CONTENTS OF THIS NUMEER, 
PROCRESS AND IMPROVEMENT 
they occupylt und employ in it the same science, 
skill and culture required In whut are now called 
the refined employments. And the chances (hut 
such young' women will In the end acquire high 
social position and become the happy wives of 
happy husbands, are ten to one as compared with 
those of women whose chief boast is that they 
“ don't know a tiling about housework." 
The Coniitry Oheem Market 
•The market con- 
J tinucs to be dull at Little Falls. About 800boxes 
from farm dairies were delivered for the week 
ending November 27tb, and sales were made at 
16 to 16#c. 
The factories wore well represented, but. the 
prices offered did not meet the views of factory- 
men, many of whom are shipping their goods to 
New Fork, to beheld there in their own name 
for better prices. We heard of but one sale at 
Little Falls, that of the Palatine Union, l'ur 17c. 
Something more than this (17&0 was offered for 
line factories, but they were not disposed to sell. 
The slock of cheese in most of the central 
eountics is very light, ha\ ing been either sold or 
sent forward. TltOstock of American cheese in 
F.uropc is also exceedingly light for the season. 
Our advices from abroad are to the second 
week in November. Our Liverpool correspon¬ 
dent slates that the home make (English! is now 
coming out. freely, und at that date prices were 
quite as high for Aaici icon in New York as at 
Liverpool. Fine factory is quoted at 70 to 71*. 
per ewt,; second quality, GO to CO*. 
The imports into Liverpool from June 1st to 
November 6th were 659,277 boxes' and for tbe 
same time last year 576,03b boxes. The ex¬ 
ports from New Vork to Croat Britain (all port.-.) 
from May 15th to October 23d, this year, lutvo 
been 791,276 boxes. 
We think factories are pursuing the right 
course In shipping their goods to New York and 
holding for (he present. Dairymen are quite as 
ubloto take the risk of holdingus the purchaser; 
and again, il (here \n««» eagerness losell at 
present prices, the market would go still lower. 
There is no surplus of cheese- above what is 
needed for consumption, either in Europe or 
this country. The bulk of our cheese Is of pood 
quality, while much of the English cheese Is in¬ 
terior. It will lie about live months before the 
next, year’s crop will begin to come in market, 
and wo can see no reason For lower prices, ex¬ 
cept that gold takes a tumble or that wo have 
some ilmtueiul panic, mill, us future markets 
cannot bo predicted with certainty, dairymen 
most ■ exercise their own Judgment as to whether 
it is better to accept present rates or take the 
risk of holding for a bettor market. 
There was a lair delivery of butter this week 
at Little Falls, and sales were made for ordinary 
at 3«e. Extra brands sold at 4()c.—x. a. w. 
THE SEASON. 
Tmk Poultuv Y ajid. of and r>ueV*- f owned by D. 
K. Gftvit, Jmniiirx, X. Y. (illtietmtod ;) A t r*»t*}d Turkey (II- 
)u4traU*dj) Criming Fowl* — ExperinreuU.*..773, 
Farm Economy. Cook!' ( Fond fur bto'k—Fermenting Food , 
Solf-Acling Carriage tint/*,, ... 
J.ndustimal Toi*k*w, — AjfHtulturAl Fftpcn 
Farm*. .... 
Hr*».vpnY- Ko^Ub ; Wool- 
Worth ; Tin* K* l*o Korn ,N*.le , Shewn Ski 
for Sheep, SI»e<M> tiuibiadry ; I V(lt4oti« 
KMiu# hh^<ji; iu,ij Stnw]>. 
Rvrai. ARritm,r-r,Ti;*.--Ai, Ohio Curn-Crili I 
Concrete BuJltlliig,... 
Th* Uekosmc.v, WoiUtk Sen York CflttU 
Pomouxucai.,- A t.j.l.e f>r N»mc : 11 .uphe. i 
AN ORIGINAL WEEKLY 
EUItAL, LITEKARY AND FAMILY NEWSPAPER. 
