BEGINNING THE YEAR 
market. Mention is made of 400 bales of “ ex¬ 
treme delicacy of flavor, rich golden color and 
splendid picking,'* which were grown on a string 
yard covering fifty-five acres, the yield being 
about 1,300 lbs. per acre. Two hundred China¬ 
men were employed to gather these hops. They 
(the hops) came hither overland via Central and 
Union Pacific Ruilroad. The freight charge from 
Sun Francisco was 3M cents per pound currency 
for the 3,200 miles. 
There were six pleasant days; eight cloudy 
days; three days rain fell and fourteen days 
6now and blustering, but not much over a foot 
of snow fell. The first good sleighing, 20th. 
Prevailing winds of the month and the year, 
west. Putter, roll, 2ctfr-30c. Eggs, 25@30c.— e. b. c. 
Glrnville, IV. V„ Dec. 27.—The weather is cold; 
ground very dry, aud water scarce; crops have 
been light; prices very good; taxes lighter than 
last year; huy, $1.00 per hundred: oats, GO cents; 
corn, 80 cent*; butter, 36 cents; dried apples, 8 
cents: pork, 10 cents; beef. 9 cents. 
William*, liny Co., Mich,, Dee. 26. — For the 
last four days the weather has been very cold. 
Yesterday ft moderated and began to snow; the 
snow is about seven inches on the level; ft is 
snowing to-day.—j. v. w. 
Pnghtown, Cheater Co., Pa., Dec. 27.—Wheat, 
$1.35; rye, 97c.; corn, 75c.; oats, 50c.; potatoes, 
$1; butter, 50c.; eggs. 40c.; pork, 10c.; hay, $17 
l>cr ton ; coal, $4.75 per ton.— k. w. h. 
ublis^er’s Desk 
A friend said to us the other day“ Do you 
know that I am bogiuning the year as I never 
began it before? I have made up my mind 
neither to buy without paying, nor sell without 
receiving, cosh or Its equivalent. The truth is, 
1 find that trusting other people eats up the 
profits, because I lose a large per cent, of what 
1 trust. And I find that whatever I buy, and 
get trusted lor, of a man who knows bis busi¬ 
ness, I have to pay more than if I pay cash. So 
the profits of tny busigess go from me both 
ways." 
This man has learned an Important lesson. The 
drain upon a man who adopts any Other than a 
cash system 
THE LOWEST CLUB PRICE OF THE RURAL NEW- 
YORKER is $2.50 per yearly copy to subscribers In 
the United States, and $2.70 (o those In Canada— 
the extra 20 cents charged Canadians being for 
the American postage, which we are obliged to 
pre-pay. Any person ofltering the RURAL for less 
than the above rates does so without our authority. 
ty The above Is republished for the information 
of both Agents ond Subscribers. We occasionally 
bear of Instances In which the Rural has been 
offered at less than $2/6—probably by those wishing 
to procure a specified number of subscribers in order 
to secure a certain Premium—but In all cases where 
a loss price is taken the Agent should do us the Jus¬ 
tice to state that the reduction is made by himself, 
and that we receive tho full club rate. While we 
cannot prevent any one from taking subscriptions nt 
less than published rates, we submit that the facts 
ought, to be explained whenever it is done. Of 
course we must charge all alike, for a departure 
from uniform rates would soon prove most detri¬ 
mental to the Interests of the puper. 
THE GREAT ILLUSTRATED 
Agricultural iSurveys.— We commend tothcat- 
tention of the New York State Agricultural So¬ 
ciety (and all other State Societies for that mat¬ 
ter} the action of the Illinois State Agricultural 
Society, which offers a Gold Medal to the County 
Agricultural Society that shall furnish the best 
agricultural survey of the county within the 
present year. The Society calls attention to the 
following points, iu the letter of instruction ac¬ 
companying the offer: 
"1st, geographical description; 2d, topogra¬ 
phy; 3d, geology; 4th, climatology and meteor¬ 
ology; 5th, culture; 6th, live stock; 7th. fruit; 
hlh. miscellaneous crops; 9tl), domestic manu¬ 
factures; 10th, labor; 11th, markets; 12th, sta¬ 
tistics ; 13th, organizations for the promotion of 
Improvement in agriculture and Its kindred in¬ 
dustries; 14th. lcncesand farm buildings; 15th, 
division of labor and leasing of estates; 16th, 
misceUaneous." 
