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u i*h to malec tliclr I'rlcndn handsome 
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hurry up and send in Tilths (or parts 
or largo Clubs) soon as possible, se¬ 
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EUEAL NOTES AND QUEEIES. 
" c Shouldn't Wonder.—Tho Major—our fore¬ 
man, who hag been with ye Rural ever since Its 
first issue, in 1850, and who has written a suc¬ 
cessful book (Tho People's Practical Poultry 
Book) avers that when the people see our first 
number for 1873 they will be pleased, gratified, 
agreeably disappoiii ted, etc. For that whereas 
the now vignette Leading is the neatest and 
most beautiful yet conceived, while the sixteen 
tegular pnges, (four columns per page.) and u 
Supplement of four to eight pages, will open the 
eA'es of both Press and People, and lead them to 
infer Mint the Rur.U.’s Motto, “ Excelsior,” and 
its Objects, •• Program and Improvement " have 
not been forgotten. As our readers will soon be 
enabled to see and judge for themselves, wo 
leave tiie question open—only suggesting that all 
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to render the Rural New-Yorker for 1872 
most valuable, acceptable and unique. 
steam Plows.— A correspondent asks the Ru¬ 
ral New- 1okker lo say whether any stcani 
plow exists which will do plowing as cheap or 
cheaper than it can bo done with teams. We 
answer that we do not know that there is. We 
rile Rural New-Y oi lier is sold by News Deal- | are not aware that It is protended, even in Ikig- 
land where these plows are used, that they are 
ers generally. Tho Trade Is supplied by the Nicw 
York News Co., No. 8 Spruce Si.. Now York. 
Advcrtliitig. —inside, 7f» cants per line. Agate 
space ; Outside. 61 per line, each insertion. For Kx- 
Ira Display and Cuts, a price and a half. Special and 
business Notices, $1.50 and 62 a line. No advertise¬ 
ment Inserted tor less than 65. 
SATURDA Y, DECEMBER 23, 1871. 
INVESTIGATION—RETRENCHMENT, 
READ, THEN ACT! 
Agents of the Rural New-Yorker, and all 
others disposed lo get up Clubs, have now a rare 
Opportunity to employ Iheir spare time to good ad¬ 
vantage. ' And we think It will pay many pooplo 1 
who have time and disposition to devote from 
throe days to a week, or even it month, in pro¬ 
curing subscribers for Moore's Rural. Read 
our Premium List, sec the Unprecedented 
Offers, nml note that (be articles nro all Gen¬ 
uine and Valuable— beingmainlyobtained 
from tho Manufacturers, Importers, &c. 
Persons in Post-Offices, Stores, Factories, 
Shops, &c„ have been very successful iuobtaln- 
ing subscribers, but others can do nearly or 
quite ns well by co-operation and proper 
elFort. Fanners. Ministers, Ten fliers, Ladies, 
and many Girls and Boys, have sent us rousing 
lists, and secured handsome and Valuable Pre¬ 
miums. We Invite Everybody to examine our 
offers, and then open the Campaign. Every 
one —You, Header, especially - can Se¬ 
cure a 1’miiinin by making Proper 
and Timely Effort. 
FACTS AND SUGGESTIONS 
Remember that our Specific Premiums 
are Open to All, and that Every Person who 
forms a Club is sure of Good Pay, Micro being no 
competition. 
The Premiums offered the Boys and Girls may 
of course be taken by seniors, and the others by 
our young friends. Our classification is only 
for convenience, and not arbitrary. 
Now 1* the Time to MSegin — to start a 
Club before other and inferior papers occupy 
ihe field. You can remit for one Club (or part 
of a large list) first, and then make additions as 
often as convenient —and as to Premiums you 
can lake several small ones, Uy dividing your 
list, or a large one for the whole. 
Persons working for Premiums should inform 
us in letters containing names and remittances. 
All who prefer copies of the Rural to Premi¬ 
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To avoid mistakes, write all names and post- 
office addresses plainly, giving post-office, county 
and State, (or Territory, Province, &c.) 
