(Tlic ('hubciur. 
TURNIP-ROOTED CELERY. 
The ordinary celery, grown and blanched 
to be used as a relish, or for the preparation 
of salad, is familiar to the readers of the Ru¬ 
ral, Nkw-Yorker. The Illustration here 
given, represents a variety of the same genus, 
known as Ccleriac, or Turnip-rooted Celery, 
very little grown except by the German or 
French gardeners, by whom it is very much 
esteemed. The root swells like a turnip, 
making a very compact bulb, which is the 
portion eaten instead of the stalks. It is 
produced from seed; the plants arc put out 
in shallow trenches or on the level surface, 
and moderately earthed up, and at maturity, 
or before frost becomes severe, they are lukcu 
up, much of the top removed, and the bulbs 
packed in sand for winter use. They keep 
well into the season, if preserved from frost. 
The root is usually eaten in vinegar. Cut in 
slices and soaked in vinegar a few hours, it 
becomes mellow, and is esteemed a delicious 
and nourishing addition to the family meal. 
There are methods of preparation by cook¬ 
ing, l»ul. of these we have no knowledge. 
The cultivation of eeleriae does not differ 
materially from celery, a similar soil and 
treatment being requisite. 
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ENGLISH PEAS. 
Experience In North Carolina in 1S70. 
Dunrso Mu; warm season in February, T 
prepared the ground and planted Ihiist’s 
Extra Early, and a half-dwarf kind that I 
had, for which 1 regret that I have no name. 
I dug in stable* manure and covered the 
drills thinly with ashes. About two weeks 
after, I planted Carter’s First Crop, Waite’s 
Caraetaeus, McLean’s Little Gem, and Nut¬ 
ting’s No. 1. These were put in drills, in 
which I had sown liberally of a compost of 
finely-littered stable manure, leached ashes 
and lien manure. The following is the re¬ 
sult of my experiment: 
HuisC* Exii'ii Kni'ly. 
These yielded the first dish on the 16th of 
May. The vines grew luxuriantly, three 
feet or more in height, but very soon began 
to decline and turn yellow. The quantity 
produced was respectable, though the gene¬ 
ral habit of the vines indicated a rather 
forced growth, and consequently imperfect 
development; the pods were rather small, 
and many of them little more than half 
length. Withal, 1 like it, and expect to try 
it again. 
Carter's First. Crop. 
This, though planted about two weeks 
later, began to yield well-filled pods only 
three days later than the Extra Early. The 
cold weather that intervened prevented the 
latter from getting the full benefit of this 
advantage In time. Carter’s seems a rather 
healthier vine, and the pod and pea better 
developed. Not much difference, if any, in 
the number of pods to the vine. 
Waite’* Caractacns. 
This yields ft well-rounded pod—two or 
three days behind Carter’s. In other respects 
it is about equal to It. Perhaps a little fresh¬ 
er and more flourishing, t hough no taller. 
air I,rail’s Lillie (tern. 
This I put down as two or three days be¬ 
hind Waite’s. It is eighteen or twenty 
inches in height., quite prolific, for size of the 
vine, well filled out with an exceedingly 
large, fine, pea. T mark it one of my favorites. 
Nailing'* No, t. 
This follows McLean's—two or three days 
later. It is some t aller, the pods very large, 
but very imperfectly tilled. The pea is un¬ 
usually large—very much like McLean’s. 
The Unknown Kind. 
This, planted at the same time as Ruist’s 
Extra Early, is about two feet high, the 
leaves ft very rich, dark green, the growth 
very vigorous, the pods rather alemler, well 
filled Out, shaped like a curved snap-bean 
pod. It is literally loaded with pods and 
blossoms. In time it is about a week behind 
Nutting’s No. 1. 
By planting the kinds I did, I had the 
privilege of opening the market, and have 
found ready sale for all I coukl spare up to 
the present. 1 planted no later varieties, be¬ 
cause they are not much esteemed here after 
the first of the season. 
