TUP RURAL WFW-YORKER. 
OCT II 
in the highest flights of the imagination—a 
fairy land, with a surprise at every turn— 
English ivy draping a thousand trees, and 
palm trees—those first models of the archi¬ 
tects pillar—Arizona Cactus In towers 20 feet 
high; rose trees tall and queenly as in France; 
festoons of vines us in Italy; hollyhocks taller 
and statelier than any ever seen in New Eng¬ 
land ; scarcely a flower or shrub that I have 
ever seen that 1 did not find growing in this 
unparalleled garden—and all this place a 
mass of green and bloom the whole year 
round I Oh, when shall 1 see Its like again? 
The hotel is a fitting mate for all this loveli 
ness, a flower of modern architecture, ele¬ 
gant, clean—so clean—with a table exquisite 
and fine in every detail, like that of a private 
house of wealth; a great bathing pavilion, 
where one may swim or bath * in sou water of 
auy temperature, and in a great sea room 
framed in flowers; flowers everywhere, ill 
every sbupe genius and beauty can devise; 
stables with a hundred horses to drive or to 
ride; games of every kind; birds of Paradise, 
and birds of other brilliant guise to delight 
still further the eye; a paradise on which 
many hundreds of thousands of dollars have 
been spent, and still the beautifying work is 
going on, and this, only a few years ago, was 
a “howling wilderness.” 
From Monterey we went to Santa Cruz, 
more particularly to visit the Big Trees in 
which art has “hud no hand.” Santa Cruz 
itself is a very pretty and lively town of five 
or six thousand, and is quite a sea side resort. 
It was here that, we took our first “dip” In the 
Pacific Ocean. The trees are six miles from 
the town, aud are reached by rail, the station 
bearing the name of “Big Trees,” and at it 
the visitor is set down in their very midst. 
They are uot so large us the Sequoias of the 
Sierra Nevada, where, in the Mariposa Grove, 
a coach ami six horses are driven through the 
hollow of one of the trees; but these Redwoods 
of Santa Cruz ure big enough, and majestic, 
and tall enough to satisfy the eye and mind of 
any tree-lover. One of them, called “Giant.” 
measures 21 feet in diameter and 63 feet in 
circumference, and during the four hours we 
spent in the forest we saw others that looked 
to be larger and tuller—the present bight of 
the Giant being 340 feet, 34 feet having been 
broken off. Many of the finest of these trees 
have been on fire, and some of them are so 
burnt out inside as to form considerable cav¬ 
erns. One of these rooms we measured, and 
found it to be 16 feet, in diameter. This tree, 
still living aud thrifty, and called “Gen. Fre 
mont,” is said to have sheltered Fremont and 
his men for several weeks when they were in 
conflict with the Mexicans. When fire get* 
inside a tree, it may burn for weeks before 
being extinguished, and the tree is sometimes 
felled for safety. These Redwoods happily 
renew themselves with a vitality uud abun¬ 
dance that are surprising. Right out of the 
stump of a fulleu tree springs Up another— 
sometimes half a dozen—and they grow rapid¬ 
ly i'he great monarchs are attended by a 
number of smaller growth, and often three or 
f OU r enormous trees stand as closely as they 
can. There ure no branches up to a great 
bight, and in uny case the branches are neither 
long nor large, but rather thickly spiked on 
the trunk. The foliage is like that of hem¬ 
lock. and the cone very small indeed. We 
found other trees—the beautiful California 
laurel, the odd and exquisite Madrofio, which 
Bret Harte calls, in his poem of the name, 
"Captain of the Western wood. 
Thou that apest Koblu Hood." 
also the hazel nut; aud. growing wild, the 
shrub we call snowdrop, which bears white 
balls tbat hang on late in the Autumn. 
Five hundred acres of this superb forest 
belong to one family. There is a picnic 
ground in it, and some of the trees aro 
tattooed with visiting cards stuck on with pins. 
RURAL SPECIAL REPORTS, 
Canada. 
Carlkton, Lincoln Co., Ontario, Sept. 22. 
_We have hail a splendid season in this 
“Garden of Canada.” Strawberries, rasp¬ 
berries, and all other fruits, with the single 
exception of peaches, have been ubuudant. 
Our bams ore full to overflowing with the 
various grains; the corn crop, now being cut, 
is one of the best we ever had, while potatoes 
and the different roots are also very plentiful. 
The fall grain is about all in, uud a delightful 
rain is now falliug, insuriug speedy germina¬ 
tion. Wheat is worth 75 cents; cats, 30 cents; 
barley, 60 cents; potatoes, 30 cents; and 
peaches, $4.50. w - H * B - 
Dakota. 
