“PROGRESS AND IIVIPROVE1YIENT.” 
Moore’s Rural New-Mer, 
THE GREAT ILLUSTRATED 
RURAL, LITERARY AMI FAMILY NEWSPAPER. 
D. D. T. MOORE, 
Conducting BJd.it.or and "Proprietor. 
CHAS, D. BRAGDON, ANDREW S. FULLER, 
Associate Editors. 
HENRY S. RANDALL, LL. D., Cortland Village, N. Y., 
EDITOR or TUB pJCKAIlTUKRT Or SIIRRT HUAUAXDRY. 
X. A. WILLARD. A. M., Lillie Falls, N. Y„ 
Editor or TUB Dki*aktwkbt or Daiiv Husbandry. 
Col. S. D. HARRIS, Cleveland, Ohio, 
Tn*VrtU*‘* C(iuuMhiAM5G Edjtob. 
T. HART HYATT, San Francisco, 
Conductgk of tub Pacific 5i.ot*i Department. 
CHAS. V. RILEY, St. Louis, Mo., 
Conductor, of tub JSntomomwicai. DBrAHTMKNT. 
MARY A. E. WAGER, 
Editor or tub DOMKstic EOQNOlff Department. 
HFECIAL CONTRIBUTORS. 
P. BARRY, 
H. T. BROOKS, 
J. U. DODGE. 
F. H. ELLIOTT, 
HORACE GREELEY, 
J. STANTON GOITI.D, 
“SOW AND THEN,” 
T. C. PETERS, 
ANDRE POEY, 
E. W. STEWART, 
.JAMES VICK, 
,T. WII.KIXSON, 
MADAME I,E VERT, 
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SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 25, 1871. 
MEN WANTED. 
It certainly cannot, be flint, men nre wanted in 
tho great oily of New York, where the daily 
press constantly remind us that thousands are 
out of employment and are actually starving? 
Yes; it is true that men are wanted. We will 
explain our moaning by relating a few of (he 
many in^loncos of scarcity that have lately 
come to our notice. Not long since we received 
a very elegantly written note from a young 
man whom wo had often met in a store not far 
from our office. He stated, briefly, that ho was 
out of employment and in great need of ilie 
necessaries of lift*, and entreated us to find hi pi 
something todo. Knowing I its former employer, 
(whom we will call Mr. A.) quite intimately, we 
stepped into Ills private office and showed him 
the letter we hud received, and asked if the 
writer was worthy of assistance. Mr. A., in re¬ 
ply, handed us a few slips of paper and a letter 
from a former employer or the young man in 
question, and from these we soon learned that 
he really deserved to boseni to prison instead of 
receiving any sympathy or aid. Mr. A. said, in 
the most feeling manner, *’ I do wish that fellow 
would behave ns well as he knows how; for I 
need his services, and would gladly pay him 
even double bis former salary if lie would act 
like a man and be honest,'’ The position which 
this young man hold is notone requiring any 
great or special talent, probably nol beyond the 
capacity or any country School boy; but the 
chief requirements nre honesty and industry. 
On returning to our office we were met by a 
wealthy gentleman, whose llrat salutation was : 
“I am in great want, of a man to take charge of 
my country place.” I le then related his experi¬ 
ence in obtaining gardeners. Some would get 
drunk; others wore lazy and negligent: while 
another and very numerous class were foreign¬ 
ers, who canto with the best reootnmeudalions 
for honesty, industryaud all the requisite quali¬ 
fications, but they were su thoroughly imbued 
with foreign notions and the way things are 
done on the other side of the Atlantic, that they 
could not, or would not, adapt themselves to 
circumstances; eon-equcnlly their labor was 
utterly valueless. For instance, this gentleman 
having sot no two or three hundred aeresof land, 
was desirous of growing a largo quantity of 
evergn-cu Ire, :- for the purpose of ornamenting 
his grounds, ami he informed the gardener of 
this fact, asking him if he could raise them if 
the seed was procured. Of course, the gardener 
understood this branch of horticulture thor¬ 
oughly, and the seed of various species was Ob¬ 
tained, and in considerable quantities. But not 
a plant wa6 produced, and why? Simply be¬ 
cause this learned gardnor did not know that the 
climate of Germany and New York wore widely 
different, and proceed accordingly. Our wealthy 
friend is still in pursuit of a man who has com¬ 
mon sense, honesty, with a slight acquaintance 
with gardening, and is willing to put his whole 
heart into the work, and receive liberal wages 
for the sarno. 
