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prices asked In many instances were ns high as 
20c., but 19c. was tho highest point reached. We 
give quotations of sales as follows:—Ot.-equago, 
I8J*C.; Old Fairfield, 19e.; Ncwville, I9c.; Smith 
Creek, 19c.; State Hill, 19c.; Fairfield Association, 
19c.; Davis' Factory, 19c., and Bronkman's Cor¬ 
ners, (reported,) 19c. 
We liave advices from abroad to the second 
week in October. Our Liverpool correspondent 
report* a good demand for all kinds, at an ad¬ 
vance in price of Is. to 2s. the cwt. Fine factory 
is quoted at 65s. to 06s., and second quality 62s. to 
61s. The imports into Liverpool front June 1st 
to October 1st were 535,544 boxes, and from June 
1st up to October 8th, 551,460 boxes. Last year 
for the same M me the imports were 500,440 boxes* 
The total exports from New York to Great 
Britain (all parts) from May 15th to September 
25th, were 761,184 boxes. The exports from New 
York for the week ending October 19th wore 
38,000 boxes, and on that day prices in Liverpool 
had advanced — as per cable report — to 67s. per 
cwt. 
Our London advices are that American cheese 
in that market, is scarcer for the fitter grades, the 
market closing lirm. We give quotations as fol¬ 
lows : 
English cheddar. 83 to KSs.; Wiltshire double, 
68 to 76s.; Cheshire medium, 50 to 06s,; fine, 70 to 
80s.; Scotch Cheddars, 72 to 80s.; American extra 
fine, 68 to 72a.; line, 60s. Dutch Cheese—Edams, 
18 to 5K*.; Gouda*, 48 to 53s.; Derby Shape, 50 to 
54s. 
In the London butter market the highest 
figures are for Normandy extra—140 to 144s. per 
cwt. ClonmeU’s is quoted at 123 to 136s., and 
Canadian butter at. 98 to 110s. per cwt. 
Comparing the prices of bacon and cheese for 
a series of yeans in the English markets, it ap¬ 
pears that American clioese is usually a few 
shillings in advance of bacon. Taking this 
point alone as an index of prices for choose, it 
would seem that higher rates ought yet to he 
reached. Waterford bacon in London is quoted 
at 78s.; Cork and Limerick at 76 to 78s., and Hoin- 
bro at 67 to 78s., which is somoGS. higher Ihun 
American cheese. Thus it will bo seen that 
cheese, at present prices, is much 1 lie* cheapest 
animal food that can be had in England.— x. a. w. 
THE SEASON. 
PROCRESS AND IMPROVEMENT 
BUSINESS NOTICES 
f Wf. desire to receive items concerning the season 
crops .mil crop prospects, with market prices of farm 
produce, from all parts of the country for publica¬ 
tion under this head.—EOS. RURAL. 
Parinn, .Inckxon Co., Mich., Oct. 25. — Snow 
lieB five inches on the ground; it fell the 22d and 
23d insts,—i>, l. 
Sharon, 0., Oct, 20.— A large quantity of dried 
fruit will be shipped from here this fall. Corn 
will not bo more than an average crop; it is 
worth 75c. per bushel. The crop of wheat good ; 
price $1.15. Oats good, and 50c. per bushel. Po¬ 
tatoes good.— J. A. p. 
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Editor of nut DuFAUTutAT or Smfi.p Husbandry. 
X. A. WILLARD, A. M., 
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‘NOW AND THEN," MARY A. E. WAGER. 
Seneca Co., X. Y„ Od, 25.—The 
crops in this comity are above the average yield: 
wheat was never better; oats yield and weigh 
well; barley an average crop; corn is at least 
one-fourth above the average yield: polato crop 
light; apples and peaches scarce, and command 
a good price; pears and grapes are a splendid 
crop, and quite cheap; prices of grain low. 
Wheat, $1.15 to $1.25; oats,45c.; barley, 90c.; corn, 
$1.-8. I>. Oorry. 
Xorlh Fuirfux, Franklin Co., Vt„ Ocl. 25.—AVe 
are having great, floods; almost all the bridges 
are swept away. Wet weather dost royod a great 
many tons of hay; but grain was harvested in 
good shape. Wo have hud some hard frosts and 
one light snow storm. A largo quantity of but¬ 
ter and cheese is made here. Price of butter. 
