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MOORE'S RURAL NEW-YORKER, 
AN ORIGINAL WEEKLY 
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BOOKS ON BUBAL AFFAIRS, 
Sent, post-paid, to any Part of the Union. 
As the season advances thousands of our readers 
must be preparing for active operations tn Field, 
Orchard, Garden, Ac- the tto-lo-spcak practical war¬ 
fare of the ensuing Spring and Hummer. Amt us 
many of these would he benefited by consulting, if 
not carefully studying, tmmuula and books devoted 
to certain branches and specialties of Husbandry, 
we direct attention to tlio subjoined list, of works on 
agkioultuuk, Horticulture, &e., &c. For tho 
accommodation of our renders, near and distant, wo 
have a Depository of Books at each t.f the Publica¬ 
tion Offices of the RURAL NFW-Yyuai.it, and can 
furnish most of the works on Rural Affairs issued by 
American and European publishers, at the lowest 
retail price*. Below wo enumerate a portlun of the 
works we can supply, with the prlec at which each 
will ho sent, post-paid, to any section of our National 
domain—including tlio Pacific States and Territories, 
Alaska, &c .: 
LIST OF BOOKS AND PRICES. 
Allen’* Am. Flu-Ill Bel._*1,56 Llehlg • M «l>'rn Aitricultiire .1,00 
!>„. New Am. faun Unol; ...il.AO MmhiuI of Amleuflure, (Km- 
Do. Disease* el J)otO'*tk An • ulV.ll aud 1'llnt)....l,M 
nil,),. . .1,no'.Manual nn t Ux ami Hemp 
Pn. Rural Arrhileelure .... .1,69 Culture... St 
A murJran Bird Kuuclcr . ... *i0 Miniinil of Tohucro Culture.* w 
Amurlcan Pomology (S90 lllu: ! Mayhow'e Pm.-tlcHl lioot- 
I ret inns .. . 11,06 j K6epln|{(Aln(da aa^ Pan tie 
Am. SI'arpSliuotai CT«l«eopln Entry.-. 90 
Ulrta).... W)|M»ynew’a Account Boots (In 
Amartcan Rnae CullurUl_ 30 go wilt, dtml.nv..1,90 
Am.Waa.Uaml Pioful PlanU.1,‘9 D»- Kav (l<> ge will, abova) .. 90 
Arcliilai'tnra (Cummings A Milu.tm Horn's Knot (doth) 55 
Millar) ■'!*? PealsDx mid 114 .Modern Cnotcrv, t.v Min Ar- 
lllualratlona...10,06 ton ami Mrsh.lllaU'.1,60 
Baautir.d Laavail Flanufkon | Momnm ttt.il Pealgiia, 169 
don Edition 1 AQ rnlerud TIU.kOl' pi a let und rlmirna. ,.lu.iiu 
Baa Kacnara'Text Heek t I*ni>cr 41. My V|nayard at. I-nkcvlun . .l.'.'ft 
l>... (Muslin). ... 76 Norton’* Klmmu.il .Srlcuiill 
Baniuni'i Poulwroi’aOoiniWi- : Afikolturo--- 
ion (190 llluslrntlous).2,00 < Ii.Imd Culture. 
On, llahtit 1’am.ier. SOjOlir Knrill *1 Hour A»Na. 
Iliad, Raipliarry Culture. . ‘.hi Panama mi Urn Keae. 
Broil's Hook of |'’lowcra(iiew)1*1a I’eui and lie t va .. 
Ilrl.l/ainan’a (turdeuar’a Ass'12,61' red.t.*r'i Land Mhushhu. 
Ilui«t’« Family Kitchen Gnr* Phanlmii FloWur,. 
denar. . . ..1,(I(| Priutlvid ar.J S' UntlBC Iwuil 
1>0. Klaivcr liar.lea ---i,61J| Culture illalterl..1,00 
Our, wnler's HailJ-Book (now) ft rnv Uenl Hliej.lianl iKamliiln.2,00 
Cula’i Amurlcan Fruit llnoit . 71’ra.Tloil Stair llulliter(JMorljr 
Cole's A inerlrAu Veterinarian 7ft Ilial (.Ifit.w) , ...........10,0(1 
Copalnud’a Country Life, 946 jtjuiut'y's Myaturir* of Bec- 
l>l>., 91.0 enprarlugs . ft,0ti 1 Knaplng.....1,80 
Cotton I’lanter’a Manual (Tor- IQoiney .»o Selling Cuttle..... 1,2ft 
ear).1,60 ltotibH I'lHi'tor . Ho 
CollivaUou of Native Href"'. .Rimrt .1 liardan Fleware......3,00 
and MaoulWotare of Amen- Itami.il 1 Fine Wool 1 lu». 
