C0NTENT8 OF THI8 NUMBER. 
Pkgl. 
Indiistrinl Topics.- Note* of Travel South—I. 
Tenant Houses for Farms, (Illustrated;) Door 
Fastening, (illustrated ;) Sow Grass Seed.133 
Field Cull tire. -Corn on Turf Ground i Drain¬ 
ing itnU l)ee|i Plowing: Farm Experiences; Po¬ 
tatoes in Km ova*; c-oui Ashes as a Fertilizer; 
Norway oats; Manuring Born in the Hill.131 
The Hwine-Ilerd. Hog Cholera—Remedies; 
About tin- Pigs. .134 
The Herdsiniin. Tin- Trouble yrlth Calves; 
Cuttle In Texas ; Feeding Hay to fttoek ; Bed¬ 
ding for Animals; Abortion In Cows.134 
Sheep IIushandry. Wool Growers' Associa¬ 
tions; Death of Mr. Atkinson; Shearing Sheep 
hy Hteitiu: Core for Bllecp-Cliaslng Dogs; 
Stretches or Colic....135 
Discussions New York Farmers’ Club The 
Boot of the matter, About Sumac. Increasing 
Flow of Milk, Buckwheat for Green Manuring, 
Crab AjoiImv, The Quince iti Missouri, When t.o 
Cut Grain. To Kill Canada Thistles, Cureullo, 
The Ay Grinder. The Icing Island Corn Man, I’o. 
tatties. Broom Corn In Ohio, Presentation, Corn 
and Cub Meal. .....135 
Bornological. - 111 baton Pippin, (Illustrated j) 
Fruit Humbugs; How wo liaise Htruwherrles; 
Thu Mulberry in the South ; White Hellebore a*. 
Currant Worm- ; (.'reveling Grupi*; Protecting 
Blackberrltn and Kaspiiurrhis, Canada Apples; 
Norton's Virginia and (ynthlana Grape; Ourcu- 
ll i Catching; Calltornln Figs; Coal Tar Wash 
Plmi „ 186 
The Vineyard. — Tarring Vineyard Stakes; 
Training Grape Vines.13li 
Vegelnhle Garden. -Hoasonnhltt Hints; To¬ 
matoes I low to Raise them Karly; Keeping 
Cabbage ....130 
Arboriculture. — Signs of the Times, Gonecrn- 
mg Pluming Timber and Forests;" Add! " in 
the Fast; Tree Protectors, (Illustrated ,•) A New 
Japan Tree; Trees in tin; Northwest What 
Troon to Plant; A Valuable Tree. . .... .137 
Furm Ecunoun. Dissolving Hones; Variation 
of Farm Labor: Horse Man ore for Carrots; 
Wagon Tires- Ought not Tires of Greater Width 
to ho Cued; Gates atnl Substitutes Therefor; 
Fencing Against Stock: A Pump Wanted. .. .133 
Tilt; Poultry-Yard. Pure-Bred Fowls; Snow 
for Fowls; Value of Poultry Manure: Crcve- 
CuiurnnO Other Fowls Wanted; JCmbUen Geese; 
Kggsof Crevo-Cteiir Fowls... .138 
A ri and A rtlsta.— Interesting Art Gnatrtp..138 
Dairy li n slot miry. The Canadian Dairymen’* 
Association- I,urge Attendance of Canadian 
Farmers and Others Thl’ President's Ailtlrt • 
The Best Method 'if Cooling Milk Before Cheese 
Is Made Thtin.Trom. The Smallest t heese Maker 
In Cumuli!, let: Houses, Miking Cheese Once it 
Day, Annual Address, Other Tuples. .130 
The A pin rian. Transferring Coluhs — How to 
Do It.. ,,.,139 
Domestic Economy. Gleanings from l.elters 
Paste for a Scrap Book, Hard Huiip, Itch, Filling 
Kerosene Lumps, Ironing ’I’ubla, To Sow Hard 
Cloth, Seasoning sausage, Curing Beef; Cook¬ 
ing Food; Inquiries. .139 
Editorial, l*".|e. To All Interested A Frank 
Apologelleal Explanation; Depurl mi nt of Agn 
culture: Markets Inquiries; Grain Drills in 
the West; Protecting Trees from Mice; Our 
Presentation Plate; Labor-Haring In Harrow¬ 
