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THE FARM AND GARDEN. 



■Vol. IV., nSTo. "V. 



The subscription price of The Fhtiii nnd Gar- 

 den is 50 ceniM a yeni-, invnriiilil} in advance. It 

 issent in clubN at '^5 ceiitH a j ear when font- or 

 more subHcribcr!* are sent at one time, bul no 

 Binsle 0(ubscription will be entered at less tlian 

 full rate. 



HOW TO SEND MONEY. 



There is but little trouble in scmlinK money any dis- 

 tance safelv by mail. The safest wuys are by post tjffice 

 monev orders, postal notcR, bank drafts, express, or 

 registered le'lers. sninU '^uins mav be sent in postaire 

 stamps. Post ofRoe niniiev orders can be obtained at 

 any post office umney order offirt^ for any sum less than 

 len dollars for ei^ht cents, up tn as large a snni as one 

 hundred dollars for a slight adflitidrml cost. Bank drafts 

 In the same wav can be obtained of any banker tor from 

 10 to 2') cents. Money can be sent from all p<jintH reached 

 bv the American Express Company to us for the small 

 Bum of 5 cents. Adania Kxpress Company will for- 

 ward monies in sums of twentv dollars or less, for 

 15 cents. lari;er sums in pr'ipurtinn. Our readers can 

 Bee how e-asv it is to send moop^- to us or to any part of 

 the Unitetl Slates. Monev can be sent in a reiostered 

 letter from any post office in the United States tor an 

 additional 10 cents above the ordinarv postage. Money 

 may be Bent very safelv that wav. Postmasters are re- 



like the way to hell, is paved with good in- ; That home-grown seeds are always better and 

 tentiouB. more reliable than those bought directly from 



Have an occasional agricultural talk with your 

 neighbor. 



Read gc>od agricultural papers and inform your- 

 self about the doings of other fanners. 



Subscribe at once for the Farm and Garden, 

 unless you have already done so. 



the seedsman. 

 ■i That potatoes should be planted to one eye. 



That liquid manuring is beneficial to tomatoee. 



That it is cheaper to buy vegetables than to 

 raise them. 



That improved stock will do well with indiff- 

 erent manjigement. 



That it is good economy to sell unleached wooc 

 ashes for twelve or tifteen cents, or even for twlot 

 that amount, per bushel. 



That farmers should confine themselves alto- 

 gether to specialties. 



That a good cow should be sold, because she 



There are some features in the English yjost^ 

 oltice regulations that should bo introduced into 

 the United States postal laws for the benefit of] 

 the American farmer. It is said th<* larmer pays \ 



all; that saying may not be true, but he does pay I „„ .„.. .... . — 



well for his mail privileges. In England an ! brings the most money, and a poor one kept- 

 ounce letter or less is carried for two cents (an That "rich, thick dish-water nlone is gcxKi 



SILK CULTURE 



English pennr), two ounces for three cents, four 



ounces for four cents, eight ounces for six cents. 



ten ounces for seven cents, twelve ounces for 



eight cents, and two cents for each ounce over 



twelve o'.inces. No letter mailed larger than 



eighteen inches long, nine inches wide, and six 



inches deep. The rates being so low, and the 



delivery so prompt, that parc»!ls are mailed by 



jetter-post, a.s there is no delay in letter-post. 



Boobs of any kind (not obscene), printed matter 



of any kind, is sent by book-post at the uniform 



rate of one cent (half-penny( for each two ounces 



or fraction of two ounces. 



No book packet can exceed 



letter size, eighteen inches 



long, nine inches wide, and 



six inches deep, or weight 



to exceed live pounds. 



Parcels-post includes al- 

 most every form of mer- 

 chandise, sci'ds, trees, met- 

 als, and even fish, meat, 

 game, and eggs can be sent 



tiiatprial— 1» wnnt which no longer i-xUt». by parcels post No l>arcel 



•V .ub«rlptlo.. ,., the Kabu .M, ij.R^.v (ti„. , - ,„„ j,„bif that nicjisures 



NECESSARY MATERIALS 

 E FOR IT AT YOUR HOME. 



hog feed. 



