PROCRESS AND IMPROVEMENT.” 
and the respect of bia neighbors. And we do 
not believe it is easy to find a thorough-going 
business man who, after the sober second 
thought, will not indorse our advice—keep out 
of debt! 
not over eighteen inches high, and they are kept 
erect in the rows by sticks or strings. This 
treatment produces fruit which ripens early, 
and is of excellent quality. 
$60 to $150 per acre. Our land Is better adapted 
for grass than grain growing. Most farmers fol¬ 
low a mixed system of culture. Hay, $15@20 per 
ton; wheat, $1.25; potatoes, 40®50c.; corn, 85c.; 
pork, $12 per hundred net; butter, 40®50c. per 
)b.; apples, fl@l.f>0 per bushel; winter grain 
suffers greatly from constant freezing and thaw¬ 
ing.— J. T. M. 
St. Charles, 111., Jan. 31.-October ofl860 was 
very cold-froze harder, I think, than I ever saw 
it for twenty-six years that I hare lived in 
Illinois, and kept on so. more or less of the time, 
until the 16th of November following, when 
snow fell about eight inches deep; but t he most 
of it disappeared, and some plowing was done as 
late as the 15th of December; but up to date I 
never saw a more steady, pleasant, mild winter 
in my life. If m.v memory serves, there have 
been only two days that the mercury has fallen 
below zero, up to date. No snow on the ground 
now. Very good wheeling, I think the frost in 
the ground, about one foot, has not been out 
since first freezing, in December. Prices low, 
excepting oats, which are worth 40 cents; corn, 
55 to75cents; wheat. 75 to80cents; pork $10.50 
to $13 per cwt.; butter 22 to S3 cents. Hired help 
very plenty, but hands want ns much per month 
as they did last, summer; they don't get it, nor 
do I think they will for the coming year.— Hugh 
Huls. 
Ije filibuster’s $esh 
AN ORIGINAL WEEKLY 
RURAL, LITERARY AM) FAMILY NEWSPATER. 
The Brooklyn Union.— Not fully satisfied with 
his success as publisher of the Independent, Mr. 
Henry C. Bowen lately purchased t he Brooklyn 
Daily Union, aud on the 1st inst. it appeared in 
new form, vastly improved, and vitalized with a 
quicker life. Gen. Stewart L. WoODYORD, 
Ox-Lieutenant -Governor of the State, is Editor- 
in-chief; and with a publisher of so much ex¬ 
perience, and such wide resource, as has Mr. 
Bowen, and tut editor so accomplished and able 
as is Gen. Woodford, the Union can but prove 
all its warmest friends may wish. 
Below we enumerate some thirty of the One Httn- 
dred nn<1 Fifteen Valuable, Useful and Ornamental 
Articles offered as Premiums to those who form 
Clubs for the Rural New-Yorker. The cnrlre list 
Is too long to give here, but ia published, with full 
particulars, In u Supplement which will bo sent free 
and post-paid to any Olio disposed to form a club. 
Every article offered Is genuine—the best of Us kind 
or class for the price specified—being procured direct 
from manufacturers or wholesale dealers. There 
Is yet time to form clubs for this year, nnd wo can 
still supply back numbers, or rubacrlptlons can begin 
ut any time. IIow many friendly readers will be¬ 
come working friends of the RURAL. thus securing a 
portion of our " (load Pay Jot Doing Good 1" 
Premiums, Term3, &c., for Vol. XXI. of Rural 
New-Yorker.-Open to All; No Competition: 
No. of No. of 
Prlco of tyibu rib- Rub»crll»- 
Preiiiiuin. rm At er« ut 
♦*.M. 
Chlekcrlng Plano. ffiOO TO) 500 ~ 
Prince & Co. Melodeon. 112 125 80 
Dodge Mower No. 1. no 175 ]oo 
Gold Watch (Am. Watch Co).. 100 TO) f)o 
‘‘ “ ” “ “ 75 125 75 
Silver •* •• “ “ 40 60 40 
“ “ “ “ .. 26 80 25 
Weed Sewing Machine..... CO 05 45 
Grover & Baker do. 65 60 40 
J/tmb Knitting Machine. CO C5 45 
Waterbary Clock, 3 Day. 12 20 12 
.. “ _ ", 1 Day. « 12 fl 
Moline P. P. Plow.. 25 40 25 
Gillins]&C"’sCiistC. S. Plow.. 25 40 25 
Universal Wringer.. 9 15 10 
Novelty “ . 0 15 10 
Silver-Plated Oistor. 15 20 15 
Fruit Basket... 15 20 15 
Table Spoons... 12 15 10 
Dining Forks... 13 15 10 
‘ “ Teaspoons. 6 10 6 
Webster s rinab'gd Dictionary 12 25 15 
“ Pictorial “ 6 10 8 
Poarl-Moiinted Album. 6 10 G 
Tiffin Horse Hake. 10 15 8 
Allen’s Cylinder Plow. 18 30 20 
Holbrook's Swivel Plow. 20 30 20 
Excelsior Cultivatin'. 60 80 GO 
Boys’Tool Chc»t(Goo, Pun).. 15 25 15 
Mllslcul Box, 4 tune. 25 40 26 
RURAL NOTES AND QUERIES, 
D. D. T. MOORE, 
Conducting Editor and Proprietor. 
