SEPT. 48 
627 
THE RURAL NEW-YORKER 
as If we had had moisture enough to carry the 
crop triumphantly through. Some ascribe 
the falling off to drought and others to tlie 
chinch bugs; the latter cover the cornstalks. 
I am Inclined to think the shortage is not be¬ 
cause wo have not had rain enough during the 
season to make the crop, but because our ramB 
have not entered the ground fifteen inches 
lor two years, and thus, while we have hyd 
rains enough to make a crop ordinarily, Ike 
subsoil has been too dry to afford sustenance 
to the plant during a moderately diy time. 
The corn is, on the table lands, chaffy ; on the 
bottom lauds, pretty good. The crop will be 
three-fourths of a full crop. J. b. 
Maine, Brooks, Waldo Co., August 30.— 
Drought of great severity prevails. Water is 
very scarce aud feed drying up. Hay was bet¬ 
ter than the average. Grain was not quite up 
to an average. Corn is lookiug excellent. Po¬ 
tatoes are very promising, The beetles, how¬ 
ever, have been very troublesome. Only per¬ 
sistent picking or poisoning has saved the 
crop. Fruit will be a fair crop. Dairy inter¬ 
ests are not extending. There will be immense 
crops in our new settlements aud in Aroostook 
County. Sheep are extensively kept; flocks 
of 100 and upward arc common. Maine offers 
great inducements lor sheep farming, with its 
cheap lands and healthful climate, good water 
and grand grass soil. The State fair will he 
held at Lewiston, Sept- 21-34, with a favorable 
outlook. Hay is $12 to $15 per ton; beef, 4 to 
5c.; lambs, $3; eggs, 15c ; hotter, 15 to 17c.; 
pork, 6 to 7c.; corn, 58 to 65c.; wheat, $1 to 
$1,25; beans, $2; peas, $1; cheese, 10 to 12c. 
.1. W. L. 
Mich., Montgomery, Hillsdale Co., Aug. 31. 
—Wheat did not come up to our expectations 
on account of the hot weather just before har¬ 
vest. Cora will not be over two-thirds of a 
crop. Oata were very light. Apples are an 
extra-floe crop. c. h. e. 
Neb., Iowa Ridge, Saunders Co., Aug. 30.— 
The harvest is over with us, and thrashing 
machines can be seen around at worx. Corn 
is looking quite good, but a great portion of it 
is very late on account of dry weather. Every¬ 
thing has suffered from want of rain ; but dur¬ 
ing the past week it has done nothing but pour. 
It has improved the looks of the gardens and 
will help the corn. We have a great curiosity 
in the shape of a greeu snake cucumber. When 
measured three days ago it was five feet long 
aud 7i inches in diameter and still growing. 
It is coiled up like a snake and startles a per¬ 
son when he first 6ees it. l. e. r. 
Neb , Momenoe, Fillmore Co., August 31.— 
We have had splendid harvest weather. It 
was somewhat too dry tor three weeks, so that 
we feared tho corn wouid not make a full 
crop; but now we are having pleDty of rain 
every other day. Wheat turned out lighter 
than was expected, owing to the great number 
of green heads among it. Flowing is easy 
woi k now. By the way, that man who didn’t 
succeed m killing the potato beetles with Lon- 
dou-purplo must have got some badly adul¬ 
terated stuff. The use of it didn’t kill our 
potato vines, but one application exterminated 
all the potato beetles. j. o. 
Nova Scotia, Petite Riviere, Lunenburg 
Co., Sept. 2. — Owing to long-continued 
drought the hay crop in all the western coun¬ 
ties of this province is only about half the 
usual quantity. Spring wheat is pretty good— 
the weevil is in some. Winter wheat is not 
sown here. A considerable quantity of rye is 
sown here ou burnt laud; it looked well stand¬ 
ing ; but tbe kernels are small. Barley is the 
grain mostly depended on here aud will be a 
full average crop. Oi potatoes, a great quan¬ 
tity of good ones is grown in this county. 
