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tnl£9 it 
association, the earliest and most correct infor¬ 
mation as the condition and prospects of crops. 
Ac., the condition of the markets, and a report 
of prices currents. These reporters might aistF 
furnish articles weekly for some paper, which 
might he adopted as the organ of the Associa¬ 
tion. 1 know of none better adapted than the 
Rural, on similar subjects. If the Association 
should become numerous and strong enough, 
they might in some manner have a commission 
house in their interest in New York, to which 
they might consign their produce, with the cer¬ 
tainty that by the aid of the information Ihem- 
selves might, obtain from their various market 
reporters, that it would be sold neither too soon 
nor too late, at the highest market price. Fur¬ 
thermore, if enough could be brought to act 
together, they might agree on a stated price for 
produce, and bring the market up to their views, 
at least on some articles. Every farmer ought 
to have all his property is worth this year. In 
order to make one hand wash the other, as every¬ 
thing he has to purchase is ruinously high, and 
taxes are going to be no small item. 
These suggestions, J am aware, are presented 
in a crude manner, but 1 will close by inviting 
some older and more experienced person’s views 
on the subject, through the columns of the 
Rural. Coalition, 
Madison Co., N. Y., 1S63. 
ifturnl spirit of the gros$ 
way to the university, to be educated to the very 
top round of the ladder of learning, and that for 
anything else but agriculture ? As though agri¬ 
culture afforded no food for the mind, nothing 
that is high, noble, useful or respectable, or that 
hail any need of education. Is its work so grov¬ 
eling. its scope so narrow, its principles so sim¬ 
ple as to require no thought? Who can deter¬ 
mine the primitive elements of a single grain of 
corn and take of those elements and form one 
single grain that shall germinate and produce Us 
kind ? Tell me ye university savans what nour¬ 
ishment in the ground, what virtue in the dew. 
what property in the sunshine, what influence in 
the atmosphere it Is that gives to the rose Its tint, 
the violet Us hue? Determine these and tbou 
shall be able to aggregate the asteroids, count 
the stars in the milky way, and speak knowingly 
of the misty nebula that floats in illimitable 
space! 
Though agriculture rewards indifferent cul¬ 
ture aud rude husbandry to a certain extent, it 
does not follow that ignorance is essential to its 
success. Quite too loug have the best intellects 
been culled out for other pursuits, and the residue 
turned over to cultivate the soil. Are sciences, 
arts, mechanics, manufactures, trade, commerce 
or the professions, one or all, equal to agricul¬ 
ture ? Not at all. They are right and indispen¬ 
sable in themselves, but only necessary append¬ 
ages to agriculture. 
Go to history, ask her in what has depended 
the strength, resources, power, permanence and 
durability of nations, and she will tell you agri¬ 
culture ! Why did Rome blot out Carthage ? 
Not because she had better soldiers or more able 
generals,—these she never had. -but because 
Carthage lacked her agriculture. Why has 
Spain, once so high In power, resources and 
prestige, fallen into such decay as hardly to 
be recognized among the nations of the earth ? 
Because she chose to despise her agriculture. 
What has raised Russia from a few semi-barba¬ 
rous clans to one of the most powerful nations of 
the earth '! Agriculture. What stops the tick of 
the great commercial clock of Europe ? Because 
she is denied a single article of American agri¬ 
culture. Why are the United States to-day wel- 
teriug in fratricidal blood ? Because one part of 
her population has despised labor and degraded 
her agricultural laborers to brutes. "Would you 
make a nation strong, happy and Invincible? 
Educate her people to morality, intelligence and 
agriculture. Would you have trade, commerce, 
manufactures, science and the fine arts ? Respect 
and develop agrlculturo and these follow inevi¬ 
tably. Would you raise agriculture up to the 
position it merits ? Let the very idea be in¬ 
vested with its magnitude and importance. Let 
education be deep, thorough, and that which 
shall have reference to the mysterious and in¬ 
tricate problems which agriculture is constantly 
bringing up for solution. We hail the auspices of 
agricultural colleges. Let them have aid and all 
the aid they need to make them the first colleges 
in the land, and then not limit a course to two or 
three years. 
