selling nAv at about 90<-. per bushel; corn, 80c. ; 
oats, AVG potatoes, 60c.; hay, $10 per ton. 
butter, 30c. per lb.; eggs, 25c. per doz.: pork,' 
drop-yd, 8c. ; beef, 0c. per lb. Farmers have no 
reason to complain of hard times, a It hough 
go ne will complain aoy way.— e. n. 
PROCRESS AND IMPROVEMENT 
:e potato beetle scab® in eijeope 
SevkBAL of the European governments are transpired in the history c 
discussing and have discussed the propriety of mological Society. The ri 
prohibiting the importation of potatoes from eru States in respect to 1 
America, as a means of preventing the intro- between localities In thes< 
ductlon of the Colorado Potato licet in to (b^i. illirntration und stimulate 
potato tops. Indeed, we believe that In one or tious. w« rejoice at the 
two imstuncc.v prohibitory measures have been fested and expect to see it 
adopted. 1 lei glum Is considering the subject as September approaches. 
.. ... .. —chamber of Ms government, supreme in Chicago durin 
All this seems to ua rather absurd. There m- 
arc ;c< many chances that this Ixsetle will be In- The Largest Life foni| 
trodn' od there in a barrel of apples or in the Elsewhere in this paper (ji 
grain sent m bulk, or in the baggage of travel- the Annual balance Sheet 
ers, a* m the potatoes shipped. Tho habits of Insurance Company or N 
he beetle do not warrant the fear that it will of this Company’s account 
he introduced sooner with potato shipments «rs is, as usual, concise, bt 
than in a hundred other ways. That. this beet le Itnible. 'Hm totals Involv, 
A NATION AO ILLUSTRATED 
RURAL BREVITIES 
The Canada Farmer has a neat new dress and 
an illustrated cover. 
A Tennessee State Convention of Short-Horn 
breeders Is talked of. 
The California Granger has been swallowed 
up by t he Pacific Rural Press. 
Feb retT Aliy is a good month to make addi¬ 
tions to clubs, and also to start new ones. 
The prospectus of the third volume of Wal- 
t.ace's American Trotting Register is issued. 
An European Pomologies! Congress is an¬ 
nounced to take place in Amsterdam in 1875. 
Numerous new cheese factories are to be 
built in Herkimer county during fhe coming 
season. 
Now that most of your neighbors have paid 
thotr tuxes, ask them to subscribe for the 
Rural, 
“A SlJBSCBftnSK,” Utica. N. Y., is informed 
that we have not got tlie address of the Texan 
referred to. 
The Department of Agriculture of Illinois is 
soon to have headquarters and museum in the 
State capitol. 
T. S. Huabard, Fredonia, N. Y., sends his 
wholesale price-list of grape vines, fruit trees, 
&c.. for 1875. 
Tell chronic borrowers of the Rural that 
they can get it, postage paid, for less than five 
cents a week. 
S. D. Fisher has been elected Secretary by 
the Illinois State Board of Agriculture, in place 
of A. M. Garland. 
The Missouri Farmer announces that it has 
not yet “succumbed to the inevitable,’' if that 
means that it Is dead. 
The apple product of Wayne Co.. N. Y., for 
1874, is claimed by Dr, Sylvester of Lyons to 
have been 587,657 barrels. 
QSR hundred and twenty-five thousand shad 
and California salmon have been deposited in 
the De» Moines river, Iowa. 
The number of young ladies in the horticul¬ 
tural class of the State University of Missouri, 
av&UURXi. 
idui. 4 'CK Kill tor 
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the electrotyping of the Rural, render this 
requirement necessary for the accommodation 
of advertisers and convenience of printers. 
The Dealt! of a $25,000 Low la thus chron¬ 
icled by the Paris Kentuckian of Jan. 20: “On 
Saturday last, the Fourth Duchess of Oneida 
died at the Hon. T. J. Mjcchdukn'S. She was 
purchased by Mv.girrkn & liKUKortn, Oct., 1873, 
at Campbell'S New York Mills sale, for$.25,000. 
She leaves a bull cnlf three months old, by the 
Fourteenth Duke of Thorndale, said to be one 
of the finest Dukes in the country. There was. 
of course, uo insurance on her. Thus t he $25,- 
000 heifer has met the same fate as the $40,000 
cow. Mr. E. G. Bedford has been particularly 
unfortunate, having heretofore lost two costly 
bulls.” 
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MdORE’S 
Farmers v*. Sportsmen.—The question of the 
right of property in game that find shelter or 
may breed on t he premises of a farmer or may 
be’found on Ids farm, and Ids right to make use 
of it at will is an issue that is being and to be 
made In the Legislature of some of the States. 
The sportsmen insist, tl>a4 the game is the prop¬ 
erty of the State, and the time and manner of 
lulling it should be regulated by the States. 
