I was talking with a friend not long since and he said, “ You farmers are the most favored and most insatiate class in the country. Why look at the establishment of agricultural departments throughout different States and at Washington.” Favored indeed ! If sending us a package of turnip seed a year, and being told after due experiment by the department, that the Japanese persimmon will under certain conditions grow in this country, is a benefit, then we are favored.% r •___.1 i * i a. _____ ~ ’1