lying idle for the timber to die, or wait 
for succeeding generations to use, as it 
rapidly would die, after the clearings began 
to be made here and there. So it has been 
throughout the country. The forests were 
worthless until population made them scarce, 
and the demand for the. products rendered 
them valuable. So were the interminable 
coal beds, marble and slate quarries, ore beds, 
and all other inert matter lying on and 
within our soils, until the hands of industry 
made them available. The people are now 
better able to pay fifteen, twenty or thirty 
dollars a thousand for lumber than their 
forefathers were to pay five or ten for the 
same art icle. 
Go through the tide-water rivers of Vir- 
ginia, whore untold thousands of acres along 
theii diflerent shores are lying in dense pine 
and oak forests—valuable timber for build¬ 
ing and fuel, and convenient, to markets. 
Untold quantities of these lands cart be 
bought for five to ten dollars an acre—so the 
Inrmtrtr. 
TRIAL OF WINES. 
At the meeting of the American Porno 
Well, alter attempting several times to 
count the clusters, and giving up each time 
in despair, I at last left the thousands of 
bunches to themselves and became merely an 
interested looker on. The vine grew us 
other wild vines grow. There was nogrowth 
of wood at all, no shoots put forth for canes • 
1.1. . 
|irsnrssi 0 n$i 
NEW YORK FARMERS’ CLUB. 
AVr continue our notes upon the discussions 
on each plant, or fruit sold? Mr. Greeley whs 
not Hilly satisfied that this is the best protection 
lor the originator of new fruits. On (lie oilier 
hand gentiemen urged that a plant or fruit might 
fished from the originator after lie had d< - 
vnte, todi°us years to experiments, and sent out 
World, amta harvest reaped by the tllelier 
Pomn- 1,1 wuou au, no snoots Din; tOrth for cannft- w., .. with™., , . uy uie incner 
Ugical Society’s fruit committees! held ;i! tlie b„,i„g ,Ue eta*. ro m , lilral ij .'SSIKCSt 
As tor House, New York, Feb. 10,1809, there ** ztu And so it was the season through. Cat >«. incut Food tor stock. A S um \m ot A? 1 ’ ln,lt sl,ould have a royalty in n 
having been tendered various samples of deleaves were there, and staid there, turning ’correspondmit, pitches into thQ young man who prineinie i ' !'who applies « well known 
American wines for their use and expression :l l,rown m some places,and some getting 1 n J* rriodri "h widow, becuuae he re- or compiles old'Wclwund mm ?* a Inn i <,,lin ". 
lloets upon the sanity of 
I'rincii.lc in'ti ma, ‘ Wbo “id’lfos a well known 
p. iik iplem the unmur.ieti.ro of a now maohino 
^"‘rU^oWldom.andn.akosH now book if’ 
- --.. . ' secure rruit. But, all vines (often Clinton) 
ing and fuel, and convenien t to markets. be wmu * were generously presented by sullT lnore or less in this way, however 
Untold quantities of these lands can be ’ xKOJWE 1 Ii ssman of Blufl'ton, Mo., Rev. j. l!-eill( ' d - Those lowest on the trellis seem to 
bought for five to ten dollars an acre_so the bNOX ot Pittsburgh, Pa., and E. A. Trro.vtp- 8udci ‘ mnst - In summer pruning it, is heal, 
advertisements say —and with a quick, su,v . ol t,K> American Wine House, Cincin- 10 leave two ot three leaves, reckoning from 
kindly productive soil beneath. Yet they n!Ui ’ The-wines presented by Mr. Knox tll<! htst cluster; the tipper ones shorter, say 
sell slowly, or not at all, for want of popula- were as foUowa: pmehcil at the cluster, or, at the farthest, one 
tion and demand. Good lands that will L Concord vintages, 1884 and 18«tf. These were I J 0,nt amoved. 
sen stowiy, or not at all, lor want of popula- - • 
tion and demand. Good lands that, will b foneord vintages, 1864 and 1806. These were 
grow thirty to forty bushels of coni, a. dozen n"7‘ Z the 1 chartt f er of cluret ~ 
ousnt is ot Avlirat, 01 a ton ot hay to the acre, gra<icof dlarct. 
and other crops in proportion - , With ordinary ~- AIv<*y, of a Iturgundy character, and equal 
tillage, will not pay for growing wood when to a cominonif, ude »r that class. 
