paralleled expansion of our country. In the 
{, ,v years since onr catalogue was com¬ 
menced, several new Slates anil Territories 
luvebeen organized, and if such expansion 
continues,' as it undoubtedly will, it will be 
difficult to bring I lie catalogue, on its present 
,i 1( into any reasonable limits. On this 
point I hope to bear from the Chairman of 
General Fruit Committee, to whom, more 
to any one else, we are indebted for the 
progress already not'd©, and I commend the 
subject to the thoughtful consideration ol all 
me members of the Society, and especially 
j i)V ite the co-operation of every Slate in eol- 
li'cting and transmitting to him the informa- 
J ii necessary to I be completion of onr work. 
The Increasinir Importance ol Fruit (Jttl- 
t u re. 
The importance and value of onr calling 
in developing the resources of our country, 
in the occupation of unimproved land, ndorn- 
: . ,,nr homesteads, enhancing the value of 
] | estate, multiplying the blessings and 
, mfoi'tsof life, and promoting a great source 
ofimlionnl wealth, cannot he too highly ap¬ 
preciated. The more l reflect, upon the pro- 
t .'Siwehave made, the more am I confirmed 
in the belief that this branch of culture will 
erelong become second only to the growl It 
of the bread and meat of our country. The 
enormous production of strawberries mid 
other small fruits, the millions upon millions 
of baskets of peaches,—not to speak of the 
apples and pears and other fruits that are 
nutv annually produced,—give promise that 
the lime is font approaching when all classes 
i f society may enjoy this health-preserving 
ndinK'iil as a portion of their daily food, 
r can 1 retrain from refut ing once more 
l the benign influence which our employ, 
in nt lias upon the moral and religious in¬ 
stincts of the heart, the refinement of taste 
mid the welfare of society. Whatever pleas- 
u nj may be derived from other pursuits, there 
is surely none that had afforded stronger evi- 
tl nee of a high and progressive stale of 
civilization or a more ennobling influence, 
inn the culture of fruits. “ Tills,” says Gen. 
Deiirlxirn, “ must have been the first step in 
in march of civilization, while the method 
of ameliorating their character and multi¬ 
plying the varieties may he considered as 
inking precedence of all human efforts in Urn 
industrial arts.” 
From the day when God gave our father 
in Elen trees, “pleasant to the sight and 
pil'd for food," down to Solomon, who said, 
'1 iimd'- me gardens and orchards, and 1 
planted in them trees of all kinds of fruits," 
ami through the successive generations of 
men, the cultivation of trees and plants has 
Iwrii the criterion of tastu and refinement. 
>'-i object of attachment is more naturally 
allied to the instincts of the soul, and truly 
did Emerson remark, " he who knows the 
in 1 ist, lie who knows what sweets and vir¬ 
tues are in Die ground, and lmw to Conic at 
these enchantments, is the rich and royal 
W:W'' Ami wlnil greater benefactions Cull 
' v u leave for posterity than these memorials 
■which shall live and grow, which shall tell 
jof your love of the most beautiful works of 
nature, kindred and home, when you are 
;lumbering in the grave V Far butter these 
lor the perpetuation of your memory, and 
tli" benefit of the advancing millions of com¬ 
ing lime, than all the monumental shafts and 
p ns of polished marhba that ever graced 
the hero’s tomb. 
Deceased Members. 
Since my last report on the decease of 
tiiuiuuef.s, three of the founders of this Socie¬ 
ty have been removed by death, “like fruits 
fully ripened in their season.” I allude to 
Dr. Allred S. Monson of New Ilaven, Ct.; 
hi R. T. Underhill of Croton Point, N. Y., 
and Dr. Elieu Wright of Dedlmin, Mass., 
. three of whom were present and Look 
M in the proceedings of the first meeting, 
hvciily-thtee years ago. 
Di_ Alfred S. Monson died 3|dy 22, 1870, 
New Ilaven, Ct., at the advanced age of 
H-vcuiy-ibiu 1 , universally respected and bo- 
-wcl II« was one of the signers of the cir- 
1 | r nulling the convention which resulted 
111 ll1 !' ( 'i-Hiizaiion of our association; was 
' tii'i Viei•President from Connecticut.; 
• 'on tlini occasion read a most able and 
' 1 "elite paper "on the deterioration of 
( 11,1111 buils, and of parasitic agents injuri- 
'".vegetation,” This paper may be 
. 111 die published Transactions of the 
I' b , nmi gives evidence of the careful iu- 
J;' s ] - i m ami research of its author. Dr. 
