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THE  WAR  OF  INDUSTRIES. 
Much  has  boon  wi’itton  of  lato  years  by 
naturalists,  in  regard  to  the  “ww  of 
races”  among  jilants  and  animals.  There 
appears  to  bo  a  constant  and  never-ending 
struggle  going  on  between  different  races, 
and  the  strongest,  either  in  numbers  or 
in  individual  vitality,  generally  ooutpier 
— or,  to  use  a  common  jihrase,  results  in 
a  “survival  of  the  fittest.” 
Ailmittiug  that  this  is  the  law  of  nature 
among  both  jilants  and  animals,  it  is  ques¬ 
tionable  if  it  should  l.ie  obeyerl  or  permit¬ 
ted  to  have  full  sway  among  the  different 
classes  of  an  iutelligent  race  of  human 
beings.  We  may  rejoice  to  sec  a  superior 
race  overcome  an  inferior,  or  at  lc.ast  gain 
the  asceuduney  in  the  struggle  for  exist¬ 
ence  ;  but  there  slioiild  bo  a  limit  to  an- 
tagonism  in  order  k)  save  both  from 
annihilation.  The  depeudeney  of  one 
race  of  beings  njion  another,  is  far  greater 
than  most  persons  suppose,  else  wo  should 
hear  less  seldom  the  expressed  wish  that 
certain  ones  could  bo  totally  destroyed 
and  swejit  from  the  earth.  In  fact,  it  may 
be  surmised  that  man  in  his  ignorance 
would,  if  lie  had  the  power,  kill  every 
“goose  that  laid  golden  eggs.”  The  old 
story  of  the  man  who  wished  “everybody 
but  hiinself  and  son  would  the,  in  ord(5r 
tliat  lie  niiglit  have  no  oompetilion  in 
keeping  tavern,”  is  a  fair  example  of  the 
reasoning  powers  of  many  a  man  who 
att<}m)its  to  leiul  jniblio  ojiiniou  in  matters 
of  tratlo  or  businesH. 
It  is  not  long  since  that  a  writer  in  one 
of  our  W'^estern  extihanges,  urged  the  im¬ 
portance  of  giving  all  the  trade  to  certain 
dealers  in  order,  as  ho  saiil,  to  lower 
Iirices  and  break  u]i  a  mono2?oly.  'J’hcre 
was  to  be  one  doctor,  one  grociT,  one 
hardware  merchiuit,  and  so  on,  in  the 
said  city ;  all  comjictition  in  this  way  was 
to  be  broken  down,  and  ninety-nine  out 
of  every  liundred  persons  who  are  now 
consiiiners  were  to  be  driven  into  the 
fields  and  become  producers,  and  in  this 
way  our  would-bc-wise  man  hoped  to  in¬ 
crease  tho  price  of  farm  iiroducts. 
Now  it  would  seem  to  us  that  tho  proper 
way  to  increase  the  price  of  any  product 
is  to  increase  tho  number  of  e.onsumer8  or 
lessen  production.  Bii’ty  niendiants  in 
tho  city,  each  with  a  dozen  clerks,  will 
certainly  demand  of  tho  farmer  more  of 
his  products  thau  one,  with  a  lumdrod 
clerks  and  assistants,  aud  the  same  is  true 
in  every  other  branch  of  trade.  Would 
it  not  be  better  for  tho  farmer,  if  ho  wishes 
to  increase  the  price  of  Jiis  iinMlncts,  to 
discourage  others  from  entering  the  same 
field  than  to  encourage  oumpetilm;i,  imt 
say  to  those  iu  other  industries,  stay* 
where  you  are  and  not  come  crowding  in 
among  ns  V  Making  war  upon  the  resi¬ 
dents  of  cities  and  villages,  either  by 
word  or  deed,  is  an  attack  upon  the 
“goose”  which  consumes  and  jiays  for 
her  food  with  guidon  eggs  or  greenbacks. 
Tho  farmer,  however,  is  not  the  only 
man  who  is  inclined  ki  think  that  ho  alone 
suffers  at  the  hands  of  those  with  whom 
he  is  obliged  k)  deal.  In  every  depart¬ 
ment  of  trmle — in  all  the  various  indus 
tries — there  is  a  continual  strife  to  see 
who  shall  obtain  an  advantage.  Tho  em¬ 
ployees  in  onr  manufackiries  oomlhue  to 
extort  more  wages ;  and  in  many  iustanoes 
they  succeed  for  a  while  at  least,  or  until 
the  old  goose  dies  or  is  sadly  crippled,  as 
wc  now  find  her  in  many  an  Eastern  man¬ 
ufacturing  center.  Strikes  aud  coinbiua- 
tions  (jf  various  kiuds  with  which  all  arc 
familiar,  may  give  temporary  relief  for  a 
time  and  to  few  persouH,  but  they  toud  to 
unsettle  business  and  make  man  lose  con 
fidenoe  in  his  race  ^  and  su  long  as  these 
wars  between  various  industries  continue, 
there  can  be  no  settled  policy  in  business 
or  healthy  progress. 