45c.; cheese, 15c. Our market is St. Albans, live 
miles from here; the greatest number of tubs 
of butter shipped in one day was 2,149; total 
number pounds, 107,250, at the average price of 
30o. per pound; total, $32,235 in one week to the 
farmers of this county.— f. j. k. 
Vcrgciuics, Kent Co., Mich., Oct. 26. —Septem¬ 
ber was pleasant and cool. October has been 
pleasant and cold to the 22d. On that day, about 
four o'clock P. >1„ it commenced snowing and 
freezing, and Wc have had winter to tills date, 
with a prospect of more ol' it. Farmers have 
not secured all of the potato crop, and apples 
liaugcn (he trees. Jack Frost piercing the fruit 
to the very core. The question is, what shall 
farm era do with their frozen apples? A practi¬ 
cal fruit man says, leave the apples on the trees 
until the fruit is thawed. But what shall farm¬ 
ers do willi (lie apples ufter they are gathered? 
How will the fruit keep best? Will the fruit 
keep la st in barrels, or in piles in the cellar, or 
will the tipples keep better In pits? Pioneer. 
Colfax, Iml., Oct. 33. There was a Wet, heavy 
snow fell here on last Friday night to the depth 
of five Inches, doing great, damage to orchards 
and forests. The trees, being in full foliage, 
caught such a weight of snow that the young 
orchards were badly broken. Some old orchards 
had a groat many branch' s broken. The forest 
presented a grand and novel sight. Trees two 
feet in diameter were crushed beneath their 
burthen of snow and the ground literally strewn 
with boughs. Trees and hughe* of a more tlexi- 
blo nut ure were bending over kissing the earth, 
making an innumerable number of beautiful 
snow arches, The freeze has destroyed all ap¬ 
ples and other vegetables thut were not housed. 
This, together with the damage to orchards and 
forests, makes the loss very great.—J. H. H. 
Lovett. 
Prnitxburgh, Sr oalien Co., S. Y„ Oct. 25.—A 
cool, wet summer, a lino autumn, so fat, with 
neither too much nor too little rain; crops gen¬ 
erally good ; prices hardly remunerative; money 
Scarce: grain moving to market slowly; mer¬ 
chants dunning sharply aud collections meager. 
AVInter wheat fair; late spring wheat to some 
extent shrunken; oats and barley heavy; corn 
better than was expected; beans, peas and buck¬ 
wheat good; potatoes extra, with but little rot, 
apples satisfactory, and soiling at $3 per barrel; 
a good growth of clover and an unusual area, 
but seeded only fairly; gardens product ive, and 
cabbage heads splitting; chestnuts plump aud 
plenty; an extra season for pasturage; lees cattle 
aud sheep bought up than usual; a light yield of 
honey, old ami wild swarms developing a largo 
amount of empty last year’s comb.—w. n. t*. 
Clay, Onondaga Co., X. Y., Oct. 25.—Willi the 
exception of grass and oals, which were unusu¬ 
ally heavy, the crops In the northern part of 
Onoudaga county have been below the average. 
Wheat, 15 to 20 bushels per acre; barley, 30 
bushels; oats, 50 bushels; hay, two tons per acre. 
Corn, potatoes and peas are loss than half a crop 
of former years. Cause, Cold, wot season and 
lack of drainage. Tobacco is extensi vely grown 
and will he two-thirds of a crop. Where there 
was natural drainage the yield will be a full 
crop. Buyers ure plenty dud prices rule high. 
The dairy interest is the most important, aud 
will absorb all others in the future. Bees will 
require liberal feeding, or few stocks will sur- 
vivo the winter. September was the wimucst 
month of ihe season. Fall wheat lias grown 
rapidly and looks well. Pasturage abundant. 
This has been and will be remembered as “ ihe 
wettest of wet seasons.’’— t, n. s. 
