PROCRESS AND IMPROVEMENT." 
faith in the honor and reliability of our adver¬ 
tisers, as a class, until the contrary is proved,— 
and that in all eases where wc unwittingly insert 
what deceives, sells or swindles our readers, we 
hasten to make amends when advised, by discon¬ 
tinuing the publication and exposing the fraud 
for the benefit of our readers and community 
generally. We do not publish this Journal solely 
to make money, nor do we intend to aid others 
in making it by dishonorable means. 
they thrive as far South as this? S. G. P., Balti¬ 
more, Md.—Who has Bronze Turkey’s eggs for 
sale? A. Jokes.—W here can J obtain Chinese 
yams? S. R. P., Orkalooza,Iowa.— A correspond¬ 
ent asks where ho can obtain thebestand cheap¬ 
est berry basket. 
nblrsl^cr's 
AN ORIGINAL WEEKIVY 
RURAL, LITERARY AND FAMILY NEWSPAPER. 
Where can I get an Ayrshire 
bull calf? W. P. It,, TmauxmdOy K. Y.-I want, 
some pure Italian bees. Where can they be ob¬ 
tained? A Subscriber, Akron, 0 — Is horse 
radish to be obtatned of nurserymen for plant¬ 
ing ? M. N. Answer: We do notknow.—Do the 
New York seed stores keep Trimble’s sweet 
com? I have seen it noticed in the Farmer’s 
Club reports. F, G. Answer: We do not know 
that it is in the market.—Where can I got true 
Surprise Oats ? A YotiKa Farmer, Albion, A. F. 
—H. A. Cok asks why Carrington's Draining 
Plow is not in the market and advertised ir it is 
good for anything. Asks for information from 
our readers who have used it, pro and con. 
rarow form clubs 
TO BEGIN WITH THE NEW QUARTER.' 
TERMS, IN ADVANCE: 
Subscription —Three Dollar* a Year. To Clubs 
and Agents, Five copies for $14; Seven, and one free 
to club agent, for $19; Ten, and one free, for $25—only 
$2.50 per copy. A* we pre-pajr American postage, $2.70 
is the lowest Club late to Canada and $3.50 to Europe. 
'I'lin hoot won In en„,■ * 4* tn./.n _ va_ a r\ u. _ _ 
A New Quarter oft lie Rural commences April 
2d. NOW IS THE TIME TO MAKE UP CLUBS to begin 
with the New Quarter or the present Volume—as we 
can supply subscribers from either Jan. or April, as 
preferred; or part of the Club from one date and 
part from another. 
The thousands who want the Rural, but 
have watted until their taxes were paid, etc., can 
now secure it by little effort, or at a low rate, by 
forming OR JOINING a Club. And there are 
myriads of good people who really want the paper, 
and would readily take It 1/ only invited to Co so by 
some friend who la a subscriber and can testify as to Its 
merits. Our Agent-Friends will please see that such 
are not neglected,—and will not subscribers generally 
(and especially You, Header,) kindly net in behalf of 
the Rural ? I’lcaso tell your friends and neighbors 
about it, and, If there is no agent near, receive and 
forward their subscriptions. 
Clubs can be made up for nine months (April to 
January) at same proportionate rates as for a year— 
also additions to clubs—and extra copies or premiums 
allowed In proportion. 
THE INCOME TAX. 
Kingston, Roane Co., East Tcnn., .March 17. 
—We are having very severe weather. Yester¬ 
day morning the mercury stood 20 * above zero, 
and all day was cold and windy; last night 
snowed a little; was very cold; ground frozen 
hard; this morning the mountains are white 
with snow, and it is still very oold and windy, 
we are only twelve miles from Cumberland 
Mountains. I sowed about ten acres of oats 
nearly two weeks since. Nearly every one else 
is In like condition, I bolieve all our peaches 
arc killed. Wheat is also injured, 1 think, to 
some extent. This has not been a good wheat 
county for several years. Wheat is worth $1.25 
@$1.50; com, $1; oats, 60®70o.; potatoes, for 
early planting. $1.75®$2; they are very scarce, 
and nearly all from ihe North. Our potato crop 
was a failure on account of the drouth.— j. n. m. 
