PPOCRESS AND IMPROVEMENT." 
before been done, the magnitude of the carry¬ 
ing trade as it exists, and the wonderful devel¬ 
opment of our resources since the complet ion 
of the Erie canal. We must await these facts 
and figures, together with the opinions of the 
committee, if it has formed any, and their 
recommendations, if they make any. 
There will probably be several projects before 
Congress whereby, it will be claimed, this great, 
question of cheap transportation may be Bolved, 
if they am adopted. These projects will In¬ 
clude the enlargement of existing canals, the 
deepening of rivers, the connecting of lakes 
anil rivers by ship canals, and finally a national 
freight'railway with double tracks upon which 
any person may run his own train subject to 
national regulation. Judging by the temper of 
the people and the demand for something more 
than we have got In the way of transportation 
facilities, there will be opport unities for sundry 
big jobs to be inaugurated akin to the Pacific 
Railway scheme. Our readers may be sure that 
there are enough remorseless public plunderers 
left to fasten like leeches upon any chance 
which may seem to have the sanction of the 
people. Wo write these words to warn citizens 
to be vigilant and watchful—to not put too 
much faith in lhe assertions of some that 
greater transportation facilities will add very 
much and uniformly to rho price the producer 
will receive for his products. There Is a great 
(leal of false talk on this subject-superficial 
talk, resulting in a long jump across a great 
many disconnecting facts, to a conclusion. 
SURAL BREVITIES, 
R. Erwin—W e cannot give the address you 
ask for. 
It is estimated that, the falling off in the 
yield of wheat in Fmane this year is equiva¬ 
lent to 250,000,000 of francs. 
It Is now stated that the Patrons of Hus¬ 
bandry in Iowa bavo abandoned the project of 
manufacturing their own harvesters. 
Tun root crop oi the Michigan Agricultural 
College farm this year it la reported amounts to 
over 10,000 bushels, grown on seventeen acres. 
The Journal of the Xew-York State Agricul¬ 
tural Society, containing the official list, of 
awards at the State fair at Albany, is received. 
We cannot give the names of all the members 
of the commission referred to by Gitas. Rob¬ 
erts. but Hon. Horatio Seymour, Utica, N. 
Y., Is one of its members. 
The feature of an agricultural fniratMulford, 
Mass., it Is said, was a race between mares en¬ 
tered for competition and driven by women. 
Surely this i* si progressive age! 
J. W. rtNPAK—We do riot indorse any dealer 
In broom corn or other produce as •* respon¬ 
sible.'" but we will hand your letter to some 
prominent dealer who will write you. 
It is reported that t.ho Irish Agricultural 
Laborers’ Lnlon, in the event of the govern- 
niont failing to settle the question of the waste 
lands in Ireland, have decided to migrate to 
America en masse. And shall we pay the pas¬ 
sage of English laborers, in order to get them 
A NATIONAL ILLUSTRATED 
Conducting Editor anil P'utolislier 
CHAS. D. BRAGDON, ANDREW 8. FULLER, 
AfeMQnlattt Editors. 
HENRY S. RANDALL, LL. D., Cortland Village, N. Y., 
KniTOU O* TK« PirAKTMSNT Or Sumer HcKHANMLr. 
X. A, WILLARD, A. M., Little Falls, N. Y„ 
Efitoa or tdi D*r aetojivt or Dauut Hukbakdjiv. 
TERMS, IN ADVANCE: 
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ClubsFive Copies, and one copy free to Agent or 
getter up of Club, for $12.50; fioveu Copies, and one 
free, for tlf.! Ten Copies, and one Iren. J20-bfi!y $2 
peroopy. As we are obliged to pre-pay the American 
postage on papers mailed to foreign countries, Twenty 
Cents should be eddhd to above rates fir oaeli yearly 
copy mailed to Canada, Anil One Dollar per copy to 
Km Ope. Drafts, Post-<Pmoe Money Ordermtnd Regis¬ 
tered Letters may !■■■ mailed at our risk. ; w Liberal 
Premiums to all (Nub Agents who do not take free 
copies. Specimen Numbers. Show-Bills, Ac., sent free, 
MOORE’S RURAL NEW-YORKER 
ADVERTISING RATES: 
Inside, 14-th and lftt.Ii pages (Agate space).90c. per line, 
7th and Wth pages.1.00 “ 
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Fifty per Kent, extra lor unusual display. 
