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THE  RURAL  NEW-YORKER 
Oct.  29 
Six  Prints  to  Remember  l 
1.  — Every  Subscriber  for  1893  is  en¬ 
titled  to  receive  the  premium  seeds  and 
plants,  worth  $5  to  $25  to  any  bright 
cultivator.  He  pays  for  the  Aiailiug 
only. 
2. — Every  Subscriber  for  1893  gets 
the  best  and  cheapest  farm  paper  in  the 
world  :  the  best  by  general  concession  ; 
the  cheapest  because  it  is  the  best.  Only 
$1  for  a  $2  paper. 
3.  — Every  Subscriber  who  sends  in 
one  or  more  new  subscriptions  is  well 
paid  for  the  effort  in  the  combination 
premium  offers. 
4 — Every  Subscriber  who  sends  in  a 
club  of  five  or  more  new  names  for  1893 
will  share  pro  rata  in  the  $2,000  to  be 
divided  May  1st. 
5.  — Every  Subscriber  who  sends  in 
five  or  more  new  names  for  1893  also 
secures  one  of  the  $3,000  worth  of  extra 
premiums  for  clubs  of  5  to  100. 
6.  — That  you,  Dear  Reader,  should 
The  Delta  Sanitary  Company,  of  Little  Ferry,  N. 
J.,  Is  coming  to  the  relief  <  f  country  people  In  a  very 
desirable  way.  Its  purpose  Is  to  prepare  complete 
baths  and  fixtures  for  country  homes  and  cottages. 
Each  outfit  is  certainly  very  complete,  and  a  great 
saving  arises  from  the  fact  that  It  can  be  put  up  by 
any  one  who  will  follow  the  plain  Instructions. 
When  any  one  Is  making  a  purchase,  he  may  just 
as  well  have  the  best  to  be  had.  The  best  costs  little 
more  than  the  poorer  articles,  and  is  always  cheap¬ 
est  In  the  end.  The  loo  1  advertised  in  this  Issue  Is 
undoubtedly  the  best  to  be  had  and  far  superior  to 
the  clumsy  affair  made  by  local  carpenters.  De¬ 
scriptive  circulars  may  be  had  of  C.  N.  Newcomb, 
31(9  W.  Street.  Davenport,  la. 
CROP  AND  MARKET  NOTES. 
Potatoes  barely  hold  their  own.  There  are  large 
accumulations  in  the  railway  yards  and  the  demand 
Is  more  than  met. 
Butter  has  had  a  sharp  advance  and  though  there 
is  a  lull  in  trading,  fine  grades  are  still  firmly  held. 
The  situation  Is  encouraging. 
Cheese  Is  dull,  but  prices  are  fairly  well  main¬ 
tained.  It  will  need  shrewd  management  to  keep 
the  market  where  It  now  stands. 
There  Is  little  encouragement  for  shippers  of 
poultry.  The  bottom  has  fallen  out  and  prices  are 
very  iow.  The  approach  of  the  holiday  season  Is  the 
only  ray  of  light  on  the  feathered  horizon. 
The  Mark  Dane  Express  of  October  17,  says  that 
Engl'sh  wheat  had  fallen  three  cents  per  bushel  In 
London,  but  nevertheless  the  average  was  cents, 
better  than  In  the  provinces,  where  there  was  a  miser¬ 
able  preponderance  of  damp  and  unfit  deliveries 
For  the  previous  six  weeks  Imported  foreign  wheat 
had  averaged  3,783,264  bushels  weekly,  52  per  cent  of 
which  was  American. 
A  serious  crisis  exists  in  the  Russian  grain  trade. 
Foreign  merchants  decline  to  purchase  the  surplus 
grain  from  the  Interior  of  the  country.  Prices  are 
falling  and  at  the  same  time  freight  rates  are  ad¬ 
The  Ashton’s  Salt 
is  rapidly  supplanting  all  the 
would-be  substitutes  in  the  mar- 
MEDALS  AND  AWARDS. 
