1894 
THE RURAL NEW-YORKER. 
257 
WE WANT TO KNOW, YOU KNOW! 
[f you don't see wh/U you want, ash for it 
Growing Pkppbrmint.—Is there any money In 
f^rowing peppermint on a small scale? 
SEVERAL SUBSCRIBERS. 
Ans.—N o. A Still Is necessary to extract the oil, 
anfl there must be work enouRh to keep this rnnnlnK 
for a considerable time to make It profitable. In 
localities where a specialty Is made of this product, 
several Rrowers unite In the ownership of a still, or 
else one builds It. and distills the oil for his nelkh- 
bors An ordinary still will probably do the work for 
100 or more acres. Then sometimes the same still 
Is used to extract the oil from other plants. Even In 
the localities where much money was formerly made 
from peppermint oil. It Is now much less remunera¬ 
tive. So It 1> readily seen how useless It Is for any 
one to start In the business on e small scale, and 
without experience, with any prospect of success. 
Worms i.v Horses.— now can I rid horses of pin 
worms and the long white worms? c. J. L. 
Ans.—F eed a moderate ration of good, bright hay, 
and a liberal allowance of grain with pure water. 
Always allow salt. Give two to four drams aloes as 
a purgative Any of these vermifuges Is good: Oil 
of turpentine, one to two ounces; calomel one dram; 
tartar emetic with sulphate of Iron for six successive 
mornings, followed by the aloes. It may be neces¬ 
sary to repeat the treatment after a few days. Give 
two tablespoonfuls, twice dally, for a week or 10 
days, of the following powders: Sulphate of soda 
and powdered gentian, of each one pound; powdered 
nui vomica, one-quarter of a pound, mix. Omit for 
a week and repeat. 
Ubmoving Oil Fho.m Floors.— What will remove 
oil *hat has become discolored from floors? The 
edges are nearly black. m. w. 
ans.—A n old housekeeper tells us that repeated 
washings In strong vinegar will be effectual. 
Best WINTER Layers.— What breeds of poultry 
are the best for winter layers, provided they have 
warm quarters and are properly fed and cared for? 
Copenhagen, N. V. w. c. 
ANS.—If they are kept perfectly warm and comfort¬ 
able probably no breed will excel the Leghorns or 
Mlnorcas; but w Ith ordinary care such as most fowls 
in a cold climate are llke'y to receive In winter, we 
would sooner risk the P. Kooks or Wyandottes 
—a great deal depends on the care and the feed. 
The Plymouth Hocks and Wyandottes. being less 
active, will thrive when closely confined better than 
the Ijeghorns. As they are more heavily feathered 
and have smaller combs, they will also endure cold 
better and thns will thrive where the Leghorns 
would not. Some consider Light Brahmas excellent 
winter layers, but they must be hatched early to In¬ 
sure their laying early In winter. 
Higher Prices for Live Poultry.— Why are so 
much higher prices souetlmes quoted for live poul¬ 
try than fur dressed? Is It because of scarcity? It 
seems as though buyers would prefer their poultry 
dressed. L. s. 
ANS.—Usually the reason Is because of the extra 
demand for the Hebrew holidays. There are several 
of these scattered throughout the year, and poultry 
dealers are posted, and govern themselves accord¬ 
ingly. Receipts of live poultry are heavy at such 
times, but the extra demand usually maintains good 
prices. Most people would prefer their poultry 
dressed, but the faithful Jew must have his alive 
and have It killed by a Jewish official, as It would be 
polluted and unfit for use If killed by Gentile hands. 
The next holiday of this character Is that of the 
Hebrew Passover, April 21, and there will be a heavy 
demand for poultry, especially for line fowls and 
ducks. The sales will mostly be over for this market 
on tne 19th. 
PfKSBRViNG EGGS.- What Is a good method of 
preserving eggs ? j. j H. 
Ans.—T o start with, the eggs must bo perfectly 
fresh. They will also keep belter If Infertile. They 
should be clean and have good shells. The simplest 
method of preserving eggs where there are proper 
facilities. Is by cold storage. The eggs are simply 
kept at a temperature of from 40 to 4.‘> degrees and 
turned once or twice a week. For the farmer, per¬ 
haps the easiest and simplest method and at the 
same time a good one. Is to pack them In salt so that 
no two eggs shall touch each other, and turn the 
package containing them once or twice a week. 
These should be kept In a moderate temperature. 
