CONTENTS OF THIS NUMBEH, 
PROCRESS AND IMPROVEMENT 
j plodding human mechanisms -with lives de¬ 
voted to manual labor. We believe in the 
| enjoyment of life. But enjoyment is a fruit 
of usefulness. Production must correspond 
with consumption. Labor must complement, 
play. And we need to recognize the fact and 
make it. a part of the education of the young. 
— In this connection it will be appropriate 
to extract from a letter received from a citi¬ 
zen in New York since wo began to write 
this article. Ho says: 
Tour article in last Rim at, on City and Coun 
try is food enough for earnest, deep thought on 
the discouraging condition of things in our City, 
contrasted with the encouragements of the 
country. Whatever part of the country I visit, 
Alt*oni< rLTuitr.— ttonav Loruat j Ovprom for Follog**; Oat&pe 
UrdjfM!; S»'] »ni»m Mn'rnuibijuj (IJfu.lralctl ;) Lurix Kuropura 
IVnduUi (HJn»trnUnl ;) Ontm^oua YnnditJixm; Upright vs. 
Fluke*! Trtnts ; While* Piue for Wind JUwU*. , . ... 373 
FiitM Economy.—M orin** rcHiiliwr : RitwsrneA nf i Wood 
Pip* ; Rnad Mh/i*£pit.pi>» ; RfCCDffaUag Old F«ucr* j For Fcoctf 
Pttela ; T« Locann Srrim* and pn!u ..1174 
Field Crops.—I’ oUtlo CulLur*.; Brc-mn Com Culture; Onion Cul¬ 
ture; Cultivating Potato** ; Corn CtiJlur* ; Karlj i'a*t«»ro.374 
huKKr 1 JuBBAsanv.- Kali India Wool*—Thair Cln»*!flcatlou hv 
the Trpamry Dsparfmcid..... . .. 37 ft 
1 Hit Hbrsr.mav,— Pfrchoron ; Phiii and Cblt ; f!«avas and 
Fr-fariaint: I>r«m liin|( Horses t To Make A Polity Hon* Draw ; 
Iibavas in ilur<^t; Aborting Mar**.......37J 
Tub Hkhovman, Sailing Sl'K> , Abortion In Cowif CffWiSock 
Ing Th. ratel t*<*t » Cabhugw for Cows. ,315 
KhOlWOkTIint, VoU* on Flower* nnd Winihs ; Hardy Araloa* 
fliluslr/itid;) <u|tu»o nf Fuvh*la* (IUuktraUd;) Flower I.imU ; 
Comport hr Potted Uose^j Komcrfy for ]Um Slugs; Lurye 
Wistaria. „ .. ...,,, ...376 
The Apjakias. Muitugamani nf Bees; Artificinl Queen Hear¬ 
ing; Bee f.o«s!p j W«rui» In Bet** . King Bird* and B««_ 374 
P axiological.— The Pl.t t I'aar (IMuftraU*d ;) FruU Culture— A 
HBp Ilaisrtl On<y—A Buslnras Non*; Tho I lino (Illu*. 
trated ;) -m it* lit Mt** >urt ; Grzni* in W*ynr C«Oj»F, V.; 
“ Kt. -h.nni.g StrawDcrry .” Ak*rltulUirMt Slr»wh*rrv, 
Strawberry KvriilUer; Hxrdinntu of jwkberilH; About Vi¬ 
rgin or; Tho Chirk Ktlpbnrry: The AnlurJun Crape; Flars 
Apple; Be?den’« Mo. 80 Sitawbrrry ; StrawlMirry fcjhlr>lti<»n..87T 
DiecirastONR Nos Y«*rk FnmvtiV Club— Frnfeatlonal Edu r -Jilp>n t 
Cot-Worm*, Thu |«*t Plata lo KmltrrnU T 9 , A b’ew lleetlo # 
Propagatltic (.n;ir« from leaves, Kb* lug Cow*.Onloi) Cullura, 
Practical Par.uiUA*. Agricnlitiral Onniilurv, Inordlnala H 00 B, 
Sudani Power f..r Koi-l* arid Drawing Plow*. . .*.377 
TlfK PoLM.Tmr Yawo.— Pu»j» rllr.n of ftfrrki and Hen*; A»X>Ut 
Turkey* j Feeding Trough for Poultry ; Nolle* Your Fowls, .37* 
SriRNTtYtO ANt> I.'MtTUL. K» tdodod Tio*i riir I mtu\ and gr.fon- 
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an* original weekly* 
kUIlAL, LITERARY AXD FAMILY NEWSPAPER. 
