MOORE’S  RURAL  NEW-YORKER. 
Ck  Crntonial. 
CENTENNIAL  C0RSE8P0NDENCE. 
Philadelphia,  July  16,  1876. 
Walkino  leisurely  tlirough  Agricultural  H&ll, 
my  attention  was  attracted  by  tbo  all-embracing 
arms  of  ye  ivind  mill  of  ye  uldca  time  which 
stands  in  the  center  of  the  main  aisle  about  two- 
thirds  its  length  from  the  eutriinco.  Th©  im¬ 
provements  in  wind  mills  and  llicir  application  to 
farm  uses  at  once  suggested  themselves  to  me  and 
I  set  about  fimliug  tbo  modem  examples  of  this 
prototyj)©.  One  would  naturally  exiicct  to  find 
such  an  important  exhibit  placed  conspicuously 
and  in  a  manner  that  would  furnish  easy  aocoss 
to  visitors.  Not  so,  however.  The  Commission, 
with  a  fatuity  or  maliciousness  that  passes  un¬ 
derstanding,  wandered  about  tbo  premises,  and 
after  having  tnniblod  down  a  ravine  (now  being 
filled  with  refuse^  and  cLamhered  over  a  bjH  or 
two,  Came  to  the  extremity  of  the  grounds— the 
jumping-off  place,  so  to  siieak— and  ascertaining 
that  a  wind  milJ  exhibitor  would  have  to  dig 
about  seventy  feet  for  wjiter,  and  after  erecting 
his  mill  would  bo  plaontl  In  a  nice,  quiet,  out-of- 
the-way  corner,  secure  from  visitors  or  iutruMon 
of  any  kind,  they  concluded  that  they  Lad  jier- 
formed  their  duty  in  a  way  that  was,  at  least, 
quite  satisfaetoiy  to  thenseives.  The  more  one 
observes  the  doings  of  this  wonderful  Commis. 
sion,  wlicn  it  is  a  question  of  agrieu Rural  affairs. 
BUi'priso  is  aghast  that  such  little  heads  can  cai’ry 
all  they  know ! 
The  wind  mills  represented  on  the  grounds  are 
Halliday’s,  The  Eclipse,  Storer’s,  The  McGregor, 
and  tlio  ilai'tford  Automatic  —  all  in  constant 
operation. 
The  more  one  investigates  the  subject  the 
greater  becomes  the  conviction  that  the  farmer 
does  not  adequately  estimate  the  importance  of 
this  motor  as  a  labor-saving  machine  on  the 
farm.  It  is  a  saving  of  time  and  money,  not  to 
mention  the  convenience  to  be  able  to  leave  a 
trusty  mill  grinding  away,  like  the  mills  of  the 
gods,  alow  ly  but  surely,  wliilo  other  and  more 
pressing  woilt  is  being  perfonmed,  knowing 
meanwhile  that  the  labor  is  being  done  as  cer¬ 
tainly  as  if  you  had  au  expouaive engineer  guai'd- 
ing  your  intorosts. 
Again,  it  is  very  important  to  have  a  constant 
supply  of  pure  water  whore  cattle  are  kept,  and 
this  can  he  done  for  least  expense  with  a  wind 
engine.  One  instance  is  noted  whore  a  farmer 
had  a  herd  of  sixty  cow'sthat.  required  the  atten¬ 
tion  of  two  men  coustmitly  until  a  wind  mill  was 
erected.  Then  th©  men  were  diaptniscd  with  and 
the  herd  increased  until  it  numbered  nmety. 
Daii-ymcn  will  be  the  first  to  admit  that  without 
a  steady  flow  of  good  sj  ring  water  it  is  useless 
to  attempt  to  carry  on  butter-maldug  operations 
as  now  conducted,  never  dreaming  that  a  locality 
without  spi'iug  facilities  can  bo  converted  into  a 
good  diiiry  district  by  constructing  a  capacious 
reservoir,  slarliug  the  wind  mill,  and  thus  se¬ 
cure  a  steady  fiow  of  w.ater  through  the  dairy. 
The  water  can,  moreover,  bo  di-aiued  back  into 
the  well  after  performing  its  appointed  tosk  and 
be  reused  coustantiy.  Here  is  economy  at  both 
ends.  The  same  reservoir  serves  as  the  means 
of  embellishing  the  grounds,  fountains  being 
supplied  by  water  which,  once  used,  I’epasses  by 
means  of  au  overliow  drain  back  to  tbe  well,  I 
bare  merely  stated  a  few  of  the  nses,  as  thev 
have  occuiTeil  to  mo,  to  which  the  wind  mill  can 
he  put,  not  pretending  to  go  into  an  exhaustive 
essay  on  the  subject. 