8 and, coal ashes, bran, dry earth, etc., are some¬ 
times used for the same purpose. Sometimes eggs 
so packed are coated with beeswax, spermaceti, lin¬ 
seed oil, lard, or other similar substances. The sul¬ 
phur process is a good one If thoroughly applied. In 
this the eggs are subjected to the fumes of burning 
sulphur for from one-half to one hour. This Is done 
by placing the eggs In a box or barrel that may be 
tightly closed and igniting a teaspoonful of sulphur 
In some fireproof receptacle above the eggs. After 
the eggs are treated, they may be packed in the 
way previously mentioned. A large number of eggs 
are preserved every year bv the lime process. Some 
little skill and experience are necessary to Insure 
success with this. The most common method Is as 
follows: Put four pounds of salt and 12 pounds of 
unslaked lime to 24 gallons of water. Stir it well sev¬ 
eral times during the day. Then let It settle until 
perfectly clear, and draw off 20 gallons of the clear 
liquid. Dissolve In a gallon of boiling water, five 
ounces each of baking soda, cream of tartar, salt¬ 
peter, and borax, and one ounce of alum,and pour 
the mixture Into the lime water. Tills quantity Is 
sufilclent for about 160 dozen eggs. Put them in a 
tight, clean cask and cover with the liquid; spread a 
cloth over I he top and cover it with the lime sedi¬ 
ment. As the water evaporates, add more, as the 
eggs must be kept coveted. They may be taken out 
of the pickle after they have been in It a month, or 
left in. 
Time to Preserve Eggs. -When is the best time 
to preserve eggs to hold for higner prices ? a. b 
ANS.—U sually when they are cheapest, and that 
Is about this time of year. Still, It Is a long time to 
keep eggs, from now until next fall. The eggs packed 
first should be sold first, and those packed later kept 
till the last. There Is more liability of getting poor 
eggs packed later than there Is early in the season, 
and this should be carelulJy avoided. 
Wire Netting, and apples —1. When is the best 
time to put wire netting around young fruit trees to 
protect them from borers, mice, rabbits, etc ? How 
Is It best fastened ? 2. Last spring I was Induced to 
set some Alexander apple trees; would you advise 
me to let them stand, or graft them to some other 
variety ? 3. What does The U N.-Y. know of the 
Pewaukee apple ? G. J. G. 
Yorttown Hts. N. Y. 
ANS.—1. Unless the mesh were fine trees would not 
be protected from borers bv wire netting. To protect 
from mice and rabbits. It must be put around when 
the pests are likely to give trouble, usually in the fall 
The mesh must be very fine to keep off the former. 
Fasten It with wire. 2 Better let them alone. .3. It 
Is a very hardv, late winter apple, sub-acid, and of 
moderately good quality. Above medium size, 
striped with red on a yellowish skin. 
Hens - What shall I do with mv chickens? Two 
of my largest and finest P. Rock hens suddenly be- ; 
came unable to walk, and, after two or three days { 
of staggering, fell over on one side and lingered so for j 
months before dying, becoming more and more Inca > 
pableof mo'lon. It seems sometllng like progressive , 
paralysis. The hens looked well, were fat and bad j 
no other sign of disease, with the exception of the | 
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combs being slightly darkened. They retained some 
appetite, especially for corn. j. c. s. 
ANS. —We can’t tell without knowing how the hens 
were fed, and the circumstances under which they 
were kept. They may have been Injured by flying 
down from a high roost, or by flying against some ob¬ 
struction. Or they may have contracted rheuma¬ 
tism from damp quarters, or have been injured by 
the male Or any one of a half dozen other causes 
may have produced this condition. As the hens were 
fat. It Is evident that they were fed enough, but did 
they have the proper variety of food, and an abund¬ 
ance of green food and grit? Some of these things 
may suggest the trouble, and the remedy Is a change 
In the conditions causing It. But It Is cruelty to ani¬ 
mals to allow a hen to linger for months In such a 
condition. Ordinarily. It doesn’t pay to doctor fowls, 
and In such cases es this a sharp ax Is the best 
remedy. 
SURPLUS BERRY PLANTS. 
Tlmbrell, 11.00 per dozen; Van Deman, Parker Earle, Warfield, 
Michel’s Early, Bubach. and 100 other varieties of Strawber¬ 
ries at low rales-all the new introductions. 
Kaspherries: Royal Church, Golden Queen, Cuthbert, 
Shaffers, Marlboro, Palmer, Tyler, etc., etc. 
