OOBE’S BUBAL NEW-YORKER. 
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“ PROGRESS AND IMPROVEMENT." 
MOORE'S RURAL NEW-YORKER. 
A NATIONAL ILLUSTRATED 
RURAL, LlTERARf AND KAHILI EEffSl’APKE. 
: I). S. T. MOORE, 
Conducting Kditor and. J?»:it>lislier. 
CHAS. D. BRAGDON, ANDREW S. FULLER, 
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HENRY S. RANDALL, LL. D., Cortland Village, N. Y., 
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X. A. WILLARD, A. M., Little Falls, N. Y., 
Editor ok tub Dkfaktmunt ok Dairy Husbandry. 
Col. S. D. HARRIS, Cleveland, Ohio, 
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SATURDAY, AUG. :M, 1872. 
OUT-OF-DOOK NOTES. 
An Editor Cetttng Fresh Air. 
We dislike pie-nies, as a rule—especially pub¬ 
lic ones. They arc comfortless, because they 
hit too often formal. They lack the spirit of 
the commune which makes such institutions 
charming. Gut they have their good features 
loo ; uudn pic-ttio recreation is bettor than none. 
Jtui we have Just attended one enjoyable pic¬ 
nic in the search for fresh air. These August 
days have been terrific in their heat. The 13th 
was especially oppressive. It was the day fixed 
for 
The First Plc-Nic of the N. Y. Rural Club. 
This t 'lub is more rcstliotie than practical. Its 
object is not so much to develop Rural taste and 
enjoyments although that Is likely to result 
as to bring together those engaged in Rural pur¬ 
suits who hut o acquired such tastes, make them 
better acquainted with each other, and eonceu- 
t rate and combine i he kindred feeling and sym¬ 
pathy which already exisis. The Club has met 
periodically since Its organization in hotel parlors 
and dining-rooms, for social Intercourse. But 
during the Summer months, it decided to sub¬ 
stitute pic-uic visits to suburban places for the 
close hulls and confined parlors of hotels. 11 enco 
this first, pic-nlo at Queens, L. I., on 
The Flower Farm of 'Mr. C. L. Allen. 
The Central Railroad of Long Island very gen¬ 
erously placed a special train at the disposal of 
the Club. The .Superintendent accompanied ihe 
excursionists, and looked after their safety and 
comfort while ou his road. Fifty or sixty mem¬ 
bers and guests formed the party, and wove de¬ 
barked, literally, In the midst ol' a fifty acre 
llowev farm, radiant, Just now, with acres of 
Gladioli and Lily blooms. 
There were eighteen acres of Gladioli in blos¬ 
som. Perhaps our renders can imagine the mass 
of gorgeous color which three hundred named 
varieties, massed to this extent, would make. 
Perhaps they may have some ooheeption of the 
adjectives used and the numherof exclamation 
Points required to report what the Club and its 
guests said on being pushed olTu plunk into this 
sea of bloom. Then,in addition to the three 
hundred named varieties, there was a bed of 
3,5110 seed Hug Gladioli—among them as flue speci¬ 
mens as can bo found among the three hundred 
named varieties; and several that will beooruo 
distinguished for their unique beauty. 
Then imagine ten acres of Lilies, a large pro¬ 
portion of which were in bloom. These embrace 
also about 15,000 seedlings, most of which take 
the form and characteristics of Tigrimm and 
Fortund. We saw here the only Leilchlinii tu 
bloom to be found in the country, it was said. 
Fifteen or twenty acres ore cultivated In Tube¬ 
roses. John n EX person's new dwarf variety 
is here—about half as tall in growth as the old 
sort, and double—a decided acquisition, Mr. Al¬ 
len says. 
Balsams are also largely grown for seed. We 
saw at least an acre of them. They are much 
9 used in bouquets at this time of year especially 
’* for funerals. 
There area couple of acres of Peotiias; also 
Roses, etc., etc. full forty acres devoted ex¬ 
it, elusive!3’ to flowers. 
