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DAIRYMEN’S CONVENTION. 
First Dny’a Reunion. 
would purchase whole cheeses if a reason- tivation. He advised the planting of finest, 
able size and at prices not above those for trees upon hillsides and rocky slopes where 
w e on ’ es Retail dealers in New York the land was of little value for cultivation. 
State that the waste on account of cutting In addition to this, timber belts or screens 
large cheeses is fully two cents per pound, might be planted, with the best advantage, 
At some factories the attempt had been upon almost every farm. Irrigation, he 
made to supply patrons with cheeses weigh- thought, perhaps might come into general 
American Dairymen a Association closed us ■ 
three days’ session at Ulica, N- Y., on Thurs- cheese expet 
day, January 12th. The number in attend- to pay the et 
mice, though less than at last year’s Conveu- cheeses, 
tion, was quite large, densely packing the Mr. Hold 
C ourt House ou Wednesday, the second day a popular sn 
of the meeting. There was a good sprink- great deman 
ling of delegates present from other Stales, laboring clus 
The Western States and Canada were well bird to pay n 
represented, while New England and the and tints sav 
Middle Stales furnished their usual quota, could afford 
thus showing that there has been no falling because the; 
off in interest, throughout the country, in the without wasi 
Association or its objects. The meeting litis ,Il!lt lf c 
year, on the whole, gave better satisfaction ten to thirt, 
than that of last year, inasmuch ns more pt'ice not e> 
opportunity was given for discussion among pound above 
those engaged in cheese and butter inanu- would p ud 
faoiore. Last year the complaint was quite by dealers w 
general that the proceedings were of a char- making a gl¬ 
acier too scientific, and upon topics only re- fragments, 
motely coimccUnl wiili the dniry. hi other m,i< L a ' 1,a 
words, that the whole time of the Conven- years, and i 
tion was occupied with scienlilic papers, cheese had 
leaving no place for discussions among those cou ‘ tl supply 
engaged in the practical operations of the Mr. Oliver 
farmland of dairy manufacture. This year Baker of 0 
thcoflieers very wisely added another day to year, had >e 
the session, and so arranged the several oblongshapi 
papers that ample discussions could be had ‘ban round i 
upon the various topics set down in the pro- merchants a 
gramme as coming before tbc Convention, »'<»n one to 
while upon tbc third day it was understood sucl) cheese 
that the widest latitude would he given for their conven 
debate upon any question concerning cheese whole with< 
and butter manufacture that members chose finned he c<: 
to introduce to the Convention. Thus, with " ut culling t 
papers and addresses upon a diversity of ^.V pounds, 
topics, together with the wide range of dis- Mr. HOW 
missions, it was )loped that the tastes of all fully P r0 P av 
those in attendance would be reached, and dant evklem 
no one would leave the Convention without that 11,0 co 
being in some way Interested and benefited, greatly prou 
Mr, IIoldkidor referred to the Edams as This land should be Uioiouglily undei- 
a popular small cheese in Eugland, and the drained, then deeply plowed and heavily 
great demand for it ou this account by the manured, in early spring, when properly 
laboring classes. Ho said dealers could af- prepared, he would seed with a liberal sup- 
ford to pay more per pound for small cheeses, ply and general assortment of our best 
and tlii ks save in cutting, and consumers also grosses. This would furnish food for soiling, 
could afford to pay more lor such cheeses, Band prepared us above described, if seeded 
because they were more easily preserved with orchard grass, will produce four cut* 
without waste while being used. He thought tings, of two feet each, every season so long 
that if all cheese could be made, say from as its fertility is maintained, and the cutting 
ten to thirty pounds each, to he sold at a done at the proper time. Orclmid glass he 
price not exceeding four or five cents per rated far above the ordinary meadow glass 
pound above the price of large cheese, many for soiling, if fed Just before, or as soon as, 
would purchase whole ones, and those cut the blossoms began to appear. Of all the 
by dealers would be cut but once or twice, plants to be used for soiling cows in conncc- 
tnaking a great saving in down weights and tion with pasturage, he regarded hicexu ns 
fragments. He referred to the small cheeses the best, if grown upon soil suitable to it. 
made at, his own factory for the past two The soil should be a deep, rich, gravel or 
years, and said that the demand for such sandy loam naturally underdrained. The 
cheese had been ten times more than he plants should be kept free from weeds and 
SNOUT-BEETLES. 
