PROCRE8S AND IMPROVEMEN 
ral New-Yorker will now form clubs for 
1R71, in all the States, Territories, Canada, &c., 
and thereby particularly benefit themselves and 
their fellow citizens who subscribe, and inciden¬ 
tally their respective communities and the 
country generally. 
after year. But unless such supply of fertilizing 
material can bo kept up there is little doubt of 
t he advantages to result from intelligent rota¬ 
tion. What is the best rotation for different soils 
and localities can only bo determined by test. 
Mr. Moore’s article is given in order to call at¬ 
tention to and u discussion of the subject and 
elicit experience from our readers. 
never was. is not, and never expects to be, State 
Entomologist of that, State; and they are deter¬ 
mined to have one. We have been requested by 
the bereaved people to look out for a competent 
man for the place. We are doing so. If wo find 
one we shall name him. 
small, the dry weather in July and August hav¬ 
ing affected It. Wc can raise forty bushels Of 
corn to the acre upon our sea Islands without 
manure. Wlmt we can do with manure at. tlio 
rate it is used North we do not know, but hope 
to try another year. Wo are, as usual, having 
beautiful weather, much like the best summer 
days in New England. Have bad no signs of 
frost yet. The hottest day we have had ihis past 
summer was9J. and we have been able to work 
out in the sun every day without trouble from 
the heat, though II is better to slay in the house 
foi m couple ol hours at noon. Wo grow fine 
oranges and lemons; aiso the Scuppernong 
grape; the latter wc have found very refresh- 
FASHION ILLUSTRATIONS 
Oonxlueting Jdtli tor ami Proprietor, 
MI«* Julia Column, well known to the read¬ 
ers as a special contributor to these columns, is 
In the lecture field this Winter with two temper¬ 
ance lectures—“ Alcohol Our Enemy," and “In¬ 
temperance Our Heritage,”—which arc both in¬ 
teresting and Instructive, the first-named aiming 
to show the direct effects of alcohol, and the 
second Its hereditary effects. Miss Cor ,max is 
not a Superficial thinker, but a hardworking 
student who strives to master whatever subjects 
she investigates. Wo commend her and her 
lectures to the attention of our readers, without 
her solicitation or knowledge. 
High Jacket Top.—This may be made of any 
plain material. Olive green, with the velvet of 
the same shade, makes up elegantly. The jacket 
or basque runs down to a point at. t he back, f'ol 
lowed by tho trimming as in front. The three 
narrow rows of fluting ox frills are of double 
material. The skirt Of the dress has a flounce 
twelve inches deep, cn! to correspond with tin; 
sleeve trimming. A pointed (unie may be added, 
If desired. Alpaca is handsome made in this 
manner, with black velvet. 
Costume with Tunic ami Jacket, trimmed with 
fluting#, flounces mid fringe. The fabric for 
this costume may be plain mixed, striped or 
plaid goods. If of plaid goods, the fringe should 
be parti-colored, to match (lie colors in the goods; 
CHAS. D. ESAGDON, ANDREW 8. FULLER, 
A.e«ociato LMitor*. 
HENRY S. RANDALL, LL. D., 
Editor of the Department of Sheep Husbandry, 
X. A. WILLARD, A. M., 
Editor of the Department or Dairy Husbandry. 
T. HART HYATT, 
Editor of the Pacific Coast Department. 
DANIEL LEE, M. D,, 
Of Tennessee, Southern Corresponding Editor. 
REV, W. F. CLARKE, 
Editor of the Canadian Department. 
MARY A. E. WAGER, 
Editor of the Domestic Economy Department. 
unit ..innncru. —wo nave answers to 
many inquiries, from correspondents, In type 
which will appear as our space permits. The 
demand for information In this department is so 
great that we write this note to show inquirers 
that they arc not willfully neglected. 
had for a great many years. Wo have Indian 
summer for over a month already, still, with a 
good Bhower of rain occasionally. Corn is a 
heavy crop, la nearly nil husked ; It sells for 55c. 
in the ear, double bushel. All crops have been 
good except buckwheat, which is not filled. 
Sorghum la not much raised; but what I worked 
up this year gave a better quality of sirup than 
any previous year; It sells for 80o. per gallon. 
There is scarcely any fruit. Wheat, $1.05; rye, 
70c.; orIs, 40c.; barley, 85e.; corn, 55c.; buck- 
wheal, $1; potatoes, 50c.; clover seed, $6; flax 
seed, $1.70; timothy seed, $4; eggs, 25c.; butter, 
30c.; bay, $10. No snow yet, but we have hud 
several heavy frosts.—s. p. f. 
