1871. 
AMERICAN AGRICULTURIST. 
24t5 
containing a (treat variety of Items, including n any 
good I/i/i(s and Suggestions which we throw into smaller 
type and condensed form, for want of space elsewhere, 
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vance. -The postage on the American Agriculturist 
anywhere in the United States and Territories, paid in 
advance, is 3 cents a quarter, 12 cents a year. If not paid 
in advance, twice these rates may he charged. 
How to Remit : — Oneclts on IVew- 
York Banks or Hankers are host for large sums ; 
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Post-Ofllce Money Orders may he obtain- 
ed at nearly every county-seat, in all the cities, and in 
many of the large towns. Wc consider them perfectly 
safe, and the host means of remitting fifty dollars or less, 
as thousands have been sent to us without any loss. 
Kegristered Letters, nuclei* the netv 
system, which went into effect Oct. 1, 186S, are a very 
safe means of sending small sums of money where P. O. 
Money Orders cannot be easily obtained. Observe, the 
Registry fee, as well as postage, must be paid in stamps at 
the office where the letter is mailed, or it will be liable 
to be sent to the Dead-Letter Office. Buy and affix the 
stamps both for postage and registry, put in tlte money, and 
seal the letter in the presence of the postmaster, and take his 
receipt for it. Letters thus sent to us are at our risk. 
A. IVeeessary Item. — To correct a mis- 
taken idea that has got abroad in some quarters, we wish 
it distinctly understood, that The 
AMERICAN AGRICULTURIST (Monthly), 
and HEARTH and HOME (Weekly), 
are two totally different, independent Jour- 
nals — as much so as if putdislied a thousand 
miles apart. Their engravings and their 
reading matter are entirely unlilse, and nei- 
ther Journal takes or supplies the plaee of 
the other. HEARTH and HOME is an Illus- 
trated Weekly Family Newspaper, of a high 
order, designed especially for the HOME CIR- 
CLE— containing a variety of home reading, 
and general information, with full and choice 
departments for the Housekeeper and the 
Young People, and a rVlSWS department, 
giving the news of the "World for each 
Week, in that, complete but condensed form 
desired and needed by busy men and women 
who wish to keep up with the limes, but 
have not leisure to wade through the acres of 
printed matter of the general newspapers. 
Our readers know She character of the AMER- 
ICAN AGRICULTURIST. The issuing of the 
two journals under one business manage- 
ment, is a • living of expense to each, which 
enables the Proprietors to <Io more for both 
journals than if each had to separately bear 
the entire expense of offices, clerks, print- 
ing machinery, etc. 
The Agriculturist as Premiums. — 
A member of the Lehigh Co. (Pa.,) Agricultural Society, 
writ's that the American Agriculturist is offered by that 
s iciety as a premium at their fair, and commends the 
example of that society to other similar associations. 
This has long been done by many societies, and the plan 
might be profitably adopted by a great many more. 
Aside fmm its intrinsic value, it will, as our correspond- 
ent suggests, be of great use In reminding the recipient 
each month of bis relations to the County Society. Tbe 
money could not be more wisely expended. 
Xlie AmcricTJn Pomolog'ical So- 
ciety* — The circular of the President comes to us ju-t 
as we are making up the paper. TUc meeting will be 
held at Richmond, Va., on September 6th, 7th and Sth, 
in Assembly nail, Eighth street. All Horticultural, Po- 
mological and kindred societies are requested to send 
delegates, and all persons interested in the cultivation of 
fruits are invited to take scats in the convention. The 
Virginia Pomological and Horticultural Society will hold 
ud exhibition in conjunction with the meeting, and be- 
tides the premiums offered by that society, there are 
premiums from $50 to $5, offered by individuals for the 
best collections of apples, pears, grapes, peaches, figs, 
etc. The Pomological Society lias never held a meeting 
so far south as Richmond, and it is hoped that there will 
be a large attendance from all parts of the country. 
Peter Henderson «& Co.— The firm of 
Henderson & Fleming having dissolved, Mr. Henderson, 
his son Alfred, and Mr. Wm, Carson, have formed a co- 
partnership under the above name. The new firm will be 
located at 35 Cortlandt street, and will soon present a 
general stock of seeds, plants and other articles usually 
found in a first-class horticultural establishment. 
A Mow Early Pencil.— Mr. S. G. Bilyeu, 
of Littleton, Halifax Co., N. C, exhibited to us on June 
19th, specimens of a new early peach called Beatrice. 
