found a eurculid on i 
although wo put sevc 
them. They seemed to 
us we could find them several times 
turnin 
Johnsonville, N. Y. isa". 
Remark?.—T hese facts a 
servers do not agree as to w 
remains in the ground durin 
Some assert that it lives above gi 
where in its perfect state or form, 
relating to the settlement of this q 
be interesting. 
i piece of old lumber, 
ral pieces down to try 
conic out of the ground, 
-s a day by 
ig over the boards. Mrs. if. VV'ier. 
conclusions seem so plain and com 
that I believe them to be sound. If a 
give a better reason, or show the fatla< 
I will “ give up the belt." 
Siuee writing the above I have noth 
i<Umf cation in the Rural of Jan. 7th, 
Houghton, in which mention is made 
gation from a certain Golden Pippin t! 
t! •• correctness of my theory. The i 
judge for himself. 
Wisconsin, January, 18G5. 
TEEES BY THE ROADSIDE 
It is not always easy to Cud forest trees that 
arc suitable in form for transplanting (o unpro¬ 
tected and isolated situations. Where trees arc 
to he selected from the forest, those on the her¬ 
der of the wood should be preferred, and such as 
have low heads and strong 6toeky bodies We 
have seen failures result from much labor in oh- 
taing maples from a thick growth in a grove- 
tall, smooth bodies with small tops, few branches 
and fewer roots. Then, In order to establish an 
equilibrium between the mangled and abbre¬ 
viated roots and the top, the latter was entirely 
taken off, leaving a row of poles instead of trees, considerable di- • 
If the season happened to be wet and warm, one fruit trees, and believin 
per cent of these poles might push out tops and tion that they are not ,ls loivr lived 
become, m the end,beautiful trees. But inmost mcrly, I wish to * 
cases ^ especially if so planted rather late in the I have seen .. 
season no each beautiful results follow such many different 
, certain that hla particular 
au orchard ought never to be planted by the one . each being, howev 
Se should bit rntT/ t0 ™ ° nCe - " rcs > 35 ^ be others, and aU wide of the mark 
lore snoutd be a road-side orchard the len-rib of ryoien, also, as I believe cn-cfniK- i „ 
W1, y not? Whfnot truth, and Jot always Z 
the fruit 1 IT, b> T te roadeides '• "Why all the reason that it would subject them’to more 
suppose it ifi The ST’t” Sny T° mC ° n °- But i° Um and eXpCnSC tQ rcmovo tbe cause than 
pposc it 18. The planter gets as much fruit to Propagate as they do; and then it is ™ ohiect 
fiaim his road-side apples as he does from his elms to keep the trade good. °'** A 
, map , ' Wo would not plant fruit-bearing It« well known that the first orchard* in th 
TaZ T mr f y .. earlier .tad 
tinnn maP “ and dm * cxcl usively, in con- most ly raised from the seed, and when the tree 
welTToT?: “ 18 J ery While all began to bear, if ibe fruit Tas not satSactoS 
bc u.fv r u\ CCB beautl,ur » there Is an added tlle owncr went to some neighboring tree whose 
of beautiful treel ‘Tf' Lannon!ous grouping fruit was known to be right, cut off some scions, 
Bidcfreell.l, mV pr 0 P Orti ° 1 ' of the road- and the ohnoxions tree was grafted to good 
fruit ’ grancd w,th sdo,,s iSE 
( c bard - v nnd adapted to the aml matured trees; and failure in rais 
The “IfoTonhTlr? f' 5 ’, “ r<! 10 b ' P*“toa. "fj»" «• » thine almost unknown. ' 
the traveler during the different What is the practice now ? Mr \ starts a 
«Z°:T?L A, “' *‘-*3 B-. S‘-tshissdonfanderallt 
road" th if T <1 by the rc8ldcn ts on a ’“ 8 trees. More seeds are sown, a new lot of 
Tioor one g00 i r0ad 13 aI ' va i ' 8 preferred to a trecs started - Meantime the first trees g r 0 w UD 
l ood ’, ° m “ tf T 11 11 be lon ?er - «nd that a need trimming, and the limbs cut off arc used to 
o-eofc travel where th* ^ kt ‘ pt C0Untry wiU the new trees. Scions are taken from trees 
it So T „? I ? ar ° T, ° ° thcr for Nn - f t0 emit future trees, and thus the process 
makca goodToal fi°r«T TI lpa8tyOUPd00 ^ 2* P ™?!f tiug frora ^mature 
f 00d road hrst, and keep it good aud and unn Pened trees. 
