THE SEASON. 
a ruinous competition with each other for sev¬ 
eral years past, will be united in a bond of 
strength and power which will prove beneficial 
to the capital invested, and generally useful to 
the business interests of Albany, and furnish the 
farmer and planter with machinery on terms as 
favorable as heretofore. 
or rags (not straw) coiled three times around 
apple, pear, and quince trees. These bands 
should be put upon the trees about the 20th of 
June, and examined every two weeks and the 
caterpillars destroyed. They should be kept on 
until the middle of October. 
The amount of labor this requires when done 
regularly and with system, Is very small in pro- 
port ion to the immense profit to be obtained. It 
ensures a full and certain crop of fruit. By this 
means apricots and plums can beasreadil; raised 
as any thing else. 
I respectfully recommend that associations be 
formed In all t he school districts of people who 
agree to keep their orchards clear of mseels; 
who will meet together once n work, or oftencr, 
for mutual understanding and Information, and 
to take measures concerning the cleaning of 
those orchards that are neglected. This js of 
paramount importance until a proper luw is ob¬ 
tained upon the subject. Those meetings should 
be held at once, without delay. 
Citizens, fruit culture means pains-taking la¬ 
bor. It requires tin* destruction or insects, and 
for this labor it will return you a thousand fold. 
This necessity is a blessing In disguise, as It ele¬ 
vate* the business to an art. removing many 
farmers, also careless people, from competition, 
making the profits to the careful and industri¬ 
ous proportionately large. 
Chas. K. Landis. 
Vineland, May, 10. 1803. 
PROGRESS AND IMPROVEMENT 
CONTENTS OF THIS NUMBER, 
[We desire to receive items concerning the season, 
crops amt crop prospects from all parts of the coun¬ 
try for publication under this heart.— Kns. Rural.! 
.Milan, O., May 15. — There is at the present 
time every indication of an abundant crop of 
fruit in this section this year.—S. Stuart. 
Utica, Licking 4'o., O,, May lO. — We have had 
a cold spring. There Is a fair prospect for 
whoaLand a good prospect for fruit, of all kinds. 
—P. w. s. 
Hebron, Porter Co., ImL, May 15.—Crops are 
looking fine In this part of the State. We have 
not had as good a prospect for a crop of winter 
wheat in ten years as we hav e at, present. Some 
pieces arc falling down now. it is so large. There 
is a good prospect for spring wheat and oats. 
Farmers are mostly ready to plant corn now, 
and some have planted. We have had a fine 
rain the last two or three days, and it huscleared 
oil warm: everything looks flourishing.—w. g. 
Frrnehvllle, AVI*., May 17.—I do not think the 
inhabitants of Trcmpoleau Co., Wjs., for the 
past seven years, have had so backward a season. 
11 has been cold and wet. Vegetation as yet has 
made but a poor show. Cattle, as a general 
thing, are poor; altogether making the pros¬ 
pect poor for butter. Very little corn planted; 
wheat. $1; oats 70c.; barley potatoes 75c.; 
butter 25c.; eggs 10e. Overcoats would feel 
comfortable to-day.— J. C. BowEltMAN. 
Denmark, Lewis Co., >. Y., May 20. —We 
have been having cool, lowerv, damp weather 
for a week post, which has delayed l lie farmers 
very much in their spring’s work. About half 
of the grain remains yet to be sown. Corn and 
potatoes are generally planted. Grass looks 
very promising for (he time of year. Winter 
wheat looks rather spotted—a considerable por¬ 
tion of it winter killed. Cheese is bringing 
twenty cents per pound, which looks favorable 
for the farmers.—p. r. W. 
Fond du Lar C'o,, Win,, Mny 10. ISG9. — The 
sjiring is cold and backward. But little plant¬ 
ing done yet, in consequence ol' frequent rains. 
Not as much wheat sown this spring as last, but 
more oats and barley. All kinds ol' grain and 
grass look remarkably well. The prospect is 
first rate for all small grains, and fruit promises 
an abundance. Corn prospects poor. Stock in 
rather better condition than usual. Chinch bugs 
appeared in great number* one week ago to-day, 
but the cold rains of the last three days have 
backed them down. Potato bugs begin to creep 
l'roin their winter quarters, ami the farmers 
must prepare for a big fight or have no pota¬ 
toes.—)!. n. 
