CONTENTS OF THIS NUMBER 
PROCRESS AND IMPROVEMENT 
render them as accessible, and as near neighbors 
—counting by the time occupied In traveling, 
rather than by miles —ns were many of our 
subscribers in the then Western States (Wiscon¬ 
sin, Minnesota, Ac.,) a decade of years ago. In¬ 
deed the mail communication is now so regular 
and rapid, and t he pains taken in packing and 
mailing t lie Rural so great, Unit our subscriber* 
on the distant shores of the Pacific receive their 
papers with great promptness and regularity. 
For example, Mr. C. Moore, our agent, at Walla. 
Walla, Washington Territory, (where wo have 
about thirty subscribers,) writes: “The Ru- 
ham arrive in bettor order, and more regularly, 
than any otheY large package of Eastern papers.” 
W« have similar testimony from other distant 
agents aud subscribers evidence that our office 
mailing arrangements are very complete, and 
that certain screws and cogs of our machinery 
(which we- confess got loose, temporarily, n few 
months ago,) nro now all right und working ad¬ 
mirably, Wo assure our near-distant lidemls on 
the Pad(lo coast that we appreciate the Increas¬ 
ing popularity id the Rural among them, and 
shall eon t in nous) y aim to Improve the paper and 
augment our facilities for its rapid publication 
and transmission to their firesides. 
In tills connection we tender grateful ac¬ 
knowledgments to our brethren of the Press in 
tiic Pud lie ,states and Territories for the very 
handsome maunor In which they have of late 
commended lhe RuralNew-Yorker. 
THE SEASON. 
straw is very heavy and full of sap and without 
dry weather it will be impossible to save it 1 
Grain generally badly lodged. Oats and barley 
look well; considerable of the barley will be cut 
this week. Potatoes look well; are selling atSSc. 
per bushel. Buckwheat, is sown in abundance; 
farmers are sowing tbcircorn fields,—A Farmer. 
'Vest Gannon, Madison l'o„ Ohio, July 17.— 
It rains every day, accompanied with terrible 
thunder, and no sign of ceasing. In the flat 
land, where our best corn is generally raised, tho 
grass and weeds will be. master of theeorn fields 
this season unless there is a change in tho 
weather soon to give tho farmers a chance to 
cultivate it. On poor, hilly land, where it never 
paid for the labor in former years, corn looks re¬ 
markably well. An extra crop of wheat is har¬ 
vested. Oats could not. be much better. Pota¬ 
toes look well; some farmers have planted from 
twenty to thirty acres. Apples, punches, pears, 
&c n in abundance.— m. n. it. 
Ilopedalc, Harrison Co., Ohio, July 16.—On 
account of the superabundance of rain, corn 
could not bo well worke d nnd is weedy. Where 
the weeds have not grown rapidly there will bo 
a first-rate crop. Wheat is now being harvested 
and is tho best crop grown in the county for 
years. Outs never looked better. Grass about 
an average crop. Apple crop will be small. 
Peaches promise Well. All kinds of small fruit 
are abundant. Wool market has not yet fairly 
opened; small lots have been purchased for 40 
and fa emits, growers generally are unwilling to 
take that price. Weather at present, hot and 
clear—good for harvesting. Allen. 
Iliichnnnn, Berrien Co., Mich., July 17.—Wo 
are having a great ileal of wet weather. Haying 
is nearly finished; but few have secured their 
Imy without, more or less rain upon it, many 
tlelds being nearly spoiled. Harvesting has fair- 
ly begun. There is a heavy growth of straw; in 
some pieces there is a great deal of smut. Help 
is scarce. Wages in haying, f 1.50; in harvesting 
$2.50. Corn very backward and weedy, it be¬ 
ing next, to impossible to work in It on account 
of the wet weather. Good prospect for fruit. 
Oats look well. Potatoes are doing finely, such 
as the bugs have spared. White wheat is worth 
$1,40; red. $1.10; corn, 75c.; oafs, We.; potatoes, 
80c. per luisliel. Rural Reader. 
ReRuytcr. Madison Go., IV. V., July 1.7.—Dur¬ 
ing the month of June and thus far In July.it 
lias been very wet. indeed. Farmers are very 
much behind with their hoeing and other Juno 
work; grass crop largo, except oil very low 
lands. .Some have commenced baying. Growth 
of small grain quite rank. Corn looks badly; 
potatoes well. We have not yet had any very 
warm weather. Those who keep sheep have 
finished shearing, but have not sold their wool 
yet. Cheese seems a little dull now. No sales 
have been made since the first of June. Cows 
have not done unything extra thus far. DeRuy- 
ter is bound to have a railroad. The work is 
progressing finely on the Deltuyter & Norwich 
Branch.— n. n. 
