of protection. And if you are not prepared 
to suffer the consequences of being caught, 
refuse to bite! 
CONTENTS OF THIS NUMBER 
PROCRESS AND IMPROVEMENT.” 
beneficial in carrying the pollen from blossom 
to blossom, and it has been proved by Charles 
Darwin and others that many plants when se¬ 
cluded from the visits of insects by artificial 
means always fail to set any fruit. But on the 
other hand, it has been also proved by the most 
undeniable evidence that honey-bees occasion¬ 
ally destroy quinces, peaches and grapes, and 
probably other fruits as well, for the sake of the 
sugary matter contained in them." 
will not swallow, and the greater part of the 
medicine is wasted. I was forty years old before 
1 learned better. I hold up the horse’s head, 
thrust the neck of the bottle into a nostril as far 
as I can, and the liquid will run down the horse’s 
throat, without swallowing or effort, or without 
wasting one drop— h. g. 
LaVDACAPI — 
Home Aiormull — Rhodo. 
dendroui and KirimlM, The 
Rhododendron ( !lln«tr»U»<!,) 
Kalmla Lull folia (Uluetre- 
ted,) Finn lor tbe Front 
Ground* of a Suburban Villa 
Res i tit* nco. V4I 
IwDcffraiAL Tonok-Mr St; It 
for 1509 .lift 
Fjkld About the Bar¬ 
ley Cron; Tbe Future ot 
Hope ; Potato Grvertug Vn- 
dor Glue* ; Non mr Oat*—A 
1’ractkal Far mere Kiyer.. 
enoe and ; Potato Ex¬ 
port raenU ; Vital ity of Whoat 
Seed. .M6 
Re kal AtOBrrwromi. Tbe 
Farm Barr. Concluded ) — 
Ventilation, The Manure 
House, Tbe Boro Yord...., V 1C 
The Poirt/mr Y »*n, The 
Late Fan I try Show — Not#* 
on Exhibition of the New 
York State Foul try Society, 
Purity In Bn<kllii| Lar{* 
Brnhtna*: CMektu Cholera ; 
Embden ......... "47 
Sheep Hi/eiuwnnv ~Sh*Hipfc»r 
Oregon ; M atm fart ur»tV As- 
•Gelation of the North weet; 
Ontario and Idvlngabin Sheep 
Shearing; PaUniltv of the . 
East India Wool frueUIon; 
Wool Grower" tn C^njjre*», 
Wintering S/umjjj In IlLnou .241 
PoMOLuoicai..—Euilte D’Heyat . 
Pear HlluitrnVed *M'w*na;l* 1 
▼aula Fruit Lbl; New M.vn« 
for Old Thhnti; Apple LUu 
of North fib , Respber- 
rlo" i The Noatai flajftbmrr. 
Pear List fw N. IffilkAU...!. 44 s 1 J 
FJ.c«nicubTun*. — Ornaintot* ] 
at and Flowering Shrub*, I! 
Lou bio FJowwrtc^ P<mt-L (il¬ 
lustrated)... ... 
Vegetable Ga bpew, - Culti¬ 
vation of Arparxgc* , Turned 
AN ORIGINAL WEEKLY 
RURAL, LITERARY AND FAMILY NEWSPAPER 
Wedding Sponge Cake. Good 
Cookfea, Railroad Cake*; 
Cunning Green Com. Puaa 
and Beans; Cup Coke, Dieml.251 
iniToniALe, Etc. — ITotect 
Yowraalr** ; Rural Note* 
and Queries — Delay of Last 
Week's Rural, Poraooal — 
Hon. Marshall P. Wilder, 
Krigliah Spat rows Wen tod, 
Best's Tree Jr.vlgorator, In 
formation Wsn(sa,T|ui Labor 
Question In the South, Doug- 
!■*-, C-fwley On., Kwimi, lio- 
acr j»tion of Hive Wonted. 
