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“PROCRESS AND IMPROVEMENT.” 
MOORE’S RURAFnEW-YORKER, 
AN ORIGINAL WEEKLY 
RURAL, LITERARY AND FAMILY NEWSPAPER. 
D. D. T. IttOOHE, 
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SATURDAY, JUNE 18,1870. 
THE INCOME TAX. 
Saom.n the Income Tax be continued ? Con¬ 
gress is to answer i bis question. There is mani¬ 
fest, mi the part of our legislators, a disposition 
to continue it in a modi lied form. We do not 
propose to discuss the modifications suggested. 
We urge ( lull it should cease to be levied in any 
form, because: 
I. II is Inquisitorial, and hence results in in¬ 
vesting with power a class of irresponsible, un¬ 
scrupulous moil, who do not hesitate to employ 
it for their own aggrandizement. It gives one 
class of men a knowledge of other men's busi¬ 
ness to which t hey have no right. Its operation, 
in this respect, is just as equitable as it would tic 
to permit the Browns In the country to stop 
any man of any other mime on the street, or in 
the cal’s, or anywhere else, and demand that he 
show them tho money In his purse,tell them the 
value of his watch, and give them an invoice of 
his silverware at. home. 11 is a pryi tig, hole-and- 
corner inquisition, entirely inconsistent with 
the true spirit of American institutions and tho 
theory of tho saeredness of personal liberty. 
It. Beoauso of its Inquisitorial character, it 
breeds dishonesty. Because it is repulsive and un¬ 
just, it provokes eorieea li nee I, and evasion. Oth¬ 
erwise honest and honorable men do not hesitate 
to lie, negatively if not positively. In order to 
retain for their own use the knowledge of their 
own affairs to which no other has equitable 
right. Men have asked ns within three months, 
if they should pay their income tux. We an¬ 
swered, Yes. It is law; and we believe laws on- 
acted by the Representatives of the people, who 
are elected by the people, should be obeyed in 
letter and spirit. It the laws are oppressive, re¬ 
peal them. If Representatives will not repeal 
them, elect men who will. But men do evade 
this taxation. 
III. And because they evade it, the Income 
Tax, in its operation, is unequal and unjust. If 
all men wore honest, it would still be unjust. 
But because they are not, those who faithfully 
make returns of their incomes are compelled, 
not only to boar this extra burthen of the Coun¬ 
try’s indented ness, blit arc thus defrauded of 
power with which to compete in legitimate busi¬ 
ness with tholr more unscrupulous neighbors, 
and to maintain the social position and iullu- 
ence which only money can secure to them. It 
is as just in this respect as it would be for a 
teacher to compel an honour, industrious scholar 
to prompt an indolent or stupid one, in order 
that the latter might keep bis place in his class, 
and graduate “with honor.” 
IV. It is oppressive because it (sunjust. II de¬ 
presses and paralyzes labor. The larger body of 
consumers who have no other income than the 
wages received ft;otu others for their daily labor, 
have to pay the heavier proportion of this tax. 
They not only have to pay tho tax on their own 
personal incomes, but the taxes of capitalists 
whose money is employed in producing for pub¬ 
lic consumption and of the middlemen who 
handle the products. The producer of food or 
goods, or of whatever is used in every-day life, 
aims to sell his products at an advance on their 
cost to him. This cost always includes not only 
the direct cost of material and labor employed, 
but the taxes ho pays. The jobber adds Ills taxes 
and commissions as the products pass through 
his hands. The retail dealer aims to cover tho 
cost of tho goods to him, the taxes he pays, and 
a liberal profit besides, with the prices ho fixes 
thereon mm which the consumer must pay. So 
tho consumer pays the taxes for all parties— 
hears the burdens of the producing capitalist, 
and, added, pays a tax on his own Income 1 This 
system benefits the few and oppresses t lie many. 
It doubles, and triples, and quadruples the taxes 
■ of tho pour and diminishes the taxes of tho rich. 
It gives oppressive power to the rich and palsies 
the hands of the working inau. 
It is true tho laborer is a producer; but his 
capital is his labor, from which he derives no 
benefit beyond the stipulated wages received 
for it, which wages enter into the cost of what¬ 
ever he consumes. The capitalist who can pur¬ 
chase his labor fattens upon it, and grows richer 
while the laborer grows poorer. 
