CONTENTS OF THIS NUMBER 
PROCRESS AND IMPROVEMENT 
Fine factory is quoted at 74 to 70s.; very good, 
70 to 75s.; good, 05 to 70s. the cwt. 
imports into Liverpool from 1st June to the 
18tli, 25,512 boxes; from June 18th to 25th, 20,- 
078 boxes, malting a total of 47,400 boxes from 
June 1st to the 25th. 
The exports from New York to Great Britain 
from May 15 to June 12 were 40.558 boxes. 
Nothing was done in butter at the Lftllo Fid Is 
market for the week ending July 17th. 
Our London correspondent reports the London 
market on June 2«th as follows:—Normandy 
extra, 104 to 108s. per cwt. Irish Cork, 108s.; 
Clonmel Is, 100 to 107s.; Jersey, 84 to Otis. 
We have letters from Canada stating that It 
has been wet through the month of June, and 
that the growth or grass is heavy. There Is 
prospect of a good make of cheese in Canada, 
and quality Is said to be superior this year to 
any previously made. Sales have generally been 
made at about 12„v.e., gold, but on the 10th of 
July, as there was u decline, not much was doing 
in the trade.— x. a. w. 
iNTirrmiAL Tone*.— The Ten-Hour System; A Bwiotlful Orchid 
—Lyriutp 8kinner 1 (IMuntrntrri).. 
Land Df.partmt. -The Claim* of Lotnlitle*—From Rweharg, 
Orepon f From Wall* Walt*City. Wiwbitffton Territory ; From 
Chattertnn, Va. ; AtH.ut the t'Uin* ami the Nviifh ; From \Vn»h- 
in*?lon, N. C.; Tho Tahl* Laml* nf Trim.; From WnahinglDti 
Co,, Kn* .. .4..4*-.*.-4.. ,,.,,470 
,S»tarp Hr^iunnnY, M*rinn Sample*— Kfmillli**/*ro*roA, Thirty 
fir* Pound ; Prire of Wool; Hlnrk 4?I 
Farm Ec<i*»S tink in (hr Highways , Fancy Gnte* (Ulna- 
trated;) Killing Dock : Sa*du»t a* a fertiliser , Labeling Ker¬ 
ri U 
Field Ckofa.— 1 Culture ; Wheat on ibe Pari hr ComI,,. 47J 
Ft>MOi.odt-‘Af M —Malfldll ami NlchuU Strawberries] Canaria Rrin 
Cttc Aptifu (flint l ruled ;) Th» hwwy Apple (ihustmUd .) Hrr- 
rieA in the South . A »w Fruit ; Strawberry Culture , Apple* 
for Name . Wiu h Nonieurlatoro..,<Vv 
FLomcti.rt >ta. -Floral TrauamtitatUm—ACuHoalty....473 
Tm Gakdsn**.—A bout Aa^li* Worm*; Onion Mnyxot; Wt 
for Onion* ■ TfatHporuthm of riniil', At ............... ,..419 
/iRaoftictit.Tuita.—Piaotl'-hl ICxi^Wf-v—llardv Apr. I a Trt* 1 -* to 
Northern W»*rni»#ln . Plum* nlirkKn4l fkiruo Vmlt Twttj 
Oango Hvd|C« . A Phvnomemin ; Sowing Timothy hi an Orchard. 
Pear Plight, Ac.. Orchards in Pta* Owtuiing AppleTree*., .472 
DiHcuaamwa, New York FaniMn' Cl ib A •* Patent" Com Cob 
Fire Kindle, ll<j» r*, Oreou Oou^Hrrflw In Market, Perfect 
Dahlia*, Jult <s, mriiiaiti'i Tli«m|fa lt>n.pht*rrv, 0*uimraUra 
Market \ «lne of IWh* k and Had Hx»pb*lffcut f Hay mulling, 
Kamie, Hr*ink Trout, The Vermillion Valley of Dakota* (|uli»ru 
Culture, AlaeiM of on Nw*»nt Potato VinsM and I'lg 
Tree*, I low |o tie! Fifty or Sixty Pound taunt** in June, Mildrw 
on (Jriij**, Seth Uojritcn Hlviug up Strawberry ! , ropupitl"i». 
