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CONTENTS OF THIS NUMBER. “PROCRESS AND IMPROVEMENT." 
Tin Ho«*r'in. li.:n*» for iiorwinen—Grooming IIowm, Cur« MflflRF ft j I il A j i*i FW-YD RK h R 
forOalU, Sona. ^.ra'.lin, El-.. I>i.t„nt.* f , A <«n K hin|.- lllUUllL O llUllnL IlLlI I U 111 \ LII , 
Horae; btrAJiglo* in Horst* ; A Md» Mare (MiustmUd)...7?5 oitlOIVAL WlCfiKLY 
Lawd DsrATTMKNT.—K admu UuhU, Kit.; luqulrie* About Col- _ , _ * ‘ .. 
ora-i-); Twn.T.ii.i. i.mdi.Ti5 RURAL, LITERARY AND FAMILY NEWSPAPER. 
Tim Howemun. Itutrix for Iforemen— Grooming flora**, Curu 
for (#*!U, Son:’, S.ralcliM, Etc., Ilutw l>i«ternf*>r, A (’otijjhSnp 
Horae; atrargk* in Ilonii; A Priz*- M*re (nfustraiad)...‘ 
Twa NatI'HI-im - ,— Atx)ut TJmt S>ilxrnniHlFr ; I)#vi-)f.pm*nt - 
Knto Cn*f*« Ih-tni «•!*• flrira*; LVnn* In Ork>nn« County ; V«i- ® ® ^ 9 ® ® ® ® ? 
rJi* ,J ,M0f M hr It M- i •>» A'.^wiiy Cmu ; AUtk< c :[wr . Oonduotiug Kditor and Proprietor. 
Potato $ Inquiry auuot Colton..,..7V6 __ 
CakaMak !>»«•#itr\iKvt. —Rural Affair*—TI m* HarvMt of 1869, 
Mr. Aroold’a Ww Ihbri'I Wlionti. Mr. Cochrnnc 9 * Short Horn TERT/ISj IN ADVANCES 
i»po.uti.w, R«ni Mock s,i oi. Tb. w.,.ti,«r.780 SUBSCRIPTION - Three Dollars a Tear. To Clubs 
Agent*. rw« copies for IfII5 seven, and one (r« 
Sttaar* lime «•vmiv.— Wltni Are the Free Tftuleti Polufj What 
Shall the VVi>a] Crowefa Do; Sale of Mr. Wlap’i Cnitawolili; 
Croaaing Cxnvo!'b ntui Murlnoa.. ....797 
I'Arnr lipKiixonri- Tlir Pkit Dairying in HurVltnor; 
Cram ; Th«* Country (.'Ijvw.t Mnrl.»\.. 
Jv.v 4 .koci.; A , Weii.ir? New Yo»k Seedling Pern h (Illiutrnfcd ,) 
Kjulherii 0 * >s$* IVvh «. Prim* In K.utvu ky; lU-j.lM-rry 
Cr»j*; Thu Ku a*.*!m <ir.»j*o , ArnoliPa No. I Jwiil Jtas^herry 
(IlltfCrated ,) The Strawberry Crop of 1W»9 ; Tho Mexican 
KTerbeaHng Strawberry. .......... . ..— 
Twa OanoBacvi. Growing Mushroom*; Match’s Early Turnip 
Beal, MoIm, ... ... ... . ...7 
to club ugiwt, for flft: Tod. and une fret.*, for $25—only 
$2,00per copy. A» wc pre-pay American pnstnpco. $2,70 
la the lowest Club fate to Canada and f3.50U> Europe, 
The best way to remit la by Draft or Post-Ofheo 
Money Order*—nod all Drafts and Orders made pay¬ 
able to the Publisher may ue maimed at jjis risk. 
Advertising — Tnafde, 75 cents per line* A&utc 
space; Outside, $1 per line. For Extra Display and 
Cuts, a price and a half. Special and Business Notices 
Ax sc ai. Fa tun,—The North Carolina Fair, \Vi*con*1n Slats Fair 
—Frail fiho*...729 
Awhouiccltur*.—T h« fyuvtfrim Tren; The Applo Borer: Buy- 
l*lf Apple %n-t Pen Tree*; Tv pcetroy pAwmircw . OdgsOrntigM 
Ke0d.. ..; r4 .,...799 
DiAcumt.-ivv*-—New Vork FAniiert* Club—E mK Mohuwk j'etuto 
(111 >j«lr aU* 4, ) O u h- Root Lobblge, A Ne'W rirngi* PUnt, J*ho 
Sil#»u i Sii^«» ilr»»( 4 itir-l» ia> i• t liue'Oiv, Tho Curtullo, IVtore to 
Cel *.h»4 Ro-n«> ii liifAwhrrry m .....^29 
Tnr. Pom.r.tv-Viitn. —Th« Holhluyu — Purth/WTig Petiltry for 
ibeTanlv.To ttltfi-iiiitina hhvi; Uoihttiii Powli. About t’^nry 
Pigivutu -ill, - tor*4*>ti|| (nij»Atrtite.l,t TJje Trunu^bw^lllu*- 
lt iUU.i The Nuu \lll.ntrnt- , d ;) Cure lor Ulpl-Bug*. T<T) 
Ritaai, AKCimcm- HR. A Hjartry HlluktruUil;) A ChtunSmoke. 
