FARMS 
J. F. MANCHA, 
Dover, Del. 
THE RURAL NEW-YORKER 
were destroyed and the flocks kept on the land 
day and night, with winter crops grown to force 
wool and mutton, there might be fortunes of 
great magnitude made without any of the risks 
attending city speculations and Wall St. gam- 
Geo. Gabdner. 
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TREATMENT OF WOOL. 
A superintendent of a Western factory gives 
the following hints as to the treatment of wool: 
1. If possible, don't let the fleece got Ailed 
with chaff, by feeding your sheep at straw-stacks. 
If you cannot feed them through racks, it is bet¬ 
ter to scatter the straw or hay about the yard 
next to the fence. It is a decided injury to the 
fleece if the sheep feed at the straw-stack. 
2. Don't defer aheariog too long, as the fleeces 
are apt to become cotted wool, which is only 
worth half price. 
3. Wash wool well, or not at all, as poorly 
washed or dingy wool will oomraaud in market 
scarcely more than straight unwashed. In many 
parts of Minnesota, the facilities are evidently 
not sufficient for fleeoe-waBbing, and in such 
places it is better not to attempt it. 
4. Whether washed or unwashed, fleeces should 
be properly tagged, and each fleece should be 
tied up by itself in not too bard or solid a bunch. 
For tying up wool, nso ouly what is known as 
wool twine. Never use Jute twine, as it gets into 
the wool, and can be got out only with difficulty. 
Many manu facturers will rojoct wool when tied 
up with such twine. 
5. In taking wool to the market, don’t put it 
in a wagon-box with clay, straw, or chuff in the 
bottom, and cover it over with hay, expecting 
when you reach a market, to get a good price, as 
many do. If you expect to get a full price, treat 
your wool as though you considered it worth 
something yourself. It matters not what is to 
be sold, whether French silk or raw wool; the 
more neatly it is put up, or gotten up. for mark¬ 
et, the quicker it will sell and the higher prioo it 
will command. 
frbf Ijonlhi) Haiti. 
HENS ONE YEAR OLD. 
Tub beat laying hens are those one year old — 
fowls that were hatched the previous season in 
April and May. Hons two and throe years old 
lay about 25 per cent, loss eggs than those but 
one year old. Consequently the best plan for all 
fowl breeders is to raiBe chickens every season 
to bo the layers of the next year, and to kill all 
the old stock regularly between December and 
February of each yoar. 
It Is doubtful whether it be profitable to keep 
fowls without a run for them over grass land. 
A small yard with grass in it, soon becomes 
soiled and the grass all picked off, and then the 
hens begin to lay fewer eggs, and the result gen¬ 
erally is that there is no profit in fowls thus con¬ 
fined. It seems to be the nature of barnyard 
fowls to require a run. of some twenty or forty 
rods from their roosting-house, to keep them 
active and healthy by searching for insects. A 
dozen hens and one cock in & quarter-acre yard 
" Dokl do well; but if confined in a yard twenty 
or thirty feet squaro, they would not bo profit¬ 
able, unless their food should almost entirely 
consist of the waste from the family table. 
From a bushel and a quarter to a bushel and a 
half of grain is oonsumed in a year by every 
fowl, at a cost of about $1, when no waste from 
the table is given to thorn, and good breods, 
such as the Brahmas, Plymouth Rocks, Leg¬ 
horns, and Hamburg*, will lay annually about 
150 eggs each, if not closely confined, worth, in 
most places, from $2 to .1)3. 
-v family having fifteen or twenty fowls, may 
have poultry to kill iu the winter worth £50 at 
least, by raising chickens and killing the surplus 
roosters and the old stock, as above stated ; and 
thus poultry-keeping is certainly profitable. The 
Light Brahmas and Plymouth Rocks are much 
better table fowls than the Leghorns and Ham- 
burgs, the latter being small and chiefly valuable 
for laying, T . B . Miner. 
Linden, N. J. 
£l»inc-|)frir. 
HOG PRODUCTS. 
There now lies before us a manual on the 
°g, prepared by T. J. Janes, Commissioner of 
gi multure for the State of Georgia. This gen- 
eman has already done much? by ^ r0BearcheH 
jur • c °* a L lla, *'* 0US j for the advancement of the 
o “ interests directly, of course, of his 
lari ]i alB °’ iu(iirectl - v - of the country at 
. k Jri thv present work ho shows, in a very 
v.ii T ner ’ the groat ““Portae of our hog 
products, and gives clear ruleB for increasing 
the amount of flesh on the animals at the least 
cost, besides exhibiting their natural habits and 
capabilities. 
To illustrate the great extent of the traffic in 
the products of this department of farm econ¬ 
omy, ho refers at the outset to the figures pre¬ 
sented by the Bureau of National Statistics. 