Franklin C.'n., Mo., hi arch 17.—Thermometer, 
12 *; snow falling: wind high.and weather very 
disagreeable. Wilhin three days past mercury 
has been down to zero. Nothing done in the 
way of spring work. Cold weather began latter 
part of October last and has continued, with lit¬ 
tle interruption up to the present. It is feared 
that peach buds are killed, but if It be so, it has 
been done in the last few days. Small fruit 
much injured by freezes; the greater part of it 
being left unprotected. Winter wheat pretty 
much killed out; can’t make much of a crop. We 
sow no spring wheat here. Prices of farm 
products declining. Farmera, however, are not 
discouraged, and will work when the weather 
permits. Corn and tobacco arc the great staples 
of our section, though fruit (both large and 
small) forms a considerable item in our pro¬ 
ducts; and where properly cultivated and han¬ 
dled, proves highly remunerative. The interest 
in horticulture Is fast increasing, though in ad¬ 
vance of the demand for such products,—s. w. j. 
The best way to remit is by Draft or Post-Ottice 
Money Order,—and all Draft* and Orders made pay¬ 
able to the Publisher may be maii.eu at his risk. 
AnvEicnstxo — Inside, 75 cents per line. Agate 
spare; Outside $1 per line, each insertion. For Ex¬ 
tra Display and Cuts, a price und a half. Special and 
Business Notices, $1.50 and $2 a line. No advertise¬ 
ment Inserted for less than $3. 
S3r As the Rural Rioses eight days in advance of 
date, to secure proper cbisMUcation Advertisements 
should reach the New York Office at least ten day* 
before the date of the paper in which they appear. 
A Serious Swindle. —One of our live agents in 
this State notifies us of an outrage of a class 
with others concerning which we have informa¬ 
tion. Ho writes:—"I find you are a swindler, 
for the watch f received from you for a club of 
thirty subscribers, and which you value at 
I wcuty-slx dollars, the jeweler iu our place says 
is worth only thirty-five dollars.” We suggest 
that our “swindled" agent send us the differ¬ 
ence between the jeweler's valuation and ours— 
fl»S 8 E 
A Good Many Think So.—An Indiana subscri¬ 
ber writes us: “ I have been a reader of thy 
valuable paper for several years, except once, 
I thought to try a cheaper publication; but I 
found that after living well for a whjle it was 
hard to be put on poor fare; so I read Moore's 
Rural again, and it makes me glad every time 
I see it.” A good many people think as the 
honest Hoosier does. 
SATURDAY, APRIL 
PUBLISHER’S SPECIAL NOTICES. 
Knelt Numbers ill ihix V»>l, (from Jan, 1,) 
can still he supplied, or Subscriptions may 
begin at any time. New Clubs, and Addi¬ 
tions to Clubs, arc llieridore iu order. 
ABOUT INDORSING ADVERTISERS, 
A Tennessee correspondent asks us: —“Can 
you indorse-of-, as reliable in the sale of 
poultry and hogs? Not only myself, but several 
others want pure stock, both of hogs and cat tie, 
but cun not afford to buy without seeing, unless 
the man Is perfectly rcllablo and does not mis¬ 
represent anything. Such an indorsement would 
secure him, or any other breeder, many an or¬ 
der front this region." 
A Columbia Co. (N. V.) subscriber asks:—“Is 
the-Life Insurance Co, 
THE SEASON, 
How to Remii.—The best way to remit for clubs, 
as we have often stated, 1* hy Draft. If $20 or over, 
send by draft, n* there is no risk. For smaller 
amounts it is best to send by P. O. Money Order,—but 
If you cannot do that, send In Registered letters, di¬ 
rected to D. D. T, MOORE, 41 Park Row, New York. 
[Wit want information, briefly, concerning (bo season, progrM# of 
the work, temperature, trope, prloea of farm produce, stock, labor 
and landa, and rarefnl intlmatea of the amount of grain and number 
of animal* on hand for »ale, a* compared with prevlon* seasons, for 
publication under (bit head.—Ena. Rub*l.] 
Middletown, Orange Co., IV. Y., Mnrch 17.— 
Snow eight inches deep; flue sleighing; mercury 
12 ° above zero: weather continues cold during 
the entire day. Butter, fresh pails, 45®50o.; 
skim miik cheese, iaai3c.; corn, $1.10@*1.20; 
oats, 65c.; potatoes, MX&T&e.; milk will not prob¬ 
ably be more than 4c. per quart during the last 
half of the present month. Middletown Is soon 
to become a city.— d. w. b. 
