JiFIormtlturf. 
THE SCARBOROUGH LILY. 
This is catalogued in our tradesmen’s 
— lists as Valletta purpurea ; but it lias long 
IRESENE LINDENII; ! 1ccn , kno "’ u m tho 0,(1 country as a very 
Or a r.ii y mu thus lAuUcuii. docomtivo flower of easy culture, 
-- and although like tho Gladiolus, ils bulbs 
When the Achpranthus, or Iresone Vdshatf- are injured by frost, yet if potted in early 
feltii was first introduced, it produced an al- April or May, kept in a warm window, or 
most perfect furor among plant growers for sasli frame, ami then the pot plunged in the 
foliage decoration; but the difficulty of 
keeping it in winter without special treat¬ 
ment, detracted from its value; and when 
the IreseM Gilxonii was introduced, its supe- 
rior brilliancy in color, as well as its more 
bushy and compact habit of growth, gave 
it precedence, and the finest beds we saw 
anywhere last season were mainly composed 
of this variety of Aehyranthus or Irescne. 
But this season it is to be surpassed by the . ^ t 
variety named Irminc Liudmii , which has 
received, during the past year, first prizes at >y ^ 
the leading Horticultural or Floricultural . — jr 
exhibitions in Europe. It is claimed to be ^ , 
far more robust and hardy than any others ^—\ JM i 
of its class, it having been introduced from \ ^ A 
an altitude of nine thousand feet above the V$l\ 
sea level, on the Andes, and a simple cold %£|\ ^ 
green-house and little care being required to _ _ 
keep it during winter months. To our _ — 
knowledge it has been introduced and placed i 
in the trade lists of only two or three of our |Hl|l||||ipS= 
enterprising florists; but, being by them in- nliiiffiiW '^'''1■ 
troduced, it will, without doubt, be found in 'l i! 
all tho best gardens of the country ere the 11 ' u 1'r!i’ 
coming season is passed. Our drawing is u\Wl\MAi\utii\\’alii!lll!! 
reduced in size. The foliage, as shown, is border during the summer months, its flower I 
....... i - i £' . ..i* .. „• i i „i ... it ... 
from town set two years last spring, t hat to gnaw the dry herbage 0 f the pastures. He 
produced, the past season, 1,500 pounds of * 8ks reason why He finds they eat sweet 
well-ripened fruit per acre; and that he 
grew, some years ago, thirteen tons of Isa¬ 
bellas per acre, all of which were as well- 
ripened as grapes of that variety usually arc 
in this section. 
But none of the parties named in this ar¬ 
ticle approve of heavy cropping of vines, 
either on young or old vineyards. Three 
W'\ 
very long, lanceolate in form, of a rich dark stalks will come up in August with five to 
red color, with mid ribs and veins of a dis- eight each of brilliant scarlet lily-like flow- 
tine!, purplish, amaranthine shade; and al- ers. If the season be very dry and hot, it 
though its present appearance is not com- will be requisite to give water frequently 
pad, this being a young plant, it is recorded but give it, early in the morning, two hours 
by the best, floral writers abroad as being of or more before sunrise. 
red color, with mid ribs and veins of a dis¬ 
tinct, purplish, amaranthine shade; and al¬ 
though its present appearance is not corn- 
pad, this being a young plant, it is recorded 
by the best, floral writers abroad as being of 
a “ very bushy, compact habit, and a gem 
of value among new-bedding plants.” is. 
-♦♦♦- 
FLOWERS IN THE COUNTRY. 
What is the reason there are so few flow¬ 
ers cultivated by most of the people in the 
country ? You may pass along many of the 
roads for miles aud only see a few holly¬ 
hocks, or a lilac hush, or a half dead rose 
hush. Here in the couulry, where we have 
plenty of space, is the very place which 
should be so well ornamented that, our 
young folks would find attractions strong 
enough to keep them from the allurements 
of the city. 
I have been greatly surprised recently by 
the ignorance in regard to flowers displayed 
by many people. One young lady, who 
knows all about the latest style of dress, 
said she only knew the names of half a 
dozen different kinds of flowers, but claimed 
to be passionately fond of them. Almost 
every lady says she loves flowers, and would 
consider it an insult for any one to intimate 
she did not; hut she has so much to do, or 
she can’t get the ground prepared, or some¬ 
thing else like it. I know a number such 
that have ample leisure to watch their neigh¬ 
bors an hour at a time, or run oft* a half 
mile to gossip about some of their dear 
friends. 
