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THE RURAL NEW-YORKER 
APRIL 4 
Humorous. 
Dame Nature now, on pleasure bent. 
Puts on her gayest duds, 
And Introduces to tbe world, 
And chaperones, the buds. 
—New York Sun. 
WAS Eve really made for Adams Express 
Company ? 
Woman may never be elected to Con¬ 
gress, but she will ever maintain the posi¬ 
tion of speaker of the house. —Texas Sift¬ 
ings. 
Sanso : “ Bad times make money scarce.” 
Rodd : “ Yes; but not nearly so scarce as a 
real jolly good time does.”— New York 
Herald. 
Clear —Professor: “ Gentlemen, the air 
is a substance which we cannot see, but it 
is by no means so simple a substance as it 
looks .’'—Fliegende Blatter. 
The bewhiskered superintendent beamed 
upon the class of boys. “ Now, boys,” said 
he, “what shall I talk about?” “Talk 
about a minute,” exclaimed the bad boy.— 
Jeweler's Circular. 
Teacher: “Si gj j.se, Tommy, you were 
President of the 1 led States, what would 
you do ? ” Tomn “ I would not let any¬ 
body wash my ft p; or comb my hair aDy 
more.”— Vermont p atchman. 
Young Wife : m rthur, why does the 
Lord permit evil Young Clergyman: 
“ I do not know, r iear. It is one of the 
insoluble mysterie I am going to preach 
a sermon about it i £2, Sunday.”— Chicago 
Tribune. ; % 
She Hit the Na,l.. —Mrs. Brezey (with 
hammer): “ There, I’ve hit the nail on 
the head at last.” Mr. Brezey: “ Why do 
you put your finger in your mouth ?” Mrs. 
Brezey: “That is the nail I hit.”— New 
York Sun. 
In writing to advertisers please always 
mention The Rural New-Yorker. 
THc GARRETT PICKET AND 
WIRE FENCE MACHINE 
Weaves to the posts. A universal 
favorite. Thousands in use. Guar* 
an teed. Freight paid. Agents 
are reporting big sales. Machines, 
Wire, etc., at wholesale direct 
from factory to Farmers. 
Catalogue free. Address the man* 
ulacturer. 8. II. UARHETT, 
MANSFIELD, OHIO. 
SEED POTATOES. 
Choice selected Houlton, Aroostook Co., Maine Early 
Rose, Beauty of Hebron, and all other well known 
varieties For sale by 
W. K DURYEA’S SOYS, 
Produce Commission Merchants. 
119 Warren Street, New York. 
SEED POTATOES. 
“ BEST late Potato. 
UYy it. We have them 
pure and vigorous. 
Finest Maine Itose and 
Hebron. Send for Catalogue. Lowest Prices. 
DAVENPORT’S Headquarters - 
t‘24 Dock Sr., PHILADELPHIA. 
State of 
Maine” 
Rural New-Yorker No. 2 Potatoes. 
Onion Setts, Flat Dutch Cabbage Seed, Vegetable 
Plants, of Standard Sorts. 
IYI. GARRAHAN, 
KINGSTON, PA. 
VERMONT 
GROWN! 
SEED POTATOES 
Houlton Rose and 
Hebron s, Burbanks, 
Polaris and Proliflcs. 
81.50 per bushel. 
LANE’S IMPROVED SUGAR 
BEET SEED. 40 cents 
per pound. For Sale by 
C. II. & A. T. LANE, Middlebury, Vt. 
NUT TREES, 
CHESTNUTS —Japan Mam¬ 
moth and Giant, Parry’s; 
Japan Walnuts, Jnpan Golden 
Itussct, Idaho and Kieffet Pears, 
Elengnus Longipes, Hardy 
Oranges, and other valuable 
novelties. Small Fruits, Grapes, 
etc. Fruit. Shade and Nut Trees, 
Ornamental Shrubs, Vines, etc. 
Illustrated Descriptive Catalogue Free. 
WM. PARRY, Parry, N. J. 
