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“PROGRESS AND HVIPROVEIVXENT.” 
Moore’s Rural New-Yorker, 
THE GREAT ILLUSTRATED 
RURAL, LITERACY AND FAMILY NEWSPAPER. 
D. D. T. 3YEOOR22, 
Conducting Editor and J?ropx-ietor. 
CHAS. D. BRAQDON, ANDREW S. FULLER, 
Assooiato Editors. 
HENRY S. RANDALL, LL. D., Cortland Village, N. Y„ 
Editor or thr Iiki'aktmrnt or .Shkri* IIcsuandkv. 
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Ttirtunc Conimro*M!«<a Kpitok. 
T. HART HYATT, San Francisco, 
Conductor or tub I'Aciric Slock Dn sutmknt. 
CHAS. V. RILEY, St. Louis, Mo., 
Conductor or ni* Entomological Drr aktmkvt. 
MARY A. E. WAGER, 
Eoitob or tii* Bohkstic Economy Drr> utmknt. 
SPECIAL, CONTRIBUTORS. 
P. BARKY, 
II. T. BROOKS, 
J. R. DODGE, 
r. R. El,LICIT, 
HORACE GREELEY. 
J. STANTON CODED. 
‘‘NOW AND THEN,” 
T. C. PETERS, 
ANDRE POEY, 
£ W. STEWART. 
JAMES VICK. 
J. WILKINSON, 
MADAME I.E VERT, 
JULIA COL.MAN. 
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SATURDAY", MARCH 11, 1871. 
HELP THE FRENCH FARM&tS! 
All who have kept posted In regard to I he 
condition of France during the past few months 
must be aware of the great destitution mid suf¬ 
fering of the people, resulting from the destruc¬ 
tion and devastation of war. To relieve iliis 
great suffering the people of England and 
America are now making most generous and 
substantial effort®. The various organizations 
in Great Britain have already raised over 
$2,700,000 for the relief of the French people. 
The Society ol' Friends alone have contributed 
over half a milium dollars, besides supplying 
many implements, seeds, etc., for the peasaut 
farmers. In our own country less has been done, 
jot measures have been adopted which will ndd 
largely to the relief of the down-trodden and 
suffering people of once lmppy France. The 
Relief Committee of the Now York Chamber of 
Commerce had raised over $100,000 up to the 
20th ull. Other American cities are also con¬ 
tributing liberally. 
Our appeal is especially to the well-to-do 
Farmersoi America in behalf of their poor, des- 
titut and discouraged brethren in Franco. 
Their farms, gardens and vineyards have been 
devastated and destroyed, so that thousands 
upon thousands have noil her food to eat nor 
grain for seeding. An area of their country 
equal to the entire cultivated portion of the 
Suite of New York has been swept of seed grain 
by the armies. Honce the destitution is wide¬ 
spread aud uffucls a vast number of soil culti¬ 
vators, who are now looking wistfully for aid 
and succor to tlm laud for which La Fayette so 
bravely fought and contributed of his treasure. 
The following Address to Farmers and others 
will soon be published in circular form, over the 
signatures of officers of prominent. Agricultu¬ 
ral Societies, Agriculturists, Seedsmen, & 0 . It 
embodies facts of interest and value to all dis¬ 
posed to aid the almost ruined farmers of Franco 
—those who have u ell her food, seed nor money. 
AVe trust that, those of our readers who have 
grain mid seed will contribule of their abund¬ 
ance for the relief of tlioir struggllngand suffer¬ 
ing brethren. By uniting, the farmers or almost 
any thrifty town or neighborhood can send a 
handsome contribution, with little or no ex¬ 
pense for freight, through the Relief Committee 
of the New York Chamber of Commerce. 
Seed for Destitute Peasant Farmers in France. 
To Farmers and Others : 
The want of seed-grain by the Peasant 
Farmers in the Northern and Central portions 
of France, is now one of the ealamaties of that 
country. Agricultural Societies and various 
Committees in England and Belgium, are pre¬ 
paring to give and distribute such seed ns they 
can to relieve some part of this want. The 
timely arrangements that are being made for 
this purpose, and the offer made by the Relief 
Committee of the New York Chamber of Com¬ 
merce to give free mid speedy transportation for 
seed-grain from America to France, open the 
way for the immediate contribution and proper 
use of such seeds as the farmers mid dealegsin 
grain in the United States can give. 
