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THE  RURAL  NEW-YORKER. 
Aug.  27 
Will  Bordeaux  Mixture  Save  Stored 
Potatoes  P 
B.  B.,  Farmingdale,  III. — Very  often 
it  happens  that  farmers  are  desirous  of 
digging  and  storing  their  early  potatoes 
in  the  heat  of  the  summer,  but  are 
deterred  from  doing  so  by  the  almost  ab¬ 
solute  certainty  of  their  rotting.  Stores 
also  lose  yearly  thousands  of  bushels  in 
the  hot  weather  by  this  rot,  so  that  it 
seems  desirable  that  a  preventive  may  be 
found.  I  will  state  a  little  experience  of 
mine,  which  may  be  a  straw  worth 
clutching. 
My  potatoes  dug  for  each  day’s  use 
were  often  found  rotting  before  the  next 
digging,  when  I  tried  the  experiment  of 
dipping  them  in  the  Bordeaux  mixture, 
drying  and  placing  them  in  a  hot  room. 
A  month  has  gone  by  and  they  are  still 
sound. 
R.  N.-Y. — We  call  upon  our  scientific 
friends  to  help  us  in  this  matter.  What 
about  it  ? 
A  Grist  of  Wheat. 
C.  T.  L  ,  Andover,  O. — It  is  the  gen¬ 
eral  practice  in  this  vicinity  for  farmers 
to  take  their  wheat  to  the  mill  and  ex¬ 
change  it  for  flour.  We  receive  from  the 
millers  36  pounds  of  flour  and  some  mill 
feed  for  each  bushel  of  wheat.  At  this 
rate  a  barrel  of  flour  costs  us  (wheat 
selling  at  85  cents)  $3.78,  while  flour  re¬ 
tails  at  $5  20.  Counting  the  value  of  the 
mill  feed,  it  is  better  for  us  to  exchange 
the  wheat  for  flour. 
Two  Manitoba  Matters. 
F.  A.  L.  II.,  Bertha,  Manitoba. — I 
think  those  farmers  who  report  a  winter 
variety  of  oats  ought  to  write  for  the 
comic  papers.  While  passing  a  neigh¬ 
bor’s  field  yesterday,  I  saw  some  turnip 
blossoms.  I  sowed  the  seed  a  year  ago 
last  spring,  and  the  plants  survived  a 
temperature  of  minus  50  degrees  Fall., 
and  the  cultivation  necessary  to  put  in 
a  crop  of  oats  last  spring.  In  explana¬ 
tion,  I  would  state  that  the  snow  came 
on  November  9,  and  in  places  drifted  to 
the  depth  of  15  feet,  and  the  oats  were 
simply  dragged  in  by  an  ipse  dixit  engin¬ 
eer  who  of  course  is  not  a  farmer. 
There  are  two  sides  to  the  adopting 
question.  I  have  two  step-children,  a 
boy  of  five  and  girl  of  eight.  I  can’t 
trade  them  on  business  principles,  and 
have  no  sentimental  reasons  for  keeping 
them.  I  can’t  give  them  a  mother’s  care, 
and  being  only  a  grass  widower,  I  cannot 
get  them  another  stepmother,  so  I  just 
cultivate  their  constitutions  and  let  them 
grow.  I  rather  fancy  that  many  who 
are  willing  to  adopt  children  only  need 
slaves  or  poodles. 
Give  Middlemen  a  Show. 
M.  E.  G.,  East  Smitheield,  Pa. — I 
think  The  Rural  has  a  wrong  idea  of  the 
merits  of  the  Anti-Option  Bill.  Let  us 
suppose  a  case:  in  the  absence  of  middle¬ 
men,  how  are  the  farmers  who  live  away 
from  the  cities  going  to  dispose  of  their 
produce  ?  I  cannot  afford  to  ship  one 
veal  or  a  steer  by  itself;  there  must  be 
men  to  invest  a  good  deal  of  money  and 
ship  a  carload  at  one  time.  Folks  that 
live  near  the  big  cities  who  can  drive  in 
with  their  produce  to  private  customers 
do  not  understand  the  difficulties  we  who 
are  at  a  distance  from  markets  have  to 
contend  with.  What  did  “  Old  Hutch  ” 
do  with  wheat  here  a  couple  of  years 
ago?  Why  he  sent  up  the  price  beyond 
a  dollar.  Who  says  that  by  so  doing  he 
did  not  put  thousands  into  the  pockets  of 
farmers?  What  would  this  country  do 
without  middlemen?  Where  would  the 
laborer  be  without  capital  to  hire  him  ? 
