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THE RURAL NEW-YORKER 
HURRAH! 
LONG MAY IT WAVE! 
Every man and boy, and woman, too, 
who is a true American, loves that good 
old flag as the emblem of what is best in 
government. The principles for which it 
stands can not be too early instilled into 
the minds and hearts of newcomers on the 
fleld of action, be they youths of our own 
blood, or men of other lands come newly 
60 these shores. That flag should ever 
wave in sight of Americans. 
Every school house, 
E /ary town hall, 
Every Grange Hall, 
Every assembly place, 
Every farm home, 
should have its flag staff, and every flag 
staff should of course bear its flag. 
BUT, a flag of cheap and poor stuff 
is a disgrace to the flag itself, and the regu¬ 
lar bunting is very expensive. What is 
known as “ cotton bunting ” makes a flag 
that is creditable to any man who owns it, 
and which cannot be distinguished from 
the expensive bunting flags except on close 
examination. The colors are guaranteed 
absolutely fast. We have arranged to fur¬ 
nish “cotton bunting” flags, not mounted, 
to our subscribers at moderate cost, sent 
prepaid, as follows: 
THREE feet long, for two trial sub¬ 
scriptions at 35 cents each. Price, 40 cents. 
FOUR feet long, for four trial subscrip¬ 
tions at 25 cents. Or 75 cents for the flag 
alone. 
FIVE feet long, for six trial subscrip¬ 
tions at 25 cents. Or the flag alone for $1. 
SIX feet long, for one new subscription 
at $2, or for eight trials at 25 cents. Or 
the flag alone for $1.25. 
SEVEN feet long, for one new subscrip¬ 
tion at $2, and two trials at 25 cents. Or 
alone for $1.65 in cash. 
NINE feet long, for two new subscrip¬ 
tions at $2. Or for sale at $2.75. 
The Seven and Nine feet flags make a 
very handsome appearance on flag staffs of 
moderate height and on buildings. The 
Five and Six feet flags are suitable for 
hand flags, or for hanging at low eleva¬ 
tions. 
These flags are good. 
You are or ought to be patriotic. 
Fourth of July is coming. 
Your neighbors, every one, ought to have 
The R. N.-Y. 
Who will be the first in every town 
where Tub Rural New-Yorker is taken 
to unfurl one of these flags to the breeze ? 
We are willing, of course, to sell these 
flags for cash simply to accommodate sub¬ 
scribers who have no time to get up clubs, 
but our special object in making this and 
all other premium offers, is to extend our 
subscription lists. 
THE RURAL PUBLISHING CO., 
Times Building, N. Y. 
The Convenience of Solid Trains. 
The Erie Is the only railway running 
solid trains over its own tracks between 
New York and Chicago. No change of cars 
for any class of passengers. Rates lower 
than via any other first-class line.— Adv. 
AGRICULTURAL NEWS. 
Locusts are causing great alarm to Egyp¬ 
tian agriculturists. 
Large numbers of sheep have been 
bought in Oregon for shipment to Dakota 
and Minnesota. 
An Oregon man picked from his trees in 
bloom a half dozen apples which were 
sound and of good flavor. 
Gov. Tillman, of South Carolina, was 
formerly a subscriber to The R. N.-Y., and 
says it stands at the head. 
A farmer near Topeka, Kan., last year 
sold $1,000 worth of apples from 280 trees, 
besides a liberal supply for home use. 
Specifications for a new building to be 
erected in Pottsville, Pa., require that 
American tin shall be used on the roof. 
A gardener near Albany, who has just 
died, left the request that his body be cre¬ 
mated and the ashes scattered over his 
vines. 
The area planted to American vines in 
France is constantly increasing. In some 
districts the number equals that of the 
French vines. 
The American Pomological Society will 
hold its 23d session in Washington, D. C., 
September 22 25 next. A programme will 
be issued soon. 
The Pennsylvania State Farmers’ Alli¬ 
ance has arranged for five mass meetings 
of farmers, to be held in different parts of 
the State this fall. 
A Vermont paper tells of the son of a 
prosperous farmer who sold his first vote 
for $2, and afterwards boasted of having 
dodged his poll tax. Some day he may be 
the owner of an abandoned farm. 
The entire herd of 51 purebred Jerseys 
belonging to the estate of the late August 
Belmont is offered for sale in numbers to 
suit purchasers at Babylon, L. I. Particu¬ 
lars of August Belmont & Co., 23 Nassau 
Street, New York. 
A Pennsylvania boy has become insane 
from the effects of his work in destroying 
the nests of the tent caterpillars. He was 
taken ill with violent nausea and after¬ 
wards imagined that the worms were eat¬ 
ing him and begged to have them taken off. 
