The Rural In the South.—The increase of the 
Rural's circulation during the past few months 
has been notable throughout the Union, but 
more marked in the South than elsewhere. In 
Southern States where our circulation has for 
many years been limited—the subscribers being 
“ few and far between "-we now have many line 
clubs. Indeed, the first club received at the New 
York office, for the enlarged Rural, was from 
Virginia—since which we have been frequently 
favored with handsome lists from Georgia, Ala¬ 
bama. Louisian i. Texas, and other regions where 
we had but few subscribers. This is a most grat¬ 
ifying indication of the progress and improve¬ 
ment of the South in Agriculture, Horticulture, 
&c, And we are con fident the people of that vast 
and fertile region are on the road which leads 
to the “ reconstruction” of their prosperity and 
happiness. We are In receipt of many compli¬ 
mentary letters from the South, while the Press 
of that region gives the Rural most apprecia¬ 
tive notices—for which we here tender grateful 
acknowledgments. For example, the- Houston 
(Texas) Dully Times explicitly says: 
Moo Re's Rural Is the most valuable journal 
published north of the once Mason and Dixon s 
fine. Its circulation South Is perfectly immense. 
Mr. Beavens. the genUeitiHOlv conductor or Ma¬ 
son - * News Depot, in this city. In forma us that the 
Ki'tlAL NKW-S'OUUER outsells any Journal on his 
table. He take, one hundred copies regularly, and 
often nell* them all out the Brut day. The Rural 
New*YORKER is an embellished Agricultural and 
Horticultural wurk of great, merit, and its large de¬ 
mand in Houston speaks well for the tastes of our 
people. 
»♦»- 
flur Premiums Appreciated. —We are receiv¬ 
ing many acknowledgments, now-a-days, from 
Agent-Friends. An agent at Danbury, Conn., 
writes: 
•• | have received a WHEELER ,V Wilson Sewing 
Machine fora club of fifty, and • «J*ure you I feel 
highly gratified and amply r .warded for ull the efforla 
made in hchair of the Rural. Thn machine Is all 
that could tin und Uioro than 1 anticipator 
Wcaac accent, m* pernteiul ttt'knuwledffm<>uts for the 
PMng. I shall still oaottouft to increase the circula¬ 
tion of your valuable paper a* fur aa l aoj able. 
An agent in Onondaga County. (Mr. Wm. A. 
Connell.) to whom we recently sent a Howe 
Sewing Machine, writes us that he considers it 
the nr plus vitro Speaking of his efforts for the 
Rural he says: 
** t| u . result wan I got. up a club of 05 new subscri¬ 
bers iuid ft old or renewals, In Ihc spnc® of about ten 
riuvp, and secured the host f(U eewutg machine, a 
nice engraving,and sMiXHn cash There are many 
families in t tie land who could thus *ocure to them- 
solve,* a machine, or some other neSded article, at a 
much less cost, than the same could be procured for 
money, besides doing much good. It has been said 
that the person who plants a single tree leaves be¬ 
hind him evidence that he has not lived in vain : so I 
believe of those who aid in .the circulation of such a 
impel as the RURAL Nkw-Vukkeh. ’ 
—--- 
“ Music for the Million.” —Songs make the 
heart glad. Music around the hearthstone is a 
sweet ami happlfying inlluence. Many who feel 
this, aiui who, though dearly loving the old melo¬ 
dies, would like to provide themselves with 
others fre&h and attractive, arc deterred from 
so doing because music is expensive. To meet 
the wants of this clus, Mr. HITCHCOCK, whose 
advertisement we give elsewhere, is issuing his 
“ Half-Dime Seriesof Music for the Mililon.” It 
fe made up In the main, of excellent songsAir- 
ranged with accompaniment, for piano, printed 
in convenient form and on good paper, and sur¬ 
prisingly cheap. Its variety will satisfy all tastes. 
inserted in the advertising department, if 
anywhere, and paid for accordingly. 
In conclusion we will state that it always 
affords as pleasure to commend, so far as 
consistent, whatever is worthy the attention 
of our readers; but no advertising patronage, 
or threats of its withdrawal, has ever se¬ 
cured the influence of the Rural New- 
Yokkkk in any attempt to deceive or defraud 
the public, —and what our course has been 
in the past may be regarded us an indication 
of what it will be in the future. 
