Rock Co., Wl*., Ag. Soe.—Officers for 1872: 
Pres.— Seth Fish mt. Vicc-Pres'tS— Geo. Sher¬ 
man. R. 11. Eldridge. See, —R. J, Richardson, 
Janesville. Treas.—i 'yrus Miner. Direct urn .1. 
Fisher, X. It. Bends, I). Me La?, L. Clark, ('. 1.. 
Martin. 
Penobiicolt, Me., Vg Hoe. Officehi for 18T2: 
Pres.— Stephen D. Jennings, Garland. Sec. and 
Treas- T. P. Hatchelder. Kenduskeiur. Trustees. 
-Jacob Eastman. F.xetcr; John 11. Garvin, Ex¬ 
eter; Ebon S. Hunting, Corinth. 
Kenosha Co., AVi*., Vg. Hoe,—Officers elect, for 
1873; Ptrs't- -Wm. V. Cull, Salem. Vice Pres't 
—O. C. Stonebmdcor. Bristol. See' a — H. H. Tar- 
bell, Kenosha. Treas. !,. W. Thayer, Kenosha. 
Annual Fair Sept. IT, 1 H and 10. 
Yew llnmpuhire Htote Poultry isoc.- late Mer- 
rimac River Volley Ass’n. Pres. A. W. Quint, 
Manchester. Vice-Pecs, —A. Heard, Nashua. Sec. 
\V. O. Garmon, Manchester. Treas. (ico. \V. 
Riddle, Manchester. 
llnnby, Y. V.. Farmer*' Club.- Officers elect : 
Pres’t Homer Jennings. Cice.-Prcxt's —.Tames 
t.amkms and Sheldon Wileox. Scc’y—W, F.. 
Chapman. Cor. See’u — E. L. B. Curtis. Treas. 
C. Beers. 
Green Co., Win,, \g. Hoc. Officers elect: 
Prcs'l —T. 11. Eaton. Via . Pres't— \V. Coldren. 
See. IV. tV. Wright of Monroe. Car. See..—V. A. 
Booth of Monroe Sentinel. Teens. T. Emerson. 
Martin Co., Minn., Vg. Hoe.—Officers elect: 
Pres.— Wm. H. Brno. See. II. A. Hunger. Treas. 
-O. P. Chubb. 
the frost leaves the ground in spring. When 
no such preparations have been made for 
early lettuce, the next best plan is to sow in 
a hot-bed, prepared in February or March, in 
Northern localities aud earlier iuSouthern. 
The main t hing to be observed in culti¬ 
vating lettuce is t.o make the soil rich, it 
being scarcely possible to overreach the 
mark in this direction. The best variety 
known will be poor enough if sown in poor 
soil. The best plan is to sow the seed quite 
hickly together and then transplant, as 
soon as the young plants are large enough 
to handle conveniently. Water, cultivate 
thoroughly, and make the plants grow rap¬ 
idly, is the only plan to secure a good crop 
of crisp, tender lettuce. 
industrial 
y- ^ w w 
ABORTION IN COWS. 
INDUSTKIAL SOCIETIES, 
In a recent Rural New-Yorker thero 
was a statement, by II. R. C. Dale of Wy¬ 
oming Co., N. Y. r in regard bo cows abort¬ 
ing. Mr. Dale states that he has two 
young oows (one three and the other four 
years old) both in good condition, which 
have calved prematurely, and asked if it was 
caused by feeding pumpkin or corn stalks? 
Having had many years experience iu the 
care of stock, and taken much pains to in¬ 
form myHelf both by study and observation, 
1 am of the opinion that, nothing a well-fed 
cow will eat of her own accord will cause 
abortion. I have fed pumpkins to cows with 
calf, not only during the fall, but as late 
into the winter as they could he kept, and 
never took out the seeds nor thought of do¬ 
ing so; nor do I believe it possible even for 
rrj a cow to eat pumpkin seeds enough to 
cause her to abort; for in feeding, 
A year after year, 1 have seen the master 
cow go from one pumpkin to another 
!! as they were thrown out, aud eat. the 
seeds only, and never had but one case 
of that kind in more than twenty 
years’ experience (and that was caused 
by fighting), though 1 have been called 
to assist my neighbors frequently. 
