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THE RURAL NEW-YORKER. 
be over-estimated, and of which breeders 
have already had a costly foretaste. 
The ag. editor of the Conn. Courant, pub¬ 
lished at Hartford, says that bog-cbolera—or 
something as deadly as that—is credibly re¬ 
ported as affecting swine in that city. In¬ 
deed he saw arsenic—which is the popular 
remedy—being put up by a druggist in 20 
grain doses for full-grown hogs, and 5-grain 
doses for small pigs. Here would seem to be 
evidence of a practical faith In arsenic as a 
remedy for germs infinitely smaller than 
those which develop as potato beetles. 
do something in the way of good farming 
there is nothing like good seed. 
hulls are removed, it might as well be classed 
among the hulled. When barley is planted as 
a spring forage plant., Chevalier is the variety 
that is recommended, on account of its erect, 
tall, leafy and stout stalks. Manshury is also 
good in this lespect. The straw of Pringle’s 
New Hybrid Harley was weak. 
Now, Rural, readers, do, please, seud us 
just one new subscriber with your own re¬ 
newal-even though you are obliged to 
real acquisition, contrary to most of the high¬ 
ly advertised new varieties. In the New 
York Experiment Station tests it stands well.” 
This proves that they did well at t he N Y. 
Ex. Station, and that is all, good New Eng¬ 
land Homestead, They were tested three 
years ago at the Rural Farm, and were quite 
a failure as compared with a dozen other 
kinds then tested, Even the introducers, D. 
M. Ferry & Co. and James Vick, acknowl¬ 
edge that they a*‘o of no particular value. 
Sprinkle a little lime (air siuked) over the 
potatoes in your cellar. It will tend to pre- 
veutrot, and purify the air of the collar. 
Like calls the dinner horn a tout ensemble. 
Ik like produced absolutely like, there could 
bo no improvement, says Major HaJletfcin the 
Ag Gazette.... 
Major Hallett’s plan of improving wheat 
is simply to find the best plant of a variety, 
iu a given crop, then its best ear, and, finally, 
the best grain in the best ear; and with this 
ultimate best single grain to re-start every 
year. 
Ancient writers suggested picking out the 
largest grains, and also those from the middle 
of the ear. Mujor 1-Jallett also states in the 
Ag, Gazette tlmt six nud-tweuty years ago, iu 
1R58, ho plunted ISeursin such a manner that 
the planting of each grain of each ear corres¬ 
ponded exactly with its position when in the 
ear, aud the larger grains were noted on tho 
diagram of each planting. Ho found no rela¬ 
tion whatever to exist between tho best plant 
produced and tho size, or position in the ear, 
of its parent grain... ... 
It is a question worthy of careful tests 
whether Lima Beans will yield best if trained 
to tall poles or short ones. In tho latter case, 
tho vines are to be pinched or cut off as soon 
as they reach the tops of the poles.. 
This question presents itself in different 
forms. Many think that raspberries and 
blackberries yield better If confined to the 
bight of three or four feet. We must then 
cut off the laterals as soon as they are a foot 
or so in length. No stakes are necessary. 
Who employs tree peddlers? Do our re¬ 
spectable nurserymen employ them? If so 
who are responsible for what tho peddlers 
do?,........ 
The Sun says that it has no doubt that far¬ 
mers, both North and South, who have choice 
nut tearing trees on their farms, will soon 
learn, if they have not ulrcady, that they are 
worth preserving.,. 
“ Are single men worth more than mar¬ 
ried men for farm hands}” is one of the silly 
questions being discussed by certain farm 
papers... 
You can set a hen—you cannot sit her. A 
hen sits, but never Nets . 
Tho Rural New-Yorker posters are worthy 
—not of a frame, perhaps—but of being 
tacked up in a. conspicuous place. We hope 
that our subscribers will do us this favor. 
Besides, the posters may assist then in ob¬ 
taining one of the presents which we offer to 
them alone Now, be good—and just -Rural, 
readers, and do as we bid you in this matter. 
If you. have failed to receive the posters, please 
send for them .... 
Remember, Rural friends, we are ready 
to send you any number of specimen copies 
you may desire, to aid you in obtaining sub¬ 
scribers. We will send them to any names 
you may send us. We will send you premium 
lists and posters—all without charge. Re- 
moinher, also, that uur Throe Thousand Dol¬ 
lars’ worth of presents are to subscribers 
alone Wo want our readers, our friends 
to ussist in extending tho circulation aud in¬ 
fluence of the Rural New-Yorker, and we 
want to pay them for any exertions they may 
PITHS AND REMINDERS 
“The Corn crop—the chicken’s.”—Puck .. 
Tests of Barley.— The N. Y. Ex Station 
during the past season tried 11 different kinds 
of barley. With the exception of being 
troubled with rust, the two rowed barleys 
The same authority makes the remark that 
Professor Kedzic of the Michigan Agricul¬ 
tural College says that “potatoes grown on 
salted land are always clean aud free from 
scab.” The salts of commercial fertilizers 
are often credited with the same effect, and it 
is probable that a mixture of salt In a com¬ 
post of earth with hen manure aud wood ashes 
for the hill and drill, will keep the potatoes 
clean whether the scab is caused by insects 
or fungi. Salt for potatoes—when they could 
g*'tit—was an old favorite with our grand¬ 
fathers. But, the Rural’s tests through 
many years, prove that common salt (chloride 
of sodium) oranveommerialsaltsusedasferti¬ 
lizers will uot prevent scab. 
