In “petting through " promptly a largo number 
of papers during a period when American Jour¬ 
nals loomed with articles very offensive to 
Loins NArOLBOW and his Government. And 
the fact that RocitEroRTS La Lanternc is circu¬ 
lated through the malls under cover of letter 
envelopes proves that those who have the best 
means of knowing consider the letter mails to 
be inviolate. 
ing to wet and cold. Wheat, $1.00 to $1.10 per 
bushel. Fruit prospect pretty good. Strawber¬ 
ries just, ripening.—0. n. ii. 
Clinton, Mirh., June 28.—For ten days wo 
have not hud one day without rain. A very 
great amount of water ha3 fallen. Cultivating 
corn etc., hash non next, to impossible, except on 
sandy and gravely soli. Barley looks well, and 
about as much has been sown hereabouts as last 
year. Tho same is true of potatoes. Wheat 
heavy, and even growth. Good weather to ripen 
it will make a large crop. Meadows nrc full of 
grass and clover, and pasturage abundant. 
Strawberry season is waning. The Green Pro- 
liflo is without a rival hero. Raspberries are 
thickly set and coming on handsomely; black¬ 
berries ditto, which is not usual, for they winter¬ 
kill here.— f. n. G. 
West Windsor, Richland Co., O., Juno 21 .— 
Wo are having a most extraordinary season 
1 ere in Central Ohio. Up to within a few days 
it has been cold and wet: now it Is warmer, 
and still it Is rain, rain, rain! Everything is 
drenched with rain; hundreds of acres of corn 
on tho low grounds have boon submerged and 
replanted, and now arc again threatened with a 
repetition of the same calamity. Wheat, which 
had hitherto looked quite promising and grown 
unusually tall, is beginning to lie down in every 
imaginable r fiape, never more to rise till raised 
by tho old tedious process of cutting lodged 
grain. Much, of course, will never properly fill. 
Hundreds of acres of corn lie untouched by tho 
cultivator, and green with grass. Outs look 
promising,—promising, too, to fall down like tho 
whe.it. fn m line seel ions countless multitudes 
of grasshoppers have made their appearance.— 
j. w. 
Fairfield, Herkimer Co., N. Y., June 21.—The 
weather so far in June hits been cold and wet- 
Corn is about largo enough to hoc, and looks 
very yellow. Potatoes look good and nro largo 
enough to hill. Grain of all kinds looks well. 
Grass is good, about twenty-inches high. Most 
of tho furmers here havo from thirty to one 
hundred and thirty cows. Markets and wages 
correspond with each other?" Flour from seven 
dollars to twelve dollars; corn one dollar nnd 
twenty-five cents per bushel; Potatoes arc very 
plentiful, and can be bought for twenty-five 
cents per bushel. Wages from twenty to twenty- 
eight dollars per month for first class laborers. 
Girls get two dollars and fifty cents to three 
dollars per week if good milkers. Our cheese is 
manufactured at the factory, where we aro 
making about forty-three per daj’, and which 
weigli about sixty pounds each; they sold last 
week for twenty and one-fourth cents par 
pound.-A. n. v. m. 
Akron, Summit Co., Ohio, June 21, — Tho 
spring has been cold, nnd all things arc back¬ 
ward. Wheat and oats look well, though much 
of tho former is down. Potatoes look very good. 
Good old potatoes fetch twenty-five and iliirty” 
cents. I sold a few in the winter for seventy- 
five cents; bought to-day at thirty eont.% Corn 
poor; many pieces aro quite destroyed by cut¬ 
worm ; some have replanted, aud the best lots 
show little over five or six inches high. We had 
quite cold weather the first fourteen days of 
this month: on the 6th a frost that took tho 
leaves off t hp young corn, squash vines, &c. Tho 
fences looked as if we had a little snow. Wo 
have had all the rain wo wanted, and more; last 
night and to-day heavy, continues! rain. 
