1891 
MULTUM IN PARVO. 
On the whole, The R. N.-Y. considers 
the Babach Strawberry overpraised. 
C. A. Green, editor of the Fruit Grower, 
considers the Warfield the coming straw¬ 
berry for canners. 
Mr. Green is proud of having introduced 
the Jessie. 
Parker Earle, he says, is a wonder. 
Edgar Queen gives him an immense 
yield of large, well shaped berries of fair 
quality. 
Pearl, in Mr. Green’s estimation, will 
eventually be a favorite. 
Hilton Mr. Green has tried ‘’two or 
three seasons.” He calls it a No. 1 late 
berry. Years ago we praised this berry as 
the largest and most prolific in cultivation. 
The quality is inferior. Unfortunately Mr. 
Alley, referred to elsewhere, does not know 
how to introduce his seedlings. 
The R. N. Y. is, this year, as usual, try¬ 
ing most of the new peas offered. It is a 
wearisome, unsatisfactory sort of work, 
sinca most of ttie new kinds are really in¬ 
ferior to the old. They are “ new” in some 
respect or other in which newness isn’t de¬ 
sirable. Still out of this trying sort of 
work good comes often enough to make a 
continuance of it necessary. And so The 
R. N.-Y. proposes to keep up the work be¬ 
gun many years ago, as a result of which it 
has been the first to popularize the Strata¬ 
gem, Telephone, Pride of the Market, 
American Wonder, Abundance, Rural New¬ 
-Yorker, Alaska, ttc. 
ALL honor to the cow, for we cannot dis¬ 
pense with her. She deserves all the praise 
and the work bestowed on her, says P. H. 
Jacobs in the Weekly Press. As with the 
hen, something depends on the breed and 
management, but if the hen was given the 
same care that is bestowed ou the cow she 
would reign supreme on every farm, and 
would not cease with ten dozen eggs a year. 
Though valued at about 50 cents, and cost¬ 
ing less for food, she gives from 100 to 200 
per cent profit on eggs alone, and some¬ 
times fully as much with her chicks. She 
may sometimes fail, but so does the cow, 
and if she has roup and cholera, the cow 
also is subject to the disease of so disastrous 
a nature that States quarantine against 
her. When the days of the cow are over 
she is sent to the shambles, and the old hen 
is dressed for market, but even then the 
carcass of the old hen will bring a higher 
price per pound than that of the cow, and, 
victorious over the cow in life, she does not 
lose her prestige in death... 
“ To rid poultry of lice make a mixture 
of three parts lard and one part kerosene 
oil; keep this in a close can, right in the 
hen house; every few days rub the roost- 
poles with it. Also use it as ointment to 
apply to the fowls after they go to roost, 
and it is dark ; apply it about the breast, 
under the wings, over the thighs, etc. In 
addition to the above, sprinkle the house 
with a dilute application of one part crude 
carbolic acid and four parts water. It is well 
to coat the house once or twice a year with 
good white wash containing some crude 
carbolic acid. It is wise also to empty the 
boxes under the roost at least once a week. 
The above may seem like ‘too much 
workbut it pays admirably, as I have 
proved by experience. Besides eggs worth 
money, I am sure it will bring hearty 
thanks from the poultry.” The above is 
from Prof. A. J. Cook (excellent authority) 
of the Michigan Agricultural College. Why 
not, instead of the ointment recommended, 
as stated in the New York Tribune, simply 
spray the houses with kerosene weekly or 
every 10 days. We can assure Prof. Cook 
that it is wholly efficacious and takes far 
less time than his remedy. We use, and 
have done so for years, the Woodason 
spraying bellows. Less than five minutes 
serves for each house—six by eight feet.... 
About five years ago, Mr. H. H. Alley of 
Hilton, N. J.—a hard-working man, sent 
us one of his seedling straw oerries which 
he named Mary. It did not thrive at the 
Rural Grounds, but it thrives with him in 
a remarkable way. For several years past 
he has every June, sent us a box of this va¬ 
riety which for great size, uniformity in 
shape, we have rarely seen equaled. Tnose 
of this season measured on an average from 
six to seven inches in circumference. They 
are a dark, rich, red color inside and out and 
very firm for such monsters. It ought to 
be introduced. 
Gandy’s Prize is now our most popular 
late berry perhaps. T is was sent to The 
R. N.-Y. for trial and report by the origin¬ 
ator as long ago as September of 1886. O. 
S. Gandy of Newport, N. J., is the origin¬ 
ator. 