CKAS. D. BRAGDON, G. F. WILCOX, A. A. HOPKINS, 
associate Editors. 
HENRY S. RANDALL. LL. D., 
Editor or run D*r»nrvrNT or Shxep IH.bisdbt. 
X. A. WILLARD, A. M„ 
Editob or tub Dusartwct of Dairy Husbakdbt. 
DANIEL LEE, M. D., 
Or Tknsemvk, Socmen.* CoicnA.ro> dixo Editob. 
REV. W. F. CLARKE, 
Editob or me Canadian DirAUTur.si. 
Touching Advertising In ihe Rural 
We have 
aforetime claimed, and still affirm, that, rates 
and circulation considered, the Rural New- 
Yorker is tbo best Advertising Medium of Its 
class on the Continent. And wo have of late 
received abundant testimony in support of this 
claim) in Idlers from extensive advertisers— 
some of which we may publish hereafter. As 
touching upon the subject, however, wo give 
the subjoined—trusting that its publication will 
cause our correspondent no further trouble, at 
least not until he produces another crop: 
SALEM. Oregon, Jan. 12th, 1870. 
Ed. lttniAi. New-Yorker Dear Sir: I In- 
Feed for nee*.— A correspondent asks If he 
shall feed sugar, sweet milk, or rye meal. I 
have no experience in feeding sweet milk, but 
can say that a sirupof good white sugar answers 
very well, indeed. Particulars have recently 
been given in (ho Rural. Eye meat, finely 
ground, unbolted or mixed with sawdust, may 
be fed to advantage early in the spring before 
pollen can be gathered from the flowers. Tbo 
bees will not bo likely to tnko It so well after a 
taste of pollen.— M. Quinsy. 
(Special Contributors i 
H JMB Dear Sir. OT 
close herein P. O. Money Order, for which ploiuso 
credit mo and continue sending ihe Komi, as 
heretofore. I mention an incident, highly com¬ 
plimentary to your paper and its circulation, 
although at my expense. In the UtruAbor Dec. 
11, I had a communication published In relation 
to the Oregon Wild Currant, proposing, without 
a thought of the consequences, to furnish seed 
of that shruh "tree of cost, ns long as toy sup¬ 
ply lusted, to nuy o)ie on application." Great 
Jerusalem! you ought to have seen the deluge 
of letters I received from nearly every State and 
Cunadu-Su tniiliy, in fact, it. Is physically impos¬ 
sible to answer (hem. 1 have had a circular let¬ 
ter printed ami will fill my pari of the contract, 
l>Ut will I in vc to wait, for another crop before 
the nprillounts can ho supplied bur. ihe next 
proposition of that kind 1 make will riot be 
made in the KnitAt, New-Yokkf.k. If I may 
be iMstrumeiibil, however, in introducing that 
beautiful shrub to the homes and gardens of 
those who will appreciate it as wo do here, I 
shall be amply compensated for the labor and 
expense incurred. Very truly yours. 
p. BA HUY, 
II. T. BROOKS, 
J. n. DODGE, 
F. R. ELLIOTT, 
HORACE GREELEY, 
J. STANTON GOULD, 
‘NOW AND THEN,” 
T. C. PETERS, 
CHAS. V. RILEY, 
E. W. STEWART, 
JAMES VICK, 
J. WILKINSON, 
MRS. E. V. El,LET, 
MARY A, E. WAOEU. 
TERMS, IN ADVANCE l 
SrnsrriiPTioN-Three Dollar* a Year. To Clubs 
and Agents, Five copies for $11; Seven, and one free 
to club agent, for $19: Ten. and one free, for $25-onl.v 
$2,50 per copy. As we pre-pay A morican postage, $2.70 
J* the lowest Club i ate to Canada nnd $8.50 to Europe. 
Tho best way to remit I* by Draft or Post-Office 
Money Order.—and «JI Draft* and Orders made pay. 
■Rile to the Publisher may nr. mailed at ris risk. 
AlivitrtTISlNft - Inside. 75 cents per line. Agate 
space: uiitHiiio.fi per line. Km Kara Display and 
Luts, a price nnd a half. Special and Business .Suttee* 
Charged according to position. No ml vim usement in¬ 
serted for less than $3. 