D. D. T. IVIOORE, 
Conduoting Editor and Proprietor. 
CHAS. D. BRAGDON, G. F. WILCOX, A. A. HOPKINS, 
Associate Rntrotis. 
HENRY S. RANDALL, LI. D„ 
Editor or Tin Dh\,i.t_m.v 7 „ r smi T HcmiiDiv. 
X. A. WILLARD, A. M„ 
Editob orI hk Diimktmkxt or DAinr Hihakdry. 
DANIEL LEE, M. D., 
Or Tisnkeimi*. Sopthibv Ct'nnr.iron d:t<: Eorron. 
Utits are doing well. Corn is very hack ward, 
and, allow me to say, the farmers, as a general 
thing, can onlyhJntnc themselves. At least four- 
fifths of the farmers of Missouri pick their seed 
out of some rail crib, and the second, and even 
the third planting has been necessary. From 
present prospects, not half of ihe ground now 
planted will receive more than two plowings, 
and much of it not more than one, before the 
wheat and ol her small grains will demand imme¬ 
diate attention.—S. T. Tracy. 
I'rlntni, Champaign Co., HI., May 21. —Tho 
spring continued somewhat cold and backward 
up to the 25th of April, from which period wo 
have had fair weather for farming. Meantime 
the roads have been had. Since the 18th of this 
month We’ve been having it very wet. On Tues¬ 
day last we bad a very heavy wind and rain 
storm, Binco which time it has rained almost 
without ceasing; land is extremely wet; the 
waters are high, and it is still raining. Small 
grain looks well; meadows also; many farmers 
have not finished plowing for corn; some havo 
planted. The corn Is looking well. The orchards 
promise a lair yield of fruit. Small fruits ard 
plenty. Thirds upon the prairies look well. A 
return of the Spanish fever, which prevailed to 
it grout extent last summer, has been looked for. 
There were a few deaths among cattle from this 
disease during the first warm weather in earlv 
fSpeclal CcntrUmior* i 
T. C. PETERS, 
ClIAfi. V. RICKY, 
E. W. STEWART, 
.JAMBS VICK, 
.J. WII.KINHON, 
MRS. E. F. KLLET, 
MARY A. E. WAGER 
P. BARRY, 
H. T. BROOKS, 
•J. R. DODGE, 
F. R. ELLIOTT, 
HORACE GREELEY, 
•J. STANTON GOULD. 
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lion. Lewis F. Allen, Black Hock, N. Y„ ox- 
Presldent of the New York State Agricultural 
Society, has been selected to prepare u memorial 
address upon the life nnd character of the late 
IT. P- Johnson, Secretary of the Society. No 
better selection could have been made, and it 
will be an interesting and worthy tribute to the 
memory of a wort hy man. 
RURAL NOTES AND QUERIES, 
THE SEASON. 
-A men Unit Volume of tho Rttrai, New- 
Yorker will commence July 3. Agents and 
other friends will please note this announce¬ 
ment, bearing in mind that the present is a 
favorable time to form new clubs, or make 
additions to existing ones, the subscriptions to 
begin with ihe Half Volume, Clubs, or addi¬ 
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[We desire to receive items concerning the season, 
crops and crop prospeets from all parts of the coun¬ 
try for publication under this bead.—Ens. Rural.) 