It seems to us that tins is no narrow view of 
the operation of this system of taxation, nor 
any exaggeration of its evil effects upon the 
producing labor of the country. Instead of 
lifting up the laborer it crushes him down. In¬ 
stead of ennobling him and making him honest, 
it pays him a premium for dishonesty. Instead 
of causing him to love his country and honor 
its government, it arrays him against the power, 
no matter what party wields it, which thus adds 
burthens to his overloaded shoulders. A taxa¬ 
tion which is not equal and fair is a curse to any 
people and a blow at the stability of any Gov¬ 
ernment. Hence we urge the people to protest 
against any further exactions in t he lorm of an 
Income Tax. 
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DEATH OF CHARLES DICKENS. 
Jurt ns we are closing our hist form for the 
press, Friday, June 10, a telegram announces the 
death of Charles Dickens, the Novelist, Hu¬ 
morist, and Reader. From the telegram we 
learn that while Mr. Pickens was entertaining 
a dinner party at Ills house at Gad's Hill, Kent, 
Wednesday evening, at 6:30 o'clock he suddenly 
became unconscious, and foil back in his chair 
insensible. He remained unconscious, and ex¬ 
pired at0o'clock P. M., Thursday, June !>. Mr. 
Dickkns was born at Landport, Hampshire, 
England, in February, 1613. He was, therefore, 
over fifty-eight years of age. We have no space 
nor time for a biographical notice here and now. 
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RURAL NOTES AND QUERIES. 
All Our Benders,—and especially those who 
are disposed to aid in widening the circulation 
and usefulness of tho Rural New-Yorker,— 
are requested to read the announcement (on last 
page) of a change from Annual to Semi-Annual 
Volumes, and to note that the prevent is the best 
time to obtain subscriptions to begin with July. 
There are numerous localities, all over the land, 
in which wo have but few or no subscribers, 
where wc might have goodly lists if some one 
would attend to tho matter in each place. Who 
will kindly act for ns in your locality, Reader? 
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Advice Asked Kor.— James Lawrence, twenty- 
one ,rears of ago, unmarried, with six or eight, 
years’ experience as a farmer, has a chance to 
buy a farm of ninety acres near Richmond, Va., 
In a healthy locality, for what he calls “a small 
sum," and asks us If wo think it advisable for 
him to leave old friends and make an opening 
lor himseiI in a new country. He adds:—‘1 
think that it would be a chance lor a young 
man of any pluck and energy." This young man 
/ms furnished us a very small hook to haug ad¬ 
vice upon; for 1)6 says nothing about his rela¬ 
tions to his "old friends,” nor whether he has 
capital. Virginia is not a “new " country; but 
we believe it. affords good opportunities for 
young men of "pluck and energy." We fell In 
love with it as a Stale as lung ago 09)856. The 
t ruth is a young man of pluck and energy, who 
is willing to work, can succeed almost anywhere. 
And all Other tilings being equal, he laid better 
remain whore he has most friends. For acquaint¬ 
ance is capital, even in agriculture. 
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The Best Sewing Machine. — Mrs. Myra G. 
Wheeler asks concerning sewing machines: 
"Which arc Iors liable to get out of repair? 
Which are the easiest run ? Which the best ma¬ 
chine for the price?" These are leading ques¬ 
tions, certainly, and we cannot, answer them. 
Wo know, perhaps, a half-dozen women who 
havG different sewing machines; and because 
they have f/of umi to them, each likes her’s best; 
and probably each one has its advantages over 
the other. The way wo bought our sewing ma¬ 
chine was this:—Wc said to the dealer, “Send us 
a machine and some one to teach us how to use 
it. If it suits, moots all our requirements, we 
will keep it; but we want it distinctly under¬ 
stood that if for any reason we do not want it, 
we will feel under no nhliijnliatix whatever to keep 
it." We said this after we had culled upon tho 
agents of a half-dozen leading machines, and 
listened to explanattousof their merits. Wosc- 
Iccted the one we thought likely to meet our 
wants best, taking price, quality of work, sim¬ 
plicity, workmanship, etc., into consideration, 
We kept that machine. Wc are sat isfied there 
are others as good,so will uot name it. But that 
is the best way to get suited, we think; and any 
agent who lias confidence in his machine, will 
give such opportunity for testing it, we feel 
confident. 