Gird's Creek, Montana, June 70.—Grain looks 
line: wheat, mid barley heading fast. Some 
grain will bo ready to cut in July. Potatoes, 
pens, beans, onions, Ac., look well. I have not 
seen a potato bug here. Tho worse pests wo 
have are sunflowers. It is next to impossible to 
get rid of them. We have not been troubled by 
grasshoppers any for the last, two seasons. It 
has been very dry all the season. Luckily the 
creeks were full, or we might have failed in 
raising a crop. We were obliged to irrigate con¬ 
siderably. The hay looks well, and there is 
going to be a large amount put up. The Rural 
is a welcome visitor at all times. 1 shall do my 
best, for it in this section, and think I can get a 
small club this fall.— a. l. 
Renosclncrvlllc, Albany Co., IV. V., July 1H. - 
Winter grain will bo a two-thirds crop, except¬ 
ing u few extra Uelds. It consists mostly of rye. 
Hay crop large. Corn in the valleys, good; on 
(he hills, small. Oats promise an unusual crop, 
with huge straw, along Ten MiloCreek andCats- 
klll. Spring grain, in general, looks well. Hay¬ 
ing just commenced, with plenty of show r ers to 
keep.it wet. A larger amount of buckwheat 
sown than usual. 1 hear some complaint about 
orchards not having many apples in them, but 
in our neighborhood (three miles south or Rens- 
selaerville) the apple trees are loaded. The 
frost of June did no damage here; it was hardly 
seen. Other fruits are in abundance. The cur¬ 
rant worm has done no damage this year. White 
hellebore is a dead sliot to them, if applied.— 
N. H. <1. 
Mt. Pleasant, Henry Co., Iowa, July 13.—Tlio 
spring and summer of 1809 will long bo remem¬ 
bered, (in the North west at least,) as a wel season. 
The yours 1844,1651, and 1858 woro wet seasons. 
The min has not, usa general rule, been as heavy 
as on some of the years named above, but. for 
oft repeated and frequent showers, 1809 is ahead 
of all the others. Since the l'rost came out of the 
ground in early spring, the rains have been so 
frequent that the ground has not been in good 
order to plow at any time, except on very roll¬ 
ing land, up to this date. And lust night and to¬ 
day the heaviest rain, by far, of the season has 
fallen. 1 think, in my recollection of over forty 
years, I never saw so much rain fall in so short a 
lime, in the month of July, as has fallen within 
the last eighteen hours. The damage to crops is 
incalculable, and should it continue wet for two 
Or three weeks longer the harvest in this section 
will be a failure. No grain or grass ot any con¬ 
sequence is yet secured, and a fearful amount of 
com is literally drowned out, and will not make 
even fodder, w ith the most favorable weather 
hereafter.—A. y. 
Png« 
GGickf.. Rjwpbf*rrl<»*—Thr«v* Now Vsrfetlft*-— Pnrrj*'* No. 
1, (HIiif.tn»t*d,) 1'nrry’a No. 9, Arnold'• No. H. (Illustrated :) 
About J’lumn: Souvenir t)' Ksj>erin Pour (lllufilrnlml ; Hfirdl- 
n«wt <•( jv*r» i Pocn<>|tf£lr%| Qottip— NirnTiOT, BUhop, Wilder 
and Ot**. Downing Ijiniwlwrv, Mammoth Cltudernm) Miami 
Kitf|jberrlM, Ihiwiiiiiy OntwDrrrj ...... .. ...4^ 
Bitr.Ap Hu«jiam>kv. - Mr. Marlin'* ftcmirod I-Vrn; Tho Gros¬ 
man Kloo-'o M*. CrNoiii)'* Thirty live Pound Fleece to be 
ficaunxi; Scouring T*wU .., .r. ,. r ,r 4*6 
Tim Hnkniimk. Memoranda for Mcidimon Horen or Bloat, 
To PrnVifil Bhtal (rooi HlnTerjTo K*ll l.lrr, Burner!v for fv ntira 
In Cattle, To Corr Kvarjcrmm IautiiI Polaon, To Kid Cntllt of 
1/lcr), Mdk Paver, to Prevent Ltcc on Cottle, Bunch on CuirNt 
Trata, Chaff in tha Kye.. , .....486 
Tiik Poult* v t akd c-oM f'rnfltJtM* Fowfr ; Chlrlten Talk; 
J(ni*in£ I iifivy* $*rel,l»tl it» f owl* , Poultry Chronicle , 
Fat Poultry j A tVoQufalo Tur&o.v*-....».. 
