men folk—the industrious wives, daughters 
and sisters—the products of their skillful 
handiwork. Thus going to the Vair, our 
friends will be prepared to show and teach 
others something; and if they are observing 
they may learn much from what they see 
and hear while among the products and 
people there exhibited and congregated. 
men of the Old World. Mr. Riley, though still 
j'oung, is a most enthusiastic and successful 
worker In the great field of science he has select¬ 
ed as a spectalty-and in such capable hands En¬ 
tomology must, soon attract the attention of the 
masses, and be better appreciated than it ever 
has been in our country. 
— James Vick, the great Seedsman and Florist 
of Rochester, has also returned from Europe, in 
good health and spirits. From what we learn 
we infer that his visit abroad was both pleasant 
and profitable. 
ered, could compete with horses and mules. 
We hope to live to see one. 
Hearth mid Home announces that the Rev. 
Edward Eggleston, late of the Independent, 
has become connected with its editorial depart¬ 
ment, and that Mr. J. H. Richards, recently of 
the Evening Post, and former publisher of the 
Nation, has been added to its business force. 
We congratulate our contemporary upon these 
valuable accessions. 
THE GREAT ILLUSTRATED 
r arid Proprietor 
CHAS. D. BRAGDON, ANDREW S. FULLER 
AoKooiatc JUditoi'M, 
Acknowledgment, —w e are indebted to the 
officers of numerous State, County and other 
Agricultural Societies for premium lists, com¬ 
plimentary cards of admisson, etc., for which we 
return thanks—only regretting our inability to 
respond to each and ail in an appropriate 
manner. 
.Mulching Trees. Shrub*, Etc.—A correspondent 
of the Rural New-Yorker asks if “thebest 
timetomulch is when the ground Isdry.orwhen 
it is wet.” When It is dry, of course. And while 
it is plenty wot enough hereabouts, we know 
men who would have saved hundreds of dollars 
on small places, had they had the material for 
HENRY S. RANDALL, LL. D., Cortland Village, N. Y, 
Editor or m* l)«rA*rsiEx» or Snrrr Rusb.nprv. 
X. A. WILLARD, A. M., Little Falls, N. Y., 
Editor or tub I>itrAiiru**r or Dairt IIuksandky. 
Col. S. D. HARRIS, Cleveland, Ohio, 
Tb*v»uk» ComtuporPtNO Editor. 
T. HART HYATT, San Francisco, 
Conductor or Tin I'Arirro Slop* Dbiartmbnt. 
CHAS. V. RILEY, St. Louis, Mo., 
Conductor or tub Entouoi.oqiual Pki'artmbnt. 
MARY A. E. WAGER, 
Editor or tub Douivtio Econ(j“» Dbpartmint. 
mulching sit hand and had used itduringtlie 
drouth of the past spring. We have had them 
tell us so and heard them promise themselves 
they would not be caught so again* September 
often gives U6 severe drouths; and the refuse of 
the harn-yards and sweeplugs of the stables and 
barns, and the grass from the fence corners 
alongside grain fields, may bo utilized to protect 
newly planted trees, shrubs, and even August, 
planted strawberries, &c., Ac. It will pay to save 
and use all material for mulch in this manner. 
We have known crops of corn increased a third 
by mulching with straw between the rows alter 
the work of cultivating had ceased. 
Vermonter Going Wcstv-Ono of the Rural 
New-Yorker subscribers, Mr. Wm. F. Hicks of 
Franklin Co-, Vt., a railroad contractor, will go 
to Adams Co., Iowa, in September, to enter upon 
the dairy business, taking with him some choice 
Short-Horn cattle, Berkshire and Essex pigs, &c. 
New York State Fair.— Our readers will bear 
In mind that the Entry Books for this Fair close 
on the 2d day of September. 
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The lowest Vearly rate to Canada Is 12.70, and ( 3.50 
to Europe,—Including American pontage, which we 
are obliged to prepay on all paper* mulled to foreign 
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people were got up; and a view of the 
country justified our previous good opinion 
ot it, as a place io leave for the licit soil of 
Ohio. Not but that Connecticut is all well 
enough as far as it goes, for there arc notable 
good features in her society and notably 
good farina within her boarders, and no end 
to the noble industries of her people. Rut 
such bread lit a of wasteland, for a little State! 
Why, we have not seen the like this side of 
old Virginia, and if we had not known that 
no hostile foot had pressed her soil, these 
five-and-fifty years, we should have said 
there were evidences of the desolations of 
the late war. We dare say the old hills 
which look down upon the scrubby under¬ 
brush ol the abandoned fields of the Housa- 
tonie, Naugatuck and Farmington Rivers, 
saw better cultivated farms there, half a cen- 
tury ago, than they sec now; and it was 
very right for the brave yeomen of that day 
to take their household gods and godcsses 
and settle on the Western Reserve, where 
less labor would fetch more corn and cattle. 