There is no man having common sense who 
cannot see the advantages to result to the pub¬ 
lic aud especially to the county making such a 
survey. 
Conducting Editor and Proprietor 
CHAS. D. BRAGDON, ANDREW 8. FULLER, 
.Associate Editors. 
HENRY S. RANDALL, LL. D., Cortland Village, N. Y, 
Kmtoji or Tin l)ii $*a it tmk>t ok Hhkki* IIusha.miuy. 
X. A. WILLARD, A. M., Little Falls, N. Y., 
EoiTOK nr THU P»r»HTM*KT or D*I*V Hi.SKAHIIRV. 
Col. S. D. HARRIS, Cleveland, Ohio, 
Teivbliso CoastgroNmm Kom>x. 
T. HART HYATT, San Francisco, 
Cowuuctob or tub Pacific Blofb Dkpartwfnt. 
CHAS. V. RILEY. St. Louis, Mo,, 
CoSDl’CTOB or TUB KWTOMOLOUKtU. DKrABTMKNT. 
MARY A. E. WAGER, 
Eiutob or the Domestic Economy Dbpabtjibnt. 
iu Ids dealing, is enormous. Ho 
may sell more, but ho gets less pay for what he 
sells. He may secure more comforts about him 
by running in debt; but he gets less comfort 
out of them and pays more for what he gets 
than when he does without until he can pay 
cash down. It is no benefit to a man to use 
credit in tho long run. li is pleasant to possess 
credit; but It is always best to retain it by not 
using it. It is most profitable to do so. A cash 
paying customer always receives benefits which 
an equally responsible man who baa an account 
current does not. Every thorough-going busi¬ 
nessman acts upon the principle that a bird in 
the hand is worth two on the bush. And this 
is the sure principle. If a man has 1,000 bushels 
of corn which he can sell to a speculator for 
$1,000, half cash and half credit, it by no means 
follows that lie hud not hotter sell for $750 cash. 
In the long run lie will make more money by 
the latter course, lie then takes no risk, has 
tho cash to use, nnd knows Ihul lie has a sure 
foundation upon which to base future opera¬ 
tions,, / 
If is a safe rulo to adopt—neither to ask nor 
give credit. 
INDUSTRIAL SOCIETIES, 
Northern Ohio Fair A *«ocliiilon.—The Northern 
Ohio Fair Association is a strong corporation, 
composed of leading citizens ol'Cleveland and 
vicinity, with a capital stock of $150,000, in shares 
of $50 each. This Association was, organized in 
the spring ot 1870, nnd held Its first public exhi¬ 
bition in October of that year, which exhibition 
called out the largest attendance of vlsitorsever 
present on any like occasion in Ohio, and not¬ 
withstanding a very wet, rain storm, which pre¬ 
vailed for a week previous to Ihe day of open¬ 
ing, and continued through the second day of 
the fair, the receipts for tickets sold, at 25 cents 
each, amounted lo near $24,000, The Association 
has purchased a beautiful tract of over ninety 
acres of land, on the Lake Shore Rai! way. east of 
Cleveland, at a cost, of $80,600, and last year put 
upon it, in buildings and other improvements, to 
Premiums Promptly Pn M.-Ourarrangements 
with manufacturers, dealers, etc., arc such that we 
urc this yeiir enabled lo pay Premiums very prompt- 
ly.-und we have adopted the rule to order every pre¬ 
mium on the day the requestfor It Is received. There 
is sometimes n little delay on the part of those who 
supply us the articles, (Machines. Watches. Dinted 
Ware. Cutlery. Dictionaries, Albums. Ac., Ac..) but as 
a rule they are sent at once. For example about the 
20th of Dec. fast, we received a line list of subscribers 
for this year from an Agent in Michigan, who re¬ 
quested us to send him, as Premium, a watch costing 
$5o. That It was duty and s&fely received, and gave 
entire satisfaction, the following acknowledgment 
proveth 
y, ,,, —» _ „ A LLEGAN, Mich., Dec. 28, 1870. 