While cun versing with i his gentleman, another 
dropped in, and learning the subject under con¬ 
sideration, Immediately remarked that he also 
was in search of a man to take charge of a small 
country place. Hisgardeu contained ten acres, 
no greou-housc, or anything of the kind that de¬ 
manded skill or experience ns a gardener; two 
to four men were constantly employed upon this 
small piece of land, and lie wanted to flndn tnnn 
that couid be trusted to get up in the morning 
and see that the other workmen were in their 
proper pkteo by 7 o'clock, and that everything 
about the place was just where it should be at 
night. And for this kind of service lie was ready 
to give a man and Ids family a handsome now 
cottage in which to live, and nil the vegetables 
and fruit desired from the garden, and from $500 
to $1,000 in cash per annum; and yer tbisgontle- 
man has not been able to find a good, honest, in¬ 
dustrious man to till this position, although men 
are said to be starving in our Eastern cities, aud 
in want of employment. 
We might, if necessary, name hundreds of in¬ 
stances similar to the above, and in all profes¬ 
sions and branches of industry, showing that the 
right kind of men are wanted,and in greutnuin- 
bers. It Is equally true that our large cities are 
thronged with idle men; but ihey.areof a class 
who seeka certain position,and will nut take hold 
of anything In the form of work^that may be 
offered. A dry goods clerk would scorn to be¬ 
come an errand boy, sweep out. an office, or 
shovel dirt In the streets; for.lie, with his raise 
pride, looks upon such occupations as degrading. 
Our cities are full of Just such men, aud the 
sooner they go hence. It matters not where, the 
better. The city must, look, as it always has, to 
the country, for men to fill the places of the ef¬ 
feminate, it no worse, ctLy bred youths. An ex¬ 
change is coostautly going on, and by this means 
we gain strength, honestyand industry. Weare 
not inviting country buys to the city; neither 
will we become an intelligence office, and en¬ 
deavor to find work for those out of employ, be 
they ever so honest or industrious; but each 
individual must seek und find his sphere in so¬ 
ciety, and then he will know what it costs, and 
appreciate it accordingly. 
THE PA0ITI0 RAILROAD; 
Having [to the Nation by its Construction, 
When the 1’aolfio KalLroad charter was grant¬ 
ed by Congress, there was no rush of capitalists 
to avail themselves of Its privileges. Indeed, 
the reverse was the ease; it was ’with difficulty 
that sufficient subscriptions could be obtained 
to effect an organization. For two years, 1802 
to 18*54, the Union Pacific Company wore unable 
to enlist enough names to begin work with. 
Its whole franchise might have been bought for 
a trilling sum. The. noun try was then a I war; 
its Pacific coast, was comparatively defenseless; 
the Government was absorbing about all iho 
surplus capital, ami it was found necessary—in 
order to have the road built—to ask Congress to 
lighten some of the provisions of the charter, 
which was. very promptlyfand unanimously 
conceded. At that time, ami under these cir¬ 
cumstances, the work of building a railroad 
across l,H0O miles of uninhabited desert, and 
over two mighty ranges of mountains, was 
regarded as something formidable if not impos¬ 
sible. Predictions of failure were common, 
and hardly any could be found sanguine enough 
to invest, a dollar in the enterprise. Hot us the 
Government was spending about five million 
dollars a year for conveying supplies to the 
troops on our frontier posts, and two million 
dollars for carrying a small fraction of the mails 
to the Pacific, It. was deemed importutjt that the 
work should lie begun, and twelve years were 
allowed In which to finish it. 
The sequel is well known to everybody. The 
work was carried on with tromondouB energy, 
against serious drawbacks, and was opened for 
traffic in Joss than five years. The Government 
mails aro carried in a fourth of Ihe time, at 
about one-fourth tho former expense. The 
supplies for troops are carried at a fifth part the 
former cost, and many of the outposts have 
been dispensed with, 'i’ll® Indian and Mormon 
problems are being peacefully and cheaply 
settled by the railroad. The saving to the na¬ 
tion il would bo hard to overstate.’ It is worth 
while to note, also, that this project, which 
looked so uninviting ten years ago, proves to be 
a very successful road, the earnings from com* 
nicrcinl business being largo and constantly on 
the increase. From an Annual Report. on the 
operations of the Central Pacific Railroad, (Og¬ 
den to San Francisco,) we learn that iho earn¬ 
ings of 1870 were fully $8,000,000, of which nearly 
$4,0<)0.000 was net— more than double"the inter¬ 
est payments on bonds—and that the income 
for tho current your is reasonably estimated at 
$ 10 , 000 , 000 —a very bright outlook m the second 
year of its completion. • * 
A dispute has arisen bet ween the Pacific Rail¬ 
road Companies and the Treasury, Department 
as to whether the interest on the IT. S. Subsidy 
bands should be re-paid to the Govern men l its it 
accrues, or by the transportation accounts as 
specified in the acts of Congress. ’ il is sought, 
on the one hand, because the Companies are 
now beginning to reap tho reward of their fore¬ 
sight and courage in the profits of their busi¬ 
ness, to construe the law harshly^ugainst them. 