North Carolina. 
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PETROLEUM IN THE GARDEN. 
Petroleum has been tried by the gardeners 
in Germany as a means of destroying vital¬ 
ity in the larva* of insects that teed upon 
trees, shrubs, vegetables, and other plants; 
but it appears to be attended with serious 
eonsequ' iiees to the plants themselves. The 
iMndurirlhuchaftltefax JiluU fur Schtnahai, an 
agricultural journal, warns its readers 
against the use of petroleum for destroying 
insects on plants. Numerous experiments 
prove that trees impregnated with it absorb 
it into their tissues, eventually causing dis¬ 
ease and premature decay. Currant bushes, 
over which water mixed with one-quarter of 
petroleum bad been poured, sited their fruit, 
and the leaves shrivelled up and fell off. 
The plum and apple trees suffered the most; 
the cherry and pear trees appeared less sus¬ 
ceptible, and offered the greatest resistance. 
itscussions. 
AMERICAN INST. FARMERS’ CLUB. 
Notes of Discussion*. Extracts from I,ct- 
ten, iVrc. 
William CulIrn Bryant on Insects nnd Uir.ls. 
—A long paper was read by the Commander of 
the Club from Mr. Dry ant, conoerning the mul¬ 
tiplication of destructive insects, which lie at¬ 
tributed, In a large degree, to tho wanton de¬ 
struction of birds. He writes:—“ There is noth¬ 
ing for us to do but. to take oilr winged allies 
Into partnership, allowing them a part of tho 
annual product on condition of their protecting 
the remainder, as the traveler in the East pays a 
tribute to the bedouin chief on condition of 
being protected by him from tho robberies of 
his tribo. Wo must, make choice between tiio 
insects and the birds. Birds multiply with com¬ 
parative slowness, and if they prey upon tho 
crops I hoy can be seen and scared away. In¬ 
sects multiply by myriads, anil evade tho at¬ 
tempts of man to destroy them. Birds take a 
small part of the fruit or ripened grain; insects 
destroy them by wholesale. But, even if the 
crows only were destroyed, the effect would lie 
mischievous. Crows feed upon grasshoppers, 
crickets, and other insects, and their stomach* 
are found full of them. A single Insect which 
escapes them becomes the putvni. of thousands, 
and each one of those is the progenitor of thou¬ 
sands more, which move silent ly and surely to 
the work of destruction. Even tho uprooting 
of a few corn plants would be a loss of far loss 
consequence than tlm mischief from millions of 
destructive insects propagated without check. 
Experiments made in Australia prove that tho 
crows consume groat numbers of Caterpillars, 
whose ravages would otherwise he <piib appar¬ 
ent. upon i he wheat crop of the country. ’ 
VVliat to l>o with Ten Acres. — A. W. Fore¬ 
man, M. D., Whitehall, Ill., midway between 
Chicago and St. Louis, asks, wlmf can bo done 
with ton acres of land which, ho thinks, In; can 
manage, to take care of in addit ion to Ids coun¬ 
try practice. Wind small fruils nnd vegetables 
shall he plant? He is advised to study the mar¬ 
kets which ho is to supply, and act accordingly. 
Ho can do this and gain in Torn atlon of more 
practical value to him than any Club at this dis¬ 
tance cun give him. 
Homedy lor Striped ting*. N. G. PETERMAN, 
Norwalk, O., says, liquid sheep manure poured 
around vines will protect them from the rav¬ 
ages of the striped bug. 
Millet for Horses. M. I). BltOWN, Richmond, 
Iowa, asks if millet Is good food for horses; if 
so, when it should he sown, or whether It. will 
pay to grow it for seed. Mr. tVRTis said, in Ids 
opinion It. was not a food that bouses will re¬ 
lish; lie did not think it would pay to grow it 
for seed. GKO. (I kooks, of Onondaga Co., N. 