Farm Wiminii* 1 Fiugrlnff of Huh , Wheat 
Shock* !,'J illufttralmr)*;) Swlvi*l llook (Illuiilratt'O ;) Noaiotra 
Woedi, Applying time to HtflU \ f>U-mn Thr.ul.ibg, Black 
Paint for Iron. OcodorUrr*.. . ... . . ..487 
Tint IfoaanwAW —Tln- Hor**'* ToUfroo * Curry-Conih and llrw-h • 
rooming Hon+* U'n.ghone .... 4*7 
Fj.OKlCtii.TvKK.— 1 Tha Yttrrn -Vorletle* (lllur.trated ,) Bennet t for 
Vwted Right*i Tho Evruing Prunron* , Lobelia Unrumuli* ; 
Akehlft Qnlanta . . .-. .. .4*8 
Ajuiok ter twit*. Hedge Screen* o f Srnteti Pifieii * About Road 
aido Tree* ; When fo Cut Timber* CUage Ornuft* for lliiltt** 
Are Sporntioley Bm<t* Arlntriiri iliirn and Irrigation; Banking 
tip around Duran Pear* Cutting Hwanip Willow* ...........4rt8 
I.ANHKCAric (JAiinrMvo, Rural Ailortiinenta; Seed*, v*. Turf 
for Fdruilng a New Ua..... .4*M, 489 
Tiik Haiiounki:. Training TonitoN : The (Jwwllig Cutila* 
loupe* * Whuu urn Mu Ion a Ripe; Striped Bug*. ... -4*1* 
Thk Vmt a*o. — Coal rtf ftrnpr Trrlll* i Vino Jaritve*—Their 
Uwj Clinton kiul T*yliir m Btoelra...489 
X)ir(T**M4>nm, New York Farmer*' f’lob - L»eadr ninjr Sound, 
I>on’l Buy WYxU-rn l.(vjnjn of Kqslr-rii Owners, Improving IV.nl 
1/Mfi PVnidr* ,,r . N< fr< mi .Mont.-Dijt, 
Kernedy for Ifovun, Wire for Remedy for a Hornet 
Cough, A I .lid mint f**r Sfyrain*, Kit*., Brook Tnmil, FrtlH Pre¬ 
serving Powtler*, To Prepare i Devuirl in an I'Jiinrgmiry. Itorlpo 
for ix !>• )i*nl»* M'ldin, T«i Sink Largo B*»l L/tng Worded 
Sheejt, Turnip Sr «:d f An Katf Conundrum, The Komi Slug, Kan- 
a«h Fruit*, PrutoctlOD «r^ftln-»t t#rx**hnwn»ns flow to KcnuoniiW 
Fuol, A NMithem Weed, C'iro M Anted for Chilbluimt, A Ntw 
Filter Plant; The Story pf a MmtvWrry.. ... .4 hV 
Dajkv Hi’? havdr> . - Foreign i orrea|onflenre TiCltor from thn 
Royal Parmlng A-adniuy ut KMetm, prtiMtin -The- North Hi»L 
land Call 1« «» iinlry.Stock, Ar Bad Milk Overdrivliaj Cow*; 
ClieoM* Mark**! Day at l.llllo Falfa; f.nrge Sfilpmeul of CJhmuh; 
Removing; W nr 14 If ultt Cow*' T«nU. .». .400 
3EaTOM0lAM.fi?At.. A StrulkgvBug Bnpi td. CiirroKo; Pen Bug*; 
Heim tlv lor Potolo Rngr . fx Jdrjj* Re»o|ullon , To Prevent Bor¬ 
er* in !>•<»**, (‘urmnt Worm CoJoratfo Polulo Bug, Wire 
Worm*........... 4!M' 
T'hk Al'lAltiiN. Whitf Clover Honey—Doan White Clover yield 
Honey nr I’tolJiM; Urout* u( h Il.s br!d C^ueou r«»t Pura, A Lurge 
Yield of Honey.... . .. . jyn 
Pomkstic FronoMV.—M»«k Column’*. SI*tb L«cture— FmlVa. Can- 
uiiig, Jolly trig, Preserving, M ik*d| Inncoue Direction*, Bill* of 
Fare; Horne Made fJra»(6 IlluHmtion*,) To Make Black 
barry Wino t l*n»lnnn Blend 'i’u BanUh Rr ft Ant# , To Pro* 
nerve Frrwli Mrwt; femion Kxtrart , Renovating Wall Paj^r; 
To Baui*li AuU from Apartment*... . .. .... . y.»I 
Bc iKVflFIC *>L> UniiMlt..—(fre»*lng Wagon* • Uieful And BeJen 
