AUG. 24 
THE BUBAL WEW-YOBBER 
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WHAT OTHERS SAY. 
‘ Undertaking too Much.— From tlie columns of 
the Gardener’s Monthly for August we make the 
following notes:—Over and over again, as wo 
travel through t he country, are we Impressed with 
the fault of over-large places. Many gardens are 
laid out In the flush of some temporary business 
success, and they become sources of great annoy¬ 
ance In the great expenses of subsequent rnatn- 
teuaee. Even the richest seom to undertake too 
much. We should lay It down as a rule that In 
all suggestions for tho Improvement of grounds, 
the subsequent cost of keeping In order should be 
studied well. This Is the rook whereon so many 
strike. \\';ilks and roads are particularly expen¬ 
sive to maintain, and should never he made with¬ 
out there Is an evident necessity for them. .Shady 
grass walks, with masses of flowering shrubs on 
each side, and kept mown a few times a year, are 
as pleasurable parts of a pleasure ground as cun 
well be provided, yet we very seldom see them 
employed. 
Hoses.— All Mr. Henderson’s pot roses were In 
line health and vigor when 1 saw them. The show 
of buds which presented themselves would have 
done credit to many a bed or established plaula. 
He fludsthc most sale ror Nlphetos, Sarrano, Isa¬ 
bella Sp runt, Bon silene, Cordelia Cook, Douglass 
and Uerle des Jaidtna. The latter rose Is now 
taking the place of M. Kiel in some establish¬ 
ments, It being a tree and continuous bloomer 
when properly grown, and the flowers are neai ly 
as large as, and higfler In color than, the well- 
known ’•Kiel.” 
Carnations.— Mr. Win. Bennett, Flalbusli, L. 1. 
grows carnations, tho best, I think, I have ever 
seen. He grows Peerless largely, and King of the 
Crimsons, the freest flowering and best dark-col¬ 
ored carnation I have met with. Miss Joillife he 
has in large quantity; it Is a delicate shade of 
pink. “Snow-whlto”—a kind sent out a short 
time ago by Mr. Peter Henderson—Is proving it¬ 
self to be a wonderrul free bloomer, and the flowers 
are pure white. It Is a decided acquisition. I 
have heard complaints t hat, tt does not possess 
sufllclent Vigor, but under Mr. Bennett’s treatment 
it, Is certainly hard to beat. Ills treatment is to 
keep them quite cool at night, and to give them 
plenty of air on every favorable opportunity in 
the day time. 
Treatment.—I am satlshed that the cool treat¬ 
ment Is the proper one tor carnations, and if all 
the growers around New York or elsewhere would 
adopt this mode of growing them, Instead of a 
rose-Ioivlng temperature, they would not have 
them in such a deplorable state as they were last 
Winter. 
Large Makkchal Niki, Hose.— Mr. Pearson, an 
English florist, cut from one plant last year 2,i»0o 
flowers, l’rooably some of our large rose growers 
could beat this. We should like to know. 
Standard Peaks as tukv ought to he.— It Is a 
fact well known that about nine-tenths of the 
standard pear trees planted In the West are grown 
In New V ork and Pennsylvania. These trees are 
grown according to their best judgment, judg¬ 
ments rendered by their ancestors In the father¬ 
land generations ago, and have been passed from 
father to son and neighbor to neighbor, until It 
now would be considered sacrilege lo depart from 
them. Our objection Is u> tho hlght of the toj) 
and tho size ot the tree. A No. l standard pear 
tree, as sent out by these nurserymen, Is six to eight 
feet high, three to live years old and branched 
about Uve feet trom tho ground. Now, Mr. Editor, 
ir 1 was eaUed upon to tell what sort ot tree Is most 
worthless In every stale west of Ohio, I would 
hardly change the above description, a No. 
l standard pear tor the West should be three 
to live feet high, two to throe years old and 
branched one to two feet from the grouud. The 
tops must come down as we go west, and for cen¬ 
tral aud western Kansas six inches to a foot Is high 
enough. _ 
Aktutoial Water in Gardens.- Whenever we 
have heard people deride Colorado because they 
have to depend on irrigation for most of the water 
for their growing crops, we have thought that lo 
would not be bad for Eastern growers lo have at 
command artificial couvenleuoles, Strawberry 
growers East would have found a wind-mill for a 
water pump a paying Investment lor strawberry 
beds the past May. They were nearly ruined by the 
May drought. Those who could have commanded a 
Colorado cllich would have made a fortune. 
cure for the Touacco Harxt.— Dr. Millard, In 
the Med. and surg. importer, calls attention to 
the value ot ** pine-apple," as Ills called—a fungus 
that grows upon ptno trees—as a cure tor the to¬ 
bacco habit. 1 lo has used It and prescribed It £re- 
queutly. and has seen no case In which tt railed to 
eradicate the craving for tobacco. It Is not un¬ 
pleasantly bitter. 11 IS used as a modern te ehewor 
uses tobacco. 
