ring* of plants and flowers, and details of the 
most approved modes of culture. These cata¬ 
logues are not simply advertisements: they are 
designed to aid the man or woman who pur¬ 
chases seeds to get the best results therefrom. 
They direct, him, or her, how to go to work in 
the best way to do this. This information is 
valuable, and is as much a marketable article as 
the seeds are. If a man knows bow 1o treat his 
seeds without the aid of a catalogue, be does not 
have to pay for what he does not get. Another 
thing (touched upon by oar correspondent) 
should bo remembered. Most, seedsmen are 
sharp enough to know that their permanent 
success in business depends upon whether they 
get a reputation for giving their customers the 
full value of their money—that is, good seed. 
Often the failure of the seed is due to the lack, 
on the part of the planter, of just the knowledge 
the catalogues supply them. Sometimes poor 
seed la sold; but it is rarely the case (we think) 
that the seedsman knows it to be poor; for ho 
knows such seed will injure him more than it 
will benefit. 
THE SEASON, 
Wheat has come out beautifully, and looks bet¬ 
tor, I believe, than I ever saw it at this time of 
year; as far as I can hear it is looking well. 
Oats are coming up finely; peach trees In full 
bloom, not Injured; strawberries also are bloom¬ 
ing. We have bad pretty severe frosts for sev¬ 
eral mornings: to-day (the fifth) warm and pleas¬ 
ant, with indications of rain. I see you have a 
correspondent asking the price of land in East 
Tennessee. I have no land to sell, and therefore 
think I can tell him the truth. Of course the 
prices vary according to location. Our river 
lands are the best we have; the islands, without 
any upland, are worth $ 100@J25: river farms, 
say a farm of five hundred acres, having about 
seventy-five or one hundred acres bottom, are 
worth from $35 to $35, the most of the land 
being ridge and good timber. Our valley lands 
are cheaper. Our great staple here is corn, 
which has been worth, since the war, 75c .@$1 for 
the Georgia market. Our cheapest lands are on 
the mountains; they aro 5flc.@$S. There has 
been a great deal said about them by certain 
parties interested In their side. I would advise 
those who contemplate buying mountain lands 
to come and see them; they are good for sum¬ 
mer grazing and for Irish potatoes; they beat us 
in fruit and potatoes, but they ure not much for 
corn or wheat.— j. u. m. 
habits, and from outdoor to sedentary employ¬ 
ment. Remember that though few—alas, how 
very few—business and professional men succeed 
in acquiring and retaining wealth and position, 
the many fail of securing even a competency— 
while thousands who began life with high hopes and 
brilliant prospects, annually die in poverty and 
obscurity. Bear in mind, also, that the Farm is 
the natural nursery of Health, Virtue and Con¬ 
tentment, and t hat it guarantees competence if 
not wealth—while the city (with its avocations, 
associations and temptations) injures and often 
destroys the health, corrupts the morals, and 
not (infrequently leads to bankruptcy in cush, 
conscience and respectability. Avoid the tur¬ 
moil of the poisonous town by slaying in the 
tranquil, pure, invigorating, life-giving and 
sustaining country. We verily believe that, as 
a general rule, every young man who leaves the 
farm for the counter, desk, physic or !aw,/or- 
saJrcs a certainty for an uncertainty —and as to 
the extent of that uncertainty, let the idle, 
starving thousands of our large cities answer. 
For the above and other cogent reasons we 
earnestly reiterate, Stay in the Country 1 
PROCRESS AND IMPROVEMENT 
[We want Information, briefly, concerning the season, progress of 
the work, temperature, crops, prices of farm produce, stock, labor 
and lands, and careful estimates of the amount of grain and number 
of animals on band for tale, ae compared with previous seasons, for 
publication under this head.—Ena. Rt.iui.) 
Leyden, Lewis Co., N. V., April 11. —The 
weather has been very pleasant, for the past ten 
days, with neither snow nor rain. There has been 
very little maple sugar made, the weather being 
too warm. The snow is leaving us rapidly; 
think meadows are not injured by ice nor mice. 
Hay plenty at $15; cows are worth from $40 to 
$•>5: butter, 30c.; eggs, 30c.; potatoes, 45c.; 
oats, 50c.; flour, $fl.50@8, No plowing done 
yet.—A. g. m. 
