ORE’S  RURAL  NEW-YORKER. 
JULY  22 
The  wormB  begin  to  spin  in  about  a  month 
from  the  date  of  hatching,  and  in  six  weeks  all 
duties  connected  with  them  for  the  year  would 
have  been  performed.  Tlie  worms  require  but 
Blight  protection  from  the  weather.  Indeed,  I 
believe  In  this  chmato  (Central  Missouri),  wore 
it  not  for  the  birds,  they  might  bo  scattered  over 
our  liedges  and  loft  to  shift  for  themselves,  and 
the  cocoons  in  due  time  be  gathered  like  fruit 
from  among  the  branches.  1  have  several  times 
tried  them  in  Uiis  way,  and  tliey  thrived  remark¬ 
ably,  in  spite  of  gales  and  frequent  showers,  as 
long  as  the  birds  permitted  them  to  live ;  but  as 
they  apiiroachod  maturity,  their  white  color  ren¬ 
dered  them  so  conspicuous  that  none  survived 
long  enough  to  spin.  Mabv  E.  M'uktfeldt. 
Kirkwood,  Mo. 
HOW  TO  PAY  DEBTS  WITHOUT  MONEY. 
Is  many  portions  of  the  country  the  cry  of 
“  hard  limes  ”  and  scarcity  of  money  is  raised, 
and  allJjough  it  is  frequently  asserted  that  tliere 
is  plenty  of  money  to  purchase  all  commodaties 
offered  for  sale,  yet  practical  experience  demon¬ 
strates  Ute  fact  that  a  great  many  needful  and 
useful  articles  will  not  oonunand  ready  money, 
except  at  great  sacriflee  in  price*.  Tliis  is  es¬ 
pecially  time  of  all  kinds  of  mechanical  articles, 
as  well  as  some  kinds  of  farm  produce.  One 
great  pressure  of  the  times  is  for  money  to  liqui¬ 
date  present  liabilities,  and  whatever  might  bo 
said  against  going  into  or  being  in  debt  the  fact 
is  Uiere  is  a  vasl  amount  of  local  or  ncighboi^ 
hood  indebtodm-ss  tlu-oughout  the  country,  and 
it  often  causes  oonsidorablo  hard  feelings  as  well 
as  litigation  when,  after  running  a  long  time,  it 
remains  of  necessity  imscttlod. 
There  Is  a  way  that  oonsiderablo  neighborhood 
indebtedness  might  be  cancelod,  by  ooncert  of 
action  through  a  Orange,  or  local  organization 
of  some  kind,  by  oxcliange  of  claims  and  com¬ 
modities.  There  should  be  a  Secretary  to  keep 
account  of  debts  and  credits  of  the  members  and 
effect  Ujc  exchange.  It  might  be  smnewhat  on 
this  princijde :  Suppose  A  owed  B  and  B  owed 
C  and  Cowed  Band  Bowed  A;  in  this  case,  if  the 
amounts  were  equal  all  round,  tlic  whole  line  of 
debts  might  bo  cancelod  without  the  use  of  any 
money.  But  if  A,  being  a  family  man,  owed  C, 
who  was  a  sboemakc,  and  C  owed  B,  who  was  a 
merchant,  and  B  owed  B,  W'ho  was  a  farmer,  and 
B  did  not  owe  A  anything,  but  wanted  a  plow,  an 
exchange  might  be  effected  to  the  mutual  satis¬ 
faction  and  relief  of  all  parties  without  the  exer- 
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IS  THE  COLORADO  POTATO  BEETLE 
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cise  of  any  money.  The  above  diagram  shows 
bow  an  account  might  be  staled  and  kept  by  the 
Secretary,  which  might  bo  enlarged  to  accomo¬ 
date  all  parties  to  the  organization.  It  shows  at 
a  glance  a  summary  of  debits  and  credits  as  they 
exist  among  the  members.  The  perpcndiculai 
names  being  Br.  and  the  liorizontal  Cr. ,  the 
sqnai-e  whore  the  names  meet  showing  the 
amount  of  the  debt  in  dollars.  n.  w. 
Angola,  Ind. 