Lar^c v*. Small 
Ottumwa, Coffey Co., K/in^s Nov. 20*— Crops 
very good here the past summer. The weather 
has been changeable for two months, but the 
ground has not. frozen much yet. Wheat, si to 
per bushel: corn, 50c,; potatoes, 40c. Emi¬ 
grants coming fast. Oood chances for men with 
capital.—u. p. r„ 
Gonverneiir, St. Law rence Co., N. Y«, \nv, 22.— 
On the night of Oct. 25tli seven Inches of snow 
fell and remained on the ground tlil Nov. 3d. 
Since i hat time we have had more or less snow 
at intervals, with cold, blustering, winter weath¬ 
er most of the time. Hay is plenty; crops good; 
corn better than was anticipated in the summer, 
as we had no frost of any account until Oct. 5th. 
—Q. S. P. 
Ypsilnnti, Mich., Nov. 17.—Yesterday morn¬ 
ing commenced alight snow from ihc north. h t. 
Towards night the storm increased in violence, 
but the wind shifting to the south, the snow 
changed to rain. During the night the wind 
changed to the west, and to-day il snows and 
blows a* if March lunl got ahead of his time and 
stolen the? place of November. What does ail 
the weather?- x. v. •/,. 
York, Washtenaw Co., Mich., Nov. 23.—Snow 
fell four inches deep hero Oct. 23. and with a 
D. D. T. MOORS, 
Conducting Editor und Proprietor 
Death ofllenj. II. Walsh,—We are saddened by 
the news of the death of Ben.t. D. Wal.su, State 
Entomologist of lliinoi.satid Senior Editor of the 
American Entomologist. We learn that, he died 
on the 18th ull., his death resulting from an ac¬ 
cident, which we find detailed in the Western 
Rural as follows: 
“It appears that while walking toward Moline 
on the (rack of the Chicago ami Rock Island 
Railroad, above the round-homa*, he noticed Urn 
passenger train for Cliiengo nearing lmn. nmi 
walking, a* lie If Haight, oil the track on which it 
would, puss, he continued his way on the right- 
hand track. This it Boctna was the truck the 
tram v as on, and he did not discover his mistake 
until the engine was dose upon him. He hast¬ 
ened to stop aside, but uis loft foot was caught 
ami terribly mangled; The train stopped and 
•'li'* ai.sh was taken on bcajrd and earned back 
to the depot, whence he wins eonvevod to ids 
home." 
Mr. Walsh was English born, and received a 
t horough University edit out ion. Hts was a posi¬ 
tive character, mid he was devoted to his selcu- 
i i tic specialty, indefatigable in hi* investigations, 
which ho pursued from an abstract love of sci¬ 
ence. lie 1ms done much for Um West and the 
entire country by ills work and writings. Ho 
was u strong, tenacious friend to riioso who won 
ids regard, and a good thorough hater of ail 
charlatanry and subterfuge. By his dentil the 
entire country loses a man capable of render¬ 
ing great service to its Indust rjes. 
CHAS. D. BRAGD0N, G. F. WILCOX, A. A, HOPKINS, 
Associate Editors. 
HENRY S. RANDALL, LL. D., 
Editor or this PirAimotRi „ r Stump 
X. A. WILLARD, A. M., 
Kdiiob or tu>: Lk<-« urarrM oi> Daiky HinjASI'iiv. 
DANIEL LEE, M. D., 
Or Ti'wiwlk, SootHKl:li CuKlumPONDIXa ttlntor.. 
Special Contributors : 
I*. HARRY, T. C. PKTKRK. 
II. T. It ROOKS, CHAS. V. HILLY, 
■). It. LODGE, E. W. STEWART, 
r. It, ELLIOTT, JAMES VICK, 
HORACE GREELEY, .1. WILKINSON, 
■I. STANTON GOULD, MJtS. K. EI.LET, 
‘NOW AND THEN,” MARY A. E. WAGER, 
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Tlie Pioneer Rural .ItmrjnaU,—An exchange 
(name escaped) says: —“ The first agriouitmal 
journal publWierl in this country was started in 
1831, by John S. 8k inner, who found * tight 
limes’ with the whole field to himself. Nuw. a 
single agricultural Journal boosts ii^ 150,000 sub¬ 
scribers. What a change in half a century! Not 
only are there papers of this character by score?, 
but thousands of other journals have au agri¬ 
cultural department. It was a long struggle to 
relieve the farmers of their superstition against 
‘ book farming.’ ’ 
Aye, it was a long struggle, In which we took 
an humble part nearly thirty years ago, and have 
participated in it ever since—for the “supcrsli- 
t ion a gale st book farming" has not, yet alto¬ 
gether ebiis6tl. But, though the first, John 8. 
