DEC. 44 
MOOBE’S BOBAL NEW-YORKER. 
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domestic (Kconomg. @Iitf |3ou!ti;g £|<mt. 
“FARMERS’ WIVES’ WORK.” 
Ix reference to “farmers’ wives’ work,” 
as represented in the Rural of Nov. 9, 
written by “II. II.,” I shall be obliged to 
say to her that no woman of tho present. 1 
period can, from one years’ end to another, 1 
do the routine of work that she has repre¬ 
sented her " lady friend at her left ” as do¬ 
ing. I was born and raised on a farm, and 
know exactly what a woman can do. And 
even if she were a daughter of a woman who 
had emigrated to this country from the 
Emerald Isle, and had inherited an iron 
constitution, as daughters of that race are 
wont to inherit, she could not accomplish 
the amount of work that her friend has 
represented her as doing, I have several 
reasons why I think so. 
“II. H.” “says the first thing she does 
after arising in tho morning is to put her 
bod-rooms to airing,” which will take live 
minutes at the least calculation. “She 
then goes to tho kitchen, builds a tiro, puts 
on water to heating to wash milk pans 
with.” This will take ton minutes. She 
skims and empties very nearly sixty milk 
pans, this will require thirty minutes al¬ 
lowing only one-half minute to each milk 
pan. which I should consider dispatching 
work more rapidly than any ono woman is 
oapablo of doing in so limited a time. 
“ By this time the two youngest children 
are up, and ready to be dressed. and 
combed.” Shoald her youngest child still 
be in its baby-hood it would as a matter of 
ootirso require more care, than a child 
which had grown to be t wo or three years 
of age. Not knowing, but presuming that 
it is still a helpless babe,and it should lake 
to crying on arising, as Is very common for 
young children to do, what shall she do? 
Shall she take her babe and minister unto 
its numerous wants which its little tongue 
has not, as yet, learned words to express, 
and whose wants only a mother can supply ? 
Or shall she go on with her work, leaving 
her babe to encounter a world of troubles, 
and by suffering, then dylngfor the want of 
care, end them. No mother but one who 
has a steel heart that is not capable of 
impression, or ono who for tho lovo of gain 
dispenses with hired help, would even be 
guilty of such an act. 
Counting the time it requires to dress and 
comb her two children, ten minutes more, 
straining the milk that has been brought in, 
and getting the breakfast, requiring one 
hour of time, summing up the time which 
has been spent since arising until breakfast, 
is very nearly two hours. 
I should like to ask what tho remainder 
of the hired men are doing while those who 
do the milking are performing their duties. 
And also while the housewife Is dispatching 
her rounds of morning’s work, which she is 
obliged to accomplish until breakfast is 
ready. For Ibis not very oommou that four 
or live hi red men can be provided with work 
for nearly two hours every morning, (exoept 
Sunday), near tho dwelling or barn yard 
premises in order to be in hearing when the 
bell rings for breakfast. Nor should I think 
it would be vory economizing to have them 
remain in idleness for nearly two hours 
every morning waitingfor breakfast, while, 
in that length of time, if they had been out 
at their daily omploymont, they could have 
eaved enough by putting this lost Lime to 
useful labor, to pay a hlrod girl to he dp per¬ 
form the household duties, who would light¬ 
en the housewife’s labor one-half. Have 
breakfast in due reason, which should be in 
half an hour after arising, enabling the 
hired men to get to their work over one 
hour earlier, thereby, in the meantime, 
having her, (the hired girl’s) wages made. 
Nob only would her help in the morning be 
an introduction of economy, but, through 
the tc/iole day helping to do the Various 
amount of work that every housewife is 
obliged to do, giving her more tirno to teaoh 
and care for her children; to cultivate her 
own brain by good and useful reading. Nor 
would this be all; it would be giving her a 
general relaxation, only just leaving her 
enough work to keep her system in a 
healthy condition, that she can do by her 
children, us her mother did by her, “be¬ 
queath them a good, strong constitution,” 
while if she goes on doing the amount of 
work her friend lias represented her as do¬ 
ing, (which I say again no woman ever can 
do.) her children will bo pale and sickly; a 
misery to themselves and every one around 
them. Ellwogd. 
