THE WISCONSIN FARMME-.



     "'l the Delawarea Good Growerl"
  This question is often asked by persons of
some knowledge of fruit growing with an air
of doubt as to the answer that should be made.
In other words, the impression has been made
to some extent that the Delaware is not a
thrifty grower. Now we have no actual expe-
rience of our own upon which to base an an-
swer; but while at the Columbus (Ohio) Nur-
sery, a few days ago, we had an opportunity
of measuring a vine, trellised upon the south
side of one of the buildings, whose growth,
during the past season, had been over sixteen
feet I
  The circumstances of soil and exposure may
have been more favorable than would, in all
cases, be practicable, and yet we could not see
that they were. But, no matter what the cir-
cumstances, it was a splendid climb-that of
the vine in question-and did much towards
settling our own queries as to a possible rapid
and thrifty growth of the Delaware.


  PRARs ON Qunisc.-This subject is well
treated by Mr. Saunders in the last Farmer
and Gardener.  He says: Pears grafted on
quince require deep, rich soil. Many failures
have occurred and much disappointment has
been occasioned by planting dwarf pear trees,
in the absence of a proper knowledge as to the
treatment they demand. Pear culture on this
system is not for those who plant a tree as they
do a gate post, and who look upon the after
treatment of both in the same light, viz: leave
them until they decay, and then plant another,
grumbling all the while about the absurdity of
this mede of raising pears. When planting
the trees, place some light soil around the roots
to give them a start. Cover the whole of the
quince root and about an inch of the pear stem
with soil. The quince will throw out roots
freely from any portion of the covered surface
if healthy, therefore deep planting, so long as
the soil is in proper condition, is not in this
case injurious. If the roots are stumpy, and
destitute of fibres, out several on various parts
of their surfaces, to encourage the emission of
roots.

  &VXaL AnTICo.us of value intended for
this department came to hand after we had in
type so tuch of other matter that we re ob-
liged to defer their publication until the next
number.



MECHANICAL & COMMERCIAL.



Doubtful Currency-A Word of Caution to the
                 Farmer.
  Our readers will have noticed that a very
large proportion of all the money now in oir-
culation, in this State, consists of the notes of
Eastern banks.  It will likewise have been
observed by those who are acquainted with the
place where these notes were issued, that
many of them are out-of-the-way places, akin
to the nondescript and unfindable "cities"
where wild-cat banking is supposed nor to
have been carried on in our own State.
  Now, some of these banks are probably
sound, carrying on a legitimate business, but,
as a general rule, like the eye-waters of quack
doctors, it is perfectly safe to let them alone.
  What per cent. the bankers get for shoving
them off, to the partial exclusion of notes of
their own State banks, and of the United
States, we are unable to say; possibly they
make no more than the exchange, which, of
course, they save to themselves, by having the
notes of the banks located within the State on
whose banks they issue drafts.
  But whether the bankers are making them-
selves rich at the probable sacrifice of the peo-
ple, or not, the reason above given-to wit:
the uncertainty of their soundness, and the
probability of their failure when their circula-
tion is all out and far away from home-should
be sufficient to make us cautious about getting
too much of their "d rags " into our hands.
  But there are yet other reasons.  First,
many of the Eastern notes in question are
counterfeits-certainly a much larger propor-
tion than of our own bank notes.
  Secondly, the Government of the United
States directly, and we ourselves remotely,
must be the losers by the circulation of this
trashy currency; since by it the currency is-
sued by the Treasury at Washington must be
limited in its circulation, and the bonds of the
Government bearing interest will need to be
substituted therefor to the amount of the ex-
cme of circulation over the demand for the
notes.



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