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THE  RURAL  NEW-YORKER 
July  23 
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*  AGRICULTURAL  NEWS. 
In  Russia,  where  blinders  are  never  used,  a  Bhylug 
horse  Is  almost  unknown. 
The  electric  motor  power  supplanted  about  30  000 
horses  on  the  streets  last  year. 
The  hop  growers  of  central  New  York  have  com¬ 
bined  to  hold  last  year’s  crop  at  advanced  prices. 
A  special  governmental  commission  Is  investigat¬ 
ing  dishorning  cattle  In  Canada  visiting  farm  after 
farm  where  it  has  been  and  Is  being  practiced. 
The  Hudson  River  regions  will,  barring  future 
calamities,  give  a  full  average  crop  of  grapes.  Stories 
to  the  contrary  do  not  seem  to  be  well  founded. 
The  apple  crop  In  New  York  State  will  be  about 
half  a  full  one,  but  It  will  be  worth  almost  as  much 
money  as  If  It  were  full.  Pears  will  also  be  a  light 
crop. 
Great  Britain  imports  annually  more  than  $2,000,000 
worth  of  dressed  poultry.  Canada  Is  working  hard 
for  that  trade,  but  the  United  States  should  try  for 
a  share  of  It. 
The  permanent  reciprocity  treaty  with  Spain,  which 
has  just  gone  Into  effect,  will  considerably  enlarge 
our  foreign  markets  for  agricultural  products,  which 
are  those  chleflv  affected. 
The  owner  of  a  chicken  farm  on  one  of  the  Islands  of 
Bellingham  Bay,  Puget  Sound,  claims  that  he  has 
100,000  hens,  and,  If  so.  this  farm  is  the  largest  poul¬ 
try  establishment  tn  the  world. 
Dairymen  who  are  compelled  to  feed  heavily  In  the 
fall  and  winter  might,  with  advantage,  buy  bran  and 
middlings  to-day,  storing  them  until  wanted.  When 
the  feeding  begins,  pi  ices  are  sure  to  harden. 
On  the  farm  of  George  A.  McFetridge,  of  Center 
Moriches,  Long  Island,  over  40,000  ducklings  are  re¬ 
ported  to  have  been  hatched  this  season.  They  are 
hatched  by  Incubators  and  raised  in  broi  ders. 
Four  members  of  the  family  of  Dr.  Swartz,  at  Terre 
Haute,  O..  were  seriously  sick  from  poisoning.  The 
doctor  attributes  the  poison  to  their  having  eaten  re¬ 
cently  spring  chicsens  that  had  eaten  poisoned 
potato  bugs. 
At  last  the  Colorado  beetle  has  met  his  match. 
Birds  of  a  new  variety  resembling  English  robins  in 
color  and  form  are  reported  to  have  made  their  ap¬ 
pearance  in  Delaware  County,  N.  Y.,  and  to  eat  the 
potato  bugs  “with  great  avidity.” 
All  through  southern  New  York  much  trouble  has 
been  experienced  by  farmers  In  curing  their  hay, 
owing  to  the  frequent  showers  and  the  prevailing 
humidity,  which  makes  curing  a  slow  process.  Much 
of  It  has  been  seriously  damaged  after  being  cut. 
The  English  consumption  of  butter  is  13  pounds  per 
head  per  annum,  as  compared  with  eight  pounds  in 
Germany,  six  pounds  in  Holland,  four  pounds  in 
France,  and  one  pound  In  Italy.  England  paid  away 
$50,000,000  for  foreign  butter  in  1891,  and  $20,000,000  for 
oleomargarine. 
The  American  Ostrloh  Company  has  sent  to  Chicago 
for  exhibition  at  the  World's  Fair  80  birds  from  Its 
ostrich  farm  at  Fall  Brook,  San  Diego  County,  Cal. 
The  ostriches  have  been  sent  on  thus  early  in  order 
that  they  may  become  thoroughly  acclimated  by  the 
time  the  fair  opens. 
The  rat  plague  that  prevailed  In  Crawford  County, 
Ind  ,  two  years  ago,  gives  promise  of  recurrence. 
Fields,  cribs  and  barns  are  much  more  overrun  at 
present  than  at  this  date  preceding  tbelr  former  In- 
festlon  of  the  country,  when  they  almost  ate  most  of 
the  farmers  out  of  house  and  home. 
