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THE RURAL NEW-YORKER 
APRIL 4 
Publisher s Desk. 
Economy Is not Meanness. 
RIGHT USE OF THINGS. 
Even the men folks can learn many use¬ 
ful lessons by reading the economy papers 
now appearing In the Women’s Depart¬ 
ment—by-the bye, how do you like that de¬ 
partment ? Some of these good women 
tell of straggles that would be pitiful were 
it not for the noble courage, strength of 
character and worthy success which ac¬ 
company them. The spirit of economy 
which guides these valiant workers is 
one which we may well take home to 
ourselves. While they tell of careful 
husbandry of dollars, dimes, pennies 
and mills; while they show vigilant 
watchfulness against possible waste, at 
the same time they record the fact 
that all true economy is simply the 
right use of things. The spending of a 
dollar where a dime would do is waste. A 
dollar used in place of a dime where its 
full value is needed is true economy. To 
spend thought, labor, money, material in 
abundance for things which will help our 
work in a greater measure is always wise 
economy. To pay dollars for knowledge 
of means and methods whereby tens and 
hundreds may be rightly won is wisdom 
itself. _• 
END OF THE SEED DISTRIBUTION. 
■As previously announced, the calls for 
The R. N.-Y. seeds received after March 
31st cannot be honored. The original sup¬ 
ply ran out long ago, and to keep our prom¬ 
ise good we have been buying at a cost of 
several hundred dollars. Due notice of the 
discontinuance having been given, we feel 
under no further obligation in the matter. 
The calls yet unfilled are being filled as rap¬ 
idly as possible, and will probably all have 
been attended to by the time this reaches 
the eyes of our readers. But if on April 
10 any one who has called for the seeds 
strictly according to the terms of our 
OFFER in The R.N.-Y. of February 7, page 
110, sending postage stamps if to go by 
mail, or instructing us to send them by 
express unpaid—if any subscriber who has 
fulfilled these conditions shall not have re¬ 
ceived the seeds on April 10, and will then 
inform us, and if we have received his 
order, duplicate seeds will be sent. 
Some complaints have been received 
from parties who have apparently paid no 
attention to the terms of our offer. To 
all such we commend attention to the 
offer in The R. N.-Y. of February 7. 
THE LUCKY NUMBER. 
7 — POINTS— 7 . 
ADDING TO “CLUBS.” 
riease Remember 7 Things. 
1. _Tliat 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. 
RURAL NEW-YORKER NO. 2 POTATO. 
A few more names of subscribers having 
surplus stock of the Rural New-Yorker 
No. 2 Potato for sale as seed have been re¬ 
ceived since our last announcement. They 
follow herewith: 
F. W. Whitney, Leominster, Mass. 
Geo. R. Knapp, Tenafly, N. J. 
In response to numerous requests we 
again state that we have no seed potatoes 
or any other seeds for sale. 
THE INDUSTRIAL WEST. 
The Chicago, Burlington & Quincy R. R. 
Co. has 7,000 miles of steel track road ex¬ 
tending west and north of Chicago, Peoria 
and St. Louis, and east of the Rocky Moun¬ 
tains ; reaching with its own rails all the 
large commercial centers in the West, af¬ 
fording unsurpassed facilities in service, 
and excellent localities for manufacturing 
enterprises. The undersigned invites cor¬ 
respondence with manufacturers contem¬ 
plating establishing in the West. Address 
Geo. H. Ross, C., B. & Q. R. R. Co., 
Chicago, Ills.— Adv. 
Live Stock Notes. 
Kerosene emulsion for lice on hogs. 
Do you want sheep on the dairy farm ? 
Who have experimented with feeding 
soaked corn ? 
Rhode Island Horse Breeders have or¬ 
ganized with 60 members. 
The Angora goat is said to beat a scythe 
or sickle at clearing up brush. 
The Dorest Horned Sheep Breeders meet 
at Pittsburgh, Pa., March 31, to prepare 
for a register. 
