a small amount of plant-food to his orchard 
generally fails in obtaining a crop of fruit, 
and this is the main reason why “peaches wil 
not pay in his section.” 
—We should not employ traveling grafters 
unless we knew them. They have often been 
known to use the same cions for different 
varieties. They ofttimes charge good prices 
and perform bad work.jlr. 
Jjoveday of Michigan tkiuks the best time for 
grafting applea is corn-planting time. . . . 
. . . Then the sap flows freely. Grafting 
is often most succe-sful after the blossoms 
have fallen.If the trees are 
large, Mr, Dyck men would graft about one- 
third of the top the first year, and the balance 
the next year. If the trees are not more than 
two inches in diameter, he would cut the whole 
top oiF and set the cions in the body. . . 
» i . i res. Lannin (Michigan) reminds 
orchardists that the wax should be put on 
with care and the .spiff in the stock be all cov¬ 
ered. This is often neglected. 
which our readers should designate it in their 
applications. 
No. 5 is a descriptive catalogue of roses. 
BVeo. No. 4 is a wholesale catalogue or list 
for the tbadd. 
No. S is a descriptive catalogue of sfcfatvber- 
ries and other small fruits. Free. 
No. 3 is a descriptive catalogue of ornamen¬ 
tal trees, shrubs and hardy flowering plants, 
etc. Price 15 cents. 
No. 1 is a descriptive catalogue of fruits. 
Price 10 Cents. This is hot abridged. 
Hoopes Bro., & Thomas, West Ghester, 
Pa. A handsome, excellent and trustworthy 
catalogue of a good, old house. “A Hand 
Book of beautiful flowers” is the appropriate 
name of this catalogue which is rich not only 
in lists of both old and new plants and a cor¬ 
rect nomenclature, but in brief but compre¬ 
hensive cultural instructions. It is hand¬ 
somely illustrated. “ Flo wet beds and lists 
of flowers most suitable to fill them” are an 
excellent feature. New plants are given 
special attention by this firm and they are 
procured as soon as they appear, whether at 
home or abroad. IV e take pleasure in com¬ 
mending this catalogue to our friends which, 
valuable as it is, will be sent free to all of our 
subscribers who apply to the above arlrirasA 
lltttfceUancausi 
^leal Estate 
GREAT GERMAM 
REMEDY 
FOR 
RHEUMATISM, 
NEURALGIA, 
SCIATICA, 
LUMBAGO, 
BACKACHE, 
GOUT, 
SORENESS 
an 6 GRAZING LANOS ARSFOUND ON 
^ Northern Pacific o. 
ih MINNESOTA, DAKOTA, 
and MONTANA. 
BIG CROP AGAIN IN 1881 
Low Prices ; Long Time: RcDAte for Improve¬ 
ment; Reduces Fare and FreiGNT tq setteers 
For Full Information, address 
R, M. Newport, oen.land aqt. 
motion this PAFtn. ST. Paul. MinN. 
;*)( i( ) FAI{J, S FOR SAPE at great bargains. 
'' ’ ' * ' E. C. LINDSEY & CO., Norfolk, Va. 
(^.OOD FARMS dm {o’ $2.0 0. 
CHEST, 
SORE THROAT, 
QUINSY, 
SWELLINGS 
- tr ~ '*• Oood elf mate. 
C. K* *lANufS-, Vineland, Sew Jersey 
Don’t locate before seeing our James River 
Settlement. ^JwafrnfcS Catnloone free. 
J. F. MANCHA, Claremont. Surry Co., Va 
itnti a:on ,' llu of tiiLouis 
ona Ban Franclacci Ilallwav tor a-ii » * i 
MnL' m ' $ Sr. Lotus. Mo / r ‘'“' d L ' an b. 
