| upon the whey of the milk they produced, and 
! evou upon the surplus mil It if there was any use 
| for it. 
Cattle Dying or Apoplexy.—J ohn S. Bowen, 
Spencerport, N. V.. teiisof a cow that was found 
lying In a perfectly natural position, resting 
the head on the right shoulder. But on exami¬ 
nation she was found to he dead. No signs of a 
struggle were visible. Another steer was sub¬ 
sequently found dead In a similar way. No re¬ 
port of the result of a post mortem examination 
was made. Mr. Geddes had lost steers suddenly, 
nnd a post mortem examinat ion hnJ revealed the 
fact that there was somn derangement of the 
brain. Mr. Cmuris said it is a well established 
and generally recognized fact among stock 
growers that cattle die now of apoplexy—es¬ 
pecially highly fed animals. 
Treatment orLawn.—W esley Brown, Homer, 
N. Y., has a lawn which Is degenerating, and a 
coarse growing grass, which he thinks isorebard 
grass, is taking possession. He asks what ho 
shall do. Mr. CtmTis recommends cutting the 
grass often, adding seed if necessary, and un ap¬ 
plication of bone dust. 
Virginia a Safe nnd Excellent Home. — M. 
MARSHAL!., Petersburg, Va., has often won¬ 
dered why Northern farmers emigrate West In¬ 
stead ofSoutb. He claims. In a long letter, for 
tho people of Virginia, that they are law-abid¬ 
ing. courteous, hospitable, and that the material 
advantages and inducements to settlers arc 
groat. Thoroare twenty-eight millions or acres 
of land,scarcely one-fourth of which is occupied. 
Management or Pig*.— P. (}. METCALF. Atl- 
burtl, I ml., writ os“ I have a nice lot of pigs, 
twenty-live in number, ranging front two to ' 
three months old, and wishing to get litem in 
market Hits tall. I would inquire how I had bet- 
cook tho food or not? Had 
pre-empt one eighty nnd homestead the other, 
pre-empting flrst-both could be done the same 
day. A person wishing to locate should decide 
wlitch section of the country he desires to exam¬ 
ine, and go to the land office and get township 
plots, with the innd which is open to settlement 
marked on them. They cost $1 each, and a man 
by spending a lew dollars in this way, can save 
ninny times ns much by the readiness with which 
he can find a suitable tract not already taken. 
Borrowing and Lending Tool*. The Command¬ 
er oi Hie Club announced that he had received 
from Mrs. .1. N. Sturtevanr, a member of ihe 
Framingham (Mass.) Farmers’ Unior 
who are to make the most money hereafter by 
cotton planting —men who work in the field 
themselves, whose two or three hired hands eat 
at the tabic with them, and whose wives and 
dnughirrs pick out the cotton. The cotton is 
thus nearly clear gain, or has cost a very small 
amount of money, and that chiefly for fertil¬ 
izers.” 
$1.30; butter, 25<g30c.; good work horses, $100® 
300; cows, $30®60.— w. h. t. 
Shiloh, Wood Co., O., May 3 .— We are having 
fine spring weather. Winter wheat, meadows, 
spring wheat and oats look quite well; apples 
will be about half a crop: peaches nnd cherries 
wore injured bythefrost; wo will probably have 
one-fourth of a crop. Some farmers have com¬ 
menced planting corn. Hay is wortli $6®8 per 
ton; wheat, $1.30®1.35; corn,S0o.; onts, 50c.; po¬ 
tatoes, 50c.; butter, 18c.; eggs, J2Mc.; farm hands 
get from $13 to $20 pqr month.—n. w. 
Fort George, Fla., Mny I.— The season is well 
advanced, nnd although it has been quite dry 
lor several weeks, the crops are looking well. 
Corn, potatoes, sorghum, melons, &c„ promise a 
good yied. Wo are in the midst of imr black¬ 
berry season, anil they are very plenty. More 
corn and vegetables will be grown than last 
year. Our sea islands are floe for horses, mules 
and hog raising, the woods and marshes afford¬ 
ing n good range.—i. p. r. 
Nona Cambridge, Vt,, .May 15.— The spring 
opened early, and appeared nearly a month in 
advance of usual; but for the past two or three 
weeksquite a change has taken place—very wet 
nndcold. Grassstartsslowly,and islookingbut 
little better than at tho first of tho mouth. Only 
a small portion of the grain yet sown. Nooorn 
planted. Few potatoes planted. Butter sells at 
3-Vf?37c.; maple sugar, slowly, at 9®llo.; pota¬ 
toes, at railroad, Ci5®T6c. per bush.; oats, 65®75c.; 
corn, $I®L35.— e. p. m. 