Scientific Arrogance.—A somewhat labored 
and dtrruoe article on " Scientific Arrogance ’’ lu 
a late Pall Mall Gazette comes to the following 
very sensible conclusionIt would appear that 
scientific arrogance, lu so lar as it has any reality, 
is but the obverse of popular ignorance. Let tile 
Ignorance he dispelled, and the mystery bred of It 
willvanlsh. Let some rudiments of exact, knowl¬ 
edge, some grounding lu tho methods of scientific 
reasoning, and some notions of the nature and 
ends of sclentlflc work, be made part ot our gen¬ 
eral scheme of instruction, and scientific dogma¬ 
tism will be Impossible. Let the mind be trained 
betimes to walk modestly and warily, as all true 
leaders of knowledge have walked, by the light of 
diligent and patient Inquiry, and the specter of 
scientific arrogance will disappear.” 
Cleanliness in Butter MAKiNd.—From the let¬ 
ters on Dairying by Dr. De Kleuze as published In 
the London Gazette, we take the following;—The 
most perfect cleanliness is luriispensable In butter- 
rnaklng, as every fault In this respect revenges 
Itself by deteriorating the quality and especially 
the durability of the produce. I f the milk dishes, 
cream vessels, and churns are only rinsed out. with 
water, that la not sufficient. Especially If these 
utensils are made of wood, the greatest care Is 
necessary, ns particles of buiter and casein are 
absorbed by tUe pores in the wood, sour there, and 
infect cream or butter when they are brought in 
contact with t hem. To avoid this we havo a very 
good substance, the solution of caustic soda, which 
may be Lad in every chemist's shop at a small ex¬ 
pense. ’i'hls solution is employed by mixing about 
a wineglassful with two or three quarts of water 
aud rinsing the vessels la question thoroughly, 
letttng the solution stand In them tor a few min¬ 
utes It possible, churns are very easily cleaned 
by pouring some of the solution Into them, closing 
them, and letting it act during a quarter ot an 
hour, frequently moving the churn to Insure all 
Its parts being well washed. In general, it may 
be stated that ir all the veasels employed In a dairy 
are rinsed out, first, with cold and then with hot 
water immediately alter their uso, the application 
of caustic soda need not be repeated more than 
once or twice every fortnight. After employing it 
a good rlnslDg or water must take place, other¬ 
wise the milk might taste soapy, especially if some 
of the soda has remained and got mixed with the 
milk. 
London-ru rule, —“Last summer wetestedacom- 
paratlvely new arsenical poison called London- 
purple. and the results were extremely gratifying. 
This poison lsa residuum obtained In the manu¬ 
facture of eertaln aniline dyes and utilized by the 
addition of Ihne and carbonaceous matter, thor¬ 
oughly dried, and finely pulverized. We com¬ 
pared tt with Parls-grecn last year as an exter¬ 
minator ot the potato beetle, aud it. seems to pre¬ 
sent tho following advantages: it Is cheaper, 
stronger, more finely divided, and possesses greater 
adhesiveness." The above Is from the Report or 
W. tt. Lazeuby oi Cornell University, 
Roadside care— There is another place from 
which farmers should exterminate weeds, aud this 
is the roadside, says Mr. Hyde in the N. v. Tunes. 
We care not how nicely a farmer cultivates his 
fields, we call him a sloven if he neglects t he road¬ 
side, and allows it. to become a perfect swamp ol 
this Lies, mulleins, golden rod. or any other weed. 
How la he to preveuc his farm irom being stocked 
with all manner ol vile stuir If he permits the 
roadside to be a nursery for Its propagation. Does 
he not know that seeds make to themselves wings 
and fly away? If lie has not icsthctle. culture 
enough to consider roadside weeds a deformity to 
his premises, self-interest and a due regard to fils 
neighbors’ rights should Induce him to allow no 
weeds to go to seed on land over which he has 
Jurisdiction 
Another of the August farm duties Is to fill the 
bum-yard and pig-pens with muck or some other 
absorbent to save and Increase the supply of 
manure. 