ToSbTe y °“ r farm laildSCapc 88 as , Jt *> also *«own that the risk of raising trees 
it * continually on the Increase • thuf 
tav r Ztsi rr ort nn<i pkm,n *«» u , '° okont *> r «»• w rj. 
consulted Kn m dl frcre n t seasons should be at y which, when got, proves tolerahly successful 
as a mno-o fruit \ ^ 8t ° Ck 18 forbldden the r ^ d f ° r a tJ,n0; bnt 98 orchards continue to be prop- 
‘ . ° ’ ft 1,11 shrubs—such as currants, goose- ftsatf;li from » It soon proves as worthless as the 
be ries mspbenries and blackberries J migM rest and cast out of the synagogue to make 
the roadsld?" 0 Among the f° m? attructioD8 °’ f ~ f0r . Bom * other “^variety; and it matters 
would «w ‘ / “° D S the frait bearing trees wo " ot how hard y a tree may be at first, bv the 
Dlum iLV 1,r °, t l I app ®’ pcar ' cherry, wild- tinie 1116 nurserymen have had it for a time it 
them \ n " T Cb * stnnt ' butternut, alteruatiug 13 as worthless as heart could t oish. 
■ind Stlel, rtT r° ‘T; ind With ,h ° "“fob-s, elms What would be thought of the stock raiser 
as T dCCiduo - - d -or- Z™** to propagate from animals that wclc 
BUTTER FROM ONE COW. 
v-wj, ycuuiuiea, 'into which no intruding mouse 
(are peep,’ and on this cool cellar bottom I 
place tour pans for night’s milk and three pans 
lor morning's. I skim the cream off before the 
milk ebauges, (the length of time depends upon 
the temperature, &c.,) and put it into a stone 
jai, which, m my opinion, is far preferable to 
any kind of metal, aud throw into the cream a 
handful ot salt and stir frequently, Once a week 
1 put the cream collected into a crank (ther¬ 
mometer) chum and churn about one-half or 
three-fourths of an hour. When the butter is 
gathering I drop into it the yolk of a new laid 
egg. Tiie yolk being composed of albumen and 
a yellow oil, essentially tiie same elements as the 
butter, they readily unite, and the quality and 
appearance ot the butter is very much improved. 
I do not weigh my salt—perhaps it is a good 
practice to do so. I work over the butter twice 
and lump it up for the table.” 
HOGS IN ORCHARDS. 
, y ^ A ' U<!A county correspondent advises os 
follow 8 i', the Country (hnllanau : — u The true 
way for Eastern pig feeders who do not wish to 
pen up their swine, Is to tyvetheir pens commu¬ 
nicate with their orchard. Don’t ring the pigs, 
but feed well, and just let them root as they will. 
This course will manure your orchard, and you 
nr„ oiiho /»»* ___ i - 
WHY ORCHARDS DIE EARLY. 
Editors Rural New-Yorker :-IIaving seen 
seussiou in the Rural lately about 
‘ ”- .:.ig frora tny own observa- 
I or hardy as for¬ 
give my reason as to the cause, 
various theories advanced by as 
. persons, each advocate being 
- reason is the true 
as far from the truth 
Nursc- 
Coloring Grasses for Winter Bouquets — 
Some one inquired through the Rural how to 
color grasses for a winter bouquet. I have tried 
several ways. The last and best is this j _ You 
can buy at any drug store dry paints of any color 
you fancy, only have them bright aud lively 
Five cents worth of light green and as much of 
blue aud red will look very prettily when ar¬ 
ranged. First dissolve one tablespoonful of gum 
arabic iu one-half teacup of water, then pass the 
grasses through the gum urabie slowly, and 
sprinkle on the paint, holding the grasses over a 
dry paper. Arrange them in the vase to suit 
ou<«, so long known and valued ia Germany, 
but the recipe for which has been kept a secret 
till recently purchased by the Government of the 
Kingdom of Wurtemburg, and made public:— 
Twenty oz. mutton tallow, 24 oz. hog’s lard 4 
oz. peroxvdc of iron, (red iron rust,) 4 oz. 