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CONTENTS OF THIS NUMBER, 
r»ce 
Tint H*anKM«fi,—lien. Ifumrcrford’s AyiiOrirun — A Group of 
Pitwr Tliuruugk-Bnwl Aynliiro Csttl* (Uhulrntorl j) Buying 
T'-'Xfi* Cftttle ; Abortion In Cow; Cow-Pox Sorn-; Pentfti.,|i 
<il AnlmriU; Fond for Cmv» lk-fom Cftlvii'K; Oown Giving 
Bloody Milk j Mungo in Dog, | Mange In Cutilr. TL'j, 710 
Farm EcokCtM v.— I* nil Manuring Corn Load , Drying Mninm-t ; 
bnwdiol it. An Absorb,*ul. ...*.. .710 
Ami DAL K*nt». —Fair at FmltrHek, Mnrylund j Border lair, 
Danville, Vn ......1...710 
Burin' IJuxnASDnr. — lllnclt Limit, ; Shrop Hantmuilrv In MU- 
ronrf j llllimi- Slat., Wool Gri.wor,' Awoelaffuii; W'lsron.-cn 
Sidle Wool Grower* A„tb;inlinn...,,,. ..7U 
Tim A'oauiax.— Fording Bor- illltiUratrd ;) Tin, Ilybitd Qu." 
lion — Arc tku Dromi, ftomuHybrid Italia], Cpn'toi Pure itaJian.711 
Fount.(HI!",i.. —R«rising tin. Or,j.e Lint l.\ tin Amorirrin Purno- 
logirnl Sw irly ; Bar In lor’, Blurn Apple (llluvlrulod ;) The Sain 
Blown XVa> (lllUoDaM j) Korplng Fnr'lr ; B«rrvUog A|ipl« 
(3 )!toilrtUon -,t |.M of Ur 1 p,:!,,-; A b-wdllng Yellow Cltlig 
Pencil; Psnpi BEwnivid ; Hnupborrlc*....,71S 
Thu Vr**VAiin.- Sulphur fur Ginpo Mildrw p,6rnpe ltct; Wor- 
duu'r Srrrllrng Grnpo.... .... *••“ 
Fu.kU'ii.'u'kk.—A tin! 11 on f f'iiomj*0!ii (Illuatrntrd 
Error Corroclrd; Oxalir Bulb, .... 
AlUiOftlCi-bTi.'itk. — Srmlhrra BWk Onk Bark: T....... . ...... 
Ttirrr Tlrconad Arnriu; llr-dg, •. Abo'lt lair Ground,; Y nil ns 
Orrtiar.i,; Plantingn FourOwhard .........713 
DmcirmioaK. Now York r*r orr,‘ Clnb—To Render a Cellar 
I)ry. Wit! Pototor, All,. To Pul on Bor.f, How to CJrMin Cumin- 
b. r Srrd, Dniurlriiig Cattlr, Long UJulid Tor tinmlgmnto, When 
10 Col irtnpe Culling,, Rcrnodv for Garget. Broom Corn Cnl 
lorr, Sawdirrt for limin',, Krh.il,« Valor- r,t Potator, or. Food 
fur Semi, A Noxwni Word ..... .. .7|;i 
Dxiiiv HDHliAvnKV.—Cotton Heed Moat; Tin. Range and Sotlor 
—Tito V.'dirlily of lire Pn'ont and or. Vulue for Cur.r.g Chooao ; 
Liverpool Cbeoae Sloek* nod Prior,,,,, , ..,M 
Tim S»iu-Hra». — A Swill Cart id Hluatratloiia;) Hoiv to 
Malle a IP'g l’rn...... ..7p, 
Iti’nni Avamriti bk. Aboul S:mik» Hoii*M (7 liluilraliousO 
To Pnlot nu (lid llonw.. 
Tn» N iTuran-T. The I'elicon ; Gopher,; Nolmeg*.714 
Domkktio Eroaovrv. — Something About Apple* ; Furmeuted 
Itr..ol; Farmer.'Mnrl*; l|,,\v to Cgudy CltrnUl; Hard San,.; 
Flowrrod Covri'Jr l,...’. 