Board Drutna, Chloroform and Bee* t What to Do with IJlm C- 
bnriet, IV** h Borer*......,,,. r .,, , .472 
Dairy Hl'«i<ihf'RY.—T<» A*;r(rtiltnral Rxrimnpas Feeding Whey 
to Milch ( nff'j , Sh i- 4-1 x.. hoof Oram ; Ctu*;*? Making in the 
i 
Milk . Holding up Milk A Qood Cow..474 
TlIK Pni.'LTIli Yam-. " Proportion* nf Cwl» And Ileus j" Til* 
Bext Kuw U for Profit Oov. of <»mti*f imd Brahma PVjwla; Tur¬ 
kov Munagrttirrit Fancy Pigeon*. Hen LUo, A Sitting Hen..474 
Pom it uric Economy. -Half a Dwro French Rfrijwi-Mitbodiof 
Preparing Fu*y*. A»|mr*gtir, 0»n< lette S-nfllee, fioup, Cronin of 
Chocolate, Krenkhod Muffiil* , Baron LleMgnn a New .Method 
of Biend-Making . M mernl NN uter Sirup* — He»-ipe* for Making 
them—SnrsupHt din Sirup*. (rmnn Simp. Hluger Strop, Vanilla 
Sirup, Simp of Cbflfw, Stnnvl.cMv and ftityihrrry SJrnji*, Pina* 
unple Simp, Nivtar Simp, SlierUrl Hrtfp, (/mjw Rimp. Wild 
Hit-fry sirup. Cream Sirup, Orgeat Sirup, Atufde Sirup, Chofo- 
late Sirup . V»«Tuf» |fmuni (Illustrated ,) vaho Onuloro , Wheat 
Griddle t*ak»« , Currant (.'uk« , Faith Cake... ...4"A 
KntomoUR. r At.. DeNth of a Hon (llluairatod;) Ru«iile*rrr Brand,- 
TheBquaih Bug do.«* a*,t Toech the •* White Bum Scollop”.- .4Tfi 
SnaNTiMr *aiv flsrrn.,- I refill and Scientific Itcim..,. •».... .475 
KnlTOUiAi.e, Eft*. Irnpiirie* fnijtllrer* Injuring Country Prop, 
erty; KiimI Nolex «m| Quvtln* Hmnhng— f antion, ’1 he ,l Max 
ban Everlo.iitr>g, ,f The Cauntrj r. Market, Jf>Wurn*a 
SelfHaking Reaper, Pasture for Swine,'Hie American F.nto* 
mologi^t. PiehfeflV Sib* of Short-Horn*, Ft<-.« Imported Horaea, 
Kprowne tor Jllack Fnot, Steel Ride Hill Plow, The Henaon , 
ltidmilrinl Sm lellea ,. .... ..... ,47h 
Thk TkaVKUh.- On fire Way , Vmfre.. ..... ,477 
Muaic. Mmir lor S.ihhntli F.renTng at Home— Our Guide*.477 
Tim Rkvittw*u.—New PuhBcalion* U«Tirwod. ..477 
STOKlts KOU RoitAUkT*. Saved liy a Satchel (ConcludMf;) 
Charity- A Very Pfalty BU*tv ; llow Jacob Simwn Gnl a 
Wile. . 
La nfas' Poiit-Pomo, Boa*tlncand Lament (Poetry ;) A Child'* 
Itehukfl; Vulue of Coral , The Yomig Girl; FnUe ItMnly ; 
(’leanllfMh* A Good Heimlvct A Proper Onlh.I7!t 
CltOtCK MliCItUKY. The Ancient Clock (Poetry .) Why 1 L»t» 
Leave thv Farm. A ThdtIMDd Year* a* a Day'; Old Age and 
Youth. , ..... . ., 479 
Sahrath IU:Af»»v-4. -Sorrow’*,Tov(Poetry;) Chrtatfan Humanity. 
