MOORE’S RURAL NEW-YORKER. 
MAR OH 30 
“PROGRESS AND IMPROVEMENT.’ 
PRIDE IN THE HOMESTEAD. 
MOORE'S RURAL NEW-YORKER. 
A NATIONAL ILLUSTRATED 
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SATURDAY, MARCH 20, 1875. 
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ANOTHER QUARTER-DAY — TIME TO SUBSCRIBE. 
The Agont-Friends, Subscribers and other 
friends of the Rural New-Yokkkr hi p advised 
that the eocond quarter of its present volume 
will commence two weeks hence — April 3d. 
Thanking all who have exercised their influ¬ 
ence In its behalf during t in* past few months— 
and also aforetime—not only to extend Its cir¬ 
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teresting reading, we respectfully request the 
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of a host of new subscribers. A myriad of 
friends have done well during the quarter now 
closing, but thousands of our readers cun, if 
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not sufficient recompense for a little effort In 
the direction Indicated, we refer you to our 
Premium List (sent free to all applicants) w hich 
assures “Good l’ay for Doing Good "to each 
and every one who forms a Club. As the vernal 
season approaches, w hen all ruraltsts will have 
occasion to cultivate the soil,—attending alike 
to the garden, orchard, field, flocks and herds, 
—there will be a necessity in every country¬ 
man’s household for such a Journal as the Ru¬ 
ral, and all who have taken it for years know 
that it is worth rnuny times the cost of ite 
subscription. Even city, suburban and village 
people who have gardens testify that the Ru¬ 
ral’s bints and suggestion.-, are most valuable, 
and in matiy instances indispensable to their 
suocess in growing flowers and vegetables. 
Reader, will you not kindly hold up our bauds 
and second our earnest, constant efforts to 
promote and advance Rural “ Progress and Im¬ 
provement" wherever this journal circulates— 
not ouly in your own vicinity, hut all over the 
country; in fact, in every portion oi the Conti¬ 
nent inhabited by civilized reading, thinking 
people? If you say Aye, thou begin with pour 
neighbors (as“Charity begins at home"), and 
then extend your knowledge and approval to 
friends and relatives at a distance. By so doing 
you will enable us L<> furni-.h a better paper, 
and thereby benefit yourself and every other 
reader of the Leading Rural, Literary and Pam- J 
ily Weekly of America, 
The idea of permanency should be an essen¬ 
tial element to be Incorporated in the minds of 
all concerned in the establishment of homes. 
It should grow with the growth and effort of 
the husband and wife who are laboring to se¬ 
cure one; It should be Inbred In the child's 
mind and become as fixed there a* a fixed star. 
Home should be regarded as the nucleus of all 
effort the converging point towards which all 
family efforts and Interests gravitate—the cen¬ 
tral point of Interest, of pleasure and of refine¬ 
ment for the entire family. Wc believe In the 
cultivation of tamlly pride in n home by all 
proper means—that it should be regarded a 
matter of honor that the Homestead shall he 
retained for successive generations in the fam¬ 
ily and that its past and present associations 
shall become and continue to he through the 
generations to follow, a family Inheritance. 
More than aught else that wo can think of is 
the absence of this idea of permanency in the 
minds of families, t he cause of their disintegra¬ 
tion—the reason why the boy* leave the farm 
and why old men who once had good homes for 
themselves anil families are, at a later day In 
life, left wrecked and penniless upon the world’s 
waysides. Unrest lakes possession of men who 
do not cultivate a strong local attachment for 
home—who do not comprehend the real mean¬ 
ing and merit of the word and the great advan¬ 
tages that result from a permanent anchorage, 
a safe harbor, a eure refuge. 
We have no law of entail; but it were wise if 
each family were to create a system of their own 
by which tills central spot In the family his¬ 
tory, this birthplace and nursery ground of the 
children, this scene of struggle for family sub¬ 
sistence, life, education, social position and 
wealth, shall be retained unencumbered and In 
its completeness, in the family. We have urged 
this before; but recent events wh ! cb have come 
to our personal notice, lead us to recur to the 
subject again, so confirmed are we In our con¬ 
victions that the cultivation of “pride in the 
homestead" is essential to the cohesion and 
healthful prosperity of families. We regard It 
as an important clement In securing a stable 
government, a patriotic love of country, a 
strong attachment to and ubidiug faith in a 
republican or democratic form of government, 
a conservative population of sufficient strength 
to resist factious efforts to create disorder and 
revolution, and u wholesome respect, on the 
part of partisans, Tor the Will of the People. 
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RURAL NOTES AND QUERIES. 
