CONTENTS OF THIS NUMBER, 
PROCRESS IANO IMPROVEMENT 
lions to tlieir already enormous wealth at 
the expense of the hard-working, honest, but 
too often ignorant and confiding, soil-culti¬ 
vators throughout the States and Canada — 
will he chock-mated to some extent, and at 
leant a portion of the profits which now till 
the wrong coders go to those to whom it 
rightfully belongs. 
Now, how many of our readers will act 
upon the above suggestion, as the season 
advances, by carefully noting the condition 
and prospects of the leading crops and pro¬ 
ducts in tlieir respective localities aud com¬ 
municating the actual facts to this and other 
journals which will publish the truth without 
the fear of speculators ? We hop© hundreds, 
if not thousands. The Rural alone has 
some three thousand Correspondents and 
Agent-Friends, located in various sections of 
the States and Territories of the Union and 
the adjacent. British Provinces, the great 
majority of whom can, if so disposed, aid in 
accomplishing the laudable object desired. 
These men are generally intelligent and 
reliable, and their statements of existing 
facts, with careful estimates and compari¬ 
sons, ought to be communicated, briefly and 
explicitly, through this and similar journals, 
for the information, guidance and benefit of 
the Producing Classes. IIow many will 
respond, ami thus discharge a duty which 
they owe to themselves, their fellow pro¬ 
ducers and the country V 
RURAL NOTES AND QUERIES. 
Our “Rural Brigade” has received many 
complimentary and novel “reports” of late, hut 
none yet on tile exceed the following in the use 
of military vocabulary: 
Camp mi" ;!n H>, "t, T r . s. Rcrai. Brigade, I 
OraxANr Urn, N, V., Jiui. SS, 1869. f 
Brio. Gun. D. T>. T. Moore, ('ommnnflhty U.S. 
Rural Uiiyade :— Oexerai.: Being a member of 
your command, though only a private and but, 
recently recruited, I may be permitted, in re¬ 
sponse to your general request, to report to you 
direct on matters M riotly ' ‘ * 
Rural ArcbHertpre.-A Model Farm U:\rn, f 11- 
Jiuttratoil./ - Description. 101 
liultmtriul Topic*.—"Southern agriculture. No. 
3— Ante Will Be, Tlie Size ni Farms. A Variety 
of Crops, Stock Growing and Dairying. Culture, 
Fertilizers .. 102 
Farm Implement*. Aids to "Progress and Im¬ 
provement," CondluHlon: Farm Discussions; The 
Constitution of Old Meadows and Pastures; 
Feeding Stork: Green and Dry Fodder; l‘re- 
N-rved Meat. Silk Culture In California.103 
Sheen Husbandry, -Hoeretarr McCulloch on 
Kimlprofity, Cornwpomiciice between Mr. How- 
ard and Mr. ttaoilall, and M> McCulloch and Mr. 
Howard; Wool (JroweiV Axsoelatloiui—Vermont 
State Ai!i (cultural and Wool Growers' Society, 
Ohio State Wool <1 rowers’ Association; Foreign 
arid Domestic Woolens aud their Comparative 
Qualities. 103 
Tlie Apinrfnn.—NfeW Stj le of lJeo-House. i lllus- 
truted;: The lCxodus of tiers....103 
Horiicalmre, Western N. Y, fHort- Society— 
Annua) Mooting, Exhibition, Election of offi¬ 
cer*, Discussions. Ac,, What are the Best Varlc- 
tio* of Quiuce for Fruit, Planting Timber for 
Ornament ami Profit, The Cultivation of Plums 
for Market, Originators of New Fruit, Fruits for 
Marketing. 101 
Poitiologlcnl. Crab Apples IV., Fruit for the 
Extreme Northern Latitudes, The Pvrus Bucata. 
