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“PROGRESS AND IMPROVEMENT.” 
lore’s Rural New-Yorker, 
'i'll 15 GREAT ILLUSTRATED 
RURAL, L1TERARU AA1) FAMILY NEWSPAPER. 
13 . 13 . T. IVIOORE, 
OonAuctijig; Editor uud Proprietor. 
CIIAS. D. BKAGDON, ANDREW S. FULLER 
AaMoeiate IHditor**. 
HENRY S. RANDALL, LL. D., Cortland Village, N. Y., 
Eimon or inn DkVaktoh't or Siikm- IIiisixkiikv. 
X. A. WILLARD, A. M., Little Falls, N. Y., 
El>ITOU ,1. TUI, DkTAIITMKKT IIF llAIIIV I Il'MI AISMRY. 
Col. S. D. HARRIS, Cleveland, Ohio, 
Tiu v m.i mi C'uuuKiirunmN,) Kiiituk. 
T. HART HYATT, San Francisco, 
Coxoucrek it lit. t’ACinr Stern Dki aiitmii.it. 
CHAS. V. RILEY, St. Louis, Mo., 
Condl'CTuh or hoc ICvroMOl.OOICAI. Department. 
MARY A. E. WAGER, 
EutTOU of TI1K DtOUKVlie KcOhOMV Dll'AUTWRNT. 
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or jjk.'i per year ut it2 numbers. To Clubs —per VoU 
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fill: 'Ten. mill one free, tor (35—only 42.50 per copy. 
The lowest Vearly rule to Canada is f2.70.nlid $3.50 
to Europe,—including Ainerlcan postage. which wc 
arc obliged to prepay nti all papers mailed to foreign 
countries, Drafts, I* t). Money Orders and llogis- 
torod Letters at our risk. 
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ers generally. 'The Trade is supplied by the New 
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OcelsMj 
SATURDAY, OCTOBEU 14, 1871. 
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NEW QUARTER—NEW TERMS. 
The closing Quarter of this year's Iturnl !Vew- 
Yorlter began October first, and hence now is a 
favorable time to subscribe for either three months 
(on trial) or a year or fifleen months. See special 
offers on pago 245. 
Tin; Terms of the Burnt New-Yorltcr for 1872 
(as announced Oct. 7th) will be $2.50 per single 
copy, and only $2 in clubs of ten or more. But 
those wishing to commence Oct. 1st will be fur¬ 
nished from that date (for a year or fifteen months) 
at the Reduced l'rlce,— i. e., Single Copy, $2.50 
per year, or $3 tbr fifteen months; in Clubs, $2 per 
year, or $2,50 for fifteen months 1 
TIILL EVERYBODY! 
Reader, please do your neighbors and others the 
favor to tell them about the New Quarter, and the 
Great Itetluctioii /« Price. 
AMONG THE GREAT FAIRS. 
Tlie Oliiii Stale Fair, 
The Twenly-scooml Aiitmul Exhibition 
of the Ohio State Board of Agriculture was 
held at SiH'itigfleld on the hist week in Sep¬ 
tember. The weather was fair and cool; 
the material on exhibition was quite Com¬ 
plete in most departments, and especially 
full and excellent, in agricultural imple¬ 
ments, swine and fruits, The show of 
Short-Horn caiilo of very good quality, 
comprising tlie well bred slock which I no¬ 
ticed as on exhibition at the Central Ohio 
Fair the previous week, togeiher with other 
like animals from Southern Ohio and Ken¬ 
tucky. The fruits were mostly from the 
orchards and vineyards of Hie Lake Erie 
region—the same which made such a splen¬ 
did show at I lie Northern Ohio Fair two 
weeks earlier. 
Horses made a large and credit aide dis¬ 
play, and some of the late importations of 
English and French draft horses attracted 
considerable attention. The exercises of 
the race track always draw the crowd of 
men, women and children, and we may own 
lip that a horse trot is the great diversion of 
the people. 