Southern  farmers  are  learning  that  by  the  use 
of  the  wind  mill  rice  culture  is  once  more  be¬ 
coming  profitable  on  a  small  scale,  it  being  an 
easy  matter  to  Hood  fields  and  hull  the  rice. 
Formerly,  to  hull  rice,  it  was  uocessai’y  to  trans¬ 
port  the  crop  some  distance,  where  milling  fa¬ 
cilities  wore  abundant ;  but  tbat  has  all  changed, 
because  of  the  fact  that,  appropriate  gearing 
being  attached  to  the  wfiid  engine,  tJie  planter 
can  start  his  mill,  lock  the  door,  and  go  away 
content,  as  night  and  day  the  work  goes  on 
without  attention  and  at  the  minimum  of  ex¬ 
pense.  In  this  connection  it  would  be  well  to 
say  that  there  is  on  exliihition  in  Agricultural 
Hall  an  improved  llice  Huller,  which  is  con¬ 
structed  of  au  adamant  substance  (emory,  I  be¬ 
lieve),  which  enables  the  planter  to  hull  his  rice 
to  the  best  advantage,  It  is  cheap,  and  claimed 
to  be  durable. 
It  is  scarcely  necessary  to  dilate  further  on 
tbe  importance  of  this  subject  to  farmers.  I 
would  urge,  hu>vever,  that  those  visitiug  the 
Centennial  give  this  exhibit  their  earnest  atten¬ 
tion,  feeling  sure  that  they  will  receive  much 
practical  and  iusU'UcLive  information  from  the 
gentlemen  w'lio  have  the  depaz'tment  in  charge. 
Foreigners  are  eulhusiastic  over  om'  wind  miUs 
and  are  much  more  astute  in  their  questions 
than  are  Americans  interested  in  the  subject. 
This  is  the  more  peculiar,  seeing  that  their  own 
mills  are  so  primitive.  Our  makers  will  probably 
have  au  opportunity  to  spread  their  wings  in 
foreign  lands,  as  the  result  of  this  close  investi-  ' 
gation  and  competition.  x,  a.  '  | 
THE  RECORD  OF  A  BARBARIAN. 
July  17, 1876. 
That  Russia  is  a  remarkable  country  all  will 
admit,  and  straightway  the  reader,  I  presume, 
will  revert  in  memoiy  to  geograpoical  reminis¬ 
cence,  commiserating  the  low  moral  and  intel¬ 
lectual  tone  of  her  millions  of  inhabitants,  while 
imbued  with  a  wholesome  wonder  at  the  vast  ex¬ 
tent  of  territory  under  the  sway  of  one  mon¬ 
arch.  It  is  the  real  estate  aspect  of  the  subject 
that  the  most  often  occui's  to  the  uninformed, 
,  coutomiilative  mind,  when  speaking  of  all  the 
llassias.  In  this  category,  paraphrasing  the  late 
I  Artemns  Ward,  '*  of  whom  I  was  which,”  I  judge 
are  ranged  nine-tenths  of  intelligent  Anioricaus. 
It  is  only  necessary  to  see  this  country’s  display 
I  at  Philadelplila  to  frankly  admit  that  an  effete  (?) 
despotism  is  capable  of  successful  endeavor  in 
the  arts  of  dvilixalion  that  is  simply  astounding. 
This  iirogress  is  the  more  instructive  from  the 
fact  that,  as  a  nnUon  they  have  aocomplisbed  the 
hitherto  impossihle  feat  of  getting  into  their  own 
hoota,  and  lifting  themetdves  up  by  the  straps ! 
This  hirnilo  seems  the  best  to  exjircss  the  fact 
tliat  Russian  art  is  aiii  gerierix ;  that  It  owes 
nothing  to  the  example  of  older  civUizalion,  but 
has  constructed  its  art,  as  the  German  did  Ins 
camel,  from  inner  consciousness. 
Although  the  last  nation  to  get  its  display  in 
shape,  owing  to  an  accident  in  transportation, 
its  space  in  the  Main  Building  is  much  tlie  most 
'  imique,  and  in  many  respects  quite  the  best,  in 
the  Exliihition. 
