those who have applied to us personally will 
furnish us with their respective addresses, we 
will put them in communication with any gar¬ 
dener who may notify us that he is willing to 
receive them. 
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Who Wants to Educate Young Farmers?— 
We should like to know, because scarce a week 
passes that we do not receive calls from some 
father who has a son whom he desires should 
go to live with a good farmer and learn farm¬ 
ing: or from some young mun who has this 
ambition. If such of our readers as are willing 
to take an honest, willing young man or boy 
will inform us, and state In detail the terms 
and conditions upon which they will do so, we 
shall tile such letters for reference when we 
have such applications in future as we speak of. 
Commissioner Watts a place and voice In the 
Cabinet is too much for us! It overwhelms ub 
with the idea of our own agricultural import¬ 
ance and opens to our eyes lengthened vistas 
In which we see “the good time coming 1” 
Really, we hope this *>111 will pass! We think 
it would be a good thlDg for the country if 
President Grant was compelled to listen at 
every Cabinet meeting, for a few months, to 
the sapient counsels of this great chief of the 
Department of Agriculture to whom ho has 
given position 1 PoBsibly the President would 
discover sagacity in his counsel and the wisdom 
which oozes out of him whenever he writes or 
speaks! Let us have Watts in the Cabinet by 
all means! ____ 
“California Roses.”— For several weeks 
past an old scoundrel has been walking about, 
the streets of New-York City selling plants 
which he calls “ California Roses.” The roots 
are carefully done up In seaweed, and the stem, 
or stems, trained In the usual artistic bow- 
form of roses sold in our markets. Plants 
with a single stem are offered for SO cents; 
those with two stems, $1 each. This Itinerant 
peddler says that be procured his stock of this 
wonderful, fragrant and beautiful rose from 
California a few years since, and planted it in 
his garden at Yonkers or some other conve¬ 
nient. locality, where it was propagated and 
from whence he obtains his Bupply. Of course 
lie claims to be very poor and needs to dispose 
Of these plants to keep bin wife and children 
in bread. We presumo he drives a pretty good 
trade, for we have seen gentlemen carrying 
home these precious plants, and no doubt 
many are waiting to see their California roses 
bloom. But to make the story short, we have 
only to say that this precious old rascal Is sell¬ 
ing green, or cat., briars (SmUtix), dug up from 
the woods and hedges, and these are his Cali¬ 
fornia roses! “God bless you, and a great 
kindness you have done a poor but worthy 
mun ” Is thrown in with every plant sold ! 
gan“ Her farmers are losing every year in tne j 
value of their fixed capital, and in this respect j 
she is not oocupying the position she is entitled 
to." Then he asks, “ Who is to blame for this 
but the farmer?" and asserts, “There is not 
enough business ability applied to the manage¬ 
ment of his capital.” He looks to the Grange 
to be of service In correcting this state of things 
by bringing “together the owners of this capi¬ 
tal, so that they consult, advise and counsel 
together how their business maybe improved. 
.1 Webster Childs had *' no animosity againat 
railroads.” Ho thanked GOD that they restat¬ 
ed, He wanted them to make a fair profit upon 
their money, but when dividends were demand¬ 
ed upon millions of dollars of watered stock 
which did not represent a dollar of capital in- | 
vested, he was opposed to their workings. He 
did not want manufacturers t* Invest capital 
and work for nothing, but he wanted t he farm¬ 
er to get near them. Hr wanted to do away 
with the leeches who were between the manu¬ 
facturer and the user. 
A “Granger” in the Maine Farmer thus de¬ 
fends the secret feature of tho Order of Patrons 
of Husbandry:— 1 ' Many oppose secret societies. 
I doubt if any open one can accomplish so 
much No loader makes known his plans to 
his enemies.” He addsFarming, a* an 
occupation, !* conducted in a loose war and 
subject to many abuses, ft. brings upon the 
farmer almoat. a life of drudgery. We can hardly 
spend time for social intercourse; money spent 
for our mutual benefit comes grudgingly, ami 
yet wc are at the mercy of swindlers of all 
classes. No other society In tho world can pro¬ 
tect. us as farmer* like the Granges from those 
sharpers If we follow Its precepts.” 
