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AMERICAN AGRICULTURIST. 
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scribed above ...A '-Friend" from the country, just to 
gratify his curiosity, allowed himself to be coaxed into 
one of the Oroide, alias Envelope prize, alias Swindling 
Shop-, in N. Y.. and sends us a full account of the various 
efforts made by stool pigeons, etc., to get his money. We 
have not room for his letter. We have gone through the 
same operation so often that most of the swindlers know 
us under every disguise, and refuse to operate "with ns, 
and so have spoiled one of our amusements. Every 
Oroide Watch Shop offering envelope tickets is a 
manifest humbug, and whoever pays a dollar, or a 
dime, will be swindled before lie gets through 
Various other Humbugs, too numerous to be noticed 
this month, are in our hands. We may indicate the 
names of some of them: W. II. Clement & Co., alias 
Willis (U. S. Treasury Notes, etc.) ; Sundry cheap Sew- 
ing Machines, all too cheap for anybody to lose their 
money on; Barclcy & Co. (Spurious Money); Sundry 
'•Medical" Books ; Michelin & Co., noticed last month ; 
.John E. Marion & Co., vile books and pictures, with 
Oroide Watches, spurious money, etc. ; Sundry Humbug 
"Doctors," and their books and periodicals, in New 
York, and at Albany, etc. ; so-called "Artists' Associa- 
tions," 1 existing only on paper, or in circulars ; Williams- 
burg dry goods swindlers (Chapman & Kohl, etc.), who 
get |>00r women's money; a pretended weekly journal, 
offered for a year, with an envelope ticket for an article 
werth JIS — all for $1, to greenhorns ! Another monthly 
paper for £1. with cash premiums thrown in, amounting 
to from $10 to $500 each ; a consumptive cure, of Sayre 
& Co., 210 Broadway, which happens to be the center of 
Fulton Street— there is no 210 Broadway; Daily & Co., 
Spurious Money. A lady, " too poor to take the Agricul- 
turist ," loses $:> in getting a "music bos" in Liberty 
Street, which proved to be a mouth organ, costing a six- 
pence. (She should apply for remedy to the journal 
which advertised it.) We have a lot of others, but must 
stop now Our most efficient ally in protecting the 
people against Humbugs, is Mr. James Gayler, Special 
TJ. S. Mail Agent, and editor of The Mail, a first-rate 
monthly journal, published at the New York Post-office, 
at $1 a year, and very useful to all Post-masters, and 
others having much mail business. The Mail shows up 
Humbugs, and Mr. Oayler constantly keeps back all the 
letters to swindlers, that the law will allow him tore- 
tain, and return to the writers. The swindlers tried to 
blackmail him into silence recently, by hundred-dollar 
subscriptions to his paper, but they " caught a Tartar,"' 
and the Avondale Sufferers got the money. vVe hope they 
will make good use of their hundred copies of The Mail. 
Snicide.— On Thursday, Nov. 11th, the N.T. 
Fruit Grower's Club committed premeditated suicide. 
It has passed into "airy nothing," and has given up its 
" local habitation and a name."' Want of sympathy from 
the cold world and a plentiful lack of cash in its treasury 
were the predisposing causes. 
Staple* Shade Flock.— John D. Wing, 
Esq., Washington, Dutchess Co.. N. Y., has sold his en- 
tire flock of justly celebrated Thorough-bred Cotswold 
Sh» .". all of which were imported or bred by him direct- 
ly from imported stock, to Mr. L. A. Chase, one of the 
proprietors of the American Agriculturist. 
Hiarge Secltels. — D. K. Underwood, Ad- 
rian. Mich., sent us specimens of as large Scckel pears 
a* we ever saw. Tbey had been kept rather too long to 
allow us to judge of their qnality, but for size and beauty 
they were remarkable. 
The Utter Apple.— Mr. T. D. Plumb, of 
Madison, Wis., sends the Utter apple which he says " is 
becoming very popular iu the North-west." We do not 
wonder at it if the fruit is always as fair and handsome as 
those sent. "Season, according to location, from Nov. 1 
to February 1, a regular bearer and hardy in the North- 
west." The flesh is very white, and quality good. 
Send as a. Holiday Present, to a 
country or other friend, a year's subscription to the Agri- 
culturist. It will be useful, and will remind the recipient 
of the giver, every time it comes to hand. When desired, 
In such cases, the Publishers enclose in the first number 
an office receipt, marking on it the name of the donor. 
'iThc Wextcr Circular. — This is not a 
Circingle, nor any mechanical appliance, but a printed 
"circular" containing a few simple and iiseful hints. 
The Green - House as a Winter 
Garden, by F. E. Field, with a preface by W. C. Bryant. 