Boes and Fruit. How to Treat 
Mice, Ssg^ Culture. 'Hie En¬ 
glish Sparrow,Well Expend¬ 
ed, WOJfToeth, Angle Woi mi 
In toe Garden, Pigs and Chi¬ 
na Barrlea, Steap for Send 
PiMUw Corn. Etc., Durability 
nt Fnjre lv«ls, Crib-bltlng 
Horses, KuHtlnjr Motliiuux, 
Sheuuudoah Volley. How to 
Drouth Homes, Whitewash' 
tng Trwu, How to Reduea 
GroeeiV Wills, The Chufa for 
Forage, Lime Mixed with 
Hew Mauuru, Plan for Hoat- 
imr a Green llwiw Wanted, 
Plaster on Timothy amt Clo¬ 
ver. J. E. Mivjr, iVald/on, 
Ind., Horse Chewing hla 
RURAL NOTES AND QUERIES, 
J). D. T. SWOORE, 
Conducting JJditor and proprietor 
Delay of Last Week’s Hural, — By a combina¬ 
tion of unforeseen circumstances the Rural 
for April 10 was not printed and mailed “on 
time.” The provoking and unavoidable delay 
was caused by *be recent burning of the paper 
mill which supplied us, and by freshets which 
prevented other mills from mailing and shipping 
a sufficient quantity in season. Three mills were 
engaged *o make paper for our edition, and we 
were assured there should be no failure, — and 
yet the elements, with the slowness and bad 
management of transportation lines caused a 
delay of several days. Of course every effort 
wa« made to avoid delay, but as paper of ilie 
proper size and quality could not be procured iu 
New York, we were obliged to await the arrival 
of Shipments from a distance. When we pro¬ 
cured paper, all hands did their “level best," 
working day and night to print aud mail our 
large edition as speedily as possible. Though 
our present, number may be u little late. In con- 
sequeuee of the delay of lust week, we shall 
strive to issue and mail ii at the usual time. 
Whitewashing Trees.—“ Will whitewashing do 
any good or harm to trees,” asks A. B. G., East 
Corinth, Vt. If the whitewashing is done In the 
fall it does no harm, and wo have evidence that 
it does good. It should be done after the leaves 
fall. Wo have never scon any evidence that it is 
any benefit to whitewash trees in the spring. 
TERMS, IN ADVANCE: 
Subscription — Three Dollnw n Year. To Clubs 
and Agents, Five copies for $11; Seven, nnd one free 
to club agent, for $19; Ten, and one free, for $25—only 
$2.50 per copy. A s wo pro pay American postage, $2.70 
Is the. lowest Club rate to Canada and $3.1X1 to Kurope. 
The best way to remit is by Draft or Post-Office 
Money Order,— and all Drafts and Orders made pay¬ 
able to the Publisher MA V UK MAILED AT ms RISK. 
AnvimnsiNG — Inside, 75 cents per line, Agate 
space: Outside, $1 per line. For Extra Display aud 
Cuts, a price and a half. Special and Business Notices 
charged according to position. No advertisement in¬ 
serted for less than $3. 
THE large and rapidly •increasing circulation of the 
ItDkit New-Yorker render* It necessary to put 
the forms to press earlier limn heretoforelienee 
to secure insertion advertisement* ror the inside 
Should reach tbe Now York Office on Friday morn¬ 
ing, and for the Outside ptqffia on Saturday morning 
of tho week preceding publication. 
How io Treat Mice—Gnawed Trees.—A. B. 
G., Corinth, Vt-, asks us what to do for trees 
that huve been gnawed by mice —if whitewash¬ 
ing will do tiny good or harm. We reply that 
it will certainly do no good. But we have saved 
trees in the manner shown in the accompanying 
engraving. Cut from the tree branches of green 
k ( ji| wood of the length required 
Nffl to connect the bark above 
and below the gnawed space, 
i T\ sharpen them at each end in 
ill the shape of a wedge, drive 
a narrow, sharp chisel into 
the bark above and below 
tho space, nnd press each 
end of the shoots firmly into 
^the cuts made by tho chisel. 
Then wax the gnawed space well, or bandage jt 
with fresh excrement, from the cow stable. 
Pains must be taken to have the bark on the 
body of the tree, and the bark of the branches 
driven therein, coincide. It is easy to save trees 
iu this way. 
How to Reduce Grocers' Jlills.—II. G., Warren 
county, Ohio, writes:— “ Your notes upon the 
discussions of the N. Y. Farmers' Club are so 
spicy that I think I save my subscription money 
in toy grocer’s bill, in tbe item of pepper and all¬ 
spice." 
