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“PPOGRE88 AND IMPROVEMENT." |: 
' MOORE'S RURAL NEW-YORKER. 
l{ A NATIONAL ILLUSTRATED 
; RURAL, LITERARY AND FAMILY NEWSPAPER. 
D. D. T. 2MEOORE, 
Conducting Editor and Jr'u'blinlier. 
CHA8. D. BRAGDON, ANDREW 8. FULLER, 
AnHooiata Editor*. 
HENRY S. RANDALL, LL. D., Cortland Village, N. Y., 
Editos o* tti* DxrAKTUiHT or Snnr Husbanokt. 
X. A. WILLARD, A. M„ Little Falls, N. Y., 
Editor or tub DuriBTMiNT or Daiby (Iobbamobt. 
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ADVERTISING RATES: 
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©ORE’S RURAL NEW-¥@RK£R. 
DEO. 2© 
SATURDAY, DECEMBER 20, 1873. 
TO OUR SUBSCRIBERS AND AGENTS. 
NOW IH THK T1MK! 
Yes, Note fa the Vera Best Time for our 
Subscribers lo renew their subscriptions, and 
for Agents (and all disposed to become such) 
to fo7-m Clubs for 1871. By sending in us 
many names as possible now—and before 
Jan. 1st—Subscribers and Agents mill confer 
a special favor, as it will enable us to get 
thousands of renewals and new names in 
type and ready for ma iling papers by machine 
before the rush which always mines the first 
of the year. Subscribers will also be bene¬ 
fited by complying with this request, as they 
will receive their papers promptly, with no 
delay or interruption, Agents can send 
small chibs, or parts of large, ones, and con¬ 
tinue their efforts for weeks and months 
afterwards—receiningl Premiums, or Com¬ 
missions, in proportion to the number of 
subscribers obtained. Many of our Agents 
send several clubs every Wilder, some taking 
small premiums for each, and others waiting 
until their lists are completed and then se¬ 
lecting such artides us they prefer. 
— So, Send on your Names and Lists, (load 
Friends! We will respond promptly, by for- 
war ding Papers and Prem iums as desired, 
and moreover furnish you a better Rural 
New-Yorker next year than ever before! 
“STRIKE, BUT HEAR I" 
MOOSE’S RURAL NOT DEAD NOR SLEEPINO. 
The late financial embarrassment of the Edi¬ 
tor and Founder of the Rural New-Yorker— 
caused mainly by aiding friends and outside 
investments, and first reported in an exagger¬ 
ated form by an anonymous correspondent of 
a Western Now York paper—seems to have 
attracted the attention of several of our con¬ 
temporaries and a portion of the public. 
Though the report that the Rural had been, 
or was to be discontinued, was unfounded, 
and known to be false, one or two would-be 
rivals gave it small publicity, through their 
limited circulations,—but most of our con¬ 
temporaries, who have noticed the matter at 
all, have magnanimously stated the fuet that 
the paper was to go right along under its old 
editorial management. Indeed, we never be¬ 
fore knew how many friends we had among the 
Press and People (especially our Exchanges, 
Agents and Subscribers)—and we think our 
misfortune muy prove a blessing,for those who 
have made false statements, with n view of In¬ 
juring us and benefiting themselves, have ! 
aroused the friends of the Rural to action in 
AGASSIZ, THE GREAT SCIBNT1ST. (See Page 404.) 
its behalf, and many have already fissured us 
of their determination to second our efforts to 
make the Kural New-Yorker a better and 
more widely-circulated Journal than it has 
ever been heretofore. 