New York: G. P. Putnam & Son. This is a little Manual 
by an English amateur, and is intended for those who 
manage a small green-house by themselves. The work is 
pleasantly aud plainly written, but it is too meagre in its 
details. The whole story of the green-house and descrip- 
tion of the selection of plants for winter flowering, being 
told in SO pages of large type. We should hardly consider 
a winter garden, even the smallest as well stocked if it 
did not contain Carnations, Bouvardias, and many other 
things which the author_omits, and we should leave out 
of a small collection, several which he includes. There 
are, however, many suggestions which will be useful to 
the amateur in this country, while the particular instruc- 
tions as to mixtures of soils are quite unsuited to our 
cultivators who succeed without them. 
Poar Earned.- ' G. S. C." From the out- 
line and description we judge your pear to be the Sheldon. 
If this be the case you will search long to find a better one. 
•'"Wanna Seed.""— L. J. Green, Faribault 
Co.. Minn. The specimen sent is one of the kinds of 
Millet, and is sometimes grown as a forage plant. 
A <VJoo€l Cement.— Mr. J. Shepherd says: 
"Mix a small quantity of plaster aud alum with water, 
and use in a liquid state. It sets very hard, and is 
especially good for fixing the brass caps to lamps. 
B&evrherry Briars.-" G. H. Q." asks how 
he can get rid of dewberry briars on land too stony to 
plow. We do not know of any better way than to cut 
them with a brush scythe and pasture the land with sheep. 
If any of our readers know of a better method, we should 
be glad to hear from them. • 
The Catawba "Buried."— At a re- 
cent meeting of the Alton, HI., Horticultural Society, it 
was '-Resolved, That with feelings of deep regret we con- 
sign our old friend the Catawba Grape- Vine to the tomb. 
Long persistence in bad habits has ruined its former 
character."— A novel way of disposing of a grape-vine. 
Why did they not send to Chicago and get a divorce ? 
Others may like the Catawba if the Altoniaus do not. 
Twelve Thousand I>ollars" Worth 
of Engravings, at least, will be given in the Agri- 
culturist during 1870. To obtain neatly printed copies of 
all these will cost only $1.50, or less to clubs, with all 
the reading matter thrown in. 
Fruit in Washing-* 01 * Co.* IU.— The 
Secretary of the Richview Horticultural Society, Mr. O. 
C. Barber, sends a statement which shows the amount of 
fruit cultivated near, and shipped from, one station on the 
Illinois Central R. R. In the immediate vicinity of Rich- 
view are planted. Peach trees, 95,000; Apple, 20,000; 
Pear. 7.500: Cherry, 2,500; Quince, 3.000; Grape, Ki,- 
500; Gooseberry, 1,800; Currant, 2,000; Blackberry, 
10,000; Raspberry, 20,000; acres of Strawberries, 21. Of 
the above number of trees and plants, the great majority 
is not yet in bearing condition. The statistical com- 
mittee report that sales of peaches have reached 30.000 
boxes; apples 1,000 barrels ; pear? 1,000 boxes; cherries 
500 cases; strawberries, 22,000 quarts; tomatoes 10,000 
boxes, besides large quantities of melons, squashes, cu- 
cumbers, and other garden productions. 
Wheat or Corn, for Bins: Feed ?— 
"H. A. W.," writing from Ellington. 111., says: "At this 
time (September 3) in the Quincy market, wheat is worth 
from 75 cents to $1 ^ bushel : corn firm at 75 cents $ 
bushel; potatoes 40 cents f? bushel; pork is about 
$0 00 per hundred, gross, ,1 and asks: "Which will 
it pay best to fatten our bogs upon ? And in what 
shape shall we feed it to get the best results?" Ans. 
Wheat is richer than corn in starch and albuminous 
matter; corn is richer in oil; your choice lies between 
the two, for potatoes at 40 cents cannot compete. 
Judging from the analyses quoted by Johnson in " How 
Crops Grow, 11 that we should decidedly prefer wheat at 
the price named, and besides we believe that, while the 
corn would need to be ground and cooked to give the 
best results in feeding, the wheat might simply be soaked 
aud boiled. The amount of boiling it would need would 
be shown by experiment. No kernels should pass the 
animals undigested. 
Connecticut State Poultry Socie- 
ty.— The firet show of this Society took place at New 
Haven, on the 0th aud 10th ult., and from the good quali- 
ty of many of the fowls anil the enthusiasm manifested, 
may be called a success. There were about 250 entries, 
comprising nearly a thousand specimens, comparatively 
few of which came up to the recognized standard of ex- 
cellence. They were mostly from residents of the State. 
