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SATURDAY, OCTOBER 7, 1871. 
NEW QUARTER-NEW TERMS. 
The closing Quarter of this year’s Rural New- 
Yorker begins this week, and hence now is a 
favorable time to subscribe for either three months 
(on trial) or a year or fifteen months. See special 
offers on 229 page. 
The Terms of the Rural New-Yorker for 1872 
(as announced last week) will be $2.50 per sii gle 
copy, and only $2 in clubs of ten or more. But 
those wishing to commence Oct. 1st will be fur¬ 
nished front that date (for a year or fifteen months) 
at the Reduced l’rlce. 
Ti;Ui EVERYBODY! 
Reader, please do your neighbors and others the 
favor to tell them about the New Quarter, and the 
Great Reduction in Price* 
AT THE GREAT FAIRS. 
Among the People. 
Going West from the Fair of the New 
England Agricultural Society at, Lowell, I 
made a night and a day on the elegant 
coaches of the Erie Railway from New York 
to Cleveland. What we have heen saying 
in a business way of the Erie, this season, I 
desire to confirm by personal letter, to I lie 
effect that, ^lic wide berth sleeping coaches 
and elegant uphOlsterings of the Eric route, 
give the traveler as much of comfort as a 
reasonable person could ask, while I ho eye 
is refesbed by the way, with some of Ihe 
most interesting scenery of Ibis country. 
Besides these, the Erie road folks have al¬ 
ways been very courteous to me, particularly 
Mr. W R. Baku, General Passenger Agent, 
and his poetical clerk, Mr. Geo. L. Catmn, 
whose name I often see among the popular 
writers for the literary press. 
The Northern Ohio Pair. 
The middle week of September I had the 
pleasure of seeing a mighty concourse of 
people on the beautiful grounds of the 
Northern Ohio Fair Association, at. Cleve¬ 
land. This was the second animal exhibi¬ 
tion of the Association, and great as was 
the attendance last yenr, it was fairly 
eclipsed by the hosts which thronged the 
inclogureS on tills occasion. No such great 
gathering of the rural population has heen 
seen on any other fair grounds in America, 
except only at St. Louis. 
The material of (he exhibition fairly justi¬ 
fied the enthusiasm of the attendance. In 
the first place, the fair grounds themselves 
are of sufficient altractiveness to warrant a 
visit at any time during the season, being 
tastefully laid out according to the artistic 
rules of the landscape gardener, and dotted 
oyer with groups of large evergreen trees 
and other ornamental shrubbery, in whose 
shade were gathered numerous groups of 
family picnickers for rest and refreshment. 
Then the flower beds, rock work, plashing 
fountains, cool natural groves, clean turf and 
plenty of seats for resting and places of re¬ 
tirement, mark this place as the model fair 
grounds of the nation. 
The show of live stock was large and ex¬ 
cellent in all departments. The products of 
the farm, the garden and the dairy were of 
high excellence and of ample quantity. If 
our Mr. "Willard could have seen these 
Western Reserve cheeses, it would have 
taken some of his Herkimer county notions 
out ofliiin. One of the most marked fea- 
lures of the exhibition was the show of 
grapes, pears and apples. Of grapes, for the 
lime of year, 1 have never seen the equal; 
pears were nearly up to the show of the 
New England fair at Lowell, the headquar¬ 
ters of good pears. The show of agricul¬ 
tural implements was superb in quality, and 
covered several acres of ground. Of the ten 
thousand other things which go to make up 
a full exposition of agricultural, mechanical 
and domestic industry, there was no lack, 
but I have not space to enumerate. There 
was plenty of horse exercise on the excel¬ 
lent mile track of the grounds, which many 
thousands went to sec. The weather was 
fair, the people were happy as well as fair, 
and the treasury of Ihe Association was the 
boiler by some $40,000. 
The Central Ohio Fair. 
