NIAGARA 
and  nil  old  and  new 
rarieties.  Extra  Quality, 
Warranted  trne.  Low¬ 
est  rate».  Introducers 
of  the  new  Black  drape 
SEED  POTATOES 
If  you  want  to  know  something  about  our  prize 
offer  on  the  Early  Pansy  Potato  and  many  other  old 
and  new  varieties  of  potatoes,  send  for  our  price-list 
as  It  Is  free,  and  tells  all  about  our  fine  potatoes. 
Compare  It  with  others  before  buying. 
S.  R.  KRAMER,  Kingston,  Ross  County,  Ohio. 
Shear  Nonsense. 
A  pint  of  whiskey  will  cause  a  peck  of  trouble.— 
Harvard  Lampoon. 
You  don’t  hear  any  one  threatening  to  knock  the 
spots  off  the  Bun.— Pitttburg  Chronicle. 
Thesk  are  the  times  when  the  physician  practlseth 
diligently  the  art  of  healing,  and  thereby  becometh 
well  heeled.— Chicago  Tribune. 
Ethel:  “  I  will  wait  until  I  find  an  Ideal  man  be¬ 
fore  I  marry.”  Clarissa:  “Yes;  but  suppose  he 
wants  to  marry  an  Ideal  woman  '!  ” — New  York  Press. 
The  microbe  of  the  grip  Is  giving  the  scientists  a 
deal  of  bother,  but  not  half  as  much  as  the  grip  of 
the  microbe  Is  giving  the  plain  people.— St.  Louis 
Post- Dispatch. 
To  our  friends  who  have  not  already  received  It,  we  nre  ready  to  mail 
our  NEW  CATALOGUE  ot 
HIGH-CLASS  SEEDS 
FOR  3002, 
Conta‘  *ng  all  the  Novelties  of  the  Season,  both  in  Vegetable  and  Flower  Seeds. 
V  to  j 
\  HM.  Thorburna  Co.  .15 JohnS:  NewYork.  / 
Seed  Potatoes. 
Choice  selected  Houlton,  Aroostook  County,  Maine, 
Early  Rose,  Beauty  of  Hebron,  and  all  other  well- 
known  varieties.  For  sale  by 
W.  E.  DURYEA’S  SONS, 
Produce  Commission  Merchants, 
119  Warren  Street,  New  York. 
PAtfeUantotti  gufajertiieittg. 
In  writing  to  advertisers  please  always  mention 
The  Rural. 
SEED  POTATOES. 
Old  It  ever  occur  to  vou  that  Aroostook  County. 
Maine,  Seed  Potatoes  are  THE  BEST.  We  do 
not  mean  by  this  that  they  are  as  good  as  any,  but 
that  they  are  absolutely  the  BEST  grown  anywhere. 
The  reasons  for  this  opinion  are  set  forth  In  our  Cat¬ 
alogue  for  1892.  Mailed  free  upon  request. 
WM.  S.  SWEET  &  SON,  Providence,  R.  I. 
cn  Pitch  ole  RURAL  NEW-YORKER 
OU  DUSIIClS  No.  <j  SEED  POTATOES 
for  sale.  $2.50  per  barrel  f.  o.  b. 
P.  W.  JOHNSON,  Pontiac,  Mich. 
PRAY  YOURTREES.  S|  7  S'lSl  S5.50 
Makes  3  Complete  Brass  Machines,  will  spray  io  acres  per  day. 
A  Valuable  lll’d  Hook  (worth  $5.00)  on"  Our  Insect  Foes,"  given  to  each  purchaser.  Our  agents 
are  making  $5  to  $20  per  day.  Satisfaction  guaranteed  or  money  refunded.  120  page 
Farm  Book  sent  for  two  2c.  stamps.  This  book  cost  over  $500  to  com  pile.  1  rice  List  and  111  dCatu  Unjue 
Free.  Mention  this  paper  Address:  P.  C.  LEWIS  MF’G  CO.,  Calskill,  N.  V. 
500  BARRELS  CHOICE  POTATOES 
Will  deliver,  freight  paid,  anywhere  within  200  miles, 
4  barrels,  1  of  each  kind,  your  selection  for  $10  now. 
Monroe  Seedling,  New  Queen,  Hebron,  Sunlit  Star, 
Rural  New-Yorker  No.  2,  Dandy.  Rose.  Send  for  price 
list  of  other  varieties,  from  $2  per  barrel  up. 
