stances make exceptions. Tenant's interest js, 
make nil and expend neither time nor money 
where an immediate return is not expected. 
We say, hire hands to work under direction, or 
sow down nine-tenths to grain and grass. Brier 
patches soon become fields, bushes on ditch 
bank, fence row, bayous, soon get Into field, and 
sedge grass takes the balance. Tenants like 
fresh meat and good things; they stay too short 
a time to rear stock, and they have to live. Give 
fair wages, be kind, civil, and the hands will 
make more than by renting or as tenants. We 
wrote against it during the year 1806, and arc 
still opposed to it. 
or a machine, rake off the straw, and sow it in 
the hull without separating it. This does for 
homo use; but if desired for market, a machine 
must be obtained. 
Fruit Production mid CoiinilniptinTi West. 
Mr. Williams thought it proper to 6ay a 
word about the fruit production and consump¬ 
tion in the West. The St. Louis market was 
burthened with grapes, selling at two to five 
cents per pound wholesale. Col, Colman had 
a large fruit farm from which, early In the sea¬ 
son, he hoped to realize ?JJO.OOO; but because of 
the superabundance of Truit he doubted if be 
should get $10,000 from It, In Denver, ho was 
told by an Intelligent gentleman that the citizens 
spent $2,000 per day for fruit. They buy It at 
every corner—paying twenty-five cents per 
pound for grapes, and proportionally for other 
lrults. The supply formerly came wholly from 
Oil] i Torn la, but now Kansas fruits compete. 
The upples of Kansas are of wonderful perfec¬ 
tion, size and beauty. The quality of the Kansas 
apples Is better than those of California, but 
not ns good as those of the Eust. They decay 
more quickly. The trees boar earlier than 
with us. 
Planting Fruit, on a Jtldge. 
L. S. Denham, Olivet, Mich., hns a gravelly 
ridge running north and south, which he pro¬ 
poses to plant with grapes, pears and apples, and 
asks where he shall put them respectively. He 
is advised by members to put. the grapes and 
pears on the east side and t he apples on the West, 
CnMnr Oil for the t’ol ill o Beetle. 
E. G. Day, Nevada, Iowa, had seen castor oil 
recommended in the Rural New-Yorker as 
destructive to the Colorado Potato Beetle, bad 
tried it with success, and should hereafter Use It 
in preference to Paris green. Dr. Trimble 
thought any otbcroil would answer the purpose. 
We very much doubt it. Some oils cannot bo 
used with safety on vegetation. 
W It or 11 c In 1 rry t! n 11 n re. 
I,. Herrick, Oberliu, Ohio, writes that he hns 
been much interested in recent articles on I tie 
culture of this excellent fruit, and does not un¬ 
derstand why It may not be cultivated as suc¬ 
cessfully and more profitably than an v other of 
the small fruits. They are quoted higher Ihnn 
blackberries. But, he does not see that plants 
are advertised, nor that any nurseryman propa¬ 
gates them. Thinks Hint if some one in locali¬ 
ties where they grow abundantly would adver¬ 
tise them and sell reasonably, n good many 
plants could bo sold. Mr. Williams says that 
dealers boro In New York city speak withaston- 
isluneni ot the demand for this fruit and nf the 
manner in which the prices for it keep up,com¬ 
pared Wlib those of other small fruits. While 
blackberries sell at $1.50 per bushei, whortlcber- 
riesbrfng $3&3.50. Mark M illeii ol Iowa has 
succeeded in cultivating them and producing 
fine crops ot truit. There is no doubt that they 
can be successfully nnd profitably cultivated. 
Pninr far Brick Work. 
Rprus Low, Sedalia, Mo., asks if the Flub can 
teLl him of a cheaper paint for brick work than 
oil and lead. Wants a paint that will preserve 
the wall and retain ngloss. The Commander of 
the Club had been using on brick walls and on 
steep root Reno's Metallic Paint, (samples of 
which were distributed to members some weeks 
ago), and says it promises to be excellent. He 
is so well satisfied with it that he slutll continue 
to usr It T». Qntgb about lour cents per pound. 
