PROCRESS AND IMPROVEMENT.” 
labor and capital as a consequence. We there¬ 
fore see no serious (if any) objections to this 
funding bill, and iiope it may pass. If our read¬ 
ers have any other view of its probable effect, 
we shall be glad to have them discuss it in our 
columns. 
and we want none but good citizens in our place 
—e. c. 
Milton, Rock Co., Wis., Mnrcli 1 
“ if Asheville, N. C., is a good place for a good 
mechanic—a inan that is able to do any kind of 
work, from building a woodshed to a palace, and 
who will attend to his business and only to his 
business.’’ Certainly it Is: there are few places 
in the country that aro not “good places" for 
just such men. 
2 .—Winter set 
in very early here; thousands of bushels of po¬ 
tatoes and apples froze up before they were se¬ 
cured. Have had good sleighing all winter with 
little snow. Lowest point mercury reached, 16’ 
below zero, a severe storm of snow and rain 
set. in yesterday noon, and still continues. Grain 
low. Wheat, 65©i0c. per bushel; corn, 45c.; oats, 
35c.; barley, 40c.; potatoes, 30c.; pork, 8@9c.; but¬ 
ter, 25c.; eggs, 15c. Large quantities of wheat 
in store in the farmers’graneries waiting higher 
prices; money very scarce.— k. w. t. 
C'ardington, Morrow Co., O., March 11.— The 
winter has been remarkably mild. Prospect for 
AN ORIGINAL WEKKLV 
RURAL, LITERARY AND FAMILY NEWSPAFER. 
d. d. t. moons, 
Conducting Plditor and I-’roprietor. 
wow ronivx CLUBS 
TO BEGIN WITH THE NEW QUARTER 
THE DAY WE CELEBRATE, 
TERMS, IN ADVANCE: 
SiTiiscmiTioN—Three Dollars a Your. To Chibs 
and Agents, Kivu copies for $14; Seven, and one free 
to elul) ngpnt, for f lit; Ten, and one Tree, fur $25—only 
$2.W per copy. As we pro-pay American postage, $2,70 
is the lowest Club into to Canada and $3.50 to Europe. 
'Hie best way to remit Is by Draft or Post-Office 
Money Order, and all Draft? and Orders made pay¬ 
able to the Publisher may be mailed at his uisk. 
A DvnrmsrNo — Inside, 73 cents per lino, Agate 
space; Outside, |1 per line, each Insertion. For Ex¬ 
tra Display and Cuts,s pHcoand n half. Special and 
business Notices, $1.50and $2 a hue. No advertise¬ 
ment inserted for less than $3. 
E5T - As the Kelt at, closes eight days In advance of 
date, to secure proper classification Advertisements 
should reach tho New York Office at least ten days 
before the date of the paper In which they appear. 
A NcwQuaricr oflho Rural commences April 
2d. NOW IS TUB TIME TO MAKE Ui* CLUBS to begin 
with the Now Quarter or tho present Volume—as we 
can supply subscribers from cither Jan. or April, as 
preferred; or part of the Club from one date and 
part from a noth or. 
The thoii?mills who want the Rural, but 
have waited until their taxes were paid, etc., can 
now secure it by little effort, or at a low rate, by 
VORJUNU OH JOINING A Club. Aud there are 
myriads of good people who really want the paper, 
and would readily toko it if only invited to do so by 
Home friend who In a subscriber and can testify as to its 
merits. Our Agent-Friends will please seo that such 
uro not neglected,—and will not subscribers generally 
(and especially You. header,) kindly act in behalf of 
the Rural? I'leasc tell your friends and neighbors 
about it, and, if there is no agent near, receive aud 
forward their subscriptions. 
Cliilo, can bo made up for nine months (April to 
January) at same proportionate rates as fora year— 
also additions to clubs-and extra copies or premiums 
allowed in proportion. 
“TIME UP” RENEWALS, &.C. 
CE'“ All whose SubNcriptioim expire this 
week will find the No. (I it lilt) after name on address 
label, and will please note that now Is the time to 
renew, to secure the uninterrupted continuance of 
the paper. Wo trust that all will not only promptly 
renew, but bring many new recruits for the RURAL 
binc; ade. our Liberal Premiums (or free copies, if 
preferred,) are continued to all forming Clubs. 
