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New Hampshire Commercial Fertilizer Law. 
—New Hampshire has a law which requires that 
all commercial fertilizers offered for sale shall 
have a label attached on which shall be stated 
the date of its manufacture ami the percentage 
it contains of ammonia, soluble phosphoric acid, 
insoluble phosphoric acid, and of its other con¬ 
stituent parts. It also requires manufacturers 
of such fertilizers, before offering them for sale, 
to lile with I he State Treasurer a bond, with 
sureties residing in the State satisfactory to the 
Governor and Council, in the sum of $10,000, 
payable to the State with a condition that it 
shall be void upon the payment of all penalties, 
fines, costs, Ate., which may beimposod upon the 
manufacturer for violation of the act, A fine of 
$200 is imposed upon any one keeping or offer¬ 
ing lor sale or selling any commercial fertilizer 
prior to the filing of such bond. The law pro¬ 
vides that any one keeping or offering for sale 
or selling any '•ommercial fertilizer which does 
not contain the fertilizing constituent parts 
specified in the label, in the proportion specified, 
shall be punished by a fine of $50*1 for each of¬ 
fense, to be recovered in an action of debt upon 
Ids bond, to be brought by the Attorney-Gen¬ 
eral or a solicitor of any county. The State As- 
sayor is to make all analyses upon which prose¬ 
cutions are based. Some other States need 
similar laws. 
‘‘t.’»»loM Reports.” The Kansas Farmer 
calls attention to a “disjointed statement and 
unjust criticism ” of the National Agricultural 
Congress in St. Louis, which, it avers, appeared 
in the Rural New-Yorker, June 13- We copy 
the paragraph: 
" iNST!(t-<-rrox‘' for Aoricc-i.ti-hai ami Holt- 
Tt cultural Societies.- The National Agricultural 
Congress is reported to havo ml opted a resolution 
•Instructing all Agricultural and Horticultural So¬ 
cieties to offer premiums for Hie heat agricultural 
and horticultural papers, and to do nil in their power 
for the extension of their circulation." If this re¬ 
port Is correct, wo may he permitted lossy that the 
(■nine ohjeet would lie hotter accomplished by offering 
r.lie host agricultural and horticultural papers n* 
premiums, and thus not only extend their circulation, 
but stimulate tho respective publishers to make their 
papers the. most desirable for such offering. 
Commenting on the above paragraph, the 
Kansas Farmer says: 
“ Those present, or who havo read the reports 
of the National Agricultural Congress, need not 
be told that it did rmi assume to inutmct Agri¬ 
cultural and Horticultural Societies, a* claimed, 
or in any other manner; but that ft did ttdvhsc 
l hem to do Hie very I liing the above article cen¬ 
sures them for not doing. This loose statement 
and wild criticism of the Rural New-Yorker 
may be credited to it" want ol an edltoi . 
home, as we find "An Editor Getting Fresh 
Air," and another “Going a-Mugging” in llie 
country, reported in the same issue." 
Now, In reference to this very important!!) 
matter, we muy say that “the loose statement" 
was copied from a report of the Congress in 
some one of the Western (we think, though we 
are not positive, one of the St. Louis) agricul¬ 
tural papers, made by its editorial representa¬ 
tive. We said, "If <his report is correct," as 
preliminary to our modest, temperate, respect¬ 
ful amendatory suggestion following. We did 
It with the utmost respect for I lie body of men 
composing the Congress. But, judging by the 
entire report to which we referred. Hint which 
was the first (bat came under our notice, there 
was a deal of wild talking and writing done 
there. We believe we have printed the resolu¬ 
tion referred to, us it was offered, since. We 
simply wont the Kausas Farmer to know wc are 
not responsible for the “careless reports” in 
the Western Journals, and that the editors were 
all “at homo” when our criticism upon the 
“careless report" was made. 
