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MOORE’S  RURAL  WEW-YORKER. 
■JUiSE  40 
“PROCRE88  AND  IMPROVEMENT.” 
MOORE'S  RURAL  NEW-YORKER, 
A  NATIONAL  ILLUHTHATKO 
mkl  I/ITKRARV  AND  FAMILV  NKWSPAPKB. 
ANDREW  S.  FULLER,  Editor. 
ELBERT  B.  CARMAN,  -  -  Associate  Editor. 
X.  A,  WILLARD,  A.  M.,  LIUIe  Falls.  N.  Y., 
EnlTOB  up  TUB  l>B,*AUTMBKT  OP  DAIMV  II  UBBAM.It  If. 
(i.  A.  C;.  IIARNKTT,  Kii hllKli.T. 
TERMS  FOR  1870,  IN  ADVANCE, 
INCLODINU  POSTAOE,  W  HICH  PDBLISIIKRS  I’RF.I'AT, 
Slniilo  Oopy,  tJ.W  I'l'r  Yiiar.  To  I'lnbit-Klvp  Oop- 
lea.  HiiO  one  eonr  fn'"  Auont  or  (letier  ui>  of  (’liih. 
for  Bevnn  (Joplea.iirul  one  free,  lor  flT.ail  Ten 
Coplea, niiO  one  free, fiil.Ml-only  t.I.lft  per  copy.  Tin* 
aboTO  ralea  tnf  lndr  poalfiyr  (unUer  Uiii  new  law.ltfi 
any  part  of  the  United  Mtalea.  and  the  Amerlisan 
poatuRe  on  all  eoplea  nialleil  to  ('anuda.  On  pnpera 
mailed  lo  Kiiropo,  by  atoiimor,  llie  poHlnifo  will  bn  Ht> 
ceni.a  extra -or  f.I.Nlin  all.  Urafta.  I’oat-omcn  Money 
Orderaand  Ue^itaUired  LntLira  may  be  mailed  at  our 
riak.  ItT"  I.lboral  I’reniliima  to  all  (Mub  Apenta  who 
do  not  take  free  eoplea.  Rpeelmon  Niimben*.  Hbow- 
Ullia,  Ac.,  sent  free- 
ADVERTI8INO  RATES  I 
Inaldo  14Ih  and  ^■•lb  pauea i  Auaie  apacol.fiOe.  per  line. 
••  i:Uh  imua . ..70 
Ontalde  or  liiHt  papa  . ..........1.(10 
Kiflv  percfeiil.exliurorunuaualdlaplHy. 
Hpeelal  Nolleea,  leaded,  by  count . 1.2ft 
DIarount  on  4  Inaerllona,  10  per  ct.',  ft  Ina..  15  per  ct.i 
ID  Ina..  2(1  peret.j  20  Ina.,  2.'i  per  et.;  02  Ina.,  MH  per  ut. 
fUf  No  adverllHement  tnaerted  for  lean  than  88. 
Addreaa 
RURAL  PUBLISHING  CO., 
78  Diioiiw  Street,  Now  York  City. 
KATUnUAY.  JUNIC  10,  1870. 
A  GLANOE  AT  WHEAT. 
Thk  long  roign  of  CDitttm  uh  king  of  field 
])r()tluol«  iw  yofirly  dimiulHliing  in  hrillian- 
oy  iind  tlio  time  HtM*niH  fa«t  njtjmiiw.liiiig 
wlioii  wlioiit  will  wield  tlio  orjmnifrt'.iul 
Hcojjtfr  of  Aniorit'.iin  iigricultnro.  Tliorc 
iis  at  UiiH  day  no  jiroductifin  of  ilio  land 
tliat  oontHiuH  Hitch  olcuientw  of  tnulc-vital- 
ity  a«  the  Hinglo  item  t)f  wlitnii.  It  huH 
Burviv('d  the  numt  Hovero  tinancial  d(!pr((H- 
ftitjUK  in  tiluH  country  and  I'lnrope  and  hiiH 
Bhutdily  onoonragtdl  iht*  funner  to  enlarge 
the  yield.  'I’he  (nijiihdiHt  lit*re  niid  ahroml 
is  ever  ready  hi  give  a  HulitI  indorHcment 
to  it-H  value  by  the  luoist  liheral  invent- 
incntK.  It  is  of  coiirKe  Biibjeot  to  phases 
of  inaetivity  and  the  eonBerinont  fluctna 
tion  in  price,  hut  the  inevitable  demand 
wliich  iH  bound  to  follow  eoiiKuniption  in 
any  indiHpeuHablo  food-ilein,  always  Hately 
adjuBts  t  hiH  Bpecial  out) ;  a  fiu't  that  is 
rapidly  eHtabliHhing  a  fooling  tif  uinvaver- 
ing  confidtmce  among  all  ojxiratfOrB  in 
broadHtudk. 
