1894 
THE RURAL NEW-YORKER. 
i73 
THE PROSPECT. 
Clearing the brush out of vineyards is a job that 
adds weariness to the life of many grape growers. 
What are they to do about it ? One thing is to adopt 
easier methods. Here is a plan proposed by E. H. 
Cushman of Euclid, Ohio, that is good enough to try 
this spring: 
HavlnR the brush pulled off Into the middle of the row and Renerally 
layinK crosswise, procure a pole about 1J feet long, tapering from three 
Inches through at the large end to two at the small. If U Is possible 
to leave a limb about five feet up from the large end, It will be a help 
to hold the chain, one end of which should be fastened at this point. 
The other end of the chain should extend about two feet beyond the 
short end of the pole to which fasten the doubletree. To use this 
contrivance, two men and a span of horses work to the best advant¬ 
age. I have, however, seen it used with one man and one horse. Let 
one man take hold of the long end of the pole steering the short end 
under the brush, letting It slide up the pole under the chain where It 
lodges, gathering all that comes before It. Brush from 40 or 60 vines 
can be taken atone time In this way and carried to the end of the 
row or pile. It works best where the brush Is reasonably thick. To 
clear the pole of brush at the pile, turn the long end toward the 
horses, when It will be found to clear Itself quite r.>adlly. I have 
cleared a vineyard of about eight acres In six hours. This method Is 
used by all the vlneyardlsts In this locality who know of It. It does 
not work well In mud or when the vines are frozen down very much. 
Any one can easily learn the wav of using it. 
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While thousands of men and women are unemployed 
in the cities and towns, there is a great scarcity of 
reliable help in the country, both in the house and 
out-of-doors. We receive many inquiries in relation 
to the securing of immigrant help from this city. 
Much of this help is trusty, industrious, active and 
quick to learn our ways and customs. Some is ex¬ 
actly the reverse. Generally the green immigrant 
works cheaper than the American laborer will do. 
But the most of them are unfamiliar with our lan¬ 
guage and ways of doing work. They have these to 
learn, and there is sometimes considerable inconven¬ 
ience until this is accomplished. As a general thing, 
however, they prove satisfactory At the United 
States Barge Office, near the old Castle Garden, is a 
free labor bureau, maintained by the German Society 
of the City of New York and the Irish Emigrant 
Society. This bureau is open to employers throughout 
the United States, and there is no fee either to 
employer or employed. Immigrants of all national¬ 
ities have equal privileges, and an employer’s wishes 
are consulted in that respect. The bureau furnishes 
domestic help, farm and unskilled laborers, mechanics, 
etc. Any one wishing to secure help should write to 
W. H. Meara, United States Barge Office, New York, 
state just what kind of help is wanted, whether for 
the house or farm, or for any special work, the wages 
that will be paid, and what nationality is preferred. 
He must also give satisfactory references. The em¬ 
ployer must furnish transportation to the place of 
destination. The bureau has nothing to do with fix¬ 
ing wages or with the contracts between the parties. 
These must be fixed by the parties themselves. 
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A REPRESENTATIVE of The R. N.-Y. visited the 
bureau a few days ago, and got these facts from Mr. 
Meara, who has charge of these matters. A large 
number of immigrants were in the waiting room, and 
nearly all seemed intelligent, capable, thrifty-looking 
men and women. “We are very particular as to whom 
we send out,” said Mr. Meara. “If a man comes 
here to make his own selection, we let him pick out 
his help himself; but when application is made by 
mail, we exercise great care to suit the applicant. We 
never have had but one complaint regarding help 
which we have supplied.” “ But if an employer sends 
money for the transportation of an employee, how is 
he to know that the latter will not ship off somewhere 
else ? ” was asked. “The tickets are bought by the 
bureau, and their baggage checked to destination 
when possible, and the checks forwarded to the em¬ 
ployer. If not possible to check baggage through, it 
is forwarded by express to the employer. This is 
pretty likely to insure his safe arrival.” 