As a specimen of professional courtesy (?) we 
may note that one jealous Ohio Agricultural 
weekly jumps to a conclusion, from rumors of 
a financial pressure upon the Editor of the Ru¬ 
ral New-Yorker, and, with hypocritical sym¬ 
pathy, parados the announcement of the * 4 fail¬ 
ure” of this paper. Our contemporary may 
save Its crocodile tears, since, whatever tr oubles 
may have befallen Its Editor, the Rural New- 
Yorker has not *• failed," and cannot fail, how¬ 
ever anxious the aforesaid Ohio hebdomadal 
maybe to gobble up a few hundred tri our many 
thousand subscribers in that State, to add to its 
slender circulation as a basis for its advertising 
business, in the prosecution of which, as a late 
attache of It very aptly remarked, it has 44 a good 
deal more use for check than for brains.” 
In contrast with the statement of ihe Ohio 
paper which was given prominently, as a 
leader—we quote the following from the Ger¬ 
mantown Telegraph, a widely-circulated and 
influential journal, edited for some thirty or 
more years by Major P. E. Fueas, under whose 
able control we trust, it may longcontimie. Of 
course both the Telegraph and Ohio paper had 
the same sources of information, hut their con¬ 
clusions are widely different another Illustra¬ 
tion of the old adage about “two ways of tell— 
ing a story." Major Frkas, of the Telegraph, 
tells it in this wise : 
“No event, of a pecuniary nature outside of 
our own oily, has at any time given ns more 
pain or excited doepei sympathy than Ihe fail¬ 
ure of Col. D. D. T. Moore, the able and pat¬ 
riotic editor of the Rural New- Yon turn, one 
of the leading Agricultural and Horticultural 
Journals of the country. It came about, of 
course, by investing In outside speculations, 
some of them proving wholly wort bless. Col. 
Moorf. fa a first-class business man,thoroughly 
understanding his long-time duties as an edi¬ 
tor aud publisher, capable of managing every 
deportment of them, and perfectly indepen¬ 
dent In expressing his opinions. We are glad 
to hear, however, that his creditors will be 
lenient with him; that they will give him a 
fair chance to recover lost ground ; and that he 
will continue at the head of his unsurpassed 
periodical." 
— Since the above was prepared for publica¬ 
tion we have received the following from the 
Western Rural, published at Chicago by H- N. 
F. LEWIS, which probably circulates more thou¬ 
sands than the Ohio paper does hundreds; 
Mr. Moore of the Rural New-Yorker.— 
We regret seeing in some agricultural and other 
journals unkind comments upon the business 
embarrassments of D. I). T. MOORE, Esq., the 
world-known pioneer 41 Rural 4 ' publisher, with 
Intimation* tout the Rural New-Yorker 
would suffer therefrom. Mr. Mookk'h financial 
troubles, whatever their extent, at tin worst 
can be but temporary, and cannot affect the 
status of his popular and thoroughly-estab¬ 
lished journal, and his peraoiial pndo and 
ambition will carry it t hrough any crisis. Mr, 
ilOORR and Hie Rural New-Youkku are too 
strongly entrenched in public esteem and con¬ 
fidence to be disturbed more than incidentally. 
The Ruual)New-Yohker wiJJ pass the ordeal 
unharmed, if not rejuvenated by its trials. 
Friends FitEAsand Lewis— Heaven bless their 
magnanimous and unselfish souls!—are right in 
their conclusions. The Rural New-Youkkr 
is 4 to be continued,’ 4 and will (D. V.) be what 
we have promised, brighter and better than ever. 
And if its friends of the Press, and its Agents 
and Subscribers, continue the favors they are 
showering upon and promising us, the circula¬ 
tion of the Rural will be greatly increased du¬ 
ring the ensuing few months, and its influence 
and usefulness correspondingly augmented. 
RURAL NOTES AND OUERIES. 
The Right Talk. An Agent in Allegany Co., 
N. Y., writes, among other encouraging things, 
thus:— “I was fully satisfied that the Rural 
would be alive and ahead for 1874 before 1 re¬ 
ceived yours, as I had read an article which 
explained the whole matter. I regret, from the 
bottom of my heart, your misfortune, ami sin¬ 
cerely hope It muy only be temporary. I will 
work earnestly, faithfully and diligently for 
the continued success of the Rural, feeling 
(hat its success is yarn success, and that 1 may 
be, with thousand* of others, instrumental in 
bringing financial success to its Founder. 1 
think that I am safe in promising you 75 sub¬ 
scriber* next year in the place of 50 this,-In 
spite of hard times.’ 4 
— Such i* a specimen of many letters recent ly 
received, and for which wo tender the grateful 
j acknowledgments of an appreciating heart. 
