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THE RURAL NEW-YORKER 
April 22 
THE SEED AND PLANT GIFTS 
Concerning the new hybrid roses, see 
Mr. Carman’s article oto page 287 of this 
issue. 
As pro^iously announced, the Carman 
grape vines in Munson’s grounds are now 
too far advanced in bud and leaf for fur¬ 
ther shipment this spring; the applica¬ 
tions that have come in too late for fill¬ 
ing now will receive attention in the fall, 
if desired. 
The tomato and bean seed s and tuberose 
bulbs have been sent out as rapidly as pos¬ 
sible following receipt, and will be up to 
planting time. Complaints received after 
this notice appears, that prove non-re¬ 
ceipt of the seeds etc., will receive 
prompt attention by refilling the orders. 
Some complaints have come in before 
time enough had elapsed to permit of 
the things reaching the parties ; hence 
this rule. 
CROP AND MARKET NOTES. 
Florida oranges are scarce and high. 
Arizona cattlemen are troubled for lack of water. 
The bob veal flourishes in spite Of boards of health. 
Dry beans are a little lower in price, and the mar¬ 
ket dull. 
Receipts of eggs are good, but prices are well main¬ 
tained. 
A large packing house has been opened at Fort 
Worth, Tex. 
Cueese is unchanged in price, with a little more 
active trade. 
Prospects are good for an immense hop crop on the 
Paclflc coabt. 
Foreign potatoes have advanced in price, and the 
feeling is firm. 
The supply of calf skins is ample, and lower prices 
may be expected soon. 
Reports seem to indicate that Western winter 
wheat Is generally In bad condition. 
Florida strawberries sell for 20 to 35 cents, and 
those from Charleston for 25 to 40. 
Wheat Is reported badly frozen In some parts of 
Kansas, and only a half crop is expected. 
The Southern truck keeps coming from more 
Northern points with each succeeding week. 
In spite of the high price of pork, sausages, “Orange 
County sausages” at that, continue to be retailed at 
the old prices. 
Western packers have been notifying Eastern 
dealers that the price of beef is to be advanced $1 
per 100 pounds. 
It is reported that a number of capitalists contem¬ 
plate starting an extensive meat packing house in 
the City of Mexico. 
Reports from South America are to the effect that 
the slaughtering business has fallen off nearly one- 
half as compared with last year. 
The Agricultural Depaitment reported the condi¬ 
tion of wheat as 77.4 on April 1, compared with 81.2 
same date in 1892 and 90 9on April 1, 1891. 
Swllt & Co., the great packers, have increased their 
capita) from $7,500,000 to $15,000,000. They have re¬ 
cently declared a dividend of 23 per cent. 
The world’s supply of lard on April 1 is computed 
to have been 88,000 tierces, as against 8i.000 tierces 
on March 1; 277,000 April 1, 1892 and 534.000 April 1, 
1891. 
Butter has taken quite a drop since last week, 
caused by heavier receipts. The demand is moder¬ 
ately good, but any material increase in receipts 
would still further reduce prices. 
Some men engaged in thrashing clover seed in 
Michigan weie rendered unconscious and remained 
in a critical condition for several hours. It 1 b sup¬ 
posed that the dust from some poisonous plant was 
inhaled. 
Ueavy shipments of American and Canadian 
apples to Europe have overloaded the market ana 
depressed prices. Many of the receipts have been 
so it, which has necessitated quick sales. Shipments 
were about 20 to 25 per cent less than last year. 
Attorney-General Johnson, of Mississippi, has 
officially declared that all cotton held at the begin¬ 
ning oi the fiscal year by buyers shall be assessed 
and taxed. A great deal is being held all over the 
Slate, taxes on which will amount to many thousand 
dollars. 
The Connecticut Senate by a vote of 18 to 2, passed 
the olll changing the Sto-rs Agricultural School into 
the Storrs Agricultural College, and appropriating 
to it the Government lund for agricultural colleges, 
which has heretofore gone to the Yale Sheffield 
Scientflc School. 
It has been computed that from 33,512,8b7 hogs 
throughout the country tn 1S60 the aggregate fell to 
25,134,589 in 1870, advanced to 47,681,700 in 1880. to 51,- 
602,780 in 1890 and to 52,308,092 in 1892. since which time 
there has been a considerable falling off, the total 
given for this year being only 46.094,097, which Is less 
than the reported supply in 1880. 11 years ago. or 
about 11 per cent less than last year anu 1- per cent 
less than in 1890. 
TUTT’S 1’lLLs adapted to old and joing. 
It is said that the consumption of horse flesh is on 
the Increase in Paris During the siege at the time 
of the Franco-Prusslan War. It was eat hOTse ot die. 
The necessity has passed, but the appetite remains. 
East year over 20,000 horses were served up by 150 
butchers who sell horse flesh exclusively. It is said 
to be me st largely used by tradespeople and not by 
the poorer classes. It is sometimes sold for beef, 
but usually sells for about half the price of that 
meat. __ 
WE WANT TO KNOW, YOU KNOW! 