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We hope the house wives will oontinueto 
exchange experiences and recipes in this 
department. 
mn foultltg glint. “ COOD PAY FOR DOING GOOD!” 
healthy fqod for chickens. LIBERAL PREMIUMS TO CLUB AGENTS I 
I have noticed lately, in many of the - 
Eastern and Westein papers de\ot6d to the vno yt y T v y ximvy v i yy yi x y> 
interest of farmers, a great complaint in MOORE S RURAL ST ILL AIIEAO 
regard to “Chicken Disease,” almost equal 
Iw'T n.'.d‘‘“htoouQ.pLiirTof In Liberality to both Agents and Subscribers! 
mine, and I have as tine stock as there is in - 
the county, full-bloods of different kinds. T? "ST* A t> TrADur A TWTk A orr* 1 
Having had considerable experience in the k XtXiAU, Aj±j AlCJN AND ACT I 
“ohicken business,” will tell your thou- - 
sands of readers how 1 feed miue from The Ritual New-Youkku's Agent-Friends, and everybody disposed to become such, nil 
Nov. 1st to Feb. 31st. over the Continent, will please note the following announcement of Unprecedented Premiums 
. Fur one hundred hens I take every morn- f or both Club Agents and Subscribers: 
log one dozen medium-sized potatoes boiled Observe, firstly, that we giv e every Yearly Subscriber who pays $2.50 a Splendid Steel- 
and mashed, together with live quarts bran, Plate RnOra vino. This Grand Premium is sent to every person paying $2.50 for the Rural ono 
one quart of good wheat middlings, and i^ v ~90 that each subscriber at that price really gets $7.50 for only $2.50! Note, particularly, 
one toaspoonful Cayenne pepper; mix the the will enubloyou to raise a Club with much greater ease and facility t hau ever before, 
whole w ith hot water This dish they Note, secondly, the annexed list of Very Liberal Pkkmtiwb offered thoao who form Clubs 
relish keen nerfectlv he-iltliv aud nro- for 1873, or for ono year from any date. See tho Names and Prices of Articles, and the small 
’ ‘ ‘ ' . number of Subscribers required to secure a Valuable Premium. Almost any one located in a 
duco an abundance of eggs. 1, of course, j oca n t y where live, reading people reside, can, by a little timely effort, secure a Premium worth 
give them fresh water every day, and get, from $5 to $300. .Vo to is Uie Beet Time to Sturt Clubs, lor now that the Presidential Campaign Is 
at the butcher’s every Wednesday morn- over everybody will want suoh a good, useful uud popular puper m Moore's Ruiial. 
ing, three lbs. of what we, in the West, call Remember, thirdly, that every article wo offer as a Premium is First-Class and Genuine—that 
“ cracknels,” or the refuse of renderings of wo put each at lowest retail price* and that the names of manufacturers or dealers (given in most 
lard. The cost Of this latter is very cheap, cases) Is a guarantee of good quality, etc. Note, also, that all Club Subscribers whether at $3 
—three cents per lb.—and the chicks devour for ,hc l JU I ,er only, or $2.50 for Paper and Engraving—can be counted by Agents for Premiums, 
it with ns much zest us you and I do our The I able below specifics the Cash Price ol each article offered as a Premium, and the number of 
min,,,, nit,* When there is snow on the w bscr »bcrs required to secure it ul (our lowest club rate)—or at vvlth our Premium Engraving, 
mmee ptes. Wtn u there is snow on tue y oto that the Premiums are offered without any condition as to whether the clubs arc composed oj 
ground 1 keep them in the hen house, > 
which is always kept clean and dry, one 
built expressly for them, 28 by 40, with ev¬ 
ery convenience for their comfort. Of 
course to have nice, healthy and fat chick¬ 
ens and plenty of fresh egga requires care; 
but I do this in tho morning while break¬ 
fast is being prepared, and don’t seem to 
miss tho time; aud when wo desire a nice, 
fat, plump lieu for dinner, or eggs for 
breakfast, wo always have them on hand. 
Our Brahmas, when roasted, are about 
equal to a turkey. C. S. S. Todd. 
