FEB 9 
THE RURAL NEW-YORKER. 1 
Nebraska. 
Humboldt, Richardson Co., Jan. 14.—This 
portion of Nebraska is thickly settled, there 
being but very little unoccupied land, and 
that is mostly held by speculators. The land 
is of good quality except along the streams, 
where it is rather light and inclined to be 
saudy or gravelly. Improved farms are held 
at from $25 to #50 per acre. The surface of 
the country is rolling prairie except alongthe 
streams, where it i9 more broken. Stock is 
wintering well, and selling at fair prices. 
New corn is worth from 26 cents to 30 cents 
per bushel, according to quality, there being 
much soft corn. Small grain was a fair crop 
this year, E . P . M . 
New York 
Eagle Hakbor, Orleans Co., Jan. 15.— 
Weather since January 1 cold and stormy; 
on the 4th, four degrees below zero; on the 
8 th it began to snow, and has continued doing 
so most of the time; snow about two feet on 
the level. Produce rather low: wheat, 90 
cents bo §1; coni, 05 cents; all Western corn, 
as our crop here was an entire failure, owing 
to cold and wet. Barley, 60 to 65 cents; 
beans, prime, #1.80 to $2; oats,'40 cents; not a 
bushel of clover seed was raised in our county. 
Hay, #8 to #10 per ton; pork, $7 to $8; beef, 
#7 to #8 a side per 100 pounds. Growing 
wheat is in good, fair condition, and about a 
fair amount has been sowed. e. 8 . s. 
Ohio. 
Rogersville, Tuscarawas Co., Jan 18.— 
I bad the best corn crop I ever raised, and the 
neighbors say the best about here. It was all 
planted on high ground, and the frost in Sep¬ 
tember did uot reach it. 1 plowed under 
clover that had laid like a carpet all over the 
ground during Winter, and what I couldn’t 
plow under I burned. I noticed that the clov¬ 
er plowed under was better for the corn than 
the ashes of what, had been burnt; as the 
ears were larger on the land where the clover 
had been turned under, and they were all full 
to the tip. The soil is clayey. T. m. 
Canal Junction, Stark Co., Jan. 18.—Last 
year we had the poorest corn crop yet harvest¬ 
ed, and farmers owning farms worth $100per 
acre are buying corn. Oats were a very good 
crop; so was hay. Some farmers had good 
crops of wheat; and others scarcely any at all. 
We had no snow to cover the wheat last Win¬ 
ter, but wheat went into Winter this season 
in a nice condition and has a foot or more of 
snow on it now. I like the Rural the best of 
all uiv papers for its fearlessness in exposing 
frauds and*poor fruits and for not dealing in 
anything and using its paper to advertise it. As 
soon as a paper does that it will lose a good 
deal of its support. G, h. 
.North Jackson, Mahoning Co., Jan. 21.— 
The past season has uot been very flattering 
for the fanners of this 'section 
The wheat was planted last Fall,and about one- 
eighth came up. The flower seeds grew and 
were pretty. I have 13 grape vines, and the 
best celery I ever grew. My North Star 
Potato was a splendid crop. t. a. 
Dakota. 
Miner Co. —The Shoe-peg Corn did not ma¬ 
ture. Last Fall we had 27 vines of the Niag¬ 
ara Grape, which were laid down and cov¬ 
ered, The wheat was badly mixed. The 
flower seeds were appreciated. The Rural 
is indispensable in our family, and we are 
eager for every paper that comes. G. h. i, 
Indiana. 
Noblesvtlle, Hamilton Co.—The Shoe- 
peg Corn was a failure. The Blush Potato 
was a grand success. From the seed of two, 
the size of small hickory nuts, I raised a half 
bushel of nice tubers. Grape seeds did not 
grow; cause, ignorauce. I am well pleased 
with Rural New-Yorker. s, h. c. 
New York. 
Aura, Greene Co.—My two Blush Potatoes 
were cut into 13 pieces, one eye to a piece, 
and planted one foot apart in the row; yield, 
26 pounds of nice tubers. w. h. l. 
West Junius, Seneca Co.—There were 11 
eyes in my Blush Potato, which was planted 
one eye in a hill, yielding 35 pounds, or at the 
rate of 250 bushels per acre: tillage common 
field culture. e. w. m. 
Ohio. 
Rogersville, Tuscarawas Co.—We have 
only two Niagara Grape seedling that 
grew and sprouted. I planted my very small 
Blush Potatoes, one eye in a place alongside of 
some Early Ohio and Clark’s No. 1. The sea¬ 
son was very dry, especially about the time 
of blooming My Blush was about four to 
five days later in blooming than the others; 
Clark’s No. 1 and Early Ohio died off before 
they were ripe and my Blush stayed green 
with very thick stems until frost in Septem¬ 
ber. I have 100 tubers, 18 quite small, very 
fair; weight, 20 pouuds. The Shoe-peg Corn 
is too late. I had corn of my own three weeks 
earlier. No one could buy my Blush Potatoes 
and Rcrax wheat for the amount of my last 
t wo years’ subscription to the Rural ; so here 
is success to the paper! t. m. 
