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MOORES RURAL NEW-YORKER. 
A NATIONAL ILLUSTRATED 
RURAL, LITKUAKV AND FAMILY NEWSPAPER. 
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Editor or thd D*r*«nfS>.V or Suxitr Husbandry, 
X. A. WILLARD, A. M„ Little Falls, N. Y., 
Editor or nix Orbahtwhnt or Dairy Husbandry. 
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CoRBSSroBDlBO EDITOR. 
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SATURDAY, APRIL 20, 1872. 
THE GLOOM OF A DAY. 
Has the reader ever stopped to think of the 
aggregate gloom of n day? Reading the daily 
papers before breakfast, ono may form some es¬ 
timate of the tragedies daily enacted —of the 
sorrow and darkness they bring—of the pall of 
gloom they cast over the lives Of thousands up¬ 
on thousands. And yet precious little thought 
Is given It by the mass of readers. We read 
these stories compressed Into paragraphs uiuoh 
as we eat our beefsteak, thinking not of the cost 
to someone of producing It. We are apt to for¬ 
got how abstract are the facts how only tbo 
outline of the picture is given, and that the de¬ 
tails involvesuffmlngand heartaches that shall¬ 
ow the lives, and make desolate the homes of 
those immediately interested. 
But look into what seem the happiest homes. 
Study the laces of those who seem prosperous. 
Road the hearts of even the cheerful-faced men 
of business, and of tho wives who meet friends 
and neighbors with smiles, and shower compli¬ 
ments and bon mots In conversation as if there 
wore no bitter waters flowing from the fountain 
of their dally experiences. Who can tell how 
much dull, steady, dreary aobe, apprehension, 
distrust, real sorrow and depression prevails. 
Talk with the most cheerful; win, by sympa¬ 
thetic confidence, a frank confession, and it will 
bo found that every face, nearly, wears a mark, 
every heart carries its weight, every shoulder is 
bending beneath a burthen, and l'or every smile 
there is the complement tear. 
Why is this gloomy topic taken for an edito¬ 
rial ? Because the stories of suffering, of unrest, 
discontent, unrealized hopes, unsatisfied desires, 
press upon us dally—bocausc we would have our 
readers more contented and cheerful- if for no 
other reason than that misery loves company; 
and If they are miserable, wo may assure them 
there is plenty of misery extant, and they havo 
plenty of company. The duty of cheerfulness 
and content, of work and worship, ought to he 
enforced in the beginning of this Spring-time 
brightness. The forces of regeneration are be¬ 
ginning to act throughout nature, and to enliven 
life with the stimulus of reaction after a long 
winter of rest under the lock and key of frost. 
Let us thaw out! Let the new season of growth 
be one that shall bear us beautiful blossoms and 
wholesome fruit. Let us remember that culture 
and sunlight have to do with the fruits we bear as 
well as those tho tree® produce. It is well to re¬ 
member that our lives are not the only ones In 
tho shadow—if they are—that suffering is conta¬ 
gious, and wo have no right to propagate the 
disease —that sorrow should be isolated and 
quarantined as soon as it appears, and that we 
have no right to add to the general gloom by 
displaying the pall which covers our dead. Let 
the dead bury their dead. 
EURAL NOTES AND QUERIES. 
“Book* for KuralLi*.”—Under this heading 
we give (tn a Supplement accompanying this 
number.) a revised list of works on Agriculture, 
Horticulture, and kindred branches — including 
standard treatises on Stock, Dairy and Sheep 
Husbandry, Poultry and Bee Keeping, Fruit 
Culture, Gardening, Floriculture, Rural Archi¬ 
tecture, and other prominent specialties of rural 
life and production. Many of these works wlU 
prove valuable guides at this season, and ought 
to be procured for present use and future ref¬ 
erence. Every progressive farmer or horticul¬ 
turist will find it for his interest to possess 
such works as will aid him iff his special depart¬ 
ment. For Instance, no one engaged in the pro¬ 
duction of Butter or Cheese, even on a small 
scale, can afford to do without Mr. Willard’s 
new work on Dairy Husbandry—wliile, now 
that wool and aheep are again at the top of the 
wave, every flock-rnaeter who has not a oopy of 
Dr. Randall's Practical Shepherd should ob¬ 
tain tho new edition of that standard authority. 
And fruit growers, gardeners, florists, etc., 
should secure works which treat upon their re¬ 
spective branches of culture. Such works as 
Barry’s “ Fruit Garden,” (a revised and enlarged 
edition of which has Just been published.) 