Almost  every  iusftct  when  it  first  appears  in 
more  than  usual  numbers  in  a  locality  is  accred¬ 
ited  with  possessing  either  beneficial  or  noxious 
properties.  The  Colorado  beetle  has  not  escapetl 
this  notoriety  and  many  cases  of  supimsed  poi¬ 
soning  have  been  ropoi-tod  as  the  consequence  of 
handling  or  killing  this  insect.  Prof.  UiLKyin 
his  eighth  annual  roi>ort  gives  eonit*  of  the 
results  of  investigalioiLH  in  this  direction  from 
which  wc  extract  the  following : 
To  investigate  Uie  matter,  a  quantity  or  the 
bugs  collected  from  fields  near  Buffalo,  where  no 
arsenic  had  been  used,  was  submitted  to  distilla¬ 
tion  with  salt  water,  so  as  to  allow  of  an  increased 
temperatui'e.  Under  this  process,  about  four 
ounces  of  hipiid  were  procunxl  from  one  quait 
of  the  insects.  This  liquid  was  perfectly  clear- 
and  emitted  a  highly  offensive  smell ;  it  proved 
of  alkaline  reaction  on  account  of  the  presence 
pt  a  certain  quantity  of  free  ammonia  and  car¬ 
bonate  of  ammonia. 
Again,  an  equal  quantity  of  the  bugs  was 
used  to  prepare  a  tincture  made  as  follows : 
Absolute  and  chemically  pure  alcohol  was  con¬ 
densed  upon  the  live  bngs  ;  after  a  digestion  of 
twentj’-four  hours  the  alcohol  was  evaporated  at 
a  gentle  heat.  The  tinotnre  so  obtdned  had  a 
decidedly  acid  reaction,  was  brown  in  color  and 
was  not  disagreeable  In  smell. 
To  ascertain  the  effect  on  the  animal  system  of 
the  liquid  and  the  tincture  above  described,  a 
number  of  frogs  were  procured  for  the  experi¬ 
ment,  About  one-half  cubic  centameter  of  the 
liquid  and  Uie  tincture  each  was  liitroducod 
separately  into  the  stomach.  Neither  the  liquid 
nor  the  tincture  produced  any  apparent  effects. 
The  vivacity  of  the  frogs  so  treated  continued 
ununpairerl,  notwithstanding  the  complete  reten¬ 
tion  of  the  doses. 
Again,  two  fresh  frogs  were  submitted  to  a 
hjqKjdormic  Injection  of  the  liquid  and  the 
tinctiu-c,  in  the  land  legs,  by  meaus  of  an  ordi¬ 
nary  hypodermic  syringe.  The  Injoctlon  of  the 
distiUed  liquid  was  unattended  by  injurious 
results.  A  slight  disinclination,  at  first,  to  nso 
the  hind  limbs  was  shown  also  in  the  ease  of  an¬ 
other  frog,  which  was  treated  hj-podermically 
with  i)Ui'0  water,  to  check  Ure  results  obtained. 
The  injection  of  the  tincture,  however,  proved 
fatal  to  the  subject.  A  few  momonts  after  the 
oiioration,  the  leg  operated  ujxin  seemed  to 
become  pai'nlyzed,  and  tbo  heart  stopped  beating 
within  thirty  minutes  afterwards,  by  which  time 
the  other  two  hyiiodermically  treated,  seemed 
to  have  completely  ovoroomo  the  effects  of  the 
operation. 
Tlio  tincture,  tliough  highly  ooncenti'atod, 
contained  but  a  small  quantity  of  animal  acids. 
♦  ♦  Tlie  acids  being  found  to  be  present  in 
such  small  (inantity,  the  conclusion  is  imavoida- 
ble,  in  the  light  of  the  present  expei-iments,  that 
the  bngs  are  not  poisonous. 
