1S65.] 
AMERICAN AGRICULTURIST. 
143 
rthey will not germinate the present year. Where tlie 
■whole groundls planted to locusts, they should be in drills 
about tweh»e feet apart, potatoes, beans, or turnips being 
• cultivated, between the rows for a few seasons, then thin 
• out the younfi trees to about thirty inches apart, and 
I prune off the lower branches to make them grow tall. The 
•rfiVf.ges of the borer have been such in many parts of the 
Ljoantry as entirely to discourage the planting of locusts, 
s-fme plantations of young trees having been destroyed. 
Qnince for StocUs.— W. B. Dayton, Ham- 
ilton Co., Ohio.— The Angers quince is a variety which 
originated in a French town of that name. It is distin- 
guished by its rapid growth and is belt«r suited for a 
stock than the slower growing kinds. Any free growing 
variety will probably answer as good a purpose, and there 
ar« tliose which arc preferred by some nurserymen to the 
Angers. We have not h€ard that Rea's Seedling has 
5)een tried as a stock. It is valued for the large size and 
Une quality of its froU, but is rather scarce as yet. 
9IaneCti StocU.— The Manetti rose, now so 
largely used as a stock upon which to bud the finer sorts 
•of roses, is a seedling variety, raised by a Signer CreTelli, 
and namrl after Signer Manetti, the director of a botan- 
coal |<*7den, near Lake Como, in Italy. 
Ors&pes in Spring-.— In the middle of last 
March, there were very perfect Isabella Grapes, as fresh 
as if just picked, upon our exhibition tables. The speci- 
mens are from Mr. John Cole, Staten Island, who states 
Ills process as follows; "Select a clear day to cut the 
irmU when every berry is perfect. Provide a box made 
water tight, with the top lid to project over one inch all 
-around to keep water out, then lay in the bunches care- 
'i'uUy so that they will not touch one another, until the bot- 
tom of the box is filled; then place some strips across 
the box so as to just clear -the bunches, and thus fill up 
the box. Put the cover on tight to prevent the water 
from getting in, and place the box In the driest part of the 
garden, down below the frost." Mr. Cole tried stone jars 
but did not find them to answer as well as wooden boxes. 
The gi-apes would doubtless have kept much longer. 
*rheIsa1>eUa CJrape.— "A Reiider," Bris- 
tol, Perm.— There is probably no help for an Isabella vine 
■".vhich will not perfect its fruit. If it has failed for seve- 
ral years in succession, it is best to put a more reliable 
variety, such as the Delaware or Concord, in its place. 
Orape Xrcllises.— A. Kerl, Illinois.— No 
doubt that the cheapest vine trellis is that described in 
Fuller's Grape Culturist and in the Agriculturist for 
August, 1863. Ifthe facilities are greater for making it 
entirely of wood, the excellent plan of Mr. Knox will 
fre found in the April number of the same-year. 
Beans. — S. D. Rodman, Niagara Co. : The 
Early Rachel and Refugee are neither of them valued 
when ripe, and would not meet with a ready sale. The 
only colored beans we have seen in the New York mar- 
kets are a black variety, known as the " Turtle Soup 
Bean," which is sparing-ly used for bean soup, and a 
brownish sort known as French Beans, The demand for 
either sort, as compared with that for the white beans, is 
very limited, and confined to the seed dealers. 
Onions ag:ain.-G. A. Harpinger, Snyder 
to., Pa.— Generally onions cannot be raised from seed in 
localities much south of New York City, but we are un- 
able to designate the southern limits of successful onion 
culture. In this vicinity and northward, large onions are 
obtained the first year from seed. Where they will not 
perfect, sets must be grown. In this case it takes two 
years to raise the crop. Tlie seeds are early sown 
thickly in shallow drills about 10 inches apart, and when 
the crop matures, in July, the little bulbs are spread in an 
airy room to keep until the next spring. 
His Onions Stopped Gro^»'inB:,--A. 
Pratt, Norfolk Co.. Mass., had the growth of his crop of 
onions checked by drouth, and has a lot of small bulbs, 
as well as a quantity of "bull-necks," or scallions. 
The well developed bulbs may be planted as sets, and if 
any of them throw up flower stems, they must be re- 
moved as soon as they appear. A scallion will probably 
never form a good bulb. It may be well enough to set 
them out to pull for young onions, or " rare-ripes." 
