and of North America, whose great mildness, 
caused doubtless by ocean currents bearing 
toward those shores, obscures, to a great ex¬ 
tent, the influence of the aerial currents. 
E<lcn vi He, Iowa. Coras. 
raps. 
ROTATION OF CROPS. 
BY .TAMES HOOKE. 
clover and rye grass; fourth year,oats, after 
the grasB; fifth year, drilled beans; sixth 
3 ’ear, barley; seventh year clover and rye 
grass; eighth year, oats; and this is to be 
succeeded by turnips, «r other green crop, 
which will commence a new rotation. Some 
stop at. t lie sixth crop and make it whmt in¬ 
stead of barley, and then commence with 
turnips; hut in either case, to keep up the 
fertility of the soil, manure should he applied 
with the beans. 
The course of crops best suited for light 
soil are, first year, turnips, in drills ; second 
shruken, but it was as sound and healthy as Sugar, 189lbs. Acid, 625-100,000. Soil, gravel, 
ever. I cut it up, planted the pieces'in a Exposure, Northwest. Cultivation, plowed 
favorable spot, and feel confident that some and hoed twice. Distance between the vines, 
time late in .June of next year, or early in 8 feet. Summer pruning, none. Aye of vines, 
July, 1 shall hear from it. is there another six years. Time of picking, Oct. 6 th. Train- 
root or tuber that, under such circumstances, ing, on trellis. 
would retain its vitality while passing the 2. Urbana Wine Co., Hammondsport.— 
long bridge of the twelve months of the Sugar, 180 lbs. Acid, 530-100,000. Sod ,clay 
year?” loam, with a clay subsoil. Exjwsure, West- 
year?” _ 
About Orchard Grass. 
I NOTICED ill the RURAL NEW-YORKER 
of October 1, that a subscriber inquires about 
ern. Cultivation, plowed, cultivated and hoed. 
Distance between the vines, 8 feet by 8 feet. 
Summer pruning, none. Age of vines, four 
years. Time of picking, Oct, 10th. Train- 
The kind of crops that should be raised, rye-graae; fourth year, oats; and around 
depends altogether on the nature of the soil, again to a new rotation, On good turnip 
climate, and other circumstances, exclusive soils, this rotation may he repeated indefi- 
yf the notion or wish of the agriculturist, nitely, provided the turnip crop be eaten on 
Alternating crops, successively, 011 any kind the ground, with sheep or cattle, and the 
of land, is essentially necessary, in any light grass crop he pastured, or that the manure 
system of husbandry. derived from the hay be returned to the 
A very good reason for this may he con- ground again. It will, however, be noces- 
ceived from the following proposition?, as sary to introduce, occasionally, the alternate 
soil are, first year, turnips, iu drills ; second orchard grass. I have had it growing on y ea • 4 ’ p 
year wheat or barley; third year, clover and my farm for five years, ami have found it in 0, "> re is^ 
rye-grass; fourth year, oats; and around valuable for a pasture grass and for hay. It 3. H. O. Fairchild, 
a<miu to a new rotation. On good tuniip stands the drouth well with me, and the Sugar, 183 Jbs. Acid, 600-100,000. Soil, 
laid down by two most eminent French ag- 
ricultural chemists:—1st. That every plant, 
has a tendency to exhaust the soil. 2 d. 1 hat 
all plants do not exhaust the soil alike. 3d. 
That all plants of different kinds do not ex¬ 
haust the soil in the same manner. 4th. That 
all plants do not restore to the soil the same 
quantity nor the same quality of manure. 
5 th. That all plants differently affect the 
growth of weeds. 
From these fundamental principles, the 
following conclusions may be drawn -.—That 
however well a soil may be prepared, it can¬ 
not long nourish crops of the same kind in 
succession,' tv it liout, becoming exhausted; lot 
every crop impoverishes a soil in proportion 
ns more or less nutritions matter is consumed 
by the plant cultivated. Perpendicular root¬ 
ing plants, and such as shoot horizontally, 
ought to succeed each other. Plants of the 
same kind should not return too frequently 
in a circle of cropping; neither should two 
crops equally favorable to the growth of 
weeds succeed each other. Such plants ns 
system of pasturage, for without this, even 
with the most liberal treatment, it will 
scarcely be possible to keep up the fertility 
of the soil. 