D. n. T. Moore —THnr Sir: The Bpienclirt premium, 
Laoy * Gold Swiss Watch, was received by express 
to-day. It is all you represented it to be, and gives 
entire ^tlsfactioi, Encouraged by such liberal pay 
Ir K ■uifwcribers for the old and popular 
nr hal, 1 shall still continue my labors and send you 
more names in a few days. Titilv Yours, 
H. St MAN’80.V, Agent. 
SPECIAL CONTRIBUTORS. 
P. BAltHY, T. C. PETERS, 
H. T. BROOKS, ANDRE POEY, 
J. K. DOM1R, E. W. STEWART, 
F. It. ELLIOTT. JAMES VICK, 
HORACE GREELEY, J. WILKINSON, 
•J- STANTON GOULD, MADAME l.E VERT, 
"now and then," .jflla c m. man . 
Only Five or Mx Cent* Per Week.—A lady at 
Webster, N. if., writes ilmt she is not exactly a 
"troubled Martha,” but she Is troubled from 
fear that she may be dejirived of the Rural 
Nkw- Yorker the coming year, and asks us to 
tell her some way in which she may secure it. 
Thereinust be something wrong in tho Domestic 
Economy of any household where one cent per 
(lay six days In the week cannot be saved for 
such a paper us the RURAL. Isn’t there? 
Terms.—Only Rl..50 per Volume of *26 numbers, 
or 83 f>er year of 52 numbers. To Clubs—per Vol¬ 
ume: Five copies for $7; Seven, and one free to 
agent, for $9,50; Ten, and one free, for $12,50. Per 
Year. Five copies for $14 ; Seven, and one froe, for 
$19; Ten, and one free, for $25—only $2.50 per copy. 
The lowest Yearly rate to Canada is $2.70, and $3.50 
to Europe. Drafts, P. O. Money Orders and Regis¬ 
tered Letters at our risk. 
Aiiveiitising. —Inside, 75 cents per line. Agate 
space; Outside, $1 per line, each insertion. For Ex¬ 
tra Display and Cuts, a price and n-half. Spiclal and 
Business Notices, $1,50 and $2 a Hue. No advertise¬ 
ment inserted lor less than $3. 
the value of near $50,000. 
The first annual meeting, for the ©lection of 
officers to fill vacancies occasioned by expira¬ 
tion of terms for first year, took place on Mon¬ 
day, .Inn. 2d, Inst. The following named gentle¬ 
men comprise the Board for 1871: 
Free.- Dr. W. 8. STREATGR. Virr-prts'ts- Dr. J. P. 
RoblsoD, D. A. Dangler. Sec.—<3, W. Hose. Treas.— 
8. T. Everett. Bon rd of l.Hrn tcre A masa Stone, Jr., 
I). P. Rhodes, li. C. Itrnckwny. Stillman Witt, G. \V. 
Howe, C. B. Pcttcngill. O. A Childs, Win. Edwards, 
J. S. Casement, fi. It. Burt, W. W. Armstrong, J, 1\ 
Robison, A. W. Kali banks. L. L. Illekox, K. Cowles, 
J. P. Ross, II. F. Clark, ft Nottingham, P. G. Wat- 
mough. W. 8, 8treatur, D. A. Iiungler. John Tod, W. 
J. McKlnnte. 
The time for holding Ihe next annual fair was 
fixed tor the 5th to 9th ot September. Jt was 
also decided that the Association should hold a 
Horse Exhibition sometime during the summer 
months, the l line to be fixed upon by the Execu¬ 
tive Committee. 
Ohio Dairymen’* Association.—The seventh 
annual meeting of this association is to be held 
ul Wellington, Lorain Co., beginning Jan. 25th. 
A t tho same Tltuemi exhibition of chv«e is to bo 
made, for which premiumsareoffered as follows; 
One of $5 for the best three clioe.se* manufuctur- 
ed at any date; ot $5 lor the best cheese of Aug¬ 
ust manufacture; of $-5 for the best of Septem¬ 
ber manufacture; of $5 tor the best of October 
manufacture. Each entry to be iieootnpanled 
with a detailed statement of ihe metbodof man¬ 
ufacture pursued by the competitor. Tho an¬ 
nual address will be delivered by John H. 
Ki.ipp* ht, Esq„ Sec. Stale Board of Agriculture, 
ou " Dairy Agriculture," also an address by Hou. 
Jamks Monroe of Oberlln, on the “Moral and 
intellectual need of the agricultural clusscs.” 
