plow again this spring-and seed with barley and 
clover; wants some one to tell him if this is 
best. I f we had such a Held, we should cultivate 
the Couch or “ Quack " out of it before putting 
any other crop on; should plow it deep early 
this spring. If the ground is wet when plowed, 
no matter. And as often as the Couch starts 
during the season, we should cultivate or plow 
it,thoroughly. It will be found the most profit¬ 
able to get rid of the “ Quack " first, without re¬ 
gard toother crops, and only plowing and vigi¬ 
lant cullure will doit. 
No number less than a dozen will be sold at these 
prices, and the cost of packing will be an addi¬ 
tional charge. Probably Western nurserymen 
grow this tree for sale; but we have no means 
at hand for knowing who does. 
outgrowth of common - sense, they may 
not succeed. Hundreds of young men of 
this class have settled on the cheap lauds of 
Illinois, Iowa, Minnesota, Missouri, Kansas 
and Nebraska within the past ten years, and 
have made for themselves good homes, 
gained property and influence, and are now- 
reaping the reward which labor and faith 
bring. And there is an abundance of room 
in each one of the States named lor thou¬ 
sands of other young men who foolishly fear 
to strike out foi themselves, chiefly because 
they have not been taitght self-reliance and 
to exercise their own judgment in their own 
behalf by their parents. 
Let such young men, who feel dwarfed 
and hampered here in the East, make up 
their minds to have a good, square, manly, 
hand-to-hand fight with the world, and go 
"West, Do not stop in the cities or large 
towns. Don’t take a hook or implement 
agency. Don’t go to speculate, thinking 
you are sharper than the “country clod¬ 
hoppers” of the West. Leave your vanity 
and big-head in the East. Go to learn, to 
take advantage of what you lean), and to 
labor honestly to win what you want, and 
work patiently until you do win. ^.llave a 
clearly defined purpose before yon r start. 
Don’t go perambulating the country seeking 
your fortune, and expecting it will drop into 
your hat like a ripe apple from a tree when 
you jar it, if you are going for a farm and 
have little means, go into say, Iowa, out 
where lands arc cheap, w ith an improving 
neighborhood and a good class of citizens to 
attract other birds of like feather. Get your 
land. Don’t act in haste, Work among the 
pioneers until you know how they do things 
and learn the prospects. Find first what 
you can do, and then do it. Keep a stiff up¬ 
per lip, deal uprightly, liberally, believe and 
trust in God, and do what your hands find 
to do with all your might. You will win. 
PROGRESS AND IMPROVEMENT 
CONTENTS OF THIS NUMBER 
Page 
AxtRouicuLTUKK.—Atlornnipnt 
of Ground# — Groupin'/ vt, 
Masaiog Tre«, The t’#c of 
Ornuuir'jital und DO'veHn/ 
Shrub#, MMltO£TfC"» filin'- 
trnt«d,) Thu Wahoo (lllua- 
truled,)The Hoo Tree 
trated,) The Whit* Frlfie# 
(Illustrated, > The C-oJutoa (fl- 
I nitrated ;) Wind * '» 
Tree* for the South — Thd 
Effect of Climate on Tree*; 
Manure for P«4cb and Pear 
Trow.1*7 
Indvmtriai. Tophi#.—M limr.il 
Compared with Ot/iu>k- M*i- 
nuret; Applying lfeu Ma¬ 
nor# ; The Potato HuitiLu/ ; i 
Kuntie Tenre.. J 
Sheet Huuakoey. — Advtce 
to New beglnnor*; 9h«mp 
Importation*.199 
The Herdsman. - RaMo* 
CalveA — How to Patton a 
Calf Without "N*w Milk, 
Rearinc Calve# fot Stock ► 
Foo l t hr Cows ; To Destroy 
Lice on CattU. .199* 
Thk Natl rammt. — A Mtuwly 
Wild Dock Snail# aDd 
fitrnwlivrric" ... JM 
PoMOLucrcAt.. — Fruit Grow¬ 
ing In Mlchi/nti . Bentley 
Sweet Apnlu ( Illiutrotfi,) 
Duchesne ciu Bordeaux Pear 
fill astro ted ;) Name* for lbo 
ftogor# Grape#; l*cu»of*tri'<M 
Repcrl — Apple#, Pears ; 
Question# A boat Crab Ap- 
plo* : H >rnet R*upberry j 
The Rebecra,Diank jg* 1 Cmv- 
elln/ Ornp-ai ; Currant Rir* 
er» Hll i.trawdi) Curt'iUoln 
Aj*pU-«; Information Dr*lrrd 
from Soatbern PomOlogtil# , 
Cynthinua Grape, Ac.*00 1 
TlIU VjMVaUD. - Making 
Grape Cull yyi (¥ Hi Ultra 
Grape Must; 
Grape TyMI* stmir*; Ptopa- 
(latin^ the flrape . . »,,*, . .. SOI; 
Veoictaik k Gtfingy*—A#pnr* 
ajfu#; To 0n>w TqimaL. 