The Comb utcr of the S'enlv | Mediliflow......1.472 
N'kwh or tii a Wr*K. Dume*lh: New* liu tudrug Nvwa from 
Wavliington, New V«wk, Mnlne, New Jl rtnp-hlre, VcnirOlil, 
Mu*o*ttrhu*rtu, Connectlrut, New Jersey. Penohylviinln, Mary¬ 
land, Virginia, Aluhiimu, Loulalahn, Mb«ixhippi, Tonni«*»eo, 
( Ohio, liidOtoa, HBturl*, Mb hluan, Wiaeofullt# /own, Miaeouri, 
Kftttan*. NiOru'k.t, Ttxis Cnllfornla, Arizona, Montana, Ne¬ 
vada, Alftakn, (%tlora«lo ; Fright hi I Railroad A**t’tdi«nt; Foreign 
AN ORIGINAL WEEKLY 
RURAL, LITERARY AND PAMILY 'NEWSPAPER. 
d■ d. t. moons, 
Conducting Editor and JVroprietor 
TERMS, IN ADVANCE: 
SeMSCitiPTJON — Thr*e TJollars * Vmr. To Club, 
and A item.. Hive copies for !U; Seven, and one free 
to club agent, for $19: Ten. and one free, for |25— only 
$2.80 per copy. A. we pre-pay American pontage, $2.70 
1. the lowest Club fate to Canada and $3.50to Kurope. 
The bet way to remit l.i by Draft <ir PosUOfllue 
Money Order,— and nil Draft, and (Jidors made pay¬ 
able to the Publisher mav ti# MAltKD AT BIS men. 
ADVXRTISfNO Inside, 75 Cent* per line, Apate 
*pnee: Outslde.il per line. For Kxtra Display and 
C uts, a price and a half. Special and Ituslness Notices 
churned according to position. No advertisement In¬ 
serted for less than $3. 
years, a higher average premium, in the 
Country Mutuals, which could give them 
no insurance, than absolute indemnity would 
have cost them in good stock companies. 
The popular idea among the farming 
classes that detached property is in little 
danger from tire, Is simply fallacious. The 
experience of the eleven Country Mutuals, 
now doing business in the State of New 
York, shows, according to the official re¬ 
port, that the ratio of losses to the premium 
receipts, during the year 18G8, was nearly 
fifty per cent., and in Massachusetts, thirty- 
three per cent, in fifty companies. Or, to 
put it. another way, the probabilities of farm 
structures burning, or not burning, in this 
State are just even, and in Massachusetts 
one in three. The danger is sufficiently 
great to justify the precaution of insurance 
in the rural districts. 
It is wholly unnecessary to present to any 
intelligent farmer the arguments that should 
induce him to prefer sound and respectable 
stock offices to the Country Mutuals. They 
have already had a sufficient experience. 
The agency facilities now extended through¬ 
out the agricultural districts by the joint- 
stock companies, make the insurance of 
farm property convenient and as cheap as 
absolute protection will warrant. 
Jolinaton'. BHr-tlnMug Reaper. — Wo notice 
reports In our Southern exchanges to the effect 
that this reaper (illustrated In the Kphal last 
spring, and manufactured at Brockpprt, N. Y.J 
is very popular w ith llie grain growers of the 
8outh and Southwest. The demand for them is 
so large that the manufacturer* tlml their sup¬ 
ply of muchinon far short of orders. Memphis 
journals apeak of it as making a sensation 
among the farmers, and as working splendidly. 
The inventor has devised a binding attachment 
which will l>e thoroughly tested this season. It 
can be applied to any Johnston machine pre¬ 
viously built, and does not, interfere with the 
ordinary working of the reaper. It is a very 
promising invention, and wc shall look to its 
future with Interest. 
SATURDAY, jrr.Y 24, 1869 
INQUIRIES - INQUIRERS 
WE are always glad to receive inquiries 
from our readers. We do receive a good 
many, and wc regard it as a token that we 
have a live class of readers. We do not. 
hope to answer all inquiries lully and defi¬ 
nitely. Many which wc might answer we 
publish without reply, either because wc 
have not the time or because we desire the. 
experience of our readers upon the subjects 
broached. 
Jhit we wore not going to write concerning 
our own affairs. We believe that embraced 
within the Rural parish is as large an army 
of earnest inquirers after truth as can be 
found among the readers of any journal 
in the country. This is gratifying. We 
desire that their inquiries may take the 
practical form of personal observation and 
investigation in their own fields, orchards 
and gardens, and that ilie results thereof 
may he carefully and failhfiilly recorded. 
