MOORE’S  RURAL  NEW-YORKER 
there  sitting  on  the  perch  and  by  the  open  win¬ 
dow.  I  Beurciied  the  whole  neighborhood,  think¬ 
ing  it  might  have  gone  off  with  the  other  pigeons 
aioiind  the  place.  I  heard  nothing  of  it  for  two 
weeks,  about  which  time  the  former  owner  of  the 
bird  cbIUmI  at  tlie  place  where  I  had  purohasod  it. 
and  stated  that  it  had  come  home  that  night  bc- 
tweeti  daylight  and  dark,  which  is  about  twenty 
miles  from  my  residences  1  let  otit  a  pair  of 
black  Fan  Tails  that  1  had  bred,  and  limy  flow 
over  Newark  Bay,  and,  after  foiu'  hours,  rtiturned 
to  me  again. 
nio  Ajitwerp  soems  to  be  composite  in  its  na¬ 
ture.  It  seems  to  have  been  made  up  of  the 
Volant  or  Camuletor  Tumblers,  the  Curahi  Fran- 
cais  or  8:uerl,  tlm  Owl  uff,fo^ue  strong  jageon 
pOKSi'ssiiig  ono  blood,  and  flic  Knglisli  di'agooii. 
Tim  Belgian  nmatenrs  do  not  place  the  slightest 
value  on  the  color  of  this  pigeon;  they  match 
them  np  indiscriminately ;  their  whole  aim  being 
to  got  speed  and  endnrancti.  T'he  whites  are 
Htiidion-sly  avoided,  for  the  reason  that  they  are 
more  coiispieuons  ns  they  lly  as  a  mark  for  Die 
hawks  and  sp<irtsmen.  'I'he  birds  that  have  won 
their  long  distances  are  very  highly  prized  at 
Brussels  and  Antwerp.  Parties  have  refused 
£20  for  a  pair  of  these  birds.  I  have  been  breed¬ 
ing  from  a  pair  of  hirdn  that  have  llomi  100  and 
.500  miles,  and  made  their  1,631  yards  per  minute 
and  miles  per  horn-.  On  the  Continent  a 
very  perceptible  improvomeut  in  the  speed  of  the 
Antwerp  has  boon  made  in  the  last  few  years. 
With  other  pigeons,  1  oxliibitcd  thi'ce  coops  of 
Antwerps  at  the  Long  Island  Poultry,  Pigeon  and 
Dog  Hliow ;  a  pair  of  Blue  Chccqiiers,  a  pair  of 
Red  Cliccquers  and  a.  pair  of  Blues,  with  black 
bars  across  their  wings,  which  seemed  to  simpriso 
some  Belgian  amateurs  on  account  of  their  power 
and  beauty.  Tln*y  desired  to  know  why  the 
blues  only  took  2(1  pi'emiiuns.  and  when  I  ex¬ 
plained  to  them  the  reason,  on  account  of  a  white 
piimary  feather,  they  at  first  looked  surprised, 
and  could  not  nnclerstand  it  until  I  explained  to 
them  that  it  was  considered  by  the  judge  a  false 
feather,  when  they  laughed  heartily.  One  of 
them  took  the  birds  out  of  the  cage  and  remarked, 
in  relation  to  it.s  strength,  '•  I  can  hardly  hold  it.” 
Feel  its  ptvltiral  niuscles;  they  are  as  hard  as 
iron.  We  care  nothing  about  color ;  wo  want 
strength,  pluck,  endurance. 
Greenville,  N.  J.  Isaac  Van  Winklk. 
nial  will  be  an  exhibition  of  the  process  of  manu- 
factiudug  stamped  envelopes,  and  aiTangements 
for  the  work  have  been  completed  by  the  con¬ 
tractors,  the  Plimpton  Manufacturing  Co.  of 
Hartford,  iJi  a  conference  held  In  New  York  this 
week  between  tlu  ir  Snpernitendent.  M.  8.  Cliaj*- 
man,  and  Dr.  .McDonald,  Centennial  Commis¬ 
sioner  fi'v  the  Post-Olhcc  Dojiartmcnt,  and  A.  D. 