As our Terms nro. in advance, no names will 
bo counted toward Premium until the cash isre- 
ooi veil. Tho best way, for both Agent and Pub¬ 
lisher, is to remit the proper amount enoh time. 
ReiniI lances by Post-Office Money Orders, 
Drafts, or Registered Letters, maybe made at 
the risk of the Publisher. 
Tliu Rural in Ohio.—'The Columbus (Ohio) Ga¬ 
zette, goes fertile Rural and its new Western 
Branch, after Ibis Buckeye fashion : 
a <. u a At Paper —The Utmju. New-Yorker, 
i nlilolied by U. J>. T. Mix re, .'iKocknmn Mreat. Now 
York, is Mu* Great National IllaMrtiteri Agricultural 
and t «Hilly .lmimiil of Mio Nation, sixteen largo 
double aunrto pages, devoted to tlm Farm, tlie Gar¬ 
den. UieOPChaiil. Live Stor k, Dairy Hu si ness, Hguse- 
hobl \trailv. MarkotN, General Intelligence, and 
t’tioiue Reading for the Family Circle. Thu Rural 
lute imig been the favorite farm and fireside weekly 
• l Amonea, ami is undoubtedly the cheapest and 
best Journal of im elans now published We have 
expressed uuirelvus (reply and often, that it is the 
greatest paper In all ibis land. Terms. $2.50 a year, 
tin unite and Kl: iial $3.30 a year. 
\ Wc-tet n Agency hie been established at Clevn- 
k< d. Ohio, with our old friend and former Jellow- 
ctiui n. Col. 8. JJ. HAinttB. as the ahtef. This is 
well. The largo circulation of the rural in the 
West demanded a closer connection, and tire pub¬ 
lisher lms acceded to the demand, and placed nt the 
helm » gentleman who Is ramlliiir with the Western 
people and acquainted with their wants. Now is the 
time to subscribe. 
A few days since Senator Trumbull of 
Illinois introduced the following Resolution 
in the Senate of the United States: 
Rcxnlrrd, That, the House of Representatives 
concurring, a joint select committee on re- 
Irenclimeiit, consisting of four members of the 
8 cnato and seven members of the I louse, be 
appointed by Ihe presiding officers of the two 
houses,and that the said committee bo Instruct¬ 
ed to inquire into flic expenditures in all tho 
branches of the service or the United States, and 
to report .whether any and what offices ought 
to be abolished, whether any and what salaries 
or allowances ought to be reduced, whni arc the 
methods of securing accountability in public 
officers or agents in tho care and disbursement 
of public moneys, whether moneys Imvc been 
paid nut. illegally, whether any officers or agents 
or other persons have been or aro employees in 
Hie service without authority of law or unne- 
cesaarily.und generally tiow and to what extent 
the expenses of ihe service of the country may 
and ought to be curtailed, aud also to con¬ 
sider the expediency of so amending the laws 
under which Mio appointments to the public 
service are now made, as to provide for tho se- i 
lection of subordinate officers after duo exam¬ 
ination by l lie proper Boards, their con LI nuance 
in office during the specified terms, unless dis¬ 
missed upon charges preferred and sustained 
before tribunal- designated for that purpose, 
and for restraining the public service from being 
used its an Instrument of political or party pa- 
tronfige; that said committee ne authorised In 
sit during the recess of Congress, to send for 
persons and papers, and to report by bill or 
otherwise, and that said committee may appoibt 
a clerk for six months and no more. 
A discussion followed the introduction of 
ihe above Resolution, which resulted in its 
rejection by that body by a vole of 24 yeas 
to 35 uays. This discussion seems to us to 
have established the following facts: 
1. That there are some Senators who re¬ 
gard the good of Hie Country and the reten¬ 
tion of power by Hie present Administra¬ 
tion ns synonymous; and that any reflection 
upon the virtue, wisdom and prudence of 
the Administration is a direct attack upon 
the best interests of the People. 
2. That the Administration is the Repub¬ 
lican parly, and that any criticism of its po¬ 
licies and practices is evidence of hostility to 
that party, and hence to the country. 
