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MAY 16 
Publisher s Desk. 
The Right Is Always Right: Wrong 
Is Always Wrong: No Half-way 
Is Possible. 
A GREAT EDITOR. 
Horace Greeley was the greatest of men 
among editors in his generation. Our 
motto this week might well have been his, 
for it is in fact a brief characterization of 
his life. The other day the 50th anniversary 
of the foundation of thelVeto York Tribune 
was celebrated. Charles A. Dana, one of 
to-day’s foremost journalists and for many 
years a co-worker with Greely, gave the 
following as the great editor's code in the 
conduct of the Tribune of that day : 
“ Always give a hearing to your opponent. 
Never attack a man and refuse to let him 
answer in the same columns. Be always 
as considerate of the weak and friendless 
as of the powerful. Waste no strength in 
advocating that which is intrinsically im¬ 
possible. Never compromise your own 
opinions on account of your subscribers or 
adversaries. If they don’t like your ideas 
they can always go to another shop.” 
That is a mighty strong and wise and right 
code for the guidance of any newspaper. 
Why wouldn’t it be a good plan for people 
to gauge the worth of the papers they read 
by that standard ? 
HOW IT IS RECEIVED ;/THE NEW 
POTATO CULTUBE. 
Agricultural Science : “ If more works 
on rural topics were written, as is this one, 
from the results of experience, the world 
would be blessed with a much smaller 
agricultural library, but a great deal bet¬ 
ter one. The author is sincere and we 
would that every book could be written 
with so large a foundation of personal 
knowledge from self-gathered facts.” 
The Journalist: “The New Potato 
Culture is thought to be nnequaled for 
originality and practical value, by any 
other work of the kind.” 
Prof. L. H. Bailey (Cornell University): 
“ We know of nothing like it. We doubt 
if the experiment stations will equal it in 
many years. We predict that it will make 
more experimenters upon the farm than any 
other book yet written. The number and 
scope of the experiments which it records 
are surprising. It irresistibly awakens a 
desire for more knowledge. It is a book 
which the farmer will read many times, 
and at every reading a flood of new sug¬ 
gestions will crowd upon him.” 
Farm and Fireside : “ The author has 
avoided the beaten track of giving mere 
cultural directions. It is a guide to the 
use and discovery of improved methods in 
potato culture. It cannot be read without 
arousing or stimulating thought and study 
in the reader—one of the best things that 
could be said of any book.” 
Dr. T. H. Hoskins in The Vermont 
Watchman : “We regard this bm>k as the 
most important single contributiwi to agri¬ 
cultural knowledge ever made in America.” 
N. Y. Tribune : “ It cannot fail to be of 
direct or suggestive value to the large class 
interested in this vegetable associate of the 
staff of life.” 
Country Gentleman : “ If any other 
person has given the subject so thorough a 
test, we have not met with the results of 
his labors. The author has conferred a 
great benefit on the community by his 
efforts.” 
N. Y. Times : “ Mainly through his 
efforts the cultivation of the potato has 
acquired new interest. The title of t the book 
well describes its contents.” 
THE RURAL NEW-YORKER. 
N. Y. World : “ It is submitted that 
these experiments so long carried on at the 
Rural Grounds, have, directly and indi¬ 
rectly, thrown more light upon the various 
problems involved in successful potato cul¬ 
ture than any other experiments which 
have been carried on in America.” 
Journal of Commerce: ‘“The New 
Potato Culture’is the title of a new and 
very valuable work. The volume is the 
result of 15 years of patient study and in¬ 
vestigation ”_ 
“ The World is Growing Evil, the 
Times are W axing Ill.” 
“ Art displeased with the management 
of the world ? Possibly the body frets 
thee.” To all those for whom, by reason 
of bodily ailments and suffering, the world 
has lost its attraction, we offer our Com¬ 
pound Oxygen Treatment. It is a vitalizer, 
is inhaled into the lungs, and, being taken 
up by the blood, affects the whole body 
beneficially. Here are some specimens of 
evidence we have accumulated during our 
twenty years’ practice: 
Drs Starkey & Palen “ I have not 
been so well for years as at present. I can 
only give the credit, under God’s blessing 
to Compound Oxygen. I am doing more 
and harder work in my study than I have 
since my breakdown, nearly eight years 
ago.— Rev. C A. Wilder, Walnut Hill, 
Mass , August 16, 1889. 
