points nu its favor over tlie Oliver oiiJJpd 
Kesfie^ man, 
Plow, and 
having witnoBsed tUe 
THE R 
jured by the severe winter. The main crop 
here is sugar-cane. It is planted to the almost 
entire exclusion of everything else. The crop 
is below the average. Dry weather caused a 
bad stand. Corn is very poor. We had little 
or no rain from Feb. 10th until May 20th. 
A. E. G. 
Texas, McKinney, Collin Co., June 28.— 
This is the 53d day siuce we had any rain of 
consequence, a quarter of an inch yesterday 
and the day before. However, it has rained 
abundantly all around us. This drought will 
somewhat dampen the ardor of the hopes on 
the experimental part of our farm, at the same 
time it will test the powers of endurance of 
Pearl Millet and other semi-tropical plants. 
Oats are in shock—not very good. German 
Millet and “Millitarian" will not bo high enough 
to mow. There is ample time, however, to 
secure a crop of hay before frost. Common 
field corn will not yield over half a crop. Red 
May wheat is not as good as Mediterranean 
which will yield from 20 to 25 bu=h. per acre, 
bringing 00c. to $1 per bush, in market. Pro¬ 
duce of all kinds is lower than usual; eggs, 
5c.; butter, 10c.; chickens, 121c. ; no game 
on the market, as the law will be strictly en¬ 
forced, so that, in a few years we may expect 
game to be more plentiful. w. n. w. 
Can., Ont., Metz, June 28.—Spring wheat 
will be an average crop. Oats and peas look 
very fine. Early-sown barley is not very good. 
Apples arc a small crop. Potatoes are not 
far enough advanced to kuow how they will 
“eventuate.” Hay is a medium crop. There 
was considerable, frost here this spring. We 
had some fine rains lately, and these will give 
us better crops. J. l. j. 
h (fitrast, 
ANSWERS TO CORRESPONDENTS. 
Summer-Pruning Grope Vines. 
T. R. S., Benlon Harbor , Mich,, has a vine¬ 
yard. He uses no trellis, but trains each cane 
around a post. Not wanting to renew the 
canes, he desires to prune them so as to form 
fruit spurs for next year, and he asks how this 
pruning should be done. 
Ans.— From the letter we cannot form an 
exact idea of the condition of the canes, or just 
what pruning is necessary; consequently we 
cannot answer as confidently as if we were 
better acquainted with the case. Summer- 
pruning of grape-vines is a most beneficial 
operation if judiciously done, but may also 
prove harmful if done without system or a 
proper knowledge of what is needed. Sup¬ 
posing that at each stake there is one cane five 
or six feet tall, with spurs ou the sides, from 
which proceed the bearing branches, these 
heing each year cut back to two buds, we 
should, as here mentioned, cut each branch 
of! throe buds beyond the last bunch of grapes. 
As soon as all laterals are a few inches long, 
prune them over the first leaf, and when they 
start from the remaining bud pinch them again 
over one leaf, and so continue. There will 
still be a sufficient number of leaves to assimi¬ 
late the sap, and, the growth being checked, 
the berries will receive a greater amount of 
nourishment. No supertluousbrauches should 
ever be allowed. These should all he broken 
off when they are a few inches long, and what 
remain should be tied to the stake as well as it 
can be done without crowding one another. 
.Mincellnneotis. 
.4 subscriber — no address — asks whether there 
is any danger in using white hellebore to de¬ 
stroy curraut worms and other insect pests 
on fruit. 
Ans. —We know of hundreds of cases in which 
this remedy has been successfully employed, 
but we have yet to learn of u single case in 
which its use has been hurtful to those who 
have eaten the fruit. It should always be 
greatly diluted, either with water or as much 
as fifty or even a hundred times its bulk of 
flour, gypsum or some iunoctious powder. Of 
course it is poisonous, so that unless rain has 
fallen between the date of its application and 
the time when the fruit is gathered, it is always 
safe to wash the latter. 
R. S. R., Upper Kanab, Utah, asks whether 
X. A. Willard has published any work on 
cheese-making. 
Ans. —He has published no special work on 
that subject, but iu his Practical Dairy Hus¬ 
bandry the manufacture of cheese iu all its 
details i6 treated. 
Communications received for tub week ending 
Saturday, July nth. 
“May Maple”—Mrs. Jl. ft. P.,thanks—C. T.— 
c. H. A.—E. B.—J. L. J.—T. J. B„ thanks—J. E. It. 
