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AMKTITCAN AGRICULTURIST. 
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a neat vilhife before the war, beautifully situ¬ 
ated on the McMinnville Railroad, destined by 
nature to l)€come a manufacturing city of great 
importance. Here the Duck River, a crystal 
clear stream, of considerable size, falls 150 feet 
in one mile, creating an immenso propelling 
power. Such valuable advantages can not fail 
to attract the attention of capitalists eager for a 
well paying investment, as with water-power, 
all kinds of manufactured articles may be made 
with less expense than were steam power 
employed. Before the war, a Paper-^Iill, Cot¬ 
ton Factory, Distillery, and Saw and Grist-mill 
were here erected, but the most of them were 
badly damaged during the war, when General 
Bragg made here 3,000 lbs. of powder per day. 
The facilities for transportation to good mar¬ 
kets are ample ; good roads intersect the coun¬ 
try everywhere. From Tullahoma, a Depot on 
the Na.shville and Chattanooga Railroad, a 
Branch Road leads to ^IcMiuuville, which will 
soon be in running order again, and probably 
extended to Cincinnati; from Decherd, another 
Depot on the Nashville and Chattanooga Rail¬ 
road, a Railway leads to the inexhaustible Coal 
Stines at Tracy City, where a coal-vein of five 
feet is worked, and lately a bed of Iron Ore has 
iHJcn found, and a Foundry is to be erected. 
The war has devasted this country badly, and 
deprived the inhabitants, a very clever, polite, 
affable, sociable, and hospitable people, of almost 
every thing but their land ; they are very glad 
that they are back again in the Union, and very 
desirous that Northern men of enterprise sliould 
come and help to obliterate the ravages of the 
war, and to develop the resources of the coun- 
trj'. Money is very scarce here, and thus most 
every land owner is willing to sell a part of his 
generally large estates at a reasonable price un¬ 
der favorable conditions. ild lands are offered 
at from one to six dollars per acre, and partly 
improved farms at five to fifteen dollars per acre. 
At present, labor is cheap, white men work for 
$1 to $1.25 per day and board themselves, or for 
50 to 75 cents and board ; colored men can be 
hired for $100 to $125 per year and board, col¬ 
ored women from 50 to 75 dollars. 
Although agriculture is here yet in its infancy, 
no improv'cd implements to be found, as much 
as 25 bushels wheat per acre have been raised, 
and Cotton brings $100 per acre. An apple 
orchard containing 60 acres, last year yielded 
8,000 gallons of cider Brandy, and another 
orchard of 100 acres yielded to the owner, a 
year ago, $15,000." 
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Apple Pomace. 
would surely make it so. AVe regret that we 
arc not situated so as to try the experiment 
carefully and report results, and hope very much 
that some of our readers will try it. AYe have 
no data to determine the average value of what 
is left of the apples, but have no doubt it is 
greater than that of turnips or even beets. So 
far as wc soe, it needs only to be cooked to 
become tender and palatable. AVe commend 
the subject to “ Tuckahoe,” who writes inquir¬ 
ing what to do with the article. 
The Treatment of Tree Seeds. 
[undreds of tons of what, every farmer 
.W9, would be good food, or at least good 
aure, if it could be used, go annually to waste, 
ause nobody knows what to do with it. It 
r*ad as manure, it poisons the grass or crops, 
[ it is hard to knock it to pieces. So it lies 
heaps and rots slowly, and after a while, is 
d as chip manure would be. 
Lpple pomace maybe worked over again, 
I fair vinegar made from it, but still thepom- 
or spent cider-chcese is left. It is remarka- 
that farmers never think of adding this in- 
dient to the messes they cook up for their 
rs The sour juice is nearly all pressed out, 
TC is starch, pectin, gum, sugar and much 
uminous matter, besides the seeds, let^and 
vill require not more than 20 minutes boiling 
cook il thoroughly. It would probab y be 
atable simply boiled, but the addition of po- 
ocs, or any roots, with corn meal or oil meal. 
be duly attended to, and if the little trees are 
likely to suffer from drouth, the ground should 
be covered Avith a good mulch of saw-dust. If 
they are left in the seed-bed over the first Avin- 
ter, they Avill need to be covered Avith leaves. 