To aid all persons to contribute intelligently 
and with the best effect, the following state¬ 
ment has been prepared by a Committee of ex¬ 
perienced agriculturists, who are familiar with 
the products and varieties of seed in France, ns 
well ns in our own country. 
MEMORANDA CONCERNING SEED FOR FRANCE. 
Spring wheat, beans, barley aud oats can be 
sent from the United States in season for plant¬ 
ing this spring. 
Wheat. — Nearly all the varieties of spring 
wheat grow well in France. The “ Black Sea,” 
J the “ Bald,” the “ Tea ” or “ Siberian,” and the 
“ SaltarlanWheat,” are particularly recommend¬ 
ed ; but any variety of sound, dean spring wheat 
• of the lust year’s crop will do well In France, as 
shown by the fact that of the more than forty 
varieties of seed wheat which the New York 
State Agricultural Society forwarded to that 
country for experimental planting a few years 
, ago, nearly all grow welt. Care should lie used 
touvoid sending wheat that has suffered from 
the weevil or the fly. It. should be placed lu 
i stout and well fastened barrels. The variety, 
the quantity, (net weight,) and the State where 
grown, should be plainly marked, in painted 
letters, on each barrel. Winter wheat may be 
sent in the same way, and should be marked 
“Winter Wheat," so that, if necessary, the Re¬ 
lief Committee may put the latter kind with the 
food supplies for immediate use. 
Beans.—T he most thrifty, early and prolific 
varieties of bush-beans, of last year's crop, may 
be sent, packed ami marked in the same manner 
as the barrels of wheut. The following vari¬ 
eties of beans are most desired and used in 
Franco:—The White Marrowfat, the China, the 
White Kidney, the Small White, and auy other 
thrifty bush beans. 
Oats —May be sent in hulk or In bbls. The 
heaviest, most prolific, undstiff-stmwed varieties 
will behest. The“Norway,"“Surprise,” “Nova 
Scotia " and “ Swedish ” are among the best. 
Barley.— All thrifty varieties will do well. 
The “ Ikirley-tfiat” also has been proved to do 
exceedingly well in France. 
The best varltles of spring wheat and beans 
arc the seeds most desired from America by the 
destitute Peasantry of Frauce. 
American peasshouhl not be sent for seed, but 
our bluo seed peas are very desirable as an 
article of food. 
Transportation to New York.— The donors 
lu each town and city will make tlielr own ar¬ 
rangements, and secure immediate transporta- 
tution by rallrend to>New York. Though the 
Chamber of Commerce Commlu.ee offers to pay 
the freight charges upon any quautliy exceeding 
one hundred bushels at one invoice, 11 is desirable 
that donors and tlielr own townspeople should 
arrange with the railroads tor free and fast 
freight for their gills, and that whatever Is 
given shall nciiially arrive in New York, and be 
ready for shipment before the 15Hi of March. 
The planting season is much earlier in Frauce 
tliuu in our Northern States. 
Tub Final Distribution of Seed-Grain 
to the Peasant Farmers.— The particular de¬ 
tails of methods cannot now be given, but the 
proper officers of the French Department of 
Agriculture win have special aid In certain de¬ 
tails of (his duty from agents of the Society of 
Friends, who have already rent stmm pines and 
selected seed-grain tu some of the derail ulc dis¬ 
tricts; arid to this excellent aid will he added 
whuicvcr more may be expedient by the Eng¬ 
lish, Belginu aud American Committees. Ameri¬ 
can contributors can give freely and at once, 
without fear that their gifts will be misapplied 
or lost. The New York Chamber of Cotnmeroo 
has a faithful Committee of distinguished 
Americans in London, and will have others in 
France, to secure the speedy aud faithful use of 
these gifts, and with the advantages of constant 
counsel and co-openitimi with other agencies by 
which similar aid is given. 