If you don’t see what you want , ask for it. 
Boil it Down. 
Who handles the White Bremen or Embden geese? 
Superior, Neb. J. M. k. 
A ns.—W rite to T. Treadwell, East Wllllston. N V., 
or Adams, Purdue & Young, East Orange. N. J., and 
refer to The R. N.-Y. 
What Is the matter with the inclosed specimens of 
apple twigs? w. A. 
Byron, Wls. 
Ans.— They are iDfcsted with the scale Insect or 
scale lice described in last week's ‘ We Want to 
Know.” Refer to that for remedies. 
Will you please let us know where the paper pub¬ 
lished In the Hackney horse interest can be had, as 
we wish more information in regard to them? We 
intend to form a company here. Give us all the light 
you can. e. M. s. 
Lysander, N. Y. 
Ans.—A ddress The Hackney, 44 Vesey Street, New 
York. 
What is the address of some good commission firm 
that handles pop-corn ? A. J. N. 
Iowa. 
Ans.—I f you must ship to New York, write to John 
B. Page's Son, 98 Park Place, and send him a small 
sample by express or mall. But you will And a glutted 
market and slow sale here. The pop-corn business 
lias been overdone. Still good Rice corn is the best 
selling variety. Better try to find a market nearer 
home. 
IN writing to advertisers please always mention 
The Rural. 
to himself, “If the 
moon I could get, | 
whenever I’m dry - 
my throat I could — 
wet; The moon is a ; 
quarter—with a quar¬ 
ter I hear; you can 
purchase five gal-1 
Ions of 
Hires’ 
Root Beer.” 
A Delicious, Temper¬ 
ance, Thirst-quenching, 
Health-Giving Drink. 
Good for any time of year. 
A 25c. package makes 5 gallons. Be sure and 
get Hires’. 
Dain Center Draft Mower, 
Is guaranteed to be the only successful wide cut 
mower on earth. No side draft. Cutter bar sup 
ported at both ends. All the objections to other 
machines of this class positively overcome. Write 
us for descriptive circulars. 
DAIN MFG. CO., Carrollton, Mo. 
When writing please mention The R. N.-Y. 
et ea «k am 
nlbAlKSTl 
AM) BEST.. 
AGENTS 
uriUTrn To canvass for the sale 
IT An I LU 0 f our Home-Grown 
Nursery Stock. NEW PROFIT 
SHARING SYSTEM. Salary and expenses paid. 
W. & T SMITH DO. T gbnkva,^”?' 1 ’ 
Established 1840. One of the Largest. Oldest Es¬ 
tablished and Best Known Nurseries in the U. S. 
AGENT sets. Belts. BrushdS,Rings.lOO % 
old $1 ~> 4 : in -1 days my Electric Cor. 
ets. Belts. BrU'hds,Ring8.100 X pro- 
lit Sample free Bi .liridgman. N. Y. 
__ d 1 • j that some houses always 
You have noticed ^ 
faded. Others always look bright, clean, fresh. The owner of the first 
“ernnnmizK” with “ cheau ” mixed paints, etc.; the second paints with 
Strictly Pure hite Lead. 
The first spends three times as much for paint in five years, and his build¬ 
ings never look as well. 
Almost everybody knows that good paint can only be had by using 
strictly pure White Lead. The difficulty is lack of care in selecting it. The 
following brands are strictly pure White Lead, “Old Dutch” process; they 
are standard and well known—established by the test of years . 
“ANCHOR” (Cincinnati) 
“ARMSTRONG & McKELVY ” (Pittsb’gh) 
“ ATLANTIC ” (New York) 
“BEYMER-BAUMAN ” (Pittsburgh) 
“ BRADLEY ” (New York) 
“ BROOKLYN ” (New York) 
“ COLLIER ” (St. Louis) 
“CORNELL” (Buffalo) 
“ DAVIS-CHAMBERS” (Pittsburgh) 
“ECKSTEIN” (Cincinnati) 
“ JEWETT ” (New York) 
For any color (other than white) tint the Strictly Pure White Lead with 
National Lead Company’s Pure White Lead Tinting Colors, and you will 
have the best paint that it is possible to put on a building. 
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. 
NATIONAL LEAD CO., 
“ 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) 
1 Broadway, New York. 
fast selllDg articles. Bicycles, etc., big 
money made. Prices low, write quick. 
Brewster Mfg. Co., box 612, Holly, Mich. 
“Oh ! how this spring of love resembleth 
The uncertain glory of an April day ” 
— Shakespeare. 
Coughs, Colds and Croup 
YIELD AT ONCE TO 
Dr. Hoxsie’s 
CERTAIN 
CROUP 
CURE 
It heals Inflamed lungs and allays all congestion 
of the glands and membranes of the throat. It has 
cured thousands who have found no relief In other 
remedies. 
