I 
daily, or over forty-five miles yearly. This tax 
was upon one already overburdened with labor 
and cares. 
Farmers, think twice before you build; yes, 
think a good many times. Do not build in a 
hurry, to repent at your leisure. Take plenty 
of time to thoroughly digest all your plans. 
Study to make everything convenient, both for 
yourself and household. A little difference) in 
locating your buildings, or rooms, may make a 
large saving in doing tbe work of the farm, or 
the household. A difference of a lew steps is a 
small matter, if it only occurred but once: but 
when they have to be taken several times daily, 
for years, it becomes an important matter. 
Bolling Prairie, Wifl., IBM. L. L. Fairchild. 
A Flax Machine Wanted.— I desire to inquire 
through the Bubal who manufactures (lax machines 
for separating the shive from the fiber of flax. I nm 
acquainted with the flax-brake, hatchel, swingling-knife 
and board of olden time, but T want, a quicker process, 
especially in these war times, as laborers arc scarce. 
I nave a good water power to which I car attach such a 
machine, ir such there, be, and would like to know 
where a machine can bo purchased.—A Subscriber, 
Sugartoum, A'. Y 
Sandfokd & Mallory's patent is an excellent 
machine. Our advertising columns are opon to replies 
to such questions. 
esteemed so valuable, and the prospects of 
Painesville were considered so superior to those 
of Cleveland, that Governor Huntington, the 
grandfather of the wife of the present proprietor, 
swapped land now in the center of the city ol 
Cleveland Tor the farm 1 am describing. Mr. 
Greek is comparatively a new beginner with 
full blood sheep, and has some good animals of 
both the principal families of Merinos, llis 
arrangements for tbe keeping of bis sheep are 
systematic. We saw far better sheep racks 
on his farm than in any other place in Ohio. At 
Painesville, I met Judge Chafkke, of Jeffer¬ 
son, Ashtabula county, descriptions of whose 
imported Shropshire sheep are given in the 
Practical Shepherd. He is a self-made man of 
vigorous intellect and high legal attainments. 
We left Painesville on the 13th, and com¬ 
menced our return home- expecting to visit no 
more sheep fanns on the route. 
As a whole, I discovered but one great want 
in Ohio — that of fencing and building timber. 
The State is now generally admirably fenced— 
and the fields arc small. It is a great pity that 
one-half the fences were not again back in the 
standing trees, awaiting the requirements of the 
next generation. It appeared to mo that there 
was not timber enough in mauy parts of the 
State I visited to fence it again as it now is 
fenced, 
J left Ohio deeply impressed with its immense 
resources and power as a State—captivated by 
its rural beauty and fertility—pleased with its 
farm stock—and pleased most of all with its 
people. I am inclined to believe, with Jeffer¬ 
son, that the “Great West” is destined to de¬ 
velop a nobler, freer, and, iu some respects, 
higher civilization, than those old lands which 
are hedged about and paved over with the tradi¬ 
tions of the past. 
In the afternoon we proceeded by rail to 
Cleveland, which we reached at 9 P. M. We 
had expected to stop and examine some flocks at 
Shelby and other intermediate points, but the 
trains were behind time, and we could not do so 
without losing succeeding trains and suflering 
much detention. 
On tbe morning of the 9th, on the invitation 
of Messrs. A. & E. Pope, I visited the Cleve¬ 
land Woolen Mills, which are under the super¬ 
intendence of those gentlemen. It is a new 
establishment, containing five sets of the very 
best machinery. From ten to twelve hundred 
yards of fancy eassimeres, flannels and cloakings 
are manufactured in it daily. It is the largest 
and most complete woolen manufacturing estab¬ 
lishment in the West, and is in the highest re¬ 
pute for the quality of its cloths. The Messrs. 
Pope won the first prize atone of the World’s 
Fairs on their eassimeres. 
We left for Ravenna in the afternoon. The 
route lay through the “Western Reserve.” 