Tltr Poi ltuv-Yahi*. -Pucka—About thn Avlwrhnrv Breed, Tin, 
Ayh'dinry Drakel,lllu«trateil ( ) Till! While Call Dark ( llliutiir- 
tnd ; i liralmra, and Bhu k .Snanlrh ; How Fowl* nr# Made ini- 
purr; Whnn to Wean Chirk.; Early Laying Chicken, ; Im¬ 
proved V; Coin HI 00 Fowl*; Shearing Gar-#.,,..7|& 
Tu# H'jU'iman. The Overcrowding of Horner; Look at the 
llorre Feed ....7U 
Ur.cn>,' * m, Ka.-.—AtirwHon, at I Ait. . R-,r»l Nu(«a rtml Qurr- 
io,—Stale Ktecliun* Ate Over, Thn N, Y, Fruit Growtir,’ Club, 
The Country Cheere Mnlkcl, bil|Kirlaut Land Doolilon, IJoaii 
Buyer*, Leipeder.ia .SlnatA, Potato KjrLrr:e:i>:e fn Indiana. In- 
? mry About ,Muik>, Slmrnn, Buliei Co., Old", in for in. Lion for 
liugruilr South, Fruit Iui|nirjva, Plump mid 11Appy, Binek- 
borrv Plan l#. FI an lit lion hr Sale; 'The Bonwa; lud 10,1 rial So- 
ciaUu,..—...7if, 
CiiMict; M lam.i.,, v. —1 /Hiking Rark (poetry J ltalf-Hour Fnn- 
Okw- Broken Column*; The Sjikytur; Well Pul.717 
tHoiian akii Man Slit!,. -The Luteal Fa»hiotia—Cloakl, Shawl 
li.d.uiin, Trimming! tot Coatainas, The Cardinal Muuiio 
(tllnainZcd).......... .. .717 
Smalts roll 111 11 Ai.inva, — Between Two l'etUn — 1> Ha Worth 
btvlllgft.'oiioludndj......717, 71a 
Itviilimo I, roll V atios. — Waiting Erectly j llow to Sit; l’re- 
raid mu. to hr. Oluwrvi d ; Trouhlo wiili Hair . - ..7Js 
hum,' PoUT-Fi'rl.io. -The Korn Eueh tPoelry;) A Oueen'ii LUj ; 
Si,lull WTuU ; Maitlugo and Dlvonu ; Roforigatory j Our 
Spieo Box.... ..... 
Social Toricv- H. ineMrk (IV,. try .) I'nrmerr Whu Sunk Offlroj 
Scolding Nover Dotw Good; Perseverance.7)9 
SannAin Ukahim..—S hadow. (Pm lrv ;) Olir LlttlenCM ; Fear 
of Jndgmonl..-. ..._71a 
Ngwa nx to* W*Kli. —Donieitic and Foreign...770 
Tits Maiikatm.—M oney mid Stock; Produce aud Prnvhuon, ; 
Live stork; Buffalo Li v* Stock.. . .... Til 
I'KinrOUAL Itraiu. -lntcraallugTeroonal Bruvitlaa....,,7Si 
Nuw* nu NovKLTn .. i.'oiitafnlng Seven Item,...7ii 
Tn* Ni'is Cosnissti,.—Sixty Mur Late Interesting Brevities. ,7i3 
Ink Yoi-vg F*arh*v—Tha 8lx li ittrsns (Pootf y;) Siatcm of Char¬ 
ity: “ Buy Your Dt'hu”....704 
Wit imi IUmok.— Ar.tronomir.il Skotihoo—No. 3—Thu Milky 
Way (lllnidiuliul;) tiliinjMis of Gtiuiua...7iJ 
Tint PuMi.gu.—Enigiiina, Uohus, Auag/iun, Prohlam, Etc. .7i! 
Iniporlanl Lam] Decision. —The Commissioner 
of tiie General Land Oilice has recently made 
the following rulings, viz: 
First— That |ii'o-craptors upon lands in Minnesota 
bet ore n 1 vey. bn t 
which, after 1 lie extension of ihe lines of survejr, are 
found upon odd numbered sect ioiih, withmthe nmits 
(if a raili-oail «tnut, itre entitled to the right of pre¬ 
emption thereto, iu virtue el’ the net of March 27lit. 
1-vd. ivol. IB, page 269, United Staten guduten lit 
I dirge,) upon coinplutncc with tlu> requirements of 
the pre-emption laws. 
Sre.ona iliat homestead retries can only be made 
upon surveyed lainl- after the return to tho proper 
District Laud Odlee uf the oITiclal plot of survey. 