Sandy soils, or such ns approach to the na¬ 
ture of sharp sand, having so little clay in 
their composition that they possess no adhe¬ 
sive quality, either in a wet or dry state, it is 
difficult to make too rich, for, from their na¬ 
ture, till the manure given them is soon ab¬ 
sorbed and consumed. I would recommend 
the following six-course rotation for these 
soils;—First year, turnips, with manure, the 
turnips to be consumed on the ground by 
sheep or cattle; second year, barley or oats; 
third, fourth and fifth years, grass, pastured 
by sheep, &c.; sixth year, rye or oats. 
With regard to laud which has become 
rich from good tillage, little may be said; 
the method of management is known to all; 
but over - cropping must nevertheless he 
avoided, and care should he taken to keep 
up rather than diminish its fertility. 
The rotations, as will lie perceived, vary 
is to sow it in fall. The soil on which I have 
it growing is a clay. The seed can be sown 
with clover in spring, as the two together 
make an excellent grass for bay or pasture. 
It lias given all my neighbors who have 
tried it perfect satisfaction. The seed can 
be bought at nearly all the seed stores.— 
John G. Reidek, Lancaster, Pa. 
greatly exhaust the soil, as grains, should considerably, according to the nature and 
only be sown when the land is In good con- wauts of t ,q ( > s 0 il; yet, all possess a general 
dition, and in proportion as a soil is found to I'esomlfiance, and embrace alternations of 
exhaust itself by successive cropping, plants g ra h) with green crops. It is necessary, 
that are least exhausting should be cul- however, to say that the land, in time, is apt, 
tivated. to be injured by au unvarying routine, and 
I may add, that a successive change of seems to require changes in the character of 
crops has a tendency to destroy noxious in- n,ose. green crops which are reckoned so 
sects, as those which are produced by one beneficial; or, in other words, there is a »e- 
crop cannot be supported by another, of n. ce ssity for a change of rotations. 
different description. In the cropping of Tllls is done by either changing the green vims, six years. Time of pick 
our farms, the farmer, tor his own sake, crops p, the rotation, or alternat ing one rota- ■ r 0ct # Training, to trellis, 
should be impelled to take lessons I mill rea- tf 0Q witli another. The latter plan, which is 4 ' x>Jeasant , Vato*? Wine Co .—Sugar 17’ 
son and sound judgment on the matter, and caUed « shifting* from one course to another, J|)p AcM 710406 ,000. Soil , gravelly. Ex 
study that, species of plants ho can most ad- has invariably and always been adopted by ure Southeastern. Cultivation, twice hoe< 
vantageouHly produce in succession lmm his my fath er, Mr. John Moore, Barrow House, ' • ’ p() DUaMe between the vines 
fields, lienee the Rotation ol Crops is a wbo has been justly considered by all who g fcet ))y 8 fecit,. Summer pruning, none. Ag 
matter of firsj. importance in husbandry, and knew him onc G f the best scientific and ()fvine g flye years> Time of picking, Oct 
requires our deliberate consideration. practical farmers in his county. I have now, ^ Training, on trellis. 
Now, then, the general principle of rota- j think, offered such observations in the ^ Bassett Vine Valley.— Sugar, 181 
tion in cropping being recognized, the. sub- pra( . tice of station is will explain the gen- ^ ^ 525-100 000. No other particu 
ject may be resolved into the following ques- era j principles on which it should be con- j ^ Qj^hned 
tions:—1st. Wlmt crop is any particular ducted; but in tl*is, as well as in other de- c ^ W Parker, Bluff Point., Yates Co 
field capable of growing to the greatest ad- p artmonl8 of husbandry, a large discretionary y.—S ugar 171 ’lbs. Add, 000-100,00C 
vantage? 2d. What is the host succession power must |c left to the farmer himself, ^ Shale mixed with clay. Exposure, Eat 
of crops, considering the capabilities of the who must v ot only act upon that system , ’ South cultivation, plowed and hoe 
ground and the sources of amelioration wh j c h wildcat preserve the fertility of the ^ Didance between the vines, 0 fee 
within reach, which, without exhausting soil) but best adapted to the markets m Summc) . vrU ning, none. Age of vines, fou 
the fertility of the soil, will ultimately afford which ie sells his produce. In any circum- ^ q[ picking) fmm 0 ct. lst t 
the most profit? static/, however, it is advisable for him to Qct n draining, to two wire trellis. 
