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SATURDAY, JULY S, 1875. 
VOLUME XXXII. 
STILL PROGRESSING.—MORE HELP. 
Moore's Rural— or, The Old Rural, as our 
Young Publisher likes to call this hebdomadal 
(perhaps because both It and Moore aro be¬ 
coming somewhat aged,)—enters upon a new 
Semi-Annual Volume with this number. Last 
week we expressed the hope of rendering t he 
(then) ensuing volume acceptable to all Its 
readers, and certainly not less interesting or 
valuable than its predecessor. Time will tell 
whether this hope is to be fulfilled, but we 
shall endenvor, by earnest and conscientious 
efforts, to make each of the Twenty-Six Num¬ 
bers of Vol. XXXII worthy tho perusal and 
approval of intelligent, thinking, progressive 
people everywhere. Guided by the lamp of 
experience, and aided by the best talent in tho 
land, including tho new Associate Editor in¬ 
troduced below, the Founder of the Old Rural 
(writing this in hla shin-sleeves, with the ther¬ 
mometer among the nineties) is confident of 
its continued and augmented success pro¬ 
vided only that its Agents, Subscribers, Con¬ 
tributors, and other good friends, to whom we 
never appealed In vain, shall stand by the craft 
during its voyage. Starting on tho evo of the 
Ever-Glorious Fourth, nnd with tho echoes 
of recent Centennial Celebrations in our 
ears, we anticipate, or at least ardeDtly 
desire, a pleasant and profitable six months' 
cruise for all our passengers (readers), — 
which we trust will be successfully com¬ 
pleted amid the festivities of the Holidays, 
and in time to give all our friends a cordial 
New Year’s Greeting. Meantime we bespeak a 
continuance oE the kind offices and influence 
of the Rural’S friends everywhere, reminding 
them that additions to its subscription list and 
contributions to its pages are in order and ac¬ 
ceptable at all seasons-as much so during the 
prevalence of the Bummer solstice as In that of 
the frosts and snows of winter. “Progress and 
Improvement" are always timely with the Ru¬ 
ral, and it is still progressing and will strive 
to improve as it advances. 
A New Associate Editor. 
In opening this volume we take great pleas¬ 
ure in announcing that we have been so fortu¬ 
nate as to secure the services of Mr. Wu. J. 
Fowler of Pittaford, near Rochester, as Asso¬ 
ciate Editor, to succeed Mr. Buagdon, who 
was constrained to resign some mouths ago on 
acoount ol impaired health. Mr. IJowlkr is 
admirably qualified for the position he has ac¬ 
cepted—for he was not only burn on a farm, hut 
was bred to the calling ol agriculture, and ia a 
man of considerable experience and close ob¬ 
servation. Added to this he has had many 
years', experience as a journalist—though he 
comes now directly from the farm—having been 
editor of the Rochester Express for years, and 
of late a frequent contributor to this paper, the 
Country Gentleman, N. Y. Weekly Tribune, 
Times, Rural Home, aDd other journals, on 
agriculture and kindred topics. Indeed, Mr. 
Fowler was a correspondent of the Rural, 
and a very acceptable one, while in his Icons 
(as was his predecessor, Mr. Hragdon,) and has 
the rare facility of Imparting what he knows 
on practical subjects In a clear and concise 
style. His cxpeifnee n» a Western New* York 
farmer, combined with bis habit of dose obser¬ 
vation and extensive reading on the subject, 
render Mr. Fowler a most valuable accession 
to our Editorial Corps and, unless we mistake. 
Rural readets will bo benefited by the writings 
of one so well informed who comes directly 
from the various farm operations with which 
he Is practically familiar. Mr. Fowler has for 
some time been Secretary of the Western New 
York Farmers’ Club, in whose able discussion* 
he was of course a participant, and with the 
opinions and farm practices of the leading 
members of which he Is conversant. We think 
his hosts of friends, including many editors, in 
Western Now York and elsewhere, will concur 
with us In pronouncing Mr. Fowler’s connec¬ 
tion with the Rural New-Yorker a fortunate 
and valuable acquisition. 
— It is proper to add that we have recently 
engaged several Editorial and other contribu¬ 
tors, with tho view of rendering the pages of 
the Rural increasingly interesting Jind valu¬ 
able. And now for the work of the next vol¬ 
ume, at the end of which we trust readers may 
be enabled to say our duty has not been neg¬ 
lected, even If the verdict is not “well done.” 
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THE QUEENS COUNTY SUMMER FAIR. 