A Fine Floral ShoM'.— Mr. Wm. Chorl- 
tnn, of Staten Island, has another splendid show of Camel- 
lias at our office. The collection includes Prince Albert, 
Ounlap's White, Binneyi, Carjdidissima, Imbrioata, 
Mrs. Abby Wilder, Landrethii, Speciosissima, Fordil, 
Myrtifolia, Fimbriala, Wra. Penn. Alba plena, Wllderii, 
Formosa, etc., and other fine varieties, 
Xlie Xrnmpet HoneysncU le.— " E. E. 
M.," Minneapolis, Minn., in reference to the range of this 
plant in the wild state says : "It is found here quite abun- 
dantly in three varieties, yellow, scarlet, and dark crim- 
son." As there are other species of Lonicera besides 
the seinpervirens, it will be necessary for us to see 
specimens before tlte fact of the far northern locality for 
this plant can be considered established. 
Bacha,nsin^s l^e^v Rose.— This new rose 
which bears the name of Catherine Sprunt, has been 
cnltivated by Mr. Buchanan for several years and is 
now to be sent out as advertised last month. Rose 
fanciers will value this as a welcome addition to the list 
of yellow Tea roses, as it has all the good qualities 
of its parent, the Safrano, with a much better color. 
Xlie Ciiinese Frinu^ose. — Eliza Preston. 
This is a biennial and suited only to green house cultire. 
It is usually raised from the seed. 
Extei*niination of the '%ViId ]9Iorn- 
Ing Glory,— R. J. Kelly, Clark Co., O., says, that this, 
which is a troublesome weed in some parts of the West, 
may be exterminated by turning hogs into the field. He 
had a lot badly infested and the hogs rooted them out. 
Chicl£i;vee<l. — Miss M. E. Coolidge. This oc- 
curs "as a nuisance" only in cold and wet soil, and its 
presence is a pretty sure indication that draining is need- 
ed. In old gardens it will frequently form a complete 
mat over the surface in spring and fall, and is so tena- 
cious of life that it will flourish when every other plant 
is dead from the cold. 
Unseasoua1)Ie Insect!^. — Mr. A. T. Fry- 
lick of Hackensack, N. J., brought to our office in Feb- 
ruary, a box containing grasshoppers, all " alive and 
kicking." lie states that although there was snow upon 
the ground these insects were around his house in 
myriads. The question is: where did they come from, 
and what becomes of them ? 
I.arg;e Yield of Squash.— S. T. Ward, 
Middlesex Co., raised from two seeds of Honolulu va- 
riety 1,055 lbs. of squashes, and asks who can beat this. 
DeatU of an Extensive Farmer.- 
William Wickham Mills, of Smilhtown, Suffolk Co., 
L. I., died on the 6th of January, in the 69th year of his 
age. He was one of the largest and most prosperous 
farmers on the Island, having inherited the family estate 
of 1500 acres, which had never been deeded. This he 
increased to over 3000 acres. Mr. Mills was successful as 
a stock breeder, famous for his fine horses and neat 
cattle, and. we believe, was once President of the old 
Suffolk County Agricultural Society. 
I>ilfieult to Ans"%ver. — A gentleman in 
Ohio writes: *' Please inform me how, at the present 
prices of produce we can realize the largest profit next 
fall from one acre"' a description of which follows. This 
is a specimen of the many unanswerable questions which 
come to us. Aside from the diihculty of seeing how the 
present prices of produce are to be a guide to con- 
clusions, thei e are many others in the way. If there is 
but one acre, it will of course yield the most as a market 
garden, and the articles to be grown will depend upon 
the facilities for disposing of the product. The most 
profitable piece of land we ever knewof, bore three crops 
the same season ; lettuce in the spring, which was out 
of the way in time for tomatoes and celery. An acre of 
land devoted to any of the field crops will not amount to 
much at any rate, but if one has the time to make a 
garden of it, it can usually be made profitable. Cabbages 
might pay better for either feeding or marketing than 
anything else, and peas or lettuce might be taken oflT first. 
ILioauing; tite Ag^rieultiirist. — A sub. 
scriber in Charlestown, Ind., asks if it is right to loan 
his paper to hisneighbors, and complains that his numbers 
get worn out, while those who borrow them receive for 
nothing all the benefit which he pays for. This is a ques- 
tion which every one must decide for liimself, as in all 
other cases of bestowing charity. If alms-giving en- 
courages laziness it becomes wrong, while properly exer- 
cised it does great good. We should cheerfully Joan the 
paper to worthy people who were unable to pay for it, 
and to those who were able to take it and did not, we 
should loan this copy with this article marked, and 
probably the trouble will cease. 
Xodd^s Yonngf Farmer^s ^lanual. 
