OUR NEW PREMIUM LIST! 
PROGRESS AND IMPROVEMENT,” 
of peace, we need and must have. We have 
many thousands of dollars due us from adver¬ 
tisers all over the country. We need it, we ask 
it, we beg it. Bo Just, be prompt. You who 
have received bills, remit currency by express 
or post office order. You who have not, and 
your number is small, give us what you can 
spare on account.” 
The proprietor of the Western Rural bad both 
house and office burned, losing not only his 
presses, folding machines, type, files of his 
paper, agricultural library* a private library of 
2.000 volumes, nnd roost of his household treas¬ 
ures. He saved from the office his printed lists 
of subscribers, account-books and most valuable 
papers. He expects to reissue The Western Ru¬ 
ral in the oid style wiili an entire new dress of 
type within one month. He adds: “Itis not 
necessary to add that lliose wtio wish to help us 
can do so nt tin's timo. Let each of our friends 
remember us. Prompt remittances for now 
names, or (or renewals, will help us greatly in 
getting now machinery and material, which is 
very costly, together. We were well insured, 
but the magnitude of the losses will probably 
make it impossible for the companies to pay 
them." 
Ttie National Live Stock Journal announces 
that its books and papers, with proofs of the Oc¬ 
tober number, were saved, and (hut it will re¬ 
issue in ii few days In nearly its usual size and 
form. 
We need not add that these journals exhibit 
just the sort of pluck and spirit we looked for, 
and we most earnestly hope that their friends 
will rally (o their aid and support according to 
the full measure of their needs and desires. 
apple crop good—better than last year; peaches 
were plenty In some localities. Hogg are worth 
about 4c. per lb., live weight; cattle not much 
in demand; sheep scarce and in demand; horses 
are worth from $150 to $250, according to quali¬ 
ty.— j. B. L. 
Geneva, Allen Co.. Ran., Oct. 9.—w e ))avp 
plenty for man and beast. We had a very f a l 
vorahlo season up to the first of August; si ,, co 
then but very little rain, consequently but little 
plowing for wheat, and but very little wheat 
sown up to date. To-day we have rain, so that 
farmers can go to work. I do not think there 
will be more than one half as much sown this 
year as last. The “fly” and chinch bug dam¬ 
aged wheat very much. It will average about 
14 bushels per acre. Oats, light; corn, heavy- 
wheat, 80@90c. per bush.; oats, 15@35e.; corn,' 
new crop, 25c.; eggs, 10c. per doz.; butter, 20c! 
per It'; stock of all kinds low; farm hands, 
per day; mechanics, $2@3 pgr day; potatoes, a 
fair crop. Plenty of unimproved land held 
mostly by railroad companies, nnd speculators. 
Land from $60 to $40 per acre.— l. s. c. 
Verdi, WlUon Co., Ron,. Oct. 1 6 .—Been very 
dry for several weeks. Rain fell heavily tho 
9th. Farmers making up their sugar cane. 
Husking nearly finished. Com is beyond an 
average crop. Our County Fair is over-some 
fine Holstein and Jersey cattle shown ; also 
some of the best Berkshire and Chester Whites 
one would see iu a long ride. This was the first 
Fair for Wilson, and it certainly did credit to 
the county. There are but few claims to he 
settled in Wilson; nearly all taken up and 
entored insr July. They now call themselves 
“fanners" instead of “settlers." Good schools 
m e in progress all nbout. Beef plenty and good, 
selling at 5 to 8 c. per lb.; rauttou scarce; corn, 
per bu., 30c.; oats, 25c.; wheat.80c.; buckwheat, 
50c.; potatoes, 15 to30o.; sweet ones, 60c.; but¬ 
ler, 25c. per lb.; eggs, 20c. per doz.; chickens, 
50c. per pair; ducks, 50c.; geese, $1.50; turkeys, 
$1.50.—w. s. H. 
RURAL RECRUITERS RICHLY REWARDED! 
THE GREAT ILLUSTRATED 
RURAL, L1TERARV AM FAMILY EWSFAPft 
CHAS, D. BKAODON, ANDREW S. FULLER 
Associate Editors. 
HENRY S. RANDALL, LL. D.. Cortland Village, N, Y 
EmiOK or Til* Pll'ABTMDKT ON ftllltKr IlL'*D*NDR». 
