CONTENTS OF THIS NUMBER. 
Tint Vjn*v*at>. - firajM! Growing (Continued, S ttlu«tr»tion»;) 
Hay# a <-• rap* Vlw® or Two.• .. 
iNnrATniAL Tone*.—Kami Not~ from Europe; Hmv* W> M 
I .nnd Among t»; Improving Grain*, Trrr\, Elc. ; Applying 
ilauMW.- ..♦*. 
Tiik AruRUN.- Rftftrtng Young Quoons ; Cftti»fp for Brw i A 
Bonk on Bfo-Kcvptng, . .. • • .. 
fSMKKr Ut RBAN DEV. Strong Combing Wool ; Shruj, Killing In 
AuRtralin ond Smith A marten ; £ho*p n* fartUltcnt ; lowing 
Wool.... m 
Thu Morrkman,—K nlslng MoIcaj PrnncVmg llornnn; To Grow 
Horso Ilxir J Colic Ul lloTVA.* • .. 
Tiik Swi* l H**D.- CmIooIuk Smv» ; Sow* toting Fi|<* j An 
other Pig gm-aton; Pig Ktmiti'lv ; Ct»rWfr W hilo I igft ( " l,Tln * 
inPign; PotnUw* for Pig*. . 
Farm Kcouomy. - Tho Kotin: liny Rmlti (4 llln4r.Ht'-ti* :) 
milltlng Night Roil; To hrfun » Dry Cottar Bottom ; Ctiler 
Mill W mi ted . m 
TnK Gamosop Cultnro of CiUiWm; Growing Onion Reed: 
fcnUifv or Oytir Hiuit ; Sweet 1'otntorm ; Limn Jteunn, 1 o* 
niKUl Culture....•..»«> **» 
Pomoi.ooical. Ohio Itogntv Cherry (UluHrMed ;) CwnCW - 
Apple i Itluitrnte'l ;) The Miner Pfoll, . Rlrowhrrry l eitU!l«r« . 
White Hardy urn pea for Wine. Pomology in Krum* i T»yl«r 
Grnj)«.,..,......*. 
Di*cu*flU»!»r. New York PivrmerR* Cltih—'The tVnatof the Kjtrih 
In lOWA. t>»«*p v*. Nlmllnw Plowing, " A Mwn* of f*r»" i 
Country Buy'* Wi*lum, AMU Clover Hoot*. Ilmling l\wW t 
Curt} fur Snih Ul Sheep, Where to Go, FiulUr powder Report. .. ». 7 
Tiik Pofttpv-Y Mtr>. Poultry Hmiw * FUmrdy for Ro’Jp t South* 
ern Chicken Aiutot; Trjin*portRtl«n uf E;*v>; 1,1 r 0,1 
Hen Cholora; Thn irhh Crcve-CVrur*... 
Lam. ;>ai AitTWKTT.-V.tgini* Land.; Worn Chnttiuioog*,TotUl.W 
IfroiRKir larr KMATtoa. —CrilicUni. upon “Curr*i” V ikt. 1 nation 
—Small-I'va.. . 
Dairy Hi aiiaMiry.- M.irhltlrry for Chorning | Timrly SupRM- 
lioin , Slro nod Coloring of CIiormi t Sour «y. . t.u 
Pomkhtic tCoovoMYr -llnm« Comfort*— No. I; Brood, A."r\i’i; A 
Quill Friunr ClltuilrnUd ., time In Taahottlc* t Cnralmo D)M i 
Conning drum Coro ; U- U iJld ««. ........il 
Editoiual*, Etc.-" Ken III Pf'iyi'-A !" Itorol Not- ond Cjurrio* 
—Thf Km.1 1 . An ft lvntiling Mod.om, Thu Korul Nuiv-1 "il.-i, 
Culwi Mid Hip". Ki'gl.*h Spur row., From \ iri'inll.. Chkcor;, 
CIiIiicm Suimr C-.n , Ojiium from IVmidoA, OrnAIng " **1. 