Added, there are about 15,000 square feet ol 
green and stove houses, devoted mainly to the 
propagation and growth of plants for mailing, 
for seedsmen, and for cut flowers in winter, 
j, The Walk Through the Bloom 
by <he members of thct'lub was a most inter¬ 
esting one. The ladies of I he part y were not the 
•> least intelligent observers and inquirers. We 
were shown lAUuiii vaudidum , which flowered 
at Easter, was plunged hi t he .Spring iu a cold 
frame, and is now again In bloom. There was 
quite a show ol Stock*. but upon our expressing 
surprise t hat so many people profess to admire 
them here, aw enthusiastic German lady said l hey 
w ere never seen in this country in perfection— 
they w ilt not grow here as in t he moist, climate 
2 ol Eur ope, and those who have only seen them 
hero know nothing of their beauty. Here, also, 
for the first tune, the writer saw the CUanthus 
darnpkri in bloom. It is a weird looking blos¬ 
som—suggeativo of the cloven foot of an un- 
naineuble being. Mr. Allen says it requires to 
be planted on poor soli to get it iu perfection. It 
’ is u curiodty, and a striking flower and plant. 
1 But. onr space will not permit that wo attempt 
2 to specify all the rare and beautiful things seen, 
, nor detail all that was learned. After the party 
t laid wandered ut will through the grounds, 
r there was 
) A Jolly Plc-Nlc In the Crove. 
The Club was then called to order by Vice- 
President Ely, and t he customary speech- mak- 
! lUg followed. Dr. Hex a MBit called attention to 
the mass of flowers seen, and to the fact that 
few could realize the amount of labor and 
money ex pended in collecting the great numbers 
of varieties of plants exhibited. Lives of 
botanists and years of labor hud been given to 
the gat hering the material from which this gar¬ 
den is produced. II is the largest flower garden 
iu the country. There are species here not to 
be found elsew here in the country. The effect 
of this is not only that Mr. Allen can furnish 
others with what he has collected him:-. If, but 
that he exerts a positive and direct influence iu 
developing and ministering to the better taste 
and higher gratification of the people. General 
Hdri.mtrt. Henry T. Williams, Andrew S. 
Fuller, and Messrs. Whitney, Chick, Kkk- 
hright and others spoke also. Mr. Fuller 
said that four years ago, when he first iite^ Mr. 
Allen, he was told that In- was erazyT lie mode 
up’his mind, therefore! that Mr. Allen was 
worih knowing. Wo see the effects of his In¬ 
sanity to-day. Most specialists are regarded ns 
crazy. D is a good plan togo crazy on a specialty. 
It is the only way to accomplish anything. Take 
up a subject or a Vocation and stick to it. Not 1 
long ago there was only one gladiolus known iu 1 
Europe. Finally others were introduced from 
I lie Gape of Good Hope. Men iu France went J 
crazy over Gladioli, and the result of their 
craziness is the two or three hundred varieties 
i.if this beautiful flower which we see exhibited 1 
before us. Mr. Wjlllamh had suggested that 1 
Mr. Allen give a list of say the twelve varie- < 
lies of Gladioli lie could iccommend for their 
superior beauty. Mr. Fuller did not know 
what Mr. Allen might do; tint lie bad two hun¬ 
dred vartetlesgrowingon his place, and lie could 
not go among them wit h a view to determine ^ 
w hat varieties he would throw out, and dispense t 
with one of them. 
Mr. Allen Speaks. I 
Finally Mr. Allen was called out. Referring I 
to his success, lie said that a few years ago he t 
was engaged in I tie coal business. He had a fc 
taste for flowers, and began to cultivate them, i 
He bought bulbs and tilled bis coal office with 1 
their blooms. Finally, one day, a man said to > 
him, “ I met Fuller yesterday, and he said, i 
* Tell Allen that if he will devote his time and a 
attention to the culture ol bulbs and bulbous t 
plants, make it a specialty, and stick to it, he’ll 
make a fortune by it. Tell him to go right, at 
it.*” I followed Fuller's advice, and what t . 