V.  STONEROAD.  Lewlstown,  Pa. 
SEED  POTATOES  OVLY 
Better  buy  of  seedsmen  who  handle  only  one  thing, 
and  grow  their  own  seed,  than  of  those  who  handle 
everything,  but  grow  nothing  themselves.  We  knmv 
Our  Stock,  because  we  grew  It.  Can  make  Low  Prices 
for  the  same  reason.  32-page  Illustrated  Catalogue, 
Free.  L.  L.  OLDS.  Potato  Seedsmen,  Clinton.  Wls. 
FOR  SALE. 
Forty  bushels  Rural  New-Yorker  No.  2  Potatoes. 
Prices  on  application. 
H.  M.  ENGLE  &  SON, 
Marietta,  Pa. 
SEED  POTATOES. — 1,000  bus.  Early  Ohio,  very 
fine;  order  now.  Will  ship  In  spring,  f.  o.  b.,  60c. 
per  bus.,  $1.50  per  bbl.  M.  Ansley,  Geneva,  N.Y. 
17IARLY  SEED  POTATOES  FOR  SALE.— Prollfics, 
mature  5  to  8  days  earlier  than  any  other  variety. 
300  bushels  per  acre' on  my  farm  last  season.  Un¬ 
equaled.  Only  $2  per  bushel.  M.  C.  CHASE,  Box  990, 
Binghamton,  N.  Y. 
T.  V.  MUNSON,  Denison,  Texas. 
INTRODUCER  Brilliant  Grape  and  Parker  Earle 
Strawberry  HEA DOUAItTEKS.  Catalogue  free. 
Catalogue  free. 
READER  MRE  fiowers 
■  ■  ■choice  only,  address  ELLIS  RROS. 
Keene,  N.H.  It  will  astonish  and  please.  WFKKE 
CANADA  m  |_|  mm  A 
UNLEACHKD  M 
HARD-WOOD  ■  ■  ■■■ 
Nature’s  Own  Fertilizer. 
Send  for  Sample,  Prices,  Pamphlet  and  Guaranteed 
analysis  to  THE  FOREST  CITY  WOOD  ASH 
CO..  London,  Ont.,  Canada.  Our  Office  at  South 
OtheISeeds^qually^Relmble 
Annual  Free,  "  WrirefrrlFNnW! 
A  .W.  LIVINGSTON’S  SONS, 
BOX  309  COLUMBUS,  OHIO. 
■atInt  Chilled  Centennial  Swivel  Plow. 
At  the  head  lor  AR^  No  Dead 
Level  Land  and  furrows. 
Hillside.  Lightest^ 
_  _ _ Best  Quality  Work. 
ffcr  -53)$*  MADE  ONLY  BY 
a  /■  -  min  ames  plow  co., 
xjjf  B°SNEWaYORK 
Send  for  circulars  and  catalogue. 
^  AiUlCHt  imiirvve«i  and  Cheapest*  Our  Perfection  ana 
^Empire  Pumps  stir  the  liquid  automatically  and  will  spray  1  OO  Trees  Per  Hour. 
We  make  the  Little  Gem  and  Gartteld  Knupaack  Sprayers  an.l  the  Vermorcl.  hne 
spray  nozzle,  most  economical  spray  nozzle  in  the  world.  Also  a  Horse  Power  Sprayer  at  low  price. 
We  sell  Sulphate  of  Copper.  Paris  Oreen  and  Condon  Purple  at  wholesale  prices.  Catalogue  free.Wriie 
address  plainly, giving  county. FIELD  FOKCE  PCM  POO.  113  BrUtol  Ave.LOCKPOUT,X.Y, 
1 64 
March  5 
T  ||  r  I/IMOIO  a  BLACKCAP.  The  Best 
IHr  R  ANNAN  early  large  Raspberry. 
MIL  IVMIIUHU  Strongest  growth,  healthy 
foliage,  very  productive.  Choice  Fruit  and  Orna 
mental  Trees.  KANSAS  HOME  NURSERY, 
A.  H.  GRIESA,  Box  J,  Lawrence,  Kas. 
0TD  IU/DCDDV  PLANTS  by  mall,  300  of  4  kinds, 
OlnaVTDtnnT  early  to  late,  only  s#  1 .  By  Ex.  per 
1,000,  $1  and  up.  Best  plants  and  packing.  Price  list 
free.  All  berry  plants. 
SLA YM AKER  &  SON,  Dover,  Del. 
