NOV. 46 
THE RURAL NEW-YORKER. 
734 
havo fow Apples And potatoes. Turnips and 
beets are also good crops. Rutter is worth from 
18<ff)20o. per lb ; eggs, 16(ft>18o. pnr do/, ; wood, 
$1 per cord j hemlock lumber, $0 per M ; corn, 
fide, per bushel; oats, 26(g'28o ; wheat, 4*1; 
buckwheat, 50r« fi0o ; honey, 20o. per lb.; flour, 
85 20 per bbl. m. X, n. 
OFMUti.it, Edwards Co., Ken. Out,. 2*. 
We have had « long dry term here and it looks 
dark for the next crop of wheat—no rain sinoe 
harvest. 1 have Ju«t taken 100 acres of land and 
put in 24 acres ■ f wheat, but if l have to replant 
in the spring, times will he pretty hard on this 
farm at any rate. This part, of Kansas is tilling 
up very fast and, with few exceptions, with a 
very Intelligent and industrious oIahh of people. 
Rut it requires time, money and patience to de¬ 
velop the resources of even a rich laud liko this. 
W. A. 8. 
Grand It Arms, Mich., Nov. ft, isTs. 
I see tho Longwortli’s I'rollflo Htrawbnrry is 
referred to in Horne papers as fulfilling the re¬ 
quirements of an ideal Strawberry, There are 
some tilings, however, which are indescribable 
by any wolds in tho English lauginge, and a 
good “ strawberry" taste is one r f (hero. 
Hence I shall await a taste of the Long worth 
before casting a vote for or against it, for 
hitherto 1 have novor scon it. d. w. 0. 
RinQKFlHLD, Conu., Nov. 4, 1878. 
This is called tho Unm of Conn. Tho fall so 
far has boon unusually pleasant and mild. There 
havo been a few frosts. Pastures all tho season 
havo boon fresh and green. Crops aro luxuriant. 
Trices aro: wheat, $1; corn, Otic.; pota¬ 
toes, 76o. per bushel; butter, 25o. per pound. 
K. 
lor, a, Ai.i.kn CO., Kansas, Oct.. :to, 1878. 
Okops hereabouts are unusually good with the 
exception of spring wheat and potatoes; rust 
Injured the former, while dry weather made tho 
latter a very Short crop. Whuat, 60 to 75o.; 
corn, 2()o.; oats, lftj ; potatoes, 60 to 76o.; cattle, 
$3 60; hogH, 82. ll. M. m. 
SVKKIIHVII.I.K, TlOUA CO., N. Y., NOV. 9. 
1’lkarant weather and some hard froHts, and 
a very little snow on tho last night of October. 
Farmers are plowing, husking corn and making 
eider for their own use ; very littlo of It is sold ; 
it brings only $1.00 a barrel; apples are only 
16 to 20 cents a huaUol. L. o. i.. 
Corninc, Steuben Co., N. Y., Nov. 2, 1878. 
Qui i e cold but pleasant; ground froze night 
bofore last for the first time this fall. In uiy 
" report "ou page 082, I find the price of oats 
to be quoted somewhat higher than they should 
be; it ought to read 26o. iustead of 50c. 
F. it. D. 
bTARK CO., Ilia., Nov. S, 1R78. 
The weather baH been very (In® this fall. 
Farmers are busy harvesting their corn and pre¬ 
paring for winter. Pork is from 2 l yq to So. per 
pound; lmy, $14 per ton; potatoes, 50o. per 
bushel; new corn, 200. per bushel, ii. K. at’o. 
lilistfllancous. 
WHAT OTHERS SAY. 
Arrr.ER for Pennsylvania.— Boorotary Edge, 
of the Penn. Htate Board of Agriculture, records 
tho following, as according to tho votes of his 
correspondents, tho best apples—summer, fall 
and winter: 
SUM Mill. 
Strawberry, 
ft 
U. Ifiii vest, 
HU 
Vunolevor, 
ft 
Red Asirnclian, 
174 
Porter, 
(1 
Roush. 
to 
Fauiousa, 
4 
Tow useud, 
18 
WINTER. 
Uunonl, 
10 
Baldwin, 
118 
Donne, 
0 
U. I. Greening, 
08 
Itoil Htrosk, 
ll 
N. 8|-y. 
78 
Caleb, 
4 
Smith'* Cider, 
47 
FALL. 