I am further of the opinion (and ex¬ 
perience in every instance has proved 
it,) that there is but one cause for cases 
of this kind, and that is a, weakness 
caused by abuses iu some way—either 
accidentally or intentionally. From 
three to four mouths before calving 
is the most critical time, and cows 
should then be handled with great care, 
especially if they are stabled; for cows 
that are stabled are more liable than 
those that are not — not that the 
stabling, in itself, has anything to do 
with it, but because they are more li¬ 
able to slip in passing in and out, often 
spreading their legs or hurting them 
across the small of the back, which, 
with a cow in that condition, is a very 
4A tender spot. A kick from a heavy boot 
just forward of the udder not. unfre- 
_quently has the same effect. 
- Permit me to ask Mr. Dale two ques- 
Oliio Dairymen'* Y«*ocl»tlon, — The eighth 
annual Convention of the Ohio Dairymen's As¬ 
sociation wa* held at. Wellington, hi the county 
of Lorain, on the 24th and 35th days of January, 
1872, President Hon. S. S. Warner in the chair, 
and Maj. A. C. Houghton, Secretary. 
Taken altogether, this was the largest, most 
practical and common sen- agricultural con¬ 
vention which l have ever atteuucd, tn Ohio or 
elsewhere. The peopl" were there themselves, 
and talked about ivh they know; and there 
was no lack of sensih talk on all matters per¬ 
taining to the dairy business. There was not so 
much of poetry and prayers as 1 noted at the 
meeting of the American Be Keepers' Associa¬ 
tion In Cleveland : nor so much of political per¬ 
sona lit v a- there was ,t the State Agricultural 
Convention In Columbus; nor so much of music 
and mutual admiration as the-, wa* at the State 
Horticultural meeting at Milford; but for good, 
average common sense and earnestness in an 
important branch of husbandry, rhe dairymen 
of Ohio hem - the palm. 
Full discussion was had, and a number of able 
papers were read, on u great, variety of subjects 
which vitally concern the dairyman, of which 
we mav give a synopsis in the proper season of 
dairy operations. Mr. Willard acquitted him¬ 
self "more than satisfactorily, In bin Annual Ad¬ 
dress, several thousand copies of which will be 
immediately printed for distribution by the As¬ 
sociation. 
After an active session of two days, the Con¬ 
vention adjourned, to meet in the same place, 
at the same time, next year. The following gen¬ 
tlemen were elected ns officers for the ensuing 
year: Pres. I). L. POPE of West Held. Geauga. 
Co. Pice-1‘rest's. Lucius Bartlett of Geauga. 
Co.; B. b. Barden of Fulton; M. Call of Sum¬ 
mit; S. E. Carter of Lake; A, D. Rawlins of 
Cuyahoga; 0. W. Crosier of Lorain; W. H. Wil¬ 
liams of Medina: S. Freeman of Portage; L. D. 
King of Huron, and S. Horton of Mich. See. 
ami Treas Col. S. D. Harris of Cleveland. Car. 
See. Anson Bartlett of West Jefferson, Madison 
Co.—8. U. H. 
La Molt to <'<>., Vl., Yg. Hoc. Officers elect; 
Pres. Hun. Alger Jones, Wolcott. Vlee.-Pns'ts 
—Geo. F. Small. Morristown; Orson Hadley, 
Hyde Park. See. E. E. Allen, Morristown. 
Ass'/ See.—F. A. Roland, Hyde Park. Marshal 
J. S, Ijrcntiau, Hardwick. Ass't Marshals—A. 
Dwinuell, Hyde Park; Orlo Perkins, Stowe. 
Sup’t I ’aii Draiinds- A. 1). Thomas. Sup'I Slack 
— L. K. LoBaron. Sup’t Tlehr.t.s II. M, Noyes. 
Sup’t Floral Hall l), L, Salford. Auditors —II. 
If. Powers. I,. 11. Doty, George L. Waterman, 
Henry i Urns, P. A. Stevens. Direr tars Abel 
Spaulding, H. I). W. Doty. A. M. Goodrich, 
Hyde Park; W. S. Thorpe. W. M. Small, Solo¬ 
mon Stowe, Mort'iatown; It. It. Wait, Geo. A. 
