abolished! Write to your Senators, especially, 
and “x-espectfully suggest" that they postpone 
action in voting millions upon miliious in sub¬ 
sidies to various schemes andprojectscalculated 
to deplete the Treasury and impoverish the 
People, until the f run king privilege is repealed, 
abrogated, abolished. After this simple net of 
justice to the whole country, perhaps their con¬ 
sciences limy allow grave Senators and easy Rep¬ 
resentatives to go on with the iniquitous 11 jobs” 
before Congress, in the avails of which at least 
some of them participate—even if they do not 
“realize" in advance. 
This whole matter should be ventilated, con¬ 
tinuously, by both Press and People, until it is 
“reformed altogether." The patrous and pub¬ 
lishers of periodicals are especially Interested, 
for so long as the flanking privilege is contin¬ 
ued, little or no reduction Is likely to be made 
from present postage rates. Pray, why should 
an M. C. hare the privilege of sending cart¬ 
loads of reading matter through the mails 
“ free," while the poorest of hl6 constituents can¬ 
not send a newspaper to a friend without pay¬ 
ing two cents? Aud why should the publisher 
of said paper he debarred the privilege (former¬ 
ly grunted by the P. O. Department) of sending 
a specimen, or even prospectus, to an applicant, 
without payment in advance? (At present, 
publishers aro required to pre-pay four cents 
postage on a single paper inclosing show-bill or 
prospectus.) Wc write feelingly on this sub¬ 
ject, having, during t he past four mouths alone, 
paid thousands of dollars in postage on specimen 
numbers, prospectuses, etc., of the Rural 
N kw-Yorker. 
Time was, and within our experience as a 
Journalist, when the tree transmission of pros¬ 
pectuses of newspapers was ullowod, on the 
ground that they would, by increasing tho cir- 
ottlallon of periodicals, augment the revenue of 
the P. O. Department; but of late years the 
laws, as construed by Post-Office Officials, abrogate 
all that, and if Congress and the construction¬ 
ists of the Department keep on, the dark ages 
will ere long return! Years ago, <ir not now,) 
the Agricultural Journals of Canada wore trans¬ 
mitted to subscribers fret) of postage,—but it is 
not expected that the go-ahead “ Pniversul Yan¬ 
kee Nation” can keep pace with the backwoods¬ 
men of the North, even in this progjresive, tele¬ 
graphic age. Wo a sit no favoritism, however, 
tout that the Press hove some rights and privi¬ 
leges which the fossils and autocrats of the 
Post-Ollleo Department are bound to accord, if 
not respect. Such aro our sentiments. What 
say our contemporaries? 
at Poughkeepsie are infected. There i« no doubt 
great, danger both from the cattle yards, but from the 
Frock ear*i all the wav from the borders of tho State, 
and even beyond. I yesterday learned that cattle in 
dairies in Queens county were also nullenng from the 
same (Uncase, which has been communicated tot ham 
by some nmv cows brought to that section riven tic. I 
think there should lie some law inflicting peril Kli¬ 
ment upon versons who sell cattle diseased. This 
disease has become already so wide spread that) fear, 
as L)r. tit: KittfSBY expresses It. we may uot be able to 
•stamp it out.’ i have authorised him to lake the 
most efflotent means in his Judgment for this pur¬ 
pose, placing the cattle yards at Pomtlikcepsle er any 
other neiv point nt infection he may dlaeurer within 
Ills reach, under quarantine restrictions, and apply¬ 
ing disinfection thoroughly, and »iur other moans, 
such as preventing the driving of Infected cattle 
from place to plucc over tho country roads. 1 ’ 
There arc rumors that cnttlo affected with this 
disease have appeared in tho live stock markets 
here in New York; but our Live Slock Reporter 
informs us that he has failed to discover, after 
careful inquiry, lhat such has been the ease. 
Tho Health Commissioners of the city are keep¬ 
ing vigilant lookout, for 6ueh animals. And wo 
trust that if any party is found attempting such 
an outrage, adequate puuishmentmay bo meted 
out to him. 
Can't Afford lo do without the Rural. — Here 
is another former subscriber, now in Winona 
Co., Minn., who appreciates tho Rural and pro¬ 
poses to manifest the same. He writes“ I have 
done without the Rural now for two years, and 
I think it is about as long as 1 can afford to wait. 