Skinner was not a more meritorious pioneer in 
Agricultural Journalism, tUan Jesse Bull and 
Litjieu Tlvker— the former of whom estab¬ 
lished The Cultivator about the year IKK), and 
the latter tho tioneseo Farmer, booh al ter. Ouo 
of the honored trio- Lutiikr Tucke.-, senior 
BATL'ItDAY, OECJvMBEll 4, 
OUR XXlst YEAR AND VOLUME 
As the time for commencing the Twenty-first 
Year and Volume of the Rural New-Yorker 
is rapidly approaching, we take occasion to say 
a few words about our position, plans and pros¬ 
pects. And first, flic change in the locution of 
our principal Publication Office, (from Rochester 
to Now York City,) lav* resulted so beneficially 
that wo have concluded to make it. permanent, 
and are completing our arrangements accord¬ 
ingly. Indeed, the change, contrary to the l'cnrs 
and predictions of many l'uinl-hearted friends, 
has proved u triumph, and actually given the 
Rural a greater impetus and Increase of sup¬ 
port in eleven month*, than it gained in any five 
years of its previous existence. This result far 
exceeds our most sanguine expectations, and 
places liie paper on such a basis lliut. wc can con¬ 
fidently affirm its grru l and assured success, both 
present and prospective. Having thus safely 
passed the Rubicon, and achieved signal success 
Avfieti and where many prophesied t lie. reverse, 
wc have sulficient faith in tho future of tfio 
good ship Rural to venture 
Frown Apples.— Thomas Paddinoton, Linn 
Co., Iowa, asks what is tfio relative difference of 
apples frozen and not frozen for cider or vine¬ 
gar. We have mudo very good eider from apples 
ground while in e frozen state, but lmvc had no 
experience with thawed apples. The effect of 
freezing and thawing seems to bo to destroy the 
virtue of the sscohurino matter the apple con¬ 
tains. It is much like grinding up halted apples. 
Tho Juice is evaporated. Wc speak from an 
anti-scientific stand-point upon a matter wo 
have given no attention to whatever. Shall bo 
glad to hear from our readers. 
BUSINESS NOTICES. 
“ THE BEST JUVENILE MAGAZINE 
Ever Published in Any Land or Language,” 
OlJIt lOILVhi FOLKS 
POE 1670. w 
The following are among tlie prominent features 
of “Ouu Young Folks" lor 187U; 
Mrs. A. l). T. Whitnky, author of “A SummcriH 
Leslie Goldthw<itte r i Life,” will contribute the lead¬ 
ing serial story, entitled “Wk UlllLS, a Story oJ 
Homo Life.’’ 
Pit. I. I. Haves wlU give some graphic sketches or 
Life unit Adventure in tlie Polar Regions, 
Col. 't. W. IIlUOiNaON Will furnish a series of arti¬ 
cle* on the Beaver, the Eluphunt, nml oilier aninuJa. 
“CARLETON,” author of “ IFtnuiiej UU Wap,” will 
contribute several papers relating what ho saw in 
China during ills recent tour of the globe. 
Mrs. Aqasbiz will continue her account of “ Tho 
World on which wc Live.” 
Mr. T. B. Aldrich, author of the universally popu¬ 
lar *' atari/ a) a Bad Bov,” "'IU contribute regularly 
7*.its. A. M. Diaz, author of tho Inimitable “ William 
JJcnrv Lettera,” will continue her churmlng Stories 
and .Sketches. 
MR. James Parton will furnish articles communi¬ 
cating in mi attractive manner muuy Interesting 
facts of Geography und History. 