Pnynesvllle, Sicorn* Co., Minn,, May 5.— 
Spring opened two weeks earlier than usual; 
hut for the lost three weeks we have had cold, 
rainy, York State weather, with east, nnd south¬ 
east winds. Farmers are nearly through seed¬ 
ing. Estrly sowed grain is coming up nicely. 
Corn pinniiug will commence ns curly ns the 
8th. Grass is starting, so that young stock pick 
their living. Wheat, $1; barley, 00c ; oats, 40c., 
hay, $5; butter, 35c.; eggs, 15c.; horses selling 
from $135 to $200; oxen. $H5®175n yoke.—n. p. a. 
Kiorkey, \. A'., tiny N.—The weather, for the 
last few days, has been very cold with raw, 
north wind. We had two days’ rain last week, 
so as to make the ground too wet to plow, which 
put back work, as most farmers ure just plowing 
their corn ground. Cherry and plum trees blos¬ 
somed full. Onts nnd barley up, and looking 
finely. Winter wheat Is growing finely, and is 
now over knee high. Cat t le are nearly all turned 
out to pasture. Potatoes are selling (except 
Early Hose, which are worth $3 per bushel) at 
60©76c. per bushel. Hay is plenty nt $8 per ton. 
—S. 0. 
Wallavtlle, Luzerne |*n., Mny 15.—The 
weal her since May came in (and some days be¬ 
fore) has been very cold and dry for tho season, 
giving poor encouragement for a hay crop. 
There have been frosts nearly every night for 
some time, amounting sometimes to quite a 
freeze. Think fruit must be somewhat injured, 
but to what extent I cannot tell. Apples are 
not fully in blossom yet. Somo few have plant¬ 
ed corn, but It will mostly be put in this week. 
Prices of produce are very good, considering t he 
long cop finned strike which still continues in 
and around Scranton, our chief market, in 
which market potatoes arc selling from $1@1.25 
per bush.; butter, 33@3So. per pound; eggs, 
18®22c- tier doz; hay, $20®22 per tun.—w. e. m. 
Rainey's Creek, Texan, April 2-1.—The winter 
was wet, cold nnd disagreeable. Spring pleas¬ 
ant. Peaches are fine; corn, owning to cold and 
wet, is not very promising here. We had a little 
frost last night, hut without much damage. Cot¬ 
ton will receive less attention this than last year, 
because great expectations were not realized. 
If the season is as good as Inst, not more than 
two-thirds to three-fourths as much will he 
grown. There is about one-fifili to one-tourth 
of Inst year’s crop on band. The beof trade has 
opened lively, with a decided advance, the stock 
being, ns a general thing, of an inferior quality. 
Texans are gradually giving up stock raising, 
nnd turning more attention to the cultivation of 
the soil. Land is rising in value, and emigrants 
pouring in from every State in the Union.—A 
Texan. 
Du Quoin, III., May 15.— Weather dry and 
hot. Thermometer, yesterday, at 96 In the shade 
atl P.M.; 86’ at sundown. Wheatnnd oats suf¬ 
fering. Corn, three weeks in the ground, not 
yet up. Hard times on nursery stock JiiBt plant¬ 
ed. Grapes a failure this year—cut off by the 
frost, April 23. Many vines killed to the ground; 
strawberries throe-fourths killed ; about the 
same of Doolittle and Davison’s Thornless llasp- 
berry ; Miami, one-fourth killed ; Mammoth 
Cluster and Philadelphia, but little injured ; 
Clarke, all killed, and some of trie vines, too. 
Biackberries-Luwton, one-half killed; Crystal 
White, one-fourth; Klttutlnny, nine-tenths kill¬ 
ed. Large fruits much injured. Insects very 
bad; money soarce; speculators few; farmers 
cautious of dobt, Rnd finances are in a fair con- 
dition. Wheat, $1.30; corn, 55c.; oats, 40c.; but¬ 
ter, 35c.; eggs, 12Xc.— a. d. 
THE GREAT ILLU6TKATED 
Mink Culture.-There have been repeated in¬ 
quiries from our correspondents for informa¬ 
tion concerning mink breeding, rearing and 
general management and habits. We give a 
very interesting letter on another page of this 
paper concerning a rainkery near Verona, N. 
