MOORE’S  RURAL  NEW-YORKER. 
“PROGRESS  AND  IMPROVEMENT.” 
MOORE’S  RURAL  NEW-YORKER, 
A  NATIONAL  ILLirpTRATKD 
BUUL.  i\mm  m  faiiu  hbwspapkr. 
D.  D.  T.  MOORE, 
Fouiider  and  Conductins  Edlto-r. 
WM.  J.  FOWLER,  ANDREW  S.  FULLER, 
Assooiate  ICditore., 
HENRY  S.  RANDALL,  LL.D.,  Cortland  Village,  N,  Y. 
Editor  op  tmk  |>M'AHTMtsT  'ip  IIuhram’Kv. 
X.  A.  WILLARD,  A.  M.,  Little  Falls.  N.  Y., 
Editor  or  tiiic  Plpartmkat  op  LHiky  Hukrawdrk. 
O.  A.  V.  BARNETT,  l‘iibllNlier. 
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SATURDAY,  MARCH  11,  1876. 
coming  known,  l.he  New  Y'ork  State  Dairymen’s 
Aiwxlutloti  at  lt«  annuol  meeting  also  rteuounced 
me  actloh  of  I, he  King,  and  by  resolution  pro¬ 
nounced  the  rei'ommendat  Ion  of  ,lnrorH  as  pretmt-  i 
lure,  a.skliiK  the  committee  ol  the  Whole  which 
liad  been  railed  at,  I’hUadcIphlM,  Feb.  ‘23,  to  recon¬ 
sider  these  franduleni  proi'etillngs  ot  the  clique. 
At  the  fhllfulclphla  meeting  or  the  tomnittwe, 
which  wa.s  regularly  culled  and  which  was  pretty 
well  repniscnlx'd,  when  the  Keerriary  presented 
I  hi  iiilmiu-s  of  previouR  meetings  he  gave  a  stnte- 
ment  eoncernlng  the  irregular  proceedings  re¬ 
ferred  io.  and  iiuld  he  did  not  feel  ■willing  to  In¬ 
dorse  ihein,  and  asked  instniet  ions  ironi  the  Com¬ 
mittee  jireseni.  llereuiion  a  long  and  uyclU-d  dis¬ 
cussion  followed,  wlileli  oonsiimed  the  morning 
and  arieriKMUi  hesslon,  the  King  urging  the  In- 
dorsementof  ihr  im'gnlar  meetings.  A  vote  br¬ 
ing  taken  on  the  (piest  Ion  tliey  were  prononneiHl 
liTegnltir  and  ordered  to  he  siriekeu  out  oi  I  lie 
mlniiU'S.  Neai' I  he  elo,se  or  the  evening  scHslon, 
however,  word  was  passed  round  b,v  the  members 
of  the  Itlng  lhat  nov.  SKYMOiru’s  letter  of  recoin- 
iiiendat.lon  had  been  sent  to  the  m-utennlal  coni- 
iiilHslon.  and  so  stune  of  the  inomhers,  out  of 
couilesy  as  they  siipiKised  to  (fov.  K,  were  wiiung 
to  Indorse  the  fraud  and  l.lius  on  a  vote  the  work 
of  the  afternoon  was  reeoiisldered. 
At.  a  meeting  ot  the  coinmlltee  tin*  following 
day  a  resolution  was  ollered  hy  Mr.  Chambeki.is 
of  (dilo,  recommenillng,  us  an  iiddllloinil  .Iiirov, 
,IonN  .\Ni)KRHON  Of  New  York  city,  wiio  is  uni¬ 
versally  acknowledged  us  th«>  best  ludge  ot  cheese 
In  l-hls  connU'y.  As  the  We.st  wanted  a  repre- 
seiilatlve,  .Mr,  stei-iiks  Faviij,  ot  Wlaeonsln, 
President,  of  tin*  NoH.liwastern  Iialrymen’s  Asso- 
elutlon.  was  also  Included.  'I'hc  King  opposed  the 
resolution,  and  hy  the  aid  of  Mr,  arsoi.p  who 
votx'd  to  exclude  all  ol  hei-s  hut.  himself  as  a  .Juror, 
It  was  lost,  the  vole  being  a  t  ie,  5  tor  and  5  against. 