Other address** will he delivered, and there will 
be frequent disoussioss on subjects pertaining 
particularly to tho dairy. 
Illiaui* Smte Hart. Soc.—Officers for 1871: 
Free.— Author Bryant, Sr. ViCe-Prcs'ts —First 
District, Bold. Douglas; Second District, Sam't 
Edwanls; Third District, Dr. A. G. Humphrey ; 
Fourth District, M. L. Dunlap; Filth District, 
J. W. Fletcher; Sixth District, H. J. Hyde; 
Seventh District, P. U. Wright. See.—O. B. G»- 
luslia. Ass't Sec.— H. J. Dunlap. Trems-Jona- 
tban Huggins. Er. Com.—Bryant, Flag, Me. 
tVhotter. Brown, Gulusha. The next annual 
meeting is to be held at Jacksonville. 
“North American Jlcr Keeper*’ Association."— 
At a meeting of tbo prominent bee keepers, 
held al Indianapolis, Ind-, recently, an organiza¬ 
tion with the above designation was effected, 
and the following officers elected lor the year: 
Pits.—L. L. Langstrutii, Ohio. Vicc-Pres.— M. 
L. Dunlap, Illinois; W. F. Clark. Canada; T. B. 
Hamlin, Tennessee; A. F. Moon, Michigan; R. 
Bickford, N. Y. Sec. —M. M. Baldridge, Illinois. 
—Assist. See.—L, D. Adair, Kentucky. lYeasur- 
er.—N. C. Mitchell, Indiana. 
New Hampshire State Teachers' Asa'a.—At its 
recent animal meeting the following officers 
were elected for 1871: Free- S. L. French, 
Concord. Vice-Free. — John 8. Woodman. C 
Baldwin, W. Webster, T. W. H. Hussey. A. C. 
K. J., Cincinnati, o. — Wo have not the ad 
dress of the parly you name. 
The Rural New-Yorker In Englnml,— We 
have quite a number of subscribers to the Rural In 
England. Scotland, Ireland, Ac., but most of the 
copies sent abroad are ordered and paid for by per- 
aona residing in this country. Occasionally, how¬ 
ever. wc receive remittances direct, In gold or by 
draft. The writer of the following note Is advised 
that the price of the Rural nent to Europe, includ¬ 
ing postage, (which we must pre-pay.) Is $4 per ycur. 
and that the best way to remit is by draft on Now 
York, less premium on gold or exchunge; 
New port Salop, England, Dec. 15,1870. 
Sir:— Mr. John Mvatt of Norbury. near tills 
town, wishes to remit to you the amount .if .Moore’s 
Rural New-Yorker Newspaper for 1871. I cannot 
send it In Post-Office Order. Please advise how you 
would like it sent, und how much, and 1 will send tho 
amount. Yours, truly. 
I. Noams. Post-Master. 
— Under our offer of the Kuhal as a present, any 
American subscriber has the privilege of sending the 
paper abroad at $3.50 per yearly copy. 
For Yew Puhllc/itWans—See pago 54. 
THE SEASON, 
RURAL NOTES AND QUERIES, 
South Trenton, Oneida Go., IV. Y„ Jntt. 2.— 
The following tahlo shows the highest and low¬ 
est range of thermometer, (with date prefixed,) 
the mean temperature and amount of rain and 
snow in inches and hundredths, for the year 
1870- Meridian North Latitude 43* 10‘ W.; Lon¬ 
gitude, 74" 5tT ; Light above the sen, 635 feet. 
Illlnnls Industrial Iniversilv 
-J usi before go¬ 
ing to press with this Issue of the Rural New- 
Yorker, we receive a programme of the ngri- 
cultura! lectures and discussions to occur In Il¬ 
linois the present and next month under the 
auspices of the Illinois Industrial University. 
These lectures and discussions commence at (he 
University at Urhimit, HI., January 9th, and con¬ 
tinue two weeks-five days of each week, with 
three sessions each day, Tho lecturers an¬ 
nounced me Dr. E, S. Hull, Dr. J. M, Gregory, 
Dr. M. Miles, Prof. J. U. Turner, Parker Earle, 
Dr. Wm. !,e Baron, Prof. A. P. S. Stewart and S. 
