their mothers cooked witli pot-hooks, over old 
fashioned fire-places, and never got up a decent¬ 
ly cooked meal in their lives.” And he classed 
such advisers with such men. One disrespect ful 
member expressed the belief that thlsGreeleyite 
had never had a mother. Prof. Squelch t timed 
to his neighbor and saidI believe young men 
who cannot sUiy.it home—who hare not elbow 
room enough for development, whose parents 
block their ambition at every step, will profit 
by going 'Vest if they go to work— to rough and 
tumble, take things as they come and make the 
best of them. Put let the same young man do 
the same thing here, nnd he will do as well by his 
latfor alone; lie may make more money by the 
rise of land there.” 
Trees Girdled by Mlw.-H. H. Hart, Vischer's 
Perry, N. Y.. quoted the statement of Major- 
General Curtis, that. it. required great skill to 
save girdled apple trees by connecting the bark 
with cions and said that. In 1855 thirty of his 
trees wore girdled for a space of from threo to 
twelve Inches. He used cions Inserted under 
the hark, above and below, placing them a half- 
Ilicit apart all around the tree. The wounds have 
disappeared ; the t reps a re alive, healthy aud pro¬ 
ductive. and under like circumstances he would 
do it again. Anyone who can whittle can per¬ 
form Hie operation successfully, Gen. CURTiSto 
the con tray notwithstanding. 
Done-dust Fertilizer*.—O iias. IT. WELLS, Pen¬ 
obscot, Mr., when visiting the Farmers’ Club in 
February, 1870,got a package of LiSTEit licoe.’ 
ground bone and applied it to seme melons. 
The result was astonishing. The products were 
shown at the fairs,and a great demand for seeds 
resulted, people supposing that it was the va¬ 
riety and not, the fertilizer used which produced 
such results. But he knew it was the boon dust, 
and had sent for a ton of it, and now wanted to 
know beforehand whether the Club thought it 
would do for other crops as it had for melons. 
Long John Lyman said It would depend upon 
the kind ol dust used. The finest ground (such 
os Mr. Wells had used) acted quickly when ap¬ 
plied to any crop. Hut if coarser ground its ef¬ 
fects would be less perceptible at once, but more 
last ing, lie used five tons last year. Applied to 
potatoes he realized little benefit; itserfeet. upon 
corn was more perceptible, and on grass still 
more. For cucumbers, melons, tomatoes, etc.. 
It Is excellent, acting quickly. But its action, if 
line-ground, ceases after two or three months. 
How to Buy Block. L. CONVERSE, Bucyrus, 
0., advises buyers ot blooded stock to tiay for no 
stock of any breeder unt il It reaches him. “ Be 
careful who you buy of, and never pay for any 
uutil you see It.” Prof. Squelch said, " Sound 1” 
Crooked Fences were condemned by Charles 
It. Smith, Hannhill, N. H.. who asserts that New 
York I uses 300,000 acres of her best land by crook¬ 
ed feucos. “Yes.” said Prof. Squelch, “and 
full as many more acres by unnecessary fences, 
whether crooked or straight." 
shelled pop-corn per acre than the big-corn 
farmers could of their big-eared corn—that the 
small kernoled corn that would produce two to 
six cars on each stalk would yield more than the 
larger Rorts of the West, that rarely matured 
more tlmu one ear to the stalk. 
Deep vs. Shallow Flowing.—Growing out of 
this Worth farm discussion came up this old 
hobgoblin again, Mr. Wilson stating that he 
reads a half dozen agricultural journals which 
frequently “try to show that deep plowing nnd 
subsoiling is the very thing for corn as well as 
nil other crops;” but that statement in the 
Worth farm story, that, shallow plowing produc¬ 
ed such wonderful results, has given Mr. Wllson 
“ much thought and concern " and he asks with 
evident anxiety, “ What is the use of getting 
agricultural papers when they confuse you? I 
appeal to the Club. What are we farmers to 
believe nnd practice when we see such contra¬ 
dictory statements?” l’rof. Squelch advised 
him to believe nothing, try all things and hold 
fast to that which is good; and the said Profes¬ 
sor mentally added that any man who lallRto 
use judgment and common sense in accepting 
or rejecting, using or abusing, any recommen¬ 
dations made in the papers ought to be put in a 
straight jacket long cnought to enable Idm to 
These people who de¬ 
indorsers, stating the facts, and mildly hint that 
you will believe their indorsement worth some¬ 
thing if they can influenoe Mr. Deitz to do 
what, he ought, to do—send you the seeds or re¬ 
turn you the balance of the money, with in¬ 
terest. 
