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said if it had been our other team, everything 
would have been broken to pieces. We had 
two little colts last Spring, but one got down 
a hole in the side of the well in the pasture, 
and was choked to death. We have a per. 
horse that we call Doll; my two sisters, 
brother and myself can all ride her at once. 
Next Sunday I will be 10 years old, 
Butler Co. f la. katie mcdonald. 
LYes, without doubt the coal-gas in the 
room injured the plants, and probably caused 
the lea ves to drop from them. The worms 
you speak of will do no harm, cycle mark.] 
Utaur §?utrlicatt 0 tt 0 
NOTES BY UNCLE MARK 
jfmptcment# and SUadiiimy 
Many thanks to Wilbur F. Saxton for his 
portrait. I have found a place lor it in the 
records of the Youths’ Horticultural Club. 
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The photograph of a Blush Potato, sent me 
by George W. Vibber, is an excellent one, for 
which he will please accept my thanks. 
Dear Uncle Mark : — believe I promised 
to write and tell you the result of my garden¬ 
ing. I had about live bushels of Early Rose 
and two bushels of White Elephant Potatoes. 
From the 3H0 turnip plants. 1 got three bushels 
of turnips, and from the hit cabbages I got 5(1 
heads. As it was a poor season and the worms 
troubled them, they did not do very well. I 
tried ashes on some of them, and I think they 
did better than the others. The tomatoes and 
peppers were killed by earl y frost, and only a 
few ripened. The radishes and encumbers 
did not amount to much. L raised one bushel 
of beets, and all the lettuce and squashes we 
wanted to eat I also grew one limskmelon. 
The Niagara Grape-vines have done pretty 
well. 
Our Winter term of school begins Monday, 
and I expect to attend We have got two lit¬ 
tle pigs. We had quite a hard snow storm 
the 1st of November. E am interested in read¬ 
ing the letters from the cousins, but can think 
of nothing very interesting to write. This 
from your nephew, hoy a. taylor. 
Alleghany Co., N. Y. 
[You are beginning right. Keep on and you 
will make a first-class farmer some day. 
UNCLE MARK.] 
I desire to know just who do, and do not 
wish to continue as members of the Youths’ 
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There are many hundred uarnes on the list, 
but some of the persons named are never 
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would send his or her name and address, in 
full, with age, on a postal to Uncle Mark, 
Rural New-Yorker, N. Y. Please seud 
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LETTERS FROM COUSINS 
Dear Uncle Mark;—I have been learning- 
how to raise chickens all hy myself, so I 
thought I would toll the Cousins of my success. 
Thanks to A. B. C, Salmon and others for in¬ 
formation so kindly given. I succeeded finally 
in raising two broods of chickens ” by band.” 
and they did not give me nearly as much trou¬ 
ble as 1 thought they would. As soon as they 
were hatched, I put them in small boxes in the 
kitchen, and fed them hard-boiled eggs, bread¬ 
crumbs and warm milk, and they grew finely, 
and seemed to look more plump aud nice than 
those that ran with the hens, though if i raise 
any more, i shall not keep them in the house, 
as they get so tame there is no keeping them 
out, 
I have raised some geraniums from seed 
and find them very easy to grow, and very 
interesting. They came up in five days from 
planting, and grew very fast. The seed can 
be bought, at almost any seed-store, fora dime. 
I have a Morn mg Glory iu bloom in my win¬ 
dow, and it is very beautiful, it stays in bloom 
all day if it does not get too much sun. I also 
have portulacas grown from slips, iu full 
bloom, thanks to the Rural for the sugges¬ 
tion. By careful attention it is surprising 
how gay a window can be made to look with 
the commonest plants. 
I promised to tell some of the “Cousins” 
how we kept our house plants from freezing in 
Michigan where it gets very cold, and I will 
tell them all as it may benefit some cue. 
Our plant stand was made with six or 
seven shelves like stair steps, and on cold 
nights the plants were taken from the upper 
shelves, and set on the floor under the stand. 
Then a blanket or two (or a “comfortable” will 
do as welll, were pinned carefully round the 
whole stand, leaving no place for air to get in. 
A lamp then turned down very low, and set 
on the floor underneath, will prevent the 
plants from freezing on the coldest nights, aud 
they will keep as green aud fresh as they can 
be kept in any place. I think the bottom heat 
is an advantage to the plants. Of course 
great care should be taken that the lamp be 
properly filled and trimmed, and that nothing 
hang directly over it. 1 think any one who 
trys this plan carefully, will be well satisfied 
with the result; of course it makes some 
trouble, but I never can have any thing nice, 
without more or less care, and sometimes 
more. Lois Wurts. 
Corvel Co., Texas. 
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Dear Uncle Mark; — l thought I would 
write you n letter and toll you something 
aliout the Stock Fair at Newton, 'i’here were 
horses, sheep, pigs, ducks, chickens, one Short- 
horn-Durham bull wliich weighed 2,000 
pounds, another which weighed 1,935 pounds, 
and one Devon bull which weighed at three 
months old 000 pounds. Among the cows 
werejtwo Durhams that weighed 1.000 pounds. 