But to the agricultural press we must look for 
our most, efficient means of success. It has al¬ 
ready accomplished wonders—all praise to the 
noble and invincible band of agricultural editors 
and publishers. To you mainly, gentlemen, are 
farmers indebted for being considered almost 
respectable enough for the society of gentlemen, 
and to take seats iu Congress. But we of the 
thick pates can not let you off as entirely blame¬ 
less. for you gave us some pretty tough doses on 
the “ Sugar Beet,’’ the “ Morus-Mullicanlis ” 
“Moms Alba” and “Shanghai’s.” Hence we 
charged home upon your “ book larnin” enough 
to about balance: but we will call the past even 
and renew friendship for the future. 
One great error in the past, and to a great ex¬ 
tent in the present, is to look down upon and 
degrade labor and ignore industry. When it 
shall become as honorable to choose the plow- 
handles as it is a profession, and when it shall be 
no more disgrace to wash dishes and cook din¬ 
ners than to play the piano, we shall have gained 
a great point and saved many from prison and 
disgrace. If fathers want to curse their sons, 
and mothers their daughters, let them bring them 
up in idleness and not learn them how to work. 
Another grave error has been committed in sur¬ 
rendering our legislative interests to the man¬ 
agement of politicians and demagogues. When 
the honest yeomanry shall cease their vigils over 
our liberties, then will they disappear for ever. 
Since, then, agriculture is the’only basis upon 
which to build the structure of society, let each 
one labor to secure for it ,its just’aml merited 
position and reward. Wm. L. dims. 
Haskins, Wood Co., Oliio, 1863. 
The shock should contain at least 144 hills, as 
the larger it is the less, proportionately, it will be 
exposed to the weather. Bear in mind that the 
stalks should be set up as nearly perpendicular 
as possible. Lastly, the shock should he well 
tied at the top with a band of rye straw. 
“Corn put up in this manner will not fall down 
before husking time. I usually husk my corn in 
from four to six weeks after cutting it up. When 
the corn is husked, the fodder should be tied with 
straw in convenient-sized bundles for pitching, 
and it is better to put the stalks from two shocks 
into one, and tie the tops as before; then, if the 
weather is dry, it may be hauled at any time and 
put in starts convenient to barn. There is no 
safety in putting it into the mow. however dry it 
may appear, for the pith in the but of the stalk 
is a great absorbent, and as long as the stalks 
stand on the ground it will retain moisture 
enough to spoil the stalks if put into a mow, but 
when they are stacked up so that the huts come 
to the sun and air. the stalks will not spoil. 
“ I make my stacks in the following 
Entries for State Fair.— As jour paper is tlie great 
medium through which ninny mysteries are explained, I 
wish to I »1 informed w hen and bow to enter property for 
premiums at the Sca’e Fair—what time previous to the 
holding of the .Atne, 8m.—A Constant IUadek, Durham. 
Greene Co-, A*. FI ’ 
If you wish to make your entry brfori the week of the 
fair, send to Col. B. P. .1 oei.vso.v, Secretary, Albany, de¬ 
scribing the animal or article you wish to exhibit, and 
inclosing Si as your fee of membership. Eutries for the 
coming Fair can be made with the Secretary at Albany 
until Sept. 14th, after which a business office will be 
opened on the Show Grounds, in Utica, where entries 
must be made after that date. 
•Best Time to Feed Grain to Sheep. 
Noon is preferred to morning for this pur¬ 
pose by a correspondent of the Country Gentle¬ 
man, for three reasons:—First, because, at noon, 
their appetites are partly satisfied, and therefore 
the stronger ones will crowd the weaker ones 
less than they wonld do in the morning: second, 
because the sheep will eat the coarser fodder 
better before eating grain than afterwards; and, 
third, because, by eaiing at noon, the grain will 
be better mingled with the coarser fodder al¬ 
ready swallowed, and be mote likely to rise with 
their cuds for thorough mastication, by which 
the greatest amount of nutriment will lie ex¬ 
tracted from a given amount of food. 