THE RURAL NEW-YORKER. 
531 
A FEW weeks 8go, we were shown a spec¬ 
imen of the “400 ” tomato—the “ 400 ” be¬ 
ing but a temporary name to last only until 
a better is accepted. The one who suggests 
the better name will be entitled to $250. The 
specimen had been raised under glass of 
course. In shape it was much like the pict¬ 
ures representing it, not quite as smooth as 
desirable. The color is not far from that 
of the Acme. The inside of the tomato, 
however, is all that could be desired. There 
was no core, but simply a mass of solid yet 
tendbr crystalline pulp almost without 
seeds. 
To those of our readers who intend set¬ 
ting out strawberry beds this fall for the 
first and who are willing to experiment and 
yet do not know what kinds to select for 
experimentation, The R. N. Y. would sug¬ 
gest the following : Mtddlefield, Cumber¬ 
land Triumph, Lovett’s Early, Yale, B j der 
Wood (Mlahel's Early), Bubach, Gandy, 
Haverland, Pearl and Charles Downing... 
Mr. C. S. Harrison, before the American 
Association of Nurserymen, praised Abies 
concolor as “the queen of firs.” No other 
tree, he says, has such a rich variety of 
color. The Blue Spruce is beautiful while 
young, but this fir holds its color. One 
can often see a grove of these with their 
silver gleaming miles away. Some clusters 
have very deep color with plentiful frost¬ 
ing, so as fairly to sparkle. The nev shoots 
are of light, soft green ; the older growth is 
nearly blue. On one tree the blossoms and 
cones will be purple, on another light 
green. The clear gum exuding from the 
cones flashes like pearl; and when a light 
breeze puts all this beauty in gentle mo¬ 
tion, you have a scene worth a journey 
across the continent to see. The R.N.-Y. 
may speak of this beautiful fir from an ex¬ 
perience of but three or four years. Little 
plants were received, by mail, from Robert 
Douglas, of Waukegan, Ill , ptrhapsadozin. 
All lived and are now growing thriftily, 
their long, frosted leaves contrasting re¬ 
freshingly with those of other small ever¬ 
greens growing in the same row—Abies 
Siberica, the White Spruce, etc. 
Ruodotypus Kerrioides, or, as known 
familiarly, Jew’s Mallow, is a Japan shrub, 
the only species of the genus. Its foliage 
is like that of the old Kerria or Japan Globe 
Flower, the flowers are white and as large 
as those of the Kerria. It is very hardy 
and thrives in almost any soil or situation. 
Its most distinctive feature Is the fruit, 
from one to four in number, which may 
well be described as resembling two-grain 
iron pills as the apothecary puts them up 
to-day in gelatine. These remain on the 
shrubs all winter. 
AB3TRACTS. 
-N. Y. Times : “It is a common practice 
for some agricultural writers who pride 
themselves apparently upon their eminent¬ 
ly practical tendency to sneer at and make 
light of the work done by amateurs in the 
art of farming—a class of useful men of 
whom there are many bright examples. A 
recent writer refers to this sort of farm¬ 
ing as the Horace Greeley-Henry Ward 
Beecher-William M. Evaits style of farm¬ 
ing, and a foolishness to be condemned 
as not only useless and absurd but really 
injurious. 
“Such writers condemn themselves of con¬ 
spicuous vanity and the grossest ignorance 
of what they call practical farming. For 
it is not to be denied or even questioned 
that such men as these, endowed with a 
high order of intellect, with good judg¬ 
ment, perspicacity, and a large fund of com¬ 
mon sense, have not only been able to give 
points to their practical neighbors, but 
have made their amateur work exceeding¬ 
ly useful by their thoughtful observations, 
judicious attempts at various improve¬ 
ments, unsparing expense In experiments 
which, if every one of them had been a fail¬ 
ure, would have been useful as a contribu¬ 
tion of valuable knowledge that could have 
been gained in no other way, For there 
would be a sudden end to experiments if 
all were successfull; io is the very doubt¬ 
ful result which makes all such work ex¬ 
perimental, and an experimenter who has 
no failures to record stamps himself as a 
failure by the fact that he has only tra¬ 
versed a very small part of the unknown 
regions of agricultural science and prac¬ 
tice.” 
-C. M. Depew : “ General Grant was 
not ashamed to do the work of the farm 
himself or ashamed to ride into St. Louis 
upon the load of wood which he wa3 to 
sell.” 