Special Notices, leaded, bv count.2.0(1 ** 
Business “ 2.50 “ 
Reading “ .....3.00 •• 
83Y~No advertisement inserted for less than 13. 
As will be seen by an advertisement in our 
columns, the prospectus of t he Rural Nkw- 
* ORKER for He coming year is ;• tuple evidence 
that-rho enterprising direction of this excellent 
C ubli cation are determined to makothelr paper 
otter than ever during J874. There are few of 
our weeklies which eau boast of a rnorenumer- 
riiir, and compere, ( t oorps of <*<Ji(u] -. and while 
agricultural affairs receive special attention, 
lue luerary and news depart ments are not neg¬ 
lected. There are Hi pager, in each nwinner, 
well furnished with good matt-rand good en¬ 
gravings, the paper is Interest jug and full nf 
Information, and we know of no better present 
to a count ry cousin than n year's subscription 
to iho Rural New-Yorker. All woo once 
get it Anil that they cannot do without it, and 
those v. ho have not got it should send their 
undress to the publisher at No. a Reek man 
street. The Rubai, .Vew-Vokrkk |. a family 
paper, its content* arc unexceptionable, and it 
is little wonder that it is as widely popular as 
<!?' . ncw publisher has teen engaged who 
a ill relieve Mr. MuOm. and enable him to de¬ 
vote his time and attention to the editorial 
management., for which he ia eminently quali¬ 
fied by over thirty years' experience In agricul¬ 
tural journalism. We congratulate the Rubai. 
*'kW-Yoiittisit on its deserved success and its 
brilliant prospects. Certainly no agricultural 
paper deserves better of the rural and indus¬ 
trial chit-sea, and wo trust the year 1871—the 
twenty-hii h year of its publication—will prove 
the most prosperous one experienced in its re¬ 
markably successful career.— N. V. Mail, Dec. 2 
RURAL NOTES AND QUERIES 
Industrial News—We shall be glad to bate 
our readers send us any item of industrial news 
that may come to their notice in their respeo- 
iive localities. We are quite willing to publish 
the sales of stock, with the name of purchaser 
and seller, provided it is not apparent that it 
is an effort at a free advertisement . We do not 
admire “dead heads." If any man among you 
has done a "big thing,” (either In raising crops, 
stock or anything else,) industrially, we will 
gladly state the fact if It is of general Interest. 
Tell us of your crops and how you grow them. 
Exchange experience with and ask questions 
of each other. Wo like it, and our columns are 
always open to such good fellowship. 
PUBLICATION OFFICES: 
No. 5 Beekman Street, New York City, and No. 82 
Buffalo Street, Rochester, N. Y. 
A NEW PUBLIC CONSCIENCE 
doing wrong. Hence they believe that con¬ 
science is the result or education—that the 
educator is more responsible for t he pupil's acts 
and opinions than the pupil himself. They re¬ 
gard a knowledge of right and wrong some¬ 
thing which is not Inherent in every person, 
but aoin©thing which grows out of the recog¬ 
nized relations of man to man by men—a re¬ 
cognition of the fact that while man is a free 
moral agent, possessed of certain inalienable 
rights, among which are fife, liberty, and the 
pursuit of happiness, ho has no right to prey 
upon or defraud his neighbor, nor to trespass 
upon his rights in any possible way. Such men 
believe in Justice—in being just both to them¬ 
selves and others. They claim that the scales 
of justice always weigh correctly, whether in 
the hands of the Judge on the Bench, a Mer¬ 
chant behind his counter or a Farmer at his 
plow—tnat Justice is Mercy, because to be Just 
is to be Merciful in the broadest and best sense 
of that term. 
We do not attempt to affirm which of these 
classes Isrlglii;. It matters littleforourpreBeni 
purpose. We wish to call attention to the evi¬ 
dent growth of a newpubllc Conscience, and to 
express our rejoicing that it Is growing as fasi 
as it is. The old Conscience has been a bad 
one or it had become calloused. It has affected 
and acted upon all classes in cum ravention of 
equity and law; it bas corrupted Judges, Sena¬ 
tors, Congressmen, legislators, clergymen, lay¬ 
men, and “ the world's people." It has smitten 
The 810,000 Cow.—It Is currently stated 
that the Eighth Duchess of Geneva, of the 
New-York Mills Herd, for which an English¬ 
man paid $10,000, is still in Mr. Campbell’s 
stable. It. is said the agent who purohasod her 
exceeded his instructions, and Mr. Davis, the 
buyer, was astonished at the price, and wrote 
at once to Mr. Campbell asking him to sell her 
for his account at the best price be could get. 
