ment of our cotton and woolen industries 
is very largely due. The publishers have 
recently offered two premiums to the 
ladies of the Cooper Institute class in de¬ 
signing, for the best designs for printed 
calicoes, and the competition thus engen¬ 
dered will doubtless have the two-fold re¬ 
sult of bringing out some novel patterns 
for the spring and summer seasons of 
1877 , and at the same time introducing 
woman’s work to a new and profitable 
field. 
made the butt of insidious inuendos, 
abusive denunciation or flagrant false¬ 
hood. 
Owing to this pernicious practice many 
men of assured position and acknowledged 
capacity, sensitively shrink from taking 
the active part m political life for which 
their education, ability and experience 
admirably fit them, while coarser and less 
scrupulous souls arc thus left a broader 
field for the exercise of their peculiar 
talents. Praise or blame to urodueo any 
results hut evil, should be judiciously be¬ 
stowed ; aud denunciations, however bit¬ 
terly lavished on political turpitude, for¬ 
feit their force when only an interlude in 
an indiscriminate tirade of vituperation. 
It is an evil hour for any nation when the 
men who rule its destinies low the respect 
of t he thoughtful, and incur the suspicion, 
reproach, or contempt of the masses : yet 
this is the hour which tJiousauda of irre¬ 
sponsible writers, cursed with access to 
the columns of partisan journals, are 
blindly doing their utmost to bring speed- 
ly upon us. It should he borne in mind 
that whatever may be the character of the 
men who govern this country, they are 
emphatically the representatives of its in¬ 
habitants, and ihat future generations will 
inevitably judge of Ibis by the conduct of 
the meu it has chosen to represent it. 
The owners of the soil have a perma¬ 
nent interest in the welfare of the country 
that contains it. This depends, not on 
the fate of any faction, but on the general 
prosperity of the nation. The agricultu¬ 
ral press, as the representative of this 
class, should, therefore, impartially de¬ 
nounce all evils that endanger this pros¬ 
perity, and among these not the least, in 
its demoralizing tendency, is partisan in¬ 
tolerance. 
The wind, now' a simile for unproduc¬ 
tive freedom, will then be made a hewer 
of wood and a drawer of water, a grinder 
of corn, a breaker of stones for the high¬ 
ways, aud a serviceable, though some¬ 
what capricious servant performing, at 
little cost, much of the heavy work round 
every homestead. The wind-mill will he 
as indispensable to the farm, in those 
days, as the barn, and every breeze will 
not only bring freshness and vigor to the 
farmer, but will also cheer him with the 
consciousness that in its passage it is per¬ 
forming many of his most wearisome 
tasks. 
It will certainly not retard the ad¬ 
vent of these halcyon days to have re¬ 
ferred to a few of the discoveries that have 
brought them nearer, and to suggest to 
each of our readers that he should give 
more attention to the unemployed sources 
of wealth aud happiness within his reach. 
TABLE OF CONTENTS. 
PiiAcncAn Departments 
BUllilinKS of the Urospoctive French Kxpot i- 
ti'iii..... 
One. Man’* Moa (it Farm Economy.. 
Farm Drainage.*. 
That Importunt Pl»e.ovt;ry... 
Cheese H . ■ •. ; . 
Duirt Note* Oi'TioeriilnB Minnesota.. 
The Chee-e Trade at l.iltlc lulls—Shipments of 
Dairy Product*. &C... 
Washed ami Unwashed Him or.• 
Prof. Huxley on the Pedigree-of thellorse... 
The Thorout'hlned Horse... 
HalMntrCnlvoN. .... 
The Knbtlncm Co.'s Little Game. 
A New Ooril Slieller ... .... 
The Watertown Wagon. 
Bortensiaor Hoiionsis?.... 
Weeping Deciduous Trees. 
Special Flower#. 
Notes... 
Peas .... 
To Our Header*. ... 
Hreedlnit for O'o'lltles No. a. 
Influenza in Fowls Jtibred. . 
The Asia iDiilii M«s«a.re. 
Planter's Idle in Java. 
FinhUny Grasshoppers... 
The UnroJMeier and its Teaching. 
A nent the KI tell el...•••* 
A Medley Picture... 
