologists to make this thtf most 
attractive, and it will undoubtedly be the largest meeting 
held in many years. 
Clapp's Favorite Pear.— J. Coombs, 
Westchester Co., N. Y'., and others. There is such a 
pear as the Clapp's Favorite. It has been chiefly grown 
near Boston, and held at a rather high price. We have 
not seen the fruit, but Mr. Hovey informs us that it has not 
fulfilled the expectations which were held regarding it. 
Evergreens from the Forest.^Evcry 
year large quantities of Arbor Vitaes and other evergreens 
are exposed for sale in the streets of New Y'ork. Large 
trees of this kind are not as likely to live as those giown 
in the nursery, but small ones are more suie to grow. 
These forest seedlings are frequently bought by nur- 
serymen at a low- price, and after a few years in the 
nursery, they make salable trees. We had occasion to 
buy a large lot of these young trees for a relative at the 
West some years ago, and though a considerable number 
died, enough were saved to make the investment a 
profitable one. These trees are generally sold by venders 
on the streets, and if there are any regularly engaged in 
the business, they should let it be known by advertising. 
The only place we know of to get these forest trees of 
first hands, is at Bangor, Me. Mr. Henry Little of that 
place has for some years been engaged in furnishing 
trees, and is prepared to fill orders. 
Woolittlc's IllacU Cap Kaspherry. 
— R. W. WoodviUe, Rice Co., Minn., asks what is the 
difference between the Doolittle and the common Black 
Cap. It is only a more prolific variety, bearing larger 
and better fruit, just as the NewRochelle. Kittatinny, 
etc., are better forms of the common blackberry. 
Sei of the Xribnue Strawi)crries.— 
" Subscriber," Westchester Co.. Pa. The Monitor, Col. 
Ellsworth and Brooklyn Scarlet have perfect flow ers, and 
will need no other kind set with them to fertilize them. 
Snhstitnte for Class. — S. P. Sliller, 
Logan Co.. Ohio, asks about the use of oiled muslin and 
paper for hot-bed sash. The thing is not new. and has 
been more or less used these many years. A frame cov- 
1 ered in this way w ill be better than no hot-bed, but it will 
not be cheaper in the end ; the cloth is easily torn, and 
sags with changes of temperature and the weight of rain 
or SHOW. Besides, considerable light is obstructed. 
Fall Planting.— " C. J. B.," Betliany, Mo., 
set out a vineyard last fall, and now has fears that he did 
wrong, and wishes to know if he had better plant over 
again without waiting to see the result. We should cei'- 
tainly not plant over again, as the vines are quite likely 
to do well, if they were properly set. Some of our best 
viiieyardists prefer autumn to spring planting. 
Models of Frait.— J. U. Luliiue & Co., 5J6 
Broadway. N. Y., have left at our office samples of 
porcelain models of fruit, made under the direction of 
the Thuringian Horticultural Society. These are in- 
tended for pomologists as standards of comparison. The 
catalogue includes European varieties mainly, but we 
undersland that it is the intention of the society to publish 
models of American fruits as fast as they can be procured. 
Xhe Sno'W Apple. — A New York subscriber 
traveling in Miciugan. sends us a drawing and description 
— both very good— of the Snovv Apple, which he was told 
was native there. It is tire old Pomme de Niege, or 
Fameuse, believed to be a native of Caniida. It is much 
grown in Michigan and in other Western States, where it 
is deservedly prized as a veiy pleasant autumn apple. 
A Movable 'i'rclUs.- C. C. Smitli, Mar- 
shall Co.. Iowa, sends us a drawing of a grape trellis 
which is pinned to permanent posts and so arranged that 
it can be laid over. It is said to be patented, but the same 
thing has been in use for other vines than ttie grape. 
We doubt its utility for any but young and slender vines. 
A " Flowering ^Villow."— H. L. Soutb- 
worth. Utah Co., Utah Territory. We cannot tell what 
this is without specimens. Send a bit when in blossom. 
All willows flower, but some are more showy than others. 
■^. A'. Slate Agricnltnral Society.— 
Annual Meeting.— New Offlcers.— We were 
present through the two days, but have room only for an 
item. The officers elected for 1866 are: President : Hon. 
J. Stanton Gould, of Hudson ; I'icc-Presidents : 1st. Dis- 
trict, Thos. H. Faile, jr.. New Y'ork; 2nd, Samuel Thorne, 
Duchess Co.: 3id, Adin Th;iyer, jr.. Rensselaer Co., Jth, 
G. A. T. Van Home, Montgomery Co.; 6th, James Ge.l- 
des, Onondaga; 6th, Joseph McGraw, Tompkins Co.; 7tli, 
H. T. E. Foster, Seneca Co. , Sth, Horace S. Huntley, 
C:ittaiaugiis Co., Cor. Secretary. Col B. P. Johnson. 
Albany. Rec. Secretary. Erastus Corning, jr., Albany, 
Treasurer, Lutlier H. Tucker, Albany. Executive Crnn- 
miltee : Geo. H. Brown, Dutchess Co.; J. T. Williams, 
Chautauqua Co.:-H. W. Dwight, Cayuga Co., Solon Ro- 
binson. New York.; C. J. Hayes, Otsego Co.; T. L. Har- 
rison; Gen. C. S. Wainwrlght, and Isaac H. Cocks. 
The American Cattle Breeder's As- 
sociation, hitherto mainly confined to New England 
in its oi'erations, held its Annual Meeting at Albany. Feb. 
15. simultenously with the N. Y". State Society's Meeting, 
with the object of enlisting more genei-al interest, and 
extending its infiuences to a ytW.ex sphere. A consider- 
able number of new members were enrolled, a friendly 
discussion took place, and oflicers and committees for 
the year were chosen. For want of room, this number 
being already made up on our return, we must defer the 
names, etc., until the next paper. 
Catalogues, etc., Keceivcd.— Haigis 
& Sommer. Star Nurseries, Quincy, 111. Catalogue ... 
A. M. Purdy. South Bend (Indiana) Nursery...- J. 
M. Thorburn & Co., 15 John St., N. Y'. Catalogue of 
Vegetable and Agricultural Seeds Frost <fe Co., Gene- 
see Valley Nurseries, Rochester, N. Y'. Catalogue fur 
Spring of 1866. . .Willilts Bros., Buchanan, Mich. Cat- 
alogue of Small Fruits, with MetcalPs Early Seedling 
Strawberry as a specially ... Alfred Bridgcman, 876 
Broadway. Catalogue of Kitchen Garden Seeds 
James J. 11. Gxegory, Marbleliead, Mass. Catalogue of 
Garden Seeils, including severid specialties John 
Vanderbilt, 23 Fulton St. Garden, Flower and Field 
Seeds, Implements. Manures, etc.. .Comstock. Ferrc & 
Co., Wethersfield, Conn., (Hartford P. 0.1. Catalogue 
of products of their Seed Farm and Gardens John S. 
Collins, IMoorestown, N. J. C;dalogue of Smiill Fruits. 
B. K. Bliss, Springfield, Mass. Catalogue for 1605 
and 1806, a large and well illustr.ateJ pamphlet, which 
contains descriptions .and diieclions for cultuie of 
flowers, vegetables, elc.:...R. G. Hanford. Columbus, 
Ohio. Descriptive catalogue of the Columbus (Ohio) 
Nursery, illustrated. ...Constitution and By-laws of the 
Hocking Valley (Ohio) Agricultural Socieiy ...Trans- 
actions of the Massachusetts Horticultural Society, 1S65. 
