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L“ PROGRESS AND IWIPROVEIVIENT.” 
lore’s Boraf New-Yorker, 
THE GREAT ILLUSTRATED 
RURAL, LITERARY AND FAMILY NEWSPAPER. 
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Editor or the Domestic Economy Department. 
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SATURDAY, MARCH 18, 1871. 
PEACE IN EUROPE. 
On* Empire (s fallen; another is established. 
One Emperor has lost his Imperial power and 
functions; his antagonist is invested with both. 
France is not; Germany is. Franco is prostrate 
and humble; Germany is erect with power and 
pride. Paris is occupied by a Gcrmun army; 
Berlin is secure and soon to be the scene of 
triumphant acclnitn in honor of magnificent 
victories and invincible victors. Gerruany has 
dictated and France has accepted terms of peace. 
We are glad that this result is reached—not 
that Germany has conquered and Franeo is 
humiliated, but that peace has resulted. We 
trust it will bring the dawn of a new era of 
prosperity to France, and beget fraternity rather 
than perpetual bitterness. Both nations have 
suffered. Each understands the other better. 
The people of each have been loyal to manhood 
and apparent, duty. Barbarous as war is, its 
fruits are often, bitter as They may be, whole¬ 
some. Eoemies may be friends. The reaction 
of hate brings love. To all worthy natures this 
is inevitable. Right is born of wrong-else ihe 
theory ofJife and the phenomena ef living can¬ 
not be explained. 
Let us hope that Peace may bury in oblivion 
all the rancor that War has engendered; that 
the blood of the fallen may enrich and render 
fruitful the lives of the living; that the cost of 
War may establish the profit of Peace; that the 
desolation which reigns throughout France may, 
like the land shorn of its magnificent forest 
growth by ax and fire, be but a needed prepara¬ 
tion for a nobler culture, an improved product 
and a glorious fruition of wealth and happiness 
for her people. 
— It should be added here, and remembered 
by every American, that with the dawn of 
Peace France does not cease to suffer. War has 
broken and desolated her homos, swept away 
the resources of her people, and crippled her 
industries. She needs and should receive help. 
Every true man and woman's heart and hand 
will respond promptly to this need. Let there 
be no delay. Read the editorial appeal and 
announcement in the Rural New-Yorker of 
last week, and do what humanity prompts to 
help those who need it, and will never forget 
nor fail to appreciate the timely assistance. 
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SIZE OF APPLE BAEEELS. 
Some time since, in an article with reference 
to selling by weight, we stated that there was 
no legal standard for a barrel of apples that we 
kuew of. It seems, from the following letter 
from Hon. E. N. Thomas of Wayne Co., N. Y., 
that there Is such a standard. Wo are glad to be 
corrected; but, judging by the character and 
6 ize of the packages received in this market ns 
barrels of apples, not one in one thousand of the 
orchardists of the State know that such a law 
exists. Nor are its requirements regarded : 
In the Rural New-Yorker of March 4,1871. 
I find the following paragraph: —“Apple and 
pear barrels are as varied in size as clover 
leaves. A man who buys a barret of apples 
does not know whether he is getting t wo or three 
bushols. There 1 b no law fixing the standard of 
a barrel of apples or other fruit, that we know 
of,” &c., &c. Now, sir, everybody in Western 
New York knows what a legal barrel of apples 
is. By publishing the law, no doubt you would 
confer a great favor upon those who do not un¬ 
derstand it. 
SESSION LAWS OF 1802. 
Cn \p. 178. An Act to regulate the size of Apple, 
Pear, and Potato Barrels, passed April 12, 1802. 
See. 1. A barrel of apples, pears or potatoes 
shall represent a quantity equal to one hundred 
qimrts of grtiin oi dry measure, and all persons 
buying or selling those articles in this Stale, by 
the barrel, shall be understood us referring to 
the quantity specified in this act. 
Tills low was originated in the county of 
Wayne, und had my support in the House of 
Assembly. I am aware that some purlieu are 
opposed to It, and a law was passed last winter 
to repeal it, but Gov. Hoffman placed his veto 
upon it, which was wise aud prudent, and the 
luw now stands as above. E. N. Thomas. 