Hazen,  Chief  of  tho  Stamp  Division.  A  full 
complement  of  H[ieefal  mBehinery  will  be  set  up 
in  a  budding  on  the  groniHls,  and  the  envelopes 
will  be  munnfaetnred  in  large  numbers  by  work¬ 
men  s<!lected  from  the  best  skilled  operators  m 
tlu!  (Muidoymont  of  tho  contraetois,  Tho  paiw 
used  will  be  pure  white,  with  water  luai  k.  and  the 
envelopes  will  lar  of  the.  ordinary  letter,  No.  3 
size,  Isjaring  a  stami)  espeeiHlIy  designed  and  ap¬ 
propriate  to  tlio  occasion.  S  'veral  designs  of 
stamps  were  suhiuitted,  and  it  is  nntieipiited  that 
a  throe  cent  design  by  Mr.  Cliapman  will  be  uc- 
GC))ted.  a.s  it  meets  all  the  rcqnireim  ids.  I’liese 
envelopes  will  Iw  sold  during  the  entire  period  of 
the  K-xhibition  at  the  rate,  probably,  of  (wenty- 
fivft  for  one  dollar,  and  will  undoubtedly  bo  in 
groat  demand  by  the  visitors  in  Philadelphia. 
(Tbf  Cfutfiinial 
WHEAT  GBOWN  IN  BSITAIN, 
EGYPT  AND  THE  CENTENNIAL 
The  Irish  Farmer's  Gazette  gives  the  follow¬ 
ing  pMticulars  al(out  tho  vai'ieties  of  wheat 
now  gi-owu  iu  England  and  Scotland : 
The  fine  varieties  of  wheat,  such  as  Chiddam, 
Talavera,  or  Pearl,  are  ddicate  growers,  and 
yield  tho  least  prcxlucc,  although  from  their 
quality  tile  grain  of  these  wheats  bring  a  high 
price.  It  is  tho  farmer’s  inhirest  to  realize  most 
money  per  acre,  and  ho  will  better  attain  this  by 
gi'oxving  red  wheats.  Of  these  are  Kessinglaud. 
The  oldest  nation  in  history — EgJTDt — which 
has  had,  if  it  has  not  celebrated,  several  Millcn- 
uials  of  national  Ufe,  appears  promptlj'  on  Amer- 
can  shores  to  aid  our  celebration  of  the  first  Cen¬ 
tennial  of  independent  existence,  as  a  people. 
The  Philadelphia  correspondent  of  the  Tribune 
writes  that  Egypt's  ooutribution  te  the  Centen¬ 
nial  is  already  landed  at  New  York  and  tlic  (■3ii(!f 
Comnnssioner  is  here  with  Ids  catalogue  ready 
for  the  printer,  and  nothing  remains  for  him  to 
do  but  to  put  in  orderly  array  in  the  Exhibition 
Buildings  the  products  scut.  If  the  fair  wore  to 
begin  next  month  instead  of  in  May  he  would  be 
ready.  The  EgMitian  Conmdssion  is  comjM)s('(l 
of  the  following  members  f  His  Highnoss  Prince 
Mohammed  Tawfic  Pasha,  President;  llis  Excel¬ 
lency  Cherif  Pasha  and  II.  Brng-sch  Bey.  The 
Commissioner  General,  accompanied  by  his 
brother,  Emil  Brngscli,  and  M.  Belimer,  attaches 
of  the  Commission,  will  take  a  house  in  West 
Philadelphia  and  remain  until  the  close  of  the 
Exhibition.  Many  of  the  curious  and  costly 
articles,  such  as  weaixms  and  ornaments  from 
the  barbarous  tribes  Inhabiting  the  remote  re¬ 
gions  of  Central  Africa,  jewels,  inlaid  work  of 
ivory,  precious  metals,  ricli  embroideries  in  gold 
and  silver  thread  produced  by  the  Ai  abiau  art¬ 
isans  of  Cairo,  are  taken  from  the  National  Mu¬ 
seum,  while  Oie  best  sinicimcns  of  agricultural 
products  are  from  the  estates  of  tho  KlRslivc. 