This is a seedling by the celebrated Thomas Rivn-, of 
Sawbridgeworth, Eng. Upon the grounds of Mr. B. the 
Beatrice is at least 20 days earlier than ITale's Early. 
Like all early peaches, it is small, but it has a very high 
color, is very fragrant and of good quality for a very early 
variety. The specimens presented to us had been picked 
for five days, and were in perfectly good condition, and 
would seem to warrant Mr. Bilyeu's claim that they pos- 
sess superior shipping qualities. 
Prevailing* disease among BTorses. 
—Dr. Liautard, of the N. Y. College of Veterinary Sur- 
geons, writes to the American, Agriculturist; "In rela- 
tion to the disease which is now raging amongst the 
horses of this City, I would say that it is not a new dis- 
ease, but the Cerebral Spinal Meningitis, or Spotted 
Fever— that the disease has shown itself this year in a 
peculiar form, and has been of a much milder character 
than I have seen it before, that the curative treatment 
which consists principally of counter-irritants, cathar- 
tics, nervous arterial sedatives, is, in many cases, unsuc- 
cessful, and that I am satisfied that in that disease, more 
than in any other, prevention is the true way to treat it. 
In several instances where I have seen horses dying from 
it, by putting the remainder of the stock under prophy- 
lactic treatment, I always stopped, the disease, and feel 
satisfied that the same result could have been obtained 
in this fearful outbreak.** 
Pure Water. — Chickens that are kept con- 
fined should always have at least the luxury of pure, cool 
water, and they will not flourish without it. Many con- 
trivances are in use for this purpose, none probably bet- 
ter than the Flowing Spring Poultry Fountain. 
Will Turnips «na«l Cabbages ^Six? 
— " R. W. W.," Union Lakes. We never knew of a ease 
in which cabbages and turnips crossed with one another, 
but they are so closely related, that we should not be 
surprised to learn that such admixture had taken place. 
S3oii-l>ed Covered witli ^ffuslin. — 
" Amateur " asks how to make one. Such a thing would 
be so much bother, that it would be poor economy to use 
muslin instead of glass. The plants would not get suf- 
ficient light, and snow and rain would get it out of order. 
Potato Rug's. — Joseph Bowland, "Win- 
neshiek Co., Pa., wishes to know if the Colorado potato 
beetle has left Colorado. Who can tell ? 
Sweet -Potfatfo Insect.— G. J. Read, 
Adair Co., Ky. The insect that looks "like a terrapin'* 
when magnified, is one of several tortoise beetles that 
infest the sweet-potato. Yours is the Mottled Tortoise- 
beetle, C'assida guttata. The lame of the half dozen 
species all have the singular habit of making a screen or 
shelter of their own excrement. As the beetles are upon 
the under sides of the leaves, it is difficult to reach them 
with Paris green, which it is said will destroy them. 
Examining the young plants, and picking i ff the first 
comers before they increase, is the best remedy. 
The Grain iYIotH or t Attic Wolf. 
— Quia ton Dick, Marshall, Ohio, has his granary infested 
with small worms of a dirty white color, which spin 
a web connecling several grains of wheat together. They 
cat out the heart of the grain, and now (May) are in the 
chrysalis state and appear ag brown pupa? three-eighths of 
an inch in length. They are the larva? and pupa? of the 
Grain Moth or little Wolf, at the present time, and until 
August they exist as moths which may be found on the 
walls and ceilings of granaries by day, and flying about 
by night. They may be destroyed by burning a candle in 
the granary. The worms and chrysalides will be de- 
stroyed by scrubbing the floor and wails of the granary 
with hot soft-soap suds and limewashing the ceiling. 
All cracks should be carefully cleaned out and then fil- 
led up. Once got rid of, they may be kept out by using 
fine gauze screens to the windows. 
Sundry Ilumbugs. — In reference to one 
of the" Gift Enterprises" referred to last month, that for 
the "Home" at Washington and the L ' Asylum'* in ST. 
T., we have heard from several parties interested. Mr. 
