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superphosphate i. e.. one containing no ni¬ 
trogen for potash, cither wood ashes, un¬ 
leached, or muriate of potash obtained from 
dealers in fertilizers; for nitrogen , use either 
Bulphate of ammonia or uitrate of soda; the 
'last-mentioned manure should be used only as 
a top-dressing for a growing crop. For a 
mixture of phosphoric acid and uitrogen, 
an ordinary superphosphate containing both 
may be used, or flue bone meal, or rectified 
(Peruvian guano. 
Fourth.—As to the quantities to be applied: 
■of phosphate, 300 to 500 pounds to the acre; 
of sodium nitrate, 100 to 200 pounds ; of am- 
moi 'um sulphate, 100 to 200 pounds ; of mu¬ 
riate of potash, 150 to 200 pounds; of bone 
meal, 400 to 500 pounds; of rectified guano, 
300 to 400 pounds; of stable manure, 14 tons. 
Fifth—When different fertilizers are to be 
mixed, be sure that the mixture is completely 
made. 
8ixth—Apply all fertilizers that are to go on 
one crop on the same day, and let the entire 
treatmedt of any series of plots that make 
one experiment be as nearly alike as possible 
throughout the season. 
Seventh—Commercial fertilizers or stable 
manure may be applied to either fruits or veg¬ 
etables. Ju the case of small fruits or vegeta¬ 
bles the manure should be applied broadcast 
and thoroughly cultivated into the soil. 
Of the 6inall fruits, the Strawberry will be 
■one of the besttoexperiment with. Apple, pear, 
peach and other fruit trees may also receive 
applications over the whole ground, or the fer¬ 
tilizer may be applied immediately around the 
(trees and over an area somewhat greater than 
the spread of the branches 
Soiling Poultry,— A writer in an exchange 
calls attention to this subject, and gives the 
following account of his experience:—“The 
soiling of dairy cows has couie to be regarded 
as the true eeouomical method of keeping them 
where a small amount of land Is available, and 
the greatest production of milk possible is de¬ 
sired. The same principle, we think, is appli¬ 
cable to the keeping of poultry. In keeping a 
large flock of hens the manner of feeding them 
so as to make them profitable is an important 
consideration. Noticing some time ago that 
my flock of hen6, when let out, made directly 
for a clover patch, we conceived the plau of 
soiling them ou clover, and each day cut a 
good armful, placing it in their premises. To 
our gratification we found that each day every 
leaf was eaten, leaving nothing but the coarse 
stems. Bearing in mind the fact that clover 
contains a large amount of egg-making mate¬ 
rial, we svere not surprised to notice an in¬ 
crease in quantity, size and quality of eggs. 
Our flock when offered corn, buckwheat, 
wheat screenings and clover, always preferred 
ithe clover. From our little experiment we 
conclude that one-fourth of an acre of moist 
ground made rich and aown to clover would 
yield sufficient food, with two quarts of mixed 
grain daily, to keep in good healthy working 
condition a flock of 100 hens during the sum¬ 
mer seasou. We believe clover a cheaper and 
richer feeding material for poultry than any 
we have known suggested." — We find the 
above in the London Agricultural Gazette. 
Ultimate Value op Land in the Cotton 
Belt. —"B. F.J." expresses the opinion, in 
Home and Farm, that, as successful cotton 
growing is very largely Bnd purely a matter of 
climate; all or nearly all of the lands—good 
lands, bad lauds, old lauds and new lands—in 
the cotton belt proper, will sooner or later 
become valuable even in excess of the value 
of those lands which are now esteemed so 
much for wheat. 