Oakland, Jefferson Co., AVIs., May 9.— Wehave 
had a mild but long winter—not to exceed eight 
inches of snow at any one lime. There have 
been heavy rains through April, that left the 
ground wet. and heavy, which has made us back¬ 
ward with our spring work. There is a large 
amount if spring wheat, to sow yet. I think that 
wc are fully a month behind with our sowing. 
The weather is now all that, we cun ask,and veg¬ 
etation Is coming on rapidly. There Is not much 
winter wheal, sown in this county, the attention 
of the farmers being turned to raising the spring 
varieties, which are grown to perfection. The 
climate Is healthy, the soil good, —lands are 
selling all the way from twenty-five to one hun¬ 
dred dollars per acre. We have a wide-awake, 
go-ahead population, who cun 'appreciate all 
the good qualities of the Rural New-Yorker, 
and distinguish between a paper when you get 
your money’s worth and when you don't.—B. T. 
Bakf.u. 
Laurel Hill, Richmond Co., N. C., Mny 19.— 
The crop prospects during the month of April 
wore very flattering. Corn was up and looking 
wall, with cotton just coming up—the weather 
warm and seasonable. May ltd we had a severe 
frost, doing an incalculable amount of damage, 
cutting down the cotton and completely kill¬ 
ing the young and tender cotton on many 
farms. Those fanners who could procure seed 
have planted over, which will make the crop 
late; others have plowed up the cotton, plant¬ 
ing the fields iu corn. The wheat crop was 
never more promising, until the frost came; 
and, as if verifying the adage that “ misfor¬ 
tunes never come singly, but in battalions," 
violent and destructive hall storms have passed 
over various portions of this and adjoining 
counties, leveling wheat with the ground, much 
of which has since been plowed up and planted 
In corn. We will have but little fruit: peaches 
completely destroyed; but few apples and those 
will be small and wormy. THo weather contin¬ 
ues cold, with rain and wind from the north¬ 
west ill the time of writing. The prospect for 
another frost is good, although wc are hopeful 
the COM, wet weather is at an end.— o. m'l. 
Delaware Pencil < rop.—The annual estimate 
of the Delaware peach crop along the line and 
short.branches of the Delaware Railroad is re¬ 
ported to have received very accurate attention 
this year. The crop is now considered safe, and 
the trees exhibit a remarkably healthy condi¬ 
tion. The orchards in the above vicinity contain 
1,984,830 trees, 885,2415 of which are three years 
old and under, and 1,099,530 are four years old 
and over. The crop is estimated from the hear¬ 
ings of the lutter only, and is computed at over 
1,900,000baskets. A large portion of the thriv¬ 
ing three-year-olds will add to this total, which, 
together with the fruit from interior orchards, 
forwarded by water to Philadelphia, will make 
this yield larger than for many previous years. 
AN ORIGIN A I, WEEKLY 
RURAL, LITERARY AND FAMILY NEWSPAPER. 
D. D. T. MOORE, 
(SonclixotinK Editor mid Proprietor. 
The Agave Americana, or “ Century Plnnt."— 
The illust ration of one of t hese plants about to 
bloom on the premises of Messrs. Frost of the 
Genesee Valley Nurseries,—together with an 
interesting article on Agaves, by P. Barry. Esq., 
of the Mi. Hope Nurseries, Rochester —will be 
found on page 344. The illustration represents 
the plant as it appeared on the 17th Inst. As the 
matter is one of great interest we purpose giving 
another Illustration of this famous plant as soon 
ns it blooms, with further information on the 
subject. Oneof our artists is watching the plant 
daily, and promises us a faithful representation 
of it when in blossom. 
