1894 
THE RURAL NEW-YORKER. 
221 
CONTINENTAL 
HOW TO GROW 
LARGE CROPS? 
Enrich the Soil and 
PROPERLY Prepare 
the Seed-bed. The 
Latter can BEST be 
Accomplished by Using 
the “Continental” Disk 
Pulverizer. 
PULVERIZER. 
^ BRANCH OFFICES; 
Columbus, Ohio. 
Pittsburg, Pa. 
Philadelphia, Pa. 
W. Detroit, Mich. 
Chicago, Ill. 
■ SEND FOR CIRCDLAR. 
The Johnsfon Harvester Go., Batavia, N. Y., U. S.A. 
Red List of Garden Tools 
A For a dozen years we have kept the 
X most complete stock of hand Garden 
// ;] Implements in America.—We do it to- 
day, and our prices are cut right down 
to the Red, —If you only buy a trowel 
mKU get our “Red List” first — mailed 
RRRR. We cover the East or West 
/fi from Chicago and New York. Sure 
/In to save you time and express charges. 
(/ VAUGHAN’S SEED STORE. 
NEW VORK. CHICAGO. 
26 Barclay St. 88 State St. 
ECLIPSE Corn Planter. 
l.nce. de.lred. 
It 18 the only - coirs' 
Planter that will distribuie all fertilizers, wet 
as well as dry, with a certainty In diilerent 
amounts, each side of seed. Send for circular. 
ECLIPSE CORN PLANTER CO., 
Enfield, Grafton Co., - New Hampshire. 
June Budded Crosbey and Lemon 
Free Peach at $ 3.50 per 100 . 
California Privet at from S 3 to 
$5 per 100 . 
STRAWBERRY PLANTS, SUCH AS 
GANDY, CHAS. DOWNING, SHARPLESS, BEDER 
WOOD, BUBACH, SHUSTER’S GEM, KEN¬ 
TUCKY, MEEK’S EARLY, and others 
at proportionately low prices. 
Strawberries, $i per i,ooo. 
June Budded Abundance Plums 
at low prices. 
Concord and Worden Grapes, 
2 years, $io per 1 , 000 . 
That’s what we will sell you pure plants of MICHEL’S 
EARLY, WARFIELD, CRESCENT, MAY 
KING and MIDDLEFIELD for. 
ADDRESS ALL COMMUNICATIONS TO 
JOS. H. BLACK, SON & CO., HIQHTSTOWN, N. J 
M O 1 T T'—.'■>80 acres of land: commodious 
uilLlj ample and nearly new hen- 
honse, carriage bouse and stables; 
excellent water; ornamented lawn; apple, peach and 
pear orchards just come Into bearing. CoDvenlent 
to railroad. Improvements alone worth the price 
asked tor It. a great bargain. WM. HKTHORN, 
Mct'arlands, Luxemburg Co.. Va. 
' I Plfd CADAA acres, suitable 
■ FWPI PHIflll truck. Irult and gr 
2,000 two-year old < 
rants out; also 3.000 two-year old black and 
raspberries; situated one-half mile from post oil 
IJ^ mile trom Dalton, on State road. Will sell 
bargain or exchange for smaller place. A 1 
chance. For further particulars address 
S. M. CALKINS, Nunda, N. 
^ ^BILLINGS Corn Planter and Fertilizer. 
PERFECT WORK, ALSO FOB 
sward or mellow lan^' Beans, Peas 
Ames Plow Co., 
jaf* Send for Circulars and Catalogue. .Jti 
Fertilizers Unprofitable 
Very often on account of a deficiency of Potash. 
Farmers, avoid these and secure paying yields by 
selecting brands containing high percentages of 
I’otash, or apply Potash Salts, such as Muriate of 
Potash, Sulphate of Potash and Kalnlt. For In¬ 
formation and pamphlet address 
GERMAN KALI WORKS. 93 Nassau St., N. Y City 
Southern poultrymen bestir themselves and remove 
this stigma from the Southern hen. 
