COURTS IN THE STATE OF RHODE ISLAND.

(Corrected Aug., 1879. Legislature meets in January and May, and may make changes.)
Supreme Court.

Bristol Co., at Bristol, 1st Mond. in
Mar., and 2d Mon. in Sept.

Kent Co., at E. Greenwich, 2d Mon. in March and 4th Mon. in Aug.

Newport Co., at Newport, 3d Mon. in Mar., and 3d Mon. in Sept.

Providence Co., at Providence, 4th Mon. Mar., and 1st Mon. in Oct.

Washington Co., at S. Kingstown, 3d Mon. in Feb., and 3d Mon. Aug.

Court of Common Pleas. Bristol Co., at Bristol, 1st Mon. in May, and last Mon. in Oct.

Kent Co., at E. Greenwich, 2d Mon. in Apr. and Oct.

Newport Co., at Newport, 3d Mond. in May and November.

Providence Co., at Providence, 1st Mon. in Mar., June, Sept., and Dec.

Washington Co., at S. Kingstown, 2d Mon. in May, and 1st Mon. in Nov.

SUPREME JUD. AND SUPERIOR COURTS IN MASSACHUSETTS. (Corrected Aug., 1879. Legislature meets in January, and may make changes.) Supreme Judicial Court.

JURY TERMS. Barnstable Co., at Barnstable, 1st Tuesday of May.

Berkshire Co., at Pittsfield, 2d Tu.

May.

Bristol County, Nantucket, and Dukes Co., at New Bedford, 2d Tues. Nov.; also at Taunton, 3d Tues. April.

Essex Co., at Salem, 3d Tu. April and 1st Tues. Nov.

Franklin Co., at Greenfield, 2d Tu. April.

Hampden Co., at Springfield, 4th Tues. of April.

Hampshire Co., at Northampton, 3d Tues. of Apr.

Middlesex Co., at Lowell, 3d Tues. April; also at Cambridge, 3d Tu. Oct. Norfolk Co., at Dedham, 3d Tues.

A law term for the Commonwealth shall be held at Boston on the 1st Wednesday of January of each year, which term may be adjourned, from time to time, to places and times most conducive to the despatch of business and the interests of the public; and there shall be entered and determined therein questions of law arising in the counties of Barnstable, Middlesex, Norfolk, and Suffolk; and also all questions of law arising in other counties where special provisions are not made therefor.

And law terms of said court shall also annually be held as follows:

Berkshire Co., at Pittsfield, 2d Tues. of September.

Bristol, Nantucket, and Dukes Cos., at Taunton, 4th Tues. Oct.

Essex Co., at Salem, 1st Tues. Nov. Hampden Co., at Springfield, 3d Mo. after 1st Tues. of Sept.

Hampshire and Franklin Cos., at Northampton, Mon. next after 2d Tues, of Sept.

Plymouth Co., at Plymouth, 3d Tu.

Oct.

Worcester Co., at Worcester, 4th Tues. after 1st Tucs. Sept.

For the hearing of probate appeals in the counties of BERKSHIRE, FRANKLIN,

HAMPSHIRE, and HAMPDEN, and of all matters pending in said counties in equity and otherwise, which may be heard and determined at chambers, one of the jus tices shall attend at Springfield on the 1st Mond. of Feb., June, Aug., and Dec.

Superior Court.

Barnstable Co., at Barnstable, Tues. next after 1st Mon. of April, and 2d Tues. of Oct.

Berkshire Co., at Pittsfield, (civil) 4th Mon. of Feb., June, and Oct.; (crim.) 2d Mon. of Jan. and July.

Bristol Co., at Taunton, 1st Mon. of March and Sept., and at New Bedford, 1st Mon. of June and Dec.

Dukes Co., at Edgartown, last Tues. of May and Sept.

Essex Co., (civil) at Salem, 1st Mon. of June and Dec., at Lawrence, 1st Mon. of March, and at Newburyport, 1st Mon. of Sept.; (crim.) at Lawrence, 1st Mon. of Oct., at Newburyport, 2d Mon. of May, and at Salem, 4th Mon. of Jan.

Franklin Co., at Greenfield, 3d Mon. of March, and 2d Mond. of Áug. and Nov.

Hampden Co., at Springfield, (civil) 2d Mon. of March and June, and 4th Mon. of Oct.; (crim.) 3d Mon. of May, and 1st Mon. of Dec.