Blackberries: Stone’s Hardy, Snyder, 'I'aylor, Lawton, 
Wachusett Thornless. Klttatlnny, Agawam, W. Triumph, 
Ancient Briton, etc.; also Eldorado and other new sons 
(irapes: Worden and all other kinds. 
B'ay and other currants. Conover's, Barr’s and Palmetto 
Asparagus. Buffalo Berries. Alt varieties of Fruits. Send 
want list for prices. We have the latest season in the United 
States, and plants are dormant and grow and thrive even If 
your season Is far advanced. Can ship tui Juno I. sometimes 
later. If rot posted, send 15. 110 or I’AS. and lot L. J. Farmer 
select varieties fnr you. His book on the Strawberry ’25 cent a. 
postpaid. Catalogue free. We had the largest snd finest dis¬ 
play of Strawberiles at the World’s Fair. 
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PULASKI N. Y. 
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The fact that it is impossible to ascertain 
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wheel with a reputation. 
There is no wheel that has been before the public so 
long, none that stands or ever stood so high, none so well 
guaranteed, none whose guarantee is so substantial and so 
liberally interpreted, none so safe to buy as a Columbia. 
Witi ColniMas listed at $125, tew riders will lie so nnwise as to invest ia lower grade Mcycles, 
Catalogue free at our agencies, 
or mailed for two 2wccnt stamps. 
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Boston, New York, Chicago, Hartford. 
MACOMBER’S 
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Corn and 
Bean 
Planter. 
ALL IRON AND STEEL 
INDESTR UC TIB LE. 
Automatic ; iron cut-off 
insures accuracy in drop¬ 
ping. No brush or rubber 
is used. The seed is forced 
into compact soil, not 
merely dropped into a hole 
which may not close. The 
advantage of thus firming 
the soil is fully appreciated 
by all. 
Duane H. Nash, 
Sole manufacturer, 
Millington, N. J. 
CONSUMERS CANNOT BUY AN EGG FROM 
miapes’ Automatic liens’ Nests 
with a partially developed chicken in It. As soon as 
a oroody hen attempts to sit on the egg. It Is forced 
through the rnDoer fringe which conceals a hole In 
the concave bottom of the nest into the egg chamber 
oelow, where It rolls away and Is safe from the heat 
ot the hen’s body as well as from the beak of the 
egg eater. Full directions and farm right for H. 
O. W. MAPE3, Middletown, N. Y. 
Electric Poultry Yards. 
J ACKSON’S SEED POTATOES- 15 varieties. 
Estahllshed 1890. Pr'ces low. Circular free. 
C, H. JACKSON, MUton, Vt. 
YOU CAN’T AFFORD 
to pass ns by, tf yon are lookl^ for reltab e 
SEED POTATOES 
We handle Aroostook Co. (Maine) stock, than which 
no better grows. Send for circular. 
WM 8 . SWEET & SON, Providence. R. I, 
DIBBLE'S SEED PDTATDES. 
Sold out of Early Varieties. 
SPECIAL OFFER FOR ONE WEEK 
on the following to reduce stock: Barrel. 
Henderson’s Late Pnrttan (long white). $3.00 
10 bushels, at 90 cents per bushel. 
Rural New-Yorker No. 2. 2.60 
10 bushels at 75 cents per bushel. 
Salzer’s Ptizetaker (best red late kind). 2 50 
10 bushels, at 75 cents per bushel. 
Gov. Rusk (good rea second early). 2.60 
10 tushsls at 75 cents per bushel. 
Vick’s Champion (wblte, neavy ylelder). 2 50 
10 bushels at 75 cents per bushel 
American Wonder (late nblte, long). 2.50 
10 bushels, at 7i cents per bushel. 
Monroe Seedling (late wnlte, IO( g). 2.60 
1( hfisbels, St 75 c»Lt 8 per niishel. 
Troy Seedling (white, greatest ylelder on <’arih). 3.50 
111 bnshels at tl.O'i per bushel 
50 ban els Clay Rose left. Barrel, 14.0' ; bushel, 12.00 
EDWARD F. DIBBLE, Seetlg;rower, 
Honeoye Falls, N. Y. 
SEED POTATOES 
CARMAN No. 1 11.50 per pound. 
Early Market, Early Darvest, World’s ITalr, Free¬ 
man, New Queen, Victor Rose, American Wonder. 
Troy Seedling. Rural New-Yorker No. 2, Vlck’sCham- 
plon, and SO other varxetiex, my own, growing, at 
HARD TIMES PRICES. 
