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THE RURAL NEW-YORKER 
July 2S 
P 
AINT cracks.—It often costs more to pre¬ 
pare a house for repainting that has been painted in the first 
place with cheap ready-mixed paints, than it would to have 
painted it twice with strictly pure white lead, ground in pure linseed oil. 
Strictly Pure White Lead 
forms a permanent base for repainting and never has to be burned or 
scraped off on account of scaling or cracking. It is always smooth 
and clean. To be sure of getting strictly pure white lead, purchase 
any of the following brands : 
' ANCHOR ” (Cincinnati). 
“JEWETT” (New York). 
“ARMSTRONG & McKELVY ” (Pittsburgh). “ KENTUCKY ” (Louisville). 
' ATLANTIC” (New York). 
“ BEYMER-BAUMAN ” (Pittsburgh). 
“ BRADLEY ” (New York). 
“ BROOKLYN ” (New York). 
“COLLIER ” (St. Louis). 
“CORNELL” (Buffalo). 
“ DAVIS-CHAMbERS” (Pittsburgh). 
“ECKSTEIN” (Cincinnati). 
“FAHNESTOCK’ (Pittsburgh). 
“JOHN T.LEWIS & BROS. CO.” (Phila). 
“ MORLEY ” (Cleveland). 
“MISSOURI ” (St. Louis). 
“ RED SEAL ” (St. Louis). 
“SALEM ” (Salem, Mass.) 
“ SHIPMAN ” (Chicago). 
“ SOUTHERN ” (St. Louis and Chicago), 
“ULSTER” (New York). 
“ UNION ” (New York). 
Co.’s Pure White Lead Tinting Colors, a one-pound can to a 
25-pound keg of Lead and mix your own paints. Saves time and annoyance in matching shades 
and insures the best paint that it is possible to put on wood. 
Send us a postal card and get our book on paints and color-card, free; it will probably save 
you a good many dollars. 
NATIONAL LEAD CO., New York. 
As We Qo To Press. 
“PAY.” 
There ought to be a new system of 
poetry adopted that would make the 
above word rhyme with labor. Whoever 
engages in honest labor should be paid 
for it. Unless this is done, some one se¬ 
cures a monopoly and grows fat on the 
sweat of others. Henry George calls 
such stolen wealth “ the unearned in¬ 
crement,” and that is what it is. Away 
with it! We speak of this in order to 
introduce the popular subscription 
scheme detailed on page 481. August 
is the month for picnics. Grange gather¬ 
ings and other outdoor meetings. With 
hay and harvest out of the way, farmers 
may relax a little, renew old acquaint¬ 
ances and make new ones. At these 
meetings it is always possible to find 
parties who want to take a paper like 
The R. N.-Y. It is only necessary to 
hunt them up and do a bit of urging. 
We want to make it worth your while to 
secure these new subscribers, and that is 
why we have arranged the novel scheme 
mentioned on page 481. Here, you see, 
is a prize for each working day in the 
month. The largest club in each morn¬ 
ing’s mail will secure the article named 
for that day. Remember, too, that these 
prizes are in addition to the usual agent's 
commission, which alone will furnish good 
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You see, this enables an agent to se¬ 
cure double pay for his work. The regu¬ 
lar agent’s commission is good enough— 
fully equal to the terms offered by any 
other paper. In addition to that, you 
have a chance to capture one or more of 
these valuable prizes. They cost you 
nothing—we send them to you prepaid. 
We submit this proposition to our readers 
confident that they will appreciate and 
take advantage of it. There has never 
been a time in the history of The R. 
N.-Y. when we secured so many new sub¬ 
scribers at this season of the year. We 
know what we are talking about, as we 
have complete records for every day the 
present owners have been connected with 
the paper. Prom day to day now we are 
having more new subscribers than we 
ever did before in July. So it was in 
June, and so it will be in August. The 
R. N.-Y. seems to make friends easily. 
At $1 a year it is not difficult to get a 
man to take this paper. We know that, 
and it makes us confident to urge our 
friends to go in and secure some of those 
premiums, because we know the sub¬ 
scriptions will come easy. 
