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THE RURAL NEW-YORKER. 
THE 
Rural New-Yorker. 
THE BUSINESS FARMERS' PARER 
A National Weekly Journal for Ck)untry and Suburban Homes. 
Established 1850. Copyrighted 1894. 
Elbekt S. Cabman, Editor-in-Chlef. 
Hebbebt W. Coli.inowood, Managing Editor. 
John J. Dillon, Business Manager. 
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^ THE RURAL NEW-YORKER, 
Corner Chambers and Pearl Streets, New York. 
SATURDAY. DECEMBER 29. 1894. 
CARMAN No. 1 POTATO. 
Owing to the severe drought, the stock of this potato 
is small, and the dealers’ price will be very high. We 
have been able to secure a stock of small tubers for 
distribution. To subscribers who apply, and inclose 
four cents for postage, we will send a tuber weighing 
about three ounces. This offer is for tlwse onlywJw did 
not receive a tuber last year. 
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The Rural New-Yorker is always stopped at the 
expiration of a subscription. We always notify our 
readers in advance when their subscriptions will end, 
and if they do not see fit to continue—that ends the 
matter. 
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Read the article on irrigation, page 823. That 
spring was an eyesore—so sore, in fact, that its flood 
of tears ruined the land around it. When conducted 
through a pipe to the berries, the “ spring ” was taken 
out of the spring and put into the berry plants so that 
they sprang into vigor and bore fruit. Isn’t there a 
spring on your place that you can wind up into a 
reservoir so as to transfer its power into thirsty plants 
next year ? Try it. 
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Some of our folks who find themselves unable to 
agree with ideas expressed in The R. N.-Y. feel it 
their duty to apologize for offering a differing opinion. 
No need of that. We never advance a proposition ex¬ 
cept in the hope that it will help somebody. If we get 
it wrong so that somebody is hurt by it, then you do 
us a favor by pointing the error out. All we ask is, 
be sure you know before you try to set us right. Your 
opinion may be discounted—your fact can’t be. 
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You will notice that The R. N.-Y. purposes to stand 
right by Crimson clover in 1895. Surely ! The R. 
N.-Y. stands by every honest friend of agriculture, and 
where do you find a better friend than clover ? See 
how brother Crimson is adding life to those Delaware 
farms ? If you had some rich old relative, you would 
not tarry in your efforts to show that the climate of 
your locality was just suited to his health and com¬ 
fort. Crimson clover is richer than any relative. Why 
don’t you stir youi-self to see if he can live where 
you do ? 
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Reports from horse-breeding centers in the West, 
indicate that many large brood mares have been sold 
—their owners being disgusted with prevailing prices. 
You will notice that electricity and the bicycle have 
chiefly hurt the business of the smaller horses—too 
small for heavy work and too slow or homely for 
driving. Electricity will never hurt the business of 
the large truck horse to any great extent, and those 
who keep their brood mares and breed to the best, will, 
we are sure, be well repaid. Breeders of scrub or 
misfit horses have a \\ orse prospect ahead than 
the exclusive wheat growers. 
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We are glad to see people take hold of the funda¬ 
mental idea of the “ balanced ration,” and apply it to 
other things than food. One man makes the spiritual 
point that faith is the fat, and good works the muscle- 
makers. There must be a “ balance ” in that. Politi¬ 
cally, another thinks the towns have the fat, while 
farmers are the muscle-makers, because they work 
double time. A revised “ nutritive ratio ” will be a 
good thing for the body politic. Another man says 
that wheat farmers need a balanced rotation in which 
wheat is merely a side issue. So it goes. The idea is 
sound, and we shall be glad to see it force its way into 
all walks of life. Down with one-sided things—and 
men. 
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Early in 1895, we shall print an interesting series 
of articles on farm-gardening among the coal mines of 
Penn.sylvania. In that section, where land is “ worked 
at both ends ” and miners are buiTowing far down 
under the surface where farmers are growing crops, 
agriculture presents some remarkable problems for 
solution. The R. N.-Y. has never visited a section 
where so many conflicting conditions seem to meet, 
and where the way to success has been so clearly in¬ 
dicated. We shall take special pains with these 
articles, because the principles sought to be described 
in them are of immense interest and importance to all 
farmers. 
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The R. N.-Y. believes that many of the experiment 
stations are doing excellent work for agriculture. 
