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THE RURAL NEW-YORKER 
September 14 
A CLEAN FAIR. 
MORK FARMERS THAN FAKIRS. 
The R. N.-Y. advises farmers to take 
an outing-; it is g-ood advice. One gets 
the conceit taken out of him, often, 
when he sees animals and crops grown 
by others Location and season play 
important parts in determining success. 
I know a man who declares that any 
man who claims to have grown over 50 
bushels of oats per acre, is “an infernal 
liar. Why,” said he, “ I have lived 50 
year, and never saw it.” He lives in a 
county not suited to the growing of oats, 
and has never been out of it. It will do 
farmers a great deal of good to take a 
trip away ; but as far as resting is con- 
jerned, better stay at home. 
The kind of fair Fred Grundy favors 
s a good place to go for both pleasure 
and profit. Such a one is always found 
at Hornellsville, N. Y. The fair is run 
by the Farmers’ Club, and every one of 
the 500 members does what he can to 
help make a “ clean record.” The crops 
in this locality that command the most 
attention are potatoes, corn for ensilage, 
and hay. I thought that I had corn at 
home ; but I saw whole fields that were 10 
to 12 feet high, eared heavily, and every 
one of them would furnish roughage for 
one cow a year, per acre. The frost of 
August 10 did no harm in this section, as 
it did at our home. 
One is surprised at the arnouut of 
millet sown this year. The “Russian” 
grows very large and seeds heavily. The 
straw is large or larger than rank oats. 
This is an imported variety. All I could 
find out about it was that the bags were 
marked as coming from Turkey. It was 
twice the size of the common kinds. I 
saw many fields of late drilled corn, and 
where millet and corn were sowed to¬ 
gether or at the same time, the corn 
seems to be the most profitable, yield¬ 
ing the most fodder. Oats are a heavy 
crop, and among the many fine speci¬ 
mens shown, a bundle of the Banner 
received first premium. I believe them 
to be an excellent variety. 
The potato blight described in a recent 
R. N.-Y., which commences by showing 
a curled yellow leaf, is found in all 
localities. Some fields show no sign ; 
others are completely dead. Inquiry 
proved that this disease attacks the 
potato about such a time from planting, 
and time of ripening. Very late varie¬ 
ties and June planted, are last to show 
this disease. Fields sprayed with Bor¬ 
deaux Mixture do not seem to be bene¬ 
fited in the least. I examined one field 
of R. N.-Y. No. 2 ; I found leaves that 
were blue with the Mixture, which were 
half dried and dying. 
The society offered a premium of 50 
cents for each peck of potatoes exhibited, 
accompanied by a statement of variety, 
time of planting, number of hills in the 
peck, and rate of yield per acre. The 
entries were limited to 100 ; still a large 
number had to be refused. This was a 
special premium in addition to the regu¬ 
lar ones which are numerous and liberal. 
This exhibit attracted much attention, 
and was being studied by growers every 
minute. The idea is worthy the atten¬ 
tion of other fair managers. In this ex¬ 
hibit, the prize for best peck was awarded 
to June Eating. This is an early variety 
of the Hebron type—very smooth, fine 
quality and credited (on the card) with 
the yield of over 400 bushels per acre. 
The premium for best four pecks went 
to a collection of Vick’s Early, Orphan, 
Dutton and June Eating. In the regular 
exhibit, a peck of Early Napoleon were 
large and very attractive. R. N.-Y. No. 
2 (19 pecks), came to the front in the 
greatest number of exhibits. Five baskets 
of Carman No. 1, were “just elegant.” 
Look out for yourself when ordering the 
No. 3, for I do not think any one can tell 
it from No. 2. I saw some dug, and find 
that they sprawl around—anywhere in 
the hill, which is proof that they are not 
identical. One basket claimed a weight 
of 35 pounds from six hills, a “/air yield 
for an early variety ”—I mean a good 
yield to tell about at a fair. The numer¬ 
ous exhibits were so fine and even that 
awarding the premiums was a difficult 
matter, and in some cases, I was com¬ 
pelled to empty the baskets on a table 
and score each specimen. 
Some Ponderosa tomatoes were very 
large, and one small branch held five 
green ones that weighed six pounds. 
The black bug found on asters has 
transferred its favors to beets and car¬ 
rots. The growers want relief. Who 
knows how to kill it ? 
A large pea was labeled “ Swiss Peas.” 
The pods were long and tender. The 
grower said, “ It is cut up, pods and all, 
when cooked, and is much superior to 
string beans.” 
Several fine exhibits of rape attracted 
attention by the luxuriousness of growth. 
The turnip-colored leaves were thick and 
several feet long. The plant has but one 
stalk at the surface, but sends out 
branches until the top is, in some cases, 
as large as a bushel basket. One exhib¬ 
itor brought in a big load. The plants 
were cut off at the surface and set up in 
potato crates as celery is packed. Only 
a few plants could be put in each crate. 
