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THE RURAL NEW-YORKER. 
OCT. 3 
AGRICULTURAL NEWS. 
The California State Immigration Bureau 
■will be formed. 
The American hog is now knocking for 
admission into Austria. 
Florida is manufacturing horse collars 
from a variety of basswood. 
The Agricultural Building at the Colum¬ 
bian Exposition will cost $440,000. 
United States Senator Pettigrew says 
that in a few years linen cloth will be as 
cheap as cotton, yard for yard, on account 
of the new processes used in rotting flax. 
Vice President Morton’s herd of Guern¬ 
seys Is going the rounds of the fairs and 
capturing numerous prizes. The money re¬ 
ceived is divided among the men who have 
charge of the herd, while the medals will 
decorate the walls of his country house on 
the Hudson. 
The Maryland Court of Appeals held 
that a person owning land through which 
a stream flowed might pasture his cattle 
thereon, though they befouled the water 
and thereby injured a water company 
which was engaged in supplying fresh 
water from the stream below. 
For live stock premiums at the Colum¬ 
bian Exposition, $150,000 has been appro¬ 
priated, the money to be distributed as 
follows : For horses $52 000; for cattle $30,- 
000; for swine $20,000 ; for shesp $15,000; for 
poultry and pet stock $10,000; for dogs 
$4,000; miscellaneous, $19,000. 
A French genius has figured out that 
there are in existence on the surface of the 
globe 230,000,000 horned cattle, 450,000,000 
sheep, 100,000,000 hogs and 60,000,000 
horses. Australia leads in sheep with 100,- 
000,000, the United States in cattle with 
50,000,000, Russia in horses with 20,000,000, 
and Germany in hogs with 50,000,000. 
Large numbers of hogs are being rushed 
into Mexico from the United States to cir¬ 
cumvent the tariff that goes into effect 
there November 1, and which practically 
shuts out American meats. Is is under¬ 
stood that the duties were raised on the 
personal solicitation of President Diaz in 
order that the Mexican Reciprocity Com¬ 
mission may have vantage ground In its 
dealings with the United States. 
Condensed Correspondence. 
Cornell University Weather Bu¬ 
reau. —The weather has been favorable for 
growing crops, and for the planting of win¬ 
ter grains. In the Hudson Valley and 
many of the warmer localities of the State, 
rye has appeared above the ground and is 
growing well. In the northern region rapid 
progress has been made in the oat harvest, 
which was delayed by the unfavorable 
weather of previous weeks. Pastures are 
in good or fair condition throughout the 
State, and the second hay crop is good. 
The digging of potatoes progresses rapidly 
in all excepting the northern counties. 
This crop has been generally secured In 
good condition in the Hudson Valley, 
while in Franklin County the work did not 
become general until this week. For the 
State the crop promises to be large, not¬ 
withstanding an increased tendency to 
rotting, which is most noticeable in the 
central and western portions of the south¬ 
ern tier of counties. The tobacco harvest 
is approaching completion, with prospects 
of an unusually large yield of excellent 
quality. Hop picking is now finished in 
Franklin County. Tne quantity of the pro¬ 
duct is somewhat below the average yield, 
while the quality varies greatly. Fall fruits 
are being picked. The prospects for a large 
apple crop continue to improve. Grapes 
are being shipped from the Central Lake 
and Hudson Valley regions, and will be 
picked during the coming week in Chau¬ 
tauqua County. Hardy grapes are begin¬ 
ning to ripen in the northern section. 
Quinces are turning in color ; the probable 
y ield varies from good to fair. E. A. F. 
Chautauqua County, N. Y.—The thrash¬ 
ing season is in full blast. Oats are turn¬ 
ing out well, but wheat is very poor. Jap¬ 
anese Buckwheat is a good crop, far better 
than any of the other kinds, which seem to 
be about playing out. Potatoes a good 
crop, but are rotting badly; the blight 
came on the vines about two weeks earlier 
than common this season. The grape har¬ 
vest is at hand, and growers are expecting 
a large return for the excellent crop which 
they have. Hired help is scarce. Wages 
are high, but lots of work will have to go 
undone tor want of help. Cattle are looking 
well, but horses poor. All kinds of hogs 
are in sharp demand at good figures. 
Weather, cold nights and warm and sunny 
days ; light frosts. C. H. F. 
Allegany County, N. Y.—Just now the 
potato rot Is all the go here. I have an 
acre which would have yielded 250 bushels; 
but nine-tenths are rotten, and the best I 
hear of around here are yielding one half a 
crop. All got blighted, commencing about 
August 15. It has rained so much since 
July 1 as to make the weather bad all 
through haying, and it has kept it up ever 
since. J. A. 
The potato crop around here has been cut 
a quarter short by the blight. Besides, 
almost all fields are rotting lightly and 
some badly. The crop as a whole will not 
be large here, and this is a large potato¬ 
growing section. w. I. M. 
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. 
CROP AND MARKET NOTES. 
The Teutonic carried 5,500 barrels of 
apples to Liverpool on her last trip. 
There has been a small milk famine in 
Philadelphia resulting from the milk 
shrinkage caused by drought. 
The highest price for leaf tobacco in a 
quarter of a century, has been reached la 
the Connecticut Valley. Bayers are thick 
and sales at 27% to 28 cents per pound have 
been made. 
The export shipments of apples for the 
week ending September 19, aggregate from 
all ports in the United States to all ports in 
Great Britain, 15,730 barrels, of which about 
2,000 were from Canada. 
Messrs. James Lindsay & Son, Glasgow, 
Edinburgh and Leith, cable that in their 
markets the prices ruling September 23, are 
for Kings, $4.33 to $J>.82, Blush, $3 90 to 
$5 35, Cranberry Pippins, $4 38 to $5.82, 
Greenings, $2.92 to $4 85. 
