Now Mr. Editor, I think you can afford to second the motion to help organize these practical old farmers and get them to write for your journal. I feel that we can give your readers many practical ideas of benefit to all, and you agree to clothe our crude thoughts and make them appear intelligent before the public, so that no one need be embarrassed to “speak out in meetin’.” Now the benefits to be derived from an association to communicate through the paper are to my mind much greater than from conventions. All admit that farmers’ conventions have accomplished great good in the different interests, and that they are indispensable. I am indebted to these conventions for much of my success in farm life. But I conclude that as great good, or even greater good, can be accomplished at much less cost. For a few hundred farmers can communicate to each other through a good farm paper like THE PRAIRIE FARMER, so paged that it can be filed for future reference, and we can, as it were, have our meetings every week at our homes and with our families, and impress the lessons upon our children’s tender minds so they will not have to wait until they are of mature age before hearing discussions as to the best modes practiced in agriculture and horticulture. I have felt in attending these conventions like asking those old veterans who must soon pass away, where are the young men of our country? For very few seem to attend these interesting gatherings. Another reason why I suggest we adopt THE PRAIRIE FARMER is, that THE PRAIRIE FARMER COMPANY sends to each of their patrons a large map of the United States, which would enable us to know the exact locality of parties giving useful information, which is always more satisfactory. Now I am always trying new things and looking after new industries, and I have made a great many observations, some of which I shall promise to give in farmers’ communications, in case we can get a fair start so as to get others to give me their observations, for that is my prime object, as I stated in the outset. I am like my Irish friend “I want a little more than I give.” I am developing our sweets in Kansas. I have also the finest fruits of the land and succeeded in both, and I will tell how I did it. J. H. W. POMONA, KAN. BOTANY FOR FARM BOYS.