Mu. J. T. Titowmti LG k will continue his papers on 
curious branches of Industry, lie wilt also describe 
the Departments at Washington, showing how the 
business of our Government la Carried on. 
Ukv. e. E. Hale will contribute artlelcm In his pe¬ 
culiar vein. 
Major Thai lrse will furnish articles containing a 
great deal of curious knowledge. 
Pompeian Papers, a series of remarkably Inter¬ 
esting papers oil Pompeii will be given, telling how 
it was buried by an eruption of Vesuvius and how, 
after hundreds of years, it is now being restored. 
Regular or Occasional articles will bo con¬ 
tributed by John G. Whittier. Harriet Ueecii- 
er Stowe, J. II. a. Bon*, l.rcy i,arcom, Nora 
Perry, Mrs. Tuaxtek, Rose Terry. George 
Cooper, the author of " Seven Little Sisters.” 
Mrs. Jane g. Austin, aunt Fanny, and other 
tember. wheat good; rye tip-top; outs never 
hotter; bay an average crop; early potatoes 
good; fruit half crop. Considerable corn to husk 
yet. Have had about one month of winter al¬ 
ready. -L. A. K. 
Pughtown, Chester f’o,, Pa., Nov, 20.— We 
have bad nice fail weather so fur; the ground 
is frozen—a little crust on. Nov. 14 we had tho 
first Know, four inches deep; tho lOUi, a little 
more snow ; lliut. night, a warm ruin ; 17th, tho 
snow all gone; moderate weather 6ince. Corn is 
husked about here; erop good—a great deal bet¬ 
ter than was expected. Wheat a good crop; 
oats first-rate; early potatoes good und plenty; 
late ones small. Price of wheat, $1.40 per bushel; 
corn. 90c.; outs. .00c.; potatoes, 80c.; turnips, 05c.; 
apples, $1 to $1.50 per bushel, according to 
cxuality.— r. v/. n. 
Bristol, Elkhart Co., lad.. .Nov. 17.— Webavo 
bad hero a cold, wet spring; continued wet to 
near September, which mouth was dry and hot. 
The wheat crop, for quality, was nol as good as 
common. Corn was from one-half to two-thirds 
of a crop; potato and apple crop good; but a 
large portion of both potatoes and apples were 
hurt by tho cold weather which began the :23d of 
October, preceded by a full of sonic three inches 
of snow, which mostly disappeared the first day. 
I think at least one-hail' of the potatoes were 
hurt. Since then we have had a lew nice days; 
but it has been cold for the t ime of year, and at 
this time it is snowing, and has been snowing, 
raining or sleeting for the last ihirly-six hours. 
-Wm. T. Smith. 
Melomcti, Fon tin Luc Co,, U is., Nov. 18.—Qn 
tho 33d of October it commenced freezing', 
and froze so as to stop the plows. The ther¬ 
mometer continued, to fall, whom on the morn¬ 
ing of the 25th, it marked fourteen, doing much 
damage, destroying apples, potatoes and an im¬ 
mense amount of gardeu sauce; also fodder,as 
but little corn had been cut. and large fiedds of 
second-growth clover remained in the field uncut 
aud was badly frozen. Wheat, mu* and barley 
are the only crops wo can brag on. Grain is 
very cheup, particularly wheat und barley. No. 
1 wheat, S0o. per bush.; barley, 40e. Potatoes 
are also abundant, but as many wore destroyed 
by early frosts, There is no more than an aver¬ 
age crop in store. Should the winter prove a 
severe one a scarcity of fodder may be looked 
for, as the season was so wet It was impossible 
to been re more than two-thirds the usual amount 
of wild liay. This date thermometer marked 
twenty at sunrise, N. W. blowing cold from 
Alaska, und that lias been our prevailing wind 
since the annexation of that frozen region. 
Farmers will lose nothing by cutting down their 
stock and saving fodder. Money scarce.— p.. n. 
Amherst, Hampshire Co., .Muss., IVuv. 2f. — 
There has been variety enough to the weather 
to suit the most Inveterate " croaker.” Taken 
us a whole, the season has been cold and wet. 
