APRIL 46 
THE RURAL 
production of our cut of the White Elephant 
Potato published In our Fair Number of last 
Fall. No credit is given for this cut. lie says 
that he has grown it “ the past season and be¬ 
lieves it to be equal to what Is claimed for it.” 
Where did Mr. Te»6 get his seed from ? Either 
from the introducers or the originator. The 
former sold no seed " last season.” The orig¬ 
inator eold the entire stock to the introducers. 
A specimen or so was sent to eupposed trust¬ 
worthy parties with the request that they would 
try it and report. Has Mr. Teas’s stock of po¬ 
tatoes, eyes of which he offers for sale, come 
from such specimens ? If so, his stock must be 
very small, and it can scarcely be deemed quite 
honorable that he should, under the circum¬ 
stances, offer them for sale at all. 
Proceedings of the American Poultry Asso¬ 
ciation at their eighth annual meeting, held at 
■Cleveland, Olio, Jin. 31 and Feb. 1,1881. Geo. 
8. Josselyn, Fredonla, N. Y., Secretary. 
Hovey & Co., 16 South Market Street, Bos¬ 
ton, Mass. Illustrated Seed Catalogue for 1881. 
A long list of novelties. Among neas we no¬ 
tice the Telephone, sent out by the RdralNkw- 
Yorker to subscribers two years ago. We 
have received many reportB from our friends 
to the effect that the Telephone is a valuable 
variety. Also 11 wey’s Illustrated Catalogue 
of new or rare plants for 188L. Both will be 
sent without charge to applicants. 
Illustrated Price List of harrows, culti¬ 
vators, horse-hoes, road-scrapers, garden and 
field rollers manufactured ty the Higganum 
M’f’g Corporation, Hlgganum, Conn. Sent free 
to applicants. 
F. R. Pierson. Tarrytown, N Y. Illustra¬ 
ted catalogue of garden supplies of ail kinds 
for country homes—seeds, plants, fruits, etc. 
Free. 
W. V. Seed A Co., 1,451 St. Clair Street, 
Cleveland. Ohio. Catalogue of green-house and 
bedding plants. 
George S. Josselyn, Fredonia, N. Y. De¬ 
scriptive catalogue and price list of high-class 
poultry. Free. 
(glicriikiljcrf. 
RURAL 8PECIAL REPORTB. 
III., Hagarstown, Fayette Co., March 30.— 
We are having very bad weather here for 
wheat. It froze very hard last night and 
snowed 6ome this morning. Wheat is wry 
badly hurt in spots and some pieces will have 
to be plowed up. We shall not have half a 
crop unless I am very much mistaken. No 
plowing has been done here yet. The season 
is a month behind ordinary years. Raspber¬ 
ries and peaches froze to death. There is very 
little old wheat in this part of the country, and 
whatlittle there is doesu'tbring enough to pay 
the farmers for raising it. When wheat does 
not sell for $1 per bushel the farmer doesn’t 
get pay for his labor. J. h, b. 
Ind., Lagrange, Lagrange Co.. March 28 — 
The Winter has been long and cold with plenty 
of snow, which made business lively in the 
lumbering liue. Wheat looks quite well, 
though small. The quantity sown is equal to 
that in auy past season. Stock has wintered 
well. Feed is plenly yet. Tuere la veiy little 
disease among stock. Wo Bhall soon have a 
cheese factory in our place. This a good fiuit 
country; apples, peaches, plums, etc., and all 
the small fruits do well. Our farmers great¬ 
ly ptide themselves ou having the best of 
fruits. N. 8. 
Iowa, Misonville, Delaware Co., March 27. 