Sugar. To Tran«pUut nuceeA.ru)!)l/rtll v». lAfofuiefut VNhejit, 
Caker Worm Ke.uelv, A N-urII.I- wad .M -h-it J.miltv . I..i 
ficrmvr Burly Ume pnUtn, Thuher nnd SheUi r in KunaM, Ovige 
<*rft|ig» t nut, “ Otiitr-a..’’ Biiekthnrn llndge, Mio#h*l|ip| » aJI“V 
tirapr i. Am. in Inn. “ Will it l’l\y,’' Cotton Seed M-M 
forCow*, ICarnle Klt.cr from Mi»v>u» , t^et a Filler. MiAtnreuf 
t.rav-vF or l.fiMiiv SelMtinder, Propagating ArbbrvlUe, " uwat 
Midge, Tea Pi i n*, Chntf In < nttW* 1 ve* . The Scniem.300 
hAniKs' i'oUT Koi.io, -Thn (#yp^«T Mother i poetry. 111n*lmt' d ;> 
tVlien lUppIn* 1 * ('mnt**; L»U«f* fium lloni*; Woirtouly nnd^ 
Wotnatiilh ; Noedlu Safe ; Bookn • • • ...aOl 
TnK Kkvibw r .—New Publicptio«« Keviewmi.. .. ..301 
Btomkn roo Ruralm*. Storting Hi l.ife ; or, ICxpevlcnrr* in 
the We*i, I'niih \\ Mte'e Vulnnl^r . A MvfV Part . ...X01, 302 
CltotCK Mi-rioxunV. In Mf:n»»riam (Poetry ICvery*Piiy Ufe, ( 
Leaving the harm ; Bnilplur* uf' Jur Own l'nrwH; Smnlwi* he^. *<M 
Mot.KM ANt* Ma.n.vkum. KmbWIfiery Design* (8 Illuitratlon*!) 
i iuhioii Chit Chat j An*wf« tv I'urm-pondyii's.303 
Badhath Kiapiv. In tlio OM Chnrrh (Poetry *) A Cheerful 
JUlIgino | The Way to the Crown. .30y 
b'r.wft or Titr Wkrh. ponuAtk New* - Including Now* fpun 
WMbingkan. New York, Malm-, New I Kn»|*blv.', Mn*«aeitn'*i it , 
New Jrraev, Pu:iMt»yIt ntiin, Muryiand, Virginia, Smith C»arullna, 
Ucorglu. AlahMma, JiCnijVnnn, MisKiRwippi, ludiiina, tlllln, l.li- 
jiolf, M*rti|gnn, Jtllaanuri, Nuliratkit, Tejai, (‘alilornia, Nevadn t 
"Wyoming, Indian 'I'wrfltory, l.)"*ntnlon of ('amnia ; j'ur> ipn 
IVewH—lntluding New* from Cuba. -..3t)4j <*06 
Tiik MAi:anT*. Stock and Money j Prmlueo and ProvUiona; 
Cheese; Live Stock.. .. . .... 
Aut AVp AltTi«Tr.^~iDtcrrv.Ung Art Ousslp ....306 
PeiwonaXi Interentlng PerRonal Hrovitlet.306 
The Nr«'» C«>?n»RNKKit.— 0»er Sixty Late Interesting lirevitie*.307 
poll Yoirar; PKoni.ft. - Mnv (Poutry.i Great I.eMona; r I lie L-e 
of Kcmembertng; The ftroken Pledge ; Tba Vurlouc L 1 ^ ol 
Q\nm ; Y'vur llandR; Jturnl hour Your old*. . .3ofi 
Wit and IIumou,—T he TUawm Why (iHuitcated ;) f*liinpR«* of 
Genius..* ...308 
The Pi7r.rt.RK.—Ket.ui, Enluoia, QucO.^n, Tsanvurvitii.n. 1 r t. MftS 
BUSINESS NOTICES. 
A PLACE ON EVERY TOILET TABLE. 
COI.GATK * Co.’S ToiKliT SOAP has a place on 
every toilet table, and fully merit* the position it 
has attained.-- I'itinhurg ChrUtlan Advocate. 
INTERESTING TO LADIES. 
Mr wifo tins used a Orover & Raker sewinp; machine 
forclcvrii i/dir/i. during which time it has never need, 
ed a dollar's worth of repairs, excepting oneo wltcn 
broken by an accident in moving It lias done all 
sorts of work in the most satisfactory manner. 
WM. J>. RAI.UWIN, Washington, l). C. 
“PROCRESS AND IMPROVEMENT.” 
MOORE’S RURAL NEW-YORKER, 
AN ORIGINAL WEKK-I.V 
ItURAL, LITERARY AND FAMILY NEWSPAPER. 
D. D. T. MOORS, 
Coivcluotinu Editor and. l^roprietor. 
TERMS, IN ADVANCE: 
Subscription — Three Dollar* a Year. To Clubs 
and Agents, Five copies for f 14: Seven, nnd one free 
to club agent, for *19; Ten, nnd one free.for *25—only 
*2.50 per copy. A* we pre-pay A mericati postage. *2.70 
I * the lowest Club rate to Canada and *3.50 to Europe. 
The best way to remit I* by Draft, or I’ost-Oflieo 
Money Order,-and all Drafts and Orders made pay¬ 
able to the Publisher mat rt»: mailed at his risk. 
Advertising — Jiulde, '5 cent* per line, Agate 
space ; Outside.ll per line. For Extra Display and 
( ut*. a price and a half. Special nnd Ruulness Notice* 
charged according to position. No advertisement In. 
turned for le** than *3. 
