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AMERICAN AGRICULTURIST, 
rAtJGner, 
of tlie house as dry as possible, and use sulphur, as 
directed last month. As the fruit commences to 
ripen, discontinue the watering. Sudden changes 
of air will interfere with the successful ripening, 
and must be guarded against, but free ventilation 
is needed. After the fruit is ripe, the upper ven¬ 
tilators may be kept open at night. 
The AplatT for August.—Preparcff 
by 3L Qiiinby, by requeat.—Woway that is in glass 
boxes, and intended for market, should be ta¬ 
ken from the hive now, before any collected 
from buckwheat is added to it. Boxes only two- 
thirds full of clover honey are often worth 
as much in market as if finished with buck¬ 
wheat. This darkest honey being on the outside 
will make it appear as if the whole was filled with 
it, and the price will be in accordance with the ap¬ 
parent qualitj’. When to be used at home, it may 
remain until finished, but all that are not to be 
finished with buckwheat should be removed imme¬ 
diately. Bees will gather honey from buckwheat 
through this month, and in many places swarms, 
(l)articularly Italins) will issue. When it is desir.a- 
ble to increase colonies to the utmost, perhaps-it 
is not alwa}’s advisable to return the bees, or part 
of them to the parent hive, as has been recom¬ 
mended. When the movable comb hive is used, 
they may be hived and assisted with a comb or two 
from some hive that has a surplus, and will be 
benetitted by being deprived of it. If the parent 
hive can have the queen cells cut out, and a laying 
queen introduced in a week after the swarm issues, 
there need be no doubt about its being strong 
enough for winter. The Italians will raise more 
bees in the same space of comb, and be stronger 
from the number raised, than the natives. It may 
be satisfactory to the bees to get the combs full of 
honey and brood, and have nothing further to do, 
but it is doubtful if such is the best state of things, 
either for the bees or their owner. Take out two 
or three combs where full throughout, and put in 
empty frames, making room near the middle of 
the hive for them. If from unfavorable weather, 
the colony has not quite enough for winter, the 
full combs or part of them may be returned to the 
hive; otherwise they may be given to some desti- 
tnte hive or appropriated for table use. When 
bees can add nothing to their stores from buck¬ 
wheat, it is probable that condemned colonies wiil 
furnish more honey now than in September, the 
usual time for taking it. In favored localities, 
where hwi few bees are kept, there might be a gain 
in leaving them. Those wishing to raise Italian 
queens after the black drones are gone, and who 
want to preserve Italian drones, should prepare for 
it now, as without special care these drones are de¬ 
stroyed before the natives. First, render a colony 
queenless and keep it so; it may be allowed to 
raise queens, but they should be removed before 
laying. As soon as honey fails, feed daily. Make 
it strong in drones by introducing to it all the 
sealed drone brood from the other hives. It would 
be well to make the hive for this purpose larger 
than usual, to accommodate more frames. 
International Industrial anti Agf- 
rlcultural Exhibition.— Altona, a city of Schles¬ 
wig-Holstein, and situated almost as near to Hamburg as 
Brooklyn to New-York, has, through its most inlluentiai 
citizens, put forth a very attractive programme for a 
grand exhibition, to take place in June, 1866. An agent 
has been sent to this country to induce a full display of 
American macliines, manufactures, implements, animais 
etc. Full explanations may be gained by addressing 
Austin, Baldwin & Co., 72 Broadway. Mr. Marsh, our 
Consul at Altona. is earnest in forwarding the interests 
of the commission who have the management. 
Fair of tlie American Entstitiite and 
the Greeley Prizes.—The geeat fair of the American 
Institute opens this year Seplember I2th, and lasts till 
October 19lh. The horticultural exhibition in con¬ 
nection with it begins on Sept. I6th. At this the fruit in 
competition for the Greely prizes will be shown. It will 
be remembered lliat Mr. Greeley offered $100 for the best 
bushel of the best apples, $100 for the same quantily of the 
best pea's, and $100 for the best 6 pounds of grapes, and 
the prizes were not awarded last year. The special 
committee w bo have these prizes in charge, are Dr. J. 
k. Warder, Charles Downing, -Ferris, Dr. 1. M. 
