The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1869-01-02
Moore's Rural New-Yorker,
: t}A s-al y AN ORIGINAL WEEKLY
Rural Literary and Family Newspaper.
ID. ID. T. MOORE.
ConductIng Editor and Propriefor.

Rural Literary and Family Newspaper.
ID. ID. II. MOORE.
. Conducting Editor and Proprietor.
CHAs. D. BRAGDoN, GF. WILCOX, "A.
HOPKINS, Associate Editors.
HENRY S. RANDALL, LII. D.,
Editor of the Department of Sheep Husbandry.
X A. WILLARD,
Editor of the Department of Dairy Husbandry.
- .. ~ DANIEL LEE, NJ. D.,
Of Tennessee, Southern Corresponding Editor,
= This JOURNAL is designed to be UNSURPASSED In
value, Purity and Variety OF contents. Its con-
ductors earnestly labor 10 render Reliable Author
ity on the important Practical and Scientific Sub
Jects connected with the business of those whose in
teresfs 1t advocates. The aim is to make it emf
nentiy instructive, Useful and Entertaining as a
FAMILY JOURNAL, by adapting 1t to the wants and
tastes of all people of intelligence and refinement
IL embraces more Agricultural, Hor ieultural Sci
entinc, Educational, Literary, News and CONNER
cal mat er, with appropriate Illustrations than any
ether journal ; rendering it by FIR the most com
piete RURAL, LITERARY, FAMILY AND BUSINESS
NEWSPAPER in the World
Vol. Xxx OF the RURAL, for 1869, is printed on a
QuADRUPLE SHEET, comprising Sixteen Large
Double Quarto Pages of Five Columns each! This
is double the original size Of the paper and renders
tne MURAL by lar the Largest and Cheapest las it
mas long been the Best and Most Popularl journal
OF It's Glass. As some indication of what single
number contains read the subjoined table of
Contents of the Rural for Jan, 2.
Rural Architecture.
description of Circular Mansion, with Engraved
Elevation and Plan; Our Designs and Desires 8
Field Culture.
How to Manure Best with Glover; The Farm
WORKSHOP; Cotton Culture in the South; Wheat
Patstp resent Cse ana Future Production; Premium
Aos"'o SAoP 6
Farm Economy.
Cst.ie RACKS and Feed Boxes, illustrated: y Grain
Sewers; Subsoil Pillow; Cheap Cement Wanted
s..-s. u sheep Husbandry. r.
New York Wool Growers Association; Change in
rne WOOL Market; Gom'r of Agriculture on keci-
Proclty; secured Fleeces; The Winter; Sheep
Literature. ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS, 7
Dairy Husbandry. - z
Dairy Products; A Review of the Dairy Interest
ana pre sent and Future Prospects Making But
Country Cheese Market; Dairyman's Associa-
tion. .................,......
: - Pemological.
A Chapter on Grab Apples-Truit for Extreme
Northern Latitudes, QllustratedD The Catawba
what did During the Week In my Orchard and
G "a, Illinois Grape Growers and Wine Max
ers' society. OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES. 8
Review ofthe y City Grape Market for 1865;
genealogical Gossip, including Hybridizng
Fruits, Greenhouses, A New Grape, Pear on
Thorn, Origin of Peach, Pears Recommended by
Alton horticultural Society, Protecting Straw
. berries, The Alton Nutmeg Melon Trouble
about ripening Fruit, Wild Goose Plum. o
z ,Rr92 Horticulture.
The Pansy ullustrated.(. 9
ArbOriculiure. p
Trees in the City-A Remedy Suggested for cater.
pillars; The Sycamore Recommended for Shade
and the Ailanthus Denounced; About Chest
NUS. ......................9
- - Horticultural Notes,
Missouri Horticultural Society; Hotbeds; Bean
Planter; The Experimental Garden at WASH
i1gton; Adams County (In) horticultural So
ciety.. 9
The P0nltry Yard.
This Department; Model Poultry House; illus
uatsd u common vs. Improved FOwis Pigeon
and Poultry Show-The First Exhibition of the
Columbarian Society; Snow for Poultry: Penn
SyN"" ouiliy ouclety.. 10
@ The Apiarian.
Bee Culture-Improved Honey Emptying Machine
tIilustrated); Singular Migration OF Bees. :. 10
EntomOlogical.
The Seed-Corn Maggot Qllusrated); 10
Hygienic Information.
Physiology and Hygiene; Seasonable Suggestions
e 10 prevent and Cure Coughs, Colds, etc.... II
Scientific and Useful.
Popular Scientific Lectures-The Telescope and
its Revelations; Useful and Scientific Notes II
Domestic Economy.
Preliminary Table Talk -