New Rare and Beautiful 
Plants. 
A Large Collection of Hot-house and Green¬ 
house Plants, carefully grown, at Low’ Rates. 
ORCHIDS, a very extensive stck. East Indian, 
Mexican, Central and South American, etc. Hardy 
Perennials, P;eonies, Phloxes, Hoses, Clematis, 
etc. New nnd Standard Eruils, Hare and lieau- 
tiful Trees, Shrubs, Evergreens, Vines, etc. 
Catalogues on application. 
J OHN SAUL, Washington, D, C. 
ALFALFA CLOVER SEED 
By the ear-load or In any quantity. 
Write to W. A. HAWS, 
Las Animas, Bent County, Colorado, U, S. A. 
7 0 cents’ worth of Seed for 25 cents 
A FTER fourteen years of patient selection, we have succeeded In obtaining a Tomato, which 
tty Its extraordinary long-keeping qualities will supply a much feltw.nt. In this respect 
Thorburn’s Long-Keeper Tomato LT'rT,'.!^ 
for uniformity of shape, richness of color and earliness in ripening. It Is second to none. In 
order to Introduce it without further delay, we now offer to mall you a packet of it for 25 cents 
In stamps or coin and to ADD FREE OF CHARGE one packet of each of the following 
Royal Flower Seeds: New Hybrid Moon Flower. New Robustn Zinnia, New Double 
Corn Flower, New “Colored Fringe” Poppy, and the beautiful Marigold "Nugget of 
Gold.” Offer good for a month only. 
J. M. THORBURN & CO., 15 John Street, New York. 
HENDERSON’S 
American Farmer’s Manual 
Is the most complete catalogue of Farm Seeds 
ever issued. It is fully illustrated, and contains 
much valuable information on the subject of 
GRASSES 
and other farm matters. Sent free on application. 
PETER HENDERSON & CO., 
SEEDSMEN, 
Nos. 35 & 37 Cortlandt Street, New York. 
100 to Over 200 Bushels Shelled Cora per Acre. 
GROWN EXCLUSIVELY WITH THE 
MAPES CORN MANURE. 
VERY PROFITABLE CROPS. 
CORN. 
213 bushels SHELLED Corn per acre; New York, 
800 lbs. Mapes Corn Manure. Cost of manuring $18.50; 
cost of cultivating, $36.50. Yhtes County. 
Of this crop grown with the Mapes Corn Manure 
exclusively, the American Agriculturist says, page 
126, March number, 1890: "If w r e allow only $15 as 
the value of the tops for fodder, and make no ac 
count of bottom stalks.the cost comes within twenty 
cents a bushel (shelled corn).” 
119 bushels per acre - New York, 800 lbs. of the 
Mapes Corn Manure. Westchester County. 
The largest crop grown In the American Agricul¬ 
turist Contest with fertilizers other than the Mapes 
(45 In all) was 84 bushels (chemically dried, 60 
bushels). 
(From the American Agriculturist, June, 1?88.] 
“ Now for a big Corn Crop.”—We need it; but why 
did not the writer tell us how to grow It ? We often 
hear of one hundred bushels shelled corn per acre, 
but I never happened to see such a crop. 
You are right in recommending clean cultivation. 
It is the great gfcret of successful corn growing, 
with or without manure. 
NOTE BY THE EDITOR.—Yes, crops of one hun¬ 
dred bushels of shelled corn are rare, but they are 
not an Impossibility. We have seen, on the farm of 
Mr. E. S. Carman, on Long Island, a crop of one hun¬ 
dred and thirty four (ISt) bushels of shelled corn 
raised on one acre of ground. The variety grown 
was Blount’s Prolific, the soil a light, sandy loam, the 
fertilizer used was Mapes Corn Manure, applied 
three or four times during the season—altogether 
not over a quarter of a ton—and the cultivation con¬ 
sisted of running a cultivator between the rows after 
every rain, and after the application of the ferti.izer. 