Rose, Wayne Co., Feb., 1871. 
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EUEAL NOTES AND QUEEIES. 
Dcnth of Judge Colburn.— The Hoi). JOSEPH 
W. Colburn died Feb. 17l!i, at his residence in 
Springfield. Vermont, aged seventy-one years. 
He wu 8 entirely a self-made man. but rose by 
his integrity, intelligence and ability to many 
honorable posit ions. He was for thro© years In 
the Senate of Vermont, and for four years an 
assistant Judge in the county in which be re¬ 
sided. He was a practical and successful farmer, 
and had long been engaged, to a considerable 
extent, in fine wool growing, fie attended tbo 
National Wool Growers’ meeting in Syracuse, 
New York, in 1805 , which organized the National 
Wool Growers’ Association, and took a deep in- 
terest in the measures there initiated in respect 
to a change in the existing wool tariff. He cor¬ 
responded much with the committee of growers 
wild, in conjunction with the committee of 
manufiieturors, framed the wool ami woolen 
tariff of 1807, aud took the keenest interest in 
their proceedings. He wrote frequently for 
agricultural Join-mils uu this and oilier subjects. 
He was a member of the committee appointed 
by the National Wool Growers’ Association, two 
or three years since, to examine tho samples of 
imported wools in the New York and Boston 
Custom Houses, with a view of ascertaining 
whether the tariff was properly administered. 
At the time u! his death lie was Treasurer of 
the Slate Agricultural and Wool Growers’ So¬ 
ciety of Vermont, and had been so for several 
years and contributed largely, by his care and 
prudence, to its pecuniary sucoess. He was an 
upright, well meaning aud useful man iu all the 
walks of life.—u. s. a. 
The llurnl Club of New York—Was Organized 
on tho evening of Feb. 28 by a number of resi¬ 
dents of Now York City and vicinity, who are 
specially interested In the cultivation of country 
tastes nnd Ihe diffusion of agricultural and hor¬ 
ticultural knowledge. After partaking of a fine 
dinner at the Metropolitan Hotel, a constitution 
was adopted, about thirty members enrolled, 
and the following Officers elected: President— 
Horace Greeley. Vice-Presidents- N. C. Ely, D. 
D. T. Moore, J. V. C. Smith. Recording Secre¬ 
tary— J. B. Lyman. Corresponding Secretary— 
A. B. Crandall. Treasure*'— H.T. Williams. Ex¬ 
ecutive Committee— F. M. Ilexainer, C. D. Bragdon. 
F. D. Curtis, P. T. Quinn. Tho leading features 
of this Club may be thus briefly stated: 
L Special taste for rural affairs on the part of 
its members. 2 . Quarterly meetings ol o social 
and festive ns well as business character, will bo 
held, each member having the privilege of in¬ 
viting two friends, and these may lie ladles. 
3. The sessions are to be timely in the diameter 
of Ihe subjects discussed. Thus:—In April flow- 
era will l • the topic, nnd strawberries in June; 
tin; August session will be a peach discussion, 
and a month In.ler the talk will be of Pears. 
4. Agriculturists and hni ilonltnrists of distinc¬ 
tion, from distant States a ml abroad, will be the 
guests of the Club. 6 . Only one topic will be 
taken up at a session, and the intention is to 
make that discussion full and exhaustive, ami a 
report of il may lie expected to give a completed 
summary ot the best that is now known ou that 
subject. 6 . There are to be but four regular 
sessions in a year, and these will be made of the 
greatest value to those who are seeking for exact 
and practical knowledge Iu farming and Horti¬ 
culture. 
