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AMERICAN INST. rARMERS’ CLUB. 
NoIph of Di#cii*Mion*, Extracts from Let¬ 
ters, if'C. 
Inducements to Settlers •*> Virginia. \V. H. 
Wood, Wavorly Station, Vft., writes that his 
State otTora t;o capitalists, mechanics, and labor¬ 
ers, advantages not excelled by any section of 
the Union. The lands are stoutly rolling, re¬ 
quiring but little drainage, no irrigation; with 
rich veins of shell marl, by analysis equal to hk- 
ricultitrnl lime; with plentiful supply of muck 
beds, and springs and living streams on almost 
every farm. Soil good and varied, with heavy 
otaysubsoil, making it susceptible and retentive 
of highest state of improvement; improved 
lands yielding line crops of corn, wheat, oats, 
clover, peanuts, and sweet and Irish potatoes; 
with good pasturage for stock; climate healthy, 
temperate and salubrious, with long summer, 
late tall, and early spring giving eleven months 
for outdoor work—requiring no special atten¬ 
tion to fruit protection. Fruit growing has been 
most profitable, for years, to our own people, 
and within tho lust ten years, many from the 
North have engaged in the cultivation with most 
flattering success. Apple, apricot, punch and 
pear yield abundant, and perfectly developed 
fruit. The Early Tilllsloii ripen on ilii ot July. 
Strawberry and blackberry generous in yield, 
latter mostly spontaneous. Wilson Albany Seed¬ 
ling ripens on 14th of May. Thesu statements 
are 1 mm actual shipments. Other early varie¬ 
ties of peach and strawberry Would ripen com¬ 
paratively us soon. Timber -YelJow-hour! piuo, 
pine for cord wood and charcoal, white oak, hick¬ 
ory, its!i, gum and cypress in great quanti¬ 
ties, with easy shipping facilities convenient. 
Churches and schools convenient, In moil neigh¬ 
borhoods; society good, kind and hospitable; 
post routes and county roads amply supplied; 
farms with improvements, of from 100 to 1,000 
acres, and timbered lands in any quantity, can 
be purchased <m most reasonable terms; mills, 
with waterpower; Stands for business, mercan¬ 
tile and machanicalturcuircrcdon most Invitiu.: 
terms. A largo accession to tho ono hundred 
intelligent, industrious nud enterprising immi¬ 
grants already Bottled here, 1 b much desired. 
Parties inclined to make a tour of inspection, 
will bo heartily welcomed. 
Hoys Wait toil. A letter wtut road from H. T. 
Ha m<is, Stamford, Ky„ asking the Club tu seat! 
him a good boy, who Is desirous of learning 
agriculture and horticulture in that, beautiful 
State and salubrious climate. Mr. Otrtmn, 
Chairman ot a committee appointed by the Club 
to act as agents In this class of ctisop, reported 
that during tho past year lie Imd a great many 
more applications like this of Mr. Harris limn 
lie could supply. Ho said that there arc plenty 
of homeless boy#, Or boys who need this oppor¬ 
tunity to make men of themselves; and he pre¬ 
sumed if he should Insert an advertisement in 
the Herald for two days, asking toi such a hoy 
as Mr. Haiiius describes, bo would get 500 appli¬ 
cations. But a very.small per cent, of them 
would consent to go out of, or any great dis¬ 
tance from, the city. Gentlemen had sont money 
to him to pay the passage of boys to them; he 
had carried it in his pocket ti month or six 
weeks, hoping to Ibid such boyaaa they required; 
but iva# Anally compelled to return it. The 
trouble Is not. that there are not boys enough, 
but that they will not leave the eity. 