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The Chnfa for Forage.—A. W. F. is informed 
that in tho South gentlemen who have cultivated 
this root testify that cattle will eat the plant in a 
green stale in preference to any other forage; 
and cured, it makes a most fragrant hay. The 
roots are an excellent food for swine. 
Lime Mixed with Hen Manure.—J, R. F., 
Dover, Del., asks if the recommendation of It. 
Isahf.lt. to mix equal parts of hen-manure and 
lime is not radically wrong. Yes, unless an 
abundance of muck, or leafmold, and gypsum is 
also added. 
Personal—linn. .Marshall P. Wilder.—This gen¬ 
tleman recently resigned Ida position as Presi¬ 
dent of the Norfolk Agricultural Society, which 
Office lie has held since the Society was organized, 
twenty years, llis resignation was accepted, and 
most appreciative resolutions were adopted, as¬ 
serting that the reputation and usefulness of the 
Society has been mainly due to t he wisdom, gen¬ 
erosity, executive ability and indomitable per¬ 
severance of Mr. Wild Ell. 
Sage t'ulture.—L. It. IIurlhut, Durand, Ill., 
asks 1 he best method of raising sago for market, 
and the time and manner of planting, general 
management, and yield per acre. Sow the seed 
this month in good rich mellow soil; transplant 
to well prepared, finely pul vorized ground from 
dune 15th to July 25th, setting in rows twelve 
inches apart and eight inohes apart in row. Keep 
Clean with u rake instead of hoe. When the crop 
covers the ground, cut out each alternate row. 
At the next cutting again cut each alternate 
row. At (he first cutting each plant makes about 
two “bunches" such as are sold in market. If 
not sold green, the herb can be dried, boxed, and 
sold in the dry state at any time. The usual 
price in this market is from $10 to $15 per thou¬ 
sand bunches of green herbs; and it Is said to be 
more profitable to dry and box than sell green 
at less than the minimum price above given. 
?ts 
Fabm Economy, Farm F«nt«» 
Hlluelratatl ;) A Wot Cellar 
Bottom; Ktuerj Applied to 
Wheel*; fw»»r fur Raiding 
liny; Petroleum <m a Prt~ 
■ervlog-A^eut 
Dz»cu"«iONn.—New York For* 
mere’ Club —• Hauling nml 
Bprcfidinif Metiure In. Sep¬ 
tember, Profit! of FotyU, 
Remedy for tilacl Kiiut, Fur 
People*Mrttb Weak J.uoff*, 
Strawberry Cb'ji hx- 
Iiauction, Allikd CiOVOc, A 
Place for Ynimjf Mwn Want, 
ed, To Miuiu failure Huper- 
ph.m-bato, )to«taf lug tt'wa- 
out Laud*, Tha Hurt lllnrk- 
berry and Kaapbur ry, Apple 
Tree Worm*, Cotton oocd 
Oil, Peat and Muck* ....... 249 
Ahout thr Soptii,—N oUa of 
Travel South - IV ; A Brief 
Trip Southward..260 
Titx IlKHriiv* n, - Manage 
inant of 9l*>ck ; A Provoked 
Farmer Talkaof Curing Huy, 
Feedlug Carrot** Preventing 
Abortion, Jkc ,; Cowfi Suck 
ing Them'dvue ; Lit* «m 
Cattle; To Itomore CiiafT 
from tha Eye* of Catlla; 
Food tbe Stock-.... 
The Apia*!**, Feeding B»>ou; 
Tranafarnng Bet**; To lutro- 
duco Qudumi Sa.'uly | lino 
Feeder- . ..2fio! 
Daisy HpanAvnav. - Tbe 
American Dairy Hyutoro — 
Letter from the Sec rut ary of 
the Roval Agricultural ’So¬ 
ciety of Engload, Tin Fac¬ 
tory System to bo Adopted 
In England, Aniwai* to Jn- 
Plon for Heating a Green lloitae Wauled.— 
Robeht Evans asks those of our readers having 
experience for the best plan for beatinga green 
house t wenty feet by thirty. Who will reply, — 
giving experience '< 
SATURDAY, APRIL 17,1809. 
