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half a dozen varieties of Asters, each variety 
named will be counted once only, and if we 
speak of mixed varieties of asters, that does not 
count, as it includes those already counted. 
3d. The third question is simple and easy, viz: 
what word in this issue of Seed Time and Harvest 
contains the greatest number of different letters, 
and how many different letters does it contain? 
If there are two or more having the same number 
give them all, and tell what pages they may be 
found on. 
The person who most correctly answers these 
questions will receive the first prize of $20, the 
second best set of answers will take second 
prize and so on. In case several absolutely 
correct answers are sent, or we are unable to 
make a distinction between the correctness of 
two or more, the one which is the most plainly, 
nicely and systematically written will be judged 
entitled to precedence, but these matters will 
only influence in case of an absolute tie. No 
person in this office will be allowed to compete, 
and no information will be given which shall 
give any person any advantage in any way 
whatever over you. The awards will be made in 
a fair, square and honest manner. If you are 
not a subscriber and do not wish to take advan¬ 
tage of any offer which we make to subscribers 
you will simply be required to enclose 
Twenty-five cents with your answers, upon re¬ 
ceipt of which your name will be entered on our 
books. If you have subscribed in any other way 
no fee whatever will be repuired. Keep all 
communications relating to this word hunt on 
separate sheets of paper from other matters. 
Take your time; look this copy through carefully 
and send in your answers by March 1st., 1882. 
You need not send us the lists. Make a list 
tf you wish for your own convenience, and when 
perfected count the exact number of names in it 
and tell us the number. 
A LOCAL EDITION. 
To accommodate advertisers who are doing a 
local business in our County, and do not care to 
have their advertisements sent to Maine or Cali¬ 
fornia, we publish a Local Edition of each issue 
in which, in addition to regular advertisements, 
a few pages of local advertisements are inserted 
at reduced prices. These pages will be in ad¬ 
dition to the regular 32 and will not be number¬ 
ed. They will contain addresses but nothing in 
them will be counted in this competition, so the 
correct number will be the same to all. 
Address, 
Seed-Time and Harvest, 
La Plume, Lack’a Co., Pa. 
GUEdJYTJYGS. 
The Massachusetts Plowman, advocates level 
cultivation for most hoed crops, potatoes particu¬ 
larly. As the potato grows best in cool moi st 
weather, any method of culture which encourages 
coolness and moisture is benificial, while on the 
contrary any method of culture which encourag¬ 
es dryness and heat is injurous. If this reason¬ 
ing be correct then it must be admitted that hill¬ 
ing is wrong, for it seems impo ssible that any 
one can fail to see that land which is hilled of¬ 
fers more surface to the sun and air, and that 
while the hills where the potatoes are expected to 
grow, will easily dry through, the hollows be¬ 
tween, having had all the pulverized earth 
scraped off, bake so hard that the moisture from 
below is rapidly conducted up to the air; thus in 
two ways is the ground loosing its coolness and 
moisture by hilling. While this is all true we 
believe it holps potatoes to haul the soil around 
the vines when they are from four to six inches 
high. Qur practice is therefore to hill them, 
but to make the hills as broad and flat as the 
ground will admit. 
A servicable hanging basket may be made 
by taking an old tin fruit can and slitting the 
sides into slits about three-fourths of an inch 
wide to near the bottom, and spreading then 
until it forms the shape of a fruit basket. They 
are held in position by a wire over which the 
end of each strip is bent. Suspend by wire anc 
paint any color desired. Fill with moss and 
soil, into which plant some suitable vines and 
flowers, and it will be a thing of beauty and a 
joy—as long as it lasts. 
The United States has never yet produced a 
tithe of the sugar it consumes, but from present 
appearances this cannot long be said. The inter¬ 
est in Beet Sugar Factories is reviving rapidly 
of late and a number of large ones are being erect¬ 
ed in New York State. The machinery required in 
one ot these factories costs not less than $50,000. 
The beets are worth $4. per ton delivered at the 
factory. The factory at Wilmington, Del., soon 
expects to work up 150 tons per day. In Ger¬ 
many, where the business has long been in suc¬ 
cessful operation the average nnmber of working 
days in a year is 140, and the average amount of 
sugar made in each factory is 2,000 tons. 
The Amber Cane sugar industries are also 
greatly on the increase all over the land. The 
machinery required to manipulate this is com¬ 
paratively inexpensive and should be introduc¬ 
ed into every neighborhood. 
