AS III 8 
a duplicate of the article 6eut, •whereupon the 
at first irate but now mollified accuser wrote us 
an apology* saying, among other things, " My 
omission to mention the State excuse* the Co." An¬ 
other case in point. A subscriber recently or¬ 
dered certain seeds of one of the most honor¬ 
able and reliable dealers in the country. The 
dealer sent such as bo had on hand, and with 
them a note saying he was out of certain kinds, 
but would send them as soon as a supply was 
received. This angered our subscriber, and he 
Wrote us, inclosing the explanation, and most 
unjustly pronouncing the dealer a humbug and 
swindler. It strikes us that both these accusers 
were unjust, to say the least. In all similar 
cases, it's best lobe sure you’re right before pro¬ 
ceeding to extremes, lost injustice be done to in¬ 
nocent and well-meaning parties. 
PROCRESS AND IMPROVEMENT 
above head, that I know one young man who 
was Induced to go South by that article. He 
went to work and took an Elmira lioc in bis 
trunk with him. * * * I like a minister, or a 
newspaper, that dares to speak the 1 ruth.” Well, 
it never required much courage on our part to 
speak our convictions. Somehow, it always was 
natural to do so. 
ed; oats, 75c. at the barn; hay, $32@35; clover 
seed. $10.50; timothy seed, $6.50; pork, $7.50@8 
cwt. gross; sweet potatoes. $l<3l&50 bush.; beef. 
5c. gross; butter, 30c.; eggs, 20c. per doz.—J. l, s. 
Itlillers Mills. Hi-rk. Co,. A. Y . March 22.- 
Have had a fine winter for business. The 15th 
about eighteen inches more snow fell, and the 
** equinoctial p coining blocked the roads. Corn, 
$1.20; oats, 56@60e.; barley, 68e.: potatoes, 
plenty, from 40 to 50c.; butter, 30g35c.; eggs, 
25c. per dozen; hay $10 aud upwards per ton; 
farms from $50 to $100 per acre: cows, $50@80. 
Stock in good condition; abortive cases in 
dairies diminishing. Farm help from $20 to $30 
per month. Cheese making will open in about 
two weeks.- J. w. 
Port Homer, Jeff. Co., O., March 28.—Land 
is worth from $50 to $100 per acre; horses, $150 
@250; cows, $4O@60; 6hecp, $2@3; hogs, $10 
gross; boy, $10; wheat, $1: corn, 00c.; oats, 38c.; 
potatoes, 20@30e.; clover seed, $0; timothy, $4; 
apples. $3; butter, 35c.; wool. No. 1, 47c. Win¬ 
ter wet and warm ; few cold days, and no sleigh¬ 
ing. Wheat and rye look hard—not half a crop 
expected. Peach buds mostly killed. One-half 
of lost year's stock of grain still in first hands. 
Farm work backward; very little-plowing done. 
Farm laborers $1 per day. $20 per month.— a. m. 
Lockhart, Caldwell Co., Texas. March 21.— 
The spring, hero, has proved more backward, 
cold and dry than usual. Dry Northers have 
been quite frequent; thoseoF Feb. F, and March 
15 being especially severe. The last-named ex¬ 
hibited a temperature of 26 . and the Freezing 
was sufficient to destroy most, if not all, the 
fruit, in this region, besides nipping all the corn 
and cotton above ground. Such extremes are 
comparatively rare in Western Texas; but when 
they do occur, and especially when they suc¬ 
ceed a sultry atmosphere of 80" in the shade, as 
in the last one. the change is severe enough to 
remind one of a more rigorous climate. There 
is a large exodus of cuttle from this section to 
Kansas this spring.—w. 
Ua*t Jnffrcy, Cheshire Co., IV. II., March 28. 
—Apple and pear trees are well filled with strong, 
healthy blossom buds, and promise a line crop 
the coming season. Nothing but late frosts will 
prevent it. We have had a peculiar winter. 