Wandering  among  the  show  cases  the  visitor  is 
dazzled  by  a  wealth  of  gold  and  silvor  tissues, 
inwi'ought  with  velvet  and  damaak,  m  patterns 
quite  unfamiliar,  on  the  one  hand,  while  the 
maze  of  Malachite  tables,  mantels  and  set  pieces 
is  like  a  vision  of  a  new  kind  of  golconda.  The 
Malachite,  crude  and  worked,  is  the  gcni  of  tbe 
display  to  wonder-seekers,  and  one  i.s  reminded 
of  the  point  and  force  of  the  anecdote  related  of 
a  Rothschild  who  was  displaying  to  a  Russian 
prince  a  superb  set  of  jewelry  of  this  material, 
counting  on  the  beholder's  wonder  and  admira¬ 
tion,  when  the  prince  cooly  remarked,  “Yes, 
quite  jiretty ;  I  have  a  (loor  just  like  it !"  When 
I  say  that  the  price  of  a  small  Malachite  center 
table  is  $<7,000,  one  can  bo  properly  astounded, 
as  was,  no  doubt,  tbe  great  Hebrew. 
In  art  silver  work  they  are  no  less  expert. 
Indeed,  the  finest  rejxjuse  work  in  the  Fair  is 
credited  to  this  nation,  which,  imtil  its  advent, 
was  awarded  to  the  Americans.  And  this  is  the 
work  exclusively  of  native  artists,  from  national 
designs.  Approdatiug  its  merits,  oiu'  Messrs. 
Tiffany  &  Co.  have  secm'ed  some  of  the  moffi 
stiiking  designs  for  models,  while  that  '.Accious 
institution,  the  Pcuusyl vauia  Museum xnd  School 
of  Industrial  Art,  with  an  intelligent  enterprise 
worthy  of  all  praise,  has  not  been  a  Isggard  in 
appropriating  atrildng  examples  of  Muscovite 
genius  in  various  departments. 
Failing  illustration,  I  cannot  give  an  idea  of 
tlie  exquisite  texture  and  artistic  ooioring  of 
their  silks,  the  eutuely  unhackneyed  forms  of 
beautiful  jewelry,  the  incomparable  wjUectiou  of 
valuable  minerals,  and  it  only  remains  to  add 
that  in  ordinary  materials  and  subjects,  even  to 
manufactured  rubber  goods,  they  show  profi¬ 
ciency  that  leaves  the  beholder  in  dumb  suiqnise. 
Americans  “ixiint  xvith  pride"  to  their  edu¬ 
cational  system,  hut  I  must  sadly  confess,  as 
compared  to  the  apparatus  and  system  displayed 
by  the  Pedagogic  Museum,  we  do  not  even  know 
the  rudimeutb  of  the  art  of  teaching.  I  regret 
that  space  will  not  permit  the  publication  of  a 
sjmopsis  of  their  scheme,  or  oven  a  brief  mention 
of  the  methods  of  the  system.  In  machinery 
thoroughness  and  finish  is  appai-ont  on  uU  sides. 
The  trophies  of  iron  will  dehght  those  skilled  in 
meteUorgy,  while  the  beautiful  models  of  ma- 
cliiuery,  iron-dads,  docks,  army  accoatreinents, 
etc.,  ai’a  very  interesting.  Russian  inventive 
genius  has  antedated  our  “  type-«iiter "  and 
improved  ou  it ; — a  type-wuiter  being  on  view 
which  not  only  prints  words,  but  can  set  its  own 
music  to  fit  them  as  fast  as  the  ideas  are  origin- 
!  ated  in  the  composer’s  brain. 
In  Agricollural  Hall  I  found  the  exhibit  no  less 
complete  and  interesting.  The  traditionarj'mus- 
covito  id  not  a  deanly  fellow ;  but  here  are  great 
blocks  of  soap,  motUed^and  phiin,  of  a  size  that 
would  seem  to  warrant  the  notion  that  they  were 
compounded  for  the  express  purpose  of  washing 
away  all  traces  of  original  sin,  or  at  least  for  the 
sole  use  of  a  family  of  Cardiff  giants.  If  sealing- 
wax  is  any  indication,  tlie  Buss  must  also  be  a 
great  letter  xvriter,  and  the  national  spirit  ad¬ 
heres  by  a  superior  quality  of  home-made  Port 
laud  Cement. 
