URAL NEW-YORKER. 
JULY 2? 
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SATURDAY, JULY 27, 1872. 
WHAT CAUSES HARD TIMES. 
R. M. P. writes: — “ I am a .funner and know 
that the times are ‘ hard,' and would like to see 
some theory in the Rural Nicw-Yokkrr a* to 
the cause of hard times. Cannot you give us 
One?" Yes, certainly. It is easy enough to 
construct a theory; it is not always easy to 
prove that it is a correct one. We have one, 
nevertheless, which we think self-evident. 
Here it ts: 
1. Too many spend money and loo few earn il. 
2. Too much money is spent wastefully and 
uselessly, and too little saved and made pro¬ 
ductive and accumulative by those who need il. 
;}. \Ve buy too much abroad that we onght to 
produce at home. 
4. We buy loo much that we cannot and do 
not pay for cash down too much of what we 
buy being what we do not actually need. 
5. We are too wasteful, know too little how to 
economise and have too little disposition to do so. 
B. Weave too speculative, unscrupulous and 
actually dishonest In our efforts to make money. 
7. Too many of us prefer idleness to industry, 
and too Cow of us know how 1o work and derive 
pleasure and profit from our labor. 
,s. We spend too much time learning what is 
not. useful, and too little informing ourselves 
upon the best methods of promoting our mate¬ 
rial prosperity. 
n. We know too much of politics, spend too 
much time and money as politicians, and know 
too little about political economy and the sci¬ 
ence of a stable and economical, successful pub¬ 
lic policy. 
10. Our actions are governed too much by pas¬ 
sion, prejudice and partisan feeling, and not 
Chough by a broad, intelligent, liberal and patri¬ 
otic conception of the duties which American 
citizenship involves. 
11. We are too superficial and impatient, and 
Jack the clear purpose and persistent, patient 
application necessary to permanent success. 
12. Wc depend too much upon our "sharp¬ 
ness,"and “ enteness,"and readiness to takead- 
vantage of circumstances, and not enough upon 
earnest, honest labor. 
1.1. Wc talk and read too much, and think and 
act too little. 
14. We spread ourselves over too great a sur¬ 
face, and thus fail to dig deep enough in one 
place for the nuggets thnt will surely enrich us. 
15, We lack in (hat higher morality which 
frowns down venality and elevates and encour¬ 
ages purity ot life, probity of conduct, and a 
scrupulous regard for a good and honorable 
name. 
lfi. We do not teach our children that they 
must, nor how to, earn their own living, and are 
too willing to commit them to a life of easy un¬ 
scrupulousness, depending on their skill as 
make-shifts rather than upon their solid ac¬ 
quirements as men and women. 
17. We roll about too much like stones that 
and speculating capitalists, and defrauding our¬ 
selves of the substantial profits of our own in¬ 
dustry. 
18. We are devotees of show rather than sub- 
stanee, and pay homage to the glitter of a “suc¬ 
cess” which is tout a robe covering filth, rotten¬ 
ness nml corruption, social,commercial and pol¬ 
itical. 
1H. We build too many churches and cultivate 
the Christian virtues and spirit too littie; wc 
have too many schools and too few real teach¬ 
ers; we have too many false theories and too 
few true ones; we are too undivided in certain 
directions and not enough so In others; we ad¬ 
here too closely to what we ought to depart 
from, and refuse to take hold of that to which 
we ought to ellng. 
20. In short, wc are too much what we ought 
not, and not enough what wo ought to be! 
Is our theory satisfactory ? 
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s THE SEASON, CROPS, PRICES, ETC. 
A Look Over the Country. 
Having recently made h tour of the country 
from the Southwest, by way of Ohio, Western 
New York, Canada, Vermont and Eastern New 
York, to the city, J can make up a fair positive 
and relative record of the condition of crops in 
that range of country. 
In Tennessee, Kentucky, Southern Indiana, 
and Southwestern Ohio, the Summer crops arc 
only moderate in quantity in the best fields, and 
short on tho dry eat lands. The lack of rains 
has operated against the wheat and grass crop, 
which will fall considerably below a fair average 
full crop of favorable seasons. The quality of 
the wheat berry is good, which will in part com¬ 
pensate for the lack of quantity'. Tho corn crop 
of the same region promises well, though it was 
put in late. 
In tile region of Northern Indiana, and along 
the south shore of I .it ke Erie, in Ohio, Pennsyl¬ 
vania and New York, there are full crops of 
wheat, oats, corn, potatoes and grass, with 
abundant promise of the staple orchard fruits, 
particularly of apples amt peaches. Upon the 
hard clay lands of Western New York tho field 
crops are not heavysand rhesumo is true of that 
part of Canada bordering on the north shore of 
Lake Ontario and the river St. Lawrence, until 
within h short distance of Montreal*where crops 
look very fair J'nr that horoan clime. 
