inemtrtr. 
OHIO GRAPE GROWERS. 
Aunual Meeting of the Ohio Grape Grow- 
cr’s Society. 
The Association known during tlic past 
three years ns the Toi-» at. 
season at the time of blooming of the grape them to the lower wire, leaving them, when 
in .Tune will loo/l rar™,..! a.ii i._, „ ’ » 
n June will lead toward a full knowledge, cut, about four feet long. I then selected 
v oid of speculative theory, as to the cause of two others, and cutting the ends at about six 
he grape rot ; hut the present practical view feet, I then left on each two laterals with two 
it is, that such condition simply acts buds on each lateral, and hemlin* n,«„ m 
hstnmom. 
toward the assisting or injuring of fructifica¬ 
tion. But allowing the whole point of the 
author, what then ? Can he tell us how to 
secure our grapes without, taking them into 
inren years as the Luke Shore Grape the house, or in some way providing a sys- 
Grower s Association, held its annual meet- tem by which they could' he almost imme- 
icfi Clevelan <*> Ohio, on the 17th and diately sheltered on approach of a storm? 
t 1 ° ebruary. 7 he meeting was largely Meteorological Observations, 
attended, giving evidence of continued, if Mr. Huhtinoton offered the following 
not increased, interest in the matter of resolution, which passed with few remarks: 
grape growing. After the usual introductory RmihrdU That tho Ohio Grape Growers’ Asso 
address of the President, and some other l ' a f. no(i wij wJtij inuch interest the rec 
'IteanlmU That the Ohio Grape Growers’ Asso¬ 
ciation has noticed with much Interest the rec- 
matters unimportant to the public had been 
attended to, a report was read thorn a com¬ 
mittee of correspondence with E. S. Rogers 
relative to naming his seedling grapes, in 
whieb it wa8 stated that Mr. Hook us was 
le.ulv and willing now to name bis dozens 
of hybrids, and attach to each and all such 
names as this Society should choose. Due 
thanks were tendered Mr. Rogers, and he 
was politely asked to name his own bant- 
otnrnondatioria of the Secretary of State, in his hide by the vigor of tile vine in 
into report in lavor of OttfrihlixliiiiH' a contain and no'nin lur n>o i..n „ i 
number of stations in dIlJV‘rcnt parts of tho . ^ he weathci and ftpjX 1 
wore mthuorolo^irnl obsorvaltorisinay be v,ne J U} *t before tho stoning of iho f 
rouae man Uniform lnanner under the direction Mvni-ri 
of some person appointed tiy (he State, 1 1 > whom >,y next vine was a Clinton, w 
monthly reports may bo made in the same man- fruited abundantly l ist venr , 
nor us now made to tho Smithsonian institute; T hid JZZ , J ’ " 1 
and earnestly hopes that the Legislature wjj) 1 natl grown three strong cillies wit 
tEtt&SS'^,5fcEiSf,XtoSteSt' s,to<ar ‘ y ons l ? tonls - 1 look two „f tiu.se ci 
iwo others, and cutting the ends at about six (7' * -3 x UI 
feet, I then left on each two laterals with two __~ 
buds on each lateral, and bending them in ■ 
half circles, each way, tied them to the second NEW YORK FARMERS’ CLUB, 
wire, l then cut the fifth cane for my buds, W r>« 
from whitdi to grow tive canes for next year’s this 
u -i " , , . To Make Apple Trees Productive.—j. IT Woon 
When the buds burst this season I promise burn, of Kingsville, o„ had n thrifty apple 
myself to rub away all the lo-wtr buds on the <lrolmn1 w,ll(, i' blossomed freely seven years i > u t 
two upper trained canoe, and obtain mv hS 0 that the cm-eulio wim the 
fnu! from tho lateral,. an,! every a,« n a/o TZlZ St 'STSS 
!' °n the main Cano. The lower canes Afler SO treat ing them for a year he was 
will be permitted to fruit at each bud, but ! ' ratm od by an nbundAni crop of beautiful fruit, 
the number of bunches will be regulated a a !!l' 1,0 ont ® ,aio * n '° orchard Jiad been seeded 
littlo by the vigor of the vino in' storting, I'7717" 'T"'" 11 ! 
