THE RURAL HEW-YORKER 
ported by H. J. Baker & Bro., New Yoik (Jity, 
sent by J. J. Webb, Hamden. 
638. Piaster, sent by Peek Bros., North- 
field, Ct. 8 . W. Johnson, Director. 
2 Superphosphate, manufactured by L. L. 
Crocker, Buffalo, N. Y ; Bold by N. M. Cnrtis, 
Ogdensburgh, to T. L. Harison, Morley, N. Y.; 
$40 per ton; sampled May 19 ; analyzed May 
81 . 
3. Americas fertilizer, manufactured by 
Clark & Co., New York; sold May 12, 1881 by 
J, E Phelps, East Hampton, Mass., to S. B. 
Fanning, Frauklinville, N. Y.; $4S per ton; 
analyzed June 14 
4. Stoekbridge potato fertilizer, sold April 
6, 1881, by Gildersleeve & Bro., Mattituck, N. 
Y., to-Wells ; $50 per ton; analyzed 
June 14. 
5 Potato fertilizer, manufactured by G. W. 
Ralston. 158 Front St, New York ; sold by 
Isaac Reeve, Franklinville, N. Y., to C. W. 
Ferry, May 17. 1881; analyzed June 14. 
6 Potato fertilizer, manufactured by the 
Mapes Formula Co., New York; sold May 1831 
by A. Burt, agent to A. Young. Franklinville, 
N. Y ; $51 per ton ; analyzed June 14. 
7. Slade’s fertilizer; sold by J. B, Slade, 
Riverhead. May 7 1881, to John Ferry, Frank¬ 
linville, N. Y.; $35 per ton : analyzed June 14. 
8. German potash salt; sold May 9, 1881. by 
J. E Phelps, East Hampton, Mass., to 8. B. 
Fanning. Franklinville, N. P-; $14 per ton ; 
analyzed June 14. 
9 German potash salt; sold March 38. 1881, 
by the Mapes Formula Co., New York, to 
Charles Reeve, Mattituck, N. Y.; $14 per ton; 
analyzed June 14 _ 
mill apart. The journal boxes can also be re¬ 
moved without taking the mill apart, simply 
by unscrewing one nut. These features 
are new as combined in a mill. The advan¬ 
tage derived from these improvements will be 
appreciated in case of the breakage or the 
wearing ot the boxes. They alBO afford a 
quick and speedy remedy in case the mill be¬ 
comes clogged between the rollers. The great 
advantage claimed is in overcoming the diffi¬ 
culty caused by broken particles of cauo stock 
lodging on the inside of the mill. These par¬ 
ticles while they may not cause aay difficulty 
in the operation of the mill, if left over-night 
will sour and spoil ihe first lot of next day's 
grinding. By removing the scraper or feed 
guide, the mill can be washed, all these parti¬ 
cles removed and the mill kept clean and sweet. 
One of the best evidences of their real merit 
is their rapidly growing popularity and the in¬ 
creasing demand for Ihem from every Stale in 
the Union and from foreign countries. This 
firm also make evaporators and a full line of 
sogar makers' supplies. They publish a trea¬ 
tise on the planting, cultivating and manufac¬ 
ture of sugar cane, which they furnish free. k. 
farmer can afford, and we appeal to those who 
have suffered from such losses if it is not time 
that they were stopped. 
When to Cut Grass.— The Sun remarks 
that grass left standing until the seeds are 
fully developed may contain as much nutri¬ 
ment as when in a greener and more succulent 
stage, but the nutritive qualities are not avail¬ 
able, and a large portion must pasB the animal 
as indigestible matter, and this is why our best 
and most thorough farmers claim that grass 
when cut In full bloom makes sweeter and 
better hay than if left until the flowers have 
fallen. This Is, no doubt, correct, for at the 
stage named grass contains all the valuable 
properties required in hay that it will ever 
have, and nothing is gained by allowing it to 
stand longer. The maturing and ripening of 
seed is what may be considered an exhausting 
process, and the roots of grasses are weakened 
more by the ripening of one crop of seed than 
of two crops of hay cut while the plants are in 
bloom. 