PROTECT YOURSELVES. 
Plaster on Timothy nml Plover. — Yes, Mr. 
Young Farmer, St. Lawrence Co., N. Y., it will 
pay you to pay $10 per ton for plaster aud haul 
it fll teen miles to apply to newly seeded sandy 
loam soil. 
English Sparrow* Wanted— G. WARREN CONE. 
Stanley Corners, N. Y., suggests ** t hat i f some of 
those sleepy souls in Jersey City, " where these 
Sparrows arc so plenty, and such a nuisance to 
late sleepers, would " advertise to furnish and 
send them out in the country at a reasonable 
price, they might turn an honest penny, and til 
the little creature.'* are an useful as they are re¬ 
ported to be In destroying insects,) do a world of 
good. We want some out hero to wake us up iu 
the morning and catch the caterpillars. YVbo 
will tell us where to get thorn ?" 
A farmer writes us:—“ What are we to 
do with swindlers — men who come to us 
with smooth tongues laden with stories and 
devices for taking money out of our pock¬ 
ets upon plausible pretexts? It is difficult 
to resist their temptations.” We know it — 
at least we judge so from the manner in 
which these characters, who live off farmers 
by their wits, thrive. 
But, after all, it. is not so difficult tvs it 
seems. No man who lives has any right to 
be ignorant of the ways of the world There 
is no need of it in this country, where there 
arc so many modes for obtaining informa¬ 
tion. If one half of the money paid by the 
farmers of this country to these cormorants 
was expended in procuring information and 
purchasing time in which to digest it, there 
would be less grumbling, and less occasion 
for this steady torrent of snarling about the 
sins and wickedness of other people. 
If a farmer thinks experience most pro¬ 
fitable which is obtained by the purchase of 
every root, plant, machine, and device which 
is thrust, under his nose by these itinerant 
hawkers, let him set a&ide, annually, the 
amount he can afford to spend upon such 
objects and spend it. If at the close of the 
year his balance sheet shows that he has 
lost thereby more than he has gained, let it 
aid him in making up his estimates and ap¬ 
propriations for the next year’s expenditures. 
This whole matter should be one of busi¬ 
ness—not of venture. Spend for novelties 
only wliat you can afford to lose. If you 
lose it, charge it to the Educational account; 
if 3 ’ou gam, credit the same account with it 
and tho resulting profits. We know men 
who thus set aside sums annually to pur¬ 
chase and experiment, with what seem to be 
the best new things. They divert no money 
from legitimate business. They do not em¬ 
barrass themselves by false calculations, be¬ 
cause they do not base the year’s success 
upon such ventures. If profit comes it is so 
much gain; if it only comes iu the shape of 
knowledge of what a thing is not worth, it 
is accounted money well spent. 
The trouble js too few men make haste 
slowly. Too many farmers make radical 
changes in their entire business in conse¬ 
quence of the representations of men who 
have something to sell them, and who have 
no earthly interest in their success or failure. 
They do not take soundings, but steam 
ahead, only to discover that they are fast on 
the shoals, and the surf breaking their bark 
of adventure to pieces. 
It is useless and wrong to denounce every¬ 
thing new because a man has been wronged 
in one or a half dozen instances. One 
farmer in one locality, with his system of 
culture, may succeed signally in an experi¬ 
ment, while another, iu another locality, 
with a different system, with less knowledge 
and skill, may as signally fail. It is not al¬ 
ways an indication that a fruit, plant, or 
machine has no merit to commend it to public 
confidence because one man or half a dozen 
men fail with it. The fault is quite as pos¬ 
sibly in the man or men as in the plant, 
fruit, or machine. For it is an unfortunate 
fact that all the stupidity is not exorcised 
from the class known as agriculturists yet. 
No man need hope to he protected unless 
lie employs his faculties and means to pro¬ 
tect himself; for while his friend may be 
protecting him in front, another enemy may 
assail him in the rear. A thoroughly con¬ 
sidered policy with regard to biting at 
worms should be fixed upon, as we have in¬ 
dicated above. Sometimes, and doubtless 
often, the worm will be found attached to a 
sharp pointed hook. The best way is to be 
prepared to find it so, It is the surest means 
J. E. .Mason, Waldron, Ind.—If you will address 
Western & Co., 57 Park Row, New York City, 
yon will obtain tbe information you ask for. 