■Dioii&oa possessed a highly appreciative 
'._u refined taste and a gfcat capacity 
! ll,f 'i.'*- Hence his love for Iruite and 
''I'', which i\as a ruling passion with 
V"./ ,1,u ' He was thcfirsl President 
he TSeiv Haven Horticultural boeiety, 
’ mltslied in 1881,—one of the earliest, in 
if?. 1 ! 1111 ' ’— mul " as a ft'Ofldent writer on 
J>-ets connected w ith horticulture and ru- 
u! . s ; His address before that Society in 
'■ yi 1 wisdom and beautiful illuslra- 
, n ‘ v 'Memory will ever lie revered and 
'nmed ljy all who knew him. 
1 K' I Umlerljill was also one of the 
S «no 0UI , Society, and his name is 
lonnnZ U i^ ui! 101 ils meeliug. lie 
t,ii p C f l 118 P°>b^0glcal pursuits iitCro- 
I' if; 11 ' ^ urt ydive years ago, the 
; " bicli he planted a large vineyard, 
■’ “l.’^aalty. llis experiments com- 
r' vil ';, 'V 1 !; In ^ign vafic-Lies, but these 
"|,;1 him ire lie turned bis atiention to 
Kil im n l |‘i n V* ll,e Iv:llu ‘ila and Catawba, 
'(• 1 - 5 , 11 .. kll<nvi b !l 'Hi so great was liis 
I will ,vi l, ’ l in:ui y years lie and hisbroth- 
I iin-, , be was associated, sent more 
I'aiVS,, a !‘ c “- ,s '? l he New York market 
■>• ais,,, ""'" lvi:i Horn all other sources. 
1 ■'; , | l ‘;"' ll,; ';i 'be_n,aimlhcli,reofwi„e, 
fresofvii ,v' J .V "1 beath had about fifty 
:.i in t | ' ’ a,ul i vas 11,80 very success¬ 
ive •n, Ul . ! Vatl ! lu ol tljc Pbmi, of which 
ns a leading 11 " 1 . Ul oul .’ 1:181 u,eeli| ig. He 
itiiie .“n j » uiember of the American In¬ 
i' 
l.iieiiltm.. , .|”‘‘ S , 01>0 ot ll, e founders of the 
Ltclivsn, J UU , II<>, ;Ucij | limtl Society of 
lent n )U V. y - (,i which he Was the first. 
ie 2d !.{• bndcrhilI was a gentleman 
tefiued m i 0 - ’ cour,euus iu deportment 
u his tastes, and although his 
age prevented his frequent attendance at our 
meetings, his interest in our pursuits never 
declined. As a proof of his fidelity, he came 
to our last meeting in Philadelphia, and al¬ 
though at the age of about eighty years, took 
part in our discussions as he had done in the 
beginning. 
Dr. Kben Wright of Dedham, Massachu¬ 
setts another of the signers of the cull for 
the first meeting of this Society, died at his 
home, where he had carried on his porno- 
logical researches during his life. He had 
long been interested in horticultural pur¬ 
suits, being an early member of the .Massa¬ 
chusetts Horticultural Society, and for a long 
course of years corresponding secretary and 
vice-president. For many years he was 
chairman of the Fruit Committee of this 
Society' for Massachusetts, in which capacity 
lie made many interesting reports, which 
may he found among our published Trans¬ 
actions. He paid special attention to the 
apple, of which lie had a large and choice 
collection of varieties; and through his crit¬ 
ical observation lie became remarkably well 
versed in the knowledge of this fruit, and 
introduced several fine varieties to notice. 
He was a modest ami unassuming man, of 
the strictest integrity, ami died as lie had 
lived, universally respected and beloved. 
Korean I close this sad record without 
adding the name of M. S, Frierson, Colum¬ 
bia, Temi., who died March 28,1870. Mr. 
Frierson was the vice-president of this So¬ 
ciety from Tennessee. He attended our last 
meeting, ami his noble bearing and gentle¬ 
manly deportment will long be remembered 
by all wlio were present with him. He was 
by profession a lawyer, and at the time of 
liis death was in practice as an old counsel¬ 
lor at Columbia. Bui what most concerns 
us is his interest in pomological pursuits, 
which was strikingly evinced by the part 
which he took in the discussions of the So¬ 
ciety; his remarks being always valuable, 
interesting ami to the point, lie was much 
interested in fruit culture, and Inul given 
particular attention to the hybridization of 
the nectarine and the pear, with the special 
view of producing late-keeping varieties of 
the latter. His experiments were evidently 
ba.Mid upon truly scientific knowledge, and 
at the time of his death had already been 
the means ot producing some Valuable now 
fruits. In a letter written hut a few months 
before liis death lie says, in speaking of Ins 
experiments, “they may Him out nothing, 
still lIic tasie ii gives my girls” (who bad 
aided him in conducting them) “ for such 
amusement is worth more than the trouble. 
