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RflOOBE’S BUBAL NEW-YORKER. 
“ PROCRESS AND IMPROVEMENT.” 
MOORE’S RURAL NEW-YORKER. 
A NATIONAL ILLUSTRATED 
BURAL, LITERARY AND FAMILY NEWSPAPER, 
2>. D. T. IWCOOK.E, 
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SATURDAY, NOV. 2, 1872. 
ARBITRATION AMONG FARMERS. 
“Don’t go to law, dear sir—not If you can 
possibly avoid IL-in a question of dispute or 
disagreement merely,” said wo Id a farmer 
who complained grievously of the operations 
of one of his neighbors. It. then occurred to 
us how much lime, temper and cash might he 
saved if each farm neighborhood had Its Board 
of Arbitrators; or if farmers, when they “get 
their backs up," would agree to submit the 
question at issue to arbitration. Of oourse It is 
often necessary to prosecute men to recover 
the amount ot a debt. There are cases where 
the legal is the most direct mode of reaching a 
decision and conclusive result. But In ques¬ 
tions of boundary, damages, disputes about 
claims, division of stock, etc., etc., where many 
men go to law and both parties get outrageous¬ 
ly plucked by their respective lawyers, and 
damage the whole neighborhood by stirring up 
strife, creating factions, and robbing the wit¬ 
nesses in Iho case of valuable time, let arbitra¬ 
tion be resorted to. Let the law of equity and 
not the law of technicalities and quibbles rule. 
Let justice be done by the peers of these dispu¬ 
tants—theso arbitrators being chosen, directly 
or indirectly, by themselves. 
We firmly bellevo if this course were more 
generally pursued it would not only diminish 
the amount of litigation among agriculturists 
one-half (or more) and the tax for such litiga¬ 
tion proportionately, but tend to lessen the 
number of disputes and misunderstandings 
among men; for it would make them more 
careful not to provoke the scrutiny of their acts 
which arbitration involves, and which must bo 
judged of in their nakedness, stripped of all 
legal tergiversation. There would be less reli¬ 
ance upon the skill of a lawyer to tangle up a 
jury in a web of Jegal phrases and consequent 
doubts, and a far clearer view and appreciation 
of justice and equity in neighborhood inter¬ 
course would obtain. Arbitrators would be 
brought face to faoo with facts; and these facts 
would undergo the investigation of men accus¬ 
tomed to judge in matters of on agricultural 
character, and familiar with the customs and 
necessities of agriculturists. 
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DEVELOPMENT OF HOME CONSUMPTION. 
The importance of the development of home 
manufactures with a view to the consumption 
at home of farm products is nowhere more 
strikingly illustrated than ju6t now at the West 
aud testified to, indirectly, by the ablest Free 
Trade organ there — the Chicago Tribune. For 
instance, it complains of the great advance in 
freights, und states that the cost of moving 
corn from a point 100 miles distant from Chi- 
oago by way of the lakes and Erie canal to New 
York, with Intermediate charge*, i9 41J4 cents 
per bushel. Com, at the date of our last issue, 
was worth, maximum, (U cents. Allow three 
cents per bushel to cover profits and expenses 
In New York, there Is left to the producer 20^4 
cents per bushel to cover the cost ot produc¬ 
tion, interest on the land and pay him hla prof¬ 
its. In the case of oats it is still worse, but 0 to 
10 cents being left for the producer. The Trib¬ 
une says: 
The present freight charges to New York are 
nearlv double the average rat es of last yew, and 
the advance in freights is of necessity taken 
from the price of the grain in the hands of Iho 
producer. The rise in domestic freights is iti 
sympathy with the advance in ocean freights, 
but the oppression upon the produoer is none 
the less severe. It consumes their produot. It 
is no longer n case ot sending one bushel lo pay 
the freight of another; that operation no longer 
pays. The producer, if freights go any higher, 
or tho price of grain should fail in Liverpool, 
will have to send some money along in addition 
to i he corn, to pay the freight on the Jattcr. 
Yet this paper advocates a system which must 
result in placing the producer in the power of 
transportation lines whose stock Is largely held 
abroad, and compelling him to compete in a for¬ 
eign market with the products of other coun¬ 
tries. The truth is, every cent taken from the 
tariff on manufactures which wo can make in 
this country from material which our farms 
and mines will supply, adds twice the power to 
foreign countries to control the price of our 
products and oppress American producers. 
Docs it not make a difference to a farmer 
whether lie can get a good price for Ins pro¬ 
ducts within five miles of his farm instead of 
within fifty? Is it nor so much added to his 
profit if he can haul two loads of grain to mar¬ 
ket per day Instead of one? And yet whatever 
prevents the development of American manu¬ 
facture* places the American farmer's market 
farther from him, and increases his dependence 
upon combinations and monopolies. 
