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THE RURAL NEW-YORKER 
MARCH 2' 
Publisher s Desk. 
Silence Does Not Mean Inaction. 
A THRIFTY GROWTH. 
We cannot fairly be charged with silence 
concerning the splendid growth of The 
Rural New Yorker during the past 
twelvemonth. But we may be pardoned 
for feeling great satisfaction in this thrifty 
growth, just as does the farmer concern¬ 
ing a crop which he has spent much hard 
work upon. We must give credit again 
and constantly to the energetic efforts of 
our old readers who have greatly aided us 
in this work. The fact is, our Rural 
Family seems to be almost unanimous in 
the feeling that we are all working to¬ 
gether for the benefit of Agriculture, for 
the uplifting of a great class, for “ the 
greatest good of the greatest number.'’ 
There can be no more patriotic work than 
this. 
PROPAGATION OF PLANTS. 
Another good book of the Rural Publish¬ 
ing Co.,recently from the press, is by Prof.L. 
H. Bailey, Editor of The American Gar¬ 
den, entitled The Nursery Booh. We be¬ 
lieve that this is, without doubt, the most 
thorough, practical, and valuable book 
yet written on the methods of plant multi¬ 
plication. It is, indeed, a remarkable con¬ 
densation of the recorded and unwritten 
experiences of hundreds of the ablest culti¬ 
vators in America and Europe. It com¬ 
prises 300 pages. Price, in neat cloth bind¬ 
ing, $1; in paper covers, 50 cents. 
THE NEW POTATO CULTURE. 
The call for Mr. Carman’s new book has 
been very gratifying, and orders are now 
being filled as rapidly as possible. We 
trust that the book will prove so valuable 
that the delay In its publication will be 
freely forgiven. Mr. Carman has spent 
years of careful thought and labor and 
thousands of dollars in producing the 
results therein recorded, but will feel well 
repaid for all his efforts if the book prove 
to be a positive help to his many friends 
and readers in the Rural Family. 
THE LUCKY NUMBER. 
7—POINTS—7. 
ADDING TO “CLUBS.” 
l*lease Remember 7 Things. 
1. —That the terms of the “ Confidential 
Letter ” continue through the subscription 
season. 
2. —That if you send or have sent 3 sub¬ 
scriptions at the price named, you can 
forward 2 more, sending enough more 
money to make up the amount required for 
the 5 names just as if sent together. Like¬ 
wise, if the total reaches 10 or more, the 
total money sent may be the same as if 
sent at one time. 
3. —That “ Trial ” subscribers may join 
the club. 
4. —That clubs may be of any size above 
10, at the rates named for 10 in the “Letter.” 
5. —That subscriptions for The Ameri¬ 
can Garden count the same as those for 
The R. N.-Y. 
6. —That the books now given to club 
raisers who ask for them are well worth 
working for, even if you don’t care to 
“help” anybody. 
7.—That one subscription for two years 
counts in a club the same as two subscrip¬ 
tions for one year. 
END OF SEED DISTRIBUTION. 
The calls for our seed distribution are 
already some thousands beyond our calcu¬ 
lation, so that our original supply is more 
than exhausted, and we have been obliged to 
buy at high prices to replenish the stock. 
Really, we wish the requests would stop 
coming, and we must decline any that 
come after March 31st. Up to that time 
we shall forward the seeds as rapidly as 
possible. 
RURAL NEW-YORKER NO. 2 POTATO. 
In addition to the names previously 
mentioned of parties having the R. N.-Y. 
No. 2 Potato for sale, we have received let¬ 
ters from the following, who have for sale 
from 3 to 75 bushels each : 
D. S. McCullum, Big Creek, Steuben Co., N. Y. 
A. L. Quick, Mention Center, Monroe Co.,N. Y. 
Edward T. Ingram, Marshallton. Chester Co., Pa. 
H. V. M. Dennis, Marlboro, Monmouth Co., N. J. 
D. H. Van Mater, Marlboro, Monmouth Co., N. J. 
E. Welling Leonard, L»onardsville, N. J. 
A. C. Sabin. Glenwood, Iowa. 
E. T. Thomas, Poquonoc Bridge, Conn. 
H. C. Mead, Greenwich, Conn. 
Willis M. Hoyt, North Walton, Delaware Co., N. Y. 
