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Who hears of the President Garfield Toma¬ 
to now# And what a splurge it made in 1882! 
There are many grand varieties of the 
clematis, but if we could have but one it 
would be Jackmanii. 
Which do you like better, sorghum-seed 
cakes or buckwheat cakes?.. 
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for the milker; a rubber tube keeps the f unncl always 
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RURAL SPECIAL REPORTS 
California. 
Lemoobe, Tulare Co., Feb. 7.—Wheat is 
looking fine. Almond trees are in bloom; 
pastures look fine, and we have all signs of a 
good year, with splendid crops. o». h. w. 
Dakota. 
Vermillion, Clay Co., Feb. 11.—Just now 
farmers are busy “gettiug up wood,” as they 
express it. In Vermillion one man has a thou¬ 
sand cords standing, ready for sale. A gen¬ 
tleman from Potsdam, N. Y., visiting here, 
says: “They say Dakota has uo wood. I never 
saw so much anywhere before.” People come 
from 20 to 30 miles away, to utilize the great 
ice bridges. On our farm we are cutting wood 
which is 24 inches in diameter. Every farm 
has a grove of Cottonwood, Soft Maple, and 
Box Elder. We intend to cultivate small fruits, 
to supply the home markets. Our apple trees 
bore last year several bushels of a good Win¬ 
ter apple, name unknown. Hyslop does well 
here. Lowest temperature, 34 deg mrs. .r. b. 
Kansan. 
Bloomington, Osborne Co., Feb. 12.—We 
have had a fine Winter; but little snow, and 
less than the average amountof cold weather. 
We are having our severest snap at present. 
Wheat looks well; none killed out yet, aud 
prospects for a good crop excellent. Red 
Winter wheat, 70 cents; corn, 32 cents; rye, 
30 cents; oats, 25 to SO cents. We are expect¬ 
ing a hig immigration in the Spring, more 
especially from Iowa, where the crops last 
year were failures. j, w. m. 
Fort Scott, Bourbon Co., Feb. 1.—We are 
having fine warm weather: frost nearly all 
out of the ground. Have not had over seven 
inches of snow, all told, this Winter, t. g. c. 
Michigan. 
Bio RAriDS, Mecosta Co., Feb. 10.—The only 
crop worth speaking of with me was the apple. 
My orchard had produced good crops the two 
years before, and I was only looking for a 
supply for our own use; but auother good 
crop was given us, and they sold readily at 
$1.30 per bush, ou the farm. I think the 
Rural improves with every year of its age. 
It certainly is the best fanner’s paper I know 
of, and cheap. Success to it I i. w. c. 
.Missouri. 
Eldon, Miller Co , Feb 11.— January came 
in cold and stormy, and during the first week 
kept getting colder every day until Saturday 
when the thermometer reached the lowest 
point for a number of years. The mouth con¬ 
tinued cold aud stormy until the 28tb, when 
it moderated, aud siuce tlieu we have had a 
geueral thaw out ; the snow is all gone, and 
the roads are impassable. Peaches are all 
dead. Wheat was covered with a deep layer 
of snow, and bo far as I can judge, was not 
injured. Unsheltered stock, of course, suffered 
severely during the cold, stormy weather. 
With this exception, farmers were well pre¬ 
pared for Winter, N. j. a. 
Nebraska. 
Madison, Madison Co., Feb. 9.—Thiscouuty 
is situated 30 miles north of the main line of 
the Union Pacific R.lt., has a. railroad 
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RURAL SEED REPORTS. 
Connecticut. 
Greenwich, Fairfield Co.—My Blush Po 
tato did not yield as well as some that I have 
seen reported in the Rural, but I would not 
take $5 for what I have if I could not replace 
them. My Shoe-peg Coru I know nothing 
about; as far up as I was able to see without 
the aid of telescope, there were no ears; wbat 
there might have been above I am not able to 
say, but there was a pile of fuel in it when I 
chopped it down in the Fall. w. h. n. 
Dakota. 
Vermillion, Clay Co.—We moved here 
late. Some of the free seeds did not have a 
fair trial. The Perfection Melon was perfec¬ 
tion ! The muskmelou was delicious—so sweet 
and green! two qualities that, with its fine 
flavor, removed it far above other muskmel- 
ons. W e only planted three hills of potatoes; 
the result was all large potatoes, weighing 57 
pounds iu all; but we found that our Snow¬ 
flakes, the same size, were much heavier and, 
we thought, more mealy. Then the Blush 
spread badly in the hills: some were out two 
feet from the stalks. We shall test them more 
thoroughly this year. Our Garden Treasures 
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MANURE 
Prices Eeincei. — Standard Maintained. 
