nouncod that the Short-Horn breeders of Ken- 
I ucky have issued a call for a National Conven¬ 
tion to be bold at Cincinnati, Wednesday, Oct. 
of 1870'sarni '71's, t he few remaining- in market 
are held at almost as high prices as now Hops; 
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AM. INST. FARMERS’ CLUB. 
September 3d this organization met af ter a 
long vacat ion. There was .t fair attendance ol 
itd old hdhltbcs. Chairman Ely presided and 
welcomed the members back to their duties, 
asserting that the Club was a ponderous body, 
and that those who did not get on and ride with 
it would bo crushed under its wheels. This 
seemed rather far-fetched and gratuitous, con¬ 
sidering the fact that but for the prominence 
given its proceedings by the Press of the city, 
the Club could not survive a week. The fact is 
that if the reporters or the daily and weekly 
Press of fids city were to withdraw from this 
organization it would cease to exist; and since 
the Press has in a largo degree (with one or two 
exceptions) vetoed Ihe grinding of axes, the 
outside interest in the meetings has, to a large 
extent, subsided. The men who came there 
formerly to foist upon the attention of the 
country their schemes, t heir fruits, plants, ma¬ 
chines and nostrums have, in a large degree, 
ceased their efforts, since they have found that 
they cannot get free Insertion of their adver¬ 
tisements to a million or two of readers through 
the papers represented by the reporters who at¬ 
tend the Club. It will be well for tho country 
if the reporters, with strict fidelity to the inter¬ 
ests of their readers, allow these ax-grlndcrs to 
“ waste their sweetness on tho desert air; " for 
riculturlsts to their wares. Hence when the re¬ 
spected Commander of the Club assert* that 
those who do not work with, ilghl for and sub- 
* in It to the dictum of the Fanners* Club, will be 
ground to powder, wo, so far os this journal is 
( concerned, accept the challenge, and propose to 
[, show precisely what good tho Club does, and 
what injuries it is an agent in Inflicting. In alt 
this We shall aim to be court coup and just. 
Movable Crape Trellis. 
I — P, Stewart, a prominent Shaker, sent 
I the Club a model of an Improved grape 
I trellis. It centrist* of a light frame of 
-J slats, constructed so that the horizontal 
slats of the frame work slide into iron 
supports In the sides of the posts wlUeli 
support tho trollis, as Fhown In tho en¬ 
graving (our sketch is made from mem¬ 
ory'), the object being to enable the 
| vineyardist to lift the trellis from the 
I posts and lay (be vines down in the 
Winter without untying them or re¬ 
moving from the trellis. 
Heading off the Peach Borer, 
n ]/ Mr. Stewart prevented the borer 
f working in his peach t roes by the use of 
a composition consisting of one quart 
y of fine salt, »ne pint of Hour of sul* 
/ phur, four quarts of bone imvil or 
phosphate, and two quarts of “finished” sea 
gravel or sand. Ho digs close about the roots 
of the trunk of the tree and puts one pint of 
this mixture compactly about the stem where 
the borer usually works. Ho thus preserved all 
I row to which It was applied from the ravages 
of the borer, while those to which it was not ap¬ 
plied were successfully attacked. 
What Peaches Perpetuate Themselves 
from Seed. 
A Virginian asks the Club to name peaches 
and other fruits that will perpetuate their char¬ 
acteristics from seed. A majority of the mem¬ 
bers of the Club asserted that they knew of 
none that would infallibly do so. Ono member 
know of a popular peach in Southern Illinois 
(which he could not name) that Invariably re¬ 
produced itself from the pit; but, as a rule, it 
was not, in his opinion, safe to rely upon seed 
for perpetuating the charaoLeristios of any ol 
t he stone or orchard fruits. 
Napoleon Bigurreau Cherry. 
Lewis W. Buuwkll asks if the Napoleon 
lilgaiToau cherry is a good variety to plant for 
the neighborhood of Richmond, Va. Mr. Filler 
replied that it was au excellent, large cherry; 
but 1m did not know bow It would thrive In 
Virginia. It Is handsome and productive, and 
ho would not hesitate to try it. f 
How to Orgnnlre a Farmers* Club. 
A. Kennedy of Nebraska asked for instruc¬ 
tions how to organize a Farmers’ Club. The 
inquiry was referred to a member of the Agri¬ 
cultural Press, who is to report thereon here¬ 
after. Meantime we advise ihose who desire (o 
form such a club to meet together, select a 
chairman and secretary (as for any other meet¬ 
ing) and a subject for discussion, and go right 
stmighf to work to elicit all tho facts and ex¬ 
periences from members that can be obtained 
upon that subject; then, when that subject is 
exhausted, select another. Constitutions, by¬ 
laws, etc., etc., arc the death of more clubs than 
they keep in working order. A fair, just and 
intelligent chairman is the main thing. 