can Wine. ..1,60 Farelry..1,00 
Pann’l Muck Manual.. I.VlIDo. Slump Husbandry in th» 
Llndd’a Mode*.. Horse Dnrl/ir, 1,60 youtli.1,60 
It,,. Amurlcan Cattle Po<uir..l,60 Itlrhavdaonon the Pop... ... 30 
Parw ln’i Animal, ami IHniitt.ri.oo Rlviira’ Miniature Fruit Our- 
(>«.,-mug's Ooll.ige He*lil*iir*»3,vH. dun. .1,00 
pn. [.amlacnpc dnrdenlng . Nanndera on Poultry (tltue.).. 40 
Druiliagu for l’roflt and llotlIII.I,60|S,’h*uok’» Oardat.ura’ Text 
Kastwoorl'aCranhoiiV Culture 7ft| lt,...k..-. .■ . 71 
Bvorytmdv hi* own f.awver.. I ,V6 Scribner'. Prodne* T'al.le* ... 30 
Farm’ Drain,modi F Franck).1,60.Do, Ready Re,.koner and Leg 
Flald’e Pear Culture.1,JS Book.- • M 
FlacuV giir.it>.,an Vlnoyord. 1,60 Silver a new Poultry Book (.0 
Flint on era»n. .. -«,M Ilinatialtont). 60 
Tin. Ml Mt Cow* and Dairy Squa.l,"" ... 30 
Farming.2,60 Stewart’. I Joint I Stnble Cook 1,60 
Fruit I'rar.nf Atnorha. . |,M>T.n At'tr. Enough..t.ftU 
Fit! lur’a lllu., titrawberry Cdl- rite Amor Iran Uqnae Ciu-jwu- 
toriai. . 29 ter (llatln Id H.S.SO 
P... Pnroat Tree Cnltwrllt . .l,So|T’li# Bnrn Void, a Manual. ,.l.«Kt 
Do. Small Fruit*,(IUiutn»Ud)l,601 Tli* Book ol .' 'enrrecn. . .3,00 
Gardening for Ptofll.1,60 The Benton Marhtm.l (l'ttx- 
Gavellu'a Poollry Breeding- l goralrtV... .....-76 
Commercial Petal ef V low . 1,9V 1 lie I nun, twotIt Illertratinnitl ,00 
76 
20 
30 
1 'if, 
I »» *1 
1.V6 
60 
.. 1,60 
Tin* KnriiM'r'b Jouroftl ai»<1 Ac¬ 
count Book, . 
I'bo KrnlU ntui Fruit Tr«Hjfcof 
A«»»T..M.D*nvn!fip)...8,00 
Tim (Tiirdou, h MitnunK..... -1,00 
The llorw in the fitnhlu And 
GrapeCuliitrlfil,(AS Fuller) 1,60 
(«nenr«n on MUcU Cowi.,.... 76 
Hnrrii on .6,00 
Wuh O*)orrtil Kn^TAvtuv r »..6,00 
Hint# in Honc-Koopofft(U«r~ 
- • 11761- - 
Hjovloy 1 * Art of Snw Filing.. 76 tho Flel«> (^tonHheuge).5,60 
Hick Farming rr'Uhout Man are 351 Tho PdrcJiotnn Horae . .1,00 
tlop Culture. 4i\ ThlwMhn’ Am. Fruit Cultwrlat, 
Hoonur’fi !>«g rind . SO idbU iUuoir®tl»nih). • .“.^0 
Horw TroRnnc Mode En«y l oil.V# Yr.nn« Fanut rn’ Miuri*5,h0 
(Jp-niiincd)..*.. 1.25j VouUIhUoIi Am. I)woIllnn»*1,60 
How Crop* carow . .9,111, IVatder’a Hedger aud liver- 
Indian Cornt lt» Valn«, Cul- | gream. ..,..1.60 
fine aud Use* ...1,60 Wat.cn'. Am. Horn,. Garden.2,00 
Jennings mi Cattle.—l,T.l|Wa*tcrn Fruit Growert' Gui,lel,60 
Pn. H-artte and hi. Di.eiwea—Lift Weedtvatd'i Graperies nnd 
Johnston’s Ag'l Clientiatry... 1.’5 Horticultural Buildings..,1,60 
nrt. Element* Ag’l Chcmlalry 1,59 Pc, Cnumry Home*.1,60 
Kemp's rjind«aneGrrlwttng.2,00 Do. Rural Arthlterlnre-1,00 
Kcrttlo’a Watch Repttirvr'i .Wool Gimfsranti SU-ck tleg- 
11 and Rnok..1,251 l.ter, Vrd>. I, V, 5, s, aarlt.. 33 
Langatroih on Ute lllvc anj fn.tr.g IlmittUept r'e A Duiry- 
lion.y Baa. .2,00! maid'! Dltertory. 30 
Lcttrhar’a Huw to Build Hot- Vouman'a 11,mil Heck ot 
Houhcb .l.M'i Hoitsahold Sri,nee...2,00 
Liebig's Ag'i Chemistry.1,001Voiimun’a New Chemistry ...2,00 
The nitovf! list will bo rovlnod fpom time to time, 
anti now works art tied ilb published. 
AUdreuaall urtlors to 
I». D. T. MOORE, 
41 Park Row, New York, or Rochester, N. Y. 
FOB MAKING BOOTS AND SHOES 
Soft, pliable, ivater-proof and durable, the best .and 
roost popular article is Frank MtLtv.u's Leather 
Preservative and Watkr-puoop Oil Blacking. 