Elaborate arguments have been, rendered on 
both sides, tho points of which it,would bo use¬ 
less to recapitulate here. Suffice it tosuy that 
ilie construction of the law, uphold by the 
Companies has been accepted and ai led on by 
successive officers of the Treasury and Law De¬ 
partments of the Government frpin Lite begin¬ 
ning until recently, when this fresh’and unex¬ 
pected demand was made upon*them. If is a 
question of construction of tho law, which Con¬ 
gress or the. Courts will probably honorably ad¬ 
just, and thus secure to the Companies all their 
rights. r 
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RURAL NOTES AND’QUERIES. 
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All Our Renders,—Agent-Friends, Subscribers, 
and Readers who are borrowers,—will please not 
“forgot to remember” that new clubs, or ad¬ 
ditions to present ones, are especially In order at 
this season. Also, that subscriptions (either club 
or single) can begin with the volume' ll* at any 
time—and that Premiums or free copies will he 
allowed on all clubs until otherwise announced. 
Furthermore that, ns the Rural New-Yorker 
is eleotrotyped, we can promptly supply any 
number or volume issued since the great en¬ 
largement and improvement of t he paper. .Ian. 
1, lK8t). Onr Agerps and other friends are doing 
nobly, all over the land—for which Thanks! 
Clubs from Western Now York, the Western 
States, and indeed lrorn all sections where i he 
Rural circulates, are larger than ever before at 
this season of the year. Trust everybody int er¬ 
ested will “keep the ball rolling" until all who 
ought to take this Journal are supplied. 
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A Great AdvcriNing Agency.—Ever since we 
moved into the Times’ Building, we have had as 
neighbors on either side. Hie extensive Advertis¬ 
ing Agencies of John Hooper & Co., and Geo. 
P. Rowell & Co. Our intercourse with both 
firms has booh pleasant, and we trust mutually 
profitable—for with each we have had frequent 
business transactions. Mr. Hooper, t He pio¬ 
neer Advertising Agent of New York, having 
most worthily acquired both fame and a com¬ 
petence, lately, with his partner, Mr. Geo. W. 
Wayhk. retired from the business—disposing of 
their long-established and lucrative Agency to 
Messrs. Rowell .(■ Co., who thus add largely to 
the great facilities and extended business tliey 
bad previously attained. We jnay hereafter 
have more to say of the career of Mr. Hooper. 
Meantime we congratulate the enterprising and 
progressive firm of Messrs. Rowell & Co. upon 
their great success in the past and brilliant pros¬ 
pects for the future. 
—On looking over thepages of the Rural just 
closing for the eloctrotyper, we observe that 
Rowell & Co. practice what they preach—as 
evidenced by their long and attractive adver¬ 
tisement. By tho way, it must require a vast 
amount, of figuring and labor to classify so com¬ 
plete a list, gl vlng the price per line for adver¬ 
tising in Ihe whole fifteen hundred papers, and 
also lor sections and States. 
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Lending nnd Burrowing.—Commenting upon an 
art icle heretofore published tu the Rural New- 
Yorker on this subject, a correspondent at 
Litchfield, HI., says, “ I am where I don’t believe 
t here can be found fifty dollars'worth of tools 
in the neighborhood, outside of wtiut I own. I 
am surrounded by a half dozen men, who own 
from w.\ to leu acres of land each, and no one of 
them owns a plow. I have found them lit farm¬ 
ing utensils for tlio last four years; none of them 
have a horse at present. What they intend do¬ 
ing next season I don’t know. My tools arc get¬ 
ting worn out, and I can’t lend any more." We 
do not tbiiik we should he very anxious about 
what became of such neighbors. We should 
just its soon think of lending such people onr bed 
as our tools: and furnishing them with fuel to 
keep them warm and food to keep them from 
starving, i t is an injury to such persons to lend 
to them, uud the man who does, it is worse than 
foolish. 
