ginning  of  an  experiment  the  result  of 
which  belongs  to  the  nnknown  future, 
tlioxf!  being  nothing  positively  certain  in 
regard  to  what  follows  the  sligbt-est  act  or 
operation.  Now  among  the  millions 
of  exi^erimentH  aTvnually  condnebal  by 
onr  r(^ad(jrs,  there  must 'be  an  occasional 
variation  in  resnlte  from  known  causes 
which,  if  t.old,  woiiM  be  of  benefit  to  oth¬ 
ers  situated  under  like  c.ireiimstances.  We 
ask  our  readers  to  bear  tWs  in  mind  and 
wIk'U  reading  of  what  others  have  done, 
think  if  there  is  notliing  in  their  experience 
woi-fh  telling  ;  if  so,  jot  it  down  and  send 
it  along,  thereby  becoming  a  contributor 
even  if  in  a  small  ^^'ay,  to  the  sum  total  of 
liuimui  knowledge. 
We  hope  to  annouiKio  a  more  extended 
list  of  noted  names  ere  long,  but  will  com¬ 
mence  the  series  ulrisady  sccnrtsl  with  an 
article  on  “American  Plants,”  by  S.  B. 
Pajisons,  Esq.,  which  Ts-ill  appear  next 
w'eek. 
“  PROGRESS  and  IMPROVEMENT.” 
MOORE’S  RURAL  NEW-YORKER, 
A  NATIOMAL  innUSTRATED 
BlIRAl,  llTKBAKf  AND  FAMIIV  NBffSPAPRB. 
of  a  pt:<-umar>i  interest  in  you,  tistimated 
by  legislators  at  So, 000.  If  you  should  be 
killed  in  consequiuice  of  the  carelessness 
of  some  employee  on  a  raib'oad  train  your 
wdfe  could  ooUe(tt  that  amoiint  as  ilam- 
figes  from  the  conqjany.  This  sum  is  fixe<l 
becaiiBe  it  is  supposed  the  average  luPin 
<‘au  earn  aliont  a  dollar  a  <lay  more  than 
Uie  cost  of  his  economical  suppoi't.  The 
income  from  $5,000,  well  •  invested,  is 
about  a  dollar  a  day.  Should  yon  <lic  a 
natural  death,  or,  what  is  riuite  as  likely, 
at  the.  liands  of  the  doch)r,  no  damages 
ar<3  colle<;tal  ile  ;  there  are.  no  ful’ther  avails 
from  your  labor  and  the  protection  you 
promised  is  at  au  end. 
But  Life  JLnsnrau(^c  offers  a  way  by 
which  tliat  j)rolectioU  can  ht',  continued 
afbii-  your  death.  A  payment  of  about 
two  dollars  ii  week — or  a  hundred  dollars 
a  year,  which  in  a  gowd  com])any  will  be 
dtjereased  yearly  by  (Lividends 
ANDREW  S.  FULLER,  Editor 
IN  OONFIDENOE  WITH  OUR  READERS. 
Associate  Editor 
ELBERT  S.  CARMAN 
X.  A.  WILLARD,  A.  M.,  Little  Falls.  N.  Y., 
EDITUK  of  Til*  DWAUTHRMT  ok  DaIUV  lIUBBiNIIBV 
O.  A.  C.  BARNETT,  Piiblluliei 
TERMS  FOR  1876,  IN  ADVANCE, 
INCLUDING  rOHTAGE,  WHICH  PUIII.ISHERB  I’RKI'AT. 
SinKle  Couy,  tS.OS  iior  Your.  To  cMuba Five  Ooi'- 
le»,  iind  one  copy  free  to  Atfcntor  jeHior  up  <if  t'lul), 
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Orders  and  UnKistiired  Letters  may  be  iiiailcd  ut  onr 
risk.  Liberal  I'rcmlinas  to  all  i.'lub  ArenU  who 
do  not  lake  fmo  copies.  Specimen  Numbers,  Bbow- 
BlUs,  &c..  stmt  free. 
Noxv  .IiAi’sey  Horticultural  So- 
(.‘n-t y. — We  are  indebted  to  E.  Williams, 
Secretary  of  the  New  Jersey  Horticultural 
Society  for  coiiies  of  its  first  Annual  Ee- 
})ort.  The  regular  miuutos  of  the  meet¬ 
ing  during  the  year  tire  givt'ii,  ahso  the 
addn'ss  of  President  (Ieo.  TnunitER,  as 
well  as  vimouH  essays  read  at  tlie  Annual 
Meeting  in  January  last.  The  rejairted 
jjnicccdings  are  ctedifable  to  this  young 
Society  luid  it  is  to  be  lioped  that  it  will 
naa'ivo  such  support  frumtlie  resitlents  of 
tlio  State  as  will  enalile  the  memhers  to 
jiroceud  rajiidly  and  thoroughly  in  the 
gooil  work  begun  under  suclt  tavonible 
auBiiices. 