X. A. WILLARD, A. M., Little Fails. N. Y., 
Editou or Til* 0*PA!ITMKNT OF Daiuv UlltBANonv. 
Col. S. D. HARRIS, Cleveland, Ohio, 
TAAttLIMl CuRUUSI-ONOINO Rl.llUH. 
T. HART HYATT, San Francisco, 
Conductor of tiik Pacific Slop* Dki a p.tmest. 
CHAS. V. RILEY, St. Louis, Mo., 
Conductor or tii* ICxtomoio«icau Uh-autmbnt. 
MARY A. E. WAGER, 
Editor op tiih Domhm-tii: Economy Dkpaktmrkt. 
The Rural New-Yorker Is sold by News Deal¬ 
ers gonetally. The Trade is supplied by tho New 
York News C<>-, No, 8 Spruce St., New York. 
Advertising. — Inside. 75 cents per linn, Agate 
space; Outside, $1 pur line, each insertion. Kor Ex¬ 
tra Display and Cuts, a pvlno and li-lutlf. Special and 
business Notices, $1.50 and $2 a line. No advertise¬ 
ment inserted for less than $3. 
“Tin- Little < orporul ’ (magazine) was routed 
but not conquered by the Chicago lire. His pub¬ 
lishing house, with all Us contents —printing 
presses, material, plates, etc., — were burned; 
but we rejoice to Jcani that his subscription list 
and books weresaved, ami tliut he will sling on 
ids knapsack and march right along—the plucky 
and heroic soldier. Soc the announcement of 
the Corporal's publisher (John E. Millsh)— and 
read this extract from a private note wc have 
Just received from his talented and noble-heart¬ 
ed editor (Mrs. Emily Huntington Miller, 
favorably known to eur renders from her for¬ 
mer contributions to tins Journal):—"The lire 
bnsswept everything, but the Little Corporal lias 
no thought of striking his colors. We cannot 
replace t he November number, which was part¬ 
ly printed, but we shall make December better 
(ban ever—and as we have our mail list wc mean 
to push right on.” Yes, and we hope everybody 
Who wauls a tip-top juvenile magazine will at 
once “go for " the Little Corporal. 
BUSINESS INFORMATION. 
Sharp * Thniu, of the popular and reliable 
Chicago Advertising Agency, report themselves 
as “ Burned out, but not Burnt up’’—and ns a 
proof of the energy and perseverance of these 
gentlemen, they have opened an office for the 
present emergency in New York, at No. 5 Beck¬ 
man street tulong-sido of the Rural New- 
Yorker), where they are reconstructing aud 
pushing their business with commendable dis¬ 
patch. At tlie time of the great conflagration 
they had paid up the bulk of their monthly bills, 
with money in bank to settle all their indebted¬ 
ness; so that they can go right along without 
thcembairnssmeiitsof a crippled business. They 
ask lor an opportunity to make estimates on 
whutever advertising our business men mny 
have to be done. Their present office in Chicago 
is at 65 South Canal street. 
SATURDAY, OCTOBER 28, 1871 
NOTICE TO AGENTS, SUBSCRIBERS, ETC 
Moore’s Rural New-Yorker will hereafter be 
furnished at the following Reduced Rates: 
Single Copy, $2.50 per Year, To Clubs:—Five 
Copies, and one copy free to Agent or getier up of 
Club, for $12.50; Seven Copies, and one free, for $16; 
Ten Copies, and one free, for $20 -only $2 per copy. 
As we are obliged to pre-pay the American postage 
on papers mailed to foreign countries, Twenty Cents 
should be added to above rales lor each yearly copy 
mailed to Canada, and One Dollar per copy to Europe. 
Drafts, Post-Office Money Orders and Registered Let¬ 
ters may be mailtAF-t ear risk. 
£ 5 *“ Liberal PrWrirns to all Club Agents who do 
not take free copies. Specimen Numbers, Show- 
Bills, &c„sent free. 
