1893 
THE RURAL NEW-YORKER. 
851 
Ruralisms— Continued. 
gin with a hundred or so as the least 
trial number, and rigidly avoid planting 
them in lines, or so that they will define 
any regular figures. Scatter them here 
and there. Plant them in clusters, as if 
Nature had planted them for us. Taking 
a current -bulb catalogue of one of our 
leading houses, we quote the following 
prices : 
Per 100. Per 1,000. 
Mixed crocuses.$ .40 11.50 
Blue Grape hyacinths. 1.50 .... 
Snowdrops. 1.25 .... 
Chlonodoxas (bine).1.50 .... 
If we would have these bulbs thrive 
and increase in numbers from year to 
year we must be careful not to use a 
lawn mower until the leaves show the 
maturity of the bulb by turning yellow. 
One simple way of planting such bulbs 
is to sharpen one end of a broom-stick to 
use as a dibble. Place the bulb (buds 
up) in planting two inches or more deep. 
Sec Geo W. Campbell, respected for 
his goodness of character as for his long 
services to horticulture and pomology, 
writes the following in a private letter 
which we, with no little pride and pleas¬ 
ure, take the liberty to place before our 
readers. They too should, and no doubt 
do, enjoy with us these evidences of the 
high estimation in which the old Rural 
is held by conscientious, capable men : 
How can you afford to make so good a paper for a 
price so low? I do nor know of any other paper of 
Its class, at any price, which I prize so highly or that 
I think so (rood, so useful, and, withal, so worthy to 
be In the hands of every horticulturist and agricul¬ 
turist in the land, as The Rukal New-Yorker. 
GEO. W. CAMPBELL. 
What we wou d like would be to have 
our readers send for all the seed, imple¬ 
ment and fertilizer catalogues as soon as 
announced in our advertising columns, 
so that they may compare one with 
another and be the better prepared to 
judge at once of what may be most valu¬ 
able or helpful to them from a study of 
The Rural New Yorker Special Cata¬ 
logue Number. It is our intention to 
make that number a trustworthy guide 
in the selection of their seeds, plants, 
fertilizers, implements, etc. 
Prof. Beal states in our old friend, 
(now in new and better form) the Michi¬ 
gan Farmer, that be has been experi¬ 
menting at the Michigan Agricultural 
College with Alfalfa or Lucern for 
nearly 20 years. He has also watched its 
behavior in various portions of the State. 
He does not consider it profitable except, 
perhaps, to mix with clovers or grasses 
for permanent mowing. It is a poor 
fighter, starting rather late in spring 
and stopping early in autumn. June 
grass gets the start and keeps it so that 
Alfalfa does not amount to much in a few 
years. Alfalfa usually remains very 
slender for a year or so after it is sown. 
Prof. Beal —now our first authority 
on grasses—says of Orchard grass that it 
is especially valuable to sow on strong 
land with other grasses and clovers for 
pasture. For meadow it is also good in 
mixtures ; but many farmers allow it to 
get too nearly ripe before cutting. It 
blooms three weeks before Timothy and 
very soDn becomes harsh and woody. 
About eight years ago we received a 
specimen of the Golden-bark linden 
(Tilia dasystyla) from the Kissena Nur¬ 
series, Flushing, L. I. We value it for its 
large, glossy leaves and yellowish bark. 
Mr. Trumpy now tells Gardening that 
in his opinion it is by far the best avenue 
linden that we have for this country. Its 
fine habit and glossy leaves are charm¬ 
ing in summer, and its golden bark is 
quite effective in winter. 
The Rural New-Yorker wishes all 
its readers a Merry Christmas and a 
Happy New Year—and it makes the 
wish with a grateful heart and a hearty 
good will. May those who for aDy reason 
are sad, be less sad and more hopeful of 
brighter days ; and may those wbo have 
been well-to-do or prosperous be yet 
more prosperous in the y ear to come—and 
may they so strive as to make others hap¬ 
pier and better as well. Let us remem¬ 
ber, withal, that real happiness never 
rests upon a selfish basis and that there 
can be no such thing as a Merry Christ¬ 
mas or Happy New Year to those whose 
interest in humanity centers only about 
themselves. 
Direct. 
- Harper’s Weekly : “ The most pro¬ 
gressive thing of the day is woman. She 
keeps getting ahead all the time. How 
can she help distancing man, so long as 
her habits are so much better than his ? 
The average man fights drink and to¬ 
bacco with one hand, and works with the 
other. But woman, ordinarily, has no 
bad habits that are worth mentioning. 
What will be the final result ? ” 
-President of Cornell University : 
“ Within the last 24 hours I have heard a 
rich man regret that certain boys in 
whom he was interested were not driven, 
by necessity, to make men of themselves.” 