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To Destroy Colorado Potato Bug.—Last week 
wo gave a recipe for this ling’s destruction; but 
since wc are receiving so much inquiry about 
remedies, wo give the following just received 
horn Clark Johnson, Pendleton, 1ml.:—" Mix 
one-hull pound of Paris green with two gallons 
sifted wood ashes. This quantity is sufficient 
for one-fourtli of an acre, when drilled. The 
best way to apply it is to sift it IUrough a punc¬ 
tured tin box. The application should be made 
three or four times during tho season. It will 
perfectly eradicate them." 
Since writing the above, wo have received 
from L, H. Warner, of Wisconsin, specimens 
of the Colorado porato-bug which, he says, ap¬ 
peared there from the West three or lour years 
since, and appears to he moving East slowly, 
lie adds" The farmers here put equal parts of 
Paris green and common Ilnur into a thin bug 
and silt tt on the vines when they are wet with 
dew, with good effect. What is the uauic of the 
bug?" The name by which it is known among 
entomologists is “Colorado potato-beetle— Do- 
i yphora 10-( i neata .’ ’ 
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Aii Editor of the Burnt New-Yorker Com pli- 
I men led.— Wc find Iho following paragraph in a 
late number of the Little Falls, N. Y., Courier 
and Journal: " We learn that our distinguished 
| townsman, X. A. Willard, Esq., has been hon¬ 
ored with an invitation to contribute an article 
on American butter factories, with illustrations, 
etc., to the Journal of the Royal Agricultural 
Society of England, of which the Prince of 
Wales is President. As this society is a most 
aristocratic affair, aud as John Bull is wont to 
think his own opinions as good as other people’s, 
this request to an American writer is compli¬ 
mentary not only to Mr. w. personally, but to 
American dairymen as a class. Indeed, it Is a 
remarkable eireunist&noe that just now English¬ 
men arc anxious to learn our processes of manu¬ 
facturing both cheese and butter. For this ar- 
tiole Mi . Willard is to receive two guineas per 
note page of manuscript." 
Extensive California Flock Master*.—The Sci¬ 
entific Press, San Francisco, says:—“One hun¬ 
dred and aeventy-flix bales (43,000 pounds) of 
wool were received in this city on Friday lust, 
from the Buckley Bros., of Snell lugs. Mercer 
county. Of tins amount thirty bales 17,000 
pounds) were from graded Cotswolds, eleven of 
which consisted of t!cocos taken from spring 
lambs dropped in February and March lost. 
Thirteen hundred of those Meeces averaged two 
aud a-lialf pounds each, tho heaviest going as 
high as five pounds. This is said to be the first 
shearing of spring lambs on record, and affords 
a most remarkable evidence of tho capacity of 
the climate of California in this important de¬ 
partment of stock-growing. The Buckley 
linos, have a stock of about 4,000 graded sheep.” 
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Decimal Weight*, Measure* ami Coinage.—In 
Great Britain this subject is agitating. Nearly 
every intelligent person who has paid any at¬ 
tention to it, is urging the metric system of 
weights and measures. An English paper says: 
"Our present weights and measures are based 
upon no system whatever. They vary in name 
and in nature in almost every county, nay, one 
might almost say in nearly every district. In 
agricultural matters they are very puzzling—in- 
deed, not understandable.” The movement to 
establish a uniform decimal system of weights, 
measures and coinage among nat ions, seems in 
be a necessity more than over, now that the 
commercial Intercourse of all nations is so inti- 
mnte as to make the interests of one homogene¬ 
ous to all. 
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"The New Market System.”—Wc call the at¬ 
tention of our readers to tho paper read by 
Fhank D. Curtis, Vice-President of the Now 
York State Agricultural Society, before the 
Fanners’ <'lull of the American Institute, which 
wo publish on another page. 11 will bo remem¬ 
bered that a communication urging the adoption 
of, and an editorial commending. Ibis system 
appeared in the Rita A L NfiW-YORKKR of May 14. 
Wc arc glad to see that, it is so rapidly becoming 
realized. Mr« Curtis presents tho subject clear¬ 
ly, like tho practical man he is; and he lias taken 
some pains to find out bow it works where it lias 
already been tested. 
