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BOOKS ON RURAL AFFAIRS, 
8 ent f post-paid, to any Part of the Union. 
As the season advances thousands of our readers 
must be preparing for active operations In Field, 
Orchard, Garden, the ao-to-speak practical war¬ 
fare of the ensuing Spring and Summer. And as 
many of these would he benefited by consulting, if 
not carefully studying, manuals and books devoted 
to certain branches and tpedalUe* of Husbandry* 
wo direct, attention to the subjoined Hat of works ou 
AG HIC U LT t * HE, liOHTICtThTCIlE, At*.* For tlin 
accommodation of our readers, pear and di.Mant, wo 
have a Depository of Books at each of the Publica¬ 
tion Offices of the Hcbal New-Yorker, and can 
furnish most of the works on Rural Affairs Issued by 
American and European publishers, at the lowest 
retail prices. Below we enumerate a portion of the 
works we can siipply* with the price at which each 
will be sent, post-paid, to any section of our National 
domain-including the Pactflc States and Territories, 
Alaska, Ac.; 
LIST or BOOKS AND PRICES. 
Allcu\ Am. Farm Hook. . > 1,50 Lloblg** Modem Agriculturo . 1,00 
lx>. Now Am. Farm Hook —$,50 MhihiaI of Aertruliure, (Ein- 
Ro. Diitikac* of poimalit Ah - prvuii am! Flint) .. .. ,f ,$5 
Uni*.. . 1,00 MAOUftl on blux and Httnijt 
I>o» TUir»l AruliUcrtore.,**•• 1»60 Culture .... 
A:rD ri--nn bird K.tnrlnr... iSt# Muntml of Tobacco Culture.. 30 
AmcrivHii Pomology ( 2 U 0 IIJill- Muvliuitlp Practical liook- 
treitlon* .S ,00 Ko^injr(Silvio uudPoubl* 
Sb« t. v i ». 1 .:>-j.K Rntry- 
Kilt<*).. . h 0 Arrniinl Hooka (to 
Aa»orIoui* Kom CuliurUt. ... 30 go wifli vlu nbove. 1,50 
An \\ or 4 * and LtoikI riOiitt/ 1,75 Po, Key (to go Wllh fttoY*).. 90 
/\t l.iftw.turo (Cntomiu*:* A Milm on lloiWt Font (clotii) 75 
MilK i) 882 iJMljjiii ami '14 Modern Cookury, bv Miaa Ac;- 
niir.IrnMoitt .. 10 , 00 * toil and Mn & .1 tUio.. 1,60 
Bonnliful I-rmved IM.mte (f.on- Motuiiiiontn! — 159 
don tldiliuti) 60 colon'll Ul». 9 , 0 ti| |»)itW« ntnl ilmfeii*.j 0 ,<IO 
Hid- Kel- 1 ..mV Text Hook, Pupfii 4 o.My Vluu^iiid »u ijuhvvlvw. .. 1,56 
Po, (Minim). 76 jS'nrt»mV ICIomoiiM Solon t 111 * 
Qoutoul'a Poullrrur'aCotnimn* AjctKulliini,., 75 
t‘ii »150 111 u»tration*). 2 /io|flnluu Cithuro. vo 
Pa. l{.il,Kit rntiH- r . Fn-m. t.f Kour Acre*. !W 
plrv*\ ftiutphorry Cnlturn. ... *M 1 'nmoiu on (lie Koto,,....... 1 .V 5 
Jjrock'* Book of Flower*(uA»v)l 4 7 *ii I'uaL ami ila L<»ra . 1 ,V 5 
llnd/onmn’t U*rdonor’» Aw'itf.&O I'vddct'i J.ainl Mvanuro. 