Now, to those ladies let me say a word: 
Try spending half of this waste time among 
the flowers. In regard to preparing the 
ground, if you cannot take the pick and hoe 
and work it yourself, just manage John— or 
whatever his name is—in t he same way you 
would if you wanted a new bonnet. Prom¬ 
ise a nice pudding for dinner, and if that 
don’t fetch him to terms—try something 
else! If you raise nice flowers this year, 
you will not go without them next. Try 
Zinnias, Phlox, Porlulacca, Asters, Peas, Cy¬ 
press Vine and Thunbergiag— a vine not 
half enough praised in the catalogues—for a 
beginning. Don’t sow too thick and keep 
the weeds down, aud you will have satisfac¬ 
tory flowers. 
One lady told me she did not see how I 
remembered the names of my flowers. Why 
they arc old acquaintances of mine and they 
never disappoint me by coming in some out¬ 
landish dress that will change their appear¬ 
ance. Most of people can remember the 
faces of two or three hundred acquaintances 
tvitli all their change of fashions. 
Flower . .. Free n irivi „ , „ .. , P arlMW mimed will not doubt their ntaitc- 
following from Mr. s. l * a l/k' I-. Jtti,uiieu° n ) cn,8 5 ' l 11 “T should, wo advise them to 
Queens Co., N. Y., we have no desire to injure vki '*' P* acu next September, and if we 
the trade of Seedsmen who advertise in the should have an average season for cranes 
irjnxzx r,. wc ra vf siy '"™ «■* «»• - 
will thatof tho person making the otter: •• thiv- tu ‘'° conlaius uo glaring misstatements ” as 
lug withered last season a largo amount, of choice * () products. 
Ootible Pwari Rooket, Tri-ColOrcd and Chinese I also stated at that meeting that we did 
irc^ss::r, r 
will furnish a package, free of charge, to any or tK>nf * 01 fn ^ h P l ' ices 111 the future., though 
the subscribers of the Rural who will send me W(! tio not ax pect tO sell good, well ripened, 
t heir address upon an envelope, with a postage selected fruits for less than ten cents tier 
.. . .... pound during tin, next t,„ y ,a,>,,« believe, 
§ - as I stated at tho meeting referred to in 
L Rochester, that grapes cam be grown,—that 
V Uirilalu. 18 where they succeed,—at throe cents per 
_pound, with as much profit as wheat at two 
~ - ' —- dollars per bushel,—not as one paper rc- 
PROFITS OF GRAPE CULTURE.” ported, at $5,50 per bushel. 
iNtlm Rtmir on t ^ conversing with Mr. DbLohbj a Oftll- 
, , UAr ‘ of A P nl n,Il > 1 noticed an fornia fruit grower, formerly of thkciiv i„. 
nr.,c o lidulctl “Profits of Grapo OulUm-," in dnimod ,l,.u Ukt Add gr« gra « S 
2S* J, a “ call “ a “ 0 ' ,nl lbr aMnmoms fornia at one and a-halfcciua per pou«« wttl. 
made at the mnnlmg of tl.e Weswm N. V. m much prollt as wheat at twodXnuS 
Ho tic’.ltmal hoeicly. 1 made no statement bnshd; and bis conclusions are wort!,/ „f 
at that meeting that my « tart season's crop the eonnideralion of grape growem a, L v 
of grapes vie hied me *1 Ann iim'n niAivi 4 i.ia e* .. J 
corn a little better but not much-not as much 
per cow as a six- months old pi*. Mr. Fuller 
snid his cows performed In a similarly unreuson- 
ahle way, espwjially if they have a hair decent 
pasture. They cat sweet corn better than the 
common field corn, lie saves sweet corn seed 
Lo sow annually for this purpose. Mr. Huaun 
raid a neighbor of his sowed sweet corn for his 
Cows,'cut it as soon ns ft boK-au to silk,and cured 
It tor winter forage. He did not know as lie had 
unykilfiieulty ingcttinir cows locat itnreen. Mr. 
