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SATURDAY, SEPT. 
OUT Or-DOOR NOTES. 
An Editor Cettlng Fresh Air. 
"With all its Babylonish wickedness, with all 
its political and social corruption, with ail the 
evil influences it exerts upon those who come 
within Its vortex, New York City is full of the 
sweetest blessings and the most boundless and 
liberal charities for those who need and know 
how to enjoy them. Chief among these is 
The Central Park. 
During the beats of three Summers, our du¬ 
ties to tho readers of the Rural New-Yohkkr 
have compelled residence in Ihe oily- forced us 
to daily listen to its din. inhale Its heated, dusty 
and noxious uir, walls ils not pavements, ride 
with ils sweltering and often unclean popula¬ 
tion in crowded cars and omnibuses, listen to 
inane sermons in dimly lighted churches by 
those who “supply the pulpits during vacation,” 
t’eel virtue go out of us by constant contact, 
w.fh people who are always wanting something 
and never giving. Bur through all this we have 
lived, and happily, because of this grand, sweet, 
peaceful, pure, glorious breathing place, Con¬ 
tra. Park. At dawn, mid-forenoon, mid-day, 
mid-afternoon, evening and midnight—at all 
horn s of Ihe day and night, we have found 
welcome, peace, rest, refreshment, pure air, 
seclusion and content, within its boundaries. 
Every nook and oomnr of it is familiar to us ; 
every tree is an individual acquaintance, every 
flower a fragrant friend, every rock an assur¬ 
ance of firm faithfulness ; the wide-spreading 
lav ns with their emerald grasses, the grazing 
iiocl-.s and patriarchal shepherd with his crook, 
are pictures of pastora l beauty, and repose so in 
coni ni5t with the torrid, effervescing life of the 
t ity, but a mile or two away, that we gravitate 
There as naturally as the sun sinks in the West, 
when (lie earth has rolled over. 
Previous to the present year there has been 
i Ti*'para lively little freedom to enjoy all that 
fw It a breathing place should furnish. True, 
our • enses, through eyes, ears and nose, have 
feasti •! upon its varied beauties, ils concord of 
sweet -iunds and Its fragrance; but our feet 
bin”? inn been permitted to tread its lawns, nor 
have we had the. privilege of recliniDg in its 
verdure, and seeking secluded nooks among its 
trees and amid its wildor tangles. But during 
the present season a broader and more liberal 
comprehension of its uses and benefits seems to 
have come to the minds of the Park Commis¬ 
sioners; the broad, sweet lawns have been made 
“ common,” and the appreciative throng has 
pressed the ve vety carpet with its feet; boys 
and girls have rolled, rambled and reveled at 
will upon its green surfaces, and enjoyed all the 
delights which unrestrained country freedom 
could yield, and more; for the aesthetic beauiy 
of nature adorned, yet unadorned, has wrought 
its influence on their souls, modified and toned 
the naturally wild natures, restrained lawless¬ 
ness, through a natural fear of losing privileges, 
* and aided in the recognition of the untitled 
rights of all to peaceful, pure enjoyment. 
Sitting here in this pure, sweet air sunshine 
i, this beautiful Sunday morning, we drink in the 
Baered draught of elixir Nature furnishes us, 
with tho secure content which comes of “ peace 
within and without." The sunshine glints down 
upon us through the trees and plays hide-and- 
seek with the perpetually-moving foliage of the 
1 trees and vines and (lowering shrubs. Family 
groups wander here and thereupon the lawns, 
, or recline on the shadowed rocks, or lounge in 
the shaded seats. Hopeful pairs of human doves 
are mating and cooing In retired nooks. The 
wrinkles of care, the lines of anxiety, the scare 
of suffering, the marks of sorrow, all seem to 
be exorcised by tire soothing sermons of these 
natural preachers, the sucred music of these 
myriad choristers, and reverential, natural, 
spontaneous praise fills every heart that enters 
, this sweet, sacred, beautiful and worshipful 
natural temple -a temple made without hands, 
whose arches are not to be measured aud t he 
mysteries of whose architecture are past find¬ 
ing out. 
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RURAL NOTES AND QUERIES. 
Steam Planing In England.— Is steam-plow¬ 
ing in England as mythical and rare as in this 
country ? Are the statements made concerning 
the amount of steam-plowing done there simply 
false? Do they correspond in practical accu¬ 
racy with those made concerning the exploits of 
American plows ? Have we been deceived? 