Knowing  tlie  many  resonreeH  that  are 
naturally  doveloiiing  tlio  grtiiitutiBH  of  this 
coiiuti^,  it  ifi  ghtrious  to  (ton  tern  plate  that 
•we  are  destined  to  heeome  the  tdiicf  (?iih- 
todian  of  “  the  Htatfof  life,"  tliat  the  en- 
terjirising  iirodiK^ers  will  therehy  he  tlie 
reeiiiient  of  worthy  remiliierntion.  It  is 
cerlainly  a  gratifying  fiwt  wln'ii  we  see  the 
IJihUmI  StateH  in  only  their  Oenteuiiial 
year  looming  n]i  in  (u  mi  petition  fnv  Kiiro- 
pean  Hri])|)lieH  agaiirnttlie  historieal  prom¬ 
inence  of  old  Egypt  and  Uie  I  Hack  Sea. 
For  preHCnt  jiractifbd  purposes  one  point 
has  Vic.cn  very  strongly  brought  mit  by 
the  previouH  course  (if  the  wheat  market, 
which  is  that  wlmat  is  not  a  commodity 
that  need  be,  bastily  imrted  witli.  “  As 
good  as  gold"  and  “  as  good  as  wheat," 
are  terms  becoming  synonymously  signili- 
cant.  In  evidener^  of  increased  cultiva¬ 
tion,  it  is  <!Htinmtc.d  that  two  and  a  half 
millions  of  acres  of  wheat  are  maturing 
for  harvest  in  (’-idifornia,  witli  a  jiroduet 
of  nearly  .00, 000, 000  Imshels  (ixix'C.ted.  J  n 
the  lust  dal  iforiiia  crop  :{0,24H,r»00  bushels 
Avere  harvested.  Advices  from  <ithcr  home 
wheat  growing  districts  imVicatfj  both 
thrifty  condition  and  proiniso  of  abun- 
ilunce.  In  the  Old  World  the  weather  for 
the  coming  croj)  has  not  Vnam  generally 
jH'ojiitious  and  it  is  conceded  hy  the  tnale 
that  a  material  defleieiicy  will  have  to  he 
snpjilied  from  oiir  storing  and  eroji.  The 
gleam  of  possibh)  national  conflict  in  the 
l•laHt  (dreudy  h-nds  some  bright  ness  to 
Hj  ICC  I  dative  feeling  liere  and  has  hud  a 
trilling  inliuence  in  the  rei'cnt  upward 
turn  of  quotations.  <  Intside  (if  such  hear¬ 
ings,  lioweviu",  the  situation  of  wheat  is 
roganh'd  as  perfectly  secure  and  nothing 
ut  jiresc'iit  jKU’tends  that  an  owners’  year 
will  b(i  int'Orniptcd,  ]'’oreign  Imyi’TS  are 
tlms  early  showing  their  confidenc-e.  'J’he 
sales  of  the  jiast  six  days  and  we  are 
just  (i])ening  tlie  period  of  free  reeeijits- 
have  largely  (‘xeeeded  the  deliveries, 
amounting  to  about  1,.'’>1H),(I()()  bushels, 
(iliiefly  for  export. 