We shall have very few apples; strawberries 
arc good if we have weather for picking. Rasp¬ 
berries and peaches also promise well. The cur- 
culio is hard at work on the plums. We have 
no currant worms here, but the fruit docs not 
pay to ruisc, 
I’igs arc very scarce, fetching four and five dol¬ 
lars each at six weeks old.— t. n. i*. 
The Peach Crop In Delaware, June 28.— Dur¬ 
ing the plist week I made a hasty trip through 
tho State of Delaware, looking nftcr the peach 
crop, nnd 1 found that tho whole Slate Is full of 
that delicious fruit. New Curilc and Kentcoun- 
tics have an enormous crop, while in the lower 
counties it is not so heavy; still they have all 
they want. The fruit looked unusually for¬ 
ward; Smocks arc very large for the season. Tho 
crop of Hale's Early is large, mid the growors 
will have a good opportunity to test its quality 
and decide upon its merit'as a profitable variety. 
The Delaware Railroad Company arc making 
(its they think.) ample preparation to transport 
the whole crop, having provided four hundred 
cars for this purpose. Tho freight by this road 
la a heavy tax on the crop, and those growers 
living near the bay aro determined to have a 
lino of steamers to transport their l'rult at a 
much cheaper rate. The State boa imposed a 
tax of one cent per basket on nil peaches sent 
over the road to market. The strawberry grow¬ 
ers are well pleased with tho result of the sales 
of their crop, and those of them cultivating tho 
lllaclc-Cap were busy picking for market. They 
say that if tho peaches only do as well as the 
strawberries they will be satisfied.—Now and 
Then. 
Al. Demon, III.. June 22. — We call ourselves 
tho northwest wing of Southern Illinois—tlio 
Be reton District of this American Egypt —and 
wo think wo arc having the American rains aiul 
the Egyptian overflow of the Nile, both, this sea¬ 
son. Not since 1858 have we known any such 
season as this. All Winter, all the spring, and all 
summer. Urns far, it has rained so frequently 
and so thoroughly that farming interests aro 
greatly depressed. From the last of November, 
perhaps, until now. some of our roads have not 
been free from mud, and so me times impassable. 
Wheat seemed to lie doing well, with all this, ex¬ 
cept in fiat places, and gave promise of a fine 
crop. 'Vo had a largo breadth sown, and were 
feeling very well over the prospoct, and by tho 
middle ol May we seemed just on the eve of 
harvest, so forward was it, but a terrific storm 
of hurricane and hurry-hail came upon us, and 
our beautiful prospect collapsed terribly. We 
have forty and eighty acre lots that will not bo 
cut at at); Olliers will prove one-half or one- 
fourth crops. From ibo 1st of May to this time, 
Juno 22, wo ha ve been plauting corn. 1 hear of 
some not yet through; many have planted three 
times, and some have plowed and prepared their 
ground three times and are now Just planting 
for the first time. One man is planting to-day 
the lust twenty acres of n one hundred ucre field, 
who yesterday had six plows in the first side of 
t ho same field. Anotlier has been once through 
forty acres of ids corn field, nnd only finished 
planting the remaining twenty-five acres of the 
same field last Saturday. There are long faces 
among us. This week ulso will commence wheat 
harvest. The reapers this week—and tho head¬ 
ers will come In with their broad sweep in tea 
days wore.— Ellewood. 
THE SEASON, 
PROCRESS AND IMPROVEMENT 
CONTENTS OF THIS NUMBER, 
mciil (lllu«tr»t*4)......*....487 
ArboRICUJ.Tujiic.— 1»» the Orchard ; Black Kooton Plum Ttmb. .437 
Fi iti.it Croi*n. Wheat Culture ; The Hay Harvest; 4 * Early 
hvhec *' potato J Svnulbl* HnKlf"*tiona; Fertlllwf for Whml ; 
Clipping Wheal..488 
l*r>u«TMAi, Torn*.-Co-operation emcm* Fanner*; For»ylb t Ga.43% 
Fine*’* lira* andrv.—T he I .if© end Tiffim of the Hon* W llllatn 
J nr via ; Wool# ul Per)t fttpoaition ; Wool FtalUtkft...4.'W 
Kl'iial A newTrervtrn* — A Rnmny Houm (llluMrat4*d ; PrarUr*i 
AN ORIGINAL WEEKLY 
RURAL, LITERARY AND FAMILY NEWSPAPER. 