Again Mr. Hyde remarks: Farmers need a little 
relaxation as well as other folks, and can afford to 
take the recreation if they only thought so. We 
would not advise the average f&riuer to spend 
much time at Saratoga, Newport, or any other 
of the fashionable watering-places. It Is well 
enough to look upon these resorts of fashion for a 
day or two, just to see the folly of the c'lsplay; 
but there are other modes of recreation which 
sensible farmers, and sensible men of all classes, 
will prefer. One great want ot the farmer Is lo 
get away from the Utile circle in which he acts 
and thinks, aud mingle more with men. 
Pure Water i ok the Dairy.— The importance 
of having pure water for the dairy, as well 
as for animals to drink, is not sufficiently ap¬ 
prehended. l’ror. Sheldon says, lu the London 
live stock Journal: Not. only is the blood of ani¬ 
mals who drink Impure water liable lo he poisoned 
by the bacteria which such water Irequently con¬ 
tains, hut these putrefactive germs will Impreg¬ 
nate both buttes! and milk if permitted to come 
into contact With them. The boiling water which 
should always be used In washing dairy utensils 
will destroy the bacteria; yet, as butter cannot be 
washed In boiling water, it is lu the first degree 
Important that the cold water It is washed in 
should bo pure. The water is intended to purify 
the butter, not the butter the water. 
Dr. c. W. Earle has been examining the valid¬ 
ity of the claim made in Chicago for cinchona as 
a specific tor t he cure of Inebriety. The result of 
Dr. Earle’s Investigation, says the New York Med¬ 
ical Record, tsthat the cinchoua treatment made 
more drunkards in the past year than any one 
liquor saloon, 
A writer in the British Medical Journal declares 
that glycerine In halt teaspooniul doses Is a slmplo 
and effective emetic lor children.—Druggists’ Cir¬ 
cular. 
i loti Cholera.—A correspondent ot the Chemi¬ 
cal Gazette (Ohio) gives the following cure: Ho 
has made this disease a study, and finds by care¬ 
ful experiments that the following mixture comes 
nearest reaching the disease, As an excellent con¬ 
dition powder tor hogs, and as a preventive and 
euro lor hog cholera It can hardly be surpassed. 
Yet the remedy that will euro in one section of the 
country may be on ly a palliative In another. There 
It rarely falls to eradicate the dread disease, and 
Is by some considered a specific. The formula Is 
the subjoined: 
Jamaica ginger.4 drachms. 
Sulphate of soda. 1 ounce. 
Chloride of sodium.4 ounces. 
Bulpbide of antimouy.4 “ 
Licorice root. 4 “ 
Flaxseed meal... 4 “ 
Black mustard. 4 “ 
Resin. 4 “ 
Nitrate of potaesa... 4 •* 
Capsicum.. I ounce. 
Sulphate of iron.2 ounces. 
Powder each substance separately, and mix them 
all thoroughly by passing through a fine sieve. 
The dost! is from one to three tablespoonfuls, two 
or three times a day, mixed with soft food. 
Here and There —An Intelligent Englishman 
who recently visited this country reports that he 
was deeply impressed with the sense of ownership, 
In the nation at largo, which seemed to pervade 
all classes of our citizens. He had been accustom¬ 
ed In England to the prevalence of the feeling 
among the mass of her people that they neither 
owned nor controlled that country, while In the 
United States the opposite sentiment prevailed to 
a surprising extent, in meeting here workmen 
whom he had formerly known In England, he was 
astonished at the readiness with which they had 
adopted the habit of regarding officials as public 
servants Instead of churlish masters.—Progress. 
Large .Strawberries. — Some strawberries 
shown at the Brighton Show the other day, by Air. 
Rutland, created quite a sensation, being admitted 
to be the largest ever seen. Some Idea ot wbat 
they were may he gleaned trom the fact that eight 
weighed one pound, ono ounce. One measured 
three aud three-quarters Inches across It and sev¬ 
eral three and one-half inches; they were, not only 
large, but a very' abundant crop, and have been 
the admiration or all who have seen them. So 
much for deep cultivation. Very little rain has 
fallen at Goodwood this season compared with 
many parts of the country, and not one drop of 
water have they had but) what has fallen from the 
clouds. The above we rind In “ hardening,' 1 Eng¬ 
land. As we remember, the largest berry as above 
is not quite so large as the specimen of President 
Lincoln given In our last Fair Number. 
The London Agricultural Gazette of latest date 
says:—Our little enemies, the sparrows, must be 
watched and prevented from deplenishing our 
corn fields. We shall probably have one ol the 
finest potato crops on record. The wet came at 
the right lime, and If, as is probable, we are favor¬ 
ed with a ri ne time during the next two mourns, 
we shall not suffer from the blight. The quality 
and the size of tubers now' being dug are excep¬ 
tionally line, and indicate a large crop. We never 
remember to have seen potato fields and gardens 
looking more luxuriant than they do at present. 