The labor and expense bestowed upon the acre was 
not more than an Intelligent farmer gives to his 
crop, If he expects a big yield On the same farm, 
four acres of Chester County Corn yielded eight 
hundred and fifty-six (856) bushels of ears-the best 
acre, 159 37 bushels (shelled); the poorest, 63 75; aver, 
age, 113.69 (shelled) actual measurement.— EniTORS. 
WHEAT. 
The only Prize Wheat Crop grown with fertilizers 
Is the American Agriculturist Prize Crop Contest, 
1889, was raised by Mr. Bartholomew Gedney, West¬ 
chester County, N. Y., with 600 lbs. of the Mapes 
Complete Wheat Manure applied broadcast and 
harrowed In. Variety : White Beardless, Harvested 
July 2, 1889. Yield, 46 bushels on one acre. Straw, 
6 847 lbs. Grain, 2,750 lbs. One even or struck bushel 
weighed 60 pounds. Dimensions of contest acre, 
290 4-10 x 150 feet. 
The other prize wheat crops were raised In Utah 
and the West. 
OATS. 
133 bushels per acre. Variety : White Beardless, 
grown with 800 lbs. of the Mapes Manure, New York, 
Yates County. 
Summing; up of the Potato Contest for 
Seasons 1889—1890. 
InSEVENTEEV States in -which the largest crop 
was grown with fertilizers, 1889 and 1890, TEN crops 
were grown exclusively with the Mapes Potato 
Manures ; 847, 745, 669, 532, 479, 460, 428, 390, 353 and 324 
bushels per acre. Average yield per acre, 522 bushels. 
In the SEVEN States In which the largest crop was 
grown with fertilizers other than the Mapes—the 
yields were as follows: 506, 454, 444, 401,323,319 and 
807 bushels per acre. Average yield per acre* 394 
bushels. 
BarA FULL DESCRIPTIVE PAMPHLET OF THE MAPES MANURES MAILED FREE. 
THE MAPES FORMULA & PERUVIAN GUANO CO, 158 Front St, N. Y, 
CLARKS 
CUTAWAY 
REVOLVING 
Requires Less than Half the Power 
of any other Gang PloW. 
Strong and Durable. Makes a Perfect Seed Bed. 
SEND FOR SPECIAL CIRCULAR. 
HIG6ANUMMFG,C0RP0RATI0N«,nXt»,.r, 
HIGGANUIVk, CONN., or 183 Water Street, NEW YORK. 
TD CCC For SPRING 
I IaEiIIO planting . 
The largest and most complete stock in U. S. of FRUIT 
and 0RNAME5TAL Trees, Shrubs, Paeonies, ROSES, 
Hardy Plants, Grape Vines, SMALL FRUITS, &c. Illus¬ 
trated and descriptive priced Catalogue; also whole- 
the trade, SmLWANGER & BARRY 
MOUN T HOPE NURSERIES, Rochester, N.Y. 
Established over 50 Years. ~ <Mention this paper.) 
PEACHES 
Del. Rock bottom prices for 
200,000 Peach Trees 
for sale at Mldd letown 
Nursery and Fruit 
_ Farm. Middletown, 
Rock bottom prices for ear load lots. 
E. K. COCHRAN <fc CO., 
Middletown, Del. 
Ornamental Trees 
SHRUBS AND CONIFERS. 
Finest collection in New England Includes the best 
novelties. 90-page catalogue full of good hints. 
LARGE and SMALL FRUITS 
Proved for New England climate. 28-page catalogue 
with culture. 
HARDY BORDER PLANTS 
Finest collection In America. 60 page catalogue. Over 
800 varieties described. The most complete on the sub¬ 
ject in America. The above are “ Three Valuable 
Hand-books.” *11 plants can be seen at the Nurserv, 
which wat establisbe 1 in 1851. 
JACOB W. MANNING, 
The Heading Nursery, Heading, Mass. 
All Catalogues Free. 
