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ducere. It will add to our material wealth and 
power by diminishing the number of non-pro¬ 
ducers, increasing the number of tax payers, 
and thus reduce the ratio of taxation per head. 
It wfll disintegrate and dissipate an immense 
army of idlers,, given to vicious practices, living 
with unworthy motives, demoralizing commu¬ 
nity by their indolence and intolerance of justice 
and equity, and supply their places with thought¬ 
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RURAL NOTES AND QUERIES. 
Patrons of Husbandry in Iowa. — A corres¬ 
pondent at Grinnell, Iowa, writes “The first 
Granges wore organized here about four months 
since, and make some stir. A few of us are sus¬ 
picious of all secret, orders, and would like to 
know if the heads of the Order ure representa¬ 
tive fanners. There are many men whose 
names alone would be a tower of strength, and 
would secure the co-operation of the whole 
farming population.” The name of the gentle¬ 
man at the bead of this Order In the United 
States, is William Saunders, Superintendent 
Of the Experimental Garden at Washington. 
We herewith give the names of the officers of 
the State Grange of Iowa. Our Iowa friend cam 
judge ns well tvs we whether they arc “ repre¬ 
sentative farmers” perhaps better, as far tut his 
Statu is concerned: 
Master I> W. Adams Waukon, A 1 lutnakee Co. 
Lecturer J. 0. Abbott. Clarksville, Butler Co. 
Overseer-A. B. Hmedley, Crespo, Howard Co. 
Steward— Peter Melendy, Cedar lulls, Black 
Ha wk Co. , _ _ „ r i 
Asst. .Steward ~C, D. Bectnan, Waukon. 
Chavleiia—G. W. Livingston, Colo, Storv Co. 
Treasurer — M. L. Devlin, Des Moines, 1 oik Co. 
Secretary W. 1). Wilson, Des Moines, Polk Co. 
Cate Keeper D. A. Hayward, Haven, Tama Co. 
Cera Mis. A. B. Stnedley, C-resco, How- 
ar ]'imv)rtd—Mrs. D. W. Adams, Waukon. 
/-’torn- Mrs. Col. Hamblin, Atlantic. Gass Co. 
Ixuly Asst. Steward— Mrs. Wm. Duane W ileon, 
Dos Moines. „ _ „ ,, . _ . 
iuxeculxw committee—E. R. Staankland, Chair- 
m it ting a message by means of the same wire 
to New York—one set of signals being trans¬ 
mitted by that portion of the current which 
passes over the wire, and the other set- of sig¬ 
nals being transmitted by that portion of the 
current which returns through 1 he earth. These 
improvements are the Invention of Joseph B. 
Stearns, an eminent Boston electrician, and are 
regarded as most important by telegraphers. 
The Bird# are Coming!—Now boys, study 
birds and their habits this season. See how many 
1 sped os of birds visit the farm, and record the 
I names and date of their arrival; also where they 
make their nests, the kind of nest they build, 
when and how many eggs they lay. the time of 
hatching, what they (young and old) feed upon, 
when they depart, and all other facta you can 
gather concerning them. This will prove enter¬ 
taining. and you will learn how much you do 
not know, that by proper' habits of observation 
you might have known. Besides, you will not 
thjnk the farm so dull a place, after all. 
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New York Silver Medal* In Great Britain.— 
We find the following item of news In the Scot¬ 
tish Farmer: 
“The New York State Agricultural Society 
has presented a silver medal to Mr. Jemmktt, 
Murrell Hill Farm, Bin field, Berks, forhissys- 
tem of Agricultural book-keeping- In intimat¬ 
ing the bestowal of the medal, the Secretary of 
the Society writes to Mr. Jemmett our sjs- 
tem of farm accounts, as exemplified In the as¬ 
sumed accounts for a year, prepared and sub¬ 
mitted upon the form of account book devisee 
by vou, hitvitiKbeen exuuiined by a coimnittw, 
the silver medal of the Society was. upon their 
report, awarded to you by t he Executive Com¬ 
mittee thereof." 
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Milk Condenulng Factor!*-* nnd Fixture*.— 
Every week brings us inquiries as to the cost 
and kind of machinery required for condensing 
milk. Wo have already answered these ques¬ 
tions so far as practicable. A milk condensing 
factory will cost from $10,000 to $,50,000, so that, 
dairymen will perceive that, tt Is Impracticable 
to have one on every farm, and would be un¬ 
profitable to have one in every neighborhood. 
