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CONTENTS OF THIS NUMBER. 
PiigV. 
inliixin.il Tonics. - Agricultural Patents; Tile 
Cowing Partner. 21 
Landscape Gardening. itural Home Decora¬ 
tion (Ulurtmted). 2 ! 
Field Culture. wiiuat It Production ami 
< lonvump* ion | Heclttirniug how Lauds : For Young 
I'unoer* who Haro to Treat Poor and Wet Sons ; 
Do'tin;y l.i'.ini: The llurrison Potato: Knrpi'Wo 
Owtx; Chinese Yam.22 
The Htntunnn. The Texan Cuttle Dl-eum. 
External -vujjiti/ui', Port Mortem Appearances 
and Cnuit ' ol tiiir Illuwi); TlteTexa* Cattie Laud 
of Illinois. . . .22 
Sheep f .unbuild rv.- Noe York Wool Growers 
Association; Duty on Canada Pickings: Mr. 
Loon., >' t.'olsvrold TlOi k i 111md rated.). 23 
Dairy Husbandry. -The Production of Milk 
and Its* Value in Dairy Manulucture; Kxpert- 
ments ti Soiling Cows: (ironlug Mangolds tor 
Milch Stock : Tin* Cheese Market at l.lttlc kails: 
'J’he A a •-. i'-in Porytacn's Convention. . 23 
Bornological. — Pouu•! lyy in Ohio j The Campbell 
Apple llllusl r.'i'.ioi;) I,ru|>e Sales Review Of New 
York City Grape Market for iw* (O 
-Mui t Pear <111 
^ .r,T| ■ Tty L'U 
«*Ei. 
wm£M 
1 (Concluded :.i The 
Mart Pear (Diustnitcrt;) Homological Gossip, m- 
cludltjjr Circular ot American Bornological So¬ 
ciety. To I-Yu it Men, Seedless Persimmons. An 
Improved Her! Currant, Ornngu Culture, The J«- 
cunda and Trlonapo Strawberries, and the Ked 
Aslinehrm In Minnesota. , 34 
Arboriculture. - Even: men * t.,r Ohio; What i 
Did l)i ruiEine TVeex in myOrelinrrl tutd Garden • 
Way-Side Trees: Tlie Yucca illustrated :) Prairie 
Woodland —la it Profitable for a Prairie Parmer 
to Own a Wood-Lot.. 25 
Floriculture. Arranging bouquets; Vici: i .tt- 
tiio.true: Preparin,: i.'omcl for Mower Heed: 
' it. >il\urdla i.cla ni ku . . t 2", 
Sci: iitllie nml rsefuI. Populur SeJentlllcLec¬ 
tures i'Ii i? Mlirosoope and its Revelation*; 
Trii> of the First Locomotive, Extraordinary 
.Aid cot. 25 
News (.'undi'mrr, -Sixty-nine Homy. 2.5 
Entomological. Tbo Hoiigrwuito Hv; Periodl- 
leai Cicada . 2 d 
The Apiarian. Wliiterinif Bees, Ac. ',23 
Th Poultry I ill'll, - Gapes in Chickens 
SATURDAY, JANUARY 9, 1809. 
TO Tilli FRES 8 .—As uur principal olllcc Is 
now iii Now York, ull periodicals desiring an 
exchange with n-will please address to “ Kn 
ral New-Yortter, New York.” 