The com crop is not as good as Iasi year, though 
yielding fair returns. Oats were heavy—rye, 
good. Spring wheat lias so often proved a fail¬ 
ure that few farmers attempt Ps cultivation. 
Though not a heavy crop, it yielded much belter 
than Just year. Potatoes yielded well and were 
pretty free from disease. The early varieties 
were very plenty and sold at low prices; lute 
ones are more plenty and selling lower still. 
The ” Early Goodrich” have been raised for sev¬ 
eral years, but arc now very generally con¬ 
demned, and will be in a great measure with¬ 
drawn from cultivation. They yield heavily, 
are very free from rot, but their quality is so 
poor as to make them unpopular. They seem 
to have degenerated a great deal within the past 
three years. The " Early Bose ” has not been 
widely disseminated, but where properly culti¬ 
vated they have generally given good Sutisfuc- 
factiou. Small fruits were very plenty. Apples 
rather scarce. The hay crop is fully up to the 
average both in quality and quantity. Owing 
to the drouth in August, we had but Jlltle 
rowen, and “ fall feed ’’ was not abundant. Early 
feeding of cattle was a necessity this year, and 
as aeonsequenee hay commands a high price.— 
California Pears.— 1V« are indebted to Fred. 
1). Vi nE li & Co.. Duane street. New York, for n 
box of California grown Beurre Easter, Glout 
Moreoau aud Winter Nellis pears. The speci¬ 
mens are large, fair; but, except of one angle 
variety, there is little to bo said of their high 
flavor. Compared With pears grown in this 
State, they are inferior in flavor. 
Brinkcrlioft"* Potato Bigger. —So far as we 
learn this implement has proved fully up to 
the recommendation given it in a former num¬ 
ber of the Rural. It is worthy the attention 
of every potato grower. 
more than ever 
before in a single cargo or annual voyage, in 
fact, wo have nearly completed such arrange¬ 
ments for the ensuing year that wo can safely 
announce a greater improvement In Volume 
NXI. than was promised in tho Prospectus pub¬ 
lished two weeks ago, though the language then 
used was strong and comprehensive. 
Our programme for 1870 Includes a large in¬ 
crease of expenditure for Matter and Manner— 
Contributions, Illustrations, Ac., — and we are 
determined That the spirit of its Motto, “ Ercel- 
sior," and Objects, 11 Proonss and Improvement,” 
shall be unmistakably manifested in every de¬ 
partment of the Rural, fleneo, we can say, 
with more confidence than we did a few weeks 
ago, that, Gxtr&ordinarlcsexcepted, ibeensuing 
volume shall surpass cither of its predeemors in 
all the leading essentials and minor details of a 
first-class Rural, Literary, Family and Business 
Newspaper, combi nod. Our design is tolar ex- 
eel all former efforts, ami to furnish a journal 
which shall be, coucededly, tho BEST Wr,;; kj.y 
in America. And wo fool assured that the 
People will, us they havcdurlng the past twenty 
years, appreciate ami generously second our 
earnest efforts to “Improve Llie soil and the 
mind," and thus aid in augmenting the popu¬ 
larity and usefulness of this Journal. 
INDUSTRIAL SOCIETIES. 
The Georgia Fair.—Elsewhere we give editor¬ 
ial railway notes, written eu route to this Fair, 
by one of tbe RURAL staff, which were designed 
for last week’s issue. These notes will be eon- 
tiuued; but it is proper to say, briefly, some¬ 
thing of the Fair. It had been extensively 
advertised, and was largely attended by repre¬ 
sentatives from several of the Northern and 
most of the Southern States. The chief feuturo 
of the exhibition was tho agricultural imple¬ 
ments and machinery, Northern manufacturers 
being largely represented. But little live stock, 
other than horses, was shown. Samples of cot¬ 
ton and Southern made cotton cloths ol' very 
good quality wore exhibited; but as an exhibit 
of the agricultural und mineral resources of 
Georgia, this fair was a failure, or wo have been 
greatly misled in regard to thoir extent and 
character. Very little Georgia fruit was shown ; 
no samples of soils; no systematically arranged 
varieties of cotton ; but lew minerals; und no 
grains nor vegetable products. Fertilizers of 
all sorts were on exhibition; cotton gins and 
presses: plows, drills, cultivators, portable steam 
engines, pianos, sewing machines, elaborately 
quilted quilts, jellies and preserved fruits. If 
we could conscientiously say 1 hat the Fair, in its 
material and management, was n credit to Geor¬ 
gia, wc should cheerfully do so ; but wo cannot. 