Hampshire Co., at Northampton, (civil) 3d Mon. of Feb., 1st Mon. of June, and 3d Mon. of Oct.;_ (crim.) 2d Mon. of June, and 3d Mon. of Dec.

Middlesex Co., (civil) at Lowell, 2d Mon. of March, and 1st Mon. of Sept.; at Cambridge, 1st Mon. of June, and 2d Mon. of Dec.; (crim.) at Cambridge, 2d Mon. of Feb., and 1st Mon. of June; and at Lowell, 3d Mon. of Oct.

Nantucket Co., at Nantucket, 1st Tues. of July and Oct.

Norfolk Co., at Dedham, (civil) 4th Mon. in Apr., Sept., and Dec.; (crim.) 1st Mon. in Apr., Sept., and Dec.

Plymouth Co., at Plymouth, 2d Mon. of Feb. and June, and 4th Mon. of Oct.

Suffolk Co., at Boston, (civil) 1st Tues. of Jan., Ap'l, July, and Oct. ; (crim.) 1st Mon. of every month.

Worcester Co., (civil) at Worcester, 1st Mon. of March, Mon. next after 4th Mon. of Aug., and 2d Mon. of Dec.; and at Fitchburg, 2d Mon. of June and Nov.; (crim.) at Worcester, 3d Mon. of Jan., 2d Mon. of May, and 3d Mon. of Oct.; and at Fitchburg, 2d Mon. of Aug.

DISTRICT COURTS IN MASSACHUSETTS.

(Corrected Aug., 1879. Legislature meets in January, and may make changes.)

No. Berkshire. -For the towns of Adams, Cheshire, Clarksburg, Florida, and Savoy, at Adams, crim., daily, 9 A. M.; civil, weekly, at north village of Adams, and 1st Wednes. of each month at south village.

Central Berkshire.-For the towns of Dalton, Hancock, Hinsdale, Lanesborough, Peru, Pittsfield, Richmond, and Windsor, at Pittsfield, crim., daily, 9 A. M.; civil, every Saturday.

So. Berkshire. For Alford, Egremont, Great Barrington, Monterey, Mt. Washington, New Marlboro', and Sheffield, at Great Barrington, crim., daily, at 9 A. M.; civil, every Sat., at 10 A. M. 1st of Bristol. For Taunton, Rehoboth, Berkley, Dighton, Seekonk, Attleborough, Norton, Mansfield, Easton, and Raynham, at Taunton and Attleborough, crim., daily; civil, every Mon. 2d of Bristol. For Fall River, Freetown, Somerset, Westport, and Swansea, at Fall River, crim., daily; civil, every Mon.

3d of Bristol. - For New Bedford, Fairhaven, Acushnet, Dartmouth, Freetown, and Westport, at New Bedford, crim., daily; civil, every Mon.

1st of Essex.- For Salem, Beverly, Danvers, Hamilton, Middleton, Topsfield, and Wenham, at Salem, crim., daily, 9 A. M.; civil, every Wed.

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E. Hampden.. For Palmer, Brimfield, Monson, Holland, and Wales, at Palmer, crim., daily, 9 A. M.; civil, 1st and 3d Sat. of each month.

1st of No. Middlesex.- For Ayer, Groton, Pepperell, Townsend, Ashby, Shirley, Westford, Littleton, and Boxborough, at Ayer, crim., daily, 9 A.M.; civil, 1st and 3d Mon. of each month.

Central Middlesex. For Acton, Bedford, Carlisle, Concord, Lincoln, Maynard, Stow, and Lexington, at Concord, crim., daily; civil, 1st and 3d Wed. of cach month.

1st of E. Middlesex. -For Wilmington, No. Reading, Reading, Stoneham, Wakefield, Melrose, Malden, Everett, and Medford, crim., at Malden, every Mon., Tues., Frid., and Sat., at Wakefield, every Wed. and Thur.; civil, weekly, at Malden, Sats., and at Wakefield, Weds.

1st of S. Middlesex.-For Ashland, Framingham, Holliston, Hopkinton, Natick, Sherborn, Sudbury, and Wayland, at So. Framingham, crim., daily; civil, every Mon.

E. Norfolk.- For Randolph, Braintree, Cohasset, Weymouth, Quincy, Holbrook, and Milton, at Quincy, crim., daily, 9 A. M.; civil, every Mon.

