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MOORE'S RURAL NEW-YORKER. 
A NATIONAL ILLUSTRATED 
RUBAI, LITERARY AXD FAMILY NEWSPAPER. 
“PROCRESS AND IMPROVEMENT.' “THE SKIES ARE BRIGHT!” 
MfinDC’C DUD AI MHA/ YflDI/TD Yes, they art bright, and daily brightening, if 
IYIUUmL u nllnML ULii " lUn^tn. VO may judge from the cheerful tidings and 
a national illustrated substantial remittances received from near and 
distant friends, for example, we commence 
RURAL, LITERARY AND FAMILY NEWSPAPER. this f f,ipt,c from <iEO - green, p. m., 
Andover, Allegany Co., N. 1 „ who writes : 
_ Friend Moore:—I inclose you a list of 41 
D. D. T. MOORE, names for the Rural for 1874, together with a 
draft to your order for £90, for which send the 
Founder and Conducting Kditor. 11 ural to the addressee as given, and please 
_ add four copies unmarked, until i send you 
names for them. I turn no one away who wants 
CHAS. D. BRAGDON, ANDREW S. FULLER. th « «• account, of a tack of money, for 
’ 1 a# Old Hickory would doubtless have said, 
Asuooiate li.ditors. had he lived till now. “By the Eternal, the 
HPNRY t RANDAtf If n fnrllflnri Villanp N V RURAL UlUKt UTld Shall 1>C prCSCITCd J will 
HENRY s. RANDALL ll, D„ Corlland Village, N. Y., H , nd you name8 and monoJ . aaflaataslcan,and 
Eun..n or tm» Liipautmkii! m SKint hlb»am>hy. In the meantime, wishing you a successful and 
v . ii/i 11 inn » u « v Happy New Year, I remain, &c. 
D. D. 
MOORE, 
Founder and Conducting Editor. 
CHAS. D. BRAGDON, ANDREW S. FULLER, 
Asuooiate Editors. 
Kim,,n ci/ 7 nit Lj ir a i/r mi, r 01 lii.BiiAsrntY 
X. A, WILLARD, A, JVL, Ljltle Falls, N. Y„ 
EmiOK oy i H K Dir AJlTAt KNT 
Daisy Huhbaxduv. 
G. A. ('. BARNETT, Publisher. 
TERMS, IN ADVANCE: 
Subscription.— Single Copy, £5,50 per Year. To 
Cltibs:—Five Copies, and one copy free to Agent or 
getter up of Club, for & 12.50; Seven Copies, and one 
free, for tltj; Ten Copies, mid one free, £50—only $2 
per copy. Ab wo are obliged to pre-pay i lie American 
postage on papers mulled ici foreign countries,Twenty 
Cents should be added ro above rates tor each yearly 
copy mailed to Canada, and One Dollar per copy to 
Kui Ope. Drill to, l’ost-Otl!ce .Money Orders und Regis¬ 
tered Letters way be m.i l led at our risk. i3T Ll beral 
Premiums to all Club Agents who do not take free 
ooplos. Specimen Number*. .Show-Bills, Am. sent froe. 
* ADVERTISING RATES: 
Inside. 14th and l&tto pages < \,-ate space). SOc. per Hue. 
T.ith page.1.00 
Outside or last page.1.60 “ 
Fifty per cent, extra for unusual display. 
Special Notices, leaded, by count.2.00 “ 
Business “ 2.50 “ 
Heading “ 3.00 " 
Z3T No advertisement inserted for less than $3. 
PUBLICATION OFFICES: 
No. 5 Beekman Street, New York City, and No. $2 
Buffalo Street, Rochester, N. Y. 
SATURDAY, JANUARY 3, 1874. 
TO 0UE SUBSCRIBERS AND AGENTS. 
N(YW 
'PI IK TIMK I 
Yes, Now is the Very Best Time for 
A perdu (arid all disposed to become such ) 
to form Clubs for 1874. By sending in as 
many names as possible )i*w—and before 
Feb. 1st- Subscribers and Agents will confer 
a special favor. Agent-Friends cun send 
small clubs, or parts of large ones, and con¬ 
tinue their efforts for weeks and months 
afterwards —receiving Premiums, or Com¬ 
missions, in proportion to the, number of 
subscribers obtained. Many of our Agents 
send several chibs every Winter, some taking 
small premiums for each, and others waiting 
until their lists arc completed and then se¬ 
lecting such articles as they prefer, 
— So, Send on your Names and Lists, Qood 
Friends! We will respond promptly, by for¬ 
warding Papers and Premiums as dssired, 
and moreover furnish you a better Rural 
New-Yorker during 1874, than ever before! 