In the foregoing statement only such kinds of 
seed are mentioned as can best be supplied from 
America. Other kinds of seed and aid to the 
Peasantry are already being supplied from less ] 
distant countries. 
The N. Y. Chamber of Commerce Relief Com- i 
mittee bus given noliee that consignments of < 
seed for the French Peasantry will be received i 
at 61 Pearl and 12 .Moore streets, New York. < 
men have their share of the public domain to 
fall hack upon when other avenues are closed 
against them. 60 long will they be free ; but when 
Congress shall have stripped them of their God- 
given heritage, and handed them over to be 
scourged by landlords, then our boasted politi¬ 
cal institutions cannot save them from abject 
dependence and slavery. Ail our railroads had 
better be sunk to the bottom of the ocean, than 
to squander the people’s patrimony, the Public 
Domain. Is there any defense, Mr. Johnson, 
against silly and corrupt legislation?" 
From Mr. Johnson’s reply I inferred that he 
did not have much hope that Congress would 
ever cease to do evil or ever learn to do well. 
He spoke at considerable length upon National 
questions; and though politically of another 
faith, I could not but admire his clear, logical 
and patriotic presentment of important truths, 
1 could readily see that Mr. Johnson could not 
be coaxed ordriven from any position he should 
assume. Opposition would confirm him, aud 
make him n little more so. 
On parting with him t could not but feel that 
Mr. Johnson, like other eminent officials, was 
entitled to some of that “charity" so often 
cotnmeuded and so seldom practiced. Jlis resi¬ 
dence, on the principal street of Greenville, is a 
plain brown brick house, which would cost, I 
should think, about ulue hundred dollars. A 
married daughter, a little farther out, lives In a 
more imposing mansion. A young son is a clerk 
in a store. 
Aboui six miles out of Greenville the cars 
slopped before a grist-mill, and a fellow passen¬ 
ger pointed to a large, middle-aged man. with « 
high white hat, dark frock coat and light pants, 
leaning against the side of the mill door ns if he 
Imd nothing very pressing on hand, and said: 
” That is Judgo Patterson, son-in-law of Andy 
Johnson. lie runs that roil), and lakes only 
one bushel in sixteen for toll, while the law 
allows every eighth. The property belongs to 
Mr. Johnson; there are several hundred acres 
connected with the mill. Mr. PATTERSON lives 
over yonder,” pointing to a plain house near by. 
And this was the Mr. Patterson, and there 
was hfs wife, who ‘‘run the While House" at 
Washington during the most notable period of 
our national history! The lady who, by the 
laws of etiquette, was once entitled to prece¬ 
dence among the assembled dames of America, 
was living here in a plain farm house, away 
from all fashionable display, and finding, I hope, 
in humble duties and kind endeavors, the happi¬ 
ness that high position seldom gives. 
Greenville (on the Virginia and Tennessee 
Railroad) is a quiet, town, with, J should guess, a 
population of fifteen hundred inhabitants. I 
saw here the place where Morgan, the raider, 
was shot, lie came up to town with a few sol¬ 
diers, and while enjoying tilraself at the house 
of one of the principal citizens, the Yankees 
came. Morgan Jumped out of the window mid 
hid under a grape vine in the garden. He was 
discovered and shot. The hospitalities of the 
same mansion were tendered to us. How the 
world changes 1 
The surface about here is uneven and the soil 
moderately tortile. A great deal of land is for 
sale. Here, ah elsewhere, capital aud enterprise 
arc greatly needed. Mr. Johnson expluiuud to 
us that the South came out of the war with lit¬ 
tle but land and debts, and now there was an im¬ 
perative necessity to sell the laud, as it was un¬ 
tilled and unproductive. 1 
Very truly, Huon T. Brooks. 1 
RURAL NOTES AND QUERIES. 
MAX BROOKS’ SOUTHERN LETTERS. 
E.B~Prrsident Johnson ” Interviewed "—His Views on 
Important Subjects, and How lie and Ills Family 
Livc—Jiutqc and Sirs. Vallerson—Greenville—Con¬ 
dition o.t the South, &e. 