„ - - -, - —,— —- 2 ti 
Farm Kconomy. - Wood itucks (Illustrated ;) 
Cxre of '.:.irn;i;'i.-s . 30 
iJo i esilc Kconomy. — About BreuKtast; inilWn 
Al ai Mikes for Ureu 2 fast; Spices end Aromatic 
i p.ells: liccf i-Sscnc-; Slumming Doors: (Jlass In 
L' cilia Water; Piecing lied Omits; How to Keep 
l ' 'd Sweet: A .Nice Sauce.. .. S 
ilj'cieiiie InCoinmli.ii. I ‘ -nitti und Disease; 
Season thle Siiggirstlonv . 27 
Ai t and Artists, The Latest Art Gossip.27 
G il ormls. Pi ares^ and Improvement: t’orn- 
iiioii Sense Wanted , Department O! Agrb-ull lire ; 
Excess of l/.ibor. . . ....28 
Rural Votes itnd Queries. Obltuory: W'liat 
Adi Ho. (lolls; (iiiro-nor Wanted South; When 
toi'df Ttlnher. l ands In Mason Co.. Mlcll.: Po¬ 
tato itues, V /Trap l-nurioCliieheiiHand Rabbits; 
Pcnn-ylvania Ag. ('ullnue; Rural or Wife; Use 
o Ullfeu.'lied Ashes t nrrot Crop; Corn Crop of 
(:'D'"! III.. Gray Doting., lteelpe tor .Muclfai’C 
Wanie'.l: Adveru-liijf I- 1 ov'JH... ........ 38 
ililhtKlristl Societies. — (.lllCIMl* ( o. Ag, Sue. ; C;in* 
ada I3.'--I'.-epcb ; Merrimac, A H., Ag.Soc.; Alle¬ 
gany I'o. V. Y., Ail Sue.. Coil toon loll, X. II., Ac. 
and Al ell s-ic., Randolph Co., III., Alt. Sue.: Wor¬ 
cester Co, West Jins ., Ag. Km-.. Pennsylvania 
Fruit Growers' Soil. -North III, Hon. Sec.IN 
Slorie* for UtiraliKte The Ythccnts, or the 
-Mj: Id y tit the Mile Springs (Continued). 2!l 
Luriosdy SatlMled.or Wtncning Itt.iiuneet.ionialB.ltO 
Choice UlHi-etluny. Half Hour Kuncles . Wust- 
ern Men : Where Nicholas I. Died. 30 
I,pflies.' Port-F'uliu. ( horns in \n aii- ('nn- 
... i- nop. a ne .)udgenieni> nl Women; 
i!i" Dl,l-Ka-hlOniid Aiotlier; A beautiful Jnei- 
dent .... 
Poetry. The Drowned Hells. 39 
Drifting. ’ .10 
OliurUB to Arteinls... . ;j| 
Into'PH y I In, t-ls MV God. . 31 
llod 's nm) liannr-rs, Kashinii t’biUChat,"'i'n- 
|{"H..a? °l .-Mernlng Gownn for Ladles, 
men 
ored 
for Ho 11• ui(|s, fn ser., lor rnen, Ac.. ,, 31 
Snhhn:h Hcndimt. into Thy Hands MyGiVii; 
lallK 11 tfafnr 1 rust; A Pretty and Sensible 
Prayer. ,31 
News Department. -Including Nr we from W ash- 
Inston, New A nrk State, Miissackuaatts, Rhode 
iMend, . 0 ":mm. Illinois, Palifornlu, l.nuislana. 
Minnesota, Tiixus. .Missouri, Mleliigan, Teunes- 
uu "‘s Noi.ees 01 .mirning Gowns lor Ladles. 
>'•" Gowns and rmoUug Jackets lnrdenth - 
Oh. ( ollar- Sleeve Ruttoim, Siiirt Bosoms, CoL 
'■• 1.1 Sucks and M.ieltmus, Wrist MMis. Dverenats 
; IT, Nobr i.-ku. Kngland, Ontario, Uuehee. I riuicc, 
(..rce.ee. Turkey, Spain, China. Hnly.. 32 
S'.viuerland, Portugal, Culm, New Zealand. Vli.s- 
coll.ineijus, Polltlaal, Liieniry. Illinois Industrial 
Univei:dty...... 
“PROGRESS AND IMPROVEMENT.” 
Tiiankb to it.-; ardent, generous and influ¬ 
ential friends . II over the land, the Enlarged 
and Improved Rural Nlw- Yorker is prov¬ 
ing far more successful than we anticipated. 
Though tlie issuing of No. 1 was delayed in 
consequence of difficulties which tlie best 
printers in New York said could not lie over¬ 
come, it was “out” some days in advance of 
date, and most cordially received by both 
People and Press. Our friends at a distance 
did not await its appearance, but most sub¬ 
stantially manifested their faith and confi¬ 
dence by remittances far greater in the aggre¬ 
gate than we ever received at any corre¬ 
sponding period, and much in excess of our 
very sanguine expectations. This is most 
gratifying evidence of the confidence reposed 
in the Rural by the people, and also demon¬ 
strates, what we have often affirmed, that 
no paper on tlie Continent lias such ardent, 
indefatigable, working friends. Gratefully 
and profoundly appreciating and acknowl¬ 
edging the manifold favors we are receiving, 
our best efforts are again pledged in behalf 
of the Industrial Interests. 
ias in being 
COMMON SENSE WANTED. 
