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THE RURAL NEW-YORKER. 
APRIL 43 
TABLE OF CONTENTS. beer would give $5,600,000, making an 
aggregate of $S,400,000 revenue per year, 
■ 'CTICAL DEPARTMENTS: - “ ’ ’ . 
Flying Mammals. 229 aside from specific license fees. Tins m- 
Volnfg powdiuntas.? fy . b . r . id .‘. zlriK .'.■ .7.7.'. lio come would be about sufficient to pay the 
Duiry Production tho year round..kid interest on the dept of the city, and would 
Modfirnggery 8 ®.ill rebeve the tax-payers of about one-third 
'rhe°^rAw^r r c^ton:..:::;::::: .* 3 ;::::: 1^1 of tbeir burthen. Nor could it always 
ivnrTfc 11 eBca P e the mind even of the most besot- 
•ivxH'J'-nln'i, M v 'Vnd itesoVt.f$ ted to P er < as he fumbled for the price of 
sSwBeai&ir..:. m bls li( l uid destruction, that 
FAre!gn l ‘^tiVo«u« d .1“ ° f 11111,1,100,3 aDd thrltt > wlth the Moffett bell, 
Babcock pump.!!!!!!!!'. 2 :a The Imp of the Bottle waa ringing the knell. 
(''humptnn Pan ... 232 
Cider Mill, plan for... 233 
Answeii^ni'^k.uroHwundente.^.^.V.V.V.V".".’''*^! fu STEWART’S HOTEL FOR WOMEN. 
Notes from North ('urolina.214 - 
Anmia?*Bepor^oj? (Jntiirto kntomi>Yogiciiis'oci- m , Tms building, begun some time before 
ety. 235 the death of Mr. A. T. Stewart, has 
oiTOEiAL page: at last been completed and was opened 
Boils.... .. 236 for guests on the 3d inBt. It has been so 
Brevities. .". le ... ° r .... om '.'. n .'.".'.’.''.'.'.'.".’.'.'.V .’.'.236 often and fully described, we will not re- 
NoleB ..—. 236 peat it here. 
itkhakv That the enterprise is a commendable 
oom.7 ..m ° ne an d win do much good we doubt not, 
Seam,nabie HinisV..V.LV.V.‘.'.'.V.V..' rag but it is questionable if the original de- 
Clock of c ticks. . 2' ! 8 sign of the founder will be satisfied. It 
charm!r*r“ nds . , .r^!'?.jjj§ wa ® generally supposed his idea was to 
K• <o’nt ,i,d.cratmc ‘......;|;k benefit working girls, such as could earu 
Husbands ami Wives. |«! not more than five or six dollars a week, 
vf/.ewoX^Sflno^n 8 .H'l and "who could find no respectable places 
iteadioi.' torn. - ioiVrii ! 240 in which they could obtain board for 
sorA®m frrnn B ° ya , ; !“'I.?. h . lB .V.'.' via such price as they could pay, 
m'V bfl | 1 ? .240 The price in the Womans’ Hotel is 
liu fixed at from to ten dollars a week, 
Tim Bcucon Light!........ ’..wo Tbere 8ee311 8 to be no good reason why 
AivmiM.ni, oi./-... 235 V 2 U,’ '24.'i. 2 H it should be so high nnless there is much 
Pc\^“!u!ii,V u, ^. ,, k\\\\\\\V.V.\V.V.’V.‘.'.V.V'.'.7.7.7.*.'“ 24 .i expense incurred in furnishing the tables 
.”•••*.;;!"!; wo with a greater variety of dishes than is 
s .. necessary, which we suspect,. We under- 
- stand the building furnished in all its de- 
T H E tails, iB really a gift to the women of New 
HID A I I] rifif VflDIfFD York and held in trust for them and as there 
iUnAL ntn IB VUKiVtn. to pay there seems no good reason 
why the prices of board should not be made 
PUBLISHED EVERY SATURDAY. lower. In comparison we would note the 
iddr68(j - Business Women’s Home in Brooklyn. 
rural publishing co.. This institution was organized a few years 
78 Duane street. New York city. ago by some ladies noted for their con- 
1 - nection with all good work, and has been 
SATURDAY, APRIL, 13, 1878. & Buecessfu 1 operation from the first. 
