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LETTERS FROM THE PEOPLE. 
CABBAGE MAGGOTS. 
Oakdale Station, Pa., Feb. 25, 1885. 
Mr. Tillinghast: Dear Sir; For the past two years 
I have had my earliest planting of cabbage very 
much injured by a small white maggot, at the root. 
They appear to be the same as the radish maggot. 
The plants grow all right until the leaves are about 
the size of a man s hand, when they began to wither, 
and if many attack one plant it dies in a few days. 
If you or any of your numerous readers can give a 
remedy I will be much obliged. 
"Vours Truly, H. S. Thompson. 
Answer: This is fully treatsd in our 
Manual of Vegetable* Plants. Price 
40 cents, postpaid. 
FIRST PREMIUM. 
Janesville, Neb., Feb. 8. 1885. 
Mr. I. F. Tillinghast: Sir, I bought of you last 
spring, two packets of Puget Sound cabbage seed, 
costing ten cents. We began to use cabbage the 
13th of August, and used all we wanted for a 1 rge 
family. We made two barrels of kraut, arid sold 
over 700 heads at 8 cents per head; while others 
sold at 5 cents. Every one said they were the nicest 
cabbage they saw. They took the premium at the 
county fair. Some of the onions raised from seed I 
bought of 3 ’ou took second premium. 
Yours Respectful^, Polly Worden. 
STRAWBERRIES FOR HILLSIDE. 
Minnesota City, Jan. 1, 1885. 
Isaac F. Tillinghast: In reply to the inquirj' of 
L. W. Elwain, as to what kind of berries to plant on 
his hillside, sloping to the South-west, I would advise 
strawberries, as raspberries or any kind of berries 
that raise their canes above the snow, will be liable 
to kill back by the hot sun of mid day and the hard 
freezing at night. As to varieties, try Crescent, 
using either Bidwell or Glendale for fertilizers. 
Cover well late in the fall with marsh hay and you 
can't help reaping a handsome profit. 
John Stevens. 
VOLUNTARY COMMENDATIONS. 
Newton Falls, Ohio, Feb. 16, 1885. 
Mr. I. F. Tillinghast: —We received your seeds in 
due time. I took 100 seeds of all varieties except 
melon and squashes. I have tested their germination 
Cabbage every seed good; so of celery. Onions, car 
rots and beets 95 per cent.; turnip 94; radish 95; pep 
per not up; of melon 10 seeds all up; cucumber 10 
seeds 8 up; of squash 9 out of 10, this makes a good 
percentage and we are perfectly satisfied. 
Respectfully, E. W. Turner & son. 
A NOVEL ENTEPRISE. 
mr. editor:— About one year ago my attention 
was called to an article entitled "Succes-J with 
Poultry,” which was so practical, that as I was out 
of employment, and had my family to support, I at 
once concluded to try it. I got directions for making 
an Incubator by sending 10 cents to Griffith & Co. 
Zanesville, Ohio, which, when complete, held 250» 
eggs and cost $7. I hatched, from March till July, 
741 chickens, and raised 684 of them. As soon as 
the chicks were from ten to twelve weeks old I sold 
them for broilers. Chickens hatched in February, 
March and April will sell much higher than later 
chickens. I got for the whole lot $426.60; this for a 
woman without any experience, and on a small lot 
in town, I consider pretty good. I now have another 
Incubator made, and think I can make at least twice 
as much this year. I do not keep any hens, but just 
buy eggs at the groceries to fill my Incubator. Any 
one can get directions for making an Incubator like 
mine by sending ten cei ts to the above firm. I am 
sure there are many in these hard times, that would 
be glad to try such a business; it is pleasant and 
profitable. I wish some of your readers -would tell 
me whether New York is the best market to ship to, 
as so many tell me I could get much more for my 
poultry if I would ship it East. Mrs. G. W. R. 
Dean's Corners, Jan. 6, l8$o. 
I. F. Tillinghast: Esteemed Friend,—Seed-Time 
and Harvest finds a place upon our table and is 
very much appreciated. The average farmer and 
gardener do not want so many long essaj’s as 
they do advice right to the point, that they can ver¬ 
ify with the means at hand. A nail driven by experi¬ 
ence will last longer and hold more than any other. 
Whenever I have had occasion to ask your advice 
it has been freely given in short pungent style. One, 
speaking from experience, don't have to fumble 
in one's overcoat pockets to find words to relate the 
facts. 
Go ahead, friend Tillinghast; shorten the poetry 
and bear stories (all very good) and tell us all about 
too many irons in the fire. 
We have a farm of 140 acres and I should like to 
cover it all over with good advice I was born on 
this place, and had I great literary abilities I should 
delight to tell how much I have paid (as an amateur) 
jor my experience in mettle and muscle. 
Respectfully, Phil. S. Dorland. 
A GOOD INVESTMENT. 
Republican City, Neb., Jan, 15, 1885. 
Mr. Isaac F. Tillinghast: Dear Sir,-I have been 
buying seeds of you for the past three years, and 
they have given such satisfaction I do not want any 