PROGRESS AND IMPROVEMENT 
CONTENTS OF THIS NUMBER 
Page 
Stock, Tb« Bum, 
Tb« Tfimkin*, CuUtoff tbo 
Straw, SUtnln? t)»« FodH*r.219 
DoMOVTIC ftcOMOMT. — 9t»» •, 
Sout/i Vrjji-lxlilt*, Sidt Difth- 
wft—S tdom ta of Mi** Coln»*n'» 
fourth L-e^tur*; WWt M«nl 
Orlddlo C%ktM ; To Color An- 
... .21* 
T*u HoftMM*3i. To 
* RMiifibg Uoru* t A Pwrtb*- 
ron Colt; Worm* iu Hut ***; 
DlivriM. Auifiji M* VlnrioU 
llonwa ; A I Ir.rv A llntf ; 
Colic tP Han*; Bulky 
Horw*...)... 219 
EoiToin*tA, Etc.—Who C-c*i- 
troU Ilia Hurt! - Or, $ 00 *- 
ihJutf AWut A4*»*rti»*fV 
CUllDfi S SUt* Poultry Show 
Rural NoUn kuiJ Qn«rw» — 
How to 0*1 fctifi*rriWn, 
rrom From Ar- 
kan***, Oorrrrtlon, Sowing 
Clovvr Vow Name* 
for Old TbJogb, Tit* 
PotAto, PrnUgv ou £m«U, 
iMrovtii Stork Eai**, iiii- 
non Industrial C’ulvHfaUY, 
Bolt Pin** V* M«»t. H*r-I I" 
Iowa, A Miaaomi 5to * fo.- 
porting it*J. Brvwi.DK Ar»xI* 
ation, .pt -tn* Of flrvw- 
fojr*, Huy R»rA, Tb* Rur*l 
Inucvtki al Topic*. — 
Germination — How Long 
will $**<1* fOmtniu in th« 
Soil UttdvTtiiopcd l Hmrib 
and Jlorn* v®, Dr. I*« : Stonv 
SuDlvv: Fur ruing In Califor¬ 
nia . ...1 
Fikld Caora.-Mining Whwit 
bvlo' | Poiatoo* — 
Strtw CvTwf-i/: H*l Ma¬ 
nor* fo Coro & lytaW Col* 
turo tu Ohio; Covering Com » 
Enriy U-ytkirlcL Potato ; Har¬ 
row !mk W t *i*t Wbwt; S*lt 
and Pi m tor; Bcunt 
for rivld C*Jtof«.... • * 
Thb Hff*£ nMAA>i. - DIimw 
A mojtf Calve* . To JUJfov# 
Choked Cnttlv; Cow Suck¬ 
ing Hvrwkf r Stock Id tbo 
Highway , Lira ou Clttll. • *9 
About nit Socrn .of 
Travel South — III ; From 
AN ORIGINAL WEEKLY 
RURAL, LITERARY AND FAMILY NEWSPAPER. 
D. D. T. MOORE, 
Oorrcluoting .Editor and Proprietor. 
CHAS. D. BRACDON, G. F. WILCOX A. A. HOPKINS, 
associate Editors. 
HENRY S. RANDALL, LL. D., 
Edito* o* the DerAXTMXKT OF Smssc Hukb.kdbt. 
X. A. WILLARD, A. M., 
Epitob or to* of Daiby Hua»*KDKF. 
DANIEL LEE, M. D., 
Of Tax»iH»Ks, SoPTuaaa CoauaaFoabiao Eoitok. 
THE STATE POULTRY SHOW 
Sowing Clover Seed. —“A Correspondent” asks 
for information with regard to the best time for 
sowing clover seed, and the amount per acre. 
As a practical farmer of considerable experi¬ 
ence I would answer, that my success with clover 
has been best when I have sown as early in the 
spring as possible. The best field of clover 1 
have ever grown, or have seen, came from seed 
sown with two inches of snow on the ground, 
at the rate of ten pounds per acre. 1 have had 
good success with clover sown with barley, oats 
and spring wheat, the first day of April, onground 
plowed In the fall. Anytime before the frost, 
leaves t he ground will insure a good growth of 
clover if the season and soil be favorable. The 
quantity Is regulated by the kind and richness of 
soil. 1 prefer from eight to twelve pounds per 
acre; if for pastures, one quarter timothy, For 
enriching purposes, the pea vine, or large kind, 
is preferable. Clover is the best fertilizer l 
have ever used for poor, worn out soils, oil her 
“turned ill under" for summer fallow, or fed to 
stock, at one's option.—c. it., Niagara Co., N. Y. 
