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THE RURAL NEW-YORKER 
TULY 4 
Publisher's Desk. 
’TIs Well to have a Good Rule for 
all Things. 
A BOOK WORTH HAVING: 
THE HORTICULTURISTS'' RULE BOOK. 
It is diffljult to conceive how a greater 
amount of practical, every-day information 
relating to fruits and vegetables could bs 
condensed into smaller compass than is 
contained in this little manual. There are 
many single pages, each of which contains 
practical information worth more to any 
gardener or orchardist than the price of 
the book.—American Agriculturist. 
I prize it very much : there is so much in 
it for ready reference of value to all who 
plant a seed or set a plant.— A. W. Cheevek, 
Editor New England Farmer. 
A mass of useful Information, compiled 
and classified in the most thorough and con¬ 
venient manner.—Orange County Farmer. 
This is a little volume we can heartily 
recommend. Every fruit grower, farmer 
and gardener will find in its pages many 
things of practical use.—Farm Journal. 
It is just such a portable book as many 
practical and experimental gardeners will 
want at hand, for its condensed informa¬ 
tion on the multitude of subjects which 
are constantly coming before them.— John 
J. Thomas. Editor Country Gentleman. 
We have never seen in any similar treat¬ 
ise a collection of facts so comprehensive, 
so practically instructive, so concisely and 
accurately stated. While it is specifically 
intended for the gardener, the florist, the 
entomologist, the botanist, the pomologist, 
it is no less valuable as a reference book for 
the farmer. It is crammed with pithy 
facts which convey the latest and most 
trustworthy information on the subjects 
treated.—E. S. CABMAN IN RURAL NEW- 
Yorker. 
Above are the opinions of good critics 
concerning Prof. Bailey’s Rule Book. 
The price, in pliable cloth covers, is only 
50 cents; former, price, $1.00, Thcusands 
of copies .have been sold. It is published 
at.this.office. 
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. 
Grasshoppers are sorely vexing Califor¬ 
nia farmers. 
Heavy losses of cattle are reported from 
Canadian shipments to England. 
California live stock breeders are ship¬ 
ping thoroughbred stock to Japan. 
The Department of Agriculture assumes 
the management of the Weather Bureau 
July 1. 
Hog cholera is prevalent in some parts of 
Iowa. It seems to affect young animals 
most severely. 
California convicts make 300,000 jute bags 
per annum and it is proposed to double the 
capacity of the mills. 
A mass meeting, addressed by Senator 
Pcffer, was held in the interest of the 
Farmers’ Alliance in Cooper Union this 
week. It was under the auspices of the 
Citizens’ Alliance. 
The Department of Agriculture has se¬ 
cured from its expert agents a number of 
statements to the effect that contagious 
csttle diseases no longer exist in the United 
States, and that the law enacted by the last 
Congress is now working with such per¬ 
fection that there Is no possibility of the 
shipment of any infected cattle to any 
foreign country. 
The County Commissioners of Labette 
County, Kansas, believing that the farmers 
have been discriminated against In the mat¬ 
ter of taxation, have ordered that the assess¬ 
ment of horses in the townships be made to 
average $18 a head, mules $18 a head, and 
cattle $4.50. In the large towns of Parsons, 
Oswego and Chetopa horses are to be as¬ 
sessed at $28, cattle $8, mules $28. A rise 
of 25 per cent has been ordered on the aver¬ 
age amount of merchants’ stock for the 
preceding year. 
Condensed Correspondence. 
Tioga County, Pa.—W eather is very dry 
throughout this county. Hay lightest crop 
in 20 years. Dairy and hay section. 
H. T. H. 
Madison County, III.—The R. N.-Y.’s 
new wheats will not be ripe for 10 days yet; 
It seems they are all pretty late. Johnson, 
bearded, shows large heads and some rust. 
Beal, bearded, does not seem as vigorous 
as the former. Stewart seems to be mixed, 
some being bald and others bearded. 
Bailey, bearded, bears very good heads. 
Roberts, bearded, has very large heads. 
Willets, bald, seems pretty good. w. J. 
Madison County, N. Y.—I inclose a 
clipping containing a very important Item 
about onions at Canastota, Madison 
County, N. Y.: “ The onion crop in this 
vicinity is being ruined by a worm which 
destroys the tops entirely. It has not been 
noticed until within a week. All the onions 
that have been weeded have fallen over and 
are dying. Nothing has been found yet to 
stop it, and it is generally conceded that 
the crop will be a failure.” Madison 
County is now said to be second only to 
Orange County in onion raising, and the 
item will prove a valuable “straw ” to such 
of the readers of The R. N.-Y. as are inter¬ 
ested in onions. P. F. 