Y„ which will answer many of these inquiries. 
It is appareut that it is uot a vocation in which 
every man who has money to buy or skill to 
cutch a pair of minks, can succeed. Our cor¬ 
respondent, wbo furnishes this interesting in¬ 
formation, Ims met. the wants, in many respects, 
of a large number of readers of the Rural New- 
Yorker. 
Conduct tug 
CHAS. D. BRAGD0N, ANDREW S. FULLER 
A BHOciate KditorH. 
1 . a copy of 
the ‘Rules nnd Regulations Concerning Letting 
Tools,” adopted by t he said Union, the object of 
whose organizat ion is thus explained : 
Whatever may be the cause, expensive and effi¬ 
cient agricultural implements are not in cnnmioti 
use. To purchase machinery capable n t great ro- 
sults, an outlay vs fiiioulncurred nut of proportion 
to the profit* of agriculture, but a great vartriv of 
tho hesl tools owned in New England Cointuuuftics 
are worked to hut a fraction of i liclr capacity, al¬ 
though they arc oi vital importance to rural indus¬ 
try. Nuwbiuc else are they so much needed. Like 
money, farm machinery is locked In the strongholds 
of a few. 
To release these Implements and diffuso rhelr use¬ 
fulness, to place Un* Viest tools within the reach of 
every farmer, is tin? object of this AHSoelnllnn. 
The cbarKt'-ll.sf. Is forwarded on trimmest) inlnci- 
ules, Tool* will not he let unless both parlies arc 
benefited. A? all persons may bo aided, we invite 
them to extend the usefulness of this system by 
adopting Us method*. 
The following rules are established with re¬ 
gard to borrowing and tending: 
1. Lenders will exact care in the management of 
tools. 
2. Hirers must pay for damage occasioned by care¬ 
lessness. 
8. The time upon which a charge is based shall be 
estimated from tin? taking nt the ton) until the same 
is returned. Any part nf n. d«v shall for tilts purpose 
bp regarded ns a whole day, except as hereinafter 
provided. 
4. Tools will not be let for a single day for a less 
sum than 10 centa. 
6. Terms are strictly cash. 
6. In nil cases of disagreement between a hirer and 
the owner concerning a tool the arbitrators of ihi» 
association shall decide, and their decision shall be 
final._ 
7. No member of this association shall in any i-i^e 
allow his Implements to be used on any other terms 
than those stated in the charge-list of the associa¬ 
tion, except it be for the purpose of charity. 
8. All persons taking tools from any member of 
this association shall 1)0 governed by Lhosc rules. 
The Commander said that the Union has a 
Secretary, and includes some of Boston’s best 
business men who have got away from tlie Hub 
out among the ‘‘felloes." Looking over the 
rates of prices In tho “ charge-list,” he notices 
that the rate per day for an axis 10 cents; alan- 
niug-uuJl 75cents; hay press $3. 
HENRY S. RANDALL, LL. D„ Cortland Village, N. Y., 
i.DITOIl OF TIIK DKfAllTUIthT Of StfKKr HU»»AM>XY. 
X. A. WILLARD, A. M„ Little Falls, N. Y„ 
Kioto* or ill* Dm'iktmkkt or Prl*r Hu»»*bd»». 
Col. S. D. HARRIS, Cleveland, Ohio, 
Traveling Corwr*FO*i*i.va Editor. 
T. HART HYATT, San Francisco, 
Conductor or nut Pacific Slop* Dbiartment. 
CHAS. V. RILEY, St. Louis, Mo., 
Conductor or tm» Entomological Department. 
MARY A. E. WAGER. 
Editor or tiie Dom«>tic Economy Department. 
V Book Wnnlcd.^Mrs. J. G. I’, writesWill 
you give me the title of a book on Landscape 
Gardening—one host adapted to that class who 
want plans for tlie adornment of home grounds, 
but not so elaborate as to require ’he services 
of a gardener to keep them in order?"—Wo do 
not know of any book of the kind published in 
this country, but one is very much needed. 
Will not some of our landscape gardeners, Who 
possess the talent, give us such a work? 
Tuvins. -Only SI .50 per Volume of ‘ iff number*, 
or #3 per year of o'i number*. To Club*—per Fol¬ 
ium: Fire copies for $7: Seven, and one free to 
agent, for $9.50; Ten, and one free, for $12.50. Per 
Year: Five copies for $14; Sevon, and one free, for 
$19: Ten, and one free, for $25—only $2.50 per copy. 