Box. Hus.sett, 
40 
Malden’s lilush, 
101 
Kins of T'oiupk. Co., 
40 
Huioko Housed 
IU 
Huok-’io-rurthor, 
:« 
(lit ill Do, 
70 
Kuaiainic 1 , 
18 
Queen, 
(14 
Hwaiir, 
8 
Falla water. 
54 
Npltxenhcrg, 
8 
Oruvutisioln, 
18 
Ben Davis, 
4 
York Imperial, 
10 
Newtown Pippin, 
4 
WlnesuR, 
8 
Ridge Pippin,. 
4 
Doctor, 
0 
Uoinu Haauty. 
4 
IviCKriNii Arndts. Upon this subject tho 
Goriuuntown Telegraph suys: 1st. Apples , 
to bo good keepers, uniat bo froo from bruise 
or blemish. 2d.— They must be spread out on 
shelves or packed in barrels. biuI kept in an at¬ 
mosphere <f from forty to fifty degrees, better 
from forty to forty-five -that is at a tempera¬ 
ture as equable as possible. Homo cellars ere 
justtlie thing and preserve them beautifully, 
Others are too moist. Where this Is tlm case a 
few bushels of stone Unto should he used. Slid¬ 
ing shelves, six Inches apart, latticed bottom 
with a single layer of fruit, aro extiemely con¬ 
venient, as they allow of constant examination 
without disturbing the fruit. A friend Informed 
ns some years ago, that with a large stand of 
theso shelves in his’collar, with a fow inches of 
Ume on the bottom of tho oellar, ho kept his 
apples into May in porfeot condition and of good 
flavor. 
Appi.es. Mr. M. R. Batf-iiam said at tho last 
meeting of the Ohio norticultnrsl Society, that 
a serious drawback to the profitable culture of 
Apples is the fact of heavy and light crojiH in 
alternate years, causing a glut in the market at 
one time, and a soarcily the other. He gave the 
following figures to show the groat disparity in 
different years : 
1HH, bushels of apples In Ohio. 18,918.794 
187ft, Co do . 1,580.0411 
1878, do do ...20,1149,200 
1877. eel limited, do . 8 ,WK),ihhi 
He proposed early thinning in abundant years, 
and keeping orchards in a thrifty stato of good 
culture. Tho codling moth is a formidable 
enemy to the apple crop, and the host modes of 
preventing its ravages have been a continued 
confinement of sheep and swine in tho orchard 
through tho entire season of growth and for 
successive years, with the additional aid of pa¬ 
per bands around tho trees for tho capture of 
the i ascot h. 
Low Toph fob F’kuit Trees.— Several writers 
have lately prcflontoil tboir views of tho morits 
of low tops for fruit trocH in the agricultural 
Tribune. It is a good plan for dwarrs, and also 
for such standards as aro of upright growth, 
Mr. Charles Downing comments, but tho branch¬ 
es should not ho less than two foot from tho 
ground, and throo would ho better. For stand¬ 
ard trooH of tho kinds which have a spreading 
habit, tho branches should not be less than four 
feet from the ground, ami five is hotter, because 
when loaded, the branch®# with the fruit will 
lay on tho ground, and of course tho fruit is 
worthless for eating or cooking. It is true that 
tho body of tho troo is injured wboro exposed 
to Uio sun both wiuter aud summer, but in most 
cases at tho bight hero named the branches 
will shade tho bodies, and if not, a piece of cloth 
or stiff hardware paper tied on, will answer tho 
purpose of suflloient protection. 
Hints About Horsk-Bitm. ■ A writer in a (ior- 
mau ooutouiporary Htrorigly counsels horse own¬ 
ers who study tho hoslth of their cattle to banish 
from their harnosH-rooms all bits but straight 
oiies of tho simplest possible construction. 
Through a long series of yeais ho found, from 
practical experience, that powerful young horsos 
frequently fell off in condition without any ap¬ 
preciable oauso, their food being plentiful and of 
tho host quality, and no symptoms of general 
ill health being apparent. On searching care¬ 
fully for tho cause of this state of affairs, he 
found, in uearly ovory iuatanoe, that the horses’ 
tongues had been more or less in j urea in oon- 
sequouco of tho employment of oarvud, jointed, 
binged, or otherwise complicated bits. The 
sore aud tender conditi jij of so sensitive an organ _, 
as the tongue, necessarily prevented tho animals 
doing justice to their food, and short rations 
with the usual amount of work, naturally lod to 
a loss of oouditiou. Unfortunately tho mischief 
generally escapes alteutiou uutil it Is tolerably 
far advaucod. 
