those who hunger earn their bread legiti¬ 
mately. So say we. So will say the people 
Is the “ good time ” coming ? 
;2 50 ,) The Practic'd Farmer (Paschall 
iIorius, Philadelphia, monthly ijjl.'HJ,) and 
rhe American Stock Journal , (N. P. Dover 
* Co., Parkesburg, monthly — $1,) come to 
is freighted w it.li their usual amount and t a- 
iety of practical and sensible matter. 
The Agricultural Journals of our own 
State, ho Jar as received, are improved in 
)oth vigor and appearance, and appaientlj 
nost prosperous. The Country Gentleman 
Luther Tucker & Son, Albany, weekly— 
£2.50,) dons an advertising cover, increases 
t* illustrations and gives an excellent variety 
-A practical matter. The Agriculturist (O. 
Judd & Co., New York, monthly—$1.50,) 
also appears in a neat cover and is more pk- 
taremsqne, attractive and magazinish in style 
than aforetime. The Working Farmer, (A. 
L Allison & Co., New York, monthly- 
$U 0 ,) opens 1869 creditably, with a good 
variety and more illustrations than formerly. 
The American Fanner has been changed to 
a semi-monthly, but as we have not received 
a number of the new volume, wc are unable 
to state terms or other particulars. The most 
notable accession to the Kura I Press of the 
State is 11 earth and Home, a beautiful 10-page 
weekly, published by Pettencull, Bates & 
Co., New York, at $4 per annum, with Don¬ 
ald G. Mitch hll ami Harriet Beecher 
Stowers principal editors. It will do good, 
nirI'mn' rather than injuring the Agricultural 
RURAL NOTES AND QUERIES. 
PeedlnTto Grass” Th? ^anogameat of 
Mowing Lands Hltd Cutting tuul Curing lluy. On 
Vnirtilvt# Value? uf Grasses ttnu Green rQu- 
dcr; The Rocky Mountain Goat (Illustrated)... IZ) 
Indus! rial Tomick.-S outhern Agriculture-No. 
a-A» It In. Wage*. Evtnonccs of Improvement, 
Variety el l*TOrtuels; A Cotton Experiment. Suit 
mol I /mi) for < ubhageS: Munures nnd FoO<l - 
Effect of fertility upon Quality uf Crops. ,0 
The Horse innn. - Wooden })»"*<■* 135-^2”^ ’70 
Blanket mg liorsto; Curt* of Colic in Horse*. iu 
Sheen IIu»b« ndry.—The Winter ami the Sheep; 
The* Wool Tradu; trussing Merino and Mexican 
Slicep; Rabbit* vs. Sheep III Australia: luipurts 
of Wool ut New York In WN; Onondaga Co. (N. »•> 
Wool Grower*’ AM*oetHtHin ; Destruction of ..lifiop 
in Oregon; Sheep Hcuctiolul to a I*arm . >1 
i.'. i Keuiioin v. —Show Bloc hade Protecting 
Roads Against snow Drifs: Efperlmenls "‘Hi 
MimuTo, , When to (’ill I Imhnr for .Stakes. , 
Pmonmlngii'.iI.—The American Meroinyzu- At¬ 
tacking Wheal. Just before it Rl puna (Illustrated;) 
Destroying Potato Bug». . 71 
Pomnlwglcitl. About. Fruit Growing - A Rook 
a* Present Practices; < rutoti Grope : FungI Af¬ 
fecting Fruit : The Doyenne dei ercle Poftri llluB- 
trated;; Standard and I)warf TWl. reOH ; VVhor- 
tleborrle*; ... 
List Wan Led; 
ware.. 
ArborlcultuW! 
Slowpuee lak*... 
oharil; More About t ln-HDlilts .. . 
to Krult Trees; Tree Piaffe™ In Iowa 
'Trees for Kaunas; Htppophae —‘ 
Vegetable Garden. In Mv Garden 
of the Onion ; l 1 uiigi Atti'fting the Potato 
for Feus ; Sweet Potatoes. 
