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yielded not far from 45 bushels, which is very 
good for 42 acres, (weighing 35 lbs. per bushel,) 
considering t he extreme drouth and hot weather 
through t he months of June and July, and thin 
sowing—only 1J* bush, per acre; other Helds are 
turning out as high as 50 ami 60 bush. Wheat, 
$1.10; oats. 35c.; hay, $0; corn. old. 90c.; butter, 
20c.; potatoes, 00c. Corn is nearly or quite tit to 
cutup—itwill yield lip-top. Frequent showers, 
this tall, give us plenty of good pasture. Fn rul¬ 
ers generally, are about four weeks ahead with 
work; consequently, wo shall bo able to get our 
plowing done iu season.—o. b. 
Naperville, 111., Sept.. .V— The drouth still con¬ 
tinues; had n slight shower yesterday, barely 
sufficient to lay the dust, the first for three 
weeks; too dry and hard to plow. Wheat was 
short in straw, but well tilled, and of a good 
quality; oats Jiglit, and greatly Injured by 
blight; other small grains light.; corn never bet¬ 
ter, and beyond the injury by frost; buckwheat 
looks well; potatoes left by the drouth were de¬ 
stroyed by the potato bugs, which are now 
taking the tomatoes; apples abundant-more 
than ever before raised in this section; hay was 
rather light, bul of a good quality, and was se¬ 
cured in good condition. Price of wheat, 85@ 
95c.; corn, 57(360©*; oats, 35@37c.; butter, 17@22c.; 
eggs, 15c.; hay, $10@14.—c. A. D. 
— For other Season notes see page 197. 
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IMPROVED STOCK MOVEMENTS, 
At W. R. Duncan's sale of Short-Horns at 
Towanda, ill., Aug.IMih, we learn from Western 
Rural, there was a good attendance and spirited 
bidding, with the following results; 
COWS AND ltKirKKS. 
Red Rose 3d, 7 years old; George Ottlev, So- 
poll Set. 111. .. $1,500 
Gem 3d. 7 yrs.; Edward lies. Springfield, III. 1,150 
Lizzie beslie, 7 yrs.; J. Rayburn, Bloomington, 
111-.-.... .. . 750 
Oxford Bell. 3 yrs.; Roht. Ottley, Noponsei. 111. 1,000 
Flattery 2,1, 0 vrft,; J. 11, Pflildleford, Stantord, 
Henry Co., III... 300 
Aliee beslie. 9 yrs.; James Rayburn, Blooming¬ 
ton, ill....... 250 
Wedorab, 8 yrs.: A. Long, basalle. Ill. 665 
Amelia bewis, 7 yrs.; D. B. Gilliam, Alton. III.. 500 
Brunette. 12 yrs..withdrawn. 
Flattery, 7 yrs.; N. K. Rrmvn, Galena, III. .... 300 
Jo.Mc. 8 vrs.; Mi. Dawson. . . 100 
13th Duke Com. 2 yrs.; It, It Gilliam, Alton, lib 505 
Mary Kinkcad, 4 yrs.; B. C. Noffiuger, Stan¬ 
ford. Ill. 200 
Alleo Washington,5 yrs.; S. F. Itrovrn, Galena, 
III. 320 
Red Rose, nth, J. II. Paddletord, Stanford, III.. P2> 
Puttie Moore.2 vrs.; S. F. Brown. Galena, III. . 480 
Maid of the Mcarfnws, 1 ve.u TOO 
Moilie Brown,! yr.; J. ll. Pickrell,llarnstown. 
Ill. 400 
Meadow bark, calved Feb. 21, 1870; A. Wilson, 
Topeka, Kansas. 405 
BULLS. 
Minister, 7 vrs.: Andrew Wilson, Topeka, g un . ],7f0 
Oxford tVlfer,4 vrs.; N. L. Chnfl'cc, Jefferson,O. 705 
8attel1ilcs3yrs.: J -H. Paddletord, Stanford, 111. 450 
Kmulil of Oxford, 2 yrs.; P. K. Nofslnger. Mc¬ 
Lean Co., III. . 500 
Royal Mlnistec, 1 vr.;. 400 
Baron Booth. Airdrie, calved Jan. 25, 1870; Geo. 