LTCTURLS ON ALCOHOL, 
Miss Julia COLMAN t . For terms (reasonable,) 
testimonials, itddress her at 98 Park Avenue, 
oklyn, N. Y. 
Wliaf the People mid Country Need, and 
Wherefore. 
Our article in the Rural of Jan. 29, entitled 
“The Railroads: Proposed Reforms for the 
Benefit of Producers and Consumers,’’ has at¬ 
tracted no little attention from those who realize 
the burdens horneand losses sustained in eon so¬ 
il nonce of railroad monopolies and combina¬ 
tions. Among others who havo given this irn- 
poi iant, subject thought and Investigation is a 
Rentleman of scholastic Httaiumenls and states¬ 
manlike views, who furnishes us tho subjoined 
article, embracingasiiggestlou of grout import¬ 
ance to the Nation, and especially lo the West— 
the introduction of Freight Railroads connecting 
the Mississippi ltivorwith the Atlantic seaboard. 
The arguments adduced will, we think, lead 
many of our readers to coincide in the views 
expressed and conclusion arrived at by the 
writer, and to favor the early construction of at 
least one groat, double-track Freight Hoad be¬ 
tween the West and tide-water, as a means of 
speedily and cheaply transporting tho immense 
produce of our Western States to Eastern aud 
Foreign Markets. The subject is one of vast 
Importance to both Producers and Consumers, 
and we Invite ils further discussion through tho 
pages of this Journal: 
Mr. Editor I know of no source from which 
an important suggestion, relating to Ihe special 
interests of farmers, may morefittingly proceed 
than the Rural New-Yorker. Y'oor wide 
circulation, and tho intelligent and high-todeil 
views which you inculcate, have given lo you 
very justly U kind of authority among farmers, 
and they will look tn you as a safe guide in re- 
epoct to matters of general concern to them. So 
thinking, I have road with interest, your leader 
Of January 29, in respect to Railroads. J hail it 
us ouO of many signs of a revolution, not dis¬ 
tant, which Shall make these great and indispen¬ 
sable facilities of travel and commeroe, not, as 
now, the ojipressors of industry for the sake of 
speculation, but the instruments of a wide and 
nioio equitable distribution of the rewards of 
honest toil. 
Yon are right in saying that franchises have 
been granted to those corporations in considera¬ 
tion of public bcnolHs to be conferred. Any j 
man’s farm may be cut in twain for their pur- j 
poses—any man’s buildings may be demolished 
or removed. True, lie is entitled to receive and 
does receive compensation, but this tions not 
take from t lie transaction tho character of a 
forced parting with ills properly. This is per¬ 
mitted on tlio principle that private interests 
must bo subordinate, not to the interests of cor¬ 
porations, but to the general public good. This 
anticipated public good constitutes tlio reason 
of these great privileges, and those who take the 
privileges have no tight to forget the reasons for 
which they me granted. Uni they do forgot 
them. Railroads for the public good are an ob¬ 
solete idea. The groat lines all terminate in 
Wall street, and are held and managed for the 
use which may ho made of them for the pur¬ 
poses of sudden wealth by traffic in stocks. The 
corruption which has entered into them is by 
some regarded as beyond the reach of remedies 
—the triumph of tlielr perversion oomplete and 
irreversible. 
I believe no such thing. Railroads, like all 
oilier instilutdbns. are tho offspring of society, 
and whatever the power which they may usurp, 
society is always stronger than they. The revo¬ 
lutions which overthrow hierarchies and dynas¬ 
ties, are only proofs that society is always 
stronger than its accidents. Once let thepeopl© 
of tliis country understand that Ute administra¬ 
tion of railroads is an oppression, and they will 
strike the tyrant down at a blow. 
For example,— suppose the farmers of the 
United States were to become convinced that 
tt is tile watering ot railroad stocks, and tho ca¬ 
prices nnd extortions of speculative administra¬ 
tion, which rob them of a proper compensation 
for their products,—aud that with such facilities 
as railroads administered for their lawful ends 
wouhlfurnish, every man’s farm would be worth 
fifty per cent, more than it is to-day.—howlong, 
think you, would it take these farmers to find 
out a remedy? Now 1 hold that those are the 
facts,and lam patiently waiting tosee the farm¬ 
ers or the West open their eyes mid assert their 
claims. I see that the lion. Mr. Carpenter of 
Wisconsin has about half opened ?ifseyes, and I 
thank him for the speeches touching on ihis 
theme which he has made. The coining states- | 
man of tho West is lie Who will do most to bring 
the West nearer to tide-water; aud when the 
questions of reconstruction, universal suffrage, 
and the tariffs are gone by, then look out for 
the practical one of the internal traffic of the 
country. 
