bnr ks. I would gladly pay one-third the value of 
really good buekB for their season’s services to 
a man who would furnish them, and next season 
send me a new batch. I believe my bucks would 
cost less Journey than at present, and that the 
value of the lambs would be doubled. I cannot 
promise that all here would at first come into 
this system, but they soon would. 
A man with a family —thrifty, industrious 
people, who understand the care of sheep — 
coming here with no capital but a score or eo 
of fine Merino sheep, could easily get a flock of 
500 to 1,000 on shares, ft house and little farm 
furnished him, and as many cows as he would 
milk. He would get one-third the increase of 
the sheep for his services, and two-thirds of the 
produce of the land for his labor on the farm. 
Our planters who cultivate corn and cotton, 
furnish the freedrnen with house aud fuel, as 
much garden as they will cultivate, let them 
keep as many hogs and as much poultry as they 
please, and milk as many cows as they please, 
all free, and divide the gross produce of the 
plantation in cotton and corn equally—one-half 
to the owner aud one-half to the freedmen. 
Under this system everything is going to ruin— 
the fences, buildings, gates, dtoc., tumbling 
down, and the land not half cultivated. The 
negroes wont work. They can live easy, and 
that is the extent of their ambition. Indus¬ 
trious, managing white people, Jn the same 
position, would make expenses out of the gar¬ 
den, dairy and hog pen, and have all the crop 
money to buy land and stock for themselves. 
We would gladly give them at least a negro’s 
chance. At present we cunnot introduce or use 
any of your labor-saving tools; the negroes 
would break them or leuve them In the fence 
corners. We know the result of the course wc 
are in, hut without reliable labor, capital and 
skill, we are powerless to change It. 
Wc want industrious, Intelligent white labor, 
and we have a veritable white man's country for 
it to work in. Jn the west, aw ay from the coast 
flat, the land rises rapidly to the mountains, 
with swift flowing rivers and perfect drainage. 
There are no swamps or ponds to breed miasma, 
the air is pure and bracing, and the summer’s 
heat tempered by an almost constant, brisk sea- 
breeze. Here a white man can work out of 
doors all the year round, and retain his full 
health and vigor. People of consumptive ten¬ 
dency are greatly beueflted — often entirely 
cured—by the climate. Thousands die yearly 
at the North before reaching their prime, who, 
by coming here In time, would live to a fair ago 
in health and enjoyment. 
But I will not trespass on you farther, except 
to notice one important fact. There seems to 
be an impression at the North that Northern 
men are unwelcome here—that they are not 
safe—are liable to wrong and insult, &c. Now, 
this is totally erroneous. We are sick of strife 
aud nauseated with politics, sectional and na¬ 
tional,—we want peace and progress;—wc need 
your skill, industry and go-ahead qualities ; we 
need your labor and your machinery; we need 
your capital, and to have all these wc need to 
cultivate friendly relations, and we know it. 
Out West. | 
LETTER FROM ARKANSAS. 
Information Wanted on Grain Growing and Stock 
Raising The Cotton Crop — Northern Settlers 
Desired — The “ War of Races," cfee. 
Arkansas Post, Ark., Nov. 8, 1867. 
Friknd Moohk: —Inclosed you will find my 
check on 19AAO Straub A Co., Cincinnati, Ohio, 
for $3, to pay for Rural New-Yorker one year. 
I have long heard of your paper, but never 
needed it till now, as 1 have always been plant¬ 
ing cotton and buying every thing elec; but the 
cotton time has “played out,” aud we now 
have commenced the more pleasant one of rais¬ 
ing hogs, horses, sheep and cattle, and such 
garden truck as wheat, oats, barley, pumpkins, 
&c. So I just thought I should like to read 
wliat you know of stock raising, and if 1 could 
learn anythiug new. We will go pretty big 
into the business, as it costs us but little to 
handle large quantities of stock, I think we 
will he able in a few years to ship beef and 
horses to Ohio and New Y r ork. 
Our cotton crop is the poorest I have seen in 
thirty years, and yet every newspaper corres¬ 
pondent. tells the world that the crop is fine; 
but I have seen no good one. It is the fashion 
this year to lie up a good crop; last year every¬ 
one tried how hard he could lie to make the 
crop appear small. 1 will wager yon the price 
of a year’s subscription that the crop is les3 
than the crop of ’(16, and 1 doubt if it will reach 
one and a half milliou bales. 