December, January and February very' open 
with light snows and heavy rains; December 9, 
and 10, the coldest days yet. Thermometer 8 and 
10" below zero. Fp to t his date, March has been 
a very cold, snowy month, the most wintcry of 
them all. To date, we bas t lind twenty-eight 
snow storms and one hundred and seven inches 
of snow. It is about 1 wo feet on a level and as I 
write we are in the midst of another heavy snow 
Btorm; wind cast. We are Just beginning to tap 
our maple orchards. All Hie old varieties of 
potatoes have rolled badly in the cellars ; pota¬ 
toes are worth 50c., per bushel; bay, best, $20 
per ton ; corn, Northern, $1.50 per bushel; bar¬ 
ley’, $1.50; rye, $1.50; oats, 80c.; apples, $4.50@5 
per bbi.; butter, 400., per pound.— l. n. t*. 
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AN ORIGINAL WEEKLY 
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Or Tennrrbkk, Southubv Cokciskonuino Editor. 
REV. W. F. CLARKE, 
Editor of tm» Canadian DACAitiMBVT. 
The Report of Ihe Coirrniiwdonerg on Fisheries 
for the State of New York for 1809 is published. 
From it we. learn that in consequence of the 
delay In legislation, the experiments in breeding 
shad in the Hudson were commenced so late in 
tile season that only fifteen millions of shad were 
hatched in place of three hundred millions, 
Which, it is asserted, might have been produced 
had the proper legislation, at the right time, 
boon bad. It is proposed to make tho fishing 
season close June 1st; alter that time allow 
fishermen to use their nets, provided they hatch 
the spaw n, t he necessary hatching boxes being 
provided by the State; a State Warden to patrol 
the river in a tug boat, to see that fishermen 
obey the Jaw; and if a fisherman is found with 
liis lmtchlng boxes empty of spawn his license to 
fish is to be revoked. 
The experiments in the propagation of white 
fish resulted in the discovery that l he eggs would 
hatch in sixty-five days in water at a tempera¬ 
ture of forty-live degrees; that the fry curried 
the umbilical sack eleven or twelve days, and 
that thereafter they lived on precisely the same 
food as young trout. They did well on lopperod 
milk, liver, or pulverized meat, and such other 
nutriment as is usually given to t rout fry; that 
they do not, as has been generally supposed, ob¬ 
tain sustenance from alga r, marine plants, grass¬ 
es, or moss; but they feed on small wormsfound 
on the plants, and if they swallowed Ihe plant at 
all it was by accident. The larger fish live on 
these worms, fresh water snails, cuddies, insects, 
&c., and are round to bo extremely fond ol their 
own spawn. 
The Legislature appropriated $11,000 lust year, 
and the Commissioners have expended $3,120.17, 
leaving a balance ot $7,873.83 in the hands of the 
treasurer with which to prosecute further ex- 
peri monte. The Commissioners ask for an addi¬ 
tional appropriation of $10,000. 
MR. GREELEY’S ESSAY No. 14, 
in Til K WKKKLY TRIBUNE ot April fi, is upon 
the subject ot Plowing—Deep and Shallow. As 
usual, Mr, G. speaks trom experience, telling ot 
what he has himself done unit seen, concluding with 
an instance of deep spading and its result*. 
These ” What I Know op Pakmi.no" essays will 
appear In each number ot TjlE Wr.Kicr.v TitntUNK 
during 1870. The Horticultural Department dis¬ 
cusses Evergreen Hedges and Prof. Laws’ Veteri¬ 
nary Answers prescribe fur Hoof Lameness. Itching 
of Skin, Bono Spavin. Swelling, Would ot Heel, Pa¬ 
ralysis, &c., &c. 
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Emery's Bnilwny Ilor*e-Powers.—E. H. L.— 
An extended advertisement of these Powers was 
given in lust week’s Kukal,— to which we refer 
you and till others interested. 
THE SEASON. 
| We want information, briefly, concerning the season, progreaa of 
the work, temperature, crop*, prices of farm produce, stock, labor 
aud lands, and careful eatinmUje of Lbe amount at strain and number 
of animal* on hand for »alo, n» couifuirwl with previou* »ca*ou>, for 
publication under Ibis hoad. -Km. Ru ral/] 
OwIcMvtllc* Wyoming C-o., IV, V., March 2H,— 
Snow still holds on; snowing finely to-day. It 
has been a nice winter until this month, which 
lias been very stormy. Wheat, is worth $1@1.30; 
corn, 90c.; oats, 50e.; potatoes, 30@50o.; liny, $8 
per Ion; eggs, 22e. per dozen: but ler, 25@30c. per 
lb.; maple sugar, 20c,— it. c. n. 
