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“PROCRESS AND IMPROVEMENT.” 
MOORE'S RURAL NEW-YORKER, 
A NATIONAL JMjUNTHATItll 
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HATUHDAY, OUT. S3, 1870. 
THE AGRICULTURAL FAIRS. 
No ouo iiretemK Oi‘ con protend, or has nuy 
rip'lit to pretend, that Agricultural Fairs have 
not boon of great service fit the tvoudorful do* 
velopineiit. of Uto Agriculture of tlto country 
during; tho past twenty yours, Wo do not de¬ 
preciate their ir.lliiouoo—Imvo no disposition to 
do so. Hut wo cannot shut our eyes to tho cvlla 
propagated by thorn as they are now conducted. 
The very day on which we are writing a friend 
said to us of a Fail- in progress, about which a 
good deal of noise has boon made, “It is not 
much of u Fair -little more than a horse trot. 
The fact is, tho follows who manage it are horse 
jockeys, know nothing whatever of agriculture, 
and cure less. They give tho trot tho name 
‘Fair’ to rope lit people who would not attend 
a race.'’ 
And so it is tho country over. All honor to 
tho New York Stale Agricultural Society, which 
lias not stooped to becoming anything else, 
whatever its fault ; may he. Hut “ horses draw;’’ 
and the ambition of Fair managers Is to “pay 
expenses.” To this end swindlers, who will pay 
a big license foe, arc permitted on the grounds 
of many societies with their sweat boards, rou¬ 
lette uddes, Ac. Thieves, blaclt-legs, confidence 
men, and the whole triho of villains have unre¬ 
strained license. In evidence, witness tho fol¬ 
lowing testimony from a lute number of the 
National Police Q use tie: 
Where aim: ai.i. tiii; Professionals?—T his 
is a question that is very frequently hoard, and 
yet ii is easily answered. At tills season of the 
year there uro fall meetings and fairs held in 
every State, and accompanying those Fairs 
are always a two days’ wind-up In tho showing 
off ol I In* si.. and bol loin of horse flesh, These 
are all visited by the .second and even first-clogg 
bank “sneak ” thieves, and by far all profes¬ 
sional pickpockets who can raise enough to pay 
for a throe weeks* tour biTore they venture 
their “digits" in n pocket. They will not spoil 
a trip or run the risk of losing their liberty tor 
a paltry sixpence in n pncltcl hook. About the 
middle of summer, when the eireulntldn of 
oilier patten* bits a visible lulling off, owing to 
tin; nmli from the city to the sea-side and LiMi- 
iOUuble watering-places, there is ii marked in¬ 
crease io the subscription of Moores I to HAL, 
New-YOK tutti, a well known agricultural paper. 
The increased circulat ion i.‘ brought ahoui - by 
whom does I he reader suppose? the thieves ! 
How, it will bo asked, is it tlmL thieves take such 
a deep interest In a paper Unit is exclusively de¬ 
voted to agriculture and horticulture? True, 
it speaks of grafting, but not of tho sort of 
“grafting" that the thieves practice. Moore's 
grading relates to the inserting ot u twig into 
another nee: the thieves' “grafting" relates to 
the Insertion of one's lingers into another man's 
pocket. Thus, when one thief asks where an¬ 
other i blef is, i lie answer eotnes t hat lie husgono 
out to “Kraft," moulting to pick pockets. Well, 
then, what interest do thieves Hud In loading 
about horticulture, who, when at home, can 
only cultivate n few lluwer-potson ii tinveseape ? 
That must bo dry r cadi tig fathom. Nor ran It 
lie for the criminal Intel llgiutec that it contains, 
as I believe the arrest of an offender seldom, if 
ever, finds a place in its columns; nor for its 
sensation stones—other papers make a mmctuliy 
of that, tind would be far proferuble if Mint was 
sought after; uor Is it for io-general or political 
news, us t.ho cheapest daily paper would servo 
their purpose belter if news was wlait they 
sought. And yet news of a kind they find, that 
to you or me, or any other met ropolitun. Would 
make us yawn lo be compelled to read. 
