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June 24 
INSECTICIDES AND FUNGICIDES. 
Kerosene emulsion.— Kerosene, two gallons; 
whale-oil soap, one-half pound; water, one gallon. 
Dissolve the soap by heating In the water, when 
boiling hot remove from the Are and add the kero¬ 
sene. Churn or stir It thoroughly for f> to 15 minutes; 
this Is best done by one of the small pumps. This 
will keep for a long time. When used, dilute accord¬ 
ing to the plants upon which It Is used. For tender 
plants, one part to 25 or 30 of water. For hardier 
plants, use stronger. One part to 10 of water makes 
a strong wash. 
White Hellebore.— Used principally for the cur¬ 
rant and similar worms. Dust on dry, either pure or 
diluted, or used In water, one ounce to two gallons. 
Bobdeau,x Mixture.— There are several form¬ 
ulas, varying In strength. One strong enough for 
most purposes Is one-quarter pound each of copper 
sulphate and lime to each gallon of water. For 
potatoes, Paris-green may be mixed with this at the 
rate of one-lialf pound to 50 gallons. To make the 
Bordeaux Mixture, suspend the copper and lime In 
separate casks of water In coarse gunny sacks and 
allow them to remain Immersed for several hours, 
or for an entire day. When ready to mix pour the 
liquid from each Into a 50-gallon cask, and &I1 up 
with water. Wooden vessels are best, as these 
chemicals corrode ordinary metals. 
FAIRS TO COME. 
The following are the dates of some of the most 
Important of the agricultural fairs for the coming 
season: 
British Columbia, New Westminster. Sept. 28, 29 
California, Sacramento. Sept. 4, 16 
Chicago Exp’n, Cattle, Horses, &c...Aug. 21, Sept. 9 
“ “ Sheep and Swine.....Sept. 25, Oct. 14 
“ “ Dogs. Sept. 19, 22 
“ “ Poultry and Fat Stock.... Oct, 16, 28 
Connecticut, Meriden. Sept. 19, 22 
Delaware, Dover. Sept. 11, 16 
Georgia, Augusta. Oct. 17, 27 
Indiana, Indianapolis. Sept. 18, 23 
Iowa, Des Moines. Sept. 1, 8 
Kansas, Topeka.Sept. 29, Oct. 7 
Maine, Lewiston. Sept. 5, 8 
Maryland, Hagerstown. Oct. 11, 14 
Massachusetts Hort’l, Boston..Sept. 6, 7; Oct. 4, 5 
Missouri, Sedalla . Sept. 25. 30 
Montreal Exposition. Sept. 4, 9 
Nebraska, Lincoln. Sept. 8, 15 
Nevada, Reno. Sept. 17, 21 
New England, Worcester (Mass). Sept. 4, 8 
New Hampshire Grange, Tilton. Sept. 12, 14 
New Jersey Inter-State, Trenton. Sept. 25, 29 
New Jersey, Waverley. Sept. 4, 9 
New York and New England, Troy...Aug. 28, Sept. 2 
New York, Syracuse. Sept. 14, 21 
New York Inter-State, Elmira.Aug. 28, Sept. 9 
New York Western, Rochester. Sept. 25, 30 
North Carolina, Raleigh. Oct. 17, 21 
North Dakota, Grand Forks. Sept. 13, 16 
Ohio, Columbus.Aug. 28, Sept. 2 
Oregon, Salem . Sept. 11, 16 
Prince Edward Island, Charlottetown.... Sept. 26, 29 
Rhode Island, Cranston. . Sept. 18, 22 
St. Louis, Mo.- Oct 2, 7 
Sioux City (Iowa) Corn Palace.Sept. 20, Oct, 18 
South Carolina, Columbia . Nov. 6, 10 
South Dakota, Aberdeen. Sept. 11, 15 
Texas, Dallas. Oc - . 14, 29 
Texas Grange, McGregor.8ept. 28, Oct. 6 
Toronto Industrial...Sept. 4, 16 
Virginia, Richmond.,... Oct. 10, 13 
West Virginia, Wheeling. Sept. 4, 8 
Winnipeg (Manitoba) Industrial. July 17, 22 
CROP AND MARKET NOTES. 
Asparagus Is In large supply. 
The market for honey Is dull. 
Hops are quiet and sales few. 
Choice plums are In good demand. 
Old apples are dull and sell slowly. 
Gooseberries are firm at good prices. 
Receipts of hay light, demand ditto. 
Live poultry Is dull and receipts large. 
Tomatoes are pretty low for the season. 
Marrow squashes sell for double the prices of white. 