Quinn’s “ Money in tho Garden,” Henderson's 
“ Practical Floriculture," and a Bcore of Blmtlar 
ones, ought lo be In great, demand at the present 
season. A careful examination of our ’1st will 
probably enable the reader to find from one to a 
dozen works that It would pay him to obtain. 
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Obituary. -Charles Kennicott, the eldest 
son of the late Dr. John A. Kennicott, died 
Thursday, March 28, at Jacksonville, Ill. He 
was born at Buffulo, N. Y-, August 14,1831. His 
father removed to New Orleans while he was an 
Infant, ami settled In Illinois in 1830, at “The 
Grove,” sixteen miles from Chicago. Here 
“ The Old Doctor " and the oldest boy began the 
cultivation of trees, flowers and plants, Charles 
developing rare taste for rural adornment and a 
love of arboriculture and floriculture, which, 
combined with the father's taste and knowledge, 
created a most charming and hospitable home. 
When t hirteen years of age, Charles was sent 
to Buffalo, N. Y., to school, and spent much of 
his time with the nurseryman, Benj. F. Hodge. 
On his return to “The Grove," he induced his 
father to engage in the Nursery business, which 
was continued to tho time of the "Old Doctor's” 
death. Meantime hts writings in the Prairie 
Farmer and elsewhere had attracted attention, 
and when Emery's Journal of Agriculture 
(afterwardsconsolidated with the Prairie Farm¬ 
er) was started in 1858, he became its horticul¬ 
tural editor, and his contributions to that de¬ 
partment attracted deserved attention. He 
subsequently removed to Sandoval. 111., and 
established a nursery' in connection with John 
P. Reynolds, late Secretary of Illinois Agri¬ 
cultural Society. Here his enthusiasm and 
Industry made again a beautiful home in tho 
heart of Egypt; and bis labors hero resulted In 
pbysicnl prostration and mental Inability to 
work, and finally in bis death. Ho was a staunch, 
true friend, a most agreeable editorial associate, 
and ono who, with greater physical strength, 
would have made for himself a more prominent 
name than his too short life enabled him to do, 
although none more honorable. 
Unfair Criticism.— It 1 r with rnucb surprise and 
regret that we have mid the censorious com¬ 
ments of sucb able agricultural journals as the 
Rural New-Yorker and tbe Country Gentle¬ 
man, upon the work of organizing the late Na¬ 
tional Agricultural Convention. Their remarks 
on the President of tbe Convention are wot 
more improper than groundless —Mtumdnwctls 
Ploughman. 
Wk tlnd the above paragraph tn the Country 
Gentleman, with appropriate comments. Now, 
so far as the Rural New-Yorker Is concerned, 
we defy the Massachusetts Ploughman to point 
to one word of censorious comment upon the 
organization of the late National Agricultural 
Convention In this journal. Nor were its re¬ 
marks on the President of the Convention im¬ 
proper or groundless. We said he was a ponder¬ 
ous body; so he is—a man of force, weight, and 
Influence, and who succeeded in getting bis del¬ 
egation and himself recognized and admitted to 
the Convention in spite of the plan of the Com¬ 
missioner to exclude them; and who secured, 
by such force, weight, aud influence, his own 
election as President of the Convention. We 
stated facts simply. If the Ploughman is fishing 
for compliments for the President of that Con¬ 
vention, we cheerfully give it the morsel of 
sweetness it desires, by saying that we have 
rarely attended a Convention, tbo presiding offi¬ 
cer of which discharged his duties with more 
dignity, tact, promptness, and impartiality 1 
How is that ? 
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The Equitable Life Assurance Society.—The 
report of Hon. J. L. Clarke, the Massachusetts 
Insurance Commissioner, and the able gent lemen 
associated with him in the investigation of the 
affairs of this old and prominent Insurance Com¬ 
pany, proves Die falsity’ of sundry charges lately 
made and widely published againat it, and also 
shows that the Equitable Life Is well mid judi¬ 
ciously managed. Tbe fact that the Company is 
fully exonerated, after a thorough examination 
by a committee composed of experts and busi¬ 
ness men of high character, must be satisfactory 
to the officers and policy holders, as well as the 
public generally. The indorsement of Its man¬ 
agement by such reputable gentlemen as Mr. 
Clarke and his associates is strong testimony in 
behalf of the Equitable Life, and ought to aug¬ 
ment its popularity and business. 
