Tires is an Educational Department under 
the management of Mr. E. S. Ingraham. 
We wish our new friends success-The 
Educational Weekly is still another launch 
upon the sea of journalism by Messrs. 
Winchell & Klein of Chicago. It is 
made up by the consolidation of seven 
educational journals and, we hope, will 
fill the place of all. Prof. W. F. Phelps 
heads the editorial staff-School and 
TToine, is the title of a new journal pub¬ 
lished in New York city by Lawrence G. 
Got lding. Its initial number promises 
a good paper for teachers and scholars. 
agent calls upon you, is to ask to see lxis 
credentials or authority to act in taking 
orders for the firm which he does, or pre¬ 
tends, to represent. If ho cannot, or re¬ 
fuses to do this, dismiss him at once, no 
matter how earnestly lie may urge the 
superiority of his wares or proclaim his 
honesty; for if a nursery firm lias not 
sufficient confidence in the ability and 
honesty of its agents to hold themselves 
responsible for their ftets, then they should 
not ask or expect strangers to do so. Deal 
only witli men you know or with those who 
come well recommended by responsible 
parties, and swindling tree peddlers will 
soon find their occupation gone. 
TABLE OF CONTENTS, 
Practical departments 
DeslKn loraCheap House. 
Cellars—... .... 
Canadian Dalryim?. 
Now Milch Cows in the fall. 
Dairy Notes. 
Choose MaUinjf In Rnsulii... 
niinctnoxH umojic Sheep.. .. 
More wornuna Manufactories.. 
Trades’ Unions and I'aruiiiiR.•• 
Productive Soil. . 
Qnesii'inulilu Advice. . 
Deep and frequent Culture. 
Hops arid lleor Drinkers in Europe. 
About nn Old .. 
educated Finns.. 
Treatment of f'nhnry Birds. 
Multiplication of thu Aplildld*. 
A Dou’s Intelligence. 
Printing Presses.... 
Breeding tor gaallncs— No. 3 . 
Condition and Winter Lay In ff... 
Notes on Bee-Keeping.. . 
An Announcement.... ....-•• 
Preservation of Posts iutbe Ground when In¬ 
verted ....... 
Miscellanea .... 
Notes... 
Exchange.. . 
Dr. Mu-honor on Penv Blight.... 
Sericulture In Kansas...... 
Ornamental Grasses lor House Decoration in 
Winter..... 
Recipes....... . 
Skating... 
Diphtheria, and Its Cure..... 
How to Live and How tO Die. 
Shoes ....... • . 
Editorial paoe: 
Going to the Dogs .. 
Asking Questions. . 
Tree Peddlers. 
Notes—Brevities. 
Literary : 
Poetry...' t5, il 
Story... 
Miscellaneous. 
Recent Literature.. 
Sabbath Reading. 
Ladies' Portfolio .. 
Reading for the Young. 
Publishers' Notices... 
News of the Week...,.. 
Markets. 
Answers to Correspondents. 
Personals,. ..... 
Everywhere... 
Advertisements. ou * 0 
Veterinary Surgeons.—France, it 
is reported, has 3,019 veterinary burgeons 
in addition to those belonging to the army, 
or an average of one surgeon to every 
1,142 horses. The French Government 
pays out annually for the support of its 
veterinary schools, about$150,000. Other 
European countries are not much behind 
in attending to the health of horses and 
other domestic animals ; but what shall 
be said of the United States and the action 
of the Government in ouch matters ? Wo 
presume the less said the better, until a 
good showing can bo made in encourage¬ 
ment of veterinary surgeons. 
ASKING- QUESTIONS, 
RURAL NEW-YORKER 
PUBLISHED EVERT SATURDAY 
ANDREW S. FULLER, Editor. 
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ELBERT S. CARMAN, - - Associate Editor, 
X. A. WILLARD, A. M., Little Falls, N.,Y., 
>rro* op ras DBPAB.TMKNT 07 D»i*v Hoibium 
G. A. C. BARNETT, Publisher, 
Address RURAL PUBLISHING CO., 
78 Duane Street, New York City 
RURAL BREVITIES 
SATURDAY, JAN. 20, 1877. 
Florida is said to be “ amphibious.” with only 
its back out of the water. 
Bbittany declares her flocks and herds freo 
from ah contagious diseases. 
Farming maj not be the most profitable busi¬ 
ness followed ‘in any country, but it is a very 
pleasant, one when conducted properly and with 
intelligence. 
A new and very hardy variety of the Catalpa 
is announced by one of our Western nursery¬ 
men. We only hope it will prove as hardy and 
valuable as represented. 