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Business is often compared to fishing, 
and the comparison is a good one because 
the fisherman’s catch will depend on his 
skill and industry. He must be able to 
make the fish believe that his bait is 
real. Now in net fishing no man would 
start cut with a fertilizer bag or a bushel 
basket on the end of a stick. He would 
get no fish because such a contrivance 
presents too much dead surface to the 
water and thus cannot slip easily 
through and around the fish. A net is 
what you want. That 
is the thing for water 
working —something 
with holes in it large 
enough to let the 
water pass through 
and yet too small to 
let the fish swim 
away. Take that 
model into business, 
young man. Don’t 
try to hold and 
handle it all. Leave 
holes for the surplus 
and useless products to run away. Don’t 
hold them—they will only cripple you ; 
but capture the useful things—don’t let 
them get out of the net. 
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Last winter one of the railroads run¬ 
ning through New Jersey was troubled 
greatly by a gang of coal thieves. The 
coal trains were often switched off 
at side stations, and whenever these 
halts were made, more or less coal was 
sure to be stolen from the cars. No one 
could tell where the thefts took place, 
much less discover the thieves. A novel 
detective was called in. The entire sur¬ 
face of each car was coated with white¬ 
wash. The result of that was that when¬ 
ever a piece of coal was stolen from a 
car a black spot was left in the white¬ 
wash, and the company knew what sta¬ 
tions to guard against. A black mark 
against that station was as bad as a black 
eye, so far as its reputation went. The 
application of this is that in business 
dishonesty always leaves a black mark. 
You may think you have fixed it all up 
and whitewashed the black spot, but 
that is where you make a mistake. You 
can’t duplicate the original whitewash, 
and, like the spot of blood so profanely 
mentioned in Macbeth, it will not “out,” 
but will eat deeper and deeper into your 
reputation. Be honest! 
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First and last. The R. N.-Y. has 
straightened out many a difficulty be¬ 
tween farmer and middleman. The 
former are always very grateful, are 
they ? We suppose so—they ought to be 
—and no doubt they are, though some¬ 
times they have a peculiar way of show¬ 
ing it. For example, a long time ago a 
man in New Jersey wrote us that a cer¬ 
tain commission man would not pay him 
for some fruit. At considerable expense 
and trouble, we made the commission 
man agree to pay. Not hearing a word 
from the farmer, we finally wrote him to 
learn if he got his money. The following 
note explains the situation : 
I have received the pay for that crate of berries 
that I wrote you about; and here let me eay that It 
Is my opinion I would not have received it had The 
R. N.-Y. not Interested Itself In the matter. Please 
accept my thanks. 
Now you see what a difference there is 
in men. Some parties never even reply 
to such a note. Having obtained their 
money, they are satisfied, and why should 
not every one else be ? One man col¬ 
lected a good-sized bill through our 
efforts, and wanted us to accept half of 
it in payment. We always say to such 
propositions: “ We want no money for 
performing such service—that is a part 
of our duty to our subscribers. If you 
feel that it is valuable to you, why not 
send us what you think is right in the 
form of a club of subscriptions to The R. 
N.-Y. That is the sort of payment we 
like best, and we are ready for it at any 
time.” _ 
WB WANT TO KNOW, YOU KNOW! 
If you don't see what you. want, ask for it. 
Packing for Cold Storage House.—I have 
great faith In spraying. I shall soon commence to 
spray my vines the fourth time. Grapes are not 
over two-thirds of a crop. We have had very dry 
weather: no soaking rain for over two months, but a 
a few light showers. I have built a house for cold 
storage for my grapes. I am at a loss to know which 
Is the best material for packing the wall ; some 
recommend sawdust, some coal ashes, some spent 
tan bark. Which would The R. N.-Y. consider best? 
I have 11 nice stalks from my little Carman potato. 
My Carman grape vine Is growing dnely. Apples are 
a failure here this year; raspberries badly dried up. 
Indiana County. Pa. d. w. a. 
