to avoid the exertion of any influence to 
change the proposed composition of the 
cabinet, the President elect will not an¬ 
nounce the names of his chosen Counselors, 
even to themselves, until he sends their 
names to the Senate for confirmation. Man¬ 
ifestly there is one man let! in the country 
who has not studied the common sense and 
common sentiment of the people in vain, 
and who does not lose his own head and 
will because elevated to a high ofiice by a 
powerful party. 
shorter lived, and render really valuable 
plants and fruits the more remunerative to 
the men who may originate the same. 
Any hill before Congress should he subjected 
to the most careful scrutiny and criticism by 
the interested classes of the country. 
CONTENTS OF THIS NUMBER 
INDUSTRIAL SOCIETIES, 
The Poultry-Yard. English Prize Fowls: To 
Prevent Hen* Setting; Note* About Poultry; 
Dry Earth a* a Deodorizer : Kitrth-worm*.117 
Field Culture. Science with Practice, No. 1; 
The potato Humbug Addl's Advice to Farmers: 
Cranberry Culture —Mow to Reclaim and Use 
Swamp and Wei Meadow Lands...118 
Tin- Herdsman. — Keeping Stock—What is tt 
Worth to Keep Horw.es, Cuttle. Sheep, ,te.. per 
Week; lilwe.ii of Farm Stock; Wrinkles on 
Horns; Cattle DDoasob................,...,118 
The 8wire Herd.—On Swine— Breeds and 
Breeding. Fattening.118 
Sheep 11 iivhunrlry. den. (■'forge Washington 
on .Sheep arid Word Manufactures ; Wool Crow¬ 
ers' Association of Ontario and Livingston Coun¬ 
ties ; The Woolen .Manufactures of the Pacific 
Coast of the United States.119 
Farm Economy. - ttoad Making How to Make 
a Macadamized ltoad as tt Should he .Made; 
Stone vs. spell Lime; Liquid Manures; Wheels 
for Flow* , Wide or Narrow Tires......119 
PomolouirnL—Something of Plums—The Impe¬ 
rial Ottoman, Prince's Yellow Gage. Prince Kn- 
glebert, Green Gage. Denislon's Superb, Impe¬ 
rial Gage. McLaughlin, jMTerson, Washington 
and Yellow Egg. C.jc'.h Golden lltop, Kcvuy's 
Green Gage: Fruit tor Iowa A Western Mail's 
Reply to Eastern Inquiries; Btrawherries—The 
Alpine and Hautbois Varieties...130 
Arboriculture. — " Plant Forest Trees” Mr. 
Greeley’s Article In llc’KAi. ot Kid .Tun.120 
DiHCiiMNiwi*. New York Farmers’Club—Cut vs. 
Un< ut, Food tor Brock. Hogs in Western Orch¬ 
ards. Apple I’omuea as Manure, Cutting Feed 
for Stock. A Model Hardener. Utilizing Coal 
Ashes, Preserving tin; Flavor of Maple Sirup, 
Horticultural Patents. Ctirculios, New .Jersey 
Marl, New Jersey Seed Corn, Missouri Lands, 
Preserved Eggs, Long Island Corn, Guinea- 
Fowls.12] 
The Vineyard.- Trial of Wines; .Management 
of Vines—Successful Treatment of the Clinton 
Grape, An Improvement.121 
I adust t-inl Tapirs. AboutlioitjgSouth : Should 
Northerners Emigrate to tin- South, Position, 
Condition and Resource* ot Vu.: Inducement* 
to Northern People, About Settling In Georgia. ,122 
The 11 <>>*»e in a n. Water for Horses; What Alls 
the Colts : Strangle* In Colts.122 
New Invention*. — Hat Proof Buildings ; Tie 
Spotting Mantling| A Regulator tor Augers.122 
The Apiarian, Difference In Blue of Bees; Bee 
Cholera : To Get. Bee- out of Jluucy Boxes; Bee¬ 
hive Patents.. 122 
Dairy I In shun dry.—Tlx- Tux on Factory Cheese 