At the time I subscribed lor the Rural, I was 
taking five other papers, and I will here state 
that, all things considered, it paid belter than ad 
the rest combined, M.v means being somewhat 
limited I have concluded to try to got up a club 
of ten, at least, for you. .Saw your advertise¬ 
ment in ihc Winona Republican. Please send 
me specimen, poster and terms, and oblige." 
1@2 50 per day, always, or 18t£25. or even $30 per 
month by the year, or season. Girls, $(Kgl2per 
month. Why don't the poor folks come out 
from the cities where they at least can live. Here 
is almost, the whole country lying waste wait¬ 
ing for workers—no stone to pick up, and no 
stumps to clear away, and the best soil to till I 
ever saw. Let them come.—it. B. xt. 
TUB GREAT ILLUSTRATED 
INDUSTRIAL SOCIETIES, 
OoiMlvioting Editor and I’roprietor 
CHAS. D. BRAGDON, ANDREW S. FULLER 
Associate Editors. 
Cooper Institute Telegraph (school. -The edi¬ 
tor of the .Scientific American saw twenty-three 
young girls, averaging sixteen years of age, tlie 
other day, at various desks in tills school send¬ 
ing messages to each ol her. Ho confesses to the 
excellencenHaloed at this school, and the cor¬ 
rect manipulation manifested by its graduates, 
over fifty of which lmvo the management of of¬ 
fices or serve in them. Pupils are dismissed 
who. after four months' practice, display a want, 
of aptitudoin transmit ling or receiving. Ol the 
present class, only two are reported doubtful. 
Ono of the attaoheeof the Rural New-Yokklii 
Office has a daughter in this class who speaks 
highly of the practical character of the instruc¬ 
tion received. 
HENRY S. RANDALL, LL. D., Cortland Village, N. Y 
Editor ok thk Dkpaktwkvt or Shkki* Husbandry. 
X. A. WILLARD, A. M„ Little Fails, N. Y., 
Editor oi m« Ijiivaiithint or Dux Husbakdby. 
Col. S. D. HARRIS, Cleveland, Ohio, 
Tf.AVM.iM! Coantwro* ratio Editor. 
T. HART HYATT. San Francisco, 
Coaot/eroK i'V tii* Pacific Sror* DataETMEXT. 
CHAS. V. RILEY, St. Louis. Mo., 
Comdvotob or tub Ettomolooicu. Lwpaetment. 
MARY A. E. WAGER, 
Educb or tub Domestic Economy Department. 
RURAL NOTES AND QUERIES, 
Cornell University Lecture* for id)? 1-2.—Tho 
arrangements fora coarse of lectures at Cornell 
University on Practical Agriculture, extending 
through the years 1871 und 1872, have been com¬ 
pleted, which it is hoped will provide amply for 
the wants of the students of the Agricultural 
College. Tho lecturers are all men who have 
devoted special attent ion lo tho subjects upon 
which they treat, and many of them have be¬ 
come eminent, fpr their practical success in 
them. During the winter trimester Dr. Hexa- 
mbh, Newcastle, N. Y., will lecture on the 
Physiology aud Practical Culture of tho Potato, 
giving special attention to the marks by which 
ono variety of the potato is distinguished from 
another. J. J. H. Gregory, Marblehead, Maas., 
will give lectures on Market Gardening. It is 
believed that no one can be found in the coun¬ 
try who te more competent to throw a Clear 
light on these subjects than the gentlemen who 
have been selected; both of them are distin¬ 
guished for iheir practical success and both of 
them are gifted with a happy faculty of telling 
what they know in a very clear and attractive 
manner. In the spring trimester, John J. 
Thomas will give four lectures on the Large 
Fruits and Ihe management. Of Orchards; Mr. A. 
S. Fuller, four lectures ou Small Fruits. John 
Stanton Gould will give -twelve lectures on 
Agricultural Implements. In the loll trimester, 
Mr. X. A. Willard will give twelve lectures on 
I he Dairy; Hon. H. S. Ran da ll, four lectures on 
Sheep and Wool; and Mr. Luther H. Tucker, 
three lectures on subjects not yet announced. 
During tin? year 1872. Mr. C- V. Riley will give 
twelve lectures on Economical Entomology; 
Hot). Lewis F. Allen, two lectures on Cattle 
Management: Mr. E. W. Stewart, two lectures 
on the Feeding ol Cattle. Lectures will also lie 
given on the breeding, rearing aud tivoaking of 
horses, nod on genera] stable management; on 
the comparative values of the diBerent, breeds 
of pigs, and best inodes of keeping und feeding 
them; and on poultry. It Is also hoped that Dr. 