They are yielding well this year—no rot as 
yet; uo beetles up to this lime, but I dare say 
they will soon And us out, as they arc in other 
parts of the province. Of corn only a very 
small quantity is grown here. There is not 
much fruit of auy kind except apples, of which 
there will be an average crop, but uot as large 
as last season. A few persons are trying to 
raise grapes and I hear that they succeed very 
well. Very liltlo is done in the way of raising 
tame fruit. We have plenty of wild straw¬ 
berries, raspberries, blackberries, cranberries 
and uiauy others—which can be had for the 
picking, or from two to ten cents per quart. 
The Army worm was here for a short time but 
did very little damage. It was too late in the 
season when it commenced work. About a 
week ago we had a great raiu aud everything 
looks much revived by it. l. w. d. 
Fa., Hosensack, Lehigh Co., Aug. 30.—We 
have a very dry spell at present. Late corn 
will not yield half a crop if we do not get rain. 
Wheat was a medium crop; so was corn. Oats 
were rather light and short in straw on ac¬ 
count of the drought. Potatoes are not as good 
as last year. Hay was a good yield, and the 
second crop iu meadows Is fine. n. e. e. r. 
Utau, G'cnwood, Sevier Co.. Aug 20.— 
Wne»<,Harvest is In lull blast, aud machines 
are busy everywhere, eveu the "Ai mstroug 
Sell Raxe’ (cradle aud Baud rake) is compet¬ 
ing lor tho honors of the field. Some Fall 
wheat that appeared poor this Spring, has 
been thrashed out and gave about 28 bushels 
per acre. The Spring wheat is very well 
headed and will turn out well. Oats are about 
tbe same. Barley iB not raised here to any ex¬ 
tent, though I was told that brewers in Salt 
Lake City import most of their barley. Sev¬ 
eral years ago a large quantity of two-rowed 
barley was shipped from the north of this 
Territory to Chicago for brewiug, and was 
said to be the beat found in the United States. 
Corn Is doing well, and the season has been, 
so far, very favorable, and free from frost. 
Potatoes are setting well. Flour came up as 
high as $4 per hundredweight in July, but 
tho now crop will soon put it down to $2, or 
even $1.50, it is feared. Apples are abundant 
in tbe older settlements, aud there are some 
peaches, grapes, aud plums. Eggs, 12£ cts.; 
Spring chickens, 20cte.; butter, 20cts.; beef, on 
foot, four to five eta ; mutton, five to six cts. 
Freighters realize about double these prices at 
the mines, distant 150 to 200 miles. The mines 
produce a good amount of silver aud gold ; 
but the bulk of it is shipped out of the Terri¬ 
tory, aud 1 believe the potato fields bring us 
more real wealth. w. m. c. 
Wash. Ter., Cedar Creek, Whitman Co., 
Aug. 23.—The Beauty of Hebron potatoes I 
received from the Rural are the finest, best 
and earliest tubers we have. The Culhbert 
raspberries are dead, I don’t thmk the oats 
you seul are a3 good as the oats we have, but 
shall try them agaiu next year. The beets are 
fine—the best I have seen. i. la i> 
Wis., Louisville, Dunn Co., Aug. 30.—Grain 
was all more or less injured by drought. The 
harvest is all done, and stacking nearly so, 
aud thrashing has commenced, but the best 
yield due6 not exceed, for wheat, 14 bushels per 
acre; oats about 50 bushels ; but some yields 
arc as low as four or five for wheat aud 10 for 
oats. Wheat the county through will average 
about 10 aud oats about 35—not more. Corn 
has been injured 25 per cent, from what its 
appearauce indicated a month ago. Potatoes 
are a short crop also, on account of drought. 
New grass seediugs are nearly all a failure, as 
also will be .he clover seed crop. Help is plen- 
liiul, through harvest bauds work at $2. Self- 
binders save ihe demand for help, besides 
doing tho work better. Apples are a good 
crop of crabs—about all we raise here. Amber 
Cane is but little raised—only enough for an 
experiment, there being no mill near here to 
work It up. v. m. s. 