Plymouth, Iud. 
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POULTRY NOTES AND QUERIES. 
Wliat Ails my Brahma lienCan 
you, or any of the readers of the Rural 
New-Yorker tell me what is the matter 
with my Brahma? 1 bought her last Juno. 
She was two years old ; she had laid all tho 
Spring and had wanted to sot, but had been 
broken up ; she has never laid an egg since 
I purchased her. She seemed to be well 
and eat woll; but slio had a very large 
crop. Ono day she refused to eat; I ex¬ 
amined her crop and it seemed to be full of 
water and was covered with lice. I used 
butter and sulphur, and she seemed to get 
better. I have given her everything the 
Rural bus advised, except liver pills. 
Some one wrote In No. G, Aug. 10, that he 
cured his by giving one or two liver pills a 
day for two days. I would like to inquire 
what kind of liver pills he used; there are 
many kinds. Those I use for myself arc so 
powerful that I can only take a half one 
every other night. My Brahma seems to 
be affected something like tho fowls of 
“Dixie,” who wrote July 20. My hen 
seems to be choked, but does not open her 
mouth in trying to swallow; &he eats well 
most of the time; there is a hard lump in 
her crop, as large as an egg. Please inform 
me, through your paper, what to do.—O. 
W. Cole. 
Henneries Necessary.—The German¬ 
town Telegraph says: — Those uot fully 
familiar with all the requirements of tho 
“ hennery,” should remember that if they 
desire a liberal crop of egga in the Winter, 
fowls must be fed with raw meat chopped 
Quo, not less than twice a week. They 
should have a constant supply of gravel, 
also old mortar, lime or ground bouea. I 
They should be kept warm—tho house 
should have a southern exposure, if pos¬ 
sible, with window lights to shift when 
necessary. No one who cares about the 
appearance of his lawns, or the cleanliness 
of his yards, doorsteps, etc., should allow 
his fowls to wander about. A chicken-yard 
as well as a chicken-house, is indispensable. 
As a dessert, a feed of crushed bones or 
bone dust should not be overlooked. On it 
mainly depends the success of the hennery 
in Winter. 
“ Chicken Cholera.”—A correspondent 
writes us that in many cases what is called 
chicken cholera is not that at all—that on 
the hind parts of chickens are small nits; 
that, the chickens pick these nits off their 
own bodies and swallow them; swallowed, 
the lilts hatch into little worms in the giz¬ 
zard and these worms kill the chickens. 
The remedy id greasing tho hind parts of 
the chickens. We give this for what it id 
worth. 
new or old subscribers. Canada subscribers must, add “O cents per yearly copy tor postage. 
SPECIFIC PREMIUMS, J 
TEEMS, &c, FOE MOOEE’S EUEAL NEW-YORKER FOR 1873. IjU 
OI’E X O^O JBVERYBODV. 1 B(2 
AGRICULTURAL MACHINES, IMPLEMENTS, &c. 2. 
2-Excelsior Lawn Mower.... 
3 American Hay Tedder, (Amis Plow Co.). 
4-Sessions & Knox's Cast Steel Plow. 
5 Holbrook's Premium Horse Hoe. 
6— " Regulator Seed Drill. 
7— “ Hand Cultivator. 
8— *' Swivel Plow . 
9 Cahoon’s Hand Broadcast Seed Sower_ 
10-Blanchard’s Premium Churn , . 
SEWING AND KNITTING MACHINES. 
11- Weed Sewing Machine. 
12— Lamb Knitting Machine. 
13 Bickford Knitting Machine 
WASHING MACHINES AND WRINGERS. 
14— Continental Washing Machine. 
15— Universal Wringer. 
1G—Novelty *' . 
17—Colby “ . 
GOLD AND SILVER WATCHES. 
18— Cold Watch, Hunting Car.e, <U. S. Watch Co.’s Make,) Stem Winder, Expansion Bal¬ 
ance, 15 Jewels, Stamped “Rural New-Yorker, A”. 
19— Cold Watch, Hunting Case, (U. S. Watch Co.,) Stamped “Rural New-Yorker, B." 