Grant will give three lectures on the grape and 
its culture during the year 1871. A large collec¬ 
tion ot working rnTidols ot agricultural imple¬ 
ments have been presented to tho University liy 
the makers, aud this number will be greatly in¬ 
creased before the lectures on agricultural im¬ 
plements are delivered. With these aids, very 
complete illust rations of the philosophy and the 
practical working of the implements may be 
given to the students. Very good collections 
have also beeu made to illustrate t he lectures on 
fruits. 
SPECIAL CONTRIBUTORS. 
P. BARRY, T. 0. PETERS, 
H. T. BROOKS, ANURB POEY, 
J. n. D0I1GK. K. W. SIX WART, 
E. B. ELLIOTT. JAMES VXCK, 
HORACE GREELEY. J. WILKINSON, 
•J. STANTON GOULD. MADAME LE VERT, 
“ NOW AND THEN, ’ JULIA COLMAN. 
Clipping llnrsoa. —Mr. Henry Bergh. Presi¬ 
dent of the Society for the Prevention of Cruel¬ 
ty to Animals, very properly protests against 
t he cruelty to which horses are subjected by the 
clipping process now so much in vogue in Neiv 
York city and elsewhere. Tho practice, a ca¬ 
price of fashion, is certainly n epecicsof wanton 
cruelty and abuse—causing much suffering, and 
often fatal diseases in oold weather—and ought 
to be denounced by every humane horse owner. 
Let it gooutof fashion, and that light speedily I 
f. »/. ijrii I to. «. IU-Y *2 D* I MI , »V, 11. 1 'JUa i V tjruill- 
lion: 0. W. Fox, Ravenna; D. Bennett, I’oiuesvllle; 
M h. rryer. Salem ; J. 8. Healy, Newburgh; s. H. 
Todd \Vnkennin ; Geo. R. Tuttle. East Cleveland ; J. 
C. Grannie, Clevelaud; A. A. Jewett. Cleveland; R. 
L, Mallory, Akron: .1, W. Dwyer.Coshocton; Felix 
NiCUola, Brooklyn ; F. W. Hart, East Cleveland. 
The organization was then perfected by the 
election dr the following board of officers lor 
llic year ensuing: 
President -Cel. S. D Harris, Cleveland. 
i'i, i-Piifiih dG .1. C Grannls, Cleveland; J. C. 
Lomr, Raven mi; 8 K. Merry. Milan ; A. C. Williams, 
('hrgrin I-alls ; Frank Ford, ltavenna; J. F. Scofield, 
Fnioesville. 
Sicntarji-y. It. Sherwin, Cleveland. 
Tnuiruirr—K. 8. lsoin, (lev eland. 
Ksrcultv i ('nmnuitre — Nf. 11. Hberwin, er officio, 
ehiilriunn : G. W. Kox, Ravenna; M. 11. Crver,Salem ; 
W. H, Todd, Vermillion ; Geo. it. Tuttle. E»‘t Cleve¬ 
land ; A- A. Jewett, Cleveland; J. C. Grannie, Cleve¬ 
land ; E. s. Iso id, Cleveland. 
In addition to the Society's regular list of 
prizes, a largo number of the liberal citizens of 
Cleveland lui vet offered special additional prizes, 
covering nearly nil tlm classes of fowls enumer¬ 
ated. among which the President,on bolmlf of 
the Rural N ew-Yorker, offers a silver cup for 
the heal collection ot cage birds. 
IlHnula Swine Breeder*' Ansoclntion.— 1 The an¬ 
nual olpctlnu for idllccra nf the Illinois Swine 
HiHcdcrs' Assoclaiion l'or ilie ensuing year re¬ 
sulted .IS follows ; Pres Titos. J. CltOWDER, 
Springfield. Vice- FTes't* from Congressional 
DlBlTlots-lat, W. W. Corbett, Chicago; 2d, An¬ 
drew bowell, DcKalh; :id, John It. Hailey, Ore¬ 
gon ; 4tb, Adam UutiUin, Monmtuilh; 51 h, E. P. 