Tin: seeds will he carefully planted, and we 
will wail ami see." Noble sentiment! hut 
the fruition of his hopos was transferred to 
another world, leaving us to wait and see 
the further results which they may produce 
here. 
These associates have gone to their re¬ 
ward. Their seats in this Society are for¬ 
ever vacant, but their efforts lor the advance¬ 
ment of our cause in the early history of our 
Society will be appreciated more and more 
as lime moves on. 
Conclusion. 
With the deepest sense of gratitude do 1 
rejoice in the presence of a few of the (bund¬ 
ers of ttiis Society, whose, lives have been 
prolonged to this day. Ere long all those 
Who were present at its first meeting, ami lie 
who by your indulgence has occupied this 
chair so long, will vacate their seals. Others 
will fill the places which we now occupy, 
hut our Society, and the cause it. seeks to 
promote, will five on to bless the genera¬ 
tions which shall succeed us. 
Long may the members of this Society 
meet together as friends and mutual helpers, 
dispensing and receiving good, ami may 
your efforts for promoting this most bcauti- 
lul ot all arts, this health-preserving and 
life-prolonging industry, lie crowned with 
continued success. May t he Society go on 
conferring blessings on out couutry until 
every lieai th-slone and fireside shall be glad¬ 
dened with the golden fruits of summer and 
autumn, until thanksgiving and Hie perfume 
ot the orchard shall ascend Logciber like in¬ 
cense from the altar of every family in onr 
broad laud, and the whole world realize, as 
in the beginning, the blissful fruition of 
dwelling in Hie "Garden of the Lord.” Ami 
when at last the chain of friendship which 
has bound so many of us together iu labor 
and in love shall he broken; when the last 
link shall be sundered and the fruits of this 
world shall delight us no inure ; when the 
culture, training and sorrows of earth shall 
culminate in the purity, perfection and bliss 
of heaven, may wo all sit down together at 
that least of immortal fruits, 
“ Where lilt* tills the wine-cup and IcA'e makes 
it clear, 
Where Gilead's halm in its freshness shall flow, 
O er the wounds which the pruuing-kuite gave 
us below.” 
-- 
POMOLOGICAL GOSSIP, 
Early Purple Plum Again. 
In a private note just received from Mr. 
Charles Downing, he refers to the Early 
Purple Plum as follows " l n the Rural 
New-Yorker of Aug. 19, Dick Hopson 
makes inquiry about Hie Early Purple 
plum. I have fruited the Sea, or Early 
Purple, Howell’s Early and Chapin's Early 
plum, and they have all proved to be the 
same, and are of the cultivated class of 
plums, and have no affinity to the Chicka¬ 
saw family. The Prtcnn maralimus I have 
not seen and can any r nothing about it.” 
tVIujeliu Apple Slocks. 
It is asserted by one of our foreign corres¬ 
pondents that by using the Majctin apple 
for stocks, the attacks of the American 
blight {Aphis lanigera) is entirely prevented. 
This may be true, but we cannot understand 
why it should lie so, unless there is some¬ 
thing iu the roots of this variety of the apple 
that is obnoxious to the insect. 
nb us trial (Topics. 
VACATION LETTERS. 
A WORKING EDITOR OUT 0E HARNESS. 
Among the lUonnlniiw. 
My last letter was from Cushing’s Island, 
Casco Bay, Maine. I am now at the Glen 
House, nt the base of Mount Washington. I 
am not of the fashionable sort who visit this 
peak because it is fashionable to do so. But 
I wanted to see it. and see what could he 
seen from it. 1 have just returned from the 
summit, ami am not going to analyze my 
emotions nor undertake to describe what 
is not. describalile, 1 mean business. And 
what people are most interested in is how to 
get here and what it costs. This known, if 
they choose to come, they can experience 
and analyze their own sensations. I don’t 
believe in attempting to turn my inner life 
out for people to gaze at, comment upon and 
perhaps try to realize when they look at the 
same objects I have looked at. I’ll give the 
money c-osL of wlmt 1 obtained and they can 
better judge whether it will pay them to at¬ 
tempt to realize it. 
