MOORE’S RURAL NEW-Y08KER. 
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“ PROGRESS AND IMPROVEMENT.” 
MOORE’S RURAL NEW-YORKER. 
A NATIONAL ILLUSTRATED 
RURAL, LITERARY AND Mill MSPAMR. 
S. D. T. MOORE 
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SATURDAY, MARCH 9, 1872. 
SPECIAL NOTICE .TO ADVERTISERS, 
INCREASE OF RATES. 
After April 1,1872, the Bates for Advertising 
in Moore's Rural New-Yorker will be as 
follows: 
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New York office on or before April 1st will be 
charged at present rates only. For at least oni 
cogent reason for our advance, or “ New Depart¬ 
ure," in Advertising Rates, see Rural Feb. 24. 
OUR SPRING CAMPAIGN! 
The Spring Campaign of the Rural NEW- 
Yorker opens with March, and we desire every 
Agent, or other friend of the paper who can do 
so, to “pitch right in” and make additions to 
present Clubs, or form uew ones—for which we 
Offer and Fay most Liberal Premiums. 
THE RURAL’S “NEW DEPARTURE” 
IIus already proved a groat success—the form 
and style adopted Jan, 1st, receiving the approv¬ 
al null commendation of both Press and People 
all over the Continent. No change in a journal 
was ever pronounced so great an Improvement. 
Thousands who never took the Rural before, 
are now its subscribers and ardent admirers, 
while old subscribers, with scarcely an excep¬ 
tion, say the change is ail right. 
TAKE PARTICULAR NOTICE THAT 
Agents and other friends will find it for their 
interest to add to present and form new clubs— 
for our inducements are so substantial that ovory 
one will be richly rewarded. Show the Rural 
to your'friends—take a copy to the polls on Elec- 
lion Day, (we will replace any you soil or* lose,) 
and •- don’t forget to remember ” to toll every¬ 
body you meet that this is the paper for them¬ 
selves, their families and friends. 
By proper effort, everybody can 
MAKE MONEY IN MARCH! 
For It is a good month to “ March On to Victory ,” 
by filling up or forming clubs. As Spring comes 
on, thousands, in both Town and Country, want 
the Rural, because It tells them all about Gar¬ 
dening, Floriculture, Arboriculture, Etc., us well 
ns Farming, Stock Breeding, Sheep and Dairy 
Hhrtiandry, &c., &e. 
YOU CAN BEGIN AT ANY TIME! 
Good Friends! go in for the benefit of your¬ 
selves and your neighbors — for every one who 
subscribes will be benefited, while your kind 
exercise of influence will be rewarded. 
As the Rural is electrotyped, back numbers 
can be furnished from Jan, 1st, or, if preferred, 
subscribers can commence notv, or at any time. 
RURAL NOTES AND QUERIES. 
British Imports of Wheat. —The Country Gen¬ 
tleman thus summarizes the available figures.— 
The published statement, of British Imports of 
wheat for 1871, shows tlsat the quantity received 
during t lie year was 39,407.010 owr., against 31.901,- 
229 ewt., in 1870. Russia furnished 15,029,4(13 ewt., 
and the United States 13,405,(07 ewt., but the two 
countries are placed more nearly on an equality 7 
when wo find (hat 1,794,805 c-wt. of wheat Hour 
was also brought from the United States and 
none from Russia. Indeed the aggregate value 
of our wheat and flour was £9,459,740, against 
£8,940,597 for Russian wheat, so that we actually 
exceeded Russia iti our supplies for the British 
market, und sent thither considerably more than 
all other countries combined. The aggregate 
cost of British purchases of wheat and flour 
from ot her nations was £20.783,914 in 1871, against 
£19,947,078 In 1870—an increase of over seven 
millions pounds sterling, equal at present rates 
of exchange to about $.'!8,ltKUK)0 in currency, 
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The War Among the Boses Potatoes—waxes 
warn as the spring days come on. Mr. Camp¬ 
bell’s article on “ Seedlings vs. Sports,” in our 
issue of Feb. 17, Induced Dr. Hkxamkr to ex¬ 
hibit, at the last meeting of the Farmers’ Cl0b of 
the American Institute, samples of the half doz¬ 
en, more or less, “Late Rose" potatoes which 
are now competing wit h each other in the mar¬ 
ket for supremacy as a late, complement of the 
Early Rose. Now we are perfectly willing each 
one of these potatoes worthy of It, should he 
w'idely disseminated; hut we desire our readers 
to distinctly understand that there is no “ The 
Late Rose;" there are several of them, each dis¬ 
tinct from the other. We do not know which is 
best, and it is not. probable we shall, until we 
have tested them. We do not advise our readers 
to “dip hi " tin) heavily in anyone of these liiiio 
Roses: nor do we discourage any one, who can 
afford it, from testing all of them. Our advice, 
in the matter of nomenclature, would be that 
the originator of each drop the name “Rose” 
and prefix his own name to the word “ I Ate ” 
say “Campbell’s Lute,” etc. We do uot, it is 
proper to say, agree with Mr. Campbell, in his 
low estimate of the permanency of “sports.” 
