TABLE OF CONTENTS. I ply a much greator market than ever be- there are, doubtless, rare exceptions where 
fore. Should the war involve any or all individuals have placed so high a valua- 
“S . m ° f othcr European natkms-whioh ia ““ "P°“™ ,OTO “ " ork ,or " ,ch P*? 
s•:::::m «ome»i»t improbable-* stai greater de- now, whek men say that they are 
Hixhliu.il Hardy ItuspScrry_2?K mand will be made upon our cereal ex- offering a thing for less than it cost, it is 
?n<?hm'corri iiiflV or. m P 01 ^ 8, Thus we see that the American pretty good evidence that, if they tell the 
o.Sfo 'V V " ?to farmer, whose chronic complaints of hard trutl h the article is not worth'what it 
tT ' ,m SklmmoU AUIk itsConstiu ‘ times during the recent financial depres- C08t > heneo the reduction made. \V hen 
£3 8iou (which his claa * felt tLo leaHt of all >. sJmuch^but seeinViFryon, ril^U it a 
p\’ ”t ! H H 'i-‘!u"Vy 1 VI. m . ck ::::::::::::::::; : ;; ,: llftve BGCiacd 80 ridiculous, will be the first little cheaper,” look out for him, for all 
Pri.ciu'djiip* Fowl.‘.280 to feel the benefits arising from the mis- such tradesmen will bear watching very 
Tube Well* ami the Patent Paw#. 2 h(i fortunes of our friends across the water, closely, Ihen, again, never expect to 
Wheat has advanced twelve cents per ° btaiu a ^-rate article at a price less 
. Z Hl8he ’ aUd 18 °“ h ° ri86, Corn and oafcR tho same kind, for if you do somebody is 
Hor r He'r‘!m,yj u, “ ft .:::::::::::::::::: m llIlV0 been subjects of corresponding ad- going to get cheated, and certainly'no 
Horses, Wanng-Kiins for!.!!.‘!!!l!!!;” m vunce. Pork is higher and, in fact, all honest man desires to be a party to such 
Useful n in ..m the products of our farms are steadily ad- proceedings. Never ask less for an article 
nisinfpcLuntg. AUcason About. 28 » ■ • than it is worth, but, at the same time do 
Gastric .liilce III Mint, Acidity of the ... 283 vanCing ID pilCO. _. ._ . ’ , . I . 
Piiicetouire in.chooBir,I.::!.."::" „ not endeavor to obtain any more, for tho 
r“rnp“ h n"fticd»for l, ‘ Bffoctof .The only danger to bo apprehended is sin of taking advantage of others’ noeessi- 
Sbeep'uuHimndry Iii Engiaud!! 283 a repetition of theunwisdom of the Dairy- ties or ignoranoe, is not confined to either 
K No T ™-Bre 'vttZ ?. . men of la « l year in the extended holding of P ar ft. conducting an exchange of com- 
Litkrauts their products on a rising market for such uiot i ies. 
, i.. . . .. 8““ ao “ ulol, « u It has become far too common an idea 
gtorvi'.l ”*””;Z exhorbitant prices that the purchaser ir that a man cannot make money and be 
Subiiaib Kradmu.. ox* ooinr>ell«d 1 drill clu^nilipra artrl Iaaw., 11,a I c♦ wi♦ I-r- Imnn^i * .... S.,»*.U 
Practical Departments: 
Rnspberry, Purple Flowering.... 277 
Raspberries, About. 277 
A Women's Acre—No. 9 . 278 
Combs, A' it (fatal. 27!! 