Cnpiomo, Nemaha Co., Knit., March 2K.—The 
weather warm, and grass coming on so cattle can 
live on the prairie. Winter wheat, 75c. per bush.; 
spring do., 50c.: com, 35c.; oats, 35c.; potatoes. 
2<J@25c.; hay, $3 per ton, in the stack. Land is 
worth from $1.35 to $30 per acre, according to 
the Improvements. Milch cows, $35(m75; oxen, 
$150 per yoke; horses from $375 to $400 per 
span.—s. a. s. 
Delhi, Ing tin in Co., Mich., April 7. —Winter 
has been mild, but quite long. Wheat looks bad, 
owing to the open winter. Very little maple 
sugar made yet; fine spring weather. Borne 
have started the plow on loamy lands. Wheat, 
red, 85c.; white, euc.C<$$l; corn in the ear, G5c.; 
oats, 50c.; potatoes, 25@30c.; eggs, 3fic.; hay, $8 
tgdO per ton ; cows, $(35@iO, and scarce, owing to 
their being bought and shipped east. Land, $10 
<fZil5 per acre.— d. n. tt. 
Mourn Zion, Kv., April 6.— We have had al¬ 
most constant rain here for six days, which will 
make fanners very backward planting their 
spring crops. The prospects for winter wheat 
are poor, being frozen out badly. Hogs nrc 
dying with cholera. Wheat, $1.35; corn. 75c.: 
rye, 85c.; oats, 55c., butter, 35c.; eggs, 15c. per 
dozen. Horses worth from $100 to $200; cows, 
$50 to $75, according to qualities; fat cattle are 
worth per pound on foot.— j. T. P. 
Topeka, Shawnee Co,, Kansas, April 11.—A 
pleasant, winter, with very little snow and rain. 
Farmers aro mostly through sowing, and are 
now preparing the ground for corn. Wages low 
on nccountor emigrants rushing in; laborersare 
getting from $1.75 to $3 per day in town ; farm 
help, $30 per month, and find it difficult to get 
work at that. Grain low. Wheat, about. 50c.; 
corn, 3Qt&35c.; potatoes, 30c.; apples, $2; hay, $5 
per ton.— D. h. d. 
York town, X. V'., April 9. - Weather fair and 
warm; frost all out of the ground, but hardly 
dry enough to plow. Winter grain badly killed 
because of the open winter, freezing and thaw¬ 
ing when the ground was bare; also, a very poor 
stand of clover. Prospect of fruit crop good, 
especially apples. Hay, plenty, $30 per ion; 
com, $1.35 per bushel; oaks, 02c.; potatoes, $1.75 
@2 perbbl.; butter, 35(2,40c.; furm help, $18325 
per month; working oxen. $335(^300 per pair; 
cows, $40(300, without much demand, -w. l. m. 
Ann Arbor, Washtenaw Co., Mich., April 
5.—Wo have had a light winter, with only about 
t wo weeks of good Bleighing. Mercury has not 
been over 10* below zero this winter. There is 
promise of a good crop of fruit. Wheat looks 
very bad, owing to the freezing and t nawlng. 
Good wheat is worth from 06c.<3ijl; corn, 65® 
70c.; oats, 38®40c.; hay, $10© 12 per ton: pota¬ 
toes, 35©40c.; butter in good demand at 28©30a; 
onions, $1; honey, cap, 35@30e.; chickens, 12© 
13c.; dressed hogs. $10®10.50, although as high 
as $13 is paid for first-class hogs. A great deal 
of rain duriug the month of March.—j. 8. m. 
Denver, Col. Ter,, April 5.—Weather warm. 
Cattle nip the green gross: farmers plowing and 
sowing. Dry, dusty roads, as usual. Wheat, 
$1A0 per bushel; oats, 75c.; potatoes, $1.50; corn, 
$1; butter. 50e.; eggs, 35c. The labor to produce 
these is worth $30®35 per month, including 
board. Cows, fresh milch, $50; horses, each, 
$300: oxen, $125; land, wild, $5@10; improved, 
$10@12. The coldest record made during winter 
was ten degrees below zero. Peach trees and 
Black-Cap Raspberries and Blackberries ** winter 
killed,” or dried half down by our swift, prairie 
winds. Other trees aU right.—v. d, 
Morrisville, Burks t’-o,, Pa., April M,— We are 
having very nice spring weather here. Farmers 
are done sowing their tints. Tho wheat crop 
does not look as promising as ltdid this time last 
year. This is ttie ease in most parts of the coun¬ 
try. Farm labor is very high in proportion to 
the price of grain. Good farm laborers can com¬ 
mand herefrom $300 to $300per year and board; 
by the day, $1- Farms sell here from $125 to $300 
per acre. Borne aro turning their attention to 
the cultivation of tobacco, on the fertile margins 
of the Delaware: and on the islands above Phil¬ 
adelphia there is grown an excellent quality of 
“the weed.”—w. Y. w. 