Our own experience disproves it. 
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Catalogue*, die.. Received.— From William 
& Thomas Smith, Geneva, N. Y„ descriptive 
Catalogue of Ornamental Trees, Shrubs and 
Roses. From Luther Holmes, See. of Ag. and 
Mech. Ass’ll of Louisiana, Rules, Regulations 
and Schedule of Premiums for the Sixth State 
Fair of Louisiana, to be held at New Orleans, 
April 24 :«i. From l ientjf.hson A Co , Real Es¬ 
tate Agents, Boston, Mass., their Rural Adver¬ 
tiser of landed property for sale. From W. & T. 
Smith. Geneva, N. V., Catalogue of Frpits. Fmm 
E. M. Waite, See., list, of Premiums awfiFArq at 
Oregon State Fair, 1871. From W. C. St HO no & 
Co., Brighton. Mass., catalogue of New and Rare 
Plants. From Wm. King & Son, Rochester, N. 
Y., descriptive catalogue of Green-house and 
Hot-house Plants, &c. From Chas. Millar .V 
Son. Utica, N. Y.. Illust rated Circular and Price 
List of articles for cheese factory and dairy use. 
From Reis to & Hex a. mi. it. New Castle, N. Y., 
catalogue of Small Fruits, Seed Potatoes Seeds, 
&c. From R. D. Hawley, Hartford, Conn., cat¬ 
alogue of Genuine Wethersfield Garden and Ag¬ 
ricultural Seeds. From Olm Bros.. Springfield, 
Illinois, Annual Plant Catalogue. From D. H. 
Brown & Sons, New Brunswick, N. J., descrip¬ 
tive Catalogue of Garden, Field and Flower 
Seeds, Small Fruits, Vegetables, <Yc. From H. 
A. Gatlin, Corry, Pa., catalogue of Now and 
Rare Plants. 
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The Late Agricultural Convention at Wash, 
ion. in Forney’s Press, Thomas Meehan thus 
comments upon the antagonism reselling be¬ 
tween the Con vent ion and Commissioner Watts, 
in relation to representation in the Convention: 
“Instead of fifty or sixty gentlemen represent¬ 
ing as many State Agrieull and SucietiosandCol¬ 
leges, some t wo hundred presented themselves 
for admission. It was a wonderful illustration 
of the great interest felt in agriculture. Here 
were men from nearly every State und Territory 
in the Union, Arkansas, Texas and Florida being 
the only ones not represented. Even Utah had 
a delegate knocking at the door. These gentle¬ 
men came—many of them over a thousand miles 
—solely at their own expense in timeand money, 
and without the expectation of any personal re¬ 
ward in any way, to offer their encouragement 
and exert then* influence for the great agricultu¬ 
ral cause. The friends of agriculture welcomed 
their appearance with much enthusiasm, and 
were much anuoyed when Commissioner Watts 
rose to open the meeting, and told them that 
they were not wanted there. The meeting, 
however, took a different view from that of the 
Commissioner. Instead of feeling insulted by 
the presence of these gentlemen, the delegates 
whom the Commissioner iutended only to invite 
regarded it as n compliment, and, especially 
in view of the great number of leading minds 
among them, rejoiced in the opportunity of 
having them to consult with. And thus it 
happened that in spite of the protestations of 
the Commissioner they were elected to full seats 
in the Convention. 