tin- item*.-Knting Ffgt with Artificial Tvtlh, Form of Tnihka 
of Tree*. Giant Powder. ArtlbHnl Ebony. Salting Butter, A 
New Enmtir, Letul in Vermont, Lighting tho Stomach, Tnn 
lhuk. New Wav to Skim Milk....... ...491 
Uvgiknjf layouMATioa. Don’t Bathe Ton Murb : About Felon* ; 
Alter Dinner Napa, Snnll.iwir Seed Tea, Smoking had for 
children. A f ertnin-i'nr.* for Small Pux Rouiudy i«r Colic, 
Cholera, Ac.; SmiUn-HiLa Cure.. ....ft*)| 
KlMT'iHlAl.s, F.ix? — Stock Improvement A nunc in flow,, What do 
tho Flo tali Tone IF Rural Note* nnd Qurttivk— Notice to CoiTo 
K|H>ml. i»tA, The Moral In thu Pacific Stntv*. The Country Clieiwn 
Market. Tha 3ucomaTax, Hand Cider Mill*, The Iowa Iloimi 
stead, Wool Mm himiry, Su« kering Corn; I nrl u#> t r in I iSodotlo; 
The Season.. ...... it vjt 
Fiici.n SeoaTK.--Grouw Shooting -Aupuit Sport with »rm Cnn. 
<111 iiwtriiUirlJ.. . . . r .. ..4U.1 
STUJtlKH F*»U Rl KAUMi.—Koj'hio’* THlll..... .4l*X 
Cjiuicr Mho ih.i.asv.-TIhi Priellr. liupirntlon ; IlnpplneA*^ Sand 
wichen . . . .. ... . . 101 
Lauiks’ Pomt ToI.UK FoffAken (Poetry';) Don't Tell the Girl* 
Green lam I Wpea , A Hindoo Wi.lower; Lit Hu Childirn ; Our 
Spice Box . ...... *. ..4<». r k 
Mookm ano M aisnkicv. -On tint Way* Answer* toCODCApondOi)t*.405 
Sariiatii Rkaiiinu.-S ulrhnlh In the Country (Poetry ,) Culture 
of the Whole Man l>'ok Ip. So You Might lmvelken .... 49f> 
FI kwh ov thk Wkkk.—f)ntna»tlr. h'rtv*— Including New* from 
WiUiliingtoti, New York, Maine, New Hampahtro, Vermont, 
MaKU»ehu*cttis ConmiftleuL New Jersey, i'oftnaylvniiia, Dda 
ware, Virginia, North f nrolma, Teoirex ee, hemueky.Ohio, llli- 
tiula, Mieiiijntn, Iowa, Miar.ruiri, kunniK, Nebrn-ka, Utah. Colo 1 
rado, Ne»v Mexico, Arizona CoiMim nccmcnt* and Aunivcnaa 
rice ; Foreign New* including Now* from Great Britain nnd 
Spain. ....480, 497 
The MAUKirra, Money nnd Stock*, Produen nnd PrOvlahma; 
Livo Stock......... ......497 
Pkkson al Itrmh.— interesting Peraoiifll Brovltlo*.498 
Nxws ami Novm.tik*. —Containing Right Item* 498 
Thu Nkwu Coniik.nhkk.—O ver Sixty f«nto Intonating UrovUloa,499 
Foil Youhta Pioru.— A Rainy D»*y (Poclrv;) Tlia Dear Old 
GramlrnothtiT , Gutla Percbu , P»luting (Him tinted ;) Cunning 
of tho Fo* . ... . . ..ISOO 
Tiik Plusalak. Rclaio, Enigma*, Kiddle, Auagramt*, Etc.600 
YV it and lli’Moit.—Glimpsesy*f Geiiin.s ..fiHO I 
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;-ssj?v!s 
SATURDAY, JULY El, 1869, 
The Country Cheese .Mnrket. — There were 
about 1,300 boxes farm dairies on delivery at Bin 
Little Falls Market, for the week ending July 
2ttli, nt prices ranging from 1.1 to llqe. There 
was a smaller number of factorym.cn present 
than usual, and the market was not very brisk. 
Only a few sales were made of factory cheese, 
many concluding to hold over for bettor prices. 