you see before you to-day is due us much to , 
Andrew S. Puller's advice as to my own of- rj 
forts. Referring to Mr. Wilma ms’s request for v 
a list of the best twelve varieties of Gladioli, he q 
said the last one he looked at was always the o 
best, with him: and if he was going to advise p 
his friends what twelve varieties to select, it y 
would be the last twolvoon the list— after having j] 
obtained all the others. ,, 
So the Day Passed. e 
It is useless to attempt to report the speeches ti 
in detail, nor describe the songs under the t rees, o 
nor the loads of (lowers each took away, and 11 
which filled with beauty and perfume the train !l 
on the way home; nor how, as the Club passed » 
through the streets of New York, its members ai 
wore besieged by hundreds of children, with 
“ Please give me a flower, sir? " or “ Please give 
me a flower, miss?” It made The heart ache to iu 
look upon the little ones, with their wan, white tu 
faces,’and see the bright light in their eyes as ol 
they caught sight of the blossoms, and remem- vi 
ber the stifling air in which they live, the noi- H 
some, noxious vapors they inhale, and the H 
dearth of beautiful, natural objects there is for tit 
them to look at and enjoy. For this reason, if tr 
for no other, we hope Mr. Ali.kn’s 40 acres will re 
be multiplied by 400, and that it will become a cli 
popular charity among the wealthy of the city th 
to buy wagon loads of flowers and distribute bj 
them rhrough the streots to the little ones who ca 
hunger for what is sweet and beautiful. ee 
s BEACON STOCK FARM. 
i - 
f Forty miles' ride from New York, on the 
Long Island Railroad, brought us to the town 
> of North port, on the North shore of the Island, 
and from thence a carriage ride ol' live miles 
along Baton's Neck, might have taken us to 
Beacon Stock Farm ; but instead of this last we 
found the tall Scotchman, William Guozier, 
< in waiting with the steam yacht of Mr. Dkla- 
matek, to take our party across the bay, by ft 
nearer route, which landed us at the foot, of the 
beautiful lawn surrounding Mr. Dklamatkk's 
mansion. 
We were a small party of Agricultural Editors 
from the City, mil thereupon invitation of the 
tall Scotch farmer, to witness the operation of 
his Scotch plows alougside.'of those of the Ames 
Plow Company ol' Boston. The representative 
of the Rural New-Yorker was not a member 
ol the committee (previously appointed by the 
Farmers’ Club), and so, happily, under no obli¬ 
gation to deliver an opinion on t he comparative 
merits of the plows; and it he had boon under 
such obligation, would have declined to deliver 
an opinion on such unsatisfactory evidence as 
this exhibition furnished. 
Beacon Stock Farm is a tract of some three 
hundred acres, mostly of high, rolling land 
loam, sand and gravel—Jutting into Long Island 
Sound, on what Is known as Eaton’s Neck. 
When it fell into the hands of William Cro- 
ziek, several years ago, it had the unthrifty and 
worn-out look so common to the used up lands 
of the older States, with a bravo show of mul¬ 
leins, brambles and ot her vagabond field trash, 
with not enough of tamo vegetation to keep 
three geese to the aero. 
Mr. Cromer came on with all his notions of 
Scotch thoroughness, an apostle of agricultural 
reform. Ile built plenty of stnbics; he brought 
plentj'of teams of mighty Clydesdale horses; 
he has a full field-force of stalwart Scotchmen, 
who would us soon think they might break t he 
Ten Commandments ,is to strike a furrow half 
a mile long and not as straight us a line, from 
end to end. With these appliances Beacon Farm 
is being eon verted from a turfless waste to fer¬ 
tile fields, bearing their heavy burthens of clo¬ 
ver, grass, corn, turnips, etc. 