“ This at once placed tho meeting in antagon¬ 
ism to Judge Watts, and the result was the 
election to the chair of Dr. George B, Lorinq 
of Massachusetts who was one of the gentlemen 
the Commissioner wished to rule out. If the 
Commissioner ever had any distinct plan in hls 
mind when the Convention was called, this op¬ 
position must have soured him, und prevented 
his fully presenting it. There seemed to be no 
definite point to be discussed, and hence tho 
whole proceedings resulted in little more than a 
great mass meeting, in which nearly half tho 
time was occupied tn organizing and preparing 
business, and the other half‘in offering resolu¬ 
tions by individual member? on all sorts of 
schemes and topics having a bearing on tho 
general subject of agriculture. The Commis¬ 
sioner could not resign himself gracefully to his 
fate. On one occasion he rose and protested 
against what he termed the folly of I he Conven¬ 
tion, contending that * the funeral whs none of 
hls.’ and that ‘ he washed his bandsof all respon¬ 
sibility’ in the matter: and subsequently, when 
asked to publish mi abstract of the proceedings 
in (he agricultural report, gave much offense by 
remarking that he was only authorized by law 
to print ’agricultural Information J 
“ Though the main design of the Commissioner 
in calling this meeting together may have been 
frustrated, l lie result? in the way of valuable 
suggestions in the Interest or agricultural pro¬ 
gress were by no means small. This was to be 
anticipated by any one who look'd at the p cr- 
nonnot ot the Convention. No more intelligent 
body of men was ever gat hered together to dis¬ 
cuss the interests of products of t he earth. No 
pursuit will draw together men of so many 
shades of political opinion as this." 
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li is Well to Have Something to Think About. 
—As a rule, t here is too little thinking done by 
farmers. They think of their “hard lot” —of 
the isolated life they lead, and nurse the belief 
that every man’s (in other vocations) hand is 
against them. Wo like the course of tho Wal¬ 
tham Farmers’Club, Maas,, which has published 
the following topics for thought and discussion 
at its meetings during the year. Other clubs 
ought to imitate it, it. will help men to con¬ 
centrate their attention and observation, and 
think with a purpose. Here is the programme 
for discussion in 1872: 
Tim results of farming in 1871. and what has 
been learned that will be beneficial to the future. 
Has the importation of foreign breeds of cut¬ 
tle, horses and other stuck been a benefit to the 
community? 
Trades and trade unions; their influence on 
the business of the community. Would ii com¬ 
bination ol' the farming interests be a benefit to 
llioir general prosperity? 
Woodland and forest trees: their advantages 
or disadvantages t.o the farm mid community. 
Farm and larruers; what arc the Indications 
of good farming ? 
Swine ami poultry; best breeds of each, and 
the best melhodol keepingand feeding, and the 
profit and loss. 
Fruits and vegetables; proper time to gather, 
and tin* best, way of preserving them. 
Milch cows; feeding and management In re¬ 
gard to health and tho production of milk. 
The raising, feeding, and i mining of horses for 
speed, road, and farm work. 
Personal. -Mr. A. B. Crandell, the Agricul¬ 
tural Editor of the World the past two or three 
years, has resigned his position to accept the 
place of Agricultural Editor of the Weekly 
Tribune, as successor to the lute Josi eii B. Ly¬ 
man. Mr. Ch AND ell is an industrious, faithful 
journalist, a ready reporter, and a worthy suc¬ 
cessor to Mr. Lyman. Prof II. E. Colton, late 
of the Tribune, succeeds Mr. Crandell us Ag¬ 
ricultural Editor of tho World. Prof. Colton 
has had opportunities forextended observation, 
and is a careful, conscientious writer upon 
practical topics. 