or ('mb Varieties; .Munaeii A pule (Tllustratod): 
Disposing of Fciiit Mow to Create a Market 
where None Exists; A Word to Some Nursery, 
men. nnil Olliers, ub Courtesy ; TUB Cherry Crop 
Fulling ilt Cleveland; Blood Firestone Peach; 
< ui rant Btishea ... .. Jo; 
Arboriculture. Shade Trees - The Sycamore; 
The Hnltonwoud Tree; Saving and Planting 
Chestnut Seed , Ashes About Fruit Trees... . ,.104 
Tlie Venerable Harden. The Kitchen Gar¬ 
den , I'.xperience with Tomatoes ; Alton Nutmeg 
Melon . . .106 
Tin- Vineyard, — Grape Trellises illliistrutnd); 
Grape Vute Trellis: Propagating Grape Vines; 
Oiled Cotton Cloth In tlie Vineyard : Analysis or 
Grape .1 nice .. . . . ... 105 
Tlie Poultry..Yard.-TheHoudiins.iIllustrated); 
Geese Which Is the Gander : Chicken Cholera; 
Keen Poultry I louse* Clean ; Gapes in Chickens ; 
Ail Kgg to he Heat; Dust Baths . Hi;, 
The Horseman.-About Trotting Horses I bo 
Turl and llm Trotting Horse in America. Trot- 
IM S and Roadsters. The Uano-Course. Lady Suf¬ 
folk, Flora Temple, Putclieii, Itleli Men’s Fust 
Guos, Dexter ami Him Rivals ; Warts on Horses; 
Cure tor Scratches......IQd 
Farm Economy. Dry Wood as Fuel, Spreading 
Maiiuioln Winter; Palm Farm [uipleinantb; The 
Kara let’s Shop......100 
Dairy II ii-bnndry. bunks In Dairy Farming-* 
laiusy Ciitllo, What It (kisls to Feod them, Rem- 
eilio* Suggested : Steaming Food for Milch Cowg.107 
Doinegtie Economy. - Philosophy «t Meals arid 
Pastry Cofieuiiflng Fat, ICggs, Milk, Pies and 
Cukes, Improvement in Tables (Illustrated); 
Brown Bread... . 10? 
Editorials Etc, Crop and Weather Reports; 
Government subsidies; Have Tilings Hound .108 
Rural Notes aud <)u*'ri«*i». From N, \V. Mleh- 
lgtm ; Where to Kmlgruie and Why; Obituary; 
'I’ratisplgntlng Forest Trees; Depart merit of Ag¬ 
riculture-- From Oregon. The Soavoii. Ac,; Gur 
■'Rural flrlgiido;” l.euelied Ashe, on Wheat; 
Rolling Walks; Life Insurance: Potato Query; 
Bo Dm leal Survey of Illinois; A Fruit Canning 
IVd.iihlndinien t.....108 
Illiltlwirlnl W«eielieN.—Franklin Co. Ag, Sop,! 
SCbuyler Co Ag. Hoc.; Monroe Co. Ag. Hoc ; 'Clio 
Konuselaer Co. Ag. Soe.; T ho Trenton Colon A 
Hue.; Drydeu (N. V.l Ag. Stir. Tim Dundee it 
Y.) Union Ag. Hoe.: The North III, liorl. Sue... 
Department of Agriculture.—Tho “ Report of 
the Coininissioncr of Agriculture for the Year 
1867,” .hint received from Commissioner Caption, 
is a handsome and apparently well tilled volume 
of 5J:2 netuvo pages. From a cursory examina¬ 
tion we judge that the Report comprises much 
valuable. information, statistical, practical ami 
scientific, and that it is altogether an Improve¬ 
ment, upon its predecessors, though our idea of 
what such a work should be hits by no means 
been attained. Gen. Caphon has certainly done 
some things admirably, and if lie and his co- 
laborers continue to progress wo may expect a 
still greater Improvement in the next Report 
from his Department. 
Conducting Idditor run I Proprietor 
direct on matters strictly pertaining to the ser¬ 
vice. Aft you must have already inferred, I be¬ 
long to the squad (headquarters as above,) scat¬ 
tered around tliis post on detached duty, and 
with my comrades am striving to perform it ac¬ 
cording to the discipline from time to lime 
freshly promulgated through the brigade organ 
under your charge, the Rural Xi w-Yorkeii. 