Ottley, Neponset. Ill. 500 
PritlCO of the Meadows, calved Jail. 18, 1870: K, 
C. Nofslnger, Mel.eim Co., Ill. 375 
Lord Fairfax, calved Fob. 22,1870; J. II. Paddle- 
ford, Stan turd, III.... 010 
Young Betnus, (agrade,)lyr.; John Pnlieisoji. 150 
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■-*♦«- 
California Matters.— Wc tills week close the 
notes of the eminent poniologists who visited 
California, and continue those of our Dairy 
Editor, Mr- Wellard. We have other California 
matter, prepared by th© Committee of thoVunn- 
ers' Club of the American Institute, which will 
appear as we have space. What wo have already 
published, and the unpublished testimony of our 
friends who have visited the Golden State, goes 
to prove that It is “ a great, country,” rich in re¬ 
sources, wonderful in vegetable productions, 
and gorgeous in the sublimity ol its physical 
features—quite as interesting to visit as any 
land in the world. 
the others and with general headquarters. As 
the army goes forward, the active detachments 
of telegraph men push on with their light poles, 
set. up at Intervals, and their slowly-deoreaeing 
coil of wire. The electric current threads these 
wires and communicates. its messages, one of 
which is being read by the Crown Prince, as 6eeu 
in the engraving. 
INDUSTRIAL SOCIETIES 
army on I he 0th inst., nl. Woertli and Forbaeh, 
NAPOLEON, before leaving the headquarters nt 
Metz, relinquished the chief command to Mar¬ 
shal Bazaine, who had previously held the com¬ 
mand only ol the ;id Corps d'Armoc. Francois 1 
Aon ills Bazaine was born, in 1811, of a family 
which has produced several distinguished mill- j 
tar.v and civil engineers; but ho seems not. to 
have inherited a talent for scieufctflostudies, as 
he failed to pass the examination required for 
admission inlo the Ecolo Poly technique. Ho 
thereupon enlisted as a private soldier in the 
Thirty-seventh Regiment of the Line. This was 
in 1881, when he was sent to serve in Africu, and 
there speedily gained his promotion. Hebocame 
a non-commissioned officer in 1832, a sub¬ 
lieutenant in 1834, and a lieutenant, in 1835, with 
the distinction ot tbo Legion of Honor, Rut he 
sought in another field opportunities ol' more 
rapid advancement. 
Louis Pattii’i'E had lent Queen Christina a 
small corps ol troops to fight the Cnrlists. BA- 
zaine was made a captain in it, then chef-dc- 
baiaWnn, and subsequently Government Com¬ 
missioner ol France at tbo headquarters of 
Spain. He thus, for four years, carried on In 
Navarre, Gulpusooa, Alava, aud Catalonia, a 
war of ambush and surprise which rendered 
him celebrated among fighting men. Having 
left Algiers a lieutenant in 1835, he returned t,u 
it as a captain in 1839, wlioro, tn 1840, he obtained 
a company in the Chasseurs d'Orleans, which 
had limn just been formed. He was appointed 
rhcf-de-hataUUm in 1844, and a little time after 
director ol Arab offices in the province ot Oran; 
afterwards, in 1850, Colonel, first of the Fifty- 
fifth of the Lino, and afterwards of the Foreign 
Legion. He took part in the expeditions to Mo¬ 
rocco, Kabylla, and Sahara, and was also em¬ 
ployed in a political situation In connection 
with ihe ” Atlaires Ambus” of one sub-division. 
Tn 1854, on the outbreak of the Russian War, 
Bazaine was selested to command a brigade of 
infantry, and was more than once honorably 
mentioned In the dispatches of Gen. Canrorkrt 
and Marshal Pblissikr. He was subsequently 
made General ot Division, and commanded the 
French portion ol the expedition which reduced 
Kinbitni. Ac the close of the Crimean War, in 
1850, he was appointed inspector of several divi¬ 
sions of infant ry. 
