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rain and dew will do the needful work. 
They do their appointed work; but you 
must cultivate, else you will not behold 
“The bright, consummate, flower.” 
I English hooks on gardening often de¬ 
nounce the practice of daily waterings; hut 
they are no guides for us. Their misty, 
moisty island provides enough moisture; 
they need more sun. We require frequent 
waterings to bring our garden pets to a high 
state of perfection. Of course, if it has 
rained, the watering-pot may rest on its 
nail; but if not, it should go the rounds 
nightly, between the hours of seven and 
eight. Watering in the morning, when the 
sun is hastening forward to drink up every 
drop, is of but little use; and at noontide, 
when it shines fierce and hot, it will wither 
your plants as if King Frost had kissed 
their bright lips. The cold drops falling on 
the heated surface of leaves and soil pro¬ 
duces the same effect, as a chill. All an¬ 
nuals should he pruned and trained. 
Itnlunins 
are greatly improved by pinching off the 
lateral shoots and allowing only three stalks 
to grow; or only the center stalk may be 
left, and all the force of the plant thrown iu- 
to it, producing an upright stem loaded with 
gorgeous chalices or bloom. This stem, with 
a proper enrichment of the soil, wili grow 
over two feet in height. They arc beautiful 
plants for in-door blooming. Plant one in a 
good sized pot with a large proportion of 
stable manure at I lie bottom of the pot ; 
pinch off all side shoots and tie to a stake, 
This annual has greatly increased in beauty 
under the successful hybridization of the 
French, German and English florists. 
Smith’s Prize are as double as carnations, 
and as pcrl'eclly striped. The Bolferiuo 
Balsam was a last year’s novelty of perfect 
coloriug, and densely double flowers; so rare 
was it considered that a packet ot live seeds 
cost fifty cents. No class of annuals pays 
better for cultivation than the Balsams. 
Zinnias 
make much finer growth if the laterals are 
pruned off; indeed all plaids require this 
treatment, and their beauty is injured if they 
are suffered to wander at their own sweet 
will. All single flowering plants Should ho 
uprooted as soon as their character is known, 
the first, flower does not always determine 
that, however—often when the first blooms 
are imperfect, the next one will show .the 
desired perfectness of shape. The Zinnia 
was so named by Linnkauh, in honor of Dr. 
Zinn, the pupil and successor of IIallkr, at 
Gottingen; Its biltfiuni coloring was an ac¬ 
quisition to floriculture twenty-five years 
ago; but cultivation has done wonders for 
the coarse, rough flower, and made it a rival 
of the Dahlia, superseding it in the affections 
of many amateur florists. The flower is not 
only desirable for its exquisite tints but also 
for its continuity of bloom. A perfect blos¬ 
som will retain its beauty Ibr six weeks upon 
its stem, and for cut flowers, bouquets, vases, 
etc., it, is unequaled for use as a background 
or center piece; but it lacks the fragrance so 
essential to completeness in flowers, and can 
never take its place in the front ranks of 
Flora’s Kingdom. s. o. jr. 
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GARDEN NOTES. 
( runberrics for Pot* unit IliiliKing Baskets* 
A COUKKKI’ONOKNT of the California Farm¬ 
er makes the following excellent suggestion: 
“ I do not see how any one, who has ever 
noticed the delicate foliage and flowers of the 
cranberry, even when wild and uncultivated, 
could fail to be struck with its beauty. But 
my object now is to call the attention of 
your readeis to ils value when cultivated in 
pots, in the house, or, still better, in hanging 
baskets. When thus grown, the long, slen¬ 
der stems, drooping from the basket, togeth¬ 
er with the rich fruit, form a most beautiful 
object. Let those who mourn that they can¬ 
not afford to purchase foreign novelties, 
make a rustic basket, and pul a few cran¬ 
berry plants in it, and hang it, iu the window, 
and they will say they never saw anything 
more beautiful.” 
Pateraoii’* Superb Melon. 
Tire London Gardener’s Chronicle has the 
following concerning a new melon:—“ This 
extraordinary melon was raised, during the 
summer of 1861), at Pontypool Park, by Mr. 
