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THE RURAL WEW-YORKER. 
MARCH 34 
TABLE OF CONTENTS, under certain circumstances ; but a man i bundles, and sent it to New York for tooth- 
pkacticai departmT^TT would cut a 80rr y % UTe in attempting to ' picks. Now they are used by the cord. 
Hybridising Potatoes. . 197 keep up a respectable private establish- Orange trees grew and toothpicks were 
w meat with it in the city of Washington, as ™l\P* {oTe that bo ? lived - } mt nob ^ 
One More on the Adiebnie. 197 fjrr too mimv have fnnnrl to ItiAir snrmw saw the oppoitlUXlty for employment the 
Ma P ie sugar Making at the West. i&m Ifrr °° man .Y have found to their sorrow, conjunction offered, to advantage. 
Packlnv A indes.."I. I!!!!!!!!!!!!’.'.'..!!!!!! ];* ' tine of the gentlemen who come under We do not speak of the many inventions 
11 rr» _ inn n i i • .i . i « _ . I a 1 if * A « . • . . .. 
Early Potatoes. .,. . 197 
Arttehoko Culture.. 197 
One More on the Artichoke. 197 
Maple Siifrnr Making at the West. 198 
Gravel Pnilns,. 198 
Padtlnn; Apples. 198 
Congress, might have thrown some light 
on this point, and saved many thousands 
of dollars to the people of the locust in¬ 
fested States. 
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Hamburg Dairy Show.—The Ger- 
1'HLCKinv a pines.. i*jr < — v * • • v mcuu uui »ucah. ui vjlkj jJiaiiy luyeiitiODb v •_i_ . tt .i 
A*UMfw*tke^i2>nw»t »:::\$ I tbo head <,f the exceptions, referred to that hare been wrought out through the Feb.’^l? and 28 d aJd everything passed 
Nutriiivf* Vii'tio. nf Knorin 10ft h. Hf- T T> T\fiction of rflfttl’R hmin nr tlrAao flmt liova ' .. ' . 
Nutritive* Vu’ur of < KootlSi>• i■ i m, i.«•.• >.. 198 ribovfi in IVTr ,T 11 f lonc.r f Iia 
Dairy Stock In Hc»Miner Co. m 1 UU> iur ’ JV * i,OI)C,B > LU6 present 
Kx tnrl'? c,,, * ,n Beiu “* Mill! at i'° w Tempera- Statistician of the Department, whose ap- 
'}y^ cww ^ u \ T jfw Watered Milk:::: m pointmeut to the office under considera- 
vrooo LOWainfJrcffou.199 . 
The Ferodon* Shark. . 199 tion would meet with general approval. 
Boinc of Mr REgorionao. 300 He is already a resident of Washington, 
Grafting Apple Tree*. 200 , , , , , , . . 
seiecvi.^t °f Hardy Tract* und Shrubs. 200 j and an efficient and talented employe in 
noiiey'H Food ktenmer ami Evaporator!!".’”!] 2 in the Department. Ill addition to this, he 
"Are Yon Going to Paint?” . 201 • • . .. .... , . .. ’ 
The Taylor Hake.. 2 «i is in justice entitled to promotion, under 
Business Prospect* Good . 201 ,, . , , , , . ,, ’ , , 
The Centennial l.lvc Stock Exhibition. 2m the much-talked-of, but seldom heeded, 
• 202 rules of Civil Service Reform. For these 
Wenning j^mija I .'”:!'"".202 reasons, and others which it is unneces- 
sary to name, Mr. podge is our first 
cn mate for w whiiungV.'!!!:'!; i; §ra choice, which we are pleased to Baybas 
F^SrnVyonkrG^ah^roers.::::::::::::.§» ,)eeu seconded by some of the most influ- 
Homo of My Experience. 200 
Grafting Apple Trees. 2 C 0 
Select Liat of Hardy Tree* nnti Shrubs .. 200 
gUKgeetlvr. 201 
Dailey a Food Steamer and Evaporator. 201 
" Are Yon Going to Paint?”.201 
The Taylor Hake .201 
Business Propped* Good. 201 
The Centennial l.lrc Stock Exhibition. an 
Arrangement of Neat*. 202 
Laying .. 202 
Scab In Sheep. .202 
Weaning Lambs . 202 
Two Queen Bec-s )ti a Hive. 202 
Troul.203 
Recipes. 203 
Cllmutefor Weak. Lung*.203 
Lemonade for Biliousness. 203 
Freezing Young Grasshoppers. 203 
White Pine Weevli.203 
BuixoBtAt, Paoe: 
Commissioner of Agriculture. 204 
unperceived Opportunities. 201 
Notes—Brevities. 204 
Literary: 
Poetry.205. 206. 207 
Btorv. 205 
Miscellaneous. 2 (jc, 
Sabbath Reading. j/(f, 
I Julies' Portfolio . 207 
Reading for the Young. 207 
Publisher's NotlccB. 208 
News of the Week.. . 209 
action of man’s brain, or those that have 
been the result of accident, but only mean 
to call attention to the fact that the world 
has been and is now offering the best of 
opportunities for the tbonghtfu] seeker to 
take advantage of. Nature is very quiet 
in her offers. Her roast pigs don’t run 
around squealing to be eaten ; but they 
are there, nevertheless, and those can find 
them who seek diligently. 