ing; Help Wanted in Michigan ; New Style Feed 
Racks; GruMtboppcrri In I'ebrnary Indiana Tex¬ 
an Cattle Raw ; fli nt's Tree luvlgorator ! Use of 
.Miielt or lame ; Htlilile Floors ; Fgg-JCatlng Rats; 
Force Pump Wanted; Apnreelaiud ; Returning 
Manuscript. HI Ik Worm's Eggs ; Standard Weight 
of Beaus ; Churn Power. .140 
Iixl iiM t rin I Societies New ICuglnnd Ag. Soci¬ 
ety; Gilt of Mass. Horl. Society; Kennebec 
(Mo.) Hurl, KneRity; Pennsylvania Poultry So¬ 
ciety; M.nric llinail el Agricult are; Fruit Grow- 
era' AasoollUton, Black Luke. Midi.; Maine Htuto 
Ag. Society ; The Middlesex Co.,(N. .l.j Farmers’ 
Club; West, Jersey Fruit Growers'Association ; 
Washington Co., (Vi.) Ag. Society. HO 
The Traveler. - Germany Hild (he Germans- 
At Heidelberg, Heidelberg Castle, The Great 
Tower, The < Inulftr Tower, (Illustrated ;j Hlelgli- 
ing In Russia.141 
Hhirirs lor If urn lists. I’anlml; A Truo Story 
Of Real Life..Ml 
II ygiruic Information. Diet and Disease..,., 142 
l.ndie*’ Port-Folio, i.lttte Voices, (Poetry;) 
Mothers and Solis; More About Victoria; Gos¬ 
sipy Paragraphs.. 143 
Modes and Milliners. Fashion Talk Artists' 
Recent dun. Toilet ies, Persnnulll Ire, Edith's Trou¬ 
bles, 10tc., Iflte.: Vlul rlmony.li't 
Sahhnih Ifeudiiig. Blessings (Poetry;) Rove 
tor Oil list Klfee.l Id Christianity ; Prejudice_143 
News of the Week.—Domestic News—Includ¬ 
ing News from Washington, New York, Maine, 
New Hampshire, Vermont, Massachusetts, Con¬ 
necticut, Rhode Island. New Jersey, Pennsylva¬ 
nia, Virginia, North ciiroRuu, Louisiana. Tun 
H 0 H 80 G. Kentucky, Ohio, Indiana, Illinois. Michi¬ 
gan, Wisconsin, Missouri, Kansas, Nebraska, 
California. Nevada, Arizona. Indian Territory; 
Foreign News Including News from Great 
ltett.nln. Franco, Spam, Greece, China, Japan, 
Cuba, Paraguay... .. 144.115 
The iVIurke is. Sleek and Money; Produce and 
Provisions ; Live Stock...145 
Personal Items. Brief Personalities.146 
News Gii 11 den Her. -Over Hlxty Nows Brevities.. 147 
For Young People. Mrs. Tyler's Wood-Pile; 
Tlio Legend of the Willow .143 
Tin* Puzzler. Illustrated Rebus; Enigmas, 
Metagram, Problem, *c.148 
Wit null Humor.- Fowl I'lay; All a Betting_118 
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Tub large nnd rapidly-increasing circulation of the 
Kir it a 1 . N'KW-York Kit renders It necessary to put 
the forms to press earlier than heretofore; lienee 
to secure Insertion advertisement* for the inside 
should reach the New York Office on Friday morn¬ 
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of the week prixriHny publication. 
Form New Flubs. It Is not too lute to start 
new clubs for our present volume, ns somu suppose, 
nor to make additions to those already formed. 
We can still supply hack numbers, and shall be able 
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Your Name mid P. O. Address. — Agents nnd 
Others remitting for the Ri iiai. should never “for¬ 
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up " for nut sending the Hurai, promptly. 