Florida grapes are expected In this market In a few 
days. 
Cherries are quite plentiful, tut meet a good de¬ 
mand. 
Huckleberries have been in light receipt and 
higher. 
Musk-melons In market are mostly of pretty poor 
quality. 
Old potatoes are dull, and are pretty well out of 
the market. 
The army worms are creating havoc in different 
parts of Illinois. 
The wax beans usually sell for higher prices than 
the green varieties. 
New Southern apples are In market, and, If of good 
quality, sell readily. 
Receipts of milk and cream have been larger, and 
the surplus price lower. 
Several thousand cases of California canned toma¬ 
toes are on this market. 
Dried fruits of all kinds are extremely dull, with 
lower prices on some Items. 
Blackberries are quite scarce just now, and bring 
fancy prices If of good quality. 
Receipts of sheep and lambs have been heavy, 
sales slow and prices much lower. 
Some New Jersey dogs have taken to killing tur¬ 
keys, one farmer losing 40 at one raid. 
The farmers of the Mississippi Valley are said to 
be raising more hogs this year than last. 
New potatoes will be much later than common 
from New Jersey and Long Island this year. 
Sales were made of full standard three-pound can¬ 
ned tomatoes at $1.27)4 per dozen on the spot. 
THE RURAL NEW-YORKER. 
All kinds of fresh vegetables are plentiful, but the 
demand Is good and prices well up for choice stock. 
Peaches are mostly pretty poor, and there is little 
demand for such. Strictly fancy sell quickly at good 
prices. 
Dressed poultry Is dull and lower. Receipts have 
been heavy, and much of the stock has gone Into 
cold storage. 
The first arrivals of up-river strawberries were 
on Monday night. They were fine berries, and sold 
for extra prices 
Strawberries are plentiful, the up-river growers 
sending In a good many. Prices have ruled low, ex¬ 
cepting for choice Btock. 
There is little change in the cheese market. The 
supply fully equals the demand, and some holders 
are a little anxious to sell. 
The average percentage of acreage for both spring 
and winter wheat for the whole countrj Is 89.8 and 
the condition for same 78.8. 
Water-melons have arrived quite liberally, but the 
hot weather created a demand for them, and they 
have been sold pretty closely. 
There is war between the cowboys and the sheep¬ 
men In the Plateau Valley, Colorado. The boys, it 
Is said, are likely to worst the men. 
Barley acreage as compared with last year shows 
a decrease of 5.1 points or 94.9. The condition of this 
crop Is 88.3, against 92.1 In June last year. 
The percentage of acreage of oats as compared 
with last year Is 100.7. and the condition 88.9 for June 
1, as against 88.5 for the same month In 1892. 
The owners of flourmills of Kansas threaten to 
remove their business from the State If the effort to 
make them public mills should prove successful. 
The returns show the percentage of the acreage of 
rye as compared with 1892 to be 94.3, while the reports 
of condition make the general average 84.6, the low¬ 
est for years. 
The first shipment of new crop East India rice was 
received last week. It is of fine quality, much 
superior that of last year, and the crop Is reported 
as very large this year. 
Poor crop reports on apples continue to arrive from 
nearly all points. Last week's Michigan crop bulle¬ 
tin says all fruits promise well except apples, which 
are thought to be very light. 
A New Jersey man became too familiar with a 
sitting hen, and the latter seized him by the nose so 
forcibly that she Inflicted a painful wound from 
which he Is likely to suffer for weeks. 
An unusually large acreage of celery has been 
planted in Kalamazoo County, Mich., and Is re¬ 
ported to be In fine condition. Large quantities of 
Michigan celery find an outlet In this market. 
Eggs are lower on account of heavy supplies 
thrown on the market. The scarcity of money Is a 
hindrance to the usual cold storage outlet, so there 
Is a great pressure to sell, and consequent lower 
prices. 
War has been declared upon the dogs in several 
New Jersey towns, all unmuzzled strays being shot 
at sight. In Elizabeth, one morning’s raid by the 
police resulted In two wagon loads of canine 
corpses. 
Advices from Chino,Cal., state that new and latest 
Improved machinery is being added to the beet sugar 
refinery at that place. The addition is a necessity 
to handle the Increased production of sugar beets 
grown In that district. 
The butter market Is moderately firm, with re¬ 
ceipts ample for all demands. While there has been 
no decline In best grades, lower qualities have 
dropped off a fraction. The greatest scarcity has 
been In fancy State dairy. 
There has been no steamer In from Bermuda this 
week. This Is the first week there has been no 
steamer since the season fairly opened, and It veri¬ 
fies the report that the crops of onlonB and potatoes 
have been about marketed. 