We have written this iu the hope that 
some among the many thousands who 
read the Rural may be induced to keep 
their eyeB open and their thoughts active 
in search of some opportunity. Don't bo 
satisfied to do just what others have done 
before you ; don’t follow in the beaten 
off satisfactorily, as it usually does in 
countries where "daily rings” are un¬ 
known, and where the people are so well 
informed that they can appreciate the 
value of farm products generally. The 
Germans, probably, know better how to 
create a great variety out of a single ma¬ 
terial than any other nation, aud this 
peculiarity is reported to have been a very 
marked feature in the late exhibition in 
Hamburg. The dairy schools and tasting 
stalls where the public may learn many 
of the secrets of making good butter and 
cheese, are features which might be intro¬ 
duced into this country, with benefit to 
both producers and consumers. 
ential agricultural journals in the country, track, but switch off’ into pleasant fields 
But if the office cannot go to Mr. Dodge, 
then we say give it to Dr. John L. Le 
Conte, for he is a gentlemau of wealth, 
and of the highest literary attainments 
and scientific culture. His motives for 
seeking the office have for years been no 
secret to us, aud meet with our high ap- 
Kvorywhoro !!!""! ' ["‘l sns preciation. Theso are to remodel, purify the Colorado Potato Beetle is more likely 
Markets. 209 , , _ . . . J *-t, ... _i_ ,r *_- 
Personals... gjjj and place the Department in a position to TO reacn J^ogiana in oarreis 01 Amencai 
command the respect of intelligent agri- i ,otato f. s than ; n other fnr “ P rod « c *?> 
- 1 cultunsts, at home and abroad. And al- ment are getting nervoUH over the subject 
though we almost think such a renovation and are desirous of prohibiting the ini 
T H E a herculean task, far beyond the eapabil- portation of these tubers for seed or otliei 
DIID HI U PllV vnni/rn ities of any human being, still no l>etter puiposeH. We would remind these wise 
RURAL NEW-YORKER. »«* w b.— ^ 
PUBLISHED EVERY SATURDAY. ^ r ’ -1jE ^ ONr12 ’ Britain, and it has since done an immens< 
- The events of the past few weeks have amount of damage, but no one ever sup 
ANDREW S FULLER Edito shown the office belongs to the political posed that it came over among cabbagt 
_!_ ’ ‘ machine, aud is run for political purposes; seed - Yet that it should have done thu 
Address and while, therefore, Dr. Lk Conte might v,< ’ u , d V av ?, bc f n 118 
rural publishing co., i ... ' , .... potato beetle should go abroad amont 
78 Duane street. New York city. boD .°* lC department by accepting the jjotatoes. Tlie clnysalides of this butter 
- 1 position of Commissioner, the office could fly, probably, made the journey in somt 
SATURDAY MARCH 81 1877 no ^ return the oompliment. Hence our old dry-goofls box or packing material! 
