©ORE’S RURAL NEW-YORKER 
JUNE 23 
PROGRESS AND IMPROVEMENT.’ 
.MOORE'S RURAL NEW-YORKER. 
A NATIONAL ILLUSTRATED 
RURAL, LITERARY AND FAMILY NEWSPAPER. 
». D. T. MOORE, 
Conducting Kciitor ud JPulilisher. 
CHAS. D. BRAGDON, ANDREW S. FULLER, 
AHKooia-te Editor*. 
HENRY S. RANDALL, LL. D., Cortland Village, N. Y„ 
Editor ok tiik DipaHTmIcni ov Shkki* Kubbandby. 
X. A. WILLARD, A. M., Little Falls, N. Y. f 
Editor op tmk Dbiarturnt op Dairy Hchbandby. 
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per oopy. As we are obliged to pro-pay the American 
postage on papers mail ett to foreign countries, Twenty 
Cents should be added to above rates for each yearly 
oopy mailed to Canada, and One Dollar per copy to 
Eui ope. Drafts, Puat-Offlou Money Orders and Regis¬ 
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Premiums to all Club Agents who do not take free 
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TO OUR EXCHANGES. 
Relative to the new Postage Law abolishing 
irco exchanges, and in answer to many circu¬ 
lars and letters on the subject, we have this to 
say: 1st. —We will send the Rural Nkw- 
tbe case, the current high value may be 
slightly exceeded, as the British stocks are 
practically exhausted, there being in London 
at the present time only 110,000 qr. of wheat, or 
barely sufficient corn to hold out for three 
weeks. There la, however, at least In our opln- 
Yorkkk to all newspapers which are entitled ioiJ but little fear of foreign arrivals not nrriv- 
to It (by having complfed with our conditions) 
until the end of the year. 2d.—Our offer to the 
Press was that those who published our pro¬ 
spectus for 1873 would receive the Rural In 
exchange, without sending their paper* in ret urn; 
those who have complied with this request will 
receive the paper as usual, unless otherwise di¬ 
rected —but those who have not cannot expect 
us to forward It. 3d?—We expect to pay postage 
on all journals we receive, and that all receiv¬ 
ing the Rural will do ilkowlae. 4th.—In due 
season we shall give notice to all exchanges we 
do not wish to receive, —but none of our con* 
temporaries should take offense If we request 
their discontinuance, for I here are few papers 
which we can render available in making up the 
contents of the Rural. Our exchange list, js 8 r> 
large and expensive that we must retrench, now 
that the new law requires gdt for every paper 
received. We are aware that most of our coun¬ 
try exchanges are excellent In their spheres, 
though of no avail to us—and even many dallies 
we receive are of little use In this telegraphic 
age. So, men and brethren, let us lop off the 
papers ive do not need, whether yours or ours. 
ADVERTISING RATES: 
nslde.Htb mid Utb page* (Agate space).90c. per line. 
“ 7tli and 13tti pages.l.Ul) “ 
Outside or last page.1.50 “ 
Fifty por cunt. extra for unusual display. 
Special Notices, leaded, by (smut..2.00 “ 
Business “ 2.50 “ 
Reading “ 3.00 “ 
l&~ fjo advertisement, inserted for less than $3. 
PUBLICATION OFFICES: 
No. 5 Beekman Street, New York City, and No. 82 
Buffalo Street, Rochester, N. Y. 
RURAL NOTES AND QUERIES. high as at any time during the past year 
fng sufficient to meet all our demands, in addi¬ 
tion to the wants or the Continent. The Im¬ 
ports of last week were above rate of the 
consumption, and behind this there is 1,280,000 
qr, of wheat bound for the United Kingdom, 
all of which may be expected to arrive in port 
before harvest. 
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The Hop Market.— Emmet Wells Hop Circu¬ 
lar dated Thursday, June 17, says: 
The almost entire absence of demand in the 
foci of the threatening aspect of the English 
crop Is something unprecedented in the bistory 
of the trade. Therein literally nothing doing. 
