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AMERICAN ^AGRICULTURIST, 
4S5 
'I'lie Oliio l*omological Society will 
hold its annual meeting at Zanesville, 0., on the 4th, 5th, 
and 6th of the present month, (Dec.) The fruit growers 
of the Muskingum Valley propose to show those who 
come, some fine collection.s. There will be various re¬ 
ports, discussions, and a good time generally ; besides a 
*• visitation of orchards,’’ which may be a very good 
thing to have for ought we know. We advise those of 
our eastern fruit growers who have never been to a 
western “fruit fight,” to go and see the vim that these 
Buckeyes and Hoosiers put into their meetings, and when 
they come home not to forget to bring a little of the 
leaven with them. 
An Abridged Manual oi‘ Cirape 
Culture and Annual Catalogue, by J. H. Foster, Jr., 
Pomona’s Home Nurseries, West Newton, Pa.—Former¬ 
ly, a nurseryman’s catalogue was simply an enumeration 
of the stock on hand, but within a few years they have 
taken the form of a manual or hand-book. The one of 
which we liave given the title, contains quite full and 
well considered directions for the cultivation of grapes 
and other small fruits. It modestly enough does not 
pretend to exhaust the subject, but refers those who wish 
to know more, to larger treatises. 
Fruit Growing for Stock Feeding. 
—George Neff, Monroe Co., Ohio.—If apples are abun¬ 
dant, and you have not help sufficient to gather them for 
market, or to make them into cider, it will of course pay 
to feed them to hogs, especially if they are sweet ones. 
Good, rich, early winter or late fall apples of high-toned 
yet subacid flavor, make the best cider, though a large 
admixture of swee^apples is no disadvantage, as it adds 
strength. So much for the general policy of raising ap- 
)>les to feed hogs—the least profitable way of disposing 
of them, provided you can do anything else with them. 
Perhaps some of our readers will give Mr. Neff, through 
the Agriculturist, their notions of the best way to feed 
apples to horses, cattle, sheep, or hogs, cooked or un¬ 
cooked, with corn meat or other grain.' 
Osage Orange.—“ Subscriber.”—This wili, 
no doubt, succeed in southern Pennsylvania. Seed is 
sown in spring. We cannot specify any particular seeds¬ 
man. .411 the principal dealers have it. 
Good Books I’ay.— Take any good book 
you please, for illustration. Let it be the “American Farm 
Book,” for example. This contains a large amount of 
information, tlie best the intelligent author could collect, 
at the time it was written, by many months of careful 
thought and work. It discusses soils, their kinds, peculi¬ 
arities, treatment, the various crops, describing each 
with engravings showing the plants themselves, the kinds 
of soil and manures best adapted to them, harvesting, 
etc. There are 325 pages of tliese thoughts and hints. 
Any one can, for $1.50, have this book delivered to him 
at his own Post Office. Now we say, unhesitatingly, that 
there is not a cultivator on the face of the earth, no mat¬ 
ter how experienced or skillful, or how ignorant, if 
he can read at all, who could take this book, and read it 
through, without getting hints, and having trains of 
thought started, that would, in the end, bring many times 
$1.50 profit on the same amount of hard vs'ork. Take 
“ Herbert’s Hints to Ilorsekeepers,” costing $1.75. No 
man owning a single horse can read that book, witliout 
getting hints that will make tiie use of that horse worth 
$5 to $50 more to him in the long run. The same reason¬ 
ing applies to almost every book in our whole list (p. 426.) 
The truth is, one man's success beyond another’s depends 
largely upon his intellect, his better understanding of his 
business, his better planning of his work, etc., and every¬ 
thing a man reads about his business, is disciplining and 
strengthening his mind, and furnishing material for 
thought. The more he reads and thinks, the better will 
he practice, and the better will he make his work pay. 
The above is a money view of the subject. There is a 
higher one. The more a man understands of the objects 
of his toil, the soil, its nature, the crops, their varieties, 
peculiarities, etc., the more he has to think about while 
at work, the happier he is, and the more elevated in the 
intellectual scale he feels himself. The influence upon 
the minds of ids family, of his sons, and his daughters 
too, of having books to read that give character and dig¬ 
nity to their occupation, and awaken interest init, isof 
great importance. So, we say, let cultivators and me¬ 
chanics get and read all the books they can treating about 
their business. One acre less of land, put in good books, 
will make the rest of the farm pay much more profit. 
Good Papers also Pay.— The ahovo 
reasoning in regard to books, applies still more for cibly 
to good periodicals, that come to us fresh from month 
to month, and bring information up to the latest dates. 
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print clean, new numbers, as needed, from our electrotype 
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It is strange indeed, that so many people omit their P. 
O. and State. We have received hundreds of letters, of 
which the following are examples ; T. J. J., writes, 
wanting an early answer. His letter indicates “Mercer” 
inside, but is Post-marked Henderson. No State or date. 
Somebody sends us $06, with names of subscribers to 
correspond, but there is no signature, and nothing to tell 
us from which of 20,000 Post Offices it came. We wilt 
keep it until somebody scolds us for not sending on the 
papers. One man sent us a subscription letter and has 
complained tliree times, the last time bitterly, because 
we did not even respond; but not one of the four letters 
gives us any clue to his State. Will he please tell us 
both his Slate and Post Office, definitely. Here are 
envelopes directed to us, each containing money, but not 
a scrap of paper or writing. They are Post-marked: 
Pittsburg, Bath, Marlboro, etc... These are samples of 
sundry letters now in waiting.-.4aAiN : If changes are 
to be made, we must know where the paper previously 
went, before we can transfer the address. 
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such names usually soon become centers of other clubs. 
Names for Premium lists may also be gathered at any 
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Though more liable to be lost, it is in this form all ready 
to place in front of the January number, In stitching or 
binding the numbers of the volume. Some simple metlrods 
of doing this are explained and illustrated on page 429, 