To indicate what I mean, suppose that the 
Mississippi could be turned at a right angle at 
St. Louis, ami be made to flow into New York 
Harbor, putting internul commerce beyond the 
possible control of all monopolists: every mer¬ 
chant' of the Northwest could freight his own 
boat—every large limner could do it if he would 
—aud the prey of the cormorants would be for¬ 
ever gone. Hut that diversion of the great river 
is impossible, and we must look for something 
which approaches it. That something must he, 
flint, the enlargement of the Illinois and Michi¬ 
gan Canal, which Shall make Chicago tho termi¬ 
nus of 25,000 nuics oT steamboat navigation;— 
next, tho improvement of the Eric Canal, and 
the abolition of tolls except for repairs. But 
canals, in tills climate, are closed more t han one- 
lbird of the year.and are inadequate. Next, wc 
need aud must have Freight Railroads, from 
which passenger trains stiali be ut terly excluded, 
connecting the Mississippl River with Now York, 
Philadelphia, Baltimore and Norfolk, — with 
t rains running at brief intervals, In both direc¬ 
tions, the motive power and tin- whole manage¬ 
ment of the road in the hands of t he Govern¬ 
ment, and with the right, on the part of the pub¬ 
lic, iliat every man’s car or cars, be it one or be 
it forty, shall go in I heir turn. 
There is no other remedy, nnd society will 
have (ids. Men will stand aghast an (l say, “What 
an increase in public patronage!” Thut isn mis¬ 
take ; I he Increase would not bo very great, and 
society can take care of that. There might be 
corruption, as conuption there always will be. 
but woe to any party that did not keep that 
great machine in ordor for its uses to the public. 
The interest would be so immediate, so practi¬ 
cal, bo distantly felt, that the responsibility of 
publio servants would be a thing not to be tri¬ 
fled with for one moment. There is corruption 
in the management of tho Eric Canal, but woe 
to any party that does not keep it in order. 
These freight railways running, every Western 
farm is a» good as at tide-water. Freighting is 
but an iueoiwideiablencm, and his access to the 
commerce of the world is beyond tho reach of 
tho greedy tyrannies which now oppress him. 
Now, Mr. Editor, I do not expect to sec con¬ 
versions to these doctrines rapid at onoe. Some 
of your renders will seize on these ideas, and 
never forgot them; some will meditate on them 
and l,o convicted hy-and-by. Conversions will 
multiply when the farming interest of tho West 
can endure oppression no longer, and will suffer 
no man to hold a seat in the Htnte Legislatures, 
nor in Congress, who does not march promptly 
to the music of this reform. Auricula. 
RURAL NOTES AND QUERIES. 
Advertising Impiirics liiis Week.—A Detroit, 
lady asks where6be can get pure Brahma fowls.— 
Throe or four parties ask us to name some one 
of whom they can obtain pure Hondan fowls.— 
An Essex Co. (N. Y.) subscriber asks where he 
oau procure White Dorking and Leghorn Fowls. 
—A Grundy Co. (Ohio) subscriber asks where lie 
can get pure sorghum seed. ‘‘A Neiv Subscri¬ 
ber" wants some .Suffolk Hogs and wonders why 
brooders do not advertise. He also asks where 
he can obtain pure Dominique fowls.—A lady 
asks where she can find some one who will weave 
a striped yarn carpet.—Au Indiana correspond¬ 
ent, asks where ihe pure black and whilfs-oresb'd 
Poland fowl* fan bo ohmim-il.-A subscriber at 
North Star, Mo., wants us to tell him (or her) 
where either Aylesbury or Rouen ducks’ eggs 
can be obtained and prices per dozen.—A Flint, 
Mich., correspondent asks where be can obtain 
eggs or fowls of the Silver Gray Dorkings and 
price of ouch.—A Hudson, Mich., correspondent 
asks where he can get eggs of the pure blood 
English Dorkings tor hatchiug, and the price. 
—All of whom, and others wanting similar in¬ 
formation, arc advised —Read (he Advertise¬ 
ments given in the Rural from week to wook. 
A Good Investment.— The attention of capi¬ 
talists and others is directed to the announce¬ 
ment of Messrs. Utley & Dougherty. No. 11 
Wall St., N. Y., relative to the Rochester Water 
Works Co.’s First Mortgage six per cent. Bonds 
principal and interest payable tn gold. We 
need not inform the intelligent reader that Wa¬ 
ter Bonds are usually first-class securities—but 
we will say that the Rochester Water Works Go., 
especially, ought to pay well, and Its stock and 
bonds prove good investments. The $500,000 of 
bonds now offered aro all that remain unsold, 
aud the proceeds will complete Hie Works so 
greatly needed, ami which it. is believed will pay 
largely—the city comprising smile ,5,000 inhabit¬ 
ants, and over 10,000 houses. The greatest mar¬ 
vel to us is that such a thriving city as Rochester 
lias so long remained without Water Works, 
using only rain, river and hard lime water: and 
ns her own citizens must realize the need and 
value of pure water, they should, from patriotic 
motives alone, aid in securing the long-sought 
desideratum. 