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The Export* uml Imports for the ten months 
ending October 81, 1870, were as follows'Total 
imports, $410,841,408; total domestic exports, 
(specie values) $35'.*,830,836; total foreign imports, 
(specie values,) $24,004,351. Of the total import 
entries for the ten mouths ending October 31 . 
1870, $300,405,71*4 consisted of merchandise of 
which $17,320,553 was tree of duty—and $30,435,- 
029 of gold and silver coin and bullion. Of tho 
total domestic exports for t he same period $399,- 
■101.035 was merchandise — $388,014,000 of which 
was shipped from Atlantic, and $10,040,905 from 
Pacific ports—and $00,359,311 was specie aud bul¬ 
lion. Of tho total value of foreign exports, 
$13,087,533 was merchandise, and $10,910,818 gold 
and silver. 
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Ayrshire flattie Breeder* will bo interested to 
know that the third volume of the Herd Rook 
(being prepared by a committee, of whom J. N. 
ItAoo Of West Springfield, Mass., is Secretary,) is 
to be kept open until April 1st, In order to re¬ 
ceive Ayrshire pedigree* from Canada. It. is 
said that overtures to this end wore made to tho 
American committee In the latter part of last, 
year by the Secretary of the Council of Agricul¬ 
ture for the Province of Quebec, but no ar¬ 
rangement wins completed unt il recently. The 
union will bo ono of mutual benefit, and the 
links that bind tho Cumulus to us will be strength¬ 
ened. Ayrshire cuttle aro more numerous in 
Canada than here, and an uuusuul number were 
imported last year. 
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Adulteration of Clover Heed. Whether the 
refinement of rascality practiced in Europe In 
tho matter of adulteration of seeds has been 
practically introduced into this country to any 
great, extent or ant. we cannot say. But here is 
something now ' n t he shape of a " confidential" 
circular t o n vei , "^ T' eiablesood tlriuiu Europe 
from a person in Hamburg, Germany. It is suf¬ 
ficiently suggestive without further comment: 
“Gentlemen:— 1 Deg to offer you. as per inclosed 
pattern, about JtQflVnL of sand used for mixing clo¬ 
ver seed, lit i lie very low price of 10?. fid. for unenter¬ 
ed, and Ite-Oil. lor cub trad, perrwt.. Iiiut Included, F. 
ii H Lens tti iilnsr wish lit hunihng hill pf hiding 
"I make ii (urge iuujiiie.«> therein to England, and 1 
us 1 suppose you want it ulso, I should bo glad to re- , 
colvo your kind orders; the sand could ho delivered 
thereabout four or five weeks after ordering. You 
luiiv roly on my discretion. 
* waiting your answer, 1 inn, gentlemen, 
’’ Yours, respectfully. - 
The I . H. Lite Insurance Co’s, twenty-first 
annual report, given In I his paper, presents a 
statement of business for 1870 well calculated to 
increase the public confidence. As will he seen 
its cash assets aro now $3,1480,323, nostly in vested ( 
in first class securities. After s .tting aside an 
ample re-insurance fund, (Inducting all indebt¬ 
ed ness, etc., the Company hat* a divisible sur¬ 
plus fund of $074,722 over and above all liabili¬ 
ties, for dlsl rtbution, after the 4th of March, to 
each participating policy, proportioned to its 
contribution to surplus. Tho cash income for 
the year was $903,807, while Iho losses were 
below expectations based upon the tables of 
mortality. The Company is I bus shown to be 
worthy of public confidence and patronage. 
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lii(|nlricM for Advertiser!*.—A. E. S., Elba, N. Y., 
asks where lie can get a pair of Golden Spangled 
Hamburg fowls.—We have several inquiries for 
pure Blood hounds. — Jennie Seaton asks 
what a pair of Leghorn chickens will cost, and 
where they can be obtained.—A Missouri cor¬ 
respondent asks where he can purchase Bronze 
turkeys, Toulouse geese and Rouen ducks.—A 
correspondent at Plymouth, Ind., asks where he 
can buy Brahma fowls. —A Deerfield (Moss.) 
correspondent asks where ho cau get a wind¬ 
mill to run a pump.—A correspondent at Strom* 
ness, Ontario, C. W., asks where he can get silk¬ 
worm eggs. 