It is nothing less than a list of the County and 
State Fairs, giving the lime and place where 
they will be held. Wlait “Murray's Guide 
Book "is to the tourist, Moore's Rural New- 
Yorker is to tho pickpocket. He gets iho 
paper, anil feuds oariTulf) oxer all the Fairs that 
wilt be held during the tall. Ho and his “ puls,” 
g enerally composed ol a “ mob” of four, sit 
owu uud con over the list u- earnestly as does 
a general ovor a map, giving the host routes to 
be taken on invading a strange country. With 
equal Cure and concern Mm Lhioves map out for 
themselves the route that they shall take, the 
first town uud Fair they shall strike, how long 
they shall stay there if they don't take a “ trick" 
that is, the wallet of a I.inner, which will make 
it indispensable to take Ihcir immediate depar¬ 
ture from the place, ity means of the Rural 
New-Yorker they can bo chalk out tho Hue of 
travel that they cun very nearly take fit every 
Fair that c held. They reach a Fait'at about 
its close, when till is excitement and niiuiey 
openly changing hands and in half tut hour the 
“deft " hand lias relieved the farmer of all he 
possesses. The " iiinh” are off immediately by 
the first express train, and are again it " work " 
on another Fair three hundred miles dislutit. 
I Their time-table is ns iiocnraUdy cotiipile.il and 
4 is as systematically arranged as that ol' t lie Bit¬ 
ty. neriutendont of u niilroud. The lute Fair at. 
k bornntnn. l'ciitisylvunift, mms visited by the col- 
' ebrated thieves, liuti-h Hclftdrloks, tSijiuneey 
k Johnson and Tommy Murphy, who formed the 
k “iuob." They are out now lor the purpose of 
N visiting the State Fairs in that cUreoliou, uud if 
I had a copy of the Kim At. New-Yorker con- 
tniuiug a list of the full Fairs, 1 could tell the 
route t hey would take, every place they would 
visit, and within a day when they would return 
lo the city, it not accidentally arrested. It will 
thus tie seen that thieving is systematically, if 
not scientifically practised. 
We print the foregoing testimony to bhow 
how thieves “ steal the livery of heaven to 
serve the devil in”- how the popular resorts of 
the plain, honest farmers, their wives, sous atnl 
daughters are becoming the ultrucUvc haunts 
of the veriest villains on tho footstool, and what 
responsibilities men assume who add to these 
ut truoi ions those of the race course, thus adding 
to the facilities for plunder of whieli these gam¬ 
blers and pickpockets are sure to take advan¬ 
tage. We want, our readers to distinctly under¬ 
stand our position on this subject. We do not 
demand that Agricultural Fairs shall cease to be 
because of nuy immoral luiluciK'C they may 
exert; but, wo desire they */«i<l be shorn of evety 
possible aid to vice I hut t hey may no longer bo 
regarded the forage Held of thieves, gamblers, 
confidence men and swindlers generally. And 
If their “success" depends upon (he presence of 
these classes and upon calm tug to their views 
and predispositions, then Fairs better cense to 
be bold, and the farmer find some other resource 
for instruction uud amusement. 
While we are writing, the following comes on 
our table from the 1’ost Office, which we print, 
in this connection ns pertinent to the subject: 
Trials at tlie Agrlcultnrnl Fair anil Ladies’ 
liiduntrinl Union. 
Make your entree. Jehouaphat Moses 1 how 
(liriy! “Cleat' the track 1” And before I can 
possibly comply, I am soloed rudely by the collar 
and jerked aside; half eliokcd. I turn 
“Air., why this rudeness? 1 am n peaceful and 
luw-a ” 
“ Look out!" And l am Jostled here and there 
with the surging mass. Throe toes mashed, one 
coat-tail gone, I make a desperate effort to effect 
my escape. I get out, feeling much as If 1 had 
passed through a straw-cutter, with two men 
turning. I see a small tent with “Soda Water 
uud Sarsaparilla ” painted conspicuously. I ask 
for a glass of soda, i get 11, ami am politely re¬ 
quested to pay for the two oilier gentlemen 1 In¬ 
vited to drink. 1 do as requested, rather than 
have words. Feel decidedly refreshed, and start 
oil a tour of inspection with small boys and 
liasltlly dressed young ladies laughing and mak¬ 
ing lacellous remarks at my grotesque appear¬ 
ance behind. I feel disagreeable, and like talk¬ 
ing feelingly to Uto person who deprived me of 
“ narrative" — as a black-eyed damsel cruelly 
remarked. 