HiimI'h Fatully Kitc-bmi Gnr* | PliwUmn I Idwcmi. , .. . .. 1,50 
tlemir. . 1*00 Prai.'itcal nml Srloirtlftf Fruit 
Do. Flower . 1 , 50 ; Culture (Butcn. 4,00 
Cnrpm»trtr*» tlntcMionk tnw) 7 r. f'nu tl.ul SiirpImM f|(nridaUi. 5,00 
C<»l«'a AiimrUau Fruit Book., 7 f# I'tacLi'ul Stair buililtir i.'iOorij: 
Cole’i American Vourlimrluu 75 iitnl plui<»). . 10,00 
CopelaOiTf Country 1*1 fe, UifO tfuinl.y'% of live* 
f#p., Vhi) enjrrariiijca. ,. .. . 5 , 00 ' Krutpitif:... t, 50 
Cntlou Fiaitliir'aManual(Tur* iQihid y on Soiling ( aulc. 1,35 
nur).. ..... 1,50 Itubblt l r unfU*T. So 
Cnltlvotlon of NaUv* 6 rn|H *9 ItmioV Uardon I tow or a-. 3,00 
and Manufacture of Amuri- iUniicIkII'a F<ihi Wool Him 
can Winn. .-..-. 1,50 bandfy. . 1,00 
Palm'* Muck Manual.. 1,26 Pa. $beep IJuabandry lu tUe 
lbold'i Modem H«ir*e Doctor, 1,60 4 atit.Ii.. 1,50 
1 >a, Ao.crican C illlv Dticfcor.. I^# 4 I Rickardsrn on ll.c I>«)^.. WO 
Darwin"* AniiiinKnnd PIlMtU.O.On RUur*' Miniature Fruit Giir- 
Poivnhi/'nCott-tifc lU^Ole&ccVs.on «len ,... . . . . ....... 1,00 
Do, UhhImuT'O OnoImiIiih . -, 6,60 Siuindnr* un Pmiltni (Ijjria,),. 40 
Drainage for rrofll Mid I Unit |i 1,50 Solit'iui’a GHnU'iiJra* TorU 
Fimlwood't Cmnliwrtv Ciillurr 75 . Bunk. .. 76 
Evunbody bl» (*wn UiwyeT.. |,V5 *rr|hrjer'« Prndrir* Tittd.v* 50 
Farm Prninogeill F French). 1 , 6(1 Po. Heady Kc<knmir mid I.cg 
Field 4 * f>ar Culture.l,l' 4 i Book. 80 
FIagg> Rurnpiuiu VlnoyMfda. 1,60 Ullvor'anow |v,ultry Book (TO 
Flint on (IntiUc*. 3 , 50 ! llluftmtlona). .. 50 
Do. Milch Cow* and Dairy |$<|nn*h«'*. (i*ro;.Urv). . 80 
Farming.t, 60 ]Sie»*arl , i (J.dm i Stable Book. 1,50 
Fruit 1 >.•. * of Am*r'iCA. .l, 6 u Ten Atrcr ICnontrb ....... 1 ,ftu 
Fullet** llbis. Strawberry Cul- I The Arm«r|can IIdivj. Carpen* 
turlftl*. ....... . 30 ter (Jlut 0 «M>). 8,50 
Do. Fort**! Trim Cnlturi*l ...l.fn Tli« Barn-V:» d. •* Manual- 1,00 
Do. Small Fruit*,(llluitratod) 1 , 5 m,T bt jlayK if KveUTTC^n® .. 8,00 
Carden'.ng fur Profit, . .. 1,60 Tba Ikaton MucblnltV (FiU- 
0 *rr.liu'« fiiiHry Hfentlujr— giralA,. ......... . 75 
UonunoMid Point > f View. 1,26 Fhe Farm,(with ilhmlriiliona)!j 00 
Grrgt* CaltmU»,(A 8 Fullor).), 50 , fhe Farnjcr"* Journal *.nd Ac- 
Guenon on Mf|rli Cow *751 rount Hook..$|, 0 ), $. 1 , 5(1 
Htrrin'n Ini.-'*.. 4 , 0 l* Thfi FruiUniid Fruit Tun** of 
With Cotovis] Enjp*vlnu 5 . . 0 ,u 01 Amorim (Downing).H,t »0 
HtnU to Horao Kevptirr (llwr- fbo Golden, a Mnnunl, . 1,00 
liert 4 *). ... 1,76 Th» IHpa in Iha Stabh» and 
J!r,».vl# v'a Art of Sow Filing.. 1 i! thn Fluid (StOUtibengu). 3,!0 
High l irmloff wl.hoQl Manure <* The Borchtirem ll"f*A . 1 ,ou 
Hop Culture... 40 Thmn,»V Am. FniU CuKurUt, 
Hooper"* Pog *nd Gnn. . ( 4 W( Mlu»tratlnn«).I),<lil 
Herat Training Mode Ka*y t rodd'*Y»'UngPunm*i% , Mun’ 1 . 3,50 
(J mining*). .. . 1 , 2 A‘ VuntlUih>n In Am. Dwell mg*. 1,60 
How CrOi»* Crow.. 3,(»0 Wurdnr a HiulgtA and Kvrr* 
Indian Corn i fu Value, Cnl greer-t. . 1,60 
turn and U» 0 a .....**»••••*J ,60 iknUon'* Am. I(omo CAide'll. 9 ,t )0 
.ImiuUijr* on Cuttle,-- 1,75 Wwtcni Ft iK OrowerVCiildel ,&0 
I>«. How#* nnd III* Dl*oa*«*... l ;*5 Woodivnrd * • j • ii- and 
•lobn*tAiVa A lf‘I CIrmiMm ... 1,75 |furtl.*uU..;al Bnlluingu .. . 1,50 
Du. FlummU* Ag’l Chem|At-rv. 1,50 Do. I'ounlr;. Ilmm*-.. 1.60 
Kumid’h L ind’.' riD'ar.l. nlng.i.', 00 i Du. H«f»l Ai'chlKMtite. 1,00 
KcrnVi"* iN'alcn Hopairar'a , Wool i» row or nud stock Uog- 
Hand It.mk .J, 36 | VoK 1 , y, H, nod... 88 
bnn ^irulh <m tbo Hive nud J Young HouMWpcrki A Dalry- 
II itifv Bee ...timid’* Dln'fhirv. f«) 
T.- i baCi 1 low to Build Hot- ] Voumau * IDiwI Hook of 
JI on * ** a ..!,h 0 | liiitwWId N I'nfc .V>oo 
i.!, AjfH Chemlnry.. 1,00 I omnau'i Hum CHimb I 
The above list will be revised from time to time, 
ami new works added us published. 