Bees.Bibulous . 27 y 
Fowls, Plymouth Hock.1__ 280 
Pests I’niillry Vura. 280 
Proceeding*, Fowl .. .... 280 
Chicks, Feed I ux You-g. 28(1 
Tube Welle and the Patent Law*. 2 K(i 
Plows. Gang arid Sulky. 281 
Baskets. 281 
Karin Topics. 281 
Sandwich Inlands Notes. 282 
Snakes Unfailing Flub. 282 
I lorHijs. Heavy Draft. 282 
Horse-Tanjiux .[ 282 
Horses, Beunng-lfalns for. 282 
Keelwn,.. . 0 x 2 
Useful Hint.... "282 
Disinfectants. \ Reason About.283 
Gastric .1 alee in Sinn. Acldlt.y of the.2877 
Place to Lire in. Choosing a. 283 
Sunlight (in Poisons, Effect of. 283 
Corns, Remedy for... .... 2871 
Sheep Husbandry In England.283 
* " olr r...285, 288. 287 
StorV....... . oar 
Habitant Kcadtnu. oy« 
Ladies' Portfolio..l.'.'.'.'i'd!!’.!!! 287 
Reading for 1 he Voting...“. 287 
Publisher’s Notices... ,. .. 288 
News 01 the Week. *.288 
Markets.... ogo 
Answer* to Correspondents.290 
Persi dials.‘ 
Humorous. 2SI2 
Advertisements.237).'289,’290, 291, 292 
RURAL NEW-YORKER. 
TQkLISHEI) EVERY SATURDAY. 
ANDREW S. FULLER, Editor. 
X. A. WILLARD, A. M., Little Falls, N. Y., 
EDITOtt or THM OSPASTMSKT 0» DjIBY HuiBAMnsr. 
G. A. C. HARNETT, Pnblisher. 
Address 
RURAL PUBLISHING CO., 
_ 78 D uane Street, New York City. 
SATURDAY, MAY 5, 1877. 
WHEAT AND WAR. 
It is an ill wind that blows nobody 
good. The recent negotiations among 
the great European nations have finally 
resulted in a declared and commenced 
Avar. If this war should only last sixty 
days, as some are ready to predict, the 
effect upon the markets of the world ivould 
be unappreeiable. But who ever heard 
of a war ending in sixty days ? Assuming 
that Russia und Turkey intend to fight, 
the result will certainly bo bad for them 
and good for us, and Ave stand to-day 
much in the position of the man who Avas 
fond of seeing large fires and, while pass¬ 
ing his neighbor’s lumber yard, remarked 
their products on a rising market for such 
exhorbitant prices that the purchaser ir 
compelled to look elsewhere and leave the 
market flat. Sorno of our extraordinarily 
shrewd butter makers, with their last 
year’s product now on hand, can tell a 
little tale on this subject. There will be 
reactions in the market, and wo must 
therefore deprecate tho excessive shrewd¬ 
ness which has impoverished some of our 
producers duriug the last year, who might 
It has become far too common an idea 
that a man cannot make money and be 
strictly honest; but this is really au insult 
to industry, intelligence and superior 
abilities which some persons possess in 
greater abundance than others, and bad 
all been created exactly alike in this 
respect, mankind would* have forever re¬ 
mained on a level with the lower animals. 
Now, men are in great measure in the 
same position in regard to value ns tho 
articles they produce, and are worth just 
Avhat they Avifl fetch in tho market, for all 
. _ - , t 9 ■■ ***-•' SVWUI SU SUV UidL Vj AV« ill. 
liuvo their books with a fair profit are, in one fsenso or another, up for sale, 
instead of the lose they now show. A 
reasonable price is far bettor than specu¬ 
lative hoarding, and this should be con¬ 
stantly borne in mind. Upon the whole 
outlook, as now presen toil, we can but 
predict an excellent market and good 
prices this year for onr farm produce, al¬ 
though, of course, wo do not expect the 
least diminution of the average farmer’s 
chronic complaints of hard times. Know¬ 
ing however, the slight foundation for 
them, we shall not be much inclined to 
take them to heart. 
WHAT IS IT W0ETH ? toy as large as the United States. If every 
- State oould have a gardeu to tost all the 
When a boy, we well remember asking pl^te adapted to its climate aud soil, no 
our father what a certain thiDg Avas worth doubt much good might be done in the 
_ 3 1 . 1-1 C ^ .1.1 •_* __3 Y* ir 
W0ETH ? 
