THE  RURAL  NEW-YORKER. 
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The  Haps  and  Mishaps  of  a  Hill  of  Corn 
( Continued . ) 
“  We’ll  soon  he  out  of  the  ground,” 
joyfully  came  in  a  chorus  from  the  im¬ 
patient  seeds.  But,  alas!  that  very  night 
there  commenced  a  cold  rain,  that  soon 
soaked  the  ground  all  about  them  and 
made  it  so  cold  that  in  spite  of  huddling 
together  they  could  not  get  warm.  Near¬ 
ly  every  day  for  a  long  time  it  rained,  and 
at  last  it  came  to  be  a  matter  of  life  and 
death;  indeed  one  of  the  weaker  ones 
began  to  turn  black,  and  look  as  if  it 
couldn’t  get  well,  and  it  didn’t  either,  for 
it  only  made  a  little,  sickly  plant  that 
the  hot  sun  soon  killed.  It  fared  hard 
with  all  of  them,  but  the  little  one  stood 
it  the  best.  At  last  when  the  rain 
stopped,  such  a  hard  crust  of  ground  had 
been  beaten  down  over  them  that  it  re¬ 
quired  their  utmost  strength  to  get 
through,  while  Fatty,  who  in  his  pride 
had  kept  to  himself,  found  it  almost  im¬ 
possible  to  get  out ;  at  last  he  succeeded, 
but  his  back  was  bent  and  weak  for  a 
long  time,  and  he  complained: 
“  Oh,  I  am  so  tired  and  stiff,  I  believe 
I’ve  got  the  rheumatism  in  every  joint.” 
“  Ila  !  ha  !”  laughed  the  little  one,  “you 
would  stay  by  yourself,  now  you’ve  got 
your  pay.” 
“  Shut  up,”  said  the  big  one,  but  they 
only  laughed  the  more  at  his  anger. 
“  How  lovely  this  fresh  air  is,”  said  the 
middle-sized  one  to  his  sister. 
“  It  is  just  delicious,”  she  replied,  “  I 
guess  our  troubles  are  over  now.” 
All  at  once  a  great  black  object  came 
hopping  up  and  before  they  could  move, 
one  of  the  tender  little  plants  was  pulled 
out,  roots  and  all,  so  suddenly  that  all 
the  others  were  nearly  upturned,  and 
they  all  gave  a  loud  cry,  but  the  crow 
only  cried,  “Caw,  caw,  caw,  I’ve  got 
mine,”  and  ran  to  the  next  hill. 
“Gracious,  what  a  scare  that  was!” 
they  said,  still  all  of  a  tremble.  “  Poor 
follow  !  he  came  to  a  sudden  end.  Who 
will  go  next  ?” 
“It  won’t  be  me,”  declared  Fatty,  still 
full  of  pride,  although  he  was  as  white  as 
could  be,  and  shaking  all  over. 
That  night  as  they  were  whispering 
together  as  to  what  they  would  do  if 
another  crow  came  along,  the  little  one 
who  had  very  sharp  eyes  suddenly  turned 
pale  and  said. 
“  What’s  that  ?” 
“  Where  ?  ” 
“  Don’t  you  see  that  thing  crawling 
along,  right  this  way  ?” 
“  Oh,  yes  !  What  can  it  be  ?  What  shall 
we  do  ?”  they  all  cried  in  a  breath. 
(To  be  continued. ) 
Poultry  Yard. 
Kerosene  in  the  Poultry  Yard. 
I  have  used  kerosene  (coal  oil  we  name 
it  here)  on  roosts,  nest  boxes  and  else¬ 
where  to  destroy  lice  for  10  years,  with 
very  satisfactory  results.  I  use  the  crude 
oil  as  it  comes  from  the  well  in  the  Santa 
Cruz  Mountains.  It  does  not  evaporate 
so  quickly  as  the  refined  oil  and  conse¬ 
quently  is  more  lasting  and  effective  in 
killing  and  keeping  away  lice. 
