of sugar. Counting 3c., per lb. profit, which ts 
safe, we have $60,000 profit on an investment of 
$125,000. The experience of one season gires as¬ 
surance that our figures will not vary much from 
realization. Let it be understood that our friends 
at Alvarado are perfect musters of sugar-mak¬ 
ing. From the word “go," there has been no 
balk anil no mistake in the working of their 
sugarto; aud no sugar in the world excels theirs 
In public l'avor or In market, valuation." 
then. May, so far, cool, with three or four warm 
days; very dry; Cayuga Lake over four feet 
below usual spring level. This has not been 
known lor over fifty years. Wheat and most 
crops look well. Fruits injured somewhat by 
cold and the light frosts. Grapes are now ex¬ 
panding, and show large quantities of fine clus¬ 
ter buds. Wo need warm rain and warm nights: 
but so far alt progresses well.—J. w. 
Starkey, If. V.. May 25.— The spring is cold 
and backward; we have had no ruin for two 
weeks and the ground is very dry. Oats and 
barley, sowed the first week in April, are not 
over t wo inches high, and arent a perfect stand¬ 
still; some pieces are turning very yellow. 
Clover is very small; much of last year's seed¬ 
ing is very poor and the prospect is now that 
the next crop will he very light. Corn is all 
planted in this section. .Fruit trees have blos¬ 
somed full, and there is a good chance for a line 
Crop of cherries, plums, pears and apples. We 
had five frosts last, week and one yesterday 
morning; but 1 think they did hut little harm 
In this town. Hired hand* are scarce and com¬ 
mand a high price. The want of help is the 
worst thing wo have to contend with.— s. c. 
Putney, Yt., May 22.—The ground is getting 
very dry, and brooks and streams low. Grass 
lias not advanced very much 6ince May came in. 
Feed in the pastures is gutting short, and old 
fields are not lairly started yet. The drouth >>r 
last summer and winter so nearly killed tin' 
grass on such lands that if we do not. .sunn have 
a good deal of warm aud wet weather, they w ill 
not yield much grass. Much of the land seeded 
last year bad a poor catch, owing to the drouth, 
and is looking thin. The season is eight or 
twelve days Inter than last year. Pears plums 
and cherries In lull blossom. Apples just com¬ 
ing into blossom, strawberries have the fullest 
bloom that I ever saw. Farmers busy with 
planting. There will bo less corn planted lie re 
tills year thau last. A good many farmers are 
goitig to raise tobacco. Butter 25@fi0c. per lb.; 
Early Hose potatoes. $1 per bush.; common po¬ 
tatoes, 7i.Kd.80o.; eggs, Ike. per do/.; veal calves, 
Cc. per lb„ live; beef, 6@8(.\, live; hay, £l8cn20 
per ton ; western corn meal, $1.00per bag ; oats, 
70c. per bush.—p. a. R. 
would write to New York for nn answer to such 
a question. Wc should fee) inclined to say that 
such a man could not afford to grow broom corn 
at $100 per ton. 
to make a mass of aggregate knowledge at the 
end of the year. — And now sud news comes to 
us of the death of Koinsar w. Pearsall of 
Oakland Farm, Brentwood, L. I. It will be re¬ 
membered that it was on this farm, and by the 
Jiberallty of Mr. Pearsall, that Miss Marwk- 
dkl started her Horticultural School lor Wo¬ 
men. It was by his efforts, in part, that it sur¬ 
vived as long ns it did; and It ceased to exist 
when his support was withdrawn. This was 
done when he was convinced that, os organized, 
It could not succeed. Mr. Pearsall was a man 
of line tastes, with strong horticultural procliv¬ 
ities, liberal-minded, and a high-toned gentle¬ 
man and friend. IPs sudden death will he most 
sincerely mourned by a large circle of friends. 
It will be especially felt on Long Island, where 
his indomitable energy, refined taste and pro¬ 
fuse liberality have been exerted to develop the 
capabilities of its soil, and demonstrate the pos¬ 
sibilities of the section of the Island he chose 
for bis home becoming beautiful and attractive, 
and every way desirable for residence. lie was 
especially active In exalting an interest. In 
improved agriculture, contributing largely to 
the exhibitions of the local societies, and ad¬ 
dressing the farmers at the fairs. Only thirty- 
eight years of age, surrounded with all that 
makes life desirable, he has been cut down 
in the midst of his usefulness, and his fam¬ 
ily deprived of a loving husband and father. 