Onnnjoltarie, Montgomery Co.. N. V.. April 9. 
—We have had a peculiar winter; December 
and January very open, with light snows and 
heavy rains; but few cold days. From the first 
Of February to the last of March it has been 
cold, snowy and stormy, the most wintry of all. 
The snow has been two feet and a-half on the 
level, and ns I write It is fast disappearing. We 
have tapped the maples, and thus far it. has not 
been very favorable for the sap to run. Corn, 
$1; oats, 60c.; bailey, 70c.; wheat plenty, and 
considerable stunt last fall, compared with other 
years—worth $1.30; potatoes, SOtSOOe.; butter, 
3Q(0s35c.; hay, $10 and upwards. Farms from $50 
to $100 per acre; cows, $46©70; stook in good 
condition; farm help from $18 to $25 per month. 
Cheese making will open in a short time.—c. 
Lerny, Minn., April 4.—March came in neither 
like a Hon nor a lamb. The first few days were 
moderate. The mercury, in the middle of the 
day, went up to 30* above zero. Between the 
5th and 15lh it snowed four or five days, and 
about twenty-six inches of snow fell. There 
was nearly or quite a foot on the ground at the 
time, so on the 15th there was full three feet, 
which is very uncommon for Minnesota. This 
will make five winters that 1 have spent in this 
State, and I never saw before more than twenty 
inches of snow on the ground atone time. Since 
the 15th it has been splendid weather. The 
three days of April just past have been quite 
warm: the average temperature in the middle 
of the day has been about 50' above zero. The 
snow is going very fast, and the rivers aro 
breaking up. Prices of all kinds of property 
aud produce have changed but very litt le since 
my last. Work horses are worth $1500200; oxen, 
$100(5*150 per yoke; flows, fresh, $40@50— J. n. n. 
Kingston, Roane Co-, Tenu., April 9. — After 
tho cold snap in March, we had some very pleas¬ 
ant weather, which shows that I was mistaken in 
supposing the wheat, oats and fruit were killed. 
AN ORIGINAL WEEKLY 
RURAL, LITERARY AND FAMILY NEWSPAPER. 
D. D. T. OTOOHE, 
Conducting Editor and .Proprietor. 
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to club agent, for $19; Ten, and one free, for $25-nnly 
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Is the lowest Club rate to Cnnadannd $3..Vito Europe. 
The best way to remit Is by Draft or Foft-Uftce 
Money Order, and all Drafts and Orders mode pay¬ 
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space: Outside, $1 per line, each insertion. For Ex¬ 
tra Display and Cuts, a price and a half. Special and 
Business Notices, $1.50 and $2 a line. No advertise¬ 
ment inserted for less than $st. 
VBT As the Rural closes eight days In advance of 
date, to secure proper classification Advertisements 
should reach tho New York Otter at least ten day3 
before the date Of the paper lit which they appear. 
Illinois State Entomologist.—Wo leant that 
Governor Packer of Illinois, has appointed 
Wm. Le Baron, Geneva, Kane Co., Ill., Slate 
Entomologist, to fill the vacancy occasioned by 
the death of Benjamin D. WALsn. Mr. Le 
Baron bus Jong been ident ified with the scien¬ 
tific and Industrial interests of Illinois. In his 
early days he was a contributor to the Natural 
History Department or the agricultural publi¬ 
cations "f his State, and has long been an enthu¬ 
siastic and critical student of the natural his¬ 
tory id Illinois, n study he has pursued from a 
love of it. Added, ho Is an accomplished gen¬ 
tleman, who, we feel sure, will enter upon his 
new official duties with Intelligent zeal and en¬ 
thusiasm. His intimate knowledge of the early 
and later history of the State, and of the trans¬ 
formations which Progress has wrought upon 
the prairies, will enable him more fully to com¬ 
prehend and sympathize with the wants of the 
people. We congratulate llliuolsl 
INDUSTRIAL SOCIETIES 
THE ONE CROP SYSTEM. 