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SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 27, 180!). 
TO ALL INTERESTED: 
A Fritnk Apologetlcal Explanation. 
During nearly thirty years' experience as 
a journalist our rule Ins been to be perfectly 
frank with both Agents and Subscribers,— 
always preferring to acknowledge errors and 
mistakes, rather than attempt (o disguise 
them by resorting to any species of decep¬ 
tion. We like to be “on the sipiare” will) 
all our readers, and prefer to make a humil¬ 
iating apology or explanation—as we are 
about to do now — rather than place 
others in a false position, or suhjeel ourselves 
to the charge of intentional wrong-doing. 
Thus ranch preliminary to what we arc in 
honor bound to say, for the information of a 
portion of our Agents and Subscribers— 
those who have had cause to complain of 
irregularities in our subscription entry and 
mailing departments. 
On enlarging the Rural avg made ar¬ 
rangements to liave the mailing done outside 
of the ofllce by parties whom we believed 
to be prompt, reliable and trustworthy. The 
Rural was to lie mailed by machinery — 
the same patent we had used successfully 
for many years — and we had reason to be¬ 
lieve* all would be done properly and in 
season. And we think the manager of the 
firm taking the contract intended to do all 
satisfactorily; but the names came in with 
such a rush, and so many of them number 
ing thousands per day that, llie Rural list 
proved too big a thing for him to dispose of 
with the force engaged. The result was 
that new aud (unfortunately) inexperienced 
persons were employed, set to work, and 
“hurried up,” to regain lost time. Matters 
seemed lo be all right for two or three 
weeks, when it was discovered that things 
were badly “ mixed ” - that the names 
of many subscribers were entered at the 
wrong oifices, and some omitted altogether! 
Here was a predicament — with the “bless¬ 
ings” of Agents and Subscribers from vari¬ 
ous parts of the country pouring upon 
our innocent caput, in all sorts of tunes 
“ grave and gay, lively and severe.” But 
we don’t quite relish some of the thinking 
smear in which a few of our friends have 
indulged; for we insist that our intentions 
were most honorable—that we didn’t mean 
to swindle anybody whatever, and that there 
has been no malice prepense or aforethought , 
on our part, in any of the errors or egregious 
blunders made and committed. Our aim 
was to have every order from Club Agents 
or Single Subscribers receive prompt atten¬ 
tion, and wo supposed that the arrange¬ 
ments made would secure this,— but the 
result, in many cases, lias been most annoy¬ 
ing, mortifying and damaging. For, on in- 
vestigation, we .found that mistakes had been 
made by both entry clerks and the printers 
who put names in type for mailing machine 
— and, though these errors were few, com¬ 
pared to the tens of thousands of names cor¬ 
rectly entered am. 1 printed, they are proving 
most injurious to our reputation and interest. 
Albeit most m wspapers which have be¬ 
come “institutions,” do not make apologies 
for even the mol ;t egregious blunders, we 
oiler the above ih ink confession, and throw 
ourselves upon tie ? mercy of the Cotfrt—con¬ 
sisting of Agents-and Subscribers aggrieved. 
In conclusion we may state that our lists are 
being revised and corrected as rapidly as 
eight or ten competent persons can do it, and 
we think all will be right in a few days. 
Meantime, and thereafter, we shall correct 
all errors and omissions as fast as notified, 
and continue, if necessary, to accept with 
humility the lectures and blessings occasion¬ 
ally received. The fact that we have al¬ 
ready enrolled some twenty thousand more 
names on our books than we had at the close 
of lust year is about the only consolation 
derivable from the had mix for which this 
apologctical explanation is offered,— yet we 
hope that those herein addressed will gener¬ 
ously forgive, if they cannot wholly forget, 
our shortcomings, and kindly continue their 
efforts to augment and widen the circulation 
and usefulness of this Journal. 
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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. 