If you see any one wishing to move South tell 
him to come on; there Is no danger of beiug 
murdered by Rebs; they will be glad to wel¬ 
come him. The Radicals In the South are doing 
all they can to inflame the negro. Our planters 
aregettiug very uneasy, and many will move If 
they can get money to go. We don’t hate the 
negro; don’t blame him for being free; don’t, 
seek a war of raees, but if it does come we will 
do our best. Respectfully yours, 
James H. Moore. 
Crawfish and Land Drainage.—C. Spring¬ 
er, Muskingum, Ohio, in a communication to 
the Ohio Farmer on land drainage by tile aud 
otherwise, and the aid afforded by the crawfish 
in facilitating the operation, says:—“Our at¬ 
tention has been directed to the crawfish, in 
connection with draining lauds, for near half a 
century. If you establish a drain that gives 
them free access, they will immediately take 
charge of it, make the surrounding ground full 
of holes, conducting the surface water to the 
bottom of the draiu. If it gets stopped up, 
they will bore a hole for the passage of the 
water, aud act in every way as though they con 
sider they have the special charge of the con¬ 
cern, and are disposed industriously to attend 
to its interests." 
Ilttslian&cg. 
EDITED BT HENRY 8. RANDALL, LL. D. 
annual meeting of national wool 
GROWERS’ ASSOCIATION. 
The Executive Committee of the National Wool 
Growers’ Association met, pursuant to the call of 
the President, at Pittsburg, Penn., Nov. 20th. 
The following member* were present: 
New Fori—Henry S. Randall, John D. Wing. 
Ohio— Hon. Columbus Delano, Hon. R. M. Mont¬ 
gomery, W. F. Greer. 
Illinois A. M. Garland, Samuel P. Boardman. 
Pennsylvania — Dr. F. Julias Le Moyne, James 
Slocum. 
West Virginia —Thomas Sweeny, Samuel Archer. 
Wisconsin —Eli Btilson. 
Vermont—Y*. S Stowell, stating that he was re¬ 
quested by Hon. Edwin Hammond to appear as his 
substitute, was Invited to take a sent in the Com. 
mittve. Gen. Harry White of Penn , (member of the 
Tariff Committee to Washington last winter,) Gen S. 
D. Harris of the Ohio Farmer, C. D. Bragdon of the 
Chicago Republican, J T. F, Wright of the National 
Agriculturist, (Penn.,) J. McD, Glenn, Sec’y of Penn. 
State Wool Growers’ Association, Joshua Wright of 
Penn.. Mr. Kelley of Wls., aud other eminent friends 
of the Association were also invited to participate in 
the deliberations. 
Tbe President laid before the Committee the fol¬ 
lowing proposition to change the Constitution of the 
Association: 
Resolved, That the Constitution of this Association 
be so amended that each State Wool Growers' Asso¬ 
ciation connected with it shall annually appoint two 
members of the Executive Committee of this Associ¬ 
ation in addition to the President of the State Akho 
elation. 
Resolved , That the following persons be appointed 
the additional members of the Executive Committee 
thus provided for, until others shall be elected to fill 
their places. 
Mr. Randall, to explain the effect of the proposed 
amendment stated that the Executive Committee of 
the National Association, as now constituted, con¬ 
sists “of the President, Vice-Presidents, Secretary, 
Treasurer and one additional member to be elected 
annually by each of the State Associations." Tbe 
Presidents of the State Associations nre e-x-gfflcio 
Vice-Presidents of this body. The resolution pro¬ 
vides that each State organization shall elect two 
“additional members" of this Committee instead 
of one. The object of the proposed change is to 
allow the entire woo) growing interest of the coun¬ 
try to be directly represented in this Association 
Now it is ostensibly the organ or representative of 
fine wool growers only. It had, in point of fact, la¬ 
bored as stronuously for the interests of the coarse 
as the flue grower. Its Committee, who united with 
a Committee of the National Association of Wool 
Manufacturers in framing the scale of duties which 
was engrafted into the present woo) and woolen 
tariff, Struggled for weeks in tbe Joint meetings held 
at Now York and Washington, before they could In¬ 
duce the Manufacturers* Committee to agree to recom¬ 
mend the Same duties on coarse and combing wools 
as mi Merino wools. Indeed, the Joint Committee 
had once adjourned, and it was supposed at the time 
finally adjourned, without coming to an agreement 
in respect to the duties on coarse wools—thus lour¬ 
ing our labors incomplete and in a shape to exercise 
no important influence on the deliberations of Con¬ 
gress. We believed the course woo) growers* rights 
and needs were equal to our own, and wc chose to 
throw away all rather than to make a separate treaty 
for our own bcnetlt. After such adjournment he (the 
President) had reftrsed to call tin; Committee of this 
Association together again, to take part In the action 
of the Joint Committee, until satisfactorily assured 
that the Manufacturers would agree to recommend to 
Cougrees an equal tariff on all the wools, whether 
coarse or fine, grown ill the United States, And such 
n recommendation was made, and successfully made. 