One member snid that, common oil and yellow 
ochre makes an excellent nnd cheap jminl for 
brick work. 
“Skull We Go West ?” 
Mr. Lyman read the results ot Ids observa¬ 
tions in Kansas, Missouri nnd Iowa, with a view 
to answering this quest ion. He had arrived at 
a conclusion which is not n new one with the 
traveled and experienced members of the (Hub, 
to wit;—That “ the man is everything nnd the 
soil is nothing ns compared with the sense, the 
skill and thrift with which the soil is handled.” 
effort should be to secure the education of 
farmers by enlisting them actively in such 
experiments as may be instituted. The range 
of climate, diversity of surface and variety of 
soil in each Slate, demand this. But com¬ 
parative experiments should not be made to 
determine the differences resulting from 
locality alone, but each experiment should 
be comparative with Itself—that is, the ex¬ 
periment. with a single crop on a farm should 
cover Hie whole range of conditions and 
modes of culture possible In that locality. 
There is so much to do in this field of in¬ 
vestigation, so little exact and comparative 
knowledge available and such great need 
for it in all the departments of husbandry. 
Hint to even intelligently inaugurate a sys¬ 
tem of experiments, successfully, is a formi¬ 
dable task. We look with great interest for 
a full statement of the results of the Chicago 
conference of Agricultural educators. 
RURAL, LITERARY AM) FAMILY NEWSPAPER, 
Conducting lilditor anil Proprietor 
Bed «nd Blue Gin** for Hot Houses.— A tele¬ 
gram states that Mr. Pleasanton of Philadel¬ 
phia, whose experiments with colored glass for 
hot houses have attracted considerable atten¬ 
tion, has applied for a patent for the system, 
and that oneof the Patent Office examiners, who 
hns recently visited Philadelphia to examine the 
system, is impressed with the importance of the 
discovery, (?) and a patent will probably tie is¬ 
sued. Before it can property bo called Mr. 
Pleasanton's discovery, he will have to ante¬ 
date it considerably. 
CHAS, D. BRAGDON, ANDREW S. FULLER 
Ansociate Editors. 
HENRY S. RANDALL, LL. D., Cortland Village, N. Y„ 
EniTon or tiiic Oki*autmkkt or HiiukP IJl'kbandkv. 
X. A. WILLARD, A. M. t little Falls, N. Y., 
Editor or tmic Dicfahtmickt or luu>v HuniiNoav, 
Col. S. D. HARRIS, Cleveland, Ohio, 
TltAV*us& Uofliur-i'oeoiNn Elnroli. 
T. HART HYATT, San Francisco, 
Connuctou or mi Pacific Scorn Dkiartmknt. 
CHAS. V. RILEY, St. Louis, Mo., 
Co*micron or tii* Entomowhical Dupaktmbivt. 
MARY A. E. WAGER, 
Kioto* or tiiic Pomkmtiic Economy Department. 
The Best Poultry Book.- James McCLANNON 
asks “which is the best book on poultry.” He 
says he is going into Lite business in the fall and 
wishes to get nil the knowledge he can. This 
might be considered a delicate question to ask 
the Rural New-Yorker ; butwu unhesitating¬ 
ly assert that we know of uo better work on 
poultry than the People's Practical Poultry 
Book, published at this office, and sold at $1.50 
per copy. 
AMERICAN INST. FARMERS’ CLUB, 
Term*. -OnlySt.50 par Volumo of C ZH numbers, 
or S3 per year of ;>*2 number*. To club* per Vol¬ 
ume: Five copies for $7; Seven, and one tree to 
iigent, for $9,50; Ton. and one tree, for $12.50. Vet 
Y«ar: Fire copies Tor $t<; Seven, nnd one free. lor 
$10: Ten, and one free, for $25—only $2.56 per copy. 