What  farmers  need  is  to  take  more 
papers  and  keep  themselves  posted  on 
business.  My  idea  is  that  when  corpor¬ 
ations  or  people  get  corrupt  they  should 
not  be  told  that  they  cannot  do  anything, 
but  should  be  given  to  understand  that 
they  must  do  right,  take  what  morally 
belongs  to  them  and  nothing  more.  I 
do  not  believe  that  railroads  and  other 
large  business  interests  should  be  run 
by  the  Government.  We  have  enough 
bad  politicians  now,  such  a  system  would 
require  more  office-holders  and  they 
would  be  as  corrupt  as  are  those  we  have 
now.  I  do  not  believe  there  ever  will 
be  a  uniform  system  of  wages.  Tt  is  not 
practicable.  Some  businesses  can  afford 
to  give  higher  wages  than  others  because 
they  make  greater  profits.  A  man  has  a 
right  to  offer  such  wages  as  he  can  get 
men  to  work  for,  and  if  he  wants  them 
to  work  he  won't  offer  wages  unreason¬ 
ably  low.  Let  us  get  rid  of  whisky,  and 
this  country  will  go  far  nearer  right  than 
it  does  now. 
Hardiness  of  the  Japanese  Wineberry. 
E.  B.  H.,  Knowlton,  Iowa. — Reports 
as  to  the  liardinessof  the  Japanese  Wine- 
berry  when  sent  into  these  regions  should 
be  much  qualified.  It  may  be  hardy  in 
New  Jersey  or  on  the  Rural  Grounds; 
but  here,  in  central  southern  Iowa,  its 
hardiness  is  a  delusion  and  a  snare.  I 
gave  50  cents  last  season  for  a  plant  that 
would  bear  that  summer  and  that  was 
“  perfectly  hardy.”  It  grew  but  did 
not  bear  fruit,  and  last  winter — which 
was  m'ld  for  this  latitude— it  winter- 
killed  into  the  ground.  I  shall  lay  it 
down — D.  V. — next  winter  and  cover  it 
with  earth  and  see  what  the  fruit  looks 
like.  I  confess  I  am  not  enraptured  with 
the  plant’s  looks.  If  it  were  looks  I 
was  after,  I  would  never  buy  the  Japa¬ 
nese  Wineberry.  A  wild  rose  would  be 
preferable.  This  is  a  world  of  trial,  es¬ 
pecially  so  as  regards  plants.  The  Dins- 
more  Rose  is  hardy,  but  the  Deutzia 
gracilis  is  not.  Pears  are  very  hard  to 
raise.  It  is  almost  impossible  to  keep 
them  until  they  have  size  enough  to  bear. 
They  have  cost  me  much  lucre. 
Bed  Clover  Beats  Thistles. 
F.  H.,  Onekama,  Mich. — When  I  was 
12  years  of  age,  my  father’s  farm  was  so 
full  of  Canada  thistles  that  they  were 
sometimes  our  biggest  crop.  When  1  left 
the  place,  12  years  later,  they  were  a 
trouble  of  the  past,  though  it  did  not 
take  12  years  to  exterminate  them.  For 
some  years  we  fought  them  with  the  hoe, 
the  plow  and  other  implements,  some  of 
which  were  made  especially  for  the  work. 
Finally  we  fought  them  with  Red  Clover 
and  conquered.  The  heavy  growth  of 
Red  Clover  for  a  couple  of  years  is  the 
best  remedy.  Cutting  thistles  when  in 
bloom  will  kill  them  ;  at  other  times  it 
will  multiply  them. 
Vegretarian  Diet. 