That a young orchard will do well in weeds, 

 sod, or grain. 



That the moon influences vegetation. 



Till <-ul)iirv I r ^i;k is Nt'tur adapt4rd to home Induotry than any 

 otbiT hniiKli ■•! ni'Tk wliioli op«n- a,- larc,^ a In-l'l in tin i .ni.uii rcial mar- 

 hft, it b.jing \Hluat)k' Jt* a comoiorfily. and lar.:ely in •jitiiuiiii. It pur* 

 tlcularly oommenijii Ibielf to women anil ehilitjvn or thr rural 

 diMriclJi a« an ix-i-iiiiation of lnt«UiKent and moml bcarliie, not 

 requiring coDHIaul dutv, but enabling the purttt'H to purMue thelp 

 boui««hold dntleM.,' and It i" atlra^^lini; witlc^pi. i,.t ;.ll.i.ti..ii, I bv 

 groat drawback to -ilk culture in the tia>t has boon Tie nam ut null " 

 ntaiiufnclufp the raw 



We "ilt iiietuile a year' --- - 



pajieri i-tuny one .cndlnu un order amoantlne to ^l.OO .i.-.. 

 UIT«9IAN Mi:LltF,RI£Y, !> ...n ,....t laid -Two to 4 In.he- hlchi 

 S<(fori»l (lO- lOO fbr *2.00. Four to B lii.ln-- hlKh, 2& for ♦1.1)«! 1 0<> lot 

 SsOO 8 " o l"i nche. hleh. l.". lor*l.<>ll: 1 f»> for 1114.00. TweUe_.t.ol« 

 Inehe-hleh. l4for.ill.0o: 1 o% for *o.«0. M I.k « ..RMF.fit 

 Japancar iind Freneh \ ellow 5<> e>iil« per loOOor* 



Don't vou think, really, that we have done our 

 duty by vou? If so, send us the names of four 

 new subscribers, with just one dollar. We think 

 you owe us this work of appreciation. Witt 

 lOO.iK"! subscribers we can do better than witt- 

 half that number, and still better with 150,000. 

 Do your part and enable us to do ours to our 

 fullest capacity. 



The Home an<t F«r»i recommends chloride of 

 lime as an Infallible cure for the hog cholera. 

 Dissolve one pound of it in water, and soaJi 

 therein one bushel of corn. Let the hogs cat -.i. 

 full meal of this occasionally. 



White 



,.- - - - '.tlO |Hr oiineo. A complete 



Text^boak on Silk <"ullur.- lor as ot». 'Thiro la no dlavouiil from tlieae iirleei*. 

 Addrcs, FARM AND GARDEN, PHILADELPHIA. PA. 



A snow shovel is easiiv made, and may come 

 handv. A piece of thin board, 2iPXoO inches, or 

 over thrrr/ri-t. .■«> inr)in li.nti, j^irgi f, a cross piece and a handle is all the mate- 

 or weighs over seven pounds ! rial needed, 

 in tme parcel, but any nuni- 



qulretl lo rCKtsler any letter when requesle.l l.i 'I"/-! 

 Pleftfle observe that postal notes are suler to seiitl lliiin 

 bank notes as lliey can tie made payable on the back to 

 our ortler. anil no one else would be sale lo set the 

 monev on them. Stamps are sal.r to seiiil Iban silver. 

 as It often cuts and wears tlirougli ihe letter anil loses in 

 the mall. Do not roolsleii the stamps i.r sliek lliein on 

 the letter but put them in dry ami U»usely. Make all 

 monev orders, bank drafls. etc.. payable tii the order of 

 Chlld"Bros. * (1... Philadelphia, Pa. S4eal all lellersse- 

 curelv and address thent plainly to The I-arm and 

 OARliKN. Philadelphia. Pa. We are so well known to 

 the Past Oinee Department thai the ahiive address is all 

 that Is needed lor a letter lo safely reach us. 



