CONTENTS OF THIS NUMBER. 
Lavdacam GAKDKMNa. — Uoftdway*—Suburban and Village (II- 
liutrHi^d ChliiMo L«odKa|ic Wardi>nli«K..16^ 
Tti-itAt. AKCiirr«CTU»it sidinif for Building* (Illnairatad ;) Bird 
Home* (Illuitratfd j Brick Bui Id lop.JW9 
I* a i4M Ecoaotnr.— Sulky Cultivator* . Kami lb/In Dtbl: A Non- 
.S t^ein^ G»i# fiflufttrated ;) Board I ri»w-» i1Itoatrauri ,) Com 
I Hmlmg Marmrt*; CndardralMn/-Advanla^ Ovpfatoeking 
‘imturea , Draining Lamia ; f>n*inin|( Wfcaal Landa ; PUiir 
Wanted.. .. ..290 
Fiki t> Cnora* Buckwhaal Cgllur* , Racing Crop* for Kuddor, 
Lut* IrUb Potato**, Put* lltga Culture .. .390 
Smear Hihiu Borne FaUaaboot Wool j Wool and “Wool 
Bill** Nalioua) Af rjrul hmat. Wright of Mr. Bar bur a Flcacaa; 
.S ab . ..391 
Tm IfannftMAfti IlroAklhK Heifer* and Taarhing Calvti Mo* to 
Drink; Wrinkle on Horn*. DrntlUon of Animal*; Jlemady 
for Lica on CaUla ; Onwa Claaning. ..... ..391 
Tin. HaiNt-Hauo.— Kaaag Hop. Plmro-Pneumonia in Hop; 
Grata for Bmrding Hop. 391 
POMciLOorCAt. IillDOla Aoplaa; What OrajH.- l/> Plant; Tha 
Salem Grape Who Ha* it Tni*; Mammoth Clutter Katpberry ; 
The Clinton Grape in Joa*a; Applet for Cantd* , Yellow Can 
ad a Katpberry.. .399 
Ft<*nicfLTraa. Thr DI?*titraRpacteblii»(fl)u*lrated;) Manugn 
nmnt of Dublin* ; Tranaplaiittng Garden Flint*.39J, 393 
AaMerticviTua*.—The Kirn (llluttrau d ,) Renew in k Orchard** 
The Ainwrican Aloe,or Agat e Ammonia ; Yucrn Fllaaieniota ; 
Core of Apple Tree#.. .393 
DracuaatOKH, fsivw York Fnrinir*’Club—Prof. Homford’t Pow¬ 
der*, How Slug*, lltlllring Corn IfuaVa, •'Kllei“ on Feaeh 
'In'on, Qatar* fttrxumm, f'reaerving Fine J"*re»u, Deep vt. 
Shallow FIowIok, The Tim-Hour System on the Farm. 393 
Tw* FdUl.riiV Y/I1K Why do Egg* Hatch Badly; Golden 
Chicken Huh-** ; lurking rowlaj Chiekvna Dying; Coopt for 
Fowl*. A Sick Brnl)mn Cork ; Common vt. Imported Poultry ; 
Lady Foultejrr*... 391 
Tint NATftiALMT. About Angle Worm*; The Meat Bird of 
Canada; Pmtvrtion of Bird* . 394 
Tiik AI-IAKIAV.—Artlfli In) Swarming; Beet and RatpbvrHtt. 