With a little money and a large mortgage 
- - they obtained possession of a suitable 
BELLS. house that accommodates about fifty, and 
- the price for board has at no time ex- 
Jo yously ring the birth-day bells, greet- seeded five dollars for the best rooms, 
g the welcome advent of a diminutive lower rates tor those on the upper 
, , .. , floors—there being no elevators. At 
tauger in the neighborhood ; merily peel these priceg the Hu e me is Be lf-supporting, 
;e bridal bells, giving gladsome tongue and we have never heard complaint of the 
present bliss, and confident promise of quantity or quality of food, nor of the 
ture happiness and progeny ; dolefully l )ro P er attention to rooms. That the 
Us the passing bell, sadly telling the Hit- f^g^ent both financial and otherwise 
, ,, , . . *; ® , is excellent the result proves, and the 
ig of another soul to judgment and eter- managers certainly deserve to be known 
ty; loudly clamor the church-going bells, as business women, 
iportuning the faithful to prayer or The Women’s Hotel is a palace fitted 
omptiug the uuregenerate to display * U P with all conveniences. The value of 
eefullyjingle the sleigh bells,enlivening tbe P r f mises ie enormous and the taxes 
e silence of winters scenery; loudly It 1K not to be sup p OBe d for a moment 
mgs the cow-bell, telling where mild- that Mrs. Stewart will allow it to be a 
ed Brownie nibbles the graBS ; hastily place where managers or superintendents 
igles the front-door bell calling Wld be permitted to enrich themselves at 
ddy from the kitchen and’Arabella tke ?P eu8e o£ working women, and it 
,, . . i , , . , may be presumed that when the receipts 
e window; gaily laugh society wl fl warrant the prices will be reduced, 
lies, charming the hearts of their We cannot speak too highly of such 
rarite worshipers; while bells of vie- homes properly managed. Any single 
•y and even the terror-spreading tocsin womatl who has had experience in seeking 
me also trippingly on the tongue, sung a bo f diu ^ P laoe ia Ne " Y ° rk r aud r «- 
most of them, for generations by poets, suItllJg) in which m ' m08t ca8e8 sbe has 
d rhymed of, all of them, for years by been repulsed with the reply “ We don’t 
etasters; but the Moffett bell—the take single women” will rejoice that 
11 of the future—is as yet alike un- ibere is to be in the future places where 
own to the bards of Castalia and to .aP^ers will not be: looked[upon as ob- 
f r , , , a , . jectionable as inmates and we heartily 
ise of Giubb Street. commend the estabhshment of such iusti- 
[u Yirglnia, although in use barely a tutions in all cities and large towns to 
alvemonth, it has already won a goodly fcli08e who, having money, desire to use 
iltitude of greenback if not golden, ifc wh f re il wlU d ° moHt &° ad - 1b £be 
. ..... same time we would suggest that the two 
inions, as the treasury can testify; in above referred to be examined and com- 
ishington it will, probably ere long, pared as we think it will be found that 
>ck the chronic guzzling even of thirsty more good can be done with the same 
iticians ; while in our own State and mone ^ bi less elegant, costly and osten- 
I more in this city its introduction bnddin ^’ than Stewart’s Hotel 
... \CTIOAT. 0KPAKTMENT8: 
Flying Mammals. 229 
Grape. Grufllnjr for Hybridising. 229 
Young PocaluintHs. 239 
Brahmas, Origin of. 230 
Dairy Pr..(Diction r.he year round.. 230 
General purmse Burn. 231 
Model Piggery . 231 
Bate Flower Seeds .231 
The Flmver Garden.;. 211 
Exchange.232 
FenB'la Dranthittorii. 232 
Materials fm. Mu Idling. 232 
Texas a- an Invalid Resort.232 
1 inmlgia Ism. 232 
Raw Be>»t Sugar . 232 
Catalogues Reooived.232 
Foreign <•iitalogtieit. 232 
Babcoek Pomp. 232 
• 'humph m Ptin . ... .. .. 232 
Cider Mill, plan for ...233 
U. S. Wind Kiiglneatld Pump Co. 283 
Answers i.j ik.iiro»eundents. 234 
Notes from North Carolina. 214 
Rural Special Reports. ... .234 
Annual Reportof Ontario Entomological Soci¬ 
ety .235 
Editorial Page: 
Bells. 236 
Stewart's Hotel for Women.. 236 
Brevities. 236 
Notes. 236 
Literary 
Poetry. .23T. 238. 229, 240 
Cora. 237 
Seasonable Hints. 238 
How we ean “ Clrcumwent” the old mao. . 238 
Clock of C neks. 2' ! 8 
The Husbands'Ceramics. 238 
Character. 238 
Reading torn. - inlliu .. 240 
Letters from Boys aud Girls. 2dt 
I 11 ■/ yj 01 .. . 240 
Sabbath Rending...240 
TaLnt and Tact. 2 i 0 
Losing a Day. 240 
Work and Wisdom. 24 U 
Tito Beacon Light. . 230 
A i vertlaeuir m.*. 235,2(1, 243, 244 
Wit and Humor.. 24i 
i’e. snmiltn. .. . 248 
News.... 240 
■VlarMsts.. 241 
TPIE 
RURAL NEW-YORKER. 