By reason of the indisposition of the sergeant of 
the guard, I have been lately appointed to lake 
command themf temporarily, and so, having 
been the “grand rounds," mn able to report very 
correctly what may perhaps be acceptable infor¬ 
mation at your headquarters, namelythat the 
General Orders recommended to be observed bv 
the rank and file of the Brigade, wherever sta¬ 
tioned, as published in the new series of our said 
organ, or since January 1st, have the full out and 
out approval of this entire squad, both officers 
anti men. Indeed, canh wildier at tliis post has 
declared to mo hi« unqualified admiration, not 
only of llm mutter of these order-, but of the 
neat and compact manner in which vou have 
caused them to bo presen led; and i lino also that 
general satisfaction j* fell as regards the cniarae- 
nuiit of the regular weekly P-uos to twice the 
capacity of those of the Into series, enabling you 
to be more foil and explicit, and thus indicate to 
us our limi of duty, both In the camp and in the 
held, so clearly that not one In an hundred, even 
of tin; latest recruits, need err therein. Accept, 
therefore, our congnitillations, and trust to our 
devotion as true soldiers of the regular service. 
A. Ramrod. 
CHAS. D. BRAGDON, G. F. WILCOX, A. A. HOPKINS, 
Associate editors. 
HENRY S. RANDALL, LL. D., 
Edit,, ii nr nut Pki>aiitmu,.t os Sm.rs Ucbbasdby. 
X. A. WILLARD, A. M., 
Editok op the DepartmLnT op DaIky iIusbandby. 
DANIEL LEE, M. D. f 
Op TpvNKHvifit, Southern (.Vkhkkfoni'Inc Editor. 
Special Contributors 
Where to Emigrate and Why.—This is the 
title of an octavo volume of nearly GOO pages, 
compiled and published by Frederick B. God¬ 
dard of New York. It describes the climate, 
soil, productions, minerals, general resources, 
amount of public lands, and t he quality and 
price of farm lauds In nearly all section s of the 
United States. It contains a description of the 
Pacific Railroad, gives the Homestead and other 
land laws, the proper routes of emigration, Ac,, 
&e. it Is illustrated with county maps of 
twenty-one States and Territories —all those to 
which emigration is now in tick directed. It is 
printed on good papoi with clear, fair-sized type. 
We have no present, opportunity to examine so 
extensive a work fully, but we have dipped into 
It in many places, and read enough to satisfy 
ourselves that the compiler Ins discharged his 
duty with great zeal, has sought as accurate 
sources of information us at e available, and has 
presented the public with a most valuable work. 
It brings together facts which can only olsc- 
wliero be found In a large number of publica¬ 
tions and hence wilt prove invaluable to those 
who contemplate emigration: and it is indeed a 
most interesting work on geography and SI at Is ties 
to those wtio do not contemplate emigration. 
p. BARK v, 
11. T. BROOKS, 
J. R. DODGE, 
F. R. ELMO’IT, 
J. II. GUISC'OM, M. 1 
.1. STANTON GOtTLI), 
“NOW AND THEN,” 
T. PETERS, 
CHAS. V. RILEY, 
E. W. STEWART, 
JAMES VICK, 
J. WILKINSON, 
MRS. K. F. ELLET, 
MARY A. E. WAGER. 
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GOVERNMENT SUBSIDIES, 
It is time the people at large were aroused 
to tlieir true interests. Peculations upon 
the public treasury are become so alarmingly 
frequent, and seekers after public pap are 
multiplying so rapidly, that we may well 
What is to be the end of all 
Obituary.— Mr. Richard O. Pardee died at 
his residence in New York on the 4th inst., aged 
fifty-seven years. Deceased was a most estima¬ 
ble Christian gentleman. While a merchant in 
Western New York, years ago, ho was an enthu¬ 
siastic horticulturist, und contributed valuable 
articles on fruit growing, etc., to this and other 
journals. Mr. P. was widely known as the au¬ 
thor of an excellent “Manual for the Cultiva¬ 
tion of the Strawberry, Raspberry, Blackberry, 
Gooseberry, Currant and Grape.” Some years 
ago Mr. Pardee removed to Now York and be¬ 
came general agent of the Sunday School Union, 
in winch capacity he labored assiduously and 
.successfully with both tongue und pen—deliver¬ 
ing many effective and eloquent lectures, and 
being the author of “ The Sunday School Work¬ 
er ” and “Sabbath School Index.” His loss will 
be sincerely and widely deplored. 
Itulling Walk*.— A correspondent writes — 
“ It is surprising to any one who has not prac¬ 
ticed it how much one’s foot-walks are improved 
and kept firm untl smooth by rolling them often 
in winter. I find the more wet they are at the 
time of rolling the better, for llien nothing ad¬ 
heres to the roller; nnd’if at any place they have 
become rough, the roller at once makes all 
smooth." 
ask ourselvc 
tliis ? 