The  oxixirimontors  ooncbide  that  the  reported 
oases  of  p«d.Honing  result  ratlicr  from  the  arsenic 
used  in  destroying  the  insects,  or  from  oarbonous 
oxyd  produced  by  incomplete  combustion,  when 
largo  amounts  of  the  beetles  are  throw-n  into  a 
fire.  It  Is  to  be  hoped  tliat  the  experiments  will 
bo  continued,  Ist,  because  they  by  no  moans 
cover  the  whole  giound ;  2d,  because,  so  far, 
tliey  admit  of  the  opiKisite  couclusion  to  which 
tlie  oxperiijiontei's  anivwL  Until  wo  have  learned 
what  the  active  principle  is  which  prodneos  the 
idiysiological  effect  that  has  been  well  attested, 
and  the  prociso  conditions  under  which  it  acts, 
tlie  experience  recorded  in  my  last  roijort  will  go 
for  more  than  such  experimenta.  t’Iic  active 
principle,  as^  there  slated,  is  most  probably  vol¬ 
atile,  and  the  processes  described  in  the  above 
experimoute  very  probably  ha<l  the  effect  to 
liberate  Uie  poison.  Boiling  is  well  known  to 
destroy  many  organic  jioiHons  in  this  manner,  or 
by  decomposition,  and  tbo  green  tuber,  Uie  fruit 
and  haulm  of  tho  conimpn  potato,  lose  their 
poisouous  qualities  by  being  so  treated.  In  ob¬ 
taining  tirictm-es,  whether  by  percolation  of  the 
powdered  material  or  as  described  in  tho  experi¬ 
ments,  the  jxiisonous  pi-inciple  may,  fmUior,  not 
be  extracted;  it  may  l>e  coagulated  by  or  in¬ 
soluble  in  Uio  alcohol,  and  it  is  quite  ossoiitial 
that  we  know-  the  nature  of  the  vessel  employed. 
In  conolusiou,  the  physiological  effects  of  a 
Iioisou  may  differ  vasUy  as  between  cold  and 
warm-blooded  animals ;  tho  tinctiu-c  is  admitted 
to  have  contained  an  acid  (which  may  l>e  the 
poisonous  principle)  and  to  have  killed  a  frog ; 
and  the  imssible  injurious  effect  of  the  fumes 
from  burning  tho  insects  granted.  1  therefore 
find  no  reason  to  change  tho  views  expressed  a 
year  ago,  and  it  is  worthy  of  note  tliat  Prof.  A. 
j.  Cook  of  the  Michigan  Agricnltiu-al  College, 
from  exixM-iuieuts  soniewhat  similar  to  tliose  of 
Messrs.  Grote  and  Ixayser,  has  arrived  at  oppo¬ 
site  conclusions  to  those  which  these  gentlemen 
came  to. 
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THE  CODLING  MOTH. 
That  the  depredations  of  the  progeny  of  this 
insect  have  become  the  most  serious  obstacle  to 
the  raising  of  fruit  in  general  seems  now  univei-- 
BttUy  admitted,  and  tho  question,  “  What  shall 
be  done  in  tho  ivay  of  remedy?”  is  frequenUy 
asked,  and  tbo  voi  ious  plans  of  defence  are  being 
discussed  with  a  seriousness  that  augur  success 
should  the  remedies  proiiosed  only  become  gen¬ 
erally  adopted. 
An  understanding  of  tbo  habits  of  breeding, 
transforming  and  bibemating  is  esseutial  to 
success  ill  the  dcstruotion  or  prevention  of  any 
insect.  In  this  the  entomologists  teach  us  much 
tliat  is  valuable,  but  in  their  eagerness  to  give 
them  their  true  names  in  a  foreign  tongue,  trace 
theii-  origin,  and  give  their  true  order  and  class, 
they  are  apt  to  overlook  the  part  most  important 
to  the  sufferer  by  their  depredations :  tbo  mwina 
to  head  them  off  or  destroy  them.  Tho  means 
for  the  latter  puriiose  that  have  been  most  suo- 
cesaful  Urns  far  have  been  the  providing  of  artir 
ficial  hiding-places  for  the  lai-va*  to  occupy  while 
changing  to  a  pupa,  in  whioh  place  they  can  be 
easily  and  rapidly  destroyed,  and  the  most  suo 
cessful  device  has  been  bands  of  paper  or  cloth 
(woolen  cloth  is  preferable)  put  around  the 
trunk.  The  bands  can  be  easily  taken  off,  the 
worms  destroyed,  and  tho  bands  replaced. 
Tbo  writer  of  this  article  claimed,  some  two 
years  since,  to  have  discovered  or  first  promub 
gated  a  habit  of  this  larva  overlooked  liy  Ike 
entomologists,  which,  in  addition  to  tho  bands 
niontionoil,  opened  tho  way  for  a  most  complete 
destruction  of  tliis  post.  I  dainiod  to  have  made 
experiments  wliich  proved  to  my  entire  salUfao- 
tion  that  this  larva  having  destroyed  the  vitality 
of  an  apjile,  leaves  it  during  the  night  and  enters 
another,  thus  destroying  many  during  its  larva 
life.  This  fact  being  admitted,  a  r<ane<ly  is 
readily  suggested ;  to  pick  off  frequently  all 
womy  apples  and  destroy  them.  I  have,  how¬ 
ever,  never  discouraged  the  use  of  the  bands  as 
an  adjunct,  for  many  will  escape  the  picking  and 
oomplcto  Ibcir  larva  life. 