Some sell their labors and talents in the 
form of wheat, corn, hogs, sheep or, per¬ 
haps, poultry and eggs, and, while some 
are “going: going,” at a dollar a pound 
for butter, others go at ton or twenty 
cents or some prices eq ually low. Reader, 
how much are you worth ? 
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RURAL NOTES. 
A Botanic Garden. -The question 
of establishing a national Botanic Garden 
is again being agitated, but with little 
hope of a successful termination. We do 
not believe such an establishment is need¬ 
ed or even Avould be advisable in a coun- 
and he replied, very promptly, “Just way of obtaining and 
1.1*1 "ill- 1 * . 4 .. . _ a_1 1 _r 1* 1 
ighr- be done m tne 
disseminating prac- 
be unappreeiable. But who ever heard ^, an - y a , tl ™ e ’ tt JP , tho present hour. 
of a war coding in *xt,d» y „ ? Adoring SX’“ail k.’ZoiTaXSy tZ 
that Russia and Turkey intend to fight, tliis head ; they being worth just wbat 
the result will oertuinly bo bad for them they will fetch, no more.no less. Of 
and good for us, and Ave stand to-day c porse, there are often individual neces- 
much in the position of the man who Avas ^kich may temporarily enhance 
fond of aeeing farge fires and, while pass- ““ ^‘oZ St°% “a Q 
ing his neighboi s lumber yard, remarked dollars for six square feet of pine plank, 
that he should deprecate any misfortune aud then oast it aside as worthless, after 
A.- 1 • . • 1 1 , . . . _ __ .1 1 * _ 1 
Avhat it will fetch, my boy.” That lesson tlc al information; but a national Botauic 
was one of the shortest and most valuable Garden under the control of Congress, 
we ever learned, and it has served us well would soon become an elephant living at 
to his neighbor, but should certainly 
enjoy the burning of the lumber yard. 
So we should condemn fighting between 
nations as between individuals, but retain 
the highest admiration for the extra price 
at Avhich we can sell our productions. 
England is the great purchaser of ce¬ 
reals, receiving forty-eight per cent, of 
her supply from America, nineteen per 
it had served his purpose ; but we are at Washington or elsewhere. 
not supposing such cases to be at all -»♦« 
numerous, consequently they are not Tlic Eastman Business College, 
taken into consideration under ordinary —This College is actuated by the sole 
circumstances. aim of offering the student a practical in- 
It is certainly true that we are all iu- stead of a theoretical course of study, 
clmed to think au article we have for sale It is a novelty in this branch of education 
worth u little inoi*e than the value placed in that the students act as buyers, traders, 
upon it, by the would-be purchaser, but bookkeepers, accountants and bankers, in 
let us change places, and how quickly our actual business operations. The bank 
the expense of the Government, giving no 
return except to political favorites, as ex¬ 
emplified in our present Department of 
Agriculture. One hundred individual ex¬ 
perimenters, distributed over the country, 
can learn more of value in regard to plants 
and crops generally, than twice or three 
times that number working together iu 
one spot, and the same is true in regard 
to Botanic Gardens—one in each State 
would be far better than forty combined 
at Waalungton or elsewhere. 
-•»» — 
Tlic Eastman Business College, 
—This College is actuated by the sole 
aim of offering tho student a practical in¬ 
stead of a theoretical course of study. 
It is a novelty in this branch of education 
in that the stndeuts act as buyers, traders, 
s “Give the Yankees a chance to furnish 
meat for the inhabitants of Great Britain 
■ at a profit and they will do it -without the 
least hesitancy, even if they have to take 
s I an iceberg in tow with every outgoing 
. cargo.” Our pastures are *inexliaust- 
able, aud if the price of beef can be main¬ 
tained at fair rates, a few hundred thou¬ 
sand of tho calves now slaughtered at 
birth, can be kept and raised, if circum¬ 
stances should warrant such a saving. 