The stale ot Vermont Is rejoicing all over in 
itsabuudant productions of grass crops and 
nearly all oilier of its field staples. The hay 
crop of Vermont and New Hampshire is im¬ 
mense, following two years of drouth with plen¬ 
tiful rains, which held up just in time for a good 
hay season. 
In all the dairy' region of Vermont thefanue-t* 
are following the lead of those in Ohio—lfltctug 
goof sheep and taking up cows. The making 
of butter is a great business In Northern Ver¬ 
mont, and the reputation of this butter in the 
market is first class, and still advancing. Cheese 
making is still a large item in the dairy system 
ot Vermont, and many cheese factories bat e 
been established, tout the best dairy farms arc 
not near enough together to render the factory 
system as economical ns it is in the dairy regions 
of Ohio and Central New York, 
The labor system of Vermont is greatly 
changed from what I knew it in time past. 
From t wenty to forty years ago Canadian labor¬ 
ers swarmed into Vermont at (he beginning of 
haying time, and were a tough, slow am! faith¬ 
ful set of people, working at low wage?. Of 
laic years more of the Canadian laborers find 
profitable employment In farming at home, 
while large numbers ot those who come to the 
States steer for the miiimfacturing towns of 
Massachusetts, where the work Is not.so hard 1 
and the pay is I let ter. 
Many of the Moat ing laborers of Canada were j 
enlisted as substitutes in our late war, and I 
have heard it estimated that fifteen thousand of 
these were killed or disabled in tho armies of the i 
Union. Now. good farm labor is scarce and t 
dear in that region : ordinary farm hands com- 
rnnnd from $25 to (JO a month, for a season of , 
eight months. The general use of modern la- a 
bor-saving implements on the farm enables the 
Yankee farmer to get through his work, not¬ 
withstanding the scarcity of laborers. 
Upon taking a view of the whole country, I a 
should say there is, and will be, a fair average G 
yield of our staple productions this year: what j 
is lacking in one place will Vie supplied from an¬ 
other, and the stores of the country will be am¬ 
ple for all our needs. s. t>. n. d 
little stock changing hands of the farmers; the 
buyers appear to be waiting for a decline in 
prices. Farmers don’t appear to see it. .i. jj. L. 
Puglitowti, Chester ('«.. Pa., July *• Since 
last Fall little rain or snow tins fallen. The 
Spring and Summer have been very dry; hay 
one-fourth crop; wheat three-quarters, being 
thin on the ground with large heads well filled, 
and short straw—all harvested. Corn middling 
early; potatoes poor; cherries abundant; apples 
fair crop: pea rS not so full; oats short. Wheat 
(2; corn (she.; oats 55c.; butter $25c.; eggs 24c. 
-it, w. it. 
Scwlckley, Allcghcnny Co., I*n,, .Inly 10. 
Last two weeks of June and first week of July 
very hot and dry, with ft few light showers; 
second week of July rather hot and wet, with 
rain almost every day or night. Hay is not an 
average crop; winter grain very small crop; 
oats look good; corn promises well and is grow¬ 
ing fast. Potatoes look good. Early Rose worth 
75 cents per bush.; small fruit plenty and cheap; 
apples and pears promise a very large and good 
crop. The Colorado Potato beetle made Its 
first appearance in this neighborhood in June. 
—M. 
Newark,Rork Co.,\Vls.,July H. Wolmdacold, 
dry, backward Spring until the middle of June, 
then it changed to very warm. All streams, 
springs and wells nre low; some springs and 
streams are dry that never wore known to he 
dry. Crops are doing tine on the lowest kind of 
land. We have had frequently showers of rain 
so that crops have not suffered much, but have 
grown very fust. All crops are at least two 
weeks later than last year. Wheat promises to 
bo an average crop. Oats and barley good; very 
little rye sowed last fall: crop light; com is later 
than usual; liay light; clover, badly winter-killed; 
some pieces of potatoes very fine; potato bug 
very troublesome. Wheat, $1.10 .••Corn, 37c.; oats, 
84c.; butter, 12 l/ jO.; eggs. Ilk,.; cows, no sale; 
horses, from (100 to (150; farm labor, $18 to $25 
per month ; wool, 36 to 40 cents per lb.; hogs, 
$11.50 per owl,.; buyers bid on tobacco 6 and 7 
cents per lb.; not much sold.—n. c. 