PREFATORY FOR 1874. 
A Happy New Year to all ourReadersl 
We shall endeavor to make you happy fifty- 
two times during the year. 
Having promised to make the Rural New- 
Yorker “Better than Ever, ' we ask your co¬ 
operation to accomplish that worthy object. 
You can help us in many ways. Wo shall 
welcome your aid in extending the Rural's 
circulalion and contributing to Its pages—your 
influence among friends and also your experi¬ 
ences, practical knowledge and conclusions lor 
publication. 
We shall labor with zeal to give you the In¬ 
formation which will aid you in the discharge 
of your duties and the bearing of your respon¬ 
sibilities, and ardently desire your efforts in 
that direction. 
Mak’ng no demands we shall recognize none, 
except such as belong to legitimate, equitable 
exchange—though we believe all should “ help 
owe auother.’’ 
We enter upon the work of the New Year 
with confidence that our relations with readers 
will be mutually pleasant and profitable, and 1 
we ask for nothing more! 
Let us to Work .'—being assured of the prom¬ 
ised seed time and harvest. 
Uur next note is from Wm, A. IIaut, Esq., of 
Friendship, N. V'., (In the same County, by the 
way,) who sends 52 names as his first instal¬ 
ment for 1874, and closes In this wise :—“ Not 
having the necessary documents to use in this 
Rural Campaign, (although a recruiting offi¬ 
cer of about 20 years' standing,) I find that I get. 
along full as well as though I had them, as the 
paper Is so thoroughly circulated and known 
that argument, is unnecessary. Wishing you 
and yours a Happy New Year, I remain," Sic. 
Mr. Ii. I*. Walcott of Hampshire Co., Mass., 
In sending his subscription fur 1874. writes" 1 
felt very bad when I saw in the local papers 
that the Rubai. Xrw-Yorkkr was to be dis¬ 
continued, but am glu t to see you are deter¬ 
mined to go straight ahead, and I hope that 
another year will find its Founder clear of all 
embarrassment. If it can’t bo done any other 
way, let all the subscribers who have taken the 
rmper give to the Editor fifty cents each as a 
fund for his own use, which would make, (if 
there are 100,000 subscribers) fifty thousand dol¬ 
lars. I hope ‘Daily Rural Life' will live to keep 
a diary these many years, and record his doings 
in the Rural. Some have thought there were 
too many pictures In your paper, but I think 
not. Let u» have t he engravings; they help to 
make a beautiful paper." 
Dr. W. c. Lankford, Franklin Co., N. C., in 
remitting for 1874, says : “ It Is time to renew 
my subscription to t ho Iiu kal New- Yorker. 1 
tnust have it, though the times arc hard. There 
la always something appropriate in It for wife, 
children and myself, and we feel it is a neces¬ 
sity. With best wishes for your success, and 
hoping you may long survive this and all future 
panics, I am,’’ &c. 
Mr. David Waldron of Onondaga Co., N.Y., 
(our native County, Gon bless It and its people!) 
remits £106. and writes in this terse style :—“1 
send you my list. The hard times affect this 
part as well as others. I have not done as well 
as 1 hoped to. May yet add more. We would 
like your Silver Tea Bet as a Premium, and If 
it proves as good as the Cake lias .cl and Knit¬ 
ting Machine 1 shall feel well paid. The Knit¬ 
ting Machine Is all It Is recommended, and Mr. 
Bickford b .vs done all that any one could do 
to help us along, In sending us samples and 
instructions. All that we have tried to do wo 
have done successfully. I wish you abundant 
success. Wo have had your paper twenty year.- 
and we wouldn’t like to part with it.” 
And here is a soul-touching epistle from Mr. 
Wm. Hakbbut of Harrison Co., West Va., which 
aaith Another Rural year, with its toils, its 
Sorrows, its pains and disappointments, Is fast 
closing upon us, and with its close, that of the 
Rural New-Yorker, the pride of the house¬ 
hold. Dear Rural, can l part with thee, and 
no more see t hy smiling and familiar face 1 No, 
notwithstanding the times are hard and money 
hard to get, yet 1 feol that 1 cannot lot thee go. 