This is getting to 
. 33 
.— ...clmlliiK thlrty-elklit par 
80 1 Ull li'itlfos. . 34 
W'il and IlNliior,— Clowhuiulle Tiii/er-.—Miil'or 
J hiwhuiulli'm WashinKton, chub upon Gen. Grant, 
phiy.t (Jiimkei's with him, and what came ot it- 
hnuirT.ik'tur; Gllitipaim of Gmiiun..'Ill 
The I’uMlor. Illii.rtrutod IU-Iiuh : Mi-Hcellanunua 
kniKum ; Auaitnuu; Ortwa-word Bnfatiua; (Jiie;-- 
tion : Charade. 30 
I1)C JJubUs^er’s 
$> 
NOTICES, REQUESTS, &c. 
A Special Retiue*!. — We I'rnnkly u^U all its 
friends lo aid in extending the clruulatlon and n*o- 
fulaess uf tin- Ui'UAh, Tliuuaandu of its. old ruh- 
seribers are already doing tins and we truat the 
hosts who are joining its standard 111 ull part* of the 
country will do us arid their neighbor* the favor to 
Introduce the paper to notice and support in their 
respective localities. Krlondn. please show your 
neighbor* and acquaintance* thn .Model Rural, Litu- 
rary and Family Newspaper, and Invite them to snli- 
serfbe. Though our daily receipt* probably largely 
exceed those of any other Weekly in America there 
is still room on our hook.-- for more —and iVoie (* the 
Thin hi ini ike Addition*. 
The Rural usu Preacut. Ah this is the Holi¬ 
day season, when the making of present* Is in order, 
we would remind readers that the KrriAl, New- 
Yohkrr for 180H will prove a most valuable gift—one 
which will be appreciated during the ywr, tlie recipi¬ 
ent being reminded of the giver every week, and us 
often regaled with a feast of good things. Probably 
no more acceptable present can be made to distant 
relatives and friends, as many of our readers cun 
testify, tinhscrlbers sending the RntA 1 . as a present 
are only charged the lowest club rate—*2.60 per copy. 
Remit Full Price.—The lowest price for a single 
copy of the RURAL Is $Su year, and those remitting 
less ($2 or * 2 . 5 ( 1 ) will only receive the paper for the 
time paid for at. t hat rate. (>ur ruin 1 * not to return 
remittance* where less than published pries. 1 * for. 
warded,but to credit and send puperin proportion to 
amount received. Those who remit the eluU rates 
for only part of a club, are expected to fill it, accord¬ 
ing to our advertised terms, or receive the paper less 
than a year. 
Not a Two Dollar Paper,— Those who remit, 
us *2 or $2.50 lor a yearly copy of this journal-say¬ 
ing they can get this or that paper for the amount - 
are respectfully informed that $3 is our lowest price 
for a single copy, and that we don't publish one r e 
and accept another. Much as want a ?2 paper must 
therefore send elsewhere, as we cannot ult'ord tbo 
luxury of their'* patronage." The price of the en¬ 
larged Rural ■ honld bo instead of f:i. 
Hack Numbers ol' this Volume will he supplied 
to all new subscribers, unless otherwise ordered, for 
some weeks to come. As most subscribers desire the 
complete volume for binding, reference, etc., we 
continue our rule to send hack numbers to ull who 
give no special directions to the contrary—a course 
which has generally proved satisfactory., 
Address to No, 11 Park Kotv. New York.— 
Though tin' Rural Is published iti both New York 
City and Rochester. N. Y., tlie principal printing and 
mailing offices urn In Now York, und hence ull agents 
are requested to address 
n. n. t. •noonsc, 
No. 41 Park Emv, New York. 
Bkow Hills. .Specimen Ntimbers, &c„ sent 
free to all applicants. If you want suoh documents, 
lo: us know and they will bo forwarded. 
be a valuable article. 