THE  RURAL  NEW-YORKER. 
ARE  ON  THEIR  OWN  ROOTS,  j 
and  cost  no  more  than  the  other  kinds.  ] 
Propagated  and  grown  by  special  methods  of  ’ 
our  own,  they  grow  and  bloom  wherever  ’ 
grass  grows  and  water  runs.  4 
We  are  much  the  largest  Rose  growers  I 
in  America.  Our  mail  system  insures  free  I 
and  safe  delivery,  and  makes  us  your  next  I 
door  neighbor.  Our  New  GUIDE  for  189*2  I 
is  the  handsomest  and  best  flower  book  out.  ^ 
Tells  how  to  select,  get  and  keep  upwards  of  j 
2000  varieties  of  ROSES,  BULBS,  j 
HARDY  PLANTS  and  SEEDS.  J 
Free  to  every  one,  for  the  asking. 
The  DINGEE  &.  CON ARD  CO.  ! 
Rose  Growers  &*Scctfstnen,  WEST  GROVE, PA.  . 
I  will  send  T7AT  T  my  cat¬ 
alogue  of  J  V-F  LJ  fruits  and 
flowers  free  W rite  for  it. 
For  sample  ^  and  p  k  t . 
of  choice  |H  flower  seeds 
Enclose  five  v  ^  2c.  stamps. 
WM.  B.  REED,  Box  3,  Chambersburg,  Pa. 
I  50,000  PEACH  TREES  FOR  SALE. 
Besides  this  we  have  an  enormous  stock  of  every 
variety  of  fruit  and  shade  trees,  vines,  plants,  etc., 
best  quality.  In  any  quantity,  at  prices  that  defy  com¬ 
petition.  No  yellows,  no  contagious  diseases.  Cata¬ 
logue  and  best  terms  free  to  all  readers  of  this  paper. 
Address  FREDERICK  NURSERY,  Frederick  Clty.Md. 
C  lery, Onion  and  Farm  Lands 
FOR  SALE. 
SI  vted  In  Central  New  York  State,  near  stations  of 
tl  railroads.  Large  or  small  pieces.  Also  a  line 
vi  l  lot.  Address 
tED.  WILLIAMS,  121  Genesee  St.,  Utica,  N.  Y. 
CONTENTS. 
Rural  New-Yorker,  March  5,  1892. 
Maple  trees,  12  to  14  feet  high,  1^-lnch  and  2  Inches 
in  diameter.  Nice,  straight  and  bushy. 
MURRAY  &  KEENE,  Flushing,  N.  Y. 
FRENCH jkPERCHERON 
COACH  HORSES.  ^ 
ure  Stallions  imported  in  ‘91  than! 
ny  other  firm  More. Government" 
rize  winners  than  any  two  firms. 
10  Prizes  at  four  leading  American^ 
UTS.  for  illustrated  catalogue.  , 
200  STALLIONS  AND  MARES 
(Largely  from  TONGLEUR7513 
(115961  winner  of  40  Prizes  and  Gold 
Medals  with  his  tret  in  1891 
Visitors  welcome.  Correspondence  solicited. 
JQHM  V  m  SCiPULNY. 
FARM  TOPICS. 
Vertical  Drainage . 
Crimson  Clover  In  New  Jersey . 
Draining  a  Wet  Field . 
Top-Dressing  Wheat  in  Spring . 
Profit-Sharing  in  Farming . 
LIVE  STOCK  AND  DAIRY. 
A  Million  Pounds  of  Butter . 
Abortion  in  Dairy  Cows . 
What  Is  Being  Done  in  Oleo . 
Feeding  Potatoes  ;  A  Butter  Ration . 
Too  Good  a  Ration  for  Milk . 
Ration  for  Working  Oxen . 
Beans  for  Sheep . 
Galloway  Hides . 
Delivering  Milk  in  Havana . 
A  Monstrous  Milk  Pool . . 
HORTICULTURAL. 
An  Acre  of  Onions . 
Double  Crops  of  Potatoes . 
Keeping  Cauliflowers . 
Pea  Weevil . 
Tomato  Rot . . . 
Disease  of  Plums,  Peaches  and  Cherries . 
Long-Keeping  Qualities  of  Grapes . 
Chemicals  and  Celery . 
Shaffer’s  Raspberry . 
WOMAN  AND  THE  HOME. 
Rural  New-Yorker  Notes . . 
Women  and  Children . 