This is not urged with any view to our own 
profit, but because we know that it will 
profit the person pursuing the course recom¬ 
mended. Every fact thus acquired will 
open the path for further investigation and 
the acquirement of important knowledge. 
Nothing should escape the observation of 
the agriculturist at this season. There are 
more important phenomena now to be ob¬ 
served on our farms than can be rightly 
digested in a year. Let notes be taken, and 
Picture for Kwinr. XVhat js the best green 
food for swine? Will not some of your readers 
give their mode of summer management for 
swine?—r. p. r. 
A good red clover pasture is excellent for 
swine. If swine are confined in pons in summer, 
weeds from the garden, pea vines, eorn and 
sorghum stalks, and fresh eut clover are always 
welcomed. 
RURAL NOTES AND QUERIES, 
The \merienn EntomoIogiM. As a matter 
that will benefit our readers, simply and ab¬ 
stractly, we want to tell every farmer and fruit 
grower that this little monthly at $1 per year Is 
the cheapest and most valuable publication 
(the Kitrai. excepted) for them to purchase and 
study that we know of. Published by It. I*. 
bxuui.Kv ic Co., St. Louis, Mo. 
Humbug! Cnutlon.- Wc warn our readers 
against being swindled by a circular and the 
agents of an organir-alloti calling itself "The 
Granite Agricultural Implement Association: 
office New York." its avowed object is to “save 
to tla- farmer this large expense (the commis¬ 
sions of agents of Agricultural Implement 
manufacturer*,)and through this Association 
bring him in direct, contact with the manufac¬ 
turer, arid thus sell film the products of our la¬ 
bor without the intervention of agents, rjrr< - pf 
our otwi 1/ txilicx ours.— Edr. KnitAL.] and at the 
sumo prices that, we now sell to the retail dealer." 
This Implement Association takes subscriptions 
for membership ear I i fieates; does not, as a rule, 
issue certificates except to clubs of five or more: 
the subscriber pays ten dollars for hiseoiiilieute. 
Only subscribers have the.benefits to be derived 
from the low prices at which this Association of¬ 
fers implements. A list of prices is given at 
which implements and fertilizers are to be fur¬ 
nished. This Jlst includes many well known 
machines and fertilizers. Among them arc the 
American Hay ) odder, the Buckeye Mower a ml 
the Lodi Marmfs-, i uring Company's Poudreue. 
We have the notimrity of the New York houses 
representing tlie same for saying that the pro¬ 
fessions of this circular are fraudulent in offer¬ 
ing to furnish these goods ut t he prices named. 
None of tlieso houses have any knowledge of 
such a concern as “The Granite Agricultural 
Implement-Association - ' beyond this circular. 
I’lckrell's Sale of Klmrt-lloriin, Etc. Wc call 
attention to the public sale of stock by J. II. 
J’ickrf.IjG, Ilarrifltown, 111., advertised else¬ 
where. We are acquainted with Mr. PiCKREt.n's 
herd, which has no superior in the West. Mr. 
P. is also a reliable, straight-forward man, and 
always " means business.” 
Imported Horses. F. It. Stranahan asks our 
opinion, and a description, of recently imported 
horses, and their qualities for common use. He 
does not specify what breed, and wc cannot re¬ 
ply until we know. 
HALF-YEARLY VOYAGE “ALL ABOARD !” 
Alt. its Reapers— Agents, .Subscribers, Borrow¬ 
ers, &e.,—will observe that n new Half Volume of the 
ItriiAi New-Yorker commenced duly 3rd, under 
the most favorable auspices, and with a renewed 
determination to more fully manifest the spirit of 
its glorious Motto, “ fUcclHor," and laudable Ob¬ 
jects. •' Progrnm find Improvement." The success of 
the Enlarged and Improved Rcral has already been 
so substantial and decided, and its prospects are now 
so nattering, that we are puemirsged t.c make still 
greater efforts to augment, its value and accepta¬ 
bility, and thus more Brmly establish its reputation 
ns the best Journal or rrs class. 
