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THE RURAL NEW-YORKER. 
I ... . _ THE 
Rural New-Yorker. 
THE BUSINESS FARMERS' PAPER 
A National Weekly Journal for Country and Suburban Homes. 
Established 1800. Copyrighted 1885 
Elbert S. Carman, Editor-in-Chief. 
Herbert W. Collingwood, Managing Editor. 
John J. Dillon, Business Manager. 
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SATURDAY , FEBRUARY 2, 1895. 
One of the editors of The R. N.-Y. recently paid a 
visit to Philadelphia for the purpose of studying up 
the system of handling milk in that city. The estab¬ 
lishment of the most extensive dealer in the city was 
thoroughly inspected, as was the plant of the Farmers’ 
Creamery Association. We shall tell our readers 
about these arid other things of interest about market 
matters in early issues. 
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Plants of Crimson clover were exhibited at the 
meeting of the Peninsula Horticultural Society in 
Dover, Del., having roots four feet long, extending 
down to the clay subsoil, and evidently not nearly 
done growing, as the plants were only five months 
old. “ Dig deep, while sluggards sleep ! ” That is 
what Crimson clover does for the enterprising farmers 
in sections where the climate is suitable. 
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Large quantities of beans are imported into this 
country annually. Many of these come from Hungai*y, 
whose stock is small this year. Prices are firm, and 
the market is in good shape. Rut why import so 
many beans ? The duty on them is 20 per cent. Why 
not grow them here ? They are a fairly profitable 
crop, and not difficult to grow. The American farmer 
ought not to need a very extended bean diet to con¬ 
vince him that it is better all around to grow beans 
than to import them. 
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Our readers are warned against sending any produce 
to the Harlem Market Produce Co., claiming to do 
business at 302 East 103d Street. S. Hirslifeld & Co., 
claim to be proprietors, and another individual claim¬ 
ing the name of Chas. Ellen is also mixed up with it. 
We shall have more to say about this firm later. For 
the benefit of new readers, we hereby caution them 
against sending any produce to any firm that claims 
to get prices much above the usual run, or to any one 
that makes extravagant claims. 
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Our young friend, who asks about growing dessert 
apples, on page 08, will be likely to think that loca¬ 
tion is about the easiest part of it. There are, evi¬ 
dently, a good many locations where apples ‘ ‘ attain 
their best quality.” Dr. Hoskins seems to come near 
it when he refers to suitable land with good shipping 
facilities and out of the line of tramps and thieves. 
The matter of varieties will be hardest to settle, be¬ 
cause that will depend largely on the local market, 
and the preferences for certain colors and flavors. 
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Two things that will not “down,” are the “creamery 
shark” and Stephen H. Hayt, the commission fraud. 
We have belabored both of them as well as we know 
how, and, apparently, to some purpose. Here is a 
letter that explains itself : 
I have read from time to time, in The R. N.-Y., the kicks at the 
creamery sharks. Kick ’em again, and kick ’em hard ! They need 
it. The R. N.-Y. saved me $99 by its exposure of their fraudulent 
ways of doing business. Instead of paying $100 for a share in the 
creamery, I paid $1 for The R. N.-Y., and thus you see what I 
saved ! For the concern broke up, and the share was not worth 
the paper it was written on. The sharks contracted a $7,500 build¬ 
ing, furnished it ready for use, and put in a $2,500 outfit, got their 
$7,500 and left. Yes, left the stockholders with 750 shares, worth 
about $2.50 or $3 per share, instead of $100. Experience is a dear 
school, but it seems that some people will not learn in any other. 
Bonaparte, la. h. w. 
And, apparently, some folks will not learn, even at 
that' school. After all that we have said and printed 
about Hayt and other fraudulent commission men, 
people are constantly coming in with sorrowful tales 
of woe about goods shipped to just such rascals. We 
wouldn’t trust Hayt or any of his family with the sale 
of a yellow dog. Any stranger who claims to be able 
to pay you more than the regularly quoted price for 
your goods, is a member of this hated family. 
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There are some “ Primer Science ” fertilizer notes 
on page 73. Let us all remember that plants need a 
“ balanced ration ” as well as animals. Lots of people 
write about their failures with fertilizers, but we don’t 
hear so much about the failures with manure. Why ? 
Because they are not recognized as failures, since the 
actual cost of the home supply of man are is never 
estimated to determine whether the crop paid or not. 
What we want to say is that oftentimes a bag of 
muriate or of bone—used with the manure—would 
have greatly increased the crop. We think that we 
make it clear why that is so. As to figuring the trade 
value of a fertilizer—can’t you do it after reading the 
article on page 73 ? 
