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CONTENTS OF THIS NUMBER. 
fi^aici'LTOSK.—The Plant rad FI r,«r«r Trade mioitrated;) Eauy** 0 
A A' V *° j Savin* and Sowing Farb.ii Swd ; 
A.rvi'w >> lilt* Wttwnv; I'ftuloMtiU fmperluUi; Tut»r'»*.MH, $02 
F’ti i. Cliora. WtaMi.r ml Crum-A,ia*lp from the Nnrlhwr»t, 
Wlml liu limn. loUt.. an l.rr<|dlnn to tin* General Ruin. 
Effort. «r Rain<>a rrnlla, Fraa in tin. f*ort»tre.t } Corn Culture 
. "r. JHir 0 . T# r , M ". ll,m .V Mauling a Swon.f Crow of Fotu- 
to. !.; r XV hat All. the Hope ; A New Kind of Cotton i Early 
V°^f , Points* j (ittetrgU Whew!; 
A binjck Uoutr ItoMi, Onua.... . . . ^ 
FixfHMilif.nn j Why %vc <;row 
{- tinjjlca; To Feed ii Young 
Fakm Komowr -Boit AnUywUj M«n,™.,t of fi»dyMI.| 
Fnaac HrenAeoity.—The Wool Exoo.no.n., Why wr Grow 
Heavy Wool i Wool Kutl.tln | &uii|>l<u; To Feed „ Voiin* 
... .. 
1 * J'ut'r ray.yAiin, \ Cli»|rli-r on Genie The American Wild 
, „ ' (llln.iMl.d ,) Krj.erinito Buying Keg., Tramnortnlimi 
SJ, ten* A K» "i inquiry "hout Burk. ; Flyeorie—ItilWf matloti 
" “***' • A ••urlouvKsgj Cajww In Turkey*; (lapm In Chickotie.tUS 
Fimonooicar..—A Mirlifarart Blark Sweet Cherry, An Ohio Chiirry, 
1 nlHIyo. Til. I.iyl.t f.Jor,.l Swr.i Clnrri.-. Tiic Dolma 
Alnria(llltmrntcil i Savdliriga, Mrjtiaut Kv«fU#nrfijtr Strawberry 
,r m*.' *wither Volt Kti : . !r .In m Vom 
?r nt .L I , tnn F? ' filuclcbrrry Kiimui; Goto.-Wry 
J. *• .Y'' of “W '*'b« J’rtt.nc >inn«r Strawberry : The 
Earth Almond. ..V _»4 
Aliio.Klon.r. OK. What tny Neighbor. Say ; High and le.w 
Head.; Hwari |v»r Culture.; Tame Chirrleaun WUd Slack. . 
boil frofip oil 7 fvm , .Ih[hmi Tfort.....M )4 
Diacinwnan. New York Farmer. ’ rial#—l.im. h.r Itre.f., Slinlo 
n* an p.^troyor, A nr Uhubtrb Lknvoh PoUonoin. |>.n K 
jalnnd Mir Bug ICcmedv. CMrl.«n ljh»l<trt. Itvw mi«f VruU. 
r.xjHTi#«n«tt hUIi FiwI»,T.i Men.I Rubin r I loftO, <iapc. • urr, 
Japnu l.lly Uullu« '♦f idloll, K'ufly Qnurn 1 ‘ntiitom. Chflf>jdt’if 
M L * lV.t«t«MA, C-rMikln^ JVu<|f blow*, I’rimu.*- 
nook, A K«d Rtihtmi KlUutlmiy lilwkliprry,.,505 
SciKNTfPi': AND C^Krt’faa T’*m t»f PltjM'r in JrtpMi ; l/ftfiftil nnd 
^ le.itil.c Jta .,,,1 -N,.w .>i*r.urii «1 for Pmin-t, To ObUin Oxv^on 
Vdbout Apldyln- Ueut. To Bronx.. f*uf..-lu!u btimewnre, ktr,, 
Y^tilrifujrrt! R«tr«i't/ir n, r Winn m.d Cider V ikiuj% Ah 
A niuriunii O'.iin I nhl#, J'Jumbmo m n l.nhrlmtor for nil Mu- 
cUliiory, Ink for WiUiug on OUm, Gr»ti»I*fom- ... . MB 
Ewtomolooioai., I'eAuBugn—The CurmtJn, or Plum Weevil { 
] lufM'-J Inn t Sn*W« j ’i o Cutdi J’.mif, lints* 5 1 lie Borer.M»5 
I>xikv Ht T, iPAM*icv, Dniryinc /n Cnnitdn I r iri.t Krport of tlm 
< it mid nut IlnlfymroV AMM>cJntbin r fmjM.rf^pt Hub for Cow* 
♦luetiuK n JMiry, 3 oeurir.r Pnrltv of f lavor in C1 uh»*m* ; Cod 
voniont Dairy Bar da ..' ,..f/Mi 
7 he JIkimu.m a*.— ' Tmaiineiil of Calvot ..60b 
7’iik lloitxftMAH.—ll.ihernr IIHifU Pulling • Breeding Mi»fe*s To 
Bieiik n JJonw of Pulling f\l tbu IIniter. ... 