Address all orders to 
II. D. T. MOOKE, 
k\ Park Row, New York, or Rochester, N. Y. 
IT WILL PAY 
Tolteep your Ilurhess In good condition. UsoFkank 
Miller’s I’klimhed IXakness Oil. 
t, Oun editorial in answer to this Inquiry in Ru- 
* rax, of Jan- 15, has met with smno criticism 
from the Southern Press and People. That nr. 
. tiolo was written in a fair, catholic and kindly 
spirit. It elated no facts that cannot be proven. 
! Sonic of thoeriticismspublished have been made 
by men whom we fear, judging by the tone 
thereof, are not tbo best champions the South 
could have nor the best friends she has. (Ve do 
not all rink from fair criticism and wc shall not 
notice that which is purely captious, made with 
the apparent intent to misrepresent what we 
did say and our motives for saying it. 
What astonishes us most, is that our own read- 
cry, with the article before tliom, should claim 
that wo misrepresent thorn. For instance, a 
Florida correspondent, who says lie was born on 
the banks of the beautiful Cayuga, claims that 
Our article was “unfair,” and asks us to “undo 
the wrong” we have done. What wrong? This 
correspondent has not pointed out any. Ifo says 
bo knows whereof lie writes when he says “that 
not one-haif the prejudice exists here against 
people from the North that there is against us 
when wo visit Geneva, Ovid, Itlmca, and Auburn. 
N. Y." Very well; then Florida is one place for 
Northern men to go to. We slated distinctly our 
belief that there are localities in tho South where 
the objectionable conditions we named do not 
obtain, and our correspondent says Florida is 
one. He adds“ There are a number of farm¬ 
ers here from Northern States who hare pur¬ 
chased farms, and ] will assure yon that they 
will bear testimony that they mid their families 
have received ns many or more acts of kindness 
and mingle with our people on a more social 
footing than they did at their former homes.” 
Well, we did not advise any one to keep away 
from such a locality. The same correspondent 
asks us to state to our readers " that wc want in 
fids Stales where land is cheap, el I male superb, 
and living easy, ton thousand good farmers, 
laborers, and mechanics of nil kinds, and will 
give them a hearty, cordial welcome.” Wo are 
glad to know that our correspondent Is sensible 
enough to agree with us ns to what the South 
wants. It is precisely what we stated she want¬ 
ed In the editorial referred to. 
From Northern Georgia wc have anot her “re¬ 
gret. " that we should have written such an 
article, and the direct-charge that the Informa¬ 
tion upon which we based our article must have 
been derived from “ carpet .-baggers,” &e,; and 
on attempt to Justify the feeling against, the 
flag wlrtch exists, &c. &o. Wo advise our cor¬ 
respondent to road tlio article referred to again, 
and dispassionately. We did not upbraid the men 
of tiic South for feeling as they do. We do not- 
upbraid honest men for honestly entertained 
opinions and prejudices however much wc 
may disagree with them. Wo recognize the 
fact that wo might- feci and act as Southern 
men do were our positions reversed. Uuf that 
doo3 not affect our estimate of what is or 
would bo desirable to us as Northern men, 
in the choice of a locality in the South in 
which to sellle; nor can we change the in¬ 
ventory of conditions upon which we would 
remove our family into any State, North, East, 
South or West, with a view of making a perma¬ 
nent residence. Wo named these conditions as 
matters for every Northern man to consider bo- 
fore migrating South; ho should consider them 
before moving anywhere. They are considera¬ 
tions which every sensible man will regard 
whether we advise it or not. They are what a 
Southern man would look to if lie were remov- 1 
ing North. He would seek to secure for his ! 