Theresa, Jefferson Co., IV. Y., March 2.7.— 
Weather rather mild. Hay plenty, $10 per ton ; 
cows high, for the prospect for butter and 
cheese: oats 45@50o.; corn $1.10. 
HOW TO MAKE WORK EASY. 
sopliical. The boys, many of them, arc dread¬ 
ing the spring's work. Bore hands, st iff limbs, 
aching backs, bronzed and chapped ebooks, raw 
winds, mud and discomfort generally enter into 
the invoice which the spring’s tide of work 
brings. And we know if will require u great 
deal of writing to give to the picture a bright 
color, no matter how it is looked at. But, after 
all, work may be made easy. It can only be 
made so by seeking to derive constant pleasure 
from it. This cannot lie done unless one goes a t 
if without an ounce of discontent in hie compo¬ 
sition. Indeed we are not sure that it is not ab¬ 
solutely wicked for a man to pursue any vooa- 
tion'with which he is not in love, whieli does not 
afford him constant delight, and stimulus for his 
mind, and fails to absorb all his powers to mas¬ 
ter its details. He should believe, or t ry to be¬ 
lieve, that, like haymaking to Madame De 
Sevuink, it is “ the prettiest thing in the world " 
to direct and perform farm labor. Invested 
with such an idea, work is easy, no matter what 
its character. 
Wo have known men to swing the flail all day, 
every working day in winter, with absolute de¬ 
light; to 6wing au ax in the forest six days out 
of seven with as much refreshing pleasure as the 
most devoted dilettante would derive from 
studying a painting by an old master; to enjoy 
the exorcise of swinging a cradle in a grain field 
all day much as a billiard player enjoys carom¬ 
ing ivory balls on a billiard table. Why? lie- 
cause every day (ought them something they 
were glad to learn. One became learned in 
wood-craft; another studied the mechanical 
construction of plants aud became skilled in 
get ting out the most grain in the shortest space 
of time: another learned the sleight and skill 
which enabled him to accomplish the most with 
the least exertion. But. other incidental knowl¬ 
edge came also. It is easy to work if one thirties 
of fits work, becomes absorbed in it, follows the 
lead of Suggestion and profits by Experience. 
Every stop taken in labor or thought should 
be regarded ns just bcloiv another higher one to 
bo reached. Men have no right to walk upon 
tho same level in any business all their lives. 
There are plenty who do; but they are con¬ 
stitutional aud inev itable grumblers, devoid of 
both common sense and common ambition. 
They don’t think. They cannot get. out of 
themselves nor enjoy anything which docs not 
minister directly to their own indolent, sensual 
gratification. Even 1 hen they grumble from 
habit; and their habits are groveling and base. 
A grumbler is always a boor and a bigot. 
Inquiries for Advertisers. —A correspondent 
asks the address of the “Universal Clothes 
Marker.”—It. A. W. asks where he can obtain a 
mute and two female goats, and the price, de¬ 
livered at Rahway, boxed ready for shipment. 
Prefers two-yfcar-oJds, or those that will give 
milk the coin lag season.—F. P. asks whether 
there is uny breeder of Percboron horses In this 
country from whom he can procure a pure stal¬ 
lion colt.—“A Young Poulterer” asks if we 
know auything about an egg powder that be 
has seen advertised. We do not.— John S. 
PuiNCE asks If then? is more than one kind of 
hay tedder, anw»*nlch Is the best. There is 
more than one kind, but wo do not know which 
Is best.—” A Widow Lady " asks what she ought 
to pay a good gardener to take charge of her 
green-house, garden, and grounds otic year, and 
where she can get such a man. An*.—We have 
no knowledge of the prices paid hereabouts for 
such help, but we should suppose a flood gar¬ 
dener ought to command at least $1,000 per year. 
—W. B. wants some one or more of our subscri¬ 
bers to advise him as to prices of Black Spanish 
and Light Brahma Eggs. Of course we cannot 
publish his advertisement, but he can probably 
ascertain, if ho will follow our advice to all 
wanting anything, viz., Head the Advertisemods. 
Great fears 
are entertained that the meadows and pastures 
are gready injured by want of snow in the early 
part of the winter.-n. A. c. 
Adrian, Mich., March 28.—Winter is yielding 
to spring. The buds are at hand. Nearly ail 
frost is out of tho ground. Business dull; farm 
produce low. Cheese factories are springing up 
throughout the country, and an addition of 
thousands of cows will bo put on the grain 
growing farms of Lenawee Co. this spring.—j. h. 