To  record  all  tho  opposition  this  theory  has 
met  wiUi.  tlie  many  exjierimeuts  made  by  me 
and  other  laymen,  all  the  latter  tending  to  its 
oonfirmation,  would  he  foreign  to  the  object  of 
this  article,  which  is  to  request  through  the 
Rural  that  those  raising  apples  that  are  thus  in¬ 
jured  should  make  the  following  exiierinients : 
First,  take  out  a  half  or  full-grown  worm,  place 
it  by  the  side  of  a  Hound  apple  and  cover  tbom 
from  tho  light ;  examine  next  day  and  see  If  tlio 
worm  is  not  inside.  Becond,  in  order  to  show 
whether  this  is  not  done,  as  a  last  resort 
rather  than  os  a  habit,  pick  off  a  quantity  of 
wormy  apples,  say  20  to  50,  so  as  to  be  sure  to 
get  a  numlHir  tliat  have  the  worms  atill  in  them, 
put  them  in  a  box  and  lot  them  remain  in  two  or 
throe  days,  or  until  they  are  a  little  wilted ;  then 
put  in  a  few  sound  apples,  mark  and  count  them 
and  cover  up  for  a  few  days,  and  then  see  if  the 
fresh  ones  are  not  occupied. 
Now  is  tlie  proper  time  to  niako  these  experi¬ 
ments,  as  the  emigrations  become  less  frequent 
as  tbo  fruit  increases  in  size.  Reports  through 
this  paper  will  roach  me.  1  shall  bo  happy  to 
rosjxmd  at  any  time  to  any  questions  asked,  and 
at  another  time  may  give  a  complete  history  of 
the  experiments  of  myself  and  others  in  thin 
mutter.  8,  R.  Feck. 
Muskegan,  MlcU.,  July  7, 187«. 
potatoes.  The  only  carefully  conducted  experi¬ 
ment  which  I  have  made,  bearing  upon  the  sub¬ 
ject  of  profit,  was  with  the  cow,  Daisy,  weight 
QPO  pounds,  in  which  from  March  15th  she  gave 
4,823  pounds  of  milk  in  26  weeks,  which  being 
made  into  butter  gave  257  pounds,  and  was 
sold  at  85  cents  (or  $86.40).  5  per  cent,  of  milk 
being  butter.  I  recently  purchased  four  grade 
Burbara  cows,  in  the  fall,  not  larger  than  niy 
largest  Ayrshiro,  and  commenced  with  the  same 
feed,  viz 21  pounds  jier  day,  which  I  found 
nccessai-y  to  increase  to  88  pounds,  which  prov¬ 
ed  to  be  tho  quantity  required.  Two  and  a  quarter 
tons  more  in  the  year  would  be  consumed  by  the 
grade  than  by  the  Ayi-shiro.  My  present  stock 
bull,  whose  weiglit  is  1,500,  is  fed  the  same 
rations  as  my  cows  in  milk,  viz : — 21  pound-s  of 
hay  and  5  pounds  boiled  beans. 
Itpiilviaii. 
INTERNATIONAL  EXHIBITION  OF  LIVE 
STOCK. 
ORGANIZATION  AND  DUTIES  OF  THE  JUDGES. 
I.  Awards  shall  be  based  on  written  reixirts, 
attested  by  tlie  signatures  of  their  authors. 
II.  Reports  will  be  based  ni>on  inherent  and 
comparative  merit,  the  elements  of  merit  being 
HiHjdftcally  mentioned. 
III.  The  Judges  assigued  to  each  Group  will 
choose  from  among  tbemselves  a  Chairman  and 
a  Siicretary.  They  must  keep  regular  minutes 
of  their  jiroceedings.  Rt;ports  recommonding 
awards  shall  bo  made  and  signed  by  a  J udge  in 
each  Groiii),  stating  tlie  grounds  of  tho  jiroposed 
award,  and  such  reports  shall  bo  accepted,  and 
the  acceptance  signed  by  a  majority  of  the 
Judges  in  such  Group. 
rV.  The  reports  of  the  Judges  recommending 
awards,  must  be  returned  to  tho  Chief  of  the 
Bureau  of  Awards  not  later  than  ten  days  after 
the  close  of  the  Exliibition,  in  each  Group. 