Rending Sample* of Soil. R, WOOD writes 
us that ho strut us in June n sample of soil of his 
farm, with a view of obtaining our opiniou as 
io how lie should manage it, kind of manures, 
crops, etc., etc., best to be applied and grown 
on such land. But be has never heard from us 
concerning it. We do not remember to have 
received such sample, for we aim to treat all 
our correspondents alike—that K to respect¬ 
fully noiiee t heir requests in some manner. On 
this subject- of sending samples of soils, with 
tlm expectation or hope that we will give di¬ 
rections for its management, in n climate 
wherein we have had no experience, is much 
like sending us a bottle of water from the east 
const of Africa, and asking us to tell what kind 
Of fish will thrive best in it. If we were analy¬ 
tical chemists, wo should not have time to 
analyze the soils sent us; if we did, wo could 
no give our opinion us to its power of pro¬ 
duction, under all circumstances. A knowledge 
ot the meteorological conditions which prevail 
where tills soil is, is as essential to a knowledge 
of what treatment it should receive and what 
crops would thrive upon it, as to know its chem¬ 
ical constituents. We should be glad to aid our 
Virginia friend, but there is both a limit to our 
knowledge and to our power to give adviec that 
would bo of service to him. 
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Horse tmporiutioiiH. -The increasing demand 
lor heavy draft horses in this country has in¬ 
duced considerable importations of Percheron 
stallions and a few mares Trom France. At the 
stables of Robert Stoppart, in Greenwich 
street, N. V., near (lie dock of the Havre steam¬ 
ships, we learn that already this season there 
have been reoeived forty-two of these horses, 
which have mostly gone to Illinois. Last week 
we saw a Jot of four Poroheron stallions de¬ 
barked from a Havre steamer, the importation 
of M. I). Covell, of Delaware, Ohio, all care¬ 
fully selected in Perehe, of the best blood and 
make-up. Stoppart, who is an old horse- 
dealer, says one of these is the best Perehemn 
he ever saw, and as wc looked upon his mighty 
and beautiful form, and saw his splendid action, 
wo could not dispute it. AYe hope these horses 
of Mr. Lovell'S will not be allowed to be taken 
beyond Ohio fora market, as were a lot of the 
same breed which lie brought from France last 
year, From the same steamer, we saw another 
lot of two splendid trotting Porcheron stallions, 
a Porcheron mure, and a draft stallion, selected 
and imported by J. J. Parker, of West Chester, 
Pa. A valuable stallion of this lot died on the 
passage, ■which was along and rough one, from 
which all the horses Buffered severely. 
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National !»wlnc Breeders’ Convention. — AYc 
call the attention of our contemporaries and of 
the gentlerneu named on committees, and of 
Swine Breeders generally, to the report of the 
committee appointed by the National Swine 
Breeders' Convention held in New York City in 
May last, published in another column. Copies 
of this report, in proof* have been sent to our 
Agricultural contemporaries, to each member 
of the respective committees named in tho re¬ 
port and to the Secretaries of State Agricultu¬ 
ral Societies, State Boards of Agriculture and 
State Swine Breeders’ Associations so far as they 
are known to the members of the committee. 
It is hoped that the manner in which the dele¬ 
gates to the Indianapolis Convention are to be 
elected, or named..will receive the attention it 
deserves—that each State at ail interested in 
breeding pure-bred swine will be fully repre¬ 
sented by delegates—that each member of each 
committee w ill regard it a duty, and take pains 
to discharge it, to add something to tho fund of 
information and exact knowledge of the breeds 
of swine it la the object of this Convention 
to elicit and erystalize. We trust every swine 
breeder will aid in furnishing facts and making 
the act ion of the projected Convention reliable 
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A merlean Steam Plows.— There is a good deal 
of interest manifested in regard to steam plow? 