ami again by the weather an,I appearance of He Is ,„.,v Aw 
v me just before the stoning of the fruit. n "‘ nt to 'he balance of his orchard. Mr. ( - ui- 
My next vine was a Clinton, which had *’ EN ™ { w ««W not plovv old orchards. H«’- eon- 
fruited abundantly last year, and on which , un,il U ‘ e 1 ret ’ 8 shado 
1 had grown three strong canes with numer- stir the siir thee u iij, ■, Vi! ',nZZ !,.''. C ' w ‘!!' kl 
. «****vm^ct 'Til* UV lUEUBUCU . , . .. fi-nini 
>y the vigor of the vine in starting, rooiAIlTkm mEv i v V"'Urn 
am by the weather and appearance of Ho is now going to extend thVwapU'.'d^in.'u- 
st before the stoning of die fruit. n,, ‘ nt to 'ho balance of his orchard. Mr. i ah- 
Mr. Huntinoton explained some of the 
details of the system of observations he 
thought preferable, stated the advantages 
lings in time for the publication of the So- wldcb bc thought would accrue from the 
cicty’s proceedings. 
The manufacturers of boxes and crates for 
grape growers were duly on hand, and 
several dull axes were, in due form, put 
upon the Society’s grindstone, in full imi¬ 
tation ot the. Now York Farmers’ Club. 
dimming Name. 
adoption of such a plan, and recommended 
that Prof. Henry designate the stations m the 
State where the observations shall be taken. 
Govern in r*nf Protection. 
Mr. Campbell of Delaware, offered the 
following: 
ciinni.iim v- Ucsolved, That. the Ohio Grape Growers* Assn- 
Changing Name. elation recognizes the propriety and 'lustiefof 
I lie Secretary of the Society then tried nj ,,m ibig the legal protection necessary to ru¬ 
ins bund at an attempt to merge, or rather reviveIpTipupatJonToi^theK in¬ 
to disi 
and li 
cultur 
be ecc 
of officers of the Society were paid by the 
State, they would feel more willing to labor. 
He stated that the officers of that Society 
were disposed to make the grape a leading 
interest, and he thought, under their manage¬ 
ment, a host of members would he gained, 
The resolution was passed without discus¬ 
sion. 
A. little retailing of the reports of the suc¬ 
cess or failures of varieties during the past 
' SLT if I™ ft SOme UKmbm - whm f “ m "S Into db«y produce heat, 
• • ll 1 '"‘. hut nothing new was dieted, and some less. The more rapid tli 
cut them about nine or ten feet long, cutting 
away all the weak laterals and shortening 
the strong ones to two or three buds each. 
I then trained them on the lower wire, with 
a ball or almost whole circle curve upward 
and back toward the center. The third 
cane I cut down to three strong buds for 
growing limiting canes for next year. 
Frank A.hon. 
Vegetable yKtrtrrit. 
HOT-BEDS. 
1 ite making of a hot-bed is not strictly a 
mechanical operation, but requires for suc¬ 
cess some knowledge in the selection of the 
proper materials of its composition as well 
as a knowledge of the principles which 
induce decay. All organized materials in 
falling into decay produce beat, some more, 
pentrk would not plow old orchards. Hocon- 
shmll.v works his orchard until I ho trees shade 
the ground completely; and even then ho would 
St ii thcsiirliiee wit h a sharp-tool hod harrow us 
oUcn “ .. . '"'ir times during- the summer 
season. I ho ’resident said eureshould he taken 
nol. to wound the bodies or (he trees with the 
harrow He Imd had some, of his trees seriously 
injured by carelessness in tills way. 
Harley Hum,re. Hunky Inorah.vw, Kook- 
land, Me., writes that lie has raised barley nfty 
years, and found it n profliuble crop. He sows 
it tho lust of Miiyorflrst of June. Sows the I wo- 
rowed Sprintf I'arley. Says barley will Ihrivo 
dtj olny or loam lands nmderatolv rich. It 
ripens before any [train sown at. Ilie^mie time. 
