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PROGRESS AND IMPROVEMENT.'* 
MOORE'S RURAL NEW-YORKER. 
A NATIONAL ILLUSTRATED 
EUKAL, LITHAI1V AND KAMILV JIEWSPAPB. 
d. s. T. MOORE, 
Conduotiuj; KfltlOr nti<1 RuAjliwlmr. 
CHAS. D. BRAGDON, ANDREW S. FULLER, 
AK»ooi»t.« JCclitor«. 
HENRY S. RANDALL, LL. D., Cortland Village, N. Y., 
Er>rro* os thk Difumn.-r of B«iir HtonANtinv. 
X. A. WILLARD, A. M., Little Falls, N. Y., 
Editok or the D*i'*i!TM*»T oi> Daikv IIlhoakorv. 
TERMS, IN ADVANCE! 
Hulmcrlption.—Single Copy, 12.50 per Yeur. To 
Clubs:—Five Copies, and one copy free to Agent or 
getter up of Club, for $12.50; Seven Copies, mid one 
free, for $18; Ten Copies, and one free, MO—only $2 
per copy. As we are obliged to pre-pay the American 
postage on papers mailed to foreign countries, Twenty 
Cents should bo added to above rates for each yearly 
copy mailed to Canada, and One Dollar per copy to 
Europe. Drafts, Post-Office Money Orders and Regis¬ 
tered Letters may be mulled at our risk. IT*r* Liberal 
Premiums to nil Club Agents who do not take free 
copies. Specimen Numbers, Show-Bills, Ac., sent free. 
ADVERTISING RATE8 : 
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“ 7th and 13th pages...1.00 “ 
Outside or last page.1.50 “ 
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Business 11 2.50 “ 
Reading " 3.00 “ 
f38T“No advertisement, inserted for less than 43. 
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SATURDAY, MARCH 22, 1873. 
A NEW aUARTEK, 
AND A GOOD TIME TO SUBSCRIBE! 
Agents, nnd all others of our readers Interested, 
are advised that a New Quarter of the Rural New- 
.YORKEH will commence April 5. Our friends whose 
subscriptions expire next, week (ns do nil hnvtng No. 
1200 printed after name on address label,) should re¬ 
new at once In order to secure the uninterrupted 
continuance of their papers. And In renewing we 
trust each will Induce one or more persons to sub¬ 
scribe. Now clubs, and additions to clubs, (to begin 
with the New Quarter, "rat any ttnio,) are also now 
In order, and we hope to .add thousands of names'to 
our list, wltlilnafew weeks. Ageutsand other friends 
can do much in that direction by a little effort at tills 
season. 8oe notice under heading of “The Rural’s 
Spring Campaign,” on page 106. 
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“ I DON’T WANT NONE OF YER PAPERS.” 
A con respondent, under the above quota¬ 
tion, soncls us an article in which he states that 
the above is what a young man said to him t he 
other day—one who Is of those farmers who 
think farming don’t pay; and It don't pay him 
and did not pay his father before him. Our cor¬ 
respondent says:-“This young man Is only one 
of a vast number in t hese Unit ed States. Il ls 
a most deplorable fact, that farmers In bumble 
circumstances read but little-many of them 
not any. My interests, my social life, are with 
these men. 1 want to see them elevated, edu. 
catcd to understand, at least, their own calling; 
therefore, it gives me satisfaction to have them 
take a good agricultural paper." 
Wo can understand our correspondent's soli¬ 
citude in this matter. He Is not alone. Wo 
know farmers of his type who have Introduced 
papers into such families as he has described 
by sending cash to the publisher to pay for sev¬ 
eral copic- yearly, Instructing him to write to 
each recipient that a friend has made him a pres¬ 
ent. of it for a year. In this way. good seed has 
been sown. And after such a paper has been 
in even such n farmer’s family one year, it will 
need no urging to induce him to take and pay 
for it the next. One farmer once told us that 
$20 so expended In one jear upon fanners in 
his neighborhood had been of more than one 
thousand dollars* benefit to him by the appre¬ 
ciation of his property alone, not taking into 
account tho fact, that such men had become 
better citizens aud neighbors, and hud proved 
more willing to help pay for good teachers in 
the local schools, to unite with him In Introduc¬ 
ing improved stock In the neighborhood, bor¬ 
rowing his farm implements and machinery 
loss, keeping better fences and their stock from 
becoming breachy, etc.,etc. 