The First Annual Fair of the New York 
State Poultry Society is stKl in progress as 
we close this paper for the press. We are 
compelled to omit a detailed report this 
w ek; but we have space to say that there 
has been no better exhibition of poultry in 
this country, that we are aware of, in respect 
to numbers, variety, and quality of birds 
exhibited, and arrangements for their exhi- 
tion. And we are gratified to lie able t® say 
that the officers of the society, so far as we 
are aware, have been impartial and success¬ 
ful in enforcing the rules of the organiza¬ 
tion. President Warner and Secretary 
Gavit have been indefatigable in their efforts 
to make this first exhibition a success in all 
respects, and worthy to be regarded a prece¬ 
dent in the f uture hixtory of the Society. We 
shall have more .. say of it in our next 
issue. 
Special Contributors : 
P. BARKY, T. C. PETERS, 
H. T. BROOKS, CHAS. V. RILEY, 
J. R. DTfJXlE, E. W. STEWART, 
P. R. ELLIOTT', JAMES VICK, 
J. H. ORISCOM, M. L>., J. WILKINSON, 
J. STANTON GOULD, MRS. E. F. ELLKT, 
“NOW AND THEN,” MARY A. E. WAGER. 
Farm Eoonouv. »««r*rmf* 
Pip* } Co-*)p*f*tlon Amonjy 
Fartn#r*j Arwiii flat* ; Po¬ 
tato Pajwr ; Liu»- Over lb* 
Shoulder lu M»YTO* -ijr; A 
SolfCbomfog C9 - . ■ l>< - 
corni*=-*utg Stm»®, Kaayborry 
Dry-llou**, Ai ..5 
Susvr lltT^nANPitr, — Wn*t 
V*. W<wil i*rurr»r%\ ShouM 
Corn t>* aiui Grouod 
for &he*p , &b**p In Iowa; 
Mutton Chptfiffipi'dfi ; Sam¬ 
ple® , Bui F>«U for Yvssuiag 
Kwit... ....... ! 
POMO|.OOJC*1» — Pompfojrir.ttl 
NoUH -On ilm Ftu- 
ml of March 19. Tu* Mintir 
PJu-n. About Some Ptkrbe*, 
Abont RlackWerr^v*; Hwurro 
Hardy Pear -! (Uualtatad |) 
FrtLl* fox CHtlo Vote* on 
P«ar LktU, The Cbrrry Cro|j 
of Obfo, Ohio Ltop 
and In 
: Tb* Mtftictt 
Evurteirlnr Si-nwhorry ; 
Dacxa. 1*- Plo®. Tbo BQQirii 
Craaui K/wpocrry.. . t 
Vbow**-^ ^AtDLY.—Ltl 111* 
Gardon ; CoYtrluy for Cold 
Frames. . • t. • ♦... 
The ViNBY>nn. — fSraftlnif 
Gmw* — Hud SiuLdl* 
Graftluir (Illustrated •) The 
Lake Shore Grapo Grnwei»’ 
AmocIaiIoo. . . i 
ArbohioulTUHE. — Shall Wm 
Plant Tr*o®. . 1 
Diaut'*«iion*.— Now York Far* 
mere' Club — Broom Com 
Sofrt, Pfoiter of Part* for 
StruwbKnv Flanl*. Os^tf* 
Oriutijt, Id Butter, 
How to IUIm Watenuvdonfi, 
Oat* v*. W final Bra.t for 
Milch Ce*» r Rainedjr tor 
Colie in Ilortn, 
«m Georela. Will** B«an*, 
Doodorlwiijf Krr'ntSoil, riab 
Gnuo, R-ajU for StoiK, Ax 
Grludiuff, PwkIi 
TERMS, IN ADVANCE: 
Subscription —Thran Dollars a Yrar. To Club* 
and Agonts, Five copies for #Us Scv.-n, uml Oae free 
to club agent, forjlfl: Tea. and one free, fur only 
$2.50 per copy. As we pre-pay America n postage, 12.70 
In the lowest Club rate to Canada and f.i.50 to JCurope. 
The best way to remit is by Draft or Post-OIUce 
Money Order,- -anil all Drafts and Orders made pay¬ 
able to the Publisher may he mailed at his risk. 