Gdiiioi^ial (sommenii 



These papers ni*c especinlly recoronienilcd to 

 «ur remferH. and sent each one year, with Farm 

 and (>arden. for Ihe followiiie |ii-ice« i— 

 Rural Nevr Yorker and Snd Olilrlbulion. ^i.'H 



American .4cricalliirUt and Eiic|<lo;cilll, . IMH 

 Farmer's Krview. ..... l.'iH 



Hoirie ami Farm. ..... .7.5 



lliree to live pininds 



ber of parcels may be scut 

 The postage is veiy low. (Jne 

 ptmnd or less, six cents; one 

 to three pi>unds, twelve cts.; 

 fighteeit cents; live to seven 

 pounds, twciity-four cents, which also includes 

 free delivery in every town where there is a mail 

 delivery. Had we the same rates which our 

 government, with its overtlowing treasury, could 

 easily establish, wc could receive by mail by 

 parrel post, seetls,vines, pUints, and nterchandiso, 

 seven piiunds for twenty-four cents, English rate, 

 which now costs by mail at our rates, SI. 12; or a 

 letter-parcel of twelve ounces, which jit the Eng- 

 lish 



Take tare of the kitchen and chamber slops, 

 etc. Eiiii)t.v them upon the manure heaps, but 

 do not li 1 them be emptied out near the house. 

 They iiniJiove the manure pile, but are danger- 

 ous when accumulated around the dwelling. 



The best and quickest way to kill fowls le by- 

 cutting oil tluir heads with a sharp axe. It seems 

 to us that the advice of poultry jotinials and 

 commission dealer's circulars, t<i kill poultry by 

 bleeding In the niotith and to " fick hi fore tfifj/ 

 - 1 sliij) blecrlinri," is extremely cruel, and results in 

 rate would cost eight cents, or at our rate ' i, , tub unnecessary sufl'ering to the poor creatures. 



.1 uirllfdUrd pa/H-r t* lil;r <i mll-preparcd dinner, 

 U is .lure to be npprerinttif. 



A farmer who d'n-.i his work out o/ season and a 

 paper thai tvlUs you how to plant corn in winter does 

 not prosper. 



January. "The king is dead; long live the 

 king." 



The old .year has passed away : a new one is 

 born. Wc'bury the one without song and with- 

 out regret, and welcome the other wuh jiliniKst 

 the same feelings of tenderness and Joy which 

 agiliite the inotner's heart wlien she takes the 

 new-born babe to her breast, (ireat hopes arc 

 concentrated in the new-coiner. We go about, 

 our faces radiant with cmoliims of Joy and plea.s- 

 ure* we want to shake the hands of everybody 

 we 'meet, especially yotirs, kind reader, and 

 heartily greet you, Happu Xrw Year I 



In many things the old year has disappointed 

 us; btit the bl(?ssings which it has refused to 

 grant, we expect the new year to bring to us in 

 abundance,— general prosperity, health, wealfli. 

 joy, and happiness. .So passes one year after an- 

 other. In the morning the skies may be serciu 



forty-eight cents. 'ITtcre is a great dilTcrencc in 

 the cheapness of rates. If we can carry books, 

 Ac. at English rate (oite cent for two ounces), why 

 can we not carry letters .and parcels as cheap? 

 Let the average Congressman answer. In the 

 meantime, the American farmer and busiitess 

 man must pay from four and one-half to niite 

 timis as iiiucli, for the same service, as his Eng- 

 lish cousin. Brother farmers, let us hurry up our 

 (/ougress. and get it cheaper letter and parcel 

 postal ser\ ice. 