“ I think the farmers’ sons are among 
the best students we get in the univer¬ 
sities. Physically, they are vigorous; 
they have, as a rule, good intellects, and 
they are hard working and serious. It 
is a pity that more of them do not em¬ 
brace the opportunities offered nowadays 
for higher education.” 
-Geo. W. Childs in Ladies' Home 
Journal: “ When I was a boy I made 
up my mind to be rich, and I also made 
up my mind that when I should be a 
man I would give Christmas presents to 
every one I knew. If I have not been 
able to accomplish my resolve it has not 
been for lack of will. I can truthfully 
say that the happiest week in each year 
of my life is the one which directly pre¬ 
cedes Christmas, when I feel that I am 
able to send presents to about 2,000 peo¬ 
ple whom I know and feel are perfectly 
deserving of them.” 
- Edward W. Bok : “ Ostentation is 
never so much out of place as when ap¬ 
plied to a holiday gift.” 
A laughing face is one of the most 
contagious things in life, and spreads its 
germs far and wide. We are not all 
capable of laughing in the face of trou¬ 
ble or adversity. But we can, at least, 
make an attempt, and even if the laugh 
lacks the ring of heartiness it is infin¬ 
itely better than the frown or sigh. 
Any kind of a laugh or smile is better 
than a sorrowful look or an anxious face. 
People flee from a person who always 
looks sad.” 
“ If reverses and sorrows have come 
with the year just ending, let us bury 
them on Christmas eve. To the discour¬ 
aged let us be a healthful and life-giving 
stimulant, ever mindful of the power of 
a sunny and buoyant example. Let us 
make our crosses seem as light as possi¬ 
ble to those who love us. Let frowns be 
buried in smiles just for a day—the mer¬ 
riest, happiest day of all the year.” 
- Dr. Talmage : “Let middle-aged 
men and women and the aged through 
the Christmas holidays rally all their 
sprightlicst feeling and put themselves 
in accord with the young. Make this a 
bright memory. When you and I have 
gone out of the struggle, and in the far 
distant holidays they think of us. as they 
will think of us, do not let them think of 
us as grouty and dull, sitting around 
discoursing about our aches and pains 
when we ought to have been sympathetic 
with their merriment.” 
“ So many men in this country out of 
employ, and yet there is not a land on 
earth where so many people have pro¬ 
ductive work as in America. After 
wages have been cut down, as they have 
been, to the lowest point of reduction, 
that lowest point is higher than the 
highest on the other side of the seas. 
Twenty-five cents a day for work in 
Ireland. One dollar in England good 
wages for a day. The laboring classes 
of this country have it 10 per cent better 
than they have it in any other country— 
20 per cent, 40 per cent, 50 per cent, 75 
per cent. The editor of an important 
paper in London told me his salary was 
$750 a year.” 
“With all my sympathies aroused in be¬ 
half of the laboring classes, I want all 
the men who toil to understand, never¬ 
theless, that America is the paradise of 
industry.” 
“ There are people who say, ‘Oh, there 
is so much stealing on the part of public 
men in this country,’ and they say it is 
so much better on the other side of the 
sea. The reason is, a few people on the 
other side of the sea steal everything, 
and there is nothing left for the great 
masses to steal. After the government 
has paid the large salaries of the rulers 
of those lands, there is nothing left upon 
which one can commit larceny. The 
Emperor of Russia, $8,000,000 salary a 
year. Emperor of Austria, $4,000,000 
salary a year. Queen of England, $2 200,- 
000 salary a year. Master of the Buck- 
hounds, $8,000 a year, and so on.” 
“And then, while we have so many 
wrong things on this side of the sea, 
and there is so much complaint about 
monopolistic oppression—and it is bad 
enough—it is not half so bad here as it is 
in other lands. Ireland one vast monopo¬ 
listic devastation. Thirty-two million 
people in England, and yet 32,000 own 
all the land ; the Duke of Devonshire 
owning 92,000 acres of land at Darby ; 
the Duke of Richmond owning 300,000 
acres at Gordon Castle ; the Marquis of 
Breadlebane riding 100 miles in a straight 
line, and all on his own property; the 
Duke of Sutherland owning a farm—an 
estate as wide as Scotland, one side of 
the estate dipping into the sea on one 
side and the other dipping into the sea 
on the opposite side.” 
$Uwn»»wui0 
In writing to advertisers, please always mention 
The Rural New-Yorker. 
A SEDENTARY OCCUPATION, 
r ^ plenty of sitting 
down and not 
much exercise, 
ought to have Dr. 
Pierce’s Pleasant 
Pellets to go with 
it. They absolutely 
*and permanently 
cure Constipation. 
