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TIIE  RURAL  NEW-YORKER 
April  23 
agricultural  news. 
There  are  Indications  that  the  various  cattle 
breeders’  associations  of  the  country  will  soen  take  a 
hand  In  the  renewal  of  the  struggle  against  that 
gigantic  fraud,  hog  butter,  which  is  so  Insidiously 
undermining  their  Interests. 
A  Danish  Inventor  claims  to  have  perfected  a 
milking  machine,  which  he  will  soon  place  on  the 
market.  Without  being  complicated,  the  inventor 
has  secured  a  perfect  analogy  to  the  clasp  of  the 
hand  on  the  teat,  and  all  four  are  milked  at  once.  It 
milks  but  a  single  cow  at  a  time,  but  does  the  work 
well  and  with  no  Injury  to  the  udder. 
Very  full  reports  have  been  received  covering  the 
Injury  Inflicted  on  the  fruit  crops  In  the  Southern 
States,  and  go  to  show  that  the  peach,  plum  and  pear 
crops  of  Arkansas,  Tennessee,  Mississippi,  Ala¬ 
bama,  Louisiana  and  Texas  have  been  destroyed. 
Each  additional  advice  confirms  the  earlier  reports 
made  covering  the  situation,  and  leaves  no  room  for 
doubt.  There  are  doubtless  a  few  Isolated  or  pro¬ 
tected  spots  that  possibly  escaped,  but  not  sufficient 
to  make  any  Impression  in  any  of  the  leading  mar¬ 
kets. 
The  railways  carrying  milk  to  New  York  on  the 
west  side  of  the  Hudson  have  united  In  the  following 
circular  : 
To  All  Concerned. — On  and  after  April  1, 1892, 
the  rate  on  cream  from  all  stations  on  the  above 
lines  to  Jersey  City,  Hoboken  or  Weebawken  will  be 
advanced  to  50  cents  per  can  of  40  quarts. 
The  old  price  on  a  can  of  cream  was  42  cents,  10 
more  than  was  charged  for  milk,  though  it  weighs 
less.  It  would  be  curious  to  know  upon  what  theory 
this  increase  In  a  price,  already  too  high,  has  been 
made. 
The  fourth  annual  meeting  of  the  New  York  State 
Poultry  Society  was  largely  attended  at  Rochester,  N. 
Y.,  on  April  (i.  The  following  oflicers  wfere  elected 
for  the  coming  year:  President,  Geo.  K.  Peer,  of 
Rochester,  N.  Y.;  First  Vice-president,  Jas.  Forsythe 
of  Owego;  Second  Vice-President,  J.  F.  Knox  of  Buf¬ 
falo;  Secretary.  F.  E.  Dawley  of  Syracuse;  Treasurer, 
Wm.  P.  Wheeler  of  Geneva.  Board  of  Directors: 
J.  Y.  Blcknell,  of  Buffalo,  Erie  County;  H.  O.  Travis, 
of  Canastota,  Madison  County;  W.  F.  Brace,  of  Vic¬ 
tor,  Ontario  County;  Jas.  E.  Hazard,  of  Elmira, 
Chemung  County;  L.  D.  Ely,  of  Rochester,  Monroe 
County;  A.  H.  Ellis,  Hillsborough  Point,  Essex 
County.  The  Exhibition  Committee,  which  will  com¬ 
plete  and  carry  out  all  arrangements  for  the  Society’s 
exhibition  which  is  to  be  held  at  Rochester,  January 
23  to. 28, 1893  Is  Geo.  E.  Peer,  E.  O.  Wader,  O.  S.  Bam- 
ber,  M.  D.,  L.  I).  Ely  and  W.  F.  Brace. 
Condensed  Correspondence 
Seneca  County,  N.  Y.— Wheat  is  coming  out  in 
fine  shape  from  under  Its  winter  covering.  But 
little  of  it  has  been  winter-killed.  The  acreage 
is  unusually  large.  Clover  seed  Is  very  high  this 
spring  and  many  farmers  In  this  section  are  obliged 
to  buy.  From  25  to  50  per  cent  of  the  peach  buds  are 
still  alive,  enough  to  secure  a  good  crop  if  they  are 
not  injured  later.  The  snow  goes  off  very  slowly,  as 
it  Is  more  than  usually  solid.  The  roads  are  horrible 
in  some  places,  while  In  others  they  are  nearly  set¬ 
tled.  Board  fences  and  hedges  fill  the  roads  with 
snow,  and,  where  they  exist,  It  will  be  some  time  be¬ 
fore  the  roads  get  passable.  Farm  laborers  are  re¬ 
ceiving  from  818  to  $25  per  month.  S.  A.  LITTLE. 
Beaver  County,  Pa.— The  peach  and  pear  crops 
have  been  mostly  winter-killed.  Cherries  have  been 
partly  killed.  This  was  caused  by  the  cold  wave  of 
January  20,  while  the  trees  were  heavily  loaded  with 
ice  and  the  temperature  15  degrees  below  rero.  April 
came  in  very  warm  and  everything  is  growing  finely, 
and  a  big  lot  of  plowing  is  being  done.  Some  oats 
have  been  already  sowed  March  was  very  hard  on 
late  wheat,  and  a  great  proportion  of  it  was  planted 
late.  E.  ENGLE. 