This  is  important,  inasmuch  as  the  vig¬ 
orous  movement  lias  liecn  free  from  re¬ 
strictive  haggling.  Wellci’s  have  l>(*en  sel¬ 
dom  reipiired  to  jiress  sanijiles  upon  piir- 
ehasers  and  our  advaneed  (piotatums— 
jirinted  elsewhere — have  ruled  with  satis- 
fimtury  shduliiiess.  Fine  (piidity  has  had 
much  to  do  ill  (piickeiiing  transactiouH, 
We  arc  glad  ki  see  that  farmers  are  be- 
eonving  jirogressively  alive  to  tlie  fact  that 
ehoieo  ipiality  is  tlie  strong  lever  in  stiii’f 
ing  an  active  movement  in  Held,  dairy  or 
orchard  produee  ;  and  whether  jiriccs  are 
low  or  high,  excellence  of  stock  invariably 
furiiiBlies  easy  momentum  when  a  luejion- 
deranei;  of  low  elass  would  drag  Iieavily. 
In  this  eonnection,  sixicial  att4>ulion  lo 
white  wheat  is  being  given  hy  some  of  our 
enterprising  farimu's.  The  kmdeney  of 
white  to  run  iuki  amber  sliades  by  repe¬ 
tition  in  same  locality,  lias  jirompted  the 
distribution  of  seed  in  various  sections  of 
the  country,  with  the.  aim  t-o  obtain  a  re¬ 
liable  crop  of  this  reliable  and  always  best 
jiriciul  eenml. 
- - - 
THE  LABOEER  AND  HIS  HIRE. 
Tt  is  an  old  sa^^dug,  that  ”  It  takes  two 
to  make  a  bargain.”  And  wliile  the  truth 
of  this  is  univc'rsally  uckiiowlcdged  in 
tluxiiy,  how  often  in  iiractice  is  tin*  ak 
Icmjti  made  to  abroguk)  it  and  have  the 
liargiiin  eonform  to  tlu'  wdslies  of  one— 
and  nowhere  is  this  more  noticeahh*  Ihaii 
on  a  farm.  When  a  laborer  engages  ki 
Herv('  a  farmer  for  a  eertaiii  sum  ]ier  day 
or  a  montb,  be  eonti-ncts  in  cl1'(*et  if  not  in 
words,  lo  give  for  the  sum  agreed  ii|)(in 
his  best  and  enlnre  services.  He  mnkes  a 
conqileto  sale  of  his  fiunilth'S  and  powers 
of  mind  luai  body  so  far  as  they  eiui  lie 
employed  iu  the  Imsiness  for  wliich  he 
is  engaged  ki  work.  Jf  a  man  is  a  luu- 
chinist  liy  trade,  while  he  would  not  lai 
exp(*elcd,  if  hired  as  a  farm  laborer,  to  go 
to  work,  in  a  sbojj  as  a  niecliiuiic,  it  would 
bo  liis  duty  k)  use  his  knowledge  and  skill 
as  a  miichuiist  so  far  as  he  could  in  keeji- 
iiig  in  repair  the  lools  and  muehines  of 
the  fju-m-— plows,  harrows,  rakes,  reapers, 
mowers  amt  stoam  engines,  if  such  tlien* 
were.  If  it  is  elaimed  that  one  ciipuVileof 
doing  this  is  entitled  to  liighcr  pay  than 
an  ordiiiurv  farm  hand  who  can  at  best 
]ilow  and  lioe  and  drive  tlie  team  idield, 
we  assent ;  but  asHert  that  the  claim  shoiihl 
h(i  advaiiood  when  tla^  coiiliuct  is  made. 