Casanova, Fauquier Co., Va., Nov. 3. — The 
weather for the last two weeks has been per¬ 
fectly delightful “Warm, clear, and dry. Farm¬ 
ers are quite busy shucking corn. The crop is 
very much injured by tho drouth, but is better 
than it was last year. That planted earliest is 
the best. Tobacco is also better this year. Wheat 
compared with the crops of 1868 tll irl j.sijp, js very 
inferior. Oats tiro only tolerably good. Wheat 
sowed this fall is looking very ivull. I hour that 
hog cholera prevails In Loudoun county. Ham 
fell at Wn non ton, Va., from May 3d to Novem¬ 
ber 1st: —May, 4.4 inches; June, 4.45 Inches; 
July, .1.75 inches; August, 5.65 Inches; 8eptcm- 
bei, 4.2.»; October, 2.05; total, 24.35 inches. 
W heat, $1; oats, 05e,; eggs, 20c.; butter, 25c.; 
onions, 75o.; sumac, 75c.; wool, washed, :.’5e. 
Good laud can be purchased at $50 per acre and 
upwards.— r. u. 
Vhtorln, Ontario, IVov. Si. Enough rain to 
keep pastures growing; no frost until the 15th 
October, and then not very heavy; loaves quite 
green on the trees yet. Wheat has turned very 
yellow in places; some nr it shows the first joint. 
Corn nearly husked and a fair crop. Turnips 
and carrots mostly in the ground; a poor crop; 
too WCt for them in summer. Potatoes rotting 
badly on wet. land; worth 26c., per bush.; apples 
very plentiful; worth about Ac., or 10e., for com¬ 
mon, and RkiySo., for grafted. Wheat Is $1; 
barley, 45c.; corn, 20c., in the fair; buckwheat, 
32c.; oats, 80c. Hops were almost u failure and 
nobody can tell the cause. All the hops there 
were, grew on the out edge of the yards; in tho 
middle of t he yards there was none at all.—p. g. 
Saddles for f.ndtcu. A lady correspondent of 
the Rural New-Yorker wishes “Some one 
would iuvent, manufacture, and advertise a 
People Going Westward —and especially to 
Central Illinois, Southern Iowa, Missouri. Kan¬ 
sas and the Far West—should read and heed the 
Terms.— Only $11.50 per Volume of 26 numbers, 
or$3 tier Year of .52 numbers. To Clubs und Agents 
per Volume: Five copies for $7; Seven, and one 
free to club ugnnt, for $8159: Ten !ind one free, for 
$11.50—only $1.25 per copy. Per Y t <ir: Five eopl 06 
for $11; Seven, and one free to agent, for $ 19 ; Ten, 
and one free, for $$6—only $2.50 per copy. As we 
pre-pay American postage, $ 2,711 is the low rat Yearly 
rate to Canada and $3.50 to Europe. Remittances by 
I*rali. P. O. Money Order, or Registered Letter, may 
be made at the risk of the Publisher. 
Aiivichtisin'o — Inside, 75 cents per line. Agate 
space ; Outside, $1 per line, ouch Insertion. For Ex¬ 
tra Display and Pitts, m price and a half, Special and 
Business Notices. $1.60and $2 a hue. No advertise¬ 
ment inserted for less than $s, 
THE ELECTIONS OVER. 
High Jacket Tor 
Costume with Tunic and Jacket. 
otherwise substitute frills of the cloth for the 
fringe. The front of the; basque finishes in two 
square-liku tabs to malcli the back, ii is short, 
on tho hips. A loose jacket, open up the scams 
to the waist, may be substituted If desired. Tho 
bottom of the tunic is cut in deep points at the 
sides, and looped at the buck with a bow. Tho 
1'root is cut with one point, less drop than the 
side points. The three transverse folds maybe 
reduced to one, piped on each side, or a band of 
velvet, plush or fancy trimming used Instead. 
saddle for ladies that will be comfortable and 
sale lor us tq ride upon is going to bo 
objection forever towOimWi tiding astride, some- 
body ought to look after their comfort." Ex¬ 
actly! And who so capable of doing so as the 
women themselves. Cannot women invent? 
We have heard certain proverb# ever since we 
can remember about woman's wit (meaning in¬ 
ventive ability.) And if women will not insist 
upon riding astride, bore Is a sphere (of inven¬ 
tion) for them. Tho dear creatures do just as 
they please now-a-daysl 
announcement of tho Toledo, Wabash and 
Western Railway, in this paper. This great road 
is among tho very best and most complete In 
the country, and affords passenger-, every fa¬ 
cility and advantage. The Company take special 
pains to have none but gentlemen in charge of 
trains, and lienee all passing over the road are 
treated with respect ami courtesy. 