—1 notice that there is much snow all over the 
world where buow has ever been in man’s time 
and in many places where snow was never 6een 
before, and we have not been forgotten. We 
had plenty of snow already, and yet to-day we 
are having another fall. I suppose we shall 
have Spring some time, so that farmers can 
go to work as usual putting in crops. Many 
have corn yet in the field not picked. Hay is 
plentiful enough yet to last until June. Prices 
here are hay, $3(§>7 per ton ; corn, 28@25c.; 
oats, 25c.j potatoes, 5t'@?5c.; Timothy seed, 
$2.75; live hogs, $)4.50@5; beef cattle, $3@ 
$3.50. Last Beason there was considerable 
Amber-cane raieed. I anticipate more will be 
planted this year, as sorghum sirup is getting 
more in use here. No sugar has been made ; 
but no doubt some will be made another 
year. 1 look for the time to come, and within 
a few years, when we in Iowa will make all 
our own sugar—a large Hem in our expenses, 
the home supply of which will save many thou 
sand dollars yearly to our county alone, n. c. 
Iowa, Carroll. Carroll Co , March 24 — This 
has been a long, tedious Winter in this 8tate. 
The earlier part of the season was remarkable 
for extremely cold weather. February and 
March have been notable for tremendous driv¬ 
ing snow storms. Farmers in the WeBt depend 
largely ou their corn-stalks In wintering cat¬ 
tle. The great depth of snow has shortened 
this source of supply. It will he a lesson to 
many farmers in this county. There will be 
fewer straw-stacks burned next Fall than 
usual. I do not think small fruit has suffered, 
as it has been buried under snow drifts most 
of the Winter. Not one farmer in ten has 
fiulshed husking corn, and the snow is two 
and a half feet deep In the fields. We hud no 
proepect of Spring until within the last two 
days. It is thawing now, but it will be many 
days before we can sow wheat. o s.‘ 
Iowa, Kosauqua, Van Buren Co., March 29. 
—Yesterday we had another snow storm—one 
of the heaviest of the season. It is putting the 
farmers back with their Spring work. w. c. w. 
Kan., Limed, Pawnee Co., March 28.—We 
are having a genuine March squall to day. 
Wheat is pretty badly damaged. s. l. d. 
La., Clinton, Feliciana Parish, March 28.— 
Oar corn is up. Cotton planting will com¬ 
mence next week. Peaches are now about the 
size of buckshot. Apples and pears are in 
bloom. Potatoes are up and booming; peas 
already stuck. Corn is worth 85 *.; poik, $18; 
horses and mules, $100<SH30 Strawberries 
are in bloom, and raspberries just putting out. 
No laud surpasses this for health, climate, 
water and varied crops. Our necessity is po; - 
ulation. Lind can be dow bought for $2 to $5 
per ucre, much of which will bring a bale of 
cotton, worth i40. per acre. Why immigration 
does not come to Eastern Louisiana we cannot 
tell. There is not a veterinary surgeon within 
50 miles of this place. w. e. k. 
Michigan. Bear Like, Mauistee County, 
March 26 —Everybody about here is interested 
in the great discovery that has recently been 
made. Salt springs were found on the Manis¬ 
tee River at an early day, and for several 
years a good deal of anxlely has been ex¬ 
pressed to know what was under the county. 
Nearly or quite two years ago Mr. Chas. Rjitz 
commenced boring for salt, although geolo¬ 
gists declared no salt would be found in this 
region. Unswerving perseverance, however, 
has at last been richly rewarded; for salt, 
pure salt, has at last been reached; not brine 
alone, but a solid bed at a depth of 1,930 feet. 
Thirty feet of salt had been bored through 
when a solid substance was struck. The water 
spouts out of the top and runs off into 
the lake; the stream is large enough to 
fill a two-inch tube and is, of course, as strong 
as water can be made, containing 36 per cent, 
of salt to 100 parts of water. It is a great suc¬ 
cess, aud several mLLI-owuers are making 
preparations to put down wells Immediately. 