What hu Excuse ! — One of our 
Western contemporaries puts forward a 
novel excuse for the inefficiency of the , 
Department of Agriculture by saying 
that, “ When the Department is relieved 
of its present useless Commissioner, and 
his place is supplied by an efficient man, 
there will be appropriations made iu keep¬ 
ing with the Department’s needs, &c. ” 
Well, if this is true, it ia a sad commen¬ 
tary on the wisdom of those who have 
kept tho present incumbent in his position 
so long. We are ready to accede to almost 
any assertion which may be made in re¬ 
gard to the unfitness of Mr. Watts for 
the position he now fills, as the effusions 
from his pen, as published in the Depart¬ 
ment reports, would disgrace a backwoods’ 
plowboy ; still we cannot believe that he 
is so firmly seated that Congress must 
withhold appropriation and Bee the De¬ 
partment’s usefulness destroyed because 
this man cannot be ousted. 
Cheap Land in Maine.—A fair 
quality of farming land is offered by the 
State of Maine at thirty-five cents an aore, 
and this to be paid iu labor on the roads 
in the towns where the laud purchased is 
located. Cold as the climate of Maine 
may bo, it is preferable to the dry, arid 
plains, such as are found about Greeley, 
Colorado. Young man go East if you 
are in want of cheap lands, a healthy 
climate and a convenient market. 
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RURAL BREVITIES. 
A CincAao paper says that half the siveot pota- 
to«8 wold in that city come from New Jersey, and 
half the turnips consumed come from Canada. 
Elkotbic candles, are now used in Franoe and 
Germany, and they are eaid 10 give a far more 
brilliant fight than gas, aud arc much cheaper. 
A farmer in Virginia is said to have seven 
hundred acres planted with tomatocB, which is 
probably tho largent plantation of the kind in 
the world. 
A man in Vermont tried kerosene to kill lice 
on bis cattle, and it did it thoroughly, but it 
took off the hair with tho lice, aud ho now has 
some bald stock. 
The health of the oattle throughout the 
United States is ssid to be excellent; but sorno 
losses have occurred In the Southern States, 
through a tack of good and sufficient quantities 
of food. 
O cm provision dealers have oommmenoed to 
“ talk Turkey ” by putting up the prioe of every¬ 
thing, from soup beans 10 a barrel of flour, all 
because Russia has a little difficulty to settle 
with her southern neighbor. 
Dkaiji.f.y' 8 Self-Dumping Sulky Horse - Rake 
seems to be growing rapidly into the affections 
of our farmers. The Centennial Judges say of 
It“ The clutches are distinct from the wheels, 
being bolted on, and are easily replaced. The 
frame is independent of the axle. The teeth, 
which are set behind the center, admit au ad¬ 
justment, lengthening or shortening the lever¬ 
age. Action easy. 1 The Bradley Manufacturing 
Co. of Syracuse, N. Y., are its makerB, and will 
give full information. 
BUSINESS NOTICES. 
bills, fractional currency and merchandise, 
are actually used and nave a real value. 
her suppl y from America, nineteen per estimate changes, and that Avhioh was bills, fractional currency and merchandise, 
cent, from Russia, and thirty-three per ' er - v cbea P nm 7 110 w appear to be very are actually used and nave a real value! 
cent, from India, Germany Emt Tur- t ] f,ar > or least no great bargain. Values Eucli day’s business is based upon quota- 
key, Franoe and Denmark’ Now’ with fluct " ate “ accordance ^ith the laws of toons iu the New York markets, and every 
m ,1 , ‘ ’ \ b supply and demand, intrinsic value fro- transaction is juBt as legitimate and bona- 
Russia, Tuikey aud Egypt cut off by this quently having no influence whatever in fide as in any Mercantile, Banking or 
war, and with a famine prevailing in In- the matter, and there are few things in Business House. It has been established 
dia, which cuts off the usual supply of w °rid which do not feel the pulsations nearly a fifth of a century, during which 
England’s wheat and rioe from that quar- °f tra , Gold, silver, and the precious time it has eduoated ana started on the 
ter onr RnennW™, stones have no fixed value in the markets road to sucoess over twenty-three thou- 
U^ted States' 1 will 18 ! 0aloulate thftt the ? f the world, and even honesty and sand young men. This is *a very solid 
United Mates will be required, for the integrity of character are often subjects of recommendation of its efficiency,‘and if 
year 18/7, to furnish England seventy- barter, and do not pass at anything like the young farmer desires to make farming 
fitm n or on n I C 1. 1 l_ _ r n 111*11 FflTYn I’D fiACl in C -na no i A. ■ 1_.L I I a aaamr 1-. a „ 1 ' I • a 
five per cent, of her imports of flour, naif.orm rafc es in the most enlightened 
wheat, com, rice, &c. In the face of this J lmstiau communities. One man, or 
-u-u. JLLi LUCi AWJU OX LUIS __1 LI 1 1 - 5 7 
““7 ,<-> « » that 
a success he can aever accomplish it as 
well as when equipped with some mercan¬ 
tile ideas of business. We should advise 
them to try it. 
