024 
NOV. 21 
AGRICULTURAL NEWS. 
Grain cars are scarce on the Western 
roads. 
The National Farmers’ Congress has been 
in session at Sedalia, Mo. 
The South Dakota Farmers’ Alliance is 
reported to be on the wane. 
A ram near Sabinsville, Pa., butted a 
67-year-old woman to death the other day. 
Hog cholera has broken out on a farm 
near Brantford, Ontario, Canada, and also 
in the penitentiary piggery at Kingston. 
The exports of rye in the month of Octo¬ 
ber, 1891, amounted to 1,765,303 bushels, 
valued at $1,660,507, against no exports in 
October, 1890. 
The Pennsylvania Farmers’ Alliance has 
elected, Henry C. Snavely, of Lebanon, 
president. The organization claims to be 
in a flourishing condition. 
After many trials it is now reported that 
color can be given to cotton while growing, 
and a beautiful red variety of this article is 
now being raised, it is said, in Georgia. 
A posse of Pennsylvania farmers chased 
some hen thieves 20 miles with shot-guns, 
but it is to be regretted that the farmers’ 
aim was so bad that the thieves escaped. 
Trichinae have been discovered in a few 
pieces of American pork which had been 
exported to Germany. The Department of 
Agriculture anticipate no trouble on this 
score, however. 
A Pennsylvania lumberman was hauling 
logs to a skid way when a sapling which had 
been caught by a log rebounded and struck 
him in the stomach with such force as to 
kill him instantly. 
P. D. Armour is said to be the largest 
Individual commercial operator in the 
world. His transactions last year on ac¬ 
tual sales of products, reached the enor. 
mous aggregate of $63,000,000. 
The Ninth Annual Meeting of the Cider 
and Cider Vinegar Makers’ Association of 
the Northwest, will be held at the St. 
Nicholas Hotel, Springfield, Ill., December 
15 and 16. 1891. L. R. Bryant, secretary, 
Princeton, Ill. 
The exports of corn in October, 1891, 
amounted to 3,416,522 bushels, valued at 
$2,152,070, as compared with 2,556,992 bush¬ 
els, valued at $1,430,065 In October, 1890. 
There was also a large increase in both 
quantities and values of the exports of 
corn meal, oats and oat meal. 
The grain shipments from Baltimore this 
winter, it is said, will exceed those of any 
previous season in the history of the port. 
Seventy vessels have already been chartered 
for January and February to carry 850,000 
bushels of grain, and it is probable that as 
many more charters will be made during 
the next month, covering shipments to all 
the leading ports in Europe. 
The third annual course in dairying at 
the University of Wisconsin begins Janu¬ 
ary 5 and continues until March 25. In¬ 
struction by practical instructors will be 
given in every branch of dairy work, from 
feeding and caring for the cow to manu¬ 
facturing butter and cheese. For particu¬ 
lars address Prof. W. A. Henry, Madison, 
Wis. 
The hog cholera plague continues at Elk 
Point, S. D. One farmer having a ranch on 
the Sioux River has lost a number of hogs, 
and their carcasses have been thrown into 
the river and allowed to float down, bear¬ 
ing the germs of the dreaded disease to 
neighboring farms. Cholera exists in sev¬ 
eral parts of that section to a greater or less 
extent. 
The total value of the exports of bread- 
stuffs during last month amounted to $24,- 
463,334, as compared with $8,343,246 for the 
month of October, 1890, an increase of $16,- 
120,088. The total value of the exports of 
breadstuffs during the 10 months ended 
October 31,1891, amounted to $169,488,463, as 
compared with $119,037,156 for the cor¬ 
responding period of 1890, an increase of 
$50,451,307. 
Leland Stanford’s stock farm has again 
been brought into prominence by the un¬ 
precedented performance of Arion, a two- 
year-old bred by him, which trotted a mile 
on the kite-shaped track at Stockton on 
Tuesday last in 2:10%. This is a quarter of a 
second behind Sunol’s three-year old record 
made on a regular track. Electioneer, the 
sire of this colt, has 96 representatives in 
the 2:80 list, 21 of which are in the 2:20 
list. No other stallion ever approached 
either point. 