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Tuk. large and rapidly-increasing circulation of the 
Rural New-Yorker renders it necessary to put 
the form* to press earlier than heretofore;—hence 
to secure insertion advertisements for the inside 
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Fi,ORICCi.ti-k s.—Tilt. Agave,(Ulnstrftied .) IkiibliflmilM! Com* 
pout for I'olUA Romm , Pronins Row* . Mnrihsl Noil Kom> ; The 
Golden Fosthot, Howe; Lint of Portnois! Fell blooming Plants 
Wanted .- 544 
EsTOMOt.ouir.si~—The CiuiVvr Worm (llluitroted)..345 
Aaaomrci.Tcn* Pride nf Chins;’’ Osage OrAnge Hedges; 
Lombardy Pnplsr a, ft Lightning Rod.. . ..345 
Di»cc»»maa.—New York Formers’ Club N'orwey Spruce, Alnlbo 
Clover, How lo Grow Harley, To Hid V mes ofSlrijisd Rugs, To 
Can Cora, Sweet Potato Culture in the North, The Valley of 
Walls Walla,The Asm of till' Marl Men, Rutter Worker, Pslrn 
Leaf Fiber, lAidflsh, Weight l’oerer..345 
IsnusTBist Tories. Manures from Mineral and from Orjanlr 
Sources . About Fences, ......... ...IMS 
Fskm Kcosorsv. trouble Trees Single-Trees (17 llltniratlorn). *46 
Tint Su ms liras,. Arsenic for Swine , Jluy Wisdom ; Kidney 
Disease ; Fattening Hogs... ....IMS 
Dairy Urease nnr. The American Dairymen's Association j 
The Tex nn Ch»rer Sales ; The Country I'lie..,.. Market; Boun¬ 
tiful Milkers and Milk Fever. . ... .341 
Domkstic Economy. — Tnble Toilette (Illustrated ;) Orientul 
Painting ; Yeast Cakes ; Other Kitchen Aide i Coloring Cotton 
Red , Nice Njmngc Cake ......347 
EoiTOKlit e, Err I'lghtbitr Insects; Rural Notes and Queries — 
Knyliih Sparrows, Nl — i- rvsrgroeo Broutn Corn, Colonising 
Missouri, Rural Art in City I'srk. Albany Agricultural Work,, 
The Agare Americana, or f’Ceiitury Plant,” flee vs. Shallow 
Planiing, l-IA* frisuTKiira. About Ahnliaiiiojr Fcnnaa. Angle 
Woratr in Still, Vatetne. of 1M?, Cooking Food for .Stock, Lev b 
ed vs. CnleochM Ashes, Plan of fury Gate Wanted Sowing 
Plaster on Winter Wheat, Low Rush Cranberry Plants, Tin* 
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Ought not to be True (Concluded).. .349, 950 
Social T<r»ir*. —Modern Rerbarlem | The Ideal Love .350 
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Reformers ; True Setitlim nU, ... .351 
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The Purri.Kn,—Enigmas, Charade, Anagram, Problem, Elr.365 
Dorp v*. Shallow Planting, — A Loudon Co., 
Va., correspondent asks “Which is the better 
way to plant, corn—deep or shallow? And why?" 
Wo reply that deep or shallow planting should 
depend upon the condition and texture of the 
soil. In the West, in localities, farmers insist 
thni five or six inches is not, too deep to plant; 
in others two inches are regarded sufficient 
depth. Seed com should be put in motet soil at 
least. The conditions of germination are suffi¬ 
cient moisture and heat. It must, not be buried 
below the Influence of the sun, nor must it be 
jilaced above moist soil. 
RURAL NOTES AND QUERIES. 
English Kpnrrow*. -A writer in the Philadel¬ 
phia Bulletin says he knows that the English 
sparrows will be found as great a nuisance as the 
worms- that while they may destroy the worm 
that, preys upon tin* shade trees of the city, 
“they will also destroy other worms and insects 
which are friendly to us and which are parasite’s 
of other insects worse than tree worms. He 
says“The English sparrows are fearfully de¬ 
structive of fruit, especially cherries and straw¬ 
berries when ripe, and they even devour the 
buds of pear, apple, peach and cherry trees while 
iri a tender state just before blossoming. In l lie 
early spring, insects being scarce, the sparrows 
are compelled to feed upon tender fruit, and 
flower buds,and they have been known to strip 
whole orchards and gardens, not only of their 
fruit- buds, but even of the leaves and flower- 
buds." 
A correspondent of the Rural at Walworth, 
N. Y-, who ha* been in England twenty years, 
engaged most of the time in gardening and fruit 
culture, writes that these birds not only take 
the buds off the fruit trees, but make a clean 
sweep of currant, and gooseberry plantations 
where boys and powder are not employed to 
keep them oil. He adds they are a grain and 
fruit bird, and not strictly insectivorous, com¬ 
mitting tboir depredations in the spring long 
before there are any worms they can destroy. 
They take most of the first seeds sown. He has 
seen them pull early pens out of I lie ground just, 
as they were appearing above the surface; they 
take the first ripe strawberries, cherries, and in 
fact nil small fruits and all kinds of grain. The 
fruit growers used to pay the boys four cents 
per dozen “for their mischievous old heads.” 
