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years go by. More and more dependence Is 
placed upon top-dressing of compost, muck, 
ashes, and upon mulching with coarse manure 
or even straw alone. It is getting to be be¬ 
lieved, that plowing among old orchard trees 
is a positive injury, shortening the lives of the 
trees without increasing their productiveness 
materially. It Is claimed that an old orchard 
tree needs all its fibrous roots, which must be 
fed, it is true, but which may he fed by top- 
dressing and which, some of the most expe¬ 
rienced farmers say, is the only natural way of 
feeding growing trees. There is a good deal of 
common sense in the theory, and a great deal 
of success follows the practice. The best or¬ 
chards I have seen hereabouts—I mean old or¬ 
chards—are those that have been thus treated 
the past ten or more years. But their owners 
see that tJwy are properly fed! The trouble with 
the practice is for may be) that the feeding or 
manuring the trees is too often neglected ; 
while if the orchard is plowed,Jtho farmer will 
draw on tons of manure in order to get a good 
crop of corn or potatoes from among the trees. 
Thus the orchard gets some benefit—shares it 
with the crop planted. 
Sheep and Pigs In Orchards. 
The best fruit—the cleanest, best grown and 
least, deformed fruit—I have seen is that grown 
in orchards in which pigs or sheep have been 
permitted to range for a series of years up to 
the time the fruit really begins to mature and 
drop. It Is astonishing what a difference It 
makes In the aggregate amount of perfect speo- 
imons of apples, pears and plums that Jiang on 
the trees. They destroy innumerable insects. 
Those who admit the pigs to the orchards ring 
or rim their noses. They do not uilow them to 
break the sod by rooting. Thus, they make 
them watchful of every larva and insect which 
appears on the surface, and compel them to 
eat the suing fruit which drops from the trees 
in the early part of the season. 
Sheep are more dangerous In an orchard than 
swine. They are more liable to gnaw the bark 
from the trees—especially if young, and the 
pasturage is short, llut as a rule, there is little 
damage done. Here is one man who lias kept 
thirty handsome South-Downs in his orchard 
this season, and not a tree Is injured ; nor can 
you find an apple on the ground after 10 o’clock 
in the morning, unless you happen to be under 
the tree about, the time it drops. 
Orchards as Poultry Yards. 
No orchard that I have seen, however, sur¬ 
passes one in which no live stock has been kept 
other than poultry—hens, geese, turkeys, guinea 
and pea fowl. Here Is an extensive range, in¬ 
closed by a high picket fence. The trees are 
mulched and manured every year—sometimes 
in fall and sometimes in spring. Turkeys roost 
in the trees; so do the other fowls. The geese 
have a pond fed by a brook in which to bathe. 
All the fowls are kept in this orchard that can 
be with profit. The crop of fruit Is bountiful 
and beautiful. The abuudunco is due to care 
in pruning, washing and feeding. Its beauty 
and perfectness is largely attributed by the 
owner tothe vigilance of the fowls in hunting 
insects and destroying them. The profits from 
the fowls are large. It Is claimed t hat they are 
the most productive and profitable live stock 
he has, In proportion to the investment. Eggs, 
chickens and turkeys always bring a good price; 
and the range he thus gives them and the com¬ 
parative freedom, diminishes the amount of 
care required and the per cent, of loss from 
disease that ordinarily obtains where fowl are 
closely confined. Keally, tho orchard, with its 
fruit and poultry products, isrogardedthe most 
profitable portion of his investment in propor¬ 
tion to the expense involved in its care. 