The  oil  is  put  on  very  liberally  with  a 
paint  brush.  I  have  reason  to  believe 
that  it  is  not  irritating  to  the  fowl’s  feet, 
on  the  contrary,  I  think  it  is  soothing 
and  healing.  My  fowls  go  to  roost  some¬ 
times  while  the  roosts  are  yet  wet  with 
the  oil  and  their  feet  keep  in  fine  condi¬ 
tion  although  the  breeding  yards  are  very 
hard,  not  having  been  plowed  or  other¬ 
wise  disturbed  for  5  to  10  years. 
The  only  objection  I  have  to  the  use  of 
oil  is  that  it  soils  the  plumage  somewhat, 
particularly  that  of  the  white  fowls.  I 
can  hardly  believe  that  Mr.  Jacobs  has 
had  any  practical  experience  with  coal 
oil,  after  reading  his  opinion  in  a  late 
Rural.  I  am  now  preparing  to  try  sul¬ 
phur  fumes  for  ridding  my  houses  of  lice, 
spiders  and  all  other  vermin.  My  plan  is 
to  cover  the  houses  with  a  canvas  made 
for  the  purpose  and  burn  sulphur  within 
for  a  couple  of  hours.  I  am  satisfied  that 
sulphur  fumes  will  kill  any  living  thing 
and  also  act  as  a  disinfectant,  h.  g.  k. 
A  California  man  says  he  has  “  found 
out  that  live-oak  acorns  pounded  up  so 
that  the  hens  can  get  the  meat,  form  a 
splendid  article  of  food,  besides  being 
very  cheap,  for  by  a  few  hours’  work,  a 
man  can  gather  bushels  of  them.” 
*  *  * 
A  short  time  ago  I  sat  down  to  dinner 
in  a  hotel  at  the  same  table  with  two 
young  “bucks,”  evidently  recent  grad¬ 
uates  who  had  “accepted”  positions  as 
drummers  for  wholesale  houses.  On  the 
bill-of-fare  was  baked  chicken.  We  all 
decided  to  try  it,  and  I  received  a  leg  and 
each  of  the  drummers  a  wing.  The 
moment  I  saw  it  I  knew  it  was  a  pullet 
of  yore,  and  I  called  for  a  steel  to  whet 
my  knife  on.  The  drummers  tried  their 
wings  and  laid  them  down. 
“  Do  you  know  what  kind  of  chicken 
this  is  ?” 
“  Spring — steel  !”  replied  the  othex\” 
“That  shows  plainly  that  you’re  not 
up  to  date  on  fowl  matters.  I  know 
what  breed  a  chicken  belongs  to  the 
moment  I  set  my  teeth  against  it.” 
“Name  this.” 
“I  can  do  it.  It  is  Plymothus  Rockus  !  ” 
“  Be  blessed  if  I  don’t  think  you’re 
right  this  time,  for  this  is  about  the  rock¬ 
iest  chicken  I  ever  met  with  !  ” 
Then  naught  was  heard  save  the  clink 
of  dishes,  the  gulick  of  mastication  and 
the  steamboatic  sighs  of  the  waitresses. 
F.  G. 
Sometimes  a  Cot.d  will  not  Yield  to  ordinary 
remedies,  because  of  the  severe  inflammation  of  the 
delicate  lining  of  the  tubes  through  which  the  air  we 
breathe  is  distributed  to  the  lungs.  This  condition 
produces  Pain  and  Soreness,  Hoarseness,  Cough, 
Difficulty  of  Breathing,  Hectic  Fever,  and  a  Spitting 
of  Blood,  Matter  or  Phlegm,  finally  exhausting  the 
strength  of  the  patient,  and  developing  very  Berlous 
disease.  Dr.  Jayne’s  Expectorant  seldom  falls  to  re¬ 
move  these  symptoms,  by  relieving  the  lungs  of  all 
obstructing  matter,  and  healing  all  soreness.  Pleu¬ 
risy,  Asthma  and  Bronchitis  are  likewise  cured  by 
this  standard  remedy,  and  the  reputation  it  has 
maintained  for  so  many  years,  affords  the  best  guar¬ 
anty  of  its  merit. — Adv. 
Farming  Tools  for  Brazil. 