PROGRESS AND I1VIPROVEIVIENT.” 
Cedar Mills. Meeker Co., Minn., April 4.—w e 
are having i* warm and lovely spving, after a de¬ 
lightful winter with but little 6now. Farmers 
are sowing their grain ; began in this neighbor¬ 
hood March 28. First wild flowers—two varie¬ 
ties—found to-day.—s. t>. l. b. 
Fort Wayne, Ind.. April 25.—Farmers in this 
section all well up wit h their work. The spring 
has been fine. Oats finely up, and a large area 
sowed; potatoes planted, and many up. Very 
cold for the last three days.— A. Link. 
Spartn, Tenn, April 21,—We are having a 
pleasant spring, although we had a frost in tho 
latter part of March that killed some of the 
peaches. Forest trees are leaved out. Apples 
were in bloom two weeks ago. Garden vegeta¬ 
bles aro up nicely—oats also. Many of the far¬ 
mers nave planted their potatoes; some are 
planting corn. Land very cheap. Have no “ax 
to grind ;’ am not a land agent, and cannot gi vo 
the exact prices, but “reckon” land can be 
bought at $3 per acre and upwards.—A. s. o. 
Mettdon, Adams t’o.. Ill,, April 2 4. —Wo have 
had remarkably flue weather Ihisspi ing. Cherry 
and peach trees blossomed full. Strawberries 
aro In full bloom. Farm work is progressing 
rapidly; oats all sowed; early potatoes planted. 
■Winter wheat never looked better this time of 
year; there Is a great deal sown. TTny, $15 per 
ton ; wheat, $1.40; corn, 40@50c.; oats, 40o.; but¬ 
ter, 25®30c.; eggs. IOc.; peach blow potatoes, 40 
@50e-enrly rose, #2<?2.50 peq^usheL— m. a. a. 
Media nlcstown, Frederick Co., Md,, April 21. 
—Wc have a beautiful spring here. F.ver since 
the first of March if Inis been like summer; the 
mercury ranges from 60' to 80’ in the shade. 
Wheat is worth $1.40(34.60; corn, 75c.; outs, 50c.; 
the best pine lumber. $00 per m.; hay, $10@15 
per ton ; good furin land, from $50@100 per acre; 
good cows, $40<8i60; good work horses, $1500200. 
The fruit trees are most all in bloom. There is 
a fine prospect for a good crop of fruit this 
year, if we don’t.get some late frosts to kill it. 
The growing grain crop looks very fine. Farm¬ 
ers are busy gelt lug ready to plant corn; some 
have already planted. Tho ground is getting 
dry for want or rain.— .t. l. 
Crowlnnd, Ont., April 25.— We are having quite 
an early spring, no snow of any account sinco 
it broke up about the 10th ot February. The 
roads have been In a very bad state till t he last 
week or two. Farmers in general are nearly 
through with spring seeding. Grass looks greener 
than it did last year by 20th of May 1870. It will 
lie a good fruit year if we should have no hard 
frosts to kill them. Peaches will also he a plen¬ 
tiful crop, ns every little twig or tree you seo 
looks asif they will he very full of blossoms from 
present appearance. Fall wheat in general looks 
well ami will l>e a good crop it nothing happens. 
Prices oT produce : —Wheat, red, $1,25® 1.30; 
white, $1.3504.40: oats, 55®00c.: corn, 75®80c.; 
barley, 70c.; Early Hose, for seed. $1.50@2; com¬ 
mon potatoes, 60c.; timothy seed, $3®8JiO; clover, 
$4.25@4.75 ; hay, per ton, $1(K§H1.—o. r. 
THE GREAT ILLUSTRATED 
8hort-Horn Block for Knn*a*.— It Is announced 
that the Hon. Ezra Cornell ot Ithaca, accom¬ 
panied by bis herdsman, Mr. John Watts, ba6 
gone to Kansas to select a suitable location for 
a breeding farm for Short-Horn cattle. Mr. 
