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THE RURAL I^EW-YORKER. 
and pitcher spont pumps; alio all windmill 
and pump specialties, by use of which any man 
is enabled to fit up bis premises in good style, 
at little cost ami trouble; also chain pumps, 
with the Goss patent expanding bucket; also 
the I. X. L. feed-grinders, and powers and 
jacks for running the same: also hand and 
power corn shelters and feed cutters; also 
Noyes's anti-friction hav carrier, grappling 
and double harpoon hay forks, hay pulleys, 
hooks, etc. Thte catalogue contains IK) pages 
fully illustrated, and has so many good things 
that we have not space to notice them all, and 
so advise our readers to send for it, and study 
it carefully; they cannot fail to learn enough 
to pay for the trouble. 
The Ninth volume of the Friesian Herd- 
book, in four languages, has just been pub¬ 
lished at Seen warden, Holland. It contains a 
registry of 80 black-grayish and five red-gray¬ 
ish bulls, aud of 1,234 black-grayish, 57 pale- 
grayish and 63 red-grayish cows. Previous to 
May 1, 1884, 2,011 head had been registered in 
this herd book, viz.:, 380 bulls and 2,531 cows. 
The managers of the Friesian Association, in 
their latest report, announce the failure of 
their efforts to obtain the recognition, in the 
United .states, of the true name of Holland 
cattle. Although it is an acknowledged fact 
that the popularity of Holland cattle is rapidly 
increasing, thanks to the Dutch-Friesian Asso¬ 
ciation and the American Holstein Breeders’ 
Association, still the misnomer “Holstein" is 
kept up and sanctioned by the recent decision 
of the latter-named association. Every one 
knows that the Netherlands alone produce the 
most famous milk herds, and it is it glaring 
injustice to call them “ Holsteins,” which 
should no longer he tolerated, and the Duteh- 
Friesian Association will not stop filing its 
protests until American breeders and dealers 
shall do away with the name “Holstein,” 
which does not exist in their native land, and 
shall give them the rmrno of Holland, or Neth- 
erlaud cattle, the name by which they should 
justly lie called the world over. We are in¬ 
debted for the aliove views to the Amsterdam 
Daily News, through the kindness of Mr. J. 
DeVeer, the son of its editor, and wo must 
admit that it seems but a reasonable, as it is a 
manly protest; and inasmuch us the state¬ 
ments must be ad mi ttod to be true, uud as it 
is a fuel that Holstein is but a little, insignifi¬ 
cant province. It seems to us that the Aineri- 
cau Holstein Breeders’ Association should give 
this matter duo and early attention, and see 
to it that justice be done, and that this in¬ 
creasingly popular breed should have a cor¬ 
rect name. 
No man who remains continually at homo, 
though he may be u close student of geography 
and the daily press, has any adequate concep¬ 
tion of the exteut of the territory embraced 
in the United States, or of the beauty and 
grandeur of the scenery of much of the moun¬ 
tainous regions of the ceutrul portions. It is 
surprising that so muny go to Europe, sub¬ 
mitting to the inconvenience of uu ocean 
voyage, to be jostled about in the dirty cities, 
and carried in the dirtier cars, and put up 
with tho inconveniences aud impositions of a 
foreign trip, when for less money and with a 
tithe of the annoyauces, they can make a trip 
across the continent, over the Rockies, through 
the grand old passes and canons of those ever¬ 
lasting hills; visit the fragrant orange groves 
aud vineyards of Southern California, and 
enjoy the balmy, health-giving breezes that 
blow from tho Pacific Ocean, and all tho time 
be among Americans, aud have all the com¬ 
forts and luxuries to be found only in travel 
over American roads and among American 
cities. Fashionable dudes go abroad, sensible 
people tnko a trip aud enjoy the wonderful 
beauties of our own Jam! We are led to these 
thought* by the receipt from the “ Burlington 
Route,” Fcrcival Lowell, general passenger 
agent, Chicugo, Ill., of two little books; “The 
Heart of tho Continent," and the “ Land¬ 
scape Wonders of tho Western World,” giving 
views and descriptions of the beautiful places 
and the wonderfully beautiful scenery along 
this popular line, from Chicago westward. 
This line affords tho westward-bound tourist 
the choice of seven different routes. It is 
equipped wit.h the best cars; sleepers, drawing¬ 
room and smoking-cars, all made especially 
for this line, aud as we have sat in their 
dining-cars leisurely eating our meals as we 
were whirled along at the rate of 40 miles an 
hour, we have thought that any one going to 
the Great West would be foolish to go by any 
ioute except the Chicago, Burlington and 
Quincy, and we think so now. 
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A FUBLIC-SPIRITED CITIZEN. 
Nelson Bouge, the enterprising Batavia (N. 