Of how much *• stuff ’’ is published by the best 
of Horticultural Journals the followiug hit is 
suggestivo 
Ninilax. For rapidly oovoriug large spaces of 
wall the hardier species of this genus aro well 
adapted, boiug very elegant, and not of such a 
common aspect as Ivy. There aro several North 
American species, of which the most suitable arc 
8. rotnndifolia, glauca, and tauinoides, all readily 
procurable at nurseries, and growing lu almost 
any kind of soil.— l.on<lon Gardener'll Chronicle. 
This Hanlax Is our (ireeubrlar. 8. rotuudi- 
folia forniH impenetrable thickets in our woods, 
arul is armed with prickles. It is Just about the 
last plant, wo stioiild care to select for ornamen¬ 
tation. Olftuca and Tamuoides aro of the Hamo 
feather. 
Kekiuno Fruit in 8anu — A writer iu tho 
Londou Garden says that ho keeps fruit in this 
way all tho year round. Ho has had French 
crabs two years old. Tho Catillao pear has re¬ 
mained sound twelve mouths. The f nit must 
bo Bound when Btorod, aud the Maud must ho 
quite dry. Tho chief advantages of packing iu 
sand arc, tho exclusion of air currents, the pres¬ 
ervation from changes of temperature, and tho 
absorption of moisture which favors decay. 
Much will depend on the apartment iu which tho 
experiment is tried, a dry or cool one being best. 
PaoaioTiNU Fkuitfulness.—T he London Gar¬ 
den says that tho best way of oon verting vigor¬ 
ous hut unfruitful pear Iroos, or such as produeo 
fruit of inferior quality, into remunerative ones, 
is to head them down whilo tho sap is dormant, 
nnd to re-grnft ou all the extremities as soon as 
it begins to flow in spring with some tried sort. 
The double grafting will bo certain to iudilOO 
fertility, anil in a few years the produce will ex¬ 
ceed what It is possible to obtain by any loss 
radical measures. 
Ducuehhk on Handy 8ou,. — A writer iu tho 1 
Weekly Tribune says that of tho pears grown iu 
ids poor sandy soil tills season, some Duchesne 
d’Augoulomo weigh twelve to fifteen ounces, 
and are Inn to twelve inches iu circumference 
wound the base and about the same from the 
top around the bottom. They are of tine flavor 
aud v.iry juicy. Ho thinks ho deserves credit 
for proving this, for all tho writers ou fruits, 
from A. J. Downing to the present time, have 
assorted that good pears could not be grown on 
a poor sandy soil. Ho has only moderately fer¬ 
tilized the soil on whloh thoso poars aro grown. 
Ykauninuk —Under this heading a writer In 
tho Phrenological Journal saysWo have all 
seen fools in high places, to which wiso men— 
moneyless dared not aspire. Wo know how tho 
politician buys his triumph, and how mean 
measures make tboir way. Wo know how “ pat¬ 
ronage" keeps merit from its duo and makes It 
yearn it it life away. The least, conscientious will 
push and scramble, and override the considerate, 
and we havo either to fight them with their own 
weapons or let them take precedence of ns. We 
dispise their weapons ate! so they go ahead. 
Indeiiulb Ink.— Tho London Garden gives 
tho following recipe for indelible ink for zino 
labels: 12 to lti grains of bichloride of platinum 
dissolved in one ounce of distilled water. 
Duchesne d’Anooumcmk. —•* It has boon re¬ 
marked," says Mr. J. J. Thomas “that when 
this Pear weighs loss than four ounces it is 
worthless In flavor.” 
No r On End -Tho Journal of Chemistry says, 
tho barrels in which fruit is stored should not 
slnndonend; pile thorn up ono upon another, 
tho ends horizontal. 
Louise Bonne. A writer in (lie Maine Farm¬ 
er thinks that Louise Bonne do Jersey on (Juinow, 
leaves nothing to ho desired in the way of a 
Pear. 
ROOKS RECEIVED. 
Prize List of tho Chicago Fat 8took Show to 
bo hold in tho Exposition building, Chicago, 
from tho sccouil to tho tenth of December, 1878. 
