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Ittchland DUtrlcI, Ohio Co., W. Vn., April 
17.—The past winter has been the coldest the 
oldest Inhabitants have ever witnessed; and 
this 17th day of April la an exception to any¬ 
thing I ever heard of. It la snowing as fast aa 
It has any time this winter, and the ground s 
frozen about four Inches deep. Mercury stands 
16° below freezing. From the first month up to 
the past few days we bad fine apring weather. 
The farmers took advantage and have plowed 
considerable. Some have sown their oats and 
planted potatoes. If I had mine out I would 
keep them In the cellar a while yet. The win¬ 
ter left the wheat In a bad condition; dort t 
think It will make one-fourth of a crop. I here 
<ire whole fields that could stand on one acre. 
Block came through this winter In tolerably 
fair condition, considering the hard winter and 
the shortness of feed. Wo had to turn out on 
short pastures, but a few warm ralna will give 
nlet ty of grass as wo have a good grass coun¬ 
try. I think fruit all killed; the apple buds all 
frozen. Wheat, *1.20; corn, 80c.; oats, 68c.; po¬ 
tatoes, $1.20; hay, $35; butter, 35c. It Is sup¬ 
posed potatoes planted are all frozen. Gardens 
that were made arc destroyed also. L. H. U. 
farm labor for meo, $18@25-for boys, $IO@10 
and board. Butter Is 20c.; eggs, 18c.; ’wheat, 
$l<ai.50; oats, 55c.; barley, $1; grass seed, $8.50, 
potatoes, 50c.; hay, $18; spring pigs, $3 each. 
Delivering milk to factory will commence the 
first week In May.—T. A, 
Richmond, Va., April 19.-A heavy fall of 
snow occurred at Intervals, yesterday, with 
high, cold wind. At sunrise, this morning, the 
thermometer, registered 8 degress below freez¬ 
ing point. Early vegetables, fruit and young 
mover were killed. Advices from various 
parts of the State give disastrous accounts of 
the damage from cold. The loss among truck¬ 
ers In the western part of the State ts esti¬ 
mated at $1,000,000. 
Montgomery, Ala., April 19.—There have 
been frost the last four mornings, causing some 
damage to corn, cotton and vegetables. Tho 
fruit is not much hurt. 
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RURAL NOTES AND QUERIES. 
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SATURDAY, MAY 1, 1875. 
TEE SEASON,-CROP PROSPECTS, 
The most timely toplo Just now Is tho very j 
unreasonable weather which has recently pre¬ 
vailed ever a wide extent of country. The 
‘Wintry Spring” of which we briefly wrote 
last week -citing t he polar blasts and snows of 
April 18t,h and 19th—wan renewed on Saturday 
night, last (April 24) by a furious, driving snow¬ 
storm of several hours' duration, so that on 
Sunday morning the earth was covered with 
snow in this city and vicinity, while the tem¬ 
perature was alLke unseasonable. But the last 
storm was not so severe as tho one of the pre¬ 
vious week, nor so widely extended, and we 
trust has caused little real damage beyond do 
laying the Spring operation* of rurnlials, and 
retarding the progress of suburban, village and 
city gardeners, florists, etc. Such weather, so 
late in the season. Is Indeed rare In this lati¬ 
tude, and very naturally created a feeling of 
discouragement among suit cultivators In the 
region where it prevailed. 
But , t hough the weat her has been remarkably 
unseasonable during the past month—the cold 
and storms killing or stunting early vegetables 
and fruits in the South and West, and render¬ 
ing the Spring in the North and East very 
backward and disagreeable—there Is still a sil¬ 
ver lining to the vast plond, and wo turn from 
the dark to the bright side. Though reports 
from various States, given herewith, under the 
heading of " Season, Crops, &e.," are somewhat 
adverse and discouraging, we do not yet believe 
there is to be a total failure of any of the lead¬ 
ing staple crops. The peach orchards have 
probably suffered most, and yet late reports 
from the upper part of Delaware, and also West¬ 
ern New York, are favorable, assuring us that 
the growers hope for a fair yield of the delicious 
and profitable fruit. Tho wheat crop has un¬ 
doubtedly been greatly injured in some regions, 
but it la yet too early to predict a failure of 
that I mportant staple, for with favorable weath¬ 
er between this and harvest, an average yield 
may be produced. But to obtain good crops of 
various kinds, this season, not only favorable 
weather, but active and Judicious industry and 
management on the part of producers, will be 
indispensable requisites in many widely-sepa¬ 
rated localities. U behooves all cultivators, 
therefore, to perform their duty promptly and 
well, in field, orchard and garden, In order that, 
with Nature’s aid, profitable results may be se- 
cured in Autumn. 