Hen L ce or I i.kas -Remedy Wanted —l wish to make 
an inquiry through the Rckat how to get rid of hen lice, 
or (as I have heard wroe call them.) hen fleas Mv hen¬ 
roost IS terribly infested with them. I never was troubled 
with them before Some years ago a different kind of hen 
bee prevailed which were larger than these, anil 1 soon 
got rid of them by putting ashes and lime where the hens 
wallowed but that ha» no effect On these. They are very 
small, o ddish-colored, some partly white or quite light 
color; they crawl very fast, much fa-rer than common iicc 
A person stopping in the hen roost one minute will get 
thousands on them, and hens will die in setting before 
they will hatch. I have heard of several person's hen¬ 
roosts in this vicinity that are troubled in the same Way, 
and some for two years, and know of no remedv. As I 
have been a subscriber for the Rukai. several years, and 
this is the first time I have been to you in this war, I 
trust you will give this room in your valuable columns — 
John G. Bukhitt, Elmira, N V 
Tin; M"'X s lx flukm ..—a., Lodi, Seneca Co., asks_ 
“ Goes the moon hare any influence on the growth of 
vegetation ' It is said to be beneficial to green cucum¬ 
bers and young hirers, or young encumbers and green 
lovers, we forget which. If any inti nonce is exerted, It 
must be from its reflected light, as the same globe of mat¬ 
ter |s III ways at the same distance and position, whether 
visible or not. It has been our general opinion on this 
subject that a yellow dog hung up in the sky would have 
an equally sensible effect on vegetation, or on the health 
or passions of ns sub-lutia>y mortals. 
Saving Seeds, 
The Maine Farmer says:—“ As the period 
of ripening of grain and vegetables arrives, it is 
well to bear in mind the truth, that like pro¬ 
duces like, and take precautions to preserve the 
earliest and best specimens of the various crops 
of the garden, for the next year's seed. By so 
doing we muy obtain seed from the best and most 
fully matured stocks, which, being planted the 
next season will be likely to produce better 
specimens, and at an earlier date, than those 
selected and preserved a? they are apt to be, 
from late and inferior plants. Let the earliest of 
•-—«r -—tvw *•— *“v. ivuvniu^ manner, 
so that we can always haul in an entire stock at 
a time Take a pole, from 4 to 6 inches thick 
and from 15 to la feet long, and set it firmly in 
the ground J then build the stack around it, lay¬ 
ing the tops in against the pole and the buts out, 
keeping the middle full as in other stalks. At 
the top I make a cap of a bundle of Ftalks. 
“ Corn that is sown for fodder should be treated 
as nearly in the same manner as possible, and 
you will have good sweet food for your cattle, 
which they will need no coaxing to eat” 
ABOUT "DORGS 
I’l. aster, Clotte, Sic — Last spring I needed a field 
with fllcncr. sowing a peek per Acre, hut owin# to the 
drouth it Is a poor " catch." Shall I plaster it this fall or 
next spring t Will it be to my iuterevt to sow on more 
■.eed next firing ? The question with me U, will clover 
grow well in such n cafe ? What kind or kinds of seed, 
and tn what proportions i« it best, to sow expressly for 
sheep pasture on dry land, and what time of the year, fall 
or spring ? Will some knowing one please give me hi« 
views?— Jah, McCollum, Neufane, jV. F. 
most on a given subject deserves most ul success 
in its management. Had the editorial fraternity 
observed as strict “.neutrality ” in regard to com¬ 
mon farm stock as they do in regard to dogs, 
where would have been our present boasted im¬ 
provement ? The majority of country people 
know but little more of canine physiognomy, or 
the characteristics aud capabilities of the various 
breeds of dogs, than a dog knows of his great¬ 
grandfather. 
But a few years since I lived near an exceed¬ 
ingly lying, i rassy. avaricious person, who kept 
the most inferior and naturally vicious little 
“whiffet” slut 1 ever saw—under the thin dis¬ 
guise of short-cropped ears and tail—to raise 
“terriers” for the public. This “benefactor” 
was regularly blessed with two crops of whelps 
a year, and keeping an old nag and buggy, ped¬ 
dled “puppies” for miles around. “Superior 
address,” or refined puppyism, induced a number 
of our most estimable, citizens to “ invest In 
most cases the happy “ proprietor " “ smel t a rat, ” 
before his “terrier.” Persistently true to their 
Flies on Horses and Oxen. 