The land here appears to be better adapted to 
grazing than grain growing. We passed one of 
the four State Lunatic Asylums of Ohio at New- 
burg, six miles from Cleveland—and the West¬ 
ern Reserve College at Hudson, twenty-four 
miles further on. From Ravenna we took a 
carriage to Randolph, the residence of Thomas 
Gokby. The weather was intensely cold, and 
we were delighted to reach the hospitable man¬ 
sion of our entertainer and find roaring fires, all 
sorts of “good things,’’ and a hearty welcome 
awaiting us. 
Mr. Gorby has a flock of two hundred and 
fifty sheep—fifty-four of them being pure blood 
3Ierinos. Forty-nine are of pure Hammond 
or Infantado stock, chiefly bred by Victor 
Wright, of Vermont, or from animals pur¬ 
chased of him. All of Mr. OORBY’S full bloods 
are good, and some of them admirable. He has 
drawn the first prize on both ram and owes at 
the Ohio State Fair. His two-year old ram 
“Hannibal," the victor at the State Fair, bred 
by Mr. Wright, is one of the showiest and 
heaviest fleeced animals I ever saw. I will 
enter into no particular description of him, 
reserving that to accompany an illustration 
which his owner hopes to be able to procure for 
the Rural New-Yorker. In 1862, Mr. 
Gorby had twenty-nine full blood fleeces, 
which averaged 11 lbs. 1 oz. each of unwashed 
wool. Six of them were ram’s fleeces, among 
which were “Hannibal’s" first fleece, weighing 
17 lbs., and that of another ram weighing 141 
lbs. The other rtuns were yearlings. Seven of 
the ewes were yearlings, and the rest were 
breeding ewes. The wool was sent to a country 
carding and cloth-dressing machine, and after 
being there scoured, averaged four pounds and 
fourteen ounces per fleece. If the last process 
was properly performed, this was a most re¬ 
markable product of scoured wool. Mr. Gorby 
lives in a fine township of land, and everything 
about him bespeak him a first class farmer. 
Syracuse, N. V., Jan. IS. 
On the 11th we returned from Mr. Gorby' s 
hospitable mansion to RaVenna. This was con¬ 
trary to the programme—for on that day we 
were to have gone into Stark county to visit the 
flock of Mr. McDowell, the former shepherd 
of Mr. Dickinson, of the celebrated firm of 
Wells & Dickinson, whose sheep are claimed 
to form the substratum of nearly all the old fine 
wooled flocks of Ohio. But I am informed that 
Mr. McDowell repels with great indignation 
the idea that Mr. Wells had anything to do 
with the breeding of the sheep —claiming that 
all that credit belongs to Air. Dickinson. He 
has attempted to keep his own flock to the same 
line of breeding—improving them, but without 
• changing the type. He utterly repudiates the 
modem improved American Merinos, which 
have originated in Vermont. His sheep, I am 
told, shear about four pounds of wool, of a very 
superior quality. I greatly regretted not seeing 
this flock of what was generally considered 
thirty years ago first class sheep, and learning 
from the lips of their owner their history, Ills 
varied experiences in sheep breeding, and bis 
reasons for rejecting crosses with the improved 
heavy fleeced Merino of our country. But we 
should have been compelled to travel more than 
tiiirty miles in a wagon over rough roads, with 
the thermometer below zero and a bitter wind 
blowing. Severe colds already caught by two 
of our party rendered such an experiment 
too hazardous. 
From Ravenna we proceeded through a gra¬ 
zing country to Youngstown, in Mahoning Co., 
which borders on Pennsylvania. Youngstown 
contains about six thousand inhabitants. There 
arc six iron furnaces, three rolling mills, and 
various other manufacturing establishments in 
or about the town. The neighboring hills fur¬ 
nish coal and iron ore —though Lake Sunerior 
TENTH ANNUAL MEETING. 
