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Moore’s Rural New-Yorker, 
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S. D. T. MOORE, 
Couduoting Idilitor and I'ropnotor. 
0. D. BRAGDON A. S. FULLER, D. W. JUDD 
AsNOoiatn EilltorH. 
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Editor or Tim Iirtakimunt or Smcrr IIl'mramirt, 
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Editor or tin DirniMiM or Dairy 1Ii;k»*horv, 
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BATOttDAV, NOVEMBER 4, 1871. 
MORE VALUABLE HELP. 
■\Vrc lmve Hie pleasure nf tuinonncing that 
Mr. David W. Judd, who, in connection 
with his brollier Orange, pnrc.hn.setl Ihe 
Hearth and Home about a year ago, and 
lias until recently been one of its leading 
editors, is now a member of tlm Editorial 
Staff of the Rural New-Yorker, Mr. 
Judd is an experienced ami able journalist, 
his long editorial connection with the Com¬ 
mercial Advertiser, and other New York 
dailies and weeklies, having afforded him 
rare opportunities to become an adept in 
the profession. Wo arc confident, therefore, 
that Mr. J. will prove a valuable accession to 
our Corps, adding to Us talent and strength ; 
hence we congratulate our readers thereupon. 
Mr .Tcdd will devote himself mainly to 
our Literary and Miscellaneous Depiut- 
ments, for which his taste ami acquirements 
eminently qualify him. That, his labors 
will soon he felt and appreciated by our 
large parish of readers we are assured. In¬ 
deed, having such able and efficient office 
Associates ns Messrs. Bkaodon, Fuller 
and Judd— with the continued valuable aid 
of Messrs, Randall, Willard, Harris, 
and Miss Wacirr— we feel confident that 
the Rural New-Yorker will continue to 
increase iu interest, value and acceptability. 
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WEATHER STUDIES. 
Now that the United States Government, 
through (lie agency of the War Department, 
is recognizing the fact that the science of 
Meteorology (if it can yet he called a science) 
may be utilized, an increasing interest is de¬ 
veloping among all classes in atmospheric 
phenomena. When men are taught that 
scientific knowledge may be made available 
to promote their pleasure and profit, it will 
be respected and acquired; and it depends 
and must depend upon scientific men to 
demonstrate its application to the regulation 
or modification of the conditions of life. 
Abstract studies for the purposes of general¬ 
ization simply, are important; bill such 
studies pursued with the purpose of utilizing 
the laws thus discovered hnvo, fortunately 
for the present civilization, not only become 
a necessity but a source of profit to those 
who are able so to apply it. 
Weather prophets have been laughed at 
ever since we can remember; but the fact 
that there were (so called) insane mortals 
who studied the winds, the clouds, the sky 
only proved that there was need for such 
study—that there was a certain regularity 
in atmospheric action which indicated exist¬ 
ing laws. And now the Signal Service of 
the United States has given added dignity to 
this study in this country by its reports of 
generalizations and probabilities based upon 
the observa tions of the officers of I he Signal 
Service in different localities throughout the 
Union. These generalizations and proba¬ 
bilities have been furnished the public 
through the daily press twice each day, and 
have attracted much attention, because of 
their general accuracy. There can he no 
doubt, however, that as the observers ac¬ 
cumulate experience and acquire data, the 
practical value of their predictions will ap¬ 
preciate, and extend to all classes of indus¬ 
tries in any degree affected by sudden at¬ 
mospheric changes. 
The War Department has issued a circu¬ 
lar explaining the Practical use of Meteoro¬ 
logical Reports and Weather Maps, in which 
are stated the general principles which gov¬ 
ern observers and the law3 to be regarded 
in making observations. This will be found 
of much interest and value to local and in¬ 
dependent observer, who have the daily 
reports of the Chief Signal Officer to assist 
their own generalizations and deductions. 