Mr.  J,  It.  Ukall  of  Phlla.,  a  noisy  and  garrulous 
member  of  the  CommlUee,  went  in  with  the  King 
w  1th  loud  talk  and  scheming,  much  to  the  disgust 
of  the  committee,  .several  of  w  hom  left  before  the 
sessions  wen^  clo.sed. 
We  regret  exceedingly  t  his  smi  t*  ot  t  hlugs,  as  we 
have  been  ('arnesl.  and  sincere  In  advoeatlng  a 
grand  display  of  Dairy  ITodueiH  at  the  Centennial. 
W<^  Shull  go  on  doing  all  In  our  power  to  provide 
for  and  further  this  dlsiilay.  We  know  that  the 
great  majority  ofthe  t;oiiimlttee  are  upright.,  true 
men,  who  have  the  best.  Interest  of  the  dairy  at 
heart,  and  who  are  oppo.sed  to  all  i  lng  combina¬ 
tions,  and  we  have  faith  that  hereafter  any  at¬ 
tempt  to  run  the  dairy  display  of  the  .Centennial 
In  the  Interest  01  a  Ring  will  be  signally  refuiked. 
Wi'  hoiui  t  he  dairy  display  will  he  one  of  the  most 
attractive  features  oi  the  Cenfonnlal;  utid  It  tliu 
Cenionnlal  Conualaslon  sliall  appoint  as  .Jurors 
such  men  as  Jons  .Vndkkson  or  John  orpk,  or  Mr. 
Folsom  oi  New  Y  ork  City,  or  Mr.  Rape  of  Ohio, 
or  Ml-.  Kavii.i,— men  or  undoubted  Integrity,  and 
dlstDigulslied  .IS  experts  In  their  jiidgnieht  of 
dairy  goods— we  shall  get  fair  awards  and  there 
win  be  no  dissatisfaction  among  dairymen. 
THE  CENTENNIAL  DAIRY  RING. 
BEGGING  COMPLIMENTS 
The  tendency  ofthe  age  in  the  United  States 
serms  to  be  to  Rings.  We  hare  seen  the  rise  and 
fall  ol  the  Tweed  Ring  and  the  Whiskey  Ring,  but 
never  should  have  supposed  that  a  Dairy  Ring 
was  , among  the  poBSIhllltics.  It  Is  well  known 
that  the  Dairymen  at  their  various  conventions 
have  agitated  the  project  ol  a  grand  dairy  display 
at  the  Centennlnl.  Among  others  we  have  warm¬ 
ly  urged  this  movement  as  due  to  so  important  an 
Interest  which  represents  a  vast  capital,  and  an 
annual  product  amounting  to  over  SijO0,0t«.i,(Wti. 
Wo  had  hoped  and  believed  that  every  one  favor¬ 
ing  this  great  national  dairy  display,  would  enter 
upon  the  work  with  clean  hatvt^,  and  that  no 
underhand  trlekerj'  would  be  attempted  or  allow¬ 
ed.  But  It  seems  othenrtse— as  will  be  seen  from 
the  following : 
At  the  into  meeting  ol  the  American  DalrymtAi's 
Association  at  Rome,  »  committee  ol  some  50  per¬ 
sons  from  New  \tork  and  other  States  was  ap¬ 
pointed  to  raise  tunds  lor  building  a  model  Cheese 
and  Butter  Factory  on  the  Centennial  Grounds, 
and  for  bearing  the  otlier  expenses  necessary  to  a 
proper  and  complete  display  of  dairy  products  at 
the  Centenmal.  Mr.  ,7.  V.  n.  Scovill  of  N.  Y,, 
was  Chairman  ol  this  Committee,  and  O.  S.  Buss 
of  Vermont,  Secretary.  Btil  live  membei's  ot  the 
Committee,  desiring  to  absorb  all  the  honors  and 
emoluments  of  this  great  National  dlsplaj',  lorm 
themselves  Into  a  ring  to  accomplish  their  object. 