We report, the sales made of factory as follows: 
Union of Palatine, lie.; iItsoqtlolt, 11 , o.; Bnydor 
AMaxileld, I4?;e.; Davis, U%es.; Fuirfield Asso¬ 
ciation, lac.; firuiih Creek, lac. 1 ; Newville, l, r >e.; 
Cold Crock, lac.; Norlli Fairlicld, 16Jfc. 
There was no butter in market. Tbo weather 
is now hot. nud tiiere is prospect of havlnfr a 
chance at the hay harvest. It lias been so rainy 
up to llie lDI.li July, that very little grass lias 
been, as yet, cut In Herkimer. Grass is very 
heavy, and much of it is down. Pastures are 
comparatively short for so wet a season, and the 
herds arc shrinking in their yield of milk very 
considerably. 
Wo have advices from abroud to the second 
week in July. 
Our Liverpool correspondent says that tlic ar¬ 
rivals of cheese have been on a large scale for 
the season, with the prospect of still further in¬ 
crease, 'Hie trade have not met buyers freely, 
causing a decime. The imports show- a decided 
improvement in quality upon any prev ious one 
this season, nnd this, with the lower rales, it is 
expected will create n considerable increase in 
consumption. 
\Ve gtvo Liverpool quotations as follows: 
Fine fnetmv, OS to 70s. per cvvt,; very good, 05 to 
07s.; good, 00 to 05s., medium, 53 to 00s. Exports 
from New York to Great Britain, from May 15th 
to June Kith, 49,558 boxes; from June 1SSl.li to 
June 19th, 33,909 l» MS, The imports Into Liver¬ 
pool from June l e to June Sftlh, ware 47,490 
boxes; from Juin/25th to July 2d, 32,735 boxes, 
making a total of 30,225 boxes to Liverpool. For 
same time last year, the imports into Liverpool 
w-ere 38,710 boxes. \. v. w. 
STOCK IMPROVEMENT ASS0CIA 
TIONS. 
J’lfERis are oi’ganizations of this kititl in 
several States whose object is to purchase at 
home, or impurt, animals of tho best breeds 
of cattle, horses, sheep, swine, etc., for the 
purpose of improving the stock of neighbor¬ 
hoods. The capital stock of these associa¬ 
tions is subscribed ; each stockholder having 
votes according to the number of shares lie 
may hold, which, number is generally lim¬ 
ited. Officers arc mooted, tlm capital, or a 
per cent, of it paid in, a committee elected 
to make purchases, subject t< i the. insl rucl ions 
given them, and at a specified time, of which 
notice is to be given to each stockholder, the 
animals thus acquired py purchase arc sold 
at public auction, upon sucli terms as a 
majority of the stockholders may elect, and 
the proceeds of iho sale divided pro rata 
among the members of the association, ac¬ 
cording to the number of shares respectively 
held. 
Thus much m answer to an inquiry re- 
Ceutly received at this office as to the organ¬ 
ization of such associations. \Ve know of 
no failure to secure marked improvement in 
the stock of localities where such means 
have been adopted with that object. And 
profits have uniformly, so far as we have 
knowledge, resulted to the stockholders. It 
secures to the herds of a neighborhood of 
farmers the infusion of flic best blood where 
it would not he practicable to do so by indi¬ 
vidual enterprise. It divides risks, combines 
the interests of a neighborhood and awakens 
there a spirit of improvement •which it would 
be impossible to stir by other means. \Vo 
regard it a matter of not a little importance 
to the stock interests of tho country that 
attention he called to the advantages deriv¬ 
able from such associations. 
La Fayette, Onondaga Go., >. V., July 20.— 
Wvntlier plcusnut and temperate; crops back¬ 
ward in maturing owing to late rainy weather. 
Wheat and spring grain promise an unusually 
large yield; hay an average crop. Corn is 
rapidly improving. Potatoes good thus far 
fruit seems dropping off considerably, m. u. x. 
Guilford, IV. V., Ghen, Go., July 21. Haying 
fairly commenced; crop excellent. We ha ve hud 
rain for the past three or four weeks. Very 
little corn here will get hoed the second time. 
Wool mostly sold at 40 to 44c. Butter, 35 to 40c.; 
eggs, 20c.; potatoes,50c.; calves,$8 to*10. Specu¬ 
lators are buying latnbstobc taken in Septem¬ 
ber or October, at #3.50 to #3.50.— m. e. m. 
Uluirton, ln-1., July IS, The spring has been 
cool, wot and backward. There was a large 
breadth of corn planted, but it is as a rule small 
and backward : winter wheat is good, but hard 
10 cut; spring wheat poor; grass good; oats 
and flux are good; the apple and peach crop 
right; other small fruits good; potato crop is 
badly rot I mg. N. 0. 