Ward, Mr. W. S. Carpenter, Dr, E. W. Sylvester, P. B. 
Meade and Patrick Quinn. The Institute has secured 
the ample quarters where the Sanitary Fair was held 
last year, on 14th street, near 6th avenue, 
■ ' ^ I C> » * ■ — 
0fiB.cial List of the 428 Money Order Post 
Of&ees, July 1, 1865. 
As a matter of convenience to our readers, we publish 
the Official list of all the Post Offices w here Money Orders 
may be obtained and paid. At any one of these offices, 
an order for from one to thirty dollars may be purchased, 
to be paid at any other one of these offices named. The 
cost is only 10 cents for an order for $10 or less, and 20 
cents for any sum between $10 and $30, For larger 
sums two or more orders may be purchased.—This is a 
very great convenience, as the sum sent is almost abso¬ 
lutely secure against loss. Instead of sending money, 
there is forwarded simply an order ptiyable only to the 
person for whom it is designed. If by any chance an 
order is lost, by theft, destruction of mail bags, etc., a 
duplicate order is issued. Since our publication of the 
previous list of 141 offices, the system has worked so 
well that these new offices are established, and probably 
thousanils of other offices will in time be included. We 
have received a large nttmber of remittances in this way, 
and advise our subscribers to adopt this mode of setiding 
$5 and upwards, where a Money Order Office is conveni¬ 
ent. For large sums a draft on a New York Bank is 
preferable. These can be obtained quite cheaply now, 
from almost any bank or good private banker in any part 
of the country. 
ALPHABETICAL LIST OF MONEY ORDER POST OFFICES. 
Coiinectlcut.-Bridgeport, D.anbury, Derby, Guilford, 
Hartford, Litchfield, Middletown, New London, Norw'ich, 
New Britain, New Milford, New Haven, Norwalk, Putnanr, 
Rockville, Thompsonville, West Meriden, Waterbury, Willi- 
mantic. West Killingly. 
Delaware.—Delaware City, Dover, W’ilraington. 
District Columbia.-W.ashington. 
Ploriela.—Key West. 
Illinois.—Alton, Aurora, Belleville, Bloomington. Cairo, 
Canton, Carlinville, Centralia, Champaign, Chicago, Danville, 
Decatur, Dixon, Elgin, Freeport. Galena, Galesburg, Geneseo, 
Jacksonville, Joilet, Kankakee Depot, Lacon, Macomb, 
Mount Vernon, Olney, Ottawa, Paris, Peoria, Pontiac, Prince¬ 
ton, Quincy, Rockford, Rock Island, Shawneetowu, Shelby- 
ville, Springfield, Sycamore, Waukegan. 
Indiana.—Attic.a, Bloomington, Columbus, Crawfords- 
ville, Evansville, Fort Wayne, Green Castle, Greensbnrg, 
Goshen, Huntington, Indianapolis, Jeffersonville, Kokomo, 
Lafayette, La Porte, Lawrenceburg, Logansport, Madison, 
Muncie, New Albany, Plymouth, Princeton, Rensselaer, Rich¬ 
mond. Salem, South Bend, Terre Haute, Valparaiso, Vincen¬ 
nes, Wabash, Warsaw. 
Iowa.—Burlington, Cedar Rapids, Council Bluffs, D.aveu- 
port, Des Moines, Dubuque, Iowa City, Keokuk, Lyons, 
Marshalltown, Mt. Pleasant, Muscatine. Newton, Oskaloosa, 
Ottumwa, Sioux City, Washington, Waterloo. 
Kansas.—Atchison, Ft.Leavenworth, Lawrence, Topeka. 
KentucSiy.—Bowling Green, Louisville, Le.xlngton, 
Maysville, Paducah. 
Louisiana.—New Orleans. 