Wis., West Salem, Lacrosse Co , Sept. 1.— 
We had splendid weather for harvesting. 
Wheat, both Winter aud Spring, is alight crop 
—thrashers say from four to ten bushels 
per acre. Early oaLa are good; late, poor. 
Corn is good and so are potatoes and Amber 
Cane. Cane mills are just commencing work. 
Apples, grapes aud most small fruits are good. 
The cabbage worms are destroy lug the cabbage. 
Clover seed is blighted; farmers are cutting 
the clover for hay. h. a. 
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ANSWERS TO CORRESPONDENTS. 
[Every query must be accompanied by tbe name and 
address oi tho writer to insure attention.] 
Poll Evil. 
8. T. J\, Silcott's Springs, Va., has a valua¬ 
ble mare affected with poll evil which has been 
running for six or seven mouths, aud he asks 
for a remedy. 
Ass.—Foil evil Is due to blows or bruises 
caused by the horse suddeuly lifting its head 
aud striking it either against a part of the 
manger, a beam or the ceiling of a low-roofed 
stable, or the lintel of the door Straining 
against the bridle or halter, rubbing ihe poll 
against tbe divisions of the stalls or other ob¬ 
ject, blows from an angry aud brutal driver, 
aud the irritation caused by forcing a small 
collar on a large horse, are all fruitful causes 
of the malady. The evil may exist some time 
beiore auy of the ordinary symptoms become 
manifest. These consist of a painful swelling, 
hot aud tender, about ihe nape, generally in¬ 
clined to one side, marked by a sense of fluc¬ 
tuation under pressure of thefiugoisof each 
hand. This tiucumiou is the more noticeable 
the nearer the seat of the disease may be to 
the surface. The size of the tumor, too, is an 
Indication of the locality of the center of the 
ailment; the more deep-Beaud it is, the 
smaller usually is the swelling- One should 
not wait for the tumor to break of itself, but 
so soon as the matter can he distinctly felt, an 
opening should be made at the lowest point in 
the tuinior, so that all the matter may run out 
as fast as it forms. The opening should be 
made large enough to allow free passage to the 
discharge. Foultices may be used to promote 
the discharge, or a paste made of sugar, soap, 
and powdered blood-root, equal parts, rubbed 
together in a moitar, spread on a eutiou cloth 
and kept on tho tumor by means of a bandage. 
Iu recent eases ihe establis ment of the de¬ 
pendent opening will alone suffice to effect a 
cure. In cases of long standing, however, 
where fistulas have been formed, the passages 
become cartilage-like, and will not close 
together rapidly. In Buch cases a stimulus 
must be applied to the interior, cither in tbe 
Bhapeof aseton tape passed through from end 
to end and left there—and this is the safer 
plan, or by means of chemical injections, 
such as chloride of zinc—one drachm mixed 
with a pint of water and carefully injected 
into every part of the sinuses or pipes, twice 
or thrice a week. It is always safest and 
wisest to obtain the services of a good veter¬ 
inarian to perform operations of this kind. 
Wnrta iu Horses. 
C. O. D., West Liberty , W. Va., asks for 
a remedy for warts on a horse. They have 
been on the animal for five years—mostly on 
the inside of the leg. 
Ans. —There are several ways of removing 
these unsightly excrescences. One way is by 
first picking off the rough outer surface, so as 
to make them bleed, and then rubbing in with 
a stiff brush some yellow opimeut— to be had 
at the druggist’s—wetted with a little water. 
