70 



MOOKE'S RURAL HEW-YORKF.R. 



FEB. 



i proportion lo (he general increase, 

 , taslij made upon it for 

 un Ubo«ra ore scarce.— 

 Il very largely employed '» almost oil 

 iliona. TbcM »ut*ment« are almost eo- 

 .elanguageof the report. B . 



A LARGE OX - FEXDLlfG OUT GRATJT 



i i 



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it- id flesh, be 



thinks will itj experienced 



.,;.,...■ 



DI, and iani- 



to Mr. Tha't 



has be given it 



mow propose* 



. ! ttfaa Mm uiiiiiie! can tM 



fattened. If be anccceda, it will bcoomc, a* it 



when the/ ure 



.mil il,,- Ion ju ii '■ nl beef mid million 



i mi ; Icol , oonspiri d to 



■u tliot It WOUld 



Inlet M'l. and 



1 I , ■ ■ ■ ■. M I ■ . ■ 



i bi proeonl look Uthnteorn 



[..,! ,,, I,, li. .1 ; 1 l.ril. I Mi. ill 



rinfc :■ in ■■■ in, ] I 



■ ■ ■ 



:■ i" > I r«d, bul ... QOW ...;■>■!!-. going Dp to :■■. 



■ to not go with 



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f.,r liiFii.ii - ... 



"■ 



H oI( up" when 

 ■ ■ 

 Improved market. An In) 



... lie cod fallen 



1 



. . ■■.. than »iili tight. Bui b feeding ■■< 



■ : weights uid 



Improved quality, un-] markets from which by 



...ill. . r .i. (bi Iho :-i ■.-. !■ I, ffblcfc will scarcely 



i ci .-.-.I too dollars' woi lb In a n bole winter. 



THE CULTURE OF ROOTS. 



I.lll limy m-glci led Ilium I, ..I i^iunlliiro. We 

 ■ 



... . I !. .; 



I, hi. II- t.il I 111- ILIUM!, Ill ill luljUl MS|"l|.|ri|, inul 



madt up irrj I icm at tho " ■ ii ■'■<.-'..■. ," pro 



cos, ycl wc cull safely as-eil M.ul I. 



'i.p- amount of ground eoHi voted" «** 

 paid l ■ Digit a pi ■ 



\\ , hull- iiin-ih inltit.ili .1 Un- ruta baga and 

 Smile lUTtlip, in ■...him . I wilh tin- malleoli! 



wurlttl nml carrots. Wo hare raited, of the lur* 



,.i|, , ii, .. .i , .. , from si lo eight hundred 



. i. . ni ;, i osl not to ■ 



n bushel, mid for slucl., Ict-iling pni |" . ,m- , ,, 



Mil. i Mi. in in. II imiiiIi lini !■, I I- per imsln-1 



Mi NkKLiUAm'* 



|.li i feeding roots in ooonec with straw, and 



llllllk stuck II ill ill' In Mi I i. II tin l-iil Mum Intl 



alone. Pot rationing purposes tboj ore oxci illonl 

 m ban fottedoui beef for years on root*, alone. 



Tin- altitude ul' imi \lli-g.iny lulls aw HIS pecu- 



li tilt u I..;. I.-. I l.i I '.<■ i ultit uhiiii -'I lliii esculent, 

 liiul it unit In- adopted t\ illi ..alcli by nil progress. 



ii . i. .. '...i ■ nit H. 'I I ' '...li.-, bul tbrough- 



..iii ii,.- ii u-Mi nml breadth of the arable land of 

 ti,.- , . .111.1, t Utbou b ■■ . ■ (rears wo may par- 

 ii.iiit i.iil from drouth or depredations of insects, 



and tpaol to aqua) tho humid climate 



aj " Old England" in the. production of roots, yet 

 we may approximate somewhere near their stand* 



'till, ll HI- tt ill lllTest "lll.-i'lli-- 111 Mint prejudice 



"tin II lilt- lllli.U II Midi ,. ,1. -I.,, 1 ,- inul li. .!•„ ,1 ... 



muoh obloquy on this branoh of t.-na culture.- 

 iviu.i]. . i .,,.,, condudi . in some tatui 



cation, In will-.- mi niu, I.- ill ■•-■Tiliui ■ 



'•> ■!"• ■ ul 1 1* ii i.l tins tarthlg 



N>' is UlaSC-UABD, 

 (.'i-llliTTlllr, Allfj-»ti)r I'.. . ', , 



THE SEED BUSINESS AND LEGISLATION. 