Michigan breeders of Lincoln sheep have 
formed an association, Robert Knight, 
Marlette, secretary, 
A load of spayed heifers in the Chicago 
market last week averaged 1,087 pounds 
and brought $4.25 live weight. 
Mortimer Levering, Lafayette, Indiana, 
will give full information regarding the 
prizes to be offered for Shropshire sheep. 
IT is reported that the herd of buffaloes 
and their grades formerly owned by “Buf¬ 
falo ” Jones, of Garden City, Kansas, were 
recently sold at auction by the sheriff. We 
understand that the grade buffaloes owned 
by Mr. D. H. Talbot are for sale. Some of 
our “ fancy ” farmers who have the money 
to experiment should buy them. A breed 
of animals containing a good share of buf¬ 
falo blood would be valuable and salable. 
Alfalfa in Central Illinois.— We 
have grown Alfalfa or Lucern in small 
plots on the farms of the University of 
Illinois for a dozen years or more, and have 
retried it at the experiment station here. 
I cannot recommend it highly for eastern 
central Illinois. It has many good qual¬ 
ities, but the difficulty in getting it well 
established and keeping it so, without more 
of labor and care than is necessary for 
good grasses and clovers more than counter¬ 
balances these in my opinion. I advise 
central Illinois farmers to try it on a 
small scale if they wish, but not to attempt 
to substitute it for Red Clover, Blue Grass 
and Timothy as a farm crop, until they 
have made it a more satisfactory crop than 
we have. [prof.] g. e. morrow. 
University of Illinois. 
Inoculation for Hydrophobia.— Dr. 
Gibier, of the Pasteur Institute in this city, 
writes that during the first year of this in¬ 
stitute 828 persons bitten by dogs or cats 
came to be treated. These patients are di¬ 
vided as follows: 1. For 643 of these per¬ 
sons it was demonstrated that the animals 
which attacked them were not mad. Con¬ 
sequently the patients were sent back after 
their wounds bad been attended to, during 
the proper length of time, when it was 
necessary. 2. In 185 cases the anti-hydro¬ 
phobic treatment was applied, hydrophobia 
of the animals which inflicted bites having 
been evidenced clinically, or by the Inocu¬ 
lation in the laboratory, and in many cases 
by the deaths of some other persons or ani¬ 
mals bitten by the same dogs. No death 
caused by hydrophobia has been reported 
among the persons inoculated. 
Early South Down Sheep.— In the 
American South Down Record, we are told, 
how Jesse A. Pickrell, of Illinois, imported 
a South Down ram and two ewes. They 
were landed in New York and shipped by 
way of the Lakes and Canal to Lafayette, 
Ind. “ Thence they were hauled in a two- 
mule wagon across the State by his son> 
George Pickrell, then a lad 12 years old. 
It was a long and lonely ride for the boy. 
The only work was to take care of the 
mules and the sheep, and each day lessened 
the distance between him and his home. He 
became much attached to the sheep, and 
was afterwards one of the most successful 
breeders of sheep in the West.” The Lon¬ 
don Live Stock Journal, speaking of this, 
says: *’ Let readers note the word italicised. 
A boy of 12 with nothing to do except 
groom, feed, and harness a pair of mules, 
feed three sheep, and drive the mules cross¬ 
country day after day, not upsetting the 
wagon or letting the animals spoil for want 
of attention to diet. If George Pickrell 
had been in England, in those davs, he 
would have been at a Board School. Would 
his chance of becoming a useful citizen be 
at all the greater ?” 
An English South Down Flock Book.— 
The Board of Directors of the American 
South Down Breeders’ Association met 
last February to take action to influence 
English breeders in forming a reliable herd 
register for South Downs. The necessity 
of protecting American buyers of sheep was 
pointed out and it was decided to ask Mr. 