11 vzieulc Information. — Seasonable Suggus- 
ttonsSeahisauO Burns; Booth I rig Sirups ....... 5 
Discussions. New York Farmer"' Club —< rltl- 
eisin, on I n partmeul of Agriculture, Why Weeds 
(imw straight vs. Crooked Rail Ponces, Dessl- 
catnd'«woet Piitiltiiei, Sweet Potato Plants. Nor¬ 
way Dal *, An A* Ground, Digging Polfttoeil III 
January, Stocks loi Standard I earn, A Woman « 
Carrot Crop, The Krult Club, The Usefulness of 
l.ittle Birds, Keeping Sweet potatoes.. t 
r Tlm Pmiltrv-Vnrd,—Curing IloiiB of Setting; 
Hen* Uutiiigthc.tr Eg g»: Gapes In Chickens; I lie 
Kmbdcn or Bremen Geese (I llluitrated v) Snow for 
Fowls , A New Poultry Society. ' 
The Swine - (lord. A Pig Si > (llliixt rated :) 
What Alls the pigs ; Hog 1 bolero ; Ashes fur. 
Swine...•>.*■ 
New Invention*. iV'Ce 
Aiuithor Solar Engine— 
The Apiarian.— Wlnt.ci 
ijuirod Ui Winter and hwi 
Dairy Husbandry.— Di 
Annual Moetmg of the 
Association Importune, 
ter from Jersey l ows; l 
l ies ; The Country ClieoB 
DoincMtio Ecnnoniy. -T1 
— Flavors, A Variety of 
Mucilage; Pried Cake*; 
Mend Rubber Boots. 
Editorial. The Agricultural Press 
Morals; Republican Simplicity . 
Rum I Notes and Queries, Are W 
eat; Preparing Seed Du I* all V\ hi 
Wheat; Texas Cattle in Illinois; Hi 
Bread Cast, upon the Waters; Birds 
The Great American Tea Company; 
tic liUW in Illinois; Season. Prices, j 
mom ; Iowa Ag'l College; Sorghum sirup. A 
I ml il at rl n I Socle lc*t. Knusas Ag. Society Cal- 
.Tula'" , i VI ,) Ag. Society; l*.wa State l ol l - 
cultural Society , Pom I ret Fanners Flub; Delis 
ware Co. Ag- Society; N. \. Grape I■ rowers 
AsBocialJoil; Illinois State Ag. Society..... W 
The Traveler. A Western Village; Home 
Seenerv Spam Churaeterlwd; ChhiacterlsUc 
Scene oi Swiuorland Glluslialcd,). d 
Storttn for Itovflliatf*. The Vluccnts; Dr the 
Aly>»tftry u f tlio HI u® (CofttinUOdiI ...... * • 
Choice .11 iscellony. Adieu, Good-hy (Poetry;) 
Coiillu l and Progress; Affection -. C oarse vs. 1'me 
Arcs; A French Doctor's Diagnosis; I nrposu in 
Reading: 1 low t.o he Rich. 
Ladies' Pori - Polio.-Rove Lightens U.hor 
(Poctrvi Alger’s Friendships rd \VoiuoU; 1 lie 
l.igiit-Ucarii d PoopLe; Very Natural.. ..- .. 
ifn.liik n iii] 11 :i nilei's. 'The Latest. Styles 
* M. . tM niiig‘’o»tii'ne:. and Customs; Fashion bows i 
SahIni ill it ending. My Cross tPoelry ;) lloly^ 
Living; Devotlub,. .. . 1 
News of the VVeel*. Dorniistlc News Tnclud- 
ing News lrom SVushington, New 1 ork, M.tssa- 
CliuseliN. Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont. 
Rhode Island. Conne.oUeut, Peiuisylvanla, Now 
Jersey. Illinois, Indiana. Michigan, Wisconsin. 