The Pennsylvania State Board of Agri¬ 
culture has fixed dates for local Farmers’ 
Institutes as follows: Green Castle, Frank¬ 
THE RURAL NEW-YORKER. 
lin County, December 16, 17 and 18; Wash- 
ingtonville, Montour County, December 15 
and 16; Pottsgrove, Northumberland 
County, December 17 and 18; Hughesville, 
Lycoming County, December 22 and 23; 
Hatboro, Montgomery County, January 18 
and 14; Turbotville, Northumberland 
County, January 13 and 14; Mill Halli 
Clinton County, January 21 and 22. 
What is known as the Barley Syndicate 
of Chicago has secured 250,000 acres of land 
in North Dakota, on which it is proposed to 
place German farmers to raise barley for 
malt purposes. These lands have been pur¬ 
chased in Nelson, Norman, Towner, Ram¬ 
sey, Steele and Bottineau Counties. The 
immigrants will not be tenants, but owners 
of the land, it being sold to them on easy 
terms. The crops will be bought by the 
company and shipped to all points where 
there is a demand for barley for brewing 
purposes._ 
CLEVELAND BAYS 
Our 1891 importation gives us a large stable of the best Coach Horses, we can either 
import or raise These are the best general purpose horses, and average best profits. 
We guarantee every horse sound, reliable breeders. See our list of winnings at the 
great Shows. We have the best. 
Send for Catalogue and particular*. 
CLEVELAND BAY HORSE COMPANY, PAW PAW, MICH. 
HORSES Lakeside Stock Farm, 
SMITHS & POWELL. Syracuse, n. y. 
FRENCH COACH. —The evenest. best 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,” “Whips,” “ Administrator.” etc. 
CLYDESDALES. -The largest and most noted stud In 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 oUHorsks and Catti.k sent on application. Mention this paper when writing 
CROP AND MARKET NOTES. 
Beans are not over-plentiful. 
Receipts of cheese are small. 
California peaches still linger. 
The cider crop Is reported large. 
Grapes have been in excess of the de¬ 
mand. 
The market is never glutted with fancy 
butter. 
As the season advances dried fruits are 
doing better. 
Next comes the Thanksgiving glut in the 
poultry market. 
Florida oranges in Liverpool were sold 
last week at $3.25 per box. 
The broom corn crop is short and prices 
have advanced 50 per cent. 
Exports of apples are heavy. The freight 
rate to Liverpool Is three shillings. 
Few strictly fresh eggs are found in the 
open market. They go mostly to special 
customers. 
A special train of 15 cars of dried fruits, 
valued at $30,000 left Vacaville, Cal., for 
Chicago last week. 
Farmers in some parts of the country are 
reported to have sold their winter apples 
for 50 to 75 cents per barrel. 
The peppermint oil crop in Wayne 
County, N. Y., is a small one and holders 
are reported to be refusing to sell their crop 
for less than $3 per pound. 
Sugar Importers say that they would not 
be surprised if the Austrian beet sugar cut 
considerable of a figure in the American 
market in the near future. 
According to the Government Report the 
tobacco product Is somewhat above the av¬ 
erage, and will fully meet the requirements 
of consumption and export. 
In France the millers this year prefer 
foreign wheat, as It is in better condition 
than the home product. The seeding of 
wheat in the country has been delayed by 
wet weather. 
The publication of the Government Crop 
Report caused a big slump in the price of 
cotton In this market. The report showed 
that the yield this year will be about 179 
pounds to the acre. This is expected to 
produce a total yield of from 7,250,000 to 
8,250,000 bales. 
(Continued on next page.) 
NEW CLOTHES FOR OLD. 
Of course old clothes cau never be made new again, 
but they can be changed In color and style so that 
they will look like new and do another season’s ser¬ 
vice, thus making a saving of several dollars, 
The following couplet tells the secret. 
If you wish to be happy, wealthy, and wise, 
Be sure to me always the pure Diamond Dyes. 