Greenville, Tenn., 1871. 
This is the residence of ex-Presidcnt Andy 
Johnson, and we inUi iUit'vd him. A gontleman 
at i lie hotel kindly offered to int roduce us, aud 
as wo went towards his residence, our escort re¬ 
marked, “There is Mr. Johnson at the corner 
ol’ the street." Wo looked, aud a rather stout 
gentleman of medium bight, dressed in black, 
with a black broadcloth overcoat, in a rumina¬ 
ting state of mind, selt’-posscssod, and apparent¬ 
ly free from sublunary cares* stood before us. 
He might, from appearance, be a retired Judge 
or clergyman ; lie is an ex-Presidont of the 
United States of America, and is now, as I am 
informed, Illustrating here at Greenville, the 
proprieties of private JJfo, 
Having caughtseveral “ Tartars" In the course 
of his official life, he doubtless said to himself,as 
wc were introduced, “ Aud what the deuce do 
Mr. Ellwanger aud Mr. Brooks want or me?" 
Assuiuiiigtliat he had said that, I replied“ We 
are looking about the country, Mr. Johnson, 
intending to buy a farm, if we find one thatsuits. 
We are very glad of an opportunity to pay our 
respects to you, and get your advice. 1 wish also 
to thank yon for your efficient support of the 
Homestead BUI in Congress; I believe you were 
about the only Southern man who stood by it in 
the start. It is a measure that. I advocated with 
pen and speech from the very beginning: Ido 
not believe so Important a matter ever caaiebe¬ 
fore Congress. The land grabbers will soon 
make it useless, by swindling the people out of 
all the laud which anybody can afford to take as 
a gift.” 
“ 'Valk in here," said Mr. Johnson, opening a 
door close by, and having handed us chairs, we 
seated ourselves by a stove iu a well ordered 
country store, kept by his son-in-law. Mr. 
Brown. 
“ 1 agree with you,” said Mr. Johnson, “ as to 
the Importance of the Homesleud Measure, and 
I deprecate those wholesale appropriations of 
the public lands to railroads that have already 
absorbed so large a portion of them. If actual 
settlers could have them, they would iu a short 
time add to the reveuues of the Government 
sufficient to build all necessary roads. The con¬ 
trol which corporations have acquired over our 
State and National legislation, is full of danger 
and difficulty'.” 
“ Your Excellency kuows very well," I replied, 
“ that the people are plundered by their repre¬ 
sentatives. Stealing money is a small offense 
compared with stealing land. So long as laud less 
Aa the Henson for Spring Advertising has ar¬ 
rived—especially for Seedsmen, Nurserymen, 
Implement Manufacturers, Dealers in Fertil¬ 
izers, &c., &c.—it behooves our tens of thousands 
of readers who are Rurallsts to rend and heed 
the announcements made from week to week in 
our Advertising Department, The enterprising 
and reliable men and firms who deal part icularly 
with farmers, horticulturists, and other rural 
citizens, are well represented in the advertising 
columns of our present number, and we presume 
the cards and announcements of this clusswlll 
be a prominent and interesting feature for 
several weeks to come. We therefore suggest 
to all desirous of purchasing any article likely 
to be offered through the Rural New-Yorker, 
a careful examination of the advertisements in 
each number. This course will prove beneficial, 
and oftou save the troublo and expense of cor¬ 
respondence or travel. We not unt’requently 
receive letters asking where and at what price 
certain articles cuu bo procured, when the sumo 
articles tiro advertised, or were recently, in this 
paper. Hence we say, with uuctiou, Head and 
heed the Advertisements! 
— The great superiority of the Rural New- 
Yorker as an Advertising Medium for nil desir¬ 
ous of bringing their business to the notice aud 
patronage of the most enterprising and thrifty 
classes, who reside in both Town and Country, 
throughout the United Slates, the Territories, 
and Canada, is acknowledged by many extensive 
wholesale dealers, agricultural implement and 
other manufacturers, nurserymen, seedsmen, 
etc. But, while Advertising is a profitable 
branch of our business, we by no means sacri¬ 
fice the interests of our subscribers by' inserting 
what we have reason to believo is unreliable— 
for we frequently reject advertisements. During 
the past week we refused one which would pay 
us $300 per week for several weeks. Though we 
may sometimes be deoeived, ouraimis to accept 
only 6uch advertisements as are unexceptionable 
—thus not only protecting our readers but ren¬ 
dering the Rural more valuable to honorable 
and legitimate advertisers. 