Dr. Garrignes, Slate salt Inspector, after test¬ 
ing a sample, gave his opiuiou that Mr. Reitz 
has struck the rock salt deposit, his being the 
first well that has reached the primary salt 
field in Michigan. He also says that bicarbon¬ 
ate of soda, sal soda, and soda ash are all 
made of salt. Four million dollars' worth of 
these are yearly imported into the United 
Scates. Is there not a chance here for men to 
make fortunes ? These new industries will 
lift Manistee out of the backwoods in a very 
short time. Already this new discovery has 
affected the value of real estate, and there is 
no doubt but there will be a greater addition 
to the population this Spring by immigration 
than for several years past. Besides the 
manufactures that give employment to so 
many hands, there will be a fine chance for 
enriching the farms with agricultural salt, that 
is usually sold for a very low price at the salt 
fields. The future of Manistee is sure to bring 
wealth to its industrious, enterprising Inhabi¬ 
tants. There are but few if any of the north¬ 
ern counties of Michigan that have a brighter 
prospect. In the fiv9t pluce, it is one of the 
healthiest locations in the world. Secondly, 
it has an extensive lumber business, which is 
likely to last for many yoars. Miles of lumber 
are made eveiy day in the sawing season; and 
it is said more shingles are manufactured here 
yearly than In auy other county in the Union. 
Thirdly, it is a fine fruit-growing region, and 
the farming lands are constantly Improving ; 
and now to *• top off with," we have the very 
best 6alt bed yet discovered in Michigan, if 
not the very best on the Continent. Whoever 
is desirous of obtaining many of the good 
things of this life, especially good health and 
good 6alt, should come to Manistee County. 
AppleB, per bbl., $1 50 to $2 25; butter, 15 to 
25 cents per pound; eggs, 25 cents a dozen; 
lard, 11 cents per lb. ; potatoes, 55c. M e. a. 
Nkb.. Rising Cliy. Butler Co., March 28.— 
We have Spring at last. We have had abund¬ 
ance of snow aud cold, bad storms. Stock has 
suffered for want of shelter and food, there 
being nothing left but straw, and not much of 
that. Our snow is gone and farmers are just 
begiuning to sow wheat. We anticipate good 
crops this year. Immigration has already 
commenced ; we look for better times, f. w. 
Ohio, Dent, Hamilton Co., March 2S.—We 
have passed through a long and very severe 
Winter, and it continues cold. Peaches are all 
killed aud eaily cherries und other fruits are 
badly damaged. Clover ia one-half or two- 
tbmis frozen out. and wheat looks as If it were 
pretty nearly gone; time has to determine what 
the future crop will be. A t v. 
hew-yorker. 
250 
. .. ---- - > 
giants, &r. 
82-POUND CUBAN QUEEN WATER-MELON. 
This new Melon from the Wont Indies 1« certainly the J.nr- 
gro-r urirl Flne«t Variety in the world. All who saw our 
ur. >i> the Henson Mu \rlsei1 they never before an w such a 
lnrge, flue Melon, nor any eo wonderluPy product ivr. 
Their flesh in bright red, remarkably Solid. I'ccuUartv Jjum - 
cion*. Crisp, and Subaru —surpnsMtig all other*. Hn a NMon 
pf (-.normone size there Is barely half an inch of rind! They 
are very hardy strungand vtonron* in irr-ovth. /’> ice 2t fY*. 
get packet of tf* se rfs; ft Backet* for $!.‘ 0 pr.Kt-pntd. We of. 
ter 81,50.rO IN CAHII Hit IZKS to no Awarded a* fob 
low-:—ikift.iio to tie irn-rr nf ihe I/unmet Cuban Queen 
Water-MclOn ; si v.on to the grower of the second largest, and 
$]u ini to the grower of flu- third lare-r-t Do not fell to try 
und see how Imve the CiiIjum 1 1 11 r o n can beirrown. 
fczrOl’HEU SPR| lAi.TlK* FOR Ih-l.-IJnr- 
pee’a > clii'd Gem !V1 u-k-(see UlnxtratiuV'. the 
ui out prod nets - e aud most delicious small Enrlv iltron. 