Sprouting Sweet PotntLc*.—V. D. Van Nkht, 
Hightstown, N. J., offered tho following as his 
process, which ho thinks equal to Dr. Hexa- 
mer's, and twice as cheapFirst, make a frame 
of boards tr Hie ground be cold or heavy on Hie 
surface: if light or sandy, dig out to the depth 
of eight to twelve irtchos from tho bottom of 
the bed to the top of the frumo In front, and 
twenty-six or twenty-eight for buck, to give u 
good elope or water shed four and a-Lniir to flvo 
feet from front to buck ; take good fresh stable 
manure and coarse hay—bog bay is licet; first a 
layer of hay, then manure, then repeat; pack 
it well to one foot lit depth, wet It slightly, cover 
with three Inches or sandy loam, lay In the po¬ 
tatoes—if small, whole, If large, cut ill two from 
end to end, with cut side down ; cover with one 
a:id a-half inch of light, sand loam. Leave so 
till the potatoes begin to sprout, then cover 
with the same to three I nob os to Insure good 
and plenty of flbroita roots; when tho plants 
aro three Inches high they uro ready to trans¬ 
plant to the hills or rows for growing. I use no 
water, puddling or plaster la transplanting, and 
lose but fow plants. Use glass or sash to give a 
quicker growth to tho plants, as I llnd such 
worth more than those grown without; keep 
the temperat,iire in the frame from seventy-flvo 
to ninety, If possible, I make my hot-hods from 
the lfllh to 30th of .April, according to tho sea¬ 
son ; I got lroiu 1,000 to 1,600 plants per barrel of 
seed. 
How an Ohioan Make. Home Attractive — fl 
It. Thornton, Wooster,0., has a family of boys 
and girls, whom he manages as follows:—Soon 
ns they are able to handle them, I give the boys 
tools or every description. I have n boy four¬ 
teen years old who cau half-sole a pair or boots, 
make a leather halter, mend ull the harness, and 
can make a dove-Util box as well us most Jour¬ 
neymen mechanics. We have a shop and work¬ 
bench nud chest of tools, and on rainy days do 
our own repairs. I give my children plenty of 
interesting book-, to read, and a piano for the 
girls, and wo make homo Interesting, and they 
have no desire tu be rambling away in bad so¬ 
ciety. I find it cheaper to do this than to de¬ 
fend them at court, as many fathers arc com¬ 
pelled to do. 
To Make Duck* Lay Early, — Q. F. Smith 
asks what ho shall feed his dudes to cause t hem 
to commence laying early In spring. Mr. Cur¬ 
tis said meat and sorupfl with corn. The Com¬ 
mander asked If ho would recommend red pep¬ 
per with it. Mr. Curtis thought it would not 
hasten events. 
Wadi for California.—J ames Quinn, Eureka, 
California, asks the probable cost of importing 
from one tosix thorough-bred .Short-Horn bulls, 
and the saute number of yearling lidfers, from 
the Lust to California; also the best way of shfp- 
ping thorn, und whether they would boas well 
cared for as the heifer sent, forward by Mr, Cur¬ 
tis some time since. He also asks wbut breed ot 
bulls is best, to cross with common stock for beef 
or milk. Mr. Curtis said he could not answer 
as to the cost of the stock. He had none tosell; 
but ho did not doubt that stock shipped tp Cali¬ 
fornia by the PaoiAo Fast Freight lino, under a 
similar contract to that made by him, would go 
through with as good care. Prof. Squki.CH did 
not know of any better breed to cross with the 
California cattle, for milk and beef, than Short- 
Horns. The only question might bo as to the 
adaptation of the Short-Horns to the climate 
and system of husbandry. Ho was inclined to 
think that ho should try Devons In.preference 
to Short-Horns, Judging by the little lie knew of 
California stock; but bo should recommend to 
try both. 
Preserving Timber for Market. —Shki.BY IIeed, 
ScottsVille, N. Y„ wrote :—“Theoruticolly, it is 
a fact well known that timber submerged in 
water docs not decay. Practically, would it be 
a paying investment to so preserve It In wooded 
districts not yot opened up by facilities for 
transportation.; whore timber can be bad for tho 
removal, and, la some eases, a bonus with It? 