MANN’S 
BONE  CUTTER 
FOR 
Poultry  Food. 
has  taken  a  medal  at 
every  exhibition  awarding 
medals,  where  it  has  been 
shown,  and  a  First  Prize  or 
Diploma  at  every  Agricul¬ 
tural  Show  awarding  such, 
where  it  has  been  exhibited 
this  year. 
Diploma  awarded  by  the  Attleboro,  Mass.,  Agricul¬ 
tural  Association,  1889. 
BRONZE  MEDAL  and  Diploma  of  the  Indus¬ 
trial  Exhibition,  of  Toronto,  Canada,  1889. 
Certificate  of  Merit  by  the  Bay  State  Agricultural 
Society,  1889. 
BRONZE  MEDAL  and  Diploma  from  the  Mas¬ 
sachusetts  Charitable  Mechanics’  Association,  1890. 
BRONZE  MEDAL  and  Diploma  of  the  Indus¬ 
trial  Exhibition  Association,  Toronto,  Canada,  1890. 
SILVER  MEDAL  of  the  Industrial  Exhibition 
Association,  Toronto,  Canada,  1891. 
Diploma  of  Western  New  York  Agricultural  Society, 
Rochester,  1891. 
Diploma  at  Rhode  Island  State  Fair,  Prov.,  1892. 
•First  and  Second  Premium  at  the  Western  New 
York  Agricultural  Fair,  at  Rochester,  1892. 
First  Premium,  Oswego  Falls  (N.  Y.)  Agricultural 
Society,  1892. 
Diploma  at  Montreal  Exhibition  and  Fair,  Can..  1892. 
First  Prize,  N.  Y.  Agrl.  Society,  Syracuse,  1892. 
F'irst  Premium  at  N.  Y.  Interstate  Fair,  Elmira,  1892. 
First  Premium  and  Diploma  at  Douglas  County 
Agricultural  Society  Fair,  Omaha,  Neb.,  1892. 
At  the  Western  New  York  Fair,  where  THREE 
NEW  BONE  CUTTERS  were  exhibited  by  THREE 
DIFFERENT  MANUFACTURERS,  MANN'S  not  only 
took  the  FIRST  PRIZE,  but  SECOND  PRIZE  also 
be  earning  your  proper  share  of  the 
$10,000  worth  of  cash  and  other  valuable 
premiums  to  be  sent  to  subscribers  to 
The  Rural  New-Yorker.  We  can  and 
will  help  you  to  earn  a  good  winter  in¬ 
come  if  you  will  let  us. 
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sample  copies  and  subscription  blanks, 
etc.  To-day  is  the  day  to  begin. 
CONTENTS. 
Rural  New-Yorker,  October  29,  1892. 
FARM  TOPICS. 
No  Place  Like  Home .  699 
How  the  Poultry  Industry  Is  Recognized .  701 
Questions  About  Chemicals  and  Clover .  701 
Treatment  for  Pasture  Land .  702 
Selling  Corn  to  Buy  Other  Stock  Food .  702 
A  Wheat  That  Turns  Pale  .  702 
Chemicals  and  Clover . 705 
LIVE  STOCK  AND  DAIRY. 
What  Is  a  Fair  Price  for  the  Milk  ? .  702 
Live  Stock  Matters .  711 
Jersey  Leghorns .  711 
Colorado  Dairying .  711 
Substitute  for  Oats .  711 
HORTICULTURAL. 
“  Ifs  ”  of  Successful  Fruit  Culture .  700 
A  Home-Made  Sprayer .  701 
Can  We  Feed  Yellows  Off  the  Place .  702 
What  is  a  Good  Gooseberry  ? .  702 
The  Bose  Pear .  702 
WOMAN  AND  HOME. 
Notes  from  Mrs.  Rover's  Lectures .  70S 
Hardware  vs.  Hard  Wear .  700 
Chautauqua  Work  in  the  Farm  House .  706 
A  Word  from  One  Who  Loves  to  Cook .  70<; 
What  Makes  Them  Sweet  7 .  707 
Stove  Conveniences . 707 
Novel  Sweet  Pickie .  707 
Auld  Claes  ”  New . 707 
Sensible  Home  Teaching .  707 
A  Gasoline  Sad-Iron .  7O7 
Heating  the  House .  707 
A  Call  lor  Help .  707 
Some  Orange,  Pumpkin  and  Honey  Jams .  707 
Health  Coffee .  707 
Clipping  the  Queens .  707 
Becoming  Coiffures .  707 
Medicinal  Value  of  Vegetables .  707 
MISCELLANEOUS. 