Washing Plain Black Calico...... 
Recipe* -.... . 
Vaticination.... 
llygieuio Notes... 
Fnrroni al page: 
Unemployed Resources. 
Partisan Intolerance...... 
Notes—Brevities. 
Literary : 
Poetry.........109,110, 
Story. ...... 
Miscellaneous..... 
Sabbath ttendlnn... 
Undies’ Portfolio . 
ltnadiruc for the Voting. 
Publisher's Notices... ... 
Now* of the Week...... 
Markets.—.. 
Answer* to Correspondents. 
Personals.... 
11 timorous.y • ■ • y,y 
Advertisements.U.i, 114. lw* 
Farm Interests.—Among the signs 
of the growing importance of the Agricul¬ 
tural interest, the attention paid to farm¬ 
ing affairs by the general press of the 
country is not, without significance. A 
few years back notices and suggestions 
that'might be of benefit to the farmer, 
seldom found their way into the columns 
of political journals, w hereas to-day, the 
best, and most enterprising of these either 
publish special editions intended mainly 
for circulation among the rural popula¬ 
tion, or embrace in each issue an agricul¬ 
tural department. The freer the dissemi¬ 
nation of practical and scientific instruc¬ 
tion among our agricultural population, 
the greater will be their desire for fuller 
details to be found only in papers special¬ 
ly devoted to that subject. The passion 
for knowledge, like that for riches, in¬ 
creases with the amount of our acquisi¬ 
tions ; and ignorance alone is listless in 
seeking fresh information. We welcome, 
therefore, every attempt to increase 
knowledge, and consequently tho chances 
of prosperity, among those whose interests 
are identical with our own. 
PARTISAN INTOLERANCE, 
In the palmy days of the ancient l’e- 
public of Athens—the prototype and ex¬ 
emplar of republics in general—there was 
a stringent law that all citizens should 
take sides, not only oil all questions ol 
general welfare, but even in every street 
braw l on which they might come by clrnnce 
or design. It was shrewdly thought that 
every man who hud the honor of bearing 
the name Atheuiau, must, thus boneeessa- 
I'ily compelled to pay personal attention 
to every dispute affecting the fortunes of 
tho State or his fellow-citizen. If any 
where, this active interest iu public af¬ 
fairs must have been beneficial in a small 
community like that of Athens, exposed 
to the constant jealousy of kindred mon¬ 
archies in its immediate neighborhood, 
and liable also to have its very existence 
at any time jeopardized by vindictive as¬ 
saults of outside barbarians. Moreover, 
the ordinary evils of keen political rivalry 
were modified there by the fact that the 
humblest citizen was acquainted with the 
character aud record of all tho prominent 
leaders of the people, and could judge, 
from personal knowledge, of the truth or 
falsehood of the derogatory charges which 
individual mill ice or partisan rancor might 
circulate against them. 
Yet in the Republic of Athens the best 
and most patriotic citizens, men who like 
TuemistoCles aud Cimon, had freely risk¬ 
ed their lives in battle for tho preserva¬ 
tion of their country, or like Aristides 
had remained unsmirohed by the bitterest 
factious malignity, were driven, not mere¬ 
ly from public life, but from the State 
which their genius had saved or their vir¬ 
tues adorned, by the frantic impulse of 
partisan fear and animosity. History nec¬ 
essarily records only the names of the few’ 
who were t reated with an ingratitude and 
injustice that still excite indignation in 
every generous breast, alter they had 
achieved a reputation that during the in¬ 
tervening ages, has reflected glory on the 
land that gave them birth, butdeniedthem 
justice. As human nature, however, has 
varied little from those days to these, 
there must have been many others capa¬ 
ble of earning a like renown, whose serv¬ 
ices might have been equally advanta¬ 
geous to their native laud, but who were 
withheld from taking a prominent part iu 
public affairs through dread of partisan 
obloquy and misrepresentation. 
