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THE RURAL NEW-YORKER 
February 9, 1895 
THE 
GreatAmerican 
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SEED TESTING EXTRAORDINARY 
“ Wimmin,” said Mr. Grogan, “is 
moighty similar in wan way.” “ An’ 
wat’s thot ? ” inquired Mr. Hogan. “ No 
matter how many av thim you get 
acquainted wid, they’re all alike in bein’ 
different wan from another.”— Indian¬ 
apolis Journal. 
“ Name some of the qualifications for 
a United States senator,” said a professor 
to a young man who was being examined 
for admission to college. “ He must be 
30 years of age, be above 16 Dutch 
standard, and be able to stand the 
polariscope,” replied the applicant. He 
got marked 100.— Pittsburgh Chronicle. 
The woman emancipationist had tack¬ 
led the serene old bachelor. He squirmed 
occasionally, but he retained his serenity. 
“ Have you ever done anything for the 
emancipation of women, I’d like to 
know ? ” she said, coming down the home¬ 
stretch. “ Indeed, I have, madam,” he 
smiled ; “ I have remained a bachelor.”— 
Detroit Free Press. 
“My good man,” said the severe lady, 
“have you ever stopped to think how 
much money is wasted each year for 
tobacco and rum ? ” “ No, mum, I hain’t,” 
answered the object; “ it’s takin’ all my 
time just now to figger out how many 
poor families could be supported off the 
price of the extra cloth women puts in 
their sleeves.”— Harper's Bazar. 
The great development of the seed industry in America is nowhere better ex¬ 
emplified than on the large seed farm of W. Ati.ee Burpee & Co., at Fordiiook— 
located among the Bucks County hills in Pennsylvania—a name now as familiar 
among seed growers and buyers as a household word. 
“Tried and True” is the motto carried out at Fordhook, and for this purpose 14 
acres are set apart as trial grounds, in which this summer 6,722 tests are being made 
in order to prove the genuineness of all seeds and the value of new introductions in 
their relative merits with existing varieties. Varieties under the same name, but 
from different firms and from different countries, are also brought side by side, 
thus enabling the grower to see at a glance the value and character of each. So, 
for this reason, a visit to Fordhook Farm is of the greatest benefit to the scien¬ 
tist, the seed grower, and the seedsman alike. 
Too much credit cannot be given to Mr. W. Atlee Burpee, the head of the 
great Philadelphia firm, for the energy he has displayed and the capital he has ex¬ 
pended in order to make the experiments carried on at this perfect model farm of 
the utmost value, not only to himself, but to the whole nation, a fact proven by 
his throwing the farm open to the public on certain days in the week. To those 
interested in the trade it is always open.— From a long illustrated article in The 
Florist’s Exchange, New York, September 29, 1894. 
To give an insight into our methods, we have published 
“A YEAR’S WORK AT FORDHOOK FARM,” 
With many Beautiful Half-tone Illustrations from Photographs. 
This new book has been prepared to lay before the reader, in an attractive 
manner, by the united efforts of pen and camera, an exact, comprehensive, and 
impartial picture of Fordhook, precisely as it appears to the eyes of the average 
man or woman visiting the Farm. 
“ Mr. Burpee would be only too glad if every one of the thousands upon thousands of the firm's 
customers from all over the globe could go to Doylestown and see Fordhook with their own eyes; but 
as this is a manifest impossibility, with the larger proportion of them, this little book has been pre¬ 
pared as a sort of humble mirror which will reflect, at least, a feeble likeness of Fordhook and its 
doings to the uttermost parts of the earth, and make all peoples acquainted with the system and 
processes which have made this one of the greatest seed farms in the world, and the source of one of 
the most flourishing business enterprises in the United States.”— Extract from the Author's Introduction 
to “ A Year’s Work at Fordhook Farm.” 
We regret that we cannot afford to send a copy of this little book with every 
catalogue for 1895, but to do so would cost more than $10,000 extra for printing and 
postage. Although the regular price is 10 cents (or free as a premium with a dollar 
order), we will, upon receipt of two 2-cent stamps, mail a copy to the address of any 
planter who desires to consult it before sending this season’s order for seeds. Shall 
we mail YOU a copy NOW ? Perhaps you would also like to have 
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In writing to advertisers, please always mention 
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CONTENTS. 
Rural New-Yorker, February 9, 1895. 
FARM TOPICS. 
What Water Does for Colorado.81 
The Wasted Waters of a Brook.81, 82 
A Useful Device in Slaughtering.82 
How Gardeners Use Manure.82, 83 
Direct Purchase of Implements.83, 84 
How a Lawyer Farms.84, 85 
Curing the Potato Scab.85 
Forty Acres Near a Canning Factory Enough.. 85 
r>.-_ ._] r T-... 1 ........... , aa 
What to DO witn a weeay Dawn.. 
Where Is the Largest Ear ?. .87 
Bokhara Clover (Melilotus Alba).88 
What Shall Ohio Farmers Do Next ?.88 
Two Blocks to a Tree.89 
A Cold Country Root Cellar.89 
LIVE STOCK AND DAIRY. 
A House for 1,000 Fowls.83 
Further Light on the Horse-Feeding Question.. 86 
Pipes for Hot-Water Brooders.86 
Artichokes for Hogs; Record of a Boom.87 
How Worms Affect Pigs.87 
What to Do for a Sterile Cow.87 
Crimson Clover as Hen Food.89 
The Balanced Ration. Part XVI.96,97 
Forcing the Eggs.97 
Medicine for Cow.97 
Some Hog Rules.97 
Guinea Hens and Potato Bugs.97 
Cows with Extra Teats.97 
HORTICULTURAL. 
Ice and Strawberries.83 
Extra Early Tomatoes in South Jersey.84 
Selling Asparagus; Ashes; Gooseberry.85 
Scurfy Bark-louse on Apple Trees.85, 86 
Some Points About Greenhouse Roofs.86 
Various Questions from Canada.86 
More Facts About Those Irrigated Berries.86 
Starting an Orchard on “ New ” Land.86, 87 
The Three Best Strawberries.87 
Yellow and White Peaches.87 
The San Jos6 Scale in Indiana.87 
“TheNew r Celery Culture.”.88, 89 
Late Keeping Grapes.89 
WOMAN AND THE HOME. 
Editorials. 92 
A Good Day’s Work.—Part II. 92 
The Beau Question.92, 93 
What Shall Our Pleasures Be ?. 93 
Care of Cellars.. 93 
Surprise Lends Relish. 93 
Ferns in the Winter. 93 
For Mind and Heart. 93 
MISCELLANEOUS. 
Editorials. 90 
Brevities. 90 
The Prospect... 91 
A Non-Partisan Board of Agriculture. 91 
Business Bits. 91 
As We Go to Press. 94 
We Want to Know, You Know !. 95 
Markets. 95 
Can I Afford to Borrow ?.98, 99 
Dynamite in Manure. 99 
Humorous.100 