Government subsidies are always to be re¬ 
garded -with misgivings. The granting of 
one is a precedent extremely dangerous; and 
we much fear our Representatives at Wash¬ 
ington have acted most unwisely in this 
matter. Tlieir lavisliness with the People’s 
means and estate has been commended 
liy many who look only at immediate re¬ 
sults; but, viewed in tlie light of the future 
it seems highly injudicious, to say the least. 
The Public Lands are peculiarly the ontnte 
of the People. They are held in trust, sim- 
ply, by the Government. The Government, 
abuses that trust when it makes them over 
to corporations, who will hold them for 
speculative purposes. As a result, the Peo¬ 
ple are robbed of their inheritance, and the 
pockets of s iieculators are filled while the 
public coffers are depleted. 
That class most interested in the Public 
Lands have had least to say concerning tlieir 
disposal. The great Agricultural Commun¬ 
ity of our country has a vital interest at stake 
here, and yet I reals it as a matter of slight 
importance. Good folk of the farm, your 
children will migrate Westward in a few 
years, and those millions of broad neves 
spread out between the Mississippi and the 
Sierra Nevada should he held for tlieir occu¬ 
pancy. For every section not so held, you 
and yours are deliberately deprived of a 
measure of right. 
It should be borne in mind that these land 
subsidies, given by the People, must be pur¬ 
chased again by the People, and at an enor¬ 
mous increase. Herein is ivliere they are 
being cheated, or are cheating themselves. 
That gill which from the very three of cir¬ 
cumstances you must some t ime recover title 
of, regardless of cost, is beyond all computa¬ 
tion most expensive. Have our very wise 
and prudent grantors of subsidies thought of 
tliis? Have you, intelligent sons oi the soil, 
regarded the matter in its proper aspect? 
The Union Pacific Railroad, for instance, 
has heavy subsidies. Already five hundred 
milesof this splendid line acr< >ss the Cont inent 
are constructed; and for every mile of this, 
Government grants 13,800 acres of the Peo¬ 
ple’s land. The very handsome sum of 
(5,400,000 acres is the aggregate; and this, in 
the end, will reach nearly ten millions. All 
of which will ultimately be required by our 
agriculturists, — the back-bone of our land, 
— and for which they will he compelled to 
put into lhe pockets of speculators in the 
neighborhood of one hundred millions of 
And this is only one instance, — 
SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 18, 1809, 
CROP AND WEATHER REPORTS 
Life IiiNiirnnce. —The twenty-fourth annual 
report of the New York Life Insurance Com¬ 
pany, given on last page, will be read with inter¬ 
est by all interested in lhe subject. Tlie New 
York Life is one of the oldest, and most reliable 
insurance companies in tliis country. 
As Spring approaches the Weather and 
Crop Prospects become matters of interest 
and importance, and information upon these 
topics is anxiously looked for by producers, 
dealers and consumers. For many years 
the commercial journals, whose interests are 
identified with those by whom they are 
mainly supported the dealers and specu¬ 
lators— have annually given rose-colored 
reports of the prospects of the leading crops 
as soon as Spring opened, and often, in re¬ 
gard to some staples — wheat, for example — 
before it was possible* to determine as to the 
result, except upon tlie most uncertain prob¬ 
abilities. 'Til© appearance of a single field 
of wheat, in a certain locality, has not infre¬ 
quently been the basis for confident state¬ 
ments that the crop of that important cereal 
was very promising in an extensive ■wheat- 
growing region. And the same is true, to a 
greater or less extent, in regard to other 
prominent crops, the large or small yield of 
which materially affects prices in the lead¬ 
ing markets throughout the country. The 
object of course is to enable middle-men to 
purchase at low rates, dealers well under¬ 
standing that tlie result or direct tendency 
of exaggerated reports concerning the prob¬ 
able yield of any staple is to depreciate its 
price and thus open the market for the new 
crop at minimum figures. 
Intelligent and careful observers for the 
past quarter of a century need not he ad¬ 
vised as lo the course pursued by interested 
parties having access to or Influence with 
prominent journals in our large cities — par¬ 
ties whose aim has been to depress and keep 
down prices until the main crop of leading 
products was sold, and then to discover a 
wonderful scarcity, which must inevitably 
advance, prices, and, as a consequence, ben¬ 
efit the very innocent holders of Wheat, 
Corn, Wool, Colton, Sugar, Cheese, &c. t 
Though this may not cause a “ corner " in any 
leading product, heavy speculators in Bread- 
stuffs, Wool, Cotton, <fcc., understand and 
manipulate tlie business in such manner that, 
producers are annually deceived as to the 
actual value ot many articles, the prices of 
which may be put up or down by newspaper 
and other reports. 