We have talked about the “creamery shark” so much 
that it does seem as though R. N.-Y. readers ought not 
to feel his teeth. Still the subject needs to be treated 
“ o’er and o’er,” for though these sharks have sharp 
teeth, their tongues are full of oil, and they seem to 
fill the air with such plausible eloquence that they 
keep their weapons out of sight until the victim is 
safely hooked. Here is a letter from one of the most 
intelligent dairymen in Pennsylvania : 
The programme of a certain dairy meeting contained this question : 
“ Which has been the most injury to the creamery business, oleomar¬ 
garine or the creamery sbark 7 ” I really think when it comes to the 
question of the greatest steal, the oleo would have the cleanest 
record. A visit to my creamery, of a victim of this unscrupulous Chi¬ 
cago firm, which Thb R. N.-Y. has not been bribed not to oppose, cer¬ 
tainly makes me think that the farmers are bound to be robbed any¬ 
way. In this case a building was olTered free, and a party agreed to 
put In a first-class outfit for {2,000, but It was Impossible to raise stock 
enough to do It. One would hardly believe It, but one of those gllb- 
tongued rascals dropped down there and sold 44 shares of stock at 
$100 per share, and when everything was ready for business. It dawned 
on the Innocent minds of the stockholders that there were not enough 
cows to furnish sulticlent milk to pay for the coal they burned. After 
running about three months, the creamery was closed up. They built 
another creamery In an adjoining town and sent a man to operate it 
(as they agree to do), who. It seems, was Incompetent. Ue ruined the 
separator and other machinery BO that it had to bo sent beck to the 
shop at a cost of $50J. For this they got a judgment, and sold the plant 
at sheriff sale, bidding It In for a song. And so It goes. From every 
corner of the United States the same old story Is told. In every Instance 
It Is simply Ignorance on the part of the farmers. If they would spend 
$1 for The R. N.-Y. 1 It contains enough warnings every year to pre¬ 
vent any such work. A. L. w. 
Erie County, I’a. 
Now is the season for the creamery shark. Look out 
for him. 4. ♦ + 
All Farmers and 
Poultrymen Need 
And Should Write for 
NEPONSET 
Water-Proof Fabrics. 
Samples and Full Particulars FREE, if you mention The Rural New-Yorker. 
YOU WILL 
“A Little Girl,” holding a sheet of 
“Neiioiiset” over her head as a 
proteetion, on every ||Fnny0|"T 
roll of GEN UINE nCrUNwC I 
F. W. BIRD & 50N, 
Sole Manufacturers, 
T hey cost very much 
less than shinglen. 
Absolutely Water- 
Proof, Frost-Proof and 
Air-Tight. Any one can 
put them on. They will 
save you money. 
Cover and sheathe 
your Henhouse, Barn 
' and all of your Out¬ 
buildings. Protect your 
Greenhouses and Hot¬ 
beds. Sheathe your 
Houses, etc. The best 
thing made, and is 
low cost. 
''////////////^^^^^ 
?It will pay you to mention The Rubai, New-Yobkeb 
4'; when aoswerlng this advertisement. 
EAST WALPOLE, MASS 
THE PROSPECT. 
And now it is reported that Nelson Morris, one of 
the “ Big Four ” meat packers, is about to open an ex¬ 
tensive pork-packing establishment in Baltimore. The 
slaughter and exportation of beef is also to be a fea¬ 
ture of the business. The advantages accruing to a 
location from which direct exportations may be made, 
are evidently thought to overbalance those of a loca¬ 
tion nearer the source of supply of the raw materials. 
There have been rumors, also, of the purchase of a 
large tract of land in New Jersey, near NewYork City, 
by another of the Big Four, for similar purposes. The 
star of slaughter seems to he taking its way eastward. 
The receipts of eggs in this market during Easter 
week were something unprecedented in the history of 
the trade, and prices were correspondingly depressed. 
Upwards of 50,000,000 eggs was the record for the 
week. The consumption was largely increased, but 
large quantities were put into cold storage by specu¬ 
lators, and some shippers held their eggs off the mar¬ 
ket in consequence of the low prices. Receipts are 
likely to be considerably lighter, hut prices are not 
likely immediately to advance. Formerly Easter was 
considered to be the best time to market eggs, but this 
year’s experience is likely to dispel that illusion. With 
fresh-laid, near-by eggs at a cent apiece, wholesale, 
it certainly looks that way. 