■ lain. Ulrhnrdiioii Go., Nebraska, July 12- -We 
have bad very wel weather all spring and sum¬ 
mer. W heat tails fair for an average crop, hut has 
been damaged some bj rust and grasshoppers. 
Corn is very good. Oats are heavy and well 
tilled. Tho grasshopper* have u:l left for the 
Northeast. We will have an abundance of wild 
trull, such as plums, cherries, Ac., but no 
peaches, c. w. s. 
Houston Station, Del., July If).—We have had 
dry weather lien* this so in tiler, lints far, which 
has hurt vegetables very much, particularly 
early potatoes. Guru has not suffered much, 
and is looking well. Wheat, a good crop, and is 
worth #1,30 per bushel. Peaches, it jg thought, 
have been injured by tho drouth. Hale’s Early 
begin to ripen a little. Most of the peaches have 
been contracted, at thirty-live cents per basket, 
delivered at the depot.—it. n. w. 
Da rri tig toil, Votes Go., iV. V., July 13, But 
few days have passed In the past two weeks that 
have not brought showers of rain and heavy 
dews at night, rendering the gathering of the 
red clover a tedious operation; much that has 
been greatly damaged. Spring grain looks 
splendid, of extra growth, aud dark green color. 
Wheat harvest, along the shores of Seneca and 
Keuka lakes, will commence In a few dajis. Corn 
growing finely.—L. a. s. 
lYewfiehl, A. J., July 15.—The crops of South 
Jersey are excellent. A large quantity of liuy 
was damaged by rains. Wheat better than usual 
and corp promising. Berry pickers are earning 
from #1.50 to #3 per day, Peach trees aro loaded. 
My ncaresL neighbor has had six crops of peaches 
from tbo same trees during the past seven years. 
If peach orchards only have proper attention, 
t hey do as w ell here, and are as long-lived, as in 
Deluwurc. w. r. K. 
mi Greek, Warren Go., III., July 13. -Corn 
very poor, and sickly looking generally; cause, 
rotted in the ground, grub-worms, and choked 
with weeds. Many fields will go back into the 
ground with the weeds; but while tbo present 
crop is going hack, the price of okl crop has ad¬ 
vanced from thirty-live to sixty Cents per bushel. 
Wheat universally damaged here by what is 
called the blight or scab, owing to the constant 
wel weather. Harvest Is Just setting in. ltaius 
arc slopping t.lie harvest, and blight, rust, &c„ 
xv ill go on—M. F. s. 
Tiffin, Ohio, July 17.—We are now iti the midst 
of wheat harvest, (about one week later than 
usual). The prospect till within two weeks for 
an excellent and bountiful crop was regarded as 
never better. But lodging and rust, with the 
continuous wet weather, must seriously affect 
both quantity and quality. Corn, except on the 
dryest soils, will not make half a crop; oats look 
fine aud fruit prospects arc fair. Many a 
“reaper” is being “swamped” and the grain 
cradle must lie resorted to. Harvest will be 
tedious und hay budJy damaged.—j. s. 
Dover, Kent Co., Del., July 10.— The season 
has been very favorable for wheat and oats; all 
harvested in fine order. The yield of wheat is 
large and of prime qua lily. Corn does not look 
as xvell as last year at this season, for want ot 
sufficient rain. Small fruits in great abundance. 
A very fair crop of apples. The peach crop will 
be very large; Halt’.-Early will be marketed 
t his week. The Early Goodrich potato does not 
yield well; but the Peach Blow is at home here; 
they yield largely, and tho quality cannot be 
surpassed. Wheat, #1.25 to #1.50; corn, 90c.; oats, 
50c,; butter, from 30 to 40e.; lard, 28c.; eggs, 22e,; 
new potatoes, 65 to 70c.—xv. H. i>. 
Oak Grove, Lawrence Co., Pa., July lO.—The 
season has been very wet. Com as a general 
thing is poor. A great deal of late corn was 
planted. The cut-worms took the first and in 
some places the second planting. Too wet to 
work corn; Lawrence county won’t give half a 
crop. Wheat harvest has commenced: a very 
large crop. We hear that wheat is growing. The 
The Income Tax, and how some rich tnen are 
too poor to pay it. has of late been pretty thor¬ 
oughly ventilated by tho New York Tribune 
daily newspaper whereby good service hath 
been done to the public. By publishing a very 
complete list of the income ret urns in New York 
City and vicinity, and also a Jist of “Poor Itieli 
Men” — rich men who pay little or no tax the 
Tribune has shown that a good many prosperous 
people are either poor book-keepers, or have bad 
memories or elastic consciences. Served them 
right l “ Lash the rascals,” etc. 