In  all,  the  catalogue  contains  o’-er  6,000  nimibcrs. 
It  is  in  itself  a  mine  of  information  about  the 
novel  and  daring  experiment  of  tho  Khedive  in 
ingrafting  upon  a  decayed  and  dormant  national¬ 
ity  all  the  modern  iinprovements  of  liighly  civil¬ 
ized  Em’ope.  Statistics  are  given  of  tins  farms, 
factoiies,  laboratories,  schools  and  charitahle  in¬ 
stitutions  that  have  been  established  since  ho 
began  lua  remarkable  efforte  to  awaken  his  coun¬ 
try  from  the  sleep  of  centuries.  Tlje  new  arts 
and  industries  imported  from  Franco,  Gennany 
and  .America,  and  made  to  take  root  by  the  will 
of  ono  man,  contrast  strangely  mtli  tho  barbaric 
splendors  in  nrcLitecturo  and  appan.d,  whoso 
fonns  and  decorations  come  down  from  the  reign 
of  the  Khalifa,  and  with  the  primitive  furniture 
and  utensilfl  of  the  Fellahs,  unchanged  since  the 
days  of  tho  Pharaohs. 
The  work  of  preparing  the  exhibition  began 
last  April.  Had  more  time  been  given,  the  Khe¬ 
dive  would  have  erected  n  palace  on  the  Exhibi¬ 
tion  gromids.  As  it  is  it  will  occupy  a  section  of 
tho  main  building. 
Wlicnever  articles  were  desired  that  the  vice¬ 
regal  museums,  farms  and  factories  did  not  fm- 
nislj,  they  were  in  most  cases  purchased.  Only  a 
very  few  private  manufacturers  and  land  owners 
contributed,  so  that  the  Khedive  i«  almost  the 
solo  exhibitor.  The  exjiense  will  be  half  a  mil- 
hon  of  francs. 
In  the  Agricultural  Department  Egypt  con¬ 
tributes  a  complete  and  admirably  classified  col¬ 
lection  of  the  products  of  the  Nile  Valley,  the 
Oases  and  the  coasts  of  the  Mediterranean  and 
tho  Red  Soa.  The  (hsplay  of  eottoii  includes 
spocimons  of  the  crops  of  the  past  eight  years— 
in  all  2,500  samples — ^with  the  prices  they  brought 
in  Alexandria  and  in  Liverpool.  Hngar,  raw  and 
refined,  is  tho  noxt  most  important  aidicle.  All 
the  grains— wlie.at.  maize,  barley,  doura,  beans, 
peas,  flax,  vetch,  lentils,  sorghum,  pojipy  seed; 
a  groat  vai'iety  of  iiHofnl  fibers,  hesi(los  such  well 
known  ones  as  hemp,,  flax  and  ramie;  all  tiie 
woods  of  Egjqjt,  in  soirtionh  of  trees,  dished 
upon  Olio  side ;  dates,  olives,  preserved  fruiL 
J:c.,  appear  upon  the  catalogue.  The  localities 
from  which  all  these  products  come  are  given, 
and  a  large  map  of  “  Egypt  in  tho  Centennial 
Year  of  the  American  Republic.''  prepared  ex¬ 
pressly  for  the  Exhibition  by  order  of  the  Khe¬ 
dive,  will  enable  visitors  to  study  the  geography 
and  productiona  of  the  countey  at  the  same  time. 
In  the  Agricultural  Department  mil  als(»  be 
shown  tobacco,  indigo,  chemical  preparations, 
perfmuery,  Arabian  honey,  specimens  of  marblea 
and  building  stones,  and  many  other  interesting 
things. 