Another way to benefit such farmers and their 
families, Is to do a litt le farm missionary work 
—that. Is, visit them socially of an evening. 
Consult with them about their plans and crops. 
Discuss modes of doing work. Ask their ad¬ 
vice. Carry two or threo agricultural papers in 
your pocket; read from them extracts bearing 
upon the subject under discussion. Guido the 
conversation so that such reading shall seem 
pertinent and accidental. Never leave the paper 
with such a family nor seem to desire to. But ] 
give them of Its contents in this wny until they 
j shall begin to inquire of what the paper says 
about this tiling or that, In which they arc prac¬ 
tically Interested. It does not answer to stand 
aloof from such neighbors, nnd complain that 
they do not, and do not want to, know anything, 
Such persons are not beyond influencing if the 
right, means are adopted. Personal Interest in 
them and respect for their opinions must bo 
manifested. It does not answer to thrust t ruths, 
axioms and precepts upon them as you would 
force a purgative pill down a cow’s throat, 
They must get to absorbing truth, new Ideas, 
and progressive notions unconsciously. Pa¬ 
tience, charity and perseverance, discreetly ex¬ 
erted, combined with personal kindness and 
interest, will conquer and Improve any one, no 
matter liow Ignorant nnd bigoted. 
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“ INDEPENDENT ” FARMED*. 
A CORRESPONDENT Of the RURAL NEW YORK¬ 
ER, criticising an article from a farmer com¬ 
plaining of the high price of labor, low price of 
produce and hard lot of the farmer generally, 
says, “ Farmers are the most independent class 
of people In the country to-day. except those 
who have tens of thousands in money." While 
this may be true in a sense that is that they 
may be the most Independent class, It is not 
true that they are or can be independent of 
Other classes. Nor should they desire to be. 
There tuts been a great deal of twaddle, or hifa- 
Iiitln, written and spoken with reference to the 
Independence of farmers. It Is a species of po¬ 
litical soft soap with which farmers have been 
lathered until some of them suppose they are 
the most Independent race of beings on the 
footstool. The men most easily duped by such 
nonsense are those who are most deeply In debt 
or are .bound down by ignorance, or are bo 
credulously blind that they become seml-tnsune 
on the subject. The truth la the term as usu¬ 
ally applied to farmers is a misnomer. We have 
seen independent men who ware farmers; but 
the farmer’s is one of the most dependent of 
professions or vocations. We are quite willing 
to leave that dogmatic assertion as it is, for our 
correspondent to digest at his leisure. 
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RURAL NOTES AND QUERIES. 
Obituary.—Prof. John Torrey.— Tills eminent 
botanist died in New York City. March 10th, of 
pneumonia. At the time of his death he was a 
Professor in and Trustee of Columbia College, 
and about 74 years of age. Educated a physi¬ 
cian he devoted his attention exclusively to 
chemist ry and botany. It is through his work 
as a botanist that he is best known. In 1817 ho 
published a catalogue of plants found within 
thirty miles of Now York, in 1854 he published 
the first volume of the “ Flora of the Northern 
United States," and In 1820 a compendium of 
the latter work. In 1838, assisted by J)r. Asa 
Gray, he began a more extended “Flora of 
North America." lie prepared the Botani¬ 
cal reports of the Natural History Survey of 
this State, and, associated with Dr, Gray, has 
enriched the botanical history of this country 
by describing the plants collected by the vari¬ 
ous government. surveys. He has held prom¬ 
inent positions In the West Point Military 
Academy, tho College of Physicians and Sur¬ 
geons of this city. In Nassau Hall, Princeton, 
N.as U. S. Aasayer, and In Columbia Col¬ 
lege. His funeral, March 13, was attended by a 
large concourse of eminent men. 
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New Vork Without n fctnte Entomologist.— 
Dr. Asa Fitch, for eighteen years the State En¬ 
tomologist of New York, has resigned that po¬ 
sition and the state Agricultural 8ocicty, by 
resolution, announces the fact that It “ results 
simply from the withdrawal of the appropria¬ 
tion by the State which constituted the only 
source of receiving remuneration for valuable 
SOicutiflc services." We hope, however, that 
some young Entomologist will take up this 
work and secure an appropriation from the 
State. New York needs a State Entomologist 
as much to-day its ever. Who is the man who 
is ready ami willing as well as capable of assum¬ 
ing tho position? Has New York such an one? 
