nbUsbct’s -Desk 
BUSINESS INFORMATION, 
success in the solution of the problem of 6team 
plowing as an adjunct of our agriculture. 
He urges the introduction and acclimatization 
of the Cinchona tree in our territory, for the 
production of quinine, stating that Its propaga¬ 
tion 1ms been commenced in the Department's 
Experimental Gardens, and several hundred 
specimens are on hand, which will be increased 
to thousands when facilities are afforded for 
testing the feasibility of successful growth in 
He hopes Congress will appropri- 
The Arne* Plow Co., of Boston, are well 
known by the variety noil excellence of their 
manufactures of farming implements, a lead¬ 
ing item of which is the Sessions Sc Knox 
I’ l/Ow, which is produced iu a great variety of 
forms and eizes, to suit all sorts or land 
and all kinds of work. A particular form 
Til 14 GREAT ILLUSTRATED 
CORAL, LITERACY AM FAMILY NRWSPAPER. 
D. D. T. MOORE, 
NOTICE TO AGENTS, SUBSCRIBERS, ETC 
Moore'* Rural New-Yorker wilt hereafte* be 
furnished at the following Reduced Rates: 
Single Copy, $2.50 per Year. To Clubs:—five 
Copies, and one copy free to Agent or getter up of 
Club, for $12.50; Seven Copies, and one free, for $16; 
Ten Copies, and one free, for $20-only $2 per w)y. 
As we are obliged to pre-pay the American postage 
on papers mailed to foreign countries. Twenty Cents 
should he added to above rates for each yearly copy 
mailed to Canada, and One Dollar per copy to Europe. 
Drafts. Post-Office Money Orders and Registered Let¬ 
ters may be mailed at our risk. 
Liberal Premiums to all Club Agents who do 
not take free copies. Specimen Numbers, Show- 
Bills. &c„ sent free. 
the open nlr, 
ate a sum adequate to make this test. 
He also urges a just and wise revision of the 
clerical sahuitwof the Department, to the end 
thaL the most, efficient and valuable men may be 
employed, and adequately remunerated. To 
this we subscribe heartily. 
Ho urges the necessity for the establishment 
ot a Division of Veterinary Surgery in the De¬ 
partment, in consequence of the alarming in¬ 
crease of Cattle Disease In tills country aud the 
importance of comprehensive study thereof 
for general information. This we also doom an 
important and valuable suggestion. 
He also speaks of the importance of publish¬ 
ing the Department Entomologist’s work on 
entomology and urges an appropriation for that 
purpose as an aid to practical entomologists. 
To this we also assent. 
He also speaks In high terms of the work of 
the Botanists employed by t he Department, of 
the accessions to t ho Department's H<ri rium, 
and confidently expects that this collecllo , now 
probably the third in point, of size, will e\ Jntu- 
ully exceed all others in the amount and value 
of lta material for illustrating North American 
Botany. Evidently Gen. C apron valued Dr. 
PARRY’S work in this division of the Depart¬ 
ment. 
The utilization of the new conservatory for 
ibe testing of foreign grapes, and for the propa¬ 
gation and experimental culture of all plants 
that may tie utilized in the arts, medicine, or in 
food supply, is clearly set forth. The purpose 
Is not to propagate mid care for merely orna¬ 
mental plants, but to develop valuable knowl¬ 
edge concerning iho.se which may be made use¬ 
ful to the Industries of the country. 
In the distribution of seeds 133,043 packages 
were sent to members Of Congress; 71,865 to 
Agricultural Societies; 71,400 to the corps of 
statistical correspondents, and 7,960 to meteoro¬ 
logical observers—358,391 packages in all. He 
C. D. BRAGDON, A. S. FULLER, D. W. JUDD, 
Associate Kctitorw. 
HENRY S. RANDALL, LL. D., Cortland Village, N. Y., 
Eoitok or ja« P«r*»TM**r or Sn«ir 
X. A. WILLARD, A. M„ Little Falls, N. Y., 
Edituk op tii» D*p*iitm«vt op rooty Hi>»»akdky. 
Col. S. D. HARRIS, Cleveland, Ohio, 
T««v«mpo ConRtoipnxmpo Eution. 
T. HART HYATT, San Francisco, 
Conductor o» to* metric Si.om Dmartment. 