INDUSTRIAL SOCIETIES 
Tile Maine Hoard of Agriculture having, bv 
tho act of the Legislature which makes it a Mute 
Institution, no piired the right t<> say for wlmt 
purposes one-hall of the Stuto appropriations to 
each County Society shall be used, has decided 
that, cme-fourth shall bo devoted tn the organi¬ 
zation and support, of Fanners' (.Tubs, and the 
other fourth shall lie offered as n premium 
to encourage wheat culture. No Society 
cun obtain State aid unless it complies 
with the terms of l Id: decision. The result 
is said to lie that Farmers* Clubs have been or¬ 
ganized and are organizing all over the State, 
and that four times as much wheat win harvest- 
ad in 1370 as in any I wo of the ten s oars previous 
to 1860. We command this action to the New 
York State Society, which seems to cure ns little 
about the co-operation of the county societies, 
and us much ubout its own aggrandizement, as 
it well can. 
Mnmnchiiin-it# Society |V>r the Promotion or 
Agriculture.—At Its recent annual meeting this 
Society accepted the resignation of Gnouqt: W. 
LYMAN, It# long time active and efficient Pi.ei- 
dent, and elected the following officers for the 
ensuing year: /*?«»,— Thomas JIotlbv. Vice- 
Presl'e. David Sours, Jr., Amos A. Lawrence. 
Cor. .See -Leveret SaDtoii-t.nM. Cor. S.<\- Peter 
C. Brooks. Jr. /'mi.-. Theodore Lyman. Ti n. s- 
Uei i.* Edward N. Perkins, Benj. S. Roteh, Geo. 
M. Dexter, Henry Salslonstall and William Rob¬ 
ertson. 
Oregon Homological am! Hort. Hoe. At a re¬ 
cent inci ting ibis Society elected the following 
officers for the ensuing year: Pros.- S. Lull- 
ling. vict'-Pi at. -J. A. Millard. Set .- A. R. 
Shipley. Treat. D. W. Craig. Many prominent 
friends of the fruit interest w ere present, and 
additional Impetus was given this important 
branch of productive industry on tho Pacific 
COOSt, 
Monthly Horse bad Cattle Fairs, says the West¬ 
ern (Wis.j Farmer, are held in Dodge Co., Win., 
as follows:—At Beaver Duin.lstTliiirsdnv; ilus- 
risford, ith Thursday; Mayvllle, 1st Wednesday; 
Horicon,3d Friday; Lowell, last Saturday; '1 ho- 
resa, 3d Mouday; Ncoshu, 4th Saturday of each 
month. 
Bee Keepers’ Association of Missouri, at its re¬ 
cent. annual meeting at St. Louis, electod officers 
for the ensuing year as follows: Pres. w. G. 
Church, Mexico. Vlce-Prex.—b. H. Chase, Ht. 
Louis. Sax—G. W. Kinney, Suotv Hill. Treat.— 
L. C. Waite. St. Louis. 
The Fanners' Institute of F.nstcru Pennsyl¬ 
vania, holds Its next meeting n! Lancaster, the 
second Tuesday of February, 1871. 
of the politicians. They dunce when tho politi¬ 
cal wires are pulled, And it makes proclous 
little difference whether they danoe for Demo¬ 
cratic or Republican politicians. Tho profes¬ 
sional politician is just as happy upon one plat¬ 
form as tho other, is Just ns patriotic, just as 
honest, just as efficient an agent in the service 
of tho country, whether be is swinging his hat 
und hurrahing for Democratic TOM or Republi¬ 
can Harry. 
We have no doubt that some good and patri¬ 
otic men have been elected to office. Possibly, 
taken ns a whole, they are good average repre¬ 
sentatives of their constituents. It tnay be they 
ftro better than tlio average of t hose who voted 
for thorn-more intelligent, honest, honorable, 
pure, unselfish, and worthy. But the political 
machinery of to-day is such as to cause alarm to 
those who regard the right, of suffrage sacred 
and individual, aud the foundation of our free 
Institutions. The people do not, nominate their 
candidates, nor do they vote for them, asu rule. 
In other words, we, the people, are exceedingly 
stupid. 
Now, that there can bo a better plan for elect¬ 
ing executive officers devised, we are not pre¬ 
pared to assert. Nor have we any pet plan to 
propose. Nor arc we croakers. Nor have we 
any political disappointments to Bour us. Nor 
arc we going lo start a new party, and run for 
President in 1872 on our own hook, a la Train. 