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“ The American Herd Honk,—Containing Ped¬ 
igrees of Short-Horn Cattle,with Introductory 
Notes, by Lewis F. A li.en.'’ Volume X of this 
standard work is issued in handsome style, 
under the supervision of its veteran editor. It 
contains over 000 octavo pages, nearly 5,000 
pedigrees, and 72 finely-executed plates (page 
portraits.) Of course every breeder of Short- 
Horns will desire a copy. Ill a circular accom¬ 
panying the copy received by us, Mr. Ali.en 
says:—“In my jirospeotus lor Vol. X, I named 
iis price ns $6 per copy, it not containing over 
COO pages and about 3,300 pedigrees; but it it 
contained over that number, $1 additional 
would be charged for every 100 pages, Or the 
larger fraction of a hundred, beyond that num¬ 
ber. The present Volume docs contain over 000 
pages, with nearly 5,00,1 pedigrees and 73 plates; 
therefore, its price is ?0 per copy by express, or 
$0.00 by mail, post-paid. Those few persons 
who have remilted me $0 for their books in ad¬ 
vance, by express, or $6.50 by mall. Will please 
send the additional $3; or, if they decline to 
take the books at the increased price, i will 
return the money, with the interest on it since 
received." Mr. A llen's address is Buffalo, N. Y. 
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Publishing Siorles or Dig Crops, Etc.—A cor¬ 
respondent, talking of the practice of publish- 
I ingsuch stories, thinks it does good by stimu¬ 
lating strife in production. Yes! But it would 
accomplish much more good if those who send 
statements of big crops would also tell how they 
were cultirated, kind of soil, their cost and 
profit; so of large swine—tell the age, kind of 
food, cost of fattening and profit resulting. 
Facts and figures are wanted. If a man cannot 
show profit in the shape of dollars and ceuts, his 
story will not stimulate much, and ought not to 
do so. The name of producing the fattest ox-, 
hog, &e„ don’t amount to much, if the producer 
cannot show that he finds it profitable to do so. 
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Ferrets.— We have inquiries for ferrets. Sev¬ 
eral of onr readers who are overrun wilh rats 
want to know where they can be obtained. It 
astonishes us that they are not more bred in this 
country—especially in tho grain-producing dis¬ 
tricts where rats abound. They' are beautiful 
pots, and exceedingly useful. Our advertising 
columns are open to announcements. 
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Norway Oat Swindler*.—A correspondent at 
Van Buren, Iowa, writes that parties “are at 
present going nrotind through the country and 
selling Norway Oats who have not a bushel of 
these oats. By the contract the farmer pays $5 
per bushel for the seed lie is to receive from 
them, mid their promise to pay him on the 15th 
of November, 1871, $1 per bushel for every 
bushel be will raise." Wo advise our readers 
not to make such contracts. 
Appleton's Journal first published the finely- 
engraved view of “ A.T. Stewaut’s Hotel for 
Working Women,’ which appeared in our issue 
of Feb. 25th. We regret that proper credit was 
inadvertently omitted. 
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BUSINESS INF0EMATI0N. 
II. K. Bliss «V. Rons' Seed Business has increased 
rapidly for several years, and is now Immense 
and wide-spread throughout tho country. In 
noticing tlie last Catalogue of this establishment 
a contemporary says: —“As our readers arc 
aware, Messrs. Bliss & Sons remove*! last year 
Into new and huger quarters, at 23 Park Place 
and 20 Murray street. New York, where they 
have every facility lor conducting the immense 
business which results from the extensive ad¬ 
vertising they have long practiced, and the uni¬ 
form delight und satisfaction their customers 
seem to express. Mr. Bliss, senior, was one of 
the first to seek the custom of purchasers by 
mail in distant localities, and lias probably done 
more than any one else to popularize a system 
so advantageous to the public, and now involv¬ 
ing transactions of such magnitude in the ag¬ 
gregate, as would have been thought ten or flf- 
1 teen years ago, to be simply incredible.” 
A Scene or Beauty In Flushing.— A recent 
visit to the extensive propagating grounds and 
green-houses of Parsons & Co., at Flushing, 
Long Island, revealed to our admiring eyes a 
scene of beauty which made us forget that we 
had not fairly emerged from winter quarters. 
Twenty green-houses, l ull of plants aud shrubs 
iu full bloom, and acres of Rhododendrons, all 
ready to wake up at the touch of the suns of the 
spring time, show how largely the proprietors 
are prepared to supply these staples of beauty 
aud bloom. Azalias and Camellias of all the 
popular and select varieties arc the staple of the 
green-houses, while the fifty acres of out-door 
ground arc well set in Rhododendrons, Ever¬ 
green trees, eta., etc. Parsons & CO. arc both 
pioneer and preserving propagators, to whom 
the country Is under deep obligations for many 
good things in ibis line. 