A  Fair  Chance .  699 
A  Nation  of  Trusts .  701 
Premium  Novelties .  703 
A  Cold  Country  Coffee  Plant .  704 
About  those  Crop  Reports . 704  708 
What  Others  Say .  705 
Abstracts .  705 
Editorial .  708 
Brevities . ””  708 
A  Bold  Stroke .  709 
A  Short  Sermon .  710 
Parney  Ann  on  Keepln’  Hens . .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  710 
Odds  and  Ends .  710 
Business  Bits .  712 
Crop  and  Market  Notes . \  712 
Agricultural  News . 712  713 
Markets .  713 
Shear  Nonsense .  714 
BUSINESS  BITS. 
The  Frank  B.  Barkley  Manufacturing  Co.,  formerly 
of  Cincinnati,  O.,  has  removed  to  Chicago,  where  it 
has  increased  facilities  for  Its  harness  and  buggy 
business. 
Nothing  Like  It.— To  Scott's  Hoof  Paste  Co.:  My 
valuable  Jersey  cow’s  bag  bad  been  caked  for  three 
days  when  I  applied  your  Arabian  Paste.  In  a  short 
time  large  drops  of  sweat  were  standing  on  the 
udder.  Two  applications  entirely  cured  her.  I  ap¬ 
preciate  Its  value.  Yours  respectfully, 
Henrietta,  N.  Y.  geo.  brown. 
The  Proper  Erection  op  a  Fence  has  as  much 
to  do  with  Its  durability  as  the  material  used.  By 
the  use  of  the  Independent  spring  tension  for  each 
wire,  and  the  twister  wheel  constructed  of  rollers, 
one  can  pass  splices  in  with  ease  and  build  a  wire  and 
picket  fence  in  a  very  durable  manner,  and  with 
scarcely  any  labor.  These  improvements  in  wire  and 
picket  fence  machines  are  embodied  in  the  Robinson 
Fence  Machine,  manufactured  by  the  Safety  Gate 
Co.,  of  Richmond,  lnd. 
vancing,  owing  to  the  fact  that  steamers  have  ceased 
running  because  of  the  ’ack  of  cargo.  Several  ex¬ 
porting  houses  In  Tagonrag,  Barbiansk  and  Marlon- 
pol  have  suspended.  Exporters  are  only  ordering 
cereals  for  the  purpose  of  storing  the  grain  In  ware¬ 
houses  until  there  is  a  rise  in  prices.  It  is  estimated 
tha  t  Odessa  holds  in  reserve  3,680,000  quintals,  Kher- 
ban  9, COO, 000  poods  and  Azof!  11,200,000  poods.  A  pood 
is  equivalent  to  36  American  pounds. 
Late  advices  from  Chicago  as  a  center  and  the 
tributary  great  corn  States,  show  that  continued  dry 
weather  has  hastened  the  maturity  of  corn  and  con¬ 
siderably  improved  the  crop,  though  the  general 
yield  is  spotted  and  uneven.  A  good  deal  which,  it 
wa  i  thought  would  never  mature,  has  turned  out  all 
right  The  crop  Is  now  made  and  has  nothing  to  fear 
from  frost.  The  seeding  of  winter  wheat  has  been 
as  a  rule,  greatly  delayed  by  the  dry  weather,  and 
the  prospect  now  Is  that  it  will  hardly  be  finished  any 
earlier  than  last  year.  It  is  believed  that  the  Agri¬ 
cultural  Department  has  made  a  mistake  in  estimat¬ 
ing  the  corn  crop  so  early,  and  that  it  has  greatly 
overestimated  the  oat  crop. 
AGRICULTURAL  NEWS. 
Colonel  Ham  of  Georgia  Is  stumping  Texas  for 
Governor  Hogg. 