V cd ice turpentine, 2 oz. -oil of burgamot, 2 oz. 
ole arraemun > rubbed to a paste with oliye oil 
Heat together the taUow, lard and iron rnst in 
an irou v ; csse, » stirring with an lr0I1 8po0n con . 
stantly till the mass assumes a perfectly black 
color; then add gradually the other ingredients 
stirring tiU well mixed. It is applied upon 
linen daily, and its effect upon even the most 
extraordinary. In ail probability, for other 
similar wounds it would also be an excellent 
appl ication.— Jh}tchangt. 
Glass Bead Basket: —Will some of your 
readers tell us how to make a glass bead basket 
lor a deep window, or to hang between folding 
doors, for flowers.— m. n. p. 
_ ,po Restore Rancid Lard. — Heat it, and to 
eight or ten pounds of lard, slice in four or five 
medium potatoes; cook till they are brown.— 
Palmer Gates, Batavia, X. T. 
govtinilfMvalgotw aud (0«cv 
DOMESTIC INQUIRIES, 
Pear Stains.—W ill some one plea 
through the Rural how to take peai 
linen ?—M. G., Fairmount, .V. Y. 
Whitewash Regies Wanted.—P leas 
scriber how to make the best kind of 
cover dirty ceilings and wails— one th* 
off?—G. J.. Whiteuater. TFis. 
ITair Dts.— A young lady who has h 
sickness which turned her hair gray wo 
pc for turning it back to its natural c# 
coloring it that will not be so expensi’ 
kept for sale at drug stores?— Addie W. 
J dwarf pear trees he be '.ter 
°/. a “evere climate than the 
of Standard ?— Northern New York. 
We shall bo glad to have readers whe 
facta answer. Our opinion, resulting 
tion, is that there is little difference 
should think that little in favor of the t 
* GouLAKs. -we notice "Joint Smitr ” 
whose communication we published and commented 
upon incur issue of the Uth, has succeeded in making 
a western contemporary swallow somnch of this “ Ital- 
rurth T' :ir ’ • Ul;U htJ !l3k3 for m0n '- “ Who has had 
further experience with 'Italian Popltne?" om- 
sharp western friend. Bvery man a!-.o has a I.om- 
liartly poplar on his farm, we answer I 
t raxbkkkirs on Ul'LAND Prahus. - T.G. ScHjEFPKR 
Albion Iowa, wntes the I'rairU Farmer, says he is 
siUisiled that cranberries can be grown abundantly in 
UH' common prair.e gnrdcns, and of much liner qual- 
it> than on the low lands. H e receiwd plants of the 
Capo cod Cranberry’’ by mail In the :,ot davs of last 
June, planted them in his garden on high prairie land 
showered them two or three limes because of the 
drouth covered them during the heat of the day with 
rhubarb leaves, and the il rel 0 f August they com¬ 
menced fruiting and are doing well 7 ‘ 
llow to Prevent Rabbits Destuo^q Tuees.- 
LL f0rki “ infi rallb(ts - 1 *nt ^ 
s tme to P. k Phoenix, and ho published in Rural. 
A Barren Urauk V 
may be that your ee 
fruit. It is not.-- 
ling vines barren. If 
the accompanyin 
A. C., MeajviUe, Pa.: ] 
ig vine will n.ver produc 
an uncommon occurret te to find seec 
your vine blosso is next seaso 
g engraving will enat r you to detei 
mine Whether it will e tr bear or noi 
1C[| graving shows k fiuwor of th 
giape with the pet»h gone and th 
sexual organs remain!: g. The pistil 
t. in the center is th female oraai 
Of the dower; while il s five stamens 
Tf „ ,, fr surrounding it arc, i- male organs 
If the blossoms ot your vine contaiii Lth these or 
gans, you may be sure it will ultima tel produce fruit 
If U»«y only contain the pistil, it may fe made fraU 
BuUf Z «W 7lU “ th ° P ° ,,<!n fr0m > !rr ^ flowers 
But .r the blossoms contain only the sta linate or .. !U ,s 
frub * ItS 1 T flSCt #« P ‘ SU1, y ° Ur VlU ° Wl1 ,ever PW d '«cc 
huir. It,, sometimes the ease that Codlings with 
portiet tlowcrs do not produce fruit tin tf ten or fifteen 
years of age. Yours may be such a seeding. 
