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THE RURAL NEW-YORKER. 
SEPT 20 
product, too, of the insane speculation in 
cattle, and notably in Jerseys. I have re¬ 
peatedly warned Rural readers that this was 
to be feared, and T have met with the most 
severe criticism and sometimes with hard 
words in consequence. I warned American 
farmers and breeders against this reckless spec 
ulation in Jerseys, which has been entirely 
against their interest and to their serious dam¬ 
age. The business has been largely based on 
frauds of the worst kind, upon falsehood and 
trickery, which could never have deceived any 
man knowing enough to go in when it rains, 
unless he had been blinded and deluded by the 
pursuit of money. If the whole bottom his¬ 
tory of this Jersey speculation could be laid 
bare, it would be fouud corrupt and rotten; 
and it is a sorrowful ending of it that this 
worst of contagious diseases has been spread 
through the West, and may do enormous dam¬ 
age to innocent persons who have had no hand 
in the wickedness. 
It shows how inoperative laws are. Laws 
are made, but not enforced; and the whole 
system of quarantining imported cattle has 
been a farce. What an idea to permit a spec¬ 
ulator to import cattle and take them through 
the country and quarantine them on his own 
farm! This has been done. Suppose a rag dealer 
just now, could bring in his foul and rotten 
cargo, carry it on the cars, and quarantine it 
at Kaunas City or Chicago; who would net, 
justly, fear that cholera would break out on 
tbe route! And efforts are uow being made 
by rug importers to get the luws set aside and 
to have their foul rubbish brought In, for the 
reason that rags arc very scarce and dear, and 
they cau make enormous profits out of their 
dangerous business, which they are now losing. 
And in this very way quarantine laws have 
been evaded by cattle speculators, and we see 
the result. _ 
Long ago 1 urged in these notes that im¬ 
portations of foreign cattle should be wholly 
forbidden and prevented. We did not want, 
them. The animals were sold at prices far 
above tbeir value, and we bud as good or 
better at home, native-bred; and there was 
the greatest risk of introducing this disease. 
Other stockmen who had the opportunity of 
making their views known, and particularly 
the excellent Live Stock Indicator of Kansas 
City, urged the same, and repeated it con¬ 
tinually, but without avail. 
Wliat can be expected when the chief of 
the Treasury Commission is a person inter¬ 
ested in the business of importing and selling 
cattle, through his stock journal, which has 
had a large profit from advertising the sales? 
Even now it appeurs that the headquarters of 
the chief of the Bureau of Animal Industry is 
at the office of this paper, which gets free ad¬ 
vertising in this way; both in tbe circulars of 
the Commissioner of Agriculture and in 
other ways. This is, to say the least, exceed¬ 
ingly objectionable, and is not the way ordin¬ 
ary business is done. 
Dr. Hoskins did not “ catch on” quite to my 
meaning when I said the Short-horns were 
coming up again. I meant no allusion at all 
to any speculation in these cattle; but to the 
fact that tiiey were recovering physically and 
in general usefulness from the great injury they 
suffered from the speculative boom they went 
through ten years ago. Efforts, too, have 
been made to supplant this fine breed by tbe 
Hereford* and Scotch polled cattle. In spite 
of every competition, the Short-horns are 
proving themselves to be the very best gen¬ 
eral-purpose cattle if there is any such. Cer- 
taiuly for milk and beef together there are 
none in existence to surpass them, when they 
are in the right, place, which I have said pre¬ 
viously in these “ Notes” is uotln nnv part of 
New England. But in Western New York, in 
Ohio, lowu, Illinois, Michigan, Wisconsin, and 
wherever the dairy is a special business, and 
luxuriant pastures are found, there we find 
the grade Short-horns to be the leading cattle. 
It is so in England, and it cannot help but be 
so, when a dairyman can turn off a cow past 
her usefulness for $90 in hard cash. 
Experience on the Western plains is prov¬ 
ing the same thing. The Short-horns are 
under no disadvantage in packing them in 
cars for shipment, for where a Short-horn 
grade can get its ribs in, its horns cau go 
without any trouble; and the polled cattle 
are practically no better than these in this re¬ 
spect. _ 
It is just the time now for all owners of 
cattle to look well to the fodder. Dry, hard, 
indigestible feed promotes what is known as 
murrain, rod water, mad itch, and other dis¬ 
eases which prevail in the Fall. When the 
feed is poor, then is the time to make use of 
some of the cheap linseed cake meal; or of 
linseed alone, which is nutritive aud health¬ 
fully laxative. But the prevalent bad w ater 
is the worst of all, loaded as it is with decay¬ 
ing matter and foul with filth. The first 
thought of the stockman should be to secure a 
supply of pure water; with this, cattle will 
worry through a good deal of poor food; but 
dry, hard feed without water is more than 
any animal can stand. 
