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THE RURAL NEW-YORKER. 
September 28 
Doesn t Think Much of Cob Grinders. 
E., Johnson City, Tenn. —In answer 
to G. G. B., page 583, I have used or 
seen used, almost every style and make 
of ear-corn grinder, and have yet to 
see the first one that would grind fine, 
with any amount of power. With a two- 
horse tread-power, he could only do a 
trifling amount of grinding, with excess¬ 
ively severe work on his horses. If he 
wish to do this kind of work, I would 
advise him to put six to eight horses to 
a circular power. But if he is not too 
far from a mill, he would find it cheaper 
to have his grinding done there ; unless, 
perhaps,!"; has a great deal to do and 
doesn’t care to have his corn ground 
fine. We use a crusher and a four-foot 
French burr, and to grind it fine, con¬ 
sume 20 to 30 horse-power. I v >Tild not 
have any ear-corn grinder I eve: saw or 
lieai'd of, as a gift, and I speak from 15 
years’ experience. 
Whitewashing With a Pump. 
J. B., Fkanklin, Tenn.—A recent It. 
N.-Y. asks about whitewashing hen¬ 
houses with a sprayer. My sprayer is 
an imported machine and has a fine 
spray nozzle for grape vines ; for pota¬ 
toes, one a size larger ; for trees, a solid 
stream nozzle which I had reamed out 
some to keep from clogging with lime. 
There is a fine strainer inside the sprayer, 
also an agitator. Still it is some trouble 
to get the whitewash just right, as in 
Bordeaux Mixture. I strain it through 
a bran sack, after that through a sack 
of cheese cloth, then through the strainer 
in the sprayer and rarely have any 
trouble. But why go to all this trouble 
when a gallon or two of coal oil will 
spray a chicken house inside, and kill 
all the mites, which whitewash and car¬ 
bolic acid will not do. But do not do as 
I did, and leave any coal oil in the 
sprayer, as the coal oil will dissolve 
rubber in a very short time, and make 
the machine useless or ready for repairs, 
when otherwise it would last a lifetime. 
But the house may be sprayed with 
whitewash on the outside. It does not 
look as well as when put on with a 
brush, but it saves time. 
Something About Tomato Rot. 
E. W., Blackwell, Ont. —J. 11. O., in 
The 11. N.-Y. of August 31, asks about 
tomato rot. We find early planted fruit 
less subject to rot than others. Eai'ly 
Ruby, whether planted early or late, is 
less subject to the rot than any other 
sort we have tried. Early Ruby is very 
rough, but by choosing a plant, the ideal 
of a tomato for the desired purpose, and 
saving seed from it only, a type is easily 
established. 
Cost of Marketing Too High. 
J. II. G., Long Isi.and. —There is much 
complaint because of the extraordi¬ 
narily low price of vegetables, fruits and 
farm produce generally. I notice a dis¬ 
position to attribute it to foreign com¬ 
petition ; this is absurd, since nine-tenths 
of the produce is of the perishable sorts, 
which cannot be safely shipped over 100 
miles. The chief trouble is the cost of 
tx-ansportation. Farm produce is not so 
low in price compared with other goods 
in the New York market; that is to say, 
the consumer has to pay as much rel¬ 
atively for vegetables, etc., as he does 
for groceries and dry goods. The trouble 
is, that while the price of everything 
else has gone away down, the cost of 
transportation remains the same. It 
costs, we will say, $8 to market a load of 
produce from the truck farms of Long 
Island. The entire load will, perhaps, 
not bring' over $25. It is safe to say 
that, at this time, it costs one-third of 
the gross selling price of farm produce, 
such as vegetables, etc., to put it in the 
hands of the retailer. This is entirely 
too much. The cost of marketing must 
be reduced, and the producer must get a 
larger share of the price paid by the 
consumer. The truck farmer and his 
customers must get closer together. 
R. N.-Y.—How is it to be reduced ? 
Clearing an Alder Swamp. 
C. P. A., Woodhridge, Conn. —Some 
six acres of the best land on the farm, 
are reclaimed alder swamps. The alders 
were cut for firewood in August, and the 
roots were dead the next August, so that 
a team could pull out a clump at a time. 
The roots were piled and burned, ditches 
were dug from three to four feet deep, 
and with a width of three feet on the 
bottom and four feet on the top. Any 
stone that a man could lift with one 
hand was dropped into the ditches, larger 
ones sunk or carted off. The ditches 
were filled to the depth of 18 inches or 
two feet with these small stones; one 
foot of chopped cedar brush was put on 
top, and the whole covered with the 
earth thrown out. What w ? ouldn't go 
into the ditches was leveled down with 
the plow and harrow in preparing the 
field for the crop. These ditches have 
been in use for over 30 years, and the 
field has never been wet since they were 
first put in. The outlets are more or 
less choked, but they still keep the sur¬ 
face dry. The cost of opening the 
ditches and filling them in, did not much 
exceed what it would have cost to cart 
the loose stones away ; but the point I 
wish to emphasize is the ease with which 
the alders were killed. 1 believe that 
cutting them about August 10 in this 
part of the country, will nearly always 
prove effective. 
