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THE RURAL NEW-YORKER 
April 6 
Payment for Skilled Farm Labor. 
F. C. J., Hastings, Neb. —“What is 
tne true secret of the fact that the town 
gives skilled labor better opportunities 
than the country?”—Page 56, The It. 
N.-Y., January 26, 1895. 
Because city and town business men 
appreciate ability, and are willing to 
pay a fair compensation for it, while the 
great majority in the country are un¬ 
willing to give any more for skilled 
labor than the “ usual price ” for usual 
labor. I have not always lived in the 
country, and have been in cities a few 
times since I became a farmer, and 
know of instances where “skilled work¬ 
men,” without other capital, have been 
made equal partners in business where 
thousands of dollars have been placed 
against knowledge. But how few 
farmers there are who are willing to 
give more than the “ usual terms.” 
I was in correspondence with a well- 
to-do farmer in western New York, 
whom I knew to be more progressive 
than the most of farmers in his imme¬ 
diate vicinity, and who wished, for 
various reasons, to let his farm stocked 
with sheep, where the raising of “ hot¬ 
house lambs” is a leading specialty. 
When asked his terms, this reply came: 
“Farms a^e rented here on this basis: The 
renter furnishes teams and tools, does 
the work, pays half the taxes, furnishes 
half the seed, pays for half the thrash¬ 
ing, fertilizers, twine, grass seed, etc., 
and feeds his teams on his own grain 
and hay ; keeps so much fence in repair, 
the owner furnishing material; markets 
all produce, and has one half of the 
proceeds. You would be supposed to 
buy one-half interest in the stock— 
sheep and cattle—either paying cash, or 
paying interest on one-half of the ap¬ 
praised value until paid for.” I know of 
some good, improved farms, of course not 
so well improved as his must be for his 
leading specialty, being rented for one- 
half of the crops marketed, the renter 
furnishing all labor, teams, tools, seed, 
etc., but having no stock but his own to 
care for; and others for $2.50 per acre, 
cash, either of which is much preferable 
to having it stocked, and only deriving 
the benefit from one’s own stock, and 
still caring for twice what one owns. 
The right way to let such a farm, is to 
let the capital invested in farm and im¬ 
provements equal the manager, or the 
interest on that capital equal the year's 
labor of the manager, each furnishing 
one-half of the working capital, which 
represents teams, tools, stock, seed, feed, 
and all expenses of labor other than the 
manager’s, and sharing alike in profit 
and loss. If nothing was made, it 
would certainly be no worse for the 
owner to lose the interest on his per¬ 
manent capital, than for the manager to 
lose his year's labor. Or, if the owner 
furnished the farm,stocked and equipped, 
the manager should furnish all labor, 
and should have one-half the profits, if 
any. But if loss occur, the manager 
would lose his own time, and the amount 
paid out for labor would balance the 
loss on the working capital. 
Of course it will not do to let the 
usual tenant have the management of 
such a farm, even on much more than 
unusually favorable terms for the owner 
than the “usual terms” under which 
the usual farm is rented. But a person 
capable of managing such a farm, is not 
usually confined to one business, and if 
a fair compensation cannot be had in his 
chosen occupation, he can and will adapt 
himself to other lines of business, where 
intelligence and ability are willingly 
paid a fair compensation. In some of 
those “neighborhoods where agriculture 
is at a very low ebb,” the inhabitants 
who have capital, might improve then- 
farms, earn a fair interest on their in¬ 
vestment, help some one to help himself, 
and raise agriculture to a higher plane, 
and make it indeed “The most noble, the 
most useful and the most healthful work 
of man” by inducing some skilled and 
progressive farmer to employ business 
methods, by giving something more than 
the “usual terms.” 
A Cement Hen Fountain. 
G. R. B., Los Gatos, Cal. —In a very 
large, tin pan, I put about 1% inch of 
Portland cement and sand (one-quarter 
cement to three-quarters sand) and after 
it had set three or four hours, put a 
round, wooden butter bowl in the middle 
and filled it up to the top of the pan with 
the same material ; keeping a weight in 
the bowl so that it would not float on 
the cement. After three or four daj s, I 
took out the bowl and applied a thin 
coating of cement and sand, equal parts, 
to give a smooth, finishing coat smooth¬ 
ing it off with a saucer—as a trowel is 
flat and not shaped right to work on a 
concave surface. The cement and sand 
must be thoroughly mixed dry, and only 
enough wet up to be used at the time. 