; llr> ’ T ' cuts corn designed for soiliux- twonty-four 
; hours before feeding and lets it wilt. Cattle 
; -then eat it wlih great avidity. Other gentlemen 
stated there was no dimeulty In getting stock to 
eat. tho corn after it is wilted. 
Cucumliern for Pickling.—JoaTBPWNB Ttnm.tN- 
oa.mu, Van Uureu Co., Mich., asks members to 
name the best varieties of cucumbers to grow 
for market pickles. Mr. Kcu.iat named Early 
Frame, and recommended planting late in July 
or early dn August for this purpose, so tint I tho 
vIimk may esunpo the striped hug. Josuphxnh 
•' as reminded that the smaller the cucumbers 
ij ' he more marketable the pickles, all things con- 
; sidered. 
The Hcsf Hream Corn Seed. \ correspondent 
asked where he could get tbo host kind of broom 
corn seed, and was advised to read the advertise¬ 
ments in the agrieultuval papers. 
Hkatt! Oil for Um on Cnttlc,—MvitON ItAu- 
COCK, Tarrytown, l’a., says whale oil is sure 
death to lice, easily applied, itnrd cleanses the 
hide of thcMnimal, Insuring licailhfulness. Take 
one pint of whale oil (such as wo used to burn in 
lamps) for a full grown milnmbpart tho hair 
iind pour It along l tic back from the bend to the 
tail,and tin) work is done. Theoil, in the course 
of-a few days, w?ll eOss all over the tinifiiuf's 
is>dy, and «l»o lice will ho no more. 
WecviN ill flnnis.— IVtt Q UtfikTT, New I,on- 
don, has recently purchased a farm, and 
finds the,h*rn infested with weevils. Asks how 
lie sha ll got rid of them. l>r. TfmtDi.it says t hat 
in Pi.Minsylvanin the old farmers, when they find 
their barns infested, stack tlluir grain a year or 
two until the insects are starved out for want of 
loud. The same practice obtains with ships in 
tho grain trade. They become so infested with 
weevils that shippers dare nol I rust tho grain in 
them. I hey are laid by for a year, or employed 
to eurry other freight, until the weevils disap¬ 
pear. A member suggcslcd giving the barn a 
Steam bath. Mr. Fuhbliaaahl it would lie easier 
lo give a spceiflo remedy lor this “weevil " if we 
only knew what kind it Is; t here are many spe¬ 
cies and what is death to one may be food for 
another. Lot M r. G a kjiktt send t he Club a speci¬ 
men ol the weevil oomplalnod of, and wo may 
scorn to think that if a bird is seen about boa 
hives, it is aftor tho bees, and should bo de¬ 
stroyed. Ho does not believe the king bird, 
Oven, touches boos. 
Nine Jay a a Rlcxslng.—CllAKUW Cviu.isr.E, 
Woodstock, VI.., writes in beludf of these birds: 
“.Small-fruit men flunk it pays to feed and be¬ 
friend the Blue .lays; they mtmioiiud inoek other 
birds' talk, scare and deceive with a screech like 
a hawk. 1 have been cultivating small fruits a 
number of years past; 1 soon learned that my 
Interest aud tho interest of tin; Blue Jays were 
reciprocal. I allow them free access to my corn 
orib In the winter; in tho summer they provide 
for themselves, and act the purl, of a police force 
to protect my crops." Dr. Thimble said Iho 
testimony of Mr. Cahlislk, Unit the Blue Jay 
keeps the other birds from small fruits goes to 
show that the accusation that lie destroys tho 
eggs of other birds may be true, lie hopes it is 
not. 
A MHk Receiver was exhibited, designed for 
the accommodation of milkmen and lazy ser¬ 
vant, girts. It is to lie fastened to the basement 
wall; the servant at. night puts in a chamber of 
it tickets for l he amount, ol milk she desires, and 
locks it up; the milkman. In tin*, morning', with a 
duplicate key, opens the receiver, fakes the tick¬ 
ets, deposits the milk in It, closes it, locks it, and 
the servant girl can snore away undisturbed, and 
the neighborhood remain safe from abominable 
yells of milk venders, which now rasp every 
nerve of nervous men and women. It Is a good 
thing for milk dealers, and they should supply 
them. 