As  tlie  giants  amoug  tho  animal  and 
vegetable  kingdom  fall  an  easy  prey  to 
the  mynads  of  minute  parasites  which 
attack  them,  so  must  tho  most  wealthy 
Cfirjioration  or  gigantic  enterjjrise  yield  to 
the  oombiued  effort  of  many  enemies,  no 
matter  how  iioor  aud  insignificant  the 
individuals  of  which  they  are  composed 
It  is  cou(!«ded  that  in  ‘‘nniou  there  is 
strength  l)nt  it  should  also  be  borne  in 
mind  tliat  it  in  much  easier  to  tear  down 
than  to  build  np  ;  and  it  Avould  bo  well 
for  those  who  oombino  to  destroy  what 
they  may  consider  a  monopoly,  lo  look 
well  to  tho  results,  as  a  wreck  oftou  clogs 
the  channels  of  trade  more  than  a  ship 
uuder  full  sail. 
FAIRS  AS  SCHOOLS. 
That  the  value  of  State,  County  and 
Town  Agricultural  Societies,  of  which 
there  is  no  cud  in  the  United  Stotos,  is 
iinappreeiak’d  by  tho  Biiral  population, 
there  can  bo  no  doubt.  Wlmu  it  is  con¬ 
sidered  that  one  ocular  examination  of  a 
piece  of  machinery  will  give  most  ijcoplo 
a  better  underskinding  of  it  than  all  the 
written  dcTscriptions  which  could  be  made, 
it  is  no  exaggeration  to  say  that  a  man 
may  go  to  one  of  the  iieriotb'oal  Exhibi¬ 
tions  or  Fairs  made  by  tho  Societies  and 
learn  more  iu  one  hour  than  ho  could  by 
tlie  hard  study  of  books  or  n<rwspn])crH  for 
a  week.  To  this,  of  course,  there  may  be 
exceptions  ;  but  it  is  a  safe  statoment  iu 
a  largo  majority  of  cases.  In  the  face  of 
tliisfact,  which  will  be  admitted  by  nearly 
ever^'  farmer  who  is  asked  about  it,  more 
people  jilisent  themselves  from  these  exhi- 
liitions  than  attend  ihoin.  It  is  all  wrong. 
N'o  progn^idve  farmer  slioiild  allow  luiy 
of  these  Fairs  to  oeeiir  Avithin  reiw.hing 
distance  without  his  atteudimco  and  that 
of  Ktic.h  of  his  family  as  arc  of  sufiicient 
ago  k)  obsen'e  understandingly  the  objects 
Biirronudiug  thorn. 
As  has  before  boon  said,  ocular  demon 
stration  is  worth  a  humlred  writt4m  or 
printod  descriptions.  Men  and  women 
too,  are  much  more  susceptible  of  undor- 
stauding  through  these  menus  ilian  any 
other  and  will  more  perfectly  retain  im¬ 
pressions  HO  made  upon  t)ioir  minds. 
Then  too,  tho  scepticism  which  forms  so 
prominent  and  valuable  a  quality  of  the 
Nineteenth  Century  mind,  is  entirely  over¬ 
come  by  this  means  of  tcimhing.  One 
reads  ol  an  article  supi)08ed  t4>  bo  an  im¬ 
provement  and  may  or  may  not  believe 
what  is  read;  but  “seeing  is  believing,” 
as  the  (fid  adage  runs  and  when  the  article 
has  been  shown  to  bo  or  to  do  what  is 
claimed  for  it,  the  observer  is  satisfied. 
Again,  the  sources  uf  information  within 
tlie  ordinary  farmer’s  reach,  are  Limited. 
