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THE  RURAL  NEW-YORKER 
Oct.  1 
Sure  Money  for  Workers. 
Money  in  winter  is  hard  to  earn  in 
growing  crops,  but  the  dull  season  is  the 
time  to  learn  how  to  make  money  in  sum¬ 
mer.  You  can  also  earn  good  wages 
from  now  to  May  1,  by  telling  the  people 
of  your  county  how  The  Rural  New- 
Yokker  can  help  them.  In  a  few  weeks 
we  shall  tell  you  all  about  how  hundreds 
of  our  readers  can  profit  by  working  for 
this  paper.  This  will  be  no  ordinary 
canvassing  scheme,  but  every  earnest 
worker  shall  profit  largely  from  his 
efforts.  Meantime  we  would  like  every 
subscriber  who  desires  to  join  in  this 
work  to  write  us  at  once  and  state  when 
he  or  she  will  be  ready  to  begin  opera¬ 
tions.  But  tvern  one  who  now  sends  us  a 
(jood  club  of  trial  subscribers  will  luive  the 
best  chance  at  the  work  in  Ills  own  vicinity. 
The  trial  subscriptions  will  be  stopped 
at  expiration  unless  otherwise  ordered. 
TO  GROWERS  OF  THE  R.  N.-Y. 
No.  2  POTATO,  AND  THE  RURAL 
THOROUGHBRED  FLINT  CORN  — 
There  is  a  great  demand  for  these  varie¬ 
ties,  hundreds  of  letters  of  inquiry  for 
them  coming  to  The  It.  N.-Y.  But  we 
have  no  seeds  for  sale ,  as  most  old  sub¬ 
scribers  know  full  well.  The  demand  is 
likely  to  continue  for  some  years  to 
come.  We,  therefore,  advise  readers  who 
are  growing  them  this  year,  to  carefully 
select  and  save  for  seed  the  best  of  the 
crops.  These  seed  stocks  will  sell  next 
spring  considerably  higher  than  market 
food  and  fodder  prices. 
The  Carman  Grape  Ready 
for  Subscribers. 
Conditions  :  A  vine  will  be  sent  to 
any  yearly  subscriber  for  1892  who  (1) 
makes  due  application  for  it,  (2)  and 
sends  eight  cents  in  stamps  to  pay  for  the 
mailing  only.  (3)  Applications  re¬ 
ceived  after  the  present  supply  is  ex¬ 
hausted  will  be  supplied  next  spring. 
The  price  of  the  vines  is  fixed  at  $5  each, 
in  order  that  only  subscribers  may  secure 
them.  We  recommend  that  only  sub¬ 
scribers  living  south  of  the  Ohio  and  Poto¬ 
mac  rivers  send  for  the  vines  this  fall, 
and  those  north  next  spring. 
Ruinous  storms  have  destroyed  two- 
thirds  of  the  crop,  but  several  thousands 
are  now  ready  for  sending  out  and  Mr. 
Munson  will  have  an  ample  supply  by 
next  spring. 
QUESTIONS  ANSWERED. 
W.  W.  McC.,  Mercer ,  Pa.— You  do  well 
to  refrain  from  sending  till  spring,  as  you, 
in  common  with  most  Northern  grape 
growers,  find  that  much  the  better  time 
for  setting.  Northern  applicants  had 
better  not  send  the  postage  stamps  un¬ 
til  March  or  April  next. 
W.  H.  M.  and  others.— We  have  no 
doubt  but  that  there  will  be  an  ample 
supply  of  the  Carman  grape  vines  for  all 
applicants  entitled  to  them  under  our 
offer. 
crop  and  market  notes. 
The  cholera  scare  has  materially  damaged  the  fruit 
market— a  most  senseless  move,  but  what  can  one  do 
In  the  face  of  such  colossal  Ignorance  and  prejudice? 
Potatoes  are  selling  In  the  Chicago  market  at  from 
48  to  G3  cents  per  bushel,  depending  on  the  quality. 
The  corn  and  potato  crops  of  North  Finland  have 
been  almost  entirely  destroyed  by  frosts.  A  famine 
Is  imminent. 
The  manipulators  of  the  hop  market  are  getting  in 
their  work  and  prices  are  being  squeezed  as  much  as 
possible.  No  good  bopB  should  sell  at  less  than  25 
cents  per  pound,  but  we  hear  of  no  higher  quotation 
than  23.  There  are  very  few  sales  being  made, 
growers  feeling  safe  in  holding  for  at  least  25  cents. 