D. D. T. MOORE, 
Conducting Editor and Proprietor. 
Newspaper Consolidation.—The Round Table 
and New York Citizen are consolidated, and the 
new paper is to appear In tho shape of tho 
Round Table, with twenty-four instead of six¬ 
teen pages, as heretofore. The publishers prom¬ 
ise the public “ft more full, comprehensive and 
varied sheet than they have hitherto received 
from either office,” with “ every department as 
complete, useful and attractive as possible.” 
We have no doubt the promise will bo fully re¬ 
deemed. 
TERMS, IN ADVANCE: 
StTBsrRtrTrox —Three Dollars a Year. To Clubs 
and Agents. J-'lve copies for t M; Seven, and one tree 
to club agent, for $19; Ten, and one free.for $35—only 
12,50 per copy. As we pre-pay American postage. $2.70 
Is the lowest Club i«to to Canada and $1.50 to Europe. 
The best way to remit >8 by Draft or Toat.Office 
Money Order,—nnd all Drafts nnd Orders made puy- 
ubio to the Publisher MAV HE MAILED at HIS himk. 
Advertising — Inside, 75 cents per line, Agate 
space; Outside, $t per lino. For Extra Display and 
Cats, a price and u half. Special and business Notices 
charged according to position. No advertisement in¬ 
serted for less than $u. 
The Poem entitled “ The Coquette," by John 
G. Sax 15, given in ihe Rural of June 5, was 
originally published in the New York Ledger, 
at wc aro advised by Mr. Boxxr.n. It Is proper 
<0 state that tin? waif was copied from a Maine 
paper, where it appeared uncreditod, and henco 
it was impossible fur us to name the paper which 
first put It afloat, as js ottrrule in ail cases where 
paternity can bo ascertained. 
An Inquiry nlioist North Carolina. — Will your 
North Carolina correspondent Mato whether a 
man with moderate means — say from $1,000 to 
$1,500 — with family, who understands farming 
ns practiced on our Western prairies, would bo 
likely to succeed in that State; also whether 
dairying, as practiced by the natives of Switzer¬ 
land, would he likely to be profitable, — John 
Shecki, Juda, I Fix. 
SATURDAY, JULY 10, 1809 
RURAL NOTES AND QUERIES, 
Tiie great accumulation of matter—thanks to 
our readers and contributors—compels us this 
week to resign this page moslly to Rural Notes 
and Queries,ThcScoson, &o. For, notwithstand¬ 
ing the Ritual is tho largest paper of its class, 
and tho matter it contains is greatly condensed, 
wo find ourselves compelled, from week to week, 
to defer articles which ought to appear, and to 
sooin to neglect correspondents who havo equal 
claims to attention with those who are not neg¬ 
lected. Wo shall strive, however, to give all 
impartial and prompt regard; if we do not, wo 
beg our readers to believe that It Is because it. is 
a physical impossibility to do so, and not the re¬ 
sult of indifference or willful neglect on our 
part. Meantime, we always welcome any fact, 
experience, well-founded opinion, well-based 
theory, well-disposed suggestion, criticism that 
is not captious, conscientious advice that may 
come to us. Nor arc wc indifferent to words of 
intelligent commendation and appreciation! 
Amount of PriiH on Drupe Vines,—The Alton, 
III., Horticultural Society recently adopted the 
following resolution: 
Resolved , That the general health of our vine¬ 
yards and the quality of the l'ruit will be im¬ 
proved by allowing no more than two bunches 
of grapes to each shoot. 
Edgar Hander*, the well known Chicago florist 
nnd writer on Floriculture, sailed from New 
York a few days ago for a two months’ trip in 
England and on tlie continent, to see what Is 
doing In floriculture, and note the progress 
made since be left Old England. He was accom¬ 
panied by Mr. Cauew Sanders of St. Louis. 