Tliercj  may  bo  many  (and  doubtless  are) 
tilings  at  almost  ever^  Fair  which  will  be 
of  value  to  him  in  his  everyday  conduct 
of  the  fann,  which,  though  lie  may  not  bo 
ready  to  iJiircliaso  at  once,  bo  can  pre[)are 
for  aud  oveutiially  obtain  with  great  profit 
to  liimstfif  and  comfort,  to  his  family  or 
his  hell)  hoth.  It  might  be  urged  iu 
opposition  to  tlie  position  here  taken,  that 
the  extra  ex]iemseh  uf  siieh  attendance  are 
too  great,  which  brings  us  directly  to  a 
point  tliat  cannot  be  too  strongly  urgetL 
In  the  Biiral  districts  money  is  the  com¬ 
modity  which  is  generally  scarcer  pi-opor- 
tionatoly  than  anywhere  else.  This  fact 
induces  much  shorksighteduess  aud  Icacls 
})cqple  to  keep  tight  Jiold  of  every  cent 
which  is  not  ubsoliitely  necessary  for  ex- 
jienses  or  which  will  not  show  immediate 
return  for  tho  investment.  A  man  who 
buyH  laud  with  his  money  chuckles  to 
liimself  that  it  cannot  run  away  ;  but  it  is 
dillloult  for  many  to  beheve  that  they  can 
spend  five  dollars  iu  alkHitb'ng  a  fair  and 
get  ideas  and  knowledge  which  will  be 
worth  fifty  dollars  to  tliem  during  the 
ensuing  year.  Yet  we  will  venture  to  say 
that  few  farmers  have  uttouded  their  State 
orUounty  I’liir  at  any  time,  with  ideas 
other  thau  those  of  a  frolic,  that  they  did 
not  in  tho  course  of  tho  following  year 
profit  themselves  by  their  observation  and 
information  there  gained  mucii  more  thau 
the  expense  of  the  attendance. 
lu  conclusion  let  us  say,  by  all  moans 
keep  up  your  Farmers’  Clubs  and  Agri¬ 
cultural  Societies.  Attend  your  Fairs 
aud  Exhibitions  and  got  the  benefit  of 
other  e.xpcrience  than  your  owu.  You 
will  fiud  many  things  to  complain  of  iu 
both  ;  but  ou  tlio  whole,  you  will  fiud  the 
pecuniary  balance  upon  too  credit  side  of 
your  books. 
scythe  work,  but  charges  direct  into  the 
crop  and  levels  it  quickly  to  the  ground, 
laying  it  in  thick  and  regular  swatliea  at 
the  rate  of  from  2J  to  three  acres  per  hour. 
When  not  at  work  tlie  reaj>er  is  raised  six 
or  seven  feet  from  the  ground,  thus  leav¬ 
ing  tho  engine  freedom  for  locomotive 
imrjioses  and  enabling  it  to  be  carried 
over  gateways.  Tii  a  similar  manner  it  is 
turned  at  the  ends  when  cutting  up  and 
down  n  field.  A  wntor-taiik  and  coal- 
biiukcr,  each  holding  a  day’s  stqiply,  form 
a  tender  on  four  wheels,  which  tho  engine 
brings  into  the  field.  Only  one  man  be¬ 
sides  the  engine-driver  is  required  with 
tho  machine.” 
l$cetl«\s  Wit nted.— Prof. 
C.  V.  Bxlky,  State  Entomologist  of  Mis¬ 
souri,  paid  us  a  visit  recently,  and  wo 
were  not  a  little  surprised  to  learn  tliat 
he  was  dcrirouB  of  obtaining  a  peck  or  a 
biislufi  of  Ckfioraxlo  Potaki  beetles.  It 
W(juld  seem  that  in  the  Wt'st,  nowadays, 
the  farmer,  assisted  by  the  natural  eiio- 
niies  of  the  pests,  keep  them  so  etfiTtually 
in  check  that  it  is  not  an  easy  mattor  to 
get  them  in  such  large  cpiautities.  T’rnf. 
Bilev  desires  to  iustitnto  a  series  of  care¬ 
ful  experiments  as  to  the  properties  of 
the  beetle,  ami  for  this  large  quantities 
arc  rotpiired.  They  must,  however,  be 
killed  by  dry  beat  and  not  by  scalding  or 
by  poisoning.  Will  not  some  of  our  read¬ 
ers  on  the  sea-shori',  where  the  insects  are 
xvashed  up  in  large  ipiantities,  collect  a 
peck  of  thorn  and  express  them  to  tho 
Professor  at  8t.  Louis  ? 
Inipleiiieiits  in  Europe.— Tho  de¬ 
pression  of  the  manufacturing  interests  in 
Germany  has  liatl  the  effect  of  sending 
much  of  that  labor  into  the  Bural  districts. 
Thus,  in  conversation  with  gentlemen 
engaged  in  the  Agricultural  Iiiqfieiueut 
business  abroad,  we  arc  informed  that  the 
wages  of  the  Bural  laborer  are  now  down 
to  less  than  thirty  cents  per  day,  thus 
bringing  hand  laoor  (jii  farms  in  direct 
competition  with  the  most  economical 
raaoldne  work. 
Suiiiples  of  Cereals. — Wc  are  in 
receipt  of  a  colleotion  of  samiilo  packages 
of  cereals  from  the  well-known  firm  of 
David  Landbeth  &  Sons,  I’iiiladelphiu, 
Pa.  Tho  collection  consists  of  30  varie¬ 
ties  of  wheat,  1 1  of  oats,  9  of  barley  and 
2  of  rye,  one  ounce  in  oacli,  tho  assort¬ 
ment  Iming  offend  at  tho  low  price  of  $.5, 
which  should  bo  an  inducement  to  farmers 
who  ore  desirous  of  obtaining  extra  fine 
varieties  without  paying  a  high  ijrieo 
therefor. 