Price, in Ote. per packet. Montreal Green Nutmeg, the 
large-t Musk-Melon known, weglit 
2'Z lbs., and of superb flavor. Pack- 
et. lift Uta. 
Burpee’s ('limn x Tomato, far ahead of Acme, and the best qf all tomatonn. Pree, 
25 Cts. per packet. Burpee’* >urcli*tn<l I 'abbug**, alwayshead*. t->Ot*. per packet. 
Ante* lean Wonder I'ens. genuine, 15Cts per packet; fin Ota. per pint. POet.naid- 
\ Now 5i oruing-tJlory—’f be K.-lipte, frost, Brazil, stirpwssuwly beautiful. 2U 
Cts. per packet. , . , „ _ . 
A l.ibcrul Oiler only to those who order from this advertisement. For One po|. 
Inr we will «end by mail, post-paid, to any address, one packet of each of the ijhove. 
amounting in value to #1.50. im* will ulsn give two trial packets of New Knrlvf.nb- 
bngo* and a sample or the New Golden Grnina Wheat. Order now I Postas/e- 
ata-jnm ttce*i4td as cash. ... . . . 
Burpee’* Kurin Aunual lor IS8I , beautifully illustrate 1, mailed free to all who 
write lor it. _ 
Address W. ATLEE BURPEE & CO., Seed Warehouse. 
Nos. ^i»| it nil ’2«Si < Tiiirch street. IMnladelpilu, Pa. 
E.P.ROE 
Supplies Country Homes 
with o hoi o e llrat-cJaes 
Small Fruit, plants and 
Crape Vines, and makes 
some singularly liberal offers of pl-ilte with the su¬ 
perbly illustrated book “ Success with Small Fruits." 
Descriptivo Catalogue free. Address K. H ROF.. 
Oornwall-on-Hudson, N. Y. 
ONION SEED. 
CROP OF 1880. 
Yellow Danvers..$350 y th, or 5 Thu, for $16.25 
Larpe Red Wethersfield... 3.75 .. 17.25 
V Mailed free of postage. Special prices for larger 
uiianmiea, ROBERT Bl LST, Jr . Need Grower, 
Lock Box 62. Philadelphia, Pa. 
yv N1CEI CONCORD GR.i PE-VISHFIS 
E H B for 8>1, by mail poK-paid. Think „/ it.' Order 
Hub now fur early Spring shipment. Ciradars/reo. 
* v IV in. It. Itepd.i'hAinheriibiireXur- 
Ulrica, I Umnlirr»biir^, Pa. Mention this paper. 
RAISIN CRAPE VINE'S 
By mail. BE.-T.85c. each; 3for $1. Cuttings, warrant¬ 
ed to grow, loc. each. W A. SANDERS 
Sanders. Fresno Cbx. California. 
SEEDS-PLANTS-FRUITS, and 
G -A- IR, H> TST SUPPLIES 
of Mil kinds for COUNTRY HOMES. 
Vct lu’iiuF, He. citch, HulJMrope, Cc do Pctiiulua, 6c. 
Cole III), -h'.. Geranium*. »<•., hihI «tl) Otiier plant* -»s eh>Tii*. 
Valuable — IUMS — f/ivttn a way. 
15 Papers Choice Flower Seeds, for 
F. R. PIERSON, 
TARRYTOWN, N. Y. 
CatnlougCH Bout frill: lo all.—Write for OUU. 
aud lUiirhinetu. 
kOIlN 
I AND 
Iane 
MOUND CITY 
SEED PLANTER 
It will either drill 12. Iii or 20 inches apart, or plant in 
hillH any desired distance. A perfect DRILL, and a 
perfect Chock Bow Planter 
We also have a stock of SEi.KCr and Pure CANE 
SEED which we will sell *t low prices. Send for price 
and description to manufacturers. 
.1, A. FIB 1,1) «V Co., St. Louis, Mo. 
mo Fearless. 