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Live block Movements.—G. H. Leavitt, Flush¬ 
ing, N. Y.. has Just received from European itn- 
portatioii of White and Partridge Cochins,— 
Charles E. Coffin, Muirkirk, Md„ writes us be 
lias made the following sales:—To James M. 
Byars, Glade Springs Depot, Va„ Short-Horn 
hull “ Radical 8,880, ’’ Short-Horn cow “ Ringlet," 
Short-Horn heifer' 4 ' UUiiHft 6 tb,“find one Berk¬ 
shire sow; to David W. Kyle, F<wrest Depot, 
Bedford Co.. Va., Short-Horn bull “Muirkirk 
Laddie," aud Short-Horn heifer “Bonnie Muir¬ 
kirk.*' T. J. McCarty & Co., Salem, O., have 
recently sold Messrs. A. W. & J. L. Hardin, 
Worthington, Jeff Co., Ky., the imported Berk¬ 
shire sow " Lassie," for $500. This sow took the 
first premium at the Northern Ohio Fair, 1870. 
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The “ Kansas tiumlgrailoil Society,” whose 
announcement appears in this paper, comprises 
some of tho best, tarf wealthiest men of that 
progressive State, are assured will give 
none other than trim Information to inquirers. 
The fact that Col. Anthony, Editor of the Kan¬ 
sas Farmer, has accepted the Presidency of the 
Society—while the Rev. Winfield Scott, widely 
and favorable known in the West, is Its General 
Ageut— assures us that the organization is wor¬ 
thy of Implicit confidence. We think Ihe So¬ 
ciety will supply what is ueedod by many—viz., 
a disinterested, reliable source ot information 
for those who desire to Know, iu advance, what 
to expect as pioneers in Kansas. 
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Men Supplied.—Wo wish to say to the hundreds 
ol correspondents who want the address of the 
man mentioned in our editorial as having a ten- 
acre farm and wanting some one to work it, that 
the place is filled. 
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THE SEASON, 
Oak Grove, Dodge Co. AVIs., Feb. 25.—Winter 
mild: not much snow; wheat, spring, $ 1 @ 1 . 10 ; 
corn, 60o.; oats, 48c.; barley, 80c.; potatoes, $1; 
hay, $ 8 ® 10: dressed hogs, $?.5lXti:8.0O. Wheat 
bus declined 8 ®> 10 c h per bushel In the last three 
weeks.—G- g. w. 
Ames, N. Y», Morcli 1 .—Have had a very open 
winter; not more tlmn two days slolghingat a 
time, and bare ground a good share of the time. 
Fine spring wearier for two weeks back; the 
roads are very had, Spring corn, 855?,Tic.; oats, 
56c.: potatoes,5DS*55c.; eggs, 25e.; butter,S5@86c; 
coal, $7.50 per ton.—E. w. 
Carthage, Mo.. Feb. 23.—We have had one of 
the most disagreeable winters ever known in 
this country—more snow and more severe, cold 
weather. It is now warm and pleasant. Farm¬ 
ers have commenced to break prairie. Wheat, 
$1; corn, 40c.; potatoes, 40c,; cows, $30^.50: 
horses, $75^.150; pomes, $ 20 @ 100 .— j. j. 
Dnvis’ Mill*, BrntOB Co,» MUs„ Feb. 25.—Have 
planted nearly an acre of Early Rose potatoes, 
a few pens, and vegetnblesof various kinds. Il¬ 
linois corn is wortli $1 per bushel. Had slight 
fall of snow the 18th, which molted as soon ns it 
fell. Wood, $3®3.50 per cord: good lands, $10®. 
25 per acre; hay, baled, #33®33 per ton— e. w. a. 