Injurious to Fruit* and Vegetables. 
BY CHAS. V. RILEY. 
[Read before the Ill. State Horticultural Society.] 
[Continued from page 59, Jan. 28.] 
. ... nr.-aoa Lrnr .1 It 1* Nocturnal rather tlmu Diurnal. 
one acre for every ten to twelve cows kept, 
This land should be thoroughly under- Before leaving this little Turk, however, I 
drained, then deeply plowed and heavily have some other facts to mention which 
manured. In early spring, when properly were first brought, to light the present year, 
prepared, he would seed with a liberal sup- and which have a most important practical 
ply and general assortment of our best hearing. You have been repeatedly told, 
grasses. This would furnish food for soiling, and with so much assurance that you no 
Laud prepared us above described, if seeded doubt have all come to believe it, as gospel, 
with orchard grass, will produce four cut- that curculioB fly only during the heat of the 
lings, of two feet each, every season so long day, and that it is useless to endeavor to 
as its fertility is maintained, and the cutting catch them after, say 10 o clock in the moi n* 
done at the proper time. Orchard grass he big- Well, gentlemen, what lam about to 
rated far above the ordinary meadow grass utter will no doubt astonish you, but I know 
for soiling, if fed Just before, or as soon as, whereof I speak. Theeureulio is a nocturnal 
the blossoms began to appear. Of all the rather than u diUTtml insect , w far more ac- 
plants to he used for soiling cows in conncc- night than at day , and flies readily at 
tion with pasturage, he regarded lucern ns night into the bur yam. If any one doubts this 
the best, if grown upon soil suitable to it. assertion, let him go into his peach or plum 
The soil should be a deep, rich, gravel or orchard at midnight with a lantern and sheet, 
sandy loam naturally underdrained. The and he will catch more than lie could during 
niants should be kept free from weeds and the day, and will also find, to his sorrow, 
could supply. He quoted from a letter from 
Mr. Oliver of Delaware Co., and from Mr. 
Baker of Otsego Co., who, during the past 
year, had been mailing small cheeses of the 
oblong shape, and that they sell more readily 
than round cheeses. The letters stated that 
merchants admit that they can afford to pay 
grass 
that they are then much more nimble and 
Corn, he said, although, a general favorite much holder—scarcely feigning death at all 
Q , t .1 t .. ....4*.P _t. P..1 
with dairymen for soiling, is worthless, and 
its cost in most cases exceeds its actual 
value. It comes too late in the season, and 
the ground has to he prepared every year, 
besides there is great trouble in cutting and 
Indeed, with the exception of such females grown before With Very little care, ana nine 
as are busily occupied in depositing eggs, others around him who did not bug so per- 
most of the curculios rest during the day, sistenlly had fruit also this year is very 
sheltered either by the foliage or branches of sanguine of his new mut hod, and too much 
the tree, or by any extraneous substance on inclined, perhaps, to attribute his crop solely 
the earnestness and perseverance which helms 
exhibited. In demonstrating that so great a 
number of the little pests can be entrapped in 
the manner described, Mr. It. has laid the fruit 
growers of the country under lasting obliga¬ 
tions to him. It is a grand movement towards 
the defeat of Ihe foe, and one which, from its 
simplicity, should bo universally adopted early 
in the season. But we must not relinquish the 
other methods of Jarring during the summer, 
und of destroying the fallen fruit; for wo re¬ 
peat that tlio plum eureulio will breed iu the 
forest.” 
I subsequently visited St. Joseph, for the 
express purpose of examining more closely 
into Mr. Ransom’s eureulio remedy. 1 found 
that so few curculios had been caught under 
the chips after the first week in June, that 
nearly everybody, except Mr. Ransom, had 
for some time abandoned the method, and 
were jarring their trees by one process or 
another. Mr. Ransom himself, by dint of 
unusual perseverance and great care in set¬ 
ting his traps, has had much better success 
than I had expected he would. On the 15th 
June he caught 78; on the 16th, 07; and ou 
the 17th, 71. For about a week after this 
he scarcely caught any, but from the 24th 
to Ihe 27th inclusive, he caught about 300. 
