to be found, arc among our blessings in our 
mountain home. Our climate is very uniform, 
never subject to severe sudden changes. Vege¬ 
tation grows all the year round. Still, we have 
some frosts, while the coldest day we have bad 
this year the thermometer scored 30>;’ at sun¬ 
rise. On the 23d of January we had nice ripe 
raspberries. We are principal! y engaged i n rais¬ 
ing the small fruits, viz.-.—Blackberries, Goose¬ 
berries, Currants, Raspberries, Strawberries, &n_ 
The Lawton Blackberry grows to perfection 
with us, and although a little later in the season 
than in some other portions of the State, it is 
superior in quality and in size: at thistime they 
are in bloom. The currants and gooseberries 
are hanging thickly on the bushes, still in a green 
state, however. Hummer weather has popped 
in upon us, and the heat ranges at from 90 to 94* 
at noon in the shade. We enjoy cool nights, 
which are a luxury after such warm days.— 
R.M.S. _ ^ _. 
THE SEASON. 
to allow foot passengers to cross streets, no mat¬ 
ter whether they were crossing on flagging 
stones or not, and he told the jury that in case 
either of them were crossing a street, and the 
driver of a team interfered with or attempted to 
interfere with their free passage across the 
street, to use their stout canes, if they had any, 
on the intruding horse, and int imated that, an 
application of the canc to the driver might bo of 
better service._ _ _ 
Utilizing Ota Horne*.—Why not, just ns we do 
old cows? Fatten l hem on pumpkins and meal, 
potatoes and sorghum canc I The Journal Of 
the Society of Arts says that tho -consumption 
of sorsG-flesh In Paris as h»«*»au food seems to 
DO Steadily and r,.,.telly increasing. During the 
past year 2,768 horses were used for this purpose 
—337 more than the previous year. Now if en- 
RURAL NOTES AND QUERIES. 
The English Steam Plows in Louisiana.—On 
the Magnolia Sugar Estate, owned by Mr. Law- 
hence, the Fowler Steam Plows are being used. 
Four of them are in operation, which easily turn 
over tw'outy-four acres a day, at a cost, includ¬ 
ing fuel and labor, of some three dollars per 
acre,which is quite a saving over the method 
heretofore pursued. A correspondent of a New 
Orleans paper writesThere is no apparent 
intricate machinery about the work; tho whole 
seems to work as smooth ty as an ordinary stand¬ 
ing grist mill; the locomotive trails over the 
road quite easily, propelled by steam. Mr. Law¬ 
rence. ’ fail, took off a crop of over six-hun¬ 
dred hogsheads of sugar, the entire pi'""”’* nav ‘ 
itig been performed by the sterna apparatus. 
The plow, locomotive, etc., were constructed by 
a firm In laieds, England, and co#<, exclusive of 
freight, etc., some £1,600. Tliedrst oac import¬ 
ed to tills country 1 b now In N ,; w Jersey; one 
subsequently was sent, to IllWois, which has late¬ 
ly been sent to this State, and is now in opera¬ 
tion at the Concession ivantation, in the parish 
of Plaquemine, where g issaid to give great sat¬ 
isfaction. __ 
PROGRESS AND IMPROVEMENT 
[W* want information, briefly, concerning the teason, progress of 
the work, temperature, crop*, prices of f«rm produce, stock, labor 
and las<lr, and cartful Mlftnate* of the amount of grain and nrnnher 
of animals on hand fot sale, *» compared with precious ssaaons, for 
publication under th)i 
Wnllewnlby, May 14. — Spring back¬ 
ward. Cotton dying out; too much planted; 
worth 14tft30c.; corn, $L50; land, $3@30 per acre; 
bacon. 36c. per lb —*. ®. k. 
Nottingham, Almeda Co., Cat., May lO.-We 
are having very hot weather—from 98 to 100" In 
the shade—for the last three or four days. Have 
had little rain during the past winter. Wheat is 
an entire failure in this (Livermore) Valley.— 
t. n. t. 