I have water constantly dripping from a 
very small stopcock, in each chicken 
yard into one of these vessels, which 
from their shape can be cleaned out in a 
few seconds, without removing or lift¬ 
ing. 
Crimson Beat Zero in Ohio. 
E. M. G., Birmingham, O.—Two weeks 
ago, I thought of reporting the condition 
of my plot of Crimson clover ; then the 
snow had mostly disappeared, and winter 
seemed to have left us. But since then, 
we liaye been having good, snug winter 
weather. Most of the weather since 
January 1, has been severe, with little 
snow to protect The Crimson clover— 
four acres, 15 pounds par acre—was part 
of it sown the last of July in standing 
corn after a little shower. Then the 
drought struck us, and the rest of the 
piece was sown with about one bushel 
of oats per acre after the rains came the 
latter part of September. The first sow¬ 
ing did not show itself until that time, 
but came up and grew right along better 
than the last sowing. It went into win¬ 
ter looking pretty small to stand much 
zero weather ; but it has come through 
looking fully as well as it did when win¬ 
ter set in. I can't see that the oats did 
any good, but shall watch it closely to 
see how it stands the rough weather we 
usually have from now on. 
A Home Mixer in Maryland. 
F. E. M., Pocomoke City, Md.—I have 
been mixing my own fertilizer for sev¬ 
eral years, and find that it pays, as I can 
mix a ton for $18 or $20 that the dealers 
sell here for $28 or more. I mix as fol¬ 
lows : 
Pounds. 
500 dried ground fish 11 per cent ammonia,.. $7.50 
240 muriate potash. 4.80 
1,260 dissolved South Carolina rock. 8.15 
2.000 $20.45 
I weigh the materials, and put each in 
separate piles. I first put down a layer 
of rock, then of fish and then muriate of 
potash, running all the materials through 
a sieve—a wheat riddle will do. Any 
outhouse that has a tight board floor will 
do to mix in. I have a house built for 
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POTATOES 
SWEET CORN, PEAS and BEANS are some of my 
Aroostook Grown Specialties. They are all money 
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GEO. A. HUCKINS, Seedsman, Presque Isle. Me. 
YOU CAN’T AFFORD 
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SEED POTATOES. 
We handle Aroostook County (Me.) stock, and guaran¬ 
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catalogue; mailed free. 
WM. S. SWEET & SON, Providence, R. I. 
POTATOES 
THAT GROW. 
Carman No. 1, 
Maggie Murphy, 
Freeman, Polaris, 
Burpee’s Extra 
Early, Early Ohio, 
Early Market, 
Early Harvest, 
World’s Fair, 
Pearl of Savoy, 
New Queen. Dut¬ 
ton Seedling, Orphan. Victor Rose, Irish Daisy, Rural 
New-Yorker No. 2, Early Norther, and many more at 
prices that defy competition. Free Garden Seeds be¬ 
side. They are pure, and true to name. Grown by 
O. H. WHITE & SON, Miller Corners, N. Y. 
POTATOES. 
1 have all the leading new and standard varieties. 
Send 5c.for tuber of Irish Daisy or Columbian. Whole¬ 
sale Catalogue Free. GEo. A. BONNELL, Waterloo, N.Y 
A Wonderful New Maine Potato, 
THE AROOSTOOK No. 1. Immensely pro¬ 
ductive UNEQUALED RECORD. Thirty-five barrels 
splendid potatoes only three years from single STRAY 
SEED from a seed ball. Eight prizes. Particulars 
sent with each order. Prices: 40 cents per pound 
postpaid; three pounds, $1. Other sorts at low rates. 
A. E. ESTABKOOK, Smyrna Mills, Aroostook Co., Me. 
1895. Everett’s “Onward” Potato. 1895. 
First catalogued, backed by that great Indianapolis 
seedsman. Conge, smooth, white, medium late, great 
yielder, best quality (one aere planted this spring will 
make you rich). *3 per bush.. *7.50 per bbl., tubers 
M to lbs. (with 5 lbs. Carman No. 1 free) -‘Thur- 
burn stock,” Onward, Carman and Irish Daisy, 3 lbs. 
mailed. *1. Standard varieties in car lots. Eight- 
rowed early Held corn. White and Yellow, *1 50 bush. 
S. SMITH'S Potato Farm, Padelfords, N. Y. 
Seed Potatoes. 
Carefully grown by practical growers. The selec¬ 
tion consists of Carman No. 1 and No. 3; Sir William, 
and many other. Catalogues mailed free. 