The week following the Northern Ohio 
Fair was held ihe exhibition of the Central 
Ohio Fair Association, which, like The 
Northern, is an independent company, and 
embraces a cluster of some eight or ten 
counties, including the capital and lying 
west of it, with fair grounds at Mechanics- 
burg, in the. eastern part of the county of 
Champaign. These grounds are very ad¬ 
mirable for a stock show, being in an oak 
grove of forty acres, in which is a natural 
amphitheatre just large enough for a horse 
ring of half a mile circuit at the bottom, 
while the wooded slopes which overlook 
ihe track will sent ten thousand spectators 
on ihe clean ground. Abundance of pure 
spring wnler is distributed over the grounds 
in pipes, forced up by a hydraulic ram at, 
Ihe main spring. 
This Fair being held in the home of the 
Short-Horns, of course the Short• Horns 
were the great feature of the exhibition. 
And such bovine beauties! Tlie cream of 
ihe Ohio herds was there, and lots of them. 
I have seen more in numbers at some of our 
State Fairs, but never a. show of ns fine 
quality. I notice that our breeders of Short- 
Horns are going more into the red than the 
roan, which was the predominant color a 
few years ago. 
A remarkable feature of this fair was the 
large attendance of people who were obliged 
to go in t heir own carriages, there being only 
one small railroad through the place, and 
motet of the visitors Coming in from fill over 
tlie Darby Plains, Ihe Valley of the Scioto 
and tlie hills of Champaign. Wlmt do you 
say to ten acres of carriages, close packed 
on the hitching grounds V I should say the 
attendance at Mechnnicshurgh was some- 
thing larger than that at Lowell, which I es¬ 
timate at about 10,000. 
Cincinnati Tmliist rial Exposition. 
1 spent a day ill Ihe. great Exposition at. 
Cincinnati last week, and bad a very satis¬ 
factory time of it. 1 suppose you can see 
the like up at the fair of the American Insti¬ 
tute in New York city, at this time. This 
Cincinnati show is a big thing, and a good 
one. Tlie building—a portrait, of which was 
published in tlie Rural New-Yorker two 
months ago—covers four acres of ground, 
and on that space .are arranged an endless 
variety of all sorts of implements, machines, 
mills, engines, minerals, metals, worked 
metals, stoves, mantels, furniture, textile ma¬ 
terial, textile fabrics and manufactured goods, 
gardens of flowering and ornamental plants, 
prepared fruits, tobaccos, sugars, etc., etc. 
This exposition is the present pride of Cincin- 
nati and the delight of the thousands of visit¬ 
ors from all directions who daily throng the 
well ordered avenues ol the building. — s. d. n. 
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The Western New York Fntr—Is a splendid ex¬ 
hibition, as wo predicted it would lie in our last. 
Though unable to give particulars tills week, (ns 
our pages are closed for the electrotyper while 
the Fair is in progress,) we have the pleasure of 
announcing that the first. Western New York 
Fair must proven great triumph in most, depart¬ 
ments of the exhibition, while its pecuniary 
success is assured. With upwards of three thou¬ 
sand entries, u fine display, and lnrgcattcndnnee 
—and favorable weather, withal-t.ho peoploof 
Rochester and Western New York may well 
congratulate themselves upon the demonstra¬ 
tion they have made in this great Industrial Ex¬ 
hibition. 
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New York Smie Fair.—Of the prospects of 
this Fair, to be held at Albany the present week, 
we have heard but little of late, but from the ar¬ 
rangements made, and large constituency of the 
Society, presume tlie exhibition will bo credita¬ 
ble and largely attended. Wlmt effect the hold¬ 
ing of a largo Fair at Rochester, the preceding 
week, may have upon the State Exhibition prop¬ 
er, cannot now be determined, but we trust it 
will not be injurious. 
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The Grant Georgia Fairs.—Three great. Fairs 
are soon to he field in Georgia, the “Empire 
State of the South"—one at Atlanta, begin¬ 
ning Oct. 16th, one at Maoon. Oct. 23. and one at. 
Augusta, Oct. 31—and another at Savannah 
Nov. 21. The Secretary of the Atlanta Associa¬ 
tion, Mr. S. A. Echols, writes us that the N. Y. 
and Savannah Steamship Co., in conjunction 
with the railroads connecting Savannah and At¬ 
lanta, will furnish excursion tickets from New 
York to Atlanta, andretun i, for $35 — the return 
tickets to be good until Dec. 1. In like manner 
all goods intended lor exhibition will be taken 
for full tariff rates outward and returned free — 
provided they are returned by the same line of 
ships that take them out. Those of our readers 
in the East and North who purpose attending 
either or all of the Fairs named, can lake ad¬ 
vantage of the offer. We also learn that the 
steamship lines have agreed to carry passengers 
from New York to Augusta,and return, for $25. 