3. That it is, therefore, Hie duty of every 
member of Ihe Republican party lo assume 
that it is virtuous, incorruptible and above 
reproach in all its parts, aud in the exercise 
of all ils functions, and that any implication 
to the contrary, such as a proposal to inves¬ 
tigate the official action of any of its mem¬ 
bers, is high treason. 
Tills is what we think an impartial reader 
will Conclude from the discussion of this 
resolution and from Hie vote which followed 
it. And we want to say that, such assump¬ 
tion and such a policy ought to sink any 
party which acts upon it so deep that the 
people will never have disposition lo ex¬ 
hume it. ,We regard Senator Trumbull's 
resolution as a wise and necessary one. We 
regard the action it is designed to secure 
imperative to the safety and continuance in 
power of any party. But it is of far greater 
importance to Ihe people that the work of 
their servants should he frequently and rig¬ 
idly scrutinized; and when party leaders 
seek to shield them from such scrutiny, it is 
high time the people should have something 
to say about it. 
more economical, as lo cost or plowing, ibati 
teams and men. Tho economy of their use con¬ 
sists in Mio Diet that with them u given amount 
of work can be done in less time than by Hie 
use of liorso power. Thus English farmers are 
enabled, as soon m their grain crops aro harvest¬ 
ed, to plow their land and seed it with turnips, 
thus producing i wo crops a year instead of otiu. 
This wo apprehend is the chief advantage; 
added, plowing or preparing the soil can bed one 
to a depth utterly impracticable by the use of 
horse power. And many English farmer*, who 
do not own steam plows, employ those who do, 
once in two or ihreo years, to pulverize their 
soils deeply—not every year, because it is not 
regarded necessary to do so. Wo know of no 
American invention lhat oan compete. In the 
work of plowing, with those of English Inven¬ 
tion, although there have been many efforts to 
do so made. The effort to produce a traction 
engine to draw i he plows seems to us loss likely 
to result economically than the English mode 
oi stationary engines. But wo have little doubt 
that steam plowing will toe found lo be econom¬ 
ical in this country, ultimately, and that the 
means lor doing it. will be furnished. 
competence and to greater wealth, than any 
eight.hundred of those iimnerebandise. for there 
will he but one hundred or hundred and fitly 
who will succeed in towu lire. Of all fires to eat. 
tip the live flesh and blood of men, is war. And 
of all next to war, is tits carnage of iieullh, ex¬ 
pectations, and character, long lifo, in Hie large 
city or town. Satisfaction with the farm is the 
first.law and the second is like to it, namely:— 
A life education, growing richer and better till 
life shall end on the farm. That is what we 
want.” 
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Indian Agriculturists in Montana.— An ex¬ 
change gives the following figures:—“ The Nez 
Perce Indians on the Lopwai (Montana) reser¬ 
vation aro a notable exception to the thrifiless- 
ness and poverty of their race. They have 
9,000 horses, 1.250 cattle and 120 swine. Their re¬ 
servation honinins 2,400 square miles, and they 
cultivate 1,8)9 acres. They raison, this season, 
7,50(1 bushels of wheat, 1,600 of corn, 3,400 of 
oats, 2.0 of barley, 7.500 of potatoes, 250 of 
turnips, and500 of onions.” That is good “In¬ 
dian Policy.” We arc in favor of Lrealiiig In¬ 
dians as citizens, making them support them¬ 
selves, respect the rights of others, and mind 
their own business: if they don’t, let them 
starve, and treat them os the law treats oilier 
offenders against law and order. Such would be 
our “ Indian Policy.” 
