to be improved by feeding alone. Ho never did. 
He recommended the application of mercurial 
ointment, robbing it in well along the back, 
back of t he horns, and by tying n greased string 
about llio nock. 1l is the only effective remedy 
he has ever found, and he has tried sulphur, to¬ 
bacco water, etc. Mr. Fuller never had any 
lousy or wormy cuttle, arul don't believe there 
is any need of having them. 
Girdled Pencil Trees, Mr. Crank recom¬ 
mended that young peach trees girdled by mice, 
be cut right off. They will sprout up and make 
good trees; indeed, he had found it to bo an ad¬ 
vantage to some youngorcbnrds to so cut off tho 
trees, whether girdled or not. Mr. Williams 
said that It, was a well known fact among woods¬ 
men, that if a girdled tree was out off above tho 
girdle. It would throw up sprouts; but if girdled 
and allowed to stand, it would die. Ho had 
known fruits renewed by thus cutting trees 
down at the right time of year. 
How to Lay Out nil Orchard.— A correspond¬ 
ent asks the best way to lay out tin orchard and 
get tho rows straight. Mr. Crane said that ho 
always squared Ids ground, set out stakes, and 
plowed furrows each way, sotting his trees at tho 
intersections of the furrows. Mr. Fuller satd 
there was not. one man ill a hundred who Anew 
how to square ground. Mr. Crank said it was a 
very easy mat ter t,o do it with a ten foot pole, if 
one knew how; but bo did not oxplatn further. 
Potato ling in Missouri. A correspondent 
had heard of the ravages of a potato bug in Mis¬ 
souri, ami asked for more informat ion concern¬ 
ing it. Ho was advised to apply to Charles v. 
Riley, State Entomologist, of Missouri, at St. 
Louis, who could tell him all about, it. 
Transporting Pineapples, — A correspondent 
asked if Pineapple plants could be safely ship¬ 
ped from Europe to this country. Dr. Smith 
said, Yes. He had received them, planted in 
snmil tubs, from the West Indies in perfect, con- 
n thought they might be obtained 
incss of milk, but 1 cannot, get over six pounds 
per day. I commenced feeding her ground oats, 
and the Increase of the two last milkings was to¬ 
gether nine ounces. I have carefully weighed 
all the milk. The cream is taken off after stand¬ 
ing twfnty-four hours. Wo have churned once 
tho cream from forty-four pounds of milk; net 
of butter, two pounds one ounce, yellow as gold. 
I feed clover hay and potatoes.” 
AxpnrngtiH Culture.—A. I’krink. Englishtown, 
N. J., asks when ho should plant, in what kind 
of soil, how cultivate, and with wlmt. to fertilise 
asparagus. H is replied; Handy soil or sandy 
loam is best; plant in fall or spring, iu rows 
vorite; Nonpareil, a superior late variety; 
Dyker, new, ami proved last year extra fine. 
Clump-Footed Cabbage. 
A friend of mine, a few years since, iu 
setting out liis cabbage plants, made use of 
the following;—He took a disblul ol New 
England rum, dipped the roots of each plant 
into the rum as he set it out, and every plant 
made a good cabbage. He thinks the mag¬ 
gots that eat the roots arc non-drinkers .— 
L. L. Pierce. 
ii^cussions 
AMERICAN INST. FARMERS’ CLUB 
PROFITS OF GRAPE CULTURE 
In the Rural of March 5th, some startling 
reports are given of the discussions at one of 
the meetings of the “ Western New York 
Horticultural Socioty,” held during the past 
winter in the city of Rochester. At one of 
Arboriculture 
BY HUGH T. BROOKS. 
supertluous branches trom truu trees, min¬ 
ing should be done after the coldest weather 
is over, and before tho buds are much 
swollen in the spring. Small shoots may be 
removed any time, and it is far better to rub 
off the incipient branch than to wait 1 ill it 
has absorbed the nourishment required by 
other parts of the tree, and then take it off at 
much greater expense, leaving a damaging 
wound behind. It is a very shameful necessi¬ 
ty that requires the removal of a branch 
three inches through. Gross ignorance, or 
gross neglect, is at the bottom ot it. Rather 
than remove a big hmb , I would go further 
up and thin the smaller branches. 
Pruning from October to April, stimulates 
growth, making the tree more thrifty, but 
pruning from May to September, checks 
growth. I have known severe pruning of 
trees in leaf to kill them outright. When, 
however, a thrifty tree forgets to bear, it may 
dition 
cheaper from the South than front Europe. Mr. 
Fuller said, No; that they were propagated in 
great nurntiers in Europe, and could bo pur¬ 
chased cheap there. 
Market lor Hnslict Willow*.—L. It. UODOERS, 
Bradford, Fa., nslcs where then.) is a market for 
basket willow, Hint how it should be prepared 
for market. No member of the Club could 
answer the questions. 