THE SEASON. 
L * want information, briefly, fAncmiini; tho Manon, progiMB of 
tho work, temponturo, rroj*. prlcw of f.,rr„ produce, Hock, l»lmr 
Olid l«od», tod citrufu) iwtimnto* of tho amount of *r»in nod number 
of nnlrnult on litnd for H.?ln, iu compan d with prorioua Muuua, for 
publication imd«r this hoad.—E»«. Runsi.] 
Riper City, Ford Co., Ind., March 7.— Weather 
wintry; two inches of snow. Corn, 40@50e.; oata, 
40c.; potatoes, 80c.; apples, $1.40; eggs, 15c.; hut- 
tor, 25c.; farms, $20@50. prairie land, $S@20. 
Winter long, but not very cold.—. 1 . 1 ,. 
Greenfield, Saratoga Co., A’. Y., March 11.— 
It ims been a mild winter. Tho coldest- day was 
January 14th, which was ten degrees below zero. 
This morning It was throe degrees above. Sleigh¬ 
ing good, prices aro us follows: — Corn, per 
bushel, $1; rye, 8 O 0 .; oats, 55c.; hay, per ton. 
Clark, Mercer Co., l»n., March 16. — four 
niches or snow this morning. Wheat looks well 
on the ground. Good Cut cattle worth 7 o., per 
pound; corn, 55c.; wheat, *1.30; out*. 45®B0c.; 
pork, very scarce at ISjtfc., net; milch cows and 
hogs are sls high ns they over have been in this 
county; butter, 3i*y,35c.; eggs, Soc.—s. c. K. 
Frenehvllle, 1V1»,, March 3.— Have hud a most 
splendid winter-not over a foot, of snow alto¬ 
gether. Fall wheat, looks well; no sleighing nt 
present. Wheat, 60@)70c.; corn, 40c.; oats, 40c.; 
potatoes, 50c.; hay, wild, $2(2*4; tame, $ 8 ; pork, 
$HV&12 per 100 lbs.; butter, 35c.. eggs, 12&l«e.; 
eows, *3Wti35; oxen, $ 200 (f^i 0 per pair; horses, 
$25010$400, on time; farms, improved, $12 ©.30 
per acre; labor, 500. per day.—j. c. u. 
Central, .Mich., March 11.— it, is cold for 
March. White wheat, $ 1 ; corn. 95c.; oats, 50c.; 
rye, ignored, buckwheat, very little grown; po¬ 
tatoes 20c. and dull; apples, 50c. and dull; 
horses, $ iOOJf l.TO; cattle scarce, and prices ad¬ 
vancing ; flocks of sheep are very much diseased 
or annihilated; hoga scarce, and high-priced; 
poultry Is generally ignored ns u business; gar¬ 
den vegetables not grown ms a specialty.— 
Pioneer. 
Owcgo, Tioga Co., 1Y. V., March I«. -Snow four 
feet deop in the woods, and more coming nt, (his 
writing. Hay, $8©40; wheat, $1.20; oats, 48c.; 
butter, 25fi.30o.; corn, 8 'e.; rye, 80c.; cows, $G0@ 
$75. Good sleighing since February 8 . Farmers 
SATURDAY, MARCH 20,1870. 
RURAL NOTES AND QUERIES. 
QUARTER-DAY: 
Thunks, Reminders and (suggestions, 
Inquiries for Advertisers to Note.—O. Kellogg 
asks where he tail get a good and cheap berry 
box.—A Pittsburgh (Pa.) subscriber asks where 
he can purchase a good willow peeling ma¬ 
chine.— John FlSUJ.a it asks where ho can ob¬ 
tain “Trophy Tomato" seed.— A correspondent, 
asks where he etui procure English sparrows and 
goldfinches, and at whal cost per pair. We can¬ 
not answer— E. A. Hewitt asks whore he cun 
obtain a pair of thorough-bred Cheshire pigs.— 
It. Johnson, Howard Co., Ind., asks where ho 
can obtain pure White-crested Poland fowls.— 
A gentleman asks if it. is possible to get. a gur- 
dener who understands hla business, ami is not too 
opinionated to receive suggestions from bis em¬ 
ployer? He wants such a person—but only one 
who cun bring evidence that he Is qualified. A. 