_’_ ' ’ ‘ only fear is that some of the smut aud aronud household goods, and the potatc 
—-filthiness of the machine might stick to bt ^, le doubtless will reach England in f 
OOMMISSIONEEJ^AGBIODLTTOE. him. «d that lu» ^etofor/world-wide 
The office of Commissioner of Agricul- re D utat * ou ohght possibly suffer in conse- tatoes are about, 
ture appears to be attracting considerable qut UCG ‘ It . 18 difflcult to handle soot *+• 
attention of late, and candidates are as wltll out getting soiled ; consequently our Heavy Tare.—We had the curiosity, 
numerous as mosquitoes on the Jersey fear * are for the Diau and uot for lh e a few days since, to weigh the bands and 
flats iu minimer. It a-aa claimed that the °f<*- worthy of the abilife. “wWo^camf horn '“on”''‘ft*! 
incoming Adminiutrntioii would return fio great aud thorough a scientist as Dr. H ,' lds( , D Tlle balc complete weighed 
Judge Watts, but the pressure which 1 OHN ^onte. two hundred and sixty-eight pounds , the 
politicians have brought to bear upon the - ++* - six of , wood . u6ed in baling, 
ftceidcut eceuie to be too powerful for UNPERCEIVED 0PP0ETUNITIES. M^bZ^oouJShli^th^ 
withstand, and now a change is . , n ., two pounds of wood the purchaser had to 
certain, and a general scramble for the J asons in Brookly en route for New pny f or rtt ft ce nt a pound, or at the rate 
office is the result. It is certainly a piti- . ° 1E > 88 ' be 7 approach the Ferry, are 0 f‘twenty dollars per ton. This is, at 
able sight to see so many men of whom IX', sir!” SiesXk^ aL'^ld attK mZS 
their fellow-citizens and friends have Ferry in packages of sixteen for twwntv- n ,, ■ ’■ i ^ , ' ■ 
u n i . c. • / L •? Ai , i««nty This swindle whs not consummated among 
thought well, and who were supposed five cents while the price for a single the much-abused commission men of this 
capable of earning a living in other fields, P 8888 *?® 18 two c ( eilt8 - Readers of a math- oity but it iH WO rth y of their careful con- 
now clamoring for an office worth only the l/Vn* + U + 1 | 11 V mu , ld ' , W1 readily per- sideratiou. They should refuse to accept 
paU,y «.m J threes a ^ 
This, m itself, is sufficient to show the of seven cents. Now there is nothing very baleg of ba ^ vitll water or heavy green 
value the world has set upon the capaci- astonishing about this but it serves as an timber, is g'uilty of as great a swindle as 
ties of the men who have heretofore held dlu8trfttlve text for what we are aboTlfc to making counterfeit money. 
the position, as well as of those who are *% w Bame opportunity for buying aud -~- 
at present applicants for it. Among the selling ferry tickets has existed for many Want ol Appreciation. — Several 
latter, however, there are a couple of ex- years, but it was uot, until within a few times sin ? e Ch -\ s - v - Kiley was appointed 
ceptionally good men, whom we will pres weeks that any one discovered the fact. to tbe °^ oe ^ tate Futomologist of Mis- 
ently name We should like to know the boy who first BOUn > one or more of tbe “ ignoramuses ” 
rxe .. . „ , did it He is a genius and is hound tn who were elected to the Legislature of the 
Of course, it is well known that there make 'his way in the world. He is the 8tat ® llAve tried 10 ab oUsh the office of 
are abundant opportunities for perqui- superior of Iris fellows, in that he saw Entomologist, but failed. Now we learn 
sites, and it is presumed that these have chances for making a living to which they fhat the Attorney-General of Missouri has 
not been overlooked by former inoum- were blind. ‘ prepared an opinion whioh, if sustained, 
bents of the office. But if wc are to sun How man .Y m ® u . within the recollection ^' lll P ut an e . nd the office, and of course 
_j, n u ''i aie to sup- 0 { a n of us liave accumulated fortunes bv the dismissal of Prof. Riley would follow. 
pose the Commissioner is to act honestly, reasou D f having had sufficient thought or While we do not think the abolishing of 
no man capable of filling the position can observation to perceive an opportunity tbe office would be any loss to the Pro- 
afford to take it at, the salary named, and that was as clearly open to others as to fessor, still it could not fail to be a great 
the Government should not, expect to pm - - * beln - Habnpen commenced making his one *° *- be State, which could well afford 
chase efficient talent of any kind for less tri P 6 betwee *» Boston and New York as a P a .T bim teu tunes his present salary 
than its market TnZi m T doer of errands, carrying his whole freight ™ ther thau , P e f^f him to transfer his 
. ^ .“J n iarke t■ pnee. Indeed, all at- ffi a carpet-bag. He saw what he behoved labors to other fields. 