Every  one  lias  a  rigiit  to  his  own  labor,  ki 
use  it  for  himself  and  receive  direelly  the 
avails  of  it,  or  tosellitki  luiotJier  for  such 
a  sum  as  is  agreed  iijion  ;  hut  when  the 
contraet  is  made  and  the  lahor  is  sold,  lie 
lias  no  more  right  ki  withhold  anything 
he  can  do  than  he  would  have  towithholil 
any  pnrtioii  of  a  hundred  busliolsof  wheat 
or' a  thousand  pounds  of  eheese  that  he 
hiwl  agreed  to  dijliver  for  a  e(*rtaiu  slim  of 
inouey.  Neither  should  tin*  laborer  think 
toipiiethis  eouscicucc  witJi  the  thought 
that  111' eiui  do  a  fair  day’s  work  without 
giving  his  best  en’oria;  nor  Unit  if  he  hoes 
j  his  row  as  well  and  iia  (piiekly  as  hiscom- 
'  imiiions  in  the  lUdd,  no  more  should  be 
I  exjiected  of  him.  What  he  is  to  door  not 
do  is  not  to  he  meiisiired  by  the  doings  of 
another,  iiiiless  it  be  so  stipnlak’d  in  the 
bond.  If  his  bargain  is  that  for  two  dol¬ 
lars  a  day  ho  will  work  as  many  hours  at 
tlie.  same  kind  of  lahor  iis  Tom,  Dick  »)r 
Hauky  and  will  perform  as  mncli  and  as 
well  as  they  do,  it  will  be  his  Imsiness  to 
see  that  he  does  just  Uiatiiud  hisemjiloyer 
will  have  neither  reason  nor  right  to  ask 
or  expect  more.  If  you  sell  a  day’s  labo 
and  perform  in  the  day  only  what  you 
conlif  without  extra  exertion  do  in  half  a 
day,  you  Jiave  skileu  the  value  of  half  a 
day's  lahor  from  your  employer  just  ns 
truly  as  if  you  hiuf  taken  tlie  same  value 
in  money  from  his  purse. 
The  other  party  to  the  bargain- tlie 
etiqiloyer — has  his  duties  beside  the  mere 
paying  of  the  sum  agn'ed.  He  is  in  duty 
iioiind  to  see  that  the  labor  lie  reipiires 
shall  b<'  jicrformed  with  us  mm'li  (*aso  and 
ns  little  wmde  of  physical  force  ns  possi¬ 
ble  ;  and  k»  this  end  the  kails  and’  imple¬ 
ments  he  furnishes  should  be  of  tlie  best 
(piality  and  most  inijiroved  patk'rns  and 
lie  will  lind  bis  interest  proniok'd  by  hav¬ 
ing  thought  for  the  comfort  of  all  in  bis 
employ.  But  the  bargain  made  between 
the  employed  and  the  employer  eoiua'rns 
tliem  and  tliem  only.  It  is  well,  perlmjis, 
that  none  other  should  know  what  it  is 
lest  there  he  petty  ji’alousies  nronsed,  lus 
ill  the  ]iarable  of  the  laborer  in  the  vine¬ 
yard,  wlu're  those  who  had  home  the  Imr- 
den  and  heat  of  tlie  day  coinphiin<-(l  that 
oUi(‘rs  who  had  work(*d  less  time  reeeived 
tlie  same  piiy,  seeming  ki  forget  that  they 
hud  oontraek'd  for  a  e(*rtain  siun.  Very 
just  was  the  rejilv  Friend,  I  do  th(>e 
no  wrong;  didst  tliou  not  agree  .with  me 
for  a  penny  y  Take  Unit  t  hine  is  and  go 
thy  way.  Is  it  not  lawful  for  me  to  do 
what  J  will  with  mine  own?”  These 
gj'umhlers  were  of  theehiss  that  aull  have 
1ml.  one  party  to  a  hargaJu  and  that  jiarty 
IhemselveH,  *  The  family  is  a  liu-ge  one 
and  some  of  its  representiitives  are  to  be 
found  in  almost  every  mdghliorh<,HMl. 
- - 
RURAL  NOTES  AND  GUERIES. 
(h‘iit.<‘iinial  IMi4>4l(Ml4‘iMlr4»ii  Sliuw. 