He afterward reconsidered the matter, tele¬ 
graphed to stay the sale, and forwarded the 
funds. The telegram, however, came too late, 
as Col. Morris, of Westchester Co„ N. Y„ had 
already bought her. There seems to be an Idea 
that the whole affair is hardly definitely settled 
yet. 
SATURDAY, DECEMBER 0, 1873. 
MOOEE’S RURAL TOE 1874, 
Having nearly completed our arrangements, 
we are enabled to announce that the Rural 
New-Yorkkr for 1874 will (D. V.) be worthy of 
its past history, and such as to more strongly 
commend the paper to its friends and 
the public, especially the Rural Population. 
Our purpose is to furnish a butter paper 
than EVER befohk. and to accomplish this 
object have made and are making ample prep¬ 
aration. 
The next wHJ be the Twenty-Fifth Year of 
the publication of the Rural New-Y’orker, 
and we intend to celebrate its Quarter-Centen¬ 
nial by manifesting, through its various De¬ 
partments, both practical and miscellaneous, 
the true spirit of its glorious Motto, “ Excel- 
sutr!" and laudable Objects— “ Progr&ns and 
Improvement ,." To assist in accomplishing 
this we shall have additional aids and facilities 
—including some “young blood," that wo 
believe will work harmaniously and advan¬ 
tageously with the old, which circulates some- 
what slowly, yet vigorously. For example, we 
have secured as Publisher 
PUBLISHER'S SPECIAL NOTICES. 
liovv to Do If.—It is not necessary to have all 
our “documents" in order to form a club. On the 
contrary, any subscriber, or other reader of the 
paper w ho knows Its merits, can go to work at once. 
By showing a number of the Rubai,, and talking to 
irlenda and neighbors, almost any one can form a 
club oi from ten to Arty, without other assistance. 
We will send all requisite uuIb, but if not received 
you need not wait their arrival—and a little Timely 
TSJlort will secure you a Valuable Premium, 
The l|o S Trade In the Weal —a Chicago tele¬ 
gram dated Nov. 29 states:—The Commercial 
liulle: Su this evening publishes returns of hogs 
packed at the principal pointe in the West to 
date, showing the aggregate number of hogs 
slaughtered in Chicago, Cinoinnattl, St. Louis, 
Louisville, Milwaukee, Indianapolis, Kansas 
City, Peoria, Ilk, aud Des Moines, la., so far 
this season, is 1,148,000, against 768,370 the same 
time l ist year. All the places mentioned show 
an increase with the exception of St. Louis, 
Louisville and Peoria. Total number pacaoa 
here to date 483,587, against 313,898 last year. 
December is I he Best Month io which to form 
clubs, and honceNoie is the. Very IN me for our Agents, 
and all others disposed to secure “ Good Pay for Do¬ 
ing Good’’—to help the Rural and benelit them¬ 
selves—to open und push the Campaign for 1874. 
Many have already commenced, and wo irust every 
Club Agent who has not “ opened the bull ” will do 
so at once. Our Premiums are so liberal that every 
one forming a club will be Well Rewarded. 
Club Agents who cannot act for the Rural dur¬ 
ing the ensuing year, will confer a special favor by- 
inducing some active, wide-awake and Influential 
friend to do so—notifying us of the fact. Extra doc¬ 
uments—Premium Lists, Show Bills. Ac.—will be 
sent to all such new Agents, and indeed to all dis¬ 
posed to do a Little Good Work tor a Large Reward. 
Italian Laborer*.—A correspondent asks us 
if we know anything about, the qualifications of 
Italian laborers for work on the farm. We do 
not. We know that they labored well In the 
streets of New York last winter—those of them 
who had been inveigled into emigrating to 
South America by some swindling emigration 
company; but of their ability, docility or value 
as farm laborers we know nothing. 
furnace withers a green, growing plant. In 
place of Justice has been enthroned Greed and 
I Success I The scales have been taken from 
Justice and the bandage from her eyes. To 
gain success, no matter bow, lias been the 
practice, whether it has been the theory of the 
American people or not. But, as in all cases 
whore the equities have ever been continually 
and persistently ignored, the time of reckoning 
hue come. Greed has overreached itself. The 
Success men have sought has been proved un¬ 
worthy the name. Anarchy and confusion have 
followed, and are following. Now Justice has 
resumed her place in the public Conscience 
and on the Bench. The Farmers' Movement, 
Credit Mnbilier Investigation, i he downfall of 
Tammany ring,the shipwreck of sundry financial 
crafts that were running before the wind with¬ 
out either freight or ballast, the general cry for 
and movement to secure Reform, indicate that 
there is a new public Conscience or that the 
callus has been removed from the old one. 
