L26 
AMERICAN AGHlCULTrniST. 
[April. 
••In case your til n mislaid or lost, the facts 
nms: I nil the gift "ill be BCUtaud the number 
conl on receipt of money.* 1 
This Maynard & Co. know enough of tho bad side 6f 
human nature to feel quite erne there are others in the 
world a* big rascals as they are, and that now and then 
there will be found one who will take the bait and pre- 
tend that he had a ticket and lost it. Later letters show 
Chat likely the people of Magnolia have made the place 
too hot for them, as they contain a notice as follows : 
"Since printing our notifications wc have discontinued 
our office at Magnolia, owing to the inconvenience of its 
mail facilities, and hereafter in no case must any money 
or communication be pent to us at that office. 
"Owing to the strong dc6ire on the part of our people 
and the legislature to discontinue this line of business, 
wc have decided to lend our aid in the cause of moral re- 
form, and consequently will conduct no more diBtrtbn- 
tions, and in closing up onv business we simply follow 
our lint- of duty to our patrons on promises made iu the 
past, and with many kind wishes, we are, 
"Very truly yours, Maynard & Co." 
Then follows the address of their "financial agents" in 
Chicago. "Moral reform," indeed! and they propose to 
close up tbeir business by getting as many times $10 as 
there arc fools who will send it. 
There are Prize Associations in New York which do 
"business" on the same principle. They kindly send a 
ticket that has already drawn a prize, and the recipient 
can, by paying $1 for the ticket and $6.50 for " express 
charges and packing," have a " rosewood melodcon, val- 
ned at $90." While on this lottery business we may add 
that no one need write to ask us to find out if this or that 
lottery has been drawn, or to see if it is true that such a 
ticket has drawn a prize. We can not be accessory to 
any such transactions. Some 
WALL STREET '' BROKERS '' 
leem to have been sending out circulars quite freely all 
over the country, and letters come asking if it would be 
safe to put money iu the hands of these parties for invest- 
ment. Safe 1 yes. indeed ! The money would be so safe that 
the one who invests would never see it again. We advise 
our friends iu Illinois and elsewhere to keep just as far 
from such " brokers " as possible If any one wishes 
to fret cheated on a cheap sewing machine they need not 
■end to Montreal for the purpose. They can get accom- 
modated in Greenwich street.. ....Victor — it. should have 
icon victim— sent $5 for a Parisian watch and chain, and 
actually expec ad to get one. What is stranger still he 
wends his doc : lenLs, including that lithographed letter 
acknowledging he money and promising to send iu six 
weeks, to us an asks us to collect his $5 for him. No, 
no, Mr. V. YvY have done our duty by these Paris aud 
Geneva watch I !cs long ago, but you did not bel.eve us, 
and wanted to •• know how it is yourself.* 1 That $5 is a 
first-class investment if it only keeps you from like follies 
hereafter The "8 pounds of butter from a gallon of 
milk " man is around yet. At last accounts he victimized 
them at Barnesvillc, O One Mitcham fairly shrieks 
in his circular for people to scud him $1 for his book that 
tells "how to make from $5 to $20 a day without capital." 
Ho, it is not likely that Mitcham gets $30 a day for this 
book, and he invests capital in circulars and postage, to 
say nothing of the rare talent displayed in writing such a 
touching production. We cliarge M. nothing for the ad- 
vice to go to work on his owu plau and save this outlay. 
MEDICAL HUMBUGS. 
A friend in San Jose, California, sends a request that 
■we show up the "New York Medical University " as a 
notorious humbug, as he has nearly killed himself by 
taking their " vile nauseating compounds." This gentle- 
man can not have read the Agriculturist carefully, as we 
Song ago stated that there was no such " University," 
except so far as yome quack medicine dealers chose to 
rail themselves one. Medical colleges— a "Medical 
University* 1 is a misnomer— never advertise medicines 
or establish "Agencies" Here is our old acquaintance, 
the Rev. Joseph T. Inman, whom wo had for a long time 
lost sight of. Joe has turned up again, an 1 is on the 
"* South Ameriean Missionary " dodge yet. Intelligence 
«f Joey T. comes this time by way of Crinnell, Iowa, 
where a good person is concerned because such a quack 
has ensconced himself in the Bible House. That ehow3 
where Joseph is 'cute. Everybody does not know that 
one of the regular P. O. Stations la at the Bible House, 
%nd it looks quite the thing for a "Rev." to have his 
letters go to a plac^ with ei good a name. Inman is one 
of the humbugs of the past generation " The "National 
Surgical Institute" has a branch, (his time in Atlanta, 
fia Oar Atlanta correspondent will find that wc said our 
say about it la-^1 year. The persons who run it claim to 
to regularly educated surgeons. If so it makes the 
•latter so much the worse; ignorant quacks might 
Be excused for issuing such circulars, but for educated 
men- -pah I Here is another "Rev.," and this one's 
nam;- is Edward Burnett, and he hails from Albany. 