Too  Loose  a  Rein . 
The  Value  of  Accounts . 
MISCELLANEOUS. 
Plants  for  South  Dakota . 
Whole  Wheat  Flour . 
Potato  Stalk  Weevil . 
Can  Farmers  Afford  Wide  Tires  ' . . . 
What  Others  Say . 
No  Mongoose  for  us'.' . 
The  Anti-Option  Bill . 
Editorial . . .  . 
Brevities . 
Business  Bits . 
Publisher’s  Desk . 
Crop  and  Market  Notes . 
Agricultural  News . 
Markets . 
Shear  Nonsense . 
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AGENTS  WANTED  ON  SALARY 
or  conimislon,  to  handle  the  new  Patent  Chemical 
Ink  Erasing  Pencil.  The  quickest  and  greatest  sel¬ 
ling  novelty  ever  produced.  Erases  Ink  thoroughly 
In  two  seconds.  No  abrasion  of  paper.  Works  like 
magic.  2(  0  to  500  per  cent  profit.  One  Agent’s  sales 
amounted  to  $620  in  six  days.  Another  $82  In  two 
hours.  Previous  experience  not  necessary.  For  terms 
and  full  particulars,  address,  The  Monroe  ^Eraser 
M  f’g  Co..  La  Crosse  Wls.,  X  1 T5. 
i  |  |P  |  |  Clippi  ICC"'  Kind,‘  Water,  Gat,  Oil, 
l/L  I  |  OUrrUCO  Mining,  Ditching.  Pump 
|-  fng,  Wind  A  n team  Math  'y.  Encyclopedia  25c 
■  ■■  -—“The  Amer.can  Well  Work*,  Aurora,  III 
i3S.Canai.St  , CHIC  AGO, ILL.  I  Branoh 
eLU  Street,  DALLAS,  TEXAS.  ) 
50,000  Fine  Peach  Trees, 
own  from  pure  natural  seed,  for  sale  at  a  sacrifice, 
will  exchange  in  large  lots  for  good  real  estate 
ill  located,  or  good  personal  property.  For  descrip- 
-c  catalogue  address  „„ 
K.  K.  COCHRAN  &  CO., 
Middletown  Nursery  and  Fruit  Farm, 
Middletown,  Del. 
Cl  C  C  C  You  will  have 
O  w  vs  Vs  E,  09  if  you  sow 
FAUST’S 
TESTED  SEEDS 
The  following  special  offers  are  made  to  more 
generally  introduce  our  Tested  Seeds  that  grow  and  give  satisfac¬ 
tion.  *!.<><>  Collection  New  and  standard  Vegetable 
Seeds,  all  the  best  varieties,  35  pkts.,  cnough/or  a  large  garden, 
$1.00  postpaid.  Grand  Pansy  Collection,  10  pkts.  choicest 
varieties,  40  eta.,  and  our  new  book  on  Pansy  Culture.  Pearl 
Collection  Flower  Seed*,  11  pkts.  popular  varieties,  525  eta. 
K  u  by  Collection  Flower  Seeds,  16  pkts.  rare  seeds.  50  eta. 
Grand  Gladioli  Collection,  10  Fine  varieties,  50  eta. 
Koac.a,  4  Lovely  Tea  Roses,  white,  pink,  yellow  and  scarlet,  all 
strong,  well  rooted  plants,  sure  to  grow,  and  the  New  Moon 
Vine  for  50  eta.  Ten  Splendid  Kverblooinliis;  Koaea 
all  different  and  choicest  kinds,  and  the  True  Manettia 
Vine,  *1.00.  Buy  your  seeds  from  the  growers,  Wood  lawn 
Farms,  1300  acres.  Our  handsome  Illustrated  Catalogue  free* 
describes  all  the  novelties  and  standard  varieties;  you  need  it. 
Write  to-day.  Combination  Flower  Seeds,  1000  varieties, 
and  Catalogue  for  10  centa.  New  flowers  daily  for  mouths, 
H.  C.  FAUST  &  CO. 
SI  *  66  S.  Front  St.  &  l«0  irch  St.,  PHILADELPHIA,  PA. 
dwarf<^,  lf  Y“u  **flT 
EK$^^rSE°EDDS, 
.plants; 
WRlNKL^^OcrT^OT]  o«T  REES. 
CLAREMONT  Land  Association, 
Offers  600  choice  farms;  3,000  handsome  towr. 
lots  on  James  River,  with  terms  to  suit  purchasers 
Free  circular. 