Also that the right of a settler under the Homestead 
law attaches only at and from tin: date of entry; 
therefore a pnr,nn who Inis settled upon lands within 
the railroad limits before survey or withdrawal can¬ 
not obtain a title thereto under the Homestead stat¬ 
utes, but. must “ prove ufl” and pay for bts claim, 
under the act of March 27 tin Isid. 
Bahuunt- 
THE SBCRET OF BEAUTY 
Lies in the use of Hagan's Magnolia Balm for the 
Complexion. 
Roughness, Redness. Rlotehes, Sunburn, Freckles 
and Tan disappear where it Is applied, and a beauti¬ 
ful Complexion of pure saliu-like texture is obtain¬ 
ed. The plainest foatairc# are made to glow with 
Healthful Bloom Unci Youthful Beauty. 
Remember Hagan’s Magnolia Balm is the thing 
that produces these effects, and any Lady can secure 
it for 75 cents at any of our stores. 
RURAL NOTES AND QUERIES, 
Bcnn Buyers. -GEORGE Patti. SON, Crowland, 
Ontario—Commission merchants do not buy 
beans; they sell them for a commission on the 
amount of sales. Wo know of no bean buyers. 
Toe Cotnuiiaaiou Merchant* advertising in our 
columns arc, so fur as we are aware, reliable 
and responsible men. For the information 
asked lor concerning freight, write to the 
Freight Agent New York Central Railroad, 
IJulfalo, N. Y. 
To preserve and dress the Ilalr use Lyon’s Ka. 
thairon. * 
The Slide Elections nre Over, the several 
Commonwealths are probably saved again (in 
the estimation of the successful parties,.) and cer¬ 
tainly the Country is prosperous and the People 
comparatively happy. Now, therefore, is the 
time for everybody and all their friends to look 
alter Home and Family Interests; mid among' 
other things, provision should be made for the 
mental sustenance of the various members of 
the household. Let suitable books, magazines 
and newspapers be provided for study and pe¬ 
rusal during the long evenings and leisure days 
of the approaching winter. Every wise head of 
a family knows thut money invested in this man¬ 
ner is judicious pays better t huu in speculation, 
luxurious living, or fashionable fancies,—and 
hence at this season makes an intelligent and 
discriminating selection of reading matter for 
tho year ensuing. Our readers are so well posted 
in regard to the merits of t he various periodicals 
presented for their patronage that any special 
advice from us would seem superlluous,—yet. 
we faiu hope that, knowing its character and 
value, their encouragement and support will 
he first accorded to the Rur al New-Yorker. 
ffbc |3uMisbcr’s 
PUBLISHER’S NOTICES AND REQUESTS, 
Form Clubs lor 1870. — Now is the “nick of 
time” for our Agent-Friends all over the Continent 
to commence their (Slabs for Vnl. -\ XI of the UritAL. 
Those who begin now, before tho tloid Is occupied by 
the canvassers for other and inferior papers, will be 
sure of success—wall do good to their neighbors and 
benelit themselves. Though t ho cause Is a good one, 
and many work for it voluntarily, Without the hope 
of reward, we do not oak your time and influence for 
nothing, but OFFER and GIVE " Good Toy for Doing 
Good.” 8ce. tiiir Premium 1 , 1-1 (scut free to all appli¬ 
cants) for particular#.—but don't wait for that before 
commencing your Club for 1870. 
Lespcilezin (sirlnin. We have received from a 
friend u specimen of the “ Japan Clover," with 
the remark accompanying“ If that is to be a 
forage plant, 1 think it must be only where 
nothing more nutritions will grow." So tve 
think, alter seeing tho plant. We caution our 
readers against placiug too great faith in “Japan 
Clover.” Better try tho common red —'lYifuUum 
pratensc- 
l'otnlo Experience tn Indiana. — “Semper,” 
Cumberland, Ind., writes that four ounces of 
Early Bose seed cut to single eyes on good 
ground and with fair cultivation, produced fifty 
pounds and seven ounces; three pounds of the 
Early Goodrich produced four bushels and a 
peek; two and a halt bushels of the ifarison 
produced ninety-three bushels of very handsome 
potatoes. 
