1894 
THE RURAL NEW-YORKER 
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LEAD THE WORLD. 
Sold Strictly on their Own Merits. 
Supremacy in the Field their Stronghold. 
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WE WANT TO KNOW, YOU KNOW! 
[f you don't see wluit you want, ask for it. 
Crop before Celery.— We have one-quarter acre 
of land which we wish to set to celery In July. Can 
we plant It to some profitable early crop? What 
crop? We thought of planting peas. Will they pay? 
What kinds should we plant? a. w. and n. n. k. 
Ilarnedsvllle, Pa. 
Ans.—P eas would be the best crop to grow If the 
soil Is suitable, but the best celery soil Is usually not 
suited for peas. You say nothing of the kind of soli, 
and this Is very Important. Onions or early beets for 
bunching, or early cabbage would any of them be 
good. The soil should be well fertilized before set¬ 
ting the celery. Peas are usually a profitable crop. 
Marrowfat or Champion of England will probably be 
as good as any. 
lloHSERAHisn, Cauliflower ano distillery 
Slop —1. How Is horseradish planted and culti¬ 
vated? 2. Which gives the best results on early 
caullfiower, night soil, stable manure or fertilizer ? 
3. Is distillery slop good for hogs In the summer? 
Baltimore, Md. O. i’. M. 
Ans.— 1. Near New York, horseradish Is usually 
grown as a second crop, following the early cabbage, 
beets, caullfiowers, etc. The sets are planted about 
May 1, between the rows of early vegetables, about 
12,000 plants to the acre. The plants are dibbled in 
so as to be two or three Inches beneath the surface 
when the planting Is finished. The earth must be 
firmly pressed around them. The cultivation of the 
first crop Is generally Bufflclent for the horseradish, 
also, which Is allowed to grow as late as possible In 
the fall, ard still be harvested before cold weather. 
2 All are good, but If we were confined to one, we 
would choose a commercial fertilizer prepared spe¬ 
cially for this crop. 3. Not knowing anything about 
Its composition, we couldn’t say. Have any of our 
readers had any experience ? 
GAROET, UASPBERRIES AND POTATOES. —1. What 
Is the treatment for garget? 2. How may I rid my 
raspberries of what we call woodbine? I have culti¬ 
vated and hoed thoroughly, but It still spreads and 
gains on me, climbs up the canes and is a terrible 
nuisance. 3. If Monroe County Is the second great¬ 
est, which Is the greatest potato county In New York 
State? E. j. D. 
Hamburg, N. Y. 
Ans.— 1. In ordinary cases of garget or caked bag, 
rub veil with camphorated spirits or weak Iodine 
ointment, or give a thorough rubbing with the hand. 
Milk three times dally if the cow Is a full milker and 
rub the udder well each time. A good lively calf will 
do good work In this direction. 2. Several different 
plants are called woodbine, mostof them Incorrectly, 
so we do not know which Is meant If thorough hoe¬ 
ing and cultivation, do not exterminate the pest, 
there Is probably no means of doing so, while the 
ground Is occupied by the raspberries. It should be 
kept within bounds, however, by such treatment, 
and after the raspberries are removed, summer fal¬ 
lowing will probably exterminate It 3. It Is a diffi¬ 
cult matter to say which Is the greatest or even 
the second greatest potato county, because areas 
and yields vary from year to year. Ontario Is a 
great potato growing county, as well as several 
others, but we can’t undertake to say which Is 
greatest. 
A Bushel Box. —What is the capacity in cubic 
Inches of a box that will hold a standard heaping 
bushel when level full? i-. b t. 
Ans.—T here Is no such thing as a standard heap¬ 
ing bushel, as It makes all the difference In the world 
how much a measure Is heaped. A bushel, dry 
measure. Is supposed to be 40 quarts. The standard 
bushel of this country Is what Is known as the Win¬ 
chester bushel, formerly used In England, and con¬ 
taining 2,150 42 cubic Inches. A box of this capacity 
may be made In any desired form and will contain a 
bushel If It contains that number of cubic Inches. 
Tanning Leather. —How may sheep or wood¬ 
chuck skins be tanned with the hair off to make 
leather for mittens? We have plenty of these skins, 
but no tanner. n jj. 
How can I prepare sheep skins so as to make 
chamois leather? Many farmers clip the wool from 
the skins and the latter are considered worthless. I 
have seen sheep skins split into three parts, the 
grain going to the binders and the other parts for 
chamois leather. If we could prepare a whole skin 
It would make a superior wash leather. h. t. n. 