T. Bui rill. 
Under the same unspicos and jointly with the 
Illinois State Agricultural Society, a series of 
evening meetings are to be held at Springfield, 
111., Jun. 12,13,10, 17 aud 18, aud Messrs. Miles, 
Hull, Turner and Gregory arc announced as lec¬ 
turers. 
Another series, under the auspices of the Uni¬ 
versity, me to bo held at Pekin, Tazewell Co., 
111., Jan, 23-20, and Lemuel Allen, Prof. S. W. 
Shattuck, Dr. J. M. Gregory, Dr. E. S. Hull. Dr, 
Manly Milos, Prof. A. P. S.Stewart, B. S. Pretty- 
man nnd Prof. W. M. Baker are announced as 
speakers. 
February 6-9 another scries of University lec¬ 
tures and discussions arc to occur atSouth Pass, 
III. The lecturers announced are Messrs. Bur- 
nll, Gregory, Le Barou, Hull, Miles, Brown and 
Stewart. 
©casioS 
Snow, 
i licit 
Month 
Mean 
SATURDAY, JANUARY 21, 1871 
January. 
February 
March ... 
April. 
May. 
June..... 
July. 
August..., 
Sept.. 
October... 
Nov. 
Dec. 
NOW IS THE TIME! 
RECRUITING FOR THE RURAL BRIGADE 
Bound Volumes of the Rural New-Yorker. 
-Handsomely bound Volumes of the Rural for 1809, 
(Vol. XX.) containing 838 pages and over 800 Illustra¬ 
tions, furnished at either of our Publication Offices 
for $4 per copy. Vol XXI, (Junuary to June, 1870.) 
containing 416 pages and over 400 Illustrations. *t 
$2.50, also now ready. Vol. XXtf. (July to Dec., 1870.) 
same site, price, etc., as Vol. XXI, will bo bound and 
ready for delivery in two weeks. Sent by Express to 
any part of the United States or Canada, purchaser 
paying charges. (3r~ "’o can also furnish bound 
copies of many former volumes. Pricpof Vol. XIX., 
li— of any previous one which we have, $3. 
HOW TO DO IT, 
AND HOW IT PAYI8, 
The Now Year came to us above the freezing 
point. Only one inch of snow ou the ground; 
swamps filled with water, aud but. a trifle of 
frost In the earth: warmest January for a num¬ 
ber of years. 
February—Came in mild and balmy, and so 
continued until the 20th; the balance of the 
month rough indeed. 
March —Not a day of good sleighing this 
month; 29th, first robin; 30th, first blue bird; 
31st., w ild geese, bound north. 
April—5th,spring birds; 10th, first frogs ; 27tb, 
first violet. 
May—19th, first thunder; 8th, turned cows to 
pasture; 9tli, cherry trees in bloom; 19 th, shear¬ 
ed sheep. 
June—Grass in this vicinity not more than 
two-thirds the quantity, compared with last 
year, but. of better quality; ground dry; feed 
in potsures at a standstill; springs low; water 
scarce. 
July —A beautiful month for the farmer; 
principally through haying; hair through har¬ 
vesting. 
August—An abundance or sunshine and rain. 
Storm Of ihe 8th severe and devastating In the 
extreme. The damage m Oneida county is es¬ 
timated at $200,000. 
September—A splendid month lor the farm¬ 
er’s work. 
October—On the morning of Ihe 19th the first 
ice this season, and the first frost that killed 
vegetation; 30ih, first snow; earthquake iu the 
State the 20th. 
November—The farmer has hod a delightful 
time to gather the products of the soil. 
December the 29th the mercury settled six 
degrees below zero— the first- and only time this 
> ear. It Lais been tho warmest year since 1848. 
A rather remaikaldo range of temperature— 
neither as high nor as low us former years. The 
21st, the winter's solstice. 
In summing the past 365 days, we have had 51 
days of thunder. 29 days of lightning, 97 days of 
rain, and 59 days of snow. There has been 3 
feet, 7M inches of rain and melted snow fallen. 
—S. B. 
Gnllntln. Miss,, Dec. 31.—The weather here 
lias been fair and pleasant for past week, though 
prior (o that time there were several consecutive 
rains, which rendered the streets very muddy 
and some of the country roads almost, impass¬ 
able. The mornings are rather cold, but after 
the appearance of the sun it is very comfortable 
out doors. Farmers, as yet, have not begun 
their preparations for planting the ensuing 
year: and ktiepresent decline in cotton will, 
'I is thought, deter many, who engaged in plantu- 
1 Ion affairs last year, Horn embarking in a like 
enterprise) now. If the same number do culti¬ 
vate theJr farms, it will be done with a view of 
raising corn and stock principally—not cotton.— 
m. a. w. 
