accord with a remark or so made by one in bis 
employ........ 
When Mr. T. F. Baker, of New Jersey, 
applies chemical fertilizers alone, he uses one 
ton and over to the acre. By manuring in 
this way, and by deepening bis soil with a 
subsoil plow, he says he has increased bis farm 
receipts from $1,750 to $7,300 for one year 
from sales alone. 
When it is considered that beets require 
only about 70 days in which to mature from 
the seed; radishes, 50 days; tomatoes, 55 days; 
lettuce, 45 days, etc., it will be seen that fer¬ 
tilizers to help these crops must be very sol¬ 
uble.... 
Don't suppose that you can jam the roots 
of fruit trees into small holes of poor soil, and 
have them do well. Unless you are willing bo 
do the work thoroughly, and to give them a 
fertile soil, better not plant fruit trees at all.. 
Consult files of the Rural to determine 
what grapes, as well as what small and large 
fruits to plant. We have given lists during 
the past year for every part of this country 
and Cauada, aud such lists can not be repeated 
in a single issue.... 
J. J. THOMAS, the noted pomologist of Uuion 
Springs, N. Y., remarked before the W. N. 
Y. H. S , that he had the Worden, Pough¬ 
keepsie Red and several other varieties of 
grapes and, in walking among his vines, he 
almost always puts his hands upon the Worden. 
G. O. Atwood said that upon the same trel¬ 
lis it would ripen a week earlierthan the Con¬ 
cord. Try the Worden, Rural readers..,.;. 
Mr. W. C. Barry stated that the Amber 
Queen Grape is one of the best in quality, but 
the clusters are poor. Pres. Barry has never 
seen any of Miner’s Seedlings that he thought 
much of. Mr. Lewis remarked that they are 
too foxy, and iueliued to drop as soou as ripe. 
We doubt if Mr. Lewis has ever seen a true 
Victoria. It is foxy, however ... 
The Farm Journal asks how it would do to 
have an experiment station for testing the 
“ agricultural papers’’ (and religious ones too, 
for that matter,) and showing up those that 
are filled with fraudulent and filthy advertise¬ 
ments, or are mere advertising adjuncts to 
some seed, or implement, or other business?... 
Prof. Caldwell recommends those who 
desire to know the quality of different kinds 
of muck, to weigh aud burn them to redness. 
The one that loses the most weight is richest 
in organic matter..... 
Prof. Caldwell can see no particular 
THE MAPES COMPLETE MANURES 
LIBERAL MANURING. 
very promising, iae Winter was savage on 
cattle, and it is only by superior feeding and 
attention they are brought into fair condition. 
In certain districts in the Indian Territory 
great fatality in horned cattle has occurred. 
It has cost the State $50,000 to find there was 
no foot-and-oiouth disease in Kansas. Still, 
the appointment, or rather the authority to 
appoint, a State Veterinarian will prevent a 
repetition of the scare. I don’t think the 
Kansas atmosphere is congenial to epidem¬ 
ics, as we have too much ventilation for infec¬ 
tion to remain long. Should the people, bow- 
ever, get another scare, a competent authori¬ 
ty will be likely to dispel it. A transient sur¬ 
vey of the real estate market would lead a 
stranger to thiuk there were symptons of a 
craze here to secure farms. I don’t t link so. 
Our lands ate half the price of Illinois lands; 
our meat products fetch the saml* price in 
Chicago; our freights are only 'JO cents per 100 
pouuds more, which, at present, amounts in 
value to but one thirtieth less than the Illinois 
farmer receives. j. b. 
Iowa. 
Dow City Crawford Co., April 1.—Not 
much seeding has been done yet, the ground 
being too wet. Farm products bring the fol¬ 
lowing prices: Wheat 85 to 70 cents per bushel; 
com, 35 cents; oats, 25 cents; potatoes, 30 
cents; hogs, $5.40 to$0.50per 100pounds, but¬ 
ter, 16ceuts; eggs, 10 cents per dozen. 
w. s. JR. 
Utica, Van Buren Co., April L—We had 
a cold, steady Winter here till last month 
Them has been a good deal of rain this Spring. 
No spring work has yet been done, as the 
ground has been too wet for grain or any¬ 
thing else. Grass begins to look green, r. j. 