Hogs did not seem to like it, but sheep 
were eager for it. One got choked on it 
and died, but I do not see any reason for 
condemning it on this account. I heard 
two feeders talking. The first said, “ Is 
that rape stuff any good ?” “ Yes, sir ; 
if you do not let it get too big, and 
woody.” “ Can you pasture it ?” “ Yes ; 
we have two fields and turn from one to 
the other. It keeps coming on after 
being eaten off. It will bear several 
cuttings.” I would call it a big turnip 
all gone to leaves. 
Alfalfa roots, one year old, were an 
inch in diameter, and a second growth 
of 18 inches was made in 42 days. The 
third growth was about 10 inches. The 
public tests of butter cows of the “upper 
ten” kind, seem to sustain the stand 
taken by some dairy experts, that no 
8 and 10-per cent cows exist. The fol¬ 
lowing are the averages, Babcock test: 
Milk. Test. 
4 Ayrshires in four milkings.80 lbs. 1 oz. 3.3 p. c. 
1 Ayrshire in four milkings.80lbs. 14 oz. 3.72 p. c. 
1 Jersey.49.0 lbs. =4.87 p. c. 
One herd that did not send in any milk 
to be tested, had cards pinned up claim¬ 
ing 7.8 and 9.6-per cent milk. One does 
not like to seem to doubt an exhibitor’s 
word, but so long as the Society furnish 
the tester and testing free of charge, it 
seems suggestive. c. E. chapman. 
Live Stock Matters. 
FORKFULS OF FACTS. 
Poisoning the Milk. —Our Dumb Ani¬ 
mals says that every unkind treatment 
to the cow poisons the milk. Throwing 
stones at her, frightening her, even talk¬ 
ing unkindly to her , may poison the milk. 
A German inventor is said to have de¬ 
vised what he claims to be an easy method 
for the examination of butter mixed 
with foreign fats. The method is based 
on the determination of the viscosity of 
butter, for which a special apparatus 
has been invented. 
Ducks Pulling Feathers. —Several 
readers have inquired about a remedy 
for ducks pulling feathers. This vicious 
habit is most geneially contracted by 
ducks in confinement. On the Long 
Island duck farms, this habit is generally 
cured by trimming the bills slightly with 
a sharp knife so that the ducks cannot 
get a hold on the feathers. 
Crimson Clover for Bee Pasture.—A 
Virginia correspondent of Root’s Glean¬ 
ings in Bee Culture, writes as follows of 
Crimson clover as a honey-producing 
plant in that State : 
I have had but one year’s experience with it as 
a bee-plant; but this year it was by long odds the 
best bee-plant here—much better than White 
clover ever is in the South. It blooms very early, 
so one must have bees strong in time. The honey 
is very fine—not quite so white as white clover. 
Hens and Heifer. — I have about 200 
hens, mostly R. C. B. Leghorns. Two 
years ago, I kept an account of what 
I sold from them, and it amounted to 
$394.75 ; 100 of them roost in a 10x12 
house, and the other 100 have one 11x20 
feet. 1 never shut them up ; they have 
the run of the farm. 
To break heifers of kicking, bring 
their tails inside their legs, around to 
the outside, and pull back until they 
stop struggling ; if the first lesson does 
not stop their trying to kick, repeat. 
Washington County, N. Y. m. l. a. 
A Talk Arout Grain. —C. H. Everett 
in Hoard’s Dairyman, thus talks about 
the way some farmers buy cow food. 
While at the mill the other day, I saw a farmer 
come in and buy some rye feed (bran and shorts 
ground fine). He paid 90 cents per 100 pounds 
for it. I inquired what use he intended to make 
of it, and he replied, “ for cows and pigs,” adding 
some cuss words about the high price of feed, 
and the attitude of the millers in putting up the 
price, etc., and ending up with the stale remark 
that there was no more money in farming, any¬ 
way. I told him that I thought he was about 
right, and that the poorhouse or fool-killer would 
in the end get the man that paid $18 a ton for rye 
feed. This riled him a little and he said some¬ 
thing about my trying to be smart. Of course I 
told him that any man with common intelligence 
would buy the rye and have it ground, and at 
present prices it would cost him 65 cents per 100 
pounds, and much better feed (for growing hogs 
fed with milk) than the bran and shorts. This 
opened his eyes a little ; he scratched his head, 
and pitched on to the miller again. I asked him 
if he had any oats. “ Yes,” he says, “ lots of 
them.” Says I, “ Why don’t you grind some oats 
and feed them ? They are worth 15 cents a bushel 
down at the elevator, that is $10 per ton, or about 
that, and they are much better feed for cows than 
rye.” “Well, but,” says he, “oats are going to 
be high in the future, and I am not going to feed 
any oats.” “Then,” I said, “ go and buy some, 
the money you pay for a ton of rye feed will buy 
almost two tons of oatmeal.” 
That was in Wisconsin. Perhaps the 
same thing would not be true of oats in 
your part of the country ; still the prin¬ 
ciple of trying to buy the most food for 
a dollar is sound everywhere. 
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