FJitiil* i Lima Bean# ; Tan 
in Garden Soil#.... .VO 1 
Discussions.-- New York Far 
mcr./Club - Senb in Sheep, 
A Yeung Kiitru Farmer, 
M.-.k in / Cldvi, Douu va, SUn! 
low Plowing. *<*ttfn£ Chest* 
Condensing Other Article# of 
Fowl, What Milk la Worth 
to Ship to Chicago, Barns.. .S 
Dowmtic — About 
Coffee Maklnv ; Wood 
Inp Ho# Made, How Hung 
and Ho#r F.(prailft.5 
E&rroKiAt^ Etv*—The Price 
of Wheat Where Young 
Men Should Go; Rural Note# 
and Querr# — Number# and 
hin«* of Fmui Stock In the 
I'nhud Hoivtfi SUtdi 
the R*jr.»L u Quack Griuu,” 
lo^n rum, Pr# * unlive of Smut 
In Wlani, Ouu Orange 
Hidgv and Adjr.jr^»g Crops, 
Homotbliig for Horae*. Gree¬ 
ley, Seoirltr to Hetlleri in 
1'enneMiM, New Quarter, En- 
oourariag Words, Pratt'* A# 
tr«J Oil,Advice to Young Me* 
Ch«nic*,\V hat the Rural Doea 
for ftubsrrlbfru, CkllU'M Su¬ 
gar Cane, Chestnut Tfecu 
AN ORIGINAL “WEEKLY 
RURAL, LITERARY AND FAJHLY NEWSPAPER. 
D. D. T. NOORE, 
Conducting Editor and Proprietor. 
Chinese Sugar Cane. — JaMES A. KUKLAND.— 
Plant in drills, if the ground is clean, three and 
a half to four foot apart; if ground is foul, in 
hills, leaving six to leu stalks In a hill. Scald the 
seed before planting. Put it in hot water and 
let it stand ten or twelve hours, then pour the 
water off and let it stand In a tight vessel in a 
warm place three or four days until it is 
sprouted, when plant on warm, freshly prepared, 
rich soil. The most experienced cultivators be¬ 
gin to harvest when the plant is in bloom, mak¬ 
ing the first gathered into sirup; ossoonns the 
seed is in the doughy state, the- sirup will granu¬ 
late if well managed and sugar crystals result. 
The sooner ills ground after cutting the better. 
TERMS, IN ADVANCE: 
StTBSCRlPTioN—Three Dollars a Year. To Clubs 
nod Agents, Kive copies for fU: Savon, ami one free 
to olub agent, for $1#; Ten. and one free, for #26—only 
$2.!>0 per copy. As we pre-pay American postage, $2.70 
Is the lowest Club rate to Canada and $3.50 to Europe. 
The best way to remit is by Druft or Post-Office 
Money Order,—and all Drafts and Orders made pay- 
nblO to the Publisher MAY BE MAIMED AT Ills IUSK. 
Advertising inside, 76 cents per lice, Agate 
space; Outside, $1 per line. For Extra Display and 
Cuts, a price and u half. Ppt-elal and liusincss Notices 
charged according to position. No advertisement in¬ 
serted for less than $3. 