Advertising inside. 75 cents per line, Agate 
space; Outaide, $1 per line. For Extra Display and 
Cuts, aprtceanii uhalf. Special and Business Notices 
charged according to position. No advertisement in¬ 
serted for less thuu $3. 
Tmii RKvirw.K.—N.w Tulill 
cation. R.vUwel........ 
Stork, for Rcr.j.ih».— A 
Dootlc Core t Or, Tit. Woo 
The Ilarbon Potato.- -Sonic time slnoe, at tlic 
Farmer’s Club, complaint wub made of the 
quality of (his variety of potato, while the Pro¬ 
fessor of the Art of Grinding indorsed its 
quality. We notice a correspondent of the 
New England Farmer says he Is disappointed in 
it, and that they are not of as good quality as ho 
had been led to expect. He says : 
To obtain the opinion of others ns to their 
quality, I left some of them one week last No¬ 
vember with eight or len of my customers 
whom I had been supplying with my Jackson 
white, or, more properly, the Orono, but with¬ 
out informing them of the change. The next 
week most of them complained of the potatoes 
that I left the week before. Some said that they 
did not cook even; that part of the potato 
would be hard when the other end was cooked 
sufficiently. Perhaps,uudergome ciretmislanoes, 
they might be grown so as to be a good table 
potato. They need a long season to ripen well. 
M v vines were green when the blight eaino, and 
l think I did not hill them up so much as I 
should have done. They are disposed to grow 
out Of ground, and many of them are sun-burnt. 
Modi* and Mahtkd*.—FmIj* 
fon Pbltr-fint — Ab'Mtl Bon* 
ribfn, fJaL®, Ffiiwur*. FiAlbcf* 
und Ku**{ How a CoUad 
Belle L>roe*o* . ... k J 
SiltRATH Kcatmno. — U*pe 
WhfltvifPoilry^Wf-ftbiilj ; 
Moral row*. t. ... i 
Vtw* op ui i Wbee. - Domea 
tic New* - Including Now* 
from W*Ah)nr<rvn,V«w York, 
Main a. Nr w H Atopuliin , V * t 
HtoDl, Mttfi**chu*«lt*. Kb Ode 
Jiliuid.Ontu*ctlcut, Mew J*»r- 
WT, PnutiAT'lTiinla, k^rylai*, 
Mary! hiuL Gum#(*♦ LaiuBI 
arm. Ohio, Ludiub*, llikoolfy 
MfoolgADj fffWa. MiAAOuri, 
ArlyuwiA CklUbni** 
OrNgon. IfldlHM T w r I lory, 
DomlaToB of Ktw 
BritDfwlok, Priuc* Edward'* 
Hlnnd ; K<n*%U N»-wi - lfi 
' lmlttig Kivfl 
BrlUlO (Uitl hpAiD. ••4, i 
The Market*. nur| 
Money j Produce arid Pro- 
RURAL NOTES AND QUERIES 
llow to Get Hub-crtber*. We have often sug¬ 
gested that the best way to obtain subscribers 
for the Rural is to show the papier. This is 
especially true this year, for, since its enlarge¬ 
ment and improvement, every one can readily 
see thui the Rrn.vi. is the largest and best paper 
of its class, for the price, now published. Many 
report that by showing llie paper they form 
clubs rapidly some in a single day. Here is 
wind one of our oldest uud most successful 
agents writes: “The enlarged Rural ju the 
hands of an old local agent i* mighty to the 
pulling down of the strongholds of prejudice 
and error — such as hard times, money scarce, 
and the paper dear, too much money for otic 
paper, &c.. &e. 1 was soliciting names t he Other 
day, paper in hand. 1 opened the whole paper 
i.® the breeze, and exclaimed — k Go to. my coun¬ 
trymen ! don't bowl, but rejoice, to see such a 
paper as that in America for only twenty shil¬ 
lings 3 ' One man In the crowd exclaimed, ‘Ob 
God, I must have it again !‘ (He did not use 
that sucred word irreverently, but ihe paper 
took him by surprise.) ' 1 have not had the 
paper far three years, but my family have 
always wanted it.' I gave him the paper, as 
I distribute all extra copies, and some of my 
own. I saw him next day. He told his folks 
what he had done; his wife sprung forward and” 
I Here our friend stops abruptly at the bot¬ 
tom of bis page, but we imagine tie was about 
to say the wife kissed the husband, while the 
rest Of the family wore greatly rejoiced and cor¬ 
dially welcomed their old friend, the Rural.] 
