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THE  RURAL  NEW-YORKER 
Sept.  17 
BOOKS  TO  BUY. 
A  Western  Farmer’s 
Outing. 
PART  I. 
I  hate  medicine,  and  never  take  it  un¬ 
less  actually  compelled  to,  but  as  I  never 
fully  recovered  from  a  severe  attack  of 
layrippe  last  winter,  I  was  informed  that 
I  must  take  medicine  or  an  outing-,  and 
I  chose  the  latter. 
Packing  a  good-sized  grip  with  flannel  or 
outing  shirts,  underclothing,  socks,  hand¬ 
kerchiefs,  ties,  etc,,  and  a  heavy  woolen 
suit,  and  attaching  thereto  a  light  over¬ 
coat,  I  donned  a  light  summei  woolen  suit 
and  set  out.  At  St.  Louis  I  purchased  a 
ticket  to  St.  Paul,  via  Mississippi  River 
steamers,  then  I137  rail  to  Duluth,  thence  to 
Mackinac  and  Chicago  by  lake  steamers, 
and  home  by  rail.  The  distance  covered 
is  something  over  2,000  miles,  and  on 
steamers  includes  board  and  lodging,  and 
the  cost  is  a  fraction  over  2%  cents  a 
mile.  Of  course,  I  have  the  privilege  of 
stopping  off  10  to  15  days  at  a  time  at  any 
point  on  the  route. 
The  time  required  to  make  the  trip  up 
the  Father  of  Waters  from  St.  Louis  to 
St.  Paul  is  about  five  days,  the  return 
trip  about  the  same.  The  steamers  are 
fairly  well  fitted  up  for  the  convenience 
of  travelers  and  the  officers  are  polite 
and  attentive  to  the  wants  of  their  pas¬ 
sengers,  while  the  table  is  excellent. 
The  scenery  along  the  lower  portion 
of  the  route  is  not  of  a  very  inspiring 
character,  but  when  the  upper  parts  of 
Illinois  and  Iowa  are  reached  the  bluffs 
on  either  hand  rise  skyward,  and  the 
hills  roll  away  into  the  States  named  in 
varicolored  mountain-like  billows.  The 
farther  up  we  go  the  more  beautiful  the 
scenery  becomes,  the  clearer  the  waters 
below7  and  the  atmosphere  above,  while 
a  delicious  coolness  pervades  the  air,  re¬ 
viving  the  drooping  spirits,  quickening 
the  appetite  and  filling  a  person  as  full 
of  life  and  pranks  as  a  bad  boy. 
The  class  of  people  who  travel  this 
route  are  chiefly  townspeople  in  moder¬ 
ate  circumstances,  school  teachers  and 
the  better  class  of  farmers  who  are  tak¬ 
ing  an  easy  outing  for  the  benefit  of  their 
health.  I  find  quite  a  considerable  num¬ 
ber  of  people  whose  vacations  are  lim¬ 
ited  to  two  or  three  weeks  taking  this 
trip.  They  stop  a  few  days  about  the 
little  lakes  near  St.  Paul  and  Minneapo¬ 
lis  and  fish  and  have  a  good  time  gener¬ 
ally  and  then  return,  and  I  have  yet  to 
find  one  who  doesn’t  want  to  repeat  the 
dose. 
Of  course  the  summer  girl  is  out  in 
force, and  she  helps  immensely  to  brighten 
and  enliven  the  journey,  and  what  is 
pleasant  to  note  is  that  she  is  quite  as 
often  a  farmer’s  daughter  as  the  daughter 
of  a  merchant  or  professional  man. 
Usually  she  is  traveling  with  her  mother, 
or  an  aunt,  or  there  are  two  or  three  of 
her  with  an  uncle  or  brother,  and  she 
averages  as  stylish  and  as  full  of  life  and 
jollity  as  any  summer  girl  in  the  land. 
If  some  of  the  parties  who  are  con¬ 
stantly  croaking  about  the  down-trodden, 
debt-ridden  farmer  could  see  his  daughter 
parading  or  dancing  about  a  Mississippi 
steamer  they  would  send  up  a  great  howl 
of  indignation  at  the  extravagance  and 
vanity  of  the  agriculturist.  Yet  I  venture 
the  assertion  that  not  one  in  50  of  these 
chronic  croakers  could  tell  anywhere 
near  how  much  one  of  these  maidens’ 
outfit  really  costs.  They  might  be  sur¬ 
prised  if  they  knew  how  neatly  and 
stylishly  an  ingenious  woman  can  array 
herself  for  about  one-half  the  sum  a 
tobacco  user  spits  or  puffs  away  in  a  year. 