The June Exhibition of the Queens County 
Agricultural Society was held in the Society's 
grounds in Mlncola, a small village, 19 miles 
from New York, June S3 and 21. For a summer 
exhibition the Fair was a success, nnd tn some 
departments seemed specially so. The display 
of roses, flowers and vegetables was a good one, 
and small fruits were In fair supply, but many 
unripe, owing to the lateness of tho season. A 
noteworthy feature of the Fair was the large 
show of dogs, more than 100 being on exhibi¬ 
tion. This is a feature which would not meet 
much favor among our Western readers, where 
doge aro an intolerable nuisance as sheep kill¬ 
ers. It is quite safe, however, to say that none 
of these dogs over killed a sheep, as few sheep 
are found on Long Island. 
Agricultural Implement*. 
As usual with summer shows, the agricul¬ 
tural implement manufacturers were not 
very fully represented. It. was too early for 
reaper trials, and there was no testing of the 
throe or four mowers on exhibition. There 
was, however, a spirited contest over lawn 
mowers, in which Hill's Archimedean, entered 
by R. C. Rbevmb, took the first premium, 
against the Excelsior, as a hand mower, and 
the Excelsior took the first, premium as a horse 
mower. 
We noticed on the ground the Champion 
Grain Drill, exhibited by L. B. COXE and man- 
Tactured by Johnson & Gere of Owego, N. Y. 
The Plowing Match. 
Tbo main interest of the Fair centered in the 
plowing match. Long Island soil appears to be 
well adapted to encourage good plowing ; but 
It isn’t . The dry sand does not turn over easily, 
in sod at least, and SI was evidently difficult to 
do good work. Some very fair plowing wa-S 
however, exhibited. The *100 prize was award¬ 
ed to Chas. McKay, one of Mr. Ckozier’b 
Beacon Farm plowmen, using ono ol the plows 
brought from that celebrated farm. Another 
premium in another class was awarded to an¬ 
other of the Crozler Farm plowmen, WILLIAM 
AlKKN. CHAS. OaklYT, with » gang plow 
from R. H. Allen & Co.’s, took a first premium 
of $3o, and other premiums were awarded to 
representatives of the Ames Plow Co., John 
Collins and R. If. Allen & Co., but, not see¬ 
ing the work in progress, we did not learn their 
names. 
On Thursday afternoon there was a match 
for plowing—the best work with any kind of 
plow on stubble land. One-quarter of an aore 
was given each plowman in lands two rods 
wide and twenty rods long. This gave longer 
“bouts” and favored better work. The land 
selected was a sand, with here and there a 
white clover, but mainly covered with bull’s- 
eye daisy and wild turnip, called by neighbor¬ 
ing farmers “catlook” and a very bad weed. 
These weeds were 12 to 18 inches high, aud of 
course it was impossible to make good-looking 
work without using a chain or some other de¬ 
vice to rake the weeds under the furrow. Six 
entries wore made, as follows : 
Ames Plow Oo., 2, Steel Clipper, D. W. 
Wheelock, Plowman; Eagle, 34, Anson War¬ 
ren, Plowman; John Collins, 3; the Deere 
G. P., 5, John Collins, Plowman ; the Collins, 
No. 3, Edwarb Small, Plowman, and Collins 
No. 2, John McKenzie, Plowman. 
B. H. Allen & Co. entered the Deere Gang 
Plow, Chas. Oakley, Plowman, and also had 
on exhibition a plow with device for cutting a 
slice from the back of the furrow and turning 
It hack, thus euabtlng farmers to plant pota¬ 
toes or corn In the furrows without covering It 
too deep. This last was exhibited but did not 
compete for premium because entered too late. 
Of the above plows only the Eagle, 34, was 
iron—all the others steel. There was little dif¬ 
ference In quality of the plowing. All failed to 
completely cover the weeds, hence the plowing 
did not show as good as It really was. The 
white and yellow blossoms peering above the 
furrows were not pleasant sights to good plow¬ 
men or good farmers. We are told that the 
field was in oats last year aud unseeded except 
as it has seeded itself with weeds. It seems al¬ 
most incredible that such shiftless (arming 
should be possible within twenty nitles of New 
York Ci< V, but It Is a fact. That the soil is capa¬ 
ble of better crops t han bull’s-eye and wildtur- 1 
nip we had abundant evidence along the route. 