Tim; large and rnpldly-lncrcasing circulation of the 
Rural New-YOHKKK render* It necessary Dr put 
the forms to pres* earlier than heretofore; hence 
to eaeure Insertion advertisements for the inside 
should reach the New York Office on Friday morn¬ 
ing, and for the outside pages on Saturday morning 
of the week ■precrdiiuj publication. 
ipML 
lars and results? We have a large and able 
corps of Editors and Special Contributors, 
and hundreds of Correspondents, yet. thou¬ 
sands of our renders can, if they will, impart 
most timely and useful information, and the 
ample and -widely-circulated pages of the 
Rckai, will receive and spread it broadcast 
throughout the land. We therefore ask all 
cheap, comparatively good, and susceptible of 
quick improvement, as la shown by the experi¬ 
ence of Northern men who have been here for 
several years. Clover does remarkably well. 
Marl is abundant. Timber is plenty, but not as 
cheap, when sawed, as it should be, owing to the 
scarcity of saw milts. The rapid increase of 
population is creating a demand for grist mills, 
saw mills, and manufactories. Mechanics, par¬ 
ticularly wagon-makers and blacksmiths, arc 
our readers, wherever located, to note and much needed. I desire to procure some Early 
, ... , . i , „ • i . Hose Potatoes. Jf vour paper should happen to 
report for this Journal whatever will aid m ' ... 
* , , p .i i , not contain All advertise mom c, if. -i mg them, will 
advancing the cause ol Kural Progress and gome ()f your rc . af j cr s he good enough to inform 
Improvement. me where I can procure a few pounds.-G. 
AN IRON CONSTITUTION 
Is an appropriate tlguri- of speech, as applied in a 
person of robust organization ; for without a auf- 
flelency of Iron In the system It can neither be strong 
nor enduring. Bearing t his met (u mind, let all who 
Buffer from nervous tlrscnsos, or physical debility, 
whether general or local, pul their trust In STAF¬ 
FORD'S. Ikon ani> 81'lphub Powim hs. The com¬ 
bination i» charged with tire liver oltmoiits which 
science declare* that the weak and nervous need - 
Iron, to augment the vital forces, aud sulphur, to 
disinfect the blood and the *ee.rettons. Fur debility, 
in all its varietle.*, and whether arising from general 
or specific and peculiar enusna, the Powders are ihe 
most potent of all remedies. They are especially 
adapted to the cure, if sexual disabilities. 
Sold by Druggists. 1 Package, 12 Powders, *1; 6 
packages, 73 Powders, *5. Mailed Free. HALL A 
BUCK EL. 318 Greenwich St., New York. 
-» 4 *- 
TO REMOVE MOTH PATCHES, 
Freckles and Tan from the fycc. use Perry's Moth 
and freckle Lotion. Prepared only by Dr. B. 0. 
Perry, 49 Bond street, New York. Sold by Druggists 
everywhere. 100i-13t 
■- ++■> - 
THE PUBLISHER TO THE PUBLIC. 
A Special Request. — We frankly ask all Its 
friends to aid in extending the circulation und use¬ 
fulness of the Rural. Thousands of its old sub¬ 
scriber* are already doing this, and we trust the. 
hosts who are Joining Its standard in ail part* of the 
country will do us and their neighbor* the favor to 
introduce tho paper to notice and support In their 
respective localities. Frlehds, please show your 
neighbor? and acquaintances the Model Rural, Lite¬ 
rary and Family Newspaper, and Invite them to sub- | 
scribe. Though our daily receipts probably largely ' 
exceed those of any other Weekly in America there 
Is still room on our books for more —aud Now is tin 
Time tn rmiki, Additions. 
The New Qunrier opens well. We are receiving 
new clubs land additions to clubs) from all parts ol 
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" we shall soon be enabled to make st ill 
further improvements in tho favorite Rural, Liter¬ 
ary ami Family Weekly. 
Addition* to dubs are always In order, whether 
In One*, twos, Uvea, tens, or any other number. -Many 
agent*, after sending one clnb. form others, and thus 
secure additional or larger premiums. A host of 
people are dropping other papers about these day*— 
many have already changed to the ttCRAL — and our 
Agent-Friends should Improve every occasion to 
secure such as recruits for fclio " Rural Brigade." 
IIow to Remit.—The host way to remit for clubs, 
as we have often stated, is by Draft. If *30 or over, 
send by draft, ns there is no risk. For smaller 
amounts it is best to send by P. O. Money Order,—but 
If you cannot du that, send in Registered letters. 
I.ocal Club Agents.—We wantalive. wide-awake 
agent for the Rural in every town where there is 
none. Reader. If you cannot act- as such, please 
induce your P. M.or some Influential friend to do so. 
Show Bills, Specimen Numbers, &c., sent 
free to all applicants. If you want, such documents 
let us know and they will be forwarded. 
SEE Publisher’s Special Notices on page 306. 