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RURAL NOTES AND QUERIES. 
Wnr Depnrlnient Klgnnl Office.- A circular 
from I he Chief Signal Officer of the War Depart¬ 
ment gives us iho gratifying intelligence that 
the last Congress enlarged the powers of the I 
Weather Signal Bureau, making appropriations 
for expenses of storm signals announcing the 
approach and force of storms throughout the 
United State*, for the benefit of commerce and 
agriculture, and authorizing the Secretary' si 
War to provide such stat ions, reports and signals 
as may bo found necessary for llto benefit of 
Agrieult urr and Commerce. This circular asks 
for suggestions and recommendations to enable 
the perfection ot the system now established, 
and to make il more useful to those varied in¬ 
terests for whose heneflt it is designed. Any 
suggestions ot i his character, addressed to " The 
Chief Signal Officer of the Armory, Washington, 
D. C.," and marked " Official Business," will not 
only be transmitted free of postage, but will 
receive the attention and consideration of the 
officers of this branch of the public service. , 
About Printing Paper. “Honor to Whom 
Honor,” Ate. The good and uniform quality of 1 
paper upon which the Rural New-Yorker has , 
been printed for some years past has attracted 
the attention of publishers in various parts of ! 
the country, and we not infrequently receive 
letters asking who furnishes us, the price, etc. < 
The information desired has generally been * 
imparted by letter, but to save correspondence 
and at the same time render an act of just ice < 
to an honorable and always fair-dealing and re- *' 
liable firm we will now say that the Rural 
New-Yorker is supplied with paper by Messrs. 
Jessup ,V Moore, u long-established and highly 
reputable Philadelphia and New York house of t 
superior means and facilities, and, moreover, <. 
one that never disappoints its customers by fail- | 
ing to fulfill lt« engagements. During tho past j 
thirty years we have dealt with many paper r 
manufacturers and dealers, but never with a & 
firm so invariably prompt and accommodating J 
as that ot Messrs. Jessup A Moore. Hence we ,, 
confidently refer our Cincinnati contemporary o 
(whose letter is now before us), and all other in- - 
quirerson the subject of printing paper, to the 
above-named firm, which may be addressed at 
either No. 128 William Street. New York, or 
Philadelphia, Pa. x 
RURAL BREVITIES. 
C. O. 1». ran obtain what she asks for bv ad¬ 
dressing Ai.ex. Huiinut 21 K Broadway N. V. 
P. Quincy, Branch Co., Mich., is informed tiiat. 
we do not. know of any such drill as he describes. 
M. B. Prince. We have forwarded your re¬ 
quest to Farmer Garrulous, who will doubtless 
capond. 
Geo. V. NORTON, Turin, N. Y., is informed 
that we will insert his advertisement when he 
sends us $8.80. 
Tin: Aldlne for August Is a magnificent speci¬ 
men of illustrative and typographical art as well 
as literary excellence. 
F. G. F-. Paris, Texas, is Informed that in our 
judgment "the best form of horse rake to rake 
up corn stalks lute winnows," is the old wooden 
revolving horse rake. 
Tin: Horticulturist announces the consolida¬ 
tion of the Western Pomologist and Gardener 
with itself, Mark Miller conducting tho West¬ 
ern Department of tho consolidated. 
A CORRESPONDENT asks, " Who is OSSIAN?" 
He is said to have been a Celtic warrior-poet 
who lived in the third century, and is reported 
to have been the son of Finoal or Finn Mac- 
CUMHAILL. 
Sam Brewer should read whst has been said 
about condensing milk In "Willard s Practical 
Dairy Husbandry " and In previous issues of 
this paper. There is no recipe we can give that 
will be found available for his use. 
A. It. Melinoy is informed that we cannot 
tell him where he can get. the California wheat 
mentioned in Kt ual New-Yorker, July H,but 
If he will write to T. Hart Hyatt, San Francis¬ 
co. Oil., we t hink he can learn where It may he 
obtained. 
“Western Mountain Girl" is informed 
that Eureka is derived from the Greek verb 
Heurein. to find. The rent is llevr (present in¬ 
finitive ilmrhtkrlu). The meaning of Heurcka 
is "I have found." When Hii.ro was king of 
Syracuse, Re suspected the silversmiths had 
adulterated his crown. He called upon the phi¬ 
losopher, A m n i m i OKs to determine the facts, 
and he exclaimed "Heurcka!” The word is 
written Eureka In English, the accented letter, 
H, being dropped. 
INDUSTRIAL SOCIETIES. 
The Washington Go., Oregon, Fair is to com¬ 
mence Oct. 14. 