I have said Unit the show of agricultural 
implements was l lie best feature of the Fair; 
in this 1 did not discover much that was 
new, bill ft great deal of the old that was 
much improved, in both arrangement and 
workmanship. This redounds to the credit 
of the manufacturers and adds to the effi¬ 
ciency of the machines in Hie bands of the 
farmers. Of the rest I need not particu¬ 
larize; it was what we see at all first-class 
exhibitions — sometimes more, sometimes 
less, but not often any belter. 
The attendance of visitors, except upon 
Thursday, which has come to he the great 
day of Hie Fairs, was not very numerous, but 
upon the principal day the people came in 
goodly numbers, say to the aggregate of 
near thirty thousand, as indicated by Hie 
number of tickets sold on that day. The 
treasurer’s receipts from all sources during 
Hie fair, were something over twenty thou¬ 
sand dollars, which will pay expenses and 
leave the Board in possession of a large 
quantity of lumber, for sale or removal to the 
place for holding the next Fair. I think it is 
high lime the Ohio State Fair was permanent¬ 
ly located and suilubly equipped for contin¬ 
gencies of weather and attendance.—s. d. n. 
Western Now York Fair. 
The extent and success of the Exhibition 
at Rochester (Sept. 25-29) entitle it to rank 
prominently among the Great Fairs of Ihc 
season. Lust week we staled that “ the 
Western .New York Fair musl prove a great 
triumph in most depart men Is of the exhibi¬ 
tion, while its pecuniary success is assured.” 
This statement was made while the Fair 
was in progress, but is fully verified by the 
result. The exhibition was a splendid one, 
and Hie attendance and consequent receipts 
largo. The spacious grounds and eomtnodi* 
ouh buildings, tents, etc,, were in tine con¬ 
dition, and Hie management of the various 
departments highly creditable. President 
lit cki.and, Secretary Garketsee, and the 
several Superintendents and their Assistants, 
labored diligently and efilcienlly — and t<> 
their intelligent and zealous efforts the grat¬ 
ifying success of the first Western New 
York Fair is largely attributable. 
We regret that lack of space precludes us 
from noticing the various departments of 
the Fair in detail, and giving proper credit 
to prominent exhibitors. Jlut we must be 
content with congratulating both managers 
and exhibitors—and indeed the entire indus¬ 
trial community of Western New York— 
upon the auspicious result of their initial 
exhibition. It wisely managed in the future, 
Hie Western New York Fair will become 
a permanent institution—a great incentive 
to and promoter of improvement. But to 
achieve the right kind of success—that suc¬ 
cess which will tend to stimulate, benefit 
and elevate the people—the Farmers, Hor¬ 
ticulturists and Artisans must give the So¬ 
ciety and its Fairs their personal attention 
and influence, and see that while the man¬ 
agement is liberal and honorable the promi¬ 
nent features of I lie exhibitions are conducive 
to the interests and welfare of the industrial, 
productive classes. 
The New York Suite Fntr. 
Albany, Oct. 5,1871. 
This is Thursday night, and the status of 
the thirty-fourth Annual Exhibition of the 
New York Stale Agricultural Society lias 
been fixed,—since here, us elsewhere, Thurs¬ 
day is the great day of the Fair. Wednes¬ 
day was a pretty full day for attendance, 
and showed a concourse of some eighteen 
thousand people; Thursday must have 
brought out near twenty-five thousand. 
The receipts up to the end of this fourth day 
of the Fair, amount to over $24,000, with 
the tickets for single admission at 50 cents. 
The Fair Grounds consist of a field of 
forty acres, a portion of which is not avail¬ 
able for exhibition purposes, being low and 
wet, so that the show grounds are rather 
limited, and the people are compacted upon 
a comparatively small area. But with great 
good nature, they have jostled among (lie 
inplemcnts, and squeezed through the halls, 
and floated along the avenues between tlie 
ranges of sheep pens, pig pens and cattle 
stalls. 1 must say this has been one of the 
best-looking and best-behaved and best-nu- 
InrOtl crowds of people which 1 have ever 
seen at a great Agricultural exhibition. 