Lr'cS'n'X 1 .nr: m ’ nk r ,,s * 
man,; colds to the. acre. Better buy coal at 5. Diana, u hock of fair quality, 
eight or ten dollars per ton; and as for «• Maxatawrn-y, lsov. inferior.' 
building lumber, ( lie United States and l lieir Tuyfor, Anna and Maxatawnoy mixed, 1807; 
territories have enough which can be *7.!!!!.'' __ , . , 
reached, as wanted, for the next five'ccntu- ! 
rn-s to conn 
ien- is little or no necessity for planting were: 
Tlie wines from the American Wine House 
timber trees for fuel or budding uses. For 
shade, protection and ornament they are use¬ 
ful but not, economical investments on good 
farm lands. Our native forests are destroyed, 
but they need not lie, as Mr. Greeley says, 
“repaired” into the same, material. 
The gentleman’s second argument, is that 
hail storms and tornadoes are more frequent, 
tlie climate is harsher, the streams dry up, 
fruits do not grow as formerly—particularly 
peaches—in New Hampshire and elsewhere, 
by reason of the piercing winds and other 
adverse influences resulting from denuding 
the land of its forests. As much of a I raveler 
as Mr. G. is, he ought to know better than 
to make such sweeping assertions without 
better reasons for them. Peaches, T admit, 
are a fickle fruit. Many years ago every' 
part of Ihe country, when new or partially 
so, bore the peach in profusion; hut even 
the forested parts do not grow them now as 
they did half or a full century ago. We do 
not here propose to account for that., as there 
is no space to do it fully, but pretty much 
all other fruits grow as well as ever, when 
the soil gives t he roots their proper pabulum, 
and insects do not destroy them. 
As to the “tornadoes, and hail storms,” 
and protracted drouths of the unwooded 
parts of our country, look at the miles in 
extent of sweeping, bleak prairies of our 
Western States, the most productive in 
grains and grasses that we have. Not a 
natural growing tree shelters them for miles 
together. They have timely rains, no more 
tornadoes than hilly, wooded, Northern New 
England, or the Atlantic shores of Virginia. 
As much rain falls in the great prairies of 
joint removed. 
I his vine, so densely crowded, lost, most 
ot its crop. 'Die clusters dwindled down to 
.1 few berries each, very straggling on the 
bunch, flic berry very small, and the crop, 
virtually, a failure. The fruit xvas more or 
less insipid, and you might as well raise a 
wild fruit, for this is what it is. 
A few rods removed from this vine is an- 
othei, also a Clinton. This lias received 
careful treatment the last, half a dozen years 
more or less. It has been pruned — fall 
pruned and summer pruned; is trained on 
atom tmr misrepresented. in-. Smith iminrsos 
the doctrine that gnuAinivoroUn animals should 
prepare their own loud, and asserted that it was 
midigniilod (!) for man to spend his time cooking 
1< Od for .iiiuimis. There were physiological rea 
sons why this should not he done, and he 
poses a, an early day to demonstrate U, u same to 
the distinguished body of learned gentlemen 
J?ln m"° 7 A ,l,ld disinterestedly devote their 
va!milile time ami tabor to the gratuitous dis- 
T d lil n !! k » 0 « d '‘<hfo. Thoueeom- 
'"'"’l’ Sl " dow >. unite out Ot breath. 
Jhn b’llowed an eloquent discussion or the 
comparative tenderness ami toughness of buOiilo 
nml deer meal, and of ilia causes affecting those 
out and ot " . *° b'O’lom animals 
cut t ud prepare" ft,o,l. that they are compelled 
to eat deleterious matters, which they would 
Joel u given them in its normal condition. Mr 
CAHPIwmt spiked Ihe gun of the ph>, ioh.gleai 
Sticklers by asserl ing that no matter what phil¬ 
ology might teach, every fanner of experioms* 
UiH'ii’ that one ton of cut and prepared food is as 
valuable to the animal as one and a half tens of 
1. Conoord, a very good claret. 
2. < ,'atnwba, ral her harsh. 
3. Delaware, 180S, inferior. 
L ( 'baton, a claret of fair quality. 