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RURAL NOTES AND QUERIES. 
The Rural New-Yorker Advancing5—The re¬ 
cent offer of this Quarter of the Rlmial. on trial, 
for fifty cents, and for fifteen months (from Oct. 
1st, 1871. to Jiiu. 1st, 1878,) for $2.50,—together with 
t he announcement that, the price of the paper 
for 1872 will be $2.50 per single copy, and only $3 
in clubs is producing such a rush of now sub¬ 
scribers that we this week add Five Thousand 
Copies to iriir ttcpnlur Edition , and. having every 
number olcctrotyped, can increase the edit ion at 
any lime to supply the demand. Wo hope to 
add from ten to twenty thousand more during 
the ensiling three months—and shall, if present 
indications become realities. Meantime tlie Ru- 
HALShostot Agentsnnd mvriadof otlierfriends 
—from Canada to California, and Maine to Min¬ 
nesota—will please do their neighbors nnd ac¬ 
quaintance* the favor to advise them of our 
Special Offers for Three, and Fifteen Month*, and 
also or aiir Redaction of Terms. And we trust 
every subscriber or reader located in a town or 
school district where the Rural has not an effi¬ 
cient Club Agent, will do us the favor to consti¬ 
tute him or herself such, and at once proceed to 
act accordingly, as now is the best season for 
the friends of the paper and Sts objects to aug¬ 
ment its circulation and usefulness. Our In¬ 
ducements for successful efforts in the direction 
indicated are most liberal, and now, more than 
ever before, we “mean business"—as will be 
seen by reference to Premium List nnd other 
documents sent to Agents nnd all others dis¬ 
posed to form clubs. 
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“ Too Much of n Good Thing." The rush of 
Advertisements is really that, this week, and, 
though profitable, is decidedly inconvenient nnd 
embarrassing—for the reason that it obliges us 
to condense several Departments, transfer ol ti¬ 
ers. and omit some altogether. For example, 
we have more advertisements ordered for hist 
page than its space could possibly admit; Im-tico 
wu are compelled to transfer “ The Puzzler " to 
another page, and omit out* n$nnl humorous me¬ 
lange. Our Intentions In regard to other pages 
are also disturbed, but we have done the host 
possible to accommodate ndvertisersand still do 
justice to our readers. This appreciation ol the 
Rural New-Yorker as an Advertising Medium 
is very gratifying, although it disarranges the 
intended “make up" of several pages. 
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Fruit tn Portland, Me.-TVo have n. most em¬ 
phatic letter from somebody In Portland, Me., 
who is terribly Indignant because fruit, which is 
grown only twenty hours distance from that 
beautiful city, is so costly. He pitches Into the 
middlemen about it in the brashest terms. We 
suggest to ottr irate friend that if be thinks the 
middlemen nr \makiij^ more money than they 
ought, it is a JF'^wpenfng for him to absorb 
and tnouopojA tin tttide in fruit; and that It is 
ns much his duty to do so as to find fault with 
men who aim (like himself, probably) to make 
all the money they can by tlmir vocation. If 
these men nro getting rich faster than they ought 
ho can be sure of n good trade by underselling 
them. That’s the way to reform the matter. 
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“ Wlmt Shall I Ro 7"—So writes a young man 
in a certain town, county nnd State, after stating 
that he has written somewhat for the papers, 
and believes himself capable of filling a wider 
field of influence. Shall he *' come to the city 
and ’enter the journalistic field?” Wo cannot 
advise him to do 6o, because we know little of 
his qualification for such. One of the best ways 
we know of “ enlarging the field of influence" 
is to so cultivate that about you that your 
work will attract attention, and you will bo 
called, out of it. into other fields. Be faithful over 
the few tilings and you will surely be made 
master of many. 
