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THE RURAL NEW-YORKER. 
Members of the 
Inal classes upon our shores, and such prac¬ 
tice must be stopped or this country will 
not be safe or fit to live in. I would let the 
virtuous, well-meaning, hard working, in¬ 
telligent men and women come with their 
families, and find a home in this goodly 
land, but I would put up the bars against 
Old Worl i riff-raff so high and so tight, 
that not a single specimen could get over. 
This is thesort of Prohibitionist I am.” 
“ Keep a few lively chickens in the stable 
and give them access to a broad sill at the 
window. They will catch every fly. Fowls 
are among the horse’s best friends.” 
-Garden and Forest : “ A dispatch to 
the New York Tribune states ‘ Next win¬ 
ter will see the shipment of an enormous 
quantity of fresh vegetables from southern 
California to New York and other Eastern 
cities. The railroads have given a rate of 
three cents per pound, which allows a big 
profit on all vegetables that will bear trans- prices, 
portatlon. Tomatoes, peas, beans, new po¬ 
tatoes, cauliflower and other vegetables 
can be supplied by southern California 
from December 1 to March 1, during which 
time there is practically no competition 
from Florida. It is claimed that this in¬ 
dustry will eclipse fruit-growing, as it will 
stimulate a demand for fresh vegetables 
where canned goods are now used.’ ” 
-N. Y. Herald : “ If the physical Ills 
from which we suffer have their origin in 
broken laws, and are the natural conse¬ 
quence of neglect, either willful or ignor¬ 
ant, it seems both rash and foolish to throw 
tne responsibility for our suffering on the 
Lord.” 
-Farm Journal: “ We make free to 
say that every decent, self respecting 
farmer should withdraw his patronage fro m 
every agricultural society that tolerates 
gambling and horse-racing at its fairs. The 
demoralizing influences exerted over the 
young people by such things, far outweigh 
any benefits that may result from the rest 
of the exhibition.” 
“ Try a little neighborly kindness for 
improving the neighborliness of your 
neighbors.” _ 
It is very large and solid and almost seed- i 
less. The latter is a good point, not as I i 
think because the seeds are especially un¬ 
desirable, but because they require con¬ 
siderable food which but for them might 
be used in the formation of pulp.” Our 
report of this tomato will appear in due 
time. 
Save the potato balls. 
GRAPE seed taken from the grape and 
planted at once in pots will, many of them, 
sprout in from three weeks to two months. 
Sow pansy seeds now to bloom next 
spring and summer. . 
Peach pits planted now or a little later 
will germinate next spring. 
The New Jersey Station (bulletin No. 81) 
gives the analyses of six home made fertil¬ 
izers. They show a value of $2.92, or 8 9 per 
cent greater than their cost at point of con¬ 
sumption. 
The above sum, while worthy of careful 
consideration by the farmer, by no means 
represents the actual saving in the cost of 
plant food that this method of buying offers 
over the usual haphazard method of buy¬ 
ing on credit from small dealers and with¬ 
out regard to the source of materials used 
or reliability of the manufacturer. The fol¬ 
lowing result shown by a study of the 
analyses of complete fertilizers made in 
1890, by the New Jersey Station, clearly 
illustrates this point, viz., that the value 
per ton of the average of over 200 brands of 
complete fertilizers was $28 37, and the aver¬ 
age selling price $34.64, a difference of $6 27 
per ton, or a cost of 22 1 per cent greater 
than the value; this added to the 8.9 per 
cent, would make a total difference in favor 
of home mixtures of 3L par cent; in other 
words, an amount of plant food in a mixt¬ 
ure that would cost on the average $100 
when bought In the form of raw materials 
and mixed at home, would, on the average, 
cost $131 when bought in the usual manner 
in the form of manufactured brands. 
“ Who ever saw a man with beautiful, 
curly hair that possessed much force of 
character ? ” asks the Prairie Farmer. 
Orange Judd, when he left New York for 
the West, had reason to feel proud of his 
“ beautiful, curly hair,” the admiration of 
the women, the envy of his male friends. 
Has he developed “ force of character ” 
during his residence in Chicago, and has 
his hair lost its curl ?. 
A portrait of Dr. W. J. Beal, of the 
Michigan Agricultural College, appears in 
the September number of the Americin 
Agriculturist. We know that it is his por¬ 
trait because the words “ Dr. W. J. Beal ” 
appear underneath the cut, which occu 
pies six square inches of the page. “ His 
love for truth Is so great, and his devotion 
so complete, that there remains no room 
for selfishness and no possibility of deceit. 
The farmer, the student and the world of 
science have a conscientious friend, teach*r 
and upholder in Dr. Beal.” The R. N.-Y. 
wishes that the picture were as true to ii e 
as are the above six lines with which the 
little sketch of his life closes. 
The trouble is we try to make up with a 
large amount of wheat seed for the disad¬ 
vantages of a hasty, careless preparation of 
the seed bed. 
Lovett’s Best is the latest among black¬ 
berries. 