V., said ho had grown it, but abandoned it; 
would mil raise it to feed to Ids horses, because 
lie found it more profitable to raise something 
else. 
Buckwheat Culture.—W. F. Howard, Boono- 
ville, Mo., writes that there is little buckwheat 
grown in Ids neighborhood. Asks how to raise 
It, when if should be sown, and ImW much per 
acre; also whether it will pay to raise It when ils 
Hour Is worth twice as much us the best, wheat 
flour in market. Mr. Toon thinks the Missouri 
gentleman may grow it successfully, and that it 
will pay him to do so at the relative price for 
Ihc Hour named. Ho bus always plowed lus 
ground twice, preparatory to sowing it,. Never 
uses fresh manure, but. appiya tho manure with 
the crop previous. Sown three pecks per acre, 
although but half a bushel is usually sown. 
Thinks three pecks better, for the reason that it, 
does not branch so much as when less is sown, 
and tho branches do not so interlock as to make 
it, difficult, to cradle. Mr. Todd -used to sow tt 
more for the purpose of cleaning land and mel¬ 
lowing tho soil than bccauso of any Immediate 
profit derived from it. Did not think hoover 
made money by growing it, except in tho way 
named. Mr. GEODES -aid poor people, in a poor 
Country that will not produce anything else, 
may Unit it profitable to grow buckwheat; but 
he did not. think the Missouri correspondent 
would, because his soil was too good to bo fed 
by such a omp, Mr. Reaius said that tho boot 
t ime to sow was from I he 16th to the *Oth of June. 
Mr. Curtis did not agree with gentleman that 
there was no profit in growing buckwheat;. 
Where wheat cannot, he grown profitably, buck¬ 
wheat can. In tho Northern counties of New 
York it. is ex to naively and profitably grown and 
Mm area sown is increasing annually. It. lias be¬ 
come tin important, food staple, there is alwaysu 
good market for it and the old notion about, its 
exhausting land is gradually wearing away. Be¬ 
side ils quality for cleaning lund it lean excellent 
green crop for plowing under especially whore 
outs are largely grown, and on moist soils where 
clover does not thrive it, may bo profitably used 
as n fertilizer. It is a risky crop. It easily 
blasts in hot weftther. Advises tho Missourian 
to so time the seeding that it. will bloom and fill 
after the hot dry weather uml mature before 
frost. Tho Commander of the Club asked Mr. 
Curtis if he over fed buckwheat to chickens in 
winter; if so if ho did not think it. a good feed. 
Mr. CURTIS replied that he had fed it to chickens 
and to almost all lauds of animals and did think 
it a good winter feed for almost any stock. It is 
slow of digest ion and a man can eat his break¬ 
fast of buckwheat cukes, walk further ami chop 
more wood before night on such food, in coldest 
weather, t han with any Other food lie eun cat. 
It, is a heating food and consequently an excel¬ 
lent winter food, Mr. TooB said that if lie 
wanted his hens to lay the poorest and most 
flavorless eggs possible lie would feed thorn 
buckwheat; if he wanted to get tho meanest 
and flabbiest, pork he would Iced his hogs buck¬ 
wheat, ; if ho wanted his boy to get thrashed by 
the teacher every day at school ho would give 
him a buckwheat breakfast and till his basket 
will* buckwheat cukes for lunch. Tho Com¬ 
mander said probably the boy would be thank¬ 
ful for tho whipping, as it. might- save him con¬ 
siderable scratching. 
Buckwheat in a Reach Orchard,—9, C. Davis, 
Medina, N. V.,asks if it is advisable to sow buck¬ 
wheat, In a pencil orchard. Will it injure tho 
growth and productiveness of the trees? Mr. 