To Prevent Beet Robbing ... . .. 394 
ScitiTtnc a a i> Vaui t*i..—Poplur for J'ntwr 1 Corfu) and Helen- 
tifle ltfina.... 394 
Daikv Hi'anivoio. - !i»'{uiru«* Atitwored 1 ReF 'vfnjt Ctiokod 
Call I* (llluttmiod j Hi«toHug Ran' d Buit^-r; pbttmcllon* iu 
Cow*’ TeaU ; The Country Chee«v Mortal..396 
DoMKtrtc ICcnaowv. — Horn*. Comfort*- II (fllu Irnled;) Chuap 
YwtAt und Vi-AAt Cake*: 8upordui u« hr*:ul ; strawberry Short- 
t*k«j Oriwl Sweet Fotni/ww, C1*B<i r 'ig UnpnltiUrl Floor* ; 
Cocoa Cftkr ; Cm amnjl CooMiwi To K*ep Laril. .191 
KntTOfllAL*. Klf.-A Tfny*» Work ; Rural .Notie and Quarira- 
Tlir Michigan Fartnvr. Tha AimoVnn Fruit rrcaarvlug Powder, 
Plan ol Urnm Houti* Wanted, l.lfftting Pj» thi.Mo ii.v h, White 
Bonne In hummer, Crouoet, Alderney* al Auction, Tim Thorn 
Hill, N. Y., Faiun-r*' Club, ** Ho* loDanave;” 1 ha S« ji*on..89h 
Tiik Kr via wan. New Publication* IU viewed.397 
Tick Tkavki.m. Thr Chines ; Amcilcaii Scflnrry (llluitratad;) 
Cano* Explorallnn* .. ........397 
STomii* /ok Huhamht*.— Garnet Gray...397, 39H 
j.AoiKH’ J'okt Folio, Bcitar fPbelry;) Churcbdrolng for Chll 
draw j Kamllltti l^ve, For brtpoudlnft Moihvn; Fa**«e Men 
Lore ; Tin: Mufti Beautiful Hand .... .399 
CiroMft I\l cmi*cu.a> v. —Thu Bird* (Poetry;) 1 (all-Hour Kanciae; 
44 PROGRESS AND IMPROVEMENT. 1 * 
MOORE’S RURAL NEW-YORKER, 
AN OUIOINAI, WEEKLY 
RURAL, LITERARY AND FAMILY NEWSPAPER. 
D. D. T. MOORE, 
Conductinu Editor an.1 Proprietor. 
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ol the week prrrrdlny publics lion. 
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SATURDAY, JUNE 10, 1809. 
A DAY’S WORK. 
About Money; A String of Pcurl* , Drj>li>ritbl«i Fnru .399 
Ka nn atm BkaI liptvt«fj (Poetry ;> Thr Piilmcr Prayer Meet 
uig» ; The Iliift AQiiKtion.‘ ......399 
Js'kwm of tiik WgxK.— Domestic New* tucfoding Nkwm from 
WttihlnglAit. -N>w York, Maine, Now liubi|«*Uire, Vormuot, 
MamimIium-iu, ComnHiii--ut. N*w Jer»^y, lVnn*) Ivanla. M u\ 
lit-nci, Virginia* Gtorgl* l r I0rMU, Aiuhisnin, IsoiiuIiuih, Mu«a 
elppi, Tinrii-w.. , Ohio, fuilUbw. rilllioii, Michigan, Town, Mla- 
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ington Torrlton, 1h«* hnllanx, DurtMulmi ol Canada ; l'oruigti 
New* —J nr Jading Now# from Great Btiian, France, ,Sj,.iiu. 
f’hinu, Japau, XwrUi Germany, Belgium, Horn#. Aunria .400, 401 
7'mm Maumkt>. — 8lur.lt and Muncy; Product; nml Provtilonai 
Live St#ck.....40) 
Aut and Ann#!*.—Iutnroaling ArtGn«aip ... ,499 
Nrwh and KovKLTnti.—Containing Twalve Item#. . 409 
7mii Nkwh Con ok Nam.—Over Kiity I*t» Intcmtfng Bra vl tin*. 493 
Fon Yotrarn Pgorta. Rad Hair—A Story for the Red-Headed 
1.1 ttl«e Girl*; ‘Fattoolrijf, Prompt**] bv I-ovr; Rural Kour-Yfar- 
Dld#.. . ... .404 
Wit AND Huxtou.—Dnrllne and Fall of tha Bicycle. . 4 R 4 
Tin Puzzi-Kit.— RebuH, Enlirma*. Problem, A imp ram, F-l<*.404 
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NEW HALF VOLUME! 
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Ant, its Readers— Agents, Subscribers, Borrow¬ 
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Rural, Nkw-Yokkeh will commence July 8, under 
the most favorable auspices, and with a renewed 
determination to more fully manifest the spirit, of 
its glorious Motto, *• K.rr.e.hior," and laudable Ob- 
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the Enlarged and improved ituit At. hns already been 
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Our Premiums for Clubs are continued until 
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B USINESS NOTICED 
DODGE’S PATENT SELF-RAKING HAR¬ 
VESTER, 
Manufactured nt Auburn, N. Y., by the Monor & 
Hti.vknson Manufacturinu Co„ Is conceded by 
all disinterested person* who are practically con¬ 
versant with Reapers to lie the best Self-Raker in 
use or over devised. 