J. M. Osborn, Bridgehampton, L. I., N. Y. 
E. H. Ball, Boonton, N. J , Box 193. 
Caleb Hallock, Aquebogue, L. I., N. Y. 
Hiram Presley, Port Huron, Mich. 
M. Garrahan, Kingston. Pa. 
Charles M. Foster, Fa’rcbild, Wis. 
E. D. Preston, Oakville, Otsego Co., N. Y. 
F. E. Van Eps, Stanley, N. Y. 
Coughs. 
“Brown’s Bronchial Troches” are 
used with advantage to alleviate Goughs, 
Sore Throat, Hoarseness and Bronchial 
Affections. Twenty-five cents a box.— Adv. 
Live Stock TV otes. 
Guernsey Breeders’ Association, Wm. B. 
Harvey, West Grove, Pa., secretary. 
American Hackney Stud Baok Associa¬ 
tion, R. P. Stericker, Springfield, III., 
president; J. G. Truman, Bushnell, Ill., 
secretary. 
Frank D. Ward, South Byron, N. Y. 
issues the Constitution and By-Laws of 
the New York State Shropshire Associ¬ 
ation. 
Mr. H. R. C. Watson of West Farms, N. 
Y., made, in 1890, 50,179 pounds of milk 
from eight Ayrshire cows. Mr. J. D. 
French of North Andover, Mass., obtained 
88,218 pounds from 16 cows. 
G. P. Reynaud, secretary, New York, 
issues an account of the meeting of the 
American Buff Cochin Club. Breeders of 
Buff Cochins as well as other poultry 
associations will be interested in the re¬ 
port. 
The Suffolk Sheep Society of England 
has decided to mark its sheep by tattooing 
a shield with the letter S on each animal’s 
ear. 
W. H. Goodpasture, Nashville, Tenn., 
is secretary of the American Breeders’ As¬ 
sociation of Jacks and Jennets. The first 
volume of the association’s stud book has 
just been published. 
It is now reported that J. H. Wallace is 
ready to sell his interest in the Trotting 
Registry to Kentucky parties. He asks 
$200,000 for it, and the opinion among 
horsemen appears to be that it will pay 
them to accept his terms. 
The firm name of Lawrence, Williams & 
Co. has been changed to The Lawrence- 
Williams Co. The firm will sell Gom- 
bault’s caustic balsam at Cleveland, Ohio, 
as before. This standard remedy for lame¬ 
ness in horses is very popular with horse¬ 
men. As a blister, it is without equal. 
When diluted with sweet oil, it makes an 
excellent liniment. 
I have visited several silos and conclude 
that uncut silage is best. I am building 
one and shall try that sort. j. h. 
Oswego Co., N. Y. 
The Germans have been experimenting 
to see if horses do better when fed on 
crushed than on whole oats. They con¬ 
clude that when a horse has the proper 
teeth for crushing the grain, it is useless to 
crush it for him. Chemists state that oats 
contain a substance called avenm both 
stimulating and nutritious, which is lost 
when the grain is ground or crushed. The 
crushed oats are found useful for horses 
with poor teeth or poor digestion or for 
those so greedy that their grain had to be 
mixed with the hay. 
The American Clydesdale Stud Book 
(Volume 5) has been issued. Chas. F. 
Mills, Springfield, Ill., secretary. 
Illinois has 66 trotting parks. 
Drextell is the month old brother of 
the great Axtell. 
The Yorkshire Coach horse, quite similar 
to the Cleveland Bay, is recognized as a 
breed in England. 
Michigan breeders of Shropshire sheep 
have formed an association, with C. S. 
Bingham, Vernon, president, and Geo. E. 
Breck, Paw Paw, secretary. 
Blue Grass for butter. 
Must a cow make an average of one 
pound of butter per day for the year in 
order to be profitable f 
Prof. E. M. Shelton writes the Breed¬ 
ers’ Gazette about the type of American 
Merino Sheep best suited to the Australian 
trade. He says : “Of this I am convinced 
with the knowledge that I now have of the 
two breeds and the demands of the Amer¬ 
ican climate, that a very considerable 
swerving from the blanketed gum-yolk- 
kemp-flat rib standard toward the Aus¬ 
tralian type would result in great and 
permanent good to American flocks.” 