In our present stale of agricultural knowl- se( ,^ 0 upon some definite course; and this ? Urhana vv ‘ inc Co., Hwwuondspor 
edge these questions cannot he precisely an- b ffng once established, much confusion will N y_ Sugar 172 lbs Add 590-100 000. Bai 
swcied, and we can only arrive at general „ c prevented, labor will be economized, and ^ ‘ ]oiU * |; ^ u , a day eu b 80 il. Expomr 
conclusions, resulting Imm experience m ( t he mode of working will be ultimately more ' Wc>s)( . rn Cultivation. plowed, cultivate 
particular districts; but 1 will state tor a profiub j e . and hoed. DMmuse between vines, 8 feetb 
principle that will hold true, m almost all iv- l„ adopting any of the rotations recom- feet Summer pruning, none. Age i 
Stances, that alternate husbandry, or the sfs- melwJed) it j 8 absolutely necessary that the ^ fom . R jVmeof picking, Oct. lOtl 
tern of having green and gram crops to tot- fannur should not only lie acquainted with V. tQ tre „ ia 
low each other, with some modification, 18 )k() theory of agriculture, but also have a ’ , r ip, T m itkin 
practicable on every soil. On all e-’ay Bolls .practical knowledge of the details of his _ ~ _ 
s we red, and we can only arrive at general 
conclusions, resulting from experience in 
particular districts; but I will State tor a,' 
principle that will hold true, in almost all iy- 
stanees, that alternate husbandry, or the SfS- 
tem of having green and grain crops to fol¬ 
low each other, with some modification, is 
GRAPE TESTS. 
Ropori ol'tlie Sivrctnry of (lie Committee ol 
the i’leannnt Valley Grope Growers' As- 
locliuiniii upou fin! Grape Test**, at 11am- 
inoiiilMPort, N, YOct. l‘i. 1S70. , 
[Continued from page 3)7, lant No.] 
Isabel I ft** 
There were seven specimens of these pre¬ 
sented for trial. 
1. M. & O. Babcock, Hammondsport..— 
Sugar, 168 lbs. Acid, 550-100,000. Sail, 
gravelly. Exposure, Northwest. Cultivation, 
plowed twice in the season. Distance be¬ 
tween the rows, 8 feet. Summer pruning, 
none. Age of vines, six years. Time of 
picking, Oct. 6 th. Training, on trellis. 
2. M. Gage, Vine Valley.— Sugar, 183 
lbs. Acid, 550 100,000. No other par t iculars 
to be obtained. 
3. II. O. Fairchild, Hammondsport.— 
Sugar, 180 lbs. Acid, 490-100,000. Soil, 
shaley; subsoil clayey. Exposure, Southern. 
Cultivation, twice plowed and hoed. Distance 
between the vines, 7 feet. Summer pruning, 
none. Age of vims, six years. Time of pick- 
ing, Oct,. 6 . Training, to trellis. 
4. Pleasant. V»fc*7 Wine Co.— Sugar 177 
I!*. Add, 710-106,000. Soil, gravelly. Ex¬ 
posure, Southeastern. Cultivation, twice hoed 
and plowed. Distance between the vines, 
8 feet by 8 feet. Summer pruning, none. Age 
of vines, five years. Time of picking, Oct. 
7th. Training, on trellis. 
5. A. Bassett, Vine Valley.— Sugar, 183 
lbs. Acid, 525-100,000. No other particu¬ 
lars obtained. 
