animals giving milk the foreign substances, if 
too abundant for the other excretory organs to 
manage, will usually overflow into that. With 
this additional protection from the effects of 
dmease It. is easily seen why animals giving 
abundance of milk should be generally health¬ 
ier at such times than at others. Still, where 
milk has to be used for human food and espec¬ 
ially for children and Infants, this wise provis¬ 
ion of nature ought, to induce greater careful¬ 
ness in securing good food and water for cows. 
The character of tiie milk is of greater import¬ 
ance than the health of the cow. 
the plant is small. More care has been taken to 
properly fit the ground, and either barnyard 
manure or superphosphate has heen applied to 
most p'eccs In thlB section. We think, with a 
feir winter and spring, the wheat rrop will he 
better Dext year than in several previous sea¬ 
sons. Wheat has not paid lately; but farmora 
would still be compelled to bow it largely even 
If It paid less, for no spring grain is so good 
to seed down with. A good deal of clover has 
been left for seed and farmers are now gather- 
ing it. Clover la again making of Western New 
York the finest farming region of the country, 
as it was in the early days, when the »and was 
new and produced celebrated crops of wheat 
with poor preparation and no manure. In what¬ 
ever town in Western New York we find the 
most clover, there we shad surely And the best 
farmers. 
Fruit. 
Apples are almost the only fruit for market, 
and the crop is generally a light one. A few 
orchards are loaded, but they are the excep¬ 
tion. It seems to be a fact that orchards which 
hear the best are located on moist, rich ground, 
and generally with a northern or north western 
exposure. Land ly ing to the north is less valu¬ 
able for most crops, and if it can bo utilized 
for orchards that would seem to be the best 
way to dispose of it.. A dry, warm soil, suitable 
for grain, bring# generally lighter crops of ap¬ 
ples. Dealer# are bow paying $3.75(35.00 per 
bbl. for winter fruit, a paying price for those 
who have apples to sell. Many farmers wi‘h 
email orchards will have to buy for their own 
use. Wherever peach trees have been kept 
alive and cared for there was a good yield this 
year; hut there are comparatively few peach 
trees left In Western New VorU. Pears are 
like apples, a light crop wit h occasional excep¬ 
tions. Quinces seem to be about an average, 
and pay well, selling at $.V®0.00 per bbl. 
On the whole, farmers all doing only fairly 
this year. Those who have a good hat ley crop 
will make some money. It only needs a paying 
price for potatoes to make all farmers herea¬ 
bout exultant. w. J. S'. 
or herself and the people, should get up a Club 
for (he Rural for 187ft, and the way to do that 
Is to Begin Now. Don't delay the matter a 
moment. If you are In a store, office or shop, 
Invite every one who calls to subscribe. If a 
farmer, take a copy of the Rural wftb you 
wherever you go, to the village or elsewhere— 
even to election— aDd show it to everybody and 
ask them to subscribe. Don’t bo modest, but 
“ push things.” That is what will pay you and 
help the Run At, as well as your neighbors and 
other acquaintances. 
Another thing. If you lose or give away any 
numbers of the Rural we will supply the de¬ 
ficiency—In fact send specimens to any person 
dealring. So, don't be any more modest with 
us that, you are with your neighbors. We mean 
business every time, and are going for that 
million of subscribers next year. 
“PROGRESS AND IMPROVEMENT 
A NATIONAL ILLUSTRATED 
WM. J. FOWLER, ANDREW S. FULLER 
Adooiat# Kditorw. 
