THE RURAL NEW-YORKER. 
November 4 
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J. C, I)., Huaiboldt, Kan. —Mice and 
rabbits will not girdle trees where the 
following is used : Slake stone lime, and 
prepare as for ordinary whitewash. 
Take enough at a time to make a bucket 
two-thirds full of the proper consistency 
for whitewashing. Add one pint of gas 
tar, one pound of whale-oil soap(dissolved 
in hot water), or one pint of common 
soft soap, or one pound of potash, or one 
pint of strong lye from wood ashes, and 
clay or loam suffijient to make the 
bucketful of the wash of proper con¬ 
sistency to be applied with a whitewash 
brush. 
Experience With Cannas. 
E. M. G., Geobgktown, Ohio. —Several 
weeks ago I noticed a description in 
your pages of your success with Canna 
seed. A friend gave me some seeds near 
the middle of June. I soaked them a 
day and a night in warm water, and 
planted them where they received the 
direct rays of the sun nearly all day. In 
about a week they began coming up, 
and in a few days more I had 18 plants 
from 19 seeds. They began blooming 
the second week in September. I think 
they would not have done as well this 
dry season if we had not watered them. 
Mine were the old-fashioned, small flow¬ 
ering variety. I do not know whether 
the dwarf French large flowering have 
harder-shelled seeds or not, but I intend 
to plant some of the Madame Crozy next 
spring, when I shall probably learn. 
Sell Yoar Goods at Home. 
C. J. N., IIomkk, N. Y.—I am glad to 
see that so influential a paper as Thk It. 
N.-Y. gives the advice not to send produce 
to be sold on commission. Many years’ 
experience in sending to city commission- 
houses convinced me that of the many 
ways by which farmers or country deal¬ 
ers can lose money, one of the easiest 
and surest is to consign goods to be 
sold on commission. Many are induced 
to forward their products to city com¬ 
mission-houses with the expectation of 
rea'izing better net prices than they can 
at home, only to find themselves sadly 
disappointed in a large majority of cases, 
because they have received so much less 
than they had reason to expect. They 
suffer loss where they had expected a 
fair profit. If all farmers and country 
dealers would adopt the rule of sales at 
home, it would be to their profit, as it 
would compel city dealers to buy in the 
country to supply the city demands. 
Each owner would then have the option 
of taking the prices offered or not. Of 
course commission dealers prefer to sell 
for a commission, as it requires no capital 
invested in goods, and involves no risk 
of loss, while they are sure of their 
profits. So long as country men are will¬ 
ing to keep the commission-man supplied 
with goods for sale he finds no occasion 
to buy or to worrj about loss upon stock 
on hand. The true way for farmers and 
country dealers is to sell their goods at 
home. 
Perfume Making: in America. 
B. S. A., Dei. Mah, Cal,. —In The R. 
N.-Y. of September 9, a question in re¬ 
gard to perfume making in America 
brought answers to the effect that there 
was no such industry here. Allow me to 
say that in Florida is a firm which makes 
extra nice perfumes. I have seen sam¬ 
ples brought here from their exhibit at 
the World’s Fair. Here, in California, 
several florists have made small begin¬ 
nings in this industry, notably Mrs. Jane 
Whittel, of Los Gatos, and Charles 
Froude, of Riverside. In the California 
Illustratei Magazine, Maggie Downing 
Brainard writes of Mrs. Whittel’s efforts 
as being eminently successful. 
For rose perfumes the Rose du Prov¬ 
ence is especially cultivated. Several 
acres of rose geraniums for the essential 
oil, and a species of acacia are also grown 
for distillation, which has been the pro¬ 
cess used so far by Mrs. Whittel. Mr. 
Froude, at Riverside, has an excellent 
field, and this coming year will put as 
fine perfumes on the market as France 
can produce. He has enlisted local ama¬ 
teurs in his work, and by means of con¬ 
tracts through the medium of a flower 
exchange, is helping others to a market 
as well as supplying his factory. Cali¬ 
fornia will, no doubt, in a very few years 
count perfume making one of her chief 
industries, since the climate and the soil 
conduce to make regal flower gardens. 
“ Free Wool ” and Corn Harvesters. 
P. D. J., West Unity, O.—I have been 
a silent reader of The R. N.-Y. for sev¬ 
eral years, and have derived much benefit 
therefrom. I have always read it in 
preference to the other papers of the 
same class, of which we take several. I 
have read several (if I am not mistaken) 
interesting articles from the pen of J. S. 
Woodward. But, in his last excellent 
article, he says : “I am the only sheep 
breeder on record, as far as I have seen, 
who thinks wool should be free.” Now, 
I think that most of The R. N.-Y.’s 
readers hope that the above is true. 