and plowing in this country—not as much as 
there should be, we are satisfied. We do not 
expect that steam plows will enable our farmers 
to plow their lands much cheaper per acre, but 
the application pf steam power may enable them 
to slir tho soil (Invert it. or otherwise, according 
to its needs) deeper and more thoroughly, at the 
same cost. This w III not require to bedone hern 
every year, but, as in England, every (hreo or 
live years. Wc notice that Alexander Camp¬ 
bell, Washington, Yolo, Co., Cal., has invented 
a steam plowing apparatus. It involves two 
stationary engines, with plowing apparatus. It 
is claimed for ihese engines that they are capa¬ 
ble of cultivating from thirty to sixty acres per 
day of ten hours, from seven lo twelve inches 
deep; or of entting one mile ot ditching, three 
feet wideal the top, one fool al (he bottom, by 
two and a half feet in depth. Addl'd, the en¬ 
gines are available for threshing, pumping, saw 
ing. In listing, or for traction service. It is 
claimed Glut by direct traction land can he 
plowed at about one dollar per acre, while by 
rope, traction (engines stationary) it can be done 
for seventy-five cents per acre. 
I'liniiBsing Churns, Etc.—An “ Afflicted Cor¬ 
respondent” writes us:—“I wish you would 
advocate a law which would compel these churn 
peddlers, and others Of like ilk. to pay so heavy 
a license fee that we farmers would not see otic 
of them once In six months. It might be stretch¬ 
ing a point a little if I w ere to say that 1 have to 
purchase a churn (or something else) a month 
In order to get rid of these leeches and save my 
valuable time. An emphatic NO! in tho strong¬ 
est lone at my command, only causes them to 
stick the tighter and worry the life out of me. 
What's to bo done?" We used to encourage 
them to talk, but kept right straight at our 
work, minding our own business, and in no 
ease purchasing unless we found t hey had some¬ 
thing we needed and t hat was worth purchasing. 
After two or three hours' talking they managed 
to get away from us; but meantime our work 
always went straight on. 
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Damage to the Colton Crop.— We learn from 
the local papers of tho southwest cotton States, 
t hat a wide-spread damage has befallen the cot¬ 
ton crop of Alabama. Heavy storms of rain 
Hooded tho lowlands on the river bottoms, and 
l he boll-worm attacked the crop on the uplands, 
so that between t he two the crop has sustained 
immense damage, and the picking will fall far 
below the estimates made during the previous 
lu'glt promise of a full crop. 
Entomological Statistic*.—Some Entomologist 
says insects rob American fanners of $10,000,000 
per year; but he doe? nor tell us how much in¬ 
sect.? save American farmers by preying upon 
each other, and by furnishiug food for birds 
that would otherwise depredate farmer^’ orops. 
Wc believe in compensation, and that the in¬ 
sects earn nil they take and have a right to it. 
.Miss Mary A. E. Wager <" Minfwood ") of 
this journal, sailed for Europe July 81, to be ab¬ 
sent a year or two. Our correspondents will 
miss her services in the Modes and Manners De¬ 
partment of the Rural New-Yorker, hut wo 
expect letters from her, which will, in part, 
compensate for the lack of service to our read¬ 
ers at home. 
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Angus! Meteors.— August 10, according to the 
calculations of astronomers, the earth will pass 
through a ring of meteors, the remains of the 
cornet, of 1802. So look out for I he meteors, if 
you want to see them. 
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THE SEASON, CROPS, PRICES, ETC. 
HI. Johns, Clinton Co.. Mich., July 29.— AA T e 
huge had some thorough showers for the last 
week which have put an end to the somewhat 
severe drouth. Early potatoes will be « very 
slim crop, but we hope the late ones will be bet¬ 
ter. Potato-bugs are on the decrease. Corn 
and oats look well. Farmers are mostly done 
harvesting. Wheat will he a short crop in this 
vicinity. Some pieces are very good while 
others are very poor, and some will not pay to 
harvest. Some pieces wore plowed up last 
Spring and the ground put to Spring crops. But 
we have a better crop than was expected three 
months ago. Hay is a fair crop and mostly cut 
and secured in good order. Weather very warm 
for the last three days, and cool nights. Com¬ 
menced threshing in this vicinity last week. 