Minnesota. Tennesson, Delaware, Maryland, l.nii- 
isiunii Missouri, Nehruuku. Hnuth Carolina, 
Georgia. Florida and California ; I'orcilgn News 
•i France. Russia. Belgium. Spain, Greece and 
Turkey, New Zealand,India,Cuba. . * 
Tin* Mat'kefiif—Money aud Htook, Prod non mul 
Pl'ovtsiuuB, Uvc Stock.. .*.. 5 
Persona) Lutkrosilngr ParQgraphB; Art 
and Artists Art Personals . > 
The News t.’oildeiiser.-SIxty News BrevlUes. S3 
For Young People. - The Angel's Hook (Po- 
eirv) Worth Better 'Than Show; A sagacious 
Oif • 'll il i'll I I'd iir-V ear Olds A I torse Undrossed, 
‘ I li 'Tuko Mine Spoiled,’’A Devotional ( lilld. 
An Odd Disposition, Astronomical. 
Wit and Humor. — Shakupuare Illustrated: 
Glimpses of Genius. 84 
The I*uz/.ler. —Charades, Enigmas, Anagrams,^ 
etc..... 
Are VVe “Too Modest A friend who has, 
aforetime, been a successful journalist, writes- 
“ You a rc too mode l about, the enlarged and im¬ 
proved Rural. Perhaps you think it * speuks for 
itself,' and it does wherever seen, hut, mind you, 
that is not enough; you must blow your own 
trumpet louder—and, ccrt >*, you have founda¬ 
tion enough to give a huge blast. For the naked 
truth is you have ‘ went and gone and done it 
so completely that the Rural now possesses 
more elements of success than any other Ameri¬ 
can Newspaper — yes, or foreign one either, it 
is a ' big thing,' and the fact tbaT you have suc¬ 
ceeded in printing bo large a sheet, with fine il¬ 
lustrations, is ulone a triumph worthy of your 
known enterprise and pluck, (which latter evi¬ 
dently continues 94 to the square inch.) You 
have not only made a mammoth paper, but a 
good otic —every page of the three numbers I 
have received being meaty and creamy. And 
therein is your liitand triumph. Had you simply 
SATURDAY 
THE AGRICULTURAL PRESS 
ing prosperity, ability, and influence oi me 
Agricultural Press, as exhibited in the gen¬ 
eral appearance and contents of iw repre¬ 
sentatives on our exchange list. Many ol 
our exchanges commenced the new year 
with enlargements or improvements, and 
none, so far as we have observed, have dete¬ 
riorated in style, interest or value hicts 
which indicate appreciation on the part of 
the people by whom they are supported, and 
the thrift and enterprise of their conductors. 
This prosperity of a class of practical and 
useful journals, deriving support mainly from 
the Rural Population, is an encouraging sign 
of the times—especially at a period when 
great efforts are being made to “ push' a host 
of papers devoted chiefly to sensational sto¬ 
ries and other ephemeral Or trashy reading. 
It, not only augurs well for the prosperity, 
but also for the good sense and discrimina- 
lown V grind l urn I College.— There was a meet¬ 
ing of the Board of Trustees of this Institution 
a t Dos Moines Jan. 14. Appropriations were 
made of $1500 for surveying instruments; §2,000 
for chemical apparatus, and $2,500 for the pur¬ 
chase of books. Hon. n. T. Guu waa elected 
President pro tern of tlie Board; H. M. Tuo.ni>- 
ron, Superintendent : L. E. Rankin. Treasurer, 
and John Russell, R. W. Uumi’BRi.t and B. F. 
On:. Executive Committee. The College is re¬ 
ported in ft prosperous condition. The attend¬ 
ance during the last term was seventy-five, and 
there is reason to believe that the number foi 
the next term will be one hundred and fifty. 
Tlie regular inaugural ceremonies "ill take 
place on the next Commencement, which will 
bo on the third Wednesday of the coming March. 
A Cherrv Wn»H>d; General Apple* 
Wurtbruok Apple; Soil for Delft- 
............ ; . 4 « 
. Si.il for Fruit Trues -Siinuti 
' ~ kcih ; In the Or- 
Applying Ashot* 
S ill l.j.Ti,; Furcst 
Auffuatirolia —. 72 
; Cultivation 
‘ ‘ AbUca 
£orghmn Hinip.—J. W. I 
asks for some cheap prows 
sirup. Vr T o know ol nunc 
Cincinniili; and whether 
prucUeal, available util it v 
aware. We invite the ex] 
growers in the production 
for the benefit of this and - 
spoudents. 