On the 6th of July 1 accompanied him 
around the outside rows of his orchard and 
caught five under the traps. We had no 
opportunity to use the sheet, but I am satis¬ 
fied that more could have been jarred down. 
Mr. R. had a very fair crop of peaches, and 
—forgetting that crops have often been 
grown before with very little care, and that 
others around him who did not bug so per¬ 
sistency had fruit also this year—is very 
whole without cutting. One merchant af¬ 
firmed he could sell ten small cheeses with¬ 
out culling sooner than one cheese weighing 
fifty pounds. 
Mr. IIoldridge's paper was very care- 
from one to three cents per pound more for feeding it, and a waste of land in growing it. the ground near by. I hey are also more 
such cheese on account of their shape, and His experience of five years in growing corn active m the evening than m the morning 
their convenience in cutting, and in selling for soiling lmd taught him that every dollar’s and these facts lead us to the important 
whole without cutting. One merchant af- worth of milk obtained from cows fed on question, whether the morning or the evening 
corn fodder had cost him from $1.00 to $1.20. is the best time to jar the trees. My expert- 
The value of corn he thought was generally nients so far are not conclusive, for I have 
overestimated, on account of its enormous some clays caught more in the morning, and 
weight when cut green — ninety-two per at others more in the evening. All other 
fully prepiutad, and be showed, from abun- cent, of wind, wan water, lie bad used Hungs bring equal tbe evening wi I prove 
limit evidence of most undoubted character, several varieties of corn, tbc evergreen, tlio pielctublc to tbe morning, from tlioie ) i g 
that tbe consumption of cheese would bo small yellow, nnd tbc large corn. Uc sowed less dew at that tune; and I parlimilmly 
greatly promoted by f,mushing to consumers at tbe rate of four and a ball' bushels to the draw your MtenUon to tins matte, now, that 
ywuj jtomr.,, jj o institute thi» nrnner C X nOTl IYI eit t.K 
to this remedy. Nevertheless, contrary to 
the impression made by his published views, 
he was candid enough to admit that it might 
he found necessary U» resort to the jarring 
process, after a certain season of the year; 
and indeed the number of stung peaches on 
the ground showed too plainly that; there is 
no hope of extermination by the chip plan 
alone. The soil around St. Joseph is, for 
the most part, a light sandy loam, never 
’his result, eve think, has been obtained small cheeses of suitable form. He room 
11 i I. . ,-v*. n |.l.,...* AO tit. 
in a very marked degree; and with the ex¬ 
ception of the complaint urged by a portion 
of the Convention that some of the papers 
read were too long, no other objection could, 
with any reason, be urged against the labors 
of the session. 
In giving a synopsis of the proceedings, 
we have space only for the leading points 
brought out in the papers and discussions, 
und this, perhaps, will be quite as useful to 
our readers as to go into all the details, 
many of which are but ft repetition of what 
has been said at former Conventions. 
It may be remarked hero that the Society 
was fortunate in having presiding officers 
who were able to dispatch business expedi¬ 
tiously, so that no time was lost in useless 
wrangling; but, on the contrary, the Conven¬ 
tion was kept steadily at work, and the 
greatest harmony prevailed throughout. 
Gov. Seymour, the President of the Society, 
mended the square or oblong form as the 
most suitable for consumers, on account of 
cutting without waste, and being more 
XdSr and tl^Seco^ ' Hesavmi U dew at that time; and I particular* packing, and very easily kept in good culti- 
the rate of four aud a half bushels to the draw your attention to this matter now, that vation. To this character of the soil must be 
the iate ol foul aud a half ^ institute the proper experiments attributed much of the success with the Ran- 
lu soiling cows in connection with pastur- during the coming year. and 
In soiling cows in connection with pastur¬ 
age he had found it beneficial to wilt the 
plant, or dry out a portion of its moisture be- 
The Khuhoiii Chip-trap Process. 