Australian Meat, preserved, is, according to 
English papers, beginning to compete, in Eng¬ 
land, with the same product, and affect the 
butchers’ trade and the cattle market. The 
Governorof the Montgomery Co. Prison has, he 
writes to the London Times, tested it In a variety 
ot ways, and it lias proved highly satisfactory 
and much cheaper thuu the English butchers' 
moats. Tills meat is eo preserved that it is not 
necessary that it can's contents should Loused 
up immediately after it is opened. Me bad asix- 
pound can opened and it. kept eleven days in the 
larder perfectly good. This is important infor¬ 
mation, and il is to be hoped cheaper meat may 
be procured for out people by llie same process. 
tioned in the Rural New-Yorker, $ 3 ? An 
answer to the above, through your paper, will 
oblige." Yes, we can and will—we paying post¬ 
age to the Hoe. On receipt of $3 we will send a 
copy to any person in IL S. or Canada who re¬ 
sides in n locality where there is no canvassing 
agent for the work. 
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III Itiilhtlng the Chesapeake and Ohio Railroad, 
its proprietors aim to furnish an additional trunk 
line between the grain-producing West nnd the 
Atlantic seaboard. The road, which is now well 
on toward completion, runs from Richmond, on 
the James River, through Virginia and West 
Virginia, striking the Ohio River at Huntington, 
the head or reliable navigation. From thence 
through existing and projected commotions, it 
will push on to Cincinnati, Chicago nnd St. Louis. 
As the line passes through a country rich in 
minerals and limlier.and crosses the Allnghuniea 
at much lower grades than any of its rivals, there 
is every reason to believe that it will at once se¬ 
cure a large and profitable local business, and a 
goodly portion of through traffio and travel. 
Thu managers have had the goqd sense to add to 
its natural advantages by securing as financial 
agents, bankers of Hie strictest commercial in¬ 
tegrity, whoso patroussay “they have supported 
every bond they ever sold." By the 1st ot Jan¬ 
uary, 1872, sumo320 miles of road will he com¬ 
plete and in running order. 
Musi Farmers Work Harder 1—A correspond¬ 
ent Of the Rural New-Yorker asks the fol¬ 
lowing question: —‘‘.Must not farmers work 
harder and more hours a day to make good the 
Josses which are sustained by (lie commercial 
Classes In such fires ns lhat of Chicago and by 
such swindling ils that practiced by the Tarn- 
many ring) This is a natural question, but wc 
think it may be answered in the negative. For 
theso losses result in u diminution of extrava- 
gaiico and in compelling an economy not before 
exercised and men to lab or for Hioir daily bread 
who did not labor before. It ought, to teach the 
(armorcontentment, for he learns by such les¬ 
sons just how dependent ho is and how few risks, 
comparatively, he takes Wc do not, therefore, 
regard such adverses lo the commercial classes 
so much an added burthen to agriculturists, ex¬ 
cept in so far as it. dr-ranges business or the 
means of doing business, ro the manufactur¬ 
ing classes who depend upon the oxtravagonce 
of iion-ptx><}uccj 5 or ♦ffiffilflArtien, rut- a demand 
for their wares. Thu burthen comes heaviest 
upon this class of industry; but these and all 
men and their families must be fed; and the 
farmer must feed them; and they must pay for 
1 heir food. A light money market enables them 
to get. it cheaper; whether the farmer gets less 
or more for his product, depends, under the 
present commercial system, more upon the 
speculative than the legitimate demand. Con¬ 
sumers of food—those who do not produce jt 
suffer more from middlemen than the agricul¬ 
turists, os a rule; although the high price of 
food reactsupon farmers by enbniiciiig the price 
of all articles they do uot themselves produce. 
The Chicago Magazine for November has ap¬ 
peared handsome, fresh and interesting*-with 
signs ol health and long life,and no smell of fire 
in its pages. Wo do not hesitate to call it the 
handsomest magazine outside of New York. 
Much credit Is due to Mrs. M. L. R ayne and Mrs. 
C. H. Church for the business energy they have 
shown in bringing oui, so soon after the great 
fire, such an excellent publication. This issue 
lias an article on Chicago, profusely illustrated, 
and an original poem l»y Stoddard. 