7’IIK large and rapid I y-lncreaglng circulation of the 
It uhal New-Yorker renders It necessary to put 
the forms to press earlier than heretoforehence 
to secure Insertion advertisements for the Inside 
should reach tbc -New York Office on Friday morn¬ 
ing, and for the outside pages on Saturday morning 
of the week preceding publication. 
flow to Stitch the Rural. — In a late number 
of the Rural I saw an article headed “ Files for 
Rural.” Please allow me to inform those who 
possess a sewing machine how I bind the Rural. 
lie fore opening the paper I stitch the back firmly 
together, then cut live leaves, and it is in book 
form, ready and convenient to read. Would 
also advise those who do not possess a sewing 
machine to get up a Club for the Rural and 
get a machine for their trouble as I did. — E. TI. 
Wilder, Orangeville, .V. Y. 
— The specimen of stitching accompanying 
above proves that each number of the Rural 
can be readily arrangr.Nl for rending, as described. 
J! can be done in a moment by nny ono having a 
sewing machine, and when once stitched the 
paper may be as conveniently read as a maga¬ 
zine. Before stitching care should be taken, 
however, that the paper is carefully folded, (if 
not bo oil its receipt,) — so that the folds tit the 
backs and tops of the leaves ure itt the center of 
the margin. A brown paper cover — stitched 
with the number —will preserve the paper, and 
keep St clean. Of course wc endorse the advice 
given in Mr. Wilder's closing sentence —and 
add t hat, now is the time to act upon it, as our 
offer will probably be withdrawn May 1st. 
| x.*if i.'hij e, Cbvit-mit Tree# 
I 'Vttiiu**!, To &$vt• Trutv from 
Mk«,PuTni» for “ W.li.M,” 
I I Limn in CMri|>MU, Hump ir» 
; Canada* Chum Power, B/w 
j Joy After ttoriov, Modlug 
with Burluy Eurlv, Correc¬ 
tion,. Bm fcimjHtr’* Con v 
ttuii* fttAA£b at Laconia* N* 
ll.»To Kill Woo Lie a on Cat- 
tfo, Tfxaa F.»gt/fotm Broom 
Cavji fWd* Pl.v of llojr Pen 
Wsnuvj H-jLo^ Clover-‘-‘W 
‘iT -nik# n>a UunALirw. — 
Cvfnluf Togathar.906, !?u(J 
I.Amirs' f okt-FoMO. — Mary, 
Our Dxrllug (P.mtry;) E*u 
rrtu# do Guerin*# Joumol { 
Koqgv Scorto# { Tha Quaati’a 
IJAntHty l*abor#; Ahoul Mr#. 
To Save Tree* from Mice.—D aniel Hender¬ 
son, Columbus, O,, writes“ Please tell your 
readers that at the nearest gns works they can 
get enough gas tar to save one hundred trees 
from the mice. Make a swab of corn husks tied 
on a small stick, keep the tar warm, and bedaub 
the lower foot or eighteen inches of the bodies 
of the trees with it. After going over one hun¬ 
dred trees with ft quart there wjll be enough 
left to apply to the lower part of the com cribs 
and granary, by which they will save enough 
grain to buy a barrel or two of tar next year." 
It is our impression that good orchardists have 
protested most emphatically against the applica¬ 
tion of gas tar to trees In any shape at any time. 
&*nnAni KtjpiNts. — Our 
| CD.Mr# ( Foully :) Tho 
Citpr I* Delay Wioo.? 
N*w» or t»i a WtSK.~ D*»rna»- 
llc Ncwi- tnclurtlng New# 
from W#*hlt|gUni,Nnw York, 
M iliio. Now ?Juuip»hlr« t V*«r- 
mapti WftMOchuactU, Con* 
id t iU'ut, N#w J#*nu*y, Peon 
Mlvauiv, Marylatiu, Vir- 
g'Piij. Booth Carolina* Ooor- 
irlu^ Florida, Lnulalnna, Ml# 
$«Mi|tl, Aranrthn*. TtinnwMuut, 
Kcdlinky, ltbllauit, llllnidt, 
Mirhlgan, >V *oon#ln, Mi# 
Pump for “IV. E. M." — W. II. WOODWORTH, 
Pierpont, N Y., (who says he has no ax to grind,) 
replies to ‘ W. E. M.," in Rural Feb. 27: — You 
should use No. 3 or 4 of a pump tnude at Seneca 
Falls, X. Y., with as long a handle as you can 
gut, with gas pipe one and one-half inch in size 
and droff the bucket ten or twelve feet below 
the platform.” J. W, I?oiiin.vt\ Chagrin Fulls, 
O., recommends stone pumps, the sections put 
together uir-tight. suspended from the platform, 
reaching within six Inches of the bottom, the re¬ 
taining valve twenty to twenty-four feet above 
the water — suction principle. 
