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THE RURAL NEW-YORKER 
March 3 
ONLY FIVE WEEKS. 
Only 28 working days left for you to get 
part of or increase your share of the $2,000 
cash to be divided May 1. 
You have only to secure five new sub¬ 
scriptions to either Thk Rukal New- 
Yorker or to American Gardening (or 
some of each, five in all), to entitle you 
to a share in the cash. When you see 
how few really share in this, and how 
large their proportion is, you will regret 
not having worked for some of it. Of the 
8200 divided January 1 among the “trial ” 
club raisers, they each received more than 
they sent to us originally for the clubs. 
Many will lose the opportunity just be¬ 
cause you think that you might not win. 
This, of course, will be a gain to those 
who send in the little clubs required. 
But every club raiser must win a hand¬ 
some compensation under the conditions 
of our offers. There is no lottery or 
chance about it. 
The valuable “specials” are mostly 
going begging for some one to win them 
under the very easy conditions. Every 
club raiser (of five or more) Is certain to 
secure one of the valuable “ special ” prizes, 
and also a share in the $2,000 cash. 
For particulars refer to your issue of 
The R. N.-Y. of December 17, or a new 
one will be sent you if that is lost. 
WE WANT TO KNOW, YOU KNOW! 
If you don’t see what you want, ask for it. 
Where can I get the eggs of English pheasants for 
hatching purposes, or the birds themselves ’ 
SUBSCRIBER. 
Ans.—W rite to Verner de Guelse, Mahwah. N. J., 
or to S. B. Schleffelln, 958 Madison Avenue, New 
York. 
How can I fight the currant worm? B. A. B. 
Afton, N. V. 
Ans.—S pray the bushes with white hellebore dis¬ 
solved In water, about a tablespoonful to a pall of 
water. Be sure to begin operations before the worms' 
and repeat as occasion demands. 
What Is a plan for a combination hen house for all 
purposes, including an arrangement for sitting hens? 
Havana, N. Y. 3. E. G. 
Ans.—W e have now In preparation an article de¬ 
scribing a very successful poultry farm Illustrated 
with photographs taken on the spot. This will prob¬ 
ably hit your case exactly. 
How can encumbers be packed on a large scale ? 
Efiu Claire, Wls. P. D. 
ANS.— The methods followed by those who put up 
pickles, etc., on a large scale are usually not given 
to the public. They are largely trade secrets, and It 
Is difficult to obtain them. We will have something 
about this later, when It Is more seasonable. Another 
thing: It Is Impossible for a small operator to success¬ 
fully compete with those who perform these opera¬ 
tions on a large scale. 
What are full directions for making an Insrtument 
after the plan of the mimeograph, by which one can 
make a large number of duplicates from one copy? 
G. C. w. 
Ans.—T he mimeograph and other similar devices 
are covered by letters patent, and It would be very 
unwise to undertake their manufacture, even were 
the process known, and It Is not to us. Our former 
attempts at manufacturing anything of this kind 
have been very unsatisfactory. It Is generally 
cheaper In the end to purchase such an article out¬ 
right. 
1. How soon should young brooder-kept chicks be 
fed grit ? 2. Can anything be done for chicks affected 
with leg weakness ? Can anything be fed to prevent 
? 3. What should young chicks be fed for the first 
month ? A. f. 
* Ans.— 1. As soon as they will eat It. The best cov¬ 
ering for the floor of a brooder Is dry sand which will 
usually furnish all the grit needed. 2. Remove the 
cause. The weakness Is usually caused by too much 
bottom heat, and also by forcing a too rapid growth. 
Avoid these, and feed plenty of bone. 3. Almost 
anything that Isn’t sloppy, and avoid much meat 
during the first two weeks. A cake made of equal 
parts of corn and oatmeal and bran Is good. Cracked 
corn and wheat as soon as they will eat It. Give 
plenty of green food. 
What Is a recipe for preserving or packing eggs ? 
Shelbyville, Mich. N. m. d. 
Ans.—T here are a number of different processes, 
more or less elaborate. The simplest, easiest and 
cheapest is to pack fresh-laid, clean, whole-shelled 
eggs In any convenient packages In salt, and turn 
the packages two or three times weekly. The most 
common method of preserving eggs In large quanti¬ 
ties Is by liming, and there are several different 
ways of doing this. One of the simplest Is as fol¬ 
lows: Two pounds lime, one pint salt, four gallons 
water. Slake the lime, and. when cold, add the salt 
and water, let settle and draw off twice so as to get a 
perfectly clear liquid. Pack the eggs lu clean casks 
with wooden hoops, cover with the pickle, spread a 
cloth over the top, and spread some of the lime sedi¬ 
ment over this. The eggs will keep better If no 
roosters are allowed with the hens. 
Cement Floors.— 1 need practical Instructions In 
regard to putting down cement floors If the under¬ 
pinning Is laid In cement, how far below the surface 
of the ground should the foundation for the floor be? 
Otsdawa. N. Y. C. 3. F. 