Waylund, (Steuben Co,, N. Y„ March 17,— We 
have had a very fine winter. Up to February 
10 th we had no cold weather, nor any snow to 
make sleighing; since we have had plenty of 
snow, and to-day it is three and a-lmlf feet deep 
and sl.Ul snowing as hard as I ever saw it. Wheat, 
winter, $1(0)1.25 per bushel; spring, $1; rye, 90c.; 
barley, 75c.; oats, 45o.; corn, 40c.; potatoes, 40c.; 
apples, $1 per bushel; hay, $8 per ton; beef, 10 c,; 
hogs, ll@. 12 e.— m. m. 
Ilesper, Winneshiek Co., Iowa, March 9.— Our 
winter has been a remarkably open one, al¬ 
though we have had good sleighing since Nov. 
20. The coldest tnomipg J 8 ° below zero, 
the principal crop here, 45@00c.; 
75c.; potatoes, 75c.@$l 
Addition* to clubs am always in order, whether 
in onus, two*, lives, tens, or any other number, A 
host of people are dropping other papers about t hose 
days, and our Agont-Frlemltt should Improve every 
occasion to securo such its recruits for the Rural. 
THE SOUTH DEFENDED, 
advertised in the 
Rural, til] right? Do you know its Directors, 
and is it one of the best companies?” 
The above tire specimens of inquiries we occa¬ 
sionally receive, and it, is proper that our plat¬ 
form on the subject of advertising, heretofore 
distinctly announced, should be kept, before the 
people. In reply, therefore, we state that from 
the commencement of the Rural New-Yorker 
our aim Inis been to keep every department free 
from deception and humbug. With this object 
in view wc have excluded from our advertising 
Columns such matters as wo believed to be de¬ 
ceptive, fraudulent and humbugeous. From Its 
start, in 1850, we have almost every week, and 
sometimes oftener, refused advertisements 
which would pay us largely, in one instance 
an advertiser offered us four times our ordinary 
rates , and proffered several thousand dollars’ 
worth ol' patronage. Our answer was—“Sir, 
though it is said every man has his price, you 
haven’t money enough to induce us to violate 
our rule." Had we, then and later, acceeptod 
all propositions from advertisers, our pocket 
would probably be more plethoric to-day, but 
with the drawback of a correspondingly seared 
or India-rubbery conscience 
INDUSTRIAL SOCIETIES 
We invite attention to Mr. Echoes’ article in 
our Land Department. Mr. Echols is a well- 
informed citizen or Georgia, lolly identified 
with the industrial interests of that State, and 
one who has contributed largely both to her in¬ 
dustrial development since t he war and to mak¬ 
ing her undeveloped resources better under¬ 
stood in the North as well us in the South. Wc 
believe bJm entirely reliable in his statements 
so far as his knowledge extends. 
We have only this to say additional concern¬ 
ing this article. Mr. Echols says, “You coun¬ 
sel the people of the North against going South.” 
Yes, where the objectionable conditions wo 
named obtain; no. whore they do not obtain; 
and if, or a rule, they do not obtain in thoSouth, 
as we arc led to infer from Mr. Echols’ state¬ 
ments they do no* _ .i_> r ry v< have never counseled 
the people of the XutiTi against going South. 
Send Us the Names ot such of your friends, 
far and near, a* you think will or ought to take the 
Rural, and we will mall t hem Specimen*, etc. 
Milk Producers" Convention.—The milk pro¬ 
ducers of the counties traversed by the Harlem 
R. R j met in convention at Croton Fails, N. Y„ 
March 23d. Delegates of milk producers from 
Long Island, New Jersey aud the liucof the Erie 
R* Be were in attendance. After organization 
Mr. Camp of Westcliesn-r, spoke of milk produc¬ 
tion on the line of the Harlem R. R.,«sof greater 
magnitude Hum was generally known. lie 
represented the capital employed as auiouuting 
to $ 10 . 000 , 000 ; cows milked 18,000, furnishing to 
New York market 40,000,000 gallons of milk per 
year. Tims far the business had been conducted 
No Traveling Agents arc employed by ua, but 
any person so disposed can act as l*ooal Agent,, on 
his or her own authority, and secure premiums, etc. 
Marion. Ohio, Mnrch 21, 1870. 
Friend Moore: —The Grover & Baker Sewing 
Machine, which you ordered sent to Mrs. Eva O. 