New Providence, Hardin Co., April 2.— 
Cora is not keeping well here at all. It is 
wortn from 25 to 45 cents. Plenty of oats, 
but all held for better prices. Weather open¬ 
ing up fine for an early Spring. Quite a good 
deal of complaint about seed corn. w. v. a. 
Pennsylvania. 
Wilawana, Bradford Co., April 1.—We 
had a hard Winter, and Spring so far has not 
been very pleasant. The ground is now 
covered with snow, but it is melting fast. 
Butter is from 35 to 39 cents; eggs, 20 cents; 
hay, $8 to $10 per ton. Potatoes were a good 
crop, and are worth from 35 to 30 cents per 
bushel. Those who took the Rural’s advice 
aud sold last Fall were wise. G. A. p. 
New York. 
Wright’s Corners, Niagara Co., April 6. 
—The nights have been cold for the past week, 
but wheat looks line, and to-day has been more 
like Spring, and the sun has gone down all 
right to-night, so 1 guess we shall soon go to 
work. I see it stated in the Rural that the 
Mensury and Russian Barleys am alike; that 
does not agree with my experience. I have 
compared the grains, and they are very dis¬ 
similar and, moreover, the Russian is a two- 
rowed variety. The Diehl-Mediterranean 
Wheat is looking just splendid, having longer 
leaves and a stronger growth than any other 
kind; it has another peculiarity—its leaves 
seem to lie closer to the ground than those of 
other wheats. I hope to get barley sown next 
week, as early-sowed barley always grows the 
strongest and yields the best. m. h. j. 
(From the Ninth Annual Report of the New Jersey State Horticultural Society.) 
Extract from Remarks by tl»e President, Theo. F. Baker, on “MANURES AND FERTIL¬ 
IZERS.” January 22, 1884. 
fuse’T Ht ^cure these needed elements? Manure being the general re- 
whleh Jheretore droppings of animals contains nil the elements of vegetable nutrition, 
♦kU’-J- v p ^ore, rnak<?b a compicta manure—most farnierB and cultivators snv vpt m v f*vw*ri»>nr»r* ima hppn 
7** garden crops 
aiYifi 11 Lav iititntr hi -f • sotne kin.l, and, to test the merits of each, t»o<$a.n a series of experiments in a 
ure and fertiliiser cSnihlmlJn fertilizers of different bra mis on another and the two <iiihd- 
Uit! resirttcare?«plot to represent equal amounts, dollar for dollar, and noted 
ure nnd ivrt nivt r nr f observations, have sei ned down to a combination of man- 
*:_ ■ * ttrrniTiera tlrat, artificial fertilizers second, ami manure &lon»* last, to nrodueo pqriv nnH nnvimr 
ft* 1 % to manuring U the cost, and whowUl ^ 
' ,: 2 1Urx Inverted. manure «r fertilizer*.? In applying manure1use from if)tomtwr*h.?Me folds 
J r \ 2**. anaverage, though I hav*» used MO load*. The 40 or 50 loads would cost Id our elf v from jFO ro Oi 
, vs a ^wnatloa I use « I ami s'of1 *! a nun- L J ml o n**toJ*< > f°fiiie 
« * \ n •- l reliable fertilizer, s&vIntc About $*5) per acre by the coinbinatioii mil i*p/«pIvph 
i r° a l' ,jly,n t f fertilizers alone I use from one to one 
foot Bv I* i-iurino b, imIiT. f,. K /\^!i r n • s J ,r!a V- Otu 1 r.m per acre is less than an ounce to the square 
*-**? ssr * ,s5 aKEsiSaa 
, baker writes, February lO, !S81: ' T have UMKi the Mapes .At n mires on CahTuums rmtlshes 
and various crops <if the market garden, also on 13 acras for onion set-j which \ folded ' Tin bu.hels At 
meu?.“ ,,n ' r ™ Ml ell£ht *«» ln !>nr ' "««ou atuf oonsiiler Tn-oS vpcU goo.) riiur nf nr th^i.ivesi. 
Mr. Baker Is well known as a practical market gardener anti grower. 
rletles were so scabby as to be entirely unsalable. but ever since I have used The Manes Potato 
m il S ’ P er l f cre . vei X^? e . ^ ohacco with five bags Mapes* Tobacco Manure alone, 
lbs. * good Tobacco with forty cords stable manure alone. 