Bomkhtic Uc.inihy, Oho Wom«nV (rtrtbw—Cod flub, lettuce 
Buuee, ^ookln,'- Uhuh.irh, Soidq Orderly Notiouii; Diwnnh'd 
^ utrimetitIJuft t*j iiinki Cnifi.n A W«*hlnis Humbug; Pacli- 
Itig Picklr- Tn Hrttiitv f ’ulur in i.<wdi; Kxtrnrt of i.<Ltoon ; 
7o Kresfn'ii Hum; Cunning Fruit; Panning Tomulora and 
JVitrhou, ... a. -- .......... . 607 
pint K’rr.Ti mk, Fkb Culturn : I—Brook or Speckled Trout, Arti¬ 
ficial Propagation, Water. . . ,,, ..607 
The Swi.Nt. Hvuo.—Soinctlilng'nbout Hoj*'; The Cheater White 
Pig; doctor "tid l.v.ux Ho^a, Cooking l’ottt toe,■« forSwiun; A 
Large Pig; Kidney Worm* in Swine.. .. -.607 
Eimtouiaia, KtC. The ToUl Iv liprwi ; Iturnl Note# and Qturlo* 
—The Plant and >lower Trado >>f V. V. Citv, Another Pro 
tended Mt*>vapti|Hir Agent, The N. Y. Dully Tltnr*. Who nrn 
AtiH-Kenb-r#. ( ounbtrlbit Nnt<», C» ntr«l Michigan, j'Uu Coun¬ 
try ClieoAf Market, Public Situ nf Imjinri#.! Poultry ; luduft 
trial SocloliiM ; Tim Sen«ou. ... .... . 6 U 9 
The Tha vKi.r.tt.—On the Way; Cttftcnde Scenery: Knc.U Com 
jtaruUve*. .. ,, ..... ^ 
Btoiu tiH von Kur.Ai.n.m.—Thr Wo If. Fighter. 609 , MO 
BtK’tAt Tort.-r.. -|,l»t tn the .Storm (I'milry ;) Work v*. Worrv ; 
Jiow the Tutko Work ;. Hint* for llii»bnndt , Table Talk: 
Luxurio* . ... .610 
Ladien’ Port-Polio.- Sorrow (Poetry;! Flirting Defined; Do- 
nieatiu Life lu India; (lokstpy Paragmphi.....Ml 
Choice Minctl,t,A-NV. -To-I)ay and To Morrow (Poetry;) Learn 
to Stoop; Advantage ol Travel; ItmtlHrt without Brniiit ; liolift. . 
IVIen ; A ll'*nn‘‘a Helping Hand ; for h Happy Home..Ml 1 
Bad hath IUadim*.—M y Karthly Wing* (Poetry ;) F.very Day 
Puiiviiopli.v , DLcmir.igeiueiil , ■ ............ .| f 
Nkw« ov thr Week.— DiihiHic Nf«>. Including New'* from \ 
W»«hlngtoti, .\ow York, Maine, \»w Hamprhlrc, Vermont, 
MawMcliUkrOA, Rhod* lalnnd, Comiurlieut, New Jemov, Penn. l 
ft,vl vanla, Maryland, Virginia, North Carolina, Houtli Carolina, 1 
i . fri.i .. \i............ . . .i : mi 
“PROCRESS AND IMPROVEMENT.” k 
MOORE'S RURAL NEW-YORKER, 
AN OltlGIXAI. WEEKLY 
RURAL, LITERARY AND FAMILY NEWbTAI’RR. 
D. D. T. inooitE, 
Conducting EditOP itml I J i-opi-ietor. 
CHAS. D. BRACDON, C. F. WILCOX. A. A. HOPKINS, 
Associate Kditohs. 
HENRY S. RANDALL, LL. D„ 
Editor op tiic Dcr.mck.iT of Such- Hl'ahaadby, 
X. A. WILLARD, A. M., 
Editor of run Dki aiiTMCm of Uairv Hi abandry 
DANIEL LEE, M. D., 
Of Tkkakbskk, Soithkrn CoiutccFovutno Editor. 
Special C'oairibntors : 
I Indeed, we have heard of Instances in which in¬ 
dividuals have expended as high as $ 0,000 for 
floral decorations at a single party! Though 
this seems extravagant, It is preferable to the 
fashion of those who, on certain festive occa¬ 
sions, spend large suras for Champagne, Bourhon, 
and other miiid-hcfogglng and depleting lever¬ 
ages. Head the article on first page, and observe 
the fine engraving of Hexpehson’s Model Prop¬ 
agating and Greeu-Ilouses, the largest of the 
Rind, probably, in this country. 
p. bakrt, 
II. T. IJHOOKS, 
•J. II. HODGE, 
r. It. KI.IJOTT, 
i/OHACE OIIEEI.EV, 
•I- HTANTON liOl.I.II, 
“NOW AND THEN," 
T. C. PETERS, 
(HAS. v. ftll.EY, 
E. W. STEWART, 
.IAME.S VICK, 
J. WII,HIXSON, 
AIKS. E. E. CLOUT, 
-MARY A. J;, WAGER. 
