1894 
THE RURAL NEW-VORKER. 
595 
Mr. Thompson kindly gave me some 
ideas about the exhibit. He said, 
“Ground should not be too rich for toma¬ 
toes. I fertilize but little ; it makes too 
much foliage. When set, I use a little 
bone dust; it must be very fine or it will 
not dissolve in time. Tt will show its 
effect in two days. Ignotum and Loril- 
lard are good, Crimson Cushion has the 
style of Ponderosa, and grows extra 
large, pounds. Early Acme is the 
finest purple. Early Eclipse for market 
and Yellow Turnip beet for table are ex¬ 
cellent. Color has a good deal to do 
with popular demand. The cucumber 
trade can be made profitable. From a 
plot 44 feet long by 20 feet wide, were 
sold 1,065 English Telegraph at $6 per 
dozen. They were fijrst sent to New 
York, but the people at Geneva liked 
them so well that they took them 
all. There is a home mtrket for them. 
The American Snake specimens were 
four feet, eight inches long, and grew 
one on a vine. Duke of Manchester gave 
17 on one vine, 27 inches long ; they are 
seedless.” 
“How do you get the plants?” I 
asked. 
“ Fertilize the blossom; tie a string 
around so only a short knob can grow, 
and it will have seeds in it,” was the, to 
me, surprising answer. 
“ Are the egg plants hard to raise ?” 
“ No ! The most trouble is to keep off 
potato bugs.” 
“ What are they good for ?” 
“They have a special flavor. Parboiled 
and fried they are great favorites.” 
“Here are the L’ma beans ; which is 
best?” 
“Henderson’s Bush Lima was the only 
one fit to pick for this exhibit. The 
others are pretty late.” 
“That Golden Queen pepper is beauti¬ 
ful !” 
“Yes, it’s fine for salads. The Sweet 
Mountain is milder. The Country Fair 
is good, too.” 
“What about Okra?” “This is the 
White Velvet, easily grown, and very 
fine for flavoring soups.” 
“The Pink Plume c^ery is an orna¬ 
ment to the table and grows well. How 
do you grow it ? ” 
“ I like the new method. Set it about 
eight inches apart each way. People who 
fail with this method, do not set it thickly 
enough. For a string bean the Victoria 
is worthy of a trial” 
“ What about sweet com ? ” 
“ The Rockford for market, Northrup’s 
Portland, Early Fordhook and Potter’s 
Excelsior are promising varieties.” 
“ How did you get such big onions ? ” 
“ By transplanting Giant Rocca. Many 
growers now transplant all of their 
plants. ” 
The Ice Cream muskmelon is a beauti¬ 
ful cream color, very prolific, six on one 
vine. Tip Top is extra quality. Early 
Hackensack is good near New York City. 
The little Newport is as big in flavor as 
it is small in size. A line of English 
melons were attractive, all having a 
raised network of lines or ridges on the 
surface. The blight of celery and mil¬ 
dew of encumbers was successfully pre¬ 
vented this season by spr^ing with the 
Bordeaux Mixture. Mr. Tfsaid, “Fruits 
of ail kinds are in abundance in our sec¬ 
tion this season.” c. E. c. 
LIVE STOCK MATTERS. 
Feeding Wheat in Dakota,— I have 
fed some wheat to hogs, enough to con¬ 
vince BDe that a bushel of wheat will 
make as much pork as the same weight 
of corn, and of a better quality for my 
use. Sheep fatten on it quickly, but the 
sheep business is about whipped in this 
country. I think I could afford to raise 
wheat for feed when hogs are worth 34 
per 100 pounds or more, but we could do 
“The Life of an Iron Rooi 
or how long will it last ?” is the title of 
an instructive little book upon the pre¬ 
servation of iron roofing, sent free by the 
Cincinnati Corrugating Co., B. 16,Piqua,0 
better by raising rye and barley. Wheat 
is surely low enough for any purpose ; 
ranging from 40 to 50 cents in this mar¬ 
ket. At any rate, I can not raise it and 
live, yield and price considered, or do I 
believe that any farmer can make a liv¬ 
ing out of wheat at 40 cents unless his 
yield is 15 bushels per acre or upwards. 