Mangel Is almost an universal failure. 
Beer in the Harvest Field,— It will be borne 
lu mind that English tanners have a custom of 
giving their laborers dally rations of beer. We are 
glad to see the following from the same journal :— 
The question of beer once more obtrudes itself. 
We have discontinued Its use aud substituted 
money payment. The testimony of sir \Mlllam 
Thompson, sir William Guil, and Dr. Richardson, 
against even t he moderate use ot alcohol must be 
considered as conclusive, it appears that alcohol 
neither Increases the strength, the mental activi¬ 
ty, nor the bodily warmth. The only excuse mi¬ 
lts use Is that It la nice and w r e Uke It. That It 
does us any good is domed on the highest authori¬ 
ty, and that it does Immense harm Is known to 
every one." We say, confound beer and all 
spirituous liquors at all times and upon all possible 
occasions! 
BRIEFLETS. 
Charles Dickens b3s said: “That portion of 
the occupation of a farmer which pays best lor 
cultivation Is the little piece that lies within the 
ring fence ot his own skull.”.“ William Parry, 
the keen observer, discovered the worth ot the 
Cuthbert, and gave It the name or the ‘ Queen of 
the Market.’ ’’ ho remarks Mr. Green In the Ratal 
Home. But Mr. Parry says they are not the same. 
..It must now bo admitted that Gou. Lc Due 
has brought the Department ot Agriculture to a 
condition of usefulness rar beyond anything at¬ 
tained by his predecessors. Ho says the Husband¬ 
man. it Is very generally admitted among candid 
mem But we should like to see those journals 
that hastened to call him “fool," “knave," or 
both, admit that, they were hasty, If not wrong. 
Is there no sense or Justice or candor to constrain 
those journals to make such an admission ? I r not 
—shame upon them'.Farmers, prepare 
your fields Cor wheat—the sooner the better—and 
prepare them well .Air. Klllott^sc he says ia 
the Americau Entomologist, Is convinced that 
a judicious use ot pyreihrutu (insect powder) 
would save an Immense amount of loss. He has 
seen It used in large nulls, and It brought out 
roaches In quantities which astoutshed the min , 
ers. A friend of his who cannot sleep li a mos¬ 
quito Is within a mile of him. says he has only to 
put a little pow der on some burning paper In his 
room and there is “perfect peace.”. ..Pro¬ 
gress thus translates a French anecdote: 
Gulbollord has been a father just five minutes. 
His servant entered with a letter In his hand. 
“ What is that'.’” 
“ A letter.” 
“ For whom?” 
“ For you.” 
“ How Is It addressed ?” 
“To M. Gulbollard.” 
“ How do you know, sir, that It Is not for my 
son ?” 
.It Is easy enough to exterminate Purslane 
If pulled up early In J uue before lc seeds. At this 
season it pays to pull up the large spreading plants 
for the pigs.... . We have seen how long a man 
may live without food. The next question Is how 
ong he can live without food and water. 
Mr. Ohmer, like the Man-on-the-nudson, Is distrib¬ 
uting his favors liberally.Mr. a L. Allen 
brings to the rural office a spike ot seedling gladi¬ 
olus, the blossoms of which are as nearly a solid 
white as any we have seen. Atany pure white 
gladioli have been announced from time to time, 
hut all are more or less tinged In some part with 
various colors.It would seem from the acci¬ 
dent to the vineyard of Mr. Williams that a light¬ 
ning-rod on a house Ls no protection eo feet away 
from It on the ground. The fact Is that lightning 
gets on the rampage sometimes and can’t tell a 
lightning-rod from a hole in the ground. 
A woman cannot become a successful lawyer. 
She Is too fond or giving her opinion w ithout pay. 
Oil City Derrick.If It can be proved that 
a man can fast for forty days, it ought to kill the 
oily margarine trade. I f he can go that long with- 
out food he can afford good butter when he does 
eat.—Phlla, Kronlklo-Herald.Tho hand¬ 
some and fashlouable seaside resort called Long 
Beach Is just opposite the Rural Farm. Our 
readers from every part of the country while vis¬ 
iting Long Reach may, If they will take thetrouble, 
count the number of ears to a stalk on Blount’s 
corn by the aid of a good glass. But we also ex¬ 
tend a cordial imitation to them to sail across the 
hay and pay the Farm a visit.“To whip or 
not to whip” in the schools Is a London agitation. 