A correspondent of the New Haven 
Courier puts in a plea for our horses and oxen: 
The annoyance of these summer pests to ani¬ 
mals can be greatly mitigated by the use of a 
mixture of one-third kerosene oil and two-thirds 
lard oil, applied to the legs of horses, oxen or 
cows, with a feather or brush, or what is better, 
but more objectionable to the appller, with the 
hand, rubbing it well in, A farmer in the neigh¬ 
borhood used it last summer on his oxen, having 
it applied twice a day on their going out to 
work -morning and noon. His cattle gained in 
flesh during fly time. 1 have used it on horses 
very materially uepenas the stale of the mar¬ 
kets. The present prospects are full of hope lbr 
its successful termination at no distant day. The 
recent glorious victories have so restored confi¬ 
dence that gold, which at one time stood at 170 
and over, has fallen to 125, and few are eager to 
speculate in at that figure. The effect of this 
will, of course, be to reduce the price of wheat, 
but with it other commodities, to be purchased 
by the farmer, must fall in equal ratio, which 
will compensate for the apparent loss. As the 
rate of exchange with foreign countries follows 
the fluctuations in the precious metals, all im¬ 
ported goods will be subject to a falling off in 
market value, so that the diminution in this 
direction need not be counted as unfavorable, 
but rather the contrary. The accumulated stocks 
of foreign wares will be rapidly pressed upon 
the market?, and ensuing competition must still 
further depress the figures at which they are 
held. 
From all the information we have received, we 
judge the wheat crop to be about an average 
one, and as a large breadth was sown, there is 
prospect of a good supply. The harvests abroad 
appear to be an improvement upon those of the 
previous two years, which will have the ten¬ 
dency to somewhat lessen the exportation. But 
the political Aspects of Europe are such that the 
whole course of foreign trade may lie entirely 
revolutionized within a few months, or even 
weeks. Should a general war convulse the Con¬ 
tinent, the demand Tor breadstuff's from this side 
the wafer must greatly increase before the close 
of the year, and everything must go up with 
rapidity. The uncertain feeling on this subject 
even now influences the general market. 
From a survey of the whole field, it would 
appear that there will be at least remunerative 
it not high prices for what provisions the farmer 
may have to sell. There is not, we judge, any¬ 
thing to favor bolding on in anticipation of any 
great rise in value. Wool will probably con¬ 
tinue firm, not perhaps maintaining the unprece¬ 
dented rate it has attained during the year, but 
yielding returns that should satisfy wool-grow¬ 
ers. except, perhaps, those who embarked In the 
business at the height of the tide, hoping to real¬ 
ize almost an independent fortune. The pro¬ 
ducer who so keeps his accounts that he can cal¬ 
culate at what figure he can afford to sell his 
commodities, and who, year by year, disposes of 
them when that figure is reached, will, iu the 
long run, show a better balance sheet than be 
who trusts to occasional Budden rise of prices to 
insure him large profits. 
Broom Cok.v Wanted.—W ill you or some one of tho 
numerous realtors of vour valuable paper be kind enough 
to inform me where I nan procure a quantity of broom 
com y i u i»h to obtain a number one article, and am wil¬ 
ling to pay a good price.—F kbd Hawlkt, Lambeth West¬ 
minster, Middlesex Co., C. IF. 
We cannot answer. Atiy one who can furnish the arti¬ 
cle is advised to address Mr. H. direct. 
Seeding Clover Sod after Rtk.—A subscriber would 
like to know, through rhe columns of the Rural, if a 
clover sod turned over and sowed to rye or winter wheat 
will seed successfully again to clover the following year? 
— A. L. Hoao, Nassau. 
growth of coni, potatoes, etc Toe wheat, barley and 
oat crops have generally been secured in good condition. 
Corn is looking better than we have seen it at this season 
for years—being extraordinary iri growth for Western 
New York. In Consequence of the attention given to 
beau culture not so great a breadth of land was planted 
to corn as heretofore. The bean crop has a line growth 
and promises well. Most farmers in this region seem to 
“know beaus”—particularly west of Rochester— a much 
larger amount having been planted this season than ever 
before. The fruit crop—especially apples and peaches— 
is not so good as was anticipated at the blooming Apples 
are under-sired aud affected with fungus. The peach crop 
vviU be short, compare.1 with last, season, but of very good 
quality. Tomatoes and melons are growing so fust that 
they have no time to set fruit or ripen, aud some antici¬ 
pate a similar result in regard to potatoes. As yet there 
are no indications of the potato rot. 