ANTWERPS,  OKLE8  PIGEONS  VOYAGEURS, 
So  mut'h  has  been  written  about  this  class  of 
pigeons  that  I  cannot  hope  to  add  anything  that 
is  now.  Antwerps  were  Uttlo  know  n  in  this  coun¬ 
try  until  the  last  ten  years  or  so,  and  wore  prob¬ 
ably  introduced  by  the  Gennaiis,  who  are  very 
fond  of  them,  and  take  great  pleasure  in  training 
them.  They  made  a  decided  impression  upon 
the  pubhc  mind  during  tho  Franco-German  war, 
and  during  the  investment  of  Mote,  at  wliioh 
time,  and  at  the  siege  of  Paris,  their  usefulness 
in  carrying  messages  waa  highly  appreciated. 
Belgium  and  Franco  have  been  the  principal 
centA-rs  for  the  cnltivatiou  of  the  flying  quiiliUos 
of  tho  Antwcnt-carricr.  AJtlimigh  our  country 
may  bo  said  to  he  int((rlaccd  with  railroads  and 
tclegrajih  wires,  yet  there  are  many  placos  off  the 
hue  of  travel  whore  they  may  bo  made  to  serve  a 
useful  puriMse.  They  are  sometimes  called  Ant- 
werps,  Antwcrp-corriors,  or  Homing-pigeons. 
Tho  latter  name  is,  no  doubt,  the  most  appropri¬ 
ate  on  imcinuit  of  designating  tho  true  instincts 
of  the  bird  for  ite  fondness  for  its  home,  as,  no 
matter  whore  it  may  be  carried,  its  first  instinct, 
on  ohtahiing  its  freedom,  Is  to  directly  seek  its 
homo.  It  takes  a  long  time  to  accustom  it  to  its 
new  habitation.  It  must  be  confined  and  allowed 
to  breed  and  bring  up  its  young,  and  even  these 
natural  tio.s  will  not  always  bind  it  to  its  new 
alxM.lo. 
My  observation  has  taught  mo  that  this  hom¬ 
ing  quality  does  not  belong  alone  to  the  Antiverp. 
All  pigeons  pai’take  of  it  in  greater  or  loss  degree, 
aUlunigh  it  may  predominate  in  the  Antwerp; 
and  there  is  no  doubt  that,  by  reason  of  its  phys¬ 
ical  organization,  of  which  I  shall  speak  here¬ 
after  ;  it  is  swifter  of  (light  and  more  daring  in 
its  nature.  It  will  fly  a  great  distance  to  accom¬ 
plish  its  object,  and  keep  up  its  sjieed  with  groat 
pluck,  and  seek  its  home  with  a  detemiinatenosB 
of  pnr|Hjsc  unrivaled  by  any  oUier  B|K-eie8  of  tho 
feathered  or  even  the  animal  creation.  To  show 
that  this  homing  iuMtinct  does  not  alone  belong 
to  the  Antwerp,  I  purchased  of  a  dealer,  who  at 
the  time  had  liis  buds  in  the  basement  of  a 
CAUOON’H  HUOADOABT  SLKit  t^Cl^V  icu. 
Hallet’s  Browicks,  and  tho  Prolific  Spakling,  all 
belonging  to  Uie  same  class,  and  very  largo  crop¬ 
pers  ;  but  the  tine  Lammas  red  and  Nursery  red 
are  by  many  considered  preferable,  tho  latter 
being  a  particularly  saleable  wheat,  and  by  all 
ju(lg(’S  considered  ecpialto  the  finest  white  wheat 
liir  tho  bakw. 