On this farm every one tiling is made to help 
out the general result. The ample stables are 
filled with cows; the barnyards are tilled with 
hogs; t he cows are now living on sowed corn 
feed and turning it into crude manure; this is 
t hrown out to the hogs to be worked over in 
■ heir factory: muck and seaweed arc added, 
and the whole compost forms the grand bank 
of deposit and discount for the farm. The 
breeding Stock is all of the best blood. A splen¬ 
did Clyde stallion is at the head of the st ud of 
horses; the cows are about equally composed of 
Ayrshlres and Channel Islands, the latter mostly 
Jerseys and Alderneys, with hulls to matcli. 
The hogs are all Berkahlres of the flue modern 
style, and the sheep are Cotswolds. Talk of ag¬ 
ricultural education and experimental farms; 
a week with the plain farmer of Beacon Hill 
would impart myic knowledge of economic ag¬ 
riculture and stock-raising than a whole year 
or a lifetime in « college where a little of gen¬ 
teel agriculture is diluted with a large quantity 
of Greek and mathematics. 
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RURAL NOTES AND QUERIES. 
Obituary. Gi-urge Vail. The death of this 
gentleman, well-known for his connection with 
the New York State Agricultural Society, and 
for his early importation and as a successful 
breeder of Short-llern cattle, is announced as 1 
having occurred at Troy. August 7. In 1841, at 
the lime of the organization or tlie State Ag. \ 
Soe. under its present constitution, he was elect¬ 
ed a member of the Executive Committee, in 
1847 he was elected President of the Society. He 
was actively connected with it until age com¬ 
pelled release from care. He was born in 1784, 
and won and retained the esteem and respect of 
those who knew him. 
graph;” “Chinese Immigration;” “Maximil- 
Ban.” None of these being purely technical 
c topics, we may infer that none of the students 
a have “gone crazy on any specialty.” 
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“ llolstcin Herd Hook Containing a record 
1 Of the Holstein Cattle iu the United States; also 
a Sketch of the Holstein Race of Cattle.” This 
' work has just been published, in Boston, by au¬ 
thority'of the Association of Breeders of Thor- 
1 oughbred Holstein Cuttle. It was prepared by 
Winthrop W. Ciiunkhy, President of the Asso¬ 
ciation, and the most extensive breeder of Hol¬ 
beins in this country. Mr. C. says it is believed 
‘ the Herd Book includes every animal entitled 
to record. 11. con tains the pedigrees of ill Bulls 
and Ci Cows, and several finely executed por¬ 
traits. All interested are referred to advertise¬ 
ment of the book in this paper. 
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Catalogue* Received.—From ROBERT DOUG¬ 
LAS & Sours, Waukegan, III., Wholesale Cata¬ 
logue of Evergreen and Ornamental Tree Seed¬ 
lings, &c.... From Oko. L. Sqpieh & Bro., Buf¬ 
falo, N. Y„ Descriptive Catalogue of Sugar Cane 
Machinery . ..From J. 1C. Hudson, Kansas City, 
Mo., Descriptive Circular of Thoroughbred 
Berkshire Swine. 
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THE SEASON, CROPS, PRICES, ETC. 
North Shenango, I*«., Aug. to_Fine show¬ 
ers to-day and greatly needed. Some farmers 
are done harvesting; nearly all ail) finish next 
week if if is favorable weather. Oats rather 
light; cause, dry, unfavorable weather. Wheat 
rather poor; It was hurt a good deal by the 
April freezes. Hay about au average crop. 
Corn does not look ns well ns il, did last 'year at 
tills time, although there are some good fields. 
Early potatoes, a middling crop, but hurt by the 
dry weather; Early Rose tops are dead now. 
Elite potatoes will not amount to much unless 
there Is more rain the rest of the season than 
1 here has been. Fruit a better crop than last 
year; apples are a good deal scabby, w. n. 
Grand Rlniu*, Mich., Aug. 12. ia exces¬ 
sively dry'; vegetation of all kinds suffering 
materially, especially com and potatoes, which, 
with a few exceptions, are a failure. Hay crop 
an average yield; wheal, light and poor quality', 
owing to midge and rust. The excessive heat 
during the month of July is without a parallel 
here; the highest paint'marked 104 in the shade, 
not falling below Off for several days. Farmers 
ure mostly through haying and harv est; secured 
in good condition. Wheat is worth $1.35@1.50; 
corn, 48c:.; oats, 36c.; hay, *10(5,13 per ton ; pota¬ 
toes, 38@40c.; help plenty, at $1.50 iu buying, $3 
in harvest. Band worth $;«v loo per acre, ac¬ 
cording to location, c, e. o. 
