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THE RURAL 
NEW-YORKER. 
October 7 
As We Go To Press. 
“ALL TOGETHER.” 
Last week we had cooperative adver¬ 
tising for our text. Now for individual 
ads. The R. N.-Y. is a middleman. Let 
that be understood. Up to date it has 
helped the individual farmer to buy 
rather than to sell; hut it might help 
both ways. You have things on your 
farm that are too good to send to the 
general market, and yet the local mar¬ 
ket cannot furnish buyers. The only 
way to get anything like what they are 
worth is to find a buyer who knows 
something about their real value. If 
you can’t do that, you must let them go 
for a song. Your own township cannot 
provide such a buyer, but here is The 
R. N.-Y. going into thousands of town¬ 
ships, and reaching the best class of 
farmers everywhere. Read this letter 
from an Ohio reader, and see what sort 
of people take The R. N.-Y.: 
Permit me to congratulate The Kubai Nbw- 
Yokkku on the stand It has taken for the farmer, 
and for the good paper It Is giving ns. A few days 
ago 1 told an acquaintance of mine that If he would 
subscribe and read the paper a year, and be was not 
satisfied, I would pay the subscription at the end of 
the time. 
Such people have money to buy things 
with, and they are after bargains. How 
are they to know that you have a bar¬ 
gain unless you advertise it ? We can 
give you a line of advertising for every 
subscription you send us. Who can beat 
that? j J J 
A number of advertisers have looked 
over our lists, and Know just how many 
subscribers we have. One of the largest 
advertising agencies sent a representa¬ 
tive. He looked things over carefully 
and went away saying : “ We shall have 
to mark you up 10,000 higher than we 
did last year ! ” You see we don’t run 
around making great “ claims.” We 
know that advertisers always discount 
such assertions, by about 50 per cent. 
There is no discount on the showing we 
make to those who come and invest 5 - 
gate for themselves. 
2 « i 
Is there any good reason why the 
principles of agriculture should not be 
taught in your district school? You 
will perhaps say that the chief reason is 
that there is no good text book for the 
children to use. That is a mistake. We 
publish a little book called 
FIRST LESSONS TN AGRICULTURE 
By Prop. F. A. GULLEY, 
which is just as good in its way as any 
arithmetic or geography you ever saw. 
Why not use it in your school ? 
§ § § 
We have always thought it would pay 
any farmer who has special products 
like eggs, butter, fruit, etc., to sell, to 
have neat cards and circulars to give out. 
They attract attention and introduce the 
farmer to his customers. There is quite 
a little science in the proper building of 
such a circular. Dress what you say up 
in attractive shape. People like smart 
and bright things. Here is an illustra¬ 
tion of what we mean. Two grocery 
wagons were driving up Broadway one 
day last week. Hi re was the legend on 
one : 
JOHN GREGORY, 
Groceries and Provisions. 
That told the story bluntly and in a few 
words. The other had this painted on 
the side: 
THE WORLD CONTRIBUTES 
AND 
WALTON DISTRIBUTES. 
Which wagon attracted the more atten¬ 
tion ? Walton’s of course. The world 
contributed to Gregory’s wagon just as 
it did to Walton’s, but the latter was 
smart enough to bring the fact home to 
his customers, and it gave them a great 
conception of his trade. We try hard to 
make The R. N.-Y. bright, spicy and 
original, so as to give old facts a new and 
handsome dress. The result is that we 
get such letters as the following. This 
is from a man who examines all the agri¬ 
cultural papers every week : 
There are but two that I take time to read with any 
degree of attention. One is the Ohio Farmer and the 
other is The R. N.-Y. I read the editorials, poultry 
aDd horticultural departments of the Farmer, be¬ 
cause I am personally acquainted with the most of 
the correspondents, and a long-time friend of the 
editors and publishers. The R. N.-Y. I read from 
first page to last, excepting the advertisements, and 
with interest, though I do not care for horses, cattle 
or swine. Its correspondents seem to have a style 
about them that makes even the details of making 
butter interesting to me. 
WJs WAft’ 1 TO KNOW, YOU KNOW ! 
If you don’t see what you want , ask for it. 