The lowo*l Yearly rate to Canada is $2.70, and $3,50 
to Europe,—Including American postage, which we 
nre obliged to prepay on all papers mailed to foreign 
countries. Draft*, P. <). Money Orders and Regis¬ 
tered Letters at. our rl6k. 
The Itiivnl New- Yorker ts sold by News Deal¬ 
ers generally. The Trade Is supplied by the New 
YORK NEWS Co., No. 8 Spruce 8t., New York. 
ADViatTisiNR. Inside, 75 cents per line, Agate 
space; Outside, $t per line, each insertion. For Ex- 
tru Display and Cuts, a price and a half. Special and 
business Not,lees, $1.50 and $2 a line. No advertise¬ 
ment inserted for less than $3, 
Notes of Dlaniaslon, Kxtrncte from Let¬ 
ter*, «V r. 
The Commander opened the session by wel¬ 
coming lioinc the brotherhood and giving a brief 
account of his own experiences in the summer 
interim. His first letter was concerning a 
VVhent Devastating Bug 
f rom John B. Barbour, Vermont, Mo., speci¬ 
mens of which wore sent In a bottle. The bugs 
laid dest royed thousands of acres of corn, wheat 
and oat,?, and be wanted a remedy for them. 
They were identified as chinch bugs Lj/p'itts 
Imcoptcrm. No mode of destroying them was 
known to 1 lie members, Mr. Hkagdon had 
known Western farmers to pipw deep furrows 
around fields tlucaieried with their ravages and 
thus check their migration. They get into the 
ditches, and IT tlie land-side of the plow is run 
next, to the field to be protected, they oannot 
climb Hie acclivity, and may lie destroyed. Has 
known crops to bo saved. Corn fields have been 
saved by sowing a wide strip of millet, about the 
outer edges. The hugs satisfy their aftpetites In 
the millet before they get to the corn. All lands 
where these hugs ravage should be burned over 
in the autumn—wheat and oat stubble and corn 
stalks. The corners of the fences should bo 
cleaned and all possible shelter for them re¬ 
moved. 
(hilornrin I'miiin Bug. 
L. C. Whitnkv, East Saginaw, Mioli., sends n 
sample of (he Colorado potato bug which ho 
supposes may be a curiosity — that members 
may know it. when they see it. The members, 
several of thorn, protest against this mode of 
disseminating these pests throughout the coun¬ 
try. They were in a paper box and alive. No 
one knows how many ol these had osetipedCil 
route hither. One member proposed the ap¬ 
pointment, of a committee to destroy them. 
They were carefully corked up in a bottle ot 
alcohol. And that is the way all such noxious 
insects should bo scut from one section ot the 
country to another. 
Killing Poplar nnd Locust Sprout*. 
V. S. Crozikh, Fort Byron, N. Y., wrote:-” 1 
have a number 6t poplar trees in my yard, and 
aiu troubled very much with sprouts from the 
roots. Cutting them off or digging them up on¬ 
ly gives me ten where I had one before. Is there 
any liquid which will kill them by turning 
around the roots? Can you suggest, n remedy ?" 
Mr. Fuller says cutting as often mid as soon as 
I hey appear above ground has always resulted 
satisfactorily with him. They should not lie 
allowed to grow a month or two before cutting. 
One year’s persistent defoliation will prevent 
sprouting Hie second year. 
drape* tu Missouri. 
H. Parker, Richmond, Mo., writes“ With 
Hartford Prolific and Concord grapes quoted in 
St. Louts at two and a half to six* cents per 
pound, the question of what we of Missouri are 
to plant is becoming quite interesting. I wish 
to plant an acre of grapes in the spring. I want 
a taI tie grape, and one which, if I aui obliged to 
make wine, I can do so without taking even 
weight of sugar to make a fourth-class wine 
like llie Concord and Hartford. Norton's Vir¬ 
ginia and Ives are only fit for wine. Concord 
and Hartford won't pay at the above price.” 