Drs. Starkey & Palen:— “When I am 
down your Compound Oxygen Treatment 
lifts me up and sets me going.”— Chas. B. 
Parker, 150 Woodruff Avenue, Columbus, 
Ohio. May 1. 1889 
You will find abundant testimonials and 
records of cures effected in our Treatise on 
Compound Oxygen. The proof is irrefut¬ 
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cisco, Cal — Adv. 
Live Stock Notes. 
Major Campbell Brown sells at Spring 
Hill, Tenn., Jersey cattle, trotting and 
pacing horses and Shetland ponies on May 
27. 
Hudson County, N. J., has now been 
relieved from the quarantine on account of 
pleuro pneumonia which has been main¬ 
tained since May, 1884. 
The Jersey cow Exile’s Lulu 49984 
owned by P. J. Cogswell, gave 1,406 pounds 
and eight ounces of milk in seven days. 
Her udder measured 63>£ inches in circum¬ 
ference. 
At the Kellogg sale last week the gold 
watch and chain given to the breeder who 
obtaintd the best average price for five 
animals bred by himself was won by 
Nathan Robins, Metuchen, N. J. His cat¬ 
tle averaged $196. 
The New York Poultry Association 
last week elected the following directors 
for the year : Robert Colgate, Fred. Bron¬ 
son, Thomas H. Terry, Jr., and D. E. 
Newell, New York; T. Farrar Rackham 
and George Purdue, East Orange; C. M. 
Griffing, Shelter Island ; G. P. Raynaud, 
Middletown, N. J. ; H. V. Crawford, Mont¬ 
clair, N. J. 
Dogs Wanted 1— Here is a note from one 
of our subscribers in Brooklyn. “I am look¬ 
ing for a puppy of Great Dane or English 
Mastiff breed; could The Rural manage 
to put before its subscribers an inquiry so 
as to ascertain whether they have any for 
sale ?” Our dog breeders seem to be con¬ 
ducting a very “ still hunt ” for business ! 
Milk for LamDs. 
I have had no personal experience in this 
line, for I am breeding pure Shropshires, 
and ewes of this breed are capital mothers 
and great milkers, and are fully able to 
rear twins without any supplement to their 
own milk. I have watched the effect of 
such feeding by others and am confident it 
is the most economical way to dispose of 
skim-milk. It is a fact that with vigorous 
lambs of some one of the mutton breeds, a 
given amount of milk will produce as many 
pounds of meat as it will if fed to pigs, and 
in comparing profits one has only to remem¬ 
ber that early winter lambs very readily 
sell for several times as much per pound 
as pork does. There is no trouble in teach¬ 
ing young lambs to take the bottle if the 
milk is warmed to the natural heat of ewes’ 
milk and slightly sweetened. I have been 
amused to see a flock of lambs standing 
around the shepherd who had a large bottle 
of cows’ milk in each hand, and no amount 
of bleating on the part of the ewes could in¬ 
duce the lambs to leave until they had 
their fill of cows’ milk. There is no branch 
of farming that promises better returns 
than the rearing of early lambs, and those 
who breed and feed the best will always be 
able to sell them for satisfactory prices; 
while those who economize (?) by using a 
$10 ram and then let the lambs take care 
of themselves, will very soon come to the 
conclusion that It doesn’t pay to breed them. 
It is true in this as in all other kinds of 
business that “there’s plenty of room at 
the top.” FRANK D. WARD. 
Genesee Co., N. Y. 
Experience With Abortion. 
