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E.  H.  LIBBY,  General  Manasrer. 
AGRICULTURAL  LEGISLATION. 
THE  BLACK  KNOT  LAW. 
Chap.  501.— An  Act  to  prevent  the  spread  of  the  dis- 
3ec  7.  The  commissioners  shall  be  allowed  for  ser  - 
vices  under  this  act  *2  each  fox  each  full  day.  and  S! 
each  for  each  half  day.  and  their  other  reasonable 
charges  and  disbursements  hereunder  to  be  audited' 
as  well  as  any  other  charges  and  disbursements 
under  this  act,  by  the  board  of  towD  auditors  or  other 
proper  city  officers,  to  be  paid  to  such  commissioners 
as  other  town  or  city  accounts  are  paid.  Such  fees 
and  all  reasonable  charges  and  disbursements  of 
said  commissioners,  In  each  case  may  be  recovered 
by  the  town  In  the  name  of  the  supervisor,  and  In 
cities  In  the  name  of  the  city,  from  the  owner  of  the 
diseased  trees,  on  account  of  which  such  fees,  charges 
and  disbursements  became  payable  and  were  In¬ 
curred. 
SEC.  8.  This  act  shall  take  effect  immediately. 
A  new  law  has  just  gone  into  effect  in  Ohio,  which 
will  tend  to  Increase  the  profits  of  sheep  raising  by 
diminishing  the  loss  by  worthless  dogs.  Township 
trustees  are  empowered  to  pay  damages  for  all  sheep 
killed  in  the  township.  The  sheep  owners  must  pre¬ 
sent  a  detailed  account  of  the  Injuries  done  their 
flocks  to  the  trustees,  and  the  same  must  be  sworn 
to.  The  evidence  of  two  witnesses  can  be  taken,  and 
an  allowance  of  50  cents  each  be  made  the  witnesses. 
The  trustees  have  discretion  as  to  the  allowances  to 
be  made;  and  the  sum  granted,  with  the  witness  fees, 
is  reimbursed  from  the  county  treasury. 
The  British  Parliament  Is  talking  of  more  restric¬ 
tive  legislation  against  hog  butter.  The  lower 
house  of  Kentucky  has  passed  a  bill  which  will 
make  it  impossible  to  sell  this  fraud  In  that  State. 
AGRICULTURAL  NEWS. 
Hide  dealers  have  formed  a  combine  in  Chicago. 
Oregon  has  25,885  farms,  and  of  these  there  are  3,150 
which  are  provided  with  irrigation  facilities. 
In  Hock  Island  alone,  where  the  flood  is  the  highest 
ever  known  «ve*  250  families  have  been  rendered 
homeless 
Over  16,000  delegates  and  visitors  are  expected  to 
attend  the  convention  of  the  People’s  Party  at 
Omaha,  Nebraska,  where  It  opens  on  Monday,  the 
Fourth  of  July  Both  the  old  parties  are  payiug 
great  attention  to  the  proceedings,  as  It  Is  now  seri¬ 
ously  feared  that  the  new  movement  may  have  a 
great  influence  on  the  results  of  the  next  Presiden¬ 
tial  campaign.  There  is  widespread  dissatisfaction 
through  the  fanning  and  laboring  classes  throughout 
the  country,  but  especially  In  the  South  and  West,  at 
the  platforms  and  candidates  of  both  parties,  and  it 
is  feared  that  many  old  adherents  of  both  will  vote 
with  the  new  party.  The  latter  expects  to  secure  the 
electoral  votes  of  half  a  dozen  or  more  Southern  and 
Western  States  and  thus  throw  the  Presidential 
election  Into  Congress  where  each  State  would  have 
one  vote.  This  would  secure  the  election  of  a 
Democratic  President  by  the  Democratic  House 
and  of  a  Republican  Vice-President  by  the 
Republican  Senate.  The  Peoples  Party  seems 
puzzled  for  an  available  candidate  for  President. 
Judge  Gresham  Is  decldly  the  favorite,  but  It  is 
claimed  that  he  lias  positively  declared  that  he  will 
not  accept.  Weaver  of  Iowa,  or  Steward  of  Nevada, 
or  St.  John  of  Kansas  may  be  selected,  or  California 
may  furnish  the  standard-beaier.  The  new  party 
will  draw  its  main  support  from  the  Farmers’  Alli¬ 
ance  and  other  agricultural  organizations,  and  the 
Knights  of  Labor  as  well  as  other  industrial  associa¬ 
tions  and  a  large  number  of  free  silver  men  every¬ 
where.  The  Prohibitionists,  too,  now  in  session  in 
Cincinnati,  are  likely  to  support  It,  provided  it  ac¬ 
cepts  Prohibition  candidates,  but  It  is  hardly  likely 
to  be  such  a  case  of  the  tall  wagging  the  dog.  In  fact 
the  new  party  is  likely  to  become  the  focus  of  all  the 
Money  Books. 