They  meet  at  UUca,  o.?tensmi.v  to  consult  with  tty^- 
chairman,  but  wlthoul.  the  knowledge  ot  other 
members  of  the  committee,  no  notice  ot  the  meet¬ 
ing  being  given,  and  they  proceefl  to  vote  them¬ 
selves  tow  toe  most  Important  places  or  honor 
and  trust  growing  out  of  the  display.  The  Board 
of  Auditors  wa.s  tou.s  secured,  Mr.  L.  B.  Ahnoi  d 
and  T.  D.  Cubtts,  of  the  Immortal  five,  me  nwom- 
mended  as  Jurors,  toe  Salary  of  a  .im’or  being 
$1,000. 
This  work  hetog  accomplished  a  letter  ol  recom¬ 
mendation  was  easily  obtained  irom  Gov.  Sey¬ 
mour  for  the  AsplrDig  .furors,  be  supposing  toe 
meeting  to  be  a  full  meeting  of  the  Committee, 
beld  In  regular  form  and  alter  due  notice.  Thus 
It  W’as  hoped  by  the  Ring  to  •'  steal  ii  march  "  on 
the  Committee  and  have  the  appolnimeiits  made 
by  the  Centennial  Commls-slon  before  any  regular 
and  general  meeting  oi  t  he  Cominlltoe  could  he 
bad. 
Now,  when  the  Secretary,  Mr.  o.  s.  Bliss,  was 
ordered  by  this  Ring  to  record  the  proceedings  as 
that  ol  a  regular  meeting  he  declined  to  do  so, 
holdtog  that  neither  he  nor  other  members  of  the 
Committee  were  informed  or  knew  of  the  meeting, 
and  be  very  jusllj'  denounced  the  whole  thing  as 
Irregular  and  without  warrant.  The  facts  be¬ 
Tbe  milk  ol  human  kDidness  to  the  bosom  of 
the  commonly  genial  editor  ol  toe  Rurai.  New- 
Yorker’s  Department  ol  Dairy  JDisbandry  must 
have  soured  a  little.  In  bis  report  oi  the  Vermont 
Dalo'mcn'8  Convention,  he  has  no  word  or  rccog- 
nirlon  lor  bis  worthi.-  cti-laborer.  Prof.  L.  B.  Ar- 
NOLX>,  who  wa.s  also  prc.srnt  at.  the  Convention, 
who  made  an  addims  rhere.,  Imparted  freely  of  his 
valuable  knowledge,  and  was  handsomely  rc-cog- 
iiizcd  and  todoreed  by  complimentary  retolutlons. 
We  should  think  the  omission  accidental,  .simply, 
11  we  did  not  know  that  a  sluillarly  luurked  oinls- 
stoii  bus  occum-d  lu  every'  report  ot  Dairymen's 
doings  where  Mr.  AKHoi.n b.is  taken  pan,  which 
toe  It.  N.-Y.  has  printed  oi  late  years.— .1  m.  Rural 
Home. 
'IHe  above  Is  an  amusing  speclraeu  nr  the  man- 
nerlD  which  compllmente  are  begged  In  these 
days.  Tl  friend  Hopkins  of  the  Rural  Home  will 
look  over  the  Daily  reports  of  the  Rural  New- 
Yorkek,  he  will  see  that  the  charge  made  Is  en¬ 
tirely  gratuitous  and  without  loundatlon.  We  call 
hls  attention  to  toe  report  of  the  Pennsylvania 
Dairymen’s  Convention  to  Januaiy  lust,  to  which 
Mr.  .Arnold  Is  raemloned  to  these  columns  in  very^ 
complimentary  terms. 