Ans.—O ne of the most simple and economical 
methods Is by the use of alum. Kid the skin of all 
fat and flesh, then spread It out and cover It well 
with wet ashes or soft soap for a day or two, or until 
the hair starts readily. Remove all the hair and 
wash thoroughly, then put It Into the tanning solu¬ 
tion which Is made by dissolving a large handful of 
pulverized alum and one or two handfuls of common 
salt In three or four quarts of water. Leave In the 
solution for about two weeks; rinse thoroughly and 
pull, rub and stretch while drying Leather thus pre¬ 
pared. If the work be thoroughly done, will be soft and 
pliable. It should be understood that there Is no 
process for making leather which equals the regular 
bark tanning method, and no one can expect to at¬ 
tain as good results as those who make this their 
trade. 
The Indian method of tanning buckskin might, 
perhaps, do for the sheep skins ; although the 
product would not equal the purchased chamois 
leather. By this method, after the hair is removed, 
the skin Is Immersed In brains and water, heated to 
about 100 degrees and whipped Into a lather. In 
order to ascertain when the skin Is properly “ brain¬ 
ed,” It Is gathered up Into the form of a sack and in¬ 
flated, then by closing the orifice and pressing upon 
the sack, the Inclosed air will be caused to pass out 
through Innumerable pores making a spray from the 
particles of contained water. Wring out all the 
water possible and stretch and rub vigorously while 
drying, when It will become white and soft. If the 
skin be now whipped dry without manipulation. It 
becomes hard again like rawhide. This Is obviated 
by smoking. The object Is to make the smoke pass 
through the pores of the skin, A hole Is dug In the 
ground about 2^ feet In diameter. Some coals are 
thrown In with a little wood on them, the skins— 
better two together—are loosely sewed along the 
edges, except around the hole, and the skins are then 
suspended above It mnch like an empty sack with 
the mouth downward. The smoke In Its ascent fills 
the sack an I passes through and penetrates the sub¬ 
stance. This process Is kept up until the operator 
deems the skins sufficiently smoked, when If they are 
wetted they dry soft and white without manipu¬ 
lation. Another method of smoking Is to sot up 
sticks around the hole on end meeting together over 
the center of the pit. The skin Is laid over this 
framework and freely smoked for an hour or two, 
then rubbed with gypsum or chalk and afterwards 
whipped and stretched. 
Horse with Chronic Kidney Disease.- How 
shall I treat a horse with chronic kidney disease ? 
The urine Is very scant and ropy, yellow colored, and 
sometimes red. S. S. s. 
ANS.-Give a laxative dose of one-half pi t olive 
or raw linseed oil, accompanying this with an ano¬ 
dyne- either one-half to two drams of opium, one to 
two ounces of belladonna, or four drams of tobacco. 
Throw mucllaglcous Injections Into the rectum, and 
cover the loins with a fresh sheep skin, the fleshy 
side In, or with a soothing poultice or fomentations, 
following this In six or eight ^ours with a mustard 
poultice. Mucilaginous drinks may be given freely, 
but diuretics must be avoided, and the horse must 
be kept warmly housed and well blanketed to favor 
sweating, thus relieving the kidneys somewhat of 
work Laxatives and anodynes must be repeated as 
may seem necessary, and finally a course of bitter 
tonics may be allowed. 
Kicking Tomatoes Green.- Can I cut tomatoes 
nearly or quite green, with a few leaves and small 
stems so as not to take up much room, and ship them 
by steamooat 2,C00 to 3,000 miles, say. to Minnesota 
and have them ripen on the way ? I have kept them 
until New Years by pulling the whole vines after the 
first frost and hanging them In the wood-shed. What 
Is the best way to pack them ? A. w. 
S. Pittsburg, Tenn. 
Ans.- Large quantities of tomatoes are sent to this 
man et. and cities farther north every year, from 
Key West, Havana. Florida, Mississippi, and other 
Southern points, and arrKe In good condition. So 
there Is no reason why they should not be shipped to 
the points Indicated. 'I’hese tomatoes are usually 
picked green, but Just at that stage so that they will 
be ripe on arrival. Sometimes they arrive too green 
and again some leach here too ripe Practice and 
observation must determine Just ihe right stage for 
plcK.ng. The stems are usually cut close to the 
fruits, and each tomato Is wrapped in paper all 
being packed In small crates. This trade should 
prove profitable. 
By Trifling with a Cold, many a one allows 
himself to drift Into a condition favorable to the 
develcpment of some latent disease, which there¬ 
after takes full possession of the system —Better 
cure your Cold at once with Dr. D. Jayne s Expec¬ 
torant, a good remedy for Throat-alls and Lung 
affections.—Adv. 
Mill/ V ^ I 14— wi jttuu; uomme 
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excellent water; ornamented lawn; apple peac 
pear orchards Just come Into bearing. Conve 
Improvements alone worth the 
asked for It. a great bargain. WM. HKTH 
McFarlands, Lunenburgh Co., Va. 
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Plants for the seaside grown In seaside exposures, 
A LARGE VARIETY OF 
HERBACEOUS PLANTS. 
Write for Catalogues and Circulars. 