This will cause considerable inflammation, and 
in a few days the wart will drop off. leaving a 
healthy sore which soon heals. Sometimes 
the whole wart does not come oft on the first 
application, in which case a socond must be 
mad s. 01 course, where there are many 
warts, all should not be operated upon at the 
same time, for humanity’s sake. Another way 
is; arm a common suture needle with a double 
ligature, each made of three threads of saddler’s 
twine ; pass the needle through the center of 
the wart close to the skin, tie each part separ¬ 
ately with a surgeon’s kuot, as tightly as pos¬ 
sible; cut the ends off close to the knot, and iD 
a short time the whole will drop off. This for 
a wart with a broad base ; one with a 6mall 
base may generally be removed by tying a 
single ligature round the base. If tbe sore 
does not heal soon, moisten it occasionally 
with tincture of aloes and myrrh; and if it 
shows a tendency to ulcerate, sprinkle it with 
powdered charcoal and blood-root in equal 
partB. This is a slow aud painful process, 
however, aud perhaps the best aud least pain¬ 
ful way is by tbe use of the knife. Take a 
sharp-pointed knife and run the blade through 
the wart or several in succession, with an up¬ 
ward motion, the edge being turned away from 
the skin. Remove the interior of the wart and 
occasionally touch the part with a solution of 
chloride of zinc—one grain to an ounce of 
water. When the wart is of a cartilaginous 
kind, cut it off at the base, and stop the bleed¬ 
ing with tincture of muriate of iron, tincture 
of mastic, or other styptic. W r arts may also 
be removed by the application of butter of 
antimony, or, stronger, by nitrate of silver 
or lunar caustic; or, stronger still, sulphuric 
add, made into a paste with powdered sul¬ 
phur, aud applied bv means of a flat piece of 
wood. 
The Brook*' Telephone. 
A. H. G., Auburn, A r . I'., in Rural of Aug. 
21, asked about our opinion of the Brooks’ 
Telephone, which we gave in accordance with 
our personal experience with one of them. 
Professor Brooks writes to us in this connec¬ 
tion. 
*T am very much surprised at the slighting 
way iu which you refer to my telephone iu 
“ Rural" of August 21, aud it certainly does 
me a great injustice. The telephones you based 
your remarks upon were some of the first 
smalt instruments I made, and are not to be 
compared with tho much larger instruments 
greatly improved iu every way, that I have 
advertised and sold for the past nine months, 
and which are giving the highest satisfaction. 
The wire, too, that I now make and recom- 
rneud is much larger and of copper, aud re¬ 
quires very little attention when once properly 
put up. Not one word of complaint has 
reached me from those using my instruments 
as now made and sold. 
[We were uot aware that the telephone sent 
to us was not the same as that advertised, aud, 
therefore, hasten to make the correction.— 
Eds.] 
Miscellaneous. 
G. E. 8., West Townshend, Vt., asks which 
is the best, cheapest aud most easily under¬ 
stood work on diseases of cattle. 
Ans.— Among the many works published on 
this subject we cannot undertake to decide 
which answers best to the above- conditions. 
It is very doubtful whether any work is the 
best in all these requirements. Law’s Farm¬ 
ers’ Veterinary Adviser, price $3, is perhaps 
the best book for a fanner on diseases of stock 
generally. Clatter’s Cattle Doctor, by Armi- 
tage, is as good a work on diseases of cattle as 
auy we know of—price $6. The first can be 
got directly trOUi Dr. Law, Cornell University, 
Ithaca, N. Y.; the second from the publishers, 
Scribner’s Sons & Co., N. Y. City. We have 
answered similar questions frequently within 
the year. 
M. A, P , Sterling Station, AT. Y., has a 
meadow overgrown with weeds having tall 
stalks crowued by a tuft of yellow flowers, and 
asks whether they are Golden Rods, and how 
o kill them—will shallow plowing thiB Fall 
do so ? 
An8 .~It may be tbe common mullein, Ver- 
baseum Thapsus. This seeds bouutifuliy and 
should be pulled up while young. Plowing 
will kill the present plants. It may be one of 
the Golden Rods. The 6ame may be 6aid of 
this. Our friend should send flowers. 
Westeftester, Westchester Co., N. Y , says 
that he saw frost there on Aug. 16, 17 and 38, 
and askB whether we have heard of auy other 
frosts in that neighborhood this season. 