They have not been able to reach as many farmers as 
we would wish for various reasons. One reason for 
this is the one that induced us to start “ Primer 
Science.” The stations, with their limited number of 
bulletins, cannot hope to keep the continued interest 
of their readers as can the editor of a weekly paper. 
We can understand, too, that there may be reasons 
why these bulletins cannot teach the A B C of a sub¬ 
ject. It seems to us that in this work the farm papers 
should unite with the stations, and help spread the 
facts obtained in the experiment laboratory or field. 
During 1895, The R. N.-Y. expects to visit some of the 
leading stations in various parts of the country, and 
make a careful study of the work that is being done. 
We hope to describe this work as a part of “ Primer 
Science,” using plain language and forcible illustra¬ 
tions—just as we would in describing a farm or gar¬ 
den business. In this way, we hope to give our readers 
a clearer idea of what these stations are doing, as 
well as to interest farmers in these institutions, and 
show them how to make use of the bulletins. We shall 
try hard to make this a very strong feature of next 
year’s R. N.-Y. 
Under “ Primer Science ” this week, is given a ration 
fed to Jersey cows which seems to us too bulky and too 
fat. The owner of these cows has just made this 
financial statement: 
I want to give you an account of the net proceeds from five 
Jersey cows, Value, 8250. Value received for November: 
Milk shipped to New Yoi’k.8145 50 
Milk used on the place. 7 75 
Value of manure. 4 00 
-8157 25 
Expenses. 
Express. 849 50 
Value of all food. 48 30 
Wear on cans. 50 
Work. 15 00 
-8113 30 
Net profit of. 843 95 
Over 88.79 per cow per month. 
That is certainly an excellent showing, and is chiefly 
due to the fact that he is able to obtain 63^ cents per 
quart. If he obtained only three cents, the cash 
receipts would have been but $67.14, instead of $145.50 
and from the figures given, the cows would have been 
kept at a loss. According to the statement on page 
834, during the 30 days of November these cows con¬ 
sumed 2,100 pounds of stalks, 900 pounds each of bran 
and hominy chop, 1,800 pounds of roots, and 2,100 
pounds of hay. We do not know the prices paid for 
bran and chop, and so cannot tell the estimated value 
of the hay, etc. At our home market, 900 pounds 
each of these two feeds, would cost about $21, which 
leaves $27.30 for about a ton each of hay, stalks and 
roots. This high cost of fodder gives additional point 
to the criticism of this ration, that it contains too 
much hay, and too much fat. It cost $9.66 a month 
or over 32 cents each day, to feed one of these cows. 
That is too much. We are glad to have these figures, 
for it makes the point about cheap roughage clearer. 
You cannot afford to feed “horse hay ” to cows. 
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We must have one more shot at the creamery shark 
before the old year goes out. One of our readers ran 
across him in a Pennsylvania town. The shark had 
his “ prominent citizen’’all bribed, and everything 
working as nice as pie for a creamery which was to 
cost $4,900. Our reader happened upon the scene at 
this time, with some copies of The R. N.-Y. Result: 
a decision among the farmers to wait and see what 
other supply houses would do for them. By so doing, 
they obtained, from a reliable housq, a complete set 
of apparatus for $2,900, or a saving of $2,000. As a 
$2,900 investment, the creamery may pay—at $4,900 it 
would have failed, for what business can carry such a 
big proportion of useless debt and prosper? Not the 
creamery trade certainly. That is a good sample of 
the way the creamery shark works. He is now turn¬ 
ing his attention to canning factory supplies, and just 
the same game will be played in this line. We will 
talk about this later. And now, of course, you will 
say that after having been saved $2,000 in cash, those 
farmers made up a big club of subscriptions for The 
R. N.-Y. as a slight testimonial of their good will, etc. 
We won’t'say they did not—we have only to state that 
we haven’t seen the names of those who compose this 
club, or the color of their money yet. The polls are 
never closed, however ! 
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The R. N.-Y. regrets to learn of the death of Wm. 
L. Bradley, president of the Bradley Fertilizer Com¬ 
pany. Mr. Bradley was one of the pioneers of the 
fertilizer trade in this country. He has seen his own 
business grow from the operations performed in one 
small room to an immense establishment covering 
acres of space, and with a corresponding increase of 
trade. All through New England and the Eastern 
States 30 years ago Mr. Bradley’s name was identified 
with the manufacture of superphosphates by Liebig’s 
process. At that time it was thought by many that 
phosphoric acid was about the sole element needed to 
restore wasted soils to fertility. The death of a 
pioneer like Mr. Bradley recalls such facts to mind 
and shows what strides agricultural science has made 
in the manufacture and use of chemical manures. 