B., Lancaster, Pa., asks where he can get a pure 
Cotswold rum.— 6 . N. J., Luke Co., 111., asks why 
those who have pure bred Ayrshirea do no] ad¬ 
vertise. He and his neighbors want to improve 
their dairos by breeding their herds to an Ayr¬ 
shire bull.— Amos Finch asks where he can get. 
a young aud sound stallion of approved trolling 
stock. 
— We must refer all such inquirers to our ad¬ 
vertising columns. 
INDUSTRIAL SOCIETIES. 
Thanks to the large number of Agents and 
other iiilliientiftl friends who have successfully 
labored to maintain and increase the Rural's 
circulation during the past few months. Many 
Of its long-time friends have done better for 
the paper than ever before, the hard limes and 
scarcity of money to tho contrary notwith¬ 
standing,—while those who have thus far failed 
of realizing their expectations tiro entitled to 
our acknowledgments for what they have ac¬ 
complished. Considering tho times, our Ageul- 
Frlends have done nobly, and we thunk them 
for their efforts to augment tho Ruhal’s circula¬ 
tion and usefulness iu their respective localities, 
Agents, ns well us subscribers interested, are 
reminded Unit this number closes tho first quar¬ 
ter of the year and volume, terminating our en¬ 
gagements with several thousand supporters,— 
all whose subscriptions expire this week,—and 
that under our advance payment rule (which is 
tho best for both Subscriber anti Publisher) a 
prompt renewal is necessary to secure the unin¬ 
terrupted visits of the Ritual. Though tho 
lilacs aro “dull" and “hard" in some sections of 
tho country, they are Improving, and we antici¬ 
pate a handsome increase rather than a diminu¬ 
tion of circulation as Spring advances- for 
surely no present subscriber 
t npi! iTi/iy f o., !\, •!., \^, Hoc*-— 1 Tho II vs t ntinipil 
meeting of Ibis Society was held Fell. 38, and t ho 
following officers elected: freet.—War. Doolit¬ 
tle, South N'jivHle, Vice-l'rcs’ts — Col. H. W. 
Sawyer, ' ape .May Oily: Downs Edmunds. Lower 
u-'u 1 ' 1 bofnu.s Horsley, Middle T.,wn- 
ship. .{id" 1 Wilson. Dennis Township; Tluukhais 
Van Gilder. Tipper Township. Dim-Tors-E. F. 
Uestcott, J 0 I 111 Aoss, The?. Townsend, Thus. It. 
Gandy, .1. It, Crandall. —Charles Pre*-fon 
Noiith ScmvIH®, 'J'reits. David Townsend, South 
Scnvilk\ 1 he first Annual Countv Fair will be 
held ill bou111 Renville, ncur tho si .. 1 1 Mon, on the 
14th .'ind 15th of September next. The annual 
[I'm V nj f r. r,l!i « ,v G‘ r the election ofoftleers 
will bo held on tho first Saturday in February. 
Cincinnati O. Mori.Soc.-The follnwlugarothe 
officers fur 1H7I): Pres— Geo. P. Guau cm ytre- 
Prcste Robert Buolmi,"", \v. I>. Anderson, 
John H. Gerui-d, hr. IYm.-.-JoIhi II. Gerard! 
Uu . See. It. K Huniord. <\>r. Set .-John Hlaok- 
burn. Ld >. B. P. Crtfcholl. Council— \V. F. 
Colburn, Merman Huerlin, Tims. Kmitl. Fruit 
torn. Dr. John A. Warder, \f, Me Williams. 
Fiitnk McGregor, .Unties Bain, 
•ec Knott. Vemlablc Com .-Frank 
bebnstiau Uentz, Louis RRz. Lib 
berforce Knott, Dr. Heigh way, John 
PUBLISHER’S SPECIAL NOTICES, 
Much Nil in he I'm «l ihi* V*>l, (from Jan, 1 ,) 
can siill ho nui'pllcd, or SiiliHi riiuloiiM may 
licgi 11 at Huy lime. Now dull*, and Addi¬ 
tions (o Cluhs, arc tlici'cloro iu order. 