t t t 
On page 157 we referred to an article in praise of 
oleomargarine which was printed in the New York 
Tribune. The editor of the Tribune defends himself 
by saying that it was an advertisement. It had none 
of the distinguishing marks of an advertisement; in 
fact, it was so cunningly written and displayed that 
not one person in 100 would ever know it was not 
written by the editor. That is the very thing The 
R. N.-Y. has charged, viz.: that the backers of bogus 
butter are bribing the city papers to print articles 
praising this stuff, and thus deceiving the public by 
leading them to believe that the press of the country 
favor the unrestricted use of a fraud food. It may be 
well enough for a city paper to sell its advertising 
space, but when it sells its editorial columns, it prac¬ 
tically puts up its opinions at auction to the highest 
bidder. The Tribune makes a disgraceful exhibition 
of itself by accepting money for an advertisement and 
then printing it in such a way that its readers will be 
deceived. We take the ground that no paper that is 
supposed to represent the interest of the farmer, 
should aid in any way the present campaign in favor 
of bogus butter. We are perfectly willing that any 
concoction of cheap fats shall be put upon the market 
and sold for just what it is. If people then wish to 
buy them as a measure of economy, let them do so. 
The present fight in bogus butter is based upon the fact, 
that while costing less than real butter, it is so colored 
and prepared that it can deceive the buyer. Until the 
makers of oleo are willing to keep the yellow or butter 
color out of their stuff or give it some distinct color of 
its own, no paper that pretends to be a friend of the 
farmer will print deceiving statements about oleo. 
Any one who has noticed the market quotations of 
eggs has doubtless observed that Southern eggs are 
always quoted at the lowest prices. “ Why is this ? ” 
was asked of an extensive dealer. “ Because they are 
smaller than other eggs.” What’s the matter with 
the South anyway ? Why should Southern poultry- 
men produce smaller eggs than the poultrymen of the 
rest of the country ? Can’t they keep the improved 
breeds of poultry the same as the farmers at the 
North? Can’t they feed just as well? Isn’t the 
climate just as favorable for poultry ? What’s the 
matter with them anyway ? We generally hear it 
stated that an egg is an egg and that a dozen eggs 
sell for the same price regardless of the size. That 
statement doesn’t seem to be borne out by the facts in 
this case. In the good time coming when eggs are 
sold by weight, the South will get left if it doesn’t in¬ 
crease the size of the hen fruit furnished. Let the 
BUSINESS BITS. 
We have used a set of harness mafie by the National Harness Co 
of Cincinnati, and find it to be all that Is claimed by the makers 
Readers who patronize this house will be fairly treated. 
Thebe are no chances run In ordering Chapman's eggs or potatoes. 
What Mr. Chapman doesn’t know about eggs and potatoes wouldn't 
make a very big book. C. B. Chapman, Feruvllle, N. Y. Is the address. 
Some horses have very hard mouths and others very tender. A bit 
that Is adapted to all kinds of mouths Is a problem solved by tbe 
Imperial Bit and Snap Co., Racine, Wle. This is truly a “ Business 
Bit.” 
ScoTT’a Abaiitan Hook paste la a good thing to have in the 
stable. It will be found valuable In cases of caked udder and garget. 
Send to Scott’s Arabian Hoof Paste Company, Rochester, N. Y., for 
circulars. 
IIigh-bbei) fowls, strawberry plants and seed potatoes In great 
variety are found In the catalogue of Mr. W. Eben Walden, Water- 
vllet, Mloh. Here Is an opportunity for Western readers to get the 
R. N.-Y. No. 2 potato. 
The wire and picket fence has become a favorite with farmers be¬ 
cause It Is safe, protecting the crops against trespass, and canslug no 
apprehension about damage to stock. It also provides an effective 
barrier to small stock, and It can be produced at a low cost per rod. 
II. S. Garrett, Mansfield, Ohio, will furnish the machine, wire, pickets, 
etc., direct to farmers. He will send circulars on application. 
The farmer finds It very economical to use Noponset waterproof 
fabrics, for he knows that a horse requires less care and food if warm¬ 
ly housed, a cow will give more milk and need less grain If she stands 
In a comfortable stable, a hen will lay eggs In zero weather If only the 
house that protects her Is made warm by using these fabrics. They 
make good and cheap roofing for out-bul’dlngs. Bead to F. W. Bird & 
Son, East Walpole, Mass., for particulars and samples. 
Thebe is no work on the farm that requires more care than the prep¬ 
aration of the soil for a crop. Plants can’t feed on hard lumps of 
earth. The soil must be pulverized and prepared for the tender roots 
If the best results are to be expected. To do this special tools are 
necessary, and the Heller harrow Is one one of the especially valu¬ 
able Implements for this purpose. Send to the Heller Mfg. Co., Mont¬ 
clair, N. J., for circulars. Convenience In handling, light draft and 
thorough work are points of merit that commend It to favor. 