Let us not forget the many new and important 

 lessons wiiich we have learned during the yesir 

 just pitsM'tl. We wert^ brought face to face with 

 new condlliiins and circumstam-e; we have been 

 forced to abandon old methods and adopt new 

 ones. Some branches of agriculture have suffered 

 serious injury; some industries were nearly 

 wrecked, others, new ones, were ushered into 

 existence. .Mways ready to grasp everything 

 that gives promise of utility and help, we never 

 hesitau- to change f>ur plans and to ht our meth- 

 ods to the new order ol^things. 



We can hanlly conceive of a better plan how to 

 Impress the last season's les.son indelibly on our 

 minds, than by studying again the agricultural 

 papers which we have on flic, and by measuring 

 the teachings and doctrines of the writers, iluir 

 predictions, methods and plans by the critcriini 

 of our own experience during the past year. We 

 can now easily see where those writers were right 

 or wrong, where our own management was at 

 fault, and how wc could have done better. Let 

 these lessons guide us in the fiiture. 



lA-t us Ik' decent about it. If this method 

 slaughtering is preferred, the knilc should enter 

 the fowl's brains before you can think of pickiug. 



The low price of wheat admits ,,f at least ore- 

 consolation. There is hope for a reaction. Checi> 

 wheat must increase consumption, and people 

 having once Ictirned to use more of this coreai, 

 will find it a necessity hereafter. 



Clippings. 



n i.t our d<.iiir to nuike Ihrte so full niul rarifd thai every 

 rf<l*r o/ THK FaKM ASDOABDKN.fl'ii Ililxllth hr!a/i>i 

 no other fxiprr om/rrl in a measure uci/va:nltU with uti 

 the Uadino pttttlicalions. 



The catalogues of our advertisers can be had 



for the asking. Send a postal to the seed dealers 



and tinti'd with gold aiid rose, yet who knows but i and nurserymen. Their catalogues will acquaint 



that diniils may appear tit noon, and the even 

 ing be coUl and stormv. 



We will not siieak ill of the dead. The old 

 year has given us ver.v little reason to grumble, 

 after all. Rich crops have been the covetetl re- 

 ward for the husbandman's earnest efforts, and 

 if prices have ruled a little low, yet we are in a 

 fairly prosperous condition. May the New Year 

 fulflil its mission as well as the old one has done, 

 and be a happy one to every one of our readers. 



January's work on the farm is not less import- 

 ant than that of any other month in the year. 

 Do your chores regularly. Make the wood pile 

 grow from day to day. Gather the ice crop as 

 soon as ripe; it may "shell out" or melt away. 

 It is one of the few crops that will grow without 

 cultivation. All that ft requires is the harvest- 

 ing and storing. Perhaps that is just the very 

 reason why so many do without it. Every farm- 

 er should have an ice house. 



Draw wood and logs while there is sleighing. 



Do tiot neglect to provide ws.tcr for all of your 

 stock every day. no nintter how cold it is. Fowls 

 need diink as w*'ll as cows or horses. 



Get a new aeconut-book, and above all, keep 

 accounts. 



If you turn that new teaf, tuinrt to let it stay 

 turned, aud reiueuiber that the road to failure. 



you with the prices of seeds, plants, trees, and 

 implements, and give you otherwise useful in- 

 formation. Then when the agents and tree ped- 

 dlers come along and ask you K.OO a piece for 

 jiear trees, and il.rii) ea-h for grape vines, as 

 some agents did in Virginia, under the pretense 

 that the pears, etc. were to fruit in two years, 

 and the grape vines were a new kind, needing 

 no trimming, you will know how to treat them. 



M'hilc we endeavor to impart useful knowledge 

 antl deal out seasonable advice, it is also our 

 duty to warn you af;i;iust false prophets: expose 

 the erroneous teacliings of certain writers and 

 journals, and point out to you jHipular errors. 