Farmers some of them at least—claim that 
t hey have the right to any game that may be 
found on their premises to use as they may 
elioosc and when they choose. This claim is 
t o be urged before legislative-bodies that it may 
be recognized. It seems to us equitable that 
the farmer should bavo the right to kill any 
kind of game found on ids premises at any 
time, for his own and family's consumption as 
food; other than that we would reatiiet his 
privilege to destroy It In any manner at certain 
seasons of the year—at those seasons usually 
named in the game laws. Added, we would 
make It a criminal act for a sportsman to in- 
vado and shoot or fish upon any persons’ prem¬ 
ises without the latter’s consent. This is the 
ordy mode by which a man can bo protected 
from I ho lawless deprodattous of a large class 
of professional sportsmen, who are as impu¬ 
dent and insulting as they generally are irre¬ 
sponsible. 
SATURDAY, FEB. 0, 1875. 
Grain in Chicago and Milwaukee.—Jan. 27, 
according to official figures, the Chicago ele¬ 
vators contained 3,074,950 bushels of wheat.; 
1,560,081 bushels of corn : 530,912 bushels of oats; 
17,551 bushels of rye, and 293.043 bushels of bar¬ 
ley—a total of 5,467,507 bushels against 5,113,128 
bushels at same date in 1874. In Milwaukee, 
Jan. 25, the stock of grain in store and afloat 
was of wheat, 1,756,792 bushels; corn, 85,551; 
oats, 79,189; rye, 11.111: barley, 139,090; malt, 
22,836—a total of 2,044,Sty,) bushels. In the two 
cities, therefore, the stock was, at tho dates 
named, 7,512,436 bushels. 
aim rarm, ua» issued a prospectus ot a news¬ 
paper to bo called the ‘‘Kentucky Livestock 
Record.” and published at Lexington, Ky. 
A Parliament Aft? Committee employed ill 
investigating the Agricultural College and Col¬ 
lege farm of Ontario, report the present condi¬ 
tion and management of the sairl college “sat¬ 
isfactory.” 
The Prairie Farmer announces the death of 
It. C. Otis, at Mount Pleasant, Iowa, Aug. 31, 
1874, Mr. Otis will be remembered as the advo¬ 
cate and Introducer of movable comb hives in 
all parts of the country. 
It is hoped Alderney bulls do not do eucli 
tilings as a habit; but one of them, near N. Y. 
City, has gored the life out of the herdsman 
who was trying to adjust the halter on his 
head; and the bull was shot because he could 
not bo controlled. 
A NOVi t, race took place at Turner’s. Orange 
county, recently, between a young Alderney 
bull and a Durham heifer, over a course of 500 
yards. The bull won by eight lengths. The 
race was very exciting and highly amusing to 
all the spectators present. 
The Friendship (N. Y.) Register records the 
receipt of a “grand huge gold medal’for the 
Hake, awarded at the Great National 
Field Trial of harvesting implements, held near 
Philadelphia Inst July. The medal contftihsgold 
to lb- value of $50. Good for the It ike, but bad 
for \v rsNKR. as it may make our Quaker friend 
vain Yea, verily 1 
A SINGLE mail brings us catalogues as follows: 
From H. M. Thompson, St. Francis, tv is., 
wholesale price list evergreen and deciduous 
tree seedlings, and of tree forest and shrub 
seeds; from E. D. Hawley, Hartford, Conn., 
annual illustrated catalogue of seedB, agricul¬ 
tural implements, etc.; from J. M. Thokbuhn 
&• Co., 15 John street, N. Y. City, their catalogue 
of Agricultural, vegetable and flow er seeds. 
THE CENTENNIAL EXHIBITION 
Now that it has been decided that, tlie cen¬ 
tennial anniversary of American Independence 
will be celebrated by an International Exhibi¬ 
tion at Philadelphia in 1876, it behooves the 
people "f the whole nation to .-.ee that the de¬ 
monstration shall be worthy the remarkable 
history and progress of the Republic. It is 
already known that almost every European 
country will participate in this World’s Fair, 
and hence iho United States, after inviting and 
receiving the co-operation of othcr*peoples and 
nations, is imperatively bound to make a cred¬ 
itable exhibition of its own products and in¬ 
ventions. 
The Centennial Exhibition rlnyuld In no sense 
be regarded as local, but be made National in 
the broadest sense of the term. Each State and 
Territory—from the Atlantic to the Pacific arid 
the L ikes to t lie Gulf ought to be represented 
by Its best agricultural products, manufactures, 
minerals, and specimens in art and science. 
The departments of Agricult ure and Manufac¬ 
tures, and cognate branches of production, 
prosperity and wealth—in which our readers, 
mostly cugagod in Industrial Pursuits, are vi¬ 
tally iutcrosted- should be so full and complete 
as to demonstrate the wonderful enterprise, 
progress and improvement our country has 
manifested therein during the first century of 
its existence as an Independent nation. The 
growt h of t he Union in population and wealth 
since its organization with only Thirteen States 
L among the roost remarkable in ancient or 
modern history,—and an exhibition of what the 
country is destined to be in 1876, compared to 
what it. was one hundred years previous, will be a 
demonstration of material progress and ad¬ 
vancement unknown iu the annals of civili¬ 
zation. 
