“ PROCRESS AND IMPROVEMENT. ’ 
MOORE'S RURAL NEW-YORKER. 
A NATIONAL ILLUSTRATED 
BUBAL, LITKBAliV AMI KAMILV NKffSPAPLB. 
D. D. T. IKIOORE, 
Founder and Conducting Editor. 
CHA8. D. BRAGDON, ANDREW S. FULLER, 
Associate Editors. 
HENRY S. RANDALL LL, D., Cortland Village, N. Y„ 
EerroU or Till. DltrAKT-MKhr or Sunni’ IluSRANDHY. 
X. A, WILLARD, A. M., Little Falls, N. Y., 
Editok or iii k Dxi-abtmbnt "r Dxikv Husbandry. 
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G. A. C. BARNETT, Publisher. 
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SATURDAY, JANUARY 17, 1874. 
TO RURAL READERS. 
NOW IS THE TIME I 
Yes, Yore is the Very Best Time for 
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TEE PROSPECT AHEAD, 
Most of our readers, in both Country and 
Town, arc naturally anxious as to the pros¬ 
pects for the year ensuing. They wish to know 
whett of the time- - the iudlentions In regard to 
the future, in a financial or business point of 
view’. The farmer is anxious about the price 
of his products, mechanics and manufacturer* 
as to what their labor and wares will bring, 
and the merchant wishing to ascertain whether 
the goods he purchases will find t» ready and 
profitable sale. These ure important Items in 
the estimation of the three important classes 
or trades named, and if we eaa Aid thorn in 
solving the problem, it is our bouiiden duty to 
do so. Without assuming the ken cl prophecy, 
let. us see what may be deemed a* probable in 
the present state of affairs thffflrigliout the 
country- 
We have just, passed through a «• Isis or panic 
which has shaken the wboU Country and 
crushed, temporarily at least, muni/ a million¬ 
aire and swamped thousands hitherto w r ell-to- 
do business men. Let us look over the Hold 
and see what are the prospects ot the classes 
above enumerated—viz., farrmegfc mechanics, 
manufacturers and merchants. It is possible, 
if not probable, that wo may discover a diver 
lining for each. 
And first, as a leading city daily says, “The. 
New Year opens more favorably in business 
circles than could have been hoped three 
months ago” and it gives cogent reasons why 
prosperity should prevail during the year. 
Among other 1 hlnga it says: 
“ The steady stream of bread stuffs from this 
country still keeps pouring into Kurope in un¬ 
diminished volume, and its capacity to take 
our supplies seems almost inexhaustible. The 
recolptB of cotton at the ports have been 
largely in advance of the corresponding period 
last, season; but the staple bring* lowprices. 
This very fact, however, i ncreases the demand, 
and is likely to restore To us the control of I 
European markets." 
The same authority, after discussing the 
prospects of the railroads says that, “ despite 
general conservatism In business, which re¬ 
duces travel, It la believed that the groat raii- 
v. r ny property of the country is in a sounder 
condition than it has been for some years." 
Ami then It. remarks that " Foreign money- 
markets are also oasy, and a good feeling pre¬ 
vails generally In financial circles abroad '— 
adding that the prospect for the continuance 
of peace among European powers is good, and 
that trade, understanding this, feels secure. Ac. 
The very general resumption of business In 
manufacturing operations, especially In tex¬ 
tiles, cotton and woolen goods, is another 
favorable indication; and on the whole, we 
regard the outlook for the great Rural and 
other Industrial and Producing Classes as 
favorablo to their prosperity and that of the 
country. 
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RURAL NOTES AND QUERIES. 
The Agricultural Press, we are glad to ob¬ 
serve, has entered upon the year 1874 under 
favorable auspices, and we wish each and all 
of our contemporaries merited success. They 
ought to win, as they are helping to make the 
fortunes of the People and Country, for—ex¬ 
cuse us for adding—no class of Journals are do¬ 
ing more, or so much, to benefit and enhance 
the Interests of the Indus! rinj Classes. As we 
said in our issue of Jan. ", 1861), (t he first number 
of this journal printediu New York City,) “In I 
no selfish spirit, but with an earnest desire and 
determination to i.xckt. In efforts to Improve 
I the Mind and the 8oil—to elevate Man and 
enhance the value of his Posses, ions—we enter 
j upon the labors of our Twentieth Volume. 