It seems to be an established fact that 
the British markets continue to be glutted 
with common apples from all parts of the 
Continent, and prices for such are ruling 
low. But there is a scarcity of choice qual¬ 
ity, and same are much wanted. 
Messrs. J. C. Houghton & Co., Liverpool, 
cable that American apples sold In their 
market September 23, at the following 
prices for sound fruit: Kings, 18 to 24s., 
Baldwins, 14 to 20s., Greenings, 12 to 17s., 
Northern Spies, 15 to 17s. They report an 
excellent demand for good apples. 
Otto G. Mayer & Co., apple exporters say 
that early in the season some apprehension 
was felt that apples from Denmark would 
interfere with American stock. It is now 
learned that the latest reports from Den¬ 
mark state that, although their crop is 
large, the quality this year will be poor, 
and that but few will reach the British 
markets in consequence of the low price that 
inferior quality is selling at. The absence of 
this fruit will favor the sale of Americans of 
good quality. 
It was expected that the recent recipro¬ 
city treaty with Spain would give the 
United States a monopoly of the West 
Indian trade this season, which has hereto¬ 
fore been chiefly supplied from Nova Scotia 
and Prince Edward’s Island. But the Eng¬ 
lish Government has claimed that produce 
from the British possessions must be ad¬ 
mitted into the West Indies upon the same 
terms as have been granted to the United 
States, because of a treaty In force between 
Spain and England, which provides that 
British produce shall be admitted into the 
Spanish possessions upon as favorable 
terms as those granted to any other nation. 
This claim has been sustained by the Span¬ 
ish authorities, and Canadian potatoes are 
now admitted into the West Indies free of 
duty. The treaty in question between 
Spain and England will, however, expire 
in February, 1892, and it is believed that 
the provisions referred to, which subvert 
the objects of the recent treaty with the 
United States will not be renewed. 
Wayne County, N. Y.—We are bothered 
in getting accurate and reliable reports in 
regard to the onion crop. It seems to me 
that an onion growers’ association might 
be formed that would help us in this regard 
and perhaps enable us to save some of the 
money that now goes to middlemen. Can 
you give us an idea of the plan of founding 
and working an association that you think 
would meet our needs? C. L. o. 
Ans.—I n our Issue of September 12, under 
Crop and Market Notes, we gave what we 
believe to be an accurate and reliable state- 
(Continued on next page.) 
Remarkable Growth. 
Vigor, thrift, development, growth are ever welcome to the progressive horticulturist. 
That The American Garden has shown a vigorous growth in the past seven years it is 
unnecessary to argue. In thirteen months after the purchase of the journal by the 
pre ent management it had absorbed the Ladies Floral Cabinet, of New York. A year 
later was united with it the famous old Gardener's Monthly and Horticulturist, of 
Philadelphia. Last year we combined two publishing companies, by which The Ameri¬ 
can Garden and The Rural New Yorker came under one general management, which 
was the greatest step yet in the history of both journals. 
Now comes another important movement. Contemporaneous with the purchase of 
The American Garden by the present management, there was established at Buffalo 
the bright and sparkling Popular Gardening by the well-known horticultural author, 
Elias A. Long. To Mr. Long’s credit be it said that perhaps no writer In America has so 
won popular attention to horticultural topics. Only a year or two after Mr. Long and 
Mr. Libby had entered on this new field of journalism for America (popular horticulture) 
the late lamented Peter Henderson repeatedly urged upon both a combination of their 
work and energies, as he felt that the two men were well fitted to work together side by 
side for the promotion of the cause he loved so well. Mr. Long and Mr. Libby gradually 
recognized their community of interests, and last year began to talk seriously of a com¬ 
bination. Finally, only a few weeks before his fatal journey, our good friend, Lawson 
Valentine—the friend of all progressive work in rural affairs—as president of The Rural 
Publishing Company, strongly endorsed this^idea of a combination, and but for his un¬ 
timely death it would have been made last spring. Now, however, the combination 
which those two noted men so earnestly favored has actually been accomplished, and with 
the November issue the two journals will be combined as one under the able editorship of 
Elias A. Long and the management of The Rural Publishing Company. The new jour¬ 
nal, for we may call it “ new ” In the sense that it will have so much new life and inter¬ 
est, will contain the best features of The American Garden and also the bright and 
practical features of Popular Gardening which have made that journal so successful 
under Mr. Long’s management. Our readers, and all American horticulturists, are cer¬ 
tainly to be congratulated on this new move which we feel will result in as much better 
and more popular a magazine as the present American Garden is superior to its humble 
status of seven years ago. 
Some months ago Professor Bailey was obliged to resign the active editorship of The 
American Garden on account of overwork. A man of fine physique and great energy, he 
attempted too much as Professor in Cornell University, horticulturist in a very live ex¬ 
periment station and editor of a monthly magazine. Nevertheless, he retains his interest 
in the concern and will continue to contribute to the pages of the magazine. Therefore 
this combination is not only a good move because of Itself, but also as it gives us in Mr. 
Long a worthy successor to Professor Biiley. 
In addition to being a successful editor, Mr. Long has been establishing at his home, 
at La Salle-on-Niagara, N. Y., Interesting and valuable horticultural experiment grounds. 
This work will be continued for the benefit of the journal, and in the midst of his own 
gardening, Mr. Long will do his editorial work for the practical good of the scores of 
thousands of readers of the combination journal. 
As the subscription price of Popular Gardening has always been $1 a year, and a 3 its 
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reached that we shall not lose in the end. We trust also that this reduction will prompt 
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