Agents and nil other earnest friends of the Rural 
are reminded that the present ih a favorable time to 
add to its circulation, the beginning of the new Half 
Volume being a good starting point for either Yearly 
or Half-Yearly subscribers Thousands would try 
the paper for a half year (July to January,) If only 
asked by a irlond Or townsman, and we trust every 
Agent and 8nbscriiier will bear this fact in mind, and 
kindly lend ilieir Influence in that direction, so far f 
ns convenient — remembering that every new sub¬ 
scription will aid us to make the paper more accept¬ 
able and valuable to all its readers. Certainly, when 
abundant, crops are being vouchsafed Farmers and 
Planters in almost every section Of the Union, the 
services of the Rural New-Yorker, and other 
Journals which seek to enhance t he best interests of 
producers, arc worthy of substantial recognition. 
Hence, asking no patronage, ns such, but only that 
support to which it Is entitled upon Its merits and 
value, we present the claims of this Journal to all 
who know and approve its character and objects. 
, Kerosene for Black Knot. I can manage the 
Tiloclc Knot or plum trees very well by taking 
iny kerosene oil can anti turning the oil on the 
knot. It absorbs the oil, and after a time disap¬ 
pears.- F. M, StlLLOON. 
Ktcel Shle-llill Plow.—J. C’. Brainarh, Dan¬ 
ville, 5Vis., asks where he can obtain a steel side- 
bill plow that will do good work. Who can give 
him the information ? 
Thr “ Mexican Everbearing.'’—"We notice that 
since the appearance of our exjxm of the base¬ 
less claims, that this is a new species of straw¬ 
berry, there is a general tumbling of our es¬ 
teemed contemporaries out of the sinking ship. 
One of them concedes it ia "only n variety of 
FY (tyarict ivwcff not heretofore hi cultimtUm | italic# 
Ola's - ] and tilUed to plants found wild from Cana¬ 
da to the Equator and commonly known as the 
Alpine species.” That is very gracefully and 
tenderly done—especially for a Journal that, has 
aided In the dissemination of thousands of plants 
of an old variety of strawberry under n new 
name and at five or more times the cost to the 
purchaser it could have been bought lor If ad¬ 
vertised by its true name 1 But then our wise, and 
learned, and conservative contemporary " pre¬ 
ferred to wait and see what time would develop 
regarding it!" And “ time has developed ” that 
people who purebnsed this “Mexican Everbear¬ 
ing, ” as a new strawberry, were swindled! 
INSURING COUNTRY PROPERTY 
THE SEASON, 
The rapid accumulation of wealth through¬ 
out the American Union is particularly 
noticeable in the beauty, durability ancl cost¬ 
liness of the dwellings, barns, stables and 
other structures, now so generally reared in 
the “ rural districts.” The villas and prince¬ 
ly mansions erected near large cities are, of 
course, the outlying surplus wealth of those 
centers. But. in sections more remote, the 
same spirit of improvement is equally mani¬ 
fest. For several years past agricultural 
products have commanded remunerative 
prices. The extraordinary demands of the 
war, and the largely increased facilities for 
cheap transportation by rail, canal and river, 
have given our farmers an ample home mar¬ 
ket. Their industry has more than merely 
“ paid.” The unprecedented increase of pop¬ 
ulation in all the manufacturing and com¬ 
mercial centers keeps consumption fully up 
to the supply, notwithstanding the large 
tracts of virgin soil (hat are annually being 
opened up under the impetus of immigration. 
Hence t he prices of farming produce of all 
kinds, from grain to the smallest fruits, have 
not only been good, hut even “ high,” as 
compared with the price of mechanical and 
manufacturing labor. From the surplus 
thus accumulated have sprung up so many 
elegant and costly dwellings and out-houses. 
Because farm properly is generally “ de¬ 
tached,” farmers have usually neglected the 
safe and advisable practice of keeping it 
insured. Hundreds would never even think 
of such a wise precaution if they were not 
frequently canvassed by those “ carpet bag¬ 
gers"— the agents of tire Country Mutuals. 