IIvum .) Pnliif tu^Oiil UuiidiiiF* ; A Workliigumo « 
Houm.. . ......730 
Thi Mrhomiia*.-P • ' !•••• »*? "da ; Milk 8h Uhiwn ; Atmrirnu QATT'RRAV 'KTIVVMWVW IQ 1 ftCO 
Cnttle, WeoMfterm'N.Uv, ; HurofoPli hr Uxvu .730 MlUiDAl, U \ JUH 1>J^IV id, lOUJr 
Bun n< i ih otiu-r Fruli, •- -— - — - ■ ■ ~ — - — — - 
Linen, (otilf : i • i Ho. ij« liftid .Sugar C.uo, TV* Dry Cm- 
tZZ. 1 ?ZliSi’iZ CO-OPEEATION among farmees. 
1 Vmmo the past year there have appeared 
in fJl "- columns several articles upon this 
diw .. -...m subject, urging ila importance to agricuitu* 
Eritmrial-*. Kt* fVn.nnr nt.»o A»noag Kwinsraj Rural Notes * , . , . at 
MKi m,»d* nt« -Snt* •’’lii « dI Lzemplirv Rural N««v-Yorker- l'lStS. Ill VVOAIlinglOn COUflty, iN . X., RtCpS 
Irin/. l tm Dutntff Cu ; *n Atf- SxUly H»1r, Wlist thu Jnterun- . . . . 
lluiial Irimi an l hon A.’v.ioy *\l H.r nnvjTwun, Kng., 1 Doing, ilRVC DOCll tdlCCH (S(JC5 KUllAL JNOVCDIOCI 0) 
High Old Tiliwlp Ifoto. Nstv York Fruit Ufuwsra' Club, Chir- . Ci n ; A * lr 
corv, Urii*v for H il l .pr H MiV.uOimiii |‘r»-. , Dislrtl • mted tO Or^SUltZG <X r liniKTS ( O-OpCKltl\ C *SOCIt't Y, 
1±i u m;^ The parties to this movement have in view 
,U V , ‘ , : !C 7, ? a broader purpose than a simple township or 
Ti« iuruwsu.~s.ik I'ubiicnt.oii, n*v. w*>i. K.i conn tv organization. Active effort is luuk- 
Social Tone. <ia>nblinx I Concentr*M Gffni t; 1'wtry m»l , “ 7 . 
cliarfrod accoreingto position. flondvertiBenient in- 
sorted lor loss Ilian $.i. 
iwisi. iumi. uuinuinu 1 vvwvpmi »»te«i »• . « w.-n , >>.>>. . . 
Pro... 133 mg to enlist in the movement prominent ag- 
<>oorK ?. P,M . b ".' ly . au : , . , ! r ^ v.m riiJultwwts elsewhere, start right, and with a 
8 t*.*ikr fur RtmALion.— cum Couiuwoo 4 a ThwVagwing coniprc]\elisi vc ami practical plan wliicli 
bk«ry.. ..7/*.% 7.H « 1 , . * r 
Lii.irV Port-Folk' MinUn (IVntry;) Wimicii i.« Jbdjmuu'lii shall eaibrace the organization of Co-open 
»whk» «» RtB*uan.-Chun cotiiuwoos -a ThAuv«ifivin P compi'cliensi vc and practical plan which 
Ster>-. . ....70.3,7.0 * ' , . * . 
Lamm' Port Foi.u M.uisn (I'nntry;) Wnmnu m Hol|»m«i>tn shall eaibrace the organization of Co-opera- 
Mutu»iihiKA/di <.*.p, M «.;r. J »br. .-...t.v. tivo Lmoils llirougUout the State, with the 
^Po. 0 ,:..f^^rVipn.r\vm,!^;;Ts.V,?!.^rr. ,a ?*.. lt ''. rn !r a 6 object to centralize the power and Influence 
s.iniin. hkai>i*. —a Thmii -;iviuj<t*i>ctry ;> chastity of Soul of these 1 it u State organization, and ci'ysta 1 • 
"o^mV-nVftiMi V■;«« lize the detailed work of subordinate bodies 
t«» mabk*t». • Money «nJ -ink. ivodiiw »ud i'ruvi.ion*i into available shape for general use. 