In 1859, during the war against Austria in 
Italy, General Bazaine was at the head of a di¬ 
vision of the 1st Corps, which, under his com¬ 
mand. behave most, brilliantly; one of his regi¬ 
ments perished almost totally, with its colonel 
at ils head. I n the battle of Solferino it was his 
di\ ision which captured the cemetery. 
Tn 1882 he accepted a command iu the French 
expedition to Mexico, where he so greatly dis¬ 
tinguished himself at La Puebla, the Fort St. 
Xavier, and elsewhere, tbut in t.h© following 
year he succeeded Marshal Forey in the supreme 
command. Already, as far back as 185ti, ho had 
been made Commander of the Legion of Hon¬ 
or; uml now he was promoted to the dignity of 
a Grand Cross of the Legion, and soon after¬ 
wards, in mil. was presented with the baton of 
a Field Marshal. On his return home, in 1887, 
be first lmd the command of the 0d Corps, 
d'Armce. and afterwards that of the Imperial 
Guard. Marshal Bazaine is the youngest of the 
French Marshals, being now in his fifty-ninth 
year. 
The PniHsiau Field Telegraph System. 
On another page wo give an engraving illus¬ 
trating the headquarters of the energetic and 
successful Crown Prince of Prussia, and its ap¬ 
pearance at night bb bets receiving dispatches 
by field telegraph. This field telegraph system 
is, of course, modern. It follows each of the 
army corps, and secures communication with 
J Wi nhiill lie glad to reuclvt from the officer* of Indudml Socie- 
tlot any information of general public Interest concerning their re¬ 
spective organizations, for publication under thin head. Send in 
your premium li.tr, announcement* of exhibition*, Ar.) 
Tli«* Horticultural Shown «r ihc A lit r rlcou I ii- 
fliliute Fair are to be made an especial feature 
thlKseason. Liberal plate or cash premiums are 
offered. Floral specimens, for competition, 
must be entered on the Mth, 21st ami 28tu of Sep¬ 
tember, before 12o’clock each day; curb series 
to fie kept In perfect condition lor four (lays. 
Similar varieties of renewed specimens may bo 
entered, and will tie entitled to premiums at 
each of the periods above stated. During the 
month of October miscellaneous collections will 
receive premiums. Fruit, will be a continued 
exhibition from the lltb of Sent cm her to i be end 
of the Fair; renewals of fresh specimens being 
considered ttt a favor, and cutiiled to a discre¬ 
tionary pri-iniiun. Also, extraordinary speci¬ 
mens entered from time Co time, will be entitled 
to a favorable consideration. Table vegetables 
will consist of only two series, commencing on 
the 14 th and 21st of September; for the host col¬ 
lection of each, silver plutC, or $15. Plants, 
fruits or vegetables can be entered nt any time 
during the Fair, for general competition, mid re¬ 
ceive a discretionary reward. 
The IVcw England Fair opened at Manchester, 
N. H., the HI h Inst. The entries in the live stock 
department include 700 cattle, 300 horses, and300 
sheep and swine. The exhibition of agricultural 
RURAL NOTES AND QUERIES. 
Do All Tnlte ihe Rural!—A prominent busi¬ 
ness man in Buffalo, (who feels such an iuterest 
In the Rural New YoukEK and its objects that 
he annually sends us ft goodly number ot sub¬ 
scribers,) writing us about the Erie Co. Fair, 
adds:—“I am very sorry that. 1 urn not able to 
increase your subscribers in this vicinity. Al¬ 
most every one I ask replies, * I take ft, I thank 
your 
—All right! Buffalo is a wide-awake town, 
aud, according to this report, must bo alioad of 
a good many places in Rural as well as other 
matters. Will our friends in other places, large 
aud small, all over the land, do us and their 
townsmen the favor to ascertain if all take the 
Rural? Tbo most direct way to obtain the in¬ 
formation is to ask your neighbors and acquaint¬ 
ances to subscribe-not forgetting to add that 
all who do so soon will receive the Thirteen 
Numbers of the ensuing Quarter (Oct. to Jan.) 
