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THE RURAL NEW-YORKER 
AUG. 29 
AGRICULTURAL NEWS. 
Maryland peach {growers are to take vig¬ 
orous action against the yellows. 
The Georgia Farmers’ Alliance held a 
session last week behind closed doors. 
The exhibition of machinery at Mt. Gret¬ 
na was large and many sales were made. 
The Society of American Florists w<s in 
session in Toronto, Canada, during the past 
week. 
A practical test of a new dry process 
ramie fiber separating machine is to be 
made in California. 
Russia is pushing out its surplus wheat 
as the new order against exportation goes 
into effect on August 27. 
The Virginia Farmers’ Alliance convened 
at Richmond, Tuesday. The president de¬ 
clares that the organization is not a polit¬ 
ical party. 
Samples of wheat received in this city 
from Washington are of fine quality; a 
story of a yield of 100 bushels per acre ac¬ 
companied the samples. 
The Farmers’ Encampment at Mt. Gret¬ 
na, Pa., has been largely attended during 
the week and great enthusiasm was shown 
for the Alliance and other farmers’ organi¬ 
zations. 
Axtell, the $105,000 stallion, was taxed 
for $500 and the Alliance men want the 
valuation raised to at least somewhere near 
his real value. The profits from him last 
year were said to be $50,000. 
The shipments of wine from California 
for the first six months of the year to June 
30 amounted to 5,031,827 gallons, a larger 
amount than was ever shipped from the 
State during a corresponding period. 
A Ventura County, Cal., horticulturist 
states that he considers a 15 year-old Eng¬ 
lish walnut tree, in good health, worth 
about $400, and that he can make a reason¬ 
able percentage upon that amount from 
trees in his orchard. 
A Kansas bank failed last winter and its 
depositors expected to lose largely but the 
good crops of the present season have so 
appreciated the value of many farm mort¬ 
gages which were among its assets that the 
depositors will probably be paid in full. 
A United States Inspector of Cattle has 
been inspecting Canadian cattle steamers. 
He has looked carefully into the mode of 
fitting and ventilation, and after a thor¬ 
ough investigation is of the opinion that 
when some of these steamers run to Port¬ 
land or Boston next winter In the Interest 
of the cattle trade there will need to be a 
decided improvement In many respects to 
bring the steamers up to the standard nec¬ 
essary for compliance with the United 
States regulations governing the shipping 
of cattle. 
Whatever may be thought of the tariff by 
others there can be no question of its ben¬ 
efit to the grower of onions. Forty cents’ 
duty on each bushel Imported should give 
all the protection needed to induce a large 
increase in their production. A large part 
of the onions imported arrive during the 
first half of the year and come into compe¬ 
tition largely with the crop from the 
South. G. S. Palmer an extensive dealer 
in Southern produce as well as an importer 
of foreign onions says that as we have the 
soil and climate to produce good onions in 
our different latitudes, besides the protec¬ 
tion of the tariff, there is every Inducement 
to make onion growing more of a specialty, 
especially in Florida and other Southern 
trucking sections. Proper seed and early 
planting are all that are necessary to com¬ 
pete with those localities. Prices equally 
high as now are not to be expected 
always, but there is a good margin 
of profit in considerably lower ones. 
There is one advantage the onion has as 
a Southern crop, in Its not being immedi¬ 
ately perishable, and it will bear transpor¬ 
tation well if properly cured and packed, 
and sale need not therefore be necessarily 
forced. Furthermore, onions have become 
as staple an article of produce as potatoes, 
corn or wheat, and are consumed by all 
classes, and there is a steady demand for 
them from the time of their first arrival 
from the general trade throughout the 
United States from the Atlantic to the 
Pacific coast. But the one important fea¬ 
ture is their condition, and it is imperative 
that they be well cured and in dry condi¬ 
tion, as no immature stock can be transport¬ 
ed and disposed of profitably. Mr. Palmer 
has obtained from the Custom House the 
figures showing the imports during the 
first six months of the present year from 
the different countries. They are given in 
bushels as follows : England, 68,255; France, 
14,250; Cuba, 42,464; British West Indies, 
242,579; Italy, 4,950 ; Portugal, 100 ; Spain, 
1,113; Phillipine Islands, 146; Turkey, 
Europe, 24. Turkey, Asia, 3 930; Turkey, 
Africa, 31,786, a total of 409,597 bushels, on 
which was paid duty into the United States 
Treasury $163,837.80 These heavy importa¬ 
tions found ready sale at very favorable 
prices, our Northern old crop being short. 
The first arrivals during January were 
the Bermuda old crop, which sold from $2 
to $2.50 per bushel. Next followed the new 
crop from Cuba during February, selling 
at $2.50 to $2.75 per crate. Domestic onions 
at the same time were selling $3.50 to $4.50 
per barrel. Then followed during February 
and March shipments from Bordeaux, 
France, also from Spain. Former prices 
were firmly sustained until the height of 
Bermuda shipments during the latter part 
of May, when the market declined, and the 
lowest price touched was $1.25 per crate. 