Bees Starving In Monroe Co.— Mr. HOLLIS 
Daggett of Monroo CO., N. Y,, says many of the 
bees In his section arc starving—that not over 
one-tenth of them will survive the winter with¬ 
out feeding, and adds that they can be easily and 
cheaply saved -especially if In movable comb- 
hives-by feeding them iheslrup of coffee sugar, 
lie is feeding liis bees lu this way, taking out tho 
combs and filling them. When tho sirup is put 
in the comb It should be as warm os milk when 
Brat drawn from t he udder. 
INDUSTRIAL SOCIETIES. 
Norfolk, Vn„ Hori. nnd Pom. Poe,—At n recent 
meeting of this Society tho following officers 
were elected: Ibeg.-G. F. R. Leighton. Vice 
Pret'tt.— Gen. Riehiml L, Page and K. W. Lctno- 
aey. E-q. See. nnd Tiro*.—John D. Ghiselh). Car. 
See-— Col. J. Richard Lewrllrn. 
The following officers of ihe American Borno¬ 
logical Society were elected honorary members: 
Hon. Marshall P, Wilder of Mass., President; 
Thomas P. J nines. Treasurer, Pennsylvania ; F. 
R. Elliott ot Ohio, Soercbiry; P. Hairy, Chair¬ 
man of Fruit Committee. New York. 
President Leighton road a Inter from Gen. 
Horace CapkOn, Commissioner of Agriculture, 
dated Washington, Doe-SOtlu, 1869. in reply to a 
letter from this Society, asking a repeal of the 
duty oil seed pens. The Commissioner stales 
that ilie reduction cannot he laid nt the present 
lime, and advises our truckers to purchase their 
seeds as far North as possible, to save the duty 
imposed upon the Imported article. He con¬ 
cludes by saving fhnt tho Boston seedsmen have 
their seeds raised in Vermont, near ihe Omudian 
line, and thus save the duly of thirty per cent., 
ami gain all the advantages of those grown ill 
Canada. 
The Dan dee t!Y. Y.) Union A*. *oc. hns elected 
Ihe following board officers for 1870: Prcs.—J. 
Elbiudok Gang. X r icc-Prcs. Win. C. Swarts. 
Treat.— Geo. I 1 . Lord. Sec.— W. H, Kinney. Di¬ 
rectors—A. A. Post, Starkey; R. Itotiaim, Bur¬ 
lington ; C. M. Morrlman, Bradford; P- Swartli- 
out, Lodi; J. H. Hall, Cuyuta; Miles G. Knplee, 
Milo. Mr. Gang, mid most of the other officers, 
are re-elected — u Just tribute to their merit ami 
enterprising management. The Society i<* in a 
prosperous condition, "with a snug little sum in 
the treasury," although llie weather was very 
unfavorable during the days ol its last annual 
exhibition. _ 
St. Lawrence Co., N. V., Ag. Sop. have chosen 
the following officers for the ensuing year: 
K. Miner, Cutiton. Ftoc-Prcs’/k — A Ilea 
Whipple. Parishvllle; Ixiren Pike. Itoseie; Rich¬ 
ard Harrison. Waddlngton : W. J. Barmnn. Pots¬ 
dam ; W. G. Barnhart. Maasena. Andrew Tuck, 
Lisbon : CharlesN. Conke.v- Canton : T. 8. (lark- 
son. Potsdam; T. L. Harrison, Canton ; A. A. 
Hall. Norfolk; John C. Fisher, Madrid; A. B. 
James. Ogden'.lung. Treat. - H. D. fiacluider. 
SeO. —Geo. Robinson. Svp't.— B. A. Sykes, Re¬ 
ceipts, $0,542,05; balance on hand, $2,213.09. 
North III. Ilort. 8<»e.— At the recent annua^ 
meeting of this Society at Dixon, III., the fol¬ 
lowing officers were elected for the ensuing 
year: Pica.— Samuel Edwards, Lamoille. Vice- 
Prcs'tB—l). C. Schofield, Elgin; J. G. Buhach, 
Princeton; Lewis Ellsworth, Nnplorvillc; E. G. 
Mygutt, Richmond; Edgar Sanders. Chicago. 
Cor. Sec.—D. Wllu ot Scotl. Galena. Bee. Secs— 
Chas. Andrews, Marengo; II. L). Emery. Chicago. 
I. K. Moores, 
Canada Thistle Seed In AIslUc Clover Seed.— 
A Western correspondent sends us u sample of 
Alslko clover seed which was purchased In 
Canada, which contained foul seed, lleaslcs if 
any of the foul seed is Canada thistle seed. In 
the package sent, us wc found three or four 
Canada thistle seeds. Our prairie readers should 
bo cautious about importing this pest. It will 
require great vigilance to avoid It. 