SATURDAY, MAY 8, 186fi. 
“REPORT PROGRESS.” 
Now that the season of activity with the 
great Rural and Industrial classes of the 
country has arrived, wo urge those of our 
readers directly interested to make, note! and 
report program in and concerning their ope¬ 
rations. Many farmers and planters will 
experiment with new things, nnd should 
note circumstances and results, so as to be 
aide to report whether their operations arc 
attended with success or failure, and to what 
either is attributable. 
Our readers in the South—including both 
Southern and Northern men of experience 
and enterprise—arc doing much this year to 
improve the systems of culture and hus¬ 
bandry in that region, and we are hopeful of 
favorable results from the “ Progress and 
Improvement” they are endeavoring to in¬ 
augurate. The field is a vast and fruitful 
one, and from the efforts making we are 
justified in anticipating n great advance in 
the prosperity and wealth of both the native 
and adopted citizens of the. “ Sunny South.” 
\Y<’ trust that the season’s labors will be 
abundantly rewarded, and that the hosts of 
Northern farmers who are trying a change 
ol* climate, soil and productions will find 
the change an improvement—prospectively 
at least. Of course those who commence in 
a Strange region—with a different climate, 
and crops which they have not before culti¬ 
vated—cannot expect immediate pecuniary 
success, but one season’s experience will 
enable them to determine as to the probable 
future result, and to govern themselves, and 
advise others, accordingly. It is this knowl¬ 
edge, the result of experience, which we 
desire should be noted and reported by those 
who have cast, their lots in the South, for the 
beuefit of the thousands who are looking in 
that direction for homes for themselves and 
their children. Will not our host of intelli- 
RURAL NOTES AND QUERIES. 
Thr Rural a* an Advertising Medium.— In a 
recent issue we printed this sentence: As an 
Advertising Mkijium the Rural is unques¬ 
tionably the. Iicnt and CU<<tp<*t in its Sphere of 
JonrnaVtxm. presenting great advantages to l hose 
who wish to advertise widely and profitably 
for through ft they can reach, at once, tens of 
thousands of the most enterprising and wealthy 
Farmers, i’lnnters, Horticulturists, Stock Breed¬ 
ers, Ac., ami thoifsands of City aud Village 
Capitalists, Merchants. Manufacturers, Profes¬ 
sional Men, &e., Ac., throughout the country." 
And in Ihe same connection we stated that.all 
we claimed had been attested by ninny pro¬ 
minent. manufacture ns nurserymen, dealers, 
etc., who bad advortlsed in its pages. In support 
of this claim wo might adduce abundant, testi¬ 
mony, but will only give, now. one of the many 
voluntary letters we have received on llm sub¬ 
ject, as follows: 
Omi Mxct.np* AomcriTrnM. Woxk*, ) 
it .rHtMtx, IS. Y., April HI, tt€3. i 
D. D. T. MOORE: 1 ..closed find Draft for *91.13, in 
full of your Bill for Advertising, which has proved to 
vs the most profitable investment, we ever made for thr 
amount. Please acknowledge receipt, and oblige, 
Your* truly, BICKFORD A HUFFMAN. 
— »♦« 
Itnrnl New-Yorker. We always knew Bro. 
MOOKi: whs a Napoleon of tho Agricultural Press, 
but bad no idiv,i he was going to spread Himself alter 
this fashion. Reaving his old quarter.-- at Rochester, 
lust season, hy the order of Hi- pln.-delnn, to save 
ins life, he ha* nnmsed 111* invalid Hour*, In t he rity, 
hy bringing mil ilie largest and handsomest Agricul¬ 
tural and Family I’anor in tin? Flute-*, with < 'HAllLEY 
Brag DON tor Ins right, har d man. Mr. Br addon H 
incisive pen was very much needed among the mu¬ 
tual mimlratlontst,* of the Empire City. We think 
.Mr. Moojpe i* doing pretty well for a sick man.— 
OHo lean nee, 
Thank you, lira. Harris, for your kind greet¬ 
ing. Both tho invalid and the “lncishe pen” 
holder appreciate it the more for l he reason that 
t hey know you " mean business " whenever you 
notice contemporaries. Wc wish the good old 
Ohio Farmer and its worthy Conductor deserved 
prosperity— and that is a vast lneri-ase. Mean¬ 
time tho Ruual will Strive to attend to the 
mutual admltatlonlsts and ax-grinder*—doing 
its “levelbest" to protect its readers from all 
swindlers and other swine who don't ent their 
corn raw, and who number more than a few. 
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I’olza nn<l Itnpo.—L. Meuzean, Augusta, Ga., 
asks for information concerning this plant, of 
which he has never seen mention in this country. 