But unfortunately these itinerants are only 
enemies in disguise. They sell policies 
cheaply, but the quality of the indemnity is 
also cheap, and, ns experience lias shown, 
generally worthless. Our farming classes 
cannot in reason expect any special exemp¬ 
tion from the average danger which threat¬ 
ens nil property; nor forget that insurance, 
like every other business, lias its first cost. 
Note companies, without any cash capital, 
depending upon assessments for the'means 
of payment when losses accrue, have proved j 
IA Alluon-subserlbers Into whose linnda 
n number of this Rural itiuy fall urn requested to 
examine u rare tally, noting its Sire. Style. Contents, 
Ac., and then deckle upon the merits or our claim 
that H Is t lie Larin st, first and Cheapest Journal of its 
chins in the irnrfd. And all Interested in Its subjects 
mid objects are invited to aid in promoting (be cause 
ol “ ITogross and Improvement” by becoming sub¬ 
scribers and contributors, and introducing it to the 
notice and support ot other sensible people. 
Tbc Country Cheese Market. The Little Falla 
choose market for the week ending - July I 7 th 
was pretty brisk, and the hist week's prices 
pretty well sustained. A goodly number of 
dealers were on tbc ground, and an effort was 
made to drop prices. Factory men are well con¬ 
vinced that no lower rates than those paid lor 
cheese the week previous could lie accepted and 
leave a h\ mg margin in the produeer’sbusiness, 
and if there is further decline in the market 
there is a disposition to hold. Tho receipts of 
farm dairies amounted to some 3,(XX) boxes, the 
bighestsnles being at 14c. to 14,Vc. 
Wc give quotations of factory sales as fol¬ 
lows:—Dairy Hill, 15c.; Otsoquoit., 14v,c.; Van 
Hornsville, 145*e.; Btarkville, 15o.; Brockman's 
Corner, lie.; Florida, H3«fc.; Empire, 14J*e.; 
Union of Palatine, 14c.: Pecks, H>tc,; McAdams 
of Springfield, 144&C.; Fry's Bush, 14>£e.; Mid- 
dlpvllle, 15kic .7 Zimmerman Creek, 15c.; Herk¬ 
imer, 14jtfc.; Snell’s Bush. 15340 .; Ford’s Bush, 
14J»c.; Bates and Snell, 14Lc.: Mother Creek, 
lt’fc.; Old Fairfield, 15Uc.; Beers, 15>/c.; Opeti- 
heim Union, 14?£c.; A. Smith & Co., loiic.: St. 
Johnsville, lt’fc.; EatonviUe, 15e.; Norway As¬ 
sociation, 1534c,; NewviKe, 1534c.; Hopson's 
(Cold Creok), 1534c.: North Fairfield, 1534c. 
Wc have advices from abroad to the 26th of 
June. New English chuddar is quoted by our 
London correspondent at ?fM. to 80s. per cwt.; 
Wiltshire double. ftSs. to 80s.; Cheshire, 70s. to 
84s.. American extra fine now, 70s.; good, 7 R ; 
secondary, 70s. to 72s. Dutch Cheese—Edams, 
48s. to 55s.; Gouda's, 48s. to 51s.; Derby Shape, 
51s. to 58s. 
Our Liverpool correspondent reports consider¬ 
able increased supplies, and that importers have 
met buyers freely, although in many instances 
at considerable loss, ns the decline may bo quol- 
ed is. per cwt, The market, however, has been 
cleared, and aspeedy clearance is anticipated for 
next week’s arrivals. 
looks fine: it is generally believed here that ono- 
1 liirtl of the wheat will lodge. There Is a great 
deal of ii down now. Corn is small, ami not more 
(Lanai half stand on an average, s. a. ii, 
Cambridge,Md., July l.-We have Jusl finished 
our wheat harvest,and have been blessed with 
tin abundant crop. Next week we will harvest 
oats; crop fully double that of last year. An 
unusually heavy crop of early potatoes is now 
being taken off; prices low-75 cents per bushel. 
Corn looks well. Tho peach crop will bo hea v icr 
than for years.—j. e. u. 
Brighton, Ontario. Canada, July IO. — The 
weather still continues cool and damp. Wo 
have scarcely had one real summer day yet; 
st HI there is every prospect of a large yield of 
all kinds of grain, fruit and potatoes; in fact, 
everything in the line of vegetables is growing 
rapidly, and the prospect now is that we shall 
have enough and to spare.—j. e. s. 