The coarse wool growers therefore could not and 
did not complain that their interests had not been 
faithfully represented aud ftxlly taken care of by this 
Association, But, in bis judgment, it would be far 
better to call them directly into this body, eo as to 
enable them to speak and act for themselves in all its 
future proceedings. It was hut fair and just. The 
Association would not be truly national in its char¬ 
acter, until it embraced a direct personal representa¬ 
tion of all the wool growing interests of the country. 
To accomplish this was tlic- object of the proposed 
amendment of the Constitution. It was offered and 
if it passed, it should be passed with the distinct 
understanding that its object was to provide for the 
annual appointment of one fine and one coarse wool 
grower as members of this Executive Committee, by 
each State Association. 
Mr. Glenn: Why not then express that fact in the 
resolution ? 
Mr. Itandall: Because an understanding to that 
effect is sufficient and will he honorably carried out. 
Because it might he thought to imply, by those unfa¬ 
miliar with the history of this Association, that here¬ 
tofore the “coarse wool men" had been intention¬ 
ally excluded from a participation in our proceedings 
— which wus not the fact. Because it may be doubt¬ 
ful whether wc have any authority to prescribe, the. 
qualifications of the representatives of State Associ¬ 
ations. He continued Tbe present organization 
does not conveniently admit of the same division of 
representation as between different interests. The 
Presidents of State Associations are chosen in refer¬ 
ence to a great variety of both internal and external 
consideration*, and the choice should noi be ham¬ 
pered or affected by tho special one under considera¬ 
tion. There could be no sound objection to an in¬ 
crease tn the number of this Committee: on the con¬ 
trary, it promised heueficial results apart from tho 
particular object for which it was proposed. 
Every member of the Executive Committee present 
expressed himself favorable to the amendment, where¬ 
upon, on motion of Mr. Delano, it was unanimously 
adopted. 
Tbe following gentlemen were then appointed ad¬ 
ditional members of the Executive Committee under 
the second resolutionNorton S. Town abend, Atou, 
Ohio; John D. Wing, Washington, Now York ; J. H, 
Pickerel!, Harrietown, Illinois; 1. S. Hazleton, Rich¬ 
land Center, Wisconsin ; Burden Loomis, Windsor 
Locks, Connecticut, (for New England Association ;) 
J. II, Davis, Piedmont, West Virginia; Henry Keyes, 
Newbury, Vermont j-, Pennsylvania. 
Mr. Garland of Ill. offered the following resolution: 
Resolved. That a committee of three he appointed 
to revise the Constitution of the Association, and to 
report at the next annual meeting, 
Mr, Stilson of Wis, said that he was one or the 
committee which originally drafted the present Con¬ 
stitution ; that the committee were compelled to act 
in great baste and that they therefore drafted a crude 
instrument, sufficient for temporary purposes, under 
the expectation that it would be revised as soon as 
opportunity offered. He therefore favored the pas 
sage of the resolution. 
After some further explanations, the resolution was 
unanimously adopted, and the following committee 
nominated and elected;—Mr. Randall of N. Y., Mr. 
Edwin Hammond of Vt„ and Mr. Garland of Ill. 
The President appointed the followin • committees: 
On Restitutions— lion. Columbus Ddn.no or Ohio, 
Samuel P. Boardman of IU.. Eli Stilson of Wls., 
Thomas Sweeny of West Va., F. Julius Le Moyne of 
Penn., John D. Wing of N. Y', Harry White of Penn, 
On Apportionment of Expense/. Eli StiUon of Wls , 
James Slocum of Penn., Samuel Archer of West Va. 