family congenial associations, good society', ( 
what ho esteemed desirable privileges, and , 
would want to place his children in contact I 
with what he believed to bo right influences. ' 
Is there any cause to “regret” that we give 1 
I 
such advice? I 
Nor do wo forget that the Southern people as 
a whole are doing nobly industrially, despite 
the disadvantages under which they labor. We i < 
donotforget that the war left them “ without l 
capital, without efficient labor, and without 1 
banking facilities." We do not forget what the k 
wreck of war is, nor liow disheartening must | 
have been the lookout for the people of the l 
South when the war ended. We know, and have 6 
not asserted to the contrary, that there are very 
many men in the SouLh who aro actively and 
successfully engaged in its industrial redemp¬ 
tion. There are many noble young men who 
, are entering into this work of regeneration with 
great vigor, and with a right discernment, of the 
needs of the country. Young Ecxxoi-s, editor 
of the Rural Southerner at Atlanta, is a worthy 
example of what the young men of the South 
may do, and of what many of thorn, we hope, 
are doing. And such young men as Echols 
should be honored and encouraged. As we said 
in our former article, the young men of the 
Nort h, with practical knowledge and skill, and 
a will to work and identify themselves with the 
industrial development of the South, cannot 
find, in our opinion, a more Inviting field within 
the Republic, Bui. such men should go there to 
work — not to speculate; not to enter the po¬ 
litical nor ibe professional Add. The South has 
too many politicians and professional men now. 
She needs Workers --men who will co-operate 
with the best men of the South to develop her 
resources, build up manufactories, regenerate 
her soils by skillful culture, and utilize her 
natural wealth. Wc have no word to say to dis¬ 
courage men with such motives from migrating 
to the South. Aud that such men may succeed 
notably there, we liavo evidence enough. The 
True brothers, from Western New York, whom 
we met at Macon, are examples of what, the 
young men of the North may do there. They 
are the sort of “carpet-baggers” the South 
needs, and the class her best and wisest men 
will welcome. 
-♦-*-♦- 
RURAL NOTES AND QUERIES. 
Pioneer Rural Journal*.—Several weeks ago, 
after quoting from an exchange an item rela¬ 
tive to the first. Agricultural Journal started in 
this country by the late John S, Skinner, wc 
added the following: 
“ But, though tin* first, John S. Skinner was 
not a more merStorimi* pioneer in Agricultural 
Journalism than Jbssk Bull ami Luther 
Tucker the former of whom established The 
Cultivator about the year 1830, and the Ini tor 
the Genesee Former, soon after. One of the 
honored trio- l.urnim Tucker, senior editor 
and proprietor of The Culiivuior and Country 
Gentleman-Isstill living, and we trust reaping 
a rich reward for his early and long continued 
labors to * improve the soil ami the mind.' ” 
This statement was copied into The Cultivator 
and Country Gentleman, In Hit? absence of its 
senior editor, (Luther Tucker,) but subse- 
qiiently corrected by one who bad read both the 
Genesee Farmer and Cultivator from their com¬ 
mencement. Among other things the writer 
.•jftyB:—“If I am eorrcei. tbo publication of the 
Genesee Farmer began the first of January, 
J831, and I now have on my knee the first vol¬ 
ume or Bi el’S Cultivator, the first number of 
which is dated Jan. 18,1834 more than three years 
later than the Genesee. Farmer." We accept this 
correction, and regret flint, in our hastily penned : 
paragraph, the name of a*j esteemOd and ven- 
ernhle conicmponiry, Luther Tucker, was 
placed third Instead of second in the list of hon¬ 
ored pioneers of Agricultural Journalism in 
America. , 
- But here comes n note from Mr. E.Farrand 1 
or St. Joseph Co., Mich, which says:—“I no- 1 
ticed a statement. In the Burai., taken from un 
exchange, that the first Agricultural Journal 1 
published iu this country was started in 1821, I 
have volumes 1, 3, and part of volumes, of an r 
agricultural Journal published in Albany, N. Y., s 
.Started in 1819, June 5th.” According to lids I 
statement, some one was in advance of Mr. s 
Sk inner, the supposed pioneer. Will Mr. Far- s 
hand please give us the title of the Journal ro- i 
ferred to, and the name of its editor? s 
' traded for by the University. Rumor says the 
t plaintiff wo* called, but not actually choseu, asa 
member of the faculty. 
, -- 
Meteorology,—Wc cull the attention of our 
1 readers to the series of articles now appearing 
1 in the Rural from Die pen of Prof. Poey, a 
learned Cuban who has devoted his life to scien¬ 
tific studies in the service of the Spanish and 
French Governments. Wc are glad to say that 
our own country is likely to receive benefit 
from his labors, since he is mow employed by tho 
Smithsonian Institution to do scientific work. 
It will be found profitable by agriculturists to 
study the clouds with the aid of Prof. I’oey’s 
articles and illustrations. 
-*M- 
Missouri Developing.—No Western State now 
presents a more inviting field for settlement 
and investment than Missouri. Her agricultural 
and mineral resources are not excelled; her cli¬ 
mate is salubrious and her soil fertile. Railroads 
are connecting her lands with remunerative 
markets. Theattenlion of capitalist* is directed 
to the advertisement of the six per cent, first 
mortgage bonds (interest and principal payable 
in gold, with twenty-five years to run,) of the 
St. Louis and St. Joseph Railroad Company, now 
being negotiated by Tanner & Co., 48 Wall St. 