Columbus. Bartholomew <o„ Ind,, May 24.— 
Tills month has been quite cold. The corn 
already planted is long germinating; cut-worms 
are growing meantime, and tho planting which 
lias been done in clover sod is almost a failure, 
l be worms cutting it down as fast as it. makes 
its appearance above the ground, and some¬ 
times before. Wheat prospects have not been 
finer for many years.—u. r. o. 
Alpharetta, («a,, May 27.— We have had a wot. 
and cold spring. Wheat bids fair for mi average 
crop; corn, small; eolton generally killed or 
drowned out, many are plowing it tin nnd nlant- 
SATURDAY, JUNE 12, 1809 
mn. u. i>. iiituEN ts a most, worthy gen¬ 
tleman and belongs to a class of “ old fogies,” 
; unfortunately for the countiy, loo nearly ex¬ 
tinct. We say lie belongs to litis class be¬ 
cause of bis utterances. Tf is a pity that 
there is not more like seed left in this conn- 
fry* And it is sad that llio fruit, from simi¬ 
lar seed is so sadly degenerated as it is. 
The gentleman in question compelled our 
admiration the other day because of a speech 
lie made before the Fruit Growers' Club in 
this city. The beauty of the May day which 
we ignored in order to listen lo the rambling 
discussions of the Club was not more com¬ 
pensating than the righteous indignation of 
Mr. Bbuen when he denounced ihe causes 
which conspired to impoverish (lie people 
and foster an army of leeches more destruc¬ 
tive to the best interests of society than ihe 
march of the Army Worm is to growing 
crops. 
There had been a good deal of talk about 
Southern lands and the advantages of mi¬ 
grating South. Agents of Southern Laud 
companies had consumed ihe time of ihe 
Club, grinding their axes, and enticing state- 
[ monte relating to soil, climate, product, so¬ 
ciety and security had been made. Mr. 
Breen* had patiently and charitably listened. 
But working within him was the leaven of a 
life industriously devoted to business and 
lived systematically and economically. And 
it overflowed in this wise : 
“What need for our young men to go 
to Virginia, North Carolina, Kansas or 
Colorado? What is it prevents them being j 
prosperous and happy at home? 1 tell ' 
ig but false pride, lazi- J 
an indispo- ' 
young men who 
high-heeled boots, 
forward. 
It Is uot true that the tobacco farmers aro 
contemplating a smaller crop or intend giving- 
up the crop for others. On the contrary, consid¬ 
erable preparations havo been made for exten¬ 
sive planting. Tho last news from Virginia is 
lo tho efTocti that the crop will be materially 
lessened by ihe destruction of plants in the 
beds tty the fly. A groat deal as to this product 
depends on timely showers for the next few 
days, as without such seasons extensive setting 
out is very troublesome indeed — nc.vr to im- 
DODGE'S PATENT SELF-RAKING HAR¬ 
VESTER, 
Manufactured ut Auburn, N. V., by tlic Dodge & 
Stevenson Manufacturing Co., Is conceded by 
all disinterested persons who arc practically con¬ 
versant will) Reapers to be the best SMf-Ualcftr in 
use or ever devised. 
We have not yet found It necessary to purchase a 
Gold Medal to make them sell, but wo do find it neces¬ 
sary to 
CAUTION 
all persons who make or u.v any self-raklng device in 
which a switch, gate or latch playing vertically is used 
for the purpose of changiujr the path of tho rakes for 
regulating the size of the bundles or gavels, is an 
infringement of the Patents granted to John A. 
Dodge, Auk- 20nnd Dec. 3,18G7. 
DODGE & STEVENSON M'F’O CO., 
Auburn, N. Y. 
