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SATURDAY, JULY 31, 1875. 
NEW YORK PATRONS OF HUSBANDRY. 
Knickerbocker Orange No. 154 Reception 
of Distinguished Visitors, 
Knickerbocker Okanok was organized in 
New York City in February, 1875, by a number 
of gentlemen interested in agriculture, most of 
them practical fanners, but including several 
editors of leading agricultural .lourmils. It 
numbors about eighty members, though tills 
number would be increased by hundreds but 
for tho strictness of tho rule to admit none not 
practically interested in farming. A majority 
of Its members are market gardeners who live 
on tho lines of railroad leading out in all direc¬ 
tions from New York, and to whom the city Is 
probably as central a rendezvous as could be 
found. The following arc the officers of the 
G range .—D. D. T. Mooke, M aster: T. E. Will- 
son, Overseer ; C. E. Otis, Treasurer, and J. W. 
Nauguton, Secretary. They are now negoti- 
ailng fora large room, to be centrally located 
and used as a Grange headquarters for breth- 
eren visiting the city, with reading room and 
library, making in l’a< t a Grange Club House 
for the use of members of the Order tempora¬ 
rily visiting the Metropolis. It is designed to 
establish also an eating house, with sleeping 
rooms attached, for t^e convenience of coun¬ 
try Grangers. Such au bouse is almost a neces¬ 
sity for members of the Knickerbocker Grange, 
many of whom live from live to twenty miles 
from the city, nnd arc forced to remain in 
New York over night whenever they attend a 
meeting. 
Knickerbocker Grange had the honor the past, 
week of extending a welcome to Cel. D. Wyatt 
Aiken, Master of the South Carolina State 
Grange and member of the National Executive 
Committee. Among visiting Patrons present at 
the Grange Rooms, No. 1S‘J bowery, wore MOR- 
timkh Whitkhkad, Ma-tor of the New Jersey 
State Grange; John li. Vail, Master of Ches¬ 
ter Grange; Nathaniel Munday, Master of 
Elizabeth Grange; J. 1). Todd of Golden’s 
Bridge, R. S. Todd of Three Rivers, C. H. Hut¬ 
ton, State Purchasing Agent of Virginia, and 
brethren from Westchester and Orange Coun¬ 
ty, N. J., Pennsylvania and Virginia. Brother 
Whitehead of New Jersey acted as Master, and 
after tho initiation of a candidate to the degree 
of matron, a recess was taken for refreshments. 
Upon reassembling Master Aiken delivered a 
brief address, full of instruction, upon the rit¬ 
ual, explaining the meaning of t he secret work 
and the necessity for its jtriot observance. Bro. 
Whitehead followed, dsvelling particularly 
upon the social and educational ad .antages of 
the Grange, which has already made a great 
change in the ancient order of things In the 
country districts. Other speeches of a compli¬ 
mentary and personal nature were indulged In, 
and the occasion was taken for many inter¬ 
changes of views that will be of material benefit 
to the Order. 
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FOREIGN DEMAND FOR AMERICAN 
PRODUCE. 
The past ten days the grain market has been 
unusually active, and the result is a sharp ad¬ 
vance in the prices of wheat and flour, with a 
slighter lucres--"! in the prices of other grains. 
The causes of this advance aro not difficult to 
find. For more than a year wheat has every¬ 
where been lower than the coat of production. 
With continued good crops little If any de¬ 
crease of price was to be looked for, while it 
failure anywhere was certain to be the signal 
for an advance. Early in the spring It was as¬ 
certained that the American winter wheat crop 
had been shortened by severe weather tu win¬ 
ter. and several weeks ago the Department of 
Agriculture estimated the deficiency in tho 
Amerir an wheat crop at 30 per cent.—equal to 
50,000,000 bushels, or more than our export irom 
the large crop of 1874. This alone would have 
warranted an advance on the then extremely 
low prices of wheat; but at that time it was 
supposed that the European grain harvest 
would be a good one, and prices remained sta¬ 
tionary. We had sonic reports of Injury from 
drouths In Southern Russia and Hungary; but 
those were not. considered Important enough to 
alfect the market. 