Dry weather, political agitators, and the 
low price of wheat, have about done 
some of us up in the Northwest. Some 
of us have lost all and gone under; some 
of us hope to pull through and turn our 
attention to other branches of farming. 
A. W. THOMAS. 
Ensilage for Hogs.— Prof. Henry has 
this to say about feeding hogs from the 
silo; 
A number of farmers have reported 
that their hogs would eat corn stalks 
after they have come out of the silo, but 
at the Wisconsin Station we have tried 
this again and again, with only negative 
results. I think, however, that ensilage 
might prove a third of a ration for hogs 
that could get nothing else; may be it 
would actually keep them alive, with 
nothing else, for a time, for nature in 
such cases ma^es a strong effort for sur¬ 
vival. I would have some grain on hand 
to help out, however, and not rely on the 
ensilage entirely. Corn leaves, or, far bet¬ 
ter, clover, can be put into a barrel and 
softened up with boiling water and meal 
poured over this. The coarse feed will 
furnish considerable nutriment in such 
cases, and, what is more important, give 
bulk to the feed, and this is an import¬ 
ant point with starving or sparingly-fed 
animals. 
Soaking Corn.— There has been some 
argument as to the economy of soaking 
corn that is to be fed to steers. In the 
West where hogs follow the steers and 
are supposed to recover all undigested 
grain, this question has been discussed 
quite a little. To settle it, various ex¬ 
periments were conducted at the Kansas 
Experiment Station, the results of which 
are briefly summarized as follows : 
1. The five steers fed on soaked shelled 
corn gained a total of 1,632 pounds in 150 
days on 282 bushels of corn, while the 
five steers fed on dry corn gained a total 
of only 1,468 pounds on 290 bushels of 
corn. 
2. The steers fed on soaked corn, owing 
to their better condition, brought a 
higher price in the market than the 
steers fed on dry corn. Balancing both 
cost of feed and market value of the two 
lots, there is a difference of $25.50 in 
favor of soaking the corn. 
3. The hogs following the steers fed on 
soaked corn made a total gain of 635 
pounds, while the hogs following the 
dry-corn steers made a total gain of 747 
pounds. This makes a difference of 112 
pounds gain in favor of the dry corn, 
and the market value showed a differ¬ 
ence of $5 58 in favor of the hogs follow¬ 
ing the dry-corn steers. 
4. Based on the foregoing figures, it 
will pay to soak corn if it can be soaked 
for six cents, or less, a bushel. 
Kebe> it in the House— that it may be promptly 
administered In all sadden attacks of Cholera Mor¬ 
bus, Cramps, Diarrhea. Colic, or any Affectl jn of the 
Bowels, for which Dr. Jayne's Carminative Balsam 
Is an eiTectnal remedy. At this season of the year 
every family will Und It a useful and reliable cura¬ 
tive.—Adv. 
“DAIRY RATION.” 
Is a feed based on scientific principles, with the 
end In view of making a balanced ration for milch 
cows. Every pound of this ration fed will show in 
the mllk-pall and In the tood condition of the cow. 
It is prepared from the best of material, and put up 
In 100 pound sacks. 
Samples delivered f. o. b. cars New York for $1.25 
per sack, payable In advance. Write for prices by 
the car load NATHANIEL C. HALL, 
N o 15 Whitehall Street. New \ ork City 
c?TreJI’oS VETERINARY SURGEONS 
Lectures will begin OCTOIJKR 3, 1894. For 
Circular, address H. D. GILL.’V. 8 .. Secretary. 
332 E. 27tb Street, New Vork City. 
A Womnn Can Knn 
& I MANN’S BONE GUTTER 
It ruoiv flo lic^ht and easy. It is the only machine 
[| made that can be run by a woman. Kceeived 
U lll|£liC8t Awur(i» Kvery wbcrc« 
I GREEN CUT BONE 
1 is absolutely nece.ssary for hens. It is better than 
A medicine and cheaper than grain. Kggs are dou 
F® bled. Chicks grow larger. Illustrated Catalogue 
free if you name this paper. 