The Rev. Ned plays the same old tune -he was a mis- 
atonary. Tt was In South jrn Asia this time, and he has 
sufficient of thie world's goods ducky boy l), and he does 
not want to realize money (they never do), and he wants 
to "drive disease and death from the happy fireside " 
(thai' s right, go fur 'em), and he sends his recipe " to 
you, fellow sufferer, from a sense of duty " (how lovely), 
and alas! that it should bo so, people can not conveni- 
ently get the herbs of the prescription in their own 
town (or he might add any other), and although his time 
is very much occupied he will just put it up himself for 
£3.03. IIow charmingly precise, • but the Reverend 
Edward Burnett is some at figures, and as he will in no 
ease "ask or accept a profit on the medicine, 41 he has got 
the cost figured down to a dot— that three cents must con- 
vince the most skeptical of the self-sacrificing nature of 
this most excellent man. Burnett, don't you laugh 
yourself at the fools who get caught with this very stale 
old trick? Why the Rev. Inman mentioned above is 
ahead of you by ten or fifteen years. If you are a min- 
ister you should have respect enough for the calling to 
lay aside your title when you dabble in quackery. It 
looks more like a case of stealing the " livery of heaven 
to serve the " Well, you know the rest. 
COUNTERFEIT MONET Oil "QUEER*" 
seeniB to have revived a little since the panic subsided. 
It is the same old story over again, aud it is of lit tl-* use 
to publish names, ns one rascal has no end of aliases 
AST TARTY BY THE NAME OF CHASE 
who wishes to go in for a share of that estate valued a; 
£ :K ; ,000. Coo (no odd cents) can take one step towards it 
by investing £5 iu three sheet? of genealogy. Money 
sent to th.3 Treasurer at Fall River. Mass., or to 
another Chase in Ohio, " will be safe," so says the circu- 
lar, and we haven't the least doubt of it. Here, all yon 
Chases, arc all th<'se millions lying round loose all for 
the want of a few hundred dollars to send a Chase to 
Europe on a wild goose chase. Who ever heard of one 
of these wonderful estates being secured by the heirs? 
The SSowanl Mill.— "N. F. &," Lex- 
ington, Ky. The Howard Mill may be ordered through 
any dealer of farm implements in Xew York, several of 
whose names appear iu our advertising columns. 
Asbosto* Roofing;. — "N. R.," Kinder- 
hook. Ohio. About a dozen years ago we roofed a build- 
ing with tliis roofing, as did several other persons in the 
neighborhood. We do not know of an instance in which 
it failed to give satisfaction, and in onr own case, with an 
occasional coating of cement, the roof was in good order 
three years ago, since when wc have not heard of it. and 
it is doubtless so now. The roof should have a slope of 
at least one foot in sixteen. 
Arbor Way in Bovra. — A circular from 
the Iowa Horticultural Society names April 20th as Ar- 
bor Day. The appointing of a day for the planting trees 
throughout the state originated with Nebraska two years 
ago, and other states are following her example. The 
circular gives a list of premhims. varying from $1 to $30 
each, for the greatest number of evergreen and the various 
deciduous trees planted. The premiums are to he 
awarded in October next, and only those trees that arc 
then alive arc to count. Besides the premiums and regu- 
lations, the circular gives notes on the proper methods of 
planting, etc. Copies may be had of Jas. L. Budd, Shells- 
burg, Benton Co., Iowa. 
The Snyder JBlaelkfwerry.— It is not 
our custom to pay much about new fruits until wc have 
tested them. As several have asked in regard to the 
Snyder Blackberry, a comparatively new variety, we have 
made inquiries nud give their result without knowing 
anything of the fruit ourselves. The variety was 
found on the farm of a Mr. Snyder, whose name 
it bears, near Laporte, Ind. It has been in culti- 
vation since 1851, but has not as yet been very wide- 
ly distributed. Wc have before us letters from several 
well-known Western horticulturists, all of which speak 
of the good quality of the fruit, the prolific character of 
the plants, and especially of the surpassing hardiness of 
the variety. Indeed, hardiness is the great merit claimed 
for tin- Snyder by those who are introducing it, and then- 
statements are sustained by what seems to us abundant 
evidence. At all events we have ordered some plants of 
Mr. J. R. Gaston, Normal, 111., and shall know more 
about them hereafter. 
Nebraska and Minnesota Lands. 