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The Agricultural College Land Grunt Rill 
—The unanimity with which the agricultural 
press of the country rejoices at the defeat of 
this scheme, Is both significant and gratifying. 
The scheme of itself is sufficient to cause the 
people to distrust, the men who devised it and 
lobbied at. Washington for Its passage. Itshould 
cause tho most careful scrutiny of the adminis¬ 
tration of such of them as aro now at. tho head 
of the State Agricultural Colleges. It. cannot 
be pretended, we think, that this bill was de¬ 
vised by men zealous to promote the agricul¬ 
tural Interests of tho country. It Is a sort of an 
agricultural Credit. Mobilier arrangement. 
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Peaches In Indiana.— The New Vork Dally 
Tribune, of March 8, has the followingDr. 
Sylvf.stkk of Lyons. Ind., is so interested in 
peaches that he lias made a complete tour of 
his State to see how the trees are getting along 
this Spring. He has brought back a most mys¬ 
terious report, the purport of it being that 
“some peach-buds are alive and some dead." I 
He thinks that the dead ones may revive, if 
there is a plenty of wet rain tills 8pring; wo I 
suppose that they will stay dead if the rain 
should happen to be dry- As for the living [ 
buds, he thinks they will not die, unless the j 
rain should be too wet; and, upon the whole, i 
the peach crop promises well. If something hap¬ 
pen* or does’nt happen. All this must be high¬ 
ly encouraging to the growers.” 
We wonder if Dr. Syi.VF.STRR of Lyons, Ind., 
is at all related to Dr. Sylvester of Lyons, N. Y. 
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Catalogues Received. - From Hovev & Co., 
Boston, Mass., Illustrated Guide to the Flower 
and Vegetable Garden, and Catalogue of Seeds. 
— From B. K. Bliss & Sons, 23 Park Place, N. 
Y. City, Illustrated and Descriptive Catalogue 
of Potatoes for Seed.—From Thomas C. An¬ 
drews, Moorestown, N. J„ Catalogue of Small 
Fruits and Plants. - From AY. B. Woodruff, 
West field. N. J., Catalogue of Flower, Vcgetabo 
and Bedding Plants.-From T. 8. UrnnARD, 
Fredonla, X. Y-.^’lioIesale Price List of Grape 
Vines, Ac., for 1873. From Ft.LW.VNOKR & 
Barrt, Rochester, N. Y., their Descriptive Cat¬ 
alogue of Fruits; Select List of New and Rare 
Deciduous Trees, Evergreens and Shrubs; 
Wholesale Catalogue for Spring of 1873, and Ik- 
scrlptlve Catalogue of Plants.-From Kern, 
Sterer & Co., St. Louis, Mo., Illustrated Seed 
Catalogue and Floral Guide in KnglLsh, French 
and German.-From W. IS. Dimon, Jr., Brook¬ 
lyn, N. Y., Catalogue of Vegetable and Flower 
Seeds, Bedding Plants, Bulbs, Ac., fur 1.878. 
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The Post-Office Dep't Instruction* concerning 
sending seeds and bulbs by mail are as follows: 
—“Packages of seeds, roots, bulbs, and clone, 
not exceeding four pounds In weight , are to bo 
mailed at a prepaid postage of one cent for 
each twoounces or fraction of an ounce. First 
—Said packages must tic put up so that the 
contents ran be readily examined, without de¬ 
stroying the wrappers. Second—Sealed bags, 
made of material sufficiently transparent to 
show the content* clearly without opening, may 
be used for such mutter. Third—This, as well 
as all other third class mall matter, must bo 
fully prepaid by postage stamps affixed, other¬ 
wise the same shall not be forwarded.” 
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When to Hell Wheat.—A Wisconsin fanner, 
who evidently believes In figures, has sent tho 
Western Farmer a statement concerning bis 
sales of wheat tho past eight years, from which 
it. appears that, commencing with lfito his wheat 
has averaged him a fraction over $1.29 per bush¬ 
el ; the sales made from September to January 
averaged $1.22 5-7the per bushel; while the sales 
made from January 1 to July 31. averaged $1.3614 
per bushel—a difference of 14 cents per bushel 
In favor of holding wheat, provided the shrink¬ 
age and waste does not cat up that amount. It 
would be interesting to know the average cost 
per bushel of producing and marketing that 
wheat, for eight years. 