T. R. Allen of Missouri, Master of the Slate 
Grange, t,ays:-“The transportation monopo¬ 
lies arc our worst enemies, and the more we 
can become independent of them the better 
for ua. This is a powerful incentive to home 
manufacture. While we continue to ship our 
rwxv rn aterlal and import manufactured goods, 
“ progress and improvement 
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CHAS. D. BRAGDON, ANDREW S. FULLER, 
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HENRY S. RANDALL LL, D., Cortland Village, N. Y„ 
Editor oh tii* Dxmhtmxnt or Swir Heatixoar. 
X. A. WILLARD, A. M.. Little Fafls, N. Y„ 
Editor or th» Dri-artihint or Dairt Hchbakdry. 
Mealing from Fish PondH on Long Island.— 
In answer to Inquiries a* to how stealing from 
fish ponds may be prevented, Seth Ghken gives 
the following advice: 
Dear Sir:— Advise all engaged In trout busi¬ 
ness on Long Island not to buy any trout 
from parties whom they do not. know came 
honestly by them. Do away with the prac¬ 
tice of “No questions asked.' If the buyers 
are not thieves, they are just, as bad. Shoot a 
few of the thieves. Be sure to aim low or you 
may bit your friend. Follow this advice and 
will be no trouble. Seth Green. 
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RURAL BREVITIES 
Olm Bros., New ark, N..I. send us their An¬ 
nual Plant Catalogue. 
The Ohio State Pair Is to he held at Columbus, 
Commencing Sept. 7, 1874. 
S. W. Stodlky, Cat skill Station, N. Y., sends 
us his Price-List, of eggs for 1874. 
The Price-List, of the Auburn Manufacturing 
Co., Auburn, N. Y., has been received. 
I> R Brown is informed that we do not know 
where he can get the beet incubator nor the 
price. 
D H Brown & Sons, New Brunswick. N. J- 
have issued their Spring Catalogue of Plants 
for 1874. 
Reisig <fc Heiameb’S (New Castle, N.Y.,) Cat¬ 
alogue of small fruits, seed potatoes and seeds, 
is received. 
The 13th volume of the American Short-Horn 
Herd Book is now in press, and will be issued 
next month. 
Jas. M. TUORRORN& Co- lb John St., N- Y. 
City, send us their descriptive Catalogues.of 
Seeds, Bulbs &e. 
James U. V. Hawkins, Goshen, N. Y-, sends 
us his Catalogue of Choice Farm and Select 
Vegetable Seeds. 
Hooper Brother & Thomas, West Chester, 
Pa., send u* their semi-annual trade list for 
PUBLIC SOCIAL LIFE 
SATURDAY, MARCH 14, 1874. 
CURRENT OPINION 
The voice of the People is the voice of God,” 
somebody once said; and the quotation has 
been often repeated—was repeated long before 
the “Rollgion of Humanity" wa* known and 
the “G"<1 of Humanity” was proclaimed by 
the Positivists. Wo have never seen the asser¬ 
tion of the quotation denied. We do not know 
but people generally believe It—at least they 
talk as if they did—and we are inclined to think 
that it I* as nearly a fact as anything which is 
asserted concerning the Divine Power Influ¬ 
encing men. If we are Sous of God, then our 
voloc is God's voice. Tilts is not stated with any 
other than reverential feelings. We have faith in 
human nature. We believe in the omnipotence 
of public opinion, ami regard b man foolish, if 
not a fool, who does not recognize and obey it* 
mower when mice fairly expressed. In looking 
over our exchanges, therefore, and reading the 
letters and editorials they contain, we are 
struck with the wonderful diversity, as well as 
unanimity, of opinion expressed by this public, 
voice. Let us give a sample of a few we clip at 
in a sense substitutes and improvements upon 
bar-rooms, saloons and corner groceries. The 
raids of praying women upon liquor saloons 
and their success In closing them must be 
supplemented by attractive substitutes which 
shall supply the social needs and a more health¬ 
ful stimulus for tho class of men who arc thus 
deprived of a place of common resort. These 
substitutes must furnish the same freedom 
and retain similar or equally pleasant and at¬ 
tractive features, shorn of all violous tempta¬ 
tions. There must be stimulating attractions 
of some sort. Or course they should be elo- 
vatlng and humanizing, instead of debasing 
and demoralizing. But men ami women should 
meet, or have the facilities for meeting, on 
some common ground of privilege and brush¬ 
ing against each other in a social way. lhci 
will do so. The question Is, What shall be the 
ehuractor of the attractions that shall draw 
and hold them together? This, it seems to us, 
is the next question to be answered. 