This officer lias also issued a small pamphlet 
which fully describes the “ Cautionary Sig¬ 
nals” to he employed by his corps of ser¬ 
geants at the various observing stations and 
ports through the country, tints affording 
seamen, merchants and weather students 
the meteoric information necessary to use to 
the best advantage the weather reports and 
the cautionary signals to be displayed at 
points threatened by dangerous winds, 
The Cautionary Signal—which is to be 
strictly and solely cautionary —is to consist 
of a Red Flug with a Center of Black for de¬ 
noting danger by day and a Red Lantern to 
denote danger by night. This is the only 
signal to be used ; and this only in case of 
probable danger—that is, when, from the 
information received at the Cenlral Signal 
Office at Washington, a probability of stormy 
or dangerous weather has been deduced for 
the locality where the cautionary signal is 
displayed. This signal is to be hoisted 
whenever the winds are expected to be as 
high as twenty-five miles an hour, and to 
continue at that velocity for several hours 
within a radius of 100 miles of the station. 
Each signal is expected to hold good for the 
space of eight hours from the time it is 
hoisted. When no signal is displayed it will 
indicate that the Central Office lias no 
knowledge of any approaching danger suf¬ 
ficient to justify a warning. In addition to 
this display of signals, the Press will be fur¬ 
nished with a list of the stations at which 
cautionary signals have been ordered dis¬ 
played or taken down 
It will he seen that these signals have 
especial reference to gales of wind, with a 
direct view of benefiting mariners and pro¬ 
tecting commerce. But other signals will he 
added as experience may justify; and it is to 
bo hoped Unit these will have—as they doubt¬ 
less will, more or less—reference to the in¬ 
terests of agriculturists. We anticipate the 
time wheu this system of weather study and 
signals shall have become so perfected that, 
combined with the local observations of Ihe 
thermometer and barometer by the farmer, 
he may he enabled to render them useful iu 
the regulation of his work and the protec¬ 
tion of his crops. 
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RURAL NOTES AND QUERIES. 
The Commissioner of Agriculture.—Some of 
our contemporaries are urging a movement on 
the part of agriculturists to defeat the confirm¬ 
ation of Judge Watts as Cominissioiiar of Ag¬ 
riculture, on the ground licit Ito is a failure, And 
because lm lias relieved i)r. I’aiuiy of ins posi¬ 
tion as Botanist ol Hie Department.. Mas lie 
proved a failure? Certainly it cannot he so as¬ 
serted because lie law removed Ur. Parky. It 
may ha Unit tins is one evidence oC iticompo¬ 
tency, but we cannot say that it is until wo 
know the reason for removal. Wc do not know 
• hat Dr. Parky, as Botanist of the Department, 
has done any work ot grout direct practical 
value to the Agriculturists of t|io country. We 
have seen no evidence that he lias distinguished 
himself n this respect more than Judge Watts. 
Wc concede his ability as a botanist. We con¬ 
cede the utility, especially from a soientillo 
standpoint, of a herbarium; bui lt is of little 
uso unless we have a scientific man with practi¬ 
cal knowledge enough to make use of it for 
practical purposes. Mere knowledge of the 
nomenclature of plants and of (heir geographi¬ 
cal distribution is not enough, important as that 
is. And even that need not be lost in the coun¬ 
try. If the herbarium of which Dr. Parky hud 
charge reverts buck to the Stulllisnniuii Institu¬ 
tion, It will bo taken care of ami prove of just 
as much use to the country there, ns in his 
hands as an Officer ot Ihe Department ol Agri¬ 
culture. And it will not then he a tax upon the 
Department. There is no good reason why the 
Smithsonian InstiUttionshould not care for this 
herbarium tor the public, and Unit, the Depart¬ 
ment should do so instead. 
It is claimed, also, that the appointment of 
Commissioner belongs to the West "from Hb 
being the great scut and oenlet-of Agriculture." 
We deny tlm validity of this claim. It is not 
and ought not 10 lie a question of geogrnpliy at 
all. We are perfectly willing (ho West should 
furnish the best man if it can; or the South, or 
the North or tlm East. What is needed in the 
Department Is a Commissioner who can fully 
comprehend the scope of Ills duties, the varied 
industrial Interests ho Is to encourage and assist, 
the relations of all the parts of the country to 
the whole, and whose culture as a man and ac¬ 
quirements as nu agriculturist are such that his 
action shall be in all respects comprehensive, 
liberal and national. Is Judge Watts such a 
tiiun V We cannot yet say. We have no evidence 
that lie is; nor. indeed, have we any to the con¬ 
trary. He did not seek his present position and 
accepted it reluctantly. That Is one thing in his 
favor. He does not need the position, which 
fact may or may not be favorable to Ids greatest 
usefulness thereiu. But he evidently accepted it 
hampered by fewer obligations to politicians 
than any of his prodescessors; and since he 1ms 
no such restrain Is he can act. mure independent¬ 
ly. But lie is not our man unless he prove the 
best man of those who are available. 