The President informed the Association that he 
had held some correspondence with the officer* of 
the National Association of Wool Manufacturer* on 
the subject of holding a National Exposition of the 
wool and woolen interests of the country at some 
place, say Chicago, in the spring of 1868—each Asso¬ 
ciation being empowered to designate such objects 
of exhibition as it shall deem expedient. The Man¬ 
ufacturers strongly favored the measure, and would 
make prompt preparations to carry it out on a splen¬ 
did scale should this Association Invite their co-ope¬ 
ration. They decidedly preferred Chicago ns the 
place of holding the Exposition. He (the President) 
believed that a general exhibition of our sheep, wool 
and woolen manufactures would be attended with the 
most beneficent effects on the respective Interests at 
large, and on Congress ehould that body he disposed 
to alter or tamper with the provision* of the present 
wool and woolen tariff. He could not doubt that a 
city ao proverbial for public spirit a* Chicago, would 
make arrangements which would render such an Ex¬ 
pos i lion feasible. 
Mr. Garland of Ill. was in favor of the Exposi¬ 
tion if the preliminary arrangements adverted to by 
the President could be made with the citizens of 
Chicago. He was not prepared to express a definite 
opinion on that point, without further examination. 
He mentioned several reasons why Hlinoi* and Wis¬ 
consin would not be as well prepared as usual to 
make a proper exhibition of sheep next spring, but 
he thought none of these objections would apply to 
wool, If the exhibition on the part of growers was 
limited to that article. 
Mr. Boardman of Ill. and Mr. Stilson of Wis. con¬ 
curred in these views. 
Mr. Bragdon of Ill. stated that the Agricultural 
Show Grounds at Chicago had been sold and their 
structures removed- He could not now think of any 
other grounds and buildings in or near the city which 
would be suitable fbr the purposes of a joint exhibi¬ 
tion. The erection or such structures would Involve 
very considerable expense, and he was not prepared 
to say whether the necessary amount of money for 
thlfl, and to make H certain that the expenses of the 
Exhibition would not fall on the two Associations, 
could be raised. He thought it expedient to make, 
inquiries of the proper persons at Chicago before 
taking definitive action If the Growers' Exhibition 
was confined to wool, there would probably be little 
difficulty la obtaining a suitable building for tin; 
Joint Exposition within the city. 
Geu. Harris of Ohio was in favor of the Exposition. 
He thought it highly desirable on various grounds. 
Ue should very much dislike to leave out the show 
of sheep. He suggested that Cleveland or Pittsburg 
might be as good a place for the Exposition as 
Chicago. 
Mr. Le Moyne of Penn,,and several other members 
concurred in the latter suggestion. 
Mr. Wing of N. Y. was decidedly in favor of the 
Exposition and of a show of sheep. 
Mr. Le Moyne of Penn, thought a show of sheep 
would be one of the most important and attractive 
featnnea of tho ocojtaiqh. It would he necessary, to 
make onr side of the Exhibition as imposing as that 
of the Manufacturers. He would test its feasibility 
by asking who present would show their sheep f Tn 
answer to a question, he said lie was certainly ready 
to show his own. 
Mr. Wright of Penn., Mr. Wing of N. Y., and others 
expressed their willingness to do the same. 
Mr. Sweeny of West Va., Mr. Slocum of Penn., Mr. 
Stowell of Vt, Mr. Greer of Ohio, Mr. Archer of 
West Va.. and Mr. Kelley of Wis , expressed them¬ 
selves in favor of the exposition, 
Mr. Montgomery of Ohio, on reflection, became 
more and more favorable to an exposition, but he 
saw difficulties in the way, especially in the way of 
an exhibition of sheep. He thought that the same 
special difficulties which lmd been declared to exist 
in the way of an exhibition of sheep in Illinois aud 
Wisconsin, existed also in Ohio, and he feared east¬ 
ern growers would not carry their sheep so far west. 
He would prefer not to commit this Association 
irrevocably to the exposition until more light was 
obtained on the sabject. 
Mr. Delano of Ohio was strongly in favor of the 
exposition, and of an exhibition of sheep if found 
practicable. But he would prefer to leave all the 
doubtful questions to be solved, aud all details ar¬ 
ranged, as well as the whole subject of holding the 
exposition, decided on after due examination by a 
committee of this body. Ue therefore offered the 
following resolution: 
lie solved, That a committee of three be appointed 
by this Association with power at their discretion to 
ufraugc with the National Wool Manufacturers Asso¬ 
ciation for a national exposition of their respective 
industries, at such a time and place as may be agreed 
upon. 