The Florida Legislature has just passed an Act re¬ 
ducing the royalty on phosphate mining to 50 cents 
per ton for rock taken from the State's water terri¬ 
tory. Ills thought the effect of this reduction In 
royalty will be to stimulate mining operations. 
A line of “ Grapevine ” sarsaparilla has been re¬ 
ceived here from Mexico. This class of stock is said 
to have been accepted by the trade in former years, 
but consumers have become accustomed to the finer 
grade, and It Is now difficult to find sale for the old 
variety. 
The New Orleans Board of Trade has secured two 
bags of sample oats from the New York Produce Ex¬ 
change, the grain men of that city having expressed 
a desire to see a sample of the sort of oats exported 
to Europe. They believe they can build up an ex¬ 
port trade In them. 
“Canada Mutton” Is a sign which Is being con¬ 
spicuously displayed In the show windows of local 
butcher shops lately. Some of the dealers say that 
most of this alleged Canada stock Is produced upon 
our own soli, and gives perfect satisfaction to the 
consumers. They contend that credit should be 
given where it belongs. 
The Waterville Times says that during the past 
few days myriads of lice have been seen on plum 
trees, and In some hop yards files are very plenty, 
and there are also a few lice. Much apprehension 
is felt, and a general attack of vermin is greatly 
feared. Otherwise up to the present time the yards 
are looking fairly well. 
The peach growers of the Delaware Peninsula have 
sent out the following circular: “Frompre ent ap¬ 
pearances the peach crop of the Delaware and Chesa¬ 
peake Pentaisula will be very large, and the fruit 
fine; and the attention of dealers and consumers Is 
Invited to these facts. If proper facl lties of trans¬ 
portation are offered, and proper arrangements for 
sale and distribution are made In time, every town 
within 1,000 miles can be supplied with good fruit at 
reasonable prices. That this may be done we invite 
dealers at all accessible points to prepare at once to 
handle the crop. Car-loads can be sent to all points 
on railroads. Buyers can order by letter or can 
come in person and Inspect and select before buy- 
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Because it will outlast all other paints, give a 
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If Barytes and other adulterants of white 
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adulterated white leads always branded Pure, or “ Strictly Pure White Lead ?” 
This Barytes is a heavy white powder (ground stone), having the appearance 
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What shoddy is to cloth, Barytes is to paint. Be careful to use only 
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“ARMSTRONG & McKELVY ” (Pittsb’gh) 
“ ATLANTIC ” (New York) 
“ BEYMER-BAUMAN ” (Pittsburgh) 
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“ BROOKLYN ” (New York) 
“ COLLIER ” (St. Louis) 
“CORNELL” (Buffalo) 
“ DAVIS-CH AMBERS ’’ (Pittsburgh) 
“ECKSTEIN ” (Cincinnati) 
“JEWETT ” (New York) 
“ 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) 
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THE RURAL NEW-YORKER POCKET KNIFE. 
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It is brass- 
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THE CHRISTY KNIVES. 
These knives are well named “ Wonderful,” as they are far and away the best 
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THE RURAL PUBLISHING COMPANY, New York. 
ing. All sales are made for spot cash, but fruit may 
be consigned for sale on commission to responsible 
parties.” 
The wheat harvest began In Tennessee last week. 
It Is said that the farmers of west Tennessee will 
harvest one of the largest crops they have raised for 
many years. The outlook for a big corn and cotton 
crop is also good, notwithstanding the recent heavy 
ralDS. The peach and apple crops throughout west 
Tennessee are the largest for many years. They are 
now being shipped In large quantities to Chicago and 
other Northern and Western cities. 
The condition of winter irheat has Improved but 
slightly stnee the last Government report, being 75.5 
against 75.3 for the month of May. The percertage 
of the principal States being respectively, Ohio 90, 
Michigan 72, Indiana 81, Illinois 67, Missouri 74, Kan¬ 
sas 47. The condition of spring wheat presents an 
average for the entire country of 86.4, and for the 
principal spring wheat States as follows: Nebraska 
65, Missouri 89, Minnesota 88, Iowa 95, South Dakota 
89, North Dakota 92. 
Georgia water-melons have again started on their 
annual northern pilgrimage, the first car-load com¬ 
ing from Albany to Cincinnati. They will soon 
spread over the entire North, and capture the whole 
country. Growers report that the crop will be un¬ 
usually large and of good quality. It Is said that 
about 10,000 acres are planted In southwestern 
Georgia alone. The Georgia Central Railroad Com¬ 
pany expects to ship 3,000 car-loads. The South 
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