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A AA'orU on Flnx and Hemp. — We have had 
several inquiries lately about Flax nnd Hemp 
culture. Homo years since we published a Man¬ 
ual of Flax Culture and Manufacture, em¬ 
bracing full directions for preparing the ground, 
sowing, harvesting, etc,; also an essay by a 
Western man on Hemp and Flax in the West, 
modes of culture, preparation for market, etc., 
with botanical descriptions and illustrations. 
This is n practical work, and contains much in¬ 
formation of value to those interested in this 
branch of husbandry. We have a few copies 
left, which will he mailed to any address on re- 
c-ep t of twenty-fivo cents. 
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The Han Domingo Communion.—A good deal 
of uneasiness is felt because the steamer Ten¬ 
nessee, which left New York Jan. 18. with the 
members of the above Com mission on board, lias 
not boon beard from. News of its arrival ought 
to have been received itt twelve or fourteen 
days. The party on board comprised ux-Sonator 
Benjamin F. Wade, the Hon. Andrew D. White, 
and Dr. S. G. Howe, Commistiotieis; Allan A. 
Burton, Secretary of the Commission; Dr. C. C. ' 
Parry of the Departilient. of Agriculture, botan¬ 
ist ; K. it. I ni l and John P. Foley, stenograph- ' 
ors; Prof. Blake ot the State Department, geol- ' 
ogist; ami Prof, T, F. Crane of the Cornell Uni¬ 
versity, Private Secretary to President White. 
In addition to these, Gen. Slgcl, Captain Henry 1 
Wade and Fred. Douglass and his son accom¬ 
panied the expedition. A number of newspaper 
men also went with the expedition, including 
William II. Hurlburt, Now York World; Gen. 
H. V. Boynton, representative ot' the New'York 
Associated Press and the Cincinnati Gazette; 
Homer J. Ramsdoll of the New Y r ork Tribune; 
C. C. Fulton of The Baltimore American, Ar¬ 
thur R. Shepherd of The Washington Republi¬ 
can, and Charles F. Hart of The New York 
Standard. 
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The Reason*,—J av CHAPIN writes U8 he sent, 
us an egg report Jan. 1, and that it has not been 
inserted in the Rural New Yorker, and wants 
us to tell him the reason. Wc will. Because wc 
have found something more profitable to our 
readers to publish. We thank our correspon¬ 
dents for their favors, are glad to receive them, 
and mean to do them all justice. But we find 
the Rural so small, and our correspondents so 
intelligent and prolific of good things that we 
have to publish those which seem most import¬ 
ant and timely to tho neglect of others. 
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An Oven for Drying Fruit.—A correspondent 
at Mercer, Pa., writes that last Summer a man 
passed through his neighborhood taking orders 
for an oven in which to dry fruit, but. they have 
never heard from biin since. TIo and his neigh¬ 
bors want such an apparatus, but do nol. find 
one advert ised. lie Urges that, if advertised in 
the Rural New-Yorker it would meet the 
eyes of many persons, We think so t oo. 
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The Traveler* Irniurnnce Co. (Life and Acci¬ 
dent) of Hartford, Conn., makes a very encour¬ 
aging statement—Its gross assets Jan. 1, 1871, 
amounting to $1,588,588.27. Its liabilities were 
$947,310.98—showing its total net assets (being 
amount Of additional security to policy-holders 
over and above reinsurance fund in both de¬ 
part im-nts, unadjusted claims, and all other lia¬ 
bilities) to be $041,277.29. 
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Hale* of Ayrshire*.—We learn that Gen. 8. I). 
HUNGKitPOitb of Adams, N. Y., has recently sold 
| several head of Ayrshire® to the Bov. Henry 
Ward Beecher probably for the Jaller'fffarm 
near Pookskill. Also, that. ,J. O. 8 kki;i,e of Wii- 
Jiaiunnsett, Mass., has lately sold a couple to'the 
Agricultural College of that State; aud that, Wm. 
Hiunie of. Mass., quite recently shipped five or 
six to Indiana. 
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Lam) Nnlc* In Xo. Missouri.—We learn from 
Howard Wilder, Land Commissioner of the 
Hanibul and St. Joseph Railroad, that, the Com¬ 
pany sold during the past month, to 23 purchas¬ 
ers, 841 19-100 acres, and two town lots, for $9,- 
594.28, or an average of $11.40 per acre. 
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Terms for Advertising.—An Illinois correspond¬ 
ent asks what it. will cost to advertise Leghorn 
eggs for sale in the Rural. If he will look at 
the advertising rates published near the head of 
first column of this page he will learn. 