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Notice to Advertiser*.—The favors of adver¬ 
tisers, (especially during the busy Spring sea¬ 
son,) should reach our New York Office ten days 
in advance of the date of the paper in which it 
is desired that they should appear. We arc 
Obliged to omit over a column of new advertise¬ 
ments this week, for the reason that most of 
our pages had been sent to cloctrotyper before 
their arrival. Please “ make a note ” of this. 
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Samuel Wagner — Obituary. — we see it an¬ 
nounced that. 8 a mu El. Wag nek, late Editor of 
the American Bee Journal, died Jan. 17tli. Mr. 
Wagner was justly regarded a reliable authori¬ 
ty in ids specialty, and Is pronounced a most 
worthy man by his personal friends. We an¬ 
nounce his decease with profound regret. 
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RURAL BREVITIES. 
Ohio farmers have organized Cow Insurance 
Companies. 
Farmers are burning corn in Butler Co., Iowa, 
because of the scarcity of other fuel. 
There are reported to be about 30,000 bales of 
hops in the New York market. 
Horace Greeley Is to deliver the Annual 
Address at the next Fair of the Vermont Htate 
Ag. Stic. 
Forty thousand bushels of onions were raised 
i ■ the Holland sett lement, near Chicago, the past 
season—so it is asserted. 
Norfolk Red Polled Catt le are to be Imported 
into this country for tho first time this spring. 
A. B. Allen praises them, 
boston has three distinct Milk Associations—a 
Producer’s, Peddler’S and Consumer’s. They 
ought to regulate the milk business. 
Illinois farmers arc feeding their partridges 
this winter, because they do such good service' in 
destroying ebinch bugs. Sensible! 
A Farmers' Co-operative Society has been 
organized at Farmington, Kun., and a co-opera¬ 
tive storo is to be started thereby. 
At Indianapolis, Inch, the past season, 180,509 
hogs hav© been slaughterer! ; cost $919,827.34: 
capital invested tntlae business, $4,401,229. 
The Maine State Agricultural College is likely 
to receive an appropriation of $25,000 from the 
State this year; it has already received $88,000. 
Samuel L. Boardman, Editor of the Maine 
Farmer, has been appointed a member of the 
Maine Board of Agriculture, in place of Prof. 
Hamlin of Colby University, resigned. 
BUSINESS INFORMATION. 
The Averill Chemical Paint. —We see that 
Professors Casskt-s if the State University of 
Ohio, CHANDLERof New York, Sir, liman of New 
Haven, Lanszwkert of California and some 
others of the ab'est chemists in Inc 7 • in try, 
have analyzed the Averill Chemical Pain and 
pronounced It i be composed of the most . 
structihle tn era. known: and that the eh u- 
ieal com 'nation «> .heso ingredients by tho 
inventor, in the product known as the Av¬ 
erill Chemical Paint, has given to the world 
the most durable article of paint heretofore 
known. They also assert, that its preserving 
properties are unsurpassed. The above, taken 
in connection witli the opinion of the many 
owners of fine buildings who have used this ar¬ 
ticle. would seem to be sufficient guarantee of its 
worth. Those having buildings to paint would 
do well to obtain sample cards and recommends, 
which are furnished gratuitously by tho Averill 
Paint Co., 32 Burling Slip, N. V. 
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The Perklu* «V- House Lamp. — Some three 
years ago we gave a short notiec of this lump. 
Since that time we have had one of the lamps in 
constant use, and consider it worthy of all 
praise. It gives a clear white light, and plenty 
of it; is handsome and strong, mat, we believe. 
Safe in nil contingencies, and with all kinds of 
oil. We feel sure that even the dangerous 
“safety” kind can be used with impunity in 
this lamp. As a further guard against “kero¬ 
sene murders." the Cleveland Non-Ex plosive 
Lamp Co. have devised a Safety-Filling Can. in 
which all tho Orifices ftre so protected by wire 
gauze that flame cannot reach the inside, and 
( explosion Is rendered impossible. The Perkins 
and House Metallic Safety Lamp Co. of Cleve¬ 
land, O., and 42 Barclay St., N. Y„ supply these 
Lamps and Fillers iti ample quantity and of per¬ 
fect manufacture. 