There were not half the comforts provided 
for the people which I noticed as a peculiar 
lealurc of t he Northern Ohio Fair;—indeed, 
there were very few seats for the tired 
women, and very little. «l tree shade; but 
the skies were kind, and did not shine their 
fiercest. The winds were cool and lively, 
and there was no dust alier the light rams 
of Tuesday. The facilities for transporta¬ 
tion between the City and the Fair Grounds 
are very good, and lew persons need to go 
on foot, except from choice. 
The officers of the .Society and the other 
managers of ihu Fair have shown themselves 
very courteous gentlemen, who understand 
how to run such an exhibition, and with a 
division of labor and orderly attention to 
business, they deserve tlie approbation of 
the public, as eminently qualified lor their 
offices. 
I come now to speak of the material of 
the Fair. It is a well balanced exhibition 
throughout— large in nearly all its depart¬ 
ments, and excellent in all, which shows 
that the industries of the people who are 
here represented are so diversified as to pro¬ 
duce a fair proportion of all the elements of 
living and the appliances fur working. The 
most noticeable feature of tlie exhibition is 
in the department of Farm Implements and 
Machines—great hay presses, threshing ma¬ 
chines, harvesters, grain drills, hay rakes, 
plows, ditching machines, potato diggers, 
cultivators, scarifiers, pulverizers, etc. All 
these are packed in close order, together with 
a variety of mills, planers, steamers, &c.,nn 
a beautiful slope, and can be seen with little 
travel. 
The department of Live Stock is well 
filled with lordly Short-Horns, gurney Jer¬ 
seys, big Cots wolds, Lincolns and Downs, 
with a few of choice Silesians and Merinos; 
big hogs and little hogs—as handsome ns 
hogs can be; and a good variety of well- 
bred feathered fowls. Horses made a very 
creditable show, but as the Fair grounds j 
were not furnished with a race track, the 
horse show was not as lively tus I have been 
accustomed to sec; and perhaps it was for 
this cause that the people put in their time 
so cheerfully in looking among the other 
material of the Fair. 1 set this fact down 
us another item to the credit of the people 
who are here assembled. 
The allow of Flowers is gorgeous, as might 
be expected from Hie kings and princes in 
this line of production in the Empire State. 
And the show of Fruits is also splendid, in 
pears, apples and grapes. Domestic goods 
are in fair proportion and of good quality. 
Elegant vehicles, <>n wheels and runners, 
allow the advance we are making in luxuri¬ 
ous driving. 
These are some of the leading features of 
the New York Stale Exhibition, ns they look 
to my eyes, alter a moutli’s travel among the 
Great Fairs, from Lowell to Cincinnati. 
Next week we may have something to say of 
individual exhibitors and what they had to 
show.—s. d. n. 
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RURAL NOTES AND QUERIES. 
Our "New Departure" Approved.—Our prop¬ 
osition to change tlie form and reduce the 
price ut the lira ac New-Yorker 1m meeting 
'with great lAvor from agents and subscribers. 