Sensible Premium*. — At an English celery 
show, recently, an innovation upon the usual 
prizes offered was made by awarding as pre¬ 
miums something useful: for instance, among 
tho awards wo find named a brass kettle, a cop¬ 
per keltic, a metal teapot, u celery glass, a gar¬ 
den fork and spade, a half dozen cups and sau- 
| cers, a half dozen knives nnd forks, a tea-caddy 
[ and one-half pound of tea, and a glass butter- 
cooler. That seems to us a good hint for t he de- 
sccndautsof the Puritans and other people here. 
Protecting Former*. — The Assembly of Hie 
Illinois Legislature has passed a bill prohibiting 
the municipal authorities of cities from com¬ 
pelling a farmer to take out a huckster’s license 
in order that ho may sell his products direct to 
consumers. A bill is also before the State Son- 
ale designed to prevent tialrennen from trespass¬ 
ing on private grounds without the consent of 
the owners. A law already exists which pro¬ 
hibits hunters from doing so. 
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Our Modesty, and lack of space (especially Hie 
latter), precludes US from publishing many high¬ 
ly complimentary letters from Agents and Sub¬ 
scribers. and notices from the- Press. To each 
nnd ail, however, who kindly and cordially 
recognise the Rural New-Yorker, we bend in 
grateful acknowledgment. 
Entry Fees at Fairs.—“In youv judgment is it 
wise to charge any entry fee on artioles exhibit¬ 
ed at Hurt—if it is not batter Mint there should 
be no entry fee?" said a plain, common-sense 
farmer to us. in the sanctum, the other day. In 
answer, wo replied that It seemed to us (hut the 
experiment was worthy a careful trial. Let 
(here be no entry fee on artioles exhibited and 
a moderate admission fee to visitors. If ibis 
will prevent the Society jmyiug large premiums, 
lot certificates of award, diplomas, or medals be 
substituted. These, iw tlio oaso of implements 
and machinery, and live stock, probably, would 
be more valued than a money premium ; and wo 
are not sure lhat such would not be tho result in 
nearly all cases. One great expense to exhibit¬ 
ors, under the present per cent,, system, would 
he remedied, Hip exhibition would be better, we 
tliiuk, and the opportunity Tor a wide compari¬ 
son of products nnd manufactures enlarged. 
This is only n suggestion worth considering, in 
our opinion. Wo do not advance it with a ma¬ 
tured conviction that it would be a real advan¬ 
tage to the Society’s treasury; but wc do believe 
it would result most favorably, so far as forward¬ 
ing the avowed ohjecls of these organizations 
are concerned. 
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The Bout Sugar Crop of Europe.—We did not 
know before, we confess, that Great Britain is 
an exporter of sugar of its own production; 
but if the following statement from the Ameri¬ 
can Grocer of Dec. 9th, ia correct, it seems that 
she is. The Grocer says:—" The licet root sugar 
crop of Europe has become a potent influence 
in tho sugar markets of the world: in fact it is 
the “balance of power”—fur its yield deter- 
mines Hie amount to bo taken from Hie cane 
producing countries. The immense product ion 
of ihe last year, made Great Britain and the 
Continent almost independent of outsido 
sources or supply; indeed Great Britain was an 
exporter of sugars. During the past year con¬ 
siderable) quantities of Scotch refined sugars 
have been exported from Glasgow to this coun¬ 
try. In color it is n handsome yellow C, and 
corapdtes successfully with our refiners although 
it has to pay a duty of 2 ?dc. 
Where Can Bay* Pay Their Own Way at 
School ? “A Mother who is desirous of educat¬ 
ing her son,” asks “il there is nut a school 
where boys can be educated and pay a part of 
tln-ir expenses by their own labor?” We be¬ 
lieve this can be doue at Cornell University, 
Ithaca, N. Y. There may be other institutions 
in the Statu where tho same opportunities are 
offered, but wc cannot name them. 
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Thu Tobacco Crop in Connecticut and Massa¬ 
chusetts is, as we learn from a gentleman who 
claims to be well posted, one of the largest, if 
not the largest, overproduced and best In quali¬ 
ty. The question of prices now agitates grow¬ 
ers. We do not learn tlmt there is any definite 
movement by which future figures are to bo es¬ 
tablished. Growers will have to recognize the 
fact that demand aud supply are related. 