We have not yet found It necessary to purchase a 
Cold Medal to make them aoll, but we do Bud ttneces- 
pary to 
CAUTION 
nil persons who make or line any self-raking dovieetn 
Which a sti/Ufh, gate or latch playing vertically is used 
far the purpose of changing the path of the rakes for 
regulating the sUe of the bundles or gavels, is an 
infringement at the Patente granted to John A. 
Dodge, Aug. 20 und Dec. 3,1807. 
DODtiE & STEVENSON M'F’G CO., 
Auburn, N. Y. 
M l- 
HAGAN’S MAGNOLIA BALM. 
Tilts article Is the True Secret of Beauty. It is 
what Fashionable Ladies, Actresses and Opera Sing¬ 
ers use to produce that cultivated, distlnynt ^ appear¬ 
ance so much admired In the Circles ol' Fashion. 
It removes all unslgntly Blotches, Redness, Freck¬ 
les. Tan,' sunburn and Effects of Spring Winds, and 
gives to the Complexion a Bloomiug Purity of trans¬ 
parent delicacy and power. No l.udy who values a 
fine Complexion can do without the Magnolia Balm. 
78 cents will buy it of any of our respectable dealers. 
Lyon’s Kathairon is a very delightful Hair Dress¬ 
ing 
'f The discussion of the ton-hour system, as 
A Applied to farm labor, by the Farmers’ Club 
l# of the American Institute, will attract atten¬ 
tion and provoke discussion. A very im¬ 
perfect idea of the character and scope of 
that discussion is given by our report. Our 
space would not admit the report in full, and 
, our sore sides and the unaccountable sdi- 
, Bence of sundry buttons compelled us to 
v “haul off for repairs.’’ But, the report is 
* complete enough to indicate the tone and 
temper of the Club on the subject. 
i There is little doubt, that this question of 
| the hours of labor must be met by the farm- 
■ era of the country just as it has to be met 
by employers in other departments of in¬ 
dustry. There is no good sense shown in 
. attempting to dodge it. With the day 
laborer on the farm it, is not. more a question 
of privilege than of right. Those who ad¬ 
vocate a fixed number of hours as a stand¬ 
ard for a day’s work on the farm are only 
doing what common sense teaches should 
lie done. The question is, what is a day’s 
work?—eight, ten, twelve or sixteen hours? 
If' a man hires out to do a day’s work for a 
stipulated sum, he wants to know how 
much lie is to do to earn his money, and the 
employer wants to know how much lie is to 
get for his money. Now, shall a day’s work 
on the farm he ton hours? With that ques¬ 
tion we have nothing to do. Farmers and 
farm laborers must, settle it. But it will 
simplify rather than complicate the relations 
of these two classes if some standard for a 
day’s work is fixed upon; and then if the 
laborer chooses, and the farmer wants him, 
to work extra hours, let him receive extra 
pay. 
We know there are farmers who will claim 
that they cannot make farming profitable 
without their employes work from sunrise, to 
sunset. AVc doubt if such people ever could 
make any vocation profitable without op¬ 
pressing somebody- without, in other words, 
taking what does not belong to them. But 
if these farmers agree to sell wheat, or corn, 
or oats at a fixed sum per bushel, they are 
very careful to adhere strictly to t he standard 
of measurement. A bushel of wheat, means 
a fixed number of pounds of that grain. 
