Steam Plowing In Minnesota.— It seems Col. 
Clark Thompson of Southern Minnesota, pur¬ 
chased the traction steam plow tested In New 
Jersey some months since, paying $5,000 for it. 
Ho has a two-thousand acre farm on which to 
use it. and the papovs up there are telling big 
stories of its work. For instance, it. is said Unit 
it drew “five twenty-inch plows over the prairie 
at the rate of four to sir miles an hour, ami cut 
a swath one hundred inches wide and three or 
four miles long, in an hour’s time/’ That is all 
very well to talk about, hut will it do it all day, 
and at what cost? It is the figures that are 
wanted. An elephant Is a big and strong and 
sagacious animal; but it does not always pay to 
keep one. 
these facts for the sober-minded to consider. 
We want men lo lhiuk what they are doing 
iti this country when they advise or encour¬ 
age the going outside the law for a solution 
of t.heir wlongs—when Ihey denounce a 
Government of which they are a part. 
There should he earnest, sober thinking on 
this subject. If a law is oppressive repeal it 
or pay its penalty like a man. Citizenship 
in this Country should mean something. If 
one man exacts as right for him what lie 
is unwilling to concede to another, he needs 
to be taught just such a lesson as was given 
in this city July 12. 
the crops nnd products of nearly forty States, 
covering the great part of this continent, and 
comes as near to it as be would to hitting the 
moon by throwing his hat at It.” 
Tim statistician requires no defense at, our 
hands: but the fact is that the prediciionsof the 
cotton crop of 1870, made by the Department, 
were very nearly right; nnd the statement of 
opinion concerning that of 18*1, corresponds very 
closely with information received at. this office 
from intelligent Southern planters and corre¬ 
spondents. “ Old Sottlor ” ought to buy a string 
for his hat at once. 
Bentonvlllr, Benton 4'o., Ark.,,Inly 12 ._Wheat 
damaged by late frosts: fruit crop is promising- 
weather fine: health good.—H. w. c. 
CollingwiKid, Fairfax Co., Va„ j U |y 
Weather has boon quite warm for last ten days- 
thermometer as high as AC; oats very light, ov-- 
ing (o dry weather last, spring; corn looks fine" 
haying and harvest nearly finished; early peach¬ 
es nearly all rotted. The potato bug has made 
its appearance again.—o. B. 
Shiloh, Rich I nnd Co., O., July ll._\Ve nro 
having fine weather. Corn is doing well; n few- 
pieces have been injured by the wireworm 
Wheat is about two-thirds of a crop. Sonic 
fields have been injured by drouth and others by 
rust. Oats look splendid; n large btendih |, u3 
boon sown. Moadowsnre rather light.; hay j s „f 
a good quality, and is being got up in good 
order. The prospect for clover seed is good. 
Potatoes promise to tie a good crop. The Colo¬ 
rado bugs have about ceased their ravages. 
Wheat is worth $1.40; outs, 50c.; wool, Me.; 
butter, 14c.; eggs, 12jtfc.— h, w. 
Cross! Ille, Cumberland Co., Term., July jq 
-Have been in this State three months. Have 
had the finest of weather for all kinds of crops, 
up to this date; plenty of ruin; nil kinds of 
farm truck look well, where labor and cure have 
been given, except on old, worn out fields 
which we are endeavoring to renovate. The 
fact is the people here nre land poor (not poor 
land;) have a good climate, plenty of land, good 
water, good timber; all we want at present is 
one hundred families from the North lo cotno 
and take part ot our land; then wo shall risoin 
the scale of rural life and present one of tho 
finest counties in the South.—i. w. 
Clark, Mercer Co., l’o„ July 17.—The harvest 
here, being about half over, I cau tell your nu¬ 
merous readers that our crops are on an aver¬ 
age with the Inst, ten years. Wheat was all got 
up in middling order after the severe lmrricnno 
ol July DU), which whs tho hardest ever known 
in this section ol the country, blowing clown 
trees. barns, and all the wheat In alack. Hny 
ii boil I ihreC-fourlhs of a crop, and being har¬ 
vested In splendid order. Oats are looking fine, 
ami beginning (n turn, Corn neverhad abetter 
appearance ai tills time of yaar. Wheat, $1.40® 
1.50; date very scare® at 05<3*75<:.; corn, 40@4,ie.; 
butter, 18c,; eggs, 18c.; bacon can hardly be sold 
ui any price; lard, Iftrbl2,5ic,; cattle not in much 
demand at $5<j>,6 per Joo; horses high ; good oihs 
sell for near $250. s. c. K. 
ffT For oilier Season Items seo page t!8. 
