, 1873-01-24
SECOND DAY.
From Our Our, Correspondent.
FREEpoR1, H., JAM %, 1873.

er On timber-1and, and we'll sheltered from the
weeping prai1ie-winds; and his orchard had
teen very productive. He plants 20 feet apart,
md gives what is known as fiat culture. In
preparing the land, he subsoils some Is inches
deep; but, in the afterculture, ploTs shallow,
He prefers sweet corn fora crop for the first few
years before coming into full bearing, when the
land ia simply cultivated, and neither grass nor
rraiu is permitted in it. His favorite varieties
IRE Keswick. Goblin, Red Astraehan, sops Of
Vine, Lowell, Golden Street, Fay Wlne, Snow
TiF Tner 9Ss' 81 the SS 9se A0Gtas'' ls ercap sqe
ton VAS mads to this List, though
several members would add to it. He gave .
long list Of rejected varieties; but that List had
tnany warm t1ends,-that is, nearly all OF them
h.d been found II value u certain locations;
Vas An oasy one, and an hour Was spent on this
subject.
TIE HABITS OF TIE RABBIT ,
became quite an exciting subject. One man had
found whiteEash sure preventive; others
trapped in bo1es, and others depended On the
I'D Of dogs and shot-guns. The discussion do.
yeloped the fact that the rabbit is an animal OF
peculiar and rather eccentric habits.
SECTIONS OF THE IARcH-
ar. Robert Douglass, Of Waukegan, presented
ton Of tree thirteen years old, from the 1arch-
forest Of D. g. 6cofeld, Of Elgin, OF about one
foot in diameter, showing nn annual growth Of
nearly one inch. Another section OF Scotch pine,
from seed eown by William Hill of Dundee, Kane
q yel siGMn: 11 i,1 49, noSu 6
gooa poisn, e ,1' H. sdsqtod 81 - 33a 1aa nf ram;sR
1aal' 10 ~ to n ~ - ,,.a.ao :; artra ataI
from the wood OF this tree, which iB pretty good
evidence OF its durability, as turpentine Is q
great protector Of timber from decay,
NEW VARIETIES OF APPLES.
1af}nr ras1 from 1f Nprdpr fhA an.
+bor ~ ntmericaa Pomoloev." The Doctor
eapo eape rntaa ~ naw varieties of fruits: AMONG
hem. Father Abram, an illinois apple; Book
;ncham having \ vide ranpe OF local nsmes. q
TslI-Enovu fruit in Southern Illinois; Bledsoe
and Bonhau,, tvo new varieties from Kentucky !;
YoIina Sweet. Parker, Centres, an Southern ap-
p!es, Of considerable value. THO list la spme-
xhat lengthy. but it is doubtful If any Of them
ere of especial value G0qt in our Prnrle orchards
lesson on this subject. The only result OF .
current Of electricity is decomposition. 1t does
not accelerate the growth ct plants when -ap"
piled direct to them, while, applied to the soil,
by h.stcnning decay,Tit, in au indirect manner,
induces better growth. Inc ar ls non-con-
sae3 OF ths aao = xtp + fo tb
n2sih Warm air has greater Gapastf p 19r
ths subtle fluid than & cog ar ~ Inc Norsnff
srn 1aghta are dne g me erirene
Ct electsicty being itorEla 70 tue e EARN q tne
lo1ss, thus produolng RloW: ana tme eloW Is
tec Wea-kno"n Aurora, 1ne speaAeF ststen 90
inst electricity Was the frest oecomposef oI q!
soid substances, ana u t1us maae 20 ernQ
eonn moantalnss auo 10 o4o4AIe6Aa'ol " .ota
soils
: ar Dunlap would utilize tma pFetn! Is SUD p
stance MI; male = = Uiaay IN important paT1 n
:=-.turs. He would suggest that the lightning
FL men, Or ut least these who use tubular rods,
Nouit do well to adopt his: great improvement,
that collects and sends charge OF lightning
down tna i1nide of the rod, and thus utilizes tho
inside ee yelI as the o1tEi4o, ,ol tha rod.
i liz DUcA11oSa1 INTERESTS or otn STATE.
elr: 5tcAfee. of Freeport, presented very
rrsettea] rspar On thia subject. He con ng.atu-
Itad tho State that the study of the natural
Eieuces Lad been a55cootteeaa i our common
schools, aain contrast with the old mental sys-
Hid oi The pi;ssst. He pent On to shaT AoT tha
y.udsnf Wa educated. When pregented With It'll
lincz II Tia riraaant-iiylng;. tnnpibio Subjects
iii zIic:l he lad to do i4atead Of ha7ii1g to
10 with ideas that had oo1do down from the
dead psst. iumpered up With al sorta Of soholas-
tic tbeor:os. TINT we're OF no real value to ono
bis daily bread. He explained the value OF the
E,u9y y po.snS W pnJ s11iy - otGet ~
D: Psnninrton n Gai,n1v NV inf9orae.i | M McAfee
md ho5ad 1j5t the sn1,;ect Gonjd receive tbs At.
tention Of :tho Socioty:
he DoctcT tGoT tne round that tia theprT is
practicable ono. He had nc doubt that We would
let prodnce race OF reuch-treeg that would bear
agreater degree OF frost than any that re now
hid in 1nr orchards.
NJ. Harrison objected to all these new things;
e e stood by the old, for these had proved val1a-
PIE.
~: pouglass thought ffe re gentleman oid not
Understand the paper oi Mr, McA1ee, ns u IN no
kaS prevented LQe C1aSB1cal tRenlle1nen from 60