Watts is an Englishman thoroughly educated 
nnd trained in tho care of cattle. He has had 
nine years' experience in this country in the 
care of Mr. Cornell's herd, and his success has 
been amply attested by the frequent awards ot 
prizes by the State Agricultural Society. Mr. 
Cornell will scud twenty-five head of Short- 
Horns to Kansasasa nucleus of a new herd, re¬ 
taining the others at Ithaca tor the University. 
Conducting Editor nnd Proprietor 
CHAS. D. BRAGD0N, ANDREW S. FULLER 
Associate Editors. 
HENRY S. RANDALL, LL. D„ Cortland Village. N. Y., 
Edit OH of thk IJkpabtmkkt or Shkuf Husbandry. 
X. A. WILLARD, A. M. % Little Falls, N. Y., 
Editor op tii* Dufaicimsnt or Dairy Hubbandhy, 
Col. S. D. HARRIS, Cleveland, Ohio, 
TjlAVRLIPO COMlKHrONnf.YQ EDITOR. 
T. HART HYATT, San Francisco, 
Con ditto i, or tub P*oinc Si.or* Dei aktmest. 
CHAS. V. RILEY, St. Louis, Mo., 
Con micron or Tint Entomouioicai. Depaiitmekt. 
MARY A. E. WAGER, 
Editozi or this Domestic economy Department. 
Fork NtntUtle*.—Mr. Geo. H. Morgan, Secre¬ 
tary of lho St. Louis Merchants’ Exchange, has 
compiled the statistics of pork packing in the 
West during t he past season, mid announces tho 
following figures:—Illinois, 1.220,077; Ohio, 681,- 
639; Missouri, 450,315; Indiana, 433,843; Ken¬ 
tucky, 274,257: Wisconsin, 244,200; Town, 169,483; 
Tennessee, 40,1164; Kansas and Nebraska, 27,892; 
Minnesota, 13,000; Detroit, 25,000; Pittsburgh, 
15,000; Atlanta, 3,000; West Virginia, 38,000- 
Toial, 3,615,1110. Average weight, 228 68-100 lbs., 
which is equal to 4,018,156 hogs of last season’s 
weight- 
think tho matter over, 
noubce agricultural journals because what one 
man does in one place and profits by doing, will 
not answer for another man, in another place 
and under different circumstances, to do, are 
kindred to the woman who informed her hus¬ 
band one morning Mint she had discovered that 
till the beans he had planted in the garden were 
growing wroug end up, and she had taken tho 
trouble to reverse their position, before break¬ 
fast, and came to him for a kiss of gratitude ns 
a reward for her services, gently suggesting that 
he must he more careful how he planted his 
beans next time. 
While the savans were discussing, nnd Profes¬ 
sor Squelch was thinking upon, this subject of 
deep plowing, a member of the Club whispered 
in his ear that he had found that deep plowing 
clay soils for corn did not produce asgood crops 
as shallow plowing. Ho bad tried it - had turned 
over clay eight inches deep and didn't get so 
good corn as when it was turned but three inch¬ 
es. It made Squelch’s hair stand straight up 
with indignation. Such nonsense! "Cannot 
men understand," he said to us, “ t hat w hen we 
talk of deep plowing we do not necessarily talk 
of inverting tho soil to a great depth? Don’t 
you know, air,” turning to Ids neighbor, “ that 
if you turn up cold clay in spring, eight inches 
deep, nnd that has never seen sunlight before, 
that you cannot expect seeds to germinate nnd 
plants to grow In It as they will in the surface 
soil that has been wiU'med and civilized by sun 
influence nnd is full of organic matter? And 
don't you know, sir, that yon can turn over but 
three inches ol clay soil in spring and yet plow 
it twelve to eighteen inches deep by following 
the surface plow with a subsoilcr; and that 
such practice is just what the advocates of deep 
plowing, especially of heavy soils, m Spring, ad¬ 
vocate?" “The noodles! ” we heard him mut¬ 
ter, as he rolled over the quid of tobacco in his 
mouth nod expectorated half-way across the 
room at the Commander’s polished understand¬ 
ings. Turning again to Ids neighbor he said,” If 
you at o going to turn over stiff soils deep, do it 
as early in the Fall as you can. Don't wait until 
Spring. Do It when the soil is dry and let t ho 
rains, snows and frosts act upon it; add your 
manure to it, and In nine cases out of teu it will 
produce better corn than tho three inch plow¬ 
ing. without any added Buhsoiling in spring. But 
you want to prepare your laud according to the 
crop you grow aud the nature of the soil. The 
advocates of deep plowing do not plow soil deep 
that, does not need it; nov do they plow soil deep 
that does need it, at any time of year; nor do 
they always Invert soli deeply when they plow 
deep. Yon want to remember that,and that a than 
who manipulates soils should know their uature 
and requirements just as a builder should know 
tho nature of the woods lie putsintoabuildirig.” 