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Two years ago, The It. N.-Y. had a long account of 
the breeding of half wild turkeys in Rhode Island. 
We showed as clearly as we could the advantages of 
using this wild blood in breeding our common stock, 
and advised readers to try it. Now that a few have 
gone ahead and proved the value of this blood, many 
of those who might then have started at slight ex¬ 
pense, are thinking of buying birds—of course at 
greatly advanced prices. Shrewd business men will 
take hold of a thing like that at once and make their 
profit while the others are thinking about getting a 
start. After the market is well supplied, is the time 
to get out and take up something new. Don’t spend 
too much time “ thinking about it”—spend enough, 
though. 
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We have often referred to the work done by Prof. 
Snow, of Kansas, in spreading infectious diseases 
among chinch bugs. Diseased bugs are put in the 
field, and the disease from them destroys vast numbers. 
He now finds that the same disease will destroy lice, 
grasshoppers and bedbugs. In France, it is said, 
similar treatment has been successfully applied to the 
large, white grub, so destructive to strawberries. It 
is good to learn that bedbugs are subject to disease. 
In Paris, we are told, learned men proved—to then- 
own satisfaction, at least—that bedbugs are a fruit¬ 
ful means of communicating tuberculosis. A city 
ordinance was passed compelling landlords of public 
places to destroy all bedbugs on their premises. A 
protest was made against this so powerfully, that the 
order was rescinded, and the bugs were spared. 
There’s legislation for you ! 
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A ton of clover hay is a fertilizer with an analysis 
of two per cent of nitrogen, half of one per cent of 
phosphoric acid, and over two per cent of potash. Is 
it as good as a mixture of nitrate of soda, dissolved 
bone black and sulphate of potash—or of wood ashes 
and ground bone ? No. Why not ? Because the hay 
is coarse and hard, and the fertility in it is not avail¬ 
able for plants. Let us grind it and pulverize it, both 
with machinery and acids, so that it will dissolve in 
water, and it will be as valuable as the other sub¬ 
stances. That is what the cow does with it. To be 
sure, the cow takes part of the manurial value out in 
the form of meat or milk, but it is this grinding and 
fining that makes the difference in value between a 
manure pile and a straw stack. See, too, how the 
manure pile is made richer by the addition of strong 
grains to the cow’s rations—as it is by adding muriate 
and bone to the pile itself ? 
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Three good rules of business for these times are 
1. Get hold of a good thing and push it hard while it 
is new. 2. Be your own middleman and get the best 
possible price. 3. Get the largest crop you can at a 
reasonable cash outlay. Here is a man who took these 
rules to heart and acted on them : 
I have been mv own middleman. In 1892, I sent a few barrels of 
potatoes to Philadelphia, directly to consumers, price 60 cents net 
here. In the spring of 1893, I sold all the seed potatoes I had at $1 
per bushel. In the fall of 1893 I received ox-ders from customers of 
the previous year, and their friends, for all the eating potatoes I 
had at 60 cents per bushel net. I sold all my seed potatoes at 60 
cents. In the fall of 1894, I received orders from the same parties 
for nearly all the potatoes I had at 60 cents, and then I received 
an order for a car-load at 55 cents net from a retailer. To fill this 
order, I had to buy all the potatoes I could from those to whom I 
had sold seed. At this time, the price here for common potatoes 
was 40 cents per bushel ; a few were sold early at 50 cents. You 
may be interested to know of my success with the one R. N.-Y. 
No. 2 potato sent me. I used a high-grade fertilizer, 1,200 pounds 
per acre. In 1892 they yielded 180 bushels per acre ; in 1893, 200 
bushels per acre ; in 1894, 150 bushels per acre. Without fertilizer 
in 1894 the yield was 100 bushels per acre. Yours for success, 
Afton, N. Y. R. a. b. 
All that started with one little nut of a potato that 
some folks who think themselves pretty smart, would 
have thrown away. “Yours for success!” That’s 
right. A dumb man could tell you what that success 
hinged on ! 
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It is said that in the meat shops of New Mexico 
and Arizona, the carcasses of sheep are dressed with 
a tuft of wool attached to the head and tail. Many 
goats are kept there to be killed for food for the 
poorer natives, and this precaution is taken to show 
that this is real mutton and not ignoble goat flesh. 
