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dener. —One of our associates out West on a business 
tour, writes homo the following: Not many years ago 
a young man studying law in Michigan, fell into ill-health. 
Having come across Henderson’s “ Gardening for Profit,” 
he became greatly interested in the subject. Previous to 
that time be knew so little about plants, that be could 
hardly tell the difference between a turnip and a carrot. 
Determined to improve his health by out-door labor, he 
procured and studied back volumes of the American 
Agriculturist , and commenced work on a dozen town 
lots, then owned by him. From the start success re¬ 
warded his efforts. He soon removed West beyond the 
lakes, where he grows vegetable and flower seeds on a 
large scale. To-day be is a picture of ruddy health, and 
t hough no more than 40 years of age, ho ranks among the 
foremost seedsmen of that region. A famous dealer at 
the East has sought him out, and made largo purchases 
of him the past season, among the rest, paying $00 
gold for G ounces, a handful, of choice seed of his raising. 
Cwoiiig; West. —D. B. Miller, “ McMitchels.” 
(Where?) It is impossible to reply by mail to a query 
dated as above, with neither County or State. Many 
such letters conje to us, the writers of which probably 
feel inclined to accuse us of neglect, because they receive 
no reply, when the fault is their own, as in this case. Of 
the two localities mentioned in your letter, we should 
choose that around Hutchinson, in Reno Co., Kansas, on 
account of the abundance of water ; the Arkansas river 
and Cow Creek flowing through the County, and also 
because there is no liquor saloon licensed in Reno county, 
which tends greatly to elevate the character of society in 
that neighborhood. 
TBic Estimates ofthe Cotton Crop. 
—“B. B.,” Ediston, S. C. That the estimates of the 
cotton crop, made by the Agricultural Department of 
Washington, have forseveral late years, excepting in 1871, 
fallen nearly 15 per cent below the actual crop, is proba¬ 
bly due to the fact that the detailed estimates are origin¬ 
ally made by planters or other correspondents of the 
Department, whose interests cause them to lean toward 
low' estimates rather than high ones. 
Foreign Trade in Butter.—A package 
of butter was recently received in New York, from Boli¬ 
via, in South America, which was originally shipped 
eighteen months ago, from Denmark to London, and 
thence to South America. It was packed in a tin case, 
and after its long voyages, when opened was in excellent 
condition, and the case perfectly free from rust. This 
foreign trade is now ready to be secured by our dairymen, 
if they will only have the enterprise to pack their butter 
in the manner desired by the South American consumers. 
'WiscoBtsim State Ag’l. CoirveBitioii. 
—Had the “ powers ” sent us notice a few days earlier, 
we should have been glad to call attention to this Gath¬ 
ering, called for Jan. 27th to 29th. We cheerfully pub¬ 
lish such notices, but they must always be on hand be¬ 
fore the middle of the month preceding that in which 
they are held. This one presented a programme of most 
attractive subjects, treated by capable men. 
AmericaBi Tines fbi* France.— Since 
the destruction of the French vineyards by phylloxera, 
the vineyardists there are giving much attention to 
American vines. One of the great grape firm of Bush & 
Son & Meissner, Bushberg, Mo., in a private note to the 
Editor, states that their French trade is becoming im¬ 
portant ; they have already made several shipments, and 
will forward a car-load of plants and cuttings this month. 
Where ti*e Drugs come from.— 
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patched on to another, and copied over and over, but by 
authority, and with originality and freshness, is the 
Pharmacographia, a History of the principal Drugs of 
Vegetable Origin, by Dr. Fliickiger, a Professor in the 
new University of Strassburg, and Mr. Daniel Hanbury, 
of London, one of a family of fame in the druggist line, 
and who has made drugs for a long while a scientific 
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and of London. It is not a medical botany; it is the 