Jk 
la t!ie 0 ”ty iiwrWfff thnt Tecdted an nwnr.i on troth 
ft>ne-f»ower and Thrr*b«.r and i !-*o«r, at tbo CvnUn- 
tiuI i mtu award**! Iho twi lut Cold 
I Mecfata r-vtnbjrlh«Jf*w Y-trfc Sut© Apricultuml 
5-oclvty m ltor««-powors »m! Thrtthert ; m l v lii« 
Qfjly Thrcsl rr ©tit* ..tl from lire v.vt number btkUlin 
llm rnlUrd Eln*o» t for IlluitntVm and d*^rrffit<nix In 
4 * ArplctoD'« CyflOJ^tlln of AjiyUr-tl Mtchanin,'* t<- 
centlr publiihful, thus Adopting It eu tb* FtandRrd 
machine of this roimtrr. CnUlopii* frr«. 
i IlIMUD 1 U 1 U)£Tv, CotiloiLill, FchcJiane Co., N.Y. 
THE VIBRATOR HARROW. 
Best Har¬ 
row made. 
Outs every 
inch of 
ground, « 
adapted to 
all kinds 
of soil, be 
eulltr 
a h a p e of 
tooth makes 11 easy of draft and leave* the ground 
light and mellow. Relieves itself of all obstructions, 
Bundled very compact for shipment. 3 sizes cut 6, 8. 
and 10 ft. Agents wauled. Write for 1 irculars to 
PlIEI.Pf* dfc BIG FLOW WIND MII.L Co., 
Knluiiinxoo. Micbicnn. 
PATENT TOOTH 
HORSE RAKE 
which does not scratch the ground 
and dust the hay. Best Bake 
made Buy no other rake, and 
have clean hay. 
New Victor Levor Feed-Cut¬ 
ter. Larvasr arul bent nicf e. 
The best < Iminpton Vegeta¬ 
ble t utter made. Cut* a bushel 
of potatoes in 2* seconds. 
JOHN B. WHITTE MO HE, Chicopee F»!Je. Mass. 
IMPROVED FARM, IMPLEMENT-. 
Non-Explosive Steam Engines. Best Till way and 
Levsr Horse powers. Threshing Machines, Straw- 
Prewervlnsr Threshers, I-a Dow's Disc and Steel Spring 
Tooth Harr >w». Eagle Sulky i lot so 
Feed Mills, Feed Steamers, he., he. Wsieki.kh & 
Meliok Co.. Albany, N. Y. Established 1830. Bend for 
Illustrated Catalogue. 
The Old and Well Known 
KISSENA NURSERIES 
PARSONS & SONS CO., (LlmtfM > 
Flushing 1 , IT. Y., 
Near New Yorlc City-. 
ALL KINDS OF 
HARDY TREES AND SHRUBS, 
Including the Latest Novelties. Price Li«t« FREE. 
Labge New Descriptive Catvlooce. Six Cents. 
THE ALBANY 
SEED STORE. 
ESTABLTSIIKD SI I YEARS. 
WE OFFER 
Extra Early Tom Thumb Smart 
Corn, the c.iclicHt and sweetest grown ;.ire 
, good size, sweet and tender, and a good 
cropper; will yield more salable ears than 
any other sort Per pkt.. 10e ; per quart. 
5IJc.; bvni il. per .** buoh. s.1.10; per 
biieh., sC.OO. 
Nur,iris(* iUn-k-llHnn. flie finest fla¬ 
vor'd in the world: early, sweet, and pro. 
, lific. Per pt t 1 «c.; per oz :t.»c 4 ; per L R 
75c.; per U> by mail. 
IV Tin ill in nth llcait I, ettuee attains 
a large si/.e; liw a romeaet be d: white 
crisp, and ten tier; a de. Scions sort. Per 
pkt. 15 c. by mail. 
Beautifully Illustrated Catalogue free by mail. 