1 received your Sample Copy, Posters, &c„ and 
am only sorry 1 cannot raise a Club. J am con¬ 
fined with a broken thigh, and am only able to 
walk about the house, and as 1 have informed 
you heretofore, J am but a poor cripple and in¬ 
valid at best. I send you £2.50 for the Rural 
for 1874. May God bless and prosper you and 
yours, and muy the Rural continue, as It lias 
been, the King of Agricultural Journals.” 
Prom a prominent business man In Phila., we 
receive £2.50 and this not©:-”Please send to 
my address for one year from Jan. 1, 1874, a 
copy < f your paper. I cannot bo satisfied with¬ 
out. it. It is a cure for many ills.'’ 
Here is n printed item from Auburn, N. Y., 
which tells its own story: 
“ When does my subscription for the Rural 
expire, Hod ?" asked a mau through one of the . 
openings at the Post-Office yesterday. 
” First of January,” answered Hod. ” Want 
to renew?" i 
” Yes; allck herdown foranothcryeai^can’t . 
do without it—here’s the two dollars." 
The Rural is the Rural New-Yorker. the 1 
best Rural newspaper In the world. ” Hod," is 1 
Hod Gilbert. Everybody knows him. He i 
treats every new subscriber just as courteously 
as old ones. He baB been agent for the Rural ' 
nearly iwo hundred years! 
— But we must stop right here, for lack of ] 
space, thorgu we have scores of mo&t oornpli- ( 
men! ary and encouraging letters from ail parts j 
of the country — representing, we think, every 
State, Territory and Province on the Con¬ 
tinent. Many of them are from people who 
formerly took the Rural and now wish it ! 
again. And—but we must close. 
The financial epidemic has struck Peru. The 
harbors are deserted, the guano business is flat, 
oxebango Is not to be had on any terms, and 
the government has forbidden the exportation 
of coin. 
“PROGRESS AND IMPROVEMENT.” 
TnE year post has been an eventful one. The 
Fanner’s Movement, has culminated In a thor¬ 
ough alarm of politicians, monopolists, and in 
financial panic consequent upon the deprecia¬ 
tion of confidence in railway stocks, bonds, &c. 
The Patrons of Husbandry have taught them¬ 
selves how to economize In the purchase of 
implements and other necessities, and have 
aided In begetting a spirit of co-operation and 
a community of feeling and Interest, the ab¬ 
sence of which hitherto has helped to make 
farmers an easy prey for the classes that, live as 
go-betweens among producers. Not in our re¬ 
membrance, probably not In the world’s his¬ 
tory, has such an industrial revolution been 
accomplished. The most gratifying view of It 
is found in the fact, that it Is evidence of in¬ 
creasing knowledge, thought, and hence of 
power upon the part of Agriculturists. We 
congratulate the country that It has only been 
aggressive upon the wrongs perpetrated by 
othorandyet dependent. Interests. With one 
or t wo unimportant except ions, there has been 
no Intemperate language used, no unwise action 
taken, no violence threatened or demonstrated 
that could he- construed as a purpose to violate 
the rights of others. 
We congratulate Agriculturists upon such 
tokens of progress as wc have enumerated in 
the above paragraph. It i - a recognition of the 
business rights and powers of themselves -not 
blindly passionate and partisan, but wisely lib¬ 
eral and yet demanding only justice. It is a 
blow at corruption, at speculation, at indolence, 
at inflated values, at stock-jobbing, at venality 
among Government and other officials, and at 
every movement which impinges upon the just 
lights of all 
This we label ” Progress and Improvement I” 
FARMERS' CLUBS. 
A CORRESPONDENT Of the RURAL NEW- 
Yorker asks for a form of a constitution and 
by-laws of a Farmers’ Club. Wc give one here¬ 
with, which is simple and adequate, and may 
be made subject to modification at any time by 
the members. We give It here and now that 
t hose who propose organising such clubs may 
have no excuse for not doing so ; and wo urge 
that a farmers's club should go Into operation 
in every neighborhood: 
CONSTITUTION. 
1. This organization shall bo known aa the 
-Farmers' Club. 