Kansas Sod Corn. 
Jason Yu ic Ann of Marshall Co., Kan.,exhibited 
stnlksof sod corn,grown upon prairie sod plowed 
Iasi September, and which was taken from the 
Held July 31st, which measured thirteen feet in 
ldght. Mr. Robertson, who grew this corn, had 
the year previous grown a Crop Of sod corn ' 
which yielded nearly seventy-tl\e bushels per 
acre. The sod had been turned over two to 
three inches deep, and a trench plow, following : 
in the same furrow, had thrown the subsoil on 
top ot the furrows. In soil thus prepared this 
large crop had been grown. Mr. Yun.\NNdid not < 
think the September plowing of prairie sward 1 
for corn as likely to bring good crops as the ‘ 
Spring plowing—from the middle of May to the f 
middle of July. He knew of no Instance where I 
trench-plowed prairie sod (done In Spring) bad 1 
produced good crops of small grain; but it did f 
work well in producinga good corn crop. J’rai- 1 
riesod corn, as the land is usually plowed—two 4 
to three inches deep rarely yields oyer twenty’- n 
five bushels per aero; it is plain, therefore, that 2 
if the double plowing— with surface and trench t 
plow—will, say, double the yield, it is tho most n 
profitable way of subduing prairie, and is a far l 
better mode of breaking it than of doubling the c 
surface broken to secure the same or less results. ' 
Miscellaneous Talk. o 
Some of the European tourists who had re¬ 
turned, talked of what they had seen and heard, 
but furnished the Club no practical information I 
of value. There was a laudation of Western o 
lands, an exhibit of grains and trees grown on 3 
Western plains, where it was supposed neither E 
would grow, and where no one with good sense •' 
wants to go to grow them. There was also an ax- It 
grinders' exhibition of an ex-ax-grinder's apples e 
and corn, and a good deal of the usual fol-de-rol v 
accompanying such efforts. But we have neith- a 
er inclination to give nor space for such. o 
RURAL NOTES AND QUERIES. 
The Hop Market.—Judging by the Inquiries 
of our correspondents, there is a large interest 
in the future price of hops. Our market reports 
are carefully made; but us supplementary to 
what is therein recorded, we may quote from 
Wells' circular of September 5, »is follows: 
About. 250 bales of the new growth have been 
received in this market during the past week, 
from which small tales have been mane at prices 
ranging from 45 to 65 <3*. per lb. The first ar¬ 
rival of new hops in market usually causes a 
heavy decline In the price or yearlings and olds, 
hut this season has proved an exception to ihe 
rule; and instead nf a beavvdecline in thom-ieo 
farmers, tho changes in the crops produced and 
tho steady Improvement of New England Agri¬ 
culture, nnd in the agricultural taste (whatever 
that Is) of the community. The show of horses 
is said to bo the best ever seen at. a New England 
Fair; a creditable show of cattle, a fair show of 
sheep, agricultural implements, fruit, vegeta¬ 
bles, &c. There is nothing to signally distin¬ 
guish it from other Fair?. 
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Two National Short-Horn Conventions.— In 
another place wo publish a call for a National 
Convention of Short-Horn Breeders to bo held 
at Indianapolis, Nov. 27; now wo see it an- 
bemg scarcely any demand lor them at. present, 
however, our quotations arc nominal. Brewers 
who require old hops on tho start, lor mixing 
purpoM&i will soon rutilize tho scarcity of year* 
lings and ’70‘s, and t ho market being bare of for- 
eign hops, sea rcely anything remains on hand of 
old stock excepting 1868's and Ws; of these, 
targe quantit ies will he required during the sea¬ 
son, No reliable estimate can yet bo made nf 
t iio extent of the new crop, though we are In- 
ci nod to believe It. will not exceed 60,000 bales, 
which will bo about the same as last year's yield. 
Should all the old hop* in this market.come into 
use tills'season (and there are yet 30,000 bale*,) 
weshi.il require at least, 30,000 hales or foreign 
Imps to carry us through. Foreign letters slate 
(hat the Western provinces of the German Etn- 
PJ, re Promise from two tlords to three-quarters 
ol *i full crop, which will he 150 per cent, more 
vil!|d - England reckon* upon 
vJniu 'Wia ,)r about double lust year's 
'un*o large a crop in Europe, prior* 
A',- "fa’brie, and those grower* who, 
, n , Us<,T1 ' advantage or an early market. 