And wo arc quite sure none felt the fact more 
keenly than did the Georgians, that they had 
lost a splendid opportunity to advertise the re¬ 
sources of their State, and win the praises of 
those who visited it tho first time. 
A Goo,! 8tait for V'ol. XXI.—Has been made 
by a Rural Club Agent in Steuben county, N. 
Y., who (In remitting fora new subscriber wish¬ 
ing to begin uow) incidentally says that he has 
already received the names of One Hundred 
Subscribers for 1870. This is but one of numer¬ 
ous similar " si raws” which show a strong hreeze 
lti'RAL-ward—assuring an early and very large 
increase over our present extensive circulation. 
We have most cheering reporta from various 
purls of the country, far and near, and are ac¬ 
cordingly making ample arrangements for an 
avalanche of new subscriber-, by so increasing 
our facilities and forces for printing, mailing, 
ete., that all may be promptly and regularly sup¬ 
plied with the Rural, 
Postage on Manuscript. -Wo find the follow- 
ng in the Congregntionalist; and yet we almost 
daily receive ianmtseripl at hook postage:—“ Ar¬ 
ticles in manuscript lor newspapers or maga¬ 
zines, whether in a sealed or unsealed envelope, 
must he prepaid at Hu- rale of full letter postage. 
Postmasters ought to know this, oven if writers 
do not, yet hardiyadaypasseswiiluiutour being 
called on to pay postage on articles that have 
been maned to this office on the supposition 
that ‘printer’s copy’ goes at less than letter 
postage. Messrs. Harper & Broth mis made an 
appeal to the Post-Oflieo Department in regard 
to articles sent their magazine, and the official 
decision was that they must be paid at the rate 
of three cents for every hull' ounce. ‘Boole 
manuscript’ is mailable at a reduced rate, but 
periodical literature is not included in that 
term." 
PUBLISHER’S NOTICES AND REQUESTS 
RURAL NOTES AND QUERIES. 
Form Clubs for 1870, - Now is tho "nick of 
time" tor our Agent-FiTemt* all over the Continent 
to commence their Clubs for Vul.XXt of the Rural. 
Those who begin now, tuiforo t he held is occupied by 
the canvassers for other and inferior papers, will be 
ear* of success—^ bill (lo Rood lo their noi{;hbors and 
benefit themselves. Though tlie cause is a good one, 
nnd many work for It voluntarily, without the hope 
ol' rewartl, we d., not ask jour time and mil nonce for 
nothing, but OFFER aud give “ Good Tay for Doing 
Uaurl." See our Premium List (sent free to all appli¬ 
cants! for particulars,—but don’t wait for that before 
commencing your Club for 1870. 
Servants Wanted. — S. M., Canastotn, N. Y.. 
asks us to inform him “where good servants 
may be found i or doing a) I kindsof housework." 
He adds:—“It, is the most trouble a farmer has 
to tiud help to do his in-doors wotlc. Inform me 
where Dutch Protestant help may be found." 
We cannot give the information. There arc 
thousands of women and girls in this city who 
arc eking out life half living, half starving, and 
treading closer and closer to the path which 
leads from virtue to vice, who complain of the 
hardness of their lot, of tho wrongs of women 
and of their exclusion from compensating em¬ 
ployment, who will starve and sutler rather 
than seeure good homes and good pay for work 
performed in tho kitchen. We know of no vo¬ 
cal ion so sure to pay unemployed American 
women ns that of the accomplished cook- In 
cities, towns and tho country, a skilled and 
economical cook, who combines with these 
qualities modesty, good sensoand intolligeuoe, 
may get fur hotter pay, more influence and us 
high a social position ultimately as do nhieteen- 
twentiotbs of the hundreds and thousands of 
women who resort to literary work or teaching 
for a livelihood. “Would you let your girl go 
into n kitchen its a servant: " asked one of these 
half-living, half-dying, disconsolate creatures Of 
the writer the other day. “Yes,’’ wo replied, 
“and should rather have her do bo than take the 
risks of temptation from suffering in which your 
pride, or indolence, or both involve you.” 