2. Its objects shall he improvement in the 
theory and practice of Agriculture and Horti¬ 
culture, to promote the moral. Intellectual,so¬ 
cial ami pecuniary welfare of Its members. 
3. Its in cm bore, other than the original ones, 
shall be elected by ballot, and all members 
shall be subject to pay an init iat ion fee of $- 
and t hereafter such sum*, as shall he necessary 
to defruy the expenses of the club. 
4. Its officers shall consist of a President, 
Vice-President, Secretary, Corresponding Sec- 
rotary, and Treasurer, who shall jointly consti¬ 
tute the Executive Committee, and shall he 
elected ant.wally. 
5. Its meetings shall bo hrLd monthly, and at 
such other tiroes as the President may deem 
necessary for the good of the society. 
7. This Constitution may be amended at any 
regular meeting, by a two-thirds vote of the 
members present., said amendment having been 
proposed at writing at a previous meeting, 
WY-LAWS. 
1. The President shall, when present, pre¬ 
side at all meetings of the Club and Executive 
Committee. 
2. The Vice-President shall, during the ab¬ 
sence or inability of the President, perform all 
the duties of that executive officer. 
3. The Secretary shall record the proceedings 
of the CItih, and iho Corresponding Secretary 
shall conduct Its correspondence. 
i. The Treasurer shall receive all monies paid 
into t he Club, and disburse the samo only on 
the order of the president aud Secretary. 
5. The regular meetings of this Club shall be 
held on the-day of each month at- 
o’clock. 
6. The order of business shall he : 
I—Reading minutes of last meeting; 
3—Reports of Special Committees ; 
3-Unfinished Business: 
t- New Business, Essays, Discussions, Re- 
ports of Standing Committees. 
RURAL NOTES AND QUERIES. 
How Agents Cnn Help.— Many of our Agents, 
(Merchants, Post - Masters, &c., particularly,) 
can aid the circulation of the Rural mate¬ 
rially during these times by giving temporary 
credit to those who wish to subscribe but havje 
not the ready money. Several who have re¬ 
cently sent U6 clubs have done this. Our Agent 
in Western New York writes us that of forty 
subscribers for whom he remits he has given 
credit to thirty, as he "knows they.are good i 
and will pay.” Another, who sends a good 
club and Is still at work for more, says:—I 
took trade of quite a number apples, potatoei, 
anything for the sake of getting a large club. 
Also make some presents of the paper. If they 
would all try as I do to get subscribers, your 
list would soon be largely increased!" Thanks, 
good friends 1 Your efforts and sacrifices are 
gratefully appreciated. 
The Press and People of this Country —the 
whole Continent where civilization prevails— 
have for over twenty years been most apprecia¬ 
tive and cordial In recognizing the Rural 
New-Yorker, but tlielr recent notices, letters 
and efforts in its behalf have so burdened us 
that wm are prostrated under such a weight of 
obligation that we must bow to all in acknowl¬ 
edgement of favors received. We cau only 
assure our friends that their kindness, gener¬ 
osity and man-and-womanliness (for many 
ladies have responded) are most gratefully 
appreciated by one who ne\ r repudiates a 
favor or disclaims an indebtedness. 
The Department of Agriculture Report.—The 
House of Representatives has passed a resolu¬ 
tion to print 510,000 copies of this book, which 
a Washington correspondent says will cost GO 
cents per copy, or a total expense of £306,000. 
These books are to bo distributed chiefly by 
Congressmen to constituents the former befog 
reported as “ clamorous for documents." Now 
Government will he called upon to pay postage 
on these books, and thousands of (hem will go 
into the Nassau street "Old Book" stores in 
this city, and thence to paper warehouse© as 
old paper. The abolition of the Franking priv¬ 
ilege will not prevent their distribution at the 
people’s expense. It is rather hard that people 
who pay for their own books should be com¬ 
pelled to pay for books for other people wbe 
are eqnally able to pay. 
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No Traveling Agents—g. e. Knapp, of Mer¬ 
idian, Cayuga Co., N. Y., writes” Some weeks 
since a sort of a traveling agent came through 
the several towns in this county, selling re¬ 
cipes and canvassing for several hooks, papers, 
etc., among which was your Rural New- 
Yorker. A largo number subscribed for H, 
but have heard nothing from that or the agent. 