Another grand and successful mode of 
readily preserved while in use. The proper- fore feeding. If the weather was wet so as fighting the Little Turk was also brought to fi ir( i Jest , alter 
lion of shrinkage compared with large to interfere with this plan, the green fodder (l g a j U) an d to a great extent practised 8|)ec j m J nB th; 
cheese, lie stated, was a fraction larger for should be given with a mixture of dry hay. t )l(J p ast 8immie r. 1 allude to the Ransom mel i l0( j )U fq 
the first thirty days, but afterwards about —[To he continued, 
fifty per cent. less. 
Mr. Burnham of Chautauqua Co. said lie ® 
had manufactured, during the past season, (L1)0 ^' 
about sixty tons of small cheeses. The nP 1 
cheese weighed front seven to nine pounds - — 
each. They were of round shape, and he NOTES F0I 
could press from nine to eighteen at a time. 
The cost of manufacturing, bandaging, cinmbe 
shrinkage and boxing, &C., ho said, was t See Nluutra 
about a half cent per pound more than for These dogs are ti 
largo cheese, hut he could realize from one game, to feather, dr< 
and one-half to two cents per pound more made, lie still until 1 
ou the sale of the small cheese. Bum bring in the 
In reply to questions, Mr. IIoldridge highly prized in En; 
chip process for entrapping this insect. 
About the middle of May tbe Horticultural 
S) world was startled by a somewhat sensa- 
(1:1)0 ^portsimui. tional article, which was the burden of an 
^ extra of the St. Joseph (Mich.) Herald, hoad- 
— 1 ed :—“ Great Discovery—Curculio Extonm- 
N0TES FOR SPORTSMEN. nation Possible.” The process consists in 
- laying close around the bull of the tree 
Clumber SjMuilein. pieces of chips or bark, under which, ac- 
[See Illustration on page u.] cording to their instinct, a great many of the 
These dogs arc trained to run mute aftei curcu |j 08 g ( .<. r cte themselves during the day, 
game, to feather, drop the instant a shot is un ^ ma y i )(J easily destroyed. Now 
made, lie still until ordered to retrieve, and t |, al we better understand this insect’s hub- 
then bring in the game. They are very ^ a j so better comprehend the philoso- 
ldghly prized in England, and attempts have p^y 0 f this process. Being nocturnal in 
been made to introduce them into use in this habits, the hcet'es naturally seek shel- 
country. There are different strains of these ler ( q ir | U g || 1R (j.^ an( j especially is this the 
spaniels, resulting from different inodes ot cuae car jy j n the season, when the days are 
breeding. Their relative value, ot course, c |,j|]y i , mi i i )e fore the females are too much 
depends upon their hardiness and their do* , [n effg depositing. You are, pe** 
cility. Those which train easiest and best j ia p S> sl n laiuiliar with the numerous opjon- 
are best. Ia order to answer a hundred in- jong eX p rc88(!( j a8 to (| H . value und efficiency 
quiries that will be made beforehand, we say 0 f t i,[ g method; but I will here repeat my 
that we do not know any one who owns a OWJ ^ as g j V( , u l0 q, e renders of the Ameri- 
Clumber Spaniel. We give herewith an il- cRn Entomologist and Botanist; first, bc- 
lustratiou of ail English specimen. causu I endeavored to be candid and trulh- 
AnuBna for t.-ou. in N.-w York. ful, and secondly, Itfcause the opinions ex- 
Genio C Scott, in Wilkes’ Spirit, says: pressed have been so lully corroborated by 
“ Game laws should not be enacted to act subsequent experience, 
uniform] v over a large territory like the “ We are really sorry to damp the ardor and 
* , 7 , anmi. nnnnlios enthusiasm of any person or persona, when eti¬ 
olate Ot New ^ otic, wheie in some u ste(1 itl 8Ue h u good cause, but truth obliges us 
both the fish and game are ju season much 30t nevertheless. Of course eureulio ex- 
cui'lier than in other sections of the State; termination Is possible 1 hut not by the above 
, I U1V l* Wj ' • “ .. ~ 
nation Possible. I lie process consists m p r( , s9(> d to the ground. Stones do not un¬ 
laying close around the bull of the tree gwer wd)) ftnd corn cobs ave objectionable 
pieces of Chips or bark, under which, ac- jj ecause requires so mueli time to discover 
cording to t heir instinct, a great many of the 
curculios secrete themselves during the day, 
and may thus ho easily destroyed. Now 
that we better understand this insect’s hab¬ 
its. we also better c omprehend the pliilosO- 
session, ana in ins absence non. ummwis 
Geddeh of Onondaga, and Gen. Bruce ol | 
Madison in turn presided. 