The lowest Yearly rate to Canada is $2.70, and $3.50 
to Europe, Drafts, F. O. Money Orders and Regis¬ 
tered Letters nt our risk. 
The Rural Nexv-YorUcr ts sold by Now* Deal¬ 
er* generally. Tho Trade Is ffiippilcd by the New 
York News Co.. No. 8 Spruce fit., New York. 
Advertising. — Inside, 75 cent* per line, Agate 
space ; Outside, $1 per tine, each Insertion. For Ex¬ 
tra Display and Cut*, n price and alialf. Special and 
Business Notice*, $1.50 and $2 a line. No advertise¬ 
ment Inserted tor le.s* than $3. 
More Frost In Ohio.-On the mornings of May 
7, 8 and 0, eacli and rest>ecI ively, there were se¬ 
vere frosts from Central to Northeastern Ohio, 
cutting tender vegetables and fruits quite disas¬ 
trously. Ice of the thickness of window glass, 
was formed on vessels of standing water. This 
is an unprecedented Visitation of frost for the 
location and time of the year.-s. t>. ti. 
ter manage them 
I better keep them In pen or on pasture, or in 
small lots? If cooked food is the best, hail I 
better grind it first? 1 have plenty of clover 
pasture nnd corn.” Mr. Citium would not feed 
much corn to young pigs. lie is feeding his 
pigs wheal middlings mixed with a small quan¬ 
tity of milk. Thu correspondent's pigs will not 
be likely to eat much clover, but they will en¬ 
joy butter health if they run in it. With the 
feed of middlings a littlo corn may be ltd. Has 
found that rye middlings causes pigs to lose 
their appetite; so does buckwheat; also corn 
meal. Mr. Geodes had found bur ley meal bet¬ 
ter than wheat middlings for sow* and young 
tugs. Ho feeds it cooked it he has stock enough 
to pay for the trouble; if not, ho mixes the 
meal with a little water and lets It sour a little. 
Tim correspondent should let his pigs into the 
clover. Mr. Curtis would cook the food. 
Unproved stock for California.— James Quinn, 
Yrekn, Cal., writes: -‘‘I see Oscar Raton is 
driving tin) sumo kind of pails East that most of 
our cattle men drive here, to witthat entile 
can he raised in lurge herds roving through the 
dry, worthless mountain lands so cheap that 
those investing in good stock and laud cannot 
compete with them. I wish the Club would dis¬ 
cuss tills subject.” Air. Curtis expressed the 
opinion that the roaming herds or the plains 
must, havetnfitsed into them fresh nnd improved 
blood or they will surely degenerate. And it 
will alwnys pay some one to keep and supply 
such stock. The cautious Commander said that 
was an opinion; but are there any facts which 
go to show that this supply must be kept up. 
Mr. Bragdon said yes — that the history of out- 
own improved stook proved it. Our improve¬ 
ments had been made by stock imported from 
England, where a more scientific and civilized 
system of breeding obtained. And there had 
always neon a demand for this improved stock, 
notwithstanding the comparative cheapness 
with which common cattle can be produced on 
the Western prairies. Indeed, the demand for 
improved blood from those prairies had resulted 
in building up some of the best, herds of Short- 
florns in the country there, and developed a 
skill and perfection in breeding which is not ex¬ 
celled in the East. Mr. Williams said he knew 
that some of the largest rnnehemen of Cali¬ 
fornia were already buying some ol the best 
bulls of the best breeders in the East with a 
view ot counteracting the natural tendency to 
degeneration resulting from their system of 
feeding. 
Interesting Information About Government 
Lands, 
Tlie Mi**oiiri Grape Crop is reported as serious¬ 
ly injured by tho frost of April 30; and a Ht. 
Louis paper says:—"Sufficient information is 
now ut hand to warrant us in tho assertion that 
i he destruction occasioned by that untimely 
freeze will inflict a loss of nearly $1,000,000 to 
tho fruit-growers of the West." 
Cranberry Culture.—An Iowa subscriber who 
asks for information in regard to raising cran¬ 
berries, had better consult onr hook list, nnd 
purchase one of the works named, which t reats 
of I his subject. 