Danger from Surface Mnnurlng. — SMEE, an 
English chemist, says that where pastures are 
manured with city sewage water, the milk of 
cows fed thereon becomes rancid much sooner 
than ordinary milk. This is Dot at all strange, 
as the sewage water Is sprinkled on the leaves 
of grass In large quantities. It Is probable that 
plauts have the power to neutralize these for¬ 
eign elemonts to some extent, but this is limit¬ 
ed, and where cows are pastured on grass re¬ 
cently and heavily manured with sewage water, 
they have no alternative but to eat the filthy 
stuff. Cows will not eat. grass near where their 
own droppings have fallen, but with sewage 
sprinkled from a watering cart there Is no herb¬ 
age not tainted. Fresh earth la the best ab¬ 
sorbent, and the better plan is to apply offen¬ 
sive manures on newly-plowed land or to hoed 
crops. Unless used in larger quantities, ma¬ 
nures taken up by the roots will never affect 
HENRY S. RANDALL LL, D., Cortland Village, N. Y., 
Editor of tk* Dmkamtmfnt of Binr 
X. A. WILLARD, A. M., Little Falls, N. Y., 
Editob of t*» D*p±at*ii*T of D*unr Hom*ii»T. 
G. A. C. BARNETT, Publisher, 
TERMS FOR 1875, IN ADVANCE, 
INCLUDING POSTAGE. WHICH PUBLISHERS PREPAY. 
Single Cony. FJ.GS per Tear. To n»h»:—Five Cop¬ 
ies. and one copy free to A gent or getter up of Club, 
for $13,40; Seven Copies, and one free, for $17.20; Ton 
Copies, und one free. *21.50-only |2.t6 per ropy. Tli 
above rates <ncludt pottage (wlilob we shall be obliged 
to prepay after Jan. 1, t«7!>, under the new law.Uo 
pny part of tho (.kilted btates, and the American 
postage on nil copies mulled to Canada. On papers 
mailed to Europe, by steamer, the postage will be 85 
cents extra-or E'l.Mi in all. Draft,*, Post-Otlice Money 
Orders and Registered Letters may be mailed at our 
risk. ETF* Liberal Premiums to all Club Agents who 
do not take free copies. Specimen Numbers Show- 
Bills, &c„ sent. Iran. 
crops were mostly gathered, excepting corn, 
potatoes and buckwheat; but tbe green fields 
evinced fertility and showed that, the country 
through tho Southern Tier had enjoyed abun¬ 
dant rains. Corn was all cot and the fields 
looked brown and bare as compared with the 
freshness of July and August, Vmt we knew 
that In those heavy “stooks " of corn were bid¬ 
den earn of golden grain, with which nature In 
Autumn always redeems her greenback promi¬ 
ses of spriDg and summer. Nature never re¬ 
pudiates her greenbacks. She redeems them 
all, not indeed In gold but In golden grain 
which Is f ar better. 
Potatoes and Low Prices. 
Approaching Rochester we strike the potato 
growing belt, extending southward Into Living¬ 
ston County. Farmers ore feeling sore and dis¬ 
couraged over the low price, especially so those 
unlucky ones who “went Into potatoes ” ex¬ 
tensively the first time this year. Those who 
have grown potatoes several years can “aver¬ 
age" this crop with otherB and Still find pota¬ 
toes profitable, which is more than be said of 
most grain crops. In Livingston County, rains 
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Willard’s Practical Butter Book.—This work, 
recently published at the Rural Office, (and 
which wo send, post-paid, to any address for 
$1.) is receiving praise both from Press and 
People. Exchanges speak of It In the highest 
terms, while people who have purchased and 
read It testify lo its value. Among others a 
planter near New Orleans, (in a letter ordering 
the Rural Tor a year, and a copy of Willard’s 
Practical Dairy Husbandry,) writes“ I am in 
receipt from your Office of Willard’s Prac¬ 
tical Butter Book. Would not part with it 
for twenty times its cost. It contains a vast 
amount of information.’’ 
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RURAL NOTES AND QUERIES. 
to order a pair of shoes. “ And be sure to make 
them good and strong,” added the old gentle¬ 
man on leaving. The shoemaker laughed, and 
said bethought It would not be hard to make 
shoes that would last longer than he would. 
“ I don’t know about that,” said the Centen¬ 
nial hero In a thin, piping voice; “ 1 begin this 
bundled years a great deal stronger than I did 
the last.” The United States certainly- “begins 
this hundred years ” stronger than It did the 
last.. Tho more Important question remains; 
Are the American people more Intelligent, 
more virtuous and more patriotic than the Am¬ 
ericans of one hundred years ago? Unless we 
are, our boasted progress Is Illusory, and in¬ 
creased national strength, population and even 
wealth may prove a curse rather than a blessing. 