It would have been difficult for us to make 
the award, as it evidently was for the commit¬ 
tee. This “ jury of the vicinage," to borrow the 
happy phrase of Mr. Evarth, awarded the only 
premium to Edward Small, a resident of Mln- 
eola, and we are not disposed to criticise their 
decision. The Committee also spoko in high 
terms of the plow entered and worked by John 
Collins and of the workmanship of the Deere 
Gang Plow operated by Charles Oaklet and 
entered by R. H. Allen Sr Co. Till* gang plow 
is worthy of special mention. It is steel, light 
draft for two furrows, plows fully six inches 
deep and with two horses plowed t he quarter 
of an acre in 43 minutes, at which rate, with 
a good team, we are assured It will plow through 
an entire day. The plowman has a sinecure 
position sitting on a sulky seat and only touch¬ 
ing the plow to lift it out of ground at the end 
of the furrow. For all stubble land free from 
stone this gang plow must be very valuable, es¬ 
pecially for fitting corn and potato stubble for 
spring grain. 
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RURAL NOTES AND QUERIES. 
City Wisdom About Farming. — The leading 
New York dailies arc excited about the potato 
beetle, his habits, appearance and the means of 
destroying him. Unfortunately the means of 
the average city editor for becoming acquainted 
with this pest, either scientifically or practical¬ 
ly, nee very limited, and as a result some serious 
aud inexcusable hluuders are made, as woil as 
many others which are merely laughable. 
Among the latter we include an editorial article 
in the New York Herald, on the “Potato Bug,” 
which i* not nearly so much of a (hum) “hug” 
as the editor of the Herald when writing about 
farming. Among other choice bits of wisdom 
with which tho article abounds wo are told that 
the aforesaid “ bug *' (f. e., t he beetle) is “ the 
sworn enemy of boiled potatoes, mashed pota¬ 
toes, fried potatoes, Saratoga fried chips, 
stewed potatoes, potato cakes, potato salads, 
Lyounaise potatoes, roast potatoes, potato cro¬ 
quettes, cold potatoes, sweet potatoes (?), and 
all the counties* forms into which that useful 
and proteftn esculent transforms itself.” The 
writ er evidently supposes that the sweet potato 
h< only another “form” of the common Irish 
potato, whereas it belongs to another order of 
plants and Is no more liable to attack from the 
potato bootle than wheat or barley. Further 
on tho editor asserts that “miles of territory 
are laid waste by this destroyer,” which we 
suspect is not t rue anywhere, as farmers never 
plant much land with pot atoes, and other crops 
would not be affected by this enemy. Is it not 
possible that t he Herald editor, having con¬ 
founded a beetle with a bug, hasmuddlod his 
brain once more and got the Dorypbora mixed 
up with the grasshopper or Western locust ? 
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Improvement in American Iron. — Farmers 
and blacksmiths often complain that the iron 
fn tools and agricultural implements is not as 
good as it used t.o be. and Englishmen sav that 
our iron is not. as good as that used iu the old 
country. Swedish and Russian iron, as is well 
known, Is the best, and the high tariff has kept 
much of that out of the country, compelling 
American farmers to use an Inferior article 
until our iron workers learned the secret of 
making one as good. Everybody will be glad 
to hear that they have succeeded. The Amer¬ 
ican Manufacturer of Pittsburgh, Pa., says that 
a firm iu that city, engaged in manufacturing 
smooth sheet iron, has discovered a process of 
planishing It under a heavy steam hammer, 
making iron as tough as the best Russian, and 
at a greatly reduced expense over the Russian 
process. The firm is overrun with orders, but 
if the business is profitable tt will doubtless 
soon accommodate itself to the demand. There 
is reason to hope that whether iron is to be any 
cheaper or not its quality is to be superior to 
what the country has had to use for some years 
past. _ _ 
Economy in Government.Gov. TilbKN of 
this State is doing a good work in vetoing ex¬ 
pensive legislation passed at the recent session. 
He has vetoed the bill providing for extraordi¬ 
nary repairs on the State canals, thereby saving 
between two and three millions of dollars to 
the people of New York State. He has also 
vetoed twenty-seven items in the S apply bill, 
including several items for expensive publio 
buildings and other improvements, amounting 
In all to $785,880. Inconsequence of these ve¬ 
toes there will probably be no deficiency to be 
made up next year and the rate of State taxa¬ 
tion is six mills to the dollar against ?'4 last 
year. This is reform in the right direction, 
economizing the expenses of the Government 
and cutting off extravagant aud corrupt jobs 
which have done so much to demoralize the 
people and endanger the political future of the 
country. New York is setting a good example 
for other States in the Centennial year on which 
we are entering. 