T here is a standard for a pound, and so, when 
one man sells another a bushel of grain of 
any kind he knows just how much the bushel 
means. 8<>, if one hires to another to do one 
hour's or ten hours’ work, the - agreement is 
definite and unmistakable. There cau be no 
misunderstanding whatever. But if a man 
hires to a farmer to do a day's work , tv hat 1 
• does it mean? A clay is twenty-four'hours 
long; but the laborer does not agree to work 
twenty-four hours. What, is a day’s work, ' 
therefore? What, number of hours’ work , 
does the farmer pay the laborer for when he i 
pays him for a day’s work? That is the < 
question. And it is a proper one, and one 1 
which should he settled. It is the interest of 
all classes that it should be defined. So tie- s 
fined, it makes a basis for calculation. If ' 
ten hours is a day’s work, the fractional part 1 
of a day can always be measured accurately, t 
and paid for; if the work is a fractional part 
less than a day’s work, the amount can be 
deducted; if more, it can be paid for pro v 
rata, it will enable the farmer to determine jj 
more surely wliat ho can afford to pay for 0 
labor, and how its cost will affect his profits 
from the products of labor so obtained and 
paid for. ci 
-Men and women whose lives are so far ^ 
from being systematically regulated that $, 
they say " I never know when my day’s 
work is done,” are not happy nor generally 
successful creatures. They will not accom- ^ 
plish as much in the same number of hours W 
as men and women who have fixed hours 
for work and fixed hours for recreation and 
social enjoyment. If a man knows that at 
0 o’clock P. M. his day’s work is done and 
his cart* are to be thrown off, the society of 
hLs family and friends is to be enjoyed with¬ 
out interruption, his work throughout the 
day is done with a vim and zest and economy 
of time which enables him to accomplish 
more than if he were to spread it. over a 
space of sixteen hours. The man who knows 
that when Saturday night comes his week’s 
work is ended and he has the Sabbath for 
rest, will accomplish more in the week than 
the man who works seven days. There is 
the same propriety and necessity for fixing a 
standard for a day’s work that there is for a 
week’s work. And since no such standard 
is fixed for farm labor, it is proper und just 
that it should he so fixed. 
We do not sympathize, therefore, with the 
members of the Farmers’ Club who seek to 
slave off such discussion of the subject as 
will lead to the solution of the question 
which must be nol/oed if farmer* hope to obtain 
laborer« to do their work. If a man knows 
that by pounding iron, laying brick, framing 
buildings, shoveling dirt, etc., eight, or ten 
hours per day he can get a definite amount 
of cash therefor when the day or week ends, 
he will not work on a farm an indefinite 
number of hours daily and wait until the 
crops are sold for his pay. Farmers have 
got to recognize the, rights of laborers, and 
regard and compete with the demands for, 
and wages paid to, laborers in other depart¬ 
ments of industry. And equal privileges 
must, be given the laborer. This done, there 
will be a more uniform standard of prices 
for farm products all over the country, and 
farming will become more a systematic 
business, and less a hap-hazard, make-sliift 
vocation. 
It must come to this sooner or later. 
Every year adds to the success of business 
farmers and detracts from that of men who 
are no more qualified for that vocation than 
a common, raw fireman is to run a steam 
locomotive. 
RURAL NOTES AND QUERIES. 
The Michlgnn Former.— This old journal is re¬ 
vived in the shape of a handsome quarto 
weekly, published at Detroit by Johnstone & 
Gibbons* at, $2 per year, and edited by It, F. 
Johnstone, formerly editor of tho Monthly 
Michigan Farmer, and for a long time, and now, 
Secretary of the Michigan State Agricultural 
Society. Wo wish the regenerated paper all 
possible success. The name is u good one aud 
the fluid promising—concerning both of which 
wo have pleasant and Interesting memories and 
reminiscences. The Michigan Farmer was es¬ 
tablished at Jackson in i*H3, as a semi-monthly, 
by D. D. T. Mooiie, who conducted it some two 
years. It was subsequently removed to Detroit 
and Issued as a monthly. 
The American Fruit Priwcrvlng Powder.—From 
a recent examination and tasting of various 
fruits and vegetables preserved from onoto two 
years by the use of this article, wc are disposed 
to commtnd it to the attention Of fruit growers 
ami housekeepers I hroughout the conn try. The 
mode of putting up fruit with this powder is 
certainly simple und economical far less labori¬ 
ous and expensive than by oi her processes—and 
if its reliable us represented its general adoption 
must proven vast saving to the people and coun¬ 
try. Considering the uncertainty and loss fre¬ 
quently attending tho common methods, this 
powder is certainly worthy of trial. 