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BREVITIES. 
ME AN’ SANTA CL.AUS. 
My mama had a Cwismus twee au’ me an’ Santa Claus 
We {jive der babies lots of fun, yes, I helped him because 
I wuuned into my mama’s woom an’ Sa,nta Claus was dere 
Wif boots an’ bells an’ fur—but oh ! rny papa's face an' hair ! 
I felt so bad to fink dat he was just a make believe. 
But jiapa took me on his knee ’fore I had time to grieve 
An’ said, “My little daughter, please help Santa Claus to-night 
Don’t tell the babies w-ho it is an’ spoil their fun !’’ “ All wite,’ 
I said, an’ he put on his hair an’ false face an’ said, “ Whoa !’’ 
So loud I heard de waindeer stamp and wing dere bells below. 
When he lit up de Cwismus twee I did just want to say 
“ Dat’s iiapa !’’ An’ I felt so bad dat it was all a play. 
I wished dat I could only.dal Santa Claus -was true 
An’ not a gweat big make believe like he ivas —wouldn’t you? 
Dem babies didn’t who ’twas, dey had de bestest fun. 
You orter seen dem clap dere hands when Santa Claus begun 
To take dem pi’esents from de twee an’ talk—I almost cwied 
To fink it’s all a make believe—I’m awful glad I twied 
To keep dat secret an’ not tell who Santa was because. 
My mama says we bof did well—yes, me an’ Santa Claus. 
What edits your tongue ? 
The word can is n tailed success. 
WoBK without faith is dull business. 
How many of your duties are taxes ? 
Modesty —when the “big I” is little used. 
What do you intend to brace yourself on to this year ? 
Which is the harder job—to find good help, or to keep It 
What objection have you to making to-day. the best day of your 
life? 
The dear people—the 'ornamentals who draw' salaries and do 
nothing. 
“ Fabewell to all my grateness !’’ as the wheel said w'hen the 
grease went on to it. 
A “ COLD fbame” is made by jumping out of a hot bed into a 
frosty room with no fire. 
The easiest w-ay to make that surplus rooster valuable, is to sub¬ 
stitute an a for that last o. 
The “creamery shark” is not afraid of an agricultural paper 
that will print its advertisement. 
Want to know' how- to ruin your credit ? Run your own business 
down whenever you possibly can. 
“Pbimeb Science” will before long contain an article on “ashes” 
in reply to many questions now in hand. 
Glad to see the Southern poultrymen stand up for their hen- 
friends. This “big egg” question is still open. 
Advice to the visitor: “When your visit has ended go home. You 
wouldn’t steal your host’s money—why steal his time ?” 
CoBN, carrots and clover—the three butter-coloring foods. Food 
won’t do it alone—Guernsey or Jersey blood must be on hand, too. 
“Labob lost !” A man laboriously whitewashing the inside of a 
large henhouse with a small hand brush while his spraying pump 
stands idle. 
To test the value of weeds as food for live stock, beef some of 
those milk w'eeds in your dairy herd, and see how the family likes 
fresh meat. 
Ip your light is honest, and somebody tries to hide it under a 
bushel, our advice to you is to turn up that light till it sets the 
bushel on fire. 
We rather think manufacturers would makeup a purse to offer 
as a prize for information proving that a dealer ever got rich sell¬ 
ing farm implements at retail. 
Do you realize how the temperature ranges in your living room 
during the day ? Two thermometers hung at the two ends of the 
room have told us a curious story this winter. 
How many dairymen would agree not to use any butter color if 
the “oleo” makers were also forced to use no coloring matter, and 
make their product the color of lard and cotton oil? 
Like to have the world grow better would you ? Good ! By the 
way, what are you doing to help improve it ? Working on your¬ 
self ? That’s encouraging. Good luck to your labor. 
Those w-ho have read the article on “Hens By the Acre” in past 
R. N.-Y’s, will be interested to know that the next one will deal 
with “ Roup By the Acre,” the farm having had an invasion fi'om 
that dreaded di.sease. 