Progress, The question might well be agitated 
here, In our country schools especially. 
The variegated Euonyrnus radicans Is a handsome 
little hardy evergreen shrub that our readers 
should not neglect.Mr. Afeehan says In the 
AugustMonthly that he has not heard of any 
trials with standard gooseberriesthat it was 
hoped that we might thus have the foreign va¬ 
rieties in our gardens in all thetr luscious English 
perfection. By standard gooseberries Is meant 
those worked upon the Missouri currant. We 
have tried them for the past four years. They 
are worked on straight, stems four to five feet high. 
But both leaves and fruit so mildew that we have 
never yet secured a ripe berry.But currants 
grafted upon these tall stems are very fruitful 
and wdiile In fruit decidedly ornamental. A bush 
ot currants growing upon a naked, slender stem 
Uve feet high is—well, to use an entirely orig¬ 
inal expression—a thing or beauty.A Ger¬ 
man lady says“ Beware of the one black sheep 
that Is almost certain lo steal In among any large 
llOCk Of girls.” This Item properly belongs under 
our Hheep Husbandry department. The 
Druggists’ Crcu lar gives an Instance or poisoning 
by Poke-root—Phytolacca decandra.Large 
beds of Sweet Williams, as the London Garden re¬ 
marks, are really grand. Those who know only 
ot the old kinds of this plant, will be pleased with 
the newer strains.We are always gratified 
to see our friends at. the Rural office and often re¬ 
gret that our time does not permit us to give 
them me attention wo desire to do. Of all days 
In the week, we are the least engaged on Wed¬ 
nesday and could consequently enjoy their calls 
upon that day with less Interruption than upon 
any ot the others. Have many of our read¬ 
ers cultivated tlie improved strains of Chinese 
Pinks; of Picotees and Carnations? They are 
among the most pleasing aud Interesting of our 
border or house plants and amoug the most val¬ 
uable for both Summer and Winter bouquets. 
our respected friend. Air. Warner, knowing that 
a melon is ripe when It comes off the stem easily, 
soliloquizes thus:—“ You can tell when people are 
ripe by thetr willingness to let go. Jtiehness and 
ripeness are not exactly the same. The lich are 
apt to hang to the stein with tenacity. I have 
nothing against the rich. If I were virtuous, 1 
should like to be rich. But we cannot have 
everything, as the man said when he was down 
with small pox and cholera and the yellow-fever 
camp into the neighborhood.”.Mr. Charles 
Darwin is still hale and hearty, though seventy 
years of age. We have not heard from him lately, 
but It may be presumed that he Is not Idle. Let 
us hope he has work In hand that when published 
will again set Ilio world to thinking and Investi¬ 
gating as have his researches in years past. 
CATALOGUES, ETC., RECEIVED. 
Purdy's .small Fruit Instructor, a book of ti4 
pages, well filled with plain and ample Instruc¬ 
tions. in tact this little book, the price of which 
is hut 25 cents, contains all needed information 
respecting the topics of which It treats and Is just 
as valuable lu the hands of the average small- 
fruitgrower as other works wntch cost four times 
as much. A. At. Purdy, Palmyra, N. Y., is the 
author and publisher. 
Agricultural, Botanical and Chemical Result.! 
of Expetlmeuts on the Allxed Herbage of Perman¬ 
ent Meadow, conducted tor more than 20 years In 
succession on the same laud. By J. B. Lawes, L. 
L. D , F. R. S„ F. C. S„ and J. II. Gilbert, Ph. D., 
F. R. H., F. C. s. 
Also Alemoranda of the origin, plan and Results 
of the Field and other Kxpeilniems conducted on 
the Farm and In the Laboratory of John Rennet 
Lawes, at Uothamsted. These important works 
will he referred to more at lengt h In luture num¬ 
bers. 
quarterly Retort of the Kansas State Board 
ot Agriculture for quarter ending June 30, isso. 
J. K. Hudson, Secretary. Topeka, Kansas. An 
important feature of the Report Is the artlele on 
sorghum growing. 
Nim u Rkuort of the state Entomologist on the 
noxious and beneficent lusects of Illinois, con¬ 
taining the Fourth Annual Report, by Cyrus 
Thomas, State Entomologist. 
Eighth Annual Rkuort ot the Wisconsin Dairy¬ 
men's Association, complied by D. w. Curtis. Sec¬ 
retary. 
Thirty-eighth Annual Catalogue of the Mis¬ 
souri University at Columbia, Mo. 
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$25 in Doctor's visits, will do you less good than 
one bottle of Hop Bitters. 