Paterson, gardener to Mr. 11 a vkuryLeigh; 
it weighed twenty-four pounds, and measured 
forty-two inches iu circitmferance. It was 
raised from the Netted Scarlet flesh, crossed 
with the Black ltock. The fruit is of exqui¬ 
site flavor, and very handsome, with fine rich 
scarlet flesh, and, as seen by the dimensions 
given, of extraordinary size and weight. Il 
produced one hundred and sixty-nine seeds, 
which is all tlio stock of it.” Why do not 
some of our gardeners produce an extraor¬ 
dinary melon by hybridizing V 
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The effect of drouth ia the garden is best pre¬ 
vented by frequent ly stirring the soil. 
tsntssions. 
AMERICAN INST. FARMERS’ CLUB. 
Notes of Discussions, F.xtrncts from Lct- 
tors, *fcc. 
<tooling Rooms.— ,1, M. BunntCK, Tlion, N. V., 
cools rooms by saturating towels or other cloths 
and newspaper, and leaving them about the 
room to evaporate. Another gentleman pre¬ 
ferred a piece of ice for evaporation. 
tionr. It is a great mistake to suppose that 
crows will condescend to feud on such common 
stuff as caterpillars* or grasshoppers, or any 
other troublesome insect, so long as they can 
find young birds, or turkeys, or eUickens. I 
have caught them more than once in ihe very 
act of breaking up a nest of young robius within 
a lew roils of toy house. Like sneaking thieves, 
as they arc, they come before you are up in the 
morning. I have been aroused by the agonizing 
cries of the old ones In their efforts to save their 
young, but generally just In time to see the 
black robber make off wit h his plunder. Only 
this very day, as I wirs sitting by the door, trying 
to keep coo2, my blood was made to boil by soe- 
1 iug one of these black imps flying past the house 
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Birds in Illinois,—A. A. IIILLARD, Brighton, 
III., a member of the Alton and State Horticul¬ 
tural Societies, wrote that these societies had 
“resolved to shoot three or lour of the worst 
kind of birds, tlio oriole, out bird, blue jay and 
rod-lioaded woodpecker.” Ho mlds:—We love 
the birds as well as any otio else; that is, the 
civilized ouos—the robins, larks and blue birds. 
We encourage them to build their nests, and are 
even importing English sparrows to catch in¬ 
sects. We earn not for all the fruit they can cat 
or carry off to their young. But those we call 
the Ku-Klux-Klan birds we have no sentimental 
sympathy for. They do not eat or carry off grapes, 
but peek their wicked little bills into them anil 
spoil them just ou| of mere wmiiontms*. Trim, 
the oriole is a beautiful bird, but a greater ras¬ 
cal never lived. I understand Dr. Hum. to say 
that, no bird or fowl can possibly tie induced to 
eat an insect of the eurOolio family. If that, is 
so, then a large portion of your bird glorifica¬ 
tion vanishes into llijn air, for that is about the 
only formidable enemy we have to contend 
with. We don’t, employ boys to shoot, blit Is in 
our vineyards so muesli to kill them us to scare 
the myriads of t hem away, though they do, by 
accident or otherwise, sometimes kill a few 
bushels of them of a morning. I suppose we 
have fifty birds and one hundred Insects hero 
where you have one at the East. 1 wish some of 
our tender-hearted Eastern horticultural friends 
would come out to Illinois and raise a lino crop 
of Delaware grapes. If it. don’t take all the 
bird poetry out of them, I’ll give it up. 
(kilting off Potato Blossoms. Mr. BURDICK 
had seen souiewhoro a flue field of potatoes in 
full bloom, and thought the owner would lose 
much by allowing the seed to perfect on the 
vines, lie would advise cutting off the blossoms 
on the entire Held. He had proved, by growing 
tulips and other bulbs, that no plant will perfect 
seed aud fully develop bulbs at the same time. 
To Prevent Mosquitoes Troubling. — Tbe hu¬ 
mane philosopher, Burdick, who believes the 
mosquitoes honest, and has a sincere and fra¬ 
ternal affection for them in consequence, says: 
“Ilang a piece of beef in your sleeping room 
and they will not trouble you. They will not 
boro for blood when they can find it ou the sur¬ 
face. 