We have already received many expressions 
of opinion, till highly approving the plan, 
uud congratulating us upon the Improvement 
announced in our issue of tlm 33d nit. For ex¬ 
ample, Mr. W. L. Mcf.AtiOHL.irf of Steubenville, 
Ohio, writes Ms in I His encouraging wise: 
DMA It mu : I was Highly pleased tn notice, In ypnr 
issue ill Si*[il 2SW, > 11 ne intention >>f 1'CdHClB*. 'I"' 
pages ut Muir most excellent papei to a size more 
convenient for blading. I have keen a subscriber 
to (lie licit m for mure tlam two years past ; and as 
I always considered it Um> valuable t" In-torn up or 
tost—lire late of ihc great majority tif vvecli.lv news- 
papers—I have eurcfully Bird uw.ivtho number:, as 
soon us rend, la such ii manner tli.it I could easily 
draw out any one I wished, 'viilnnu having lo take 
down half i.i iill titepih’. Ahvnp lidoDded to have 
them Hound, Imt never ileohlm! as to how many nunt- 
l.ers should l.e l)oiUp] together to make a vqHjiiio 
proportionable and yet not too eiimber-ome tor ref- 
en.uiee amt library uaeoratnmlntious. t anners a- a 
class and " I belong lo the hand. Hallelujah ' — have 
not libraries (or hook-ensesj ut Mieli rat parity as 
would admit a hound volume, or the IIUHAI. tor 1871, 
ml her edgewise, stdQwIsc ,,p “ put.rruineiyil and 
for this class I appoint myself n l omiuHtee for I ho 
tendering of ilieir thanks to yon lor your well- 
thought-of proposed alteration. As to the cmilem- 
pluloil roduuliutl in the suhsurlption pried, it’s a good 
tiring, too, and 1 hope it may Induce many to Join 
your army of •• r ope ners ' and “ march right along." 
Yet hud not Mieli n purpose been uftlchuly stated, I 
tirosutun that liono of tiro "old regular* ’’ would 
have fallen buck, hut VC1V willingly |mve paid the 
sumo price for tlie snuae kind ot "hash," delivered 
from tlie same source, and contributed by the same 
Corps of the most Practical, Theoretical and Scion- 
till e Slcn and Women in our Country. -May you still 
press on "Excelsior''-ward! 
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Fnltli tn Forming.—A politician said to us the 
other day, “ It is a curse to any man who owns 
a good farm, as I do. to get mixed up in politics. 
It unfits lilm Tor fits rent work and lie is never 
bettered by It. Had I devoted my time mid 
energies, with lbe same onllnislnstu aud self- 
denial that I have given to poliiics, to my farm. 
1 should have been a far richer, more contented 
and certainly n happier man. 'flic truth is 1 
laid no faith in farming. Hut the older 1 grow 
tlie more dearly l see ils cert util ties as wed I as 
possibilities, and regret the time wasted." The 
other day, Mr. Wasson of HnimOoU Co., Maine, 
reviewing Hie condition ot agriculture in that. 
State said, ‘‘A great trouble is we have no faith 
in fanning. We work only a part of i lie limn at 
fanning aud ilio remainder of Uic timeni some¬ 
thing else, and the farm suffers correspond¬ 
ingly." This is truth. There is too lit tie faith 
in farming among farmera themselves. They 
do not. enlist their energies and capital in it us 
business men do in other enterprises. It nny 
surplus capital is acquired ft is invested in the 
bunk, railway, or some oilier stocks, or in Uni¬ 
ted Status bonds, or in taint speculations, and is 
not put on the farm in shape of Improvements, 
wiihaviow to enhance its value atld increase 
its productiveness. A little moro faith in your 
vocation, gentlemen, Should tie cultivated. 
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A Swine Exposition in (he tVorih-Eimi is urged 
by a breeder who says : I see no "\iod reason 
Why Ohio, I’eunsyIvantii. New York, rainula 
and tlie New England States should not unite 
in tlxing upon a time nnd place for bolding a 
grand exhibition of swine. There ..uglii to bo 
a preliminary Kwlne-IlrOedcr's Convention Ibis 
winter,an organization clivcted andnriiiugc- 
ments made for tlie sliovv. Why not mention ii 
and call tor an expression ot opinion from 
breeders? It seems to me It would be a good 
thing for all concerned-” A friend of ours 
from t.lio Wi st Inis just returned here from Liie 
New York State Fair, aud says ho never saw 
finer ItOgS anywhere than there. He spoke with 
especial enthusiasm of tlie Berkshircs, giving 
less praise to the ” Improved Cheshires." Wo 
shall be glad to receive responses to our corres¬ 
pondent’s suggest ions above given. 