Tough Job 1—An Iowa correspondent of the 
Kukal New-Yorker writes u»:—“I have lost 
a part, of the 1870 papers, and could not have 
them bound, so 1 concluded to cut out the good 
pieces: but I gave up in despair. It seemed as 
t hough they were all good. I cut for three hours, 
and then gave up.“ Our correspondent can get 
the two volumes for 1870, handsomely bound, by 
remitting $5 to this office. 
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‘ THE SEASON, CROPS, PRICES, ETC. 
I till Llllll A/V « AJ. • V>M«V --- 
M. Farrington, Denver, Bremer Co. 
SATURDAY, APRIL 27. 1872. 
REASONB FOR CIVIL 6ERVICE REFORM. 
Every man who has the good of the Counu y 
at. heart, and who desires the honest, faithful 
and intelligent administration of public affairs, 
will rejoice at all indications of Civil Service 
Reform for the following reasons: 
1. Because it means greater economy, and 
fower burthens upon tax payers. It secures i re¬ 
sponsible positions to men only who are every 
way qualified to fill them, and during good be¬ 
havior. With this prospect of a permanent vo¬ 
cation, men will seek such places because they 
fool themselves competent to fill thorn, and not 
because of the part isan service they may have 
performed, and the dirty work they have done. 
Political bummers will not seek such positions, 
because they are rarely qualified to disehatgc 
the duties involved. Hence the derangement of 
public business, and the loss to thn Treasury in¬ 
volved by putting In places of trust inexperi¬ 
enced and unscrupulous inon, who seek them 
for venal purposes alone, will cease, and money 
will be saved. The best men will devise the best 
and simplest modes ot executing the public will. 
Red tape delays, and the consequent, vexations 
will cease. The public will gain in both time 
and money. 
2. Because it destroys a vicious and dangerous 
element in our quadrennial elections. It para¬ 
lyzes corrupt influences, purifies the ballot hex, 
and circumscribes executive power and influ¬ 
ence in suoh elections. Administrations will 
have to stand or fall upon their merits. Power 
will not be gained by Government patronage, 
but by the honest expression of the popular will. 
Political jobbery will diminish, and purity and 
ability in high places be found the most direct 
means of obtaining and retaining power. The 
only way for the outs to get in will bo by 
meriting, permanently, the confidence of the 
people. Those who are in will not fear the outs 
so long as they discharge their duties ably and 
faithfully, and will not. therefore, be tempted 
to use the public funds, the people’s time, and 
the influence and prestige of official position in 
favor nor against any class or party. 
3, Because it will abolish one of the most dis¬ 
graceful and humiliating spectacles a proud, in¬ 
dependent. and intelligent people can witness— 
the quadrennial, nay, perpetual, pilgrimage to 
Washington of the least qualified men for office 
in the couutry, to seek appointments at the 
hands of those who may have the appointing 
power. It will thus destroy the temptation now 
constantly before our young men to make placo- 
seekrng a profession. It will drive them, pur 
forte, into honest efforts to be useful—to earn 
their own living, and remove forever the vicious 
hope that they can leech the nation of their 
livelihood. Adding thus to the army of pro- 
lYutlonal Agricultural Congrc** a! 8t. lyau’*. 
Wc have heretofore announced that a conven¬ 
tion of delegates from the different Agricultural 
organizations of the country Is to meet at St. 
Louis, May 27th. What specific object this con¬ 
gress has, other than a general discussion of ag¬ 
ricultural interests, we are Dot advised. Doubt¬ 
less, good will oome of such a gathering of Ag¬ 
riculturists as is proposed. The location is fa¬ 
vorable to such an union from all part* of the 
country-South, East, North, and West. We 
hope the politicians will bo kept in straight- 
jackets ; but If any statesmanship can be devel¬ 
oped in this “ Congress." we shall hope it may 
hereafter find opportunity to reveal itself in 
that other Congress toward which all tonguey 
people tend. _ _ 
Dcnth of a Centenarian.—Mr. G. R. Crandail 
of Ellsworth, St. Lawrence Co., N. Y., writes us 
that Frederick Stroijeck of Parishville, in that 
county, died on the 21st ultimo, at the adv anced 
age of 100 years and 11 months, and adds“ At 
the first election for President, in 1788, he being 
22 years old. Mr. Strobeck voted for Washing¬ 
ton, and lists voted at every Presidential elcc- 
t ion since twenty-one times—closing tho record 
by voting for Grant, November, 1868. At the 
lime of the Revolutionary War. he lived in the 
Mohawk Valley, and witnessed many Indian 
outrages. The Strobeck family are noted as 
long livers. The great-graudfathcr of deceased 
was 113 at the time of his death, his grandfather 
105, his father 101, and himself almost 107. I 
have known deceased for a long time, he being a 
resident of Parishville, just over the town line 
from me." ___ 
Agricultural College Funds. — Mr. May¬ 
nard's bill, now before Congress, directs Ihc 
Secretary of the Interior to report annually 
to Congress the entire transactions of the 
Government with the several States connected 
with the issue of laud scrip to Agricultural Col¬ 
leges, what has been done with the proceeds, 
and how they are Invested. Change of invest¬ 
ment, except, with the approval of the Secretary, 
is prohibited, and embezzlement, or misappro¬ 
priation of the funds is made a penal offense, 
ineurrlug five years' imprisonment and $5,000 
fine. The object of this law is to secure this 
fund for the objects for which it was originally 
granted, and fasten the power of the law upon 
tuose who embezzle or squander the fund. 