*♦«- 
Which Way lo Go.—A young Michigander 
who says he is twenty years old, lives on a farm, 
has one hundred dollars, more or less, and 
wishes, after April first, to spend three or four 
months in travel that, lie may learn the ways of 
llie world, asks which way lie shall go. Wc re¬ 
ply, it does not matter much. The world and 
enough of it, and its diverse, dangerous, and 
safe paths are before you, turu which way you 
will. It you go out into tho world to inform 
yourself and keep your eyes Open, you cannot go 
amiss. Placing ourselves where you are, we 
should start out to worn our way into knowledge 
of tho world—saving and adding to the one hun¬ 
dred dollars as wc went along. But the effort 
should be to obtain legitimate, practical knowl¬ 
edge, and not to hunt up the haunts of the 
vicious and study phases of iifewbioh are only 
demoralizing. 
-*♦*—— 
The Corn Trade Abroad.—The Farmer, Edin¬ 
burgh, Scotland, reports a very unsatisfactory 
ooudition of tho Corn trade over the whole 
country. Prices have receded to a lower point 
limn have been seen for a long time, and there 
is not the slightest prospect, of a rise. Indeed, 
ilie probability is that ihe lowest figure has not 
yet been reached. Everywhere millers and 
maltsters are holding back, having either good 
stocks In hand, or operating only front hand to 
mouth, and everywhere farmers are as chary of 
selling their produce at the money offered. At 
market nearly half the entire offerings of wheat, 
barley and oats, found no purchasers, even at 
the falling off in prices. Reports from Mark 
Lane are not less discouraging. 
-,M- 
What Breed of Cattle .Shall I Select I—We 
have inquiries of which the above is the sub¬ 
stance. Some want stock for the dairy; others 
for feeding purposes; aud others for working 
oxen; others tor fancy farms, the owners of 
which have little other purpose than Rural 
pleasure. These questions involve experiences 
with the different breeds which the editors of 
the Rural cannot be supposed to have had per¬ 
sonally. Hence, we ask gentlemen who have 
facts and figures resulting from the product of 
any breed, to present them for the enlighten¬ 
ment ef our readers. 
»♦«- 
Advertising in the Rural iH becoming a popu¬ 
lar feature, and wc trust as profitable to Ad¬ 
vertisers as it Is interesting to tho Public and 
the Publisher. The pressure upou our pages 
this week, indicates good sense aud judgment 
on the part of many extensive and honorable 
dealers, and is so great, that we are obliged to 
defer several columns of new advertisements. 
We are doing the best we can to accommodate 
as many ns possible, but our rule is, first come, 
flint inserted; so that those who wish their an¬ 
nouncements to appear promptly, must send in 
their orders early—remembering that our pages 
are closed eight days in advance of date. Mean¬ 
time, all our readera who wish any of the hun¬ 
dreds of valuable articles likely to be offered 
Hi rough tlio Rural should carefully Read the 
Advertisements. 
-»♦« ■ - - - 
The Trio of Silver Gray Dorkings, whose por¬ 
traits we gave in Rural, Feb. 19, were sketched 
by the artist nnd published by ourselves without 
the knowledge or consent, of the proprietor, 
hence his name was not given. We have so 
many inquiries concerning their proprietorship, 
that, without knowing whether he desires it or 
uot, or whether he has a chick or egg to sell, or 
whether he will answer inquiries addressed him 
or not, we state that, they were owned by It. 
W. Cameron, Clifton, Staten Island, N. Y. 
i •♦« 
“Wine Plains,”—A subscriber nt Waterloo, 
Mich., asks what can be done with about two 
hundred "wine plants.” He says, "Making 
wine hero is played out.” We should think bo. 
Our correspondent got badly humbugged (as 
did thousands of others) when he bought sonic 
rliubarb roots as “wine plants.” We know of 
nothing he can do with II except to make llie 
stalks into pies and feed them to his family and 
guests, 
■ - «♦«- 
Cast-Iron Feed Mill. I would like to inquire 
of you and your numerous readers, through the 
Rural if there is a cast-iron mill tiiut answers 
a good purpose for grinding feed for stock. 
Please give particular®—how they are worked 
and what they' cost. What will it cost to send 
one to Sacramento, California?— E. H. Whitney. 
*♦* 
Heavy Yearling breer*.—We see it stated that 
Henry Laknkd, Fenton, Mich., has a pair of 
yearling steers which weigh, respectively, 1,220 
aud 1,070 pounds. 
-- 
THE SEASON. 
[Titr dgliiUft itv ri»KitnU fvdaiion ntitl Crofifi nte low of minor imnort> 
Anec. But U In "f tinportnnco to fnnom to kimw the price* jmm for 
(Atni produce All over the Ui?kai. Parish. CJiv« u* briefly, then, thl* 
wlnhw, inch il*niA com ernin^ the eeiuon Arid tcmftttAliire am itmy he 
of inuwtti*Mi<l r*jH.*cinlly the prices pAl<l fur nil uudi of »arm pro¬ 
duce, aid! such fact* as to ibe stock on hand iw may Vs fvllabl*. 