Maine.—Augusta, Bangor, Bath, Belfast, Biddeford, 
Brunswick, Eastport, Ellsworth, Lewi.ston, Portland, Rock¬ 
land, Skowhegan, Waterville. 
Maryland.—Annapolis, Baltimore,Cumberland, Easton, 
Ellicotfs Mills, Frederick, Hagerstown, Havre de Grace, 
Salisbury. 
Massaclinsctts.—Amherst, Bridgewater, Boston, Chic¬ 
opee, Fall River, Fitchburg, Gloucester, Greenfield, Law¬ 
rence, Lee, Lowell, Lynn, Milford, Natick, New Bedford, 
Newburyport, Northampton, Pittsfield, Plymouth, Salem, 
Springfield, Taunton, Westfield, Worcester. 
Michigan.—Adrian. Allegan, Ann Arbor, Big Rapids, 
Cold Water, Detroit, East Saginaw, Flint, Grand Rapids, 
Hillsdale, Jackson, Kalamazoo, Lansing, Marshall, Monroe, 
Niles, Pontiac, Port Huron. 
Minnesota.-Faribault. Hastings, Mankato, Red Wing, 
Rochester, St. Cloud, St. Paul, Winona. 
Mississippi.—Vicksburg. 
Missouri.—Jefferson Barracks, Jefferson City, Kansas 
City, Pilot Knob, Richmond, Kolia, St. Charles, St. Joseph, 
St, Louis. 
Ncbra.ska Territory.—Nebraska City. Omaha City. 
New Hampshire.-Claremont, Concord, Dover, Exe¬ 
ter, Great Falls, Hanover, Keene, i.ancaster, Manchester, 
Nashua, Portsmouth. 
New Jersey.-Bridgeton, Burlington, Freehold, Jersey 
City, Morristown, Newark, New Brunswick, Newton, Pater¬ 
son, Plainfield, Princeton, Trenton. 
New York.—Albany, Albion, Auburn, B.atavla, Bath, 
Binghampton, Brooklyn, Buffalo. Canandaigua, Cooperstown, 
Cortlandt Village, Delhi, Dunkirk, Eliz.ahethtown, Elmira, 
Fort Hamilton, Geneseo, Hudson. Ithaca. Jamestown, Kings¬ 
ton, Little Falls, Lockport, Lyons, .Malone, Newburgh, New- 
York, Norwich, Ogdensbiirg, Glean, Oswego, Owego, Penn 
Van, Plattshurg, Port Jervis. Poughkeepsie, River Head, 
Rochester, Saratoga Springs, Schenectady, Seneca Falls, Syra¬ 
cuse, Troy. Utica, Warsaw, Watertown, Wellsville. West 
Point, Whitehall, Yonkers. 
North Carolina.—Newborn. 
Ohio,—Akron, Athens, Beliefontalne, Bucyrns, C:im. 
bridge, Chilllcothe, Cincinnati, Circleville, Cleveland, Co¬ 
lumbus, Dayton. Defiance, Delaware, Finley, Fremont, Gal- 
lipolis, Hamilton, flillsborongh, Ironton, Jackson, Jefferson, 
Kenton, Lancaster, Lima, McConnellsville, Mansfield, Mari¬ 
etta, Marion, Massilon, Medina, Miamisville, Mt. Vernon, 
Newark, New Philadelphia, Norwalk, Oberlin, Painesville, 
Piqua, Portsmouth. Ravenna, Ripley, Salem, Sandusky, Steu¬ 
benville, Tiffin, Toledo, Uiibana, Van Wert, Warren, Woos¬ 
ter. Xenia, Zanesville. 
Peitnsylvairia.—Allentown, Altoona, Bedford, Bello- 
fonte, Carlisle, Chambersburgh, Chester, Danville, Easton, 
Erie, Franklin, Greensburg, Harrisburg, Honesdale, Johns¬ 
town, Kittanning, Lancaster, Lebanon, Lewisburg, Lewis- 
town, Lock Haven, Meadville, New C.TStle, Norristown, 
Philadelphia, Pittsburg, Pottsville, Reading, Scranton, Sus¬ 
quehanna Depot, Towanda, Warren, Washington. Wellsbor- 
ough. West Chester, Williamsport, York. 