The  Business  Hen;  Breeding  and  Feed¬ 
ing  Poultry  for  Profit. — By  H.  W. 
Collingwood,  P.  H.  Jacobs,  J.  H. 
Drevenstedt,  C.  S.  Cooper,  C.  S. 
Valentine,  Arthur  D.  Warner,  Henry 
Stewart,  Philander  Williams,  James 
Rankin,  Henry  Hales,  I.  K.  Felch, 
Dr.  F.  L.  Kilborne,  C.  H.  Wyckoff, 
H.  S.  Babcock,  C.  E  Chapman,  etc. 
We  believe  that  this  little  book  will  meet  with  a 
hearty  reception  at  the  hands  of  all  of  that  vast  num¬ 
ber  of  people  who  are  interested  In  the  doings  of  “the 
little  American  hen,  ’  and  especially  In  the  methods 
by  which  practical  ponltrymen  make  her  so  profitable 
an  egg  and  meat  machine.  Price,  cloth,  75  cents; 
paper,  40  cents. 
The  New  Potato  Culture.— By  Elbert 
S.  Carman,  editor  of  The  Rural 
New-Yorker;  originatorof  the  Fore¬ 
most  of  Potatoes — Rural  New-Yorker 
No.  2.  This  hook  gives  the  result  of 
15  years’  experiment  work  on  the 
Rural  Grounds 
How  to  Increase  the  crop  without  corresponding 
cost  of  production.  Manures  and  Fertilizers.  The 
Soil.  Depth  of  Planting.  Seed.  Culture.  The  Rural 
Trench  System.  Varieties,  etc.  It  is  respectfully 
submitted  that  these  experiments  at  the  Rural 
Grounds  have,  directly  and  Indirectly,  thrown  more 
light  upon  the  various  problems  involved  In  success¬ 
ful  potato  culture  than  any  other  experiments  which 
have  been  carried  on  In  America.  Price,  cloth,  75 
cents ;  paper,  40  cents. 
ease  in  plum,  cherry  and  other,  trees  known  as 
the  black  knot  in  New  York  State.  Approved  by 
the  Governor.  May  12,  1892. 
Section  1.  It  shall  be  unlawful  for  any  person 
knowingly  or  willfully  to  keep  any  plum,  cherry  or 
other  trees  Infected  with  the  contagious  disease  or 
fungus  known  as  the  black  knot;  and  every  tree  so 
infected  Is  hereby  declared  to  be  a  public  nuisance, 
and  no  damages  shall  be  awarded  in  any  court  In 
this  State  for  entering  upon  premises  and  cutting 
away  or  severing  the  diseased  part  or  parts  of  any 
tree  so  infected,  and  destroying  the  same  or  cutting 
down  or  removing  such  infected  tree  altogether  and 
destroying  the  same,  if  done  in  accordance  with  the 
previsions  of  this  act. 
Sec.  2.  In  any  town  or  city  In  this  State  In  which 
such  contagious  disease  exists,  or  where  there  Is 
good  reason  to  believe  it  exists  or  danger  may  be 
justly  apprehended  of  its  introduction,  it  shall  be 
the  duty  of  the  supervisor  or  mayor  of  any  town  or 
city  upon  the  application  made  In  writing  and  signed 
by  at  least  three  freeholders,  who  are  residents  of 
said  town  or  city  to  appoint  forthwith  three  com¬ 
petent  freeholders,  who  shall  be  fruit-growers,  of 
said  town  or  city  as  commissioners,  who  shall  hold 
office  during  the  pleasure  of  said  supervisor  or 
mayor,  and  such  order  of  appointment  and  of  revoca¬ 
tion  shall  be  entered  at  large  on  the  town  or  city 
records. 
Sec.  3.  It  shall  be  the  duty  of  said  commissioners, 
within  10  days  after  appointment  as  aforesaid,  to  file 
their  acceptances  of  the  same  with  the  clerk  of  said 
town  or  city,  and  said  clerk  shall  be  ex-otticto  clerk 
of  said  board  of  commissioners,  and  he  shall  keep  a 
correct  record  of  the  proceedings  of  said  board  In  a 
book  to  be  provided  for  the  purpose,  and  shall  tile 
and  preserve  all  papers  pertaining  to  the  duties  and 
actions  of  said  commissioners,  or  either  of  them, 
which  shall  be  a  part  of  the  records  of  said  town  or 
city. 