Lively Clover; Keeping Cabbage. 
E. W. B., Elmira, N. Y.—I sowed 
Crimson clover seed in my corn field 
Saturday forenoon ; the next day at 6 
P. M., it had sprouted so that it showed 
as I was leaning on the lane fence. 
How is that for a starter ? Last fall, I 
sowed about one acre on laud so poor 
that Red clover failed to grow ; the 
center of the piece winterkilled and I 
manured that part and the Saturday be¬ 
fore Decoration Day, I plowed the piece 
(the clover being in blossom) and planted 
to corn. At first, where the manure was 
spread, the corn was larger and better 
color—to day the clover part is the best. 
If cabbag'es that have formed heads, 
but are too soft for market, are set in a 
freshly turned furrow, heads up, and a 
furrow turned on the roots and stalks 
and others set in this furrow and again 
others served the same way then cov¬ 
ered with dry leaves about six to eight 
inches deep and brush put on to hold 
the leaves, the cabbage will grow in the 
winter, and form good heads for market 
in spring. 
Mr. Thos. Wilde of Herrington, 
Ottawa County, Mich., sends us four 
pears which, he says, are seedlings from 
a cross between the Duchess and Flem¬ 
ish Beauty effected in the spring of 1881. 
The pear is the size and shape of a 
large-sized Seckel, with a green dotted 
skin, and a dull red cheek. It is exceed- 
ingly juicy, and of the highest quality ; 
that is, it is a rich combination of acid¬ 
ity and sweetness which we find in few 
other pears—no other pears that we are 
aware of ripening at just this season. 
Mr. Wilde says that the tree is more 
productive than either parent. 
The Garber pear is one that The R. 
N.-Y. has had very little to say about, 
for the reason that it has not known 
much about it to say. On September 3, 
Mr. A. II. Griesa, of Lawrence, Kan., 
sent us a single specimen. This is what 
he says : 
Last spring you asked whether the Garber pear 
had perfect flowers. Yes, the flowers are very 
large and showy, the anthers perfect and full of 
pollen. By to-day’s (September 3) mail, I send 
you a sample of the pear which, for cooking or 
canning, I consider superior to most other sorts. 
The tiees are more rapid growers than Keiffer, 
though less symmetrical in shape. The variety 
will prove to be profitable over a large portion of 
the West. 
The pear was received in perfect condi¬ 
tion, and it so resembles the Idaho in 
shape that we at first mistook it for 
that variety. It measures latitudinally 
just 10 }4 inches; longitudinally 11 inches, 
being, therefore, nearly round. The 
fiesli, however, about the calyx basin, 
which is very deep, (three-quarters of 
an inch) is somewhat bumpy like the 
Keiffer. The stem cavity is quite shal¬ 
low, the stem being an inch in length. 
On September 10, this pear was perfectly 
ripe, being of a bright yellow color with 
a few russet patches. In quality, it was 
found to be juicy, rather coarse grained, 
but still tender ; sub-acid without much 
of the distinctive pear flavor. No doubt 
it would prove of value for canning pur¬ 
poses . 
Mr. Griesa also sent us a specimen of 
the Russian apple named Early Melon. 
He prefixes “ Early” .to distinguish it 
from the Melon which originated in 
New York. It seems that it is in season 
from August till October, and has proved 
the most productive variety during the 
past six years, of any in his collection. 
It bore abundantly during two years 
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^ttimUancoutf intisi«|b 
In writing to advertisers, please always mention 
Tine Rural New-Yohkeu. 
Out of Sorts 
Tired, weak and weary. If this is your 
condition, stop and think. You are a 
sufferer from dyspepsia and great misery 
awaits you if you do not check it now. 
Hood’s Sarsaparilla is the best medicine 
you can take. It has peculiar power to 
tone and strengthen the stomach. 
Hood’s Sarsaparilla 
Is the only true blood purifier prominent¬ 
ly in the public eye to-day. $1; six for $5. 
’ o P i 11 o easy to buy, easy to take, 
o 1 f 1 easy in effect. 25c. 
mu dq phl ° xes - 
DULDO PaEONIES. 
Superb Collections. Low Prices. Catalogue free. 
ELLWANGER & BARRY, 
Mount Hope Nurseries. ROCHESTER, N. Y. 
I and found $1 Grape Vines by mail. 
I These prices make me stagger: 
2 Moore’s Early_Blue, two-year_$0.30 
2 Diamond.White, “ 50 
2 Eaton.Blue. “ 60 
. 2 Niagara.White, “ 30 
2 Brighton.Red, “ 30 
Total.$2.00 
tar #2 for 
T. C. KEV1TT, Athenia, N. J. 
C C C 11 C CLOVER, ALSIKE, 
OCCUO TIMOTHY. 
WE BUY. Send samples for our bids. 
WE SELL. Every quality. Our samples free. 