williusnre 
to  your  wife  jit  your  death  live  thousand 
doihirs.  Do  you  say  you  cannot  afford  to 
])ay  two  dollars  a  week  for  security 
against,  such  a  contingency?  Can  you 
afford  not  to  do  if  ?  Ask  your  wife  what 
she  tliinks  about  it  and  if  she  will  be  will¬ 
ing  to  L‘Conomi/,e,  give  uj>  ocoasionally  a 
luxury  or  go  without  something  neighbors 
“no  better  off  tlian  wc  are”  have,  in 
order  to  save  the  amount.  Give  your 
earnings  to  her ;  let  lier  he  the  investor 
of  the  fiuuily  and  if  she  bo  worthy  the 
name  of  wile  you  will  soon  see  how 
sacrodlv  the  two  dollars  a  week  will  he 
dcvoteil  to  the  jiayment  of  the  premium. 
You  may  say,  that  should  you  Eve  to  the 
ordinary  age  of  man  the  jjiemium,  at  in¬ 
terest,  would  amount  to  much  more  than 
$5,1)00.  True — hut  there  is  a  jAussihility 
that  yon  may  not  live  ten,  five,  or  even 
one  year — and  if  yon  shoultl,  it  is  also 
possil.Je  that  the  saA'ings  of  many  years 
will  he  swept  away  l.iy  some  unfortunate 
invcslmcuL  Look  around  you  and  see 
how  many  widows  of  men  once  in  alflu- 
eut  circimistances,  are,  in  their  middle  or 
ohl  age,  either  sulleriug  in  poverty  or  be¬ 
ing  BUi)portod  by  their  children,  and  see 
if  it  is  not  best  hi  jiay  something  to  guard 
your  wife  against  such  a  contingency,  II' 
you  are  wortli  hut  an  Jinndred  dollars  in 
the  world  we  insist  the  best  use  you  can 
make  of  it  is  to  buy  a  policy  of  insurance 
on  yoiu-  life  tor  your  wife’s  security. 
And  tliere  is  another  view  to  take  of 
this  matter.  Such  au  tict  may  iiroloug 
your  own  life.  Many  a  man  has  woiTied 
advertising  RATES: 
inside,  mil  end  l:>lh  panes  (Anate  Bpace).iH)c,  per  line, 
.  •>  IHUi  . . . 
Oatsldeor  Iasi  pa«tt  . ‘  Vii 
Fiftv  pornontsexi-ra  for  unuHiHiUUsplay. 
Special  Notices,  leaded,  by  count . .25 
Uusiness  '■  . '■■■’i’iin  •• 
Headlnn  . . . . 
Dihconnt  uu  4  in^ortlonn,  10  per  ot.;  R 
\‘6  in&.*  i)  pt'.rct.:  «(» in.Vt  2o  per  ct.;  1*3  hib.,  per  ct 
advorLlsenient  iuaerted  for  leas  than  $3* 
- —  - - 
Address  PUBLISHING  CO., 
78  Duane  Street,  New  York  City. 
]>Iclon  Sugar. — Although  Melon  su¬ 
gar  is  no  new  thing,  still  very  little  of  it 
is  knotvu  in  this  country.  Alelons  have 
lAug  been  cultivated  in  Southern  Europe 
for  sugar  making  and  there  is  no  gwd 
reason  why  we  c.ould  net  do  the  same  and 
on  an  extensive  scale,  provided  the  manu¬ 
facture  of  such  an  article  was  jirofitable. 
We  notice  that  the  subject  is  attracting 
some  utientiou  in  Califoniia,  but  it  may 
end  no  better  than  tlie  beet-root  sugar 
enterprises  luid  silk-worm  culture,  both 
of  which  seem  to  hold  on  to  life  hut  show 
little  vigor  or  profits  to  inventors. 
SATURDAY,  JULY  1,  1876, 
A  Now  Knterpriso. — Mr.  D.  D.  T. 