Blue Urn**» for Kansas.—H. Kknuai.l, ArtlOO, 
Kausn8, asks if blue grass will grow in Kansas. 
Mr, Williams said it grows In the edge of Kan¬ 
sas and in Missouri ns the prairie grasses go out. 
He had no doubt whatever that Kansas, Ne¬ 
braska and Missouri will in time become us fa¬ 
mous, as blue grass regions, us Kentucky now is. 
The Prairie Grasses.— Mr, WILLIAMS sought 
to tangle the noddies of tin; Hub's philosophers 
by the following profound question: How can 
we produce and perpetuate tho prairie grass, 
which is fast dying out? Mr. Fuller, asked 
wlmt kind of prairie grass he referred to. The 
profound Williams wanted his question to 
stand just as it was. Mr. Fuller replied that 
there was a great number of species of prairie 
grass, any one. of which could bo propagated 
from seed. Mr. WILLIAMS hud never seen any 
prairie grass seed, and doubted If it had any. 
Mr. Fuller could show him tho seed of a hun¬ 
dred varieties within ton minutes' walk of the 
Club rooms. All grasses flower and bear seed. 
Philosopher Williams evidently did not believe 
any such nonsense! 
Frown Seed ling Apples from Michigan were 
shown, and lasted, as a curiosity, we suppose—or 
for an advertisement. No tactsoonoornlng them 
were given, except that they would keep till 
“XjaAX'TOJST’S J AH l :P:H.A ,, -( r rho EiaiHiest Wrinkled Pea.) 
f good clay is 
three fool- apart each way, or two feet, eight 
inches by four feet. Cover (ho crowns four or 
llvo inches deep; plant Conover's Colossal. 
Shallow planting enables market men to get it 
into market early, which Is Important. Mr. 
FULLER said many people suppose that, they 
should plant it deep in order that they may out 
it deep beneath t ho ground and get tho white 
stalks, which are not lit to cat. Only that which 
grows aboveground is eatable. English garden¬ 
ers blanch this portion by placing over it, after 
it Is well up, bell glasses. Some one asked if the 
beds Should be underlaid with stones. The Pro¬ 
fessor of Early Rising exclaimed, “ Put in 
stones! No, air 1 Put in common sense, keep 
the stones out, and get up before brea kfast .” 
Marketing Vegetables. — Mr. FULLER hoped 
Mr. Quinn would write a statement of the re¬ 
quirements of our markets and market garden¬ 
ers. There are a great many facts which the 
buyers of vegetables ought to know, and which 
would result to their advantage and that of the 
producer; for the producer has to cater to the 
whims and notions of buyers, wimt-lmr there is 
any good reason for It or not. For Instance, 
rhubarb is brought into market with the leaves 
on tho stalks, and every gardener knows it. 
would bo, and remain, in better condit ion if the 
leaves are eut. from the stalks as soon as the 
stalks are cut iu tho garden. Jit one case it will 
remain fresh and crisp; iu tho other it wilts and 
is worthless. Mr. Quinn said radishes were an¬ 
other example. If a market gardener tics his 
radishes up in a tlat bunch lie can gel a good 
price for them; but if he ties up tho same 
radishes in a round bunch he cannot sell them 
at any price; and tho same may be said of 
celery. It costs more to l tins prepare them for 
market, and the consumer gets no bettor article. 
Age of Asparagus fled*.—Mr. BrUEN says the 
asparagus stalks should be allowed to go to seed 
and become dry; and w lieu dried, they should 
bo out off and the bed covered four inches deep 
with manure. Gent lemen gave records of beds 
that hud boon known to produce finely from 
thirty to fifty and one hundred years. A Lon¬ 
don gardener who grew asparagus extensively, 
hud told Prof. Nash that Hi© beds should bo re- 
nowed once in twenty years to secure the best 
profit. Good, well decomposed barn-yard ma¬ 
nure is tho best fort ili/.er. 
Lightning Rod*.—D. A. WRIGHT, Maumee City, 
0., asks about heating apparatus and lightning 
rods—especial I y whether tho latter is any pro¬ 
tection to buildings. The Commander of the 
('lull says some people sleep better if they have 
a lightning rod on the house during a thunder 
storm; others doubted if they were of any utili¬ 
ty whatever. Prof. Nash says lightning rods, it 
properly constructed, put up and kept in order, 
arc undoubtedly a protection. They should al¬ 
ways terminate in damp ground. 
Why Horse* Go Blind.—A sa W.Welden, Rock¬ 
ford, III,, says that, horses often become blind 
from eating corn unground. The operation of 
grinding affects the net , r es of the oyes, causing 
blindness. Dr. J. V. L. Smith says there is no 
relation whatever between tho Jaws and tho 
nerves of the eyes, and there is not a particle of 
sense in the statement of M r. W ki.dkn ; it is ut¬ 
ter nonsense. 