Though our marked success may have created 
envy and jealousy In the breasts of some, wc 
extend kindly greetings to all and bear malice 
toward none. As there is ‘ample room and 
verge enough’for all those who dewiro to pro¬ 
mote the good cause for which wc labor, each 
and every honorable contemporary has otirbest 
wishes, and may the most deserving receive 
the most abundant reward." 
— Buch was our declaration years ago, and it 
Is now repeated in behalf of our brethren, with 
unction. By the way, we have recently been 
requested to give a history of the Agricultural 
Tress of America—on the assumption that we 
were the oldest member? butw-o respectfully 
decline, for the present at least, asking If there 
Is not a senior who should have the honor of 
discharging that important duty. 
•• By their Fruits,’’ Arc. Some of our readers 
| object to the Order of the Patrons of Hus¬ 
bandry because they are secret organizations. 
I This objection Is a weak one. One might as 
well object to a family became its members 
are known as “close mouthed, 1 and do not go 
through the neighborhood gratifying their 
gossiping neighbors by retailing all the details 
of family life, or of their own business and rc- 
; lattons to others. Every man or woman has 
! his or her secrets. It is right he or she should. 
This Order, like the Church or any other social 
organization, is to bo judged by its fruits- Wo 
do not speak as a Patron, but as one whs is 
quite willing to commend whatever good is j 
done to society, no matter whether it is done 
secretly or openly- We shall deal only W’ith 
the acts of the Patrons—not with their meth¬ 
ods. We do not. care what kind of a tool a man 
uses to keep his corn clean, provided it is kept 
clean. We judge of his good sense and thrift 
as a corn grower by the condition of his corn 
while growing and by the product at harvest, 
and not by the tool he uses or the fatness or 
leanness or value of the animal that draws his 
cultivator, shovel or bull-tongue plow. Let s 
away with these quibbles about methods, and 
J watch for the fruit the Order bears. 
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The Center of Wheat Production.—We call 
the attention of our readers to Mr. Alexander 
1 Delsiau's article upon the movement of the 
center of wheat production, and especially to 
! the causes which have lod to the results which 
he has so ably expressed by figures—to the fact 
that whereas the center of wheat production 
moved westward up to 1869, since that time it 
1 has boon steadily advancing eastward; and 
that the cause for this reversal of the move- 
! m0 nt ia found in the fact that its center had 
I got too far away from the market, and that 
freight tariffs remonstrated and succeeded in 
turning the lido of production towards points 
nearer market centers. Theoretically this 
must always bo the law of production, and the 
I facts and figures Mr. Dki.MAU exhibits seem 
to prove that American wheat culture has ob¬ 
served and Is submitting to this inexorable 
law. Read the article. 
Pulling Each Other Down.—Some of the New 
Hampshire farmers have a deliciously fresh 
way of putting things. For instance, one of 
them Is reported as saying at a recent farmers’ 
meeting in that State: 
“A* a class, farmers don't. Work together: 
they spite ami trip up each other. If the men 
here to-day could have the selection of officers 
of the State they wouldn't probably choose 
farmers. The moment, one farmer begins to 
get up a little, wc get jealous and pull him 
down." 
We don't assert that, this is irue of farmers 
more than of any other class. Thera is too 
little fraternity among oil of us. Bmne of ua 
secretly, if not openly, rejoice when a rival of 
our own class la in trouble and falls. Perhaps 
we don’t all do so; but as a rule wo are too 
much inclined to be envious of and captious 
concerning men who get up higher than we 
are, or acquire places which wo seek. Co¬ 
operation and fraternity help us to crush out. 
such propensities. Let us try. Men and Breth¬ 
ren and Sisters, to keep the evil in ourselves 
under control, and cease pulling each other 
down. 