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and Agents, Kivu copio* for : Seven, and one Ireo 
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Tlie best, way to remit is by Draft or Pout-Office 
Money Order,—and nil Drafts and Orders made puy- 
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charged according to position. No advertisement in¬ 
serted for less than ?o. 
Joimff h) ii' 
BATDBDAT, A I OUST ?, 1869 
TOTAL ECLIPSE OF THE SUN. 
•.nijiitiiii, < o»‘oin| ”rm l iironuu, sxmiiij k.ariMina, 
Georgia. H'lHHn, L'm)*intm, Tcunui* vu, Ohio, Illi- 
iioU, Mirlil^ikOi Mamc»olii, Iuwa, Al'aaoml, ArknriMtu, 'J'pxiij, 
(Julilbrnbi, (BcpOU... ..MV, 613 
Tiik Makkuta, Money ami Blorlm; Fmdur* nnd Provkloni; 
LI vo Stock. .... ....... 613 
Tin Hmvikwmii. —Nf»w Pitl>llrA.tloo» Kevluwwl.,?,M 
l'mtrtONAL iTXAtft,—Iutrrf^toig perfto&til BruvUluft.,.,.61-1 
Niiws anh Nov*UTIr>.—C otjtillnlnff Five lUmift.,.,,.6M 
7 iik Nsw» CoNbkNhKu.—Over Kivly Lftto Int«rc#UiiK Bruvllli*N.516 
Ion Young Pnori.*.—JolmnirV N*Mt lUuUng (Poetry:) Tim 
Children^ Wigwam (IIIu*tr«t4Jtl ;) filrl* In lb>lltt \ Hilda’* 
Mouse; Rural Four Yoar-Olilft.. ..*,616 
7'jiic Puzzi.ku.—Eni^man, Rebus, Dtvjriiitation, Anagram, Etc...,MG 
Wit and Hl'mou.—G limpsp* nf Denim...MTi 
§t* ^nblisbcr’s pesh. 
TO OHIO AND INDIANA SUBSCRIBERS. 
K ii nils Oiirnrd In Hie lUnll.—The Mail Cur 
which was burned near Port Jervis, (Erie Hallway,) 
July Utli, contained several thousand copies of the 
Rural New-Y obkek or July 17tU. for subscribers 
in Ohio mid Indiana. As these papers were ile- 
ntroyoil, >ve have printed nn extra edition of that 
number, and mailed copies (so far as we could ascer¬ 
tain,) to all subscribers Whoso papers were burned. 
Any of our triemts In Ohio or Indiana who have not 
yet received the missing number will be supplied on 
notifying us of the failure. Those who have written 
tis concerning the failure will please note its cause, 
and that, though not our fault, wo replace the lost 
papers at our own.expense. 
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Subscribe Now ! Why Wuil f —Daily wo re¬ 
ceive letters from, agents and other friends of the 
Rural, saying they shall double or largely increase 
their lists next year, that they already have many 
now subscribers engaged, mul so on. This ts very 
gratifying, us It evinces the increasing popularity of 
the paper, and shows that our efforts to make the 
Best Weekly in America are appreciated. But 
why wait until January? Club or single subscrip¬ 
tions can begin i,‘ any I linjc, and those who subscribe 
now (or Hopt. 1st) will get a vast amount of Interest¬ 
ing and useful reading before the present year ex¬ 
pires and the long evenings are coming on apace. 
XVe. will send the Kt n.w, from Hopt. 1 to thft end of 
the year and volume (seventeen papers) tor *1 per 
single copy, — or, in clubs of ton or more, at 85 cents 
per copy. So send on your orders, und advise your 
frieuds who want the Rural to do likewise. 
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A Hood und Cheap Binder for | lie Rural.- 
XVo have just completed such arrangements with 
the manufacturers of the Eureka Patent Selp- 
JJIMIKH that we can supply our subscribers, by mail 
or otherwise, at a low rate. The Eureka is the best, 
of nil (lie self-binders wo have examined, and just 
what those want who save the Rural for reference, 
(as all should.) The Eureka has board sides covered 
with morocco paper, cloth back, ar.tl gilt lettering, 
(Rural Nkw-YokkeiUuimI will bold;, half volume— 
twenty-sLx numbers. By an Ingenious arrangement 
each paper can bo Instantly uled, und is thus in book 
shape for reading. Sent by mall, prepaid, for $l.r,h; 
by Express, paid. M.76. Address all orders to the 
JiDilAL Office. 41 Park How, New York, of 62 BulbiJo 
St.. Rochester, X. Y., where the Hinder may bo ex¬ 
amined and procured. 
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l.ocnl Club Agent*. -We wantallvo, wide-awake 
Agent for iho Rural In every town where there is 
none. Header, If you caunot act as such, please 
induce your p. M.or some influential friend to do so. 
_BUSINESS NOTICES. 
“ FRESH AS A M.AIDEN’S BLUSH ” 
Is the puro peachy Complexion which follows the 
use of Hagan's Magnolia Halm. It is the True Secret 
•f Beauty. Fashionable Ladies In Society under¬ 
stand this. 