\ ill, In our opinion, get the best prices. Wehear 
ol purchasesand con tracts for future delivery 
of 1 ’, al '“i ol ,w ’ w bops, in the Interior 
per ih Mut ’ a ' l n ' ,C( ' H ranging from Hi to 45 eta. 
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National Kwlnr llrr-edrr*' Convention. T| u . 
Secretary of the Committee calling the Nation¬ 
al Swine Breeders’ Convention at Indianapolis, 
nd., Sow SO, has rocotvod no declinations to 
serve on the committees to report on the re¬ 
spective breeds of swlneat that Convention. He 
Inis, however, notice of tin* death of Dr <’\i- 
vt.N Cutter, Warren, Mass., of the committee 
on Chester Whites. The names of the other 
members of tbal commit tee are Thom ah Wool, 
Do*’ Run, |‘n„ and W. >V. Thrasher, Groves, 
lud. He suggests that these gentlemen consult 
with each other und select n third member of 
that committee. He docs this without consul¬ 
tation with i hv* committee naming these ootmnlt- 
tees. Wo trust the swine breeders in the differ¬ 
ent Stales will not neglect to select delegates in 
accordance with the report of the committee 
which appeared in the Rural New-Yorker, 
Aug. 10, and generally in the Agricultural Press 
of the country simultaneously. The Secretary 
Hus no other than a general Interest in (he ob¬ 
jects of this Convention, and trusts that his 
brethren of the Agricultural Press will keep be¬ 
fore swine breeders tho Importance of repre¬ 
sentation from their respective States in the 
Convention. 
•-*♦*- 
The Ohio State Fair lor 1872 was held at 
Mansfield on the first week in Sept. The weath¬ 
er was very good, except on the morning of the 
third day, which opened with rain, lmt soon 
cleared off . The attendance of visitors on the 
principal days was fairly good, going up to some 
twenty-live thousand on the best day. The 
show of live stock in all departments was large 
and excellent. The exhibition or farm imple¬ 
ments and other mechanical de\ ices was highly 
creditable to the manufacturers, hut the num¬ 
ber and varieties on the ground were not up to 
former years. Domestic goods were just mid¬ 
dling. All other departments were lacking in 
the fullness and quality nf average yearly exhi¬ 
bitions. The total cash reeolptsof tho Fair were 
about seventeen thousand dollars.—s. r>. u. 
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Newark, X. J., Industrial Exposition. — This 
exhibition has been in progress since August 20, 
It is a great success as an exhibit ol Newark in¬ 
dustry, which it is purely; and it astonishes 
some of the older inhabitants familiar with its 
Industries, by the variety, number and excel¬ 
lence of itsmanufaetures. But Risnotso great 
a financial success. It cost about $1(5,000, and 
tho expenses are about $200 per day. The re¬ 
ceipts up to September 0 were about $ 0 , 000 , the 
average number of i isitors per diem being about 
3,00(i. The goods on exhibition are estimated to 
bo worth about a half million of dollars. New¬ 
ark ought to bo proud of, and support, this ex¬ 
hibition. It wl'l greatly benefit the city, and 
enhance the reputation of its manufactures. 
We trust it may yet prove as great a financial ' 
as it is an industrial success. 
16. Gentlemen, hadn't you better consolidate 
these conventions ? 
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\ Live Stock Infirmary is connected with tho 
Iowa Agricultural College, whereat sick horses 
and cat tle are examined and prescribed for at 
certain hours, free of charge, by a competent 
instructor, who thus educates his class, by the 
aid of objects, in veterinary science. 
-m- 
Catalogue* Received.-— From Brunos Bros., 
Rochester, N. Y., Catalogue of hardy bulbous 
flowering plants for 1672.From Henry A. 
Hiu er, Philadelphia, Ta., Catalogue of Bulbs 
and Flower Roots, etc. 
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THE SEASON, CROPS, PRICES, ETC. 
Koulh Trenton, Oneida Co., X. Y., Aug. 31. 
-The past month has been the warmest August 
tor a decade of years. The mean or average 
temperature is 71'and 24'. It has rained thir¬ 
teen different days, nnd the amount of water 
fallen tuft 1 /- inches. Thunder and lightning on 
twelve different days. Winds all points of the 
compass, yet prevailing West. Only six clear 
ami cloudless days. The barometer and hy¬ 
grometer changes frequent and unsteady. Ono 
Of the grandest displays of the aurora over 
known in August before. A number of solar 
and lunar halos, etc. due slight hall storm. 