—Kim. Itva At.. I , 
Wcsl Lebanon, Pn., Feb. I I. Winter lias 
been mild and open. Very little snow. Wheat, 
$1; rye, 85c.; corn, 70c.; Oats, ff5c.; apples, 50c.; 
potatoes, 486.; butter, 3Qe.; eggs, 20c. Land av¬ 
erages about $40 per acre.—j. G. 
Carthage, Mo„ Feb. 9.—We aro having most 
beautiful weather. The roads are dry and dusty. 
Farmers are very busy making fences, plowing, 
building, &c. Wheat is $1 per bu.; oats, 75c.; 
corn, 75e.; potatoes, $1; apples, 60c.; butter, 452* 
5Qo.; eggs, 25c.—c. F. a. 
AVcstfleld, Ohio, Feb. 14.—We have had a very 
remarkable winter; but little snow, and a great 
quantity of rain. Wheat looks badly, fly hurting 
it in the fall. Grain Is low. Wheat, $1; oats, 
45c.; corn, 75c.; buy, $10 per ton; pork, $10 per 
owt. Farms soli from $40 to $100 per acre.— Sub¬ 
scriber. 
Viola, Mercer Co., III., Fell. 16. The winter 
has been very mild, probably the most so of 
any one for thirty years. The thermometer has 
but onoe been as low us zero; not snow enough 
to make good sleighing at any time, though 
there were one or two lulls of snow three or four 
inches deep. To-day la like spring. Thermome¬ 
ter, at this writing, (5 P. M..I 45' above zero. No 
snow, and but lit He lrost in the ground.—it. it. 9. 
Naperville, Du Page Co., III., Feb. 21.—Win¬ 
ter sot in early; have hud but little sleighing and 
very little rain; but few very cold days, to-day 
being as cold as we have had. Thermometer 12’ 
below zero. Grain low; wheat, 65@70o. per bu.; 
corn, shelled, TAuhOe.; barley, ILQilOo.; outs, 35c.; 
potatoes, about 80e.; pork, 8<Si9e. per lb.; beef, 
7@8c.; butter, 25o.; eggs, 18o. Money scarce and 
hard to get.— v. n. u. 
Charleston, Coles Co., Ill,, Feb. 2.—The weather 
for January has neon rather moderate. Maxi- 
mumtemperature, 12th, 59 minimum tempera¬ 
ture, 8th, 3’. Warmest day, 12th, mean, 49 1-3*; 
coldest day, 8th,—mean, 7 2-3°. Monthly mean, 
29.5’. Snow, Z'A Inches; rain and melted enow, 
3.18 inches. Clear, 45 per cent.; cloudy, 55 per 
cent. Prevailing winds. South aud Northwest. 
Corn, 50c. per bushel; wheat, 75c.@$l; oats, 35c.; 
potatoes, 20e.; apples, 40@50o.; hay, $8 pur ton; 
fat hogs, $8@$8.5ti gross. 
Keswick, Albemarle t o., Va., Feb, 17.—Weath¬ 
er clear and pleasant; average temperature for 
past thirty days 45°. Have had but oue freeze 
ot oue and u-balf inches ioe, aud one snow 
two inches deep. Farmers well advanced in 
plowing. Wheat looking better. Corn selling 
at $4 per bbl.j oats, 50c.; wheat, none in market. 
Tobacco going in but selling iow. Provisions 
scarce. Bacon, 22c.; pork, 15c.; potatoes, 75c. 
Flour $7@d; butter, 30c. and plentiful. Land 
selling from $5 to $20, according to situation 
and improvements. Northerners coming In 
rapidly. Money Scarce, but fanners are cheer¬ 
ful. Labor will soon bo scarce ou account of 
negro exodus.—E. 0. M, 
Dellefonte, Pa., Fcl>. 18.—The weather during 
this mouth has been very mild. Snow fell ou 
the 8tb fust, to the depth of twenty inches or 
more. Sleighing good for four or five days. Did 
not get cold, consequently snow soon melted 
away. To-day it has snowed four or live inches, 
1 will not make any sleighing; too soft and slushy. 
The euiire winter thus far has been remarkably 
] open, uo cold, freezing weather; but little ice 
housed yet, and that of a very poor quality. 
The grain in the ground has not been injured 
to any extent. Every department of business 
seems to be dull. Farmers are holding on to 
their grain for higher prices. There is u great 
quantity in the county unsold. Wheat (red.) 
90c.; rye, 80c.; corn, 65e.; barley, fiOc.; oats, -35c.; 
clover seed. $7; iipplee (green,> $1.25; potatoes. 
50c.; pork, $12; beef, $9; butter, 40c.; eggs, 20c. 
Prices do not fluctuate much.—j. r. r. 
Hendingioo, A. J., Feb. 22.—This has been 
here, as elsewhere, a remarkably open winter. 
Careful observers say that the winter of 1827-’28 
was similar. The evening of the 201 h inst. we 
had a cold nun, clearing during the night, cold 
and windy, and atsunrlse the mercury stood at 
zero—the lowest, I think, atauy time during the 
winter. The past night has been much the 
same, and although this morning is bright and 
clear, the mercury was very near zero ai 10 A. M. 
