1895 
THE RURAL NEW-YORKER. 
NEIGHBORHOOD LIBRARIES WANTED 
At this season of the year, the active 
minds on the farm are restless. They 
crave intellectual novelty, and require 
something- more stimulating than a seed 
catalogue, and more enlivening than the 
new bulletins from the experiment 
stations. One young farmer impulsively 
broke out, “ Give me a new farm book. 
I have read every page of The It. N.-Y., 
and I want a good book on farming ; a 
wide-awake novel, or to play backgam¬ 
mon.” All this was very human, and 
the feeling cannot be ignored. We 
might as well expect a thoroughbred 
colt to be contented with his head all 
winter in a stanchion like a dairy cow, 
as to look for hibernation of intellectual 
power. And the better the home is 
equipped for mental training, the keener 
will be the appreciation of variety in 
food for the mind, just as the high-bred 
Guernsey will suffer more than the scrub 
if turned out into the snowy barnyard 
to trample cornstalks under foot, or if 
left on the lee side of a straw stack. 
In past days, this intellectual need 
was met in theory by the circulating 
district-school library. This has been 
so mismanaged that, in many States, the 
law does not now allow the use of public 
funds, for circulating books, and the 
school library can only consist of refer¬ 
ence books in the school house, and other 
accessories for teaching. The school 
trustee has not always been a man of in¬ 
tellectual breadth. Sometimes the funds 
would be used for showy, expensive sub¬ 
scription books, which were kept at 
home as parlor ornaments, until the 
sense of public ownership was smothered, 
and his successor might buy as cheap 
and many books as possible regardless of 
quality or fitness. 
When the circulating library has dis¬ 
appeared, enterprising people ought to 
start good literature clubs, uniting four 
to a dozen or more families in accumu¬ 
lating a nucleus for a local li crary. 
There ought to be an efficient librarian 
holding office for a year, and eligible for 
re-election. Generally a lady with a 
good, fair education will be most likely 
to see that the right books get into the 
right hands, and that they are returned 
promptly on time. The chairman may 
be an ornamental figure-head, but the 
library committee of three should repre¬ 
sent the neighborhood, one going out of 
office quarterly until all the families have 
shared iD its duties. To secure variety, 
the by-laws should limit the annual ex¬ 
penditure for magazines and periodicals 
to25 per cent of the funds, 25 per cent for 
good fiction, 20 per cent for agricultural 
books, and the rest for travels, history, 
poetry and fine arts. Stewart on Feed¬ 
ing Animals might be an appropriate 
book, but a library of works on strictly 
farm topics would be as unsuitable as 
complete cheap sets of the works of 
Charles Dickens and Walter Scott. It 
takes some skill to select the best repre¬ 
sentative works of each of the great 
authors, and a percentage rule would 
hold a purchasing committee in check. 
There should be appointed quarterly 
a hospital steward, who would see that 
the books were repaired and supplied 
with clean covers, and rotation of this 
office would soon convince careless fam¬ 
ilies of the importance of caring for 
books. The library committee would 
have in charge the raising of funds, by 
subscription, dues, or whatever way is 
locally best, and to these should be 
strictly added fines for undue detention 
of books. A good librarian would soon 
collect for future reference a valuable 
file of station bulletins, seed catalogues 
and manufacturers' circulars. A mid¬ 
winter library and social gathering, and 
a midsummer excursion or picnic, would 
add materially to the usefulness of the 
club. In each little community, some 
one must work hard to start such an 
enterprise, but if the ball is once set 
rolling in the right way, the mental and 
moral uplifting of the neighborhood will 
be a rich reward. b. d. 
IttitfceUaumt# gulvcvtisinjb 
lx writing to advertisers, please always mention 
The Rural New-Yorker. 