— 'J'lio  rose-tree  or  Uhododeiidroii  show 
at  the  ('/eiitenniiil  J'lxhibition  is  a  very  tine 
one  just  now,  and  it  is  a  pity  that  it  will 
be  over  so  soon.  Mr.  Anthony  Watkiier 
of  Knapp  Hill,  Surrey,  Jlnglimd,  exhibits 
some  1,200  nmOy-growii  iilants  from  Ids 
nurseries  and  they  attraet  much  atl4‘iitinn 
from  visikirs.  Tli*\V  lire  shown  under  a 
large  tent  erected  for  the  piirjiose  of  ex- 
liibiting  sneli  i>lants,  and  are  a  credit  ki 
the  exhihikir,  inasmuch  as  they  had  to  be 
bi'ought  over  in  boxi's,  and  after  their 
long  voyage  have  bloomed  us  freely  us 
though  gTowing  in  tlieir  native  sod  at 
home.  'J'here  is  an  cxk'usive  variety  and 
of^seversl  species,  the  flowers  of  all  sliiwliiH 
^f  colors  from  a  jmre  white  k>  a  dark  rich 
eriiiihon.  Mr.  W.  deservt's,  not  only 
mucli  credit  for  his  enterjirise,  but  the 
tliaiiks  of  all  visitors  to  the.  Centennial 
groiuids.  Mr.  Bausons  of  Flushing,  N. 
Y.,  also  makes  a  tine  exhihitioii  of  these 
jilnnfs  and  in  great  variety,  w'hich  are 
planted  out  in  gnmjis  where  the  diversi- 
lied  colors  of  the  many  viiriefies  add  much 
the  beauty  of  the  grounds. 
'  *** 
liiiiglitH  ’r<*iii|)Iar. — The  troubles 
of  the  Crescent,  are  in  marked  contrast  ki 
the  prosperity  of  the  Cross,  The  Masonic 
fraternity  have  reason  to  feel  iiroud  of 
their  Criind  (.lentennial  Uennion,  held  in 
Bhilndeljiliiii,  dune  Ist,  lo  littingly  eele- 
hriiki  the  one  huiidretli  year  of  our  coun¬ 
try’s  indejieiidonee.  Hir  Knights  from  all 
(piartcrs  apjieared  iu  lirilliiuit  uniforms. 
The  niimlxT  iiMsmiibhid  can  best  be  apjire- 
eiiitcd  when  we  state  that  the  jircHXiHsioii 
was  one  and  a-half  houi’S  jmssiug  a  given 
jxiint.  'J’o  mention  the  names  of  the 
chief  participants,  would  lie  ki  call  tlie 
roll  of  honor  of  the  most  distinguished 
men  in  the  Order.  'I'he  exercises  were 
concluded  at  the  Academy  of  Music,  by 
the  installation  of  the  (Irand  otlicers  of 
the  Grand  CommandtU7  of  ITmnsylvania, 
with  the  most  imposing  ceremonies.  Fair 
women  lent  the  charm  of  their  presence 
k)  this  aHHembhige  of  brave  men. 
I*r4>lit.  ill  l‘’jirniiiig’. — Tln're  is  but 
one  way  to  make,  farming  prolitable  and 
that  is  to  lind  out  how  to  produce  an  arti¬ 
cle  for  less  than  the  jirice  it  oominaiids  in 
the  nmrk(*t.  While  every  fanner  will 
axlmit  th((  truth  of  the  above  proposition, 
not.  01145  in  ten  k<;eps  any  record  of  ex¬ 
penses  in  ordi-r'to  ascertain  exnxdly  what 
it  <!OBts  t4i  j)ro(lu4M»  a  bushel  of  corn  or 
other  gi'ain  or  a  pound  of  meat.  When 
as  aceiiriito  and  t  horough  systems  of  Ixxik- 
ki-eping  are  practiced  among  agi'ioultur- 
ists  as  in  meronntile  iiursuits,  we  shall 
have  a  lx*tk*r  basis  to  make  ((StimakiS  of 
the  com]iurative  protils  Ixdweon  tlie  two 
in  projxirtioii  to  the  amount  of  capital  and 
lahor  expended. 