Sissuii, Calc-burg; (ftli, Frank Si-avs, Hadley; 
7ih, A. M. Faulty, lThalia : 8th, Henry Funk, 
BlontningLOU ; illli, J. It. ilinkell. Itushnell: 10th, 
E. P. Junes, Jacksonville ; llih, Uriah Mills, Sa¬ 
lem ; 12th, E. A. Klehl. Alt"ix; 13th, W. A. Green, 
Cairo; ul large, t.'harlea Shoad, Joliet. Trcas. — 
Edward Terrill, Clayton. .Sec.—Charles Shoad, 
Joliet. 
Western New York llorl. Soc. - Annual 
Meeting will be held in the City of Rochester, at 
tho Court House, commencing Wednesday, Jan. 
18i h, 1871. The meet ing will be ono of unusual 
interest. Essays and addresses from several 
members are expected. Reports from all the 
standing com mitten*, and tlm usual interesting 
discussions. The act of incorporation which 
passed tho Legislature last session, will also he 
presented for action. A general invitation is 
extended to all lovers ol Horticulture to be 
present with us. F. B.uiry, Pi'es't; Samuel P. 
Walt elec. See. 
Orirnii* Co., IV. Y., Ag. Hoc.—At the annual 
meeting id' this Society, held at Albion, Dec. 12, 
1870, tlm fallowing oflicors were elected for the 
ensuing year: iVc*. —Allen P. Scott, Ridge¬ 
way. Vicc-Pre*.— .Suml. W. Smith, Gaines. Sec.— 
Peter Ferris, Rune. Trms .—Cyrus Fat-well, Al¬ 
bion. Directors— Charles L. Stevens, Ridgeway, 
and Ell Webster, Gaines. Total Vtc&-Ptcsts—H. 
il. Howland, Harre; Oscar Muon,Kendall; John 
Pratt. Carlton; Hc 2 ekiu.li Bowen, Ridgeway; J. 
P. Gates, Shelby; John Berry. Murray: Albert 
Church, Clarendon; and Tunis II. Coe, Yates. 
Windham Co,, Vi., Ag. 6oc,—At the annual 
meetlug, held Dec. 7th. tlm following officers 
were chosen: Pics.—J oseph D. Hates. Vice- 
Pees'ts— James M. Johnson, Windham; John 
Diuion, Pom trot; Oberou D. Wiutford, Sterling. 
See. und Teens. —E. Neiv bury. Cor. Sec. —George 
Sanger. Resolutions were passed deprecating 
tb(t abolition Of the State Board of Agriculture, 
and action is to bo taken to petition tlm Legisla¬ 
ture that the Board be again established. 
Indiana Stale llort. Soo.—'L'lmannual meeting 
ot rlns Society is to lie held ai Indianapolis Jan¬ 
uary 3 5. We notice tlmt the programme in¬ 
cludes an address by P. Barry. Rochester, N. 
Y., beside interesting reports and papers- Tito 
Indiana horticulturists are live men. and tin in¬ 
teresting meeting may tie ex poo ted. Tlifl Presi¬ 
dent of Lho Society is Dr. A. Furnas. Danville, 
Ind.; the Secretary, W. H. Rnguu, Indiuuupolis, 
Ind. 
Western Michigan Ag., and Hurt,, Bttc.—This 
Society held its annual meeting at Spring Lake, 
Deo. 12th, 1870, and elected uflioera fur the ensu¬ 
ing year as follows: Pre».~ (..mas. S. FASSET, 
Spring Lake. See.-llenry S. Olubb, Grand Ha¬ 
ven. Treat,—' Thomas D. Denison, Spring Lake. 
Directors. — Hunter Savidge, George Sea grove, 
Alonzo Bilz and Timothy Hall, Spring Lake, aud 
Henry S. Clubli, Grand liaven. 
Pennsylvania Bee Keeper's Convention.—The 
bee keepers ol Pennsylvania art-to hold a con¬ 
vention at AlendviHe ou W ednesday. January 11, 
1871, at one o'clock P. M. The object of this 
meeting is to organize a permanent State associ¬ 
ation, and encourage u largo attcnduuce at the 
Americun Convention at Cinctunuti. 
Bet* Keepers Mealing,—A call has been issued 
for u meeting of those interested in beekeeping, 
to be held at Elmira, Chemung Co., on the 11th 
and 12th insts., at 10 o'clock A. M. It Jaiwued in 
the luterest of bee keepers In Western aud 
Southern, N. Y., aud Northern Pa. 
Adam* Co., III., Hurt. Soc.—At the annual 
meeting at Quincy the following offices fur 1871 
were elected :—Pre«.— John Stewart, Fowler. 