Gut> comfort them I—Just as we are going to 
press, James Vjck greets us with his cheery 
countenance. He is on his way to Europe, with 
bis wife ana three of his children, sailing (June 
2) on the Inman steamer Nemesis, Capt. Lock¬ 
hart. He will spend some time in England, 
then visitHolland, Belgium, Prussia and France, 
and return home August 1st, In time to meet 
the wants of his friends with bulbs, ftv. He is a 
good follow, lias worked bal d enough to deserve 
recreation, and all his friends hope he may de¬ 
rive both pleasure aud profit from his trip. 
What Dors it Menu?— A correspondent, writ¬ 
ing id the Rural New-Yorker from Spartans- 
hurg, s. r„ says that Horace Greeley is (at 
the time he Ik writing) in a neighboring town, 
and that be lias purchased property just aoross 
tlm line In North Carolina. Now, If Mr. i;hke- 
r.EV likes the South well enough not only to 
spend the winter there bin actually to invest 
money to buv property, whip does all this ever¬ 
lasting talk about «lie West mean? Can it lie 
possible that lie and other members of the New 
York farmers’ Club tire advising other people 
to go West while they slip down into the South¬ 
ern States and buy up the bargains? It would 
tie interesting to know bow many of the gentle¬ 
men who Compose this organization have, like 
Mr. Greeley, so far departed from their own 
teachings as to buy land In the South.- Southern 
Planter and Farmer. 
We do not know-. We wish we did. But we 
do know that there Is among the members of 
the Farmers' Club a high appreciation of the 
capacity for production of Southern soil, the 
delights of a Southern climate, and the oppor¬ 
tunities which the South affords for prufiiablo 
realizations from the investment there of capi¬ 
tal aud well directed labor. Now that the 
Philosopher of Ulmppaqun hassecn with hisown 
eyes that beautiful land and enjoyed tin-hospi¬ 
talities of the Southrons, and is a candidate for 
the Presidency—we shall sec wbat wc shall see. 
the great illustrated 
Conducting Editor and X^roprietor 
The Eleventh Volume of tl»e Short-Horn Herd 
Book.—Hon. Lewis F. Allen, Editor American 
Short-Horn Herd Book. Buffalo, N. Y., informs 
its that it is his purpose to close the time of re¬ 
ceiving pedigreed for the eleventh volume of 
t he Short-Horn Herd Book on the first day of 
August next, as the number of unrecorded 
Sbort-Horn cattle will, by t hat time, lie enough 
to fill the usual sized volume of about six hun¬ 
dred pages. He urges that, as it will lake some 
months al ter the pedigrees are all lit to arrange 
ami print them, it is neeessavy, in order to get 
out the book in season, pedigrees ho sent lu 
promptly. _ 
CHAS. D. BRAGDON, ANDREW S. FULLER 
AsHOoiute Editors. 
HENRY S. RANDALL, LL. D„ Corlland Village, N. Y., 
Eiotok or tiik Pkca u r m k ,t or Sorrr 11 iht. a M.K,. 
X. A. WILLARD. A. M.. Little Falls, N. Y., 
Editor of tii* Dairy Mukhaxduv. 
Col. S. D. HARRIS, Cleveland, Ohio, 
Tr. avum.-u Vouiirormm Kditub. 
T. HART HYATT, San Francisco, 
Corot'orou or lit* 1'rctvto fSi.or* T)r.i aiviim. 
CHAS. V. RILEY, St. Louis, Mo., 
CONDUOTOK OF Tllk F.M ('MOIOOICAI. Dll’A ItTMBM. 
MARY A. E. WAGER, 
Kiotor or mi Down-lie Economy Pbi’aiitmhnt. 
A question of Law.—A correspondent at Itha¬ 
ca, N. V., details the history of a transaction by 
which, by mutual consent ol'the parlies inter¬ 
ested. the natural flow of water was diverted 
from ns course through an artificial channel. 
Both parlies have sold out, and it is asked if the 
purchasing parties have, either of them, any 
right, to restore tbo flow to its natural channel. 