Boyd, as a premium for my list of subscribers for 
the dear old RURAL, came to hand somu lime since, 
all complete, with fixtures, book of Instructirtns, 
needles, etc- etc., und works perfectly. WHo takes 
much pleasure In using it . iu fact can’t do without It, 
Please ueeopt the gnttuful thanks of myself and wife 
for so perfect ti machine and substantial premium. 
Also, tind Inclosed a P, O. Money Order for the sub¬ 
scribers named below. 
Yours, very respectfully, J. J. nOYD. 
Wheat- 
oats, 30 g.; corn, 
beef, dressed, 10 @ 12 j*c. 
per lb.; pork, 10@15c. Improved farms at least $5 
per acre less than they could have been bought 
for one year ogo-say from $20 to $30 per acre. 
Hard times, and money tight. Horses, $7fl@200 
per head,— A Subscriber, 
Roanoke, lnd„ March 15.—Snow is falling 
fast. Winter has been quite mild. Wheat looks 
very bad owing to the freezing and thawing. 
Wheat ranges from 85®00e.; corn, 85e.(2$.100; 
clover seed, $6.50(6*7.50; timothy, $3@i4; Flax 
seed, $1.8002.25; potatoes, 65c.; butter, 35o„ and 
iu great demand; lard, 20 c.; eggs, 20@>25e.; hay, 
$12@15. Times very hard; money scarce and 
season healthy. Bees are very nearly all des¬ 
troyed ; last season being very poor, boes did not 
gather enough honey to live upon through the 
winter.— t. j, t. 
Milo Center, Yale* Co.. K, March 16.— 
For the last eight weeks our sleighing has been 
good the most of the time. The 13th inst„ eight 
or ten inches of snow fell very heavy and kept 
Re place, hut to-day has been the hardest storm 
of the season and more snow has fallen than tit 
any previous time. Price of wheat., $1 for red 
and $ 1.12 for white wheat; barley, 65c.; oats, 40c.; 
Norway on ts for seed from $1.50 to $4 per bushel; 
potatoes, 40c.; flax seed, $ 2 ; clover seed, $ 8 @ 9 ; 
hay, $10; calves, $15@20; cows, $75 and extra 
ones $ 100 .— a. h. a. 
Cantsteo, N. Y., March 17.— Winter has been 
open and mild until February 18th; have had 
sleighing up to this date; have had but very 
few cold days. On the 16th the snow felt four¬ 
teen inches, which makes it from two to three 
feet on the level. Wheat, $1©1.25; buckwheat, 
50@?0e.; corn, 00e.; beans, $1.75@2; peas, $1; 
rye, $1; potatoes, 40@50c.; apples, fi0@75o.; 
pork, salt, l 8 @ 20 c.; hay, $i )@10 per ton; butter, 
25Jr)30c.; cheese, 15@i30o.; eggs, per doz., 20@25c.; 
farm hands per month, $15@25; horses, $50ift300 
each ; oxen. $150@23U; cows, $ 10(2*90 each. Times 
good; money scarce.— K. M. c. 
Dumfries, Prince William Co., Va,. March 91.— 
We have had a mild winter; nosnowof anycon- 
sequenee. Hay, $15 per ton; corn, 80c.; oats, 55® 
60c.; potatoes, 75c.: corn meal, $1 per bushel; 
flour, $5.50@«i butter, 35@40e.; eggs, 17c,; chick¬ 
ens, $3 per dozcu; hams, 18@22c.; laud, $3@20 
per acre, with plenty of water power; settlers 
wauled; money scarce and hard to get; horses, 
$75® 150, cows, $20® 10; oxen, $50®100 per yoke. 
Labor is cheap; a colored hand gets 50o. per day; 
t hey do not like to hire by the year. Some plow¬ 
ing done; more Roral New-Yorkers needed 
here. Roads very muddy.— t. a. p. 
Oscaloosa, Iowa, March 17— We have this 
week lmd the severest storm of the season. 