Sales Decision ot the (VmiDdssloner of Internal 
Revenue on Cheese Sales ami Injustice of the 
Rule. Resolutions Seeking Relief,The N. Y. Law 
in Regard to S tea pi Boilers, &r.; Important to 
Cheese Manufacturers—Complaints In the Eng¬ 
lish .Markets of Coloring American Cltee.se with 
Red Lead; Selecting Pure Annette, Ac.; Alslke 
< lover I la Value us u Fried tor Stock, Testing 
tin- Seed, Specific Gravity of Milk, i ream and 
Skimmed Milk; Remedy lor Boro Teats and 
Kicking flows: Relieving Choked Cuttle.123 
Domestic Economy. — A Hood House Keeper; 
Curing HAtns - A Chapter Contributed by Corre¬ 
spondents. . .123 
Editorials, life, A Notable Meeting: General 
Grant's Speech ; Changes in the Patent Laws;, 
Rural Note- and l.nierles. Including A Hood Way 
to 11olp the Rural, Norway Oat, Watches C. O. I)„ 
Bowing Grain. Postage on the Rural, Price of 
Wool. Test your Seed Corn. Broom Corn Culture, 
Seeding an Orchard, Lime Water for Preserving 
Eggs; 1 limed rial Societies..,,..124 
The lie viewer. Notices and Reviews of Now 
Publications.126 
Choice >1 ixeellnny. - The Lover on the Sea 
(Poetry ;> A Senium on Toys; Industry; A Win¬ 
ter Funeral ; Sorrow. , 125 
Stories for ft urn limit.—Janie Storms.125,12(1 
Ladies’ Port-Folio. -To a Coquette. rt?0fitry ;) 
True Etiquette; The Broken Bowl; Mr. Long- 
Id low in Florence; Beauty on Skate- ; Marrying 
by Lot,...127 
Social Topic*. — Men as Helpmeets As Broth¬ 
ers. 127 
Halibut h Heading. Jerusalem the Golden, 
(Poetry;) Suldiuth hells; An Incident In aPaluco; 
Through Much Tribulation.127 
News of the Week. Domestic News—Includ¬ 
ing News l'rnru Wa- tilngton, New York, Maine, 
New Hampshire. Vermont, Massachusetts. New 
Jersey, Pennsylvania. Tennessee. Georgia, Mis¬ 
souri, Illinois, Minnesota. Colorado; Foreign 
News Including News from Great Britain, 
Franco, Spain, Greece.128,129 
The Murkets. stock and Money: Produce and 
Provisions ; Live Stock. J29 
Personal Items.—Freshest Personalities.130 
News and Novelties.—Twenty-one interesting 
items. 130 
News Condenser. Sixty--lx Sprightly News 
Hems. 131 
For Noting People. Busy Little Fingers (Po¬ 
etry;) Loners to tin. Children— Kindness to Ani¬ 
mals; A Cheap Ilami-Sled... . J32 
Wit ii ml Humor. Raisin'Hops in the Orchard 
(Illustrated:! Pluwliandie Papers Major Plow- 
handle In Clover, Boards ut Mrs. Bnmvdown’s, 
How lie Manages, Is Advised to goon the Cen¬ 
tral Committee. Seward Wants Him to Go to 
New York State Agricultural Society.—The 
annual meeting of this Society was held at. Al¬ 
bany, February 10. The report of the Executive 
Committee makes a hopeful exhibit of the agri¬ 
culture of the State. A balance of fl7.67~.96, is 
reported in the treasury. A committee of three 
was appointed from each Judicial District to 
nominate officers for the ensuing year. They 
reported the following names, and the report 
was adopted : President— Samuel Campbell of 
Oneida. Vice- Presidents — Samuel Thorne of 
New York; George M. Brown of Dutchess; J. 
Winne of Albany; F. D. Curtis of Saratoga; 
John D Hungerford of Jefferson; William M. 
Ely of Broome; B. F. Angel of Livingston; 
Richard Clinch of Allegany. Corresponding Sec¬ 
retary—Thomas L. Harison of St. Lawrence. 