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Ciitidiirnngo, liu*. new Oncer Remedy, lias, it 
seems, been analyzed by tlie Chemist of the De¬ 
partment ot Agriculture ut Washington, who 
furnishes the world with the following results: 
He finds the ratio of tho wood to the bark to be 
as 50,28 to 49.72. Tlie centesimal cpraposii inn of 
i lib bark was as followsMoisture expelled at 
212' Fall., 8; ash matters or mineral suits, 12; 
vegetable substances, 80. The vegetable mutters 
were separated and found to be composed as 
follows:—Fatly mutters, soluble in ether and 
partly In strung alcohol.0,7; y ellow resin, solu¬ 
ble in alcohol. 2.7; gum and glucose from 
starch, 0.5; tannin, yellow and brown coloring 
matters (exlracied), 12.6; cellulose, lignin, etc., 
63.5; total, 80. No crystaliuc alkaloid could toe 
detected, and, according Jo the above results, 
the UifcrapenUo position of tlie plant must be 
among the aromatic bittern. N. Jl.-—This is not 
an adv erliseiueutl 
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An Ex-Edilur’a Minnesota Farm.—Col. Win. S. 
Kino, years ago editor of the Journal of Agri¬ 
culture. Boston, later of the Rochester Demo¬ 
crat, and now Postmaster of tlie Houso of Rep¬ 
resentatives at Washington, 1ms a magnificent 
farm at Minneapolis, Minn. The N. Y. Globe 
says:—"He lias sixteen hundred acres of con¬ 
nected prairie land, ail handsomely fenced and 
under cultivation. Its acres roll back from the 
liver and abound in handsome onk groves, 
charming lakes, and are golden with immense 
wheat, fields, aud green with rows of rustling 
corn, and for a centerpiece has a lukc as beauti¬ 
ful as Hie one of which Pkkoval sang. Min thy 
fair bosom,' etc., with an abrupt roll of tho 
prairie surfiiee./irovviied with an ouk opening, 
whore the residence of Hie owner will some day 
l>e built. Ami still another lake draws near anil 
furnishes water for farm purposes, on the bor¬ 
der* of which stand the Immense horse and cat¬ 
tle barns, which have recently been erected for 
sheltering the blooded stock which Col. King 
lias gathered there until he lias become one of 
the hugest raisers of thorough-bred stock in 
America.” 
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A Nomination. — It is announced that 
“ S. C. CLEVELAND, lSsq., Editor of the Vtit.es Co. 
Chronicle, Penn Van, has been nominated for 
Senator by tlie Republicans of the Ontario Dis¬ 
trict. If he is not holiest and worthy, it is be¬ 
cause there ore none of that sort left. He will 
of course be elected by some two thousand ma¬ 
jority." Aye, our long-time friend Cleveland 
is " honest and worthy'," nnd not of Die sort 
likely to be corrupted by cither the ring-mas¬ 
ters or lobbyists cit tlie capital. His nomination 
is one eminently tit to be made, and if both 
parlies were to select such men for legislators, 
tlie interest® Of Hie people would be protected 
from plunderers. 
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Ail Illinois Canning Factory. At Elgin, there 
is an establishment known as the Elgin Packing 
Factory, where corn, tomatnes, beans, raspber¬ 
ries, strawberries and cherries arc put up in 
cans. Tho largest amount is uf corn. There 
are 275 hands employed, many of thorn children. 
Over 100 are employed in husking the corn, and 
us many in cutting It from the cob. The eoba 
are taken by farmers lo be fed to cattle; tlie 
husks are bought, by a Chicago firm to be used 
in the manufacture of mat tresses. Tlie corn, 
vegetables and fruits used tire mainly grown by 
farmers within live miles of Elgin. 
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Department of Agriculture.—The new Com¬ 
missioner lias made tlm following changes in 
the organization ,,1 the working force:—A n¬ 
hui: w Glass, late Assistant Hoperintendent of 
tlie Experimental Garden, is Superintendent of 
the Gieeii-linuses; Jambs M. Swank is Chief 
Clerk, in place of R. McLain; J. B. ItUSSEi., 
Librarian, in place of l>r. Ki.diud. 
