INDIANA   FARMER.
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Devoted lo Agriculture, Itortlculture, Mechanics and the Useful Arts.
[NO. 9.
&t. oSsst''! E<rao™")   Richmond, ind., mum i, to   {
Ilollottar '& Co .,
PCBMSHEttS.
For the Indiana Farmer.     J
Editors  Indiana Farmer:—Gents.—At the j
suggestion of a distinguished  Horticulturist of,
a neighboring State, I had prepared an article j
for the Farmer, but was anticipated" by another,
'correspondent in the last number,  just at hand, i
who subscribes himself,  "a reader.".    I cannot |
forbear, however, adding a word or two ina.ldi- j
tion  to what he said.    If each rnember of the '
State   Board and each delegate from tiie coun-;
ty societies would take with them  a few speci- j
mens   of apples  to   the meeting   of the State:
Board on the Gth proximo, for examination, and
to compare the products of different portions of
•the State, a greater amount  of useful information would be obtained, than could possibly be
procured in any other way.    Some varieties of
■apple   do exceedingly  well   in one section of
the State, while they are totally unworthy of
cultivation in   another^-othefs succeed   admirably wherever cultivated.    These   areimpor-:
tant   matters to   fruit growers—indeed, to  any
person who cultivates half a dozen frets.
Another important matter would come up for
■discussion. There is great confusion in regard J
ito the nomenclature of fruit, even nurserymen
differ, and cultivate and sell the same fruit under different names; and it not uufrequently
happens that when a person purchases as he
supposes different varieties ofdifferent nurserymen, it turns out that he has only the same
ifruit under different names, or, perhaps has not
ithe variety at all that he supposed he was getting. This evil should be corrected as speedily as possible. Pomological conventions have
recently so well settled many points in regard]
to names, that a little posting up will be of|
igreat service, and put us all right, and then we !
can go ahead. I hope some interest will be taken, and each member or delegate will take
specimens—I shall do so at no inconsiderable
convenience. These suggestions are equally
applicable to the different varieties of griin as
proposed by "a reader." The evening meetings of the Board could thus be very profitably
disposed of; much more so to my mind, than
to be occupied in reading detailed reports of
county societies, or dry essays that we can read
at our leisure after they are published.        n.     j
Many get rich by lhair savings rather than by their giins. ,
t A Farmer's Bank Proposed.
Not the 'United States Bank.'-peace to its ashes-hut quite another sort of a bank,-ono adapted to the wants and circumstances of the farmers of the west, and one which will extend its
accommodations to all without respect to persons, ''whether they be rich or poor—a bank
whose loans, instead of sinking them deeper
and deeper in debt, will infallibly lift them
above all embatassment, and lay no obligation
upon them in return which they cannot at any
time discharge, with very little inconvenience.
Now who would not have such a bank? Who
would not aid in establishing it? Whot If
any, let liim speak—lot him marshal his strong
reasons, for we are in earnest about the matter,
and intend to have one set right up here, in
this very city, in the name of the Farmers.-of
the State of Michigan, and those of all the other States who choose to join in the enterprise,
and for their special accommodation. The
Tsooks are already open—who will take stock?
How much money do you suppose it would
be in your pocket, if two or three hundred of
the most successful fanners in the State, were
to make a journey to you personally, and unfold to you the entire secret of their success,
each one detailing the process by 'Which he has
been enabled to obtain results in particular departments of farming which astonish you? How •
much?
Do you say, that so far as'you are concerned,
such a thing would be a glorious consummation,
but that it is useless to speculate upon, or hope
for an impossibility—that nobody will be at
the trouble and expense to come to you, and
that you have not the money to offer them as an
inducement?
Very well, you are right, farmer A. and it is
to put you in away to enjoy all these advantages without all this trouble and expense, that
we are'gettingup this bank. All that is asked
is, that each one write out such parts of his experience, as may be of advantage to others, and
put it in as so much stock, and this shall entitle him to draw upon the whole mass of experience which may be accumulated from the contributions of others without stint.
Now would not this be a cheap way o( realizing an advantage which many of you would
pay a large amount to enjoy, if it were not otherwise attainable.
Let the Michigan Farmer then, from this time
forth be regarded as "The Farmer's Bank."—
And again, we ask, who will take stock?
Do you-say you cannot send us the coin ready struck for circulation. No matter, send us
the bullion then; we have a mint as well as a
bank, and can readily manufacture bullion into current coin.    Who will takestock?
[Mir/iigan Farmer.