ARDY FLOWERING SHRUBS 2 VINES 
An Immense stock of the finest Varieties. 
Catalogues ^ m H< ^ ^ p a> 
The Cromwell Raspberry 
Bulletin No. 7 (1889), Mass. Hatch Ex. Station, puts 
Cromwell first in earliness, yield, hardiness, and 
vigor of all BLACKCAPS, and second only to Gregg 
tn size. In Bulletin No. 10 (1890) Cromwell ranks 
first in season, beats the Gregg in size, aud Is only 
equaled (not surpassed) in yield by one variety out 
of fourteen (the Nemaha, which is ten days later, and 
makes a good successicn). If you want to know 
more about it. write the originator, 
G. 8. BUTLER, Cromwell. Conn. 
Catalogue of the really good fruits free. 
BIG BERRIES 
5,000 for $8.00. Send 
10c. for Price List 
and 2 plants Boyn¬ 
ton Strawberry. E. VAN ALLEN, Delmar, N. Y. 
Send for cheapest list of Plants, 
Seeds and Cuttings in America. 
9 List free. 
CHAS. W. BUTTERFIELD, Bellows Falls. Vermont. 
12 
PACKETS FLOWER SEEDS, 4 AC. 
H. F. BURT, Taunton, Mass. 11/ 
SURPLUS STOCK.-’A a e SM?5. ,, bJ515S 
Berry. $5.C0 ] 
per quart. 
ler M. Also Bush Lima Beans, 60 cents 
irder while stock lasts. 
W. C. WAIT, Newburgh, N. Y. 
CONTENTS. 
Rural New-Yorker, April 4,1891. 
LIVE STOCK AND DAIRY. 
Merciful Stanchions: A Silo. 263 
Horse Breeding In England. 263 
Cotton-Seed Products for Hogs.265 
Livestock Notes.276, 277 
Poultry Notes— 279 
Where Are the Eggs ?. 279 
About Skunk Farming. 279 
FARM TOPICS. 
A Proposed Seeding Tool. 
A Mortgage Knocked In the Head .. 
Good Soil vs. ctood Manure and Cultivation. 
Seed Potatoes: Thoroughbred Flint Corn... 
Galvanized Pipe for Well . 
Phosphate Salt. . 
Draining a Cellar. 
Hickory King Corn. 
Fertilizer. 
Alfalfa Seed. 
Hen Manure and Chemicals. 
All About Some Cheap Silos. 
#600 From Oae Acre.. 
Cash Profits of the Farm . 
Kansas Flax Culture. 
Value of Corn Fodder .. . 
Potato Flowers.. 
Growing a Prize Potato Crop. 
How Can He Learn Farming ?. 
An Ohio Reuter Talks . 
Triumph Spading Harrow. 
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HORTICULTURAL. 
A Few Brain Buds. 264 
Grafting Wild Grapes .. . 265 
Locations for Fruit Culture.265 
Cherries Ripening In Succession all the Season ... 265 
Greenhouse Building. 265 
Good and Poor Shipping Strawberries. 266 
WOMAN AND THE HOME 
Drying Pie Plant. 
The Grandmothers and the Girls. 
The Ripe Experience of Seventy four... 
Some of Seventy’s Common Sense Ideas 
The Views of Twenty-Six. 
Practical Nineteen. 
As Nlnteen Regards Economy. 
A 17-It ear-Old Ohio Girl Speaks. 
MISCELLANEOUS. 
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A “Novelty” Caucus. 
Drying out Rubber Roots. 
What’s the Matter with Ureen ?. 
Farmer Lawmakers.. 
One Thing at a Time....-. 
What others Say . 
Timely Topics. 
Ailing Animals .... 
We Want to Know . 
Where are the Purchasers and Tenants for Farms? 
Novelties and Staples from Xhe Catalogues. 
Humorous. 
Editorial. 
Brevities. 
Trade Winds ." 
Agriculttj «al News . 
Crop and Market Notes. 
Markets. 
Publisher’s Desk. 
Almanac. 
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