Free. See offer in full on last page. 
English Grain Suppllm.—The Board of Trade 
returns for the first hall of 1870 have just been 
published, from which we leant that the whole 
amount of wheat imported into t he Kingdom 
for that period has been 13,843,124 cwt., of which 
Russia furnished 4,563,334 cwt.. and the United 
States 6,081,277 cwt. The next highest on the 
list is Prussia, whence 1,215,653 cwt. were ob¬ 
tained, aud 17,377 cwt. from Frence: from Britisti 
North America 580,655 cwt. were received. The 
whole amount imported is in excess of that, of 
the same period for 1869,1,649,104 cwt. 
The Trustees of Hie Illinois Industrial Uni¬ 
versity have sensibly decided to admit females 
to the educational privileges and benefits of that 
institution. This Is a step which we once pre¬ 
dicted I© the Regent of that, institution would 
have to bo taken and which he then opposed. 
The fact is, boys are good for nothing ns men 
without women ; and women are good for noth¬ 
ing unless they are educated. And there is no 
earthly, nor heavenly, reason why the same pro¬ 
vision should not be made for t Do education of 
women in State institutions (or any other) ns for 
men. The success ol the Normal University of 
Illinois, where males and females have equal 
place in all the classes, is an illustration of the 
practical and sound character of our philosophy 
on this subject. There is neither hope nor fear 
that women will become men, nor that they will 
jostlo men out of their proper sphere, if they 
are eo-equully educated ; but if they do, wc say 
let the best man (or woman) win. 
geckel Hear* have been received at. this office 
from E. L. Maury, Charlottesvillo,Va„ through 
C. W. I dell, Commission Merchant, 328 Green¬ 
wich street, New York city, that surpass any¬ 
thing In the shape of a Seekel we ever saw pro¬ 
duced anywhere. They are very large and well 
grown, smooth, well colored, and but for the 
flavor we could scarcely believe them Seckcls. 
Even now, if some one should say they were not, 
we should hesitate to affirm that they are. They 
are very fine. 
chances afforded of turning “an honest penny" 
by belling on the field. 
To the Wool Grower* of Illinois.- The regu¬ 
lar mi in ml meeting of the Illinois State Wool 
Growers’ Association, for the election of officers 
and the transaction of business, will be held 
upon Hie Fair Ground, at Decatur, on Wednes¬ 
day, September 28ih, 1870. at 2 o'clock P. M. A 
lull attendancepf ttll interested is requested.— 
A. M. G auland. President. 
The American Institute Fair opened nt flieErn- 
plte lllnk, this city. Sept. 7. It was inaugurated 
by u speech from Horace Greeley. President 
oi'the Institute, and an address by Dr. Geo. B. 
Loking, Salem, Mass. We learn that all the 
space in the enormous building la taken, but it is 
not vet occupied, and the contusion of prepara¬ 
tion and arrangement prevails. 
Premium List', Received. Wc have that of 
the Mississippi State I’Yiir Association for 1870. 
Fair at Jackson, Mias., Oct. 24-29 inclusive.— 
Also, that of the Georgia State Agricultural So¬ 
ciety, fuir at Atlanta, Oct. 19-36 inclusive.—The 
Augusta Co., Va., Fair, to he held at Staunton, 
Va., Oct. 18-20 inclusive. 
The Oneida Co.. A. V., Ag. Soc. holds its 
annual Fair at Home, September 19 and 23. 'Ye 
learn that A. A. Hopkins, late of the Rural 
New-Yokker, is to deliver the Annual Address. 
IIis theme will be “ Reorganization of Farmers 
Homes”— a subject upou which he is well quali¬ 
fied to speak. 
The New Jersey State Ag, Hoe,, it will be seen 
from an advertisement in another column, holds 
its twelfth Fair, commencing Sep. 2d and con¬ 
tinuing four days. The Fair is to beheld at 
Waver)y, though, strange to say, the premium 
list before us does not give this Information in 
a way at all likely to attaint attention. 