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The Grrinniiiii Sugar Beet Company at ChattfS* 
worth, 111., Mr. Jonathan 1’kriam, (Superin¬ 
tendent of the farm of the Company,) informs 
the Prairie Farmer, is now manufacturing fifty 
tons of beets Into sugar per day. 
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A Mlnkcry.—We have had several Inquiries as 
to where is established a Minkory, Such in¬ 
quirers are Informed I hat one is owned by L. P. 
Ross, Tonawundu, Eric Co., N. Y. 
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Catalogues, Kit*., Received.—From E. Ware 
Sylvester, Lyons, N. V., hla abridged Catalogue 
of the Lyons Nurseries. From Alfred Bridge- 
man & Son, N. Y. city, spring Seed Catalogue. 
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THEJ3EAS0N. 
Aurelia*, Coy. Co., X, Y., Feb. 2.—No sleigh¬ 
ing; strong westerly wind prevailing. Butter 
worth 38®35o.» eggs, /35c.; corn, tiOc.; white 
wheat, per bush., $1.50; red, do., $1.35; outs, 50@ 
60.—H. 8. b. 
Carpiliterln. Hnntu Burlmrn Co., Cut, .fan. 19. 
But little rain here as yet. Grass growing 
slowly. Farmers busy plowing, and sowing 
wheat and barley. Bather a dry winter thus far 
throughout the State.—O. N. c. 
Wilson, lv. V., Fell. 3.—The weather for the 
past week has been quite warm ; mud deep, and 
tlie roads very bad ; tin snow. Since last night 
the wind has got around in the northwest, ma¬ 
king a regular high time of it, and freezing sharp¬ 
ly. - E. v. w. D. 
Williams, Bay Co,, Mloli., Feb, 3.—Snow two 
feet deep on tho level; weather moderate; hay 
is selling for $15® 17 per ton ; potatoes, 80c. per 
bush.; turnips, 50e,; work is plenty in the lum¬ 
ber woods; wages paid is from $20 to $30 per 
month.— j. d. w. 
MccUaiiicsIiurg, Frederick Co., .Mil., Feb. 6,— 
Mercury 5* above zero Jast night. Good sleigh¬ 
ing .ft week ago. Wheat worth $1,35® 1.40; corn, 
750.; oats, 50e.; butter, 25c.; eggs, 25e.; hay, $13.; 
good horses, $150®200; good cows, $3(X«>50 ; laud, 
$5055>100 pa* aore.—j. L. 
Claysville, Wash. Co., Pu., Jan. 31.—We have 
had a very nice winter compared with last; cold 
snaps; generally dry; right smart ol'snow ; crops 
good the post season, except potatoes. Wheat, 
$1; corn, 60c.; oats, 35e.; rye, 50c,; buckwheat, 
$1; potatoes, $1(2,1 .25; butter, 25o.; eggs, 35o.; 
pork, 7@8o.; beef, 8®9c.; sheep, $3®4.50 per owl.; 
labor, $1 per day; laud, $45, $00 and $75, accord¬ 
ing to quality and location.— j. s. k. 
IVItmroe, Oregon, Jan. 13. — Crops were light 
last season, owing to t he dry and hot weather. 
Not much winter wheat was sowed last fall on 
account of the dry weather: farmers could not 
plow. We have had but little snow yet nnd not 
much rain for Oregon. Wheat is worth 80c.; 
oats. 50c.; barley, 50o.; corn, 75c.; potatoes, 75c.; 
apples, green, 50o.; dried, 4c. per lb.; butter, 30e.; 
eggs, 30c.; labor, $1 per day.—s. a. il- • 
East Porter, Niagara Co., N. Y„ Feb. 7.— 
Weather record for January, 1871: Average 
temperature at sunrise, 2F; at 12 o'clock, 29'; 
at sunset, 20'. Coldest day. Jan. 23d; warmest 
day, 13th. Prevailing winds, from the west; 
wind on tlie coldest day. from the southeast; 
on the warmest day, from the northeast. Num¬ 
ber of days in which snow foil, 9; rain fell 4 
days; clear sky, 2 days. No sleighing during the 
month, and but very little rain. Mercury fell to 
2" below zero on tlie coldest day nnd rose to 02° 
on the warmest. Wheat is uninjured up to date. 
Peach buds are all right.—w. a. h. 