Fawkes, with his plow in the West, was at first 
reported as doing, and then ns Just going to do, 
wonders with it. He did plow a good many 
acres of ground, but at. such cost that It did not 
pay to use It. In one or two places—one In 
Louisiana, one In New'Jersey or Delaware, und, 
wejbeileve, on one farm in Minnesota—steam* 
plowing is reported as practiced. But w-e have 
seen no figures that prove ita economy in 
American farm husbandry. Now comes the 
statement by a correspondent of the Country 
Gentleman, that he looked over England re¬ 
cently with especial reference to the use ol the 
Steam plow there, made diligent inquiry but ob¬ 
tained very little definite information about il. 
Ho could only learn that it. was believed to be in 
use op some of the larger farms In the south of 
England, but this correspondent concludes 
“that the old fashioned way of plowdng is the 
only one in practice in England." At least iie 
did not see the puff of a single engine propel¬ 
ling a plow, aud he kept his eyes open. 
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Premium I.Uu Received — Of the Indiana 
State Board of Agriculture; Fair at Indianapolis, 
Sept. 80, Oct. 4— Of the Cape May Co., N. J., 
Agricultural and Horticltural Society; Fair at 
Seaville Station, Sept. 10,12,.., Of North Georgia 
Agricultural and Mechanical Association; Fair at 
Dalton, Ga., Sept. 84,27 .Of the Agricultural 
and Mechanical Association of Georgia; Fair at 
Savannah, commencing Dec. 2.. .Of tho Coluin 
biO, N. V., Agricultural and Hortlnuitural As¬ 
soc! at Ion; Fair «t Hudson, Sept. 24, 20_Of the 
Lapeer Co., Mich. Ag. Sue.; Fair at Lapeer, 
Sept. 25, 27.... Of the Hampden, Mass.. Ag. Soe,; 
Fair ut Westfield, Oct. 1, 2 Of the South Car- 
olina State Ag. and Mech. Soc.; Fair at Colum¬ 
bia. S. C., Nov- 4. ft ..Of the Cotton Slates Ag. < 
and Mech. Asso’n; Fair at Augusta, Ga., Get. 22, ' 
2d... .Of the Monongabela Valley Ag. and Mooli. 
Soe.; Fair nt Morgantown, W. Va., Sept. 25,27 .. i 
Of t.lie Northern Ohio Fair at Cleveland, Sept. 
10, 14. Of the Calhoun Co., Mich., Ag. Soc.; ; 
Fair at Marshall, Oct. 1 and 2. ; 
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The Foot-ami-Mouth Disease in Great Britain 
continues to rage with great virulence. In the 
county of Norfolk ihe authorities recommend t 
that all Fairs and Markets for store cuttle be i 
suspended for six weeks, not only lu that, but 1 
in adjoining counties. The unusual features of < 
this disease now are said to be its intensity and I 
fatality. Whereas heretofore the deterioration of J 
stock was great and.deathswero few, now deaths ( 
of sheep nnd Cfttlle are numerous, and cattle are 1 
attacked and die which had recov ered from it c 
but three or tour months previous—overturn- t 
ing the prevailing belief that a recovered ani¬ 
mal will not be again attacked within twelve 
months. The Report of the Veterinary Depart- ^ 
ment of the British Chamber of Agriculture, - 
l'or 1871, shows that 1,344,025 animals were at¬ 
tacked with this disease; that 1.13d per cent, 
died, .337 per cent, wore killed, and 98.537 per „ 
cent, recovered. 
Practical Education for Women at the Illi¬ 
nois Industrial l Diversity. — An attempt is to 
be made at this University, at Champaign, Ill., 
ihe coming year to teach, in connection with 
ordinary branches of learning, the household 
nits, the principles of culinary science and do¬ 
mestic economy. A boarding-house for ladies 
is under the supervision of a matron whose duty 
it is to be to assist the young women in acquir¬ 
ing something more than the ordinary boarding 
school accomplishments- This will answer sev¬ 
eral inquiries we have received about such a 
school. But our correspondents are to remem¬ 
ber that in this ease it is an untiled experiment. 
Americans in Europe.—A London paper says 
an American will meet almost as many known 
faces in Bond street, London, as in Broadway, 
N. Y. Hundreds of Americans have arrived in 
London in a single week; and the paper referred 
to asserts that a change has of late come over 
London, It attracting more visitors than Paris. 
But w<* were going to say that, our friend Pat¬ 
rick QtrrN.v, with his companions, Bliss and 
Hoot’Ks, have returned from their European 
tour, having had a delight ful und profitable trip. 