Caploma, Hanna*. May 1.— Weather warm and 
pleasant, after Tour days of rain. Winter wheat 
eight Inches high; spring wheat and oats up and 
looking fine; corn ground mostly plowed, and 
some planted; apple and peach trees in full 
bloom. Beeves, gross, 6c.; hogs, 8@10c.; milch 
cows, $45@75 per head; winter wheat, 85c.; spring 
do., 50c.; oats, 30®85<J.; corn, 93c.; land #1.35@40 
per acre, according to improvements.—s. a. s. 
Brooklandtlllc, Baltimore Co., Md., May 1©.— 
The weather for the past fourteen days has been 
unfavorable to farmers, frequent rains delaying 
corn planting. The season is unusually back¬ 
ward. Wheat generally looks well. Corn, *1-20; 
oats, 68c.; wheat, $1.4Mbl.50: butter, 35@55c.; 
eggs, 20c. Strawberries in the city market, not 
very plenty and high; this time last year they 
they were plenty and reasonable, lb-liable farm 
hands can get from #16 to #36, but are scarce, 
that is good ones.—G. o. b. 
South Acworih, Sullivan Co., IV. 1I„ May II.— 
Spring early; grass looks very well; farmers 
well along with their spring’s work; weather 
warm; fruit trees looking well. Corn, #1.10; 
oats, 65c.; potatoes, 50c.; barley, #1.35; butter, 
30e.; eggs, 25c.; beef, 7@8o. per lb.; cows, #40® 
$80; hogs, live, 10c, per lb.; pigs, $5 each at four 
weeks old, and scarce. Horses in good demand, 
and bring good prices. Good hay, $12 per ton. 
Hired help very senior and high; good hands 
command from #35 to $30 per month, and $300 
per year and board.— J. o. mck. 
Hiriliiim, Mo., May 12.—We have had a very 
an original wesklt 
RURAL, LITERARY AND FAMILY NEWSPAPER. 
D. O. T. MOORE, 
Conducting Editor and Proprietor. 
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INDUSTRIAL SOCIETIES, 
[Ws tbnU be gUli to receive from ibe officer! of IndiutrUl Socle 
tire any Information of general jmMIe Intercit concerning their re¬ 
spective organiialtan*, fcv publication nndcr this head, Send in 
your premium list#, annonnremenU of exhibition*, Ac.] 
Louisiana Ag. and Mcch. A**’n.—’The Annual 
Fair of this Association, at New Orleans, closed 
on the 3d tnst., and we glean from The South 
Land, that the general arrangements of the 
grounds, buildings and conveniences were such 
as to reflect 1 he highest credit upon the officers 
and superintendents, and gave very general 
sat isfaction to all concerned. In tho main fea¬ 
ture* of the fair there was a marked improve¬ 
ment nnd advance upon those of former years. 
In agricultural implements, farm and planta¬ 
tion machinery, manufactured articles, house¬ 
hold furniture, poultry, grtsMiltousc* plants, do¬ 
mestic products, fancy and art istic articles, &c- 
&c., the show tv as in the highest degree credit¬ 
able and satisfactory. The show or livestock, 
such as cattle, hogs, sheep, horses, Ac., though 
altogether loo meager, was creditable in quali¬ 
ty, aiid some of the animals were especially tine 
and well bred. There was also a deficiency in 
until near the 
Enae nnd Profit or Mink Breeding.—A cor¬ 
respondent of tlxi Country Gentleman rays that 
minks, after one understands them, are as easily 
raised as rabbits. They multiply rapidly. He 
knows a trapper who started, nine years ngo, 
with fifteen mink*, find last winter sold #6,000 
worth of fur, his income having more than 
doubled every year. He adds:—“1 was at a very 
large mlnkery two years ago, where the pro¬ 
prietor had just skinned 1,000, nnd refused tin 
offer of #10 apiece for them. His expenses, lie 
informed me, had boon #3,000 for that year 
which Included feed and a man to tend them. 
His minkery cost about #2,000. An Ohio man 
stated that, each of his female minks had paid 
him tho interest, of #1,000. Said lie could sell 
them out at $50 per pair. All attempts to raise 
them in large enclosures have proved unsuc¬ 
cessful, as the males must be sorted out at breed¬ 
ing time, as they kill tho young. The greatest 
cause of failure by the amateur is in keeping 
the female too fat in the spring; they should be 
kept very thin at that time.” 