Y.) nurseryman, did a very liberal thing this 
Spring in offering, free, to the county for 
planting on the poor-house grounds and along 
the street, shade and ornamental trees. He 
also offered to the trustees of the school dis¬ 
trict* of his county, ornamental trees for plant¬ 
ing in the different school-house grounds. 
Genesee County is highly favored by having 
such a public-spirited nm-serymau, and should 
have some fine school grounds, unless the trus¬ 
tees are too negligent and lazy for such a trust. 
Fraudulent Advertisements. —Under 
the head of “ Experiences with Frauds,” the 
Farm and Garden prints tho following: 
“The saintly Rural New-Yorker puts it 
thus:— 
‘Fraudulent ailvertl-scrs—that Is, those who adver¬ 
tise articles which arc not as they ure represented 
to be—had hotter avoid the R. N.-Y.: for Just so sure 
as we leurn that they are fraudulent, wo shall ex¬ 
pose them—and this exposure will do the advertisers 
more harm than the advertisement, will do them 
good.’ 
That is to say, after au advertiser has rob¬ 
bed you and paid his bill, if they think his 
exposure will be interesting, they will show 
him up. 
Aud yet this ‘Rural New-Yorker’s’ teats 
and descriptions of fruits, plants, and seeds 
are honest and generally accurate. They, 
and many other publishers, seem to bo affected 
with what we might call ‘moral color-blind¬ 
ness,’ in regard to the advertising columns of 
their paper, while practising ti strict integrity 
in the editorial portion. Humanity is, indeed, 
inconsistent” 
We would ask our friends, the editors of 
the Farm and Garden, if, in spite of u fair 
amount of caution, fraudulent advertisement* 
have never “crept” into thinr columns? In 
such cases, is it not better to expose the frauds 
late than never ? We don’t believe that uny 
paper is more careful than tho R. N.-Y. to 
keep its advertising columns trustworthy, and 
there are fow weeks in the year in which we 
may not find in other respectable farm jour 
nals advertisements we have rejected. 
Buckwheat. —Mr. J. B. Olcott, of the Con¬ 
necticut Couraut, says tlmt buckwheat will 
receive special attention this year, and it is a 
mistake to suppose that a suitable fertilizer 
will not pay upon this crop. In some sections, 
fine bone has been proven for many years to 
be an excellent fertilizer on rather heavy or 
moist land. Don’t sow too late. Tho only ad¬ 
vantage in late seeding—besides that of favor¬ 
ing other work—cornea from the fact that 
rather cool weather at blooming time chocks 
luxuriant growth and favors seed develop¬ 
ment. But a late frost may spoil all. The 
middle of June is a good time to have buck¬ 
wheat land ready'. 
Nitrate, of Soda for Turnips.— At Rotb- 
amsted, upon land under continuous roots— 
where neither dung, animal manure, nor any 
substance containing carbon has been placed 
on the soil for more than 40 years—a crop of 
over 23 tons per acre of Yellow Globe Turnips 
was grown last year. The amount of nitrate 
of soda used was 550 pounds per acre, and the 
crop was rather above au average. Tho Bame 
mineral manure applied without the nitrate, 
produced rather less thou six tons of bulbs; 
the bulb-producing power of the nitrate was, 
therefore, equal to 17 tons of bulbs. So states 
Sir J. B. Lawos in a late Agricultural Gazette. 
Roots of Corn: Manuring,— Mr. Henry 
Stewart, in the N. Y. Times, expresses in dif¬ 
ferent language the views which the R. N.-Y. 
has been at great pains to urge upon its read¬ 
ers: Last season a stalk of Narragausott 
Sweet Corn 5}^ feet high, was found to have 
roots 8% feet long at least, aud the ends of 
these were broken off. Judging by the appear¬ 
ance of the broken end, tho finer portions loft 
in the soil would probably have been two or 
three feet long, giving a length of root about 
twice the hight of tho plant. A root of South¬ 
ern White Corn was washed out that was 23 
feet long, aud was then broken; this plant was 
11 feet high at the time ami not then in blos¬ 
som. These root* were accompanied by seve¬ 
ral others, and each of them had numerous 
lateral roots which, within five feet of tho 
plant, formed a close net-work. Portions of 
the smaller of these roots were within half an 
inch of the surface, and the most of them were 
from two to three incheg. The direction of 
nearly every root was horizontal, and many 
were directed upward toward the surface. 