Mr. Williams said the Concord, ho was inform¬ 
ed while in Missouri, proves to make the poorest 
wine that is made there, notwithstanding the 
large stories told of il a lew years since. Mr. 
Curtis said the grape business seems to be over¬ 
done in Missouri—that is. Hie grapes ol'tlie class 
generally grown there. The policy for planters 
to adopt seems to be to turu their attention to 
the culture of grapes of a bettor quality, both 
l'or dessert and wine making. Some of the 
grapes comparatively' untested may meet the 
want. His experience with the Eumelnn the 
present soason, gave him great hopes. It is the 
earliest on his grounds, aud he knew its quality* 
to be excellent. 
Late vs. Early Pears for Profit. 
Mr. Parker asked which is the most profit¬ 
able io plant for market—summer, fall, or win¬ 
ter pears. Mr. WILLIAMS replied that the late 
pears will be most profitable in Missouri. He 
would plant all late pears. Mr. Curtis would 
plant sorts that would come into market in Oc¬ 
tober and November; they are the most profit¬ 
able for both Western and Easteru markets. 
Kentucky Clover Seed. 
A. D. Meriweatrer, Logan Co„ Ky„ writes: 
“ Please tell me the best way to Ea ve clover seed, 
and where the cheapest machinery ((hat will do 
its work well) can be had for gathering and hull¬ 
ing the seed, the cost, &c. This section of coun¬ 
try (composed of Simpson, Logan, Todd and 
Christian Counties, all bordering on the Tennes¬ 
see State Line), is one of the finest clover-grow- 
ing regions in the United Suites. But, strange 
to say, there is hardly a bushel of seed saved in 
the whole country, though we have tens of 
thousands of acres perhaps unsurpassed any¬ 
where, and we pay annually thousands of dol¬ 
lars for seed when we ought to sell Instead of 
buying clover seed.” He was informed that 
there are plenty of excellent machines made 
for separating clover seed; and if ho writes to 
hie nearest agricultural implement dealer, or 
rends the advertisements in agricultural papers, 
he can obtain the desired information. Many 
farmers cut the second orop of clover, cure it, 
haul it t« the baru, thresh it with flails, horses, 
Inquiries fur Advertisers,—I have been looking 
into your paper for advertisement.?of machines 
for artesian well boring. Cun some manufac¬ 
turer be induced to advertise the machinery, 
&c, Ja m b«. .., Where can I get. an instru¬ 
ment to test the acids in wine making—such as 
is used by wine makers and at what price?— 
Russel Smith. 
Work ou Wine .Making.— HusSEt, Smith asks 
the name ot the best work on wine making. 
The best we know of though wo do not regard 
itconiplete by any means—is” Hiianmn’s Grapes 
nnd Wine," price $1.50, for which it is mailed 
from this office. 
MOORE'S.-, 
Quirk Killing itir Fruit* of Labor.— A farmer 
living near Martinsville, lud., cot, bound and 
threshed his wheat, took eight bushels of it to 
flic mill, had it ground and nte some of the flour 
made into buisenitg, for supper—all of which 
was done on a Friday. 
&celsio£ 
SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 0, 1871 
Our Jtenifi Animal*, a lady correspondent who 
itiquiras is informed, is published iu Boston, 
Mass., by the Massachusetts Society for the Pre¬ 
vention of Cruelty to Animals, at $1 per year. 
WHO DARES TRAVEL? 
Look through the lilcs of the daily papers 
the past six months and read the horrible 
details of the cleslrnotion of human life by 
boiler explosions, I,he smashing, telescoping 
and burning of ears filled with human vic¬ 
tims—in nearly every case Hie result of 
incapacity, carelessness or cupidity — and 
answer Ibe question, “ Who dares travel V" 
Compare this record of the. loss of life of 
those who travel with the per cent, of fatali- 
lies of those who enter our armies, and see 
if it is not safer to take, a soldier’s than a 
traveler's chances of life. 