AGRICULTURAL  LEGISLATION, 
The  following  is  the  law  to  guard  against  the  rav¬ 
ages  of  peach  yellows,  passed  by  the  Maryland  Leg¬ 
islature  at  Its  recent  session  :  Any  person  shipping 
or  selling  diseased  trees  shall,  upon  conviction  be¬ 
fore  a  justice  of  the  peace,  be  fined  $10  or  sent  to  jail 
for  a  term  not  exceeding  30  days.  Any  person  who 
becomes  aware  of  the  existence  of  the  yellows  in  any 
orchard  or  tree,  Is  authorized  to  destroy  the  same, 
and  no  action  shall  lie  against  him  for  trespass  for 
so  doing.  The  county  commissioners  are  authorized 
to  appoint  three  peach  growers  in  each  election  dis¬ 
trict  to  act  as  a  commission  for  the  destruction  of 
diseased  trees.  The  commission  has  full  authority 
to  order  the  destruction  of  any  diseased  tree,  and 
any  person  who  shall  refuse  to  destroy  a  tree  when 
proper  notice  has  been  given,  shall,  upon  conviction 
before  a  justice  of  the  peace,  be  lined  not  exceeding 
$10,  and  pay  all  costs  incident  to  the  trial  and  the 
destruction  of  the  tree.  The  act  delines  the  symp¬ 
toms  of  yellows  as  follows  :  A  premature  ripening 
of  the  fruit,  which  is  flavorless,  and  with  the  color 
thereof  not  solid,  but  mottled;  wiry  growth  of  shoots 
from  the  trunk  or  branches  of  the  tree. 
The  bill  removingjthe  JdutyDfrom  ;wool  Jhas  |been 
passed  by  the  House  of  Representatives  by  a  vote  of 
192  to  GO.  It  will  probably  not  get  through  the  Senate. 
The  New  York  Legislature  has  passed  the  black 
knot  bill,  recommended  by  the  Western  New  York 
Horticultural  Society.  It  declares  every  infected 
tree  a  nuisance,  and  provides  for  the  appointment 
of  commissioners  to  destroy  them  if  the  owner  does 
not  do  so. 
The  Richardson  bill,  providing  that  the  State  shall 
pay  for  glandered  horses,  was  defeated  in  the  Assem¬ 
bly,  as  it  should  have  been. 
The  Personal  Discomfort,  and  the  worry  of  a 
Constant  Cough,  and  the  Soreness  of  Lungs  and 
Throat  which  usually  attend  it,  are  all  remedied  by 
Dr.  I).  Jayne’s  Expectorant,  a  safe  medicine  for  Pul¬ 
monary  disorders  and  Throat  Affections.— A  dv. 
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IN  PRESS. 
Fruit  Culture, 
and  the  Laying  Out  and 
Management  of  a  Country 
Home. — By  W.  C.  Strong,  Ex- 
I’resident  of  the  Massachusetts  Hor¬ 
ticultural  Society,  and  Vice-Presi¬ 
dent  of  the  American  Bornological 
Society.  Illustrated.  New  revised 
edition,  with  many  additions,  mak¬ 
ing  it  the  latest  and  freshest  hook 
on  the  subject. 
CONTENTS. 
I.  Rural  Homes— Choice  of  Locality— Treat- 
ment-A  Good  Lawn— The  Approach. 
II.  Fruits— Location  of  the  Fruit-Garden— Suc¬ 
cess  In  Fruit-Culture— Profit  In  Fruit  Cul¬ 
ture. 
III.  How  to  Procure  Trees— Quality— How  to 
Plant— Time  to  Plant— Preparing  the  Land 
— Fertilizers— Cutting  Back— Distances  for 
Planting. 
IV.  Care  of  the  Fruit-Garden— Irrigation— Ap¬ 
plication  of  Fertilizers-Thinning  the  Fruit 
—Labels. 
V.  The  Apple— Insects  Injurious  to  the  Apple. 
VI.  The  Pear- Dwarf  Pears— Situation  and  Soil- 
Pruning— Ripening  the  Fruit— Insects  In¬ 
jurious  to  the  Pear— Diseases. 
VII.  The  Peach— Injurious  Insects  and  Diseases  of 
the  Peach— Nectarines. 
VIII.  The  Plum— Insects  and  Diseases  of  the  Plum 
— Apricots. 
IX.  The  Cherry— Insects  Injurious  to  the  Cherry 
X.  The  Quince-Insects  Injurious  to  the  Quince. 
XI.  The  Grape  —  Grape-Houses  —  Varieties— In¬ 
sects  Injurious  to  the  Grape— Mildew. 
XII.  The  Currant— Insects  Attacking  the  Currant 
—The  Gooseberry. 
XIII.  The  Raspberry— The  Blackberry. 
XIV.  The  Strawberry. 
XV.  The  Mulberry— The  Fig— Rhubarb— Aspar- 
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XVII.  Insecticides— Fungicides— Recipes. 
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