-^The 2d and 3d volumes of The Young Farmer's Manual 
are now in the printer's hands, and will be given to the 
public before long, uniform with what must now be 
called Vol. 1. The 2d is on— How to Make Farming 
pay. The 3d— On The Cultivation of Various Crops. 
A Hint to l-aw-Malcers.— W. G. G. 
Gratacap sensibly suggests a source which has been 
overlooked in the framing of our revenue laws. As 
numerous two-legged marauders, without feathers, per- 
sist in killing his two-legged feathered friends who de- 
stroy the insects which prey upon his fruit, he asks that 
there be a tax on promiscuous shooting, as well as upon 
useful employments, and suggests that the place for 
those who are so fond of pulling the trigger is at the 
army front. Farmers, doctors, picklers, and all the 
curing professions are taxed, and we do not see why the 
killers should go free. Tax the bird destroyers. 
About ** Earth Glasses."— A *^Dr.'» 
Andrews sends out circulars offering for $10 and 23 three 
cent stamps, to send a pair of " Earth Glasses," by w ear- 
ing which he says one "can see into the ground and 
through rocks, rubbish, water, Ac, just the same as we 
usually see objects on the top of the earth, or as Owls, 
Bats, &c., see at night." The Agriculturist is furnished 
for $1.50 per year, and with it any one can see through 
this and many other similar humbugs. Don't be swin- 
dled by *'Dr.*' Andrews, or any of his class. 
Mangoes.—" Subscriber,'* Delaware County, 
Pa.— The pickles called mangoes are unripe musk- 
melons, about the size of a large orange, stuffed with 
chopped cabbage, horseradish, mustard seed, allspice, 
and any oilier condiments that may be fancied. 
Hard Noap. — Several contributors write 
that having tried the recipe (No. 1) fur making hard soap 
publislied in the March Agriculturist, they found it to 
produce a good article, but not in as large quantity as 
there represented. Instead of 40 lbs., only from 9 to 13 
pounds are reported. 
Onion So'wer ^Vanted. — W. Jackson, 
Oneida Co., N. Y., inquires for an onion seed drill as de- 
scribed by J. Dennis, writer of Essay No. 3, in the pam- 
phlet on Onion Culture. Those having the article for 
sale should advertise it. 
Smoked Uleat Packed in Salt.— 
*' S. W.," of Oyster Bay, writes : ** In the Afarch 
'Basket* you recommend packing smoked meat in dry 
salt. I tried it one year; the salt attracted moisture, 
and kept the meat soft ; hence, when exposed, the flies 
troubled it. Since then, I have hung it in a perfectly 
dark, dry room, and it has kept satisfactorily." 
Forty Million I%>M'spapers.— The 
"American News Company," of this city, which supplies 
dealers throughout the country with newspapers, maga- 
zines, books and stationery, reports about forty million 
newspapers as having been distributed by the 70 employ- 
ees of the Company during eleven months of last year. 
In that time the receipts amounted to $2,220,372, and the 
packing paper and twine cost $12,000 ! 
Best Kind of Pumps. — Several sub- 
scribers have inquired for " the best kind of pumps?" 
For a pump out of doors, the common chain pump suits 
us better than any of the same price, for wells of moder- 
ate depth, as water will not freeze up in it. When the 
combined suction and lifting pump is used where water 
will freeze, careless people will not always raise the 
handle to let the water down. For this reason, the 
pump is often frozen up and the pipe bursts. If a well be 
deep, and a small vent hole be made in the pipe of a 
lifting pump, above the piston, the water will run out 
sufficiently before it freezes. 
Mother's Fictnre AIplia1»et* — Messrs. 
Carleton <fe Porter have issued a most beautiful volume, 
designed for small children just beginning to learn io read. 
It contains 56 pages considerably larger than a large 
school atlas, with a splendid full page engraving for each 
letter of the alphabet, and a page of simple words in 
rhyme opposite— the whole well calculated to *' stimulate 
investigation, improve the taste, and give pleasant and 
instructive employment." It is superior to any thing of 
the kind we have seen in this country. It has been about 
a year in preparation, and the engravings alone cost 
nearly $2000. The price is $2. 
CornHnsks Wanted. — Some of the pub- 
lishers of newspapers in New-York City intend to test 
the feasibility of making paper from corn husks or 
shucks, and they advertise for a supply of the material. 
A notice given in the daily papers says they wish " pro- 
posals from every town, county and State in the United 
States for supplying clean, sound and well dried husks, 
as the same are stripped from the ripe corn — the husks to 
be baled In even hundreds of pounds, and delivered at 
railroad stations." Proposals to be addressed to Mr. D. 
H. Craig, Agent of the Associated Press, H. V. <Uty, 