8nli for Aspnrogu*.—A correspondent writes: 
“Salt should be applied to asparagus twice a 
year-early in spring, a pound of salt per square 
yard, or about twenty pounds to a bed thirty by 
five feet square—and again about the middle of 
June, applying a less quantity. 
HALF-YEARLY VOYAGE—"ALL ABOARD !’ 
Peach nnd Pear Parer Wanted.— Can you in¬ 
form me if there is ait instrument like the apple 
parpr for jteellMg peaches nnd pears, where it 
o.an be obtained, nnd at what cost.?—W. J. Mok- 
COCK, Forsyth, Ga. 
We cannot. 
-•*<- 
8nlt for Onions. — A Watcrvillo, N. Y., corre¬ 
spondent asks whether ho can apply salt to 
onions in sufficient quantity to kill the weeds 
without Injuring the onions. We have had no 
experience. Who has? 
The Amhernt Mower Trinl.—Our correspond¬ 
ent at Amborstscnds us full notes of the mower 
I rial there. We hope to find space for some of 
these next week. lie says that “till agree in 
the opinion that n more perfect nnd finished lot 
of mowers has never been gathered together at 
a trial. There is very little difference in tho 
character of tho work performed. Good clean 
mowing has been done by every machine on the 
ground. It will be no easy matter to decide 
which machine has ihe most merits; for ilie 
competition is so close with several that the 
first premium cannot fairly be awarded to any 
one without doing injustice to'ot hers. Wo defy 
any mun to go on tho ground and select tho best 
machine simply from the appearance of the 
mowing.” 
What our correspondent says of hay tedders 
nnd the novelties he finds among the mowers wc 
must defer for want of space. 
All its JtF.AnERS — Agents, Subscribers, Borrow¬ 
ers, Ac., will observe that n. new Half Volume of tho 
Ritual N’EW-YOItKnn commenced last week, under 
tho most favorable auspices, and with a renewed 
determination to more fully manifest tho spirit of 
its glorious Motto, " Excelsior,” and laudable Ob¬ 
jects, “ P rooms and. Improvement.” The succoss of 
tho Enlarged and Improved Rural ha* already been 
so substantial and decided, nnd its prospects arc now 
-o flattering, that we aro encouraged to mako still 
greater efforts to augment its value and accepta¬ 
bility, nnd thus more firmly establish Us reputation 
ns the Rest Journal of its class. 
Agents and all other earnest friends Of the RtmAi, 
arc reminded that, tho present is i favorable lime to 
add to its circulation, the beginning of the now Half 
Volume bring n good starting point for either Yearly 
or Half-Yearly subscribers. Thousands would try 
the paper for a half your (July to January.) if only 
asked by a friend or townsman, and wo trust every 
Agent mid Pubscriber * III hear this fact In nil ad', nnd 
kindly lend their Influence In that direction, so for 
. , »ent —remembering that every now sub- 
, will aid us to rutikc the paper more nceept- 
ilid valuable to all Ha readers. Certainly, when 
hint crops are bring vouchsafed farmers and 
tors in almost, every section of the Union, tho 
' rices of the JU RAL New York eit, and other 
Juuruius which sock to enhance thu besi Interests of 
producers, are worthy of substantial recognition. 
j fence, asking no jtnlronnije, as such, but only that 
support to which it. is entitled upon its merits and 
value, we present the claim* of this Journal to all 
who know nnd approve Its eh a meter and objects. 
rropngntiUg Grape* from tunings.— WILLIAM 
Murphy’, Ulster Co., N. Y., is informed that on 
Page 201 current volume of Rural (March 27,) 
wc gave an illustrated article which wil answer 
Ids inquiries. 
Plants that arc kept In the room should never 
have animal manure mixed in the soil. They do 
much the best iu fresh turf loam mixed with 
flue charcoal. 
