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i»OORE 5 S RURAL NEW-YORKER. 
MAY 44 
“ PROCRESS AND IMPROVEMENT.” 
MOORES RURAL NEW-YORKER. 
A NATIONAL ILLUSTRATED 
D. D. T. MOORE, 
Condaoting Editor and Proprietor. 
CHAS. D. BRAGDON, ANDREW S. FULLER, 
AMnooiate Editors. 
HENRY S. RANDALL, LL. D., Cortland Village, N. Y., 
Editor or thd Dhpammist or Sintirr Huhiusdry, 
X. A. WILLARD, A. M., Little Falls, N. Y., 
Editor or tii* D«rjUtr«KST or Djiiiiv Hcsrardst. 
nish us with /note will render it a most powerful 
aid to us in determining: our own duty as Men 
and Citizens of the Uni ted States. 
P. S.—Since the preceding' was written (some 
days ago) and placed In type, and while closing 
this paper for the press, n telegraphic dispatch 
announces that Horace Greeley has been nom¬ 
inated for President by the Cincinnati Liberal 
Republican Convention. Well, we will not take 
buck anything aforesaid, nor will we, at present, 
express our opinion In regard to the important 
event announced. *• Wo shall sec what wo shall 
see.” Meantime, we trust other Inlluential Jour¬ 
nals, as well as The Tribune, will place them¬ 
selves in the position the Ritual New-Yorker 
lias so long occupied—that of fearless Independ¬ 
ence in dfecuseing Political and National Adairs, 
an old turf-bound orchard, the fruit always 
small and wormy, into which ho turned a lot of 
bogB, and has let them cultivate it ever since. 
The result is, good crops of fair apples, all free 
from worms. On the next hill -the hills are Just 
far enough apart for homesteads — is the resi¬ 
dence of Mr. McMillan, another of our Rural 
family, with a nice farm like the rest. All these 
men are cultivating Osage Orange hedges, for 
road and division fences, by the mile. The cul¬ 
tivation of this hedge is again becoming very 
popular in Ohio. The next hill is surmounted 
by the elegant residence of Mr. Parrott — a 
twenty thousand dollar farm, of excellent 
quality. Turning towards town on another 
road. I came upon a notably neat farm with u 
splendid new bam of modern architect lire, and 
on inquiry was told It was the homestead of H. 
U. Washburn, another Rural man,with a stock 
of nice sheep. Near by this last is the home of 
the jolly old shepherd, J. B. Hale, with whom I 
have had lots of fun In the former days of Me¬ 
rino Rheep. 
This is a sample of a dozen like mat ter-of-fact 
things which 1 encountered on that road. Now 
let me tell you a sentimental story.—8. n. h. 
[The sentimental story is given on page 319, 
under heading of “A Romantic Reminiscence.” 
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RURAL NOTES AND QUERIES, 
Large v*. Small Farms. - A correspondent, 
with an inquiring turn of mind, asks us if we nre 
The Stone nnd Itnil Fence described by J. W. 
N. may he patented; but we do not. think it is. 
He should apply direct to the Patent Office, 
Washington, D. C„ for answers to such ques¬ 
tions. There is where we should have to obtain 
it, and he can get it direct as easily ns we can. 
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THE SEASON, CROPS, PRICES, ETC. 
Condition of Winter Grnln.— The Monthly 
Report of the Department of Agriculture says: 
“The April returns, as a whole, indicate rather 
more than average amount of destruction by 
winter-killing, retarded growth, and stunted ap¬ 
pearance, tmt a sound condition of the roots of 
plants in suitable soli, or t hat covered uniformly 
with snow, which, with favoring weather, may 
secure a vigorous growth and a good yield!” 
Jonesboro, Union Co., 111., April 27.—Ther¬ 
mometer 80° in the shade to-day. Peaches have 
shed their bloom. We shall have the largest crop 
of fruits of all kinds ever grown in Southern 
Illinois.—n. 
Pcntwater, Occnnn Co., Mich., April 24.—I 
think that, half or more of ihe peach buds are 
killed. Fruit trees are looking exceedingly well 
after such an uncommonly cold winter. The 21st. 
inst. there was a fall of about six inches of snow. 
Very little min to date.—a. w. a. 
Westport, Uonn., April 30,—The season is 
very backward here; Trust not all out in some 
places where the ground was covered with man¬ 
ure. Outs are nearly all sown; some potatoes 
Col. S. D. HARRIS, Cleveland, Ohio, 
ConBK8f"tNi>n**v Eoiior.. 
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AX GRINDING AT THE FARMERS’ CLUB. 