CHAS. V. RILEY, St. Louis, Mo., 
Conductor of tiik Rktomologicai. Department. 
MARY A. E- WAGER, 
Editor of tiik Domestic Economy Department. 
OUR PREMIUMS APPRECIATED, 
New-Yorker Is sold by News Pcul- 
'J’he Trade Is supplied by the New 
i„ No. 6 Spruce St., New York. 
The Riirnl 
era generally. 1 
York News Co. 
fFrorn our Supplement.} 
While closing this Supplement for the press, 
our Chief Subscription Cleric comes to us with a 
large number of letters from Agents acknowl¬ 
edging the receipt of Premiums, and express¬ 
ing their satisfaction with the articles received. 
The letters refer to most of the articles in our 
list, but wo have only space to give a few brief 
extracts. 
Mr. H. A. Wit i m.MOREof Chnut. Co., N, Y.. writes 
U*‘ Thr. Gold Hunting Case. Stent Winding. U. 8., 
Watch received from you tt» a Premium, has bo fur 
proved a good tune piece." 
Mr. A. J. Sm itu of Fairfield Co., Conn., in a letter 
received a few day* ago buys; "The United States 
Watch you sent run u* a Premium /ms Diem entire 
sato/dclton. It hvj riirUd '.nip mxtj/ secmols in six 
mmilltx , being OOOi pared with the Regulator of the 
Danbury and Norwalk Rail road." 
H. A. James. V. M.. Cortland. N. Y.. to whom we 
sent a IT. S.Sliver Hunting-Case Lever writes " As 
a time-keeper it give* ciiltte satisfaction. I have 
tested it thoroughly ; do not care for a belter one.” 
Mr. Svlv estkh Lehman ol Schoharie Co.. N. Y., 
writes us:—"The Continental Washing Machine is 
all tt us said 10 bo. My better half etiy* wnshtng day 
Is plav work to nlint ti used to Oo. 1 think tt tills a 
place in the ladles' department equal to the mowing 
machine on the farm. You need have no fear or 
sending out luu many of that kind of machine. 
Mr. A. II, BATES of Alien Co., Ind„ writes :-*‘The 
Silver Plated Castor yon saint metisU Premium came 
snfc to hand and 1* very Mit/stactory. I expect to 
send yon u larger club next year.” 
Mr. Frank BATCH*LOIt of Allegan Co.. Micli.. 
says:-“ Tell the Chief Clerk b« is a’bully boy.’for 
the Silver-Plated Pining Folk* have arrived safely 
and give purl act *atlol««tlon—in tact, they are much 
nicer and hotter than «x|*ectcd—f»r which please 
accept my thank*, with the assurance that t shall he 
early In tlm Hold at the tlret dawn of another Cam¬ 
paign."—{Bully for FRANK.] 
Mrs. Jennie It. tekpenimt of Jasper Co., Mo., 
write* us thus handsomely Accept my grateful 
thanks for tlm ttno Weed Sewing Machine I have 
just received, for the club my husband sent for I he 
rural, 1 I heartily indorse your motto. • Good Pay 
for Doing Good ' What butter work than extending 
the circulation of your valuablept<per. nod what bet¬ 
ter (my tinn a fine Sewing Machine fot vour labor, in 
so doing / The easiest and beat way to procure a 
&CELS10S 
SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 11. 1871 
MOORE'S RURAL FOR 1872: 
It* Pnge-Hiar.c, Improved Style, Price, Etc. 
In order that our Agenks and Subscribers 
(and the thousands we trust will soon be¬ 
come Lite latter) may be fully advised in 
advance, we will, now that certain points 
have been decided, make a definite state¬ 
ment in regard to the size, style, etc., of the 
Rukal New-Yorker for 1872. 
Tlte size of the sheet will be 38 by 4<3 
incites—the same as that of the Scientific 
American, Chimney Corner, &c. Each of 
the sixteen pages will contain four columns, 
be longer than either Harper’s Weekly or 
Every Saturday, and inclosed in a handsome 
rule or other border. The type for the prin¬ 
cipal departments will he new, imd smaller- 
bodied than that we now use, yet have such 
a bold and clear face that it can be as easily 
read. Wc shall give more reading matter, 
in proportion to size of sheet, than now— 
either by rejecting large advertising cuts 
and making less display, or by the publica¬ 
tion of Supplements when crowded with 
advertisements. Tlie paper will be printed 
from electrotype plates, upon finely calen¬ 
dered book paper weighing seventy-five 
pounds per ream of 500 sheets—only ten 
pounds less per ream than that we now use. 