Commissioner of Agriculture.— Tho Boston 
Cultivator, after copying what wo said in tho 
Rural New-Yorker of March 8 concerning tho 
qualifications of Mr. J. It. Dodge for this posi¬ 
tion, says:* “We fully concur with our con¬ 
temporary In what he says of J. It. Dodoe, in 
case a change be made. Wc deem him better 
acquainted with what immediately relates to, 
nnd concerns the Interest of, farmers and farm¬ 
ing over the United States, than any other man 
nominated for the office, and should, therefore, 
he gratified if our worthy President should nom¬ 
inate him for that responsible and Important 
office." 
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The Patent Sheep Shear*, also Pruning or 
Sheep-Toe Shears, manufactured by Henry 
Seymour & Co., have become so favorably 
known that they need no praise or commenda¬ 
tion. Their excellence and superiority have 
been widely proclaimed by prominent societies 
and individuals, and wo only refer those Inter¬ 
ested to the announcement of the manufaet nr- 
ers, in this paper, including the Important fact 
that the shears are Bent “free by mull on re¬ 
ceipt of price”- an Item to be noted by our 
readers at a distance. 
Tunnel Under the Detroit River.—W. P. is 
correct; a tunnel is being made under the De¬ 
troit River at Detroit, for railway purposes. A 
recent statement asserts that the drift has been 
carried out 1.200 foot from the American and 
400 from the Canada shore. It Is intended to 
complete this preliminary tunnel during 1873— 
It being only the test or drainage t unnel for the 
largo railway tunnel between Canada and the 
United States. 
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Col. Harris and Ihe Ohio Fanner.—Our genial 
friend, and recent Corresponding Editor, Col. 
8.D. Harris, has returned to his first (or former) 
love, having again assumed editorial control of 
tho Ohio Farmer, now published by M. J. Law¬ 
rence, Cleveland. The Colonel Is well posted, 
and will make the Fanner a lively and readable 
paper. Success to S. D. H. and all other partic¬ 
ipants in the new arrangement 1 
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A Sieani Reaper nnd Mowrr has been pat¬ 
ented In England which Is self-propelling, and 
its weight is said not to exceed that of ihe com¬ 
bined reaper and mower now in ti 60 . It Is 
worked by a i«tm to steer and a boy to attend 
the fire. It does not carry much water or fuel, 
and requires a tender to provide such supply. 
THE SEASON, CROPS, PRICES, ETC. 
Clnrktown, White To., Tenn., March 10.— 
The weather has been rainy and disagreeable 
through the winter. The mercury has been 
down to zero three different mornings -one cold 
morning in each winter month. Yet tho climate, 
between the extreme of the North and South, 
Is very enjoyable. Our early gardening, usually 
done in February, Is yet untouched. Tho Trail¬ 
ing Arbutus Is about opening Its wax-1 iko flow¬ 
ers, giving out the first, new- fragrance of tho 
year; and soon the Red Bud tree, with Its crowd¬ 
ed pink, pea-shaped blossoms fringing the for¬ 
est, will herald the coming of other flowers that 
arc only waiting the sun’s warm r»r» Io develop 
them. Our soil and climate me both adapted 
to the cultivation of flowers and fruits.—Mas. 
C. D. F. 
Springfield, Mo., March lO.—Weather warm 
and pleasant. Have commenced gardening in 
some localities. Have had a very cold winter 
for this latitude. Wheat looks well. Peach 
buds nearly nil killed, and In some instances 
the trees are killed whore they were much ex¬ 
posed. Produce brings a very fair price, viz; 
Wheat, $1.(55; oorn,3Sct«.; oats, 00 eta; potatoes, 
75cts.; apples. 50 cte.; hay, timothy, $10.00 per 
ton. This is a great stock raising country, as 
wc have short winters, and good range for pas¬ 
turage nnd good water. F. S. D. 
f Plymouth (Ind.) Market, March 1.—Mercury 
ranged from 6° below freezing point to 32° ; 2d, 
4“ to 8° above zero; 3d, blustering, with slight 
snow; mercury has ranged from 4‘ to 18° above 
zero; 4th, 2° to 12" below zero; 5tb, 4" to 20° 
above; 'flth, 44" to 43° above zero, with rain; 
7th, 48" to 54" above zero : snow melting fast; 
8th, 48” to .Vi" above zero; pleasant. C. 8. 8. t. 