Last spring W. F. Bassett, as he informs 
the American Florist, put some canna 
seeds in a bowl of warm water and kept 
them there for weeks, and almost all re¬ 
mained as hard as ever. He then took a 
quantity of those which had not been 
soaked and held each seed very firmly with 
a pair of forceps, and with a sharp knife cut 
a little nick in the shell on one side of each 
seed, put them in warm water, and nearly 
all began to swell in 24 hours. They were 
then sown, and almost all came up very 
quickly. It seems like a slow job to pre¬ 
pare seeds one at a time in this way, but it 
did not take long to prepare 500. The shell 
is extremely hard and the knife needs 
sharpening often... 
an<l other organizations will make a mistake 
if they huy a 
part are unusually abundant. This of it¬ 
self is not always assuring. It sometimes 
happens that a short crop will return more 
to the producer than a larger yield without 
an active demand for the surplus. This 
year the failures in many foreign harvest 
fields give promise of a market for a portion 
at least of what we have to spare from our 
home consumption, provided we are pre¬ 
pared to offer it at a reasonable price. 
The best thing that could happen both to 
the producer and consumer in this country 
would be the marketing of the large crops 
at a reasonable price, low enough both to 
increase the home consumption and to in¬ 
sure a large demand for any surplus that 
may be spared for export. The “ boom ” 
that has been started in grain is for no one’s 
real interest or advantage unless some indi¬ 
vidual operator may chance to pocket a 
profit out of the deal. If the price is per¬ 
manently advanced the home consumption 
will be rapidly curtailed, and the shipments 
will be limited thereby. It is not true that 
foreign markets will take all the grain this 
country can spare at whatever price we 
choose to ask for it. The exports will be 
governed largely by the selling rate, while 
the home consumption will be affected the 
moment breadstuffs become dear or there 
is a common impression that they will be 
dear. The producer will thus be cut off 
from his market at home and abroad, leav¬ 
ing a large stock on hand to hang like a 
nightmare over the growing crop of the 
succeeding year. 
The speculator who is shouting in the 
grain pit at the exchanges, and selling or 
buying his futures at a great advance above 
the last year’s rates, may seem to be a friend 
to the farmer, but he is anything else than 
a blessing to all concerned. At a moderate 
price the increased crop may all be mar¬ 
keted through an increase in the quantity 
consumed at home and a sale of the surplus 
to feed the hungry abroad. Instead of an 
old stock left over, the next harvest returns 
will come as they should, for the prosperity 
of the producer, to granaries that have been 
emptied. That would be a sign of prosper¬ 
ity for the agriculturist about which there 
could be no dispute. To encourage specula¬ 
tion, to put up prices, to shout daily over 
the needs of the foreign market as an incen¬ 
tive to higher rates, and to gather all these 
together as signs of a present or a coming 
prosperity, is to defeat the end in view and 
to antagonize the best interests of the coun¬ 
try. We have large crops, but until they 
are placed in the hands of the consumer we 
cannot be sure of them as an evidence of 
prosperity. __ 
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THE RURAL’S LUNCH. 
Chauncey M. Depew, now in London, 
was last week interviewed by a New York 
Herald correspondent. This is the greatest 
opportunity America has had for a decade 
to get rich, he said. It is a stupendous 
year. Mr. Vanderbilt and Mr. Depew have 
just finished their tour, which took them 
through France, Germany, Austria, Switz¬ 
erland, Servia, Roumania aud Turkey. 
Everywhere they heard the same story— 
short crops. Then came the announcement 
of the failure of the Russian rye crop. He 
had an opportunity of meeting and talking 
with the leading men of many countries. 
He is satisfied there is a huge deficiency 
in the European crops. It does not sadden 
him, for he knew that this deficiency could 
be made up by America at prices very little 
higher than have been paid. 
It is the best year for 10 years Mr. Depew 
added. If this magnificent abundance is 
not interfered with by local speculators, 
locked up in ‘ corners,’ America will this 
year get back all the gold that has come to 
Europe in consequence of the excess of ex¬ 
ports. It will ail go back to America to 
pay for grain... 
Most farmers make the mistake of not 
starting celery early enough. Celery for 
early use should be blanching now. 
Joseph Harris sent The R N.-Y., a few 
seeds of a tomato he calls “ Potomac.” The 
plants are doing well and bearing abun¬ 
dantly. He says: “It has several good 
points especially for growers for canning 
establishments. It is immensely produc¬ 
tive and ripens its fruit nearly all at once. 
and JAC KS both .ingleand 
double Geared, made heavy and strong. 
Adapted to run by hand, horse, steam 
or wind power. Not cheaply made, 
but strong, durable and effective in 
its working, yet light running. It is 
> constructed similar to the large 
Power Shelters, and is the best 
2 Hole Shelter on the market. 
Both Swinging and Sliding 
Tables. We make a Saw Table 
especially adapted to sawing 
long poles. Special care is 
taken to make these machines 
strong and durable. 
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Fertilizer Drill in existence. Send for 
circular. h. B. FAROUHAR. York. Pa. 
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running aud most effective Feed Grinder made. 
ABSTRACTS. 
-Herald : “ Constantly kick a dog un¬ 
deservedly and he will soon dtsirve a 
kicking.” 
-T. Greiner : “ Don’t throw your life 
away on poor soil. Fight shy of the worn- 
out farms.” 
-Jacob Biggle in Farm Journal: “ An¬ 
other thing I would prohibit, if I had the 
power, and that is the indiscriminate, un¬ 
regulated immigration of foreigners to the 
United States. No man or woman should 
come here to live who could not show a 
clean bill of health and morals. It has been 
the practice for years of most European 
countries to dump their pauper aud crim- 
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