PROGRESS AND IMPROVEMENT.” 
AM, INST. FARMERS’ CLUB 
of business; and they are guaranteed, by in¬ 
dorsement on the Ronds, by the Cincinnati, 
Hamilton and Dayton It. It. Co., the Pennsylva¬ 
nia Co., and the Grand Rapids and Indiana It. R. 
Co. Tlie road is entirely completed and in oper¬ 
ation, and extends from Fort Wayne, Indiana, 
[ to Richmond, ninety miles, in the State of Indi¬ 
ana, and connects the Pittsburg, Fort Wajme and 
Chicago Railway, the Grand Rapids and Indiana 
Railroad, and the whole system of roads under 
the control of the Pennsylvania Company in 
Indiana and Michigan, with the Cincinnati, 
Hamilton, and Dayton Railroad to Cincinnati 
and Southern Ohio and Indiana. The road la 
leased for rn years to the Grand Rapids and In¬ 
diana Railroad Company, and operated by it for 
the. Joint account of the guarantors, and by a 
contract entered into between the Grand Rapids 
and Indiana Railroad Company, the Pennsylva¬ 
nia Company, lessees of the Pittsburg, Fort, 
Wayneand Chicago Railway, and the Cincinnati, 
Hamilton and Dayton Railroad Company, for 
reciprocal interchange of business, all these 
Companies agree to throw all their freight and 
passenger traffic width may be appropriately 
done over this road. 
line of road. No better deciduous tree could 
be planted for the Company's uses -for tic tim¬ 
ber and for use. in ear manufacture. It grows 
rapidly and will be speedily available for these 
uses. But other varieties, equally useful, might 
be added. 
A NATIONAL ILLUSTRATED 
Later the room filled up. The proceedings were 
not notable, except that an hour’s time was con¬ 
sumed by a gentleman who glorified North Car¬ 
olina for its resources, detailing them, and com¬ 
paring the advantages it offers to Immigrants 
with those offered by the Northwest. Thocom- 
parison betrayed great ignorance of the North¬ 
west, and, of ocuree, great partiality for North 
Carolina. There is little doubt that that State 
has great resources— wbat State has not?—but 
freemen will go where there arc free schools, 
tree speech and liberality and hospitality on the 
part of Die people among whom they settle. 
They will, also, as surely follow the isothermal 
line of population as the sun will rise and set; 
and although the elevated lands of North Caro¬ 
lina may bring Its temperature to ihe average 
of that of the zone of population, it is one 6ide 
I of the great central artery of travel, and will not 
readily divert emigrants thither until this coun¬ 
try has more than doubiodita population. There 
is no doubt that, the vast and superior resources 
of North Carolina and other Southern States 
will ultimately he appreciated and utilized; but 
it will bo when a broader spirit of enterprise, a 
more Christian charity, more liberal notions of 
the rights and privileges of free men. and when 
the love of, and respect, for, universal education 
shall have taken possession of the people and 
stimulated the making provision for furnishing 
it to every child within its boundaries, free. 
Osier Willow. 
A Virginian asked how to prepare Osier wil¬ 
low *0r market, price, etc., etc. He was in¬ 
formed that if a half-dozen men in that section 
were to devote all their farms to its culture 
t hey would flood the market.; that the Hartford 
Willow Ware Co.. Hartford, Conn., grow on the 
Connecticut bottoms all the willows they use, 
and can probably give him information con¬ 
cerning price and demand. Mut ho was not in¬ 
formed that there are machines made (which 
have been advertised in this paper) by which 
the willow is rapidly and cheaply stripped of its 
bark, and prepared for market ; that in almost 
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Rochester, N. V., Illustrated Catalogue of Har¬ 
dy Bulbs Front R. H. Allen & Co., New York 
City, Fall Circular of Grains, Seeds and Small 
Fruits ... From A. Bryant, Jr., Princeton, III., 
Retail and Wholesale Price List and Catalogue 
of I ruit and Ornamental Trees, etc.... From R. 
B. Parsons & Co.. Flushing, Long Island, De¬ 
scriptive Catalogue of Ornamental Trees, Flow¬ 
ering Shrubs. Fruit Trees, Evergreens, etc. 
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Nebraska State Fnlr.-This Fair was hole 
Lincoln. There were 1,300 entries. The fi 
feature of the exhibition is reported notab] 
especially of apples. Vegetables and grs 
were also exhibited In large quantity, and 
excellent quality-the size of the vegetal 
being extraordinary. The slock [departme 
were well filled, and the crowd of visitors is 
ported as having been “unexampled.” 
the country will give it their active endorsement 
and support. 
F&urth —The necessity for the organization of 
.Societies and Clubs In every township and dis¬ 
trict that they may not only derive benefit from 
local association, but that they may become par- 
tie)pants in the benoflts of the Congress. 