SPRAINS, 
FROSTED FEET 
AND 
EARS, 
Bimixrs 
From Dr. J, B. La wes’s evidence, before the 
Boyal Agricultural Commission, given in an¬ 
swer bo questions -asked by sundry persons, we 
take the following; 
The Chairman.—How do you explain the 
exhaustion of the soil 1 Ans.—I believe it to 
be the fact that you cannot remote anything 
off a soil without exhausting it. The first 
step of agriculture is exhaustion. Agricul¬ 
ture is exhaustion of the soil and nothing else. 
Q. But do you mean that however well or 
however ill a man may farm, the fertility of 
the soil is deteriorated? Ans.—No. I bebeve 
that there are many lands in Eugland which 
have increased in fertility. 
Air. VYiJson.— It does not follow that high 
farming is necessarily profitable farming? 
No; the fact is that the more manure 
you put on the less produce in proportion you 
get. You have gone to the limits of profitable 
farming in high farming. Two and two do 
not make four in manuring at all. 
Q. Do you consider it desirable for the fu¬ 
ture of the agriculture of this country that 
the tenant-farmers should possess a knowledge 
of the sciences connected with agriculture ? 
A. I do Hot think it would hurt them to pos¬ 
sess it. 
Q. Would it help them ? A. It would help 
another generation probably. 
Q. Do you think it desirable that a tenant- 
farmer should know sufficient of chemistry to 
be able to read and understand an analysis 
General Sodilj PainSj 
TOOTH, EAR 
pimilAttcousi 
flr 7 7 t a * ear an<1 expenses to agents. Outfit Its, 
•IF l 1 I Ad dress P. O. VICKERY, Augusta, Me. 
J1 Cards. Feather & Hand Series see., lancy case 10c 
tf * / Samples 3c. Empire card Cn. HlrminiA, am Df 
HEADACHE 
$ 5 f O $ 2 fl per day at home - Samples worth $5 tree. 
? > U 'P™" Address Stinson & Co.. Portland, Me. 
AND 
omn.ijiAnit, t’liw cJiDAr r.Atwriiiu a trim emmii 
but tho comparative! r I rifting autl*}' of TAJ Csnts, find every 
one b uttering with pain call have cheap and positive proof of 
its claims. p 1 U y. C T 10 NS IS EI.EVM lOSyCAOrS. 
SOLO BY ALL DRUQQISTS AND DEALERS IN MEDICINE. 
A. VOGELER & CO. 
JinlUmore, Md., V. S. A , 
An Kngiiah Veterinary surgeon aud Chemist, now 
traveling ini this country, says that most of the Horse 
and C alls Towders suid he:e are worthless trush ri< 
say 3 that Sheridan's CundiLun Povk-is are absolutely 
pure and tmnicnsK iy valuable Kotlas c n earth will 
make hens lay like Sheridan's Ooud ition Powders. Draw, 
oDetcaspoOnlul toonepintfood Sold everywhere, or sent, 
by mail lor eight letter stamps 1 S JuiLYSOX t CO- 
’ 1 '«lon Muss formerly Builder Me 
..^OLD MEDAL, AWARDED 
£ M edicaf* 1 Workf ITrrZtaVe 
5 P 68 * aud Cheapest. t n d t spensable 
SB to every man. entitled • 1 The 8 cl- 
17 y euce of Life, or Self-Preserva- 
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.A tnnslln, emlxissed, full ariit, am 
Vl itfll pp - heantifm steel em 
/rMHfP) ^Vim™.!* prefer!tvtlens, price 
? nI >' .# 1 - 35 . sent by mall; Cjus 
ya. w j ?/7 u y trated sample, 8 cents - send now 
ENOW TErSELF.4'g r ornl e «.' r a , g^: 
_ 4 Hiilfln cb »t.. Ronton, 
! ^ K r m n m r0 i? 0 r C o rd "' n 2 3 a,tkp - wlth name, 10c. 
ti: Tostpald. tr. I. Rkkd, &, Co., Nassau, N. Y 
7 2 a week > * 12 a day at home easily made. Costly 
P outfit free. Address True * Cn i 
Pyji Remtngtox, No. 410 Walnut St., Phila¬ 
delphia: Pa. A book of 03 pages of standard se¬ 
lections of United States and Canadian news¬ 
papers tor the use of advertisers. It contains 
descriptive statistics concerning the most 
prominent newspapers, also classified lists of 
religious and other publications. Free to ap 
plicants. 