Oregon Bonn! of Statistics, Immigration, Ac.— 
It may be interesting to some of our readers who 
are looking to t he Pacific const for a home, to 
know that at Portland, Oregon, t here is an asso¬ 
ciation with tbe above namc t organized for the 
purpose of encouraging immigration and to as¬ 
sist immigrants on their arrival to procure em¬ 
ployment or lands for settlement. All business 
is transacted free of charge. Its officers are: 
Pw-K. D. Bhattuck. Vice-Pre«.—A. M. Lor- 
ycu. TioU.- W. 8. Ladd. See.—J. M. Drake. 
Kingston, Tcnn., Farmers' Flub.— .1 B. Martin 
writer, under date of April 4th“ We are going 
to organize a Farmers* Club bore to-day—the 
first since the war. We had before the war u 
very nicely improved fair ground, but it was 
cleaned oil the face of the In rfh, as was neany 
everything else.” The South is making rapid 
strait's in improved agriculture, and the organi¬ 
zation of a Farmers' t.’lub m any locality Is al- 
vraySR testimony to the intelligence of the farm¬ 
ers in that neighborhood. 
Kane fo„ III., Ag. Soc.—At the annual meet¬ 
ing of this society the following officers were 
elected: Pres,— JAMES 11 ehrington. Blackber¬ 
ry. FI cc-Pres. — Russell Humphrey, Geneva. 
Sec.—8. L. Taylor, Geneva. Trcm.- \V. M. Van 
Norlliwick, Batavia. E.r. Com. — (.'. D. Wing, 
St- Cliaiies; John Griffith, Batavia ; John 
Stewart, Camp ton; Jonathan Telit, Elgin; Geo. 
Stearns, Blackberry. 
Oaleaburg, III., llort. Soc. — At their anuual 
meeting elected officers for the current year as 
follows: Pres. —Hon. A. Kitchell. Viee-Pres. 
— Mrs. J/. F. Chase. See. — J. S. McClelland. 
Treas ,—Miss Emily Post. Ex. Com.— T. J. Hale, 
Chairman; J. W. Cothren, Dr. A. G. Humphrey, 
Mrs. J. W. Tryon, and Mrs. F. Fuller, 
Scarce a day passes that we do not get testimo¬ 
ny front some quarter of the continent as to the 
embarrassment which results to farmers who 
depend upon a single crop for revenue. A Wis¬ 
consin correspondent and agent writes:—” It is 
this year very difficult obtaining subscribers on 
account of the t imes. When farmers are selling 
wheat at seventy-five cents per bushel, which 
they say cost them one dollar per bushel to 
raise, they will generally say, *1 would like the 
paper, but 1 cannot take it this year.’ ” 
Another former in Iowa writes:—“1 staked 
my success the past season upon a single crop, 
and I am as flat as a flounder. I am in debt for 
my land, and had prices for the last crop of 
wheat been as good as the year previous, I 
would have cleared off my indebtedness and 
more too. Now I cannot meet my payments, 
and unless my creditors have the milk of human 
kindness in their hearts, and long suffering pa- 
tienco, I shall lose all I own. 1 assure you It 
looks blue to me,” 
We quote from these two, among scores of 
similar letters, to show the effect of Iho single 
crop system, when that crop, or the price of It, 
fails. On the other hand, another Iowa friend 
writes one of the Editorsof the Rural a private 
letter, which contains the following:—” You re¬ 
member you said In one of your lotters a year 
ago,— 1 Now, my dear boy, don’t go into wheat all 
over. Don’t you see that your Iowa farmers are 
wheat crazy? Buy your flour the coming year, 
plant more corn and potatoes, sow oats and bar¬ 
ley, buy all the bogs you can keep and feed them 
well, and you will win and your wheat neighbors 
will lose.’ Do you remember writing me that? 
You did. and, for a wonder, I followed your ad¬ 
vice, and to-day I am at least a thousand dollars 
richer for It, I am as easy, financially, as a flow¬ 
ing river. There are hundreds of poor wheat 
fellows who are not, though. I owe you one 
for my serenity.” 
Now, the editor who wrote that private letter, 
(and had forgotten all about it,) based his advice 
upon a rule which he early learned was a wise 
one—that is, to abandon the extended eultiva- 
vation of a crop which everybody is going to 
cultivate. Every extra day’s labor, dollar, and 
acre of land employed in the production of 
wheat, or corn, or any other one crop, above the 
usual average, enhances the value In market of 
other crops from which this labor, land and 
money is taken; so that if ten men in a neigh¬ 
borhood sow an extra area in wheat, it is safe 
for one man, as a rule, to double the area he 
plants in other crops, instead of doing as his 
neighbors do. 