Here it is shown that last year there were ex¬ 
ported from the country, pork, lard, lard-oil, 
live hogs, bacon and hams, to tiro amount of 
£63,657,161. A comparison of this vast income 
with tbo amount derived from other exports 
Bhows that unmanufactured cotton brought into 
the country $192,659,161, and breadstuff* of all 
kinds, £130,474,077, while tho liog oomes next in 
importance among tho chief articles of export. 
Yet the amount of hog products exported boars 
but a small ratio to the quantity eonsnmed at 
home. Dr. Janes finds that in Georgia 400,000,- 
000 pounds are annually consumed, which, at 
tho rate of 10 cents a pound, gives the enormous 
yearly consumption of £10,000,000 worth of hogs 
to that State alone. Of this, loss than one-half 
was raisod in tho State, and money had to be 
sent away, chiefly to the West, to supply the 
deficiency. 
In view of tho vast importance of swine to the 
country, more caroful attention should be given 
not only to all means of improving their breed 
and cheaply accumulating fat upon them, but 
also to tho prevention or tho ravages which va¬ 
rious diseases uow yearly commit among them. 
Mr. Doidok, tbo Statistician of the Department 
of Agriculture, reports as the results of investi¬ 
gation duriug the last twelve months, that four 
million animals perished, entailing a loss of twen¬ 
ty million dollars. Guo-fifth of this loss occurred 
in Illinois, while Missouri, Iowa and Indiana fell 
next iu order, aggregating a loss of ten mil¬ 
lion dollars. Thus the losses from disease arc 
nearly equal to ouo-third of thesnin derived from 
tho export of hog products during tho past yoor. 
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DIARRHEA IN FIGS. 
The most common complaints of little pigs are 
diarrhoea and colds. The former is caused by 
giving the sow improper food, or a too sudden 
change of diet, or by irregular feeding, or from 
want or puru water and fresh air. To ottro this, 
as a general rule, no medicine will be required. 
Change tho food of the mother, and let her go 
out into the air, but hit tho little pigs remain 
quiet In tho pen, and »eo that they are warm and 
comfortable. It is also important to keep tho 
pen clean and well ventilated. Scatter some dry 
earth about the pen to absorb tho offensive 
gases. Scald tho pig troughs with boiling wator, 
and make them sweet and clean. Let this bo 
done every day. 
EVERYWHERE. 
Kansas supports 74,wo dogs. 
Massachusetts has 113,395 cows. 
Canada’s hay crop is below the average. 
Ohio produces 30,000,000 bushels of wheat this 
year. 
They are drying fish on the coast of Maine to 
feed to sheep next winter. 
Good Judges estimate the wheat crop of Ohio 
this year at. thirty million bushels. 
TnK farmers of North Carolina say there Is more 
wheat tills year than for forty years. 
Sundry Minnesota papers are bidding Joyous 
farewells to the grasshoppers of their respective 
districts. 
Instead of 800,000 tons of wheat, calculated 
upon by California, she will not raise over 350,ooo 
tons this year. 
Kitty thousand acres of land in Arkansas have 
been purchased by a colony of Poles. They are 
well fixed to raise beans. 
Australia Is making extensive preparations to 
supply England with Tresh meat by methods 
similar to thoso now in use here, 
the thirteen counties In Texas which last year 
raised seven million five hundred thousand 
bushels of wheat, valued at eight million dollars, 
will, tills yoar, douhle on those rtgurea. 
The wool dip nf Michigan Is fast passing Into 
the hands of dealers and manufacturers at prices 
ranging from 25 to 35 cents for tine, according to 
condition, mostly at. about so cents. Tho esti¬ 
mated number of sheep In the Stute Is 1,800,000. 
In Colorado this year’s assessment returns show 
430,000 head of cattle, valued at $5,750,000; and 
500,000 sheep valued at $l , 000 , 000 . The number of 
cattle shipped to Eastern markets the past season 
was 4,000 car-loads, or over «0,000 head, added to 
which wore some 30,000 dressed beeves. The wool 
clip of the seven principal counties footed up 
1,885,000 pounds, worth $471,250. 
Implements* amt Pnehmevy. 
MEDAL MACHINEST 
Now York State Agricultural Works. 
1st Premiums at all Competitive Trials. 
l Tl. l nX/?', , 1 i !l L-ver II.MSC Powers, 
J Mi < *1)01 m iiitd 1 It'ii nrr*. T iitnIici'n ami 
ntankorii. Plover llullJr*. IV.' f’„t- 
1 iichforks. Kill agio IVI 1 ..I 1 in«.*, 
Kl rawPr.-nc'vInR |ty*> Thresh.’ 
crs. iv,rtn hie Kieniu.lfiinti 11 cs, 
< Kler mill IVmc Mills i UU | 
1 res«e». Diu mill Pony 
Powers, Etc,, Etc. 