That Black List. — “ a Retired Florist,” 
writes us as follows:—“I have been informed 
that the 6©edsmen and florists of New York 
city arc endeavoring to form a Black List of 
tlielr non-paying customers. It is also reported 
t hat a secret preliminary meeting was lithl on 
the 3d of December last for this purpose, I am 
well aware of the fact that the seedsmen and 
other dealers iu seeds and plants In this city, as 
well as elsewhere, are often outrageously swin¬ 
dled; and while some such precautionary meas¬ 
ure would lio very beneficial to all interested 
parties, I am also of the opinion “that the public 
require a counter-list as a protection against be¬ 
ing cheated by a goodly number of the gentry 
who will be, and are, head aud front In forming 
the aforesaid Black List. Would it not be advis¬ 
able, or at leastn precautionary measure, to com¬ 
pel every seedsman who assists in getting up this 
list, to be sworn in and made to sulemiy affirm 
that lie will uevermix old rurnip, onion or other 
seed with his new crop, or send out any other 
variety except the one ordered? The florists 
might come iu under the solemnity of a double 
oath, blndlngthemselves never to substitute one 
variety of plant for another, easing their con¬ 
science at the time, by saying that he or she (tlie 
customer) won’t know the difference, for both 
bear flowers of the same or similar colors?—in 
fact abstain from all the well known ‘tricks of 
the trade’ so generally practiced, hefore they 
assume the character of self-appointed judges 
of their customers? Of course it will be useless 
for me to give advice on this subject: but were 
I asked for it I would say, deal honestly with 
your customers aud sell only for cash, except to 
men whom you know personally, and there will 
be no need of a Black List. This was my motto 
when doing business, and it enabled mo to be¬ 
come—A Retired Florist." 
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“Our Pilgrim Father*."—The Address of lion 
Marshall P. Wilder, President of the New 
England Historic Genealogical Society, at its 
annual meeting, Jan. 4, is, as are all his efforts, 
happy, appropriate and eloquent. We have only 
space for n single paragraph: 
No event .since the birth of our blessed Saviour 
has been fraught with such mighty Issues as the 
mission of our fathers to Mils land. Anri how 
would their souls have been moved with joy and 
thanksgiving, could they, when kindling the 
glimmering fires of civil and religious freedom, 
have hud but a glimpse of the how of promise 
which irradiates the present day I Already the 
day-star ot glory has arisen, and like that which 
Jed the wise men of the East, culminating over 
Judea’s plains, tho star of empire, lending the 
nations or the earth, finds its meridian Tilgbt 
over this western world. How marvellous the 
story 1 It is only one-fourth of a thousand years 
since the eagle of liberty first rested her loot on 
our rock-bound coast-only two hundred and 
flity years I And now to-day she stands perched 
on yonder mountain peak, stretching her broad 
wings from sea to sea, and proclaiming to the 
uttermost ends of the earth. Liberty of Con¬ 
science 1 Freedom for all! Servitude for none I 
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Indirect Advertising.—'There is a great deal of 
indirect advertising done iu tho agricultural 
papers. A man w ho has a stock of seed of any 
kind, or a breed of swine, or cattle, nr fowls, 
writes to some agricultural paper, or to a half 
dozen, beprafsiog the Barne; and if by hook or 
crook he can get his address given la connection 
wll h his article. It is far better (to liluv) than pay- 
ingfrom 75c„ to $2.50perline for advertisements. 
So Just at t his season of the year t he disinter¬ 
ested (?) testimony concerning this thing and 
that, is wonderful to an editor wtio has to super¬ 
vise its publication. 1 1 Is “ too thin,” gentlemen 
-"too thin I” Next! 