Lyman says that it is regarded an Important 
crop In tho peach regions of Delaware aud New 
Jersey in poach orchards. However exhaustive 
it may he to the soil, it does not seem to take 
from it the elements which minister to tho pros¬ 
perity of poach trees. But there is a time in the 
season when the ground should not be disturbed 
by the plow In a fruit-bearing orchard, tlis 
farmer is a man of experience In peach culture, 
and ho says that about the time Hie peaches are 
tho size of bullets disturbing the soil, for a week 
or two, will cause the fruit to drop: but earlier 
and later lit the season the ground may be 
plowed so as to disturb the roots as little as pos¬ 
sible aud buckwheat sown with safety. 
You are doubtless ready to ask, can this radi¬ 
cal change be made in our market, system ? It 
is possible anywhere. It is a successful reality 
in several *.titles already. Mr. X. A. Wil¬ 
lard. ot the liniu, New Yorker, whom I 
consider I lie highest and best authority on the 
general subject of the dairy in this country, 
writes me regarding the new system of market¬ 
ing at Little Falls, N. Y., that “ l It. was establish¬ 
ed fifteen years ago by common consent of dai¬ 
rymen unit clu'ese dealers. Wont first had two 
days in tho week—Monday and Wednesday—but 
receutly only one day—Monday—is set apart as 
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CELJ5UIA0, OR TURNTT-BOOTRI) URT.RRY. 
The New Market System.— Mr. CURTts rend 
the following paper upon a subject heretofore 
discussed in the Rural New-Yorker: 
In discussing t his quostfon I shall not assume 
that the commission men who handle lias pro¬ 
ducts of the producers arc dishonest, or Ilia I 
their dealings are generally fraudulent, which 
I* undoubtedly souicl lines the case; but l shall 
find fault with the system, and try to point out 
a better plan for the farmer and dairyman, lu 
which I lie opportunity U>defraud shall not exist, 
and in which the tloor of temptation so wide 
open 111 the old shall etl'cel ually be closed In the 
new. A change of base will be necessary, for 
under the old plan the middlemen does business 
with tin; capital and at tho risk of tho producer; 
while under the new Hie capital aud risks must 
be ills own. The ou uny micr or Ids factor must 
meet the producer v.Tni iiis product* on In own 
vantage ground. With tin* present, system, the 
commission merchant, in order to start, bis busi¬ 
ness, requires no capital beyond the ability to 
rent a store-room iu which to receive his con¬ 
signments. 
The. confiding countryman, who lias a barrel, 
of whatever it may be, sees tho advertisement 
of this dealer, or hears of him through some 
source, au«l ships to turn as per directions his 
hard-earned little surplus. We will follow the 
barrel an route to ils destiny. It is carried by 
our trusting fanner to the railroad depot, or to 
tlm steamboat, acid duly consigned to the fusler- 
ing ca re of a freight, line; or perhaps our exam¬ 
ple has tnoro fMtlt in the responsibility and dis¬ 
patch of i ho express, and commits bis e.x|ieclu- 
tions to this gourmand. 0. 0. f>. A day, or part 
of a day, spent to start our barrel must, be 
charged tty the account of loss ami gain. Next 
comes the freight bill, then Ihe cartage, t)ur 
barrel costs as much to cart, it front the place of 
arrival to the place of consignment, as It It. had 
been a full loud, and had hail a. dozen traveling 
companions. It is tumbled into the store, where 
it modestly keeps silence and waits for future 
developments. In duo Unit ils head is knocked 
lu, and its stands iu the marl, wailing to lie 
bought. No words arc wasted or time spent in 
this transaction. The value received is placed 
to the credit ot the waiting farmer, less the 
freight, oftrtago and Insurance; fur, mind you, 
it. is a. part Of the system that tho merchant runs 
no risk. Our barrel must bear Its part. To t heir 
charges must bo added tlm commission and port¬ 
age, ami t hen the account of sales is ready to go 
forward and the pay. The history of one barrel 
is the history of a million; the example ot the 
one package Is the illustration of the whole. It 
is a jug w d li the handle all on one side. II our 
middleman hies been speculating on bis own ac¬ 
count, bis goods must go first. The stranger 
can wait. 