claim,  that  in  transplanting  trees  it  was 
necessary  ki  place  the  sides  in  exactly  the 
same  jxisition  as  regards  the  points  of  the 
compass,  and  rccomniends  that  persons 
who  transplant  trees  should  mark  the 
north  sides  of  each  tiefore  taking  up  and 
replace  it  in  its  natural  jxisition,  ”  A 
large  pronortion  will  tlicn  live  as,  by 
ignoring  tliis,  transplnnkxl  trfx's  generally 
perish.”  We  confess  to  be  somewliat  at  a 
loss  k)  dokirmiiio  which  of  the  two  asser¬ 
tions  mmie  in  the  above  note,  are  the 
niost  snrjirising,  or  display  tlie  greatest 
ignorau(5e,  the  one  attributing  any  inlhi- 
(>ne.e  k)  the  preserving  of  the  natural 
jxmition,  or  tliat  the  millions  of  trees 
anniialty  reinovr'd  hy  our  nurserymen, 
wlio  jiay  no  atkmtion  'to iioiuts  of  epinjiaHs, 
“  generally  jierish,” 
- - - - 
(’arlMilb':  .\4*i4l  — According 
to  the  Engineer,  tlm  earbolie  paper  wliieh 
is  now  used  in  such  (piautitics  for  packing 
fresh  meats,  Ac.,  for  the  jmrpose  of  ] ire- 
serving  them  against  deterioration  by 
atmoKplierie  or  other  inlluenc-cs,  is  iiiiul'o 
by  melting  five  jmrts  of  stearine  liygt'ntle 
Ix’at,  and  then  stirring  in  th()roug)ily  two 
jiarts  of  (rarbolio  acid,  iifk-r  wliicfi  five 
parts  of  parafliue  in  a  melt^xl  form  are 
add<;d.  Tlie  mass  Unis  prepanxl,  is  then 
k)  he  well  stirn'd  kigetlxir,  until  it  cixtls, 
after  which  it  is  iipiiliod  M'ith  a  brush  to 
the  jiajxu', 
-  — 
RURAL  BREVITIES. 
It  is  ostiniatod  that  fiillv  200,000  licad  of  Texas 
cattle  will  bo  iiastured  in  kaiisaH  this  suininer. 
OoiH.D  a  better  name  bo  invented  for  iv  boot 
and  shoe  limi  than  tlio  ono  advertised  in  one  of 
unr  Jsiiidon  ExebiHiKos.  Waukkni'iiast  A  Co.? 
Tkxas  has  two  and  a  lialf  millions  of  slieep 
and  only  one  mill  ki  work  up  their  wool.  Homo 
miimifiwihirios  need  eneouniKing  in  tlio  I  .ono  Ktar 
Kt.ak. 
Ni;w  varic'lios  of  jxitakios  are  still  in  order, 
but  one  witJi  leaves  which  would  resist  the  at- 
kwks  of  the  potato  heello  would  just  now  ho  ex- 
troiiioly  viilnahlo. 
At  a  reeont  sale  of  horses  at  Ijoiiisville,  Ky.. 
22  head  brought  iji0.24e,  or  an  average  of  iji420 
each,  which  cannot  lx>  coiiMidrired  as  indieating 
very  hard  limes  among  horsemen. 
TirnnuKN  are  talking  of  a  “eoming  trotter,” 
named  Hilly  Long,  a  four-yeur-old.  who  has  done 
some  fine  sle|iping.  hosidisi  having  a  nokd  par- 
ixitane  ki  hack  him. 
A.MONO  Uio  stated  disjilays  at  the  (’lonkinnial 
are  Htrawherries./iine  7  I.'itii.  Early  Grass  Hat¬ 
ter  and  Cheese,  June  l.f  17  and  Mowing  Ma- 
e.hlnes.  Tedders  amt  Hay  Hakes  lo  oommenco 
June  IS  and  continue  ten  days. 
It  is  jiroposed  to  raise  an  ink'r-Htate  fund  by 
the  nrangoHOf  I'ennsylvaidu,  Delaware  aixl  New 
Jersey  of  not  less  than  S'.5l),(WJ0,  for  the  pimposo 
of  eskthlfshing  a  wholesale  Grange  deixit. 