The Antl-Ballromi Movement in Illinois.— 
Henry C. Wheeler, Downer's Grove, Ill., ap¬ 
pointed by the Bloomington Convention “ Com¬ 
missioner of Statistics*” has issued the following 
call for action: 
The farmers of the Northwestern States and 
Territories are requested to meet in their respec¬ 
tive school districts, on Saturday the 4ill day of 
June next, at 2 o'clock P. M., for the discussion 
of the issues here presented, and to appoint 
committees lor the following purposes, to wit: 
1. To make a list of the names and post-oflice 
address of nil persons who desire to become 
members of an association for the protection of 
agricultural Interests by business means- 
2. To estimate as nearly ns may be t he amount 
of agricultural products of SUuii district, and 
t he net cash value thereof at the place of pro¬ 
duction, to be used in the preparation of a re¬ 
port, showing the products ill' the Northwest- 
their rigid, to transportation and market, and 
the remedies available for existing wrongs, to be 
furnished the subscriber and used before the 
proper departments uf the Slate and National 
Governments la onr efforts insecure redress. 
3. To semen report of their proceedings to 
Henry C. Wueki.kr, Downer's Grove, DuPage 
Co., 111. m | 
An Eloquent Notice of the llurnl New-Yorker 
is the following, from the Minnesota Tidnlng. 
Complimentary as it is, however, we regret to 
observe that, like unto many other otherwise 
first-rate notices, this one omits to give name 
of publisher, price, etc— facts which would ren¬ 
der the item available to those Of the Tidning’s 
readers desirous of securing the Rural New- 
Yorker. and thereby improving in pure mid 
undeflled English. 
Vi fSstii vSralJVsnres uppmUrksamhet pS den It 
andra sidan luffirdaanuouHen Out VfooneV Rural 
JVt>w-l T orlcer- Dennu lidnlng fir ickc nlcnast den 
sRirsta, utan afven den iuiH-hailarikastc oeh 
vacltrust Iryckt© landtbrukstidoing I Aincrika, 
och vi r</Hr m mili*n*J< 4 ni •leu varent till alia, vara 
mod cugolska sprakel hemniastudda jordbru- 
klire. 
•SATURDAY, MAY 28, 1870. 
TRYING EXPERIMENTS, 
garden vegetables, fruits, Ac., 
dose of the fair, when a few of the market gar¬ 
deners nnd fruit dealers brought in pome excel¬ 
lent samples. Extremely unfavorable weather 
kept back large numbers of visitors, diminishing 
the financial success somewhat; but it lsreport- 
ed that, as a whole, the fair was creditable and 
satisfactory. Officers were elected for I ho ensu¬ 
ing vear, as follows: J'rrs.—I. N. Marks- Vice 
Prt *?a.—N. E. Bailey, James Jackson, C. H. Slo- 
comb. See. and IYccim- Luther Holmes. Direct¬ 
ors— I. N. Marks, John Davidson. G. A. Breaux, 
C. J. Leeds, N. E. Bailey, C. H. Slocomb, AY. B. 
Schmidt, E. M. Rnsha, A. W. JMcrriam, A. Bower, 
James Jackson, E. A. Tyler, Win. McCullough, 
Williamson Smith, Lafayette Eolgrr, A. Fortier, 
G. W. Dunbar, W. A. Shropshire, J. L. Gobcrna- 
tor, Joseph L. Harris, and George C. Garner. 
The Connecticut Rime Poultry Kur. held its 
quarterly meeting at Meriden, on Tuesday lash 
Delegations were present from different parts of 
the State, showing Umt there is a lively interest 
in the coming Exhibition, which Is to take place 
during the first week in November next, at 
Hartford, Conn. The several committees were 
appointed, and, from the earnestness manifest¬ 
ed, mean work. A large number of names were 
added to the Society, Increasing its strength and 
character. From present indications, the next 
F. xtdbition bids fair to excel that of last year.— 
G. E. Clkjeton, Recording Secretary . 
A Tobnero Fair is to be held in St. Louis, June 
16th. Twenty-one premiums arc offered, rang¬ 
ing from #25 to #200 in gold. An entrance fee of 
#3 per hogshead or tub. In addition to the regu¬ 
lar warehouse fees, will be charged. The pre¬ 
miums are to be awarded by a committor of five 
gent.lemeu, upon each grade. to be selected by 
the planieror merchant on the morning of the 
sale. These premiums are open to competition 
from all tobacco growing State*. 