Appleman, of Hagerstown, Md., says, he believed it to be 
a well condncted enterprise, everything on the square, 
and he put in some property with the distinct understand- 
ing, that all profits from it should be given to the Sol- 
diers* and Sailors' ITome at Washington. Mr. Devlin 
says, he took the New York agency of the tickets, just as 
he would of any other business, which he believed hon- 
orably conducted, but he took extra pains to have a part 
of the profits go to the N. T. Roman Catholic Asylum, in 
which he was interested. Probably every one connected 
with the enterprise would show similar good intentions, 
unless it be that some first originator who started it to> 
get a ready market for real estate, that had come to 
be an "elephant" on his hands. Wc believe no one 
denies that, as a whole, the property offered in this 
scheme is priced far above what it would sell for. Indeed, 
we are told that it was estimated that the managers 
should receive $10,000 each, and that there would still be 
a good surplus for the institutions, after paying all expen- 
ses, advertising, commissions, etc. It amounts to just 
about this: People are invited to pay in their money, 
partly because a small percentage of it will go to benev- 
olent institutions, which is " touching them in a tender 
spot," and they arc further stimulated with the hope that 
there is a possibility (a very remote one) that they may 
draw a big prize. The best result which can happen to 
any but the managers, who get $10,000 each, and those 
who have put in property, will be that: 1,003 persons 
will get something worth on the average half of what it 
is priced at in the scheme, and 50,997 persons will get 
nothing, except the consolation that a few cents on the 
dollar have gone to good objects. The whole scheme, 
like every other one of the kind, is bad in its results ; it 
differs nothing in principle from the old lotteries, and n* 
amount of good intentions, and good faith in carrying it 
out, can whitewash it into credit. Lotteries of any kind, 
in and for churches, asylums, or otherwise, from tbe 
grab-bag up to Pike's Opera House and the San Francisco 
Library, are worthy of the severest condemnation. They 
appeal to and cultivate a morbid hope of "luck." that 
stifles self-reliance, painstaking effort, and manly energy, 
which lie at the foundation of all true success in life 
An Illinois Loan Agency, proposing to receive and in- 
vest funds at 10 percent, appears very plausible, and 
something on this plan, under the control and manage- 
ment of thoroughly known, responsible, and expert* 1 
business men would be useful. The one before us, may ba 
all right, and we think the originator means well, though 
wc always look with suspicion upon any business circular* 
addressed specially to clergymen, beginning with the ; ni- 
ronizing "Dear Brother.". ... A swindler, calling him- 
self J. T. Stewart & Co., advertised a paper, "Th 
Press," at 10 cents a year, and offered, a $50 Greenback 
in every hundredth paper as a prize to secure a largo 
circulation. A multitude of such ignorant people as arc 
always expecting somebody to give them $20 fur $1, sent 
in their subscriptions. Every subscriber received an in- 
timation that /te was the lucky one, and received a pic- 
ture of a greenback, informing him, that on remitting 
$10 for expenses, lie would receive a $175 Watch. And 
thus it is, that these rascals go on stealing from their ig- 
norant dupes 2 90,000 foolish people (no others 
can be expected to participate) arc invited to send $ft 
each fora remote chance of drawing $00,000 in breastpins 
and car-rings, etc.. to he positively distributed at Wash- 
ington, July 5th, and they are expected to take the 
tickets promptly, because the "victims of the French 
war" will get some benefit. Anybody who wish s to 
sport a $60,000 breastpin, and believes such a thing will 
be distributed, and is positively sure that, among 1(10,003 
people he will be the lucky one, will send on $0 for a 
ticket instanter. All others better think it over until 
July 4th, 1872, and in the meantime send their whole 
contribution at once to th ■ proper relief-committees.. .- 
Will the self-dubbed " Dr. Andrews," of Albany, never 
die, but forever keep on distributing those numberless 
disgusting circulars, etc.? In one before us he tells the 
post-masters they have been his constant friends, and 
helped him for over 40 years ! TJe ought to be known well 
enough by this time to be every where avoided — but hi3 
latest circulars come to ns from way down in Texas 
And now one of tb.2 "Spanish Policy"' swindlers calls him- 
self "C. P. Barkis, 1010 Broadway, N.T." He is " w8Jing n 
to take and ftssp yonr money— for there is no "Spanish 
Policy." Next month he will assnrnc other names 
One signing himself S. C. Thompson £ Co., 41 Maiden 
Lane, N. Y., sent out lists of cheap goods, and filled 
small orders quite satisfactorily. The bait took, and 
many others ranted in clnbs and forwarded considerable 
sums of money. After trait? ng and waiting, week after 
week, the only answer .hey could get was, that pant of 
the goods ordered were *out," bnt would soon be on hand 
and be immediately forwarded. We find no such person 