Nobody believes that a fair use is made of the 
whole 10,000,000 acres annually slain. Could not 
a largo per Cent, of that destroyed by the usual 
methods be profitably hold in this way for fu¬ 
ture use? ltut tin; poor settlor cannot afford to 
work and wait for so long a pay day. If done at ; 
all, it must bo by the capitalist. I hope that the 
Club will be pleased to favor the public with Iks 
opinion upon this subject.." 
Dr.T rim ih.b said It 1# quite a business In some 
of the COUUtlos of Now Jersey, especially oil 
Capo May—that, of unearthing logs of white 
cedar that have long been buried and oome out. 
sound. Bo also he had seen cypress logs ten feet 
In diameter taken out of the Dismal Nwhiiip— 
somo of thorn wore 1,100 years old and were 
sound. • The sap portion of some of (hem had 
decayed, but (lie heart was sound and enough 
left, to make timber of suflieiCut size for almost, 
any use. But ho did not. think It would pay to 
submerge It as a speculation. Mr. Crank said 
it would depend upon Mr. Heed's proximity to 
water. It his timber is near water he thought it 
would pay. In Now Jersey, tnon engaged in get¬ 
ting out hoop poles ami other material for 
aO'i'HM’uge, submerge their timber, and It keeps 
per 'Otly sound one or ten years as desirable. 
Mr. FuMiKR said In largo ship-yards timber Is 
always submerged that is not to be used at oneo. 
la tuauy localities, where land is being cleared, 
there I# no doubt It will pay to preserve It. in this 
manner. 
Find Meudow Urn*#.—W. C- Richards, Mon¬ 
roe, III., asks for the experience of member# 
with this grass-Uu value for meadow and pas¬ 
ture, and why It Is preferred over timothy and 
rod tup. None of thesai.vtas had hud experience 
with it that they knew of, but Prof. SQUELCH 
said it. only proved that, they were not practical 
farmer#, for it grows on almost every farm In 
tho Northern Btates, especially if there are any 
wet spots on it. It Is knowu by some as “ False 
Bed-top." It Is I’nti scrotin<t, and Is only better 
than the common lted-top (.4 (postis I'utgaris) and 
Timothy, on very moist land, where It thrives 
boat. 
Lluse,'d Tor Manure. — Georoe Lambert, 
New Brunswick, N. J., made some Inquiries as 
to Hie value of linseed for man uro. Tho innttor 
was referred to the Chemist, of the Club, who 
was absent. Mr. Crane said be bad talked with 
said Chemist upon the same matter. Ho hud 
found ho could get a certain cluss of oil cake at. 
the factories for $30 per ton, but the Chemist 
thought it would not lie worth more than $15 
pot' ton for manure. But he had no data what¬ 
ever by which, to Judge of the relat ive value of 
the seed ; bul. be thinks It of less value than the 
cake. Ho has used castor oil pomace, as an aid 
In decomposition, with good results. It is heat¬ 
ing, und since Mr. Lambert asserts that linseed 
has Hie saute quality, it may prove nn excellent 
mechanical manure, or good us a decomposer In 
composts. 
Bush ta Turnip Seed.—C. D. Bennkt, Hunt’s 
Hollow, N. Y., has raised Russia turnips lor 
stock; gets three hundred to five hundred bush¬ 
els per acre, and thinks them better than Ruta¬ 
bagas- Ho bus purchased Ids seed latterly at the 
Bced stores, and finds it much mixed, and wants 
to know where he can get pure. Prof. Squelch 
advises him to raise his own seed. Mr. Fui.ler 
suggested the same. Mr. Crank said tho climate 
was probably too warm to raise good seed. 