Vines and Hug Remedies, — W. A. C., Salina, 
N. Y., writes June 21"Thus far tho vine crop 
gives small promise of being remunerative, 
chiefly on account of the bugs which have beset 
the vines in unprecedented numbers. Every 
remedy of which wc have heard has been tried, 
nnd in vain. Tins daily applications of piaster 
scorn to bo the only thing to check them. Corn 
cobs saturated with coal tar—recommended by 
tho eminent body of “ scientific agriculturists" 
known, as the Farmers’ Club—I tried without 
effect; also kerosene, set in dishes about the 
hills, without result. Kerosene, poured on the 
vines, is sure death to tho bugs nnd—»hc vines 
tool Mosquito bur cloth is an effectual pre¬ 
ventive, not only from the ravages of tho hugs, 
but also to l be rapid growth ot tho vines. Tt is 
somewhat expensive, costing about, three cents 
per hill.” 
“ Exploded Theories." —If the moon has an in¬ 
fluence over ihe tide or water, why not over the 
land? Will Mr. /. C. S. tell us Rural readers 
what was tlie difference in the potatoes, a low 
years ago. when the potato rot troubled us in 
this part oT the land ? I planted round, pinkeye 
potatoes, two rows in the new of tho moon, two 
rows in the first quarter, two rows in tlie full, 
and two rows in the old of tho moon. I hood 
them in the same order as I planted and dug 
them Ihe same. The new nnd first quarter moon 
potatoes rotted badly; more than one-half tin* 
full and old moon potatoes were good ; scarcely 
any rotten ones. Mr. J.C. S„ had the moon any¬ 
thing to do with ihe potatoes? The ground was 
generally loam.—II. Miles, Chemung Co., N. 1'. 
INDUSTRIAL SOCIETIES, 
Yew Englnml Ag. Soc.—A circular from tho 
officers of this Fooiety informs us that its Fair 
will commence September ”, and continue four 
days. Arrangements lor tho exhibition arc mak¬ 
ing on an extensive seulc. Copies of the Premi¬ 
um list cun bo obtained by addressing Coloucl 
Daxif.l Needham, Boston, Mass., or Samuel L. 
BOAUDMA-V, Augusta, Me. 
The local offleersof the exhibition arc—Samuel 
T. Raymond of Westbrook, General Superin¬ 
tendent of Grounds. Col. Charles B. Merrill of 
Portland, Chief Marshal. Hon. Samuel Wasson 
of Ellsworth, Superintendent of 1 lull. His Honor 
Mayor Putnam, Israel Washburn, Jr., Ceu. S. J. 
Anderson, Hon. &. E. Spring, Iloral io N. Jose, 
Gen. Geo. F. Shepley, Gen. John M. Brown of 
Portland, and John F. Audcrson of South Wind¬ 
ham, Committee of Reception. Messrs. Enoch 
Knight und Geo. O. Goss, Committee of the Press 
to provide for the eotertaimneht ot tho repre¬ 
sentatives of the press from abroad. 
Fanners' meetings ure to be held during tho 
first throe evenings of tho Exhibition, at which 
the following subjects will be presented for dis¬ 
cussion : — Tuesday, Sept, 7—The Education for 
Farmers; to be ppyuad by Prof. M. C. Fern a Id, 
Principal of State Industrial School, Orono, Me. 
Wednesday, Sc.pt. 8—Insects injurious to Vegeta¬ 
tion ; to be opened by Dr. Geo. B Boring, Presi¬ 
dent of New England Agricultural Society, 
Salem, Mass. Thursday , Sept, f) The Diseases Of 
Animals; to tie opened by Dr. 8. II. Tukesbury 
of Portland, Me. The Annual Address is to bo 
delivered on Friday, September 10, by his Excel¬ 
lency, J. L. Chamberlain, Governor of Maine. 
Tho Governors of ull the States arc to bo Invited 
to be present. 
All entries must be made with Samuel L. 
Bourdman, Secretary of Maine State Agricultu¬ 
ral Society, Augusta, Me., aud parties intending 
to enter live stock, of auy description, must 
make application at least t wo weeks before the 
opening or the Exhibition, that proper accom¬ 
modations may be provided for them. 