Eastern Virginia Fruit*.—We observe that the 
Norfolk Journal notices a very handsome Silver 
Medal awarded to Mr. G. F. B. Leighton. Presi¬ 
dent of the Norfolk Horticultural mid Borno¬ 
logical Society, for his exhibition of Virginia 
Pcnre at Boston, by (he Massachusetts Horticul¬ 
tural Society, The Journal says: 
Till* is the first medal for fruits given to tho 
South since the war; but the earnestness with 
which our people are entering Into I heir culti¬ 
vation olenrly indicates that it shall not be tho 
last. So fur Mr. L. leads tho vau in this good 
work. 
The pears exhibited at. Boston by Mr. Leigh¬ 
ton are the same that won the first premium at 
the show of the Pennsylvania Society at the time 
of tho meeting of Hie American Pomologicnl 
Society m Philadelphia. In a note to us some¬ 
time since, Mr. Litre ijton mys: 
“There U no good reason why Eastern Vir¬ 
ginia may riot, become the fruit garden of Amer¬ 
ica. Fifteen bushels of Duchess pears wereseut 
from t his county that averaged sixty-four pears 
to the bushel; and although offered on New 
York mnrkcl nt a time when peaches were in 
full blast, not a bushel sold for less ibnu $9. Out 
of nn orchard of 5,000 trees, not twenty-five have 
been lost from blight or disease. In fact, out of 
2,500 Duchess, not one has been lost*, and only 
one UurtJeti out of 800. The strawberry crop of 
1809, Id Ihe surroundings of Norfolk, foots up 
about three quarts,against ono million 
111 1308." 
Our only requirement as to new subscribers is 
that one-fourth or each club drawing a Premium 
shall bo nkw— tliut i», persons who (11(1 not take the 
Rural during the whole of lt>09. 
PUBLISHER'S SPECIAL NOTICES. 
Now Clubs — Subscription* Increasing, — 
Every Agent and other friend of tho Rural is re¬ 
minded that It. Is yet In season to form new clubs for 
this volume, as wc eau furnish back numbers to all 
desiring them. Now, therefore, is the time to start 
new, and make additions to present clubs. And 
many are doing tht»-for our dally receipts, which 
foil off somewhat a week or two ago, are increasing— 
showing the augmenting popularity of the Rural, 
and also Indicating that money (which has boon very 
scarce in many parts of tbo country) is becoming 
easier. Be that, ns It. may our receipts ure Increas¬ 
ing, nnd we Invite nil to aid in swelling tho aggro* 
gate—thereby enabling us to furnish a still bettor 
paper. Friends, If you will "push things" we shall 
soon have more than that coveted hundred thousand 
mall subscribers. 
Pica so Don’t Remit by Express— or. If yon 
do, pay charges-for it Is not pleasant for ns to Invest 
from 50 cents to $1 or more for the transmission of a 
single subscription, or oven of clubs.at ourlow rates. 
It Is mttoh cheaper, and quito as safe, to *ond by 
Draft. P. 0. Money Order, or Registered Lottcr-and 
remittances by either Of these modes may bo mado 
at OCR risk. " Please reform it altogether." 
SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 12,1870. 
The Lop-Eared Hobbits, whose portraits we 
{Five In our issue of Jan. 29, were, by a mistake 
of our reporter, named us belonging to J. Stan¬ 
ton Gould ; whereas they actually belonged to 
Thomas Gould, Aurora, N. Y., who ha* received 
from ihe New York State Poultry and Now York 
State Agricultural Societies twenty-two premi¬ 
ums oil lop-eared rabbits alone. 
RUNNING IN DEBT FOR LAND 
The Country Cheese .Market, —Our readers 
will find tho Country Cheese Market, prepared 
for i bo Rural by X. A. Willard, on the mar¬ 
ket page. It Is not always practicable to present 
ft in ibo Dairy Department ; accordingly wo 
shall hereafter place If. on tho market depart¬ 
ment, where it properly belongs. 
drouth, tornadoes, floods. &c., &c., demngin , his 
caleuiafIons and impeding Ills progress, until ho 
is often Impelled to give up in despair. There 
are men whocitn surmount every jbstncloand 
defy discouragement - these, need i a advice; but 
there are thousands who, Imvltigjittlo means and 
largo fulfil h os, can grow into n good farm more 
easily and far more surely than they eau pay for 
it; and these may wisely seek homes wbero 
population Is yet sparsoand hind i*consequent ly 
Cheap. And, while I would ndvlso no man lo In¬ 
cur debt, I ray most earnestly to all wlio haVo 
means, * Look out tho place where you would 
prefer to live and die; tuko time to suit yourself 
thoroughly; ebooso It with reference to jour 
means, your calling, your expectations, and, If 
you can pay for it, buy It.” 