Ban Mafia, Texas, March 18.—We fiavo had 
no rain in this county for four months, and the 
drouth is all over Western Texas. Provisions 
are cheap. Corn, 00c.; pork. So. per lb.; beef, 
2c.. flour, $13 per bbi. Land in t he valleys, on 
rivers and creeks, $1@3 per acre; grazing land 
85 to 50c. per acre. Our county is one of the best 
in America. All we need is plenty of settlers 
that know bow and are willing to work.—j. w. f. 
Bnnfurd'x Corner*. Jcffernoo Co., N. V., March 
29.— Winter has been mild; two feet of snow, 
and still falling. Good sleighing from January 
to date. But litlle winter grain sown. Wheat, 
$1,150/1.25; corn, 95c.@$1; oats, 45@50c.; barley, 
55@00c.; rye, «0c.@$L; potatoes, 35@40e.; eggs, 
28c. per doz.; hay, $10@12; cows are coming in 
treeiy from Canada, selling from $45 to $00; new 
butter, 30c.; hired help equal to the demaud at 
$20@25 per month for good hands.— m. c. d. 
Tafior, Fremont Co., Iowa, March 21,—We 
have had a delightful winter. Thus far the 
thermometer has fallen but 10' below zero. Corn 
is 46c., and advancing; wheat, 50&C0c.; oats, 35c.; 
potatoes, 25c.; apples, $1.50; butter, 30c. per lb.; 
eggs, 10c. per dozen. We have a good farming 
country here, and access to good markets by the 
river or by rail. Unimproved lands sell at $15® 
26; improved farms, $25@50; milch cows, $40® 
50 .—t. j. M. 
Niagara Co., IV. V., March 31—We have had 
a very mild winter tip to the first of tills month, 
since which time we have had a heavy fall of 
snow, which is now rapidly disappearing, lied 
wheat, $1.10; white, $1.21X51.35; oats, 46c.; bar¬ 
ley, 75c.@80; corn, 85c.; potatoes, 40c.; butter, 
2804553; eggs, .280.; hay, $7© 10; beef, $7(3,10; 
pork, $11.50: hind, $75(2,135: cows, $50@65; good 
work horses scarce at $150(5200; farm labor, $18 
@22. Farmers changing from line to course 
sheep, which are worth $o@>7.— f. a. n. s. 
Cnmdeti, Oneida Co., TV. Y., -March 25.—Snow 
fell ten inches deep here, 8th November last. 
There lues been snow on the ground ever since; 
it is eighteen inches in the woods now. The 
winter has been very mild. Coldest day was 
January 14—(i below zero. Corn, $1; oats, 00c.; 
butter, 35@i30c.; eggs, 20@)21e.; potatoes, 60@i75e.; 
pork, $13@il4 per hundred. Common farm labor, 
$1 per day. Cows, $50@70; hay, $12 per ton. This 
is no wheat country. Spring wheat flour, $0.50 
per barrel.—z. 
Lend Vale, Jeff. Co., East Tcnn„ March 26.— 
A beautiful spring day. Corn, 80c.; oats, 50c,; 
wheat, $1; hay. $10@15 per ton. Farm hands, 
$13@15, and board themselves. Lauds, upland, 
$8@15; bottom or river lands, $40@>75 per acre. 
Cows, $18@30; oxen, $75@100 per pair; horses, 
$125@175. Splendid country for dairy fanning. 
We have none now. Peace, law and order reign 
supreme. Our State is grossly misrepresented 
by lying political demagogues and otticc-seckers 
abroad. Ten 1 housand Non hern farmers want¬ 
ed in our county.— c. k. d. 
Catoosa, Gu„ Murch 22.—Most, of the hoed 
crops wore very short, occasioned by t lie severe 
drouth. There is not enough corn in tluscounty 
for home consumption. Wheat and oats were a 
very good yield. Have had a very severe win¬ 
ter for this climate ; more snow than usual. 
Poaches are mostly killed in hud, as they were 
near blooming when we had three days' cold, 
commencing the 14th. Weather now very warm 
aud pleasant. Price current (Chattanooga, 
Tenn.)—Wheat, $1.20; corn, $1.10, sacks includ¬ 
SPRING CAMPAIGN OF 
The Groat Weekly 
INDUSTRIAL SOCIETIES. 