Seckel  and  Bose  pears  lead  the  market  to-day  in 
price,  with  Anjou,  I.ouise  Bonne  and  Sheldon  close 
behind.  There  is  no  sense  in  sending  an  inferior 
aiticle  to  the  market  in  times  like  these— there  is 
too  much  of  that  sort  of  stock  here  now. 
Experts  who  have  been  to  Florida  to  examine  the 
orange  situation  for  local  fruit  houses,  say  the 
crop  is  quite  short,  though  fairly  good.  Barton  is  the 
only  county  in  the  State  with  a  full  crop,  and  or¬ 
chards  there  are  loaded  down. 
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that  will  Convince  and  Save  You  Money. 
N eponset  Water-Proof  Fabrics 
Are  Necessary  to  Every  Farmer  and  Poultryman, 
Total  Western  packing  from  March  1  to  September 
15  was  5,2(55,000  hogs,  an  increase  of  1,195,000  over  the 
same  period  last  last. 
As  the  Liverpool  price  of  cotton  depends  greatly 
on  the  rate  of  rupee  exchange,  the  present  outlook 
for  our  short  cotton  crop  is  that  it  may  fetch  an  un¬ 
improved  price,  and  hard  times  at  the  South  may 
continue. 
Up  to  September  1  the  cotton  in  Dower  California 
and  along  the  sea  coast  was  in  a  fairly  good  condi¬ 
tion.  Complaints  are  now  frequent  of  the  rust  in  the 
upper  cotton  Helds,  owing  to  a  week  of  continuous 
and  heavy  rain.  The  Sea  Island  crops  have  not  been 
materially  injured. 
Owing  to  the  partial  failure  of  the  Virginia  and 
Kentucky  tobacco  crop,  the  price  of  all  the  low-grade 
plug  and  flne-cutchewlng  tobacco,  says  the  Philadel¬ 
phia  Record,  has  been  increased  25  per  cent.  The 
leaf  used  for  smoking  mixtures  is  obtained  from  the 
more  northern  States,  where  the  crops  have  been 
good. 
Cablegrams  say:  “In  the  Burgundy  district,  if  the 
tine  warm  weather  continues  for  a  fortnight,  the 
grape  harvest  will  be  fairly  favorable.  The  yield  is 
expected  to  be  from  one-third  to  one-half  of  an  aver¬ 
age.  In  the  celebrated  Meursault  vineyard  the  yield 
of  high-class  wine  will  be  small,  but  the  quality  will 
be  exceptionally  good." 
The  Cincinnati  Price  Current,  generally  a  good 
and  always  a  care  ul  authority,  estimates  that  the 
wheat  crop  of  this  year  will  not  Justify  calculations 
above  500,000,000  bushels.  The  same  authority,  after 
investigating  the  probabilities  connected  with  the 
yield  of  corn,  makes  the  statement  that  it  is  not  rea¬ 
sonable  to  expect  more  than  approximately  1,600,- 
000,000  bushels. 
The  Mark  Dane  Express,  one  of  the  best  English 
authorities,  says  that  the  wheat  harvest  in  Great 
Britain  may  be  regarded  as  finished.  New  wheat  is 
as  yet  only  obtained  in  a  small  quantity.  The  farm¬ 
ers  are  reluctant  to  sell  at  present  prices.  It  is  ex¬ 
pected  that  there  will  be  large  deliveries  at  the  local 
markets  in  October  and  November.  A  diminution  In 
the  quantity  of  foreign  wheat  on  passage  to  the  Uni¬ 
ted  Kingdom  somewhat  relieves  the  strain  of  compe¬ 
tition,  but  the  large  stocks  of  1891  foreign  wheat  un¬ 
sold  are  a  constant  Incubus.  The  importations  dur¬ 
ing  the  past  week  have  been  large,  making  the  port 
markets  dull  at  a  decline  of  12  cents  per  quarter  of 
eight  bushels,  or  1*4  cent  per  bushel. 
*  *  * 
A  Hundred  Thrifty  Farmers  are 
wanted  to  work  for  The  Rurad  New- 
Yorker. 
AGRI OTJLTTJR AD  NEWS. 
A  Georgia  judge  has  decided  that  a  mule  Is  a 
deadly  weapon. 
The  Prussian  Minister  of  Agriculture  has  been 
petitioned  to  drive  bookmakers  from  the  race¬ 
courses. 