Don’t Come to New York.—Nearly all kinds 
of business are at present very dull In New 
York, reflecting In this respect the “hard 
times" of which farmers have for several year* 
complained. There is little demand for labor 
of any kind and hundreds of workingmen have 
been thrown out of employment and are seek¬ 
ing work. Taking advantage of this state of 
affairs the city authorities have reduced tho 
\ wages of laborers ou public works to $Lii0 per 
day instead of *2 as formerly. The workingmen 
have held an immense meeting in Cooper ITnion 
Hall to protest against this reduction, but there 
is no strike nor any danger of any, as plenty 
more laborers could bo found if those now em¬ 
ployed should refuse to work. The moral of all 
this is, if you have a good business or any busi¬ 
ness that earns an honest living, stick to it 
rather Gum take the cbancts of doing better oi 
worse in the metropolis. The present is not a 
good time to come to New York to live. We 
don’t say, “ Go West,” but rather, “ Stay where 
you are" if you can. 
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The Summer Solstice has arrived at last, and 
as we write (June 2o, 2 P. M„) the thermometer 
marks 92° in the shade here in the metropolis 
It may be as warm—aye, hot—in aomc sections 
of the country, but—bless their eyes and bod¬ 
ies!—most of our rural cousins are away from 
the heated walls, pavements and noisome 
smells of the city, and hence to be envied, for 
of a verity their “lines have fallen In pleas¬ 
ant (and pool) places.” Would that we could 
fly from the pestiferous atmosphere and hie to 
the salubrious hills, valleys, forests of the coun¬ 
try—where neither correspondents, exchanges, 
nor even the telegraph could reach or disturb 
us in our retreat! Indeed and In fact we would 
like verily to lie rejuvenated. Just now r , and 
placed on the old homestead, even If obliged to 
work in tho hay or harvest Hold, Who will 
“ swap work” with ns for a while and “ give the 
old man a chance " to recuperate? 
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Allen’s Insect Destroyer.—The inventor and 
manufacturer has shown us a convenient ma¬ 
chine for dusting Paris green on potato plants as 
well as any insect powders on plants. Itconsists 
Of a small bellows, to which Is attached n funnel 
capable of holding enough Paris green and flour 
or piaster to dust »00 hills of potatoes, throwing 
It in auy angle beside, under or over the 
plants as is deemed best. It la provided with a 
long handle, and can be bent in any direction or 
extended from ten or more feet if desired. It 
will prove a valuable Implement for gardener! 
in destroying bugs and worms of allliinds in 
tho garden and almost indispensable to t.h® 
fanner in lighting tho potato beetle. Its oost 
Is only cix dollars. 
Address at IIinn. State Fair.—En exchange 
states that “ X. A. Willard, Esq., of the Ru¬ 
ral New-Yorker, has received the h f rh com¬ 
pliment of an invitation to deliver the annual 
address at the Minnesota Slate Fair, which is 
to he held at St. Paul from the lith t.o tho 17th 
of Sept.” We learn that Mr. Willard has 
accepted the Invitation, and have no doubt he 
will give our Western friends an address iu his 
characteristically able and popular manner. 
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The Yew England Dairyman is the titio of 
a neat sixteen page monthly, Just started by 
Moselt & Stoddard at Poultuey, Vt. It con¬ 
tains many items of interest to dairymen, aud 
if it maintains the standard of Its first number 
will prove valuable to all interested in dairy 
matters. 
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RURAL BREVITIES. 
Don Juan Forster is the name of a Cali¬ 
fornia farmer whose ranch, In San Diego Co., 
consists of nearly 100,000 acres. 
The dog tax In Tennesee for the coming year 
It Is estimated will produce *300,000, and in¬ 
crease the general revenue of the State twenty- 
five per cent. 
A foreign company, with a capital of $30,- 
000,000, has been organized for the purpose of 
investing in Louisiana kind and of pursuing 
agriculture as a science. 
Adam Grimm of Jefferson, Wis., is one of (tie 
largest honey raiser.-, iu the world. His crop 
for last year was 25.910 pounds, and his apiary 
consists of 1,158 colonies. 
Those interested in Western lands will find 
interest in reading the advertisement of John 
D. RIVERS, who offers valuable farms iu Iowa, 
in parts of the State that have never been af¬ 
fected by the grasshopper. 
In the TJ. S. Circuit Court at Pittsburgh, in 
the case of A. J. Nellis & Co. vs. Jacob Hn 
for infringement of patent for Harpoon HoKJ 
Hay Fork, a final decree was recently entered 
iu favor of complainants, and U. S, Commis¬ 
sioner Gamble was appointed master to take 
account of damages.___ 
BUSINESS NOTICES. 
THE POTATOES SAVED, 
and sure death to the Bugs, only by the use of Paris 
Green. For a good article, and how to use it. send 
to F. W. DEVOE & CO., Ho and 117 Fulton St., New 
York City. _ 
DOBBINS’ ELECTRIC SOAP, 
(made by Cragln & Co., Philadelphia,) contaius noth¬ 
ing but the purest material, and does the work 
quickly, but without impairing the finest fabric. 
Try it without fail, 