The  visible  supply  of  grain  on  Saturday,  July  9, 
was  as  follows:  Wheat  23,124,000  bushels,  a  decrease 
of  1,232,000  bushels;  corn.  7,083,000  bushels,  a  decrease 
of  758,000  bushels;  oats,  5,452,000  bushels,  an  Increase 
of  479,000  bushels:  rye,  237,000  bushels,  a  decrease  of 
35,000  bushels;  barley,  455,000  bushels,  an  Increase  of 
129.000  bushels. 
Mr.  R.  8.  Shaw,  who  captured  one  of  the  two  gold 
medals  for  general  pioflciency  this  year  at  the 
Ontario  Agricultural  College,  Canada,  and  who  also 
was  awarded  the  medal  for  general  proficiency  last 
year.  Is  a  son  of  Prof.  ssor  Shaw  of  the  above  Institu¬ 
tion,  a  valued  contributor  to  The  Rural.  As  his 
father  has  done,  Mr.  Shaw  Intends  to  devote  his  life 
to  the  interests  of  agriculture. 
The  making  of  “roof  gardens,”  suggested  only  a 
short  time  ago,  is  spreading  with  marvelous  rapidity 
In  New  York  city,  some  parts  of  which  are  more 
densely  populated  than  any  other  part  of  the  world, 
having  as  many  as  200,050  people  to  the  acre.  In  the 
tenement  districts,  as  well  as  In  the  aristocratic 
quarters,  roof  gardens.  In  perfection  or  In  crude  and 
incomplete  attempts,  are  every  week  increasing  fast 
in  number. 
What  wlll-the  farmers  say  to  “  the  doing  to  death” 
of  the  Free  Coinage  of  Silver  Bill  bv  the  House  last 
Wednesday?  Evidently  the  responsible  Democratic 
majority  thought  the  party  will  gain  more  in  the 
East  by  refusing  to  give  President  Harrison  a  chance 
to  veto  It,  than  it  will  lose  In  the  South  and  West 
by  disappointing  the  extreme  silver  men.  Then 
again,  the  next  Administration  and  Congress,  being 
fresh  from  the  people,  will  be  better  fitted  to  carry 
out  the  people’s  wishes  in  the  matter. 
A  tradesman  in  the  outskirts  of  Brooklyn,  who 
seeks  the  patronage  of  Long  Island  farmers,  has  a 
big  sign  tn  large  letters  stretched  across  the  front  of 
his  store  with  the  legend:  “  Dealer  in  Green  Goods.” 
As  an  excuse,  he  says  he  sells  vegetables  and  garden 
truck,  among  other  things.  Doubtless  he  has  read 
the  almost  dally  accounts  in  the  New  York  papers,  of 
swindles  practiced  on  farmers  by  the  real  “green 
goods”  rascals,  and  thinks  he  can  entice  the  passing 
“hayseeds”  by  his  delusive  advertisement. 
A  cattle-feeding  establishment  lately  built  nine 
miles  from  Omaha,  will  accommodate  3,750  cattle,  to 
be  fattened  in  three  sets  each  year,  so  that  11,250  head 
in  all  will  be  annually  turned  out.  For  feed  9,000  ton's 
of  hay  and  40.000  bushels  of  corn  will  be  used.  The 
gutters  behind  the  cattle  are  filled  with  running 
water,  so  that  all  the  manure  will  be  wastefuliy  car¬ 
ried  away.  Our  experiment  stations  estimate  the 
value  of  manure  from  fatting  stock  as  worth  at  least 
10  cents  per  day,  so  that  here  there  would  be  a  loss  of 
$375  per  day,  or  $138,875  a  year. 
The  champion  Jersey  record  hitherto  runs  as  fol¬ 
lows  within  the  last  decade  :  Many  Ann  of  St.  Lam¬ 
bert,  with  a  record  of  8fi7  pounds  and  49f  ounces  of 
butter  in  a  year,  was  considered  a  wonderful  Jersey 
in  her  day.  But  Landseer  s  Fancy  beat  her  09  pounds. 
She  In  turn  bowed  to  the  record  of  945  pounds  and  9 
ounces  made  by  Mr.  Appleton’s  Eurotlsima.  Bisson’s 
Belle  then  jumped  the  1,000  mark  and  scored  1,028 
pounds  and  15  ounces  of  butter  in  a  year.  And  now 
Signal’s  Lilly  Flagg  makes  1,047  pounds  and  three- 
fourths  of  an  ounce  of  butter  in  a  year. 