County Fair* In Iowa are to be hold ns follows: 
Benton Co., Vinton, Bent, 13 16; Bremer Co., 
Wavcrly. Sept, 20-22; Davis Co., Bloom field, 
Sopt. 28-80; Delaware Co.. Manchester, Sept. 
28-30: Decatur Co., Sept. 21-23. 
The Hennepin Co,, Mlrtn., ifort. Hoe. holds a 
Fair at Minneapolis, July 4. The State Horti¬ 
cultural Society is to unite tu the exhibition, 
the Western Farmer says. 
The Wisconsin Valley Ag. Soc. holds its next 
Fair at Black Earth. Wis., Sept. —. H. Z. MOUL¬ 
TON, Mnzomanle, Wis., Secretary. 
The Dougina Co., Neb., Fnlr is to be held at 
Omaha Sept. 13-15. Pres—L. A. Walker. Sec — 
B. E. B. Kennedy of Omaha. 
The Fond Du. Lnc Co.. Wis., Ag. Soc. will hold 
its next Fair at Fond du Lac, Sept. 13-15. 
The Grant Co., AVI*. Ag. Hoc. will hold its next 
Fair at Lancaster, Sept. 14-16. 
The Jo Davies* Co., 111., Ag. Soc. will hold its 
Fair at Galena, Sept. 27-30. 
The Pennaylvniiin State Fnlr is to be held at 
8cranton, Sept. 27-30. 
The Kentucky State Fair is to be held at 
Henderson, Oct. 4-8. 
No class of men—especially Industrial men— 
in this country are more enterprising—not to 
say rockiest In trying experiments than agri¬ 
culturists. And yet few dream that the over¬ 
whelming conservatism which, in certain direc¬ 
tions, retards tho progress of agriculturists is 
more than counterbalanced by their desperate 
dash in other directions. For, are there not 
scores of farmers who spend from ten to one 
hundred dollars, or more, annually to get. the 
seed of a now potato, variety of wheat or other 
grain, or a new fruit, who never did, and proba¬ 
bly never will, devote a tenth of the sum to ex¬ 
periments in improvod culture? Telia farmer 
that a certain variety of oats will produce ton 
bushels per acre more than another, and he 
sends #10 at once for seed. Tell the same man 
that #10, devoted to a better preparation of his 
ground for seed, will udd ten bushels per acre to 
his crop, ami he will not spend the #10 In that di¬ 
rection. Why not? That Is what puzzles us. 
Tho evidence in the one cuso that profit will re¬ 
sult from the investment maybe as reliable as 
in the other, uud yet It will not be done! 
A farmer came to us tho other day, and said: 
“Now, IT I thought those seed peas were ten 
minutes earlier than the kind I am growing, I 
would go and pay #1.25 an ounce for a few of 
them to try. What do you think of it?” Wo 
said, spend thcsamcamountof money in stimu¬ 
lating manure and careful culture, and we will 
warrant your old sort will bo mote than ten 
minutes earlier than by the present mode of 
culture you give them. The relative earliness 
of crops Is not always due to varieties. A man 
wants to project upon the public an “early” 
potato, si mwberry, or grape. What does be do? 
Ho so prepares the ground and takes care of bis 
plant that he may be able to show his neighbor# 
that he has got tubers, or fruit, properly ma¬ 
tured, at a certain date. His neighbors see and 
certify to results. They know nothing of 
means, nor do they inquire 1 Good names at¬ 
tached to emphatic certificates are thus ob¬ 
tained. And so the tuber or fruit is ushered in¬ 
to the world ns “early.” What is the result to 
the purchaser? In nine casesoutof ten, except 
In the most, favored localities and under condi¬ 
tions similar to those which originally obtained, 
the same fruit, or tuber, falls to realize the samn 
result. Let men who have had experience with 
“early varieties” review their history, and give 
us the exceptions io Hits rede. 