9 F, W. MANN CO., Milford, Mass. 
A Complete Creamery 
IN ONE MACHINE. 
The Butter Accumulator 
Has now been Thoroughly Tested and the 
following facts fully proven : 
It gives more butter and b.-tter butter, 
KkiiiiH cleaner and runs miioother. It Is sim¬ 
pler lu construction and easier cleaned than 
any other machine of Us kind In existence. 
It will Save Its Own Price either lu Reduction of 
First I’ost, in Its Increase In Yield, or in its 
.Savinjf . f Labor. 
CDEAMERY PACKAGE MFG. CO., 
I, 3 & 5 Washington St, Chicago, Ill., Sole Agts. 
BARREN COWS GUREB- 
The following is from Hox. WAYNE MAcVHAQH 
Ambassador to Italy : 
Brook FI Ei.i) Fau.m, Bryn Mawr, Pa. 
" You can quote from this note mv assurance that 
your medicines always gave me the greatest satis¬ 
faction ” 
Book Free. MOOKK »KOS., Albany. N. Y. 
Aberdeen-Ans^us Cattle 
V. HINE. Shlnrock, Krie Go., O. 
HKD POllKl) Obr 
l\Li; IWLLLW till ILL on exhibition at 
Syracuse and lUrKhstnU u Fairs. Specl.al Oilers on 
young calves. Addre-s 
G P. ■^yUlKES & SON. .Ylarathon, N. Y. 
A RARE GUERNSEY 
FOR SALE. 
G'andsin of old Squire Kent, dnrpsd Janiia-y 28, 
1894: solid color, orange lawn This cair H rarelv 
bred. Its dam being a n )t**d (Jnern-ey n w, nillklrg 
heavy and up to calvlt'g. PrlC“. $50 ftDo, several 
cows and heifers for sale. AiUress 
KbMKlt E. SllAItP, South Greece, N. Y. 
HIGH-CLASS 
Registered sfersey Cattle. 
ROMT, F. 8 li,YXNON, Pittsburgh, Pu. 
FOR SALE. 
County a nd State Agents wanted in 
every part of the United States. 
Swedish Cream and Butter Separator Co., 35 William 
Street, New York. 
Jersey Bull. “ Pride of Peconic ’ 32944, A. J, C. C.. 
three years cld, vjry liandsonie and well irrown: an 
Inbred St. Lambert. Sold onlv t<» prevent further In- 
breeding. A banrnln to a (jalck buyer. Also one 
Ihoromrhbred cow, four years old. Pedigrees on ap¬ 
plication to PECONU; Fa It VI, Sag Harbor, N. Y. 
Hoof Aily 
Fouls and Foot Rot 
cannot exist where Wine of <n»pc- Is applied. 
It Instantly destroys, without Injury to tlosh or hair, 
all nilprobc*, germs, and parasites that cause the 
disease By mail, postpaid, .50 cents. Warranted. 
Write for circular and testimonials. Address 
THE COPPER CURE CO.. Cortland. N. Y. 
DO YOU WANT 
a choice A. J C C family now? Right Avery way. 
I.nrgesl’/.ei solid color; elegant m Iker; four years 
Old. Fre.-h now Write me tor prices and partlculera. 
U. D BUTTON, Cottons, Madison Co.. N. Y. 
- — — — — -I. /V n M 1II w It I 1 r'oiaio 
Planter, or would exchance for Jersey cows. 
GEO. S. ItUTLIilU, Cromwell. Conn. 
TWO 
Thoroughbred English Beagle 
Hound Bitch Pups, cheap, 
W. A. FREED, Homewood, Pa. 
FOR SALE. 
Large, Thrifty. 
Thoroughbred 
Poland-China Hogs 
of all ages. 