Ihe Demand lor Harvesting Machinery indi- 
I oau.’S tho increasing prosperity of farmers; but 
with the scarcity and high price of labor lit 
many parts of the country, the probability is 
that the demand will augment rather than di¬ 
minish ay c are glad that the manufacturers of 
agricultural implements are flourishing, as it, 
demonstrates tliut rural lets tiro bocoming more 
enterprising and independent. Of late we have 
heard, incidentally, of the increasing bus! ness of 
several linnsengaged in manufacturing harvest¬ 
ing machinery, and in a private letter just re¬ 
ceived from one of the managers of the Dodge 
& Stevenson Mu nufacturing Co., Auburn, N. Y„ 
we have some definite figures as to the demand 
for Dodge's Sell-Raker. The writer says" YVo 
have already (Jane t) sold and shipped off over 
four thousand reapers, and have orders now uu- 
RIVER8 OF IMPURE BLOOD 
Flow and vibrate through the system of those taint¬ 
ed with Scrofula, Salt Rheum, Barber’s Itch, Syphilis, 
Eruptions or Pimples on tho Pace, Roughness or 
Redness of the Skin, etc. Stafford's iron and 
SULFR i a Powders cleanse and drive out all im¬ 
purities, and effect an immediate and perrnunont cure- 
Sold hy Druggists. 1 Package, 13 Powders, $1; 6 
Packages, Tl Powders, $5. Mailed Free. IIALL & 
RUCKJDL, 218 Greenwich St., New York. 
INDUSTRIAL SOCIETIES. 
The Montgomery Co., Fa„ Ag. Sec. holds a 
spring exhibition at Springtown on Thursday 
June 17th. 
Franklin Co, 
The New York Citizen has passed into tho 
hands of It. B. Roosevelt, Esq., exclusively. It 
has always been a very readable paper. In the 
hands of. Charles G. HalptneH won its own 
way to the hearts of readers. Good taste is now 
displayed in its selections. YVe have always re¬ 
garded its dramatic criticisms excellent— gener¬ 
ally just.always dispassionate, lively and read¬ 
able. Tts “Town Gossip” is gossipy, vigorous 
and refreshingly sincere. Its poems, latterly, 
aro not always up to tho highest standard; nor 
are its original sketches. Its independent edi¬ 
torials are always read, If not always Indorsed. 
It is a neatly printed, entertaining citizen’s 
journal. “May it Jive long and prosper." 
Li (tie rails, IV. Y., June —Feed in pastures 
is quite xibundant, but it has not reached the 
point known as “flush." The coo) weather has 
operated to thicken up grass in meadows, rather 
than bringing forward a late growth. 
June 3. —YYc have had no hot weather here as 
yet, and none that has been decently warm. I 
drove over the hills yesterday to look at crops, 
&c., taking a circuit of twenty-five or thirty 
miles. Grass in northern towns is short, and 
spring grains just showing a little green,—much 
not up. Potatoes planted in latter part of April 
Just, peeping fr,ont the ground— x. a. w. 
Council Bln Ilk, Iowa, May 27,-Tlie fore part 
of May was very pleasant, and agriculturists 
took advantage of it. From the 121 h to tho 20th 
w e had slight frosts, but the moon was new and 
full, and little damage wasdone. The week past 
we havo had an abundance of rain, w ithout the 
usual heavy winds. All grain looks well. Grass¬ 
hoppers have done considerable damage in dif¬ 
ferent spots, but are not very universal; they 
appear to he traveling southeastward. The pro- 
d uce market is al most overstocked. New farms 
are being opened all over this country.— s. d. s. 
Dclownre Co., 0„ May 31,-YYe havo been 
having wet weather here for some time past- 
most too wet for corn and spring crops. Corn 
is neatly all planted, and the most of it is up so 
that the rows can be 6ecn. Wheat looks first- 
rate ; it has not been so promising for years, and 
unless we have too much wet weather, so that it 
falls down, wo will have the largest crop that 
we have had for years. Meadows look tolerably 
well—clover very well. Pasturage in abundance. 
The prospect for fruit never was any better. 
Peaches, apples, pears, plums, and all small 
fruits, are loaded down.— t. r. 
Dc Ruyter, Mad., Co., IV. 1\, June 1.—Do 
Ruyter is in the southwest corner of Madison 
Co., N. Y. The principal occupation of the 
people is fanning, especially tho dairy business. 