\\ mild not sow oats or barley together. Sliould 
be cut lii " the red row," and the straw will bo 
found valuable iodder. He regards it bettor 
than oats aau fond for stock. Mr. It. R Doutn.Aa 
ot Monliromory Co., Mo., tusks if it will do to sow 
h’. 1 ’ "o l 7'' i, ‘ j ; > i1s '‘ Ar| y it is answered 
tb.it it will. Mot. the Club does not reply what 
our experience lias iuiitflii us, that a hotter crop 
ot barley will bo ohbu'ncd if the seeding is de¬ 
ferred until the a-ironiiil gets warm. Wo should 
like to receive experience on tills point, 
whoever might desire it for the trifling- sum of 
four hundred dollar* each. 
t,UH BCntiomtu 1 had not retained 
inUn? S0r0f the Art <)f Grin dinar, eonfldent 
intnsown powers and the merits of hls.-anse- 
lireenul a. n E° th,w f ‘ ,,Id Bnitor like » steam 
such laf " nil< ' , " :l , «*«'d not pay any .juot) for 
1 , "! 0,1 ,,H " ,ij - Vermonter pos^ssed. 
.»««”.. 
Y’ ,r " Xamt: it said (hero was mi mys- 
oi)iom° l p ,C Im ’ dU0t,(>n ,ir " 1 manufaoti.ro of 
opium i Oppii s arem’own nil over Europe for 
the oil m the seed. Fifty eents would p, v for 
see,I enough to stoek an aero, and the modes 
ol luanuiucture cun lie found out from books, 
fontlunod I tin's Dictioimry as one or tlu- 
sources from which suel. Information can hed.l 
ii\e, . He said it was a subject of Importance 
to its emu,try Tho drug in various forms is 
used hero vastly more than is „-enerally sup¬ 
posed. 11. is found b, every drug store, country 
. tuio or shop. \v „ send hundreds of thousands, 
it not millions, ot dollars of gold abroad armu- 
atiy to pay roc what wo eonsume of this for- 
<%n-produced drug. There is no danger of 
ovemoekiogthe markei at present. Pricosand 
protlts will regulate themselves, however 
He advises such farmers as choose to cultivate 
pnppi.-s to boy a little seed,.I the seed and drug¬ 
stores where they can always liml It and not pay 
tem-1 mod red dollars for information they can 
gel tor vastly less money. Dr. Sanubr said that, 
every physician knows opium to lie one of the 
most dangerous and fascinating of remedies- so 
miii'li so that many physicians rarely lot a pa¬ 
tient know what hits linen administered when if 
is prescribed for him. ll. is ...n 
nome.tieating .Ik- Mullblo. J rssk F,r. r „ Groo,,- 
M Ic, la., discusses tin- (piestion whether tho 
American huilaloenn bo domesticated and made 
useful and pmlitaMo thereby. | t e has had a 
"•'<1 ot them on his farm for several vears, I,„l 
has now disposed of them, tie had the foil 
blood, hull and three-fourths blood animals 
«c. no said „, i8 the Association ,LsI ST5 ITT * 
as the Oliio Pomological Society, and sliould 
now he merged with it. The proposition lo 
dissolve or merge was not acceded to, and 
the Secretary was told that, tho grape growers 
were as capable of managing an Association 
as those of other professions; that, this Soei- 
developcd. 
Addi. 
IN THE VINEYARD. 
I Do not like to leave my vines until 
near spring before giving them their annual 
&c., in tho material, the greater the heat 
produced. Hence wood, straw, ami rags, 
having but a small portion of these matttri- 
als in their composition, and as they decay 
slowly, generate but little, if any, sensible 
heat, while com, wheat,, oafs, hay, &c., on 
taught th«t. man Is Ida friend; it requires time 
ami patience to win Ids confidence; m.t once 
won the animal never backslides. His wore so 
thoroughly finned Hint they would coino at his 
Call with tho speed of a, raccdiorso, and feed ou t 
ra?' l | m '!: • l ! '* “ har,i - y ■ in ' 1 BH-ong animal, 
and I lie bed is bettor than that ef onrdomoHt ic 
as tnose ot Other professions ; that this So,-i- «<-.u spting before giving them their annual thc contrarv , - ’ ^ 1 ,'' ••a , t | e, and would seitfor „, ure i„ market, r o,,eo 
ety did not spring from the Ohio Pomologi- PJ un,n ff» but the demand on my time last yoa a j mosf /’ ‘ T . . .. ,ntro<l "ccd and icnown. llio robes ure very vat- 
cal Society but from the results and Interests November wtts such that I could not sooner ;„„'it' • f ire the material liav- * uih a mu< ' , ‘ nim-o so when iiurk-tmmcd than 