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Watering Jersey Hay. — We hear of a way 
some of the farmers of New Jersey have of 
getting adequate pay for their labor and—hay. 
They water it to seU to New Yorkcre, just ns 
New Yorkers water slocks to soli to them, 
These men get detected occasionally. One of 
them sold a well-watered load of hay, not long 
since, (at the trlfiiug sum of $1.50 per 100 lbs., we 
supposed and there was no time to unload it 
that night; botore morning it was frozen so hard 
that they had to cut it up with a cross-cut saw 
aud store it in chunks like ice. We do not 
advise any of our readers to adopt this new 
wrinkle. 
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II. If. McAfee, Freeport., III., the Western 
THE SEASON. 
v ’’ * wsnt Information, briefly, concerning the aeaaon, progress of 
the work, temporal,ire, crops, price# of form produce, stock, labor 
aud lauds, and careful estimates of the amount of grain and number 
of animals on band for sale, as compared with previous seasons, for 
publication under this bead.—Ena. Rpnal..l 
Plymouth, Chenango Co., IV. V., Fch. 13.— 
We are having a very cold, dry winter. Feb. 
4th and 5th thermometer marked 18* to 22’ be¬ 
low zero. Stock wintered very well. Money 
tight. Hay, $14@16 per ton ; Western corn, 90c. 
@1 per bush. - p, s. w. 
Amherst, Lornln Co,, O., Feb. 22. — Tho 
weather for the past week has been very change¬ 
able—rain, snow, frost and mud. Wheat worth 
$1.40t!? ( L4,3; corn, 00®)62c.; oats, 43c.; potatoes, 
00c.(3£l; butter, 80S25c.; choose, 13@,I5c.; hay, 
$10® 121 timothy seed, $6<g,7; clover seed, $o.50@ 
7; good cows, $50@75; land, $40® 100 per acre, 
according to location and improvements; labor, 
75c®$l per day.— a. a. r. 
Western Experimental Form, Indtnnn, Pa., 
Fell. 1«.—Snow fell to the depth of four inches 
this week; but it has all gone; ground nearly 
bare. Average temperature from Feb. 11 to 
Feb. 18,23* above zero. Grain looks very' well, 
only in very exposed situations. Wheat Is worth 
$1.25; rye, 75c.; oat«,40e.; corn, 65c.; hay. $10,00; 
potatoes scaroo at 90c,; butter. 25e.; eggs, 25c.; 
flour, $7.00; laboring hands plenty, wages from 
$15 to $22. 
Wilton, N. ' Feh, 17.— Weather has been fine 
for a week. No snow, but wagoning first-rate. 
This evening, at 9 o’clock, it begain to rain 
smartly. The ice in the bay has frozen over fif¬ 
teen inches thick. Prieeof land is steadily tend¬ 
ing upward; veoenlly, one l’ann of 80 acres sold 
for $80 per acre; another of 100 acres ut $150per 
acre; and another of 50 acres at $175 per acre. 
And by way of contrast, 1 might say that one of 
our neighbors has Just murlo a purchase of a 
farm of 160 acres with a nice brick house upon 
it, in the southeast, part of Maryland, on the 
east side of the Chesapeake Bay, for the sum of 
$1,000, designing to move there. Another neigh¬ 
bor has nmde a purchase of 3.000 acres of land 
on and near the White River, in Arkansas, at 
about an average price of $1 per aero.- e. v. w. d. 
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INDUSTR IAL S OCIETIES, 
'I he Lenawee Co., Mich., lliiirvinen’s Assncin- 
, " w .iH inCOt In Adrian, Mich., Feb. 22, when 
tin; following subjects will be discussed “Tho 
best Manner of Cooling and Delivering Mlllt at 
Factory;" "Caro and Treatment of Cows;” 
“ Floating Curds, their Cause and Treatment;” 
•Is U Necessary to Make Cheese on Humbly ?” 