The Seed - Distribution by Government.— 
Vick, in his Floral Guide No. 2. for 1875, is again 
denouncing this abuse upon the American peo¬ 
ple. He says“ It hardly agrees with our ideas 
of the dignity of a great nation, tnif. peddling 
of seeds and quibbling with English seed-doal- 
ct.s about the price of cabbage seed and the 
price they must receive for putting them tip In 
bags “ with a foreign aspect—us little like those 
used by American seedsmen a* possible.” We 
did feel a little ashamed when wc read moh in- 
strucUorus in the orders sent bp our Government, 
to the seed-merchants of London. We would 
liked to have blotted such quackery and hum¬ 
bugging out of the record; but there it.stood 
in black and white, und we merely remarked 
that England did not, contain all the fools in the 
world. Then it is not fair to the seedsuicu. 
There are a good many men engaged in the seed 
trade, and struggling for a livelihood with the 
rest of their fellow-citizens. But. what chance 
cap they have, for Congress appropriates money 
and appoints a superinl.ei.deot, and opens a 
shop and gives away pumpkin and melon and 
squash and mignonette sood and rye and barley 
and larkspur seed to politicians and lawyers In 
all parts of the country. It Is also unjust to the 
whole people. Seedsmen are compelled to pay 
t he Government a duty of twenty per cent, on 
all t hey Import from Europe. Of course, the 
people who purchase have to pay r this duty. 
This money is token and sent to Europe to buy 
seeds to give away to favorites, who tiave no 
need of seeds or an* too mean to pay for them. 
This Is justice w itti a vengeance! Are the poo- 
plc willing to submit to this stupid and dishon¬ 
est waste of their money any longer?" One of 
Vick’S Washington friends writes him “ The 
Deportment of Agriculture (or the seed part) Is 
kept up for the benefit of politielaua and their 
relatives. No one having a friend at headquar¬ 
ters need purchase a seed or choice shrubbery; 
but let a common citizen ask for a paper of 
seeds and he or she is told, “Your District or 
State has received its allotment." The institu¬ 
tion is one of the humbugs of Washington, kept 
up for tke purpose of dispensing patronage. 
Insect Pests iu British Agriculture.—An En¬ 
glish journal says “ On the whole, British 
agriculture suffers little from insect pests. The 
wire-worm and turnip-fly are our most formi¬ 
dable enemies. But the loss suffered by those is 
generally only partial, even on a single farm. 
They do not commit wholesale devastation 
throughout the country." Of course, this is 
said as preliminary to contrasting the happy 
condition of the English agriculturists with 
t hose of this country who have suffered from 
grasshopper raids. It astonishes us that the 
British Government does tint, adopt some meas¬ 
ure to prevent the introduction of American 
locusts or “grasshoppers” into its domain. How 
would it answer to prohibit its nobility from 
hunting and slaughtering the buffalo on our 
plains. These nobby fellows may, accidentally, 
take back with them some of our “ grasshop¬ 
per" eggs; then what will become of British 
I crops? 
dwindling Advertisements. It, is said that 
j “mistakes will happen in the best regulated 
families,” arid newspapers likewise—in confir¬ 
mation of which wc have very frankly t,o ac¬ 
knowledge that the advertisement of TV. P. 
Hopei ot Chester Co., Pa., a swindler, was re¬ 
cently inadvertently given In the Rural. Of 
cotiise it was an oversight, occurring at a very 
busy season, and not observed by the editor or 
publisher. The same is true of the advertise¬ 
ment of J. B. FFf .Warns <fc Son of Belleville, III., 
which came to us in a business-like style, and 
was Inserted In good faith. It seems that seve¬ 
ral other journals have been deceived by these 
swindlers, whose ways arc dark, but whose 
tricks have been successful. We can only warn 
the public to beware of both the parties named, 
with the assurance that we shall give them a 
beautiful valley near Wheeler’s Station, on the 
Memphis and Charleston R.R. 
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See Here, Young Folk* I Young friends will 
please remember that in the Rural of Nov. 
14, 1874, we offered certain Extra Premiums to 
those under 18 years of age who should send us 
the largest, lists previous to Feb. 1,1875. Now, 
will those under the age specified, who have 
sent clubs, please give us their names, ages and 
addresses, that we may properly announce the 
result ? 
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Our Southern Headers, especially, who live 
where the season has opened and crops have 
started, where flower* hlooin and fruits abound, 
arc respectfully requested to send us season 
Items and other correspondence, Illustrative of 
the progress and prospects of crops of vege¬ 
tables, fruits and grains. Such notes are always 
of interest and welcomed iu this office. ,, 
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RURAL BREVITIES. 
wide berth in future. 