Suddenly and unexpectedly the face of affairs 
Is changed. Floods in France destroyed abso¬ 
lutely the crops in some of its fertile valleys, 
and heavy ruiiis injured the harvests In all parts 
of the country. A few days later we had re¬ 
ports of continued and destructive rains in 
England at a time when the English farmer 
needs every hour of bright, sunny weather to 
perfect the wheat, crop. There, as In France, 
extensive tracts of country have been over¬ 
flowed and tho crops of all kinds entirely de¬ 
stroyed, but tho fur greater danger is from the 
injury which crops in all localities have sus¬ 
tained. The wheat la beaten down into the 
ground and Injured all the more for Its previous 
luxuriance. The latest report is that much of 
the English wheat crop, if it can be gathered at, 
all, will be unfit for human food, being so 
grown and swollen by wot as to be lit only for 
cattle. The other grains have been also greatly 
and irreparably injured, bo that if good weather 
should continue henceforth, the harvest must 
be deficient In quant ty and still more so in 
quality. Good dry wheat, lit to make No. 1 
flour, will be at a premium everywhere this 
year. Even California wheat, always reckoned 
ihodryestin the world, was Injured this year 
by an untimely flood just before harvesting. 
The latest report Is that tho rains which have 
prevailed the past month in England and France 
have extended eastward as far a- Southern Rus¬ 
sia, doing even more damage than the early 
drouth. In view of these facts, it Is announced 
that the export from Southern Russia will be 
very small (if any) and quality poor. English 
dispatches say that both Franco and England 
must import wheat and flour tuls year and that 
the supply must come mainly from America. 
With our conceded!) deficient wheat crop there 
is just one way in which we can have any sur¬ 
plus to export, and t.but is by a rise in the price 
of wheat sufficient to compel a considerable 
portion of our own population to substitute 
corn meal for whcatcu fl mr. rules* tlm price 
goes considerably higher than it lias for two or 
three years, we cannot export nearly so much 
wheat this year as we did last, wdien the wheat 
crop was a good one throughout tho civilized 
world. Luckily , wo have a fair prospect for a 
good corn crop and probably a large potato 
crop, and these must cuter more largely into 
our exports than they have usually done. It Is 1 
the natural sequence of the continued wet 1 
weather now experienced In England that there 
should be a failure of the English and Irish ‘ 
potato crops. We never knew a wet harvest in 1 
England that was not followed by the potato * 
rot, and it would be strange indeed if this year \ 
should prove an exception. 
— it is very probable that the European crops 
of barley and other grains will prove 5cficlent 
from the same causes which have injured their 
wheat. Some of ibese coarser grains will prob- 1 
ably be used as food as wheat becomes dearer, i 
and In any event they cannot compete, as last I 
year, with American grain In our own markets. 1 
Our crop of spring grains promises to be very t 
large, and it is quite sure to bring a remuner- ( 
ative price. i 
wings, or sails, on each side of the vessel. The 
propellers will be constructed on the same 
principle as windmills. The machine can bo 
so plat ed that both propellers can be made to 
work in one direction, or one may pull and the 
other push. Upon tho ascension of the balloon 
the propeller in front is placed in motion; after 
being at the bight desired the screws are set to 
work and the vessel follows the direction given 
it by the pilot. A gas machl ne will be attached 
to the balloon to supply the necessary gas 
during the voyage. In case of a leak In the 
bnl'oon, other balloons, smaller, filled with gas, 
will be always on hand, and when placed In the 
larger one will serve to stop the leakage. The 
contract for the construction of the balloon 
has already been given out, and the work la to 
be completed by Aug. 5. Mr. 8cn holder ex¬ 
pects to be able to make a voyage with this 
balloon from Baltimore to New' York in IX 
hours, when the wind Is favorable. 
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Not Dangerous.—No amount Of indorsement 
nnd praise of the Potato beetle from us or any 
one else, would make them favorites with farm¬ 
ers. Tt Is not probaole that telling the public 
that the beetle and its larva 5 may bo bandied 
with impunity would make any one handle 
them for the fun of the thing. Still it is well 
t lial there should be no superstitions fears on 
this subject, and we can affirm that having 
crushed both | bee ties and larva? repeatedly In 
bare hands, we have never perceived the .‘light¬ 
est ill effect further than staining the hand just 
as it naturally would be by handling potato 
vines or out potatoes. We have often picked 
the potato lame or potato beetles and thrown 
them in Ihc fire in the kitchen stove with not 
the slightest ill effect from the steam or smoke. 
Every few' days we read “ cautions" as to the 
" dangerous character of potato bugs,” and es¬ 
pecially the danger from handling them, and it 
is time that thoso who send out needless alarms 
should learn better. Possibly Potato beetles 
dosed on Paris green would be poisonous; but 
the danger is in the green, not In the beetle. 