Ans.—W e would use either sawdust or tan bark, 
whichever was most convenient. Sawdust Is most 
frequently used, we think. 
Killing Suckers.— Bow may suckers that spring 
from the base of apple, pear and plum trees be best 
and most effectually destroyed? If the knife Is the 
remedy, when should it be used? So far 1 have not 
found the season when the use of the knife would 
not cause them to multiply. F. H. 
Onekama, Mich. 
Ans.—W e know of no better way than by removing 
them when they first start. What haye our horti¬ 
culturists to say on this point? 
Packing Butter in Brine.—How is butter put 
down In brine? E. K. F. 
Vermont. 
Ans.—T he brine Is made as strong as possible with 
good, pure dairy salt, and the butter, made Into such 
sized rolls as is desired, is immersed in it. In clean, 
sweet jars or tubs. Or It may be closely packed 
and the top covered with brine. 
Elgin Creawbry Butter.-How is Elgin Cream¬ 
ery butter to be told from any other flrkln butter ? I 
bought several firkins of butter from what I supposed 
to be a reliable dealer In New York, and ordered 
Elgin butter. I have a firkin now, and the only mark 
I can see on it is “ Drawing Room Car Creamery,” 
with a picture of a car on the lid. subscriber. 
Ans.—F rom the quality of the butter, it Is impossi¬ 
ble to distinguish Elgin Creamery butter from the 
The Clarks Cove 
same grade of Iowa butter or that from New York or 
Pennsylvania. The brand you mention, however. Is 
Elgin butter without any mistake. The testing of 
butter is a trade in Itself, and one must be an expert 
to do It. The grading takes Into account the grain of 
the butter, the color, which must be Just the right 
shade and uniform, the amount of salt, the flavor, 
and Its general appearance. Many people make a 
mistake In bujlng creamery butter Instead of dairy. 
All the fancy creamery butter comes to Ne^ York 
In refrigerator cars, and is perfectly fresh and solid 
on arrival, but It will not stay In this condition long. 
It changes very rapidly when taken out of cold 
storage, and the butter shipped as our correspondent 
Indicates, was probably shipped without Ice and 
would probably deteriorate very rapidly. Good 
dairy butter would have kept In good condition 
much longer, and would be much better to buy 
to be shipped this distance, especially In hot 
weather. Elgin Creamery butter made Its reputa¬ 
tion years ago when It probably was the best butter 
on the market, but now there Is plenty more just as 
good, although perhaps not selling quite so readily. 
Humming-Bird Moth.— What is the enclosed 
moth ? I found It on a petunia and thought it was a 
humming bird. j. w. c. 
Connecticut. 
ANS.—The moth Is what Is known as the humming¬ 
bird moth, sometimes called also the Hawk moth. 
There are a large number of species of which this Is 
ooe. It files around flowers much after the manner 
of the humming bird, and has a long tongue-llke ap¬ 
pendage with which It gathers Its food from the 
flowers much like the humming bird. The larvse of 
these are hairless caterpillars, some of the best 
known ones being the tomato and tobacco worm, and 
some of the worms which feed on the grape vine. 
They are not usually numerous enough to ao very 
much damage._ 
CROP AND MARKET NOTES. 
Live poultry Is dull. 
Beeswax is steady at 27 to 28 cents. 
Potatoes are dull with a liberal supply. 
Good reports are heard of the Virginia peanut 
crop. 
Wisconsin cranberries are reported injured by 
heat. 
As a general thing, European harvests are this year 
excellent. 
Ginseng brings from $2 to $8 per pound, according 
to quality. 
Some very poor grapes are arriving from South 
Carolina. 
Watermelons have been In large supply, but have 
met a good demand. 
New dried blackberries arrived during the week 
and brought six cents. 
The first new dried cherries came In Thursday, and 
were offered for 12)^ cents. ^ 
A new hop pest Is doing serious damage in some of 
the yards In Kent, England. 
Many of the recent arrivals of eggs have been 
badly off on account of the hot weather. 
Green peas from Oswego, N. Y., were not of very 
good quality, but sold well in absence of much bet¬ 
ter stock. 