lli'lliibtii Send und Hfoek Dealers. -J. A. WOOD¬ 
WARD, Williamsport, Pa., wrote to thunk a mem¬ 
ber, personally,for Ills expression of “righteous 
Indignation toward Dietz und allot his Ilk.” Ho 
adds: “The great good accomplished by tho 
ever-to-bo-praisod press is, I fear, largely coun¬ 
terbalanced by the misuse made by ‘BCampsanil 
swindlers,’ in practicing upon the credulity of 
those wlio cslcmu us true, everything they see in 
tho newspaper, lam now in want of a I horough- 
bml Short-Horn bull calf, but am afraid to buy 
of any of tho large advertisers, lest. I tie ’gulled ’ 
a# was Mr. RILEY. I repeat his question: ‘Can 
the Club recommend some triistwortliij and rctUu 
bU> dealer in thorough-bred stock and farm 
seeds?' ’’ Col. Curtis said lie had no Short-Horns 
for sale, but there wore probably (500Short-Horn 
men In the country, every one of whom were 
reliable. Ho would take the correspondent's ad. 
dress, and give him half a dozen names. Obvi¬ 
ously It would bo luvldlous to name them pub¬ 
licly, when there are so many. 
Poultry In Winter.—The Committee on Poul¬ 
try reported progress through the Chairman, Mr. 
Lyman, as follows: 
On Wednesday last wo spent the day nt Hie 
farm of Waiuien Leland, twenty-five miles 
north of New York eity, at Rye Station, and 
have derived from a careful survey of his yards, 
ideas which woeonslder important. We find him 
carrying ICO turkeys. about 300 hens, a. largo drove 
ot ducks, and sm vial dozen of geese through the 
winter, without, the loss of any of Ills poultry by 
disease of any Ren t, and without the freezing of 
their feet or of their cggH. We learn that he 
novor has maladies among his poultry; that, he 
will allow the greater part, of fus hens to sit In 
the spring, and each of them will yield an aver- 
"F '\ f , t r rl c Nek S ; HO that he Will raise 
about 3,IKK] chickens from his present flock and 
his losses be very few. How does he do It? 1. 
His hen#, ducks, and geese have the Lest winter 
quarters we have ever seen provided for any of 
the leathered tribes. Their main barrack, or 
hennery, is u stone bouse severity.live feet long 
and twenty feet wide, inn] luces soutli. The 
openings on the north side are small, and tilled 
with wiridowglass, and In some ruses with doutiio 
wish. Those on the smith side are much larger 
consisting of double doors, which urn opened on 
sunny days. In tl|0 middle of the north side Isa 
wide, old-fashioned lire place, with crime and a 
big camp kettle. Nearly every day in winter, a 
fire Is lit and fed with chunks, knots and old logs 
that would otherwise ho knocked about- the 
wood yard and left to rot In foften corners. The 
walls are of stone, and tin- floor of rock or earth, 
mi the fire can be left without the least danger. 
On cold days, and especially in cold rains, the 
liena gather before tills fire and warm them¬ 
selves and trim their feathers. The chimney 
eau easily be closed, or the lugs rolled out into 
the middle ol tho building, und feathers or buI- 
phur uaoil to make a fumigation. This Is done 
whenever hen lice appear; and tho openings of 
the house cau be el used so as to hold the fumi¬ 
gation till it penetrates to every crack. Smoko 
lie Hurts better than carbolic acid or kerosene, 
or whitewash to drive vermin. The roosts are 
oak slats an inch thick by two and a ball' Inches 
wide, fastened to tin? rafters near the ridge. 
They are nailed at different heights und at proper 
intervals. Aboil I two feet beltiw hlio porches is 
a scaffold of tioanU that tit quite cltwoly. This 
is from time to time covered with plaster and 
ashes. About onoe a month the accumulations 
art* shoveled down nrnl piled up for (he corn 
field. He calculate# that fifty liens yield In tho 
course of a year as niuoh compost as would be 
worth $50 In bone meal; that is to say, if ho 
throwaway his ben droppings and bad to buy 
the same a mount of fertilizing salts in bone dust 
It would cost hint $60 to replace fifty hens as 
produeer-i of manure. He lets paid special at¬ 
tention to the comfort of his hens on the perch. 
