more, but leave individuals seeking Information 
to consult the experience of growers in the lo¬ 
cality where they are to plant and be guided 
thereby. That is most sensible. 
The Michigan State Poultry Association is to 
hold its first annual exhibition at Detroit, Jan. 
23-91,1672. See advertisement. 
Mast of the farmers of Minnesota are asking 
of the Legislature a law to restrain stock from 
running in the public highways. 
The New York Rural Club holds its annual 
meeting and election January 9th. There is to 
be a paper, a dinner and a good time. 
Grain valued at $2,000, Oft) is said to be stored 
in warehouses along the Williamctte River, Ore¬ 
gon, most of which Is to be shipped to Europe. 
Ir you want laborers on the farm, or else¬ 
where, see advertisement of the Commissioners 
of Immigration, rustle Garden, New York City. 
Reports of the doings of Agricultural meet¬ 
ings. If condensed, and of the elections of In¬ 
dustrial Societies, will receive attention, if for¬ 
warded to us. 
Marsh lands suitable for cranberry culture, 
near Berlin, \Yis., have advanced in value from 
$1 or less, t<» $100 per acre. Some forties are 
held at $35,000. 
Thomas S. Pleasants, Petersburg. Va., died 
Dec. 16. Ho was a well known agricultural 
writer and editor of the Rural Messenger from 
its commencement. 
A. Bryant, Jr., Princeton, III., sends us his 
price list of fruit, evergreen and forest tree 
seeds; also wholesale price list of nursery stock. 
He is a reliable dealer. 
F. W. Potter. Wilmington, N. C., asserts that 
David Sanders, nine miles from the city, grew 
melons the past season that weighed 76 and a few 
that weighed 80 pounds. 
Some one suggests that Agricultural Societies 
should offer premiums on hay, it being a most 
important crop. It is n good suggest ion, and now 
is the time to act upon It. 
It Is asserted that one who understands the 
business can make a nice tiling stocking the 
small lakes formed by the. irrigating ditches of 
Colorado with black bass. 
John Boshen, Ottawa Co., 0„ bos, a corres¬ 
pondent. states, a swarm of bees ot 1871, weigh¬ 
ing 114 pounds all white clover honey. How docs 
he know it is all white clover honey 1 
Willard s Practical Dairy Husbandry is now 
ready for delivery to agents. Copies sent, post¬ 
paid, on receipt of price, ($3,) to those residing 
where there arc no agents. Address this ollice. 
and he has one eye out for political promotion. 
It is this one eye that agriculturists should labor 
to fasten upon their own interests. It Ik the only 
one that Is available to them. And they should 
not hesitate to use It. With some legislators 
money may cover both eyes; but the Reform 
Movement, if properly backed np and Insisted 
upon by the people, is likely to induce the ean- 
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SATURDAY, JANUARY 13, 1872, 
THE NEW STYLE RURAL: 
FAVORABLE VERDICT OF THE FEOPLE 
From the moment we decided upon and an¬ 
nounced (some months ago) u change in the 
stylo, page-size and price of tills Journal, we 
were confident it would meet the approval of 
nine-tent he of our subscribers, and also tluit our 
Circulation would t hereby be materially increas¬ 
ed, And yet, though sanguine of success, we 
confess that we were somewhat nervous and 
anxious as the time approa ched for sending forth 
the first number of this year, with such a decid¬ 
ed change in style —In the illustrated heading, 
particularly: for, albeit, the best Judges among 
Journalists pronounced tile new-style Rural a 
vast improvement, wo feared that fie old friends 
might pot ** see it In that light.*’ But, ail hough 
the Improved paper line not been “ out" a week 
at this writing, whatever tears we entertained 
are already dissipated — for the RURAL, in its 
prcsenl form and style, is being received most 
favorably by its pat roils and the public, in¬ 
deed, our most sanguine hopes are more than 
realized, as, so far as we have learned, every one 
who has seen No. 1, Vol. X X V.. hails i he change 
with pleasure, and proclaims it a success. 
Of course we have not yet hoard much from 
the country In regard to the change—excop 
from callers at publication ofilcc but our daily 
receipts on subscription are far greater than 
during corresponding periods of former years— 
and wo anticipate a still greater rush when the 
new paper shall have readied distant sections of 
the country and been examined. Enough is 
known already, however, to satisfy us that the 
change will prove popular, and we can safely say 
“Eureka " In regard to the "New Departure 
of the Rural New-Yorker. 
-We are not insensible to the favors we are 
now-a-days receiving front both People and 
Press, and cannot close this article without re¬ 
turning grateful acknowledgments for the influ¬ 
ence aud cordiality manifested in belinlf of the 
enterprise which Is our life work. 
pc |3ublialjrr 
The X. Y. Evening Mnll among the best aud 
most enterprising of New York daily newspapers 
—opens the new year by issuing a Weekly Edi¬ 
tion. It is a beautiful quarto, admirably filled, 
and neatly printed. We wish it ubundant suc¬ 
cess—a long and prosperous career. 