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Liebig'* Extract of Meat, which is said to bo 
excellent, has resulted in the formation of a 
company, the proffuerrve power of whose estab¬ 
lishment Is said to be equal to fin; consumption 
of 130,000 head of cattle aunualiy. It is said that 
tin; same company contemplates man iifnctu ring 
what they call “ Animal guano, ' which is said to 
be particularly rich in nitrogen. Wo suppose 
this is to he made from refuse meat left by the 
extract named. 
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New Haven Ka^nUy-Knitting Machine. — A few 
days ago we were shown several beautiful and 
apparently ifurable specimens of the work of 
this labor-saving machine. As we fully believe 
in the economy Of saving household as well as 
field labor, tho attention of all Interested is di¬ 
rected to the advertisement of this new inven¬ 
tion. 
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Miniwood’s Address is Rural New-Yorker 
Office, 41 Park Row, New York City. 
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IMPROVED STOCK MOVEMENTS. 
The Auction Sale of Thoroughbred «tul Trol¬ 
ling Stock, by Col. L. G. Morris, Mt. Fordham, 
N. Y., on the sth inst„ was attended by a goodly 
number of prominent brooders of horses and 
cattle, but highly remunerative prices were not 
realized. Indeed, tho lack of appreciation on 
the part of bidders constrained Col. M. to with¬ 
draw t he best tliorouglibrod and trotting stock 
on the catalogue. But, though the result was 
not a success, (considering tho low figures at 
which valuable animals were sold,) the genuine 
hospitality of the host, ami the pleasure afford¬ 
ed his guests indoors aud out, wore such that 
we think the series ol aunuul sales tints inau¬ 
gurated by Col. Morris must prove profitable 
to both breeder and purchasers in future years. 
The sales were as follows: 
Sorrel gelding, 2 yrs. old, purchased by Col. 
Jas, 11 a mu.ton, New York City, for > 075 . Top 
Gallant, broad gelding, 3 yrs., Geo. Bartow, 
New York City, $315. Crescent, brown filly, 3 
vents, A. Finley, Westcltostor Co., $2U5. Bonita, 
chcsnut illlv, :> yrs., T. I.. Harison, Si. Law¬ 
rence Co- Eupheinio,chestnut filly, 11 runs.,and 
Susanna, bay filly. 1 yr-both by Dr. w. Barham, 
New York City, at $135 and $153. Trio, brown 
filly, 3 yrs.. W. II. Van OlUrts, Oatskill, N. V., 
$215. Sir Gulian, brown colt, 11 mos., E. V. 
Welch, Fordham, $130. Mad Anthony, chestnut 
colt, 1 yt\, 0. W. Batik: ate, Foruhatn, $425. 
Marvel, thorough-bred bay colt. 3 yrs., T. L. 
II AiusON, $473. One pair matched gray Nor- 
tinui mares. 7 aud t) yrs., trained to harness, sold 
to N. Morris, Pelham, N. Y., for $600. 
A. J. McKinnon, Esq., of Pulaski, Tenn„ wo 
learn from the Turf, Field aud Farm, has sold to 
Mr. John W, Eubank of Warren Co., Ky., a 
three-year-old oolt by Old Columbus, for $1,050. 
Wo learn that this colt lias token every premium 
for AVlticIi lie contended, and is looked upon its 
the most promising trotter that has heon bred 
in Tennessee. This colt was foaled July 4,1867, 
and has already trotted in 2:53. 
Wm. w, Crapo, Flint, Mich., the Michigan 
Fanner says, has lately purchased of F. W, 
Stone of Guelph, Ont., the Hereford heifer 
Geutle 0th. calved October 4th, 1807, by Guelph. 
(2,023,) dam Vanquish, by imported Patriot, 
(1,150.) 
L. D. Watkins of Manchester, Mich., has pur¬ 
chased of Mr. Stone the Hereford bull Sweet 
William, (3,464,) calved Dec. 6th, 1808, by Guelph, 
(2,033,1 dam imported Sweetheart, by Albert Ed¬ 
ward, (8 iff.) 
Luke Swf.etser, Amherst, Mass., has sold to 
Bknj. T. Ccm.minos, North Dartmouth, Mass., 
the following Ayrshires: Bessie 3d, (IS); Beauty 
8th, sire Sultan, (304.) dam Beauty, (8); Tulip 0th, 
sire Colfax, (137,1 dam Tulip. (209.) 