‘ftltscellaneous. 
CATALOGUES. ETC., RECEIVED. 
Catalogue of the leading newspapers of 
all kinds and countries, with their rates of 
advertising, by H. P. Hubbard, New Haven, 
Conn. 
William Parry, Parry P. O., New Jersey. 
Illustrated circulars of tbe Parry Strawberry, 
the Wilson Junior Blackberry, the Marlboro 
Raspberry, Kieffer Pear, etc. 
are not regularly reported, and generally 
these are the most valuable part of the meet¬ 
ing. It is sent, postpaid, to all members. 
Premium List of the Thirtieth Annual Ex 
hibition of the Pennsylvania Agricultural 
Society, to be held at Philadelphia, Sept. S-20, 
inclusive. The society is expending much 
money and energy in getting up one of the 
finest set of buildings anywhere to be found, 
aud we predict a very successful fair. 
Catalogue ok the Ontario Experimen¬ 
tal Farm at Guelph, Ontario, Canada. This 
catalogue, of 100 page*, gives the description 
and pedigree of the different animals bought 
last Spring in Europe for this Station by Prof. 
Wm, Brown, as well ns those of tbe best ani¬ 
mals of the home herd. Some of the animals 
there described are very noted, and were sold 
to Prof. Brown more as a favor than for the 
l ft. iOin. 
Fig. 369. 
Circular of the Drill Regulator Co., 
Lemont, Pa., containing an article on the 
advantagas of regulating the depth at which 
seed wheat should be sowm, with illustrations. 
This matter 1 r worth studying. Send for the 
circular. 
Dana Windmill Company, Fairbaven, 
Mass.—Descriptive Catalogue of the Dana 
Centrifugal GovernorWindmill: a very plainly 
printed description of the above wind mill 
and its working parts, showing the manner of 
governing whereby.it is claimed,a steady mo¬ 
tion is maintained in the severest and most 
juice 
sake of the price paid for them. These ani¬ 
mals are kept and bred for experimental pur¬ 
poses, and their offspring are sold to the Cana¬ 
dian farmers for the improvement of their 
herds and flocks. A limited number of females 
are also received, for servioeof tbe males. 
The Thrashers' Account Book, 1884.— 
This is an account book issued by the Ohio 
State Board of Agriculture, and 8,600 have 
been sent to the leading thrashers of Ohio. 
It contains a request to the recipient to foot 
up the number of bushels and acres on August 
15 and again September 25, and forward to 
the Secretary, for the purpose of getting full 
returns of the grain grown in tbe State in 
1884. 
Catalogue of Frick & Co., Waynesboro, 
Pa., containing 75 large quarto pages, fully 
illustrated with views in the different rooms 
in their shops, also of some baker’s dozen dif¬ 
ferent styles of traction, portable and station¬ 
ary engines, and several sizes of each style; 
also, several sizes of thrashing machines; also 
combined thrashing machines itnd clover hal¬ 
iers; also of a convenient and accurate grain 
measurer and register; also numerous styles 
and sizes of boilers and boiler feed pumps aud 
injectors; horse powers of different sizes; also 
cotton-gins and condensers; also portable saw¬ 
mills of several sizes. In short, they manu¬ 
facture a large line of machinery, and their 
catalogue has much useful information, aud 
is furnished, free, to all who apply to Frick & 
Co., Waynesboro, Pa. 
CAUGHT ON THE FLY. 
Your first-page portraits ought to make 
the Rural very popular. They are a relief 
from the cheap portraits now &o common—all 
have been artistically worthy of the Rural. 
William Suuudera has a good face, a dear cut 
eye, a brainy head. Your readers will thiuk 
more of him from having seen the portrait. 
If you are as good looking, Mr. Editor, you 
should not withhold from your friends your 
“counterfeit presentment,” till you are under 
the daisies. _ 
I have met quite a number lately who have 
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Fig. 370. 
fitful gales. Sent free to all applicants. It is 
worth reading. 
Circular of Scientific Corn and Feed 
Mill; also portable forge and combined 
anvil and vise, made by the Foos Manufac¬ 
turing Company, Springfield, Ohio, giving 
briefly, but plainly, the points in which they 
claim their manufactures are worthy of con¬ 
fidence. 
We are indebted to the kindness of Mr. C. 
M. Hobbs, the Secretary, for Transactions of 
the Indiana Horticultural Society for the year 
1883. This volume contains the proceedings of 
the 23d annual meeting, including discussions 
and essays: but, unfortunately, the discussions 
tried mulching potatoes, and you know Prof. 
Sanborn, of our Ag. College, has been testing 
the same thing. The general opinion seems 
to be that mulching is beneficial to late pota¬ 
toes, but not always so to early ones. This is 
iu accordance with your opinion; when early 
potatoes are planted the ground is cold and 
wet, but when later potatoes are planted it 
has become warm and dry, and generally gets 
too dry duriug the season of growth. 1 find 
that not a few are friendly to mulching, be¬ 
cause it saves cultivation; w'e are a little lazy 
“out West,” you know. 