WHEELER JYtEjLXCK CO. 
aliiany, N. Y. 
trufl?* 1 stalD,, for Circular and report of Centennial 
S EUREKA SAFETY 
Power! J'.™r„ l i"V> ■!": 
plod*-. Tested to 300 lbs. press¬ 
ure. per square Inch. Two Horse 
Power.? 1,50, :t to I II. P.,*i$,50. 
Also. Htatioimry Kowloon and 
Boilers And * pH rk A rrosii 110 
I ortnhie Euuiiic* for pltiuta- 
tlon use. Sonrt for our Circular. 
« DDeount, to the trade. 
8 w> PAYNe&SONS,Corning,N.Y. 
Mate yon saw this In KUUAi, NEW-YORK KB. 
THE MILBURN WAGON 
HIGHWAY PASTURING. 
In evory State there is a selfish class of men 
who caro little how much annoyance and loss 
they may cause their neighbors, provided thoroby 
they can secure some petty advantage or gain 
for themselves. It is these, among farmers, 
who knowiugly allow their cattle to run at largo 
on tho highways, in order to gain in this way 
gratuitous pasturage. We fully agree with tho 
Germantown Telegraph that this custom cannot 
he too severely condemned. Even tho owner of 
cattle who will thus trespass upon Hie rights of 
the public, and frequently upon the crops of his 
neighbor, must run the risk of straying and the 
labor of hunting them up, aB well as tho cost of 
tho damage thoy may do in breaking through 
fences to get at the growing crops. Now tho 
man—we oau hardly say farmer—who thus ap¬ 
propriates tho highway for a pasture-field, to 
which he has not the shadow of a right, should 
be ashamed to look au honest neighbor in the 
face—one who has been compelled to strengthen 
his fences against tho inroads of thoso hungry, 
wandering cattlo. Not a gate or « bars ” can be 
left open for a moment for fear of these tres¬ 
passers thus, in the busy timcB of harvest, taking 
up valuable time in guarding againa t tho over- 
watchful vagrant animals. 
There should be a general law against road 
cattle, and a sharp flue imposed upon every man 
and woman who thus takes what does not be¬ 
long to either. The grass in the highway be¬ 
longs, from the line fence to the middle of the 
road, to tho owners of property on either side, as 
much so as if it were on the inner side of the 
fence. The public has only the right of way, 
nothing more, much lesais it the pasture-ground 
of vagrant cattlo whose ownerB thus depend 
upon the property of others. But there has 
been a difficulty iu passing such a law, owing to 
the fenceless roads and oxtenbive tracts of land 
iu the wildcat counties, to the use of which no 
objection is made. But municipal bodies cau 
adopt and enforce such a law, as is tho case in 
this city; aud we think that all counties, and 
even townships, should be invested with such 
authority. Fences are intended to keep cattle 
tre, not to keep cattle out. 
Snj (So-jritjs, & r. 
Tm OK! I 0 IETS 
OOR ABILITY TO SERVE THEM BY MAIL AS 
WELL AS IE 1115RE IN PERSON, A TRIAL 
WILL REMOVE THE DOUBT. 
BLACK, COLORED AND FANCY SILKS, 
ELEGANT FANCY DRESS GOODS. 
LOW-PIUCED AND MEDIUM DRESS GOODS, 
nd 
HOUSEKEEPING ARTICLES, 
FROM WHICH WE SEND SAMPLES BY MAIL 
FOR SELECTION. WITH PRICKS ATTACHED, 
ENABLING PARTIES AT A DISTANCE TO SUIT 
THEIR OWN TASTES. 
EVERY ARTICLE OF LADIES’ WARDROBE, ^ 
BOTH OUTER AND UNDERWEAR. MADE TO 
ORDER OR SUPPLIED FROM STOCK. 
CATALOGUES OF THESE DEPARTMENTS 
SENT FREE ON APPLICATION. 
LACES AND EMBROIDERIES. 
SILK AND COTTON HOSIERY. 
WHITE GOODS AND LINENS. 
FULL LINES OF TRIMMINGS AND SMALL 
WARES, FICHUS, HANDKERCHIEFS, NECK¬ 
TIES, KID, LISLE AND SILK GLOVES. 
MOURNING GOODS 
OF EVERY DESCRIPTION. AND THE MOST 
COMPLETE S TOCK OF 
LADIES' AND CHILDREN’S SHOES. 
ALL FURNISHED IN THE SAME MANNER, 
AND ENTIRE SATISFACTION GUARANTEED, 
AS OUlt STOCK OF GOODS IS THE MOST COM¬ 
PLETE IN THIS CITY, OUR PRICES ALWAYS 
RIGHT. AND OUR MKTHOD OF DOINU BUSI¬ 
NESS 
ENTIRELY HONORABLE. 