A State Chemist for Tennessee, We learn 
tlmt the fanners ol Tennessee are seeking to In- 
ducc the Legislature of that Slate to provide for 
the appointment of a State Chemist who shall 
analyze its soils and determine tlie comparative 
value of the different manures, homo-made nnd 
commercial. We have had a chemist in the De¬ 
partment of Agriculture ut Washington who 
was not worth to tile Country /tie wit a boy can 
put on u flying bird's tail, b^-t who drew bis 
salary regularly. Fortunately tor the country, 
Gen. Capron took this Chemist lo Japan with 
him, and the Department: is now hunting for 
another. If one Is got ihutisguod for anything, 
he ought to dual I the work Tennessee will need 
done. Soil analyses are. as a rule, ot little 
practical value; but tho analysis of commercial 
manures will help to detect swindlers and pro¬ 
tect farmers. Tit is t lie Department ought to 
employ ils chemist to do. 
Are You Going to l’uintl—We would advise 
thoso of our friends who think of painting, to 
inquire into tho merits of the Averill Chemical 
Pulnt. It can be had either white or any of the 
fashionable shades, all ready for use—so that 
persons who wish, can do their own painting 
wiibout Incurring the extra expense ol' calling 
upon u professional painter to do their coloring 
or mixing. The letter published by the Averill 
Paint Co. in our advertising columns, from Levi 
Shaw, Trustee of tho United Society of Shakers 
in Mount Lebanon, would seem to be conclusive 
as to the durability of this paint. By sending to 
Iheoffico of tlm Averill Paint Co^ 32 Burling 
Slip, New York city, they will furnish you with 
samples free of charge. 
KURAL NOTES AND QUERIES, 
The Rural's “ New Departure.’’—The diminu¬ 
tion in page-size, and greatly reduced price, of 
tho Rural New-Yorker for 1672, already an¬ 
nounced, continue to receive the boarty approv¬ 
al of ardent trfeuds all over the country. In¬ 
deed, tho good words, and other favorable 
indications* give assurance of u larger increase 
of circulation within tho ensuing year than 
during any corresponding period of tho Ru¬ 
ral’s publication. But. wliile we state these 
encouraging facts, and solicit the kindly efforts 
of all who favor this Journal and desire to pro¬ 
mote its Objects, we have no disposition to 
boast over or disparage any of our contempora¬ 
ries. On the contrary, we can sincerely repeat 
what wo said in tho first number of the Rural 
issued in its present (sixteen-page) form, viz., 
“Though onr marked success may have created 
envy and jealousy In the breasts ol some, wo 
extend kindly greetings to all and bear nmllee 
toward none. As there is ‘ample room mid 
verge enough’ for nil who desire to promote 
the good cause for which we Jnbor, each and 
every honorable cam temporary has onr best 
wishes, and man the most deserving receive the 
most abundant reward." 
41— Ladies’ Gold Watch, Swiss, (Giles, Wales & Co., Importers)...... 85 100 75 
42— Agricultural Books, to be Selected from our List,. 10 25 12 
43— Practical Dairy Husbandry, iby X. A. Willard).3 12 6 
44— “ Shepherd, (by H. S. Randall).2 10 4 
45— People’s Practical Poultry Book, iby Wm. M. Lewis). 1 50 3 
46— Money in the Garden, (by P. T. Qumnj. 1 50 3 
47— Pottci s Pictorial Family Bible, with Marriage Certificate, &c M (Morocco, Full Gilt) 12 25 12 
48— Webster's Pictorial Dictionary. .:.. .. ’ & 7g 0 
49— “ Unabridged " .... 12 30 12 
50— Conant’s Patent Newspaper Binder, (size of Rural New-Yorker for 1872,). 1 25 3 
51— Birth-Day Morning—Handsome Steel Engraving, (Size 24x32). 5 i<j 4 
PREMIUMS FOR BOVS AND GIRLS. 