It is reported that 100.000 pounds of mustard 
seed were raised and prepared for market during 
the past year in the Kalinas Valley. California, 
and solely by Chinese farmers. 
31 us. Hahuiet Beech eu Stowe is advocating 
the passage of law s in Florida for the protection 
of birds, which should be seconded by all who 
have the true interests of the .State at heart. 
The Pensacola Gazette, Fla , reports that coal 
and wood stoves have been in demand in the 
“Land of Flowers” during the past, few weeks, 
and winter gardening is not progressing very 
rapidly. 
Tue New York Society for the Prevention of 
Cruelty to Children, is finding plenty to do and, 
we arc pleased to say, doing its work well, there¬ 
fore deserving of both commendation and finan¬ 
cial aid. 
N W. Avar, & Son send us their December 
number of Tho Advertisers’ Guide. They sus¬ 
tain the reputation of the first number, and make 
a periodical that is a real benefit to tlic advertis¬ 
ing community. 
Mas. Mary Mgboax of Barbour Co., Ala., has 
succeeded in raising a fair article of tea from seed 
imported from China a few years ago. She has 
used it iu her own family and finds it equal in 
every respect to the imported article. 
A Western New-Yorker aaya the times are 
called hard , but when compared with our boy¬ 
hood days, when we wore homespun clothes and 
TREE PEDDLERS, 
If a public official corrupt his office, 
disgtace bin relatives and friends and con¬ 
duct himself in an unseemly manner, the 
Government is going to the dogs ! If a 
minister of the gospel be detected in an 
act unworthy of his cloth, the church is 
going to the'dogs! If a merchant make 
a disgraceful failure by whioh the fact is 
developed of his having traded npon Ins 
reputation for integrity instead of actual 
cash capital, the mercantile community is 
going to the dogs! If a lawyer, tempted 
beyond bis power of resistance, embezzle 
the funds of his Aients, tho bar is going 
to the dogs ! If a sailing master inten¬ 
tionally strand liis vessel to get insurance, 
RURAL NOTES 
Railroad* Appreciated.—Farmers 
of Canada appear to appreciate and set a 
higher value upon railroads than some, at 
least, of the farmers of the United States. 
A correspondent of the Farmers' Advo¬ 
cate, in touching upon this subject and 
telling what the railroads lmve done for 
his town, says that, “instead of getting 
3.3 or §10 for two-year-olds, §50 for a good 
yoke of oxen, 75c. for lambs and all other 
kinds of stock in the same proportion, we 
can got from $15 to $25 for two-year-olds, 
and $ 100 , and, in some cases, $ 200 , for a 
yoke of oxen; and still, peoplo say it is 
hard times. Potatoes, farmers used to get 
almost nothing for, now bring 40 or 45c. 
per bushel. The Canadian Meat and Pro¬ 
duce Company has lessened the supply 
of beef, which* had been greater than the 
demand, by taking so much to foreign 
markets. This must consequently in¬ 
crease the demand, as what the Meat 
Company takes ia not consumed in our 
markets, but taken from it, and brings 
so much more money to be spent in our 
country. From §1,000 to $10,000 have 
been puid for potatoes in this town in the 
last few months; prices are now 40 to 
45 c. per bushel. We could not get this 
if we had no railroad.” 
thomajorHyknowthenameaaud addresses , 
of the largest and most trustworthy nurs¬ 
erymen, and if they want anything in the 
way of fruits and flowers they will semi d - 
rect to headquarters i'or the same, instead 
of dealing with a stranger who may claim 
to represent some extensive nursery estab¬ 
lishment unknown to anybody but him¬ 
self. It is not to be denied that there is 
sometimes an advantage in dealing per¬ 
sonally with agents, or tho peddlers, as 
they are often termed, for these men can 
occasionally make better selections for the 
i'anner than he could for himself , and 
when several neighbors club in giving 
their orders, lower rates can be obtained 
and something saved in freight. But 
men who talk of having some wonderful 
plant for sale, which is not to be obtained 
except of themselves—such, for instance, 
as tree-strawberries, blue roses and the 
like—should be severely let alone. The 
very first thing to do when a nursery 
The North Pacific Rural, a new 
monthly established at Seattle, Wash. 
Territory, evinces, in its first issue, a 
freshness and neatness highly commend¬ 
atory to its publisher, Mr. G. L. Nokth- 
kcp. While the field of Agricultural lit¬ 
erature is pretty well filled already, we 
still believe there is “room for more,” 
especially for such bright specimens as the 
one before us. One of its distinctive feat- 