SATURDAY, MARCH 37,1809 
Itiqulrie*.—1« there any danger of injuring the 
seed by dropping a mixture of lime, ashes and 
salt in the nill when planting potatoes? flow 
would sueb u mixture answer Tor manuring 
corn in the hill? The composition proposed 
consists ol salt, wood ashes, and slaked lime, in 
the proportion of one, three and five respect¬ 
ively. Is spent tan bark good for mixing with u 
heavy clay soil, to make it lighter and carter to 
cultivate?—T homas Dickson, Oarlc, Pa. 
We should prefer to use the composition named 
above as a top-dressing for com and potatoes, in¬ 
stead of applying it in the hill. The mechanical 
effect of spent tan bark upon day soils would be 
good; whet her it would affect crops unfavorably 
in consequence of any peculiar chemical proper¬ 
ties, we cannot say. 
THE PRICE OF WHEAT. 
Oun correspondent, “ Plowwhecl,” in call¬ 
ing our attention to future grain quota¬ 
tions, desires tlie solution oi a commercial 
problem which at present sorely agitates 
many wheat owners in the same boat with 
him. We give a few brief points in answer 
to portions of his letter. 
The serious losses in wheat for the past 
six months have resulted in killing almost the 
entire speculative interest, although there is 
less wheat, in “ sight”—that is, our own store¬ 
houses and deliveries and ai the principal 
depositories West—exclusive of California 
sacks, than we have had for the past year, 
while prices are fully one dollar lower than 
they were at this time in 1808. 
All current indications tend to show that 
not only wheat, but many other important 
lines of produce arc shaping for materially 
reduced margins, when compared with the 
past two years. We may, perhaps, look for 
steadier rates than have ruled ■nnec January 
1st; hut there is no promise of a recovery of 
war prices. Many parties who were former¬ 
ly content with turning over their capital 
in produce at good average returns, have 
been seduced, like some of “Plow wheel’s” 
neighbors, into locking up their funds in 
Government bonds. The plan he suggests 
of combining the various farmers’ clubs to 
control markets, beyond the statistical and 
agricultural information derived, would he, 
in our opinion, decidedly inoperative in ben¬ 
efits to growers. From the time that “ all 
countries came into Egypt to JosErn to buy 
corn,” the market has depended upon two 
simple features—the supply and demand. 
What may have been the intricacies of trade 
in those days, we caunot say; hut we know 
that in our day nothing is so effectual in sus¬ 
taining prices as a strong speculative vitality 
which cun handle our surplus. 
There arc large parcels of California 
wheat losing seventy cents per bushel, be¬ 
sides expenses. Latterly the cheapened 
rates for wheat have led to enlarged business 
with local millers; blit, on the other hand, 
Western and State flour have suffered a 
steady decline, with very slow liberation of 
stock. Within the past week the stock of 
wheat here has become Yery large through 
heavy additions from California per sailing- 
vessels. It. is presumed that with the pres¬ 
ent low state of the market, some of that on 
shipboard will not break bulk, but will be 
sent direct to Europe. This event would, to 
an extent, unsettle the market, as shippers 
will feel inclined to w r ait for the result of its 
reception abroad. 
We give the present face of matters, blue 
as it is, feeling that it is not our right to 
open up illusive anticipations; such pro¬ 
phetic assurances are too frequently indulged 
in by some periodicals catering to a bull or 
bear interest by which the farmer is rarely 
profited. 
Ftuaouiil Bruvitlo#. 
Anr axj> Aniirr*. — Inierasl 
Ing Art Go**lj>. 
Tr»E N rwi Co#pr#'»i'a.—Che 
Lnl* ]nt*ne#tl»m Bruv 
Lime In Compost*.—C. E. Fielding, Sidney, O., 
calls our attention to tbo fact that Yodmaxs says 
lime should not bo mixed with fermontina farm¬ 
yard manures, because it expel* ammonia, and 
advises the use of arypsnrn instead. Mr. Field¬ 
ing will find, by referring- to the advice lie criti¬ 
cises, that we recommended tho composting of 
lime with barn-yard manures and muck. Limo 
aids decomposition and liberates ammonia, 
which pure muck absorbs and retains. The ad¬ 
dition of plaster or gypsum to such a compost 
will do no harm. 