1 had returned to New York off the farm 
because I wanted a sea voyage. I took a 
steamer at Pier 88 New York city, direct for 
Portland. These steamers stop only at 
Martha’s Vineyard. My passage and state¬ 
room to Portland cost me $ 0 . Then 1 had 
to pay for each meal eaten, on hoard ship, 
seventy-five cents. If one is so fortunate as 
to he sick and not, be hungry, the cost for 
hoard is small. Unfortunately, I was not 
sea-sick, and was hungry. Accordingly, 
leaving New York Thursday at 4 P. M. and 
arriving in Portland Saturday morn, I had 
to pay for four regular meals—$ 3 . I hired 
a baggage wagon to take my trunk to a 
hotel, which cost me fifty cents. Wanted 
to stay a halfday in Portland and wanted a 
room, for which I paid $1 ; for breakfast 
and dinner $ 2 ; for hack to take me and 
baggage to train, $ 1 ; for fare on Grand 
Trunk Railroad to Gorham and return, $ 5 ; 
for stage ride to and from the Glen House, 
from Gorham, $8 ; fur supper, lodging and 
break fast at Glen House, $ 8 . 00 ; for carriage 
ride to Tip Top House and return, $ 5 ; re¬ 
turning, for one day’s hoard at Glen House, 
supposing you gel hack there tp dinner, 
which is cheapest, $>4.o0. Theu'Tr you re¬ 
turn direct to Portland and thence to New 
York, you pay for hoard in Portland, car¬ 
riage litre, &c., what you choose, and finally 
on Mondays and Thursdays you can return 
to New York by boat, paying $5 for passage 
and seventy-five cents each for meals eaten. 
Added to the expenses enumerated are 
gratuities to porters and waiters, and all the 
incidental expenses that travelers are likely 
to incur who minister to their personal 
comfort and pleasure. I ha ve named neces¬ 
sary expenses. There are others equally 
necessary to most people. 
Such is the practical view of a trip to the 
White Mountains. What is gained in re¬ 
turn? The trip on the steamer is especial¬ 
ly vitalizing and pleasant, in pleasant weath¬ 
er, if one is not sea-sick. We had a partially 
rough passage,each way; but it did not up¬ 
set the constitutional appetites of any of onr 
party, and the passage was a jolly one. 
Portland and the beautiful Casco Bay, with 
its Islands, is interesting. Thu trip to Gor¬ 
ham is through a picturesque portion of New 
England—rather monotonously valley's and 
hills, gradually becoming valleys and moun¬ 
tains. The ride on top of a stage coach from 
Gorham to the Glen House, along the course 
of the Peabody River, just at twilight, is ro¬ 
mantic, and if the company is of the right 
sorl.it is by no means the least enjoyable 
portion of the trip. At the Glen House we 
found fires in the wide, long, airy halls, and 
a baud of music playing for our delectation 
and cheer, when we arrived. There were 
F-lora McFlimskyh, and Floras that were 
not McFlmseys, promenading the halls. 
Later the stringed instruments furnished 
music for dancing. The great parlors were 
filled with social groups. The suppers, and 
indeed all Lhe meals at this house are excel¬ 
lent, and one feels entirely reconciled to the 
vicissitudes of mountain life. 
In the morning after our arrival, six or 
eight, carriages—open carriages with four 
seats, carrying three on a seat—drawn by 
six horses each, were loaded with passengers 
for the Tip Top of Mt. Washington, whose 
summit overshadows the Glen House. It is 
an eight mile ride over a good toad up the 
6tdoof the mountain. We left at 8 o’clock and 
reached the summit about 12 M The views of 
surrounding moimluins and valleys, enroute, 
are grand. The Summit reached, if it is 
clear, as it was the day we made the ascent, 
you can gather, with the eye, a vast extent 
of mountain scenery at a glance. 1 said 1 
was not going to describe It at the outset, 
nor attempt to. It is simply indescribable; 
but it is grand, glorious! One creeps around 
among tin: rocks and is entirely willing to 
hide in Hie crevices exclaiming, “ What am 
1? Let me hide!” it makes a man feel 
mote-like, and it is quite likely to exorcise 
his egotism and all idea that this eartli was 
made for him and his. 
From Hie opposite side (from the Glen 
House) of the mountain there is a railway 
track up the mountain, and passengers are 
brought up by steam. Each car, which is 
about the length of an ordinary steam car, 
is propelled by an engine. There are two 
outside rails for the car to roll upon, but 
this traction power of the engine is secured 
by a center rail consisting of a scries <>X 
horizontal holts, say two inches apart, be¬ 
tween which the cogs on the propelling 
wheel of the engine mesh. I was told that 
the rate of speed was about a mile an hour. 