Beotia, Spink Co., Sept. 22.— Crops here 
are good. Seeding commenced April 5, ami 
was about all finished in April. Flax aud corn 
were mostly put in in May, but some fiax was 
sown as late as July 1. The barley harvest 
began July 10. Wheat aud (Rite were ready 
July 28, aud flax is not all cut yet. Wheat 
yields from seven to 25 bushels per acre. I 
think it will average about 15. Oats average 
25, ranging from 15 to 61. Flax varies from 
five to 15, averaging eight bushels per acre. 
Corn averages, perhaps, 20 bushels per acre— 
mostly sod corn—and all ripe, as we have had 
no frost yet this Fall. Apple grafts, straw¬ 
berries and raspberries, set last Spring, have 
made a splendid growth this Summer. I have 
three kinds of strawberries:— Manchester, Bid- 
well, and Old Ironclad. I don’t see any dif¬ 
ference in growth; they have all done well. 
Catalpa spociotti, Russian Mulberry, Box 
Elder, White Ash and Butternut have all done 
well this Summer. Black Walnut and Soft 
Maple have winter-killed here for two yeurs. 
The tips of Box Elder aud White Willow win¬ 
ter-kill a little the first. Winter; after that, 
they are all right. Cottonwood and Balm-of- 
Gilead stand the climate here well. Burr Oak, 
White Oak, Ash, Slippery Elm, Box Elder 
and Black Oak aro natives in the hills east of 
Spink County, and so are lots of wild grapes, 
raspberries red and black—strawberries, cur¬ 
rants, blackberries and gooseberries. Wheat 
sells for 50 cents for No. 1; oats, 17 cents; 
corn, 30 cents, and flax $1 par bushel; pota¬ 
toes, 25c.; beans, $1.25; onions,75c. K H. G. 
Ohio. 
Richfield Center, Lucas Co., O..Sep. 24,— 
Crops generally good. Wheat averages 13 
bushels per acre. Corn very good where well 
tended. The weather has been very dry. 
Many are waiting for rain to sow wheat. A 
fine shower last night. o. k. 
Pennsylvania. 
Corry, Erie Co., Sept. 22.—No frost yet on 
uplands, but on Sept. 14, every thing was kill¬ 
ed on the bottoms. Oats, corn, potatoes and 
buck wheat are pretty good crops here. Hay 
was short, and a dry spell in July has made 
the pustures shorter yet. Cattle are getting 
thin, and are lower now than they were in 
the spring; that is, young cattle when turned 
out to pasture would have sold for more than 
they will bring now. Potatoes sell as low as 
80c. per bushel. J, G. s. 
Texas. 
Cove, Coryell Co., Sept. 17.—We have not 
had any rain since June 20 until to-duy, aud 
not much has fallen yet. Cotton almost a 
failure—a bale to five or ten acres. Wheat 
very good, averaging in this neighborhood 
about 25 bushels. Oats good: corn about 40 
bushels to the acre. Gardens were fine during 
the Spring aud the first of the Summer, but 
they aro all burned up now. G. J. B. 
Wisconsin. 
Stkvknkville, Outagamie Co., Sept. 22.— 
No frost yet, except a very slight one on 
marshy ground. Corn heavy and mostly 
shocked. Apples plentiful and wasting. All 
kinds of fruit have been very abundant. 
Plenty of fall feed. B. m. g. 
RURAL SEED REPORTS. 
Canada. 
Albert, Hastings Co., Ont.—The Beauty 
of Hebron Potato is the bast early potato we 
have. In fact, it kept good until June, and 
as long as any remained our folks would use no 
other. The R. N.-Y. l\ui is the earliest we have. 
Horsford's Market Garden is a good yielder. 
I am saving them all for seed. The Garden 
Treasures gi ve the women folks great pleasure. 
The tomatoes are splendid; they are such 
nice, smooth, well-shaped fruit that we are all 
very much pleased with them. Crops are not 
quite as good this year as usual. The weather 
was so dry in June that the land baked very 
badly. w. J. 
Connecticut. 
Uncasville, Sept. 26 —The Rural Union 
Corn all grew and is doing well, standing 
over 10 feet high. R. N.-Y., Market Garden, 
Laxtou’s Alpha, Bliss’s Everbearing, Bliss’s 
American Wonder, aud Telephone Peas were 
all planted March 28th. The American 
Wonder, Laxton's Alpha, and R, N.-Y. were 
all fit to pick at the same time. 1 think the 
Everbearing has the largest pea grown, for 
the size of pod. The Market Garden bore well 
and is of vary good quality. The tomatoes did 
well, but the crimson red are the best flavored. 
The Garden Treasures grew very thriftily aud 
were a curiosity. The oats I left standing to 
ripen when I cut the other kinds, and so lost 
them all by the birds. The rye and wheat are 
in the ground. The Blush Potato 1 again 
planted; the yield was good, but I do not like 
so much straggling. d. a. s. 