Great’, however, as were the evils brought 
upon Athens by factious rivalry, yet at 
no period of its career could partisan vi¬ 
tuperation and calumny have been more 
Good Effect.—The foreign demand 
for beef which has lately sprung up, is 
likely to have an excellent effect upon 
stock-raising in this country. The people 
of Great .Britain have been accustomed to 
a loir quality of meat, and will not be 
likely to take up an inferior article coming 
from abroad. Under the circumstances, 
we may expect to see Short-Horns rise iu 
the estimation of the farmers of the United 
States. Perhaps South-Down mutton 
from America may, at no distant date, ap¬ 
pear in English markets. Any move 
which will make our farmers pay more 
attention to improved stock, must lie hailed 
as a good sign. 
PUBLISHED EVERY SATURDAY 
INSECT LAW, 
ANDREW S. FULLER, Editor 
Associate Editor 
ELBERT S. CARMAN 
X. A. WILLARD, A. M., Lillie Falls, N. Y., 
Eoitob of Till Dkfartmisnt of Daiky Hukuandby, 
G. A. C. BARNETT, PubliMlicr, 
Address 
RURAL PUBLISHING CO., 
78 Duane Street, New York City 
but would be compelled to clear their 
own fields while neighbors were doing the 
same. Last year wcsaw acres of potatoes 
planted, and perhaps after cultivating once 
they were left to their fate. The potato 
beetles appeared in great numbers, de¬ 
positing t heir eggs upon the plants, where 
they hatched and, passing through their 
various transformations, reached tho 
beetle state by the time tho supply of 
food gave out; then they passed over to 
neighboring fields, the owners of which 
had destroyed the eggs aud larvae found 
upon the plants early in summer. But 
this invasion of millions of full-grown 
beetles was discouraging, and they gave 
up the fight, aud what otherwise would 
have been a good crop was totally de¬ 
stroyed by these pests. Under these cir¬ 
cumstances tho question arises, has a man 
a moral right to breed or feed pestiferous 
insects to invade his neighbors’ fields and 
destroy tho crops thereiu V If he lias no 
moral right to do this, why should we 
give him tho legal light V A free govern¬ 
ment is all very well in its way, but there 
is a possibility of giving too much free¬ 
dom, especially when it comes to breed¬ 
ing dogs to kill your neighbors’ sheep, or 
pestiferous insects to be let loose upon his 
crops. When we get our Secretary of 
Agriculture, there will be some hope or 
chauce ol having such matters attended 
to; but at present tho hood of our Gov¬ 
ernment is a veritable ** Veiled Prophet” 
to the agricultural interests of our coun¬ 
try, and we can only look forward to the 
day when this will all be changed, and 
the production of food for the millions 
considered of as much importance as the 
care of a few Indians and trading-posts 
on our frontiers. 
SATURDAY, FEB. 17, 1877, 
RURAL BREVITIES, 
Tns market for clover and grass seeds is re¬ 
ported to be quite firm iu English markets, with 
an upward tendency. 
Pahts of Iowa are becoming celebrated for 
producing large quantities of butter, mid at oue 
shipping point, 78 carloads were sent off daring 
the past year. 
Tjierk is a movement on foot to start a direct 
line of steamers between New York aud Brazil. 
It is thought there is trade enough between the 
t wo countries to support a st-mi-iuouthly line of 
steamers. 
A faumeu in Illinois is reported to have cured 
his hogs of cholera by giving them plentifully of 
tobacco tea, which, if true, would seem to show 
t hat the so-called cholera was caused by some 
intestinal parasite. 
Tim inhabitants of the new territory of llurou 
are quite indignant Unit Congress should adopt 
the above name instead of Pembina which, to 
say tho least, is more appropriate besides one 
that the residents desired should be given it.. 
The following persons were elected officers of 
the Cortland Co. Ag. Soc. for 1877 : I’res.— Jas. 
M, Smith. Yico-Pres.—D N. Hitchcock. Treas. 
—Fitz Boy inton. Sac.- It. A. Randall. Annual 
1'air and Cattle Show Lg be held Sept. 12-13, 
UNEMPLOYED RESOURCES, 
Watt, Fulton and their co-laborers 
have shown the world that in steam it 
unknowingly possessed for ages a source 
of motive power, which, when utilized, 
has immeasurably added to the product¬ 
iveness of labor aud been of inestimable 
value to the human race. Goodyear saw 
in the inexhaustible supplies of india-rub¬ 
ber a material which must be of great 
importance in the arts, provided only a 
method of utilizing it could be devised, and 
straightway set earnestly to work to dis¬ 
cover such a method, with results benefi¬ 
cially known to all. Franklin, doubtless, 
pondered on the possibilities of electricity, 
but in liis wildest dreams, could never 
have imagined that the subtle element 
would sooil become an almost indispensa¬ 
ble factor iu conducting the affairs of the 
entire civilized world. 