Fme-Pres. —D. 0. Wood. Quincy. Rco. Sec.—T. 
Buttcrworth. Quinoy. Coe. Sec.—J. U, Hargiss, 
Quincy. Tree#.— Thus. Sjiiuoch, Quincy. 
Iowa Bee Kjeepera’ At its annual meet¬ 
ing at Des MObms. tliis Society elected the fol¬ 
lowing officers for tlm ensuing year: Pres.— 
EurniA Gallup. Vice-Pres— s. Ingalls, Sec. and 
Treats.—Mrs. Ellen S. Tupper, Brightou. 
Terms*—<Only Si.>10 per Volume of 26 numbers, 
or S3 poi year of 32 numbers. To Clubs—per Vol¬ 
ume: Five copies for $7; Seven, and one free to 
agent, for £11.50: Ten, and one tree, for tl2.. : 0. Per 
Voir: Five copies for £14 ; Seven, and ono free, for 
810: Ten, and ono free, for Jt!j-only *2.60 per copy. 
The lowest Yearly rule lo Canada Is (2.7(1, and f3.50 
to Europe. Drafts, P. O. Money Orders and Heri-• 
tered Letters nt our rl„k. 
ADVERTISING. — Inside, 75 cents per lino, Agate 
si'itce; GulStdo, *1 per lino, each insertion. For Ex¬ 
tra Display and Cuts, a price aud a-liulf. Spicial and 
Business Notices, >1.50 and *2 a line. No advertise¬ 
ment insetted for less than *3. 
Beet Hiignr has been manufactured in Califor¬ 
nia by Bo nest eel, Otto & Co., who commenced 
the erection of a faotoi’y there last, May. No¬ 
vember 15th, they made the first sugar which is 
pronounced of superior quality. Californiatis, 
judging by newspaper reports, art! expecting to 
make their own sugar at an early day, in conse¬ 
quence of this experiment. 
“For Sale."—Riding through the country the 
other day, wc saw a half dozen homesteads, du¬ 
ring a two hours’ vide, labeled "This Place for 
Sale.” Unrest, seems written all over the coun¬ 
try. Why is it? It ought not to he. It ia a so¬ 
cial problem, ttie solution of and remedy for 
which deserves the attention of social, as well as 
political economists. 
SATURDAY, JANUARY 14, 1871 
ACKNOWLEDGMENT, 
A. M. Garland, Esq., tlm able and efficient Pres¬ 
ident of the Illinois State Wool Growers’ Associ¬ 
ation, has been elected Secretary of the Illinois 
State Agricultural Society, Mr. Garland's tal¬ 
ents and energy eminently fit. him for the situa¬ 
tion. He will take up his residence in Springfield. 
We cannot send tliis number of the Rural 
New - Yorker to press without expressing 
sincere thanks to the hundreds of Agents, and 
other zealous aud influential Friends, who are 
nobly and most successfully laboring to aug¬ 
ment and widen its circulation. The numerous 
and substantial remittances, with cordial aud 
encouraging greetings, received by mail from 
every part of tlm country, assure us that the 
subscript ions to tills Journal for 1871 will far ex¬ 
ceed those of any preceding year. Thanks, 
Good Friends 1 We can only bow in grateful 
acknowledgment, und promise renewed efforts 
to merit such hearty approval aud support. 
For I’ublmlier's Notices see last page. 
E00T- AND -MOUTH DISEASE 
Atuous tlic Cattle in the Stale of New York 
Carter’* Combined Writing and Copying Ink, 
nnd nti Advertising Calender, come annuully to 
our tattle from J. T\ Densmore, 30Dey St., N. Y. 
Both are good aud useful. 
During t he past year, wo have made, ou sev¬ 
eral occasions, mention of the Foot-aod-Mouth 
disease ns prevailing to an alarming extent in 
England, and have urged upon American herds¬ 
man tliegrcatost caution, in order to prevent ils 
introduction among the cattle in this country. 
It now appears to be Very generally understood 
thal from some unascertained source it has 
been Introduced und prevails not only in Canada 
but also in Oneida, Queens und Duchess cotiu- 
liesin this State. In the latter county it lias ex¬ 
tended to herds in several towns, and is report¬ 
ed to bo spreading. It is very contagious, being 
eommuulcated, as lias heretofore bsen stated, 
by those who have charge of the diseased ani¬ 
mals, and by the manure or litter which may 
bo thrown from ears or pons in which the dis¬ 
eased cattle have been confined. Tbo disease 
is also roadily and frequently (perhaps most 
frequently) communicated by the discharges 
dropped upon tho highways by sick cattle driven 
over them, and for this reason the first precau¬ 
tion to bo taken is to prevent themovingof cat¬ 
tle attacked by the disease. The disease some¬ 
times affects t he udders ot cows, and during its 
course (whether symptoms of iis affecting the 
udder appear or not) the milk 6houll not be 
used as human food or given to any an I mala. 
