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from 25c. to 30c. per lb. Cows are worth from 
$30 to $40 per head. Good sleighing at present, 
with fair prospect of two weeks more of winter. 
—C. s. K. 
De Vail's Bluffs, Ark.. Mnrch 12. —Cold 
weather here for this climate; have had white 
frosts four nights in succession, hut peaches are 
not hurt, I think. Surface of tho country gen¬ 
erally level, with good drainage. About one-lialf 
prairie. Timber good; ranges in price from 
$1.50@5 per acre. Native cows, $20®30: oxen, 
$73@125; horses $80@200. Many Northern people 
here now, but do not know as they will stay 
long.—o. R. 8. , 
Helena, Ark., March 21. —A terrible hail¬ 
storm passed over this place on the 13th, doing 
considerable damage to fruit-trees, etc. It was 
accompanied with a fearful tornado, twenty 
miles west of us, uprooting and twisting off the 
largest forest trees. A number of buildings 
were blown down, and several persons in¬ 
jured. Hallstonesare reported measuring seven 
to nine inches in circumference. Weather pleas¬ 
ant, but cool.— j. h. o'C- 
Glenville, Harford Co., Md., March 26th.— 
We have had a very dry, cold winter; have only 
had three or four days' sleighing. Wheat looks 
very poorly; many of the fields are entirely 
bare. There has been no plowing done here yet; 
frost remains in the ground, in many places to 
the depth of fifteen inches. Wheat brings $1.75® 
1.85 per husiiel; oats. 55c. corn, 02®64c.; hay, 
$2fl®32 per ton: potatoes, 65c.: eggs, 20c. per 
dozen; butter, 35c. per pound ; fresh cows, $40® 
$50; good work horses, $150®200; land, $50(3400 
per aero.— c. p. c. 
what to do; or at least advise me a little." We 
say study' nature, and discharge your duties to 
your parents by remaining on the farm until 
you arc of age, unless they arc perfectly willing 
you should leave them to pursue your art stud¬ 
ies. As an artist, you cannot be too thorough 
and critical a student of nature in all its forms 
and phases. II you arc a true artist, every day 
you will fix permanently In your mind some 
picture to be reproduced hereafter with your 
pencil and brush. Correspond with, and ask 
suggestions of, any good artist to whom you may 
have accesB. Act, so far as you can and dis¬ 
charge your daily duties faithfully, upon such 
hints. But remember that no true artist can 
obtain too lntimato and critical a knowledge of 
nature. The farm, and the four or five years you 
have to stay there, will afford you opportunities, 
for this kind of study, and which ought tosh- 
sorb your whole mind, and render youlcontented. 
THE SPRING OF 1872 
The Winter of 1871-2 ha* been remarkable for 
its uniform cold in all portions of the country, 
for its heavy snows in some sections, its torna¬ 
do-like winds, the absence of snow in some of 
the snowy regions, the general drouth, sudden 
changes whore the weather is ordinarily oqua 
ble. The Spring is a late one. Its coming is re¬ 
ported to be two 1o six weeks behind time in 
a wide range of localities. Not in many years 
has there been so much frost reported in the 
ground at this season as now. The winter grains, 
in the regions where most cultivated, have suf¬ 
fered seriously from exposure to drouth and 
cold, exhausting the vitality of the plants and 
necessarily affecting the prospective profits of 
the husbandman. Work in the fields is to come 
“all in a heap." This fact must affect the 
breadth of land planted and sown, unless a 
greater proportion of fall plowing was per¬ 
formed than we have reason to suppose. 
Naturally, all consumers and all interested in 
handling produce, look with anxiety for what 
the season is to bring forth. A small per cent, 
decrease of production of any crop in all parts 
of the country affect* the aggregate seriously. 
And values are proportionally affected. The 
old advice, “ plant one acre more," ts the advice 
consumer* will give. We advise planting liber¬ 
ally so far as It can be well done. The ground, 
as soon as the frost leaves it, will be in excellent 
condition for culture - especially where a small 
per cent, of rain has fallen. The action of the 
frost, pulverizes the soil. Tho seed once sown, 
with tho soil in this dry condition, spring rains 
and sunshine will give it a quick start. But will 
it “catch up?” 
We need not advise men who depend upon the 
product* of the soil to be active; that would be 
Insulting to their intelligence. Wo need not 
urge that prosperity depends upon production; 
that Is self-evident. We need not prophesy de¬ 
creased production, and, therefore good prices; 
that would be presumptuous. But we may ex¬ 
press the opinion that, so far as we can judge, 
there was never greater reason for diligence in 
improving the short seed time than this Spring 
of 1872. 
A NATIONAL ILLUSTRATED 
Coiiduotina Kditor and. Proprietor 
CHAS. D. BRAGD0N, ANDREW 8. FULLER, 
Associate Editors. 
HENRY S. RANDALL, LL. D. t Corlland Village, N. Y 
Editor or mo Dir*HTMx*<T or Surer Hcusattltr, 
X. A. WILLARD, A. M., Little Falls, N. Y., 
Editor or m Pufurtmiit or D*iar Hwumr. 
Col. S. D. HARRIS, Cleveland, Ohio. 
CoruiTuMiiH* Editor. 