SATURDAY, APRIL 3, 1809 
WHO CONTROLS THE RURAL? 
Or, Komet'jiDg About Advertiser®' Claims. 
It is very unfortunate that Editors who 
have conscientious proclivities, and endeavor 
to be just to their readers and the public, 
cannot please everybody. They, like other 
mortals, prize approval, and would thin 
accept universal support, if accorded inde¬ 
pendent of any obligation to promote the 
persona] interest or business of each sub 
BCriber or advertiser who solicits favor or 
has au ax to be slutrpened. But some of 
those who manage largely circulating jour 
nals labor under the impression that the 
great mass ot their readers—the public, if 
you please—possess certain inalienable rights 
which they (the aforesaid managers] are 
bound to respect and guard, even at the risk 
of losing the so-called “patronage” of the 
few who demand so much because they are 
subscribers or advertisers. They cannot see 
why people who get value received for what 
they invest should claim or be accorded 
special privileges; and yet many who talc® 
a paper, or advertise in it, apparently have 
an idea that they are its directors and have 
a right to control its action—especially so 
far as their individual interests may be pro¬ 
moted through its columns. The rights ot 
Editors (and their papers) are considered as 
transferred to “ patrons,” and the latter often 
claim their share of control and manage¬ 
ment, regardless of what independent jour¬ 
nalists may deem their duty to the public. 
These remarks are suggested by our ex¬ 
perience, lor we have, lately and aforetime, 
had somewhat to do with quite a number of 
people who mistakenly supposed they could 
influence the course of the Rural, because 
they were subscribers or advertisers. A 
notable instance in point. Borne weeks ago 
we illustrated a new strawberry, but instead 
of giving the florid description and com¬ 
mendation of it which interested parties 
furnished and besought us to publish, we 
spoke of it in such manner as we would like 
a journal to do were we a farmer or horticul- 
tumt— that is, honestly and candidly, so far 
as our knowledge extended. It was not in 
the line of our duty to the Rural Public, 
whose interests we seek to promote, to laud 
or puff into popularity a plant which we 
could not unqualifiedly commend. We con¬ 
ceive that our readers and the public have 
some rights, and that we are in duty bound 
to respect them—to regard “the greatest 
good of the greatest number” in preference 
to the interest of an individual or firm who 
from fifty to five hundred dol- 
—-- OjLtfgu ; Safffr'rtiablo 
SuKKMDOitfi - Kprtilos <iiid 
Brill***, VA*ctQAttan f FCuro- 
mdp ju * M*<iir|nci; An Jl#m 
for Oy*j>4«j»!le Suanron.. . .* 
TnE AI’Ubiam.—'T rwuforring 
B***; To llic* IlMt from n 
Bee Tr#*; Old Cewb for 
Young B**m ....! 
Tbs Rffitt-Kiiin.— Havliiu- 
About Drutf'l*; CUrrod Cob* 
for Mop CboW* . Tbo ; 
Croutine Uer<*hini *ml Suf¬ 
folk*.5 
Daitiv IU*iBAVt»BV.<~North- 
w«*t*ro On trying—A Modal 
Farm In WUnomrin, A Thou¬ 
sand Acr* Dairy Firm, F*rm 
Improved siocU Kulra. The Prairie Farmer 
records the following movement of stock in the 
West:— Robert Milne of Lockport, Will coun¬ 
ty, III., has sold to Thomas George, Kenosha, 
\Vis., the cow Due-hot*, by Major l.fcW. out of 
Nelly, by Comet, Jr.; also the cow Sclota, by 
Major 1,851. out of Reila by Magyar 077, &e. 
Dr. E. E. OOLt.nts or Otsego county. New 
York, recently Irrought to Jonesville, Wis., the 
young Clay Messenger stallion, Frank Uaiuble- 
ton. He is a cherry bay, fifteen hands two 
inches high, and ol'good style and notion. Ho 
was sired by the well-known trotting stallion, 
“ Victor.’’ who was sired by the renowned Cas¬ 
sius M. Clay (the sire of Patchen.) The dam of 
“ Frank llambletou ” is from Membrino Messen¬ 
ger stock. 
-rt.- 
Postage on Ht-edo. —We have inquiries as to 
the rates of postage on seeds, &c„ by mail. 