SAM’L  B.  WOODS,  LEWIS  D.  AYLETT, 
Mayor  City  or  Charlottes-  Formerly  Treasurer 
ville.  Va.  Commissioner  Georgia  Pacific  R  R 
of  Virginia.  VIRGINIA, 
ALBEMARLE  COUNTY. 
The  great  fruit,  grain  and  stock  raising  section  of 
the  State.  Winters  mild  and  short.  Scenery  beautiful. 
Health  fine.  Near  the  great  markets.  Educational 
advantages  unsurpassed. 
Land  Good  !  Prices  Cheap  !  Taxes  Low  ! 
Farms  and  City  property  for  sale.  Writ*1  to 
WOODS  <fc  AYLETT,  Charlottesville.  Va. 
LINDS  AY’S 
Horse-Tooth  Ensilage  Seed  Corn 
Large  Grain,  Small  Cob,  Heavy  Foliage.  Write  for 
Sample  and  Price  to 
LINDSAY  &  CO.,  Portsmouth,  Va. 
“Mb.  Park  Your  Flower  Seeds  are  simply 
perfect  They  always  grow,  and  the  flowers  are  the 
wonder'  of  neighbors  who  buy  the  common  seeds.  bo 
writes  a  patron,  and  she  speaks  the  miud  of  thousands  of 
flower  lovers  who  will  buy  only  of  i’ark. 
Choice  Flower  Seeds  are  Park’s  specialty. 
He  does  not  handle  vegetable  seeds,  potatoes  and 
poultry.  He  supplies  the  hest  Flower  heeds  and  Ms 
FLORAL  GUIDE,  full?  illustrated,  tell"  all  about  them. 
Send  for  it.  It  will  give  you  some  new  floral  ideas. 
ORDER  OF  adv.  will  not  appear  again.]  CEO.  W.  PARK, 
pKTS>  25  CTS.Tj  R|Ch’D  NOTT.  [  ■  Flower  Seed  Specialist,  Libonid,  Pci« 
BURLINGTON. VT.  U.S. A. Catalogue  free 
PLANTS 
Corn,! 
Beans, 
Ensilage, 
p*T  _  Kto. 
aspinwall 
distributes 
FERTILIZERS. 
mmm  Absolutely  Guaranteed. 
IUu»ti»ted  Circular  sent  Frsa. 
{Mention  IhU  paper.) 
MFG.  CO.,  Throe  Rivero,  Mloh 
GRAPE 
Also  other  SHALL  FRUITS.  New  Descriptive  Catalogue  Free.  T.  S.  IIUBBABD  CO.,  FKEDONIA,  K.Y. 
E  THF  RARRETT  picket  and  wire 
I  ML  UnRIlL  I  I  fence  machine 
Weaves  to  the  posts.  A  universal  favorite.  Thousands  in  use.  Guar¬ 
anteed.  Freight  paid.  Agents  are  reporting  big  sales.  Machines,  Wire, 
etc.,  at  wholesale,  direct  from  factory,  to  Farmers  where  I  have  no  agent. 
Catalogue  free.  Address  the  manufacturer, 
S.H.GARRETT,  MANSFIELD, OHIO. 
THE  COLERAIN 
Is  the  best  early  grape,  and  is  very  hardy,  a  good 
grower,  and  a  prolific  bearer.  The  Fruit  hangs  well 
U>  the  vine— almost  seedless.  It  has  taken  first  pre¬ 
miums  at  State  and  County  Fairs  wherever  exhibited. 
Write  for  term 8  and  testimonials  to 
COLERAIN  GRAPE  CO.. 
All  vines  sold  uuder  seal.  Colerain,  Ohio. 
PRAY  m  FRUIT  TREES  i  VINES 
Wormy  Fruit  and  Leaf  Blight  of  Apple.,  Pan,  Cherries,  CVPCI  ClfiD  IPKAYIN* 
Grape  and  Potato  Rot,  Plum  Onrcnlia  prevented  by  using  LAuLLOlUn  OUTFITS. 
PERFECT  FRUIT  ALWAYS  SELLS  AT  COOD  PRICES.  Catalogue Ao. 
ing  all  injurious  insects  to  Fruits  mailed  free.  Large  ntork  of  Frnit  Trees,  Vines, 
and  Berry  Plants  at  Bottom  Prices.  Address  WJU. STAUJL,  Quincy,  Ills. 