Immigrant Farm Help.— What is the address of 
the Swedish Home for Immigrants, also any other 
addresses where I could be likely to get farm help ? 
C. H. T. B. 
ANS.—Write to Swedish Immigrant Home, 14 
Greenwich St , New York, or Methodist Home Mis¬ 
sion. 27 8tate St.. New York, and send references 
Safety Vapor Engines for farms —I see H. 
L. W., on page 588 of The It. N.-Y., recommends 
vapor and gas engines as being suitable for farmers. 
1. Have such engines sufficient power to pump water 
from a 35-foot well and elevate it 20 feet to a tank of 
200 gallons ? 2. What is the cost of one at the fac¬ 
tory ? 3. What is the weight of one ready for ship¬ 
ment ? 4. Will one run a 24-inch wood saw ? s. w. g. 
Hubbard. Ore. 
Axs —1. Yes. if the pump is all right. 2 and 3. One 
h. p., weight, 450, cost $200; two h. p., weight, 650 
pounds, cost $250; three h. p., weight. 950 pounds, 
cost $325; four h. p.. weight. 1,200 pounds, cost $400 
These are approximate weights and regular list 
prices. The company make some discounts under 
certain conditions. Write to them for catalogue 
and terms Address Safety Vapor Engine Co., 16 
Murray St., New York. 4. Yes, but not with any great 
capacity. The engines are all right for the number 
of horse power at wnich they are rated, e. q., the two- 
horse power size will give two horse power, etc. 
Dwarf .Tunebbrry,—H as The it N.-Y. tried the 
Dwarf Juneberry ? Is it good for market ? E. w. B. 
Long Plain, Mass. 
ANS.—Yes, years ago. They are worthless for 
market, and Interesting only as a novelty or orna¬ 
ment. The blossoms are white and inconspicuous, 
The berries ripen very unevenly, and are usually 
taken by the birds, which seem very fond of them, 
as fast as they ripen. 
Growing Basket Willows—A re there two 
kinds of Osier willows-one yellow and one red ? If 
there are, wnich is the more profitable for sale ? 
F. e. v. K. 
Ans.— So far as dealers are concerned, they know 
of no difference. The red variety is used generally 
for a finer kind of work than the other varieties, and 
may be more desirable on that account. As for the 
most profitable, it doesn’t seem that there is much 
profit in either or any. This crop .was formerly ex¬ 
tremely profitable, but the price has been declining 
of late years. The reason is that so many baskets 
are imported that American basket makers are being 
thrown out of the business. An able-bodied expert 
basket maker, a young man with whom the writer 
talked, said that the best he could make «as $7 per 
week. His father formerly employed 30 men; now 
he employs one. There is a duty of 40 per cent cn 
Imported willow baskets, and of 30 per cent on im¬ 
ported willows. But an Idiotic provision of the law 
nullifies nearly all the good that this protection is 
supposed to afford. Unfinished baskets are admitted 
at 20 per cent duty. Consequently nearly all im¬ 
ported lack simply the handles or something of the 
kind, the supplying of wnich amounts practically to 
very little. Millions of these baskets are now im¬ 
ported. Large clothes baskets are now sold for $5 25 
or $5.50 per dozen which the American makers say 
they couldn’t make, and earn living w.-gts, for less 
than 50 cents each, to say nothing of the materials. 
Under existing condition, and with large stocks of 
willows on hand, there doesn’t seem much prospect 
Of profit in any kind. 
Kerosene Emulsion.—W hat is the recipe for the 
coal oil and buttermilk preparation for ridding cab¬ 
bages of green worms ? airs. f. h. s. 
Franklin County, Va. 
ANS.—You probably mean the kerosene emulsion. 
There are several formulas for making this, but the 
following is a good one. in all of them soap is gen¬ 
erally used now instead of milk: Dissolve one quart 
of soft soap, or one-fourth pound of hard soap- 
whale oil soap is often used—in i wo quarts of boil¬ 
ing water, rem ;ve from tne tire and add one pint of 
kerosene oil. Then stir violently for three or four 
minutes by forcing it back and forth through a force 
pump or syringe. If this is used on plants, it must 
be diluted with 15 parts of water. Of course a larger 
or smaller quantity may be made, so long as the 
same proportions are used. 