5. Ives, fair quality. 
ii. Nortnn-s V irginia, very good of its class, 
and the host red wine of tlie lot. 
The w ines from George Gusman Avere: 
1. Catawba, very good. 
2. Clinton, excel lout, red wine. 
a Missouri Port, a good wine possessing the 
I cruiracterlstfea of u foreign port. 
■t. Norton’s Virginia, of burgundy character 
vmy flood. 
It was the unanimous opinion of all the 
gentlemen present that these wines of Mr. 
Uusman’s would fully sustain Ihe notes ap¬ 
pended by the committee, and that they bore 
evidence of know ledge in their making, and 
whether treated on the “Gall System” or 
not, Avere really excellent wipes. 
a trellis fifteen foot long and ten feet hMi “"Pt-opiired. There is no limn who hua boiled 
It is of the same age as the other vine • was boH S”* ‘.TT?° ' ,< 7 T know ,h «' 11 V&y* to 
(’on 1,1 thorr I ' r ?!'• , saal diseased meats resulted from the urtlflcia I ^‘‘'vJrrrry Heed Corn. Tliesum, 
Hu the leader of tins have seen these “wnnor of tending so generally in vogue. Mr. JwAeyman presented for distrllmt 
were large, very heavy, and compact. It 
ieqHired four distinct thinnings of the 
bunches, leaving them then in a crowded 
stale. There was at least from a quarter to 
a third of the berries removed. The bunches 
, . .. l,UW 
herbivorous animals have very different storn- 
aeha from the lion. The analogy is good for 
nothing. One gentleman oiled the experiments 
ol horse railway companies in feeding stock. 
Prepared lood is deemed absolutely necessary to 
working ttnimal.s. But it. was asserted tliut the 
within reach of the prwss. . 
<-am.ii„M._ A Now Jersey gontlemau is also 
mr witln. newd) idea, and he transmits it 
Ihe great Farmer’s Hub- to wit: that ho lars 
disooverod that one of bis plum trees, whiel, N 
I lie eelitre Of all creation,” and which was 
constantly trodden beneath by pigs, fowls am! 
humans, bo^e fruit abundantly, and not ncurni- 
teuclied it, while those remole from t he cen¬ 
ter, and undisturbed by man and beast, wore U 
l>re\ to tile eureulioaiid utlprodiictive. lie Adds 
that I lie plum not propagated right toonmm 
"< being grown on peach room, and thus 
are not continuously vigorous. 
Nmv Jersey Marl.- Dr. TniAtnuj presented the 
' bib with „ curiosity in the shape of a sample of 
marl I rom some point in the far-off stale ol’ 
Now Jersey. The proprietors of the marl beds 
mm which Hie sample was taken, propose to 
s<’ml the Club twenty to forty Ions thereof for 
general dlstriliution, so tha t men mtlj know il 
when they see It. and not be deceived by ped¬ 
dlers ol spurious marls, who may take a notion 
to perambulate the country. The zeal of some 
of tlie New Jersey men to enlighten all Hie 
world Is, beyond ,.H expression, commendable. 
New Jersey Heed Torn. Tliesume enlightened 
Jerseynuin presented for distribution some of 
bis sweet oom. Whereupon Mrs. DiMtAt.bo. it, 
Vice-President of Ihe Prill# CJroweiv' (tub ami 
an admirable presiding offloor, pronouneed if the 
most, delicious sweet corn she hud over tasted. 
President Ely, too, pronou need it most ex¬ 
cellent. 
mcutuircd, on an average, live inebesin length, SSl'ringhoIf ? ilway " Woro not0rioUH l,,,,,yo 
MANAGEMENT OF VINES. 
Successful Treatment ,*f the Cl In to a Grape- 
A o I mprovenieal. 
I have tested the Clinton grape in various 
ways for several years. The past season I 
ways tor several years. The past season I 
gave it more particular attention, i have a 
variety of vines, and in different places and 
situations. Borne have been permitted to 
grow unchecked, unpruned, and unculti¬ 
vated, simply a wild grape. This vine has 
been thus growing ever since it was put out, 
some twelve years. Its history is that of a 
wild grape only, it lias acted as all our na¬ 
tives do, only it is at the head of them in 
quality—not absolutely, as I have seen at 
least one better (wild)grape. In the West a. 
good wild grape is more common. 