—J. J. 1*'.—H V. W., thanks—M. M. A,, thanks— 
J. S. J.—C. F. M.—A. L. J„ thanks—J. K.—H. S.— 
“Gertrude," thanks—L. p. s.—\V. E. i*\—,i. h. B., 
thanks—J. M.—J. B. B.—,T. A. W.—U. D.—8. D. L. 
B.—A. B. D.—T. X—H. L. 15.—S. II. D.—M. M. A. 
—“SweetSixteen1,. w. B.—T. J. B —r. u._ 
Gertrude—“Monmouth," thanks—X, a. W.—W. X, 
W.— J. B.—J. A.—E, M. 1\—J. A.—O. T>.—M. T — 
S. S.—M. B. 11.—J. 0. M. D., thanks—S. B. B.—II. 
J. 8., thanks—C. D. C.— J. 11.— 1 T. T. L., many 
thanks—A. C.—E. M. W.—S. T, B,—I. I’. S., thauks 
-A. ». G.-E. B. M. F, 
YORKER. 
THE SYRACUSE CHILLED PLOW. 
— - ---»♦»- 
The Cheapest and Best in the Field, 
BECAUSE 
THE ONLY PERFECT PLOW. hJ 
CD 
40,000 
Sold in less 
than three 
Years. 
POSITIVE EVIDENCE OF ITS VALUE. 
READ THE TESTIMONY'. 
THE EVIDENCE. 
Mayville, N. Y., Oct., 1878. 
Your plow suits me. It cleans the best of any Plow 
I ever used. It is just the thing. W. H. CRANE 
Mina, N. Y., Sent., 1878. 
I recommend fanners to try one of your Plows be¬ 
fore purchasing elsewhere. I am using one, and con¬ 
sider it the best Plow I ever used. D. P. Ho UPON. 
Mt. Jackson, Pa., Nov. 2fl„ 1878. 
Gents:— I have used the Syracuse Chilled Plow, and 
am fully satisfied that it does better work and in every 
respect surpasses any Plow that I have ever used. 
Yours truly, JOHN It. HAYES 
Broadalbin, X, Y.. July 27, 1878 
Gents:— 1 have used your Plow, and consider it the 
best in the market. I would not sell the one I have for 
iBIUO, if I could not obtain another like it. 
J. B. CHAPMAN. 
Glenville, N. Y., July 20,1878 
Syracuse Chilled Plow Co. : 
Oe.ntu:— I have tried a number of the leading Plows 
in the market, among them the Gale & Remington 
Carbon, and returned them and bought one of yours, 
which Is the boss Plow, works to a charm, and is the 
best Plow iu the market. Yours, 
ISAAC WETHERBY. 
Smith's Cheek, St. Clair Co., Mich., Oct. 13,1878. 
Thin Is to certify that 1 have used one of the Syra¬ 
cuse Chilled Plows, and find it one of the very best 
Plows I ever used for all uses; and, further, my team 
onlv weighs l.lou pounds, and can plow any clay laud 
with perl cot ease, uud can recommend it to any one 
needing a Plow for general purposes, if I could not get 
another of the same kind,! would not take $20 for it. 
SAMCEH II. PARKER. 
Woodstock, Ot., January 21,1879. 
We, the undersigned, have each within the past year 
become the owner of a " Chilled Plow" from the cele¬ 
brated manufactory of the " Chilled Plow Co.," Syra¬ 
cuse, N. Y., and we do not hesitate to say that wo be¬ 
lieve this implement to be a most useful and valuable 
invention, and should be in the hands of every farmer. 
HENRY T. CHILI). 
POTION SAMPSON, 
STEPHEN MORSE. 
Mt. Jackson, Lawrence Co., Pa., Nov. 20,1878. 
Mr W. O. Hopper, Agt.: 
Dear Sir;- The Syracuse Chilled Plow bought of you 
this fall gives perfect satisfaction. I have used your 
Plow to plow twenty .eight, acres, and I find that the 
Syracuse Chilled Plow is the best Plow for all kinds of 
ground that I ever used. 1 think 1 can clow much 
more ground In the same time, and one-third easier, 
than with any other Plow. 
Respectfully \ours. W. H. HOPPER. 
