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IMPROVEMENT." 
this matter, for we know how restive farmers 
are under the advice of editors,—had not an- 
otbor farmer just left, us, who said he made up 
his mind last 1 all that he would depend less 
on one kind of crop and increase the variety of 
his products. He planted last year heavily of 
early potatoes, sold about half of them at good 
prices and lost on the other half. He Is going 
to regulate the proportion of the different pro¬ 
ducts, so that be will not he driven In the cul¬ 
ture and handling of any one of thorn, will he 
able to put them on the market in prime order 
and In succession. Hav log so made up his mind 
last Fall, he has platted his ground, hauled his 
manure, has rhe work as far advanced as prac¬ 
ticable now, and is ready to proceed to business 
as soon as frost is out-seed all purchased, and 
a happy man is he ! 
Onr readers may apply the lesson these two 
portraits of representative farmers may teach 
them, to suit themselves,—only be sure and 
apply it to “some other fellow you know of!” 
England Farmer. In 1855 he was elected Lieut. 
Gov. of Mass., was for several years a mombe 
of the State Hoard of Agriculture, and aTrua 
tee of the State Reform School, lie had Jon; 
been an invalid, and welcomed death as » reliei 
from suffering. 
J - ,,owncr of Kentucky—This gentleman 
a resident, of Fafrvicw, Kj., died Feb. 10th, aged 
-• years. There arc few horticulturists 
is country who did not know him or ol 
He has been an active and progressive 
-,1, bringing to notice many new 
kinds of meat have been ruinously low’the past 
year. IVool has brought fair prices. The pros¬ 
pects are favorable for anot her year; the coun¬ 
try wll not get overstocked with sheep in some 
little time.—o. g. w. 
Rnltlinorc Co., Ml,, March 2.—The Winter 
has been most severe and long. On Jan. 30th, 
at 7 A. M. tiic thermometer Indicated 30° be- 
imv zero, and at one or two other places on line 
'•f A. C. R. It. a short distance from Baltimore, 
from — to 2-1° below. Three or four times the 
rees have been completely encased In ico, and 
1 much fear young ones set out in the Fall aro 
gone; several of the evergreens are past pray¬ 
ing for, and those hitherto considered hardy 
If the writer of” Daily Rural Life" April 13 , 1872 , 
found “the past Winter”f 71 -' 73 ) “ 
A NATIONAL ILLUSTRATED 
sixty-four 
in thii 
him. 
horticulturist 
and valuable fruits. Downer's Prolific, Charles 
Downing and Kentucky Late Strawberries are 
his contributions to the public. He was a relb 
able mau. He proffered nothing as good which 
h<* did not believe, after trial, to be good; and 
he rarely made a mistake. The announcement 
of his death will be read with regret, by his 
long to bo 
remembered for its severity, especially among 
i hose who have rare trees and shrubs, & c „” what 
c o-s he think of this? True, it has not been so 
dry and I verily believe the prophecy of the 57 
snows for last Winter has been fulfilled this: if 
not, there is still time for several more. All 
trees planted last Spring, with few exceptions, 
(among the exceptions five apricots purchased 
at auction for five cents a-pieco) I lost by the 
drouth, and I fear many planted this Fall are 
gone as I said before; truly very discouraging. 
I can say nothing about grape vinos yet, nor of 
raspberries, perhaps may write you further on 
in t he Spring. Novice. 
Alexander, Genesee Co., .\. Y., March 5_ 
Thermometer be 
Sleighing good, and 
fourths of the time :' 
when we had t he first, 
weather has been i 
low zero more time; 
remember: 17° below 
has been here, 
Have examined 
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RURAL NOTES AND QUERIES 
COMMISSIONER OF AGRICULTURE 
MORE CANDIDATES. 