Recording Secretary— Benjamin P. Johnson of 
Albany; Treasurer— Luther IT. Tucker of Al¬ 
bany. Executive Committee —Alonzo B. Cornell, 
Ira E. Sherman, James Goddes, Milo Ingalsbee, 
H. N. Lockwood, John D. Wing, Craig Wads¬ 
worth and R, J. Swan. The next Fair is to be 
held at Elmira. __ 
Pennsylvania State Ag. Soc.—Officers for 1869: 
President — Amoh E. K app. Vice-Presidents— 1st 
Congressional District, James MeCrca; 3d, Geo. 
Blight ; 3d, Samuel M. Felton ; 4th, A. B. Cum¬ 
mings; 5th, Adrian Cornell; 6th, C. P. Relf ; 7th, 
Samuel J. Sharpless; 8th, Tobias Barto; 9th, 
Jacob A. KreybjlJ; 10th, Martin Early; lltb, 
Joseph Sigman; 12th, Daniel G. Driesracb ; 13th, 
George D. Jackson ; 14th, John A. Bmull; 15th, 
George H. Bucher; 16th. Dan'l O. Gebr; 17th, 
John J. Thompson: 18th, B. Morris El Its; 19th, 
Henry Souther, 00th, John C. Brown, 21st, Geo. 
Rhey, 22d, John Murdock, Jr.; 23d, Win. S. Bis- 
8cll; 34til, Joshua Wright. Additional Members 
of Executive Commit tec .— Win. Coulter, J. R, Eby, 
D. W, Seller. B. G. Peters, John H. Ziegler, Fred¬ 
erick Walts, James Rowan, Thomas P. Knox, 
David Taggart., John S. Haldeman, A- Boyd 
Hamilton. Corresponding Secretary — Elbridge 
McConkoy. Chemist and Geologist — S. S. Halde¬ 
man. Librarian — L. Rogers, 
Minnesota State Ag. hoc. — At the annual 
meeting of this Society, Feb. 3, the following 
officers were elected for 1809: President — Wm. 
II. Fprr.BR, Wabashaw county. Secretary— Hon. 
Chas. H. Clark, Hennepin county. Treasurer— 
W.G. Hendrickson, Ramsey county. Executive 
Committee. — Chas. noag, Hennepin county; Wm. 
F. Ames, Ramsey county; Win. Join's, Dakota 
oounty; Wm. B. Chatfleld, Fillmore county; O. 
11. Kidder, Dodge county; Col. Wm. Pfaender, 
Brown county; Captain D. Heaney, Olmstead 
county. Tin- lime for holding the next State 
Fair was left to the discretion of the Executive 
Committee, who were also directed to hold the 
fair at such place as should offer the best induce¬ 
ments. _ 
Albany Co., (.V Y.) Ag. Soc. — Officers elect for 
1809 President— Joseph Hilton, New Scotland. 
First Vicc-PresltMnt— James Hendrick. Albany. 
Second Vice-President—Henry Cullahan, Coey- 
tnans. Third Vice-President— Yolkert P. Douw, 
Albany. Treasurer— John S. Robbins, Albany. 
Secretary— S. K. Earles, Albany. Directors— Dr. 
D. DoGraff, S. C. Hutchins, Jas, Kingsbury, Ja¬ 
cob Simmons, Geo. L. Stevenson, E. Wackerha- 
gen, Albany; J. D. Flansburgh, Berne; Oscar 
lloughtaJlng. New Scotland; Wm. McGIvney, 
UcnssehiccviUc; G. W. Griflln, Dr. P. B. Noxon, 
Watorvllet. 
AN ORIGINAL WEEKLY 
RURAL, LITERARY ANI) FAMILY NEWSPAPER. 
D. D- T. MOORE, 
Con.du.ctir»j- Idclitor and Proprietor, 
RURAL NOTES AND QUERIES, 
CHAS. D. BRAGD0N, C. F. WILCOX, A. A. HOPKINS, 
Associate Editors. 
HENRY S. RANDALL, LL. D., 
Editor of 7ir# PhtpaIitmu^t of Sheep Husbandry, 
X. A. WILLARD, A. M. f 
Editor of thy Department of Dairy Hvmkanoxy. 