The Oregon Male Fair is to commence Sept, 
30. and continue six days. 
The Pntaskala. H.» \g‘l *or. will hold its 13th 
Fair near Pataskala, Sept. 18-20.-G. N. How¬ 
ling* See. 
| The Ohio Horticultural Society holds its Slim¬ 
mer meeting fur liveinspection o*f vineyards and 
orchards at Cbillieothe, August 7th and 8th. 
The American \»*»oelai|on for the \il\anee- 
metir ot Heir nre is to hold its next meeting ut 
Dubuque, la., commencing Wednesday. Aug.21. 
The Aliehlgan Hl/lte Pomologirnt Hoe. holds 
its next meeting at Smith Haven, about the sec¬ 
ond week in August—or whenever peaches are 
in condition to eat. 
The \ehrn*kn State Hort. Soe. holds its fourth 
semi-annual meeting nl Nebraska City, Vug. 6, 
for the purpose of dismissing the merits of early 
fruits, and attending to other business. Ron’x 
W. Furnas, See. 
The \ew V orb State Poultry society held n 
semi-annual meeting July !>. A special meeting 
of the Society is to be held at Elmira, Wednes¬ 
day, Oct. 2, when the lime and place ot holding 
Die next Exhibition will he determined- Notice 
was given of an amendment to the constitution 
providing t hat members may vote at Die annual 
election by proxy. 
Premium Lists deceived. Premium list of 
Delaware Co., Town. Ag. Hoc; fair at Manches¬ 
ter. Sept. 24-26. Of the Kansas State Board of 
Agriculture; fair at Topeka, Sept. It; 20. Of the 
Cherokee Co., Ga., Fair Association ; fair at 
Rome, Oei. x It. Of the Portage Co., O. Ag. 
Soe.; fair at Kuvonno. Sept. 25-27- 
Iloylemowu, Pa., \g. nml Mech. InHiltuie,— 
Officers elect: I'n*. Dr. Ikai oi Mu hkner. 
Can crsvilln, Bucks Co. Fa,-Pt'»vr.s -Col. Isaiah 
James, New Britain : William Stuekcrt, War¬ 
rington. TmiM. Dr, o. p. James Doyiestown. 
Cue. See. Nathan ('.James, Doyiestown. Her,. 
See. Eastbnrn Boeder, New Hope. The next 
annual exhibition will lie held nr Doyiestown, 
October 1st tth. 
The Farmers' Conference Club of West Jer¬ 
sey, is the name of an organization effected by 
the union of "The Progressive Farmers' Club” 
of Mt. lonrel. “The Farmers'Club" of Wood¬ 
bury, the "Farmers Mutual Benefit Associa¬ 
tion" of Camden Co., and tits " Burlington Co. 
Farmers' Club," for the purpose of holding joint 
quarterly meetings and discussions. The re¬ 
spective Clulis, named above, retain their dis¬ 
tinct organizations, and hold their regular meet¬ 
ings separately ; but they unite for quarterly 
meetings, and have elected Samuel A. Dobbins 
of Mt. Holly President. 
PUBLISHER’S SPECIAL NOTICES. 
Uinn City, Wasco Co., Minn,, Jane 29.—Fine 
growing time. Wheat, oats and barley never 
looked better. Corn backward, but coining on 
fast; grass never better; potatoes good ; potato 
beetles very scarce; have been destroyed by 
parasites, o. p. 
Salem, Dent Co., Mo., July 7_Corn looks 
well; oats good; wheat about half a crop; po¬ 
tatoes and other vegetables look well; fruit of 
ail kinds plenty; grapes and peaches better 
than common; wheat worth $1.15; corn, 50o.: 
oats, 40e.; hacon from 4 to 7e per lb.—c. ay. n. 
Harlem Springs, Carroll Co,, 0., July IO.— 
Wheat about half a crop: oats tolerably good; 
grass very light; corn good but late, owing to 
the late Spring and the cut worms. Some fields 
were entirely destroyed by them and had to be 
replanted. Potatoes good; peaches an entire 
Why Do British Agriculturist* Thrive, -Al¬ 
derman Mechj of England states a truth which 
is well understood by people who do not blindly 
follow the teachings of commercial men whose 
interests are most largely auhserved by free 
trade. He says: It is precisely because British 
farmers have their customers—the British manu¬ 
facturers almost at t heir doors, and that other 
corn producing countries have not any manu¬ 
facturers, that British agriculture is rich and 
thriving." 
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try for a period longer than one year prior to 
filing the application in Canada; and the in¬ 
ventor must also select a domicile in Canada 
where the Patent Office may correspond with 
him or the solicitor presenting his application. 
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