Il belongs to the cabbage family, is cultivated 
for tho seed from which oil is extracted. The 
cake from which the oil is expressed is like that 
of rape seed, led to cattle. In some of the con¬ 
tinental countries it (the cake) is thrown into 
urine cisterns and thus soon becomes a valuable 
manure. Two species of it arc cultivated in 
Europe, lirassica rampestris or winter colza, is 
a biennial, sown in summer or autumn and 
ptands out all winter, inaiiirtng the following 
summer. This is what our correspondent will 
tind it most profitable to sow. IP - >ea arrniyi* 
Is a spring colza, distinct from rape, (Brasska 
napnfi). It will doubtless succeed well in the 
Northern and Middle States. The best soil forii 
is said to be rich, light, new soil, well prepared. 
To succeed with winter colza the soil must be well 
drained. It is sown broad-cast and in drills. If 
sown broad-cast about seven pounds of seed are 
required per acre—and less if sown in drills, 
since one seed is dropped in a place about one 
inch apart in the drill. When sown broad-ct:.-•- 
or In drills the seed is. generally put In from July 
15th to August 15th. On good soils the product 
tm O umua-u. M ... oI 00]za seed is equaj to the product of wheat or 
geilt, practical friends in the South heed this Kr( ,, lte ,,_ ^heep eat the straw and chaff of both 
request, and note and report their successes co iza aud rarpe. Rape (Brcustca napus) and 
and failures for the. information and benefit winter colza ripen nearly at the same time at 
of Rural readers through out l lie country ? the end of June or early in July -the mpo about 
' , , ‘ , . .a week or ten days earlier. When the seed pod* 
T he farmers, breeders, graziers, danymeu, bo£in to turn yellow the crop should he cut. 
fruit, growers, gardeners, apiarians, &e., of 'pi,,. 01 . 0 p is bound, pul in cocks or stacks and 
the great West, Northwest, and Southwest, treated much like wheat. Spring colza is not so 
are also requested to note particulars of im- certain nor profitable a crop us winter colza ami 
provements in culture aud management. Tell rai>e ’ --•*«- 
us of new and especially of improved and English Sparrow*. — A Dairyman. Litchfield, 
economical, moflee of jtottaj, mlnge l.ar “ Uo 7S 
vesting, marketing, Ac., that all the WOikl crows or foxes as the English house sparrow. Il 
and the rest of mankind” may be advised in ig tmo ji lf , v -will do all our city friends repre¬ 
regard to t he manner ill which large farms sent. In the destruction or Insects in their door- 
are rendered profitable. The people of New .vwnls or gardens, when there are no fields of 
an noun uf 1 1 . wheat within five or ten miles to full a prey to 
England mid the Middle States Will be in- t j lcn1> what English farmor does not know that 
terested ill, and perchance benefited by, such in Ung-iand, from the time file wheat begins to 
reports as Western cultivators can furnish— fill in the ear i ill it is pur. into the barn ur stack, 
and the Rural will make them patent to every field mustbe guardedfrom 
, , , sundown, every day, by the bird-keeper with 
the whole country. ^ un ant j rntlle, or they would make awful havoc. 
What are our readers (and we have many) ihe. time mentioned they assemble in the vil- 
in the Pacific States doing in the way ot luges and cities very early in the morning, and 
Rural “Progress and Improvement” 'this go In flocks o£ thousands all over tho adjacent 
. • country every day to do their destructive work. 
season. There are various branches in d oee the Bible say, “Arc not two sparrows 
Which they arc engaged, notes and reports 80 ld for a farthing ?’ Because that was the pro¬ 
of which would prove of interest nnd value m hnn paid for their heads; and to this day that 
to our numerous readers in other sect ions of is the very price paid in towns in England for 
“on- Advise ,bm rf vvl.at you a,e 
doing, and host it is done. 1 each one an not p n , ot - fj OD ? Because it is to show that even 
other” is a wise and benevolent maxim ; do n, e meanest bird that flies does not. escape 7!is 
it through the pages of the Rural, and the All-Seeing eye. Please lull your eorrespondeni 
information will go over the Continent. " bo advertises for this nuisance to let them re- 
Tn the Northern, Eastern and Middle where he | lveat0 gfve him no quarter, for he is 
States, and Canada, the active labors of the an eaemy to the farmer." 
husbandman have blit recently commenced, -- *h- 
the season being backward in many see- From Virginia.—Inclosed you will find $3 foi 
Rons,-yet hundreds,-aye, thousands,-of the Rural one year, 1 have hut just settle.] 