NOW FORM CLUBS 
TO BEGIN WITH THE NEW QUARTER! 
dice; Geo. Fitzgerald, Livonia; Chas. Jackman, 
Lima; P. P. Barnard, Richmond; Wni. Norton, 
gprtngwoter. Marshall— II. P. I foppough, Li¬ 
vonia. Ass'l. Marshall —Jerry Boh-*, Conesus. 
Treas.— E. S. Norton. Livonia. A8*7 Treas.— Wm. 
Wernett, Livonia. Sec.— H. J. Wemett.Canadice. 
Ass't See. R. O. Beach. Richmond. Supt.Sheep — 
J. P. Ray, Richmond. Supt. Cattle A. Annis, 
Livonia. Sunt. Tent —Ervin Rogers, Livonia. 
After spirited discussion it was 
HcsolvoL, Thai at t lie next annual exhibition of 
this Society competition he open to all In Onta¬ 
rio and Livingston county. 
Muhuxkn ('«>., I««vi, llorl. 8oc.—This Society 
has elected officer# for the current year, and we 
observe appropriately added to its effective force 
and usefulness by the Incorporation of ladies 
into its list of working officers. Prat— Robert 
S r Everts, Ficr-Prea.—D. A. Hoffman. Sec.— A. 
Kcinble. Cor. Scc.—G. L. Fun. TV res.—Mrs. Wm. 
Kemper. Directors—J. H. Green, Mrs. Marcus 
Nelson. V. M. Farr, Mi's. J. D. Fletcher, Mrs. Dr. 
Stafford. Mrs. St rong, Mrs. Jas. Lockridgc, Isaac 
Nelson, and J. W. Dixon. 
Montgomery To., Ohio, Horr. Moo.— Pres. N. 
Obmkr. Vtcc-Prcs.- J. H. W. Muiutna. Sec.— 
VV. F. Helices. TVfios.—R. W. Steele. Ex. Com.— 
J S. DroadWCU* Charles Reek, William Kramer. 
Standing Com,’*-On Fruits, J. B. Wambaugh, C. 
L. Jarmey, Wm. Longstreth; on Flowers, Chas. 
Rficlc, F. W. Ritter. P. Mundt on Vegetables, 
John Sacksteder, John Ewing. D. D.Gottorn; on 
Miscellaneous Articles, J.B. Murnrna, A. D. Wilt, 
H. H. Tillotson. 
S Conprr Go., Mo., Ag. amt Meo. As*’n.—Officers 
or the Association: Pres.— T. V. Hickey. Vice- 
Prcs’ts.—C lias. E. Leonard, Henry Elliott, M. Mc¬ 
Millan. TVcas.—Lewis C. Nelson. Sec's .—John 
Cosgrove, D. A. McMillan. Directors— J. M. Nel¬ 
son, H. Bunco, E. Heim, Geo. Hnrncd, John A. 
Fray, T. E. Rochester, A. A. Walker, Lester 
Smith, D. C. Wing, T. Hickman. The Fair of 
this Association will commence Sept. 20th, and 
continue four days. 
Merrimack Valley, IV. Ii„ Poultry Association. 
— 1 The officers of the Society for 1870 are; Pres., 
William Stark. Vicc-Pres.—Wm. M. Leonard. 
.Sw. — Edwin P. Richardson. Time.— Geo. W. 
Riddle. Ex. Com. A. W. Quint, Wm. T. Evans, 
W. K. Daniel, J. O. Adams, Henry O'Neil, Chas. 
Williams, and S. S. James. Third annual Ex¬ 
hibition at Manchester, April huh and 20 th. 1870, 
with a premium list of over $300, beside liberal 
book premiums. 
Ohio Go., Ky., Ait. »nd Mech. Hoc.—Officers 
elected for the current year as follows: Pres.— 
It. S. Moseley. Vfoc-Pres'ts .—.John W, Lewis, 
John Med Id If. Treas .—Frank Griffin. See.— 
Samuel K. Cox. Directors—R. E. Barnett. W. D. 
Coleman, Jos. B. Bennett, John Barnes, Jas. A. 
Thomas, Wm. H. Moore, and Julia B. .Stevens. 
Tho next. Annual Fair will be held at Hartford, 
commencing first Tuesday in October next. 