Plan of Grecn-Honse Wonted.—I wish to erect, 
next fall, a green-house for use In connection 
with my vegetable garden, and at a cost not to 
exceed $1,000. Will you or some of your renders 
ha ve the kindness to furnish through the Rural 
a plan for such, toget her with such information 
ns may bo doomed necessary- -cheapness, econo¬ 
my, durability and adaptability for the use 
designated being tho chief requisites of such a 
plan.—W. A. 0„ Salim, A. 
—— *4*-- 
Lighting Up the Stomach. A Canadian paper 
says:—“M. Mili.iat, in France, introduces into 
the stomach glass tubes, of small caliber, con¬ 
nected with a strong bat lory, and containing the 
electrodes necessary for producing a brilliant 
galvanic light. Tumors or ulcers in the abdo¬ 
men can thus bo observed through Ihoskin, and 
tho interior lit, up ns when the feeble light of a 
candle renders the linger translucent.” 
White lienns In Bummer.—Can any readers of 
the Rural New-Yorker Inform me whether 
white beans will save through the summer sea¬ 
son where there nre from forty to'fifty bushels 
in it bin ? Or must they be taken out and aired, 
or spread thin on the barn floor?—G. P,, Crow- 
land , Ont. 
--M- 
Croquet. —M. H. G., Montrose, Pa. —Croquet 
sets can be obtained in this City at prices rang¬ 
ing from five dollars to twenty-five dollars. Tho 
lowest priced sets are not the cheapest to pur¬ 
chase ; but good sets will cost from km dollars 
to fifteen dollars. 
-•+♦- 
Alderney* At Auction.— Those of our readers 
wishing to procure Alderney catt le are referred 
to the advertisement of Mr. Shinn of Haddon- 
flcld, N. ,1., offering a choice herd at public sale 
on the 24th instant. 
-»+•- 
The Thorn Ilill, IV. Y., Farmers' Club has de¬ 
cided to hold its seventh annual fair at Thorn 
Hill, N. Y., Thursday, June 24th. Quite an ex¬ 
tensive premium list is offered. Allen Brown, 
Swretai'u. 
--i— 
“ How to Behave.” —“Son of a Subscriber.”— 
8. It. "Wells, 389 Broadway, N. Y., can furnish 
you with a book entitled “How to Behave," 
which will most nearly meet your wants. 
ur s 1 THE SEASON. 
nd -— 
at t WK desire to receive items concerning the season, 
, crops and crop prospects from all parts of the coun- 
J1U try for publication under this head.—E ds. Rural.] 
hi The Weather in New York City and vicinity 
til- for the week ending to-day, (June 12,) has been 
j ie unusually cool for the season, with considerable 
rain and one severe hull storm. Fires and over- 
. • coats in demand. Tho cool weather has prevailed 
ish over a wide extent, of country. Favorable to 
r a most crops, except corn. The subjoined reports, 
W8 from various parte of the country, are. generally 
k' 8 favorable: 
P r Madison, Go., June 7.—We aro now in the 
midst of wheat harvest. The crop in this sec- 
an lion is unusually good.— b. h. t. 
Is Clement, Clinton Co., III., June 7.—Weather 
> :l very fine here; wheat good; some army worms 
• a in it, and i understand some complain of rust. 
r( | Fruit crop abundant; corn backward; oats fine; 
^ grass good.— t. c. B. 
Atkinson, Henry Co., Ill,, June A.—In this 
portion ol the Hluto there is a flu© prospect for 
tie most kinds of small grain ; wheat, rye, and oats 
to look splendid. Many farmers, however, are 
• ls planting their corn over; the early planted on 
bottom land rotted badly.—G iles Pouter. 
in. Dmo, ° I’ari*h, La., May 2H. —Wc have had 
nn unusually cold, backward, wet spring. Corn 
und cotton are very small and look anything but 
iff promising. Rut still, with favorable weather 
•li from this time forward, tho yield may yet be 
,,l good al. least. N. 8. Moore. 
Is Pughtown, Chenier Co., Pa., June ft. Wheat, 
tc 0,,, ’ s lorn and KlaHS lo0,c promising here; a 
moderate crop of apples, cherries und peaches; 
hi the weather ts line; early cherries are getting 
tv ripe; t rees are in bloom ; blackberry bushes are 
1( j in full bloom; wheat and rye have been In full 
heads ten days; corn five inches and oats seven 
’ inches high.—Du. tt. W. Haines. 