Horse Chewing His Bridle.—J. F. ROBINSON, 
Maysvillo, Ky., asks how ho can break a horse of 
chewing the reins of ids bridle while hitched. 
The English Hpnrrow. — The Chairman of 
the Haddingtonshire, Scotland, Farmers’Club, 
talking' of this bird, recently Introduced In¬ 
to lilts country, said: —“While it is true 
that, they do some good by destroying tho 
caterpillar and the green fly in the bushes 
of the garden, yet they were destructive to 
the gooseberries; often they did not leave a 
single berry. They do great injury io tho oat 
crop just before the grain arrives at maturity." 
He considered the sparrows “ blackguards out 
and out.” 
Bi-m's Tre«- Invlgorntor, E. J. Owens, Read¬ 
ing, Fa., writes us lie lias no interest in this com¬ 
pound, but that it “lias been used extensively 
hereabouts and with remarkable success. It 
may not do all that is claimed for it by the 
patentee, but it must certainly prove a great aid 
to tho fruit growers of Pennsylvania, who have 
searched in vain for some stimulant, and pre¬ 
server." We do not believe the farmers of Penn¬ 
sylvania are so hard up as that. If they had 
searched their born yards, muck beds, chip 
heaps, ash houses, &c., they would have found 
both a- good stimulants and preservers as this 
“Invigorator." If they will use strong soap suds 
in the spring, nnd whitewash in the fall, washing 
tho trees therewith, it will accomplish nil that, or 
more than, this compound does. We know what 
this invigorator is. It docs not damage trees; 
but it comes no far short of accomplishing whnt 
it is sold to accomplish that the man who takes 
flvo dollars out of a farmer's pocket for the 
recipe obtains money by false pretences. 
THE SEASON 
Dover, Del., April 2.—Peaches just beginning 
to come into bloom. Safe for a crop to date.— 
3. n. f. 
West Halifax, Vt., April 1.—Hero in Southern 
Vermont, farmers are commencing business in 
the sugar bush, but are very much discouraged 
at tbe depth of enow, and will be “apt "to lose 
the first run.— n. 11. s. 
Dundee, III., April 5.—L. M. If. thus sums up 
the season Have had a severe winter. Dec. 10 
snow enough fell for sleighing; middle of Dec. 
very cold—thermometer five to thirty degrees 
below zero. In January a tremendous snow 
storm ; February very pleasant; March boister¬ 
ous and stormy, aud April so fur much of tho 
sumo stylo. But ijttlc winter wheat sown; what 
there is looks well; rye, ditto; cattle have wio- 
tered well, but. It lias taken u great deal of fod¬ 
der to winter them. 
Athens, Midi., April 2.—O. P, Wolfe writes: 
Prospects for peaches and other fruits are fair 
for a good yield this season in the South Central 
part of Mich Igun. Wc hud slolghing inside the 22d 
ult., and yesterday snow fell nearly all day. It 
is four or five inches deep. 
Snow In tlw Mohawk Valley.—A friend writes 
us from Little Falls, N. Y., April 9, in this win¬ 
try >visc“ YVo have deep snows here yet,; tho 
roads iu many places full, and bad getting about. 
When a horse gets off the track he is down. The 
‘oldost inhabitant’ can’t remember so much 
old snow so late. YVe had, during winter, no 
thaws. Sleighing promises to hold good till 
May. Nice country to live in, is it not?" 
From Ohio.—Writing from Athens Co., Ohio, 
April 2, Mr. YV. B. Foster says“ YVfieat looking 
well; poaches all right; a pretty good prospect 
for apples. Weather cold and rainy. There is 
a pair of steers hero, the property of M. M. 
Greene & Co., six years old, that weighed, one 
year ago last. October, 5,500; competent judges 
claim they have gained 1,000 during the past 
year. YY r ill be shipped to your city for the holi¬ 
days." 
Pickens Go., Vlubauia, April 5.—Mr. C. C. L. 