The Magnolia Halm changes the rustic Country 
Girl ''He » City Belle more rapidly than any other i 
one thing. t 
Hcdness, Sunburn, Tan, Freckles, Blotches and all , 
effects of the Summer Sun disappear when It Is used, ,| 
and a genial, cultivated, fresh expression is obtained 
which rivals the Bloom of Youth. Beauty is possible '. 
to all who will invest 75 cents at any respectable store 
and Insist on getting the Magnolia Balm. •• 
The total eclipse of the sun, which may 
i lie witnessed upon this seventh day of Au- 
, Rust over a large extent of our country, is so 
unusual an event as to deserve more than a 
pausing notice. Total eclipses, visible some¬ 
where on the earth, arc not, uncommon ; lint 
;t none have been visible throughout any con- 
3 siderablc portion of t he United Stales since 
1 1884, we believe, and astronomers tell us that 
, no others will lie visible lucre after this year 
' during the present century. Intense interest, 
therefore, attaches to the one occurring oil 
j the day this Rural bears date. 
Take a map and draw a line from Siberia 
! northeasterly across Behring’s Straits, then 
southeasterly, through part, ol‘ our new ter¬ 
ritory of Alaska, thence into British America 
and through Montana, Dakota, Nebraska, 
Iowa, Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky, Tennes¬ 
see, and North Carolina, and you have the 
track of total obscuration,—making a belt of 
country about one hundred and forty miles 
wide and nearly seven tlumsund miles long. 
As central points in this belt, where total 
obscuration will he longest,vve may mention 
Burlington and Des Moines, Iowa; .Spring- 
field and Shclbyville, 111.; Corydon and 
Washington, Ind.; Louisville, Ivy.; Bloitnts- 
ville and Union, Term.; Bristol, Va.; Wilkes- 
horo, Leesburg and Cape Hat tents, N. C.; 
but .as a total eclipse can at no place lust 
more than eight, minutus, and seldom exceeds 
half that time, the good people of these lo¬ 
calities, and the whole central line, will not 
be long in darkness. 
The gloom of total obscurity is unnatural, 
though somewhat less than that of a night, 
in the full of the moon. 11 is more marked, 
however, because of the quick transition 
from light, and is tinged with unusual colors, 
such as a light, olive, violet, or purple. 'When 
the body of the sun is completely hidden 
there appears aring of light surrounding the 
disc of the moon, which is called the corona, 
and which is peculiarly beautiful. Its color 
is sometimes a pal© yellow, sometimes white, 
and frequently of a rosy tint; and the radia- 1 
lions therefrom are sometimes very strongly ! 
marked. Red protuberances often issue i 
from behind the moon’s disc, resembling at > 
times irregular ranges of mountains, of ini- ' 
mouse elevation, at. other times appearing 
quite detached from the moon’s limb. These 
may he seen occasionally without the uid of 
a telescope. 1 
The number of astronomical expeditions c 
sent by Government and educational institu¬ 
tions to different points, to observe the <- 
eclipse in its totality, is assurance that e 
science will reap large benefits from to-day’s 
phenomenon, while the personal pleasure ^ 
derived by thousands of unschooled observ- i 
ers, with a hit of smoked glass only, will f 
doubtless be worth remembering in connec¬ 
tion with “ihc great eclipse.” 
Another Frelended .Yi;w*poprr Agent has been 
swindling the* people In ( ho vicinity of Monroe, 
Mich., whence u friend and would-be subscriber 
writes us(Jufy 111,) in this wise: 
"There Tin.* been a man all IhrotiRh here latetv 
setting subscribers t«your excellent Rural Nkvv- 
) (inn i n and muL'aximiH. Hein ntiinil .III .cur* old 
sundy whisker* and complexion, medium aize. The 
Janie* subscribed very liberally; in tact he Kot i 
larue number of subscriber!, to year paper, and for 
Western [riper* and ma«a/.liies. He called hi* Hama 
M . IJ lltnnani, H., received ea*h In advanr.- f. , r H u 
llie pttpers mul uugnzlnpg, Blouse hand him iiri.innt 
lor many pervnt* muiI for your paper. People from’ 
all pan* of Die town, east, west., north and south 
have been to the PnhWHIRm for their paper* until 
uii-i have hecau.e conviii«;ed that their monev i* lost 
I His Hide Is by rtiijueatot niauy.uwl from one wlm 
lost lier money. 
i 1 u answer to nil which wo can only say, 
what wo have reiterated for years, Hint, the Hu- 
it.u, line no tmnUu'j agente. and that, any one 
representi hit himself as such should be regarded 
as a swindler and treated accordingly—witll tar 
and feathers, inverted suspension, or a protract¬ 
ed view from behind the grates. We are as much 
amazed at i tic credulity of those who pay money 
to a st ranger for periodic Js, tus wo are surprtsod 
at the success ol the swindling sharpers—and 
while we wish the latter a “ hard road to travel," 
wo have little sympathy for tboir dupes. And 
.vet warning our readers against the swindlers is 
like Ibe minister lecturing his devout listeners 
about tiic sin of non-attendance upon Divine 
service—for the green people who are sold either 
"don't most always take and read the papers 
much,”or subscribe because the paper is offered 
at less than themUiui price. Wehuvo hoard of an 
adage which uaith “A tool and his money," fa;. 