name three or four kinds n't kSErt.~Please 
and* wTl/'uo* ^W^p o‘ r ai"on 
VarnyaUd UM frees--The Qojien Spotted- 
liaied Ash-two varieties, both good! The Varic 
gated leaved Bird Cherry, (Pnmus padua) two varieties 
r, tL’-Th T i“' w <s 
out- 1 bo Golden Leaved Maple, These are all reli- 
aile, constant in the variegation and enduring the 
ot test sun without Injury. There are many others 
Uuit might be recommended, but their hardiness and 
constancy had better bo tested fnrtlier. 
BeS- ^rfrim' 7> T ; ~ The Leaved 
boll, I 1 r , ° Le! * ved Sycamore. These are 
both splcndu trees, and yon may add to them the 
Purple Leaved Enghsh Elm, though not quite so good 
a color as the others. Kor tine, deep purple leaved 
Iwray ’ n ^ rCt ° IQniCUd 11,0 Pllr P te Filbert and Ber 
PRICE, ijtSO. 
eomiuimly^sown by fimncrs' frorn peas'ttf^ P° r the v t 
fertilizers or manures ot^a^^du~y h (CI °/ er V‘ d Timt 
will pa»s through an aperture, which will let the ,i, t, . “curly reduced to a no 
tine, and become lumpy by exposure (as nlasi -r |V,' n'.'r f| 11 i°" n V or which - “a 
the action of the ‘’piaster rod '' whie'i ia, i V u< r v oari readily b 
distributing all such manures. ’ It is capable of e,ll 'et iron saw, wh 
half a bushel of plaster, and thirty or rm-Vv h .i ?V- l ' v e! '- v n, ch el ground oi 
laud It sows ten feet wide, and a« y uamnver iru " n V'- v iv (!,ua wcnlv 
only teeth enough to sow IheWU" de,dml brCadth WSy b * ! Sl>Wl T^asu, 
We Have many hundreds of recommends, among which are the following 
P " ° f Kdltor cnite a number m the t,; 
nThf i U^vc ii.-ui them in 
VI' S ?2K r *B"*«9* SeymourSowlui? Machine «d JJ v nupuUy heard Ui©in gp 
' ‘b td cvurlirt. Il has obsHeisv iv, Broadcast Sewer. I ,u! 
jvural xnew-Yourer:— IuMa 
! ad occ ®*ioi» to use some lumber. It 
1,1 tllU v,cinit y or the plum yard 
" lg U P a piece of it omi cold moniim 
m, V ,? Cd U Tmmt)erof eurculios huddled 
a under side. On examining ot!u 
we ound more, so we spread it out to 
m taldl IUOro ' ftnd we continued 
rc or less every day for two wee 
kht m all oue hundred and sixty-oi 
, ni ' k 1 pco ^ le would fokc a little p« 
J>t destroy a great many sucli pests 
cr ° ca,,gllt ba fo*-« the plum trees 
Uower. What, k = .. 
South .Salem, March it. im 
“ “our In your letters of Hie 
,.my opinion of the 
that you sold mo in isss. Iu 
«y that I have used it every 
-iii kinds ot 
superphosphate, A ami u. lias given 
‘ '..11 sow all kinds of gridn or 
. at any desired quantity per 
..OWsor net. Its opetallon is 
on smooth or rough land, level 
.. I think ii a inacKliie that win 
man, if properiy used, i i;no\v of 
prompt attention give 
nsJhTrTV P ' * C ' H ' a:-U 
l. th ilisl.. von request i;ie to slate 
Hisiadeust Sowing alaelune t‘ 
reply to your inquiry, 1 will sn 
year, more or less, to sow iff 
seed, plaster, ashes, c.- • 
me entire sntlsfaeUon.' It' will' 
grass seed, or plaster, ,te , a 
acre whether the wind b!e> 
equally sure whether used 
or steep side-hill li 
suit any reasonable 
Orders solicited, and 