PUBLISHED EVERY SATURDAY. 
Address 
RURAL PUBLISHING CO., 
78 Duane Street, New York City. 
SATURDAY, APRIL, 13, 1878. 
BELLS. 
Joyously ring the birth-day bells, greet¬ 
ing the welcome advent of a diminutive 
stranger in the neighborhood ; merily peel 
the bridal bells, giving gladsome tongue 
to present bliss, and confident promise of 
future happiness and progeny ; dolefully 
tolls the passing bell, sadly telling the flit¬ 
ting of another soul to judgment and eter¬ 
nity; loudly clamor the church-going bells, 
importuning the faithful to prayer or 
prompting the uuregenerate to display ; 
gleefully jingle the sleigh bells, enlivening 
the silence of winter's scenery; loudly 
clangs the cow-bell, telling where mild¬ 
eyed Brownie nibbles the graBS; hastily 
jangles the front-door bell, calling 
Biddy from the kitchen and Arabella 
to the window; gaily laugh society 
belles, charming the hearts of their 
favorite worshipers; while bells of vic¬ 
tory and even the terror-spreading tocsin 
come also trippingly on the tongue, sung 
of, most of them, for generations by poets, 
and rhymed of, all of them, for years by 
poetasters; but the Moffett bell—the 
bell of the future—is as yet alike un¬ 
known to the bards of Castalia and to 
those of Grubb Street.. 
In Yirglnia, although in use barely a 
twelvemonth, it has already won a goodly 
multitude of greenback if not golden, 
opinions, as the treasury can testify; in 
Washington it will, probably ere long, 
check the chronic guzzling even of thirsty 
politicians ; while in our own State and 
still more in this city its introduction 
would do much to refill the coffers plun¬ 
dered by Tweed and his associates, and 
this out of the pockets of his staunchest 
supporters—the topers of the community. 
Accurate statistics compiled by prohibi¬ 
tionists, and moderate estimates therefrom, 
show that 140,000,000 glasses of alcoholic 
liquor ami 1,120,000,000 glasses of ale and 
beer are drunk in this city every year, 
costing at least $70,000,000. Under the 
Moffett law, levying two cents upon every 
glass of “hard” liquor, that class of 
drinks would yield $2,800,000, and a tar¬ 
iff of half a cent on every glass of ale and 
by slow degress arrived at the conclusion 
that, evergreens are more benefited by 
this procedure than the others. If the 
leading upper buds are. removed more vig¬ 
or is thrown into the lower ones and that 
bush in ess of the base is insured in after 
years without which, the evergreen is 
shorn of half its beauty. 
4 ♦ »- 
What Fertilizer is Needed ?—If 
a farmer does not know what special 
fertilizer his land is deficient in and can 
not experiment, stable manure is the 
safest aud probably the cheapest for him. 
This furnishes all the ingredients of plant 
food, though probably not in the quanti¬ 
ties needed by his crops. This oan only 
be ascertained by experiment. In very 
small plots, potash, nitrogen and phos¬ 
phoric acid may be used separately, and 
the crop so treated which yields moBt, 
answers the question what fertilizing in¬ 
gredient the land most needs for that 
particular crop. An experiment with 
potatoes may be made at a Bmall expense 
and may lead to valuable knowledge. 