Illinois. 
Adeline, Ogle Co.—Corn, a big crop. The 
Rural Corn does well. The tomatoes are ele¬ 
gant, aud better than any others we ever 
tried. The peas tasted first class. Winter 
wheat two Inches up. o. W. M. 
Plymouth, Hancock Co.—The Rural Trea¬ 
sures were a success. Fifteen different kinds 
of flowers have bloomed. The snapdragons 
are the finest I ever saw, uud the asters are 
beautiful. The tomatoes are the nicest we 
have ever had. The peas grew well, and 
were full. We did not cook any of them, but 
saved them for seed. J, b. h. 
Michigan. 
Essexville, Bay Co., Sept. 18.—I planted 
the Rural Corn May 10th on well manured 
ground, and put a liberal amount of fertilizer 
on it; and it has not matured yet. It is too 
late for Michigan. M. 8. 
Missouri. 
Medoc, Jasper Co., Mo.—All the Rural 
N.-Y. Peas I have saved for seed. The totna 
toes were fine. The Champion Oats are not 
good here, being too late and rusting badly. 
The Rural corn grew well; but did not fill 
well. The Garden Treasures were planted 
too early, aud did not turnout well. 
G. B. S. 
Ohio. 
Richfield Center, Lucas Co., O.— The 
Garden Treasures were fine. The tomatoes 
appeared to be the same I raise—the Acme 
and Livingston. The Rural corn is good; 
planted June 3, it is now ripe. I have five 
Niagara Grape-vines, one three feet high. O. f. 
Pcnnorliuolit. 
SGOTT8VILLE, Wyo, Co.—The Rural New- 
Yorker Peas were very early and nice. I saved 
all for seed. I have a row five rods in length 
of the Rural tomatoes loaded with fruit—a 
sight to behold. The Black Champion Oats 
are too late for this section. The R. Union 
Corn is very flue, and now ripe. The Garden 
Treasures are nice enough to make anybody 
happy. The wheats I sow in a few days. The 
Rural grows better every week; it is the 
ne plus ultra of agricultural papers. 
J. G. F. 
Wisconsin. 
Tomah, Monroe Co.— I planted the Ru¬ 
ral Union Com on June 3, and picked the 
last for seed on September 17. Stalk 10 to 11 
feet high, two ears on every stalk, and a few 
stalks had three ears each. Cultivation just 
about the same as our fluid corn gets; soil, a 
rich loam; no extra manure. I have nine 
bushels of Blush Potatoes this Fall, the pro¬ 
duce of my small one in 1883. Tubers uni¬ 
form in size; very few small ones. I have 
sown my wheat aud rye. Would the Rural 
advise mulching before the weather gets cold, 
or after the ground commences to freeze? 
C. L. S. 
[Not until the ground begins to freeze.-E ds.] 
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FRUITS FOR MANITOBA. 
K. II., Calf Mountain, Manitoba .—Here 
the mercury often goes down to 40 deg. below 
zero, and sometimes to 50 deg., what currants 
(black and red), raspberries, strawberries, 
grapes, gooseberries, citrons, apples, pears, 
plums and tomatoes would be best adapted to 
the climate? 
AN8. BY PROF. J, L. BUDD, OF AMES, IOWA. 
In a brief newspaper item the many questions 
asked are hard to answer. The planting in 
that section must for some time be largely ex¬ 
perimental. But it is useless to experiment 
with any fruit that fails to endure a dry, hot 
summer air, aud a very low winter tempera¬ 
ture. For this extreme climate the Anis 
family of the apple, from the upper Volga, in 
Russia, will prove worthy of trial. A dozen 
varieties of this family will prove late keep¬ 
ing winter apples in that latitude. Some 
of the summer and fall varieties of that 
part of Russia wifi prove equally hardy. 
No variety of the pear will live there ex¬ 
cept the Grucha aud the Bergamotte of 
Kazan, Russia. Where to get them is another 
question. W® can furnish specimens for 
trial. If successful, they can be readily pro¬ 
pagated in the home nursery. The red and 
white Dutch Currant should live there with 
heavy mulching. The Crescent Strawberry, 
with Downer as a fertilizer, is worthy of 
trial, if well mulched aud watered. 
All grapes are doubtful. The Coe will ripen, 
aud the wood will live, if well covered in 
Winter. It is the hardiest known variety of 
the Labrusca for a dry air. The plants can be 
obtained iu Iowa. The De Soto and the Roll- 
ingstone Plums may live. If they do not, try 
the plum of the upper Volga, grown on our 
grounds. If the Houghton Gooseberry fails, 
you must rely on your native species. As to 
tomatoes and garden vegetables, it all depends 
upon the length and heat of your Summers. 
Our common sorts can all be tried in a season. 
LIME AS A FERTILIZER. 