52— Silver (Swiss) Watch, Hunting Case, (Giles, Wales & Co., Importers).... 20 25 15 
53— One-hall Dozen Silver Plated Napkin Rings. (Reed & Barton). 8 15 8 
54— Ladies’ Coll Pen Ebony Holder aiul Box, iHawkes’ Best)....3 10 3 
S uvi- ' <te Ch 9 rm Pe 1 ii Case. 'Geo. F. Hawkes> . 1 2 
Par <i»n Pencil Case, with Ivory Slide. (Geo. F. Hawkes.).... 2 50 io 5 
57-Gold Finger Rings, iHoward & Co.). ' c <5 0 
53-- Studs. Set of T ree, » ...I” - ;. 6 15 8 
53- - Initial Sleeve Buttons. One Pair, (Howard & Co.). " 10 20 10 
GO Bays' Tool Chest, iColby Bros. & Co.).‘ 10 20 io 
62- Sleds. Tor Boys or Girls, “ . 3 3 3 
63 American Pattern Frame Skate, for Girls, (Southard & Corlies).. 3 io 5 
64— Boys' skates, with Straps, Heel Band, Ac., ’* . 2 3 
65- Naw Horizontal Toy Steam Engine, iColby Bros. & Co.). .’ 3 50 '' 4 
63- The Toy Wooden Cottage, “ ./, j 50 “ 3 
C7 Unde Sam’s Panoramas of Yankee Doodle and Rip Van Winkle, (McLoughlin Bros,) 1 50 .. 3 
63 T e Magic Mirror or Wonderful TranslbrmMions, “ 1 50 ' 3 
C3 ^ :k?t Knife, 4 Bh >»s, Tortoise Shed Handle, *H. W. King & Co.). 3 j<j 3 
7> 11 *. I y Knlfa for Girls. Pearl Handle .... 1 50 2 
V. —3>•’ t Black WUn d Writing Desk. Pearl Center, (Andrew King & Co.).. .. n 26 10 
>- -3miil Siovrfmg Bag. Grained leather. g 15 g 
73 Pearl Mounted Pnotaq-anh Album . 5 12 5 
7i Gardner’s Patent Po, table Book Rack. Imitation Bla^K Walnut . 5 12 5 
li ‘ " ” ‘ “ Case and Writing Desk, Combined. 11 20 10 
7o Webs er’s Pocket Dictionary, (Gilt, Pocket-Book Cover)... 1 .. 2 
FL.BAS3 NOTH TI2S FOLLOWING, PAOTICULARLIT. 
Tin* Premium* offcied tlie Boys and Gli Is may of course bo taken by seniors, and tho others 
la i'iii'ji.inijf Frit lids. Onr i-irissiti'ailmi Is only for convenience, nnd not arbitrary,. In making 
up bulb 1 i-t- gri'iu P'lias have In 011 taken to select articles which would please and prove satis¬ 
factory. (the best of their kinds and prices ,) and we are only enabled to afford such Large Pag far 
IAttle Effort, by making special ariuiigements with Manufacturers a ml Do,H its, and paying largely 
in advertising. The Premiums specified bv Agents will be selected with care, and no charge made 
for boxing and shipping, -Club papers directed to individuals, and sect to a? many different 
Thf Hailefln of the National Association of 
Wool Manufacture™ for July. 1871, is before us. 
It conlains a paper on " Wool and Mutton iu 
America,” by J. R. Dodge: another on the " In¬ 
troduction of the Woolen Manufacture into the 
United States.” by Royal C. Taft; another on 
the “ Wool Production of La Plataand 0 large 
amount of interesting and valuable “Wool In¬ 
dustry Miscellany.’’ The Secretary of the Asso¬ 
ciation is John L. Hayes, Boston, Mass. 
Syracuse rVarserles.— The old and popular firm 
of Smith, CLARK & Powell, of the Syracuse 
Nurseries, lmvo Issued Descriptive Catalogues 
of the Fruit Department and Ornament Depart¬ 
ment of their extensive grounds, at Syracuse 
N. Y. These Nursery Catalogues are miniature 
encyclopedias of the standing and progress of 
horticulture in this couutry. 
Mce«r*. Freeman &. Dnrr, the extensive cloth¬ 
ing merchants at No. 140 Fulton St., N. Y., have 
shown a commendable enterprise by the Issue ot 
a neat in up of Chicago, with the burnt district 
in color. 
The Trophy Tomato, according to the reports 
of our correspondents, lias about un equal num¬ 
ber of admirers and depredators. And judging 
by 1 he indications these letters give us, some 
one must have mado a heap of money selling for 
Trophy toffiato seed what was not Mint seed in 
any sense. We can come to no other conclusion. 
Evldemly the people of this country were badly 
swindled in buying, or supposing they were 
buying, Trophy 6 eed. 
BUSINESS NOTICES 
CHESAPEAKE AND 0HI08-FIVE - TWEN¬ 
TIES-CENTRAL PACIFIC8. 