The lovo of home, of the farm and rural life 
forms the basis of the patriotism which Is to 
save the country from prevalent corruption. 
No Journal alms more steadily, and we believe 
none more effeotunlly labors to promote popu¬ 
lar virtue and patriotism than the “Old 
Rural.” 
---- 
Western New York Farmer's Club. — The 
meeting of this Club in Rochester, Oct. 16th 
was not largely attended, for which there are 
plenty of causes. Farmers are very busy har¬ 
vesting and storing potatoes, and, as the weath¬ 
er was beautiful, they did not like to leave 
their work. Add to this, the horses have the 
epizooty and cannot be driven much. Notwith¬ 
standing these drawbacks we found Messrs. 
L. D. Ely of Rochester; D. E. Roger* of Wheat- 
land ; A. G. Newton of Parma; Secretary Rey¬ 
nolds ; O. Bekbeb of Henrietta; W. G. Mark¬ 
ham of Rush, and one or two others. No dis¬ 
cussion was had, and the subject proposed 
Fruit Culture— was postponed till next meeting 
on the first Saturday in November, 
By the way, members of this Farmer's Club 
are coming into political and official promin¬ 
ence. Heman GLaSS of Greece is the Repub¬ 
lican candidate for Member of Assembly in the 
Third Assembly District of Monroe, and on 
Saturday last Willard Hodges of Brighton 
was nominated for Assembly in the First Dis¬ 
trict. Messrs. Glass and Hodges are intelli¬ 
gent, euterprlslng and successful farmers. 
They will worthily represent the interests of 
the two agricultural districts of Monroe, which 
la one of the best farming counties !u the 
United States. It is a good sign when farmers 
are nominated and elected to representative 
positions. 
RURAL BREVITIES, 
New York received this season 4,401 car loads 
of peaches, or 2,200,000 baskets. 
According to the Assessors’ returns, Illinois 
has 2,809,909 hogs-642,244 less than last year. 
Tin; Connecticut, anple crop has fallen off 00 
per cent, as compared with last year’s yield. 
The number of cattle shipped or driven from 
Texas this year is ovcr212.000 so far. Over 10,000 
will be wintered on the Wioblta river. 
The Louisiana sugar crop Is estimated at 116,- 
807 hogsheads, against 89.408 last. year. The 
Diol&Bsea crop la estimated at 11,G1G«628 gallons. 
Tiie New York State Census has been com¬ 
pleted. and the result shows an aggregate pop¬ 
ulation of 4,910,004, having trebled within fifty 
years. 
A FIELD or 60,000 acres is tho property of a 
gentleman in Nueces County, Texas, and he re¬ 
cently filled an order by telegraph for 26,000 
beeves. 
During the late Texas cyclone, Mr. Mnys, 
living near Walllsville, on Dorris Island, lost 
1,500 head of cattle and 60 head of horses. Mr. 
Lawrence, two miles above Walllsville, lost 
over 1,000 bead of stock. 
The Advance, published at Bedford, N. Y., 
by 8. H. J JLMMKR 60 N, is a bright little eight-page 
semi-monthly paper, devoted principally to 
light family reading, Its motto, “MuUum in 
Parvo Is specially applicable, particularly the 
Parvo. 
The Western Postal Review, a new month¬ 
ly paper edited and owned bv H. A- Kenyon of 
Dwight, TIL, Is well worthy of its energetic Pro- 
prletor aud will prov© lovalUftbw to all post- 
* . J . 1_i„ ..lr.».lf,« Tv uillC U Trust* 
MONDAY, OCT. 23, 1875. 
MOORE'S RURAL FOR 1876 
PAY FOR EVERYBODY. 