PwiiioRAt, ItkmKi— Intyror.tlnj' JViraonnl HivvtHea. ......733 TllC inipOrtilllCO and UilVUlltO^C Of, May, 
Nitwu am. ni.tki.tibh.-a ont.. 1111 .. K Nin* itMm... ..tm |j 10 a p»>re?iit necessity for, such organization 
Tllk Nrwm Com>Km**ku.—S txly-llirii*! LhU Interesting Ilrcvihi:*.739 1 1 ^ ' 0 
Foil Yoi'No J’lOl'tn. Buby Ixmiftu (Poetry;) Eugene; Rural Oil tllC part Of lUrJUCrfi 111*0 COllCCuCtl. A\ (1() 
Four-Year Old* t Tlinnk*glvlng (lllHstmtvd)......*7-10 . . .. ... rnt • ^ t 
Tim Pnili KR.—Enl|C.. w™, nor i.i.ltnUori, Ar.74.. UOt pi'OpOSC tO dlSCOSS 111 IS. There IS lllld 
————— '' can he no well-founded argument made 
‘DTTOT'M'T'CiCi ATn r PTr | T’0 against it. lint efforts <>! this Lind are not 
Jj UollsILob UilULo. new> in diffbreut portions of the eounUy, 
, and espeeialiy in the West, attempts of the 
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or u vorx« folks. must be met and surmounted. 
J. T. TaowBinnan and I,rev Laiicom, Editors. !• / 1 nancittl Obxtaclc. combina- 
The Publishers of Ouit Votr.vo Folks, availing lion of this character can succeed in exerting 
themselves of the host literary talent la the country, an effective inlhienco ill favor of or against 
and adopting neiv plans suggested by the experience any measure, unless funds arc supplied with 
of the past four years, have made such arrangements yyh[ c ] x to prosecute tbO work in hand, and 
that tho magu/.ino is not only more attractive than )() lhos( . wl)Q (levote time and labor tO 
any other Juvenile magazine in the world, hut more 1 ‘ , 
campr.haulTO uud ,.™c.tod <„ H, rt.r- ' ” «»™>h<K>. « ' « f *» «”«•»««- 
nclsr than ever ...lore. l.sluanml intormnlio.. lor llic commcroinl 
Tlio following are tho principal features of the enlightenment of farmers, woi k must la; done 
present volume of ‘•Ocii Vocnu Folks,” which and paid for; if measures are to he legislated 
havo attracted general interest, both by their value upon which affect farmers’ interests, favora- 
nnd tho charming style of the writers: | } ]y or unfavorably, Oil organization of this 
1. The story of a. Rad Hoy. ny t. it. Ai.nnnn. The sort must, meet other and conflicting organi- 
best antt most popular alory lor young folu* over .. lco-ml’ilivc fiebl wilb enii il or 
published in America. Fresh, natural, healthy and Zdtlun.- OH Hie legislative Held 11 llll equ.il 01 
manly in tone, graphic,and full of stirring iu. uleniB. greater money, and political influence and 
2. The World We Live On. A valuable anil -Jullght- strength. Legislatures are general business 
ful series oif articles by Mrs. Auassiz on c .at i> - organizations; and although they ought to 
posits, Coral Animals and tho Islands they btllld, , , ‘ i i 
Earthquakes, kr. Prof. AGA.sstv. takes .l.’ep Inter- do bUSUlCSS for the people as a whole, they 
est in these urtieles, and caref ully exaijumia all of do not; and since they do not, and indi- 
tht ‘ m - viduals, corporations and combinations con- 
3. How to Do V. A very charming tintl instructive wmB ,] lt; linlc ft , u } control the action of 
series of papers by EiiWAllM Kvumrrr 11 alii, giving . , . .. 
modi valuable suggestions* TIow to Talk, How to lf’giHliilors, fi ftirniors comultifllioil must lllCv-t 
Read, How to “Write, Hqw to Travel* IIow to Act In those other COinhlliatiORS With the Same 
Society, How to Work. Mi/wmAno Ta nuuti;nn ill/* nttnnlmri I 
BUSINESS NOTICES. 
‘THE EEST JUVENILE MAGAZINE 
weapons. To awaken the attention of 
4. Human Beer. Articles oil Important and cuvious |' arin( . rs to t llCSCi facts and induce them t.O 
branches of industry, suuli in Coal-Mining, mass- , , ,., ,. 