E. HIPPARD, Seedsman, Youngstown, Ohio. 
Qoorl Dntatftflc -Pure stock: n0 rot; n0 
Occll rUlalUcS blight. Yielded 300 bush, 
per acre. Empire State and Early Everett, 75c. per 
bush. Henderson's Late Puritan, *1, f. o. b. here; 
sacks free. G. W. WOOD, North Walton, Del. Co., N.Y 
OLDS’ SEED gf?r ES 
For Potatoes, we have the great '94 introductions. 
Carman No. 1, Irish Daist and The Gbkw Divide. 
also, about all the standard varieties, but better than all. 
\A/flDI IV0 CAIO Best Potato we ever grew, 
WUnLl) u I Ain, All Things Considered. 
For Seed Corn, we have Queen of the Field. 
considered the best yellow dent for ibis latitude, 
For Seed Oats, The Lincoln, a great-yielding, new 
variety. Catalogue free. L.L. OLDS, Clinton, ReckCo.Wis. 
FOR SALE SEED POTATOES. 
R. N.-Y. No. 2, strictly pure, medium size, $2.50 per 
barrel, 180 pounds; per busnei, *1. Seconds, $1.50 per 
barrel. Also Learning Seed Corn, $1 per bushel. 
J. BUTLER. Everittstown. N. J. 
PflfotnoO—itural New-Yorker No. 2. Will fill 
rUidlUbu orders until April 15 at$1 per bu.,or00c. 
per half bu. ST. JOHN BROS., Canajobarie, N. Y. 
iCiTA BIG ONES 
l /i J And , ots of them 
By planting our Famous Northern 
Grown Seed. Earliest in the world. 
You can't afford to plant old played out 
sorts this season. Catalogue free. . Local 
agent wanted. 
I.. I„. MAY & CO., Seedsmen, 
POTATO DEPT. St. Paul, Minn. 
' 00 U Cl iilETHL WOBKESo 
without steam power can save 
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SEND FOR CATALOGUES— 
A—Wood-working Machine*-* 
B— Lathes, etc. 
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28 Water St., Seneca Falls, N._Y. 
SEED POTATOES. 
Willson Seedling — long white vigorous grower; 
heavy cropper; late. Peck, 40c.; i4 bu., 60c.; bu.. $1. 
White Star—long white: tine table. Peck, 30c.; H bu.. 
50c.; bu.. $1. Breese’s Prolific—red early. Peck.50c.; 
bu., $1.25. Rural New-Yoiker No. 2—white: fine table 
Peck, 50c.; ^ bu., 60c.; bu.. $1.25. No charge for sacks. 
HOMER J. BROWN. Harford,Cortland Co., N. Y. 
lEDIGREE 2nd crop potatoes, with new blood; 
P LUIUI1LL superior to all others for seed. 
I Finn flfin berr y plants, none finer, none 
1j UUU;UUU truer. Asparagus,Eggs, etc. Send 
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CARMAN No. 3, 
60 cents per pound, $5 per peck. $40 per barrel; CarmaD 
No. 1, $1.25 per peck, $5 per bushel, $13 per barrel; Free 
man, Early Sunrise, Early Rose, Early Puritan, New 
Queen, $3.25 per barrel; Green Mountain, Rural New- 
Yorker No. 2, Monroe Seedling. White Star and the 
Maggie Murphy, 1 will put in this list for 30 days at 
$2.50 per barrel; any other variety you may want 
write and 1 will send you prices on them that will 
surprise you. Drop me a card for new Price List. 
C. E. KELLEY. Newark. N. Y. 
DnTATflCC - ! have about 100 barrels to sell 
I U I A I U bw for seed. They are Early Norther, 
New Queen, Beauty of Hebron and Early Harvest. 
ELIAS GATES. Coxsackie, N. Y. 
Good Seed Potatoes and Empire State, $1.65 
per barrel IL W. HOAR. Rangeley, Me 
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Mention this paper- 
THE THIRD EDITION OF MR. CARMANS 
New Potato Culture 
IS NOW READY. 
This book gives the result of Mr. Carman’s 15 years' 
experiments on the Rural Grounds, where he grew at 
the rate of over 1,000 bushels per acre. It tells : How 
to Increase the Crop without Corresponding Cost of 
Production. Manures and Fertilizers. How to Put 
the Soil in Right Condition. Depth of Planting. 
How Much Seed to Plant. Methods of Culture. 
Cloth, 75 cents. Paper, 40 cents. 
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