PRICE & KNICKERBOCKER, 
80 State Street, A bany, N. Y. 
B erry ba r h.—best.cheapest. Free 
Citxiular N. I). HAl’TEUSON. Bcspalo, N. Y. 
“ HAWLITT Chiicfi Onion Seed. 
WAKRANTED FRESH A NO GENUINE 
Earlv Ked Olobe ... .. .JPk't.tUc..oz.35,lb.S350 
10O..OZ, 25. ft. 3 50 
PM 
P.M 
P.M 
Wethersfield barge Bed. 
Yellow Globa, Danvers, extra, 
stock ., .. ....._ ... •• 
Extra Early Uixl.v ru choice stock " 
Fottler's Imported " Early B'w’k 
Cabbage. . “ 
F.gynti.io Earliest Beet.. . “ 
Dewing'* K«rly Turnip Beet . “ 
lmp’1 Dw’f Celery .The r/s'ot all '• 
Sugar. Tnur's netted melon... . 
1UC..OZ. in, 1h. 
li)c.,oz 40,ft. 
4 60 
5 00 
10c., oz. 4a, ft. i oo 
to., CIZ. 10. ft 75 
5c.. ok. 10.ft. SO 
loc., oz.50. ft. 6 00 
., ; — - - - 10C..OZ. 40, ft 400 
Engln-h Potato • 'riion set* Oixpress), peek S2;ba.8t)0 
H’lwleyLF, ll'rtf’d F > ’y Pens, ' “ $175; ' 7 00 
Little (ieiu Dwarf .Eg* raEarly. “ *• 2.00; '* 8 00 
Pride of Am’a Potato, v'yoh'ce, “ •• I.ik ; u .'too 
Tf by mail,i'll /fltantitfcs of 5, ft and Upwards piistage at 
the rate oMOoner ft runs-t he ad rted Catei/n,n<c* free to 
all. \\ holes ala 1 rsde Li-t, for dealers only. Address. 
«. 11. IIUV1.KV, 
Importer and Grower or Choice Vegetable Seeds, 
Hurt lord. Conn. 
STBAWBERRIESROSES 
? } *L Y 9,F, »>'TE.ND TO plavTSTfS 
Rosen shrubs A men, Flowprlor VeiretabTe Plants, 
wend for my free <. atnlojcni* full of injurvinUon. 
STRAWBERRY CULTUREiLiii2=: 
b S, \V ALKS, Hochiisifr^ Nc^v York. 
B 
fc K R V BA*K I T*. BEST, CHEAPEST Free 
Circular. N. D. B.VTTEKSON. 13 11 falo. N. Y. 
POMONA NURSERY! 
BLIGHT-PROOF PEARS. 
Largest Berries. 
Cntalognoa of Frntt Trees. Plants, 
and Flowers sent free. 
WM. PABRY, Parry P. 0., Nhw Jersey, 
Disseminator of i.he Mammoth Pearl and 
Magnum Bonnm Potatoes BJTJi l>u. grown 
from 1 lb. of seed), Bexlsshira Beauty Cab¬ 
bage, ’ Amber Cream Sweet Com, La 
Plume Chestnut Celery, etc., etc. Ele¬ 
gant Catalogue troo W all; send for lu 
BEST VARIETIES 
Gr.ipe VTnee. Btrawbarry, Bagpberry, Blackberry. 
Our mi: and Gooseberry pfarits. 
Also the Lai'geet Ef abliahment in the world for 
Thorough-bred Poultry. 1ST Send for catalogues, 
GEO. si. .rosSET.A N. 
Freiloiitn, N. Y.~ 
RUSSIAN WH1TF. 
Best l a cu ltiy»tk,n. 100 bush¬ 
els uu acre. Bust-proof and 
hardy. 11 b., mail, postpaid, 
•We ;3lb..•nail, postpaid,tl.00; 
il.50;l bush, by freight or ^prvss.^.^^Sow'bagsyall' 
Address, D. M. FERRY & GO., Detroit, Mich. 
