, 1866-08-21

,on.e e1tion, the Chairman Of the enmIniilee vii
ake charge Of them, and zee thar aey sse prop
,mInason. Il We do not correct he nomenela- c
pre Of cur Quits 10 certasn extent At this meet
,sa: m! We e tnos our frts by lie i1ae name
20 thai In osle:tne tEees Tor m orchard, we may
.St wket 1e ,ts wf aS Eve
Ptnnoeh- and 70 Of nanE o'ief varieties thai have
~ seWh.ie iii our State Society may be more COM
peseut to make up the list best alap:ed to our
sol md IT, s;a1e ses re ,ss fannSs S.,, compare on.
their namss. Is d Ills occasion $3.50 T
'.In selecting srseimsns. re- ,hs IL better wsy T. to
eIe u under size. one meliu.n, aad one lalge. is
name IL wanted. The fotM Of the tree should be !
aessa on H. 5R whs5ssF np5 roqn
This may be important to enable the committee to
aEEe1ta3n the naloe.
their specimens in large trunk, and cheek 1t as
baggage When sent u express II should be d.
Ieeted 10 American Pome1ogteaI S9c.ety, ca1e OF
ST. / oris, NO., with the maine OF the sender on
The cs5d. In this case it would be well 70 enclose
aut Of + taxing ii n % sane specimen @ VIII him "N
The FRc1T SHOWS
It Is expected that in number OF varieties, |
and in quantity, this VIII be the largest
show Of fruit ever held in this OF any other
country. Peaches, plaus, pears, apples and
grapes, with many Of our native fruits, will
Dad the tables. The effect Of soil aud eli
mate on particular varieties VIII make q
strong contrast. The Eastern frnit-g7owcrs |
will bring their best specimens, aud place |
them beside those Of the great valley Let
every reader Of the TRIBUNE who can attend |
person do so, with his specimens, and
| especially Of those good varieties Of which |
! he does not know the trne name, with riev
| to ascertain the same 1t must be borne in
/ mind that this Society meets only biennially.
and its transactions can only be procured
| hy members, no surplus copies being printed
for sole. and that the price Of membership Is
| two dollars
| DREAMING OF FRAIR1E
A subscriber in Iowa writes as follows:
'@1p the report Of the comn,ssloneF Of AgEsen1~
ral machinery IN which you sAJ thai In breaking
prau:e in tne epnng, or open spell. n sae winter,
c1ess Hs i1orsnee to d. as vel a. yorr own State.
Your remarks in regard to break5ss At that season
veber has been discussed, and as y, easly spring
md winter Is new. ard one that calls forth many
VI T setsos sos e. stss a r.
t.I1uius porposes The pae1 season ii has been i'm
Reen eseS tsst the1s IL not seen sseient teams
10 do the work, and then only at prices that viii
rot warrant nc o1ay ISu5 .s'cle hae awsksp "
e. s s1its 70 s:k saT'seF Details in feald 70 shs
Tnbroscn prairie presents at least two
couditlonsone where it never has beer
! pastured. and one TINT has been fed OF pas
: 1ured by stock. At present but little Of tht
former remains. In commencing new farm
: | at this point on prairie unpaetuIcd, the frs
! breaking was done IN September, the next il
: July, followed By fifteen acres In May. TIL
!. | july breaking was the best
+ II the spring Of 1857, Messrs. Dean 4 Co.
| Of Moline, presented rs Double Achigal
! P1ow for deep tillage- AFTER repeated tsia
aenaPea P e9E 5ana ahd at Ss Tsue
!. to move it was too great to warrant its us
a for the purpose Of deep til1age. In Soveu
IS her the steam p1ow Of FaWkes broke n
It some four acres, and in February the Weathe
2 was opeu md favorable to fa1m work. tn
h temptation 10 finish the land partly p,owe
by fhe eteam monster, could not be resisted
= The Double Michigan vas brought ont. an
e the two ehares put within two and a half II
:. ches Of each other, and the guaEe which pu
Ee ahalf inches. The plow cut fourteen iuchs
se i wide. and four inches deep, and was draw
~ bv three horses, breaking one and ha
N to two acres day This land, together Wit
n a strip broken in July and that of Soveu
IN ber, was gown to spring wheat, and produet
n good crop. That broken in February ".
the most thoroughly rotted, that Of July IL
te next in order, and that Of November II
y least. Since then our breaking has all bct
er done in February and March, md all of
y unpastured. We have thirty acres Of Il
~ same kind that is enclosed and never pa
- tured, which will be broken as soon as Il
frost is out In winter. In winter breakfs
49, We have also used sixtcen-inch brcakil
re plow, and p1owed as shallow as possible.
IN using the Double Michigan, the npper Pic
no rolls up the turf. This is Of great valne
n winter breaking. The roots thus exposed
y, air and frost, die.
u On prairie that has been pastured there
ng not the least difficulty to plow early and p1
&c dnce good crops OF oats. day Or corn-
" Last winter man from Ohio purchased
ID. farm Of wild land near this point, which h
81 been pastured By droyers herding on it
:en the past two Or three years. E1ffy acres
nc | this land were broken up last spring,
re inches deep, By the use Of three horses
ne N first Of May It was harvested and planted
.oi- the ususl way, with the two-horse plant
aas It has been three times worked with 81
eH cultivator. and the owner thinks it the b
oss corn in the neighborhood- There are t
to and hare fine crops. Last year, one of
Lnu best pieces Of corn was on winter breaki
Gu treated as though it had been broken up
previous summer
In winter, when the frost is ont, OF ca
in spring. the swarl breaks easily; no mat
il the water follows your team in the FUR,
axe the subsequent action of the frost will
riy tne luots hnu ~ .ns SUI - t.,t
the cost Of that Of July, and we think egn5
as valuable Three horses will run sixt
u. inch breaking plow, or fourteen inch M1
igan- The wcatheris then cool for the te
So and no flies to annoy them. We have i
So with breaking prairie in July, and pa:
~ over to the time Of more leisure Rrl:A