Without knowing the law in such cases, since 
our opinion is asked, wo should say no; for 
each purchased his property as it is, not as it 
was unco. 
Terms.—Only SI.50 Pei Vulumo of *20 mini tiers, 
or @3 per year of i)2 numbers. To Clubs—per Vol¬ 
ume: Five copies lor t‘ ; Seven, and one free to 
agent, for $a,50; Ten. and one free, for tl2.n0. Per 
Year: Five copies for tit; Seven, and one free, for 
$.19: Ten. and one free, for $25- only $2.60 per enpy 
The lowest Yearly rate to Canada Is $2.70, aud flb.'ill 
to Europe. Drafts. P. O. Money Orders and Regis¬ 
tered loittuiB at uur rlNk. 
The Hut-nl New- Yorker )* sold tiy News Deal¬ 
ers generally. The Trade Is supplied by the New 
York News Co.. No. s spruce Hi.. New York. 
Advertising.—I nside. 75 cents per line. Agate 
space ; Outside. $1 per line, each llisei i Ion. For Ex¬ 
tra Display and Cuts. « price and ii-bulf. Special and 
Business Notices. $1.50 and $2 n line. No advertise¬ 
ment Inserted for less Until $•'}. 
Potato ling Remedy. We have a half dozen 
Inquiries from localities afflicted with potato 
hugs, lor remedies. Paris green has been tried 
effectively, but denounced by sonic. E. W. 
Ill kill, a practical horticulturist and reliable 
null), says of it; 
" I know from actual experience last year and 
tins that it. is sure and speedy death to them mid 
tlm cheapest and best remedy I know of. Thor 1 ' 
are two qualities of Paris green; I have never 
used any but the lust. In buying the Pails 
green persons should be particular to see that 
they get what they ask for, fur very or ten the 
dealer, not knowing what it is wanted for. and 
not having it, will give some other dry green 
coloring material, such as Chrome green, which 
is worthless aaa poison, in mixing it. I use one 
pari of ilie green to twenty parts (lour or plast¬ 
er, the la I t»T j.* ihe cheapest and 1 think just as 
good us the flour. Tu apply it I Imve a (in ves¬ 
sel as largo as a quart fruit can with a cover, the 
bottom perforated with small Imles. to this is 
soldered a socket, standing upward at an angle 
of rm i v-llvc degrees, Into wlucih 111 an old hoe 
handle about three and a-hall to four feet long, 
fill nearly lull of tlm mixture, then dust the 
vines by shaking up uuddown, I have not found 
the Paris green to poison any other insect that 
troubles tuc fruit grower or limner." 
Forwarding Newspaper*.—^The Post-Office De¬ 
partment lias decided (in answer loan inquiry 
from a postmaster) that letters may be forward¬ 
ed to a person who lias changed his post-office 
address, without additional charge of postage; 
perhuttealx and newspapers, however, cannot be 
thus fnncaulcd; they most lie charged with post¬ 
age, al the rate of two cents for evory four 
ounces, or fraction thereof, to be pre-pald or 
collected on delivery. 
Excursion* West.—The "Far West” Is likely 
to be well known. Last year something less 
than one hundred excursions of tuen of all 
classes were made to the Pacific Coast. Among 
them, oiio of Agricultural Editors mid repre¬ 
sentatives of tlm Farmers’Club of the American 
Instltiiic, (o California and ruturn. This year, 
another is projected, being engineered by Mr. 
