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— Taunton, Mass., farmers were plowing last 
week. 
— Utah is out of debt, with $35,000 In the 
treasury. 
— California farmers are importing Italian 
farm laborers. 
— The heavy rains in Connecticut have done 
much damage. 
Brahminism is still professed by 110 , 000,000 
of human souls. 
— An Ohio man has lived five years on a quart 
of milk per day, 
— The surplus of corn at Odessa has benn sold 
six months ahead. 
— New Jersey paid about $90,000 last year for 
Legislative printing, 
— Reduction of official salaries is the demand 
of Western Oranges. 
— They have counted the noses of St. Louis 
dogs and only find 8 , 100 . 
— California is deliberating upon a bill to abol¬ 
ish capital punishment. 
— The savings hanks of the State of New Yoi>k 
contain over $300,000,000. 
— The Spanish civil war is affecting the sup¬ 
ply of oranges to I'uropo. 
— A Sunderland, Mass., farmer, raises $1,000 
worth of onions to the acre. 
— The Patrons of Husbandry are organizing 
a tannery in Charlton Co., Mo. 
— Spaniards of Cuba are pleased at Caleb 
Cushing's appointment it is said. 
- Colfax County Nebraska, Inst one-half the 
corn crop last year by grasshoppers. 
— Paris consumed the flesh of 5,180 horses for 
food during the first six months of 387.'). 
Over 17,000 persons in Cook County, 111., are 
now receiving aid from chnrltubte societies. 
— The Iowa State Orange has $10,000 in its 
treasury, and an honest sentinel at the door. 
Chicago launched Into matrimony last year 
14,000 prospective clients for its divorce lawyers. 
— Six artesian wells are in operation at Leslie, 
Midi., with an average capacity of six barrels 
per minute, the water rising to a hight of 
twelve feet above the lovel of ttie ground. 
For sale at the Rural Nkw-Yohkkr Office, No. 6 
Bookman 8t., New York, or sent by mail, post¬ 
paid, ou recolpt of price : 
Willard’ a Pfnctlenl Onlry Husbandry 
(just Issued)... «■* OO 
Alleu » (L. F.) America,, Cattle. 2 CO 
Uo. Xs«w A mwrtenn Ifnrm Uook.. 4 , 2 £0 
|>o. Diseases of Domestic Animals....! 1 u 
Do. Rural Anth I lecture. i sc 
American bird Pander.,, ... 30 
American Pomology (**) 111ustrnMon*) Warder.. 3 (W 
American Practical Cookery.. 1 75 
American Rose dolt urlat. .. 311 
American Htiunlarit of Kxccltsnco In Poultry.. 50 
American Wheat CuHurlst (Todd). •> n0 
Arohlluptnro, National KJeo. K. Woodward). 12 00 
Atwood a Country and Suburban Houses. 1 61 ) 
llarry s Fruit Gar deu (new edition),.. 250 
Bre keeper*’ Text 80 ok. Paper, 4Uc.; Cloth. 75 
dement a Itubbtt Pander.. :to 
Hick 11 all's Village Du Ildar (56 Plate's, allowing 
New and Practical Designs). 1000 
Bummer's Meth oil of Mulch * Manures.25 
□rcck'ii Book of Flower* (now)... 1 76 
Hridgemau’i. Gardener’s Ansmtaut. 3 5 (j 
Bukina Family Kitchen Gardener. 1 yj 
Do. Flowur Garden.. 1 ,n 
Carpentry Made Kusy (now),.... 5 m 
Chemistry of the Farm (Nichols). ' " 1 
CJinrlton'l Grape Grower's Guido. 76 
Older Maker’s Manual. >50 
Clater’s New III. Cattle Doctor, colored plates!!' 6 u0 
(.olrbetl b American Gardener. 
Cole’s American Fruit Uook.!!!!!!! 75 
cole « American Veterinarian. ’ 75 
Cotton Culture (Lymans,). "" 1 r,n 
Crack 8 (lot (Barber)... . } « 
Cranberry Culture (. 1 . J. White).!!!!:;; 1 25 
Dadd’s Auierlcun Cattle Doctor. 1 f ,0 
Do Modern Horse Doctor... 1 50 
Dana’s Muck Manual .!!. 1 -ir, 
!! , ‘ r !T , ?!! H Variations or Animals und Plants.!!!!! ti (X) 
Dead Shot: or. Suortman’s Complete Guido. 1 75 
Downing’s Fruits and Fruit Trues of America. 
Do. Rural Hlssays...!...:;.!.!;. 3 50 
Drainage fes-Prollt and Health.!..!!!!.!!!! 1 50 
Dyer and Color Maker's Companion. " 126 
Kustwoud’s Crauberry Culture. 
Klllot’s Litwu and Shade Trues,. !. 1 ui 
Everybody's Lawyer. '*. 2 00 
Nvcry Woman ller Owu Flower Gardener (new)! 
paper. MX:.! cloth. . 100 
Farm Drainage (II. F. French). .......1 50 
u " 11 Machinery (J. J. Thomas) 1 60 
Flshiug In American Wuicrs (Scott).!!!!!!!!!!!!! 3 60 
Flint on Grasse* . . 2 60 
Do. Milch Cows and Dairy Farming!!..! 2 6(1 
Purest Trees (Brvunt)., . ’ ’ 1 50 
Frank Forrester’s Field Sports (2 vols.). 0 in 
Do. Fish and Fishing <100 engraving*). 5 00 
Do.Manual for \ oung Sportsmen. 3110 
Fuller’* Illustrated Strawberry Culturlst ... 20 
Do. >orest l’reu Culturlst.,..,. „ 150 
Do. Small Fruits (Illustrated). 