On going down to Newton, we got up at 12 P. 
M., aud went to the barn, and got out the 
cattle, and to the pig-pen, where «*• got two 
Yorkshire pigs and one Berkshire. By that 
time it was 2 o’clock, so we started. When 
we got there nobody was to be seen, but by 
10 o'clock the streets were crowded. One 
large Essex boar weighed 500 and a Berkshire 
boar weighed 300 pounds. I had five Perfec¬ 
tion Watermelons there that weighed alto¬ 
gether 110 pounds. They weighed 25, 24. 22. 
20 and 19 pounds respectively. If you ever 
come South you are welcome to our house any¬ 
time. Yours truly, Walter j. shuford. 
Catawba Co., N. C. 
[Many thanks for your kind invitation. 
Wouldn't you be surprised to see uie call on 
you some day ?— Uncle Mark.1 
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The State of Michigan lias more than 4,.vio miles ol 
railroads and 1.000 miles of Lake transportation, 
schools and ciiurelicti In every county, public build- 
lugs nil paid for, aud no debt. Its soil and climate 
combine to produce large crops and It Is the best 
fruit state lu the Northwest. .Scleral million acres 
of unoccupied anil fertile lands are yet In the market 
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to the I'OMM'hnF I Mil kiuatiun, Drtroit, Micu. 
Dear Uncle Mark: — I take plcu.sure in 
sending you a few small packages of seeds of 
my varieties of flowers I will give you the 
names of some of them; some of the kinds 
are unknowu to me. The poppy is a large, 
dark-red, double variety which grows about 
two feet high The verbena is a lovely flower; 
it is a spreading plant, and should be planted 
about four feet apart. T he pinks are trom 
the Rural pinks, and will bloom the first 
year. The Sweet William will bloom the 
second year. T lie Lady Greeu is a white 
flower, set. in green fibers, and is aliout a foot 
high. The Morning Glory is a climbing 
(lower. The petunia is a spreading plant) 
aud blooms continually until frost kills if 
The Touch me not or Forget-me not, grows 
in a bushy stock, and is red and white. The 
Snow-on-the-mountain grows about two feet 
high, uud has green and white leaves The 
little brown bean is a yard bean; the big 
bean is a flower-bearer. Your niece, 
JULIA STEPPE. 
[Many thanks.— uncle mark ] 
PREMIUM LIST 
RURAL NEW-YORKER 
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Ozark Plateau, In Soinlo rn Ceiilml Missouri Eiyht 
Jlours from St. Ixttiiz, illous l lit- line of I lie St. Louis & 
Suu Francisco R. It, comiirlxlnK Wheal. Corn, Flax. 
Blue-grass. Tobacco, nil kinds of Fruit, and Superior 
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-M Erie SI., BUFFALO. N. Y. 
THEY WILL BE SENT PROMPTLY TO 
ALL WHO APPLY. 
Dear Uncle Mark: 1 received the seeds 
you sent us, and papa and mamma helped to 
separate and plant, them. A good many gi’ew, 
but the early frost came aud killed the seeds 
before they ripened. The Shoe-peg Corn 
grew very tall, but the frost came and killed 
it; but papa saved a few good ears for seeds 
for next, year. A few days ago. while papa 
was going to the coin-field, lie saw two 
wolves aud lie called the dog, but they were 
not afraid of him. Mamma’s plants all froze 
last Winter, but. some came up again from 
the roots; she has 4fi now. Three or four 
weeks ago nearly all the leaves lei) off; 
mamma did uot know what was the matter, 
unless it was the gas from the coal-stove. 
Would the gas have that effect on them? Are 
fishing - worms injurious to pot-plants? 
Mamma found one of the pots full the other 
day. School is closed now, and I don’t know 
when it is going to commence agaiu, We 
have about 150 chickens. Two weeks ago to¬ 
night our team got, away while papa and 
mamma were at an oyster supper. Papa 
started out to find it; he came home, where 
he found the horses backed up against the 
hay-stack; there was nothing broken. Papa 
FARM TO LEASE 
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Address 
Dear Uncle Mark: —My father has taken 
the Rural several years, and likes it very 
much I read the children’s letters aud like 
them very much, We live iu Coventry, ou 
my Grandpa Fairchild’s place. Wo have nine 
cows, nine sheep (four of them are mine), aud 
six horses, three of which are colts. One of 
our old horses 1 can ri.'e; her name is Kitty. 
J go to School this term, and like my teacher 
very much. For pets 1 have a ouuary bird, a 
mouse, u pair of bantams, and a dog that 
came to me on my birtb-day, whose name is 
Shepherd. I huve two grandpas. One is 77 
yeai-s old and the other is 75 years old. 
From your little friend, 
Covontry. an.vie e. fairoh ild. 
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