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MOORE’S RURAL NEW-YORKER. 
MAY 4 
“PROCRESS AND IMPROVEMENT.” 
MOORES RURAL NEW-YORKER. 
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SATURDAY, MAY 4, 1872. 
THE TWO CAMPAIGNS OF 1872. 
Two campaigns are already formally opened 
in this country, in which every agriculturist 
must, to a greater or less extent, take a part. 
Ono Is a campaign of Production and Pence; 
the other of Waste and War. Ono replenishes 
the wealth of the country; the other diminishes 
It.. Ono demands ilie best resources of t he man. 
physically, mentally and morally; the other, 
too often, prostitutes thorn all. One adds to the 
aggregate wealth of the country, and thereby 
diminishes the burthens of taxation and in¬ 
creases tho comforts of tho people; the other 
takes from the productive power of tho people 
nnd improvidently and unnecessarily wastes 
their titno and money, thereby Increasing tho 
burthens of taxation and diminishing tholr com¬ 
forts. 
Tho campaign of Production and Peace must 
bo prosecuted. It demands and compensates 
the exercise or our bost. onergios. It means Ad¬ 
dition, not. Subtraction. It makes grass grow 
whore none grow before. It causos buds to 
burst and bloom whore they otherwise would 
not. It provides against, barren flg trees. Itln- 
suros a golden harvest—plenty, peace and com¬ 
fort. It socures a joyful Harvest Homo. This 
is the campaign we arc bound to promote, Wo 
want it successful. Every man is expected to do 
his duty in It. The rewards and honors arc sure. 
Tborc are no disappointments to men who 
work. They do not depend upon any common 
crib for sustenance. They sit under their own 
vinos aud aro not afraid. No political or other 
combination can driv them from their position. 
Each man is “ In" and there are no “ outs." 
There are no plaoos unfilled and no one Is with¬ 
out a placo. Each makes his own plaoe and fills it. 
Tho campaign of Waste and War is ono of 
Revolution. It is political. It absorbs the best 
energies of men and does not compensate. It 
moans Subtraction, m ’ Addition. It does not 
make an additional blade of grass grow. It 
stimulates no blossoming nor doea it increase 
the income of the husbandman. It does not in¬ 
crease the joys of the Harvest. Home. The 
honors of the warfare aro not sure, nor is the 
compensation adequate. There are disappoint¬ 
ments. There is a common c-rib at which all 
must food. Only the strongest get the food. It 
is a wrangle or the “ ins" and the "out*." The 
worst passions arc developed. Honesty, and 
honor and manhood are assailed and broken. 
Idleness, dishonesty, corruption and intolerance 
arc fostered. Money is wasted that ought to be 
made productive. Tlmclaaqliandmd (hutnught 
to be usefully employed. False Issues are mode 
because no real issues exist.. Battles ol bun¬ 
kum are fought, and tho time and money of 
the people wasted In watching and contributing 
to tbo tight; and not one particle of profit re¬ 
sult-*, except to the few place-seekers who live 
by wheedling t he people. 
Has the reader ever carefully calculated the 
cost of one quadrennial political campaign to 
the production Of the country? If so, does he 
not know that the burthens it imjxwew Upon 
the producer ure more onerous than those of 
our war debt ? Calculate the cost or time spent 
by those who occupy public offices, and the 
duties of which they neglect in order to pull 
poliilcat wires, make political speeches, and con¬ 
tinue In their own hands the power which place 
gives them. Estimate the amount of money 
they spend in tho prosecution of this work, 
whieli muat come out of the pockets of the pim¬ 
ple whom they seek to influence and upon whom 
they depend for place. Calculate the cost of 
banners, torchlights, music, campaign docu¬ 
ments, speakers, reporters, liquors, cigars, board- 
bills, and then the time and expemeaof the hun¬ 
dreds of thousands of benighted people who 
gather to bo Interested and " instructed ” by 
those political pyrotechnics and panegyrics! 
All for what? That, the country may be 
saved from perdition! That scnlla wags may 
“save” it! That its life-blood may be sacked 
out of It by political loaches who have neither 
thought nor osreforany one but tholr respective 
corporate selves! That tho people may bo im¬ 
pressed with the power which they, the people, 
often with great stupidity, place in their hands! 
Wo urge the discharge of the duties of citizen¬ 
ship. We believe it to be the highest duty to se¬ 
lect good public servants and to instruct them 
to pursue rt policy calculated to secure a stable, 
equable and economical, though liberal, admin¬ 
istration of public affairs. But these duties can 
be discharged without such waste of tune and 
money—without, such exhaustion of the vitality 
and resources of the people- without such a 
confession of weakness und Ignorance as the fol¬ 
lowing or political mountebanks and shouting 
to their heating of drums, kettles and the air, 
Involve*. Let us do a little sober thinking for 
ourselves, Men and Brethren, select such ser¬ 
vants us will perform public duty best and 
diminish by all possible means the enormous 
tax the politicians arc about to impose upon an 
intelligent and t hinking people. 