They sit on a slat two and n-half inches wide; 
their breast feat hers come down and cover their 
feet and protect them from freezing in tlmcold- 
fl»ric«It.r«. 
SMILA0INA BIFOLIA. 
Two Leaved Holomon’# Sent. 
We presume there are few readers of the 
Rural New-Yorker, living in the Northern 
State*, who have not seen this little plant 
growing wild in its native haunts. It is very 
common throughout the northern portion of 
Europe and America, usually more abundant 
in moist woods than elsewhere, but. it. will 
thrive, and is often found in high, dry situa¬ 
tions. Our illustration is a very correct like- 
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SMILACINA BIFOLIA—TWO-LEAVED SOLOMON'S SEAL. 
S t. night#. Of course, I here is no luck of dry- 
lies in their house, and la find# that after the 
fire goea out the hens use the hearth as a place 
to nestle and shake ashes through their feath¬ 
ers, They enjoy It. and It keep# 1 heui sound and 
comfortable. Tho offal of the farm, a« entrails, 
feathers, tnjitd#, eorftp# from lard, and nil tho 
odds and ends from the kitchen are thrown into 
tills bouse and tho hens pick it over, eating all 
tney want. Then, us booh ns spring opens, all 
this trash is shoveled and bo raped out, compost¬ 
ed and taken to tbeoorn field. Beside# this re¬ 
fuse, his poultry eat about a bushel of corn in 
wintyr a da.v, and half a bushel In Hummer. He 
nil ics large crops of corn because ho him strong 
imwiura to feed his crop# with; his calculation 
being t hat about four acres in oorn go to feed 
and fat ton bis poultry. 
In spring, after a. hen Im# hutched, her nest 1# 
taken out, the straw burned, and tho box white¬ 
washed iijfflde nrnl out, then tilled witli fresh 
straw and put back for another family party. 
After many trials of breeds ho has settled upon 
the white Brahmas. They lay more uniformly 
the year through, make the best mothers,und 
the ctilcks grow tile fastest. During summer 
Id# poultry haven wide range und scour! lie fields 
for latlf it mile or more, consuming grasshopper#. 
Ills turkeys nearly make their weight.on grass¬ 
hoppers mid hectics, wit h a handful of corn 
night and morning. One man has lil ile to do in 
spring and summer lint to lake fare of oh tokens 
and young turkey#. In winter they require hot 
little attention,nod this man then attends to the 
calves and lambs. Tho cost of hi# poultry meat, 
and he ot i< u kills Itt a season 300 turkcj and 
3,000ehielteri.i.noconsiders to be about 350 bushels 
of corn, and the wages or his hen-wife for hull' 
the time. Ill# gain# ho cannot give exactly, for 
t lie poultry Is nutnn very freely by a large family 
and sent to the Metropolitan when price# nre 
high, or the supply in market defective m quality. 
Ho does not keep exact account of his eggs, for 
us u rule he say# tho best thing l.o do with' an egg 
is to lot a good motherly lien make a chicken of 
It. Your eommlttcc conclude their report by 
an expression of opinion that the common ideas 
On the subjoct, or poultry raising on «. large 
scale are erroneous. It hit- been said again and 
ng.aln In Ihiscluband in farm Journals that, there 
I# no u#o in trying to keep more than about fifty 
hc-tui; if one goes deeper into the, poultry busj 
ness there I# backset from lice and roup and 
gapes, mid cholera, and the sudden death of liens 
and chicks from cuuse# unknown. TIiIh Is a 
fallacy. In the manner above deflorllied, by the 
wise use of smoke and lime, and ashes and afire, 
by cleanliness and a wide range In mild weather, 
we find Mr. Licland taking about 4,000 feathered 
animal# through the season, for your after year, 
without calamity or loss, and on an expense that 
Ls very trilling and unfelton a large farm. Your 
committee will visit Other furin# where the 
special object Is eggs, and announce the result 
Ol their ubservRliotis. ^ 
Dr. Smith, a member of the Committee, said 
that, In Conversation, Mr. Lbland said that his 
fjimees# depends upon Uttino btopwiltry (done. He 
repeated It over and over again, “let, them alone; 
let. them alone; give them liberty, and they will 
take carp of themselves. Dr. Trimble, another 
member, mid that, Mr. Lklvjnd told him Hint in 
raising t urkey#, tils plan was to have three or 
four setting at tho same time. When they had 
hatched the eggs, lie gave all the young turkeys 
lo one hen tutIcey, and she ami her enlarged 
brood were removed to u distant part of the 
farm, away from other fowl#. Them n huge 
coup WHS built in Which they could he shut up at 
night. They were not allowed to range Jn the 
morning Until the dew was Oil. In the day time 
the hen was tethered to a stake; and each day 
her Stake was removed to a new place, so that 
she and nor biuod had a now range. 