By' far, the most comfortable and satisfac¬ 
tory way of ascending Hie mountain, 1 was 
assured by those who had tried both modes 
was by carriages. If one wants to spend a 
night at the Tip Top House,on the Summit, 
it will cost $(> per day. 
1 have thus given the realistic view of a 
trip to the White Mountains, because 1 
know that those who design going will pre¬ 
fer to develop sentiment for themselves, Did 
it pay ? Yes—it did me and the party with 
me. We would not have missed it. So the 
Rural’s readers have the prose and, if they 
think they can afford it, they can have the 
poetry and enjoyment. 
A lot lit. Portland. 
On our return from the White Mountains 
we spent a day in Portland, riding all 
through and around it. It is a beautiful 
city—well located, and the residence por¬ 
tion well built and the streets lined with 
arching elms. But I was surprised at its 
business dullness. Since the great lire which 
devastated a largo portion of the business 
section, it has been rebuilt in a most 
substantial and ornamental manner. But 
it is as dull ns a country village, tak¬ 
ing into account the population. There 
is little manufacturing, no ship building, 
llie trade with the West Indies, which 
once lined its docks with shipping, is 
now small, and it certainly has that sort of 
retrograde appearance, that dead-and-alive 
business atmosphere, which saddens and 
subdues, rather than vitalizes and exhila¬ 
rates a people. 
Of its future I cannot speak hopefully—• 
nor otherwise in fact. No one could tell me 
any large prospective stories, it. has a mag¬ 
nificent and accessible harbor; hut its trade 
seems as death-like as a Sunday tmicrnl. 
fUnib pcpartiurat. 
ABOUT IOWA. 
Feeling that a sketch of the history and 
development of the beautiful Slate of Iowa 
will be both interesting and instructive to 
the readers of the Rural New-Yorker, 1 
will delineate a few of the beauties which 
adorn this noble State. Its name is of 
Indian origin—supposed by some to have 
been Hie name ot an Indian maiden; but 
that is not tine. Many moons since a tribe 
of Indians having been driven from the 
great lakes westward, on crossing the father 
of waters in search of new limiting grounds, 
were so impressed with Hie beauties of our 
State that their universal exclamation was 
“ Eawali!”—“Beautiful!” and they imme¬ 
diately chose it for their home. The Eng¬ 
lish pronunciation easily made it “Iowa,” 
and the tribe of Indians received the name 
of lowayns in English; but in their own 
dialect went by some outlandish appellation 
which we do not remember. 
Previous to 1708 onr State belonged to 
Franco and was within the limits of the 
Louisiana Territory. It was then ceded 
to Spain and remained under the rule of 
that kingdom thirty-seven years, when 
France again became the owner ; but three 
years afterward it was ceded to the United 
States—in 1808. It was buffeted about for 
several years, first in the Louisiana Terri¬ 
tory, next Missouri, next Michigan, next 
part of the Territory of Wisconsin, and 
finally, with Minnesota, it was, in 1838, 
erected into the Territory <>f Iowa, it was 
admitted into the Union March 8,1845, and 
now contains 1,200,000 inhabitants. Still 
its capacity is not lull. 
Iowa has a fine, undulating surface, and is 
situated between the Mississippi and Mis¬ 
souri rivers and is interspersed byhimtmer- 
uble small streams supported by springs, 
making its water looilitiesequal to anyoLher 
State in the Union, Iowa has a rich, pro¬ 
ductive soil. The soil or loam is from 
eighteen inches to three loot thick, with a 
pliable subsoil. It is not only a stock but 
a grain State,though it js fast becoming one 
of the leading States in all agricultural pur¬ 
suits. We are made to exclaim “ Beauti¬ 
ful 1” when traversing these prairies in har¬ 
vest time, dotted with fields of golden grain 
and adorned by Nature’s own hand; for 
there are thousands of acres not yet dis¬ 
turbed by man, covered with delicious grass 
on which large herds of stock subsist from 
early spring until winter cuts them short. , 
And from the spontaneous production of 
these prairies we gather our hay, and could 
gather thousands of tons more than is con¬ 
sumed. 