At  the  Vermont  Dairymen’s  Convention  .Mr.  Ar¬ 
nold  did  Jtol  give  an  addrt'SS.  the  Rural  Home  to 
the  contrary  nolwlthstaiidlng.  He  was  called 
upon  to  answer  que-stlons,  w'hlch  we  suppose  he 
did  to  hls  u.sual  happy  manner,  though  we  did  not 
bear  them,  not  being  present  at  the  first  day’s 
session  or  the  Conventlou  when  they  occurred.  In 
regard  to  the  complimentary  resolutions  passed 
to  >Ir.  AitNOi.f)  at  the  Vermont  meeting,  ive  think 
the  least  said  by  the  Rural  Home  toe  toetter.  The 
facts,  as  we  are  iniormcd,  are,  that  Mr,  Arnold 
and  one  or  two  New  York  friends  camo  to  toe 
y'ennnnt  convention  and  begged  toe  privilege 
li'ora  the  onicers,  ot  totroduclng  compllmentaiy 
resolutlcms  as  an  offset  to  toe  severe  censure 
passed  upon  Mr.  Arnold  by  toe  Northwestern 
dairymen  at  the  recent  Illinois  Dairy  Convention. 
The  privilege  was  rather  reluctantly  given,  and 
Mr.  Arnold’s  New'  York  iriend  drew  up  a  series  of 
resolutions  and  a  Vermont  dairy  man  wasobtatoed 
to  offer  tliem  to  the  Conventlou.  We  do  not  ap¬ 
prove  of  such  "put  up  Jiitin,"  and  toeroforc  made 
no  comment  on  toe  resolutions.  We  arc  friendly 
to  Mr.  Arnold  and  have  helped  lilm  in  mjUiy  an 
emergency,  but  we  can  be  no  party  to  such  petty 
deceits  to  mislead  the  public.  x.  a.  w. 
■  *♦» 
Nrvv  Kind  of  Wlienf,  —  The  Gipsy  Wheat,  a 
new  white  chaff  bearded  variety,  Is  proving  pop¬ 
ular  In  Kanaa.s.  Col.  K.  C.  Bates  of  Marlon  Cen¬ 
ter,  Marlon  Co.,  raised,  the  past  year,  twelve 
acres,  which  averaged  S7  bushels  per  acre.  It  Is 
a  wintor  wheat,  was  di'lllc^  to  Sept.  I6th,  1874, 
and  harvested  June  snth,  1875. 
A  MEAT  FAMINE  IN  ENGLAND. 
tJwtNo  to  various  causes,  and  especially  toe 
prevalence  of  foot  and  mouth  dlseasfi,  the  grow¬ 
ing  and  lattenlng  of  animals  hasbeeuan  unprollG 
able  business  lor  KngllHh  farmers  the  past  ye.'ir  or 
two.  The  result  1»  that  the  number  of  domc-stlc 
anlmuls.httadeereai>ed,  and  meat  ot  all  kinds  has 
been  scarce  and  dear.  It  Is  said  that  there  arc 
fewer  cattle  and  sheep  to  Kngland  than  has  been 
known  belore  to  roanj’  years.  The  effect  Of  this 
rnu.st  in  lime  he  felt  In  a  scarcity  ol  butter  and 
dairy  products,  and  to  some  extent,  ot  wool.  In 
this  last-  Item  Australia  and  New  Zealand  are 
strong  competitors,  but  In  chees*.'  and  butter 
Ameriean  dairymen  will  have  the  room  partly 
vacah-d  hy  the  tailing  off  ofthe,  KngHsh  product 
mainly  to  i  hemselves.  Improved  dalr.v  pivicesspR 
belong  to  a  more  udviiiie.cil  eondltlon  ol  farming 
than  is  eoiiiimni  111  Ni:W  Ze«.lrtnd  or  AiislTalla,  and 
even  the  best  butler  or  cheese  would  hardly  Jiear 
transivirtallou  so  great  a  distance  and  be  In  good 
condition  to  saiLsfy  the  Kiighsli  market.  Hence 
our  dairy  Interest  cannot  fall  to  be  lavorubly 
affected  hy  tola  Inabllliy  ol  English  farmers  to 
ke»!p  their  usual  aDiouiit  of  ila1r.y  ntock. 
