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Tlie ISolt Nuisance.—We have often re¬ 
buked the persistency with which manufacturers of 
agricultural implements will continue to use round- 
headed bolts in their machines, which, when they come 
loose, are next to impossible to be tightened. It is 
easier to find fault than to suggest a remedy, at least very 
often, but we are glad to have to say that this nuisance 
and loss arising from the use of holts that turn in the 
hole, and nuts that become loose and get lost, may he 
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copper wire key inserted into a groove in the holt the 
nut when screwed up may be locked so that no jarring 
ca" loosen it. A wrench, however, will loosen the nut 
with ease. Farmers now should insist that every 
machine they purchase is put together with this “lock¬ 
nut bolt,” and thousands of dollars in the aggregate will 
be saved yearly, to say nothing of the peace of mind they 
will have secured. 
Tlie New Secretary.—The American 
Pomological Society celebrated its 25th birthday by tak¬ 
ing unto itself a new secretary in the person of Mr. W. 
C. Flagg, of Alton, Ill. We congratulate the Society 
upon this selection, as in Mr. Flagg they have an officer 
who is in every respect a gentleman. Scholarly in his 
tastes, Mr. Flagg is a fruit-grower, and in his pomologi¬ 
cal writing gives a happy combination of the literary 
and the practical. His knowledge of fruits is very fnll, 
and, take him for all in all, we know of no one in the 
country more worthy to be honored by the appointment 
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the press will accept this election with great satisfaction. 
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business month, the sales were greater than for any 
month in the last five years. Every household in the 
land should bo supplied with a good clothes wringer, and 
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245 Broadway, New York. 
The American Pomological Society. 
It was a happy thought that fixed the place of the 
quarter-centennial meeting of the Society at the home of 
its president and founder. Let us begin by stating that 
the meeting was held at Boston, upon the invitation of 
the Massachusetts Horticultural Society. Those who 
know that Society need not he told that the arrangements 
made for the reception of the National Association were 
most ample and thorough. Not only the Horticultural 
Society, but all Boston and its vicinity seemed interested 
in the matter, and intent that the “ silver wedding” of 
the great National Association should be duly honored. 
The magnificent granite temple of the Massachusetts 
Society was devoted solely to the exhibition of fruits. 
Here were state, county, society, and individual collec¬ 
tions, and such an outpouring as to absolutely bewilder 
one. As we write before auy reports are made up we 
can not give a numerical account of the collections. 
Suffice it to say that the fruit from Kansas and Nebraska 
attracts great attention from its perfection, that Califor¬ 
nia sends oranges, lemons, grapes, and olives, Louisiana 
sends a remarkable collection of oranges and other tro¬ 
pical fruits, and that on the other hand Canada comes 
with the beautiful products of her orchards. The floral 
exhibition of the Massachusetts Society is held at Music 
Hall, a place well known as the home of the big organ 
and the bronze Beethoven. It can hardly he called a floral 
exhibition, as foliage so largely predominates Here the 
hall is converted into a tropical garden, where palms of 
various kinds, tree-ferns, and other plants of striking 
foliage make up a bewildering mass of varied verdure. 
We write too hurriedly to specify the noticeable speci¬ 
mens. Not only was the Society welcomed officially by 
the mayor of Boston, but private gentlemen have opened 
their houses and grounds to the members of the Society. 
One morning Mr. Wm. Gray, Jr., gave some two hundred 
a breakfast at his charming place at Dorchester, and Mr. 
Hunnewell threw open the gates of Wellesley to the 
members, who wisely devoted some hours to the inspec¬ 
tion of the finest place in America. I 11 starting upon its 
second quarter-century the Society has taken some 
wise steps and has cleared a great deal of “dead 
wood” out of its path. After a lively debate it was 
unanimously decided that the Society should offer no 
money premiums, and that the “Wilder medal” only 
should he given for meritorious horticultural objects. 
Then again, the “ starring ” of fruits for the catalogue 
was relegated to the State committees, and the former 
promiscuous making np of the catalogue no longer con¬ 
tinues. We are obliged to close our account of this, in 
some respect the most important of all the meetings of 
the Pomological Society, before the adjournment. The 
spirit and feeling on all sides are most satisfactory, and 
we may say that the Society has taken a new lease of 
life, and that its second quarter-century begins full of 
promise and hope. The meeting for 1875 will he held at 
Chicago, and there will probably be another meeting at 
the Centennial Exhibition at Philadelphia in 1876. Of 
special features of this most successful gathering we 
may have occasion to speak hereafter. 
P. S.—Since the above was in type, we are able to add 
that the banquet, given on Friday evening at Music Hall 
was a grand affair and a fitting finale to the exercises. 
President Strong, after his speech of welcome, resigned 
the chair to President Wilder, who was in his most 
happy mood, and presided with a grace and dignity that 
we have not seen equaled. We heard nothing but ex¬ 
pressions of universal satisfaction at the whole affair. 
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Milk to a, of Ctieese.—S. H. 
H.” The results of the working of cheese-factories show 
that it takes somewhat less than ten pounds of milk to 
make a pound of cheese. 
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Bee Notes.—Agassiz Criticised. 
BT M. QTJINBT. 
A lecture upon bees by Prof. Agassiz has been reported 
in some of the papers, in which he tells a good deal that 
is valuable and what I know to ho true, some things that 
may be true, though I have never been able to verify them, 
and some tilings, if lie is reported correctly, which I 
know to be false. This I very much regret. I would not 
willingly shake the coufidence in so eminent a ni. n, but 
allegiance to the truth certainly ought to stand before 
allegiance to men. 
I will notice a few points in the report of the lecture as 
given in the N. Y. Tribune, Scientific American, Rural 
New Yorker, and other papers. Agassiz is reported as 
saying: “ When a swarm breaks off from ail old com¬ 
munity to form anew colony, the division is generally 
dne to the appearance of a new queen." Now this is not 
true. The new queen has not appeared nor will she ap¬ 
pear according to the general rule for eight or nine days 