There are forty kinds of Diamond Dyes, making 
any color or shade desired. The fast blacks (for silk, 
wool, and cotton) are especially useful at this season 
of the year. They are very easy to dye with, the 
colors never fade or rub off, and they dye from one. 
half to four pounds of goods for ten cents. Any 
woman, by following the simple directions on each 
package, can do better work than the average dye 
house, and have her goods when they are wanted. 
Try it yourself this fall, and see how easy it is to 
make “new clothes from old.”— Adv. 
Registered Shropshires for Sale. 
Eive Imported Ewes, from three to five years old, 
at a bargain, and a few ram lambs at $i2 to $15 per 
head. 
Address JAS. M. COLGROVE, Box 1179, Corry, Pa. 
BEST HERD IN AMERICA 
Of DAIRY SHORT-HORNS. Never beaten In public 
tests, S. SPENCER & SON, Klautone, N. Y. 
BUCKLEY’S DEVICE for WATERING LIVE STOCK. 
Plenty of Pure Water Is ns E»»en*lnl ns Nutritious nnd Whole¬ 
some Food in Mnking Milk. Butter or Pat. 
Live Stock Cannot Thrive Without It. 
ADVANTAGES IN USING BUCKLEY’S DEVICE : 
1st. Your live stock has access at all times to a plentiful supply of pure 
water. 
2nd. The water is of nearly the same temperature as the stables, and 
docs not chill stock, and they consequently consume NEARLY DOUBLE 
THE QUANTITY. 
8d. Each basin is supplied DIRECTLY FROM THE RESERVOIR; con¬ 
sequently the spreading of tuberculosis and other contagious diseases Is 
In a great measure prevented. 
4th. By means of a check valve, hay, straw, meal, bran, etc., are pre¬ 
vented from being drawn Into the supply pipe and clogging It, as would 
occur were no valve used. 
ADDRESS ALL ORDERS TO 
C. E. BUCKLEY Sc CO., DOVER PLAINS, N. Y. 
Agents Wanted 
Imported Shropshires! 
Eighty grand Yearling Ewes, imported 1891, from 
the famous flocks of Minton, Berry, Thomas, Bowen- 
Jones and Graham, now offered, in lamb to Barr Chief, 
Winner of 2nd R. A. S. E. 1891. Also choice rams. 
THE WILLOWS, Paw Paw, Mich. 
JOHN C. COULTER, Agent, McVeytown, Pa. 
8 ()OT8WOLD, OXFORD DOWN, 
SHROPSHIRE and MERINO SHEEP and 
LAMBS of the ry best blood obtainable- An extra 
good lot of Lambs of all breeds; also a few good 
Yearlings, some of which are prize winners. Writer 
at once for prices and full particulars. 
W. ATLEE BURPEE & CO., Philadelphia, Pa. 
F our young oxford bucks 
and a few ewes of sam" breed for sale at 
reasonable prices by S. S. STREETER, Westbury, 
Long Island, N. Y. 
F OR SALE —Fine Young A J- C. C. COW, solid 
dork fawn, black points : due to c^lve in Janu¬ 
ary by St. Lambert bull Her dam is a granddaughter 
of St. Heller 45 and a 15 lb. cow : sire a Coomassle- 
Garenne bull Price very reasonable. Address 
CALDERWOOD FARM, Oakland, N. J. 
mi v Donniinroc have need of H,LL ’ S 
MILA rnUUUut.no milk orator. The 
Standard Mechanical Device for purifying milk 
fresh from the cow of animal or other odors, without 
use of Ice or Water. Mention this paper. Cata¬ 
logues on application to 
E. L. HILL, West Upton, Mass. 
HENS 
est boy 
DAY £ irl > Hian 
■ ■ woman, 1 w 
‘send FREE and prepaid, one dozen boxes 
_ of my famous Cap*! Kkjt Maker. 
Keeps poultry healthy, cure* diseases, make* lieiiM lay. You 
can sell it easily at 10 cts. a box. Send me $!.‘20 and 1 will mail you 
either a beautiful set of Silver Spoons or a fine three bladed knife, 
valued at *1.00. Every box returns $5 in egtrs to buyer. Don’t 
delay. Address R. E. MILLS, Box c , HINSDALE, N. H. 