Garin, Chester Co., Pa., Aug-. 8.1878. 
ance of the Syracuse CUulod Plow, both Right and Left 
Hand, in both rough uud sstouey and smooth land, 
throwing a furrow sixteen Inches wide lu smooth land, 
and fourteen in rough, and from seven to eight 
inches deep; the rough being in grass and iu many 
S laces eighteen inches high, do not hesitate to state 
lat we consider it the best Plow we have ever met 
with, for any purpose. 
[Signed by] 
H. GRAHAM 
JAMES PEN SON, 
And twenty others. 
„ Webster, Mich., June 4, 1878. 
8am. McLaren: 
Dear Sir: - the Syracuse Hulled Plow th t I pur¬ 
chased of you is, I think, the most perfect Plow for 
gvuiwat use that I ever saw. 1 have plowed with it 
some of the worst soil I over saw—it being tow. mucky 
stun, that I have tried to plow before with three dif¬ 
ferent kiuds of plows, and the Syracuse Chilled Plow 
is the only one that would work at all iu it. and that 
done its work very nice, and for draught and ease of 
handling, I tbmk it has no equal. 1 base lent my 
Plow to two of my neighbors, and they joiu with 
me m its praise, pronouncing it to be the most perfect 
Plow they ever saw. Mine is the two-horse, No. 1 
Yours, respectfully, 1). P. THOMAS. 
Otter Chuuk, Mercer Co., Pa.. March 11.1879. 
Packard A Co.: 
'•'cate: In reply to your note of the 5th iust., re¬ 
garding tins manta of the SyracuHe 1 chilled Plow. I 
would say. that 1 have used, during the last forty 
years, almost every pattern of Plow, from the small 
corn size to the heavy Eight-Horse Railroad Plow, and 
can honestly sn\ , that the Syracuse is the most perfect 
for tanu use that I over owned, tt will turn down 
heavy tangled clover uud cover every blade, and leave 
tiic surface clean and loose, and will work equally 
well 1« dirty stubble, it will turn a sod uphill, aud 
unless thrown out bv large stones, will keep in the 
around with but little attention from the plowman. 
1 he head-gear is *0 well arranged that it, can be set to 
thi' work us needed, aud the draft is very light. It is 
iu fact the plow that every f annul* needs.’ 
Very truly yours. Vl. 1). SCCUUY. 
THE REASONS. 
They are a more durable 
Plow Ilian any other in nse. 
They will clean in any soil 
superior to the best tempered 
Steel Plows, 
They possess the like superi¬ 
ority over any Cast Iron Plow, 
and their draft is twenty-five 
per cent, less. 
We have this season 40.000 
of our Plows in the field, and 
every Plow is warranted to give 
satisfaction. 
Our Plows command a higher 
price in market than any other 
Chilled Plow. We do noi enter 
into competition with iftanuiac- 
turers of inferior Plows as re¬ 
gards prices, any more than 
they can compete with ms as re¬ 
gards quality, Our Plows are, 
however, practically the cheap¬ 
est Plows ever put into the field. 
Each purchaser of one of our 
Plows is furnished with a guar¬ 
antee, if he desires it. giving 
the name of the purchaser, his 
residence, date of the purchase, 
style of the Plow, and the name 
of the agent by whom the Plow 
was sold. To the guarantee is 
attached the corporate seal of 
our Company. 
Wherever a colter will work, 
the Jointer will work, and do all 
that the colter can do, and much 
more effectually. When flic 
Jointer Point needs replacing, 
the farmer can replace if by loos¬ 
ening one holt, with a new poinl 
that will cost him but twenty-five 
cents. This is a great saving 
over the time aud expense re¬ 
quired to re-face and sharpen a 
colter. 
THE EVIDENCE. 
Panama, X. Y„ May, 1878, 
I have bought, anil used one of your Plows, and I 
'oupider it in all respects the beat. Plow I ever used 
LORES B. SESSIONS. 
Canfield, Ohio. Sept lo. 1878. 
Gentlemen —I took two of the Syracuse Chilled 
Plows on trfal, this fall, and find them all vou worn- 
mend them to be. MARTIN NEFF. 
Hudson, Ohio, Dec. 7, 1878. 
Dear Sir:— I have used the Syracuse Chilled Plow 
bought of you and am satisfied it does better work, 
and in every way surpasses an v Plow J have ever used 
\Vkndel krokhle. 
Wiieatfield, Mich., Juno 22.1878. 