Harris, Azro Slayton, Stowe; It. G. Hill. Wm. 
W. Delano, .1. W. Bryant, Elinor; N. Whitney, 
I. D. R. Collins, X. Boynton, Wolcott : Gem. Sar¬ 
gent, W. M. Bassett, W. Pond. Eden. The meet¬ 
ing then elected for the other towns:—Jerre 
Shattuek, Belvidere; Henry Smilie, Cambridge ; 
Nason Chaffee, Waterville; Adolphus Holton, 
Hardwick. 
AY Hilling lull Co., VL, V*, Hoc. Officers elect 
for 1872: Pres. E. A.ELi>KtT>0 8t>f Warren. Vice~ 
Pres. -W. S. Martin of Plainfield. Sec.—A. D. 
Arms of Eust Montpelier. Treas .—Clark King. 
Auditor —E. E. Andrews of Berlin. Directors 
Bari", w. C. White; Berlin, E. E. Andrews ; Ca¬ 
bot, J. M. Fisher; CalaK A. Toby; JDuxbury, 
TI. Buckley; E Montpelier, L. Cobum; Faystou, 
w. S. Drew; Miuslilleld, J. It. Pike; PlainUeld, 
J. Bartlett.; Morctown, L. D. Hills; Middlesex, 
A. L. Warren; Montpelier, A. O. Cummings; 
Northflold,L.W. Avery; Boxhury,A. Webster; 
Worcester, A. Miles; Woodbury, E.Town; War¬ 
ren, P. Riford: Waltsfleld, G. W. Olmstcad; Wa¬ 
terbary, O. vv. May; Orange, O. Cutter. 
Faribault Co., Minn., Ag. Hoc.—Officers elect: 
Pres. —S. Peeeep.R. Virs^Pret'lr Dunbar, Mr. 
Teliott.; Minnesota Lake. C. L. Pease; Lura, T. 
J. Probcrt; Guthrie, N. McColley; Winnebago 
City. T. A.Lttttllner; Foster, .1. M. Grade; Brush 
Creek, W. J. Robinson; Emerald, H.SellOn: Blue 
Earth City, J. II.Sprout; Jo Daviess, J. A. Dean; 
Verona, W. W. Potter: Prescott, D. Freer; Bar¬ 
ber. J. Vial; Walnut Lake, H. C. (*<wis; Clark, 
C. R Lord : Village of Wells, Col. Pulleys; Pilot 
Grov e A R. Moore Elmore, Judge i h euton j 
Rome, Geo. Bartlett; Seeley. P. 0. Seeley; Keis¬ 
ter, H. Conrad. Treas. D. S. Dunbar. See.— It. 
W. Richards. 
Htcuhcn Co. Y. V ., \g. Hoe. - Officers elect 
for 1872: Pres. Samuel E. Hankins, Avoca. 
Vice-Pres'ts A C. Itruudago, I rbana; 1. B. Van 
Housrn, Prnttsburgli; N. 11. Stanton, Hornby; 
F. J. Marshall, Wheeler; H. O, Fairchild, Ur- 
bann; V. Van wordier, Cohootqn ; H. S. Rosen- 
k rat is. Wm'tnod ; John Richardson, Bath. See. 
Reuben E. Ruble, Hath. Trcaa.— Geo. W. Ilal- 
lock, Bath. Oeu'l Sup't Chits. N. Ackerson, 
Bath. 
Winona to., Minn., \g, Hoe. Officers elect: 
Pro.—J. J. Randall, Winona. Vice-Pres'ts— 
the Presidents of the various town Societies. See. 
—N. Buck, Winona. Treas.-J. H. Lock, Hills¬ 
dale E r. Com.—H. D. Morse. Winona; H. C. 
Jones, Alt. Vernon: J. Hurt. JliHs.dule: W. K. 
Bates, Rolling Stone; A. 0. Hamilton, Winona; 
James Fitch. Pleasant Hill; James Randall. Fre¬ 
mont- 
StanMcad Co., \t.. Vg. Hoe.—Officers elect for 
1872: Pres.—K. D. Newton, Magog. Vice-Pies. 