In the matter of Illustrations, Typography 
and Printing we expect to make decided im¬ 
provements. In brief, wc shall give more 
and better Illustrations and Reading Matter, 
in proportion to price, than we do this year, 
while ilie style of the paper will be improved 
in several respects. While we shall avoid 
the lumbering and inconvenient proportions 
of the present sheet we shall still he enabled 
(by change of type, condensation and “boil¬ 
ing down ") to furnish the Beet and Cheapest 
Papen of its Class in the World. 
— The above brief and explicit state¬ 
ment) wiil answer those Agent-Friends wlm 
have of lute written us asking as to Ibenew 
size and style of tlie Rural, and also inform 
all our readers (“ and all the rest of man¬ 
kind ” whom said readers may tell) as to Ilie 
improvements heretofore announced. And 
now, if the Agenls, Subscribers and other 
friends of tbe Rural New-Yorker will 
each tint I all lend a little aid toward procur¬ 
ing Unit One Hundred Thousand Subscrib¬ 
ers for 1872, we will (D. V ) more than fulfill 
every pledge above made. 
Sanction Personals.—Among our recent visit¬ 
ors wo were glad to greet. Mr. A. G. Owens of 
Chemung: Co., this State-long-time an influen¬ 
tial Agent- Friend of the Rural New-Yorker. 
Mr. O. Is an extensive and successful farmer, 
and always goc-s for and achieves “ Progressand 
Improvement." He reports favorably in regard 
to most crops In his locality, but says apples are 
decidedly a failure this year. 
— Mr. P. Barry of the Mt. Hope Nurseries, 
stepped into our sanctum, the other day, as 
sprightly aud apparently ns healthy as In the 
early days of the Rural— a score of years ago. 
For on Invalid, as he has beeu for a your past, 
(at least according to tbe reports of people and 
papers,) and n man of hta age, Mr. Barry cer¬ 
tainly seems remarkably lively and youthful— 
whereupon we congratulate him and his numer¬ 
ous friends all over the country. 
— Mr. Ja8. H. Hummel, publisher of “ Our 
Home Journal,” (106 Cutup SI., New Orleans,) 
called upon ua recently, and we found hi in a 
right pleasant and evidently energetic gentle¬ 
man. Under tils management the Journal is 
proving very successful,—at which we rejoice, 
lor it Isan excellent weekly aud merits u wido 
circulation. 
We arc glad to lenro (since the call above 
alluded to) that Mr. Hummel has made an ar¬ 
rangement whereby he becomes the General 
Agent of Willard's Practical Dairy Huslmidry 
for tlie States of Louisiana, Mtssipppi. Alabama 
and Texas. Our loaders in those Slates can, 
therefore, obtain the work of Mr. H.or his local 
agents. As Mr. Hummel has been for some 
.years extensively and successfully engaged lit 
tlie subscription bonk business, we have no 
doubt he will make the agency of this new aud 
valuable work " tell" for himself and Ills patrons. 
BRIGHAM YOTJTSrQ- 
for a plow is determined upon, then that 
form is produced in a regular series of sizes, 
from small to largo, all of the same shape 
and material. Thus wc have the light plow for 
one horse and bo on up to tlte largest size (which 
is desirable) of that shape. These series of 
plows embrace a great variety of forms ;some for 
loose ground, some for sod; spine for-deep tillage, 
some lor flat furrows ;4otlfoiotiff, some short, and 
so on. Then, as to material, some arts a combi¬ 
nation of cast iron nod steel. In various ways, 
some are ail steel, while we were at the Fair of 
the New England States, at Lowell, we exam¬ 
ined all these plows, under the guidance ol Mr. 
Knox, who is the inventor and father of the 
system. The steel which is used in these ploWB 
is fine and hard—hard as .steel can be made t H 
file cannot get its teeth into the particles of that 
steel. Mr. Knox believes In his plows and loves 
to show them and talk about them, and they 
will bear to be shown and talked about, and 
people who use them are very apt to like them. 