Our Supplement.— In consequence of the con¬ 
tinued pressure of ad - ertlsing upon our pages, 
we are constrained t issue a Supplement this 
week. Almost every week this year we have 
been obliged to defer from a column to a page 
of advertisements. This Supplement ought to 
relieve us somewhat— as it contains advertising 
matter which has been deferred for some time— 
and we hope there will be less infringement upon 
reading departments in future. A certain quan¬ 
tity of advertising is well enough, but we have 
been favored with “ too much of a good thing ” 
for tbe past three months. Advertisers whose 
favors have boon deferred from time to time, 
are assured that we have endeavored to accom¬ 
modate them so far as we could consistently 
with our idea that Subscribers have rights which 
we are bound to respect. 
Cork Fighting. — Samuel B. N., “a young 
man very fond of fowls," asks where he “ can 
get first-class fighting games.'' He says he “ has 
a fancy that it will pay him to grow them for 
the pit,” or asks if wc do not “think he can 
make money by cock-fighting?” He has “a 
friend who made $2,000 last year, raising, selling, 
and fighting games." Wc advise the father of 
this young man to send him, at once, to some 
Theological School, where he may get this 
“ fancy ” drilled, or washed, or prayed out of 
him. If ho is bent upon following his fancy, we 
advise him to put himself in Immediate commu¬ 
nication with some of the Sixth Ward b'hoys of 
this city, and keep as shy of Henry Bekgh, as 
he will be, likely, to all morality, if he enters 
upon bis proposed profession. 
To Anybody. — A correspondent says:—“I 
have ways of doing tilings that I think are bet¬ 
ter than those 1 see published often; but I atn 
not a writer, and hesitate to send them to you, 
although I might give Information that would 
benefit many." Don’t you (nor any one else) 
hesitate any longer. Give us tbe facts In Just as 
few words as possible, ami give all of them, and 
we will see that they appear In a shape that will 
bring you no discredit. It. is just what we want 
every ono who profits by the experiences of 
others as given In these columns to do. Do not 
hesitate a moment! 
Hwlvcl Plow*.—A correspondent asks us if we 
regard swivel plows a saving of labor and time. 
Wo do; especially on uneven farms. They save 
time in travel on head lands and labor to a man 
and team, because furrows can all be turned 
down-hill. A pood swivel plow is a good and 
economical implement on almost any farm. 
Mr. .Io«iah Hooper's Essay on Planting Nmnll 
Grounds, read before tho Rural Club of New 
York city December 7,1871, and published in the 
Hi’ral New-Yorker December 23, is being re¬ 
published in the English horticultural papers. 
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Preserving Horse Records. —The New York 
State Senate has poised the following bill, which 
will interest horsemen In this State: 
An act for the better preservation of horse 
records. 
The people of the State of New York, repre¬ 
sented in Senate and Assembly, do enact, as 
follows: 
Section 1.—Any person or persons owning or 
keeping a slallion for breeding purposes shall be 
required, before advertising the services of said 
stallion, to file a certificate with the County 
Clerk of the county where raid stallion is owned 
or kept, stating name, color, age, size, together 
with tho pedigree of said stallion, as full as at¬ 
tainable, aud tbe name of the person by whom 
said stallion was bred. Any person who shall 
neglect to make and file the certificate required 
by tbe provisions of this act, or who shall wil¬ 
fully make and file a lalse certificate of the 
statements aforesaid, shall forfeit, the sum of 
$100, to bo recovered in any court of competent 
jurisdiction. It shall be the duty of the District 
Attorney of Urn county wherein said stallion is 
owned or kept to commence mi action for the 
recov ery of the forfeiture hereby allowed, upon 
his receiving satisfactory evidence that, such 
advertisement has loom made, nml that the cer¬ 
tificate has not been filed as herein required, or 
that a false certificate has been so filed; such 
action to be brought tn tbe name of the people 
of this State. In utl actions wherein tho penalty 
prescribed by this act shall be recovered and 
collected, one-half thereof shall be paid to the 
person furnishing the proof upon which Buch 
recovery was procured, and one-half shall be 
paid to the Treasurer of the county for the sup¬ 
port of the poor. 
Sec. 2.—This act shall take effect immediately. 
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THE SEASON, CROPS, PRICES, ETC. 
Elizabethton, Carter Co., Tenn., March 25.— 
7Ve have had much snow the first few weeks. 
Farmers are backward with their work. Grain 
and provender for cattle are scarce. Wheat, 
$1.50; corn, 75c.; oats 00c.; stock low.— T. E. R. h. 
Mnrcellus. Onondaga Co., (V. Y., April 2.—We 
have had a long, cold winter, without rain, and 
but little snow. March 30 we had some ruin. 
Our wells are mostly dry, and have been so since 
Dec. 1st. Streams are frozen up, and very little 
business is doing. Wagoning has been good 
most of tbe winter, the roads being frozen bard 
and smooth—A. w. 