Scoteh  slaughter-houses  are  fitted  with  apparatus 
for  stunning  cattle  by  electricity  instead  of  knock¬ 
ing  them  down. 
The  charge  for  public  Inspection  of  hogs  at  the 
Chicago  Stock  Yards  was  reduced  from  15  to  10  cents 
per  ton  after  September  J. 
The  Farmers'  Alliance  store  at  Dexlngton,  Va., 
owned  and  managed  by  the  Alliance  Stock  Company, 
has  failed— stock  a  total  loss. 
The  German  government  has  decided  not  to  use 
white  horses  In  battle,  for  the  reason  that  they  fur¬ 
nish  too  conspicuous  a  target  for  the  enemy. 
The  last  bulletin  of  the  New  York  Experiment  Sta¬ 
tion  repeats  that  there  is  no  question  as  to  the  efficacy 
of  the  Bordeaux  mixture  as  a  preventive  of  the  leaf- 
blight. 
Salton  Dake,  which  so  suddenly  appeared  a  few 
months  ago  in  the  Colorado  desert,  has  entirely  dis¬ 
appeared,  and  Its  bed  Is  now  covered  with  luxuriant 
verdure. 
The  total  stock  of  wheat  at  Minneapolis  and  Duluth 
is  5,871 ,004  bushels,  an  Increase  of  376,255  bushels.  A 
year  ago  the  stock  at  these  two  places  amounted  to 
4,932,364  bushels. 
The  “  Big  Three  ”  are  said  to  be  about  to  start  a 
great  tannery  at  Tolleston,  Ind.,  on  the  land  they 
bought  when  endeavoring  to  secure  better  terms  from 
the  Chicago  Stock  Yards  Company. 
In  Kansas  a  large  proportion  of  the  Democratic 
party,  after  all,  refuse  to  “  fuse  ”  with  the  People’s 
Party  and  Farmers’  Alliance,  and  will  hold  a  State 
convention  on  October  7  to  take  Independent  action- 
A  typographical  error  in  an  advertisement  of  a 
brood  mare  In  last  week's  Rural,  owned  by  Mr. 
Wm.  H.  Harris,  gave  the  mare’s  sire  incorrectly 
It  should  have  been  Nugget— not  Nugent  as  there 
stated. 
MPIRE  WASHER  FREE 
To  Energetic  Agents. 
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PERFECT  SATISFACTION  GUARANTEED.  #500  to  any  one  who  will 
Invent  a  similar  WASHING  MACHINE  that  will  operate  easier  or  do  < 
better  work.  The  Price  l»  Dow.  Write  forclrculars,  price  and  terms  to 
Mention  this  Paper.  THE  EMPIRE  WASHER  C0M  Jamestown,  N.  Y. 
Great  Britain  keeps  roads  In  repair  by  the  proceeds 
of  a  wheel  tax.  Every  wheel  that  turns  pays  Its  tax 
except  hacks  and  cabs  for  hire  and  farmers’  wagons. 
Mrs.  Osborne,  a  widow,  has  cleared  $5,000  to  $6,000  a 
year  from  her  ranch  near  Salt  Dake  City.  She  raises 
vegetables.  Recently  she  added  a  chicken  ranch 
and  two  Incubators,  and  expects  to  clear  $10,000  this 
year  In  all. 
New  Mexicans  on  the  frontier  are  Indignant  be¬ 
cause  Mexican  customs  officials  are  seizing  Texas 
cattle  that  wander  across  the  line.  Most  of  the  cat¬ 
tle  have  been  bought  in  Mexico,  and  naturally 
meander  homeward. 
New  York  farmers  should  know  that  the  State 
authorities  and  a  large  number  of  more  diminutive 
legal  luminaries  are  busy  preparing  warrants  for  the 
arrest  of  all  vehicle  owners  in  country  districts,  who 
are  violating  the  new  vehicle  law  by  not  securing 
proper  licenses. 
What  to  do  with  sprouted  wheat  Is  a  question  that 
Is  bothering  a  good  many  farmers  In  North  Dakota 
this  fall,  especially  In  the  James  River  Valley. 
There  Is  more  or  less  of  this  grain  In  nearly  every 
field  In  that  vicinity,  and  the  same  difficulty  Is  re¬ 
ported  from  other  portions  of  the  State. 