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RURAL NOTES AND QUERIES 
“Rural” Progress.—Thanks, Good Friends!— 
For the frequent und generous responses we 
are dally receiving from Club Agents, and other 
good Friends, nil Over the country, we tender 
sinccrb thanks. Our former assertion, that the 
Ritual New-Yorker has the best and most in¬ 
fluential Corps of A gent-Friends of any journal 
in the hind, is being verified now-a-dayS, fur, 
even before Election, we are not only receiving 
hosts of Trial Subscriptions, but many for Fif¬ 
teen Months (from Oct. 1, ’72.) and next year. 
We send a copy of the charming Steel Engrav¬ 
ing (Burnt- DaT Morning, or The Gardener’s 
Present,) promptly to every person who remits 
either $r> for ten Trial Subscribers, (from Oct. 
to Jau.,) ?.') for fifteen months, (from Oct. I.) 
or £2 50 for one year. And the picture pleases 
everybody, so far—not a dissenting voice hav¬ 
ing been heard or letter received. Remember 
that no one has to wait for the Engraving—for by 
working day and night our steel-plato printers 
aro keeping us well supplied, so that we are en¬ 
abled to fill fill orders on the day of their reception. 
J3T” As we added Eight Thousand Copies to our 
regular edil ion on Oct. 1st, we are still enabled 
to supply Trial, Fifteen Month or Yearly Sub¬ 
scribers from that date. 
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The American Institute Fair has now been 
open nearly two months. It has attracted many 
thousands of visitors. As a whole we do not 
think It as good uq exhibition os lust your. I! 
contains few novelties, but it contains much 
that will interest the student of American In¬ 
dustry who is intent upon watching Its progress 
and knowing, in detail, what St is accomplishing. 
The Fair has reached Its climax of excellence, 
probably. But a few days remain ere it closes. 
Cue interesting feature has been the large ex¬ 
hibitions of the products of the Western States 
and Territories—grown along the lines of the 
railways which have received iand subsidies 
from the Government, and which are interested 
in getting those lands settled, and therefore take 
pains to show the excellence of these products. 
The Northern Pacific, Kansas Pacific, and Bur¬ 
lington aud Quincy railways have been repre¬ 
sented here by a great variety of the products 
of the regions they respectively traverse. These 
prove the capabilities of thesoll, the adaptation 
of the climate, and the richness in resource of 
these portions of the public domain. Kansas 
has also been represented by a fin© display of 
fruits made by its State Horticultural Society. 
Sucli exhibitions produce the effect intended 
upon those who intend to go West; they en¬ 
large our knowledge of undeveloped wealth of 
the country, and do much to disseminate cor¬ 
rect information by developing a spirit of in¬ 
quiry among thoso who have capital for invest¬ 
ment. As we have said before, the Fair is doing 
good; and i hose who profit most by it are those 
who use it as a means of advertising, regardless 
of the prizes that may be offered and awarded. 
Late Post-Office Ratings.—D. IT., Sherman, 
Texas, writes that the post-master at that place 
refuses to receive packages of any kind weigh¬ 
ing over twelve ounces, even if letter postage 
is paid thereon. This is certainly a step a little 
ahead of the late outrageous rulings of the 
Post-Office Department at Washington, if we 
were residing at Sherman, we should certainly 
demand that t he post-master show his authority 
for refusing to receive packages of mailable 
matter weighing over twelve ounces, because 
no such instructions have been sent out from 
ibe Department. Under such a law books 
weighing over the number of ounces named 
would be excluded, and why not ? and the law 
allows us to send anything by mail, provided it 
is not of a nature liable to injure other matter 
with which it comes in contact, if wc will pay 
lei ter postage thereon ; but late rulings of the 
Department, or some subordinate clerk, has 
limited the weight of packages containing 
plants, soeng, minerals, and samples of goods, 
to twelve ounce©, and the rato of postage fixed 
at two cents for every two ounces or fraction 
thereof. This is virtually an exclusion from 
the mails of seeds nnd plants. because doubling 
the rates of postage, and reducing the size of 
packages from four pound* to twelve ounces, 
will prevent, in a great measure, the use of the 
mails by our seedsmen and nurserymen. We 
know, however, that the Congressional Commit¬ 
tee* who had this matter in charge, nevor in¬ 
tended that the Jaw should be so construed as 
to change the postage or restrict the weight of 
packages of seed* end plants; but it seemed to 
bo desirable to allow samples Of good:-, ininer- 
ftls, insects, and other ihings which were for¬ 
merly excluded, or made to pay letter rates, to 
pass In small packages at book rates, or two 
cents lor every two minces; and ibis change 
was made In good faith; but the authorities in 
the Post-Office Department have construed this 
law to suit themselves and sent out rulings ac¬ 
cordingly. This is an outrage upon commu¬ 
nity, aud wc are confident that it will he right¬ 
ed as soon as Congress meets again. Our agri¬ 
culturists and horticulturists will not patiently 
submit to any such action of their servants at 
Washington—ot least wo hope they will not, If 
for no other reason than to show that the peo¬ 
ple, not their servants, fire still masters. 
