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Rough on Rogues. 
offers to sell instruments for export for 
only $15. In this country, wherever they 
can do so, the company demands $40 
to $50 annual rent for the use of these 
instruments. Our friend Cassius M. 
Clay keeps hammering away in favor of 
the Government control of railroads. We 
need more men like him to join in a stern 
demand for a reduction in the extortionate 
telephone and telegraph rates. 
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LOOKOUT 
ALMANAC 
LOOKING OUT FOR NUMBER ONE. 
Saturday Look out for a matrimonial 
* paper and “ Society” at Toledo, 
/* Ohio. * * * The Standard 
Silverware Company is denounced by many 
parties, who claim that the “silverware ” 
will not wear at all. * * * Unfortunately we 
advertised a scheme for preserving eggs 
last week. We fear this is nothing but 
salt or salt and water which will undoubt¬ 
edly preserve the eggs, but the information 
is not worth sending money for * * * We 
don’t believe in the pills advertised to make 
fat folks lean. Better exercise and “ work 
off your fat.” The Great Spanish Medical 
Company want six cents of your stamps 
and in exchange will send you “a string of 
pearls free” and “a great treasure packet.” 
Keep your six cents. 
Monday I J °°k out f° r a smart fraud who 
* “ wants to buy a farm.” He has 
a new dodge. He locates in some 
central place and advertises through the 
papers for a farm. He is sure to get lots of 
replies, and he seems able to convince each 
correspondent that that particular farm is 
just the one he wants. He adds that it will 
be necessary to send car-fare for buyer and 
agent to defray the expense of a trip to in¬ 
spect the farm and, would you believe it, 
he finds men enough who send him this 
money to “clothe himself in purple and fine 
linen and fare sumptuously,” etc. How 
anxious people are to be fooled ! 
Poultry Yard. 
Tuesday ' True German Hare ’’still 
1 occupies a page of one of the 
3* largest seed catalogues with the 
same old story that we have listened to so 
long. The price is a trifle higher this year 
than last; but that is nothing—after you 
get used to it. What foolish folks we are 
to go on with this “drudgery ” of raising 
corn and potatoes when we might all get 
rich at raising “ German Hares.” That is, 
we might get rich on paper; the German 
Hare gives a better chance to figure 
out a fortune than any other animal we 
ever heard of. The trouble is that there is 
probably not one real German Hare in this 
country. Mr. Greiner made this fact very 
clear in a recent issue of The R. N. Y., and 
the “introducer” of these remarkable 
animals has not yet found time to disprove 
Mr. G,’s statement. * * * Those wonder¬ 
ful “ sparrow catcher ” hens are still for 
sale by this enterprising individual. The 
sparrow pest is getting to be almost as bad 
as the tariff. The Farmers’ Alliance ought 
to pass a resolution favoring the breeding 
of these hens as a means of exterminating 
the English sparrow. Why not train a 
breed of hens to catch potato beetles ? 
POULTRY SHOW ECHOES. 
The scoring by comparison seemed to 
give general satisfaction in spite of the fact 
that most of the fanciers had opposed it. 
It is a quick method, and the prizes were 
awarded and posted on the first day. How 
was it done ? The judge for each variety 
had been selected as the best obtainable 
authority on each breed. If there should 
be, say, 50 hens of a certain breed in the 
class he was judging, he would select the 
five best specimens and then score them by 
comparison. With the selected birds side 
by side, he would first take up the matter 
of symmetry and decide by comparison 
which was the best specimen in that par¬ 
ticular. Then he would take up the other 
elements of comparison, head, tail, breast 
and body, back., etc, and again compare, 
being governed throughout by the Amer¬ 
ican standard of perfection, just as if he 
were using the score card. There is al¬ 
ways more or less dissatisfaction about 
such awards—many exhibitors thought in¬ 
justice was done them, but the majority 
seemed to think the new method of judging 
a success. 
The fanciers like to breed the Polish 
fowls because of the difficulty in breeding 
their delicate markings true. The White 
Crested Polish birds were greatly admired 
by the young women of the “400,” some of 
whom seemed to think the white bunch of 
feathers on the bird’s heads were “tied 
on.” Breeding this white crest is like 
breeding for the perfect white face of the 
Hereford cattle. Aside from the beauty or 
oddity of their plumage, the Polish fowls 
seem to have little to commend them. 
