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SEPT.  30 
"PROGRESS  and  IMPROVEMENT.” 
MOORE’S  RURAL  NEW-YORKER, 
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WHAT  HAVE  I  LEARNED? 
This  is  a  very  simple  question  to  ask 
one’s-self,  but  frequently  a  difficult  one 
to  answer.  However  much  we  may  dis¬ 
like  to  consult  past  events,  it  becomes 
positively  necessary  in  all  rural  affairs  in 
order  to  insure  substantial  progress  in 
the  future.  The  growing  season  is  neai-ly 
over,  and  the  farmer  and  the  gardener 
may  now  safely  ask  himself  the  question, 
what  have  I  learned  which  may  be  of 
benefit  to  me  next  year  ?  What  crops 
have  paid  me  best  and  upon  what  kind  of 
soils  and  under  wbat  kind  of  treatment 
have  they  succeeded  best?  Also,  what 
breeds  of  stock  have  shown  themselves 
jv  the  most  profitable  aud  least  adapted  to 
my  locality  and  circumstances  ?  The 
question,  wliich  I  should  prefer  to  keep, 
or  what  I  would  prefer  to  do  ?  must  fre- 
r.  quently  be  substituted  for,  what  can  I  do 
to  tlio  liest  advantage  ?  for  circumstances 
and  local  conditions  are  often  hard  task¬ 
masters,  consequently,  it  is  better  to  ac¬ 
quiesce  in  their  demands  than  revolt  aud 
fare  worse. 
The  farmer  should  be  able  to  learn  from 
past  experience  how  to  avoid  a  repetition 
of  errors.  If  his  wheat  failed  on  a  certain 
>•  piece  of  land  through  a  superabundance 
,t  of  water  standing  upon  the  surface  or  re- 
u  maining  in  tlio  soil,  it  ought  to  teach  him 
jj’  that  draining  in  some  form  was  dcmaiuled 
i  in  order  to  avoid  such  losses  in  future 
J  croj>R,  and  in  such  instances  the  question  I 
!•  we  have  propounded  is  quite  perfineut, 
altlioiigh  it  is  to  bo  feared  that  many  pro- 
cee<l  on  the  h,>q)othosiB  that  tlirough  good 
'•  luck  another  failure  may,  by  chance,  be 
averted.  Animals  may  be  lost  or  nearly 
ruined  through  an  insufficiency  of  foo<l  or 
exposure  to  the  cold  storms  of  winter, 
;  and  while  some  men  learn  useful  lessons 
from  such  disasters  and  make  provision 
for  avoiding  them  iu  the  future,  others 
soon  forget,  or  hope  and  “guess’*  the 
like  will  never  occur  again.  It  is  just 
here  that  we  find  the  key  which  opens  the 
doors  of  success  to  one  class,  or  keeps  them 
closed  to  another.  To  the  first  every 
event  in  aud  phase  of  tlioir  business,  be¬ 
comes  a  matter  worthy  of  thought  aud 
study  from  wliich  something  useful  is 
learned. 
The  visionary  man  who  builds  “air 
castles”  or  looks  forward  to  some  grand 
event  or  wonderful  turning  point  in  his 
fortunes  is  proportionately  more  liable  to 
disappointments  than  lie  who  seeks  only 
small  things,  steadily  gathering  them  in 
as  they  come  iu  his  way.  Tliis  principle 
holds  good  iu  the  luiquisition  of  useful 
knowledge,  and  he  who  learns  a  li«K^^ 
from  each  success  or  failure  and  makes  a 
good  use  of  such  accumulations,  can 
scarcely  fail  to  become  one  of  the  wise 
men  of  his  profession.  It  is  an  old  saying,  ' 
that  “  Experience  is  one  of  the  best  of  < 
teachers  but  some  learn  more  aud  much 
faster  under  the  same  tutelage,  hence  the 
difference  in  the  results,  one  reaehing  a  ' 
higher  plane  than  another.  The  frequent  ! 
assertions  “that  farmers  should  work  1 
more  witli  their  brains  and  less  with  their 
hands,"  was  doubtless  prompted  by  the 
far  too  frequent  and  ajiparent  neglect  to  ^ 
profit  by  tiieir  own  individual  experieuce.  * 
But  it  is  probably  unnecessary  to  pursue  \ 
this  subject  so  far  as  to  particularize  the  i 
various  2ffia8e8  which  it  assumes  when  - 
ajipLLed  to  the  practical  details  of  agricul-  | 
turo  or  horticulture ;  still,  we  earnestly  -] 
conjure  our  readers  to  hoed  the  question  ] 
asked  above,  and  if  no  good  come  of  it  1 
they  may  rest  assured  that  either  the  sea-  J 
son  has  boon  ill-spent  or  their  percejitive  ^ 
faculties  are  greatly  at  fault.  ^ 
well  digger,  drove  a  number  of  wells  on 
this  principle  but  finding  it  unprofitable, 
abandoned  it.  Suggett  afterwards  con¬ 
tinued  the  business  aud  made  it  both 
8U(N3©ssfuI  and  profitable.  In  the  mean¬ 
time,  Col.  Green  had  been  dismissed 
from  the  army  and,  with  plenty  of  leisure 
on  his  hands,  watched  Suogktt's  prog¬ 
ress.  Succtifis  being  assured,  he  applied  for 
aud  obtained  a  patent  upon  Tube  Wells. 