6 . E. W. Parker, Bluff Point., Yates Co., 
N. Y.— Sugar, 171 lbs. Add, 500-100,000. 
Soil, Shale mixed with clay. Exposure, East 
by South. Cultivation, plowed and hoed 
once. Distance between the vines, 6 feet. 
Summer pruning, none. Age of vines, four 
years. Time of picking, from Oct. lst to 
Oct. 11. Training, to two wire trellis. 
7 . Urbana Wine Co., Hammondsport, 
N. Y.— Sugar, 172 lbs. Arid, 590-100,000. Soil, 
a clay loam with a clay subsoil. Exposure, 
Western. Cultivation, plowed, cultivated 
and lioed. Distance between vines, 8 feet by 
8 feet. Summer pruning, none. Age of 
vines, four years. Time of picking, Oct. 10th. 
Training, to trellis. 
recapitulation. 
trellis. 
4. Pleasant Valley Wine Co., Hammonds¬ 
port.— Sugar, 209 lbs. Acid, 660-100,000. 
Soil, very stony, gravelly soil. Exposure, 
Southeastern. Cultivation, plowed late in 
the fall, and plowed and hoed twice during 
the summer. Distance between the vines, 8 
feet by 8 feet. Summer pruning, pruned 
during the summer, so far as removing later¬ 
als and pinching off the terminal buds, and 
removing the barren, surplus shoots, soon 
after the fruit buds have made their appear¬ 
ance. Age of vines, five years. Time of 
picking, Oct, 3d. Training, on a trellis. 
5. E. A. Roff, Pultney, Steuben Co.— 
Sugar, 194 lbs. Acid, 520-100,000. Soil, 
gravelly loam. Exposure, Eastern. Culti¬ 
vation, no plowing, but thoroughly culti¬ 
vated. Distance between the vines, rows 8 
feet apart; the vines six feet, apart in the 
rows. Summer pruning, vines thinned out, 
kept up close, not cut off at. ends. Age of 
vines, not stated. Tim of picking, not 
given. Training, on a trellis 5 feet high. 
6 . C. II. Perry, Vine Valley, Yates Co., 
N. Y.— Sugar, 200 lbs. Acid, 510-100,000. 
Soil, gravelly loam. Exposure , Southern. 
Cultivation , plowed, cultivated and hoed 
once each. Distance between vines, 8 by 8 
feet. Summer pruning, none. Age of vines, 
notstated. Time of picking, Oct. 11. Train¬ 
ing, to trellis. 
recapitulation. 
Sugar, by Suffer, by 
Name. Twlubell’# Oeehsle’s Acid. 
vines, 6 feet by 6 feet. Summer pruning, 
none. Age of vines, not given. Time, of 
picking, Oct, 11. Training, to trellis. 
5. Pleasant Valley Wine Co., Hammonds¬ 
port, N. Y.— Sugar, 227 lbs. Acid, 775- 
100,000. Soil, gravelly shale. Exposure , 
Eastern. Cultivation, plowed in the fall to 
the vines; plowed and hoecl twice in the 
summer. Distance between the vines, 8 feet 
by 8 feet. Summer pruning, none. Age of 
vines, three years. Time of picking, Sept, 
29th. Training, on trellis. The stalks and 
fruit of this specimen were much dried. 
6 . Urhana Wine Co., Hammondsport, N. 
y —Sugar, 215 lbs. Acid, 675-100,000. Soil, 
clay loam with a clay subsoil. Exposure, 
Western. Cultivation . plowed, cultivated 
and hoed. Distance between the vines, 8 feet 
by 8 feet. Summer pruning, none. Age 
of vines, four years. Time of picking, Oct. 
10th. Training, to trellis. 
recapitulation. 
Si!K*r, by I by 
Twltolielr* Occhsle’i 
C. H. Perry......I 211 lbs. 
Elislm Ron... 196 lbs. 
D. S. Wagner... 211 lbs. 
James H. Riokett. 20s lbs. 
Pleasant Val. Wine Co. 227 lbs. 
Urbana Wine Co. 215 lbs. 
C P Perrv. 8. | 8 by 8 ft. Oct, 11. 