I am a young farmer still in my teens, 
not too old to learn, but, on the contrary, 
quite willing to do so when the oppor¬ 
tunity is afforded. I and, I believe, many 
more of The R. N.-Y.’s readers, would 
like J. S. W. to give his reason for believ¬ 
ing thus. Who does he think would be 
benefited, and how ? Let’s hear from 
him. [There is a little mistake here. It 
was J. E. Wing who talked about free 
wool.— Eds ] 
I also notice in the same issue of The 
R N.-Y., C. E. C.’s imaginary wisdom 
concerning the corn harvester. I think 
he talks “through his hat,” as the ex¬ 
hibitor of the Acme harrow at the fair 
told a very knowing gentleman who said 
the harrow would not work in his soil, 
as it would not scour. The fact was, as 
he admitted later, he knew nothing 
about it. So I think about C. E. C.’s 
actual knowledge of the corn harvester. 
That they will not work well in corn 
that is down is quite evident. I know 
two neighbors who, both together, made 
a harvester in less than a day. They cut 
320 shocks, four hills by sixteen hills in 
one day, and went three miles to do it. 
They claim that they can cut 400 shocks of 
the same size as the above, of medium¬ 
sized corn, if it stands up well, in one day. 
And 400 shocks are equivalent to about 
eight acres. One of their neighbors and 
his hired hand cut 375 shocks in one day. 
“How do you imagine you would feel 
after setting up your share of the six 
acres?” Just as well as C. E. C. would 
after handling one half that amount in the 
old way. The corn harvester, like a good 
many men and scores of agricultural 
implements, has its weak points, but it 
is bound to win its way, if it does take 
the Western rustler to make a success 
of it. 
Many letters for E S. Carman are still 
received at River Edge, N. J. Of neces¬ 
sity the Rural Grounds and home are 
“ open ” during the entire year, but the 
headquarters of the family are No. 5 West 
82nd Street, during the winter and until 
planting time in the spring. Of coarse, 
the letters are received in due time, but 
the necessary delay must often be vexa¬ 
tious to those who should have prompt 
replies. 
It is by no means the choice of the 
Rural Grounds people to live in the city 
at all. But there are educational ad¬ 
vantages in the city for young folk that 
cannot be purchased in the country for 
love or money, and there are two young 
folk in the Rural family whose best in¬ 
terests have grown to be the dearest in¬ 
terests of their parents. 
It may possibly interest some of our 
readers if we tell them something of 
“flat” life in New York. There are 
thousands of “flat” apartments that rent 
for from $75 to $300 a month (unfur¬ 
nished), that are anything but healthful 
or desirable homes. After a not alto¬ 
gether pleasant experience in boarding 
in a flat last year (from October to June), 
we resolved to “ keep house ” in a flat as 
an experiment for another year. Nearly 
every day for a month or more was given 
in part to hunting up a flat that would 
suit the rather exacting requirements of 
the family. In the first place, it must 
be near Central Park. We could not 
endure the idea of being shut out en¬ 
tirely from shrubs and trees and green 
grass. Again, the apartments must be 
light, airy, sunny and absolutely free 
of the insects (bedbugs, Croton bugs, 
roaches, etc.) with which ma_y apart¬ 
ment houses are infested. True, they 
may be held in check by incessant vigi¬ 
lance and the frequent and liberal use of 
insecticides—kerosene, borax, buhach 
and the like. But even then, as with 
potato beetles in the country, one must 
often suffer for his neighbor’s indiffer¬ 
ence. Finally, we must have a fireproof 
building or its equivalent. The hunt for 
such a flat was long and discouraging, to 
be sure, but we found it at last—apart¬ 
ments in the top (sixth floor) of a new, 
well-built house, just across the street 
from the Park. This was last April. We 
had no use for the new home until the 
following (present) October ; but we were 
obliged to pay the rent all the same— 
$105 per month unfurnished—or run the 
risk of losing the apartments—the only 
ones we had seen during our diligent 
hunt in which the family felt it could be 
at all contented. 
The rooms face the south and west and 
overlook, with few obstructing buildings, 
a considerable portion of the pleasant¬ 
est, quietest and highest portion of the 
city. On the west we have the Hudson 
and the wooded hills of New Jersey 
There are windows in every room, so 
that there are all the air and sunshine 
any one could reasonably ask. 
The great objection to most flits is, no 
matter how fine they m*y be in other 
respects, that many of the roams are 
dark or face other buildings or courts or 
alleys. The air is stuffy. One hears 
even the voices of his neighbors and the 
melody of half a dozen pianos which are 
at the same time being played or prac¬ 
ticed upon. Tuese obj ections are reduced 
to a minimum in apartments such as we 
are describing. It is true that pianos 
may be heard, but only as a distant, sub¬ 
dued sound. As to air, in so far as one 
may judge, it is just as fresh, invigorat¬ 
ing and pure as is the air of the country, 
while, owing to the elevation, it is com¬ 
paratively dry. One escapes all the dust 
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