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Importation of Clydesdale llorscs,—R ural 
readers will remember the mention we made 
of ten Clydesdale stallions imported last De¬ 
cember by Powell Bros, of Spring, Crawford 
Go., Pa. They have just imported ten more, 
which arrived in lino condition last, week by the 
Victoria of the Anchor line. Their ages range 
from two to five years, and their weights from 
1,400 to 1,000 pounds. They are excellent speci¬ 
mens Of the draft horse, combining size,weight, 
action and finish. Several of them have taken 
prizes at tho shows of Scotland and are of the 
bent strains, being sired by noted prize animals. 
The Messrs. Powell have been, and propose to 
continue, blending Ituinbletonian and other 
strains of the trotting and road horses, but, 
recognizing the fact that our draft horses are 
sadly deficient, they have made these importa¬ 
tions. Both lots were selected in person by tw i 
of the firm, who have spent the last ten months 
traveling through Europe and other eastern 
Countries, giving tho closest attention to draft 
horses of all kinds. We congratulate them 
ui*>n I,heir selection and the country upon their 
accession. 
What the !Vetv York Grangers arc Doing.— 
A member of the firm of Rhodes <St Server, 
produce commission merchants of this city, 
Informs us the Grangers are making a grand 
success of .shipping their goods direct. Instead 
nf employing local agents as has heretofore 
been the custom. It is less than a year since 
the State Executive Committee closed their 
contract with Messrs. It. A S„ and In that short 
space of time the business of the Order has 
grown to such an extent that now it equals one- 
hatf of their business, and is generally entirely 
satisfactory to the members of the Order. In 
cheese alone, out of the 4,300 boxes handled by 
them last week, upwards of 2,000 boxes were 
from Grangers. The Executive Committee of 
our State Grange—Messrs. Wayne, Pratt and 
O'Donnell,— arc entitled to the thanks of the 
Orderin'the judgment and discretion exhib¬ 
ited in selecting the above named agents and 
in securing abundant bonds. 
RURAL NOTES AND QUERIES. 
To Europe by Hb|Iooil— W. F. SuHEOEDER, a 
young German in Baltimore, has procured a 
patent on a balloon with which he confidently 
expects to make the journey from New York 
to Europe In 50 hours. The funds to test the 
invention have bean furnished, and Postmas¬ 
ter-General Jewell, who has seen a model, 
expresses himself much pleased with it. Draw¬ 
ings and plans have also been taken to Europe 
to be submitted to the German Government. 
The vessel Is to be in form of a life bout, CO feet 
long, 10 feet wide, 13 fc.et. high, and will weigh 
3,800 pound.. The frame is to be of steel and 
wire, covered with strong, waterproof linen. 
The vessel will be carried by a balloon holding 
70,000 feet of gas. It will coutaln an engine of 
j2-liorse power, which will set in motion the 
Summer Luxuries.—About those days our 
friends In the country are enjoying the pleas¬ 
ure of having abundance of garden vegetables 
fortlie table. If they are not, more’s the pity, 
for a good garden Is au indispensable requisite 
to comfortable, and even healthful, living in 
our lerrluly warm summers. The system needs 
more moisture than It Is safe to give in summer 
drinks, and benoe a change of food from meat 
and bread to garden vegetables and fruit, purges 
the body, carrying off deleterious matters that 
would otherwise accumulate and breed fevers. 
It is Providentially arranged that the season of 
small fruits, beginning with strawberries, does 
not close before apples, plums and peaches are 
ready for use. and just in the hottest of the 
weather cucumbers and melons become abun¬ 
dant. If used properly and eaten at or directly 
after mealtimes, none of these will hurt any¬ 
body. 
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,Missing Canul Records.—In the investigation 
of the accounts of the Tweed ring in New 
York important papers were found suddenly 
missiug. and asirailar fatality is now announced 
lu the disappearance of important papers need¬ 
ed by the Caual Commission in its investiga¬ 
tions of the Canal ring. Three original con¬ 
tracts are not to be found. One of these refers 
i [ to H.D. Dexisox and another to James Bel- 
den. The search lias not been abandoned, 
though if the contracts cannot be found, it 
will not prevent but only delay the success of 
the investigation. It is known how much work 
was paid for, and after, the water Is removed 
from the canal In the fall the work can be ex¬ 
amined and measured to see if it trdlies with 
the payments made. 