D, 8. Wagner. E. |5 yrs. 8 by 6 ft. Oct. 3. 
James H. Rlckctt. E. « by 6 I . Oct^- U. 
Pleasant Val. Wine Co. E. 3 yrs. 8 by 8 ft. Sep. 29. 
U r ban a Wine Co. W. 4 yrs. 8 by Sit. Oct. 10 . 
The average amount of sugar, 216 32 lbs. 
Average amount of acid, 660-100,000. The 
maximum amount of sugar was found in the 
specimen presented by D. 8 . Wager, viz.: 
241 lbs. The next was that presented by 
the Pleasant Valley Wine Co., which was 
227 lbs; hut both of these were too much 
dried in the stalk and in the fruit t.o he fair 
specimens. The maximum amount of acid, 
775-100,000, in the grapes of the Pleasant 
Valley Wine Co. The minimum amount of 
sugar was in the grapes presented by Elisha 
Roff, which contained 196 lbs. The mini¬ 
mum amount of acid was 575-100,000, in the 
grapes presented by C. H. Perry. — [To he 
continued. 
I 
►Urim-iwrtr. 
M. & O. Babcock. 189 lbs. 
Urbana Wine Co.i 189 lbs. 
If. O. Fairchild . IKi lbs. 
Pleasant Val. Wine Co. 209 lbs. 
E. A. Roll.; 19* >ps- 
C. H. Perry.. ' *06 H>*- 
625-100,000 
530-100,000 
600-100,000 
660-100,000 
500-100,000 
610-100,000 
Expos- Age of Distance Time of 
ure. I vium. Apart. ' picking. 
a naked, well-worked summer fallowing has pi . 0 | css i (m . Without the latter, he cau 
been considered by good agriculturists in nover adop ( that system of economy which 
Ireland as the basis of good husbandry ; but n ,-q j nsiu . 0 i,j, u a fair profit for his labor and 
furrow-drainage has since taken place on (>nl } ay jf j l( . j 8 not acquainted with the 
these soils, and there is every probability g enerft | details of farming, he should adopt, 
that a turnip, potato, or other green crop, dje simplest system possible, and confine 
will be substituted for the tallow ; turnips to small experiments, by which 
can now be raised of a superior quality, and be run t) ie least risk in the acquirement 
equal in weight of crop, to those formerly G [ q ie proper knowledge, 
raised on what were termed turnip soils; - 
Sugar, by Sugar, by 
Twitchell’s Oechsl.’a 
M. & O, Babcock —:. 
[Trimmi Winn Co. 
ii. o. Fairchild. 
M, OllgC. 
108 ilia. 
172 Iba. 
ISO lba. 
183 lbs. 
Pleasant Val. Wine Co. 177 lbs. 
A. Bassett. 
10, W. Parker. 
1H3 lbs. 
171 11)8. 
550-100,000 
590 100,000 
490 100,000 
515 100,000 
710-100,000 
625-100,0W 
500-100,000 
Expos- Ago oft Distance Tlirut of 
ure. vinos. apart. picking. 
hut whether this kind of land can he kept as 
clean, or in better tilth, by naked fallowing, 
or by green fallow crops, is yet to be deter¬ 
mined. The particular steps of the rotation, 
the number, and succession of alternate grain 
and green crops, which may be taken before 
the land is laid down to grass, and the length 
of time it ought to remain in pasture, before 
it is again broken up for tillage, must de¬ 
pend on circumstances. 
A good rotation for clay soils will run 
thusFirst year, fallow; second year, wheat; 
third year, clover and rye grass; fourth year, 
oats; fifth year, drilled beans; sixth year, 
wheat. In this rotation, to procure full fer¬ 
tility and luxuriant crops the soil should be 
recruited with manure every third or fourth 
year, the manure being first applied in the 
fallow year, and next with the bean crop. 
For loamy soils the rotation may b ■ as fol¬ 
lows:—First year, turnip fallow; second 
year, wheat, on such parts of the land as are 
cleared of the turnips in time for that crop, 
and barley or oats on the rest; third year, 
FIELD NOTES. 