RURAL SPECIAL REPORTS 
Arkansas. 
Palestine, 8t. Francis Co., Jane 34.—Small 
grains are scarcely known here as crops, with 
the exception of oats; very little of that sown. 
Corn will be abont an average crop, probably 
rather less than usual. Scarcely any attention 
at all is paid to small fruits, and there are bat 
few orchards deserving the name. G. B. b. 
California. 
Cedarville, Modoc Co., Jane 33.—Oar 
Winter was very mild—Very little sdow, hnt a 
great deal of rain. Winter barley and Volun¬ 
teer wheat are looking splendid. Crops of all 
kinds are In a flourishing condition; there 
will be a much larger yield than for many 
years. The acreage, too, is much larger than 
in any previous year. Wheat, barley and hay 
are our principal crops. Corn Is a failure in 
this section ; we plant but very little ; frost 
kills it before it is ripe. Orchards are looking 
well and small fruits are abundant. c. b 
Lake County. —Many places on the Pacific 
Shore derive their names from their relation 
to, or connection with, surrounding circum¬ 
stances. Thus, Nevada means snowy; Peta¬ 
luma, means duck hills; Lake County derives 
its name from Clear Lake, a translucent body 
of water 80 miles in length and 16 miles in 
width. So far as the raising of wheat, oats, 
barley and rye is concerned, the valley lands 
of California are generally good, at least in 
the northern part of the State. Some sections 
far exceed this In the quantity of yield, but 
none exceeds it in the quality. Wheat, barley 
and oats are onr chief small grain crops. 
Chilli. Club and Propo wheats are the favorite 
sorts in the valleys. In my immediate section 
there are probably abont 5 000 acres sown to 
small grains. Corn does not do well here, 
though the amount cultivated from year to 
year is continually on the increase. Orchards 
and small frnits do very well in almost evety 
section of the State. The vintage of the State 
has taken a new impetus within the past two 
years—the natural cocsequence of a partial 
failure of the grapes in some ot the old coun¬ 
tries. ThiB county has attracted the attention 
of viniculturists from the Old World, and I 
can safely say that nearly 500.000 cutting* 
have been set here during the past season. 
Should this branch of business succeed as well 
as some predict a new life will doubtless be 
manifest in this part of the 8tatt. w. r. c. 
Colorado, 
Longmont, Boulder Co.—The acreage of 
wheat iB much larger this year than hereto¬ 
fore, and the outlook for a large crop at this 
time is good. Some pieces ate burnt a little, 
owing to a scarcity of water for irrigation dur¬ 
ing the past week, but the ditches are full 
again and the danger is past. Oats, barley aud 
corn look as well as wheat. For every 100 
acres of wheat there are 15 of corn, 10 to 15 of 
barley and three to five of oats. Winter wheat, 
Early May; Spring wheat, White 
Siberian, White Sonora, Oregon 
Club, Chlllian and Blue S'.em. The 
two-rowed barley takes the lead. 
Oats, black and white. Corn, ytlluw 
dent and White Mexican. Our corn 
crop is gradually increasing year by 
k by year. Fruit trees were badly 
killed during last Winter. Small 
fruits aupear to be doing well. We 
1 are only beginning to set out fruit. 
\ \ Ten years aao there was not one man 
in a hundred who thought that fruit 
could be raised here. Now there is 
hardiy a mau who has not more or 
less truit started, Eight years ago 
Im the country where I now livewRia 
^W barren waste. A. M. p. 
• "jfljr Dakota. 
Ashton, Pink Co.—About 3.000 
r 1 acres of wheat were sown in this 
. > county, and the oatlook is premis¬ 
ing—Scotch Fife and Lost Nation. 
Oats a fair average in acreage and 
outlook. Very little rye, and a good 
deal of tlax; a good prospect for 
both. The outlook for corn is poor 
—season too late; a much larger acreage than 
ever before. This county is too new yet to 
1 have much orchard or small fruits, c. w. a. 
3 » 
j 8ioux Falls, Minnehaha Co., June 23. — The 
3 cultivated acreage is about the same this year as 
7 last. Wheat, oats, flax and barley are chiefly 
sown. The prospects for corn are poor, ow¬ 
ing to so much rain in Spring. No orchard 
or small fruits of any account are raised 
here. b. s. s. 