The receipts have fallen off to almost nothing, 
and no concessions In price appear to offer any 
inducement, for buyers to take hold Our quo¬ 
tations. therefore, are nearly nominal. Nothing 
short of a bad turn to our own crop will be 
likely to add stimulus to this market. At this 
writing i he prospect bide fair for as good a vield 
as last year. If it don’t exceed last year's, of 
course we must depend largely upon Europe to 
make up our deficiency. True, many new > nrtlB 
ave. been set out all over the country, yet it is 
believed that the acreage has been equally 
redueeo by the freezing out and plowing up of 
old yards. Under the most favorable circum¬ 
stances the American crop must be light, even 
should wo escape th ravages of vermin and 
honeydew, and price- are likely to rule quite as 
high as at any time during the past year. 
prospect for wheat ts not good. Fruit crop is 
not very premising. Small fruits were very 
seriously injured by the winter and are giving 
us very meager crops. Grape vines suffered 
more than ever before known by the cold, even 
the hardiest kinds, such as the Concord, Clin¬ 
ton, Hartford Prolific. &c„ were so badly dam¬ 
aged that many of them arc already dead and 
but few that were exposed to the weather will 
bear fruit. Those that were laid down and cov¬ 
ered escaped without injury. Where the vines 
have been killed the roots are generally pushing 
strong shoots that will. If properly treated, 
make fine bearing canes for next year.— l. j. t. 
C'nble Screw W ire Hoot* and Shoes.— At, first 
many wondered what these ware, the name 
being so novel and striking, and their wonder 
was greatly increased when, upon trial, they 
obtained so great a luxury as a pliable, com¬ 
fortable boot or shoe that would not rip. The 
name applied to this excellent class of goods 
Is fast becoming a household word In this coun¬ 
try, -*o satisfactory has tin* work proven, and 
probably the day is not far distant when it 
will supplant most other methods of attaching 
soles to boots and shoes. Millions of pairs aro 
annually manufactured, in the construction of 
which nearly 150 tons of wire arc used. 
SATURDAY, JUNE 28, 1673. 
A SEMI-ANNUAL GREETING. 
Before adding “Finis” t,o Vol. XXVII of 
the Rural New-Yorker, which closes this 
week, we desire to tender grateful acknowl¬ 
edgments to all who have In any manner sec¬ 
onded our efforts to Increase the value of Its 
contents and augment, Its circulation and con¬ 
sequent influence and usefulness. And a host 
of people who Lave acted as Correspondents, 
Agents, &c., are entitled to more than a mere 
expression of thanks, for they have voluntarily 
lent their kind offices to add Interest, to the 
Rural and widen its sphere. To all such we 
are under great obligations, and assure them of 
our appreciation of their cordial encouragement 
and substantial support. 
Our aim bus been to render the volume which 
now doses worthy the ardent support of those 
whose cause we constant ly advocate—the Agri¬ 
cultural and kindred Industrial classes —and 
the many manifestations of approval received 
during its publication, from all parts of the 
country, indicate that the paper is gaining pop¬ 
ularity and Influence among the right-thinking 
and discriminating. To Increase the popular¬ 
ity of the Rural among such people will be 
our aim in the future, and we shall endeavor 
to render each issue of the ensuing volume so 
Interesting and valuable that it will be prized 
by every Intelligent reader. But we cannot do 
this fully, or to the measure of our desire, with¬ 
out the co-operation ol friendly readers, and 
therefore bespeak the aid of such as can prop¬ 
erly contribute to the pages of the paper or 
otherwise further Its usefulness. To these we 
appeal with much confidence, for correspond¬ 
ence, suggestions, facts, hints—any article or 
item which will add to the information and 
knowledge of our widely-extended parish of 
readers. 
A word more. Though this is a comparatively 
busy season with farmers, horticulturists and 
others to whose interests the Rural New- 
Yorker Is mainly devoted, wo trust none of 
its friends will forget that the opening of a 
new volume, next, week, offers a favorable op¬ 
portunity to extend its circulation. Indeed, we 
hope all our readers—in city, suburb and vil¬ 
lage, as well as country—will kindly remember 
this journal at the present season by such t i mely 
words and acts In its behalf as may to them 
seem Just gnd proper- 
New York State Editorial Convention.—The 
State Association of Editors and Publishers met 
at Po kcopsie, June 18 20. There was a business 
meeting the 18 th ; in the evening speed) es of wel¬ 
come from W. W. Hackman, Editor Po'keep- 
sle Daily News, President of the Association, 
and from Mayor Eastman; then followed a 
poem by H. P. Shillabkr ("Mrs. Partington ”) 
and the annual address by Henry Ward 
Beech t R. This address was eloquent, and well 
received, though not assented to in all respects. 