M ow to Komil. Tho best way to remit for clubs, 
»» m u have often sluted, is by Draft. If $20 or over, 
ecnfi b.v draft, h» there i» no risk. For smaller 
amounts it is best to send by P. O. .Money Order, but 
il you cannot do Unit, send In It.'wintered letters, di¬ 
rected to D. D. T. MOOUK, 41 Park Row, New York. 
Additions to Club* uro id ways hi order, whether 
In ones, twos, fives, tons, or soy other number. A 
host of people uro dropping other papers about these 
days, and our Agent-Friends should improve evory 
occasion to secure such as recruits lor Die Rural. 
Flower Com 
Wilberfor 
Murphy, ,r 
Com. Will. 
L. Slcttinlus, 
North Western Poultry Associnlinn. At a re¬ 
cent mooting in Chicago elected ns Officers for 
current year; Pjm-L. L. Grekni.eaf, ftvtins- 
on. VMv-Prorf*«.—W. W. Corbett. Ghii'ugo; A. 
11 . Bulcinau, Ripori, AV is.; lion, James Grout, 
Davenport, Ioivii; A. w. Saw yer. Sycamore, 
".* 1 V,, I V I’clch, Chicago, lire. Sec.—A. Ed- 
,,te;,,fd »»» 
ftXtai V.nSWSP' T - Sb """' a - E - «• 
A Norilicnslern lire Keepers' As-oeintioii wms 
organized nt Albany Mnrch luih and Dili. Now 
York and New F.nghmd is tho Hold dcHirocdto 
bo covered by this organization. The paymout 
°* or '° dollar to the treasurer makes, a ‘man a 
mcnibcr; a woman boccuncs one bv simply en¬ 
rolling her name. The following ofllc rs were 
TO t( S. : QpTTfhv, Si. Julu.- 11 I 0 , N. Y. 
Ficc-fVss.-K Van Slyko, Harlem. N. V. .s'rr.- 
ChmYvISiey; N. L Y?- iW ~ J ‘ Ucthulin «*° n ’ 
South Scavillc Farmers’ Club, Cape May Co.. 
l rL J Isa list of Offloora n.r 1870: 
Pres. Dr. 1. M. W a v. Ibe. Sec. —K. F. Wostcott. 
Cor. See.,-Wm. Doolittle. Treat.-Amob Whea¬ 
ton. Meetings every Monday evening. ’Hits is 
the first Farmers Club ever formed In Cano May 
count,v. and has proved a wonderful success. 
Other Clubs aro being formed iu different purts 
of the count y, and a vast amount of good is be¬ 
ing don©.—W m. Doolittle. 
Erie Ci>., O,, Ag and Ilorl, See. and Farm¬ 
ers Club, hold meetings monthly fur the dis¬ 
cussion of various subjects pertaining to agri- 
culfuroandhortlcullurc, having within ns limits 
some of the best grajpo growers and small fruit 
eulturisis in Ohio. Officers for 1870: Pm.—D 
C. Richmond. Vtc&^Prw,- Z. Phillips. See.- H. 
ii. Lum. Itxets .—Samuel Fish, with a committee 
of one or tuoreiu each township of the county. 
Milk Producers’ Convention. - A Coin ention 
of Milk Product'is is to be hold at Croton Falls, 
Wednesday, March 35, for the purpose of adopt¬ 
ing measures to put a stop to the combined 
shaving operations resorted to by the vendors 
hi New York: also fn prevent tho adultemtiou 
of milk by city dealers. 
Lebanon, X. M., Ag. Soc. — Officers for 1K70: 
Pres.— Jam its Wood/ Fir,-/bJ, C. Sitnic- 
vant, N. B. Stearns, Joel Baker. Sec. — J. T. 
Break. 'Treat.— Goo. W. Blodgett. Directors.— 
4'lias. Cruft, John Noyes, Martin Buck. Tho 
President and Vico-Pro?aliens, together with t he 
Directoi's, constitute 11 board of seven directors. 
Gosport, Ind., District Agiiralturnl Socit'iy,— 
Officers for 187d. Pres. - W. il. Furns. F/ce- 
Prcts— E. D. Whitaker. Treat.- J. M. Stucky. 
Sccy.— T. C. Daily. Supt —J. Wooden. Asst. 