The Newburgh Bay Horticultural Society has 
changed the time of holding its Jail exhibition 
front Sept. 88-30 to Sept. 18-15 inclusive. It is to 
lie held at Moore's Opera House, Newburgh, 
N. Y. 
The Erie Co. Fair is to be held on the Hnrn- 
burult Driving Park Grounds, near White's Cor¬ 
ners, Sept. 14-16. X. A. Willard of the Rural 
The Seneca Lake Farm, offered for sale in this 
paper, is worthy the at tention of those looking 
for a farmstead in a beautiful region, with su¬ 
perior soil and improvements. 
The “ Wandering Jew,” we have learned, 
is Saxifraga saramenUm — sometimes called 
“ Aaron’s Beard, ” “ Beef Steak Geranium,” 
“ Mother of Thousands,” Ye. 
The Ontario Co. Fair — to be held at. Canan¬ 
daigua, September 22d and 23d — promises to be 
one of the best ever held in that favored region. 
Very liberal special premiums are offered for 
novelties — such as for the best Six Turn-Outs, 
(consisting of horse, carriage, and harness, 
owned in any one town iu the county,) aud for 
the best Herd of Cattle, of not less titan five, 
kept and owned by any one man. Essays will 
be read and discussion had on the evening of the 
first day. The pamphlet and circulars issued by 
the officers ought to call out everybody interest¬ 
ed — Farmers, Mechanics, Fruit Growers and 
Ladies, — and result in a great exhibition. 
THE SEASON, 
[Wl want lurorinotion, briefly, concerning the stuuson, progress of 
the work, temperature, crop*, prices of form produce, stock, labor 
aud laud*, and careful estimates of the amouut of grain and number 
of animals on hand for sale, as compared with previous seasons, for 
publication under this bead.—Eps. Run *1,1 
Weston, Wood Co., O., Aug. 36.—Wheat liaa 
turned out better than usual. Corn is looking 
very nice, and is mostly ready to cut. Early 
potatoes uro rotting badly; late ones are doing 
better where the Colorado bugs have not de¬ 
stroyed them.—c. M. n. 
Fairfield, Greene Co., O., A tig. 25.— Very dry 
and hot. Wheat a good average; corn ditto; 
oats light; potatoes nothing; apples and peaches, 
none; labor, by the day, $1(8)1.50; land, ?45@200; 
farm bands, per mouth, $15@20; wheat, $1.10; 
lull barley, $L30.—f. J. B. 
Fond du Lite Co., AVIs., Sept. I. — Threshing 
about finished up, wheat yielding from 15 to 32 
bushels per aero, and of superior quality, weigh¬ 
ing in many instances, 02 % lbs. My crop of Nor¬ 
way oats far surpassed my expectations; they 
MARSHAL BAZAINE 
In order to complete our list of portraits of 
prominent French characters who have figured 
in the present war, we give that of Marshal 
Bazaine, at this writing confined at Metz with 
an army variously estimated at from 100,000 to 
IV).(HX) men. He is likely to be the last of the 
first of Napoleon's subordinates to bo captured, 
although he was some time since rendered pow¬ 
erless to affect tite destinies of France by the 
strategy, strength and superior force of the 
Prussian armies. It Is believed now, sinoe the sur¬ 
render or MacMahon, that Bazaine will yield 
and laydown his sword. His fate and that Of 
his army seems sure from our stand-point. 
After the disasters suffered by the French 
Advancing Science.—We have been’treated the 
past week or two through the daily papers with 
reports ol' the proceedings of the American 
Association for the Advancement of Science. 
These reports arul our knowledge of the wants 
of the people induce us to fifty that scientific 
men should ud vance iu a different directiou from 
that hitherto persued. Scientific studies should 
be pursued not so much with the purpose of 
abstract scientific discoveries as with that of es¬ 
tablishing the relations of scientific knowledge 
to the practical wants of the people. It is well 