Ocelsiqw 
SATURDAY, MAY 27, 1871 
RURAL NOTES AND QUERIES, 
AMERICAN INST. FARMERS’ CLUB, 
BUSINESS INFORMATION. 
Tile II ii rnl “At Home ” and “On Time," 
Again.—Having got located and regulated in 
our new quarters, we respectfully announce 
that Die Rural New-Yorker is "nt home” 
again-ready to receive iis host of long-time 
friends, (in person or by lctter,)and all "the 
res! of mankind" disposed to become Subscrib¬ 
ers or Advertisers. The change of location is 
an improvement—0U* new olliccs being more 
spacious, and their arrangement affording great¬ 
er facilities and conveniences. While moving, 
fixing up, and getting " the hang of the new 
house," we have purposely slackened a little on 
the time ol issuing the Rural, so that tins num¬ 
ber is printed and mailed a week nearer date 
than any prccediug one lias been for some 
months. And now that we have both our office 
and time of publishing the paper regulated, we 
hope to proceed in such manner as to give 
greater satisfaction tri all our friends, near and 
distant. Those having occasion to call can 
easily find our present quarters, while corres¬ 
pondents have only to address us at No. 5 Beek- 
nmu St., New York. 
Notes of DfMCusnioii, Extracts from Let¬ 
ters. &c. 
Again wo are compelled to occupy this space 
with our report of tho proceedings of the Farm¬ 
ers' Club of i lie American Institute. We no¬ 
tice that strangers aro getting in the way of 
filling up tho seats at these meetings. It makes 
one happy to see how they are apparently 
charmed by the comeliness of the ladies who 
regularly attend the Club, and the manly beauty 
and dignily of its members who do the hulk 
of the talking—for instance, the eminent Dr. 
Smith, tho learned Dr. Bruen, the brilliant Dr. 
Lyman, thb silver-tongued Major-General Cur¬ 
tis, the handsome Dr. Crane, the sentimental 
Dr. Lawton, the anti-fngacious Fuller, the 
lover-like Williams, and the gay young baohe- 
lor Quinn. In naming these bright and shining 
lights we do not intend to be invidious nor omit 
to mention the distinguished and graceful Com¬ 
mander of the Club, who, after all, is the bright¬ 
est, and handsomest, and best-nutured man in 
the Glut), ns he ought to Vie, and whose keen 
appreciation of whatever is good and good- 
natured, helps to make the two hours spent at 
the Club room exceedingly enjoyable. 
We proceed to business: 
Remedy for Rose Slug*. — LESTER A. ROB¬ 
ERTS, New York, saysDissolve a pound of 
white hellebore root in half a barrel of water. 
Sprinkle the bushes thoroughly as soon as the 
leaves appear—two or three repetitions witli me 
prove sufficient. The powdered white hellebore 
root is for aale at drug stores nt all prices, from 
twenty-fivecemsan ouncetoflftycentsa pound. 
I pay tho latter price.” 
When to Plain Evergreen*.— K. Williams, 
Blosaburg, T*a., writes the Club:—" I always full¬ 
ed. Finally t!half-witted follow came along and 
offered to set out a lot of young pineB on con¬ 
dition that wc would pay him so many bushels 
of shorts tor every one that lived. We accepted 
the offer, and one day, about, the 1st of August, 
during the hottest part ot the season, when 
everything was parched with drouth, who should 
appear but onr friend with a wagon-load of 
young tree*. Wo were somewhat surprised, but 
lie set them out, and every one of them lived 
and flourished.*' "Yee.” said Prof. Squelch, 
“and they would have lived hud they been 
planted in April, May or June, just as surely, if 
they had been planted with equal cave I wish 
there were more such * hali-witted ‘ feiiows 
among trdb planters.” 
Black Walnut Destroy* Fruit Tree#.—O. Snow- 
BERGER, Quincy, Pa., writes the Club 1 feel 
satisfied that I have seen three apple t rees de¬ 
stroyed by black walnut, and I believe they 
destroy grape vines. I judge it is the water 
dropping off the walnut leaves that does the 
work. 
Young Ladie# Scarce.—W hite Colfax, Galla¬ 
tin Valley, Montana, writes that "young ladies 
are pretty scarce (there,) but when tho North¬ 
ern Pacific, gets through we are going to try for 
wives." Prof. Squelch asked why the thou¬ 
sands of buxom, blooming beauties of the At¬ 
lantic States, who are dying for "something to 
do” (or husbands,) do not organize r colony for 
Montana at once. He (bought it would be a 
proper and merciful thing to do. We thought 
we henrd the cheerful Commander say “Amen." 