Wc know there arc men who succeed by run¬ 
ning in debt; but wo know whore ono succeeds 
nlno fall after struggling, pinching and twisting 
to make both ends moot, and pay the Interest on 
the debt incurred. If a man wants to own a 
farm and hopes to realize tbo moans to do so 
from the soil, by bis labor and skill, lot him rent 
land; lot film take farms on Shares; let him 
place liis knowledge and labor against other 
men’* capital. Theopportunitles for thus start¬ 
ing In life are many; and what In. accumulates 
goes to makeup his principal and not to pay tho 
interest on a debt which is gnawing the vitality 
out. of his life and t hat of hi* family. 
Keep out of debt ! Save a per cent, of what you 
earn—no matter how small; and tho accumula¬ 
tions resulting will soon enable you to own what 
you desire without having had u dependent mo¬ 
ment or fooling. It is tho surest and swiftest 
way to success. You are in the power of no man, 
nor under the control of tiny sot of circum¬ 
stances. You come mid go without being de¬ 
pressed liy the conscious burden of obligation lo 
bo discharged. No restraint holds you ; there is 
no halting In your calculations because of semi¬ 
annual interest due. You know your resources 
and not accordingly. One must learn to swim 
ton foot before ho can cross the stream. One 
had bettor own and know how to manage fivo 
acres profitably t han run in debt and attempt lo 
pay for fivo hundiod. It Is easier to extend the 
area of ownership, after the foothold Is secure, 
than to try to occupy nud use a large area with¬ 
out capital. 
It is ouoof Ihe curses of American agriculture 
that agriculturists aro in debt for more land 
than they can use from lack of capital. It has 
more to do with Ihe cry of "hard times," an¬ 
nually than any other cause. It is next to want 
of intelligent economy, tho groat fault of tho 
American farmer, that lie buyB what he cannot 
puj* for nnd voluntarily enslaves himself and 
family. To be in debt is, to nn honest man, the 
worst kind of slavery. It binds him with Iron 
bands and rivets Ids bonds with steel. He 
struggles in bonds as long as he la in debt. It is 
as oppressive lo him as the edict of Pharaoh was 
to the Israelites that thej* should make brick 
without straw. 
I-ot every young man who reads the Rural 
believe that it knows just what it is talking 
about when it advises him not to run in debt for 
anything whatever under any circumstances. 
For both observation and experience hav e com¬ 
bined lo teach this lesson nnd enable us to com¬ 
prehend its importance tn every man who de¬ 
sires peace of mind, independence, self-respect, 
How to LW the Rural in School,—Will 6omo 
teacher who uses the Rural New-Yorker buc- 
eessfullly In school tell us through the Rural 
how it 1* managed? What portions aro road, 
and If read by a whole chocs, or only by one or 
two, and oblige a—T eacher. 
Bach Numbers of this Volume will fie sup¬ 
plied to all now subscribers, or renewals, for *ome 
weeks to come, unless wo arc otherwise ordered, so 
that all may hare the complete volume for reference 
and binding. Hence those who have delayed lo send 
early—on account of the temporary scarcity of 
money In tliolr respective localities, or for other 
causes—can still bo supplied. Anticipating a large 
Increase of circulation—which Is being realized—we 
have thus far printed a Heavy extra edition, and win 
therefore promptly respond to all orders until It Is 
exhausted. Agents nnd Intending subscribers will 
please note this, and send on their orders according¬ 
ly—hut the sooner the safer. 
Excellent Grope* nml Native Vines, — W© arc 
Indebted to the Pleasant Valley Wine Co., (by 
C. I). Cn AMPf.tN, Secretary, Ilatmoondsport, N. 
Y.,) for a liberal supply of Catawba Grapes of 
good flavor nnd very finely preserved. Also, for 
samples of Carle Blanche (Champagne) and other 
birui.Is of wine manufiietured by the Company. 
At a recent sitting of a “tasting committee" 
familiar with best wines, the above were pro¬ 
nounced extra, especially the Carte Blanche, 
which was declared superb- 
— Our acknowledgments arc also due to Mr. 
G. W. Black all, ot Kittiells, N. C., for samples 
of bath dvy and sweet Sou ppevnong Wine, which 
were tustod, discussed and approved by mem¬ 
bers of the afore**id committee. We accept 
Mr. B.’s kind invitation to call when wo "next 
pass down South,” as we wish to oco and learn 
more about tbo celebrated Scuppernong grape 
and wine. 