We do not mean to be understood as asserting 
that there is no difference in the value of varie¬ 
ties Of fruits, vegetables and grains. Nor do wo 
underrate tho value of tho work men do who 
labor for improvement in this direction. For¬ 
tunately, these days, it is remarkably easy for 
them to get well paid for such labor. But we do 
wish to be understood'as asserting that the com¬ 
pensations which would result to farmers if they 
were to iu vest a portion of the money now spent 
for new things, in taking care of and improving 
the old, i hey would reap greater gains and have 
less excuse for miscellaneous grumbling. We 
do mean that a little more care in preparation 
of soil by drainage and pulverization, in the se¬ 
lecting seed from their own fields and granaries, 
in the culture of their crops, and in the mode 
of harvesting and preparing them for market, 
would give greater gains than ninety-nine out 
of one hundred of the investments iu new varie¬ 
ties of this, that and the other grain, vegetable 
or fruit. 
It is no special evidence of enterprise that a 
man takes capital from a business which needs 
it and wil h which he is acquainted, and launches 
it upon a sea of uncertain speculation and ad¬ 
venture, for the navigation of which he has not 
the guide of experience. Enterprise Is legiti¬ 
mate when it results in the increase in value of 
what a man is poeessed of and in utilizing to the 
greatest extent the resources be has previously 
acquired. Experiments are legitimate which 
are the result of such enterprise. And no class 
lias a wider nor a more remunerative field for 
them than agriculturists. 
Regulation* Respecting the 1.muling nnd In¬ 
spection or Foreign Animal* in Grout Britain. 
The following regulations have recently been 
issued by Parliament:—'* All animals on landing, 
ure to be marked with the broad arrow, and de¬ 
tained for at least twelve hours for Inspection. 
Diseased sheep or swine found Among a cargo 
are to be Separated from the healthy animals, and 
slaughtered under the superintendence of the 
inspector, wtio will make a post mortem examina¬ 
tion of each carcass. The healthy animals may 
be slaughtered immediately. All places where 
diseased animals havo been landed arc (o lie dis¬ 
infected as soon ns possible. When cattle plague 
or pleuro-pneumonia has been detected, the 
whole of the cargo is to he slaughtered immedi¬ 
ately. If foot-and-mouth disease Is discovered, 
t he whole of the animals of t he same class as 
those diseased are to bo killed, and the animals 
not affected are also to be slaughtered. In the 
case of sheep-pox, or sheep-scab, being discov¬ 
ered, the whole of the animals are to be slaugh¬ 
tered.” 
California Fruit* nnd Vegetable* in Chicago,— 
We notice the announced arrival in Chicago of 
five hundred pounds of California si raw berries 
and a carload or two of fine cauliflower and 
celery, In fine condition. Who would uot live 
in Chicago? 
Diseased Cattle »n Europe.— We loam from 
tho Edinburgh Farmer of May 4, that the cattle- 
plague continues to ravage Eastern Europe; 
that .“Cases of pleuro-pneumonia increased at 
home (England) during the past month, the fa¬ 
cilities l’or sending cattle from diseased herds In 
Ireland contributing to the result," The Farm¬ 
er nddB:—“ Thirty-eight counties are now in¬ 
fected with pleuro-pneumonia, and the centers 
of disease number no fewer than one hundred 
and thirty-two. l’resh cases have occurred in 
London dairies, oven among cows that have 
been inoculated. Foot-and-mouth disease hits 
disappeared from some countries in Europe, 
though it still lingers in Lombardy. In Great 
Britain there arc eight hundred and sixty-throe 
centers of disease in fifty-five counties, no fewer 
than two hundred and twenty-three farms being 
returned, for the first time, up to the second 
week of April." Wo suggest that, these facts 
should serve tvs a caution to t hose who are im¬ 
porting foreign stock to this country. 
Hltuntton oti n Poultry Furm.—“ Rooster," Ban¬ 
gor, Me.—Wo do not know of any poultry breeder 
who wants a man to work for him for all he can 
Icnvru in a year or six months. 
IMPROVED STOCK MOVEMENTS 
Trustee* of Iowa Agricultural College.— Wo 
find In the Iowa Homestead tho following show¬ 
ing who compose the Board of Trustees or the 
Iowa Agricultural College, their respective 
place® of residence and occupation:—Ex-nIKelo 
members: President, A. S. Welch, Antes, Iowa, 
President of College; Samuel Merrill, McGregor, 
Iowa, Governor of the Slate. 1st District, O. H. 