How  serlou.s  this  deffclency  fs  may  be  Inferred 
from  toe  scarcity  and  high  price  of  all  kinds  of 
mealii,  amounting  almost  to  a  famine.  The  pro¬ 
hibition  ol  imiKirtetJon  ot  lortign  cattle  has  crea- 
ted  much  dKsatlsfuetloii  amoug  workingmen,  to 
wlioio  toe  high  price  ot  meat  operates  as  a  de¬ 
privation  of  their  uccuslomcd  lu.\ury.  On  the  2d 
of  February  an  immense  meeting  was  held  In 
Exeter  Hall,  Loiidou,  jirofoatlng  against,  the  high 
prtce.s  ot  meats,  and  the  Mark  Labe  Express  ot 
Fob.  7,  reviewing  the  marker,  cohgi'attilates  its 
readeis  On  Mic  succes-sful  Importation  of  fresh 
dressed  beef  from  the.  Unitod  Stales,  and  Siij's 
there  Is  no  doulit  that  this  business  will  be  ex¬ 
tended,  Tu  the  meantime,  for  yearstotome  there 
Is  likely  to  be  a  Rtoady  and  Increasing  demand  for 
Am eri (“an -cured  meats,  both  beet  and  pork,  and 
lor  such  dalrj'  products  as  we.  have  to  spare.  This 
Is  a  husUicss  in  which  our  farmers  know  no  limit, 
except  In  toe  abllltj'  ol  I  heir  torclgn  customers  to 
p.ay  remunerative  prices.  We  can  In  five  years 
double  the  value  or  both  dairy  products  and  of 
meals  exfiorted,  and  D  orn  present  indications  we 
are  quite  likely  to  do  so. 
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EURAL  NOTES  AND  OUERIES. 
Ol  late  the  number  ha.s  largely  decreased.  The 
Fi.sh  Commissioners  of  Ohio,  Michigan  and  Canada 
are  hatching  out  myriads  to  re-sfock  Lake  Erie, 
one  and  a  hall  millions  have  been  set  loose  by  the 
fihlo  authorlUes.  iseven  to  eight  minions  will  be 
turned  tnU)  t  he  rlv(;r  at.  Detroit  from  the  Michigan 
llalchery,  and  twelve  to  fourteen  millions  from 
the  Canadian  Hatchery  opposite  Detroit.  In  three 
or  four  years  I.ake  Erie  will  probably  be  as  well 
shocked  with  white  fish  as  ever. 
Ijargc  and  Prolific  C'orn, — Last  year  produced 
some  extra-large  specimens  ol  corn.  The  quality 
was  generally  poor,  Jiowcver.  owing  lo  the  cold 
and  wet  season,  but  laiger  ears  were  never  before 
seen.  .Mr.  UEritEN  H.vrnett  ot  tlermont  Comity, 
(»..  had  three  cars  w  Ulch  shelled  mil.  respectively, 
as  follows:  No.  I,  t.lilri.v  rows,  willt  1..582  grains; 
Xo.  2,  iblrly  iwo  rows,  with  i,i*2u  grains;  No.  .1, 
ifilrty-Hlx  rows,  with  1.296  grains.  It.  will  he  no-' 
tlced  tluii  tlie.  car  with  thirty  rows  prmluced  more 
kernclH  tbiiu  those  with  thirty-two  or  thtrty-slx 
rows.  Probably  more  grain  was  never  grown  on 
one  c,ir  l  imn  oti  t.hc  best  ol  i  hese  specimens. 
Arbiirniinn  vs.  Lnw.  The  riHijUlrement  lhat 
Patrons  shall  settle  their  difllcultles  by  arbitra¬ 
tion  instead  ol  going  to  law,  works  well  in  Iowa. 
In  several  Counties  w  iiero  courts  had  met,  the 
dockets  were  ex.imlned  and  not  a  case  appearing 
tor  trial,  an  adjournment  was  had  the  same  day. 
'The  lawyers  were  gbirn  ;  hut  farmers  took  a  dif¬ 
ferent  view'  of  It.  asm  many  casesthey  saved  hun- 
rlrertsof  dollars  by  avoiding  expensive  litigation. 