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| GRASS IS KINO 1 
r We are the only seedsman making the growing of E 
5 farm seeds, grasses and clovers a great specialty. Our r 
E Extra Grass and Clover Mixtures last a lifetime with- - 
s out renewal. Prices dirtcheap. Mammoth farm seed E 
i catalogue and sample of Grass Mixture free for 7c. - 
= postage. JOHN A. SALZER SEED CO.. La Crosse. WIs i 
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CRIMSON CLOVER 
grown Crimson Clover Seed in the United States, 
is JOSEPH E. HOLLAND, Grower and Jobber, Mil¬ 
ford, Del. Write for prices. 
NEW SEED POTATO. 
1 have a new Potato that I originated. It is the 
leader to-day. Also, HE ItRY PLANTS for sale. Send 
for catalogue; it is free. 
WM. GOODSITE, Bogart, Erie Co., Ohio. 
Pure Carman No. I 
peck. $1.25. Rural New-Yorker No. 2, per bu., $]. 
ISRAEL DENLINGER, Trotwood, Ohio. 
SEED POTATOES. 
Willson Seedling — long white vigorous grower; 
heavy cropper; late. Peek, 40c.; % bu., 60c.; bu., $1. 
White Star—long white; fine table. Peck, 30c.; % bu 
50c.; bu., $1. Breese’s Prolific—red early. Peck. 50c.; 
bu., $1.25. Rural New-Yorker No. 2—white; fine table 
I eck, «)0c.; ^ bu., 60c ; bu., $1.25. No charge for sacks. 
HOMER J. BROWN. Harford, Cortland Co., N. Y. 
FRF PM AW Potatoes for Sale. $1.50 and $2.50 per 
' IILLIIInli barrel. Supply limited. 
CHAS. C. FITCH, West Groton, N. Y. 
Northern Grown Tested Seed. 
For high grade, pure unmixed Cleever Seed of all 
varieties, choice Timothy Seed, Orchard Grass, Blue 
Grass. Red Top. Pasture and Lawn Grass Seed, the 
Best Seed Corn, Seed Oats, Seed Barley, Seed Potatoes, 
to be found in the country, and our LITTLE GIANT 
HAND BROADCAST SEED SOWER. Write for 
prices, samples and our 1895 Seed Catalogue. THE 
HENRY PHILIPPS SEED AND IMPLEMENT COM¬ 
PANY. Toledo. Ohio. 
Great Northern Oats.^.^’SS.rriSi 
record wherever tested. It nearly doubled my average 
yield, so will it yours. Over 100 bushels per acre. 
Strong, stiff straw. My seed is clean, pure and free 
from smut. Price, $1 per bushel; new sacks free. 
Also, pure selected Learning Seed Corn, $1 per bushel 
Write for circulars and Hand-Book free. 
A. H. FOSTER, Allegan, Mich. 
“Great White 
Maine Oats. 
In 1894 we grew on 13 acres, without manure, and 
only ordinary cultivation, ninety=one and a hal i bushels 
per acre, and four hundred and six bushels from four 
acres. 
Last year we returned over $1,000 cash to purchasers 
because we could not fill their orders. This year we hope 
to supply all demands for this king of oats, but better order 
early — at least write us about them — they come the near¬ 
est to being a sure crop. 
EDWARD F- DIBBLE SEED CO., 
Honeove Falls New York. 
MORE THAN 
$1.00^25^ 
THE MOST BEAUTIFUL FLOWERS. 
Rare Seeds at Less than a Quarter tlieir Value. 
A special ami unequalled oiler for trial 
to gain new customers by a well-known 
Philadelphia firm of Seed Growers. The varie¬ 
ties embrace the most beautiful novelties, and 
have been grown at Fordhook Farm, famous 
as one of the model seed farms of the world. 