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The Foot-and-Moutli Disease continues to 
prevail among stock in many portions of En¬ 
gland. Our late English exchanges speak of 
Its rapid spread In C'ueshlre. An experienced 
English farmer says the spreading is, in a great 
measure, owing to farmers starving their cattle 
—that the disease Is greatly aggravated by pov¬ 
erty and starvation and spread about by thin, 
weak cattle, from whom cattle In good condi¬ 
tion are liable to take It. 11c says, " It Is easily 
cured if taken early, by plenty of good, soft 
food and warmth:" and he believe* that if all 
cattle were well fed and kept warm, very little 
would be heard of the disease. This opinion Is 
a good one for American herdsmen to note and 
act upon. 
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l)o Not lie iu Too Great llaste to plant seeds. 
Failure often results from premature planting. 
Experience ought to teach some people who 
apparently never learn from It. If the nature 
of plants and the requirements of seeds, both 
as to the preparation and temporature Of the 
soil In which they tire to be planted, were more 
carefully studied and with keener habits of 
observation, there would he far less fault found 
with scedsrucu and w ith varieties of plants and 
vegetables grown or attempted to be grown. 
This leads us to refer again to the instructions 
ol tile catalogues. If followed, as a rule, there 
will rarely occur a failure. 
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The Ayrshire Men arc not a little agitated 
over the prospect of an Ayrshire register that 
will exclude some of their animals that have 
already been recorded in Bagg's Ayrshire Herd- 
hook, und purchased as herd-book aulmuls, be¬ 
cause, forsooth, they cannot, bo traced to some 
foreign importation. 'This state ot tilings is 
alarming to the owners <>f such stock, who, In 
good faith, have suppoaod they had had genu¬ 
ine, pure-blood animals. What the result will 
bo it is easy t o foresee, if the Sxuhtevant Regis¬ 
ter is to supersede as authority Mr. Bagg’ 8 
herd-book. There is going to be more than one 
protest against such a proceeding. 
A. D. Colgrove, Corn, Pa., 3ends descriptive 
catalogue of Pure Bred Fowls, etc., for 1875. 
P. T. Quinn, Newark, N. J., sends ns Cata¬ 
logue and Price-List of plants grown for sale by 
him. 
TlLLtWGUAST Bros.. Factoryvillo, Pa., send 
us tlielr descriptive catalogue of seeds and 
plants lor 1875. 
Uetsig & Hr.xAMER, New Castle, N. Y., send 
us their catalogue of small fruits, seed pota¬ 
toes, seeds, etc., for 1875. 
.1 aM eh A. WutTNUV’B, Quarterly News-Letter 
for February, devoted to the Interests of in¬ 
ventors and patentees, is an Interesting nu tuber. 
Gardner B. Weeks, .Syracuse, N. Y.. sends 
us his illustrated and descriptive pricelist of 
Cheese and Butter and dairy supplies and appa¬ 
ratus. 
A.v Oregon paper makes the prediction that 
iu 20 years the export of prunes from that State 
will Fie greater in value than the export of 
wheat. 
If Mrs. L. Bodet will remit to this office 
40c., wc w ill send her a work on hop culture 
that w ill includo all, or nearly all, the details 
she asks for. 
Wk regret to learn of the death of Mr. D. M. 
Morrow, one <>f the late publishers of the 
Western Farmer and brother of Mr, G. E. Mor¬ 
row of the Western Rural. 
A permanent Potato Exhibition Is proposed 
iu or near London. New York does not need 
to take such action. Bliss is always exhibiting 
potatoes and the newest sorts. 
The Bellevue Nursery Co.. Puterson, N. J., 
sends us its descriptive catalogue, for 1875, of 
new, rare aud beautiful plants, seeds, etc. Our 
contributor, H. E. CiuiTY, is Superintendent 
of the Company, 
People w ho comidaln of hard times and In¬ 
activity should visit, the manufactory of the 
AVeed Sewing Machine Co. at Hartford, Conn., 
where they are turning out their new General 
FAVORiTbS l >5 hundreds. 
We notice that Mr. W. A. Boutelle says in 
the Country Gentleman, “ Nothing of the kiud 
fit til less Oats] was ever presented previous to 
1872 ” -Air. Bocn i t e lies -under a mistake, 
whether he knows it or not. 
J. F. Mancha, Easton, Md., Informs us that 
he has just sold the most beautiful villa on the 
Eastern Shore of Maryland to Mr. Simon Bra¬ 
dy, Ponehcster, N. Y., for $33,000. Mr. Man 
cua's advertisement is iu our columns. 