Concluding: Editor and jProprietor 
CIIAS. D. BRAGDON, ANDREW S. FULLER 
>V»«oeiate Editors. 
Learning Telegraphy, —Tho Buckeye State 
correspondent Is informed that the beet place to 
learn thetetegrapU business is in an office with a 
first-class telegraph operator as instructor. 
Telegraph offices receive such students some¬ 
times; but the consent of the Superintendent of 
the line, or of the railway to which the line be¬ 
longs, is nocessary. There is in Cooper Union, 
in New Fork city, a free school of telegraphy, 
which opens about Oct. 1 and closes July 1. 
Particulars concerning admission to it may he 
obtained by addressing “Cooper Union,” New 
York dry. It requires about six months to 
learn how to road by sound, so ns to be able to 
take charge of a small or country office; but to 
become n first-class operator requires about 
three years’ experience. FIrsUciium operators 
get about $126 per month ; good operators from 
$50 to $75 per month : and operators in country 
offices about $40 per month. There Is never any 
difficulty In a first-class operator obtaining em¬ 
ployment, if lie Is an honest, sober and reliable 
man; and the demand for operators is steadily 
increasing, and we know of none who fail togot 
employment. 
HENRY S. RANDALL, I.L D„ Cortland Village, N. Y 
Editor of Tim DM'AUIMhM 1 0¥ Sin<rr Hcjmhakdhy. 
X. A. WILLARD, A. M., Little Falls, N. Y., 
Kl>tTOR Off TWK llftr AKTMlCNt Of DAIRY Hl’AflANDIlT. 
Col. S. D. HAnRIS, Cleveland, Ohio, 
TsiVftiKC CoiiKtKroKDiwo Editor. 
T. HART HYATT, San Francisco, 
Conductor of tuh Pacific .Si-ork DKfARTMEST. 
CHAS. V. RILEY, St. Louis, Mo., 
Cosduoiou on tin, Kvi omgmm.ica i. Department, 
MARY A. E. WAGER, 
Emron or the Domvnc Economy Department. 
a Helpful Wife.— Jostah Roller, a well-to- 
do farmer of Bucyrus, Ohio, nod long-time Pres¬ 
ident of the County Agricultural Society, got 
into a tight place for help in the wheat harvest, 
this season, by the failure of one of his men, 
and being unable to find another to take his 
place, Mrs. Kolleii promptly volunteered for 
the occasion, and taking her seat on the reaping 
machine, rode out. tlm day, and vanquished the 
field—for which 6he deserves to be crowned 
Queen of the Harvest. 
RURAL NOTES AND QUERIES. 
The Agricultural Editorial Excursionists, un¬ 
der tho ciccronuye of H. T, Williams, lef t this 
city for Mammoth Cave, Ky., Kansas, Colorado, 
and tho Parks of the Rocky Mountains, Tuos- 
dny, July 18. Wo hope, and doubt not, they will 
have a good lime, and come back wiser, if not 
heller, lor what tholr eyes shall 6Ce and they 
expciicnco. Wo hope our Western friends wlil 
receive favorable impressions from these East¬ 
ern representatives of the emit,and at Hie same 
time “take (ho start'll of egotism" out of tho 
first man m- woman in tho oompnny who In any 
manner displays it. We don’t wish we wero 
along; hut wo do wish for those who are, a good 
time. Here Is the list of ibe party .‘—Henry T. 
Williams, Independent: J. B. Lyman and wire, 
N. Y. Tribune; S. It. AVells ami wife. Phreno¬ 
logical Journal; I-’. D. Curtis and wife, N. Y. 
Republican; X. A. Willard and wife, lteitw, 
Ngw-VORKr.K; A. B. Crandall,Now York World; 
Mrs. S. O. Johnson, Country Gentleman; B. K. 
Illiss ami son. Rural Club, N. Y.; J. R. Dodge 
and c. It. Dodge, It. s. Department of Agricul¬ 
ture, Washington, D. C.; G. M. Tucker, Country 
Gentleman ; G. W. Brown, Norwich Advertiser; 
II. P. Eaton, New England Fanner; Thomas 
Meehan, Philadelphia Press; H. L. Rondo, Prairie 
Farmer; William CHIT, American Agriculturist; 
John F. Kirby and wife. Commercial Advertiser; 
C. O. Green and wife, Troy Daily Times; Gen. 
Noyes, Massachusetts Ploughman; W. M. Cun by. 