Seven or eight years ago we had what 
seemed to be chronic abortion among our 
Jerseys, about 25 per cent slipping their 
calves. We have occasionally had a spo¬ 
radic case, but never any chronic form 
from that day to this, and have not aver¬ 
aged one case yearly since. Not one of the 
animals that aborted at that time has. so 
far as we have learned, failed to be a 
regular breeder subsequently. The cause 
of the difficulty we have never been able to 
ascertain. We used our best efforts to 
stamp the trouble out. When we discov¬ 
ered any tendency in an animal to abort 
she was immediately removed from the 
herd, and the foetus and other matter were 
deeply buried in quicklime. The whoie 
herd were given daily Viburnum pruni- 
folium or Black Haw in moderate doses, 
and the roots of the tail and the vulva were 
thoroughly washed each day with bichlo¬ 
ride of mercury, one part to 2,000. Each 
cow aborting was, in addition to external 
washes, given an injection of some anti¬ 
septic fluid and this continued for three or 
more months after the accident. We did 
not breed any of them under three months 
after losing their calves, or at least until 
the day subsequent to what would have 
been the proper time had they gone the 
full period of gestation. In addition to 
this, we used strong antiseptic washes on 
the stalls of all our cattle whether they 
had or had not aborted. We kept fresh 
coatings of lime and sulphur well spread 
over the stalls, and in this way we think 
successfully eradicated all the. germs of 
abortion. This year, out of some 55 trot¬ 
ting mares in foal, 16 have sli ped their 
foals. Last year other breeders were 
troubled, and we prided ourselves that it 
was our superior care that prevented our 
being annoyed by this misfortune. This 
year we have lost confidence in our smart¬ 
ness, and realize that we know very little 
more than our neighbors about the preven¬ 
tion of this disease after it has once 
obtained lodgment. Following the advice 
of the Veterinary Department of the 
Bureau of Animal Industry, we have 
separated our mares, and are following the 
most careful antiseptic treatment, practi¬ 
cally the same practiced with our cattle. 
Since we have taken these precautions we 
have had but one case, and our mares are 
now foaling regularly. Our experience, 
however, has taught us that it is desirable 
to keep as few breeding animals together 
as circumstances will permit. We think 
that abortion is a disease readily commu¬ 
nicable from one animal to another, and 
no animal that has aborted or gives evi¬ 
dence that it is about to abort should 
remain anywhere near others that might 
be infected therefrom. MILLER & SIBLEY. 
Venango Co., Pa. 
Pigs Beat Lambs. 
We have never tried feeding skim milk 
to lambs. We do not believe it would be 
practicable. If we wanted bone and mus¬ 
cle it would be good ; but we do not think 
it would make lambs fat. We can not see 
any connection between early lamb raising 
and winter dairying. We do not think the 
lambs would make a more profitable use of 
the milk than pigs. OSBORNE & LADD. 
Ontario Co., N. Y. 
GOOD BUTTER. 
What Is the first thing that Impresses the buyer 
when a lot of butter Is offered for sale ? Its appear¬ 
ance. If one tub is white and lardy-looking, another 
red, and a third strtaked, that butter will bring a 
low price The best butter makers use Wells, Rich, 
ardson & Co.’s Improved Butter Color, and their pro¬ 
duct Is of uniform June yellow. Give it a trial, and 
you will never be without It. 
Gen. L. F. Ross, Proprietor of Mount Prospect farm, 
near Iowa City, la. and breeder of Red Polled cattle, 
finds Wells, Richardson & Co.’s Improved, the only 
satisfactory butter color. He writes : “ We are using 
Wells, Richardson & Co.’s Improved Butter Color, 
and we are well satisfied of Its merits. After trying 
many different kinds, we have adopted this as our 
standard. Our experience goes to show that It is the 
only color that can always be relied upon to produce 
a perfectly natural shade.”- Adv. 
P 
ETER C. KELLOGG & CO. Have Re¬ 
ceived Instructions from the Owner to 
Sell at AUCTION the ENTIRE 
EASTWOOD HERD 
OF 
JERSEY CATTLE, 
The Property of Mb. M. ERSK1NE MILLER, 
of Staunton, Va„ 
TUESDAY, MAY 10, ISOl, 
AT THE 
AMERICAN INSTITUTE BUILDING, 
Third Ave., between 68d & 64th Sts., New York. 
The Catalogue will contain every animal of value 
in the herd, including many that closely inherit the 
blood of the great cotvs Coomassle and Oua entwined 
with the best imported and American strains, always 
•with an eye to combining the greatest excellence in 
udder performance with beauty of form, quality and 
finish. 
About 40 animals, mostly females, will be sold, 
among which are many cows from dams that have 
tested from 14 to 24 pounds of butter In seven days, 
and a few nulls of high repute. The list will be more 
definitely specified in future advertisements. 
Catalogues will be ready May Uith. Address 
PETER C. KELLOGG & CO , Auctioneers, 
107 John Street, New York. 
HIGH-CLASS JERSEYS, 
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YOUNG DAUGHTERS of our bull 
STOKE POGIS 5th 598‘ have made 
from 14 lbs. 1 14 oz. to 22 lbs. 12 oz 
butter in 7 days. We refused $15,- 
000 for him. He is the only living brother of the ac¬ 
knowledged champion dairy bull. Stoke Poors 3d 
(now dead) whose 27 daughters 
17 
Average Over 20 Pounds. 