Sec.  4.  It  shall  be  the  duty  of  the  commissioners, 
or  any  one  of  them,  upon  or  without  complaint,  when¬ 
ever  It  comes  to  their  notice  that  the  disease  known 
as  the  black  knot  exists,  or  is  supposed  to  exist, 
within  the  limits  of  their  town  or  city,  to  proceed 
without  delay  to  examine  the  trees  supposed  to  be 
infected,  and  if  the  disease  Is  found  to  exist,  a  dis¬ 
tinguishing  mark  or  marks  shall  be  placed  upon  that 
part  or  those  parts  of  every  tree  so  infected,  which  in 
the  judgment  of  the  commissioner  or  commissioners 
should  be  removed  and  destroyed,  or  if  in  the  judg¬ 
ment  of  such  commissioner  or  commissioners  any 
tree  so  infected  should  be  entirely  removed  and  de¬ 
stroyed,  then  the  trunk  of  such  trees  shall  be  thor¬ 
oughly  girdled,  and  a  written  notice  given  to  the 
owner  personally,  or  by  leaving  the  same  at  his 
usual  place  of  residence,  or,  if  the  owner  be  a  non¬ 
resident,  by  leaving  such  notice  with  the  person  In 
charge  of  such  trees.  The  notice  shall  contain  a 
simple  statement  of  the  facts  as  found  to  exlBt,  with 
an  order  to  effectually  remove  and  destroy  by  Are  the 
part  or  parts  ot  every  tree  so  marked  and  designated, 
or  every  such  tree  entire  which  shall  be  so  girdled, 
as  the  case  may  be,  within  10  days  from  the  date  of 
the  notice  above  required.  Such  notice  and  order  to 
be  signed  by  the  three  commissioners,  or  any  two  of 
them. 
Sec.  5.  Whenever  any  person  shall  refuse  or  neg¬ 
lect  to  comply  with  the  order  mentioned  in  the  last 
section,  it  shall  become  the  duty  of  the  commission¬ 
ers  to  carry  out  the  directions  of  said  order,  and 
forthwith  to  remove  and  destroy  by  tire  every  tree, 
or  part  of  a  tree,  so  girdled,  or  marked,  as  aforesaid, 
employing  all  necessary  aid  for  that  purpose;  the 
expense  for  such  removal  and  destruction  to  be  a 
charge  against  the  town  or  city;  and  for  the  purpose 
of  such  removal  and  destruction,  the  said  commis¬ 
sioners,  their  agents  and  employees,  shall  have  the 
right  and  authority  to  enter  upon  any  and  all  prem¬ 
ises  within  their  town  or  city. 
Sec.  6.  if  any  owner,  or  if  such  owner  be  a  non¬ 
resident,  then  if  any  person  in  charge  of  such  trees, 
neglects  to  remove  and  destroy  by  Are  every  tree,  or 
part  of  a  tree,  so  found  to  be  infected,  and  marked, 
or  girdled,  as  aforesaid,  after  notification,  and  within 
the  time  hereinbefore  prescribed,  such  a  person  shall 
be  guilty  of  a  misdemeanor  and  punished  by  a  tine 
not  exceeding  *25  or  by  imprisonment  in  the  county 
.  ail  not  exceeding  10  days,  or  both,  In  the  discretion 
of  the  court;  and  any  justice  of  the  peace  of  the  town 
or  city,  In  which  said  offense  shall  be  committed, 
shall  have  Jurisdiction  thereof;  and  all  such  tines  so 
collected  shall  be  turned  over  to  the  supervisor  of 
said  town,  or  other  proper  officer,  to  be  placed  by  him 
In  the  contingent  fund  of  said  town  or  city. 
The  Mississippi  River  carries  to  the  Gulf  of  Mexico 
every  year  10  square  miles  of  soil  26  feet  thick. 
The  Aroostook  condensed  milk  factory  has  just 
started  Into  business  at  Newport,  Me.  It  will  use  up 
1,000  gallons  of  milk  dally. 
A  report  that  the  Indian  wheat  crop  is  64,000,000 
bushels  less  than  last  year’s  output  sent  up  the  price 
of  wheat  in  Chicago  last  Tuesday. 
