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THE RURAL NEW-YORKER. 
January 13 
As We QoTo Press. 
“ MUCH TO BE THANKFUL FOR.” 
It gives us great pleasure to state that 
Thk R. N.-Y. enters 1894 with a substan¬ 
tial gain in eirculation. Never before 
has January started off so well. In spite 
of the prevailing cry of “hard times” 
our subscription receipts from day to 
day are larger than for corresponding 
days last year. Great praise is due to 
the loyal friends who have sent the new 
subscription with their own. Thank 
you, friends ! We always did like big 
families and we are evidently to have 
our highest expectat’ons realized this 
year. L^t us not, however, ‘ grow weary 
of well doing.” You can’t by any human 
possibility crowd us too bard. It won’t 
take any more ink to write this depart¬ 
ment for .500,000 readers ! That’s worth 
thinking about. 
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We have often explained the difference 
between cash and a cheek. We like the 
former, of course, but realize that it is 
not always convenient to obtain it, and 
hence the cheek is a good representative. 
Cash is an equivalent of labor. When 
times are tight a good deal of the value 
of labor is squeezed out in converting it 
into cash, and therefore people do not 
like to sacrifice their labor if they can 
help it. We think this accounts for the 
fact that we receive notes like this : 
MANAGEll UIJU4L NEW-.YOUKER. 
Please continue luy paper and I will send 
money for li In a few weeks when I sell my 
jjrain. .toun smith. 
In one sense that is a check—a promise 
to pay and we have confidence in Mr. 
Smith to believe that he will keep his 
promise. If by holding grain or other 
produce a few weeks he can get better 
returns for his labor we want him to do 
so. While, as we have said, cash is the 
great oil for business machinery, we are 
not disposed to refuse honest applica¬ 
tions like the above. 
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At this season of the year our mails 
are crowded with good things—once in a 
while, of course, a bad one pops up, too— 
but the good is always ahead when the 
returns are in. A friend at Atlanta, 
N. Y., writes; 
Christmas to-day, and at 5 o’clock a. m. the mer¬ 
cury stood at 4G den.ees; howls that? Mud by the 
wholesale: warm yesterday and the day before, so 
that the hees were out tlyin>r like spring. No one tlnds 
lauUwith THE U. N.-Y., but with some It Is hard to 
spare tee money, and, as to others, 1 wish the law 
were such as to compel them to take a good agricul¬ 
tural paper; don't you? 
That reads like the weather at Atlanta, 
Qa. Wholesale mud is bad. As for a 
law compelling farmers to take an agri¬ 
cultural paper, we doubt if that would 
be “ constitutional.” We would favor a 
law compelling the farmer to add so 
much fertility to his farm every year. 
We are opposed to Cruelty to the Soil and 
would like to form an association for the 
Prevention of that crime. 
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Mk. W. a. McDowell, of Indiana, sends 
this characteristic letter: 
I want to congratulate you on your excellent good 
paper. You cenair ly deserve the success you are 
having. 1 have been reading Tue U. N.-Y. only 
since last .lune, but do not see how I could get along 
without It. I am noi shedding any tears, or wearing 
any mourning or crape because 1 did not gel the pre¬ 
miums you oHered. If I get them, all rigut, and If I 
do not, "allee eaiuee.” Ido not want the earth with 
a fence around It. I think 1 have got the worth of 
iny money many times. 
That’s right! Y^'ou will get every one 
of your premiums—heaped up and good 
measure. We are not going to let any of 
our promises go to protest. These men 
who called for the fenced-in earth will 
find a good deal of barbed wire in their 
way when they start in to take pos^es- 
sion. g g g 
We could easily fill an entire paper 
with such letters, but that would 1. ardly 
prove a balanced ration for our readers. 
We just want to show you that our efforts 
are being appreciated in a substantial 
way, and such kind words nerve us up to 
let out another link in the efforts to make 
the best one dollar paper in the world. 