WE CONFIDENTLY SOLICIT ORDERS, PROM¬ 
ISING OUR BEST ATTENTION TO THE RE¬ 
QUESTS OF OUR PATRONS. 
GOODS FORWARDED PROMPTLY EITHER 
BY MAIL OR EXPRESS, AS DIRECTED. 
LOUD & TAYLOR, 
Broadway and 20th Street, ) w v , 
Grand, Ohrystie & Forsyth Sts., \ Wow Yoik ' 
j&forfc and 
EGGS FOR HATCHING, 
from the following varieties of pure-bred stock, of 
tho highest strains, most of them first prize birds 
Sliver Gray Dorkings, Brown Leghorns, Black- 
Breasted Red Game Bantams, $3 per dozen. 
Fokin Ducks, Aylesbury Ducks and White Log- 
horns, $2 per doz. 
CW~To any one sending an order for two dozen 
eggs of Ihu first, three varieties named. I will send 
the Rural Nkw-Yorker for one year, free; and 
to those ordering two dozen of the Duck and Leg¬ 
horn eggs.at the price named, 1 will send the Rural 
lor six mouths. HENRY HALES, 
_ Ridgewood, Bergen Co. N. J. 
Moore’s Rural New-Yorker became a house 
hold word and power In the laud long before we quit 
"going to school,” and, perhaps, noeds no comment 
from u«| still “Its memory is over fresh and green," 
and Is renewed by its appearance every week, brim¬ 
ful of good thim/s as ever. We are glad to announce 
that our predictions In the January number are 
being more thau fulfilled. We have sent It more 
than Jive hundred names, and we learn that sub¬ 
scriptions have boon pouring In In like proportions 
from all parts of the country, despite the hard times. 
Long may It continue to be what It Is—a power for 
good In the land.—Agent’s Friend. 
This Wagon is Sticomo, Simple In Construction 
and Duraule. The timber and Iron employed in 
its manufsoLuro are Selected and 'Tested before 
being Used. We have tho most extensive works in 
tho country, and sell 
UKST WAGON 
for tho least money. Upwards of 
110,OOO WAGONS IN USE 
!$,dVwi *'»" particulars and Illus¬ 
trated Catalogue true. Address 
TIIK HI Lit URN WAGON CO., 
Toledo, Ohio. 
Wanted, 
$1200 
AGENTS. 
Hal ary. H.-ilcumnn wanted to Hell our 
Sluplo tioodH to dealer#. No peddling. 
1.\[M n-pi,Id. TermnnenLemploy. 
>11 vii 1. iwllirois 8 . A. URANT A IJO, 
* 1 1,64# Huuio Si., CluolnuuU, <J. 
a day suit to all. Write us 
Simpson a smith, n. v. city. 
Want uAIiEoMElT on 1 rogulir Hilary of 
a month and expenses, to noil our 
rtIA A MsAl.tfltti. ritKK. 
ff L CIGARSS SffleSa tPOO 
A MONTH. Agents wanted, tut best 
flOOMVJ selling articles in the world. One nam- 
bioirim. Address JAY BRO NSON. Detroit. MlchT 
glQGOI.n PLATH14 WATCH eh. Cheapest 
, known world. ,sample Watch Free to 
VIS U Agents. Address, A. Coulter * Co., Chicago. 
$55 g $77 
$20 for $2. 
$3 
$2500 
a YEAH. Agents wanted. Busi¬ 
ness legitimate. Particulars free. 
Addmn J. WORTH & CO.. StAouli. 11 ., 
k 12 EE T O WAN ' r,:n to obtain 
Blirpi I A Subscribers for the beet Agrl- 
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Address 
Y Box 3318 
Duane Kt., New York City. 
ESTABLISHED 1853. 
AGRICULTURAL INSURANCE CO., 
Or WATERTOWN, N. "ST. ’ 
Insures only Farm Property and Private Residences. 
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Net A-**ft*, Jin, 1, ISyt." I.oXll’R 
Nei Hii ri*lus over’Capital and ’ ^ 
1 "V' I'M id by this Coin. 0,315 03 
puny lor Losses. . *$. 089,012 69 
j 0 a\d'itow 0 , P k“^V I o e *’ t - I? AAC Munson, Sec'y. 
.1. A. fcdLKItMAN, V. Pros. H. M. BtKVEVH, Asg’tsec 
Hiram Dkwby, Goneral Agent. ° * 
lUal ©jflat*. 
No oathmii or entarrh h«r«j. 
Mape and catalogues free. 
It in it mistake to suppose that any depart¬ 
ment of a paper may bo alighted. The most lm- 
poi taot information 1 b to be found, at. times, under 
the guise of an advertisement,; and It la agreeable 
to the advertiser and a courtesy to the publisher 
to mention the source of your Informatlon-ln 
other words, to mention the paper. 
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