Abilene, Kan., Oct. 24.—Cattle sales for the 
week, 18,000 head. Shipments, 400 cars. Prices j 
—Texans, yearlings, $6®7; t wo-year-old, $10® 
11; cows, $12®J5; beef cattle, $16@22*. Corn 
on the street, 30e.; oats, 35c.; winter wheal. 95c.; 
beat flour at retail, $3.75 per cwt. Crops all 
good.—c. H. w. 
Htintftville, Ala., Oct. 23.— Crops are light, but 
people did not go In debt as much as usual, and 
on the whole are better off than n year ago. No 
killing frost yet. Cotton Is about two-thirds 
picked, aud mostly sold at from 16 to I8o. Corn 
will be scarce; soiling now »u iifX&fiOo. per bush. 
Wheat for seed, $2. There will be a large crop 
sown this fall.—j. M. At. 
Rutledge, On., Oct. 25.-Crops in thie part of 
the State are far short of Inst year. Cotton 
(with a few more weeks of good weather) prom¬ 
ises a yield of one-half of last crop 1 corn three- 
fourths: oats and wheat wore almost an entire 
failure. Cotton hero to-day, 15X®16J<0.j corn, 
$1; wheat, $LB0@2; oats. 80c.; sweet potatoes, 
60c.@$l; apples. $1®1.50 ; butter, 30c.; cheese, 
18<3,25c. Good cotton lands from $7 to $15 per 
aero. Labor, $8 to $12 and board.—K. B. K. 
Mechnnlcaburg, Ctonbrrlaml t'o.. Pa., Oct. 28. 
—The crops It* this county arc exceedingly good 
—better than for some years, with the except ion 
of oats, which were almost a failure. Wheat 
yields trom 30 to 40 bushels per acre. Corn, very 
good; also potatoes. Wheat, $1.50 per bushel; 
new c<»rn, 65c. per bushel; outs, 50c.; upplesfcl; 
potatoes, 00c.; cattlo. $4@5.25 per hundred; cows, 
from $30@50 per head. It has been very fine 
weather ibis autumn.—J. m. n. 
Fayette, Seneca Co., N» Y., Oct. 30,—We have 
bad a very fine summer and full so fur. Wheat, 
barley, outs, cm n and potatoes nil good crops. 
About the usual amount of wheat sown this 
fall. Corn more than half husked; the early 
BUSINESS NOTICES 
A Safe Steam B«lle».— There me such an enor¬ 
mous number of boilers needed for tlie business 
of the country—so many ignorant engineers—so 
many careless firemen,—suoh crowding ol ma¬ 
chinery and men together. In our cities,—such 
efforts to cheat ten in the manufacture at the 
expense of strength,—that those who use boil¬ 
ers, and those who do not—those who run them 
nnd those who walk over them in onr streets, 
blissfully Ignorant of their danger—should 
rejoice that it boiler so cheap, yet strong, so 
efficient, yet sale, us the Root Wnmght-lron 
Sectional Safety Boiler has been invented, A 
glance at the advertisement of the Root. Steam 
Engine Co., in another column, will show on 
what the above claims are based, and tell where 
these desiruble boilers aro to be found. 
Should Frail be Racked Air-Tight 1 — A corre¬ 
spondent asks:—“Should I head my fruit bar¬ 
rels up tight — such as 1 want to keep for my 
own use until spring?" It does no harm and wo 
are tint cerialn that It is pot better to do so, 
al ter the first sweat lug after picking. But If it 
is done, the barrels should be kept iu a dry 
place and as coo) as possible without allowing 
the fruit to freeze. Some pack close and others 
do not; but Miooess deoends upon where and in 
what temperature they am kept, in oltlior case. 
The fhlcago Magazine, (of Fashion, Music, 
Home Reading, &o.j wiuoli was among the con¬ 
flagrated publications ot i hat city, is to beFiioe- 
nixed by the lunuudiato issue of ihe No. for 
November, so us not to miss ft single month. 
The managers of the Magazine aro Mm. M. L. 
Rayne and Mrs. C. H. CHURCH. The office ot 
publication is at No.230 West Madison St., Chi¬ 
cago. Terms. $3 a year, or $2 iu clubs. The en¬ 
terprise of these Indies should entitle them to 
public luvor. Mrs. Churcb is now in tlm East, 
receiving subscriptions, advertisements, eic. 