Germantown Telegraph; Josiah Hoopcs, Dela¬ 
ware Tribune and Republican; J. G. Kingsbury, 
N. W. Farmer; G. S. Bowen and wife, Chicago 
Bureau. 
Since the above was In type wo lonrn that 
Illness prevented Mr. Willard from joining 
the party. 
Term*.— Only flt| ,/JO per Volume of 'Hi numbers, 
or per yaar of ,>‘2 numbers. To Clubs—per Vol¬ 
ume: Five ooples for $7; Seven, and one free to 
agent, for $U.50; Ten. and one tren, for J.12..4I. Per 
Year: fivecoi'ld* lor $ 14 ; SjoYOD. »Pfl Olio l'roo. for 
$10: Ten, and Hio fino, for $25—only $2.5(1 per copy. 
The lowest Yearly rale to Canada is $2.7fl, mid $2.50 
to Europe. Drafts, P, O. .Money Orders and Regis¬ 
tered Lotte is at our risk. 
The It urn I Now-Yorker Is sold by Nows Deal¬ 
ers generally. The Trade is supplied by tho New 
Y oittC NT.Wb Co., No. 8 Spruce St., Now York. 
AnviatTisiNO. - Inside, 75 rents per line. Agate 
space; Outside. $1 per line, each Insertion. For Ex- 
lru Display and Cal's a price and a-half. Special and 
Business Notlees, $l.W) and $2 a lino. No advertise¬ 
ment insoHcO for less (Inin $3. 
Tcxn* Cottle In Kansas.— The Salinn (Kansas) 
Advocate savs the entire country east, west and 
south of Salinais uow filled with Texas cattle; 
the bottoms are overflowing with them, nnd tho 
water courses lined with them. Not less than 
two hundred thousand head are now within the 
precincts of the Stale, and the arrivals daily are 
immense in number. Prices range from $6 to 
$8 for yearlings; $10 to $12 for two-ycai'-olds; 
$16 to $18 for three-year-olds and cows; and $20 
to $24 for beeves. These prices appear to be well 
maintained. 
(•lock Breeding nt rhe Agricultural College*.— 
IV. R. P. is informed that wo nro not nwnre that 
at any of the Agricultural Colleges there are In 
progress experiments with different breeds of 
animals calculated lo show “wlmt breed will, 
with tho sumo care, expense and feed, yield the 
greatest returns during a given time—or the 
largest profit In proportion to the Investment.” 
We know that oil some of the so-called Agricul¬ 
tural College (arms, there are herds composed of 
several distinct breeds, with grade animals of 
each; but. what the aim or those having them id 
charge, with relation to acquiring facts, is, we 
arc not Informed. Wo shall bo glad if any of 
our correspondents can answer the foregoing 
inquiry. 
— Since writing tho foregoing, we see If stated 
that I he Michigan Agricultural College ha? on ils 
farm “specimens, good ones, of Short-Horn, 
Ayrshire, Devon and Galloway cattle, with 
grades of each of those breeds; also Merino, 
Cotswold, South-Down and Highland (Scotch) 
sheep: Chester While, Berkshire, Suffolk and 
Essex swine.” Also that tho Iowa Agricultural 
College lms Short-Borne. Devons, Ayrsh ires and 
Alderney's, with Chester While, Suffolk and 
Berkshire swine. There is opportunity for ex¬ 
periment. 
The Spectator,— We want to say, In justice toa 
couple of enterprising journalist*, that the 
American Review of Insurance for July 15 is a 
marvel of neatness, enterprise and magnitude. 
It contains 118 pages, about forty pagosof which 
are devoted to the proceedings of tho National 
Convention of Insurance Officers. The. gentle¬ 
men Goodscll make the best insurance paper in 
America. 
^CELSIOW 
Michigan Fruit at IlirhmoMd, We learn that 
tho Michigan State Bornological Society and the 
Northern ami Western Michigan Fruit Growers’ 
Societies are co-operating to make a line exhi¬ 
bition ol' fruit nt the meeting of the American 
Pomologlenl Society at Richmond, Vo. They 
have engaged a refrigerator ear for the convey¬ 
ance ol their fruit specimens. 