ol grapes yielded mo $1,500 per acre more arc Iho results of years of exuarienen ' »7* roB passes cannot be grown, and cheese mu- 
tlmn apples and pears;” neither did I slate Your correanondenr Mr l «;!' king can never he made profitable. Mr. Ftn.moK 
that my three-year-old lonas tnvo me «1 .inn , ’ ' '* L A -ai;, to- did not believe such uonscuso. The grasses can 
per aero As there woe several ' • qiiests OUr method of managing the vine. l »'iaowu wherever Indian corn will grow, if the 
the fiiirere.it r- . 5 io several euors ill We make no claim to any new or superior J>, r °per means arc taken to preparo the soil. Mr. 
he lillLU ' ,r ' lc l ,orl - s ot what I said at that method of pruning or cultivating the vine ’"" : ' I 1 ORY [ ,ad a8 »ood butter as he over 
meeting, I now propose to state, in sub- neither woul.i there be room in a Vn" ’ T '^ ‘ n 10 vidttltyof (} «'veston, Texas, made 
stance, what I did say, viz. That, after ,t in the houso ,n which ,t was 
eraiHMmlra^.r^ W ® lmi1 f( j U3ia 11,0 Mon and management of vines, vineyards, "lining a.™,. L n „,ts._ Thomas Johnston 
#D rM“ l ‘ frn &C * Ful1 i'lstructions on all these joints o., wrin-s ho has a far^VcZZS 
that we grow in this section, but did not ad- may be found in the works of Grant Fui twentr acves ’ " UK,| » ,,r which was formerly 
vise or recommend the cultivation of the u ., ; Miu, Kti-ono iir^n™,, A 1 under water half the year. Ho has mnde on it 
gi'iipc except ill localities wlicrc it succcBdcd, ’uffi?*' IUw»u««»««be». r..h, ho., v, .win .i„,u 
nml fill loiwl r«r/dl ud....D. l il .« ( . \j, Hoao. •'Vf> to thn*c* und u halt fecit, and i iirlit. ia t wniv*-* 
7 ,\ tilde of tbeantmuli insuring Hcttftihfulne&t. Tuko on Sheep—IVew llniii<*<ly. -g, p, Gurgo- 
^ ono pint ot‘ whalo ult (such as we used to burn in ffluoi writes: —“For some years past I 
!P®—^ ’ .,«!ijl lamps) fur a full grown nnlmnl, part tho hair ,aVX5 “ e P l 11 !5,1,ad Hock of sheep, and, In some 
111 in iPWlWf'/ aud pour It along (tic back from the head to the wcwl,,n; *-> tho ticks have not only proved usurious 
ifijHMM mil tftU,*nd tlio work Is done. Theoil, in the course ,,iwvl,tt °k •’» tho comfort, of the sheep,—causing 
I I llll H WmBn u* -a few days, wJII [uc-s all over the animal's ^ IL ' ai *" ft ud loosen the wool,—but have so 
[I j|i|| ii|f Isnly, and (he lice will ho no more. iar tended lo reduce them in flesh’as to requite 
mmm .v 7 i,, ,vm. 
Iona per acre, as au average each year, is finds tlw.’haTn InfttlLd'vvBh wcl.wdL. a Asks’ h,'w anion- timfio-k i * ll ,' JWcU 1 r " u 
considered quite enough by grape growers j‘« sot rid of them. Dr. Tktmdlis rays Unit mirfiivf of the wold , i?th^mrm'''Iii , y 9 t of S y 
m this vicinity, for a vineyard well cat,ah- ^-'nnwlvanm the old fanners, when they find spring, the hens pick Hicru off, to ll'icir idmost 
lished. All the vineyards referred to in this .fI/Ti.V* a VOftr 0r t0,al mmlhillutlo... The ticks devoured by the 
hfticlo are growing in open fields, fully ex- rood. The same m-apUcomS^ite 5 ?t Mr Fun• 
posed,—not m gardens, with the usual sue- tho grain trade. They become so infested with literally living “<m tlvk}' m<\ il w.tl iho 
roundings. All persons acquaijitQd With the weevils that HlUppcrs dare not trust Iho grain in lime he could commend it, AnoUior member 
parties here named will not doubt their state- ro^arrv , Ihor 7rS.i' y .. 'n ."^ m , ', mp ! ovo,t B "' , * ost0(1 1 l| at it did nut improve his appetite 
.......m sc .1 i,i , . . locanyotticr freight until the weevils disup- for Ohio emrs 
muds, it they should, wc advise them to pear. A member suggested giving tho barn a v . 