1st of Plymouth.- For Brockton, Bridgewater, E. and W. Bridgewater, at Brockton, crim., daily; civil, every Tues.

2d of Plymouth. - For Abington, So. Abington, Rockland, Hingham, Hull, Hanover, So. Scituate, and Hanson, civil and crim., at Abington, every Mon.,Wed., Thurs., and Sat.; at Hingham, every Tues, and Frid.

3d of Plymouth.- For Plymouth, Kingston, Plympton, Pembroke, Duxbury, Marshfield, and Scituate, crim., at Plymouth, every Mon., Wed., Thu., and Sat., at Scituate, every Tues, and Frid. civil, at Plymouth, 1st and 3d Wed., and at Scituate, 4th Frid. of every month.

4th of Plymouth.-For Middleborough, Wareham, Lakeville, Marion, Mattapoisett, and Rochester, crim., at Middleborough, every Tues., Wed., and Sat., and at Wareham, every Mon., Thu.. and Frid.; civil, at Middleborough, 1st and 3d Wed., and at Wareham, 4th Fri. of every month.

1st of So. Worcester.- For Sturbridge, Southbridge, Charlton, Dudley, Oxford, and Webster, crim., at Southbridge, Mon., Wed, and Fri., and at Webster, Tues., Thurs., and Sat., 9 A. M.; civil, at Southbridge, Mon., Webster, Tues., weekly.

2d of So. Worcester.—For Blackstone, Uxbridge, Douglas, and Northbridge, for trials by jury, in Blackstone or Uxbridge, at such times as, in the discretion of the justice, the public convenience may require; when not in session for trials by jury, the court shall be held for crim. business, in Blackstone, every Mon., Wed., and Fri., in Uxbridge, every Tues., Thurs., and Sat.; for civil business, in Blackstone, every Mon., in Uxbridge, every Sat.

3d of So. Worcester.-For Milford, Mendon, and Upton, at Milford, crim., daily; civil, 1st and 3d Wednes. of each

mon.

Central Worcester.-For Worcester, Millbury, Sutton, Auburn, Leicester, Paxton, W. Boylston, Boylston, Holden, and Shrewsbury, at Worcester, crim., daily, at 9 A. M.; civil, every Sat.

1st of E. Worcester.- For Northborough, Southborough, Westborough, and Grafton, crim., Westborough, every Mon., Wed., and Fri., at Grafton, every Tues., Thurs., and Sat., 9 A. M.; civil, at Westborough, every Mond., at Grafton every Tues.

2d of E. Worcester.-For Clinton, Berlin, Bolton, Harvard, Lancaster, and Sterling, at Clinton, crim., daily; civil, 2d and 4th Sat. of each month.

MUNICIPAL AND POLICE COURTS IN MASSACHUSETTS. (Corrected Aug., 1879. Legislature meets in January, and may make changes.) Municipal Courts are held daily in the city of Boston, as follows: In Boston (old city), Roxbury District, South Boston, East Boston, Dorchester District, Charlestown District, Brighton District, and West Roxbury District.

Police Courts are held daily at Cambridge, Chelsea, Chicopee, Fitchburg, Gloucester, Haverhill, Holyoke, Lawrence, Lee, Lowell, Lynn, Newburyport,

PROBATE COURTS IN MASSACHUSETTS.

(Corrected Aug., 1879. Legislature meets in January, and may make changes.) Barnstable. -At Barnstable, 2d Tu. Jan., Feb., March, Aug., Sept., Dec., and 3d Tues. April and June; Harwich, 2d Mo. af. 1st Tu. May, and Mo. af. 3d Tu.Oct.; Wellfleet, 3d Tu. May, and 4th Tu. Oct.; Provincetown, Wed. af. 3d Tu. May,and Wed. af. 4th Tu.Oct.; Falmouth, 3d Tu. Nov.

Berkshire. At Pittsfield, 1st Tues. in Jan., Feb., March, April, May, June, Sept., Oct., and Dec., 3d Tu. July, and Wed. after 1st Mon. Nov.; Lee, Wed. aft. 1st Tu.in Jan., Ap., and Oct., and Wed. af. 3d Tu. July: Adams, Th. aft. 1st Tu. Jan. and Oct., Wed. af. 1st Tu. Mar., and Th. af. 3d Tu. in July; Gr. Barrington, Wed. after 1st Tu. in Feb., May, Sep., and Dec. Bristol. At Taunton, 1st Fr. Mar., June, Sep., Dec.; New Bedford, 1st Frid. Feb., May, Aug., and Nov.; Fall River, 1st Fri. Jan., Apr., July, and Oct.