There are no lands belter adapted to the growth of wheat 
or grass than those In Nebraska and Minnesota. The 
flue valleys of the Missouri, the Platte, and the Red 
rivers in these States are now opened to settlement by 
the Burlington and Missouri, the Union Pacific, and the 
St. Paul and Pacific Railroads. These companies are 
anxious to dispose of their lands and give every facility 
to purchasers by means of exploration tickets, reduced 
fares to colonies, cheap prices on the easiest terms, and 
convenient accommodations to immigrants. Thousands 
of successful settlers are now making comfortable homes 
in these rich and healthful valleys. 
Tlic IVlassaehnsetts Hortieultairai 
Transactions for IST'J are a! hand. The reports of 
the committees arc full and interesting, and the volume 
is produced in a very handsome style. 
Play and Profit in My harden, 
by the Rev. E. P. Roe.— When this book first appeared 
wc commended it as one of the most genial of horticul- 
tural publications. Since then its publication has been 
assumed by the Orange Judd Company, and a re-issue is 
now ready. It is not only pleasant reading, but in- 
structive aud eminently timely. 
KffgT* and Plants l»y Express.— 
'• T. T M " ITcaly, Montana. The vitality of c^p, carried 
from New York to Montana, would almost certainly he 
destroyed. It would at any rate be cheaper to procure a 
trio of fowls, which could be sent safely, than the eggs, 
although the first cost would be greater. Good fowls can 
be procured at Chicago or in Minnesota. Trees and 
plants, if properly packed, can be safely sent ten thou- 
sand miles if necessary. Trees have been safely shipped 
from Rochester, N. Y., to Australia. 
Close Breeding. — Wc have received, 
through the courtesy of Professor M. Miles, advance 
sheets of i he Report of the Secretary of the Michigan 
State Board of Agriculture for 1873, containing a very 
valuable paper upon Close Breeding, by Professor Miles, 
and which was substantially given in a lecture before the 
American Association of Short Horn Breeders, at their 
meeting at Cincinnati, Dec. 3. 1S73. This paper is a re- 
markably effective defence of the practice of close or " in 
and in " breeding, as a scientific process in the hands of 
intelligent and thoroughly competent breeders. The ac- 
cumulation of facts presented *n this paper furnish an 
irresistible argument in favor of the position assumed by 
the Professor, which might perhaps be. epitomized in 
the statement that close breeding is only the means of 
perpetuating the qualities which have been gained by 
other means, and does not In itself necessarily improve 
or injure animals, while, nevertheless, u close breeding' 1 
in the hands of incompetent, uneducated, unscientific 
persons is to be discouraged as almost certainly an in- 
jurious practice. This paper should be read and care- 
fully studied by every stock breeder. 
Tick's Cliromo. — James Vick, the well- 
known seedsman, of Rochester, sends out afloral chromo 
annually. The one for the present year shows a larga 
cross decorated with flowers, and is exceptionally good. 
The Exhibition in Chili.— The govern- 
ment of Chili, the most progressive of the South Ameri- 
can republics, announce their Second International 
Exhibition at Santiago, m September. 1875. This is a 
fair worthy the attention of our inventors and manufac- 
turers. These and all others interested can obtain pro- 
grammes from A. Vilhirroel, office of Ribon & Munoz, 
53 Pine street. 
ISook Polices prepared for this month 
are necessarily crowded out. We would like to give 
especial notice to the very excellent "Elementary 
Science Series.' 1 now being issued in rapid succession by 
G. P. Putnam's Sons, N. Y., but have not space. 
IiaiMlM'nno Gardener. — ■ F. X. QetaSng- 
er, from Germany, has established himself in New York 
as a landscape gardener. He has had much experience 
abroad, and his designs that wc have seen show both 
taste and skill. 
M*eristrophe. — It is not a little surprising 
to read in the N. Y. Weekly Tribune the following : 
"Among the new plants out for the first time, none gave 
ns more satisfaction than that lovely little golden-leaved 
beauty, or to load it with its full title according to the 
books, Perintropke anyustifolia aitreo-vatiegata." As an 
offset to this gushing paragraph, we would say that the 
plant (which by the way is not new) though very fine for 
greenhouse decoration, has for several years proved 
perfectly worthless with us as a bedding plant. We 
have seen it in various gardens from Massachusetts to 
Georgia, and all we have seen who tried it are quite dis- 
gusted with it as an open-air plant. 
Value of Corn and Hran.— "J. H. S.," 
Bourbon Co., Ky. Corn and bran can not be compared 
with each other as feed because neither can be fed alone 
to the best advantage. But equal measures of each ground 
together will make probably the most nutritious fee » for 
cither hogs or horses and a most excellent feed for cows, 