SATURDAY, APRIL 23, 1870. 
STAY IN THE COUNTRY! 
The frequent letters we receive from young 
men in the country about coming to iho city, 
and asking relative to the chances of employ¬ 
ment, advancement, etc., constrain us to say, 
with emphasis, stay in the Country / And this 
admonitory advice is founded upon some actual 
knowledge of both country and city life and 
avocations—Ute health and competence which 
tho one assures, and the uncertainties, disap¬ 
pointments and failures attending the other. 
Our large cities are over-crowded, and the 
present is a most, unfavorable period to change 
from country to town life and occupations, 
even if such is ever advisable. In New York City 
alone tens of thousands of intelligent and skill¬ 
ful people are out of employment or only Jiving 
from hand to mouth; and the times are such 
that the prospects of those who depend upon 
occupation in stores, offices and manufactories 
are becoming more and more discouraging. 
Many who have growing families dependent up¬ 
on their labor for support, arc wisely removing 
to the country—and not a few capitalists and 
busiuess men arc manifesting shrewdness and 
foresight by socuring small farms or landed 
estates for their sons, with a view of placing 
them beyond the temptations and chances of 
town life atid speculation. And we believe there 
are to-day at loast a quarter million of people in 
this city who would materially better their con¬ 
dition by going into the country — on farms, 
or to now and growing towns in the West, South, 
&c., where land is cheap and fertile, and labor in 
demand and well rewarded. 
Young men, and especially farmers* sons, who 
are looking city-ward should carefully consider 
the chances of success—which, at the best, are 
poor indeed, as statistics amply demonstrate— 
and ponder well the life-long consequences of a 
change from country to city life and occupa¬ 
tions. Those looking for employment in news¬ 
paper offices, (either as clerks or brain-workers,) 
as are many who write us, arc particularly cau¬ 
tioned to Jook before they leap into the tempt¬ 
ing but uncertain and laborious whirlpool of 
Journalism. For In this, as in most, city profes¬ 
sions and trades, there is little or no room—ex¬ 
cept for such geniuses as are rare indeed. For 
one brilliant success, like that of Greeley or 
Raymond, there are a thousand signal failures 
—failures which not unfrequently render the 
aspirants and their families both destitute and 
miserable. An advertisement for a competent 
newspaper man or editorial writer, would at 
once be answered by scores of city residents, 
qualified by long practice to occupy the posi¬ 
tion ; hence how poor tho chance of an inexpe¬ 
rienced countryman, unless ho possesses supe¬ 
rior capacity, oris backed by influential friends 
—and t he latter can only aid him in starting, for 
persistent labor and decided brain power are 
requisite to achieve even average success in a 
field so filled with active competitors. 
Let ns cite a case In point. On removing the 
principal office of the Rural to New York, wead- 
vertised in a morning paper for an experienced 
book-keeper—one thoroughly conversaut with 
the Newspaper business, etc. Before li vc o'clock 
of the same day we received seventy-four written 
applications for the position! And many of these 
were from men who had been In business and 
failed!—men formerly well-to-do, if not rich, 
but now poor, with educated and refined fami¬ 
lies to support, and that too in a city where to 
live decently requires hard, well-remunerated 
work, or a surplus of means. 
And what is true in regard to Journalism is to 
a great extent true concerning other professions 
and branches of business—for nearly all the so- 
called respectable city avenues to competence, 
fortune or fame, are filled with industrious, atn- 
bitious and persistent aspirants and competitors. 