Iu Ills monthly report (for August) of the Condition of 
the Crops of the country at large, the Commissioner of 
Agriculture says the wheat crop just harvested is most 
excellent, both in amount and quality; and the corn crop 
promises to be a fall one, although iu some localities in 
the West, where tho drouth of June extended into July, 
It may, not be so good. The Marsdeu wheat has entirely 
failed to sustain its character in this country. It is an 
English variety of great excellence there, and hence it 
was desirable to test here. It is presumed that the failure 
is owing to the difference of climate and time of sowing 
The Crops in England are very good, according to recent 
accounts. A late Liverpool circular says:—“Our wheat 
crop which is being gathered in the earlier counties will 
l>e au excellent one for quantity. The quality of corn 
| wheat] will greatly depend upon how it lx secured. The 
potato crop will he particularly good. In Eastern Russia 
and the Mediterranean countries, the wheat and Indian 
corn crop* have suffered much from excessive drouth. 
France will have something to spare for us.” 
Gypsum as a Fertilizer, 
Tim query whether plaster is advantageous 
only to the crop to which it is applied, or wheth¬ 
er ite influence is also beneficial to succeeding 
ones, i? being discussed somewhat at the present 
time. In an article recently published, the edi¬ 
tors of the Canadian Agriculturist remark: 
We scarcely feel ourselves competent “to set 
at rest” the question which our correspondent 
has proposed. The action of plaster, both in 
this country and in Europe, is often attended 
with peculiar difficulties, alike to the scientific 
chemist and the practical farmer. Iu some 
localities its application produces no sensation 
whatever, while in others the results are of the 
most striking character. Along the sea-coa«t it 
produces generally little or no effect, while in 
situations remote from oceanic influence? its fer¬ 
tilizing power is quite marvelous. As a sulphate 
of lime, it supplies to plants two important ingre¬ 
dients—sulphate and lime—which some soils do 
not possess in sufficient quantity. But it would 
also appear that the gypsum acts beneficially in 
attracting moisture from the air. and in fixing 
ammonia aud other gaseous matters floating in 
the atmosphere, and in bringing them within the 
available requirements of growing plants. The 
small quantity usually applied as a top-dressing 
in spring, to clover, Ac., although frequently 
attended by marked effects on the first crop, can 
produce, we should imagine, but little effect on 
the second. But when larger quantities are 
applied, as is sometimes done to the hills of In¬ 
dian corn, the effects are frequently visible, 
within their limited areas, in the succeeding 
crop. We should be happy to receive a state¬ 
ment of the views and experience of practical 
farmers on this subject. 
Fleece or Eight Two-year-old Ewan.—Mr. C. L. 
Hayden, of Wyoming, N. Y , furnishes the Attica Atlas 
the following relative to eight of his Spanish Merino ewes: 
“On the 12th of June I sheared my Dana ewes, which 
are two years old, and brought me seven lambs this spring. 
They were sheared an the last day of May , 1862, and pro¬ 
duced 8812-le pounds of wool. 
Clip of 1863. lbs. ozs. 
No. 1—Fleece weighed. 11 12 
THE COST OF CULTIVATING CORN. 
^UQUiria ami gwsttw 
Ens. Rural New-Yorker ; — What is the 
expense of an acre of corn prepared to husk ? 1 
have always estimated it from S6 to $8 per acre, 
and have been willing to allow that when I have 
bought corn in shock and estimated the labor. 
But in a recent article your Western Correspond¬ 
ent states that from some figuring that he saw ne 
concludes (if I understand him right.) that it 
cost three-fourths of a day, or say 75 cents per 
acre. J cannot conceive by what rule or formula 
he gains the result, unless he gets people to work 
for nothing, and merely charges himself 75 cents 
for superintending the affair. 
Here are my figures. We will 'take five acres 
as an example : 
The plowiug. (low figure,).$5 00 
Harrowing three times,... 3 00 
Working both ways,...__,._. 2 00 
Flanting the five acres,.. 5 00 
Cultivating once each way,. 3 00 
Hoeing once,...... 5 00 
Cultivating again,.. 3 00 
Going through with horse-hoe,... 2 00 
Hoeing it again rapidly,... 2 00 
Cutting it up and shocking,. 5 00 
$35 00 
Which, divided by 5, gives $7 per acre, or 7 
days work at 91 per day, saying nothing about 
seed, wear and tear , &C. 
Your truly, Jas. L. Northrup. 
Byersville, Liv. Co., N. Y. 
OSIER Willow. —In answer to the inquiry in regard to 
Osier Willow, in Rural of August 15th, 1 would state 
that the willow will no doubt do well as far north as St. 