E. W. Boise, Blauford, Mass, has purchased 
from the Ayrshire herd of A.J. RucKi in, South 
Adams, Cl doe. (307,) a bull calf got by TTticas, 
0182 ); Jessie, (495,) and heifer call' out of Bessie 
4th, (309 v ) by Uncas. 
The MOMillan Short-horn sale, June 9, judg¬ 
ing by a telegraph dispatch, received just as we 
go to press, was a great success. The following 
is the telegram :—" The celebrated thorough¬ 
bred herd of cattle, owned by Mr. Daniel Mo 
Millan, ot Xenia, Ohio, was sold at auction, on 
Wednesday. The herd comprises 00 head of the 
choicest blood. The aggregate sales amounted 
to $65,000. Two cows and one heifer brought, 
the sunt of $ 1 (),(XK). 
Dr. A. D. Newell, New Brunswick, N. J., has 
sold to R. 11. Lee, Hannibal, Mo., the solf-colOr- 
ed yearling Jersey bull, Crown Imperial, $400: 
Queen, self-colored, $200; Creamlet, $150: cow 
Louisa, $250. To J. Bouoiiman, Sir Henry; to 
D. W. Willson, New York, Tudor 3d, $50. 
Joseph Julland, Bainbridge, N. Y., has sold 
to Wm. Houck, West Riohmondville, Schoharie 
County, N. Y„ the puro-bred Jersey bull calf 
Argyle—dam Jeanie Doans, sire Stowell; color, 
lawn and white. 
G. W. Farlek, nil! Top Farm, Croskill, N. J., 
has sold to T. B. Graham, Montclair, N. J., two 
Jersey heifers and one bull three months old, 
solid color and black points; also the solid col¬ 
ored bull Quaker, four years old, of the un¬ 
usual weight of about 1,500 lbs., to S. M. Mills, 
of New York. 
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THE SEASON. 
[Wb want information, briefly* concerning the Reason, process of 
tho work, temperature, crops, prices of farm produce, stock, labor 
awl Innds, and careful natimAtoii of the amount of jfrain and number 
of animaln on hnnd for »n)o, rw rompsrod with previous tMtaaoitu, for 
puhliaition under thin h*md.—Kit*. fiun *i .| 
Fairfield, Herkimer Co., W. V'., .lime 5.—Hot 
to-day and lias been all the week; crops of all 
kinds suffering for rain: grass looks very good 
in some localities; but on the hilly or sandy or 
gravel soil is curling up; the hills north of Fair- 
field and Norway look as if they had been burnt 
over, they are so dry.— m. v. it. A. 
Catharine, N. V., June <>.— Weather for the 
last three weeks very dry and hot: spring crops 
suffering badly; winter wheat looking fine; old 
meadows will he short: corn just planted; fruit 
prospects very good, excepting pears which did 
not blossom; wheat, $1.10(%1.35; oats, 50@55c.; 1 
potatoes, 30@40e.; butter, 30fiu55e.; eggs, 15c.— e. 
n. p. 
Owasso, Shtawniwc Co., Mich,, June 7.—The 
weather here has been quite dry and warm for 
t he last ten days; but on the night of the 4th 
we had a nice refreshing shower. Crops all look 
welt, with the exception of winter wheat, which 
looks very poor and thin. Oats and corn look 
lino and promise a good harvest. Fruit trees 
are well loaded with fruit.—T. s. C. i 
Franklin, Warren Co., 0„ June 3.— Season 1 
very dry; but little rain Binoo April 15th; spring , 
grain short: fftli wheat and barley will bo an 
average crop: corn backward, did not come up i 
good, cut-worms very bail, destroying Avbolc 
fields; beef cattle scarce, and worth 0®7o. per 
)b„ gross; milch cows, $45<g>75 each; horses, 
$I50$300 each; hogs, $6r.n9por cwt., gross; corn, 
90c.; wheat, $1; outs, 50c.: potatoes, 30c.—it. c. 
Boor Greek, ill,., June 2.—Weather during 
tho spring months unfavorable for crops here. 
The past sixty days a severe drouth has pre¬ 
vailed. Crops of wheat and oats must be very 
light; corn may boa better crop if we get rain 
soon. The prospect is becoming serious to farm¬ 
ers in this section, uml st ill there are no tndica- 
t ions of min. Wheat, 858Lt»je.: oats, 45c.; corn, 
65c.—B. r. A. 