This vine has not made unusual growth, 
ada and other densely Avooded districts 
during their protracted summer drouths. 
Thousands on thousands of acres of tlie 
but not when left to itself. 
r l Ids particular vine the last few years lias 
had the advantage of a pig-pen, which is re- 
.. . ”, .'“i"-. dui pieicsr.s against tlie I’oCOmmoijdatiOMa of iim 
nd, 11 Ufls here tully developed, and iu almost <;i "b t<» permit hogs in the orchard as a means 
’or ‘‘very bunch. The berries also, where they uf nimsuming stung limit. Says Western soils 
were suflidently and early thinned were ,l, “ t0 ° lu “^’ anrl loo easily plowed up by Iiorb’ 
. 
numb, i ol elustera Avas about a hundred and O'vhai-Us me Injured. 
liby, all it, was thought the vine avus able to Apple Pomace ns Matiure, it. s. Cuembnt of 
ic- bear. Many were removed at the ffrst prun- M «hm, writes that he has experimented win. 
ings ; only two were left to shoot, pmrmce os a fertilizer for grass lands with favor- 
r Tills tlie vino lx.ro, wL„ . r „„t h vo,ve 
■ ' " s ° 111111 ot <ait ’ growt h, it carried, bushels of quick liirw Ia added to ful ly buriiels 
‘ n however, much more—all the wood for the " r the POmaco, and applied lo the land after ihe 
ml year following, as the old wood is all re »™ ss «- r °P talcen off. He also finds it an ex- 
<o moved in the fall and new wood substituted. teou£ht7,m St’.X touptHte 
Ih iniewal system is thoroughly practiced *«t*Plo trees. Dr. Snoucrask had seen i, mS 
ms down to Ilm old stem, which rises in the ecu- 'T« ,,!fcubl ° k*inien made on an old pomace bed. 
lit, tor of the I tell is, reaching almost to the ton H,wiin(! ' 1 fo thrive exceedingly upon it. 
‘ <t From this mtliitli! the now rmpQ ,. V f /m -v goetlomon ninjeraed the vnlim of pomace 
... ' xtending us ti< fortlllzor, one ifoiitlemnn iixHArtirifr f 1 . * m 
' °" eUC l • SK . I, ‘ « ver ,1,t! ,rol lw, leaving each should be composed with grocn burn-uml' ma- 
m alternate wire for the new shoots, which are nur ''- 
at '<> Ibrui the wood for the succeeding year t w tor Stock.-W ahrbn gai.k 
a The new growth of the vine is out of the .S?' 11, N ;/” that i( ia l,f>UGr tor Mi- 
way Of the hear in "• canes \i ,. n ,i F 'edsmtaasticun. their own food than that it 
li the trellis is a Si d e „.| • 7 AU . ,,f ?? 1 <] b °r° propa,r ' 1 »« I" enable them to holt 
i. ill- m,Jlis is a stake, a\I nch receives the »ur- !t down; hut most of the feed cutters are so 
plus growth, This I find an excellent way | n ado a« to cut hay from one and a hull' to two 
ami has .a good look. T know nothimr bet- ! w e ,, l( ' n " ’ ‘"" I f0Cl1 1,111 P'''‘!»arwl nunnot; be 
ter for amateur grape culture S ^7 "T* 11 may 
m, . „ emuirc. not bo always profitable lo cut liivi ,i^s 
he VItie (October 5tli) had Still its grapes bay for young Stock; tan corn stalk- and coarse 
hanging. The late wet, cold condition of t od( ! or may bo Profitably converted into tend i 
best timbered land have been in market for moved but a foot and a half from it, so that 
fifty years past in Northwestern Ohio, un- it received the strength of it. This seems to 
touched by the farmer, while the prairie have had decided effect. Two years ago it 
lands much further West have been eagerly bore a large crop of straggling, dwindlin'’- 
bought and settled. clusters. There Avas not oue that avus coin- 
A third argument is, that the dairies arc 
now aiding to sweep off the forests. It may 
be true to a very trifling extent, but what if 
it be so y It is simply a question of agricul¬ 
tural economy. If land av i 11 yield more in 
grass than wood —and the demand and 
value of either article over the other settles 
the question— why not cut away tlie trees V 
As to the article of fuel, coal at eight dol¬ 
lars a ton at the consumer's door is cheaper 
than wood at almost any price when the cost; 
of preparing it for stove use is considered. 