With a prospect for some years to come of low 
prices, t he farmer needs to si tidy closely t lmcost 
of marketing his produce. He must, if possible, 
get, rid of the expense of commissions and drib¬ 
let. marketing, and the proportionate increase of 
cost for freight and handling. Holm e Ids goods 
are shipped and handled, tlmy should be aggre¬ 
gated to large union ills and favorahloterms, and 
arrangements made lor moving them forward 
to Commercial centers. In this way tho relative 
cost will bo materially Ics.sem d and the home 
value Increased. which cannot la- thqoaso when 
each farmer sends hlsown uunilus lurward, each 
for himself. The curst: of agriculture is its uni¬ 
versal disintegration both ill thorny and In prac¬ 
tice. It is riot practicable for the producers to 
unite anti send forward their combined products 
under the charge of one of ihotr number. When 
ho reaohss the market he tuts no customers to 
whom to sell, and he would Ijc at Hie mercy of 
every sort ol trading parasite. There are laws 
in I.rat 110, fixed by statute and usage, which the 
novice would find barring his way ami disap¬ 
pointing his purposes. 
The city dealer must bo brought to tho neigh¬ 
borhood of i lie producer. To do tins, market 
days and market place* must be established ;u 
home. tjuanntJes ecu be aceiinniliiled, and 
wholesale handling follow with cheaper freights, 
cheaper cartage, no insurance for the farmer to 
pay, for this wtli have to come out of the mot- 
chant's profits. There will be no storage to pay, 
or risk of loss in transit or ot final payment. An 
Important benefit not toboqmitteil, Is Hie mu¬ 
tual advantage to both parties. In being brought 
face to face, whore explanations and Instruc¬ 
tions can ho given—if butter and cheese are the 
staples, hints about the manufacture and pack¬ 
ing; If fruit, how to assort, and prepare, and so 
on through the list. The owner who is forced 
to take n less price, can see the reason why, by 
contrasting his articles with his tnoro painstak¬ 
ing and successful neighbor. Standards of taste 
and requirement, will bo created. When the 
new system shall be established, the consumers 
could unite their wants, aud sending an agent to 
tlm market place on market day, purchase for 
t hemselves, aud ship direct to their own doors, 
Uiu articles required. The yearly sleek of ap¬ 
ples and potatoes, and many other household 
necessities, in this way could bo obtained at a 
much less price over the present multiplied 
handling and multiplied profits. 
market, day. Buyer and seller meet hero on 
1 hat day ; l.lio dairyman bringing in what, goods 
lie has to sell, and Hie factory man making sales 
for future delivery, the latter sometimes bring¬ 
ing samples, but generally selling on t he repit- 
tatiun of the factory. The great, convenience 
to both parties is iiuinifcsl. It has been pro¬ 
posed from time t>> lime to have dairy products 
sold hereon market day by miction, in order to 
expedite business. There would lie <omo advan¬ 
tage iu this arrangement. Some think abuses 
would bo liable to grow out of it. Wo think 
that, on.an average, higher prices arc realized 
Bum by the old system, since a large number of 
dealers being present, thorn is more compel! I ion 
for “thm goods," willlo the price nl' the bust 
sample# having been made, the poorur sell bet¬ 
ter. Again, there are always dealers present, 
who arc engaged ill oUl'Onmdlig second-late 
grinds >|t lorvci prices. The management e* Hie 
sales la very simple. The funner drives his 
load on the market grounds, nnd Uie different 
dealers come rouud and make exuiniiml iousniid 
name the price they will pay. The one making 
the highest offer gets the lot, nnd the load is 
driven off to tho freight-house, weighed, ami 
paid for on I he spot. This makes clean work." 
Lewis county has begun this year for the. first. 
1 have no particulars tmm there, but. Mr. S. U. 