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RURAL NOTES AND QUERIES. 
The English Agricultural Laborer*’ Strike. 
In some districts of England there has been a 
concerted strike among I he Agricultural labor¬ 
ers for better wages and fewer hours. In Cam¬ 
bridgeshire the laborer* demand 3s. 4d. per day, 
wit h abalf-holidny on Saturday. In Warwick¬ 
shire they demand that the working hours of 
the men. from Munch 25 to t let. 13, shall be from 
six in the morning until 5nt night, including an 
hour and a-half for meals; all olhor (lino to be 
overtime. During tho balance of (he year the 
hour* demanded arc from seven to five, with an 
hour for dinner. The standard of wagon infixed 
at I As. weekly. We notice that somoof the Eng¬ 
lish papers charge those strike* upon political 
agitators who are operating through the agency 
of Trades and Workingmen's Unions. The strike 
begun in Warwickshire, and is extending, or has 
extended, to the counties of York, Oxford, 1 lore- 
lord, Leicester, Somerset, Cambridge, North¬ 
ampton, Norfolk, Essex and Worcester, and 
promises serious consequences to the employ¬ 
ers, unless they recognize the union of the labor¬ 
ers and its demands. It will he Interesting to 
watch the result. 
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llow to Make Money off n Farm.— A corre¬ 
spondent who has a little place of ten acres, asks 
how ho can make it profitable. Ho lives near a 
village of three thousand inhabitants. This 
Booms to us a strange question. The fli-st thing 
that we should try to ascertain 1* what do the 
three thousand inhabitants consume most of 
that can he produced easiest on tho ten acres. 
Is it milk? If so, ten acres in soiling crops, 
good,’clean stables, and a little extra feed in the 
shape of shorts or middlings, will koop at least 
live good milch cows well and leave liberal space 
for a good vegetable and fruit, garden for fami¬ 
ly and market products. As u rule this, if Intel¬ 
ligently managed, will furnish a good income 
for a family- Of course it Involves labor; but 
so does every kind of business out of which 
money is made. Thcro are ways enough to 
make ten acres, near a largo town, pay a hand¬ 
some incotno. We hope to give some examples 
showing bow men have done it, hereafter. Who 
will volunteer a statement ? 
Barry’* Fruit Garden : By P. BARRT.—A host 
of out readers will be pleased to learn that 
Orange Judd & Co. have Just issued a new edi¬ 
tion of this valuable work, which first appeared 
twenty years ago. It has been revised, enlarged, 
newly eleofrotypod, is handsomely illustrated, 
and now makes a neat and compact volume of 
491 pages. Tho work is adapted to the great 
changes and Improvements which have been 
made since its first publication. In his preface 
tbo author says;—" The most important part, of 
the revision has been tho lists of varieties of 
fruits, which are now made to conform to re- 
oent experience. Several other parts, however, 
have been re-written, and others altered and 
corrected.” No man in America is hotter quali¬ 
fied than Mr. Barry to prepare a standard au¬ 
thority on fruit culture, and wo commend his 
work to every owner of a Fruit Garden. 
— We will send the above work to any address, 
post-paid, on receipt of the price, $2.50. 
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An Ornithological Response.—“ In the Rural 
New-Yorker, April 27,1 notice your paragraph 
‘The Birds are Coming.’ I am glad you said 
that. I wish some of tho ornithological readers 
of your paper would say more about American 
Birds. Wo young men In tho country know 
precious HltJe about them; und many of us have 
not the means w ith which to purchase the cost ly 
ornithological works. lost us hear from the 
friends of the birds.” So writes Stephen Ash¬ 
ton. We second his motion, and will give all 
the space we cun spare to Ornithological Notes 
throughout the season. I Ad them come in con¬ 
densed, compact form—full of facta. 
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Buy Book* Relating to Your Business.—The 
Live Stock Journal concludes a highly com¬ 
mendatory notice of Willard's “Practical 
Dairy Husbandry ” with some truthful remarks 
about farmers purchasing book* mid papers re¬ 
lating to their business. 11 says: 
“ This work brings together in a proper shape 
for reference the practice of the most success¬ 
ful dairymen ol this country and Europe. Nearly 
every question that may arise will be found dis¬ 
cussed in this book, with simple, plain sugges¬ 
tions of practice, ft should be in the hand* of 
every dairyman. Sometimes a proper direction 
on some small polnt will save the buttes* maker 
more than the price of this book. Fanner* aro 
too stingy in their purchase of books and papers 
relating to their business. It sometimes hap¬ 
pens Unit stock men will pay from $100 to $5(10 
tor a eair and yet neglect to buy a book costing 
loss than a fiftieth part of this gum. that would 
give them a thorough knowledge of the several 
breeds; atid b dairyman will pay $20 on a cow 
for fancy, and yet refuse to buy a book that will 
Instruct him how to make the most of the prod¬ 
uct of all his cows." 