Why not utilize the idea in other ways and in differ¬ 
ent parts of the country ? Let the dairyman put in a 
few cow hairs to show the genuineness of his dairy 
product. The poultryman who furnishes strictly fresh 
gathered Leghorn eggs, might attach a few white 
feathers to show that his wares are not a machine 
product. He who furnishes pure lard, might utilize a 
little of the superfluous squeal of his porkers to show 
that his is not a compound of cotton-seed oil and some¬ 
thing else. The maple sugar maker might put in a 
few maple leaves or chips from the old tree, and so 
on. There is nothing like having genuine goods, 
unless it be proving to customers that they are genuine. 
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BREVITIES. 
(bee first page.) 
Old Money and Farmer have started to carry 
The burden of tax on a pole—as you see, 
The weight has slipped down like the very old Harry, 
Because Brother Farmer showed weakness of knee. 
Old Money is happy—the crafty old fellow— 
It’s easy to hold the long end of a stick; 
But poor Farmer’s prospect is tinted yvith yellow; 
The short end of life makes a fellow’s back sick. 
But here comes young farmer with “ organization." 
You see by his book lie’s been going to school. 
We’re raising a crop for the next generation 
That money will never be able to fool. 
So drop your knees, Money, and stiffen up, Farmer. 
It won’t hurt your beauty to keep your back straight. 
Don’t mind the poor creatures who call you “alarmer 
Just see that old Money takes half of the weight. 
Stand up for your rights, sir—may children who follow, 
Walk right in your footsteps to Liberty fair; 
Tap each legal promise and see if it’s hollow; 
Give, take nothing more than a good, honest share ! 
Fruits are heavy drinkers ! 
The scrub is a weed breeder. 
Cultivation of hops—dancing lessons. 
Cull the heard by discounting half you hear. 
What sort of a bed do you give the hired man ? 
Ex-experience —forgetting how an old trap looks. 
The “ boom ” of a boon—praising Crimson clover. 
Out of ve-pares —a fortune made by “ shaving notes.” 
He tried the feat of trying to cheat Nature—-she beat. 
Don’t stuff the horse with hay ! His stomach isn’t made of 
rubber ! 
Is your right hand tired, hired or inspired ? Look at its w-ork 
and see. 
The latest poultry authority is Mr. Cut Bone, E. C. What’s 
the “ E. C.” for ? Egg coaxer ! 
If you want to know how to get “under the harrow,” run great 
big ideas on a margin that’s narrow. 
Many seekers after the truth about saghalin, are referred to the 
last two issues. Better “ go very slow ” with it. 
“Sacaline.” It is boomed as a forage plant. Our opinion is 
that too much sacaline will make your purse a lean sac. 
Far better have a child spend time practicing drawing, than 
ornamental penmanship. Drawing is the universal language. 
When Mr. Allis, page 68, found that lambs like to climb, he made 
steps for them at once. Nothing like grafting pleasure on the 
stock. 
English farm hands are getting into the “ labor question ” by 
demanding a half holiday every Saturday—with whole pay, of 
course. 
Don’t expect much from spring sowing of Crimson clover. You 
might fry it on a thin seeding of Red clover, to help out the first 
hay crop. 
Here is a punishment for that tree agent who is selling “ in¬ 
verted cuttings”—page 69. Let him be inverted and given a cut or 
two with one of his own trees. 
For the first time in this nation’s history, the Gulf States send 
provisions to starving farmers west of the Mississippi! How 
history would have been changed had these drought stricken 
farmers gone South instead of West, and left the deserts undis¬ 
turbed. Would the nation have been weaker or stronger to-day ? 
Thousands of good horses are said to be running on the Western 
plains without any ownership mark. Horse flesh is so low that it 
does not pay even to hunt them up and brand them. The Nevada 
legislature has authorized the shooting of all stallions running at 
large—to prevent increase. Think what there is against you— 
you breeder of scrub horses ! 
Of course you understand that it is possible for a cow to give 
herself a greater chill with a mess of ensilage than with a mess 
of dry hay. Did you ever think why? More water in the ensilage, 
and water parts with its heat (gets cold) easier than dry matter. 
Think it pays to chill a cow’s stomach, injure the working of that 
delicate digestive apparatus, and then waste good food in heating 
it up again? 
What is skim-milk ? Milk with the fat taken out. Not as good 
food for calves as.whole milk ? Of course not. Add some good, 
soluble fat to it, and the calf does better on it ? Of course. Very 
well, now tell us what’s wrong with this statement: Stable manure 
is vegetable food with a large proportion of its potash and phos¬ 
phoric acid taken out. By adding muriate of potash and bone to 
the manure pile, we greatly increase its capacity to feed plants. 