and new pastures. There is more to be The Locust Commission.—At last 
accomplished thau has yet been achieved. Congress has consented to appoint a com- 
Will you, reader, be one to help do it ? missioa of scientific gentlemen to make 
- +++ - investigations in regard to the home and 
p ttp a t wbtvo habits of the Western locusts or grasshop- 
ivUxt AL NU IhS. pers. For this purpose §18,000 have 
The Colorado® iu England— < ? as ‘ V - 
Johnny Bull still holds to the idea that , ‘ ILRT : 8 Thomas aud A. S. Packard 
the Colorado Potato Beetle is more likely & g {7°™“ 86100Gr8 - 
to reach England in barrels of American kD °T« 
potatoes than in other farm products, and aild qualified for 
we notice that, some members of Parlia, work and in wishing them success, 
merit are fmttimr nervmie II,o .sM,„r W6 h °P e their labor8 Wl11 uot 1,1 vain. 
to reach England in barrels of American 
potatoes tlian in other farm products, and 
we notice that, some members of Parlia, 
ment are getting nervous over the subject, 
and are desirous of prohibiting the im¬ 
portation of these tubers for seed or other 
purposes. We would remind these wise¬ 
acres that n few years since the cabbage 
butterfly reached this country from Great 
Britain, and it has since done an immense 
amount of damage, but no one ever sup¬ 
posed that it came over among cabbage 
seed. Yet that it should have done this 
would have been as likely as that the 
potato beetle should go abroad among 
potatoes. The clnysalides of this butter¬ 
fly, probably, made the journey in some 
old dry-goods box or packing materials 
arouud household goods, and the potato 
beetle doubtless will reach England in a 
similar manner, if at, all, or it may go on 
ship-boai’d from our docks, even if no po¬ 
tatoes are about. 
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Heavy Tare. —We had the curiosity, 
a few days since, to weigh the bands and 
sticks of greeu oak wood put on a bale of 
hay which came from a town on the 
Hudson. The bale complete weighed 
two hundred and sixty-eight pounds ; the 
six “logs” of wood, used in baling, 
weighed twenty-six pounds, and the three j 
hickory bands six pound, making thirty- 1 
two pounds of >vood the purchaser had to 
pay for at a cent a pound, or at, the rate 
of twenty dollars per ton. This is, at 
least, twenty-five pounds more thau was 
needed, in tlie way of packing materials. 
This swindle was not consummated among 
the much-abused commission men of this 
city, but it is worthy of their cureful con¬ 
sideration. They should refuse to accept 
of hay coming to market packed in such 
a manner, for, whoever loads down his 
ceptionally good men, whom we will pres¬ 
ently name. 
Of course, it is well known that there 
are abundant opportunities for perqui¬ 
sites, and it is presumed that these have 
not been overlooked by former incum¬ 
bents of the office. But if we are to snr>- 
—■ rj — vivw 
afford to take it at, the salary named, and 
the Government should not, expect to pur¬ 
chase efficient talent of any kind for less 
than its market price. Indeed, all at- 
Waut of Appreciation. — Several 
times since Chas. V. Riley was appointed 
to the offiee of State Entomologist, of Mis¬ 
souri, one or more of the “ ignoramuses ” 
who were elected to the Legislature of the 
State have tried to abolish the office of 
Entomologist, but failed. Now we learn 
that the Attorney-General of Missouri has 
prepared an opinion whioh, if sustained, 
will put an end to the office, and of course 
the dismissal of Prof. Riley would follow. 
to pay him ten times his present salary 
rather thau permit him to transfer his 
labors to other fields. 