BURPEE’S 
Gem Collection for 1895 
contains one packet each of the new Aster White 
Branching, with immense double Chiysautheimim- 
like flowers in great profusion, alone 15c. perpkt.; New 
Perunia Burpee's Defiance Largest Flowering 
j>I i.ved, (lowers measuring over live inches in diameter; 
$1.45.00 in cash prizes for the largest blooms—the 
finest Petunias in the world, never sold for less than'Zoc 
per pkt. Imperial German Pansies Splendid 
mixed, more than fifty colorsof the brightest and best 
Pansies. New Royal Dwarf Purple Cockscomb of 
immense size and great perfection. Marigold Legion 
of Honor, anoveltyof rare and unusual beauty. New 
Calendula Giant Flowering Golden Yellow, 
immense light yellow ilowers, perfectly Double. Cnl- 
liopsis Coronatn, an annual variety, old but little 
known. Choice Coleus, with grand leaves of many 
brilliant hues. New Yellow Doliclios,adistinct nov¬ 
elty and the new Brazilian .Morning Glory, large 
flowering, quite distinct botli in foliage and flower. 
JtftTTlie ten packets named above, purchased from 
us or any other seedsmen would amount to $| .tiO at 
regular cash prices, we will, however, send all ten va¬ 
rieties, with full directions for culture printed on each 
packet— Tlie Complete COLLECTION for only 
!25 CENTS, or five complete collections for $1.00. 
Never before have such rare and valuable seeds of the 
most beautiful flowers been offered at such a nominal 
price. We hope to make thousands of new customers and 
we guarantee perfect satisfaction to every purchaser. 
To each one who asks for it we will also send FREE 
BURPEE’S FARM ANNUAL for 1895, 
a handsome book of 174 pages, well known ns the 
“lending American Seed Catalogue,” or A 
Bright Book about Seeds, novel and unique. 
If with the silver quarter you enclose two2cstamps(or 
thirty cents in stamps altogether) besides theentire col¬ 
lection of seeds and either of the catalogues named, we 
will also send you a superb work of art entitled “ A 
Year’s Work at Fordhook Farm this beautiful 
book gives many pictures from photographs of Amen 
ca’s Model Seed Farm. AST WRITE TO-DAY as 
tliis advertisement will not appear again and such 
value was never before offered for so little money. 
&3~Catalogues alone FREE to any address. 
W.ATLEE BURPEE & CO., Philadelphia, Pa. 
SEEDS\ 
... Awarded 
World’s Columbian 
>rand Prize Medal. 
ALWAYS FRESH 
and RELIABLE. 
Send 5 cents to cover post¬ 
age and by return mail re¬ 
ceive package of my New 
Hybrid Everblooming Pan¬ 
sy Seed, all colors; 'he fin¬ 
est varieties known; and 
my Beautiful Seed and 
Plant BookofGardcn Nov¬ 
elties at lowest prices ever 
known. Address at once, 
H. W. BUCKBEE, 
Rockford Seed Farms, 
E O Box 545. Rockford,111 
OnnH PfltQtftOO~*' reein an, Early Sunrise, Vick's 
OuCll rUlaiUuO Perfection, Rural New-Yorker 
No. 2, Green Mountain, American Wonder, Maggie 
Murphy, $1 per bu. Also a choice quality of Seed 
Buckwheat. A. M. BURNETT, Mayville, N. Y. 
I Old Mother §§ 
— Earth g 
Her products; useful and beautiful, new and 
old, in Seeds and Plants, are illustrated and 
described in our Catalogue for 1895 of 
Everything r< TH:” Garden 
This Catalogue is really a book of 160 pages, 
9xll inches, containing over 500 engravings 
and 8 colored plates of Seeds and Plants. And 
as all are drawn from nature, we show, as in a 
looking-glass, the best of the old and the 
latest of the new. 
To trace advertising, and give our Catalogue 
the largest possible distribution, we make the 
following unusually liberal offer: 
Every Empty Envelope 
Counts as Cash. 