Kansas. 
Newton, Harvy Co.—Outlook for wheat 
somewhat better than last year; acreage about 
In this country, says the London Live Stock 
Journal, the Herefords have long been consid¬ 
ered tbe best beef-makers, but their reputation 
for milk is not yet established. It is claimed 
that they fatten quicker, and that their flesh is 
better than is the case with Short-horns, but 
the Short-horns have a superior reputation for 
milk. The English farmer looks for tbe high¬ 
est practical combination of flesb and milk in 
his dairv cattle, and few will doubt that the 
Short-horns supply this condition more satis¬ 
factorily than any other breed. 
PULLIAM’S PATENT BOLSTER SPRINGS 
FOR FARM WAGONS. 
The wagon springs under Pulliam’s patent 
are made by the well and favorably known 
Semple & Birge M'f’g Co., of St. Louis, Mo. 
26.98 
1.93 
2.35 
trace 
0.85 
0.40 
3.50 
Water at 100 C. 
•Nitrogen.. — 
Equivalent. to ammonia 
Phosphoric.. old, soluble ... 
*' reverted. 
" insoluble 
Potash... 
Chlorine... ... 
•Nitrates not estimated. The ammonia in s; mple 6 moBtly sulphate, and that sample in superior mecharu 
cal condition. __ 
Accorbtng to Le Parlement, the people of 
Paris have been eating “ new ” potatoes for 
Borne time past. The manufacture is achieved 
in the simplest possible manner. A selection 
is made of small old tubers, which are subject¬ 
ed to a good scrubbing in water, till tbe outer 
skin is completely rubbed off and tbe second 
skin exposed. This skin is clear and shining, 
and gives the tubers the appearance of new 
potatoes freshly dug. 
CONNECTICUT AGRICULTURAL EXPERT 
MENT STATION. 
The saddle or yoke of the spring is made of 
tbe best malLeable iron, aud every leaf of the 
spring, before leaving the shop, is tested un¬ 
der steam pressure by bringing the two points 
of the leaf together six times, and if the steel re¬ 
mains bent or shows the least flaw it is thrown 
into the scrap pile. The great point gained by 
the excellent construction of these springs is 
that they carry the load with au easy spring¬ 
ing motion, thus saving largely in the wear 
and tear of every part of the wagon by reliev¬ 
ing it from sudden shocks caused by uneven 
roads. With their use the draft is found to be 
lighter than with ordinary wagons, and while 
the team is saved a good deal from being 
galled by the harness, the latter is saved not 
a little by freedom from sudden jerks and ir¬ 
regular straius. These springs convert a com¬ 
mon lumber wagon into a spring wagon, and 
are admirably adapted for farm wagons in 
that they prevent or greatly lessen injury to 
eggs, butter, honey, milk, cheese, dressed poul¬ 
try, fruits and vegetables, by shaking and 
jolting. The saving by the use of these springs 
in hanling a couple of loads of farm products 
to market often doubtless might pay for a 
full eet. Four different kinds of springs are 
made varying in strength in accordance with 
the weight of tbe load they are to bear, and 
ranging in price from $12 to $15 for sets of 
four. Full directions for the manner of using 
the springs are furnished by the manufac¬ 
turers. G. b. B. 
bulletin no. 64, junb 17, 1881 
Before starting for a long day’s fishing, rub 
a little soap on the ferules of your rod.—Ex¬ 
change. Be sure to put $2 in your pocket— 
for fish—Detroit Free Press.The 
house-fly can only see a distance of thirty- 
eight feet, bnt that never bothers him any. 
He always manages to keep within thirty- 
seven feet of everything.—Detroit Free Press. 
.The man who knows you well may 
forget all about you when you are sick. 
Sometimes a noble failure serves the world as 
faithfully as a distinguished success.—Dry den. 