pts to do so have hitherto proved la- to be an opportunity to make an honest - - - 
mentable failures, as the conduct of the living by serving others. He invented Death to Grasshoppers. — The 
Department of Agriculture, since its first uotbm £, discovered nothing ; but merely Minnesota Senate has just passed a bill 
establishment, fully proves. embraced an opportunity offered no more appropriating §100,000 for the destruction 
Wa maw folk nf fiw, 1 WW..JL. j.* i , . to him than to any other man. True, he of grasshopper eggs. This begins to 
thA ^ 1 ® at f ch f to didllot imagine the extent to which'the look like bLinessf surely, aud accords 
p as much as we like, but these Express business would grow, even during well with the action recently taken in 
are too light to be very highly valued by hi^ lifetime, but the fact that he employed Nebraska, but it is questionable if the 
men who possess talents sufficient to run bimKeb bl a business which had always most economical and expeditious methods 
a plow or a comer grocery in a country beeu °P eu without any being wise enough of destroying the eggs have beeu as yet, 
village sneePRBfnll^ Ti,v no .i i i‘ to see it, remains the same. discovered or decided upon. The Grass- 
W. f i f ‘ h ™ 8and do1 - A boy, in hope of making a few pennies, hopper Committee, whioh we long ago 
y may be a comfortable moorne, split orange wood into splinters, tied it in desired should have been sent out by 
most economical and expeditious methods 
of destroying the eggs have beeu as yet 
discovered or decided upou. The Grass¬ 
hopper Committee, Avhieh we long ago 
desired should have been sent out by 
Centennial Batter. — It appears 
from the Judges’ report that the butter 
receiving the prize at the June and 
October exhibits at the Centennial, was 
made from common, native, or mongrel 
cows, the pure breeds being beaten at 
this great show. It may be, however, 
that those having pure-bred stock did not 
care to -waste a good article of butter iu 
order to win such trifling honors as those 
offered. 
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RURAL BREVITIES. 
British Columbia farmers talk of turnips 
weighing fifty to sixty pounds each, raised on 
their rich virgin soils. 
Mr s Robb of Carpus Christi, Texas, owns 
75,000 acres of land on which 15,000 beeves are 
[ fattened for market annually. 
Californian's claim that grapes at $10 a ton 
are a profitable crop ■ but the vineyardists in the 
Eastern States think that even $60 to $80 is a 
ruinously low price. 
The British Colonists, published in British 
Columbia, tells us Unit oats were ripening at 
Spring Park Farm, on Feb. 21st, whioh is cer- 
| tainly pretty early for so northerly a locality. 
Tut Pennsylvania State Dairymen’s Associa¬ 
tion will hold thc-ir spring meeting at Saeger- 
town, April 4, 1877. Several addresses from 
noted dairymen will be delivered, and important 
subjects discussed. 
Making “ two blades of grass grow where one 
only grew before." is now supposed to mean in 
New York State, making two Dairymen's Asso¬ 
ciations live whore one almost, perished for want 
of patronage. " Ho ' milkman, awake, for the 
morn is breaking." 
The Oliver chilled Plow- was used last season 
in the Rural's experimental grounds, and was 
entirely satisfactory, running easily and keeping 
as bright as a looking-glass. Tbe " chilled ’ 
plows are a great improvement over the old 
rough pot-metal plows which we were obliged to 
use years ago. 
The Talent Pocket Coin Detector offered by 
Mr. Button m our advertising columns this week, 
is just what it is represented to be, and worth 
the price asked as a mechanical curiosity, besides 
being a trustworthy Detector as represented. It 
is a handsome pocket piece a trifle larger than a 
silver half dollar. 
We notice that the Bradley Manufacturing 
Company, Syracuse, N. Y., have opened a West¬ 
ern office at Chicago, HL, which is under the 
management of Mr. A. B. Barnes- This, we 
take it, is carrying the war into Atrica, and if we 
know anything at all, Mr. B.ABNB6 is just the man 
to make tbiDgs very interesting for competitors. 
We wish him Barus-ful of success. 
Following the lead of the Bubal, the re¬ 
mainder of the f gricultural press have (Uvith a 
few sleepy exceptions) taken up the subject cf 
Prickley Couifrey. The demand lor it has be¬ 
come active, to speak commercially, and it may 
be an important item to our readers to know 
that B. H. Allen & Co., New York, are the 
only dealers iu the country possessing a stock of 
this desirable fodder plant. 
Ir in Want of a Remedy for Sore Throat or 
a Bad Cough or Coid, try Dr. Jayne's Expecto¬ 
rant, an old remedy for Sore Lungs and Throats, 
aud a certain curative for Coughs. 
BUSINESS NOTICES. 
The Best Oil for Harness is the celebrated 
Vacuum Oil, made at Rochester, N. Y. t and sold by 
harness makers everywhere. 