The  Agricultural  and  Horticultural  establish- 
meut  at  Ouinan  show  cocoons  and  spun  silk  in 
admirable  profusion,  and  iron  minimum  is  con¬ 
verted  into  a  chemical  paint  which  I  Lave  yet  to 
see  surpassed.  The  ScMijjpe  Chemical  Works  of 
Moscow'  prepare  and  exhibit  chemicals  and  poi¬ 
sons,  in  a  form  that  would  seem  to  rob  suiudal 
death  of  half  its  inconveniences.  It  is  only  ne¬ 
cessary  to  add  that  in  Russia  the  ladies  are  great 
smokers  to  convey  an  idea  of  the  confusing  array 
of  cigarettes  that  are  adapted  to  all  without  dis¬ 
tinction  to  race,  color  or  previous  condition  of 
servitude.  This  people  is  nothing  if  not  nation¬ 
al,  which  is  exemplified  in  the  universal  dish- 
sour  cabbage  soup,  which  has  been  solidified  like 
our  condensed  preparations.  It  is  an  appetizing 
dish— to  those  who  have  stomstchs  Lkea  Rasrian, 
or  who  have  no  aesthetic  objections  to  a  flavor 
of  rancid  oil  supplemented  by  coal  gas. 
The  cereal  products  are  fine,  as  are  also  tho 
fruits,  nuts,  etc.,  while  forest  ti'eo culture  is  am¬ 
ply  illustrated  with  specimens  of  bai-k,  tree  seed 
and  segments  of  wood  contiihuted  by  tho 
Society  of  Forest  Troo  Industry.  It  is  related 
how  Peter  the  Great,  whose  private  and  indi¬ 
vidual  tipple  was  brandy,  was  quite  severe  on 
inebriates,  forcing  high  and  low  to  sweep  the 
stioots  when  caught  in  a  state  of  intoxication. 
It  Beems  to  have  hod  no  appreciable  effect  on 
the  tastes  of  his  subjects,  judging  by  the  exton- 
sive  display  of  spirits  and  wines.  Tho  Brandy 
Distilling  Co.  of  Karzan  have  a  brand  of  '•  Amer¬ 
ican  brandy,”  the  only  instance  noted  where  tlie 
stranger  has  made  an  impresfiion  on  their  ciL*^- 
toms.  It  is  a  powerful  impression,  too,  about 
93®  proof.  One  brand  has  tbe  suggeetivo  appel- 
ation :  “  doppelt  Korn,”  (doubled  corned  ?)  wliilo 
a  warning  is  conveyed  in  the  bottles  of  currant 
wins  by  tbeir  incrustation  of  pebbles.  They 
probably  contain  a  fiery  liquid,  whoso  effects  are 
to  make  one  “  stone  blind - ! 
It  may  not  be  generally  known  tbat  ginger¬ 
bread  is  dear  to  tho  national  palate — not  om- 
ginger-bread,  bmt  an  article  that  more  resembles 
cocoanut-cake  in  appearance.  It  is  shown  in 
groat  quantity,  and  looked  so  tempting  that  I 
yeai-nod  to  ho  on  a  committee  to  pass  upou  its 
merits. 
Fertilizers,  isinglass  in  all  stages  of  prepara¬ 
tion,  and  a  most  curious  display  of  the  wares  iu 
uso  among  tho  jieasantiy  complete  an  exhibit 
that,  taken  altogether,  is  more  original  and  bet¬ 
ter  worthy  careful  study  than  that  of  any  other 
foreign  oountiy  at  tho  Centennial. 
Toerxo  Rdhal. 
THE  BENEFIT  OF  WIND  MILLS. 
Eds.  Rckal  New'-Yorilek. — Since  the  publica¬ 
tion  in  the  Illustrated  Christian  Weekly  of  a  view 
of  my  seed  farm,  a  prominent  feature  in  which 
was  a  wind  mill  useil  for  raising  -water,  I  have 
hud  a  great  many  letters  asking  the  kind  of 
mill  used,  amount  of  water  it  would  raise, 
whether  it  kept  iu  order,  &c.  I  have  answered 
scores  of  such  letters,  but  thought  ihat  perhajjs 
a  few  facts  on  the  subject  iu  tho  Rural  might 
save  others  as  well  as  myself  some  trouble,  and 
would  not  be  entu-ely  devoid  of  interest  to  most 
of  your  readers. 