Peter IIf.nijeh.son was also over there, and we 
notice he has got his name prominently in the 
horticultural papers Iherc, as giving advice to 
young English gardeners about the best time to 
emigrate, etc. Mr. Quinn found Americans 
everywhere, and found them lobe respectfully, 
und often cordially, received by Europeans— 
especially such of them as deserved to be so re¬ 
ceived. 
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Southern ** Dogs.In-the-Manger," who are 
opposed to white Immigration and flow of capi¬ 
tal into the South because they are fearful of 
being crowded out, are thus talked of by a writer 
in the New Orleans Home Journal:—“ It would 
boa great blessing if those men would emigrate, 
quit their country l'or their country*? good. If 
they remain, they will always impede the on¬ 
ward march to peace and prosperity. Like so 
many curs, they are ever barking at the heels of 
all progress which does not. immediately fill 
their pockets with gain. Let them know that the 
people arc wido awake to this great question ot 
white Immigration, and that whatever they may 
say or do to obstruct the pathways leading to it 
will not change the decrees of Providence, and 
will work to their shame.” 
Cream Cheese in New Y ork Markets.—I beg 
to ask you if there are any small cream cheese 
made nnd sent to the Now York markets, simi¬ 
lar to those sent, and daily sold stall the country 
towns In England, and which are delicious? 
They arc easily made and are about ten inches 
in diameter, aud about one or one and u-half 
inches thick, white on theoutside and will keep 
about a week, good. If there is any place In 
New York where they can bo had, please let. me 
know through your paper. If they are not 
made and sold. It is time they should be, being 
profitable and quick sal©. Any person who had 
them for salt) properly made, could sella wagon 
load everyday.—A 8 ubsckihkR, Deer Park , L. I. 
We do not know that they are made and sold 
in this country. 
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The Wheat Corner in Chicago has been 
smashed and those who built it and upon it have 
come to grief. The chief promoters of it have 
been expelled from the Board of Trade. The 
high prices induced by this comer will have 
caused heavy loss to speculating buyers who 
were not. in the corner. Farmers may have re¬ 
ceived temporarily higher prices, but the reac¬ 
tion and the crippled condition of many who 
bought wheai they ought not. to have done so 
will bo likely to depreciate prices, so that there 
i* really no gain in the end. We, however, be¬ 
lieve wheat is to bring a good price. And we do 
not advise any haste to realize inconsequence 
of tlic immediate reaction of prices in the great 
wheat markets, following the fall of the Chicago 
“ corner." 
Tlic >ll!k Producers who sell their milk in 
New York City, are moving, as we have before 
stated in these columns, to so organize as to 
control the sale ol’ (heir own product through 
their own agents—sell pure milk—at no lower 
price to consumers, and pocket a larger share 
of the profits than they now do. A meeting of 
those* interested in this movement is propose;I, 
and all who will attend such a meeting are re¬ 
quested to send their names to Otis T. Bedell, 
No. 70 Ninth Avenue, New York City. As soon 
as a sufficient number have responded, the time 
and place of meeting will be determined, and 
those who have sent tlieir addresses, notified. 
-IM-• 
Alexander Hyde’s Twelve Lectures before 
the Lowell Institute, Boston, Mass., have been 
published in book form. The topics of these 
lectures are—Agriculture as a Pursuit; History 
of Agriculture; The Soil: Draiuage of Lands; 
Mineral Fertilizers; The Vegetable and Animal 
Manures; Hay Crop; Potatoes; The Corn 
Crop; The Boot Crop; Fruit; Cattle Husbandry. 
No farmer or farmer's son will fail to learn 
enough from a thoughtful reading of ihese lec¬ 
tures to warrant the purchase of the book. 
Catalogues Received. From RICHARDSON & 
Vail, Geneva, N. Y., Descriptive Catalogue of 
Fruit and Ornamental Trees, Shrubs, Vines, etc. 
From Bronson, Hopkins & Co„ Geneva, N. Y., 
Descriptive Catalogue of Fruit and Ornamental 
Trees, Shrubs, Vines, etc. From Eli-wanger 
& Barry, Rochester, N. Y., Wholesale and De¬ 
scriptive Catalogues of Bulbous Flower Roots, 
Plants and Ornamental Trees and Shrubs, etc. 
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THE SEASON, CROPS, PRICES, ETC. 