The market again reacted, and the Vir¬ 
ginia, which is the last Southern crop, sold 
during June at $3 to $4 per barrel, and the 
last shipments, at the middle of July, sold 
at $5 to $5.50 per barrel. The shipments 
from Africa did not begin to arrive until 
April, and it was not until May and June 
that shipments were received from Spain, 
Asia, Turkey, Phillipine Islands and Portu¬ 
gal. 
Condensed Correspondence. 
Van Buren County, Mich.—I n our town 
about 75 acres of onions are being raised; 
but owing to drought and cut-worms only 
about half the usual yield will be harvested 
this fall. I have noticed in my onion field, 
this year for the first time, a few worms 
similar to the one mentioned by an Ohio 
correspondent in a late Rural. r. G. T. 
Monroe County, Oreg.—C rops in this 
county are good this year. As we had the 
one thing needed in eastern Oregon, namely 
rain, and at the right time. Hay harvest 
was later than usual. The second crop of 
Alfalfa is being put up now. Heading is 
well under way and some of the thrashers 
are at work. The new crop is not on the 
market yet, but will probably start at 65 
cents per bushel for wheat and 75 cents per 
100 pounds for barley, with a prospect for 
barley to be lower. Whoever has an orchard 
old enough to bear has fruit this year. 
Unfortunately there are not many orchards 
except youDg ones, and there will not be 
enough fruit to go around. The codling 
moth is here, but I have heard no com¬ 
plaint of wormy fruit so far. The aphis 
was bad and there will be a demand for 
sprayers next year. I would like to see 
some articles in The R. N.-Y. from some 
experienced fruit growers in eastern Oregon 
or Washington, telling what kinds do well 
there and pay the best. s. N. M. 
TWO VALUABLE HOOKS FREE. 
Those who are in search of ways by which their old 
clothes can be made to look like new will find many 
hints and helps in Successful Home Dyeing. 
This 32-page book tells how the faded and old- 
fashioned clothes are easily dyed any desired color 
with Diamond Dyes. 
Art and Fancy Work contains full and simple 
directions for coloring photographs: cameo, lustra, 
tapestry, and water color painting ; dye embroidery; 
etching upon cotton and linen, and other novel and 
fascinating work. Many women, by the aid of thete 
Instructions, make articles that sell readily at good 
prices. 
Wells, Richardson & Co., Burlington, Vt., will send 
one or both of these books to any address on re.elpt 
of stamp for po»tage. Don’t put It off until to¬ 
morrow, b .t write to-day and get these books that 
may save you many dollars —Ado. 
FOR SALE CHEAP. 
The G. W. Potter Estate—A n extra good farm of 
200 acres for sale cheap, and on easy terms; located 
\y. miles southwest of the business center and ad¬ 
joining the city of Niles, Mich., with two orchards; 
wood enough for farm use; good buildings; well 
fenced; well watered and well adapted to stork 
raising and all kinds of grain. Will be sold as one 
or divided Into two pieces of 40 and 160 acres each to 
suit purchaser. Call on or address Mrs. E. S. Potter, 
or E. P. Ely, Niles, Mich.— Adv. 
G A T U —A FRl’IT FARM 
r Uli dAI/JI/. and DELIGHT¬ 
FUL HOME, mar Milford. Del., 1 }4 miles from 
Railroad Station. 3,600 Peach, 5'-0 Apple. 100 Cherry, 
and 100 Pear Trees; 100 Grapevines Walnut, Butter¬ 
nut and Madeira Nuts in bearing with other nut trees 
from one to eight years old. Large yard filled wl h 
choice shade trees. The buildings are : Eight-roomed 
house, two new barns with shed, and new four- 
roomed Cottage. Price, 84,50 '. Any one desiring to 
avoid severe winters and secure a desirable home 
may address Box Milford, Del. 
THERE IS NO BETTER 
nor more economical feed for 
LIVE STOCK 
THAN 
LINSEED OIL MEAL 
If you get It from the 
DETROIT LINSEED OIL WORKS, 
DETROIT. MICHIGAN. 
The Manurlal Value of the offal from animals fed 
upon Oil Meal is an important factor also to be 
considered The columns of The Rubai, New-Yorker 
at times have valuable Information in this respect. 
tW Correspondence Solicited. 
ARE YOU A FARMER? 
If so you are one from choice and 
can tell whether farming as an in¬ 
vestment pays. Do you make it 
pay ? Have you first-class tools, fix¬ 
tures, etc. ? You say yes, but you 
are wrong if you have no scales. 