Feeding Cow* Sour .Milk.—This question of the 
propriety of feeding cows sour milk was 
broached by J. Smith, Jr., Franklin, Pa. The 
sciontiflo and sentimental members of the Club 
objected to it. One class said it was revolting; 
another said it was never known that any profit 
could result f rom feeding an animal on tier own 
secretions. Other gentlemen protested, how¬ 
ever, that if a cow gave milk and It was fed on 
milk, it simply ret urned to her the elements of 
milk, which were reproduced and not deteri¬ 
orated by reproduction. Scieuceaud sentiment 
aside, dairymen would continue to feed cows 
Vermont Stork for Colorado. 
Daniel 
Kimball, North Clarendon, Vt.., has sold to 
Messrs. Riplkv St Thomas, Beni County, Col¬ 
orado, his bull Lord Clarendon. (10306.) lately 
at the heart of his herd, Dairyman, (1)714.) anil 
ihe heifer Pride of the East, got by tho Duke of 
Rutland (18)42) out of Baltic 2d, by Peter Boyd, 
(8777.) Mr. w. V, Ripley, Rutland Centre, Vt., 
has sold to Messrs. Ripley&Thom as the young 
bull Monarch of the Plain, got by the Duke 
of Rutland (9943) onr of Venus 2d, by Master 
Mao (5941;) Star of the East, got. by the Duke 
of Rutland out of Rosanna 2d, by Shy lock 
(965;) and Last Sensation, by the Duke or Rut¬ 
land out of Independent Cedar by ludendonce 
(4036.1 Also the cow Rosanna 2d, by Shyloek (965,) 
outof Rosanna by Cuunt Fathom(381.) Mr. Fred¬ 
erick Chafpek of Rutland, Vt„ (for the Rut¬ 
land Breeding Club,) Ims sold to the same par¬ 
ties the bull Dukeof Rutland (9942.) In addition 
lo the above, Messrs. Ripley & Thomas selected 
to reinforce their thorough-breds, for service 
upon their herd of Texan cows, six high grade 
Short-Horn bulls, and started tills nucleus of 
their herd of improved stock on its t.rans-con- 
tiuental journey on the 20th of April. 
Roden Egg*.—A Salisbury, North Carolina, 
correspondent informs us that he ordered eggs 
from one of our advertisers (whom he does not 
name) that were rotten. One cannot always 
“ bet on an egg; ” but tf we paid a large price 
for eggs we should take pains to satisfy our¬ 
selves that they were not rotten when received 
and that their vitality tmd not been meddled 
with. We make this last remark because of an 
article we find in the Poultry Standard for May. 
This is it: 
The New York Poultry Bulletin for May has an ed¬ 
itorial article giving directions " How to destroy the 
vitality of eggs." Wc are at a loss lo know why any 
honest person can desire any such information or 
how any honest object can be attained by it. What 
can any ono with to destroy the vitality of an egg r r, 
Will It keep longer, or ha better a* an edible? We 
think not. and »o fur uan see only one way that soch 
knowledge can bo used, and that not in an honest 
way. There aro dealers who advertise eggs for rale 
of rain breed#, but it i* a notorious fact that but a 
very small per cent, of the egg* they sell ever hutch 
—suppose such men when they have an order for— 
say—two dozen Houdun eggs at $3 —more or less, 
when lomraOn egg* :ire#e)lfri« for20cents— how easy- 
it will bo, following the instruction* of the Bulletin, 
to take eighteen or twenty of the common eggs. Co¬ 
nroy their vitality and *ond them to the customer 
with five or aix good Houdan egg* When the hen 
come* off all the ehluks are genuine Houduns, and 
who is to toll that the non fertile eggs were uot pen- 
nine and attribute tlic.lr not hatching to cureless 
handling nnd t he thousand other reasons that could 
i>eassigned by the unserupnlous deulei. A man so 
disposed could make quite a handsome thing selling 
eggs in this way until found out. We do not see to 
what other use the Information given indetull in the 
Bulletin can be used. Were/rain from giving fur¬ 
ther oubliclty to ihe manner of destroying the vital¬ 
ity of eggs, a* we do not believe in being aiders or 
abettor* in any way to such dishonest practice, and 
until we arc shown Koine useful end to be pained by 
following the Bulloiln's directions, we ure lorced to 
the conclusion that such information is given for the 
benefit of swindlers. 