VI, 





lion of tbo Fun bill, the Ion 



■ fully described in your issue of the 

 f.th insl , and which seems lo bo designed to pick 

 from till pool loedamen llK '>r ulicady hard-earned 

 laurels. After several years eacporienoe and deal- 

 ■v.. class of meu, I huvo concluded tlmt 

 thore is u much honesty practioed in their busi- 

 ,-Hier professions, and that 

 Ihi ■ i- leu :. . the] I. at '" ni mounl ure ten to one 



"' "'■" ■■ other ii.ni.- Hi fi-i' must be quilt 



ignorant of the difficulties of the .- 



- 

 ten. In characters neter to b* dtfatxd, eUno*, 



forev, ami > 



one mora i n g, aud hbj wiS 



1 



ll>asscd,audtbelawin 

 rort Mr. F. -roes mil 

 . ii.-ilini.i-. be baa nooe^ 



1 ■ ■ 

 Bee in Mi garden lost 

 ooiuon a tsad 



■ package marked /■„„ . Jrf , ri w* ■ 



he .red. aro planted, and b* hoW Ul , ^ ^ 



Of a dime, 



warm, and bas the seetUoun arratgoed 



wer; whereon said aeodj-man's pl ta -, ^^ 



i. .me— that in couaequence 



.f Un late law, he was compelled to 



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ii. the in- -i hotjaienl authority, ii exiled to the 



Bes that the true type of the Asten 



t dowera, aud that the 



end the y»oaj- jfotrwvd, 



. i :i admired, art h.J pur, sen*, hut 



hybrids. Consequently F. baa bis trouble for bis 



point 



Again, s Urge iiiantity of rare and new aeeds are 

 just receired from Chios, put up by the great Mr. 

 YoKTVVt ; tbeae are warranted purr-. 1 

 is rery high, as the seedsman lias been compelled 

 to add fifty per cent, lo his usual profits, to guard 

 him-elf a^«in*t the law, in the form of fees, costs, 

 Ac Mr F bite* at the bait, and as matters turn 

 out, some of the thing* are net true lonamc. Besds- 

 (brks orcr the fifty per cent, already 

 procured of Mr. ¥ . and hopes f"r belter luck next 



The price of seeds would be great I; ■ 

 tbis law, and much of the business would be trans- 

 ferred to persons of no responsibility— persons whn 

 -unices— while 

 in the Je*«t remedy the eril for which 

 it wm made. '■"" kind a] 



com, whiU, rfl, t>tw, yll-'ir, ond in his endeavor 

 to furnish bis i astomi i pi 



in each comer of his eighty sore lot. Tin -■ . .| i- 

 sold and planted, and bit customers complain that 



"i -.11 . ' i -. i '■!' 



SuoniaVis seldown os ncheiil. fur uol trammeling 

 the winds of beawn, mid that ui-iivi- co-opcrntor in 

 the field of nature, the "busy/iHk 6ss, M who Oar- 

 i ion ti.i- pollen l Borer lo flower. 



There li poritlrel) no way lo raise seed ttiMrHy 



pure bul tn [ilmil n miii;Ii- seed under glass, ond 



then exclude all insect". Even then n will take 



toeflhol this pnrpoto,uaUproduo* 



tionaare at times disposed to make a retrograde 



I r|,i it-..ri-Miiil it ["-. This the breeder 



of stock well known, for in spite of his rigitaoce, 



here comes ft calf pure while, with black or red 



ears, the exact type of the original Uritish stock 



several oentui w . u. 



UL Vi,-i..rj, Ohio, i- » 



PATENT OFFICE AG'L OPERATIONS. 