T.  W.,  Watekbury  Center,  Vt. — 
Since  my  statement  that  I  was  a  vege¬ 
tarian,  and  that  I  had  lived  without 
drink,  and  without  being  thirsty  for  210 
days  in  succession  last  winter,  an  inter¬ 
est  has  been  awakened  to  know  more 
about  my  diet  and  habits,  and  that  of 
vegetarians  generally.  I  have  been  a 
vegetarian  for  a  little  over  30  years  so 
that  I  may  be  supposed  to  know  by  ex¬ 
perience  something  of  the  way  of  living 
practiced  by  such  people,  as  I  am  now  71 
years  old. 
The  word  “vegetarian”  is  derived  from 
the  Latin  word  “vegetus,”  which  means, 
“vital,  vigorous,  healthful,  wholesome.” 
A  natural  and  Biblical  diet  is  a  vege¬ 
tarian  diet.  Our  food  consists  of  fruits 
and  grains,  see  Genesis  1:29.  This  food 
bears  a  physiological  as  well  as  a  patho¬ 
logical  relation  to  our  bodies.  Nature, 
the  Bible  and  experience  affirm  the  truth¬ 
fulness  of  these  statements.  The  bene¬ 
fit  to  be  derived  from  this  diet  will  be 
proportioned  to  the  strictness  with  which 
it  is  followed.  From  the  vegetable 
kingdom  we  derive  our  food  to  the  ex¬ 
clusion  of  the  animal  kingdom.  We  eat 
the  vegetable  at  first  hand,  rather  than 
through  the  animal  at  second  hand  and 
modified  thereby.  Our  food  gives  us 
health  because  of  its  physiological  rela¬ 
tion  and  freedom  from  adulteration. 
Again,  our  food  is  natural  and  not  arti¬ 
ficial  Wheat,  corn,  rye,  oats,  barley, 
etc.,  etc.,  are  natural  productions;  so 
are  apples,  pears,  peaches,  plums,  figs, 
dates  and  all  the  lesser  fruits,  but  butter, 
cheese,  beer,  vinegar,  pepper,  ginger, 
cider,  alcohol,  etc.,  etc.,  are  artificial. 
Our  foods  are  non-stimulating,  while  a 
mixed  diet  is  stimulating,  and  naturally 
leads  to  or  begetsadesire  for  stimulating 
drinks.  The  only  true  basis  in  temper¬ 
ance  reform  is  to  substitute  a  non¬ 
stimulating  diet  for  our  mixed  or  stimu¬ 
lating  ones.  The  pulse  of  the  meat  cater 
is  several  beats  faster  than  that  of  the 
vegetarian.  The  pulse  is  our  stock  in 
store  ;  a  stimulating  diet  hastens  the 
beats,  exhausts  our  vitality  and  shortens 
our  lives.  If  we  are  true  to  Nature  in 
our  diet,  the  feverish  condition  of  our 
systems  leading  to  thirst,  will  measura¬ 
bly  leave  us,  as  we  get  the  needed  moist¬ 
ure  in  the  fruit  we  eat. 
As  a  rule,  all  drinks  should  be  avoided 
as  much  as  possible  at  meals,  as  they 
lessen  mastication  and  the  secretion  of 
saliva  so  necessary  to  perfect  digestion. 
I  am  scarcely  ever  thirsty  in  cool  weather 
though  I  am  a  farmer — a  laboring  man. 
God  requires  us  all  (see  Gen.  1:29,)  to  be 
vegetarians.  I  make  it  my  duty  to  obey 
God  in  all  things  so' far  as  I  know. 
“Notes  on  a  Back  Number.” 
W.  II.  I).,  Middlebury,  Vt. — As  re¬ 
gards  the  exodus  from  the  farm  to  towns 
and  cities,  I  think  free  delivery  of  the 
mails  would  stop  a  great  deal  of  it.  There 
is  a  town  here  in  Addison  County  on  top 
of  the  mountains  containing  about  300 
or  400  inhabitants  with  no  post-office. 
The  people  all  have  to  go  down  from  the 
mountain,  some  of  them  five  or  six  miles, 
for  their  mail,  and  these  poor  people 
have  to  help  pay  for  the  free  delivery  of 
the  mails  once  every  hour  in  the  day  at 
the  doors  and  offices  of  the  rich  and  poor 
in  the  cities.  I  think  if  a  few  thousand 
of  the  rich  men  of  New  York  city,  Wash- 
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