ness of the plant, both as to size and form of 
growth. The flowers aro pure white and 
are succeeded by small red berries. It is 
seldom cultivated, although it is well worthy 
of such care, and might be introduced into 
shady borders where it would thrive and 
produce it most, pleasing effect in contrast 
witli taller growing plants. 
Tiie hmilacium belong to the great lily 
family, ami arc nearly related to the Lily of 
the Valley, {Convallartaji) in fact, iu the older 
botanical works, Ibis particular species was 
called (Jonvallaria bifolia, or two-leaved Lily 
of the Valley, as the flower stems usually 
bear only two leaves, sis shown. Another 
ucar related genus, is the true Solomon Seals, 
(Pblyyanalam,) two species of which are 
quite common in woods and neglected Holds. 
The name, Solomon's Seal, was given these 
plants, from a fancied resemblance between 
the sear which is left upon the root stalk, 
when the annual stem dies off, and a seal. 
Tho generic name ( Polygonatum) is horn 
the Greek, and means many-jointed. The P, 
bffimwi grows two or three feet high, with 
two small greenish bell-shaped flowers upon 
each peduncle. 
The P. gifjantemi is a magnifioent plant, 
growing six to eight feet, with very large 
deep green ovate leaves. When cultivated 
in a deep, rich and moist soil, It lifts a pecu¬ 
liar, stately, tropical appearance, and we 
advise those who have room for a clump in 
their gardens not lo forget it when looking 
for more rare plants next spring. In old 
Galen’s time the women used the root of 
8«lomon's Seal to remove freckles and pim¬ 
ples from the skin, but wo believe more 
fashionable articles have driven it out of use. 
——-- 
GROWING ROSES IN POTS. 
Mr. Podiwhy of the Genova Horticultural 
Society, thus describes how roses may be 
grown successfully in pots for winter flower¬ 
ing:—“ To grow roses in pots for greenhouse 
or window culture is a very pleasing occu¬ 
pation- To grow them successfully, choose 
young, vigorous plants, say in April or May, 
either on own roots or on Manetti slock; 
tepot them in six inch pots, and plunge 
them in the ground to the rim of the pot; 
keep them well .supplied with water and 
occasionally give them a little manure 
water; keep all the flowers pinched off un¬ 
til the middle or end of September; you will 
j then have a plant with six to eight well 
ripened shoots. Prune them hack to a well 
ripened eye, and shake them clear out of 
old soil and repot them, using a compost of 
good loam and well rotted manure,—about 
two-thirds of the former to one of the latter, 
with sufficient sand to keep from packing 
hard ; soak the newly potted plant well with 
water, and plunge it again in a sunny spot; 
and by the end of October you will have the 
pot. full of young and vigorous roots, and 
the shoots from three to four inches long. 