There is always someone ready to turn the 
Club’s grindstone, another to keep it wet, and a 
third person, who is skilled in holding dull axes 
upon it, when any one wants grinding done. We 
should not say a word about this neat little busi¬ 
ness if It were not a fact that frauds are 1 hereby 
perpetrated upon the public. This Is the way 
the thing Is done; If a fellow wants his ax 
ground, he hunts up some one of these profes¬ 
sional a x-grt rulers and there an* a half-dozen of 
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SATURDAY, MAY 11, 1872. 
HONESTY-INDEPENDENCE. 
We must commend honest, independent men, 
wherever we And them. We must especially 
commend honest, independent journalists—men 
who will not, be the organ of any man or set of 
men, but who will be guided only by their own 
convictions in the discussion of public affairs. 
Hence we rejoice that Horace Greeley has 
decided that The Tribune shall not, henceforth, 
be the organ of any party that it shall not 
stoop to suppress Truth, refuse to commend 
what is right, nor fail to uphold what is good 
because it may be In the interest of any class of 
politicians to do so. 
One cause of our civil dissensions, our politi¬ 
cal wrangles, our failure to elect the best men 
to office, our confusion of political terms and 
nomenclature, our Injustice to honest men, our 
failure to support the wisest internal policy, 
our inability to vote intelligently, our distrust 
of politicians, and of the general confusion into 
which we are quadrennial Jy Thrown in our 
efforts to secure wise executive officers, is duo 
to the fact that we have had no free and inde¬ 
pendent Press, with power and influence enough 
to tell the truth, the whole truth and nothing 
but the truth. 
It is to us one of the best evidences that days 
of regeneration are dawning, when such papers 
as The Tribune discard par tisan allegiance and 
procluim their faith in and allegiance to the 
honesty and intelligence und best interests of 
The People, regardless of partisan purposes 
and policies. It means the secession of one 
of the greatest powers of corrupt centraliza¬ 
tion. It means u recognition of the important 
fact that Public Interests arc paramount to 
partisan success. It means the dissemination 
of Truth and a free, frank, and full discussion 
of all measures affecting the Public Welfare, 
It means a recognition of the Supreme Sover¬ 
eignty of the People, the power of Public 
Opinion and of the fact that the only safety to 
the Republic depends upon the dear and intelli¬ 
gent comprehension by the People of the Truth, 
no matter upon whom the we ight of their dis¬ 
approval may fall. 
No patriotic man or woman will fail to rejoice, 
with us, that, a journal with the acquired pres¬ 
tige of The Tribune, has thus segregated itself 
from all partisan bondage nnd is hereafter to 
“fight on Its own hook." It does not matter 
nil ether we may agree or disagree with its 
postulates, the fact that Us opinions are in no 
wise colored by partisan prejudice and affilia¬ 
tions, will give us faith in its mcdivcsnml enable 
us to weigh Its arguments with the greater | 
nicety and impartiality ; and its power to fur- j 
engages him for the campaign. Having ar¬ 
ranged the matter satisfactorily with lids profes¬ 
sional. the latter informs tin gallant Commander 
of the Club that, he 1ms a matter of groat import¬ 
ance to Introduce, and secures a hearing. He 
thereupon exhibits the dull ax, and suggests the 
appointment of a committee to put It in cutting 
condition. Knowing the men who are skilled in 
the busluraa, he sends up a slip of paper to the 
jolly old Commander, who is good natured 
enough to appoint, the persons named upon it as 
the committee. In many cases, this committee 
la apjKiinted without any vote of (lie Club, nnd 
consists of men who are, like professional Jury¬ 
men. " always ready for a Job.” Of course, this 
committee “ examine " the dull ax and Us owner 
and at the next meeting proceed to sharpen it, 
by making a “ report," which. In nine case- out 
of ten, is full of fulsome praise and bespattered 
with superlative adjectives. Sometimes, a vote 
of the Club is taken to accept (not adopti the re¬ 
port. At other times, it is simply “ received;" 
and at other times, no action whatever is taken 
upon it. But if it is made and rend before the 
Club, that, is sufficient. The ax is sharp. It is 
published far and wide as a report of a commit¬ 
tee of ilje Farmers'Club, and as having been 
adopted by that distinguished body. Of course, 
the ax thus sharpened cuts well. The owner 
gets compensated, and the ax-grinders get com¬ 
pensated ; what do they care how much It wear* 
off the grit (reputation) of the grindstone (Club)? 
Efforts have been made by some of the mem¬ 
bers to break up this speck* of ax-grinding, and 
to save the reputation of au institution that may 
do much good, by abolishing special committees, 
and thus compel these professional ax-gTindera 
to use their own grindstones. It has failed, al¬ 
though the Agricultural Committee professed to 
favor this reform. Still these special commit¬ 
tees are appointed, and the time of the Club is 
largely consumed in grinding special axes for In¬ 
dividuals. At the last meeting we attended, 
.such an ax was ground by one of these profes¬ 
sionals, and an effort made to get it adopted by 
the Club. A motion to recommit the report 
was not acted upon by the autocratic Command¬ 
er, and the whole thing was left without action. 