It will pay you to see my free catalogue before 
bnylng yonr seed notatoes 
M. F. WEBSTER, Victor, Ontario County, N. Y. 
FOR SALE. 
Rural New-Yorker No. 2 Potatoes, 
strictly pure, per peck, 40 cts; half bushel, (iO cts.; 
per bushel, $1.00; per barrel, $2..50. 
J. BU'rLBti, Everetlstown, N. J. 
SEED POTATOES. 
Rural New-Yorker No. 2. American Wonder. Early 
Sanrlse and Napoleon. $1.00 per bushel. 
W R, MOWUY. Oxfora. N. Y. 
Bartlett Pear Trees. 
We have a surplus of standard Bartlett Pear Trees, 
and will sell the largest size at $1.5.00, medium size, 
$12.00 small size at $10.00 per 100. We offer also sur¬ 
plus of Kelffer and Clapp’s Favorite at low prices. 
Our surplus of Apples consists of small lots, odd 
varieties We have a large surplus of Plums, slightly 
off grade, largest size, 10 cents, medium size. 8 cents, 
largely German Prune, our surplus Peaches are 
two or three leet high; will sell them si $ 4.00 per 100 . 
Surplus Norway Spruce, three feet, at 15 cents; two 
feet at 10 cents. Boxing extra at cost. Send for 
particulars Now is the time for a great bargain In 
such stock as we hold In surplus. Wholesale Price- 
List and Catalogue now ready. We have still 25 car¬ 
loads of first-class stock to Offer. 
GREEN’S NURSERY CO , 
Rochester, N, Y. 
“Finest Corn in America”!! 
WORLD’S FAIR PREMIUMS. 
Also pronounced by Agricultural Department and 
thousands of leading farmers’ fairs, etc., to be lar 
beyond any other, both In yield and quality; guaran¬ 
teed to make one-quarter more on same land than 
any corn ever grown. We have highly Improved It 16 
years ; sbeiis over one pound of corn to ear ; pure 
wblte kernels, nearly one Inch long; very flinty, 
wide and plump. Matures in mdays; so it can be 
planted North and West as well as South. Half 
pound package. ‘25 cents ; three pounds. $1 by mall 
nostnaid, or tf you have time send for descriptive 
olrcnlars. WlOO In cash will be paid by us for 
saa p.e of better corn Address 
J. L. ANDERS, Secdsoiau, Ivanhoe, N. C. 
American Banner Bats. 
The best General Crop White Oat extant. The 
stlffest straw; the heaviest grain, the thinnest hull. 
Also Early .Sweetl Oats. Send for descriptive 
catalogue of Oats, Wheat, Corn and Leading Pota¬ 
toes: Freeman, Maggie Murphy, Victor Rose, Brown¬ 
ell’s Winner, and many others. Also Langshan Fowls 
and Bronze Turkeys. Address C. R. WHl'l’E, or 
O. U. WHITE & SON, Miller Corners, N. Y. 
LLMinillU CORN ati#l per bushel, delivered on 
f^ADU cars. Address 
bUnNi PAUL KLDRIDGE. Shiloh. N. J 
FOR SALE. 
Rural New-Yorker No. 2 Potatoes for seed ; pure 
stock; fine quality; direct from original potato sent 
outbv The Ruhal Nbw-Yokkeu. Price, $2.00 per 
barrel, f. o. b. at Newark or Phelps, N. Y. , 
HORATIO VAN AUKKN, Newark, N. Y. 
I ItS|||||l|||X 8 and I pound of my 
■ nwilinNIIIV 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 Irom bushels, half -bushels, pecks, 
pounds or pound of my 
“Sir William” Potatoes. 
A rare chance to secure new. first-class stock direct. 
For price, etc , see ad. In The R. N -Y., March 24. ’94. 
R. D. BURR, Gloversvllle, N. Y. 
SEED POTATOES. 
Sixty-five best varieties. Good stock; moderate 
prices. CUAS. W. FORD & CO . Fishers, Ont. Co ,N.Y. 
FENCE YOUR FARM- 
WHILE YOU WAIY! 
We are working three gangs of men, in four 
shifts and turning out a forty rod rollof com¬ 
plete fence every si.x minutes of ttie twenty- 
four hours. Still tlie hundreds of miles we 
had on liand Mar. 1st are melling away like 
April snow. Farmers will liave It, and 
with us, believe In elasticity. 
PAGE WOVEN WIRE FENCE CO., Adrian, Mich. 