Dei.L writes ns follows: " We have had a long, 
cold and disagreeable winter, for tills climate,— 
but now spriug has come in earnest. Planters 
are generally through planting corn, and are 
very busy in preparing land for cotton, of which 
I fear too much will be planted; this will make 
the staple low, com and meat high, and we shall 
have them tiybuy. Freedtnen are generally doing 
better, so far this year, than heretofore, but at 
best they are very uncertain laborers. Good 
farm hands are very much needed here, and but 
little if any over half of the open laud will be 
cultivated this year. Jjand is reutiug from 25 
cents to $1.50 per aero, and selling at from $2 
to $5.” 
DoMssnc ICcONOMv. — 
Mud* trUU fotvh l Truo 
Economy , A Coiign^atloa 
of Cakes—Marblo Cnku, T«* 
Cookie*, JSfiutoru Cake, Com 
YV«ll Expended.—The Maine State Board of 
Agriculture, it is announced, has decided to ex¬ 
pend one-half tho amount of the funds received 
from the State In establishing farmers' clubsand 
delivering agricultural lectures. If these lec¬ 
tures are made practically instructive, instead 
of ox hortatory and admonitory, the money will 
bo well disposed of; but if some man with 
more gab than gumption is set lecturing, he had 
better be pensioned direct by the State. 
A SUCCESSFUL ENTERPRISE 
The Groat Amurlcon 'i'ea Company commenced 
business in IfcSfiO, tn this city. They now occupy ten 
large stores, and employ about 25U persons, tbclr sales 
of Tea and Coffee amounting to $1*3,000 per week. 
Their success shows what ability and enterprise will 
accomplish, it Is simple enough. Their solos betug 
huge, they are, of course, In u position to sell their 
goods for a smaller prottt on each pound. Iu their 
advertisement in the Tribune, from time to time, 
they fully explain their system of doing business, 
and from the many loiters received from all parts of 
the country, wo Judge that their customers are well 
satisfied.— New York Tribune. 
The Company warrant all goods sold, to give satis¬ 
faction, or allow them to be returned (at our expense) 
within 30 days, and have the money refunded. 
YVoir Teeth.—S. P. C., Romulus, Seneca Co., N. 
Y r „ writes:—“ Cun you inform me whether what 
are called wolf teeth lu colts produce blindness 
If not removed? Such seems to be the general 
opinion of my neighbors, but I am inclined to 
think it only one of the old superstitions.” They 
do not produce blindness; and while it will do 
no harm t o remove them, they will be equally 
harmless if allowed to remain until shed natu¬ 
rally. 
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Angle Worms In the Garden.—A subscriber at 
Newark Valley wants to know how to get rid of 
angle worms in his garden. Says they make the 
soil dead and heavy. YVe do not think the angle 
worms have anything to do with tbe heaviness 
of the soil. Draining it, stirring it deeply with 
n subsoil plow, or drawing sand upon it and 
plowing it in thoroughly, will doubtless remedy 
the “hoavlness." 
Information YVanted.—J. D. calls mo out and 
says I “pricked tho potato humbug." Now, I 
didn’t do any such thing. 1 only touched it on 
the surface. Had I been disposed to prick it I 
could have shown such a fostering that the rc- 
membraneo of those who dealt in tho moraa 
mvHlmidisIn 11330and 1837 would blush for their 
want of confidence, and brassiness in urging the 
people to buy that to which they kuew there 
was no reliable value. 
As J. D. gives nothing of his soil or lay of 
land toward north or south, whether it bo hill or 
valley, I really can tell him nothing as to what 
potato to grow. Again, he does not say whether 
he wants the potatoes to sell in market or for 
the use of his family. All these different clauses 
connect with advice, and although I have grown 
potatoes— doing the work mainly myself—for 
more than forty years, and have tried my hand 
at every new thing advertised from year to year, 
I cannot, say a word practically to J. D. without 
knowledge of his soil, lay of land and wants of 
the crop.—A ddi. 
BEAUTIFY THE SKIN 
Even Inherited diseases of a scrofulous character 
can be cured by the persistent and regular use of 
Stafford's Iron and Sclphto Powders. The 
twturul majnctlsm of the body, whlob ig antagonistic 
to every form of ulcerous and eruptive disease, is re- 
inforaed and intensified by t he action of the iron, 
nnd the whole system revitalized und invigorated. 