I i. liiuAi.:— If the strictures of the public 

 .i . iiitentin, I conclude that tin- l-'illi- 

 buslering, I'olcnt-Lever, Agrieiilluval Convention, 

 ,M... I uiiilii the iiiit|nees of the Agri- 

 cultural Bureau, ul Washington, meets with no 

 favor or mercy. In fuel, the whole establishment 

 is u pitrasitc on the Patent Ollicc and ita acts — 

 benidoi the distribution of such seeds and plants 

 ns come into the possession of the United States 

 llii-ougli the Navy nml Army, in their visits to for- 

 . i-jn |..u i . i-. ;i useless, oxponnive, and ilh-^nihime 

 brunch of the govenuucul. 



The Transuriii.ii> nf ihe Mn-isni-husetls Horticul- 

 tural Society contain ft very sensible aud modest 

 min h- mi this subject, in which the author, Mr. 

 James Lewis IUssei,. i'rol'essor of Botany, shows 

 up the net* of this brunch of tho Office in a very 

 just and pertinent mannai , censuring the indis- 

 criminate course in which seeds arc distributed - 

 many totally useless, and others mi 



nding . 



1 1 ii, ,1 i.! ,i,iv juirt of our extended country —with- 

 init the reuiuU'Sl r^n-iilii .itimi i.l eliniate, hnbits 

 n| production, or wants of the people — is sending 

 "ciils in .s'eivcnslle," and "curling tongs to 

 (liiinea," and is most preposterous and absurd.— 

 " Uncle Sam's" nmil bai;s are sufficiently over- 

 hui-lheiiiil with Congressmen's shirts lo wash and 

 Hive's iln-M-s — while I he finances of the concern 

 are verging on bankruptcy —without currying 1"" 

 bushels of "King Philip Corn," or "Cat Mountain 

 Wheal,"— which are not worth the powder to shunt 

 or the lire to burn them — not to mention the 

 millions of hugs nml pupei s of ml conceivable com- 

 modities, in the way ol Harden, Flower mid I'n-ld 

 seeds, not one injiftgof uhkh, after trial, ha* 

 n/r ban adopted at a ttandard articU, aud never 

 will bo. There is hardly au exception to tbia fact. 

 The Chinese Sugar Cane i Sorghum i and a variety 

 of Cabbage, arc the only instances where these 

 seeds, in this region, have generally been esteemed 

 as new aud valuable, as far ns my experience goes, 

 and 1 have bad the run of some bushels every 

 year, for a long period. Nine-tenths of the whole 

 catalogue are the merest humbug in the world. — 

 Five or six varieties of Early l'cas, for instance, 

 cannot compare with those now in use, and iu eve- 

 rybody's baud, aud have been for twenty years, and 

 in this category may be classed the "Improved" 

 Ouious, Carrots, Parsnips, Ruta Ilagas, Ac. In 

 short, then is nothing m the whole routine belter 

 — often not half as good — as can be procured from 

 any reputable seedsman win. understands his. busi- 



Empire State, IBM. 



"WELL KEEPING SHEEP PAY1" 



i. the above question 



Is a late number of tl 

 isoakod, then follow. 

 six sltcop owned by Mr. 11. A. Wi 

 says he has averaged H.MX per bead for the lasl 



subject. I have ttvcnly four ami th.it have m,-i 



aged six pounds and one ounce of wool per head 



iinee j ear*, The average price pei 



pound for the same time is 43 cents, amounting to 



1167,48, and I have sold two years' crop of lambs 



lorf-JK.-m, making 1404,19, which, added to one 



crop of lambs now on hand, twenty-five in number, 



Ihnl l -til worth i . me *100, the whole mokes 



seven dollars per head for 



ur sheep If he thinks four dollars 



roe, and I have 



an average of |S,6fi. Said sheep have been kept 



on good hay and pasture only— no grain or roots ol 



>good warm 



i . 1S59. 