Hills’ Archlmcde.au Luwti Mower, ns improv¬ 
ed, is advertised in this paper. This is the origi¬ 
nal Imlanved lawn mower, and is extensively 
used In parks and public grounds In both Great 
Britain and the United States. It is made with 
great care, from ihe best materials, at the works 
of the celebrated Colt's Patent. Fire-Arms 
Manufacturing Company. The machines now 
manufactured comprise all the latest improve¬ 
ments, and are finished in tho most perfect style 
—as we can testify from a recent visit to the Ar¬ 
chimedean Company's extensive establishment. 
II. M. Deming, Wichila, Kansas, writes: 
In the session of April 11, Mr. Lyman read a pa¬ 
per for the information of those who wish to 
emigrate West, in which there arq some mis- 
stntements which 1 write this to correct- Speak¬ 
ing of the twenty-mile strips of land in what is 
known as railroad limits, lie says:—"These belts 
of land arc laid out. in checkers of one mile 
square. The odd squares belong to thecountry, 
the even squares to the rnllrond. These odd 
squares cannot be bought at Government price; 
they aro reserved for homesteads. Any family 
man can havo title to an eighty-acre homestead 
by going nnd settling on it. Any soldier of the 
late war who cun show an honorable record re¬ 
ceives twice as much as another citizen—he gets 
100 acres." Further on he seems to use the terms 
pre-empt and homestead interchangeably. Now, 
1st. the even numbered square® are the ones 
which “ belong to thecountry,” undoutof these 
tho squares numbered 18 and 36 aro reserved for 
pubiicschool purposes. 2. The Government dis¬ 
poses of this land the same way I hat it does oth¬ 
er public lands, except that the price is doubled, 
and one can only homesiead half as muck, so 
that the Government actually receives as much 
revenue from tho railroad belts as from other 
portions of the public domain. The only excep¬ 
tion to this is the case of honorably discharged 
soldiers, who can homestead ns much in tho rail¬ 
road limits as out of it. These lands can be 
bought at Government price, $2.50 per acre, by 
actual settlers. This constitutes what is known 
as pre-emption. Any citizen twenty-one years 
old or the head of a family, can pre-empt 160 
acres. A land warrant can be used as in the case 
of other lauds, by paying the extra $200; that is, 
a land warrant, nnd $200 will pre-empt 160 acres. 
Two Jnnd warrants cannot be used on one piece 
of land. 3. The homestead right is not restricted 
to “family men." Any citizen who is twenty- 
one, or who is the head of a family, male or fe¬ 
male. It is not necessary that they be twenty- 
one if they are heads of families. One who has 
pre-empted can homestead, but one cannot pre¬ 
empt who has homesteaded. 4. A homestead 
settler does not have to pny for his land ns the 
pre-empter does. He pays the office and survey 
fees, $15 for 80 acres, nt the land office when he 
makes his entry, and then he gets his title when 
he can prove five years' actual residence on the 
land, without further expense. Many persons 
wanting 160 acres in the railroad limits, build on 
the line separating the two eighties, and then 
The People’* Practical Poultry Bock, first 
issued less than a month ago, has already reached 
its third edition. The work lias been well re¬ 
ceived by poulterers, and is highly recommend- 
i t*d by tlie press—as will be seen by reference to 
extracts from letters and noticeswhio)i we pub¬ 
lish on page 333. The work is sent, postage-paid, 
to any address in the United States, on receipt 
ol $1.50 at this office. 
New Castle, Henry Co., frid., Mny 2.— Spring 
very forward. Farmers half done plan ling corn. 
Oats and flax mostly sown and coming up. 
Wheat looking well. Rather toodry for pasture 
land. Much fruit destroyed by late IrosL—*. 
t'nrplnteria, Cal., April 26. Season very dry; 
much of the early sown grain and volunteer 
crops have failed. Had 1.35 inches rain here tlie 
16th and 17th iost„ which will save much of the 
latesown grain, und insure a small crop of beans 
and corn in this vicinity,— o. n. c. 
Uayville, IV. J,, May 14.— We are having cool 
weather. April was pleasant but May has been 
cold and cloudy. Thursday night there was a 
hard frost that did much damage to the fruit 
and grass crop. It killed about two inches of 
grass. Grass does not grow a particle now. 