There seems to have been an epidemic of 
Disaster to travelers. Cholera and the yel¬ 
low fever can scarcely be more alarming to 
a business community than is the uncer¬ 
tainty of life to those who are compelled, 
daily, to ride on cars and steamboats. Is 
there no remedy ? A re the people to tamely 
submit to be slaughtered and invoice no pro¬ 
tection from legislators and their executive 
officers? First, shall we have protecting 
laws ? Or shall the great monied corpora¬ 
tions control Legislatures and over-ride the 
people? Second, when we have laws, shall 
they be enforced?—or may tbe agents of the 
people wink at their evasion for a money 
consideration? Shall this country lie gov¬ 
erned It}* law, or license? Shall money 
purchase exemption from responsibility, or 
shall Ibe men who fail to execute the laws 
in their letter and spirit be held responsible 
for lives lost and property destroyed in cou- 
pinclion with those who break them? 
It seems to us, as we have said before, that 
this disposition to evade the action of law, 
which exists so generally among all classes 
of people, needs prompt and emphatic re¬ 
buke. These disastrous events, chronicled 
in the current history of the past six months, 
arc really the result of this spirit of evasion. 
It makes thoughtful men desire a strong 
government. It ought to arouse the people 
to a disposition not only to have strong laws, 
but to observe them and insist that they shall 
be executed. Law and liberty are not nec¬ 
essarily antagonistic; but law and license 
are. There should be no license where the 
question of the well-being of the people is 
involved. 
BUSINESS INFORMATION. 
Railroad flood* mu! Inventors.— In consequence 
or the heavy demand from investors lor the 
Bonds of the Chesapeake ami Ohio Knilroad, the 
directors have instructed Messrs. Fisk & Hatch, 
the financial agents ot i he company, to nd\ cnee 
the price to 03, as announced in another column. 
This road will eventually became one ol the 
c-tllef trunk lines conneciing the Mississippi 
Valley with (he Fen-board. It opens inexhaust¬ 
ible new coni and iron fields nf million? of acres 
near the Atlantic coast, and its wonderful free¬ 
dom from steep grades and sharp curves, its 
20,000 mile? oT Western railroad connections, its 
river terminus on the Ohio where It will tap 
18,000 miles <it navigation, it? Hasten! terminus 
at Richmond on the tide-waters of Chesapeake 
Bay, its limited cost, which will be only $30,000,- 
000 when finished and fully equipped—nil com¬ 
bine to make this Loan of $15,000,000 popular 
and to promise safety to the investor. On this 
account many holders of Five-Twenties nnd 
Ceutral Pacific Railroad Bonds are exchanging 
for the bonds of the Chesapeake and Ohio, 
thereby largely increasing their principal, and 
still retaining their Six per cent, income. The 
road is to bo finished next summer, aud the sec¬ 
tions now opened are doing a profitable and in¬ 
creasing business. 
RURAL NOTES AND QUERIES. 
Agricultural«'oiiveiiiloua.—The farmers of the 
Northern States are in the habit of doing rather 
than talking: but it does not follow Hint they 
will not find it profitable to tajk with each oilier 
more than they do. The planters of the South 
arc doing n good thing for themselves by hold¬ 
ing Agricultural Conventions at which all sorts 
of industrial topics are discussed, nnd Hie needs 
of the industrial classes and State policy with 
reference to Hie development of industrial in¬ 
terests are intelligently and fully discussed. 
There can be no question as to the utility 
or such conventions. They help to develop 
the strength and establish the potency of 
those who till the soil. They command the 
attention of legislators, and such aggregated 
expression of opiuion and wishes have a 
weight and force which in no oilier way could 
be secured. Added, there are the practical 
benefits which nre derived from Bocial contact. 
We think Northern farmers may profitably imi¬ 
tate their Southern brethren by more frequently 
meeting each other in convention for delibera¬ 
tion, and to give voice to their needs and wishes. 