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A FRIEND in Maine has a book, published in 1825, 
which contains the following account of a bean which 
had then just been introduced : 
They will succeed on soils not considered stiff enouKh for the com¬ 
mon bean, and have produced (generally without extra manure from 
64 to 80 bushels per acre. In the spring of 1813, Mr. Philips planted a 
bushel and a half of these beans, In half an acre of land, (a poorclay), 
atone ploughing without manure, and they produced the astonishing 
quantity of 52 bushels, Winchester measure. 
That was 70 years ago. It is a matter for argument 
whether our modern seedsmen have gained so much in 
the size of their stories as some people think. What is 
there about the seeds business, anyway, that prompts 
a man to “ blow ”? 
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An order has been granted by the New York Circuit 
Court restraining Commissioner Schraub and his sub¬ 
ordinates from interfering with the oleomargarine 
business as at present conducted in this State by P. D. 
Armour, until the matter has been finally settled by 
the United States Supreme Court, or until the order 
has been repealed. Armour is not permitted to 
establish any agencies in addition to those now in 
operation in New York, Albany, Utica, Rochester and 
Buffalo, but is permitted to renew the licenses for 
these. The Commissioner, however, is not restrained 
from prosecuting any one manufacturing oleomar¬ 
garine within the State, any one dealing in oleomar¬ 
garine in broken packages, or any one who represents 
oleomargarine to be butter. The object of this order 
is simply to maintain the present standing of the case 
against Armour until it has been passed upon by the 
courts. J J J 
A MAN has to be quite a philosopher to avoid feeling 
“ very tired” at the following letter ; 
Is the American Publishing Co., of Jersey City, N. J., reliable? They 
advertise a word puzzle offering a reward of $20 for the correct solu¬ 
tion. I answered the advertisement and received notice that I sent 
correct answers and they promise to pay the reward of $20 If I sub¬ 
scribe to their paper called “Good Fortune,” cost $1 per year. If they 
are reliable, I would like to take advantage of their offer, but If not. I 
do not want to be humbugged. suusckiiibb 
Ohio. 
N. B.—Please answer query as soon as possible as I have only 
days to take advantage of their offer. 
We have again and again denounced this “ word 
puzzle” scheme. They are simply after your dollar. 
The “puzzle” is so easy that thousands have guessed 
it and we .will venture to say that every one of the 
guessers has received the same offer that is made you. 
Why don’t you write and say : 
Gbxti.emkn : Since you say I have won this prize, you may send me 
$19 and reserve the remaining $1 for a year's subscription to your 
valuable paper. Or you may send me $15 and enter mv name for live 
Tears so that I may have a chance to earn other prizes I 
Write Ihem that and put your $1 bill in the bank. 
The whole thing is a rank fraud that a man ought to 
see without glasses. j j j 
Mr. IL Stratton, of Colorado, tells us how he raised 
potatoes in a young apple orchard of four acres. In¬ 
stead of plowing, he marked out the ground with the 
shoe of an Aspinwall planter, and then ran a subsoil 
plow in each furrow. He then planted with the ma¬ 
chine—the pieces 17 inches apart. Marking, planting 
and seed cost $47.25. Cultivation and irrigation cost 
$21.37, while, harvesting, sacks and marketing cost 
$73, or $141.62 in all. There were sold 44,000 pounds at 
70 cents per 100 pounds, or $308 for the whole, which 
means a profit of $166 38 on the four acres. It was not 
naturally good potato ground. The crop thus cost a 
little over 18 cents a bushel, and was grown under what 
may be called adverse conditions for Colorado. Mr. 
Stratton thinks the subsoiling experiment was a great 
success. We have no doubt it would pay the majority 
of planters to run a subsoil plow through the trench. 
There is much discussion going on about the future of 
potato growing. Our opinion is that the man who tries 
to grow potatoes by hand—without making use of the 
improved horse-power machinery—will have to get out 
of the race. 
BUSINESS BITS. 