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The New York Daily Times. If is announced 
that the position of editot-in-chicf of this lead¬ 
ing Metropolitan daily, vacated by tho recent 
death of its founder, Hon. Henry j. Raymond, 
is soon to be occupied by the Hon. John Digit- 
low, an editor and author of ability and high 
reputation, and romicriy United States Minister 
to France. Mr. Bigelow Is a gentleman of 
superior editor;: I capacity und experience, and 
will no doubt most aldy nnd worthily discharge 
Hie duties of the important position assumed. 
The Times has long been noted for Its ability, ' 
courtesy, enterprise, taste mid completeness; 
and the announcement that Mr. Bigelow Is to ! 
succeed Mr. RAYMOND —with such competent 
•and versatile aids as Messrs. Con ant, Norvki.l, 
Sheppard, SwiNTONand Pond— gives assurance 
i hat its enviable reputation is to be maintained. 
i- The Country Cheese .Mnrket. — The cheese 
r market at Little Falls for the week ending July 
h 31st wits brisk, with a slight, advance over last, 
e week's prices. The delivery or farm dairies 
- reached nearly 8,000 boxes, which were sold at 
, from 13,V to 14>;o. per pound. Tho factories 
- were well rejiresented, making sale of some 
0,000 boxes. We report sales as followsTurn- 
pike AaSCX iation, llk'c.; Brookman's Corners, 
■ 15c.; Danube Cold Spring, 13e.; Warren, HRc. 
Cold Spring of Palatine, IFtfo.; Union of 
Palatine, Ifltc.; Locust Grow, 14',c.; Zol- 
, ler, 13?ie.; Chuyier, HKc.; Newport, He.; 
Mohawk Valley, H’icg Corryl, HKc.; Cook Sc 
lv "-- 'Davis, 15c . Manh< fm, 15Mo.; North 
Fhirflold, l-Vqc.; Snell's Bush, latfc.; Middle- 
ville, 15c.; Norway Associat ion, lS's'c.; Avery & 
Ives, 15VC.; Smith Creek, 15Va; liullsvi'lle, 
IU 40 .; Old Fairfield. ta)Wc.: Brackett's Bridge, 
15\ic.; Cold Creek of Herkimer. l.'iVc.; Empire. 
15c.; Florida, 15o.; Van Hornsvillc, H>;e.; A. 
Butith A Co., 15o.; Ncwvilio, 15'.,e.; Hturkville, 
15e.; Top Notch, 14),fo. 
No butler at-the l.itl le Fallsmarkrl tin’s week. 
5V r e have advices from abroad to the third 
week in July. Otto Liverpool correspondent on 
tlie loth says that tho arrivals this week have J 
been on an unprecedentedly large scale, and 
coupled with a good supply from English farm¬ 
er:-, lias caused prices to further recede fully 
Is. ■(< cwl. But the full in prices lues stimulated 
an Ineroased demand, and there Is no difficulty 
in effecting a eleuranee of the market. Fine 
factory Jb quoted at, ivi to 60s. p cwl,.; very good 
at 01 to 03s.; good, 50 to tils. Tho Imports to 
Liverpool from June 1 st to July 01 h are put at 
n!),H7 boxes. For sumo time lust year 55,01.3 do. 
Total exports, from New York to Great Britain 
from May 15th to June80th, BJSJZffl boxes. 
Our London correspondent says that holders 
of Amerfeun cheese show a disposition to make 
a stand at about present rates, the quotations 
being, for extra American. 08 s. '() cwt.; good, 
60s.; secondary, 02s. The quotations of other 
styles arc <is follows; Now English Cheddar, 
78 to 8-ls.; Wiltshire double, 06 to 74s.; Cheshire, i 
70 to 80s.; Scotch, 7a to 70s.; Dutch cheese, I 
Edams, 44 to 52s.; Goudas, 44 to 52s.; Derby : 
shape, 52 to 50s. ( 
Tho best description of Normandy butter Is 1 
quoted 104 to 108s. p cwt..; Irisii (Cork’s) Riffs.; 
tffomwcll's, 107 to 108s.; Jersey, 80 to 5tts.-x. A. w. I t 
Pnljlle Hnto of Imported Poultry.—All our 
leaders interested In choice and fancy poultry 
are referred to advertisement of Mr. Gavit, 
announcing a public sale of over four hundred 
thorough-bred fowls, recently imported from 
Ireland, Th© fowls are from Mr. James C. 
Cooper of Limerick, who was awarded several 
lirst premiums ftt. tho late show of the N. Y. 
•State Poultry Society. 
THE SEASON. 
’ Who Are the Anti-Renter*? A Massachusetts 
correspondent asks who tho anti-renters are, 
why they are so called, and the cause of the 
i late anti-rent, disturbances. Inreply:—The Van 
i Rensselaer family, long prior to the Revolu¬ 
tion, received title to a vast estate in Albany 
and Rensselaer counties. These lands were let 
i to cultivators und their heirs under perpetual 
, leases involving llnijv.juu nt of perpetual rent. 