American girls can, if they will, dignify and 
render honorable any position in the kitchen, if 
Au Agricultural Convention is to be held at 
Manchester, N. II., December 28,29 and 30. It is 
announced that X. A. Willard of the Rural 
New-Yorker will speak on tbe subject of Milk 
aud Us Products; J. Stanton Gould, on Plows 
and Plowing; Prof. Dimond, or Forestry; C. L. 
Flint of Massachusetts, on Grasses and the Cur¬ 
ing of Hay; that the subject of Potatoes will be 
discussed by J. J. H. GREGORY of .Massachusetts, 
and Prof. T. It. Crosby of the Agricultural Col¬ 
lege,—the former confining himself to the varie¬ 
ties to be cultivated and the manner of cultivat¬ 
ing,—the latter discussing the enemies of the po¬ 
tato, including diseases, destructive insects, &e. 
Club Agents Waul eel.—Wc want a live', wide¬ 
awake, go-ahead aeeul io every town or school dis¬ 
trict where the Rural does or ought to circulate.to. 
f a in a Club for 1870. There are t kousands of post- 
ofilc.cs at which we now have only nuo to livw sub¬ 
scribers, where from ten lo tlfty may be obhmit'd by 
a little timely effort. Y,’ho will do us and their 
frionds the favor to net in behalf of tlie Best Rural 
and Family Weekly ? 
Tlie Rural's {Show Hill, Premium Liar, 
tVo., for J S70yrecently Issued, have already boon 
mailed to nil our regular Agents. We will cheerfully 
forward these documents, and also spec!men num¬ 
bers, without charge, to all disposed to form clubs. 
Send for the Premium List, Ac., aud note our 11 Good 
Fay for Doing Good." 
Howto Help tbe Kara!.-There are numerous 
ways in which its friends can aid in circulating the 
Rural. First, show the paper, or talk io your 
friends about it, or both. Get up a club, or aid some 
friend t.o do so — or induce your 1’. Al. to act as agent. 
Plagiarist*,—If there is one class of thieves 
which we place lower in the scale of moral de¬ 
pravity than any other it is the literary thief. 
One of them, I. B. (wc wish wo had his whole 
name.) of Fail-port, Monroe Co.. N. Y., sends us 
as an original article a literal copy of one pub¬ 
lished some time since in a Western paper, en¬ 
titled “A Crack in the Hog Trough." He cannot 
have read the Rural long, or ho would have 
learned that wo believe honesty to bo the best 
policy. 
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Second-Hand Clothing for Poor Children,—In 
the severe weather approaching, will not your 
readers kindly remember the shivering little 
girls in our industrial schools, and the half-clad 
boysxrcare Bending from the lodging houses? 
Wo will send for all packages of sooond-hand 
clothing, if the uddess be mailed to this office, 
No. 19 East Fourth street, or they can bo ex¬ 
pressed directly here. J. Macy, Assistant Secre¬ 
tary of Child ren’s Aid Society, No. 19 East Fourth 
street,-New York. 
Penn. Poultry Society.-The next Annual 
Exhibition of this Society will bo held in Hor¬ 
ticultural Hall, Broad street, below Locust, 
Philadelphia, Dec. 3()th to 25th inclusive. Lib¬ 
eral premiums are offered, and a novel display 
is anticipated. 
The Winter Course of Lectures to Farmers 
and Fruit Growers, at the Dlinois Industrial 
University, commenoes Monday, January 10, and 
enutiuues through the week. The topics are not 
yet announced. 
No Traveling Agents are employed by us, but 
any person so disposed can act ns Local Agent, on 
bis or her own authority, and secure premiums, etc. 
The Kansas Horticultural Society holds its an¬ 
nual meeting at Ottawa, Kansas, commencing 
Tuesday, Dec. lltli, and continuing three days. 