The note doses“ If there is one thing that will 
make a gardener or fruit grower commit sin. It. 
is the miserable old chirruping English sparrow." 
Life Insurance. —The subject of life insurance 
is becoming so well understood by the well in¬ 
formed portion of community, that no discus¬ 
sion is necessary to show its propriety and im¬ 
portance. The wisdom of making provision 
for old age by securing an annuity, or of pro¬ 
viding for one’s family in case of the decease of 
its guardian and supporter, has been too well 
demonstrated to require argument. Hence wc 
refer ail interested to the announcements of 
prominent and reliable Life Insurance Com¬ 
panies, lately and now published in the Rural. 
SATURDAY", MAY" 29, 1869. 
FIGHTING INSECTS 
Du. Trimble of New Jersey, has his 
sphere, and tries to fill it, Ilis zeal in behalf 
of fruit growers, and agriculturists generally, 
as against their insect enemies, is commend¬ 
able. He has been talking to the Vincland- 
ers. A year ago he talked to them plainly, 
giving them practical advice as to the best 
means to save their products from the in¬ 
sects. Some of them heeded and acted upon 
his advice. They were fully repaid for the 
trouble involved. Recently he went down 
to give them another talk. He got the tes¬ 
timony of those who had profited by his last 
year’s suggestions. He awoke the enthusiasm 
of the entire community. They pledged co¬ 
operation to each other in a systematic cam¬ 
paign against the enemies of Iheir orchards. 
They hold public meetings often to devise, 
plans, exchange suggestions and receive re¬ 
ports. Their local society has offered pre¬ 
miums for the most efficient work performed 
in this direction, and Mr. Ciias. K, Landis 
seconds the movement by the publication of 
the circular which we print, below. Wc 
print it because wc regard it an action worthy 
of imitation in other localities. There are 
sections where men are. abandoning fruit 
culture in the most cowardly manner be¬ 
cause they have not the vim and patience to 
fight insects. And agricultural and horti¬ 
cultural societies do not do what they may 
do to furnish stimulus for such resistance to 
insect depredations. Perhaps this hint will 
be sufficient to secure the attention of such 
organizations and of communities of fruit 
growers to the importance and feasibility of 
this work. Success depends upon organiza¬ 
tion and efficient co-operation of entire neigh¬ 
borhoods. Isolated individual effort meets 
with sure reward; but it is fighting against 
great odds, compared with what may be 
done when every man in the neighborhood 
does his share of the fighting. 
We are much mistaken if Dr. Trimble 
has not set a ball in motion which will pro¬ 
duce wonderful practical and pecuniary re¬ 
sults to the Viuelandcrs. We shall look 
with a good deni of solicitude for the report 
thereof at the close of the season. Here is 
Mi*. Landis’ circular: 
2b the Citizen* of Vinc/and : 
I am convinced that fruit cannot, be success¬ 
fully raised in this community, or ary other, 
without waging systematic and successful war¬ 
fare against the Insect enemies. This success in¬ 
volves a vital amount of present property and 
more in the future. With this succe&s Vineland 
becomes pre-eminently^ the most valuable place 
in flic Union for fruit culture. 
To encourage success in this direction, I there¬ 
fore offer the following premiums, to be award¬ 
ed under Hie auspices of tho •Agricultural So¬ 
ciety : 
Ten dollars lor the best half aero of fruit trees 
kept tlie cleanest, from tree grubs, eurculios and 
apple moths. 
Ten dollars for the best acre ditto. 
Ten dollars for l lie la-st 1 wo acres ditto. 
'Pen dollars for the best three acres ditto. 
Ten dollars for the. best, four acres ditto. 
Ten dollars for the host, five acres ditto. 
Ten dollars tor t he best six acres ditto. 
Ten dollars for l he best, seven acres ditto. 
Ten dollars for the best eight, acres ditto. 
Ten dollars for the best nine acres ditto. 
Ten dollars for the best, ten acres ditto. 
Together with a certificate of merit, hand¬ 
somely framed. 
The points to which it appears tnosi necessary 
to direct, their attention are the fol- 
\bunt Abolishing Fence*.— In the Rural of 
May 15th. your correspondent. “ Northwest," in 
an article “Substitutes for Fences," strikes a key 
In the grand orchestra of Rural music whose 
ominous sounds we like to hear. Ho says:— “ It 
will be a happy day for the country when fences 
can be altogether abolished," &c. If such a 
thing can be done in Europe, why not in Amer¬ 
ica? Will " Northwest please explain how it is 
done In Europe.— Novice, Chemung Co., 2V. 1’. 
