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AMERICAN AGRICULTURIST. 
[October, 
and where, owing to the fact that a high duty is charged 
on every bushel of barley converted into malt, it is very 
desirable to have the barley of the highest quality, and en- 
tirely free from all extraneous matter, they have a machine 
for breaking off the beards. But. in our dry climate, and 
where the maltsters are not so particular, there is less ne- 
cessity for it. Much of our barley is sold as it comes from 
the machine, without running it through a fanning mill. 
Mabbett's Egg-saring West.— Johu 
H. Mabbett, of Vineland, N. J., seeing the nest-box 
described in the September number, sends us a drawing 
and description of one which he has made and used with 
entire success. It is shown 
in the accompanying 
figure. Mr. M. takes a 
nail keg or butter tub, sets 
a short post in the centre, 
and tacks a piece of sack- 
ing so as to furm a sort 
of loose diaphragm near 
the middle, raised up iu 
the centre by the post. 
"Upon the top of this post 
he screws half a wooden 
egg. Then a piece of sacking is cut to fit the top of the tub 
and hang loose down nearly as low as the top of the post. 
In the middle of this a hole is cut large enough to pass 
one's hand through, and locks of hay are stitched flat 
upon the sacking in a way not to prevent an egg rolling 
down into the hole. This is then tacked upon the top of 
the tub, as shown in the sketch, and completes the affair. 
Hens take readily to such a nest, and their eggs drop 
through out of s-ight. The nest egg is always in sight 
and every thing looks right. The eggs must be removed 
daily or there will be risk of breaking. In place of the 
diaphragm of cloth the tub might be half filled with hay. 
Fine Tomatoes.— Col. Geo. E. Waring, 
Jr., of Newport, R. I., sent us some tomatoes, which in 
these days of many good tomatoes are noticeable for tin sir 
size, smoothness, weight, and solidity. With all these 
good qualities they have a most excellent flavor, the best, 
we think, of any variety we have tested this season. 
Col. W. assures us that they are very early. We under- 
stand that they are the result of 23 years careful crossing 
and selection by a careful man. So fine a fruit as this 
should have a name. 
Early ^lohnirk Potato.— This new 
variety, introduced by Mr. S. B. Conover, was very gen- 
erally distributed for trial, and we hear good accounts of 
it. Our trial samples produced the most vigorous and 
dark green foliage of any among a large number of other 
varieties. It is a good bearer, and produces tubers of 
good size and shape, with very few small ones. We can 
see no appreciable difference in the time of maturing be- 
tween this and the Early Rose. It cooks mealy, but is of 
a rather more solid texture than the Early Rose, and it 
has more flavor than that variety. We consider the 
Early Mohawk a valuable addition to our list of Early 
Potatoes, and it keeps well late into the Spring. 
Wright's Poiiltry.book. — The Brst 
edition of this work went off in an unexpectedly rapid 
manner, and when it was exhausted, there was a large 
number of unfilled orders on hand. The delay in prepar- 
ing another issue was unavoidable, but it is now ready, 
and we shall endeavor hereafter to keep a supply of this 
most excellent work. 
Sundry Slninbngs. — Messrs. Dailey & 
Co., of New York, one of the many firms engaged in 
the manufacture of spurious U. S. notes, have a new 
dodge. Inclosed with their circular letter, they send 
what is represented to be a slip cut from some daily 
paper. It reads as follows: u A Dangerous counterfeit. 
Ten-dollar Treasury Notes almost exactly imitated— The 
Treasury officers almost deceived.— Washington, August 
18th. Treasurer Spinner and several Treasury experts 
to-day examined a ten-dollar counterfeit greenback sent 
here by some unknown person from New York, which 
was pronounced the best-executed counterfeit that, ever 
came under their notice ; indeed, there was some differ- 
ence of opinion as to its being a counterfeit, even after 
its surface had been closely cxaiuiued by a powerful 
microscope. The counterfeit is more dimly printed than 
the genuine, giving it the appearance of one of the last 
impressions of a large number; but in all other respects 
it is difficult to distinguish it from a good note, with 
which the comparison was made.*' In their circular 
letter Dailey & Co. go ou to say: "We got a friend to 
send one of our $10 bills to Washington a short time 
ago, to sec if it could be detected. It was detected, but 
only after a severe and protracted investigation. Still 
they will pass, and are just as good" etc., etc. Now, if 
Dailey & Co. did send that $10 bill to Washington, and the 
authorities cannot fiud them out and punish them, they 
are derelict in their duty. If said Dailey and Co. did not 
send it, they have a very clever way of making people 
think they did. No honest person would think of trust- 
ing them, or investing in fraudulent money; and to the 
foolish or headstrong we give our warning— rest assured 
that detectives are on the look-out for all dealers in coun- 
terfeit money, and if you would not suffer the penalty 
of breaking the law, give all counterfeiters a wide berth. 