made tarnU. 0 ™„„al«mL„xl.^^hrtd *«* »•»«* » tat week. „ ItovcX SJ. ra * tataM * STASTl'T T "*Y. . T "" 
i,y f. a a jz is!;r;:*« •?"».«»**,»«»• x or r i .,° r ^ksst 
originator of the Society, — drafted its eon- ill * e bl ,bo ground, I commenced my la- w j,j. the intennin i . 1 7 1 1 (r> YY c Jt e ’ ,to lirtr '' 5 tlm i. soma company or com panics 
utiunion and assisted its first movements. ,,ors * lirst vine was a Delaware, about, best -is it has n-'tssRI 'tT^ 1 U! . V01 7 utMbi l u, do, " < ? sHcat,0r ' !Uia I'^rpetu- 
Tl„, Soctoty was first h„w„ ..Nor!,,- i *.. ^ ^ LVeZtS 
mi Grape Growers’ Association—the word , C . rop If y f ear * Tbe °»dy pruning I tion, It is ffie very best thiug to hitluce ^rlv r,uU o mro that ho huw them in adomosUoated 
Northern liaving been attached because there bml Siven it last year was, when the buds and rapid decay ” " y ^ ndJtj,1M n 't nm Campagna, ricar Home, Italy, 
was at Cincinnati a like soci«-tv first started, to watch it every few davs y ' . , eighteen yours ago. Says there* are thousands of 
he m.Irt 15 " ,y knOWn M and rub awav all the hn,1„ iy±Z.Tl*l Decay ,s a ^cics Of slow combustion. «« '» H a ly herded with other animal!! 2 
cal Society, but from the results and interests 
made from the annual grape exhibitions held 
by F. R. Elliott, and that lie was the sole 
originator of the Society, — drafted its con¬ 
stitution and assisted its first movements. 
Tilt* Society was first, known as the North¬ 
ern Grape Growers’ Association—the word 
Northf.rri' having berm attached because there 
was at Cincinnati a like society known as 
tbe Ohio Grape and Wine Growers’ Society. 
It was afterward changed to Lake Shore 
(■rape Growers’ Society, to meet the wishes 
of a few lagging members, and now, as there 
was evidently more interest to bo gained in 
Ohio than by longer trolling to a few 
persons at the east end of Lake Erie, it 
was suggested to change the name, and 
lienee the Association now comes out as 
the Ohio Grape Growers’ Association — 
a name eminently proper, and by which 
the Society may do much good, if they will 
attend to the various locations for grape 
growing in the interior of the State us well 
as on its Lake Shore, and, in so attending, 
take hold of the adaptability of varieties to 
special locations. The subject, of 
Wines at Exhibitions 
Was taken up, and it was ruled that here¬ 
after the Society will take no recognition of 
wine made from the grape—although ninety- 
five per cent of its members both make and 
use the article. This move is another evi¬ 
dence of what may he done by a few “ log¬ 
rolling” members; but it is questionable ifft 
stand more than one season; as in a sense it 
rules out of discussion and value a large num¬ 
ber of varieties of grapes, and gives no coun¬ 
tenance to the man who sends his grapes to 
market where they arrive unfit for table and , 
are sold for wine, the money remitted to and 
received by him. It is one of those absurd , 
ultra moves stimulated and set in motion by , 
men who have no charity for those not of , 
ten eiel; and like all such moves, comes i 
jack with a rebound, crushing the movers t 
and any g 00 cl points they might possibly ; 
have had in view. J 1 
Grape Rot nd the Weather. 
November was such that 1 could not sooner 
get, about it ; so last week, as the weather 
was mild, no frost in thc wood, and but 
little in the ground, 1 commenced my la¬ 
bors. My first vine was a Delaware, about, 
five years planted, and produced a good 
fair crop last, year. Tbe only pruning I 
bad given it last year was, when the buds 
first, started, to watch it every few days, 
and rub uway all the buds not wanted for 
canes upon which to grow my fruit this 
year; and as the vine was pretty strong, 
and had three good canes for its season's 
| fruit, L permitted four to grow. My canes 
ot last year were left with, say six to eight 
buds each; and when they started l rubbed 
away every other one, leaving three lo 
four buds on a cane from which to grow 
my fruit. 