Aid for California Farmer*.— We notice that 
a movement is'making in San Francisco to fur¬ 
nish farmers, in sections of the State where the 
drouth destroyed ihe crops (he past season, 
wlih seed lor the seeding. It is asserted that in 
many localities in the State, many families are 
on the brink of starvation in consequence of 
such destruction of their crops by drouth, aud 
that help is required now to sustaiu them. 
Thu Bust Warm Dinner In Alabama. — A 
premium having been Offered for the best-warm 
dinner, to bo cooked on the Fair grounds at the 
Montgomery. Ala., Fair, there was at least one 
competitor; for we see that it was awarded to 
Miss Lotte M. Robertson of Montgomery. 
Needle Threader.— Ml’S. Nichols, of Bosque 
Co„ Texas, writes the Rural New-Yorker 
“ Four years ago, while my husband was in your 
State, ho bought of a neighbor a nccdlv-tliread- 
er, which has proved so very useful tome, and 
has been coveted by so many old ladies,that I 
am anxious to find where they can bo obtained. 
They would find ready sale here, as with them 
one can (bread from No. 4 to No. 13 needles 
without difficulty,oven at night.” These needle 
Hi readers can be obtained addressing II. D. 
T. Moore, at tbis office. For price, &c., see ad¬ 
vertisement. in another column. 
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THE SEASON. 
Florence, town, Nov. 27.—The weather here 
nt present- is cold and stormy ; some snow and 
sleet. Most farmers are done picking corn, but 
some have from ten to forty acres to pick yet; 
it is of good quality and a good yield, averaging 
from 45 to 05 bushels to the aero. Markets nro 
as follows:—Wheat, $1.05<<'l.liT; outs, 24© 25c.; 
barley, 45c.; corn, now, shelled, 25c.; corn in Hie 
ear, 23c.; egg*. 18c. per doz.; butter, 18c. per IL*.; 
hogs, live, $3 per 100 lbs.—r». k. n. 
Victoria, .Vtrfolk Lo., Out., Due. A.—Wc have 
bad ft dry season ; in fuel is so dry 3 - ot that 
many wells and the swamps are quite dry now. 
It lms been a delightful fall for securing Mio 
crops, and I have noticed farmers have taken 
advantage of il and have tho produce pretty 
well housed. In consequence of its being no 
dry, there is not the usual breadth of land 
plowed,nnd the fall wheat, especially on clayey 
soils, has made a very small growth. Pasturage 
was poor during the fail months, and stock in 
many cases have had to be fed for some time 
past. The crops tills season have been an aver¬ 
age, or nearly so, and prices aro good, wheat 
being worth $l.25@1.35; barieyv60®55c3.; oats, 40 
©45c.; com (in car),31c.; peas. 05c.; buckwheat, 
50c.: potatoes, 50c.; hay commands a higher 
price than I have ever known it to lie at this sea¬ 
son of the year ; it brings $15 per ton. Horses 
arc cheap; a good otic will only bring about $80 
or $90. ( allle, alw», are low aud plenty; cows 
bring about- $20 per head, and beef la bringing 
4@5c. per lb. Sheep are high and scarce; good 
breeding ewes are worth $5@10 each. The 
ground is frozen hard, and it is very cold ; but 
there is no snow at present. We had a fall of 
four inches, some two weeks 6 inoe, which only 
lasted a few days.— p. g. 
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A Miiuntnin or Magnesia, the Williamette 
Farmer says, has been discovered on Butto 
Creek, Oregon. The specimens furnished are 
not quite as white as that sold at drug stores, 
but the chemists say it is almost pure. 
Sassal'rns Oil is being extensively manufac¬ 
tured In Virginia, there being four or five large 
manufactories already established. 
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BUSINESS INEORMATION. 
Ml 
Sound Talk About Sueces*.—S. J. PARKER. M. 