Professor Law, Veterinarian of Cornell Uni¬ 
versity, who has visited ihoiul'eeted herds, gives 
tho following statement of symptoms, &c.: 
" 1. From <>ne to two doys dullness, loss of appetite 
(anil of milk, in cows,) hot. dry mouth, with a tend- 
t noy to grind tho teeth and to oiavar, Heat aud tender¬ 
ness ot ihe udder nnd toats and of the foot, with 
ft oqueut shakiQg of the feet, as If to get rid of si. me 
trrUaidhK matter. 
"2. On ihe aeooml day, nbundani frothing at the 
mouth, loud smacking of the lips ami tongue, hune- 
ness, and tho f 'll- matt .n "f Mistci 'pf various sizes, up 
to an inch across, oa tho mouth, udder and touts ana 
bet ween the hoofs. 
"J. in oue or two days more these bU«tera burst, 
leaving raw sores and shreds of loose skin, loSide the 
upper Up, on tile roof of tho mouth aud the tongue, 
on the te it« ami between the hoofs. These discharge 
an Irritating tsuid for some time, then eeab over and 
avoratde cases, in from ten to nfteen days. 
[W« >Y»nt lnformntlon, briefly, concerning tbe season, progress of 
tho work, temperature, crops, prices of farm produce, stork, In!,nr 
aud lump, end cureful eaUmiUt't of the amount of gn,iu mid number 
of soliniile on bend for Mile tts compered with previous .UIOOUI, for 
pubUcetion under this heed.—Kio Kenu.] 
West Liberty, Iowa., Dec. 20.—Wheat, Ooo.; 
outs, 32c.; corn, 30c.; live hogs, $5 per owl.; beef 
cattle, $.VgA.50 per cwt.; cheese, 14c.; butter, 2tk^ 
23c.; cows, $250150; horses, $100® 150; farms $40, 
$60, and $100 per aore. 
Burlingame. Osnge Co., Kan,, Dec. 19.—First 
snow. 17t.h. Winter wheat, $1.20 per bush; 
spring wheat, 000,80c,; corn. 50c.; oats, 40c.; po¬ 
tatoes, 50c.; butter, 85c ; cheese, 16025c.; pine 
lumber, $80(^75 per M.—o, n. 
Oeonomowoe, AVis., Dec., 27.—Real winter 
weather commenced on the 18ili inst. No sleigh¬ 
ing yet. Wheat, 98c., outs, 10c.; corn, 50c.; but¬ 
ter, 23c.; eggs, 22c,; cheese, 180.20c.; land, ?10© 
100 per acre, according to locution.—c. 
Champaign, III,, Dec. 2G. — W'e have had a 
heavy fall of snow and nnusuul cold—six inches 
of the former and 20 of the latter. Weather 
clear and pleasant. Money plenty with all farm- 
era wlto have not had accounts at the grocers’ 
and dry goods stores. On the whole, 1870 has 
been a good year for the West,— m. l. d. 
Sharon Center, A. Y,, D. c. 26.—Although the 
hay crop was short, the large amount over Just 
season, the favorable fall, and extra care in 
feeding, will undoubtedly keep the price low. 
Since December 15th, it has been very cold. 
Hop crop large, but lufedor in quality; matured 
too suddenly,’and growers are not likely to re¬ 
alize much therefrom.— a, p. 
Lancaster, Pa., Dec. 24.—First snow, Nov. 19. 
To-day thermometer marke 10' above zero. 
St reams shut with ioefourto six inches thick. 
Wheat looks poor; a covering of snow would 
help It. Wheat sells at $1.20(&L40; oats 42e.; 
rye, 80c.; labor, $lf^I.50 per day; butter, 3oc.; 
eggs, 35o.— j. g. k. 