Dr. Ilcltnbold iio! only “Hilll Live*, " but is 
apparently preparing for greater conquests. 
The New York Globe, under the beading of 
Hdmliold Itedlvtvw, says:—“Various malicious 
rumors having been circulated by evil-disposed 
persons detrimental to Dr. Helmbold, we are 
enabled (o state that the indomitable Doctor 
never was in better health and spirits, and may 
be seen daily at No. oil* Broadway. His prospects 
are bright, aud ere long the great advertiser will 
shine more brilliant than ever. With Helm- 
bold there is no such word as fail. A brighter 
future awaits tlie Irrepressible than ever was 
titeard of in t he annals of patent medicine.” 
Do You Keep Cage Bird* 4— The Excelsior 
Water-proof Cage Mat is a prepared paper to lay 
in t he bottom of a bird-enge. It will not wet 
through, is always ready and will prevent the 
cage from gettiug foul; and, being sold very 
cheap, should be in tbe bauds of every one who 
keeps cage birds. See advert isemen t of Schenck 
& Co., 269# Pearl street, N. Y., in this paper. 
Addressee by IMr. Wlllnrd.—Our associate, Mr. 
X. A, Willard, has engagements to deliver ad¬ 
dresses at Fairs, &c., as follows-,—Orleans Co. 
Fair, at Albion, N. Y., Bept. 15,16; address on 
the 18th. Jefferson Co. Fair, Sept. 19, 21; ad¬ 
dress on 20th. Ontario Co. Fair. Bept. 21, 23; ad¬ 
dress on evening of 31st, probably. Fair at 
Boonville. Sept. 39,30; address ou 30ib. Broome 
Co, Fair, at Whitney's Poiut, Oct, 3,5; address 
Oet. 5. Mr. W. is also engaged to deliver the 
Annual Address before the Canadian Dairymen’s 
Associaiion, and an address before the Ameri¬ 
can Dairymen’s Association. 
Philip’* Corn Hu*ker.— Speaking of this ex¬ 
cellent machine in last Rural we said it had 
“toothed woodeu rollers.” The rollers are made 
of solid iron, with spirally set iron teet h or stubs, 
which take off the husks as the ears go danciug 
down the shute. 
AGRICULTURAL EXPERIMENTS, 
Choice Bulb*.— James Fleming, of the old 
bouse of Henderson & Fleming, anuouuces his 
fall catalogue of bulbs and seeds as ready for 
delivery. Every body knows that Mr. Fleming 
is reliable. 
Certainly it. is a hopeful sign of the times 
when educators of the sons of agriculturists 
combine to meet with the purpose of con¬ 
spiring to obtain for and furnish more exact 
and practical knowledge to those who look 
to them for instruction. The recent meet¬ 
ing of representatives of the various Agri¬ 
cultural Colleges of the conn try, in Chicago, 
had this for ils avowed object. The reports 
of that meeting, received, do not give details 
sufficient to enable us to judge whether plans 
have been made which, if adopted, will se¬ 
cure the practical cooperation of the agri¬ 
culturists of the country. The experiments 
to be made should not by any means be con- 
find to the “model farms" of the few insti- 
tions called Agricultural Colleges. The 
The Rental and Tenant System.—A correspon¬ 
dent in Ohio, Who has a largo farm and little 
help, aud “a great difficulty In getting good 
help,” asks for the experience of farmers who 
rent land to tenants or let it out on snares. He 
desires to know whether the depreciation is 
equal to or approaches the rent received. We 
imagine this must depend upon the terms and 
length of icase, and the character of the renter. 
We shall be glad, however, to receive experience 
—facts and figures. 