Tins Society met in this city the morning of 
the 27 th of January. The attendance was large, 
and the proceedings interesting and harmonious. 
The exhibition of fruit was small—especially of 
apples. From the amount of this fruit exported 
during the past season, we were led to hope to 
see a large display of apples; but we were dis¬ 
appointed. There was a line show of pears and 
grapes, of which we shall let the fruit commit- 
lee speak. 
President Stephen U. Ainsworth called 
the Society to order, at eleven o’clock, Wednes¬ 
day, the 27th ult,. The minutes of the last 
meeting wore read and approved, the Treasurer 
made his report, which was accepted, and other 
minor business transacted. The President an¬ 
nounced the Committees on Nominations, on 
Business, and on Fruits. The Committee on 
Nominations reported tbe following gentlemen 
for officers for the ensuing year, and the report 
of the Committee was adopted by ballot : 
Prcrtdmi—T. Barry. 
Vice Presidents —Hugh T. Brooks, Joseph Harris, 
\V B, Smith 
Secretary —J amos Vick. 
Treasurer —W. P Townsend. 
Exreutiw Committee — J. J. Thomas, C. W. Seelye, E. 
Moody, E. A. Bronson, II. N. Langworthy. 
The following gentlemen were appointed a 
Committee of Arrangements to prepare to re¬ 
ceive the American Bornological Society here 
next September:—P. Barry, James Vick, II. E. 
Hooker. James Frost, €. W. Seelye, C. J. Ryan. 
The following were appointed a Committee of 
ReceptionP. Barry, L. A. Ward, II. G. War¬ 
ner, James 31. Whitney, Geo. Ellwanger, Isaac 
Butts, F. Clarke. 
Adjourned to 2J o'clock P. 3L 
AFTERNOON SESSION. 
The retiring President. Stephen H. Ains¬ 
worth, delivered the Annual Address. We 
give it herewith. It will be read with interest 
by all of our fruitgrowing readers. The figures 
given will attract attention. The subject of the 
address is: 
THE GRArK — rROFITS, VARIETIES, AC. 
Gentlemen of the Fi'utt Growers' Society of West¬ 
ern New I"or/<7—The subject I have selected to 
present to you to-day is’tbe Grape,—profits of 
and best varieties for general cultivation, the 
best method of marketing, the cheapest and best 
form of trellis, planting, training, mid trimming. 
From present prospects, this fruit will soon 
be extensively cultivated In Western New York. 
Many of its varieties are comparatively new, 
and not yet fully tested for general cultivation, 
hence practical knowledge and experience in 
growing them is not as general as of most other 
kinds of fruit. 
The most interesting questiou to the grape- 
grower at this time is, “-Is its cultivation for 
market profitable?** Tfrfr* r icai ib 
seems to me, is fully and satisfactorily answered 
bv the following figures and estimated facts, 
taken from the sales ot last year’s crop, and the 
expense of growing and marketing them. 
Isabella crops. 
Oliver S. Chapin, the Fruit King of Western 
New York, has 30 acres of Isabellas, a mam¬ 
moth apple orchard of 120 acres, and a large 
pear orchard. Ho picked from 7? acres, planted 
in the spring of 1809, now in lull bearing, 77,982 
pounds of well grown and fully ripened fruit, 
which he sold lor $5,183.52. The expense of 
growing, picking and packing was S i If). The 
cost of boxes, freight, selling, Ac., was $1,693.55, 
which leaves a net profit of $3,176.97 from 73 
acres of land. This is a net profit of $411.38 to 
each acre. 
Frederick B. Peck, of the same town, sold 
from two acres of Isabella", 7,500 pounds of 
good, well grown and ripened fruit, for $675,— 
expense of growing, picking and marketing 
them was $222,—which gives a profit, on this 
light crop, of $453. This is a profit of $226.50 
to the acre. 31 r. Peek says his average crop is 
8,000 pounds to t he acre. 