Thermometer down to zero. On Tuesday we 
could not tell whether it snowed or not, but the 
air was full of driving snow till it was piled up, 
making the roads impassable. There was wheat 
sown last week in this section. Wheat, 75 o.® 
$1.15; buckwheat, *1; rye, 50@60c.; oats, 25® 
30c.; corn, 40®.We.; butter, 20®SQc.; potatoes, 
30®40c.; eggs, 10@12>jc.; beef, per cwt., grass, 
$i@ 6 ; pork, $G@7.50; hay', prairie, per ton, $ 5 ® 
$7; timothy, $7®9; wool, per lb., 30®40c.: tim¬ 
othy seed, $3@3.50; clover seed, $11® 13; white 
clover seed, ?1 per lb.; Alsike, $1 per lb.— 8 . it. p. 
fcharon Centre.. X. Y„ Morcli 20.—Times hard, 
money scarce and business dull. Hops were 
mostly sold for low prices, yet that was better 
than is the prospect of those still back, as they 
RURAL NOTES AND QUERIES, 
BOOKS ON RURAL AFFAIRS, 
Sent, post-paid, to any Part of the Union 
Emphatic Appreciation.— Here is a letter from 
an Agent-Friend in Otsego county, N. Y., which 
not only confirms what we said last week about 
the repentance of those who had neglected to 
renew their subscriptions to the Rural, but 
also exhibits the high estimation in which the 
paper is held by people who are good Judges of 
journalism. After giving us the address of a 
now subscriber, (an addition to a handsome 
club,) Mr. A. G. M. adds: 
“Mr. L. has never taken the Rural before; 
says he has been wanting an agricultural pit per 
for some time; was determined to subscribe for 
the best; lias seen and compared a great many, 
and lias come to the conclusion that the Rural 
la tlic paper for his money. It does me good to 
have the Rural appreciated, because it is iny 
favorite,and I feel proud to I hiuk I have beeii 
able to introduce it into the families of my 
friends in this vicinity. Some who took it, last 
year, and thought times too hard to lake many 
papers, ami concluded to try some cheaper agri¬ 
cultural paper (or ml her one that costs less 
money) this year, after trying the experiment, 
say to me, ‘The Run al New-Yorker i must 
have; my whole tarnily are lonesome without 
it.’ * Can I renew now. after your < bib is com¬ 
pleted.’ ’ How foolish I was for hesitating about 
subscribing.' Others say they have tried every 
agricultural paper they have heard of, ami the 
Rural Is best of all. Our P. Al. ut Coopers town 
office Said to mo the other dav—‘I receive a 
large package of Rubai, New-Yorkers ut this 
oflioe. I am very proud of that package, prouder 
than of any other pueltuge received at this office. 
Do your best to increase its circulation; you are 
working in a noble cause.’ And I do think It is 
in a noble cause, (its lie says) for by increasing 
the Circulation of the Rural wc are extending 
the bond of fraternity among agriculturists, and 
through its in0nonce are helping develop the 
nobler qualities of mind and heart. 1 hope 1 
may live to sec the Rural take the place of the 
trashy works of fiction in every family through¬ 
out. the laud. Excuse me l'or intruding upon 
your time with so long n letter, bin really I 
could not help it . Tor ns I was reading my Rural 
I asi evening, I said, * tho Rural is a gem, and I 
must write so, too.' Success to you, Air. Moore; 
yours is indeed a great work." 
— Such testimony as the above is most grati¬ 
fying, as it proves the success of the Rural to 
be other and greater than merely financial—that 
our earnest desire und labor, for over twenty 
years, to furnish a Journal which should con¬ 
tinuously prove acceptable and beneficial to the 
industrial, intelligent and right-thinkingclasses, 
has been measurably successful. Indeed, we 
uiay justly feel proud of such a letter, which 
demonstrates the truthfulness of the subjoined 
notice of the Rural by one of the ablest, most 
conscientious and experienced journalists Amer¬ 
ica has yet produced; 
[From tliu Now York Daily Tribune.] 
Moore’s Rural New-Yorker closes to-dav its 
A-XUl year. It is no* n sensation paper, and may nut 
will patrons so fust as some that arc; Put those it 
wins it keens, by giving them the full worth of their 
money in instructive, wholesome, agreeable Infor¬ 
mation with regard to Farming and Household 
affair*, with a goodly array ,,f literary matter, mar¬ 
kets, A-r.. x,\ We presume that no man who took 
The Rural was ever afraid or ush unit'd to he 
seen reading it, OJ‘ hesitated to Com mead it to his 
neighbors. 
Below we enumerate a portion of the Work* wo 
cun supply, with the price at which eae.li will be sent, 
post-paid, to any section of om National domain—In¬ 
cluding the Pacific States and Territories, &c.; 
LIST OF BOOKS AND PRICES. 