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The Advertiser*' Magazine. -The March No. 
of this Magnzluo, which is “ Devoted to the In¬ 
terests of Newspaper Advertisers," and pub¬ 
lished by 8. M. Pettencjill & Co., 37 Park row*, 
New York, Is replete with information for bot h 
advertisers and publishers. Than 8. M. Put- 
TKNGILL there la no more honorable, reliable, 
enterprising or courteous matt in the advertis¬ 
ing business. Our transactions with him during 
the past thirty years enable us to know whereof 
wc affirm, and ws can cordially aud confidently 
commend his Agencies (In New York and Bos¬ 
ton) as unsurpassed for responsibility, prompt¬ 
ness and fair dealing. 
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Unites.** Oats. —Those oats arc offered to farm¬ 
ers at $1 per pound. It, is asserted that they 
“ originated by hybrldizlug the California Wild 
Oat with the old-fashioned English oat." This 
is not only Improbable; it. Is probably untrue. 
Besides, t hese oats have beeu grown in Europe 
aud in Ibis country for fifty years or longer. It 
is a scheme to pluck farmers'pockets, and we 
want the readers of the Rural New-Yorker 
to take notice that notonly now, but more than 
a year ago we warned them of the comparative¬ 
ly worthless character of these hulless oats, 
based upon experience with them. 
A Word to Inquirer*.—AA*e are anxious to say 
just one word to inquirers who ask the ques¬ 
tion, “ Where shall we go?" It is, You need not 
expect to go to any place on this broad conti¬ 
nent and thrive without hard work, self-denial 
aud economy. If you can live where you are 
without these, yon had better stay where you 
are; if you cannot, you had better commence 
practicing them where you are preparatory to 
removal; for no matter where you go, you will 
find t hat you cannot get along otherwise. 
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An Experimrnlol Farm Slnlion Iu North Ala¬ 
bama has been selected In order to test, under 
the auspices of the Agricultural College of that 
State, in What material respect the soil is want¬ 
ing, whether iu nitrogen, phosphoric acid, pot¬ 
ash or lime. Most, of the experiments are to be 
made in cotton, but some are to be made with 
corn. They are to be under the direction of 
Hon. J. J. Barclay, and the location is in a 
The Santa Barbara Press reports that barley 
in t hat part of California is now ready to har¬ 
vest, and that one of its neighbors will plant 
his land in corn as soon as the barley is taken 
off, and l Inis gai her two crops in one season. 
AVk frequently receive Inquiries for skilled 
cheese makers. Wc cannot refer to individ¬ 
uals, but the Utica Herald says: “There is 
evidently cheese making skill in Central New 
York, beyond too opportunity to use it." Ad¬ 
vertising Is ttio way to obtain it. 
The Hulless Oats, we notice, are advertised 
by some of our agricultural contemporaries. 
Tfio Rural N ew-Yorker has refused similar 
advciTiscmeiits ol them, because we regard 
them us advertised, as somet hing new and val¬ 
uable, a barefaced swindle and riaud. 
■ Ct.uu Agents, and all others disposed to aid 
the Rural's circulation, and thus help them¬ 
selves (In the way of Premiums) and do good 
to community, are reminded that a New Quar¬ 
ter begins with April- a good time to add to 
clubs or form new ones. “ A word to the wise.” 
BUSINESS NOTICES, 
LEAKY ROOFS 
Easily made water-tight, with Gline’s Patent 
Roofing paint, which saves reslunglbig, is prac¬ 
tically fire-proof,contains no tar, Is extremely cheap, 
and indorsed by corporations, publieiiistitutionaund 
leadi g men in every State Loeul Agents wauled. 
Send for book circular, containing full particulars und 
thousands of testimonials. N\ Y. SLATE HOOFING 
CO., 6 Cedar St., New York. 
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WANTED! 
To furnish Cheese Factories and Creumeries w ith 
the newest aud most approved Apparatus, Fixtures, 
Ac. Also, best Herkimer County Cheese and Butter 
Makers. Apply to AVHITMAN A BL’It KELL, Little 
Falls, N. Y,, for Illustrated Catalogue. 
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We would no more be without Dobbin-*’ Electric 
Soap (made by Cragin A: Co., Philadelphia,) In our 
family than without a stove. It is pure, and does Us 
own work without the main strength of the washer¬ 
woman. Try it. 
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BUY the “Phoenix Pure AVhite Lead,” made 
by Eckstein, Hills A Co. Every keg warranted per¬ 
fectly i ure and white. See advertisement. 
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To make your Hens lay, use the "Improved 
Egg Food a sure thing. Send 50c. for trial pack¬ 
age, post-paid. L. II. Sherivoou & Co., Hartford Ct. 