We have several times already commended this 
exhibition to Um best attention of our roaders. 
The list of premiums offered for choice Hhort- 
horns, IlerefordH, Devons aud other pure breeds 
as well as for grade cattle, and also for different 
varieties of sheep and swine, is liberal, and we 
trust that our readers living within a reasonable 
distance of the western metropolis, will become 
either exhibitors at tho show, or at least, visitors 
to it. It was originated by tho Stato Board of 
Agriculture, under whose auspices it will bo 
hold. It is not intended to bo merely a local 
show', but its aim is to bo national. 
A M a lit UR s U ANTiiiooa of Practical Informa¬ 
tion for the Workshop and Laboratory. This is 
a handy little book, cootsining dear and full di¬ 
rections for bronzing, lacqneriug, varnishing, 
tempering tools, w.iterj roofing, and a host of 
other malters of convuuiouoo and utility in every 
household. A copy will be sent post-paid for ten 
cents by tho Industrial Publication Company of 
this city. 
Circular from tho Gonor&l I,and Office show¬ 
ing tho mannor of proceeding to obtain titlo to 
pubLic landB under the Preemption, Homestead, 
Timber Culture and other laws. This pamphtot 
of 68 psgos wo’dd be useful to all who may bo 
intending to settle on the government landH out 
West, or elsewhere. It is sent out by the Gen¬ 
eral Laud Ofiue, Washington, I>. C. 
Pamphlet of 12 pagos ctosoriptive of tho 
course of study at tho College of Agriculture 
connected with the University of Minnesota, at 
Minneapolis iu that Stato. 
Ca TALooutt of Veterinary instruments manu¬ 
factured and imported by John IteynderH A Co., 
303 Fourth avenue, N. Y. 
oi|f (Qtirnst, 
ANSWERS TO CORRESPONDENTS. 
Money at two per cent, per Annum. 
Du nix, Flora, Pa,, and other*, referring to a 
late Editorial iu tho Rural, in which it was 
stated that money is lying in the banks ready to 
bo loaned at the rate of two percent per annum 
interest, wish to learn where money can bo 
borrowed at that interest on good seeurtty. Hav¬ 
ing previously seen with suspicion such Btato- 
lutn’s in newspapers, it is asked whether the 
Rural al*o might not havo thoughtlessly ven¬ 
tured upon a misstatement on this point. 
A n a Tho rate uf interest here referred to, is 
that asked for what is called “ loans on call," or 
“ call loans," with tlio best kind of collaterals. 
In all loans of this kind the m moy loaned must 
bo promptly forGrooming tiumediatoly on de¬ 
mand, without auy notice . and Um loaus aro gen¬ 
erally made only for from a day to a couple of 
w eeks or so. The security mind bo deposited with 
the lender, aud must 1m of such a nature that it 
can bo instantly converted into cash, in case tbe 
borrower fails to repay tho loan promptly on de¬ 
mand, aud must always bo vahuble enough to 
leave a rnargiu over the sum borrowed. For in¬ 
stance, a man wauts 1100,000 for a few hours or 
days, or weeks, it may ho; he haH bonds and 
other securities worth more than that sum, but 
he doesn’t want to sell them on account of a 
mere temporary pr« ssuro. Well, lie goes to his 
bank, deposits there U. 8. or other bonds worth 
* 110,000, and borrows the sum ho stands m need 
of, promising to reply on demand. Tho money 
w ill he idle in the hank's vault unless It is loaned, 
and accordingly, under the oiroumst&uoes, tho 
bank can afford to lend it at a low rate of inter¬ 
est. Frequently, howovor, when business is 
brisk, and money tboroforo in demand, the in¬ 
terest on Just such loans is as high as at the 
rato of four or five per cent, per annum. 
Prickly Oomlroy—Alfalfa. 
N. O., Perl in, Conn., asks 1. tho botanical 
name of Prickly Gomfroy and whether it is suita¬ 
ble for a forage plant. 2. Would Alfalfa be 
likely to thrive well In that locality, and where 
could tho seed be obtained. 3. Is it a good time 
to pruno pear and apple trees this fall. 
Anil— I. Tho botauical name of Prickly Cotn- 
frey Is Hymphytnm asperrimmn. We have triod 
it thoroughly, and found that none of tho stock 
on tho farm won hi touch it. Nevertheless, others 
praise it as a forage plant. These say that after 
a littlo forcing, stock will take to it. kindly, get 
to liko it and thrive well ou it. Wo did not use 
the forcing process with our animals. 