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catalogue* Received, -Catalogue of puro-bred 
Short-Horns owned by Ciias. E. Coffin, Muir- 
klrk Furnace, Prince George's Co., Md. 
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BUSINESS INFORMATION. 
Hitchcock'* Half-Dime XIiihIc. — Tho task of 
supplying good music cheaply, lias been often 
undertaken, but bos always hitherto failed — 
chiefly from the publishers failing to perceive 
what the people needed. Mr. Hitchcock furn¬ 
ishes music cheaper than any have ever offered 
It, and the long list of pieces advert i.-cd in our 
lust, number shows that tlie experiment is a suc¬ 
cess, mid ihat lie knows just what tho people 
want. Music Intended to be popular must not 
be difficult, but should be correctly harmonized. 
Wo arc glad to see that this point lias not been 
overlooked, and that the music is not only 
cheap, but good. 
Union Part fir HuUnmd Lauda. We are indebt¬ 
ed to 0. F. Davis, Esq., Land Commissioner of 
tlie Union Pacific Railroad Co., Omaha, Nebras¬ 
ka— whose advertlsoment is published elsewhere 
in this paper—lor a copy or the "Guido to the 
Union Pacific Railroad Lunds,'' u handsome 
pamphlet, illustrated with maps, relative to 
••twelve million acres of the best farming atul 
mineral lauds in America," which "are offered 
for sale in tracts to suit purchasers and at low 
rates." Those intending to locate in tlie West 
should examine this Guide before deciding or 
purchasing homesteads. 
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The Eta*ilc Truss*—A non-professionnl man 
can scarcely conceive liow many bad cases of 
rupture there are m community, nor how much 
suffering is daily borne—not only from the rup¬ 
ture, but from the irritation caused by badly- 
lit ling or ill-adapted appliances for cure. Many 
women, also, need a support which they do not 
know how tn obtain, the want of which poisons 
their days and nights, uml makes life a burden. 
To such we commend the advertisement of the 
Elastic Truss Cm, to be found ill another col- 
... The Trusses nnd Supporters made by 
them have elicited the warmest commendations 
from every source, both lor curative influence 
and ease iu wearing. 
Electro Plated Ware.—^T he announcement of 
Simpson, Hall. Miller & Co., Wallingford, 
Conn, and 19 John street. New York, in the ap¬ 
propriate department of this paper, is worthy 
the attention of those of our readers desiring a 
superior article of plated ware. Their manufac¬ 
tory is one of the most extensive in this coun¬ 
try, while Mr. Simpson is the pioneer iu electro 
plating business. 
Newton'* M.ut Chopper.—We cheerfully invite 
the attention of our readers to Messrs. D. A. 
Newton & Co.'s advertisement on page 245. 
Having had one of these excellent choppers in 
use in our family lor more than a year, wc can 
safely indorse what Is said in their favor. The 
chopper is one of the greatest labor-saving 
inventions of the day aud should be in every 
family. _***____ 
A Sale of Gold-Dust Stock is elsewhere adver¬ 
tised to take place Nov. 1. We have had oppor¬ 
tunity to examine this stock of horses and wit¬ 
ness several of their trotting performances. 
For beauty, style and speed combined, we know 
no stock tlmt surpasses them. 
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Breeders of Ilorses should read the advertise¬ 
ment of la v II. & T. Coleman, Sheldrake, N. 
Y., which will be found elsewhere. They have a 
fine stud of blooded horses, some of the best of 
which are offered at public sale. 
inquiries for Advertiser*.—Request GRAVES to 
advertise the prices of his iucubators. — C., 
Tennessee. 
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A (subscriber, Norwich, N, Y., is informed that 
we have not ihc address of tlie person named. 
THE SEASON. 