Jit*. C. Cross, of Last Bloomfield, had from 
ninety-five Isabella vines, planted one rod apart, 
each way, 6,783 pounds of very large, carefully 
ripened ‘fruit, which he sold in Utica for $132.75. 
It cost him to grow and market them $124,80. 
This leaves a net profit of $307.93. At this rate 
an acre would be worth $518.62, above all ex¬ 
penses. 
John Beach, of the same place, raised from a 
quarter of an acre 3,000 pounds of very extra 
Isabellas, which he sold at his house lor $150. 
it cost him but eleven dollars to grow them. 
This leaves a net profit of $139. At this rate, 
the profits of an acre, at only 5c. a pound, would 
be $540. 
Rev. Pliny F. Sanborne, of West Bloomfield, 
sold, from one-third of an acre, 2,000 pounds of 
this grape at 4c. a pound, which amounts to 
$104. The expense of growing them was $22. 
This gives a profit, at this low price, of $82. 
You will see, at this rate, that Lhe profits of an 
acre would he $216,—enough to pay for the 
land, vinos and fixtures, twice over. 
E. 31. Bradley, of East Bloomfield, sold 40,364 
pounds uf Isabellas, grown on 41 acres of land, 
planted with vines 164 feot apart each way, for 
$1,248.69. The expense of growing and mar¬ 
keting them was $1,508.08,- which gives a net 
profit of $2,740.51. This gives a profit, after 
paying all expense of tilling, growing, picking, 
boxing, marketing, Ac., of $4444.82 to the acre. 
This crop, you will perceive, was about 10,000 
pounds to Lhe acre, and was sold for about 
10l-fle. a pound, giving a profit of 64 c. a pound 
»ii the average, far the whole crop, it aver¬ 
aged 59f pounds of grapes to each vine, and 
gave a net profit of $4.03 to each vine. 
Taking the abov e crops as a fair average of 
fruit to the acre, and the price as the average 
price that tbe Isabella sold fur, and it will make 
the average profit $432.72 to the acre. 
the concord. 
The Concord, from my observation ami expe¬ 
rience, will produce fully as many, if not more 
pounds to the acre, than the Isabella, and com¬ 
mands at present a higher price in market. 
3Ly crop last fall yielded at the rate of 11,200 
pounds to the acre, and sold at home at 10 cents 
a pound. At this rate, the crop from an acre 
would be worth $1.120,—say it cost $60 tin acre 
to'grow and pick them. This would leave a net 
profit of $1,060 an acre. This variety was sold 
last fall at retail in our large cities as high as 
three shillings a pound. At this price, this crop 
would be worth $1,200. 
THE DELAWARE. 
The Delaware lias not been fruited to any ex¬ 
tent in Western New York, but from the small 
How About the Flax Business?—Docs it pay ? Is 
there no dancer of overdoing the business? I wish 
some of your correspondents would give us the facts 
and figures of experience in the matter through the 
Rural We expect a flax mill in this vicinity soon: 
slialJ we go inf—J as. 31. Jenkins, IFayite Co., N. 1". 
We should say. in reply to the last question, yes. 
Meantime, will our readers who have grown flax give 
us tbojWs and figures asked for—either favorable or 
unfavorable! to flax-growing. The light is no more 
important, tliau the shade. Negative facta are as valua¬ 
ble as affirmative ones. 
(BtottfottjMfl tfomspwlem'f 
Cheapest Mode of Feeding Horses, 
J. Fisk, of Bnldwinsville, N. Y., writes us 
that he has a horse, five years old, used as a 
family carriage horse, and is frequently let to his 
neighbors. His labor is considerable. In the 
morning he feeds a bushel basket of cut oat 
straw; moistens it with water; throws in four 
quarts of shorts, mixes thoroughly and feeds. 