The  attention  of  manufacturers  is 
invited  to  the  following : 
The  Escola  Agronomica  is  newly  es¬ 
tablished  on  a  fazenda  of  500  acres  in 
the  State  of  Sao  Paulo — the  richest  agri¬ 
cultural  region  of  Brazil.  It  is  organized 
in  the  interest  of  progressive  agricul¬ 
ture,  provides  a  scientific  course  of  four 
years  with  daily  labor  for  students,  and 
sets-  apart  the  fi  rst  Saturday  of  every  month 
for  the  entertainment  of  visitors.  It  is  the 
first  college  of  the  kind  in  South  America, 
is  endowed  by  wealthy  and  influential 
citizens,  and  is  attracting  widespread 
attention. 
Among  other  things,  the  institution 
aims  to  introduce  better  implements  for 
the  cultivation  of  the  soil — especially  the 
tenacious  red  clays  of  the  rolling  lands— 
and  for  harvesting  and  handing  crops ; 
but  it  desires  first  to  ascertain  what  are 
best  suited  to  the  conditions  that  prevail. 
To  this  end  the  college  makes  the  fol¬ 
lowing  offer  to  the  manufacturer  of  any 
farming  tools  likely  to  succeed  :  If  you 
will  donate  the  sample  or  samples — made 
precisely  like  those  for  the  regular  trade 
— we  will  pay  all  cost  of  transportation, 
and  afford  every  facility  for  trial  and  ex¬ 
hibition,  the  tools  to  remain  the  property 
of  the  college. 
Shall  not  the  United  States  secure  her 
share  of  the  trade  sure  to  follow  this 
stimulus  to  the  introduction  of  improved 
machinery  ?  The  college  knows  of  no 
better  way  than  this  to  enable  her  to  do 
so  nor  to  give  all  an  equal  chance  to  dis¬ 
play  the  excellence  of  their  goods. 
Any  manufacturers  accepting,  please 
mark  goods  “For  Escola  Agronomica, 
Piracicaba,  S.  P.  Brazil,  care  Sr.  Louiz 
Queiros,”  and  ship  to  the  Thompson  & 
Houston  Electrical  Company,  115  Broad¬ 
way,  New  York,  who  will  receive,  pay 
freight  and  forward.  Also  please  advise 
the  subscriber  by  letter  of  such  ship¬ 
ment,  and  of  terms  on  which  orders  will 
be  received. 
EUGENE  DAVENPORT,  Director. 
FOR  A  TOMATO 
I  Last  spring  I  offered  *500  to  any  person  pro- 
"  ducinga  3  lb.  Mammoth  Prize  Tomutol 
„ — . „riic.  - — T.  R.  Harris,  Abbott,  Neb.,  won  it 
rtiri  f  H I C  0  o  II P.  H  rrJT-y  with  one  weighing  3  lbs.  8)$  ozs., 
I  1  and  I  sent  him  my  cheek  for  *500.  It 
1  measured  over8>i  in.  in  diameter. 
’  37  tomatoes  grew  on  one  stem  over 
3  feet  from  the  ground.  Largest 
plant  on  record  Hi  ft.  6  in.  tali. 
sr:  This  mammoth  strain  creates  a 
sensation  wherever  it  goes,  and  is 
r  the  largest  ever  offered.  Thous¬ 
ands  of  my  customers  have  grown 
them  to  weigh  over  46  ozs.  Tho 
quality  is  excellent;  after  you 
once  test  it  you  will  grow  no 
others,  if  well  cared  fortliey  will 
produce  1  bu.  to  a  plant  (seecut) 
of  large,  smooth,  bright  red  to¬ 
matoes,  very  solid  with  only  a  few 
seeds  in  each,  and  entirely  free 
i  from  rot.  If  started  early,  fruit 
ripens  from  July  4th  until  frost. 
Thisyear  I  offer  *500  Cash  to  any 
person  producing  a  '•’•'A  lb.  tomato, 
i  (It  can  be  done.)  Full  directions 
how  Mr.  Harris  grew  his  with 
each  order.  Plant  some,  you  may 
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Is  all  head  and  sure  to  head,  very 
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IMLY  SNOWBALL  TURNIP 
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*500  offered  largest  order;  *500  for  a  pansy  blossom ;  8300 
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rs^l  will  send  a  packet  each  of  Prize  Tomato,  Cabbngo 
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[  digging  £6006 ush  , 
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