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C.  C.  S.,  page  758,  speaks  of  saving  his 
seed  potatoes  in  the  fall  at  digging  time, 
“selecting  only  those  perfect  in  shape 
and  form,”  etc.  I  did  the  same  thing 
this  fall.  In  digging  my  crop,  when 
I  came  to  a  hill  that  had  a  fine  lot  of 
smooth,  medium-sized  tubers,  I  laid  them 
aside  and  saved  for  planting  next  year. 
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The  $100,000,000  which  the  rise  in  the  price  of  cotton 
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Farming  for  Hen  Manure,.  ,We  keep 
about  400  hens,  and  if  we  did  not  make 
a  dollar  profit  on  keeping  them,  the  good 
results  we  get  from  the  ground  where 
we  apply  the  manure  would  more  than 
pay  us  for  all  our  labor  in  caring  for 
them.  We  grow  crops  principally  for  a 
canning  factory,  and  from  an  acre  and  a 
half  I  picked  451  bushels  of  June  peas 
this  season.  After  these  had  been  picked, 
the  ground  that  had  been  under  them 
and  an  acre  and  a  half  more  were  plowed 
and  planted  with  three  bushels  of 
Refugee  beans,  and  I  picked  something 
over  2,400  pounds  of  beans,  and  could 
have  got  1,500  or  2,000  pounds  more  were 
it  not  that  the  frost  nipped  them.  This 
ground  was  for  the  two  years  previous 
planted  to  tomatoes  and  potatoes,  and  a 
liberal  dressing  of  droppings  from  the 
hen-house  was  applied  in  each  hill. 
Erie  County,  N.  Y.  jas.  BUFTON. 
Rise  of  Streams  before  Rain. — On 
page  G22  J.  O.  W.  says  that,  Henry 
Stewart  to  the  contrary  notwithstand¬ 
ing,  he  has  frequently  noticed  that  the 
water  in  streams  rises  before  rain.  Years 
ago  I  was  told  that  it  did  so,  but  doubted; 
but  as  a  stream  passed  through  the  farm 
on  which  I  lived,  I  concluded  to  make 
observations,  and  several  times  noticed 
that  the  water  rose  before  a  rainfall. 
There  is  a  reason  for  everything,  and  as 
no  one  in  the  vicinity  could  give  me  one 
for  this,  I  “figured  it  out”  thus  :  Prior 
to  rain  the  atmosphere  becomes  sur¬ 
charged  with  moisture,  and  evaporation 
is  much  less  than  when  the  air  is  very 
dry,  consequently  more  water  flows 
into  the  stream  from  the  surrounding 
country  because  less  is  absorbed  by  the 
atmosphere.  Is  this  satisfactory  ?  Any¬ 
how,  it  is  a  matter  of  fact  demonstrated 
by  frequent  observation  in  my  case,  and 
which  any  one  can  ascertain  in  the  same 
way,  and  it  will  require  a  great  deal  of 
abstract  argument  to  disprove  an  observ¬ 
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Cooking  fcauliflower.  Crozler . 20 
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Grasses  and  Forage  Plants.  Flint . 2.00 
Grasses.  How  to  Know  Them  by  Their  Leaves..  1.00 
Hand-Book  of  Plants.  Henderson.  (520  p. ;  111.)  4.00 
Home  Acre.  Roe .  1.50 
Home  Flortlculture.  Rexford .  1.50 
Home  Florist,  The.  Long .  1.50 
Hop  Culture . 50 
How  to  Plant  a  Place.  Long . 20 
How  Crops  Feed.  Johnson.  (400  p.;  ill.) . 2.00 
How  Crops  Grow.  Johnson.  (375  p.) . 2.00 
How  Plants  Grow.  Gray.  (216  p.:  111.) .  1.00 
How  the  Farm  Pays.  Henderson  &  Crozler .  2.50 
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Insects  and  Insecticides.  Weed .  1.25 
Insects  Injurious  to  Plants.  Saunders.  (425  p. ;  ill.)  2.00 
Insects,  Injurious.  Treat.  (2T0  p.;  111.) . 2.00 
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Manures,  Book  on.  Harris.  (350  p.) .  1.75 
Modification  of  Plants  by  Climate,  The.  Crozier.  .25 
Nature’s  Serial  Story.  Roe . 2.50 
Nitrate  of  Soda  for  Manure.  Harris . 10 
Orchid  Culture.  Rand .  3.00 
Ornamental  Gardening.  Long . 2.00 
Popular  BIrrors  About  Plants.  Crozier .  1.00 
Practical  B'arm  Chemistry.  Greiner .  1.00 
Practical  B'lorlculture.  Henderson . 1.50 
Practical  B"orestry.  B'uller.  (280  p. ;  111.) .  1.50 
Preparing  Vegetables  for  the  Table . 50 
Rid  Bull  ings  and  Farms  of  Rats,  How  to. 