Newcomb, III., June 7.— Spring here has been 
•s very wet. and backward. As usual, the small 
•c grain tlmt was well put. in is all right, hut. that 
, H which was " muddied In," or only sown and har- 
, rowed, has “gone up." Much corn yet remains 
to be planted. A heavy ruin during the night, of 
c May 27 put a stop to planting, am! many fields 
0 t hen ready to plant yet remain implanted, owing 
to continued wet. weather, l. e. p. 
r Drxter, DaIIak fo., Iowa, June Si. Crops are 
' looking fine in this part of the country, especi- 
H ally small grain. There has been an unusually 
0 1 urge crop of »prl ng whoat so wn. No graKshojt- 
n pers to eat It. 
n The fanners generally got. their com planted 
tn due season, but the wea ther has been too cool 
for it. to grow rapidly. Good prospect for fruit, 
hero.— a. m. 
Wosiford, N. Y., June 9.-We had quite a 
severe frost on the night of the 6th inst,, which 
i- fortunately did but little damage, unless It, in- 
a jtired our fruit prospect,—which I hope is not 
is tho case. I have examined the apple blossoms, 
and think they aro all right, and were too far 
y along to be much hurt,. Weather stilt cool and 
, cloudy. Grass is looking nice and growing flne- 
l ly. Hops are looking better, and ore about half ] 
] way up the pole.— 0. n. w. 
1 Harvard, Worcester Go., Mass., June 7.—The 
i season so far has been cold and backward, but. 
I favorable for farm work in this vie.ulty. Not, ( 
- much winter grain sown, and that is very t hin ; 
spring grain looks well. Corn is growing finely, , 
j and looks well; the ttrsl Lime hoeing has begun. J 
t Grass is light, and in some places badly winter 
killed. Of fruit there are signs of tin average 
crop; some trees blossomed very full, others 
, light, and some, did not bloom nt nil,— p. k. ' 
i Albion, Orlcana Go,, IV. Y., June 2. — We I 
) have had a good time to put, in crops iu good f 
I order, which are nearly nil in, except beans, t 
i I,ate winter wheat is looking rather poor: good 1 
! summer fallow, sowed early, looks very well. We 1 
• arc now having fine warm rains, and everything I 
is thriving. Apple trees and ail kinds of fruit 
l t rees urc blooming full. Sheep are mostly sold , 
outof the country: wool is too low yet for profit, „ 
and, unless prices improve, manufacturers will t 
have to depend upon Importations.—x. 
Rundel’s, Crawford Co., I*n„ June H.—Wo have t 
had cool weather up to the Kith of May, then f 
some very warm days, ami now very cold. Yea- c 
terday morning, heavy white frost; lee formed a 
on water in pails out of doors. Corn, potatoes l 
and vines ore some injured by tho Trust in many l 
places. Fruit generally escaped. Wheat looks c 
well; meadows light. Spring crops late and a 
small. The wire worm is working on them much. < 
A larger number of acres sown and planted this < 
spring than usual. What we now need is warm s 
weather.— D. w. h. v 
Denmark, Lew i* Co., IV. Y., June 7.—We ha ve 
been having line weather for a week past — fro- 
quorit ahoworaand warm da's und nights. Grass ( 
ami all kinds of spring grain look promising. „ 
Corn Is Just getting large enough to hoe; looks a 
very well. Fruit, trees of all kinds have bios- v 
somed very full. Old potatoes are very plenty „ 
with us this spring; all that is offered for them t i 
is t welve and a half oents a bushel. Cheese is c 
selling readily at nineteen cents per pound, jj 
Rutter dull. Cows nre bringing from sixty to q 
seventy dollars u head.— p. e. w. ^ 
Crop* In Michigan and Ohio.— Havo recently It 
passed through Michigan and several oountios e: 
in Ohio, and find wheat and grass looking rc- m 
markably fine. Grapes here on the islands look - 
better Than they have since 18fi5 ut this season, 
and, if we arc favored with good weather for 
twenty days hence, wc shall feel pretty sure of a v! 
good crop. Reaches, poms and apples all look . 
well. Fruit, and especially peaches, promise !,* 
well on the Michigan peach bolt, around Grand ,! 
