. better by be lauded ana upnem uy -- 
not become much better oy , Dominion, and foreign papers may 
a single Payn>ent of $881^, £P tf) Gxa j t it> but the benefits to the 
*l£ft.30, or ten of f106.00. J hat fann.-r will not be equul to half of 
he rendered very aUra,qive b> J t ( J cost him . Tens of thousands of 
the ** profits to bc divided ^ farnie „. son8 and daughters must feel 
l »- k :r lh0 w * to “~ M ' 
!y »n« iortb cm.lderlDE, no I thU moirfro". .oanaal. _ 
. in this age and country, he *** 
, holder, unless some one was patent Gates. — F. L. Meachkm writes , 
it so. Take away the Itnagina- ,« will you publish descriptions of some of the 
« eloquence of the agent, and best pat ent gates that are opened and closed 
Is father to the thought,” and j by a spring or levers while remaining in wagon 
policy meansthat the company l or carriage, and oblige." We. some years ago, 
jv obtain more than six per did publish descriptions and illustrations oJ 
i confession, proposes to take puo]l patents. Wc are willing to do so now 
V expenses out of it, keep it so p rov j ded the patentees are equally willing to 
I return it with ever so much ., foot , , he bill." It is not our rule to advertise 
ound interest all of which is pa ,, eil ted articles without pay. Those inter¬ 
im! not worth telling to a busi- eftted in making them known to the public 
knows enough to purchase a raugt , pay for the use of our columns; but we 
nd or a bit of wildland. The are always willing to spend money to give o 
mnv cannot compete with sav- our readers descriptions and, if necessary, 1 us- 
‘ . I.. „nr,fcvrmlnt> to savings trntlr.uH of umiatented devices that we think 
“PROCRESS AND IMPROVEMENT 
Like IiuhJBANCK is yet so new in t ils coun¬ 
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that a whole life insurance may survive Its use¬ 
fulness. That it may do so, that in fact it will 
certainly do so If it does not mature by death, 
is a statistical fact which the companies arc 
not specially interested in publishing. Hie 
asaurant is chiefly intent upon obtaining a pro¬ 
tection which will last as long as he requires 
it, that shall not terminate by expiry or the 
company’s act, and It would not facilitate hm 
compliance with the company’s requirement* 
to disturb his prepossessions in this respect. 
The prospect of Interminable premiums Is not 
| an attractive one. especially when each recur¬ 
rent payment brings with it the possibility of 
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Potatoes From 
England Alarmed-Importing 
America.—The London Times says the ravages 
of the Colorado potato beetle In this country 
havc alarmed the English growers U’*t this Insect 
he imported with the largo quantities of seed 
potatoes Introduced from America. It adde: 
With a view to preventing its mtrodu* i">n. M . 
Tm OE.mi* CLARKE. Secretary of t he Central 
Chamber of Agriculture, on the 
niarv addressed a letter to Mr. UuAUffMSK, 
calling his attention to the imminent risk to 
which the United Kingdom, especially Ireland, 
iH exposed, and suggesting that the Importa¬ 
tion of potatoes from ;the United States and 
Brit ish America should at once be prohibited. 
In renlv a letter was received last week from 
JmS& A. mw vmmu to, 'O-l®. to .h. 
affect that, according to the American official 
reports. It does not appear that the eggs «" 
larva? of tlm Colorado beetle have been or are 
deposited or conveyed In the tuber of the po¬ 
tato, and therefore there Is considered to be no 
re,won to prevent the Importation of seed pota¬ 
toes from A merlea into the United Kingdom 
until the case is proved to be otherwise. 
useless, if not a burden, at Bixty-flve, and will 
then he abandoned, only one half the contem¬ 
plated payments have, at that age, been made 
upon the annual premium policy,which is thus 
worth—say five hundred and ten dollars. The 
whole of the payments nave been long since 
completed upon the limited premium insur¬ 
ance which 1 b thus worth about *150 more, 
or six hundred and sixty dollars. These 
values arc not sums which the policy holders 
can have by calling for them, but sums deposit¬ 
ed with the company to enable it to pay one 
thousand dollars wholly with the depositor’s 
money in case the insured reaches the age of 
one hundred. The loss to the policy holder Is 
exaggerated by the fact that the accumulations 
in either case are made at four per cent, inter¬ 
est only, while that which Is saved, by paying 
the smaller premium continuously, is worth, 
and will readily and safely earn twice as much 
-beside, incase or death at anytime, the con¬ 
tinued premium policy has cost the assured I 
less money which, In dealing with an Insurance 
company, is an advantage worth considering. 
The policy holder who has, at the age of forty, 
lust paid a premium of say *430, down in one 
sum, for a thousand dollars to be paid at his 
death will be out of pocket in casehedied dur¬ 
ing Uie first year, fully four hundred and ten 
dollars more than another of the same age who 
to pay the smallest premium for 
irancc. If money was worth no 
ir per cent., arid each survived to 
of one hundred, they would have 
much to n penny; but if death 
time previously, the party paying 
remiums has gotten moat for his 
gave the Rural for Reference.—This is what 
many do, and they are the gainers thereby. 
Writing us for Borne of the early numbers of 
this volume, Mrs. SABAH Barber of Erie Co., 
Ohio, says:—” I think as much of them to keep 
as 1 do of the first, reading. I have sixteen 
years of the Rural in the house now. Each 
year’s numbers are sowed together separately, 
so that I can refer to them and find any thing 
I wish to without any trouble." 
M0©«)e\s 
RURAL BREVITIES 
SATURDAY, APRIL 25, 1874. 
Isaac Lynde, Marlboro, O., senas us ms 
price-list of poultry and eggs. 