Here is our first contribution to the list of in- 

 jurious doctrines and pet notions: Vou should 

 not t>elicvc — 



That 2 pecks of seed wheat per aero arc enough 

 and better than six. 

 -That cows shouitl have no salt. 

 ^'Thnt cucumber vines can easily be grown from 

 cuttings. 



That it is more profltable to pack apples in 

 "pony" barrels {ot ■2',-.^ bushels), than in barrels 

 holdliig ^ bushels. 



Tliat city markets always altord bttter prices 

 than local or home niarl^ets. 



From" Jtural Xcir Yor/cir,' .V- ;e I'... /,. 



THE MARLB ORO R ASPBERRY. 



Articles have appeared in the Jiurai lately, rating ihe 

 character of the Marlboro Rasi berry below that giver: 

 hv Its orlBinator. A short time .since a writer, oyer the 

 si'L'iialnre of "A. B. «'." In a halt column descilMng a 

 visit among the fruits, declared the Marlboro to he 

 worthless. When a new Unit Is offered to the country, 

 iiurchasers have an undoubted right to invtsligale its 

 character, and charge it with any weakness or inferi- 

 ority in It: but no one has an honorable ncld lo strlBe 

 In the dark, and then hide himself from Lis o) purent, 

 Thla anonvnuis writer we would not have' nollted, bad 

 we nut lately seen, in the edilotlal column ol the Kvrai, 

 an cvtntet 'from a letter written bv Charles Hownini;. 

 ratini; the quality of the Marlboro lower than any one 

 else has rated it. 



Bit other well-known horticulturists do not agree 

 with Mr. Downing. The Iton. M. P. Wilder in iinder- 

 scoreil lines, savs it is " wrv priod. >Rthaiiiel Hallock, 

 an old raspberry grower, to win .m is auiibmedthe com- 

 mencemeiit of the raspberry business on the Jluoson 

 Elver, savs it is " excenent in flavor, 'Oudce I arrj. oJ 

 N. J., a life-long berry grower, Ba>s it Is ew-ellent In 

 oualitv " P. C. Bevnolds. of ihe ..f ;ii< iiVon Sural liinni. 

 ahort'ifulturlst of long experieiKe. In speaking of some 

 of the finest fruits in exist, nee, ineluiled the Marlbl.ro. 

 "Mr E. S Carman, edili.r of the Burnl yen--imk,r. ihe 

 Exponent of new IruHs, whose fe^'r'ess Btatenienia o( 

 fai'ls are proverbial, and who has declared that be « «ulil 

 publish thetruth if it " buraled H'f -'•"i"-"'. ."if" ")";f ?J«t 

 his opinion at different times to the effect ihat it »ae a 

 delicious rasviherry, and later. " f o r a .^spberry exw- 

 leiit in everv way. plant the new J''"'Horo. Mr. Na- 

 Uian Williams, an old raspberry grower ol Highland, 

 s'.idheri.rea iiieetineof fruit glowers. " that >1 was the 

 finest vai iety he knew of " .', ^ 



We nii"ht add a ihousand more testimonials from. 



horticulturists and edili.rs. It e more vear Hub new 



1-uilwill he In the hmids of ihe peolde. w1,en Ibeimii. 

 Ing of Its character will be heyoud liienai-hol privat. 

 lute'rest and private oiiiiiions. 



rwe have no desire to modify anything we ha 

 ■irnrdlng the Marlboro from our preseiii eyp 



rerrardlng 

 will ■ 



1 It.— Eds, RiBAL Kbw Yorker.] 



A. J. C.iYWflflD * SUN 



ve said" 

 perienee 



A nut for MOu to rrnrk.- Who icn.« the first pmrliriil pr'^ 

 tectionM oud bv whni means did he seek to accontpltsn liu- 

 ;m'pw'.» li,ul;,our ansufr with a rlut, of four .t..(MrrS. 

 tiers, tout we will ptve you a prfiiilum. 