1 he best Manner of Detecting Skimmed or 
Adulterated Milk;” “Does it Fay in Feed Cows 
in 8urnmer.” Anson Hart lot, President Ohio 
Dairymen's Association, will address tlm meet¬ 
ing, There is to be an effort to merge this into 
a State Association. The officers are: Pres.— 
Rufus Baker, Fairfield. Vice-Prcs.— J.U.Clink, 
Madison. Sec. —Jay Doug, Adrian. Trcas.— 
Samuel Horton, Fairfield. 
Caledonia Co., V t„ Ag. 6oe.—At the recent an¬ 
nual mooting of the Caledonia Countv, Vt. Ag¬ 
ricultural Society the tuliowing officers were 
elected lor the year ensuing; Pres.— CHAS. A. 
Sylvester. Barnet. tTra-Prcs’ts-Calvin Mor¬ 
rill, St. Johnsbui y; Joshua Hem Is. Lyndon. 
Secs.— 1. W. Sanborn. LyndonvlHc; H. C, Hast¬ 
ings, N. M. Johnson, St. Johtisbury; C- D. Hniin- 
erd, Danville. Trcas.—C. M. Stone, St. Jolms- 
bury. This Society was never In a more pros- 
naw/ilta 1 lir.r, r. a aL . ... .a * 
ix, ii. rreriporr* 11 .. rnr Wfist^rn , — •: . ■•■ •wa jh u mwir. uua- 
r , ' 1 . ’ ’ , VL5iern perous condition than at. the present time. It 
Farmer announce*. has been engaged to take has one of the best fair grounds in the State 
charge of the Experimental Farm of the Agrl- and expends uriuuallyabout $1,000 iu premiums.’ 
cultural Department of the University of Wis- —*• s - 
-«... »*- .-•— .-.- Western Michigan Fruit Growers’ Convention. 
—The third iimimil Convention of the Fiuit 
Growers of Western Michigan will be hold at 
Horticultural Hall, in Spring Lake, Tuesdav, 
March 7th, and continue three duye. The hos¬ 
pitalities of the citizens of Spring Luke m e ten¬ 
dered to all who attend from abroad. A com¬ 
petent gentleman will deliver an address on the 
afternoon or evening of the second day on sub¬ 
jects of interest to fruit growers. A lull at¬ 
tendance ol all persons interested In the fruit 
growing resources ot Western .Michigan is so¬ 
licited.— Chas. Ed. Soule, Chairman Bus. Com. 
1 cousin. Mr. McAfee has long been kuown as 
an Intelligent and successful horticulturist, in 
Northern Illinois—as a oareful observer and in¬ 
dependent Ihinker on Rural affaire. 
English Spnrrows. —L. W„ Pecatonica, III., 
asks where he can get a pair of these birds, how 
much they will cost, and how to keep them. A 
friend at our elbow said he attempted to get a 
pair of a bird dealer iu this ciiy, aud was com¬ 
pelled to pay $4 per pair for them. They are 
easily kept. They eat insects, bread, grains, etc. 
Bret Harte, former editor of the Overland 
Monthly, author of “The Luck of Roaring 
Camp,” “The Heathen Chinee," &c., received 
very generous notices from the California Press, 
recently, on lea ving San Francisco to take up his 
permanent residence in the East—New York or 
Boston. 
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The Homestead Low.—Let G. of Attica, N. Y., 
write to the Uni Led States Land Commissioner, 
Washington, D. C., for answers to his questions. 
They will be authoritative and reliable. 
BUSINESS INFORMATION. 
A .Magnificent “ Bouquet of Flower*"—Is the 
plate just issued by Briggs & Bko., Seedsmen, 
Rochester, N. Y. An experienced connoisseur in 
typography and illustration, now at our elbow 
looking at the charming picture, pronounces it 
the finest thing of the kind yet issued. It com¬ 
prises forty-three named varieties of flowers, 
drawn from specimens grown by Messrs. Briggs, 
tastef uily grouped and admirably' colored. Tho 
plate reflects credit alike upon the tuste of 
the firm and tho skill of the artist, Mr. Geo. 
Fraunbergbr, whose work is familiar to the 
readers of the Rural New-Yorker, to which 
he is a frequent contributor ol floral and other 
illustrations. 