Such being the facts — and very stubborn 
facts they are in regard to many necessary 
art idea of consumption—what is the remedy 
of producers, and especially of those who 
grow and first sell or market the leading 
Agricultural Staples of the Country? Our 
own views have often been expressed in the 
pages of this Journal, and we now urge 
upon the growers in all parts of the country 
the importance of not only keeping them¬ 
selves advised (by observation, reading and i 
otherwise,) as to the actual condition and i 
prospects in their own and other sections, of 
the crops they produce, but ot informing the 
Agricultural and other journals not con- ■ 
trolled h.v the commercial and speculating 
classes, in regard to such facts and estimates 
as will tend to enlighten those most viiadly 
interested — producers and consumers. If 
this be seasonably and thoroughly done, the 
stock-jobbers, commission men and specula¬ 
tors of New York, Chicago, Cincinnati, and 
other large towns — who annually add mil- 
Potnto Query.— Can any of the readers of the 
Rural give me the name of any potato that is 
the equal of the Garter as a baking potato, and 
at thceamc time more prolific and less expensive 
of culture?—E. C. Lewis, New Hampton , N. II. 
From Oregon The Season, Ac. Writing us 
from Portland, Oregon, Jan. 8, Mr. W. C. Bry¬ 
ant says:—“We have hud no snow this winter, 
up to this time; no weather cold enough to 
make ice more than one-fourth of an inch thick ; 
and only five or six Mights cold eunnifb for that. 
The grass 1 b fresh and green ; Btock of all kinds 
require rio feeding yet, and cuttle are good beef. 
Have had only a moderate amount of min. 
Wish that a lortfe number of our New York 
friends would come here and enjoy this delight¬ 
ful country, instead of staying am on# the cold 
snow-drifts. "Weextend you a cordial invitation 
to come and see this country ■when the railroad 
is completed.” 
Botailirul Survey of Illinois. W. C. FlAQO, 
Corresponding Secretary of the Illinois State 
Horticultural Society and u member of the J 111— 
noia Senate, lias Introduced a bill In that body 
providing for the Botanical Survey of that State. 
A Fruit Canning Efttahllsliinenl i.s about to be 
started at St. Louis, Mo., by a company said to 
possess ample means for carrying on the busi¬ 
ness extensively. 
INDUSTRIAL SOCIETIES, 
From N. \V. Michigan. Mr. J. Blodgett of 
Victory, Mason Co., Mich., writes:— 11 Permit me 
t o answer numerous inquiries received in respect 
to the Flint and Pert* Marquette K. K. Co. s lands 
lately put in market here, a notice of which you 
published a few weeks ago, and t he prospects of 
the country generally, it Is but a lew years since 
the first settlors came here, and therefore the 
capabilities of our soil and climate arc hardly 
tested ; yet the splendid growth of forest trees, 
consisting of sugar maple, beech, basswood, elm 
and ash, shows a strength which will and does 
produceROOd crops, t lie.suresl of which are fruit, 
winter wheat, and root crops. Grass and clover 
will, 1 think, be good, though little grown as yet. 
Corn ami oats sometimes do well, but 1 think 
they are uncertain. lu some localities pine and 
hemlock predominate,though frequent ly mixed 
with harder timber. In nil the country the sur¬ 
face soil is sand, though in some places a subsoil 
of eluy is within one foot of the surface. Bure 
spring water, generally soft, is found on most 
farms, though there is no standing water on the 
surface. No malariousdiseases prevail here, ex¬ 
cept, what are brought in the systems of those 
who move from an ague country, yet impru¬ 
dence in exercise or diet will induce them almost 
anywhere. We have the benefits of Chicago arm 
Milwaukee markets during the summer, as both 
steam and sail vessels are constant ly passing, and 
we hope soon to have railroad communications. 