HorneNville, siteuheu Go., IV. Y., June 6.—We 
have had very hot weather tho lust two weeks, 
and no rain till to-day. Grass, and crops in 
general look well. Winter wheat, $1.50; spring 
wheat, $1.25; oats. 50c.: potatoes, 25c.; corn, $1: 
buckwheat,00c.; hay, $8@d0perton,flrstquality 
timothy. Wages, $18t&>30 per month and board. 
Milch cows, $50 to $75; horses, $100 to $300; but¬ 
ter, 20c. per lb.: eggs, 15c. per dozen.—t. n. n. 
Brookfield, Vt., June 1.—Weal her excessively 
warm: very dry, scarcely any rain this spring: 
grass thin, and the hay crop will be light unless 
we have rain soon. Corn looks well; small 
grains suffering from drouth; winter wheat 
" winter killed” some, but as a whole, is looking 
well. Prospect of fruit never better. Corn, 
$1.10; oats, 50c.; wheat, $1.50; eggs, 32c.; farm 
labor, by day, $1.25; by month, $lft®25.—c. n. f. 
Munderliuid, Mass., June 6.—Weather dry for 
grass, but spring grain comes forward rapidly. 
Small fruits look promising and are about a 
week earlier than an average of years. About 
tho usual breadlh lias been sown to onions and 
they have made a fine growth, but the maggots 
have commenced their depredations early in the 
season. Grubs are injuring early cabbages. 
Tobacco plants arc large enough to remove from 
the seed-bed to the t)Md. Hay is plenty at $20® 
21 per ton.—w. 
Lyndon, Caledonia Co., Vt., June 4.—Very 
warm and dry; but little rain in the month of 
May, and June opens fair, with the thermometer 
at85’ in tho shade: lot)’ or more, in the sun at 
midday. Grass thin, and the hay crop light, un¬ 
less considerable rain lulls soou. Grain slums 
effects of drought, more or loss. Season unu¬ 
sually forward. Apple and plum trees were in 
full bloom fifteen days ago; trees blossomed free¬ 
ly, and the prospect is favorable for a plentiful 
yield of fruit; 6opf currants,gooseberries, straw¬ 
berries, &c. The one thing needful is a good 
soaking ruin.—i. tv. s. 
Gray’s Summit, Mo., May 29.—Greatly in want 
of rniu; ground pa relied up; crops suffering 
badly; wheat not more than half crop; oats 
will bo entirely ruined without rain soon; pota¬ 
to bugs ravishing our potato crops. First straw¬ 
berries were shipped trom here on the 19th lust.; 
went to Leavenworth, Kansas, where they were 
sold for $2.40 per gallon. Berries abundant now 
and cheap; worth from 40c. to $1. No peaches 
in the county. Apples, a very poor crop. Hogs 
plentiful; xvorth from 7 to 8c.; very tew beef 
cattle. Milch cows Avorth from $25 to $50; corn, 
80@i90c.; wheat, $1@1.20; Hour, $36*3.75 per cwt-; 
farm labor, $15<!p0; land, improved, $35(5,00 per 
acre.—8. w. J. 
Vergcnnes, Mich.. June 1.—Wheat fields, that 
i looked so unpromising in March and April, are 
■ now flourishing finely, rvith a good prospect of 
yielding a little more than halt an average crop. 
1 Wheat has advanced in price to $1.85® 1.40 for 
> extra tvhito; honoe, very little wheat remains in 
worth 30 to 35c. at this date. Apple crop not so 
promising as usual; very much of the fruit has 
blasted, reaches will not bo so abundant as last 
year, ditto of cherries.—P ioneer. 
A nn Ilurrn, O., June 3.—Weather very warm 
and dry; spring crops growing finely, but wc 
must have rain soon, or they will stand still. 
The prospect is that wittier wheat will be but 
half a crop. The potato hug is increasing very 
fast. Wheat, $1; com, 87c.; oats, 50c.; butter, 
20c.; eggs, 11c.—s. f. l. 
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INDUSTRIAL SOCIETIES. 