PUBLISHER'S SPECIAL NOTICES, 
Notice lo Everybody.—Now Is the time to form 
Clubs lor the New-style Ritual New-Yorker. It is 
lilt* most Popular Paper In the land, and everybody 
can get up Clubs and secure Premiums. Thousands 
nt our subscribers can do this tf they will, for hosts of 
people only need an invitation to take Lbe paper. U 
the four or five thousand persons who got i hoir papers 
in wrappers (at post-office* where only oue copy Is 
taken! will make u little effort, each can form a Club, 
secure a Premium, benefit hi* neighbors, port also re¬ 
ceive his own paper earlier a* Club packages are not 
delayed in the mail like single papers. Almost every¬ 
body can make It pay to help circulate the Rural. 
Try it, Header, and see If it Is not profitable. 
RURAL ROTES AND QUERIES. 
That Beet Sugar Manufacture is profitable in 
California, seems apparent from the fact that 
both the Companies experimenting have leased 
additional land, and propose to extend the area 
cult ivated in beets to 1,000 acres each, the coming 
season. 
Comparison and Conclusion.— We remember 
once hearing a man assert that his corn crop 
was the most profitable one of the year. We 
asked him bow be knew and to give us his lig- 
u res. He had none. We then took his own esti¬ 
mate of costs of production and subtracting 
the aggregate from the market value of the 
crop, showed him that be was “going it blind,” 
and that his corn crop was really the most un¬ 
profitable one he had grown. There are many 
such men, we are sorry to say,—men who do a 
very large amount of poor guessing in relation 
to their business. The farmer who can look at 
his cnrcfuily-kept accounts with Ids crops this 
first day of tlio year and know what their com¬ 
parative profits are, is both fortunate and wise. 
And the man who is “going if blind," guessing 
his way through the world, is quite likely to bo 
unfortunate aud is foolish. Now is the time for 
making comparisons and arriving at conclusions 
that, shall guide the work of 1872. 
Ginseng in North Carolina. —We BOC it Stated 
that 80,000 to 100,000 pounds of ginseng have been 
dug from the mountains of Cherokee Co., this 
past fall, and sold ut 2f> to 27.1* cents per -ound. 
Our Premium* Approved. We arc In receipt 
of many letters from recipients of Premiums, prais¬ 
ing the articles they have secured such ns the U. S. 
Watch Co.’s Watches, Koed A Burton’s Plated Wore, 
Weed’s Sewing Machine, the Continental Waslior, 
(very strongly approved,) Universal and Novelty 
Wringers, &c., Ac. 
-— 
Premiums Scut Promptly. We send all Pre¬ 
miums as promptly as possible. Most articles are 
sent, or ordered sent, within twenty-four hours of re¬ 
ceipt of request. Those not receiving their Premiums 
in a reasonable time should advise us of the fact. 
Red Wing, Minu., Dec. 20.^Etirly winter; 
21 - below zero Deo. 4 and 5; 40© above zero the 
Ot h. Little snow. Wheat crop light but coming 
in freely at $1-10. Timothy hay $10; oats, 30c.; 
corn. 50c.; pork, $3 and $4 per cwt. Very dry 
the last 4 months.—D. H. T. 
So. Seavtlle, Cape May Co., N. ,1., Dee. 27.— 
We have lmd some unusual cold weather for 
this latitude. Doc. 21st, at sunrise, the ther¬ 
mometer stood 3© below zero; lit 0 o’clock P. 
P., 7© below, after which it grew warm. It. has 
been wet for two months. Dec. 19th three 
inches of snow; all gone 23d. Wheat looks well, 
selling at $1.50; corn. 75c.: oats, 50c.: potatoes, 
50c.; sweet potatoes, 75o.; butter, 30 to 45o.; eggs, 
30c.—w. n. 
Martlashurg, Berkley Co., Va., Dec. 26.— 
Summer crops were inferior: corn about half a 
crop, in consequonco of drouth. Wheat crop 
good in quantity and quality; peach aud apple 
crops excellent; also small fruits. Wheat $1.50 
to $1.50 per bushel: corn, 90c. to $1 per bushel: 
rye, $1: onto, 50e. to 55c.; potatoes, $1.25 to $1.30: 
apples, $1.25 to $1.50 per bushel; pork plenty and 
cheap, ranging from $6 to $7 per cwt.; beef, $6 
to $8 per cwt. 
Help for W isconsin Farmers, — Gov. FAIR- 
Child of Wisconsin, has issued a circular, calling 
upon the farmers aud manufacturers of Wiscon¬ 
sin to contribute seeds and implements in aid of 
tin- sufferers who wish to cultivate their land in 
the burned districts of Wisconsin and Northern 
Michigan. Grass seed is needed by the 15tb Ot 
February ; spring wheat, rye, oats and garden 
seeds by the 15th of March; potatoes by April 
15. Probably 1,000 plows will be needed; also 
wagons, harrows, and other farm tools. Contri¬ 
butions can bo forwarded to A. J. Languor- 
thy, Gen. Ag’t Milwaukee and Green Bay Re¬ 
lief Committees, Green Buy, Wia. 