II. E. B.. North Springfield, Mo. —What are 
the fertilizing properties of lime, the crops 
and soils to which it, is adapted, and its com¬ 
mercial value as compared with other fertil¬ 
izers? What effect will water slaking have 
on its fertilizing powers? Would it be advisa¬ 
ble to use lime and ashes in conjunction on a 
sandy soil with a sandstone base, aud how 
much per acre? Lime costs 25 cents per bar¬ 
rel at kilns live mile3 distant., and ashes (from 
hard woods) are given away. 
A ns. —Lime is a fertilizer that is adapted to 
all soils and all crops, for all plants contain a 
large proportion of lime in their ashes. It 
cannot be compared with other fertilizers, be¬ 
cause no other fertilizer can be substituted for 
it. Wood ashes contain about 40 per cent, of 
lime; some—as the ash of the apple tree, 
which has 71 per cent, of lime in it—contain 
more than 40 per cent. In your case it would 
bo much better to use the cheap ashes instead 
of the dear lime. The beneficial effect of 
leached ashes is, no doubt, due to theli'ce they 
contain, as the potash has been nearly all dis¬ 
solved out from them. Where lime is cheap 
and ashes are dear, it is advisable to use the 
former. It is always the same as regards its 
fertilizing properties excepting as It gets old ; 
after having been slaked a long time, it is less 
soluble and less active. It cannot be used with¬ 
out slaking, as it will slake of itself when ex¬ 
posed to air from which it absorbs one third 
of its weight of moisture, and then falls into a 
dry, fine dust. It is then in the best condition 
for spreading on the land, and quickly dissolves 
in 700 times its weight of water. Lime is useful 
OD all soils, even those filled with limestone; but 
mostly on soil filled with vegetable matter. 
Which it decomposes very rapidly, and this 
action is one of its valuable effects as a fer¬ 
tilizer. 
LARGE AND SMALL INCUBATORS. 
R. II., Newark, Ohio.— Is there any differ¬ 
ence in the process of incubation by large and 
small incubators? 
ANSWERED BY H. HALE. 
The two great principles of "incubation are, a 
certain and even degree of temperature and 
moisture. When these two essential ccndi- 
tions are understood aud complied with, it is 
immaterial whether the operations are large or 
small. Taking a practical view of the subject, 
500 eggs can l»e hatched as easily os five. Both 
lot* take the same time to hatch, aud need the 
same watching during the process. In fact ? 
the smaller number would require more at¬ 
tention than the larger, for a largo surface or 
body, when once heated to a proper tempera¬ 
ture, can be kept up to a uniform degree of 
heat more easily than a smaller Ixxly or sur¬ 
face. Changes of temperature, either climatic 
or artificial, do not affect a large incubator as 
quickly as a smaller one; therefore the small 
ono requires stricter at tention, and therefore 
a greater expenditure of time to maintain the 
uniformity of heat, which is imperative to suc¬ 
cessful Incubation. Long before Incubators 
were over made for sale, I batched eggs by 
simply suspending a t ray of water over a gas 
light, having the light under one end of the 
tray, und a sliding drawer with the eggs un¬ 
der the other end, u thermometer being set iu 
the water over the egg drawer; but the watch¬ 
ing night and day was very tedious. As an 
experiment, however, it was quit© successful. 
I merely mention this to illustrate the differ¬ 
ence in care. A small incubator is quite as 
good as a large one, provided it gets more at¬ 
tention; and, in one respect, it is better, for to 
insure proper ventilation and moisture, the 
large machine requires more core, for there 
would be a greater tendency to dryness and an 
accumulation of poisonous gas. The makers 
of large incubators have discovered this, and 
most of them provide their incubators with 
arrangements to obviate the difficulty. 
ANASARCA IN A MARE. 
A. S. Raleigh, Tenn .—One of my mares, 
which had a colt last Spring, has a badly 
swollen udder, and a hard cake is extending 
the belly, while the legs are also swollen. I 
think the trouble is due to overheating by a 
careless negro; what should be the treatment? 
Ans.—Y es, the trouble is due to blood 
poisoning by overheating and a following 
chill. The disease is known as anasarca, and 
yields readily to treatment. The skin over 
the swollen parts may peel off and leave sores, 
which need to be properly dressed. The treat¬ 
ment should be as follows: Give a pint of 
linseed oil with one ounce of turpentine in it. 
The uext day give two drams of chlorate of 
potash iu the morning and one ounce of hypo¬ 
sulphite of soda iu the evening, in some 
scalded bran or cut feed. Bathe the swollen 
parts with warm water, in which one dram 
of chloride of zinc to the quart of water, is 
dissolved. Dress any raw part with zinc 
ointment. 
HYDRAULIC RAM, ETC. 
W. B. Eureka Spnngs, Ark. —What is the 