C. II. Jackson, Milton, Vt , Issues a nice circular of the seed pota¬ 
toes he has for sale. 
NBXT week we shall begin to describe one of the best homemade In¬ 
cubators we know of. It Is used by J. U. E. Schultz, Mountain View, 
N. J. Mr. Schultz, by the way, breeds Black Leghorns, Mlnorcas, 
Plymouth Rocks and other line breeds of poultry. 
When you cut or bruise your Unger, yon want to put a piece of court 
plaster on It t.) protect the raw Uesh from the air and foreign matter 
generally. When you out a tree, you should put something on fur the 
same reason. Harris's healer Is a good thing to use. Mr. Harris, 
Long Branch, N. J., will send clrcnlars. 
The Reliable Incubator and Brooder Co., of Quincy, HI., were 
burned out on February 21, and on the 22od they announced; “The 
lire will not delay us In any way In fllllng orders. Our supply of Une 
printed matter Is temporarily cut off, but this does not affect the good 
qualities of the 'Old Reliable' In the least.” 
A HKEAKDOWN Is said to be well nigh Impossible with the DeKalb 
fence. This Is the claim, at all events made by Its manufacturers. 
This Hrm makes fencing for lawn, for field and hog lot, for driveway 
and llower garden—all kinds of fencing which are minutely described 
on the circular which will be mailed free on application to the DeKalb 
Fence Co., DeKalb, 111. 
The Star Remedy Company has removed Its laboratory and office 
from New York City to Syracuse. N. Y. The company manufactures 
veterinary Implements and remedies, and Is managed by Mr. Judson 
Smith, formerly Secretary of the New York State Agricultural Society. 
He Is also Interested In the Lakeside Holstein herd of Syracuse, and 
his connection with any business would give us confldence In It. 
With prices of apples as high as, and often higher than wheat, and 
with the expense of caring for an acre of apple orchard no greater 
than that of caring for an acre of wheat, while the yield Is often 10 
times as great. It Is wise for farmers to look for the crops that pay 
largest profits. By properly spraying fruit trees and vines, a crop Is 
reasonably certain. Send six cents to Wm. Stahl, Quincy, Ill., for 
catalogue of spraying outfits, and treatise on spraying. 
^11 
CROPS 
INCREASED 
AND QUALITY IMPROVED 
BY THE USE 
OF OUR 
Fertilizers. 
WE MANUFACTURE A 
FULL LINE OF 
Bone Super 
I Phosphates 
. . and . . 
Special Fertilizers 
for different crops and soils. It pays to use 
them on 
CRAIN, GRASS, 
VEGETABLES, FRUITS, 
TOBACCO, TREES 
AND VINES, 
in fact everything that grows in or out of the 
ground. We keep in stock all fertilizing 
chemicals and materials. 
The Cleveland Dryer Co. 
Fertilizer Exchange, 130 SUMMIT STREEl, 
CLEVELAND, OHIO. 
FREEMAN POTATOES 
Grown from seed purchased of Msule. Guaranteed 
pure. Price, $2.50 per bushel; $6 per barrel; 10 bar¬ 
rels $50 f. o. b. Address CLAYTON UOLL. 
New Berlin, Stark County, O. 
P OTATOES.—Three fine new Potatoes, direct 
from the Introducers. Carman No. 1, Maggie 
Murphy, Prlzetaker, three pounds, one of each $1, 
postpaid. Forty other kinds. Rural New-Yorker No. 
2, $2.50 per bbl. V. D. Sxonkboad, Lewlstown, Pa. 
FERTILIZERS 
ARE UNPROFITABLE, 
Unless they Contain Sufficient Potash. 
Complete fertilizers should contain at least six per 
cent of Potash. Fertilizers for Potatoes, Tobacco, 
Fruits and Vegetables should contain from 10 to 1 
per cent of Potash. Farmers should use fertilizers 
containing enough potash or apply Potash salts, 
such as Muriate of Potash, Sulphate of Potash and 
Kalnit. For Information and pamphlets, address, 
GERMAN KALI WORKS, 
93 Nassau Street, New York City. 
Salt for fertilizer. 
