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THE BUBAL WEW-YORKEB. 
OCT 24 
on a discharge of blood, as it is almost im¬ 
possible to stop the flow, the fibrine of the 
blood is so changed that it will not coagulate 
for at least three or four weeks. 
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SHORT AND FRESH. 
The demand for tomatoes in England is 
much greater than the supply. Good toma¬ 
toes have brought from 10 to 25cts. per pound 
during the present season. One of these 
easily attainable things, as the Rural has 
often suggested, is breeding a tomato that 
•will endure shipment to England and ex¬ 
posure for a week. 
A LADY at the great Utica N. Y. State 
Fair missed ber cakes and pumpkin pies. She 
made a complaint to .the acting manager who 
replied: “Kane and Briggs of the Rural 
New-Yorker have been lunching on them for 
a week. See them.” The lady is requested to 
send in a bill to the Editor... 
The Toronto Globe says that as one travels 
over our beautiful country, and meets on 
every hand sturdy well-to-do farmers, who 
began life without a dollar, cleared their farms 
and now are spending the evening of their 
days in peace and plenty, one can hardly 
help thinking that worse things might befall 
a man than to be compelled to start life on a 
bush farm. This may be true in Canada but 
we do not find them so often " in the States;’’ 
at all events, they are not very free to com¬ 
municate to the Rural, for tha little prizes 
offered, their experience in working up their 
farms..,..... 
Mr C A. Green tells this: A barefooted 
Georgia farmer, while hoeing potatoes saw 
what he thought was a snake’s head peering 
from the ground directly in front of him. He 
struck savagely with his hoe, and cut off hts 
own big toe. 
Mr. C. A. Green reminds the readers of 
his Fruit Grower that trees heeled in for the 
Winter should receive as much care as though 
permanently planted for fruit. We do not 
doubt it...... . 
The Kansas Post says that it looks now as 
though the local ranchmen will have to fence 
or go without grass in the future, as every 
available spot is being occupied by new 
herds.. .... 
Transplant fruit and ornamental trees and 
shrubs as soon as the leaves color. 
Prune grape-vines at once, says Prof. 
Meehan, and the advice we think is good. 
The opinion has been expressed by promi¬ 
nent small-fruit growers, Mr. Churchman 
says, that his one-and-one-half acre of the 
Superb would yield more raspberries than the 
whole ten acres of the Hansell Raspberry on 
the Hansell Farm. This is a stout claim 
though we are inclined to think that firm¬ 
ness and earliness are the good traits of the 
Hansell... 
Some of the specimens of the Hardy Catal- 
pa growing in the arboretum of the Kansas 
Ag. College have made an astonishing growth 
the past season—in several cases doubling 
and in one nearly trebling the Spring hights. 
They are also notable for the erect growth 
of the leader.,.... 
Of the GO varieties of wheat harvested at 
the above institution Zimmerman matured 
first... 
Mr. Pease says that the Soja Bean pro¬ 
duces more milk than any other he has ever 
tried... 
A writer in the Connecticut Farmer 
speaking of the rapid whitewashing of stables 
etc., says that with a small force-pump and a 
barrel of whitewash, more whitewashing can 
be done in a few hours than can be done in a 
week with a brush... 
The Rural Home speaks of a corn field 
near Naples (N, Y.) that has produced 45 suc¬ 
cessive crops of corn with but little manure, 
and that recently applied. The crop is far 
above the average this year. Auother piece 
of land is spoken of as having been planted 
to corn for 60 years and has a large yield this 
yuar. In Ontario County a farmer has har¬ 
vested 50 bushels to the acre of Clawson 
wheat on three acres. The method of cul¬ 
ture is not given. We should much like to 
see so great a yield of Clawson wheat grown 
in New York State. 
Cnfn(ioljcrc. 
RURAL SPECIAL REPORTS. 
Arkansas. 
Poteau, Scott Co., Sept. 26.—All crops are 
good here this year, especially corn and cot¬ 
ton. After the hot weather set in last Sum¬ 
mer cotton grew very rapidly, and will, I 
think, make a full crop if frost doesn’t come too 
soon. It is opening very fast now and picking 
will soon be in fall blast. There is corn here 
on the bottom lands that it is thought will 
average 80 bushels per acre. Upland corn 
will now do to gather. There is a fine sweet 
mast this year but pork will be high, as nearly 
all the hogs di«d last Summer. Last year we 
had plenty of hogs and no mast, and this year 
there is plenty of mast and no hogs. The 
screw-flies have made thrir appearance here 
this season, and are a great annoyance jus*' 
now among stock. The only remedy em¬ 
ployed is to fill the wound with calomel, which 
is said to be about the only thing that will 
kill the pests. n. o. b. 