In  about  the  center  of  my  grounds  I  have  a 
pond,  covering  two  acres,  and  supplied  with 
water  from  a  neighboring  spring.  A  ravine  runs 
through  my  farm,  some  30  feet  or  more  in  depth 
and  from  ijorhups  twenty  feet  to  several  hundred 
iu  width.  The  pond  is  in  the  xridest  part  of  tho 
ravine,  and  consequently  about  thirty  feet  below 
tho  general  surface  of  tbo  soil.  A  little  stream 
constantly  runs  into  the  pond  and  one  of  the 
same  size  flows  from  it  over  a  fall  of  several 
feet. 
In  transplanting  time,  we  are  usually  troubled 
with  severe  drouth,  and  there  is  scai-coly  a  sea^ 
son  hut  some  crop  suffers  materially  for  want  of 
water,  I  thought  if  I  could  only  get  the  water 
raised  thii-ty  feet  and  disti-ibuted  over  the 
ground  it  would  he  a  great  blessing,  and  as  I 
had  just  retin-ned  from  Holland,  where  I  had 
seen  thousands  of  wind  mills  pumping  water, 
concluded  to  give  tlie  matter  ati'ial. 
Ono  of  my  customers  in  Wisconsin  manufac¬ 
tures  wind-mills,  and  ou  a  letter  sheet  which  he 
sent  me  I  noticed  a  picture  of  a  wind  mill,  called 
the  Eclipse,  so  I  wrote  him  to  procure  ail  the  in¬ 
formation  possible  on  the  subject.  Tho  result 
was  that  1  purchased  a  mill,  16  feet  in  diametea-, 
erected  it  near  the  pond  ou  the  bank  of  the 
r«^’ine.  The  water  is  pumped  into  large  tanks, 
elevated  above  the  ground  twenty  feet,  and  from 
these  tanks  the  water  is  distributed  through  iron 
pipes  aU  over  my  grounds,  I  am  now  in  a  measm-e 
independent  of  the  clouds. 
The  mill  is  self-regulating,  and  therefore  is 
no  ti  oublu,  Las  not  been  out  of  order  once  since 
its  erection  three  years  ago,  and  the  amount  of 
wind  we  get  and  consequently  water,  is  really 
surprising.  We  have  never  lacked  for  water 
once,  and  often  have  to  stop  it  to  prevent  un¬ 
necessary  pumping  and  waste  of  water. 
I  am  quite  sure  wind  mills  can  bo  iirofitably 
used  by  farmers  not  only  iu  raising  water,  but  iu 
other  farm  work.  In  one  -view  at  Schiedam,  in 
Holland,  I  saw  three  thousand  -wind  mills 
all  said  to  be  engaged  in  grinding  grain  for 
the  celebrated  Holland  Schnapps.  I  had  before 
thought  that  this  stuff  was  made  of  Jauiper 
berries. 
I  said  my  min  needed  no  care,  but  it  does 
simply  need  oiling.  James  Vick. 
-  ♦  ♦  » - 
CHAMPION  MILK-PAN  AND  COOLERS. 
The  way  to  make  the  best  butter  is  by  using  a 
good  milk-pan  and  practical  cooler,  in  addition 
to  the  other  helps  that  all  adroit  are  necessary. 
The  competition  among  butter-makers  is  quite 
as  brisk  as  in  other  jjursuits,  and  it  becomes  a 
momentous  question  bow  to  secure  tlie  best  pan 
and  cooler  at  the  least  cost.  We  merely  pro- 
])oiind  a  conundrum  which  can  be  solved  by 
those  inberested  if  they  refer  to  advertisers  an¬ 
nouncements  in  the  Ruhal’s  oolunins.  Tlie  fact, 
however,  of  the  “  Champion  Milk- Pan  and  Cool¬ 
ers”  made  by  Willard  &  IIammoxd,  Randolph, 
N.  Y.,  having  taken  tlie  first  premium  at  the  N. 
Y.  State  Fair,  and  that  tliey  have  1.500  in  use. 
brings  them  pn^miuently  before  the  daily-  pub¬ 
lic,  and.  RB  is  our  custom,  we  take  occasiou  to 
briefly  recapitulate  Uie  salient  points  of  the  ap¬ 
paratus  as  set  forth  by  tbo  makers. 
It  is  claimetl  by  them  that  but  one-fourth  of  the 
labor  expended  in  the  old  method  is  required  to 
manipulate  the  rnlllc — an  item  that  appeals  with 
direct  force  to  the  farmer's  wife.  Moreover, 
that  more  milk  is  produced,  and  of  an  equal  if 
not  Bujierior  quality,  which  means  Increased 
home  comforts,  by  realizing  a  better  price  for 
the  merchantable  article  to  the  extent  of  15  per 
cent  profit. 
