AMERICAN AGRICULTURIST, 
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amount of dressed mutton is brought in by boats and 
railroads. Sales have been rather slow of late, but were 
Drisker on the 15th, when good sheep were worth 4fc. 
©45c. ^ lb., live weight; ordinary, 3)e.®4c. 
Hoas.—Receipts were large during the fore part of the 
month, but have fallen off since. For the five weeks 
ending Nov. 15, 5G,G12 were brought in for sale. Nov. 1, 
with 1G.500 for a single week, prices ruled low ; but on 
the 16th, when but 7,119 were on sale for the week, there 
was a marked advance, and sales were brisk, at 5Se.® 
Gc. ip lb., gross or live weight, for corn-fed hogs, and 
61c.©51c. for distillery-fed hogs. 
TSic Weather during the past four weeks has gen¬ 
erally been fine, with one light snow' storm in this vicini¬ 
ty, and not much freezing weather. The season has been 
very favorable for completing the Fall work, and prepar¬ 
ing for Winter, the more so, as but little rain has fallen. 
Our Daily Notes condensed, read thus: October 18. 
19, 20, 21, clear and cool—22, 23, still cool but cloudy— 
24 coldest morning thus far, mercury at 32°—25 cool and 
fine—26 cloudy A. 51., snow I’. M.—27 about three inches 
snow upon the ground, although constantly melting: 
clear P. M.—28. 29, mostly clear and cool—30, 31, still cool 
but cloudy.— November 1 to 9, clear, fine, warm, Indian 
Summer weather ; ground getting quite dry and streams 
failing—10 cloudy with a sprinkling of rain at night—11 
clear and fine—12 light rain—13 first heavy rain for nearly 
a month—14 clear and cool, ground frozen—15 coldest 
day of the season, mercury 30°—10, 17, clear, warm and 
fine—18 rainy day. 
’JTJic Aitic SirtoR C"I5.oom — figured and de¬ 
scribed in our last, page 325, should have been credited 
to Mr. I. Lamborn, of Chester County, Pa., who fur¬ 
nished the original design. We drew up the sketch and 
description from memory. Having just discovered his 
original letter, we make this correction, unasked. 
Ossaifc Ora.itg -0 groan Cuttings. — E. R. 
Sprague, Baltimore Co., Md. Cuttings of this plant can 
be made to grow, as the French works mention. In prac¬ 
tice, however, it is found cheaper to raise them from seed, 
and established plants can bo secured almost as soon — 
only one year behind, at most. More skill is required with 
cuttings, and there will be many failures with the most 
successful. Sow seed in early Spring. Plants of one 
year’s growth can be bought of the nurserymen at $8.00® 
$10.00 per 1000. 
Quince Stociis for t.Jae TPear.—C. II. Hoff¬ 
man, Dauphin County, Pa. Tile Angers stock is found 
to be much better than the common quince for working 
the pear upon. The fruit of the Angers quince is of lit¬ 
tle worth, while the apple quince which produces good 
fruit, is unsuited for pear stocks. 
Polutul Wisent—MaiaiBO.li Kye.— W. W. 
Bristow, Lane Co., Oregon. The head of large grain 
forwarded, called “ Goose Wheat” with you, appears 
identical with wliat was received from Europe a few years 
ago under the name of “ Poland Wheat,” and lias been 
sold in-some places as “ Mammoth Rye.” Wfe can not 
answer as to the success of cultivating it, but shall be glad 
to bear from you after further trial on the Pacific Coast. 
Plums in Oregon.—The Portland (Oregon) 
News, of August 25, speaks of seeing 32 Imperial Gage 
plums averaging 4 inches in circumference, all occupying 
less than four inches of space-on the stem. (Mr. or Mrs. 
Curculio, will please take notice.) They were grown by 
David D. Preltyman, from whom v e received the pho¬ 
tograph of the Snake Cucumber, published on page 73 of 
this volume (March No.). By the way, the cucumber seed 
sent us grew true to the picture, and our specimens are a 
curiosity, though they do not appear to be of any practi¬ 
cal value—at least we have not ventured to eat the 
“ sarpents.” 
ESonrs of Work. — I. K.. of Ill. These must de¬ 
pend w holly upon circumstances, and no definite rule cah 
be laid down. As a general thing it is healthier, more 
economical, and every way better, to begin work with 
the first dawn, and rest sufficiently during the day, not to 
De entirely exhausted at nightfall. There is nothing gain¬ 
ed in silting up by lamplight, and sleeping away sunlight. 
Every one should have sleep enough, the more the better. 
“ Early to bed, and early to vise, makes a man healthy, 
wealthy, and wise,” runs the old adage, and truly; but 
“ Late to bed, and early to rise,” will just as truly “ make 
a man sickly, and poor, and give him bad eyes.” 
©ruisr.iiig' Moasey from Cembs.-Wm. R. 
Foster, Fountain Co., Ind. If lhe caps of the combs are 
sliced, off with a sharp knife, and the comb laid over a 
vessel in a moderately warm place, most of the honey 
will drain out, leaving the combs to be used again by the 
bees. The lit tie honey left in the cells will not be lost. 