Now, we have full sympathy^ with whatever 
tends to elevate the position of agriculturists 
and unite them In the prosecution of whatever 
work it is desirable they should unite to accom¬ 
plish. But what has this Congress done? What 
is It likely to do that may not and ought not to 
bo accomplished through the agency and with 
f he aid of the Department of Agriculture as a 
nucleus? It looks to us much like a scheme 
similar to that which has resulted in the Patrons 
of Husbandry—an effort to combine farmers 
for the aggregation and direction of power for 
personal purposes. We do not assert that this 
was or is the sole purpose of those controlling 
the organization; but Judging by the evidence 
that, comes to us. it is being, to a considerable 
degree, at least, used for this purpose. And is 
this Cougress to be a rival of that organization? 
What are the “ benefits” this Congress is going 
to bestow upon farmers? 
THE SEASON, CROPS, PRICES, ETC 
Crawfordsvliie, Ind., Sept. O.-Tlie grain crop 
hero is more than an average. The yield ol 
wheat on many farms was thirty bushels pet 
acre. Ihe season has appeared dry, yet just 
enough rain has fallen to produce a splendid 
corn crop. Some kinds of late potatoes will bo 
fight, owing to drouth; the Colorado beetle has 
injured ail kinds; no remedy except Paris green ■ 
arsenic, either dry or in soiulion, has no effect! 
The gardens have caused the tables to groan 
with the luxuries or life. All kinds of berries, 
grapes, peaches, pears, apples, melons,in profu¬ 
sion. I shall be ready to give some experience, 
soon, with light Brahma chickens. H. Hyatt. 
Crawford Co., Pa. f Srpt. 10 . Very hot, rainy 
weather the last. week. Com partly ripe; crop 
not very good, hat ing light*taIksand little cars. 
Fruit abundant, and much ol it ripe, apples es¬ 
pecially. Pumpkins are a poor crop, and so are 
cucumbers and vines generally. Farmers will 
soon cut their corn. Potatoes are a middling 
crop. Wheat and oats, wherever they are thresh” 
ed, ate pretty poor, not yielding near ns well as 
expected.— Young America. 
products at home. But that js what we should 
advise. Tlie inquirer’saddress is g. w. Semple, 
Hampton, Va. We give it in order that those 
who may desire to correspond with this enter¬ 
prising Virginian may do so. 
Cabbage Worms and Cabbages as Food. 
A New York correspondent asked if eubbage- 
worms were poisonous, and if it would be un¬ 
safe to eat cabbages infected wiili them. One 
member advised leedSng cabbages and wi.-ns 
to cattle. Another, who was called by fho re¬ 
spected Commanderof thoCJub " a high author¬ 
ity in entomology,” (which, by the way, is very 
much further from the truth than the Com¬ 
mander generally strays.) asserted that the 
worms Avcre not poisonous, “ but just as good as 
the cabbages and a little better." 
Land Laudations. 
The Club was bored with long letters from 
Tennessee and Kansas, puffing soils, climate, and 
depleting the advantages ol these respective 
places for settlement. I ndeed, the CJub has be¬ 
come, to a large degree, the organ of railroad 
SATURDAY 
THE RURAL’S FALL CAMPAIGN! 
How Hobbles are Ridden.- “If a man gets a 
hobby, that’s an end of him,” said our friend 
Jones the other day. Wo uro reminded of it by 
one circumstance among a hundred others go¬ 
ing to confirm Jones's opinion. A year or two 
since, a gentleman connected with Die Farmers' 
Club of this city, appeared to (talked us if he 
did) believe that, castor oil beans were a pre¬ 
ventive or remedy for all the evils which afflict, 
a farmer. A mong other things they would pre¬ 
vent moles working in a garden. Here comes, 
NEW QUARTER—NEXT YEAR 
RURAL BREVITIES, 
THE RURAL NEW YORKER is of¬ 
fered for the ensuing Three Mouths, from 
October to January, On Trial, for ONLY - 
FIFT 1 ' CENTS j and for Fifteen Months 
—say from Oot. 1, 1872, to Jan. 1, 1874—for 
83. This is giving Thirteen Numbers for 
Fifty Cents, and Sixty-Five Numbers for 
83. To every person sending ¥3 for fifteen 
months, as above, or 85 for ten Trial Sub¬ 
scribers (from Oct. to Jan.) we will send as 
a Premium, postage paid, the Splendid 
Steel Engraving entitled 
IteiSTlI-])4Y MORM^, 
OR THE GARDENER’S PRESENT. 