Ans —Not in that exact vicinity; but in 
“Agricultural News” of Aug 28, under head¬ 
ing of Aug. 23, the RUKALsaye:—“ Just a week 
ago, on August 16, a heavy white frost visited 
most parts of Delaware and Dutchess coun¬ 
ties N. Y. and the Catskill Mountains ;” we 
might also, it seems, have added Westchester 
Co. 
E. 8- 8., Eagle Harbor, N. Y„ asks, 1, is it 
necessary to remove the soil from the inside 
of a cold grapery in renovating the ground, 
or can it be kept iu good condition, and it so, 
how; 2, he got a number of Culhbert Rasp- 
lerries. well packed aud in good condition, yet 
out of 150 planted only 30 grew, and he asks 
the probable cause of the failure. 
Ans.— 1, Yes, by forking in well rotted ma¬ 
nure. 2. If tbe Culhberts were received in 
good order we can offer no explanation of the 
failure. Possibly they were planted too late. 
E. W. K., Glen's Falls, JY. Y. sends three 
apples for name, and sketches of them lest the 
fruit should arrive in a condition too decayed 
for identification. 
Ans. —The apples were received in good 
order, so far as packing was concerned, but 
the} were so decayed that we could not iden¬ 
tify them; neither could we do so by the cuts, 
in view of the j mineuse number of varieties, 
between many of which the differences are too 
slight to be shown by a rough outline. 
I). G. 0 .. Manton, Mich , says a man has been 
traveling through that section selling apple 
trees, who claims that the trees will bear the 
second year after having been set out, and 
every year thereafter. He also says that for 
50 cents he will sell a six-vear-old root with a 
three-year-old budded top, and our inquirer 
asks whether the mun is telling the precise 
truth. 
Ans.—N o, by no means. The fellow’s state¬ 
ments are absurd. 
V. V., Oxford, Ont., Canada, asks, 1, the 
best remedy for mildew on grape vines under 
glass; 2, the best varieties of peaches for home 
use ; 3. tbe latest date at wh ; ch the weight of 
mangels from the Rural's Free Seed Distri¬ 
bution must be sent in to compete for premium. 
Ans.— 1 Sulphur. 2 Early York. George the 
Fourth, Grosso Mignonne, Old Mixon Free, 
Red Cheek Melocoton, Royal George. 3. Any 
time before severe frosts. 
A. J . B., ClarksfieLd, Ohio, has 122 mangels 
from his paper of seed, and as some of them 
are very fine, he wishes to compete for the pre¬ 
mium and ask6 whether it is necessary to weigh 
them immediately. They are growing finely 
now. 
Ans— Certainly not; wait until they are 
ready to be harvested. 
J. D., Lowell, Mich., writes, under date of 
August 12, that he has sent ou a basket of 
seedling peaches for the Rural office, and 
asks our optniou of them. 
Ans. —Those peaches have not been received 
here. 
JD. B., Grundy Center, la., asks who make 
corn buskers. 
Ans _c. H Mallison, Phillips’Spiral Busker, 
a good power busker, Hudson. N. Y.; Jacob 
Vau Z uidt, Schenectady, N, Y., also makes 
a good busker. 
H. if. P., North East, Pa., asks what is the 
best time to shorten the branches of pear, 
peach, apple trees, etc., so that they will put 
forth fruit spurs for another crop. 
Ans. —Early Spring is our choice, 
E. M. C.. New Lisbon, O., asks whether it 
would be advisable to use quick lime on land 
this Fall atter the wheat sown on it is up. 
Ans. —No. 
J. W.B., Union City , Pa., asks when the 
muugels sent out by the Rural must be pulled 
to compete for premium. 
Ans.— Not until trost. 
j. J., Fontana, Kansas, asks whether the 
Eucalyptus globulus will stand Kansas win¬ 
ters. 
Ans.—W e do not think so. 
CoiiiiUNiCAiiONS Received for the week end¬ 
ing Saturday, sett. it. 
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