The New North land.- In another part of 
Home and Farm, the same thoughtful writer 
says: Roughly described, the new country 
(mostly within the limits of the British pro¬ 
vince of Manitoba) lies around and north of 
Lake W’innepeg, and extends to and around 
Hudson Bay. Its southern boundary is the 
line dividing the State of Dakota from the 
British possessions of North America on the 
49th parallel. Within that entire region winter 
never fails to put in an early appearance, ac¬ 
companied with low temperature aud an as¬ 
sured fall of snow, seldom accumulating to a 
great depth, but lastlug from early in Novem¬ 
ber to late in April. And it is from this cli¬ 
matic fact and circumstance that many who 
have given attention to the subject are pre¬ 
pared to admit that, sooner or later, this 
new north land, which in extent Is equal to 
three or four of the prairie States, will grow 
into a great State so populous, productive and 
wealthy as to astonish the world. Given a soil 
of a capacity for the production of wheat, a 
summer climate capable of maturing it, and a 
snowfall which covers the fields with a pro¬ 
tecting blanket from November to April, and 
there are secured the three essential elements 
of successful and profitable wheat growlug, 
which, when within reach and on a scale suffi¬ 
ciently large, will produce this great cereal so 
certainly and 60 cheaply as to practically 
monopolize the markets of the world. Though 
the event now looks remote, and the gratuitous 
onimon may appear a hazardous one, never¬ 
theless we shall venture to put ourselves upon 
the record with the prediction that, within a 
quarter of a century, and perhaps within the 
next ten years, the farmers of the middle win¬ 
ter wheat region, lying between 35 degrees and 
40 degrees north latitude, will find their strong¬ 
est competitors in the markets of the world to 
book for the farmer, stockman and horse- 
owner, giving plain practical terms, descrip¬ 
tions, symptoms and remedies for all diseases 
of the horse, ox, sheep, swine and dogs by 
Jno. Johnson, United 8tates Vet. Ed. of the 
Ohio Farmer and Practical Farmer. A little 
work of 130 pages published by the Ohio 
Farmer Co , Cleveland Ohio. 
THE 8. R. NYE BAY 8T TE RAKE.—BIG. 92. 
be not in California, not in Minnesota, Dakota, 
Kansas or Nebraska, but in the new north laud 
about Hudson Bay. The facts and tLe out¬ 
come of the last few crops clearly demonstrate 
that spring wheat growing in the Western and 
Northwestern States is extremely hazardous 
business even on a fiesh soil; and In much of 
this territory winter wheat growing is still 
more bo, because there is no assured and per¬ 
manent snowfall and the ground freezes dry in 
February. 
CATALOGUES, ETC.. RECEIVED. 
Note.—R eaders are referred to our advertising col¬ 
umns for any particulars omitted in the following ne¬ 
cessarily brief notices: 
Kissbna Nurseries, Flushing, L. I , New 
York. Parsons & Sons, Proprietors. Cata¬ 
logue for 1880 of ornamental trees, plants, 
fruit trees, &c Also a list of new and rare 
plants. The gentlemen of this establishment 
are well knowu to our readers—indeed to the 
horticultural world everywhere. Iu the intro¬ 
duction of our new aud rare plants especially 
of hardy ones—they have for years, in the 
face of many discouragements and at a heavy 
expense, worked with never-tiring persever¬ 
ance aud energy. The catalogues now referred 
to show the results of their labors. Not less 
than 350 really new and rare plants are named 
and brietly described. Important additions 
have been made to ihe Japau Maples. For the 
rest, there are so uiauy plants of peculiar 
merits, that our readers must examine the 
lists for themselves. 
John Saul, Washington 1). C. Catalogue 
No. 6, descriptive of new, rare and beautiful 
plants—Crotons, Drawee as and other foliage 
plants; Fuchsias,Carnations, Verbenas, Phlox¬ 
es, Geraniums, Gladioli, Ac., Ac. Cata¬ 
logue of 118 pages. 
Also Catalogue No. 5, descriptive of a select 
list of Roses, 15 pages. 
A. C. Kendall (Late Stair & Kendall and B. 
H. Stair & Co..) 115 Ontario St, Cleveland, 
Ohio. Business established iu 1839 Cata¬ 
logue (free to all applicants) of field, garden 
and flower seeds, agricultural implements, etc. 
Third Annual Report of the N. Y. State 
Dairymen s Association, with transactions 
and addresses for the year 1879. Contents: 
Articles of Association; List of Officers; List 
of Members; Proceedings—Opening Address; 
President’s Address; Commercial Aspects of 
the Dairy—Fred I. Evans; A Glimpse at Dairy 
Husbandry in WeBt Friesland—S. Hoxie ; Bat¬ 
ter—John 8. Shattuck; The Jersey as a 
Dairy Cow—M- S. Wilcox ; The Dairy Interest 
Prof. L. B. Arnold; Mixed Farming in Dairy 
Districts—Hon. S. F. Miller ; Feed and Care of 
Dairy Stock—Hon. Harris Lewi6; The Un- 
kuown of the Dairy—E. S. Muueon, 
The Michigan State Pomolooical So¬ 
ciety is about to issue the second edition of 
its Fruit Catalogue, revised and improved. 