“ The moment that the greatest respon¬ 
sibilities were thrust upon him, and the 
fate of bis country rested upon his shoul¬ 
ders, this indifferent farmer, business man 
and merchant became the foremost figure 
of the century. The reserve powers of a 
dormant intellect, which ordinary affairs 
could not move, came into action. A 
mighty mind that God had kept for the 
hour of supreme danger to the republic 
grasped the scattered elements of strength, 
solidified them into a resistless force and 
organized victory.” 
-Farm Journal: “Wehave nolanguage 
with which to adequately express our grief 
at the death of our Associate and beloved 
Friend, Colonel F. D. Curtis, of Kirby 
Homestead, on the 29th of May last, the 
sorrow we feel for his bereaved wife and 
children, nor the sense of loss his sudden 
departure must be to our readers and to 
the whole people of the country whom he 
served so ably and so faithfully as agricul¬ 
tural writer and speaker, for so long a time. 
There were few men so admired, so beloved, 
as Colonel Curtis, wherever he was person¬ 
ally known, and his career before the pub¬ 
lic, as lecturer and writer, was a most strik¬ 
ing and successful one. His cheery, win¬ 
some, noble, useful life is ended; his work 
done—well done; his reward sure. Adieu, 
fellow laborer and beloved friend 1” 
“ A New York dairyman has doubled 
thejieldof his cows in butter by testing 
them all aDd selling the poor ones, and feed¬ 
ing a little better.” 
“ To destroy hen lice. Scald the house 
well, the nests and every part the 1st of J une 
and August.” 
“The wise man gets an ambitious wife 
and he is careful that she does not over¬ 
work herself. He knows that it is cheaper 
to pay a girl for a year than a doctor for a 
month.” 
When writing to advertisers, please 
mention The Rural New-Yorker. 
Members of the 
Alliance, Grange, League 
aiul other organizations will make a mistake 
if they buy a 
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Carriages and 
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No oa»h in advance required fri 
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tile largest car¬ 
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we are ahead of 
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fySend lor Catalogue to GAY dc WON, Ottawu, Ill. 
-Jersey Bulletin : “ There is little 
competition at the top.” 
-Ram's Horn : “ Every time a man 
thinks of leaving Satan’s service, the devil 
promises to double his wages.” 
-Farm, Stock and Home: “If you 
must haul over 10 miles of good road and 
half a mile of bad you must load for the 
bad.” 
-New York Times.—“ Where the shoe 
pinches the farmers Is in this, that they 
are too numerous to combine for any pur¬ 
pose whatever for any length of time. 
‘Many men, many minds,’ explains the 
reason for this.” 
-Rev. T. J. Dixon : “ A man who game- 
bles is unfit for any trust. A man who 
gambles will lie. A man who gambles will 
embezzle. A man who gambles will steal. 
The only question Is one of crisip, o f temp¬ 
tation, of opportunity. Whether Gordon 
Cummlng cheated or not, he is jast as good 
as the Prince of Wales, who stood on the 
witness stand and turned up his nose at 
his companion in vice. There is honor 
among thieves; there is so called honor 
among gamblers. It is a shadow. There 
is nothing real in it. A man who becomes 
a gambler loses all conception of the value 
of money and ultimately of the value of 
honor.” 
-W. G. Waring in N. Y. Tribune: 
“Two chief reasons why so many fail of 
success with that really easily grown and 
most certain and prolific fruit, the straw¬ 
berry, Is, first, because they fail to keep 
them clean and sufficiently apart in their 
main growing season—September and Oc¬ 
tober ; and, next because they allow them 
to use their means in making runners In¬ 
stead of flower-buds. Their native Impulse 
Is to multiply and to seek new soil by 
throwing out runners. For years I have 
studied the question whether it is best to 
merely pinch or cut off a long runner or 
to pull it entirely out of its socket, so to 
say. The last is the proper coarse. If a 
stump of the runner is left it grows in sub¬ 
stance, although it cannot grow in length, 
and this growth is at the expense of the 
plant. The very best way is to pinch off 
runners in the bud, as it were, or just as 
soon as they show their noses emerging. 
The saviDg to the plant and the number of 
trusses of fruit that will appear on it and 
its enlargement in every way will prove the 
value of the process. But some runners 
mutt root of course to supply new plants to 
take the place of old exhausted ones.” 
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The same Mill will cut 
corn stalks, saw wood,run 
churn, grindstone, pump 
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SAW T ABLES 
Both Swinging and Sliding 
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made n 5 sizes, with Surety 
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