Williams <>r the Horticulturist, and includes 
many of last year’s excursionists, and sonic new 
names. The route fixed upon is to Cincinnati, 
the Mammoth Gave, St. Louis and through Mis¬ 
souri arid Kansas to Colorado and tlm Moun¬ 
tains. We hear also of another projected by 
nmu interested in mines and mineral engineer¬ 
ing, find designed 1o investigate the operations 
in the several mineral regiousof the West. This 
Is being "arranged" by Prof. James A. Whit¬ 
ney. Then Charles W. MubtfeldT, .Secre¬ 
tary of the State Board of Agriculture of Mis¬ 
souri, is making arrangements for an excursion 
of tlm Missouri and Kansas Boards of Agricul¬ 
ture, through Kansas, Colorado and Utah. What 
others are In prospect we know not. But these 
excursions of practical aud scientific men (where 
they are really so) are, or may he made, useful 
to the whole country, Wbat. men know they 
are apt, t hese days, to coimnuuicate to the pub¬ 
lic; especially Um class ot men who will goon 
tbo excursions named. They benefit Hie coun¬ 
try, because tlmy give their impressions; and 
these impressions are not made without due 
analysts, no matter wluvt the hospitable atmos¬ 
phere in which they are received may be. There 
Is only one objection we have to them and that 
grows out of the fact that tlm readers of the 
Ritual Nkw-Yorkkr expect to see it every 
week, and it cannot i.o edited ns well in Kansas, 
or Colorado, or California, as in New York. 
Inquiries lor Former*.—AY ill your readers 
please inform me of the best mode of raising 
carrots also the best varieties, or rather, those 
most cultivated on au extensive scale? As I 
have never raised carrots, I would like some in¬ 
formation on this subject., and being a new sub¬ 
scriber, 1 could not refer back to any former 
publication on this subject.—A, S. L. 
INDUSTRIAL SOCIETIES, 
New York stole Fnlr.—The next Annual Fair 
of the New York State Ag Society is to be held 
at. Albany, ou the 2d, fid, 4th, 5lh and rtth days of 
October whereat the people and papers of the 
Capital City rejoice. The entry books will close 
Sept. 2d—a laet to be noted by Intending ex¬ 
hibitors. 
Tlm \ilnntn. Gn., Ag. and lndn»trlnl Assoeia- 
iImi holds its lii-t fair at Oglethorpe Park, At¬ 
lanta, October H5. 17,18, 19 find 20, 1871. Its olii- 
cera are: Pres.-Gen. John B. Gordon. Vicc- 
/Vests.--J. H. Anderson, Atlanta. Ga.: James 
Ormond, At Ian la, Ga.; J. 11. Nichols. Nnrcoo- 
elme. Ga,; Enoch Steadman, Covington, Ga.: 
Aljdah Johnson, Cartersvllle. tin,: George Jl. 
Waring. Kingston, Gn.: John E. Hobin-on, New¬ 
man, Ga. Director/) Richard Pctoi-s, Atlanta, 
Ga.; Joseph E. Brown, Atlanta, Ga.; Rev. C. W. 
Howard. Kingston, Ga.; Judge J. A. Hayden. 
Atlanta, Ga.; Col. H. A. Alston. Decatur. Git.:U. 
W. Adair, Atlanta, Ga.; O. H. Jones. Atlanta. 
Go.; E. R. Lawsba, Atlanta, Gii. T. ’I'. Smith, Ai- 
lantn, Gii.: L. Scofield, Atlanta. Gn.: L. K. Liv¬ 
ingston, Covington. Ga.; J. < llnusdnle. Li- 
1 h"niu, Ga.; B. It. Cm " . -M i.onu, Ga.; J. f\ ivim- 
ball, Allan lu. Ga.; J. J. Toon, At biota. Gn 
Trea.i .— W. I). Luukie. Atlanta, Ga. Sec. -Siiih'I 
A. Echols, Atlanta, Ga. 
I'rhnnn, Steuben IV>., A. V., Wine Ci».— At ;f 
meeting of stockholders the following officers 
were elected for the your: Pro. I*. M. llii.u- 
ruth. New York city. I iVc-Fra. Clark Bell, 
New York City. .SVr.—A. Hmedburg, Now York 
eity. Treat), H. H, Cook, Ruth, Sup'i A. J. 
Switzer, llnininondaport. The new Board isD. 
M. Hildreth, Clark Bell, Fred. D. Scute, mid A. 
Smedburg. ol New York; Gen, W. W.Avcrcll; 
John \V. Davis, Hanunondanuvt; II. II. Cook, 
Bath; E. Elilrege, Kltulra; Hallo Hakes, Hor- 
nellsvillo. 
Trenton, Oneida Co., IV. Y„ I'nlnn \g. Hoc. 
At the annual mooting the following officers 
were elected for the year 1871; JVr*.—M. A. 
Blue, North Gage. Fire-Prat’#— Henry Rhodes, 
South Trenton; ffni, Wolcott, Holland Patent. 