Cheap Faint.— 1 The Ohio Iron Paint Company 
is respectfully* informed that tho communica¬ 
tion in answer to an inquiry in tho Rural 
about cheap paint can only find place iu our 
columns as au advertisement. 
To Baltic Cabbage or Turnip Plants, CnAUNCEY 
IIungerford says, “ Sow in boxes three feet 
high ; water when you wash, aud tho black fleas 
will uot find them." 
East Kennebec, Me., Ag. and Uorl. Soe.-Offi- 
ccrs elect Tor 1870: Pres.— A. II. Abbott. Vice- 
Pra>(*.—Stephen F. Pierce, Windsor; W. S. 
Greely, Palermo. Trustees .—John Reed. Zcnns 
Perolval, China ;C. B. Wellington, and Everett 
Crommcft, Albion • Samuel Norton, and Edward 
Osgood. Palermo; Horace Colburn, and Daniel 
Vintng, Windsor; Levi Turner, mid Joslnb Bruce, 
Somerville; Warren Perclvul,Vassalboro; H. N. 
Dennu, Liberty._ 
Woolen Manufacturer*’ AsmocIiiIIoii of the 
Northwe»t. Tbo third annual meeting ol* this 
Association Is lo be held at the Tremonl House, 
Chicago, Feb. 17. The clecilon of officers, loca¬ 
tion of tbo next Annual Exposition, and tho 
subject of enlarging the scope nt the organiza¬ 
tion so ns to include manufacturers ol cotton, 
silk, flux nnd hemp, comprise the business to be 
tmiisuetod, _ 
Huilnnd Co., Vt \g. Foe.—Officers for current 
year: Pres. — L. H. Kellogg, Bciisoii. Vice- 
Pn's'ts II. K. lAtthrop, Fittsford: S. 1). Tnwns- 
hend, Wallingford. Sec.—Henry Clark, Rutland. 
2V«w-—A. D. Smith. Dauby. 'lYustcea— J. W. 
Crumpton. Hot land; l’orier Benson, Clarendon ; 
'A. Nearing, Brandon; also a Director for each 
town in the county. 
THE SEASON, 
A Special Itcqucsr. — Wo frankly ask all its 
friends to aid In oxtenaing the circulation and use¬ 
fulness of the Rural. Thoua-ml* of Its old sub¬ 
scribers aro already doing this, nnd wo trust tho 
hosts who are Joining Its standard in all parts of tho 
country will do us and their neighbors tho favor so 
introduce tho paper to notice and support tn their 
respective localities. Friends, please show your 
neighbors and acquaintance* tho Model Rurul, Lite¬ 
rary und family Newspaper, and Invite them to sub¬ 
scribe. Though our daily receipts probably largely 
exceed those of any other Weekly in America there 
is still room on our books for more imd Now <* the 
Time to make Additions. 
[Tus dnt*!l« M rsffxrdi S«iu.o» »tnl Crop* »r« now ci minor Import¬ 
une. But It ii of linporMltc* to Turmoil to know til* prloM piiia for 
t»nn produce ill ovor tin Ruirat- PiirUli, (iiee ut briefly, then, title 
winter, each home concerning tin, «*Aa<m mid teinnernture no m»y be 
of InLerntL, wul oepecUlly the prlec* piild for oil kind* of Itirm "i>ro- 
dtieo, imd inch bate m to the etock on Imnd M mny bo reliable, 
—Run. ru tuL.) 
Flint, Wlrh., Jnn. 23. —Winter open, ground 
bare; wheat, poor show for coming crop; grain 
plenty nml low,except corn, which was about 
intlf a crop. Potatoes, plenty and cheap. Apple*, 
good crop but more than hull' lost by (he freeze 
iu October.—?, j. ii. 
Norih Madlnon. Lake Go., O., Jnn. 26.—Win¬ 
ter commenced curly; not much snow; a good 
deal of rain. Crops good, except corn. Wheat 
worth, $1.00.f5l l’>: outs, 40c.; genuine Norway 
selling at $ 2 . 005 v 1.00 per bushel. Potatoes, 25@40c., 
hay, $10® 15 per ton; butter, 25®30e.; eggs, 30c.: 
cows $40®100 cash. Apples, a poor crop lathis 
section- Farms $400100 per acre. ii. l. 