She has been substantially encouraged In this 
city, and we trust will tie as successful elsewhere. 
New England Tobacco Crop.— The New Eng¬ 
land Homestead says:—“Tim tobacco now on 
the poles Is generally curing well, and it seems 
probable that >t will be the best crop grown since 
1804. We are confident Unit as yet nothing has 
been grown In the West equal to Cmincoiicnt 
Valley seed leaT. The buyers, of oourse, must 
have something to talk about, but wlmt objec¬ 
tion they will havo this year to the 1® crop will 
be hard to conjecture-*' 
IRir*-nu of Agriculture and Imrnlgr itlott In Vn. 
The Planter and Farmer, Riclunon J, Va., says: 
“The Constitution of Virginia (Art. IV., Sec. 16) 
gives the General Assembly ‘ power to establish 
a Bureau of Agriculture and Immigration.' and 
we hope to see the day when this provision may 
t<e carried Into successful operation. An analy¬ 
sis of Virginia soil would come within theprov- 
iuce of such a bureau." 
RURAL NOTES AND QUERIES, 
Annual Report of the D<-|>«ir<mrnt of Agricul¬ 
ture for 1870. —We have received this volume 
of 688 pages— Gen. Capron's last report as Com¬ 
missioner. It Is in utility respects a decided im¬ 
provement on previous volumes. It contains a 
vast amount of useful information. There are 
eome points in Gen. Capron'6 report that de¬ 
serve notice. 
Talking of the manner in which some of tne 
Bio tea have disposed of trie Agricultural Col¬ 
lege Scrip, he says: —“It Is to lie regretted that 
restrictions against sales at lower inn.. Govern¬ 
ment rates had not been imposed upon theirws- 
tees or these Institutions." Hu adds that it 
would perhaps have been hotter still to have re¬ 
quired tlie actual location of these lands, which 
would have resulted, ultimately, umlcr judicious 
management. 111 a larger income Irnm rmitaLor 
Bubseqnent sales. He suggests the authoriza¬ 
tion by Congress of the appointment of a Com¬ 
mission, under the direction of the Department, 
to examine minutely the plan .of orgutilaulimu 
const ruction of buildings, management of 
grounds and general workings of these colleges, 
ami report to Congress. Wu do not agree with 
ilie Commissioner. We do nut think it would 
pay Hit* people for ihc expense involved. 
lie taluks there is reason to hope for ultimate 
Tim National Copilot Life Insurance Co., of 
Washington. D. C., with Departments in various 
States, we believe to be a carefully managed 
and 6afe institution-and being connected with 
the bourd ot dircotlon, our belief is founded 
upon personal knowledge. See the announce¬ 
ment of the Company— comprising the names of 
the principal officers nnd Superintendents of 
departments—In our advertising columns. 
Itrodem nnd Advertiser* are advised that we 
me constrained to defer over three columns of 
new advertisements in type for this number. 
While readers may appreciate this, we fear ad¬ 
vertise! s will complain : but as we cannot phase 
boili classes, we vote nnd act for the “greatest 
good of the greatest uumber *'—our Subscribers. 
Inquiries for Advertisers— S. S. COOK, Opelika, 
Ala., wants a good, practical brick machine— 
•• one that wilt do to rely upon." Wm. M. Dick¬ 
ey asks ir we can tell him anything about the 
••Hog Tamer"—whether it is still made, aud 
whether it is good forauythlngor not. V e sup¬ 
pose it to be made, for it is not long since we 
saw it advertised. Wo have seen one style that 
is good. 
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Kerosene Lamps. — In the advertisement of 
Perkins Sc House's Metallic Safety Lamps, In 
tlie Rural New-Yorker, It should bo distinct¬ 
ly borne iu mind that those I amps a re for the use 
of kerosene or ooal oils, nnd bo constructed ns to 
bo uou-explosive, besides being clean to handle. 
The Sugar Crop of L'mltda na, it Is inserted by 
gentlemen well qualified to judge, who have 
inndea tour of observation through tlm State, 
will fall short of last, year’s product. 
Motlier*i ami Nnv*e*.-Burnett’s Kaltleton Is 
admirable for the sensitive skin of infants. 
Tti«; Michigan AjirlruliuriiI College tins added 
to its facilities the past summer a chemical lab¬ 
oratory, nt an expense of $10,000. 
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