Much experience has been gained, and another exhibition 
will show the good results. The largest exhibitors were 
Messrs. John G. North, of New Haven, who had a varied 
collection, a large portion being from the recent sale of 
John B. Gough's stock, C. P. Nettleton, of Birmingham, 
J. S. Bcstor, of Hartford, G. W Bradley & Son, of Ham- 
den, H. H. Snow, and E. B. Dibble, of New Haven. In 
the class of Asiatic fowls, the largest display was of light 
Brahmas, some of which were of great excellence. Two 
coops of Buff Cochins, said to be from the Cooper ($315) 
trio, promise well. Philander Williams, of Taunton, 
Mass., had a fine coop of Dark Brahmas. There wero 
fine specimens of the Creve Occurs from Albert Leeds of 
New London, and others, Houdans from Nettleton, and 
a fair show of games. In White Leghorns, the competi- 
tion was spirited, but no single coop was up to the stand- 
ard laid down by the Agriculturist, last March. Of orna- J 
mental fowls, the largest display was of Silver Spangled 
Hambnrghs ; many birds, however, should have been dis- 
qualified according to established rules. A crested 
turkey attracted much attention, and far excels in size of 
crest one that made such a stir among poultry fanciers in 
England last season. We regret that but three judges were 
selected to award the premiums to so large a number 
of fowls, but suppose it was unavoidable; and congrat- 
ulating the Society upon its success, trust it may be en- 
couraged to renewed efforts, and achieve great results. 
Why so initcli White ? — A Canadian 
asks ns "Why it is that farmers almost invariably paint 
their houses white ? In riding through a country covered 
with snow, how the eye wearies of the white and longs 
for some relief. Why not in such a white country paint 
houses drab or brown, or anything but white." We also 
ask, why not ? It is some consolation to know that this 
fashion exists in Canada. It seem-* to bean American 
peculiarity. Perhaps itis owingto the dry, stimulating at- 
mosphere, and to our go-ahead disposition that inclines us 
to take light and hopeful views of life. Our correspondent 
says, we never see white houses in any of the works of 
great Italian painters. This is probably true, and while wo 
would personally, never paint a house white, yet we would 
rather be an American than an Italian. 
The I)aTi«" Corn Crih not Patent- 
ed.— The following letter of Mr. P. Davis, of Newport 
News, Va., explains itself: " I have good reason to be- 
lieve that many think that my corn crib (illustrated in 
your paper of April last,) is or is to be patented. Will 
you please inform the people that it is not, and will not 
be patented, and that I have never intended to make 
anything out of it except a good corn crib for myself while 
I have use for one. This fall, on the 13th of Oct., I had j 
my crib full of corn all husked, and it is now nice and dry. % 
I will warrant that not an ear of it spoils by being put* 
in too soon, and that not a rat can be found in the crib.*' 
Millcitis: Machines. —John W. Mills, 
Mass. Ag. College, asks : kl Will you give me your opinion 
of Milking Machines, in the Agriculturist';" 1 The best is 
doubtless a stout calf— which squeezes and sucks the teat, 
and occasionally butts. Next best is the human hand ; 
probably the female band, as this is managed with force 
enough, gentleness and patience. Men make very good 
milkers if they try. As to mechanical contrivances for 
milking we have seen several, and some would milk ap- 
parently pretty well, but we never yet have had any evi- 
dence that they could be long used with safety to toe cows, 
with economy, or without rapidly drying np the flow of 
milk. We have sought information diligently and have 
repeatedly published similar statements to this. 
4*o»hers and Hedges.— "C. M. M.," Col- 
lege Springs, Iowa, finds gophers very destructive to 
Osage Orange hedges, and wishes to know if there is any 
hedge plant that will not be attacked by these animals. 
Who will answer ? 
Xaa* on Peach Trees, — A correspondent 
at Bartlett, Tenn., informs us that he followed the advice 
of lt Ten Acres Enough," and covered Ids peach trees for 
a few inches above the ground with tar to keep off the 
borer. Result— a lot of very good fire-wood. 
Hnclcleoerry Seed.— "H. B.," Ottawa, 
111. But few have tried raising Huckleberries from 
seed. Fuller recommends to mix the seed with sand, 
aud put it in a pot or box and bury in the ground all 
winter ; in spring sow sand and all on a well prepared bed. ; 
Osage Orange Ilcdge.- u S. S. B.," Blair 
Co., Pa. One-year-old plants arc set in the spring, and it 
takes about four years to get a good hedge. It will 
do well on good grain soil. If the soil is poor or the 
situation bleak, the Honey Locust will succeed better. 
A Winter in Florida, by Ledyard Bill.— 
Those contemplating a visit to Florida, whether for 
health or with a view to making a settlement, will find 
much, useful and interesting information in this pleasant 
world, N. Y. : Wood & Holbrook. Price, $1.25, by mail. 