I  interviewed  a  large  number  of  the 
farmers  on  the  boat  and  learned  that 
they  are  quite  well  satisfied  with  their 
lot,  and  with  the  outlook.  It  is  very 
evident  that  they  belong  to  the  progress¬ 
ive  type  of  soil  tillers — men  who  do  not 
everlastingly  follow  in  the  old  ruts  cut  out 
by  their  grandfathers.  I  find  that  many 
of  them  are  on  the  retired  list.  That  is, 
they  have  turned  the  farms  over  to  their 
children  or  to  tenants  and  are  resting 
from  their  labors.  But  what  seems  to  me 
quite  remarkable  is  that  every  one  of  this 
class  I  chatted  with  still  retains  the  man¬ 
agement  or  oversight  of  the  farm  in  his 
own  hands.  They  all  dictate  how  many 
acres  shall  be  put  in  wheat,  oats,  corn, 
clover,  etc. ;  how  many  shall  be  pastured 
and  how  much  stock  shall  be  kept.  Three 
of  them  had  made  long-term  arrange¬ 
ments  with  their  tenants  wherein  they 
furnished  half  the  stock,  etc.,  and  re¬ 
ceived  half  the  increase  of  the  same,  and 
half  the  grain,  etc.,  grown  on  the  farm. 
They  paid  half  the  running  expenses  and 
received  half  the  proceeds.  In  each  case, 
however,  the  tenant  paid  all  of  his  own 
household  expenses. 
On  the  lower  deck  are  several  strong, 
hardy-looking  young  fellows  bound  for 
the  harvest  fields  of  the  North.  They 
have  bought  passage  tickets  and  are 
boarding  themselves  and  sleeping  among 
the  freight  or  on  the  soft  side  of  a  plank 
When  the  steamer  stops  at  a  town  they 
“  chip  in  ”  and  send  one  of  their  number 
ashore  for  provisions.  They  seem  to  be 
happy  and  having  a  good  time.  They  are 
all  sons  of  small  and  tenant  farmers,  and 
are  going  to  see  the  country,  and  expect 
to  pny  all  expenses  with  the  wages  they 
earn  in  the  harvest  fields,  f.  gkunuy. 
Odds  and  Ends. 
Hurrah  For  New  England  ! — In  his 
speech  before  the  New  England  Society 
President  Daniel  Needham  said: 
Whence  came  the  money  to  build  the 
great  lines  of  railroad  to  the  Pacific 
coast?  Whence  have  come  the  millions 
of  dollars  which  have  built  up  Chicago, 
Minneapolis  and  other  great  cities  of  the 
West,  and  have  developed  the  farming 
lands  of  its  great  agricultural  States  ? 
Who  holds  the  stocks,  bonds  and  mort¬ 
gages  which  represent  this  great  outlay 
of  wealth  and  this  vast  enterprise  and 
have  secured  to  the  United  States  a  growth 
and  development  without  precedence  in 
any  other  part  of  the  world?  May  we 
not  trace  the  conception  and  origin  of 
this  great  outflow  of  enterprise  and 
money  to  the  people  of  our  own  New 
England?  And,  although  these  evidences 
of  debt  and  enterprise  are  still  held 
among  our  people,  there  is  yet  an  ever- 
increasing  surplus  which  finds  distribu¬ 
tion  by  every  mail  and  express  for  the 
farther  development  of  Western  eities, 
towns  and  farming  lands.  Is  there  not 
on  every  hand  evidence  not  to  be  mis¬ 
taken,  that  as  we  have  been  in  the  past 
so  are  we  in  the  present,  a  great  living 
factor  in  the  building  up  of  all  the 
States  west  of  the  great  lakes  ?  Do  not 
the  facts  connected  with  the  life  of  the 
New  England  farmer,  who  has  given 
proper  study  to  his  occupation,  show 
clearly  that  our  New  England  farms  are 
now  yielding  a  larger  compensation  for 
the  amount  of  labor  and  investment  than 
the  average  farms  west  of  the  Mississippi 
River  ? 