Indiana. 
Roanoke, Huntingdon Co., Oct., 7.—Very 
little frost yet; tomatoes, etc., untouched. 
Rural corn quite green yet. Gem Squashe s 
nice—have 50 or more. Only few beans and 
19 catalnas. Dry and hot; wheat starting 
nicely. Corn ripe and better than we ex_ 
pected. Potatoes extra-fine 3.5c. per bushel- 
eggs, 20c; butter, 23c; wheat, 85@90c; oats, 
25c. Apples poor and scarce. We think 
the Rural better than ever. a. c. h. 
Kansas. 
Ellsworth, Ellsworth Co., Oct. 2 —1 have 
most of the Rukals for three years. I think 
it is the best paper I over read, it gives such 
a variety of information, and, as the saying 
is that variety is the spice of life so I think 
the Rural is the spice of all papers. I came 
to Kansas from the oil region of Pennsylvania 
in March 1869. Cattle at that time were fat 
enough for good beef from the range, but 
they have not done so well since. Thousands 
were brought through last Winter on the 
range; but they were very thin this Spring. 
Kansas has produced the largest wheat crop 
this year that has been raised since I have 
been in the State; some fields had over 40 
bushels per acre. Corn is not a big average 
crop, but it has done very welt t. w. d. 
Nebraska, 
Mandan, Morton Co., Sept. 26.—One week 
ago we bad the first and only rain we have 
had since the first of last month, yet the corn 
leaves did not roll,although it was exceeding¬ 
ly hot part of the time; the thermometer said 
over 100 in the shade, and some judges put it 
at 125 in the sun. Corn grew rapidly and 
most varieties ripened up nicely. Last Satur¬ 
day as we were drawing in our oats 1 picked 
up a head from the ground and carefully took 
out and counted the kernels twice, and there 
were 163 It was the W. Russian variety. 
Wheat and oats are yielding largely. Potatoes 
and vegetables, such as beets, turnips, cab¬ 
bages, etc., excellent. There is a great rush 
to this western country. g. w. g. 
I'eilnuylvuula. 
Wallsville, Lackawanna Co., Oct.2.—The 
time has come when we can tell very nearly 
what the harvest will be. Taking it together, 
we have had quite a favorable season here. 
It was a little too wet in May and June, and 
a little too dry in July, but since then just 
right, with no frosts to harm vegetation to 
date. Winter grain, hay, oats and buckwheat 
are good average crops. Corn better t han last 
year, but not a full crop. The same with po¬ 
tatoes; they do not yield as well as expected 
from the looks of the vines. Of the seven 
kinds I have raised the White Elephant stands 
ahead, the Beauty of Hebron next. Apples 
are not more than half a crop—if that. w. M. 
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RURAL SEED REPORTS. 
Arkansas. 
Poteau, Scott Co., Sept. 27.—I’ve gathered 
my Rural corn. 1 got only 95 stalks to grow, 
which made 86 ears and 15nubbins. 1 planted 
it in three rows three feet apart and 30 yards 
long. I gave it no extra attention, nor did I 
manure it at all as I wanted to give it the 
same chance my other corn had, to see if it 
was really any better. It is about two weeks 
earlier than our common corn and ripens in 
August. Several stalks of mine proved to be 
the branching corn, so I fear it is mixed a 
little. The only objection I have to it is the 
size of the cob. Having a large cob, it will 
not shell out as well as our corn here, of which 
45 (selected) ears will shell a bushel. How 
would it do to cross it with some long-grained 
variety? [It might be well. Eds ] h. c. b. 
Connecticut. 
Uncasville, New London Co., Sept. 30,— 
In the Rural of Sept. 23d, is “ Going at 15^,” 
and a call for 16. I can give the sixteen-inch 
ear of Rural corn called for in the issue of 
September 23d, but it is not a subject to 
engrave as the tip comes out of the husk 
two inches, with no corn on it; also, the 
butt has no corn on one side. I think I have 
several or more inches in length, but they 
are too green to cut yet. No complaint here 
about drouth. d. a. s. 
Dakota. 
Brandon, Morton Co., Sept. 25— Rural 
Flint is too late for this climate. I planted it 
on the 2 i th of May, it haviDg been very wet 
and cold previous to that time. My Early 
Dent and Australian corn I planted the 5th 
and 6 th of June, and when the varieties were 
handsomely 6 ilked out the Rural Dent did 
not show a tassel. But of all corn that I ever 
saw that beats them all in suckering. At this 
date there are some ears that are in the milk, 
and if I can only get one ear to ripen so it will 
vegetate I shill try it again, and If I can get 
it to ripen early enough I think it will produce 
more than any other corn. There are ears on 
it now as muen as 16 inches long, and some 
stalks have three earB. h. 