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Fntrle’* Improved Stock Pump is an institution 
worthy of a charter. We can safely reiterate 
all we said of it in the Rural New-Yorker 
years ago, a portion of whiob is quoted in an 
advertisement given elsewhere in this paper. 
The invention Is specially commended to stock 
farmers. Its general introduction would be a 
great relief (if not prevent cruelty) to dumb 
animals, and we have no doubt Mr. Bergh 
would approve of it on 6ight. 
Emery’# Corn Plonter and Seed Drill is very 
seasonably advertised by its inventor and long¬ 
time manufacturer. It is too well and favor¬ 
ably known to require commendation. The 
same veteran inventor offers au improved 
Churning Power, to be run by dogs, goats or 
sheep. 
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The Illustrated Advertisement of Messrs. Olm 
Brothers, landscape and fioricultural garden¬ 
ers. etc., Springfield, Mass.,—successors to B. K. 
Bliss on his removal to New York—will attract 
the attention of those interested in flowers, 
plants, shrubs, trees, vines, etc. 
The It Ural’# Spring Campaign, thanks to Agent- 
Friends, opens finely. See our inducements for 
forming clubs, on page 152, last number. 
Hamilton, Ontario, llort. Soc.— This old and 
efficient Society recently held its unn mil meet¬ 
ing, at which very gratifying reports of its 
operations for the past year wore made, and the 
following olHoers elected for the current vear: 
Pres.-W. E. Sanford. Vlce-Pres.-A. Biting. 
Sec. and Treas.— C. Mellon. Directors-- Messrs. 
Rowe, Freed, Taylor, Stipe, Burnet, Murray, 
Townsend, Hendereon aud Sinclair. 
Kentucky State PomulugJeal Hoe.—The tal¬ 
lowing officers huvo been dented for the current 
year: Pres— R. s. Reeves, Alleusville. Vice- 
Prcs'ts— A. D. Webb, M. Combs, Jacob John¬ 
son. Cor. Sec— Z. R, Hoggins. Rec. See.— w. C. 
Brasliear. 2Y«w.~J. I Younglove. 
Jefferson Co., AVIs., Dairymen’s V#*’u.— 'the 
following officers have been elected lor the cur¬ 
rent year: Pres.-M ilo Jones. Vicc-Pres'ts-S. 
Faville, J. M. Case. Sce.-Q. C. OJiu, Oakland. 
Trcas— Daniel Holmes. 
BUSINESS NOTICES, 
BEE KEEPERS, 
Send for interesting discussions on Italian bees, 
queen rearing, wintering, &e., in report of The 
American bee Keepers’ association, in Minch 
number of The Bee Keepers’ Journal and National 
Agriculturist. Single copy sent free. Send iwno, be¬ 
fore the large issue is exhausted. Address 11. A. 
King, New York. 
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WANTED. 
The address of every reader ol the Rural New- 
Yorker, to whom will be sent. Free, a specimen 
number of the Pictorial Phrenological Jour¬ 
nal, that flrst-elass Family Magazine; or it will be 
sent “On Trial” six months to new subscribers 
for fl. Subscription price $3 a year. Address 
8. R. WELLS, 389 Broadway, New York. 
THE CELEBRATED 
VACUUM OIL BLACKING is the best preparation 
in use for oiling Hamm, and softening old, hard 
Leather of any kind. Sold by Dealers everywhere. 
PUBLISHER’S SPECIAL NOTICES. 
THE LOWEST CLUB PRICE OF THE RURAL NEW- 
YORKER is $2.50 per yearly copy to subscribers in 
the United States, and $2.70 to those in Canada— 
the extra 20 cents charged Canadians being Tor 
the American postage, which we are obliged to 
pre-pay. Any person offering the RURAL for less 
than the above rates does so without our authority. 
Additionn to Club# are always in order, whether 
In ones, twos, lives, 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. 
Show Bills, Specimen Numbers, Etc., sent 
free to all applicants. If you want such documents, 
let us know and they will be forwarded. 
See Kui nI Premium List in last week’s paper 
—page 152—aud note the‘‘Good Pay for DoingGood. 