Not a T»vo Dollar Paper. Those who remits 
us $2 or $2,5(1 lor a yearly copy Of t his journal - say¬ 
ing they can get this or that paper for the amount 
arc rcspeottuDy informed Hint t-S is our lowest price 
for a single copy, and that we don’t publish one rate 
and accept the Other. Such a a want a $2 paper must 
therefore send elsewhere, as we cannot afford the 
luxury of their “ patronage.” Tho price of the en¬ 
larged Rural should be $5 instead of $3. 
The IV. Y. Fruit Growers’ t.'liih.— The last meet¬ 
ing ot this organization was particularly lively 
and entertaining. An otfort wits made to answer 
the question asked by the Rural a week or two 
since, to wit:— Why the Club is; and if it is. and 
is not what it ought to be, why it should corn inue 
to be. President Powell, Whose head is as level 
as a Nicholson pavement, and whoso brain is as 
clear as a lark's notes, announced that it is not 
what it ought to he, and if it could not. be better 
it better not be; ditto Secretary Fuller; ditto 
others. Fereno EDWARDS Todd Jed the opposi¬ 
tion, followed by a duo of charming, beautiful, 
silver-tongued female members. Ff.kkno de¬ 
tailed to the Club iris experiences as a member 
of the Church—how he, aud one or two other 
deacons, had to do the praying for the entire 
membership; but he was not discouraged; he 
did his duty, and trusted that the prayers prayed 
and the seed sown would prove fruitful of good. 
So the Club ought to do. The graceful duo of 
ladies urged that there was no cause for dis- 
couragemeut that they knew of. Tho learned 
and distinguished Editor of the Horticulturist 
was asked for his opinion, and. with bis rare 
good sense, suggested that the whole subject be 
referred to the Rural New-Yorker for de¬ 
cision. It was finally decided to reorganize, and 
a committee was appointed to prepare a plan 
aud nominate officers for the new organization. 
This discussion consumed almost t he entire ses¬ 
sion, and no other business of importance wa« 
transacted. 
Inquiries About Mink#. —A correspondent at 
Concord (what State?) asks if it will be neces¬ 
sary to keep minks confined constantly, us 
recommended by the gentleman from Tennes¬ 
see; and if it would do to inclose a few acres of 
swampy land and allow them some freedom. If 
any of our readers can answer these questions, 
we shall be glad to have them do so. 
Club Ascnis Wanted. We want, n live, wide¬ 
awake, go-ahoud agent In every town or school dis¬ 
trict where the Run At- does or ought to circulate, to 
form a Club for 1870. There arc thmisumls of post- 
ullices at which wu now have only one to live sub¬ 
scribers, where from ten to fifty tuay be obtained by 
a little timely effort- Who will do us and their 
friends ibo favor to act in behalf of the Best Rural 
and Family Weekly? 
islinron, Noble Co., O.-Wo have a rich lime¬ 
stone soil; land some broken and worth $30 to 
$40 per acre. Timber and coal plenty; healthful 
climate- Good stock country, especially for 
sheep. Fruit of ail kinds, especially grapes, 
grow in perfection. The Catawba ripened here 
well this season. The only drawback is, it is too 
lar from market for small fruits to pay. 
INDUSTRIAL SOCIETIES. 
SATURDAY, NOVEMBER <}, 1869 
Philadelphia Poultry Society.—A correspon¬ 
dent asks if there is such a Society in Philadel¬ 
phia, and when it meets. We are not aware that 
Philadelphia hus such an organization. There is 
a Pennsylvania Poultry Society, which held an 
exhibition at Philadelphia last December; when 
it holds another we are not informed. 
ATTRACTIONS AT FAIRS, 
Information for Emigrants South.—E li N. 
Bradley, Roxbury, Conn., names Warren 
Brown, WiKon’s Station, Dinwiddie Co., Va., 
(in answer to an inquiry in Rural,) as a disin¬ 
terested, reliable man, located in a beautiful 
country, where land is cheap, soil good, climate 
healthy, who cau give information thereof. 
Tiiere ought, to be prepared, as a matter 
of record, for future agriculturists to read 
and remember, a list of the attractions which 
the managers of Agricultural Societies, in 
this good year of our Lord 1869, ibundessen- 
tial to the adequate enlightenment of the 
people in things Agricultural aud Horticul¬ 
tural upon the Fair grounds. "We hope 
some agricultural Motley, Bancroft or 
Gibbon will set about the work of gathering 
together the material wherewith to illumi¬ 
nate present, agricultural history. There is 
abundance of it and it should by no means 
he allowed to pass out of reach of coming 
generations. 