1 stalk on. I come to a man selling prize pack¬ 
ages containing jewelry. Such euphetnlsUcand 
grandiloquent language would have done credit 
to DEMOSTHENES. How persuasive and insinua¬ 
ting he is. See the uninitiated pass up their 
money. Ho soils a package torn drunken irish¬ 
man. The Irishman finds no prize,nod proceeds 
to use flooring arguments. A general fight en¬ 
sues. Being at the center of operations, I get 
one chuck somewhat, contused, lose my collar 
and tie, my stove-plpo Is knocked off and tram¬ 
pled into indescribable shapes before I oan re¬ 
cover it. Tho Sheriff and several officers quell 
the disturbance, brooclctiug and furnishing free 
lodgings for several. 
1 proceed. The indecorous, ferocious and In¬ 
human public make some very uncalled for re¬ 
marks concerning my dilapidated and lacerated 
condition. L make strides lor the grand ex¬ 
hibiting hull. The beat Is oppressive; even tho 
six solitary squashes sweat with Indignation, 
and the few flowers wilt with disgust. Ain fa¬ 
vored with unsought attention, und wrath fully 
leave, 
“ What's going to happen now?" Trotting. I 
mix in with the sporting characters and am not 
much noticed. Watch the trotting and note 
time; get tired and stroll to the outskirts. Find 
rouQC-ct-mAr and ruuleUc tables plying a lively 
husluess; return to the trotting just in time to 
sec an extensive metre among the ubiquitous 
gamblers. I start immediately for home, much 
dejected, animadverting upon the deteriorating 
of our “Agricultural Fair and Ladies’ Indus¬ 
trial Union" to horse trotting and thieving in 
general.—J en*8 ,1. Jinks. 
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HORTICULTURAL ABSURDITIES. 
Vistttng lately at the house of a friend in the 
country who has a fondness for old agricultural 
and horticultural books, we were shown a copy 
of that rare and curious old book, entitled 
“Adam out of Eden," by Adam Speed, Gent., 
published In 1059. It Is a curious compouud of 
wisdom und nonsense, and from it we make 
some extracts of the latter class, as showing 
what strange absurdities our forefathers be¬ 
lieved in. 
“Graft Apples upon cherry stocks and the 
fruit will be exceeding red." 
“ Put tho blood of I‘that before you put In tho 
Grafts, dip Lint end of the Graft in it, and you 
shall have rod apples; but they will lie redder 
by far, if you graft, them upon chcrrio stocks." 
“To make Roses smell strong, and unsavory 
put Garlic close to the Root, and so with LlUte«, 
for they have all n sympathy." 
“ If Roses nod Lillies be planted nigh together, 
or that they touch one another, the flowers ol' 
them will smell the more curiously, and thrive 
the better." 
“The roots of Roses, with their slips and knots 
removed and set amongst Broom, will bring 
forth yellow Roses." 
" To make white Lillies become red, you must 
very neatly open the cllfts of the roots, and fill 
the stime with any red color, then sot them in 
l'at dunged earth.” 
“ When you sot your Cabbage Plants wrap 
them at. the root* round with fresh cows’ muck, 
and when they are rlpo they will smell most de¬ 
liciously like must, aud thrive exceedingly.” 
“ To make five sorts of Roses grow upon otic 
Stock without Inoculation. When they begin to 
knot, bore with an AuJ under the knot, uud with 
a feather put Green in one, and Yellow in an¬ 
other, Red in the third, and Blow in the fourth, 
and close up all the boles handsomely." LTo 
knot, is to form flower buds.] 