(Continued on next page.) 
HIGH-CLASS JERSEYS. 
YOUNG DAUGHTERS of our bull 
STOKE POGIS 5th .MH'havJ! made 
from 14 lbs. 1!4 oz. »o 22 lbs. *2 oz 
butter in 7 days. We refused $15,- 
uwiormm. He is the only living brother Oj me ac¬ 
knowledged champion dairy bull, Stoke Pogis 8d 
(now dead) whose 27 daughters 
Average Over 20 Pounds. 
Ida’s Rioter of St. I.. 13656. Son of Ida of Sr. 
Lambert 21990. (--ost $«,500 cash berore she was 
tested), official bu'ter test for 7 days,ill lbs. <36 oz.; 
milk record. 6' lbs one day. 1891 lbs. one winter 
month. His four tested daughters average 20 lbs, 
101^ oz butter in 7 days, several give on ordinary 
feed from 41 to 49 lbs. milk per day. He weighs 
1709 lbs. Our Jerseys are big. Our heifers not 
bred till 2 year olds. 
HULL, CALVES, COWS IN' CALF, A FEW 
HEIFERS BY A HOVE BULLS. 
Also Children’s PONIES and pure bred ANGORA 
GOATS for Sale. No Bull Calf less than $l"0, very few 
less thin $200. No heifer less than *200. No general 
Catalogue. Write for wtiat you want. Superior 
Bulls to head Herds a special tv' Mention this paper. 
MILLER & SIBLEY. 
Franklin, Venango Co., Penn. 
I G L FARRELL, i 
LOG AN, UTAH J 
lr~ i~ y 
Dana’s White Metallic Ear Marking Label, stamped 
to order with name, or name and address and num 
bers. It Is reliable, cheap and convenient. Sets at 
sight and gives perfect satisfaction. Illustrated 
Price List aud samples free. Agents wanted. 
C. H. DANA, West Lebanon, IV. H. 
If you name The R. N.-Y. to our adver¬ 
tisers you may be pretty sure of prompt 
replies and right treatment. 
MADE ONLY BY 
PORTER BLANCHARD'S SONS CO., 
Now located at NASHUA, N. H. 
GQfPTAT Factory and Family Churns and 
Ml mviiuhihIii Butter Workers, Butter Packages, 
Molds, Carriers, Milk Testers, Thermometers, 
&c., &c., &c. We make or furnish everything 
needed in a Butter Factory or Family Dairy. 
Til T5 that our goods combine more 
■ I iM wUiiUmm desirable qualities than any 
other make or kind. Don’t be fooled by represen¬ 
tations to the contrary. Stick to a sure thing. . 
Send to our new address for descriptive circulars. 
Inquire for anything you need. We can furnish it. 
GET THE BEST. 
PURINTON’S 
US? BOILER. 
The Best article for Cooking Feed 
for Stock Heating Cheese Vat*., Milk 
or Water in Dairies etc., for use In 
Laundries, Bath ro<nns. and any place 
where Steaming, Boiling. Heating or 
Cooking is needed. Thousands in use. 
Write to 
j. K. PURINTON & CO., DesVIoines, low/ £ 
The IM. MONITOR 
IIVCUBATOR 
has not only taken nine 
priz s at leading shows 
last winter and has the 
largest Incubator Fac¬ 
tory in this country but 
will give evidence that 
the above machine is 
the leadin'* one to day. 
For circulars addr< ss 
A. F. Williams, 12 
Race St., Bristol, Conn. 
INCUBATOR 
^.Simple, Perfect and Self-Regal at- 
ling. Hundreds in successful operation. 
7 U --rif G uaranteed to hatch a larger percentage 
I y • | of fertile eggs at less cost than any other 
t ■ hatcher, send 6e. for Hlus. Catalogue. 
Circulars free. CEO.H.STAHL, QUINCY, ILL. 
IMPROVED 
EXCELSIOR 
F OR SALE.— Pure Bronze Turkeys, 20cents per 
lb. Eggs In season. L. D. M. HATTOn, 
Lincoln University. Pennsylvania. 
FOR SALE. 
BRYN MAWB HERD 
Of between 50 and 60 Head 
HIGHEST CLASS JERSEYS 
Including MARJORAM 3239, dam of 
Stoke Pogis 3d and 5th. 