You should have one, and by send¬ 
ing a postal card you can get full 
information from 
JONES OF BINGHAMTON, 
BINGHAMTON, N. Y. 
Highly concentrated. Dose small. In quantity costs 
less than one-tenth cent a day per hen. Prevents and 
cures all diseases. If you can’t get It, we send by mail 
post-paid, One pack. 25c. Five $1. 2 1-4 lb. can $1.20, 
Scans $5. Express paid. Testimonials free. Send stamps or 
cash. Farmers’ Poultry Guide (price 25c.) free with $1.00 
orders or more. I. S. JOHNSON & CO., Boston, Mass. 
POULTRY MEN 
It has been 
proved that 
the greatest 
and most economical egg producing 
food in the world is 
GREEN CUT BONE 
fresh from market. Send stamp for catalogue 
and bona tide letters .. , n n 
ot Mann s Bone Cutter. 
F. W. MANN, Box 4, 
Milford, Mass. 
POULTRY SUPPLIES, 
Such as Reer Scraps. Oyster Shells, Granulated Bone, 
Animal Meal, Dessleated Fish, etc. Also in season 
( Winter ) FRK«H BONE AND MEAT ground 
line. Send for Special Price Lists of the above. 
Address C. A. BARTLETT, Worcester, Mass. 
Do You Want $5 
worth of books for $3.50. You can learn how to buy 
all kinds of books at wholesale prices. History, 
Biography, Fiction, School Books, Bibles. Music, etc., 
by sending stamp and address to HEADERS’UNION 
PUBLISHING COMPANY, Lansing Mich. 
FARM FOR SALE, 
IT GREAT KECK, L. I., N. Y., 
FOURTEEN MILES FROM NEW YORK CITY. 
Especially adapted for a Stock Farm : 146 acres of 
cleared and is acres of wood lands. 
2?4 Miles from Great Neck Station, 
On North Shore Division, and some distance from 
HvdePark Station on main line Long Island Railroad. 
Highest land 270 feet, overlooking the Ocean and 
Long Island Sound. Seventeen acres of Apple and 
Pear orchards; large farm house, flue barns and 
other buildings In good order, The soil Is fertile, and 
good crops are now growing. Address 
H. M. SMITH, Long Island City, N. Y 
p- _ o I /\ —90 acres of best t-ucklng land 
r Of oalCi In Hanover Co., Virginia. 8t< 
miles from Richmond, 1 mile from Atlee on the Chesa 
peake and Ohio Railroad. Portion seeded 1 • On h ird 
grass and Clover. Perfec ly healthy. Near Churches 
and Schools. Excellent water. Comfortable owel 
ling of eight rooms; all ueces-ary outbuildings. 
All the buildings In gcod repair. Choice fruit*. 
Plenty of wood to serve any family. Title uudisput- 
able. Price, $4,000. Address 
Mrs. A. GRAY, Atlee, Hanover Co., Virginia. 
-|71/"vT) C3 A T TJ - Farm of 58 acres. A nice 
X? VxXU OXXJLj Ji/. Southern home within 
one mile of railroad depot: schools and churches. 
Splendid for fruit, excellent for a dairy farm and 
unsurpassed for potatoes, as two crops can be raised 
In one season If not sold privately, will sell at auc¬ 
tion in parts or as a whole on Monday, October 5, 
next. Address JACOB BUCHI. Franklin, Tenn. 
QTIinY Thorough and practical 
IIOMF ^ ‘ w w ' instruction given by 
11W III k Mail In Book-keeping, Business Forms, 
Arithmetic, Penmanship, Shorthand, 
etc. Low rates. Distance no objection. Circulars free 
Bryant & Stratton, 415 Malu Street. Buffalo, N. Y. 
f°K B&T/^ 
[STEELPRESSES] 
v ™. A.D£D£\icK^(s. 
-WORKS, AL BA HY. N .Y 
UORSE POWERS, THRESHING MACHINES and 
WOOD SAW » ACll INKS. 
GET THE 13 El ST. 
Bowdoinham, Me. 
Oents —The two-horse power and thresher I bought 
of your agent at the Maine State Fair gives perfect 
sitlsfactlon, bo’b to me and the farmers 1 have 
worked for. They say they will have It to do tnelr 
threshing In preference to any other. I don’t have 
any trouble with it. It will do the most work of any 
I have run. Yours truly, E. D. CORNISH. 
J. D. Reed, Norwich, N. Y„ says : “Allow me to say 
the power works like a charm. My man has run a 
good many, and he says this Is ooss.” 
All who are Interested In Horse Powers. Wood 
Saws or Threshing Machines are Invited to write 
for 50 page pamphlet. Free. Address 
A. W. GRAY’S SONS. 
Patentees and Sole Manufacturers. 
MIDDLETOWN SPRINGS, VT. 
THE PERKINS Wind Mill. 