Reaper was exhibited by Mr. Scott of Hoosick 
Falls; the Sprague mower by W, E. Barrett, 
Providence, R. 1.; the Eureka by the Eureka 
M. M. Co., Poughkeepsie, N. Y.; the Warrior 
Mower by the Warrior Mowing Machine Co., 
Little Falls, N. Y.; the Champion Feed Cutter, 
Champion Horse Hake and Galea Copper Strip 
Feed Cutter, by WtuvtkmoKB Bros., Boston ; 
the Wakefield Earth Closet by Char. A. Wakr- 
fif.lt>, Pittsfield, Mass.; tho Pennock Double 
Harpoon Horae Hay Fork, and the Hollings¬ 
worth Hay Hake, by E. E. Lcmmis, Boston; the 
Climax Apple Slicer, Lightning Apple and 
Peach Parers, and a fine assortment of Wood’s 
Hot Water-Proof Cutlery, by D. H. Goodell, 
Antrim, N. H.; the Bullard Hay Tedder and 
Buckeye Mower, by The Richardsou M’f’g Co„ 
Worcester, Mass.; the Superior Hay Tedder, by 
llie Higganum M'f'gCo., Higganum Conn.; the 
American Meat Chopper, and Domestic Meat 
and Fruit Presses, by the Athol Machine Co.; 
the Whildemore Meat. Cutter, Union Apple 
Parer, Sheer and Peach Stoner, by D. II. Wiiit- 
TF.MonK, Worcester. Mass.; the Wiener Self- 
Adjusting Hake, by Jab. E. Wisneji. Friend¬ 
ship, N. Y.; the Granite State Horse Hay and 
Grain Itake, by J. B. Small, Boston, Mass.; the 
Jersey Apple Grinder, by It. BcttjjRWORTH, 
| Trenton, N. J.; the Union Horse Power, by 
Burt, Hildreth * Co., Harvard, Mass.; anew 
Patent Milk Cooler, and Stevens’ Butter Work¬ 
er, by Seth F. Coles, Coventry. Vt.; the Home 
Sewing Machine, by Johnson, Clark & Co., 
Boston.; the Singer Sewing Machine, by Mr. 
Freeman, Boston ; the Dressmaker’s Hemtner 
and Binder, by the Globe Machine Co., East 
Hampstead, Mass. There was a large display of 
other machines, implements, etc., which we 
ha ve neither time nor space to notice. A mong 
the valuable invention* shown the Chicken In¬ 
cubator of Jacob Graves, Boston, attracted 
marked and merited attention. The Atchison, 
Topeka & Santa Fe Railroad made a general 
display of the products of their lands, being 
represented hy C. P. Bolmaii, Topeka. Kansas. 
— Dr. Geo. fj, Louing, President of the So¬ 
ciety, delivered a felicitous address on the 
opening of tho Fair. The annual address, by 
llov. W. H. H. Murray, was made on Saturday, 
and, though not heard by our reporter, is pre¬ 
sumed to have been able and appropriate to 
the occasion. 
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PERSONAL MENTION. 
VACATION LETTERS. 
A Working Editor Out of Harness. 
I have been hauling out muck to-day. 
There’s a deposit, of it down yonder in the 
field, and by drawing off the water with a si¬ 
phon, wo have been able to got. out cords of ns 
fine muck as ever made an apple tree grow or 
grass look green, or deprived a manure heap of 
offensive odors. How did we get it out? To 
save handling, an ordinary stone-boat (or drag, 
as it is called in some localities,) with stakes 
and sideboards, was slid down into the muck 
bed, loaded, a chain attached, and the team on 
the bank hitched to the chain undmade to pull 
the load out; then John hauled it off to the 
orchard or in A the barn-yard. It has been 
found that m . k drawn out at this time of year 
and spread over l he roots of the orchard trees, 
pays for itself ten-fold, both in the crops of 
• apples and of grass or potatoes grown on the 
’ ground the succeeding year. But farmers here- 
% about are getting to value it, too, as an ahsorb- 
j ent, and cords of it are piled up convenient to 
the stables; and every time the stable is cleaned 
of its excrement, a man with a wheelbarrow 
litters that part of the stable where the cattle 
drop the liquid and solid excrement, liberally 
with muck. This takes up the juices and the 
gases. Then, when it is thrown out of the stable 
windows, It is in condition to keep without 
loss; it is well mixed, and needs less forking 
over during winter. 
Talking about the Orchard, 
reminds me to say that there Is less and less 
cultivating of orchards, hereabouts, as the 
THE NEW ENGLAND FAIR. 
The Tenth Annual Exhibition of the New 
England Ag. Society, held at Mystic Park, Med¬ 
ford, near Boston, last week, was In the main a 
decided success. The weather was favorable, 
except on Thursday, and the attendance good. 
Moat departments of the Exhibition were cred¬ 
itable, though those of Flowers, Fruits and 
Vegetables were deficient. Tho show at Cattle 
and Horses was especially commendable. The 
entries of Stock were—Cattle, 425; Horses, 267; 
Sheep, 103; Swine, 44; Poultry, 60. The display 
of Cattle included 105 Ayrshlres, 86 Short-Horns, 
65 Devons, 56 Alderneys, 41 Halstelns, 36 Here- 
fords and 50 Grades. Wm. Mattoon of Spring- 
field exhibited 10 superior Devons among 
them his25-months-old “Duke of Hampden," i 
weighing 1,560 lbs., probably the largest, and 
finest animal of his age In the world. The show 
of other breeds included superior animals, but 
we have not spaoe to particularize. The Rev. 