As the canes of last year grew on those 
which I looked forward to as my fruit canes 
for this year, I simply tied up to the wires 
from time to time, touching or destroying 
not a single leaf or tendril, nor in any way 
checking the growth of main cane or lateral. 
My fruiting canes, when they had made four 
good leaves and were just starting a fifth, I 
pinched with my thumb and finger, leaving 
the four leaves; and although the terminal 
bud started I did not again pinch. So much 
for the way of my vine now, when I go to 
prime it. 
.rzir ■*“ " ,ing - ..* ~ 
Riupm uecay. e larhtoen ymra ago. Hays thore arc tlimisaai 
Decay is a species of slow combustion. thcm in Italy herded with other animals 
The oxygen of the water combines willi the animal, and may bo Itlu .le 
carbon of Die starch, of thc gluten and of '* p< ‘' "* pH: ,,ufeh * f, ouid not ag-roo to eat him. 
the woody fiber evolving carbonic acid, and on^TS'whS iT'T mcal; but 
generating heat changing and destroying 'wait.es to St' 
the structure and organism of the materials. I,nl1 bolle, i ehlps. Even tho moat of a i w ,, 
Water must therefore be present in this ease ' aon,,ls 1,1(1 ^n'Dhou^h imm.i tender, isverydrv 
“ heatin comb, “ UOT »/ Thereto- A\Eu„V,“ CTZKrilt 
horse excrement being one of the best and good tlm last of Mavamt'aLr,- r ° ,Xs T , pl ,' v " (1 pl " ra 8l,,,,kH * " is a 
r r* “vaik.1,1,. Auki be S oi,,S7^ s-..w zzztzssxTJ: -sss 
“ ^ porous ' ‘ uid from «“•»« zzzirzzz 
. is pruscrith.d tor f„- ra . n. isl ll(t , ,| r siral)ln it 
j should be cheaper in this country. As a medical 
. man ho saya the dearer it is tile better for tho 
t wn ""'7 ami the people. Ho orK-e,| that its 
< general production III this country would he a 
• great public disaster mm which no amount of 
I money could compensate for. Another physl- 
e uu says most of the “olive oil" imported in 
' 'l || seountry Is made from pnpj)ios. The real olive 
oil has a greenish hue to distinguish it from tho 
oil VO Oil " made from popples. 
Agrlcltur"! I*ntrm„. -A. J, Moohm, Berlin 
iit.-ighi*, < )„ wrtt'pposluif tho propOKOd hill foi* 
patentson plants and fruits. I fe says it issirnply 
11"- right of property Which Is involved, and pro- 
? ., |M ^ Show how easy if is to protect property 
in thutlonn inilil adnipiute OOmponsation isse- 
I'oii'd, lie hopes the Government hits more im¬ 
portant duties than protecting producers of 
seedlings. Purchasers ought to lie protected. 
\ iocs and plants should he tested in different 
localities before they arc foisted on the pub¬ 
lic and recommended for general cultivation. 
Mr. Mmouk seems to ha ve forgotten tliufc sonio 
ol Hie advocates of the new law cn-ge Its neces¬ 
sity in order that the originator may safely 
distribute it over a wide extent of eoimti-y for 
trial without thereby losing his property right, 
in if. Horace Gkemluv said he was glad to 
hear that a, bill taul been drawn ; la- had not seen 
it; but if such a bill was pul in form it could 
in- discussed Intelligently as soon as its terms 
wore made public. 
Hen Island Colton from Virginia Point, near 
Gu ves!on, Texas, was shown, which good judges 
hud pronounced to bo cipmi to the best Edisto, 
s. < ..cotton. William i. Junks of the above 
named place, writes that lie lias cultivated it 
there lor ten yearn, and sold it at a large and 
paying price. He writes that there im- thou¬ 
sands of acres of good cotton lands in ttiat 
neighborhood that may he purchased cheap. 
h,,H„ k Kye. J. M. Shepherd, Cortland, N. V., 
asks the Club where ho can find spring rye for 
seed. Serene Tom. replies, go to the seed- 
stores in Cortland Village ami ho will liml all ho 
wants. 
Hum (’aIture—A correspondent, at Independ¬ 
ence, Iowa, denounces tho practice of nursery¬ 
men who graft and bud the improved varieties 
ol plums upon wild phuu stocks. Says it is a. 
swindle which should bo condemned. Trees so 
worked grow well four or five vears. h..< «IW 
animals. 