But we want, to set our frieuds thinking. And 
if they think as we do, after witnessing the scenes 
and the development of the schemes of poli¬ 
ticians the past few weeks, they’ will feel that 
the financial burthens of these elections —and 
which tho people do und must bear—aro greater, 
morn useless and wicked, and breed more cor¬ 
ruption and Immorality than anyothera now im¬ 
posed on a “ free “ people. 
— Now that tho Elections aro over, and the 
Country “saved” again, we trust all sensible 
people will turn their attention to Peace and 
Prosperity for awhile. The political papers hare 
iind a Jolly timet in blackguarding each other 
and the candidates for office—and it has prob¬ 
ably proved profitable. Tho Tribune;;, Worlds, 
A Good Investment. The First Mortgage Bonds 
of fit© 81. Joseph and Denver City Railroad Co., 
bearing 8 per cent.. Interest payable In gold, ad¬ 
vertised in this paper, must prove a gilt-edged 
investment. Most of the road is completed and 
in operation, and on tlio remainder (only 26 miles) 
the grading is finished. 
RURAL NOTES AND QUERIES 
Good Clothing, i tbsorvlng, the other day. Hint 
a number of (he Rural’s always good-looking 
employes appeared in even better attire than 
usual, wc inquired where their new full and 
winter suits were obtained. “At Freeman <t 
Burr’s, Fulton 6treet. who advertise in tho Ru¬ 
ral, and sell tip - top clothing at stunning 
prices." Wo concluded they were right, from 
some experience el' our owu, and reckon those 
of our readers who trade at the Clothing Ware¬ 
house of F. Si B. will obtain lull “value re¬ 
ceived “ for tholr investments. Parties at a dis¬ 
tance will Dud their system of self-measure a 
groat convenience. 
Hr. Randall Elected lo the Legislature, — 
Though lie is neither n politician nor office- 
seeker, we learn that the lion. Henry S. Ran¬ 
dall, one of tho editors oi the Rural New- 
Yorker. has, unfortunately for himself, (wo 
think,) been elected to the Legislature. In 
noticing Dr. R.’s election, The World says: 
“Wo are specially gratified to learn that 
Henry S Randall has been elected member 
of the Legislature from Cortland county. Mr. 
Randall has been a life-long Democrat, and 
wm* - cretar.v ol State by the Democracy 
in 1851. After Lis retirement from that, office ho 
wrote the life of Thomas Jefferson— a vuioabe 
contribution to political literature, of lute 
years his mime has boon prominently connected 
with the agricultural Interests of the country, 
und his pen used in l lie ad vocmw and elevut ion 
Of that important interest. IHs elect ion m a 
county wldoh usually gives atioii: :.\OUO licpuhli- 
can majority, shows how he is appreciated bv 
the people in bis own part of the Slate, anti 
demonstrates what can be done by nominating 
a high order of men for office.” 
— From which it appears that, although Dr. 
Randall was nominated by otic party ho was 
elected by both — the People. The World's re¬ 
mark us to “ what cttu bo done by nominating 
men of a high order for office,” should bo beed- 
THE SEASON 
Camden, Oneida Co., IV. V M Nov. 1.— Thermo- 
metrical itveragos, Ac., for October: Highest 
point attained at sunrise, Oct. 1 st, 56*; lowest, 
30th, 22’ ; average, 43' HF: highest point at noon, 
ltlth, 76”; lowest 27th, 37*: average, 60 IF; high¬ 
est point at sunset, 2nd, 65'; lowest, 20th, 35 
average, 52 3F. Menu temperature for the 
month, 68’ 13'. Fifteen pleasant days eleven 
rainy, and five cloudy. Four very windy days. 
Brilliant aurora tlio 14th. Earthquake 20th. 
Heavy tliundor27th. First snowflakes seen 20th, 
Prevailing winds West. Potatoes dug and corn 
mostly husked; both good crops. Price of cows 
advancing; lair to good cows, $25@35; yearlings, 
£135*20: calves, $3®6; potatoes, 50c.; turnips, 
50c.; sweet butter, 38c.; eggs, 28c.—a. b. c. 
Huinry, III., Oet. 30,— Our wheat crop for 1870 
is not a large one for quantity about twenty 
bushels per acre will bo au average among good 
farmers; but in one or two instances forty bush¬ 
els have been obtained as an average yield per 
aero. In some localities l he corn crop Is a 
large one. The potato crop la u very large one; 
price, 3o@>50e, per bush. Turnips, never better. 