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The Milk Producers' Association and the 
Milk Dealers uf Boston are disagreeing as to the 
price of milk for the winter. The producers, 
alter reviewing the field, unanimously decided 
that the cost of making milk the coming winter 
will he as great as that of any previous one. nnd 
that the price cannot be reduced without loss to 
the producers. The milk dealers demand a re¬ 
duction of five cents per can. with a view of re¬ 
ducing the retail price one oent per quart, as¬ 
serting that the supply is greater Hum the 
demand. So tho ease stands. Neither party 
have as yet recoded from their demands, 
American Poiuologlcnl Society—We conclude 
this week our report of the Thirteenth Session 
of this Society at. Richmond. It will have been 
seen that tho work done was in the main South¬ 
ern, which was right. Papers will appear in the 
official report of great practical Interest, which 
were not read before the Society, hut referred 
to the Executive Committee for publication. 
Those of our readers having pomologicnl infor¬ 
mation which will aid In perfecting Ihe fruit 
catalogue of tho whole country, should forward 
it,’at once to F. R. Elliott, Secretary, Cleve¬ 
land, Ohio. _ _ 
Patrons of Husbandry in Iowa.—There are be¬ 
tween sixty and seventy subordinate Granges 
of this new Industrial Order in Iowa. The State 
Grange has just dosed a session of two days at 
Cedar Rapids. It adjourned to meet at the same 
place Doc. 19, when a working plan for the 
wholesale purchase of farm machinery, general 
supplies, Ac., Is to be repot ted by a Committee 
consisting of Wm. Duane Wilson of Des 
Moines, P. G. Bonewitz of tnngwurlhy. Jones 
Co., and C. C. Paulk of Wmtlton, AJamakeeCo. 
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A Permnnent Locntlon fur the ISew England 
Fnir is being advocated by the New England 
Homestead.’which asserts that Worcester, Mass., 
should be that location, being the most central 
city in New England,and accessible from all tho 
New England States. It adds:—"The business 
men of that city should raise a fund to purchase 
grounds and erect buildings and present them 
to the society, or give it the use of them free of 
charge. This clone, a guarantee fund against 
loss should lie subscribed by all the leading ag¬ 
riculturists in Now England and then the society 
should go ahead ; put- the profits in its own treas¬ 
ury instead of dividing them with n local socie¬ 
ty as it has heen doing. Under this arrangement 
it would soon have a fund to work with." Wo ' 
sugguest to our respected contemporary that 
when the New England Agricultural Society 
locates its fair at Worcester, or any other point, 
permanently. It will have become a local society 
to all intents and purposes. 
Amerlrnn nicest- Alarming Enropenn Dairy- 
men.—The London Milk Journal of September 
contains an article of which the following ex¬ 
tracts are characteristic: 
“ We do not think there is any cause for alarm, 
yet ihe present slate of the cheese trade i* sig¬ 
nificant. Such words as ’ the American are ab¬ 
sorbing all the demand,’ * Dutch, like English, is | 
being driven out of consumption, have, to say | 
tile least, not a very cheerful tone. >\ e cannot 
Question the authority of the very eminent firm 
of ehooise factors from whom we obtain our 
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IKI very immediate danger in the- American tins region. Farmers ahead of their w 
competition; but it behoves us to be on the Wheat good, averaging from 20 to 30bushels 
alert, and to produce chta:se at the least pir-si'O ncrf , t mid fine quality; mostly amber wl 
wlfoYAmcri&'istoho »Bributc.i to the extern- raised; worth $1.80 per bushel. Com good 
eivc organization of her cheese factories, where- now ripe, without any frost, worth 50c. 
by division of labor is effected, a large working bushel. Oats very good, worth 30c. Hay ( 
capital used in Hie h^iamvm’Lfn**- ■ sron ' 1 a,lf1 vv ell saved. Potatoes injured by 
t»n uniform ifond tn&KO prmluocd* n> converting . . , r . . . 
milk bun cheese on a large settle; and by the Colorado Bug; enough left tor homo consu 
employment of "skilled labor under the superin¬ 
tendence of scientific, enterprising,commercial 
men. The system which has done so much for 
America can undoubtedly do a great, deal for 
us. and nimble us to maintain out-ground against 
all comers. We, therefore, watch, with a daily 
increased interest, tie success of cheese factories 
in our own country.” 