Additions to Clubs arc always in order, whether 
In uncs, twus. fives, tons, or any other number. Many 
agents, after sending one Hub, form others, and thus 
secure additional or larger premiums. A host of 
people, arc dropping other papers about these days — 
niuny have already changed to tho Rural— and our 
Agcnt-Erlonds should improve every occasion to 
Secure such us recruits for the “ Rural Brigade.” 
Local Club Agents. Wc want a live, wide-awake 
agent for tho Rural in every town where there is 
none. Reader, if you cannot net os such, please 
induce your P. M. or sonic influential friend to do so. 
BUSINESS NOTICES 
DR. GOURAUD’S ORIENTAL CREAM, OR 
MAGICA L BEAU TIFIER. 
This preparation has acquired a reputation 
which makes it sought niter by Indies coming 
from or going to the most distant countries, for 
it lias no equal or rival in its beautifying quali¬ 
ties. Like all other of Dr. GouitAUD'S prepara¬ 
tions, thus hits extended its Kile until it has 
become a specialty by its own merits, and is not 
the creature of more advertising notoriety. It 
isrecommpndcd from ono customer to another 
on actual knowledge of its value and utility. 
Prepared by Dr. Felix Gouiiaud, 48 Bond 
street, removed from 453 Broadway, New York ; 
G. C. Goodwin & Co., S8 Hanover street, and 
Weeks & Potter, T70 Washington street, Boston; 
nnd to bo had of all Druggists. 
Ftidcnlrnlning Reports. -The Oh io State Board 
of Agriculture offers a premium of twenty-five 
dollars for tho best accepted report of actual 
experiments made, in any part of tho State, in 
underdraining; describing the character of tho 
soil and tho tnodo of cultivation; depth of 
dr.iius; what distance apart; the description of 
tilo or other matorials used; the oarponso per 
rod or per acre, aud the effect produood upon 
the condition of tho soil and character and 
amount of products. The reports to bo sent to 
the Secretary’s office, in Columbus, beforo the 
first of January, 1370, at which time the awards 
will be made by a committee of the Board. 
BEAUTIFUL WOMAN 
Officer* of Ihe Lrnox, IV. Y., Fanner*' amt 
Mechanics' Association for I860.— President, E. 
C. Saunders. Vice-Presidents, C. B. Crouse and 
0. A. Walrath. Secretary, E. F. Lewis. Trea¬ 
surer, T. F. Aland. Executive, Committee, D. P. 
Lamb, James Ingles. J. G. Watkins,. Charles 
Smith, J. Barrett, C. R. Bushnell, N.M. Chaffee. 
Next Annual Fair at Oneida, September 30th, 
October 1st aud 2nd. 
If you would be beautiful, use Hagan’s Magnolia 
Balm. 
It gives a pure Blooming Complexion nnd restores 
Youthful Beauty. 
Its effects ure gradual, natural nnd perfect. 
It Remove* Uodnoss, Blotches and Pimplos, cures 
Tun, Sunburn uud freckles, aud makes u lady of 
thirty appear but twenty. 
The Magnolia Balm makes (lie Skin Smooth and 
Pearly: the Eye bright and clear; tho Chock glow 
with the Bloom of Youth.and imparts a fresh, plump 
appearance to the Countenance, No Lady need com- 
pluln ol her Complexion, when 75 cents will purchase 
this delightful urticle. 
French Postal Espionage.- An item is running 
tho rounds that nine out of every ton American 
papers sent to Franco are confiscated by the 
French post officials. Wo havo reason to doubt 
its truth, for ut tho time of Maximili an's exe¬ 
cution wo tried various experiments to test this 
very assertion, sending some things very obnox¬ 
ious to tho French Government, and upon one 
occasion two copies of the sumo paper—ono 
with nu objectionable article in and the other 
with it cut out—and not only did both roach 
their destination in safety, but wo Dover failed 
The California State Fair will open in Sacra¬ 
mento September C. The premiums Qffered 
amount to $20,000. 
Iowa Co., Wis,, Ag. Soe. — This Society holds 
Its annual Fair at DodgoviUc, Wis., September 
22, 23 und 24. 
Tho best article to dross the Hair is Lyon's Ka- 
thalron. 