These facts are quite sufficient to show, first, 
that the plowing of the land for corn should 
be quite shallow, unless the soil is so deeply 
rich that there is uo chance of burying the 
richer soil under a thick covering of poor soil 
brought up from below it; second, that sur¬ 
face manuring is proper for this crop; third, 
that the seed should not be covered more than 
three inches deep; fourth, that in cultivating 
this crop only th« surface should.be disturbed 
and a plow should never be used for this work; 
fifth, that the application of some artificial 
fertilizer on the surface may be given with 
benefit at any &tage of the crop, even up to the 
setting of the ears. Of all these leading prin¬ 
ciples of corn culture the last two are the most 
important just now. They are too plain to 
need discussion or illustration, but yet the 
leading facts in regard to them may be poiuted 
out, viz., that if by plowing corn these roots 
are broken and cut off we shut tip the mouths 
of the plants, and of course prevent tho feed¬ 
ing of them; also, by providing some suitable 
food at any time while the plant is growing, 
the roots will immediately find it and appro¬ 
priate it, and turn it into increased product. 
Pasteur’s Experiments wjtii Mad Dogs. 
—M. Pasteur has solicited tho Minister of Edu¬ 
cation to uppoiut a commission to tost his ex¬ 
periments ns to the power of vaccinatiou to 
prevent hydrophobia. The principal experi¬ 
ment that he proposes to attempt will consist 
in talcing from his kennels 20 dogs insuscepti¬ 
ble to the disease, a ml placing the same in com- 
pnrison with 20 ordinary dogs, lie will then 
have all these 40 dogs bitten by a number of 
dogs in a rabid state. If the facts that he has 
enunciated are exact, the 20 dogs that he be¬ 
lieves to bo proof against the disease will re¬ 
main healthy, while t.lio other 20 will become 
affected. For a second experiment, no less 
decisive, he proposes to place before the com¬ 
mission 20 vaccinated and 20 mi vaccinated 
dogs. All the 40 he will then inoculate in tho 
most sensitive parts with virus taken from a 
rabid dog. The 20 vaccinated dogs will resist, 
lie says, aud the other 20 will all die of mad¬ 
ness, either paralytic or furious. 
Dip a sponge in kerosene and apply it slight¬ 
ly to the horse's oars und nock. It will keep 
the flies off for two or three days, when the 
operation may be repeated. Ho says that 
good fanner, J. B. Porter, of Stow, Mass., 
through that good paper, the N. E. Farmer. 
Shelter ih Feed in Winter.— Prof. Shel¬ 
ton, at the Kunsas Agricultural College Farm, 
has been conducting some experi ments on feed¬ 
ing pigs, to ascertain the value of warm hous¬ 
ing ns a saving of feed, as we gather from his 
report. Ten pigs were selected; five were fed 
in separate pens in ti warm stone basement, 
and tivo in separate pans outride, protected on 
the north side by a high board fence. The 
pigs were weighed at the beginning and at tho 
end of each week; the feed was shelled corn, 
which was also carefully weighed. The aver¬ 
age temperature was also carefully recorded. 
The time of experiment was 10 weeks. The 
live pigs in the warm pens ate 2,878 pounds of 
corn and gained 604 pounds, consuming 4.70 
pounds of corn for one pound of increase. 
The five pigs outside ate 3,8*44 pounds of corn 
and gained 471) pounds, consuming5.93 pounds 
of corn for one pound of gain. Had the ratio 
of gaiu been the sutuo in those outside as in 
those inside, they would have only eaten 2,280 
pounds of corn in making tho 47!) pounds of 
gain, and as this is 504 pounds less than the 
actual consumption, it shows that that much 
corn was used up in furnishing heat to 
supply what wus radiated from their bodies, 
and this was an average of over one bushel 
for the five pi<s each week. But in the four 
weeks of greatest cold, the difference was 
much more marked. The pigs in the warm 
peris ate 1,805 pounds of corn and gained 181) 
pounds, consuming 5.74 pounds of corn for one 
of increase; those outside, in the same time, 
ate 927 pounds, and increased 82 pounds, con¬ 
suming 12.10 pounds of com for odo of in¬ 
crease. It follows that to have made the 82 
pounds of gain, if in the warm pens, they 
would have required only 470 pounds of corn, 
so that 527 pounds, or more than half, were 
used in keeping the pigs warm. At 28 cents 
per bushel for corn, the gain in the warm pens 
cost 2.87 cents per pound, and that in the open 
pens 0.08 cents. At50ceuts per bushel, the 
gain in the warm pen j cost 0.74 cents per pound, 
and that in the cold ones 12.10 cents. This 
report should go far towards convincing the 
most skeptical, of the advantage und profit in 
having good, clean, comfortable quarters for 
all animals during cold weather. Our own 
experience fully corroborates the truthfulness 
of the aliove figures,aud at the same time shows 
as much profit in favor of housing cattle and 
sheep as well; in fact, one can make no money 
in trying to winter any sort of stock out-of- 
doors. 
SHORT AND FRESH. 
Dr. Chamberlain says that the virus of 
malarial fevers can be carried at least half a 
mile..... 