Bees—StaJiali, etc.—II. M. M., Tioga Co., Pa. 
Your communication came too late for insertion in its 
regular place, and besides it is too strong a “puff” for 
reading columns. The hives we have frequently pro¬ 
nounced good. The special value of the Italian bees in 
this country is yet to be tested. 
Eimbits aS (Use Qtiecsi Bee.— J. Boner, For¬ 
syth County, N. C., writes, that having observed the 
habits of bees for thirty years, he disagrees with the 
theory that the queen leaves tile hive to be fertilized by 
the drone in the air. He has never known her to go out¬ 
side the hive, except when driven thence, as sometimes 
happens where there is a surplus of queens. Huber 
contracted the entrance of the hive, to prevent her 
egress, and all the eggs laid by the queen thus confined 
produced drones. Mr. Boner thinks this was due to the 
unnatural state of the hive when thus nearly closed, 
which intimidated the queen from allowing the natural 
fertilization in the hive. Ho asks for information whe¬ 
ther any bee-keeper lias ever actually seen the queen 
“ meeting the drones in the air V’ 
binaiit for RSnsBure. — E. C. S., Coburn’s Store, 
N. C., writes, that smut cleaned from grain is equal to 
guano as a manure. RmUt being a vegetable fungus, 
there would be danger of its propagating and destroying 
the grain in a season favorable to its growth. Expe¬ 
rienced farmers advise not to cultivate grain on land 
where smut has prevailed the previous year. 
Essays on Eeat, MntcSs. asul tlosssmercial 
Plata uPes.— By S. W. Johnson, Professor of Analyti¬ 
cal and Agricultural Chemistry in Yale College, and 
Chemist to the Conn. State Agricultural Society. This 
book is a valuable contribution to the Agriculture of our 
country, containing more of original investigation than 
half a dozen Patent Office Agricultural Reports. We dif¬ 
fer with Prof. Johnson, on many topics of Agricultural 
Chemistry, but we think no one can read this book with¬ 
out deriving profitable instruction. The investigations 
upon peat and muck are the best we have. The analy¬ 
ses of commercial manures will save to farmers large 
sums which they would otherwise be likely to invest in 
these articles. We are sorry to find Prof. Johnson, plac¬ 
ing the value he does upon certain phosphatic guanos. 
He will find, we believe, that in this instance practice 
will not sustain the apparent indications of science. The 
book is published by Brown & Gross, of Hartford, and is 
on sale by Saxton, Barker & Co-, N. Y. Price $1. 17S 
pp, octavo. 
Agricultural Bools Bublisaalug.—The 
largest establishment of this kind in this country is that 
of Messrs. C. M. Saxton, Barker & Co., of this city. 
Mr. Saxton originally established this as a distinct branch 
of business, and afterwards soid out to his partner, A. O. 
.Moore. Failing health compelled Sir. Moore to retire 
irom active exertion, and Mr. Saxton, with his partners, 
including j\i r. Barker, late of the firm of Miller, Orton & 
Co., have taken the entire business. We are sorry to 
part with Air. Moore, as he has shown good taste in the 
selection and getting up of books. The fine contributions 
from his pencil to the Agriculturist ,, and to the books he 
has published, will, we hope, be increased now that he 
has more leisure. 
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list, which will be described more particularly in f.hs 
first number of llte next Volume. We also retain in our 
list the more valuable varieties hitherto offered, for those 
who have not had them, and especially for those living in 
the remote Slates and Territories where seeds of any kind 
are difficult to be obtained. The seeds will he sent, out 
during January and February, to subscribers for I860. 
We offer them thus early that those renewing their own 
or sending in new subscriptions, may at the same time 
send for the seeds. 
ILools. over tine Ps'easaaeastfis. 
We invite special attention to tire list of premiums offer 
ed on a preceding page. These are peculiar. In most 
cases such premiums are offered for competition , and on¬ 
ly one person can get a particular premium ; and there is 
always an uncertainly as to whether some unknown per¬ 
son may not be better circumstanced to get a larger list, 
and a frequent suspicion also that favoritism may bo 
in some way shown. Our premiums are absolute, de- 
pending only upon a given number of names, and every 
one knows just what he or she is aiming at. These pre¬ 
miums are really commissions offered to canvassers, for 
time expended in exhibiting the paper to those not ac¬ 
quainted with it. With the single exception of one of our 
old office clerks, Mr. Whitman, we employ no agents. 
Every person so disposed can act as a voluntary agent 
among acquaintances, and receive as Compensation the 
articles offered in our premium list. The past year over 
70U persons have earned and received valuable premiums 
from tiiis office, which have cost them no money, and 
comparatively little outlay of time. We shall be happy 
to have the number doubled next year, for although no 
profit is derived the first year from new subscribers when 
these premiums are given, yet the sphere of the Agricul¬ 
turist is extended, and sufficient remuneration will come 
by and by. Wo expect to make the paper good enough 
to retain the patronage of all its readers, and in the end 
to derive a living profit, which is all we desire. 
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American Agriculturist, Oct., 185'J. 
The Editor of the Agriculturist, in response to a recent 
inquiry why another party claimed a similar recommen¬ 
dation, said: “That opinion Was given (over two years 
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