Ellsworth, Central Kansas, Aug. 3. Land is 
cheap here, costing $3, $3 and $5 per acre. The 
corn crop Is good this year; we think the price 
will be 15c. a bushel, although there are not 
more than twelve farmers iu the oounty. There 
was a farmer here last year who raised two 
thousand bushels of corn and sold it for a dollar 
a bushel. That was " Drouthy Kansas,” right 
where the Great American Desert was. The 
country here is level, with bluffs along the river. 
There urc now twenty thousand head ol‘ Texas 
cattle’grazing around within twenty-five miles 
of this place. Summer beach. 
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RURAL BREVITIES. 
M e saw peaches excellent ones retailing in 
Fulton Market, the 15th inst., at fifty cents per 
basket. 
Nina, Pots Jam, N. Y., asks “ where there is a 
school for young girls 13or 14 years of age. where 
they can get a thorough knowledge of house¬ 
work. finish their education and b urn the ways 
ol refined societ y ? " We do noGIcrnm 
Tim New Y ork State Poultry Society's Ex- 30,889 acres, 
ecu live Committee have done a very stupid 
thing by passing a resolution in relation to one amounting 
seiiooi i or young girts 13 or 11 years of age. where 
they can get a thorough knowledge of house¬ 
work, finish their education and learn the ways 
ot refined society ? ” Wedo notiknow. 
Oltit Oregon correspondent is advised not to 
become too sanguine about the Angora goat 
business in that State. We have known it to 
cost some of our friends a good round -urn to 
get rid of the fever after they once got it. 
The Land Sales of the Union Pacific Railroad 
Coumany for the month of July, is;;;, were 
30,389 acres, amounting to $133,897.1/3, at an aver- 
of the members of that Society, and giving it a 
wide circulation. In our opinion they have 
done a very unjust thing. We are apt to hear 
or receive complaints concerning any “sharp 
practice” on the part of oiu- advertisers; but 
we have never heard or received any concern¬ 
ing the gentleman referred to, although he has 
advertised a good deal with us. But we have re¬ 
ceived complaints concerning Ihe “sharp prac¬ 
tice" of some of the members of this censuring 
committee. If there were no other evidence 
that, t he men who run the State Poultry Society 
are not the men to do it creditably, then- action 
in the matter referred to is, in our judgment, 
ample to condemn them. 
age of $4.41 per acre. The total -ales from July 
k8, IMtfl, to the 1st Instant were 801,559 acres 
amounting to $3,.V«,307.58, at an average of $4 ;'l 
per acre. 
TnEltime and place or holding a National 
Short-Horn Convention 1ms been published as 
being at Indianapolis, Nov. 30. This Is a mis¬ 
take. as we understand it, no time or place hav¬ 
ing been named by the Committee having the 
matter in charge. The National Swine Breed¬ 
ers’ Convention meets at the time and place 
named. 
The Maine Agricultural College Commence¬ 
ment occurred Aug. 4. The following are the 
names of the graduates Geo. Osmer Weston 
or Madison; Euer Davis Thomas of Brown- 
ville; Edwin James Haskell of Westbrook; 
Kiddle Hillard of Oldtown; Geo. Everett 
Hammond of Eliott; and Ren.t. Flint Gould 
nr Wutervillc, These are the first graduates 
from this institution. There is nothing in the 
report before us to indicate how many of this 
class are to devote themselves to Agriculture or 
the Mechanic Ai ts, except the themes discussed 
by them respectively, which wereRepubli¬ 
canism;" “Our Republic—its safety and dan¬ 
ger;” “Educated Labor;” “Magnetic Tele- 
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