Princeton Ind., April 23.—Weather bore is ^ 
tine but cold for the season. The prospect for a 
all kinds of tender fruit la very poor. I he t 
winter was remarkably severe, as It watt In all ( 
other parts of the oounty. killing the greater g 
part, of our poach buds. The 15th, 18th, 17th of ^ 
ibis mouth flniihed up the bulsness, being the , 
coldest days I ever knew In April, lilacs were ^ 
well out, and after the blow looked as If they , 
had been drenched with boiling water. Pear , 
blooms all looked aa If t hey had .been fired. , 
Tender roses were killed leaf and stem, to the 
root. Wo dent believe In the moon theory any 
more. Wheat has been badly winter-killed In 
some parts, but not nearly so bad as at ilrut 
supposed. Meadows look well. Stock In fair 
condition, considering the winter they have 
passed through. The cold weathe* of late has 
kept back the clover. Corn, 50 & 62c.; wheat, 
90c, to $1; potatoes, $1.75 per bushel; stock 
bogs, 6c.; labor plenty, from $18 to $23 per 
month.—T> J.B, 
Green Tree, Allegheny Co., Pa., April 20. 
We have had a severe and long-continued win¬ 
ter More cellars have been frozen than since 
the winter of 1833<M. The peaches are badly 
winter-killed. Apples, pearband cherries cume 
through safe. We have had flue spring weather 
during tho past two weeks of tho present 
month. Farmers and gardonera have got most 
of their spring work done. Tho weather chang¬ 
ed suddenly on the lfltb, snowing every day or 
In the night since. Clear to-day. Fear that all 
the fruit in this section Is killed by this sudden 
change—for the apples, pears and cherries that 
were showing bioasomB are frozen black. The 
small fruits were all In leaf; they look this 
evening as if they were saorohed by fire. Straw¬ 
berries only are uninjured. Corn is selling at 
90o.; oata, 882670c.; hay, good timothy, $85@38; 
wages, $20 per month and board.—H. C. 3. 
The Winter mid Kprlug In Scotland,—From 
Edinburgh, Scotland, under date of Maroh 30, 
we have complaints of the severity of the win¬ 
ter and the backwardness of apring. Thera Is 
agreatder.l of murrain among stock in district* 
widely apart. Whereas at tho date above given, 
r Swedes are often growing green and bursting 
, |' n to bloom, tho fields presented this year 
• only biown bulbs without any signs of life; and 
i if one of them was kicked with the foot It tum- 
i bled over, disclosing decay at the core and rot- 
- ten ness at the heart, with only a crust moder- 
t ately sound, upon which sheep were obliged to 
- subsist. Straw and hay were almost qulto ox- 
8 hausted, and the rents lor parks of grass for 
the season have risen 40 to 50 per cent. So It 
3 will be seen that Americana are uot the only 
j ones who have reason to complain of the sea- 
3 son. Misery loves company, don't it? 
President Grnut’s Son at a Scotch Horticul¬ 
tural Show.—We should not mention the fact 
If the British hadn’t. Casting our editorial eye 
over the columns of the Gardeners’ Chronicle, 
Hi a notice of tho Show of the Glasgow and 
West of Scotland Horticultural Society, it 
alighted on this paragraph '‘‘Col. Buchanan 
then formally declared the Exhibition to be 
openod and introduced tho Lord Provost, who 
said he waa glad to be able to stand on toe 
platform of the City Hall and take by the hand 
his American cousin, Mr. Grant, *on of the 
President of the United States. Of all coun¬ 
tries In the world It was most desirable that we 
should bo at peace with America, whose popu¬ 
lation waa so largely recruited from Britain, 
and It might indeed be said that the amity of 
the civilized world depended upon the preser¬ 
vation of tho entente co rdiale between America 
and this kingdom.” 
Now, whether the taking “ by the hand his 
American cousin, Mr. Grant, son of the Presi¬ 
dent of the United Slates.” on the part of the 
Lord Provost, Is to contribute to the Insurance 
of ” peace with America," we know not; but 
we are glad to know that Mr. Grant Is suffi¬ 
ciently interested In horticulture to visit a 
Scotch Exhibition, aud wo hope he behaved 
himself, as all American citizens should who 
go abroad. Wo have no doubt he did, for we 
know be has an excellent and sensible mother. 
We wonder ir this la the boy who has been at¬ 
tending school at Cornell ? 
I that may hereafter be fixed, bylaw. 
pose this refers to corporations and , a88 TL 
for the exhibition of blooded stock. * 
not seen the full text of the law. But. it l Itre¬ 
fers to association* and corporations that may 
be organized for the Importation and breeding 
of blooded stock, whyshould not lhe ,n ?‘ vid . 
who devotee his time and money to» the> Im¬ 
provement and development of blooded stock 
be likewise exempted? Possibly. and proba. 