Lnnionl. Ottawa Co., Mich., Doc. 31 .—We have 
about fifteen inches of snow, and more coming. 
Weather moderate for winter. Our lumbermen 
arc busily engaged, with a good prospect for n 
large supply of logs.—L. D. S. 
Camden, Oneida Co., ;IV. Y., Jan. 2. — Ther- 
mometrical averages for December: — Highest 
point Attained at sunrise, Glh, -IT; lowest, 29th, 
6 below zero; average, 24’ 6'. Highest point at 
noon, 5th, -18 ; lowest, 29th, 5'; average, 33" fi', 
Highesl point nt sunset, 5th, 45 ; lowest, 29i h, 1 
below zero; average, 28‘S'. Mean temperature 
of the month, 28' V. On the 29th, at 9:30 in Ihe 
“ There’s a lime for all things,” says the Good 
Book, nnd the present—this week, this month, 
this winter—is the Best Time to obtain Recruits 
for the Rural Brig ape, when everybody and 
all the rest of tho people are (or ought to be) 
subscribing for good and useful periodicals, nnd 
especially the Rubai, New-Yorker. 
During the past few weeks so many thousands 
have been oHdcd to the ItunAJL’s Subscription 
List that we have been obliged to re-print near¬ 
ly every number of last quarter to supply the 
unexpected demand-and that, too, after having 
added ten thousand copies to the regular edition 
issued in September. 
And yet, like Outer Twist, tho People are 
crying for more, and we, believing every addi¬ 
tional subscription will be the means of doing 
good in at least one family, if not several, are 
anxious to extend the circulation of this Journal 
in every reading, thinking and progressive com¬ 
munity throughout ibe whole country. 
While our Iong-tluio Club Agents are gener¬ 
ally doing better than ever before, (getting more 
subscribers and receiving better pay,) a good 
many influential and progressive Men, Matrons, 
Masters and Misses are Making Money by noting, 
for the first, l ime, as Recruiting Officers for the 
Rural Brigade—not a few of whom have al¬ 
ready secured large slices of our " Good Pay for 
Doing Good.” Yet, 
Our Regular Subscribers and Agent - Friends 
have f ull One Hundred Thousand Neighbors who 
don't take the Rural New-Yorker, but xvho 
would do so if its intrinsic merits were property 
presented by a friend— one who takes and appre¬ 
ciates the paper. Henoc, 
Almost every subscriber, (including You, Redd¬ 
er,) can, by showing the Rural , and explaining its 
character and objects, induce, from one to ten or 
more persons to subscribe —for which kind and 
neighborly act lie will ere long receive the 
thanks of those thus influenced to take the 
paper, to say nothing of the Substantial Reward 
received from the Publisher. Finally, 
Each and Every Subscriber (old or new) may 
benefit himself, neighbors and community hy 
augmenting the circulation of this Journal, 
which Is not only the Largest, Host nnd Cheap¬ 
est of its Class, but which Pays its Agent-Friends 
better than any other on the Continent. 
— For evidence that tve give "Good Pay for 
Doing Good,” send for our Premium Pro¬ 
gramme for 1871, which we mail free to all ap¬ 
plicants. Meantime, Young People are referred 
to last page of this paper for a list of Premiums 
offered tor their special benefit. Next week we J 
will endeavor to publish a list of Eighty Speci¬ 
fic Premiums, (preceding, by numbers, those 
now published, and generally of greater value, 
ranging from $2 to $373 each.) All our Specific 
Premiums are open to everybody. 
Tlio Rural a* n. Present.— Our readers are re¬ 
minded that in all cases where a Subscriber sends the 
Rural New-Yorker to a relative or friend, as a 
present, we only charge the lowest club rute-$2.00 a 
year. The lowest price for copies thus sent to Cana¬ 
da is $2.70 and to Europe $3.30. The Rural is a 
valuable gilt, aud one which reminds the recipient 
of the kind donor flfty-two times In the course of 
the year. Many annually order It as a Holiday pres¬ 
ent to distant friends. The 13 numbers of this Quar- 
ter sent Free to all subscribing before Jsn. 1,1871. 