Western New York Poultry Sue.—At a recent 
meeting of poultry fanciers aud breeders at 
Buffalo, an organization was effected under the 
above designation, and ollicors elected as fol¬ 
lows: Pres.— Lewis F. Allen, Vict-Prrs'ts.—C. 
A. Sweet, E. B, Smith. Hcc. Sec.— E. C. Dean. 
Cor, Sec.—A. J. Buckland. Treae—W. S. Scott. 
Ex. Com. —E. S. Alport, H. J. Gilman, A. Nelson. 
Orange Co., Vt, Ag. Soc.—Officers lor 1870: 
Pres.— H.W. Bailey, Newbury. Vice-Pres’ts.— 
O. B. Rogers, Newbury: J. H. Jones, Bradford. 
See .—Arad S, Corliss. Treas.—J. Mills, Jr., Tops- 
ham, 
Minn. State Hort. Soc., at their annual meet¬ 
ing, elected as officers for the current year: 
l’re*.’— Lorenzo Hoyt. Vlce-Prcs. — Freeman 
M. Smith. Sec, — William l’aist. Treas.— H. J, 
Brainard. 
Northwestern VVis. Ag. Soc.—Officers for 1870: 
l‘res.-A. M. Skeels, Ilipon. lice. Scc.—G. E. 
llaskirison. Oor. Sec.— H. B. Dale. Also a Vice- 
President for each county represented. 
Lenawee Co., Mich., Dairymen's Association.— 
The officers for 1870 are: Pres— ltiiFns Baker, 
Fairfield. Vicc-Pres. —J. It.Clark, Madison. Sec .— 
Jay Hoag, Adrian. Treas.— S. Horton, Fairfield. 
Juneau Co., Wis., Ag. Soc.—Officers for year: 
Pres.— J. Lanowortuy. Viec-Pres— E. Bo.viug- 
ton. 'Treas.—A. Temple. See — J. G. Parker, 
A New Quarter of ilie Rural commenced April 
2d. Now is •i n i; tim t: to make d> Clubs to fiegiu 
with the New Quarter or tho present Volume—as wo 
can supply #ut)Hcrlt»or» from either Jan. or April, as 
preferred; or pari of Ike Club from one date and 
part from another. 
The tli on stand* who want the Rural, but 
litive waited until their tuxes were paid, etc., can 
now secure it by little effort, or at a low rate, by 
FORMING OK JOINING A CLUB. And there are 
myriads of good people who really want the paper, 
and would readily take It if only invited to do so by 
some.friend who Is a subscriber and can testify as to if s 
merits. Our Agent-Friends will please see that such 
are not neglected,—and will not subscribers generally 
(and especially You, Reader,) kindly act In bebalf of 
the Hu UAL V Please tell your friends and neighbors 
about it, and, if there i* no agent near, receive and 
forward their subscriptions. 
Clubs can he made np for nine months (April to 
January) ut snipe proportionate rutes as for a year— 
also additions to clubs—aud extra copies or premiums 
allowed In proportion. 
Facta About Railroads. — A. ELDRF.nOE, Jr., 
Cambridge, N. Y., writes: — “ We are six and u- 
bftlf miles north of Engle Bridge, the junction of 
Rutland and Washington Branch aud Troy and 
Boston roads. Freight, per car to Troy, thirty 
miles, is about $30, $17 ol which; Is charged on 
the six and a-half miles from here to Eagle 
Bridge. The reason of this is the Rensselaer nnd 
Saratoga road want to take nil the freight of this 
branch around via Castle ton, Whitehall aud 
Saratoga, one hundred miles, and get the freight 
themselves. Cars arc taken over the road from 
thirty miles further north to Troy at the same 
price as they are from here.' 1 Exactly. This 
only proves our assertion in our article ip Rural 
of Jan. 29. It shows the utter wantof regard for 
the people's interests in the policy and conduct 
of 1 hese organize ions, and that this policy is to 
centralize business at extreme termini at the 
expense of local interests along the lines of the 
different roads. 
PUBLISHER’S SPECIAL NOTICES. 
Back Number* ol tlita Vol. (from Jnn, 1,) 
enn Mill fie supplied, or Subscription* may 
begin at any lime. New Clubs, nnd Addi* 
lions to Club*, tire therefore In order. 