Oregnn, Mo., Dec. 22.—Snow fell the 10th, two 
inches deep. To-day, thermometer 4’ below 
zero. Pork, $4.80 per owl., gross, and plenty, 
Wheat, 6O0)75o.; Rye, 46c.; barley. 55c.; oats, 
85o.; corn, 30®40o.; potatoes, 50o.; apples, $1.75 
@2 per bush.; bay. $8©10; horses, $300@J30: 
mules, $125®t75; cows, $25®50; wild land, $8® 
12; improved land, $3J@30 .—j. w. m. 
Falcon Co., O., Dec. 17.— Fruit scarce, at 
$1.50 per bltl. for winter apples. No. 1 red wheat, 
$1.05; corn, 20@25o., in ear, crop large; oats, 
35o.; potatoes, 60c.; country full of hogs waiting 
colder weather; price, $607 per cwt,; 6heep in 
demand, at 82@3; cows, $300)45; butter, 2O0)3Oc.; 
Libor, $18 per month. Moreutlention paying to 
stock raising, and calves bring $8@15. Large 
crop of clover seed, worth $5.7506 per bush.; 
land, $20075 per acre. 
Dunlap, loiva, Dec. 24.—Mercury down below 
zero. Corn, 30c.; Oats, 25e.; wheat,-80c.; barley, 
60c.; butter, 80c.; eggs, S0o.; pork, $506; beef 
the same; potatoes, 50c.; land, $30,7 per acre, 
wild. If there are any persons in tbe city who 
have no employment, and who find it hard to 
get enough to eat, sand them here, if they 
will work at farming. They can find plenty to 
do, and plenty to eat, whether male or female. 
We find it hard to get help. I have twenty acres 
of corn to gather yet, and can’t get help; wages, 
THE PRANKING PRIVILEGE: 
Itcduction of Postuge, Powtal Reform, Etc, 
How tlic Hop Crop was Disposed of.—A Central 
New York correspondent, in a hop-growing dis¬ 
trict, writes Lliat. the bulk of the hop crop is ,s 
sent forward to bo sold ott commission. Com¬ 
mission men, he says, “ send runners through the 
country soliciting consignments, promising re¬ 
turns in from six to twelve days, "But the returns 
do not seem to come very fast. As »u induce¬ 
ment to consignors, from five to ten dollars per 
bale is advanced," Our facetious (and evidently 
disgusted) correspojideut gives notice that be 
proposes, in view or what has been dune by com¬ 
mission men the past season, to open a commis¬ 
sion house in New York, Oct. 1st, 1871, for tbe 
sale of bops, offer growers Messrs, Nunnymyer 
& n low ERR AU8KN on the Rhine, Mithekton & 
Higglety of London, Koopman, Scunaps & 
Mooney of California, as references, monopolize 
the business, and to this end wants one hundred 
men to solicit consignments, ageoits lo have two 
dollars per halo for all sent , &c.. &c. The moral 
or all of which ts that growers do and will con¬ 
tinue to suffer if they put too much faith iu the 
representations and promises of men who tell 
smooth stories, aud have nothing to prove their 
ability to do what they promise. 
Once more there is hope that thelong-endured 
and enormous fraud upon tho people, known as 
the “franking privilege,’’ will be abolished—the 
lower house or Congress having voted, by an in¬ 
creased majority over that of last session, against 
its continuance. If certain old fogy owls of tho 
Senate—those political fossils who apparently 
know little und care less about the real condition 
and wants of the groat producing and tax-pay¬ 
ing classes—do not again overslaugh the will of 
the people, the obnoxious, oxpensivo and often 
rendered swindling “privilege” will soon be 
abrogated. 
Under the system of favoritism and dead¬ 
heading so long enjoyed by Congressmen and 
certain Government officials, tho rights und 
wishes of tbe masses In tho matter of postal ac¬ 
commodation and reform have boon almost en¬ 
tirely ignored. Onr National Legislators and 
“ heads of Departments," ns every well Informed 
citizen knows, burden and delay the malls with 
tons upon tons of lumbering documents, bun¬ 
combe speeches, etc., which tbe people do not 
road—and, in most cases, would be worse off if 
they did. And tbe printing and transporting of 
this vu6t amount of comparatively useless “ mat¬ 
ter ’’—convoyed “free” uuder the frank of Billy 
Buncombe, U. S. S., or Sam Swindler, M. C.— 
cost millions of dollare annually, and that too 
while the people are being sorely taxed to pay 
tho great expenses of Government, to say noth¬ 
ing of extra burdens to aid In liquidating our 
enormous National debt. 