Golden Sirup Swindle.—A druggist in that city 
lias furnished the New Orleans Times wit h infor¬ 
mation of the manufacture, in largo quantities, 
of a substance sold as sugardrips, and afterward 
as golden sirup, and which be characterizes as an 
unsafe, if not poisonous compound. It is pro¬ 
duced by tho action of strong sulphuric acid 
upon starch, Converting it into grape sugar, a 
process of which much whs said and published a 
low years since, as a triumph of chemical science 
in the production of sugar from the cereals at 
will. Tho following method of distinguishing 
the difference is given" Dissolve aieasnonnful 
of the ‘golden sirup’ in n wine glass of rain 
water; then add a lew grains of tannin acid, when 
it will turn blaek as ink. If i he article isspuvious. 
If not, convenient to procure tanulcacid, make a 
cup of 6trong lea, (which contains tannin,) and 
add n teiispooufuJ of the ‘golden,’ and a fair 
quality of ink will appear," Having this simple 
method of testing the sirups in mind, uone of 
the readers of the Rural New-Yorker need, 
with proper precaution, use the inferior and del¬ 
eterious compound upon their buckwheat oukeb. 
Oar Rochester Publication Office — Is still 
located at No. 82 Buffalo Street, where the Rural’s 
I nterests are promptly attended to by its Business 
Manager, Mr. John G. Williams, the same as for the 
past ten years. Though now electrotypedand printed 
in New York City, (on aoeount of advantages and 
facilities not obtainable In Rochester,) Moore’s Ru¬ 
ral is still a Western and Central New York institu¬ 
tion. There it was founded and now has a larger cir¬ 
culation than ever before, and there reside several 
of Its able Editors and Contributors. 
Plymouth, Mich., Farmers’ Club.—Tho annual 
meet ing of the Farmers and Mechanics' Club, of 
Plymouth, Wayne Co., was held ou the 10th 
ult., tor the purpose of edeetiog officers for the 
ensuing year, aud the following were chosen: 
Pres,- William Taft. Ftcc-Pm.—John Fuller. 
See — Jeremiah Cramer. Rec.Sec.-A, E. Par¬ 
dee. Treas- T. MeClumphn. The meetings of the 
Club will be held regularly during the winter 
aud spring. 
District, Ohio, Ag, Convention, composed of 
delegates from the counties ot Marlou, Craw¬ 
ford, Wyanffott, Hardin, Logan, Dolaware and 
Morrow, at u meeting held at Marion, effected 
an organization by the ejection of the following 
officers lea the current year; Pres.—J. C. Ste¬ 
vens. See.-A. H. Kling. Cor. See .-Robert 
McConnell. Treas.— L'Uoa. Rebel-, with a Vice- 
President and four Directors from each county. 
AVestfidosier, Vi., Farmer*' Club.—The follow¬ 
ing officers have been elected for the year 1871: 
Pres.— W. R. Kimball. Vtce-Pres'ts—S. M. Nut¬ 
ting, G. W. Metcalf, B. T. Phelps, H. P. Farr, 0. 
L. Fisher. Sec. and Treas.- M. W. Davis. J«’( 
Sec.—I. B. Morse. Directors—D. E. Wright, U. 
Floyd, O. H. Black, N. G. Pierce, It. W. Ramsey, 
L. Spaulding. 
Hillsborough Co. Hort. and Ag. Soe.—At the 
annual meeting the following board of officers 
were chosen for the ensuing year: Pres.—J. B. 
Moulton, Milford. Vice-Fres'ts.-V. C. Gilman, 
Ira Gage, Zebadiab Abbott, John Richardson. 
See.— 0. S. Averiil. Milford. Treat.— F. T. Saw¬ 
yer. Ex.tsiom.— J. B. Moulton, John Marvell, 
John L. Poole, B. F. Steele, J. G. Haseltine. 
Miune»ota State Bee Keeper'* Soc.—At a con¬ 
vention of bee keeper srecently held at Mankato, 
a constitution and by-laws were adopted, and 
the following officers elected: Pres.—H. Porter. 
Sec's.—Ed win Coffin, C. K. Clenveland. Treas.— 
J. \\. Hostncr. Delegate to American Bee 
Keeper sCouvenlion.J. W. Hosmer; to National 
Bee Keeper’s Association, R. Porter. 