And il its value id an index of its scarcity, 
it is a scarce article. Hugh N. McAllis¬ 
ter, one ol the Trustee* of the Pennsyl¬ 
vania College, in stating the needs of that 
institution, said its greatest want, in his 
opinion, was a man of mu tut mmmm mute, 
combined with first rate administrative abil¬ 
ity, &e. And tin meeting before which this 
statement was made, resolved to recommend 
the Trustees of that institution to select and 
appoint, a man apt to teach, of yooit common 
wtm, administrative ability, and a practical 
agriculturist, as principal of tlie College. 
We like this expressive recognition of the 
necessity of common sense as a component 
part of the President, ot an Agricultural 
College! It is a need that is not singular to 
the Keystone State. We might name some 
other States where it is now felt; and tlie 
history lo be made by these institutions the 
coming year, may develop a demand for the 
article which shall command for it a still 
greater premium. The fact is, it. is greatly 
needed liy those who have in charge the 
organization of these institutions. The at¬ 
tempt making to develop full grown Univer¬ 
sities, 'With the means designed to establish 
professional Agricultural and Mechanical 
Schools, in which these departments of edu¬ 
cation are made subordinate instead of 
‘ leading,” as the law of Congress pre¬ 
scribes, indicates a failure to comprehend 
the purposes for which the Congressional 
endowment was made, and an inadequate 
'conception of the work to be done to meet 
tlie wants of the people. 
We arc not surprised, therefore, that there 
is an excited demand for Agricultural Col 
lege Presidents possessing common sense. 
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DEPARTMENT OP AGRICULTURE. 
A morning contemporary calls this Wash¬ 
ington institution “ a mere excrescence on 
our political system,” and urges that tlie 
best way to dispose of complaints made 
against it, is to abolish it altogether. That 
will certainly effectually dispose of the com¬ 
plaints, And it, cannot be disguised that, 
while the Department is accomplishing as 
much for the country as it ever did in the 
whole history of its existence, it falls far 
short, of realizing for Agriculture what the 
movers, in its establishment, hoped from it. 
One reason why this is so is found in the 
lack of local organizations through which 
may be gathered the facts the country needs. 
Another is the inadequate appropriations to 
the Department in proportion to the work 
expected of it,. Tlie men best qualified, 
both by their education and right conception 
of its character, to prosecute this work have 
no adequate inducements offered them to 
undertake it; hence the positions in the 
Department are too frequently occupied by 
political pensioners, put in place by influen¬ 
tial Senators and Representatives and kept 
there because thus backed by political influ¬ 
ence. And these men have no more con¬ 
ception of the work which should be per¬ 
formed than a donkey lias of the length of 
his own curs; nor any more interest in per¬ 
forming it, than the donkey 
goaded to draw a heavy load. And the mis¬ 
fortune is, that however competent and anx¬ 
ious the Commisioner maybe, he is almost 
completely paralyzed by these circumstances. 
But conceding the Department to be 
nearly useless as at present organized, and 
with its present, resources for work, it does 
not follow that it might not be made a po¬ 
tential agent in our industrial development. 
It is the national representative and organ 
of the classes of industry which arc the 
root of our prosperity—upon which the su¬ 
perstructure of commercial power and influ¬ 
ence rests. The best European governments 
recognize the intimate relations ot this in¬ 
dustry to public prosperity. Annual appro¬ 
priations arc made to secure the prosecu¬ 
tion of experiments, the gathering and 
collating of facts and figures, and their 
publication for the benefit of tlie people. 
Our Department of Agriculture is not, 
therefore, an anomalous institution as re¬ 
spects its objects. Nor is there any analo¬ 
gous reason why it should be declared an 
“excrescence” because the Department of 
Education is one. Each Btate lias its own 
individual system of Education, regulated 
by Btate laws, with State, County, Town 
and District officers to execute those laws. 
Each State system is, and acts, independent 
of the other. But Agriculture is a great na¬ 
tional industry. It has no State systems or 
organizations of an official character. It is 
homogeneous to the whole country. Related 
acts are constantly developing; and they 
are of equal interest and importance to the 
whole country. True, they will find circa* 
ntlon through the Agricultural Press; but 
it requires work in preparing, grouping and 
comparing them, in order to make them 
available to all classes, which can only he 
properly and adequately supplied by the 
Government. 
LABOR IN EXCESS. 