Industrial Books Received.—We must ac¬ 
knowledge here the receipt of the Reports of 
t he Illinois State Agricultural Society tor Wj 
'V i, and of t in-Illinois Depart merit of AgrieuU 
ture for 1871. Thank*.—The Tribune Almanac 
lor i8i.I, received, Is solar on Industrial hook 
that it will l.o found useful by every citizen, 
no matter what hli- vocation. The amount of 
matter packed Into It, and which can be had for 
. ce,l *N la wonderful, and worth twenty times 
Its price. — From I). L. Adair, Hawesyllle, 
Ky., a pamphlet entitled “Progressive Bee 
Culture; or, Apine Instincts and Labors De¬ 
fined : Illustrated and Systematized upon a New 
I heory." A Manual of Weeds, or the Weed 
Kxterminator, by E. Michknkh, M. D. A rather 
taking title; but it is not, necessarily, a weed 
exterminator, though it may aid farmers In 
knowing weeds when they see them ; but t he 
the Wisconsin Fanner, and late Rccretaryuf tin 
Wisconsin State Agricultural Society, should 
lie added to the list of candidate*for the posh 
tion of Commissioner of Agriculture. We have 
never seen any evidence that he Is especially 
qualified for the work required. He is espe¬ 
cially adapted to the purpose of persistently 
seeking official position somewhere; hut we 
never knew him to manifest any disposition to 
wait for the office to seek him. 
]>r. LontNG of Massachusetts, is also reported 
to he ambitious to be Commissioner, and desires 
to see the scope of the Department enlarged 
below zero this morning, 
id has been about three- 
since the 16th of November, 
.1. snow or this Winter. The 
unusually cold; mercury be- 
** <Han In any Winter that I 
v zero is the lowest that it 
with a full northern exposure, 
some peach buds; they were all 
PUBLICATION OFFICES: 
No. 5 Beekman Street, New York City, a 
Buffalo Street, Rochester, N. Y, 
SATURDAY, MARCH 15, 1873. 
MX Hundred and Fifty Acre, are now under 
actual cultivation as nursery by Ellwangku <v 
Barky of Rochester, N. V„ 450 acres of which 
are In fruit tree* ; 110 acres in ornamental trees, 
shrubs, &C,; 25 acres in specimen fruit and orna¬ 
mental trees; 80 acres in vineyard for testing 
grapes and bearing small fruit plantation • 25 
acre* in lawn arid ornamental grounds around 
office and plant, houses. Tile specimen fruit 
tree grounds contain 2 ,000 varieties, exclusive 
of grape* and small fruit*; the specimen orna¬ 
mental grounds arc proportionally extensive and 
embrace the most complete collection in the 
country,every new tree and plant t hat promises 
U. be of value being added thereto promptly. 
The plant, houses. Id in number, cover 30,000 
square feet of ground, to which are to be added 
p:is, frames, &c., for propagating purposes. The 
working force consist* of about 50 men for four 
months, exclusive of office, reaching 25u for 
a bout eight months, as many as 400 having been 
employed at. one time. These are a few facts 
which show the extent of business done by our 
i)ursery estaIdislimeuts. 
ow ing in part, to , ho failuVe of o,Ic ofVho larlest 
of th^^t f c.-8.^K eWt * W,i:,1 ‘ mCrirH ,n thiH P art 
o u. ue in me line or his vocation. Yes, if 
> Oti prefer the term, let him have a hobby * Wo 
do not moan that he shall ride hi* hobby at all 
time* and in all places and on alioccu^otns but 
he should select ftotnc sperhil department of 
science or industry for investigation and re- 
senrch—to master in all its details. Doing this, 
he will, perforce, enlarge his general knowledge 
and i he scope of bis usefulness. Indeed it L. wise 
fora farmer to take up some specialty in agricul¬ 
ture in which to excel—not upon which he shall 
depend exclusively, and to which lie shall devote 
all liis energies, but in the prosecution of which 
he shall take especial pride and pains, and upon 
which he shall become know n as a reliable au¬ 
thority, as well u* havingtlio best of that special 
product (lint- can he grow n. 
We do Mol urge tills because we think It will 
prove, in all cases, a money-making adventure, 
but because we believe in the wholesome influ¬ 
ence of motive upon the general life and success 
of men -because we know that specialists are 
more likely to have accurate a-w ell as general 
e of the coldest Winter* that was 
here: mercury down to 28°; snow 
VimV- *2-rn* 1; eood Sleighing Since 
. , 5 r to " ; wheat, $1.30; 
>ru. 40c.; potatoes, 50c.; butter, 20c.; 
**2 u d :. PSsod $4©4.10 per 
RURAL BREVITIES, 
,, > V Maryland We think “ May Lew’s 
S2tjS?w?nS. U *"“*“»«*." price & "i" 
Cranukrhv pjams are asked for by some of 
our correspondent*- at least they want to know 
where they can obtain them. 
. P. P. M. is informed that Alaikc clover seed 
/ 1,en ’ h catalogues at $10 per 
or 50 cents per jiound. 