Whereat we rejoice I 
a very competent 
gentleman, whose energy and executive ability 
are such as to insure the superior management 
of the business affairs of the establishment. 
It is believed that this acquisition will prove 
most valuable to the interests of the Rural 
and its supporters. The Founder of the paper 
will be so greatly’ relieved that his entire atten¬ 
tion can be devoted to its Editorial supervision, 
for which an experience of over a quarter of a 
century ought to render him somewhat quali¬ 
fied. With such Assosiates as Messrs. Brag- 
don, Fuller and Willard, (and we hope Dr. 
Randall, should his health permit,) and others, 
we feel assured that the issues of the Rural 
for 1874 can be tas we intend they shaU bt) made 
better than those of any preceding year. 
But to succeed as we hope and desire, we 
need the co-operation of the friends of the 
paper, all ovar the land—and no paper, we 
verily believe, has more or warmer friends, 
judging from their past manifestations of ap¬ 
proval, and exercise of influence, in various 
ways, in its behalf. Indeed, from the issue of 
its initial number to the present, the Rural 
has been aided by Contributors, Agent-Friends, 
and others, In every appropriate manner—while 
our brethren of the Press have almost inva¬ 
riably been most kind and appreciative. We 
bend under a weight of obligation to the thou- 
Tlie Documents Ready.— Our Show Bill, Pre¬ 
mium List, Ac., are row ready, and. together with 
specimens of the piper, will be sent promptly—on 
day of receipt of request—to all disposed to form 
clubs or otherwise aid hi extending the circulation 
of the best combined Rural, Literary and Fam¬ 
ily W eekly . Send for the doc aments ! 
Modes and Manners.— Miss Mary G. HUM¬ 
PHREYS, who has acted as our fashion reporter 
during Miss Wager’s absence in Europe, has 
just returned from Pails and gives our readers 
not only a general article on fashion matters, 
but answers questions to which her absence 
has prevented an earlier response. This feature 
of the Rural will be oontinued. 
Better than ETer! — Our Agent-Friends can 
safely promise that Moore’8 Rueal for 1874 will be 
better than ever before. Bee leading artlote on this 
page, and “don’t forget to remember" that we 
MEAN DUBINE68. 
Beet Sugar in Wisconsin—It is denied by the 
Western Farmer that the cause of failure of 
the Wisconsin sugar beet enterprise was the 
inadaptability of soil and climate to its pro¬ 
duction. The great lack, according to the 
Superintendent of the works, was capital. 
THE TRANSPORTATION QUESTION. -- 
Mr. Dodge'* Paper on European Agriculture. 
The gravity of this question is demonstrated ~call attention to the first installment of 
by the attention which has been paid to it the this paper read before the Rural Club of New 
past year. President Grant called the atten- York, published on another page. It will repay 
tion of Congress to it; Congress appointed a careful perusal. We shall conclude it next 
committee to investigate the different water I week, 
routes that may be improved, or that are pro¬ 
posed as means nf getting the produce of the 
west to tide water; also the existing facilities 
for doing this work. The result will probably 
be a very elaborate report embracing a mass of 
statistical data that will illustrate, as has never 
BUSINESS NOTICES 
What eo fine and appropriate for a Christmas 
or New Tear’s present for the children as that new 
and splendid card game of Avilude, or Game of Birds, 
with Ita tlilrty-two beautiful pictures of birds and 
thirty-two descriptions. 
Uneqnaied as a game. A 
continued sourccof enjoymentand instruction. Sole 
by all dealers, or sent post-paid, on receipt of seventy- 
five cents, by West & Lee. Worcester, 5lass. 
Wide-Awake Youth’s Pwper. — For judicious 
editing, select and popular contributors, and spright¬ 
ly. entertaining reading, the Youth's Oojipanion 
of Boston has no superior among the youth’s publi¬ 
cations. 
The Illustrated Annual Register of Rural 
Affairs, for 1874, published by Luther Tucker 
& Son, Albany, N. Y., is received, and is an 
admirable little hand-book, fully worth 30 cents 
per copy—its price. 
The very large sitlo of the Eureka Machine 
Twist Is not u mutter of surprise, for it proves ex¬ 
actly as ret resented every time. 