The sulphur liberates the orapotsonlng principle 
from tho circulation in the form of gas, and when it 
is determined to the surface, it ts expelled through 
the pores, Instead of tUo sklu to feed inflammation. 
The cure is complete and thorough, 'l ake the Pow¬ 
ders dry on tho tongue night and moiulng. 
Sold by Druggists. 1 Package, 12 Powders, $1; fi 
Packages, 72 Powders. $5. Mailed Free. HALL & 
KUCKEL, 218 Greenwich Street, Now York. 
Pig* and Chinn Berries.—A correspondent of 
tlio Southern Cultivator lost four out of six nice 
pigs about six weeks old from enting China ber¬ 
ries. Tho other two wore saved by drenching 
them quickly with melted lard. He says one of 
liis neighbors lost nearly all of his pigs from tho 
same cause. Lard is the only* remedy he knows 
of; and it must be given promptly. 
The Labor Question in the South.—The South¬ 
ern Cultivator has this editorial paragraph in its 
Mai'cli issue“ Our opinion is that, the best and 
speediest solution of tho labor question consists 
in everybody planting the smallest possible num¬ 
ber of acres, plowing deep, manuring highly, and 
cultivating thoroughly—substituting horse pow¬ 
er or steam power for human labor, whenever 
practicable. Our minds are in doubt as to tho 
policy of inviting to our midst either capital or 
labor. Our material prosperity might be there¬ 
by enhanced, but we might find ourselves in the 
condition of tho Israelites, when ‘God granted 
their request, butsent leanness Into their souls.’ ** 
If capital and labor beget leanness of soul, 
then ought the poor and indolent to be content¬ 
ed and happy. 
Strep for Peed Peas, Corn, Klo.— O. S. WOI.VE 
steeps mandrake (Podophyllum peltaturn) root in 
water and soaks seed peas, corn,etc.,in tho steep 
before planting, and finds it prevents the de¬ 
struction of tho seed by mice, gophers and (he 
sen’s) moles. YVe think if Mr. Wolfe studies the 
habits of moles he will discover they do not eat 
peas. _ 
INTERESTING TO LADIES. 
The Grover & Baker machine* which I purchased tn 
June, 1857. has given me tho greatest, satisfaction 
during the eleven years it has been In constant use, 
and it has never required tho toast repair. 
MRS. J. «. PHYFK, 
103 W. 12th St., Now York. 
TO REMOVE MOTH PATCHES, 
Freckles and Tan from the face, use Perky's Moth 
and Freckle Lotion. Prepared only by Dr. B. c. 
Perry, 13 Bond street, New York. Sold by Druggists 
everywhere. lOOLlst 
Durability of Fence Posis.—A subscriber. West 
Canaan, O., writes us that old experienced farm¬ 
ers in his neighborhood say that no fence posts 
prove so durable as good sound white oak, well 
seasoned before being set. Red elm also lasts 
well. He advises sawing timber designed for 
posts,ratber than split it, ns a matter of economy. 
INDUSTRIAL SOCIETIES. 
Douglas, Cowley Co,, Kansas.— J. W. DOUG¬ 
LAS calls attention to this locality in Kansas — 
tho valley of tho Big YVulnut. river. The fea¬ 
tures given are nover-failing springs, streams 
running on rock, valleys of deep, rich soil, with 
banks well timbered with Hickory, Black Wal¬ 
nut, all kinds of oak, Haokberry, Mulberry, 
Pecan, Sycamore, Ash, Locust, Cottonwood, 
Elm, &o. Soil good, producing abundant grass 
of several varieties. Quarries of limestone in 
nearly all the bluffs; fruits and grains thrive, 
and stock does well. Settling up rapidly. Need 
a woolen faotory, more grist and saw mills, etc. 
Seventy newspapers and magazines taken at the 
post-office. 
Massachusetts Agricultural College.— The Trus¬ 
tees have elected the following officers: — Prrsi- 
dent—W illiam Claflin. Vice-President—Wm. 