Crows Condemned. —Gilbert Surm, Highland 
Falls, .V. Y., goes for the crow? with a wanton 
prodigality iu the way or epithets as follows: 
“There was a time when 1 suffered those nig¬ 
gardly thieves, the crows, to come upon my 
premises, and I have oven fed them in hard 
winters, but that was before I knew them, r 
must run the risk of being voted behind the age 
by voting against the crow, and should feel per¬ 
fectly justified in being a repeater ou that ques- 
with a young robin dangling from his beak, 
with tho parents in hot pursuit, aud with such 
mournful cries us would almost bring tears to 
tbe eyes of a robin shooter .” Mr. Fuller said 
that Mr. Smith is mistaken; crows do eat grass¬ 
hoppers, for be bad found them iu their stom¬ 
achs repeatedly. At certain seasons they feed 
on thorn largely. Mr. Gregory asked if it is 
not true that there are two kinds of crows In 
this country. Tho testimony concerning Their 
habits is so dissimilar that he suspects some arc 
talking of the eariou crow and others of tho 
rook. Dr. Thimble said there are no rooks 
east of the Rocky Mountains. Have heard and 
seen iI, assorted that crows eat birds’ eggs, but 
bavo watched them closely, ami never observed 
an instance yet. Mr. Fuller— Nor I either, 
Timothy Grans in Virginia. F. St, J. BARRETT, 
Petersburg, Va., sent samples of timothy heads 
ten inches long, on stalks over five feel, high, 
which he said were not unusual specimens. Blit 
while timothy grows Well there, he says it is not 
sowell adapted to that climate, on account of 
its bulbous root, as arc tho other grasses, and es¬ 
pecially the clovers. 
The Green I-lninl "Seedling Grapes.—P. STEW¬ 
ART, Mt. Lebanon, N. II., had visited David 
Thompson, to see the seedling grapes, and writes 
tho Club concerning them:—“Though I havo 
many new seedlings of my own—pronounced 
most excellent, too, by good judges—still, when 
I came to tusLe of friend Thompson's grapes, I 
found the flavor ol many of them equal to our 
hot-house varieties, aud some Of the clusters 
weighed two and a-half pounds. Although my 
visit was made some two weeks after tlio height 
of the season, yet l saw vines, several whose 
prollficucsfl far excelled anything commonly 
seen upon the Isabella in its best location. If 
his new varieties of black grapes do as well in 
other sections of the country, they must prove 
an acquisition of great value. 
New Curculiu Remedy.— G. M. SMITH, Berlin, 
VVis., writes:—“My method of destroying the 
littlo Turk is to give tho trees a judicious 
sprinkling of Paris green. My plnrn trees are, 
living witnesses of tho excellence of this 
treatment, for they arc, for Uto first time, 
loaded with fruit, and some of them over¬ 
loaded, ami not a murk of tho eur- 
culio can bo found. This ia tbe third season in 
this region that wo have used the Paris green 
for destroying the Colorado potato beetle, and 
I find it effectual not only for the in, but for all 
insects that feed on the foliage of trees or 
plants. Noether preparation,as I am aware of, 
has yet been used that is so inexpensive and 
easily prepared and applied as this. It is a per¬ 
fect protection to the melon and squash vines 
against tho ravages of the striped bug, to rose 
bustles from the slug, and the currant and rasp 
berry' from the worm. Ttiis is as far as my ex- 1 
periehce e* ‘ends, but I see no reason why the r 
canker worm and the caterpillar could not be 1 
destroyed by this preparation. Last season I e 
applied the Paris green In my trees, and I was c 
satisfied it had its effect on tho curculio, but the t 
season was so cold and wet here, and Insects t 
generally were so scarce and the fruits rotted ,1 
so badly, 1 could not fully decide. But tills c 
season the ttuusual warm weather brought, them c 
out early, and on noticing their marks ou the t 
fruit 1 made an application of tho green to my j 
trees ami repeated it every week or ton days, t 
The fruit that was slung dropped off, but it is 
the last I bavo seen of the curculio, although in j 
other localities, whore it has not been used, r 
they have been constantly at work. My manner f 
of using this poison is to mix thirty ( 80 ) parts of • 
flour or fine middlings to one of the Paris green ; 
(this is l he same proportion as wo use on our po- [ 
tttto vines); take a two or three quart tin pail ; 
and perforate the bottom and fasten to a polo, „ 
and while the dew is on shake it over the tree, r 
standing on the windward side and not inhale t 
any of tho dust. A light dusting is sufficient, r 
atul it will bo found strong enough l’or all prao- f 
tieal purposes." Mr. Fuller knew Paris green | 
to bo sure death to loaf eating insects, but was i 
not aware Hint, tho curculio belonged to that | 
class. To prove that t his is the curculio remedy ^ 
will require more than one year’s test. Dr. ; 
Trimble indorsed Mr. Fuller and doubted the i 
eincaey of all such applications. There is no | 
known remedy so effectual as jarring tho t rees < 
mid destroying the insects A member said that ] 
he thought nc sensible man would dust Paris j 
green, which is a virulent, poison, over anything f 
designed l.obeeatoiv So said Mr. Thlmule, also. 
