FAIR no. 
TH E R 0 R A L H E W - i O R KE R 
AGRICULTURAL NEWS. 
The farm fences of the United States are estb 
mated to cost $1,350,too,oon, and require $250, 000,000 
to keep ihem In order. Besides the direct cost of 
fences, the land which they occupy and render 
worthless la an important consideration. 
Private telegrams on sept. 1 reported the Liver¬ 
pool provision it ark T higher; tierce heef $2 50 
advance In ten days.Chicago telegraphs 
that hogs are “grassy," and not yielding the usual 
percentage of lard.Fresh heef exports In 
July were liberal, reaching 7,935,000 pounds. 
against 3,759,000 tn 1879.Wheatcxporta for the 
month of July were 17,575,000 bushels, or 5,ooo,ooo 
more than In the same month last year. Flour 
exports were 617,864 barrels, a gain of 239,966 over 
same time last year.corn exports in July 
were 13,657,000 bushels, or 6,600,000 more than In 
tho same month In 1870.The largest cotton 
seed oil mlllln the United States Is being erected 
In Little Rock, Ark Tho building Is 800 feet by so- 
The machinery will bo run by a 350 horse power 
AIU 3 -Corliss engine. There will be twelve stands 
of presses, with four presses In each stand, having 
a capacity of using 300 tons of cotton seed 
per day. The works will employ, when com- 
p'eted, 050 men in the various departments.... 
The South has heavier crops than It can handle 
and Is laying Its hands upon all the surplus labor 
It can scare up. The lower Mississippi valley, 
where tho exodus hna depleted the plantation 
cabins, la particularly straight ened. Several hun¬ 
dred laborers arc on Ihelr way fretn southern 
Europe and, as an agent has failed to get many to 
return from Kansas, quite a number have been 
Becured from about Louisville. ThlB has scared 
the republicans, who see In It a democratic plot to 
draw negro voters out of southern Indiana. 
Tile dralnlrg has recently been taken up with 
great Industry by the Western States, Its benefits 
to agriculture having heen established. The drains 
are laid at an average depth ot 33 Inches, and the 
cost of digging la about 15 to 20 cents per yard, 
equal to $15 U>$90 per acre, according to width of 
drains apart, but 1 he increased yield of the crops 
sometimes reaches 100 per cent. In Ohio, Indiana, 
Michigan. Illinois. Wisconsin and Iowa, there are 
now 1140 tile factories, instead of 400 in 1870, and 
last year these turned out 175,000,000 tiles, equal 
to 65.000 miles of drain, at a cost $2.812,500. 
Florida fruit-growers are beginning to cultivate 
the lemon with care, and wltn such good results 
that It Is believed the State will soon furnish 
almost as many lemons to the trade as she now 
does oranges. 
News from Jefferson, Texas, dated April 26, says: 
The cotton crop of Texas looks as though It would 
be cut short by bowl worms, that have appeared 
In vast numbers. The northern counties have 
been seriously Injured by them, and the counties 
of east Texas generally have suffered severely. 
There were heavy rains In July, and the weed la 
large. There will be a heavy top crop, b tth a 
late frost and a long, dry Fall there will be far 
more cotton raised than anticipated.The 
barley crop of Canada Is estimated at from 9 , 000 ,- 
OTO to 10 , 000,000 bushels, which, after allowing 
about 2 , 000,000 bushels for homo requirements, 
will leave a Burplua ot 7 , 000,000 to 8 , 000,000 bushels. 
.Ata meeting of the Executive Committee 
appointed by the trustees of the Pennsylvania 
State College, held August 28 , WllUs P. Hazard, 
Esq., of West Cheater, Fa , was elected a member 
of the Advisory committee of the Eastern Experi¬ 
mental Farm. Hta Bpeclal duty will be to devise 
some means by which su'd tarm shall be stocked 
with such breeds of cows, etc., as In his 
judgment will give valuable Information to 
the farmers of Eastern Pennsylvania. 
The company In Florida that has been experi¬ 
menting with palmetto for maklDg paper has met 
with such gratifying success that It will erect 
about twenty paper-mills In the Slate, where pal¬ 
metto trees grow In abundance aud where the 
transportation faculties are good_The Mon¬ 
treal Journal of Commerce reports ihat over one- 
half the cheese factories In Canada have contract¬ 
ed for the seasons make at about 12k, c.; sales Lave 
been made there during tf 3 week at from 11 >jO. to 
12jtfc., according to quality, and for prime q tallty 
13c. are asked tn some quarters.Official sta¬ 
tistics telegraphed hither ou Sept, 2 , just publish¬ 
ed show that in the first six months cf the present 
year only 1.9S6 oxen, 1,85ft sheep and 625 pigs were 
Imported rrom the Untied States by France. 
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HOME NEWS. 
The Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad 
has completed Its steel railroad bridge over the 
Missouri river below Plattsmouth, Neb., the object 
being to have a crossing independent of the toll 
bridge at Omaha. There is something mar¬ 
velous in the reduction of the public debt since 
the war. Over $800,000,000 lias been paid off in 
the last fifteen years, or on average of over $50,- 
000,000 a year, Including five years of almost un¬ 
precedented business depression.Proressor 
Spencer F. Baird of the Smithsonian Institute tn 
Washington has labored there for thirty years. 
His chief work has be* n la classifying fish and 
birds. Ho la firty-sevea years old. ne employs 
two or three stenographers for his correspondence. ; 
Ou his journeys he walks, refusing the aid of a 
horse. lie never goes to a theatre or concert or 
even to a lecture, because he wishes to go to bed 
early. a Mississippi writer says that when a 
capitalist or banker can make two per cent a 
month on money loaned to a planter he will not 
nvest It in cotton mills. 
FOREIGN. 
Russia has never taken a reliable census, but a 
St. Petersburg paper has figured out government 
statistics to show a population of 64,681,000 In Eu¬ 
ropean Russia, with anjexcess of 781,000 births over 
the number of deaths.Affairs between Rus¬ 
sia and China are not so threatening as a week ago, 
and It is now believed that diplomacy will suffice 
In place of the war that has seemed so Imminent. 
.It la thought at Constantinople that the- 
sultan would yield at once If he thought force was 
likely to be used by the European Powers, but the 
conviction Is gaining ground that a harmless naval 
demonstration will he ail that is attempted. The 
Turkish treasury Is also a Uctle fuller now, the 
sheep tax having turned In considerable for the 
past three months, and now the tlthea are relied 
upon. It la thought that tho porte will settle the 
Montenegrin difficulty, but will not yield on the 
Greek frontier.Empress Eugenie leaves 
England tnls Fall to reside permanently at her 
chateau In Switzerland. She will remove the re¬ 
mains of her husband and son to the oratory of 
the chateau. She la reported to possess an In¬ 
come of over $ 200 , 000 , of which she does not spend 
a sixth. 
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Exhaustion from Brain Work. 
Few of our business or professional men reach 
the age of forty-five without brain and nervous 
exhaustion—often to an extent that forces them 
to relax effort, or abandon work for a time, If not 
altogether. An occasional use of that vitalizing 
agent, now so widely known as “ Compound Oxy¬ 
gen," would give nature power to restore these 
wasted forces In a large number of cases. Rev. 
D. 1). Reed, of South Amboy, who wa3 greatly run 
down by over-work, and consequent waste of ner¬ 
vous energy, after being restored to health through 
the use ot this agent, gives It this voluntary and 
strong endorsement: “ Afcer a moat tl orough and 
continued trial of its worth as a remedial and re¬ 
storative agent, I pronounce Its value to be above 
that of gold and silver. I freely anti voluntarily 
commend it to all brain workers as the best 
thing they can use to secure ft restoration of ex¬ 
hausted energies.” Dbs. Stakkky & Palen, 1109 
and 1111 Girard Street, Philadelphia, Pa., send 
their Treatise on “ compound Oxygen ’’free to all 
who write for It. It contains a record of many 
remarkable cures. 
Terms for 1880-81 yearly subscription price : 
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The above terms are invariable. The reduc¬ 
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or one hundred copies be ordered. Any of our 
friends who are willing t-o act as agents, will 
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premium list, which will be sent free to all 
applicants. Agents will be supplied with can¬ 
vassing outfits on application. Our advertising 
rates will be found below. 
GENERAL ADVERTISING RATES 
OF THE 
RURAL NLW-YORKER. 
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" lCthpaje...50 " 
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Discount on 4 insertions, 6 per ct.; 8 Ins., 10 per ct.; 
13 ins., 15 per ct.; 36 ins., 20 per ct ; 53 ins., 25 per ct. 
No advertisement inserted for less than $2. 
To Cider Makers. 
The celebrated Jersey Apple Grinder and 
Champion Cider Press, constitute the essential 
outfit of every first class cider null. Any neighbor¬ 
hood where cider is made without the aid of these im¬ 
proved machines is a good locality forlan euterprLiug 
man to start a new cider mill. For illustrated circu¬ 
lars, address 
R0BT, BUTTEKWOETH, 
Trenton, N. J._ Hole Manufacturer 
The largest Stump Machine Works 
IN THE WORLD. 
The Chaml)»-lin Screw 
12 yearo’ test, has proved 
ail others by its great ex- 
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casein pulling all 
now furnish Jin- 
iron screws when 
small machines 
for pulling- small 
Stump Machine after 
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bibition of strength 
with cheapness and 
cla; ees of stumps. V e 
chines with wrought 
desired. Also build 
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stumps, snags, etc. 
We manufacture 11 
different sizes. For reduced prices, etc., address 
THE CHAMBERLIN M’F’G Co., Olean, N. Y. 
SEED 
DRILL 
MATTHEWS’ 
The standard of America 
Admitted by leading Seeds, 
men and Martel Gardeners 
everywhere 1 i be the most per¬ 
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Vend for cironlar. Manuufao- 
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For Washing Win- 
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Protects Buildings 
from ilre.aruli’r.e i 
Vines, etc., from In¬ 
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and Canker Worms 
No Dwelling. Coun¬ 
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should uo without 
the Fountain Pump. 