Horses aro dull sales, and prices tend downward; 
ffoodtann or road horses, $125 to $1<X); extra, 
$1.7) to $3)0; tho 1>r*t bring higher prices. Milch 
cows are nought at good prices—say, $50 to $80. 
Farm laborers (best) are hired for $15 to $17 per 
month and board, for the year, beginning April 
1, next, or $27 to $30 without boaixl. Wheat 
brings $1.08 to $1.15; com 85c.; eats t2e.; hay 
$14; beef 13c.; pork 15c.; butter 40c.: eggs 2c. 
each; clover seed lSjtfc. per. lb.— t. j. a. 
Sirowberry Plains, Tenn., Feb. 18.—We have 
had a soft, mild winter, though at the present 
writing the snow Is lying fhree inches deep and- 
still falling, yet we havo had no very cold 
weather. Times are very hard, owing to the 
scarcity of money. Our corn crop, lost'season, 
was very light; wheat, medium crop. Prices 
are as follows:—Wheat, $K2»l.t0; oats, 50@e0c. 
com, BOtfpOc.; potatoes, $1; lauds aro worth from 
$10 to $50 per acre, according to quality, loca¬ 
tion and Improvements. This is a Due couutry 
for those seeking new homes, iho soil aud cli- 
mato is adapted to tho growth of fruits and 
grains of all kind3. Wo are anxious to havo 
practical farmers locate among us; but there 
aro somo persons who have coiuo since the war, 
who care neither for us nor the country, do 
nothing else but sneer at what they see here, re¬ 
mind us of how such things are done where they 
came from, and those misrepresent us through 
the Press North. Such people do us no good.— 
j. M. M. 
•-- 
INDUSTRIAL SOCIETIES. 
Lom-nMer, Pn., Ag. nnd Hurt. Soc.—Officers 
for 1870: I*r<w.—IlKMtY M. Eng f.E. Vice-Prcf'ls 
- Jacob B. Garber, Levi 8. Heist, Dr. W. L. 
Deifenderfer and H. K. Stoner, lice. .Sec.—Alex¬ 
ander Harris, Lancaster, (or. Nee.— Calvin 
Cooper. ’/Yeas,—l>r. J. W. Heigtniul. IAU .— 
Hi mot) P. Eby. ltotanM Jacob .Stun Her. Chem¬ 
ist — Dr. J. H. Musser. Entomvimjiit — $. S. 
Ruthvan. 
Ynrtli Kennebec, Me,, tg. Soc.—Officer,-, for 
1870: Pn*. —G. E. Shores, Watorville. Vfce- 
Vrcx't a .1. lVrcival, Water villa; W. 15. Drum¬ 
mond, Winslow. Trustee* Galen I [exit, Fair- 
field; G. R. Drummond, Winslow; Win. Mulcn- 
tiuu, Watorville; Win. P. Blake. W. Watorville. 
See. Daniel |l. Wing', WatervUlO, Trcas .—Ira 
H. Low, Watorville. 
Toronto, Out., Township Ag. 8©c,—Officers for 
1870: Pres.—S amuel J. Pearson. Vicc-Prcn.— 
Robert, Steen. Dtrcctthn. — David Hammond, 
James E. Pointer. David Messenger, James E. 
Rutledge, William Duck, Dr. M. Aikins, William 
Brown, Henry Culbam and James Savage. 
Auditor*— M. w. Cook aud Thomas Hammond. 
See. and Trcitfi .—Thomas 1>. King. 
Franklin f\»., Ohio, Ag. Sot-, Officers for cur¬ 
rent year: Pies.— David Taylor Mr. Vice-Prcs. 
—Eton Dryer. Manaucrn— rW. Brown, B. 
Gwywno, L. A. Dowers, Geo. I). Freeman. J. C. 
Lunu, W. 5V. William*. J. M. Fuson, A. S. Glen- 
don, J. N. Peters, F. Swisher, C. P. I/audon, VV. 
8. Stirutu, J. E. Davis, S. t>tuu'p, A. C. Ileudloy 
and G. w. bhaploy. 
Cook Co., III., Ag. Mech. niul llort. Soc. lias 
elected as olDoeis for the ensuing year: Pres. 
D. WoirviiLVGTUN. Vice-Pres .—Edgar bauuders. 
See.—Samuel Muir. Cor. See.—J. A. Pool. Treas. 
—H-D. Emory. JJh.- Homy Lumbard. Ex. Com. 
D. Worthington, 15. launders, 8. Muir, A. II. 
Dolton, J. A- Pool, J. Pettigrew, John lilair, H. 
D. Emery and 15. Gauze!. 
Plieljk*Co„M ol., Ag. Sled), and Hart. Sac.—Offi¬ 
cers b. a 1B70: Pn*. -E. W. Bishop. Vin-Pres.— 
W.l. Brokaw, Hcc. See. -II. L. Wheat. Cor. Sec.— 
C. P. Walker. ’Treas.—Stillman Buggies. Direct- 
ors—E. W. Bishop, W. 1. Brolutw, H. Buggies, 
T. Q. Emerson, J. 8. Frost, W. .1. Hawkins, J. H. 
Mitchell, 11. Cletao aud A. Neuman. 
tsl. Culliurlncs, Port Dulhounie unit Grantham, 
Dm., Ag. Sac.—Officers for 1870: Pres— C. May. 