Did he refer to our next corn crop ? . . . . The 
person who eats oleomargarine is sure to get 
fat—of course. ..... Anybody who aids in 
driving from our markets the Wilson straw¬ 
berry, that acid and deluding product of com¬ 
merce which for bo many years has been an 
affront to the popular palate, is a public bene¬ 
factor.—Tribune. The man who can produce 
a berry as hardy and prolific as the Wilson, 
and differing from it in having the flavor of a 
strawberry and not of a crab apple will make 
his cverlastlug fortune.The farmers 
of I Hindu are very much excited about the 
depredations of the Hessian fly, and want to 
know something of its origin. If we mistake 
not, it was General Washington who first made 
the Hessian fly in this country.—Yonker’s 
Gazette.The chief aim of the indus¬ 
tries of life, whether agricultural, manufactur¬ 
ing or commercial, and the great end for 
which government Itself is worthy to be main¬ 
tained, says B. G. Northrup. is that meu may 
live in happy homes. "The hope of America 
is the homes of America.”.And the 
following is from Puck. One should live at 
tbe Rural Farm and have wheats to cross in 
order to fully appreciate the last lines: 
Now come the pleasant duys 
When in the woodland wayB 
The happy zephyr flays 
With the rose, 
\nd on the starry nights 
The" skeeter," full of bites. 
With keenest rapture lights 
On your nose. 
There is more eloquence in the gift of a dol¬ 
lar to a starving family than in the most 
charming sermon that was ever preached on 
the subject of charity.Thu man who 
can sit alone for half an hour with his own 
conscience and feel that he has been in re¬ 
spectable company is fit to join any church in 
the land. 
Matthewson, Warrenville. Ct., sold by uuck tv 
Durkee, Willimantic, Ct., sent by N. P. Per¬ 
kins. 
620 Matfleld Corn Fertilizer, made and 
sold by the Matfleld Fertilizer Co., Boston, 
Mass., sent by T. S. Gold, West Cornwall, Ct. 
633. Pure Dissolved Bone, made by H. J. 
Baker & Bro.. New York City. 
633. Superphosphate of Lim8, made by Geo. 
B Forrester, New York Cily. 
625 Dried Blood and Tankage, made and 
sold by 8. E. Me.rwin & Sen, New Haven, Ct- 
626. Dried Blood and Tankage, made and 
sold by Strong. Barnes, Hart & Co., New 
Haven, Ct. 
No-. 622, 033, 625 and 626 were sampled and 
sent bv J. J- Webb, Hamden, Ct. 
627 . Superphosphate, made and sent by Da¬ 
vid Dickinson, Middle Haddarn, Ct. 
Nitrogen... 
Phos, acid, soluble. 
•• reverted... 
“ insoluble.... 
Potash. 
Chlorine.. • 
Estimated value per ton 
Cost per ton. 
ihfihcji Ailit 1 ' 1 ' 
PATENT SPRINGS FOR FARM WAGON 
nentitu aut) ®sefu 
Nitrogen. 
Phos acid soluble. 
•• reverted. 
•• insoluble. 
Potash . 
Chlorine . .. 
Estimated value per ton 
Cost ■ or tou. 
FERTILIZER ANALYSES. 
The following analyses have been made for 
the New York State Agricultural Society, by 
W. M. llabirshaw, F. C. S., chemist to the So¬ 
ciety : 
1 Dissolved bones, manufactured by Brad¬ 
ley & Co., Boston, Mass.; sold April 16 1881, 
to Thomas Fisher, Skaneateles, N Y.;byP. J. 
Cogswell, Rochester, N. Y.; $33 per ton 1 
sampled May 5; analyzed May 31. 
STAR CANE MILL 
Special attention is called to the Star Cane 
Mill, manufactured by J. A. Field & Co., of 
St. Louis, Mo, Among the many points of ex 
cellence ot these mills, we notice the novel 
feature by means of which, by the removing of 
one screw the scraper, or feed guide that 
guideB the cane in the center of the mill, can 
be removed and repaired.without taking the 
Potash... 
Equiv, Muriate of Potash. 
Sulphuric acid.....— ...... 
Equiv hydrated sulphate oi lime 
Insoluble in acids. . 
Cost ot potash per 100 lbs. 
Cost per ton. 
624. Muriate of Potash, 83 per cent., im 