RURAL  NOTES. 
Twelve  Feet  Steam  Ileaper.— 
I’he  progress  of  steam  mtichinery  upon 
tlie  fjirm  iqjpears  much  more  rapitl 
'.  Am 
m 
Great  Britain  than  in  this  country.  Amoug 
the  novelties  developed  by  the  Reaper 
Trial  held  at  Leamington*  Englami,  in 
Aui^st,  was  an  implement  which  may  not 
be  immediatoly  of  general  use  in  this 
country,  but  which  must  eventually  be 
aiioptod  hero,  riz.  :  a  reaping  maohino 
with  steam  for  motive  power.  Tho  Mark 
Ijiiiio  Express  says  in  its  report  of  the 
trial : — “The  chief  novelty  of  the  occasion 
was  Messrs.  Avf.lino  &  Pobtkb’s  12-feet 
reaper,  diivcufrom  liehind  by  one  of  their 
traction  engines.  This  mucliino  was  oun- 
sti  iiekxl  by  Messrs.  Cbosskili;,  of  Bever¬ 
ley,  ou  the  old  BoU  principle,  with  im- 
2)rovemeut8.  Working  iu  front  or  its  mo¬ 
tive  poAver,  it  requires  no  prelimiuary 
Potatn  It<5ctle.s  in  Fiirnpo.— The 
Colorado  I’otato  beetle  has  made  its  ap- 
liearanco  ou  the  other  side  of  tho  Atlautie, 
its  arrival  at  Bremen  having  been  an¬ 
nounced  in  several  of  our  foreign  ex¬ 
changes.  There  need,  however,  be  no 
fear  of  tho  pest  spreading  in  Eiiroiie,  for 
they  will  be  stamped  out  as  soon  as  they 
aj>pear  in  aiiy  locality,  as  things  are  done 
(piito  differently  abroad  than  with  us,  iu 
this  country. 
KURAL  BEEVITIE8. 
All  who  are  Heokiiig  lands  and  farms  would 
do  well  to  address  tlio  Warren  County  Land  I3u- 
roan,  at  Warrciitou,  N.  Cl. 
SaiALL  pigs  aro  now  cured  wholo ;  consequent¬ 
ly,  a  man  can  purcliaso  smoked  ham,  shonldors, 
aud  sides  of  Imoou  all  iu  one  jjackage  and  at  tho 
same  price. 
Thk  sulfioct  of  Fortilizora  is  now  attracting 
much  attention.  Tlioso  wlio  desire  to  add  to 
tlieir  stock  of  knowledge  on  this  subject  can 
address  tiie  Excelsior  Fertilizer  Works  at  Walem, 
Ohio. 
Oarbolio  Aero  is  said  to  be  fully  as  orfcctiial 
in  destroying  the  Coloriulo  potato  beetle  as  Paris 
green  ;  but  those  who  furnlsb  us  with  tho  above 
information  omitted  to  state  a  voi  y  important 
point  ui  tlfis  (xmueetiou — i.  e.,  which  is  tbe 
cheapest  ? 
The  California  papers  report  tho  wide-spread 
prevalence  of  potato  blight  or  rot  in  tho  State. 
In  some  localities  there  will  not  be  hal  I' a  crop 
in  consequence  of  this  disease.  The  Colorado 
Potato  beetle  as  destructive  us  it  has  been  in  the 
East  this  season,  is  preferable  to  the  old-tinjo 
potato-rot. 
In  reading  a  paper,  should  your  eye  rest  upon 
an  articlo  credited  to  “  Ex,,”  or  “Exchange,” 
rest  assured  that  tho  Editor  copied  it  from  some 
impcr  of  wliich  ho  was  too  ouvimis  or  jealous  to 
publish  the  full  namo.  If  editors  will  steal,  why 
don't  they  do  it  “  sipiaroly,"  and  not  attempt  to 
conceal  ? 
Is  not  the  Oardonors’  Monthly  in  error  in 
stating  that  Mr.  Wsi.  Huuoesh  was  awarded  a 
prize  at  the  lato  exhibition  of  the  N.  Y.  Hurt. 
Association  for  La  Constanle  strawberry  ?  An 
illustration  of  tho  prize  berry  referred  to  ap¬ 
peared  in  the  IIubal  Nkw-Yorkek,  but  wo  can 
assure  the  O.  M.  that  it  was  uot  tho  old  and  long 
known  foreign  sort  named. 