&((.—Storre Burrows, South Trenton. Trms.— 
Dudley W. Rhodes, South Trenton. Dirccttrrs— 
A. D. Moore. Trenton Falls; Jesse A. Hughes, 
South Trenton ; John W. Brook, Steuben ; D. 
D. Crumby, Newport; S. N. Andrew, Poland; 
1«\ W. HnuiJin, Holland Patent, 
The Minnesota Ag. Sue. is to have a trial ot 
Mowers, Reapers, Threshing Machines. Plows, 
Broad Cast Seeders, Seed Drills, Harrows, Culti¬ 
vators, etc., at Owatonna early in August. 
Parties desiring to eompele must notify the 
Secretary prior to July 15, or within two weeks 
or the date of the trial, which is yet to be fixed. 
The Secretary Is Charles H. Clark. Minneapolis, 
Miuu. 
Triminnsbiirg, Tompkins Co., N. Y., Ag. and 
Hart. Soc.—This Society, embracing the towns 
of Covert, Ulysses and Hectoi, has electedolli- 
cers for the currertf year as follows; Pres .— 
Warren Halsey. Yicc-Pns.— John C. Hall. 
N( tv Nelson Noble. 'JYcas.— Truman Bonrdiintu. 
Itireitor*. A. M. Ilolmim, Ulysses; Genet Arch¬ 
er. Covert; Isaac D. Mo Keel, Hector, The next 
annual Fair will he held Sept. 26-22. 
Loveland, Clermont Co., O.. Ag. mid Hurt. Hoe. 
- This Society, embracing portions of Clermont. 
Hamilton and Wurron counties, and forming a 
liic aud efficient.organization, have elected offi¬ 
cers for the >onr as follows: Pres. Dr. J. P. 
Emery. V(re-Prvs.— M. D. Parmer, Her. Sec.— 
S. It. Buckingham. Car. Set — W. C, Pinkliutn. 
Trats.—E. J. Emery. Lib.— Thos. Paxton, Jr. 
Hire Co.. Minn., Ag. Hoe.- The following offi¬ 
cers Imve been elected for the ensuing year: 
Pres.—8. PkEFFER. Sec. - A. D. Hall, Faribault. 
Trees.— L. W. Urowu. JJ.r. Com.—H. M. Hunt¬ 
ington, J. A. Dean, Jus. C’laggett, J. R. Sisson, 
W. J. Robinson. IF C. Lewis, li. W, Richards, II. 
B. Brown and C.B. Dunbar. 
KolglitHtown, Henry Co,, lud., Ag. Hoe Officers 
for the current year ate as follows: Pits.— J. B. 
Edwards. Vicc-Pre*. -J. F. ('handler. Trms.— 
T. Fish. Sec.—Gordon Bullard. Ex. Com— Sam¬ 
uel McBride, -Mr. Caldwell. J. W. Walker, John 
Jtiuchman, N. T. Coffin, It. II. Cooper, I. "■ 
Stuart. 
Queens Co., A. Y., Ag. Hoe.—The Fifth Horti¬ 
cultural Show of vegetables, strawherries, lint- 
house grapes, flowers, etc., will be held at tlie 
Fair Grounds, MineoJu, on Wednesday, June 
14, 1871. 
Glover. Orleans Co., Vi , Farmer*' mid M<wh. 
Club.—The officers chosen for 1871 are as follows: 
Pros. —C. C. Hardy. Vlcr-Prrs. Wm. Merriatu. 
See— N. B. Davis. Treas .—Frank McLelJan. 
The Oil to Slate Ag. Soc. holds its Twenty-sec¬ 
ond Annual Fair at Springfield, Sept. 25-29 in¬ 
clusive. 
SATURDAY, JUNE 10, 1871 
NEW HALF-YEARLY VOLUME. 
Indiana Cattle of Good Weight. -GEORGE Wil¬ 
liamson, Pendleton, Ind., under date of May 17, 
writes:—** Please inform your numerous read¬ 
ers that 1 have this morning weighed three cat¬ 
tle of my own ratalug, as follows: One three- 
year-old, weighed 1,910 lbs.; another, 1,870 lbs.; 
one heifer call, nine months old, 884 lbs. The 
breed is about throe-lourths Durham." 