From some quarters, and in some depart¬ 
ments of industry, we hear of an excess of 
labor. But it cannot be assumed that there 
is really any such excess in the country, as a 
whole. Our chief want is a greater diversity 
of industry. Too few of the ten thousand 
wants of a modern American are supplied by 
American labor. We are versatile and inge¬ 
nious as a people—capable of adapting our¬ 
selves to circumstances with wonderful liicil- 
ity ami success ; but our necessities have no! 
yet driven us to acquire the perfection in 
agriculture and manufacture which results 
in other countries from excess of population. 
And if our industries are properly protected, 
we must make, during the next decade, as 
great progress la Mm adaptation, complete¬ 
ness and quality of the products of our labor 
as we have hitherto done in tlie wonderful 
development of our material resources. 
Great, as has been our progress, we are 
still in the rough. We lack in our industries 
the refinement of skill which only comes of 
extended experience, hard study and patient 
labor based upon the thorough comprehen¬ 
sion of natural laws and scientific principles. 
It cannot he denied that we are superficial. 
But the compensation which has followed 
the employment of our energies has been so 
liberal that there has been little inducement 
for greater acquisition of critical knowledge. 
Now, however, it may lie safely assumed 
Unit we are entering upon a new era. 
Peace has comb to us. Labor, which 
found new fields during the war, is sett ling 
hack into the old grooves. The factitious 
condition of things resulting from war is 
passed. The necessities of men are driving 
them to seek employment. Comparatively 
lew ai'e skilled in any industry. Only the 
best are taken. This will stimulate men to 
acquire skill — will compel study and result 
in more thorough and critical habits of ob¬ 
servation, investigation and painstaking in 
handi-work. Growing out of such habits, 
new industries will develop. Competition 
with foreign skill and laborwill result. We 
shall grow in our technical knowledge as we 
have grown in our ability to conquor nat¬ 
ural obstacles, bring remote sections of the 
country together, and create a condition of 
society more nearly cosmopolitan than that 
found in any other country on t he globe. 
Hence we do not feel apprehensive of suf¬ 
fering from excess of labor. Many years 
must elapse, even if* the great influx of im¬ 
migrants continues, before any industry in 
this country will suffer seriously— before a 
general prostration can result from any 
excess of labor. In the aggregate the ten¬ 
dency of such a surplus is to ameliorate the 
condition of, and benefit, all classes. For 
whatever increases production increases the 
capital of the country and cheapens it. 
Cheap capital lifts up the poor man and 
equalizes the burthens of taxation in all de¬ 
partments of industry. Excess of labor com¬ 
pels economical habits. And compelled 
economy is no damage to a people or a gov¬ 
ernment. We are forgetting the value of a 
dollar. Inflated currency has resulted in ex¬ 
travagant. expenditure. We need to get off 
the stilts upon which we have taken such 
strides and use our ieet once more. 
RURAL NOTES AND QUERIES. 
Obiiunry. Died, on tlie 22<1 day of December 
last, at PoUfrhkocpsle, Caleb N. Bkment, aged 
78 years. Mr. Bkmknt was among the early 
writers in this Shite who first smote the rock of 
ignorance that had lain so long across the path 
ot Kuml Improvement, and called forth a stream 
of .Agricultural literature that, swelling into a 
l iver, ha*gradually flown over,und irrigates the 
broad expanse of the Union. Not only by his 
Untiring pen. hut by example, tie endeavored to 
awaken t, e dormant energies of the runner to 
the. importance of a higher state of mental Im¬ 
provement, and a more systematic and intelli¬ 
gent cultivation of hi* lands. A contemporary ol' 
the Duels. i) r , Beekmax, Judge Van Heroi n, 
l)r. Kmmons. Oov. King. Gen. Wadsworth, und 
hosts of l lie worthies ol a generation, nearly all 
ol which has preceded him lo honored graves, 
j he leal ts a name, like them, which will be bright 
and grow in 1 he sight of coming generations, 
when those whose mimes have been conspicuous 
only among politicians and statesmen will he 
loiyollen. The feathered denizens of the farm 
found him a loving and intelligent friend. In 
a work on the subject he Ims left u monument 
to liF genius, and a valuable testimonial of' his 
Sagacity and judgment u* a successful breeder 
of the smaller but most valuable animate of the 
farm. He was a talented and pleasing writer. 