Some corn lias been planted. Rye looks first- 
rate. Corn, per bush., $1.25; potatoes, 95c.; oats, 
16c.; butter, 3)c.; eggs, 16c.— s. m. 
Midtllcville, Barry Ci>„ Midi., May 11.— 
Weather dry : warm, pleasant days, cool nights 
with some frost. Winter wheat looks exceed¬ 
ingly well; oats, spring wheat and rye are all 
sown: corn planting in full blast; all kind6of 
fruit trees are in foil bloom ; prospect good for 
ail kinds of fruit. Prices of produce are: 
White wheat, $1.40; corn, 55c.; oats, 35c.; pota¬ 
toes, 50e,; porlc, 12e. per lb.; eggs, 10c. per doz.; 
butter, 20c.: hay, $10 per ton,—i. f. e. 
Collinsville, O., Mny 11. —Weather cool for 
tiiis time of year; land In good condition ; corn 
nearly all planted; wheat uever looked finer in 
this section ; spring grain not very good, on ac¬ 
count of dry weather; fruit nearly all killed with 
frost on the morning of April 23d; farms $40® 
400 per acre: wages, $15@25 per month ; wheat, 
$1.30 per bushel; corn, 50c.; oats, 50c.; potatoes, 
INDUSTRIAL SOCIETIES, 
Agricultural Association nt Salisbury, IV. (I.— 
W’o aro informed by a correspondent, at this 
place, that an organization of such an associa¬ 
tion has heen effected, n charter secured, $5,000 
raised, sixty acres ot land purchased for a Fair 
ground,and the oontraets for building, fencing, 
&e., are being mode. " Every one ts trying to 
raise something for the Fair in October.” Will 
not some correspondent send us the names of 
ihe officers of the Association, and the date at 
which the Fair is to be held? 
The Swine Breeder*' Exhibition at Chicago the 
corning fall, promises to lie a great affair, ac¬ 
cording to Secretary Snoad, who asserts that ap¬ 
plications for premium lists have been received 
from all parts of the United States and Canada; 
that the premiums offered will, in tlie aggregate, 
amount 10 near $10,000-embracing premiums 
for Improved models of piggeries, cooking and 
grinding apparatus, essays on tlie breeding, rear¬ 
ing and management of swjne, &c., <Src. 
Kanins blare llort. 8oc.—A semi-annual meet¬ 
ing of this Society is to he held at Highland, 
Tuesday and Wednesday, June 6 and 7. An ex¬ 
hibition of fruits, flowers and vegetables will bo 
made. 
The Grny*on Co., Texas, Ag. nnd Mecli. Soc. 
holds its Fifth Annual Fair at Sherman, Texas, 
commencing Oot. 10,1871. and to continue five 
days. Fret— E. Basra. Sec.—J. P. Ix>\mg. 
Personal,—Since our last issue we have re¬ 
ceived a call at our N. Y. office from our old 
friend and ex-associate James Vick, seedsman. 
He is looking well, seems happy, and has en¬ 
gaged passage on a steamer which sails from 
New York, June 3, for Europe. He intends io 
be gone three or four months. We shall, as 
many of our readers will, wish him bon voyage ! 
Colton Crop In Georgia.—Tho Plantation of 
May 13, published at Atlanta, says: —"To-day 
we fell in with a group of leading planters and 
business men from Southwestern Georgia. It 
was their opinion that there is very little cotton 
held over by the planters. That not more than 
one-half to two-thirds ns much cotton is planted 
this year as compared with last your. That the 
amount of guano used this year in that section 
is hardly more than one-tenth of last year's 
quantity. And that the cotton planters are liv¬ 
ing within their means to an uncommon de¬ 
gree." It adds: — “ Precisely an opposite result 
has occurred among the small fanners in the 
section around aud above Atlanta. A little 
more cotton is planted than last year, and a 
great deal more guano has been bought. W r e 
hear that one person sold for Mark w. John¬ 
son of this city $17,000 worth of fertilizers in 
one week, among these small farmers in Ills 
neighborhood. And this is tho class of men 
BUSINESS NOTICES 
PRESERVE YOUR HARNESS, 
by using the celebrated Vacuum CHI Blacking freely 
upon It. Applied to Boots, it wifi render the Hardest 
Leather soft at New, besides making them water¬ 
proof. All enterprising Harness Makers and Dealers 
keep it, or will order it for you, from Vacuum Oil 
Company, Rochester, N. Y. 