The President expressed his concurrence in this 
resolution, lie said the want of a proper place of 
exhibition at Chicago, and the other considerations 
which affect the holding of an exposition there, 
named by Mr. Biagdon and others, were new aud 
wholly unexpected by him. So, too, were the diffi¬ 
culties in the way of drawing out a . rest and impos¬ 
ing show of western sheep, deciured to exist by the 
western members of the committee. Under these 
circumstances he was opposed to committing the 
Association at present. He was in favor of proceed¬ 
ing safely. 
Mr. Montgomery asked that the resolution be laid 
on the table until the meeting of the committee to¬ 
morrow morning, which was done by common con¬ 
sent. The committee then adjourned. 
WEDNESDAY, NINE A. M. 
The Executive Committee met pursuant to ad¬ 
journment, 
Mr. Delano, from the Committee on Resolutions, 
offered the iollowing 
resolutions : 
Resolved, 1st. That the financial necessities of the 
nariou render a tariff for revenue purposes indispen¬ 
sable, in order to pay our national obligations and 
preserve our national honor 
2d That in regulating duties ou imports. Congress 
should exempt such articles of general necessity a? 
are not produced in this country, and should so ad¬ 
just dunes uu uther articles as to give fair aud just 
protection as far as practicable to all products of 
American industry. 
3d, That., considering the compact, extensive and 
persistent efforts of the tree trade interest to destroy 
American industry and weaken our national re¬ 
sources, it is the duty of all the industrial intere*ts 
of the uutiou to unite in a common effort to counter¬ 
act thiB foreign free trade policy. 
4th. We regard the present duties on wool and 
woolen goods as well adapted to promote and har¬ 
monize the true interests of producer* and consumers 
of wool and woolen goods. We. therefore, have full 
faith In the. ultimate results of this tariff, and Insist 
that it be neither modified nor repealed until time 
shall fully demon*Irate its effect*. 
6th That “the interest* of Wool Manufacturers 
and Wool Growers, being recognized a* identical, 
further measures -hoald be adopted to make each 
class famiilur with the respective wants and necessi¬ 
ties of the other." 
6th. That tho National Association of Wool Grow¬ 
er* take great pleasure in expressing their thanks 
and fcratitnd<; to the Congress of ter nation, lor 
passing at its recent session the exBtiug wise and 
necessary tariff for the protection, Increase and de¬ 
velopment of wool growing and wool marinfacturing 
Interests of the country’ And that we have every 
confidence that this legislation wifi be stable and 
permanent, to the end that business arrangements 
already made in conformity to it, may be encouraged, 
and a great branch of national mdustry advanced 
and protected. 
On motion of Mr. Sweeny of West Va., the resolu¬ 
tions were taken up separately. After some discus¬ 
sion all of them were adopted. 
On motion of Mr Slocum of Penn., the resolution 
yesterday offered by Mr. Delano of Ohio, in relation 
to the appointment of ft committee of three, with 
power at thcirdiscrction to arrange with the National 
Wool Manufacturers’ Association fora national expo¬ 
sition, &c,, was taken from the table, and, after 
remarks of various members as to the proper period 
of the spring for holding the exposition, unani¬ 
mously passed. 
The following gentlemen were nominated and 
elected said committee;—Henry S. Randall of N. Y\, 
John D. Wing of N. Y., A. M. Garland of HI. 
Mr. Randall stated that this appointment Imposed 
an unpleasant degree of responsibility, and that he, 
as one of the committee, would not consent to accept 
that responsibility except with the understanding 
that every member of the Executive Committee, und 
those invited to unite in its deliberations, would 
endeavor to ascertain the views of the wool growers 
of their respective localities In regard to holding an 
exposition and the proper objects of exhibition, and 
communicate those views to him; and, secondly, 
that any other members of this Executive Committee 
who would meet with the sub-committee should be 
allowed to take part in Its proceedings. This being 
assented to, he accepted the appointment. 