Best thing to use on Wheat, Barley, Oats, Hay and 
Potatoes. Natures restorer for worn out land. In¬ 
creases yield from 15 to 50 per cent. After long ex¬ 
perience we are preparing a grade exactly salted to 
the purpose. Write for prices delivered. 
THK LiROY SALT CO., LeRoy, N. Y 
before buying a new harness 
Send 2c stamp for 
Catalogue of 
Oak Hand Made 
sulteverybody and 
approval, it costs 
know where you 
J’our money. 
80 page Illustrated 
differentstyles I'ure 
Harness. Prices to 
shipped subject to 
but a 2c stamp to 
get best, value for 
KING &. CO, Mfrs. JU, Church St. Owego, N. X. 
HENS 
Farm free. A 
Barred and White Plymouth Bocks, 
Silver and White Wyandottes. Best 
prize stock. Eggs and Fowls. Cata¬ 
logue of Ameiica’s Great Poultry 
. C. HAWKINS, 
Box 2, Lancaster, Mass. 
FERTiLfZERS 
BONE 
PHOS¬ 
PHATES 
HAVE NO 
EQUAL FOB 
AGENTS 
W^x a-tec^. 
Circulars, 
Samples and 
Prices 
FREE. 
WHEAT, 
ORN, 
OATS 
AND 
MADE FROM 
PACKING 
HOUSE 
MATERIALS, 
BONE, 
BLOOD 
-AND- 
FLESH. 
SPRINGFIELD FERTILIZER CO.. 
MATURB’8 OWN rKRTIKIZBR. 
CANADA m AUIPM 
UNLEACHND Alfl ■■ 
HARDWOOD I I 
The Forest City Wood Ash oo., of London, Canada, 
have perfect facilities for handling them In proper 
shape. Bend for free Pamphlet and Guaranteed 
Analysis to 
TUB FOREST CITY WOOD ASH CO.. 
9 Merohanta' Bow, Boston, Mass. 
CANADA 
UNLKACHISD 
HARDWOOD 
ASHES. 
For prices address TU08. POTTS, Brantf 9 rd, Ont. 
UP! UP! UP! 
without awitheror a waver In their growth. 
Your Fruit Trees and Vines 
will go, if nourlslied with 
^ ^BILLINGS Corn Planter and Fertilizer. 
PERFECT WORK. ALSO FOH 
whether stony. „ 
sward or mellow land Beans, leas 
and 
B4!et Seed. 
Mntlt only by 
Ames Plow Co., 
BOSTON AM> 
NBW YOBK. 
33er Send for Circulars and Catalogue, -zm 
Pioneer Orchard and 
Garden flanures 
—and they’ll bear the best of fruit. 
Our pamphlet “What’s The Matter With 
The Orchard'?’’—free to anyone. Addre.ss 
THE JARECKI CHEMICAL CO.,Sandusky,Ohio. 
Harris’ Tree Healer, 
LONG BRANCH. N. J. 
“A very complete preparation for covering wounds 
In tress, readily appl^d. and fully answers the re 
quirements for which It Is Intended.”—American 
Agriculturist. 
“Treat cut surfaces when grafting, and all tree 
wounds with Harris' Tree Healer; prevents dec y. 
Is chemically perfect.”—Prof. Morse. Westfield, 
N. J.. Expert Chemist and Author of '‘New Thera¬ 
peutical Agents. 
Send 1 cent stamp for circular. 
GHESHIRES 
From Foundation Herd. I have now shipped 406 
times to men I had sold to before. For quietness, 
lean meat and quick growth, get the Cheshire. 
B. W. DAVIS, Oneida, N. Y. 
FOR SALE 
Black Spanish Jack. Has 
taken ffr t prize at State 
and County Fairs. M. G. 
TYLER, Daysvllle, N. Y. 