HALF-YEARLY VOYAGE—“ALL ABOARD !” 
At.i. its Ueapeus — Agents, Subscribers, Borrow¬ 
ers, &e.,—will observe that a new Hull Volume of the 
RukaIj New-Yorker commenced July 3rd, under 
the most favorable auspices, and with a renewed 
detisrniimition to more lull}- manifest the spirit of 
Its glorious Motto, "Excelsior,” and laudable Ob¬ 
jects, "Progress and Improvement,'' Tho success of 
the Enlarged and Improved ltL’llAT. has already been 
so substantial and decided, and its prospects are now 
so tlatterlng, that wo are encouraged to mnko still 
greater efforts to augment .ta value aud accepta¬ 
bility. and thus more llr.mty estubiish its reputation 
ns the Best journal, of its Glass. 
Agents and all Other earnest friends of the IlttRAi, 
are reminded that Urn present is a favorable time to 
add to Its circulation, the beginning of the new Half 
Volume being a good starting point for cither Yearly 
or Half-Yearly subscribers. Thousands would try 
the paper for a half year (July ta January,) if only 
asked by a friend or townsman, and we trust every 
Agent and Subscriber Will hear this fact in tniml, und 
kindly lend their Influence in that direction, so far 
as convenient rememburtng that every new sub. 
serlption will aid us to make the paper more accept¬ 
able and valuable to all Its readers. Certainly, when 
abundant crops are being vouchsafed Fanners and 
Planters in almost every section of the Union, the 
services of tho Kpual N».w - Yorker, nnd other 
journals which seek to enhance the bust. Interests of 
producers, arc worthy of substantial recognition, 
lienee, asking no putnmogi, its such, but only that 
support to winch it is entitled upon Its merits und 
value, wo present tho cluinis of this Journal to all 
who know and approve its character and objects. 
WHAT DO THE FLOODS TEACH? 
Hand Gldcr Mill*. — (1L L. N.) You, nnd others 
interested, will find the advertisements of two 
mills in this paper— Hickok’s Keystone, and 
Hutchinson’s Family Cider and Wine Mill. 
Both have been described and commended in 
former volumes of tho Rural, and we presume 
they aro at least as good as when first intro¬ 
duced, if not greatly improved. 
Our correspondents tell a remarkably 
uniform story concerning the season—“ coid 
and wet.” That is tho hurt hen of their re¬ 
ports; and the consequences to the crops 
are natural and inevitable. The season is 
wet, and therefore cold. The enormous 
quantity of water in the soil tola: evaporated 
creates a cold surface soil and a cold at¬ 
mosphere. Crops are good on drained lands. 
Even corn, which does not flourish in a cold 
season, looks well on soils naturally, or arti¬ 
ficially, and thoroughly drained. Who wins, 
therefore, this season ? The farmer who be¬ 
lieves in and practices underdmining. Js 
not that the lesson the floods teach ? 
What, per cent, increase of crop might the 
farmers of the country have secured had the 
rain which has fallen passed directly through 
the soil to a depth of three or more feet into 
ample water-ways, leaving in the land the 
fertilizing properties it is known to contain V 
Immediate benefits from tlus natural irriga¬ 
tion would have resulted to crops, instead of 
the disaster of which such uniform com¬ 
plaint is made. We do not propose to read 
farmers a homily with this text, nor upbraid 
them, and say to those who neglect to un- 
derdrain, “ good enough for youwe simply 
call their attention to the disastrous facts 
which awaken their solicitude, and ask 
whether they teach any lesson worth the 
learning. 
The Iowa Hoinc*t«tn<l.—5Ve notice that Qtlr 
old friend Wm. T)c am: Wilson has assumed tin- 
puoUcatlon and eaitoriul control of the town 
Homestead, published at Des Moines. Mr. 
Wilson hits had a long experience as an editor 
and has boon Intimately indentitied with the 
agricultural interests of Iowa, and will make a 
paper that Iowuns will be proud to support. 
Wool Machinery. If Levi Price, Deluvan 
III., will write to CHARLES H. Rosknstiel, Free¬ 
port III., inclosing stamp to pay return postage, 
lie will get reliable information upon the sub¬ 
ject of im inquiry. 
flickering Gorn, —J, Martin says the corn in 
his fields is throwing up a great number of 
suckers, and his neighbors advise him to pull 
them up. What would wo doV We would puli 
them out and feed them to tho hogs or horses. 
l.ocnl Glub Agent*. —Wo want a live, wide-atvake 
agent for the Rural in every town where there is 
none. Reader, if you cannot aet as such, please 
induce your I*. M.or some influential friend to do so. 