To every one who will state where this ad¬ 
vertisement was seen, and who encloses us 
20 cents (in stamps), we will mail the Catalogue, 
and also send, free of charge, our famous 50- 
cent Newport Collection of Seeds, containing 
one packet each of New White Sweet Pea 
“ Emily Henderson,” New Butterfly Pansy, 
New Crested Zinnia, Succession Cabbage, New 
York Lettuce, and Ponderosa Tomato, in a 
red envelope, which, when emptied and re¬ 
turned, will be accepted as a 25-centcash pay¬ 
ment on any order of goods selected from 
Catalogue to the amount of $ 1.00 and upward. 
H PETER HENDERSON & CO.H 
85 & 87 CORTI.ANDT 8T., NKtV YORK. SS*EH 
Cyclone \ 
, Seedefl 
Cyclone a z* seeder 
sows timothy, clover and all 
Other seeds perfectly even. r>0 
, acres a day. Saves % labor pi 
seed, 200,000 in use. Sent on 
trial. Special price and oir- 
culars tree. CHAMPION 
aPSEEUEIl CO. Urhana,Ind. 
FRUIT PACKAGES "XT 
Also Beekeepers’ Supplies. 
>31 Write to us and inquire about 
ji our cheap Berry Baskets. 
■ Catalogue and price list free. 
BERLIN FRUIT BOX CO., 
Berlin Heights, Erie Co., Ohio. 
PLANT DOXES 
■ For HOT-BED USE 1000. 
4-lnch cube. 4J^-inch cube, or 5-inch cube. 
BERRY CRATES 
and CRAPE BASKETS. 
Write for price list. Address 
JOLBY - BINKLEY CO., Benton Harbor, Mich. 
HOMESTEAD FRUIT FARM 
I KUIT and ORNAMENTAL Trees, SMALL FRUIT Plants and Vines. All stock guaranteed 
as represented. Prices reduced. We can save you money on large or small orders. Berry Crates 
and Baskets. Catalogue FREE. Address I). B. GARVIN & SON, Wheeling, W. Va. 
We will pay $300 for a mime. 
SWEET PEAS,S?»»S,r' Only 40c. A POUND! 
For full particulars of $300 offer and the handsomest and most com¬ 
plete catalogue of Flowers, Vegetables and Fruits, containing all old fa¬ 
vorites and cream of new Novelties, printed in 17 different colors, elegant 
colored plates. Send 10 cts. (which may be deducted from first order) for 
X/IOI^Q FLORAL GUIDE. 
w I IX. SEEDS contain the germ of life. 
JAMES VICK’S SONS, Rochester, N. Y. 
IN SETTING FORTH THE MERITS OF OUR 
UNITED STATES 
^SEPARATOR 
* We will let the practical users themselves 
speak for the machine. 
P NOTE THE FOI.EO WING — ■ ~ 
. PROPRIETORS OF 31 CREAMERIES. 
■/ The U. S. No. 1-B. Separators are running to our 
r entire satisfaction and fulfil your guarantee. They are 
doing very close work. In ten tests of two machines, 
running together 4,455 lbs. per hour, hardly a trace of 
fat was discernible. WM. BEARD & SONS. 
BEARD & SONS. 
Lime Springs, Ia., June 20, 1894. 
5,000 POUNDS IN TWO HOURS. IIARDLY A TRACE. 
We have run over 5,000 lbs. of milk in two hours through the U. S. No. 1-B. Separator, 
and it does its work well. We could hardly find a trace of fat in the skimmed milk 
Whitney’s Pt., N. Y., Nov. 20, 1894. BARNES & WHITTAKER. 
CANNOT SPEAK TOO HIGHLY OF THE U. S. 
I cannot speak too highly of your U. S. No. 1-B. Separator which T have been using 
the past season. It has a large capacity, is a clean skimmer and never gets out of repair 
Cortland, N. Y., Oct. 12, 1894. E. c. RINDGE. 
Catalogue containing full description -jgf- VERMONT FARM MACHINE CO. 
and testimonials. ASK FOR IT. Bellows F_!fs, VERMONT. 