Postage must bo prepaid by stamps at the fol¬ 
lowing ratesOn one package, to one address, 
not over lour ounces in weight, t wo cents; over 
four ounces, and not over eight ounces, four 
cents; over eight ounces, and not over sixteen 
ounces, eight cents; over sixteen ounces, and 
not over thirty-two ounces, sixteen cents; 
thirty-two ounces being the heaviest weight al¬ 
lowed to pass through the mails. No writing of 
any kind can accompany the package; if it does 
letter postage will he charged. The charac¬ 
ter of the contents of the package should be 
marked on the outside—whether seeds, vines, Jke. 
Osage Hedge Plant Wanted.— W. H. Horton, 
Dundee, N. Y., asks <f he can purchase Osage 
Orange plants nearer than Illinois. We presume 
almost any of the New York nurserymen who 
advertise in the RURAL can supply him. 
Drilling Ashe* mid L.lme With Wheat.— P. 
Vauzille asks those having practice what pro¬ 
portions of ashes and lime should be mixed 
with wheat at the time of seeding or drilling. 
SECOND QUARTER OF VOL. XX 
From Minnesota.- Under date of Roadd’s Lull¬ 
ing. Minn., March F. J. 8. writes thus of the 
Season, Prices, &b.: — " Business has been very 
dull the past winter, and there will not lie much 
Change before the opouiug Of navigation brings 
our staple money article, wheat, to market. 
Wheat, the main reliance here. Is mostly in the 
farmers' bands, who will not sell at present 
prices (eighty to ninety cents per bushel,) but 
rather borrow money as a great many are 
doing, to their disadvantage in the future —at 
i wo per cent, u month. Business here depends 
mostly on the farmers, and i f they do not sell 
their crops at the usual time all things log. 
Farmers arc a great lever in the world, particu¬ 
larly inn new country, uud ft (he majority of 
them only knew bow Jo use t hat power judici¬ 
ously great- results would follow. There is a 
large quantity of wheat in the State, for very 
few sold last full. We have had u very remark¬ 
able winter; not much snow —the weather very 
mild and pleasaut — whole weeks in which a 
cloud was not seen. The coldest day was Dec. 
Ilvh — twenty-two degrees below zero. March 
ta, and has been, very wintry. On the 1th the 
tlianunmeter indicated twenty degrees below 
zero at sunrise. Nothing done in the farming 
line yet. There will bo quiteu breadth of wheat 
sown this coming season. Though that staple is 
to most farmers their main reliance, there is a 
growing tendency to engage in a more mixed 
husbandry; ulthough with the majority it has 
not got any further than tolk, still that sign shows 
that a change is coming. Corn, 66c.; oats. 50c.; 
potatoes, $1; buttei-.SHc.: eggs, U5e.: wood, $4.50; 
milch cows, $50; horses. 8150 to $200, Sc.” 
A New Quarter of llie Rural begins this 
week - April 3d —whoa we anticipate large acces¬ 
sion* to our Subscription IJst. Club Agents, Sub¬ 
scribers, uud others Interested, will please bear In 
mind that Now istue Ti.mR to form new clubs, fill 
up those started, subscribe singly, or renew subscrip¬ 
tions. Thanking all Agent-Friends for their spirited 
and successful efforts during the Fall and Winter 
Campaign —efforts which added many thousands of 
recruit* to the " Rural Brigade ”— we bespeak n con¬ 
tinuance of their kind offices, so fur n» consistent. 
Our puEpiuMa are continued, bo that all who 
form new clubs, or fill up those alreudy started, will 
be Liberally Rewarded. 
INDUSTRIAL S0CIETIES- 
Wiscousin Hurt. *oo. The officers elect for 
1809 are President —Dr. Joseph Hobbins, Mud- 
ison. Vice-President — A. G. Tuttle, Baraboo; 
CorrespOJidinu Secretary — F. S. Lawrence, J aues- 
villt*. HecordinQ Secretary — O. 8. Willey, Madi¬ 
son. Treasurer George A. Mason, Madison. 
Executive Committee —J- C. Plumb, Milton ; J. S. 
Ht.ickney, Wuuwautosa, George P. Peffer, Pe- 
waukec. Ou Notiwnclatoure— Messrs. Plumb. Fin¬ 
lay.slln and Tuttle. On Scullino* — Messrs. Law¬ 
rence, Kellogg iuid Gould. 0u Finance — Messrs. 
Loitcli, Greenmail and Tuttle. Committee of 
Observation J. C. Plumb, G. J. Kellogg, A. G. 
Tuttle, G. I'. Pelfcr ami J.8. Stlckncy. 