Sheep raising has nearly played out, and all keep 
as many oows as their acres wall admit of, the 
milk of which is made into cheese at the various ■ 
Horace Greeley 
has accepted an Invitation to deliver tho an¬ 
nual address before this Society at its fair in 
September. 
The Illinois State Fair is to be held at Decatur, 
September 27 to October 2, inclusive. The Pre¬ 
mium list is now ready. Address John P. Rey¬ 
nolds, Secretary. Springfield, Ill. 
Washington Co., Oregon, Ag. Soc.—The fol¬ 
lowing are the officers elect for i8«0 -.—President 
— W. A. Mills, 
Treasurer 
HAGAN’S MAGNOLIA BALM 
This article is the True Secret, of Beauty. It is 
what Fashionable Ladies. Actresses and Opera Sing¬ 
ers use to prudiicc that cultivated, distingue appear¬ 
ance so much admired in the Circles of Fashion. 
It removes all unsightly Blotches, nedness, Freck¬ 
les, Tan, Sunhnrn and Effects of Spring Winds, and 
gives to tho Complexion a Blooming Purity of trans¬ 
parent delicacy amt power. No Lady who values a 
fine Complexion can do without the Mugnolla Balm. 
75 cents will buy it of any of our respectable dealers. 
Lyon’s Katbatron Isa very dolightful Hair Dress¬ 
ing. 
you, sir, it is iiollun 
ness and extravagant habits 
sition to labor! Let these 
dress in broadcloth, wear 
smoke constantly cigars -which cost from ten 
to twenty-five cents each, bedizzen them- 
I selves with rings and costly fripperies, f/o to 
work, and there will he less complaint of 
hard times. And it is all nonsense to expect 
these men, with such habits, to do any better 
in North Carolina or Kansas than here. 
There is work enough to do here. Netv Jer¬ 
sey or New York soils will pay an industri¬ 
ous, economical man for his 'labor. I tell 
you, sir, we must strip these young coxcombs 
ol their vanity, their false notions, and teach 
them that it, is honorable to labor and live 
economically, and that it is dishonorable to 
lead an unproductive and constantly con¬ 
suming life. An d the women of the coun try, 
too, need to be taught that fuss, feathers, 
furbelows and flummeries do not make them 
esteemed above their good Grandmothers 
Sore-tarn — vr. D. Pcttcnger. 
J- D, Merryman. Board of Man- 
j agirs —William A. Mills, Robert 1 in brio, \V. G. 
Scoggin, J. d. Merryman, T. G, Naylor, T. D. 
Humphreys, 8. J. Stott, Isaac Butler and James 
Imbrie. Theunnual lair is to bo held at Hills¬ 
boro’, October 4th, 5th, fith and 7th. 
Si. Joseph Co.. Mich,, Ag. Soe.-Tho nine¬ 
teenth annual fair of this society will be bcid at 
Centreville, Mich., September 29th and 30th and 
October 1st. The officers are: ~Prcsietcnt~N. 
Sheri.ock. Johnson. Secretary—L. A. Clapp, 
Treasurer —Hdrnund Steers, with a Board of five 
Directors. The society offers a fifty-dollar 
sweepstake premium to the person who shall 
own and exhibit tho best and greatest variety of 
stock and articles of various kinds. 
Chester Vo., Pa., Ag. feoe.-The following are 
the officers elect for 18G9-’70: — President -.] 
Lacey Darungton. Vice-President* - George 
W. Le Fevre, Ezra Smedley, Edward Hicks, 
Samuel J. Sharpless. Executive Com m it tee-Wm. 
Gibbons, Jefferson Shaner, Jos. H. Brinton, 
John P. Sager, Jus. A. Ingrain, Philip Price, 
Emmor Seeds, Wm. D. Sugar, Wm. T. Painter! 