With this quality of manure, a depth of 
one and one-half feet or more, according to 
its richness, is sufficient. The depth of thc 
manure determines the intensity of the heat. 
I have with good manure found one foot and 
three inches in depth to produce a good 
Kit lA/l l> A . t.1- • -i. i A . ■ , . t- 
T | ouiiulo meat, could bo made to tako flto ,um * proper affinity for each other 
place III popular favor of that of our native and say * such frees are swindles and lie will not 
unproved cam,.. The President asked if tho We understood Prof. CLu to 
leimuks made by Mr. ,J. concerning the quality WOh talk wasull nonsense. 
Of inf* lilifitilrt moiit .. 4 * >i . . J 
to say 
of the buffalo meat of the Jilains would not 
apply also lo tho meat of tho wil.l cattle of Hie 
plums. Their habit* have something to <j„ wlth 
tile quality of I he meat, Mr. Carprntkb has a 
neighbor who has a herd ..f buffalos, which la¬ 
the four leaves; and although the terminal | m< p arrt J wbile cabbage will do with 
bud started I did not again pinch. So much C&S ’ , , ,n ‘ nch fillod as contemplated, sur- 
for the way of my vine now, when I ao to rou ? . witb f ^ <)(k1 boar d frame, and coy 
prune it. erc< J with two inches of good loose soil, upon 
And now my first move was to cut away wb j Kh f oetl 13 to be 80wn > 5111(1 covered over 
down as closely as I could, all the wood on , 1 ® . ° r even mU3,in . and the plants 
which my fruit was borne last year. Next , d;u,y amI watered occasionally, will 
I selected three of thc atrono-est. m,,™ nut , ,r S IVC tbe bes ** cf satisfaction and furnish early 
have had in view * " p03S1Dly off any fruit they may be dis- 
q * posed to set, 
A paper was r ,ltI th ?,' V cat,lcl ,‘ TT My next vine was also a Delaware, but it 
KGxox of Kelley’s T - f ^ IIuNT ' hftd IJOt S To ' yn as ’ 8 ‘«-ong as the last, and 
i and the weather ^in wd T i P ° U Sm f e . rot wblle 1 I ,ursuf -d the same general course, I 
a “ prevailin'*- onini,? u ^ amed lt as \ eft but on « cane of eight buds for this year, 
produced rot.” It mav 1 e n v ", h Wuatlicr lriutin g, and cut to three for canes to grow 
present for next year. If it starts strong Tmw nnr. 
L selected three of the strongest canes out of " UU ' ,L 01 Hatisiacnou and furnish earlj 
the four left, bent two of them down to the tomatoe8 i > cabbage, &c,,—so early as to well 
lower wire and cut them off, leaving on each r °5 ay this snfa11 effort * v - Devinnv. 
ten buds, promising myself to mb away half ’^-ntory. 
ornion; by-andfijy. Tbe third cane I cut, Onion Culmre.-A com-spondenfiof tho Maine 
leaving twelve buds, and then bent in a half Farmer writ**In my four years' export- 
f-n-ele, tying one side to the second wire, and enoe iri 0010,1 raising I find there* urn three T-s- 
curving and again tying so that its end al- 8ential point8 60 success; First, bo sure, that 
most touched the first wire Nevt T o.,t a,- , y ° U , Ve tf00d seed ’ °r your labor will be 
vt;. iu ureuraniiie. IN ext 1 cut the in vain; second, plant as early as noHsihle- 
fourth cane down to four bfids, and propose thir, J* don't bo sparing of manure. Hen 
to grow each of them for next year’s fruit- an ' 1 '"'K manure is best, l-’inebarn-yard manure 
blood beat, which is just right for tomatoes ! 9 IlY'Y <,omest “***• They an, a nuisuneo 
and egg plant; while cabbage will do with h. i’tiio^m n't'ra '‘n ' ' rl,O0 'V " N ,10W « v °r. 