Illinois Industrial Lnlverslly.— Dr. J. M. Greg¬ 
ory was recently re-cleoted Regent of this 
institution. Jonathan Peuiam resigned Ills 
position us Farm Superintendent and Recording 
Secretary, and his resignation was accepted. 
John W. Bunn won re-elected Treasurer; W. F. 
Ui.iS-S, Recording Secretary, and W. C. Flagcj, 
Corresponding Secretary. A motion to admit 
females to the privileges of the institution was 
tabled. It was resolved to admit students in 
agricultural, mechanical uud military sciences 
free—charging those pursuing classical studies 
the same tuition as heretofore. 
PUBLISHER’S SPECIAL NOTICES, 
Funn New Clubs. -It is nnt too late to start 
new clubs for our present volume, as some suppose, 
nor to make additions to those already formed. 
We ran still supply back numbers, and shall be able 
to do no for weeks to como, u» the early numbers are 
electrotyped. Those who have received a premium 
for one club, can secure another for n new club or 
additions to the old one- Ho please keep the null 
moving until all are supplied with the Indispensable 
Rural. Specimens, Show-Bills, ftremium Lists, Ac., 
sent free to all disposed to act us Agent-Friends. 
Perry Co. (III.) Ag. Hoc.— The following are 
officers elect for 1809 President — Benjamin F. 
Kelsey, Dubois, Ill. Vice-Presidents — Hugh 
Campbell and U. Robb, Pinkney villa; Frank 
Smith, Denmark; Wm. Elliott, Coltervllie; De- 
wilt SlaWBon, Duquoin; Wm. Hammock, Tuma- 
roa. Treasurer — E. B. Rushing, Pinckneyville. 
Recording Secretary - J. D. Hamilton, Pinckney- 
villc. Corresponding Secretary — B. G. Roots, 
Tumuroa. Marshal I — T. S. Elliott, Colterville. 
The International Horticultural Exhlbiiion, to 
be held at Hamburg, Germany, in September 
next, will naturally attract the attention ot 
American nurserymen and others interested, if 
they think it will pay, in either money or lame, 
wo presume many of our horticulturists will be 
represented in the Exhibition. See the an¬ 
nouncement ol Messrs. C. B. Richard fit Boas 
on page ZM of this paper. 
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March In Ioivu.-Oscah I.Strong,R olfe, Iowa, 
writes under date March llth that “on the 6th, 
at sunrise, the mercury indicated twenty-one 
degrees Fahrenheit below zero, with a calm sky; 
on the 9th, at noon, mercury stood fifty-five 
degrees iu the shade and at 2 P. M. it had sunk 
to thirty-two degrees. Westerly winds usually 
make fine weather, w hile easterly ones bring 
clouds.” 
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A Missouri Stock Importing and Breeding Asso¬ 
ciation, with a capital stock of $100,000, i» being 
organized for the purpose of importing and 
breeding all kiuds of stock. The shares are one 
hundred dollars each, and calls of not more 
than ten or twenty per cent, will he required at 
any one time, nor more than fifty per cent, of 
the stock subscribed will be required the first 
year. 
Descriptions of Drawings.—We frequently get 
drawings of implements and other devices which 
may be excellent, but are valueless tor publica¬ 
tion because detailed descriptions thereof do 
not accompany them. Too many details are far 
better than too few. 
Address to No. 41 Park How, New York.— 
Though ibo Rural in published In both New York 
City and Rochester, N. Y., the principal printing and 
mailing offices are In New York, and hence all agents 
are requested lo address 
v. it. t. .rtoonE, 
No. 41 Park Row , New York. 
Holt Go. (Mo.) Ag. Soc.—The following are the 
officers elect for 18C9: Pn svlent—Joiix S. Cowan. 
Vice-President—Bcnnoti King. Recording Secre¬ 
tary—A. N. Kuley. Corresponding Secretary— 
Wm. Rancher. Treasurer—James Scott. Col¬ 
lector—Samuel Stuckey. The second annual fair 
will be held at Oregon, Mo., Sept. 15,16 and 17. 
Milford Mass. Farmer'* Club —The 1’oliowiLg 
are the officers elect for 1809:— President — J. E. 