Fniton’s Peach ii’nlture. A Hand-Book and 
Guide to Mvory Planter.. : u 
Gardening for ProHt (1*. Henderson). I 50 
Gardening for the South I White’s),...... " 2 in 
Grape Culturlst (A. 3. Fuller). ' 1 m 
Gray’s Mauualof Botany and I.nssong. ... 3 10 
DO. HCllOul and Field Book of Hotnriy. 2 . ) 
Do. How Plants Grow (600 Illustrations).. . 1 12 
Do. lntrouuctlon to Structural ami Systematic 
Botany and Vegetable Physiology ll.fiuu lllus.). 3 50 
Oueiiou on Mllcli Cows.. . 75 
Gun, Rod and Saddle. ... ." 150 
Harney's Burns, Outbuildings and Fence*.! ffi (,,j 
Harris on Insects... 4 0 (j 
Do. on the Pig— Breeding, Management, Ac.!!!! 1 60 
llal.neld s Aiunncun House Carpenter. 3 CO 
1 Ulnis to Horrs Keepers 1 Herbert'*).'....! 1 75 
tilgli Farming without Manure... 35 
Holly’* Art of Saw-Filing... 75 
Holly's Carpenter’s llmnl Book (new). " 75 
Hooper’s Dog and Gun. ..n 
Ueopea’ Book of lCvurgreetis. '" a in 
Hop Culture.. ' 4 J 1 
How Crops Feed.... * iin 
How Crops Grow.. 3 | 0 
Hunter and Trapper. ! 1 L n 
ttUMmauu's Grapes and Wine... * 150 
Indian Corn: Its Value. Culturu and Oses......! 1 50 
Jen Plugs ou ( tittle and their Ohiouses. 1 75 
Du. Horse and his Diseases. 1 75 
Do. Horst! Training Made k’n.iy. 1 25 
Do. Sheep, Swine and Poultry. ' 1 75 
•tohnsloii's Agricultural Chemistry.' 1 75 
Do. Elements Agricultural Chemistry."" 1 511 
Kemp's Landscape Gardening. 0 gn 
Langstruth on the Hive and Honey Bee!.!!!!!!’ 2 uii 
LowIV American Sportsman... " 275 
Lightning Rods, and Uovr to Ccnslruet Thom, 
by John Phiu. .. or 
Manual ou riax and Hemp Culture. . *. 
Manual of Tobacco Culture. 7 
Mason's Furrier and Stud Hook.!!!.!!. 1 ,'t 
h i I hi titrated ilorx# MatiuKeuiont.. am 
Do. Illustrated Uorsn Doctor. ... .. .... 353 
Mechanic’s Companion (Nicholson). "' 31,0 
Mechanics for Millwrights, Machinists and others 1 50 
Miles ou Horse'S Foul (cloth). 75 
Modern Cookery (by Mis* Acton and Mrs.S.'j. 
Uale).... . 1 75 
MoClure's Disease* of Horse. Cattle and Sheep! 2 1)0 
Money in thu Garden, by P. T. U-'-n. 1 511 
Norrlw' Fish Culture. 175 
Norton's Klein enu HcleutiBc Agriculture !!!’!!! 76 
Onion Culture .... ‘ 2t* 
Our Farm of Four Acre* ... nfl 
Pardee op Btrawheiry Culture.,.!. 
Parsons on the Rose. 1 *5 
Paar Culture for Prottt (P. T. Oulnm . .inn 
Pedder’s Laud Measure .... , V . . ..'I”:. 1 «} 
Practical and Sol entitle Fruit Culture (Buker).!! 4 ou 
Practical Floriculture (P. llendernoD).. 1 6(1 
Practical Poultry Keeper (),. Wright).. 2 0(1 
Practical Shepherd iKandull). 2 OO 
Quluby’s Mysteries of Ree Keeping.. ’ 1 50 
tjulhuy ou (soiling Cattle... 1 25 
RaudulP* F'lne Wool Hhecp Husbandry...!!!!!!! 1 0O 
Do. Sheep Husbaodry In the South.. 1 60 
Richardson on the Dog... 30 
haunders’ Domestic Poultry. * m 
Schenok’s Gardeners’ Text-Book.* 75 
Kcribner's Produce Tables. jn 
Do. Ready Reckoner and List Book. 30 
Biiaoson’s Horse Portraiture — Dreed Rear¬ 
ing ana Training 'Trotters. 2 GO 
Six Hundred Recipes. 175 
Skeleton Leaves.. 2 m 
Skillful Housewife.„.!!!.! ! ! 76 
Slack’s Trout Culture (new). . ' 1 sn 
Stewart's (John) Stabl e Book.!!!!’.’.!! 1 60 
Tcgetmeier's Poultry Book (colored plates). 0 00 
Tegetmeler » Pigeon Book (colored plates).... 5 CO 
Teu Acres Knough...... ’’ 1 60 
The lloitou Machinist (Flttgeruld). . .. 75 
The Dog (by Dinks, Mayhew and HutOhlnioui!! 3 CO 
The Dog (new),.. 2 cn 
The Horse (Stonehenge], Bvo.,622 pp. 
The Mule (Itlley)-A Treati*e on the Breeding 
Training and use* to which he nmy be put... 1 HI 
The People’s Practical Poultry Book. .... 1 50 
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