--- 
Wheat v*. Slock.—A Th* Kalb Co. nil.) farmer, 
who has only eighty acres of land, grew forty- „, iis pTnT.WJd.». HhRr,» 
two acres ol com, which he fed to hogs, and his un. k« i,eat-lat. H. SchuutiantW.IS; 2d, A. E. Van 
sales of pork alone, the past season, amounted A U™* . 
a. , , . . ... . A blfcs — BorI and largest collection—l^fc Ai 
to ; Iu.h total incomo from farm produce Fine: 2d. ri.Sobnonmiifcer. 4 A1 
will be over £2,300. But It i? not very likely ho BuUer-Bc«t three crocks, made at nnv time. M. E. 
srow much whe.it- Wheat, i* a q-d ‘thing; but 
too much of a good thing is a bad thing—for Phw, #10. .Winter xnade—1st, M. B. M>. r-, tr>: 2d! 
profit. Now, pray, fellow farmers, do not all action"?’ M,s - °‘ GrunB0 ‘' Sftratogitt, Trans- 
rush into ihe pig business! nor into chickens r / j»Jr°* e — No competition. M. E. Myers, premium 
irretrievably! But keep more than one iron In ° Appies-Bc.nt twenty varletles-Pcter Van wie of 
the fire always! Alhaur Co.,<Hi; 2d. Al I’Nie, U>. Boat ten varieties— 
-- TranMoniL’ Best »“• variety-a. B. Van Allen, 
Personal,- Wc aro informed that Shirley of'eholce.pafeVon whlblito^ly' 1 8Uty VnrICl ' C8 
HihderD, Editor of tho Loudon Gardeners'Mag- Bears lit *t variety, O B. Gridley of Oneida Co., 
azine, has been engaged as tin Associate Editor " iL n 3e mention ««* also made of P lx Show 
and foreign correspondent of the Horticulturist Coop* exhibited by K. a. Wendidl. Albany: Plows 
of this city. His first contribution will appear J‘ 
in the March number, aud will bo entitled “ Va- J. V. D. Wetnple. __ ' y 
__ iyj ]e jqorjdn rttnte Agricultural AsHocIntion 
held ltB second annual meeting at Tallahassee on 
Got Ur ha Ik * Annie, in the “Personal Items" the 13tli ult. The meeting was well attended by 
in Rural, of February 13,1 read that Gotta- repreeenDitivtM from various counties, and the 
CHALK fe of Gorman origin, and that his name I'TOffwa in tho 
signifies, in Dm. dialect, “ God's servant.” This and n«d.^bv'deic^l^'frum 
is not so; his name signifies, in that language, sections of the State. Among other,s, the Hon. 
"God’s echo."—J. ,T. Milj-ek. J.S. Adams, Commissioner ofiminignitiim, read 
_._an cs^iy entitled ”llow best tho Statu and 
County Societies may work for Immigration ”~ 
THE SEASON. alter which lln- following resolution was unani- 
_ mousl v adopted; 
(The detnils hr rrcivrdt Sriwon iwd Crops *re now of minor Import- ,. -R’^ooVt/, t fiat OVOiy immigrant to this State, 
Aiiuu. Bul U ii of iiup6rt*nc£ lo fnrni«*ni to know th* prlro* puln for rrorn WnftTCVOi’ OOiJllli y Or J-'tato h(* Uljl)* COIB6, 
farm proil'icp All over th* Bun*L Tdrlbii. Hlv* u* hrinflv, llim, till* WflQ COI1KK tO 0(>-(>jtei'UtO fEllHy Uti(] htXUlliV in 
"'"'•r, »*ri. item, c«K«n.i» r »*««» »n.i teniMmtur* «m»y t* promoting ihe common welfare, UlllV rest tustir- 
01 InUinm. xml -•{McUlIy tli« {ithw |.n»l for *11 KliiH* of arm pro. ,..i I U .„|„„, |U 1,1 
...I call fall. u. lo the .took on Uo.l m, may b. rallaVu. !/' ''elLOUiO, 111 vr UtttCV cl seellon lie 
—Ena. it r n*i.. I ' H'uy lo«ue. tome otic, eoitio all, ntnl rim re the 
.. ,, , thousand advantages*ol our favored Shite. 