A committee lias been appointed hy the 
Fruit Growers’ Club of New York to urge 
upon the proper authorities the necessity “of 
enlarging the Bureau of Agriculture to a full 
Department,so as to insure greater attention 
to I Iortioulturc l bail is possible to the present 
narrow scope of its power, etc., that tint rap¬ 
idly increasing interests of Fruit Culture 
may receive something like that degree of 
attention which they fairly demand,” etc. 
The main iliing required is that means be 
placed under the control Of the Department 
of Agriculture wherewith to prosecute in¬ 
quiry, investigation and experiments, and 
collect and collate facts which shall benefit 
fruit growers. We do not conceive other 
legislative action necessary; nor do we be¬ 
lieve the crealion of a new Department de¬ 
sirable, We are opposed to the multiplica¬ 
tion of Department* We are in favor of a 
broad and liberal regard, on the part of Gov¬ 
ernment, for our Industries. Congress is a 
business institution organized to do the bttsi 
ness of ihe people, in its general application, 
but we do not care to see such centralization 
of power as will tend to dwarf rather than 
develop private enterprise. Too much tink¬ 
ering with these great interests will make 
cob-houses of the superstruct ures rather t han 
substantial granite edifices. 
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RURAL NOTES AND QUERIES. 
Market* Inquiries. -A.HabOQIik,P lank Road, 
N. Y., asks the following questions: 1. “How are 
berries mostly setil from Norfolk to Now Yock, 
by railroad from Ci'islleld or Baltimore, or all 
(he way by slintiimj', Hi id how long oil the way V 
Aim. - MoBtly by steamer. Time, thirty-six 
hours. 
“Cost of transportation per crate or per 
OHO hundred pounds? " • 
An ».—Cost of freight averages one and a 
hull' cools per quart. 
8. “Cost of freight on potatoes, melons, ole.? ” 
A ns. Fifty eents per barrel. 
4. “I notice a paragraph In tboTrilHinOBtating 
that over $1,000,1100 worth of early vegetables 
and berries were setil from Norfolk to New York 
last year. 1 with loarit if this areal quantity 
was mostly grown In the immediate vicinity of 
Norfolk or brought from ot her places and re- 
shipprd there ?" 
Avs. They were grown in the vioinlty of 
Norfolk. 
5. “Are fruits sent from Delaware to Now 
York City by rail usually re-shipped or handled 
over in Philadelphia ? " 
An*. When sent by express (hey are not re- 
shipped, 
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Grain Drills in the West. AV. A. Bkbby, Pay- 
son, III., writes: If you will oak the ruanufue- 
turers and dealers In farm Implements where 
they sell the most of their drills, they will tell 
you their largest Bales are in Illinois, Indiana, 
Ohio, Wisconsin, Michigan, Iowa, &c. Here we 
all drill in our grain. It does better every way. 
It does not winterkill so easily. The frost does 
not heave It out of the ground so badly. The 
small ridges or drills catch and hold the snow, 
(our greatest wheat protector,) which would 
otherwise be blown off by our winter blasts. 
And the drills save labor. I have seen them 
uSed On corn stubble without plowing or har¬ 
rowing. The com Is cut up and the wheat 
drilled In the same as on any ground. Some 
Of my neighbors have the finest prospects for 
wheat ‘put In' that way. I think everything 
favors drilling.” 
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Protecting Tree* from Mice. A young Michi¬ 
gan Farmer writes us that ho lias a sure pre¬ 
ventive of the ravages of mice, easily applied, 
and requires but little time In its application. 
Ho twists a hay rope about an inch in diameter 
and about six feet long for each tree, and, com¬ 
mencing at the bottom of the tree, lie winds it 
about It, upwards, twenty inches or two feet. 
The rape is fastened at (lie lop and bottom by 
means of a loop or knot. A good hand will wind 
a hundred trees in t his way in a day, making his 
own ropes. They can be made of marsh or 
t imothy hay, or oat straw- 
Mr. H. W. Mir ,lard of Oswego, New York, 
told ns the other day that ho saved a young or¬ 
chard of apple trees from mice one winter by 
protecting them with horse-shoe tile, sell ing the 
edges of two together and binding t hem, and in¬ 
closing the tree completely. 