West Springfield, Moss., Feb. 8.— Snowing, 
but poor sleighing. The wheeliug has been 
• good all winter, except for about a week. The 
■ mercury sank to the lowest point tin’s winter on 
■ Saturday last, when it touched 10 below zero. 
Hay is spending well, and cheaper; sells now lor 
$30 a toll. Not mooli movement in cattle. To¬ 
bacco is being sold at from 20 to SOo. a pound. I 
have a neighbor who. a few days since, carted 
oil the product of about twoand n-quurter acres 
in tobacco, which weighed 4,550 pounds. Ho 
sold at 29e., though, aud he received $1,319.50, or 
at the rate of $580.44 per acre. I presume the 
manure aud the labor cost $200.—,j. n. b. 
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INDUSTRIAL SOCIETIES. 
X". X r . State Agricultural Society.—The annual 
meeting of this Society was hold in the Assem¬ 
bly Chamber, Albany, on the 8th insi,, with the 
usual attendance and proceedings. The reports 
of tlie Secretary and Treasurer were respec¬ 
tively read and accepted. T'ho Treasurer's 
report shows these footings Receipts for tho 
year. $24,308 67; on hand per last report, 
$17,977 15; total. $42,286 12; payments, $22,133 48; 
leaving on hand, $20,162 64. Mr. o. B. Grid ley 
gave notice of an amendment to the Constitu¬ 
tion, to be offered at t he next annual meeting, 
to change the little of meeting to the first Wed¬ 
nesday nr January. A resolution offered by F. 
D. Curtl* approving the actinu ot the Society 
for the Prevention of Cruelly 1.o Animals was 
adopted. It.'solutions iImt. vagrant children 
could bo better cared for in agricultural schools 
than In asylums or reformatory institutions 
were laid upon the table after discussion. The 
Nominating Committee reported the following 
Board of officers. whi< h w i cted 
PTeshleut lti<u mu> Church of Allegany. 
Vfec-Presn tents —Thomas H. Faile, Jr., Edwin 
Thorne, Julian Wiline, Frank D. Curtis, James 
Gcddes, William U. Ely. Bcnj. F. Angoll, and 
Horace 8. Huntly. OoraipmuHiio Secretary— 
Thomas L. Harrison ol SI, Lawrence. lYcasurcr 
Lu tlier Tanker of Albany. Kxcmtfvc Cmnniit- 
tee-Adin Thayer. Jr., Milo IngaJIshe of Ford- 
ham, Morris Robert, J, Swan, Harris I.-owis, Geo. 
11. Brown Joseph Julian and Joseph Cole. 
The American In*lttut<* held its annual meet¬ 
ing in its rooms. Cooper Building. New York,on 
the 9th Inst., when the following Board of Of¬ 
ficers was elected i Pres. - Wm. B. Ogden. Vice- 
fVctt’te—Chas. P. Duly. Orestes Cleveland, Henry 
‘A. Burr. lire. Sn-. Edward N.Dickerson. Cor. 
Sec. Samuel D. Tillman. Troon. Sylvester if. 
Cuittstook. (We omit names of Managers of Fair, 
and usual Co mm It tees, for want of -iinee.) The 
regular ticket received 177 of the 219 (ml lots east. 
All opposition tick'd, headed by Horace Greeley, 
received 11 votes. 
Vermont Horse A*»orbilh>o. - The Vermont 
Horn Stock Association met a* Bellows Falls on 
Wednesday, the 35th ult. Tho attendance was 
large. The reports of the Secretary and Treas¬ 
urer wore read and accepted, ii was reported 
that over $28,000 Of the stuck had already been 
subscribed. The charter of the company allows 
them to begin business with $35,000. The stock 
by the charter is $100,000. andean be increased 
to $250,000. The following persons were chosen 
its directors; Pren.— H.G. B*iot. Vice-lores’I s— 
Col. J. B. Mead, Marly M. Hall. See. — T. L. 
Tucker. TlXOS .—Henry C. Horton. 
AddiHim i'o. t Vi., Ac. hoc.—Annual meeting 
at Mi'ldhliiiry, Jan. 18th. Officers elected for 
1671. t’rex. Col. E. S. .St«»wi-:lu Cornwall. Vicc- 
1‘net'r—A. C. Harris. Short ham. N- J. Allen, 
I Vrri-dMirg. .Vac. Albert < nupmait, Mlddlebury. 