Halifax County, Va.— During the 
spring we have had both extremes, drought 
and too much rain, to contend with, which 
has delayed farm work to a very great ex¬ 
tent. April was dry. During the two last 
weeks of the month the ground was so hard 
that it was impossible to do any plowing. 
From May 3 to June 13 we had an over¬ 
abundance of rain, which interfered very 
much with putting in the crops, but gave 
grass and weeds a good start. The wet 
weather was fine for transplanting tobacco, 
of which there is an average crop. My ex¬ 
perience in the sheep business, so far, is 
not sufficient to enable me to give reliable 
information on this subject, as I have but 
recently located here from the West. How¬ 
ever, I am satisfied with the first six 
months’ results, and have learned some¬ 
thing about handling sheep here, which 
will be useful in the future. From my ob¬ 
servation, there is one thing on which I 
think I can conscientiously advise our 
brother farmers of the Northern and Mid¬ 
dle States, who contemplate changing their 
locations ; that is, to come to the South and 
investigate before going West. Considering 
all advantages, lands are cheaper in this 
country than in the West. Land can be 
bought here at from $6 to $15 per acre, 
which is cheaper, climate, productiveness 
and railroad facilities considered, than In 
any other part of the United States. 
H. H. 
Polk County, Iowa.— Iowa is nearly 
always on the extremes in weather. Our 
early spring weather was wet and cold and 
we were kept from planting for several 
weeks. Then came four weeks of cold, dry 
weather, and many seeds failed to come up, 
and the land got in a bad condition, so that 
seeding in many cases was but poorly done. 
Now we are having cold, wet weather and 
crops are growing slowly. We are several 
weeks late in our farm and garden work. 
Planting is about all done, and crops are 
beginning to need work badly. There is a 
larger acreage of com than there was last 
season, and on an average, the stand is not 
a good one, on account of the cold, dry 
weather in May, and the cut-worms, which 
are unusually injurious this season. Oats 
look well and promise a fine crop. Hay 
was cut short somewhat by the dry spell, 
but our rains now have helped the crop so 
we have the best prospect for hay we have 
had for some years. There is very little 
wheat or rye in this part of the State. Past¬ 
ures are fine, and stock of all kinds a e 
doing well. Stock water is plentiful. The 
potato crop is smaller in acreage than for 
several years, perhaps on account of the 
high price of seed in the spring. Our early 
potato crop was never more promising. 
We have a fine prospect for a good crop of 
fruit of all kinds except strawberries, which 
were badly damaged by frost and worms. 
Although our gardens are a few weeks 
late, yet we have the prospect of a good 
supply of most kinds of vegetables. What 
we need now, to give Iowa one of the big 
gest crops we have had for years, is a few 
weeks of sunshine and work. F. s. w. 
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. 
nUR QVQTFM TUP RPQT We P ft y th * fre <Rht- 
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Baking Powders. Extracts and Perfumes for us, and 
get a set of Silver Knives and Forks free or x 2.00 
worth and get a set of China Dishes free, or 40 per 
cent cash commission will be paid. No money required 
until you deliver goods and get your premium. 
W. W. THOMAS, Cincinnati. Ohio. 
Feeding Animals. 
This Is a praci 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. 
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EXECUTOR'S SALE. 
Nursery Farm Herd of Jerseys 
The Ex rutors of the Estate of the late HON. AU¬ 
GUST BELMONT now offer at private sale ihe entire 
herd of fine thoroughbred Jerseys, consisting of 51 
h*-ad. Will be sold by the single head or in any num¬ 
ber, at very low prices, and delivered f o. b. at 
BaDylon, L. I. Catalogues sent on application to 
AUGUST BELMONT & CO., 
23 Nassau Street, New York. 
PROFITABLE BUTTER MAKING. 
It pays to make fancy butter, E. H. Austin, Gay- 
lordsville, Conn., writes: “I have a small herd of 
registered Jerseys, and furnish private families but¬ 
ter In ten pound tubs, getting a better price than the 
creameries. Wells, Richardson & Co.’s improvad 
Butter Color is the best I ever had, and I could afford 
better to pay $'.00 a can for It than to take a poorer 
article as a gift.” 
If any Who have not used Wells, Richardson & Co.’s 
Improved Butter Color as made at present, will send 
six cents for postage to Wells, Richardson & Co , 
Burlington, Vt., they will receive enough of this Im¬ 
proved Color to change 60 pounds of butter to a gilt- 
edged shade. You can get as high a price as Mr. 
Austin if you follow his example.—Adv, 
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„ Stallion Bits j() cents extra. 
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of every kind. Offices : READING, ENGLAND. 
CLOVER STOCK FARM HERD 
Of Improved Chester White Swine, headed by Sweep- 
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Stock for sale. C. H. GREGG, 
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HORSES Lakeside Stock Farm, 
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Also the Celebrated Herd of Milk and Butter Producing Holstein-Frieslans. 
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