Ilk,. 
For Yi>t. v« »c.—Lillie 
Ftttl null Link Hniul# (Po¬ 
etry;) Learn to do Soino 
tb!i»C J Tint Soft AtiMvcr ; 
CorroM Sfrouktaj? j The Bird 
an»l loo Mirror; A Noblo 
RURAL NOTES AND QUERIES. 
Preventive of f-mut In Wheat.— Jos. BlaCK- 
wkt.i., Rock Grove City, Iowa;—Take one pound 
best blue vitriol, powdered, put it in a bucket, 
add one gallon of boiling water to it in the morn¬ 
ing, let it stand until evening, (occasionally stir¬ 
ring it to dissolve the vitriol,) then add two gal¬ 
lons of cold water, put ten bushclBof wheat on 
the barn floor, or where it may be turned over, 
pour the vitriol water over the wheat, turning 
the latter over two or three times until it is well 
saturated with the vitriol water. Let it remain 
until morningand sow it. The grain will not be 
injured for seed if it is not sown in a week after 
applying the vitriol water. 
New Quarter.—All interested in the success of 
this journal are referred to announcement of 
Second Quarter of Vol. XX. in first column of 
this paper. During the three months which 
have passed since its Enlargement und Improve¬ 
ment the Rural has gained so largely in circu¬ 
lation that the great success first hoped for Is 
now l uliy assured—for which we tender sincere 
thanks to its good friends everywhere. 
[•Ujfnim, 
Glicnp**# 
Ilonp In Canada.- - The subject, of hemp cul¬ 
ture is being agitated in Canada. It la asserted 
that hemp was extensively groivn them under 
French rule, and that quantities of ltmay yet be 
found growing in a wild state on the older farms 
in Quebec. It is urged that hemp of as good 
quality as the Russian article—which is nine 
cents per pound in Quebec —may be grown ; and 
of course at that price, profitably. 
ubiisbci’s $cslt 
Numbers and Price* of Farm Stock In the 
United State*.—The February report of the De¬ 
partment, of Agriculture gives tables showing 
the amount of farm stock in the several States 
tin compared with estimates made last year. 
These tables show an inctmacln the number of 
horses in Maine, New Hampshire, Massachusetts, 
Now Y'ork, Pennsylvania, Virginia, South Caro¬ 
lina, Georgia, Alabama, Mississippi, Louisiana, 
Arkansas, Tennepseo, W. Virginia, Kentucky, 
Missouri, Illinois, Indiana, Ohio, Michigan, Wis¬ 
consin, Minnesota, Iowa, Kansas, Nebraska and 
California; a decrease in Connecticut, Florida 
and Texas; and neither gain nor loss in Ver¬ 
mont, Rhode Island, New Jersey, Delaware, 
Maryland und North QtroJina. The general 
average price shows an advance notwithstanding 
the increase of numbers. 
There has been a slight increase in the number 
of mules in tho Ntates of New York, New Jer¬ 
sey, Pennsylvania, North Carolina, South Caro¬ 
lina, Georgia, Alabama, Mississippi, Louisiana, 
Arkansas, >Y. Virginia, Kentucky, Missouri, 
Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, Wisconsin, Minne¬ 
sota, Iowa, Kansas, Nebraska and California. 
Only Maryland, Florida. Texas and Ohio show 
decrease. Prices have increased in greater ratio 
than numbers. 
Oxen aud other cattle (except milch cows), 
have increased in numbers slightly in the States 
of Maine. Now Hampshire, Vermont, Rhode 
Island, Pennsylvania* Virginia, South Carolina, 
Georgia Alabama,Mississippi,Louisiana, Arkan¬ 
sas, Tennessee, West Virginia, Missouri, Michi¬ 
gan, Wisconsin, Iowa. Kansas and Nebraska. 
There lias been a decrease in. the States of New 
Jersey,Maryland, North Carolina, Florida, Texas, 
Kentucky, Illinois, Indiana and Ohio, the other 
States neither increasing nor diminishing their 
stock. A general increase in prices is reported. 
