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AM ERIC AN AGRICULTURIST. 
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E. Roso & Co., have taken up the management of the 
“World at Home.” The proprietors present no new 
features to this very evident humbug. They still offer 
$530.00 shawls, cloaks, etc., to eacli subscriber to their 
paper. The parties receiving the goods are to act as 
agents for their paper, and increase its circulation, etc. 
Of course none of our readers will bite at such a poorly 
baited hook... The President of the “ Sandy River Pe¬ 
troleum Stock Co.” presents a new plan. For $3.00 he 
proposes to “ strike a duplicate ” of each certificate held 
by any party, and post the same for sale at the Brokers 
Board. This “stock” is not worth one cent to anybody. 
...We wonder how our “generous friends” will like 
the new postal law. Congress in an Act “To further 
amend the Postal Laws,” passed July 27,1808, Sect. 13, 
says “ And be it further enacted , That it shall not be law¬ 
ful to deposit in a post-office, to be sent by mail, any 
letter or circular concerning lotteries, so-called gift-con¬ 
certs, or other similar enterprises offering prizes of any 
kind on any pretext whatever.” Sending any Lottery 
Tickets, therefore, or Gift-Enterprise circulars in the 
mails, hereafter is an unlawful business, and our readers 
will take notice of the fact. We would advise all who 
are so unfortunate as to have such letters sent them, and 
who know their contents to be of the character described, 
to return them unopened to the Post Master, stating the 
fact to him, with the request that he send them at once to 
the dead letter office at Washington. We hope that the au¬ 
thorities will issue orders to Postmasters that when let¬ 
ters are received, the contents of which are known to be of 
the character of Gift Concert Enterprises to enclose them 
in a package to the dead letter office, and not deliver them 
to the parties to whom they are addressed. It is desired 
by the Department at Washington, that all the evidence 
bearing upon these swindling concerns be brought to 
their notice, so that justice may be dealt to those who in¬ 
dulge in this unlawful and wicked business. 
“Two AA«ai«!ers «i” tSae Age.— King 
Frost the fruit destroyer effectually conquered, and fruit 
now can be grown every year in any Northern climate, 
without injury from frost by premature budding.” This 
is the heading of a circular of a chap, who in addition to 
that wonder lias No. 2, which preserves trees, shrubs and 
vines, “ in root, body, branch andbud from the attacks of 
any kind of vermin or insect,” which is a very good 
tiling to do. Of course the circular has certificates, what 
■would a circular be without them ? It is a little odd that 
these tree doctors never get a known horticulturist to 
sign their circulars. The names are very good ones, and 
doubtless useful to those who own them, but they do not 
carry any weight. We learn that the proprietor of the 
“Two Wonders” lias sold nearly $8,000 worth of county 
rights in a single county in Pennsylvania. If the stuff, 
or thing, or process is good for anything, the rest of the 
world will probably bear of it. Meanwhile we advise 
our readears to always let very hot things cool a little 
before they handle them, and thus avoid burnt lingers. 
SEcrtg-e Trimmer.— If any oue has a ma¬ 
chine for trimming hedges by horse power he had bettor 
advertise it, as we have a loud call for it from the West. 
©cej} oT T'l’ces.—“C. A. E.,” 
finds the books advise to plant trees no deeper than they 
stood in the nursery, but “ without stating the reason.” 
The reason is that experience has shown that trees so 
planted usually do better than those planted deeply. 
While with many plants it seems to make b"ut little 
difference how much of the stem is covered with earth, 
the bark of our fruit trees that has grown in the air is 
apt to become unhealthy if covered with earth. 
.rapes and Pears.-C. A. Eggert, Iowa. 
Why put them together? You can use your land but 
once, and why not. let half of it be all grapes and the 
other all pears ? If the pears are standards they will soon 
make too much shade, and if dwarfs they may be put as 
close to each other as it would do to have the vines near 
to them. An economical use of land may often bo made 
by planting strawberries, raspberries, or even peaches in 
a young orchard of standard pears, but this is with a 
view to removal before the pear trees need all the land, 
but the vines are intended to be in a measure permanent. 
Aici«l ofl’ear Trees.—A subscriber asks 
us to state the average yield of pear trees ten years old. 