Mlddleville, Burry Co., >llch., Aug. 26.—We 
are having a very dry Summer; more severe 
than last year, so far as injury to Spring crops 
is concerned. Winter wheat was generally good 
as to quality and yield. Hay, a good crop. Oats, 
corn and potatoes will be a short crop—not as 
good as last. year. Apples are plenty, but small; 
no peaches; all other kinds of fruit hare suf¬ 
fered by the drouth. Prices of produce are: 
White wheat, $1.30itJ 35; oats, 35c.; corn, 50e.; 
potatoes, 75c.; apples, 40e.; butter, 13c.; eggs 
15o.; wool, 50@55o. per pound.—j. r. B. 
Starkey, Yates Co., ,Y. Y.— The wheat is now 
all drawn and some of it is threshed. The yield 
will be about ten bushels per acre. The barley 
is a good crop; the threshers think the yield 
will be twenty-five bushels per aero. Oats have 
rusted some on late spots, so Ihe yield will not 
be as good as last year. Corn was never better 
than it is this season; po la UK'S never made a 
more vigorous growth. The pastures are now 
quire dry for the want of rain. The price of 
beef cattle is low; they are not selling at more 
than three and a-half cents per pound on tho 
foot, which is less than they can bo raised for. 
Wool is selling at fifty cents. 1 have heard of 
no sales of sheep.—s. c. 
Clyde, Wayne Co., A. V., Aug. 26_We are 
having very hot weather this month. Threshing 
commenced about two weeks ago. Wheat is 
poor both in quantif y and quality, not averag¬ 
ing over fifteen bushels per acre, Oats are poor 
also; the Norway? are very smutty; Indeed all 
varieties are, except, the White Probosllor, which 
more than doubles tho yield of i he other kinds. 
The barley crop Is medium. Corn is looking 
very line. We have all prospects for a large 
grape crop, this season having been very favor¬ 
able for them ; tho Hartfords, Delawares, Adi¬ 
rondack* and lonas have commenced turning, 
and an; looking very fine.— W, l, d. 
Montgomery, \ln,. Aug. 21T—Trustworthy 
reports from all parts of Alabama represent that 
the destruction of cotton by worms is more 
thorough than ever before. They have eaten 
the leaves untiLtho fields are bare aR al ter a frost. 
The naked condition of tlic plant reveals the 
fact that the mature fruitage is not. so groat as 
usual at this season of the year. Fears ol - almost 
universal bankruptcy among tho plantere are 
entertained. No ono expects the crop will equal 
that of last year. 
RURAL BREVITIES. 
There is to be a large sale of Pereheron 
horses at the Maryland State Fair. 
The onion crop of Eastern Massachusetts, it is 
said, is to be the largest for many years. 
Samuel A. Echols has retired from the Ru¬ 
ral Southerner, Mr. A. C. Van Errs succeeding 
him as editor. 
Commissioner Watts is to deliver the annual 
address before Minnesota Agricultural Society 
at its State fair. 
Michigan and Iowa hold State Bee Keepers’ 
Conventions nr the times aud places of their 
respective State Fairs. 
II. I*. Stewart, North Shenongo, Pa., is re¬ 
ferred to page 140, Rural New-Yorker, Aug. 
1, first column, lor unswer to his question. 
" Occident " is the name of a fast (rolting 
horse in California, said to have trotted a hair 
mile recently In 1.06*4. 
We have inquiries how to get the Report of tho 
Depart ment of Agriculture for 1871. Write to 
I lie Congressman from the District in which you 
live for it. 
W. if. Platt is informed that we referred to 
Thomas’ Smoothing Harrow ; buttle fiotremem¬ 
ber viie cultivator named, amt did not keep the 
letter making t he inquiry. 
Hors of the new crop have been received in 
New York City, from California, which sold at 
seventy cents. Tho now crop received hero has 
sold at a range of 53 to 75 cents. 
Wi: should like our correspondents in the to¬ 
bacco regions to wrtte us onimerning the condi¬ 
tion or the crop. \V<> have a good deal of inqui¬ 
ry on the subject from tobacco dealers, 
Tuk beautiful poem entitled "Tired Mothers,” 
which appeared in the lluRAL’of Aug. 31. should 
have been credited to Tho Aid Inc, we arc in¬ 
formed, though we did not copy it from that 
paper. 
Why did not the Canada Fanner credit .in ar¬ 
ticle in its August number, entitled " The Eng¬ 
lish Cheese Trade," to the Ucn\x New-Yorker, 
in which it first appeared July 20? It would 
iuvvc been a proper thing to do. 
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in your next number." 
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the ensuing Quarter, (Oct. to Jan.) for Only 
Fifty Cents — or for $3 we will scud tho Rural 
from Oct. 1, 1872, to Jan. 1, 1874. Tell all your 
friends of this offer! 
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