Lyndonvlllr, Vt„ Oct. 2.— September was un¬ 
usually cold,several severe frostsoccurring dur¬ 
ing the monih. On the morning of the 2i*t the 
thermometer atood at 20*, and ice formed one- 
hnlf inch in thickness. Corn, potatoes and ap¬ 
ples were injured to sorao extent, in some local¬ 
ities. The forests already exhibit varying shades 
of "green and gold”—presenting a view rich 
and beautiful. Corn and grain crop below au 
average; potatoes full nit average,and quality, 
especially of the early varieties, good. Apple 
crop very good In this section, but of rather in¬ 
ferior quality, iu consequence of tho summer 
drouth. Cattle low and salcs-dull; quite a de¬ 
mand forstpre sheep, nnd ready sales for mut¬ 
ton sheep and lambs. Horses in demand at fair 
prices.—i. w. s. 
Burn*, AI kg. Co., N. Y., Sept. 27.— It is very 
dry here, although there Is water enough for 
stock. Hud no rain to amount to anything more 
than a dew hineo August. Crops of oats, wheat, 
barley and peas good. Corn, a pretty fair crop. 
Buckwheat, sonic pieces not going to be cut ami 
some of It quite fair; frost a Utile too soon for 
some, but dryness hurt it much. Mills tumbled 
some for water. White wheat, $l.S5<@.1.4fl; spring, 
$1.20@L25; oats, 40.; barley firm at 75c- and in¬ 
quiry for it. Hay firm at $l(>7?l.'i per ton; sheep 
firm at $2.50<ri'-Y Cold to-day with a little shower 
of sleet. A pretty large breadth sown tn wheat 
this month. So dry it can't make rapid growth. 
—C. G. B. 
INDUSTRIAL SOCIETIES. 
Michigan Slate Ag. Sue. —At the annual meet¬ 
ing. Sept. 22, tile Constitution of tho Society was 
so umemlcd ns to make the Executive Commit¬ 
tee r<insist of twenty regular MU-niber*,uml flint 
half be elected annually, to hold office for two 
5 ears; and thatoue-hall of the additional inoin- 
bera he elected under Hits amendment in the 
Ocusi itiition, for o'"! year, and the other half 
tor two years. The toll iwlng officers were 
elected: 
Pri'fiUicnt— IV, G. Beckwith of Cussapolis, Cass 
county. 
Treamirer- E. Humphrey of Kalamazoo, Kala¬ 
mazoo county. 
Sirrrlnry^ R. F. Johnstone of Detroit, Wnyno 
comity. 
Ex. Comtniltcr John Gilbert, Ypsilnnti, Wash¬ 
tenaw Co.; >V. J. BuMor. Jonesvllle, Hillsdale 
Co.: F. M. Manning, Paw 1'uw, Van Buren Co.; 
J. It. Allison, East Savuuiw. Saginaw Co.; A. ('. 
Fisk, Coldwutcr, Branch Co.; If. ( >. Sanford, 
Plymouth, Wayne Co.; L. S. Scranton, Grand 
I tepid*, Kent Co.: J. J. Bag ley. Detroit. Way no 
Co.; Myron Harrison, Ottawa Cff.J 11. II. llilcy, 
Constantine. St- Joseph t 'o. 
To serve fur one year Judge Willhiti H. Alle¬ 
gan. Allegan Co.; Townsend Norris. Tuscola, 
Tuscola Co„ uud A. O. Hyde, Marehuli, Cul- 
iioun Co. 
The Connecticut Hinir Poultry Society has 
fixed upon November 14,15 and 10 as the time of 
holding then next ‘•how m Hartford. The Stand¬ 
ard expects " it will lie the best one over bold in 
this country,” and publishes tins list of premi¬ 
ums offered. W. H. Lockwood, Hart ford, Ct., 
is Secretary. 
The llllind* State Fair, wo learn from the 
Chicago papers, wa&a notable exhibition of farm 
muehfnery and tliftroilgli-brud eatllff.butin other 
reaped s whs a failure as an exhibition and not a 
success financially. It was held at Du Quoin. 