Our wet weather commenced about the middle 
of September. It bus rained every few days 
since. We havo had but two bard frosts, and 
t he crops that are liable to damage arc about all 
secured. Corn Is nearly dry enough to crib. 
The prospect for tho wheat crop of 1871 is good, 
grain never looking better than it now does 
since my residence in this county, which is 
The Rochester Water Works, as we learn 
from tho reports of the Company and the daily 
papers of Rochester, are being rapidly com¬ 
pleted, and therefore will soon furnish the peo¬ 
ple of that goodly city with nn abundant supply 
of pure water. Our congratulations to all In¬ 
terested- Roclic.sfcrums, Officers of the Compa¬ 
ny, block holders, &o„—upon the prospect of tho 
curly completion and successful oporatlou of 
the Works. If tho condition of the Works and 
status of tho Company are as represented—and 
the statements and figures are logical —the 
bonds advertised iu this paper must prove good 
security. 
New Style of Sheep. _Wc find the following 
paragraph in the Farmer, published at Edin¬ 
burgh, Scotland: — “A very curious horned 
sheep may now be seen in a field at Kirkcowan, 
tlie property of W. c. 8. Hamilton. Esq., of 
Crnighlaw. The horns are rising, as it were, out 
of the nose, springing upright froip the head, 
broad, palmated, spiral, and extended. The 
sheep was bred on the farm of Dalnaw, Minni- 
ff.itf, was bong)it by Mr. Towns of Bullocbdee, 
amongst a lot of small lambs, and sold by him 
to his laird lor £14." 
Hiring Fair* arc hpid in England mid Scotland. 
A great annual fair was recently hel l ut New¬ 
bury, Berkshire, England, where employers met 
agricultural servants aud 111 rod their supply ol 
hein for the coming twelve months. Servants 
of botli sexes floolc to these fairs. A report of 
this fair says:—" Many of the more intelligent 
farmers, however, seeing tho evils Inseparably 
associated with such gatherings, have almost en- 
Uraly abandoned the practice or selecting t.ticlr 
servants at them; and besides this, the young la¬ 
borers are so erratic in their oharacior, tliat mar¬ 
ried men are vory frequently preferred. These 
and other circumstances had a marked effect, 
upon the attendance at tho fair; still. In the 
middle of the day, tho spacious market-place 
was so densely thronged that tho passage of ve¬ 
hicles was scarcely possible. Farmers found no 
difficulty in meeting with the number of ser¬ 
vants they required, and, as a general rule, tho 
wages sought were rather less than last yoar." 
BUSINESS NOTICES 
NICOL & DAVIDSON, 
686 Broadway, ucar Great Jones St., 
NEW YORK, 
Having engaged their French Goods before the war 
interfered with the manufacturers, are offering 
AT VERY LOW PRICES 
300 PACKAGES OF WHITE CHIN A, DECORATED 
CHINA. GLASSWARE, HEAL BRONZES, COM¬ 
POSITION BRONZES, CLOCKS, MANTEL SETS. 
.lAKDlNBRF.S. ARTIFICIAL FLOWERS, BISQUE 
FIGURES, Ac. 
Also of our own manufacture, 
CUTLERY, SILVER-PLATED WARE AND GAS 
FIXTURES. 
ILLUMINATED CHANDELIERS AND GAS 
FIXTURES. 
(a specially by our own artist,) 
in all color* to match furniture and room decorations. 
Red Rust on Winter Wheat. — David Ha«E, 
Rush county, Ind., wrote us October 10. that he 
had a piece of wheat sown the first week in Sep¬ 
tember upon ground in good order, “that has 
red rust on It," Variety sown, White Chaff 
Bearded Mediterranean. 7fc asks, “Will the 
wilder drive oil the rust ? It is a new disease at 
this time of year In this neighborhood." We 
can not answer, if the rust does not affect the 
vitality or tho roots this fall, it may recover la 
spring. It i3 new to us also. 
Farms in Windham Co., Conn.—A correspond¬ 
ent wants to know what we think of farms in 
Windham Co., Conn. Not knowing anything 
whatever of that locality, we can give no opinion. 
State Entomologist of New Jersey.—We hear 
that the people of New Jersey are utterly dis¬ 
gusted to learn, as they did through the Rural 
New-Yorker of October 29, tlmt Dr. Trimble 
No Traveling AjjentN are employed by 
the Rural New-Yorker, and lienee only Local 
Club Agents can compete for our Premiums. 