visit this place next September, and if we steam bath. Mr. Fui.i,isit«ud it. would be easier " o r . u r ' s - H - n,a?COr " 
should liave an average season for grapes a speolfie remedy foe this “weovil° il’ we H)l . 111 .| 1 .,, l.'.V'i" ^ 1,0 lias il wat,T i"P 0 °*>- 
-V"i nl ; WC nm ^ ,h0m lh!U ,hi8 ar ’ ^-dwhldls^ -hi** ™ vr.JuZZZZtl' TSSS 
tiele contains no glaring misslatemeuts” as another. Lot. Mr,GA'imBrr send tho Club isneci ^ 2T' lo clean it out by pouring through Itaso- 
to products. men of t he weevil oomplalnod of, and wo may ^ ? c ' u b °“ C uc,d ' 
I also Stated ftt that meeting that WC did bo able k> toll him what to do with It. I he Grazing Lands «f Florida.— Mr. GrukiOry 
not wish to mislead any person by expeetk- ll ‘" ,,mrh 1,,,J ,h( * s,f, i' ed B«tr—Cr u vim $wal- f‘'! EJ",!’ 1 !!' S a . tu ? thc hot - 
. .. of»j««... -uturo. ..Lgi, a 
we do not. expect to sell good, well ripened, the raviiftos oft Iw striped hug a8kV( 11 Mio gentleman Wished il understood 
selected fruits for less than ten cento per Che««» Making i„ iviawar*. -Thomas C. S m,dwro5'S ,,8r ,n, “ ,80f Flor, ' , “ tu ’°‘‘ u tw0 
pound during the next, ten years, but believe, MngnoUa, De laware, asks how Cheese is Wlmt OuimtlMitcs ft Dwarf Tree f is asked Uv 
as 1 stated at tho meeting referred to in n,ail °; whether from skim-milk, or must you E. Johnson, Morrisania, N. V. It was .rolled 
Koclieeter, that grape cat. ta: Krowi.,—tbut ^ 
is where they s„cce.Ht,- M u.r.e cents fer “SSlT‘ ‘7’'“’' 
pound, with as much profit as wheat at two flL f »r & 0 . Members expressed astonish- ho^ r7tt f !r.e!T wwv'xr” ? CVEA »„ Wli ?f S ° C 
dollars per bushel,-not as one paper re- moat that any man should ask 8 «d, questions; ^ IS Wh 1 C ': tlalHl ; 
ported, at $5,50 per bnpliel. and fifty p^ffi 
III conversing with Mr. DeLono, a Cali-, attention had never been given to">hc^ f dre ; 1 “ml flvepounda, respectively, besides Sixty 
fornia fruit grower, formerly of this city, lie *'«*• «»" 'hat the questions wore asked with a JSwty^uo mfnths and SmT"*, wcro 
claimed that they could grow grapes in Cali- S'' a £**** **. Cr;n- thPt 4„ ttr i 0 «clSwro SS ^ScSSlTuuSn 
lomia at one and a-lialf cents per pound with for tho Southern iiirm' JhaiTbcaraSsM? bm ' ! ' L TI,oy wero a,ul f «( toned on corn 
as much profit as wheat at two dollars per tation and the heat well, Jmd sells at good prie^ ne™nV° **”'* WBEKrt f0r fourteeu 
bushel; and his conclusions are worthy of Mr- IrnmniNKm. and Mr. Williams said tlmi. m pouau. 
the consideration of grape growers, as thev th “ part of Delawtira f,, om which the gentleman W i?omr, D xr -k T ' * _ _ 
are the results of years of cxiierlence writes grasses cannot be frown, and choose mu^ WESTERN N. Y. FARMERS’ CLUB. 
Ap.iiiuec. king can never be made rirofltahlo Mr Pntmi - 
\ our correspondent, Mr. J. Sagar, re- did not beUeve such uonscuso. The grasses can Th ® followingaro notes wero taken at a recent 
meal, and sold to James Weeks for fourteen 
coats per pound. 
--- 
WESTERN N. Y. FARMERS’ CLUB. 
meeting, now proposo to state, in sub- neither would mere bo room in a short, new.' 