Supt.—H. Snodgrass. E.v. Com.— D. Gray, J. N. 
Steele. A. M. Green. Annual Fair.—Sept. (1 to 
10,1870. 
The Brandywine, Pa., Farmers' Club meets 
the last Saturday in every month. It numbers 
about 100 members. Its officers for lbTO arc: 
Pm.— John S. Hope. Via-Prcs.— A. J. Mont¬ 
gomery. 2’mm.— Joseph Briggs. Sec ,—Benjamin 
W omul. 
C’oncordvillc, Del. Co., Pa., Ag. Club.—This 
Club meets every two weeks at the houses of 
members. Its officers are: Pica.—A lexander 
Scott. Wce-Pm.— Betij. W. Passmore. Sec .— 
Lewis Palinnr. Cor. Sec. —Dr. H. Luriiuglou. 
Trca &,—Norris J. Scott. 
Berks Co., Pa., Ag. Soc.—Tho officers of this 
Society for 1870 aro: Pres. — Isaac Eckeiit. 
Fto-Prc*ft'#.—Joseph L. Sticker and George K. 
Levan. See. FrankB.Sb iIters, Cor.See— l'eter 
D, Wanner, Esq. Treat. George W. Bruckman. 
Ingham Co., Mich., Ag. Soc.—The officers 
elect lor 1870are: Pm. L. JI.Ivbs. See.— Geo. 
W, Bristol. Treas.—D. C. Smith. Three Vice- 
Presidents aud six Directors constitute tho re- 
maiuer ol’ tho Bourd. 
Adams Co., HI.. I fort. Soc.—The following 
officers wore elected for tho current year: Pres. 
—JOxin Stewart. Vke-Pns. D.C. Wood. lb:c. 
Sec.—T. Buttorworth. Cor. Sec.—Wm. Stewart. 
Treas.— T. Bin nook. 
I (linen, IV. V., Farmers' Club have, though 
late in the season, organized by electing the fol¬ 
lowing officers lor the year: Pm.— Wm. w. 
Ayers. Sec, and Treat. — J i. d, Cunningham. 
Meetings Saturday. 
Fair of the South Carolina Institute. — The 
tenth annual Fair of this organizalion will be 
held in Charleston, S. C„ November 1 to 5 , iu- 
duslvc, 1870. 
Show Bill)*, Specimen Number'*, tVc., Rent 
free to all applicants. If you want such docuiuonts, 
let us know and they will lie forwarded. 
Send I’h flit* Nniuen of Buell of your friends, 
fur and near, us you think will or ought to lake the 
Rural, and wc will mail them Specimens, etc. 
Bonding Towns fo Build Railways,—A cor¬ 
respondent writes u u a co mmunication concern¬ 
ing tho bonding cii , rWl.m towns to aid in build¬ 
ing a OCrUiin railway* This letter wo cannot 
print. In jt, however, wo And tho following 
questionIs it not thocttSo in the history of 
roads built by the bonding system llial they have 
been mortgaged in order to com plote thorn, then 
sold out on mortgage, and 1 lie (owns realize 
little or nothing on the investment?" Yes, Hits 
is true. Little, if anything, is generally realized 
from (he town bonds by the people, except that 
property-holders are benefited by having access 
to market, which was otherwise wauling, and by 
tho enhanced value of properly ip consequence. 
The question to be dccidod in all aucli oases is 
whether the public good of its people will be 
promoted by a railroad to ike amount of tho 
credit loaned by tho town. This is always 11 
local question, tho solution of which must de¬ 
pend upon present market, and traveling facili¬ 
ties, aud upon the character of the products 
produced. 
No Truvidinu Age ms uro employed by us, out 
any person so disposed cun act ns I,oca I Agent, on 
ills or her mvn authority, and secure premiums, etc. 
BUSINESS NOTICES 
is too poor or 
miserly to invest five cents a week to secure tho 
paper, while there are tens of thousands of non¬ 
subscribers who would readily lake il. if its 
claims and merits wore properly presented. We 
therefore suggest aud request that Agents, and 
Subscribers whose terms now expire, not only 
attend to renewals, but also to making additions 
to our list—for both of which the conunoueo- 
moni of a new Quarter offers a favorable oppor¬ 
tunity. Any and every successful effort in be¬ 
half of tho Rural will not only be recognized 
and rewarded, but enable us to increase our ex¬ 
penditures upon a journal already far more ex¬ 
pensive than any oilier iuitsimportantsphere— 
and few can know, or even imagine, the cost, in 
labor and money, of publishing such a Weekly 
as the Rural New-Yorker. 