Plant one section and use only old stable 
manure—upon an other sow a small 
quantity of muriate of potash. Fifteen 
or twenty pounds of this maybe purchased 
for fifty cents, which would suffice for a 
tenth of an acre. Compare the results of 
the two crops. As we have already ad¬ 
vised our farmer readers to do, we have 
laid out parts of our farm in plots thirty- 
three feet square and upon each we pro¬ 
pose to try the effect of different fertiliz¬ 
ers upon the bame and different plants. 
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The Rural.—We are often told now- 
a-days by good, conscientious people 
that the Bubal is now the best journal of 
its class. The Bubal has in days gone 
by claimed this for itself when it would 
have been as well to have kept silent or 
claimed less. Whatever editors may say 
of the journal they edit, people will after 
awhile judge for themselves, and as that 
is just what we want them to do now, we 
refrain from any expression of opinion 
other than that the Bural is experiencing 
a success greater than it has known 
during the past six years. We shah 
earnestly strive to merit this success aud 
to force its recognition upon all the good 
people of our country. 
NOTES. 
Improving: Corn.—For your seed, 
do not forget to plant a patch by itself on 
excellent well-tilled soil Plant rather 
thinner than common to give each plant 
a good chance. Before the tassels are 
realty to shed any pollen, cut out all the 
feeble stalks—those which do not promise 
to ear well. By so doing you will select 
good male as well as female parents to all 
your kernels of eorn. This is one step in 
advance of the common practice of farm¬ 
ers—and iB practised and recommended 
by our correspondent, Professor Beal. 
The Best Time to Transplant. 
—The sooner that, shrubs and trees are 
transplanted now the better. Indeed, the 
past has been one of those winters when 
transplanting might have been safely con¬ 
ducted at almost any time. Many ad¬ 
vise waiting yet awhile before evergreens 
are removed, but we repeat that early 
removals have with ns been attended witn 
the best success. It is only needful to 
protect the roots from drying winds. We 
ulso advise the cutting back or at least 
the disbudding of evergreens the same as 
decidiou8, ornamental and fruit trees are 
cut back when transplanted. We have 
Pear Blight..—There have been so 
many experiments made on this subject, 
is it not about time that some expert 
collected them all in the form of a recipe 
book ? If these had a good iudex, they 
would make an interesting volume and no 
doubt save much time and money in 
repeating experiments and in writing 
them up for the agricultural press or the 
waste-basket. Many persons have tried 
various means which they acknowledge 
have failed, while there are still many 
others who have found a certain (?) 
remedy. 
■ - 
Chickens a Remedy for Insects. 
—For pickles, do not be in too much of a 
hurry to plant cucumber seeds very earl v. 
When the weather gets warm and settiim 
the young plants grow faster. Arrange 
the matter so as to have several coops 
of chickens scattered around among the 
plants. If you have no chickens, borrow 
some, for there is no better remedy to 
keep away the insects than plenty of 
young chickens a few weeks old. No 
one who has ever tried it will be satisfied 
to give up this plan. 
— — ' ■ 
Planting Peas.—In light soil for 
the main crop they should be planted 
mueh deeper than is the common practice. 
Try this experiment, as we have, aud 
satisfy yourself. Plant some four, and 
some six, and some eight inches deep 
and we think you will be satisfied that 
those do ttte best whioh are down five to 
seven inches. They are less liable to 
mildew and they bear longer and more 
seeds. 
- 
Seedling Potatoes.—If you wish 
to raise new sorts, remember that they 
can be raised very easily by starting 
them early and treating the young plants 
the same us you would tomatoes. If well 
cared for each of the best should produce 
a good yield of fair-sized tubers iu the 
first year—we mean that there should be 
found six to eight pounds of tubers to the 
plant. 
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BEEV1TIE8. 
There waa a large meeting of stock men in 
Indianapolis April 3. 
Charleston strawberries have been in the 
N. Y., marketH since the lat of April. 
It pays well to keep the poultry house and 
yard clean and tidy. The same may be said of 
the pig-pen. 
A mixture of powdered hellebore and sul¬ 
phur is good to sprinkle npon the backs and 
around the nests of sitting hens. 