“To make Vines grow upon cherry stocks. 
Plant, them together, and when the Vines have 
put out long small branches, bore a hole in the 
Cl terry stock, that, the branch utuy easily go 
through; take up the upper bark, until it come 
to tho Green, und let it grow there, when it is 
well grown, cut off tho Vine below, stroak the 
Ground according to the ordinary wttyes, close 
it well, and you will have your desire." 
“ There is a sure way to feed old cattell fat In 
a short time, aud to make the meat as tender as 
the youngest . First make them as poor ns you 
can possible, thou turn them to very good fresh 
grass, by which menus you may enjoy your de¬ 
sire." 
We may smile at such absurd notions, but with 
all .our progress, there are very many persons 
who til this day believe in similar absurdities. 
RURAL NOTES AND QUERIES. 
“ Rural ” Progress Encouraging Appreciation. 
—During the past twenty years t his Journal has 
entered upon many Fall Campaigns under tho 
most favorable auspices, but never was it accord¬ 
ed so great, a measure of generous appreciation 
and hearty support, at this season of the year, us 
it Is now receiving. Kvory mail brings us renew¬ 
als and new subscribers from all parts of the 
country, uecotiipauled wil.lt tho most emphatic 
expressions in regard to the value aud superi¬ 
ority of tho paper. And these ootnpllmuniary 
missives ate by no mean* confined to those en¬ 
gaged In Rural Industries,—for many of them 
come from cities aud villages, and speak of tho 
estimation In which the Ritual. New-Youkkii is 
hold as a Literary and Family Journal. Not a 
few are from residents In tlie suburbs of promi¬ 
nent towns, who aver thill, they take the RliiA t. 
because it is a valuable guide In the eullivulion 
ol l heir gardens, etc.,aud also in domestic affairs. 
But the progressive tanners and horticult urists, 
till over the CJoiiliucnt, arc our most ardout and 
constant friends und advocutca, and to ibis rap¬ 
idly increasing class uro wo mainly indebted for 
the groat augmentation of support which Is be¬ 
ing accorded to the Kuuai,. Many or these have 
already remitted for 1871. and not a few who 
never noted in that capacity before are forming 
clubs—not, they say, for any reward, but to ex¬ 
tend the bcttefitsof the paper. For example, l)r. 
W. 8. Akin of Milan Co., Toxas sends mu good¬ 
ly list for next year, saying that, the only remu¬ 
neration he desires isureplueeul of the numbers 
used as specimens to show the value of the Ru¬ 
ral,— its great quantity and variety of matter, 
etc. Ami many others tire equally kind and 
generous—so much so, indeed, that we confident¬ 
ly uulicipalc a large Increase of our circulation, 
during the ensuing two or three months, from 
this voluntary exercise of lutiwenoo alone. 
Thanks, good friends, for your kind and sub¬ 
stantial encouragement! With such aid wo shall 
bs enabled to make the Ritual New-Youiuui In- 
cre,(singly valuable and acceptable toils myriad 
of parishioners. 
— Since writing the above wo have been hand¬ 
ed a renewal letter frotn u subset Ibor in Western 
New York - Mr. E. Hkldkn Kellogg of Living¬ 
ston Co. — the substance of which we take t he 
liberty of quoting, an follows: “Inclosed find 
$5, which please credit, me on your books, and 
send the Rural to my address until further 
orders. I have taken ‘Moore's Rural' over 
since January, 1801, and at the close, of Mils year 
I shall have a (lie of the paper for ten ye<trs, 
which I think !• mom Mian some of your sub¬ 
scribers oan say. i need not stop hero to eulo¬ 
gize your well known paper. It. speaks for 
itself; and I must say that it is the best pa per of 
Its kind thill I have over read, aud 1 would give 
$5 a year for it rather than not have It. How 
you cun aff ord it. lor $3, is a mystery to me.” 
Racing ni Agricultural Fair*.— Tho Turf, Field 
and Farm, Oct. 7th, says:—'“It is about time 
that the narrow-minded agricultural papers 
ceased to talk derisively of exhibitions of speed. 