BOOKS ON RURAL AFFAIRS, 
Sent, post-paid, to any Part of the Union 
Below we enumerate a portion of tho Works ive 
cun supply, with the price at which each w ill be sent, 
post-paid, to any section of our National domain—in¬ 
cluding the Facilia Stales and Territories, Ac.; 
LIST OF BOOKS AND PRICES. 
Allen** Am. l‘":l 11 n BcK.P.Ml LSilitl’i Moflvrn Avrinulttiro .1,00 
Do, N„w Ain, Knirn I'nuk .. .V,S0|MjitUiul itf Avrimlnire, (Km 
Do. I)i«,iium> ut pmnmltc A>|i. nvon Mid IntiU).1,46 
raid*.1,00 Mnliunl ,>n l'inx anil llcmu 
l>o. UurnI AroliKueturo.1,60' Cullunt... —... 
Aniitrlnu! Klrd F<wiolor.. SOI Manual of Tobacco Culture.. so 
Amcriciui Pc)iHoJ«jey(S(HMlJuit- M/ivhcw 1 # Practical Hook- 
U4tk'nA..8,00 l\*>. *idJ I>oublff 
Ami. Sj-Arji Sbooun (Tdcaeojile KiUrv. . .. 
Kifl«).. .,.. r * 60 Matyhcw’© AoCOuut Kook* (to 
Ainerlt«ri Horn Cullunat.... Jjft go w-Hb lUe nbovo.1,90 
Ami. Wi.<vK wi*1 I’jcOjI PIuiiU. 1,?& Do. K#y Un go with rtHovcY .. 00 
AfchilotiItro (CummlDJT* A MllO* MM iJufif’. Ko<)L (cJnth) 76 
Millet) 880 Dt ai^m «ud 714 M«v|cni Cookery, tv Miu Ac- 
l liiD»tr.*t lorn.10,00 ton mill Mr* S J Ji^io.1.60 
BcuuliTuI Uxvfl JMaut4 (1.4.M MtimimMilii) Dfaiciw, — 16D 
•loll Ett.UouJl 60 coI'TRtl IIU.0,00 pluU-'t itml UrsiKtiA.♦..10,00 
Km Keo)'i'P-' ml Book, Piipur 40 Mv V ItieynM ut Lnkctviuw... 1 ,‘.'6 
Do. ^Mr;«lin) . . hb Nurl'iti'# K|f«ncDU Scientilic 
Buim.nl's P.iuIUr^r’aConipwi Agricultural. 75 
Ion (180 llloktiutioiiM ....,8*00 1 Onion L ulturo .. 80 
Ho* lUbblt I Ar.clor . ynOur Form of Four Aeree. SO 
Blm k Rjttphurry Cultqrc.. .. 8L' l’ar*«jii$ on ih» Ko»o. .l .*?5 
B k of riowOr>*(nnw il,7. J . Bf-V nnd It© tluwi. 1 .V 6 
KrlilEfMnnn*© LiiU'luiit'f'# Aw*’ir,6i'l-tfitl Measure. 00 
Buu: >• i ntnity Kitchen (iAT* rhfuilom F'li.wir*.. ......1,60 
il&nar....l, 00 iPrnctlcnl uiol F.rii'Dt.Uc J'YuK 
Do. Plower (»:irtlt>u.I,Ml; CnltGrc i tinker •..j m\ 
CnrjK«tiU*r’* I fBook (n«\v) 76 PnuHlcnl Sh*ftlu f,l i lUndiil! ).v,(hi 
C o!,/* Aniiprimn Krnlt Book , 7A{Pr1ictical Siulr liuiltlor (SOortn- 
Ci'Iu’ii AiiieilcHM VuKtrinnrimi 7.V Kvul j lqu'»*..10,00 
Cci'oIniHlS C-C'URtry Life, 0i)h Qttinlr % MvatvrlM of lku- 
pp., r-ngrfivln^*.6,00 KcijiJu .. . .l f 60 
CiilumIMnntorNM hduhI(T ur Qnln«y •• Sniuug Cnltle..... I,v6 
I < • I. .-.1,-*n ) Z l :'. .1 I ..li It.. 