<>rnml Blanc, Genesee C,o., leb. 1-.— Tho win* Tlie following board of officer* whs elected: 
ter has been remarkably inild. Little snow ha* Pres. —C- U. Dupont, of Gadsden- Cor. See. and 
fallen since November. Prospects for wheat /Viyt*.—A iniuel l’aii iianks,of Duval, lb c., See.— 
poor, especially late sown ; oats. 4 c.; com, 75e.: pont/ j A Adm«S^ jTjkPUiSy, G.'wTsmtt and 
potatoes. 3,5c.; wheat, ?1; hay, $10; land, $3S@100 B. ||. Love- 
pernore. Help scarce—price per month from From tbo spirit manifested, and action taken 
$15 to $30; butter, 25c.; eggs, 20c.; pork, $9.50® i’ 1 ,h ! s a }?°lJ l ut! . s “? cl y congratulate tbo 
lOnercwt-K r v people ot Honda upon their bright prospects 
10 per CWt, 8. C. N. ferilifcXiJturo, And the thniMiiirts wlmnre look- 
LyiKlonvIllc. Caledonia Co., Vi., Feb. 11,—Tile b'K t/> and visiting Florida with a view of be- 
wouthor thus fur daring the winter lias been o!!i g . ..T 1 !liifi *,° thnt tho 
very mild; very few cold day*. Prose.. I depth sever'd County Agric.iUuml^tft^insiccS 
ol snow about two feet. Hay, $lo©18 per ton; fut operation. 
snow fell to tho depth of 8 or 10 inches. The 
warm weather of last Saturday and a heavy rain 
lost night carried most, of it off. Hay Is lowor 
than some sellers hoped and beef has not yet 
reached the high figures anticipated two months 
ago. Straw L* In good demand selling at $lk-£15 
Tier ton nt tho barn. Tobaooo sells readily at 
good prices. The ground has been bare and 
frozen and thawed alternately so much and so 
often that winter grain will probably be much 
the worse for this season's experiences. Business 
is rather dull and times aro “ hard."—j. 
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INDUSTRIAL SOCIETIES. 
New York Kiale Ag. Sue.—'The winter exhibi¬ 
tion of grain, fruits, &o.. at Dm meeting on the 
8th und 9tli inst., though not us extensive as on 
sonic former occasions, was very fine In quality. 
The awards made were as follows: 
K. 9. Hayward »t Monro*Co., fine nnioplo ot Diehl 
winter wheat. On 1.85-1‘Wi* acre* flftvto worth. Ex- 
pense Of CUltlvut lng, 667, SO; nr-au. fl.lUO. 
A prcinlutn at i 15 to Zcnih Ithlrr, \Vn»h. Co., for 
(Inx. 2-12-I'Oi.b - acre*, at :i proOl «i( f 117 . 0 ) 
Winter Wheat- Dt premium, ai Pine of Reus. Co.. 
$3; 2d do., \V. j*. Ottley, Ontario Co., $U, 
Bprlnc Wheat—1st pri niluiu. AI Pine, (3. 
Hyr 1st, II. Hchoonmukcr. Allaim Co., f* 2d. J 
U. Wayne, ?2: 3(1. A. 12. Vnn Allen, Ileus. Co. 
Four-rowed Barley— 1st, Zorn 11 Hitler. $8. 
Oats-laLJ. if. Wayne, *8; 2d, A 12. Vnn Allen, $2. 
Yellow Corn- l»t. A. K. Van Allen, $$; 2d. Zerah 
Rider. f2. 
Practical Schools Practicable.—We learn from 
a correspondent who has read our recent article 
with tho above title, that at Galena, Ill., Is a 
school called the Northwestern Gennnn-English 
Normal School, In which practical horticulture 
is made a foal lire. The building is surrounded 
by eleven acres of land which aro to be plunk'd 
the coming spring with fruit and shade trees, 
Bowers, grape vines, etc. The horticultural 
class, both young men and women, not only re¬ 
ceive ihcorOtlcal Instruction in horticulture, hut 
practice planting, building, grafting, &o. Tills 
they did hist year. A small nursery Is to be 
stalled, and Die work in it is to lie done by the 
class, Tho Jo Davies.* Horticultural Society has 
elected the members of thlscluss honorary mem¬ 
bers and Invited them lo its meetings. Great 
interest is felt fu tho results of Hits effort by the 
prominent horticulturists of the Shite, who are 
doing much lo aid and encourage the faculty in 
this work. The pupils have formed a horticul¬ 
tural society and meet weekly to discuss lending 
horticultural questions. Wo need not say that 
we are glad that there is one institution in the 
Northwest that recognizes the fact, that true 
Education consists in teaching boys aud girls 
something beside theories und words. 
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To fnrpiirer* and Advertiser*.—We have fre¬ 
quent personal inquiries of this sort:—“Can you 
tell me of a man upon whom I can rely to send 
me pare Braluna fowls?" “Where can 1 get. 
pure Suffolk pigs?" “ Will you name a commis¬ 
sion house in Boston that you cun recommend 
as reliable? ' “ Write me whore 1 can obtain 
pure uhd true Norway Oats,’’ &e„ &c. Now, 
while wo may be able lo name men upon whom 
we think wo could rely, and whom we would 
trust with an order from ourselves, we do not 
propose to “put our foot In it" by any such 
rcenmmenda Dons. We aim to exclude from our 
columns all advertising wliloh Is not legitimate: 
and we expect every advertiser ID perform what 
he promises to do therein. If lie does not, we 
desire to know it, and wo will aid our readers in 
such manner as we may to obtain Justice. But 
we are not going to be held responsible l’or any 
breach of contract on the part ol' our advertisers. 