, ■' . . . ‘ . ... , here, having removed from Pennsylvania. 1 
j ural readers in the regions indicated myself inconvenienced by a want of infor 
are trying experiments and inaugurating rnationsuob a&Ibavo been in the habit of get 
improvements on their farms, in orchards ting from my newspapers, and in the hurry bav. 
and gardens, and about homesteads, con- found time to order but one paper before this 
corning which we desire facts and mtorma- fromTork stHte ltI1(l p e nnayh-ania, have settle, 
tion to impart to the public. How many immediately about here, and dozens of other 
of these -will kindly note and report partieu- within, a redius of fifteen miles. Lands an 
Kayli*h Sparrow#, — A Dairyman. Litchfield, 
Herkimer Co.. N. Y., writes: — 1 should as much 
have expected to hear of l)ie importation of 
crows or foxes as the English house sparrow. 11 
is true they will do all our city friends repre¬ 
sent, In the destruction of Insects in their door- 
yards or gardens, when there are no fields of 
wheat within five or ten miles to fall a prey to 
thorn. What English farmer does not know that 
in England, from the time Die wheat begins to 
fill iu the ear 1 i ll it is pur into the barn or stack, 
every field must be guarded from early dawn till 
sundown, every day, by Die bird-keeper with 
gun and rntlle, or they would make awful havoc. 
At the. time mentioned they assemble in the vil¬ 
lages and cities very early in Die morning, and 
go in flocks of thousands all over tho adjacent 
country every day to do their destructive work. 
Why does the Bible say, ‘Arc not two sparrows 
sold for a farthing?' Because ihat was the pre¬ 
mium paid for their heads: and to this day that 
is the very price paid in towns in England tor 
their destruol ion. Again, why is il said that not 
even agpnrrnw falls to the ground without the 
notice of Gon ? Because it is to show that even 
the meanest bird that flies docs not escape Ills 
All-Seeing eye. Please loll your correspondent 
who advertises for this nuisance to let them re¬ 
main where they are, and if one should stray out 
where he lives to give him no quarter, for he is 
an enemy to the farmer." 
-»♦.- 
From Virginia. — Inclosed you will find $3 for 
the Rural one year. 1 have hut just settled 
here, having removed from Pennsylvania. I 
find myself inconvenienced by a want of infor¬ 
mation such as I have been in the habit of get¬ 
ting lToxn my newspapers, and in the hurry have 
found time to order but one paper hoforo this. 
Some twelve or more Northern families, mostly 
from York State and Pennsylvania, have settled 
immediately about here, and dozens of others 
within, a radius oi' fifteen wiles. Lunds are 
Rose Potatoes. Jf your paper should happen to , 
not contain .mu advertisement offering them, will ( 
some of your readers he good enough to inform j 
me where I can procure a few pounds.—G. j 
Lewis Baldwin, Guinea's Station, Caroline Co., 
Virginia. 
-- 
Chicory, — Several inquiries have been re- ] 
reived concerning the culture of thisplant. Seed 
can be obtained of any seedsman. Land is pre¬ 
pared for It. the seed is sown, and Die plants cul¬ 
tivated precisely as one would cultivate parsnips i 
or carrot*, care being taken that the plants do 
not stand too dose in the row—say not- closer 
than six to eight inches apart. The root Is mi 
excellent food forstw 1c. hut is chiefly grown to 
sell lo coffee dealers for the adulteration of Dint 
article. For this purpose, when the roots have 
attained good size, they are dug, wa-bed. split 
lenglhwlse, kiln-dried, and bagged ready for 
market. In digging, car© is taken to gel tho 
whole of tho roots out of tho ground, else they 
will sprout the following season and become a 
nuisance. The blanched leaves nr ohieoory are 
much used ns salad in the markets of the N< ihor- 
lands, especially In early spring. This sal lad is 
obtained by packing the roots in the cellar, In 
tho fall, in alternate layer* of sand, so as inform 
ridges, with the crowns of the plants on tho sur¬ 
face of the ridge. The frost and light are ex¬ 
cluded, and the roots soon send out leaves in 
great abundance perfectly blanched. I on to 
twelve pounds of aecd are required per acre. 
-«♦*-- 
Chinese Huger Cane. —A Subscriber, Arg.vle, 
N. Y.—No cider mill that we have ever seen can 
be profitably used to express the juice of this 
plant. A three-roller mill—horizontal rollers— 
is the best. The juice la expressed, goes imme¬ 
diately into evaporating cans or boilers, where 
it is evaporated, the scum being carefully and 
constantly taken off. The juice Is clarified by 
the addition lo It of lime water—a pint to the 
on© hundred gallons Is said to be enough. Wo 
will give more critical and detailed directions 
from experienced men ere the season of manu¬ 
facture arrives. 
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Opium from Fop pie*. — A Wisconsin corre¬ 
spondent. asks how opium is obtained from pop¬ 
ples. j i L the juice which exudes from incision : 
made in the heads or capsules of poppies ren¬ 
dered concrete by exposure to the air and sun. 
These Incisions lire horizontal cuts made in the 
capsule on one day; on Die next day the milky 
Juice which has exuded from tho cuts and con¬ 
gealed is scraped off. Tbi* operation Is generally 
repeated three times on each capsule, 'l'he raw 
juice Is kneaded with water evaporated In the 
sun, mixed with a little poppy oil, formed into 
cakes, which are covered with poppy leaves and 
packed into chests with poppy husks abd leaves. 