Banking Office of Fisk & Hatch. ( 
No. 5 Nassau St.. New York. Oct. 16,1871.) 
Of the Fifteen Million Chesapeake and 
Ohio Rix per cent. Loan lees tlmn one-third re¬ 
mains unsold, and this remainder ts rapidly being 
taken np. These bonds have thirty years to run. are 
especially desirable for investment, cun now bo 
bought at 93 and aocrued Interest; that ts, with cou- 
pen mtaohed, due November 1. 
SH.OOn Chesapeake and Ohio bond costs to-day.*957X3 
z500 Chesapeake nnd Olda bond costs to-day. 
$100 Chesapeake and Ohio bond oasts to-day. $119.18 
We have but a limited supply left of the smaller 
denominations. Bonds are In coupon or registered 
furfii, same as Five-Twenties. 
When the Railroad is completed, in 1872, and the 
Bonds are dealt In ut the Stock Exchanges of the 
world, « e have no doubt they will be equally popu¬ 
lar with the Central Pacifies, which now command 
a premium, and are a favorite security here aDd in 
Europe, both roads be.tng prominent lines, and under 
substantially the same fiscal management. Princi¬ 
pal and Interest of the Central PACIFIO and 
Chesapeake and Ohio Bonds, are specifically 
payable in gold coin In New York: the interest on 
the former being paid in January and July, and of 
the latter May and November, corresponding with 
the two classes of Five-twenties. 
We recommend either ol them to our friends and 
customers with the same confidence that we did the 
Five-twenty Bonds, when we were selling millions 
Of them for tile United States Government. 
We buy and sell Five-twenties. Ten-forties, 
Eighty-ones. and Central or western pacif¬ 
ic’s, or receive them In payment for Chesapeake 
axo Ohio Bonds gt their current market price. Or¬ 
ders for Chesapeake and Ohio Bonds, accompanied 
with Drafts or Checks, may be forwarded to us by 
mall, and the bonds wiit be sent by express, charges 
paid. F18K & HATCH. 
P. 8.—Accounts of banks, bankers and others re¬ 
ceived, on which we allow four per cent, interest. 
Certificates of deposit Issued and collections made 
In ull parts of the Union. 
Harvey Fisk. 
A. S. Hatch. 
TREES AND PLANTS. 
SEE adv’t.on page 278. of Parsons & CO., Flushing. 
»♦+-- 
Burnett’s Coconino — for the hair, once used ’ 
recommends Itself.”—Christian Freeman, Boston . 
Our Report of the Diicnsshuis of the American 
Porno logical Society, we nre glad to notice, is 
regarded accurate and Important enough, by 
many of our excellent contemporaries, to pub¬ 
lish in full. Stone give credit and some do not. 
We suppose-we do unt lmvo faith enough, but 
wo have long been prn\lug tloit newspapermen 
might ut least bo just In (lie matter of credit. 
Help for I lie Sufferers by Fire tu Michigan 
and Wisconsin should lie promptly forwarded, 
and witii thennsi inl tug liberality which a croud 
and hearty sympathy prompts. Our news col¬ 
umns tell the sud story. Winter is close upon 
these sufferers. There is no timo for them to do 
might for self pi'olecl Ion before the snows full. 
Unlike tlie Chicago sufferers, thnre is no busi¬ 
ness In which they Cun engage where they ure 
Unit will yield ihem immediate relief. The 
present, necessities of Chicago are mer. Turn 
attention to and do for those who are in a far 
more deplorable condition—the houseless and 
homeless, widely scattered In the burned dis¬ 
tricts of the Noi lh west. 
Grape Deterioration.—We again oull the atten¬ 
tion ol vineyardists to the rather lung install¬ 
ment of Mr. Id ley's paper on this subject. It 
isnerintnly an import ant topic for Investigation, 
and wo shall be glad to boar from careful vin- 
ynrdists 1 heir views with reference to Mr. Ri¬ 
ley's position In lids matter. 
The Chicago Agricultural Press.—“Out of 
the uslifs" have come to us the Prairie 
Fin mer and Western Rural, the past week. 