Will take part cash, balance in undoubted securi¬ 
ties. Address BRYN MAWR FARM. 
Pawtucket R. I. 
D R.S. O. MOYER, Lansdale, l’a.. has ten 
Purebred White Wyandotte Cockerels at $2.00 
each for sale. Circular free. 
Scotch Collie for Sale. 
A female pup a few months old In good condition. 
High bred ; pedigree on application. Will be sold at 
a reasonable price. Address 
GEO. R. KNAPP, Tenafly, N. J. 
DRIVING The only bit made that can 
L/Lviviuu n e used on a gentle horse or 
DIT the most vicious horse with 
° * ■ equal and entire success. 
50,000 sold in 1880. 
75,000 Hold in 1890. 
THEY ARE KING. 
Sample mailed X O lor ® i rifl 
Nickel 81.50. H* I m\J\J 
Stallion Bite Fifty cents extra. 
RACINE MALLEABLE IRON 
WHY PAY RETAIL PRICES 
When you can buy hand-made oak leath. 
er Harness, single $7 to $30. Double 
$18.50 to $40. Illustrated catalogue free. 
Order one. KING & CO., Mfrs. Owego, N.Y 
Feeding Animals. 
This Is a prael leal work of 560 pages, by Professor 
E. W. STEWART, upon the science of feeding in all 
its detai’s, giving practical rations for all farm ani¬ 
mals. Its accuracy Is proved by Its adoption as a text 
book in nearly all Agricultural Colleges and Experi¬ 
ment Stations In America. It will pay anybody hav¬ 
ing a horse or a cow, or who feeds a few pigs or 
sheep to buy and study It carefully. Price, $2,00. 
Address THE RURAL PUBLISHING COM¬ 
PANY, Times Building, Hew York. 
HORSE OWNERS* 
TRY GOMBAULTS 
CAUSTIC BALSAM 
A Safe, Speedy and Positive Cure 
for Curb, Splint, Sweeny, 
Capped Hock, Strained 
Tendons, Founder, Wind 
Puffs, Skin Diseases, 
IT brush, Diphtheria, 
Pinkeye, all Lameness 
I from Spavin, Ringbone 
or other Bony Tumors. 
Removes all Bunches or 
' Blemishes from Horses 
and Cattle. 
Supersedes all Cautery or Firing, 
Impossible to produce Scar or Blemish 
Every bottle sold is warranted to give satisfac 
tion. Price 81.50 per bottle. Sold by druggists 
or sent by express, etiargo* paid, with full di¬ 
rections for its use. Send for descriptive circulars, 
THE LAWRENCE. WILLIAMS CO Cleveland, 0 
PROF. THOMPSON’S CONCENTRATEb 
ARABIAN 
FOOD 
For 
HORSES 
and CATTLE 
The best preparation on earth to give your horse 
an appetite, rid him of worms, make his coat 
sleek, give him new life and ambition, — in short, 
make him LOOK BETTER and FEEL BETTER 
than he ever did before. Is the best food ever 
discovered for CATTLE and SWINE. It will 
MAKE HENS LAY. 
The Arabian Food is put up in 10 lb. bags, $1, 
25 lb. $2, 50 lb. $3.50. Agents wanted every¬ 
where. Send for circular and testimonials, 
i 10 lb. bag express paid to any address for $L 
Address THE ARABIAN FOOD CO., LEE,MASS. 
CLOVER STOCK FARM HERD 
Of Improved Chester White Swine, headed by Sweep- 
stages Animals, won at the largest Fairs in America. 
Stock for sale. O. H. GREGG, 
Krumroy, Summit County, Ohio. 
BEATTY 
PI A NOS (new) $145. ORGANS $55. 
DanielF. Beatty, Washington, N. J. 
FRENCH 
COACHERS, 
AA£t on A LIT Y, 
SsAJSSm. •TYU8H, CAST. 
notch ionmrt*nt 
SUP* 
CHERON 
STALLIONS AND MARES 
€~y American-bred as weSE «s 
* imported animals 
PRIZE-WINNING STRAIN* 
VVdkm -welcome send for mounted caulognc, 
JIM Ilf. 4JCIH SCIPIO (i l 