INDUSTRIAL SOCIETIES, 
The New Jer»cy State Ag. Soc.’s Fair is to be 
held at Waverly, Sept. 21.22, 23 aud 24. 
Tlic Inrliann State Fair for 18C9 is to "be held ut 
Indianapolis, commencing September 27 and 
continuing the entire week. 
Middlesex Go., Gonn., Ag. Soc.—The fair of 
this society is to be held at Middletown, Conn., 
September 28.29 and 30, and October 1. E. Rock¬ 
well Secretary and Treasurer. 
BUSINESS NOTICES 
The Grent Draper Trial nt Louisville, Ky.— 
The great trial of Reapers and Mowers near this 
city commenced on the 29th ult., and continued 
four days. About thirty machines were entered. 
THE rRI7,E AWARDED. 
The groat reaping and mowing trial which en¬ 
gaged the attention of our agricultural commu¬ 
nity during the past week, has resulted in award¬ 
ing the premium as follows;—To Dodge & Ste¬ 
venson Manufacturing Company of Auburn, 
X, Y., the “Dodge Harvester,” entered by G. B- 
rnd C. Smith, General Agents for Ohio, Ken¬ 
tucky and Indiana, principal offices at Wooster 
and Marion, Ohio, agold medal of honor, valued 
at #150, for the best Combined Reaper aud Mower 
and Self Raker. 
The trial was the closest contest ever made on 
this continent, iind tlic decision of the Commit¬ 
tee was made after the most thorough tests and 
examination of the work as it progressed, and 
of the ground afterward. We believe it gener¬ 
ally meets with favor, — JmuusvMv (Ky-) Kve- 
Express. 
TO WHEAT GROWERS. 
our descriptive price-list of GnoicE Seed 
Wheats is Issued, and will be mailed free to any 
one desiring, on receipt, of address. We offer a selec¬ 
tion uf very superior varieties, und a very prime arti¬ 
cle of pure, clean wheat. EDWARD J. EVANS & 
CO., Nursery men and Seedsmen, York, Pa. 
RURAL NOTES AND QUERIES, 
FRESH AS A MAIDEN’S BLUSH 
Cotton Premium* in Mo.—Some of the mer¬ 
chants of St. Louis have made up a purse of 
#1,000, to which the St. Louis Agricultural and 
Mechanical Association has added #250, to bn 
offered as two premiums for tho “best cotton, 
the product of ihe State of Missouri,"—gentle¬ 
men from tho “laud of cotton” to be selected 
as judges. __ 
The Goltimbiis Co., Wis., Ag. K«c. holds its 
eighteenth fair at Columbus September 22, 23 
and 24. Officers of the society:— President —F. 
C. Curtis, Lowvitic. Vire-Pretsidrnts— H. S. Has¬ 
kell, Portage: JamesT. Lewis,Columbia. Treas¬ 
urer—J. Q, Adams, Columbus. Sccntaru—C, C. 
Britt, Portage. 
Notice to Correspondent*.— All communica¬ 
tions, inquiries, etc., intended for the Editorial 
Department of the Rural, should be addressed 
to D. D. T. Moore, 11 Park Row , New York (My, 
and not to Rochester. The principal publication 
office of the Rural is in New York. 
Is the pure peachy Complexion which follows the 
use of Hagan’s Magnolia Did it* U Is tlio True Secret 
of Beauty. Fashionable Ladies ta Society under¬ 
stand this. 
The Magnolia Balm changes the rustic Country 
Girl into a City Bello more rapidly than any other 
one tiling. 
Redness, Sunburn. Tan, Freckles Blotches and all 
effect* ot mo Summer Son disappear when ft is used, 
and a genial, • ultlvuted, fresh expression is obtained 
which rivals the Bloom of Youth. Beauty is possible 
to all who will Invest 75 cants at any respectable store 
and Insist uu getting the Magnolia Balm. 
The Rural in the Pacific Stales. — For months 
past, and especially since the completion of the 
great iron artery connecting the Atlantic and 
Pacific coasts, the Rural has received many 
and frequent accessions to its subscription list 
from the States and Territories beyond the 
Rocky Mountains. Tin? facilities for reaching 
our friends on the Pacific arc now such as to 
Tlsu nothing but Lyun’s Kathairon to dress the 
Ilulr. 