An  epidemic  of  madness  has  seized  large  herds  of 
cattle  In  Gaines  Township,  la.,  and  many  have  died 
A  meeting  of  trotting  horse  drivers  was  held  at 
Lexington,  Ky„  the  other  night  for  the  purpose  of 
making  a  start  toward  forming  a  protective  drivers’ 
association 
There  was  a  monstrous  barbecue  on  the  Kansas 
City,  t.  Joe  and  Council  Bluffs  railroad ’the  other 
day,  12  miles  north  of  St  Joe.  Tramps  set  fire  to  a 
bridge,  a  stock  train  ran  into  it,  and  80  fat  cattle  were 
roasted  whole. 
The  Illinois  Grain  Elevator,  at  Chicago,  containing 
125,000  bushels  of  wheat,  collapsed  on  Saturday  even¬ 
ing:  5,000  bushels  of  grain  fell  into  the  river  and  the 
remainder  was  piled  up  on  the  track  of  the  railroad. 
Loss,  $25,000. 
For  several  days  at  the  end  of  last  week  and  be¬ 
ginning  of  this,  the  severest  storm  ever  known  on  the 
Union  Pacific  raged  at  Cheyenne,  Wyo.,  and  as  far 
west  as  Ogden,  U.  All  railroads  were  blocked,  the 
cuts  being  filled  with  snow,  which  in  some  places 
was  piled  up  18  feet.  The  snow  was  five  feet  deep 
on  the  level  at  Laramie.  Thousands  of  dollars’ 
worth  of  cattle  are  known  to  have  perished. 
The  Canadian  sugar  refiners  are  about  to  enter 
into  a  combination  after  the  lines  of  the  Sugar  Trust 
in  the  States.  The  combination  is  to  tlx  all  prices, 
and  dealers  selling  at  these  prices  will,  upon  making 
affidavit  to  that  effect,  be  allowed  one-eighth  of  a 
cent  a  pound  rebate,  which  is  supposed  to  be  the 
profit  of  the  retailer.  The  probability  is  that  the 
new  system  will  go  Into  effect  at  once. 
Once  more  there’s  a  car  famine  in  the  West.  The 
loudest  complaints  this  year  come  from  Iowa.  The 
railways  are  besieged  by  applications  for  rolling 
stock  and  the  demurrage  regulations  are  being 
strictly  enforced,  so  that  the  cars  may  be  promptly 
unloaded.  The  transportation  of  the  Immense 
grain;crops  is  what  causes  the  shortage  of  cars.  No 
relief  can  be  expected  for  at  least  two  months,  or 
until  the  bulk  of  the  grain  has  been  delivered. 
The  imports  of  cattle  from  Canada  last  year,  end¬ 
ing  December,  1891,  into  Great  Britain  were  101,289, 
and  the  value  was  $8,623,202.  The  oxen,  bulls  and 
cows  averaged  $81.40  each  at  ihe  landing  ports. 
Freight,  including  landing  charges,  cost  about  $28 
per  head.  If  the  farmers  of  Canada  cannot  make  a 
profit  in  fattening  steers  and  selling  them  at  $53.40  on 
the  average  each,  they  have  only  one  alternative— 
they  must  reduce  the  cost. 
The  American  legation  in  London  warns  the  cred¬ 
ulous  American  public  against  another  British  real 
estate  swindle  by  the  alleged  existence  ofwlitch  shys¬ 
ter  lawyers  and  rascally  agents  have  been  trying  to 
scoop  money  out  of  the  pockets  of  American  dupes 
who  might  believe  they  were  among  the  “heirs.” 
This  is  the  bogus  Jennens  estate.  The  Rural  has 
several  times  exposed  this  fraud,  and  Vice-Chan¬ 
cellor  Malins  the  other  day  gave  it  a  death  blow. 
(Continued  on  next  page. ) 
ket.  10,000  sacks  more  sold 
in  1891  than  in  1890. 
Francis  D.  Moulton  &  Co., 
Agents  United  States  and  Canada, 
No.  29  Broadway,  New  York. 
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and  supplied  with  flowing  spring  water.  Price 
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Fruit  and  Vegetables.  Account  Sales  Rendered 
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