Moore,  Founder  and  late  Editor  of  this 
jounnil,  having  regained  his  health,  has 
established  an  Advertising  Agency  Avith 
the  8i»ecial  object  of  doing  business  with 
the  .Ygricultui'al,  Horticultural  iindGraugo 
Press'.  "Mr.  iMoonn’s  long  acquaintance 
with  this  class  of  jouruiils  gives  him  rare 
(pialificatieiia  for  the  line  of  business  he 
has  selected  and  wo  bespeak  for  him  his 
full  share  of  it  and  a  ijrosperous  and  ex¬ 
tended  future. 
f  SPECIAL  ANNOUNCEMENT, 
Beltevino  that  tlie  best  ol  evcrytiung 
is  none  fiio  good  for  the  readers  of  the 
Rural  Nkw-Yorker,  aa'c  are  pleased  to 
announce  the  completion  of  arrangements 
with  a  numl)cr  of  our  most  noted  scientists 
and  An-iters  on  rural  sulijects  by  wliich 
they  become  occasional  or  frequent  cou- 
tributors  to  onr  isolnmns.  Among  those 
RURAL  BREVITIES, 
I.  W,  ,S..  lynilrtnA’iUo,  Vt.,  will  greatly  oblige 
UB  by  Bsadiug  his  full  addroHH  to  this  office. 
It  is  rejiorl^vl  that  the  Bales  of  cheoHe  in  the 
New  York  market  one  day  taut  week,  ainoimted 
to  !3<800,000,  Who  will  any,  after  tliis,  that  there 
is  no  sale  for  farm  products? 
We  leuni  friim  D.  I,.  Pope,  Biiperintondent  of 
tbo  Oeiiteimiiil  DaiiT  Department,  that  lie  has 
received  11,001)  pouiitl.-*  of  cheese  and  18  packages 
of  croamory  butler  from  tViscoushi. 
IIav  f'ATO  arc  Horaotbiiig  wnieii  eveiy  farmer 
needs.  AdilroMH  Messrs.  Pitkin  &  Thomas  of 
110  Chambers  St.,  Now  York,  or  71  North  Second 
St.,  Pldladelphia,  wJio  advertise  them  for  sale 
ciu'ap  in  auothoi-  column. 
Pi  RSCANT  to  the  plan  anuonncod  by  the  Cliief 
of  Bm’eau  of  Agriculture  at  tbo  Geutennial, 
there  was  a  statea  display  of  Early  Summer  Veg¬ 
etables  and  Honey  in  Agricultural  Hall,  extend¬ 
ing  from  June  20  to  21.  Raspberries  and  Black¬ 
berries  will  be  next  in  order,  commoeciug  July 
3d  and  ending  July  8th. 
The  grassbojjper  and  the  potato  bug  siiik  into 
inHiguilicanoo  when  compared  to  the  Iwust  that 
Yias  recently  devastated  the  grain  fields  of  the 
Spanish  provinces  of  Badajoz  and  Cuidad  Real. 
Over  six  lliousand  tons  of  llie  insects  liave  been 
burned  With  petroleuni  in  trenches,  and  15,000 
Boldiei’s  liave  been  occupied  in  destroying  them. 
At  Point  Reyes,  Cal.,  there  is  a  dairy  farm  of 
45,00(1  acres,  on  Avhich  there  are  3.000  cows.  The 
farm,  together  with  tlie  cows,  is  rented  in  part 
to  several  teiiante.  They  make  from  ^1,000  to 
§2,000  jier  annum  oleur  of  all  expenses.  The 
yield  from  the  cows  is  reported  tone  oxceUent; 
some  of  the  butter  ranches  show  an  average  of 
§80  per  cow  through  the  whole  herd  of  200. 
Oim  mioroscopists,  not  being  satislicd  with 
frightening  people  out  of  using  brown  sugar,  on 
account  of  the  presence  of  a  miiiuto  spidei'  found 
in  it,  now  tell  us  that  orange  peel  ia  inhabited  by 
a  species  of  cooous  related  to  the  cochineal.  It  s 
a  good  tiling  that  everybody  does  not  possess  the 
desired  timo  and  instruments  for  looking  into 
things  in  general,  and  their  food  in  particular. 
YOITNG  MEN  AND  LIFE  INSURANCE. 
and  nutlior  of  “The  T’lU-ks,  Promenades 
and  Gardens  of  Paris,”  “  Alpine FIoAvers,” 
etc.,  etc. 
Col.  F.  G.  Skinner,  Editor  of  Turf, 
Field  and  Farm,  N.  Y.,  long  and  faA’or- 
ably  linOAvn  as  one  of  the  ailejits  in  aU 
that  pertains  to  the  field  sports  of  America. 
Prof.  CiiAs.  Y.  Riley,  State  Entomolo¬ 
gist  of  Missouri,  whose  fame  as  a  scientist 
is  not  confined  alone  to  America, 
Herman  Stkeckeb,  Reading,  Pa.,  the 
noted  Lepidopterist  and  author  of  a  cele¬ 
brated  work  on  butterflies  aud  moths,  na- 
tiA^e  and  exotic. 
Wm.  J.  Foavleb,  late  one  of  the  Editors 
of  the  R.  N.-Y.  and  avcU  kuoAvn  through¬ 
out  Western  Noav  York  as  a  thoughtful 
and  practical  Agricnltmist. 