Making, Ship-Building. &e., by .b t. trowbuidoe. open their purses with tne same liberality 
5. BloflrapMcrtl Sketches or great Navigators and that Ol lier clilSSt^S do, \\ ill 1)0 found, ill OU1' 
Discoverers, by Jamks Pahton. S3r a very valu- opinion, one of the chief obstacles in the 
able series, conveying much geographical In forma- 
Hint other classes do, will he found, in our 
auie senes, conveying muon n,,,'. i,,.,- * tuirrpsa 
tlon In a style to make it remembered. " a .V U1 ' 
6. Articles oil American History, Dialogues, Decln- H- TltC 1 iTjudlCC Ob&tttcU). Xo Olgailiza- 
mations, Short Stories, and oilier attractive matter ti on call SllCCecd Which depends for its SI1C- 
by the best writers, all profusely illustrated by (he feeding the passions and prejudices 
most, skillful art wts. , 1 J 
by the Des writers, an pr„ju*e,y mwuraeea o U .... feeding UlC passions and prejudices 
most, euctllf ul art uts. 1 © j 1 J 
. . of those who compose, it. Co-operation 
The Publishers will spare no pains or expense to ... 1 
muke **otrn voexu folks” both instructive and should nicaii simply enlightened protection 
entertaining, a perfect Miujiv.ioe. for Hoys and (Hrls. — ;l recognition of 1 lie rights of other classes 
Terms : 12.00 u year. A copy gratis to the person and a demand for, and enforcement of, the 
Bonding tun subscriptions inui i wenty Dollars. Slice- pi n 'lits of agriculturists. The relation and 
imen copies without charge. mutual dependence of diverse industries and 
i2i Tromont street, Boston, Mass, investments should never be lost sight Oh 
_, M _ The class of men who hope to gain their 
THE SECRET OF BEAUTY own rights by attacking those of others will 
7 . , ,, not succeed. .Society is like a row-Of bricks. 
Lies In the use of Dugan s Magnolia Balm for the - . . 
complexion. Strike a blow at one class, or interest, or m- 
Houghneaa, Kcdnoss. Blolche*, Sunburn. Fmeklos dustry, and all will feel that, blow, sooner or 
and Tun disappear whore it is applied, and a beiuiti- . ' T , f , f 
fui Complexion of pure satin-like texture is obtain- luci. laKC uom mu i i.iss oi men pi os 
ed. The plainost. loatures are made to glow with peritv and you deprive all other classes of it 
Healthful Bloom and loathful Heavily. oaiimIIw nlt.inintclv Xa man nr class of 
entertaining, u perfect Miujo. ine. for Hoys and (Hrls. 
TEItMs: ,2.00 li year. A copy grate- to the person 
Bending ton aubsoriptlousnnd Twenty Dollars. Spec¬ 
imen copies without charge. 
FIELDS, OSGOOD & CO., Publishers, 
121 Tromont street, Boston, Mass. 
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THE SECRET OF BEAUTY 
Lies In the use of Hagan's Magnolia Balm for the 
Complexion. 
1(1 i }in UW»!lL»Ul 3 «r WUUIU li is tippuni, iimi it uwm *- i . mi.’ 
ii Complnxlon of pure satin-lilte texture is obtain- i 'lei. Take liom one class ot men pios- 
1. The plainest, features are made to glow with peritv and .VOU deprive all other claSSCS of it 
iealttif m Bloom and Youthful Keavity. CQually, idtimatolv. Xo man or class of 
Remember lliigan s Magnolia Balm Is the thing 1 - ’ • . . 
that produces those effects, and any Lady can secure men call Stand alone. And tllC organization 
it for 75 cents ut any of our stores. which begins with such an assumption will, 
To preserve and dress the Hair use Lyon’s Ka- and ought to, end with a speedy and disas- 
lalron. _ _ tl'Olis dissolution. 
ti»i- Hum i'm show Bill. Pmaium T/.sf, HI. The Bad Leadership Obstacle'.—This is 
thairon. 
The Rnml's Show Bill. Prriniuin T/isf, 
*Vc., for 1SVO, already issued, will Hits week bo 
much akin to the last one named. Xo soon- 
n.aiied to all our regular Agent*. Wo- will cheerfully e( . wjll tl)is movement he well started than a 
forward these documents, and also specimen num- , 
bora, without charge, to all disposed to form clubs, hundred tonguey adventurers, with the hope 
Send for the Premium List, &o.. and note our 11 Good () f gaining political prominence and power, 
Pay for Doing Good.” ^ _ -\ V ill joiu the ranks, make a great noise, loud 
No Travolinu- Agents arc employed by us but professions, assume the leadiMship, i ide into 
any person so disposed can act as Local Agent, on power, disgust the sensible and betray tlie 
his or her own authority, anil secure premiums, etc. u ] K)le j n f 0 the bands of the buyer who will 
,, *** ... ,,, pay the largest price therefor. Tiie entire 
For Other Notices see page 737, this No. 1 J 9 l 
capital of such men consists in their wits 
and liieir ability to use their tongues to tickle 
the vanity of their dupes, arouse and nurse 
prejudices, arid drive a good bargain with 
. the power t hey thus gain. Every movement 
of this character, among farmers, of which 
we have had knowledge, li is been weakened 
first by Parsimony and Prejudice and died 
by the hands of Political Adventurers and 
Traitors. 
We have not enumerated all the obstacles, 
but what we deem the most important ones; 
and thus have filled our space. 
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RURAL NOTES AND QUERIES. 