The anti-rent war grow out of these rent exac¬ 
tions and the restive ness of those who occupied 
, tho lands, because of the fact, that they had paid 
lor them over and over again and Improved 
them, and yet had and could get no title to 
them. Stimulated by designing politicians for 
political purposes the occupants of these lands 
refused to pay the rent, and thus grew the anti- 
rent war. 
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Counterfeit Note*. J. E. lUCKBtt, Whiting, 
Vt., sends us a copy of circular* received from 
New York, off ering for sale counterfeit United 
States Treasury Notes upon very enticing terms, 
a ml asks “Why these factories are allowed to 
carryon this business. Are tbey detectives in 
Government, service, or are they a gang of eoun- 
terfaltersi Can they boat-rested and dealt with, 
or is it known that such a gang is in existenceV" 
We are just about as wise as our correspondent 
so far as Kotowing what is doing to break up this 
business is concerned. We know that the "lh m" 
named in the circular has received attention 
trom the authorities here. A circular of this 
kind will do no harm to an honest man; and a 
rascal will flint ways to be vicious whether these 
circulars help him or not. We commend tho 
solicitude of our correspondent in the matter, 
however. 
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Central Michigan. — A letter from Sanford 
Howard. Esq., Secretary of the Michigan State 
Board of Agriculture, dated Lansing, July 27. 
says:—"I think there Is no doubt that a good 
crop of wheat has been grown in Michigan this 
season. Comparatively little of it. has been cut 
on account of the wet weather. The anxiety in 
regard to the weather is now great.- Under the 
unfavorable prospect, for Indian corn, it is of 
immense importance that the wheat crop be se¬ 
cured in good order." 
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INDUSTRIAL SOCIETIES. 
Tlie Hamilton Co., Ohio, Ag. Fair for 1809 is to , 
be held at Carthage the 7, 8, 9, 10 and 11th days 
of September. 
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The Steuben Co. Fair is to be held on the t 
Society’s grounds at Hath, Oct, fl-8, Annual ad- s 
dross, on the 8th, by i). D. T. Moure. • i 
j 
The Oregon State Fair is to be held at Salem, i 
Get. 11-10, instead of in Sept., as tirst. designated, c 
The premiums offered are numerous and liberal \ 
for so young a State. , 
RURAL NOTES AND QUERIES. 
Use nothing but Lyon’s Kathairoa to dress the 
Hair. 
The Plant nnd Flower Trade of New York City 
and vicinity, as delineated on our first page, is 
emphatically a "big thing." and will interest 
readers in both town and country. Our friends 
at a distance will he surprised at tho magnitude 
of the business* as shown by the figures given. 
Many a New-Yorker (not Rural) expends from 
$500 to £2,000 for flowers to decorate bis domicil 
on a gala occasion during the party-giving sea¬ 
son; and we are assured that some indulge in 
several such displays in the course of tho winter, j 
The Allegany Co. Fair is to be held at the So¬ 
ciety grounds at Angelica, Sept. 8th and 9th. 
Hon. M. B. Oh a m rerlain, Attorney-General 
[ of tho State of New York, is expected to de¬ 
liver tho annual address Sept. 9. 
The Connecticut River Valley Ag. Association 
holds its next annual lair at Brattleboro, Vt,, 
September 7,8and 9. The officers are. PrcxitJcnt — 
Chester Pike, Cornish, N'. II. Ti'camrer—C. 
W. Pierce, Oxford, N. H. Secretary— Frank M. 
Bailey, Fairlee, VI. Marshall— E. E. Jennings* 
Queehee, Vt. The annual address is to be de¬ 
livered by Prof. C. W. Cushing, Auburndale, 
Mass., the 8th. Music by the Germania band, 
Boston. 
( j fW e clestre to receive items concerning the season, 
crops and crop prospects, with market-prices of farm 
produce, from nil parts of the country for pu Id I ca¬ 
ts bon under this head. Kits. RURAL. 
e, Longstreet, Dcttoiu Parish, La,, July 20.—Cot¬ 
ie ton is looking very well. Recent rains hate 
n revived corn.— m. 
Sun Jose, kanIn Clnrn Co., Cal., July 12.— 
V Harvesting is well advanced. Grain is about 
an average crop in this county.— n. m. u. 
| Green leaf, Minn., July II. —Times good; 
' wheat looking fine; corn “nogood wild grass 
7 heavy; pretty wet. lately, but not to hurt.— 
: o. w. it. 
d 
,j Duvisboro, Washington Co., Gn„ July 11.— 
Crops suffering from drouth. Great heat now. 
f . Cotton, looks very well, and promises a heavy 
s yield.—j. t. 
_ keio, N. 1., July 20.— Very wet ; crops good 
except corn. We have got tlie best crop of grass 
t inec 1855, but very little haying lias been done 
, yet.—j m. t. 
i kt. Charles, Kane Co., III., July 1G.—Weather 
I very gloomy; the wettest season in twenty-live 
years. Small fruits plenty, but crop of orchard 
fruits light.—it. n. 
Columbia City., Ind., July 21. Very wet. 
Nearly all the crops are good. 1 have just fin¬ 
ished cutting my wheat. Wheat good ; also hay 
and oats; fruit in abundance.—j. s. 