They are the most stupid of all the hen 
tribe and not remarkable either as layers 
or for meat production. 
Here is the story told us by a breeder of 
Indian Games: “They are rapid growers, 
some of them 11 weeks old weighing 3)4 to 
four pounds each. This wonderful growth 
may be accounted for by the fact that the 
feathers are short and stubby and the 
nourishment required by other breeds to 
grow long feathers is utilized by them in 
producing flesh. They are also remarkable 
as regards size and shape. They possess a 
powerful make-up—body very broad and 
breast very oval and prominent. The color 
of the plumage is brown-black with crimson 
shafts to the feathers, which lie very close 
to the body. Their legs and beaks are yel¬ 
low. Their flesh is very tender, fine grained 
(Continued on next page.) 
HADY HILL NURSERIES RareformsofTrees - Shrubs 
cambridce, mass. and HARDY PLANTS not 
You cannot afford to miss our catalogues, the rnrr •- _ , —, ,_ 
Helpful and Complete Issued In America. pSTinLE. tO DG r Olintl ElSGWnGTG. 
There is genuine pleasure in cropping from 300 to 500 bushels Potatoes from each and| 
every acre you plant. Now the way to do this is to get SALZER’S SliKDS. 
00,000 BPSHEL 8 SKKD POTATOES CHEAP. ^ 
I My WHITE BONANZA OATH took TheTnertctm Agriculturists prize— I 
* - ■ - . " - America; cropping 184 bu. per acre. | 
$500 In Gold— for biggest yielding Oats 
I am the largest grower of I 35 Packages Earliest Vegetables,, 
NORTHERN GROWN SEEDS I sufficient for family— postpaid—# 
in America, and make a great specialty of FARM SEEDS, 
Grasses, Clover, Wheat, Corn, Oats, etc. My Farm Catalogue MKmmm 
is beautifully illustrated, contains several brilliant ceil'd plaice painted r jLa 
from nature, elegant enough to adorn any parlor. tW~ Send 5c. for Jh/rf't’Vw 
same, or we will send Catalogue and grain samples upon receipt of Sc. 
JOHN A. SALZER, LACROSSE, WlSCONSIN.llTM 
Home Grown, Honest, Reliable 
I offer you my Vegetable and Flower Seed Catalogue for 
a. 1891 FREE. Note the immense variety of seed it con- 
yS, tains, and that all the best novelties are there. Not 
ggg^much mere show about it (you don’t plant pictures) 
SgBbut fine engravings from photographs of scores of the 
H^^^^choice vegetables I have introduced. Would it not 
f be well to get the seed of these from first hands? To be the 
oldest firm in the United States making mail and express 
business a specialty proves reliability. Honest and hon- 
ible dealing is the only foundation this can rest on. My Cata- 
gSS 
SftTALOOji 
WGdDBSday ^ ore ^ e8e investment com- 
* panies are being overhauled. 
4* The American Loan and Trust 
Co., of this city has been under fire for the 
past week. It is expected that the company 
will be able to maintain its credit though 
the capital will be reduced and the present 
president will be retired. It is small wonder 
that State legislatures are taking steps to 
drive out these bogus insurance leagues. 
The Granite State Endowment Company 
has been closed out. The Royal Assurance 
League is the latest. This concern offers to 
pay $500 in five years for $150 paid in or 
$1,000 in the same time for $300paid in. The 
concern is filled with apparently plausible 
reasons why this wonderful financial 
scheme can succeed, but common sense 
should teach men that they cannot obtain 
“ something for nothing.” 
For 1 8 Years have dealt direct with consumers, 
at wholesale prices, saving them the ________ J| 
dealer's profit. We ship any where, J -^ 
with privilege of examining before buying. No. 15 Cart, 
We nay 1 reiglit charges both ways if not <J*/sh 
satisfactory. Warrant everything for 2 years. I • 
. Any one who can write can order a Buggy 
"'J or Harness from us, as well as pay $10 to $60 to some 
j' middleman to order for them. We give no credit, and 
(^have ONE PRICE ONLY ^ 
I 1 Platform, Three-Spring or Combination 
J Wagons, 800 : same as others sell at $85. \ 
Top Buggies, 865; good as sold at $90. \ 
, Ours at 8 lOO fine as sell for 8 1 35. 
I Phaetons, 81 lO; same as sell at $150. 