Tick* on Sheep.—F. S. (L, Egypt, N. J., drives t 
ticks irom sheep oy nipping them in a strong 
decoction or tobacco obtained by steeping to* < 
banco stems. Mr. Keade said it is wet. known i 
that within six or eight days after shearing tho ' 
sheep, tho ticks ,oavo thorn and go on to tne i 
lambs. Sleep about ooopouudQf tobacco for 1 
every thirty lambs to be dipped, put thodeooo- i 
lion fit a tub and two men dip (be lambs In, bo- i 
lug careful not to get l he fluid In their eyes. i 
Weevils in Barns, it is suggested by F. H. lb, ' 
may bo expelled by knocking off the -weather- ' 
boarding at tbe base of ihe barn, nil around, 1 
two or three foot from tlio bottom up, so as to I 
admit a free circulation of air; clear out. tho ■ 
straw and hay from the barn, and lot tho chick¬ 
ens have free access thereto. 
Why the Ivy Bleu.— A lady asked why the 
leaves of the ivy in her hanging basket t urned 
yellow and died. It is not for lack of sufficient 
water. Mr. Fuller said the cause might be too 
much water or too much sun. Secretary Cm am¬ 
bers advised ©hanging tho soil in which the 1 
plant, is, using fresh leaf mold und black earth. 
To Destroy ihe Colorado Hug.—G eorge G. 
Sweet, Cheshire, Mich., finds that both ihe 
I larva-ami bug pensn if knocked off the vines at. 
in Id-day, where there is aun Into the open spaces 
between the rows. A. W. Warren, Rockford, 
Ill., does tho same thing with a paddle with good 
results. Hiram Latimer, Morgan, O., treats 
thorn as follows:- 1 * I arm myself with a large 
tin pan and a paddle eight or ten inches wide, 
ami go for them, thrusting tho pau up to the 
roots of the vino, and wllh Ihe paddle bringing J 
the vines over tho pan with it. shake, and tho 
bugs are safe; then to another hill, till I have an 
many as I wish to carry; then with tho corner 
of the puddle dig a hole in the soft eart h, slip In 
the. bugs, cover with earth, and proceed to busl- 
n ess again. I have bul few potatoes destroyed by 
them. Tho currant, worm is similar In Its habits 
of feeding, und may tie treated in tho dame way. 
The middle of tho day, when tho bud shines, 1 
think is the best time. Tho battle, probably, 
will havo to bo repeated. Shako your bushes 
smartly.” 
IVo Plaster in Hie Bone Meal.—A gentleman 
wno nail previously asked tho Club how much 
plaster Lister Brothers use. in the manufac¬ 
ture of their bone meal, stated that ho had ex¬ 
amined it. himself, and is satisfied that they do 
not use auy, and that their hone is pure. 
Smut in Wheat—WM. CUNNINGHAM, Caldwell, 
O., sends a head of wheal, and another of smut, 
which grow side by Bide, and asked the cause 
and cure. Mr. Fuller said smut, is attributable 
to the season—the condition of the atmosphere. 
Mr. Burdick said Ins father (a miller) had ob¬ 
served that tho more snow there was la winter 
tho more smut, his theory being that tho heav¬ 
ing of tho soil broke the roots of the plant, 
weakened it, and thus it became diseased. [But 
Mr. Burdick’S father ought to have known that, 
tho more snow the less heaving of the soil; also 
Unit spring wheat is often very smutty, although 
It can feel no Influence from frost. Kns. Itu- 
ral.] Dr. Trimble says smut is a fungus, aud 
the spores may ho propagated or carried over 
from year to year on the seed, unless It is brined 
and limed. Mr. Cutms said tho preventive of 
smut Is to sow good seed. It Is well known that 
soaking the seed in strong brine over night, and 
drying it it) lime or plaster prevents smut; but 
the prevalent idea that Ihe spores of the fungi 
arc destroyed he believes to lie erroneous. The 
facts are, that if the seed is put iu strong brine, 
the good seed Settles to the bottom, and the 
light, imperfect sued rises, and is poured off with 
the brine. Thus, good seed produces strong, 
healthy plants, (If the soli Is right,) and disease 
does not attack them. It is with plants us with 
men ; a weak man is more liable to succumb to 
disease than a strong one; so Is a weak plant. 