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An Illinois Fanner Gives away Thlrty-Eight 
Farm*.—The following story is told in a West¬ 
ern pnper" Mike Kitteiiman is an old, in¬ 
dustrious and prosperous farmer, living near 
Tiskiwa, III., and is well known in tlmt part of 
the State as a heavy laud owner and an exten¬ 
sive sheep raiser. Mr. Ivitterman arrived in 
IJliuois iu 1830, from Kentucky, with something 
less than $10 in his pocket. He was then twen¬ 
ty-six years of age. He wanted to cross the 
river at Peoria, but as the ferryman asked $4 
for the privilege, he Journeyed along up the 
river on horseback. Finally he discovered a 
Jog by the side of the river, and getting astride 
of it, be. held the horse’s hridle in one hand and. 
paddled himself across with the other. He 
camped on the prairie, and next day resumed 
his Journey up the river. Ho journeyed on to 
the place where ho now lives, and determined 
to make that his future home. He bought over 
3,000 acres of land, and 6tili has 600 ocree on the 
old homestead. He has given away thirty-eight, 
cighty-ucre farms to bis children and relatives, 
and they are all located near biro. As a stock 
raiser he has had greut success, and it is said he 
never sold but two loads of corn in market. In 
the last ten years he has raised 4,000 bushels of 
corn, and he lias bought nB much more forfeed- 
Jng purposes. He has now on the plnoc over 
200 bond of cattle, 170 head of hogs,and TOslieep. 
Ho sny6 his experience of forty ycurs' farming 
in Illinois teaches him that it is far more profit¬ 
able to feed grain than to sell it; and by follow¬ 
ing tip this ruio he has made a large fortune. 
Mr. Kittekman Is now about seventy-eight 
years of age, and is in the enjoyment of good 
health, os well as ample fortune.” 
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The Crop* of the Country, according to the Oc¬ 
tober report of the Department of Agriculture, 
do not present a disheartening exhibit. The corn 
crop, as a whole, is above the average. Wheat 
is put down as about seven per cent, less than 
lust year. Oats about tbo same as lafst year. 
Barley in quality fully medium, and in quan¬ 
tity very nearly on nverngo. Buckwheat, com¬ 
paratively a poor one, the average condition 
being low in nearly nil the States. Potatoes bill 
below the average, taking the whole country. 
Cotton returns are less favorable than to Sep¬ 
tember—Ihe general average condition the first 
week of October being 76 per cent, against 80 
percent, in September. Fattening stock is re¬ 
ported ns being in larger supply in numbers 
than usuul. 
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Educating Blackguard* v*. Gentlemen,—It will 
be bcou, by reference to our news columns, that 
the Secretary of War has commenced eliminat¬ 
ing blackguards Srom the Government’s school 
at West Point. The whole country will com¬ 
mend this notion. Every parent will rejoice 
that blackguard and ruffianly conduct is not to 
be tolerated. Now let Yule, Harvard, Union, Cor¬ 
nell University, and other lnstilutions imitato 
this example, and expel every student guilty of 
hazing, rushing or any other unseemly conduct 
which tins no other excuse for its tolerance than 
established custom, and they will suffer no loss 
and realize great gain. It our young men can¬ 
not be taught to respect the rights and persons 
ot others at these schools, it is better that such 
lnstilutions should share the fute of Chicago. 
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The Georgia Pair*.—Wo notice tlmt the Plan¬ 
tation (Atlanta, Gu.j is sticking some sharp- 
pointed goads into the managers ol ihe Fairs 
thereabouts. The Fairs have not. been well at¬ 
tended, which it attributes to the luck of money 
on the part of the people. And wo judge the 
practical departments are not as well flllc-d as 
they ought to be because of the overshadowing 
influence of racing, tournaments, and other 
amusements. At the Atlanta Fair Ihe Super- 
tendeut of Machinery and Implements is repre¬ 
sented us saying there were but three plows on 
exhibition. The Plantation isgiving wholcsomo 
advice in relation to Fairs, and we hope the peo¬ 
ple of the South will profit thereby. 