With  such  btnenclul  resUHs,  and  coutinuou.sly  in¬ 
creasing  iiieniberslilii  throughout  toe  countr.v,  toe 
Patrons  of  IIiLsbandry  may  w'cll  smtlo  at  the  ab¬ 
surd  talk  alxjut  the  collapse  of  the  (irange. 
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Whwi  is  Seed  ?— Itib  worse  In  England  than 
In  this  country.  The  London  Agricultural  Gazette 
can  only  get  so  far  in  Its  dellnlUon  nr  seed  as  to 
call  It  •*  somathlng  In  a  bag.” 
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RURAL  BREVITIES. 
Aboiii  soiliiiK  Stock.— A  new'  substaMber  to 
the  Rural  New-Yorker  In  Conn.,  who  has  been 
taking  toe  paper  from  a  new»  agent  »lnc4“  the  ist 
ot  danuarj',  wishc.s  us  to  give  him  Rome  Infoniia- 
tloii  about  boiling  cattle.  To  give  toe  best  resulta 
toe  preparations  lor  soiling  should  have  been 
commenced  last  fall,  with  rye  sown  Oh  a  pltoe  of 
rich  ground  loi  the  very  wrlk-st.  spring  feed. 
Lacking  this,  our  correspondent  ougbl  lo  have 
bomo  clover,  which,  in  Connecticut,  he  cjin  begin 
to  cut  by  the  lat  of  June,  or  possibly  a  little  ear¬ 
lier.  As  soon  as  toe  weather  is  warm  enoutrh,  he 
should  drill  In  some  sweet  com  on  a  very  rich 
soli  or  well-maniired  piece  of  ground,  and  make 
successive  plantings  until  toe  flrst  ol  July.  This 
drilled  com  will  yield  a  much  greater  amount  ol 
feed  than  the  clover,  though  If  the  clover  plot  is 
rich  and  well  seeded,  successive  cutting.^  maybe 
made  everj'lour  or  five  weeks  .through  the  sea¬ 
son,  and  four,  Qve  or  more  tons  ot  feed  be  cm,. 
The  great  requisite  m  soiling  stock  is  to  have  the 
ground  rich,  as  It  does  not  pay  to  cut  and  carry 
feed  on  poor  ground,  in  some  cases  partial  .soil¬ 
ing  Is  advisable,  supplementing  the  grocu  food 
with  bran,  corn  mtml,  or  such  other  feed  as  may 
be  round  most  economical.  In  oiher  cases  cows 
may  be  partially  pastured  and  ifed  with  cut  food 
as  pastures  rail.  This  Is  very  oiten  done  when  no 
Intention  cxistb  to  begin  the  practice  of  solUng- 
it  probably  will  not  pay  In  Connecticut  to  soil 
any  cattle  other  than  mlltdi  cows,  unless  our  c«r- 
respondent  has  fancy  stock  or  some.  kina.  The 
mere  growth  of  stock  will  not  pay  for  so  much 
labor.  The  increase  of  milk  and  the  possibility  oi 
holding  a  bteady  supply  through  the  hot,  dry 
months,  may  make  soiling  much  cows  prolltable. 
The  main  advantage  ol  soiling  Is  in  saving  and  in¬ 
creasing  toe  manure  pile,  and  in  encouraging 
farmers  to  provide  a  liberal  feeding  In  seasons 
when  cattle  at  pasture  often  suffer. 
The  N.  .1.  Crn.nherrT  Growers’  Assofdation 
held  Its  recent  annual  meeting  In  the  State 
House  at  Trenton,  with  the  Rev.  Dr.  J.  11.  Bkake- 
LEV'  Id  the  Chair.  ’I'he  mlnules  ol  the  previous 
meeting  having  been  read  and  appro ve<k  Mr.  K. 