The  second  session  of  the  Dairy  School,  held  by 
the  State  Agricultural  College  of  Vermont,  will  be¬ 
gin  October  24  and  continue  four  weeks,  six  dayB  In 
a  week.  No  entrance  examination  Is  required  and 
no  tuition  fees  are  charged.  For  further  particulars, 
apply  to  Prof.  W.  W.  Cook,  Burlington,  Vt. 
Vice-President  Morton  at  his  farm  called  Elleislie, 
below  Rhinebeck,  N.  Y.,  has  In  course  of  construction 
a  barn  296  feet  long  by  30  wide;  Is  preparing  a  silo  to 
hold  2,000  tons  of  corn  stalks,  which  will  be  cut  on  his 
land;  has  125  cows  now  milking,  and  will  add  50  later 
In  the  fall  and  Is  building  a  hennery  196  feet  long. 
There’s  a  report  that  the  Gypsy  Moth,  against 
which  Massachusetts  has  been  waging  an  ineffective 
war  at  great  expense  for  some  time,  has  made  Its 
appearance  about  the  village  of  Attica,  Wyoming 
County,  N.  Y.  If  so,  New  York  State  should  take  as 
prompt  measures  against  It  as  It  has  already  taken 
against  cholera. 
A  hog  belonging  to  Dewls  Cole,  of  Howard  County, 
Ind.,  was  buried  beneath  an  old  straw  stack  last  May. 
and  was  taken  out  on  August  24— after  99  days.  ’Twas 
fat  when  entombed,  but  only  skin  and  bone  when 
resurrected.  Fed,  first  on  milk,  It’s  now  tit  to  eat 
anything,  and  bids  fair  to  reach  a  weight  of  400 
pounds  and  upwards. 
Three  masked  robbers  bound  John  F.  Kulhoff,  an 
aged  farmer,  with  ropes  last  Tuesday  night,  beat  him 
into  insensibility  and  robbed  him  of  $600  in  money 
and  $2,000  worth  of  securities.  Similar  stories  appear 
In  print  every  week.  Why  will  Isolated  farmers 
tempt  robbery  and  worse  by  keeping  money  and 
other  portable  property  at  home? 
The  Democrats  and  People’s  Party  of  Wisconsin 
are  reported  to  have  “  fused  ”  on  the  basis  that  the 
State  Democratic  nominees  for  Presidential  Electors 
to  be  withdrawn  and  Weaver  Electors  to  be  selected 
by  the  People’s  Party,  the  latter  to  Indorse  the 
Democratic  State  nominees  for  Governor,  Members 
of  Congress  and  Supreme  Court  Judge. 
Goldsmith  Warner,  a  75-year-old  farmer,  left  his 
home  at  Baiting  Hollow,  Dong  Island,  for  New  York 
city  the  other  day,  and  picked  up  on  the  Bowery  two 
agreeable  acquaintances  to  whom  he  told  all  about 
himself  and  his  business.  A  few  days  later  two 
pleasant  strangers  called  on  him  to  buy  his  farm  at 
a  big  figure,  and  by  a  little  hocus-pocus  buncoed  him 
out  of  $2,000— the  old,  old  story! 
The  next  show  of  the  National  Horse  Show  Asso¬ 
ciation  will  be  held  in  Madison  Square  Garden,  this 
city,  November  14-19.  The  prizes  will  be  double  those 
offered  last  year.  Entries  must  be  made  at  the  office 
of  the  association,  63  Madison  Avenue,  up  to  October 
19.  They  will  be  kept  open  a  week  later,  but,  after 
the  19th,  the  entrance  fee  will  be  doubled.  Full  par¬ 
ticulars  will  be  sent  on  application. 
( Continued  on  next  page  ) 
If  digestion  Is  BAD,  appetite  POOR,  strength 
WANTING  and  spirits  GDOOMY,  try  perseveringly- 
Jayne’s  Tonic  Vermifuge  an  hour  after  meals; 
and  at  same  time  keep  your  bowels  gently  open  with 
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FOR  SALE— BROOD  MARE  by  nugget, 
2.26?*  (sire  of  Gold  Leaf,  2.16^,  etc.),  with  black 
colt  by  side,  sired  by  Montezuma,  2.299*  (son  of 
Alcantara,  2.23.  and  sire  of  White  Wings,  2.28H),  and 
again  In  foal  to  Montezuma.  Will  sell  cheap. 
WILLIAM  H.  HARRIS, 
229  Broadway,  New  York  City. 
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