W. H. H. Murray, of Adirondack fame, ex¬ 
hibited ten or twelve superior horses, which 
were much admired by lovers of the equine 
race. Of thorough-bred horses and stallions 
there was a notable and attractive display. The 
display of Sheep, Swine and Poultry was not 
large, but comprised many specimens of excel¬ 
lent quality. 
Of Agricultural Implements. &c., (and &c. 
includes many valuable “Yankee Notions,”) 
there was a large and fine exhibition. The 
Ames Plow Co., of Boston and New York, made 
a grand.dteplay, occupying a tent 60 by 150, wit h 
over 400 e.utries of articles of their own and 
Oliver Ames & Sons’ manufacture—including 
the American Hay Tedder, Burt’s Self-Adjust¬ 
ing Hay Rake, Perry Mower, Hakes’, Sessions' ' 
and Knox’s Plows, and a flue collection of Farm 
Wagons and Carts. The Wood Mower and 1 
Boston is becoming very attractive. The 
Quarter-Centennial of the American Pomolog- 
. ical Society is attracting thither men from all 
parts of tho country'. They naturally drop in 
to the Bubal New-Yorkkb Office, to see the 
men who sympathize so thoroughly with the 
aims and objects of the organization. 
Among the first, to report at this office the 
past w'ook was P. J. Bkrukmans of Augusta, 
Ga., Editor of the Farmer and Gardener of that 
city, and a horticulturist who has done a vast 
deal to disseminate a taste for and knowledge 
of horticulture among our Southern brethren. 
Mr. Rekukmanh was escorted by Prof. Geo. 
Thithbkr of tho American Agriculturist, a mau 
whose heart is as big as noy man’s, and who 
bates humbugs like a true Christian. Both go 
to Boston. 
The aforementioned gentlemen had scarcely 
reached this sanctum ere in came P. T. Quinn 
of New Jersey, the Secretary of the New Jersey 
State Agricultural Society, a pear grower and 
truck gardener of practical eminence — and 
moreover, one of the Jolliest men we know' of. 
They happened to meet here oJd " Daily Rural 
Life,” who also goes to Boston, where all the 
good people are going Just now. 
Scarcely had we given the above-named a 
“good-by” and “God speed," ere came in our 
good friend F. R. Elliott, Secretary of the 
American Poinologioal Societ y—the man whom 
we have had to castigate for official utterances 
in the Report of the Society. We had a pleas¬ 
ant hour with him, during which he acknowl¬ 
edged that lie did not say what he meant—that 
he did not meau to convey the idea that “con¬ 
ductors of journals and publishers of books are 
utterly ignorant of varieties of fruits or plants,” 
(which was what he said,) but that they were 
not, as a rule, botanists and pomologists, and 
hence what they publish cannot be regarded as 
authority relative to pomologlcal and botanical 
nomenclature, and that., so far as Pomology is 
concerned, the American Pomological Society 
is the highest authority in this country- Had 
Friend Elliott originally said what, he meant 
to say, he would have said only what is true, 
and what every Agricultural journalist in the 
country recognizes as truth. Unfortunately, 
he did not say so—hence has aroused against 
himself the indignation which naturally results 
from the official promulgation of a libel on 
men who. no matter how limited their knowl¬ 
edge, are not “utterly ignorant of fruits or 
plants.” 
Judge SGHLEY from Savannah, Ga., another 
representative of Pomology in the South, has 
shown his shining face and silvery hair in the 
sanctum, and we were glad to welcome him, 
since the sight of a Southerner, en route for 
Boston, is additional evidence that the intelli¬ 
gent men of the South are vigilantly and dili¬ 
gently at work at material reconstruction which, 
after all, is the best way to work out or solve 
the political problems which involve so much 
tact and wisdom In their solution. We know 
that Boston and the representatives of the 
whole North, East and West, will rejoice to 
welcome such men to this grand reunion of 
American Pomologists. ! , 
RURAL NOTES AND QUERIES. 
The Farmer..’ Movement in t.bc West is daily 
gaining strength. For example, a telegram tells 
of a Farmers’ Meeting in Washington, Iowa, 
on the 5th inat., which was the largest ever held 
In that State, The extent and power of the 
organization of the Patrons of Husbandry was 
shown by the attendance of 60 Grange* who 
marched In procession, hearing appropriate 
mottoes, and robed In the regalias a of their 
order and accompanied by wagons covered with 
emblematic decorations. On the ground were 
500 teams, and from 6,600 t o 10.000 farmers were 
present. They were first addressed by Mr. Dud¬ 
ley W. Adams, master of the National Grange. 