This  was  about  1867.  lu  the  meantime, 
in  1863  Suggett  had  obtained  a  jjatont 
and  in  1865  Mtooe  had  also  obtained  one, 
all  of  them  being  upon  nearly  the  same 
thing.  In  1866  the  tliree  fought  it  out 
at  the  Patent  Office  uj)ou  a  declaration  of 
difference  and  Hudoe  was  tlirown  out  in 
the  cold  upon  all  his  claims, 
Suggett  had  become  rich  on  his  patent 
for  tubular  drill  ajid  its  points  and  per¬ 
forations,  Mudge  had  been  thrown  out  of 
tlie  race,  aud  Green  had  his  patent  upon 
the  iirocess  of  sinkhig  the  hole  in  the 
ground.  Uufortunately  however,  long 
before  either  of  these  noble  iiatontcos 
kr^iew  the  difference  between  a  well  and  a 
cistern — in  1829 — a  reprint  of  Mac  Iven- 
zie’s  5,000  Receipts,  imblishes  to  the 
world  “  a  receipt  to  raise  water  in  all  sit- 
uatious,"  wliich  is  substantially  the  pro¬ 
cesses  covered  by  Green’s  and*  Suggett’s 
liatents. 
Green  has  now  set  about  exacting  roy¬ 
alty  upon  all  Tube  Wells,  Here  is  the 
direct  taxation  and  tlie  extortion — com¬ 
pelling  iunoc-ent  jicoplc  to  pay  royalty  to 
a  patent  which  should  never  have  been 
issued  and  wliich  cannot  stand.  Green 
has  already  secured  one  decision  in  his 
■favor  and  ■will  make  the  most  of  it  till  it 
is  reversed.  His  system  is  to  summon  a 
man  by  process  to  court  so  far  away  tliat  he 
would  rather  pay  than  contest.  In  union 
is  8trengt,h,  and  certainly  this  should 
be  resisted  by  Jevery  one  before  Green 
is  emboldened  to  do  gi-eater  damage. 
It  is,  to  be  sure,  a  difficult  thing  to  ask 
one  man  to  take  nj>  a  fight  of  principle 
for  the  community *8  benefit ;  but  when  it 
is  considered  that  there  are,  at  a  low  esti¬ 
mate,  750,000  of  Tube  Wells  in  the  United 
States,  a  resistance  has  only  to  be  known 
to  receive  substautial  sympatliy. 
—  . 
RURAL  NOTES. 
The  Great  E.vplo.sion. — On  our 
news  page  this  week  will  be  found  a  con¬ 
densed  accoimt  of  one  of  the  most  won¬ 
derful  jiieoes  of  engineering  work  ever 
known.  An  accurate  calculation  of  the 
2>ower  of  50,000  lbs.  of  nitro  glycerine  at 
a  given  2>oiut  n2)on  certain  resistance  of 
rock  aud  water,  resulteii  in  a  complete 
success  wthout  damage  to  anything  ex- 
ceiit  the  rock  iuteudetl  to  be  destroyed. 
Gen.  Nevto.v,  like  his  namesake,  has 
taught  the  world  something  before  un¬ 
known,  and  entirely  disa2ipointed  the 
croaking  prophets  wlio  looked  for  terrible 
damage  all  over  the  island  of  Manhattan, 
when  Hallett’s  Point  explosion  should 
take  2>la<5e. 
TUBE  WELLS. 
EXPOSURE  OF  THE  EXTORTIONISTS. 
Upon  another  page  will  be  foimd  a 
complete  history  of  this  system  of  direct 
taxation  inaugurated  by  a  few  adventurers 
and  assisted  by  the  excessive  stupidity  of 
the  Patent  Office  at  Washington.  All 
those  of  our  readers  who  have  Tube  Wells 
should  carefully  peruse  the  article  and 
from  it  get  a  defimte  idea  of  the  enormity 
of  this  extortion. 
It  seems  that  one  Cok  Green  while 
quartwetl  with  his  regiment  in  N.  Y. 