If we make it a little better than some 
for which the publishers charge $1.50 or 
$2, we w.m’t complain. And now a word 
or two about our premiums. Here are 
two that deserve special attention: 
Aspinwall Potato Planter. 
Jersey Pull—Meridale Majestic. 
These two are singled out because they 
offer a chance for cooperation. They 
can be used by the members of a com¬ 
munity, a farmers’ club, or a group of 
neighbors might make a united effort 
and secure the premiums and “pass their 
services ’round.” 
We don’t care what Secretary Morton 
has to say—cooperation is a good thing 
for farmers. Standing at one of the 
great ferries in this city the other day, 
we watched the hundreds of people 
hurrying to and fro. There were never 
more than two walking together and 
hence few if any attracted more than 
passing attention. At length came eight 
young men walking in double file and 
keeping step—shoulder to shoulder. That 
little group attracted more attention 
than all the hundreds that walked singly 
along. That was a small example of 
coSperation—unity of purpose. So hun¬ 
dreds of farmers may go on year after 
year as individuals working faithfully 
and yet hardly creating a ripple in busi¬ 
ness. Let a dozen of them combine and 
work faithfully together and they will 
shake up the whole community. Think 
that over in connection with these prem¬ 
iums. 
WE WANT TO KNOW, YOU KNOW! 
[f you don't see what you want, ask for it 
SCRAPING AND WASHING TUB TREES.— Shall I 
scrape the old, half loose bark and moss from the 
trunks of the apple trees, or leave them on to pro¬ 
tect the trees from the sun and wind? Also shall I 
apply some kind of wash, and If so, what Is best? 
Oileans County, N. Y. j u L. 
ASS.—It Isn't best to scrape off the bark now, when 
thara is no folia,re to protect the tranks. It would 
be better to do It In spring. Some fruit growers re¬ 
port excellent results from whitewashing the trunks 
of trees well up among the branches. The applica¬ 
tion should be made In the fall, and repeated In the 
spring It necessary. 
King and Oi.denucrgh apples.— Can you give 
me some lnf.»rmatlon about Ihe New Brunswick and 
King apples? Will they probably do well here? As 
far as 1 snow the New Brunswick Is a slow grower. 
Masaachusetia. c w. k. 
ANS —New.Brunswloklsonly asynonym for Olden- 
burgh. one of the best and best known of the Russian 
apples. According to Downing, the tree Is vigorous, 
forming a roindish, upright, spreading head, requir¬ 
ing little or no pruning, producing abundantly a 
fruit of fair, even, and regular size, that, althougn 
not of the first quality, always commands a ready 
sale as It Is valuable for market and cooking, and 
passably good for dessert. Young shoots smooth, 
reddisn. The fruit Is of medium size, regularly 
formed, loundish oblate. Skin emooth, finely washed 
and streaked with red on a golden or yellow ground. 
Calyx pretty large and nearly closed, set in a wide, 
even batin. There Is a faint blue bloom on the 
fruit. The flesh 18 juicy, sprightly subacid. Ripens 
In early Septamoer. It Is double starred for New 
England by the American Comoioglcal Society. The 
King will probably succeed with you, though It is 
often a shy bearer. It is oae of the best of tne eariy 
winter apples, and should be In every collection. 
Ticks ON SHEEP.-What will kill ticks on sheep? 
It Is too cold to use a dip. .1. H. 
Delaware County, N. Y. 
ANS—NoLhlDg equals a dip, but of course this Is 
out of the question in a cold or ordinary farm barn In 
winter. J. S. Woodward recommends crude petro¬ 
leum for scab on sheep, well rubbed In, and the same 
“Many diseases ® 
arise from one cause ^ 
—blood impurity. q 
Beecham’s 
(Tasteless) 
' Purify ihe blood and, 
*thus. go to the root 
^of many maladies.” 
Farm at Auction Sale. 