At noon gives straw again, and two or four 
quarts of shorts clear. At night mixes hay and 
straw—equal parts of each—cuts a basketful and 
mixes shorts again as iu tbe morning. Feeds 
also all the potato and apple parings, cabbage 
leaves, &c.. to him. His horse is free from 
cough, lively, healthy and fat; and this practice 
he is confident saves him 50 per cent, the cost 
of keeping a horse the usual way—costs about 
three minutes’ time per day. This is an impor¬ 
tant item in the days of high feed. 
Abe You Responsible?— Have I a right to infer 
from some of your answers to correspondents, that, 
you bold yourself responsible for all the imposition, 
swindling, &e., thnt men who advertise in your col¬ 
umns may thereby practice upon your subscribers or 
readers?— T. ]J. Wells, lierrien Co Mich. 
No Sir! It is our aim to publish only such advertise¬ 
ments as will benefit our readers: but we cannot dis¬ 
tinguish better titan they, which are the honest, and 
which the dishonest advertisers. We will bo glad to 
know who among our advertisers are swindlers. We 
shall be glad to furnish the public with such informa¬ 
tion, if well established. 
Lime a? a Manure,— What amount of lime should 
ho put upon the acre of land, the soil of which is it 
clayey loam? Should it be put on the land alone or in 
the manure? And will it pay to draw ittwelvo miles 
and pay 15 cents per bushel ? An early answer is so¬ 
licited.—H. U. M., ( Hcero, Otwnclaga Co , N. F. 
The amount should depend npon the amount of clay, 
and the chemical condition of the soil—whether it is 
wet or sour or not, and whether it tins been cultivated 
a long time or not. Lime is not apt to injure any soil. 
It is a necessity to plants; but the limit of application 
is established by the probable profit. Without know¬ 
ing aught of the condition of yottr soil, we should say 
that seventy live or a hundred bushels of lime to the 
acre will benefit almost any still clayey loam. And we 
would prefer to apply it. composted with vegetable 
mold, muck, leaves and sand. It is safe enougli to ap¬ 
ply it direct, especially to new soils; but t.o worn soils 
with the compost will be better. It is our opinion it 
will pay to draw it twelve miles and pay 15 cents-per 
bushel for it, if npplied on almost any soil. If onr 
reader* have had any experience to Lhe contrary, we 
shall be glad to receive it. 
Lice on Cattle. 
Eds. Rural New-Yorker:— Permit me, 
through your columns, to give publicity to an 
easy, safe and convenient way of destroying lice 
on cattle or horses. Take one pint of alcohol in 
its full strength, pour half of it on the head and 
along the hack of the cow or colt, aud rub it in 
the hair to prevent wasting iu A week after¬ 
wards use the other half in the same manner, 
and the lice and nits will be destroyed. For the 
benefit of those who keep but one cow, aud pas¬ 
ture it with other cattle, 1 would say, put the 
alcohol on once every three months, and your 
cow will keep free from lice in the midst of a 
lousy herd. Will not some farmer try it 
An Old Friend and Constant Reader. 
Communications, (Etc 
A COMPOST HEAP IN SPRING. 
Catalogues, &c., Received.— 1. Catalogue of Fruit 
and Ornamental Trees, Ac., from David P. Buchanan, 
Supt. Reid’s Nurseries, Elizabethtown, N. J. 
2. Vick's Illustrated Catalogue of Seeds, and Guide 
to the Flower Garden: containing accurate descriptions 
of tbe leading floral treasures of the world, with plain 
directions for sowing seed, transplanting and after cul¬ 
ture. Also list of choice seeds for the vegetable Gar 
den. with instmeth nt for culture. By James Vick, 
Rochester, N. Y. We must say a word about this 
Uniato^i 1 e It is an important and valuable contribu¬ 
tion to Floricnlttmil literature. Here are firty large 
pages packed compactly with matter, every word of 
which is information of use and value to the amateur 
florist and kitchen gardener. We do not know of any 
work in w hich the same information may be obtained, 
And Sir. VrcK informs us that it will he mailed to any¬ 
one who will send ten cents for it. It is worth ten 
times that sum to anybody who wants to know any¬ 
thing about flowers. 