Springport, N. Y. July 21.-The season here 
has been uuusuatly cold, wet nnd backward; 
corn very poor as a general thing; hay good, 
mostly secured in very good order. Oats and 
barley fair; wheat harvest just commenced, and 
is very good, with some complain t of rust. e. a. 
Franklin, Del, Co.,,Y.Y., July 26. — We have 
hod rather avoid, wet season; the hay crop is 
very heavy; although we have had little sun to 
make it wo have considerable wind to help, so 
wo are getting along quite well, lloed crops are 
very late; potatoes bid fair; corn poor. Oats 
and barley very flue.—w. l. 
Rochester, ^. Y., July 29.-The Rochester 
Chronicle of tho foregoing date says“ Yes¬ 
terday afternoon a violent hail storm visited 
the south part of tho city, extending as far 
north as Troup street. At ML Hope liail-stones 
as large us Alberta covered tlie ground, and con- I 
sidcrable damage was caused to the shrubbery, 
Au. On tho corner of Monroe and Alexander 
streets it was very severe. At the four-mile 
tavern on the river it was terrific, laying grain, 
grass and almost everything perfectly flat. Win¬ 
dow lights were broken and very great, damage 
done.” 
litirnhy, N. Y„ July 26.— The season in this 
section previous to June 25th was quite favor¬ 
able for doing farm work- although rather cold j 
and wet for moist land. The extreme drouths ( 
of t lie past two years, and the severe freezes in 
April last, have made old meadows a failure ex¬ 
cept for daisies and weeds. New seeded mead¬ 
ows, though very thin in May, will produce 1 
well. Oats and other spring grains are looking J 
well. There is a good prospect for fruit or all J 
kinds. On account of the destruction made by 
Hie wire worm for tlie past two years, a large ' 
breadth of land was plowed for buckwheat this 
season; but. it has rained so incessantly since , 
June 25th that much ground remain* untouched, , 
and many fields have been raudded tn and theu ' 
washed out. Many flolda of potatoes and corn ' 
have not beet) hoed or cultivated at all. Fences, ? 
bridges, Ac., go by water, und farmers will have 
to do their hoeing and haying by water power, J 
from present indications, if done at all.— m. a. e. ^ 
Newton, Jasper Co., Iowa, July IS.—Rain a 
without ceasing. Wheat is ready to reap, but tl 
the ground is so wet that it would mire a reaper, ft 
Some ray their early wheat Is half smut; others u 
their’s is half scab or blighted. Oats look well. It 
Corn, potatoes and vegetables look well gen- t( 
heeso erally. Wheat is worth $1; oats 40 cts.; corn 60 
July cts.; potatoes 25 cts. for old and 50 cts. for new; 
r last, butter 20 cts; eggs 10 cts.—8. u. 
nries .McLrnn, McLean t:«., 111., July Iff.—Very wet 
>ldat weather; rain nearly every day. Corn on low 
ones ground drowned out; about half crop on rolling 
^ n,ue I land; wheat very poor; fruit abundant, with 
nm- , the exception of apples and peaches.— d. m'f. 
vt., July 21. -Oats, rye* wheat and 
n of pr ’ ,ft, ' oc8 looking well: corn looking well, but 
backward, tassels scarcely appearing yet,; pros- 
U . pect. for fruit of all kinds good. Weather very 
>k Sc T l ' llu ’ wo ' Tt ' ro visited by a tenttic thun- 
orth ^ 01 8,lo ' m 'i accompanied by hail, which un- 
id,o Cftrthed cr,m ’ potatoes, &c, and did considerable 
r Z 'iamage generally. Wheat, $1.50; oats, 75e.; corn, 
illo butter, 30c.; potatoes no sale. —c. u. f. 
dge’ Rilbourn City, 1VU., July 25. - Wheat is 
Are. ,00kln « comparatively well; it 1ms been most 
A. to ° wct f,, r a very large yield or oats: rye good, 
illo, ,UKlw,u be cut this month. Owing to the wet 
weather during the latter part of spring, much 
nek. <fom wafl u ° l Planted until the 11th and 13th of 
bird ’ T,me; on loss frost holds off very late, there will 
t on ,M ‘ , ”.' 1 V01 Jr ’’HJt corn harvested in this part of 
ave ,Ik ' statc * Bops are looking very well.—J. H. 
nnd 
rm- * ]nt ,li 'cr, N. C„ July 21.-A large portion 
illy of the .State has been visited with a serious 
ited drouth. Corn and tobacco planted early are 
i!ty so much injured that no amount of rain would 
'ine bring them, up to a good standard now. Later 
nod plantings may yet, have showers in time to do 
to The Irish potato crop is out short.; wheat 
at excellent in quality, but product, less than un¬ 
do. Heipated, This crop testifies again to the su- 
ain perlorityof the small red wheat over theBough- 
ton for this section.— a, 
era Jamestown, Howard C'o., Iowa. June 16 _ 
ike Season wet and cold. Small grain is looking re- 
ms markably well. Corn will be pretty much a 
ud, failure unless we have a very warm and lute fall, 
ter A good deal of breaking is being done here, 
nr, Many are opening tip new farms; still there is 
re, room for many more. Good land can bo bought 
se, here for from five to ten dollars per acre, within 
by a dozen miles of the railroad. Tlie great, want, 
of this country is timber for fuel, but this will 
is be supplied in time.—n, s. j. 