The preparations for the Centennial Exhibi¬ 
tion are being made with commendable enter¬ 
prise. It is announced that the buildings are 
all under contract, except the Agricultural De¬ 
partment, which can bo completed In a few 
months. Tt. will bo begun In the spring. By 
the terms of tlio contracts tho conservatory and 
machinery hall are to be completed on Oct. 1, 
1875, and the art. gallery and main exhibition 
building on tho last of next, December. The 
directors are confident that, the preparat ions for 
the Exhibition will be made iu amide time, and 
to that extent it has tho advantage over any of 
its predecessors. 
Let us render the Centennial Anniversary 
and Exhibition alike creditable aud honorable 
to the People and Nation. 
The Texan Rural RegDler and Immigrant*' 
Ilnnd-Book for 1*78, (Houston, Texas: Hakd- 
castle & Co.,) while containing much practi¬ 
cal Information des^ned to benefit the Texan 
farmer and gardener, also embraces much mat¬ 
ter that will answer the inquiries of those who 
desire or purpose to emigrate to that State. 
The cheap and compendious form in which 
they appear will render it accessible to all who 
seek such information. 
Arbor Day in Aebra»kn for I *75 is to be the 
second Wednesday in April, and the Legisla¬ 
ture is to be asked to make it a legal holiday. 
Of course, our readers know that Arbor Day is 
a day devoted throughout the State to tree 
planting. Other States might profitably Imitate 
Nebraska by select ing Arbor Days. 
A Whole State for Sale.—M. L, Dunlap of 
Illinois, who has been traveling iu Mississippi, 
says:—“On the subject of immigration, there 
is but one opinion, and that is, to Invite all 
good, industrious people to come here aud to 
make them homes. The climate is delightful, 
the soil among the richest, and may be had 
from $5 to $30 per acre, according to location 
and Improvements. A farm within two miles 
of Jackson was shown me, of 200 acres, over 
half under the plow, with a good dwelling, gin- 
house andgin and other improvements,—all for 
$1,500 cash, to close up an estate. It may be 
said that the whole State is for side at a reason¬ 
able price. The farmer who comes hero may 
rent, for a year, or he can purchase at once 40 or 
more acres, as bis purse and taste tuny dictate. 
There are alroady here, and constantly coming 
in, families from tho East, who are settling 
down to farming; and these people assure me 
that they have been very kindly received. There 
may have been, and yet continue, a sort of 
social ostracism: but I suspect that it is as 
much or more on the part, of the new-comer 
than of the native Misslsslppian.” 
THE SEASON, CROPS, PRICES, ETC 
Hall's Corners, Ontario Co., N. \ ., Jan. 16 
—We ore having good snug wiuter weather thus 
far since the year came In, although we have 
had more or less snow for the last six weeks; 
no good sleighing as yet; east aud west roads 
blown bare too much of the time. The ther¬ 
mometer has marked zero five or six different 
days so far. The last day of December it was 
£F below intlie morning; last Saturday, the 0 th, 
a sudden change in the afternoon, running from 
20° above to 4° below in the evening; Sunday 
moruiug, 8= below—one neighbor reports 12 D ; 
Monday morning,6° below; Tuesday, 4° below; 
two or three days since u has been within 6° to 
10° of zero. Prices as follows:—Wheat, $1.10® 
1.15; barley, $113(51.20; oats, 50®55c.; buck . 
wheat, 60@70c.; clover seed, $62,8.50; pork, $8 
@9: beef, 7®9c,; apples about $L50 per bbl., in¬ 
cluding bbl. Fodder in good demand.—p. t. b. 
Outagamie Co., \\ is., Jan. 22_Since Christ¬ 
mas we have had very cold weather, with good 
sleighing. Farmers are busy hauling wood 
and timber into market. Wo harvested good 
crops of must kinds of farm products last fall; 
corn and potatoes were extra good. Wheat is 
BUSINESS NOTICES 
leaky koofs 
Easily made water-tight, with Glint’s Patent 
Hoofing Paint, which saves Ttsliingling, is prac- 
Mcally Ore-proof, contain* no tar, is extremely cheap, 
aud indorsed by corporations, puli l.ciustitut ions and 
leading men in every State. Local Agents wanted, 
Send for book circular , containing full particulars and 
thousands of testimonials. N. Y. SLATE HOOPING 
CO., 8 Cedar Si., New Tork. 
Iu the country, where the fanner’s wife has 
large washings to do for the farm hands, she will 
find that one-half of her time and labor are saved 
by the use of Dobbins Electric Soap. One poo nd 
of it is equal to three pounds of any other. 
The West arid the American Pomologlcal So¬ 
ciety.—It is apparent from the action taken by 
several of tlie State Horticultural Societies of 
the Western Stales, tiiat. if there is a crop of 
fruit this year, there will be the biggest show 
Dairymen and Chet so and Butter Facto¬ 
ries*.— W’hitm,in & Burrell. Little Palls, N. y., 
Bell lat Premium Boilers, K gines. Cheese Vats, and* 
all Dairy Goods, at lowest prices. Makers furnished. 
Information aud Catalogue free, 