Tlie Prairie Farmer comes in one quarter its 
usual size. Its next Issue will be full size. It 
emunernies its capital stock saved to be— 
" pluck : 11 good business name, a goon business 
credit, and a place in the hearts of the people, 
our patrons, wo believe; full fllesof Tho Prairie 
farmer from its beginning; a complete list of 
tlie names of our subscribers, their post offices, 
und length of tunc for which they have paid for 
tlie paper; lodger, daybook, journal mid cash 
book, all account books, complete letter books, 
nil business papers of value; n package of wood 
engravings. In process of complethm, including 
the Great Swine Exposition Illustrutiotl." It 
appeals to (ts friends, saying: “We ask that 
you at once renew your subscriptions for one 
year or two years, in-as long as you can afford 
to, nnd Unit you devote 11 day or n week, and all 
Hie time ns you haveopportimity, to extend our 
already wide-sprendclrciilatioii. We do not ap¬ 
peal to you as paupers asking for alms; we sim¬ 
ply aslc for your patronage and labor for which 
we shall gflve you. as in limes past, a full sub¬ 
scription ut Hie old rales to a better paper tlion 
we have ever yet given to you." It appeals to 
those who owe it for advertising ns follows: 
" Money, ihesiuews of war and the cousolatiou 
Poole’* Mill, Webster Co., Ry„ Oct. 9. — 
Weather very dry and windy. No killing frost 
yet. Tobacco all housed and an exceedingly 
light crop—below two-thirds, It is estimated In 
several counties. Potato orop almost totally 
destroyed by bugs. Sweet potatoes very good. 
Fruit crop very light. Winter apples selling nt 
$1.50 per bush ; fall apples, 40@50c.; wheat $1.25, 
—s. 6. M, 
Appleton, WI*., Out. 5.—The weather is very 
dry; have hail no rain since tlie first of Septem¬ 
ber; wntel 1 is failing and pastures are dry; fire 
Is raging fearfully in the woods; fences and hay 
stacks are being burned ; tho smoke is so dense 
as to entirely hide tlie sun. Winter wheat lias 
been extensively sown, but there is not mois¬ 
ture enough In the soil to cause it to sprout and 
grow. The drouth ex Lends over all this part of 
tlie State.— E. Nye. 
Harlem Spring*, Curroll Co.,0., Oct, 12.—Com¬ 
menced raining yesterday—the first that we 
have laid since the 16th of September; the 
ground was very dry. Wheat needed rain very 
badly. Tlie oorn crop is tlie best that we have 
bad for some years ; wheat and oats very good; 
clover seed is plenty — not threshed yet, but 
promises a large yield ; potatoes very abundant; 
A Complaint Against Railroads.—On March 2, 
1S7I, I li.ul shipped to my address one pair Rcuicn 
ducks, six Light Brahma pulletsimd one cock. I 
took a receipt for them from tlie siation agent 
ai Lawrence station, New Jersey mid Trenton 
Railroad, or rather Camden aud Amboy Rail¬ 
road Company. I have not yet heard from them, 
though I received the other go>>ds shipped at 
tlie same place and time. They were billed to 
Philadelphia by tlie above Company, thence in 
e ire of Star Union Company, I have written to 
I'ntli Companies: Camden and Amboy do not 
reply; Slav Union wrote as though they laid 
never reci'i •. cd them. Please in form uu - through 
0 'er what I ir.d best t" do about them, 
_. o'digi, w. S. IioCKni lg Vcscli, Kansas. 
• •e u:.- .i 01 no w..y of reaching such eases 
-leapt Ly litigation, which will doubtless be 
expensive, costing more than tlie original cost 
of tlie fowls. But. railroad companies who re¬ 
ceipt for stock ure responsible for it, unless 
they can show tlie receipts of some other com¬ 
pany iu the line uf route over vv hloli It is to pass. 
And 1 hey should be held strictly responsible for, 
and exposed if they do not settle any loss. 
California Beet Sugar Manufacture has com¬ 
menced for 1871. The Alta Californian says tlie 
Alvarado Beet Sugar Co. have commenced dig¬ 
ging the cmp. nnd asserts that the supply will 
ranch 8 0 tops, or 16 inns per acre. Tne Juice, 
tested, proves to lie rich In.saccharine mutter. 
Last year’s emu yielded500,000 pounds of sugar; 
1 Ills ,\ car's is expected to reach 1,125,000 pounds. 
Judging from these figures beet sugar bids lair 
to become a staple pioduet of California. 