|ho weather contributed to this. The fruit 
Should have ripened two weeks earlier. At 
that date the hunches were not ripe, save a 
lew on the east end of the trellis. These 
had an abundance of leaves which doubtless 
had an influence. The rest ol the vine was 
scanL in its foliage, save the shoots for the 
pact or crowded, a peculiarity (and a fault) next year’s Crop 
of this grape Last year, 1867, it bore better There was a uniform ripening. I was 
1 lusters, but less ot them, and had a better glad to sec this. The great difficult,v is n,7 
growth of wood. (Thovioo h ,rained in . ovarenno. It war, 
clusters, but less of them, and had a better 
growth of wood. (The vine is trained in a 
dead plum tree.) The grapes last year 
ripened two weeks earlier then any other (Jlin- 
tonx in town, and ripened uniformly, which 
this soit is not in tlie habit of doing, oAving 
doubtless to the closeness of the clusters. 
This year this vine has exhibited phases 
of a good deal of interest. The sparse crop 
of last year recruited the wood, and, in con- 
overcome. It was done by a free thinning 
out. As I expected, it is a remedy. I shall 
pay more attention to this part in the future; 
shall thin A time, and thus avoid crowding 
at all, which is always hurtful. 
The grapes that have ripened arc, I think, 
by the use of tin.) cutting machine. Mr. Paw-ion 
has cut, iced, wot it willi warm water, added 
tmm and is satisfied that a saving- of one-third ol' 
food can lie effected by the cutting of feed. Ho 
ioeds his cows uncording to their weight gp j„g 
tho lituivior animal :i propartiODUttdy ' n *runfi*r 
weight ol’ food, lie bus a. neighbor who foods 
his cows uothing but corn stalks. 
A Model Gardener, Mr. Lawton says he never 
employs a gardener on his place who knows un.v- 
thiogabout tho business. The man he has now 
knows nothing about gardening, cannot read 
amt write, hut is a very intelligent man, and an 
excellent gardener! Ills wife can read and 
write. 
I lilizfng Coal A«ho*. An Ohio correspondent 
ol tlie Club says the ashes of bituminous coal 
are used in his neighborhood (Youngstown) lor 
filling the interspace in the construction of ice¬ 
houses, being an excellent non-conducting sub- 
Farmors in Ohio, Indiana, Illinois and Mis- nection Avith the, manure 
souri, Where coal abounds, have repeatedly untenanted now,) made a -ood growth - m i Zi 3 . spirit Avid 
told me that when they can buy coal from when spring opened, and the buds began to severe but ti"""^ * Zi ^ lout ‘‘ 
fifteen to twenty cents a bushel, they would push, there wL an amount of duS ^ ™ 1 
not cut and I...H 1 » 1 .„ .„ i ____ .. . . . luw,ra W ' 1 rivaling the largest sorts. The drouth, how- 
not cut and haul tlie best of wood three 
miles, if given to them. And as for fencing, 
cheaper and more durable material than 
wooden posts, with boards, or stone Avails, 
has already been discovered. 
The last proposition of Mr. Greeley to 
plant forests in waste places is a good one. 
lor scenery, ornament, shade and pleasant 
effect on the landscape, as Avell as their value 
clusters, literally set side by side against each 
other. It was “ a show to see it,” as was 
remarked. Like a roof shingled, was this 
roof of the vine. 
I cannot accouunt for this. Was it the 
manure of tho hog-pen, which, noAv that it 
ms exmmieu pnases an improvement in nn-ilitv u . • , ’ j ..iiuu-eonuuctingsab- 
m, » uu^mvuimia m quality — m flavor, ill stance, and yet permitUng the free lUtratlm, „r 
' 1 ! ‘ "Pff cr °P ru; lmess, in a plump, round, full Juiciness and Wtttor "‘rough thorn. It. is used also in i i„. 
e wood, and, in con- pleasantness to the palate, losing some of its f r,lc , Hon (,r groen-lmusc- lor the same purpose. 