But In several of the papers controlled— or 
wheedled—by the professional ax-grinders, the 
report was announced adopted ' This is simply 
an illustration of the way the thing works. 
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NOTES BY THE WAYSIDE. 
There are compensations in most kinds of 
business which make up for a good deal of dull 
routine. The old Agricultural Missionary 
(moaning myself) meets with a thousand things, 
funny, pathetic, horrid, sentimental, etc., etc., 
which, if be was Corresponding Editor of a paper 
devoted to gossip, he could weave into a sort of 
Dolly Yauden miscellany of many colors. 
Take one day on the road, as a sample of many 
such. 
Last week 1 was roaming through the County 
of Huron, State of Ohio, and left the train of 
the C. C. C. & I. “ Bee Line ” R. R. at the station 
of Greenwich; where, striking up a friendly 
relation with WM, HaViland, (Post-Master and 
Agent of the Rural,) I had soon seduced the 
amiable William into the weakness of lending 
me his horse and carriage for an afternoon's 
drive in the cour Sry. The Rural has a big list 
within the range of the Greenwich post-office, 
ami this Is as good an introduction ns the Mis¬ 
sionary needs In his parish. 
On a circuit of hall' a dozen miles are a suc¬ 
cession of most excellent farms, on which the 
business of tillage, wool growing, dairy hus¬ 
bandry. and Orcharding are pretty well distribut¬ 
ed. Here Is the furm of L. P. Sisson, stocked 
with some of the finest Short-Horn cattle in the 
country land tile-drained, clean, high fences, 
and such an orchard! If it had.not been for 
that final clause in the Tenth Commandment 
“ or anyt hing that is his " I should hav e been 
guilty of covetousness, for I do Jove to see a nice 
orchard. Rigid across the way from this lust is 
the homestead of L. B. Marsh, an old Rural 
New-Yorker, from Onondaga Co., fifteen years 
ago. Coming on to this farm from a neighbor¬ 
ing low nriiip, a few years ago, Mr. Marsh found 
an advocate of large or of small farms. To be 
.specific, we may say that wc do not advocate 
either. Wo do not care whether a farm is large 
or email, «o long as it is made as productive as 
possible. We do not know any reason why a 
man with sufficient brain*, capital, and energy, 
should not cultivate well one thousand acre* as 
easily a* anot her man with less capital, but equal 
brains aud energy, does ton acres; nor do we 
see any hurra to grow out of It. We are opposed, 
however, to one man owning or controlling 
large tracts of uncultivated land, and calling it 
"a large farm.” and himself “ a large fanner.” 
We are so opposed, because lie does a greater 
public injury than public good by so doing. He 
may be a stumbling block in the way of every 
progressive farmer in hi* neighborhood, nnd 
profit by their thrift and industry, which en¬ 
hance* the value of the land he holds, without 
any effort of his own. Wo never djd believe In 
a dog-in-Ulf-nituiger policy in anything. 
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.Michigan Agricultural Report.—We are in¬ 
debted to R. Haigh, Jr., (Secretary pro tun,) for 
a copy of the ” Ninth Annual report ot the State 
Board of Agriculture of the- State of Michigan, 
for the year 1870." This Report was made by 
the late Santoro Howard, whose sudden death, 
lust year, caused a delay In its publication. A 
portrait of Mr. How ard is appropriately given 
as a frontlapiece. The volume* contain much 
statistical and other information of special value 
to the people ol Michigan, and all others inter¬ 
ested in its agriculture. The Report exhibits the 
ability and careful accuracy ever displayed by 
Mr. Howard, and many will prize it highly from 
the faet that it was the last work prepared by 
that accomplished writer on Agriculture and 
kindred topics. 
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Buying Implement*. A " Patron of Husband¬ 
ry," in Iowa, writes;—" We are having a lively 
time here among our implement manufacturers. 
Some of tlie Granges have been resolving not to 
purchase certain implements of certain manu¬ 
facturers. I question the policy of such resolu¬ 
tions. What do you think 7" We think, if we 
were a Patron of Husbandry, or auy other rnnn, 
we .should buy the best Implements wt- could find, 
where we could buy them cheapest, pay cash 
down for them, and then take good care of them 
after we got then) neither borrowing nor lend¬ 
ing (except to serve a neighbor in distress), nor 
allowing 1 hem to be exposed to the elements one 
moment when not in use. It is the cheapest and 
best vvuy to have good implements to use that 
we know of. « 
Where to Go to Schcal.—J. H. C., Prescott, 
N. Y„ 16 years old, working for himself, wants 
to know where he can go to Bchool when he gets 
money enough ; how much it will cost him to 
get an education ? He should write to Cornell 
University, Ithaca, N. Y., asking this informa¬ 
tion, because there he can help to pay his way 
by daily labor. The Faculty will bo glad to give 
him the required information. 