The next day (19t h) the Associat ion with their 
hosts of Poughkeepsie, visited West Point, 
touching at Ncwburg i. The ride was a pleasant 
one; but the heat rendered the visit to West 
Point, tedious and exhausting. In the evening 
Mayor Kastman's reception was well attended 
and was enjoyable. A business meeting was 
held on the morning of the third day; in the 
afternoon the Association visited Vassar Col¬ 
lege. was received and welcomed by President | 
Raymond, explored the grounds and visited 
and examined its museum, art gallery, &o.; 
lunched there and returned In time to attend 
the banquet at the Opera House, given by the 
cit izens of Po'kcepete to the Association. Tl < ; t 
wore the usual toasts, speeches, buncombe, etc., 
and the Association adjourned sine die. This is 
the briefest possible summary of what might 
be extended to columns had we the space and 
would the details Interest the general reader. 
There was no lack of hospitable endeavor on 
the part, of the clt izens of beautiful Po’keepsie 
to make t he stay of the editors and their wives 
pleasant. We should like to specify in this 
oaae, but it would lie invidious and we have no 
space. President Hageman of the News was 
especially uotive and hospitable. 
The Title Page and Index to this Volume, 
given herewith, occupy bo much space that we 
necessarily omit various Departments, Illustra¬ 
tions, &c. But we think all who kcopthe Rural 
Tor reference, binding, etc., will appreciate the 
very complete Index, and find it invaluable in 
many instances, ft refers the reader to a vast 
amount of useful and interesting matter—prac¬ 
tical, scientific and miscellaneous — and will 
prove very convenient to those desiring to recur 
to any important triple discussed in the volume. 
With such an Index, th is semi-annual volume 
is worth many times its cost to any one engaged 
In rural or domestic pursuits. 
The Tin-Lined Lend Pipe, which we have 
often commended, is very properly gaining pop¬ 
ularity. Asa notable instance of this the Water 
Commissioners of Rochester City have Just or¬ 
dered over seven tons of tin-lined pipe from 
the Colwell Lead Company of New York. A 
wise thing. In a sanitary point of view at leash 
and worthy of imitation by officials and indi¬ 
viduals elsewhere. 
Wheat Sacks arc a very important item to 
the wheat growers of California. We notice 
that a statement, was reoently made by the 
President, of the San Joaquin Farmers’ Club 
t hat a San Francisco firm, representing a capital 
of $15,000,000, had offered to furnish 80,000 good, 
seoond-hand sacks for U(4 cents each. 
NEW VOLUME NEXT WEEK I 
THE TIME TO RENEW AND SUBSCRIBE I 
OUR Readers will please note that a Nev/ 
Volume of the Rural New-Yorker will bogih 
July 5, and close with December—comprising 
Twenty-Six Numbers. Note, also, that Single 
and Club Subscriptions are now in order aud 
respectfully solicited from all parts of the 
Union, Canada, Sett. Our inducements for club¬ 
bing are the same as last winter. Those form¬ 
ing clubs for the New Volume will receive 
specific premiums, or free copies, etc., in the 
same proportion as for yearly subscribers—two 
six months (or volume) subscribers counting for 
one yearly. Clubs may bo composed of part 
yearly and part half-yearly subscribers, at con¬ 
venience of Agents. To aid those forming new 
clubs, or making additions to present ones, 
specimens, premium lists, etc., will be sent free. 
Our Premium Engraving," Birth-Day Morning 
sent free, to all paying $2.50 for a yearly copy of 
the Rural. Rea lor, please do us the favor to 
advise your neighbors and other friends of the 
above facts. 
THE SEASON, CROPS, PRICES, ETC. 