Moore’s Rural Nkw-Yorkkr, has for the 
past Quarter of a Century been tho Leading 
Wpekly of its Class—not only the Standard 
American Authority on all Rural, Domestic, and 
Homo Affairs, but a Choice, Pure and Unexcep. 
tlonablo Family Paper. As such it has long 
been popular, having sincere and ardent ad¬ 
mirers and supporters in every State and Ter¬ 
ritory of the Republic, throughout Canada, and 
Age has not lessened Its vigor, but 
. value and usefulness, and 
-the Pioneer Journal In its 
to render its Fifty-Three 
abroad 
added to Its energy, 
the “Old Rural”— 
Sphere —purposes 
Numbers for 1876 superior to those of any pre¬ 
ceding year not only, but worthy of the Ameri¬ 
can Centennial. Not satined with a circula¬ 
tion of One Hundred Thousand, It now asks, 
upon Its merits and the Inducements Offered 
Agents, for a Million of Subscribers! And if 
readers will use their Influence In It* behalf 
for a few weeks or months, they will not only 
benefit, themselves and friends but give the 
“Old Rural" a circulation and power for 
good unparalleled by any other periodical on 
the Continent. All that. Is necessary to secure 
this laudable result is for each person Interest¬ 
ed to take timely. Immediate action to procure 
subscribers for 1876. For such action on the 
part, of Men, Women and Young People, we 
offer and shall, as ever heietnfore, promptly 
pay the most liberal Premiums, so that tbosB 
who benefit others by circulating the RURAL 
will find the business profitable to themselves. 
Every one who forms a club for the Rural 
New Yorker for 1876 will be well rewarded 
therefor. For evidence see our offers of Regu¬ 
lar and Extra Premiums In a Supplement whlob 
we send free to all. The Premiums, remember, 
are open to all, so that everybody has an equal 
chance. The Regular Premium* are sure, be¬ 
ing given for a specified number of subscribers, 
and the Extra Premiums will be won by these 
who are the most successful. But don’t ” for¬ 
get to remember " that the Extras are In addi¬ 
tion. to aU other Premiums, and therefore worth 
working for earnestly—for they will not only 
prove substantial, but he a badge of honor to 
every recipient. Hosts of our readers can 
easily secure Premiums by making a little 
timely effort. Among others we may speolfy 
a few. Let us see: 
Post masters and their Assistants, 
Merchants and their Clerks, 
Officers of Ag. Sooieties, 
Clubs and Granges, 
Manufacturers and Mechanics, 
Clergymen, Teachers, &o. 
In fact every one who wishes to benefit him 
AN INDUCEMENT! 
A Good Way to Secure a Practical 
and Scientific Library. 
We have made a selection from our Publications 
of the follow log Standard Works, which v.e offer to 
subscribers in conjunction wlih the Rural New- 
Yorker, at the extremely low rates below. These 
works are by men who have a national reputation in 
their varion* specialties, and we feel sure that wa 
are conferring a double *ervloe when we offer the 
best Agricultural and Family Journal, and a Valu¬ 
able Book, at little more than the cost of either 
alone. 
We will send one year(poBtage prepaid on both), 
the 
Rural N.-Y. and Willard’s Dairy Husbandry, for $5 00 
“ Randall’s Fractioal Shepherd... 4 00 
“ Allen’s Amerioan Cattle. 4 00 
“ People’s Practical Poultry Book 8 50 
“ Quinn’s Money In tho Garden... 3 5) 
“ Willard’s Practical Butter Book 8 00 
Cnre In Feeding Milch Cow*.—No filthy food 
or drlDk should be given to stook, and espec¬ 
ially Is this rule applicable to milch cows. It is 
true that no immediate and perceptible injury 
may result to the health of the animal, but that 
is exactly ODe reason why, with milch cows, 
greater caro should be taken. Nature has made 
wonderfully wise and beautiful provisions for 
removing from animals those foreign and nox¬ 
ious substances which might otherwise Impair 
health and destroy life. They are usually passed 
from the body in the solid aud liquid excre¬ 
ment, In perspiration aud respiration, aud In 
ONE TRIAL 
of Dobbins' Electric Soap (I. L. Craglu & Co., Phila¬ 
delphia. Pa..) w111 make you a firm believer In its 
merits ever after. Give It that trial, pleuse. Your 
grocer has It, or will get it 