Vol. XXIV of the Rural New-Yorker. will 
cotnmenoe July 1, and close with December— 
comprising twenty-six numbers. Agents, Sub¬ 
scribers. and others Interested, will please note 
this announcement, bearing lu mind that both 
Single and Club Subscriptions for the New Vol¬ 
ume are now lu order and respectfully solici¬ 
ted from all parts or the Union, Canada, &o. 
Specific premiums, extra free copies, etc., will 
be allowed on the same liberal scale as offered 
lost winter—two six months (or volumes) sub¬ 
scriptions counting tor one yearly. Clubs may 
be composed ol‘ part yearly and part, half-yearly 
subscribers, at convenience. We trust that new 
clubs will be organized, aud additions made to 
present ones, all over the country. 
One of the Lnl"*l Swindle* mi Former* The 
Groat Falls Journal gives a now swindle, prac¬ 
ticed In Eastern New Humi'shirc and Maine. II 
is a patent, right dodgo, to induce farmers to 
give nul.es for implements on Iho ground of ac¬ 
cepting agencies. The following is a copy of an 
obligation to pay a given sum conditionally : 
Land Hale*.—The sales of Union Pacific Rail¬ 
road land in Nebraska, for the month of April, 
1871, were, to 127 purchasers, 18,199.75 acres, lor 
$68,921.65, or an average of $4.13 per acre. This 
makes Die total sales 341,252.46 acres, amounting 
to $1,511,239,66— or an average of $3.43 per acre. 
So reports Mr. Laud Commissioner Davis. 
Potent llighl on Mounre*.—J ohn WmTELY 
asks:—“T* it necessary to purchase the patent 
right of Eli Harnett, iu order to make manure 
by Bom me it's method ?” There is no patent on 
the method. It is safe to use it, and it will be 
found profltableto do so. We sell a publication, 
which gives Mitemethod, for twenty-five cents. 
RURAL NOTES AND QUERIES, 
Hnnctum Personal*.—B. K. Bt.lSS walked into 
our office Tuesday with a bundle of twenty- 
eight Klnlks of Conover's Colossal Asparagus 
under Ills arm, which he said weighed ten and a 
half pounds. It was fashionably blanched from 
base to top—scarcely a greensliade upon It. This 
blanching had been done, lie said, in order to 
protect it from the Insects—not to Improve it 
for cooking.—Gen. S. D. HARRIS, our "Great 
American Traveler," came to us from the Ver¬ 
mont Hills the other day, looking as brown as a 
chestnut and as happy asa venerable grandfath¬ 
er of a goodly tribu ought to look. Howhew'od 
at the dost and the drouth and shook his head 
apprehensively when wo asked what would hap¬ 
pen if rain did not come soon. Thank Gon the 
rain has cornu since. - Long JOHN LYMAN stalked 
into the office a day or two since on business 
connected with Rural Club. If. is proposed to 
have a strawberry meeting next month, and a 
paper on the history of the strawberry business 
in this country, and a discussion, collation, &c. 
The time to not yet fixed tor the meeting, but. 
members of the Club may look out for notices 
thereof, mid should be prepared to ask and an¬ 
swer questions upon i Ids fragrant subject, about 
this toothsome fruit. Talking of strawberries 
reminds us that Dr. IIexamer, well known in 
this city ns putting on the market the bestof 
strawberries in the primest. condition, called up¬ 
on us also. Ho is a nmu who believes in attend¬ 
ing to ids own business. Wogotinto n harrow 
talk with him, and lie made the statement that 
Thomas’Smoothing Harrow had saved him at 
least $100 cash, which he would otherwise have 
paid for manual labor, in the smoothing and 
pulverizing of bis land. Wc* print this testimony 
(voluntarily given and entirely reliable) the 
more cheerfully because wo have so much rc- 
Denlers in Huninc.—In answer to several in¬ 
quiries, we will state that T. Kiievill At Co., 35 
Ferry sired, and J. S. Rockwell, 47 Ferry 
street, are dealers in Sumac; and those who de¬ 
sire information upon the prices which umy be 
realized tor the domestic article, should address 
one, or both, of these firms- 
Irrigation. —A correspondent urges that the 
Agricultural Press take up the subject ol irriga¬ 
tion and agitate It; thinks it would add millions 
of dollars to the profits of American farmers If 
the resources for irrigating lands throughout 
the country were utilized. He trusts that those 
who have had experience and inudeexperiments 
will detail the manner In which Irrigation has 
been accomplished. We hope so too. Mean¬ 
time, the following, which was received by the 
Farmers’ Club from W. S. Powell, Visalia, Tu¬ 
lare Co., CaL, a gentleman having a large expe¬ 
rience in irrigation and'sixteen years’ observa¬ 
tion of its practice and results, is given nsan in¬ 
troduction of the subject to our readers’ atten¬ 
tion : 
1. Construct your main dileli from the source 
of water supply to the land to be irrigated suf¬ 
ficiently large to carryall the water you want, 
giving it a grade of not less Ilian eighteen Inch¬ 
es nor more that) six feet to the mile, depending 
upon the size of the ri I toll and the soil through 
which it runs. 