Pickett . 20 
Rhododendrons .  1.50 
Roses  in  the  Garden  and  Under  Glass.  English.  !so 
Rural  Blssays.  Downing . 3.00 
Spraying  Crops.  Weed,  (paper  50c.) .  1 75 
Talks  Afield.  Bailey .  1.00 
Timbers  and  How  to  Grow  Them.  Hartig . 75 
The  Rose:  Cultivation,  Varieties.  Ellwanger.  1.25 
The  Trees  of  Northwestern  America.  Newhall. .  2.50 
Truck  B'armlng  at  the  South.  Oemler .  1.50 
Window  Gardening.  Many  Authors . 10 
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CONTENTS. 
Rural  New-Yorker,  December  17,  1892, 
FARM  TOPICS. 
How  Farmers  Get  Rich . 
Few  Sweet  Potatoes . 
Home-Mixed  Potato  B'ertllizer _ 
Tight  Cisterns;  Lime  In  Stables.. . . 
Giving  Potat  es  a  Start . 
Tamarack  Ashes  as  a  B'ertllizer.  .. 
Clover  and  Corn  Ensilage . 
Youths’  Paper  Paradise, 
Babyland . 
Harper’s  Young  People . 
Our  Little  Men  and  Women _ 
Our  Little  Ones  and  Nursery . .  . 
Pansy . 
St.  Nicholas . 
Wide  Awake . 
Youth’s  Companion  (new) . 
Youth’s  Companion  (renewal).. , 
Religious  Papers. 
Christian  Union . 
Independent . 
Evangelist  (Dew) . 
Evangelist  (renewal) . 
Sunday  School  Times . 
The  Watchman  (new) . 
The  Watchman  (renewal) . 
Zion’s  Herald . 
LIVE  STOCK  AND  DAIRY. 
Is  There  Any  Profit  In  Grain  ? .  , 
How  to  Secure  “  Heavy  ”  Cream . 
A  Prize  English  Jersey . . 
More  About  B’ree  Wool . 
Some  Cow  Airing  Questions . 
Shifting  B'eeds:  More  About  Bran . 
Butter  B’at  and  Butterlne  Questions . 
How  Much  Bran  for  a  Pound  of  Butter  ? 
Death  to  Chicken  Lice . 
Live  Stock  Matters . 
How  Milk  Varies . 
Cows  for  Pork  Making . 
Another  Old  Hen . 
Science,  Mechanics  and  Sport. 
American  Machinist .  3.00  3.85 
Outing .  3.00  3.40 
Popular  Science  Monthly .  6.00  5.65 
Popular  Science  News .  1.00  1.85 
Scientific  American .  3.00  3.65 
B'orest  and  Stream  (new) .  4.00  4.50 
B'orest  and  Stream  (renewal) .  4.00  5.00 
Turf,  Field  and  B'arm  (new) .  5.00  5.25 
Turf,  Field  and  B'arm  (renewal) .  5.00  5.65 
Wallace’s  Monthly .  3.00  3.65 
Something  of  Art  and  Music. 
Art  Amateur .  4.00  4.50 
Art  Interchange  (with  Plates) .  4.00  4.75 
Art  Interchange  (without  Plates)....  3. 90  3.60 
The  Etude  (new) .  1.50  2.15 
The  Etude  (renewal) .  1.50  2.35 
Architecture. 
Architects’  and  Builders’  Edition 
Scientific  American  .  2.50  3.15 
Carpentry  and  Building .  1.00  1.05 
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HORTICULTURAL 
Horticultural  Gossip. . . 
About  Girdling  Grapes. 
Old  Trees  Are  Robbers, 
The  Black-Knot  Law — 
WOMAN  AND  HOME. 
A  Woman’s  Work . 
Christmas  Tokens  . 
Some  Christmas  Longings . 
One  Christmas  In  a  Southern  Home... 
“  Mary  Christmas  ” . 
Recipe  for  a  Merry  Christmas . 
Our  Christmas  Dinner . 
MISCELLANEOUS. 
Inquisitive  Survivors  . 
A  New  B'raud . 
KuraJisins . 
Editorial . 
Brevities . 
Song  of  the  Toilers  . 
Around  the  Christmas  Markets . 
B'louring  on  a  Small  Scale . 
Pointers  on  Pickled  Eggs . 
Business  Bits . 
Puollsher’s  Desk . 
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