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The Blue Gin ha I’ntent. — The Germantown 
Telegraph contains Hie following about its 
neighbor’s Gen. P LfCAS AN ton— application for 
n patent upon his blue glass "discovery:"- “It 
is announced that. Gen. Pleasanton hits actual¬ 
ly applied for u patent for his blue glass dlscov- 
i >n! and that an examiner from the Patent 
Lewiston, Ningnrn Go., X. Y„ -Sept. 23.—This 
has been one of the most beautiful seasons hero 
for tlie farmer that I over knew. The winter 
wlioat has been a hu ge crop: many fields pro¬ 
duced to bushels per acre. Barley whs rather 
small on account of the dry weather. Oats have 
been good, and weigh heavy. We lmd a heavy 
fall of rain August 26, that is filling lalecorn out 
nicely. Potatoes are good; not a heavy crop, 
but no rot. Pears were never better. Teaches 
are good, and have been bringing a good price. 
Apples arc lint abundant, but of good quality. 
Quinces nro the only failure. There is more 
wheat being sown this full limn there was last, 
anti it in nearly all in in good order.— Farmer. 
f’ormnin, De Knlli I'o., Ind., Sept, 20.— The 
weather extremely pleasant, with occasional 
showers, but not enough to fill np the streams 
or wells that have failed. Tho entire season has 
been one or the finest for farming ever had in 
this region. Farmers ahead of their work. 
Wheal (lood, averaging from 20 to 30 bushels per 
acre, and fine quality; mostly amber wheat 
misad; worth $1.30 per bushel. Corn good and 
now ripe, without any frost, worth 50c. per 
bushel. Oats very good, worth 30c. liny crop 
good and well saved. Potatoes injured by tho 
Colorado Bug; enough left for homo consump¬ 
tion. Pastures rather dry. Apples ver//plenty 
and of fair quality. Peaches very scarce; pears 
plenty wilh those who have taken tlie trouble 
to raise tho trees. Quinces large and fine and 
the trees overloaded. Good horses worth from 
$150 to $200; good cows $50; hogs (olive) $150 
per 100; good farming lands are worth from Sto 
to $60 per acre (improved). Wages per month 
for farm bands, $|5f t r,l8.- L. i>. n. 
Du Quoin, 111 ., Kept. 19. The drool li si ill con¬ 
tinues. Old wells and cisterns nearly dry ; new 
ones in good demand. Weather -xliemely lint 
for September; thermometer 00 in 65' at sun¬ 
rise, and from 05' to 100“ at 1 P. M., In the shade. 
,r„! and tin.! nn examiner irom me ti on p;lslim ., noar iy dried up. Wed, myself. 
Office has actually heen tosee h.s glaR«,a».d went f< r £ mc o[ mvBftiKhborB have fared bode.) 
aw-ny impressed with the helot that it wasorigi- hnve n , )t cn(lll ^ „ lin , jt ,ee March to 
T" :'5‘... „ #»,<*. . .. 
imagine a greater piece of folly and absurdity 
combined. The Rural New-Yorker Justly 
adds, that if u patent is granted il will have to be 
ante-dated a guod winle before Pleasanton 
knew anything about SI. Why, the blue glass 
theory is an English gardener's idea, more than 
half a e$hlliry RPR 1 , and we believe generally 
abandoned there long ago. We may well ask 
what the next humbug will be.” 
The Itr et Sugar Product of the Continent the 
present-your is estimated at 1,200.000 tons—the 
product of France alone, notwithstanding the 
war, being placed at more than 385,000 tons. 
This showing ought to stimulate production in 
this country with a view to independence of 
tho West-India supply. Europe will soon export 
sugar if the rate of progress developed the past 
few years continues; we mn.v at least make our 
own, nnd keep our money at home. 
fenrurifran Market.—G. F. G.. East Tennessee, is 
informed that- a good deal of sassafras is used 
hy druggists, for which we learn very fair prices 
are given. But a far greater quant ity is con¬ 
sumed lit the manufacture nf oil. We learned 
that there was a lutgo manufiicl nro of it int oil 
in Richmond: that it yields only about two per 
cent, of its weight in oil. We did not, however, 
have opportunity to learn the price realized by 
gatherers. 