2. Wo cannot say whether Alfalfa will thrive 
so far north. It is reported by ono party to 
havo done well as far north as Herkimer Co., N. 
Y., yet wo know of a case where it was winter¬ 
killed in Now Jersey, while red clover planted 
beside it, was uninjured. It must havo a doep, . 
mellow soil, aud the best practice is to sow it in 
drills from 18 to 30 inches apart. It should bo 
cropped but lightly the first year, if at all; in 
its third your it is iu full bearing, and may after¬ 
wards yield from throe to five crops oaoh season 
for au indefinite length of time. It must bo 
planted from March to May, and tho earlier tho 
hotter. Tho seed can be had from most exten¬ 
sive seed dealers, such as R. II. Alien A, Co. or 
Thorbnrn A Co. of this city. Should our corre¬ 
spondent make a small experiment next spring, 
we should liko to loam tho rosult. 
8. Yes. 
Dynamite Cartridges: Carbonate of Soda Pre¬ 
serving Millc. 
G. IF. Grant, Oceana Co., Mich., asks 
1. Where aro dynamite cartridges mado, and 
from whom can they be purchased ; 2. having 
read, iu a former uumber of thu Rural, that 
carbonate of soda pat in milk would keep it 
sweet a longer time, ho inquires how much of 
it should bo put iu a gallon of milk. 
Ans.— 1. Dynamite cartridges aro mado by 
tho Atlautio Giant Powder Co., of this city, 
among others, aud can lie procured of Varney 
A Doo, 61 Park Place, Now York. 
2. To put carbonate of soda in milk prevents 
or corrects acidity ; sometimes the milk is slightly 
acid when drawn from the cow and, of course, it 
soon boufm iu that caso. Otherwise it sours soon 
in warm, dump weather. A pinch of carbonate 
of soda dissolved iu a gallon of milk will cor¬ 
rect tho slight aoidity iu tho first ease. To pre¬ 
vent acidity from occurring for 3ft hours in vory 
warm weather, quo-fourth of a toaspoouful may 
bo used to a gallon of milk. 
MlscslUneou*. 
A. II- Huffman, Huntington Co., fnd , asks 1. 
where can Mods of Catalpa be purchased. 2. 
Should apple and pear Reids be kept diy. 3. 
Whoa should they Is* pi tided. I Gould seeds 
of trooe or small seedlings be obtained from 
tb ir native wilds. 
Anh. 1. Of Thorburn A Go., N Y. City. 
•j They may now bo obtained at Cider Mills. 
1‘laco tho seeds in sand slightly moiit, (3) and 
SOW in tho siring. The box containing tot da 
may ho buried or kept in the cellar. 
4. Yes, but the seedling fruit would ho worth¬ 
less. The wild trees could only bo useful as 
stocks upon which to graft. 
,S' J). Hartwell, Walworth Vo , M is , asks how 
to get rid of a plant, called Box Wood there¬ 
abouts, a specimen of which ho sends us. It 
covers a good part of tho cemetery, and is spread¬ 
ing into the ad joining fields. When mutilated, 
a white sap exudes. 
Anh. This is Cypress Spurge, Euphorbia Gy - 
parissins, a European plant sometimes cultivated 
lu gardens, and thence escaping to fields and 
roadsides. Cutting it to tho ground frequently 
with lawn-mower or sickle will destroy it. 
K, F. M,, Beverly Forme, has a golden leaved 
Holly, sonic of whose branches aro covered with 
leaves while others are eutirely naked and ap¬ 
parently dead; and inquires how it maybe ro- 
juvouatod throughout. 
Anh.—W e could only advise taking it up, ex¬ 
amining the roots and replanting in a leaf-mold 
soil. 
M. M. H., North Greenwich, A. V. studs a 
loaf and asks the name of tho plant from which 
it was plucked. 
Ans. It iH probably a speoicsof Cliaa ieptuco, 
a sort of thistle. The sptolinen is imperfect, ss 
tho flowers also should have boon sent, to enable 
ns to come to a right conclusion. 
0 , S. Green point, N. V, asks whether vinos 
should bo pruned after tho first frost, such as 
visited that place ou tho 5tli iust. 
Anh —Yes. 
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