KuocoHMfu 1 iimi Exemplary Ht.rnl Ww-Yorkcr- 
l/.ing.—An active and ardent. Ageul-Friendof the 
Rural writes from Onondaga Co., Oct. 28, in tills 
encouraging wise: 
"Tliis day wc lun! a touch of winter. The snow 
liar been falling, lulling, and melting, inciting: and, 
the weather being too disagreeable for regular out- 
ol-door work, 1 molved to >pen<i the lime in Rural 
NkW-VohklhI/.i.\«. Well, 1 ipcnt the day quite 
pleiniunUy, making a l.iusty l.urlnca* visit to each 
tariner-.mlght.or,uni! returning In good lionlih and 
good spirii*. to enjoy n heurty supper. I have just 
summed uo my day's work, miu find it st-uids tlius: 
New suhscrUrOTiL*ix,—renewals, twelve; total, eigh¬ 
teen. Tldnk of lhut, vo v. bo are wailing for '• MOtue- 
lliing to turn Up.” •' Why sluml y e here all the day 
idle: ” 
“Perhaps, Mr. Moork, von recollect I sent you a 
eluh of 121 last year, (IS of which were new mihierl- 
bei'S.) but for home enure I diu not get my premium 
until the latter part of March. Now, rtr, if you w ill 
agree to rend my premium nr noon nr you receive (lie 
eluh, mid the money. 1 will agree to send you one 
large club In ten days iron; date.” 
Thanks, good friend, for past and proposed 
effort .i In behalf of tho Rural, and especially for 
Opening tho new campaign 80auspiciously—nil 
example which we trust our agents all over the 
land will speedily emulate. In response to 1 lie 
proposition about club and premium, wo have 
this to say to all interested: Our buslncssisnow 
so systematized-that wo tain sutely prom iso regu¬ 
larity and promptness In both untiling papers and 
paying premiums. The brief delay it. forwarding 
(ho premium alluded to was caused by a tempo¬ 
rary “mix" In our mailing department which 
precluded tho posting of Recounts, — but our 
present tirranjjcuiont.s and force are. such as to 
avoid a repetition of such an annoyance to agents 
and subscribers. 
■ *♦«- 
The Dundee t nlon Ag, Poelely Fair,- held on 
tho lltli ultimo,—was In some respects ihe most 
creditable local exhibition we have ut tended 
this year. Though only present on tho last day, 
when the weather was unfavorable, we found a 
line display in most departments, and a largo 
attendance. Wo have rarely, if ever, had the 
pleasure of addressing a more attentive and 
appreciative audience — a “sea of upturned 
faces" indicating more Intelligence and sub¬ 
stantiality. Indeed, fh.aigh the display of ani¬ 
mals and articles was noteworthy, we most ad¬ 
mired the speoimens of the (/cutis hninu - l lie gen¬ 
uine Men and Women —there present, and who 
worthily represented Yules, Ontario, Seneca ami 
Ke.hu> ler conn l ies. The appearance of People 
and Products evinced marked progress m edli- 
catton and cir'fcVUtion. Tho show <>('<■ .a and 
Vegetables was large and extra, good. 1 fruits 
the display was remarkable of apples (bo 
largest.and finest we have soon r.t a local fair 
this year, mid better (ban that at tho State Fair. 
In other respects the Fair was worthy of special 
notice, but wo have no space for details. Presi¬ 
dent Gano and his associate officers are entitled 
lo credit for their admirable and successful 
management. 
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What tho International Land mid Labor 
Agency at ilimiit.glin.ii, England, ia Doing. — 
Kr.mtT fUmniTT writes us Ut)dor date or Octo¬ 
ber 5:—“Within six weeks of our tlr.-h open¬ 
ing wo bad a thousand farms committed to 
us for sale or lease- from Maine to California, 
arid at from $500 to $.50,000 in price. Iiy every 
mail, also, we are receiving from different ■, 
Plates, even from California, applications for j 
English housemaids, nurserymaids and general •, 
servants; and wOsent the liret I it tic company of 
(hem into llio interior of Pennsylvania this 
week. These English girls are brought, up 1'rom j 
their childhood to bo very deforenbil to middle 
class people, and will be likely to retain that . 
habit in America if well treated. 1 think they 
will supply a kind of “ help " which will greatly , 
comfort the housewives or families that employ , 
them, and relievo them of some of llic perplex- j 
Hies they have hitherto experienced. 
“The English men who are npplj mg to us are 
mostly those who feel they must change their , 
occupation, from small manufacturers or upper- 
0 ,toss mechanics, and turn farmers in the United 
States. We do not protend to advise them or to 
bias them iu favor or any pnrlioularHGolion,bul 
lay lie to re them correct and impartial Iu forma 
tlon in regard to nit the States, and let them 
choose for themselves. When they have de¬ 
cided as to the general sect ion in which to sel tie, 
wc give I'tietn a list of all, or a certain number 
of, farms for sale in that section or State, and 
negotiate with the owner l’or the purchase or ‘ 
the lease of tho property; or we give the in¬ 
tending purchaser the list lo choose for himself, 
niso letters of introduction to owners or to re¬ 
sponsible persons who have offered to act, as out' 1 
associates. .Many of these English emigrant 1 
farmers will go into Virginia, Tennessee and 
other Southern States, whore the agriculture 
they introduce, and their intelligence aud in¬ 
dustry mid capital will be useful to the whole 
nation. Wo have n few families going out to 
Northern Mississippi to lease cotton plantations, 
or partaof them, on shares, returning the owner 
a certain proportion of the crop.” 