Lempxlcr, JV. II., Farmer*' Club.—Officers for 
Ihe current ycur as follows: Pres. —A. F. Per- 
lky. Vice-Prcs'ts- E. S. Barrel t, D. Gale. Sec.- 
A. .7. Mitchell. Tans.— S. B. Allen. Lib.— W. E. 
Way. Directors—\Y. B. Parker, E. S. Baurrett, 
W. T. Thisscll, Salou Pollard, Henry Hurd. 
Western Yew York Poultry Soe.—This society 
has decided to hold an exhibition February 14- 
18, at St, Juntos Hull, Buffalo, N. Y. As this is a 
young und Vigorous society, with an abundance 
ot material, u good show tnuy be expected, 
Ludlow, Yj„ Farmers' Club.—Officers for the 
A Request,— All non-subscribers Into whose hands 
n number of the RUUAL may full are requested to 
examine U carefully, noting it* Size, Style. Contents, 
Ac., and then decide upon the merits of our claim 
that it Is the Largest, licet and Cheapest Juurnal of ite 
Class in the World. Now is the best time to Act-to 
Do Good, for which we give Good J"ay. 
Tlie Postnse on the Rural New-Yorker is 
only 20 cents a year, payable quarterly in advance at 
the office where received. We only pre-pay postage on 
copies sent to Canada, Europe, See. Canada Agents 
and Subscribers should in all cases add 20 cents per 
yearly copy for American postage. 
The Live Stock Trade of Chicago illustrates 
the wonderful resources and development of 
the great Wear. Tho total receipts of cattle for 
1870 were 532,964 head—an increase over the re¬ 
ceipts ot 1869 of J29,602 head; ot hogs, l.ti93,158, 
an increase of 31,382; of sheep, 349,855, an in¬ 
crease of 9,783; of horses, 3,537, an increase of 
2,013. The receipts aud shipments of cattle, hogs 
and sheep lor the past five years, with the year¬ 
ly aggregate, were as follows: 
RECEIVED. 
Year. Cattle. Roan. Sheep. Aan'te. 
18S6.S93.«20 979,510 209, i ! >0 1.5$,550 
180?.329,188 1.17.10,738 lSO.sft* 2.200 Sli 
1868 .324,324 !, 701.782 270,875 2.*e.fel 
1*69.408,102 1,061.869 340,1172 2,41(5.043 
1870.532,964 1,093,158 349,85.) 2,575,970 
SHIPPED. 
Year. Cattle. Hogs. Sheep. Aan'te. 
1866 . 233,693 482,875 75,(17 822,015 
1867 .203,580 758389 50.275 1.1(12,644 
1866. 215,987 1,020.329 81au 1.317.950 
1869 .294.717 1.086.305 llKftfl l,4s9.Tl: 
1870 ..319,709 924,453 110,711 1,360,873 
How lo Help the Rural.— Thereare numerous 
ways in which its friends can aid In circulating the 
Rural. First, 6how the paper, or talk to your 
friends about It, or both. Get up a club, or aid some 
friend to do so—or induce your P. M. to act as agent. 
Addition* to Club* are always tn order, whether 
in ones, twos, Ovee, tens, or any other number. A 
host of people are subscribing for papers about these 
days, and our Agent-Friends should improve every 
occasion to secure recruits for the Rural. 
No Traveling Agent* are employed by us, but 
any person so disposed cun act as Local Agent, on his 
or her own authority, and secure premiums, etc. 
Show Bills, Specimen Numbers, Etc., sent 
free to all applicants. If you want such documents, 
let us know and they will be forwarded. 
BUSINESS NOTICES 
DRUNKENNESS AND INTEMPERANCE 
CURED. 
Dr, BEEns has a sovereign remedy for Drunken- 
ness. He promises a radical cure in the most con¬ 
tinued eases, and offers proof to the most skeptical. 
Send for Circular, and convince yourself. Address 
C. C. BEERS. M. D„ Rox 5U0, New York. 
To Cure A Cough, Cold or Sore Throat, use 
BROWN'S BRONCHIAL TROCHES. 
WE HAVE RECEIVED ‘‘FLORAL GUIDE” 
From Phelps & Reynolds. Rochester, N, Y„ and 
want all our readers to send for it. 
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