F. H. GATES & SONS. Chlttenango, N. Y 
KIRBY HOMESTEAD DUROC-JERSEY I’lCS, 
from stock selected and bred by Col. F. 1. r.urtts. 
These pigs are the best ever offered. Prices reason¬ 
able. Also a few very choice Jer.)ey calves. Address 
O, C. GUUTIS. Kirby Homestead, 
Charlton, 8 aratoga County, N. Y. 
GHESHIRES 
Pigs In pairs, not akin. 
YoungSows bred. 
Young service Boars. 
ED. 8 . HILL, Tompkins County, PeruvlUe, N. Y. 
OUROC-JERSEY 
' ION 3249, out of Ke<l IJueen’s Daughter 803(>, 
and other reglsteml dams. iRtS each at eight wi oks 
old. K. L. CLARKSON. Tlvcll, N. \ . 
Refer by permissl n to The K. N.-Y. 
I’KKIN OITGK.S—100 choice breeders yet to go at 
Mi price. Brcokside Poultry Farm Columbus, N. J. 
A new Harrison Ifi-Inch 
Burr Stone Grist Mill; 
nrlOB $7 . Will exchange 
for Gnernsev or Jersey heifer calves or Poland-Clilna 
Shoats. Send offers C. O. NEWTON, Homer, N. Y 
Hifirh-Class Shropshires 
75 yearling rams that will weigh 260 to ,300 pounds, 
and shear 12 to 15pounds at maturity; and IM year¬ 
ling ewes, to weigh 176 to 2^JD pounds, and shear 9 to 
12 pounds at maturity. Just arrived, recorded In Eng¬ 
land and America. “A grand lot.” Send for cata¬ 
logue. THE WILLOWS, 
GEO. H. Brboe, Prop. Paw Paw, Mich. 
Chenaniio Valley Stock Farms, Greene, N. Y., 
J. D. VAN VALKlCVnUHQH, Jh , Prop. 
For sale, Registered Dorset-Horn Sheep; also some 
lino grade Dorset Lambs, wllh many of the points of 
registered stock. Just the thing for grading up Hocks 
SOUTH DOWN SHEEP. 
CASSIUS MAUCBLLUS CLAY. White Hall, Ky 
PUREBRED SOUTH DOWNS. "rLars?o,«re 
at farmers’ prices L. U. FREAK, Ithaca. N. Y. 
25c. foraPoiiltry Bookon C.aponizing free. Send for C.it. 
M A IR If F R Poultry Specialties. Capon sets $2 up 
\V.H.WiGMORE,io7S.8tliSt.,P!iila.,P.i. 
Thorndale Shropshires 
AX AUCTION I 
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The first Annual Auction of Yearling Ewes and Rams, the produce 
of the Thorndale Flock, will be held at THORNDALE, Millhrook P.O., 
I DUTCHESS COUNTY, N. Y., 
Tuesday, September i 8 , at 12 o’clock. 
j 
100 Yearling Ewes, 50 two-year-old Imported Ewes and 50 Yearling Rams 
will he sold to the highest bidder absolutely without reserve. Represen- 
i tatives of this flock will be on exhibition at the New York State Fair, 
Syracuse, Sept. 6-13. Catalogues ready Aug. 15. Write for particulars. 
I OAKLEICH THORNE, Millbrook, N. Y. 
O n PC n R ^ lua« 7 , safe, anr* 
’ La n t o U L Scafc, Lice. 
V 4 R k. W W L. Mange; all aVin dis^ 
eases; all parasitical troubles; Non-poisonous; Needs 
no preparation; Mixes instantly with cold water ;sam- 
ple by mail 50 c. LAWFORD BROS., Baltimore. Md. 
TICKS 
ELLIOT’S PARCHMENT BUTTER PAPER. ''Kkl4 CD EE 
To dalrrmen or others who wUl ose It, we will send half a reanuSxIl, free, If they wUI « Bw. Sh Sms M 
forward K cents to pay postage. 'Why not try the Beet Batter wrapper t 
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