Our Paper nml Premium are Appreriateed — 
As the letters we daily receive abundantly tes¬ 
tify. For example, in remitting for the Rural 
and Premium Engraving Mr. Arthur J. Col¬ 
lins of Perth Co,, Ontario, Canada, writes: 
“ We are all delighted with the Rural New- 
Yorker, und like It still better in its new form 
and dress. It seems if possible to prow better 
all the time, nnd your liberality In offering such 
a picture as n premium must at once convince 
nil rhat it. Is the best and cheapest paper out. 
Hoping that you will receive the inclosed $3 
solely, aud that you wilJ continue to prosper, J 
romaln," &c. 
Mr. D. FRoTiirNGn am of La Salle Co., 11!., In n 
letter ordering the “Model Paper and Beauti¬ 
ful Picturo," says: 
“ If I uni loo late to receive your Engraving, 
‘Btrth-Day Morning, nr the Gardener's Present,’ 
I shall bo sorry, for It U as natural as any thing 
can he and not tmuithc.” 
— Yus, it is both nalnral ami beautiful—of 
which we hope to convince some tens of thou¬ 
sands of sensible und discriminating people, 
ere long. 
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Producers nnd Transportation Hi t'nlifornln. 
—Thi! statement is made that the wheat crop 
of California will be worth #27,000,000; but by 
a cnmbiuation of State freight lines, a ship¬ 
ping monopoly and San Francisco speculators, 
$. r >,500,()00 of t his sum is to be absorbed for trans¬ 
portation. As things are now fixed by this 
combination, It costa Jess to ship a car load of 
wheat, from Council Bluffs, Iowa, or St. Paul, 
Minn., to New York, 1,000 miles, than it. does 
over the Ccrilra! Pacific lines, 200 miles. And 
when the cargoes are landed at Vallejo or Oak¬ 
land, it costs from $5 to #0 per ton more to ship 
it by way of Cape Horn to Liverpool Ham it 
did five years ago. The wheat crop of Califor¬ 
nia In post years has been conveyed to Europe 
at lees than the average of $17 per ton. This 
year freights aro kept up to $23 and #;M per ton, 
and only because of tin- combination. If Cali¬ 
fornia wants more agricultural population, this 
is a story that, will quench the desire of emi¬ 
grants somewhat. 
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The Horse Epidemic, wbioh has prevailed so 
seriously in Canada, has extended, during the 
past week, with wonderful vapidity. New York 
City, Brooklyn, Albany, Boston, Oswego, Buf¬ 
falo, Rochester, Chicago, St. Louis, Portland, 
and many intermediate places arc suffering 
from it. Elsewhere we give some of the pre¬ 
ventives and remedies which have been recom¬ 
mended. Our readers will understand the im¬ 
portance of watching carefully for the first 
symptoms of the disease, and of immediately 
withdrawing the animal from work, giving rest, 
good air, pure stables, perfectly deodorized. It 
places the industry a»d commerce of the coun¬ 
try in a grave aud embarrassing position, de¬ 
ranging business seriously by the withdrawal of 
so much operative force from active service. 
But it is far better that there should be a tem¬ 
porary embarrassment of this sort than that 
there should bo a losaof the animals entire, con¬ 
sequent upon exposure and want of rest. 
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The Convention* at Imlianopolts.—IVe trust 
breeders who should be interested will not for¬ 
get the two important conventions to be held 
at Indianapolis, Jnd„ during November—the 
National Swine Breeders’ Convention the 20th, 
and the National Short-Horn Breeders’ Conven¬ 
tion the 27th. These are both to be important 
conventions. Delegates to both have been ap¬ 
pointed from several of the States, and wo are 
assured there will he gathered at each, breeders 
in sufficient, numbers to furnish the public 
with matters of importance as the results of 
their deliberations. 
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Tobacco Rotting In Connecticut.—We learn 
that while the quantity of tobacco grown in 
Connecticut was large, the quality good, and 
it was gathered in good condition, the moist 
weather of September has resulted in “ pole 
sweat” to such a degree that in a large number 
of cases the leaf has actually rotted, aud the 
loss from this cause will be, it is feared, very 
extensive. 