State  just  before  the  war  of  the  Rebel¬ 
lion,  suggested  that  water  might  be  ob¬ 
tained  by  inserting  a  tube  in  a  hole  made 
in  the  ground  by  an  iron  bar  and  directed 
one  of  his  Lieutenants  named  Mudge  to 
make  the  experiment.  It  was  made,  and 
proved  a  23artial  success.  Mudge  subse¬ 
quently,  vuth  the  aid  of  one  Suggett,  a 
The  FHTtli  Annual  Session  of  the 
National  Agricultural  Cougress  occurred 
at  Philadelphia,  Sept.  12-14.  Several 
addresses  were  made,  among  wliich  was 
the  address  of  welcome  by  Dr.  Kennedy, 
of  the  Philadel2ihia  Polytechnic  College. 
This  was  followed  by  2iaper8  aud  address 
by  Burnet  Landreth,  W.  C,  Plagg,  G. 
E.  Morrow,  Jos.  Harris,  J.  R,  Dodge, 
Dr.  E.  L.  Sxubtevant,  (read  for  him,) 
L.  F.  Allen,  X.  A.  Willard,  Alex, 
Dalmar,  Thomas  Claiborne,  Thos.  P. 
Janes,  Presideut  Welch,  of  Iowa  College 
of  Agriculture  and  Prof.  Townsend  of 
Ohio,  The  next  Annual  Session  will  take 
2jlace  at  Chicago. 
Jtlolland  Horseradish. — The  Lon¬ 
don  Garden  reports  that  large  quantities 
of  Horseradish  at  this  time  is  being  im¬ 
ported  into  Covent  Gordon  Market  from 
Holland.  It  is  closely  packed  in  bundles, 
each  containing  about  twenty-four  sticks, 
which  are  arranged  tightly  in  large  casks 
or  butts,  each  holding  200  or  300  bundles. 
This  kind  of  produce  is  now  selling  at 
from  38.  to  4fl.  per  bundle;  indeed,  the 
price  is  the  same  all  the  year  round. 
Horseradish  is  one  of  the  most  reumner- 
ative  df  all  market  garden  crops  ;  it  will 
grow  on  any  deep,  rich  soil,  and  it  requires 
but  little  labor  ^'ter  planting  until  the 
2>roduoe  is  dug  for  market. 
Fighting-  Wheat  Kings.  —  The 
Grangers  of  California  are  reported  to 
have  united  to  break  up  what  is  termed 
the  “  Wheat  Ring,”  and  they  propose  to 
ship  their  thirty  million  bushels  of  wheat 
direct  and  on  vessels  chartered  by  them- 
n  I  selves.  Of  course,  in  doing  this  they 
5,  ;  form  another  “Wheat  Ring,”  or  break 
i-  up  one  monopoly  in  organizing  another  ; 
h  ;  but  as  competition  is  said  to  be  tlie  life 
I-  '  of  trade,  we  can  only  wish  the  Grangers 
d  success  iu  this  enterpiise, 
e  - ,tf 
;■  Jcru.salein  Artichoke.— The  Je- 
'  rusalem  /Yrtichoke  plantations  made  in 
•  the  Rural’s  Experibtental  Grounds  last 
’  spring,  have  been  a  grand  success  in  spite 
of  the  severe  drought  Small  pieces  of 
’  tubers  2ila>nted  last  spring  have  made  a 
.  splendid  growth ;  the  iilants  arc  now  in 
,  bloom,  the  stalks  being  six  to  eight  feet 
high.  There  are  two  varieties,  but  which 
will  prove  to  bo  the  most  productive  can- 
not  be  determiue<l  until  the  tubers  are 
dug.  We  are  quite  sure  that  in  these 
1  plants  farmers  may  defy  droughts  in  2iro- 
^  ducing  food  for  hogs  and  fodder  for  cattle. 
3  - *♦* 
f  Carbolic  Acid  ami  Silk-Worms, 
j  One  of  our  scientific  Entomologists  has 
k  been  experimenting  on  the  diseases  of 
.  silk-worms  aud  reports  to  us  that  he  has 
5  succeeded  in  preventing  disease  with  some 
.  of  the  most  delicate  82>ecie8  by  keeping 
.  the  air  in  tJie  feeding  room  slightly  2)er- 
5  fumed  with  carbolic  acid.  Of  course,  not 
enough  should  be  used  to  injure  the 
.  worms,  but  only  sufficient  is  ev.'i2Jorated 
!  to  bo  perceptible  to  the  olfactories  of  a 
.  pereon  on  coming  in  from  the  open  air. 
(  Will  some  of  the  raisers  of  the  silk-worm 
t  give  this  a  trial  and  ro2>ort  results  ? 
- - «♦>  — 
1  N.  Cranberry  Growers’  As- 
<  sociation.  —  This  organizatiou  held  a 
meeting  at  Philadelphia,  Stqit.  5,  at  which 
there  was  a  large  attendance.  Reports 
were  made  by  the  Foreign  Trade  Commit¬ 
tee  and  also  the  Stand  Measure,  and  many 
other  useful  re2>ort8  given  upon  various 
other  interesting  matters  connected  with 
this  industry. 