The  pans  and  coolers  are  arranged  in  sets  of 
four  single  pans  within  one  large  water  pan,  di¬ 
vided  by  partitions,  permitting  the  water  to  cir¬ 
culate  around  oue  or  all  tho  pans,  as  Gie  opera¬ 
tor  may  elect.  Tho  Bet  is  arranged  in  a  wood 
frame,  is  constructed  of  tho  best  tin  and  painted 
on  the  oulisido,  so  as  to  jircvent  rust.  Tho  cir¬ 
culation  of  Uio  water  is  constant  and  thorough. 
Many  other  points  of  excellence  possessed  by 
these  ingenious  milk-pans  and  coolers  can  be 
better  appreciated  by  a  jiersonal  inspection  than 
by  any  wntteu  description. 
Tho  pans  and  coolers  me:  it  investigation,  and 
we  recommend  onr  numerous  subscribers  who 
are  interested  in  the  dairy  to  jirocure  full  partic¬ 
ulars  from  the  makers,  M-ho  will  readily  supply 
information  gratis. 
^arm  o3ioiiomu. 
SAVE  THE  LOW-MEADOW  HAY. 
There  are  hundreds  and  Ihousands  of  acres  of 
low  meadows  and  swamps  iu  the  Eastern  States 
producing  a  heavy  crop  of  sedges  and  wild  grass¬ 
es,  which  would  make  a  passably-good  hay,  if  cut 
early  and  while  iu  a  succulent  condition.  But 
the  greater  part  of  this  available  forage  is  per¬ 
mitted  to  go  to  waste,  or  left  until  so  ripe  that  it 
U  worthless  for  fodder,  then  perhaps  a  small 
portion  is  gathered  for  bedding  stock  or  mulch¬ 
ing  iu  tlio  garden. 
Can  OUT  farmers  afford  to  waste  this  fodder,  is 
a  question  for  them  to  answer,  although  wo  think 
not,  ©.specially  while  good  hay  commands  twenty 
to  thirty  dollars  per  ton  iu  onr  city  markets.  We 
do  not  refer  to  grasses  on  the  salt  meadows  neai- 
the  sea  shore,  but  to  inland  swamps  and  bog- 
lands,  of  which  there  are  large  quantities  in 
almost  every  State  in  the  Union,  and  largo  quan¬ 
tities  near  the  older  cities  where  everything  of 
the  grass  kind  commands  a  high  price. 
These  bog  grasses,  if  not  wanted  for  fodder, 
will  pay  for  collecting  and  sijreading  over  the 
barnyard  or  in  the  stables  to  be  U  amped  down 
and  converted  into  manure.  But  thousands  of 
tuns  of  this  valnahlo  material  is  annually  wasted, 
and  we  have  seen  more  than  one  farmer’s  ani¬ 
mals  suffering  for  food  in  winter,  and  they  could 
have  been  made  happy  mth  a  stack  of  this  very 
material,  which,  Iheu-  ow-ners  will  tell  ns,  was  not 
worth  the  gathering.  It  is  to  be  presumed  that 
no  reader  of  the  Rural  New-Yorker  belongs  to 
this  class  of  fai'uiers ;  but  should  there  be  none 
who  are  negligent  in  such  matters,  there  may  be 
some  to  whom  a  hint  to  out  their  low  meadows 
early  will  not  be  amiss  at  this  time. 
- - - 
A  HINT  TO  FARMERS. 
Farmers,  write  for  your  Agricultural  papers. 
Don’t  say  “  I  can't’’  until  you  have  at  least  made 
ail  effort.  With  all  due  deference  to  the  Editors, 
the  most  interesting  reading,  to  me,  is  the  cor¬ 
respondence.  In  this  we  get  all  kinds  of  notions 
ami  all  shades  of  opinions.  Here  is  the  great 
opportunity  of  gaining  information. 
When  people  of  exactly  the  same  views  come 
in  contact  there  is  little  to  be  learned.  When 
we  are  ruhbed  against,  then  it  is  that  the  strong¬ 
est  arguments  are  brought  out.  The  flint  un¬ 
used  is  worthless ;  it  is  only  when  it  is  struck 
against  the  steel  that  the  spai'ks  fly.  Write  and 
give  your  own  experiences;  but  at  the  same  time 
let  us  all  be  as  charitable  toward  others  as  pos¬ 
sible,  giving  all  alike  credit  for  good  intentions. 
Syracuse,  N,  Y.  Nelson  Ritter. 