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Labor-Having in Harrowing. Mr. J. RaG'II- 
EREit of Osceola, Mich., writes the Rural: 
“Thinking I may confer a small benefit on some 
brother farmer I bike this opportunity to toll 
you of a plan which has been quite u labor- 
saving to me and my neighbors, by enabling one 
man to cultivate or harrow with two teams. It 
is done in this manners —Hitch the two teams 
each on a harrow; tie the ends Of the lines as 
you would if two were gblng to harrow; drive 
one by the side ol' the other; hitch the inside 
comers of the harrows about six inches apart; 
tie the heads of tin; I wo inside horses uboi it three 
feet apart or a little less; put both sets of lines 
over your shoulders, and go ahead.” 
Our Presentation Plate — Consisting of a 
magnificent Star! Plate Engraving from the 
Original Painting In the Academy of Fine Arts 
entitled “Birth-Day Mormxo. or tin Har¬ 
dener’# J*reftent ," la now being distributed and 
brings many handsome acknowledgments from 
Agent-Friends. It Is a charming Picture, en¬ 
graved In the highest style of the art in mixed 
and stipple,and printed on heavy plate, paper 
size 34 by 82 inches. Though a Five Dollar En¬ 
graving, it is given free, (In addition t<> the regu¬ 
lar Premium nffcmt,) to all Agents ol' the Ritual 
who remit for twenty or more yearly subscri¬ 
bers, As this Beautiful Hilt has not been men¬ 
tioned in our present volume, many Agents have 
been surprised at its receipt. For example, Mr. 
A. Patton of Cayuga Co., N. Y., writes: "On 
calling at. the posl-olllce this morning I found 
myself tin recipient of a large and beautiful 
engraving entitled " Tin Uirth-PHiy Morning,” 
for which I am very much obliged. It was en¬ 
tirely unexpected. I think you pay your agents 
well for 1 heir services.” 
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Help Wnnled In Mirhlgnn. Geo. S. LOOM 18 , 
Liberty, Jackson Co., Michigan, writes us;—“I 
learn by the papers, and otherwise, that in some 
places help Is very plenty; the reverse of that 
is the foot in this county, especially In this town, 
Liberty. There arc at least twenty-five farmers 
In this town who cannot, procure help at any 
price. And I am safe in saying that thirty good 
hands could find employment In less than two 
days, to work by the month and year at prices 
ranging from sixteen to twenty-live dollara per 
month.” 
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IVew Style Feed Hack*. - A friend, while going 
through an old fogy farmer’s barn-yard ill these 
parts, awhile since, saw what would be a decided 
addition to your recent illustration of feed 
boxes and racks for cattle. The owner wan the 
possessor of a line farm, but from old logy man¬ 
agement purely, luuj lost three or four horses, 
whose dead bodies were permitted to lie scat¬ 
tered about the burn-yard, and upon these bodies 
was placed the liny carried out for the stock to 
eat,—A Hurbi tuber. 
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Grasshopper* tn February. T. 11., Fairfield, O., 
writes us: “We have had no sleighing in this 
section (his winter. December was a co(d month. 
Since January 1st the weather has been mild and 
pleasant, uml for a few days past quite warm 
and spring-like. While crossing a clover Held 
last Friday, February 12, 1 saw quite a number 
of grasshoppers, smart and lively. By the way 
we were visited by them severely last season 
and our crops very much shortened." 
fiiilinnn Trsan Gallic l.nw. The I-legislature 
Of Indiana has Jusl passed a law which provides 
that cattle shall not be shipped to any point In 
that Stale from the first, of March to the first of 
October; from the first of October to the first 
of March they arc to be admitted without re¬ 
striction. They are to be allowed transportat ion 
11 trough the Slate at all limes of year. The pen¬ 
alties provided to secure the enforcement of the 
act range from $1,(KK) to £10,000, 
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Hi'hI'h Tree luvlgorator. J. P. of Indiana, 
is Informed that on agent who was vending 
the recipe for (his concoction at the Indiana 
State Fair In ISO", gave the writer the recipe, 
with the understanding that he should try it 
and report. We tried it, and advise our readers 
not to pay money for it. Better scrape the 
bodies of your trees with a hoe, and wash them 
with strong soap-suds, and save the live dollars 
asked for this recipe. 