-Mr. Bkment leaves none but friends, who will 
ever cherish his memory. 
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"hat Ail* (In- tolls' One of my colts was 
taken with a welling under tlie jaws which I at 
tlr-d toon tor tho horse distemper; but In three 
or four days It proved not to ho so. as ii only 
swelled between the Jaw bones,and about two 
inches below the curve, to the size of u half-pint 
bowl. The swelling was very hard, with some 
lever. Tho colt tried to r-.it, hut could not to any 
extent, as 11 could not open It.-, mouth enough to 
get much at a time. On I lie fifth day It broke 
JiiKl.nDt.be lower side of the 'welling and dis- 
churged quill* freely a yellowish-green and 
bloody matter; us soon as it begun Hi discharge 
the swelling began to sufum, und the colt ale 
more freely, it discharged about a week till tho 
swelling was gone. The hair on the swollen 
parts earneolt about the time it began to dis¬ 
charge. I should hu\ e thought, it was caused by 
a hurt of some kind hud not a second eoltbecn 
taken same ns the first, about n week after the 
tirst one got well; and now, while the second one 
is beginning to discharge, u third one has com¬ 
menced swelling, the same as the other, except 
it Isa little further back, and more on the side. 
Can you. Or any of your readers, ti ll what il is, 
and the cause of it V I have done nothing for 
tuem.asl cannot itnd anyone thal knows what 
it is, or ever saw anything like it before. 
Cold water, Mich. j. h. .Smith. 
Gardener Wanted South.—A Selma, Alabama, 
correspondent asks: — “ What would be the 
chance of getting a good gardener to come 
SouthV \V<* can furnish all the land necessary 
for an extensive business adjoining Selma. Our 
climate being so much oai'll' r, we can supply 
many of the more Northern cities with garden 
products.” We reply that ii Northern men 
could feel confident of security to themselves 
and their families of all the rights and privi¬ 
leges of citizenship which they enjoy in the 
North, and that their efforts to develop the vjust 
resources of the South would secure both the 
co-operation uml appreciation ol Southern men, 
there would be a greater emigration thither 
than to any other section of tho country. Until 
such confidence can be established there will bo 
but little flow of capital or labor In that direc¬ 
tion. 
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When to Cut Timber.—Mr. Skivnkr ol Little 
Falls, N. V., recently staled that ho always cut 
timber when it was frozen, in order that U. might 
last a long time without decay. He was aware 
that other seasons of the year were recommend¬ 
ed. He had tries! all seasons and with u number 
of varieties of wood, ami no timber lasted so 
well us that cut in winter when frozen. He said 
a hemlock stick used as u stringer for bridges 
would last longer when the hark was left on. 
Hud observed it often, and gave as a reason that 
the bark kept the wood moist. ID* thought the 
best timber for sills, or for building purposes, 
was red elm; next in order was oak, white elm 
und red beach. For pins, the raves of wood 
sleds, and bolsters lo wagons, there was no tim¬ 
ber he preferred to rod elm. 
to pay the parson, (money is not plenty in a new 
country;) but I cannot do without the Rural 
any more than v. itliout a wife." You did right, 
however, to get the tvife first. The apology is 
accepted. 
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s *r of linlcoehed trite*. - T have a quantity 
of unleac hed ashes that I designed putting oh 
wheat,but did not And It convenient to do so at, 
the time of sowing. I would like to know if 
any among your numerous readers bate applied 
ashes in the spring say at the time of sowing 
clover wed, or on the last mows, and what quan¬ 
tity Is most desirable per aero; also. If experi¬ 
ence has proved it profitable. 1 .voulu draw a 
quantity or leached as lies and distribute them on 
another field, either on the snow sis we draw 
litem, or later in the spring, as it should be ad¬ 
visable. Whul quantity ot leached ashes per 
aero should be used ? A Learner. 
Carrol Crop. — In the Rural New-Yorker 
of Nov. 28. 1868, T discovered rhe announcement 
that “ Mr. Geo. Bmeedes, Newstoad, N. Y., raised 
Ibis present season eighty-five bushels of car- 
rols from sixteen rods of ground.” By request 
of one of your patrons, t write to inform your 
readers thal. I raised this season on eight, rods of 
ground over sixty bushels of carrots, 1 regard 
them valuable feed for cows and horses. — Al- 
bert Guv. Suhlctlc, Lee <> 1 ., III. 