Cull VAtlnn "f Nfltlvo <ifii]>ru IluiUl’t ' irtnlmi F'loworj..... .8,00 
iin.l Mmi .-.nurture of Airierl l<Amiiiir$ Finn Wool 1 |ue> 
ciui VV itu/. : ....1,60 Ttnndry. 1 ,o0 
DnnflS Muik M in ml.1 ,V6; Do. Sh'vp )h)riuiiMlrv In liui 
Iijiri.l'a M.nif.rri II i D,w t I mi I, i ra 
crop both in yield and quality. Market prices as 
follows:—Wheat, 60c.(gi$l; corn, 50@<50c.; oats, 
30c.; Potatoes, 50c.; pork, $9<g,13, per 100 lbs.; 
cattle, 3@5e., per pound; hay, $10 per ton. There 
has been some wheat sown. We anticipate an 
early spring.— H. C. N. 
Grand Haven, Mich,, March J3.—Tho most 
violent storm of tho winter occurred last night. 
Snow tins morning, two fact deep on the level. 
Since December 1 st, sleighing good, although 
but. little Snow. Lumbermen have had ihc best 
Winter for their business, known for many years 
mid have improved it to the letter. Several of 
our leading tlrms lmd a full stock of logs In some¬ 
time early iu February. As spring approaches, 
parties are rapidly coming iu, seeking for fruit- 
lands. Many tracts havealready ebauged hands. 
Prices from $15 to $200 per acre?, according to 
quality and location.— d. e. n. 
Iirllcfonte, Pn., March 1$.—Thoro has been 
more and better sleighing for the last three 
weeks than all the rest of tho winter put to¬ 
gether. Tho weather 1ms not been so very cold, 
but somewhat clmnguble. It snowed most of 
tho time yesterday. Some sleighs ruuning, 
though soft and slushy; frozen again this morn- 
lug. The grain is well protected by snow, and is 
likely to pass the winter uinujured, Business a 
little brisker than last month. Markets as fol¬ 
lows:—Wheat, red, (lie.; rye, 75o.; corn, shelled, 
05c.; oats, 35c.; barley, 00c.; buckwheat, 75c.; 
clover seed, $7; potatoes, 40c.; eggs, per doz., 
20c.; lard, per lb., 10c.; bacon, shoulders. 15c.; 
sides, 15e.; hums, 30c. Few sales iu live stock. 
—J. F. P. 
Mound Gap, Texas, March4.—The timealtoted 
winter has passed, tap ring Is blooming itself 
into life. We have harl no winter, coinparo- 
tivcly speaking, und very little rain, though 
from appearances we will soon have plenty. It 
is with difficulty that wo can plow, owing to the 
loug drouths. Farmers are, nevertheless, very 
busy planting corn and preparing land Tor cot¬ 
ton. Peach and plum trees are in lull bloom, 
and If not blasted by a into frost, will yield 
abiiuduniJy. Prices of produce is increasing 
some. Cotton about 17c. per lb.; corn, 75 «l@$ 1 
per oil; potatoes, Irish, $3 per bn.; sweet, 75c. 
per bu.; baiter, Northern, 50c.; cheese, Nunii- 
ern, 25c.; eggs, I0@15c. per doz.; bacon, 15c. per 
lb.; lard. 15@2(Jo. per lb.—s. r. c. 
Otter Creek, Cluy Co., Kansas, March 5.—The 
weather, during the month of February, was 
very pleasant, except the 11 )th und 20 th, which 
were very cold and windy. March is quite 
rough. Wheat is worth 75@80e.; corn, 40c.; po¬ 
tatoes, 2Vh35e, There aro quite a number of 
homesteads here yet; lund sells from $3.50 to 
$35 per acre. Some good chances for men of 
small means. Wo have a good settlemen t, here, 
Manual Labor of Student* in Iowa.—Thcreport 
of the President to the Bourd of Trustees of the 
Iowa Agricultural College, for 1809, before us, 
represents the Introduction of manual labor in 
that institution a gratifying success, and its in¬ 
fluence upon the health, progress and conductof 
the pupils in tho Ugliest degree salutary. The 
President expresses the conviction that they 
could never carry their number of students, un- 
diminlshed, through the summer term without 
manual labor. Jle has “ full faith in the wisdom 
of tho law which requires manual labor from 
every student,” and believes “such a require¬ 
ment indispensable to tho prosper! of an In¬ 
dustrial School.” 