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Agricultural nmi Mechanical College olAIn- 
linma_A correspondent asks if Alabama ha* an 
Agricultural College. We answer, yes. One Is 
soon to go into operation (if it bus not already) 
at Auburn, Ala- the East Alabama College 
buildings located there having been presented to 
and accepted by the Shite tor this purposo. The 
President of the Board of Directors is Hon. W. 
II. Barnes; Secretary, F. M. Rose. The Presi¬ 
dent ol' the College Is Rev. I. T. Tichenor, D. D. 
There are seven ot her professorships filled. 
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The Patron* or Husbandry of Itidlunu nrc 
having a tight with certain manufacturers of 
agricultural Implements, who refuse to sell tlm 
Patrons machinery, except through tho local 
agents of the manufacturers. And the State 
Grange has resolved to use all its Influence to 
pre vent t ho Patrons from purchasing of parties 
who refuse to recognize the right of their (the 
Patrons’) agents, to purchase directly from tho 
, manufacturers and thus dispense with middle 
men. • 
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Agencies for Importing Chinese Servants.—D. 
R. Benty, Chester Co., Pa., asks if there Is an 
agency for importing Chinese servants in this 
country ; ir so. the atldress of tho agent. Wo do 
not know of any, unless there aro such in Cali¬ 
fornia. We know that Chinese have been im¬ 
ported through native agents, sent to procure 
them for manufacturing and railway corpora¬ 
tions; but that is the limit of our knowledge. 
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An Elastic-Roller Cotton Gin has boon in¬ 
vented by a Bostonian, which iR said, by ex¬ 
perts, to far excel any gin yet introduced. It 
gins all kinds of cotton in the most perfect man¬ 
ner, without. the least Injury to tho fiber. If 
this be true there is a fortune in the invention. 
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The Kansas Fnrmcr, published at Leaven¬ 
worth, has been changed from a monthly at $1, 
to a semi-monthly at. only $1.50, and is doing 
better than ever-as wc learn from its editor. 
Col. Geo. T. Anthony, whose pleasant presence 
appeared in our sanctum recently. 
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Cheap Preparatory School, - A correspondent 
asks: " Can you inform moot the cheapest school 
that will afford the best advantages for a pre¬ 
paratory and collegiate course? " We cannot. 
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THE SEASON, CROPS, PRICES, ETC. 
Waukesha Co., Wis., April Iff.—On the 15th 
over a foot of snow fell in this section; very 
little grain sown yot, and no prospect of the 
ground being ready again before next week.— 
T. L. 
Perry, Jefferson Co., Kansas, April 15.—The 
spring is backward and dry ; there is no grass on 
tho prairies hereabouts, yet, to do much good. 
Oats aro in. Com plowing oominencod. Fall 
wheat will bo almost a failure. Wheat. $1.50; 
oats for seed, 35c.; corn. 25c.; potatoes, $1; 
prairie hay, $5 per ton.— John Jones. 
janirxcnvu, Fulton Co., N. V.—Wo have had 
a very hard winter, but tho snow is all gone at 
last, and the frost is mostly out of the ground. 
Wo shall commence to plow this week. Grass 
starting. A very large proportion of the farms 
hero arc mostly in grass. Hay is very scarce 
now; worth $30®35 per ton ; stock, of all kinds, 
low. Butter, 30035c-—R eform. 
Augusta. Gn., April 16. —Bpring 1ms fairly 
opened, though one month later than last year. 
The trees are green with foliage. Teach trees 
dropped thoir bloom some time since; the young 
fruit is now as large as buck shot. Early gar¬ 
den vegetables are In market. Corn all planted 
and coming up. Cotton now being planted. 
Provisions plenty; corn, 90c.; oats, 75e.; flour $6 
&10per bbl.; bulk meatand bacon. 5!4®8c.— d. j. 
Lincoln, Sussex Co., Del., April 25.—Weath¬ 
er cool, with frequent.showers; prevailing winds 
west and south. Fruit trees in blossom ; peaches 
mostly killed by severity of winter. Wheat 
upon fertilized land looking very lino. Money 
very scarce, and prices range as follows: Land, 
$50 to $75 per acre, acccording to location and 
Improvements; sales are frequent, and many 
Northerners who settled here are leaving. 
Stock fodder scarce, and from three fofivc cents 
per bundle. Corn, 00c.; wheat, $1.00; oats, 45e.; 
sweet potatoes, $1-25; Irish. $2.00; eggs, 18c.; 
butter, 40c.; dried peaches unpoelod, 6c.; peeled, 
]2o. per pound ; cheese, 20 and 25c. -w, n. 