Fancy Anne Arundel and Jenny Lind mnskmelons 
have commenced to arrive from Maryland, and ex¬ 
treme prices have been realized. 
Muskmelons have arrived freely, but there Is a 
great difference In quality and consequently In price. 
Choice have sold for excellent prices, while Inferior 
went very low. 
The National Crop Bulletin reports fruits ripening 
fast In California, and If rapid transportation Is not 
secured, heavy loss will be the result; all summer 
crops. Including hops and grapes, promise a large 
yield. 
Fertilizers 
Egyptian or WinUr Onion Sets. 
Peck, 60c.; bush., tl W; four bush, for $5. No charge 
for sacks. G. E. KKPUART, Carey, Ohio. 
SEED WHEAT. 
I have a limited quantity of Rudy Wheat for sale 
at $1 uO per bushel, sacks 20 cents extra Stiff straw, 
bearded, long berry red, no weevil. Yielded one- 
third more with same culture last year Address 
JOHN W. CROSIER, Hall's Corrers, Ont. Co., N. Y 
Mammoth White Winter Rye, 
noted for Us productiveness both in grain and straw 
fl 00 per bushel. Send tor sample 
B. L. CLARKSON, Tivoli, N. Y. 
Refer by permission to The Rural New-Yorker. 
Farmer Wanted, 
to work farm for wages and privileges In central 
New Jersey. A married man, sober and industrious, 
will have a good place. Address J. A. NUGENT, 
Court Bouse, Jersey City, N. J. 
lU A y T C man (who cannot speak German) 
Vf H II I CU who understands farming and care 
of stock, with wife who can make butter, etc., to 
work a farm. Level land; modern machinery; no 
capital required; cash every month; near town. 
Address at once. K. UlEGEL, No. 62 South Front 
Street, Easton, Pa. 
LANDS 
For Sale at Low Prices and on 
Fasy Terms. 
The Illinois Central Railroad Company offers for 
sale en easy terms and at low prices, 150.000 acres of 
choice frnlt, gardening, farm and grazing lands 
located In 
SOUTHERN ILLINOIS. 
They are also largely Interested In, and call especial 
attention to the 600,000 acres of land In the lamons 
YAZOO DELTA OF MISSISSIPPI, 
lying along and owned by the Yazoo and Mississippi 
Valley Railroad Company, and which that Company 
oners at low prices and on long terms. Special In¬ 
ducements and facilities offered to go and examine 
these lands both In Southern Illinois and In the 
‘‘Yazoo Delta, "Miss. For further descrlptlou, map and 
any Information, address or call upon E. P. SKENE 
Land Commissioner, No. 1 Park Row, Chicago. 111. 
BIG FOUR ROUTE 
CLEVELAND, CINCINNATI. CHICAGO 
AND ST. LODIS RAILWAY 
TO 
Western and Southern Points. 
THROUGH SLEEPING CABS FROM 
New York to Cincinnati, Indianapolis 
and St. Louis 
VIA 
New York Central to Buffalo, L. S. & M. S. 
Railway to Cleveland, Big Four 
Route to Destination. 
Elegant Connections 
With all Trunk Lines in New York State 
Ask for Tickets via BIG FOUR ROUTE. 
E.O.McGORMiCK, D. B. MARTIH, 
Pass. Tralfio Manager. Gen’l Pass. & Tkt. Agt 
BIG FOUR ROUTE, CINCINNATI, O. 
FOR Wheat, Kye and All Crops. 
Bring Bushels, Quality, Weight, Dollars. 
If you wish next year at harvest time to heboid magnificent fields of waving yellow grain glistening in 
the sun, topped with great heads, bursting with plump and bountiful kernels, which must bring a substan¬ 
tial and glad harvest with a competence, and sncceeded by generous and continued crops of grass, apply The 
Clark's Cove fertilizers, and, our word for it, you will realize what you are farming for. Send for NEW 
EVIDENCE. CLARK’S COVE FKRTILIZER COMPANY, 81 Fulton Street, New York. 