V.  Awards  will  bo  finally  decreed  by  the  Uni¬ 
ted  States  Ccuteritiial  Commission,  incompliance 
with  the  Act  of  Congress  of  Juno  1,  1872,  and 
will  consist  of  a  special  report  of  tho  Judges  on 
the  subject  of  the  award,  together  with  a 
Diploma,  and  a  unilonn  Bronze  Meilol. 
VI.  In  addition  to  reports  on  the  merits  of  in¬ 
dividual  exhibits,  the  Judges  of  each  Group  will 
be  exiiocted  to  render  a  report  general  in  its 
nature,  summarizing  tlie  Exhibition  in  their 
Group,  aud  indicating  the  recent  progress  noted 
in  breeding,  rearing  or  training. 
VII.  Vacancies  in  the  corps  of  Judges  will  be 
filled  by  the  authority  which  made  the  original 
apointment.  No  Exhibitor  can  be  a  Judge  in 
the  Group  in  which  he  is  a  competitor. 
YlII.  The  Chief  of  the  Bureau  of  Awards  will 
bo  the  representative  of  the  United  States 
Centennial  Commissioii  in  its  relations  to  tho 
Judgos  I  uiion  request  he  will  decide  all  ques¬ 
tions  which  may  arise  dui-ing  their  proceedings 
in  regard  to  the  interpretation  and  application  of 
tho  rules  adopted  by  the  Coramissiou  relating  to 
Aw  ai'ds,  subject  to  an  appeal  to  the  Commission. 
A.  T.  Goshorn,  Duector-General. 
Francis  A.  W.iLKER,  (!bief  Bmeau  of  Awards. 
FEEDING  AYRSHIRES. 
Mil.  C.  C.  Holton,  Rochester,  lately  read  a 
paper  on  Ayrshiro  cattle  before  the  Western 
New  York  Farmers'  Club,  in  the  course  of  whioh 
ho  said 1  find  by  repeated  experiments,  that 
my  cows,  while  in  milk,  require  about  21  pounds 
of  hay  or  its  equix^alent,  per  day,  with  the  addi¬ 
tion  of  5  pounds  of  sugar  beets  or  the  same  of 
MISCHIEVOUS  STATEMENTS  EXPOSED. 
English  apiarians  frequently  have  cause  to 
complain  of  tho  boasting  of  their  cousins  on  this 
side  of  the  Atlantic,  and  we  are  always  ready  to 
holy  tliem  when  they  liave  the  truth  for  a  basis. 
In  fact  we  had  a  little  rather  havo  our  English 
friends  point  out  our  faults  tlian  virtues,  because 
in  the  former  we  may  havo  a  chance  to  learn 
something  and  it  keeps  ns  from  liecomitig  ego¬ 
tistical.  A  oorresiiondent  of  tho  Ixindoti  Journal 
of  Horticulture  thinks  some  of  our  American 
bee-keepers  are  inclinod  to  brag  a  llltlo,  and  per¬ 
haps  exaggerate  somewhat  when  making  state- 
nientsin  regard  to  tho  profits  of  bee-keepmg,  and 
111  tills  we  agree  with  him,  and  hope  he  will  keep 
knocking  at  these  inflationista,  or,  a  less  elegant 
jihraso,  gas-bags,  until  they  Icara  to  talk  rea¬ 
sonably,  a  part  of  tho  time  at  least.  But  we  will 
let  him  toll  his  own  story : 
"If  tho  statoniont  of  some  American  bee¬ 
keepers,  whioh  ‘  B.  A  W.’  quoted  in  last  week’s 
Journal,  be  facts,  and  not  fancies,  tho  question 
of  hives  is  comparatively  a  very  important  one. 
If  the  statements  referred  to  represent  facts, 
our  bees  arc  lazy,  useless  creatures,  compara¬ 
tively  speaking.  In  180.8  Mrs.  'fnpper  bad  two 
Italian  stocks  wliich  yielded  2lKl|)Ound8Cf  honey, 
while  fifty-six  stocks  of  ooninion  bees  did  not 
yield  an  ounce.  At  a  convention  of  American 
bee-keepers  in  1866,  it  was  unanimously  admitted 
that  Uio  liigurians  are  superior  to  common  bees. 