Our first page this week presents the first of 
a series of fine engravings whioh we shall lay 
before the reader from time to time. 
Everybody that has water privileges upon his 
farm or grounds should plant, at this season, 
the beautiful, sweet-scented Pond Lily, Nymph- 
roa odorata. 
It is thought that Doryphora has had a good, 
sound refreshing sleep the past winter and 
that she will awake to resume the spring cam¬ 
paign with her best energies. 
Taking high rank among exquisite nuisances 
is the Spits (log. Question: Is it worse that 
one person should die of hydrophobia or that 
the eutiro ruco of dogs should be exterminated ? 
One of our best contributors writes: “The 
longer I live, the more I learn, the shyer I be¬ 
come of deciding for certain the truth about 
anything.” We commend this to all “ smart” 
men generally and to editors in particular. 
We have au idea that if many farmers knew 
the amouut of commercial fertilizers that they 
annually waste upon their lands beoause they 
dn not contain the manut ial Ingredients which 
the lands need, that they would enter with a 
hearty interest into the experiments which we 
haye advocated in late issues. 
Do not ever sow oats or other grain with 
grass seed npon the lawn. The blades of the 
oats, it is true, will shade the tender grass. 
But except in periods of drought, this is not 
needed; and during droughts, the oats will do 
more harm by extracliug moisture from the soil 
than good by the shade they give. 
Those who buy currant or gooseberry bushes 
as late as this, will do well to cut them severely 
back. No fruit would be borue this year if this 
were not done, and the expanded leaves not 
receiving a sufficiency of sap from the roots will 
exhaust the stems and cause weakness from 
which it may require a year or so to recover. 
Our respected correspondent, Mr. 8. B. Peck, 
states, in the Report of the Michigan Pomolog- 
ioal Society:—‘"Were I some forty years less 
than seventy-two of ago, I would make a mark 
upon thin shore (Michigan) that would show up 
the capabilities of the region; but ruy age and 
infirmities warn me that I had better let the cre¬ 
mation of my one thousand fruit treeH of the 
past season wind up my pomologieal career.” 
There arc few others plants that will do well in 
a greater variety of soils aud climates; no other 
whose fruit is more delicious; no other that 
may be cultivated with less trouble than the 
grape. There is no other that all this may be 
said of that is so neglecled, especially among 
the farming community. We have said to our 
friends " plant a grape-viue.” We can only 
repeat our advice now that the planting season 
has arrived. 
When seeds, either in the cold frame in pots 
or pans or out-of-door seed-beds, come up too 
thickly, it is well to cut off the first leaves with 
sharp pointed scistfors rather than pull them 
np, which deranges the soil and interferes with 
the delicate roots of those that are to remain. 
The tiny plants are at this stage dependent 
upon the first leaves for life. The same may 
be said of radishes, lettuce .to., which sowed 
too thickly in rows, have to bo thinned out. 
Professor 0. a. Sargent, in his valuable 
“ Notes on Trees and Tree Planting,” gives 
the following table of tbe actual prices, in the 
Boston market, of the principal American woods 
employed in cabinet-making, to show the com¬ 
parative estimation in whioh they arc held : 
Illuok Walnut.. . >75 per 1,000 feet. 
Whit# Oak, _ ..... 66 ” 
cherry. 60 “ •• 
. 50 “ *• 
line Asti... 40 *' " 
Sugar Maple. 40 “ •• 
Prof. Beal says that he has, from considera¬ 
ble observation, decided that the lack of apples 
some years is due to poor male organs in the 
lloworB. This has come under his notice while 
crossing apples. Some years he finds it almost 
impossible to find pollen to use in crossing, and 
these are the “off years" with the apple crop. 
Now what wc want to know is how to improve 
the male organs so that they may supply plenty 
of puUuu the “ off year," 
The third number of tbe first volume of tho 
South Georgia Agriculturist, published at 
Thomaaville, Georgia, aud edited by L. C. 
Bryan, has just reached tis. It is a small 
monthly magazine of 34 pages, mainly devoted 
to llte diffusion of agricultural, literary and 
scientific knowledge among farmers and their 
families. The form is neat, the typography 
excellent and the contributions, selections and 
editorial supervision good. We wish this new 
claimant to public patronage all the success it 
promises to deserve. 