INDUSTRIAL SOCIETIES, 
n. \V. Ilnnix, i, ii Ac Co.—Our venders nre not, 
unfamiliar with tho fuel that D. W, RAMSDELL 
& Co. failed to take the oata ibey contracted to 
take, and not loiur since f I was announced Hint 
the firm had collapsed. Since the collapse, Mr. 
Ramsdkll has been trying to bolster »p his rop- 
u tot ion for honesty, throwing the responsibility 
of failure upon his partners, who have “va¬ 
mosed," and who, ho asserts, have swindled him 
and left him a poor man. He has endeavored 
to excite sympathy in his own behalf. Discus¬ 
sing I lie question Of his honesty nnd good faith, 
tho Prairie Farmer of July 18 says;—” And now 
comes in the question of D. W. Rams DELL’S 
honesty. Has lie funds with which he could pay 
tho purchase monc-y mi these oats, or hoy part 
of them? Has he invested bis capital in safe 
places where) creditors cannot touch it? We re¬ 
gret that, on these points we have only Mr, Rams- 
dell's own statement. A few days since. In con¬ 
versation with a gentleman connected with this 
office, Mr. Hamsdell staled that he was a silent 
partner in two paying business concerns In this 
city, and also that I here stood, In his wife’s on me, 
property to the value of some $70,000 in tho State 
of Vermont, Mr. Hamrdell was tho acknowl¬ 
edged bond nnd front of ibis firm of D. W. It ams- 
DELL& Co. Last year he repeatedly told us that 
in case of his death he very much doubted the 
ability of his firm to handle the business, and 
hence he bad his contends so drawn that they 
only amounted to a * refusal ’ of the oats grown 
under (hem. Putting these things together we 
ask it, in tho eyes of fair dealing men, D. W. 
Hamsdell Is an honest man?" 
TO AGENTS, SUCSCRIBERS, AND OTHERS, 
Lectures In the Italian* Ag, 4 allege. We 
learn that Dr. John A. Wauled ol Cincinnati, 
O., is to deliver a course ol lectures on Horti¬ 
culture at this Institution the coming year; Dr. 
JOSEPH Btshman Upon Veterinary Science, nnd 
Chakles V. Bilev, Stale Entomologist of Mis¬ 
souri, upon Entomology, 
The Northwestern Horticultural Hoelefy was 
organized at Freeport. 111.,* July 6. by the elec- 
lion of the following Officer* ax preliminary ton 
permanent organization : I J res. L- K. Scofield, 
Freeport, III. Vice Pits' is. — Wisconsin, O. S, 
Willey, Madison; Iowa. Ii. W. Adams, Wankon j 
Minnesota, Col. J. F Stevens, Minneapolis; 
Non hern Illinois. Arthur Bryant, Jr . Prince¬ 
ton. Sec.- If. H. McAfee, Madison, WIs. Trent, 
—L, Woodward, Marengo, III- Pres. Scofield, 
Vico Pres Willey and Secretary McAfee were 
made an Executive Committee to consult, cor¬ 
respond and decide upon the quest ion ol holding 
an exhibition tho present year, and tliclimoaiid 
place of holding n Horticultural Convention tho 
coming fall or winter at which, through dele¬ 
gate? sent by State, District and Local Iifot'licul- 
tural Societies, a permanent organization can 
ho effected, 
Tin* Western Plow Mniiufhrinrcrii’ Asa'n rc- 
oenily held a meeting in Chicago, with a view 
to unite upon a scale or prices and rates of dis¬ 
count. They did not agree. There seemed (o 
tie distrust ot each other—that those who might 
subscribe to an agreement would fall lo keep 
it, nr that those who were not represented in 
the Convention might profit by such agreement 
and undersell. The final action ol the Conven¬ 
tion was withhold from publication. The fol¬ 
lowing officers wore elected ; Pits- S. 1». Mo li¬ 
ft ISON. l’kv- Pits.- W .1. Orendorf. See. F. K. 
Orvis. Trail*.- N. 8. noil ton. E.i*. Com.—Col. 
Noble, Messrs. B. D. Buford and J. A, Brewster. 