3. Annual Register of the Rensselaer Polytechnic 
Institute, Troy, N. Y. This institution has for its pri¬ 
mary object the scientific and professional education of 
Chemists, Naturalist.-, Physicists, Architects, and Civil, 
Mechanical and Topographical Engineers; and fora 
secondary object, tin: scientific training of all others, 
wlto, not contemplating a future professional career, 
are desirous to avail themselves of Its instruction nud 
discipline. 
How to Make Yellow Butter ifi Winter, 
Dora Dorkings, a Steuben county house¬ 
wife, tells us how she does it. She says:—I scald 
the milk immediately after straining it in the 
pans; set it over a kettle of hot water, or over a 
moderate lire, until a eciud settles over it. Then 
set it away, carefully, in u clean cupboard or 
rack. Pans are filled two-thirds full. Do not. 
disturb it until all the cream has risen, sny 48 
hours, if not disturbed and kept warm. The 
atmosphere should be kept of as even tempera¬ 
ture a- possible. I keep lire during the night 
by putting a huge stick in the stove and 
closing the damper. When ready to churn, I 
warm the cream by pouring warm new or sweet 
milk with it and stirring it gradually as I pour 
it in. Water should never be put into the 
cream, nor near the butter, as it washes away 
the good, rich, sweel flavor and yellow look of 
the butler—so my experience teaches me. I 
never put cold water on butter iu summer, but 
leave the but ter to cool off in its own milk and 
salt. By careful management, the very best of 
sweet, yellow butter can be made in this way. 
Up to this date. (20th Jan., >64,) I have not had 
to chum longer than 15 minutes to bring my 
butter. 
Sorgo Sugar. —The Washington Hr pub lie an says'— 
“An experiment was made in ttie Department of Agri¬ 
culture a day or two since, before a large number of 
persons, clearly demonstrating the practicability of 
every in an in the North making hie own sugar. A gen- 
Ueman from Nebraska, Mr, J F. Riggs, who is about 
taking out a patent for his process, was the operator. 
Ft out sorgo sirup (trait to the Department for exhibition, 
in the course of a few moments he produced a clean 
and pure sttaqy equal In all respects to tbe best coffee 
sugar, the resMtte uf the sirup proving to be an excel¬ 
lently flavored article. Strongly resembling ambor or 
golden sirup of the shops, and entirely free from sorgo 
taste.” 
We hope the above is true in its length end breadth, 
so (hr as it relate# to the making sugar From the 
sorgo. We hope that IVft* the Chinese Sugar Cane 
simp. But we are unbelieving. If such a process tins 
been discovered it ought never to lie patented. If 
necessary to secure it for the public, it should bo pur 
chased by Congress pro bona publico 
Litter the Stables. 
As tin appendix to the above, 3Iadamc Dora 
says:—“Be sure to keep your stables well lit¬ 
tered with straw or something. For there never 
was a nice article of butter marie from strong, 
dirty, cow-smelling milk So say we! 
gnquimsi anti gnstm 
Clover Chaff for Ten Houses.—W ill you, or some 
of your readers, please inform me, through the Rural, 
whether clover chaff will answer in place of saw dust, 
in filling an ice house?—A Subscriber, Preble, N. J'. 
A Jersey or Alderney Cow Wanted. —Can you 
tell me where I ran purchase a pure bred Jersey cow, 
three years old, with calf —F. P. 
We cannot. If any one baa such stock for sale, they 
should let it be known. We have received two or three 
inquiries of this character. 