Greeiiaburgli, Trumbull Co., O., Jan. 31.—We 
lmvo had no severe eoid weather. Plenty of 
ruin, but little sleighing. Cheese is selling nt 14 
©18c.; butter, 20o.; eggs, 25c.; wheat, $1.25@L30; 
outs, 45@50c.: corn, $1; potatoes, 50c.; hay, $10® 
15 $ ton. Good dairy farms can be bought for 
from $35 to $60 per acre. Our winter grain looks 
middling well, though the fall was uot favorable 
for it.-TRUMUuLU 
Cluyavillc, Washington Co., Pa., Jan. 31.— 
The crops of the post season in this section were 
very good. Somo corn remains yet in the field 
unhusked on account of cold weather selling in 
earlier than usual. Tho fruit crop was about 
an average one. Wheat, 80 lo 90c.; com, 60 to 
63c.; oats, 33c;.; buckwheat,$1.00; potatoes, 50c.; 
butter, 28 to 30e.; eggs, 25 to 30c.; pork. $12 cwt. 
Weather has boon unusually mild for somo days. 
Seems very much like spring, some of tho 
farmers have commenced plowing.— J. s. k. 
Rockford, III., Jan. 31. — The winter 80 far 
has not been very severe. But little 6now has 
fallen during the past month. Crops h.*ive all 
been well secured. Wheat, 50@80e. per bushel; 
corn, old, COe.; new, 4lc.; oats, 32e.; rye. 56c.; 
barley, 30@40e. Beef, $(>5>S per cwt. dressed; 
pork, dressed, $l()@10.50 per cwt. Flour, $4.75 
per bid. Cheese, factory, 107517c. per lb.; dairy, 
12(S13e.: butter, 26c.; eggs, 30c. per doz. The de¬ 
mand is light, and stocks ample. Money scarce 
and marriages depressed— .1. d. P. 
Sewickly, Allrgltony I’o., Pn„ Jnn. 28.— 
January commenced very changeable in this lo¬ 
cality. On tho 2d wo had a heavy snow storm; 
then a few days cold and clear; on the 6th, heavy 
rains; the 8th was our coldest day lids winter; 
the 11th, ruin; very ohangeahlo until the 17th, 
when we had a heavy thunder and lightning 
storm ; tho last week wa» very pleasant spring 
weather. Farms with improvements sell from 
Fine Pear*,—Wc are under special obligations 
to Messrs. Kli.wanger & Barry, of the famous 
Mt. Hopo NtirsurJes,Rochester, N. Y., for a most 
delicious treat in the l'onn of well grown, melt¬ 
ing'and luscious Winter Pears of several choice 
varieties. They wereseut as "regrets" on the 
oceH-sfon of a cerium Rural Anniversary, and 
were ihe most toatr-ful “regrets'* we ever 
received jet, though appreciated by many 
present, did not atone for tho necessary absence 
of ihe Proprietors of Ihe most extensive Nurse¬ 
ries In America. 
No. 41 Park Row, New York City, Is tho 
locattm of the principal Publication Office of tho 
'Rural Nicw-YouKicit,and all Business Letters, Ac. 
should he addressed to 
D. D. T. MOORE. 
No. 41 T*u.rl£ How, Now York. 
Agents and others will please note this address. 
Ttnlirond Fact*.—Sometime since we called for 
facts bearing upon the management ol railways 
and their exactions from the people. A. Ei^ 
DRIDGtt, Jr.. Cambridge, N. Y., (on the Rutland 
branch of (Im Rensselaer and Saratoga Railroad,) 
writes that sometime during the war n certain 
Senator from that county got a bill through l he 
Legislature allowing t he Rensselaer and Sarato¬ 
ga and Troy and Boston roads to raise their 
passenger tariff. “ Since that time we have paid 
five cents p©r mile fare on Mils road, while 
through travel goes over it for three cents per 
mile. A paper before me says Hie Rensselaer 
and Sarutoga Railroad reports profits for I860 at 
$300,000. Is it not tame the road should abide by 
the State luw, and curry local passengers at throe 
ccuts per mile?" 
Darlington (Oat.) Ag. 8ne.—The followinggen- 
tlctncn were elected officer* of the Society for 
tho present year: Pres. II. Elliott, Jr. Vice- 
Win. Windutt. Sec. and Trcae.— H. Win- 
dntt. Directors a. S. Shaw, T. T. Coleman, W. 
Clemens, Thos. Ward, B. D. Foley, O. Awdo, Geo. 
Mitcbcii, Wm. Lcask. Robt. Boith. 
IIow to Remit.— The best way to remit for clubs, 
as we have often a La led, Is by Draft. If $20 or over, 
send by draft, as there Is no risk. For aiviller 
amounts It la host to send by P. O. Money Order but 
if you cannot do that, send In Registered letter,, di¬ 
rected to D. D. T. MOOK15. 41 Park Row, New York. 
The If urn I ri* a Present.—Our readers are re¬ 
minded that iu all canes where a Subscriber sends the 
Rural New-Yorker to a relative or friend, as n 
present, we only charge the lowest club rate—$2.50 a 
year. Tho lowest price for copies thus sent to Oanu* 
da 1 b $2.70 and to Europe $3.50. 