— Mr. 



cecds of his sheep, and wishes lo htu i 

 t.. which, with you permission, I will reply. | 



t nes last winter, on l.u« 

 sheared, on an average, 4*^ pounds. The wool was 

 u»ed to make cloth for family use, and estimating 

 it at forty cents per pound, we find a total of 19,00. 

 The evres raited eight lambs, which I sold for 42 

 per head, or $16— making a total value, of wool 

 •nd lambs, ..! - perhcad.— 



AasiaHa^vrs Hi- , .V } 



MAPLE STJGAB-TLTf SAP BUCKETS. 



Mwrj. Eds. :-As tbe season of the year is near 

 at hand when many of tbe readers of the Rckai. 

 will be engaged in making maple sugar, they will 

 think you foi pennlUfng me to call their attention 

 to Ibe subject of sap buckets, as very much of their 

 success in sugar-making, both as lo quality aud 

 quantity, dej.euds upon the provision made to re- 





11 the • 



I suppose there is do question about the fact that, 

 on every account, tin sap buckets are tbe best that 



a I .mid Tbej po--.*. many advanta- 

 ges over any others, the most obvious of which 

 are— 1st. Tbey can be hung on a nail close under 



. ■v.vining »dv uf the sap being blown 

 owoy while passing from the spile to the bncket. 

 2d. Being elevated from the ground, the sap is 

 kepi free from leaves, which always discolors it, 

 and of course effects the sugar, 3d. Tbey ore 

 light and pleasant to handle Ufa. They can be 

 scalded a* often n- m.iy he ma-sarv to keep them 

 perfectly sweet and clean, and that with very little 

 ■ ng itii-tn lo nuke as goml 

 sugar from tbe last run of the sap as from the first, 

 which all accustomed to making sugar, know can- 

 not be done with any other bucket. And lost, but 

 by no means least, when ihey are no longer needed 

 Hi. ij 1 in be easily cleaned, and, 08 one fits in-nh- of 

 another, be put away in a very small spnee, with 

 1 being found in good order, and all 

 1, .uli i..r use when they are wanted for tbo next 

 season's sugar- 11 i;ik mg. ami with proper cm-, ilial 

 is to say, if they are properly cleaned arid put in a 

 dry place, 1 see no reason why they will not last a 

 hie time, without one ccdI expense after the first 



The above reasons arc given, and 



i ..ne till" has made maple sugar, 



and all uf whose observations mi tin.- suhjeci I. ad 



Rural Spirit of tl)c Press. 



JOUS Johnsios. write- the I to f ton Cvltirntor 

 that " the udvocale- of drain. ig.- expect farmers to 

 be possessed of common sense enough to discrimi- 

 nate between land that will pay for draining and 

 that which will not. If there are those that cannot 

 so discriminate, the <h lining of u IV- wacrc* will show 



plainly whether it will or not, no that evenU one 



essentially err. Every man may have observed 

 that one part of a Held will in general produce flue 

 bright straw, lit may he wheat or other gi.iiu,. 

 with plump heavy ears, giving a salisfiictun r t ■ 

 turn for seed and labor expended, while immediate 

 ly adjoining soeh part nf Ilie held another puilum 



,■'■■' I' " ■ '.:-,.-. I 



and lean ears, with light, unremuneratiug grain 



graiu and the other bud '—for sorely be mu 

 than was s local causa) I will tell bow it is: the 



part giving good grain is sound, healthy land ; the 

 part giving bad grain, is droptital and diseased. 

 Whatever manure may have been applied to it, did 

 little or no good, aud whatever vegetation it pro- 

 duced was unhealthy like itself. To prove what I 

 say, lot a ditch he dug m the sound laud, and 



there is n snow-bank melting ucar by. which 1 

 into the ditch from the surface. Then let ami 

 ditch be dug through Ibe dutattd land, two ai 

 half feet deep, and in ninety-nine coses out 

 hundred there will be a flee run of water, and 

 coming at or near the bottom of tho ditch. At 

 the dropsical portion is thoroughly tapped, it 

 bring for a number of years much better crops 

 than the laud that was healthy from the beginning, 

 In many cases such hiud will pay the cost of drain- 

 ing by the excess of the first crop, where il cnu be 

 drained forjlo to $■>■> pot nOH ■" 