Importation of EuglDli Laborer*.—" A Sub¬ 
scriber,” West Point, Nebraska, who is evident¬ 
ly an Englishman, referring to our advlee to 
American farmer to let English laborers who 
choose to come hither pay their own way, says: 
A a regards your advice. I for one quite concur 
with you. Let md the English laborer be 
enticed over here; lie h- much bettor off where 
he is, with wages of .'Via week the year round, 
with advantage of buying bio clothing at 50 per 
cent, lower and 30 per cent, better in quality, 
besides the advantage of living In a country 
where the laws are resneefed and enforced. He 
therefore feels safe, knowing what, property 
he has is protected. I am Indeed surprised 
that, my fellow citizens should be gulled by 
such men as A mm and Rrat>laugh, men who 
are too Idle to work or pursue any respect able 
calling.arid are trying to make a good thing 
out of the gullibility of the people of this 
country. 
We are very glad our “Subscriber” has the 
good sense so to advise his countrymen. Jt 
they are so well off at home, they would only 
be discontented if they arrived here, no matter 
if their passage is paid by Americans; and 
Americans can see the folly of bringing over 
such laborers to this country with any hope of 
profit. Wc quite agree with hint in hia estimate 
of Aucu and Biia DLAUGH and of all similar 
“labor reformers” in this country and Euorpe, 
so far as we have had opport unity to knew them. 
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Capital Advice for lloy*, Men and Women !— 
An old man is reported as giving the follow ing 
advice to his sons: 
” Boys, don’t you ever speoerlal n or ever 
wait for something to turn ip. You might 
just as well go and sit down on a stone in the 
middle of the medder with a pall ’twist your 
legs, and wait for a cow to back up to bo 
milked.” 
This advice is put in homely phrase, but it is 
both philosophical and sensible. There are 
thousands of people who speculate rather than 
work, a largo per cent, of whom not only fail 
to realize a cent but lose all they and their 
friends may have accumulated. There are 
other thousands who are waiting and have al¬ 
ways waited for” something to turn up” who 
will continue to “wait’’ as long as the boy 
would have to “wait for a cow to back up to 
he milked." They arc a nuisance to all work¬ 
ers—an eye-sore and heart-ache to their friends. 
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Plow Maker* Striking.—Some of the Western 
plow takers arc trying hard to support their 
agents. In times past these agents have done 
well for the manufacturers and made a good 
thing for themselves. The retail price fixed 
has enabled the agents to make enormous 
profits out of producers. The farmers have got 
tired of it, and by combining their orders are 
asking the same favors as the manufacturers 
have hitherto given agents. Hence there is 
rebellion. It may be the. agents arc in debt to 
the manufacturers, and the latter find that the 
I only way to recover their claims is to continue 
to furnish them their wares exclusively. The 
result has been a resolution to sell only 
through agents, and a resolution on the part 
of the combined farmers not to purchase the 
plows of manufacturers so resolving. Hence 
the war. 
The Buffalo slaughter, which has been going 
on the past few years on the Plains and which 
increases every year, is wantonly wicked, and 
should be stopped by the most stringent eDact- 
L monts and most vigilant enforcement of the 
law. Killing these noble animals for their hides 
simply, or to gratify the “pleasure" of some 
Russian Duke or English Lord, is a species of 
vandalism which cannot too quickly be check¬ 
ed. United States surveying parties report 
that there are 2,000 hunters on the Plains kill¬ 
ing these animals fur their hidos. One party 
of 16 hunters report hav ingk i Hod 28,000 buffaloes 
during the past summer. It. seems to us there 
is quite as much reason why the Government 
should protect the buffaloes as the Indians. 
ear Mi some interesting facts and find several 
Credit Mobflicrs lying aroun d loose. Let's have 
the Commission! The people’s money might, 
as well be spent in such a way as investigat¬ 
ing the characters of Congressmen who have 
none worth boasting about. 
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The Illinois Farmers’ Movement.—One can¬ 
not read tho proceedings of the recent meeting 
of the Illinois State Farmers' Association with¬ 
out. being impressed with the fact that the 
farmers of tliatStatc are making rapid progress 
in their investigation of public policy and 
measures. They are to be congratulated, too, 
for the dignity and temperate character of 
these discussions. Of course, all that was said 
was not sensible j but the amount of good sense 
spoken will compare with that uttered by any 
other deliberative body of the same size and 
during the same time. 