! bly, if we had the full text of the law before 
us, we should not ask this question. 
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A Great Shipment of Harvesting Machine* Is 
chronicled by a Springfield (Ohio) P a P* r ‘ 
states that one thousand Champion Reapers 
and Mowers wore recently shipped 
place, by a special train of forty- four cars. T - 
machines, valued nr $175,000, were sent to Mis¬ 
souri, Iowa, Kansas, Texas. Utah, See. The 
engines and cars of the train were covered wit h 
flags, and upou tho door of each oar was 
placard lettered “Champion Reapers and Mow- 
era—the Prize Machines of the ^^-from the 
. Champion Machine Co., Springfield, Ohio. 
t | “Champion” shipment, indeed. 
Findley'* Lake, Oltnul. Go., N. Y., April 21. 
_This la regarded as a colder region than it is 
nine or ten miles north, on the lake shore. 
Have recently had quite a fall of snow, enough 
for sleighing. The thermometer has been down 
to 30° above zero. But very little plowing has 
yet been done this spring. Quite a number of 
farmers dkl their plowing last fall. Hay ts 
plenty aud sells for $9^11 per ton. Potatoes 
have been badly frozen In many places, and sell 
for 76 cents per bushel. Oats, 60o.; corn In the 
oar, 40®50c. Good farm hands can be hired for 
$18<i?30 per month and board, or75c.®$l per 
day. This Is mostly a dairy country, and large 
quantities of butter will be made hero the com¬ 
ing season.—n. r. 
Grinin, G«., April 23.-There has been a 
severe northwest wind blowing for three 
days,from 15th tc, lllth Inst. Very cold and some 
frost, but too dry for very great damage to be 
done to the fruits. So far we think onr peach 
crop is safe. The oorn that was up got slightly 
touched with frost, no damage to wheat that 
we can hear of. Cotton planting Is now under 
full headway and as it beg,ns to come up will 
report appearances of theerop. Tblsappliesonly 
to our own section of the State; we have 
reports of considerable damage by frost in the 
State.-J, Q. R. 
Ham molt J, SL Lawrence Go., Y. Y., April 
2(i,_Weather very cold; ground frozen too 
hard to plow. Some plowing done last week, 
but no grain sown yet. St. Lawrence now open; 
Chippewa Bay full of ice; boats not running 
yet Wages will bo low on the river. Prices of 
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The Johnston Harvester*.—These excellent j 
machines, manufactured by the Johnston Har¬ 
vester Co. of Brockport, N. Y., have lately been 1 
attracting a great, deal of attention, both In t. da j 
country and abroad. Their reapers, on account , 
of lightness of draft and fine mechanical finish, 
perform their work rapidly, with but iittle fa- £ 
tigue to the horsoB. At the field trial at Vienna, , 
in 1873, they leceived tho first modal for work 
in the field, aud in 1874 were successful, being 
awarded the Grand Medal of Honor at the Scl- 
entitle Engineers’ Trial at Mettray, France, In , 
competition with raaoy of the bcsi^known ma- 
ohlnes—the President of the Agricultural So¬ 
ciety of France commending them very highly 
-another tribute to the Inventive talent sod 
manufacturing enterprise of the United States. 
This Company, though young in years, is rapidly 
going to the front, and already compares favor- 
I ably with many of our largo manufacturers. 
Tbelr machines are worthy oi trial by Dinners 
contemplating purchasing reapers or mowers 
this year.—w. h. k. 
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Natural History Tor Boy* and Girl*.—If our 
common schools were what they should be, a 
spirit of inquiry would have been developed in 
the minds of pupils that would lead, duriug the 
season opening, to habits of observation of the 
animal and vegetable life with which every 
country boy and girl comes in contact con¬ 
stantly. This paragraph is written to encour¬ 
age every hoy and girl, young man and woman, 
whose life is on a farm or in a garden, to take 
up some branch of natural history and pursue 
it this season, observing carefully and critical¬ 
ly, making full notes of what is observed aud 
found, and collections of natural objects that 
may aid themselves or others in their studies. 
Do this and the “ season of toil” will seem but 
too short, and the season of “drudgery” will 
disappear. _^__ 
The Death of John Harper, senior member 
of the publishing firm ot Harper & BuOTiiEtis, 
■ which occurred at his residence iu this city on 
the 32d uIt., at the age of 70, has justly created 
a, mournful feeling in OOP muni ty, and the de- 
! parturefrom earth of bueh a mau will be widely 
! deplored. Mr. Habper was noted for his In¬ 
dustry, business sagacity and stern Integrity, 
J and his energy and capacity were well adapted 
* to the establishment aud successful continu- 
anee of the greatest publishing house In Amer¬ 
ica The original flrtn of Harper & Brothers 
comprised JAMES, John, WjcSLEY and Fletch- 
‘ er, the latter of whom only now survives, the 
e other members being sons of the above-named 
0 I remarkable brothers. 
Obiiunry.—PASCHAL MORRM.-Tbe death of 
this gentleman is announced. He ha# long 
been known as a Pcnnsylvama farmer,.eed^nd 
farm implement dealer, and as the editor of the 
Practical Farmer, the name of which waa «o 
misnomer under his conduct, ^^th of ao 
we are compelled to record the death of ao 
useful and worthy a worker in the field of 
agricultural literature. 