Tns Country Qtntleman, iu an article on this 

 subject given in its issue of the 17 th inst., remarks : 

 *' We have often had occasion to urge the impor- 

 tance of the thorough intermixture of manure with 

 the soil. One of the chief reasons why fermented 

 manure so ofteu proves superior to unfermented, 

 is the facility with which it may be pulverized 

 while win king in by plowing and harrowing K, 

 pealed experiments with fresh manure, made by 

 plowing it under in the usual way, in one ins 

 and by thoroughly grinding il into the soil by 

 menus of what is termed a dray roller, in another ; 

 hare shown the beneficial efl'eCla of tbe latter treat 

 meul ou tbo crop to be more than double the for- 

 mer. In corroboration of these views, we condense 

 into ft brief form the statement of an experiment 

 reported by II. C. Wiiitk, of Barre, Vt , in the .V 

 England Firmer. lie cuts all kind of fodder, e 

 cept hay, before feeding, which causes all bis 

 manure to be short, nod easily spread aud 

 mixed with thesi.il, lie breaks op his green sward 

 eight or ten inches deep, late in aulumn; i 

 spriug the sod is rolled, and the fresh short m 

 iadrawnoutand -spread upon it at the rate of fifteen 

 to eighteen cords per acre. It b thoroughly mixed 

 with the soil by the harrow or cultivator, and just 

 before planting it is plowed three to five inches 

 deep aud harrowed again. Tin., treatmeu 

 given, for the last three years, 60 to '0 bushels o| 

 corn per acre. The sue 1 - 



istnre of manure and soil, 

 end bay being 

 about double the amount that obtained ' under the 

 ...Id system,'" 



Lawn, in his travels iu Norway, says that tho 



country have a very sensible way of 



taking their food. Instead of swilling themselves 



with a pailful of water ftl a draught, no doubt 



U of not getting any again, and then 



■ 



bare 1 biie'..,.: .;.!,_. ii„. ir „i- 



towauce of hay. I( j, amusing to see With what 



: . mouthful ol 



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: g Would dO 

 ' 



winded horse is setrcolv ever seen in Norway. 



^qricultuvnl lilisccllann. 



A Falsb Ctutec— a StnMV,im f7aar/"-Popu- 



lar and successful journals, like prominent and in- 

 fluential individuals, are the constant targets of 

 tbe envious, ji Malice, lik* 



Death, loves a shining mark, and wo to him who 

 baa excelled in any department, for -■ >] 

 human nature exists in its present II il 

 will be snap] name traduced 



"Without a Why Or « wherefore." These remarks 

 1 by awry singular, and, so lar ma ihla 

 journal is concerned, cfourdon.t unjwt article tn a 

 late number of the Michigan /hmae. Under the 

 title of "Wool Circulars and Eastern Reports," 

 that journal has a long, and apparently labored 

 and studied leader, with the evident design or de- 

 molishing some special enemies, mid. as a dessert. 

 the F-aslem Agricultural. Commercial nod Literary 

 papers— and ns the Rirai. NlW-Yonsu comes 

 under that bead, and is prominently noticed, il 

 would be unjust not to recognize the attack. After 

 paying its respects to a firm in Cleveland, Ohio— 

 Wool Dealers ami pnblishersof a Wool Reporter— 

 the fanner proceeds in this trenchant wise, with 

 the apparent intention of devouring several "cast- 

 em papers " at one fell swoop : 





■ lie ir -l|e.-|i ,l> «„„, „, l|,,- L - , . , .. 