The morning session of Tuesday was oc¬ 
cupied in opening the Convention, and in 
appointing the various committees, and in 
the afternoon Mr. IIoldridgk of Otsego 
opened the discussion of the first topic by 
reading a paper on 
“ Promoting CI»«i*a« OonMiiniption by tlio 
■noi-o Geneva I !>Iiiauliiclul‘e of 
Small Cliei'8e».” 
Mr. IIoldridge said that the consump¬ 
tion of cheese has largely increased within 
the past, few years, and it is desirable that 
the home consumption shall lie Still farther 
encouraged. The increased home demand 
was due, in a great measure, to ihe fact that, 
cheese is more and mot e regarded as a staple 
article of food, rather than a luxury. The 
demand for all articles of food is increased 
upon small cheeses. The thirty pounds size 
would bo found very desirable for the retail 
trade. 
SoiliiiK Dairy Cows. 
Mr. Lewis of Herkimer Co., treated the 
subject of “soiling in connection with pas¬ 
turage” in a well written paper, detailing 
his own experience. He spoke of the drouth 
of last, season, and said that within the past 
ten years we have had here, in Central New 
York, two other drouths more severe than 
that of last year, but they commenced later 
iu the season. Last year’s drouth com¬ 
menced in spring, and so retarded the 
growth of grass that by the end of June not 
one pasture to a hundred was affording suffi¬ 
cient food for the herds. Ue Commenced 
feeding his herd meadow grass as pastures 
experiment, that in the warmer climate and 
heavier soil of St. Louis, it is of no practical 
use after the middlo of May, or at the 
farthest, after tire first of June. The few 
specimens that 1 have captured by this 
method at St. Louis were found under small 
pieces of new shingle; and Mr. W. I’. Dun- 
Uy, who has 2,300 trees in his orchard at St. 
Joe., also found this the best kind of trap. 
Mr. Ransom, however, prefers small pieces 
of oak hark, which he places close around 
the tree, with the inner or concave side 
depends upon their hardiness and their do¬ 
cility. Those which train easiest and best 
are best. Ia order to answer a hundred in¬ 
quiries that will he made beforehand, we say 
that we do not know any one who owns a 
Clumber Spaniel. Wo give herewith an il¬ 
lustration of an English specimen. 
Analintr for Trout in New York. 
Ggnio C. Scott, iu Wilkes’ Spirit, says: 
“ Game laws should not he enacted to act 
uniformly over a large territory like the 
Slate of New York, where iu some counties 
both the fish and game are in season much 
and destroy the curculios, which hide in 
their deep cavities. 
The best time of day to take them from 
under the chips is undoubtedly in the after¬ 
noon ; but it must not ho left too long, as 
they begin to leave and scatter over the trees 
as soon as the sun approaches the horizon. 
The chips should be laid around the trees ns 
soon as the frost is out of the ground, for 
more beetles will be caught under them dur¬ 
ing a few weeks thus early in the season 
than throughout the rest of the year.—[Io 
he continued. 
in proportion to its cheapness, its keeping began to fail, and alter the 91li of July, when 
qualities, and the form in which it can be 
furnished and kept. This is particularly so 
of lard, butter, cheese and other perishable 
articles of food. Many families are without 
cheese because of the difficulty in obtaining 
that which is good, and of preserving it. 