We finally changed our scut to get away from 
the garrulous Professor. 
Red Clover Killing Cottle—(Hoveu.) — B. 
Reaves, Marshall. Mo., had two fine steers that 
were fed on corn until March 25 and then turned 
into a field of red clover. “After they had been 
on the field twelve or fifteen days, on the even¬ 
ing previous to their death they appeared to be 
unusually full nnd uneasy, and on the following 
morning found them dead. Now I wish to know 
If clover will kill cal Lie?” Mr. Dodge said yes: 
it generates gas in the stomach, resulting In 
bloat or hoven. Mr. Peters never had trouble 
when he turned his cattle into fresh clover, pro¬ 
vided they were not turned into il until tho 
dew was off and hud been previously fed salt 
and ashes mixed. Mr. Gannas said that the best 
way to relieve an animal affected by hoven or 
bloat, is to puncture the animal with n dirk- 
shaped knife (which every herdsman should 
carry) in I lit* flank, on the left side, about- three 
inches below the spinal column and midway be¬ 
tween the last rib and the hip; and as (lie knife 
Is withdrawn Insert- a goose quill or an elder, 
with Hit* pith punched out, so ns to allow the 
gas to escape. Prof. Squelch reminded Its that 
on page 363 of Rural New-Yorker, June 5, 
1869, wc illustrated this matter. And we copy 
an illustration then given showing where the 
SPECIAL CONTRIBUTORS, 
T. O. PETERS, 
Ats’rmit poky, 
K. W. STEWART, 
JAMES VICK, 
J. WILKINSON, 
MADAME LK VERT, 
JULIA OILMAN. 
V . BARRY, 
H. T. BROOKS, 
J. R. DODGE. 
F. H. ELLIOTT, 
HORACE GREELEY, 
J. STANTON OOI LD 
“NOW AND THEN,” 
Tcriim.— Only $1.50 per Volume of 'Hi numbers, 
or per year of a'2 numbers. To Clubs—per Vol¬ 
ume : Five copies for $7; Seven, and one free to 
agent, for $11.50; Ten, and one free, tor $12.50. Per 
year: l<iro copies for $11; Seven, and one free, for 
$19; Ten, and < no free, tor $25— only $2.50 per copy. 
The lowest Vearly i nto to Canada is $2.70, and f.ViO 
to Europe. Draft*, P. O. Money Orders and Regis¬ 
tered Letters at our risk. 
The Ultra I New-Yorker is sold by News Heal¬ 
ers generally. The Trade is supplied by the New 
York News Co., No. 8 Spruco St... New York. 
Advertising. - Inside, 75 cents per line, Agate 
space; Outside, $1 per line, each Insertion. For Ex¬ 
tra Display and Cuts, a prlro and n-hnlf. Special and 
Business Notice*. ft, (SO and $2 a line. No advertise¬ 
ment inserted for less than $3. 
Is lie n Stnmp Thief?—A correspondent asks, 
“Is J. M. North of Parlunan, O., who through 
the Rural advertised eggs from fancy fowls 
gratis, with the understanding that he was to 
have the privilege of purchasing thechickens in 
the fall at $5 each, a stamp thief 1 No one who 
writes him ever hears from him that I can hear 
ot." \Ve do uot know. If nooue hears from 
him, it would indicate that he is. 
BUSINESS INF0KMATI0N. 