2. Construct your lateral ditches so as to com¬ 
mand the highest part of your land, for it Is a 
iinixlm in this business that if you thoroughly 
irrigate the high places the low ones vvill take 
earoof themselves. 
3. Wncn you Irrignic, do it thoroughly; wet 
the ground at least eighteen Inches deep. 
4. After Irrigating, always (except it be grass 
or grain laud) stir I lie surface soil as soonnsits 
Condition will permit. 'Hits Is imperative if you 
wish to enjoy the full benefit of irrigation ami 
enrich your Infill every time yon water it. 
5. Don’t irrigate too much; a t borough wet¬ 
ting every three weeks, where there is no rain¬ 
fall is amply' sufficient. Too muoh irrigating 
causes a spindling, unhealthy growth. 
6. For gardens, small fruits, Are., irrigate un¬ 
der Die surface bv means of covered tiles or 
boxes, and you will see a growth on poor soil 
unit will far surpass the.growth on Die richest 
land imlrrlguted. I have been experimenting 
i lie last live years ou tills peculiar system of irri¬ 
gation for gardens and small fruits, and know it. 
to lie a i borough success. Any person having a 
small piece of land and tlm command of a little 
wider can have a certainly of a crop and bid de¬ 
fiance to Hie seasons. 
Perspective Drawing.—A correspondent asks 
us to name the best work on prospective draw¬ 
ing. An artist, informs us that an English work, 
known as " Burchett's Linear Perspective," Is 
regarded most highly in schools of art. It can 
be obtained at this office by remitting us $3 50. 
BUSINESS INFORMATION, 
Trial of Harrow* at Elmira.—In the Rural 
New-Yorker ot May 27, page 332, is au extract 
from the Country GeiiUeiunn on the trial of 
Harrows at Elmira, in which the Secretary of 
the F.lpiira Farmers’ Club makes out a good 
record for Thomas’ Smoothing Harrow in com¬ 
petition with Die Shares, Nishwltz and Morgan 
Harrows. Juijd Griswold of Elmira, writes 
to correct tliis statement, and says the Shares 
and Nisliwitz Harrows were not iu competition 
with Thomas' on the same kind of work, and it 
would not bo fair to so represent the several 
implements. We give Ibis statement of Mr. 
Griswold in Justice to the parties said to be 
misrepresented by the report ol Mr. Armstrong 
of Dio Farmers' Club.— 8. d. it. 
The Journal says;—"Now, having rend tint 
above note carefully, and supposing it to bo all 
right for $10, just cut in two between the words 
or, and bearer, in the first line, and you will find 
that the left hand piece is a perfect note for 
$375. Having Induced a farmer to accept any 
agency, us specified in the original note, aud 
having obtained his signature, the sharper de¬ 
parts. He then cuts off Dm right band portion, 
proceeds to the nearest broker or I tanker, to 
whom he. offers to sell Die note at a discount on 
(he plea of needing the money. The signer is 
generally a responsible person, well known tri 
itic business men ot ttie village, and tile note is 
purchased. When the mile falls duo It is pre¬ 
sented for collection, mid the signatures are in¬ 
disputable. the horrified fatnaer is oumnelled to 
pay $275. when lie only supposed Dial lie owed 
$10. This is one ot the most infamous of all 
tricks of deception, and is largely practiced 
throughout tlm country. Farmers should cut 
tliis out ami preserve it carefully, in order to 
guard against being imposed on by unscrupu¬ 
lous scoundrels." 