The truth is that both knaves and fools are en¬ 
abled to retain position and power through tho 
agency and abase of the franking privilege, for 
they cajole their constituents by sending them 
“ heaps” of “documents" and trash—the flatter¬ 
ed recipients neither "seeing the point," nor 
considering the cost to the tax-payers of the 
country. They do not reflect that the favors thus 
bestowed upon the few cost tbo manu roundly. 
Neither do they consider that, were the frank¬ 
ing privilege abolished, both letter and periodi¬ 
cal postage could at once be materially reduced 
—at least one-third — and ihe whole reading 
population thereby directly benefited. As this 
matter is one in which al] are interested—whtoh 
really picks tho pockets of tbe whole people— 
every man and woman should help to 11 Keep it 
Before the People,” aud especially din it iu the 
ears (and eyes, through letters,) of Congressmen, 
that the franking privilege must and shall be 
A Frigid Itequrst. — A man appropriately 
mimed Green, and as appropriately dating at 
Tyro, (iu a distant State,) writes us that he in¬ 
tended to send $3 for tho Rural New-Yorker, 
but accidentally inclosed it in a letter to another 
paper, and conly adds“ The subscription was 
meant for you, so please send me your paper 
for one year.” We should like to oblige Mr. 
Green, but, really “can’t see it in that light." 
We occasionally roceive very “ cheeky” requests 
—such ns riohiy endowed Colleges and other in¬ 
stitutions asking the Rural free; well-to-do in¬ 
dividuals wanting' it at $2 or less, (because an¬ 
other paper, tho first oost of which is less than 
half that of ours.) is furnished at low figures, 
and so forth and so on—but Mr. Green of Tyro, 
is entitled to the modal for genuine frigidity. 
One moral derivable from the above is that 
people 6hould be careful in ivrlfclng and direct¬ 
ing money letters. “ Make a note of it.” 
heal up, in favorable cases, tn fvoin ten to fifteen days. 
"it should 06 addad, that thu tmlk should he drawn 
by lUUea or syphons In < the udder or tautti become 
*o nuro that the Cow cannot tic milked os usual, and 
tlmt the *lok beast should be well mused nnd nour¬ 
ished with sort mushes and graels- Cooling but not. 
purgative medicine* should op given, aud the sores 
washed with some mild curboilc acid preparation, or 
with » weak. bOIuU.ui Of sulphate Ol tine, (white 
vitriol.") 
Wo are apprehensive that the efforts making 
to prevent the spread of the disease are not of a 
character to effect that result. The power of 
tho English Commissioners extends to the re¬ 
moval of all obnoxious cattle, and wo think to 
ordering them destroyed when deemed neces¬ 
sary. Separation of ail those in footed from the 
rest of the herd should be made at once and, as 
the soreness ot the mouth prevents their taking 
the usual food, they should bo fed with gruel 
and soft mashes that oan be poured down the 
tlxroat, as they do not take food voluntarily. To 
cattle in good health and condition Lite disease is 
seldom fatal; but their inability to take the 
usual food, with the attendant fever and pain, 
reduces them so much as to impair their future 
value and usefulness. 
Since the foregoing was written we learn that 
measures have been taken by the State Cattle 
Commissioners to do what they oan to suppress 
the disease. Dr. Moreau Morris writes to the 
Secretary of the New York Stato Agricultural 
Society, under date of Dec. 20, as follows: 
" Recent advices from the assistant Cattle Commis¬ 
sioner at Amenla, Dr. D, Guernsey, cannot but 
cause anxiety with reference to this new cattle dis¬ 
ease Epizootic Apthn. A letter from him received to¬ 
day says, a number of new cases In different dairies 
have broken out, and It is feared that the cattle yards 
Inquiries for Advertisers.—J. V. SHRADER, 
Shelby, Ala., asks us to name manufacturers of 
woolen machinery. We have no knowledge of 
such firms.—"A Lady Subscriber” asks where 
she can obtain a reading glass used in place of 
spectacles. She saw one once, but she does not 
tell us what she means by a “ reading glass.” If 
it is simply a magnifying glass, she oan obtain it 
at any opticians, nr af a jewelry store in the 
country. Price will depend upon the character 
of the glass.—A correspondent asks us to furnish 
him, through our columns, the names of a half 
dozen Wholesale Produoe Commission meu. The 
names of all whom we know to be worth know¬ 
ing, will be found in our advertising columns. 
There are doubtless others equally reliable, but 
fmfortunately for themselves, they have not 
made our acquaintance! 
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