Gram Hog glum.- in ami of himself, person¬ 
ally, bo to speak, tho Hog is not a very attract¬ 
ive animal for special exhibition; und yet, tain 
question ot farm economy, lie is of no small 
importance. We dare say it is for ibis last rea¬ 
son that the Illinois Swino Breeder’s Associa¬ 
tion bus determined to hold n separate and pub- 
liff”Exposition" of these useful and odorifer¬ 
ous animals, in the city of Chicago, on the 10th 
to 21 si of September next, it programme of 
which has been received at tills office, from 
which wo seo that big money Is offered ns pre¬ 
miums In various classes, with u grand Sweep¬ 
stakes of $ 1,000 for best display. See oflldul an¬ 
nouncement in our advertising department this 
week. * - 
Premium Lists Received,— Tliat Of (he New 
York Slate Ag. Society, Thomas L. Ilmison, 
Albany. N. Y., Sec’y ; also Hint ot the New Jer¬ 
sey State Agricultural Society, Win. M. Force, 
Newark, N. J„ Sec’y; also that of the Blinds 
State Ag. Society, from A. M. Garland, Spring- 
Held. III., Seo'y; also that of the Arkansas Suite 
Ag. and Menu. Association, from Edward C. 
Morton, Little Rock, Aik., Seo’y; nl#<> that of 
the Wisconsin State Ag. Society, from J. "• 
Hoyt, Madison, Wis„ Sec y. 
Ontario, Canada, Ag. nnd Hurt. Societies,—'The 
Toronto Globe. June 23, publishes a Jislof the 
Agricultural and Hortiouflural Societies In On¬ 
tario, and the namesof their SecretariesforI87l. 
Tins list embraces near 850 Societies, which indi¬ 
cates a thn tty nnd Intelligent agricultural popu¬ 
lation In that Province. 
The IV’cw York Slate Ag. Soc.’a Premium List is 
at hand. The Fair the present year is to bo held 
at Albany, Oct. 2-8. Ail entriesof articlesfor ex¬ 
hibition must bo made by letter addressed to the 
Secretary ai Albany, N. Y„ or personally at the 
Agricultural Rooms, on or before September — 
Vol. XXIV of Ibo Ritual New-Yoi<ki.i< com¬ 
menced July 8, mid will clone with December 
comprising twenty-six numbers. Agents, Sub¬ 
scribers. and others interested, will please nolo 
this announcement, bearing in mind that both 
Singlo and Club Subscriptions for the Now Vol¬ 
ume nre now In order and respectfully solicit¬ 
ed from all parts of the Union, Canada, &o. 
Specific premiums, extra free copies, etc., will 
bo allowed on tho same liberal scale ns offered 
Iasi winter— two six months (or volume) siilr- 
seriptious counting for ouo yearly. Clubs may 
bo composed of part yearly and part half-yearly 
subscribers, at convenience. We trust that new 
clubs will bo organized, and additions made to 
prosent ones, all over the country. 
American Institute Awards on Mowing .Ma¬ 
chines and Hny Tedders.— The mowing machines 
and hay tedders exhibited at (he last Fairof tho 
American Institute wore tested by the following 
Commit tea of Judges, on the farm of Samuel 
Slnolntr, at Croton, on Wednesday, June 21H. 
L. Reader, Jewett city, Conn.; Joslab H. Macy, 
Rye, Westchester - V N. V.; Frank D. Curtis, 
Charlton, Saratoga Co., N. Y. The Board of 
Managers on Monday, July 17, awarded the fol¬ 
lowing premiums in accordance with the report 
of the Judgos: 
NOv536— Adrtonco, Plat t & Co., No. 165 Green¬ 
wich St., N. V.. for the host mowing machine, 
“Buckeye.” First premium. 
No. 100.—Sprague Mowing Machine Company, 
Providence, K. L, for the Sprague Mower. Sec¬ 
ond premium. 
No. 777.—Clipper Mower and Henning Machine 
Company, No. 154 Chatubtiin St., N. Y ., for Hie 
Clipper Mowing Machine. Certlneateof honor¬ 
able mention. 
No. 7.—Frank Bramer, for Young Warrior 
Mower. Certificate of honorable mention. 
No. 113,—E. W. Bullard, for the Bullard Hay 
Tedder. First premium. 
Ohio Agricultural College.—The Trustees of 
the Ohio Agricultural College have made a con¬ 
tract for the erection of the main college build¬ 
ing, at $ 112 , 480 , to be completed by the first of 
November next. They also decided to lay out a 
college park of not less than forty acred. 
