.THE WISCONS1?N FAISMER.



  CULTIVATIO:X.-The seil abould be worked
deep, thoroughly pulverized ad rolled Arm.
Plant in check-rows the same distance apart as
corn. Cultivate fiat and thoroughly, till the
plants are three feet high, and not afterwards.
Plant as early as practicable.-Ohio Farmer.

   Pomological Acknowledgments.-
Whatever view may be taken vf such a con-
fession, we are frank to acknowledge that we
always have been, are, and expect to be, ex-
ceedingly and incorrigibly fond of good apples.
And the best of it is, our friends appreciate
this partiality and are constantly sending us
liberal tithes of what they produce, as though
we were some heathen god, entitled to fruit of-
ferings of all that is produced.
  The last arrival was from our esteemed po-
mological friend, A. G. Hanford, Esq., Corres-
ponding Editor of the Horticultural Depart-
ment.   Specimens beautiful, delicious, and
strongly suggestive of his comparative inde-
pendence, as a fruit-grower, of latitude or lon-
gitude, or other circumstance.
  A recent visit to Columbus. Ohio, enabled
us to make another and more careful inspec-
tion of the fine nurseries wherein these apples
were produced.  They occupy some hundred
acres of rich land, within one mile of the Court
House, are heav.ly stocked with every variety
of trees, shrubs and plants, that are grown or
ought to be in the Western United States, and
are certainly in as fine a condition as any nur-
sery we have ever seen in this or any other
country.
  Mr. Bateham, the St nior member of the firm,
and a proprietor from the first, was formerly
the popular editor of the Ohio Cultivator, and
has since traveled extensively in Europe, on
horticultural missions. So that, probably, no
nurserymen in the United States have had bet-
ter opportunities to thoroughly qualify them-
selves for the business in which they have so
long zealously and successfully devoted them-
selves.
  Whoever, deals with Bateham, Hanford &
Co., may be meraly certain of astisfactovy n-
suits, in so far asthey should be held respon-
aihle.



   We are likewise indebted to M. Finch, for
several varieties of apples, forwarded for nam.
ing.  Most of them were handsome enough
and sufficiently pklatable to entitle them to
vory long and euphonious titles; it was, nev-
ertheless, our own opinion and that of others
more competent to judge that they should be
classed with the great nameless family of seed.
ling t.

  Mutual Life Insurance Co -A Cor-
rection.-MILWAUICZ, March 17, 1863. EDITOR
Wis. FARXER :-In the March No. of your ex-
cellent magazine, you speak of the Mutual Life
Insurance Company of Wis., of which the
writer of this has the honor of being one of
the "working men," and yourself one of the
fortunate members, in so complimentary a way
as to attract my attention. And I notice that
you omit stating that the Company has a Pres-
ident, although all the other officers are named
correctly.  Of course, we suppose that the
omission was unintentional, but we think too
much of our venerable President to allow the
fact that S. S. Daggett, Esq., is that officer, to
remain unknown to your readers.
  I would like to add, that we who know him
well have the utmost confidence in the safe
management of the sacred trust confided to
him as supervising officer. We thank you for
introducing the subject of Life Insurance to
your readers, for we believe it to be one of
very great importance
  If you will allow me, in some future No. of
the FARMEr, I will give your readers some sta-
tistics on Life Insurance in general, and the
rise and growth of Mutual Life Insurance in
particular.                 H. G. WILsoN,
                              General Agent.
  NOT].-It was certainly not our intention to
leave out the name of our esteemed friend and
long.time agricultural colleague, S. S. Daggett,
Esq., the popular President of the Wis. Life
Insurance Co. No better man could be found
in the State for that importent and eepousihble
position, and inasmuch an we have a lie later-
est in the integrity and suoeus of the corpo-
ration which he so ably and faithfully revre-



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