High Old Time in Hops.-An Otsego county 
correspondent of the Country Gentleman, un¬ 
der date of Oct. mill, writes;— u It may be inter¬ 
esting to bop growers elsewhere to know that 
there is herein Otsego and vicinity a great hop 
excitement. Perhaps two-thirds of the crop 
here has changed hands wit hin u week. Dealers 
have doubled their purchasing agents; horse 
ffeah Inis been of no account; every nook arid 
corner has been searched where a liop-pole 
stood. The green ones sold out at from fifteen 
to seventeen oents: the better informed readily 
got twenty cents, or are still holding their hops." 
- 
New York Ffnlt Growers’ Clnl). — The last 
meeting of this Club was not interesting. The 
Committee appointed to report a plan l'ora new 
organization was not present. All the cham¬ 
pions of its life were absent, except two or three | 
i of the beautiful fcmalo members; and their 
Silver tongues made no sound. Tho advocates 
of suicide were out in strong force, but it was 
found that Hie financial affairs of the Sooiety 
required settlement, and a committee was ap¬ 
pointed to investigate and settle its accounts 
before any vote upon an adjournment sine (lie 
should be. taken. 
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Chiceory,—Will some of your readers who aro 
posted, inform me if there are factories in New 
York, or elsewhere in the States, where chiccory 
is cut and dried, or ground and prepared for tho 
coffee factories? and if so, what is the price per 
pound, and in what state and manner is it 
shipped?—IV. A. C., Saltern, .V. Y. 
This root is usually sent to market in a dried 
condition. When the roots arc taken from the 
ground, they are washed clean, sliced, lengthwise 
or crosswise, and dried in the sun, in warm (not 
hot! ovens, or spread in warm, dry rooms. They 
may be dried in hot-houses. Tho hotter way to 
cut the root is crosswise, and thin. A man with 
gumption enough to grow it can devise some 
rapid and cheap mode of cut ting and drying it. 
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Grass for Bedding Iiogs. A writer in the 
Western Rural says: — “ A good supply of grass 
for breeders is of untold value. They should be 
put on past ut.- two or three weeks before breed¬ 
ing time, as it increase - the milk greatly. Breed¬ 
ers, on a good supply of grass, with some corn, 
will not only retain their tlesh, but grow contin¬ 
ually, and be easily fattened In the fall or winter, 
while the pigs will he largo and healthy, and 
their growth will not. be cheeked during the 
winter. It breeders, with their pigs, are con¬ 
fined to small yards during the summer, and fed 
on grain alone, it. will take two of the former to 
make a shadow in tho fall, while the latter will 
be small and poor, and go into winter quarters 
good subjects for food." 
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Mignonette Tree*. — A correspondent of the 
London Journal of Horticulture gives a plan of 
growing Mignonette as a little tree for the con¬ 
servatory. I to nays: “ Sow a pinch of seed In the 
center of as many three-inch pots ns there arc 
plants required. When the plants aro strong 
enough, thin them by degrees to one plant In a 
pot, and that must be the strongest.. Train that 
up to a stake to the height, required, pinch out 
oil side shoots and the beads of I doom, but do 
not divest, the stem of its leaves until the plant 
lias attained its full height. To form a head, 
about three are left at the top." 
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Disinterested Informer*.—In RURAL, of Oct. 
lOUl I notice an inquiry for a disinterested cor¬ 
respondent on table lands of Tennessee. There 
is none. We aro all interested iu having en¬ 
ergetic working men. with and without, capital, 
come to help us open up thlscouutry. Tho same 
correspondent asks: “Is Mr. W. \V. Dowell n 
land speculatorV” I answer Mr. W. \V. Powell 
is engaged in the legitimate pursuits of firm¬ 
ing and tanning. Although lie owns considera¬ 
ble land I havo not known of his offering any 
for sale. W. Stewart. 
CYossviile, Tenn. 
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Privy Vaults,—Tell “J. J. II.” (sec Rural, 
Oct. 2) to construct a box out of two inch plank, 
the inside to be the size of the vault; put staple 
and ring at one end of the box to hitch to; have 
something for the box to slide lit and out on. 
Whenever the vault requires cleaning, all lichas 
to .lo is to hitch a horse to the ring and draw it 
where required and empty it. If tho privy is 
built on posts, two inch pieces could lie pinned 
on posts under the box for it to slide on; if 
walled up, small pieces of timber laid down 
edgewise would answer the same purpose.—E. 
