1893 
THE RURAL NEW-YORKER 
ALL SUCCESSFUL FARMERS simples 1HD FULL p AR tiouurs 
-AND- 
MONEY-MAKING POULTRYMEN, 
ALWAYS KEEP ON HAND READY FOR USE, A STOCK OF - 
Neponset Water-Proof Fabrics 
WATER-PROOF, FROST-PROOF, AIR-TIGHT, VERMIN-PROOF. |-#/// MmwZ 
,o* P, 
'RED WRAPPER 1 
WITH 
BLUE ENDS 
AND 
i TRADE MARK i 
fc* «n Every Roll of Genu- 
Ine Neponset afy®' 
Their uses are many, for instance, cover or line Hen-Houses, Barns, Out¬ 
houses ; protect Greenhouses, Hot Beds and Hay Stacks ; cover your Wagon 
Top, Carpet your Kitchen Floor. In fact can be used for many purposes. As 
durable as Shingles, and cost very much less. 
SOLE MANUFACTURERS, 
F\ W, BIRD <Sl SON, 
EAST WALPOLE, MASS. 
Necessary to Every Farmer and Poultryman.J 
ONLY FOUR WEEKS. 
Only 21 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 The Rural New- 
Yorker or to American Gardening (or 
some of each, five in all), to entitle you 
to a share in the cash. 
Every club raiser must win a handsome 
compensation. There is no lottery or 
chance about it. 
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. 
THE SEED AND PLANT GIFTS. 
We are now mailing to subscribers 
whose subscriptions are paid for 1893 and 
who send stamps for the cost of mailing : 
The Carman Grape Vine, direct from 
the originator, T. V. Munson, Denison, 
Tex. Cost of mailing, eight cents. 
Tomato Seeds, selections from 200 
cross-bred varieties by Mr. Carman. 'Cost 
of mailing, two cents. 
Burpee’s Black Pole Lima Bean, (not 
a dwarf as first stated.) Cost of mailing, 
three cents. 
Six Pearl Tuberose Bulbs, not prom¬ 
ised, but now added to the list. Cost of 
mailing, eight cents. 
Ten to twenty days should he allowed 
from the time of mailing your applica¬ 
tion, for the things to reach you. 
The potatoes will be sent out in the 
fall, and the roses and gooseberries as 
soon as they can be propagated. 
Please always write applications for the 
seeds, etc., on a piece of paper separate 
from any other order or communication, 
to facilitate our work. 
A WATCH CATALOGUE. 
Our offers of fine watches to R. N.-Y. 
subscribers have been so remarkably 
satisfactory that we have arranged to 
send a special watch catalogue to all ap¬ 
plicant subscribers, gratis. The special 
offers in this catalogue are open only to 
the regular yearly prepaid subscribers of 
The R. N.-Y. and of American Garden¬ 
ing. If you want a watch for yourself, 
your wife, husband, daughter, son, or 
friend, send for the catalogue. We do 
this to make every R. N.-Y. watch carrier 
talk about The R. N.-Y. You can buy the 
watches at the lowest possible prices for 
cash, or in connection with subscriptions. 
We Want to Know, You Know! 
( Continued .) 
Hen Fever Rampant.—I want to go into raising 
poultry of all kinds, chickens, turkeys, geese and 
ducks. How big a house will It take to house at night 
say from 1,000 to 2,000.chlckens, and how arranged ? 
Or, would it be better to have more than one house ? 
How can I handle and feed them? Will the hens 
lay eggs In winter as well as In summer ? 1 want to 
know all about turkeys, ducks and geese. How many 
eggs will one chicken lay the year round ? What Is 
the average price for a dozen eggs the year round, 
and also the price of ducks, geeBe, turkeys and 
chickens per pound ? What about the sickness of 
the chickens ? Can It be prevented ? 
Ans.—T his Is the most aggravated case of hen 
fever we have met In some time. The three closely- 
written pages of questions would require a larger 
poultry book than has ever yet been written to 
answer them fully. It would also require knowledge 
of the business almost Illimitable, besides some¬ 
thing of the prophetic power. This Inquirer, who 
knows so little of the care of poultry as to ask what 
to feed them, proposes to go Into the business by 
wholesale, and talks glibly of a house large enough 
to shelter 1,000 or 2,000 chickens (hens, he means.) If 
he undertakes the business In any such way, he will 
wish he had never seen a fowl. Of all undertakings, 
that of keeping poultry Is one that cannot be learned 
from books or papers. It must be learned by experi¬ 
ence, In a small way at first. This Inquirer, and all 
similarly situated, should begin with a small num¬ 
ber, read all that is wrlten about poultry In The U. 
N.-Y.. take such a poultry paper as the Poultry 
Keeper, or Farm Poultry, each 50 cents per year, buy 
and study the Business Hen, 40 cents from this office, 
use good judgment, and learn by experience. This 
much may be said here: hens do not do well in large 
flocks; 50 Is the most that should ever be kept to¬ 
gether. They consume and need a variety of feed. 