Our people are at last Avaking up to the im¬ 
portance of trees, Avhether for fuel, timber, or 
shelter ; indeed, so many have been the in¬ 
quiries in regard to the subject, that we have 
offered a large premium (Oct. No.) to bring 
out the greatest amount of experience relating 
to it. The subject is already beginning to have 
a literature, as Ave last month noticed the 
“Forest Tree Culturist” of Mr. Fuller. Upon 
looking over our correspondence Ave find a great 
many queries as to the proper method of treat¬ 
ing particular tree seeds, and Ave can best answer 
these queries in a lump. These seeds may be 
divided into two classes, one including those 
that must be soAvn as soon as ripe, and the other 
those that Avith proper care may be kept until 
the following spring. Of those that are to be 
sown as soon as ripe, the Elm and the Red and 
AYhite (or Silver) Maples ripen their seed in the 
spring. As Ave have shoAvn in a former number, 
the failure Avith these seeds is due to Avant of 
knoAvledge of the fact that they ripen in June, 
and that they must be soAvn at that time. If 
kept until the folloAving spring, these seeds lose 
thttir vitality and fail, but if sown as soon as 
mature, they make strong young plants the first 
year. Other seeds needing immediate soAving 
ripen in autumn, and these are to be treated as 
nearly as possible as nature treats them. If, late 
in autumn, Ave look beneath the fallen leaves of 
an oak tree, a plenty of acorns Avill be found 
from Avhich the radicle has protruded, shoAving 
that germination has already commenced. This 
will give the hint as to the proper treatment of 
acorns, which are to be planted shallow and the 
bed protected with a good covering of leaves, or 
other mulch. Chestnuts, Horse Chestnuts and 
Buckeyes, Tulip Tree, Hickories and AYalnuts 
are treated in the same Avay. Hickories and 
AYalnuts are said to do well if kept mixed Avith 
earth in a cool cellar during winter, and we 
have succeeded perfectly Avell with Horse Chest¬ 
nuts put in a box of earth and exposed to the 
wmathcr all winter. , • t, v. 
Seeds that are kept over winter should be 
prcseiwed at a low and even temperature, and 
of course be quite dry before they are put away, 
to prevent mould. The following are among 
the commonly planted seeds that are usually to 
be had of seed dealers; Honey Locust, Osage 
Orange, the Ashes, Larch, Deciduous Cypress, 
Maples (except Red and AYhite) Spruces Pines 
and other evergreens. Honey Locust if ft 
will groAV Avithout preparation, but it old, i 
should be scalded. Osage Orange must be 
sprouted; the others merely need to be sown m 
a light rich soil. Evergreens are very tender 
when young, and are apt to be sun-scorched. 
These are best sown in beds where they can be 
shaded by a lattice Avork screen made of laths. 
Young trees, like other young plants, require 
care, and no one need sow the seeds with the 
expectation that they will take care of the 
selves. AVeeding, cultivation, and thinning m 
American Wines. 
Those who have only seen the sugared liquids 
often presented as Avines, can have no idea of 
the Aviue producing capabilities of our native 
grapes; and very few are aAvare of the large 
amount of capital already invested in Avine 
making, or of the excellent quality of the 
wines produced at first class establishments. 
At Hammondsport, N. Y., the Pleasant Valley 
AYine Company, the oldest in that vicinity, has 
already established a reputation for its Still and 
Sparkling Catawba, and other wines, and it pro¬ 
poses to compete, in the way of sparkling wines, 
AA’ith the products of the French vineyards, at 
the Paris Exposition. The Urbana AYine Co., 
at the same place, though not yet fully in opera¬ 
tion, has the capital and means to carry on the 
business on an extensive scale. At the exhibi¬ 
tion of the Lake Shore Grape Grower’s As¬ 
sociation, we saAV about a hundred samples 
wine, some of them from well known makers, 
and others from those of less reputation. 
The character of these wines Avas of a high 
average, and some samples remarkably fine. 
Aside from the Avell-khown Catawba and Dela- 
Avare, the first prizes for which were taken by 
AY. P. Anderson & Co., Cincinnati, there were 
some kinds not often seen. A specimen of 
Clinton showed that the wine making capabili¬ 
ties of this grape have been overlooked. This, 
and a creditable sample of Concord, were shown 
by the Lake Shore AYine Co., Brocton, N. Y., 
and took a Avell deserved premium. Norton’s 
Virginia, of which but little is known at the 
East, gives a dark red wine, of a peculiar flavor 
that is usually unpleasant to those who are un¬ 
accustomed to it, but it is highly esteemed 
by many. AY. P. Anderson & Co. took the 
premium in this class. The wine which 
deservedly attracted the most attention,. both 
on account of its rarity and fine quality, 
was that from Ives’ Seedling, exhibited by J. 
M M’Cullough, Cincinnati. It is a . red wine, 
somewhat like Burgundy, and gives promise 
that we shall not long depend on foreign coun¬ 
tries for a supply of wines of this cl^aracten 
Many other noteworthy samples were exhibited 
which we should be glad to speak of, if we 
had space. In the discussions of the conven- 
tionr very strong grounds were taken against 
the addition of anything—even grape sugai 
to grape juice in order to malce wine. It 
probable that the many plantations of Iona wiU 
in the coming season be in bearing and this 
variety be sufficiently abundant to allow it to 
be made into Avine in a quantity large ^noug i 
to give it a fair trial. From a sample made i 
a small way, as well as tests, we ^ 
must, something remarkable may be looked for. 
* Variegated Evergreens are becoming quite 
numerous; among the recent ones are a silver 
leaved variety of Gupressus Lamomana , said 
r of ^w, . .e- 
•esenffid in this country by some fine speci¬ 
mens Li the spring nothing is more beautiful 
In the way of “ foliage plants,’’ than this shrub. 
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