Thos.  Meehan,  Eilitor  of  the  Garden¬ 
ers’  Monthly,  author  or  the  “Hand-Book 
of  Trees,”  etc.,  etc.,  and  Charles  Down¬ 
ing,  the  veteran  Pomologist,  kindly  prom¬ 
ise  to  send  occasional  airiclos. 
Geo.  Scch  of  South  Amboy,  the  enthu¬ 
siastic  collector  and  cultiA-ator  of  rare 
exotic  plants, 
Jas.  Viok,  the  genial  Rochester  florist, 
who  has  done  as  much  as  any  man  in  this 
country  to  create  and  promote  a  love  of 
floriculture. 
JosiAH  Hoopes,  the  noted  botanist  and 
nurscrymaii  and  author  of  “  The  Book  of 
Evergreens.” 
cauvassera  ol  Ibe  iaural  iYE\A-ioR&BK 
alone  excepted,  against  Avhose  orgiiiacuts 
so  little  can  be  said.  He  has  the  satisfoc- 
tiou  of  knoAving  the  right  is  on  his  side, 
aud  that  if  he  succeeds  in  his  efforts  he  is 
doing  a  favor  to  the  insured  as  well  as  to 
his  company  and  himself.  .iLU  parties  to 
any  bargain  should  be  benefited  by  it, 
although  we  are  sorry  to  say  this  is  not  al- 
Avays  the  ease. 
Individual  instimces  tliere  doubtless  are 
where  it  is  not  positRely  a  duly  for  a  man 
to  insure  his  lile,  but  tliese  instances  are 
so  rare  us  to  rai^c  them  the  exceptions, 
Avhich,  it  is  sometimes  sniil,  ai-e  neoessai’y 
to  lu’ove  any  rule  to  bo  in  tlie  main  cor¬ 
rect  ;  aud  from  these  the  steps  are  gmdual 
until  they  reach  those  whom  it  would 
seem  are  entiiely  inexcusable  if  they  neg¬ 
lect  it.  Our  purpose  at  this  time  is  to 
consider  one  of  these  latter  classes.  This 
interest  it  is  your  duty  to  secure  to  her. 
We  desire  the  attention  of  tlie  young  men 
Avho  huA^e  just  taken  upon  tliemselves  the 
care  and  protection  of  a  Avifo — and  proba¬ 
bly  many  wlio  read  these  lines  are  in  that 
happy  condition.  Now,  to  each  and  ev- 
ery  one  of  such  we  want  to  say — ^By  your 
act  and  by  your  marriage  obligation  you 
have  promised  to  “love  honor  aud  pro¬ 
tect”  her  whom  you  haA’e  chosen.  Of 
the  love  and  honor  portion  of  the  promise 
we  take  no  note  at  present.  It  is  the  p/’o- 
fjection  W6  are  to  consider  in  the  present 
connection.  Not  protection  only  for  to¬ 
day,  or  for  next  year,  but  tlirough  her 
whole  hfe.  Protection  from  the  want  of 
any  of  the  necessaries  aud  comforts  of 
life  that  money  can  secure. 
RURAL  NOTES  AND  QUERIES 
Disappointed  Pliiladelpliians. — 
It  is  said  that  Philadelphians  are  much 
tiisappointed  at  the  scarcity  of  Ansitors  to 
the  Ceiiteumal,  aud  as  the  millions  who 
wei’O  to  come  to  the  shoAv  do  not  put  in  an 
appearance,  the  well-filled  larder  of  good 
things  jji'ovided  for  the  inner  man  depart 
less  rajiidly  tlian  Avas  expected.  Hud  this 
great  exhibition  been  in  Loudon,  Paris  or 
Vienna,  thousands  of  onr  people  Avould 
have  crossed  the  Atlantic  for  the  aA'owed 
pmpose  of  seeing  it ;  but  in  truth,  only 
because  it  gave  them  an  excuse  for  going 
abroad  aud  to  have  this  to  talk  about  to 
the  end  of  theii*  day.s.  Now  Avhen  the 
greatest  exhibition  tlie  world  has  over  seen 
is  near  by,  tiiis  very  “  shoddyocrooy”  will 
affect  to  aesi)is6  it  because  almost  eveiyr- 
body  can  go  if  they  choose  to.  The  fact 
is,  it  is  too  cheap,  or  costs  too  little,  to 
visit  the  Centennial  to  create  any  enthu¬ 
siasm  mth  the  average  American  Avho  i^ro- 
fesses  to  take  pride  in  sight-seeing. 
BUSINESS  NOTICES 
Tell  Us  Your  Experience. — The 
cultiA'ators  of  the  soil  ai’e  experimenters 
in  the  hroailest  sense  of  the  term.  EA-ery 
seed  soAvu  or  tree  planted  is  but  the  be- 