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Corn Crop in Central Illinois.—Hon. M. L. 
Dunt.ap, Champaign, HI., writes us, Dec. 24: 
“ The corn crop is less, on (he average, than an¬ 
ticipated; it. weighs light. Money is close, but 
no panic. New corn, in the ear, Is quoted at 
forty cents; no demand and little sole. Potato 
crop light; prices eighty cents to one dollar per 
bushel. Labor 13 In excess for the first time 
since 1861. ’ 
(..ay Meriting!.. Can any reader of the Rural 
lulorm me where Gray Dorkings can beobtained 
uml t he price per pair? Mrs. E. M. S: 
The answer to this inquiry must appear in our 
advertising columns. 
Recipe fur Mucilage Wanted. Will some of 
the Rural leaders furnish me, through its 
columns, with a recipe for a good paste, or 
mucilage, for use in a scrap-book V — one sufli- 
cieiilly adhesive, ruid that will not stain tile paper. 
—“Perry,” Knon. Pa. 
Advertising Fowl*,—Patties desiring to adver¬ 
tise fowls are respectfully reminded that out¬ 
advertising columns ulmic are open to suoh ad¬ 
vertisements. 
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No Traveling Agents are employed by us, but 
any person ho disposed can act us Local Agent. Jii Ids 
or her own authority, and .secure premiums, etc. 
Lands in Allison Co., Mich.— John Blodgett 
writes us that the laud* of the Flint and l’ere 
Marquette Railroad Company, located in Mason 
Co., Mich., are Just now offered for sale. The 
most desirable of these arc now occupied and 
good improvements made; but as most of these 
settlers are poor and they cannot raise the 
means to pay for their lands, their 4 "squatter 
rights" and improvements can be purchased 
very cheap. More capita! is needed to develop 
the resources and send the valuable forests to 
market instead of destroying them. Settlers 
will be welcomed; speculators will receive a 
cold greeting. 
Potato nugs.— If you know anything cheap 
and sure for the destruction of potato bugs, 
please inform me. In my neighborhood no po¬ 
tatoes can bo grown so long as chemist ry falls 
to come to the farmers’ relief. — Jacob Gross, 
Dane Co.. Wits. 
Various remedies have been proposed. We 
don’t know of anyone which is trace, except to 
do as many Illinois larmors have done employ 
men during the bug season to hunt, catch, and 
destroy them. Wo heard one larmcr assert he 
hud tound it profitable to pay good wages to 
men to do this work. 
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To Trap Pruirie Chicken* and Rabbit*.—“A 
Subscriber’s Boy," Plymouth, Ind., asks “how 
to make some traps to catch prairie chickens and 
rabbits. ’ Let some of the prairie boys, who 
know, answer. We believe, however, that in 
some of the Western States there are laws for¬ 
bidding the trapping of prairie chickens. 
Pennsylvania Agricultural College.—THOMAS 
H. Burrowes has accepted the Presidency ol 
this institution. The next term commences 
Monday, Feb. 15. There is no charge for tuition. 
The studies and exercises of each student are to 
be specially directed as the parent may deter¬ 
mine. A student making application for admis¬ 
sion must be a resident, of the State, not less 
than sixteen years old, of good moral character 
and health, and well versed in Orthography, 
Reading.Writing, Arithmetic, English Grammar, 
Geography and the History of the United States. 
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Rural or Wife.—A Minnesota correspondent 
sends us three dollars for the RuRALfor 1869 und 
says:—“I am only twenty miles from the post 
office. 1 owe an apology to the Rural for not 
renewing my subscription on time. F’acr. is, I 
took unto myself a wile, and it took the last red 
INDUSTRIAL SOCIETIES. 
ttueen* County, X. \ . The following are the 
officers elect for i860: — Prcmilcnt, Samuel T. 
Taber of Roslyn; Vice PregitkiU, Charles D. 