Kelley & Co., of " Kelley Weekly " notoriety, arc 
around again with their Oil Stock. This time they arc 
managed by Messrs. Wogan & Co., New York. It is the 
old story revived, and of course none of our readers will 
be caught in this very old trap. Their " receiver " issues 
a circular to "ticket holders of Kelley & Co.'s Gift 
Entertainments." Of course moro money is wanted, be- 
fore the gift can be had. "1IV have no doubt their patrons 
nave lost all patience " with them, as their "Particular 
Notice* 1 says, — and, we might add, their money too. No, 
Mr. Wogan, that won't do ; it is too old : the Kelley oil- 
works and all the rest of it was pumped dry months ago. 
. . . We know nothing of F. T. Sage's process for mak- 
ing vinegar, and cannot comment upon it We are so 
often asked about this and that doctor, that we feel 
called upon to repeat— We hold all advertising "Doc- 
tors " as quacks, and not in good standing with their 
professional brethren We know nothing about the 
"New England Watch Manufacturing Company''' or 
their "Aluminium Brilliante " Watches. Never buy 
cheap watches is our advice to every body. A good 
watch is worth paying for, if a person needs one. Cheap 
watches, as a rule, are perfect failures, if not actual 
frauds The Gift Enterprise business seems to be on the 
decline. We have but one before us worthy of notice, 
and that is only new in name — A. B. Taylor, New York. 
This gentleman proposes to send a prize ticket of the 
managers, worth $200, to any person who will first send 
him $1 to get the ticket with,— all of which sounds very 
plausible, only the trick is old, and wc advise all persons 
to keep their $1, and forego the chance for $200 As 
wc predicted some months ago, when the " One Dollar 
Stores'" were so popular, they have gradually died out, 
or dwindled down to " Any thing on this counter for a 
quarter." In short, it is a magnified street peddler's 
"jewelry card board." Much that is sold in them is 
trashy, and not worth taking home. Let strangers in New 
York lookout for the well-dressed, smooth-tongued young 
men who hang about the street corners and offer cards 
of Oroide and other jewelry shops. These chaps can tell a 
stranger at a glance, and when one is persuaded to enter 
one of their underground dens, he is pretty sure to come 
out. fleeced by what is called the envelope game. Many 
lose their money and say nothing aboiit it. but almost 
every day a complaint is made to the authorities, when 
the rogues refund the money, and arc allowed to carry on 
their game unmolested. Among the mysterious things 
in New York is the way in which this rascality is 
permitted. The places are well known to the authori- 
ties, but they do not broak them up. 
Name, Town, County, State-— Now 
that so many will be renewing their subscriptions, and 
sending new ones, we would say to them, as well as to 
those who write upon editorial matters. Look at your let- 
ter before you seal it. and 6ee that the name is signed, 
and that Post-office, County, and State, are plainly given. 
Many will think this a superfluous caution, but among 
the many thousands of letters that we receive, there is 
an astonishing number which contain no clue to the 
writer's whereabouts. The post-mark is frequently a 
mere blotch, and we are often without this guide to the 
place at which the letter was mailed. It is often 
the case that every part of a letter will be written plainly 
except the name, which should be the most distinct of 
all. Attention to these points will often save us trouble, 
and our subscribers disappointment. 
IMaut* Earned.- B. F. Trausou it Bio., 
Humboldt, Tenn. Virgin's Bower. Clematis Vtrginiana. 
See Agriculhwist for Nov. last Geo. Mace, Marquette 
Co., Wis. No. 1. Lead Plant, Amorphafianescens ; No. 2. 
Enrly Meadow Rue, Thatietrum dioicum ; No. 3. Wood 
Anemone, Anemone nemorosa Mrs. T. J. L. Apple of 
Peru, Nicandra physakddes...M. R. Young, York Co., 
Me. No. 1. Canada Tick-Trefoil, DesmoOium Canadt nse ; 
No. 2. Bladder Campion, 8iknc iiijlata ; No. 3. One- 
flowered Wintergreen, Monies unijlora . . . . S. R. P., Alden. 
Summer Chrysanthemum, Chrysanthemum coronaHum t 
and not at. all like Arnica. .. .Mrs. L. D. C, Negauuec, 
Mich. Bowcardia triphyibt, a common green-house and 
bedding-plant, not hardy; cannot recogni/.e the vine 
from tiie leaves T. M. I., St. Paul, Minn. Wild 
Pasque-flowT, Anemone patens, var. NutiaUiana — M. 
W., Lauca^b-r Co., Pa. No. 1. Iron-weed, Vernonia 
Noveboraeensis; No. 2. Sncezeweed. UeUniamautamnaU ; 
No. 3. Mexican Poppy, Argemom Mexicans ; No. 4. Par- 
tridge Pea, Cassia Chamaxrista ; No. 5. Great Willow- 
herb, Epilobhim angustifoliian, O. II. L., Lisbon Falls, 
Me. Bladder Campion, Silent injhdo, a troublesome weed 
in some places Wm. B. Burleigh, Conn. The white- 
leaved pluut is Euphorbia marginata. We do not under- 
take to name plants from the leaves alone. . . . J. F. Mann. 