The Syracuse Chilled Plow is the best plow to hold 
and run steady, in the market. I think of getting 
another soon, as I need another plow, in preference to 
any other kind. Wm. BYERS. 
Hudson, Ohio, Dec. 21,1878. 
Dear Sir:—I have used a Syracuse Chilled Plow 
bought of you last summer, aud am satisfied that it 
runs easier, cleans better, ami dives the best work of 
any Plow I have over used. My men fullv agree with 
me. JOHN MACK. 
WilliamstOx, Mich, June 1, 1878. 
I was induced to buy one of the Syracuse Chilled 
Plows of Mr. Lyou. anil, after trial, would state that 
I intend to get two more, and dou't want any other 
kind ot Plow tor my use. They wear the points twice 
the length of time the Curtice aud don't break. 
EGBERT TOMS. 
Edenburoh, Lawrence Co,. Pa., Aug. 20,1878 
W. C. Hopi-er, Art. 
I have this day tested and bought the Syracuse 
Chilled Plow, and unhesitatingly say I have never seen 
its equal for lightness of draft, workmanship and ease 
of handling, aud holding to the ground when dry and 
hard; of its clearing properties I have no doubt. 
Yours truly, FRED. KEAST. 
CorisviLLK. Ohio. Sept. 20,1878. 
Messrs. Andrews. Hill A Co.: 
L'enfs.:—The Syracuse Chilled Iron Plow I bought 
from you this fall U a success. I have used it in stub¬ 
ble. and Suit ground and know it is by far the host Plow 
I have ever used. It runs steady aud draws easy, and 
J challenge any other Plow that 1 have ever seen to 
equal the quality of its work. S. F. STEWART. 
Liberty, Ohio, Sept. 21,1878. 
Andrews, Hill A. Co. 
dent !,I have used one of your Syracuse 
Chilled Iron Plows bought from you this fall, and put 
it *1 competition with an Oliver Chilled Plow that 1 
best general purpose plow I have ever used, uiid cheer¬ 
fully recommend it to any iu want of a first-class 
Plow. JONATHAN REEFER. 
New Philadelphia, Ohio, Dec- 19.1878. 
Syracuse Chilled Plow Co. 
Gents:— I took one of your Plow* on trial with those 
of ot nor i r, a 11 u I * c u I re r *, and among them was included 
the Oliver Chilled Plow. I gave each of them n fair 
trial, and have uo hesitation in pronouncing your 
Plow superior to them iu all respects. It holds easier, 
deans perfectly, aud drawsHihter.aml rums steadily 
where the other flows would not, 1 also think it pul¬ 
verizes the ground and leaves it in the best shape of 
any plow 1 over >'. It will ray ary farmer wanting 
a plow to give it a trial. J. B. WALLACE. 
J. B. WALLACE. 
Deerfield. Mich., June 7. 1878. 
Mil Bornktt : 
The No. 1 Syracuse Chilled Plow I bought- cf you 
last spring. I can uulicsltatingly say is the best gen¬ 
eral purpose plow tint 1 ever used. After using it 
upon my farm. I lent it to several of my ne’srhbors for 
trial, all of whom, with the exception of one, pro¬ 
nounce it a number otto plow for business, In this 
section some of the Chilled Plows fail to clear in our 
sticky soil. No such objection has occn rred here with 
the Syracuse Chilled, tt runs light, holds easy, and 
turns admirably. 
Yours truly, ARMOX BARRITT. 
Frkdoni v. Mercer Co., Pa., March 12,1879. 
Packard asC<>-: 
Dear s>. - 1 take pica'..re in .-taiing that I am well 
pleated with the Syracuse Chilled Plow. I have tried 
it iu sod ami stubble ground both, and it gave perfect 
satisfaction: and l tried it in elnwi from fifteen to 
eighteen inches high, and it turned it (low u so that, you 
could hardly sec a stalk, glut time y ere rev oral of our 
le tfanners saw it work.and they said tt boat any 
tiling they ever *aw. As regards scouring, v. here I 
ci.old not get another plow to turn without dogging, 
the Syracuse Plow tt: rnod it without a bit of trouble, 
and 1 would say to auv lancer that stands in need ot 
a plow to tt. the s; lieii>e befere purchasing nnv 
other kin i, ic l i itin <•; it i> the bet'.. 
iYme- i-t -utvU'db . JAMES McCANX. 
SYRACUSE CHILLED PLOW CO., 
Syracviso, 1ST. "ST, 