Importing Stock for Breeding Purposes. We 
notice that the Secretary of the Treasury has 
Informed Congress that be construes the law 
regulating the importation of stock for breed¬ 
ing purposes free, to admit such stock from any 
foreign country—even Canada. The law has 
been supposed by some to exclude Canadian 
stock. 
The Canada Thistle is to be exterminated 
from and kept out of Illinois, if there is any 
virtue in laws and penalties, and Commissioners 
of Canada Thistles to see that the law is en¬ 
forced for such a law has been passed by the 
Legislature. Illinois readers of the Rural 
should make themselves acquainted with its 
provisions. 
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Arboy Day in Nebraska seems to have been 
properly observed by one man, at least; for we 
see it stated thai on that day (April 10) Mr. J. D. 
Smith, near Lincoln, Neb., planted, within ten 
hours. 35,550 forest trees—a tolerably good day’s 
work ! That is the way to protect our forests 
plant trees. 
planted. No pasture yet; lmy scarce. Weather 
dry and cold for the season; plenty of frost this 
morning. Apple trees bid fair for a good crop 
of blossoms. 1’enr trees look promising. Straw¬ 
berries badly injured by frost. A good many 
of the wild blackberries killed ; raspberries also. 
Eggs plenty aud eheup-d8e. per doz.; butter, 
30®H()e. A good many onions have been sown. 
Nothing will grow very fast until we get rain 
and warmer weather; prospect is dry weather. 
—A. S. N. 
RURAL BREVITIES. 
A SUBSCRIBER, Tipton, Iowa, can probably 
get the rubber blindage he refers to at any rub¬ 
ber store iu Chicago. 
The Wisconsin Dairyman’s Association is to 
hold its flint seinl-monthly sale of products at 
Watertown, Wi»., June 15. 
Samuel H. Brown, a successful breeder of 
Essex and Berkshire pigs, died at Maple Grove 
Farm, Mcllbrook, Duchess Co., N. Y., April 6. 
MOLLIK M. is informed that we have had no 
occasion to use the “ magic compound ” spoken 
of, und cannot say whether it isaliumbugornot. 
We notice it Is estimated by Texas papers t hat 
the entire loss ol cattle in Western Texas the 
past winter Is 200,01*1 head. We don’t believe it; 
we regard it a “ bull ” story. 
Toe Nebraska Farmer, monthly, (Vol. 1, No. 
L $1.50 a year.) A an ah am Dkyo, Lincoln, Neb., 
Publisher and Proprietor, is tho latest contri¬ 
bution of Agricultural periodical literature wc 
have seen, and it Is creditable to Nebraska. 
Mr. Caird, In tbe London Times, places the 
number of cattle in Great Britain, annually 
available for the butcher, at 2.336,000; and sheep 
at 11,033,000; and yet theso numbers ore entirely 
inadequate to meet the consumptive demand. 
New York City recently received 20,328 
pounds of fresh roll blitter, done up In a most 
compact form, enveloped in snow-white linen, 
and packed in brine in iron-bound tierces, from 
California the first received from that State. 
We are glad to notice that many English 
farmers are settling iu Virginia, und are con¬ 
tented and satisfied with their prospects. Vir¬ 
ginia i* one of our best States for agricultural 
purposes, anil deserves mure uttentiun from 
emigrants than she receives. 
A Superior Specimen of Sweetness was 
the sizable cake ot Maple Sugar h iii us, some 
time ago, by our long-time and very efficient 
Agent-Friend, Wm. A. Hart of Friendship, 
Allegany Co., X. Y. It was the best " extract ol 
maple " we have tasted for a long time. 
A bill Is before tho English Parliament which 
provides that uo child shall be employed in agri¬ 
culture under tho age of eight years, and that 
no one from eight to twelve years shall be em- 
ploved who cannot produce a certificate show¬ 
ing'that he or she has attended school a certain 
time within twelve months 
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are subscribing for papers about these days, and we 
hope our Agent-Friend* will give everybody an oppor¬ 
tunity to subscribe tor the beet. 
Show Bill*, Specimen .Numbers, Etc., ot the 
Rural Nkw-Yorker sent free. 
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Get Descriptive Pamphlet at 36 Dey St.. New York. 
To let a Cold have it* own way is to assist 
in laying the foundation of Consumption. To cure 
the most stubborn Cough or Cold you have only to 
use Judiciously Dr, Jayne's Kxpectorant. 
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The Public have for years endorsed Burnett's 
t'oeoatru as an unrivaled hair dressing, 