DANIEL LEE, M. D., 
Or Tbnnkbkkk, South**!, CoRUMroNDlxo Editoe. 
A Good Way to Help the Rural, and benefit in¬ 
dividuals and community, is to introduce it to 
notice and support by showing or mailing speci¬ 
mens to friends and relatives. Here is a note 
from Western Pennsylvania which tells bow to 
dolt:—”1 commenced taking the Rural the 
first, of this year. And (though a minister and 
living in a village) I am delighted with It, and 
feel that it i« already a necessity jn my family. 
The object of this note is to ask you to send a 
few specimen numbers to my two brothers in 
Illinois. They are young farmers, and I think 
(if they are not. already taking It,) they will sub¬ 
scribe for it when they sec a few copies. And I 
wish them to do so, and will write them to that 
effect. Please send as directed below," &e. 
— It always affords us pleasure to receive ar d 
comply with such requests as the above. Read¬ 
er, please give us the names of your friends, near 
and distant, for a like purpose. 
CHANGES IN THE PATENT LAWS 
Most of our readers are aware that the 
question of Agricultural Pat ents is being agi¬ 
tated. We have already published articles 
pro and con, on the subject. A bill is before 
Congress designed to secure a patent right or 
royalty to the producer of any new plant or 
fruit. At u recent meeting of some of the 
most eminent pomologists in the country, in 
New York, this subject was introduced, but 
deferred as being foreign to the objects of 
the gathering. But a special meeting was 
called by a number of gentlemen present,, 
and was held the evening of the 10th of 
February, Wm, Parky of New Jersey, 
was chosen Chairman and F. R. Elliott of 
Ohio, Secretary. William Saunders of 
the. Agricultural Department at Washington, 
said a petition had been presented in Con¬ 
gress, asking for a patent law securing to the 
originator of a new fruit or plant an exclu¬ 
sive right in its propagation and that this pe¬ 
tition bore the names of many of the lead¬ 
ing horticulturists, especially from Ohio. 
Mr Elliott said he supposed the petition 
from Ohio was got ten up at a meeting of the 
Lake Shore Grape Growers’ Society, and 
probably hastily signed by gentlemen. He 
did not think it expressed the real views of 
many* fruit-growers of that State. The 
same matter was started at the Ohio Pomo- 
logical meeting and left with simply naming 
a committee to take the subject under con¬ 
sideration and report at the next annual 
meeting. 
Marshal P. Wilder of Massachusetts, 
said he believed liis name had been affixed 
to a petition, anti he regretted it, lor since 
affixing it be had held conversation with 
Commissioner Capkon of the Agricultural 
Department at Washington, and on examin¬ 
ing the subject, came to the conclusion that 
such a law as was asked for would not be 
feasible or advantageous. 
Mr. Barry said he thought we now had 
sufficient protection, find that a royalty, as 
asked for, would be Inipracticable even if it 
could be shown to be desirable. For the 
best interests of the country, the advance of 
knowledge, and increased improvement in 
all matters of Horticulture and Agriculture 
he did not think laws of the nature now 
Bought to be obtained would avail. 
Mr. Meehan said he thought the whole 
subject ought to he dropped, He thought 
with Mr. Barry that we had now all the 
protection needed, and a law of the kind 
asked for would he difficult to enforce if not 
entirely impracticable. He therefore moved 
the following preamble and resolution which 
were unanimously adopted: 
Whereas, At a meeting of Fruit Growers from 
various Stales, lielfl after an adjournment of the 
General Fruit Committee of Hie American Po- 
mologloal Society, an expression ot opinion on 
the new Patent Bill for Fruits, now before Con¬ 
gress being desired, it was 
Resolved, That in the opinion of this meeting 
such a law would not bo desirable or practica¬ 
ble. 