But we did not take our pen to say an un¬ 
kind word of Connecticut; all her children 
who went out from her, still loved her for 
all the good there was in her. What though 
our eyes were pained by the too frequent 
views of fields of rag weed and untenanled 
pastures, where sheep and kinc had given 
place to stunted bushes and lonesome mul¬ 
leins, yet there was poetry in the flaming 
plumes of the golden rod and the bright eyes 
I ulnskl Co., A a., Aug 20.-We have had a 
very severe drouth this summer. Corn will not 
make half a crop. The grass lands have parched 
up, nud the wheat that has been threshed has 
not turned out more than one-third of a crop. 
—J. M. 
Harmony, Chautauqua Co., N, Y„ 
The severest drouth ev 
Aug. 13.— 
er known in this county 
is now prevailing. Wells and springs have failed 
| very generally. Some wells failed and were re- 
i dug in May, and wn have tiad only light showers 
since April. Pastures brown; meadows look 
dead; lute planted corn poor; early potatoes 
light crop, and late growing varieties will he a 
failure. Beeves have tost weight lor two weeks. 
Hurd time for dairymen, and the end is not yet. 
If It continues much longer it will be quite dis¬ 
astrous, u, R. w. [A very blue report. Trust 
rain has fullen in Harmony ere this, and that the 
aspect is more favorable.—E ds.] 
Duncan'* Fall*. Muskingum Co., O., Aug. 22. 
—The weather still continues dry. Corn will 
fail short of a full or average crop. Potatoes 
will be short If it don’t rain soon. The drouth 
is injuring [the peach; Irult small and ripening 
twenty days sooner than Iasi year, with not 
more than onc-thi id of crop. Toodry forgrapes; 
don t ripen up well. Peaches are selling at 80c.(® 
$1.50 per bushel; grapes, $2.50 per bushel; wheat, 
$J 10; corn. 70c.; Oats. 40c.; flour, $6 per bbl; 
butter. 12® 15c.: eggs, 15c.. lard, 12,Vc.; bacon, 
sides. 12c.; shoulders, 13c.; hams, 16c.; hogs, fat, 
glass. .ifojic.; slock. 4 c.; cattle, fat, 6c.; grass, 
neat, 12@I4e, per lb.; chickens, pair. 50c.; ducks, 
6(io.—j. c. N. 
Eo*i Jn(Trev, !V. H„ Aug. 10-The season is 
u fac simile Of the past; the ground remarkably 
dry. wells and springs failing; nevertheless rye, 
oats, barley and wheal are coming in finely. 
EXcelsio^ 
SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 2, 1371 
Deuer man tfie fail sowing. The earliest sow mg 
ol fail wheat gave the poorest yield. But few 
have heretofore sown spring wheat; more will 
do so next year. The oat crop is little If any 
belter than the wheat. Since July 1st a terrible 
drouth has prevailed over a large portion of the 
State. It has been dry along the whole extent 
of the N. C.R.R.,-a distance of 230 miles. Near 
the Western terminus of the road—in Cabarrus 
and Mecklenburg coualics-the offecis of the 
drouth are appalling. The corn looks, in some 
places, like fields from which the fodder has not 
beeu stripped, appear in October. The gardens 
are destroyed. The cotton is suffering greatly, 
but not so much as the corn. The forest trees 
arc dying-the brown, dead leaves thickly spot¬ 
ting the woods in high and dry places. The 
dust in the streets and roads and on the trains 
is yuffocating. Part of (he tobacco territory 
has also suffered considerably'. This, together 
with the impossibility of gelling plants in the. 
sluing, will make that crop very short. East; of 
Goldsboro’ there are fine crops. The eolton, 
though shurt In acreage, is looking remarkably 
well and coming In promisingly. The corn there 
is extra good. Irish potatoes have done finely, 
both in quantity and quality. The Early Rose 
has not only sustained but greatly increased 
its reputation. Indeed, the experiment of seve¬ 
ral years in this climate has convinced me that 
the wisest policy for our gardeners is to plant 
freely of the earliest kinds ot various garden 
prod uct-s, for the earlier the more they relieve 
us and the more certain they are to mature be¬ 
fore the season of drouth. Of course a succes- 
sion in small quantities is recommended. Bacon 
is yet cheap. The average of corn is about $], 
though it may go higher before the crop is har¬ 
vested. Here, so soon after harvest, flour is 
selling at $5 per cwt. Up to this writing the 
drouth continues.— n. c. 
