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AMERICAN AGRICULTURIST. 
they shall supply the early part of that sea¬ 
son, it is well to forecast the situation, so 
that it may be convenient to put box frames 
over them when severe weather is appre¬ 
hended ; or where there is the advantage of 
a grapery, the plants may be carefully lifted 
with the balls of earth and planted therein. 
This stock, if kept covered from frost, by 
placing marsh hay or straw inside the frames, 
or straw mats over them outside, with alin¬ 
ing on the sides, will give a supply up to 
February. If another sowing be made the 
first week in September and treated in the 
same way, excepting that the young plants 
may be planted when large enough into their 
winter quarters in the frames, a further sup¬ 
ply will be provided to serve through the re¬ 
mainder of the winter. This latter crop 
may be put so close as six inches apart, 
which will economise space, and, as wanted, 
each alternate head may be cut out, which 
will leave room for those that are left to ex¬ 
pand their size. It sometimes so happens 
in very severe weather, that growth is sus¬ 
pended, and the plants do not progress in 
consequence, when if a portion be placed in 
a slight hot-bed the deficiency will be made 
up in a few days, for there is, perhaps, no 
other plant which at this particular stage is 
so much benefitted by a little bottom heat. 
During the winter, light and air should be 
admitted on all favorable opportunities, which 
will not only prevent rotting, but will also 
assist healthy growth. The next succession 
ought to be sowed early in January, in a 
frame that is well protected by linings and 
mats, or in boxes in a cool green-house and 
placed near the glass. These will be ready 
for transplanting into frames by the begin¬ 
ning of March, and will give a further sup¬ 
ply until the general spring sowing comes 
in. So soon as the ground is in good work¬ 
ing order, a portion of seed may be sown in 
a sheltered aspect, and when large enough, 
the young plants may be put out as described 
in the first recording of these operations, and 
at intervals of a month, a still further quan¬ 
tity, according to requirements, which will 
give, with proper care as to variety as stated 
above, a supply the whole year, and a refer¬ 
ence to the list of varieties will enable any 
one to select for all purposes.—Horticul¬ 
turist. ' _ 
GRAPES IN NEW-YORK. 
The New-York market has been unusually 
well supplied with excellent grapes during 
the present season. The number of persons 
in the vicinity of the city who have a few 
vines about the homestead yielding a smaller 
or larger surplus of this fruit for sale, has 
wonderfully multiplied during a year or two 
past. A gentleman residing in Brooklyn, 
stated to us the other day that, although liv¬ 
ing upon a lot 32 by 100 feet, his two chil¬ 
dren have cultivated a few vines, from which 
they gather and sell grapes enough to sup¬ 
ply themselves with books, pocket money, 
and most of their clothing. We do not re¬ 
member any former season when this fruit 
has been so abundantly offered for sale every¬ 
where throughout the city, not only in the 
markets and at the confectioners, fruit stores 
and groceries, but also on every street corner. 
We introduced them into the regular weekly 
Prices Current duringthe past month,where 
the wholesale price has been quoted at 3c. 
to 4c. per lb., for ordinary; 5c. to 8c. for me¬ 
dium, and 9c. to 12c. for superior. 
But these prices have not referred to those 
now so well known in this market as “ Dr. 
Underhill’s Grapes,” for these have been 
wholesaled readily at 15 cents per lb. Judg¬ 
ing from the immense number we have no¬ 
ticed selling every where throughout the 
city, and from the constant crowd of pur¬ 
chasers at the sales depot, (293 Broadway) we 
think the Doctor is reaping a golden harvest 
in return for his patient and long continued 
experimental efforts to bring the cultivation 
of this delicious fruit to perfection, at his 
Croton Point vineyards. Our better half is 
indebted to Dr. U. for a bountiful basket of 
Isabellas and Catawbas, and also for fine 
samples of his justly celebrated “ Apple 
Quince Jelly,” all of which she pronounces 
excellent, and we fully concur in the opin¬ 
ion. 
STEPHEN, 1| 
The morning was dull, and betokened a day 
Unsuited to curing and carting ofhay ; 
So Stephen bethought him to take a trip down 
And bring this thing and that and the other from town ; 
And he harnessed the horse and proceeded to go forth 
With a pai! of pale butter, eggs, berries, &c. 
Now it happened that Stephen (&c.) came down 
On the day that the show was to enter the town ; 
And into the village he chanced to come forth 
As the “ caravan ” came into town from the North. 
A wonderful collection they purposed to show forth— 
Elks, elephants, monkeys, bears, tigers, &c. 