At present the best wo have in winter is a daily 
stage to Grand Haven. Our winters are steady, 
and much more mild than the same latitude in 
Wisconsin, owing to the equalizing influence of 
the waters of Lake Michigan (which is now free 
from ice,) and the heavy forests. Tins latter in¬ 
fluence wc expect will disappear as the country 
is cleared, but it will never be as bleak as the 
prairies. Society is in ils incipient state; yet 
it is characterized by a general interest in edu¬ 
cational matters, an active piety and freedom 
from bigotry on religious subjects, and a gen oral 
interest in each other’s welfare, like all new 
countries— which we hope will continue, and not 
degenerate into aristocracy as soon as we get 
rich. If you want a home, come and see our 
country; if to speculate, keep away." 
Franklin Go. Ag. Society. -At the late annual 
meeting of tliis Society, held at Malone, the fol¬ 
lowing officers were elected for 18011: Prerldcnt- 
Olinton Stevens, Malone. Vice -1 ‘resident — 
Geo. N. Keeler, Malone. Secretary W. G. Richey, 
Malone. Treasurer — M. s. Million, Malone. 
Directors— Joseph Wilson, Bangor: W. w. Lang- 
don, Malone; Hiram N. Humes, Fort Covington; 
Caleb G. Gleason, Malone ; Alonzo R. Paddock, 
Burke; L. 11. Ityriugtou, Constable. After build¬ 
ing a splendid Floral Hall, (octagon in shape, 
sixty feet in diameter, with largo gallery) at an 
expense of Svi.lOO, the Society lias a surplus of 
two hundred dollars in its t reasury. 
ublisbn’s Uesli 
SPECIAL NOTICES, REQUESTS, &c 
Form New Clubs.— It is not too late to start 
new* clubs for our present volume, as some suppose, 
nor to iiiako additions to those already formed. 
Wo tom still supply bock numbers,aud skull be able 
to do so for weeks to come, as the early numbers uro 
oleotfolypod. Those who have received a premium 
for one dub, can (secure another for a new club or 
additions to the old one. Ho please keep the hall 
moving until all are supplied with the indispensable 
Rural. Specimens,Show-Bills,Premium Lists, 
sent free to all disposed to aot us Agent-Friends. 
The Schuyler Co. Ag. Society, at the last 
annual meeting, clouted the following named 
officers for the ensuing year: Prmdcul -Col. E. 
C. FRO0T. rev-Prom/mf*— Martin D. Hall of 
town of Cayuta; Chas. Prince, Catharine; Chas. 
Monelie, Heelor; K. Brown, Men tom; Isaac 
Fero, Orange; O. R. Corbett, Reading; H. L. 
G rogory, Ty rone. Treasurer — Dr. J. W. Thomp¬ 
son. Secretary — Augustus H. Moore. 
Clubbing the Rural with other Periodicals. 
—In answer to many recent. Inquiries whether we 
offer the RURAL NEW-YORKER with other periodi¬ 
cals the same us lust year, we state Unit arrange¬ 
ment* have been made to club with several weeklies 
and mouth lies at reduced rates. For Instance, wo 
will furnish the TH’nA Land nth or periodicals named 
below, (If remitted for together,) one year, as follows: 
Full price. 
Rural and N. V. Weekly Sun for $3.25 $4.00 
Rural and Maryland Farmer “ 3.50 4.50 
Rural and Southern Cultivator “ 4.00 5.00 
Rural and Our Young Folks ” 4.00 5.00 
Rural and Riverside Magazine “ 4.00 5.00 
Rural and ScL American “ 5.00 6.00 
Rural and either Woekly Tri¬ 
bune, World, or Times, " 4.00 5.00 
Rural and either the Atlantic, 
Harper’s, Putnam's or Lip- 
plncott's Magazine, (or Har¬ 
per’s Weekly, or Bazar,) “ 5.35 7.00 
Monroe Co. Ag. Hoc. At the last annual meet¬ 
ing of this Society, held at the Court House in 
Rochester, the following board of officers was 
elected: President D. 8. Walhiudge, Roches¬ 
ter. Vice-Presidents —A. G. Whitcomb, Roches¬ 
ter ; Albert H. King,Cldli ’, Joseph S. Stull, Rush. 
Treasurer — Levi D. Mitchell, Pitteford. Secre¬ 
tary— M. D. Rowley, Rochester. 