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The Importation of Horses from 4’nnaitn lias 
been interdicted by the Secretary of the Treas¬ 
ury to this extent:—lie lias instructed the Col¬ 
lectors at Rochester, Buffalo, Burlington, Cape 
YJuceut, and Port Huron to allow no horses to 
be brought into their respective ports or dis¬ 
tricts from Canada, unless perfectly satisfied 
that they are free from contagious diseases. 
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RURAL BREVITIES. 
William Bartholomew should advertise 
liis horse-power for churning, etc., in a legiti¬ 
mate way. 
We nre indebted to Mr. I. W. Sanborn for 
copy of the Governor of Vermont’s Annual 
Message. 
France, Belgium and Holland are exporting 
large quantities of potatoes to England, to sup¬ 
ply Hie deficiency ot the crop there. 
St. Joseph and Benton Harbor, Mich., are 
reported lo have shipped 800,000 baskets of 
peaches the past season, bringing $100,000. 
R. S. King asks where Peruvian guano can be 
obtained and at whut cost. Our advertising 
columns should answer such questions, if they 
do not. 
The Vermont Agricultural College fund, 
amounting to $133,f(>0, is all invested in the 
Registered Loan of the State, and yields an in¬ 
come of $8,130. 
PkOF. If. E. Colton has resigned bis position 
as Agricult ural Editor of the New York World, 
and accepted u similar position on the New 
York Times. 
J. B. Richards asks where he can obtain 
Berkshire or F.ssex swine. Lot thoso who have 
them for sale take notice, and let Mr. Richards 
watch our advertising columns. 
Some Michigan fruit growers sent. Queen Vic¬ 
toria. last year, live barrels of fine apples. Tills 
year the Queen has sent an order to Michigan 
for seventy barrels fur Winter use. 
Cohn Cobs are an article of merchandise in 
request at Paris, und several New England firms 
gather them for shipment. After saturation 
with tar and resin they are used tor kindlings. 
The Plow and Cultivator Manufacturers at 
Hook Island, III., have determiner] to increase 
the price of plows and cultivators five percent.. 
In consequence of the increase in the pricoof 
mm. 
( has. V. Ri lev. State Entomologist of Mis¬ 
souri, has been delivering a course of Entomo¬ 
logical lectures at Cornell University, which uro 
very highly spoken of by those who listened to 
them. 
Asa measure of precaution against the spread 
of cattle plague, the Danish Government lias 
prohibited the* importation of cattle, sheep, 
hides, 1 Gather, and even of hay and straw from 
Great Britain. 
No Matter who is elected President, whether 
Gr -or Git-, thousands of good people, who 
don't take it now, will want the Rural New- 
Yorker for 1873 to aid them In their industrial 
pursuits and as a fireside journal. Ho, ns soon as 
you can say, “Election is Past, Peace Prevails, 
and the People are Prosperous with Gr -as 
President," go for those thousands and secure 
their subscriptions. 
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TO BVERTT READER! 
HINTS, REQUESTS, SUGGESTIONS, ETC. 
The Premium Picture is sent to All who 
pay 82.30 for a copy of the ItriiALonc your, nnd 
not to tlw.w who only pay the ctuh rate. Club subscrib¬ 
er* cuu secure the Engraving, however, by adding 50 
cts. to tiie usual club price (88.) Duu’t forget this. 
Our Premium List was published In lust num¬ 
ber (page 271.) but we will send copies la other form, 
together with Show-Bills, Supplements, Specimen 
Numbers, Ac,, free to all actual or intending Club 
Agents desiring such documents for canvassing. 
Benia Club- Now I And to all who want the 
paper from date, or cither one year (at ?2.50) or 15 
months (tit 83) from Oct. 1, wc will send the paper 
accordingly, with Premium Engraving post-paid. 
The whole club can start at one time, or part .Tan. 1st 
aud part earlier. Note ibis tact. 
The Campaign Opened J— Many Agents have 
already opened the Rural Campaign for 1873, while 
hosts are sending for Specimens, &o., probably with 
the view of starting on Election Day (a good time, 
by the way,) or soon after. A11 right, friends!—That's 
ihe way to wia Premiums eusy. 
Attention, Officers of the Rural Brigade! 
—All Herat Recruiters are Richly Rewarded—vide 
otter to Club Agents and there is "ample room and 
verge enough ” for thousands of new recruiters (club 
agents) to aid In swelling the ranks of the good old 
Rural buioadb. Our bounties to both officers 
(Agents) and privates (Subscribers) are most ftberut— 
for every one of tho former who gets up a club re¬ 
ceives a Valuable Premium, and each of the latter a 
85 Picture! Recruiting nnd Enlisting Papers sent 
free to all applicants. Why not send for them at 
once and open the Campaign? 
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