,V.IIKL, w at did say, viz.: That after paper article for details on pruning cultiva 
\eu,yjc,ufc, experience, w© had found the thin and management ol* vines vineyards 
giapo more profitable than any other fruit & c . Full instructions on all these points 
that we grow m tins section, but did not ad- may be foimd in thc works of c Fo 
vise or recommend the cultivation of the IVIead, Stuono, Hcsil Shm 
giapo except, in localities where itsuccceded, Lockport, N. Y. r I hoao 
and on land well adapted to the grape, that — - 
required no underdraining. I staled that —, 
our lonas, set ten by six fcoF-seven hundred Jl}rntrf;t nor: 
and twenty-six per acre— gave a fair crop l5HIl UUb- 
the third year. Thc fourth year (1868) they ^ 
produced from ten to fourteen pounds per ~- : == 
vine, being weighed when gathered from AMERICAN INST. FARMERS’ CLUB. 
the vines. We were offered for the fruit 
twenty cents per pound by the Hammomls- 
port Wine Company, but did not sell any 
for less than thirty cents. 
Now, wc will take thc lowest figure in 
both instances—ten pounds per vine, and 
twenty cents per pound ; result, one 
thousand four hundred and filly dollars 
per acre. Wo did not claim that simi¬ 
lar results could he obtained by all par¬ 
ties and in all sections; but we do claim 
that other parties in this county grow 
shells on bushes, thinking they look like 
flowers. I visited a lady who had a bush so 
bedecked aud she invited us out to look at it 
with as much pride as l.would take in dis¬ 
playing my bed of tulips or pansies. She 
said it did not take her over three hours to 
prepare them all! Three hours wasted, and 
an ornament (?) gained that a savage would 
blush to own! Why three hours’ work 
should raise a bed ol’ delicately tinted flowers 
that would fill the air with fragrance and be 
a pleasure to remember when thc snows of 
winter had covered them. 
Loretta E. Knapp. 
-- 
Let Women HoriiculiuriHts continue to send 
us their experience and practice in floriculture. 
*Ve are proud of their contributions, aud they 
are doing good thereby. 
Xote.s of Dtocuaslous, Extracts troui Let¬ 
ters, &c. 
Blnok Ink Manufacture a Lost Art.—So thinks 
Geo hob J. Knight, Brownsville, N. Y., who 
assorts that tho Ink of sixty to one hundred 
years ago was far superior to the present (Inids 
which he pronounces worthless—that they have 
no durability. Asks for a good recipe. No mem¬ 
ber gave it. 
Power Of Gun Cotton,—E. M. Dyer, North 
Bennington. Vi., has seen it stated that Urn ex¬ 
plosion of gun cotton on rocks will burst them 
lu pieces. He bus rocks in the way of the plow 
and mower, which ho desires to explode anil finds 
it requires too much fire wood to heat, ifie rocks 
to bursting. He is advised to use uitro-glyecr- 
- - -u is mgara county Agncultii- toe after he has learned how to handle it without 
ral Society, has a Delaware vineyard, ten danger to himself and others. Dr. Tsimble used 
years old, set Seven by Six—over 1 000 t0 l>rc:lk recks by building fires on them until 
vines per acre. The estimated product, last L° Ja Wflter 0,1 them ' 
season, wa ? tea pounds per vine-five tons tao MvawZ 
The following are notes were taken atarecent 
meeting of the Western New York Farmers’ 
Club: 
The Onion Maggot, — Mr. Starkweather 
asked for a preventive against tho ravages of 
tho onion tuuggot. Mr. Havwakh thought there 
was none effectual but to abandon the ground 
Draining Cheap Land*. — THOMAS Johnston whore they appeared and seek a now location for 
Pony, 0., writes ho has a. farm of one hundred * ko crop. (They usually only Infest old onion 
and twenty acres, much of which was formerly pato 108 ' NIr ' Sl OCU.m said wood ashes wore in 
under water half the your. Jle has made on it avor wil1 ' 11,0 caatoi ' u growers us a guard 
un) rods of open ditches, v arying in depth from “ 88h,st Ulia 1K!Ht 
two to three and a half feet, and eight to twelve Petroleum • for Fence Posts. — Mr. 