Geo. S. J 088 ELYN, Fredonia, N. Y. Des¬ 
criptive catalogue of American grape-vines, 
small fruits, trees, etc. Fay’s great Prolific 
Currant aud the Shaffer's Colossal Raspberry- 
are offered. Free to ail. 
Also: Trade Price-list of vines and small 
tv liltS. 
Also: Descriptive catalogue and price-list 
of thoroughbred land and water foWlc. 
W. L. Ferris, Jr., 385 and 387 Main St. 
Poughkeepsie, N. Y. This is a combined 
catalogue of all kinds of seeds, vegetable 
plauts and roots, flowering buibs and, finally, 
of apples, pears, peaches, plums and small 
fruitsj grape vines. A colored plate of the 
Poeklington, Free to all. 
WillIaM F. Lincoln, Warren, Mass, This 
illustrated catalogue sets forth the advan¬ 
tages of tile Lincoln Patent Channel Can 
Creamery of which 10 sizes are offered. No 
charge. 
A. D. Cowan & Co., No. 114 Chambers St. N. 
Y. Illustrated catalogue of seeds of all sorts. 
Among novelties are the Carrara Rock Cauli¬ 
flower, Johnson Grass (Sorghum halepeuse) 
Teosinte, “ Chiua Corn” etc. Free. 
Wm. Rennie, Toronto, Ontario Canada. A 
handsome catalogue of 73 pages of all sorts of 
seeds for the farm aud garden ; clovers and 
grasses, seed potatoes, miscellaneous trees aud 
shrubs; implements. Free. 
Cole Brothers, Pella, Marion Co., Iowa. 
Illustrated catalogue and guide to the flower 
and vegetable garden. This catalogue of 40 
pages presents a crowded list. Free. 
E. B. Underhill, Poughkeepsie, N. Y. 
Price list of small fruits for 1883. This little 
list presents several valuable suggestions and 
deductions. 
R. H. Shdjiway, Rockford, Ill. Illustrated 
Garden Guide, 40 pages. This is profusely 
illustrated. Free. 
J. S. Collins, Moorestowu, N. J. Whole¬ 
sale price list of small fruits, plants, treesetc. 
TnE Johnston Harvester Co., Brockport 
N. Y. Illustrated catalogue of harvesting ma¬ 
chines. Free, 
PROFESSOR 
^0SPHA77c 
Garmore's Artificial Ear Drums. 
A* In vented mid worn by him perfectly rralorln* the 
heartne. Entirely "ieuT fnr thirty wnr,, in heurt with them 
dtinn*«I 1 T Are nut nl. M -, whI,I, rtmnln in po^ 
■ahmv.lh.nl aid. Di”,iTlpUveClreul»rfr«'o. <’\rTTIt»V r>n 
"" l ^' 1 ^ t -', l r vc ,' 1 br b0 * n, }'“ r Mine I, the obit ,iic«%sfu° 
•rtinelnl ear drum nmnnfietiirnl JOHN OiPMnnc 
S. W. CUR. FIFTH A R ACE a r " ClSctN XV II. O. 
Made from Professor Horsfortl’a Acid 
Phosphate. 
Reconintended hy leading physicians, 
Malles ligLier biscuit, cakts, etc., and 
is healthier than ordinary ii^Ling r> cw- 
der. 
In cans. Sold at a reasonable price. 
The Horsford Almanac and Cock Book 
Bent free. 
Kumfuril Chemical "Works, Providence, R. I. 