,s,; Vatlon, Washington Go., Irma, July 17,—Rain 
w. every day and every night. Small grain on level 
ground is standing knee deep in water; grain 
nr sprouted in the head. Iowa River very high; 
ry great destruction of grass and pasture on tho 
it, low lands. Cherries and small fruit in great 
ed abundance; npple crop good. Farmers have 
m laid by tlielr reapers and commenced cutting 
(. their wheat with tho old-fashioned cradle to 
al save enough for brand. The ground Is so soft 
Y. they can’t drive a reaper over it.—s. c. 
l’liglitown, Chester Co., Fa., July 26. - Hay a 
good crop; wheat the best, for many years, and 
all gathered In ten days ago und in good order; 
oat harvest in progress; good straw and beads 
in* "ell filled; corn looks we 1 i ami is coming in 
bi-ssel: early potatoes plenty and Bell for 00c. per 
bushel; cherries have been better than ever 
t _ known; their season lasted from the 20th of 
0 JuBf! b> <3Hi® and are g«»od yet ; blackberries aro 
lipe and abundant. We have had occasional 
rains and good growing weather. Grape vines 
arc full of grapes.—«. w. it. 
•Syracuse, Onondaga Co., .Y. V., July 2«.-H a y- 
Jug anil harvesting are In their lull', wheat is 
; better than for sex-eral year* past—Uie acreage 
^ is good* the yield will lie good and the sample ex¬ 
cellent. Grass is very heavy, and so far has 
been secured without, much rain. Corn looks a 
little jaundiced; many pieces have not. been 
• hoed on account of rain. All spring crops aro 
V good, and small fruits In great, abundance. Ap¬ 
ples promise a good crop. Grapes aro rather 
1 backward, and will need a warm autumn to ma- 
s turc them.— ji. a. m. 
IlngerHtoxxn, Washington Co., Md., July 21.— 
Craps of ail kinds splendid. Wheat is nearly all 
r harvested in good order. Rains just in proper 
: quantity and at (lie right, time. Corn ax'erages 
I about Six feet nnd best showing tassel. Soil, 
limestone. Nothing more necessary to keep up 
its fertility than gypsum, salt and turning under 
. clover. Plenty of fruit of all kinds. All kinds 
, ol’ grapes, except Catawba, very good. Concords 
cannot be excelled either in quality or eondi- 
tion. Last year (xvhlch was too wet and cold) 
the most of our Concords weighed twenty and a 
half per cent, of sugar, aud made delicious wino 
without. galtizing.—J. it. h. 
Ilnccoon, Marion Co., III., July 20. — Since the 
middle of May we hax o had a very favorable 
season for growing crops, rather wot lor low 
ground, but none too xvet to keep chinch bugs in 
check. Wheat has all been harvested some t hree 
weeks; and the present week, if the weather is 
favorable, will xvind up the oats and hay har¬ 
vest. Wheat generally good, above an average. 
Oats and hay excellent. Corn on upland prom¬ 
ises line, indeed. Potatoes are better than for 
ten years; no bugs yet; they usually destroy all 
late varieties. Apples a fair crop. Peaches 
none.—w. u. 
Madison, Ca„ July 20,-Thc Cotton crop looks 
promising, and if no accident befall it* there will 
be a good yield. The acreage planted, hoxvex-er, 
is much less than in former years; but the culti¬ 
vation and manuring is better. On some fields 
there is nearly one-half difference in favor of 
guanoed cotton. The weed or stalk is not so 
high in altitude, but is very heavily fruited for 
this season of the year. Although the spring 
xvas backward and lute, I am satisfied the crop 
is now up to time. The xvarm weather of the 
past month, together with occasional showers, 
has done xvonders in pushing the Into planted 
cotton forxvard. Corn is nuxv considered safe, 
and xvill be ripe in less than a month.—u. it. t. 
Watson, Allegan Co., Mich., July 21.—Good 
weather for haying and harvest since last Tues¬ 
day. up to xvhlch time, from the 1st of June, it 
has been very rainy. Wheat and grass are good. 
Oats very heavy. Corn poor, except on gravelly 
or sandy soil. Thexvheat harvest has just com¬ 
menced the past week, and the greater part of 
hay, except that cut since Inst Tuesday, has been 
housed in bad condition. The new potato Img, 
described in the Rural of May 26th, 1800, has 
•nude its appearance here in large numbers. We j 
are using, with good success, a compound of 
Burls green uud ashes, one part ol' the former M 
to three parts of the latter, f or their destruction. 'jp, 
The mode of preparing is this;—Sift the coals /U 
out of the ashes, then mix thoroughly together, W 
and apply by filling a small cotton bag- of very U- 
thin material and shakfijg it over tho vines in- ^6 
tested. They appear parboiled on the next 
inspection. Wheut Is worth $1.30@1.50; corn, 85 Sn 
tt>90c.; oats, 65c.; hay, $13 to 14; eggs, 17c.; but- £□ 
ter, 30c.j xvool, 30 to 40c.—n. D. E. '£33 