RASPBERRIES. 
MILLS SEEDLINGS .56 and 69 per cent ahead in 
yield at the New York State Experiment Station. 
Circulars free. CHAULKS MILLS. 
Falrmount, Ouocdaga County, N. Y. 
20.000 Thom; 
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Pay. 
YOU CAN’T AFFORD 
to pass us by, If you are looking for reliable 
SEED POTATOES 
We handle Aroostook Co. (Maine) stock, than which 
no better grows. Send for clrcnlar. 
WM. 8. SWEET & SON, Providence. K. I, 
DIBBLE’S SEED POTATOES. 
Sold out of Early Varieties. 
SPECIAL OFFER FOR ONE WEEK 
on the following to reduce stock; Barrel. 
Henderson’s Late Puritan Gong white). 13.09 
10 bushels, at 90 cents per bushel. 
Rural New-Yorker No. 2. 2.60 
10 bushels, at 76 cents per bushel. 
Salzer’s Pilzetaker (b#st red late kind). 2 50 
10 bushels, at 75 cents per bushel. 
Gov. Rusk (good red second early). 2.60 
10 bushels, at 75 cents per bushel. 
Vick’s Champion (white, heavy ylelder). 2 60 
10 bushels, at 75 cents per bushel. 
American Wonder (late white, long). 2.50 
10 bushels, at 76 cents per bushel. 
Monroe Seedling (late white, long). 2.50 
10 bushels, at 75 cents per bushel. 
My Seedling (white, greatest ylelder on earth).. 3.59 
10 bushels, at $1.00 per bushel. 
50 bands Clay Kose left. Barrel, $4.00; bushel, $2 00 
EDWAKD IT, D11II4LK, Seedgrower, 
Honeoye Falls. N. Y. 
■ ■ agree to 
I II W assist In Introducing 
I my gladiolus bulbs 
In her neighborhood by simply telling her friends 
where she obtained them, can secure .50 blooming 
bulbs, no two alike, by sending me 50 cents, and 
mentioning this paper. This unprecedented offer is 
made for the purpose of Introducing my stock. 
M. CRAWFORD, Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio. 
Mammoth CloverSeed. 
A good article of Mammoth Clover Seed for sale 
at $7.00 per bushel, sacks Included with sales of one 
bushel or more. H. T. ELLIS, Ridge Farm, Ver¬ 
milion Countv, 111. 
FREEMAN POTATOES 
PRICE REDUCED. Bushel, $1..50; barrel. $4.00, 
containing 175 pounds net. Order at onco at these 
low prices. Address 
CLAYTON HOLL, New Berlin, Stark Co., O. 
r I BllllUIIISi ^ 1 pound of my 
I I No. 1 Early Seedling 
(reported In The R. N.-Y. March 17, not yet intro¬ 
duced) will be awarded to the five largest yields 
grown this season from bushels, half-bushels, pecks 
pounds or pound of my 
“Sir William” Potatoes. 
A rare chance to secure new, first-class stock direct. 
B’or price, etc., see ad. In The R. N.-Y., March 24. ’94. 
R. D. BURK, Gloversvllle, N. Y. 
CORN. 
CORN at SI per bushel, delivered on 
cars. Address 
PAUL BLDRIDGE. Shiloh, N. J 
FOR SALE. 
Rural New-Yorker No. 2 Potatoes for seed ; pure 
stock; fine quality; direct from original potato sent 
out by The Rural New-Yorker. Price, $2.00 per 
barrel, f. o. b. at Newark or Phelps, N. Y. 
HORATIO VAN AUKBN, Newark, N. Y. 
SEED POTATOES. 
Sixty-five best varieties. Good stock; moderate 
prices. CHA8. W. FORD & CO., Fishers, Out. Co., N.Y. 
B erk Y-BOX machine.—F or putting up any 
kind or size of berry box or basket material. Saves 
money to growers who use them. Price nominal Don t 
fall to send for our Illustrated circular. Address 
CIN. SPECIALTY MFG. CO.. Cincinnati, Ohio. 
I- vyrs o/aL^c,. 
Rural New-Yorker No. 2 Potatoes, 
strictly pure, per peck, 40 cts; half bushel. 60 cts • 
per bushel, $1.00; per barrel, $2..50. 
J. BU'l’LBR, Everettstown, N. J. 
SEED POTATOES. 
Rural New-Yorker No. 2. American Wonder. Early 
Sunrise and Napoleon, $1.00 per bushel. 
W. R. MOWRY, Oxford. N. Y. 
J ACKSON’S SEED POTATOES- 15 varieties 
Established 1890. Prices low. Circular free 
C. H. JACKSON, Milton, Vt. 
BERRY CRATES 
AND 
GRAPE BASKETS. 
Write for Price List. Address 
COLBY-HINCKLE Y CO., Benton Haibor, Mich. 