IH Your Name In Handsome Script Type on 71 
II BeautirulChromo Cards, toe. Latest Styles. /I 
U Sentiment. Friendship, Scroll and Motto .=±=5 
Sccrles. 13 packs $UW- Prompt Returns 
ROYAL CARD CO., P. O. Box 21, Noktheord, Costs. 
to have ( A. No, I think that they have been 
rather badly used, in my parish, at all events, 
the laborers’ sons have been mu< h better edu¬ 
cated thau the farmers’ sous, aud the farmers 
bare bad to pay for it, too. 
tj What is your opinion as to the mahurial 
value of white straw ou the average, taking 
wheat, barley, and oats ? A. I think that the 
chemical value is about 13s. 0 d. to 13s. per 
ton. 
Q. There is a very general feeling that the 
use of nitrate of soda is to be condemned as 
being a stimulant; but you have spoken of 
nitric acid as the essential manure which is 
being wasted ? A. It is the great food of 
plauts in all soils, aud that which runs to 
waste most rapidly. 
Q. Therefore it is only correctly described 
as a stimulant where it is injudiciously aud 
unfairly used ? A. That is all. I fc is not a stim¬ 
ulant at ull really; it is one of the most essen¬ 
tial elements of food that there is. With our 
own food we may overfeed a person; for in¬ 
stance, if you give a persou butter without 
any bread, you may cull that a stimulant if 
you like, but you would kill him. Nitrate of 
soda is no more a stimulant than butter with¬ 
out bread is a stimulant; it is an essential 
article of food. 
Toany suffering with Catarrh 
or Bronchitis v*no earnestly 
desire relief, I can furnish a 
means of Permauentand Pos¬ 
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No charge for consultation by 
mail. Valuable Treatise Free. 
‘'His remedies nrr the outgrowth 
oflaa rj»ii experience t they are 
tho only kno\m means of per- 
Diuacnt. mire."— Baptist. 
Rev.T. P. CHILDS. Trov. 0. 
(££?* 13 HhIBI any cilim- ot Blicd 
r» BB I . . . Itchiiiv, 
Piceritca. Pro- 
tr.iuur -l'i i.KW that UeBIXiDS 1 * 11 ,K !i E ll ED V 
fails to cure. Ttvpnrec! by J.I*.MILLER. M.D.. 91 S trch 
Bt. Phi la., Pa. Xnn fienuimttrilhnnr IOgyi'irtiiire.. Serid 
for circular. Sold by druggists and country stores, Si¬ 
ft week In your own town. Terms and $5 outfit 
free. Address Hallett A Co., Portland, Maine. 
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Ln 10c. Serf & Artistic dt*i^r.5 > acVm>wlccI^Ptl Lest p.a«k Siilti. 
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40 Clydesdale Stallions 
AND MARES—Mostly Imported. 
60 Haiubletonian Stallions, 
AND MARES OF THE FINEST BREEDING 
M Alt New Style* 11) Wfl Vonr Namelni»f|«l 
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Agents Large Samnlc Book & ICO samples a; cents. 
Address. JSTEVE.NS BROlIIEllS. korthtord. Conn, 
Largest Herd of 
HOLSTEIN CATTLE 
ALABASTINE 
With largest milk records ln America, 
FOR WALLS AND CEILINGS. 
Unequaled for Durability , 
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It Will Fay You 
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Testimonials to SEELEY 
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-LU«JS; Jet, 10c. American Card Co., west Haven, Ct. 
51‘PlW'ftS 
Separate Catalogues of each class of stock with 
milk record of cows. Denote which is wanted. 
tr correspondence souclted. 
SMITHS A POWELL, 
Lakeside Stock Farm, 
_Stracosk, N. Y 
VIRGINIA CO-OPERATIVE tiyLVdtM 
Registered Jersey Cattle of best butter strains s' 
specialty. Tho largest nerd In me State, kept os 
three farms, and most successful at Virginia Stale 
Fairs. Young stock for sale. Also Cotswold. Shrop¬ 
shire and South Down Sheep. Berkshire. Essex and 
Jersey Red Swine, and all the leading varieties of 
pure-bred Poultry. Address A. P. or M. B. ROWE, 
Lock Box 34, Fredericksburg, Va. 
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