Oakland, Douglass Co., Oregon, Fib. 10.— 
Pleasant weather; no snow yet: grain all sowed; 
fruit plenty, at 60c. per bush, for winter apples; 
good wheat, $1; oats,50c.; barley, 75c.; potatoes, 
$1.50; hay, $1D@15 per ton; butter. 40c.; eggs, 
30c. per duz.; horses, American, $60® 150 per 
head; cows, $253,45; land, $3.50@>15 per acre.— 
H. C. W. 
Roanoake, Ind., Feb. 20.—We have had n very 
changeable winter—sotuu warm \ ’eather in Janu¬ 
ary. Slock Is doing fairly. Horses, $125® 175; 
cows, 35®fl0; butter plenty at 16@18c.; eggs, 17 
®20e.! apples, $1.20@1.35 per bn.; potatoes, 80c. 
@1; hay, $10® 15 per ton; pork, net, $B®8.75: 
corn, 38(312c.; clover seed, $0.20(5,0.40; wheat, 
$138@L30-A,- C- h. 
St. Peter, \ieollet Co. Minn., Feb. 20.—Only 
three inches of snow as yet; roads splendid; 
stock wintering well; wheat, $1@1.10; corn, 50 
@55o.: oats, 35c.; barley. 50c.; potatoes, 1: but¬ 
ter, 25c.; eggs, 20c.; hogs, dressed, 0c.; cows, $25 
®0O; oxen, $75® 150 per pair; horses, $75® 150; 
bay. $5 ton ; wood, $2®4 per cord ; pine lumber, 
$15 to $35 M.; domestic do. $lu®20 do.; farm 
wagons, $80 to $100; steel plows $30®25; farms 
$15@75 per acre; unimproved lands $3@15 per I 
acre; farm bands get $10 to $25 per month, year 
round; room plenty; health good; society in¬ 
telligent; good opportunity lor small capitalists 
to invest.— t. M. l. 
Lnncoster. Po., Feb. 22.— Weather moderate. 
Have had good sleighing, but snow is nearly all 
gone. Stock of all kinds looks well. Wheat, 
$1.30®].70 per bushel; corn, 60c.; rye, 85c.; oats, 
50c.: hay, $lfi@.18 per ton; potatoes, $1@1.15; 
young pigs, five to six weeks old, $2®3; cows, 
$15®80: tobacco, $180.25 per owl. for wrappers; 
fillers, $8®10 per ewt., new crop.— j. o. K. 
Indiana, Pa., Feb. 2?.— Average temperature 
at 7 o'clock for tbe week, 29‘; coldest morning, 
Wednesday, Feb. 23d. Prevailing winds from 
south, east und west. Snowed only u-lmlf a day 
this week; t wo and a-hnlf days were cloudy aud 
raw, four day’s fair. Wheat on low grounds 
froze oul pretty bad; I he ground is bare. Labor¬ 
ing hands plenty: wages low; from $12 to $22 
per month. Grain at ft Stand still.— A. ,T. II. 
Erie Co., V. Y„ Fi-b. 22.— We have had a very 
mild winter. A cold, frosty December; snow 
three feet deep In woods, but in January and 
February little snow, anti now no sleighing. 
Hay, $13 per ton ; potatoes, 75c. per bush.; oats, 
53c.; corn moa), $1.65 per 100 lbs.; flour, (spring 
wheat,) $ 8 ; winter wheat Hour, $9; cows, $50® 
60; butter, 25®.30c.; farms selling at from $20 to 
$35 per acre.- r. G. H. 
Fairfield, Iowa, Kcb. 13.—We have not had 
more than three inches of snow at a time, this 
winter, but pretty good sleighing all ot' the time. 
Snowed last night; to-day is beautiful. Wheat 
is$l; oats and corn, 50c.; potatoes. 00c.; butter, 
15c.; hay, $ 3®5 per ton; wood, $2.50 per cord; 
horses, $80® 150: cows, $25®40; lmgs, 5c., live; 
land, wild, $5®15; improved, $ 20 ®4j). Timber 
plenty, aud grows cheaper as the country gels 
settled up,— Bona. 
Madison, Greenwood, Kan., Feb. 12. —Snow six 
inches deep op level; this is tho third big snow 
since the 11 th and 14lli of December,ihe present 
winter. No rn ins since October. Streams flush. 