Lately  Judge  Biddle  of  the  Common  Pleas  Court, 
Philadelphia,  decided  a  case  in  favor  of  the  “oleo” 
men,  contrary  to  the  decisions  of  several  other  judges 
In  Pennsylvania.  The  Dairymen’s  National  Asso¬ 
ciation.  however,  has  decided  t<>  carry  the  case  to  the 
Supreme  Court.  At  a  meeting  of  the  Creamery  Asso¬ 
ciation  of  Eastern  Pennsylvania,  held  the  other  day 
at  Oxford,  all  present  pledged  themselves  to  con¬ 
tribute  $10  a  week  apiece  for  one  year,  makings  total 
of  $7,100,  toward  the  expenses  of  the  needed  liti¬ 
gation.  The  association  embraces  00  creameries 
throughout  the  counties  adjacent  to  Philadelphia. 
Others  interested  will  also  doubtless  come  forward 
with  contributions. 
The  Canadian  strawberry-growers,  who  clamored 
for  protection  and  got  it,  are  beginning  to  see  that  it 
would  pay  them  better  if  the  customs  line  between 
Canada  and  the  United  States  were  removed.  As  a 
rule.  American  strawberries  are  marketed  before 
theirs  are  ripe.  The  Canadian  duty  therefore  en¬ 
hances  the  cost  of  berries  to  the  well-to-do  Canadian 
consumer  in  the  flrst  part  of  the  season ;  but  later  on 
when  Canadian  berries  are  marketed,  the  American 
supply  Is  about  exhausted,  so  that  the  duty  does  not 
confer  much  benefit  upon  the  Canadian  grower.  Per 
contra,  he  finds  that  the  American  uuty  prevents  him 
from  shipping  to  Buffalo  and  other  points  where  his 
berries  will  sell  well. 
At  'he  forthcoming  Columbian  Dairy  Exhibit  at 
Madison  Square  Garden,  in  October  next,  farm  but¬ 
ter  and  creamery  |  roduets  will  pour  In  from  all  the 
well-known  dairy  States.  Even  at  this  early  date. 
Prof.  Cheesman.  who  has  charge  of  that  department 
of  the  exposition,  is  receiving  applications  from  New 
England,  New  York  and  the  great  creamery  State  of 
Iowa.  Already  Vice-President  Morton  has  promised 
to  exhibit  his  superb  herd  of  Guernseys  and  to  make 
up  in  the  working  dairy  the  products  of  their  milk. 
Negotiations  with  breeders  of  Ayrshlres,  Ifolstetns 
and  Jerseys  are  now  in  progress  to  exhibit  their 
thoroughbred  cattle,  and  to  give  public  demonstra¬ 
tions  of  butter  making  every  day  during  the  exposi¬ 
tion. 
( Continued  on  next  v<me.) 
The  Child’s  Strengtiiener  is  Dr.  D.  Jayne’s 
Tonic  Vermifuge,  which  corrects  all  acidity  of  the 
stomach,  restores  digestion  and  imparts  strength  and 
vigor  to  aaults  and  children  alike.  Delicate  children 
are  almost  always  benefited  by  its  use  ;  and,  if 
worms  be  present,  it  is  the  mildest  and  safest  of 
remedies.  Sold  by  all  Druggists.— Adv. 
THE  SELF-BASTING  ROASTER  AND  BAKING  PAN. 
This  is  the  pan  that  Mrs,  L.  wrote  about  in  The  R.  N.-Y.  of  April  30,  page  291, 
recounting  an  experience  in  the  household  of  the  publisher.  Some  four  months’ 
daily  use  has  made  this  an  indispensable  kitchen  requisite  in  that  house.  It  is 
scientifically  constructed  for  roast¬ 
ing  meats,  game,  poultry,  fish  ;  for 
baking  bread,  cake,  biscuit,  beans, 
etc.  It  makes  tough  meats  and  poul¬ 
try  tender,  and  saves  the  nutriment 
of  the  food  generally  lost  through 
steam  and  evaporation.  Things  baked 
or  roasted  in  the  pan  are  more  health¬ 
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their  sweetness,  flavor  and  nourish¬ 
ment.  No  attention  need  be  given 
to  basting  or  turning.  A  poor  cook 
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