Oregon. 
Shkdd, Lynn Co.— My Rural seeds came 
too late to do well. I planted all, but the sea¬ 
son was so dry that the flowers and grape 
seeds did not grow. The little Blushes did 
well. I got 72 pounds. The Centennial Wheat 
was not planted. The Shumaker Wheat 
yielded 21 pounds; F.-C. Wheat four pounds; 
Surprise Wheat, four heads. d. a. d. 
Pennsylvania. 
Centerville, Crawford Co.—My Blush 
Potato, with 10 eyes, was planted one eye in a 
hill; yield 57 pounds; five largest, "^pounds. 
GROSH OR SUMMER RAMBO APPLE. 
HOWSLEY’S LADYFINGER APPLE. 
Cora was a 
very poor crop; wheat half a crop; oats and 
hay were pretty good; potatoes a fair crop. 
We hud a very late Spring and cold Summer, 
and frosts came early. Prices at present are: 
Wheat, $1.05; corn, 70 cents; oats, 45 cents; 
hay, $9. j. G . 
Texas. 
Austin, Jan. 2.—I have been in Southern 
Texas during the last 11 months, and traveled 
over two-thirds of it. No northern or any 
other man in moderate circumstances has any 
business there whatever, as it is no farming 
country, nor will it ever be, lacking rainfall 
and flowing streams for irrigation. To ein- 
hark in the stock business requires large capi¬ 
tal. From small herds no money can be made 
in that country. It takes from three to 
twelve acres to keep one steer in good, fat 
condition; the same is the ease with homes. 
Labor is about like in the North a-s far as 
wages are concerned, yet the inconveniences 
which u person has to put up with cannot be 
imagined by men iu old settled communities. 
Mail facilities especially are very bad. The 
climate is superb, especially.' [for people 
affected with lung troubles. 1 speak more es- 
pecially of the country along the Rio Grande 
for a distance of from 100 to 200 miles wide, 
and from the Gulf to the Rocky Mountains. 
The northern and eastern portions of Texas 
are altogether different. Men who have seen 
these sections and the southern part all unite 
in saying there is no comparison between 
them. The northern part is good farming 
land (for black, waxy land! but I do not 
think the climate as good as that of Southern 
Texas. Next week 1 return to Southern Texas 
to be gone six mouths longer, with headquar¬ 
ters at Laredo, Webb County: then good bye 
Texas, forever. Missouri is good enough for 
me - A. W. 8. 
Fairview, Erie Co., Pa.—My two small 
Blush Potatoes were cut to one-eye pieces, 
and planted about June 20th and dug October 
20th. Yield 48 pounds 11 ounces, or 150 tu¬ 
bers. The Shoe-peg Corn, planted June 2, 
grew' very large. One dozen ears ripeued suf¬ 
ficiently for seed. Of the grape seeds, 25 
grew from 3 to 10 inches in bight; they are 
now covered with evergreen boughs and dirt 
for Winter protection. Melons failed. Rural 
Wheat failed as Spring wheat, but I have tried 
some as Winter wheat. w. h. r. 
(Tl)f (Querist 
RED CEDAR APPLE, 
(Every query must be accompanied by the uame 
and address of the writer to insure attentlon.1 
BLOATING IN CATTLE. 
E. H., Fort Collins, Col .—One of my cows 
got bloated after feeding on Alfalfa hay; as 
soon as I noticed her condition I started to the 
house to get her medicine; but when I got 
back she was dead: what would have saved 
her ? Where cau an instrument for piercing 
bloated cattle be obtained ? 
Ans.—T here is no way of preventing bloat¬ 
ing when cattle are feeding either upon Al¬ 
falfa or clover, as the beasts overeat under 
certain conditions. When their digestive or¬ 
gans are a little out of order, or when they eat 
too heartily.the rank herbage, not being quick¬ 
ly digested, ferments in the paunch and pro¬ 
duces gas, the pressure of which closes all es¬ 
cape for it, and unless promptly relieved the 
animal will die. In such a case as the above, re¬ 
lief might have beeu afforded at once by punc¬ 
turing the stomach through the side where the 
swelling was most prominent. An instrument 
is made expressly for this purpose known as a 
troclmr and cauula, being a sharp-pointed 
steel pin about six inches long, having a pro¬ 
per handle and fitting into a brass tube which 
covers all but the sharp point, and which has a 
sort of cup at the top which prevents it from 
going too far. The instrument is thrust 
RURAL SEED REPORTS, 
Canada. 
Falkland, Brand Co.—My Blush Potato 
was planted in 11 hills. I (lug 17^’ pounds of 
tubers. The Shoe-peg Corn was a failure. 
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