* Fine Road Cart— with dash— 815. Ao/UVJM 
Boxing free. We lake all risk of damage in ftAl'mnmj.f— 
2\ OUR HARNESS 
Are all No. 1 Oak I, eat her. 
Single, 80 to 820. Eight Double, 820 to 840. 
\7 64-page Illustrated data- Uf D DBATT Con’u C 
loguo Free. Address ui Di IliHI I) wwu J, . 
No. 1 Farm Harness. 
Thursday That old “ gold brick ” swindle 
J was recently cleverly played 
5* near Atlanta, Ga. A smart 
stranger came to a leading farmer and told 
him a strange tale of a noble Indian who 
had discovered a gold mine and carried 
with him a specimen gold brick. They 
went to the woods and found the Indian 
and the brick. They bored into the brick 
and while they were looking at the dust 
the Indian fell down In a fit and the smart 
stranger substituted genuine gold dust 
which the farmer took to town and had 
tested. The result was that he paid $5,000 
for a brass brick. The stranger, however, 
was captured and made to disgorge his 
plunder. * * * That “secret” or “Greatest 
Discovery ” advertised by John Platten, of 
Wisconsin, is not worth paying a cent for. 
He claims to be able to “ prevent blight, 
scab and rot” of potatoes. This man may 
humbug some of bis farmer friends into 
buying his book, but if they would go to a 
farmers’ institute they would learn the 
same thing and have it told in far better 
shape. 
ASPINWALL 
PLANTS 
DISTRIBUTES 
FERTILIZERS 
The Triumph of fcj 
Modern /nnention. w W 
> CORN, BEANS, 
ENSILAGE, ETC, 
Advertisers treat all correspondents 
well if they mention The Rural New 
Yorker. 
Mention this paper. 
Illustrated Circular sent free. 
Three Rivers, Michigan 
ASPINWALL MFG GO 
e l 'Bicycle'Potato Cultivator, 
I Easy. Fast Fine. No more of horse 
I snatching, cart steering, and tram 
II w-pling down crops. No more hold- 
jj»ingplows with arms and legs all 
W day. Half the labor. Any boy can 
M ‘hoe’ potatoes, com, cotton, truck, 
n fast as^team can^vvalk. T. B. Terry 
S?is’“Nearc«r ideal Cultivation * 
Order Early. R. H. Agl. Works, RiverHead, N.Y 
improved Farm and Carden 
Tools for 1891. 
BETTER, Both.Horse & Hand, THAN EVER: 
better and more money saving. Wc cannot dsscrtbc them 
better and more money saving. We cannot describe them 
here, but our new and ffandsome catalogue is free and in¬ 
teresting. A goodly number of new tools will meet your eye 
there. Among these. Gardener’s Harrow, Cultiva¬ 
tor Pulverizer, combined, adjust able teeth; Market 
Gardener’s & Beet Grower’s Special Horse Hoe 
with Pulverizer; Special Furrower, *'—’- J 
Hoejour tooth with vine ttimer; HeavyGrass Edg 
and Horse Hoe combined: Special Steel Eeveler and „ ...... .___ 
ivor made so practical or perfect. Some improved things too are grafted upon ourolder favorites. A capital LEVER 
IVHEEIj, instsrntly adjust aide for depth, is a great feature; put on all ’91 goods unless ordered otherwise. Nor 
have our Hand Seed Drills been forgotten in the march of improvement, nor our Double and Single Wheel Hoes, Gar¬ 
den Plows, Grass Edgers, Etc. Some of them are greatly altered for the better; yet do not forget that no novelties art 
adopteil by us without actual and exhaustive tests in thefield. We therefore gnar- Q Y IT T UW JPr f A llOt Barket 8t. 
autee everything exactly as represented. Send for Catalogues now. U. li. ALliufl Oi. v V,, Philadelphia, fa, 
1 Furrower, Marker and Ridger, adjustable wings’"; Sweet Potatoe Horse 
-xx-- ' — --“NineToothCultivator 
interesting, nothing we have 
Friday won( i er the people are de- 
r * manding relief from the tele- 
phone monopolies. We are in¬ 
formed that the Telephone Company 
—vr in one piece with hook. Hand* 
VI m lest in use and will obtain more sap than any 
WL M other - for circular of maple sugar goods 
CH AS. MILLAR &. SON, UTICA, N.Y. 
Alio flanufacturers of Ctieese and Batter flaking Apparatus. 