W.  Crank,  Chalrmau  ot  the  Foreign  iTadp  com- 
mli.iee,  made  an  l  nterestlug  report .  ot  her  reports 
were  made,  show  ing  the  extent  and  Importance 
ot  the  crauberr)  'I'nifle  of  New  Jersey.  The  fol¬ 
lowing  Board  ol  ofiicrrs  was  fleeted: 
President— Rf\ .  J.  H.  Brakklky,  Bordentown. 
Vlco-PresideDl.'i— .lames  A.  Fenwick,  New  Lisbon ; 
Dr.  E.  S.  Memman,  Urlcksburg.  Hec.  and  Tre.'is. 
—A.  J.  Rider,  'Iienion.  Ex.  Com.— Rev.  .T.  II. 
Brnkelejq  Bordentown  ;  A.  J.  Rider,  I'renion:  E. 
W.  Crane,  Caldwell  ;  N.  K.  Fivnch.  isn  tirade  wt.,, 
New  York.  Kcin'CsentaUve  111  si.tLu  BOui-d  ol  Ag- 
rlculture^— 1C.  W.  crane,  CaliUsul.  NfatlstJclan— 
N.  It.  French,  18(J  Keade  St.,  New  York,  t’orrog- 
pondlng  C'ouiny  Necreta lies— ocean  County,  Juli¬ 
us  Foster.  Brieksbiirg ;  Burlington  County.  Theo¬ 
dore  Budd.  Pemberton;  Atlauuc  t.'-ounly,  Rev.  J. 
L.  Seotu  llammonton;  Gloucester  county.  Ai.  M. 
Chew,  wilUamstown ;  Monmouth  Couuty,  Samuel 
Conover,  Freehold;  MlddlesfX  county,  F.  L.  Buck- 
elew,  Jamesburg;  Camden  County,  JobBraddock, 
Hiumontteld ;  Cape  May  coiuily,  Thomas  Beasley, 
Cape  Alay  Court  House. 
•  ♦♦♦ 
8tO(*kiiig  liakr  Erie  with  AVhlie  FIbIi, — The 
work  ol  replenishing  the  Inland  hike.s  with  flsh  Is 
making  excellent  progress.  For  toe  large  lakes 
there  Is  no  better  fish  than  the  white  hsh,  which 
used  to  be  abundant  from  Michigan  to  Ontario. 
A  Minnesota  man  says  that  toe  eggs  ot  the 
hateful  grasshopper  cannot  be  frozen  out. 
A  coRN-STARcn  factory  at  Ht.  .losephs,  Missouri, 
makes  In  the  course  of  i.he  year  ,8.50, oim)  bushels  oi 
corn  Into  starch. 
Fruit  trees  were  in  blossom  all  about  Athens, 
fJa.,  Feh.  6,  and  ripe  slra  wherries  had  been  picked 
Irom  vines  In  too  open  air. 
Mb.  j.  S.  Hubbard,  Fredonia,  N.  YL,  sends  us 
hls  Wholesale  Price  List  ol  Grape  Vines,  Fruit 
Trees,  Ac.,  lor  t  he  Spring  of  187C. 
Mkadvillk,  Pa.,  lias  been  selecicd  by  the  State 
Grange,  Patrims  ol  llusbandi'y,  as  the  place  for 
holding  their  in  xl  annual  meeting. 
Mr.  j.  P.  THOMri^oN,  Secrebary  ol  the  State 
l’omologlf:al  Sfa'lety,  iiaa  become  the  Dortlcul- 
tut'al  Editor  ot  the  Mlchlg.in  Farmer.  ^ 
PnoK.  fiTocKBRiDOK  Of  .\mherhl.  College,  has  ob- 
t'Uncd  if  patent  upon  bis  method  or  growing  crops 
hy  »he  u.v  ol  speclflc  chemical  lerllnzers. 
E.  W.  Stewart,  late  Editor  of  the  Buffalo  Live 
Stock  .lournaJ,  becomes  Asooclate  Editor  ol  the 
National  Live  stock  Journal,  wjto  which  It  has 
been  eonsolldatod. 
In  1S50  the  aggregate  value  ol  butter  and  cheese 
fxport4Vi  irom  uus  country  amounted  to  only 
$3&i,ooo.  This  year  the  export  value  ot  cheese 
alone  will  bt*  over  $i2,i>oo,of'0. 