Angle Worm# in Poll. —To get rid of angle 
worms, apply salt freely, and the pests will soon 
leave tho soil. After fifteen years’ experience. I 
think they make t he soil dead and heavy.—H. H. 
Horton. 
We do not think they have anything what¬ 
ever to do with the deadness and heaviness of 
soil, unless it be that they arc the result of such 
a condition of it. 
$100 PREMIUM OFFERED 
FOR 
PRIZE ESSAYS ON ADVANTAGES OF COOKED 
FOOD FOR STOCK. 
The importance of a practical and thorough knowl¬ 
edge of the proper preparation and economy In food 
for farm animal* Is doemod of such Interest to the 
public, that the proprietors of PRINDLE’s Agiiici'i,- 
TUttAl STEAM KR now offer $50 for the best Essay oir 
that subject, also $'H) for the second, and $20 fur tho 
third best. All to ho written and handed in to .Mr. 
Pa sell all Morris, Editor or tho Praetfoal Farmer, 
Philadelphia, J*a., by the 1st of August next. The 
three besi Ms*.to be the properly of .Messrs. Saver y 
A Co. of Ptdlfi,, Pa., arid D. R. Puindle. Kaet Beth¬ 
any. N. Y. The subject to be treated In a practical, 
financial and chemical manner. Competent Umpires 
wih be selected from abroad. All information de¬ 
sired on the above subject will bn furnished on appli¬ 
cation to Messrs. SaveiiY & Co., as above. 
Missouri Evergreen Broom-Corn.—D. B. PAGE. 
Marshall On.. Ill., writes the Prairie Farmer that 
“this kind is not, a distinct variety, as some 
claim, but t he change of the seed from a warmer 
climate to a more northern one induces to a 
larger growth and lateness. The same is t rue of 
Indian corn. We have tried tho celebrated Mis¬ 
souri corn; got an enormous stalk, and when 
frost came we had all the indications of a big 
ear, but took it out in cob. We have seen this 
grown as far East as Ohio, from seed direct from 
Southern Missouri. The first crop was of enor¬ 
mous length of stalk and brush, but. hardly out 
of the way of frost. The second year the stalks 
and brush were shorter, and SO it continued 
until it became hardly so good as native Ohio 
seed. It will make a splendid growth anywhere 
in the North where soil is rich enough, and will 
remain green, to be sure, until frost comes, and 
then much of it will be too green for harvesting, 
i f too far North. Would it not be better to grow 
earlier kinds which can be harvested while the 
weather Is pleasant?” 
Veterans of 1*12 .—Isaac Elliott.— An ap¬ 
propriation of $50,000, to be distributed jyro rata 
among the veterans of Die war of 1812, was voted 
by the late Legislature of New York, and the act 
has become a law. Application should doubt¬ 
less be made to the Adjutant-General of the 
State. He will give all needed information, if 
he be not the authority having the matter in 
charge. 
Cooking Food for Stock.—Those of our readers 
who are well advised on this subject are referred 
to the offer of prizes for Essays, under the head¬ 
ing of Busiuess Notices. The best and most 
economical mode of preparing food for stock is 
a topic of great Importance to farmers, and wo 
trust the offers alluded to will call out some 
valuable treatises on the subject. 
PARALYSIS, 
A YOUNG lady, resident in Brooklyn, N. Y., who 
had been subjeetto fUawhlch became more frequent 
and ol longer duration at the recurrence of each of 
her monthly periods, and which, after six years’ du¬ 
ration, terminated In Paralysis of the entire side of 
her body, has been cured in less than six month* so 
perfectly, by the use. of STAn'oitn's Iron AND SUL¬ 
PHUR Powders, that there is no appearance in her 
walk, speech or features, of lior over having been 
paralyzed. 
Sold by Druggists. 1 Package, 12 Powders, $1: fi 
Package*. 72 Powders, $5. Mailed Free. HALL & 
RUCKKL, 218 Greenwich St., New York. 
Leached v». L'nleadied Artie#.—I am very glad 
my inquiry about applying hen manure to corn 
has received so many answers, but am sorry’ to 
gay that perhaps I have been laboring under a 
mistake, as I always supposed unleachcd ashes 
the best for a fertilizer. Will some one inform 
me why or how ashes are improved by leach¬ 
ing?—w. 