Dr. Ilelrtibnld's Magnificent t'p.Town Drug 
Store.—Home months ago, after noting the re¬ 
juvenation and re-opening of Dr. Hklmrold’r 
palatial drug store, at No. 591 Broadway, we 
added: — “ Rumor has it that Mr. Helm bold is 
soon toopeu a drugstore in rheGilsey Building, 
Broadway and Twenty-ninth street, the hand¬ 
somest, corner edifice in New York,—and if this 
lie true, the public will probably have reason to 
exclaim, with emphasis, ' Excelsior !And 
now what we prophesied as probable is fully 
realized—for the Up-Town Store ha* been com¬ 
pleted, opened and pronounced, by both press 
arid people, a great, acquisition and success. For 
the space occupied, this is probably the most 
beautifully decorated and furnished establish¬ 
ment ol the kind In the world, and demon¬ 
strates the taste nnd enterprise of its originator 
and proprietor. In minutiae and as a whole, the 
store is a gem. and we do uot wonder at l he ad¬ 
miration ol visitors, from both the city and dis¬ 
tant sect ions. On t he opening night it was, as a 
contemporary truly says, “ visited by thousands 
of people, who looked and wondered and ad¬ 
mired for hours. All acknowledged that Abo 
store was beautiful beyond auythingof the kind 
that had ever been conceived, and mauy Indies 
remarked that it wainnore like the chamber ot 
a royal palace than a pluce where nasty, bitter 
drugs were to be dispensed, and doubtless in very 
large quantities. Nor was this praise exaggerat¬ 
ed, for the aspect is palatial. The ceiling is 
frescoed in the I’ompeinn style, with central 
ornaments of the rods of .Esculapius, around 
which serpents are entwined. The higlit is 
twenty feet, and the chandeliers, which descend 
from beautifully molded centers, are no less 
than ten feet in length. There are three at 
equal intervals, nnd they are completely of crys¬ 
tal, wrought In the most artistic and original 
style, with globes for the numerous burners, 
engraved with hunting scenes and with that 
monogram of H. T. H., which is synonymous 
with enterprise, fine taste and generosity 
throughout the United States.” 
PCELSI0J2 
SATURDAY, MAY 13, 1871 
NO. 5 BEEKMAN STREET 
Is now the Location and Address of the New York 
Publication Office of Moore’s Rural New-Yorker, 
All interested will please note. 
RURAL NOTES AND QUERIES, 
Promissory Note* to Itinerant Patent, 8eed, nnd 
other Peddler*. —A correspondent ol' the Rural 
New-Yoiiker in Central Ohio, asks If certain 
parties, whom he names, are reliable men. stilt¬ 
ing that they oiler lo sell machinery and take a 
promise to pay from the farmer, giving a guar¬ 
antee. We do not know anything about the par¬ 
ties named; but wo do know* that it is of no ad¬ 
vantage to a fanner to buy what lie knows noth¬ 
ing about, P»V with a note und receive a war¬ 
ranty from a man of whom he knows nothing. 
More farmers are swindled by this species of 
transactions than in any other way. The mnn 
who receives his note payable, discounts it (usu¬ 
ally) before he leaves the neighborhood, und 
when it becomes due the farmer finds his noigh- 
borholds it and beinust payit, no mutter wheth¬ 
er what he buystllis the guarunteeor not; ir not, 
he must collect damages of the man who sold the 
implement or article, and who generally lakes 
good care to be beyond reach, and Is, in nine 
casus out. or ten, utterly irresponsible it fie could 
be found. He charges such prices for what he 
sells that he makes a large profit, even though 
he sells the farmer’s note at a heavy discount; 
and when he has got the money in his pocket, he 
has got all that he wants, and takes good care not 
to operate in the same neighborhood twice. 
Don’t give notes; don’t buy what you do not 
knmt), in some way—either by experience or re¬ 
liable testimony—Is just wbat you want. Such 
is our advice. 
INDUSTRIAL SOCIETIES, 
AMERICAN INST. FARMERS’ CLUB, 
!Mnrtre*vlll© District, Ind., Aft. Sac,—Pres.--Dr. 
A. W. Reagan. Vice-Prest’B — Amos A Iderson, 
Asher Kell urn. See.—Amos Thornburgh. Cor. 