Mr. Harris (Rochester, N. Y.,J sows Ruta¬ 
bagas as late as the 4th of July; Yellow Aber¬ 
deen, any time in July; White Flat Dutch or 
Purple-top Strap-leaved Turnip can be sown 
as late as the first or second week in August. 
Few crops, the labor considered, pay better 
than turnips. The two best varieties for .sow¬ 
ing broadcast on mucky land, or on stubble 
land, or among com, or after early potatoes, 
etc., ore tho White Flat Dutch and the Purple 
Top 8trup-leaf...... . 
To get good spinach early in the Spring, 
sow the seed on the richest and best land in 
August or September. Sow in rows uot less 
than a foot apart... 
Pinch or cut off the tips of the new rasp¬ 
berry canes. 
Joseph Harris suys that for winter cab- 
buge, the plants to he set out in June, there 
are few better varieties for market than the 
Large Late Drumhead... 
Major Alvord, of Houghton Farm, does 
not object to browers’ grains, if perfectly 
fresh and fed in moderate quantities, If fed 
in large quantities or for any length of time, 
they become injurious. 
W here it is desired to set out cabbage 
plants very late in tho season for winter use, 
it is best to plant the early kinds—Early Win- 
ningstadt, Henderson’s Early Hummer or New¬ 
ark Early Flat Dutch and, latest of all, Jersey 
Wukefiold..... 
The New England Homestead sensibly re¬ 
marks that Orange Judd and tho present 
managers of the American Agriculturist, are 
“boring" the editorial fraternity with dis¬ 
gusting dctuils of a personal quarrel. Tho 
public is not interested in it at ull. It is sad 
that a journal with so good a name should 
have so fallen. 
Mu. Harris says that cauliflowers need 
very rich land and plenty of water. Homo of 
our rich swamps, with ti stream running 
through them, might be easily converted into 
favorable places for cauliflower and celery. 
Cauliflower plants cau be set out on rich land 
as late as the first ol' August. 
RURAL SPECIAL REPORTS. 
Dakota. 
Altoona, June 2.—In three townships in 
Spink County the area of wheat I place at 
6,000 acres, and that of other small grains at 
1,500 acres, 'f be land lias been taken from the 
Government only two years, so that tho far¬ 
mers must have been busy. The outlook for 
small grains is flue. Wheat now covers the 
ground and has a fine color, anti If no hail or 
destructive storms come, it will yield from 20 
to 30 bushels of No. I Hard. We have an in¬ 
creased acreage of corn; most of It is in sod, 
aud ordinarily it .yields from 40 to 60 bushels 
per acre. The main point is to get an early 
variety that will mature by September 1. We 
are enjoying lettuce, radishes, etc., grown in 
gardens. We have the finest quality of pota¬ 
toes grown anywhere this side of Now Eng¬ 
land. Burbank’s Seedlings are the favorites 
for all uses. The Rural Union Corn stands 
six inches high, and bids fair to mature. 
Black Poland Oats are doing well. Although 
the Cleveland Rural New-Yorker Peas were 
very buggy, all grow, and ure far ahead of 
the Horsford. M 0 P 
Kunaai, 
Arkansas City, Cowley Co„ June 2.— 
My R. Champion Oats are nearly a foot high, 
and one seed has seat up 36 stalks of vigorous 
growth. My Rural corn stands 14 inches high, 
and is pushing out suckers a [ready. I have 56 
spears growing. The tomato vinos came up 
well, and are six inches high. The peas are in 
bloom and promise well, Tho flower seeds 
were sown the first of May; alreudy several 
varieties are up, and I am looking forward 
with some anxiety to see them bud, blossom 
and develop their now hidden beauties. The 
wheat and rye I still hold for Autumn sowing. 
Our weather so far, since Spring opened, has 
becu varied and peculiar. During April we 
hud but little rain; cold aud boisterous winds 
prevailed most of the time. Twice during the 
month the wind rose to a gale, and the whole 
concave ubove, from the horizon to the zenith 
was filled with clouds of drifting, blinding 
dust. The hearts of farmers began to fail 
them, tho weather being so unpropitious. In 
tho fore part of May there was a change for 
the better, the mercury in tho thermometer 
having an upward tendency. Still, we needed 
more rain to forward vegetation. On May 15, 
the “windows of heaven were opened, the 
rain descended, and the floods came.” For the 
last two weeks it lias been thundering all 
around the sky. Every one is now anxious for 
the ram to cease, so that they can get into 
their fields of corn and check the growing 
weeds. But what a change the two last weeks 
have wrought! The fields of wheatare now all 
in head, three feet high or more, and past tho 
bloom. Corn is looking well, but weedy. Oats 
are showing a wonderful growth. Early po¬ 
tatoes are in blossom; pouches will be plenti¬ 
ful, and apples a fair crop. Cherries, grapes 
and other small fruits are abundant. Our 