One tiny, sugar- 
coated Pellet is a 
corrective, a regulator, a gentle laxative. 
They’re the smallest, the easiest to take, 
and the most natural remedy—no reac¬ 
tion afterward. Sick Headache, Bilious 
Headache, Indigestion, Bilious Attacks, 
and all stomach and bowel derangements 
are prevented, relieved and cured. 
A “ COLD IN THE HEAD ” Is 
quickly cured by Dr. Saga’s Ca¬ 
tarrh Remedy. So is Catarrhal 
Headache, and every trouble 
caused by Catarrh. So is Ca¬ 
tarrh itself. The proprietors 
offer $500 for any case which 
they cannot cure. 
for Spring Planting. 
We wish to secure ihe 
services of a reliable 
Farmer or Fruit Grower in every county to represent 
usduringihlswluter. We will give, FREW, 25 to 0 0 
Apple, Pear or Plum Trees to any one who will get 
up a club or secure orders for us in his section In 
proportion to amount sold. Our prices suit the 
times No better stock grown. Secure a line orchard 
free. Write tor lull particulars atd prices. 
FRED. E. YOUNG Nurseryman, Rocnester, N. Y 
D. LANDRETH & SONS 
THE Q P ET HOUSE 
OLDEST ILL# AMERICA 
have issued their handsomely Illustrated SEED 
Catalogue for 1894. Merchants, Market Garden¬ 
ers, ana Private Families desiring Good Seeds, 
should send postal ior a copy. FREE to all appli¬ 
cants. Address D. LAnDRETU SONS, 
Seed Farmers and Merchants, .Philadelphia, Fa. 
THE OLD RHYME SAYS: 
The North wind doth blow, 
And we shall have snow. 
But yon can’t tell just how soon It will come. 
Be ready for It by buying your Cutters now. 
Snow Always Comes in Winter. 
Be Wise and Buy Cutters early. 
The so ve is a cut of our No. 80 Swell made 
In nigh grades only. Dimensions and Trimmings 
m st luxurious. Special Design of our own. Send 
for our Illustrated Catalogue, describing our No. 80, 
and Portlands, Russians, and many other styles. 
CHILDREN’S SLEDS ALSO. 
KALAMAZOO CUTTER and SLLIGH CO. 
KALAMAZOO, MICH. 
Please mention The Rural New-Yorker. 
After Tennyson. 
“ Break I Break ! Break I 
And murder my »toe»,” said he. 
“ Oh, ’twould bankrupt a satin, to utter 
The thoughts that, arise in me ’’ 
“ Rlvht here, If I live till next spring, 
Page Woven Wire Fence you will see. 
For the money I’ve lost on barb wire, 
Will never come back to me.” 
PAGE WOVEN WIRE FENCE CO., 
Adrian, Mich. 
The Page Wire Fence Company of Ontario, Ltd. 
Walkervllle, Ont. 
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v , ARE THE Uto I i Automatic iilnw 
Vsnnorel noislaa and heaiy noae ftetnomhei the Garfieid i» 
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FIELD FORCE PUMP CO., 113 Brlatol Aw©., LOCK PORT, ,%.f. 
ENGINES. JSL. 
Threshing Machines. 
BEST MaCHINKBY AT LOWEST PRICES. 
A. 8. FARQUHAR CO., York, Pa. 
1854.— Established 39 Years— 1893. 
The Old Reliable 
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HALLADAY GEARED, 
U.S. SOLID WHEEL and 
Gem. Steel 
Guaranteed to Be the 
BEST MADE. 
Also Pumps.Tanks, Corn Shelters, 
Feed Mills, Stalk Cutters, 
Haying Tools, Saw Tables, Etc. 
SEND FOR CATALOGUE. 
U.S.WIND ENGINE&PUMPCO. 
113 River St., BATAVIA, ILL. 
Alao manufacturers of iron Creating, Iron Turbine and 
Buckeye Wind Engine*, Buckeye Force Pumps. 
Buckeye, Globe and Champion Lawn Mowers. Bend 
for Illustrated Catalogue and Prices to 
MAST. FOOS &. CO. SPRINCFIELD, O. 
; Entirely of Steel. No Castings to break, 
i Strongest and simplest Lever Arrangement 
j on the market. Write for Descriptive Circular. 
I RODERICK LEAN MFC. CO. 
MANSFIELD, OHIO. 
PAINTroofs 
DIXON'S SILICA GRAPHITE PAINT 
Water vtU run from it pure an A aiean. It covers double 
the surface of any other paint, and will last four orflv « 
time* longer Equally useful for any Iron work. Sendfor 
circulars. Job. Dixon Ckucibuc Co., Jersey City, N, J. 