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Premium Lists have been received of the 
Agricultural and Horticultural Fair of the Pros¬ 
pect Fair Ground Association. Kings Co., Long 
Island; Fair Oct. 17. 18,19 and 20 . Also that of 
the St, Louis Agricultural and Mechanical Asso¬ 
ciation, the Fair oT which commences Oct. 2. ■ 
Forty thousand dollars in premiums are offered, 
and no entry foe is required of exhibitors* A Iso 1 
List of Premiums t-o lie awarded at the First An¬ 
nual Fair of the West|Tenn«ssee Ag. and Meeh. 
Ass’n, at Jackson, Oct, 31, and Nov. 1, 2. 3 and 4. 
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"flow are Bees fsem hy Mall?" asks C. F. 
Chisholm of the Rural New-Yorker. One 
wav. and probably as good a way as we know of, 
is to bore holes in a block of wood with nn 
augur, insert tho bees in the holes and cover the 
orifice with wire gauze. They go safely consid¬ 
erable distances in this manner. 
School or Telegraphy.— Inquirer, Sardinia,N. 
Y.—We know nothing oT the Telegraph school 
you name. Jf you will look on page 64, Rural 
New-Yorker, July 29. you will find said all we 
can sny in reply to your inquiry. 
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The Grape I’Mlturisi, editod by George Hus- 
man or Bluffton, Me., hns, we regret- to learn, 
been discontinued for want ol' adequate en¬ 
couragement nnd support. 
The Ayrshire Herd Rook, Ihree volumes of 
which are issued, is edited by J. N. Bagg, West 
Springfield, Mass. 
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THE SEASON. 
East Roekport, O., Sep*. 26.—Tho season here 
has generally been good for all crops, and prices 
rule rather low compared with last year. Fruit 
crop, with the exception of apples. Is excellent. 
—j. h. G. 
Cuinon. St. Lawrence Co., X. Y., Sept. 23.—We 
nro having very cold weather for Ihe season of 
the year. Hay crep short; barley an universal¬ 
ly good crop; oats fair—in many places Injured 
by grasshoppers and drouth; corn fair: potatoes 
abundant; apples good.— a. j. 
Columbus, WU,, Sept, 23. — We are having 
warm and dry weather this month; our crops 
are rather light; threshing is about done. Wheat 
will average ten bushels per acre; ooi’ii is a 
heavy crop—mostly cut. up: oats average about 
fifty bushels per acre; potatoes, early, good; 
the bugs ruined the most of the Peach Blows. 
Apples nnd pears, a heavy crop ; grapes, a full 
crop, all ripe at present; it is proved that .Wis¬ 
consin can raise ali the fruits but quinces and 
peaches —d. n. 
Appleton, WU., Sept. 15.—Weather dry; 
everybody waiting for rain. Threshing nearly 
all done; winter wheat a good crop—yields from 
twenty to twenty-five bushelsto the acre; spring 
wheat yields about five bushels. Oats are nn 
extra good crop; corn do.; potatoes early plant¬ 
ed, nnd early varieties will be good; lute ones 
poor. Potato bugs seem to be dying out. Hay 
crop iB good. Those who have fruit trees ot 
bearing sizes have plenty of fine, fair fruit. If 
the rain comes in seasou there will be more fall 
wheat sown in this county this fall than ever 
before.— e. n. 
meadow it is dried out to the depth of two feet. 
Everything has ripened prematurely. Raspber¬ 
ries in May pears, plums and peaches tn June, 
9tli, I8rh nnd 25lh. respectively ; grapes in July; 
and winter apples nro now nearly gone. One 
man took a look at tus wheat field on Saturday, 
nnd thought tt too green : on Monday it "’as over 
ripe and wasting. And tt is nearly Hie same 
with everything else this season. Wo looked ai 
our corn August IStli.ftnd found it in “ roasting 
ear;" we thought in three weeks it would do to 
cut up, a iu! in Hie meantime we would dig a well. 