Now, knowing as they do, that so f.,i as this 



journal 1- concerned, I In. ab.n ■■ statement is mtu-.h/ 



unfounded— &m\ no artieU mn begu ■ 

 Rqra.1. !■■ sustain tuch an unjust an 

 chargt— what can our reader, think of the veracity 



and rol nihility "1 ihe papei winch gives it utterance:' 



In our loiigcvpet-ii'iiccasii | n.ilist, tve remember 



nothing move llagiunt and insidious — nothing 30 



far from Mie tnitti. or So uulieeiniiiii - l'ie ,. I,m nck-i 



of honorable ami manly rivalry; for that jealousy 



of the Ruual's large circulation in M ' „ , r.. 

 cause of tbe attack, is as apparent a- i! .. 1! - ,1 

 is above the hori/.on ul aOOO-day knd this is 

 even confessed in another part .>i the article-, for, 



alter lauding il-ill", and iiginu pitching into il.- 

 Cleveland neighbor, the Oracle-like the minister 



N. T. Sran Ao. Socisvr— IFW#r Prtmivmt.- 

 The following piemium, were awarded «1 Ihe rt 

 cent Annual sleeting of otn Slate A. 



Oa*xi?io Fa«--L. D. Cllft, Camel, Pun . mmi, *. 

 O.aim F.i ■ v- ilralb.SL l."« 



.0,,.10f,'*U.Ml,l.Mi (I ,lll. i,,, ,„■ , ., 



4*1. 

 James B. Jackaon, Uyden, 4»: M, Norman Qowd< 



, II, few. I.e«l,Co..41a; 



1. 1 10. 



1: Mui-. Lowville, 14 )i 

 1. ...... 4th, Mt* 



William .IoliMS..,i.i;,n..,,t:.i; 2.1. .lonalha^Talroll, 



Jdrs. J. T. Von Namce, PltUlown, 9lfl. 



'■'v.". M tt r ■tf. ) -:' ,: 'i. 11 



Bnlloy, l'l>lls'mrg, 



eSoL. 



teach and guide their erring footsteps. As Ihe 

 Rum i. is mentioned first in Ihe I i it of Eastern jour- 

 nals thank- fur meoriliug .1 the post of honor, and 

 proper rank, for once!— of course, we must take a 

 largo share of the sweet compliment about Western 

 forming, iutcrests and bull frogs. We feel bad, cer- 

 tainly—yet can't help remembering that some 

 -. win 11 ihis editor of marvellous 

 \i ■ ■ .. : : I. .lings was basking in 



I 



- ' And, if our memory 

 .scrie. a-, we .odc.l the caii-c of Western Agricul- 

 ture in some other respects — had something to do 

 wilh the inception of the first law ever possi d bj 

 the Michigan Legislature to promote Rural Im- 

 provement by tbe organization of Agricultural 

 Societies, and earnestly labm-ei! to have the People 

 and the Stale benefited by its provisions. We then 

 thought we knew something more about Western 

 farming and We-lcrn interests than did the bul 

 frogs— yet it may have been a myth— aud are confi- 

 dent wo have not forgotten whal little knowledge 

 we possessed, nor have the numerous friends of 

 comparatively early days, and hard struggles, yet 

 ignored our humble but earnest efforts. The aid 

 Ihey then rendered us— at a time when Agricultu- 

 ral Improvement was not as popular and easy a; 

 now, and wheu labor In behalf ol ihe cause was reat 

 I'ibnr— and bow they seconded our efforts unlil im 

 paired health Compelled us to retire from Ihe field 

 will ever be held in grateful remembrance. And 

 though now located a little nearer sunrise, we trusl 

 the thousands of Western friends wilh whom wt 

 communicate weekly, do not consider us quite so 

 great on ignoramus concerning their position and 

 interests as the new-fledged editor ofour first agri 

 oil lu ml journal would fain make them believe. Oi 

 the contrary, we have the best assurance thai tbej 

 consider the Ri-kal New-Yoiikeh independent, 

 progeasire and reliable (even in its Market Re- 

 ports,) with decidedly Western proclivities. 