k,, a ^ dim a-com-mpktod.su,. .v:.^ 7 ^:,::: 
rounaed with a good hoard frame, and coy- 1,0 our best native beef, 
ered with two inches of good lcxjse soil, upon 0,>i "'" (frow, "@ «"<i Maimfaoturc.-Ther.- ap 
which seed is to be sown, and covered over pearad bel '°f w tl,C! Club adork.sailow-faeed Ve,-- 
with glass or even muslin, and the plants “i 'llYrradln'''' M ' vh ° look - 
tired daily and watered occasionally, will .youth upS 
»ivc the best of satisfaction and furnish early brothur larmciN,” proceed eh I to ^rind his ux by 
omatoes, cabbage, &c.,—so early as to well tolllnK l,is °' m 1,ist,,1 T, ami that of hisgroatsue- 
•epay this small effort, V Devinnv 2^L ,lud aT, : at 11, 0111 in 1 tlQ production of opium 
Denver, Ctamd-W. ^ SSJJKSS t 
'<■» , ray .. II,X VIK rf 
no(. in onion raising I find there are three es- opium, which he sold for $17,40. ti„. 
entlal points to success; First, be sure that from one rodsquare he produced two and ,1 half 
OU have WWW «>*.i r.« i..u„.. . . ...._ a. - . . 11 wo unu a nail 
2 iQT 'S« l0l ' Sh -^ars con versant with 
* e 1X1 ’ 10 ex Pressed opinions, never before 
wTi ,i ; bntifwet a nd heat, fol- 
,; d by cold occur, the disease 
- mes without hesitation or delay. I u his 
; u ' 11 s ) Paper, without asserting it as the 
ta se, he yet assumes that the condition of 
ratber, «* rainy or dry, in June or at the 
Z . ? f bl °oming, may be safely taken as 
guide to foretelling the season’s crop. It 
h e possible, this point of a rainy or dry 
fur next year. If it starts strong I may per- Wlt ^ compost and applied in that manner, or 
mit it to bear eight bunches of fruit • but if I direct t0 ihe 80,1 at tho rat0 of six t0 ten 
zrzz? rT 3 ’ 1 rt u r r hic ° m ^^■’sssss it 
mt, and also rub off one of tbe three buds composition of vegetable matter in the soil it is 
now left for the next year’s bearing canes, fittlo appreciated. 
My next vine was a Concord, strong and .. „ - 
vigorous, and on which last year 1 had a fine ** A , oorrwpoildent usks lf the 
cop, produced on four bearing canes; and l ^Tta.T&SS or 
grew live cam ; for my present operations, hotter-not too rich. If planted on a strong 
As with tbe Delaware, my first cultim*- was licb 8oil * 11 sbould be planted early. 
of all the last year’s bearing wood; then I *** - 
selected two of tbe strongest canes and bent ♦ l1 i your " arclGn experiences. Tell us your 
° Cb ana bent wants. Give us names of the best vegetables. 
tomatoes, cabbage, &c.,—so early as to well t0 llDS l,i6 owu b ‘ K tory, and that of his groat.sue- 
repay this small effort. V Deycnny S! 8 ®, 40 ' 18T ‘: af ' ,iro111 tho P'^duetion of opium 
Denver, Cta^Tbn,^. ^ 
«e,o„, : .„,„ rc ._ Aco 7 .;, „ loflhoMal „„ 
Farmer write*:-”In my four years’ expqri- he made one and thn-o-fonlXT ! 
enoe in onion raising I find there are three es- opium, which be sold for ^ 17.40. The m-.vt voZ- 
sential points to success; First, be sure that Crorn otie rodisquaru 1 m produced two anda'half 
in JY™ 8 , SC 't d ’ or your lllbo1, will be Pounds of opium, which ho gold for' over 
m vam, second, plant as early as possible; The next your he got so. d f rom Turk, i 
bird, don’t bo sparing of manure, .ten from apiece of ground ^„yZ ZSSZ'JZ? 
and hpg manure is beet. Fine barn-yard manure Im produced opium which he sold 1 or *«« ts tr ’ 
will answer by using more in quantity than of has been extending its culture until w- ko U 
those just mentioned. Ashes makes a good top lie lifts more than realized his ' Y’ 
dressing after they arc sown. The variety that weal! I,, if we may judge by hi? Z f ..j° 
1 h n v ° or the ,ast two y eara * 18 tho em-ly coniplaconce. lb s aV sh,. , y 
vidnL ^ 11 18 thebesfcfor ^ dred and fifty pounds of Opium ou'tui aero, 'ifla 
-—,f-M._. IS crop Y’ 801,1111 1 P° r pound. Ho expects 
saTtelsfi^^ffitwr"ing'anl^nY'^iHn^ayljYinixpd **^*?\-' told'hlT 
22SZZ& ~ f-r = "... 