A New York Corn Crop. 
James M. Lester, Ontario Co., N. Y., 
writes that lie raised the past season, on six 
acres and fifty rods of ground, 1,055 bushels 
of ears of corn. But ho does not say what 
kind of corn it was, nor how the land was 
prepared and cultivated, which would have 
been more interesting. 
Diomroren ltntaia» ns n Keeper. 
B. F. Johnston, Champaign, 111., writes 
the Country Gentleman that this “ Chinese 
yam has one merit which I have never seen 
acknowledged. In keeping qualities it out¬ 
lasts any vegetable with which 1 am ac¬ 
quainted. In November last, I had a big 
one dug out of the depths of the earth. It 
was laid away in the cellar, and remained 
there during the winter and the following 
spring and summer, until a few days ago, 
when I came across it, and found that it had 
some sprouts upon it, and had considerably 
M. &0. Babcock. N. W.'li yrs. 8 by 8 ft. Oct. 6. 
Urbana Wine < o. W. 4 yrs.18 by 8 It. Ool. 10. 
H. O. Fairchild. 8. 6 yrs. 7 by 7 ft. Oct. 6. 
M ii net* «•«•»••»** *«.••• 
Pleasant"Val. Wine Co. 8. E. 5 yrs. 8 by 8 ft. Oct. 7. 
F. w! 8 Fariter . Sby E 4 vrs. 6 by 6 ft. Oct. 11. 
M. & O. Babcock.N. W. 6 yrs. 8 by 8 ft. Oct. 6. 
Urbana Wine Co. W. 4 yrs. 8 by h ft. pet. 10. 
H O. Fatrcblld . 8 . 6 yrs. 7 by 7 ft . Oct. 6 . 
Pleasant Val Wine Co. 8- K. 5 yrs. 8 by 8 ft. Oct. 3. 
E. A. R"ff. K- 
G. H. Perry. 8. _ 8 by 8 ft. Oe t . U. 
The average amount of sugar in the Diana 
is 194 lbs. The average amount of acid 5s 574- 
100,000. The maximum amount of sugar 
is 209 lbs. in a sample presented by the 
Pleasant Valley Wine Company. T» e maxi¬ 
mum amount of acid is 660-100,000 in a 
sample of the Pleasant Valley Wine Com¬ 
pany. The minimum amount of sugar is 
183 lbs., presented by II. O. Fairchild. 
The minimum amount of acid is 510-100,- 
000 , presented by C. II. Perry. 
Ioann. 
1 . C. II. Perry, Vine Valley, Yates Co., 
N. Y.— Sugar, 211 lbs. Add, 575-100,000. 
Soil, gravelly loam. Exposure, Southern. 
Cultivation, plowed. Cultivated and hoed 
once each. Distance between the vines, 8 
feet by 8 feet. Summer pruning, none. Age 
of vines, not stated. Time of picking, Oct. 
11th. Training, to trellis. 
2. E. Roff, Pultney, Steuben Co., N. Y.— 
Sugar, 196 lbs. Add, 675-100,000. Soil, 
gravelly loam. Exposure, Eastern. Cultiva¬ 
tion, not plowed, but thoroughly cultivated. 
Distance between vines, rows 8 feet apart 
and 6 feet between the plants. Summer 
pruning, vines thinned out, kept up close, 
not cut off at the ends. Age of vines, not 
stated. Time of picking, not stated. Train¬ 
ing, wound on trellis 5 feet high; extra care 
in tying up. 
3. D. S. Wagner, Pultney, Steuben Co., 
N. Y .—Sugar, 241 lbs. Add, 660-100,000. 
Soil, a soft shale. Exposure, Eastern. Culti¬ 
vation, plowed to the vines in the fall; plowed 
PIG-PEN PAPERS. 
Origin of Holuml Swine. 