There is a great popular discontent in 
Germany over the government’s decision to 
maintain the corn duties. This discontent 
is not permitted to manifest Itself, but its 
suppression must result in rendering it 
more intense and the ultimate reaction 
more disastrous. 
A New Jersey cow was bitten by a dog 
about three months ago, and recently de¬ 
veloped symptoms of hydrophobia from 
which she died. Great alarm exists in the 
neighborhood, for several families have 
used the milk from the cow, and are conse¬ 
quently fearful of the consequences. 
California hop growers are replacing the 
Chinese with Japanese as laborers. The 
latter are tractable and obedient, quick to 
learn and soon adapt themselves to the re¬ 
quirements of their surroundings. Another 
feature which may influence the growers 
in their favor is the fact that they work for 
low wages. 
Incorporation papers were filed at Colum¬ 
bus, Ohio, June 1, for the Consolidated Oat¬ 
meal Company, with a capital stock of 
$3,500,000. All the oatmeal mills of the 
country are thus brought under one man¬ 
agement, with headquarters at AkroD, 
Ohio. The incorporators say that prices 
will probably be lowered. 
The Wisconsin State Farmers’ Alliance 
has been in session during the week, the 
prime object of the gathering being a dis¬ 
cussion of the project to organize all farm¬ 
ers’ societies under one head. The conven¬ 
tion was presided over by Colonel C. M. 
Butt, President of the State Alliance. One 
hundred and fifty delegates were present. 
Four St. Bernard dogs recently arrived 
in this city, one of which is said to be the 
largest dog ever bred, weighing 216 pounds 
and being two years old and 36 inches in 
height. It is said to have cost $6,000. The 
others were somewhat smaller, but one of 
them, a bitch, is said to be the largest of 
her sex. A duty of $1,700 was assessed, but 
as the dogs were for breeding purposes, it 
is thought this will be remitted. 
The Canadian Government has passed an 
order in council permitting the Three 
Rivers Dead Meat Export Company to im¬ 
port American cattle in bond to be slaugh¬ 
tered. The present regulation prohibits 
the importation of cattle from the United 
States into Canada on account of the threat 
of the British Government that Canadian 
cattle arriving in England would be sched¬ 
uled the same as those arriving in from the 
United States if the importation of Ameri¬ 
can cattle into the Dominion was per¬ 
mitted. 
The Kansas Alliance is considering a 
scheme similar to the Sub-Treasury ware¬ 
house plan. It embraces the establishment 
of a bank in each county under the direc¬ 
tion of the Alliance Exchance. In connec¬ 
tion with each bank is to be an elevator or 
storehouse. A farmer may then dump his 
grain into the elevator, receiving for it a 
check for 80 per cent of the value of the 
grain deposited. By paying a small per 
cent for storage and Insurance, he will be 
allowed to keep his grain in the depository 
until such time as he may deem it best to 
place it on the market. Corn, silk, castor 
beans or other imperishable products may 
be stored, and deposit checks to the amount 
of 80 per cent will be issu d. 
Condensed Correspondence. 
Anderson County, Kan.— We are hav¬ 
ing a very wet spring and summer. Few 
have their corn cultivated the first time. 
Timothy and clover are good. Best pros¬ 
pect for wheat we have had for many 
years: harvesting will commence in our 
neighborhood in seven or eight days. 
Wheat is worth 90 cents and corn 60 cents 
ber bushel. Clover sown in February and 
March has a good start and is growing 
nicely. s. E. 
Orleans County, N. Y.—The fruit 
prospect in Orleans County is for a good, 
but not large crop. Baldwin Apple trees, 
of which the orchards in this vicinity are 
largely composed, have shown but very few 
blossoms. Fall apples, Greenings and Rus¬ 
sets blossomed fairly and up to this time 
promise a medium crop. The prospect is 
good for a large crop of cherries, a medium 
one of peaches and a fair one of plums. 
j. H. 
Adams County, Pa.— We had a drought 
of five weeks and everything suffered ac¬ 
cordingly. The hay crop will be very poor 
at best. Clover is in bloom and only three 
to six inches high. Oats did not come up 
and the stand is very poor—only half 
enough plants. Winter grain is not hurt 
so much, but on the high and gravelly hills 
it has turned yellow. Fruit prospects are 
good so far. We had late frosts, but they did 
only little damage—probably some good by 
thinning. L. w. L. 