Tills is the mode of treatment practiced in India. 
Grafting-Wax. — Two or three inquiries are at 
hand for a recipe foe a good graft lug-wax. The 
following is good: —One pint, linseed oil, six 
pounds rosin nnd one pound of beeswa x, melted 
and applied warm with a brush, or put on paper 
or muslin, or worked with wet hands into u mass 
ami drawn out into ribbons. Another highly 
recommended for out-door work is this:—Rosin, 
four or live parts; beeswax, one and one-half to 
two parts; linseed oil, ono to one and a half; 
worked into a mass and applied by hand. 
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Bed Sugar.—A subscriber asks lor a descrip¬ 
tion of the process of making sugar from the 
beet. Wo can give such a description; but it is 
proper to say that it would be of no practical 
value to our correspondent- to do so; for no 
farmer need hope to manufacture his own sugar 
from the boot. The process is complex, involving 
the possession of expensive machinery, largo 
capital and technical and extended experience 
in order to render it successful aud profitable. 
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To Transplant Successfully-—Allow plants to 
sufler for water for sometime before moving, 
give the bed a thorough wetting, draw, and then 
set out In. the afternoon, pouring one pint of 
water on each plant. Little rootlets shoot out iu 
three hours, and ttie plants wilt but little. This 
is not new but it is so important that it is 
worthy Of presonUt ion.-V- Devinny, Denver, 
Col . Ter. 
Prilled v*. Brondcnsl Wheat.—A correspondent 
of a Kansas paper puts an important matter in 
this very striking light" Full wheat, thin was 
drilled iu, looks well. Those who used the har¬ 
row have their fields nicely smoothed to murk 
off for corn. The capitalist who invests in Con¬ 
federate bonds, or the tickets of a wild-cat lot¬ 
tery, is a long headed follow when compared 
with the farmer who harrows iu his full wheat. ' 
ranker Worm Remedy,— A young fanner, 
Mono©, 111., asks if boring trees before the sap 
starts and filling the hole with sulphur is gene¬ 
rally known as a preventive of the ravages of 
this worm. We do not think it isgcnei.illj so 
known, and we doubt if it ever will be-though 
wc do know some honest folk "'ho believe it a 
sure preventive). 
\ Sensible and Modes! Family.-We have be¬ 
fore us Die catalogue of Amherst College i"i 
I Slid and 18M. in which wo find the names of Dm 
Faculty given, without the D. D-. LL. D„ A. M„ 
A B, ltev., and Other titles which so encumber 
60 ,no men’s names. Wc will warrant there is 
not more "cry" than "wool" about educators 
who have so much good sense. 
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Taxidermy.— A few years ago you published 
in your valuable paper the process of preserv¬ 
ing and stuffing birds, with full plates and in¬ 
structions. Have you got those numbers on file 
now V If so, I wish to purchase a set. Please in¬ 
form me the price.—F. E. M., Syracuse, A. 1. 
We cannot furnish the numbers alluded to, ex¬ 
cept in a bound volume—price ?3. 
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Early Rose Potato. — A Subscriber, Johnson 
Co., Kansas, is informed that this potato is 
smooth, nearly cylindrical, sometimes flattish, 
largest at the center, tapering slightly and grad¬ 
ually towards each end; eyes shallow but dis- , 
tinct: skin thin, tough, of a dark rose color; 
flesh while, solid, brittle, rarely hollow; boils 
quickly and is mealy and firm. We have never 
seen any red spots in ila flesh. 
— Air. Geo. W. Best offers this celebrated tuber 
ot greatly reduced rate*, ns will be seen by refer¬ 
ence to his advertisement in this paper. 
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Timber and Shelter in Kansu*. Dan. PALMER, 
Belmont, Kansas, asks In Kansas.Farmer, “ Why 
don't some of the correspondents say something 
about coffee bean lo cultivate fur timber? It 
grows faster 11mn. or as fast as, cottonwood, and 
is, I think, much better limber. And fora wind¬ 
break, the common burr oak is. I think, the 
best, as the leaves hang nearly all winter, on 
trees ur bushes from two to seven years old, and 
longer sometimes." 
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Osage Orange Frail. W. ( Vi ter, Adams Co., 
ill., says that not one tree in twenty of Osage 
Orange bears fruit; and those which <1© never 
blossom. The young boll on the fruit, bearing 
ire© is covered with silk like that of corn, and 
the blossoms on Die barren trees fertilize this 
Poll as tho corn tassel does the corn silk. A lone 
tree produces no seed. 