Send for large Illus- 
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on,) MannfjuihiPftP. Providence. R. I.. U. S. AT 
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pa. Kelsey & Co., MniCPrs, Meriden. Conn, 
VICTOR THREE AND FIVE HOED ONE HORSE DRILLS. 
MANUFACTURED BY 
EWALD OVER, 
Indianapolis, Xnd., U. S. A. 
THE VICTOR 
FIVE HOED DRILL, 
the lightest one horse 
drill of the kind in the 
world, weighing only 
125 pounds. It is string, 
simple in construction, 
of light draft it can bo 
expanded and contracted 
for five different, widths, 
varying from 8M to 
inches from center to 
center of tooth. It has 
a splendid Force Peso, 
and sows more than halt 
as much as a Two House 
drill. For sowing Rice 
the inteimediate teeth 
are removed, making it 
a three hoed drill sowing 
Rice in drilb 13}£ to 17 
inches apart. 
The demand for the VICTOR ONE HORSE DRILL is increasing at a 
wonderful rate. Tiiey are used fog sowing Wheat- into and between 
Standing Corn in the fall, as well as for sowing Wheat, Rye, Oats, 
Barley, ffl-ce. Peas, etc., into fallow ground. Next season (1881) 
they will be provided with a Fertilizer Attachment, and no farmer 
can afford to be without one. Send for Circulars. 
THE VICTOR 
THREE HOED DRILL 
is used for the same purpose as the 
five hoed, but is better adapted for 
Hilly and Hough Ground, 
It weighs only 85 pounds, the teeth 
are 7JS inches "from center to center. 
By removing the front tooth you 
have a 
TTFO HOED DRILL, 
Both Three and Five Hoed Drills 
can readily be packed for export. 
mSHERRY GRAIIT DRILL. 
UXQ TJESTIOXAB L Y THE BEST. 
Sows Fertilizers Splendidly. 
It Is Vory Accurate . 
It Regulates by Cog Wheels. 
It is Ligh t Draft. 
It is Easily Managed. 
It is strictly first-class in workmanship and construction. Works to the entire satisfaction of everybody 
who knows what a grain and fertilizer drill ought to do. Its Sterling qualities have gained it a world-wide 
reputation, and all who appreciate excellence and accuracy, prefer the McSHERRY. Send for pamphlet. 
Mention this paper. 
D. E. McSHERRY & CO., Dayton, 0., U.S.A. 
SHORT AND SMITH 
THREE-SPRING WAGONS. 
OPEjNT AND TOP BTJaaiJES, 
All work first-class, finely finished and fully warranted 
Send for Price List and Circulars. 
SHORT & SSV3JTH, 
175 Cliaiou St., Syracuse, N. Y. 
PENNSYLVANIA 
LAWN MOWER. 
Surpassing all Others and Pronounced the Best. 
It is the lightest, 
runs more easily, 
cuts longer grass, 
is more durab e, 
requires less re¬ 
pairs, cuts grass 
more smoothly, Is 
less liable to ob¬ 
struction, and is 
of more hand¬ 
some appearance 
than any othfr 
Mower upon tho 
market. Pin isyl- 
vania State Agricultural Society says: "It will, we be. 
Iteve, wear longer, do the work letter with less labor, 
than any other Mower. One of tho r-v-nMH-ttjcB is that 
it cuts higher grass than any other Mower. _ 
It is pronounced by comi'etvui judges the beet Lawn 
Mower th- world over produced. 
Every Mower warranted. Address 
Lloyd, Supplee & Walton, 
Philadelphia, l*a. 
Eagle Machine Works, 
Bucyrus, Ohio. 
Headquarters for Tiffany’s latest and best 
BRICK AND TILE MACHINE, 
RATCHET CIDER PRESS AND OTHER 
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tff- Send for Catalogue. 
* 
AMERICUS CIDER MILL 
WHITMAN’S PATENT. 
The best Cider and 
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will make Twenty per 
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any other. 
Perfectly Adjustable. 
Three Sizes. 
Geared outside. Large 
- made for two 
wanks. 
x . • es as low ea for 
S '- fi w-cinf b mills. 
Circulars giving . .ill 
de-c iptiou sent free. 
Address the manu¬ 
facturers. 
WHITMAN AGRICULTURAL CO., 
Saint Lon Is, Mo. 
INCREASE the yield: SATE time and money, 
by using 
The Philadelphia 
Broadcast Saed Sower, 
Ear Sowing all Grain and 
Grass Seed-, also Fertilizers. 
No. i, price 530 . sows 13 to 15 
acres per hour. No. 3. (see cut,) 
price S6, from -l to 6 acres, at the 
same time sowing belter and far 
more evenly than by hand or any 
other method. Scud for circular and 
testimonials. Agents Wanted. 
Benson. Mauie & Co,, MJfrs. 
333 CtiuvcU St,, ERila, Pa» 