Jlenoe tho chances to become Stewarts and 
Vanderbilts, or Harpers and Appletons, are 
indeed few and far between. Better fur try 
Agriculture, Avhieh is truly the most honorable 
and useful, as it is the most natural and healthy 
pursuit of man. Yes, Stay in the Country , and 
avoid the lottery-like chango to city life and 
Worthlessness of Wilson's Process for Ex¬ 
tracting opium. The American Journal of 
Pharmacy contains an article concerning a sam¬ 
ple of so-oalled opium of Illinois production, 
prepared by the process of Wilson, of Vermont 
opium notoriety, »>y expressing the juice from 
the whole plant, leaves, stalks and capsules, and 
evaporating it to tho proper consist once with¬ 
out any extraction of the special juice of the 
capsules by incision. This sample was submite 
ted to an assayi and the journal above named 
assorts that the result shows the worthlessness of 
this so-called “opium,” which is in reality a 
mere extract of poppies. We are not confident 
as to the identity, but think it was this same 
W i t^s on who apt wared before the Farmers’ Club 
in New York City, in March, IHfli), and offered to 
sell liis pamphlet containing a description of his 
process of opium manufacture for four hundred 
dollars t 
ttblisbcr s pesh 
Failure of North rn Grown Strawberry Plants 
In the SouU A Tennessee correspondent 
writes;—“Wo bought, last fall, a great many 
fruit tre. s lrout a Roc -r-ter nursery. Mine are 
it jirr TirJIrliU^tity simwlv-try plants died, or 
.I,.i :T.n ifve. Outers have Had a similar 
ex* vox'. I'. ts *o ’«.-t v- i 1 ' tit plants corn— 
ingli i Olivt. What is tuecause? We received 
them the : i <>t . ember, and planted them a 
few days thereafter." We do not know the 
cause, unlec - it be that the plants were received 
ajnl planted too late to take root and grow last 
fall. Strawberries, if planted in the fall, should 
be plauted early enough to make growth before 
cold weather, else they will not stand the win¬ 
ter. It is better to plant in spring than so late 
as November. 
WOW FORM CLUBS 
TO BEGIN WITH THE NEW QUARTER! 
A New Qnnrtcrof tho Rural commenced April 
2d. NOW IS THE TIME TO MAKE UP CLUBS to begin 
with the New Quarter or the present Volume—as wo 
can supply subscribers from either Jan. or April, as 
preferred; or part of the Club from one date and 
part from another. 
Tlte thousands who want the Rural, but 
huve watted until their taxes were paid, etc., can 
now secure It by little effort, or at a low rate, by 
forming or JoiNixa a Club. And there are 
myriads of good people who really want the paper, 
and would roadtly take it if only invited to do so by 
some friend who is a subscriber and can testify as to its 
merits. Our Agent-Friends will please see that such 
are not neglected,—anti will not subscribers generally 
(and especially You, Reader,) kindly act in behalf of 
the Rural? Please tell your friends and neighbors 
about tt, and, if there is no agent near, receive aud 
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. 
Faith or Facts.—An eminent Western cletgy- 
man has undertaken to define science, and says 
“All true science is founded on faith, and 
worships its author.” Then no science is true 
which is founded on facts! We had supposed 
that, faith Itt facts was the only faith necessary 
in scientific pursuits. We believe that science 
develops faith in everything good; and we know 
and are glad that it proves some things false 
which some people seem glad to believe true. 
But we cannot understand why science should 
be condemned because its foundation is facts 
instead of faith. 
Write to Seedsmen advertising in RURAL for 
information concerning the price of seeds of 
any kind. By observing this advice, and acting 
upon it, information will be obtained direct, and 
we shall be saved the trouble Of transmitting 
such inquiries to some seedsman to answer. Wc 
do not keep a seed store, do not know the 
price of seeds, except we inquire of a seedsman, 
which our correspondents can do as well as our¬ 
selves. So of the price of machinery. Write di¬ 
rect to tho manufacturer or implement dealer. 
One would not think such advice necessary, but 
we are reminded that, it is, daily. 
RURAL NOTES AND QUERIES, 
Inquiries for Advertisers to Note. — CnARI.ES 
Hurlbtjt, Broome Co., N. Y., asks where he 
can get a Berkshire pig two months old or older, 
aud at what price. He wants a genuine pig of 
that breed. — II. J. Turner asks whore steam 
plows can be bought, and where ho can buy a 
Hambletotiiao stallion.—A Santa Rosa, Cal., cor¬ 
respondent asks where he can obtain the best 
portable hay press, mowing machine, anil sulky 
hay rake. - A Danbury, Conn., correspondent 
asks where he can purchase crested Poland fowls. 
—A. P. Beessev, Westernville, N. Y.,asks whore 
ho can get, tin plate pressed into a new form that 
he has devised. He does not. know parties mak¬ 
ing pressed tin wares.—* 1 Colorado," Texus, asks 
some one to inform Him “where some or the 
genuine, small, white sow-bean can be had; also, 
something concerning its quality, productive¬ 
ness, soil best adapted to its production, mode 
of harvesting, Ac.—Various people write us con¬ 
cerning matters which arc now, or lately have 
been, advertised itt the Rural— all of whom 
should Bead the Advertisements. 