— In conclusion we challenge our cotemporory 

 to prove bis assertions. If what be charges is true, 

 it can be sustained by quoting from our pages — 

 aud if false, as we pronounce it, where is the justi- 

 fication for the injurious attack T Strike, if yon 

 Lot your readers and the public hear or 

 ,i.r ihe testimony, Meantime we shall endeavor to 

 find room, iu a week or two, lo repeat Ihe substance 

 otwAOt u-e Jid tag and quote lust spring on Ihe sub- 

 ject of Wool, its price, Ac, in order lo show the 

 unfounded nature of the charge. The reputation 

 of a jourual like the Ni.w-1 i,ih.li: .viands upon ils 

 character for truth and statistical accuracy, ond 

 while we would hail with pleasure a competition 

 which is fair and honorable, Ibis stabbing iu the 

 daik, with a poisoned arrow, wc despise. Tbe 

 Market llcports of the Rtnux have Lc , 

 and upon this point (general accuracy and relia- 

 bility, , we challenge not only the Michigan Firmer, 

 but any weekly inol mainly devoted to commer- 

 cial mailer... 111 the country: Will I 



cotemporory 



ii in clean clothes every 

 is evidently "bound lo blaze," and 

 . . 

 for its special .1 aggrieved are 



'tkc up tbe glove, as w, , 

 n r color." Aud hen ■■■ 



BSXS 



irn, Citjuga lo., #J; :\<\, V, in. 1'. Uil- 



. vv.m i' 1 - ...n, ! ronan li >■. Bans 



r.„U, $ ;, .'.I, IS. S, Carpenter, *,£; 

 1 . irman Gowdr, Mi M, 0, 



;%i; rtil. Wrii. 1' iVioiiraill. * I 



. 1.,:, 1 y 



Eusl, 11 line sample, Yul, Trans. 

 Qowdy.lS; !d,0, il .111.1. . : 



of Ilocklund. 

 ViM-PrvidtnU-Z, G. Folic, of New York ; O. S, 

 Wainwrlghl. of Dutchess ; Herman Wendell, of Alban j ; 

 II. W. Beckwllli, of Waslilugton ; B. N. HuiiDrigton, of 

 Oneida ; S. A. Law, of Delaware ; James O, Sheldon, nf 

 Ontario; T. C. Peters, of Genesee. 



Corresponding Secret'iry—B. I\ Johnson. ..f AlL.au jr. 

 g BtOHtary— B, Corning, .Ir , of All. any. 



-er— L, II. Tucker, of Albany. 

 I. A. Lawrence, C, Doughton, AI 



Dwlghl, E.A. 



Maine Rviul.— Dt&f* Rural Intelligencer of 'the 

 12th bit., contains the valedictory of Hev. Wn. A. 

 Diwiw, Its originator, and announces its transfer to 

 Messrs. Buock k Count. The paper of the lUlh 

 comes to us under the title- of Mame Sural, and in 

 neat quarto form. We trust this " Rural " will do 

 good service in the cause, and wish it success— yet 

 dont't think its prosperity will be enhanced by pub- 

 lishing (even in u supplement) the opening chapters 

 of a lovc-and-murder-story, for tbe benefit of a 

 Metropolitan hebdomadal. 



Co a n ECTio.s.— The first priioplnnol 1 

 given in No. 1, of this volume, was designed by 

 QgO. li. RaKn, instead of QfiO. B. 01 1 

 printed in tho rcporl of awards. Mr. It. is noft a 



(■■ -id- nf 1 V> ' ■ ..: ll !.'■■: ■■ 



of the Transcript, wc bcln.-t. 



— The plan of Circular Barn, noticed favorably 

 in Ibe report of Committee (in BcnAl 



as from C. J. BitHBon, Bprlngfleld, ■' 



signed by C. T. Rathbux, of I'ittsticld. Mas*. 



Tin; h»EOX (Had. Co.) Farmers' and litohanwo' 



Association, organized last autumn, had a tiuc Fair 

 in September, and is in a prosperous condition. 

 Tho officers are :- Pru&nt-R- HA 



I ■■ ,,, John W.Allen; Be* 



ntary—l. N. Uassenger; Jrwurw 



ur Lnmb,B. P. 



; lers, C. P. Tobcy, Hi i- in Cobb 



and A. P. f 



.sou W S0.I "ii — Wc are requesttil by Mr 



don, to eay that he has. no sccda of '. 

 II at any price — not ball 

 would like lo plant. Vi . 



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