There are certainly two sides to the ques¬ 
tion. There is justice in the demands of 
men for protection who have patiently and 
laboriously struggled and experimented to 
produce new and valuable varieties of grain, 
fruits and vegetables. And yet the question 
of practicability is the great q ucstion to be 
solved in this matter. Eminent pomologists 
have hereby recorded the opinion that it is 
impracticable; and we know that the opin¬ 
ion widely prevails that the good to the tew 
from such patent protection, would result in 
evil to the many—that instead ot prevent¬ 
ing the dissemination of untried fruits and 
plants, it would facilitate the propagation of 
swindles under the prestige a patent law 
would afford—for it is truthfully urged that 
a patent could not be withheld from a new 
plant even though it should be a worthless 
one; and then many old varieties under new 
names would be patented unless the greatest, 
vigilance was exercised by the Patent Ofiice, 
a vigilance involving the employment of the 
best pomological and agricultural talent in 
the country; and this would lead to great 
confusion and litigation in the industrial 
world. 
We are not prepared at this writing to 
dogmatically assert that a protective parent 
on agricultural productions is impracticable; 
nor do we clearly sec how it is to be made 
operative and just to all parties concerned. 
We can see that whether patented or not, 
both new and old plants and fruits will be 
foisted upon the public, whether valuable or 
not. So long as there is rampant such a 
mania to see, hear and try new things, so 
long will humbugs be propagated and pros¬ 
pered, whether patented or not. But it may 
be that a royalty on a humbug will make it 
Special Contributors s 
P. BARRY, 
H. T. BROOKS, 
J. R. DODGE, 
E. It. ELLIOTT, 
J. H. GHtSCOM, M. D 
J. STANTON GOULD, 
“ NOW AND THEN,” 
T. C. PETERS, 
CHAS. V. KiLEY, 
E. W. STEWART, 
JAMES VICK, 
J. WILKINSON, 
MRS. B. F. ELLKT, 
MARY A, E. WAGER, 
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Advertising Inside, 75 cents per tine, Amite 
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Cuts, a price and a half. Special and Business Notices 
charged nccordIng to position. No advertisement in¬ 
serted for less than S3. 
Norway Oat.— Tsaac M. Elliott (and a score 
or more of other inquirers, ) is informed that we 
have never grown t he Norway Oat, nor seen It 
growing. We have seen what is asserted to ho 
samples of the grain, and stools of straw illus¬ 
trating its growth under favorable circum¬ 
stances. These samples were very good ; but we 
do not know that they are lair samples of what 
is produced; nor are wc prepared to advise our 
readers to pay enormous prices for any kind of 
grain, tree or plant. Better as a rule spend the 
same amount of money in improving what you 
have. 
Since writing the foregoing we haven letter 
from a subscriber at Fond du Lac, Wis.. who says 
he, last spring, sowed Norway seed at the rate of 
one and a half bushels per acre, which produced 
at the rate of sixty-five bushels per acre. The soil 
was oak opening day, and he thinks on the rich 
prairie soils the yield would be greater. He re¬ 
gards them, for footling purposes, superior to any 
kind with which he is acquainted, on account of 
their remarkably thin husk. 
SATURDAY 
FEBRUARY 20, 1869, 
Growing Spring Wheat In Tennessee.— Mr. L. 
Hull of Burris Station, Dickson Co., Tcnn., 
writes us: “I noticed in the Rural an inquiry 
for experience in growing spring wheat in Ten¬ 
nessee. I moved here front Wisconsin in Octo¬ 
ber,1867,and finding no spring wheat grown here, 
i sent back to Wisconsin and obtained a small 
quantity of two varieties known there as Club 
and tdfe. All wheat did very poorly in I his sec¬ 
tion owing to drouth, but the Fife spring did full 
as well as winter wheal in the same field. Club 
did nut do quite as well; it contained some sin ut. 
I have faith to believe we can grow spring wheat 
successfully here. 1 urn preparing ground, about 
five aores, which T intend to sow within the next 
ton days, il the weather will permit. Soil here 
is a clay loam." 
A NOTABLE MEETING, 
The Fruit Committees of the American 
Pomological Society have been in session in 
this city the past week. Their work has 
been a revision of the Society’s fruit lists. 
This revision 1ms been accomplished most, 
harmoniously and satisfactorily to the mem¬ 
bers of the Committee present. The result 
of this labor will not be made public, in de¬ 
tail, until the meeting of the Society in Phila¬ 
delphia in September, when Hie report of 
the Committee will he made. 