They do not lay as well In winter as in summer. It 
Is easier to prevent than to cure diseases. The num¬ 
ber of eggs laid by hens varies widely, as do the 
prices of eggs and poultry. 
IS THIS A FRAUD ? 
As The Rural seems to be ever on the alert to ex¬ 
pose the scamps who are fleecing the farmers. I send 
an account of sales rendered me by a firm at Pitts¬ 
burg, Pa. Please notice commissions charged, a 
fraction over 20 per cent. W. R. s. b. 
This Is the account of sales mentioned: 
21 BARRELS SWEETS. 
3 at $2. *0.00 
7 at 11.75. 12.25 
11 for. 7.00 
Total.$25.25 
CHARGES. 
Freight.$15.50 
Drayage. 1.00 
Commission. 5.25 
Total.$21.75 
Net proceeds. $3.50 
We wrote the firm mentioned, asking why the pota¬ 
toes should sell for such a low price, and suggesting 
that the commission was rather high. In reply, we 
received the following: 
“Our regular commission on potatoes ls25cents per 
barrel. The freight bill Is here at the pleasure of 
this correspondent. His goods were hardly mer¬ 
chantable when they arrived here.” 
The explanation seems to us perfectly fair. The 
shipper didn’t receive much for his goods, and natur- 
a)ly feels a little sore. But It doesn’t follow that 
the consignees are frauds. On the contrary, their 
reputation Is good Tons of stuff reach the New York 
market every week which are not worth the freight. 
Of course. It doesn’t bring much. But the men who 
try to get something for It are not necessarily frauds 
because It sells for 30 little. We are always ready to 
expose frauds, but we must have proof that they 
are frauds beiore we begin. We are ready to accord 
to both sides an Impartial hearing. Many commis¬ 
sion merchants handle potatoes and similar products 
at so much per barrel regardless of price; of course 
the lower the price per barrel, the higher the rate of 
commission. _ 
TUTT’S PILLS In use 30 years. 
The “Continental” Disk Pulverizer. 
Square Shaft, Disk 
Thimble and Bumper. 
IT TILLS 
The Entire Width of the Cut, ■ 
Leaving no ljdge in the centre or between 
gangs not cultivated. Made in widths 
from 6 to 25 feet. 
Convex Bumpers. 
The Draw Iron 
Is attached to the shaft, 
thus reducing the draft. 
The Scraper Lever 
Cau be operated by the 
driver’s hand or foot 
while he is in the seat. 
All rotary disk pulver¬ 
izers have a strong end 
pressure in an opposite 
direction from which the 
soil is turned. Rut our 
bumpers revolving in the 
same direction are so 
made that they simply 
roll against each other 
and prevent all friction 
from that source. 
Weighted Scraper Lever. BATAVIA, N. Y., U. S.A. s,a " dard Dra,t B <“- 
55 YEARS. 
300 ACRES. 
NUT TREES AND NEW PEARS. 
Parry’s Giant, Pedigree Japan Mammoth, Paragon and other Chestnuts. Japan, 
Persian, French and English WalnutB. Pecans, Almonds and Filberts. Lincoln Core* 
less Pear —very large and very late. Seneca— large, handsome, and Immediately after 
Bartletts. Japan Golden Russet, Vermont lleauty and Idaho, In collections ; t 
reduced rates. Klasagnus Longplpes, Hardy Oranges, Wlneberrles, and other valuable 
Novelties. Shade Trees, for Lawn or Street; Ornamental Shrubs, Vines, Sc. Grape 
Vines, mall fruit plants. Immense Stock Maples and Poplars for street planting. 
Illustrated Descriptive Catalogue free. 
POMONA NURSERIES. WM. PARRY, Parry, New Jersey. 
OUR SEEDS ARE HIGH 15 QUALITY-LOW IN PRICE. 
OUS catalogue for 1893 Is FEBE. ("T'V $500 IN CASH 
Send for it. Illustrations for largest yields from a 
b eautiful. Descrip- single bushel of LINCOLN 
. -true. Z™*'* OATS. Many other interest- 
. jf»n ing CASH PRIZES. . 
iaW Address 
ft NOETHBUP, BBA3LAN & 
GOODWIN CO., 
minneaj-olib, minn. 
Notice to Tobacco Growers! 
PARTIES WISHING TO CONTRACT FOR SUPPLIES OF 
Connecticut Wrapper Fertilizer 
Made according to the formula of the late Robt. E. Pinney, of Suffield, 
Connecticut, please apply to 
W. S. PINNEY, Suffield, Conn. 
Firm contracts will be made for April or May delivery, season of 1893. 
Arrangements will be made with a limited number of selling agents. 
AFPIjY EARLY. 