In cutting a cheese of fifty pounds weight 
much of it will mold and spoil before 
wanted for the table. With the present, cus¬ 
tom of making large cheeses, consumers get 
occasionally only a part of a good cheese. 
We want a cheese that everybody can buy 
without cutting. Dealers want something 
mcnced in spring, and so retarded Lite earlier than in other sections of the State; termination Is possible 1 but not by the above 
growth of grass lhat by the end of June not ' , , ]im , t j iey ( . <mUi j,i s «nson the earliest, method alone, us our Michigan friends wilt And 
one pasture to a hundred was affording suffl- ‘ alioukl close before those which to tl1011 ' w ’ n ' mv ; *’ 01 ' 11 Bl,m ' L ,i ' ne ’ c,uly *“ ‘J? 
«>od for the herds. Ue commenced cume in later It is true that whore egisla- eollJ , aadbelWe tbe poach blossoms 
feeding his herd meadow grass as pastures |j„„ fails of giving adequate protection to lmve wit | H ?red away, we have succeeded in cap- 
begau to fall, and after the 9th of July, when fish and game, societies collect the neglect lurillg clll( .„m m under chips of wood und other 
,, nd finished liavimr he fed drv bay until By enlightening the neighborhood upon III" S |„;ltered situations; but we have never 
he had finished haying,. c rou_ury . > ■ ^ w ue» they lorm n hiw unto ll em- bee|1 ablo to d() so aftor thB fruit was us l«.*e as 
about the middle ot August. This food kept This is the case m the excellent a i U(Z i cl „jt, and the Little Turk had trot lajrty to 
the cows in good condition, but the yield ot t l0 ntintr region of South Oyster Bay, where work 0lll . Michigan friends will, wo fear, find 
milk was less than it would have been had u,e loaders of society found that in many this n> be too truly the case, 
more succulent food been given. He said trout taken in their streams and ponds, 1 m ••tips process, furthermore, cannot well be 
.... iuum ~i «„.„7;.w iWr nuvhwl ova lia®l become matured early in .July, ami , . disco very, bewiuse it was dtacovored 
more succulent food lieen given. He said 
he had been engaged in farming for a period 
of thirty-six years, and during this lime we 
lmve had hut eight seasons iu which the 
rain fall has been sufficiently often to induce 
a continuous growth of grass from spring to 
fail. Twenty-eight years of this time dairy 
cows have required some additional milk- 
ova ha®l become matured eavly in .July, ami 
they therefore decided that the I routing sea¬ 
son should close on the first ol July,although 
the law of the State keeps the tronting «*•:)- 
son open until the first of September. But 
the opinion of the principal anglers in that 
section has become law, l>y the public re¬ 
specting it, so that very lew attempt to angle 
for trout in that vicinity after the month ot 
June; whoreas, at the eastern and northern 
without cutting. Dealers want something producing food to that obtained bom <n- June; whereas, at the eastern and mnilieiu 
that they can sell whole without peddling dinary pastures. Several times he had been parts of Long mlv"'ln 
ou, in niU nnd tl.ev wan, form of canglri in precisely tl,c name w.» « .«. »£ ‘JiTln/u 
package that will prevent the enormous year, with no propci food for his cows \ eiU) m r h to comnmuce angling for trout, 
waste now incurred in cutting up large which a littoral flow ol milk could be seemed 
cheese. Even in the families of dairymen 
very little cheese, comparatively, iaconsumed 
on account of the difficulty Of keeping a 
large cheese after being cut. There would 
during the drouth. 
He thought the continual removal of our 
forests is constantly affecting a change in 
our climate, and so much so that in a few 
Especially is this the case where the head 
waters of streams become impregnated with 
foreign tastes, caused by fallen and rotting 
timbers in the stream, which discolor the 
subsequent experience. BREED vs. SWELL PAIL. 
“ Wo are really sorry to damp tlie ardor and - 
entlmsiasm of any person or persons, when en- i have not seen any account, of a fair and 
listed |u such a good cause, but truth obliges us correcl [ es t published, of the fattening quali- 
ties of any of the different breeds of swine; 
method alone, us our Michigan Mends will Und almost every one has some pet project to 
to thoir sorrow. For u. short time, early in rbe (•airv out. Some breeds make more pork, 
season, when the days are sometimes warm and jn R ,-, ven Icnirtll of time, than Others. 