On August 26th we looked At it again, nnd toour 
surprise, found the fodder doad ripe and wast¬ 
ing. Ami as for the corn, I counted 26 ears on 
106 hills, and liavo since husked 6# bushels to the 
acre. The chinch hugs lent a hand in tho ripen¬ 
ing process, and well-nigh covered each stalk 
from top to bottom. Though many fields arc no 
better Ilian mine, and some, if possible, arc much 
worse, yet 1 inn happy to say they arc not all so. 
From local rains, about fifteen miles southeast 
from here, they expect to get 50 bushels of corn 
to tho acre; 3rtmilesoast. about Benton, the crop 
is light; 10 miles west, at Pinckneyville, from 
local rains, they expect 25 to 30 Inrchels per acre 
from early planted fields—from late planted, 
nothing; 30 miles west, at Sparta, Hie corn and 
oats are light. The wheal was heavy. Frointlio 
ben information at hand, l should report wheat 
nearly a full crop; oorn, one-halft Oitts, one- 
third; hay, one-half; castor beans, tme-linlf; 
sweet potatoes, tow-thirds; Irish potatoes and 
garden vegetables, one-fourth.—A. 
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INDUSTRIAL SOCIETIES. 
American Bee Keepers' Association.— We have 
I received a circular which announces the union 
of tlie North American Bee Keeper’s Associa¬ 
tion. organized at Indianapolis, Ind , Dee.21 mal 
22,1870, and the American Bee Keeper’s Associ¬ 
ation, organized at, Ctuoimmti, O . Feb. 8-10,1871 
nnd that tlie United Assoolutiou is to meet at 
Cleveland, O., Dee. 6. 7 and 8.1871. It is expect¬ 
ed to be a large, interesting and profitable 
meeting. 
V B<-e Keepers' Convention js called lit Cadiz, 
Harrison Co.. O.. Nov. ], lit 1 o'clock P. M. Tire 
call is Signed by U. Wilkin, Wm. Harrison, E. 
Laizure, Geo. A. llitverileld and W. S. Hying. 
BUSIN E SS NOTICES, 
GROSS IMPOSITION. 
No imposition is more to be condemned Ilian that 
of "short weight." 8o common is Hi is that lmrdly 
an article of commerce is ■'tiered to tho public which 
has tho full weight reprenentcd. Such is not tho case 
with Dooley's Yeast Powder, now universally 
used in this country J5.ioh package contains, with 
scrupulous exactness, the full quantity or weight 
labeled upon It. and will produce better and greater 
result* Hum any other Baking Powder In market. 
Try it and satisfy yourselves of tho truth Of our as¬ 
sertion. For sale by grocers. 
BURNETT'S FLAVORING EXTRACTS 
can now be obtained of re) table grocers everywhere. 
Bend U» tlie Names ot suoh of your friends. 
s far and near, as von think will or ought to tube the 
. Rural, and wo wil l muil them Specimens, ctc^^^ 
Cheap Farms! Free Homes ] 
, ON THE LINE OT THE 
: UNION PACIFIC RAILROAD. 
A LAND GRANT OF 
12,000,000 ACRES 
f OF THE 
s Best Farming and Mineral Lands in America, 
t 3,000,000 Acres Of Choice Farming and Grazing 
> Lunds on the Line of tno road, in the 
r Stute of Nebraska, !u the Great l latte 
Valley, 
Now FOR SALE, fwrash or lon|mdlL 
Thftse hiiid&KF&in it inUd ftild beuHli> t' 1 ' * . j , 
1 forgrafn growing and stock raising unsurpassed hy 
any in the United States. 
i Prices Range from $2 to SlO Per Acrc.^ 
HOMESTEADS FOR ACTUAL SETTLERS. 
’ 2,500,000 Acres of Government I^>nd between 
r’ Omaha and North Platte, open for entry a 
1 STEADS ONLY. 
SOLDIERS OF THE LATE WAR 
\ ARE ENTITLED TO A 
* TREE HOMESTEAD OP 160 ACRES 
Q 
r within Railroad limits, equal to 
A Direct Bounty of $400. 
Send for the new edition of descriptive l llirop 
r with new maps, mailed free everywhere. 
1 Address O. F. DAVIS, 
v Land Commissioner U. P. B* B* L *’ 
OmnUa, >co. 