Lcvcrich of Newtown; Sucrtlnrji and 'Inamrer, 
John Harold of Hempstead; iJirccton, (for three 
years.) Samuel M. Tobus of Glen Cove; Samuel 
B. Mernereau of Hempstead. Article X of the 
constitution Wits amended at the annual meeting 
liy inserting the following words: “No person 
shaJI be entit led to vote at any meeting of this 
Society, unless he shall have been a member for 
al least thirty days previous to said mooting.” 
It was resolved also, that the Board of Managers 
continue the yearly Horticultural show. The 
Auditing Committee report, Dec. 1, 1808 , the 
amount in the hands of the Treasurer of the 
Society to be $247.26. Il is proposed to take into 
the grounds seven acres early next year, and 
Life Members desiring carriage houses thereon 
can be accommodated on application. 
Canada Bee Keepers.—A Bee Keepers’ Asso¬ 
ciation has boon formed at Montreal, in Canada, 
for the encouragement of bee culture in that 
vicinity. The following named gentlemen are 
its officers: President—G erhard Lomkk, Esq., 
of Montreal; V\<<-I‘nxitlciU* Dr. Webber of 
Richmond, and Thomas Valfquet, Esq., of St. 
Hilaire; Trauntm John Lowe, Esq., of Mon¬ 
treal : Secretnrll S. J. Lyman, Esq., of Montreal; 
Committee J. J. Higgens of Cote St. Paul; Mr. 
Goodhue of Danville; and Mr. Piper of St. Ga¬ 
briel Locks. _ 
Mcrrliuac (X. II.) Ag, 80 c.—Officers for 1869: 
Presklent, Hon. Aaron Whittomore, Pembroke; 
Vic< -Picxitti ill, John McNeill, Concord ; Secret try, 
J. E. Decker, Concord ; Treasurer, Abel Hutchins, 
Concord; Directors . John O. Gage, Fishervilie; 
Simeon Abbol L West Concord; John < ’. Pearson, 
Webster; William Parker, Stmcook; Daniel E. 
Hill, NorHitield; Homan Sanborn, East Concord; 
Charles H. Carpenter, Chichester. This is the 
oldest Agricultural Association in the State, it 
having been founded In INN. 
The Allegany Co. (\. V.) Ag. Society held its 
annual meeting in Angelica, Dec. 23,1868. Offi¬ 
cers elected for 1869: President—J. M. Thomas 
of Seio; Vice-President—llnu&om Lloyd of An¬ 
gelica ; Trcacurer —James Lockhart of Angelica. 
Scerclary- D. P. Richardson of Angelica; Direc¬ 
tors—J. Lock hart, E. F. Willet ts, A. Post, Joel 
Scott, D. 1(. Stillman, Charles Ingham, John 
Common, II. Rewniok, Elias Harris, J. T. Wright. 
Contoocook (\. 11.) Ag. and Much. Soe.—Officers 
for 1869: — Pi'ettUtcnt, Cornelius Coolidge, Hills¬ 
borough; Ciei-Preeklonie, J. B. .Moulton, Wrure; 
A. S. Woods, Hancock; Secretory, J. F. Chase, 
Doering; AmitsUmt Secretary, Daniel Johnson, 
Weare; Treamrcr, J. C. Campbell, Hillsborough. 
The Fair, for 1809, is located at Hillsborough 
Bridge. 
Randolph Co., 111., Agricultural Society.—The 
annual meeting of tli is society was held at Sparta, 
Ill., Nov. 27. The following oflieers were elected 
for 1869 :—Pn*ident, Wm. II. Taylor; Secretary 
and Treasurer , Wm. Addison; Executive Board, 
Henry’ Crawford, Daulel McIntyre, D. it. Mo-Mas¬ 
ter, 8 . W. Me Reive anu T. A. Dobbin. 
Worcester Co. (West Mass.) Ag. 8 oe. —This So¬ 
ciety has elected its officers for 1809: — President, 
J. W. Jenkins; Secretary . Charles Brunblecorn; 
Member State Board of Agriculture for three years, 
John T. EUsworth. 
Pennsylvania Fruit Growers’ Society. — The 
annual meeting of this Society will occur ut 
Harrisburg. Jan. 20. All the new fruits are to 
be discussed, and an interesting and profitable 
meeting is anticipated. 
North 111. Hort. Society.—The Annual meeting 
of tiiis Society will be held the third Tuesday In 
February, at Aurora or Dixon. 
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