It depends so much upon the variety that no definite 
answer canbe given. We know of some trees over ton 
years old that have not borne a bushed in their lives, 
Tfee A'a«*6af SSanitrry.r. Geo, E, 
Hull, Cleveland, 0„ sent us sprue specimens of the Naomi 
Raspberry, 'f hoy okmo in? very good ordov considering 
jhb distunfc. they iiitil tweiM, find woir found to lie of 
excellent flavor. After their long journey it was neces¬ 
sary to utilize them at once, or we should have complied 
with the request of Mr. II. to show them to our horticul¬ 
tural friends. The variety originated from the seed-with 
Mrs. Gov. Ward, Rockport, O. The committee on fruits 
of the Cincinnati Horticultural Society in July last con¬ 
cluded their report as follows: “Wo would recommend 
them as the best flavored and most firm of any red rasp¬ 
berry that has been brought within our observation re¬ 
cently.” The Naomi proves hardy at Cleveland. 
ttrafting Tllie <*r:Bg9e.—J. F. Kolsch, 
Kansas. Grafting is practised occasionally where one 
lias a vine of inferior quality and wishes to change it. 
Wo described the process at length a few years ago. Be¬ 
fore tlie ground freezes dig it away from the stock and 
cut it oft’ at six inches below the surface. The cion 
should have about four inches of wood and one good 
eye; split the stock and insert it in the usual way of 
cleft grafting; tie firmly, but use no wax; fill in the 
earth so as to leave the bud just above the surface; cover 
tlie graft with an inverted flowerpot or box, lay over some 
Straw and cover the whole with a mound of earth. Do 
not uncover until freezing weather is over in spring. As 
to grafting wild roots, we infer that you have the idea, as 
mauy have, of procuring wild stocks to graft for a vine¬ 
yard. The plan is not advisable. No plants arc so good 
as those grown from cuttings. 
C©sw|9«isIfl,io£j.—“ Subscrib¬ 
er,” Alden, Iowa. We have Forsyth’s old work, and are 
familiar with the matter you so kindly copy. Forsyth's 
discovery was thought a great one at the time (1791,) and 
no doubt the treatment was servicable. Tlie decayed 
portions of a tree were carefully cut away, to leave a 
clean wound, which was covered with a plaster made of 
cow dung; lime rubbish and sand ; after its application 
the piaster was sprinkled with bone dust. The trees re¬ 
covered and credit was given to the materials of the com¬ 
position, while really the removal of the decayed portion 
and protecting the wound from the weather did the busi¬ 
ness. Tlie modern method of covering wounds with 
grafting wax, shellac varnish, &c., is much neater, more 
easily applied and equally effective. 
AjspEes ins MBIb&oih.— At a rt cent meeting 
of the Alton Horticultural Society, it was the general 
opinion of the members that the apple crop was almost 
an entire failure, attributable to frosts in April. 
ILet IBaag-s ESewscre. — We are pleased to 
learn that Messrs. B. D. Walsh and C. V. Riley are to 
start a journal, the American Entomologist, to be publish¬ 
ed in St. Louis, by R. P. Studley & Co. The paper is to 
be a monthly of 1(5 pages at $1 per annum. The publish¬ 
ers say: “ Although this publication is owned and edited 
exclusively by Western men, yet it is not intended to be 
ill any wise local or sectional in its scope. Communi¬ 
cations from all parts of the Union on the history and 
habits of noxious or beneficial insects are earnestly solic¬ 
ited, and the utmost attention will be pai 1 by the editors 
to answering all questions from correspondents upon tills 
subject, no matter whether they come from the East, 
tlie West, the North, or the South, and whenever possible 
the best and most approved method of fi -Siting tlie par¬ 
ticular noxious insect will at the same time be briefly in¬ 
dicated.” The enterprise is one to which \va wish success. 
IBat-tsaaletl IBatlisIs.— Lm-t month we 
allowed a correspondent to say that tli ■ Rat-tailed or 
Long-podded Radish was a failure, and corroborated his 
statement from our own experience, AA r e did not know 
that we were flying in tlie face of royalty. A correspon¬ 
dent of the London Gardener’s Chronicle says: “Mr. 
Carmichael (Prince of Wales’ gardener) told me that he 
always kept a regular supply of it, and that it was much 
used and relished at the Royal table, a fact surely worth 
knowing.” So important “ a fact,” that Wales like the 
Rat-tail should not be confined to one side of the Atlan¬ 
tic—it beiug “surely worth knowing,” wo spread it 
abroad. The English papers contain much snobbishness 
like the above, which reads strangely to an American. 
MTosmsaBi* S-Tets-HIcealew.—“ S. T.,” Orient, 
L. I.—Various remedies arc resorted to, to keep these 
pests in check. Among the safest and cheapest are slak¬ 
ed lime, or wood ashes, sprinkled upon the plants when 
the dew is on. Tlie ashes would be quite sure to promote 
the growth of the bulbs, as well as destroy their enemies. 