Ans.—T he foundation should be below the reach 
of frost. Different authorities give from two to five 
parts of sand to one of cement as the proportions. 
These are thoroughly mixed dry, and water Is added 
and the whole mixed when ready to use. There are 
a number of methods for laying the floor, but, In 
general, the surface Is made smooth, bricks or stone 
are bedded in cement, and then another coating Is 
spread over the top. A layer of asphaltum between 
the layers of cement will effectually prevent any 
water from coming through. The foundation for the 
floor Is often made of small or broken stones, closely 
laid, and made perfectly level. 
I Intend to start a strawberry business, but find 
that I have only a small capital. If I set out a few 
plants of standard varieties, such as Wilson and 
Sharpless, in the spring, and let them multiply, will 
the voung plants be large enough to be transplanted 
In the fall, and will they produce a crop of berries 
the next Beeson ? Are there any better varieties than 
the Wilson and Sharpless ? a. h. 
Galllopolis, N. Y. 
Ans.—Y es, they will be large enough to transplant 
In the fall, but they wouldn’t produce much of a crop 
the next season. A few plants set In spring, in rich 
soil, not less than three feet apart, and carefully 
cultivated, will produce a large number of new ones 
during the summer. Some of these may be potted in 
July, and set for the next season's crop, but this Is 
not profitable for the ordinary market. The first plan 
is the best In your case, as you can be learning while 
Increasing the size of vonr plantation. Be sure to 
plant on land that has been cultivated thoroughly 
for at least two years. The varieties you mention 
are good ones. Try also Bubach. Gandy, Haverland. 
Parker Earle and Warfield, and perhaps some others 
on a small scale. The Cumberland Is excellent for 
home use and nearby market, but too soft for long 
shipment. Kentucky Is a good late berry. 
AGRICULTURAL NEWS. 
Cotton seed oil is selling at figures considerably 
higher than linseed oil. This Is unusual, and the re¬ 
latively high market for the Southern product Is 
due largely to the advances in lard, as cotton seed 
oil Is used In great quantities In the manufacture 
of lard compound. 
The Treasury Department has reduced Its esti¬ 
mate of the probable amount required for the pay¬ 
ment of the sugar bounties. The original estimate 
was $10,500,000. It is now $8,000,000. So far sugar 
bounties on last year’s crop to the amonnt of $3,500,- 
000 have heen spent. 
A monster stallion has been on exhibition in this 
city. He is one-quBrter Percheron, three-quarters 
Clydesdale, not yet seven years old, 20 hands 
Inches high, and weighs nearly 2.500 pounds, with 
not a pound of superfluous flesh. What he will be 
when he gets his growth and gets fat Is a mvstery. 
He weighs more now than the average farm team. 
Thirteen foreign mortgage companies, whose re¬ 
turns were published last vear as doing business in 
Massachusetts, have withdrawn, and four new ones 
have entered. Flftv-slx companies in all have been 
under the supervision o'the Foreign Mortgage Cor¬ 
poration Commission. Though acting under the 
laws of the Old Bay State, most of their Investments 
hnve been In other parts of the country, chiefly in 
Western farm mortgages, which have proved unsat¬ 
isfactory. 
Arkansas has a road Improvement agitation on 
hand, and a novel proposition Is before the legisla¬ 
ture In the form of a bill which provides for the 
Issuance of $100,000 of bonds, the proceeds of which 
shall be distributed pro rata among the several 
counties In proportion to their taxable values, to be 
used as a primary road fund under the direction of 
the county court. The chief objection to such a 
scheme would seem to be that It would fall to secure 
uniformity, as well as concert of action. 
The total yield of the vintage in France last fall 
for the 76 departments In which wine Is made. Is esti¬ 
mated at P54.34P.015 gallons. This Is a decrease of 
some 25,000.000 as compared with ’91, and yet some 
50.000 more acres were planted In vines. It Is, how¬ 
ever. an Increase over the two years preceding 
1891, and is 25 000.000 gallons above the average of 
the past five years. But the average has been de¬ 
creasing steadily since 1875, when the phvlloxera 
Invaded French vineyards. In that year, with 5,550,- 
000 acres In vines, France produced 1,800,000,000 
gallons. 
It Is proposed by the various labor organizations 
of Kansas rity to establish a Labor Exchange there 
on a unique plan. It provides for members In every 
position of life who shall exchange their products 
with each other. The farmer will bring a load of 
turnips to town and dump them In the cellar of the 
Labor Exchange's store. For them he will receive 
“units of value” In checks issued by the Labor 
Exchange. With these he can buy dry goods or 
groceries at the store, or he can go to the Ex¬ 
change’s lumber yard and buy lumber with them 
with which to nut up more buildings on his farm. 
He can also take them and go with his family 
to the Exchange's merry-go round, for places of 
amusement are a part of the plan, and schools 
also, though churches are not mentioned. 