A. R. WELLS, Bloomfield. Hartford Co.. Coun.. December 15,1883, reports: 
Tobacco: Planted June 20th to July 1st, part with 1 000 lbs. per acre of the Manes Tobacco M 
ne, and part with forty cords ot stable manure per acre, ured alone. That with the Manes Man 
0 lbs of very flue tobacco- with the stable manure i.ntGbs of good tobacco!*’ p 
Three years’ use of the Mapes “Connecticut Brand.” In each instance 1 
texture, good color, excelling stable manure and other fertilizers. 
L. W. CLARK. Whorely, Franklin Co.. Mass., January 12 . 1884 , writes: 
h il ve uxerl tha Mapes Tobacco Manure i Connecticut Brand) for the last three 
Ib>. to the acre, aud In each instance had a large - * • * 
respect that planted beside where stahle manure an 
years, at the rate of 1.600 
ijOpd color, excelling in every 
growing Melons, Cucumbers, Tomatoes (for 
reP ° rt8 fr ° m Practlca *’ welI ’ taowa Truce. Potato, 
The Mapes F ormul a and Peruvian G-uano Co., 158 Front St., New York. 
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Makes more- Butter than uuv oilier pro¬ 
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RURAL SEED REPORTS, 
rr HAM HIGH WHEELS ANI» A BROAD 
Tl If K aud a continuous Wrought Iron Axle. 
! )N ™ K teeth is 
REG I' LATKD by Oie lever, while In motion, to 
run ut any depth. 
AKK M IDE OF TI1E BEST 
*1 IClNlii^ rthli. tempered in oil, aud thoroughly 
touted- 
OI R SEEDING ATTACH RENT 
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Illinois, 
Padua, McLean Co.—Shoe-peg Corn grew 
too tall a stalk; had some ears, l*it did not 
ripen; but, then, very little corn ripened in 
this neighborhood. The melons did not grow 
large. The Blush Potato yielded 16 pouuds. 
Six Niagara Grape seedlings grew to a hight 
of four inches, looked nice ln the Fall, and I 
hope to find them right in the Spring, e. s.b. 
New York. 
Grafton, Remaielaer Co.—My two small 
Blush Potatoes were cut to single eyes, aud 
these were so divided as to leave but one 
sprout to a piece; the pieces were plauted iu 
rich soil, and each received about a spoonful 
of Lister’s superphosphate. After the viues 
came up, the ground received a good sprink¬ 
ling of wood-ashes. They were all hilled in 
July, and then left to themselves, except that 
bugs were kept off with Paris-green. The 
vines kept green till frost on September 10. 
About two weeks later I dug them, and after 
buying been carefully dried, they weighed 
101 !l.i pouuds, the tubers being very beautiful 
—none very large, and none very small, and 
not one rotten. They are rather deep-eyed, 
and they straggled considerably in the bill. 
Tire White Elephant and Beauty of Hebron 
are prime favorites, the former being the 
potato for u crop. The water-melons were 
truly “perfection.” From a number of 
Niagara seedlings 1 kept ton of the strongest, 
aud gave some to friends. d. j. p. 
HAY RICKER 
RURAL SPECIAL REPORTS 
VirKlutii. 
Swoopes, Augusta Co., March 31.— The 
weather is warm aud wet here. It has rained 
almost daily for more than a month: more 
high water than was ever known before in the 
same length of time. Furmers have merely 
made a start at plowing for Spring crops. 
Wheat looks fine; some tall enough to bide a 
rabbit. The grass fields are green, pear uud 
peach trees are in bloom, the festive bumble 
l»ee is abroad, and birds are building their 
nests. No fruit has been winter-killed, so far 
as I have heard. The coldest day we had the 
past Winter was two degrees above zero. 
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Parsons, Labette Co., April 2.—During the 
past two mouths we have had pleuty of wind 
and little rain. Cattle usually go to grass ou 
the first of this mouth; but the grass fails to 
meet them this year, Still, in consequence of 
the dryness of the season, agricultural work 
has moved apace. Half the plowing in the 
adjacent country is finished,and some hundreds 
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