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Bust.Proof Out*,—An Ohio correspondent of 
the Rural New-Youkku writes:—" Lastspring 
‘ rust-proof ouU ’ were hugely advertised. I did 
not buy any; but 1 should like to learn from 
those who did whether such oata proved to be 
rust-proof." We do not hesitate to assert that 
there is no oat rust-proof wheu exposed to cer¬ 
tain iHmospherioal conditions at a certain stage 
ot its growth. Any pretence, therefore, that 
any one 1ms such n variety is, in our judgement, 
calculated to deceive. A variety may never 
have rusted us grown by one farmer, which may 
and is likely to rust when sown by another at a 
different lime, on a different 6oiland iu a differ¬ 
ent latitude. Don’t bo humbugged with rust¬ 
proof outs. 
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Map of Chicago.—We have before us a map 
of Chicago, 16 by 20 inches, published by R. B. 
Thompson. 735 Broadway, (see advertisement 
last page,) showing the burned district in tint, 
from nctirnl surveys made by It. 8. Train and 
Geoiige W. Sharp of Chicago. This map la 
handsomely bound and is accompanied by u de¬ 
scription and incidents of the Chicago fire, and 
other largo conflagrations, illustrated with en¬ 
gravings of tlio principal buildings burned. 
The illustrations of Chicago on our news page 
are from this work. 
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The Revision Committee of the American Po- 
ninlogical Society’s Catalogue will meet in Roch¬ 
ester, N. Y.,on the Slstof November, 1871. Any 
and all communications or suggestions, advico 
thereto, &c., &e., that may occur to trult grow¬ 
ers or politologists throughout the United Stales 
or Citnadas, will bo thankfully received and col¬ 
lated, if addressed to P. Bauiiy, Esq. of Roch¬ 
ester, N. Y., or to F. It, Elliott, Sec’y A. P. So¬ 
ciety, Cleveland, O. 
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Entomological Report of the Department of 
Agriculture,—We see by the last Monthly Report 
that an “Entomological Record" is begun, and 
it is announced that ft is to be a permanentfeat¬ 
ure in charge of Town end Glover, Entomol- 
gist of the Department. We are glad to see this 
—thatwork is done that wijlshow that someone 
is doing something beside naming and classify¬ 
ing hugs and beetles. 
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The Portable Fountain described in n recent 
Rural New-Youkeu is not made in this coun¬ 
try’ tlmt wo know of. It is un English inven¬ 
tion; but with the illustration and description 
before him, almost any iron Worker—any gus 
fitter or plumber—with a supply of iron nt hand 
can make one. We expect to see them become 
popular. 
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A Bualne** Education for Women.—The offer 
Marion E. Geer, Barry Co., Mich., refers to, 
was made by S. S. Packard, Esq., of Packard's 
Business College, New York City, and not by n 
woman. Whether the offer remains open we 
cannot say, 
Refining Sorghum.—An Iowa correspondent 
“has tried and tried and read and rend, and 
watched and watched to find some means of con¬ 
verting sorghum juice into a good, pure palata¬ 
ble sirup." but ho has found not hing satisfac¬ 
tory. He asks if any one can give a formula 
that a farmer with two acres of cane to grind 
can economically, safely and successfully use. 
We confess that we do not know such a process. 
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The Ladies' Floral Cabinet is tbo name Of a 
new and very neat monthly quarto, placed on 
our table by our handsome young neighbor, 
Henry T. Williams, publisher of the Horticul¬ 
turist, 5 Beckman St.. N. Y. city. Terms, 75c. per 
year. It ought to. and doubtless will, be popular 
as well 06 practical. 
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Incident* of the Great Chicago Fire. — Send, 
by mall, fifty cents to Alfred L. Sewell, Pub¬ 
lisher, Chicago, IU., and receive, post-paid, his 
book of Incidents of Ihe Great Chicago Firo. 
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Match-Making.—We have a letter for T. H., 
New York whose article on matches appeared 
in Rural, Oct. 21. 
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THE SEASON. 
Germantown, Ohio, Oct. 23.—Weather is very 
dry. No rain for two months, hut plenty' of 
rain during summer, and crops are good, ex¬ 
cepting wheat, which is only a half crop. There 
is n great deal of tobacco raised iu our county, 
which is a fair crop and selling at. from 10c. to 
15c per ib. Wheat. $1.40; corn, 40c?.; oats, 35c.: 
barley, 70c.; potatoes. 65c.; land, $50 to $200, 
owing to improvements and location.—s. l. 