20— “ *1 14 *» u Q 11 
21— Silver Watch, 4 oz. Hunting Case, “ “ “ D,” 
22— “ 3 oz. “ “ “ “ E ” 
23— “ 2 oz. “ “ “ 
24— “ 2 oz,; “ “ “ “ Q'’> 
25— Ladies’Cold Watch, “ Swiss, (Giles, Wales & Co., Importers)... 
26— “ Silver “ u “ “ . “ ... ... 
SILVER-PLATED WARE AND GOLD JEWELRY. 
27- One Dozen Double Plated Tea Spoons, (Reed A Barton).... 
28- “ “ Table Spoons. u 
29- “ “ Dining Forks, “ 
30 One Silver Plated Castor, “ 
31— “ “ “ Cake Baskcl- “J 
32— “ “ * Fruit Stand, “ 
33— One-half Dozen Silver Plated Napkin Rings, “ 
34 Silver Plated Tea Set. 6 Pieces, “ 
35- “ Butter Dish, “ 
36 One-hair Dozen Silver Plated Table Knives. “ 
37— One Cold Finger Ring, (Howard A Co.) (♦]. 
38— Gold Studs. Set ol Three. “ [♦]. 
39— “ Initial Sleeve Buttons. One Pair, (Howard & Co.) [*] 
GOLD PENS, GOLD AND SILVER PENCIL CASES. 
40— Cold Pen, Ebony Holder A Box, for Cents, No. 6, (Geo. F. Hawkes') f' 
41— “ Silver Extension Case and Pencil, “ "j n 
42— ‘ Ebony Holder and Box, for Ladies', No. 4, “ M 
43— • “ Gold and tbony Extension Holder, “ “ / 
44— Gold Paragon Pencil Case, Chased, “ .* 
45— “ “ “ “ wilh Ivory Slide, “ 
46— “ Charm “ “ for Ladles’, “ [ a 
HARDWARE, CUTLERY, &c. 
47— Sampson’s Portable Platform Scale, on Rollers, 14x22, 400 lbs. 
48— “ “ ’* 17x25, 1,000 “ . 
49 One Dozen Hard Rubber Handle Table Knives, (Meriden Cutlery Co,). 
50- “ “ Dessert *• “ 
51- One Hard Rubber Handle Carver. Fork and Steel, 
52- Pocket Knife, 4 Blades, Tortoise Shell Handle, (H. W. King & Co.)... 
53 - Novelty Knife for Girls and Boys, Tortoise Shell Handle l*j. 
MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS. 
55—Dunham Piano.,.. .. . . . 
AGRICULTURAL BOOKS, BIBLES, DICTIONARIES, &c. 
Lewis) [*] 
6i _ Potter s pictorial Family Bible, with Marriage Certificate, Ac., (Morocco, Full Gilt).. 
G2-Webster’s Pictorial Dictionary .. . 
G 3 — ■■ Unabridged •' ... . ; . 
64—Conant s Patent Newspaper Binder, (size of Rural Net,—Yorker lor 1872,) [*] — 
$125 
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25 
35 
80 
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18 50 
25 
12 
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13 50 
23 
6 50 
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8 
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60 
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9 
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7 50 
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200 
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85 
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MISCELLANEOUS ARTICLES. 
65—New Horizontal Toy Steam Engine, (Colby Bros. A Co.). 3 50 10 
66 Pearl Mounted Photograph Album. 5 12 
67 -Gardner’s Patent Portable Book Case and Writing Desk, Combined. It 20 
68—Ladies’ and Misses’ Morocco Belt and Bag. 6 15 
u The articles designated thus [♦] uro sent by mull, post-paid. 
PEEA3E NOTE THE FOLLOWING, PARTICULARLY. 
The Premiums specified by Agents will he selected carefully, and no charge made for boxing 
and tihhmtna. -Club papers directed to individuals, and sent to different post-offices.-As our 
Terms are IN advakcE, tio names will be counted toward Premium until the rush is received. 
Remittances bn Posl-OIpce Money Orders, Dra fts, or Registered Letters < may be made at the risk of 
the Publisher. Address all orders to l>. »>• T. MOOllE, 5 Ueeluuan Ht„ flew Turk. 