All Iowa needs to make it one of the first 
Slates in the Union is development. There 
are great inducements offered to the poor 
man ; he not only has his choice of thousands 
of acres of Government land, but has an op¬ 
portunity to procure railroad land along the 
several lines crossing the State, Oil thu most 
liberal terms, final payment not required for 
ten years. Weneed immigration, and stand 
with outstretched arms to receive all those 
that wish to settle in our midst. We have a 
salubrious climate, promoting the health of 
the healthful and restoring health to the 
invalid, 
Though ours is considered a prairie Stale, 
yet there is an abundance of timber for build¬ 
ing purposes. The native limber is oak, 
walnut, hackherry, ash, cottonwood, &c. 
Iowa is rich in minerals. Her coal fields are 
very rich and at no great depth. There are 
also extensive peat fields, from which a vast 
amount of fuel is obtained. In the north¬ 
eastern portion of the Statu there are rich 
lead mines, from which, several thousand 
tons are taken annually. In Webster and 
other counties there art: vast fields of gypsum 
which, if properly worked, would not only 
supply the home market, hut afford a vast 
amount for foreign trade. Boskle these, we 
have an abundance of stone of various kinds 
and variety. 
These are the inducements which Iowa 
holds forth to the home seeker. 
Decatur Co., Iowa. IT. C. Watson. 
ibt Ihorsrman. 
NOTES P0R HORSEMEN. 
niin.I StaniterM in Hornes. 
F. J. Robinson gives Lite Plantation the 
following remedy, which he says ho has tried 
and proven:—“A horse attacked, should lie 
at once bled copiously in the mouth. Strong¬ 
ly bridled, he should ha placed where he can¬ 
not strike the operator with liis fore feet. 
Take a strong, sharp, square liladeil knife, 
and make acrncieal incision in his forehead, 
above the curl, thus dissecting up the skin 
and integuments to the bone I Procure a 
piece of poke root, two by three inches, bevel 
off the edges all around, soak in spirits of 
turpentine until saturated, insert the same, 
draw the edges of the skin, etc , together, 
then place a tar cap over the whole surface. 
Feed the horse on scalded oats, held up io 
him, and water him in the same way. Ilis 
head and neck refuse to allow him to gather 
liis food or drink, as is his wont. Tins 
remedy 1 have tried to my perfect satis¬ 
faction.” 
Done Spavin nit.l IMusbono. 
Noticing in my last. Rural New-York¬ 
er, No 8, Vol. 24, a request, from B. Rock¬ 
well for a cure for hone spavin, also a re¬ 
quest. from T. D. Speer for a cure for 
ringbone, I would say to them that if they 
will use hiniodidc of mercury, one drachm ; 
lard, one ounce ; mixed and applied once a 
day, first clipping the hair short, they will 
be very likely to stop tlm growth and re¬ 
move the lameness.— A. J. Die Land. 
1 send you a recipe that has been tried 
and found a sure cure;—Two oz. gum cam¬ 
phor; two oz. sweet oil; twooz. spirits tur¬ 
pentine; two oz. origanum; mixed with 
one pint alcohol, let it stand twenty-four 
hours and il is ready for use. Apply it every 
day for three weeks—just enough to cover 
the part affected.—E. A. R. Faircuild. 
A Horne Unit Knack I an. 
Mv horse’s failure is in Ids fetlocks or 
pastern joint.. He knuckles or, iu other 
words, cocks ; stands forward; there seems 
to be a weakness in the fetlocks. The horse 
is young, and was never worked or driven 
hard. 1 keep him mostly for driving; com¬ 
menced to stand forward recently. I have 
taken very good care of him lately. Now 
1 am very anxious to know whether it can 
lie cured, and how. Can any of your readers 
suggest a remedy and oblige a subscriber.— 
J. B. _ 
<Jntcliinn Uovnon. 
Will some rentier of the Rural New- 
Yorker please give me some information in 
regard to catching horses. 1 have a valu¬ 
able mare, four years old, kind and gentle 
while in harness; but, with great difficulty, 
we have to corner her to catch her. Have 
tried coaxing with salt, oats and apples; 
have petted her in every way that 1 can 
think of, hut with no success. Inform me 
through the Rural, and oblige,—.), u. a. 
A Horne Gent His Ttinvue Over ike Hit. 
W. 1*. R. is informed Unit ae have seen 
bits with broad plates attached to the mouth 
piece which prevent the horse getting bis 
tongue over the bit. We do not know 
where they can lie obtained, but probably 
any first class harness maker can supply 
them. 
- - 
Imjnirle- for H<»r>ieiiieii.--A correspondent, at 
Pulitski, VV. Va., asks what will make the hair 
grow on a horso’s tali. 