Haven, Slu ing Lake aud Fruttport. There have 
been over 40,000 trees, chiefly peaches, planted .!' 
in that vicinity this spring.-W. E. Sibley. 
West Monroe, Oswego Go., Y., June 7.—All pli 
through the month of April, and up to the loth en 
of May, grass and grain did not look very well, nu 
but Since I ben wc have had change for the hot- lai 
ler. Early sown wheat looks well, late sown cn 
winter killed and spotted. We use the Blue an 
Stem and Mediterranean. Oats look well and wc 
grass begins to thicken up. Last year's seeding eoi 
will be stout, und clover is lodged in some places dit 
now. Corn is coming up on dry upland ; on flat On 
and bottom land farmers have nut ull planted we 
yet. Wet weather, crows, blackbirds and wire- phi 
worm will get the most of the corn. Potatoes lioj 
are coming up very well. Peach Blows take the tioi 
lead. Apple orchards blossomed full, and a fair pm 
prospect, of a good crop of tipples, ( .'berries and an i 
plums we have none, as the black knot and cur- all 
cuUo have destroyed them,—1*. P. v, v, und 
Mexico, Ind., May 24.— Spring work back 
ward. Tho past winter was a remarkable one 
on for much snow and very little freezing, consc- 
,i n - quently winter wheat looks splendid, —a fine 
ll.] stand, and an excellent, growth. Oats and flax, 
ity a large breadth sown and looks well. Grass has 
■nn ft very good growl h. But half the corn planted, 
bio owing to the Incessant rains for the past three 
or- weeks. Fruit prospect good for apples, peaches, 
led Cherries and the small fruits. Horses and cattle 
to ftte a lit tin scarce and pretty high. Hogs, plenty 
•ts, of small ones, and high. Sheep plenty and 
lly cheap.—r>. A. F. 
Hornrllsvllle, N. Y., June 7.—Tho farmers havo 
he had it good spring for putting in their crops, 
’c- There Is lit Me or no corn planted hero. Some sea¬ 
sons some is grown on the river flats. What little 
, er winter wheat Is sown looks very well. Spring 
T1S wheat and oats look good, the lute sowed being 
8t _ tho best, for the time of sowing, as the early 
e . sowed was put back by cold dry Weather in 
April. The wire worms are hurting some Helds. 
The warm weather und almost, dully showers 
"* have given tho grass a good start, and it looks 
well. Apples and plums promise a good crop.— 
lts w. h. s. 
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i() Palmyra, Portage Go., Ohio, June «_The sea¬ 
son litis been more than usually favorable this 
spring in this vicinity forgetting in the spring 
id crops. It has been dry and pleasant—in fact 
cn almost, too dry to make the gross grow. Since 
at the 24th of May, however, wo have had nn abun- 
er dance of rain, and grass and grain has grown 
it: wonderfully. As most of the corn was planted 
lie tore Hie rain commenced it is nicely out of 
it, the ground ami growing finely. Some havo 
a commenced to cultivate. The prospect is llat- 
«; taring for wheat. Just about, here considerable 
ig flax isgrown, and about double tho usual amount 
re was sown this spring. Oats are looking well.— 
ill W. II, Matthews. 
n Kterllng. N. Y„ June O. T have been taking 
your paper this season for the first. I never had 
n a great, deal of faith in agricultural papers until 
II I took the Rural, and now l would not be with- 
it out. it for twice ite cost. Winter wheat is very 
r- poor generally. Rye some better than wheat, 
>s but nothing to brag about. Spring grain is late, 
if and considerable corn Is yet. to be planted. Late 
Is rains aro helping grass finely. Our market is 
g Oswego and Fulton, and prices aro about u-s fol¬ 
lows Potatoes, 20@30c. per bushel; butter 28© 
e afle. Per pound; eggs, mr.yu-. per dozen ; wheat, 
i- .00©$2.0ft per bushel; corn, 75©80e. per bushel; 
y labor, by the day, $1 and board; by the month, 
#100420.—Luke Laxton. 