Ailtu’i Am. Farm Ilttk. .. .*1,60, Liebig's Minium Agriculture 1,00 
Do, New Am, Form Book... ,2,DO Manual nf Agile u I turn, (Em- 
Do. Dlsen«e*of Pumwilc An - l •*» and Flint).I,i5 
«nal#... . 1 ,oo Manual un Flux and Homp 
Do. Rural Architecture.1,501 Culture.... ’ 9 ft 
Amorlcan Bird Fancier. 80 Manual of Tabtcoo Culture., 8(1 
American Pomology (230 Ulus- Mnvlnrw’* Practical Book- 
traliuiu ... 3,00 Keeping (Single unit Double 
Am. Sharp Shoutet (Telescopic Entry. 80 
Rille). 80 llnjhe'w'# Account Books (to 
American Rose CultnrlM. 80 go with tie above.],?0 
Am. Wevtis anti Useful Piaulii.l ,3ft ti,, Key (togo wlUt Above) , 90 
ArcHltecluri. (Gumming* A Mi]„» on rierce’e Paul tcloili) 71 
Miller) 38# Design* *nil 714 Modem Coolterv, In Mow A,:- 
Illustration*..10,11(1 ion **„,! M„ A J (lalo.1,6(1 
Beautiful Leaved PlnnU(Lem. Monumental Pel,tie. — ]fid 
don Edition) *0 oobned IIU. 6,00 (.lute* and ileilgnt.10.00 
Boo Kopara’Toil (look. Paper 40 My Viuwxrd hi Lakwlew. ..],#{ 
Do, (MuellnJ.. Tft, Norton', Eltuuubt* Scientific 
Bmuen.t'e Poulterer •ComjiMi- 1 Aurlcnhurr. .. 7 ft 
Ion (120 llluatratlone) .8,00 Qlileii Culture. VO 
Do. Rabbit Funelur—.... 8 ('ipur Farm 01 Knur Arrea,. . 80 
brewers grains, and other impure food, and 
Uiat none but pure milk should be sent, to mar¬ 
ket. Other action was taken iu regard to tho 
shipping And delivery of milk in New York, the 
price, and prompt return of cans, the furnishing 
of a daily report of prices to producers, the pre¬ 
vention of adulteration by city dealers and the 
abolition or t he swill milk swindle. A committee 
was appointed to perfect and execute the views 
expressed by the Convention. 
The Missouri 8i»ie Board of Agriculture has 
ordered a field trial of Reapers, Mowers, Horse 
Hay Forks, Hay Stackers, Hny Rakes, &c., to bo 
held near St. Louis during the harvest of 1870. 
i lie trial is to be conducted under ihe imme¬ 
diate supervision of tho Board. The points to 
be considered liimukiug the awards are: quality 
of work, simplicity of construction, durability, 
ouse or draft, market price, faollRj and manage¬ 
ment. lliu entry tees are from $5 to ,-ijo. The 
only award will be the certificate of the Board. 
Kennet, Chester Co., I’n., Farmer*' Club.-This 
Clul.) is composed of twelve male members und 
their wives, meeting alternately at eacli other’s 
houses. At those meetings examinations are 
made, with critic Isiuh. of condition of thedr sev¬ 
eral farms, live Stock, buildings, fences, crops, 
&c.* und aitenuionfcand improvementstiutfgested 
when required. The oflioenifor 1870arc : Pres.— 
E. B. Darlington. Scc.-Sandi Pyle. Treos.- 
Anne Jackson, for. Sec .—Isaac Wot her ilk Del. 
to h. Pa. Exp m tal Farm.—Murk Cox. 
Montgomery Co, Pa Ag. Soc. for 1870 have 
elected the following board of officers: Pres.— 
R. UOBEiri^. t'iCi-Prw'te.-.Samuel Roberts, 
8 . P. Childs. Trcds.— 80 th Lukons. Cor. See.— 
8. L. Styer, Ree. hV:c.—Lewis Siver, Ex.t'om.— 
John McCann. George Wolf, Jonathan Scott, 
Septimus Roberts, Richard c. Shoemaker, Jesse 
Roberts, b. S. Smith aud Ellwood Thomas. 
North Colllus, Y. Y„ Fanner* mid Meeh, Club 
—Tho enterprising farmeis of the south part of 
Eric Co. have organized a five club and elected 
offioers us follows: Pres.— Wm. l. Baldwin 
Vtee-Pres.—Albert T. Huson. Ree. Sec—Wat. H 
Estes. Oor. See .—Job Southwick. Jr. Treats — 
James A. Davis. Directors.-E. W. Stancliffe, A. 