Where arc Steam Plow# ni Work I—A South¬ 
ern planter writes us asking where, in the North, 
he cun find steam plows in operation. Will 
those of our readers who know, please advise 
us, giving the name or style of plow, the place 
where at work, etc.? 
A FAVORABLE OUTLOOK 
Of the Land Sale spoken of by Levi Adams, 
we know nothing beyond what the advertise¬ 
ment tells us. 
According to our Season ami Crop Re¬ 
ports for Lire past few weeks, the prospects 
of producers are generally very encouraging. 
Letters from our correspondents, and the 
reports in exchanges from most parts of tho 
country, are almost, universally favorable in 
regard to tho growing crops, and the pro¬ 
gress nnd probabilities of the harvest nnd 
yield. Tim frequent and in many localities 
copious rains which have fallen over a large 
extent of territory during the past month, 
must add largely to the production of the 
country. As Summer wanes nnd Autumn 
approaches, therefore, those engaged in al¬ 
most every brunch of agricultural produc¬ 
tion have the prospect of fair if not abund¬ 
ant returns for their labors nnd investments. 
That the Season of 1871 will prove pros¬ 
perous one—at least a full average in pro¬ 
duction—there is certainly good reason to 
believe, judging from existing facte and in¬ 
dications. Instead of croaking or complain¬ 
ing, therefore, wo confidently anticipate that 
most soil culturists throughout the land will 
ere long have occasion to celebrate Thanks¬ 
giving in nn appropriate manner—with grati¬ 
tude Lo heaven that their lines have fallen in 
pleasant places, and that they have again 
been blessed in harvest and in store. Such 
being the Outlook from our standpoint and 
information, wo congratulate American Ru- 
ralists generally upon their prospects. 
BUSINESS INFORMATION, 
How to Hire Men on n Farm.— An Ohio corres¬ 
pondent of the RtrUAL New-Youkek writes; 
“1 should like to have the experience of fann¬ 
ers as to the best mode of hiring men on the 
farm—whether by tho day, month or your. 
There are objections to oaeli mode; but if your 
reader? have decided which la the least objec¬ 
tionable and most profitable, I, for one, should 
be glad io hear their experience." 
Wo have had some experience in the matter, 
and have found that our hands gave us the most 
faithful labor for the pay, and were better satis¬ 
fied with their position when we hired them by 
the day, paying a stipulated sum fur u specified 
number of hours' work, and n proportionate 
sum for enoh extra hour, and paying them every 
night , when the day's work was dune. In this 
way we secured the labor of men in tho neigh¬ 
borhood who had families to support. And 
they knew that their employment depended 
upon their fidelity to our interests. 
Encouraging ** Oregon Industry."—J. Magone 
announces in the Willlamette Farmer, that a 
firm in Portland, Oregon, has ” Placed in my 
hands a $35 saddle, to be offered as a special pre¬ 
mium at the next State Fair, and left me free to 
name the branch of Oregon Industry to be 
stimulated thereby. After mature reflection, 
this is tho choice I have made :—It will be given 
to i lie person who furnishes the largest number 
ot scalps of tho following description, stating 
upon honor that they were taken from tho ani¬ 
mals slain by the persons competing, within a 
certain time, commencing July 4tli nnd ending 
October 4th, 1871: gray squirrels, blue jays and 
gophers. Each gopher is to count three, the 
squirrels and blue jnja one each." That may 
be an important “branch of Oregon industry," 
and deserve such ostentatious encouragement. 
If it is, we encourage It by publishing the result 
of Mr. Magone’s “mature rendition.” 
—Since writing the foregoing wo notice that 
another Oregonian, has. we think, wrought bet¬ 
ter results out of Ids "mature reflection." He 
says: 
"1 have bad an idea that a great, advantage 
would result to families nnd individuals, if gins 
learned to make their own dresses. So many 
furbelows, and ruffles, and frills, and tucks, are 
now put on them, (hat the cost of hiring this 
work done for a 6inglo dress would cost several 
bushels of wheat, a couple of hams, a dozen nj* 
twenty pounds of butter—and this all would be 
saved to tho family if this work was done at 
home by females of the household. So much 
was I impressed with the importance of the sub¬ 
ject, that I propose to offer some special premi¬ 
ums, to amount to $30, to bo thus divided:—To 
the girl, under 1!) years of age, who will cut nnd 
make the best calico dress, $6; for the second 
best, made |jy a girl under the same age, $5: La¬ 
the third best, $4; for the fourth best, $3; for 
Formers Helping Each Ollier Hnve,—There is 
a Farmers' Club at Evanston, 111., which has an 
agent who eontrncis dlreoUy with manufactu¬ 
rers for such Implements and tools ns the mem¬ 
bers need, and wiio also advises and assists in 
marketing grain und produce. Ouo of tho mem¬ 
bers of this Club asserts that more has becu saved 
in this way in a singlo season than it will cost to 
belong to the Club a lifetime. He adds:—"It 
seems strange that farmers all over the country 
will not bike the matter in hand and deal mutu¬ 
ally together, and work for each others' benefit. 