Finn of Fancy Gutc Wanted.— I have built me 
a nice picket fence but am not decided as to 
what kind of a gate to build. I would like 
something fancy. Will you please give a model 
of something pretty in the Rural?— E. B. 
Atchlky, Beloit, Wts. 
Colonizing in Missouri.—The St. Louis Journal 
of Agriculture says that a large colony of Penn¬ 
sylvanians arc now set t ling on 6,000 acres of land 
they have purchased of the Hannibal and St. 
Joseph Railroad Company, near Stewartsville. 
Over one hundred families are already located, 
and others are coming. Among them are many 
experienced nurserymen aud grape growers. 
They take small farms. 
At Brooklyn, N. Y., a colony is forming for 
settlement in the southwest parr of our Stale, 
near Springfield. Thirty families are about 
ready to start, and those interested are confi¬ 
dent that the number will soon be increased to 
one hundred and fifty. 
COLGATE & CO.’S TOILET SOAPS 
The article produced by this Company wc know to 
be of t.he very best quality. It Is a pleasant and 
effectual purifier of the flesh. N\ r. Advocate. 
HAGAN’S MAGNOLIA BALM 
This article t* the True Secret of Beauty. It is 
what Fashionable Ladles. Actresses and Opera Sing¬ 
ers use to produce that cultivated, distingue appear¬ 
ance so ranch admired In the Circles of Fashion. 
It removes all unsightly Blotches, Redness, Freck¬ 
les. Tau. Sunburn and Effects of Spring Winds, and 
gives to the Complexion n Blooming Purity ot trans¬ 
parent delicacy and power. No Lady who values a 
fine Complexion can do without. Die .Magnolia Balm. 
75 cents will buy It ol any of our respectable dealers. 
Sowing Plaster on Winter Whent.—A Sub¬ 
scriber. Catoosa Co., Ga.—Our experience has 
been that the best time to sow plaster on fall 
sown wheat is either late in tho fall or early in 
(.be spring. From one to one and a half bushels 
per acre is tho quantity usually sown. 
Rural Art In City Pork.—We have been 
watching from our window the crowds of idlers 
who have gathered outside the chains which sur¬ 
round Die grass plats in Die Park to look at the 
“artists ” who are reveling in clover with their 
scythes. As a sample of city mowing, we do not 
think the manner in which those grass plate hove 
been “gnawed off" can be beat anywhere. It 
looks much as if they had been fed down by an 
old donkey who had lost half his teeth. We do 
not wonder Die crowd looks on in astonishment! 
Lyon's Kathairon is a very delightful Hair Dress' 
Low Bush Cranberry Plum*.—A Canada corre¬ 
spondent asks where he can obtain one hundred 
or more low bush cranberry plants, if il ls too 
late to set them this spring, and the price there¬ 
of. Let the answer be found in our advertising 
columns. 
THE PUBLISHER TO THE PUBLIC, 
A Speclnl Request.—Wo frankly ask all Its 
friends to aid lo extending tho circulation and use¬ 
fulness of the RURAL. Thousands of It* old sub¬ 
scribers are already doing this, and we trust the 
hosts who are joining its standard in all parts of the 
country will do ns and their neighbors the favor to 
introduce the paper to notice and support In tluilt 
respective localities. Friends, please show your 
neighbors 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 —and Knw is the 
Time lo make Additions. 
The Best Hedge.—N. S. Bnic.nAM.—All things 
considered, we do not know of any better hedge 
plant than the Osage Orange. The Honey Lo¬ 
cust may be as good? and in some respects bet¬ 
ter, but we would not recommend it positively 
as such. 
Albany Agricultural Works.—The Albany Ex¬ 
press states that the Hon. Ezra Cornell of 
Ithaca, founder of the Cornell University, has 
purchased the old-established manufactory of 
agricultural machinery of Messrs. Horace L. 
Emery & Son, and also purchased the ma¬ 
chinery, property and effects of tho Albany Cot¬ 
ton Gin Company, and 8Uir Agricultural Works, 
with a view of uniting the two establishments 
anil continuing Die business at the shops of the 
former, under the old name of the "Albany Ag¬ 
ricultural Works." It is understood that Mr. 
Cornell has in view some scheme by which 
tills movement will become auxiliary to bis plans 
of furnishing employment to students of the 
University. The mechanical and inventive talent 
of the Messrs. Emery will lie retained in the 
business, and the manufacturing will be carried 
oil under the supervision of Mr. IIoraue L. 