We ask no charity -have refused to accept aid 
tendered foy.old friends—but do not. object to 
excrcl&c of influence in its behalf by those who 
believe In the Rural New-Yorker, and that 
it* circulation will prove beneficial. And we 
will here add, for the information of personal 
friend*, t ha t our correspondent is correct in his 
inference that helping the Rural will aid in 
‘bringing flnanciul success to its Founder." 
The Tcxns and Atlantic Refrigerator Com¬ 
pany and Term Heef.—This recently organized 
Company has successfully run its first through 
trip direct front Denison, Texas, to Jersey City, 
N. J. < >i> Saturday, Dec, 0, 120 carcases of 
dressed beef were offered for sale in t he tv bole- 
sale marls <>f this city, and were quickly dis¬ 
posed of at from fi’per pound. This 
meat waa in prime condition, full of nutri¬ 
ment, and quite a different class of article for 
human food to that generally quoted from 
Texas and which has arrived here on the hoof 
after a long and painful journey. This Com¬ 
pany propose to run a weekly train during tne 
months from October to February, inclusive. 
Their rate of travel will be 15 miles per 
hour, stoppages included. The quantity of ice 
needed for every car-load will be one ton, and 
the beneficial results to the public will be that 
the producer of beef will be brought nearer to 
the consumer, the buyer will purchase at re- 
duoed rates, and the Western farmer will ob¬ 
tain a better price for his produce. As the 
cattle trade stands at present, it is ruinous to 
all concerned in It, save to the retail butchers, 
who tire realizing rapid fortunes at the cost of 
sellers and buyers; alao, the beast* handled 
pass through too many hands, and the life, bo 
to speak, is taken out of the trade before it 
reaohes its legitimate end. When, the cost of 
beef on the Eastern seaboard shall have been 
reduced 10i&15 per cent, aud raised in Texas to 
the value of lOtjCJO per cent, the matter will 
stand more where It ought to, and the Western 
herdsmen will have money and stimulus to 
improve the quality of their cattle. Under the 
present system these men are crushed down 
by ignorance and a distant market; but as 
soon as Denison shall he only 4 days and 23 
hour* from New York city, much.of the trouble 
will be effaced; aud this moment is at. hand, as 
this trial trip was accomplished In 5 day* and 1 
hour; and that time was made under the diffi¬ 
culties of a new undertaking. So great are 
the obstacles to rapid transit for distant freight 
that it has consumed three years to combine 
the necessary arrangements; and now that ■ 
such have been accomplished, we trust West¬ 
ern stock owners will not be slow to avail them¬ 
selves of the advantages offered to them as 
producers and to us as consumers. 
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Object* or the Order or Patrons of Husbandry. 
—Mr. Wm. 8AUXDKRS, who Is, Justly we think, 
esteemed the originator of the Order, has been 
talking to a Washington correspondent, con¬ 
cerning the objects of the Order. This cor¬ 
respondent writing of the interview says:—The 
first remark he made to me. upon my referring 
to the great Interest tho public was taking in 
the Order of tho Grangers waa, that there was 
a gross misunderstanding in the popular mind 
a* to the main purposes of tho Order. Ho 
said it was generally supposed that it was an 
organization to Oght monopolies and to con¬ 
trol political action, but that, so far from this 
being the case, it was an organization of the 
Patrons of Husbandry for purposp* of simple 
education and business, for instruction in 
horticulture and agriculture, aud for economy 
and efficiency in their private transactions. 