No. <11 Park New York City, is tho 
location of the principal Publication Office ot the 
Rural New-Yorker, nnd all Business Letters, &c. 
should be addressed to 
D. 3>. T. MOORE, 
JNTo. <1-1 L’urU ltovv, New York. 
Agents and others will please note this address. 
Sufisotliiig Urnirlc Land,—An Erie Co., N. Y., 
correspondent asks whether, in our opinion, it 
pays to subsoil prairie land for ilic purpose of 
raising a crop from the first year’s plowing. We 
do believo it will, il’ the subsoil is a stiff, tenu- 
eionsone; il it is porous, it probably will not pay. 
But by subsoil plowing we do not mean trench 
plowing —turning the subsoil to the surface. 
The surface sod should be turned shallow after 
the grass starts, and a subsoil lifting plow fol¬ 
low in the same furrow, stirring, without in¬ 
verting, the soil deeply. The same correspon¬ 
dent asks if there are plows especially adapted 
for suhsoihug and breaking, having the two 
plows combined. Wc buve seen two or three 
different subsoil attachments which can be ap¬ 
plied to any breaking or stirring plow. Where 
they can be obtained we cannot now say. 
A Request.—Al) non-sabsertbers into whose bauds 
a number ot the Rural may fall arc requested to 
examine it carefully, noting its 8izo, Style, Contents, 
&c., and then decide upon the merits of our chum 
that it is tho Largest, Best, and Cheapest Journal of its 
Class in Ihe World. Now is the best time to Act—to 
Do Good, for which we give Good Fay. 
flow to It emit. —The best way to remit for clubs, 
as we have often stated, is by Draft. If #20 or over, 
send by draft, us there is no risk. For smaller 
amounts It Is host to send by P. 0. Money Order,—but 
if you cannot do that, send in Registered letters, di¬ 
rected to D. D. T. MOuUK, -il Park Row, New York. 
RURAL NOTES AND QUERIES, 
Addition* to Clubs are always in order, whether 
tn ones, twos, lives, tens, or any other number. A 
host of people uiv dropping other papers about these 
days, and our Agent-Friends should improve every 
occasion to secure such as recruits lor the Rural, 
The Rural is Not a Monthly. — In presenting 
tiie claims of the Rural, do not forget to say it is 
not a month!u of only 12 issues a year, but u Large 
and Handsome Weekly of Fifty-Two Numbers. 
YVhat Books to Read and Study.—E. Y. E. 
is advised, if lie desires to lay a thorough foun¬ 
dation for knowledge, to take up some special 
department of agriculture ami read up in that, 
first, thoroughly. Take up Chemistry, first study 
it practically; read all books Obtainable relating 
to agricultural chemistry, study soils, their con¬ 
stituents, texture, and needs. Then take up 
Bolun.V and vegetable physiology, and mid up 
in that thoroughly. Do not try to cover too 
much ground in your reading; read thought¬ 
fully, thoroughly, and master specialties first; 
the general knowledge will follow naturally and 
easily; indeed, is involved in the comprehen¬ 
sion of the special. 
Advertisers Unjustly Blamed. — In connection 
with the article in our last issue, about. Indorsing 
Advertisers, we might very properly have cited 
some instances in which advertisers have boon 
unjustly blamed. For instance, a few weeks 
ago we reuei ved a letter from a distant State, 
accusing' the Combination Tool Co., of New 
York, of swindling—the writer averring that 
he had sent pay for the article they advertised 
in the Rural, anil received no return, Wc 
handed tho letter to the Company, when they 
convinced us that they hud mailed the article or¬ 
dered to the post-office named, though not to 
the right State. The writer of the order having 
omitted to give his county or State, the very 
useful little article was mailed to a post-office of 
the same name in New York—a guess Which 
proved wrong. The matter was explained and 
Send Us the Nil me# of such of your friends, 
fur and near, tut you think will or ought to take tho 
Rural, anil we will mail them Specimens, eto. 
No Traveling Agent* are employed by us, but 
any person so disposed can act mb Local Agent, on 
liis or her own authority, and secure premiums, etc. 
“ (shall We Go South L. J. Bailey, Elmira, 
N. Y., writes: “ Please tell your Southern friends 
who feel so badly about .vour article under the 
Show Bills, Specimen Numbers, &c„ sent 
free t all applicants. If you want such documents, 
let us know aud they will be forwarded. 
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