Oregon. Mo., Oct. 23.—The season has been 
cool and dry. Farmers are up with their work. 
Seeding Is about done; the average of wheat is 
large, I think exceeding any previous year; rye 
not so ranch. Fruit Is about all cared for; but 
few in market, as nearly nil were shipped to 
Nebraska as fast as ripening. Wheat $1 per 
bushel: rye, 40c.; oats, 25c.; corn, 25c.; apples, 
45c. to 75c.; hogs, $3.50 per cwt.; grass butter, 
22c. per lb.—J. n. m. 
Red Wing, Minn., Oot. 24». Tho weather has 
been very dry and windy', until a few days ogo, 
since which it has been cloudy and a little rainy. 
Farmers are backward iu their plowing and a 
pleasant November will bo welcome to finish 
fall work. Wheat was not more than a half 
crop this year, though it nppenred better than 
usual before harvest; It is worth $1.05 hero and 
large quantities are coming lo market. There 
lias been much winter wheat sowed, Tho ex¬ 
periments of the last tew years have been very 
satisfactory. The past harvest it did very much 
bet ter than spring wheat. Tho potato crop was 
good; bugs did little damage; for the Inst few 
years it has been almost impossible to raise any 
at all.— d. h. t. 
Fort Ann, N. V., XVash. Go., Oct. 29.—Septem¬ 
ber was a very cold month here, and this month, 
so far. has been very cold; to-day we had a little 
snow. Notwithstanding this, plants have made 
a second growth this fall. Strawberries are In 
blossom now. We had, the 14th, red raspberries 
picked wild in tho fields, for tea. Farmers are 
busy digging potatoes, winch are a very heavy 
yield ; they are only 30o. per bushel. Corn not 
so good as last year, take tho county through. 
About hoeing time dry weather and the worms 
hurt it; sells at $1 per bushel; not. much wheat 
sown ; what was, is good. Oats, barley and peas 
a good crop ; double the lniy cut there was last 
year. Farmers that are not over-stocked with 
cattle are going to have them go Into winter in 
good order; cattle uro very low this full. Butter 
is worth 25e. per ID.; eggs, 22c. per doz.; apples 
are very scarce.—J. 8. m. 
INDUSTRIAL SOCIETIES. 
The MiiMnchnaetta Poultry A*»’n exhibits at 
Boston, Feb. 20 and -2d next. 
The Northern Ohio Poultry Asia's uext Fair 
occurs at Cleveland. O. 
The Delnwnrr Poultry Society holds its second 
annual exhibition at Wilmington, January 11 to 
18,1872. 
The N. Y. State Poultry Society has decided 
to hold its next fair at. Twaddle Hull, Albany, 
N. Y., Feb. 7 to 13. 
Tlie Western New York Poultry Society is to 
hold its next annual Fair nt. Buffalo, commenc¬ 
ing January 23 and continuing flvu days. 
The llllnoU Wool Grower*’ A*noclntion recent¬ 
ly elected the following officers for the ensuing 
year: Pres.—A,M. Oakland, Springfield. Vice- 
Prcjs.— D. Kelly, Wheaton. See.—W. 8. MeCou- 
lull, Chatham. Treas.—J. L. Mills, Mt. Palatine, 
Delegates to National Convention—President Gar¬ 
land, Samuel Aldoti. John George. Resolutions 
asking the continuance of the present tariff on 
woolB and woolens were unanimously passed. 
Flour City Poultry A»*oelailon.—October 21. 
ihe poultry runciers of Rochester, N. Y„ met 
and organized under the the above name, with 
the following officers:- President, James Vick 
of Rochester; Vice-Presidents, John It. Garret- 
sec of SpcttcepnrL, und VV. It.Warren of Albion ; 
Corresponding Secretary, 8. R. Earls of Roches¬ 
ter; Recording Secretary, James B. Williams of 
Rochester; Treasurer. T. A. Summers of Jtoeli- 
esier; Directors, i>. K. Bell, W. J. Winfield, L. 