Pit att, tho accomplished secretary of I.lie Adams 
Farmers’ Club, in Jefferson county. Informs mo 
that both at Adams and Watertown market 
days have been established. Mr. Pratt says: 
“our market, tiny is Tuesday, aud has been es¬ 
tablished slueo tnu first Tuesday In April. The 
expc-rli-nee of the first, day delighted our farm¬ 
ers with the system. Tho result in Watertown 
has been good. Tliolr market day Is Saturday." 
At St. Albans, Vt., they also have market .lays 
for the sale of dairy products. I regret, that no 
one there responded to my request for In forma¬ 
tion. 
I do not expect that the newsystoni can beap- 
plied to all sections or our country, or to all the 
multiplied and various commodities produced 
in it; but It. Cftn be utilized and applied oxton- 
tho man who wants to sell a horse knows where 
and when to sell; and those who wish to buy 
know where and when to buy. Buyer and seller 
moot; Competition results; tho farmer gets tho 
iiiarket-valuo of his produce and is not, depend¬ 
ent, upon t he skill, or honesty, or whims of tho 
commission dealer. Mr, LYMAN had the day 
before seen a farmer and his wife going into 
Trenton, N. J.. with strawbcii ie* fine ones— 
which they had been hard at work picking. 
Asked what they expected to got for them. 
Probably ten and perhaps twelve cents per 
quart. This only two hours ride from New 
York; and yet he asked liis landlady tlm next 
morning what she paid for the strawberries on 
her table- no better than the Jersey farmer’s 
he saw the night before—ami she said “Thirty 
cents." It la pretty bard 1 tin I the price of an ar¬ 
ticle of food lias to increase over (00 per cent., 
with only two hours ride between producer and 
Consumer. No matter what prices are In tho 
producer, strawberries rarely sell to the con¬ 
sumer in this city for less than twenty-five cents 
tho small quart., Mr. Gregory urged that since 
our government Is established to heuetit tho 
people. It is within ils province to attempt, to 
rescue them from tho oppressions of monopo¬ 
lies, by furnishing cheap communication and 
liausportatimi between producers and eongum- 
ers just as much as It Is to carry our letters 
cheaply. Ho urged that the experiment ought 
to lie Iriisl. Mr. Gedpeh responded that tho 
best, and most autocratic government in tin; 
world could not supply New York City with 
food so cheaply and surely ns It is now supplied. 
Depend upon it, it you were to rely upon such 
a, source for supplies, you would starve. 
Trial of Implement* by (lie N, Y. Htate \g. Soo. 
Mr. Gkpdkm called attention to tin- fact that 
hereafter It is to be Hie policy of tin- Stain Ag. 
Sue. I.o provide for the proper test of nil sorts of 
agricultural implements and machinery, with a 
view to determining tile relat ive merits of those 
of the same class. A trial is to commence at 
l ib'll two weeks before the fair, and tests are to 
bo made by exports, who are to be paid for t heir 
I imo and labor by t lie Society. The I rials are to 
be made as thorough nnd fair ns possible. Manu¬ 
facturers will only have to pay their personal 
expenses and provide for themselves Hie mate¬ 
rial necessary to show the Mature of their im¬ 
provements that Is, the man who hnsnclover- 
Imller niusl.provide the clover heads; ofasmut. 
machine, the smutty grain. No reaper and 
mower trial will be made, nor any plow trial, 
except of something new; and the previous 
thorough t rials of tho Society will be a guide in 
determining what improvement* have been 
made, because a standard lias thereby boon es¬ 
tablished, 
liny nml liny Making.— Mr. Toon exhibited a 
sample of Long Island hay, and talked pro¬ 
foundly of Its “delicious fragrance,” illustrative 
of the “superior quality of hay scientifically 
made," whose “every stem atul loaf is as green 
ns verdigris,” and which “had never been sweat¬ 
ed in Bin meadow nor heated iu the hay-mow.” 