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Cornell University. We learn that the Hon. 
Geo. Geodes, of Onondaga Co., has been ap¬ 
pointed to t he Professorship of Agriculture in 
this institution. Mr. Geodes is an able, practi¬ 
cal man, and if lie accepts, as is confidently ex¬ 
pected, will aiiii strength to Die institution;— 
but we are surprised at his appointment before 
the resignation of his predecessor, who, it is 
stated, has commenced a suit for services con¬ 
cern, $1.40 for Western, $1.50 for Northern; 
oats, 55c.; potatoes, i'o. per hush; flour, $7© 
10.25 per bbl., from Western wheat: Western 
apples, first quality. $0 per bbl.- t. w. s. 
Glcnbculnh, Sheboygan <’o„ Ml*., Feb. 6.— 
Tho winter so far splondid for teaming. Good 
sleighing since the fore part of November. Wo 
have had the mildest winter and the most good 
sleighing known hero for twenty years. The 
summer very wet, fall dry and cold. Winter 
wheat sown tho first week In Septemher. very 
small growth. I quote white winter wheat, 7.5® 
B0c.; spring, 60J?fTic.; barley good. $!: oats. 86a; 
eorn, 80c.; hay, per ton, $9; potatoes, 50c.; butter, 
32c.. per lb.; hogs, dressed, loo., per lb.; fat cat¬ 
tle, live weight, 5c., per lb.—w. n. c. 
New London, Howard Co., Ind., Feb. 10.— 
Weather fine for weeks: roads dry and good. 
Freezes every night and thaws everyday, causing 
winter wheat-fields to Jock badly. Wheat sells 
at S(lc.; many are feeding it to hogs and chick¬ 
en*. Tioga, gross. $84x8.75 per owf., and dressed 
$10012. Seed corn source, at $1, common corn, 
70e.; oats, 40o.; clover seed, $9.50; t imothy seed, 
$3; flux, $2; potatoes, 40c. Horses, $750100each, 
milch cows, $304'70. We have had uo sleighing. 
Fruit buds still alive. Money tight. Farms are 
worth $:KKf(,75 per acre.—n. j. 
Newton, Newton Co., Texas, Jan, 13. —Crops 
of all kinds were good in the year just past. Col¬ 
ton is selling at 15c. at the gin; corn at $1 per 
bushel; sweet potatoes, COc.; pork, 7o.; sugar, 
12c.; sirup, 50o. We have lmd some pretty severe 
t rusts and one light sleet, but no snow. The 
thickest Ice I have seen this winter was a half 
inch, and that only in the water bucket, and did 
not last Dll the sun was half an hour high. To¬ 
day any one at any light labor would be uncom¬ 
fortably warm with his coat on. Many rose 
bushes are in bloom, monthly varieties and 
other* have green leaves growing on them. — 
John T. Stark. 
Greensboro, N. < ., Jan. 30.—The winter has 
been very mild lo the average. Some iec was 
gathered about Die 10th, west of this; not a 
block of it has so far been housed hero. For 
over t wo weeks tho woathcr has been very warm 
and rainy. In ltaleigh .some peaoh trees,hya¬ 
cinths, &o„ have bloomed. Here 1 ho buds have 
been swelling mid rose leaves, salad. &c., hnvo 
been growing considerably. The plows are at 
worlt all around. Tho prices here are as follows: 
Butter. VMM 0e.; beef, 5©8c.; cotton, 202222c.; 
eggs, 20®2&c.; apples, green, 7Sc.,@$1.35; dried 
apples, 6®8e., per lb.; peaches, dried. 0@15c.; 
blackberries. 8e.; flour, f7®8; eorn, $10'.1.25; 
meal, $1@1.25; wheat, $1.50@*1.75; oats, <15@75c.; 
peas, $1; rye, $1.35; lard, 2J©30c.; potatoes, 
country, $1; Monitor, $2 per bushel; wool, 35® 
40c. At Salisbury, 11 tty miles southwest, prices 
iu the main are similar. There eggs are only 
J26tl5c.; Irish potatoes, CO®75c.; eorn, $1.05<3»1.10; 
peaches, lofelOc.— n. c. 
Amherst, Hampshire, Go., Ma**„ Feb. 15.— 
According to the record kept at AmberstCollege, 
the past month was the warmest January for 
thirty-four years. Mean temperature 30.78’; 
rain, 5.872 inches; enow, 13 inches. The ground 
was bare and the weather warm until January 
29th, when we had a good snow storm and have 
had good sleighing ever since. February 8th, 
Mrirlmnek Go,, ft. H., Ag. Soc. elected officers 
for l he current year as follows: Prrx’t.— Col. D. 