fis i. wide at iho top. lie says:—" l use it P | nw ^hjOes would apply petroleum to fence posts 
and scraper, taking tho earth into the field, fill- by bor, °tf 11 hol,! ir ' them at, thc surface of tho 
mg up all low places, i haveunderdralncd with «'' ound 1,1 11 downward direction and filling it 
brush, that, did no good; tho crabs shut it up. I onc,! 0l ' m0l ’° with the oil. Ho alluded in prop- 
then tried timber, laying a rail al each side of Cl terms to tho swindle of selling as a patent 
my ditch, then covering with oak heading two ‘'ff 1 '' tho uso of crude petroleum as a preserver 
ice.t long and two inches thick laid crosswise. o1 ' wood. 
Inflow W TV* Cry K ° (Ml ,,,u ’ poSft " s *o»««wit Kftisi.ig I'alves—The inquiry was made for 
villlast about twenty years m drains that are the best, substltulo for milk In raising calves 
ran tu, '“L' ttmo; when there is water all IIavwahd named Iudiau meal; F.mith, oil cake 
I time, lb would last, longer. I am now using meal Moulded; Fowler, oat inenlafter (tic calves 
n nn .‘ a f ' wo itlchos bisldoof t ho acquire some ago. Holton said out meal needs 
r ; U . ,U put A m,r , tllc ' ,n ,lowri f w«i two to uo cooking, \Varnkr had practiced feeding 
ve reel deep. At tho bottom of my drain nothing but skimmed milk al ter the calves were 
1 nut a groove the size of my tUe. I then eight or ten days old, with good results. OutMisv 
commence at the upper end of my drain to lets the calf suck the milk from the cow for tho 
my do, pressing them down into the groove, hrsi, ihroo or four days und feeds new milk 
i choose a time when there is water in the drawn by hand three or four days longer. Tho 
ground. I put a good hard brick at the end of second week, feeds half soured in ilk, with the 
me first ido, pressing each one down until tho cream in, to avoid too sudden a transition. At- 
wator will pass through, clearing out ail Jooso ter this, gives skimmed milk in conjunction 
earth that may fall in, with a tool made for that with a little cooked iudian meal. Hclet ulwn s 
purpose. My oxperieuce is that laud thut Is not bad the best results feeding barley meal raw; 
worth !>j per aero for farming purposes without would prefer it at one dollar per bushel to coni 
being drained, is worth $fi0 after having been at fifty cents for eulyes. Haywauo scalded tho 
thoroughly drained. D, will cost, about $30 per milk by thrusting Into it a red hot iron • this 
acre to drain land here. Wc pay $1.85 per 100 prevented souring. 
feet for two-inch tije, $3.10 for Ihrec-inch, $;i for VVhni Varieties of Potatoes Shall we Plan, ? 
(ears) of good sound corn per acre twenty seven i on u ’ , o changing. What wo used to 
bushels of wheat., si vi J IE !; ■ I? ‘ ty :" C . V .°, n do f ni s ^ond quality varieties, now bring larger 
tgc of nltro-glycerlne over gun now- blls,u ‘ls of wheat, sixty bushels of oats, and this 
_ . . . “ T (Ml <iml ivlu'oli itrrvt i I /I ^_ 
r>£»i« omm mi . . * " ' ..UVCI k r Ull DOW- - - w* uil'i LJI15) 
pei acie. i ue vineyard is on early, gravelly der is that it explodes so much quicker theeffeot on an(i which woul(1 not do anythinK without 
soil, and blossomed before the heavy rains ,9 ffventor. Other members urged oauUon in its drainagc *” 
came, wliicli caught most Of our vines in uh 'Y ,IU jou * 11 H was asserted that it is now the The "'.oodpcckera. - In.y BREWER, Bingham- 
tliis vicinity in full bloom, aud lessened verv cxp ‘ ,! ' JVO !,treiU commonly used in railway ton. N-Y-, W*gards tho Woodpecker iw the most 
much last flenson’fl ovnn ‘ VC,y « Tadin ^ •»* birds, but has not seen one in his neigh- 
■mr i /i, ’ , Mce 0,1 Guide.—Mr. Dyer nakedDid any ,< ’ r vears, and the liorer is destroying 