D. Ely <d Brighton, K. F. Gorton, and E. L. 
Ravtnond, Rochester. An exhibition some time 
iu December is projected. 
Northern Ohio Poultry Show.—The managers 
of tho Northern Ohio Poultry Association have 
issued a prize list for their second mutual 
exhibition, to he held at the great. Central Rinlc, 
in Cleveland, November 30 to December 7. The 
list of Society's prizes covers every variety of 
poultry, fowls, live and dressed.besides rabbits, 
cage birds, squirrels, and such small cattle. Iu 
addition to tho regular society's*prizes, there 
are an equal utimher of citizen's prizes on the 
same classes, which range in amounts from $25 
to $5, so that successful exhibitors will get good 
pay for their showing. From, intimate per¬ 
sonal knowledge of the men who make up the 
Northern Ohio Poultry Association and »lie 
fowls at their command, we predict that this 
will be the best poultry show of the season. For 
prize lists, Ac , address N. B. Shkkwin, Secre¬ 
tary, Cleveland, Ohio. 
Agricultural Convention at Selma, Ala.—Hon. 
Herschel V. Johnson lins published in the Geor¬ 
gia papers an address to all agricultural societies, 
Slate and local, and to tut the frlendsof theag- 
llcultuval, mechanical and commercial interests 
thniuglioiit the country, inviting them to take 
part in a National Agricultural Congress to be 
held, by adjournment. In Selma, Ala., on the first 
Tuesday in December. The subjects to be con¬ 
sidered urn: — Immigration ; Pisciculture and 
Entomology; Sumac; Horses, Hogs and Cattle; 
Labor; Irrigation and Ditching; Hemp; Sugar: 
Horticulture, Fruits, Wines, Arc.: Agricultural 
Education; Fertilizers; Cotton and Sheep; Api¬ 
ary, Grasses and Cattle; Potatoes, Turnips and 
Similar Crops; Kloe; Botany in its Relations to 
Agriculture; Miningand Manufacturing or Iron 
and other Minerals; Wool and other Textile rub¬ 
rics; Ramie and other Textile Crops; Tobacco ; 
Tm-peuune; Cereals; Manufactures in General. 
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Practical Dairy Husbandry. - This 
great Work, which we shall have ready in a few 
days (probably about the 15th or 20thof Novem¬ 
ber) will be sold mainly by subscription, und 
must prove u capital one for Agents. We want 
a live, wide-awake, pushing Man in every Coun¬ 
ty where Milk, Butter or Cheese are staples, or 
produced in even ordinary' quantities. Th» 
book IsbyX. A. Willard, Editor of the Dairy 
Husbandry Dep’t. of the Rural New-Yokkisu. 
Lecturer nt tbo Maine Ag. College and Cornell 
University, and concededly tho Best Authority 
on Dairy Affairs. It will Comprise about 550 largo 
octavo pages, fully illustrated, and handsomely 
printed und bound. Price, $3. Wo shall furnish it 
to Agents on very liberal term. Agents of tho 
Rural New-Yorker who want profitable em¬ 
ployment for tho winter, will please address D. 
D. T. Moore, nt this Office, for full particulars. 
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Addition* to Club* are always in order, wheth¬ 
er in ones, twos, fives, tens, or any other num¬ 
ber’ Ahostof people are subscribing for papers 
about these days, and ottr Agent-Friends should 
improve every occasion to secure recruits for 
tiie Rural. 
-- M t 
Rio Traveling Agent* are employed by us, but 
any person so disposed can act as Local Agent, 
on his or her own authority, and secure pre¬ 
miums, etc. 
- »♦«- 
Show Bills, Specimen Number*, Etc., sent freo 
to all applicants. If you want such documents. 
tet us know and they will be forwardciL^^ ^^ 
BUSINESS NOTICE^ 
“THF. TRIALS OF A HOUSEKEEPER” 
are never experienced by those who use Cooleys 
Yeast powder, now universally known throug - 
out the country as the best. It ta always reaoy, 
always reliable, and requires from A TBIR > 
hale less than those of common manufacture, w 
is owing to the porfeet purity of tho IngredleD s 
terlng into its composition, which Insures the sar ” 
result every time. Biscuits, rolls, Ac., can be ™ 
with it in ten minutes,and such as can be eaten 
impunity by invalids or dyspeptics. For sale or 
every first-class Grocer. 