Sec.— Chas.Louder. Treae .—Lewis Robbins. Gen. 
Supf.—Ezra Olieman. Asst. Supt— VVm. H. Dry- 
ifim. Directors—Carey Reagan, Jacob Chandler, 
Dr. G. B. Mitohell, Nullum Gilbert, Bon. H. Perce, 
J. Hadley, Hon Fielding Beeler, Jesse N. Town¬ 
send, John D. Ballard. Jesse White, Wm. C. Mills, 
Samuel Moore. Ell Harvey. A. W. Sw carengcu 
and Holman Johnson. Thai Society Is composed 
of the Counties of Morgan, Marion and Hen¬ 
dricks. and holds Fairs annually. In September. 
Next Fair. Sept. 4-8. Side-shows and games of 
all kinds are positively prohibited,and no premi¬ 
ums paid on horses for speed alone. Wifi send 
Premium List soon.—A mos Thornburgh, Sec. 
The Poweshiek Co., Iowa, Central Ag. 6"C. is 
to hold Its second annual exhibition at Malcolm, 
Sept. 18-30. Pres.—II. G. Little. Sec .—James 
E.Johnson. 
The Jersey Co., Ill., fair is to be held Oct. 10-13. 
Notes cf Discussion, Extracts from Let¬ 
ters, «Scc. 
To resume:— 
These sunny Tuesdays are holidays for Agri¬ 
cultural Editors in this city. They make pil¬ 
grimage to Cooper Union to see or hear some 
new t hing. The gallant Commander of t he Club 
always gives his flock—individually aud col¬ 
lectively—a merry twinkle of his eye, and his 
nod is equivalent to saying, “I knew you could 
not break my heart by staying away, old fel¬ 
low.” The slim and slender Secretary moves 
about like a sylph. His gracefulness and the 
softness of his foot-fall are the cause of compli¬ 
ment upon compliment from the ladies, who 
beam radiant smiles upon his handsome, intel- 
tectual face, which glows with the flre6 of 
genius. 
At the last meeting Hon. George Geddes of 
Onondaga was present; and /lie way he did out 
nnd slash among the theorists with bis sharp, 
practical sense, was refreshing to lienr. If there 
Is one thing more than any other that we like to 
know belongs to a man, il Is common sense; 
and there is nothing that breeds it so surely as 
hard work on a farm, or dealing with material 
facts anywhere. Take for Instance the hack¬ 
neyed old theme of whether 
One Hundred Bushel* of Corn can ho pro¬ 
duced per acre, which was being discussed when 
wc last entered the Club Room. W, Wilson, 
Coutsville, Pa., had written the Club that lie 
doubted the statements of the Professor of For¬ 
eign Marble in his history of tho Worth Farm 
concerning the production of 11(1 bushels per 
acre, and adds: “ In this vicinity I cannot find 
any one who credits it 1 have lived the most 
of my life in Brandywine, and know there are 
many farms equalling Mr. Worth's, ir not so 
large, and you cannot find a man who will say 
he grew 110 bushels, shelled corn, 56 His., to the 
acre. I have found (by measurement) that It 
takes four stalks to the hill, three and n-hnlf 
feet each way. and two large earstotUeslnlk.to 
reach I)r. Trimble’s statements. However rich 
the land, corn will not mature so thickly plant¬ 
ed, ears being too niuoh shaded." Thenrrnigncrt 
Professor was rehearsing the testimony in his. 
possession confirmatory of his statements. lie 
sat down exhausted and disgusted at the incre¬ 
dulity of men, when Mr. Geddes startled the 
Club with the conundrum “ What do wo mean 
by a bushel of corn? When my distinguished 
friend, the Professor of Foreign Marble, asserts 
that 110 bushels of corn per acre was raised on 
the WoRTn farm, does he mean 110 bushels of 
merchaiiltttjlo corn? No, sir; I warrant not. 
He means green corn, unfit for market, and 
which will shrink from 15 to 25 per cent, before 
It can be safely marketed; for if marketed as 
measured, green, it will rot in a very short time. 