HhId a ml M T13 *T[vq*. 
And yet ol late 
years,—during our absence or Inability to per¬ 
sonally attend to business,—objectionable ad¬ 
vertisements have occasionally crept into our 
columns, though wc think they have been “few 
and far between.” And in some instances, as 
long-lime readers are aware, wo have merci¬ 
lessly exposed humbugs tbat had inadvertently 
or surreptitiously found publicity through out¬ 
advertising department. 
But with all the care and censorship exercised, 
we are unublo to indorse all who advertise in 
the Rural, for the simple reason that we can¬ 
not, know tho character and responsibility of 
every party, especially entire strangers, as are 
many of our advertisers. But wo believe tbo 
great massof our advertisers are honest, straight¬ 
forward and reliable, as we take pains to exclude 
others. Many advertisements received by mail 
are peremptorily refused and the money re¬ 
turned ; others are deferred to ascertain if they 
arc all right before publication. 
As n general rule, however, if a stranger 
sends us an advertisement, of stock, trees, 
plants, seeds, or implements, and it seems to 
to be n legitimate announcement, we insert it, 
provided t he cash accompanies it. Wo do not 
necessarily know whether he will do all that 
I 10 promises. A man may deal with us in a 
straightforward, upright manner and be an out¬ 
rageous swindler so far as other people are con¬ 
cerned. Ileuce wc cannot attempt the indorse¬ 
ment of our advertisers. Every man who de¬ 
sires to purchase stock, should learn something 
of tho party of whom he designs purchasing— 
of his reliability and responsibility—by inquiries 
iu the neighborhood whore such party resides. 
Commercial correspondence has become so sys¬ 
tematized and complete that any one who chooses 
can avail himself of such agoncy to learn the 
business standing of almost any man in any 
community, A man who does not protect him¬ 
self from deception, lacks very ordinary and ne¬ 
cessary business caution. Honest men and deal¬ 
ers are always glad and prepared to give guar¬ 
antees. And the same is true of Insurance and 
other companies. The particular company our 
correspondent inquires about wc believe to be 
reliable, yet the publication of its advertise¬ 
ment is all tho indorsement we can accord it 
under our rule. 
In conclusion we may say that, without in¬ 
dorsing any one, we are bound to place full 1 
GrJe’» Ainiirlr.ui WL>rtn»rlM, 7t. lbh.1 ptiAiu,*.. . ...._.iO.Ou 
Co]>ol»u<l’* Country Llfu, 0#6 Qnint.v', My*Uri«* ..( Hu«- 
pp., V50 ciiBTUvInK*.#,0ft Kunj.lrig .i UO 
Cotton Pl*iipjr'» M»nunl ('fur- Quincy on Hulling Cnlllu.Lift 
««'). 1,60 lUbbll Fnllclin. 3U 
Cultivation Of N'ntivu Giupm Rand'. Rnrilon Finn cm... ..3,00 
and Mnanfliotttro of Amen- Randall’# Fine Wool llu» 
can Winn. 1,50 bandry. ..1,00 
Uwm’ii Muck Manual.1,9ft Do. Sheep Uuabalidry in the 
]>i)dd‘# Al'idorn Home Doctor. (,60} O iutli. '..... 1,1)0 
Do. Amerlrnn Cattle Dor tor l,60|RicbArdaon mu tbo png ..... 30 
Darnin'* Aniiimlii and I'Lni-.n,no UlretV Miniature Fruit Gar- 
Downiftjt’i CoUOfiO Raaidiilicn*4,00 don . .lyifi 
Do. Landscape Gardening — 6,ft0 Sniinilnraan Ponit-ry (illua.).. 40 
Drainage for 1’roflt and ttesItbljtO SehvncVa Gardeners’ Test 
Ea»twnnd’» Cranberry Culture 73.1 11 . ...k. 7ft 
Everybody LI* own Lawyer. i,#ft .Srrlbner’* I’rodciceTable#.... 30 
Farm DrAmagolH F Frouck). 1,60 Pa. Ready Reckoner and Lop 
Field’* fear Culture..... .. .1,96' Book. SO 
Flopp'* Ennipean Vineyard*. 1,SO s lvu Vi.e,, Poultry Book iTft 
Flint on UnuMi.—2,60 nluatratlotu),_".. 60 
Do. Milan Con# and Dairy H^iimmIhi* (Rrncory)..... 30 
Farming. .5,50 SuiwarV# (Johntriable Book. 1,00 
Fruit Tr«e* of Amaric*.1,60 Ten Acre- EuOujrti.1,60 
Fiiilciillu*. Strawberry Cul- T|ie Amorloan llnue Carnvn- 
tnrlrt. . .. 20 lor llliitfleld’#} .3.60 
Do. Forejl Tree PnRnrlst 1.60 Thr Bam.Yard, a Manual....1,00 
Do. Small Fruit*, (ttln*lml«d)l,fto The Book of Erararnnui., ,.,3,00 
Gardening for Frolit.1,60[Thr Alnchlnht iFilt- 
fiavaliu'* Poultry Dreading ,mniliP. . . J5 
Commercial P-OmI of View 1,55 The Farm,(will)Ilhutratiomi)!,00 
Grape OtiRurl«t.(A S Kullar). 1,60 T'iio Farm#!'# Journal and Ar. 