Titos, N. P. Barbour, Mlddlebury. Alsou Board 
of Town Manager*. Resolutions of respect lo 
the memory of Edwin Hultimund, one of flic 
founders aud best friends of the Society were 
adopted. 
Eastern Kennebec, Me., Ag. Soe. -Tbe follow¬ 
ing are I l.c* officers recently elected for 1871: 
PrcJi. A. Ii. Annus, South China. Vice-Pres"Is— 
8. F. Pierce. Windsor, and VV. J. Greeley, Paler¬ 
mo Center. Seo.—H.Colburn. Windsor. Frccus.— 
Wm. Perclval. Weeks' Mills. Trust* o- Jim. Reed 
and Nuilnm Rodion, So. China, and .1.4’. Uatcli- 
eliier and V. F. Fierce, Windsor; 1* B. Fwllerund 
C. B. Wellington, Albion ; Warren Pervi mi I, "Vas¬ 
sal boro: Samuel Norton and Edward Osgood, 
East Palermo; J. G. Cummings aud H. T. Gore, 
Liberty; Levi Turner, Somerville. 
X'orlh Kennebec, Me,, Ag. Hoc.-The follow¬ 
ing are the officers for 1871: Pres.— Geo. E. 
SllOituS, Watoi ville ; I’lCi PieYts. Joseph Per- 
ctval, Waterville; W. E. Drummond, Winslow. 
Trustee.*. — H. C. Burleigh. Fairfield ; Chester 
R, Drummond. Winslow; A. R. Bouiclle, Wa¬ 
terville: Win. I*. Blake. See .— Daniel It. Wing, 
Waterville. Trios. Ira H. Low, Waterville. 
Librarian —Daniel B. Wing, Waterville. Agent. 
—Epb Max ha m, Waterville. 
Kim* Co., Ale., Ag. Hoe.— The following nre 
thcoffieoraeJect lor 1871:— Pus .—TtMOTHY \V il- 
ljams, Rockland; Vier-Pusl'x Geo. W. Berry, 
Rockland; G. B. Ingraham, Camden; Simon 
Fish, Hope; Goo. W. Jones, Union; Warren 
Blake, Si-George. Trustees —John Folger, Hope; 
J. C. ulevcliuid, Itoekhmd; G. S. Burrows, Cam¬ 
den i Henry Spaulding, So. Thomirdon • Edward 
Kcllenin,Cushing. Sec -.—John w. Folger, Hope. 
TraUS. Jeremiah Tubman. UOCUIuud. 
Greeley, (Colorado,) Farmer*’ I'Inti. — One 
month ago the Greeley Fanner.*’ Club was or¬ 
ganized at this place, which Is the town center 
of Futon Colony ot Colorado. Stalled with 
thirty-live members, Present number sixty. 
Meet weekly for interchange ol opinions. Offi¬ 
cers: Pres.— D. Born. Set:.—J. M.Clark. Treas.— 
N. O. Meeker. Cor. Sec.—J. 11. Foster. Wosolloit 
circulars, for distribution at meetings, of any 
t hing Interesting to farmers uud fruit-growers. 
Cenirnl I'luculoaul#, Ale., Ag.Hoc.—At. the an¬ 
nual meeting the following officers were elected 
for (in- ensuing year; Pres .—A. M. Robinson. 
Vlee-Pns'Is. E. A. Thompson, Seth Lee. Sec., 
Titos, ami Coltcelor,— Lj'mun Leu. Trustees.— 
Wm. N. Thompson, Leonard Robinson, Henry 
B. (Jofrom Joseph Morrill, (.’has. Luring'. Sup’t. 
of Agricultural liulUling.- Wm. N. Thompson. 
Woonsocket, B. I., Poultry Club,—The third 
annual exhibition of this Club will lie held at. 
Woonsocket, Fob. 31-22. With a liberal list of 
premiums, payable in cash, and competition 
open io the whole country, a good show may be 
anticipated. 
Geauga Cn., <>., Ag. Hoc. -The following arc 
the officers elect for i»?l: Pura.-Luiiirai Rus¬ 
sel, Burton; Vtec-Pres.— L. L. Reed, Auburn. 
The Treasurer's report shows a balance in the 
Treasury of $140.49. 
Lorain Co., D. Ag. Hoc.—Tho following are tlie 
officers elect for 1871: Pm.—CHARLES S. Mills. 
Vice-Pres - Richard Baker. Sec. and Treas.— Geo. 
Metcalf Time fixed lor bolding Fair, Sept. 20th, 
21st and 22d. 
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