Winter wheat nice; hay plenty. Stock looks 
well. Cows, $10(550: two-y-ear-olds, $25@35; 
pork, 8 c. per lb,; horses, $50® 136; wheat, tall, 
$ 1 : spring wheat, 50c.; corn, 25e.; oats, 35e.: po¬ 
tatoes, 50C.; eggs, 25e. per dozen; butler, 40c.; 
day labor, 1.50; land, $2.50®30 per acre.— j. b. ii’C- 
\un Horen, lown. Feb. 22, —We have not had 
a hard winter; lots of snow in timber. Wheat, 
§1®1.18; corn, 50®00c.; oats, 40®o0o\; barley, 
G0®00o.; Norway oats, $)®*1.50 ; potatoes, 45 ® 0 Oc.; 
butter, 15c. per lb.; eggs, 15c. per duz.; cows, $50 
® 00 ; hogs, dressed. per lb.; live, C® 7 e. 
per lb.: horses, $100®300; land may be bought, 
lor $25 per acre, with good improvements; tim¬ 
ber, $15®50 per acre; Improved farms in gen¬ 
eral, $30®5Q; taxes low; hay, $10 per ton tor 
wild; timothy, $15@18 .—j.t. 
Macon, Gn., Feb. 25. —Winter with ns has 
passed away. We have had a few cold snaps of 
short duration. Bpring business has commenced ; 
Peaches are in full bloom; gardens have gener¬ 
ally been prepared, and many seeds in the 
ground. Peas, lei luce, onions, &e., are peeping 
out of it. Many are now - planting corn and ma¬ 
king arrangements tor other crops. Plantation 
wages, $ 8 ®d 0 per month with rations: good cot¬ 
ton lands, $10 per acre; very choice, $23®<25; 
coin. 90e.®$1.10 per bush.; wheat, $1.4fl@1.50; 
Irish potatoes. $6.50 per bbJ.; apples, $8®,9 por 
bbh; Northern hay, ?l.oo®i’ per owt.; Htert oats, 
80c. per bush.; butter, 35c.; cheese,BO®25c.; eggs. 
25c.; fresh beet, 20®.25c.: pork, !3®15e.; Hour, $8 
@11 per bbl.; coal, (bit,) $10 per ton; onions, $11 
per bhl.; cranberries, $17 per bbl.; cabbages, 25® 
40c. per head; pcanuIs, $2.50per bush. Business 
very dull and money scarce.— e. o. b. 
Lockhart, Caldwell Co., Texas, Felt, 12.—The 
winter has been more severe than is usual in 
this latitude. The first cold snap came just be¬ 
fore Christmas, being preceded by about a week 
of drizzly weather; t he lowest temperature ex¬ 
hibited was h : to 10' above zero. A sev ere north¬ 
er, with heavy fall of rain and sleet, occurred 
on tho night of Jan. 12th, the mercury tailing 
from 70' to 28'; again, yesterday, a severe north¬ 
er, with rain, and nearly freezing. Aside rrom 
these "snaps,” the weather bus been generally 
mild aud pleasaut, with indications of an early 
spring and good crop season. Cotton not all 
picked yet; very low in price,and the planters 
who have run cotton-mad equally low in spirits. 
Corn from $1 to $1.25 a bushel, and scarce. Ten¬ 
dency now to more diversified farming; wheat 
alone can develop onr State. Railroads pro¬ 
gressing well, and “Jaw aud order" improving 
all the while.—w. 
Huntsville, Ala., Feb. 20. — Our winter has 
been fine. Money pretty close; cotton low und 
very many hardly able to make another crop 
without help. There is less wheat sown than 
usual. It seems wo can’t make anything but 
cotton. We need iu this county (Madison) 500 
good working families, able to pay lor their land 
and make one crop without getting in debt for 
it, as examples for tbc rest of us. Land is selling 
at from $3 to $20 per acre; horses and mules, 
$50@140; corn, 50@00c.; wheat, $1@L5Q; cows, 
$20@40; butter, 30@30c. The weather is cool and 
pleasant; frost or freezing, four nights this 
month, so far. Buds are not starting yet. Some 
have their Irish potatoes planted and some gar¬ 
dening done; but nothing put grass is growing, 
and that slowly. There are many setting out 
orchards of grafted fruit, and, on the whole we 
are getting over Hie effects of the war I don’t 
think we can over be very prosperous until our 
farms arc divided upaud the men living ou them 
own them.— j. m. m. 