Machine-miulo Mortar 
eating and entertaining. Every well eon- ; 
dueled Agricultural Journal must ejihancc 
the knowledge, power and possessions of its 
readers. Hence, we sincerely rejoice iu the 
increasing circulation and influence of our 
contemporaries, and extend to each and all 
our best wishes for augmented prosperity and 
usefulness. Though we may be rivals in 
business, let us strive to excel each other in 
efforts which shall benefit the Country by 
adding to its wealth, and the People by pio- 
moling their welfare. 
The Western Agricultural Weeklies ex¬ 
hibit marked Improvement, this year — evi¬ 
dence that there is the most progress in tlie 
region where the Star of Empire wends its 
way. The Wisconsin Farmer, Madison, has 
been changed to The Western Fai’iuer and 
greatly enlarged and improved, but is still 
published (by W. B. Davis) at $2 a year. The 
Prairie. Farmer, Chicago, has added a col¬ 
umn to each page and presents an attractive 
appearance, while its contents correspond. 
It is still furnished (by the Prairie I' armek 
Co.) at $3. The Western Rural, Chicago and 
Detroit, has also added a column per page, 
and shows other evidence of prosperity, 
published by II. N. F. Lewis- $3. “The 
good old Ohio Farmer comes right along, 
enlarged, beautified and improved,” and we 
arc right, glad to note its prosperity. Col. 
Harris, with the aid of 0. E. Blakklef., 
makes a sound, spicy and reliable paper, and 
as it is now the only weekly ol its class in 
the Buckeye Stale, it has a fine field which 
it worthily occupies. S. D. Harris, Cleve- 
land — $3. Caiman's Rural World, (N. J. 
Coi.MAN, St. Louis, Mo.,—$3;) The Journal 
of Agrkulturi, (L. D. Morse & Co., St. 
Louis —$2;) and The Iowa ITomestead (G. 
Sprague & Co., Dos Moines — $2,) start the 
new Year with vigor and are apparently iu- 
Pmpurini; Bet'd for Fall Y\ heat. —An Towa cor¬ 
respondent writes:—“ t have a piece of tame pas¬ 
ture that I wish to put in fall wheat next fall. 
It has been pastured with sheep and fed on in 
the winter; it is rich; how should it be planted 
and when 7 Would it be well to put it in corn in 
the spring and then eultiviiU? the wheat in be- 
tweeu tlie rows, leaving the stalks standing Im' 
a protection in winter?” Our correspondent 
falls to tell us anything about tlie kind of soil, 
and whether it is wet or dry. AVe should plow if 
after the grass is well started, plant to com, eult i- 
vBt.fi weJL out the corn crop a» soon as tlie ears 
INDUSTRIAL SOCIETIES 
Kansas Stale \g. SocL'iy.-At the recent an¬ 
nual meeting of tills S.ieioty, the following ofli- 
cers were elected for 18(59: I'ustdad, R. G. Elli¬ 
ott, of Jefferson Co.; ScercRirp—H. J. Striek.cr, 
Topeka, Shawnee Co.; Trcmun r-C. ». Lines, 
Waubftunsee Co.; Executive Board mew mem¬ 
bers) Allred Grin. Wyundott Co.; H. 1. Kelsey, 
Ottawa Co.; 15. Williams, Atchison Co.; J. N- 
lusley, Jefferson Co.; J. I. Larimer, Leaven¬ 
worth. One evening was devoted to the discus¬ 
sion of I lie Texan cattle disease, with a view ol 
impressing t he Legislature with the importance 
ol protecting the fanners and stock raisus of 
Southern Kansas against, tho importation ot 
Texas or Indian cattle during the summer sol¬ 
stice. A great, variety of opinions was ex¬ 
pressed, but the theory of lion. John Wknt- 
wokth, of in., that frost would eliminate the 
disease, and render the Texas cattle incapable of 
imparting the fever, seemed to be sustained by 
the experience and observation of those who 
participated in tlie discussion. 