Illinois Beef.—Solon Robinson says:—“II is well 
worth the attention of all graziers to notice that Illinois 
furnishes New York with 561; per cent, of the beef cat¬ 
tle. It is true that many credited In Unit State come 
from Iowa, anil a few from other States; but the per 
centogeshows the Inevitable course of trade, and that 
New Y'ork City cannot depend upon New Yuri: State 
for Its supply of steaks and roasts. Besides, we hare 
no doubt thnt one fourth of the number credited to N. Y 
originated iu Borne of the Western StatiB and lived In 
this State only just long enough to gain a right to be 
called ‘ State stock.’ ’’ 
HINTS TO FARMERS ABOUT TO BUILD, 
Where Sap Buckets may be Found.— In response 
to an inquiry, a soldier in tbe army of the Potomac 
writes us that thoy can be had in any quantity in the 
town of Winchedon, blase. Parties having them for 
sale should advertise them. 
Later—Another correspondent says they may be ob¬ 
tained at Jamestown, N Y. 
Time is money.” 
A farmer ought to think 
of this before lie locates bis barn a ball' mile 
from his dwelling, or even an eighth of a mile. 
We know a well-to-do farmer, wlto built bis 
bams forty rods from his house,—at least twenty 
rods further off than there was any call for. 
Twenty rods is one-sixteenth of a mile. He 
and his men went to tbe barn at least four times 
daily, on an average. Hi going and returning, 
they would travel one half mile each, or both, 
one mile daily, which might have been saved 
by a judicious location of Ins bam. One mile a 
day is three hundred and sixty-five miles a 
year. Hi thirty years it would amount to 
nearly eleven thousand miles of travel; enough 
to perform a joumoy to Europe and back, and 
overland to California. 
A large farmer builds a new house. He lo¬ 
cates hh pantry so that the good wife, to set the 
table, has to pass through a long hall, at least 
sixteen and one-half feet further than neces¬ 
sary had he used good judgment in locating his 
kitchen and pantry. The good woman and her 
girl went into that pantry at least twenty times 
daily,—making at least forty rods of extra steps 
Balt Lake City Sends for.the Rural.— This 
morning (Feb. 1st,) among the hundreds of well filled 
letters we have opened, from all parts of the Union, is 
one containing a handsome list of subscribers and the 
remittance therefor, from this city of saints. Utah 
claims to be “loyal,” and is filling up its quota for the 
Rural Brigade. 
Cost of Planting an Acre of Hops.—W ill some 
one Who lifts had experience In the business, state the 
cost, of preparing the ground and planting an aero Of 
hops. Anti whiu kind should be pi tinted, and oblige— 
A Rural Reader, Eagle, A'. Y 
In 1801 8 Herkimer Co. correspondent having export; 
ence said that “ to start ft four acre poled hop yard, one 
thousand dollars was an indispensable requisite, beside 
the land fees.” We shall be glad tu hear from other nop 
growers on the subject. 
The New' Yor.K State Fair.— Just as we arc going 
to press, a meeting, called by the Mayor, is being held 
in City Hall, to inaugurate measures necessary to secure 
the location of the State Fair in this city this year. It 
ehonhl be remembered by our readers In this State that 
the annual meeting of tbe State Society takes place at 
Albany the JOth hist. 
Four. Brood jn Bees at the West —Can you tell 
me whether tln-rc has been any ‘-10111 brood ' 1 found 
among bees at the West ? A stranger told me the other 
day that lie had seen it in one or two apiaries iu Wis¬ 
consin.—G. F. 
We are not aware that it does exist there—to any 
extent, at least. But Wc have seen it there in a single 
swarm. That swarm was recently from this (New 
York) State, Tito party having it said he should get 
rid of it at once. There is reason to apprehend its in 
troduction there. Experienced apiarians there fear it. 
Ha! Ha!—A certain agricultural editor, of consider¬ 
able pretension, not fur from New Y’ork City, gravely 
informs his readers that he is nearly ready to commence 
thrashing. But. lie does not toll them whether he pro¬ 
poses to use the old fashioned flail or employ horse 
power. And he is not aft-aid of dogs! 