- »  ♦  »  - 
BURAL  BREVITIES. 
The  montlily  consolidated  crop  reports  sent 
out  from  the  DepiuTmcnt  of  Agriculture  of  the 
State  of  Georgia,  is  a  model  of  brevity  and  how 
to  condense  a  great  amount  of  information  into 
a  small  space. 
The  various  State  and  County  Fairs  through¬ 
out  the  country  have  thus  far  been  well  attended, 
altliough  the  Great  Centennial  may  have  drawn 
away  some  exhibitors  and  visitors  through  its 
immeuso  attractiveness. 
The  Thwack  raspbeny  is  a  new  variety  now 
claiming  attention  and  highly  indorsed  by  many 
iKinious  who  have  secu  it  but  we  iire  not  aware 
that  St  has  been  cultivated  in  the  Eastern  States. 
See  advertisement  iu  our  column  this  week. 
Theek  appears  to  have  been  more  than  the 
usual  number  of  doatbs  this  season  among  noted 
thoroughbred  animals.  Terhaps  this  haa  been 
the  result  of  over-feeding  or  care  in  getting  the 
animals  iu  line  trim  for  eshihitiou  purposos. 
Attention  is  called  to  the  Horse-power  adver¬ 
tisement  of  the  Bellairo  Manufacturing  Com¬ 
pany,  in  another  column.  The  necessity  for  a 
light  power  such  as  this  has  long  been  felt,  aud 
thoso  interested  will  do  well  to  oom-siwud  with 
the  manufacturers. 
We  have  received  from  K.  S.  Johnson  of 
Stockley,  Del.,  his  wholesale  Price  List  of  Nurs¬ 
ery  Stock.  Those  who  contemplate  the  purchase 
of  Pruit  Trees  this  fall  or  next  spring,  would  do 
well  U)  send  at  once  for  this  List  and  got  fi-om  it 
an  idea  of  Hr.  Jojlvhon’s  prices. 
Ip  it  should  be  cleai-ly  shown  that  the  grouse 
on  the  prairies  and  among  the  moiiutiiins  feed 
upon  grasshoppers  aud  their  eggs  almost  exclu¬ 
sively,  as  our  best  authorities  on  this  subject 
claim,  it  may  bo  necessary  in  the  future  to  pro¬ 
tect  those  birds  by  stringent  laws  enacted  by  our 
National  Government. 
We  are  In  receipt  of  a  catalogue  of  the  .Moim- 
dalo  Herd  of  Bates  aud  Pruirmss  Short-Hurus, 
property  of  H,  P.  Tiiompeon,  Esq.,  of  Thompson 
Station,  Clark  Go.,  Ky..  to  be  sold  at  auction 
Wednesday,  Oct.  11.  Tliis  catalogue  is  gotten 
up  iu  Biumrb  style,  with  portraits  of  some  of  the 
finest  auunals  in  this  noted  herd  which,  to  our 
mind,  shows  that  breeders  of  Khort-Horns  are 
fai-  from  losing  any  faith  in  the  present  or  future 
of  this  celebrated  ureed  of  animals 
It  is  quite  amusing  as  well  as  instructive  to 
get  a  nurseryman’s  catalogue  like  one  just  re¬ 
ceived  of  the  Honey  Moon  Nursery  of  Jackson¬ 
ville,  Flondo.  The  Proprietor,  L.  A.  Hardee, 
does  not  iM-aise  or  recommend  ail  the  articles  he 
keeps  on  sale,  but  gives  his  opinion  of  varieties 
in  language  which  cannot  be  well  misunderstood. 
For  inatanoe,  in  speaking  of  the  Guava,  he  says, 
“  Cannot  be  grown  in  any  part  of  Florida  for 
profit.’’ 
Gibtobd’s  Cattle  STANcmoxs,  invented  and 
made  by  W.  C.  Gietord.  Jamestown,  N  Y.,  are 
attracting  no  small  attention  among  Dairv  and 
Stock  men.  Then-  iutroduction  has  operated 
Bometliiug  like  an  adhesive  plaster— they  stick 
whenever  and  wherever  introduced.  Our  Dauy 
Editor,  Mr.  Willard,  says  of  them:— "The 
most  perfect  cattle  fastener  iu  use.  I  fufly  rec¬ 
ommend  then-  universal  adoption"  —  which  is 
vigorotiB  language  for  one  of  Mr.  W'.'s  known 
conservatism  concerning  new  iuventions.  Mr. 
OiPTORD  is  a  i>leasaut  man  to  deal  with,  and 
Eui-alists  who  are  interested  iu  the  subject  will 
not  do  wrong  in  investigating  a  meritorious  nov¬ 
elty.  Circulars,  &c.,  free. 