Ho said, “smell it ; for the well cured panicles 
arc as fragrant as cinnamon!” Dr. Trim m.ia 
and others “smelled it." and pronounced it 
“ musty.” Mr. Curtis said live hundred pounds 
of it, packed together, would heat and spoil. 
Mr. Weaver thought there would lie danger of 
its sweating. Mr. Fui.i.kr said gentlemen need 
not fear, for all of Long Island does not produce 
enough such hay lo sweat. Mr. Gkpdes asked 
what tlm grasses wore of which it. was made. 
Mr. Todd replied that there was some I’uncom- 
■jrremt, but. most of tt was Pud pretense. Dr. 
Trim nt,E said “exactly ; it. Isa very poor pretence 
for hay.” 1’oor Todd slipped out of tho tortur¬ 
ing yoke of the incorrigible critics of his“hay 
of superior quality scientifically made,” by as¬ 
serting that “it is not quite finished." They lot 
him go then; and ho went! 
Drilling III Corn at Cornell ItntverHity. —The 
startling announcement, was made (and tho Club 
opened its eyes and mouth wide to listen) that 
the University farmer had actually “drilled in 
nineteen acrcB of Indian corn, in rows four 
foot apart, which is rather an improved system.” 
And it la asserted that a “ new stylo of agricul¬ 
tural operations " obtain there. 
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INDUSTRIAL SOCIETIES. 
sivdy enough to save to Bin toil-worn farliters Clark niui Flnyil, link, llorl. Woe. I hand you 
thousands dr dollars, If they only lay hold of a Ust of officer* of tills Society, elected at the an- 
t.hali* opnorlutillii'S and privileges. Theagneiil- mud meeting, hold June 1. Our saetety is now 
in ml fairs can he li I l ed to a higher plane ol use- j tl p* second year, has one. hundred and fifteen 
fulness by combining wiBj Bit; sliqw aside. This members, uml is In a very flourishing condition, 
can bo tv sale of everything stock, grain, in*pie- q avo -four staled meetings, and from four to 
mentH, &o. Tho sale can be made a feature and Kix exhibitions per year, the latter held tilter- 
an attraction, an<l be under thooontrtd of acoin- nj ,telv in New Albany and .leffersom ille: /Vis. 
mittec, lo work upoabusiness principles, round- iuuknelx.. New Albany. Yiix-Prcu'h. 
ed up to a business success. This idea was inii.il- _\V. C, Do Pftuw, New Albany; Thomas W. 
gurated last fall at. tho Saratoga County l air, PmBior, Jeffersonville, ('or. Se.e .—Geo. S. Mo¬ 
und although tho day was rainy and the notice Kiernan, Jeffersonville, lice. See. Dr. S. C. 
limited, I sold myself nine head of cuttle.be. Wilcox, New Albany. Tiros. Chink * H. Kelly, 
sides swlno ami poultry. .leffersonviflo. Kx. rem.—Dr. John Sloan, New 
To make success sure, a revolution in the ays- Albany; G. Poindexter, Jeffersonville: Geo. 
tom of farming In many localities is required. W. Tulcy, F. 0, Johnson, New Albany: Howard 
Driblet marketing is Die result Of driblet, farm- Johnson, Jeffersonville.—Guo. 8. M<Kiernan, 
jug Hie most costly form of agriculture. No Cor. See. 
township prospers under this mistaken notion, Clark Co,, Ky., Ag. Wn. Officers have been 
(hiit. the farm must produce a little ol every- elected bv the stockholders a*follows: I’ree. li. 
thing. A little of everything produces a unaii- b. Guoom. I'tVc-Fn*. .1. W. Prewitt, lire. See.— 
olal nothing. Adaptation of growth to locality Herndon. Cur. Sec. — W. M. Ucokrior. 
and aggregation of quantity arc the only sure 7y,</*. .M. G, Taylor, with a board of twelve dl- 
mcDmils. If tho soil ia fertile in grasses, then rectors. The annual fair is to be held the 2lkl to 
the growing of beef or mutton. Or dairy tins- aith of August, next. 