Dukes County. -At Holmes' Hole village in Tisbury, 3d Mo. Ap. and 1st Mo. Sept.; Edgartown, 3d Mo. Jan. and July, and 1st Mo. Mar. and Dec.; W. Tisbury, 1st Mo. June and 3d Mon. Oct.

Essex. At Salem, 1st Mon. of each mo., and 3d Mon. of ea. mo., except Aug.; Lawrence, 2d Monday Jan., Mar., May, June, July, Sept., and Nov; Haverhill, 2d Mon. Apr. and Oct.; Newburyport, 4th Mo. Jan., Mar., May, June, July, Sep., and Nov.; Gloucester, 4th Mo. Ap. and Oct.

Franklin. At Greenfield, 1st Tues. in every month, except Nov.; Northfield, 2d Tues. May and Sept.; Orange, 2d Tu. Mar. and Dec., and 3d Tu. June; Conway, 3d Tu. May; Shelburne Falls, 2d Tu. Feb., 4th Tu. May, and 4th Tu. Oct.

Hampden.-At Springfield, 1st Tu. Jan., Feb., March, Ap., May, June, July. Sep., Oct., and Dec.; Palmer, 2d Tues, Feb., May, and Sept., and 4th Tues. Nov.; Westfield, 3d Tu. Feb., May, Sept., Dec. Hampshire. -At Northampton, 1st Tues. of every mo.; Amherst, 2d Tues. Jan., Mar., June, Aug. and Nov.; Belchertown, 2d Tues. of May and Oct.; and Williamsburg, 3d Tues. May and Oct.

Middlesex.-At Cambridge, 1st, 2d, and 4th Tu. ea. mo. ex. Aug.; Lowell, 3d Tu. Jan., Mar., May, July, Sep., and Nov. Nantucket.-At Nantucket, on Th. aft. 2d Tu. of every mo.

Norfolk.-At Dedham, 1st and 3d Wed.; Quincy, 2d Wed., Hyde Park, 4th Wed. every mo. exc. Aug.

Plymouth.-At Plymouth, 2d Mon. ev. mo., ex. July and Aug.; Wareham, 4th Mon. Oct.; E. Bridgewater, 4th Mo. Feb. and Dec.; Hingham,4th Mo. Mar.; Middleboro', 4th Mon. Jan. and Ap., and 2d Mon. July; Abington, 4th Mo. May, Aug., and Nov.; Hanover, 4th Mo. June; Bridgewater, 4th Mo. Sep.; North Bridgewater, 3d Mon. April and Oct.

Suffolk.-At Boston, every Monday in the year, exc. 2d and 4th Mon. in Aug. Worcester. At Worcester, 1st and 3d Tu. of every mo. except Aug.; Fitchburg, 4th Tu. ev'y mo. exc. July and Aug.; Milford, 2d Tu. of Ap. and Sep.; Templeton, 2d Tu. of May and Oct., and Barre, Wed. next after 2d Tu. of May and Oct. When the appointed day falls on a holiday, the court will be holden by adjournment at such time and place as the judge muy appoint.

COURTS OF INSOLVENCY IN MASSACHUSETTS. Courts of Insolvency in Mass. are held by the Probate Judges in each county, at times appointed by themselves.

JUDGES OF PROBATE COURTS IN MASSACHUSETTS. (Cor. Sept. 1878.)
Barnstable Co., Jos. M. Day, Barnstable.
Berkshire Co., J. T. Robinson, No.Adams.
Bristol Co., Edm. H. Bennett, Taunton.
Dukes Co., Joseph T. Pease, Edgartown.
Essex Co., Geo. F. Choate, Salem.
Franklin Co., C. C. Conant, Greenfield.
Hampshire Co., William G. Bassett,
Easthampton.

Hampden Co., W.S. Shurtleff, Springfield.
Middlesex Co., Geo. M. Brooks, Concord.
Nantucket Co., Thaddeus C. Defriez,
Nantucket.

Norfolk Co., G. White, Newton L. Falls.
Plymouth Co., Wm.H.Wood, Middleboro'.
Suffolk Co., John W. McKim, Boston.
Worcester Co., Adin Thayer, Worcester.