Urn nights cold, and before the peach blossoms * correspondingly ? 
have withered away, we havo succeeded In cap- y uel !/ ■ L > . ,/ • . v 
(nriug cureultos under chips of wood and other I venture the assertion that there is v y 
such .sheltered situations; but we have never pule difference, at least not as much as fancy 
been able to do so after the fruit was as large as ^ ra j scrs would lmve us believe. Of what 
..^ ^ 
this to be too truly the cns«. forming constituents of certain grams or 
•‘This process, furthermore, cannot well be vegetables, if one breed ot swine will make 
cftllcda new discovery, because It was dtacovored four hundred pounds of Uesh and others 
several years ago, us tbo following item from , | llliu b-ed on the same amount of feed ? 
Mooiuc's Rural Nxw-Yohkcr of January 88th, ^.j, „ ()l 80UKJ one who 1 ms time and 
Will fthOWS * .j* j i a n rt irtL/j 
HOW TO CATCir CuRcrnuo.—Jn May last we place test the tmt ei at } • )» ‘ 
had oceastou to use some lumber. Jt was laid three or four shoals, equally tiintty, ot good 
down in tiio vicinity of tin* plum yard* ana on | * r\t\nv breed Iceeo them separate, 
taking up a piece of it one cold morning, we breed and pod meto, weep mom scp.wui , 
discovered a number of curculios huddled to- an( i f ce ,j them, say, four hundred pounds 
gethci’ on the under sldo. On examining other .. , , , , i 
bon ids wo found more, so we spread it out to meal or coil), weigh wllCIl put up, * 
soo If we could catch more, and we continued * . w i, cn one lot ImsCOUSimied the amount 
to ftnd nloro or loss evtvy dny, loi* two wooks. » , . , , . . 14 
Wo cuiu^ht'in nil ouo hundred «nd sixty-one. of grain; give results, hut don t let one lot 
So I think if people would take a little pains , „ Ue ,i an( j have all the milk and slop, 
1 hoy might destroy ti great, many such posts, be peucu, anu uuvi in n 
These were eauiflu before the plum trees were an ,[ Hie Others nothing. All experiment 
like the above would be of some use to do- 
on account m tnc otmeuny m acep.ug u ^ ,.** “ ir , v . Uor um l give to the trout an unsavory 'tTirt.ing over the boards. Mas. H. Wan. Fremont Co Iowa. 
large cheese after being cut. There would our climate, and so much so that in a few Bnch. trout shoulclBot lie taken until Johnsonville, N. Y. ' _ ttt _ 
be a large demand, even among dairymen, years more we may expect cloudless skies t j ie mon n, of May, when they will havc. he- .. Dut though Mr. Hansom cannot properly (;ho , er a Remedy .-W. W. Grey has fon 
if cheese were made of suitable form and and hot, parching weather during our sum- conie SC oured and their sides polished, be- claim to have made a nftw discovery, and though peck 8a i t , lmlf peck unslaked lime, put ir 
S 1,, Consumers everywhere, ,v„o now buy „,er schsous. The evil is still f,,r„,er in.onsi- rides b«n,nd„,fi,Ue,,e,n,. feeding on dies, 
only a few pounds of cheese occasionally, fied by the wretched system of shallow cui- minnows aud young Hogs. exterminate 
in flower. What Is must singular IS, that we 
never found a eureulio on a piece of old uim- 
ber, although wo put several pieces down to try 
tliem. Thi-v seemed to coiua out of ihe ground, 
ns we could find t hem several times a day by 
turning over the boards. Mas. II. w not. 
Johnsonville, N. Y. 
“ Btit though Mr. RANSOM cannot properly 
claim to have made a new discovery, and though 
termining whether the breed is all in the 
swill pail. H * L H ' 
Cholera Remedy.—W. W. Grey has found one 
aek salt, half peck unslaked lime, put m a Mi 
rvvnl nf water stirred well, and COm SOakeo 