ELECTROS OF ENGRAVINGS. 
Publishers, and aU others wanting Illustrations 
for Newspapers, Catalogues, Show-Bills, &c., &c., 
are advised that we can furnish eloetrotypes of most 
of the Wood Engravings used In the Rural New- 
Yorker during tho past fow years. Of over a thou¬ 
sand of these Illustrations (those made since the 
enlargement of the Rural tn Jan., 1309,) we have 
the original wood cuts, uninjured, having printed 
the paper frurn electrotype plates, and hence can 
furnish perfect casts. 
as will be seen by reference to back numbers and 
volumes of the Rural, we have many choice cuts, 
suitable for illustrating various subjects. Xu fact 
any and all persons wishing for Good Engravings at 
Fair Prices . cau be accommodated on application, 
personally or by letter, to the New York Office of the 
Rural. _ 
How to Remit.—The best way to remit for clubs, 
as we huve often stated, is by Draft. If $30 or over, 
send by draft, as there is no risk, l^or 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, 11 Park Row, New York. 
Additions to Clubs are always in order, whether 
Id ones, twos, lives, tens, or any other number. A 
host of people are dropping other papers about these 
days, and our Agent-Friends should improve every 
occasion to secure such us recruits for the Rural. 
The American Watch Company. — We have 
aforetime commended the productions of this 
celebrated company. As they are daily ticking 
their own testimony Hi our pocket, and as we 
are iu frequent receipt of testimony in their 
favor from agents to whom wc have awarded 
them as premiums, we can speak of tlicir excel¬ 
lences knowingly. The Waltham is the oldest 
watch company in America, and has the largest 
establishment iu the world. It has triumphed 
over aU opposition, and merits its success by the 
care bestowed upon all its work; as its 450,000 
specimens everywhere abundantly testify. 
Choice Short-Horns at Public Bale,—Atten¬ 
tion is directed to the announcement of D. Mc¬ 
Millan, of Xenia, Ohio, offering his splendid 
herd of Short-Horns at public sale on the 8th of 
June. As this is probably the fittest lot of 
Short-Horns ever offered in this country, a rare 
opportunity is afforded the public to purchase 
such animals as the owner would not sell a few 
months ago at any price. 
Seedsmen and Seed Catalogues.—*• A Rural 
Reader” sends us an article complaining of 
seedsmen for charging for their catalogues, and 
stating that no other class of salesmen ask their 
oustomere to pay them for advertising their 
wares. Our correspondent, Is much mistaken. 
There is no elass of dealers or business men who 
advertise their business but expect,, intend to, 
and do make their customers pay, directly, or 
indirectly, for every dollar so expended. The 
money spent In advertising is added to ihe cost 
of the articles advertised, and the profits are 
made on the whole investment. If a seedsman, 
nurseryman, or implement manufacturer pays 
us one hundred dollars per year for telling our 
readers what he has got to sell, the price, Ac., he 
expects his customers to pay him back the 
money in all cases; if he does not, he is a very 
singular business man. Bo our seedsmen are 
printing catalogues of seeds with costly engra- 
TUe Rural is Not a Monthly. — In presenting 
the cJulois of the Rural, ilu not forgot to say it Is 
not a monthly of only 12 issues a year, but a Large 
and Handsome Weekly of Fifty- Two Numbers. 
Send IN Hie Names or such of your friends, 
far and near, as you think will or ought to take the 
Rural, and we will mail them Specimens, etc. 
The “ Rare ami Elegant Premises,” offered 
for sale iu this paper should receive the atten¬ 
tion of those seeking a pleasant borne in a 
healthy and otherwise desiratdo locality. From 
our personal knowledge of the proprietor, (who 
is a gentlemun of integrity, taste and means) and 
also of the premises, wc are confident the des- 
scrlption is accurate and reliable, and that who¬ 
ever secures the property will bo fortunate. 
No Traveling Agents are employed by us, but 
any person so disposed can act as Local Agent, on 
his or her owa authority, and secure premiums, etc. 
Broom Corn Culture.—In answer to a score of 
inquiries, we have prepared, mul shall give next 
week, au article on the above subject. 
Show Rills, Specimen Numbers, Jfec., sent 
freo to all applicants. If you want such documents, 
let us know and they wili be forwarded. 