Douglass, llanlson Co., Iowa, April 21 .—We 
are having a very wet, backward spring. Sow¬ 
ing about half done In this county. Tho first 
sowed wheat is up. The winter was dry and 
cold ; steady weather, with little wind for this 
region. Out seeding has to bo hurried to bo on 
time with our corn. Day before yesterday tbo 
thermometer stood at, 70°. the hottest day so 
far; four days in March of last year it stood at 
72°. Wheat Is $1; oats, 20c.; corn, 18c.; baucy, 
I 30c.; potatoes. 35c.; butter. 20c.; eggs. 10c.; liny, 
$2 per ton, and plenty. No price for sheep, for 
there aro nono for sale. Hired holp, $18 per 
month; land, $T9;10 per aero, and room for ten 
thousand earnest workers to get farms, if tney 
only want a good living. Tell the poor, starved, 
over-worked city peoplo to come where work 
and food are plenty, and they will not regret it. 
—it. b. R. 
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BUSINESS INFORMATION. 
Thr Right Weigh. Not only i* strict Justice, 
but good Morals are Involved in weights and 
measures; for hath not the Book said, " A false 
balance is an abomination unto the Lord, but a 
just weight, is his dolight?" And this is what 
makes Edw’d F. Jones of Binghamton, N. Y., 
such a promoter of good morals—“ Four-Ton " 
morals, too, just the capacity of his popular 
Scales. With one of Jones’ Scales the farmer 
can assure himself of tho exact weight of any¬ 
thing he has to sell, from a chouse ora pig to a 
load of bay, and in like manner, of anything ho 
has to buy, so there is ijo guess-work about it. 
The reputation of these Scales Is well establish¬ 
ed, and their reliability is fully attested by men 
of unquestionable character und experience.— 
8. D. H. 
The Tcxnn Liebig’" Extract of Meat is an 
article of great utility, convenience and economy 
in preparing beef ton, soup, grav y, etc. For in¬ 
valids and all persons requiring nourishment, 
it must bo especially beneficial, being tho very 
essence of strength. Th Texan is the pioneer 
nnd only genuine American article we have so 
lar; and having used the mute, wo do not hes¬ 
itate to recommend this extract. Mr. Adolpuus 
G lane, as Sole Agent, represent* dial great Im¬ 
provements have lately boon effected, and the 
shipments roach him in 20 days from the Texan 
factory. Also, that one of the distinguishing 
characteristics of this extract is it* freshness, 
strength and superior nutritive value. There is 
no doubt hut that since this domostio enterprise 
was started by Messers. Habra &■ Bit HADE, 
Liebig's Extract of Mont uan be had at half of its 
former cost, and that tho Texan is etill the low¬ 
est in price. 
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The Tin-Lined Lend Pipe, so often adver¬ 
tised in this paper by the Colwells, Shaw & 
Willard Manufacturing Co., ought to bo re¬ 
membered nt this season, when so many peoplo 
are building, or making improvements in their 
dwellings, oot-liousos, etc. Ite use secures pure 
water, an indispensable articL for tho health of 
every household. As “ an ounce of prevention 
is worth a pound cure,” it is the sa fe course 
to get the best water pipe obtainable, and there¬ 
fore wc again commend the Tin-Lined to all, in 
both city and country, who have occasion to 
convey water through metal pipes for domestic 
purposes. 
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typed, and hence Hack Numbers can 
always he supplied. Copies for sale 
by all Nows Dealers; price Six Cents. 
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Additions to Chib* aro 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-Srionds will give everybody an oppor¬ 
tunity to subscribe for the best. 
Show Bills, Specimen Numbers. Ele., of tho 
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BUSINESS NOTICES. 
DR. STRONG’S REMEDIAL INSTITUTE, 
Saratoga Springs. N. Y., is unsurpassed In tho treat¬ 
ment of Lung. Female and Chronic Diseases. Turk¬ 
ish, Russian, Electro-Thermal and Sulphur-Air Baths. 
Hydropathy, Vacuum Treatment, Movement Cure, 
Oxygen. Calisthenics, Ac. TERMS lowest in win¬ 
ter. Bendfor a Circular. Endorsed by Bishop Janes, 
Rev. T. L. Cuyler, D. D.. and Tayler I-ewts, I-L. D. 
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THE WAKEFIELD EARTH CLOSET. 
Get Descriptive Pamphlet at 95 Dey St.. New York. 
It In well to get cleor of a Bad Cough or Cold 
the first week, hut It is safer to rid yourself of it the 
tlrst forty-eight hours—tho proper remedy for tho 
purpose being Dr. Jayne’s Expectorant. 
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Burnell’s Kallisinn will Impart a clear, soft and 
beautiful hue to the skin. 