Potato Sacks —What is the address of some com¬ 
pany of whom I can get sacks suitable for shipping 
potat es to Philadelphia ? Would the use of sacks 
for shipping potatoes be advisable ? B. A. b. 
ANS.-Write to F. Dell. Pell & Co., 121 Warren 
Street, New York. They are now selling a good po¬ 
tato sack holding a barrel, for 7)4 cents, tnough 
cheaper and, of course, poorer ones may be bought 
for six cents. Sacks are excellent for shipping pota¬ 
toes after they are ripened so that the skin will not 
break readily. For new potatoes they are not advis¬ 
able. They are cheaper than barrels, lighter, and 
can be packed closer in a car. 
Exporting Apples.— I have about 700 barrels 
of apples to ship, half of them Newtown Pippins, 
which I am told should bring a good price to export 
to England. Who are good apple exporters, and 
about what price should I get for them, selected and 
well packed? They will be ready about October 20. 
Rappahannock County, Va. J. w.w. 
Ans.—A s published In The R. N.-Y. several weets 
since, this is a very poor year to export apples io 
England, as the English crop Is exceptionally good, 
and prices are not likely to rule high, while the 
American crop Is short and prices will probably be 
good. On September 25, in Glasgow, Kings sold for 
$4.85 to $5.82 per barrel. Canada lteds $3.88 to $4.85, 
Greenings $2.95 to $3 64. and common varieties $1.94 
to $2.43. One of the 'argest exporters In New York 
is the firm of Otto G. Mayer & Co., 7-11 Bridge Street. 
Last Saturday they received returns from a previous 
shipment netting them in Ne v York $2.85 per barrel. 
The cost of exporting is something over $1 per bar¬ 
rel, so that it is easy to see that there is little if any 
profit in exporting Last Saturday the steamship 
Etruria took out 38 barrels on her trip to Liverpool. 
One year before she carried 4,700 barrels, so It is 
easy to see how the trade is running. Newtown 
Pippins were formerly in the greatest demand in 
England, but so many other and inferior varieties 
have been marked Newtown Pippins that the demand 
for them has been greatly diminished. Better sell 
your apples in this country this year unless condi¬ 
tions change. 
“Copper Kettles.”—W hat is the address of some 
firm that makes copper kettles? A. b. h. 
Ans.—T he Central Stamping Co., 23-25 Cliff Street, 
New York, sell what they term brass kettles, which 
are probably what Is meant. The only kind of kettle 
they have in copper is a teakettle. 
Wool Buyers.—W hat is the address of a wool 
dealer who will handle lots of 125 pounds of wool? 
Chazy. N. Y. G w. H. 
Ans.—H lrsch & Lower stein, 176 Chambers Street, 
New York, buy wool, but we think they do not han¬ 
dle it on commission. Write them and mention The 
R. N-Y. 
Government Crop Reports.—I n this week's 
issue the question is asked why the farmers do not 
use the government crop reports more, and I ask 
why The Rural dees not publish them. The Jour¬ 
nal of Commerce did publish them, but does not 
now, and there is not one of the ten weekly papers 
I receive that does do so. j. b. f. 
ANS.—Tne R. N -Y. usually publishes such parts 
of the crop reports as it considers of most value. 
Wht e there is generally much val able matter in 
them, there is also considerable padding which it is 
only a waste of valuable space to publish. This 
may also be the reason why so few other papers pub¬ 
lish them. That the produce gamblers consider 
them valuable is shown by the fact that they are 
guided largely in their operations by the figures 
given in thete reports. But the main facts are all 
that we care to use. 
Wind-Sucking Colt.— 1 Is there any cure for a 
cribbing or wind-sucking colt ? Ts It a disease or 
habit? 2. What will remove a warty growth from 
the colt’s foot on the bottom and by the side of the 
frog? It may be proud flesh. m. r. b. 
Ans.— 1. Cribbing is not a disease of itself, but 
generally leads to disease. It is a habit, and Is fre¬ 
quently learned from another affected animal. To 
prevent it, It is recommended to smear the front of 
the manger with aloes or other bitter substances; 
also to cover all exposed wood-work with sheet-iron. 
