fruitful enjoyment, if rightly pursued. The 
botanist finds a constant, delight in the rela¬ 
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the pleasures to be derived from contact with 
the strange and beautiful. 
Young friends, try to appreciate your sur¬ 
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you will only make the effort. Add to your 
possessions if you can do so, a few books, 
such as treat upon the animal, vegetable and 
mineral worlds. Seek for knowledge. By 
doing so your minds will be broadened, and 
your senses quickened; life will have a new 
meaning, and the farm-life may be made a 
pleasure instead of a drudgery; farming will 
raise you, and you will elevate farming, aud 
its life wiil present au outlook before uu- 
thought of. 
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I have received a letter from O. F. Fuller, 
iu which he states that he has cut cabbage 
and turnip tops into pieces about seven-eighths 
of au inch long, aud put them into a barrel iu 
order to see what kind of ensilage they would 
make. For pressure, he placed about two feet 
of stone on top of them. 
In his letter he says: “ I wish that more of 
the cousins were experimenting.” Cousin 
Fuller, as most of the members of the club 
must, have noticed, has experimented tpiite a 
good deal, the results of which he quite fre¬ 
quently gives to the club. Why cannot more 
of the members experiment in the growing of 
seedlings, fruits and vegetables, aud thereby 
enlighten both themselves and the young 
readers of the Rural ? Do it! Don’t put it 
off, but begin now. Plant a few coleus seeds 
in a pot and grow them iu the house this 
Winter, so that by Spring you may have 
some pretty seedlings to ornament the flower¬ 
beds about the house. Save a few good, large, 
healthy apple, pear, peach and plum seeds to 
plant, in the Spring. By means of a little 
botany, horticulture and experimenting, the 
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ever before. Who will engage in this work ? 
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UNCLE MARK. 
F How many of the young people who live , 
out iD the country, where the fields and 
mountains are near at hand, and whore genu¬ 
ine country life may Ire enjoyed, engage in 
uuraveling the many little mysteries which 
Dauie Nature possesses, or take an interest in 
studying her ways? I fancy that far tot) 
many care but little about, their surroundings, 
or endeavor to acquaint themselves with the 
mauy delightful pleasures to be derived from 
studying the trees aud flowers, the birds and 
animals, aud the many other objects which 
should help make life enjoyable to the young 
farmei’. 
To the majority of city children, a view of 
the country is a luxury, meaning, as it does, 
fresh air, pleasant fields, chai-ming land¬ 
scapes perhaps, aud strange and wonderful 
sights. 
Farmers’ children have excellent opportuni¬ 
ties to study nature, if they will only embrace 
them. Perhaps they may have no books 
printed in fine type, and beautifully illustra¬ 
ted, but they do have the nook of Nature, the 
grandest one of all, spread out before them to 
read, and to store within their minds a knowl¬ 
edge of many unheard aud unthought of 
things. Be it lake or river, field or forest, 
mountain or valleys, such charmiug little se- 
crets do they eoutaiu hiddeu within their 
depths, that it only requires a little watchful¬ 
ness aud attention, to wring from their hid¬ 
ing places a fund of information such as will 
furnish a continual source of enjoyment, whic h 
will be relished as it cannot be, if procured in 
any other way. 
Farmen:’ sons and daughtei-s complain of 
the dull monotony of their lives, but do 
they seek to make them pleasanter, and 
more interesting bv availing themselves of 
the privileges they do have i I fear not. And 
yet, would the young folks only strive to make 
farm-life pleasant and agreeable, I am sure it 
could be easily done. To be sure, some have 
a hai'd life of it, working constantly fi'om day¬ 
light to dark, glad when the day’s work is 
over, so that they may rest their tired limbs; 
but with the majoi'ity such is not the case, 
having, as they do, moi’e or less time at their 
own disposal. 
Young people on the farm, acquaint your¬ 
selves with Nature, familiarize yourselves with 
the habits of the. birds. Do you know the song 
birds ? Are you positive that the old Crow 
does a great deal of harm, but no good ? Does 
it feed on insects, or what i Had the Black¬ 
birds better be killed off, and if so, why ? 