[Wb flull pi ad in reoeiv* from the officers of Industrial Socie- 
tirm any information of gerntxl public interest concerning: their re- 
sjwirt.ive organisation*,, for publication under this bead. Send in 
your premium lints, announcement* of exhibitions, Ac..} 
Kentucky l*otno!oglcnl Hoc.—The following are 
the officers of this organization: Pres, Law¬ 
rence Young, Louisville. 17-ce-1 Yes’ £s—8a in u e 1 
lluycmft, Elizabethtown; J. L. Downer, Fatr- 
view; A. D. Webb, Bowling Green. Cor. See.— 
Dr. L. Stalinril, Bowling Green. I?cc-See.—Isaac 
P. Woodson, Woodson ville. Trr/ix. —Joseu1 1 L. 
Yoinigdove, Bowling Green, fix. 0)»i.—Tlios. 
s. Kennedy and Dr, Standtford. Jefferson Co.; 
W. 11 Payne and 1 n\ A. Covington, Warren Go.; 
A.M. Brown, Hardin Go.: John Mason Brown, 
Franklort; P. II. Leslie and Gen. Jos. II. Lewis, 
Barren Go.: J. L. Npaulding, Union Co.; R. D. 
Reeves. Todd Co.; Dr. Will Adair, Hart Co.; Z. 
It. Huggins, Glasgow. 
A Gromt Indii-irini Exhibition of Manufactur¬ 
er’s Products and Arts is to be he kiln Cincin¬ 
nati, 0„ commencing Sopt. 21, and continuing 
until Oct. 15. This exhibition is under the con¬ 
trol, and to be conducted by. tho Chamber of 
Commerce, Board of Trade, and Ohio Mechanics’ 
Institute of Cincinnati. Artisans, Manufactur¬ 
ers, Inventors, and all engaged to the produc¬ 
tion of Works of Art and Ingenuity, are invited 
til looti'ltiiito. Circulars containing full infor¬ 
mation may tie obtained by addressing “Cincin¬ 
nati Industrial Exposition," Cincinnati, O. 
The .\ el ton Go., Ky., \g. Ahk'ii holds its next 
nfinuni fair near Dardstown, Ky., commencing 
Nop. 36. The following are its officers: Pros.— 
W. N. Beckham. Vier.-Prefix Wm. Johnson, 
Hllshil Matinikii. Abner King. IHra turx W. W. 
George, Jr., L. McKay, Jr., w. A. Roberts, N. It. 
Simmons, Alex. Sayers, Squire Murphy, Henry 
Sutherland, A. C. Wilson, A. H. Stuart, A. L. 
Tlchenor, I). A. Irvine, .l.ts. Coy, .1. P. Minor, G. 
W. Anderson, J. P. Hinkle. Treat.- J. W. Muir. 
Sic. John D. Wiekiiffe. 
Dane Co„ Mb., Ag. Roe.—An agricultural so¬ 
ciety has recently been organized in this county 
ami measures inaugurated lor holding a fall ex¬ 
hibition. The officers are as follows: Pres.— 
Wm. R. Taylor. Sec. tiro.C. Russell,Madison. 
Treat. —Geo. A. Mason. 'lYuxtiex -R. D. Frost, 
David Ford. G. E. Bryant,C. E. Wrimer. Mathew 
Anderson, J, M. McPherson, Witt. T. Lei lob. 
The Geneva nort. .society bold their summer 
exhibition .1 line 23. At the same time the West¬ 
ern New York Hort.Society meet in Geneva for 
the first time. Wc expect to have a fine show 
and a large Attendance,and would be glad to 
have the Rural New-Yorker largely repre¬ 
sented at that lime.—Gao, S. Conover, Cor. See. 
Pekin, III., Ag. inn! Mecli. r>oo.— ThiB Society 
has been recently organized, and has purchased 
eighty acres of land, which limy are preparing 
for a fair ground and track. Their first annual 
fair will tie held at Pekin, Sept.27-lai next. Pros. 
—B. S. 1 'eitvman. See.— G. It. Coblelgh. 
The lti|nm, \Vi»., Farmer’* Club hits perfected 
arrangement'' tor a grand li v<■ days trial of reap¬ 
ers, utowers, threshing machines, binders, hay 
rakes, tedders, plows, cultivators, and farm ma¬ 
chinery gone rally, at a date to be hereafter an¬ 
nounced. 8ec.—A. T. Glaze, Itipon, Wis. 
The Ynte* Go., A". Y„ Ag, Soc. holds its next 
Annual Fair October 5-7. Tim officers for tho 
current, year arc; Piv*.—Cli ah. II. ICetuhum, 
Penn Yan. Vice Pres .—Darius Baker, Penn Van. 