Illinois. 
Roberts. Ford Co., Sept. 26.—You stated 
in the Rural of Sept , 23 that you had an 
ear or th» Rural Thoroughbred Flint 
long. I have one that is 16}^ inches long and 
weighs one pound six-and-one-half ounces. 
It is not well filled out at the butt and has 
only408 grains and eight rows. I have also 
another one which is 14 inches long and has 12 
rows and weighs one pound six and one half 
ounces and has 626 grains. j. c. 
Iowa. 
Red Oak, Montgomery Co., Oct. 2.—I am 
unable to show an ear of Rural Thoroughbred 
Flint that will measure 16 inches, but can 
make it 15t£ and get away with the Rural’s 
ear by a quarter of an inch. It is the most 
perfect flint corn I ever saw and I believe the 
best in the country. The Heavy Dent is 
simply magnificent, many of the stalks are 
12 to 15 feet high with two good ears. I sowed 
all the varieties of wheat as directed in 
Rural; it came up and grew finely till about 
the first of July when it became rusty and 
died to the ground in a few days. The bean 
and squash proved entire failures with us. 
Accept thanks for all seeds and specially the 
Heavy Dent Corn, all but six kernels of the 
Thoroughbred rotted in the ground, b. e. a. s. 
Nebraska. 
Central City, Merrick Co., Oct. 3.—Of 
the White Elephant Potato I raised four-and- 
one-half bushels from 10 ounces of seed, and 
the vines were from three-and a half to seven 
feet long. My other potatoes were all green 
and rotted. j. h. 
Short Creek, Harrison Co., Sept. 26.—The 
Surprise Wheat failed as a Spring wheat. I 
have just pulled an ear of the Thorough bred 
Flint corn which measured 15inches, h. w. 
Ohio. 
Bourbon, Crawford Co., Oct. 2.—In your 
paper of Sept. 23 you say you have an ear of 
the Rural Thoroughbred Flint that measures 
15)^ inches, I have two that measure 16 inches 
each and one that measures lo% grown from 
the corn you sent me. I planted it on old 
clay lahd; it has not had any manure since 
three years ago, and then it had an applica¬ 
tion of barn-yard manure, and I have grown 
potatoes on it three years in succession. I 
will just say that the Rural Thoroughbred 
Flint beats anything I have seen yet; it has 
grown two to nine ears to the stalk. Season a 
little dry, though we all have an average 
crop of corn. Wheat very good. Oats good; 
not much sown. Plenty of fruit. r, h. 
Pennsylvania. 
Industry, Beaver Co., Oct. 2.—My White 
Elephants yielded the best of any potatoes I 
had this season; quality good; no rot. e. e. 
Tennessee. 
Edgar, Obion Co., Sept., IS.—I pulled an 
ear of Rural coi n that beats yours a little. 
It was raised on unmanured ground without 
extra tillage. It measures fully eight inches 
in length, nearly ten inches in circumference, 
has 26 rows aud averages 46 grains to the row. 
I challenge all the Rural subscribers to beat 
it. I have a stalk of Rural Heavy Dent corn 
that measures 16 feet four inches in hight. 
How is that for high ? b. d. h. 
Vermont. 
Randolph, Orange Co., Oct. 9.—We are 
all wondering how long Rural Deut corn 
will grow; we have had two frosts that bit 
the leaves of our common corn, and the sweet 
corn, but this is just as bright as if it never 
thought of cold weather, and it is way up 
somewhere between 12 and 14 feet, waving its 
tassels in the breeze. There are ears upon it 
as large as a man’s wrist, and over afoot 
long. The boys think the stalks will make 
good fishing rods, if it grows a few weeks 
longer. One variety of the wheat did not 
come up at all; the other did not amount to 
anything. Our White Elephant did very 
nicely this year, and the potatoes are smooth 
and nice and of good size; we think they will 
make a good table potato; they have a good 
deal of starch in them, and are quite nice 
and white when cooked. The melons did not 
get ripe before frosts. s. h. r. 
Address Lost .—Of my Thoroughbred Flint 
Corn I made twelve rows in a square of 5S 
feet, making in all 192 hills, planting one 
grain in a hill. Of these 43 failed to come up. 