— Since writing the foregoing we find the fol¬ 
lowing paragraph in the Southern (Memphis, 
Term.,) Farmer, which is tci the point: 
Rental system, tenant system, in our esteem, 
is only to say ruinous. We know individuals 
everywhere do well, but Hie system has been 
and will be a curse. We would let our lands lie 
out before we would do either; peouliar clroum- 
Parkerville, Kan., Aug. 20,— Crops nre ex¬ 
ceedingly good this season ; have had a very fa¬ 
vorable year; corn crop looks well; emigration 
great.— h. o. d. 
Goshen, Conn., Aug. 25.—We have a very dry 
season ; hay a trifle over linlf a crop. Grasshop¬ 
pers linve destroyed the fall feed, and are now 
working on corn. Cheese, 10c.a pound ; butter, 
30c. Potatoes look well.—j. h.w. 
Concordia, Cloud Co,, Kan.—Wheat orop bad¬ 
ly damaged by chinch bug. There being no 
wheat in our neighborhood, these bugs have at¬ 
tacked the ooru aud are doing a great deal of 
damage. Corn grows 12 to 18 feet in bight lien 
—c. c. 
Oregon, Mo., Aug. 28.— Weather cool with oc¬ 
casional showers, which do little good. Man 
farmers have quit plowing, as the ground is ton 
dry and hard. Corn not ns good a 8 expected 
Grapes plenty and of best quality; vines arc 
free from disease. Wheat, 80c.@$l per bushel- 
corn, 50c.; oats, 18<?i525c.— j. w. m. 
On flies, N. Y.. Ang. 26.— The weather has been 
dry and sultry for the past two weeks, but Wo 
have now refreshing breezes t o buoy us up j tl 
field labor. The drouth continues with only slight 
rains during long intervals. But we have heavy 
dews. The pencil crop is fair, and apples do well 
for so dry a season. Pears und plums are doing 
more than for several years past.— g. o. 
Cnzenovia, N. Y., Aug, 2A.—The season here 
lias been one of unusual prosperity among 
farmers. The wheat crop was large and well 
filled ; straw of good length. Hay, oats and bar¬ 
ley were up to the l ull average, filling our b arns 
in most cases to their utmost capacity, xhe 
only thing that looks disheartening is the cheese 
market, which has been quite low this season. 
But few sales have been made, factorymen 
holding mi for better prices.—c. 8. n.' 
Dniilniry, Fairfield Cu., Ct., Aug. 26.— The past 
month has been very dry, but we are now hav¬ 
ing a splendid rain storm. Hay crop is very 
light,; com extra fine; potatoes good on moist 
ground, small on dry: Oats very heavy; cab¬ 
bages and all garden vegetables fine and plenty, 
though cabbage worms arc abundant and re¬ 
quire constant attention. Hoy sells at $25; po¬ 
tatoes 8TXc,(gt$l; cabbage §6@8 per 100; onions 
$10,1.50 per buBb.—o. M. O, 
Frewnburg, Clinutauqun t o., TV. Y., Alia. 26 
After a long nnd severe drouth, which lias not 
been equaled here iu many years, the rain lias 
come again to gladden everything. Lust Thurs¬ 
day afternoon we had a light shower, and since 
Hint time there has been rain enough to moisten 
the earlli to the depth ot about two inches, and 
to-day there are indications of a heavy showe r. 
Brooks,springs and well?are very low. t torn is 
a fair crop, nutter fa selling at about. 26c. Ap¬ 
ples $1.50 per bushel, and lew can bo had at any 
price. During the past week Arcs have been 
making sad havoc in the woods. Much wood, 
bark and other property has been destroyed in 
spite nf all efforts 10 save them, and many 
buildings have been saved only by hard labor. 
Winter wheat is a much lighter orop than in 
1870. Oats ditto. Gross hns not started any to 
speak of since haying, aud many farmers have 
been feeding sowed corn and some hay. a. n. a. 
Burn*. Mlegnny 4'o., N. A'.. Aug. 26. Weather 
very dry; springs and wells failed that wen 
never dry before. Some have to drive their 
stock from one to two miles for water. Mills 
pretty much stopped, mid can't get a grist ol n 
lew bushels under a week or two. Trees dying. 