Gen. White of Penn, offered the following resolu¬ 
tion : 
Resolved, That a committee of three members of 
this Association. «>f whii-.b the President shall be 
chairman, be appointed to prepare an address to the 
wool growers of the United Stales In reference to 
tbeir present condition, interest* and necessities; 
and that the different newspapers of the country 
friendly to this branch of national Industry be ana 
arc hereby requested to publish this address, and 
that the chainoao be requested to forward a COD? of 
the address, when issued, to the member* of the 
National Legislature, as well as the resolutions this 
day passed by the Association. 
The President bogged Gen. White to withdraw 
this resolution, or at leaet not to designate him as 
chairman of the proposed committee Gen. White 
declined, and nrged the passage of the resolution. 
The President, then a*ked him to consent to lay the 
resolution on the table until the evening session of 
tho Executive Committee, which was agreed to. 
On motion of Mr. Montgomery of Ohio, the Execu¬ 
tive Committee proceeded to elect officers for tho 
ensuing year, aud the following were unanimously 
chosen: 
Pn-sidml—Hon ry S. Randall, Cortland Village, N. Y. 
Secretary— Wra. F. Greer, Paincsville, O. 
Treasurer— A. F. Wilcox, Fayetteville, N. Y. 
Mr. Delano of Ohio offered the follow! ng resolution: 
Resolved, That the President be authorized tu ap¬ 
point Hon. R. M. Montgomery of Ohio as the repre¬ 
sentative of the interests of this Association at 
Washington, whenever In tho Judgment or the Presi¬ 
dent the exigencies of the occasion shall demand 
such representation. 
It being suggested that illness or other causes 
might deprive Mr. Montgomery of the ability to 
attend to those duties, and that circumstances might 
require the attendance of more-than one represenla 
tivc in Washington, Mr. Delano ao modified hi* 
resolution as to authorize the President, also to 
appoint Hon. E. B. Pottle of N. Y. and A. M. Gar¬ 
land of Ill. as additional representatives, should he 
deem it necessary. In this form the resolution 
was unanimously passed. 
Ttie Executive Committee then adjourned to attend 
the wool growers’ meeting called at the Court House 
at two P. M, 
WEDNESDAY, SEVEN P. M. 
The Executive Committee met. 
Mr. Stilson of Wis., from the Committee to Ap¬ 
portion Expenses, presented a report, which was 
unanimously adopted. 
Mr. Delano of Ohio called up Geu. White’* resolu¬ 
tion to appoint a committee to prepare au address to 
the wool growers of tbe United States, Ac. The 
President again asked to be excused from acting as 
chairman. Mr. Delano and Gen. White objected. 
The resolution was then unanimously passed, and 
the President appointed Mr. Delano aud Gen. White 
as the remaining members of the commit tee. 
The Executive Committoo then adjourned, subject 
to the call of the President. 
Farming or Nebraska.— The editor of the Prairie 
Farmer is making, or has made, a trip to the Rocky 
Mountains, being oDe of the “ Fraternity " engaged 
in the rail road frolic. He states that farming is 
receiving much attention about the region of Omaha 
and west of that along the line of the road. A belt 
of country sixty miles wide, extending N. E. and 
S. W. along the Missouri from the crossing into 
Nebraska, ia underlaid with sand stone, affording 
good land drainage. This belt produces wheat in 
abundance, averaging from forty to forty-five bushels 
to the acre, with an occasional field turning off fifty 
bushels. The yield of corn and potatoes iB also very 
munificent. 
Massachusetts Agricultural College. —This 
institution commenced operations on the 2d of Octo¬ 
ber, with a Freshmen's class of thirty-four students 
Accommodations, as yet, have been prepared for 
only forty-eight students. The college coijrse will 
extend through four years, and be so arranged as to 
furnish at the least possible cost thu best literary and 
scientific education attainable, without, attention to 
the dead languages. The academic, year will com¬ 
prise throe terms. The first commenced Oct. 2d, and 
ends Dec. 17lh; the second Jan. 31st, and. ending 
April 17th; the third May?2d, and ending July 3151. 
Price of tuition, $36 per year; room rent, $16, and 
board from $3 00 to $3.60 per week. 
Notes from Iowa—A correspondent writing from 
Moscow, Iowa, Nov. 30, says" The weather in 
Iowa has been magnificent. Il has been very warm 
and dry all the fall. The flr»t cold freezing weather 
we have had this season was Nor. 29ih ; it snowed a 
little and froze, making it very disagreeable after 
having warm Hummer weather. It has been excellent 
weather for the farmers to get in their com, which 
is a double crop throughout the State this season, 
averagtng fifty, sixty and seventy bushels to the acre. 