Thk  larva  of  the  Asparagus  HcoUe  is  a  small, 
blackish,  sliig-like  worm,  and  ie  readily  dosfj'oyod 
by  dusting  with  freshly -slaked  lime.  We  say  this 
after  a  ku-years’  experionee  witli  the  jiest. 
Htuawki'.iiiiv  enlliirlsts  should  not  forgot  the 
show  of  this  favoriU*  fruit  at  the  Oeiileiinial 
from  June  7  to  June  l.^,  for  it  will  bo  a  long  (iino 
before  unotiuir  siieh  opixirl  unity  (xienrs  kj  eom- 
poto  for  such  honors  on  a  like  occasion. 
MicmoANUKas  are  in  high  glot*  over  the  lion- 
ors  rui5t*lved  at  the  Genteiinial  on  their  apples ; 
hut  as  tliere  wore  no  oonipotitors,  wo  fail  to  see 
where  tlx:  “glory"  comoK  in.  HUll,  the  few  va- 
rietivs  exhibited  were  a  erfslit  hi  the  8tate  iiiid 
her  ]  lotnologisk. 
It  has  been  rrecpiently  stated  that  the  farming 
lands  of  the  Nei*  England  States  wore  deereas¬ 
ing  in  valiio;  hilt  the  census  reltirns  ussert  the 
contrary,  showing  that  even  in  mneh-Mliuidured 
New  Hampshire  the  valuation  of  such  lands  has 
inei'oasod  thirty  million  dollars  iu  the  past  twen- 
ty-livo  years. 
Onu  ponltrymen  having  tried  the  vii’tuos  of 
rod  pc'pjier  to  make  hens  smart  at  laying,  are 
now  turning  their  attention  ki  neltliug  them  for 
the  suine  [impose.  Thu  idea  of  feeding  tlie 
loaves  and  scckIh  of  nettlos  to  fowls  is  suid  to 
have  originated  in  Duiimark  ;  the  ulimato  being 
cool,  stimulating  IxKxunes  nocussary  ki  provoke 
productivenosH. 
It  is  generally  sui>]iosud  that  China  and  Japan 
were  so  thickly  settled,  it  was  dilllcnlt  to  [irocuro 
fo(xl  enough  from  the  laud  and  sen  belonging  to 
those  countries  to  support  theii'  iiiliahitunts  ; 
hut  now  we  are  inforiixsl  that  not  long  hineo 
there  aiTived  in  Kan  Franc'uieo  a  full  cargo  of 
Japan  rice,  containing  some  1,250,000  iioiinds. 
'I’liis  does  not  show  very  well  for  rice  culture  in 
America,  hut  ilotss  sjieak  well  for  the  industiy  of 
the  Ja]is. 
Linnkuk  said  in  his  time  that  the  ixiw  eats  27(5 
plants  and  refuses  21K ;  the  goat  outs  410  and 
(Wlines  120 ;  the  sheeii  takes  087  and  rejects 
141 ;  tlie  horse  likes  202  and  avoids  212 ;  hut  the 
hog,  more  nice  in  its  [irovision  than  any  of  the 
fiiiiiier,  eats  hut  72  [ilaiils  and  rejetds  171.  Hut 
since  hU  day  the  iiiiniher  of  siieeies  of  jilants 
discoveriMl  would  more  than  double  each  of  the 
aliove,  Isith  as  to  the  likes  and  dislikes  of  the 
animals  named. 
BUSINESS  NOTICES. 
I  Olllis  ol  ^b<  (XMlipasS  III  KCKSTSIN,  111UI.S  ACo.’m  ”  IMia-uix  IMire  Wliite 
l>ori4‘llltlir4“. — Jiie  Buihler  TCViV’CS  the  Istlie  wlilusl.  Ilnest;  Ixistlio  best  body  and 
old  and  we  had  liojied  olisoleto  l)ut  alisui'd  most  cuvcitmi  cuiiuoity  of  any  lead  in  umriiot. 