Corn being cul because of ils drying up und not 
halt filled. Fire doing great damage in woods 
and fields, by burning hay, oats, buildings, &c. 
Has boon no rain for six wot)k6 to amount to 
anything more than a light dew. Roads very 
dusty. Have had to fodder from two to four 
weeks in Hits vicinity. No fall feed. Cattle 
growing poor, and cows failing of milk. Hay, 
$1U I o $13 per ton ; wheat, $1.20 to $1.25 per bush.; 
tints, 40c.; barley, 60c.—no sales; cattle low- 
sheep, $2 to $3 per head, and in demand. While 
writing, it has commenced raining hard, and 
thundering too.—C. G. B. 
F, S.—Aug. 28.-Since wilting the above, wo 
have had, all put together, about flfteen hours 
ol rain, and hard, too, and warm. Ii has not 
raised the streams enough to run any, only just 
enough to fill up the lowest places. Buck wheat 
can't, be anything much; some have turned in 
to It. Sun shines, clear and warm.—c. o. n. 
'BUSINESS NOTICES, 
OFFICE OF FISK & HATCH, 
BANKERS, No. 6.NA8SAU 6 tkkt, { 
NEW YORK, Aug. 28, 1871.1 
Five-twenty Bonds nre to-day selling at.Ill 
Central Pacific Sixes at... FOX 
Chesapeake und Ohio Sixes at.Maud int. 
Holders of 5-20s, by oonversion into Centrals, re¬ 
tain ttie same interest und increase their capital 
about 13 ptr cent , or into the Chesapeake ami Olm s 
with un increase ot 20 per nut.; or holders of Cen¬ 
trals can exchange for Chesapeake nn<j increase tlicli 
capital about ti per cent. The popularity of the Cen¬ 
trals, their availability and und quick market nt all 
munev centers In the world *n goon afire the comple¬ 
tion of the road, arc very gratifying to u*, and must 
be also to all holder* of tho-bonds; that the sumo 
popularity and availability will attatch to the Chesa¬ 
peake and Oil ton. and that they will command equal 
price with the Centralstn due time, wehavenodoubt. 
The near approach of the time when the Secretary 
of the Treasury will call in a vast amount of Five- 
twenties and pay them in gold, behooves all holders 
to be looking for new investments ; and to all such 
we recommend the 8(2 jper cent. Gold Bonds, principal 
and interest, of Cresapeake and Ohio railroad 
Company. 
Length of road, 127 mile*. 
Finished and running, 227 miles. 
Additional to bo completed by October 1st, 95 miles. 
Leaving 105 miles, which will be completed Sep¬ 
tember 1st, 1872. 
Total amount of this loan, $15,000,000. 
Total cost of road, depots, equipments, Ac . $30,- 
000,000. 
The amount remains unsold, about $5,000,005. will 
soon be absorbed. They are issued In denominations 
Of $1,000, $500 and $100. • FISK & HATCH. 
Harvey Fisk. 
A. 8. HATCH. 
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TO DYSPEPTICS. 
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injurious substances whatever enter into the r ,im - 
positlon of Dooley's Yioast PoWdku- Hnxsers 
everywhere keep It. MOOLICY & BROTUKR, 
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Burnett’s Coconino promotes the growth of tho 
Hair. Free from irritating matter. 
Now is the Time to Form Club* f° r ” ' 
XXIV.. winch commenced July 8th. Clubs foi 
volume may be made up ut half the rates per y®* 1 '' 
and Free Copies or Premiums allowed In proport <’ ■ 
Clubs for cither a volume (six month*) or yci'i 
order,—or part may be for six month:' jyu' " • 
yeur. Club papers sent to different office*, if d® il,c ' ■ 
Send 17s the Names of *«ch of year friends, 
far and near, os vou think will or ought, to ta 
RURAL, and we will mall them Specimen*, etc. 