East Jeffrey, TV. II., Feb. 27.— We have had a 
peculiar winter up lo this date. Have had 
seventeen snow storms—all very light —but 
twenty-nine inches in all, making but five weeks’ 
sleighing during the season. The ground now 
is almost as bare as June, and very muddy. Had 
the most powerful rain on the 18th inst. since 
last April. Have had but little severe cold 
weather. Thermometer IS'below zero Jau. 23d 
and Feb. 5th, respectively— the two coldest 
periods, The frost is deep in the ground from 
having so little snow, but il cleared up very dry, 
and 1 anticipate but little damage is done to 
fruits and vegetables. I believe the dry rest 
vegetation lias taken since August last will 
prove highly beneficial to future crops. Stock 
is looking well. Our fields being bare of snow 
gives them a fine opportunity for air and ex¬ 
ercise. Best hay is worth $20 per ton, and spends 
well. Northern corn, $1.25; Western, $1.10; 
rye. $1.25; barley, $1; oats, 60c.; potatoes, $1; 
apples, (Baldwins,) $2.50 per bbl. Fruit buds are 
looking well, but wo must have a light crop the 
coming season, a? no fruit tree cun carry a 
heavy crop of fruit and make buds for ihe next 
season.— l. l. p. 
INDUSTR IAL S OCIETIES. 
American Pomologicnl Soc.—The next meet¬ 
ing of the American Pomologicol Society will 
be held at Richmond, Va., on i he 6 ib, 7th and Slh 
of September next. D is ex pooled that this will 
be the most interesting and instructive meeting 
the Society has ever held, as the whole South 
and Southwest will there be represented by 
fruits and l ruit growers, as these sections have 
never been before; while lhe whole North and 
Northwest will attend for the purpose of seeing 
and comparing the products of the South with 
those of the North. 
\Vc»trrn Yew York llori. Soc.—At the annual 
meeting held at Rochester, the following officers 
were elected for Hie current year: Prcs.—V. 
BARRY, Rochester. Vice-Pres'ts.— T. C. Maxwell, 
Genova; W. B. Smith, Syracuse; I. II. Babcock, 
Look port. Sec. and Vrcus. — S. W. WnUelee, 
Rochester. Ex. Com.- II. E. Hooker, Rochester; 
John J. Thomas, 8 , N. Anthony, Geneva; C. L. 
Hoag, Look port; H. T. Brooks, Wyoming. j\o- 
tive Fruits .—John J. Thomas, Charles Downing, 
Newburgh; H. E. Hooker, George S. Conover, 
Geneva; Wto. P. Townsend, Lock port. Xnmai- 
elatwr. -Charles Downing, John J. Thomas, P. 
Parry, I). W. Beadle, Canada; B. D. Willard, 
Geneva. Foreign Fruits. - George Eliwanger, 
Rochester; W. Brown Smith. E. w. Hercndeen, 
Geneva; K. W. Sylvester, Lyons; E. Moody, 
Look port. Entomology.—n. T, Brooks, E. W. 
Sylvester, J. J. Thomas. Ornamental Trees and 
Plants .-James Vick, George Eliwanger, T. C. 
Maxwell. Garden Vegetables.— E. S. Hayward, 
Rochester; John Online, Luckport; J. D. Jones, 
Geneva. Committee on Incorporation .—John J. 
Thomas, E. W. Sylvester, T. C. Maxwell, w. 
Brown Smith, E. Moody. 
Ohio Union Fnlr Assoc,—This Association,em¬ 
bracing the counties of Clarke, Champaign, 
Madison and Union, at tho animal meeting, at 
Mcchanicsburg, elected officers for the ensuing 
year as follows: Pres.—R obert G. Dun, Madi¬ 
son. Viec-Preg .—Leonard B. Sprague, Clarke, 
cm. SVc. Stephen S. Staley, Champaign. Rec. 
See. -T. E. Shepherd, Champaign. Trcas.— ,1. C. 
Zcave, Meohunlcsburg, Directors.—Jus. 1 uiling- 
tem, Madison; Charles Chillis, Madison ; J. w. 