M. Clough, Canterbury. l r . PnSt*. - Levi 
Bartlett, Warner; Asa JP. Cute, Nortbficld; \V. 
1. Danlell. Franklin; John Brown, London; 
Jnmo« M. Connor, Jlonluntou; Joseph Bniith, 
Sal is bury; Nathaniel White, Concord: Joserih 
Eastman, West Concord 
James M. Connor, ilonlwnton; Joseph Smith, 
Salisbury; Nathaniel White, Concord; Joseph 
Eastman, West Concord; I. K. Gage. Flshers- 
\ ilJe; Isuno While, Bow. See'us. R. W. Greene, 
Ilopkmton; Dumei Osgood, Concoid. 
New Englniid Poultry Club,—O/ficcra for 1870: 
I*ri*. O. B. Hadwen. Vh'e-frcs'U-Gao. Sum¬ 
ner, S. J. McIntosh, See ,—Winslow S. Lincoln. 
Trout.—II. Woodward. An Executive Commit- 
teoof six rnenibors. The sixDi unnual cxliibi- 
t.ion isndvortised to be held at Worcester, Mass., 
March 8th, 0th and 10th, with a good list of pre¬ 
miums, the awards to bo sliver cups, paintings 
or money. 
Franklin €2o., I»a.. Hurt. Hoc. Officers for 1870: 
Prcs. J. S. HtJLssLRorr, Gbambersbiug. Yiec- 
Frcs'ts— J. H. Nixon, Tobias Martin, John siouf- 
fer- Treus. J. G. Elder. Itec.Sec.—K. B. Engle. 
Cor. Sec— T. B. Jenkins. Managers T. B. Jen¬ 
kins, W. H. Boyle. E. Culbei’teon, W. S. Stetiger, 
John Jeffrie.-, Frank Hendersou, J. S. Brand, 
J. I*. Keefer, W. D. Guthrie uml IVu. Hey her. 
Macoupin Go., III., Hurl. Hoe. at their annual 
roecthiu elected tliu following officers for the 
current year: l*rc*. — William H. G’haffk. 
Vu e-lhcs.-Wm. H. Fish back. Trow .—Milo Gra- 
Imin. Sec .—George 11 miter. Directors—T), Gore, 
H. W. Burton,C. H. Anderson, A. S.Ruark, J. P. 
Mathews, 
lown CuNtrrn Central Hurt. Roe.—This Is a 
new organization, electing, as offioers for the 
year: Tree. —Suki. Foster. V-toe-Pratts— Dr. 
J. Dorion, J. Strome. Rex. Sce.— J, L. Budd. 
Cor. Sce.—J. W. Peatman. IVeas.—Dr. John E. 
Ennis. 
AnitroHconKtu. Me., Ag. Roe.—Officers for 1870: 
Pres.- lturus I’ieroe. Turner. V. Fres'ts.—A. 
J. ThurJou, Poland; E. Hum, Lewston. See.— 
W. It. Wright, Lewston. 
—For notioes of various other Industrial So¬ 
cieties, seepage U0 Diis number. 
♦ ♦ » 
Catalogue*, Etc., Hccclvcd.— G. E. CLEETON’S 
(New Haven, Conn,,) Catalogue of Poultry 
Breeders and Fanciers In the United States and 
C’anadas.—Government aid to American Ship¬ 
ping Interests; a Bounty Plan proposed to the 
Congressional Committee ot Ways aud Means 
by Gen. E. A. Merritt, Naval officer, of New 
York.-The Cranberry and its Culture, (Geo. F. 
Miller, Hammoitton, N. J-*) by A. II. Rich¬ 
ards.— Dreer’s Carden Calendar for 1870, from 
Henry A. Dreeu, 714 Chestnut street, Phila¬ 
delphia. A useful publication.—An Illustrated 
DoscrlpDvc Circular of I’KlNDLE’s Non-Explo¬ 
sive Steamer and Cauldron, with Directions for 
Use, from D. K. Prindlh, East Beth any, N. Y.— 
Prize Essays on Cooked and Cooking Food for 
Domestic Animals of the Farm, from D. R. 
PntNpi.E, East Bethany, N. V„ embracing much 
interesting und valuable information for feed¬ 
ers—J- M. Tiiokhitr.n & Co.'s (15 John street, 
N. Y. City,) Annual Descriptive Catalogue of 
Flower Seeds and List of Gladiolus and Spring 
Bulbs, with directions for their culture und 
treatment.—Seventeenth Annual Report of ihe 
Children’s Aid Society, 19 East, Fourth street, 
New York eity.— Ferre, Batchelder & Co.’s 
(Springfield, Mass.,) Illustrated Catalogue ot 
Seeds, Gladiolus and other Bulbs, with directions 
for their cultivation. 