Doubting Our Capabilities.— 
in this country the visible supply of wheat bora owing to natural or acquired facilities * —-~~_ 
is only about one-half what it was this for production, but nine times out of ten, Doubting Our Capabilities.— 
time last, year, including the old stocks t) ‘ c 7. turu to tbeir own profit, instead Professor Axe of the Royal Veterinarian 
on hand and the best estimates of the ° 1Yldm ^ with their neighbors. College of England, has lately delivered 
coming harvest , T naturxd > ^°, r should it be ex- a lecture on the diseases of oattle and the 
° ’ peoted that men will invest their capital meat supply of Great Britain, in which 
n addition to this, some of those na- j* 1 business for the public welfare, or he took occasion to express his doubts in 
tions which have been exporters hereto- that they Avill labor for no reward beyond regard to the capabilities of the United 
fore, will, in the event of the continuance * 1 °f a good nftt “ e und transient glory ; | States to furnish a supply of meat for his 
of the war, be importers : hence it follows and . eu we me . efc a man who 1 pretends^ [ countrymen, especially if the importation 
that America will nniio/i ♦ 1 do this, we are always inclined to consider of live cattle Avere entirely prohibited, 
t Amenoa ay ill be called upon to sup- | lum an idiot or a hypoente, although | All we have to say on this subject is, 
MAPS OF THE SEAT OF WAR. 
Carefully compiled and engraved in the best 
manneron copper plate*, showing correctly ibe loca¬ 
tion ol places where events of great importance are 
transpiring, and the relative position of Kingdoms, 
States, Cities, &c., to each other. These maps show: 
Vint.— Turkey in Europe, with adjoining por¬ 
tions of Austria and Russia, and a plan of the Bos¬ 
porus on a large scale. 
Sroon-ci.—Tt 1 RKKY in ASIA, showing the adjoining 
portions of Bussla and Persia, the whole of the Black 
Sea and the eastern portion of the Mediterranean. 
Both maps are on one sheet, 29x18 tnohes, beauti¬ 
fully colorea, and showing the Turkish and Russian 
Flags, conspicuously displayed. 
One of these maps Is Indispensable to the Intelli¬ 
gent reading of the current news, and no family 
should be without It. 
Sent prepaid by mail for thirty cents. Libera] 
discounts to Agents. 
G. W. & C. B. COLTON A CO., 
172 William St., N. Y. 
-M,- 
Forty years' experience In the manufacture of 
AYhlte X^ad warrants us In saying that our “ Phoe¬ 
nix” Brand Pure While Lead cannot be ex¬ 
celled in any of the requisites that tend to make the 
best paint, it Is white, flue, has the greatest tody 
und covering capacity, aud for durabUity is unsur¬ 
passed. Every keg is warranted perfectly pure, and 
to give entire satisfaction. Sold by dealers in Paints 
generally. Eckstein, Hills & Co., Cincinnati, O. 
The Beal Oil for Harness Is the celebrated 
Vacuum OIL, made at Rochester, N. Y., aud sold by 
harness maker* eyefy whore. 
284 
THE RURAL NEW-YORKER. 
MAY 5 