American Homological Society.—The following 
note from John M. Allan, President Virginia 
Horticultural and Pomologioal Society, shows 
that our Southern friends are preparing to give 
the. American Pomologioal Society a cordial 
welcome : 
Dear Sih;— in addition to the premiums al¬ 
ready announced tor the Exhibition of the 
American Pomologicul Society in thiscitv,Sent 
6. i and 8, a special premium of $25 has been ol- 
fered by Messrs. Caskie A Warwick of this city 
for the Handsomest Basket of Cut Flowers, the 
basket, of course, to bo the property or tin- Vir- 
Horticultural uud Pomologioal Society. 
\\ 111 you do us the favor to have this announced 
through some of the leading Journals to which 
you contribute, so that out New York friends 
may have au opportunity of competing. 
rv .1 V< ‘ r y fi ' ie Du Irn-ge attendance and 
lull eahibiliotuot t r u i U- 
Richmond, Va . Aug. lT^vri. 
ABOUT THE PAIRS, 
For the information and benefit of the 
thousands of our readers who are, or ought 
to be, interested in the matter—as exhibit¬ 
ors or spectators, or both—we give, on pre¬ 
ceding page, a long list of Agricultural Fairs 
to be held Uic present season. It comprises 
all the American Industrial Exhibitions 
concerning which we have been able to pro¬ 
cure reliable data, aud doubtless is by far 
tlie most complete list obtainable. We 
have taken great pains to make the record 
as accurate as possible, and trust it will 
'prove serviceable to our readers in all parts 
of the country. The list will not only prove 
useful now, but valuable for future reference. 
During the past quarter of a century we 
have had more or less connection with Agri¬ 
cultural Societies ami their Fairs, and have 
annually urged upon farmers,horticulturists, 
mechanics, manufacturers, and other indus¬ 
trial producers, the importance of sustaining 
tbein in a proper manner. Having, at differ¬ 
ent periods, occupied working and responsi¬ 
ble positions in several Societies —all the 
way from High Private to President—we 
may, without arrogance, assume to know 
something about the management of such 
organizations and the benefits derivable 
from their exhibitions. While it must he 
conceded Mint some Societies and Clubs 
have at times been mismanaged, or run in 
horses are to lie seen. Tlie present sensa¬ 
tion in the live stock business is the impor¬ 
tation and breeding of Channel Islands cat¬ 
tle, and tlie gurney lit lie Jerseys lift their 
tan and mealy muzzles, and open their bright, 
gazelle-like eyes upon the traveler, in many 
quarters. Such milk for coffee and such 
butter! we tested their quality at the hospi¬ 
table table of our friend Mills, in Middle- 
field, who lias some of the nicest Jerseys we 
ever saw. While good dairy butter is sell¬ 
ing in the country for thirty cents, people 
who love the pure stuff, are ax ions to get all 
tlie butter Mrs. Mills can spare at fifty cents 
a pound. 
The State of Connecticut is pretty well 
veiued by railroads, so that the products of 
her industries have free access to all mar¬ 
kets.—s. D. H. 
INDUSTRIAL SOCIETIES, 
Tlie Agricultural Convention at Home Ha, 
met A ug. 8. There were delegations from South 
Carolina, Honda aud Alabama. The following- 
officers were elected for 1872; Prest - A. A. ('m - 
«***■„ FtoeTreats.—1st Diet. William Schley; 
7,1. ?. IS V V , Vai ? on : M Hist. R. J. Redding; 
L {J\ L, rtMrstqri : &th Diet. Samuel Bar¬ 
nett , Bib Dist. R. D. Moore; 7th Dist. C. W. 
Howard. Ex. Com, -1st Dist. H. D. Capers; 2d 
JJJst. J- K. Burnum ; 3d Diet. J. M. Fannin ; 4th 
D}st. J. S. Lawton; 5th Dist. T. J. Smith; 6th 
Dist. R. D.Wvmi ; 7th Dist. Wm. Phillips. Oliu 
Colby to fill the vacancy or B. G. Lockett, re¬ 
signed, of 2d District. 
Catalogue* Received.-From Ellwanger & 
Barry, Sit. Hope Nurseries, Rochester, N. Y., 
their fine series of Catalogues, viz.: No.]. De¬ 
scriptive Catalogue of Fruits, 20th edition; 2 , 
Ornamental Trees, Shrubs, Roses, Flowering 
Plants, Etc.,21st edition; 3, Catalogue of Plants, 
25th edition; 4, Wholesale Catalogue; 5, Bul¬ 
bous Flower Roots. Ale. Those are issued iu Hue 
style and beautifully illustrated. The line illus¬ 
tration of Spring Flowering Bulbs, (Tulip. Cro¬ 
cus, Narcissus, Arc.,) given in last week’s Rural 
New-Yorker, was taken from No. 5, and credit 
unintentionally omitted. 