Emery, whose inventions have added so much 
effective power lo our farmers and planters, 
in labor-saving machinery. Tho financial and 
business welfare of this new organization will bo 
under the general supervision of Mr. CORNELL, 
who will place it at once upon a firm anil suc¬ 
cessful basis. Thus two important manufactur- 
ng establishments, which have been carrying on 
INDUSTRIAL SOCIETIES 
The Mercer Co. (Ky.) Fair commences at liar- 
rodsburg Sept. 7 ; A. L. Walden, President. 
Ripon, Hi*., Ag. Association.— The fourth 
annual fair of this Association Is to be held at 
Ripon, Wis., September 15,16 and 17. Competi¬ 
tion open to all. Ne entry fee required. Presi¬ 
dent— A. M. Skeels ; Secretary — E. P. Brock- 
way. _ 
Horticultural Exhibition.—The Queens County 
Agricultural Society announce a Show of Veget¬ 
ables, Strawberries, Ilot-house Grapes, Flowers, 
&e., on their Fair Grounds at Mineola, June 3d. 
A “Grand Trial of Velocipedes" is to form the 
festive portion of the display—a good substitute 
for trotting. _ _ 
The Vigo. Ind., Agricultural society holds its 
next annual Fair at Terre Haute, September 14, 
15,16 and 17. The Society offers cash premiums 
amounting to $2,000. The officers ol' the Society 
are:— President, C. W. TUiuiOtm. Vicc-Premdent- 
Mtins Price. Treasurer—A. B. Pegg. Secretary— 
Assistant State Geologists of Ohio. — JOHN H. 
Klippart, E. B. Andrews and Edward Orton 
have been appointed and confirmed Assistant 
State Geologists of Ohio. 
for people 
lowing: 
First.— Borers. Peach Trees—Dig them out 
with a knife; depend upon nothing else. Nec¬ 
tarine—Dig out Die borers. Apple Trees—Dig 
out t lie borers. Tho first year they can be found 
with a knife; the second and third years roquire 
an annealed wire. 
Second. - Cureulin . Only to be destroyed by 
jarring the trees and letting them fall upon a 
sheet, and burning Ihem. Do mil shake, but jar 
the trees. This is to lie done early in the morn¬ 
ing, and as often (luring the day ns necessary. 
They infest Dioaprieol, the peach, the nectarine, 
the plum, the apple, the pear, the quince and 
cherry. Also gather all the fruit that falls to 
the ground immediately, us this fruit contains 
their eggs. They appear from the middle of 
May unt il July, hut have to be looked for before 
and after these periods. 
Third.—ZVic Apple Tree Moth. The great ene¬ 
my or the apple. Die pear and the quince. The 
remedy for tho apple moth is: 
1st. Gathering tho fruit as it falls to the ground 
and burning it or feeding it to stock. 
2d. Trapping them by coiled rope made of hay 
The New llnancr opens well. We are receiving 
new clubs (aud additions to clubs) from all parts of 
the country— together with very complimentary let¬ 
ters in regard to the RURAL as enlarged und Im¬ 
proved. Thank*, Good Friends ! If you “ beep the 
hall moving" we shall soon be enabled to make still 
further Improvements in the favoritu Rural, Liter¬ 
ary and Family Weekly. 
American iVuturalist.—S tephen P. Philips.— 
The American Naturalist is an excellent and 
interesting monthly, published at Salem, Mass., 
at $4 per year. 
Marigold Seed.—M artin II. Adams. —Send to 
any seedsman advertising in the Rural and you 
will obtain marigold seed. 
Additions to C’lnbsaro always in order, whether 
In ones, t wos, fives, tons, or any other number. Many 
agents, after sending one club, form others, and thus 
secure, additional or larger premiums, A host of 
people are dropping other papers about these days— 
many have already changed to t.he Buiiai.— and our 
Agent-Friends should improve every occasion to 
secure such as recruits for the " Rural Brigade.” 
CurrantAVorm.—The correspondent who asks 
for a remedy for currant worm, will find one on 
page 136 of current volume of Rural (Feb. 27.) 
Local Club A gents. - Wo want a live, wide-awake 
agent for the Rural In every town whore there is 
none. Reader, if you cannot act as such, please 
Induce your P. M. or some Influential friend to do so. 