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Use of .Mock or Lime. p. u. Martin, Paulina, 
N. J. - The muck deposit you describe ought to 
be a deposit of wealth to your farm. You do 
not need to mix it with lime if It is In the con¬ 
dition you describe. Apply It direct to your 
land; or, which is belter, compost it with your 
coarse barn-yard or stable manure, mixing lime 
with the whole, and apply to the land in that 
shape. The lime may be applied profitably to 
your wheat soils us a top-dressing. 
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Ktable Floor*. — A correspondent writes:— 
“Which is preferable, to provide our horse stables 
wit li Moors of plank, earth or cement? If tlio 
first, should tt bo pine or oak? Suoh a valuable 
animal ns the horse*, should be provided with the 
I lost stall that man can devise. If any reader 
has anything new in this line let it appear in the 
Rural forthwith.” 
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Egg-Eat lug Bill*. Wm. H. Coleman, Yates 
On., N. Y., wants to knowhow he can destroy 
the rats which destroy the eggs as soon ns they 
are laid, Buy a rat terrier, or what is better, a 
pair of ferrets, and t urn t hem loose among them. 
Wo do not know where these animals may be ob¬ 
tained but doubtless some of our readers have 
them for sale. 
Force Pump Wanted.—B. S. STIRLING, Eagle 
Harbor, N. Y., wants a good durable force pump. 
His cistern is eighty foot from the spot where he 
desires to use the water: and he wants to know 
how large a pump ho needs and how to sot it. 
Ho should apply to some pump dealer for such 
information. 
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Appreciated.- Fu ry mail brings us most ap- 
prrdative letters from distant friends. Among 
a score or more just received, wo find this brief 
compliment from an art ist and breeder in West¬ 
ern New York; What a beautiful number 
U94 Of the Rural Is! Those fat cattle and sheep 
ure worth the cost of u year’s subscription." 
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Returning Manuscript.—'Correspondents de¬ 
siring manuscript returned to them when not 
used must send stamps to pay return postage. 
Else they need not hope to see it again. We 
cannot return manuscript on any other terms. 
Wlk Worms’ Egg*.— F. H. Blount: —Wc can¬ 
not inform yon of whom you can purchase 
silk worms’ eggs. Write to Ai.reht Brewster, 
San Gabriel, Cal. We think he Can give you the 
dosired information. 
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Standard Weight of llcuiis.—G. Pattison is in¬ 
formed that the standard weight of a bushel of 
beans in New York State is sixty-two pounds; 
Castor beans, forty-six pounds. 
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Churn Dower.- Will you, or some of your 
readers, give the best and most favorable plan 
for a churn power, to be used with sheep or dog. 
A Reader, Stockton, N. Y. 
INDUSTRIAL SOCIETIES. 
New England Ag. Hoc.—The officers elect for 
1809 are: President Dr. G. B. LoRtNG, Salem. 
Secretary— Daniel Needham, Groton. Treasurer 
-Isaac K. Gage. The Via-l‘rcsidcntA and Trus¬ 
tee* ure as follows: 
Maine Thomas B. Lang. North Vassalboro’, 
(Vice-President;)8. L.Goodale, Saco; Columbus 
Stewart, North Anson; Seth Scammon, Scar- 
boro’; Waldo T. Pierce, Bath; J. F. Anderson, 
North Windham; Calvin Chamberlain, Fox- 
croft ; Gen. George F. Shcpley, Portland; B. P. 
(illmoil. < Irono. 