I don’t think it will pay to attempt to cure a 
horse that has been founder-lame for a year. 
The matter should have been taken in hand 
11 months and 30 days previous. The lame¬ 
ness can be partially subdued, but as soon as 
the animal is put to hard work it will be as 
bad as ever. 
Isn’t it just a bit cruel to make a horse work 
seven hours in tbe hot sun, dry wind, aud dust, 
without water? The stomach of the horse is 
small. Why not water, say five times a day? 
No hurt comes of it, and the horse will be re¬ 
freshed and work bettor. This matter of 
watering horses should receive considerable 
attention just at this season—when the horses 
are being worked in the horse-powers of 
thrashing machines or t»re pulling the plow 
through the dry, hard ground. 
Mr. Lowe, in his prize essay on the “Horse,” 
hits the nail squarely on the head in what he 
has to say about big horses. The best all-work 
horse is a medium-sized horse. Except for very 
heavy pulling, the big horse is a nuisance. 
During the war it was found that the horse 
perhaps a little below tbe medium weight 
“stood the racket” the best. We now have 
on the farm such a horse that has made half 
of a team ever since we have had him—22 
years; and our neighbors say we make two 
horses do more work than any other people 
they ever saw. We have always found the 
medium-sized horse the best farm horse. If 
you have a heavy load, double your teams. 
Last year we had to hitch five und six horses 
to the self-binder to get over the soft ground; 
but we found that there the medium-sized 
horse pulled more than the big one. 
St. Lonis, Mo. JNO. M. stahl. 
Henry M. Pollard, of Providence, R. I., 
is denounced as a swindler by the N. E. Home¬ 
stead. His swindling operations have, it ap¬ 
pears, covered a period of 10 years. He pro¬ 
poses to furnish analyses of soils, which are 
fictitious ; and for obtaining money under 
false pretences for such pretended analysis, a 
Massachusetts court sentenced him to two 
years’ imprisonment iu 1878. He offers for 
sale a special fertilizer, which analysis shows 
to be worth $18 less than the price asked for it! 
Our New England friends will do well to let 
Henry M. Pollard severely alone. In other 
sections of the country, too, there are similar 
rascals, who should be kept from cheating, 
by confining them within prison walls. 
Haines, alias the “Importers’Silk Agency,” 
of 239 Broadway, New York, ugaiust whom 
we have several times cautioned our readers, 
has at length, very deservedly, come to grief. 
This was the swindler who advertised pieces 
of silk for sale at remarkably low prices, giv¬ 
ing tbe impression t.hut they were remnants 
of “piece goods,” and who jocularly sent his 
dupes bits of silk thread about a yard long. 
Tiie rascal has been arrested by the Post Office 
authorities, for using the United states mail 
for fraudulent purposes, and he is now under 
$1,1)00 bail. A similar swindle is conducted in 
Boston; aud no doubt the trick will soon be 
tried iu other cities also. 
To various inquirers: The credit of W. H. 
Fay & Co. (the Manilla Roofing Co , Camden, 
N. J.), is “good;” while that of the Indiana 
Paint and Hoofing Co., Philadelphia and In¬ 
dianapolis, iB only moderate. This appears to 
be a small concern, with a capilul only of 
$3,000 to $5,000, aud on such a capital it seems 
to be “spreading” itself too much. The N. Y. 
Slate Roofing Company, of Philadelphia, is 
quite trustworthy. 
J. Bain, the “Poultry Sharp,” of New Con¬ 
cord. and several other places iu Ohio, is still 
trying an old dodge, to fleece the public. “Will 
Griffith, Poulcrymau. Sago, Ohio.” is writing 
to country papers marvelous accouuts of the 
profits from using two cheap incubators, which 
he made himself for $5 each, and which hold 
480 eggs. From 212 hens and his two incuba¬ 
tors he has sold $1,427 worth of chicks and 
eggs since March last 1 Now here is where the 
hand of Bain comes in—directions for mak¬ 
ing the incubator cau be obtained only from 
him. It is an old trick of B,, to write won¬ 
derful accounts of his own devices, over ficti¬ 
tious names, or to get some “man of .-draw” to 
write them. These appear in country papers 
as communications from simple folks in wide¬ 
ly-separated places. Bain is as sharp in bam¬ 
boozling the country papers as in defrauding 
the public. 
We have several complaints of the dealings 
of the Excelsior Stamp Co., Middlebury, Vt., 
and we certainly would advise our friends 
to have nothing to do with this concern. So 
far from being “rated” by the mercantile 
agencies, its name is not even mentioned. 