COUNTY COMMISSIONERS' MEETINGS IN MASSACHUSETTS.
(Corrected Aug., 1879. Legislature meets in January, and may make changes.)
Barnstable, at Barnstable, on the 2d
Tues. of April and Oct.

Berkshire, at Pittsfield, on 1st Tu. of
Apl., July, and Sept., and last Tu. Dec.
Bristol, at Taunton, on the 4th Tues.
of March and Sept.

Dukes Co., at Edgartown, on the Wed. next after the 3d Mon. of May, and the Wed. next after the 2d Mon. of Nov.

Essex, at Ipswich, on the 2d Tues. of April; at Salem, on the 2d Tues. of July; at Newburyport, on the 2d Tues. of Oct.; and at Lawrence, on the last Tues. of Aug.; and on the 4th Tues. of Dec., at Ipswich, Salem, or Newburyport, as they shall order at their next preceding term. Franklin, at Greenfield, on the 1st Tues. of March and Sept., and the 2d Tues. of June and Dec.

Hampden, at Springfield, on the 2d Tues. of April, the 1st Tues. of Oct., and the 4th Tues. of June and Dec.

Hampshire, at Northampton, on the 1st Tu. of Mar., Sept., and Dec., and on the Tues. next after the 2d Mon. of June.

Middlesex, at Cambridge, on the 1st Tues. of Jan., and the 1st Tues. of June; and at Lowell, on the 1st Tues. of Sept.

Nantucket, 1st Wed. of each month. Norfolk, at Dedham, on the 3d Tues. of April, the 4th Tues. of June and Sept., and the last Wed. of Dec.

Plymouth, at Plymouth, on the 1st Tues. of Jan., the 3d Tues. of March, and the 1st Tues. of Aug.

Worcester, at Worcester, on the 4th Tu. of March, the 3d Tu. of June, the 2d Tu. of Sept., and the 4th Tu. of Dec.

Our Indian Corn Crop.

IT is gratifying to state that this magnificent crop is rapidly gaining favor again in New England. For some years its cultivation fell off, and it seemed to have fallen into disrepute. It was thought that it could not be raised with profit in competition with the West, and that it was better to buy it at the low prices at which it was selling than to try to raise it. The fact that it was of universal necessity was apparently forgotten or overlooked. The way to view it seems to be this: We need it in the family and in the barn; and if we can raise it at a cost not exceeding the price in the market, it is for our interest to raise it to the extent of meeting our own wants, notwithstanding the fact that there are other crops that may be more profitable to raise for sale.

It has been shown by repeated and careful experiments that Indian corn can be raised here at less than fifty cents a bushel. It is seldom that Western corn can be bought for that in our market; and if it could, it is not worth so much, bushel for bushel, as our own Eastern corn. It is not so nutritive, and will not go quite so far in feeding to cattle.

There is not much to add to what is universally known in regard to the methods of raising corn. Every farmer knows the land best adapted to it, and good corn land" has come to be a common expression among us. It is not so generally known that some protection against the birds may be secured by | tamping the ground down harder over the seed in planting. The common method is to drop the seed, cover lightly with the hoe, and give it a light tap with the hoe, and leave it to germinate in its own good time. The soil is left so light over the seed that a slight pull by a crow will bring it up, kernel and all; and when one kernel comes up, the birds soon find out how to do it, and so go in for more. Now if the ground had been made harder, so that it could not come up so easy, the slender blade would break off, the kernel would not appear, and the bird would soon be discouraged. The better way is to step on the hill with both feet, just as we commonly do in planting potatoes. When that is done, the covering of soil is firmer, and the kernel will not come up with a slight pull. I know one farmer who practises this simple method, and he is never troubled by the crows. They come to the field and try it, but soon leave the corn and devote their attention to the insects; so they are a positive benefit to him, instead of an injury, and he avoids the necessity of using lines and scarecrows at the same time. If he ever has to replant, it is not in consequence of the corn pulled up by the crows, but from some other cause.

This is a simple hint: and as it costs nothing to try it, we think it is worth the trouble.

To Apply Paris Green.

Or all the remedies against the attacks of the potato beetle nothing has been found so effective as Paris green, or the arsenite of copper. It is a mineral, rank poison, and many farmers are afraid to use it. They do not like to hanIdle it, but so far as we know there is not an instance of any disastrous effects that can be traced to the judicious application to the potato crop or to any other plant. If any ill results have followed from it, they arise from carelessness and want of reasonable and proper precautions.