VTcC-Prc*.—J. Robertson. 7Vra«.- W. J.Parnall. 
Sec.— W. H, liuitueti. Directors—J. Chirk, Port 
Dalhousie: J. C. Uylccri, W, Smith, Janu s Doug- 
lan,.St. Catherines; W. Stewart, J. W. Johnson, 
Jos. tirobb, W, R. lluveus, Grantham. 
West Penobscot, Me., Ag. Sue.—Officers for 
1870: Pm. - Stephen u. jennjsos. Garland. 
\ ice-Prcs ts — Geo. Hamilton, Dexter; 15. B. 
Stack pole. Kemluskeag; Geo. S. llilh Exeter. 
Sec. and l'redit, —T. P. Batoholder, Kemluskeag. 
TruAte.iH —Jacob Eastman, Exeter; M. M. Ilods- 
don, Kemluskeag; Sylvester Eddy, Corinth. 
Haniiliou Co., Ohio, Ag. Soe.—Officer? lor cur¬ 
rent, year: Pree.—T. Wilson. Vicc-Prcs.— Win. 
Duulmiu. See .—Samuel F. Hunt. lYtxis .—Jehu 
W. Kennedy. JJi\iclots — R. D. Jiilts. Fred 
Schwartz, X. P. Lane, Mike Zciglor, A. B. Ca- 
vauna, John Harper, Wui. Greenwood, James 
Bowman, Jesse Darrell mid J. Scbuff. 
Clarion Co., Pn., Ag. 8..c.—Tho following offi¬ 
cers were elected for the ensuing year: Pres.— 
G. T. Henry. VUx-Prrs'ts— U. N. Berlin, Michael 
Mills. Sec.— T. B. Barber. Cor. Sec —Is. Myers. 
Treas. —Theo. 8. Wilson. Eih.— C. J. Rhea. Ex. 
Com—Robert Barber, A. W. Corbel 1, U. H. 
Neely, Samuel Frantpton, Miles Beaty. 
Caledonia, VI., Farmers' Club,—Officers for 
1870: Pres— Jon a Lawrence, 'Vutorl'ord. Vice- 
PrcM's.— J. G. liuvey, St. Johnsbury; Andrew 
Warden, Barnet; 1. w. Sanborn, Lyndon. See. 
and 'Ti'em.— D. K. Siniouds, St. Johnabuiy. Ex. 
Lorn.—E. A. Parks, E. L. Hovey, lluruee Pad¬ 
dock. 
Dinbrook and Saltfleel, Out., Ag. Soc.—Officers 
for 1871): Pres.—W. VVaru.wK. I ice-iTc*.—i>. 
Lee. See. and Treas.— J- Davis. Directors— T. 
Webb, W’. Brown, W. Duffy, J. Reid, A. Jarvis, 
I. Carpenter, John Gollan, A. P. Combs, I. 
Jarvis. 
Genesee Co., \. Y„ Ag. Boo,—Officers for 1870: 
P/es.—I saac N. Todd, Byron. I'tre-Pm.—Geo. 
Burt, Batavia; E. Townsend, PaviUion. Sec.— 
L. R. Bailey, Batavia. Treas—A. N. Cowdin, 
Batavia. Directors—Geo. G. Dixon, Bethany; 
Morris Gifford, Bergen. 
Lamoile Co., Vt„ Ag. 8oc.—Officers for the 
present year: Pres.— R. R. Wait, Stowe. Vice- 
Pies.—Hon. C. S. Parker, Elmore. Sec.—Ira X. 
LcUuron, Morristown. Cor. Sec.—G. P. Small, 
Morristown. Treas.— H. S. Kelsey, Morristown; 
aud twenty-four Directors l’or different towns. 
London, Oni.. lion, fjoe.—Officers for 1870: 
Pres.-J. Johnson. 7(Ce-ftw'l«-J. M. Cousins, 
J. Stewart- See. —W. McBride. Treas.— C. An¬ 
drews. Directors—J. Durand, W. Ban riders, T. 
Partridge Jr., W. Farris, J. Christie, J. H. Grif¬ 
fith, H. B. Strong) J. B. Smyth, 
Niagara Co., N. Y„ Ag. Soc. elected the fol¬ 
lowing officers for the present year: Pres — 
Isaac H. Bakcock. ViCc-Pics .—Geo. B. Towns- 
hend. See—Geo. X. Nichols. Treas.— E. Sim¬ 
mons. Directors, for three years, James Van 
Horn, C. L. Hoag. 
The Michigan Dee Keepers' Ass'n holdsa meet¬ 
ing at Lansing, March 28 and 24. 
— For various other Industrial Societies, see 
page 156 this uumber. 