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"Oi^rgo" is the name of a new Illinois seed¬ 
ling strawberry which has fruited three seasons, 
but of which M. L. DUNLAP says too little is 
known, and trusts tbo proprietor may be satisfied 
to wait two or throe years longer to establish its 
reputation before sending it out. 
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Bnrkthorn ■ Hedge. A Sedalea, Mo., corre¬ 
spondent. asks if the Buckthorn makes a good 
hedge, and If It is injurious to wheat crops; 
also for the mode of cultivating and maintain¬ 
ing it. We have seen good Buckthorn hedges 
East and West, and shall be glad to receive and 
publish the experience of those who have them. 
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Mississippi Valley Grape Growers’ Associa¬ 
tion.--The following are Die officers elected at 
the recent meeting of this Association, at Alton, 
Hi .President .1 as. E. Starr of Alton. Vicc- 
Crcfiidad Geo. IDisman of Herman, Mo. Scc- 
rrtary Dr. L. D. Morse of St. Louis. Treasurer— 
John 11. Tice of St.. Louis. 
“ Will it Pay 1"—5Y. E. WEST, Adrian, Mich., 
asks, “ Will It pa,v to go into the poultry business 
largely, and raise, say ono or two thousand 
Chickens?" Doubtless, if you know how to do 
it. But do you ? That, is the question you must 
decide for yourself. 
Got ton Seed Meal for Cows.— HORACE Col- 
nuKN, of Winslow, Mo., has been experimenting 
with cotton seed meal ns food for cows. Ho 
writes tfic Maine Farmer that two quarts per 
cow each day in n week's time, doubled tho 
quantity of milk nnd also Improved the quality 
of the butter. _ 
Ramie Fiber from MUnoitrl. — TlM Davis, 
Johnson l 'o.. Mo. —We judge t he fiber you send us 
to be the product of t he Howie plant. If it is not 
of that plant, it Is from something producing 
an equally valuable fiber, if wo may Judge by 
comparison. 
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Get n Filler.— W. F. G., Nebraska.—Every 
pruirie farmer who Is dependent upon surface 
water for drinking ought to have a good water 
filter. Without it, it is better to catch and use 
rain water than that laden with tho gases of 
decaying vegot "*' u. 
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Mixture of Grasses for Lawn.—A correspond¬ 
ent asks those of our readers who can speak of 
what they have used to give him the best mixturo 
of grasses suitable for a lawn they know of. He 
Is located in Central Ohio, and has a rather stiff 
loam soil. __ 
Self-Hinder. A. D. Sumner, Saline, Mich.:— 
We know of no self-binder, made at Rochester 
or ebe.whorc, that you can depend upon to bind 
your wheat ihe coming season; and wo do not 
believe such a machine is yet invented. 
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Propagating Arborvita-,— W. B. C., Orange, 
N. Y.—Yes. Wc have seen Arborvltsr, propa¬ 
gated by inserting the branches of last years 
growl li in the ground, four or five Inches. 
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Wheat Midge. — A. A. Irish, Ottawa Co., 
Mich.—Th© larva you speak of becomes a fly 
which lays an egg from which the larva Is 
, hatched which feeds upon t be juices of the plant. 
Tea Plant*.—A correspondent asks where tea 
plants or tea seed can be obtained. Write to the 
Department of Agriculture, Washington, D. C. 
t for information. 
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* Chaff in Got tie’s Eye*.— Just apply new milk 
- to the eye hall of your cattle; it will remove the 
t chaff and remedy the injury done to tho eye.— 
THE SEASON. 
[We desire to receive items concerning the season, 
crops and crop prospects from all parts of the coun¬ 
try for publication under tbis head. — Ens. Rural.] 
New Berlin, N. Y., April 17,—After a spell of 
very drying weather, in which the roads were 
quite dusty, wc are now having u very raiuy 
day. But little plowing done yet— u. u. A. 
Caroline, Tompkins Go., N. Y„ April 20.— 
We have hud a very long but not a very cold 
winter. There haw been one hundred and forty- 
four days that the snow has not been off, and 
sleighing one hundred and thirty of them. Al- 
t hong h we have hud four or ft ve days very warm, 
thermometer fifty to seventy-two, there are 
roads that have not been traveled yet. The 
thermometer ranged from fourteen to fifty 
through January, from ten to sixty through 
February, from fourteen to fifty through March, 
and from twenty-six to seventy-two so far in 
April, taken tit noon in the shade. It has been 
down to zero but two or three times this winter, 
and then not until after sutqlown.—p. D. 
Fayette Corner, Tenn., April 27. —Mo are 
having a late, wet spring, which is delaying our 
planting. Peach crop killed, for most part, by 
the frost; also plums. Apples will be abundant 
unless something happens to them. We are in 
need of laborers. Any industrious man or fam¬ 
ily will find a good home and remunerative 
wages; laml is worth from ten to twenty-five 
dollars per acre— H. n. p. 