It  is  estimated  that  last  year  this  country  imported 
*20,000,000  worth  of  flax  products,  while  our  farmers 
destroyed  as  worthless  1,070,000  tons  of  flax  straw. 
The  State  of  Sonora,  Mexico,  grows  a  large  number 
of  watermelons  of  excellent  quality,  and  the  busi¬ 
ness  of  importing  these  melons  into  the  UDited  States 
is  assuming  large  proportions. 
Besides  the  80,000  bales  of  raw  silk  and  cocoons 
shipped  to  other  countries,  Japan  ships  the  silk 
worms  largely  to  France.  Her  production  In  the  silk 
discontented  political  elements  of  the  country  a 
regular  Cave  of  Adullam. 
CROP  AND  MARKET  NOTES. 
The  steamer  from  Norfolk  on  Wednesday  of  last 
week  brought  7,000  barrels  of  new  potatoes. 
Butter  is  doing  a  little  better,  but  is  still  too  low. 
Receipts  have  been  much  smaller  than  at  this  time 
last  year. 
Cheese  prices  are  hardening  a  little,  and.  If  makers 
are  cool  and  conservative,  a  further  advance  may 
be  looked  for. 
During  the  three  preceding  weeks  *15.000.000  In  gold 
have  been  shipped  from  the  United  States,  largely 
to  Germany.  “  It  never  will  be  missed.” 
Cucumbers  have  been  so  plentiful  in  the  markets 
of  )i4e  that  they  have  sold  very  low,  In  some  cases 
for  hardly  enough  to  pay  the  freight  on  them. 
Chemicals  and  Clover. — Rural  Library 
Series.  (105th  thousand)  By  H.  W 
Collingwood. 
A  conelse  and  practical  discussion  of  the  all-in. 
portant  topic  of  commercial  fertilizers,  In  connection 
with  green  manuring  In  bringing  up  worn-out  soils, 
and  In  general  farm-practice.  Price,  paper,  20  cents. 
Practical  Farm  Chemistry.— A  Prac¬ 
tical  Handbook  of  Profitable  Crop- 
Feeding  written  for  Practical  Men. — 
By  T.  Greiner. 
Parti.  The  Raw  Materials  of  Plant-Food.  Part 
II.  The  Available  Sources  of  Supply.  Part  III. 
Principles  of  Economic  Application,  or  Manuring  for 
Money.  A  concise,  practical  work,  written  in  simple 
style,  adapted  to  the  wants  of  the  practical  farmer. 
Perhaps  the  best  and  most  understandable  book  yet 
written.  Price,  cloth.  *1. 
line  amounts  to  *37,000,000  annually. 
It  Is  stated  that  Cudahy,  the  Chicago  packer,  and 
Armour’s  former  partner,  will  soon  control  the  Bour¬ 
bon  Stock  Yards  at  Louisville,  Ky.,  and  will  open 
there  the  largest  packing  house  in  the  South. 
Now  that  Armour  is  to  tranfer  most  of  his  dressed 
meat  trade  to  Omaha,  packing  houses  there  will  soon 
have  the  enormous  annual  capacity  of  nearly  5,000.- 
000  hogs,  1.250,000  cattle,  and  sheep  in  due  proportion. 
Since  the  advent  of  warm  weather  the  death  rate 
among  hogs  in  transit  has  been  very  heavy.  One 
day's  arrivals  in  Chicago  included  2,000  dead  hogs, 
representing  $18,000.  Don't  overcrowd  the  cars  in  hot 
weather. 
Mr.  Hancock,  residing  near  Fort  Meade,  Florida,  is 
said  to  have  on  his  property  the  largest  orange  tree 
in  the  country.  A  few  years  ago  it  bore  7,000  oranges. 
Two  feet  above  the  ground  it  measures  24  inches  in 
diameter. 
A  careful  estimate  by  Bradstreet’s  shows  these  un¬ 
expected  results  from  loss  of  crops  in  the  central 
West  and  in  the  lower  Mississippi  States  :  Illinois, 
*12,000,000.  Iowa,  *75,000,  Missouri,  *15,000,000.  Ar¬ 
kansas,  *1,500,000.  Louisiana,  *400,000. 
The  Beverly,  a  new  strawberry  introduced  by  Mr. 
B.  M.  Smith,  of  Essex  County,  Mass.,  Is  very  highly 
spoken  of  In  some  of  our  exchanges.  The  fruit  is 
said  to  be  large,  deep  red  in  color,  solid,  and  of  excel¬ 
lent  quality. 