Cost of Bi:iisEEag' ISools. — “L. G.,” 
Shelburne, Vt.—In four statements mado before Massa¬ 
chusetts County Agricultural Societies, the cost of Ruta¬ 
bagas per bushel Is:put at 8 cts,, 8 els,, £? cts,, and 
83 cants, Tim gentlemen who used the n>os{, manure 
mid mined them at the mfco of 150 and 000 bMigis to tho 
iuw, respective]/) got- fliGli' for 3 cts, it husliel, 
The poor fellow whoso turnips cost him 23 cts. a bushel 
raised only 30ii bushels to the acre. The difference in tho 
cost lay mainly in the manure and.in the cultivation. 
There is a volume of wisdom in the facts here given. 
Wiaiter SBacliwlies.—Mrs. C. K. M. The 
black and white winter radishes are -usually sown about 
the middle of August, though if sown early this mouth 
they will probably make a fair crop. Tlie Chinese Rose- 
colored Winter, is much superior to the varieties named, 
and it is not too late to sow it. Treat in all respects like 
turnips. Keep by burying them in a pit beyond reach 
of frost, or in a cool cellar in barrels, with some earth 
thrown among them to keep from drying lip. 
Else ISlaels Bsalk.—It is very trying to the 
eyes and equally so to the patience to endeavor to make 
out a letter written in ink the color of which is a pale 
brown or dun. Good black ink costs but little. 
S B atesat<id. Wallas asatl ofcStei” I s a- 
tents. — A friend at Troy, O., writes us a long and in¬ 
teresting account of a patented Asphalt walk, evidently 
thinking that its introduction would be a public benefit. 
We do not. publish liis communication, as our advertising 
columns are the place in which such tilings are made 
known. When tlie right to make, use, or sell a thing, rests 
exclusively in the hands of one person, he has, if the 
article be good for anything, abundant means fur making 
it known, and journals do not feel it a part of their duty 
to advertise liis wares. 
Worsnss oei Arbor Allies.—V. G. E. New¬ 
port, Del. The specimens are theBasketor Drop-worms. 
(Oiketicus coniferarum,) very troublesome on many trees. 
The method to which you have resorted, hand-picking, 
is the only way to get rid of them. 
£»o ILocustS Sfiisag-? — “ R. AV.,” Patter¬ 
son, N. J. No, they do not. The common Locust or 
Harvest fly, {Cicada), and the 17-year Locust are as harm¬ 
less to handle as house flies, and neither bite nor sting. 
During their short lives they neither eat nor drink, but 
simply prepare for laying and lay their eggs. The dam¬ 
age they do is to the trees whereon the eggs are depos¬ 
ited. Tlie true Locust, ( Grillus ), we would popularly 
term a grasshopper, and though it eats voraciously, it 
can neither stiug or bite to harm any one. Children 
frequently i-eport themselves stung by insects which by 
their description might be locusts, but they probably 
mistake bees or hornets of some kind for them. 
Wliitfe BEsiielcEefoej-i-ics.—C. H. B., Pro¬ 
vidence, R. I. These are sometimes found, though they 
are not very common. AVe have seen them several times 
in Rhode Island. It would be well for some one to ex¬ 
periment in the culture of this white variety. 
I B eaeSa Trees.—F. Mars, Milford, Mass. 
The trouble described is the “ curl,” by some attributed 
to plant lice, and by others to sudden atmospheric 
changes. AVe doubt if insects have anything to do with 
it. Good cultivation is tlie only remedy. Mr. 51. uses 
upon his trees suds containing considerable sal soda with 
marked effect in promoting growth. This should not 
he continued any later; it is not desirable to prolong 
tlie growing season, as the wood will not ripen properly. 
46 Teal>es * 9 ita sasa Olal EiOg'.—A. Lear, 
Minnesota. The tubes made of leaves nicely rolled to-* 
gether contained each a grub or larva of some insect, 
probably a bee or wasp, but we cannot tell which one. 
Ekricd. gweet Coras. — Tlie canning of 
corn cannot be successfully done in families, but dried 
corn is nearly as good if properly done, and can bc.had 
by all. The excellence of this depends quite as much 
upon the time of picking", as upon the method of curing. 
If too old, no process of drying will make it tender and 
savory. The ears should he plucked in the milk, their 
best condition for eating when fresh. AV ith a sharp knife 
split the rows of kernels, and cut from the cob. Spread 
in iron pans and place in the oven to drive ofi a part of 
the moisture. Stir well to keep from burning, and when 
thoroughly heated, spread upon sheets in the sun to dry. 
It must lie thoroughly dry when put away, and must he 
kept in a dry place. Another method is to boil the: fresh 
picked corn five minutes, then split the kernels and cut 
from the cob, and spreacj in the sun to dry. It is good 
cooked as a vegetable in winter, and still better made 
with Ltnik beans, or cvep common beans, into succotash. 
“ Subscriber.” Bloomfield, Iowa, bolls the com, cuts the 
grain ono haif off, and seyapeij off that which remains at¬ 
tached in the cob, The drying is 'done Jr a shallow box, 
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