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Kesolre to Plant Evergreen*.—If any man, 
with any appreciation of what is beautiful in 
bis soul, will, as we did the other day, contrast 
the winter appearance and cosiness of a house 
whose grounds are garnished with cvergfecns, 
with the homestead surrounded, in winter, 
with the stripped orchard trees, maples and 
other deciduous trees, and assert t o us that he 
admires the bareness and bleakness of tho one 
rather than the vernal warmth of the other, 
and assert that it don’t pay to plant, evergreens, 
we will certainly believe that man worthy to 
be an inmate of some insane asylum. 
The. liayden Geological Survey.—“ Geolo¬ 
gist " asks, “ Are tho reports of the Hayden 
Geological Survey ytt published? If so, where 
can they be obtained, and at what price ?“ We 
have understood that there was to bo a report 
published by Government of Hayden’s Expe¬ 
ditions. but do not know anything positive In 
relation to tho same. If published by the 
Government, we presume you know’ as well as 
ourselves how such things are to he obtained. 
If at all, by those outside of political rings. 
“ Patron* of Industry—Wo notice that this 
[ “Order" is attracting some attention. We 
caution our readers against it. So far a.s wo 
arc informed, wo have reason to believe it a 
swindle of tho first class and its originator an 
irresponsible adventurer. He baa " taken in," 
if we can trust the testimony which has come 
to us, several would-bc “Patrons of Industry” 
and will initiate more. If be gets a chance, in a 
way that will afford the neophytes no profit 
whatever. 
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Consumer*' Importing Tea Co.—Our readers 
should not overlook the advertisement in an¬ 
other column of the Consumers’ Importing 
Tea Co. They propose to supply consumers 
only with pure teas ns cheaply as largo facili¬ 
ties and direct communication with the con¬ 
sumer will allow’. Wc know’ this .Company— 
that it is In every way reliable, and worthy the 
confidence of the public. 
Pri-parins for (lie Purchase of Implement*_ 
The Iowa State Grange of Patrons of Husband¬ 
ry is urging the Subordinate Granges to make 
at once a thorough canvass among the members 
of the Order, to ascert ain how many and what 
implements they will require the coming sea¬ 
son—this with a view of securing a supply at 
greatly reduced rates. 
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Exchange Visit* of Inspection.—'Tho winter 
is a good lime for farmers to exchange visits 
of inspection -to examine each other’s farm 
buildings and contrivances for the comfort of 
animals and conveniences for their care. These 
neighborhood exchanges of hospitalities are 
always profitable, besides being exceedingly 
pleasant. 
Europcnn Travel and .study.—Any of our 
youug lady readers who would like to visit 
Europe and study at the same time, under the 
guidance of a lady of experience and culture, 
should refer to the advertisement of Mrs. C. F- 
Winslow in this paper. The references are 
unexceptionable. 
“A* on Advertising Medium we regard tho 
Rural New -Yorker as unexcelled.” So write 
Messrs. Blair Bros., proprietors of Lee'6 Sum¬ 
mit Nurseries, Mo., and many other shrewd 
business folk who have advertised in this paper 
are of the same opinion. 
What Crop* hove Fold Best the Past Season ? 
—It would be interesting to have this question 
answered by our farm readers. We think it 
would prove a profitable investigation for every 
farmer to make for himself. 
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Obituary—The death of Henry A. Dreek, 
Seedsman and Nurseryman of Philadelphia, is 
! announced. Mr. Dueer has been known to the 
Agricultural world a long time as a man of 
i great energy, industry and integrity. 
BUSINESS NOTICES, 
Investigating Agricultural Colleges, — Mr. 
IIURLiu’T of Illinois proposes a Congressional 
Commission to investigate the condition of 
the Agricultural Colleges and the manner in 
which they apply the funds donated them by 
the General Government. Such a Commission 
will have a good time! It would probably un- 
“O mamma, what shall I do ?" says ten-year-old 
Annie, with a plaintive voice. 
“Mamma, ’muse me," adds curly-lieaded Harry, 
and the paticut, loving mother looks with wistful 
eye for something to satisfy her bright, restless 
children. 
If she had now Avilude, or Game of Birds, it would 
be Just the thing. Sent, post-paid, for seventy-five 
cents, by West & Lee, Worcester, Mass. 