Tul *40,800 cow, “Eighth Duchess of Geneva," 
is dead died Feb. 27. Feb. 10, she lost her calf 
by premature birth. 
A. D. Pky vl, Oakland, Cal., sends us his cat¬ 
alogue or trees, greenhouse a nd bedding plants, 
flowering bulbs, roots, Ac., for 1874. 
llKNTLY asks us where lie can get pure Chester 
White pigs. We wish we could tell; ne can t, 
wc don’t know where they can be got. 
Vick’s Floral Guide, No. 2, for 1874, just 
received, i m't “naughty but Its nice -just full 
of good tinugs, some Of which we shall print. 
There is trouble in the Kansas Agricultural 
College. Three Professors have been retired 
by the Board of Regents. The students arc 
indignant. 
If “A Constant Header" who asks after a 
certain axle oiler, will send us hi* real name 
and address, we may think more of him than 
we do now and possibly may obtain the infor- 
RURAL NOTES AND OTJERIES 
Retrenchment with Legislator* at once 
means retrenchment on anything except that 
which will affect their own purses and the 
efficiency of the political machinery of the 
party in power. If the blow can he struck in 
such a wav as only to affect mudsills, farmer*, 
mechanics, laborers, it is all right anti legiti¬ 
mate. But the aristocracy known ns poli¬ 
ticians, and their friends—the leeches upon 
the public treasury—must not be touched. " If 
farmers will clamor for eooaomy in the admin¬ 
istration of public affairs,” say the*e men, 
“let, them be deprivedol what they flow pos¬ 
sess. Let them ‘ hoe their own row ’ (provided 
they re-elect us) and we will look out for our¬ 
selves and ours. Ltfc us cut down the salaries 
we pay their agents In the Department of Ag¬ 
riculture so that they cannot be represented 
by a man of decent, ability, and give what we 
take from them to sinecures among our own 
relatives and political friends. Thus will re¬ 
trenchment be glorious and good and we will 
fatten and prosper." This la the logical lan¬ 
guage of nine-tenth* of t he economical legis¬ 
lation of the “statesmen” of tho country. 
Fentlnn Leute.— “ You are going too mat/— 
we have no time to lose," said tho great l rench 
surgeon, and we illustrated it* truth in publish¬ 
ing in our issue of Feb. 38th the advertisement 
of a flue Kansas Stock Farm, for sale by Handy 
& Nichols, Topeka, Kansas, flurrying up for 
press, the advertisement or the compo*itor be 
came “rlcmoraMz&l" and prevented adjustment, 
making us say 30 miles instead of 2 miles, and 
4G acre* Instead of 400 acres. A comparison of 
that issue with tills will show the result of 
more haste than speed. We dislike these things 
exceedingly; but sometimes, as ShakspEABE 
say*, “There’s a divinity that shapes our ends 
Rough ; hew the to as we will.” 
BUSINESS NOTICES 
Women \\ tin Waul to Learn Horticulture. 
To several applicants we are compelled to say 
that we know of no florUts or gardeners who 
are willing to undertake the education of wo¬ 
men in any department of horticulture. If 
there arc any such horticulturists who read the 
Rural New-Yorker let them inform us, and 
in future we will record the names and address 
of the women who make Such application! W 
Nearly every on© has been made aware by notices 
of the press that the new Elastic Truss really cure* 
Hernia. It is worn with great comfort, and should 
not be taken off till the patient Is fully cured. Sold 
cheap. Very durable. This Truss is sent by mail 
everywhere and Circulars furnished free by The 
Elastic Truss Co„ 683 Broadway, N, Y. City. 
A New Cobiuet Officer. — A bill has actually 
been introduced into Congress designed to ele¬ 
vate the Commissioner of Agriculture to the 
rank of a Cabinet officer. The details of this 
bill we have not seen. But the manner in 
which labor is to be “dignified” by giving 