D., in a paper before the Ithaca, N. Y., Farmers’ 
Club, uttered the following sensible words:— 
“I am prepared to say that if you put a thou¬ 
sand young men on farms, nnd then put a thou¬ 
sand others in merchandise, the result will be 
that eight hundred of the farmers will grow to 
Willard's Dairy Book.— The great work entl- 
Hed “ Practtoal Dairy Husbandry,” by Mr. 
Willard, has been delayed in passing through 
the press, but the sheets are now in the hands 
of binders, and we at« promised copies Hie first 
of next w r eek. As soon as ready wc shall fill ail 
orders as speedily ns possible—mailing the first 
copy to a gentleman in St. Petersburg, Russia, 
who paid $5.40 therefor (and postage) months 
ago. All orders will be filled promptly, in 
accordance with our rule, “ first come, first 
served.” 
— A Canada correspondent writes us:—“Can 
you send me by mail a copy of Willard’s Dairy 
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INDUSTRIAL SOCIETIES. 
The American Dairymen'* Ass’n.— The Seventh 
Annual Convention of the A mcrican Dairymen's 
Association will be hold in Utica, N. Y., on 
Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday, Jan. 9, 10 
and 11, 1872. GeorgeC. Caldwell »f Cornell Uni¬ 
versity, Ithaca, N. Y., will deliver an add res? on 
“The practical value ot chotialcalanalysesof Hie 
dairy in an'* raw timtirlaUiiml of l.hn products Of 
Ms manufacture ” X. A. Willard of Little Falls, 
N. Y„ will deliver an address on “The manu¬ 
facture of Condensed Milk,” A paper is ex¬ 
pected from L. II. Arnold. Esq.,of Ithaca,N. Y., 
in which the subject ol “ Poisonous Choose,” will 
be touched upon. Addresses will also be made 
by the following gentlemen on the subjects 
specified—Hon. Items Lewis of Frankfort, N. 
Y., on ” The Winter Food of Dairy Slock," also 
a renewal of the discussion respecting the value 
of sowed onm as a forage crop. T. D. Curtis, 
Esq., on “The standard of excullcnoe in cheese 
mailing." Dr, L. L. Wight ol Whltesboro, N Y„ 
on " T'ho lessons ot niy experience in cheese 
making in 1871.” S. A. Farrington, Esq., of Rock 
Stream, Yates Ca., N. Y„ on “Dairy fanning 
and grain raising in connection.” O, S. Bliss, 
E>q., Secretary of tins Vermont Dairymen's 
Association,on “Recent improvements In but¬ 
ter making.' H. Cooley Greene, Esq., of Wood- 
cockboro. Pa., on “The manufacture of butter 
in creameries," Win. Blanding, Esq., of North 
Fenton, Broome Co., N. Y., on the question “ is 
it policy to take any cream from the milk be¬ 
fore making H into cheese, and il 1 so, how 
much?" Reports are expected from the com¬ 
mittees appointed at I he Iasi Annual Mealing on 
the subject of Sunday cheese making—it juster 
apportionment of milk delivered at cheese and 
butter factories, and on the establishment* by 
tho State, of tin experimental dairv farm It is 
tho intention of the officers of the Association to 
allow ample time for the full discussion of each 
subject, and in thesediscuNdtmsRll members are 
urged to participate. Besides tho topics above 
alluded to, members may bring before Hie Con¬ 
vention such other pertinent subjects as they 
may desire to present for consideration. 
Horatio Seymour, President. 
Gardner B. Weeks, Secretary. 
A Former*’ lu*t!tuie for the discussion of 
agricultural topics is announced to be held at 
Des Moines, Iowa, January 23d. The Homestead 
says“ ft is to be u five and eusy meeting of all 
engaged in general farming, and any Tn the 
special departments of husbandry, such as stock 
breeding ami feeding, horticulture, the dairy, 
&e„ as well as several departments in the house¬ 
hold—and women as well as men are expected 
to participate in the discussions.” 
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For $5. For information how to obtain them, ad¬ 
dress COLLINS & CO.. 212 Water St.. New York. 
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