■-M-*- 
Capacity of Telegraphs Doubled.—Improve¬ 
ments have been made in telegraphy, and are 
now being applied, by which two messages are 
transmitted simultaneously in opposite direc¬ 
tions by means ot one wire, while the electrical 
current is always moving in one circuit in the 
usual manner. That Is, an operator at New York 
can transmit a message to Boston, while the op¬ 
erator in Boston is, at the same instant, trans- 
ICust Hebron, Pa.—April 8.—It has been a 
very haid Winter. Hay, $20 per ton; oats, 50c. 
per bushel. Money very scarce—J. B. c. 
Lamont, Ottawa Co., Mich., April 10.— 
Spring cold nnd backward. River Just open- 
Lack of water to run logs. Hay, $18(3,20; oats, 
40c.; com, 50c.; potatoes, $1.—L. v. 8. 
Brcnham City, Washington Co., Texas, April 
8.—Cotton and corn ar e up, and looking very 
fine. Wheat is nearly heading. I am delighted 
with the appearance of Texas.—o. k. l. 
Grinnetl, Poweshiek Co., Iowa, April Oth. 
Spring cold and backward. Stock wintering 
well. Everything farmers have to sell is low. 
Wells mostly dry. But little wheat sown yet. 
I finished so wing sixty acres of wheat one year 
ago yesterday.—W. A. 
Milton Co., Go., April 8. — Lust season had 
short <a-ops. and have had an unusually Bcvcre 
winter. To-day, at cotton planting time, we 
have at least a montb'6 work to do before we 
can put in our crops. The lateness of the season 
of pkmting is going to affect seriously our cot¬ 
ton crop.— e. i. c, 
Berkley Co., West Ya., April 11. —Winter 
commenced in the Shenandoah Valley Dee. J.», 
and ended March 20. Farmers have generally 
finished sowing oats and are preparing land for 
corn- Wheat, owing to long severe drought, is 
not looking well. Wheat is worth, at the county 
seat, Martinsburg, $1-70; oats, 75c.; corn, 80®90c.; 
hay, $20@26 per ton; potatoes, $1.25 per bu.; but¬ 
ter, 35®40c. per lb.; eggs, 25c. per doz.; land, $30 
@70 per acre.—J. a. g. 
East .1 affray,']>i. H., April 15.—Have had a 
long, cold winter—26 snow-storms and 85 inches 
of snow—light for this locality; not two inches 
of rain from Nov. 10 to April 8. Season three to 
four weeks late; but little maple sugar made; 
fruit-buds look well; ground dry, and grass¬ 
roots very thin. Good hay is worth $30 per tan, 
and light supply ; grain cheap. Much sickness- 
typhoid pneumonia; persons die suddenly, and 
cattle and horses are sufiering from the same 
disease.—L. L. P- 
Kingston, Dekalb Co., III., April 15 Wo are 
hating a very backward spring tor this country. 
Plowing and sowing have just commenced, and 
farmers feel gloomy about the coming crops. 
A snow-storm to-day; grass starts very alow; 
there will be a small quantity of wheat sown 
this spring, but more than an average of corn 
and oats In this vicinity; prices low for all kinds 
of grain. Wheat, $1.10; oats, 29@3Gc.; corn, 30® 
32o.; barley, 50@60c.; Peach Blow potatoes, $1.50; 
Early Rose, $3.40 ; cows, $25®40; yearling steers, 
$2C; horses, $100@200, according to quality.— d. g. 
Hickory, Benton Co., Mi**., April O. — We 
have had the latest and coldest Spring I ever 
saw. The soason i6 from three to four weeks 
later than last. year. It has rained so much here 
i few farmers have planted any corn, and no cot¬ 
ton. We had a very short crop of corn and cot¬ 
ton last year, and we must certainly have a 
short crop of cotton this year, as the season Is 
advancing for planting. Our fruit crop is late, 
but bids fair to be an average one. Our gardens 
are late and vegetables scarce. We have rad¬ 
ishes, lettuce, etc., but no green peas yet. 