AVie Ham whin -Georg° w. Riddle, Bedford; 
D. 11. Gooaell, Antrim; Warren 11. Daniels, 
Franklin; Moses Humphrey, Concord; Andrew 
ll. Young, Dover; Warren Brown, Hampton 
Falls; Charles Williams, Manchester; J. H. Bai¬ 
ley, Portsmouth ; Robert. Elwcll, Langdon; Hon. 
Fred. Bmyf.li (Vice-President.) 
Vmmad David Kimball, Clarendon. (Vice- 
President:) Henry Clark, Rutland; Richard 
Bradley. Brillleboro’; G. L. ( handler, Montpe¬ 
lier; O. S. Bliss, Georgia; Carlos Baxter, Bur¬ 
lington; E. 8. Stowoll, Cornwall; F.benezer 
Bridge. I’oinfret; George Campbell, Westmin¬ 
ster ; Peleg Winslow, Putney. 
Ma^ehus/Its J, D. Wheeler. (Vice-President;) 
8. II. Howe.Bolton; Peter Butler,Quincy; G. T. 
Plunkett,. 11 in.--'lain; Sl.ejiheu Bulb bury, JiWor¬ 
cester; S. B. PHInney, Barnstable, J. A. Har¬ 
wood. Littleton; T. 8. Sanders. Salem: Richard 
Goodman, Lenox; Aaron D. Weld, West Rox- 
bury. 
Connecticut— K. Hyde. Stafford (Vice-Presi¬ 
dent. ;) B. Sumner. Wood took ; Burden Loomis, 
Windsor Locks; Jonathan Camp, Norwalk; H. 
8. Collins, Collinsville; 8. M Wilis Wethersfield ; 
H. L. Stewart, Middle Huddnm : Jnines A. Bill, 
Lyme; .1. D. Perkins, Litchfield; George C. 
Hitchcock, New Preston, 
lihoile Isla nd A moan Sprague. Cranston, (Vice- 
Pre-Jdent;) Oluidlah Brown. N. Providence; Ly¬ 
man B-Frieze, Providence; W . E. Barrett, Provi¬ 
dence; David Pike, River Point : Cyrus Harris, 
Cranston; A. ll. Cuadsey, Wiekl’ord; J. I). W. 
Perry, Bristol ; Tho**. B. BulTum, Newport.; Ed¬ 
ward D. Pearce, Providence. 
Tho Society was reorganized under the new act 
of Incorporation granted by the State of Massa¬ 
chusetts. The following resolutions were 
adopted: 
lieteilirit. That the Society award no diploma, pre¬ 
mium or gratuity for any agricultural machine or im¬ 
plement, the merits of which cannot be ascertained 
except by actual trial In the Held unless such trial be 
bad, giving all machines or implements entered an 
opportunity to compute. 
[irsnlrnt, Tlint the New England Agricultural So¬ 
ciety wlltiesse* witli pleasure vim effort s made by col¬ 
leges. societies and other means for rhendvnnec-mont 
agricultural knowledge,and would urge their support 
upon the comnuuiiiy. 
Rnmtved, Thut the proposition to hold an Interna¬ 
tional Exposition at dgrteiiltunil Manufactures and 
tlni Mechanic 1 Arts In New York in 1H7i!,at the centen¬ 
nial innlversiiry of Hie Oi.Tlanitfon of Independence, 
meets with mu warmest approval, and we urge upon 
Congress and I he Slate Legislature all Mu; encourage¬ 
ment In their power to bestow upon the enterprise. 
Gift lo MnssachiisetlN 11 or t Ion 11 urn I Society. 