7Y(VW.-0. F. Shearman, Penn Yan. See. 8. C. 
Hat maker, Milo Centre. 
Northern Ohio Mow Fair \«s'ii elected the fol¬ 
lowing officers for the current year: I’rcx.- 
Amaha Stunk, Jr. I he Pnx’tv.— Dr. W. 8. 
Streutor, Dr. .1. P. Robinson. Trent. S. T. Ever¬ 
ett. lice. Sec,. —George Howe. Cor. Sec.—Col. S. 
S. Harris, Cleveland. 
The Caledonia Go., Vt., Ag. Soc. will bold its 
next annual fair at St. Johusbury, Sept. 27-29. 
Pre#.— Haki.UY M. Hall, East Burke. Sec. I. 
W. Sanborn, Lyndon. 
Hirhinonii, Ini!,, Industrial Ass’n.—Tile first 
fair of ibis organization is to be held at Rich¬ 
mond, I ml., Sept. 36-30, inclusive. Sec —Oruii 
Perry. 
Oakland Go., Midi., As. Soc. will hold a grand 
exhibition of norses, commencing June 8th, and 
continuing for three days. 
The Windham Go., Vi., Ag. Soc. holds its an¬ 
nual fair Sept 26-29. 
Trentoll, .Y, Y., Union Ag. Soe. will hold the 
fall lair at Trenton, Sept. 13th lath. 
Schenectady Go., Ni. Y., Ag. Soc. will hold its 
annual fair at Schenectady, Sopt. 13-16. 
Franklin Go., O., Ag. Soc.—The annual fair of 
this society will be held at Coin in Inis, Sept. 6-9. 
BUSINESS NOTICES. 
BURNETT’S KAELISTON FOR THE TOILET. 
(The Proprietors are permitted to copy tUo following letter, writ¬ 
ten ky n hdy ftom Vi«uua.] 
“ As uld travelers wo bear the aunoyances and pri¬ 
vations incident to journeying, with composure; but 
1 have suffered,—more from the exhaustion of my 
supply of Kalliston than from any other cause, if 
any good friend should be coming ont here, do, pray, 
send tut* enough to hist until 1 get homo again. You 
can have uo idea of the relief and comfort it brings 
when one is suffering from exposure. I have tried 
other 'appliances’ but have found nothing that will 
compare with it for efficacy or agieeahlenesa.” 
Prepared by Joseph BURNETT A Co., Boston. For 
sale by druggists generally. 
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PUBLISHER’S SPECIAL NOTICES. 
New Programine—'Two Volumes a Y’enr!— 
Agents, Subscribers, and all renders disposed to be¬ 
come either, will please notice that a New Volume of 
the Rural will commence July 2. Road Publisher’s 
Announcement on page tta.and then be kind enough 
to sec what you can do in behalf ot the now volume 
of the Favorite Farm and Fireside Weekly. 
Back Numbers o! this Vol. (from Jan. 1.) 
can still be hupp Bed, of Huliscripllons may 
begin at any lime. New Clubs, anil Addi¬ 
tions to Clubs, nit-* the relore in order. 
llowto Help the Rural.— There are numerous 
ways in which its friends cun aid in circulating the 
Rural. First, show the paper, or talk to your 
friends about it, or both. Get up a club, or aid some 
friend to do so —or induce your P. M. to act as agent. 
Correspondents will please note that ('-omniani- 
thc tanner’s bands An ntmsimlly large urea ItttaAL, should 
has been sown to oats; also, a large acreage has bo ad dressed to D. D. X, Moore. 41 Park Row, N. V. 
been planted to corn. Farmers have* cut down ‘ ‘ - 
the potato patch to the* smallest area oonve- g en ,i |j g t | ie >- ft mes of such of your friends, 
uieut, and tho potato bug is ravaging them, far and near, as you think will or ought to take the 
Teams not over plenty; cat lie scarce. Grass is Rural, and we will mail them Specimens, etc. 
light, in consequence of clover being frozen out. --^ 
Hogs scarce; almost impossible to buy a pig at Shaw Bills, Specimen Numbers, wc., svnt 
a reasonable price. Sheep are thriving finely— free to all applicants, if you want sue oeumeu 
no doubt for the shambles, for wool is only let us know and they will be forwarded. 