Paris green is an impalpable or exceedingly fine powder. It is to be applied evenly over the foliage of the potato. It requires but a single atom to put an end to the beetle, but this atom must reach him and enter into his circulation; and now the question is, what is the best way to effect this object? Of all the methods that have been tried, the best undoubtedly is in mixture with common plaster of Paris, at the rate of one pound to a hundred. After it is thoroughly mixed it is readily sifted over the foliage by a common flour dredging-box; one that will hold a quart or more fixed on to a handle three or four feet long is the most convenient. The box being pierced with small holes, all that is necessary when it is filled is to give the handle a slight turn or twist, and the application is made as fast as you can walk. It is best to put it on thoroughly, but it is not necessary to cover the whole leaf. A very slight sprinkling is sufficient, and more than enough is wasteful both of the poison and of time. The slightest possible dusting uniformly applied is all that is wanted.

Now as to mixing: that is the most important process. The best way is to take a large piece of wrapping paper, or any heavy brown paper, and after

sifting the plaster so as to free it from lumps, spread a layer of it on the paper, say twenty pounds at a time, and then spread the green as thoroughly and uniformly over it as you can; then take the paper, one end in each hand, and move it from side to side by an alternate rising and falling motion, rolling the mixture from side to side, till it is so completely united that you cannot see a separate particle of plaster or of the green. It will take but a very short time when it will be perfectly homogeneous in color, and then it is ready to use.

After it is dusted over the leaves a heavy rain may wash off the plaster, but the particles of the green will still adhere to the rough surfaces of the foliage, and will continue to kill the insects, whatever they may be, that eat it. A single atom will kill the potato beetle, the currant worm, and the worm that cats the gooseberry or the grape-vine. It can be safely applied to these shrubs early in the season and before the fruit has grown or matured.

This method of application is by far the best and most economical that has been devised. It is inexpensive, simple, and effective. Plaster is better as a diluent than cheap flour or any other substance, as it is worth its cost as a fertilizer alone, -a consideration not to be overlooked.

Progress of Agriculture.

THE progress made in scientific agriculture in this country is something marvellous, though, as it is made step by step, it may not attract the eye. Take, for instance, the processes of handling milk, one of our most important products, and the old methods may be said to have been revolutionized within the last ten, it may almost be said within the last five, years. We had first what was called the Hardin method, and then an improvement upon that, commonly known as the Cooley method, both of which entirely upset our old notions in regard to the temperature of setting milk for cream; and now comes a vast improvement, as it seems, upon both, by which the cream is completely separated from the water of milk by the centrifugal process, in an incredibly short time, from eight to fifteen minutes, -so that it is now possible to take the milk directly from the cow and convert it into first-class butter in less than an hour's time.

The utility of this method can hardly be fully appreciated without considering the power which it gives of saving all the surplus supplies of milk sent to our large cities, so that hereafter none need be lost. It is claimed, also, that impure or damaged milk can be treated by this process and wholly restored, purified, and utilized for the manufacture of butter. It is, perhaps, premature to say that it is capable of doing all that is claimed for it by interested parties; but so far as we can see now, it is a vast step in advance of anything we have had in our methods of treating milk, and bids fair to be of untold advantage to the producers of milk and to the whole country. It will give facilities for handling milk economically on a large scale, at comparatively little cost, while small machines, for use in small dairies, will vastly simplify and shorten the labor which this business has always involved. It must be regarded, we think, as incomparably the most important step of progress that the past year has witnessed.

Then, again, a simple process has been discovered by which fruits and vegctables can be preserved for a great length of time by coating them with a harmless solution by which they are practically hermetically sealed, without in any manner disfiguring them. We have seen green cucumbers preserved in this way for many weeks, and, when cut open, showing all the freshness and flavor which they had when first coated in July. In fact, no one could have told from the external or internal appearance that they were not taken quite recently from the vines. In like manner water-melons, pine-apples, potatoes, pears, grapes, peaches, and other fruits, were preserved, so that they had made the voyage from Boston to Liverpool and back, and still retained apparently all their original freshness. If this simple and inexpensive process should prove, on further experiment, to be all that it now promises, it will be of untold advantage to the growers of fruits and vegetables for sale, to commerce, and to humanity.

These examples, with many others that might be mentioned, serve to show that great and tangible progress has recently been made in agricultural industry, and we may still continue to look for greater and even more astonishing results in the future.