Then introduce a few at a time to the green¬ 
house or window, and by the time the frost, 
has killed the roses out of doors, these 
will lie ready to succeed them, and give you 
a supply of rose buds without a great ex¬ 
pense of fire heat from Docent I tor to tho end 
of January. By adding a few fresh ones, 
you can be well supplied with rose buds 
during the winter months, wit.limit a great 
deal of trouble and expense. The roses best 
for this purpose are Rome of the host Teas, 
Chinas, and Hybrid Perpetual.#, always 
choosing the strongest, growers, nud freest 
bloomers.” 
be iiinenarb. 
VINEYARD NOTES. 
IBikim*#’ Eureka. Grape. 
We have received a communication sign¬ 
ed L. S., iu which this grape is highly ex¬ 
tolled. It, so happens that we know some¬ 
thing of this jmudo new bantling, and do 
not think our readers would he beueflted 
by having it brought before them in such 
glowing colors as L. S. and other interested 
parties have painted it. We received a vino 
ot Eureka from Mr. Boa UK, some three or 
tour years since, and it lias grown vigorously 
and fruited ; bul wherein it differs from tho 
old Isabella, ii at all, wo have failed to dis¬ 
cover. With all due respect to the gentle¬ 
man named by L. 8., who believe it to bo 
wry distinct and superior to Isabella, we 
have only to say that the vine received from 
Mr. Bogue ua Eureka, is Isabella, and noth¬ 
ing else. 
Prunlnir an Old Vine. 
I itave an old grape vine very much val¬ 
ued for its shade. It was old when we took 
possession of tho premises, and now pre¬ 
sents an unsightly appearance from beneath 
the arbor. Will it. kill the vine if it be cut 
in January or February, leaving only tho 
main stem (as large as a man’s arm) and ono 
or two branches, in order to muke a new 
arbor and remove dead wood. —g. w. c. 
Yes, the old vine may bo severely pruned; 
but if a lew of the young branches can bo 
left, it will make a better growth next season 
than if ull are cut away. There arc prolm- 
bly very few, if any, buds on the main stem, 
and it is always best to leave a few of the 
younger branches on which there are buds 
already formed, than to prune all away, and 
depend entirely upon those that are either 
latent or adventitious. 
Arboriatltirrf. 
I ARB0RI0ULTTJRAL NOTES. 
htnviliia LacuNt Seed, 
.Tehsk Eaton, Spanish Hollow, Oregon, 
says that, lie lias had good success in grow¬ 
ing locust from seed. He pours boiling 
water on them, and uIIowb it to become cool, 
and then sows the seed. If the seed are old 
and quite dry, they should remain in the 
water for two or three days. Mr. Eaton 
asks where lie can get seed of some good 
hedge plant for dry upland. We would 
recommend for his locality the Honey Lo¬ 
cust, or, as it, is sometimes called, Three- 
thorned Acacia, {QUditchia tricwithos.) Tho 
seeds can he had of any of our seedsmen, 
and it should he treated in the same tnanuer 
as recommended for the common locust. 
Stuntml Apple Trees. 
As I have just commenced tukiug your 
invaluable paper, the question I am about to 
ask may, at some previous timo, have been 
answered; hut as horticulturists with whom 
1 have talked disagree, I would like your 
opinion as soon as practicable. I have a 
clump of apple trees from a Rochester nurs¬ 
ery, which have stood four vears, about three 
feet apart, without cultivating. Will it pay 
to reset them now—in other words, will they 
rally from their stunted stale, and make thrif¬ 
ty trees? and if so, will they fruit sooner 
than young trees direct from the nursery ?— 
H , St. Loots, Mo. 
The above reminds us of the story related 
of a man who wrote, "Gear Doctor: Tam 
sick; send me some medicine.” If we could 
see our patients, t. e., the apple trees, we 
might guess whether there was a chance of 
their recovery. It tho trees are still healthy, 
with no dead brunches, and the bark free 
from Insects, we should tu>l hesitate to plant 
1 them, for by giving good culture and a rich 
soil, they will soon recover, and probably 
come into bearing before younger and more 
thrifty trees. The safest plan, however, is to 
obtain good, thrifty trees from some reliable 
nursery. 