Much can be saved every year in buying imple¬ 
ments in this way, or in selling grain or oilier 
produce. Besides, there can be much valuable 
information gained by these friendly talks about 
how wc farm, and how we ought to farm. Farm¬ 
ers. it is greatly to your interest to organize 
Clubs for your mutual benefit. Try it and see 
for yourselves.” 
BUSINESS NOTICES. 
WASHINGTON IBVING, 
a great, sufferer from Asthma, found relief in Whit 
comb’s Remedy. 
DOES LIBERTY MEAN LICENSE? 
Giles, Wales Ac Co—This firm is not unknown 
to Ritual New-Yohkeu readers—they being 
the manufacturers of those splendid L T nited 
States Watches, which our Agents have spoken 
so highly of aforetime; but we wish to com¬ 
mend them as honorable nnd uptight dealers in 
Jewelry.Solid Silverapd Silver Pin ted Ware of all 
descriptions. Those of our readers desiring any¬ 
thing in the above line, will find it to their In¬ 
terest to send their orders ID lids establishment 
direct, and thereby save a large percentage on 
their purchases. Their address is 13 Maiden 
Lane, New York city. 
Judging by the demeanor and talk of 
some of the naturalized citizens of this coun¬ 
try, liberty is mistaken for license. They 
exact and exercise the privileges of freemen 
but they* me no! willing to concede them to 
others. The tyranny of bigotry, of intoler¬ 
ance, of prejudice, is excelled by no other. 
And the note of passion which demagogues 
and politicians invoke are something to be 
discountenanced and denounced by ah good 
men. Already are the politicians stirring up 
the blood of men whose friends and sympa¬ 
thizers instigated and inaugurated the recent 
riot in this city. Inflammatory speeches are 
made. Gov. IIoffman is denounced. Ven¬ 
geance is promised. Bitterness is nursed, 
llalred is hugged close and iho work of 
retribution is to be prosecuted. We state 
PUBLISHER’S SPECIAL NOTICES. 
b# for Vol 
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High Old Itsllmnte of BlnlUtlcs nnd the Sta¬ 
tistician. —There isa dyspeptics ” Old Settler ” out 
West, who cuts and slashes and slam-bangs 
tiround without any tueroy to brutes or humans. 
In the last Iowa Farmer ho goes lor our friend 
Dodge, of the Department of Agriculture, in 
this wise: 
” .Tust now tho ‘Statistician' Dodge, l&busy in 
bulling m* the oottoh market, and raising the 
price of dnmeslie goods on the people of the 
North. He says there is fifteen per nent. loss 
average of Intul planted toeoitou this year than 
lust, and that this ts going to make the article 
very source and dear. Il any of your readers 
want to find out how near correct thisDoDGEis, 
let him try to ascertain the exact average and 
.yield of any product in his own township. Yet 
this fellow presumes to speak confidently on all 
Agricultural 8liidcntii in Agricultural Col¬ 
leges. -Have yon any data by which you can 
toll what proportion of the pupils in Agricultu¬ 
ral Colleges are studying the science relating to 
agriculture, wilh a view to their application in 
that profession?— m. P- il 
We have no 6Uoh data. We heard a gentleman 
who delivered a course of lectures at Cornell 
University for the benefit of the students of 
agriculture say, that out of the 500 to 600 
students there, but about twenty ever expected 
to pursue farming; that most of them were 
aiming to get professional handles to their 
names. We should like to have our corres¬ 
pondent’s question answered. 
The Woman's Medical College of the New 
York Infirmary is worthy the attention of all 
ladies seeking medical instruction. So we infer 
from an examination of its Annual Catalogue 
and Announcement, just received. All interest¬ 
ed should address Dr. Emily Blackwell, 128 
Second Avenue, New York, for particular in¬ 
formation. 