In answer to R. W. K., Appanoos, Kansas, 
page 267, Rural New-Yorker, allow rue 
to say;—Poland swine were imported from 
Poland, (Europe,) and arc not a cross of the 
Chester and Berkshire hog, ns reported to 
you. In connection with the above, I will 
state that I know from experience, that the 
less Chester blood there is infused in the Po¬ 
land hog, the better, as I have reared the 
pure Chester hog, (or Chester Whites, as they 
arc called,) and I also roar the Poland and 
Big China, crossed, and I have also crossed 
the Poland and China hog with the Chester 
Whites, and iu no instance have the half-blood 
Chesters proved equal to the Poland and 
China hog; and in ev&ry instance the half- 
blood Poland and Chinas have been superior 
to the pure Chester Whites.— Robt. Cook, 
Franklin, Ohio. _ 
Feediiuc Meat u» IIoka. 
W. K. Dean asks the Rural New- 
Yorker “ if feeding meat to hogs affects tbo 
character of the pork ; and if so, in what re¬ 
spect.’.’ There can be no doubt that it does 
affect the character of the pork, because all 
kinds of vegetable food does, now it affects 
it, must depend upon its character and quality. 
We have had no experience, and will be 
glad to hear from those* who have. 
sportsman, 
NOTES FOR SPORTSMEN. 
To Catch Gophers. 
I see that a Rural boy, in Kansas, 
wants to know how to catch gophers. W ell, 
there are several ways out here i n Texas. One 
is to watch their holes and shoot them. An¬ 
other boy sets a snare, It is a long string or 
cord, with a running noose in the end of it, 
which he fastens to a stick, four or five feet 
The average amount, of sugar in all t lie ,,, , , cord, with a running noose to tnc ena m a, 
s Jc «ns Si. mmJL, was 170.28 ^^.P'owedto tl.o *l»«... tbe tall; P -wd ,, e ftste „, t0 a slick, Ibnr or five feet 
t“. ye™T.m<ll or ai was 503- rom them » the «pnng u.d hoe. I,; . imng il)totta grolmd nea r the bole. 
IOOOOO. The maximum amount or sugar the slimmer they wcrr culiivulul and h , fi*es the loop or Doose over the 
ivu,uuv. 1 >*>• m'muu _ _ * H t ie prrass kent out. the soil kent moist l>v . . ... __ 
was found In .the samples presented by M. 
Gage and A. Basset r, both of which con¬ 
tained 183 llis. The maximum amount of 
aeid was contained in the samples presented 
by the Pleasant Valley Wine Co., which 
reached 719-100,000. The minimum amouut 
of sugar was 168 lbs., contained in a sample 
presented by M. & O. Babcock; and the 
minimum amount of acid was 490-100,000, 
contained in a sample presented by Mr. H. 
O. Fairchild. 
Diauns. 
Six samples of these grapes were submitted 
to the tests. 
1 . M. & O. Babcock, Hammondsport.— 
all the grass kept out, the soil kept moist, by 
cultivation. Distance between the vines, 8 
feet between the rows; vines 6 feet apart. 
Summer pruning, none. Age of vines, five 
years. Time of picking, 3d of October. 
Training, to wire trellis from 12 to 14 inches 
from the ground. Canes attached to Other 
wires above. The specimen was undoubt¬ 
edly a very fine one, but the stalks and fruit 
were so much dried that they could not be 
fairly compared with the others. 
4. James H. Rickett, Newburgh, Orange 
Co., N. Y.— Sugar, 208 lbs. Add, 600-100,- ^ ---- 
000. Soil, limestone. Exposure, Eastern, ting .$2 thereto. We think it the m 
Cultivation, not given. Distance between plete work of the kind we have seen 
hole, so that when Mr. Gopher comes out 
he runs in it and is safe until morning, when 
the hoy kills him. They are very trouble¬ 
some to the potato crop in some places here. 
—John W. Menefee, Jackson Co., Texas. 
“Wliat in Hie Best Book for Sportsmen?” 
So asks a correspondent. We do not 
know. But since we have received the in¬ 
quiry Oakley, Mason & Co. of this city 
have placed on our table “The Trappers 
Guide,” a very handsomely illustrated and 
practical book, which may be obtained at 
the Rural New-Yorker office by remit¬ 
ting $2 thereto. We think it the most com- 
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