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A Desirable Investment. — Messrs. Fisk & 
Hatch, the well-known bankers, who are now 
acting as financial agents of the Chesapeake and 
Ohio Railroad Company, on the last page of lliis 
issue set forth very succinctly and fairly the 
merits and advantages of the six percent, bonds 
of that Company, which have been received 
with marked favor by the capitalists in this mar¬ 
ket. This Company is old ami well established, 
and is just completing n very valuable and im¬ 
portant railroad property, which lias an un¬ 
commonly bright prospect ahead. The officers 
and directors, moreover, are composed of some 
of the best known and strongest business men 
and capitalist of tho country, which fact is one 
of the strongest guarantees that any obligation 
can have for safety and certainty of income. 
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Harrington’* Seed Sower and Hand Cultiva¬ 
tor. This Implement, made by the Amos Plow 
Company, 53 Beekman St., New York, combines 
the Sower and Cultivator in one machine, and 
is the only combined one made. See advertise¬ 
ment on page 174. 
PUBLISHER’S SPECIAL NOTICES. 
The Rural New-Yorker is electro- 
typed, and hence Back Numbers can 
always he supplied. Copies for sale 
by all News Dealers; price Six Cents. 
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March on During March !—Is what all our 
Agents, amt others disposed to form Clubs, should 
do. It will not only pay to enlarge present Clubs but 
to form new ones. It i* au easy matter to recruit for 
the new style ItUKAL, and pays both Agent and Sub¬ 
scribers—and now is the best time to do " that same.” 
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Addition* to Club* nre always in order, whether 
In ones, twos, lives, tens, Or more. A host of people 
are subscribing for papers about these days, and we 
hope our Agent-Friends will gLve everybody an oppor¬ 
tunity to subscribe for the best. 
BUSINESS NOTICES. 
THE ADVANTAGES 
Of using Dooley's Y east Powder are shown in its 
superior excellence over all others, by which elegant, 
tight, sweet rolls, biscuits, broad, pastry. Ac., can be 
made with very little trouble ; food that can be eaten 
with impunity and relished by tbe most sensitive dys¬ 
peptic or Invalid. It permits no waste of flour pre¬ 
pared with it, and the quantity required to bo used of 
Doolky'6 Yeast Powder is one-third or one-half 
less than those of other manufacturers. Try it and 
be convinced. For sate by Grocers everywhere. 
DR. STRONG’S REMEDIAL INSTITUTE, 
Saratoga Springs, N. Y„ ts unsurpassed tn tho treat¬ 
ment ot Lung, Female and Chronic Diseases. Turk¬ 
ish, Russian, Eteetro-Thermal and Sulphur-Atr Baths. 
Hydropathy, Vacuum Treatment, Movement Cure, 
Oxygen, Calisthenics, &c. Terms lowest in win¬ 
ter. Send for a Circular. Endorsed by Bishop Janes, 
Bev. T. Ii. Cuyler, f>. J>., and Tayler Lewis, LL. D. 
One Cold after Another, will, with many con¬ 
stitutions, securely establish the seeds of Consump¬ 
tion in the .-system. Those in need of a remedy will 
find Dr. Jayne’s Expectorantalwaysprompt, thorough 
and efficacious. 
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Attend to the First Sympioni* of Consump¬ 
tion, and check tho disease in its inclpiency by using 
Jayne's Expectorant, a safe remedy for all affec¬ 
tions of the Longs and Bronchia. 
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THE WAKEFIELD EARTH CLOSET. 
Get Descriptive Pamphlet at 39 Dey St., New York. 
HOW TO OBTAIN A “COLLINS” 
Solid Cast Cast-Steel Plow for $5. For particulars, 
dress COLLINS & CO., 212 Water St., N. 
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