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Show Mark Tn.ln'i Rmortof Hi Farmer's Farm-er's Cluh. Fx C.'iis'.axe Quino d- -ired the ci.i'o to inform him how to make ho,;-ro1". ho,;-ro1". Pr. Slow had I .m . ,,r1. :C4J farmer farm-er f r the i."'st s.x weeks, an in a 1 th, j varied agricultural experience no ueh article as hog s-rcvt had ever com: under his nou- U bat was it? W. I it edible ? Was it useful in any way. or was it. as he more than suspc-ered. another worthless humbug, devised by the sha-per- to defraud us practical fanners'? He knew not whether it was propagated by seeds or by cuttings, but he wouid aivise Mr. Quinn to be shy of hog's-root, espeeia''y if it was a ew fancied or high-priced tuber. Mr.' Moker, the agricultural writer, explained the anatomy of the hog's proboscis. It is designed for subter ranean foraging, by a process vulgarly ealied rootine. to which Mr. Quinn s inquiry probably referred. Being- a delicate organ, it is Liable to it jury. He would recommend that Mr. Quinn wipe his ho's nose. If he finds it red, he may be sure it is tender and needs protection by a metallic shield. Some resort to the strategic devise of inserting a wire ring in the hog's nose, in his efforts to remove which fee would naturally thrust his snout into the soil, and thus root unwittingly. That was playiDg it rather low on the hog, and the metallic shield was preferable pre-ferable on the score of fair dealing and philanthropy. Mi. Greeley exhibited a pumpkin of his own raising. Aa it embodied his solitary and crowning success, after several years of discouraging failure in pumpkin culture, the club surrounded it with uncovered heads and mingled emotions of surprise, admiration and envy. It was a superB fruit; and when Mr. G.'s hat was placed on it, to illustrate its size and symmetry, the hat and pumpkin seemed so perfectly adapted to each other, and together produced an effect so startling, that several enthusiastic members swore they would have known who raised that pumpkin if they had seen it any-wnere. any-wnere. It is to be photographed by Gurney, and next year's Tribune subscribers sub-scribers will receive copies. The pumpkin was the flattering product of j or, K,,.Kol nfouori i.,,.,.j .i. e in Champagna. Soon after blossoming, blossom-ing, the vine manifested an inclination inclina-tion to wither. It was thereupon transplanted to a large flower pot, and removed to the town residence of its founder. For some time it pined and drooped, and they sat up nights with it, expecting that every momeut would be its last, hut every moment turned ont not to be its la-t, and with careful nursing it finally rallied and came up to maturity, as cherished and tough a pumpkin as ever grew. Dr. Sixhanmiers suggested that the result of Mr. G.'s indomitable struggle with this pumpkin showed how every city family could provide itseif with pumpkin-pie. He hoped to see the day when every window-sill, in every city, would be adorned with fructifying fructify-ing pumpkin-pots, and every workman's work-man's cottage embowered in pumpkin-vines. pumpkin-vines. Thomas Dodd, of New Hampshire, writes to the club that he is fifiy years old, infirm with consumption, has a large family, ten dollkrs in mono-, and wants to know what to do. Mr Moker Go ont to Gieeley Colony and invest in our irrigating ditches. .Mr. Lavman Buy a Texas rnnche or a Florida orange grove. Dr. Simble His health requires light farming in a bracing cl mate. Let him start an indigo plantation in Alaska. Mr. Greeley He musn't come to Xew York. His M0 wouldn't last a year: but out West he can invest it and grow up with the country.. If I had gone West with $10 at this age, I should be a happy man now, with two j suits of respectable garments, an office I and a conscience guiltless of distracting tariff and farming essays. Mr. Hastings invited the club to visit his farm, thirty miles up the river, next Wednesday, and inspect a horseradish horse-radish that he had persuaded to vegetate. veg-etate. The ground was tilled, sub-soiled, sub-soiled, and top-dressed. He had expended ex-pended upon that plant only half a ton of bone-dust, one cart load of ashes, and a barrel of guano; yet, in spite of his neglect, it had within a year grown to the size of his little finger. His foreman would explain to the clerk the peculiar difficulty of raising this rare exotic. He would treat the club to a regular farmer's dinner, the materials for which he had already engaged at the city markets. The club accepted and adjourned. |