The farm of 160 acres, 2!4 ml'es from Waterloo, 
formerly owned by .lames IJailsied, at Waterloo, 
N y. will be sold bv auction February 1. 1894. Flrst- 
c'ass buildings. For particulars acoress 
FREDERICK L MANNING. I Executors, 
JAMES C. UALLSl'ED, ( Waterloo, N. Y. 
FOR SILE, A Desirable Iowa Farm. 
One hundred acres of choice land: four ac-es In 
fruit, two acres In choice grapes. Ailracilve 9- room 
bouse; new barn and cern house. Farm adjoins the 
town of Alblo-, in central Iowa. Has advamages of 
graded school and seminary. Sidewalk from door to 
schools, posl-offlce and churches, lor terms and 
particulars address 
A. A. GARVBU. Albion, Marshall Co , Iowa. 
FINE CUT CLOVER HAY 
For Poultry. In sacks ready to ship. Just the thing 
to make Ilf ns lav. Write lor nrice. W. E. M.ANDE- 
VlLLE, Brookion, Tompslns County. N. Y. 
FOR SALE. 
—Baled nay and Straw, 
direct and save money, 
dress JONES & PENRY. Radnor. Ohio. 
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FRUir FARM, BDUAL New-YoRKKR. 
Stove-Polishing Mitten. 
This is really one of the best things 
for a small article that we have seen in 
a long time. It is simply a mitten with 
lamb’s wool front. The blacking is ap¬ 
plied with swab, and the stove then pol¬ 
ished by rubbing with the mitten. You 
can get in all the corners and angles, 
and nothing else pol¬ 
ishes so well. Never 
soils the hand. Price, 
by mail, 35 cents; or 
with renewal subscrip¬ 
tion $1.25 ; or given to 
any old subscriber for 
one new subscription, 
to polish the stoves, there would be one 
of these in every house. We expect to 
send thousands of them to The Rural 
readers this year, but we don’t know yet 
how long we can offer them at this price. 
-j-rY rATT'T'l'' There Is probably no branch of 
X X farming or stock-raising that Is 
so sure to return a proDt as the 
m flock of sheep, and theie Is prob¬ 
ably no branch so much neg¬ 
lected. A well-kept flock would 
XXU TT D restore the fertility to many run 
3X1 Xl4 mx . down farms, and put their own- 
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lut every man doesn’t know how to care for steep, 
hough he can easily learn. " Sheep Farming is a 
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[iseases. It tells In plain language bow to select 
.nd breed them, and how to care lor them. Ills a 
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Address THE RURAL NEW-YORKER, 
would probably be ellectual for ticks. It must be 
pure or the wool may be taken off. The addition of 
an equal quantity of lard would be well. ] 
Keeping Kggs.—Is there any process that will 
keep eggs good or In good condition In a common cel¬ 
lar or roo.m for eight months? If so, what Is it? 
g w. p. 
ANS —It depends on the eggs—and the care. If these 
be right, the thing can be done. The eggs must 
be perfectly fresh, and are better if infertile. Most 
methods of keeping aim to exclude the air, and to 
preserve a uniform, moderate temperature. These 
conditions secured. It matters little how, there is 
little trouble. One of the simplest meth'''Q8 Is to 
pack the eggs In salt. In boxes or kegs, keep in a 
cool room, never below about 40 degrees F.. and turn 
the packages once or twice a week to prevent the 
yolks seiiliEg to one side. Many eggs are limed, and 
others are kept In cold storage. There Is little object 
in keeping eggs at this time of year, and later, when 
more seasonable, w© will give other methods. 
Sweeny in House.- What are the cause and cure 
of sweeny In the shoulder of a horse or mule? N. J. 
ANS.-Sweeny Is a sprain of the muscle which Hils 
up the posteiior cavity on the • uier side of the 
shoulder blade and plays over the outer side of the 
shoulder joint. Piof. Law says that It occurs mainly 
In young horses when flrst pul to plow, or in others 
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