(price, 
is perhaps as 
Medianion nt Cornell t nivcPHity. -Sibley Col¬ 
lege, or the College of Mechanic Arts, at. this 
University, is now supplied with power, which 
Is transmitted to it from the water works at 
hail Creek by means of a Turbine wheel and an 
endless cable of wire; and it is asserted (hut, 
hereafter, all the students in the course of Me¬ 
chanic Arts will be required to take ten hours 
shop practice per week, in addition to the 
studies assigned them. The shops are under 
the supervision of John E. Sweet, who has 
been appointed Master Mcchanlo-a fact which 
w e noticed some time since. 
is quoted in the seed 
100 pounds, 
IDoummr's “Hints to llorsekeepora 
*y®t bkLA s. L. is informed, is 
piacticaJ a treatise a* she can find. " 
Sarah Jane is informed that we do not think 
it improper, per re, fora lady to attend a con 
ccrt o r lecture alone; it is only soc^veStioS-' 
i hi l c L ’ s F \£‘ Ls •"formed that tlie Chairman of 
the ( ommittee on Agriculture in the United 
SfewSSS '*’ b Ho ''- F - T - f'"®biNGn uysen of 
S. J. Ga 1,1,0w ay is advised to address the 
American News Co., N. Y„ Citv. with reference 
nrieeofTh^wii fo £ fHopaiper he names. The 
I n .6 4 l the paper here is $1 per number. 
, ,1a ' e several inquiries for pure blood 
to knr^ - M( ‘ , | l ' l ° sbucp from parties who desire 
- |f T° rht,y 0,1 n ,J0 purchased. Our 
advertising columns should answer. 
, r d js "°* advised by us to buy fruit tree* 
ol traveling agents if he is within a day's ride 
ol <1 reliable nurseryumo; for hewili probablv 
have to pay more for what he ceta a id w?li not 
be likely to get what he pays for. 
Evergreen Dwarf Broom Corn seed fin an 
her'' r °. , Rolak . c "V sold at $7 per bushel 
heity and requires from ten to fifteen Quarts 
per acre, depending upon the distance planted 
apart. Mote is U6ed where tliickiv drilled. 
easy speech and faultless .-.pVatel are iim.-hk'f 
requisites, one would say that Dr. Loriiig ouglu 
surely, of all others, to be the coming inTtn. 
Last, but notional of the names suggested. I* 
OBITUARY 
lion. Simon Broun.-We announced the death 
of the Senior Editor of the New England Farmer 
last w'eek. From that, paper we obtain the fol¬ 
lowing biographical data; Mr. Brown was born 
at Newburyport, Mass., Nov. 20, 180;'; removed 
with his father's family to Chester, N H., in 
1814; became a printer's apprentice in the office 
of the New Hampshire Patriot, in 1818, where 
he served his time, and afterwards w orked as a 
journeyman printer; in 1828 he started the 
Bingham Gazette, which he published three 
years; in 1828he married the daughter of Hon. 
Daniel F’kench of Chester, NH.;in 1830 he re¬ 
moved to Newport,N. H., and with B. B. French 
published the New Hampshire Spectator for 
more than five years. He afterward opened a 
book and job office in Concord, N. TL, w here he 
remained until 1837, when he accepted a clerk¬ 
ship in M’ashington ; was soon appointed Libra¬ 
rian of the House of Representatives, and re¬ 
mained there until 1848, when he returned to 
Concord, Mass., where he purchased a farm, and 
published, for a year or two, the Middlesex 
Freeman, and then became editor of the New 
THE SEASON, CROPS, PRICES, ETC, 
HADN’T MADE UP HIS MIND. 
A FARMER came to us the other day and 
asked what we thought of the prospect of po¬ 
tatoes the coming season—that is, whether 
there is likely to be a good market for them or 
not. He “ Had a notion to go in pretty heavily 
and raise double his usual crop; but ho had'nt 
fully made up his mind." How much land had 
he prepared ? ” Oh ! perhaps five acres was fit 
to phint, but if I make up my mind to do it, I 
could fit five acres more in tolerable good sea¬ 
son.” Of course, wo commend our friend for 
the effort he is making to make up his mind; 
but we must remind such unsettled minds that' 
it is rapidly npproucbiug l..o time when the 
mind should be made up, the plans laid and the 
work commenced. 
Now-, we should not have said a word about j 
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