Robinson, Union; Daniel Boyd, Madison; Wal¬ 
ler Dun, Madison; Wm. Guy, Cliamjpulpu; E. P. 
Ri i tike I, Logan; J. O. B. Renick, Franklin; C. 
Hills. Delaware; Capt. V. Humor, Champaign. 
Directors who hold ofer from last year Clms. 
M. t’lmk, Clarke; Gilbert Farrington. Cham¬ 
paign; Simon Fahvliild. Champaign: Daniel 
McMillan, Greene; Daniel Rinse, Chumpnign; 
Charles Fullingion, Union. Tho first fair bold 
under Hie auspices of ihe new association will 
commence September 18th, ut Meehunicsburg. 
Court, Slnie Poultry Soc.—At tho annual meet¬ 
ing of this Society, held at Hnrt lord, on tho 21 st 
ult., tin: following persons were elected ufficors 
lor 1871: Pres. S. J. Bkstor, Hanford. Vlec- 
Prcs. S. A. Bassett, New Haven; W. H. Pond, 
Milford. Cor. Sec.— P. W. Hudson, Matiehcstcr. 
Rec. Sec. —W. 11 , Lockwood, Hartford. Trias .— 
E. l’almer Tiffany, Hartford. Directors.—H. 11. 
Snow, New Haven ; G. B. Hnbbcll. Hartford; 
H. H. Plumb, New Haven ; G. W. Bindley. Ham¬ 
den ; D. B. Dibble, Now Ilaven; Wm. li. Good¬ 
rich, llarllord; Alex. Harblson, Hartford; 
Clms. It. Hurt, Hartford : J. C. Hammond, Rock¬ 
ville: C. H. Crosby, Danbury;.,!. Board man 
Smith, New Haven ; G. E. Clueton, New Haven. 
Northern 111. llori. Soe. w the annual meet¬ 
ing Held at Rockford, Jan. 34-26, the following 
officers for 1871 were elected: Pres.— Samuel 
Edwards, LuMojile. Vice-Prcs'ts. E. Ot'dway, 
Freeport; D. C. Scofield, Elgin; R. Douylas, 
Waukegan; Capt. E. D. Beebe, Galena ; Arthur 
Bryant, Jr.. Princeton. <’or. See.— I). Wilmot 
Scott, Galena, Bet. Sec.—John W. Robson, Ga¬ 
lena; H. H. McAfee. Freeport. Trcas. — L. 
Woodard, Murengo. Ex. Com. Samuel Edwards, 
Lewis Ellsworth. NaporvUlo; E. 11. Skinner, 
Rockford. 
New Eocland Ag. Soc.—At its recent nniiunl 
meeting this Society elected officers lor tho cur¬ 
rent year: Pres.— George B. Loblncl Vfce- 
Pres'ts.—l f ov Malue, Thus. S. Lung ; N. H., Fred¬ 
erick Smyth; Vt., Edwin S. Stowed: Muss., Win. 
S. Clark; R. I , Amasa Sprague: Conn., E. II. 
Hyde. Soc.—Daniel Needham, ’liens. - Goo. W. 
Riddle. In addition, a local Rout'd of Trustees is 
elected for ouch State mimed, 
Kanxna htntts Hurt. Soc.—At the annual meet¬ 
ing of this Society tho following officers were 
elected for the year 1871: Pres.— Dr. Wm. Ilows- 
I. KY, Leavenworth. Tice-Pres. — Prof. B. F. 
Mungo, Munlmltun. See.— G. C. Brackett, Luw- 
rence. Trcas.—G. T. Kellogg, Ponornu. 
ManMuchiiHcttx Suue Bee Keepers' Ans’n,—The 
following officers have been elected for the en¬ 
suing year Pres. Alonzo Bradley, Lee. 
Vice-Pres. — Henry Ileuler, Worcester. Sec.— W. 
O. Sweet, E. Attleboro. Praas.-Iloward Keith, 
N. Bridgewater. 
The Norchendlern Bee Keepers’ Ass'n will meet 
ut the Agricultural Rooms, Albany, on the 15tli 
duy of March, ut 12 o’clock noon. 
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