Jehu Clark. Coi respond ing 8coretaru—\Vi i ii^m 
bburpless. Treosura -E. 11. Townsend. Record¬ 
ing Secretaries—C- H. Kintiard, Chas. Fairlamb. 
Northwestern Sheep Breeders’ and Wool Grow¬ 
ers’ Association;—The sheen fair nnU . . . 
The Lightning Trap appears to be a “sure 
thing" on rats, squirrels, etc. It is wound up 
like a w at eh, and has a coiled steel spring,To 
which is at tached a comb of sharp teeth on the 
end of a lever. The instant the bait is touched 
by a "varmint,” the teeth descend upon and 
pierce him by the force of the spring, when the 
comb rises and re-sets the trap— throwing the 
animal aside, ready for another “ catch.” It is a 
novel and ingenious invention, vory compact, 
and evidently durable. All troubled with rats 
should give the “Lightning Trap” atrial. 
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TO ADVERTISERS. 
The Rural New-Yorker has a Circulation oveb 
DOUBLE that of any other Paper of Its Clues. As an 
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THOUSANDS of enterprising amt wealthy Farmers, 
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Metropolitan Position nnd Continental Circulation,— 
and is taken by tlrsi-elass people in City, Y’lllage and 
Country. Read llioso Letters from Advertisers: 
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amount. Please acknowledge receipt, and oblige, 
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Omc« <!F fienoiK Mam.msn e-i> Wiatiiiw Stbipk, ) 
f.T W AKimoTON Sr., R.wtpn, Mutch 81 tit. ) 
D. D. T. Moore. Esq.—Dear Sn To know when 
ana where to pnt nn advertisement. Is a science that 
but few business rnon have acquired. During the 
post winterseiiA.m I have received from seventy-five 
to two hundred and fifty letters per day. In answer 
to ad vortlsumnnts given in four hundred amt seven¬ 
ty-1 lire.: dltterent paperx for three months. The 
seventy-!hren papers were tho best 1 could select in 
the country, (with two exceptions. Harpers’, and 
YYenkly I rlhuiie.l and I must r.ny that the ad verttse- 
tuen. in your papnr brought me In more applications 
than any Othor four papers, and I .should think ut 
east ene-sixih or ru .re nf nil applicants would say, 
I saw your advertisement in the Bukal Nkw- 
Y ORKER.” Hespeetluily yours, 
J. It. Buadstreet. 
Obituary. —Tito Ohio Farmer of May 29th says: 
Hon. it. YV. Mttsgravf., some time a member of 
the Ohio State Board of Agriculture, died at his 
residence in Sulphur Springs, Crawford county, 
on the 18th of May, aged fifty-eight years. Hav¬ 
ing boon intimately acquainted with Judge Mcs- 
gravk for nearly twenty years, we can bear tes¬ 
timony to his sterling qualities ns a man of busi¬ 
ness and a courteous gentleman. 
Transplanting Strawberries in Bloom.—Is it a 
fact that strawberries set out while in blossom 
will not. bear good on account of being trans¬ 
planted while in bloom? I have set some this 
spring, and after I had them our I was told they 
would not do much because they were in blos¬ 
som : if such is the fact I will re-set them this 
fall. If you can give rnc any light upon the sub¬ 
ject you will oblige—¥. A., Borneo, Mich. 
Much on Flay SoUs.-H. C. lb, lioauoake, Ind.- 
.Spado your garden, spread the muck over the 
surface and rake or h utow it so as to incorpo¬ 
rate il thoroughly with the surface of your soil. 
It will benefit anything you choose'to plant 
upon it. 
-H#- 
The Portraits of Mrs. Stanton ond Miss An¬ 
thony, in our last number, were from the Phre¬ 
nological Journal, but we unintentionally omit¬ 
ted to credit that progressive magazine. 
Additions to Cinbsurc always in order, whether 
In ones, twos, fives, tens, 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 the Rural— and our 
Agent-Friends should improve every occasion to 
secure such ns recruits for the “ Rural Brigade.’’ 
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