The number of milch cows this year, as com¬ 
pared with last, has increased in the States of 
Maine, New Hampshire, Massachusetts, Rhode 
Island* Connecticut, New York, New Jersey, 
-Maryland, Virginia, North Carollua, Georgia, 
Alabama, Mississippi, Arkansas. Tennessee, West 
Virginia, Missouri, Michigan, Wisconsin, Minne¬ 
sota, Iowa. Kansas, Nebraska and California; 
and has decreased in .South Carolina, Florida. 
Texas, Kentucky. Illinois and Ohio. Prices have 
increased rather than depreciated. 
Sheep show a decided falling off in numbers in 
the States of Maine, New Hampshire* Vermont, 
Massachusetts, Connecticut, New York, New 
Jersey, Pennsylvania, Delaware, Maryland. Vir¬ 
ginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia, 
Florida, Alabama, Mississippi, Louisiana, Texas, 
Arkansas, West Virginia, Kentucky, Illinois, In¬ 
diana, Ohio, Michigan, Wisconsin and Iowa. 
The number has increased only in Tennessee, 
Missouri, Minnesota, Kansas and California. 
Tho loss in numbers is about ten per cent,. In 
Stales where mutton breeds are bred, prices 
hnvc advanced; in the American merino regions 
they have depreciated. 
There has also been quite a general decrease 
in tho number of swine. The falling off appears 
in Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont, Massachu¬ 
setts, Rhode Island, Connecticut, New York. 
New Jersey, Pennsylvania* Maryland, Virginia, 
North Carolina, Georgia, Texas, West Virginia, 
Kentucky, Illinois, Indiana, Ohio, Michigan, 
Wisconsin, Minnesota and Kansas. The number 
has increased in Florida, Alabama, Mississippi, 
Louisiana, Arkansas, Missouri, Nebraska and 
California. Prices have increased in many of 
the States from twenty-five to sixty per cent. 
SECOND QUARTER OF VOL. XX 
A New Quarter of the Rural begins next 
woek—April 3d —when wo anticipate largo acces¬ 
sions to our Subscription List. Club Agents, Sub¬ 
scribers, and others Interested, will please bear In 
mind that Now is the Time to form new clubs, HU 
up those started, subscribe singly, or renew subscrip¬ 
tion*. Thanking all Agent-Friends for their spirited 
und successful efforts during the Fall nnd Winter 
Cmnpulgn — efforts which added many thousands of 
recruits to the •’ Rural Brigade we bespeak a con¬ 
tinuance of their kind offices, so fur us consistent 
Our Premiums are continued, bo thnt all who 
form neiv clubs, or till up those ulreudy started, will 
be Liberally Rewarded. 
E7* All whose subscriptions expire this week 
(March 27.) will flud the number, 1001, lifter name on 
address label, and will please remember that, unless 
promptly renewed, their papers will bo discontinued 
under our advance-payment rule. Jn expressing the 
confident hopo Unit most, If not all, will renew, may 
we not request, each to Induce at least one friend to 
join tbo Rural Brigade? Thera are hundreds of 
localities in which one subscriber may. with compar¬ 
atively little effort, form a club of from ten to fifty, 
and thereby benefit all concerned. How many will 
act upon tills sugestion l Read the offers under 
heading of Spi.endiT) Premiums, on pugo 210 of this 
number, and see If It Mill not PAY you well to 
form u Club. 
Osage Orange Hedge and Adjoining lYops.—D. 
E.Soim, Fairfield, Iowa, asks“Can any of your 
readers toll whether tho Osage Orange poisons 
tho ground or not? " lie has seen it stated (hat 
it does so twenty feet each side of tho hedge, so 
i hat nothing will grow within that dlstanoe of 
It. We have seen a good deal of Osage Orange 
hedge, and have never aeon Indications of poison 
to crops other than that which will he the result 
of shade from any tree. The host farmers grow 
grass along the sides of hedges for head lands 
about the fields aud for a drivo-wuy. No doubt, 
so far as the hedge shades a grain crop* so far it 
will affect its growth. 
