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some months in exploring the forests of the Pacific 
Coast and other points of the far West, and have re¬ 
turned with valuable specimens and useful mate¬ 
rial. It is pleasing to know that our friends on the 
other side of the Atlantic recognize the importance 
of the work that is being done by Prof. Sargent 
and his associates. 
Bees and Grapes.— While many assert that 
bees greatly injure grapes, others declare that it is 
impossible for the honey bee to rupture the skin of 
the grape, and that whenever bees are found feed¬ 
ing upon the juice, it is only when the skin has been 
previously broken by wasps. Without attempting to 
decide whether or not the bees are equally guilty, 
Mr. J. Simmons, Pottsville, Pa., sends us his reme¬ 
dy against all the insects that prey upon the fruit. 
After having lost about half of his crop of the “Sa¬ 
lem,” he found, after atrial of two years,that by put¬ 
ting small bunches of Tansy, the fresh herb, about 
a yard apart along his grape trellis, or arbor, that the 
insects are driven off, and his fruit is untouched. 
Railway Horse-Powers supply the most com¬ 
pact and convenient method of utilizing the power of 
horses for almost all kinds of farm machinery, from 
churning, turning; grindstones, wood sawing, feed cut¬ 
ting, up to threshing grain. The former objection that 
they were hard upon the horses, is mainly obviated by 
many recent improvements, among which are lightening 
the track weight, using larger and firmer wheels, and 
smoother chilled bearings, thus lessening friction. 
Gearing the bottom as well as the top of the track to the 
power-wheel does away with the former jerky motion, 
so wearing both to the animals and machinery. Lessen¬ 
ing the inclination of the track puts the animal in a 
more natural condition. These and other improvements 
are claimed for the Union Horse-Power Machine made 
by Messrs. W. L. Boyer & Co. 
Tlie N. C. Fruit Growers’ Association 
has prepared and sent out to the various fruit growers 
in the State, circulars of inquiry to be filled up and sent 
to the Secretary. These inquiries are framed with a view 
to draw out experience on all important points relating 
to each kind of fruit. When the replies are properly 
digested, they can not fail to be of great value to the 
people of the State, as well as to those who propose to 
emigrate to it. The Secretary of the Association is S. 
Otho Wilson, Raleigh. 
Tlie American Veterinary College. —The 
announcement of this institution is at hand; the course 
will commence next month, and full particulars may be 
learned by addressing the Dean of the Faculty, Dr. A. 
Liautard, at the College. This gives us an opportunity 
to say that the career of a veterinary surgeon is one of 
great promise to those who are properly fitted for it. A 
young man whose tastes naturally incline him towards 
the medical profession, may well consider whether, as a 
veterinary surgeon, he may not attain greater eminence 
than to enter the over-crowded ranks of theM.D.’s. That 
he can sooner be successful in a pecuniary sense we do 
not doubt. Veterinarians have already made for them¬ 
selves a scientific position, and are no longer ranked 
as “ cow doctors.” All over the country there is a de¬ 
mand for skilled veterinarians, and it is because these 
are not at hand that the practice falls into the hands of 
the uneducated and the unskilled. It is a thoroughly 
honorable profession, and the field it opens for distinc¬ 
tion, in the way of making new investigations and new 
discoveries, is vastly wider than in the regular medical 
ranks. There are several good schools, the name of one 
of which we have here given. 
Crops in New York State.— The State Agri¬ 
cultural Society has 240 report* from 54 of the 57 coun¬ 
ties, on the state of crops August 1.—Of 227 reports on 
CORN, 119 say “Poor”; 33 “Very Poor”; 53 “Aver¬ 
age;” 16 “Good;” only 6 “Very Good.”....WHEAT: 
22 counties report estimated average yield per acre, 20 
bushels ; 4 of 21 to 22 bush. ; 2 of 25 to 26 bush.; 2 of 27 
bush, (the highest); 6 of 19 bush.; 9 of 18 bush.; 6 of 17 
bush.; 2 of 16 bush.; 5 of 15 bush.; 1 of 14 bush.; and 1 
(Dutchess) of 10 bush.—The 15 N. W. counties, Erie 
to Onondaga (the “ Genesee ” Wheat region) report 
an average of 19 bush. The 10 counties eastward, 
Oswego, Cortlandt, etc., to Herkimer, 18* bush.HAY 
and Pasturage, generally “Very Good” or “Good” 
throughout the State. POTATOES, generally reported 
“Average” to “ Very Good.”_APPLES are reported 
“light crop” in Monroe and Yates counties, and “Very 
light,” or “ almost no crop ” in Orleans. Wayne, Seneca, 
Ontario, Schuyler, Oswego, and Greene counties. 
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