After  these  statements,  'B.  &  W.’  fa¬ 
vors  us  with  tiio  opinions  of  tho  editor  of  the 
‘American  Text-Rook  of  Bees’  as  to  the  supe¬ 
riority  of  Ligurians.  They  iwssess  greater  indi¬ 
vidual  stroiigUi,  fly  with  less  fatigue,  work  when 
other  bees  are  idle,  suck  honey  from  flowers 
which  others  do  nut  visit,  work  more  steadily 
during  tho  season,  breed  earlier  in  spring  and 
later  in  Autumn,  cast  off  eaiUer  and  larger 
swarms,  live  longer  than  common  bees,  are  al¬ 
ways  so  busy  that  tliey  havo  no  time  or  inclina¬ 
tion  for  robbing,  and  they  dethrone  their  queens 
and  prepare  successors  before  old  age  overtakes 
them.  Hence  Italians  are  seldom  queenlcss. 
They  are  more  peaceful,  graceful,  beautiful,  at¬ 
tracting  many  visitors. 
"  Does  anybody  in  England  believe  this  Amer¬ 
ican  trumpery  ?  1  do  not  thiuli  that  it  would  be 
possible  to  Ond  a  respectable  person  in  either 
England  or  America  that  would  indorse  the  mis- 
chievonsly  extravagant  statements  of  this  Amer¬ 
ican  editor.  Even  ‘B.  A  W.,’  who  has  quoted 
them,  says  that  ho  has  overdone  it  by  claiming 
too  many  good  points,  and  the  wish  has  been 
father  to  the  thought.  Same  ten  years  ago  wo 
had  one  or  two  quack  dealers  in  England,  who 
said  as  many  extravagant  things  about  Liguri¬ 
ans  as  Uiis  editor.  Thiugs  have  changed  a  little, 
and  wo  are  not  now  favored  luiblicly  with  a  list 
of  then-  excellences.  And  even  in  America,  in  a 
oonvention  of  bee-keepers,  hold  some  years  after 
1866,  the  year  referred  to  by  *  B.  A  W.,’  the  ques¬ 
tion  of  the  superiority  of  Ligurians  was  discussed 
bv  tlie  most  able  men  of  that  eounti'y ;  and,  so 
far  as  I  could  judge,  tho  bulk  of  dismterestod 
evidence  was  uot  in  favor  of  Ligurians,  and  ob- 
jeetious  were  made  bv  honest  men  to  their  bee 
journals  being  edited'  by  dealei-s  or  interested 
"Ligiuian  bees  have  been  in  this  countiy 
about  twenty  voars ;  why  then  go  to  America  for 
oviJoncos  of  tKeir  superiority 'd  Is  there  nobody 
who  can  prove  their  superiority  in  this  country, 
where  the  weather  greatly  liinders  other  beo.s . 
Has  honey  boon  obtained  from  them  wlien  com¬ 
mon  beos  could  not  work  ?  lam  visited 
apectalilu  bee-keepers  from  all  parts  of  tne 
country,  and  lliose  who  keep  Ligurians,  as  well 
as  those  who  live  whore  they  are  |kept.  toll  me 
that  they  are  no  hotter  than  common  beca.  i 
am  uot  prejudiced  against  them  in  any  wny >  ^dd 
shall  bo  pleased  to  see  evidence  of  their  supen- 
ority  from  any  trastwortliy  iiuai  tor ;  but 
but  facts  are  adiuissablo  as  evidmmo.  When 
these  are  producwl  I  will  Bjieedi  y  rid  ni.v 
of  lazy  bees,  a»  my  object  In  bce-keepmg  w  probt. 
We  shall  be  abuiidonily  gratified  it 
evidence  bo  presented  to  tlio  readers  of  tlbs 
nalaod  tho  ljce-ket‘i>ers  of  Great  Britoi  uiat  a 
Bupoiior  Jjce  is  among  ns.  In  my  ' 
denco  of  the  superiority  of  Ligurian  ^ 
been  unsucecssful  for  ten  yeai-s.  1  erhaps  we 
shaU  be  more  fortunate  Uurmg  tho  present  sea¬ 
son.” 