T. W., Carrollton , Mm. 
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Norway and Excelsior Oat*.— LEVI BARTLETT 
regards the Excelsior Oats superior to the Nor¬ 
way. Mis crop of tho latter the past season 
weighed thirty-four pounds to the bushel; tho 
former weighed forty pounds. The Excelsior 
are white, which is regarded, as an advantage for 
market, while the Nor ways arc black, which is 
accounted a disadvantage. 
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A Hoy Barrel Maker. Recren Glover, Sus¬ 
pension Bridge, N. V., writes us October 23, IliaI. 
his son, Lewis K. Gt.ovkr, fifteen years old, 
“lias made one hundred and fifty barrels the 
past week." He wants to hear of a boy “who 
can outdo that." He adds that Lewis is a sub¬ 
scriber to the Rural New-Yorker. It is not 
Strange lie cgn make barrels rapidly and well. 
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French Mode of Dealing with Dishonest Milk 
Dealers. Iu Franco the police are provided with 
lactometers, and the milk is tested os it comes 
into town. It' found watered, it is thrown on 
tho road and imprisonment follows a repetition 
of llic offense. Rut we aro not informed what 
is done with the retailers who have access to hy¬ 
drants as our New-Yorkers do to Croton water. 
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A Large Pound-Sweet Apple.—A gentleman 
brought to Ihis office an apple, which (without 
tasting it) we judged to be a Found-Sweet, grown 
by Ekastus Randall, Bayonne, N. J., which 
measured longitudinally sixteen and a quarter 
inches iu eireumfereneeand latitudinally fifteen 
and a quarter ineltes, and weighed twenty-six 
ounces. 
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Trapping Fur Bearing Animals.—A Subscriber, 
Albion, Ind.—We cannot tell you where you can 
obtain “a work on the subject of trapping the 
small fur-bearing animals." 
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INDUSTRIAL SOCIETIES. 
The Illinois Stale Horticultural Society holds 
its annual meeting at Ottawa, Ill, commencing 
December 14th. These meetings are usually 
very profitable, and gather together horticul¬ 
turists from all parts of (he Nort Invest. 
The American Dairymen's Association offer 
£100 premium for the best and most useful essay 
on “The Claims of Cheese as a Wholesome, Nu¬ 
tritious and Economical Article of Food.” No 
limit as to length is presented. The papers must 
be sent u» the secretary, Gardner B. Weeks, 
Syracuse. N. Y„ as early as December 20. Tlio 
award will be announced and the premium paid 
at the Annual Meeting of the Association, to be 
held ut Utica. January 12 and 13, 1870. 
IVH.raska State Horticultural Society.—The or¬ 
ganize! ion of tiffs new Western State ITortieiil- 
t ural Society, was made at the State Agricultural 
Society’s exhibition this past fall,and J. H. Mas¬ 
ters of Nebraska City, was made President; R. 
W. Furnas, Corresponding and Recording Secre¬ 
tary ; Judge O. P. Mason, Treasurer. The ener¬ 
gy and enthusiasm which has shown itself in tho 
works of its officers gives prestage of the Society 
becoming one of the most instructive and spe¬ 
cially valuable to the West. 
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THE SEASON. 
[WE desire to receive tfems concerning the season 
crops and crop prospects, with market prices of farm 
produce, from all parts of the country for puhllcx- 
tion under this head.—E ds. Rural. 
Mntiroeton, Pa., Oct. 30.— The weather is cold ; 
we have badseveval light snow squalls. The ma¬ 
jority of the farmers were fortunate enough to 
get their potatoes in before the cold snap. Corn 
husking has commenced. Winter wheat looks 
fine. Cows aro increasing their milk; hence tho 
decline in the price of butter.— m. a. k. 
E*sex Co., t a., Oct. 27.—The long continued 
and very unusual drouth cut, the crop of corn, 
potatoes, turnips nnd cabbages very short; be¬ 
sides a destructive hail storm passed through 
our county its entire length, thirty to forty 
miles, destroying all vegetation and tearing 
down houses. Business of alt kinds very much 
prostrated.— Farmer. 
Conlville, Summit l‘o.. Utah, Oct. 29. The 
month of October has been one of tho most 
pleasant that fanners could desire—not. ft cloud 
lias been seen for twenty-thro© days. Tho 1mm 
of tho threshing machines is music enough fora 
people who had been eaten out by locusts for 
iht-OQ summers. Tiffs season most of tho wheat 
was too hard when the advance armies arrived. 
Wheat is selling at SI to $1.«0 per bush.; pota¬ 
toes 50c.; butter-45 to 50c-; cheese .'JO to88c.— e. b. 
Bnntoiff, Champaign Co., III., Oct, 29. The 
last hair of October has been very cold, t he mer¬ 
cury running as low as eighteen degrees below 
freezing. Late corn very much injured by frost. 
There fell, on the night of the 23ud, two Inches 
or more of snow, which remained on tho ground 
for several days. Potatoes a good crop; many 
of them to be dug yet; about one-third of them 
frozen. Potatoes, $>o.; corn, 30 to 40 c.; oats, 
28e.; money “tight,” and hard to get.—R. 0. 