The first edition was issued free to all appli¬ 
cants and found a largo demand. This year 
we shall ask applicants to romii a small 
amount to cover the cost of printing and post¬ 
age, The work of compilation is a free gift to 
Michigan Horticulture. Any one desirous of 
obtaining the catalogue can have it sent post 
paid by inclosing in a letter to me, the address 
aud five three-ceut stamps. C. W. Garfield. 
Grand Kaplds, Mleh. 
The Homeopathic Veterinarian, a hand- 
Quarterlt Report of the Chief of the Bu- 
reau of Statistics, relative to imports, exports, 
immigration and navigation, for the three 
months ending Sept. 30, ’79. 
Gko. S. Josselyn, Fredonia, N. Y., Descrip¬ 
tive Catalogue of Hitrh-Class Poultry. All 
sorts of eggs of thoroughbreds—also. Light 
Brahmas, Cochins, Plymouili Rocks, Houdans, 
Leghorns, Ducks, &c. Free. 
Bowkeu Fektilizing Co., 3 Park Place, N. 
Y.—A treatise upon the Stockbrldge Manures 
and Bowkcr's Phosphates. We should like to 
have our readers seud for this treatise. It will 
be sent without charge, and all may thus have 
an opportunity of gleaning particulars and of 
informing themselves as to the use of concen¬ 
trated fertilizers, by the tests and records of 
practical farmers therein presented. The ques¬ 
tions of •* whether it pays " to use these fertil¬ 
izers, and “ how best, to use them on all sorts 
of crops," are explained in a very plain man¬ 
ner. 
The Thomas Smoothing Harrow ; ' The 
Thomas Harrow Co., Geneva. N. Y. This is 
an illustrated pamphlet fully describing the 
above well-known implement. Among the 
claims made in its behalf are : its thorough 
pulverizing capabilities which, it is insisted, 
are double those of any other harrow ; the 
successful cultivation of corn until a foot high 
at half the usual expense, killing all the weeds 
in the bill aud largely increasing the yield. It 
is also claimed that wheat thoroughly har¬ 
rowed in the spring, will produce five bushels 
more per acre, and that clover seed harrowed 
in at the same time, will not fail to •* catch." 
There is a large amount of useful matter iu 
the pamphlet, which is sent free to appli¬ 
cants. 
Descriptive and Illustrated Catalogue of 
Patent Plantation Machinery manufactured by 
Geo. L. Squire & Bro., Buffalo, N. Y. This 
handsomely gotten up catalogue contains 
numerous cuts and full descriptions of coffee 
hulloiB, separators and polishers, sugar mills 
for animal, steam and water power, evapora¬ 
tors, kettles, centrifugals, juice pumps, horse 
powers, steam engines, water wheels, corn 
mills, tortilla mills, etc., all made by this old- 
esLablisbod firm, which has deservedly won a 
high reputation wherever their goods have 
been introduced. 
Illustrated Catalogue of Sulky and Re¬ 
volving Hay Rakes and Pot table Engines man¬ 
ufactured by J. H. Thomas&8ous, Springfield, 
Ohio. Intending purchasers of either hay 
rakes or portable engines should certainly 
write for this catalogue—which is furnished 
gratis to applicants—before deciding which to 
buy; for the fame of the Thomas rakes and 
engines is national—nay world-wide. 
J. H. Johnson, Great Western Gun Works 
No. 169 Stuithfield St. Pittsburgh, Pa., Illus¬ 
trated price-list and catalogue of guus, rifles, 
revolvers, ammunition aud sporting goods of 
all sorts. 
Industrial Jntplfnintis, 
THE 6. R. NYE BAY STATE RAKE. 
Among the excellent rakes that will claim 
the farmer’s attention next season, the S. R. 
Nye Improved Bay State Rake has many mer¬ 
its that bespeak favorable notice. It is made 
by the Belcher and Taylor Manufacturing 
Company of Chicopee Falls, Mass., a firmloug 
and favorably known to the readers of the 
Rural. Jt ib constructed of the best material 
and in the most workmanlike manner po as 
thoroughly to realize the inventor’s design—a 
perfect rake. Among its improvements are:— 
bentand heavier shafts, and a new seat standard 
adjustable to a driver of any Bize. Moreover, 
the rake is much stronger than heretofore and 
therefore less liable to need repairs, every 
part having been strengthened where experi¬ 
ence hinted at a weakness, and malleable or 
wrought iron having been used wherever there 
was a possibility of breakage. The peculiar 
shape of the teeth prevents them from scratch¬ 
ing the ground, so that the hay is utidefiled 
with dust, and the position of the teeth at the 
ends of the rake in advance of those in the 
center, prevents the hay from scattering or 
“ roping out”—a poiutof particular advantage 
when raking on a side-hill or gleaning. The 
manner in which the teeth are held In their 
proper position laterally—by what is called 
the guide— prevents them from flopping about. 