bushels per acre, rt is not onougii used in gar- 800,1 in v, ' l ' ln ' mf ' os soon as tbe 
don management generally. As an aid In the do- i *1 Apn ’ und ,,0 «' ins to ( ''it the capsules 
JOniposition of vegetable matter in the soil it is Y Y" , 'f 00 ' 1 lH lully 8:^osv,, ■ I{ “ Plants in rows 
00 little appreciated. thirty inches apart, and In lulls eight to twelve 
--+++_ inches apart, in tho rows, three to six seeds in a 
Xavy Bean. A correspondent asks if the biI1 ' n ° lt co ' 1 ' i him from twenty to 
navy bean” can b.i rt- vm on rich soils. We p ' vetl " flvo P">‘ Pound of opium to pm- 
eply yes; but a light Jonm, or silicious soft Is u- UC °!!' Y h,w . sood u> s ' 11 ’ a '" 111 booK ffiving 
letter —not too rich. If planted on a stro'mr brc ' otlon8lorc ultureofthepJuntaiidthemanu- 
ich soil, it should be planted early. " fm-niro of the drug. Ho did not state what he 
_ \ t , J charged Tor the seed, but he did state that iq 0 r- 
Give us your garden experiences. Tell us your to the couiitr-v the untr 1,1 sr * armo, ‘ 8 ; aad SHV0 
of ““ b “ ve *»toblos. It to pay for uui d,u e . g 
1 I-,antei -11 Hhore of Maryland,—Tiros. W. White 
3 Fedcralsburg, Mil., calls atlontlon to the a.lvan- 
1 tapes or that section of the Union to settlers. 
'■ fIu removed there from Northern Penn«ylvania 
• Hit'Qo years ago. I le. finds it. a good grass co,m- 
j try, though he was told when he first went there 
, that it would not grow there. Says It pays well 
' to produce it. Butter brings a good price, and 
• stock is profitable. He adds thui there is good 
society, churches, schools, and that improved 
■ )j inn * ,,,m be Purchased cheap. That philan- 
wiroplile New Jersey mini, Dr. Them olB, Maid it* 
wilh right that the Farmers’Club should guard 
Hie people's Interests; therefore it should bo 
known that people who go to the Eastern Shore 
of Maryland are liable to the fever ami ague 
Prof- LAWTON said the same story is told con¬ 
cerning the town he hails from, New itochelle 
l’or his part, ho thinks lt a very pleasant disease.’ 
Michigan Muiicra. J. A. StqcKJNU. Muske¬ 
gon, Mich., writes that a club of fruit growers 
has been organized at that place (of which he is 
the Secretary), and will he gtad to give any in¬ 
formation concerning the Lake Shore region for 
fruitgrowing that may be asked for. 
Hardy Grape Vines, An Otsego Co., N. V. 
Correspondent usks what is meant by a perfectly 
hardy grape, vine. It was replied by an eminent 
1 rolessor that a vine that would stand thirty de¬ 
grees below zero might bo called “perfectly’’ 
hardy. 
A Voting Man AhUh for Information. E. W. 
Griswold, Windham, Conn., writes that I 10 is a 
single man, and In- 1ms aoecumulalod .fIJISfi Ho 
wants to go, and wM go, West, but lie wants lo 
know where he shall go and what, he shall do 
The graceful and fatherly President replies: 
lake to yourself a wil'o having an equal amount 
ol money, and travel; you cannot go amiss.” V 
Professor who is blessed with a wife ho got in 
th.'West said ho need not trouble to lake one 
along. 
Another correspondent/-J ohn Dixon, Water¬ 
bary, Conn., who lias *3,000 in cash, weak longs, 
a nervous temperament, and is inclining to the 
liver complaint, wants to know where ho can go 
am! get out of a cold climate, avoid fever and 
ague and secure a desirable home. One man re¬ 
plies, lo near Columbia, S. C. 
Minnesota, though a cold climate, was recom¬ 
mended for people with weak lungs-several 
physicians present asserting it to have been of 
great benefit to confirmed consumptives. 