Lire on < attic.—A sa W. Wkldkn, Rockford 
III., says corn meal led to cattle will destroy lice 
and improve tho stock. Farmer Mott, ton, the 
I fascinating, super-condensed embodiment of 
wisdom, recoftimended tho application of to¬ 
bacco water, air. Fuller believes that good 
care will prevent and good feed will extermi¬ 
nate lice on cattle. Dr. Snodgrass recommend¬ 
ed Cresylic Soap. Mr. Williams asked if any 
man ever knew an animal, both poor and lousy, 
tlieir latest meetings, the subject of what I 
kind of fruit would be moat profitable to 
plant was brought, up. A Mr Hoag (of 
Lockport I believe) said that after twenty 
years of experience, grapes had proved tube 
the most profitable with him; and as an in¬ 
stance bis last season’s crop lutd yielded him 
$1,500 per acre more than apples or pears. 
He also stated in tho same connection, that 
his three-years-old lonas had given him $1,400 
per acre! Now I cannot find a single 
individual iu this locality willing to believe 
these statements; and if there are any grave 
mistakes in tho matter, it is due to the com¬ 
munity here and elsewhere, to know just 
what they are. I am hardly willing to 
believe that Mr. Hoag would knowingly 
make a very glaring misstatement; therefore 
I would most respectfully ask him to givens 
through the Rural the modus operandi by 
which such astounding results are brought 
about. We should like to know the number 
of vines and kinds lio has on an acre, and 
his style of pruning and management gene¬ 
rally. We should like also to know In what 
market they were sold, and the price received 
per pound. 
Grapes arc a specialty with us; and we are 
constantly on the look out for new ideas, and 
shall deem it an especial favor to be informed 
how we can safely realize half what Mr. 
Hoag says ho is doing, 
J. Hagar, Sec. Naples Ilort. Soc. 
Naples, N. Y., March, 15,1870. 
ARBORICULTURAL NOTES. 
CHi'tllod Peach Trees. 
I. W. Brady has peach trees that were 
banked up eight or ten inches last fall, and 
above the banking the mice have girdled 
them so completely that lie says scarcely 
one will live. lie asks:—“ On removing the 
earth will they sprout, and with care make 
good trees, or would it be better to set out 
new trees? If it is best to leave them to 
sprout, would you remove the dead part?" 
We should neither plant new trees nor trust 
to the sprouting. The trees may bo easily 
saved. They may be saved iu the manner 
shown in the accompanying engraving. 
Cut from the trees branches of green wood 
the length required to connect the bark 
above end below the gnawed space, sharpen 
them at each end to the shape of a wedge, 
drive a narrow, sharp chisel into the bark 
above and below the girdled space and press 
each end of the sharpened twigs firmly into 
the cuts made by the chisel. |M 
Then wax the gnawed iLrijjjS 
space well, or coat it with wjjffl 
gum shellac, or bind about if 1 1M 
it with cloth and string 
fresh excrement from the \\, 
cow stable. Care must be j- 
taken to have the bark on 
the body of the tree, and that branches driven 
therein meet, or coincide. It is easy to save 
trees in this way. We have done it, and scores 
have done it when half their orchards— 
peaches, pears and apples—were completely 
girdled. Attend to it at once. Do it thor¬ 
oughly, and the trees will scarcely show 
that they have been injured. 
Cbareonl Mulch for Pears. 
Dr. Houghton says the best thing for 
mulching a pear orchard is fine charcoal; 
but that soon gets mixed with the soil, and 
it costs too much to gather and apply it 
iigain. 
THE AREA IN GRAPES. 
How are we to get a true knowledge of 
the number of acres of vineyard, or rather 
the number of grape vines now in cultiva¬ 
tion? I see Mr. Elliott stated tit the 
Western New York Society’s meeting that 
we have now 2,000,000 acres ; and from the 
estimate of counties here aud there, it is 
questionable if lie has at all overestimated 
it. His own county, it is said, has over 
1,1300 acres; while the counties west of him 
arc, by their own residents, claimed to be iu 
advance of Cuyahoga. Go Avcst and take 
a county (Peoria) in Illinois, not specially 
noted for its grape growing, and wc find it 
has nearly or quite two hundred and fifty 
acres; and so, if we run the country over, 
may not the facts surprise those Avhnse 
thoughts have been little devoted to this 
subject? Atad. 
Tlie Nov Vim* Disease in France is thought 
to be caused by a very small insect which at¬ 
tacks the roots first ami then spreads over (lie 
whole plant. The insect is a very minute species 
of aphis, named by >r. Planuiion Phylloxera 
vaslatoria, or Vino Aphis* It is a very minute 
insect, of a dirt y yellow color, and In some lo¬ 
calities in France it Inis destroyed whole vine¬ 
yards, is increasing in numbers, spreading its 
ravages, aud no efficient check thereto lias yet 
becu found. 
Arlioriculttira! Inquiry.— J. W. Brady asks for 
(lie best and easiest way to plant an orchard, and 
have the rows perfectly straight. 