Franklin County, Kan.— Since the 
opening of spring, it has been too wet for 
farmers to get much done. Lots of corn 
not planted yet, and it rains every day. The 
ground is full of water. Weather too cool 
for corn to grow rapidly. Prospects are 
good for wheat and grass. Clover is In full 
bloom. Good prospects for an abundance 
of fruit. Peach trees over-full. Early Rich¬ 
mond Cherries plentiful, retailing from 
groceries at five cents per quart. Straw¬ 
berries seven cents per quart. No pros¬ 
pects for finishing planting nor for culti¬ 
vating at present. J. F. H. 
Seneca County, N. Y.— There was a 
light rain on the morning of May 26. The 
weather cleared in the afternoon and then 
came the most destructive frost of the 
season. The frost was general, though 
some favored localities escaped. Potatoes 
and, indeed, all tender vegetation in gardens 
and fields were badly blackened. The grape 
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A PRESENT FOR BU ITER MAKERS. 
We have received an account book printed espe¬ 
cially for dairymen, with columns for amount of 
milk, pounds of butter churned, to whom sold, etc., 
for each day in the year. It also contains valuable 
breeders’ tables, rules for making gilt edged butter, 
and other interesting matter. Wells, Richardson & 
Co., Burlington, Vt., have kindly offered to mall a 
copy free to any of our readers, who send a stamp 
for postage. 
In connection with this we would say that Wells, 
Richardson & Co.’s Improved Butter Color is thor¬ 
oughly reliable and one that we can recommend to 
all dairymen. From a letter recently written by Mrs. 
H. F. Dunham, Lenexa, Kan., we quote : “ Several of 
my neighbors said that they would not use anything 
to color their butter, but when they had to sell for 
several cents a pouud less than I was getting, they 
changed their minds, and are now using what I do. 
Wells, Richardson & Co.’s Improved Butter Color.” 
Adv. 
1 UNE 20 
LINSEED OIL MEAL 
As produced by the 
DETROIT LINSEED OIL WORKS, 
DETROIT. MICHIGAN, 
Is the Best Feed for 
DAIRY COWS, HORSES, PIGS, SHEEP 
-AND ALL- 
DOMESTIC ANIMALS. 
The large and increasing trade the Detroit Linseed 
Oil Works enjoy, without any personal solicitation 
whatever, together with other facts they can give 
upon mail application, fully sustain the above state¬ 
ment. 
Write for further particulars, referring to this 
notice found in the Rural New-Yorker. 
VETERINARY SURGEONS. 
Lectures will begin October 1, 1891. For Circular 
address SECRETARY, 83 i hast 2?th St., N. Y. City. 
8WILUAMS 
For full particulars address 
ST. JOIINSVILLE AGB’L WORKS, 
St. Johjuvllle, Montgomery Co., New York. 
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 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, New York. 
A Good Investment. 
FOR SALE.— Valuable Country Business Prop¬ 
erty, now well rented. Lease expires April 1,1892. 
Large Two-Story Store and Basement (nearly new) 
80 by 52 feet; also one New One Story Hard-wood 
Building, 15 by 40 feet, with about two acres of 
ground. Situated one-quarier 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,;and about four hours from New 
York City. Three trains dally 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 THOMPSON, 
Care of Rural New-Yorker, New York City. 
Farmers’ Veterinary Adviser. 
This is the latest revised 
edition of the best book 
yet published in America 
on the treatment, of dis¬ 
eases among domestic ani¬ 
mals. It is a guide to the 
Prevention and Treatment 
of Diseases in Domestic 
Animals. By Prof. Law, of 
Cornell University. It has 
426 pages, with numerous 
Illustrations and an ap¬ 
pendix of UO page 5 , relat¬ 
ing to pleuro pneumonia. 
Price, $3, postpaid. 
THE RURAL PUBLISHING CO., 
Times Building, New York. 
GLOVER 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. 
High bred ; pedigree on application. Will be sold a 
a reasonable price. Address 
GEO. R. KNAPP, Tenafly, N. J. 
HORSES 
SMITHS & POWELL. SYRACUSE, N. Y. 
FRENCH COACH. —The ovenest, best colored, finest bred of any importation yet. 
TROTTING BRED HORSES. —Fine representatives of several of the most noted trotting strains 
including descendants of “ Electioneer,” George Wilkes.” “ Alcazar,” “Whips,” “ Administrator.” etc. 
CLYDESDALES. -The largest and most noted stud in the Eastern States. 
PERCHERONS. —A tine stock of the various ages. 
Also the Celebrated Herd of Milk and Butter Producing Holstein-Friesians. 
BERKSHIRE AND CHESHIRE SWINE. 
Separate Catalogues of Hohsrs and Cattlk sent on application, Mention this paper when writing 
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Lakeside Stock Farm, 