Size 24x30—retail price 85. • This beautiful 
engraving is illustrated (on a small scale) 
and described on next page. Every non- 
subscriber to Moore’S Rural should note 
this announcement—and every subscriber 
oau secure the picture by either obtaining 
.’eu Trial Subscribers, at 50 cents each, or 
subscribing for 15 months, (and selling or 
giving away the paper for the next three 
months, or until his present subscription 
expires.) 
THIS RARE OFFER. 
Is worthy the attention and effort of every 
reader. The engraving 1$ first class in every 
respeot, and, if sold, would be worth at 
least 85 per copy; but copies are not for 
sale, and, as wo own the plate, this beauti¬ 
ful and artistic Pioture can only be ob¬ 
tained by subscribing , or procuring sub¬ 
scribers, as above stated. 
AT T, , , UUJS LUO laiCi 
33«StSS wiSe.'# " ,,cunlmy »’> 
.asaa'tesas! 
ers Convention at t he State Fair at Milwaukee, 
to elect delegates to the Swiue-Urecders’ Con¬ 
vention at Indianapolis, Nov. 20. 
Gbil O. Catlin asks Peter Birkky the num¬ 
ber of pounds ot grass seed he would sow to 
the acre When ho sows thickly without Winter 
grain, or what percentage he would add to the 
quantity generally sown with Winter grain ? 
iJo^Yr Y i®2 Y 9V Gnt,J wt) °h»8 An eye for ihe 
beautiful, should secure a copy of “ Birth-Dav 
Morning; ’ and many a boy or young man will 
find it an appropriate present for his Sister. 
Cousin or — Sweetheart! “A word to the 
Death of an Old Butter Merchant. Many of 
our readers, who send their butter to this mar¬ 
ket will regret, to learn of the death of Theron 
S. Dorkmus the senior partner of the firm of 
'1'. S. Dor emus & Co., produce dealers in New 
York City. He died Friday, Sept. 13, at his home 
in Hamburg. N. J. Mr. Dokkmus came to New 
York thirty years ago, And at the age of lii en¬ 
tered the house of Jewell, Harrison & Co. as 
a clerk. After an honorable service of ten 
years the firm gave him their entire trade in 
butter and cheese. Mr. Dohkmus was highly 
respected on ’Change as a prompt business man. 
A Wayne Co., TV. V., Penr Orchard. —A cor¬ 
respondent writes us of T. G. Yeomans’ (Wal¬ 
worth, N. Y.) dwarf pear orchard that “there 
is the most beautiful show of fruit on well 
grown trees that ever was seen in this county- 
cither on standards or dwarfs. Mr. Yeomans 
has about 3,500 trees in one orchard, that are 
loaded to the ground, with large, smooth, hand¬ 
some fruit of the Duchesse de Angouleme va¬ 
riety.” Mr. Yeomans has 35 years experience 
in fruitgrowing, and he is a good man to visit 
by those in search of orchard information. 
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year. CJub papers sent to different offices, If desired. 
Spring. He was advised 10 apply his lime and 
ashes to the soil before sowing the wheat, and 
the plaster as a top-dressing to the plants, late 
in the Fall or early in the Spring. 
RURAL NOTES AND QUERIES, 
Angora Goats. —A correspondent asks us 
where there is a market for Angora goat wool. 
He is in California. We cannot answer. Some¬ 
time since we cautioned a Californian against 
becoming a victim of this Angora goat fever. 
It will not pay—at least ivc have no evidence 
that it will, and we saw it rise in certain locali¬ 
ties ten years ago; but we do not know a man 
who has made any money out of Angora goats, 
except such as could dupe other people into 
buying them as he had been duped. 
The ltnral New-Yorker is sold by News Deal¬ 
ers generally throughout the United States and 
Canada at Six Cents. The Trade is supplied by the 
American News Co.. 110-121 Nassau St.. New York. 
Bonds or lac Cincinnati, Richmond and Fort 
Wayne R. R. Co.— To investors in Mortgage 
Bonds, a thoroughly safe security, with profit 
combined, is most desirable for permanent in¬ 
vestment. A rare chance for such investment 
is afforded in the Cincinnati, Richmond and 
Fort Wnyne Railroad Company's First Mortgage 
Seven per cent. Gold Bonds, offered for sale by 
Messrs. Winslow, Lanier Sc Co., at 9.1 (4 and in¬ 
terest. They are a First Mortgage on a finished 
road, which, by a contract for interchange of 
business with three prosperous and powerful 
corporations, controls in its favor avast amount 
BUSINESS NOTICES 
K. B. PARSONS A CO.’S Trees and Plante, 
Camellias, Rhododendrons, &c., at Flushing, N. Y, 
Tree Planting Along Railways. —We see it 
stated that the Michigan Central Railway Co. 
is setting a row of American chestnuts along its 
THE WAKEFIELD EARTH CLOSET. 
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