Racing is the great drawing card at all agricul¬ 
tural fairs. The people admire a fast horse, and 
whenever the opportunity Is afforded, they 
plainly show this admiration." That, is into. 
But we object to whipping the devil around a 
stump. It Agricultural Fairs will not “draw,” 
let us abandon them and go in for the races. If 
it is essential to Ihe lnlelligeiil enjoyment of the 
people that they should pat ionize horse races, 
let it he understood. But do not take fifty cents 
or two dollars out of staid old Deacon Brown 
that be aud bis children may look upon un Agri¬ 
cultural Fair when all tit tho world they are go¬ 
ing to see is rt horserace, and you know they 
would not go to see a horse race, kntnotnyly , to 
save you. Cull them hy their right names. It 
is not “narrow-minded ” to do that! It may 
be stupid when the Deacon cuu be wheedled 
by not doing It. 
— — ■. 
Meet and Melon Sugars.— We learn from the 
Scientific Press, that ut the State Fair of Califor¬ 
nia, the Superintendent of the Sacramento Val¬ 
ley Beet Sugar Co.’s works, exhibited hoot sugar 
of excellent flavor and superb grain. That pa¬ 
per says:—“The only possibility that can stand 
in tho way of a grand success in the manufac¬ 
ture of sugar In California, is the high price of 
labor and fuel, nut even at the present rates, a 
fair margin of profit is left the producer above 
(ho cost of production, and t his should Stimulate 
our agriculturists to active exertions lu tho way 
of introducing and fostering t bis new industry." 
The same gentleman also exlubi led "two sam¬ 
ples of melon sugars, of his own production, 
which arc even superior to his beet sugar, in 
point, of flavor, if they do not quite equal It in 
grain. The sample from Cttiitelowpcs is of it pe¬ 
culiar flavor, but decidedly good; while that, 
from watermelon has a beautiful color, and pos¬ 
sesses un excellent flavor. If there la one pro¬ 
duct besides grapes and beets, in which the soil 
und climate of California oxoel all others in pro¬ 
ducing, that product Is tho melon. As many 
molons can be raised on one acre, with one- 
fourth the cost of cultivation, and the surplus 
6ecds over what aro required for tho next year's 
crop of melons, will yield a tabled! equal totlie 
best, und In quiuittty that will pay onc-buli tho 
cost of cultivating the nfelon crop." 
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An Knglluhmnti on American Horticulture.—W. 
Robinson, an English author, is traveling in 
this country, and after riding about a thousand 
miles, writes the Iiondon Field: “As regards 
horticulture, have fouutl about us much Interest 
and novelty as a student of snakes could collect 
during u like period In tho land of St. Patrick. 
Around tho houses generally there is about, as 
much garden as on the parched wooden roof. 
Journeying from daylight to dark of an August 
day, on my way from Elmira to Washington, I 
traversed tho State of Pennsylvania from north 
to south. By the banks ot the wide and beauti¬ 
ful Susquehanna, or away from it, we were nev¬ 
er out of view of soft, swelling, rounded fields, 
with here and there hold hills, mostly wooded to 
the top; while now aud then a glimpse through 
some opening showed grove-crested hill and 
well-cultivated downs gradually rising and re¬ 
ceding for many miles, forming noble land¬ 
scapes, yet everywhere gently moulded as a 
summer wave on a quiet sea, and fertile us our 
own Trent. It resembled, in fact, the best low¬ 
land scenery In England, but on a vast scale, 
uud with a noble river 111 tho foreground. 
Throughout this wide (listriel the land is as well 
Cleared, und apparently us well cultivated, as is 
In some of the beat parts of England; yet, in 
the garden, tall weeds bloom Impudently over 
the pathway, and crowd in wild luxuriance over 
what in England would bu the most cherished 
of nil spots. In the very best instance* cabbages 
monopolize the ground that with us would be 
devoted to plcotees and pansies. Approaching 
ihe door of a farm-house at dusk, I stooped to 
examine what appeared to be one of the tree 
bouseleeks growing beside the doorstep; it 
proved to bo a hen-pecked, hanl-hearted coto- 
WOt'tl Poultry keeping and agriculture the 
people have long ago attained to, but gardening 
is as yet unrovoaled to them ; uud, according to 
the Baconian doctrine on this mutter, they will 
probably have to devote not a low generations 
to “build stately,” and a few other necessary 
arts, before rivaling us in this respect.” 