A small revolving roller placed above the edge of 
the manger so that the teeth will slip off will also 
hinder the indulgence of the habit. A muzzle Is 
sometimes used. 2. Not enough particulars, etc., are 
given to enable us to determine the trouble, but we 
think it maybe canker, something like thrush. If 
so. it is dlfficut of treatment and a veterinarian 
should be consulted. 
aphis on Cabbages.—I have a lot of cabbages 
badly Infested wl’h cabbage lice; what shall I do to 
rid them of the pests ? G. w. e. 
Ohio. 
Axs.—Steep tobacco stems in water until it is 
about the color of strong tea, and spray or sprinkle 
it on the cabbages. 
Making Hay in Virginia—W hat is the best 
method of curing hay here for home use? J. E. w. 
ANS —We are not aware that the making of hay in 
Virginia differs materially from that operation in 
other localities except as It is modified by the clim¬ 
ate. Where the latter is moist, of course the curing 
will be a slower process The curing of clover is 
somewhat different from that of Timothy. Either 
should be mown when but a trifle, if any, past full 
bloom. The Timothy should be put into the mow or 
stack just as soon as it is well cured. If It is very 
thick on the ground, tedding or stirring it will hasten 
this. It is useless to spend time to put it into cocks, 
while clover is generally put Into cocks and allowed 
to sweat for a short time. Many, however, do not 
now consider the latter operation necessary. The 
main point is to dry off all moisture before mowing 
the hay. If this is done there is little danger of the 
hay spoiling, even though it is put in quite green. 
CONDENSED CORRESPONDENCE. 
St. Cloud. Minn.—A word as to crops: Wheat is 
very poor, both in yield and quality; yield from half 
a bushel to six bushels per acre; oats, of fair qual¬ 
ity: yield from 18 to 25 bushels per acre; corn suf¬ 
fered from drought. wm. louden. 
Covesville, VA — I have used the following rem¬ 
edy for 23 years to rid pea and bean seeds of weevil: 
It is slmplv to pour boiling water over them and im¬ 
mediately drain them and spread them out in the 
air until tho r oughly dry before they are put away. 
This does not injure the germ in the seed. l. m w. 
Kingston, Md.-The Rural is certainly a farm¬ 
ers’ paper.it contains so many little helpful items. 
In the advice Fred. Grundy gave Mrs. S. on raising 
chickens for pie. were suggestions, which stirred 
memories of “ mother's chicken pie ” ln‘‘auldlang 
sjne.” I would say in reference to said advice, that 
this part of the country is very favorable for raising 
all kinds of fowls the year arouDd, as it is not too 
hot In summer or too cold in winter. We on the 
Eastern Shore of Maryland usually have a breeze, 
and the nights are delightfully cool. I have lived in 
14 States and am better pleased with this State 
than with any other. I do not intend to cast any re¬ 
flections on my Wolverine birthplace. I am told by 
real estate men that this part of Maryland is being 
rapidly settled by Northern people. I know more 
than 200 places have been bought within the last 
year. Our crops are early. Take strawberries, for 
Instance: they begin ripening the middle of May and 
“ are done ” by the 1st of June. e. a. l. 
CROP AND MARKET NOTES. 
The hop market Is quiet. 
Celery is plentiful and cheap. 
Eggs are going up with a rush. 
Lima beans bring good prices. 
A few Russet apples are in market. 
Game is becoming more plentiful. 
Bartlett pears are nearly out of season. 
The bean crop is reported late thts year. 
Prime dressed poultry is ranging higher. 
Large receipts of new hay are expected. 
Cranberries continue dull and sell slowly. 
Potatoes are higher and the receipts light. 
Receipts of Jersey peaches are about over. 
Cucumber pickles are dull and slow of sale. 
Receipts of fresh vegetables are running light. 
Plums have not been plentiful so far this year. 
The Michigan celery crop is reported to be large. 
Good weight and measure make good reputation. 
The grape growers can’t get very rich at present 
prices. 
Choice cheeses are a trifle higher, small ones much 
higher. 
The Chautauqua grape crop is reported never to 
have been better. 
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