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RURAL BREVITIES. 
One of our correspondents ask8 for ore In¬ 
formation concerning Poa-vine Clover. 
Mr D T Fish, a well-known contributor t.o 
English' horticultural Journals, has beet me Ed¬ 
itor or the Villa Gardener. 
aps.cnAt. J. B. Hood has arranged to estab¬ 
lish a stock farm and summer residence ucn 
St. Paul, Minn., thia seasou. 
Tnr Elmira Farmers’ Club attract* 
atten tion to that city, and ic' f0i ^ 
as one of our most prominent Institutions. 
Tin- I cmdon (Eng.) Garden says, “ l’he 
present spring is considered the latest ever 
known to cultivators In tho London dlstrn t. 
Rev. James Beecher, of Poughkoausle, N. 
V n-is bought a farm of 100 acres, which he in- 
^ds shalf surpass Henry Ward’s splendid 
Pcekskill property. 
The Mai lie fiirmer say« a ftlnglo flrra u ^ e ~ JfP 
, enn pord« of white birch In tho manufacture 
^pnol' Vnd bohhins, and will consume this 
year over 2,000 cords. 
)Oai VTV* - 
Tftp “ VdverUser’s Reference Book,’ pub- 
it i » \ « if r'fiANDi.KK & Co.* Newspaper 
Ad^ertlMntc Broker* of Chicago, 111.$ Jl vfil T 
handsome and valuable work foi all specially 
Interested in advertising. 
Fi I wANGER & BARKY of the Mt. Hope Nur- 
mn| e ve^" , co^bKl^*i,DoacHpU^ Ca tai^ue^ f 
Hardy Ornamental Irecs, Suruoa, Roses, etc. 
It is a beauty aud a treasure. 
Tennessee and Blood Htock.—It i3 stated that 
the Tennessee Legislature has enacted that “ all 
associations or corporation* which have for ex¬ 
clusive object the development aud improve¬ 
ment of the blooded stock ” of that State shall 
be exempt from the privilege tax now fixed, or 
Tnv- e-.senco of cblecory, for use as a substi- 
German industry and eeonorDy- U our conee 
dealer.- would only give u» the choice of ooffe 6 
pure ur of this essence. It would be a comfort. 
Messrs. Estev & Co., whose advertisement 
anneal's "in this paper, are manufacturers of 
first i'lasa organs. The hirge ealeHoft 
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wider success. 
Ik Rural readers who desire to learn where 
thev can Lmy any particular kind of seed, and 
the nrlc4 of R, would make the Inquiry of any 
ct tie seedsmen advertising in our milutnn^ 
thev would save us much nccsssary trouble and 
themselves a useless waste of time. 
Tt Is asserted by those who ought to know 
whcreoUhly affirm that $250,000 are n-wneed- 
ed to relievo the suffering farmers of the State 
nf Missouri alon*; but tho Legislature of that 
State—a large proportion of the members being 
farmers and Patrous-refused to vote $50,000 to 
relieve this suffering. 
r W Is Informed that an olficlul decree has 
been'pliblialied 1 n France proh.mt ng the un- 
lmrtution into aud me transit through i ranee 
!.t potatoes from the Uulte«LStabW or Cana ^ 
loavyu as well as sacks and barrels, or 
otVier articles' 1 which have been used for the 
packing of potatoes, are included in this pro 
hibltion. ^ 
BUS INESS NOTICES. 
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Easily made water- light, with. Gline’8 Patent 
rooking Paint, which saves jeshlogling, is prac¬ 
tical 1 y tire-proof, con la ms no tar, is extremely cheap, 
and indorsed by corporations, public Institutions and 
ieadirg men in every State. Local Agents ''anted 
s'ert'i for book circular, containing /M parUmUai^ and 
; thousands of testimonials. N. Y. SLATE ROOFING 
CO., 0 Ceclar St., Now York- 
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. ons aud presorves the leather aud turns the watfflr. 
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1 all Dealer?.____ 
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t and was tho only medal for Pure Whlto Lead eve 
II Kiven. -- 
CLOTHES last longer when washed 
Electric Soap, (made by Cragln & to.. PhUadUpma,) 
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