Battle Creek, Cnlhnun Co., >Iich., July 3.—We 
have had a cold, wet and backward spring. 
Wheat looks fine, and will be fit to cut in about, 
two weeks. Oats look well 
Send us Names! — Subscribers and others fre¬ 
quently apply for copies of the Rural to send to 
distant friends as specimens. If those who wish 
their friends inset* the paper, and thus aid in extend¬ 
ing Us circulation, will send us the lyimes and post- 
olllee addresses nf such friends, near and distant, 
we will mail each a specimen of the enlarged and 
improved volume, tavous the names and we will 
Cheerfully respond 
INDUSTRIAL SOCIETIES, 
Arkansas Ag. and Mech. Association.— The fol¬ 
lowing are the officers of this organization: 
President— D. E, Jones. Vice-Presidents—Alex¬ 
ander McDonald, J. M. Johnson, Solomon Exom, 
Logan II. Root. Directors— H. T. Gobb, Thomas 
M. Bowen, J, 8. Wolfe, Geo. R. Weeks, Geo. A. 
Davis. H. B. Blackburn, Geo. W. Davis, A. Gun¬ 
ther. Geo. 8. Scott, Secretary—John W. Wright. 
Treasurer—Heavy Puge. 
The second annual State Fair will be held on 
the grounds of the Association at Little Rock, 
Ark., the 19th, 20th. 21st and 23d days of October. 
Fox River Dairy, Vg. and Hurt. Knc.—This 
society held its first fair the last of June at 
Elgin, HI., which a correspondent .-ays “was a 
decided success. The show of flowers was line, 
and the show - of strawberries the best ever seen 
in tills vicinity. The show was so eucouraging 
that another will probably be held next fail." 
Goodhue, .Minn., Ag. Koc. The following are 
1 he officers elect for tho coming year i -Presi- 
at. I. C. Stearns, Zumbrota. Vice-Presidents, 
T, M. Lowater, Goodhue; F. N. Perkins, Fea- 
i hers tone; W. It. Brown, Wanatningo. Trea¬ 
surer, Win. Feathcrstonc, Featherstone. Secre¬ 
tary, Harrison Lowater, Red Wing. 
Local Club Agents.—We wantnlive, wide-awake 
agent for the IUTRAI. In every town where there is 
none. Reader, if you cannot act as such, please 
Induce your P. M. or sumo influential friend to do so. 
BUSINESS NOTICES 
the prospect for 
fruit is good; peaches in abundance: early cher¬ 
ries were ripe two weeks ago. Corn is small, 
with the exception of early planted pieces; looks 
well. Newly seeded meadows are heavy; old 
seeding is not. so good. Pastures good. New 
potatoes are large enough to cook. -e. k. 
Lnncsvillc, Litchfield Co., Conn., July 12.— 
The grass crop is very light here, and we have 
had very unfavorable weather for getting it. A 
very severe hail storm passed over hero three 
weeks ago, doing a good deal of damage to gar¬ 
dens. There hits been a plentiful crop of straw¬ 
berries. Raspberries are just, coming on and 
promise finely, while of blackberries there will 
bean immense quantity. Oats arc headed out 
finely, and some have commenced to cut their 
wheat and rye. Currants are very near a failure. 
FRESH AS A MAIDEN’S BLUSH 
I? the pure poachy Complexion which follows the 
liscoi Ha: ..a's Magnoliu Balm. It is t lie True Socrpt 
of Bounty. Fashionable Ladies in Society under¬ 
stand this. 
J lie Magnolia Balm changes the rustic Country 
Ctrl into u City Belle more rapidly than any other 
one thing. 
Redness, Sunburn. Tun. Freckles. Blotches and sill 
effects ut the Summer Sun disappear when it is used, 
mid a genial, cultivated, fresh expression is obtained 
which rivals the Bloom of Youth. Beauty is possible 
loall wlm will invest 75cents at any respectable store 
and insist tm gelling the Magnolia Balm. 
Esc nothing but Lyon's Kath&iron to dress tho 
Hair. 