From the Boston Journal we learn that Johiah 
StwknBY of Watertown, Maas., has placed in 
the hands of the above named Society a deed of 
t rust for $12,000, the Income of which Is to be 
devoted, annually, to the ineroase of tlio So¬ 
ciety's library. The indenture stipulates that 
tho Society shall hold the sum of $12,000 for the 
term of thirty years, nnd from the income there¬ 
of yearly appropriate the sum of $700 In the 
purchase of works on botany, horticulture, 
landscape gardening, architect ure in its connec¬ 
tion with horticulture and other kindred suli- 
joets, the books to be labeled with “The Stick- 
ney Library Fund.” That the Society as soon as 
the mortgage on their estate of Horticultural 
Hull aboil be fully Mid off, shall Invesl the said 
stun in such stocks as the donor in his lifetime 
or os his trustees and executors may approve 
after Ills decease. At the expiration of twenty 
yeiira tlio Society shall pay over the said sum to 
tile President and 1-Vllows of Harvard College, 
tola* held by them and their sueccKsors forever 
in trust, and that the Income I hcroof be applied 
to lho support and maintenance of the Ijiwrence 
Scientific School In connection with the College, 
or for the better endowment and support of a 
professorship of botany in said College, or for 
the improvement of a botanic garden in con¬ 
nection with Ihe College, or for furnishing addi¬ 
tional instruction In botany and horticulture, 
or for the purchase of works on those subjects 
for the College Library. This action of Mr. 
Btiekncy is most commendable and worthy of 
Imitation by such ns are able and desire to pro¬ 
mote the growth Of horticultural knowledge. 
Kennebec (Mr.) Hurt. Hoe. —The following are 
the officers elect for 1889: President Hon. J. W. 
NORTH, Augusta. I’/n -Presidents Russell Ea¬ 
ton, Augusta; E. H. Butler, Hailowcll; Jus. M. 
('arpentcr, Plttston. Secretary David Cargill, 
Wlnthrop. Treasurer Edward A. Nason, Au- 
guxta. Trustees— Nathan Foster, Gardiner; Cal¬ 
vin Spaulding, Hailowcll. 
PcntiMyB aula Poultry Society.—Olfioers for 
1889: President— I). W. IIkustink. Vice-Presi¬ 
dent John McGowan, according Secretary— 
Charles B. Dunn. Corrcsisinding Secretary Jos. 
M. Wado. Treasurer I. 11. <i. Sharpies*. Execu¬ 
tive Committer Wm. Wistor, Jos. M. Bullock, 
John Clapp, J. M. Rowe, Geo. A. itahui. 
Muiiii* llounl of Agriculture. The following 
are the officers el eet of the Maine Board of Agri¬ 
culture for J8tl9: President— Samuel Wasson of 
Ellsworth. Fug -/‘resident Belli Scammon of 
Scarboro’. Secretary S. L. Goodale of Saco. 
Messenger -A. R. Ilourdmau of South Norrklge- 
work._ 
Fruit Growers’ Association, Black Lake, 
Mich.—The officers for lwia arc: President— 
Milo Rowe. Viec-ihrJddent-- Fletcher Fowler. 
Secretary and Treasurer— J. A. Stocking. Corre¬ 
sponding Secretary— Daniel Upton, Muskegon, 
Michigan. _ 
Maine Mate Ag. Not*. The following are the 
officers elect for lSi'J: President Sktu Sca mmon, 
Scarboro’. Secretary— S. L. lioardmnn, Augusta. 
Treasurer Wm. E. Morris, Portland. Trustees— 
Warren Peiclval, Vassalboro'; Samuel Wasson, 
EUs worth. 
The Ml dill cm* x C. (IV. J.) Farmers’ Club holds 
regular monthly meetings at Now Brunswick. 
Judging from reports of Its discussion this Club 
Is a progressive and useful Institution. Presi¬ 
dent John VOORiiEBS. Vice-President II. K. 
How. Secretary - Paul Cook. 
West Jersey Fruit Grower's Association.— Olfi- 
oers for 1869: {’resident Nathan Leeds. Vice- 
Presidents Clayton Lippineott, Silos Walton, 
Isaac Collins. Recording Secretary Thomas V. 
Andrews. Correjfpaiultng Secretary — William 
Parry. Treasurer• George Maverstlck. 
Washington Co. (It.) Ag. Hoe.—A Society frith 
tins name was recently organized at Montpelier, 
and the following officers elected: i‘resident— 
Levi Uoutwkll. Vice-President—I). B. Wliee- 
luek. Secretary Austin D. Anns. 'Treasurer 
Clark King. Auditor— DonP. Carpenter. 