Churn Power.—A. C. Gifford, Sherman, 
Chautauqua Co., N. V., has used a aheep or dog 
churn power for ten years, which he says con¬ 
sists of n platform eight feet across, running on 
three cast rollers. This is not as definite a de¬ 
scription as might, be, but Sir. Gifford will 
doubtless answer the questions of those inter¬ 
ested who address him. 
Barley Alter Barley.— L. R„ Montgomery, Ill, 
asks some one having experience to inform him 
whether it will answer to allow barley to succeed 
barley. We have never followed barley with 
barley, and would not advise it, though it is 
doubtless true that good crops may be grown, if 
the soil is fed, by such practice. 
Something for Horace Greeley.—I observed 
in Rural of 23d January Horace Greeley’s 
essay on locust trees, planting seed, &c. Now, 
if friend Horace wants a few cions, I can fur¬ 
nish him enough to stock u farm thrifty bushes, 
t wo or three years old. If he will Just dig them 
up he can have them, and I shall then feel under 
many obligations to him for removing them. J 
have a field largely overgrown with them, und if 
some of your correspondents will inform me of 
the best, cheapest, quickest and most certain 
way of kiliiug them out, 1 shall be very thank¬ 
ful— Locust Grove. 
Seeding with Barley Early.—An experienced 
farmer, with whom wo talked the other day, says 
that in order to secure the greatest weight of 
grain, seed eaily—the earlier the better on fall 
plowed lands; but if the object is to get a good 
growth of straw, with a fair quality of grain, 
seed late. 
Additions to Clubmre always in iTdor, whether 
in ones. twos, lives, tons, or any other lHUDbor. Many 
ago nth, after sending one club, form Others, and thus 
secure additional nr larger premiums. A host of 
people are dropping other papers about these days — 
many have already changed to the Rural— and our 
Agent-Friends should Improve every occasion to 
secure such as recruits for the " Rural Brigade.” 
Back Numbers of this Volume will be supplied 
to all new subscribers, unless otherwise ordered, for 
some weeks to uonio. As most subscribers desire the 
complete volume tor binding, ruieronee, etc., we 
continue our vide to send buck numbers to all who 
give no special directions to tho contrary —a course 
which bus generally proved satisfactory. 
Correction.— Our correspondent, J. Wilkin¬ 
son, writes us he Inadvertently made an error in 
stating (page 108 current vol.) that the Stump 
the World peach was of the same family as Craw¬ 
ford’s Early; whereas he should have said it is 
similar to Mixon Free and Moore's Favorite, only 
later. 
(security to Settlers in Tennessee.—EDWARD Y. 
Simpson writes us from Tennessee: — “ I nra a 
Radical in ( he strictest sense, and do not wish to 
mislead any person, but am of tbc* opinion that 
there is not the least danger of Northern men 
being hurt if they wish to make Tennessee their 
home. Besides, there are good bargains to be 
made in purchasing land now, which condition 
may not always last.” 
Bee Keeper’s Convention.— A Bee Keeper’s 
Convention is called at the Board of Trade Hall, 
Jackson, Mich., Wednesday, April 7, for the pur¬ 
pose of organizing a Bee Keeper's Association, 
and the discussion of matters pertaining to bee 
culture. A cordial invitation is extended to all. 
Pratt’* Astral Oil, advertised on the last page 
of this paper, is believed to be worthy the atten¬ 
tion of all in want of a safe and reliable illumin¬ 
ating oil. As will be observed, Professors Hors- 
ford and Doremus commend this oil in un¬ 
qualified terms; aud upon such authority it is 
safe to assume that the article will prove to 
many a long-sought desideratum. 
Howto Help the Rural.— There arc* numerous 
ways in winch itat rionrts can aid in circulating the 
Rural. First, show the paper, ov talk to your 
friends about It. or both. Get up a club, or aid some 
friend to do so—or induce your l*. M. to act as agent . 
Our premiums are liberal and sure. 
How to Remit.— Tho best way to remit for clubs, 
as we have often stated, Is by Draft, if §20 or over, 
send by draft, as there is no risk. For smaller 
amounts It is best to send by P. (). Money Order,—but 
if you cannot do that, send In Registered letters. 
Season at Laconia, IV. H. —CHAS. S, Ladd writes 
us March 12“ We have had a very mild winter 
with plenty of snow for all kinds of business. 
Hay is $15@20 per ton; com, $1.30 per bushel ; 
potatoes, 80c.@$1 per bushel; oats $1 per bushel. 
