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AMERICAN AGRICULTURIST. 
JEilitor’s Notes—Crop Prospects—Btorse- 
Sioes, &c. 
We write this, our last item, on the 20th of June, in the 
south-western part of Ohio, from a point where we can 
look out upon the fertile domains cf a large number of our 
readers, who, by the way, are not aware of our presence. 
We have during a week or two past gone over the farms 
of numerous readers of the Agriculturist , preferring to 
make observations and gather facts without stopping for 
the formalities of “ making an acquaintance.” We have, 
in this way, sometimes drawn out useful hints and sug¬ 
gestions in regard to what kind of information is most 
needed in these pages, which would have been given far 
less freely, had it been known that our editorial sanctum 
was in hearing distance. Perhaps some of the Ohio boys, 
on reading this item, will recall a stranger in the corn-field 
who asked all sorts of questions about their method of 
growing corn, and who was vain enough to think he could 
show them a thing or two about handling the hoe and cul¬ 
tivator. Two boys on the Tuscarawas River will doubt¬ 
less remember how all three of us scud across that 400- 
acre corn-field to get under a big tree out of the way of a 
sudden shower. We remember one of them saying, “it 
rained every day this year, just as easy as open and sliut.’> 
In the valley of the “Little Miami” River we dropped 
over into a corn-field where there were eleven horse cul¬ 
tivators all at work near together. The work of one of 
the three boys we took occasion to praise a little, and it 
would have done any one good to see how nicely the next 
rows were worked. Moral— (to parents).—A word of 
praise is often more effectual than a reproof, or a blow.— 
Another of these boys informed us that “ he read every 
number of the Agriculturist alt through, and that when 
he got to manage a farm he should drain every field any 
way.” We could hardly resist the temptation to break 
over our rule, and grasp that boy’s hand and introduce 
ourself. We’ll do it now. But enough of these matters 
for this time. 
From our office to this point we have journeyed in a 
zigzag course of over 1,300 miles, always keeping an eye 
out upon the growing crops, and taking every possible op¬ 
portunity to talk with farmers. To sum up the result of 
our observations thus far, we may say, that all crops are 
behind time, but the prospect is almost universally favor¬ 
able. This is particularly true of grass. Wheat covers 
much less space than in any former year, except in some 
of the south-cential counties of Ohio, where there appears 
to be no diminution but rather an increase of surface 
sown. On clay and low lands the winter-kill has produced 
many bare spots, but generally the fields present a full, 
even growth. In southern Ohio, a majority of the wheat 
is now headed out, and the heads are of full size. 
In almost every section we have visited we find a larger 
surface devoted to oats and barley than heretofore, but 
Indian Corn is becoming from year to year more and more 
the great staple crop. Through the vallies of the Tusca¬ 
rawas, Muskingum, Little Miami and Great Miami riv¬ 
ers, the rich fertile bottom lands are now. as in years past, 
devoted mainly to corn, no rotation or change of crop 
being needed. For dozens of miles one will scarcely see 
anything else but a succession of these fields in the fore¬ 
ground, while back from the river" at a distance of half a 
mile, or less, to three or four miles in some places, the 
hills are covered with wheat or clover. If we were called 
upon to prescribe fora pale, dispeptic denizen of the City, 
we would at once advise him to take a trip from east to 
west through central Ohio at this season, say from Alli¬ 
ance, or Bayard, or Steubenville to Dayton. Two months 
at Saratoga or Newport is not worth mentioning in com¬ 
parison. Whither to journey from Dayton we can talk 
better about hereafter, when we have been there. 
Just now, corn growers find it difficult to get their hoe. 
ing done, it rains almost every day, and has done so for 
weeks past. In hundreds of fields the weeds are choking 
ihe com. Unless we have fairer weather soon, many 
fields will be greatly injured for want of being worked- 
The horse-cultivators are worth their weight in silver 
now, and whoever makes even the slightest improvement 
upon the present form of this implement, will confer an 
immense benefit upon the whole country, and deserve a 
rich reward. Let the horse-hoe inventers tax their inge¬ 
nuity still farther. There is a wide field before them. 
Sugar Cane Mills. 
In our advertising columns will be found the announce¬ 
ment of Messrs. Hedges, Free & Co. We have to-day 
(June 19) visited their manufactory in Cincinnati, and 
examined the mills of different forms and sizes. Though 
unable to see them in actual opeiation for want of ma- 
tirials to work with, we think they promise to excel any 
other form of pressing roller we have examined. Of the 
two forms w e give the decided preference to the vertical 
or upright cylinders, as these dispense with the addition¬ 
al horse power apparatus necessary to drive the horizon¬ 
tal cylinders. The $100 size, 11 inches in diameter and 
12 inches in length of cylinder will answer for ordinary 
pressing on a moderate scale. For smaller experimental 
operations the hand mill will be sufficient. We tried one 
of these to-day with dried cane from the South. The 
pressing was well done, but we should judge that it 
would require two strong men to turn it for any length of 
time. It is small, compact, and low priced, and for limi¬ 
ted trials will perhaps be all that will be required. Were 
we confident that a large business would be done in 
manufacturing the sugar from the Chinese sugar cane, 
we should say by all means get one of the larger mills. 
The smallest size can be readily attached to the common 
Horse Power of a thrashing machine by means of a band 
wheel. Further information can be obtained by address¬ 
ing the manufacturers. We learned from them that they 
have, just now, calls for about all the mills they can make, 
but they hope to be able to supply all seasonable applica¬ 
tions. 
The lateness of the season, and the continued rains will 
have a decided tendency to retard experiments with the 
Sugar cane this season. We have met w ith several per¬ 
sons who were not able to plant the seed until June 15th 
and later, while others put it into the ground just before 
long cold rains, and lost a part of their seed by rotting. 
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Rutabaga, Russia or Swedish Turnip...50 cents do. 
Large White Flat Turnip.50 cents do. 
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Yellow Aberdeen do.75 cents do. 
YellowStone do.75 cents do. 
Red Top do. 75 cents do. 
Carrot-Long Orange and White Belgian. 
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