Dudley Davis, Jr.. Coaticook. Sec. and ’Treas.— 
E. H. LcBaron, Hatley. Directors. G. M. Ayer, 
F. W. Locke, Stanstend : Geo. C. Hanson, Barus- 
ton; Squire Colby, Hatley ; W. W. Oliver,-Ma¬ 
gog ; Isaac Baldwin. Harford. 
Pottawattamie, lown, Co. Yg. and Merit, Hoc. 
—Pres.- -d. W. l.tNi ntier. V-lcc-Pres— John Do- 
hany. See.- -Jos. Lyman. Treas. and Car. Sec.— 
Sam. Haas. Directors.-Gw- Kellne, John W. 
Anderson. A. S. Bonham. W. Orr, W. Lyman. 
Lennox, Y. V., Farmers’nnd Merit's' Ass’it. - 
Officers elect: Pecs.—L. C. Kilhan. Vice-Prest.'s 
—B. Stiles, C. S. Bates. Treas. T. F. Hand. See. 
—E. F. Lewis. JMeoate* tn Medina of Slate Ay. 
Soc.—L. C. Kflharn, N. M. Chatter, E. F. Lewis. 
Oswego, V. Y., Farmers’ Yg. and Horl. Sue. 
Officers eve: Pres. — Thomas G. Thompson. 
Vice-Prest's Philo Bundy, Milton Coe. See .— 
Daniel R. Green. Treas .—Schuyler L. Parson. 
Directors- Philo Wheeler, Wm. G. Stark. 
White River, Vt., Vg. H,,e.— Officers elect; 
Pres.—C rosuy Miller, Poinfort. Vicc-Pres.— 
Royal H, Tur>per, Rochester: W. C. Dant'orth, 
Barnard. Sec. — Lorenzo Kent, Woodstock. 
Treas.— Merrick Sylvester, Bethel. 
Herkimer Co., Y. ¥., A*. Hoc.—Officers elect: 
Pres.— Jas. H. Bellinger. See.—Moms Fikes. 
Tree. -At. Crirn. 
GARDENERS’ NOTES 
Marquis of Lome Cucumber.—The 
accompanying illustration of this cucumber 
shows it growing in an English cucumber 
house. It is described thus;—It has a 
ABOUT LETTUCE 
There are about one hundred varieties of 
lettuce iu cultivation, at least, that number 
of names appear in seedsmen's catalogues. 
We do not suppose that the distinction be¬ 
tween the various sorts are very marked, 
still the expert can usually detect a slight 
difference between lho.se most nearly re¬ 
lated. For all practical purposes, the varie¬ 
ties may be divided into two classes, viz: 
Cabbage Lettuces aud Cos Lettuces. The 
varieties of the first class are. usually round- 
headed or somewhat, spreading, and not 
quite so sweet and delicate in tluvor as the 
Cos varieties, still they possess valuable 
qualities that could scarcely be dispensed 
with. The varieties of tile second dlass usu¬ 
ally grow more upright than those of the 
first, forming an oblong or oval head when 
mature, and if t he heads are tied up so that 
the inside leaves will be well blanched, they 
become sweet and crisp. Of course there 
are poor sorts in both sections, and our re¬ 
marks should be considered as applying to 
the entire class, making an allowance for 
exceptions. • 
The two classes may be again subdivided, 
placing the different, colored sorts in sec¬ 
tions bj- themselves,—such as the green, 
brown, red, curled and smooth leaved. 
MAKQUIS OK LORNK CUCUMBER. 
beautifully short neck, perfectly smooth 
skin, Is very straight and extraordinarily 
productive. As an exhibition variety it is 
unequaled, on account of its immense size, 
yet it is most symmetrical in form, and is 
the finest cucumber ever introduced. The 
flesh is very solid and firm, with but few 
seeds, while the tlavor is exceeding fine.” 
It grows from two feet to thirty-seven 
inches in length. It is a result of a cross 
between the “Invincible” and “Needle- 
Gun ” varieties. 