-> M 
Agricultural Rooks. Now that the long even¬ 
ings, uud season of leisure for UuralistH, are at 
hand, wo call attention to our revised list of 
Books on Agriculture, Horticulture, Rural 
Architecturo, &c„ on page 279 of this paper. As 
will be seen by reference to t he ndvcrilseinent, 
any of the works named will be sent, post-paid, 
on receipt of price. The list, emu prises u great 
variety of vuluublo books on various branches 
Of Agriculture uml kindred topics, but if any 
of our readers desire other works, either Ameri¬ 
can or foreign, we will supply them at the 
lowest nil/*. We will also answer Inquiries 
concerning t he contents and prices of books on 
other subjects, uud furnish the saino at the 
.usual rates. Though our main object in keeping 
a stock of books is the accommodation of Rural 
readers, near and distant, we purpose to till all 
orders as promptly, and on as favorable terms, 
us any other dealer or publisher. 
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ItmiKnH Frails, Cereal* mid Vegetables.—The 
Secretary of the Kansas Slate Ag. Society, (Mr. 
H. J.Stiucklkh of Topeka,) lias favored us with 
samples of tho premium Fruits, Cereals and 
Vegetables at the recent Annual Fair. They are 
all creditable to both producers and the Slate— 
“huge and handsome,” as a friend at our el¬ 
bow remarks. The apples (comprising speci¬ 
mens of several varieties) are largo, fair and 
flue-flavored—fully muiutuluiug tho enviable 
reputation Kansas has acquired as a fruit-grow¬ 
ing State, and evincing that the grand gold 
medal awarded to It last year by the American 
Bornological Society was worthily bestowed. 
The grain, sweet potatoes, turnips, etc., uro also 
noteworthy in size and quality, and wo again 
congratulate the cultivators of Kansas on the 
fact that their lines have fallen in pleasant and 
fertile places. 
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' Where io Fanptoy II,dp. A correspondent nt 
Essex, Essex Co., N. Y., asks us to direct film 
how to proceed to engage a woman in New York 
city to go In tho country to work in a farmer's 
family. Address the Free Labor Bureau, comer 
Moroor street, and ( itiiton place, New York City, 
slating just what kind of help you Want, what 
wages you are willing to pay, and all other par¬ 
ticulars involved. Five buudred to six bundled 
women are making application dally nt this Bu¬ 
reau for employment; and it would bo a grant 
blessing to them and to the country, if they 
could be distributed among the farmers, who 
may thereby secure uoeded help, and the poor 
girls good bomes. 
-- 
A B,nnans Bilk Factory. — According to tho 
Detroit Tribune, the first velvet factory in the 
United States has been started by a French 
colony in Kansas, at the town of Franklin, 
eighteen miles southwest of Ottawa. Tho colony 
began operations last summer on the oo-opera- 
tive plan, and have already, besides their manu¬ 
factory, comfortable dwelling*, store*, and 
shops, und farm* under full cultivation. Tho 
pioneer in this enterprise, M. Vklkton pi; BOIS¬ 
SIERE, contemplate* supplying his community 
with other looms, not only to increase the manu¬ 
facture of ribbons, but also to enlarge the pro¬ 
ducts of bis community by including sewing 
silks, tassels, trimmings, and other dress ma¬ 
terial*, which are fast becoming Indispensable 
even beyond tho Mississippi. 