Advice to Young Mechanics.— John Bcstead, 
Paterson, N. J. You have a good trade. Stick to 
it. Do not run into debt for either a house in 
town or a farm outside, You might make more 
money In the fruit business and you might make 
much less. We cannot advise you to leave a 
certainty for an uncertainty. But we do advise 
you never to run In debt. 
Encouraging Word*. - A. NELSON. Buffalo, N. 
Y., writes:— “Tf tho Rural was read more, and 
some of the sensation papers less, we should not 
have our poor houses and jails quite so full. 
May God bless you in your noblo work.” 
WHERE YOUNG MEN SHOULD GO, 
To Kill Ulue Lice on Catile.— A lady corre¬ 
spondent of the Country Gentleman tried a half 
pint of refiued petroleum, to a large cow, com¬ 
mencing it at the head and pouring it along the 
back from head to tail. This kills sure. 
Charles S. Ladd, Laconia, N. U., asks 
us, “ What State would you advise a young 
man to go to for farming or business in gen¬ 
eral—one who is willing to work hard, and 
expects to do so to succeed, and has always 
worked on a farm?” This is a sample of 
many inquiries we receive; others ask 
what are the chances for situations as book¬ 
keepers, clerks, etc., in the Western cities. 
We reply that there is no Western State 
that we know of where such men as Chas. 
S, Ladd, —“who is willing to work hard 
and expects to do so to succeed,”—are not 
wanted, and where, if they go with the will 
to work, keeping themselves aloof from all 
wickedness, avoiding speculative schemes, 
and exercising the sagacity which is the 
IMPORTANT TO 
What the Rural Dues for Subscribers.— An Iowa 
subscriber, who has recently renewed his ac¬ 
quaintance with the Rural, writes us:—" Some 
years ago, when 1 was a boy, I took a pattern of 
an ox-yoke from your paper, and made yokes 
aud sold them in Milwaukee. I have been bene¬ 
fited over one hundred dollars by that single 
pattern of a yoke.” 
And Women desiring permanent employment. 30 
more Gentlemen and 20 Ladies wanted for t he charge 
of offices on the new lines building. ftYinew operators 
already on the lines yet building. Salaries are from 
$50 to per month. Time required, about throe 
months : and all such ladies or gentlemen as can 
furnish good references from this place will be guar¬ 
anteed employment ns soon ns competent. For particu¬ 
lars, address, (inclosing stamp.) 
J. W. BRADLEY, 
Supt. City Line Telegraph. Buffalo, N. Y. 
Tcxnn Evergreen Broom Corn Seed. —A Mich¬ 
igan subscriber asks where the sood of this vari¬ 
ety of broom corn can be obtained. Probably 
any one of the seedsmen who advertise in the 
Rural can supply you. 
Chestnut Trre* Wanted.—Mrs. W. E. Smith, 
West Point, Wis., asks: Can Chestnut trees, in 
small quantities, treated so that they may be 
safely transplanted, be obtained at the nurse¬ 
ries? If so where? " We have before us a half 
dozen nursery catalogues for the spring of 1869, 
aud the onlyoue in which we find the American 
Chestnut offered for sale is in Eli, w anger & 
Barry's, (Rochester, N .Y.,) who offer trees three 
to five feet high at four dollara per dozen, and 
eight to ten feet high at six dollars per dozen. 
Heated Clover. —A Subscriber, Grand Rapids, 
Mich. — The hay you describe will not injure any 
kind of stock that will eat it, provided the dust 
is well shaken out of it before feeding. 
SUMMER AND WINTER, 
Plan of Hog Pen Wanted.— Will some of 
your readers furnish plan and specifications for 
a hog pen, with floor, roof of shingles or boards 
and large enough to accommodate twenty or 
thirty hogs.— An Illinois Subscriber. 
“Quack Grass.” —M. L. BEACn, Onondaga, N. 
Y., wants to know how to extirpate “ Quack 
Grass’’from a piece of land which he plowed 
very deep last November aud had designed to 
Colgate & Co.'s Toilet So a us we havo used for 
years, and found them always softening to the skin 
in winter, nrul so pleasant In summer, that we could 
not do without thcm.-ReUjlotu Telescope. 
