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AMERICAN AGRICULTURIST. 
[July, 
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Agriculturist, page 124. This is one of the best, 
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etc., of Timothy Bunker, Esq.,’ of Hookertown, 
Conn. It is full of good, practical suggestions on 
farming, etc., told m a way that they will •■stick.’ 1 
No other book on American farming contains so 
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The Plum Cnrculi©.—“ B. D.,” Passaic Co., 
N. J. Don't —that is, don’t soak corn-cobs in kerosene 
and hang them in the trees with a view to keep the Cur- 
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know it will not work. The Curculio will laugh at this, 
and all other bad smelling things to drive it away from 
your plum and peach trees. Nothing short of catching 
and killing will answer. It is called “ Plum Curculio,” 
hut it is a great pest in the peach orchard, attacking the 
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the insects on a cloth spread below, and then killing the 
insects thus caught, is the only method. All others have 
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Tuberous Booted Grapes.— In a notice of 
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as to the price, etc. We would say, that the tubers have 
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