--- 
Snvc and Bind the Rural, Daily wo are in re- 1 
cciptof letters asking ns to republish sumo article 
or recipe been use the subscriber has lost the num¬ 
ber containing it, and now can make use of the 
facts in tho article or recipe practically. How 
much is lost by our readers who do not preserve 
and bind the Uuual New-Yorker! Each vol¬ 
ume is a library of practical Information; and 
with the complete index we give, its value to 
any farmer or farmer's wife may be increased 
ton fold by binding It. Don’t lose nor waste u 
copy ol it. If you give one away as a specimen 
to a non-subscriber, write us and we will re¬ 
place it. 
-- 
The Boston Horticultural School for Women 
lias had five students during the summer, who 
bavo raised good crops, supplying the table with 
vegetables in variety, aud a surplus for sale. A 
small propagatlug house has been erected, and 
ihe labors of the students in raising plants from 
cuttings have been a fluttering success. Sale lias 
been found for not only the plants now grown, 
but also for what they can supply until next 
spiing. Three more students arc to enter in Oc¬ 
tober, and Die managers speak very confldeuliy 
of the progress of tho enterprise. 
A Sensible AVtfe.—An Illinoisan named A. 
Davis, sends us $3 for the Rural. New-Yorkf.r 
fifteen months, and adds the following post¬ 
scriptWo have about all the papers we cun 
afford money for or l imo to read; but wife says, 
‘ We will get. the money back (in cash) before tho 
year is up,’ in answer to my protest against 
taking the Rural," 1 Wo hardly know which to 
admire most—the shrewd and accurate business 
sagacity of tho wife, or tho good souse of tho 
husband in deferring to her Judgment! 
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Rejected Manuscript will not.be returned from 
this office unless stumps enough uro Inclosed to 
pay the return postage. We receive manuscript 
often with the request “ please return if not. ac¬ 
cepted," which is not worth the paper on which 
it is written— much less the postage and trouble 
of returning it. We do not say this to discour¬ 
age contributions. We arc glad to receive them ; 
but we cannot undertake to return any man¬ 
uscript aud pay the return postage. 
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Ohio Htnlc Agricultural t'ollcge.~Tli,> effort lo 
locate Mils College bus resulted in much compe¬ 
tition, excitement and wrangling among (ho lo¬ 
calities wanting the College. It has finally been 
decided, by a vote of the Board of Trustees, to 
locate It In Franklin county the particular lo¬ 
cation in the county is yet to be selected. Mr. 
8uli.iva.nt has resigned his position as Treasur¬ 
er of the Board, aud Dr. 11. S. Babbitt, Record¬ 
ing Secretary ol the state Board of Agriculture, 
la elected Treasurer in his place. 
Political Fustiion Refined.—Tho Holley Standard 
says:—“For the benefit of those who even yet 
can’t seem to understand our political ‘ position,' 
wo say that our paper a ill occupy the same po¬ 
litical stand as, for instance, the Ruiial Nkw- 
VoRKEii.or Baxter's Saints' Rest.” l’h«t is defi¬ 
nite enough1 
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liupilrlrH for Advertiser*. - A Kansas corres¬ 
pondent asks where In; can get. cions of the Wild 
Goose plum.—W m. Mansfield asks where lie 
cun procure a good ditching machine. He wants 
to liiuiw its merits, cost, Ac. 
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CntalogncH, Eio„ Received.—From Wood & 
Hall, Geneva, N. V., General Price List, of Nur¬ 
sery stock.—From Ooui.n Brothers, Rochester, 
N. Y„ Wholesale Catalogue of Fruit and Orna- 
mental Trees, Shrubs, Ac. 
Missouri Agricultural College Farm Hupcrlii- 
tendeni.—We learn that 0. A. A, Gardner, Co¬ 
lombia, Boone county, is appointed Farm Su¬ 
perintendent of the Missouri State Agricultural 
College ut Columbia. 
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F. W. Mnrifcidt, Secretary of the Missouri 
Stall! Board of Agriculture is announced ns 
Associate Editor of the Rural World. 
INDUSTRIAL SOCIETIES. 
ontcers Elect of tbc Mum*. Hort. Sue.— At the 
recent Annual Meeting of this Society, tho fol¬ 
lowing officers were elected for 1871: 1’nn’t.— 
William C. Stronu, Brighton. V ire.-Prc»'t». — 
Charles O. Whitmore, Boston; II. Hollis llunne- 
well. Wellesley; Francis Turkman, Boston; P. 