Ida’s Rioter of St. L. 13656.-Son of Ida of St. 
Lambert 2)990. (cost $6,500 cash before she was 
tested), official butter test for 7 days.sO lbs. oz.; 
milk record, 67 lbs. one day. 1891 lbs. one winter 
month. Hfs four tested daughters average 20 lbs, 
10!4 oz butter in 7 days, several give on ordinary 
feed from 40 to 49 lbs. milk per day. He weighs 
1705 lbs. Our Jerseys are big. Our heifers not 
bred till 2 year olds. 
BULL CALVES, COWS IN CALF, A FEW 
HEIFERS BY ABOVE BULLS. 
Also Children’s PONIES and pure-bred ANGORA 
GOATS for Sale. No Bull Calf less than $100, 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 
Farm 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 & CO., I)es Moines, Iowa. 
WHY PAY RETAIL PRICES 
When you can buy hand-made oak leath. 
er Harness, single $7 to $30. Double 
S 18.50 to $40. Illustrated catalogue free, 
rderone. KING &CO., Mfrs. Owego, N.Y 
CLOVER STOCK FARM HERD 
Of Improved Chester White Swine, headed by Sweep- 
stakes Animals, won at the largest Fairs In America. 
Stock for sale. C. H. GREGG, 
Krumroy, Summit County, Ohio. 
Scotch Collie for Sale. 
A female pup a few months old in good condition. 
Highbred; pedigree on application Will be sold at 
a reasonable price. Address 
GEO. R. KNAPP, Tenafly, N. J. 
CHESHIRES A SPECIALTY. 
I have now shipped 325 times to men I had 
sold to before. No other breeder can give such a 
record. Stock of all ages for sale. 
E. W. DAVIS. Oneida. N. Y. 
Feeding Animals. 
This Is a pracl leal work of 560 pages by Professor 
E. W. STEWART, upon the science of feeding in all 
its details, giving practical rations for all farm ani¬ 
mals. Its ac< uracy 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. Frlce, @2.00. 
Address THE RURAL PUBLISHING COM¬ 
PANY, Times Building, New York. 
A Rare Opportunity. 
FOB SALE.— Valuable Country Business Prop¬ 
erty, now well rented. Lease expires April 1, 1892. 
Large Two-Story Store and Basement (nearly new), 
30 by 52 feet; also one New One Story' Hard-wood 
Puilding, 15 by 40 feet, with about two acres of 
ground. Situated one-quarter of a mile from Rail¬ 
road Station on Lebanon Springs Railroad, in Colum¬ 
bia County, New York ; one hour from Albany, Troy 
and Hudson, N. Y.jand about four hours from New 
York City. Three trains daily each way. This prop¬ 
erty is on the Old Boston and Albany Turnpike, and 
has been the principal business store for the past 60 
years. Price low. Terms easy. 
Address TIMPSON, 
P. O. Box 3318, New York City. 
F OR SALE. — 30 good Missouri or Illinois 
Farms, near St. Louis with possession. Write 
for descriptions to THOS BETTS, 525 Chestnut St., 
St. Louts, Mo. Established 1860. 
T>T A XTUpO JERSEY YELLOW NANSE- 
JL JL io MOND Sweet Potato and 
Winntgstadt, Surehead, Bloomsdale. late Flat Dutch 
and Drumhead Cabbage, *t,50 per >,f0‘ in May; $1.00 
in June. F. HURFF, Swedesboro, N. J 
275 ACRE FARM. 
Fertile, warm early soil. 
Good Grass Land. 
Good Butter Farm. 
Good Truck Farm. 
Good Fruit Farm. 
Good Poultry Farm. 
Deposit oi Pink Granite. 
Deposit of Fine Molding Sand. 
Famous Spring of Pure Water. 
Twenty-seven miles from Boston. Six good manu¬ 
facturing village markets within seven miles; one 
mile from railroad station, post-office, etc. 
8ST FOR SALE AT LOW PRICE. 
Maybe divided Into two farms. Two houses, 
barn, etc. 
Address “ FARM,” care The Rural Nkw-Yorkkr 
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