The  exposure  ol  toe  Dairy  King  connecGxJ  with 
the  Centennial,  made  elsewhere  on  this  page, 
must  be  read  wlto  profound  surprise  and  regret 
by  the  mends  ol  toe  part  te.s  irapUeatod. 
The  annual  report  of  the  Mate  Assessors  shows 
that  there  ure  27;757,7W  acres  of  tanning  lands  In 
ihts  State,  exclusive  of  the  lancLs  used  for  farming 
purpcwe.s  In  toe  suburbs  ol  cities  and  those  in  in- 
coi-poratod  villages. 
It  ts  estimated  that  within  a  radius  of  tw'o 
miles  at  La  Salic,  Niagara  County,  N.  Y.,  there 
are  92,0(i(i  mnt  trees  growing.  OI  t  hese,  37,300  are 
apple,  42,400  peach,  i.soo  quince,  3,ooo  pear,  and 
tot)  cJ'ftlJ-apple  trees. 
The  rumor  that  ‘'Prol."  A  rnold  has  succeeded 
IToi.  lloPKi.NB  as  editor  ot  the  Hurul  Home  lacks 
contlrmailoD,  though,  judging  trom  recent  Issues, 
toe  lornier  Is  liable  to  the  suspicion  or  being  an 
assistant,  in  the  department  of  personals. 
Mb.  geo.  E.  Morrow,  late  ol  the  Western  Rural, 
Chicago.  ha.s  received  and  aecepred  a  Prolessor- 
shlp  in  the  Iowa  Agric  ultural  College.  Mr.  M.  has 
been  a  journalist,  amt  we  trust  will  acquit  him¬ 
self  witli  equal  Iionoiw  in  the  new  position  which 
he  assumes. 
The  Agrlcullural  Building  on  toe  Geuteunlul 
grounds,  now  neai  ly  completed,  will  prove  one  ot 
the  most  attracUve  edlllces  in  the  great  group. 
'I'he  tarmers  oi  the  country  may  well  be  proud  of 
wbat  has  been  done  TO  uphold  the  Interests  and 
dignity  ol  their  noble  pur.sult. 
■1'uerk  nre703.3'i5  head  of  cat, tie  In  Kansas,  an 
increase  ol  nearly  100  per  cent.  In  live  years,  vvlille 
the  hogs  have  Incrciused  In  the  same  time  about 
4(1  per  i-ent-  'i  he  total  v.Uuo  ot  toe  laiin  products 
Is  placed  at  S4:-i,97ii.4A4.  The  population  of  toe 
state  Is  53l,l.'i«.  There  are  74,9ii.5  dogs  in  the  state, 
anil  th('y  dcsli'oyed  last  years.-ziix  sheep. 
In  a  Kochfster  paper  ot  a  late  (late  “An  Old 
tlll'zei)  ”  clauus  lor  rli  .u  locality  the  origin  ol  the 
ilvsl.  King,  and  explains  by  telling  how  rho  Indians 
Uiereahouis  lolnod  In  sl-aughuring  cuite  and  tail- 
lug  their  si;al))s  wolf  scalps,  thus  rcc*'iving  toe 
Ixiuni  y  offered  for  toe  latter.  But  that,  was  long 
before  the  Centennlnl,  ami  w1ien  neither 'I’weed, 
Canal,  WlilsU.v,  Dairy  nor  otlier  similar  Kings  had 
been  dreamt  of. 
Tliroitl  Atteoiiinis  and  Iloarseuess.— All  suf- 
feriDK  from  Irntalion  of  the  Throat  and  Hoarseness 
will  be  aRreeably  surprised  at  the  almost  Immediate 
relief  afforded  by  the  use  of  '' Brown’s  Bronchial 
Troches." 
Paint  your  house  with  the  best.  Every  kej? 
“  Pheenix  Pure  White  Lead”  warranted  fine, 
white,  good  body,  and  the  most  durable  paint. 