To illustrate what We mean, avc name 
some of these “ attractions ” as they occur to 
us. They are proved to have “drawn" 
equal lo the.sturdiest English draft horse; 
and those who were drawn by them went 
home with an increased enthusiasm for 
agricultural pursuits, and especially Avitli an 
increased devotion to the pleasures and en¬ 
joyment- of Rural Life. For instance, and 
first, we name fust horses, horses of speed 
and bottom, driven bv men ol' high moral 
Northwestern Agricultural tind Meehan leu I 
Association.—An Association Avith this name lias 
recently been organized in Chicago under a 
legislative charter. Its officers are President— 
Milton S. Patrick. Vice-President— David A. 
Gage. Treasurer—O. M. Henderson. Secretary— 
John P. Reynolds. Board uf Directors— Geo. S. 
Bowen, C. M. Henderson, Philip AVadswprth, 
John P. Reynolds, David A. Gage, Milton S. 
Patrick, John B. Drake, P, W. Gates, L- J. Mc¬ 
Cormick, H. II. Porter, Emery Cobb. 
ill Inquiries.—A writer at Fairview, who 
neglects to give the State in which he is located 
(aud the post-mark is too illegible to afford a 
clue,) is informed that the publication of his in¬ 
quiries would be of no avail unless his locality is 
given. Every correspondent should be eareful 
to furnish us the full post-office address. 
The Country Cheese M -vi. —There Avas a 
large representation of lactories at the Little 
Falls market for the week ending October 30th. 
but the sales were less than usual. The delivery 
of farm dairies Avas quite moderate for I his mar¬ 
ket, and numbered only about 900 boxes. The 
sales or farm dairies were exceedingly brisk, at 
prices rouging from 17M to 18k»o., and a much 
larger quautiry would have boon bought at these 
figures had the cheese been on the ground and 
offered. The average advance on farm dairies 
this week over the Aveek previous was fully 
thr<! 0 -q>inters of a cent per pound. The ad¬ 
vance for factories during the same period avws 
about half a cent per pound. The general im¬ 
pression among faotorymen in the market this 
week, Avasthat prices would go no lower, while 
the probabilities were that a still further advance 
Avould be made, and hence there was no great 
disposition to sell at the figures offered. The 
Farmers’ Co-operative Society.—Wo 1 earn from 
the Washington Co., N- Y.. News that a meeting 
was recently held at Cambridge to organize a 
Farmers’ Co-operative Society, Avhieh should 
comprise the towns of Cambridge, White Creek 
and Jackson. A committee, consisting of L. 
Sherman and James McKuiul’ Cambridge, W. 
C. Poor aud G. S. Lake of ‘White Creek, and 
James Hill and G. M. McKje of Jackson, tvas 
appointed to perfect a report and plan of organ¬ 
ization. We are not informed what the specific 
purposes to be secured by co-operation me — 
whether industrial, commercial or political, or 
whether it is to embrace all interests pertaining 
to the farmers' profession. We shall be glad to 
know what the plans aud the practical objects 
to be gained are. 
Plump nnd Iluppy,— One of the editors of the 
Ohio Farmer tearfully Informs his readers that 
he is “ as plump as a partridge and as happy as u 
clam.” We hope they will send for his photo¬ 
graph at once! 
The Ttnrnl is Not a Monthly. — In presenting 
the claims of the Rural, do not frrrgut to say it is 
not a monthly of only 12 issues u year, but a Large 
and Handsome WEEK la' of Fifty-Two Numbers. 
Show Bills, Specimen Numbers, Arc., sent 
free to all applicants. If you want such documents, 
id uf know aud they v. 11 ’ ’> ' 'orwurded. 
Blackberry Plants.— L. S. Cheney—Y ou can 
get blackberry plants of any nurseryman adver¬ 
tising in our columns. Send to them for cata¬ 
logues. 
Plantation for Sale.—We call attention to the 
advertisement of a North Carolina Plantation 
for sale. We have reason to believe that there 
Is a bargain to be bad by somebody. 