Impiiriea for Advertisers.—ANDREW Robinson 
asks where he can buy peanuts for seed, and at 
what price.—We have several inquiries lor first- 
class Light Brahma fowls. 
The Darwinian Theory Confirmed.—The Eve¬ 
ning Tost bus a correspondent wiio has read Dar¬ 
win, and has evidently been on Hie lookout for 
examples confirming that author's theory of the 
Evolution of Species. He lias discovered and 
contributes to the paper named the following 
facts: 
Mr. - —.whose lawns in one of the choice 
parts of Westchester county are adorned by 
specimens nf pure-blooded AJderneys, liasa cow 
of this breed which a lew days since presented 
him with a ealf minus ii tail. A small tail, we 
belli've, has nlwaya been emn-idered by raisers 
ami funelersof thorniigb-bryd animals asan em¬ 
blem of high breeding. The said cow laevidcnt- 
]y an adherent of the Darwinian theory, and 
where tins improvement in her species will end, 
if encouraged and promoted in the offspring, 
who can say V 
Elmira, Y., May 23.—Along the Genesee 
River and its tributaries, as far as the wheat 
region extends, there is a flattering promise of 
a bountiful yield of this staple. The grass crop 
in the Allegany region is not promising. Sheep 
seem scarce.— it. h. 
Fitchburg. Dane \Vi*., May 2G. —We are 
having line growing weather. Crops of all kinds 
are looking finely. Farmers have commenced 
cultivating corn; fruit of all kind looks very 
promising; rather a discouraging prospect for 
potatoes, the bugs having made their appear¬ 
ance in vast numbers.—H. w. 
Upper Sandusky, O.. May JfO.—Weather very 
dry; culd and frosty last three nights; oats 
dying for want.of rain; wheat some frost-hit- 
ten on low, black ground; corn planting pro¬ 
gressing Slowly; too dry aud cold for corn to 
grow. Wheat $1.20; corn, 50c.; oats, 45c.; pota¬ 
toes, 90c.; butter, 20c.; eggs, 13c. Peaches par¬ 
tially kilted; apples some injured in certain 
localities.— b, H. d. 
lihucu, ,V Y„ May 25. -Our spring opened in 
March and April warm ; could plow and plant 
A*king Qiu'Hiiaii*. —We are often asked ques¬ 
tions which could bo easily determined by a 
very simple experiment on the part of the in¬ 
quirers themselves. It is one of the best modes 
of obtaining knowledge to experiment for it. 
Let those of our friends who risk questions, first 
consider whether they cannot quickly obtain 
answers by demonstration without troubling 
others to do what they ought to do without ask¬ 
ing. For instance, a Western titan asked the 
other day whether it would pny to grow broom 
coru if it would bring$100 per ton. AVe answered: 
“It will depend upon the cost of production.” 
Ordinarily $100 per ton Is a paying price for 
broom corn if a man knows how to grow it aud 
put it in shape to market it. But if ho does not, 
and has not soil and locality adapted to its cul¬ 
ture. aud does not know bow to manipulate it, 
and is a long distance from a market for it, it 
may cost him $100 before lie places it on the 
market. Then, of course, it would not pay. No 
man with good, straight stnse, living iu Kansas, 
BUSINESS NOTICES 
The Beet Hugor Bunine** iu California.—From 
Die California papers 'vc learn that there are, 
the present season, 600 acres iu sugar beets at 
Alvarado, which promise a fair crop. One Of 
these journals says" Rating the crop at 20 tons 
to the acre and the sugar content at 8 per cent-, 
we have 12,000 tons of beets and nearly 1,000 tons 
PRESERVE YOTJR HARNESS, 
by uring the oolebrated Vacuum Oil JHackiuQ 
upon it. Applied to Bouts, it will render the H 
Leather sojt im AVie. besides making them 
prouj. All enterprising Harness .Makers and I 
keep it, or wiil order It for you, from Yaeui 
Company. Rochester. N X ’ 1 