Geneva, N. Y,, Ilort. See.— The following are 
announced as the officers for 1870: Pres.— J. B. 
Jones. Vfc6.Ptw.-E. A. Bronson. Pec. Sec — 
Dr. Merrcll. Car. Sec.— Geo. 8. Obnuovor. Treas. 
—S. N. Ant lion j*. Llbmrlcm—E. A. Wood. Ex. 
Com.— E. W. Herendoen, J. 8. Seers, S. Willard. 
Additions to Clubs arc always in order, whether 
tn ones, twos, lives, tens, or any other number. A 
host of people are dropping oilier papers about these 
days, and our Agent-Krlends should Improve every 
occasion to secure such as recruits for the Rural. 
Winona, Minn., Ag. Roe —Officers for 1870: 
Pita.— 11. D. Morse, Winona. Sec.—John Wil¬ 
son, Winunu. On. Sec.—J. J. Randall. Winona. 
Treas.— J. H. Lock, Stock inn. Ex. Cam.— W. 8, 
Drew, 8. D. Putnutn. A. P. Foster, Wm. Beals, O, 
M. Lord, W. K. Bates, Stephen Eldridge. 
Howto Help the Rural.— There are numerous 
ways in which Its Mends can aid In circulating the 
Rural. First, show tho paper, or talk to your 
friends ahont It. or both. Get up a club, or aid some 
friend to do so — or Induco your P. M. to act as agont. 
Essay Rending at Farmers’ Clubs. —Wo notice 
tho Germantown Telegraph is “down on" Es¬ 
say reading aud similar formalities at meetings 
of farmers. So aro wo, unless tho esstiys are 
practical, contain (In*, experiences of the writers, 
and are mealy with facts and figures. Brief es¬ 
says of this sort “ break the ice," and set farmers 
talking concerning the subject matter, pro and 
Con. And It is wise for men who practice to 
loam to state their prueiioe systematically. Wc 
hate liil'ftlutln; but we do like* well considered, 
unadorned opinions and facts from practical 
men. 
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Tomatoes In France.In France the gardeners 
cutoff the stems of the tomato plants down to 
the first cluster of flowers which appear on 
them, Ihuslnipelllngtlic sup Into the buds below 
tho cluster. When these appear, the branch to 
which they belong Is topped down to their bud, 
and this is done fivo times successively. By this 
means the plants become stout dwurf bushes 
Lenox, N. Y., Farm, ond Mtrh. Aas'il — Tho 
following are the officers for 1870: Pres.—G. L. 
Walrath. Vlce~l'reA'tH—D. P. Lamb.G. N. Tack- 
abury. Sec — E. F. Lewis. Treat. —T. F. Hand. 
Ex. Com —John Barrett, C. Smith, J. Ingles, C. 
It. Bushnell, Wm. Tuttle, J. S. Ullord. 
Form Clubs Now 1 And if you. Reader, cannot 
form one. Join with or help a neighbor or friend to 
accomplish tho laudable object. Don't wait until 
Other and Inferior papers occupy flu- Held. “The 
early bird "—you know the rest. 
Glen Spring Formers’ totih, Yntr* Co.. Y.— 
Officers for 1870: I Yes.—G. Goundry. Him rod. 
Sec.— G. I). Baker, Himrod. Treas. and Lib.—W. 
W. Buxton. Milo Center. Ex. Cam. J. F. Rey¬ 
nolds, 8. 8. Scott, G, D. Davis, G. Eldrigo and w. 
W. Muuncy. _ 
Adrian, Midi., Ilortlciiliiirnl Society.- Pits.— 
J. H. Carey. Vice Pres.— F. H. Conan I. Sec.— 
.1. W, Holme. Treat. —A. Sigler. Librarian- A. 
Sigler. Ex. Com.— W. Owen, O. W. Loud, N. Van 
Brunt, G. B. Siayt, W. dement, B. W. Steere. 
Our Premiums. — Agents entitled to Premiums 
are requested to designate what they prefer (In cases 
where they have u choice) and notify us how and 
where to send- whether by Freight, or Express, nnd 
tho name of Station or Office. 
Show Bills, Specimen Numbers, &c., sent 
free to all applicants. If yon want such documents. 
Ictus know and tlioy will be forwarded. 
Inwn Stair Fair.—The next fair of the Iowa *j 
State Agricultural Society will be held at Keokuk I 
the third week iu September. YJ 
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— Fornotioes of various other Industrial So- F 
No Traveling Agents are employed by us but 
any person so disposed can act ils Local Agent, on 
Ills or her own authority, und seeuro premiums, etc. 