In  the  best  wheat  growing  district  of  tho  south 
of  England,  a  mixture  of  Lammas  and  Nursery 
is  much  grown.  The  straws  being  of  dilTcrent 
lengths,  tho  oars  have  more  room,  and  give  tho 
mixture  tho  character  of  Fenton  wheat,  which 
is  iTorhaps  the  most  proUfic  and  profitable  white 
variety  in  cultivation.  Wc  may  hero  observe  in 
regard  to  sowing  mixtures  of  wheat,  tliat  pro¬ 
duce  of  the  first  mixture  may  assume  quite  a 
different  character  if  sown  again.  Tlio  two 
varieties  may  hybridize  and  produce  a  now 
vai'iety  in  a  partial  state  of  dnvolopment.  If 
mixtures  are  sow'n,  it  is  safer  to  mix  varieties 
wliich  have  fiocu  grown  separate. 
Wheal  growers  in  East  Lothian  usually  get  a 
change  of  sofki  wheat  from  England  every  year. 
Tlio  extra  coat  is  more  than  halunced  by  thinner 
sowing,  to  say  nothing  of  the  superiority  of  tho 
crop,  which  is  invariably  better  nfttu'  English 
seed  and  it  has  this  fm'tlier  advantage  that  the 
crop  grown  from  English  seed  ripens  at  least  a 
week  earlier,  wliich  is  of  imiiortance  in  the  caso 
of  wheat  sowi  late  in  tho  winter  moullis.  Be¬ 
fore  concluding  tluise  reniiirks,  (vo  shall  notice 
the  special  charactoi'ist v(;.s  of  two  or  three  of  tho 
Tlio  Nnr- 
IJrmium 
THE  JOHNSTON  HARVESTER, 
The  King  of  the  Harvest  Field  has  made  a 
good  record  the  past  year,  and  occupies  a  corre¬ 
spondingly  prominent  position  iuthe  IluiiAU  Pre¬ 
mium  List.  Tho  New  Improved  VVronglit-Irou 
Harvester  has  proved  Itself  unoxcoUed  as  a  single 
machine,  and  is  wari'anted  to  cut  anything  in  the 
shape  of  small  grain  that  a  farmer  can  grow.  Tho 
price  of  one  of  tliese  Harvesters  is  ^tl60,  and 
such  a  prize  is  well  worth  the  time  and  labor 
that  it  will  reipire  in  canvassing  for  the  ItuRAu 
New-Yokkeu  to  prooiiro  it.  Wo  will  send  one  to 
any  agent  getting  up  a  club  of  90  at  $2.65,  or  of 
150  at  $2,15  each. 
principal  varieties  mentioned  abovo, 
sery  red,  as  wo  have  stated,  is  mneli  grown  in 
the  sontli  of  England,  and  its  Ime  baking  quali¬ 
ties  make  it  a  favorite  in  I'nince.  The  grain  is 
small;  the  straw  vi;ry  tall  in  soil  adapted  for  it 
and  liltewise  stiff.  Tliis  wheat,  from  the  small 
size  of  tho  grain,  should  be  sown  tliin.  lAimmas 
red  has  long  been  a  favorite  variety  in  East 
Lothian.  It  is  a  tall,  stiff-strawed  variety,  pro- 
duemg  a  large  weight  of  straw  per  aero.  Tho 
grain  produces,  fine  Hour,  mneh  esteemed  by 
bakers.  Tlie  Fenton  is  a  white  varitjty  of  wheat, 
has  long  held  a  iiroeminent  jxjsitiou  iu  tho 
opmion  of  East  Taithiau  whcat-gixjwers.  Tlie 
peculiarity  of  the  Fenton  wheat  is  tho  great  dis¬ 
similarity  in  the  lengths  of  the  straw.  A  sheaf 
of  this  grain  is  eared  clown  to  the  band.  Tho 
straw  is  very  stiff  and,will  stand  much  adverse 
vyeather. 
CAHOON’S  BROADCAST  SEED  SOWER 
This  machine  is  manufactured  by  the  GoodeU 
Manufactui-ing  Co.,  Antrim,  N.  il.  To  many 
FIELD  NOTES 
Wheat-Yields  in  Wisconsin. — A  correspondent 
in  Outagamie  county  has  ascertained  from  tho 
threshers  that  in  that  county  tlie  vaiicties  of 
wheat  havo  yielded  at  the  rates  stated Diehl 
wheat,  34  bushels  jicr  acre ;  Fultz  and  “  Russian 
wheat,”  (lately  imported  from  Unssian  by  a  mill¬ 
er  at  tho  village  of  Noenah)  each  33  hn.ihelH. 