RURAL NOTES AND QUERIES, 
BUSINESS NOTICES 
The Farmer*' Club at Home,— Tile right wing 
of the Farmers’ Club, that left us a month since 
for a trip to the Rocky Mountains, is at home 
again. Wo presume that they' kept out of mis¬ 
chief while away, or Ave should miss them now, 
as our Western people are sharp on travelers 
who do not conduot themselves Avith propriety. 
One of the party took the smallest specimen of 
his numerous family with him to the wilds of 
the West, to iiaA-e it christened, perhaps with a 
hope that at some future day he Avould become 
a true Western man. No one but a Tribune 
man would ibinkof such a tiling, and we con¬ 
gratulate him (the baby, of course,) on bis safe 
return to the Metropolis. Next Tuesday the 
Farmers' Club will again assemble at Cooper 
Union, and ii is expected that there will be a 
general rush ol' the “right wing” to see who 
will get off Lhe first speech and tell what be or 
they haA-e seen iu (not the Pacific Slope this 
time) my or our trip West. Twenty men of the 
right wing or the Cluh should have learned 
something worth telling, in a month, and if so, 
we are quite sure it will be told. 
ROSE COLD AND HAY FEVER 
disappear by the use of Joins Whitcomb’s Asthma 
Remedy. 
JULY INVESTMENTS, 
Philips’ t orn llusker.— On sev T eral occasions 
during the current season, we have been inter¬ 
ested iD the operations of a new corn busker, 
exhibited by Hills A Hoag at 32 Cortlandt St„ 
N. Y. In this husker the ear is taken from the 
stalk and husked “ slick and uleau." by a pair of 
toothed Avooden rollers, deln’eriDg the clean 
ears at the tail of the shute, and the stalks and 
husks by themselves. Some idea maybe gained 
of its operations, by reference to the small cut 
in the advertisement of Hills & Hoag. 
Jay Cooke & Co. are now selling the First Mort¬ 
gage 7-30 Gold Bonds of the Northern Pacific Rail¬ 
road Company, bearing Seven and Three-Tontba 
per cent, gold interest (more than S per cent, cur- 
rency), and secured by first and only mortgage on 
the entire Road and equipments, and on more than 
2S.QOO Acres of Land to every mile of track, or 500 
Acres Of Land to each 31,000 Bond. The highest cur¬ 
rent price will be paid for U. S. Five-Twemlee, and 
all other marketable Securities received in exchange. 
Pamphlets, maps, and fall Information will be far- 
rushed on application by Jaa' Cooke A Co. Phila¬ 
delphia, New York, and Washington, and by most 
Banks and Bankers throughout the country. 
Heavy Rains have recently fallen in various 
parts of the country, especially in the Atlantic 
region of the South. Accounts from Charles¬ 
ton, Savannah, Jacksonville, Wilmington, Ac., 
say that from six to eight inches of water fell 
during the prevalence of the storm. Tlie drouth 
•spoken of in some of our Season letters from 
the South and elsewhere, must have been 
checked by the copious rains, and we shall prob¬ 
ably soon receive more favorable reports. 
PUBLISHER'S SPECIAL NOTICES 
Now is tlie Time to Form Club* for Vol. 
XXIV., which commenced July 8th. Clubs lor the 
volume may be made up at halt the rates per year, 
and Free Copies or Premiums allowed in proportion. 
£lubs for either a volume (six months) or year are in 
order,—or part may be for six months und part for a 
year. Club papers sent to different offices, if desired. 
Returned from Europe 
C. V. Riley, State 
Entomologist of Missou i i and Conductor of our 
Entomological Department—arrived from Eu¬ 
ropeon the 19th of August. He called at the 
Rural Sanctum soon after leaving the steamer, 
and we are sure that his numerous friends 
throughout the country Avill be happy to learn 
of his safe return, In good health, and much 
pleased with the reception he received at the 
hands of the Entomologists and other scientific 
strain Plow * in tlie South 
Semi P» tlie Names of such of your friends, 
far and near, as you think will or ought to take the 
Rural, aud we will mail them Specimens, etc. 
Show Bill*, Specimen Number*, &c.> sent 
free to all applicants. If you want such documents, 
let us know and they will be forwarded. 