Advance In Number nnd Price of Sheep.—In 
tome of the States, according to Statistician 
Dodge's last report, there has been an increase 
in flocks the past year: In Vermont, 6 per cent.; 
Texas, 9; Arkansas, Michigan, Wisconsin, Kan¬ 
sas, and Nebraska, 25: California and Oregon. 16 
per cent. There has also been some increase in 
the Territories. The following is the advance 
in the average price of sheep, not less than one 
year old, since February bust: Vermont, $2.75® 
4.56; New York, $337®4.32; Pennsylvania, $3.45 
@3.70; Ohio, $2.49(3337; Michigan. $2.45@3.14; 
Illinois, $2.1.732.90; Iowa, $1,88(3.2.41; California, 
$2.84(33.08; Texas, $L59®1.73. The Southern 
States have few sheep, and have not felt, the ap¬ 
preciation materially. 
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Who has them tor sale? 
Crari.es E. Asn asks where he can purchase 
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The Board of Agriculture of McHenry Co., 
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Dr. E. S. Hull tuts ceased to be horticultural 
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Edward Duhyek Is informed that wo know 
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“ It is stated that, u leading editor of the Rural 
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Practical Dairy Husbandry. This work, by 
X. A. Willard, editor of our Dairy Husbandry 
Department, is receiving high commendation 
from the press. The agricultural journals, es¬ 
pecially, speak of Mr. Willard and his ex¬ 
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by subscription,—that agents are slill wanted in 
many localities,—and t hat copies are sent, post¬ 
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SATURDAY, APRIL 6, 1872. 
THE BUBAL'S SPEING CAMPAIGN i 
A NEW QUARTER, 
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sugar. Two hundred aim thirty acres were 
plumed In beets; product, 4V4 tons per acre. 
The factory was run nearly two months at a 
dally cost of $400; the product per day was about 
$402, leaving a margin of only $2 per day. We 
arc* not told how soon the Company expect to 
get rich. _^_ 
Would We Plan: Onion* This Year!— A cor¬ 
respondent says:—“ We went largely into onions 
last year, and lost money by it, because every¬ 
body else grew a good crop. Shall wo plant this 
year?" We should, but not so largely as to 
neglect to grow sonic other crop to fall back 
upon. Do not depend upon one single crop for 
income. 
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out infringing on the right of the patent ? I 
have heen using nn Ctik in my trade for a num¬ 
ber of years, composed of certain ingredients. 
Now n man come* along ■with the same to sell 
tho recipe patented, and tell* mo I must discon¬ 
tinue ita use or be prosecuted according to law. 
Was the ink patented ? Did ho show you let¬ 
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it was patented) prior to the date of your first, 
using it? Can you prove you used it before it 
was patented ? We ask these questions because 
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has one) Is void. If your ink is not composed of 
precisely the same ingredient* and in the same 
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at Washington for a copy of the patent and the 
date of the application. You can then act in¬ 
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BUSINESS NOTICES 
St. Charles, III., March 23.—Winter has been 
tedious, long, and with little snow. To-day is 
cold: and has been so all through March. Spring 
promises to be very late.—a. n. 
Norfolk, 5 a., March 23. —Weather here is 
backward for this country. We have had double 
the cold weather, and as much again snow, as we 
have had for the last six years in anyone win- 
tor. Cold and wet.—.M. H. 
Griffin, Go.. Mnrrh IS.—Our season is late 
and cold. Planting operations at least one 
month behind last season. Fertilizers selling 
freely, and an earnest effort on the part of 
planters to put in a larger crop of corn and cot¬ 
ton.—,). H. R. 
Union, Hardin Co., Iowa, March 17.—We 
have had some very cold weather for the last 
few days. Snow falling fast, with about four 
inches on the ground; good sleighing now. 
Wheat is worth 95c.®$1.05; oats, 20c.; corn, 18® 
20c.; potatoes, 35o.; farm labor, $18320 per 
month; land, $10®45 per acre; timber scarce; 
coal plenty, at $4.50®5 per ton at the banks, 15 
miles north.— e. r. w. 
Cazenovla, X. Y-, March 15. —Ilave had an 
unusually hard winter, with scarcely any rain 
to fill our cisterns. Never has there been such 
a time for twenty-five years to get money to pay 
ourrent expenses of the day. Scores iu our vil¬ 
lages and hundreds in our cities are out of em¬ 
ployment, with nothing to do but wait for thp 
approaching spring. There is a better feeling 
exhibited in regard to dairying than there was a 
few weeks ago. Cheese has advanced until it is 
now quoted at 19 ets., while butter is quoted 
THERE IS NOTHING LIKE IT 
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Powder, which Is the only chemically pure, harm¬ 
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market. Perfectly reliable, easy to use, conven¬ 
ient and recommended by all. For sale by grocers. 
Dooley & Brother, Proprietors, 69 New Street, 
New York. 
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Saratoga Springs, N. V., is unsurpassed in the treat¬ 
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Hydropathy, Vacuum Treatment, Movement Cure, 
Oxygen, Calisthenics, Ac. Terms lowest in win¬ 
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Rev. T. L, Cuyler, D. D., and Tuyler Lewis, LL. D. 
Dr. Jayne’s Expectorant Is both a palliative 
and curative In ail Lung Complaints, Bronchitis, Ac. 
It Is a standard remedy for Coughs and Colds, and 
needs only a trial to prove its worth. 
A Boy who want* to Run Away. —A Con¬ 
necticut boy writes:—“I am ambitious of be¬ 
coming nn artist—a painter; but here I have tc 
stay plodding on the farm. It almost drives me 
mad some of the rime. I make some drawing! 
nights und rainy days, when I can get the chance. 
I feel sometimes Just like running off. I will be 
of age in four or fit u years. Please tell uu 
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