Brown Hovey, Cambridge. Tmw. and ( nr. See. 
—Edwin W. Boswell, Boston. IUC. Sec— E. S. 
Baud, Jr., Boston, 
The HniiMns Slate Fnir held at Fort Scott the 
last week in September- is pronounced ;i suc¬ 
cess by kc vend correspondents, bui we have no 
detailed report. Mr.Scciclniy Sriin Ki.KR writes 
us:—“Our Fair was a sueewss, although It was 
held In the soutli-enst corner ol' the Suite, one 
hundred notes south ol' tin! Kansas Valley. 
Fort. Scott was a few years ago n military out¬ 
post, but now a thriving, enterprising little city 
of five or six thousand Inhabitants, and wltlatl 
the most liberal, go-ahead people Hail can bo 
louud lu the West.” 
Illhiol* Slate Wool Growers' Association.—Tills 
Association met on (In- Fail Grounds of the Illi¬ 
nois State Fair. Oct. t>th. Tho Constitution wits 
so amended as to gl\c the Association one Vice- 
President, instead 'it one I rnni each ( aingrcssion- 
til District. The ballot, for officers icwiltcd as 
follows; Pro. A. M. Garland. Vtee-l'rcH. 
Daniel Kelley. Nte.- .l. S. McConnell. Tents. J. 
L. Mills. 
No other business was transuded, except tho 
passing of the following resolutions : 
IlsAOlVtil, That the Wool Grower*’ Assoe.intton of 
llilntils again record* its tnilonutmont of the tarilT 
Upon liuportud wool* and woolens,u* t he best at tain¬ 
able legislation tor fostering l bo growth nod secur¬ 
ing the prosperity of two of ... important in¬ 
dustries ot oar count rv—tiio growing of wool, amt its 
niiimifacture into fubt ius suited to the varied tastes 
and necessities of Lhe American people. 
Jtesnivnt, That the Association approves of tlm ac¬ 
tion of tho President and Kxoam iva Cotnmluui) of 
t he National Wool Growers’ Association. In demand¬ 
ing and securing the adoption and amendment to tho 
tariff, whereby wool itnnbrtnd on the slrin !* subject¬ 
ed to the same duly It "'•id bo required to pay If Im¬ 
ported in any other manner, 
_BUSINESS NOTICES. 
NOTICE TO EVERYBODY! 
MOORE’S RURAL 
THREE MONTHS FREE! 
THE BEST OFFER YET! 
Tuk Thirteen Numbers of tills Quarter of tho 
Rural New-Yorker w ill ho sent Free to all who 
remit fa for a single copy for 1871, before Due. 1st— 
ami to all f'luhs oj ten copies or more, at only *2.50 
each! Agents will bu allowed Premiums or Free 
Collies, as preferred, on (’labs formed on this basis, 
and should at oueo open the Campaign. 
Don’t forgot to note that we thus Give away 
more papers than any monthly furnishes, for $1 to 
$2, lu a whole year I —nor that tho Rural New- 
Yorker is double the alzo, and contains more 
than twice the number Of illustrations, of any of the 
small and so-called cheap Rural and Family papers. 
ANUTUER TulNG.—It Is per catitr to form a Club 
for IhU than any Other Journal of its Class, and wo 
pay bettor Premiums. For evidence send for our 
Premium List, and then Start a Club, 
One Thing More.—'W e want a lave, Wide-Awake, 
Go-Ahead Club Agent iu every School District where 
wo have none throughout tho Hutted States, Cana¬ 
da, Ac. Bend for tho “ documents.” 
tST Now is the Time to Subsorlbo or Start Clubs 
for 1871, Every Recruiting Officer of tho glorious 
old Rural Brigade, and all others who would se¬ 
cure a Ilich Reward /or Little Labor, will please ad¬ 
vance to tho front, and 
BEGIN THE CANVASS NOW! 
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