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A Canal Contractor in Jail. — H. D. Deni- 
80 V, a canal contractor, has been sent to the 
Albany County Jail for contempt in refusing to 
produce fils books as required by the Canal In¬ 
vestigating commission. This puts the canal 
contractor in a tight place. According to our 
laws no man can be obliged to criminate him¬ 
self. IT. therefore, Mr. Denison will swear that 
his books would piove him a criminal, he can 
be excused from producing them; otherwise 
tie must remain in jail until he does. It is not 
a valid excuse that his books will show him In 
debt to the State, or that they would criminate 
others. Unless they criminate himself he must 
produce them, and his refusal to do so must be 
regarded as a confession of guilt. 
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Booksellers’ Exchange. — During the past 
week the principal book publishers aud im¬ 
porters of this country have been organizing a 
fair or clearing house Tor the sale of books. 
Considerable concessions were made —mo tiy 
to clear off heavy lots of new publications 
which did not sell so readily as was anticipated. 
There will undoubtedly be a revival of business 
In bookselling with the reviving of business 
prospects of the country in the fall, and book 
publishers seem inclined to favor this tendency 
by accepting somewhat lower rates than have 
recently been charged. 
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Storms uiid Floods—The season both in this 
country and in Europe seems to bo remarkable 
for heavy rains. In some parts of the West 
considerable damage has been done to crops, 
and everywhere for a month past there has 
been abundance, if not, superabundance, of 
water. Tho Injury to crops in this couutry is, 
however, nowhere so extensive as in Europe. 
Our hot, warm summers quickly dispose of su¬ 
perfluous moisture, and floods In rivers ure 
scarcely possible at this season of the year. 
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American Penclies for Europe, — The Dela¬ 
ware peach growers are making arrangements 
with the American Steamship Co. for sending 
peaches to England. At a cost of $3,000,8,000 to 
10,000 baskets of fruit may bo forwarded in good 
condition. This sum included passage of an 
agent to take charge of the frnR wnen It arrives. 
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RURAL BREVITIES. 
The Mississippi Grangers propose to estab¬ 
lish a college. 
There are 800,000 acres of soil In India under 
jute cultivation. 
Ants in Connecticut have begun the practice 
of chewing tobacco, and in some localities have 
greatly injured the crop. 
The Rural Southerner Invites Georgia poultry 
growers to most in Macon, Ga., October 30th, 
to form a State Poultry Association. 
A single association for fish culture has 
since May distriiiuied 330,0011 young salmon 
through i lie streams of Connecticut. 
THE latest “corner” Is In canary seed. Tho 
price has gone up from $3 to$16 per bushel, and 
the next crop is said to be already sold. 
The Mount Vernon Democrat predicts that 
the present wheat crop In Southern Indiana 
will not average eight bushels to the acre. 
Anurew Wiseman of HaueockCo.,Obio, has 
had 100 sheep killed by dogs wiihiu a few 
weeks. There are 3,310 dogs lu the county. 
Tea made from the Jamestown weed and ap¬ 
plied in a paste made with tiuur or gypsum, is 
strongly recommended to kill the cotton worm. 
IN the vicinity Of Chicago good farm hands 
are ubtained this season for $15 per month. 
Farmers say that there were never as many men 
applying for work. 
The yield of hops in California will not be 
more than two-thirds of a crop this season, but 
It is said recent rains will increase the weight of 
the hops fully ten per cent. 
Tue champion farmer Is Micuakl Sullivan 
of Ford County, 111., who has 33,000 acres iu 
wheat and 6,000 in oats and flax. He has 400 
teams at work, and no less than 800 persons on 
his place. 
The Maine Farmer publishes a letter ques¬ 
tioning if Lhere is or can be any beauty iu a 
very young baby. If the Farmer is not overrun 
with indignant answers to such a query, the 
mothers In Maine are more busily employed 
than we had supposed them tu be. 
A little sulphur burned under stains from 
berries on bands on clothing, will Immediately 
remove them. Lighting a few matches and al¬ 
lowing the l uuics to envelope the stains will do 
the work. No soap should ue used, as its effect 
is to neutralize the sulphur vapor. 
BUSINESS NOTICES. 
LYONS MUSICAL ACADEMY. 
One of the most successful Institutions of its kind. 
Instruction by the best methods in Piano-Forte, 
Vocal Culture and Harmuny. Students tilted for 
teachers. Catalogues mailed free. 
0. S. ADAMS, Principal, 
Lyons, Wayne Co., N. V. 
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We know of innny cases where women have had 
their home duties gx-catly lightened by use of Dob¬ 
bins’ Electric Soap (made by Craglu & Co., Phila¬ 
delphia). AVe advise you to try It and satisfy your¬ 
self of its merit. 
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