SPRING CURRY COMB 
Patented in United 
States, July 16, 1889, and 
in Ten Foreign Countries 
A comb that combines the strength of metal with the 
elasticity of a brush. Efficient, humane, convenient 
and durable. Descriptive circulars on application. 
Send 50c for sample bv mail, if not sold by your dealer. 
SPRING CURRY COMB CO. South Bend, Ind 
Maple Brook Herd of Duroc-Jersey Swine. 
Our herd has been bred from the best strains of Ohio 
and Illinois. Herd headed by Red Cloud 24S7, assisted 
by Hoosler Boy 2899 and other sires. Sloes in fine 
condition. Prices reasonable. Write for wants. We 
can please you. (Will give a year s subscription to 
The Rural New-Yorker to each purchaser.) 
JAS. D. K1GER «fc SON 
Box 120, Charlestown, Ind. 
riur ori ouri i o for Poultry Feed. One 100-lb. 
MHE, o£A oDlLLo Bag. 50c ; 20 Bags, $8. Sample, 
Ee. SEA SHELL COMPANY, Guilford, Conn. 
FARMERS 
Saw and Grist Mill. 4 H.P. 
and larger. Catalogue free. 
DeLOACIi HILL CO., Atlanta. Ga. 
A ° OBJECTIONABLE FEATURE. 
The most vicious horse 
ica.ii be DRIVEN and CON- 
| TROLLED WITH EASE. 
Works the same as thej. I. O., 
but don’t pull np so easy. 
LEADS THEM ALL 
Sample mailed X C for < a a 
N ickel SI.50. 3>I.ULP 
Stallion Bits 50 cents extra. 
RACINE MALLEABLE IRON CO. Vge&Ztli. 
Just Drite ’Em In and CLINCH ’Em. 
THEY’LL DO THE REST. 
Rapid HARNESS NVENDER5. 
WILL MEND 
Any Harness, Halter or Strap in less time, 
and do the work better than any Harness 
maker can, AND 
CQ5TS ONLY HALF A CENT 
Sold by Grocers and Hardware Dealers. Cost 
only 25c per box of one gross (three sizes.) 
NO TOOL5 
REQUIRED 
BUFFALO SPECIALTY MFG. CO., 
BUFFALO, N. V. 
A RROWHEAD HOT SPRINGS has saved 
xjl thousands of lives. Physicians and others 
should address H. C. ROYER.Arrowhead Springs, Cal. 
AGENTS WANTED ON SALARY 
or commision, to handle the new Patent Chemical 
Ink Erasing Pencil. The quickest and greatest sel¬ 
ling novelty ever produced. Erases ink thoroughly 
In two seconds. No abrasion of paper. Works like 
magic. 2i 0 to 500 per cent profit. One Agent’s sales 
amounted to $820 in six days. Another $32 in two 
hours. Previous exp.-rience not necessary. For terms 
and full particulars, address, The Monroe Eraser 
Mf’g Co., La Crosse Wis., X 175. 
Green Bone Cutter, Best and 
Cntapest, only $10.00. 
Little Giant Clover Cutter, 
only $3.00. 
Buff Leghorns, Indian Games 
and leading varieties of fowls. 
Send Stamp for Circulars. 
WEBSTER & H ANNUM, Cazeuovla, N.Y..U.S A 
(Members Buff Leghorn Club.) 
CAPONS. 
Every farmer and poultryman should 
caponize his cockerels, whether for 
market or home use. You can add $1.00 
in value to every cockerel you caponize. 
Dow’s Caponizing Instruments 
Are Simple, Plain and Cheap. 
Full set, with instructions, sent any¬ 
where for $2.50 (post-paid). Address 
CEO.Q. DOW & CO., North Epping, N.H 
Our book ‘‘Capons and Caponizing,” In cloth, 50c., paper, 25e. 
Hercules Wind Engine 
for sale, at less than half price. Size of Wheel 
14x16 feet, with all the gearing, countershaft, belt 
pulleys. This is the only mill that will run h*avy 
machinery successfully. Address 
S. B. REPLOGLE, Ridgely, Md. 
MOORE’S RUBY. 
The Best Red Currant for family use. For prices 
inquire of 
HAMMOND & WILLARD, Geneva, N. Y. 