The brining and liming seed wheat is to be com¬ 
mended. 
Pear Blight.— II. \V. Meyers, Agency City, 
Iowa, has tine young pear trees perishing from 
blight; asks for a remedy. Tho Commander 
said ho knew of no remedy, but as soon as a 
branch of one of hi3 trees is attacked he cuts tt 
off with a sharp knife; if the whole tree is af¬ 
fected, ho cuts that off and burns it. Mr. Par¬ 
sons said pour blight had been the subject of In¬ 
vestigation iu this country for twenty years; 
but no one knew anything about its cause, nor 
any remedy. Ho did not. [The readers of the 
Rural New-Yorker, interested in this subject, 
1 are advised to read (if they have not) tlio ad¬ 
dress of Josi aii Hooves of Pennsylvania, upon 
“Fruit Fungi,” in Rural* Feb. Iff and 19, ISTl), 
pp. Ill and 127. Los. lUfRALj Mr. Parsons 
bad tried cutting off tho limbs of cherries aud 
plums affected with black-knot as soon as it ap¬ 
peared ; i ho trees would often live und boar fruit 
for four or live years, but were sure to die ulti- 
| niatoiy. 
Orchard Grass. — A correspondent asked the 
! Club if it could be sown in September or Ooto- 
i her, and if so seeded, if It would yield a crop for 
mowing tlio next season. Mr. Cuiras said he 
had never seeded with it in the fall, but should 
not hesitate to do so. There was no reason why 
It should not germinate t hen as well as other , 
grasses. Whether it would afford a mowing 
crop the next, season, he could not toll, but , 
thought it would on good soil, because ils growth 
is very rapid after it gets started. I t ts a very 
delicate seed, and requires that the soil be in ex¬ 
ceedingly tine tilth when sown, and it should be 
covered very lightly. Two bushels per aero is 
tho quantity usually sown. If for permanent 
pasture, ho would mix it with timothy and 
red top. 
Management of Poultry. Wariien Lkland, 
Highland Farm, Rye, N. V., writes in answer to 
an inquiry front a gentleman who thinks of 
going into the poultry business iu his old ago: 
“ If tho old gentleman will come up and see mo 
I will gladly show him how I manage my 
poultry-yards. I have found that for every 
hundred fowls you must give up at least an 
acre. Hut rough land ia as good as any. Hens 
naturally love the bush, ninl I lop young trees, 
but leave a shred by which they live a year or 
more. These form hiding places aud retreats 
Tor them. In such places they prefer to lay. I 
havo great success, and it, depends on three or 
four rules, by observing which I believe a good 
living can bo made by hens mid turkeys. 1. 1 
give my fowls great range. Eighteen acres be¬ 
long to them exclusively. Then tho broods 
havo the range or another big lot, und the tur¬ 
keys go half a mile or more from the house. 
The eighteen acres of poultry-yard is rough 
land, 01‘ little use for Ullage. It lies a pond in 
It, and many rocks, and bushes, and weeds, and 
sandy places, and ash heaps, and lime, mid bones, 
aud grass, und a pluee which I plow up to give 
tliuta worms. 
” ”. When a hen has set, I take her box, throw 
out tho straw and earth, let, it be out in tbe sun 
mid rain a few days, und give it, a good coat of 
whitewash on both sides. In winter, when it is 
vary cold, I have an old stove in their house, and 
keep the warmth above freezing. There Is also 
an open fireplace where I build a fire iu cool wet 
days. They dry themselves, and when the fire 
goes out there Is a bed of ashes for them to wal¬ 
low in. Sommer and winter my hens have all 
the llino, ashes and oaiul they want. 3. Another 
reason why I have such look is because my 
poultry-yards receive all tho scraps from iho 
Metropolitan Hotel. Egg making is no easy 
work, and hens will not do much of it without 
high feed. They need just what a man who 
works requires —wheat bread aud moat. Even 
when wheat costs two dollars I believe In feed¬ 
ing it to hens. As to breeds, I prefer I lie 
Brahmas, light, and dark. I change roosters 
every spring, and it man oil tho farm lias no 
other duty than to take care of my poultry. 1 
frequently turn off 3,000 spring chickens la a 
single season. 