From F. K. Bell, Stratford-upon-Avon, Emz., 
we have received a catalogue of his Imperish¬ 
able Labels. 
Wb have inquiries for Italian bees. Those 
who have them Tor sale should advertise in the 
Rural New-Yorker. 
A PniL.VDKT.PHiA correspondent asks for a 
durable, brown fence wash. W ho can furnish 
one proved to be good ? 
We acknowledge the receipt of the catalogue 
of blooded stock for sale by the Southern Fine 
Stock Co., Gallal ia. Tenn. 
E. N. Freshman, Cincinnati, O., sends us an 
Advertisers' Manual* containing lists of first- 
class advertising mediums. 
Geo H Williamson, Gallatin. Tenn., sends 
us his catalogue of seeds offered at half prices 
to Granges, and his general catalogue. 
We acknowledge the receipt of the Report of 
the Commissioners of Fisheries of the State of 
New York from Sf.th Green, Rochester, N. Y. 
Mr. G. H- Warner. New York Mills, N. Y., 
informs us he Ims sold hiB stock off'Avis (ex¬ 
cept Houdans) to C. N. Brown, UnadillaForks, 
N. Y. 
The Stockton. Cal., Board of Trade, through 
N M ORR. Secretary, sends in- a pamphlet de¬ 
scriptive of the position, climate, commerce, 
resources, &c., of Stockton, together with a 
brief sketch of the Great San Joaquin Basin of 
California. 
The Cake of Maple Sugar Hmded us the 
other day by our worthy Agent-Friend, M m. A. 
Hart of Friendship. N. F., maintained the 
reputation of Allegany for producing superior 
sac< 
The Agricultural Implement men* accord)ng 
to information derived from an attache of this 
office, who has been among them the past 
month, are doing a better business this spring 
than they havc done for several years. This is 
gratifylhl?aofar aa they and those dependent 
upon them for employment are concerned. It. 
would he interest ing to know why this trade is 
so unusually stimulated. It is not simply be¬ 
cause a greater per rent, of machines are wear¬ 
ing out, nor because of any especial elasticit y 
and hope among farmers, If we may judge by 
their utterances. Nor ean it be entirely due to 
an unusual scarcity of labor, albeit farmers are 
fast learning that they must depend upon me¬ 
chanical agents rather than upon the “ brawn 
and muscle” of hired men. A wise economy 
will, of course, provide such agents. Have the 
Patrons been t caching this economy ? A re the 
purchases based upon faith In the good time 
coming to farmers as a result of organization, 
combination and co-operation? lias the dis¬ 
carding of middlemen and the practice of pur¬ 
chasing at first hands, at bottom prices for 
cash, enabled farmers to buy more machinery ? 
Whatever the cause, It is plain, with the pres¬ 
ent state of the money market, that Mils stir 
among implement manufacturers and dealers 
is not speculative, and must have some good j 
foundation, it is not 1 mpossiblethat it is based 
upon a faith that the ability of farmers to pur¬ 
chase. growing out of cheaper transportation 
of products, and greater economy in produc¬ 
tion and in farm management generally, is to 
be greatly enhanced. Whatever it is, the 
Agricultural Implement dealers are very good 
barometers, indicating with a good deal of 
certainty the character and condition of the 
financial agricultural atmosphere. 
It is needless to add. perhaps, that our adver¬ 
tising columns indicate what some of these 
men are doing and that the fact is appreciated 
that the Rural New-Yorker is. as it has 
always been, an aid to the farmers who pur¬ 
chase and to those who sell agricultural ma¬ 
chinery—that its work has been to create a 
demand for and stimulate u supply of labor- 
saving Implements. 
— Since writing the above we have visited 
some of our prominent seedsmen, and find 
them greatly gratified with the spring’s busi¬ 
ness *• Better than ever before," is the answer 
to the inquiry. “How are you doing this 
spring?" The Rural New-Yorker rejoices 
at all these indices of prosper!ty-of progress 
and enterprise on the part of agriculturists. 
The good time coming will never come except 
by pushing; and every outlay of strength 
strAiiffthens the man who makes tbe effort. It 
More Capital and Labor and Less Lnnd. C. ! . 
G asks the Rural New-Yorker “ M hat do 
vou think tho best means to be employed to 
succeed in agriculture where success is now a 
matter of luck and chanoe?" We reply; Ex¬ 
pend more capital and labor on less land, and 
do H more intelligently-that is, study the 
markets more thoroughly and the science of 
_.-wixx/vHrm with erreater care. Smaller farms* 
ant “ lorn: drawn out*” for it proved too tootn- 
some to friends and the “ childer ’ to be, like a 
Ledger’s story, long continued. 
Insurance against accidents has become a 
favorite precaution of late and, when obtain¬ 
able at reasonable rates, should be used by all 
who are liable to accidents. The Travelers 
Insurance Company of Hartford, Conn., claim 
to be able to insure against accidents of every 
description at small cost. Their New York 
office is at 207 Broadway. 
•’Wheat and corn grow on his farm for the 
reason that he understands how to make them 
crow." This was recent ly written of a success¬ 
ful Vermont farmer. It may be written of any 
farmer in the Northern States, and no farmer 
who has plenty of land can, as a rule, afford to 
fail to raise his own wheat and corn. There 
are two sides to this proposition, and those 
readers who think so, are invited to take tho 
negative thereof. 
BUSINESS NOTICES 
The Canadian Government Farm.—'Die Ed 
itor of the Ontario Farmers’ Advocate has vis¬ 
ited this farm and says of it“ This instltutioi 
mav make a few rich tnen richer, it- may affori 
a house of refuge for political partizans or then 
friends, it may answer for rich men to put tbei 
boys into that they do not know what to d< 
with. Tho experiments a!lC ^ of 11 ma - 