We also notice that each tooth acts in¬ 
dependently of all the others, so that it can 
pass over an obstruction 20 inches high, 
without affecting iu the least teeth along¬ 
side of it, thus ennabling it to rake clean 
on rough or uneven ground. As it is 
dumped almost entirely by the power of the 
horse, a pressure of only a couple of pounds 
by the foot, is needed. Circulars describing 
several other recent improvements and con¬ 
taining testimonials as to the great efficiency 
of this rake will be promptly sent to all appli¬ 
cants. As the rake received the first medal at 
the field trials at our Centennial Exhibition, 
and the large Bilver medal and diploma at the 
Paris exposition of 1878. besides several other 
honorable awards elsewhere, we certainly think 
its merits should be carelully investigated by 
all who need such an implement. 
The New Blanchard Churn. 
What farmer or dairyman has not used or 
favorably heard of the Blanchard Churn dur¬ 
ing the last quarter of a century ? But, pop¬ 
ular as the old form has been for the last 25 
years, the recent improvements are sure to in¬ 
crease that popularity. The other day, while 
noticing the line display of dairy implements 
at the International Fair in this city, we felt 
impelled to pay special attention to this device, 
and the award of first premium to it since then 
has confirmed the favorable impression we 
formed of it. How ofteu, after the introduc¬ 
tion of some new invention or of some im¬ 
provement ou an old one, is the thing so evi¬ 
dently beueficial that there is a very natural 
surprise that it had not been hit upon sooner. 
Yet it often happens that these apparently 
simple successes arc the results of no smaLl 
amount of thought, labor and ingenuity. It is 
the story of Columbus and the egg repeated. 
The thing is ever so easy and obvious after it 
has once boeu done. So with the chief im¬ 
provement iu the new Blanchard. This con¬ 
sists of a better form of the body of the churn. 
Instead of the flat top of the old farmers’ 
favorite, the top as well as the bottom of the im¬ 
proved article, is made circular. By this seetn- 
iugly inevitable improvement all the cream must 
be churned alike, and at the same time, while 
there is no longer any need for scraping down 
the cream trom the top aud sides of the churn, 
and the making of streaked butler is rendered 
impossible. Moreover, the new form is stronger 
and more durable thau the old. Tae body of 
the churn is made of matched staves from the 
best Michigan pine. The new dasher, too, be¬ 
ing simpler than the old, less power is needed 
to turn it. 
A Useful Device.— Daring the past three 
years wo have had uiauy occasions to test dif¬ 
ferent inventions and devices, upon the Rural 
Farm ; and it has always given us much pleas¬ 
ure to acquaint our readers with the results of 
those experiments. And perhaps of none can 
we speak In more praiseworthy terms, than of 
the usefulness of the IngaU’s Patent Link, 
a device so simple and practical that its 
merits arc obvious for makiag and repairing 
chains without the aid of any tool, and adjust¬ 
able at once. These links can be usud in any 
place where strength, durability and simpli¬ 
city are required, and save the farmer, the 
contractor, the steamboat and vessel owner, 
many trips to the blacksmith's shop. It also 
takes the place of belts in transmitting 
power, and is absolutely safe as it uever un¬ 
hooks when in use, and is made of the very 
best material. The patentee claims a superi¬ 
ority over all other devices of the kind. Ask 
your hardware dealers for them or address, 
Ingall’s Mannf’g. Co., Providence, R. I. 
At a Trial of binders near Dunedin, Otago, 
New Zealand, Februarj 10, the improved 
Walter A. Wood binder, was awarded 1st prize 
over seven machines in competition. As this 
is the first trial of the season reported, we are 
glad to give it publicity. 
-*-♦•*-- 
The Right Speedy Corn-Sheller, made by 
Curtis Goddard, Alliance, Ohio, is a conven¬ 
ient little thing for shelling small quantities of 
corn. 