Fish Culture.—A. R. Fuller, Mnlone, N. Y., 
writes:—“ I havebefuexperimenting with trout 
lor t lio last, two years, aud find 1 can learn some¬ 
thing all the time. Make your ponds ns near as 
you possibly can as nature makes them: givo 
thorn nit kinds of bottom, mud its well as gravel. 
Sand, grass banks.old stumps, hushes, roots, mid 
old logs alt hold animal life, and every trout in 
the pend is on tho lookout for anything that 
■ moves. Ponds with cement, walls will not af- 
ford much natural food. I think many gentle¬ 
men who build such ponds and try to 
make them look fine by building nice walls 
starve their trout by feeding only such 
food as ts fed dead, t ihink they require some 
live food, though they do well for a time on 
chopped meat, curd, und tho like. Beginning 
with the small l’ry, I have fed eggs, hard-boiled, 
freely with a small net made of book-muslin, 
putting iu a half egg at a time. Wet the net, 
and squeeze it well with the hand, and riii .-to off 
the little particles that com© I hroiigh, they float 
along and are caught by the fry. Sour milk is 
full as good. Curdled blood is too heavy, and of 
too dark a color. Great, car© must bo taken In 
feeding It, as the boxes soon become foul. Turn 
out. tho lii lie fellows as soon as possible Into 
good pasture; they will do hotter than when fed 
by hand. Keep as near nature ns you can. and 
protect thorn from their natural enemies—old 
trout, kingfishers, minks, and water mice. I 
turned out our young trout in March this year, 
and have not fed them anything since. They 
arc now two Inches long; us smart ns tho old 
ones. Tho yearlings had not been fed when l 
took them out In make room for tho little ones. 
They were four to six inches in length. I now 
feed them chopped meat, and sour milk In addi¬ 
tion to what they catch, and f take pu ins to in¬ 
troduce any insect<>r crawlers that will live in 
water, that a trout will eat. 
Our fresh-water leech is a very sweet morsel 
to a trout, aud can be easily propagated where 
trout can feed on them. Cl urns make good feed, 
a little more trouble to open and feed them out, 
but they are better than liver. Tho question of 
cheap feed is one of great importance to those 
ongagod in fish culture; everything that will 
grow with the trout that lie can use as food 
must be taken car© of. I do not think any ono 
Cun depend entirely on butcher’s moat or curds. 
Wo have been very successful in go Ml rig our 
ponds stocked, and turve had very few deaths 
among the fish. I attribute our success to the 
make of our ponds as much as to lire cure. Wo 
, have built open walls, plenty hiding-places, and 
: good shade among the stones. We havo 1-1,000 
i old trout, and are now prepared to slock other 
i ponds; began work October, 1868, with thirty 
. two-year-old trout. We have200,000 young ouos 
- turned out in March. Having so good a start 
on trout, our study now Is cheap feed, and any 
new light 1 may gel on the Subject, I shall be glad 
’ to impart to new beginners or others, either di- 
. rectly or through your Club. I classed the king¬ 
fisher among the enemies of tho trout, bat am 
not satisfied that he (s one. Lust year 1 tried to 
drive them away from the ponds, but this year 
I let them nest In the bank near one pond, and 
. have watched t hem closely, and have never seen 
. one dive into a pond, and am not sure that they 
’ catch trout. Others gay they do; but I think so 
ranch of anything In the bird line that 1 want to 
keep the kingfisher if l can. I would advise all 
’ beginners to visit some one engaged iu the busi- 
, ness and get a little practical knowledge be¬ 
fore starting; It will save mooli time and ex- 
j pease. So© how thoy feed and the quantity. 
1 Mump Fullers.—J. M. W r.rn hr by, Kit.sciusco, 
- Miss., nsks if there is any way In which - tumps 
t can be removed frofn land, except by waiting 
for them to rot. The reply was that there are 
stump pullers which will lift out the largest 
(tine stumps. That large fields, so closely cov- 
3 ©red with these stomps t hat, it would he difficult 
to drive horses and wagon among thorn, laid 
been cleared, in various parts of t he State—tho 
l> stumps being blown to pieces with powder after 
j lifting, or trimmed and made into fences, 
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