Piles  fok  Prizes. — I  have  seen  many 
funny  things  in  the  course  of  my  career, 
now  nearly  three  score  years,  but  the 
“cake  is  taken,”  the  prize  for  originality 
is  won  by  a  Western  agricultural  paper, 
a  copy  of  which  was  recently  sent  to  me. 
As  a  special  favor  to  its  readers,  it  has 
made  arrangements  to  sell  to  them,  for 
one-third  the  usual  price,  the  following  : 
100  two-grain  quinine  pills. 
100  anti-dyspeptic  pills. 
100  compound  cathartic  pills. 
100  liver  granules. 
100  Iron  pills. 
100  antl-coustlpatlon  pills. 
Just  think  of  it !  As  Squeers  said, 
“  Here’s  richness.”  Six  hundred  pills 
are  offered,  postage  paid,  with  full  direc¬ 
tions  for  using,  for  the  extremely  modest 
sum  of  $1.50,  or  four  pills  for  a  cent. 
The  doctors’  trade  will  be  ruined  among 
the  constituents  of  that  paper.  What’s 
the  use  of  paying  him  $1  for  a  visit  and 
three  or  four  pills  when  you  can  get  the 
latter  from  this  collection  for  a  cent. 
Have  you  a  chill?  take  a  quinine  pill.  Are 
you  feverish  instead  of  chilly  ?  the  same 
wonderful  pills  will  restore  your  equilib¬ 
rium.  Have  you  been  gorging  yourself 
and  don'tefeel  very  well  ?  take  a  couple 
of  “anti-dyspeptic”  pills;  if  they  fail  to 
connect,  try  the  “  compound  cathartics,” 
which  generally  get  there,  but,  if  not, 
try  some  of  the  “  liver  granules.”  If  re¬ 
lief  is  still  unattained,  absorb  a  few  of 
the  “  anti-constipation  ”  pills.  You  will 
by  this  time  be  killed  or  cured,  with  the 
chances  decidedly  in  favor  of  the  former. 
Seriously,  we  can  imagine  nothing 
worse  for  the  health  of  a  family  than  to 
have  such  a  collection  of  drugs  placed  at 
their  disposal.  It  will  be  very  apt  to 
make  a  family  of  invalids  of  them  In¬ 
stead  of  learning  to  so  live  that  health  is 
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and  the  Laying  Out  and 
Management  of  a  Country 
Home. — By  W.  C.  Strong,  Ex- 
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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. 
1.  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.  r.  he  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  Curran 
—The  Gooseberry. 
XIII.  The  Raspberry— The  Blackberry. 
XIV.  The  Strawberry. 
XV.  The  Mulberry— The  Fig— Rhubarb— Aspar¬ 
agus. 
XVI.  Propagating  Fruit  Trees— From  the  Seed— By 
Division— By  Cuttings— By  Layers— By  Bud¬ 
ding— By  Grafting. 
XVII.  Insecticides— Fungicides— Recipes. 
“  Mr.  Strong  gives  evidence  of  that  thorough  grasp  of 
the  subject  which  he  has  gained  from  30  years'  experi¬ 
ence  as  an  orchardist.  His  book  is  a  simple,  clear 
well-condensed  manual  of  practical  information  on 
the  fundamental  principles  involved  in  the  success¬ 
ful  cultivation  of  each  species  of  fruit.”— Boston 
Advertiser. 
“  In  no  branch  of  intelligence  has  there  heen  so 
much  advance  as  in  horticulture.  Every  yea  solves 
new  problems  insoluble  before,  and  with  new  ideas 
new  books  follow.  It  is  in  just  this  line  (in  the  en¬ 
deavor  to  elucidate  fundamental  principles)  that  Mr. 
Strong  believes  he  finds  an  unoccupied  field,  and  this 
book  is  the  result.”— Thomas  Meehan,  in  Gardener’s 
Monthly. 
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suggestive  of  flavor  and  fineness.”— Philadelphia 
Ledger. 
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found  applicable  to  fruit  culture  in  the  South  as  well 
as  the  North.”— Charleston  News  and  Courier. 
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giving  tjie  particular  information  which  small  fruit 
ralsei  j  wish  to  know.”— Boston  Transcript. 
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experienced  fruit  growers.”— Home  and  Farm  (Louis¬ 
ville). 
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