Lawrence county, but the sets want to be put out as early 
as tiie ground can be prepared iu the spring. The best 
way is to break up the ground in the fall, and then it can 
be made ready earlier than if otherwise managed. The 
cuttings should be set three feet apart one way and 
eighteen iuches the other, in straight rows, as for corn, 
and the culture is about the same tbc first two years as for 
corn, viz: keep clean. 1 shall prepare an advertisement 
for the Rural in season for all to get a supply who may 
desire to engage in the business, and shall be able to 
furnish the best cuttings, and also instructions so that 
each may succeed, — D. J Braman, Maccdon Center, 
Wayne Co., N. Y. _ 
Sun?on Attachment for Plow?.—D o you or any of 
your subscribe!* know what has become of Burnham & 
Prune*:, of Homer, N. Y., who ad vert Ued last year in your 
columns a subsoil attachment fur plows? Early last spring 
l sent them five dollars requesting them to for ward one of 
the aforesaid “ attachments;'' but have asyet been unable 
to hear ft tun the money, attachment or manufacturers. 
Please sound your trumpet, good Rural, and see if you 
can’t wake up one or both of them, aud oblige—A. COL¬ 
OURS, Jr., Kiimundy, III. 
We have heard nothing of Messrs. B. & P. of late, but 
from our brief business acquaintance with them, do not 
believe they would retain money belonging to others. 
The probability i= that the money never reached its desti¬ 
nation—was strayed, stolen or missent to some other 
Homer than the one in this State—perhaps by the neglect 
of the writer himself. 
SELLING PRODUCE-SUGGESTIONS, 
Eds. Rural New-Yorker: — Permit me to, 
present for the consideration of your numerous 
subscribers, who. I presume, are nearly all farm¬ 
ers, n few suggestions, i have been on this farm 
four years, and in that lime I think I have aver¬ 
aged an aunual loss of 875, (and I have only a 
small farm.) from not obtaining the highest 
price for my produce; or, in other words, not 
knowing when to sell; and I dare say the major¬ 
ity of farmers can boast a similar experience. 
Now, why may not farmers, by united, concerted 
effort and action, be just as well posted a? to the 
present anti prospective prices of produce, and 
condition of the markets, and in a measure con¬ 
trol, or at least take advantage of the market, as 
for a set of speculators? Why may not a Farm¬ 
ers’ Mutual Association be organized, by calling 
a convention, or otherwise, to consist of annual 
members, and such officers aud directors as they 
may need, that, by the payment of a certain sum, 
say $5 yearly, shall employ a number of corre¬ 
spondents or marKet reporters, in three or four 
or more different places at home and abroad, and 
one in New York, whose business it should be 
to furnish, perhaps daily, to the members of the 
Total from 8 ewes.. 100 08 
Average,_...___ 12 09 
These sheep were fed all the good hay they wanted, and 
were kept in a pen with six more. 1 fed the fourteen one 
quart of cum daily, aud a few apples ouee a week. They 
had good shelter and access to wiitcr. 1 ’ A good average, 
though of course the sheep were unwashed. 
How to Cure Indian Corn for Fodder. 
Ira M. Allen gives to the Country Gentle¬ 
man his mode of curing corn when intended for 
foddering purposes, as follows : 
“ Iu order to have the fodder good, the corn 
should be cut up while it is yet green—that is, 
before the leaves and stalks begin to dry. Any 
time after the corn becomes hard (or glazed) the 
corn may be cut without injury to the grain. I 
make a stanchion for the shock by tying the tops 
of four hills together—then the fodder should be 
set up in the m tries as nearly perpendicular as 
possible. A i 'ing up six or eight hills, the 
tops should L . _ therwi, * wisp of grass, 
or stalk: this nakes t- i'.riu. m lg for a shock. 
From Illinois.—W ritiDg from Marion Co., Aug. 19, a 
correspondent says:—“ Perhaps it will please you—of 
course it will—to learn that, having had a good watering 
about the beginning of this month, we are now enjoying 
a "pleudid growing season, and vegetation is progressing 
finely. Also, that after many disloyal threats from a cer¬ 
tain class of our southern sympathizers, noble, patriotic 
John A Logan is among us, giving our grumblers some 
such lessons of unquestioning loyalty as will do the coun¬ 
try a good service. He yesterday gave a rousing address 
to an immense crowd at Salem, Marion Co.” 
Reason for Large Turnip Crops. —An exchange says: 
—A distinguished English statesman has said that Eng¬ 
land could better afford to lose its navy than its turnip 
crop; therefore plant largely. 