Tin* Penobscot Co. Poultry Society will hold its 
first Exhibition at Bangor. Me., Nov. 2, 3 and 4, 
1671. Prizes open to the whole State. 
The Xnitlinrurrn Poultry Asa’n holds its mi¬ 
nimi exhibition in Chicago Dec. 12-13. Only 
cash premiumsure offered. 
Premium List* Received.—List of premiums to 
be awarded at the Fair ut the Carollttas. Char¬ 
lotte, N. C., commencing Oct, 24. P. P, Zimmer¬ 
man* tiee'y ..List of premiums offered by Dan¬ 
bury, Ct,., A«. Soc. 
BUSINESS NOTICES, 
CHESAPEAKE AND OHIOS FIVE-TWEN* 
TIES—CENTRAL PACIFICS. 
ft a .vising orriu. or Fisk & M atcil > 
No. 5 Nassau St., n'kw Yohk, Oct. t, 1871. t 
Very many holders of Government ttouds are de¬ 
buting in their own iidnde whether to sell out while 
they cun realize u handsome premium uti their 
bonds, or to exchange them for other tlrst-cluss se¬ 
curities. bearing the biviuo rate of Interest, which 
may he hud at much less price. We have been ex¬ 
changing largo amounts of late for CRKSAt'EAKE 
ani> Ohio Six per cent. Gold Bonus, and also for 
the Central PaciWO Sixes. 
tit the Fltleeu Million Chesapeake and Ohio Six 
per cent. Loan, but about tn, 501,000 remain unsold, 
anil this remain dor will be taken up rapidly. 
Tlie Chesapeake and Oil to Sixes have absolutely 
thirty years to run, ure especially desirable for steady 
investments and can now be bought 
17 per cent, less than Ten-torties. 
2il per cent, less than Five-twenties. 
Super eont. less than Sixes of 1881, 
and urn equally sure to be paid, principal and inter- 
sl, in gold coin. Prices at present, hi and accrued 
interest: that is. with coupon attached, payable No- 
vembei f. 
¥1.000 Chesapeake and Ohio costs to-day. 1955-37 
5il0 Chesapeake and Ohio costs to-day.JL.io 
JU0 Chesapeake and Ohio costs to-day.. 95 >3 
Only a small amount of the latter denomination* 
remains, and no more can be made. Bonds are in 
coupon or registered form, same as Five-twenties. 
When tlie Chesapeake and Ohio Railroad Is com¬ 
pleted, in 1872, and the Bonds are dealt In at ihe 
Stock Exchanges of the world, we have no doubt 
they will be equally popular with the Central Paci¬ 
fies, which now command a premium, ued are a fa¬ 
vorite security here aud In Europe, both roads being 
prominent lines, and under substantially Ihe same 
fiscal management. Both principal and interest of 
the Central PACirrc and Chesapeake and 
Ohio Bonds, are specifically payable in gold coin in 
New York; the interest on the former being paid 
January and July, and the latter May and Novem¬ 
ber, corresponding with the two classes Of Five- 
twenties. 
We recommend either of them to our friends and 
customers with the same confidence as we did the 
Five-twenty Bonds, when we were selling millions 
of them for tho United States Government. 
We buy and sell FtVE-TWBNTIBts, Ten-forties, 
Eiguty-ones. and Central or Western l J a dr¬ 
ies. or receive them in payment f"r Chesapeake 
and Ohio Bonds at their current market price. 
FISK & HATCH. 
P. S.—Accounts of banks, hankers and others re¬ 
ceived, on which we allow four per cent. Interest. 
Certificates of deposit issued and collections made 
In all parts of the Union. 
Harvey Fisk. 
A. S. Hatch. 
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The Hiiinit-ii 1 Inir. Burnett’s Cocoaine for 
healthful purity and excellence, is unsurpassed. 
-»♦« — 
Sunil Fa tlie Names of such of youi triend*. 
f«r and near, as von think will or ought to take the 
Rural, and we will mail them Specimens, etc. 
The New 6>h«>\v-Bill, Premium List, 
of the Rural New-Yorker sent free to all 
disposed to lorn* clubs. 