Caledonia County (Vermont) Agricultural So¬ 
ciety. At the annual meeting of this Society 
held at St. Johnsbury January lllth, the lollow- 
ing officers were elected for the year ensuing: 
President; Harley M. Hall of Burke; Vice 
Naitouni 
Tjie moral sentiment, ol me country ougui s 
not to tolerate iu office habitual drunkuiils 
nor men notoriously licentious. On the con¬ 
trary such positive pressure of public opiu- 
ion should be brought to bear upon such 
men in high official position ns to compel 
their resignation. It is quite time the probe 
was applied to the moral sores which fester 
in tlie Senate and House of Representatives 
of the Failed Slates, and these bodies pruned 
ol’ihe brunches which hear vicious fruit no 
matter how brilliant the coloring thereof, 
nor what their political complexion. 
We are led to write these words by the 
statement, made in the columns of a respon¬ 
sible and influential daily journal that ike 
reception room of tlie Senate ot the U nited 
Slates “ is notoriously the greatest assigna¬ 
tion place in Washingtonthat “at any 
time during the session of the Semite the 
visitor may see there, sitting and reclining in 
brazen effrontery, known women of ill-fame 
attired in the most, costly fabrics, diamonds 
and laces of the latest fashionsand that 
ll Senators do not hesitate to come liom thi n 
scats at thrir bidding.” 
This is a very grave charge and one de¬ 
manding other scrutiny than that of a white¬ 
washing Congressional Investigation Com¬ 
mittee. 3 The full force of an outraged peo¬ 
ple’s inquiry should be brought, to bear upon 
Senators Who lack the virtue and dignity 
Which these statements imply. Personal 
purity and probity in life ought to be pre¬ 
requisites iu men chosen to assume tlie dig¬ 
nified duties of Senators of the United 
States. It. is quite time such qualifications 
for office were required by those who make 
and unmake Senators. 
ling; best variety Of seed, where it cun be nan 
and price. We ask if any of our renders have 
grown spring wheat us far South us TennesseeV 
The earlier spring wheat is sown after the frost 
leaves the surfuooof the ground tho better. It 
is our opinion that full wboatwould be found 
more profitable in Tennessee. Will not some 
one having experience with this Crop South of 
Ohio give ns the results thereof in response to 
these inquiries? 
--MS- 
Texas Faille in Illinois. In the counties in 
Illinois which have suffered from the Texas cat¬ 
tle disease the past season there is no disposition 
to wait tho action of law for protection against 
such disasters. At Tolous, ill., a lot ol iexus 
cattle arrived, and a field was engaged by Hie 
drover in which to herd them, the fact was 
quickly made known throughout the surround¬ 
ing country, the farmers gathered and eom- 
pelled tlie drover to reload and remove them at 
once, threatening to shoot every head il they 
remained over night. These Illinoisans believe 
in a “Higher law” than inoperative legislative 
enactments. 
Horticultural Ureud Fast upon the M nter». As 
an inducement to our Horticultural brethren to 
continue in good works without expectation of 
reward, but, in strict Bible sense, to cast their 
bread upon tlie waters, we copy from a letter, 
just, received, written in I’tuli Territory: Me 
ought to have thousands of such men as Chas. 
Downing. I never yet saw him; but my gar¬ 
den, orchard and vineyard daily remind me, by 
the many tokens of plants, there growing, re¬ 
ceived from him without pay or reward, of a 
generous, flood man. Long may he live!" 
c publisher’s gJcsh 
SPECIAL NOTICES, REQUESTS, &c 
Form New Club*. —It Is not too late to start 
ew clubs for our present volume, us some suppose, 
or to make additions to those already formed. 
,’e can still supply back uumbers.and Blind be able 
) do so Tor weeks to come, as tho early numbers are 
ieet retyped. Those who have received it premium 
ir ,in,, flub, run secure another for a new club or 
ddittons to the old one. So please keep tlie ball 
loving until all are supplied with tho indispensable 
;i HAL. Specimens,NI hiw-BIUh,P remium Lists,&C., 
ent free to all disposed to act as Agent-Friends. 