NO DOUBT 
—BUT— 
A 
THE PERKINS 
Is the Lightest Hiinning 
Wind Mill Now Made. 
BUY IT! TRY IT! 
After 21 years of success in the manufacture of 
Wind Mil s, we have lately made a complete change 
In our mill, all parts being built stronger and better 
proportion’d and a self-lubricant bushing placed In 
all boxes to save the purchaser from cllmotng high 
towers to oil It. The same principle of self governb'g 
retained. Every part of the Mill fully WARRANTED 
and will run without making a noise. 
The reputation gained by the Perkins Mill In the 
past has induced some unscrupulous persons to Imi¬ 
tate the mill and even to take our name an 1 apply It 
to an Inferior mill. Be not deceived, none genuine 
unless stamped as below. We manufacture both 
Pumping and Geared Mills. Tanks, Pumps, etc., ami 
General Wind-Mill Supplies. Good Agents wanted. 
Send for Catalogues and Prices. * 
PERKINS WIND MILL AND AX CO., 
MISHAWAKA, IND. 
I TIOK SALE CHEAP. -A 4 Horse Power Acme 
1 Automatic Oil Engine and Boiler; in perfect 
order. U <ed only »even months: does splendid work. 
Price, $250. Also Circular Saw and Frame. $40. No 
u»e for them now. G. D. SPRAGUE, Sing Sing, N.Y. 
t?/~ DOCTOR J AGGAR’S CrUOAl 
matawan, n. j. Own 1/ V/ L 
Rates reasonable. Send for Catalogue. 
CLOVER STOCK FARM HERD 
Of Improved Chester White 8wlne, headed by Sweep- 
stakes Animals, won at the largest Fairs In America. 
Stock for sale. C. H. GREGG, 
Krumroy, Summit County, Ohio. 
COLLEGE OF VETERINARY SURGEONS. 
Lectures will begin October 1, 1891. For Circular 
address SECRETARY, 33 1 East 2Rh St., N. Y. City. 
REGISTERED 
LEICEISTER AND 
WEBB SOUTHDOWN 
RAMS AND RAM 
LAMBS. Bates’s Short horn CatUe and Chester White 
Hog*. W. A. McCOY & SONS, Mercer, Pa. 
southdown, CUDflDCUlDC 
cotswold, onnuroninc, 
OXFORD DOWN and MERINO SHEEP and 
LAMBS of the very best blood obtainable An extra 
good lot of Lambs of all breeds; also a few good 
Yearlings, some of which are prize winners. Write 
at once for prices and full particulars. 
W. ATLEE BURPEE & CO., Philadelphia, Pa. 
Dairymen 
please s«nd your address 
to E. L. HILL, 
West Upton, Muss, 
for .89. Catalogue oflUJjL U ITIlJjlX AD1UU Ull 
for freeing milk of odors of animal or feed, without u*e 
•f ICE or WATER. 
“THE FLORIDA REAL ESTATE JOUR¬ 
NAL,” <1.00 a year. Arcadia, Florida. Cheap homes 
cash or time. Samply copy, with State map, 10 cents 
ELLIOT’S PARCHMENT BUTTER PAPER. h ^m CDCC 
To dairymen or others who will use It, we will send half a ream,8x11. free, If they will ■ ■ * *** 
forward 30 cents to pay postage. Try the Best Butter Wrapper. Avoid Imitation. — — b—■ 
A. G. ELLIOTT dk CO., Paper Manufacturers. Philadelphia, Pa. 
“HAIL COLUMBIA!” 
The Columbia ChiUel Plow is the lightest draft, 
easiest to handle, strongest and most durable, does 
better work In all soils; In short the best plow In the 
market. First premium every year 1882-1830, Inclus¬ 
ive at Berkshire County Fair Plow Trials. Don’t fall 
to try a Columbia before purchasing any other. 
Address COLUMBIA PLOW WOKKS, 
Copake Iron Works, 
Mention this paper, Columbia County, N. Y 
WHY PAY RETAIL PRICES 
When you can buy hand-made oak leath. 
er Harness, single $7 to $30. Double 
$18.50 to $40. Illustrated catalogue free. 
Order one. KING & CO., Mfrs. Owego, N.Y 
HORSES 
SMITHS & POWELL. 
-AT - 
Lakeside Stock Farm, 
SYRACUSE, N. Y, 
FRENCH COACH.— The evenest, beat 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,” “ Wnips,” “ Administrator.” etc. 
CLYDESDALES. -The largest and most noted stud lu the Eastern States. 
PERCHERONS.— A fine stock of the various ages. 
Also the Celebrated Herd of Milk and Butter Producing Holstein-Friesians. 
BERKSHIRE AND CHESHIRE SWINE. 
Separate Catalogues of Hobses and Cattle sent on application. Mention this paper when writing. 