Wheat was not very good this season, although we 
had an average crop. At least, we cannot complain 
Iowa,’’ 
Improving Stock —The American Stock Journal 
is or the opinion that our native breeds of cattle can 
be Improved by proper care In selecting the best to 
breed from, bo a* to be equal to the be.-t imported 
for dairy purposes, and, for many kinds of farm work, 
superior to it. All improved stock is derived from 
the Intermixture of native breeds, improved by good 
keeping, and the selection of the finest specimens to 
breed from. What are called native animals are sus¬ 
ceptible of being improved up to almost any point of 
excellence. 
—■ — «■*» 
Cayuga Plasteb.— In answer to our correspond¬ 
ents, “ W. & W.,” Jamestown, N, Y,, we can only 
?av that the Cayuga plaster is esteemed first-rate, 
and was generally used previous to the discovery of 
extensive beds in Monroe Co., about fifteen miles 
south of this city, which la extensively used and well 
eslocmcd, and sold in large quantities at this place. 
Nova Scotia piaster i* probably the best known, but 
Its expense excludes it from use in the United States. 
Aw ards of the Utica Implement Trial. — We 
copy below the statement of the Judge*, as iseued 
in circular form by J. Stanton Gould, Chairman, 
and B. P. Johnson, Secretary of the Trial Committee: 
Plows.—Class I Sod Plow for Stiff Solis.— The 
Judges unanimously awarded the Gold Medal to 
F. F. Holbrook, Boston. Ma** , for hi* plow, 95. 
Class It. Plow for Stubble lands in Stiff Soils .—The 
Gold Medal awarded to F. F. Holbrook, Boston. 
Class 111. Sod Plow* for Sandy Soil/, and Light 
Loams ,—No trial in this Class. 
Class IV, Plow for Stubble Land, cutting a furrow 
twelve inches deep, with three horses, and raised 
the lowest evil to the surface of the furrow—furrow 
five Inches wide .—Unanimously awarded the large 
Gold Modal to F. F. Holbrook, Boston, Mass. 
Clash V. Michigan Sod and Trench Plow.— Unani¬ 
mously awarded the Medal to F, P. Holbrook, 
Boston, Moss, 
Class VI. Subsoil Plow, in connection with an ordi¬ 
nary Plow.—Nunc of the Plows otfered are 
worthy of a premium. 
Class VII. Ditching Plow for Opening Drains,— 
Unanimously awarded the Gold Medul to N. 
Hawks, Appleton, Maine, 
Class VIU. Machine, for Excavating Ditches for Un- 
derdraining,— Edwin Heath, Fowlcrville, Liv¬ 
ingston county. Qold Medal. Unanimous. 
Class IX. Steel Plow for AUuviil and Unctious 
Lands .—Gold Medal to Collins & Co., New York. 
Unanimous. 
Class X. Swing or Side Hill Plow.— No award. 
Judges equally divided. 
Hakbows .—Rest Harrow.—J. E. Morgan, Deerfield, 
Oneida county, Gold Medal. 
The Judges recommended a special premium of a 
Gold Medal to F. Ntshwitz, Wiiliamsburgh, for his 
Pulverizing Harrow. 
Cultivators—Class I .—For Corn (tnd Root Crops — 
One-horse Cultivator.— Alden & Co., Auburn, 
Gold Medal. 
Class l. Tuio-horse Cultivator, for cultivating two 
rows .—To Phipper, the inventor, (the Machine be¬ 
ing entered by A. L. Brearley & Co., Trenton, 
N. J.,) Gold Medal. 
Class II. For Mellowing Soil and Killing Weeds.— 
Gold Medal to Ford & Howe, Oueonta, N. Y. 
Beet Cultivator Having Handles—Vim. H. Burtis & 
Co,. Maltavlllc, Saratoga county, Uold Medal. 
gural goiM anfl items. 
Advent of Winteil— Contrary to general expecta¬ 
tion, winter has closed in npon the country without 
the customary autumnal rains. The streams are very 
low, and tnacb of the water in them has already been 
convened into ice. The canal is fast locked up—the 
weather for the last few days having been quite cold. 
A snow storm commenced on the 7th and ended on 
the morning of the 9th, leaving about six inches of 
sleighing on the ground. The streets are now musi¬ 
cal with 6leigh-bells, with a prospect of lively times. 