More damage done to properly and more lives 
lest in this month by lightning than in any Au¬ 
gust for forty years. An unprecedented num¬ 
ber of casual lies for t lie mouth, such as railroad 
smash-ups, steam boat burnings, vessels lost at 
sou,camphinoexplosions, fires, etc a very chap¬ 
ter of accidents. The farmer has abundant 
reason for gratitude for a prolific Summer, a 
lull flow of milk frOin his cows.au abundant 
hay crop, gathered in season and good condition. 
Corn is mostly out of the way of frost; pota¬ 
toes, ripe and very good ; oat crop rusted and 
badly down ; acres yet uncut, A cold Winter, 
wet Spring and warm Summer thus far may be 
recorded of 1872.—StORrs Harrows. 
Gallatin Valley, \V. T., Vug. 23. -We have 
had an unusually late and cold season. Grain is 
very backward; crops are not ripo yet. Sortie 
few harvesting barley. Oats and barley 3c. per 
lb., wheat $3 per bu., potatoes 3'4c. per lb., but¬ 
ler 60c., eggs 50e. per doz.; wages by the month 
$50®n75, by the day $3 and scarce; good cows 
$60(7(80; good horses $1007(250. w. C. 
-- 
RURAL BREVITIES. 
Potatoes are said to be rotting badly in 
Maine. 
A Kansas farmer is reported as having eight 
acres ol' “ big sunflowers." 
The Patrons ot Husbandry have Invaded 
Canada, a Grange having been organized at 
Stanstcud, Aug, 16. 
Mu. X. A. Willard of t.he Rural New- 
Yorker delivers the Addressut the Cat taraugus 
County Fair, ut Little Valley, 8ej)t. 19th. 
One young lady has been admitted as a mem¬ 
ber of the Freshman class of Agriculture and 
Mechanical Arts of the Maine State Agricul¬ 
tural College. 
Messrs. CAiyrsR & Co., Windsor, O., have 
just made a cheese which weighs 3,500 bounds, 
which required tho milk of 2,000 cows, or the 
product ol live townships. 
We are glad to sec that, the managers of Agri¬ 
cultural Fairs are setting their faces against the 
lotteries and gambling on Fair grounds, which 
have so long disgraced many of these exhibi¬ 
tions. 
Samuel Edwards, La Mollle, Ill., a veteran 
Western Arboriculturist, has been invited to 
talk about Tree Planting at the State Fair of the 
tree planting State of Nebraska. He is quali¬ 
fied to do this well. 
The cranberry cron, according to the Tom’s 
River Courier, is hardly expected to reach half 
the usual average. The extreme heat 1ms scald¬ 
ed the berries. Young bogs have suffered more 
than old ones. 
MOYAULE GRAPE TRELLIS, 
more people have been injured than benefited 
by the reports of committees who did notknow 
wliat they wei-o talking about, and the lauda¬ 
tions ol' projects, machines, plants, fruits, nos¬ 
trums, etc., by persons who had only an indi¬ 
vidual interest in attracting the attention of ag- 
Pretuinui Lists Received.—Of the New Jersey 
State. Ag. Soc.; Fair at Waverly Station, Sept. IT- 
20....Of the Calhoun Oo., Mich., Ag, 8oe.; Fair 
at Marshall, Oct. 1-3—Of the Homlock Lake, 
N. Y., Union Ag. Soc.; Fair at Hemlock Lake, 
Oct. 9.Of Union Ag. and Hort. Soo. of Ulys¬ 
ses, Covert and Hector, N. Y.; FairatTrurnans- 
burg, N. Y., Sept. 18-20. 
The American Institute Fair—theflst Annual 
Exhibition—opened at the exhibition building 
of the Institute, corner of Third A venue and 
Sixty-Third St., September 4. Hon, F. A. P. 
Barnard, President of Columbia College, de¬ 
livered the Annual Address. There was not a 
largo attendance; nor was the interior ol' the 
exhibition building in a condition to attract 
visitors. It is asserted by the Secretary that the 
applications for space have been more numer¬ 
ous than ever before, exceeding the capacity of 
the building; but exhibitors have been tardy in 
appearing with their articles, and a full week 
must elapse ere things are settled. 
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I he New England Fair opened at Lowell the 
3d inst. The distinguished Agricultural Address- 
Maker of the East, Dr. Geo. B. Boring, Presi¬ 
dent of the Society, delivered the annual ad¬ 
dress, disoussing the necessities of New England 
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