--- 
Joseph Arch at Home.-Upon Mr. Joseph 
Arch's return to England ho was at once in¬ 
terviewed, and he made some astounding 
declarations. 44 1 intend to go on, 44 he said, 
44 until I havo drained the country 44 of agricul¬ 
tural laborers. This Is buncombe, Mr. Arcu! 
Mr. Arch Is evidently Intending to “make a 
good thing of his position a* “go between 44 
the Enirlish agricultural laborers and the far¬ 
mers of tho United States and Canada. He 
hopes to drain England of her agricultural 
laborers by Inducing Americans to pay for 
transporting thorn hither. Wo are quite sure 
t hat so far as our influence may gw, if English 
laborers want to come to this country they will 
pay their faro hither, and take their chances 
with other laborers in getting employment 
when they arrive. 
“New Needling Koolety.” — Our friend, old 
| “Daily Rural Life,” in another column of this 
paper, makes what seems to us an important, 
suggestion with reference to the organization, 
In different parts of tho country, of “Seedling 
Societies." Read what ho has to say about it 
in his 44 Diary.” We cannot, nor need we, add 
anything to his argument In favor of such a 
movement. Let our reuders Interested, tell us 
what they think of the proposal. 
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Mutual Aid Fund. In M iselssippl some of the 
Granges are establishing what they call a 44 Mu¬ 
tual Aid Fund,” by each member contributing 
as much cotton or cash each year, as he or she 
can spare, as a reserve means of mutual aid and 
protection. 
Exposure of l'rnnd always proves honesty to 
be the best policy. Since the exposure of tho 
adulterations of green teas in London, they 
have fallen in price amazingly—In some cases 
to the a mount of 15 and 20 cents per pound. 
RURAL BREVITIES. 
Cows are selling In Sout hern Ohio at $5 each 
on account of scarcity of food. 
Geo, N. Barrows, Taunton, Mass., asks 
where he can get Chufa seed, and at what price. 
We do not know. 
Til B next National Short-Horn Breeders’ Con¬ 
vention is to be held at Springfield, Ill., tho 
first Wednesday in December, 1874. 
A correspondent asks some one who has 
tried It successive years, w hether it is found 
profitable to feed all the grain produced upon 
a form on it. 
Don’t forget to send us items of experience, 
or inquiries that, will call out t he oxperieuce 
of others, upon topics concerning which you 
lack information. 
Pkof.H. E. Colton, Jate of the Agricultural 
Department of the New York Times, is, we 
notice, traveling in the South aud correspond¬ 
ing for that paper. 
Information from Central Illinois states it 
ha* been a bad year for broom corn producers 
thero, and many heavy cultivators are going 
out of the business. 
The cash proceeds from the Michigan Agri¬ 
cultural College farm the past year have been 
SR) per acre for that part cropped- How much 
of this is profit we arc not informed. 
From R. C. Gurney. 60 East 70th St. N. Y. 
City, we have received the magnificent Christ¬ 
mas and New Year* number* of the Young 
Ladles Journal,—an Euglish Fashion Magazine. 
P. Barry. President of the Centennial Horti¬ 
cultural Sooiety, states t hat they are busy pre¬ 
paring plans of grounds and buildings, and 
intend to have a 44 Horticultural and Pomolog- 
Ical Exhibition sueh as was never seen.” 
BUSINESS NOTICES. 
A Pnper for Yonng People. —The Youth’s 
Companion of Boston Is one of the most judicious 
and enterprising sheets In the country, and lu breadth 
of miscellaneous reurtlng has no superior. 
The unprecedented sale of the Eureka Machine 
Twist is accour.ed for from the fact that those who 
use it once will use no other. 
Doe* ihe storm keep you from the lecture? Do 
the winter evenings seem long? Ha ve the old games 
become worn and lost their freshness? Get now 
Avilude, or Game of Bird;. No game has so happy a 
combination of keen enjoyment in its play, with so 
much useful information conveyed by the beautiful 
pictures of Birds and their fine and correct descrip¬ 
tions. Sent, post-paid, for seventy-five cents, by 
West & LEE, Worcester, Mass. 