And Stephen arrived opportunely, I ween, 
For never had Stephen an elephant seen; 
So he, with old Sorrel, fetched up by the fence 
To see without paying the twenty-five cents; 
And soon came the creature, uncouthly and slow forth, 
With tusks, and with trunk, blankets, ribbons, &c. 
But scared at the sight, or the scent, or the sound, 
Old Sorrel turned quickly and shortly around, 
And in turning so quickly and shortly about, 
The wagon turned over and Stephen turned out! 
And into the gutter the berries did flow forth, 
Together with Stephen, eggs, butter, &c. 
Qoth Stephen aloud, as he rose on his pegs, 
“A fig for the berries, &c.—and eggs— 
But henceforth I never can say it, of course, 
That I’ve not seen the elephant—nor can the horse.” 
And back to the homestead old Sorrel did go on, 
Leaving wagon, and Stephen, &c., and so on. 
Kissing a Pig.— Dr. John C. Bennet, the 
man who started the first hen show in Bos¬ 
ton, and who now lives in Iowa, is writing 
letters to the Iowa Farmer. In his first he 
relates the following : 
“ The first lot of improved hogs which I 
brought to Iowa were of the famous Mackay 
stock. The Mackay hogs of the late Daniel 
Webster were the best of that breed ever 
imported into America; and Mr. Webster 
wrote me at Plymouth, from Washington, to 
go to Marshfield and select from his best, 
samples to introduce into this State ; and I 
promptly availed myself of his offer. With 
this stock I passed through Van Buren 
county on the day of the State election, and 
some of the ‘sovereigns’ were rather ‘tight,’ 
and they, as well as the sober ones, were at¬ 
tracted to our wagon on seeing hogs, fowls, 
ducks, geese, Maltese cats, etc., all caged in 
the same conveyance, and as the pigs were 
rather extra, one of the ‘ tight ’ ones pointed 
to the cage of the Mackays and asked, 
‘ Where is that pig from V ‘ That pig,’ said 
I, ‘ Is from Mr. Webster’s Marshfield farm.’ 
‘ Well,’ said he, ‘ that is about as near as 1 
ever expect to come to old Dan, so I’ll have 
one kiss,’ and suiting the action to the 
words, he took the Makay pig by the ears, 
drew it to the front slats of the cage and 
kissed it!” 
A FARMERS WffiE—WHICH OF THE TWO? 
The benificence of the Creator is mani¬ 
fested in so disposing our tastes, and so 
adapting these to the varieties with which 
we are surrounded, as to make life a scene 
of enjoyment instead of a burden. It might 
have been that necessary food would have 
been noisome as it is sometimes to the dis¬ 
eased stomach, had it not have pleased the 
Creator to have ordered it otherwise. Bread 
is the staff of life, but butter is given to make 
it slip down easier, and with a better relish. 
But it depends something on who makes 
the butter, whether it answers this pupose. 
Butter made in Joe Bunker’s house needs to 
be eaten in the dark, then to make it pass 
well, one or too other senses should be laid 
aside—while that made by his brother Jona¬ 
than may be eaten in the full blaze of noon ; 
you would wish that your neck was as long 
again, that you might have the pleasurable 
sensation of swallowing prolonged. Per¬ 
haps a bit of history of their better halves 
will explain the whole matter. 
Joe’s wife was Sally Sly.—When a small 
girl she was sly—she would not half wash 
the mill pail, and it would sour—sly as she 
kept it. She was sly at school and did not 
half get her lessons, but would have her 
books in sight when reciting—but as she 
grew older she learned that to get well mar¬ 
ried, she must appear well, and so she bent 
all her cunning to get a superficial education 
in everything, from roasting a potatoe to 
playing the piano. Poor Joe fell in love with 
her, and love has no eyes, so he married 
her. But soon after he entered on house¬ 
keeping his eye-sight came, and he saw his 
fix, that it was for better or worse, and he 
thought it was for all worse. Like a true 
philosopher, he concluded to endure what 
he could not avoid or cure, and got along 
tolerable well, only when he came to her 
butter, for his mother was a real butter ma¬ 
ker. Every time he saw or tasted of Sally’s 
butter he felt the horrors. Her manner of 
making butter is somewhat as follows : 
She thinks it of no consequence whether 
the milk pail is sweet or sour—sets the 
milk in a warm room, because it is easier 
than to go into the cellar, and if some dirt 
should blow into the pans she thinks every 
man must eat a peck of dirt, and in no place 
will it slip down easier than in butter—she 
lets the cream pots be ope n; and when she 
churns forgets the poke ; leaves the cream 
at blood heat that it may come quick. When 
she takes it out of the churn, she picks out 
the bodies of all flies and spiders—the 
legs and wings are so small they can be 
swallowed. She works out half of the but- 