3, (from tlie pig-pen, harshness and some of its spirit Avhieli ii l,r ;' J ll - ks ft’ anthracite coal ashesaro 
“r a , er ;T : ,M ... <-«• sit™ 
buds began to severe, but the.sfee of the berry was large, as dry sawdust, 
uunt ot clusters set rivaling the largest sorts. The drouth, how- ,,n '" ervl „* ‘he Flavor of m«,,i (! 8irup^-So„„. 
aneieu m my expe- ever, was not a serious objection, as the vine i, ? Mli|?ent correspondent In the maple sugar ro¬ 
und I may say, my was well mulched— Avith a mulch comnosed uw if - l: ulf h< ‘ baa r " ado a dI9C< ‘ v ‘ ‘T, to wit: 
3 seemed to be all of areen-cut nml we, i. "7 7, Hiat the best way to proeervo the flavor of maple 
I,v side .r 1 5! JHS ft,Kl W(i0ds > covered with simp wto can it as wo can fruit. 
a thin coat of leached ashes. This kept the 
giound tlioroughly moist the whole summer. 
1 am pursuatlcd that there wants a plenty 
of leaves for the Clinton, and for most if not 
all gl-npes. And the vine does not want to 
be checked as much as some. Give a liberal 
Horticultural 1‘nteutK. —This subject was called 
up by a letter from Tompkins Co. The writer 
wants the originator of a fruit protected Just as 
tlie writer or publisher ol a book is protected 
Ho has a personal interest in the matter because 
he has some new fruits or tubers he hopes to 
typing’ out ufter h little* Horace Greeley 
sum that his attention. liaij beenfroqnontly Galled I 
m covering waste and barren places, it is had become thoroughly decomposed and in- alfowaZ Z ? Give a liberal out”«f te r a little, iiorack gruklky 
commendable, and 1 trust his advice will be rnrporuted with Urn anil ,U Tf , °* IettVt!8 111 tll ° «tart,-at the *mthis attention had been frequently called 
heeded. ZZ . r wmk * Tt commencement of summer pruning -and f hl8 " laUcr ’ bm “« had w yot seer, , M » clear 
Buff ii in xr v s >! ' VIV no $VO\v Woodf But tju" AVOOtl lessen if required Avliich hm#wro>- lo * statomattof how the desired protection In to be 
Buffalo, n: y.,F ebruary, 18W. w«. comparatively abort tor the charters: likelv. Or iWiZTJTS r,„ „ t„. 
. --- the ioints were lint-in inr.lw... . . , .,, lu “ ‘CUves aio attacked With more definite in their state, nente. Do tin-v mean 
A correspm.Je.u writes ns that the Avhlte wit- th e three to four h.in t P f^ lnilt,e ? V ’ pUsh ° Uf new shoot « from the spur thatafter a patented fruit or plant is sold to ami 
owis the best basket wfflow. Who has had ex- . lh lo lour ljunelie3 to each and give freedom of growth • there will be no P^^kated by others than the patentee it is not 
s 00 ‘ lack of sub-laterals with the Clinton_ w a hla ’ fthe p r Dpagatoe’s,) propurty. and cannoa bo 
- 1. Ir, gold bv him withnnl II.,. ..* ,.o.. 
shoot. 
attacked with more definite in thcirweat’nnents. Do they mean 
from the spur thatafter a patented fruit or plant is sold to and 
here will be no pf opa ‘*“ ted by nf hci ' H lh:i " the patentee ii is not 
Jlinfnn c „ bis, (the propagator’s,) property, and cannot b« 
uiou.—t. 8°td by him without the payment of a royalty 
nr Missouri Lands. L. D. Jr.wmm of Rtackville 
its Mo., writeseomseyntng land in that poriion of 
;k. tho Stale, and said thal the pressing need was 
lo more men who were able and willing to worh 
Tor such there is great indueernem to settle 
•so lliere. Fertile bollom and uplands range from 
one dollar and eighty-llvc contA to twenty-five 
or dollars per acre, and the entire region is well 
he watered by the Missouri and other smaller 
ns streams. The oliumto Is mild, the Northern and 
,I S Southern Pm-ific ihiilroods pass through, and St 
rs' Louis is only forty miles away. 