The Rhododendron -how at Boston _A cor¬ 
respondent writes“ The exhibition of Rho¬ 
dodendrons now open in Boston, Is the finest 
Flower Show to which the public of this coun¬ 
try have ever been Invited. A tent, covering a 
krrge area, has been erected on the Common; 
gravel walks and grassy mounds are tastefully 
arranged beneath It, On entering, one finch) 
himself surrounded by tall, graceful palms and 
tropical ferns, which rise to the higiit of seve¬ 
ral feet, M liile beyond are seen the Rhododen¬ 
dron, in masses, and masses of color, and in 
endless variety of shade. The plants are ar¬ 
ranged with artistic skill and taste, an artifi¬ 
cial rise in the ground contributing greatly to 
the effect; indeed, the coup dYeM from any point 
is one of bewildering beauty. Palms andstrange 
looking plants we noticed from Brazil, from 
India, from Madagascar and Japan; but all, it 
would seem, had come to assist at the en¬ 
thronement of our own native beauty—the Rho¬ 
dodendron. A queenly beauty; hardy, and 
generous of flower, and growing wild in the 
State of Pennsylvania. The exhibition has been 
arranged at great expense by two or three gen¬ 
tlemen ; but the Boston public are apprecia¬ 
tive, and the crowds of visitors represent the 
oulture and fashion of the oity. As for our¬ 
selves in t his scene of beauty, we thought how 
many readers of the Rural New-Yorker 
would enjoy it, and agree with us that the sight 
was a pleasure never to be forgotten." 
Wheal In English Markets_in a London 
market report for June 9, we find the following; 
Ninety shillings per qr. for good wheat, and 
sixty tor flour, are the gloomy prospects held 
out to us, by a small minority of persons who, 
looking at two consecutive bad harvests and a 
most unfavorable sowing season in the past, 
and at doubtful weather and backward crops 
in the future, anticipate a general failure of 
this year’s European wheat crop. Wo do not 
expect such gloomy results, nor even a serious 
failure of the Euglish crop, and as to aEuropean 
failure, it Is very improbable indeed. A large 
number of merchants, however, do expect 
demand to exceed supplies during the next 
tw’o months, and certainly if this should be 
Prescott, Pierce Po., \Vis., June 16_The 
winter was very cold, with more snow than 
usual. Fruit trees badly winter-killed. The 
spring did not, open very early, but for the last 
three weeks the weather has been warm with 
frequent showers, which has brought vegeta tion 
forward remarkably fast. All crops look line 
now; most farmers finished sowing in April. 
Saw the first red clover blossom the 6th Inst.— 
T. J. A. 
Clark, Mercer Co., I»a., June Iff.— 1 The crops 
here are very backward, bui, with the exception 
of hay and corn, look middling well. Corn 
soiling for 85c. per bush.; oats, tSg^Oc.; wheat, 
$2; butter, 15c.; eggs, 15c.; money soiree. Hors¬ 
es high ; cows and cattle low or middling. The 
manufacturing of pig metal in this county Is 
not as paying as in former years, which makes 
all kinds of business dull and not as remunera¬ 
tive as before. Politics lively.—s. c. k. 
Harlem Spring©, Ohio, June 10.—Plenty of 
rain, consequently fine growing weather. Most 
of the corn had to be replanted ; bad seeds the 
principal cause. Wheat badly Winter-killed. 
Oats look well. Potatoes will be a failure un¬ 
less closely guarded; Colorado beetle on the 
war path. Hay promises a better yield than 
last year. Peaches ail killed. Apples will he 
an average crop. Woo! worth about 40o., with 
a good supply of last year's clip on hand. 
Wheat worth $1.50 per bush.; oats, 40c.; horses, 
$1503.250 per head; cows, $35®85.— j. b. l. 
Kokomo, lud., June 15. —The past spring has 
been a memorable one here. The winter had 
been the oddest ever known, and the spring 
proved as wet as has been known for many 
years. The streams were higher than for thir¬ 
teen years before. So oonetant was the rain 
that up to May 10th we had not had more than 
one day that the ground was really suitable 
for breaking. The consequence has been we 
got no oats nor flax of any consequence sown, 
and our corn planting has been the most tedi¬ 
ous and has extended the latest of any I re¬ 
member of having seen. Even at this writing 
all arc uot entirely done, Another unfortunate 
circumstance has been the fact that the earlier 
planted corn quite largely failed to grow, partly 
owing to the cold condition of the soil and 
parti) to the damaged oond’ti* n of the seed 
corn. Many have had to plant over, and nearly 
ail hayk been compelled to replant largely. Our 
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BUSINESS NOTICES 
Those who have Once used the Eureka Machine 
Twist will use no other. It is warranted In every re¬ 
spect, Sold by dealers everywhere. 