BLACK-LEG IN CATTLE 
The Rural New-Yorker of Dec. 33, 
1871, contains a letter from “A Subscrib¬ 
er” from Tompkins Co., N. Y., respecting 
blaok-leg. The symptoms as given in his 
letter correspond precisely with those of 
four cows aud three calves I have lost this 
winter. In looking about, for a remedy, \ 
found on page 2(18 of Dr. King’s “Family 
Physician,” under Household Department, 
the following recipe:—“Add one pintof suit 
to one and a-hulf pints of vinegar; drench. 
Cow to have no water for twelve hours 
after drenching. Repeat this every hour 
for thirt.y-eix hours.” L thought beat to 
try this, as every cow was sure to die, if 
diseased, and this could no more than kill; 
this is the way L used the recipe:—r took a 
pint, of salt and one and a-half pints of 
vinegar; added to this one hi/j tnblcspoon- 
ful of pulverized cayenne pepper and four 
tablespoonfuls of tincture Of extract of lo¬ 
belia. I put in the pepper and lobelia be¬ 
cause 1 noticed that the nose of the cow I 
was about to treat was dry. 
When I began treatment, said cow was 
hardly able to move. In two hours she 
seemed to be considerably better. 1 then 
repeated the dose; next morning repeated 
again, and the latter part of second day 
gave another, the cow nil the while getting 
better. I gave, in all, about six drachms, 
but left out the lobelia after the second; 
gave it hot as was bearable. The cow re¬ 
covered very rapidly—improvement almost 
immediately perceptible. 
T had fotu* other cows down and unable to 
get up—all at the same time. Treated them 
same as above; all got well. Still another 
cow, apparently well in the evening, was 
dead at daylight; she had pot been treated 
(Btttumfllogkal 
THE RED SPIDER cAcarus tetarius.l 
Will you be so kind as to tell me what 
can be used effectually to drive off the red 
spider from all kinds of house plants. They 
are very small, indeed, but kill the plants in 
a short time.—s. s. j. 
Ting fumes of sulphur are certain death to 
this insect, although not a pleasant sub¬ 
stance to use in a dwelling house. The sul¬ 
phur should not be burned, but either dust¬ 
ed over the plants or mixed with hot 
soap-suds, and then the plants syriuged 
with the compound. The red spider will 
not live in a moist atmosphere; when it 
does appear upon plants it is a. pretty sure 
sign that the air is too dry to insure a 
healthy growth of vegetation. When this 
pest appears upon house plants, they should 
be washed off by using a syringe that will 
throw the water with considerable force 
against the leaves. Where plants are fre¬ 
quently watered overhead, and the air kept. 
Constantly moist, there is little danger of 
injury from this pest. When the red spi¬ 
der gets into a conservatory, gardeners 
sometimes place a little sulphur on the hot 
water pipes or flue, where it will melt and 
give off its fumes; but they have to be care¬ 
ful not to allow it to burn, for the fumes of 
burning sulphur will kill plants as well as 
insects. If you will attend to the syringing 
of your plants with warm water, wo think 
the red spider will soon disappear. If one 
Or t wo applications of water does not suffice, 
add a little carbolic acid soap, which you can 
find at any of our seed stores. 
WHEELER’S K1NGSHOLM COS LETTUCE. 
New varieties are annually produced, but. 
progress with a vegetable that has been 
brought to such perfection us shown in some 
of the best sorts, must necessarily be very 
slow. A uewC’os variety, called “Wheeler's 
Kingsholm Cos,” is now being offered in 
England for t he first time. We give an il¬ 
lustration of a single head, which will afford 
a fair representation of its style and growth. 
This new sort Is described in the English 
horticultural magazines as being the finest 
variety yet introduced into the London 
market. We presume that out seedsmen 
will soon have seed of this variety for sale. 
For very early lettuce the seed should be 
sown in the fall, and when the plants are 
large enough, transplant into cold frames. 
During cold weather in winter the beds 
should bo covered with sashes and mats, 
giving air and light during pleasant weath¬ 
er. Tho&c who have no frames or sashes 
may secure quite an early crop by sowing 
in the. open air during September, and then 
cover the plants with straw or some similar 
material at the approach of cold weather. 
The plants should be uncovered as imonaa 
Let our fiends send us any insects they 
may find about which they are curious. We 
shall be glad to name and dascribe them. 