’This meeting concentrated here a large 
proportion of the best pomological talent 
and experience in the country, especially 
east of Indiana; and the Western and 
Southern States were represented by commu¬ 
nications from leading pomologists in the 
different States, detailing information re¬ 
quired In the intelligent prosecution of the 
work. Among the gentlemen present we 
may ment ion as indicating the character and 
reliability of the work accomplished, the 
name of the venerable and accomplished 
President, of the Society, Marshall P. 
Wilder, Hyde, Hovey and Manning of 
Massachusetts; Barry, Downing, Ellwan- 
geu and Parsons of New York; Parry, 
Quinn and Fuller of New Jersey; Mee¬ 
han, Mitchell, Knox and Hoopeb of Penn¬ 
sylvania ; Elliott of Ohio, and doubtless 
others equally deserving of mention. 
The self-sacritieing work of the members 
of the Society during the years of its great 
usefulness is illustrated by the zeal, single¬ 
ness of purpose, and devotion to the interests 
of American pomology manifested in this 
committee meeting. 
Watches O. O. D. —A recent advertisement of 
the National Watch Go. is alleged to contain 
statements injurious to parties who were adver¬ 
tising to send watches V. O. D. to buyers. Fui<- 
ler & Co. have for some time advertised in this 
journal t hat t hey would send Waltham or Elgin 
Watches to address of purchaser C. O. D.; and, 
having never heard a complaint in their case, wc 
feci satisfied (from information deemed reliable) 
that they are respectable dealers from whom 
parties may order with the fullest assurance of 
being fairly dealt with and receiving precisely 
the goods specified in every instance. 
Philadelphia Society for Promoting Agricul¬ 
ture. The following are the officers of this So¬ 
ciety for 1869: President— Cu.ao Biddle. Vice- 
Presidents—C. W. Harrison, 0. R. King. Cotre- 
spotuMng Secretary—Sidney G. Fisher. Recording 
Secretary — A, L. Kennedy. Assistant Recording 
Secretary — Tims, M. Coleman. Treasure !— Geo. 
Blight. Librarian —John McGowan. Executive 
Committee— H. tugersoli, John McGowan, C. W. 
Harrison, David Landretli, Craig Biddle, George 
Blight. 
Lafayette Agricultural and Mechanical Asso¬ 
ciation, Lexington, Mo. The following are the 
officers of this association: President— Coi. T. 
M. Ewing. Vice-President —Oscar F. Thomas. 
Secretary tsaac McGirk. Treasurer -Richard Ire¬ 
land. Directors Amos Adams, C. Ben. Russell, 
Strother Rennick, John Thistle, Robert Hale, 
it. J. Smith, Henry C. Chiles. 
Sowing Groin. — Fred Me Q., Dodge Co., Wis., 
writes us that but very little grain is sowed by 
hand io that locality, and says there are several 
broadcast seed sowers and cultivators that sow 
any desired quantity of any kind of grain and 
covers the same, pulverizing the soil in the pro¬ 
cess. Ho, us a score of other correspondents 
have done, names one which is much used; but 
for obvious reasons we do not publish the names 
of these seed sowers. Only in our advertising 
columns can they be described. 
Ije ipitblts^cr 
SPECIAL NOTICES, REQUESTS, &c 
Farm New Clubs. It, 1* not. too lute to start 
new elubs for mu present, volume, as some suppose, 
nor to make additions to those already formed. 
We can still supply buck numbers, and shall be able 
to do so for weeks to come, as the early numbers are 
elect rut yped, Those who have received tt premium 
for one club, can secure another for a new club or 
additions to the old one. So please keep the ball 
moving until all are supplied with the Indispensable 
Rural. Specimens, Show-Bills, Premium Lists, Ac., 
sent, free to all disposed to act as Agent-Friends, 
Cook Co., (ill.) Ag. Soc.— Officers elect for 1869: 
President — D. Worthington. Secretary and 
Treasurer— II. D. Emery. Agricultural Commit¬ 
tee—A. H. Dolton. B. Gansei, D. S. Dunning. 
Horticultural Committee— Edgar Sanders, J. A. 