Union Co., Iowa, April 2.Weather pleasant; 
snow not all gone; Spring backward; no grain 
sowed. No Wioter wheat grown here. Rye 
does well. Prices are;—Good wheat, 95c.@$l 
per bush.; oats, 18c. for black, and 20c. for white; 
corn, 18c.; potatoes, 50c., and scarce; barley, 40c. 
®45c.: good fat bogs 3uc. per lb.; farm labor 
$180,$20 per month.—ED. 
Kalamazoo Co., Ittiolt., April 6.— Have had a 
snug winter. The last of March we had a rain 
which froze so that the trees and everything 
else were covered with ice. A great many 
peach trees are badly broken. Farm hands are 
scarce; have all gone to the cities that, were 
burned last fall. Farmers are expecting to have 
to pay $20 to $25 aud even $30 per month this 
season.— f. l. c. 
Monroe Co.. X. V,, April H.—March was cold 
and rough, with a very sharp, keen air the most 
of the time, and April followed suit for one day 
(the IIrat) at least, but since that time the weath¬ 
er has been very mild and pleasant, The roads 
In the country are very bad, except those that 
are graveled. Hired help is very high, and in 
some sections very scarce. Men get rrom $20 to 
$2C per month uud board, and $82035 where they 
board themselves. Wheat is looking very poor, 
and the indications arc that it will advance in 
price. Hay Is scarce and farmers are feeding 
cut feed to get their stock through— k. l. b. 
ftnrntogn Spring*, X. Y., April 1. We have had 
a long, cold winter, and it seems more like win¬ 
ter now than it does like April. The snow will 
average from three to four feet deep in the mid¬ 
dle aud northern towns of this county. It is 
very cold and the snow is drifting badly; some 
roads are impassable. Hay Is getting scarce, and 
cattle are on short allowance; barns will all bo 
cleaned out this spring; many are empty now. 
Cattle are very low, and not much cal! for horses. 
Mast of the early pigs have frozen to death. 
Grain is low anil must, take tho place of hay. 
We have had good sleighing here since the 13th 
of December.—s. s. w. 
Halt'* Corner*, Ontario Co., IV. Y,, April H.— 
Yesterday afternoon and evening we had a light 
warm rain, with a fair eun to day. which has 
changed tho appearance of the brown and life¬ 
less looking wheat fields very much. The frost 
is coming out of the ground very slowly, and 
unless wo havo heavy ruins it will soon he light 
and dry and in good order for plowing. I see by 
last Rural that our Tariff on Wool is In danger. 
Now 1 do hope that our accumulated wisdom at 
Washington will exercise ordinary common 
sense, and let well enough alone for the present. 
—P. F. B, 
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RURAL BREVITIES. 
The Iowa Homestead has a neat, new dress. 
The Arkansas State industrial University is 
reported to have fifty student®. 
Cattle in Green Co., HI., are said to be dying 
in largo numbers from some strange and un¬ 
known diseaso. 
Wk do not know any one who deals in English 
sparrows here. We no not advise our Illinois 
correspondent to Introduce them there. 
F. H. G., Adrian. Mich., Is informed that 
Avhrim.'s chemical paint, so far ns we huvo 
knowledge and observation, is most excellent. 
Wf. are indebted to Edwin W. Bi-swell, Cor¬ 
responding Secretary for a copy ol the Transac¬ 
tions of the Massachusetts State Horticultural 
Society. 
Chak. E. Cash is informed that tbe Poultry 
World comes to us regularly, and wc know no 
reason why It should not to him, provided he has 
paid for it. 
Cattle dealers an? now contracting with feed¬ 
ers in Morgan Co.. 111., for fat cattle Tor May de¬ 
livery, at $ft.5O0$5.00; for June delivery, at 
$5.75di$0 per cwt. 
The latest horticultural fashion out is thut of 
transplanting hah front one head to another, 
by removing some portions of the sculp, with 
the hair on, from one head to another thut is 
bald. The question is who will suffer himself to 
be scalped to supply his neighbor ? 
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—April 6th. Now, therefore, is a good time to 
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or making additions to old ones, will be entitled 
to the same Premiums offered in Junuary—so 
that all aiding the Rural will not only have the 
consciousness of doing good to others, but be 
liberally rewarded therefor. 
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are subscribing for papers about tiiese days, and wo 
hope our Agent-Friends will glvecverybody auoppor¬ 
tunity to subscribe for the heat. 
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are speedily relieved, and if taken in time, perma¬ 
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