The  total  values  of  the  exports  of  domestic  bread- 
stuffs  from  the  United  States  during  the  11  months 
just  ended,  were  $272,476,023,  as  compared  with  $109,- 
956,984.  during  the  corresponding  period  of  the  pre¬ 
ceding  year;  an  increase  of  over  $160,000,000. 
Four  years  ago  1,000,000  pounds  of  Colifornia  fruit 
was  sold  in  New  York,  last  year  7,000,000  pounds,  and 
this  year  they  expect  to  ship  20,000,000  pounds.  The 
fruit  crop  of  California  last  year  was  estimated  as 
worth  $50,000,000,  while  the  products  of  the  gold  mines 
were  only  $15,000,000. 
London  alone  requires  600,000  cows  to  supply  It  with 
the  products  of  the  dairy,  84,000  of  them  being  needed 
for  milk  alone  Some  10,000  are  kept  within  the  met¬ 
ropolitan  radius  itself  In  1,000  sheds  by  395  cow-keep¬ 
ers,  and  there  aie  probably  no  fewer  than  4,000horses 
engaged  in  the  delivery  of  milk  in  London. 
An  interesting  feature  of  the  World's  Fair  will  be 
an  Irish  industrial  village,  with  peasant  girls  spinning 
wool  and  other  Immemorial  Hibernian  accessories. 
A  number  of  the  famous  Kerry  cows  will  also  be 
present,  together  with  several  pretty  real  Irish 
dairymaids,  who  will  illustrate  for  the  gratification 
and  Instruction  of  visitors  the  Irish  method  of  mak¬ 
ing  butter  and  performing  all  other  dairy  operations. 
To  meet  the  necessities  for  larger  shipping  facilities 
of  the  New  Zealand  frozen  meat  trade,  several  large 
steamers  of  6,000  tons’  capacity  each  have  been  built 
in  addition  to  the  mail  boats  belonging  to  the  same 
line.  Two  of  these  ships  recently  discharged  at  the 
Royal  Albert  Dock,  London,  England,  65,000  and 
58.000  frozen  carcasses  respectively,  besides  general 
cargoes  of  butter,  cheese  and  wool.  Several  other 
vessels  of  about  the  same  size  discharged  from  20,000 
to  30,000  carcasses  each. 
The  Mississippi  is  once  more  doing  great  damage 
in  the  farming  lands  both  In  Illinois  and  Iowa  from 
Rock  Island  to  Burlington  and  above  and  below  these 
towns  for  miles.  At  Burlington  the  river  was  higher 
last  Wednesday  than  It  had  been  since  1851.  The 
Rock  River  and  other  tributaries  are  also  flooding 
the  adjacent  country.  In  the  riparian  towns  and 
villages  also  very  heavy  losses  have  been  sustained. 
On  Tuesday  evening,  June  21,  the  Brie  milk  trains 
brought  7,100  cans  of  milk  to  the  city.  They  brought 
J.  M  Horton  &  Co.,  the  Ice  cream  makers,  442  cans  of 
cream. 
Every  fruit  stand  in  the  city  for  the  past  week  has 
been  loaded  down  with  California  apricots.  They 
are  very  pretty  to  look  at,  but  rather  small  and  not 
of  high  quality. 
It  would  be  hard  to  name  a  fruit  that  can  be  trans¬ 
ported,  which  is  not  to  be  found  In  our  New  York 
markets  to-day.  Probably  no  city  on  earth  has  so 
extensive  an  assortment. 
Fine  cherries,  loosely  packed  in  baskets  or  boxes, 
sell  for  10  cents  per  pound.  The  same  fruit  put  up 
in  the  same  packages,  nicely  faced,  after  the  fashion 
of  California  cherries,  brings  15  cents  per  pound.  It 
costs  less  than  a  cent  a  pound  for  extra  labor  to  pack 
them  thus.  The  moral  is  obvious. 
The  grower  of  musk-melons  who  will  scratch  his 
name  or  trade-mark  In  the  rind  of  the  growing  melon, 
and  then  guarantee  that  the  buyer  in  the  city  mar¬ 
ket  who  buys  one  may  be  sure  of  getting  a  good  one, 
ean  make  a  fortune.  Buy  six  melons  in  the  market, 
using  the  utmost  care  In  selection,  and  you  will  get 
about  one  fine  one.  one  fairly  good,  two  barely 
eatable  and  two  that  are  worthless.  The  estimate 
is  fully  up  to  the  average. 
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