Rhode Island.—Bristol, Newport, Portsmouth Grove, 
Providence, Westerly, IVoonsocket Falls. 
South Carolina.—Port Royal. 
Tennessee.-Ch.attanooga, Memphis, Nashville. 
Vermont.—Beunington. Brandon, Brattleborough, Bur¬ 
lington, Middlebury, Montpelier, Rutland, St. Albans, St. 
Johnsbury, Springfield, Windsor, Woodstock. 
Virginia.—Alex.andria, Old Point Comfort, Norfolk. 
West Virginia.—Clarksburg, Harper's Ferry, Jlartins- 
burg, Parkersburg, Wheeling. 
Wisconsin.—Beloit, Black River Falls, Darlington, 
Eau Claire, Fond du Lac, Green Baj', Hudson, La Crosse, 
Madison, Manitowoc, Milwaukee, Oshkosh, Portage City, 
Prairie du Chien, Prescott, Racine, Sheboygan, Sparta, 
Stevens Point, Waukesha. 
Containing a great variety of Items, including many 
good Hints and Suggestions which we throw into small 
type and condensed form, for want of space elsewhere. 
TIae Aelvevtising; l®ag-es this month 
present many features of special interest lo all, and will 
well repay perusal. It is satisfactory to the readers to 
know that none but parties believed to be entirely reliable, 
are permitted to insert their business cards in the Agri~ 
culturist—{hose who will perform what they promise. It 
is equally pleasing to advertisers to know that our read¬ 
ers are a live class, who fake note of what is going on in 
the business wot.d, and hence we repeat the request 
heretofore made, that parties writing to advertisers shall 
mention in their communications that advertisements 
were seen in this journal. It will also show that they 
rightfully expect prompt returns and fair dealing, and 
will thus be mutually advantageous. 
Af^ricmltasral Instruction at Yale 
College.—In connection with the Sheffield Scientific 
School, there is a special Agricultural Department, which 
receives the benefit of the United States grant under the 
Agricultural College act. Instruction in this department 
consists in two courses of study. The first is called the 
“full course,” and occupifis three years, to enter which, 
applicants pass an examination in the elements of a good 
education—the standard being high, especially as regards 
a knowledge of mathematics. The second, or “shorter 
course” is arranged especially to accomodate young 
farmers, and occupies seven months, from about the 
middle (12th this year) of September lo the middle o. 
April, during which time one may attend a selection ol 
the most useful exercises of the full course, viz.; in¬ 
struction in Practical Agriculture, Agricultural Chemis¬ 
try, and Physiology, Agricultural Zoology, Physical Geo¬ 
graphy, Forestry, etc. For full information apply to 
Prof. Geo. J. Brush, Yale College, New Haven, Conn. 
Soldliers’ —Among the many good 
things the Sanitary Commission has done is the establish 
ment of a Protective War-Claim Association, of which 
General Scott is President, and its Executive Committee 
composed of citizens of undoubted and unselfish patriot¬ 
ism. Its objects, as briefly expressed in its business cani, 
*‘are to secure to soldiers and sailors, and their families, 
claims for Pension, Pay, Bounty, and Prize Money, 
without charge, and to give them advice and information.” 
We have before us the report of the xvorkings of this 
Association for six months, ending June SCth, which 
shows that 3,179 claims have been filed, of v/hich 1.210 
have been paid, amounting to $199,036.39. The office of 
the Association is No. 35 Chambers street, N. Y. Cit), 
and Henry Greenfield is Secretarj'. .4s the Sir;:;!'.:-' 
Commission has been from the beginning purely rviowu 
in its character, we give this account ol one of itidepait- 
ments as of interest to persons in all parts of the Lmon 