The Whitney-Noyes Seed Co., 
Sepcialists in Seed Cleaning. BINGHAMTON, NY 
PDIIICnN PI nUCD-Tbelargest handler 
bnimoun ULU Vl-n of American-grown 
Crimson Clover Seed in the United States, is JOSEPH 
E. HOLLAND. Grower and Jobber. Milford. Del. 
Also, Cow Peas, Winter Oats, Timothy Seed, etc. 
NEW WHEATS. 
Jones’ Wheats are giving the largest yields in all 
sections. It will pay you to sow them this fall. 
Send for descriptive price list to A. N. JONES, 
Newark, N. Y., formerly of Le Roy, N Y. 
SWEET POTATOES 
all winter. Price, per barrel, $2.50, f. o. b. 
.T. B. JOHNSON. Eatontown, N. J. 
300,000 PEACH TREES, 
20.000 Apple, 900.000 Asparagus Roots. Millions of 
Strawberry Plants. Twenty-page Catalogue FREE. 
CRIMSON CLOVER SEED. 
BERLIN NURSERIES, - BERLIN, MD. 
25,000 APPLE TREES, 8c. each. You can¬ 
not buy better fruit and ornamental trees (guaranteed 
true to name) than are retailing at wholesale prices 
at G. B. Stone's Wholesale Nurseries, Dansville. N.Y. 
Circulars free. Est. 25 years. Specimen orchards. 3.000 
Japan Plums, Standard 
Pear and Peach Trees. 
The distinguishing feature 
Of our stock is its superior 
quality. Stock grown at 
Geneva, N.Y. 1.000,000 Donald 
Elmira Asparagus Roots, all 
northern grown. Send postal 
for descriptive price list. 
WHITING NURSERY CO., 
Roxbury, Mass. 
If You 
Want a 
PEACH 
Plum, Pear, Apple, Cherry or Ijtnluce 
Orchard, or anything' in the way ol'Sniall 
Fruits, Ornamental Trees or Shrubs, 
Japan, Holland or other ISulbs, write us 
your wants and we will quote you low prices. 
Everything of the best—for Orchard, 
Vineyard, Lawn, Park, Street, Garden 
and Conservatory. Millions of Tree*, 
Shrubs, Roses, Vines. Bulbs, Plants, etc. 
Price List and Catalogue Free. 
42nd Year, 1000 Acres. 29 Greenhouses, 
THE STORRS & HARRISON CO., 
PAINESVILLE. OHIO. 
Plant the Best Currants 
WHITE IMPERIAL excels all others in quality 
for a flue table currant. 
PRESIDENT WILDER combines qualities that 
make it the most valuable market and table Red 
Currant that has been put upon the market. For 
prices apply to 
S. I). WILLARD, Geneva, N. Y. 
THE BRANDYWINE 
STRAWBERRY 
has now produced a full crop for the sixth consecutive 
season. Plants ready July 15, that with care will 
make a good matted row for next season’s fruiting. 
For prices address the originator, 
EDWARD T. INGRAM, West Chester, Pa. 
WHERE IS 
ROGERS? 
Is the question often asked by those who still look for Rogers at Moores- 
town. He’s gone to DANSVILLE, business and all. Don't forget it. 
Other firms have catalogues too. but our little cat (“ROGERS’ KITTEN") tells 
about Hardy New York-grown trees. It is small, but better a live kitten than 
a sleepy cat, and back of it is a live man and a big stock. Write to-day for 
prices. | SAAC c rogers, Rogers Nurseries, Dansville, N. Y. 
A FULL 
CROP OF 
STRAWBERRIES 
NEXT season nfiT PDfUAf II 
FROM OUR rU I-UnUTVH PLANTS. 
Plants and Vines of every description and variety. All grown under my own 
supervision. Send for handsome new descriptive summer list, now ready, 
mailed free. 
T. J. DWYER, CORNWALL N. Y. 
TRIUMPH 
The only Yellow Freestone PEAC 
Ripening with Amsden. 
The Latest and Largest 
Yellow Freestone PEACH, 
EMPEROR 
MERCER {2 
The only Sure-Bearing, 
on-Rotting CHERRY. 
For full descriptions send for Catalogue 00 c.) We will send our Beautifully Plus. Catalogue with 
the Col’d Plates of the 3 Wonderful New Fruits, and 1 Emperor Peach June Bud by 
mail, postpaid,for 10c. JOS. 11. BLACK, SON A CO., Village A urseries, llightstown, A'. J. 
LORENTZ 
PEACH. 
FRUIT TREES, 
SMALL FRUITS, VINES, ROSES, 
ORNAMENTALS, Crates & Baskets. 
ELDORADO 
BLACKBERRY. 
“They SURPASS all others” 
says E. S. Cabman, R. N. Y„ and 
H. E. Vandesian, U. S. Dept. 
Don’t pay double prices.** DIub. Catalogue f™S; REID’S NURSERIES, Bridgeport. Ohio. 