Livingston. 
Kokomo, Howard Co., Ind., Oct. 23.--Tlio 
weather Inis been cool and dry for about two 
weeks past. Night before last there was u great 
fall of snow, amounting to about, eight or ten 
inches in depth. The leaves not being off.the 
tree.!, they bout In all shapes and forms; tho 
small maples were bent to tho ground. Some 
Orchards were nearly ruined, frees being split 
from top to bottom. Apples that were not gath¬ 
ered were completely spoiled by the freezing the 
following night.— Wm. W. Johnson. 
Bedford, Monroe Co., .Mich.. Oct. 29.— Crops 
abundant, except corn, of which there is not 
half a crop. The 83d four inches of snow fell, 
and has laid on t he ground ever since, causing a 
great loss or apples stud potatoes, as not over half 
have been secured. Potatoes never were of a 
finer quality. Labor, fid to $23 per month and 
board, or $1 per day and board. Wheat,-bl; 
corn, 75c.; oats, 50c.; Irish potatoes. 35 to 50c.; 
hay, $10 to f 15 per ton ; sweet potatoes arc a 
drug ut ft; pork, 12e. per pound; butter, 50 
to 35c. per pound.- A. E. DunisxR. 
Furls, Kenosha Co., Win., Oct. 2S.—Crops were 
put in in the mud; very wet until middle of 
July; then three weeks good weather, in which 
the hay was mostly secured in good order, then 
somewhat showery during balance of August, in 
which tho grain was harvested. Yield light, 
except outs, which arc medium; corn, small 
growth; ripened well. It is very dry now; no 
rain since August; has been cold enough past 
week for December. Wheat, $1; oats, 40©.; bar¬ 
ley, 90c. to $1.15; timothy hay, $10, In Kenosha 
or any lake port; butter, 3>e.; cows, $50; pork, 
$11.50; laud, $30 to $50 an acra— l. 
Kenton, Dunlin Co., O., Oct. 28. — The past 
few days havo been tlio coldest, at this season, 
known to “ tho oldest inhabitant." Farmers 
have begun husking and cribbing their corn, 
which, though bettor in some fields than antici¬ 
pated, will not altogether average over half a 
crop. Cause, extreme wet up to first ol' July. 
Wheat crop never was bettor; oats good; 
meadows yielded abundantly, and luiy was se¬ 
cured In the best possible condit ion (and, by Ike 
way, this is ouo of the finest stock and grass re¬ 
gions of the State.) Early potatoes yielded 
largely, and are of splendid quality; the late, 
though large in yield, are showing signs of rot. 
—d. w. n. 
Eagle Cliffs. Ga , Oct. 29.—The season, so far, 
lms been rather unfavorable. Corn, cotton and 
potato crop all cut short by tho drouth of July 
and August, during which time tho ground was 
barely dampened two inches. Splendid weather 
for sowing wheat; of which product the fann¬ 
ers ai - e sowing largely ; not according to the old 
uncertain method either, but by deep planting 
aud draining. The Western fever is taking off 
a great mauy of the consumers, which hereto¬ 
fore have been much more numerous than the 
producers. This change is very desirable to us, 
ns only those families who are dependent on the 
landholders for means of support are going, and 
the scarcity of laborers makes it a necessity for 
us to set our land In clover and grass, which is 
notonlv a blessing to us, huttoposterity. Flour 
is selling at $3.50 to $5; com $1; wheat $1 to 
$1.25, potatoes $1.35.—p. p. 
Wlliianisvlllc, Erie Co., IV. Y., Oct. 28.—This 
morning the ground is covered with eight inches 
of snow, the first of the season. The weather is 
more moderate, and it will not likely last long. 
It has been quite cold. Tuesday, the 2(ith, it 
froze all day, and on the night following the 
mercury fell to 33'. On Sunday, tho 24tli inst-, 
there was four inches of snow in Buffalo, and 
twenty miles south enough fell to make sleigh¬ 
ing. Farmers are not through with fall work 
yet; are generally about commencing to husk 
corn, which is nearly, if not quite, an average 
crop on drained laud, and much better than was 
anticipated in August, Potatoes rotted some- 
all of souto varieties. The HnriuOn lms done 
remarkably well, and been comparatively 'tee 
from rot. Wheat, barley and oats have done 
well, but prices are low, compared with last sea¬ 
son. Wheat is selling ut $1.30 per bushel; bai¬ 
ley, from $1 to $1.10. Apples are about halt a 
crop. Much defective fruit, not all gathered 
yet, and some have been injured by D ost. 1 ears 
have done well and been cheap in Buffalo nun- 
ket. Bart I ells were of poor quality, being 
green, watery and lacking sweetness and flat <>i. 
Grapes on tho young vines in this vicinity 
have not thoroughly matured. Delawares and 
Concords have ripened on old vines.— e. a. l. 