He said that tho Order of the Patrons of Hus¬ 
bandry’ was intended to elevate the agricultural 
classes—to teach the farmers to work together 
and to better themselves. It will enable them 
to buy cheaper and sell dearer, but these are 
not its chief or Its only advantage*. It. ig based 
on higher and broader principles, and would 
make its members better men and women. 
Patrons should not neglect politics; they 
should attend to their political duties with 
greater care; politics had become corrupt, 
mainly because the mass of the people had been 
uninformed of their political duties. He said 
tho industrial classes of this country have its 
political power in their hands, and he hoped 
the day would come when it would be deemed 
as much a patriotic duty to watch over our 
liberties at the polls as to defend them on the 
battle-field. The next speaker was Miss Julia 
A. Gaukktkon, a farmer’s daughter. Her 
speech was the best of the day, full of good 
lilts at the corruptions of our politics and of 
good advice to her brethren. 
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Encouraging Arbitration Among Farmers. 
The Ritual New-Yorker hag repeatedly en¬ 
couraged the resort to this method of settling 
disputes among neighbors and farmers, whose 
difl’ercnces are oftener the result, of a misun¬ 
derstanding than of any real disposition on the 
part of either to wrong the othor. Wo are grat¬ 
ified to know that the Patrons of Husbandry 
encourage this mode of settling differences. It 
is wise; und the fraternal feeling which is pro¬ 
moted t or ought, to bo) by these organizations 
will diminish the friction which is the natural 
result of Infrequent contact with each other. 
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Complimentary Tickets to Fairs have been 
received from various State, District, County 
and Local Societies, for which the Officers will 
pleuse accept our acknowledgments, with the 
assurance that we should be glad to accept in 
propria perxona, bnt for the fact that It Is im¬ 
possible for us to be omnipresent. Though wc 
comprise several persons, we cannot “Oil the 
bill" in one year, anil therefore must esk fur¬ 
ther time—the privilege of postponing visits to 
some localities until other Fairs are announced 
and held. 
Reports ol‘ Fairs.—Those sending us accounts 
of Fairs will please remember that “ brevity is 
the soul of wit," and not only that but indis¬ 
pensable in a journal like ours. At this season 
our pages are so crowded that we can only give 
limited space to reports, und hence request cor¬ 
respondents reporting Fairs to be brief—giving 
us the main facts and figures in as concise and 
condensed language as possible. Please give 
the main points, leavirffdetails to local papers. 
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The Article On Colorado by our Duiry Editor, 
occupies a good deal of space, as does the Diary 
of a Ruralist; but wo flatter ourselves that our 
.reader* will find both interesting reading. We 
do not intend to give them so long a dose oi 
any one or two things every week, but they will 
find no reason tn complain that they do not get 
valuable information, If the articles referred to 
are carefully read. 
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RURAL BREVITIES. 
Thomas G. Williams ; A. T. Stewart & Co., 
N. Y. City will fill the bill. 
A “Society for the Protection of useful 
Birds “ has recently been organized in Mass. 
The work of organizing Granges of Patrons 
of Husbandry in Oregon has actively begun. 
J. G. M., Fredericksburg, Va., see “Rural 
Brevities” iri Rural Aug. 23, for answer to 
your Inquiry. 
The condensed milk factory at West Brook¬ 
field, Mass., uso up more than three tons ©f 
sugar each month. 
We acknowledge the receipt of Peter Hen¬ 
derson & Co.’s Autumn catalogue of Dutch 
bulbs, flower roots, &o. 
We have received a neatly bound volume, in¬ 
cluding the descriptive and trade catalogues of 
Messrs. Ellwanger and Barry, Rochester, 
N. Y., for 1873-4. 
BUSINESS NOTICES/ 
Don’t let your children spend money tor trash, 
hut let them get a game of A vilude. If the pictures 
and descriptions comprising this game were in book 
form they would cost many times the price of the 
game. Bent post-paid, on receipt of 76 cents, by 
WEST A Leu, Worcester, Muss. 
“ Must have a large sale, and deserves It, too.”— 
Harper’s Weekly. 
Undies, If you wish a silk that will run well on 
your sewing machines, buy the Eureka. It is the 
best and most economical to use. 