The  latter  is  a  white  wheat,  said  te  bo  erpjal  to 
the  Fultz  in  standing  the  winter,  and  thereforo 
thought  to  Ik;  preferable.  The  variety  of  spring 
wheat  producing  the  largest  yielil  was  tho 
Canada  Club— 33  buehcls  per  acre.  Our  corres¬ 
pondent  states  that,  owing  to  the  large  yield  of 
winter  wheat,  a  large  acreage  will  he  sown  this 
fall. 
B.  F.  Rice  of  Polo,  Ill.,  says  he  grew  700  bush¬ 
els  of  potatoes  on  an  acre  of  land.  These  extra¬ 
ordinary  yields  are  generally  exaggerated  iu  tho 
newspaper  reiairts  ;  out  thciro  is  no  doubt  that  in 
this  direction  lies  tho  future  profit  of  potato 
growiug,  Nor  arc  these  largo  j'lelds  entu-cly  in¬ 
credible.  AVo  have  seen  hills  of  potatoes  planted 
three  feet  apart,  five  of  which  would  yield  a 
CENTENNIAL  NOTES, 
The  17th  of  March  next,  the  100th  anniversarj’ 
of  the  evacuation  of  Boston  by  the  British  troops, 
will  be  celebrated  by  the  people  of  that  city. 
It  is  proposed  to  erect  in  Fairmount  Park, 
Philadelphia,  near  the  Centennial  buildings,  a 
monument  one  hundred  feel  high,  comraemc)ra- 
tive  of  a  century's  progress  of  our  eoimtry.  Tlio 
design  is  a  sucxession  of  gradually  diminishing 
star-shaped  stages,  eorrespondurg  with  the  mim* 
her  of  States  in  the  Union,  the  original  thirteen 
forming  the  baa©  or  pedestal  of  the  rest.  From 
the  thirteenth  iState,  and  at  five  different  inter¬ 
vals  thereafter  tho  stages  will  be  increa.sed  iu 
bight.  On  those  designs  the  statues  of  tlie  IVcs- 
ideuts  wiU  appear  iu  their  regular  order,  from 
VTashington  to  Grant, 
One  of  the  interesting  features  of  the  Centen¬ 
•TOHKTS'rON  HAflVKSTKl?,. 
who  cannot  afford  to  purchase  a  seed  drill  this 
handy  instnunent  wiU  be  most  acceptable.  Our 
readers  have  frequently  seen  in  our  advertising 
colunms  the  picture  of  tho  fanner  taking  a  morn¬ 
ing  walk  with  his  head  sm-rounded  by  a  halo  of 
golden  grain.  It  does  its  work  thoroughly  and 
effectively,  and  will  he  te  many  the  most  desir¬ 
able  tiling  wo  offer  this  year.  \S'o  will  furnish 
this  Heed  Kowor  copipleto  for  use  costing  $10, 
for  15  Bubspribers  at  club  rate,  or  8  at  $2.65. 
building  in  Cortlandt  street,  and  which  was  al¬ 
ways  lighted  by  gas,  an  Almond-tumbler,  which 
is  known  by  the  fancy  as  a  toy-hird.  I  took  it 
from  this  place,  where  it  had  hcsju  for  several 
weeks,  to  my  place  in  Now  Jersey,  and  placed  it 
in  a  pen  with  otliers  of  its  kind.  Tlio  following 
day  I  came  home  in  the  afternoon  and  went  out 
to  HOC  how  it  looked,  when  I  discovered  the  win¬ 
dow  of  the.  dove-oote  01)60  and  the  Tumbler  gone. 
AU  thti  other  pigpops,  about  ten  or  twelve,  were 