“A Bit of Good Advice,”— The following is 
what our edeemed friend aud contributor, 
T. 11, Hoskins. M.D., the agricultural editor 
of the Vermont Watchman, says in a late 
issue of that excellent journal: “Dear render, 
if you are a farmer or a market gardener, 
you cannot iu reasou get along without at 
least one first-class agricultural and horticul¬ 
tural woukly. The Rural New Yorker is, 
in our opinion, the best paper of this class in 
the world. If you don’t want to fake our 
word for it, seud for a specimen copy and 
judge for yourself. You can get it from now 
until January l, 1880, for two dollars, includ¬ 
ing its valuable Seed Distribution sent free to 
each subscriber. The Rural claims the 
largest paid up subscription list of any Amer¬ 
ican paper of its class. H, is lavishly illus¬ 
trated, and all the best agricultural writers 
contribute to its columns. If you subscribe 
now you will get 1,000 large pages of the 
best reading (aud valuable seeds) for your two 
dollars.” 
A New Anaesthetic. —By means of a 
most promising local anaesthetic, Dr Roller, 
of Vienna, has recently been able to render 
the eje quite insensible to pain. Under its 
influence, Science says, almost, any operation 
may be performed npou this delicate organ 
without causing suffering; and its use i» not 
followed by unpleasant after-effects. A few 
minutes after putting three or four drops of a 
four-percent, solution of bydrucblorato of 
cocoa in •) Into tho eye, no discomfort Is felt 
when the front of tho eyeball is rubbed with 
the Anger; or it may be cut with a knife, for 
example, to do an operation for cataract, and 
no pain is occasioned. It is uot many weeks 
since this was demonstrated in Germany, and 
already many operations have been per¬ 
formed by our own oculists with great success 
and satisfaction. For some mouths before its 
use in the eye, it had been employed by phy¬ 
sicians to render the mucous membranes less 
sensitive, especially that of the throat, and it 
will probably be found capable of rendering 
otber valuable services in medicine. 
Leaf of the Oak leaved Hydrangea. From Nature. Fig. 518. (See page 820.) 
The October bulletin of the Couu, Ag. Ex 
Station, of which Prof. S. W. Johnson is Di¬ 
rector, shows that mauy of the fertilizers test¬ 
ed were worth considerably less than the 
price asked by the mauufueturer. Thus 
Davidge’s Fish und Potash costs the purchaser 
$40 per ton. It is valued by the station ana¬ 
lyzer to be worth but $27.89. Here is a list of 
other fertilizers of thi3 class: 
Cost. Valued at- 
Davldge's Special Favorite. Hii.uj 9o 
Bowker’s Forage Crop Manure_sn.tx) 33 63 
Common-Sense Fertilizer No. 2 .... 3S.no 27.76 
So'ublfc Pacllle Gituuo . .... 45 00 31 58 
Steam’s Eagle brand Kish Potash . 40.00 22.60 
The analyses of the fertilizers of several 
other Arms show their goods to be worth more 
than the prices asked. 
„ . „ Cost. Valued at. 
Mapes’ Tobacco Manure.. $r>2.oo $54 61 
Wilcox's Ground-floh Guano. 40.00 lejiO 
.prepare lor the World’s Exposition. The 
Rural is endeavoring to be thrice repre¬ 
sented. that it may present to its readers the 
fullest and spiciest reports. 
Mr. Hoopes tells the N. Y. Tribune that 
the Japan Persimmon will succeed aud pro¬ 
duce fruit of a fine quality south of Mary- 
and... 
We sometimes think that our readers do 
not fairly appreciate the fact that t he Rural 
New-Yorker never sell^anything, and is in 
no way interested in the sale of unything 
advertised iu its columns. Good farmers 
should discriminate between those papers 
The San Francisco New Era is wild over a 
bigear of corn left at itsofficeby a Mr. Black, 
of San Josd, California. It is 10>£ inches 
long, 9 inches iu circumference at the base, 
and inches at tip, aud has 18 rows and 703 
grains; it asks who can beat it. Well that is 
“some” corn, but uot much for the Rural 
Farm. We have now before us an ear 
inches long, 9% inches in circumference at 
the base, aud 7 inches at tip; it has 22 rows 
and 1,148 grains, and this is not much of a 
year for corn either. This is from some of the 
seed sent out in the R. N.-Y. Free Seed Dis¬ 
tribution of a few years ago. If Brother 
Black would only subscribe for the Rural 
New-Yorker and get its free seed, he could 
Hydrangea Quercifolia. Fig. 519. (See page‘826.) 
were much more vigorous, healthy and erect 
than were the others. 
That kuown as the Nepaul Barley, although 
producing stout, branching culms and a pro¬ 
fusion of foliage, presented no otber particu¬ 
larly favorable characteristic, unless it be 
that of having no awns. It is really a hulless 
barley, but from the difficulty with which the 
present the subscription to the new subscriber. 
We want to show you that we appreciate 
your kindness by publishing a journal for 
1885, that will fully gratify our own notions 
as to what a farm journal should be, and, as 
we hope, will delight you and every member 
of your household. Try it for the once. 
“The White Russian Oat has proved to be a 
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