From these examples two lessons may 
be learnt:—First, that one mau may pit 
himself against, the knowlege and convic¬ 
tions of tho whole human family and, 
despite the odds against him, demonstrate 
the justness of his own views; and sec¬ 
ond, that it is not merely possible b it 
highly probable that iu this world of ours 
there still exist, many sources of vast en¬ 
ergy, wealth aud beneficence, undreamt 
of in our present philosophy, and awaiting 
only the skill of man to bring them into 
use. 
Future generations will be benefited, 
not only by the successive development 
of these recondite treasures, but also by a 
more eulightened and extensive use of 
many souroes of riches and force now 
carelessly or ignorantly neglected. The 
sewage of eities, to-day a cause of embar¬ 
rassment and pestilence, will then innocu¬ 
ously water our parched, fields, aud re¬ 
store to the impoverished soil the manori¬ 
al treasures of which it has been robbed. 
nauas arc being started in the vicinity of Santa 
Barbara, Cal., and if this plant should prove a 
success in the locality named, we may look for 
largo supplies from that region in a very few 
years, as C.iliforniaus do nothing hy halves. 
A whites in the Chautauqua Fanner reports 
to have killed the Potato beetle lost summer on 
his farm by Bpriukliug tho vines with a decoction 
of Mandrake root teal We published an account 
of a farmer iu Ohio using .Mandrake lea for the 
same purpose iu the Kun.u. New-Yorker of 
July 25. 1872. 
Minnesota farmers appear to be making 
strenuous efforts to supply themselves and fu¬ 
ture generations with timber, or at least fire¬ 
wood, aud it is reported that 10,1)00,1)00 cuttings 
were planted last year, but we regret to say that 
they were mainly of cottonwood and willow, both 
very poor kinds. 
A man in California has raised ten bushels of 
wheat on one-eighth of an acre of laud by | I ant¬ 
ing each kernel of seed separate and then l.oeing 
the plants. Similar results may be obtained by 
sowing in drills aud giving after-culture, but our 
farmt rs are slow to adopt any system which is 
likely to increase the labor of raising a crop. 
tuperation and calumny have been 
rife than they are to-day iu this country, 
although among us there is no dread of 
foreign jealousy to sharpen the edge of 
domestic enmity, while the broad extent 
of the land should lift the minds of its 
inhabitants above the virulence of petty 
municipal discord. Indeed tho intoler¬ 
ance which in less enlightened ages and 
countries disgraced the annals of religious 
dissent., seems among us, at present, to ex¬ 
asperate tho acrimony of political parties. 
The chief instigators und fomentors of 
this evil are t he conductors of the parti¬ 
san press. With them, liberty of the press 
is prostituted into license to vilify every 
mau, either in their own neighborhood 
or the nation at large, influential enough 
to injure the faction they have espoused 
or to benefit that they have seen fit to 
oppose. It matters little how honorable 
las previous reputation, how stainless his 
domestic, social and business career, so 
soon as he dares to meddle iu questions 
vital to the best interests of his own aud 
succeeding generations, he is instantly 
RURAL NOTES 
Manufacturers* i to view and In¬ 
dustrial Kecord, of this city, is not 
only one of the best technical journals in 
America, but is the oldest paper iu the 
English language devoted specially to the 
textile arts, and is the leading publica¬ 
tion m that field in this country. Its 
columns are devoted to the instruction of 
textile manufacturers aud operatives in 
the departments of spinning, weaving, 
dyeing, designing and finishing, aud to 
its efforts in that direction the advance¬ 
Pleuuihy Tains and all Asthmatic oh Bron¬ 
chial Affections are soon relieved by tl. it cer¬ 
tain remedy for Coughs and Colds, Dr. Jayne’s 
Expectorant.— Ex. 