Eamks. Vice-President — Richard Carroll. Sec-. 
retary —Abraham Mead. Treasurer —Richard 
Carroll. Librarian —Elias Whitney. Executive 
Committee — Charles Lclaud, George if. Kendall, 
Henry Chapin. _ 
The ilaudolph Co., 111., Ag. Soc. holds its 
eighteenth annual fair at Sparta Sept. 29 and 30 
and Oct. 1,1869. It also has a plowing match in 
April, at which there are to be a senior and ju¬ 
nior class of competitors. 
Tiic Missouri Vulley Grupe Growers’ Associa¬ 
tion bolds it* next meeting at Alton, III., April 
13th. It promises, we are informed, to be one of 
great interest. _ 
The Pennsylvania Ilort. Soe. holds its next 
annual exhibition September 14th and 17th in¬ 
clusive. Competition open to all the States and 
Canadas.___ 
The Cuyahoga, O., Co. Fair is to bo held Sep¬ 
tember 28 to October 1, inclusive. 
How to Help the ltural.— There aro Dumorous 
way* In which Its friends can uid in circulating tbo 
Rural. First, show tbo paper, or talk to your 
friends about It, or tio^h. Get up o club, or std some 
friend to do so — ortnduce your P. M.to act'as agent. 
Our premium* urn liberal and sure. 
From Arkniisa*. A recent letter from Izard 
Co., Ark., says: “ A 1'ter perusing a specimen of 
your Rural New■ Yorker, I conclude it is the 
very weekly I want, and inclosed yon will find 
thretf dollars. Our little town is situated on 
White River and bids fair to be a flourishing 
place. The river bottom lauds are rich and easy 
to cultivate; produce corn, wheat and cotton 
admirably. Since the war the people have 
seemingly tried to devote more attention to 
Agriculture, Horticulture, &c., than ever be¬ 
fore. Literature, Science and the Arts have 
scarcely been developed here. God grant they 
may be 9oon. The Rural New-Yorker treats 
on all these, and I shall strive to place it in good 
circulation here." 
How to Remit.— The best way to remit for clubs, 
as WL* have often stated, Is by Draft. If $20 or over, 
send by draft, us there Is no risk. For smaller 
amounts It is best to send by P. O. Money Order,—but 
if you cannot do that, send in Registered letters. 
may pay us 
lars for advertising. 
But, as we anticipated, our independence 
in discharging what we regarded as a duty 
to the public lias brought an accusation of 
injustice lYom the party interested in the sale 
of the plant. We have been favored with 
two letters, both urging, as a reason that we 
should praise the fruit, that the propagators 
of it were advertisers in the Rural! With 
one of these is an article (in defense and 
praise of the strawberry,) the publication of 
which is claimed on the ground that our for¬ 
mer notice was unjust to both the fruit and 
its propagators. As the article is mainly a 
repetition of the one first sent—a synopsis 
of which we published — we cannot admit 
the equity of the claim, and, having done no 
injustice, respectfully decline to give in our 
editorial columns what should properly bo 
Tbo Rural la Sot n Monthly. — In pre«entin« 
the claims of tbo RURAL, do not forget to say It Is 
not a monthly of only 12 issues a yenr. but, a Large 
and Handsome Weekly of Fifty-Two Numbers. 
No Traveling Agents are employed by us, hut 
any person so disposed can act os Local Agent, ou bt# 
or ber tevn authority, and secure premiums, etc. 
Correction.—In the article by Mr, Bartlett, in 
our last number, the name of Dr. Daubeny, the 
well known British Chemist and Botanist, was 
uniformly spelt Danbcrrp. We regret that in the 
hurry incident to the large amount of work 
involved in getting out the enlarged RURAL such 
a mistake should have occurred. Dr. Daubeny’s 
name, however, is so familiar to most students 
of Agricultural Chemistry that, very few could 
have been misled by it. 
“ THE UNIVERSAL CLOTHES WRINGER 
really merits all the good that can be said of it. - 
Moore's Rural New-Yorker. 
The Conn. River Valley Ag. Society’s Fair for 
1869 is to be held at Brattleboro, Vt., sometime 
in September. _ 
The Rutland Co. (Vt.) Ag. Soc. holds its next 
annual fair Sept. 29 and 30. 
FOR CHAPPED HANDS AND FACE 
New Names for Rid Things.—A correspondent 
Of the Ohio Farmer, who has seen the fruit, says 
the variety of strawberry being extensively ad¬ 
vertised as the new “ Mexican Everbearing,” 
Colgate A Co.'s Glycerine Soap is especially 
recommended. Sold by all druggists and dealers in 
Fansy Goods. 