Ocouomowoc, Wis. Low Hop Clover, Trifolium pro- 
cumbens, of no agricultural value Mrs. M'Coy, La 
Porte, Ind. Cardinal-flower, Lobelia cordi no/is. Will 
grow well iu the garden Mrs. II. A. T. H., Annnwan, 
111. Ivy Linaria, Linaria ojmbakuia . . . S. Martin, Suf- 
folk Co., L. I. Spurry, Spurgula arvensis, cultivated in 
Europe for fodder. . . M. Ilowk, Pleasant Hill. Iowa. The 
thing sent is a plant, a fungus, of the genus Xidu'oria, and 
commonly called Birds-nest fungus. It will reproduce 
itself. Mrs. J. C. J., Green Springs, O. Cardiual-flowcr 
— see above— and the Ground-nut— Apios txtbtrosa. 
.llstohine lor Pi*iiiiins£ TrttCS. — " W, 
S.," Dayton, O. See advertisement ofDoty's Primer, in 
Sept. Fruit pickers are sold at all agricultural store*. 
To Keep Potatoes tor Seed.— When 
first dug, let. them dry off well by lying several days 
spread out thin on the barn floor ; if they are greened by 
the sun it is a doable advantage, for no careless conk will 
take of them twice for boiling. Then place them in a 
cool, dry part «>f the cellar, on a floor of boards, and not 
more than two feet deep. Never keep them in barrels. 
Examine them occasionally daring the winter, and if 
they showa tendency to grow, rub the eyc3 off and 
spread them out thinner. 
Apple lint lei*. — Some of our readers wish 
a good recipe for Apple butter. Who will give it ? 
Itnlbs. — The dealers now offer their stock of 
bulbs. The same amount of money cannot be expended 
on the flower garden in a manner that will give more 
satisfaction than in the purchase of spring-flowering bulbs. 
Bliss & Co., Thorburn & Co., and Henderson & Fleming, 
of N. Y., offer fine assortments, as do James Vick of 
Rochester, N. Y,. Ferre, Batchelder & Co.. Springfield, 
Mass., II. H. Dreer of Philadelphia, and others. Buy and 
plant early. Sec also our premium list, No. 33. 
A Handy Corn-SHeller.— 'Rex" save: 
"If yon have only a few bushels to shell, use your wife's 
zinc wash-board. I have tried it often ; it docs not hurt 
the zinc and is far better than a corn cob." 
The BiiJshoerp; C-italos-ne. — Elaborate 
catalogues are now so common that they have ceased to 
be an exception, One just received from Isidor Bush & 
Son, Bushberg. Jefferson County, Mo., is an vxamplc of 
painstaking and conscientious work, worthy of notice. 
It is devoted to the grape and the small fruits, and con- 
tains besides a compact treatise on grape culture, as fol- 
lowed in Missouri, a very full catalogue of our native 
varieties with descriptions and many illustrations. It 
will prove much more useful to the grape-grower than 
some works of much greater pretensions. 
One Man on a Two-Hundred Aere 
Farm.— Mr. T. B., of Wauconda, 111. .writes: " Laborers 
here are very scarce. In fact it is almost impossible to 
hire at all. I have two hundred acres, and have to do 
nearly all the work myself, so it is impossible to do the 
land justice."— There can be no doubt on that point; 
and furthermore, one man alone cannot work to advant- 
age on a farm. The team must lie idle half the time. 
And how about cutting, curing, and drawing in hay and 
grain ? Mr. B. adds : " I have 130 acres to grass ami 
pasture, and shall seed more in the spring.' "—But even 
if the whole farm is in meadow and pasture, it would 
trouble ns to manage it economically without some as- 
sistance. As a rule, we imagine it is in some way the 
farmer's own fault, or that of his neighbors, when la- 
borers cannot be obtained. Wages are higher at the 
East thau at the West, showing that there must be more 
men there, in proportion to the demand, than here. The 
trouble is in not giving steady employment. 
Sheep Isabels Wanted..— Parties arc 
inquiring for them ; manufacturers should advertise. 
Norway Oats.— We would ask those who 
have made atrial of these oats in different sections of the 
country to give us their experience in brief. 
Trouhle witli Pear Trees.-' 1 E. W. 
W I*ynn," Mass. The black spots on the bark are not 
satisfactorily accounted for, though -"inc attribute them 
to a fungus! As they ant noticed by you only on tics 
that are unthrifty, it would be well to manure the trees. 
If the injury is not extensive, cut away the diseased 
portions, and apply melted grafting wax to the wound. 