THE FUNDING BILL. 
All Bight !— Daily wo aro receiving remit¬ 
tances for the Rural from people who took it 
last year, but thought they must either do with¬ 
out it or take a cheaper [lower priced] paper on 
account of the scarcity of currency. Both 
classes acknowledge their mistake, andgenerally 
order back numbers. Nome aver they have been 
sold by tlie* so-called cheap papers, and others 
that the Rural’S visits are indispensable. All 
right, friends! “You pay your money and have 
your choice ’’—only it & always safest to choose 
the Rural first! 
ut. least one-third shall be of the lour per ecnls, 
and not more than ono-third of either the live 
or the four and a-hall’ per ocurs. 
Unlimited permission of new bnnkson pledges 
of the four per cent, bonds, with the cancella¬ 
tion of an amount of greenbacks equal lo their 
circulation. 
An appropriation of one-half of one per cent, 
for the expenses of negotiating the new loans. 
This bill lias been sent by the House to its 
Committee of Ways and Means. IIow long it 
will stay there is very uncertain. 'The interest 
on these bonds Is payable in gold. Some objoet 
to tho bill because they assert it is a step toward 
repudiation. This lias not been made clear to 
us. We are opposed to repudiation of it dollar 
of our indebtedness, either in letter or in spirit; 
and we are in favor of its payment as rapidly as 
the material development of the country will 
warrant it. But whatever reduces the rate of 
interest on our indebtedness will be u relief to 
the people in two ways. It will diminish the an¬ 
imal tax to pay the interest thereon, and trans¬ 
fer our securities from Amerieau capitalists b> 
the hands of foreigners in countries where 
money brings a less rate of interest than here. 
This will lot loose capital now tied up in bonds 
in Ibis conn try, for investment, and which pays 
no tax, make it productive und tax-paying, and 
result in a wider foreign investigation of our 
resources and increase immigration hither of 
Personal.— Miss Julia Colman, whose articles 
in our Domestic Economy and Hygienic De¬ 
partments have rendered her favorably known 
to our readers, lias an intereresting aud instruc¬ 
tive lecture ou “Why God made Alcohol,” 
which has been given in this city with decided 
Success. She also lectures upon “ Food, aud the 
Manner of 1'repaving It.” Miss Colman isa sen¬ 
sible. practical, earnest, womanly woman. She 
can do guod in any locality. I'artScs desiring her 
services will find her term reasonable. Address 
her at 98 Park avenue, Brooklyn, N. Y. 
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oil CaltK....1.:;, w\ .-:.cn Ft ,ii« .r,mvr.i‘ CuMi-l,6<j 
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^ Tho Jiimvo Ii8l will Ik? ruyisod from ttniQ to time, 
I and new works added as ])uUltbhed. 
;/ Wc Iiuvo made arranffcrnonts by which wo aro 
enabled to sornl promptly, j*ostaK<? pnid, any hook 
fV published in tbo l nitt?d .siator?, on receipt of price. 
Address all orders to 
L D. D. T. UlOtmB, 
41 Park Row, New York, or Rochester, N. Y. 
American Cliiirns in Germnny.—VYe learn that 
Porter Blanchard's Sons have Just received 
an order for two hundred Blanchard Churns to 
lie sent In Germany. “They were ordered by 
the agent of the extensive house ot Biernatzki 
& Co., of Hamburg, wlm was sent to this coun¬ 
try with instructions to select the very best 
agricultural implements lie could Had.” 
Cost of Ha i Iron (Is. — LORETTA E. Kxappe— 
When ihceostof it railroad per mile is given, the 
rolling stock is not included, unless specified, 
any more than flic rnuney paid for furniture is 
included iu stilting the cost of a house. 