In anticipation of an early thaw, the Canal Commis¬ 
sioners have rescinded their order closing the cauais, 
leaving the matter open for farther coneiderati on. 
Transactions of the N. Y r . State Ag’l Society. 
—We have received from the Secretary of the New 
York State Agricultural Society, B. P. Johnson, 
Esq., a volume containing the proceedings of the 
State Agricultural Society for 18*16; also an abstract 
of the proceedings of county Agricultural Societies 
for the same period. It makes a volume of nearly 
eleven hnudred pages, embellished with numerous 
engravings of stock, buildings, &c., the whole form¬ 
ing a valuable hook of reference, especially for those 
engaged iu rural affaire, 
-- 
A New Enemy to Corn.— A correspondent of the 
Maine Farmer notes a new enemy to the corn crop 
in the shape of a green worm about the size of a 
pipestem, and from one to one and a half inches in 
length. Dark stripes, running longitudinally the 
whole length of the worm, are noticeable. These 
worms eat through tbe corn husks, and then com¬ 
mence on the grain, which they destroy rapidly. 
The party furnishing the information lost about one- 
fourth of his corn crop by this new enemy. 
The Press and the Rural,—W e again beg to 
tender grateful acknowledgment* for tho kind and 
appreciative notices of the Rural which we are 
receiving from the best Judges of journalistic merit- 
editors of newspapers. Ae camples or mauy notices 
that have lately reached us we give the following 
extracts: 
Moore's Rural Nkw-Y'obkke.—I f the strong and vol¬ 
untary couuuemlatlou of this popular journal by promi¬ 
nent papers nil over the country Is evidence of merit, 
then it is by lar tbe most meritorious periodical of its 
class in America. Of late, especially. Us praise seems 
to emanate from a thousand papers between Canada and 
the Gulf, aud the Atlantic aud Pacific. Aud it Is all de¬ 
terred, lor the Rural ha* no equal tn it* sphere, being 
superior in ability and varJciy of content*, while, as we 
have before said, the dre.**, paper, engravings, priming, 
&c., are superb. Indeed, tue BubalNbw IlOkkrk Is an 
honor to Rochester aud Western New Vork, and has 
done and ia doing much to make them favorably known 
in distant pans of our own imid a* well as abroad—for 
its circulation in the West, South, New England, Canada, 
Ac., Is large uod rapidly increasing. Although its nine¬ 
teenth year and volume doe* not commence until Janu¬ 
ary, the Rural mtUu* early receiving hundreds of let¬ 
ter* and subscription* dally, giving assurance of a large 
accession ui It* already Immense circulation during the 
ensuing winter. Read the Prospectus of Voi. XIX in an¬ 
other column.— Roch. Dally Union <f Adv., Nov. -11, 1867 . 
Moore’s Rural N'kiv-Yorker”W e‘can'^ioet _ co'n*c'l- 
cntiouslv commend this excellent periodica! as a really 
tlr/t-clasH agricultural, wool growers’, graziers' and gar¬ 
deners’ paper. In all of iheit departments and others 
allied to them, there U ill the Rur.il Nsw-Yorkbb a 
scientific thoroughness allied to plain practical utility, 
which entitles It to the highest praise. It is also au ad¬ 
mirable family newspaper, containing much Interesting 
tv, .dingof a varied nature, and truly artistic engravings. 
Price only $3 a year—the literary matter iu it alone be 
log well worth more, aud the agricultural reading three 
times as much. —Forney's Press, Phi la. 
c an Y'or do Without it?— Without what? Moore’s 
Rural New* Yorker. \\ e should say certainly not. It 
contains something interesting for every one that can 
read: tmttotlie farmer It is invaluable It is without 
doubt the boat agricultural paper in the country Bead 
Uie prospectus in another Column, it Ua fact that the 
article in this case, is much better than the advertise¬ 
ment represent*.— Rudn* Advocate. 
Tnt: Bubal Nicw-Yokkkk, conducted by Hon. V. D. 
f. Moore, Mayor of Rochester, has attained the largest 
circulation of any paper of the kind in the country or the 
world ; and this pre-eminence has been achieved by care¬ 
ful uianagcmeni, first-rate tact,Judicious enterprise aud 
liberality.—Rochester Daily Democrat, 