We think him a sort of humbug. Do you know 
anything about it?" [No, we don’t. We have 
no traveling agents, aud have frequently cau¬ 
tioned our readers to beware of eich.— Ed] 
—-H*- 
The 810,1)0(1 Cow.— At bust we have an au¬ 
thoritative state mo tit that Mr. It, I'auvin Da¬ 
vies, whose agent bid the above suiu lor the 
Eighth Duchess of Geneva and who became 
confused as to the relative value of dollars and 
pounds, thus bidding far beyond his authorized 
limit, did order Mr. Campbell to sell the cow 
on his account, aud that Col. Morris, Mount 
Fordharo, Westchester Co., N. Y„ has purchased 
her. The price Col. .Morris paid was £30,600. 
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RURAL BREVITIES. 
Cherry trees arc in blossom in Almeda Co.. 
Cal. 
The Iowa Agricultural College difficulties are 
not yet settled. 
Rtpe strawberries, grown in the open air, arc 
in the Mobile market. 
The Hartford Poultry Exhibition Is said to 
have been a great pecuniary success. 
Vermont has 26,983 farmers, three florists, 122 
goroener.-, and nurserymen and sev enteen stock 
drovers. 
The Wisconsin State Grange of Patrons of 
Husbandry is to be held at Janesv ille, instead 
ol Ion du lno, Jan. 10-26. 
"WHERE shall 1 buy flower seeds?” asks a 
lady, bee our advertising columns, madam, 
aud decide for yourself ! 
1’lease send us the names and addresses of 
your friends, near or distant, v ,,<> ought to 
take the Rural, and wo will mail thorn speci¬ 
mens, etc. 
The Badge for the Patrons of Husbandry, 
Illustrated on our first page, is to lie struck in 
silver, of a proper i/.e to bo worn by officers 
and membens ol the Order. 
Our Premium List (together with specimen 
numbers, posters, etc.,) promptly mailed, post, 
paid, to ail disposed to aid in extending the 
circulation of the Rural. 
The State Grange of IlIiuMs adopted are so¬ 
lution requesting patrons and their agents not 
to buy machinery of manufacturers who refuse 
to sell to them at a discount. 
Reader, if you like the Rural, which we 
take for granted, suppose you do it and your 
neighbors the favor to show 1 his number to all 
you moet, inviting t hem to subscribe. 
The Illinois Far inert;' Association adopted a 
resolution "soliciting the co-operation and ac¬ 
knowledging the right of women [we should 
think so!] to assist it in Its work of reform.” 
Quite a number of Boys and Girls are acting 
as Club Agents for the Rural, ami we hope 
every one will secure a valuable premium, in 
addition to til6 batiBlaction of (loin# good by 
their efforts. 
It is asserted that the Patrons of Husbandry 
of Iowa have saved the past vear, in the pur¬ 
chase of reapers alone, £330.000, and by avoid¬ 
ing middle-men in both selling and buying 
have saved not less than £1,000,UU0. 
BUSINESS NOTICES. 
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An Important Iuveution. — The. Elastic Tru s 
and Supporter, furnished by the Elastic Truss Co., 
No. 083 Broadway, are unquestionably superceding 
I all others,aDd have taken the First Premium. Medals 
and Diplomas, in all Expositions where exhibited. 
The metal spring veneers find their occupation gone, 
and some of them beek to impose upon the public, 
by means of the popularity of The Mastic Trust, and 
steal the name to palm uit a worthless rupture bolt, 
or an abortive Elastic Truss, so-called, with the view 
of bringing the Elastic Truss into disrepute. We 
advise all to apply only to the above Company for 
an Elastic Truss, as there they can rely upon getting 
the original aud genuine urticle. 
«♦«-- 
The Eureka itJ-yds. Twist for Button Hole, and 
the 50 and 100-yda. spools for hund or machine sew¬ 
ing, are the best. 
Does the storm keep you from the lecture V Do 
the winter evenings seem long ? Have the old games 
become worn and lost tlielr freshness? Get now 
Avilude, or Game of Bird-. No game has so linppv a 
combination of keen enjoyment In Us play, with so 
much useful Information conveyed by the beautiful 
pictures of Birds and their flue and correct descrip¬ 
tions. Hent. post-paid, for sevonty-flvo cents, by 
West & Lee, Worcester, Mass. 