From the remainder I have raised 404 good 
ears. One ear measured 16& inches in length 
with 70 grains to the row, making on the ear 
560 grains. I go you one better—1 6*4 to 15)^. 
John Haynes. 
[We would like to beg this ear. Eds. 
ANSWERS TO CORRESPONDENTS. 
fEverv query must, be accompanied by the name 
and address of the writer to insure attention.) 
the corn worm (Heliothis Armigera.) 
O. W. G., Mandam, D. T .—The corn- 
worm has destroyed much of my early corn. 
What kind of worm is it? 
Ans. —Doubtless it is the corn worm, Heli¬ 
othis armigera, known in the South as the 
boll-worm, for it is quite as destructive to cot¬ 
ton as to corn, and it has also been discovered 
eating into the green fruit of the tomato so 
that this afterwards rots. Young pumpkins, 
green peas, string beans and even gladioli 
are also preyed upon by the glutton. The in¬ 
sect is very variable inform, the young insects 
varying in color from pale-green to dark 
brown, so that the difference is often great 
enough to cause them to look like distinct 
Rpecies. Whatever the color, however, the 
body is always marked with longitudinal light 
and dark lines and covered with black spots, 
giving rise to soft hairs, though sometimes the 
spots are hardly noticeable. When full grown 
the worm descends into the ground and there 
forms an oval coooon of earth interwoven 
with silk, and in this it changes to a bright- 
chestnut colored chrysalis, furnished with four 
horns at the end cf the body. After remain¬ 
ing three or four weeks in this state, the moth 
escapee. The perfect insect, too, is variable 
in color, but generally the front wings are a 
pale, clay-color with a greenish tinge, and 
they are variegated with pale hue and rufous, 
a dark spot near the middle of each wing be¬ 
ing very conspicuous. The hind wings are 
paler than the front, with a dark-brown band 
along the outer margin. These insects do 
more injury to the very early and very late 
corn than to that which ripens intermediately: 
for although the first and second broods con¬ 
nect by lnte individuals of the first and early 
individuals of the second, yet about the time 
of the ripening of the bulk of the com the 
worms are quite scarce On going over the 
fields where the ears are in silk the presence 
of the worms can be detected by the prema¬ 
ture drying of the silk or by its being partiully 
eaten. Where the butterflies are very thick 
among corn, many of them may be destroyed, 
as they often are in the Southern cotton fields, 
by tempting them to suicide at night in a 
bright, exposed flame. 
fattening calves. 
W. B. M., Chenango, N. Y., asks for infor¬ 
mation about fattening calves, referring to 
the process with regard to Jersey calves on a 
farm near this city. 
Ans —Jersey calves have an excellent repu¬ 
tation in the New York markets not only 
because they are well fed aud fat, but they 
reaeh the market fresh and in prime order. 
The latter is an important thing and is always 
worth a cent or two or more per pound in the 
value of a calf. These calves are fed on the 
cows, and get all the milk for four weeks by 
which time they are quite fat and plump and 
will weigh, dressed, 120 to 140 pounds. The 
calves in some cases run with the cows in the 
pasture, resting in the shade while the cows 
are feeding and being fed three or four times 
in the day, or they are kept up and turned 
in to the cows at night and morning when 
they get a full meal. If they do not strip the 
cows dry the latter are milked out, as soon 
as the calves have filled themselves. This is 
the practice in dairies and on farms. But 
there are veal dairies, where nothing is sold 
but veal,and one cow will feed four or five or 
even more calves in tfie year besides her own. 
As soon as the cow’s calf is fat another calf a 
few days old is procured and pat on the cow 
and is fed for four weeks or longer until fat. 
Some calves are fed to a large size in this 
way. When this calf is turned off another is 
put or, aud so on with all the cows. To 
supply the stock, yonng calves are picked up 
from the milk dairies where calves are not 
raised and the owner of a veal dairy spends a 
good deal of time hunting up calves or fetch¬ 
ing them from farms from which he takes 
them regularly. This kind of dairying is a 
very easy one, as there is no milking, no pan¬ 
washing, no churning, no other work but to 
take care of the calves and let them do the work. 
CAULIFLOWER CULTURE. 
J. A. P., Portsmouth, Va .—What is the 
the best cauliflower for a Spring crop to ship 
to the New York market, and how shall it be 
grown ? 
Ans. —For the earliest crop the Early 
Dwarf Erfurt, and for a successional crop, 
Thorburn’s Nonpareil. The seed should be 
sown about the first of October, and as soon 
as the plants attain the hight of two inches 
they should be transplanted into a cold-frame 
in rows three inches apart each way. Keep 
them close and moist until well established; 