Notice to Advertiser*. -Advertisements intend- 
d tor tin; inside (14th and 15th pages) of the Ruhai. 
h.uild reach tlie New York Office on Friday of the 
reek /m’Mdlnfl date.-and for the outside (12th, 13th 
aid lllth pages! on Monday morning of the week of 
mbltcut Ion. Considering its large, wide and rapidly- 
noreavog circulation, tlie RURAL Nkw-YorivEU is, 
it its present rates, the best aud cheapest Advor- 
Dirds iu Illinois.—Along the Mississippi River, 
in Illinois, and a few other localities, the birds 
are at times very troublesome to l'ruit growers, 
who claim the right to shoot them. This matter 
wejb discussed at tho last meeting of the State 
Horticultural Society, and it waf- finally agreed 
to memorialize Hie General Assembly to so 
change the law in relation to small birds that 
the owners of land may kilt, on their own prem¬ 
ises, tlie Catbird, Oriole, Bluc-jay, Cherry-bird. 
REPUBLICAN SIMPLICITY. 
Fuss and feathers are at a discount. Pop¬ 
injays who 1 loped to gather to themselves 
glory by a display of finery at an Inaugura¬ 
tion Ball arc- plucked badly, and their tail 
feathers droop sadly. Gen. Grant’s com¬ 
mon sense does not seem to leave him as 
tlie time approaches when lie is to take upon 
himself the responsibilities ot administering 
public affairs and executing the will of the 
people expressed by then- representatives m 
Congress. He writes the Committee having 
the preparations for an Inauguration Ball in 
charge, “I do not wish to disarrange any 
plans made by my friends in the maiter of 
ceremonies, attending the inauagui ation , 
but in this matter it will be agreeable to me 
if voiu' Comtuiitee should agree that the hall 
Tlie Great American Ten Company.—A. D.-, J- 
H. G., and others who may have inquired rela¬ 
tive to this Company, are assured that, so far 
as we are advised, it is all that it is represented 
to be in its public announcements. Wo have 
purchased uud used Its teas and know them to 
be low in price aud of good quality, and the 
testimony of others who tnive dealt with this 
Company is entirely favorable, Hence we hav e 
no hesitation iu pronouncing Hie Great Ameri¬ 
can Tea Co. an institution worthy <>f patronage- 
Send us Names ! — Subscribers ana others ne- 
quently apply t or Copies of tho RURAL to send to 
distant friends as specimens. If those who wish 
their friends to see the paper, and thus aid ia extend¬ 
ing it s circulation, will send us the names and post- 
Ollioe addresses of such friends, near and diSUul. 
we will mull each a specimen of the enlarged and 
improved volume. Givens the names aud wo will 
cheerfully respond._ 
Additions to FI nils are always ih order, whether 
iu ones. twos.fives, tens, or any other number. Many 
agents, after sending one club, form others, and thus 
secure additional or larger premiums. A host of 
people are dropping other papers about these Ja>’s- 
msiny have already changed to tlie RURAL—and our 
Age ut-Friends should improve every occasion to 
fino.nro such as recruits for tho “ Rural Brigade. 
prohibiting the introduction of Texas 
I llinois. A strong effort is making to 
Legislature of that State to repeal tli 
advocates of the repeal claiming that 
the State annually from its enl'orcem 
amount to *10,000,0U0. We hardly t 
Illinois will be so unwji*“ as to pernn 
striated introduction of these anira 
her borders: we look for a law iegi 
time when they may be introduced. 
It. n. T. . ItOOJtK , 
No. 41 Park Bow, New York. 
Hotv to Remit.-The best way to remit for clubs, 
as wo have often stated, is by Draft. If $20 or over, 
send by draft, a? there Is no riBk. For smaller 
nannmtV. it is best to send by P. O. Money Order,-but 
if you cannot do that, send in Registered letters. 