Pool, C. Rosslg. Ad. Interim Committee—J. W. 
Cochran, Edgar Sanders, H. D. Emery. 
Macoupin Co., (III.) llorr, Soc.— Officers for 1869: 
President - Geo. It. Holliday, OarlinviUe, Ill. 
Vice-President— Henry W. Burton. Secretary — 
George Hunter. Treasurer —Milo Graham. Di¬ 
rectors—J. W. Hankins, David Gore, George 
Fishback, John P. Matthews, Moses S. Eldred. 
Postage on the [Rural. There appears to be a 
little misunderstanding In regard to the postage 
on the Rural New-Yorker. Home Pustina"- 
lers are claiming twenty cent* for postage where 
subscribers get their papers, while others claim 
the postage is prepaid by 1 he publisher. Please 
inform, and oblige A (SUBSCRIBER, St. Law¬ 
rence Co.. X. Y. 
Answer ,—'The postage on the Rural is twenty 
cents a year, payable quarterly in advance at 
the office where received, and of course by the 
subscriber. 
GENERAL GRANT’S SPEECH. 
Clubbing the R ural with other Periodicals. 
In answer to many recent Inquiries whether we 
Offer the Rural New-Yorkicr with other periodi¬ 
cals Hie same us last year, we state that arrange¬ 
ments have been made to club with several weeklies 
and monthlies at reduced rates. For instance, we 
will furnish the Run A Land other periodicals named 
below, (if remitted for together,) one year, as follows: 
Full price. 
Rural and N. Y. 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 Sci. American “ 5.00 6.00 
Rural and either Weekly Tri¬ 
bune, World, or Times, “ 4.00 5.00 
Rural and either the Atlantic, 
Harper's, Putnam's or Lip- 
pincott’s Magazine, (or Har¬ 
per's Weekly, or Bazar,) “ 5.35 7.00 
Without distinction of party the good 
citizens of the country will applaud the sub¬ 
ject matter of General Grant’s speech in 
response to the official announcement to him 
of his election to the Presidency of the 
United States. It is anti-partisan and patri¬ 
otic in spirit, recognizing liis duty to the 
whole people, of all parties and conditions, 
and the scope of an executive officer’s ac¬ 
tion. He avows liis purpose to call to liis 
aid men wlio wifi carry out the principles of 
“ economy, retrenchment, faithful collection 
of revenue and payment of the public 
debt; ’’ and if he finds he has made a mis¬ 
take in his selection the first time, he will 
unhesitatingly remove the delinquent and try 
a second and even a third time if necessary. 
If liis efforts therefore are met with the same 
patriotic spirit and co-operation by Congress 
there is hope that the dawn of better days, a 
new impulse in the country’s career of pros¬ 
perity, and of a stronger and more stable 
governmental policy, is at hand. We should 
neglect our duty to our readers and the 
country if we fail cd to commend, most em¬ 
phatically, the announcement of such a poli¬ 
cy or purpose. 
And it is also gratifying that there are tc 
be no wranglin.gs and wrestlings for Cabinet 
appointments. The men are selected who 
arc to be invi ted to aid in carrying out the 
avowed objec Is of General Grant’s adminis¬ 
tration. No political combinations, appa¬ 
rently, have influenced their selection ; and 
Price of VI ocl— Walter Brown & Co., in their 
Monthly Wool Circular, Feb. 1, say: “ The pre¬ 
vailing opinion is, that wools will generally Im¬ 
prove as the season advances. Wc think that 
for the nexi two or three months, some advance 
may be expected, and at the same time we are of 
the opinion, that during that period will be a 
favorable time for holders to move off their 
wools.” 
CATALOGUES, &c., RECEIVED 
Ei.lwanger & Barry's Catalogues for 
1809—Including their Wholesale Catalogue or 
trade list of Fruit and Ornamental Trees, Shrubs, 
Roses, Dahlias, Bulbous Roots, Bordc-r Plants, 
&c.; and their Descriptive Catalogue of Fruits 
Cultivated and lor Sale at the Mount Hope Nur¬ 
series, Rochester, New York. 