Now let us talk sense. And when we any that 
we grow 11C bushels of corn, let us mean that we 
sold 110 bushels ol' corn produced on ope acre, 
I have grown a good deal of corn, but I never 
produced 100 bushels of marketable corn on one 
acre, nor ever saw a crop that would yield that 
amount." Thereat there was“silenoe in the 
court, ” until Mr. Fuller, sUrnamed “ The 
Doubter" by the Big-Corn-Cropists, re-express¬ 
ed his skepticism concerning their doctrines, 
and said he could produce more bushels of 
BUSINESS NOTICES 
HARVEY FISK. A. S. HATCH. 
Fisk & Hatch. j 
Bankers and Dealers in Government Securities , > 
No. 5 Nassau St., New York, April 22,1S71. ) 
The recent advance in the Six Per Cent. Gold 
Bonds of the central Pacific Railroad Co. 
to a premium above pur, affords an illustration of 
the popular demand, both In this country and Eu¬ 
rope. for reliable six per cent, securities, having a 
long and fixed time to nin, and paying a fair rate of 
Interest on their cost; and It farther shows that the 
first mortgage bonds of honorahly managed railroads, 
when known and appreciated, will command public 
confidence, find must, to a large extent take the place 
of the Government Five-Twenties, (as the latter are 
purchased or culled In by the Government,) and thus 
command higher prices than heretofore. 
The Chesapeake and onto Railroad, under 
substantially tho same Financial and Executive 
management as that which has rendered the Central 
Pacific, so great a success, is helng rapidly extended 
to the Ohio River in response to the demands of com¬ 
merce for enlarged transportation facilities between 
the Great West and New York, and other important 
points on the Atlantic seaboard. 
The present successful operation of the 227 miles 
of completed road, Uie value of the property upon 
which t hey aro secured, the certainty of a very large 
and remunerative traffic for the roud. and the very 
high character of tno Company and of Us Officers 
and Directors, commend the Six PER CENT. GOLD 
Bondsoftue Chesapeake and Onto railroad 
CO- to public confidence as a superior, safe and re¬ 
liable security. 
Price 90 and accrued interest. Interest payable 
May 1 and Nov. 1. Hoods of 14,000, *500 and $100 
each. 
Wo personally recommend them to our friends and 
customers desiring to make new investments, or to 
fund their Five-Twenties. 
A difference of about 20 PER cent, may now be re¬ 
alized with entire safety by exchanging Five-Twen¬ 
ties for these bonds. F16K <x HATCH. 
A Fine Brochure, entitled "The Metropolis 
Explained aud Illustrated in Familiar Form, 
with a Map," has been published by Devlin & 
Co., the extensive and popular Broadway Cloth¬ 
iers. It is neatly printed on tinted paper, de¬ 
scribes and illustrates Central Park, ttud contains 
information and dula about other prominent 
features uf the Metropolis— including public 
squares find parks, public buildings, churches, 
banks, places of amusement, railroad depots, 
hotels, libraries, ferries, cemeteries, etc.,—with a 
flue colored map of the city. The book will 
prove very ns' ful to visitors not familiar with 
New York, aud can be readily procured, ns Dev¬ 
lin & Co. announce that i bey will be happy to 
present a copy to any one applying for it by mail 
or in person at either of their stores. 
The Best Deodorizer.— Samuel P. Hale asks 
the Rural New-Yorkf.r to name tho best de¬ 
odorizer for a farmer to use about his vaults and 
outbuildings, kitchen drains, &c„ and mildly 
suggests that he Is” In a hurry for an answer." 
Carbolic acid Is much used in cities. Charcoal is 
excellent for vaults, manure heaps, &o.; also 
muck; also clayey loam; chloride of lime is 
used, but we dislike its fragrance about as much 
as any other. Common ground plaster absorbs 
ammonia. We notice that spongy iron is recom¬ 
mended by Voklcker as a deodorizer of great 
power, exceeding in its absorbing power even 
animal charcoal. If water from the common 
sewers bo passed through this substance, it will 
be so completely purified as to keep sweet and 
colorless for months. Spongy iron is prepared 
by heating finely pulverized ore with pulverized 
charcoal in a close furnace. It Is thought that 
water filters made of this substance will possess 
superior advantages. 