The Rensselaer Co. Ag. (society has elected 
Officers for 1869 as follows; President—B urton 
A. Thomab, Sandlake. Vlee-Prceidente A. Pine, 
Pittstown; E. Waters, Troy; Piatt Carpenter, 
Hoosick; A. Bills, Troy; B. I. Van Hoesen, Scho- 
duek. Secretary —L. E. G urley, Troy. Treasurer 
— Silas K. Stow, Troy. 
dollars, 
one among a number that it will be suicida I 
to increase. 
Let thoughtful men consider this, and let 
the great community of plow-holders and 
bond-holders cry out in all earnestness, “No 
more subsidies!” It is due to yourselves 
that the Government make no more specu¬ 
lative corporations rich while itseli is poor. 
It is due to your children that no portion of 
their inheritance be mortgaged in the inter¬ 
est of men who live, by their cunning, upon 
other men’s toil. 
Tlie Trenton Fnlon Ag. Society has elected the 
following officers for 1869;— President —Col. Wal¬ 
ter Fowler. Vice-Presidents— W. W, Wheeler, 
D. D. Crumby. Secretary- George King. Treas¬ 
ure!'— D. W. Rhodes. Directors— S. A. Andrew, 
F. W. Hamlin, John C. Blue, Chester Wolcott, 
John W. Brooks, Archibald Blue. 
Notice to Advertisers.-*Advertisement* intend¬ 
ed for tlie inside (Rtb aud 15Ui pages) of the He ka i. 
should reach the New York Onion on Friday of the 
week jirccMtinff date.— and for tlm outside (12th, 13th 
and ICth pages) oil Monday morning of the week of 
publication. Considering its large, wide and rupidly- 
increaslug circulation, the Hu hal Nkw-Yorkkii is, 
at Its present rutes, tho best aud cheapest Adver¬ 
tising Medium of its Class. 
AdditiouM to Cfubsare always In order, whether 
In onus, twos, tlvos, tons, or any other number. Many 
agents, after sending one club,form others, and ihus 
secure additional or larger premiums. A host ot 
people are dropping other papers about these days — 
many have already changed to the Kiiiaj. - and our 
Agent-Friends should Improve every occasion to 
secure suoli u» recruits for tlie ** Rural Brigade.” 
Address to No. 41 Park Itow. New York. 
Though the RURAL Is published in both New York 
l ily and Rochester, N. Y., the principal printing and 
mulling offices are In New York,aud hence all agents 
are requested lo uddresB 
If. n. T. MOOItXf 
No. 41 Park Row, New York. 
For Other Notices, see page 114, this number. 
Transplanting Forest Trees.— A. correspondent 
of the Maine Fanner writes:—Throe years ago 
last spring 1 took up several small elms from a 
thick growth, (they were from two to four 
inches through, and from twelve to fifteen feet 
high,) and transplanted I hem. 1 cut the tops of 
t lie trees off, broke a piece of glass as near the 
size of the tree as I could, aud placed on the top. 
t then put a piece of woolen cloth over the 
glass, brought it, down six or eight inches over 
the end, and tied with woolen yarn. The sprouts 
started out close up to the top, and on one. a 
sprout started within half an inch of the glass, 
broke through lhe cloth, and in two years grew 
eighteen inches. Every tree remained perfectly 
sound. I left one tree without protection, which 
died. 
Drvden (IV. Y.) Union Ag. Sot*. — Officers for 
1809:— President— Robert Purvts. Vice- Presi¬ 
dent— A. B. Lament. Secretary— A1 virus Sny¬ 
der, Etna P. O. Treasurer— Eli Spear. The time 
for holding the next exhibition is the 23d and 
34th days of September next. 
The Dundee (IV. Y.) Union Ag, Society haselect- 
cd the following officers for 1869 -.—President—J. 
Fliiiiidoe Gano ; Vice-President—W. C. Swarts; 
Treasurer —George P. Ford; Secretary — James 
Spicer. The Society is in a very flourishing con¬ 
dition. 
Have Things Sound.—The Prairie Farmer, in a 
recent issue, very sensibly said: —“ In riding or 
driving horses addicted to running away, be very 
particular that ail portions of your horse furni¬ 
ture be sound and el rimy, more erjieriuUy I he reins 
and bits. Running horses are most frequently 
made so by bad and timid riders, who make use 
of whip and spurs without haviug.a firm seat.” 
The North Illinois llort. Soe. holds its second 
annual meeting at Aurora, commencing Feb. 
6th and continuing lour days. 