Utilnry, Branch Co., Midi:, March 4.—The 
winter has been;very severe the coldest ever 
known. Wheat is worth $1.75 £'j 1.85; oats,30c.; 
corn, 35(l' 37c.: potatoes, GOfafiOe.; dried apples, 
(5c. perlb.; butter, 35<’.; eggs, 25c.; horses, $100# 
200; cows, $20@35 dressed lings, f4*«,4.75 per 
cwt.. dressed chickens, 7®8e. per lb.—T. G. 
Amity, Oregon, March 1.—Tho winter has 
been very mild. Wheat is 75c.; oats, 50o.; hay, 
from $18 to $20 per ton— G. w. h. 
RURAL BREVITIES. 
A Kansas Farmers’ State Convention is to be 
held at Topeka, Kansas, March 28, at 2 P. M. 
Alfred Austin asks of whom lie cun got 
Italian bees. Let our advertising columns an¬ 
swer. 
E. T. A8KS, “Will you please inform mo who 
manufactures the bout hay loader ?" We wish 
we oouid. 
S. S. Jones bettor continue to sell his milk 
than attempt cheese making so long as he can 
get the price he names lor It. 
England imported potatoes In January, 1870, 
to tho amount of £282,303: In January, 1872, 
£15,987 ; in January, 1871, £222. 
A genius in Lawrence, Kansas, says ho has 
discovered a process by which ho can make 
twenty-live pounds of sugar out of a bushel of 
corn. 
It Is intended to hold n great Horticultural 
Exhibition at Florence, Lntaly, In 1871, at which 
time and place a Congress of Botanists will 
meet. 
j.C.M. is informed that the Hoosac Tunnel is 
in Berkshire < o„ Mass., the western terminus of 
it being in the vicinity of North Adams, wo 
believe. 
Ouii frlomls who write us (In answer to Inqui¬ 
ries) that they have Percheron stallions, fowls, 
sheep, &o., for sale, are advised to look at our 
advertising terms and act accordingly. 
A boy of sixteen has won the reward and 
modal offered by tho Nebraska State Board of 
Horticulture for tree planting. Ho set out nine 
hundred and eight y trees on the day appointed. 
p. p. Rankin is Informed that, the Secretary 
of the Illinois State Grange of tho Patrons of 
Husbandry is E. O. Fanning, Ualt, Whiteside 
Go., ill., whom he should address for tho infor¬ 
mation he seeks. 
Mrs. L. J., who Inquires, Is Informed that wo 
prefer that articles Intended for publication be 
written only on one side of tho paper; and that 
when more than one subjet Is written ol, each 
1)6 treated separately. 
A small box containing over 300 varieties of 
fresh flowers, all In bloom, was received tho 
other day by mall, at Eaton Rapids, Mich., just 
as tuey wore out from their stents m the open 
air, at Los Angelos, Cal. 
Geo. J. Vincent is informed that Dr. Geo. 
W. Robinson, 184 Grand St., Now York City, is, 
wc believe, the inventor of tho device for saw¬ 
ing timber by electricity ; wLotherho has made 
it in any sense practical, we aro not aware. 
BUSINESS NOTICES, 
Ladies.—One-lialf the trouble in running your 
Sowing Machine may be avoided by using the Eureka 
Machine twist. It Is the best. 
R. B. PARSONS & CO.’S Trees and Plants, 
Rhododendrons, &c., at FLUSHING, N. Y. 
HORSE EPIDEMIC. 
A PHYSICIAN, tn a communication to a Buffalo 
paper about the Horse Epidemic, says“ Exter¬ 
nally I used and would recommend Dr. Trask’s Mag¬ 
netic Ointment to the throat, around tho ears and on 
the forehead. This ototmont contains tobacco unit 
lobelia, aDd operates upon the mucous glands of tho 
bend nnd tlirout by causing an In creased flow of secre¬ 
tion from them, at the same time by ita relaxing effect 
removing the stricture and giving almost instant re¬ 
lief to the cough and breathing," It tw kept by ad 
Druggists. 