Ruinsey Ar Co., Seneca Falls, N. Y.—Of all the 
places in this world lo see pumps, the little town 
of Seneca Falls is the best, and the works of 
Humsey & Co., are considerable. They mu Ice 
over 400 sizes aud styles, ranging in price from 
$3 to $400, and employ a force of 250 hands. 
Pumps for little cisterns, big cisterns; common 
wells and deep wells: short pumps and long 
pumps; pumps to suck and pumps to squirt, and 
pumps to 9uclc and squirt. Iron pumps and 
brass pumps; in short a whole fourslory factory 
full of pumps; besides, bells,Screws, &c.— S. d. h. 
A Front In the West.—On Sunday morning, 
the 23d of April, there fell a very damaging 
frost over all the region between Cleveland, O., 
and St. Louis, Mo., doing great injury to the 
fruits then in bloom—such as peaches, pears, 
ohenies, and in some cases to apples. The Irost. 
was so severe in some places as to kill the grape 
sprouts. There seems to be a diagonal frost line 
coming from the region of St. Louis to tlie 
northeast, the cold being most intense about 
midway between that place and Ohio—usually 
colder at St. Louis than at Cleveland. 
Fowl* Imported.— E. II. Warner, New York 
Mills, N. Y., has just received, for breeding pur¬ 
poses, from J. K. Fowler, England, one cook 
and four Buff Cochin hens; one cock and three 
Dark Brahma hens; one cock and tour Hondan 
hens; three Duck-wing Game Bantams, (silver,) 
all arriving in fine condition. Mr. Warner 
says;—“They are much the finest lot of fowls I 
over imported or over owned.” 
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY 
of ihe Presbyterian Church is to meet May 18. in 
Chicago, The subject of the Finances of the Church 
will probably receive a pretty thorough overhauling. 
The Five Million Memorial Fund will also be a topic 
of great Interest. The whole amount will be raised, 
fcend $1 to DKYA- BURDEN, Box 2321, for a full Daily 
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puncture should be made—at the point where 
t lie lines a, b, and c, d, intersect each other; or 
at the highest point in tho animal below the 
spinal column, back of the ribs on the left side. 
When the quill or elder is withdrawn, close the 
wound, if large, with a stitch or two. This is a 
perfectly safe process, mid we have saved the 
lives of aqimala by it frequently. 
Emigrating West.—An irate member of the 
Greeley Colony, Colorado, was roused to write, 
by some letter he had seen published from a 
Western man, urging people In the East who 
knew how to farm it to stay where they are. 
ThlsGreeleyite said:—"Just so, 6ome married 
men are always prating to their wives of their 
mothers’ excellent cookery, when the fact is, 
White Hellebore is an article that will soon be 
in demand for application to currant bushes, 
etc., and hence Seabuky& Porver wisely “ take 
time by the forelock” by advertising it in this 
number of the Rural. 
Want* to be Instructed, — A. W. Mathews 
G alley Book, Tope Co., Ark., writes us that Oct. 
4. 1870, he mailed a P. O. money order of $11.60 
to Geo. A. Dfjtz, Chambersburg, Pa., for seeds 
and his Journal. The Journal reaches him, bn! 
he has got no seeds, ami though Mr. Mathews 
has written four times concerning them, begets 
no answer, and lie asks, “ Will you be so kind as 
to instruct me what to do?” Certainly. Write 
to the editors of "Public Opinion” and “The 
Valley Spirit,” papers published at Chambers- 
burg, and ask them to send you copies of their 
respective papers containing the names of Mr. 
Deitz’s indorsers; then write to each of said 
The Genuine Mason Fruit Jar, advertised ill 
this paper, Is worthy the attention of those who 
have recently written us about fruit cans aud 
jars—aud also of fruit growers generally. 
PRESERVE YOUR HARNESS, 
by using the celebrated Vacuum Oil Blacking freely 
upon It. Applied to Boots, Itwlllrender theHurdest 
Leather soft as A'nv, besides making them water¬ 
proof. All enterprising Harness Makers and Dealers 
keep it, or will order it for you, from Vacuum 04 
Company, Rochester, N. Y. 
Inquiries for Advertiser*.— JonN W. MOROAN 
of Wisconsin asks manufacturers to advertise 
hay presses in the Rural New-Yorker. 
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