A ddttions to Clubs are always in order, whether 
In ones, two?, fives, tens, or mure. A host of people 
ure subscribing for papers Hbotit these days, and we 
hope our Agent-Friends will give everybody an oppor¬ 
tunity to subscribe for the best. 
Our Premiums.—Agents entitled to Premiums 
aro requested to designate whnt they prefer and noti¬ 
fy us how and where to send—whether by Freight or 
Express, if articles are not mailable. 
LEGISLATION FOR FARMERS, 
Legislatures are now in session. These later 
days it has come to pass that whatever legisla¬ 
tion is asked for by agriculturists Is too often 
treated with contempt or ridicule. It is rarely 
Iho case that a country member of any of our 
State legislative bodies proposes any measure 
looking to the farmer’s Interest, that he is not 
made the butt of ridicule and the target for 
jibes and jeers by the seedy politicians who have 
a sufficient smattering of law, garrulous tongues, 
an Infinite amount of brass, " taking ways," and 
the pliancy “for a consideration" that enables 
t hem to get the necessary “ influence ” to arrive 
nt the dignity of " law makers." The trouble is 
they "see no money" in these measures which 
appertain to Agricultural Progress. It is only 
when they are assured that if they do not recog¬ 
nize the validity of the demand upon their mag¬ 
nanimity by right action upon such proposed 
measures, there will be danger to the political 
supremacy of the party’ In power, that they 
come down from their pedestals and cease their 
tantrums. 
Legislators, many of them, seem to have an 
Idea that they are elected to fatten on jobs and 
promote special legislation, rather than act for 
the general welfare. Each man has his bill, big 
or little, which he is bound to “get through;" 
No Traveling Agents are employed by us, but 
any person so disposed can act as Local Agent, on hie 
or her own authority, au<l secure premiums, etc. 
The Liberal C.’lnb of New York at it* last 
meeting was addressed by Alfred Brisbane, 
upon the “ Organon of Thought and Invest iga- 
tion." He claims that we have yet to discover, 
and apply, the laws which govern the universe 
of thought as we have discovered and applied 
tho laws which govern the physical universe. 
Until we do, society and all attempted regula¬ 
tions of it will result in confusion, chaos. 
All Remittances by Draft, P. O. Money Order or 
Registered Letter are at OCR risk. 
RURAL BREVITIES, 
BUSINESS NOTICES 
The horses of New York City are valued at 
$ 2 , 000 , 000 . 
In South Berbam, Cal., fine squashes sell for 
$3 to $4 per ton. 
See advertisement of J. M. Bacheldor’s 
R ural Home School. 
Minnesota is importing broom corn instead 
of producing it as she ought to. 
The Monthly New England Farmer ceased to 
issue wit h the December number. 
Illinoisans are agitating the subject of per¬ 
manently locating their State Fair. 
J. P. S., Leavenworth, Kan., is informed that 
a School of Mines is, we believe, established at 
Rolla, Mo. 
The Kansas Farmer is now issued semi-month¬ 
ly instcud of monthl y. It is an excellent jour¬ 
nal, and we are glad it is progressing. 
THERE IS NO NECESSITY 
For poor bread, rolls, biscuits or pastry, when house¬ 
keepers use Dooley’S Yeast Powder. The perfect 
purity of the articles entering into its composition in¬ 
sures tiie sane results each time, which deleterious 
Baking Powder* cannot. We challenge comparison 
with any Yeast Powder In market, knowing full well 
that no other similar article is put up with the same 
care and precision as ours. We give good weight, and 
guarantee quality and quantity as represented. For 
sale at retail by Groeers 111 qu&uties to suit. 
A National Agricultural Convention is called 
by the Commissioner of Agriculture to meet at 
the Agricultural Department, Washington, D. 
C., Thursday, Feb. 15, to takesueh action regard¬ 
ing agricultural interests us shall bo deemed ex¬ 
pedient. It is to be composed of representa¬ 
tives of Agricultural Colleges, State Agricul¬ 
tural and Horticultural Societies, and State- 
Boards of Agriculture. 
COLLINS’ CAST CAST-STEEL PLOWS 
#5. For information bow to obtain them, ad- 
ss COLLINS & CO.. 212 Water St.. Now York. 
JVo More Fruit Lists.—The Dlinois State Hor¬ 
ticultural Society, at Its recent meeting, decided 
not to spend any more time upon the revision 
of fruit lists for that State, nor to publish any 
Whitcomb’* Asthma Remedy.—“ A single bot¬ 
tle gave relief.”—j. D. Cushing, Toledo, O. 