a 1 , J, L/K a ink ot this pluce» stated at the ono ever seo a creature ihus Jnfostcd that had ^ f l,lt H h because OJt their wanton <Je- 
Rochester meeting that Jiis Wilder (Rogers aI1 tho HJI ] U W ith perhaps a little sulphur mixed, i<tr ^ etlori - R? the loss ot i.Ikmo destroyers 
No. 4) produced last year 9,000 pounds nor that . i< would eat regularly through the winter, 1 ’, < ! rcrH tH 1 valont to the loss of half of our 
acre and the tVr'i w .?« ,d 1 • . , , F or that ,,a<1 a allowance of roots dally “? pl ® cfop * 1>l '' «igards the Downy 
’ * ' '\ ,IS ^ T 0,d ,<n l 'V(*nty-five while fed on otherwise dry food-tflwnys nrol VVood P eokei * •■»«« most valuable aid totheorob- 
cents per pound in the New 5 ork market. Burning they wero well sheltered, with plenty to ur ' 1 ln ,llis coimtl 7- He is astonished that mun 
Mr. N. Ili.NuUEBCRD, a very guccessful No one replied either uo or yes to this 'T* k P© l, &ist in killing llieso birds; not one of 
grape grower and resident of this citv stated k;i " Iin>f Twstiou. f v ^ L * h *\ l '»> 'uod. Mr. C'mms had 
to me a few davs aco Iteil 1,/ 1 i ' r, 1 Why L’owm llelnse tocat Green Corn Fodder — watctJt ^ • "“an uhout. his bee hives, and careful 
to me A lew ct.ijs ago that he had a Deia- Mr. Dver savshiseows win n..* , observation had satisfied him that thev wore 
waie vineyard ol two acres about two miles freshly cut in August and Sep tem bear bin prefer att ' r ,ll< Y’ at ‘ ?rr,illlirs whlo(l rwodneo the moths 
1 u 10101 wlllyl1 infest the hives, auts, See. Many farmers 
this vicinity in full liloom, aud lessened very grading ~ commonly used in railway 
muck last season’s crop. 
1 ,, , , Lice on t attle.—Mr. Dyer asked:—“Did any 
All. j. Crains oi this place, stated at the ono oversee a creature thus infested that had 
Rochester meeting that his Wilder (Rogers J ' n th . G s " 11 ' ' vit, > perhaps a little sulphur mixed, 
No. 4) produced last year 9,000 pounds per tliat } l wouid eat, regularly t hrough the winter, 
Mr. J. Crai.ne of this place, stated at, tho 
Rochester meeting that his Wilder (Rogers 
No. 4) produced last year 9,000 pounds °per 
acre, and thc iriiit was sold for twenty-five 
cents per pound in tiie New Turk market. 
Mr. N. Rinuueburo, a very successful 
grape grower and resident of this city, stated 
to me a few days ago that he had 1 Dela¬ 
ware vineyard Of lwo acres about two miles 
or that had a small allowance of roots dully, 
while fed on otherwise dry food—nlwaya pro! 
suialng they were well sheltered, with plenty to 
eat?" No ono replied either uo or yes to this 
leading question, 
\\ hy Cowm llel'use to vnt Green Corn Fodder.— 
Mr. Dyer rays his cows will not eat, sowed corn, 
freshly cut hi (August, and September but prefer 
_ "J scoria quality vtu, > xotiofl v now bviiift* 
prices than No. 1 kitaJs. Prince Alberts sell for 
more than Peaeli Blows. Growers here were at 
a loss to understand this, and whut varieties it 
was best to plant, Slocum Intended to plant 
largely of the.Harison; they wore good eating 
now and were last fall. Mr. Wind, a heavy dealer 
in potatoes, thought the cause of Iho change, lu 
prices was that Peaeli Blows were in over-supply, 
and Mercers and some others short. The Peach 
Blows were also of unusually bad quality; tlioso 
shipped in bulk last fall, and wintered in boats, 
came out in very bad condition, and the variety 
had got in bad repute, lie would still plant Hie 
Peach Blow hugely, preferring the White to the 
old to d. Hayward said tho reason why poiu- 
tocs were low was an over-supply. Advised 
Dlitntifl^* only a quurt*)t k ot* tho (Hunt area this 
season. Several members said tho Early lloso 
bad already sprouted badJy iu their cellars. 