Young pears and peaches are as large as buck- 
shot- Apples are beginning to drop their bloom. 
Chinese Quinces are three-quarters of an inch 
long, but tho other kinds are just, dropping 
their flower leaves. Com is worth here $1.25; 
oats, $1; bacon, 8c. to 10c. Land is worth from 
$2 to $10 per acre. Many of our cattle are dy¬ 
ing from the effects of the cold, long, and wet 
winter. I have lost about fifty head, principal¬ 
ly from the want of good attention. I am try¬ 
ing to introduce some good early Spring grasses, 
such as Orchard Grass, Red Top, and lellow 
Clover.—w. n. r. 
8bnron Onire, N. Y„ April 16.—To-day it is 
snowing and blowing, and has ihe appearance 
of February- more than April. We have had 
very few warm days and very little maple sugar 
has been made. Huy is getting scarce. Tho 
late rains have brought a plenty of water which 
was much needed. Many, In some sections of 
the country, bad to melt enow to get water for 
their stock. This is a great Hop growing re¬ 
gion. There is much speculation as to what the 
Winter has dono to hop yards. The general im¬ 
pression is, that on account of the vines being 
injured last year, they must havo been weak, 
and consequently, tho Winter being severe must 
have hurt them. Those that were set last year 
had a very poor growth, and cannot amount to 
much this year. I speak of this to encourago 
growers to attend them well this year, for they 
will be wanted. There Is nothing left worth 
mentioning anywhere in this region. The coun¬ 
try has not been so drained out of hops for 
years, as now. 1 fear, however, that too many 
will be again set out, aa I hear of many who ex¬ 
pect to set this Spring.—A. P. 
— For other Season Reports see page 288. 
RURAL BREVITIES. 
We cannot tell B- H. Warriner “where he 
can get malleable Iron cast." 
The Iowa Legislature has passed a Canada 
thistle law, making tho Supervisors commis¬ 
sioners to sec it is enforced. 
We notice In the Western Rural that someone 
has stolen 38 Americau Merino sheep from 
David Kelly, one of the best shepherds in 
Illinois. 
A stock company, with a capital of $100,000, 
lias been organized at Leavenworth, Kansas, for 
t he purpose of fruitgrowing and winemaking. 
Dr. W. B. Carpenter. Trcas— Maj. O. J. 
Hopkins. Sec.— H. C. Hollister. 
§fee Jhiblisbci’s Desk* 
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of the Rural New-Yorker will please bear in 
mind that a New Quarter commenced on tho 
6th of April. Now. therefore, is a good time to 
subscribe, and we trust. Agents and others will 
govern themselves accordingly—notifying non- 
subscribers of the fact and inviting them to Join 
the Rural Brigade. Those forming new clubs, 
or making additions to old ones, will be entitled 
to the same Premium# offered in January so 
that ail aiding the Rural will not only have the 
consciousness of doing good to others, but bo 
liberally reworded therefor. 
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Additions to Clubs arc always In order, whether 
in ones, twos, fives, tens, or more. A host of people 
are subscribing for papers about these days, and wo 
hope our Agent-Friends will give everybody an oppor¬ 
tunity to subscribe for the best. 
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BUSINESS NOTICES. 
THE CHESAPEAKE AND OHIO RAILEOAD 
First mortoaoe Six Per Cent. Gold Bonds are 
among tne most substantial and satisfactory Securi¬ 
ties whicn we can recommend for investment. The 
Iron and Coal Interests along the line of the road arc 
attracting the attention and capita) of practical work¬ 
ers in these mineral* in this country and Great Brit¬ 
ain, and are found to be more valuable and important 
than those of any other section of the country. 
The IRON. COAL, SALT, TIMBER and AGKICULTU- 
ral resources of the region which it traverses, to¬ 
gether with the t hrough traffic which it will command 
as a short, loiv-vrade, economical East-muUtVrst Trunk 
Line, assure an immense and profitable business. 
Price of the BoudB. 94 and accrued interest from 
Nov. 1. Principal and Interest payable in gold in 
New York City. 
Full information furnished on application. 
We buy and sell Government end Central pa¬ 
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Get Descriptive Pamphlet at 36 Dey St., hew York. 
Attend to the First Symptoms of Consump¬ 
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clplency, use at once Dr. Jayne’s Expectorant, a safe 
remedy for all affections of the Lungs and Bronchia. 
•* Burnett’s reputation is a guaranty of the excel¬ 
lence of his preparations .”—Boston Journal. 