New potatoes, 75e. per bushel; harvest apples, 
50c. per bushel; eggs, 18c. per dozen; butter, 
10c.; wool, 50c. to 60c.; hay, $10; sheep, from 
$3 .to $3.50 per head.—j. e. n. 
Oregon. Mo., July 27.— We are having a 
groat amount of rain, making it quite difficult 
harvesting the oats crop, which is the best we 
have had for several years. Wheat is mostly 
cut. hut is damaging some in the stock by 
sprouting; the quality ts good. Barley is liar- 
vested and was tho best harvest crop wo havo 
laid for many seasons. Corn is quite promising. 
Fruit not so plenty as we anticipated; apples 
coining into market. Grapes promise well 
with but few exceptions, AVheat, $1.50 per bu.; 
oats, 18c. to 20; corn, %c- to -35c.; barley, 37c. to 
41c.; apples, $1; lmtter, 8c. to 12c. per pound; 
cows, $25 to $33 ; hoi-308 very low with but few 
buyers; money scarce.—w. M. 
Ghent, Carroll Co., Ky., July 27.—This has 
been ibe wettest summer we have had for many 
years. The wheat crop was very tight, from 
seven to ten bushels being an average crop. 
Corn looks well and promises a good yield. 
Early potatoes were very line. All kinds of 
vegetables inabundance; also all kinds of fruits 
except poaches. There is tho largest crop of 
tobacco in t his county this year that ever was 
planted in it, and if the farmers save it well it 
will bring more money in the county than has 
been sinee the war. Every farmer has in from 
three to fifteen acres, according to his force to 
work it, and it nearly all looks well.—A SUB¬ 
SCRIBE!?. 
Whittlesey, ()., July .30. The dry weather has 
boon quenched with fine showers, and the 
parched earth presents h more healthy appear¬ 
ance. The wheat, crop is bettor than anticipated 
it would be, although some will lose by Bprout¬ 
ing, occasioned by the late rains. Corn is coin¬ 
ing rapidly forward. Oats and flax are good; 
wool is changing hands at 00c; but only a few 
lots have been sold at that figure, while many 
are holding for a higher market. Cheese iseell- 
ing ill Wh-lOc. 
Florence, Ala.. July 19.—Crops of all kinds 
are better than they have been for years in this 
part of Alabama; for a week we have been hav¬ 
ing continual rains which, it is feared, may 
somewhat, impair tin* cotton crop. Corn is 
worth 00c.; wheat $1; oats, 50o.; apples and 
peaches plenty; stock of all kinds low; health 
of the country never better as healthy ns any¬ 
where tn the United States; people generally 
contented and satisfied with this part of the 
world.—J. w. b. 
J. 1*. «.V M, H. It., Florida, July 20. — Crops a re 
very good, and promise an abundant harvest. 
\\'e have had plenty of rain, though we had a 
long drouth in the latter part of tho Spring. 
The cotton Holds aro tilled with blossoms and 
bolls; and one stalk in my father's field has a 
hundred bolls tin it AA'e have plenty of delicious 
fruit, such as pomegranates, grapes tigs, peaches, 
plums, etc. Peaches do not grow as nice down 
here as they do in Northern climes.— Rosalie. 
Clear Water, Sedgwick Co., Kansas, July S', 
IH72.—AYichila is our County seat, situated on 
the east bank of tho Arkansas River. It is a 
great shipping point for the Texas cattle, This 
is a good agricultural country, the best in the 
State, plenty of Government land to he had at 
$1.25 per aero. AVe have lmd a great deal of 
rain this season ami crops aro looking very fine. 
Texas cattle are worth here from $5 to $16 per 
head ; horses from $25 to $60.-3. w. s. 
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a letter addressed to " Daily Rural Life,” at this 
office, will reach the author of tho Diary. 
The List ok Agricultural Fairs which wc 
publish this week has been collated with great 
care, and though deficient in some of the States, 
is as near perfect as our means of information 
could make it. 
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