I aui dry, should bo followed, if there is a rnitu- , „ . , . , . 
ml adaptatlun to the cereals, make them the himth Kentucky Ag. V** a. Officers liaveboen 
mainspring of effort. If Mu: c.liimilc favor? a elected tor the current * '■ur ns lollows: Liv*. 
special product, unite In the production of that, J. T. G, M inlock. } tcc-fmi. — (Jem Depp. 
No class of people are so open to Imposition as ’< ■ jr. VVoftb, Geo’. It. Ellis, F,d. Duff? w! 
rlo^uo™or'stu^d 1 Ry, 1 ft^fi5Bll| , tho^wantot’^asso- “-tor, ' V "’’ ^teraworth. 
elation and varied intercourse. A more fre- MuiHhoii Co., Ky n Ag. A** n.—For the ensuing 
quant lookout from Ins limited sphere would year the following officers have been elected: 
sharpen his understanding, and tit him to cope Pres.—C. S. Turner. U/ro/VraTs-l. 8. Irvine, 
with the wily wnvUl's man who has polished Ids VV. M. Ballard, J. II. IVytoti, II. Moon: T. Km- 
wlla to perfection. I would recommend public bry, C. K. Estlll. See.- U. I i. Little. Prats. L. 
meetings, at which this whole matter could be R. Francis. Also a board of nine directors, 
considered, and an agrcomeiithad toI unite in w „ rl , n !,*§., Ag. Hoo^-Offleci-a for Bio cur- 
Bie cultivation el crops adapted to soil audio- — — 
cheerless embers Into renewed I Ho and vigor. 
Prof. Nash commended Mr. Ciiutih’ paper 
nnd tho system proposed. It hud long ago been 
adopted in England* It could not be supposed 
I hat all loon litres m the United States could 
profit by its adoption; but very many can ; and 
where the conditions of society, the relations to 
markets are such that it can he, it should be 
tried. It not only brings the food producers to¬ 
gether, and face lo face with buyers, hut, ii 
brings them face to faco with the producers of 
manufactured goods which thoy consume, lu 
England the days and places in a county upon 
which market-days are to bo hold, are fixed a 
year beforehand, and go into every almanac. 
Every farmer who has an almanat—easting a 
sixpence—knows when and where the markets 
are to be held in his adjoining counties; so that 
ers have chosen officers for 1H70 as follows: 
I’nx. Dr. VV. G. Connor, Vlct-[*r> x’te John 
McAfee, A. Forsyth, VV. A. Wilson, L. Wither¬ 
spoon- Nee. W.C. Nelson. Treax.- B. I!umis. 
lown Eastern Central llart. *ur. are to have u 
meeting at Iowa City, JuneSWJ, which promises 
to bo of very general interest, and to which the 
public are invited. /Yix--St ta. Foster. Cor. 
Sec.— J. W. Poarnmn. lire. Stv.—J. L. Build. 
I’t'UI*Co.,'!»>., 'g. Hoc.—’flu: following are Bio 
Officers for the current tear: /’ns. Col. T. F. 
HUSTON. Vtee.-l’iY.i. F. W. Wilcox. Treax. —A. 
D. Jaynes. Six.— F. 11. Bassett. 
Central, l*»ivn, DM. Ahm'ii will hold a Fair 
at Des Moines, June _l. for tho exhibition id' 
stock and Implements, fruits, Howera,.plants, Ac. 
Carroll (:<>., III., Ag. Soc. Iiavo designated Sept, 
fj-t) as the dale >>i bolding the annual exhibition. 
The Crawford ('<»., His., Ag. S,,c. holds a Horse 
Fair at Prairie du Chien, July 4th and 5th. 
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