What do you know about tbe birds at any rate, 
except this is a Bluejay and that a Thrush? 
Really, my young friends, you don’t know 
much about your feathered friends, do you < 
And the insects! What myriads of them 
are to be found everywhere; some beneficial, 
others injurious, and many with whom the 
farmer is constantly brought in contact, and 
of which he should have a thorough knowl¬ 
edge. 
The National Government employs persons 
to study aud investigate, insect life, and espe¬ 
cially the mauy forms injurious to the faiun. 
How much more important it is that these 
farmers, whom the Government is tidying to 
benefit, should acquaint themselves with insect 
life, and thus aid the Government and benefit 
themselves. And when, young friends, is a 
better tune to begin than now < 
Aud then, there are the green things grow¬ 
ing all about you, that every farmer's sons and 
daughters should be well acquainted with. 
VV bat a vai'iety of grasses, good, had, and 
indifferent grow all about you; trees, valua¬ 
ble for timber, hedges, ornamental and medi¬ 
cinal purposes, honey-plants aud mauy othei's 
about which much too little is known and 
thought, by most young people! And yet 
botauy may be made the source of much 
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LETTERS FROM THE COUSINS, 
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Dear Uncle Mark :—We have been talk 
ing for a long time of asking you to put our 
names ou the Chit) roll, but the weeks and 
months have rolled around until hen* it is 
Autumn and our names are not on tbe roll yet- 
We are twin sisters, 14 years old, and du lots 
of work in the vegetable and flower garden, 
besides washing dishes axxd helping Ma gene- 
l-ally, and taking turns in driving the har¬ 
vester. We had 150 acres of grain to cut; it 
was vei'y shoi't, but heavy, aud a great deal 
of it was wasted ou that account. We have 
picked up and saved several bushels for our 
pin money. 
We have a Cobea vine, grown from seed 
sown in April, which has two lovely blossoms. 
We wish we had time to tell you of all our beau¬ 
tiful flowers. We have been gathering peas fox- 
seed to-day, Ma picked all the first and best 
of her American Wonder to cook, and left the 
last ones for seed, a poor plan we think, don’t 
you? The Marrowfat and Blue Peter Peas 
did the best of any varieties we had, but the 
Amei'ieau Wonder was the best tasting. 
We have a very nice colony of bees, which 
Ma gave us this Summer. They have tilled 
their hive, and we have set another over it, 
and they are trying to fill that. We have Mr. 
A. J. Root’s ABC book to learn from, and we 
hope to have gx-eat and good luck raising bees ) 
for we love the busy Little creatures, and they 
never sting us. 
Miunesota is a nice place in which to raise 
vegetables, they grow so fast, and one may 
eat anything they like here (provided they 
can get it) and not get sick iu consequence. 
This is also quite a game country. Pa axxd 
brother often bring in deer, and there ai'e 
some bears; iu Spring and Fall they bring iu 
duck aud partridge till we are tired of 
them. Besides, the streams and lakes are ulive 
with fish. 
Ma took lots of pains in planting her Ruraj 
seeds, and nearly all of them are doxng finely. 
The Shoe-peg Corix is very lai’ge aud tall, but 
too late for us. The Black-Itearded Centen¬ 
nial Wheat came up and grew, evei-y kernel 
of it, but ouly thx'ee stools headed, and they 
wore each a distinct kind, but all were spleu- 
did. Ma will keep them separate to sow 
next year. We must close or our letter will 
be too long for even the basket. We would 
ike to correspond with some of the Cousins. 
Youx-s truly, rosie and dauie. 
Verndale, Miun. 
[The club gladly welcomes you, and hopes 
to hear from you ofteu. Yes, it would have 
been better to leave some of the largest and 
best pods for seed, as the better the seeds 
the better the plants produced from them. 
Uncle Mark,] 
. We will Kuarant«e the "LOVELL" W.- ..HER to 
a do better work and do it easier and ir .ess time 
q than any other machine In the world. Warranted for 
J five years, aud if it don’t wash the clothes clean with- 
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