Guenon on Milch Cow#. 3!i count Book....$1, $2,$3,60 
Harrl* On In##ci#...4,00 The Fruit* and Fruit Troee of 
With Lojorod Engraving# .0,00 Ammlca (Downing) .3,00 
IlmU to Horeo-Kwpot* (Her- The Gardou, a Manual.1,U0 
bert'*)......1,7ft Tlie Horse In Ibo Slnblu tuid 
Hnwlev * Aft or Saw Filing., ti the Field (Slonabotlg#).i.ftfl 
High Fanning without .Manure SJ The IWhetuu Hnr*e . .l.un 
Hop Culture. .. 40 ThomtU’Ain. Fruit CuUnrl.t, 
Hooper'# Dog ntid Gun. 30 i,4*o IllnitrnllonO.3,00 
Hurt# Training Made Easy Todd'* Young Fartnem’ Atan’1.2,ft0 
(Jennienth.1,9ft Vimtllatlou In Am. Dwelling* 1,60 
Hour Crop# Grow.. .5,00, Warder'. Httdgtw and Ever- 
Indian (.'..rn; I In Vain#, Cnl- greens. . .],ftp 
lulu am! U*u*.I,!\oi\V,it»..u'« Am. 1 loine’tinrdeli A\00 
Jimnmg* on Cattle..1,761 Western Frti(| Grower#' Uiiidcl,60 
Do. 1 Iowa and Itl# Dl«ea#t».. . l.TS Wopdwnrd .. t/rwrlc# and 
Jolt us ton’s Ag'I Cbeinistry. .. 1,7ft Flortlettltaral Building, .. .1 j(j 
Do. Klmtienl* Ag’I rbnmistry. Lftit, Do. Unnntry Home.. 1,60 
Kemp’# laindseniie Gnrdetilttg.2,00 Tin. Rural Are Till..,’tnrc.j'no 
Kflrnio’g \V utt'n lUpAirort i Wool GfOnVftr uml Stork U<*k- * 
Hand BoOk .. 1,9ft liter. Voir. I, V. N, «a, ti.. 33 
Laligatrotli on tbo Hive and Young Housekeeper'* A Dairy. 
Itoney Bee .......2,0(0 maid'* Directory. . 33 
Tasuriiar'* How to Build Hot- lYonnian’i Hand Hook ..f 
Him«e«.1.60 llousuliold Seleuco.2,00 
Liebig’s Ag’I Cliettiifllry.l,O0! Vr.umaii'e New Cbcmiktry . ..2,00 
The iihnvc list will be revised from time to time, 
aud new wurkn tiddod as publlahed. 
VVe have iimrto arrangements by which we are 
onuhlcd to send promptly, postage paid, tiny book 
published in the United States, ou receipt of price. 
Address all orders to 
D. D. T. iTIOOUE, 
41 Park Row, New York, or Rochester, N. Y. 
Inquiries for Advertisers.— Where can I get 
good sole tile? 1 want to drain ten acres this 
spring, P. C. Stiles,— I fancy a good portable 
steam engine would be very useful to me if I 
could get one at a reasonable price. W. M. K., 
Knox Co., Ill.—Where, on Cape Cod, could I get 
the best variety of cranberry plants—and will 