Henry Webb, of England, to try to start 
such a registry. Mr. Webb replies as fol 
lows: 
“ I feel it a great compliment to be asked 
to take a lead in forming a committee to 
try to secure the exportation of purebred 
South Downs to America, owing to the con¬ 
nection ray late father, Jonas Webb, and 
myself have had with both English and 
foreign breeders of this most valuable race 
of sheep, it will give me great pleasure to 
assist in keeping them pure for the sake of 
all parties interested in them. Mr. George 
Jonas will be a very good man if he will 
act as one of a committee.” 
HENRY WEBB. 
Phil Thrifton, secretary of the American 
Society, adds: 
“ The importers and breeders of South 
Down sheep in America will be glad to 
learn from the above that the question of a 
Flock Book for South Downs in England 
is at last being met in a way that will give 
them the desired protect ion from errors and 
frauds for which they have for some time 
been con ten d in g. ’' 
(Continued on next page.) 
lUitfrenanemi.s gulvrrtii&ing. 
If you name The R. N.-Y. to our adver 
tisersyou may be pretty sure of prompt 
replies and right treatment. 
MADE ONLY BY 
PORTER BLANCHARD’S SONS CO.,’ 
Now located at NASHUA, N. H. 
A T TTM Factory and Family Churns and 
Uf MWmmiimni 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. 
I* that our goods combine more 
ll 1M Wvi<W»mU 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. 
p f \ ^ from B. & W. P. Rocks, Red Caps and 
EL Vai O S. S Wyandottes at $1.00 per 13. From 
best stock. A. R. MULLER, Truxton, N. Y. 
O from White Plymouth Rocks and 
EL U V* 9 Wyandottes $1. 0 per 13. $4.(0per89. 
Circular free. T. F. MILLER, Matlituck, N. Y. 
CHESHIRES A SPECIALTY. 
1 linve new shipped .‘125 times to men I had 
sold to before. No other breeder can give such a 
recorl. Stock of all ages for sale. 
E. W. DAVIS, Oneida, N. Y. 
WHY PAY RETAIL PRICES 
When you can buy hand-made oak leath. 
er Harness, single $7 to $80. Double 
$18.50 to $40. Illustrated catalogue free. 
Order one. KING & CO., Mfrs. Owego, N.Y, 
HIGH-CLASS JERSEYS. 
M wrn YOUNG DAUGHTERS of our bull J HV 
§ STOKE POGIS 5th 5987 have made | f 
I ■ from 14 lbs. 114 oz. to 22 lbs. 12 oz. I ■ 
I ■ butter in 7 days. We refused $13,- ■ ■ 
000 for him. He is the only living brother of the ac¬ 
knowledged champion dairy bull, Stoke Poois 3d 
(now dead) whose 27 daughters 
Average Over 20 Pounds. 
Ida’s Itioter of St. L. 13656. -Son of Ida of St. 
Lambert 21990. (cost $(',500 cash before she was 
tested), official butter test for 7 days.aO lbs. 1% oz.; 
milk record. 67 lbs. one day. 1891 lbs. one winter 
month. His four tested daughters average 20 lbs. 
10M oz butter in 7 days, several give on ordinary 
feed from 4) to 49 lbs. milk per day. He weighs 
170s lbs. Our Jerseys are big. Our heifers not 
bred till 2 year olds. 
BULL CALVES, COWS IN CAEF, A FEW 
HEIFERS BY ABOVE BULBS. 
Also Children’s PONIES and pure bred ANGORA 
GOATS for Sale. No Bull Calf less than $l'i0, very few 
less than $200. No heifer less than *200. No general 
Catalogue. Write for what you want. Superior 
Bulls to head Herds a specialty. Mention this paper. 
MILLER & SIBLEY. 
Franklin, Venango Co., Penn. 
PURINTON’S 
IBS’ BOILER. 
The Best article for Cooking Feed 
for Stock Heating Cheese Vats Milk 
or Water in Dairies, etc., for use In 
Laundries, Bath rooms, and any place 
where Steaming, Bolling. Heating or 
Cooking Is needed. Thousands in use. 
Write to 
J. K. PURINTON GO., DesMoines, Iowa, 
The IM. MONITOR 
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Scotch Collie for Sale. 
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