P. Buchanan, ML Pleasant, Iowa, funner; 2d 
Dist., J. D. Wright, Charlton, farmer; 3d Dist., 
J. H. Woodbury, Loon, farmer; 4th Dist., W. 
A lieu, Sac City, farmer; 51 h Dist., G. F. Kilburn, 
Fontaucllc, farmer; 6th Dist., J. H. Bacon, 
Washington,farmer; 7th D.*l.,C. E.Leffingwell, 
Wheatland, farmer; 8th Dist,, 0. 0. Stuuchtlold, 
Cedar Itapids, farmer; 9th Dist., Peter Meloudy, 
Cedar Falls, dealer in agricultural implements; 
lOtli Dist,, R. A. Richardson, Illyria, farmer; 
11th Dist., 1. J. Mitchell, Boousboro, lawyer; 
BUSINESS NOTICES. 
Greensboro, N. C., May 12.—The season is un¬ 
usually late here. Peach blooms stood the sea- I 
son much better than was feared. Apricots were 
mostly killed; they generally are in these parts. 
Every other variety of fruit promise® well. 
Wheat is heading out and looks fine. The term 
of corn planting has been quite favorable for 
average lands. My Early Rose potatoes of this 
season’s planting would furnish a dish for my 
table to-day. Buist’s Extra Early Peas are filling 
the pods rapidly, and in a very few days will do 
to shell. So with Carter's First Crop, though 
planted two weeks later. We have had onions, 
lettuce, radishes for weeks. To-day I ate of ripe, 
sweet cherries. A few miles east of us, straw¬ 
berries are ripe. Corn is very scarce at #1.40; 
flour from #6 to #7. Fine crop of clover ready 
for the soythe.— n. «. 
Grassy Cow, Cumberland Co., Tenn., May 12. 
—The last week of April and first of May was 
quite warm and delightful, but the past three 
or four days have been very rainy and cool. 
Everything is out in its glory; the mountains 
are in a perfect blaze of flowers more beautiful. 
I think, than those we cultivate at the North. 
Corn planting is almost over, and in the valleys 
the first planting is beginning to come up. Toma¬ 
toes, melons, Ac., are flourishing; apple and 
peach trees dropped their blossoms about a week 
ago. We expect ripe strawberries in about two 
weeks, and blackberries are just coming in 
bloom. Produce of all kinds is very scarce. 
Corn is *1.50 per bush.; Hour, #5 per cwt. There 
The Missouri Agricultural College is located 
at Columbia. Boone Co., that county having 
compiled with the act of the Legislature fixing 
the terms of its location. In addition to the 
State University buildings, Boone Co., donates 
six hundred and forty acres of lutid convenient 
to the University grounds, the said land being 
nearly all fenced and improved, with a mansion 
upon it valued at #10,000, beside one or two 
frame cottages, cabins, out-buildlngs. orchard, 
nursery and five thousand bearing grape vines. 
This farm cost Boono Co. #59.362.80; added, it 
has made a cash donation to the College of 
#30,000. The Board of Curatorsare actively pre¬ 
paring for the opening of the school in Septem¬ 
ber. We rejoice to note the liberality and ac¬ 
tivity of the citizens of Missouri in this matter, 
and trust they may realize for the industrial 
classes of their groat State the professional 
school needed. 
Back Numbers ul this Vo|, (from Jan. 1,) 
iu still be supplied, or Subscriptions may 
egiu at auy time. New Clubs, uud Adtli- 
ous to Clubs, arc therefore iu order. 
The Law of the Road.—In a case in Boston, 
which arose from a boy having been killed by a 
horse rallroud car, District Attorney May, in 
closing for the Government, cited authorities 
and explained the law bearing upon the subject. 
He stated distinctly to the jury that the rights of 
foot passengers in the act of crossing streets are 
first and foremost and superior to those of auy 
drivers of teams. He suid the drivers must stop 
Correspondents wilt please note that Communi 
cations, Business Letters,&c., for the Rural, shoulf 
be addressed to D. D, T, Mooue. 41 Park Row, N. Y 