WatcrvlUc, Kan., June ft.— The rush of immi- 
, glut ion for tho spring is nearly over. Theho- 
11 tels are empty, n nd tho people are settling down 
to business. Considerable excitement over the 
late Indian murders, but. more scalps lost in 
a <1 reams than reality, frightful reports to tho 
b contrary notwithstanding. Prairies are covered 
- with waving grass, and but little stock to feed 
t It. Warm and windy; wot enough; no gruss- 
*, hoppers yet. The corning harvest will bring full 
r granaries to the needy Kansan*, and feed the 
d mighty influx of emigrant s next fall and spring. 
- Watcrville is in great need of a small wholesale 
f house to supply the West and North. She must 
yet. become a city. Capital, capital, is her cry. • 
e But Kansas is all right.—C olv. 
Fond Du Lno, \VD., May 20. - Have had a 
. backward spring; but little spring wheat 
sown beforo May 1; not as much sown as last 
• year-more oats, barley, and rye sown, and corn 
• planted. Spring wheat looks well; winter wheat 
fine. Corn planting about all done. Many 
' prairie farmers will not plant potatoes, on ac¬ 
count of tho myriads of potato hugs plowed up 
when potatoes 'were raised last year. Potatoes 
• last fall brought ninety cents per bushel, In con- 
1 sequence of the bug scare; this spring they aro 
. worth fifty to sixty oents. Early Goodrich and 
I peach blows suffered very little from the pests 
. last year. Grass looks well. Wild pigeons very 
r plenty.—O. Berry. 
I' Marble Dale, Lltelitlrld Co., Gt., June z.—Tho 
weather has been quite warm, with n good 
• shower once in three or four days for the last 
two or three weeks. Corn was planted between 
the 18 th and Kid of last month, and is ready for 
• the first hootng. Currants are about threo- 
i fourths grown. On the 14 th ol lost month 
cherry trees were in full bloom and nre now 
I about one-half grown. Apple trees were in full 
i bloom on tho Kkl ult.-only about half of them 
blossomed at all: prospect for about half of a 
t crop. Potatoes aro large enough to hoe. Pasture 
and meadows never looked bettor. Almost 
everyone la eel ting from ono-lmlf to two und 
i ou©-half acres of tobacco, mostly set, though 
some haven’t finished yet. Oats and rye look 
well. While clover very backward.— d. c. 
Denver City, Col. Ter., May SO. —It htta been 
raining every day for a week. The ground is 
perfectly saturated with water, and roads are 
almost impassable, it is common to have rain 
at, this date, bur not. in such excess, after which 
wo have two months,—seldom more, of dry 
weather. Farmers havo all their crops jrj; po¬ 
tatoes nicely above ground; peas in full bloom; 
currants half grown; strawberries don© bloom¬ 
ing ; grass on the prairies eight Incites long; t at¬ 
tle soon gorge themselves and pant with very 
fullness. Colorado, it is thought, will produce a 
large crop of wheat lhis year, (in which she 
excels,) if not destroyed by grasshoppers. Never 
tit this season did the crops look more promising. 
—v. Devinny. 
fcedtttln. Mo., June 7.— Since my last letter to 
you the weather has been ntlher unfavorable 
for the ripening of our wheat. Cold rains and 
damp, cold mornings have started rust iu many 
fields. Not. over half an average crop cun be re¬ 
alized. Rite fields and spring wheat are more 
hopeful than curly winter. Tho ravages of the 
fly were greatly chocked by the late cold rains, 
but the chintz bug and rust nre taking their 
place. Farmers in central Missouri arc at pres¬ 
ent very much troubled by ravages of worms 
much resembling the common cut-worm, but 
larger and lighter colored. This worm seems to 
crawl up the plants (corn, oats and potatoes,) I 
and eat* ull the foliage. Some think it Hr- army 
worm, but It is not much removed from the 
common cut-worm, and many cannot detect any ^ 
difference. Whole fields are completely stripped. h 
Due field of potatoes, which about a week ugo p 
were rank and high, now show no vestige of a f- 
pl«ut. Do not think, however, that there is no F 
hope for Missouri. The vast influx of emigni- 1/ 
Don and the unparalleled success in agricultural « 
pursuits of the last two years, has created such <s 
an earnest energy among our farmers that, with 
all these drawbacks, Missouri will raise enough ju 
und to spare,-M issouri. vm 
