Profits Of Fruit Culture

In conversation a few days since, a gentleman stated that Mr. Walbridge, of Baraboo, for the past ten years, has realized an average of $100 per year from eight apple trees of the variety now known by his name, and which promises to be a very valuable acquisition to our long keeping varieties. Another gentleman jestingly said this furnished a good basis for a calculation as to profits, and proceeded to compute the enormous profits which the farmers of Wisconsin might secure, if each had 160 acres set with trees each yielding as large a profit as these. Absurd as this seems, it is no more so than many calculations which are made by writers, who take a single case of large profits, and from that proceed to apply the same rate to the whole field. Western Farmer.

Profits Of Grape Culture

Although the profits of grape growing have steadily declined during the past five years, and many discouraged cultivators are yearly giving up all interest in the subject, yet there are occasional examples of local success.

One grower, three miles from Washington, D. C, planted in the spring of 1866, 1,000 vines, one-half of them Concords, the others of various kinds. The third year he built a trellis, trained the vines, and allowed some to bear as much as 15 lbs. each. All the fruit was sold for 15 cents per lb. As his vines came more into bearing, prices steadily declined until, in the fifth year, they were but one-half the prices of the first year, yet his produce was so heavy, the vines netted him $70 per acre.

Profits Of Horticulture

Commencing with the March number, we will print a series of communications on the Profits of Horticulture, showing what has been done, giving actual examples of successful experience. In these dull times wo do not expect every one to be carried away with the idea of making large profits from small pieces of ground, still it will be entertaining reading, and we shall introduce it as such only.

Profits Of Quinces

An Ohioan, who has three-fourths of an acre of quince orchard, from which last year he sold 300 bushels of first-class fruit, spades the ground in spring, and scatters a peck of coal ashes around each tree, also a quart of salt, and another quart when the quinces are half-grown.

A Profliable Tree

W. H. Ragan has pears of the Flemish Beauty variety, grown by his father at Fillmore, Putnam county, Indiana, which grew upon a tree that has for the last seven years yielded fruit, the average sales of which amounted to two hundred and one dollars per year, besides what was required for family use. - Northwestern Farmer.

Proftanthera Cuneata

A dwarf greenhouse shrub, with small obtuse leaves and lavender-colored flowers prettily spotted with blue. Australia.

Progress Of Reaping Machirrs

We have been informed by a manufacturer of agricultural implements - on who is excellent authority - that between fifteen and sixteen thousand reaping machines will be manufactured and sold this year in our country. The demand is so great that manufactures cannot make them fast enough for their orders. This affords evidence of agricultural prosperity, as the cost of these machines will amount to nearly two millions of dollars. Our farmers exhibit wisdom in using and patronising machinery. A reaping machine will save the price of itself in one season. - Scientific American.