B. K. Bliss & Son's Spring Catalogue and 
Amateurs' Guide to the Fiower and Kitchen Gar¬ 
den. A beautiful, elaborate and instructive 
catalogue. New York City — B. K. Bliss & Son. 
Washburn & Co.’s Amateur Cultivator’s 
Guide to the Flower and Kite-lien Garden — con¬ 
taining a descriptive list two thousand varieties 
of Flower and Vegetable Seeds, aud a list of 
French Hybrid Gladioli. A handsome and pro¬ 
fusely illustrated and well printed and bound 
octavo volume of 152 pages. Boston, Mass.— 
Washburn & Co., Seed Merchants. 
Illustrated Circular and Price List of Ar¬ 
ticles for Cheese Factory and Dairy Use, manu- 
faetnred and for sale hy Charles Millar & 
Son, Utica, N. Y. 
James J. II. Gregory’s Annual Circular and 
Retail Catalogue of Garden Vegctable Seeds, for 
1889. Marblehead, Mass. 
The Texas Almanac for 1869, and Emigrant’s 
Guide to Texas—showing the great Fertility of 
the Soil, the Solubrity of the Climate, the im¬ 
mense Profits ot' Agriculture, Stock Raising, 
Wool Growing, See., <Sre. A closely printed 16 
mo, of 288 pages, comprising a vast amount of 
valuable in f ormation. Galveston, Texas—W. & 
D. IilCHAKDSON & Co. 
C’. H. Dana’s New Sheep Register. A con¬ 
venient work for all sheep breeders who wish 
(as ail ought) to record and preserve the age, 
weight and quality of fleece, coupling, pedigree, 
etc., of the members of their flocks. West 
Lebanon, N. H.—C. H. Dana. 
Manual of Fig Culture in the Northern and 
Middle States. By James I. Worthington of 
Chillicothe, Ohio. 
Test Your Seed Corn— As there are many acres 
planted each year to coni that never germi¬ 
nate, it is policy to test the seed in time, so that 
should it fail reliable seed may be obtained in 
season. It may be done by placing a small 
quantity of shelled corn in a basin or other ves¬ 
sel containing blood-warm water, keeping it in 
a warm place; if good it will girininate in two 
days.— l. n. s. 
Notice to Advert iwers.—Advertisements intend¬ 
ed for the inside (14th and lfith pages) of the Rural 
should reach the Now York Office on Friday of the 
week preceding date,—and for the outside (12th, ISth 
and H'.ih pages) on Monday morning of the week or 
publication. Considering Its large, wide and rapidly- 
increasing circulation, the Rural New-Yorker is. 
at ils present rates, the bust and cheapest Adver¬ 
tising Medium of its Class. 
Broom Corn Culture,—A aron Frantz asks 
some of the Rural readers for instruction in 
the culture of broom-corn—the proper mode of 
gathering and curing It. Previous volumes of 
this journal contain these instructions in detail; 
but we shall be glad to publish later experience. 
Especially do We desire the testimony of growers 
as to the relative profit of different varieties. 
Additions to Clubs are always In order, whether 
in ones, t whs, liv es, tens, or any other number. Many 
agents, after sending one club, form others, and thus 
secure additional or larger premiums. A host of 
people m e dropping other papers ubout these days— 
many have id ready changed to the Rural— and our 
Agent-Friends should improve every occasion to 
secure such as recruits for the “ Rural Brigade.” 
Address rn No. 41 Park Row, New York. - 
Though (he Rural is published in both New York 
City and Rochester. N. Y. the principal printing and 
mailing offices are in Now York, and hence all agents 
are requested to address 
It. It. T. AlflO/tJE, 
No. 41 Park Row, New York. 
Seeding an Orchard. — J. H. writes: —I have ft 
young orchard, four years old, on dry laud that 
has been mostly under the plow. 1 desire to 
know, through the Rural, what to seed with 
for the good of the trees—clover or timothy? 
Wo answer, clover. 
Lime Water for Preserving Eggs.— In England 
lime water is made by dissolving quick lime in 
water, decanting the pure liquid, and putting 
the eggs into it. Cover the jar. 