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# the best is cheapest. Strictly Pure White- 
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_ I CLJL A JL L sca ^ e > c h*P> chalk, or rub off; it firmly adheres 
to the wood and forms a permanent base for 
repainting. Paints which peel or scale have to be removed by scraping or 
burning before satisfactory repainting can be done. When buying it is im¬ 
portant to obtain 
Strictly Pure AYhite Lead 
properly made. Time has proven that white lead made by the “ Old Dutch” 
process of slow corrosion possesses qualities that cannot be obtained by any 
other method of manufacture. This process consumes four to six months time 
and produces the brands that have given White Lead its character as the 
standard paint. 
“ANCHOR” (Cincinnati) 
“ARMSTRONG & McKELVY" (Pittsb’gh) 
“ ATLANTIC ” (New York) 
“ BEYMER-BAUMAN ” (Pittsburgh) 
“ BRADLEY ” (New Yorkl 
“ BROOKLYN ” (New York) 
“ COLLIER ” (St. Louis) 
“ CORNELL ” (Buffalo) 
“ DAVIS-CHAMBERS ” (Pittsburgh) 
“ ECKSTEIN ” (Cincinnati) 
“JEWETT ” (New York) 
are standard brands of strictly pure Lead i 
You get the best in buying them. You 
tinting these brands of white lead with 
Lead Tinting Colors. 
“ KENTUCKY ” (Louisville) 
“ FAHNESTOCK ” (Pittsburgh) 
“LEWIS” (Philadelphia) 
“ MORLEY ” (Cleveland) 
“RED SEAL” (St. Louis) 
“ SALEM ” (Salem, Mass.) 
“ SHIPMAN ” (Chicago) 
“ SOUTHERN ” (St. Louis and Chicago) 
“ ULSTER ” (New York) 
“ UNION ” (New York) 
lade by the “ Old Dutch ” process, 
can produce any desired color by 
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For sale by the most reliable dealers in Paints everywhere. 
If you are going to paint, it will pay you to send to us for a book containing informa¬ 
tion that may save you many a dollar ; it will only cost you a postal card to do so. 
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I Broadway, New York. 
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On the Sound. The Capital of the State of Washington. Fifty dollars buys a 
lot in East Park Addition. $5.00 first payment, $3.00 per month until fully 
paid. In a few years these lots will be in the center of the city. Olympia is 
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men throughout the country who have made profitable investments through us. 
Mothers, send for copy of 
our little story book, “ Girl 
Baby.” We will give away 
1,000 copies. Send quickly. 
They will be in demand. 
Address RUSSELL 6 
1,000 copies of our little book, 
“ John,” a TRUE and interest¬ 
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. RUSSELL, 
BURLINGTON, VT. 
FINANCIAL AGENTS, 1414 O. 
ASHLAND BLOCK, CHICAGO, ILL. 
(Main Office.) 
For over forty years Brown’s 
Bronchial Troches have been 
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NCUBATORS. 
2c. stamp for Circulars. 
S. Howard MerrymaD, Bosley; Md. 
recommended by physicians, 
and are recognized the world 
over as one of the few staple 
Cough remedies. 
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WASHING MACHINE. 
A fair trial will convince the most 
skeptical of Its superiority over all 
other Washing Machines In the mar¬ 
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N. C. BAUGHMAN, York, Pa. 
Mention The Rural New-Yorker. 
CAB C II C —No. 1 Cornish Indian Games, $5 per 
rUil 3MI.I.S pair; $7 a trio. Eggs In season, 
$2 for 13. Address MARCUS ANSLEY, 
P. O. Blllsboro, near Geneva, N. Y. 
AGENTS $50 to $ioo -/- 
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the year round. “Home” Electrie Motor 
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pumps, fans, lathes, jewelers’ or dentists’ 
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HARD-WOOD 
If you were going to buy a team or any other valu¬ 
able beasts by correspondence on the recommenda¬ 
tion of the seller, about the first thing you would do 
Is to find out what reputation the seller has. 
JUST 80 
My record of 20 years and over dealing In Hard- 
Wood Ashes with the farmers of the United States 
should convince you that I am no "Curb-stone” 
dealer. If you Intend to purchase any fertilizer for 
spring use, 
WHY NOT 
write me for prices and pamphlet of my Unleached 
Hard-Wood Ashes delivered at your railway sta¬ 
tion? Address 
CHAS. STEVENS, 
Drawer O,, Napanee, Ont., Canada. 
PERTON SAVED. 
If you can use a full car-load 
of fertilizer, I can save you 
money. I sell on very close 
prices for cash only. 
Send for catalogue. 
FREDERICK LUDLAM, 
108 Water Street, New York. 
BICYCLE 
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under 18 yeari of age wh“ #ill wore fori 
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46WEST qUiNCY &T. ( CHICAGO, ILL - 4 
ENGINES 
If you^ant to buy a strictly first- 
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#50 High Arm “Arlington” #20.50 
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WE SEND FREE 
with this beautiful Organ an Instruction 
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The organ has 11 stops, 6 octaves, and is 
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