iy . , *r-erve,i »g«H. A basket of eggs ,.reserved 
• by a J,i,tented prnneas was presented for distrlbu- 
Lou Sonin of the members sucked them down 
7 V , |,m uud ,lnv ' ,r ' ft* 1 ' ft was no- 
"• biewl that they thought (he fla vor would be im- 
!’* proved by the addition of sherry thereto. Prof 
10 HRRiiLEY said tlie process consisted In the apnli- 
o ration of a substance to the shell or ( | 1( .,,,,,, 
|M l’ rC(:lRoly tho same ehomicai higredir.Ms as (fie 
M! d «« l slu ' 11 itself, and which clows Ihe p„ rcs of 
J ll,! iatter, Ihus excluding the air. Tlie egg uhi- 
v losophers disagreed as to wholher the .vollfof an 
° ‘-’ffi* "ift settle-or not, .Several assorted that it. 
7 7’,', 1,1 1Ctili, ‘ ibs rliin,, ‘ d relative place in the 
. shell, no matter in what position II is put, while 
• otliers sal. the reveme. A gentleman who lives 
!® near the ei iy, and Ii may be I,is fresh ..stoat'll 
if hut who always talks most disinlereriedly and 
learnedly for tile good of the public, called at¬ 
tention to the fact, thal people were steltening in 
the City to an alarming extenl In consequence 
- of eating presorvcl eggs, the ingi-oilients used 
t In their preservation being polsonoira. Ho says 
t borax is largely* used, tie warned people against 
, using preserved eggs us they arrive here, assert- 
, mg they worn unsafe to us... He leal known 
i several persona attacked with or,imps ineon.se- 
r fi" eno ® ° r them, and only recovering 
i when they ceased e.ui, U Mlie.n. One facetious 
• member suggested that such persona might to 
I employ Huiupty Dumpty's physician to relievo 
their sDomaebs of the somtel.ing fowls. One 
I member said ho dipped his eggs in hot lurd to 
i' preserve thorn, keeping them in a cold place. 
Long Inland (torn. A Long Islander, who de- 
• sites” to raise the wind,” took the stand with 
i HUln P lf!S <d ' a “O' - "' which lie said produced from 
eighty to one hundred anti forty busholgoi' ears 
per acre. The over ready and eloquent Caufen- 
tkh, overflowing with peace, good wIM, and a 
desire to serve the public, asserted lie was satis¬ 
fied this corn would produce from one fourth to 
orn-third more to tho acre than any other va¬ 
riety, Tlie Long Islander would have made lit¬ 
tle impression with his corn had not this Sapient 
Professor of the Art of Grinding showed him 
how to hold his ax to the grindstone. Things 
wont smoother I hereafter. 
Guinea-Fowls.—E. Ssn-rnr of North [slip. Long 
island, wrote that his son hud a Guinea-fowl for 
which he wanted a mate, but lie did not know 
its sex nor any way of determining thal. essen¬ 
tial point. S. Edavardh Tory) read a paper in 
reply to this query, in which be said he had not 
raised such fowls for more than sixteen years; 
and yet he went into tin? market that very 
morning am) found no difficulty In deciding 
which were males and which females, although 
it is almost impossible to point out wherein (he 
dilJorcnoe consists, in some instances when ti 
Guinon fowl Is alone it Is almost impossible for 
any one to determine the sex. But tlie mule 
chil lers like a red squirrel, and tlie female sings 
“buckwheat, buckwheat,” and "coquette, co¬ 
quette,’’ for a. long time. The casque or top- 
knol of tiio male is usually much larger than 
lluit of the female; while the watt!- ^ m- gills are 
the larger in the male, and ol'a. red hue. The 
male may usually he distinguished by his proud i 
strut. But when tho desolate bird is all alone iu 
Long Island solitude, the forlorn creature would 
Scarcely know himself to which sex lie belongs / 
Mr. Bbmk.vt, a well known authority, s UV s there ' 
Is but. one unerringdistinguishing characteristic J 
namely, tho hen only inters the well known try V 
“come back." The note or wail for it Is « 
mournful of the mule bird is totally difforen t. | 
He also runs on tip-toe, with u mincing gait, <f 
which tho hen never imitates. m! 
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