Sold by druggists. Price, 50 cents. 
A. P. HOXSIE, Buffalo, N.Y., Mfr. 
The GARRETT PICKET* 
WIRE FENCE MACHINE 
_ Weaves to the posts. Best in thi 
' world. Thousands in ase. Oaar 
a meed. Freight paid i (tnu 
~ are reporting big sales. Maehines. 
Wire ate.. at wholesale direet u 
farmers where 1 a*«e a* —a-au 
Catalogue free Addrese jaw 
afacturer, 8. il. LAKKfcTY 
- MANSFIELD. OHIC 
40 Acre Apple Orchard. 
FOR SALE. 
In Vernon Co., Mo. Choice winter varieties. Im¬ 
provements good. Convenient to market. Terms, 
easy. A bargain. Address 
BIRDSEYE & HARRIS, Nevada, Mo. 
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suppliTs 
_ Sample copy of 
CLEANINCS IN BEE CULTURE. 
A Handsomely Illustratedp p F 
Magazine and Catalog, of 
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THE HOLDFAST TIE 
Is to a stringor 
rope what a 
buckle Is to a 
strap. 
224* 
YOTJ 
cannot afford to raise 
CORN without using the 
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£ Send 5 cents for Samples and 
^ Circulars to the v, 
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Unadilla, N, Y, ■/' 
Them. 
I acknowledge the receipt of 100 corn binders and 
6 ensilage binders, with thanks. They have become 
very useful to us as we are weighlngtbe hay for each 
cow In our herd We find that they are Just what we 
want for this experimental work, and 1 can assure 
you thev are giving ns entire satisfaction. Next 
summer should we have occasion to use them In the 
field, as corn binders, we will report to you our 
opinion In regard to them. 
Very respectfully and truly yours, 
I P. Roberts, Director of the Agricultural and 
Experiment Station at Cornell University, Ithaca, 
N. Y. 
The 1,000 Holdfast foddei ties that I used this fall 
gave entire satisfaction. I can recommend them as 
a great help In harvesting the corn crop. It seems to 
me in the near future everv farmer must have them. 
The shocks stood up well, went to the barn, were 
husked without one getting untied: they are a great 
success, practical and labor-saving. 
W. S. Moore, Mt. Upton, N. Y. 
Have used your Holdfast corn binder and find them 
the best things I have seen for binding corn, 
holding the corn fast and easily tightened if corn be¬ 
comes loose from shrinking after being cut. 
H. A. WRIGHT, Mt Vision, N. Y. 
The corn binder is just the thing farmers have 
needed for a long time. Shall never be without so 
long as 1 can procure them. 
Lewis Chapin, New Berlin, N. Y. 
BRIMfikld, Mass., Feb. 11, ’93.” 
I used the Holdfast corn binders and like them 
and, after using one season, they are as bright as 
they were when put on the corn. I shall use them 
for my barley next year and corn, too. as the barley 
will be ready to thrash before I cut my corn. 
A. B. BROWN. 
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Light running. Noiseless. Self-setting 
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BICYCLE: 
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Testimonials of Dealers. 
We have sold the past fall about 15.000 of your corn 
ties and could have sold several thousand more if we 
could have got them in season. We have not heard 
ot a single complaint, and, so far as we have heard, 
all are very much pleased with them, and we want 
the agency for this county next year. 
Ross Brothers, Worcester. Mass. 
Those Holdfast corn binders I bought of you are 
just the things. I cannot see how you can improve 
them. The farmers I sold them to ssv they cannot 
be beat. I should like to have the sale of them tor 
this State. Geo. B. Haskell, Lewiston, Me. 
The Holdfast corn binder Is a grand thing; there 
can he no question about it. 
B. F. Isenberg, Huntington, Pa. 
The Holdfast corn ties are giving great satisfac¬ 
tion In this vicinity. A. B. Kleabir, Wayne. Mich. 
The corn binders are tlrst-class: everything they 
are recommended and more too. Every one of my 
customers that have used them Is unqualified tn 
their pralBe. They have become a necessity to every 
farmer the same as a mowing machine or spring 
tooth drag. H. J. Halstead, New Berlin, N. Y. 
Replying to yours, would say the corn ties I got of 
you are all sold. John Dawes, of Stanton. N. J., used 
800 and Is well pleased. 
N. W. Hoffman, Lebanon, N. J. 
The moment your agent showed me sample of corn 
ties, I said they were a good thing and would sell. 
After selling 1.200, I have not changed my mind. 
Had I time could get atesttmonlal from every farmer 
I sold to. D. R. Fritts, Parish, N. Y. 
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nriTTV Organs 27 stops #22. Pianos. #150. 
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Our sales reached over half a million last year, and 
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TIE CO., Unadilla, N. Y. 
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where without n 
Warranted the BEST 
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•ter offered. For fall 
iM. oat and send to 
link Mfg. Con 
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home. Sent any- 
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sewing machine ever 
conditions ana every- 
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