The j! lass. JLnayteetor-’s 1 
valuations of these Met- f Ai. rn 
Hurts for the past seven A W4,0U 
years . average, iter ton, 5 
The form ot plant food has as much 
Influence upon die yield and quality of 
crops as the amount. These Manures 
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best adapted to each crop or ciass of 
crops, combined in the right propor¬ 
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on potatoes, vegetables, corn, grass, &c. 
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FERTILIZERS 
$75 PREMIUM. 
£50 to the farmer raising the largest crop of pota- 
£>W this ^?|“L w PJ ae ^» B i r ac, ‘* manured with 
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4 Hit* bushels poml potatoes raised on one-half 
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till the vines were dead and dry. The hens 
had dug into some of the hills and taken out 
some of the tubers. However, I have 40 
pounds of nice-sized potatoes. I don’t l,ke 
the straggling in the hill, nor do I think they 
are any earlier or better potato than the W. 
Elephant. The Sboe-peg Corn was a total 
failure; so were the wheats, but the season 
was a veiy unfavorable one. j. w. c. 
Missouri. 
Martinsburg, Audrian Co.—Blush Potato, 
cut iu seven pieces, yielded 28pouuds of large,' 
fine potatoes; common cultivation, without 
manure. Shoe-peg Corn grew well and ma¬ 
tured, but is not equal to my common corn. 
Niagara Grape seeds grew well. The longest 
vine was a little over three feet. Melon seeds 
grew, but were destroyed by hail in the fore 
part of the season. Flower seeds did remark¬ 
ably well. A . T . M . 
Ohio. 
Delphos, Allen Co.—My small Blush Po¬ 
tato had eight eyes and was planted iu eight 
bills, and yielded 23.V pounds of nice tubers. 
The Shoe-peg Corn did well and was carefully 
saved for seed. Melons a failure, on account 
of the little striped bug and a little white 
worm about one-eighth of an inch in length, 
that worked in the roots. Some of the Garden 
Treasures did well; others did not come up. 
Eight vines from the grape seeds. d. w. d. 
Tennessee. 
Morristown, Hamilton Co.—1 cut my 
ounce Blush Potato into eight pieces, aud 
planted one piece in a hill, using no fertilizer, 
cultivated flat, and dug Ifi pounds one ounce 
of very flue potatoes. Only two of the Niag¬ 
ara Grape seeds grew, making viues about 15 
inches long. The corn and other seeds were 
almost a failure, probably the result of pro¬ 
tracted drought in the latter part of the 
season. p. j. 
Wisconsin. 
Fond nu Lac, Fond du Lac Co.—From my 
two little Blush Potatoes I dug 65 good oues 
fit to eat aud 10 small ones good to plant. The 
Shoe-peg Corn was too late. The Centennial 
Wheat did not head out; it was green, like 
grass, all Summer, We had a very wet 
season. j <* 
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address WILLIAM IL WILLIAMS, 
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BRIGHAM 
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N , Y. 
running 
through it from south to north, and auother 
from east to west. The land Ls principally 
slightly rolling; soil mostly black loam , aud 
excellent for corn, potatoes, and almost all 
kinds of cereals. There is little vacant lund 
still in the market, but improved lands eau 
be procured at comparatively low figures. 
The poorer farmer* are selling out and moving 
west, and a more thrifty class of farmers from 
Iowa, Illinois aud the Eastern States are tak¬ 
ing their places. A good quarter section (1(50 
acres) can be had at from $1,000 to $4,000. ac¬ 
cording to locality and improvements. Crops 
last year were generally excellent. The corn 
crop was large but did not mature well, owing 
to the lateness of the season and wet Fall 
weather. Markets are good here. t. m. b. 
Ohio. 
Middletown Butler Co., Feb. 11.—We 
have had an unusual amount, of rain aud con¬ 
sequent high waters during the first ten days 
of February—a fair duplicate of last Febru¬ 
ary. The Ohio River, at this writing, only 
lacks about two feet of attaining the highest 
point reached last year,; aud all the minor 
We will guarantee the “LOVELL” W.* >HEK to 
do better work and do it easier and ir ess time 
than any other machine in the world. Warranted for 
five years, and if it don'6 wash the clothes clean with¬ 
out rubbing, we will refund the money. 
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are making from $75 to $150 per month. Farmers 
make $200 to $500 during the winter Ladies have 
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■ avWfnrtory, repay +11 <u?trnx«& | 
y"Vj No. 43 Buggy (see eut) is Just U 
l—«r the earzm is others sell »t $ 130. 
R_ Top Binaries at SON). hue as A/\ Xf 
p usually t-ohl for S135 to {util. I 7-^aJV 
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Leather* single. sS.otito'JO. IL-’/pe 
Kvery thing fullj warranted. Be- Aw 1/ 
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isale Prices. ITi$I^SSS» 
No, 42. Twa^hiril StlffCT 