S. Clark. Secretary —Charles L. Flint. Treas¬ 
urer — Nathan Durfeo. Auditor — D. Waldo 
Lincoln. Executive Committee— Win. S. Clark of 
Amherst, Henry Colt of Pittsfield, YVm. B. Wash¬ 
burn of Greenfield, Nathan Durfce of Fall River, 
aud Phineas 8 tod man of Chicopee. 
Tho Executive Committee was authorized to 
employ Wrn. D. Davis, Warner, N. If., a grand¬ 
son of Hon. Levi Bartlett, as Superintendent of 
the College Farm. Mr. Davis has, for tho last 
three years, held the position of Superintendent 
of the Government Hospital Farm, at Washing¬ 
ton, D. C._ 
The Pleasant Y'alley Grape Growers’ Associa¬ 
tion holds its annual meeting at Haminondsport, 
N. Y., April", 1869, when the following officers 
were elected: President —J. N. Davls. Vkc- 
Prestdent— J. D. Masson. Secretary — F. M. Me- 
Doweli. Treasurer—A. J. Switzer. Executive 
QnnmUta—J. R. Van Ankeu, C. D. Champlin, D. 
Rice, E. P. Smith, G. N. Nichols, G. II. Wheeler, 
T. M. Younglove, E. C. Barton, C. Iv. Miner, D. 
Wagner. On motion of T. M. Younglove it was 
voted that the next Annual Fair be held oti tho 
28th, 2Uth and 30th of September next. 
GENERAL USE, 
Colgate’s Toilet 8oap Is found In more families 
than any other Soap. Sold by all druggists.— Pitts¬ 
burgh Presbyterian Banner. 
Crib-biting Horses.—Is cribbing in horses a 
disease or a habit? nslts a subscriber at Moriah, 
N. Y. It Is regarded a Uubit arising from indi¬ 
gestion or imitation. Some horsemen regard 
the only remedy to be a muzzle. Let horsemen 
of experience toll us what they think. 
C. L. VAN DUSEN 
makes an offer on page 259 which must interest all 
who prize delicious, health-giving fruits. Road what 
he there says, headed “Maoedon Nursery." 
Knitting Machines.—Mrs. H. R. Smith, West- 
field, N. Y„ wants a knitting machine that will 
do seam work, und that will knit cotton and 
woollen yarn with equal facility. She asks for 
the experience of such housewives as have used 
t liese machines. 
$5 WILL SECURE THE RURAL 
One year und 25 Klttatinny Blackberry Plants, dellv. 
crcd ut your nearest post-office. Oct the best. Gci 
the genuine. I,. WILLIAMS, Montclair, N. J. 
Description ol Hive Wanted. — Mr. Hazen, in 
last Rural, says he puts boxes on his hives, 
early in the season, of the capacity of one hun¬ 
dred and twenty-five pounds to each hive. I 
should like him to tell how he makes his hives 
so as to put. that number of boxes on them, i 
judge from what he says he uses five and six- 
pound boxes. An answer through tho Rural 
will oblige—A Beginner. 
PUBLISHER’S SPECIAL NOTICES, 
The New Quarter opens well. Wo are receiving 
new clubs (and additions to clubs) from all parts of 
the country—together with very complimentary let¬ 
ters in regard to the Rural as enlarged and im¬ 
proved. Thanks, Good Friends! If you “keep the 
ball moving" wo shall 60on be enabled to make still 
further improvements in the favorite Rural, Liter¬ 
ary and Family Weekly. 
AU Post-Masters, aud their Assistants, are 
solicited to act as Agents for the Rural. YVe offer 
“Good Pay for Doing Good.” See Premium List. 
8hcnnnJonli Valley.— SheldON Herrick, Dun¬ 
kirk, N. Y., asks as to the price of land with 
good improvements and without, the nature of 
tho soil, water, fruit, markets, &o., in the She¬ 
nandoah Y'alley, Y'u. 
How to Drench Horses.—1 believe there are but 
fetv farmers who know how to drench a horse. 
The common way is to put the neck of the bot¬ 
tle into their mouths. This done, most horses 
Bees and Fruits.—The American Entomologist 
says“ It is undoubtedly true that bees and 
many other flower-hunting insects are very 
