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take many people make is in using more than 
necessary. Select a bright, sunny forenoon, 
and the bugs will get it, and in two days you 
will discover that it has “got” them. With 
water convenient one man will do an acre in 
from one-and-a-half to two hours, repeating 
where necessary. G. w. 8. 
n the liberalizing of our art yet. The Rural 
is literally doing “yeoman’s service” in behalf 
of an ennobled agriculture. 
sey State Board of Agriculture for 
1882-3. P. T. Quinn, Secretary, Newark, N. 
J Pages, 305. Among the articles to be 
found in this volume are those on Various 
Processes by which Fertility is Restored to a 
Soil Exhausted by Cropping, by Sir J. B. 
Lawes; Carp Culture, by Amos Ebert; Straw¬ 
berries and their Culture, by E. C. Bell; The 
Poultry Crop on New Jersey Farms, by B. R. 
Black; How Protection Affects the Farmer, 
by Hon. Thomas H. Dudley, and the Report 
for 1881-2 of the New Jersey Agricultural 
College Farm. 
Report on The Michigan Forest Fires 
of 1881. Published by War Department' 
Washington, D. C. Pages, 16. 
Memoir on the Use of Homing Pigeons 
for Military Purposes. Pages, 77. Published 
by War Department, Washington, D. C. 
Catalogue of Imported Jersey Cattle. 
Alfred M. Herkness & Co., Philadelphia, Pa 
formed, as may lie seen from the following 
facts: 
First, prohibition has not failed in Kansas; 
second, our legislature adjourned but a few 
weeks ago and did not repeal one syllable of 
the prohibition law, and that legislature will 
not meet again, and the next one to be 
elected cannot meet until January, 1885, and 
no man may tell what another legislature will 
do so far in the future. Third, the State Tem¬ 
perance Society is now raising a fund of $20,- 
000, about $8,000 or more of which are 
already paid into its treasury to prosecute the 
unlawful sale of intoxicating drinks in this 
State. Fourth, do the facts mentioned in second 
and third indicate that prohibition in Kansas 
is a failure? The people here think it a success 
in a great degree now, and they propose to 
follow the present measure of success until it is 
complete. Fifth, 1 think the Rural a grand 
paper that would not knowingly misrepresent 
any subject, or place, or person, and so I ask 
that you have this matter set to rights. Kan¬ 
sas is a great State and has a grand class of 
citizens, and I hope the Rural New-Yorker 
has a generous Subscription list in this State, 
and the great majority of its subscribers will 
greatly regret to bo misrepresented on so im¬ 
portant a subject as that named in this article. 
Ottawa, Kansas. A. Willis. 
Remarks. —This is one of over a dozen 
contradictious of the above statement we have 
received from different parts of Kansas. We 
rejoice at their number and contents, because 
their number shows that Kansians take a live¬ 
ly interest in the important subject of prohi¬ 
bition, and because their contents prove that 
this has escaped a defeat of which we were sorry 
to hear. Our information on the matter was 
derived chiefly from a journalistic interview 
with Governor Glick, of Kansas, published 
some weeks ago in a St. Louis paper and 
thenop copied into several others in different 
Mr. Talcott is entitled to hearty thanks 
for his criticism of extravagant claims in ad¬ 
vertising (p. 265). But there is no cure for it. 
Every one of us will coutiuue to think his gos¬ 
lings young swans, and put our view of the 
matter in our advertisements. Now let the 
editors hold the balance even, outside the ad¬ 
vertising columns, and tell their readers the 
facts as they find them—as the Rural does. 
jmplcmfnte, 
I shall be glad if Dr. Nichol’s indorsement 
of the compost of ground bone and wood ashes 
makes it popular. I do not think auy bone 
should be used for making suiier phosphates, 
now that mineral material is so cheap and 
abundant. The bone, finely ground and 
mixed, one to two or three by measure, with 
unleached hard-wood ashes, then saturated 
with water and allowed to stand two or three 
weeks, then dried with ground plaster for 
handling, makes a better fertilizer for all crops 
than can be made by acting upon the bone 
with acid. I have used it for 16 years. 
A GOOD deal of interest is now manifested 
by farmers in spring-tooth cultivators. Sev¬ 
eral years ago a floating spring-tooth cultiva¬ 
tor was sent to us to try. Its work was thor¬ 
ough, but the draft was too heavy, at least in 
our light soil. For the past three seasons we 
have used a spring-tooth mounted cultivator, 
which has pleased us in every way. The work 
performed is as thorough as that of the floating 
cultivator, while the draft is very b'ght. We use 
it both as a harrow and, by taking out two of 
the teeth, as a cultivator for corn. The illus¬ 
tration shown (Fig. 206) is that of the new 
Bueke 3 T e Spring-tooth Cultivator, which, by 
the use of a center attachment, serves as wel 
for a harrow. The teeth may be set to run as 
deep or shallow as desired and are controlled 
by levers within easy reach of the operator. 
We have not tested this particular machine, 
which is manufactured by P. P. Mast & Co., 
of Springfield, O.: but we have talked with 
those who have used it and would recommend 
our readers to send for circulars and judge for 
themselves. 
THE POTATO BEETLE AND HOW TO 
DOSE HIM. 
Rural, May 5.—It. may lie a very fine thing 
but who ever saw that wonderful mixture 
which Dr. Loring so eloquently describes on 
pages 277-78? Who has poured into this chan¬ 
nel (the “American Horse,” whatever that is) 
“the warm, courageous, enduring blood of the 
Thoroughbred and the coolness and patience 
of the Normau, and the solid resolution of the 
Clydesdale, and the style of the Cleveland 
Bay?" This is too much like the old lady’s 
“yarb” drink, which had a little of ’most every¬ 
thing in it and was good forany plaintcom. 
The industrious and energetic Potato-bug, 
whose active operations for a number of years 
past have made him the common enemy of 
nearly all mankind. Is thought to have at last 
surrendered. It was noticed last Fall, and fre¬ 
quently commented upon, that the Autumn 
crop of bugs did but little damage, and in 
many places died off speedily without an 
apparent cause. Potato tops that were cov¬ 
ered with them on July 15 were free from 
them on August 1. and bugs enough were not 
left to explain the cause of their sudden de- 
pM’turc. It was not any remnant of Paris- 
SULKY-PLOWS AND RIDING-CULTI¬ 
VATORS.” 
surprised, besides Mr. Par 
current volume, I notice Dr. 
Hoskins advises no 
t j man with a light 
team to buy a sulky 
plow. Now that 
is exactly why I 
gy. H did invest in one, 
LyH and I am very well 
iv ffl satisfied with the 
MM result, so well that 
Epxl I am fu 11 y con¬ 
vinced that I not 
''j; only plow consider¬ 
ably more in a day, 
but with less labor 
fJL upon the part of the 
vY jj team. The machine 
ME: ' ■ I use is a plow- 
sulky, made at 
Springfield. O.. and 
weighing about 70 
pounds. On this I rig 
a No. 19 Syracuse 
walking-plow, and 
H my little team, 
■ weighing less than 
2,000 pounds, plow 
with far less exer¬ 
tion than they do 
with a similar plow 
unmounted; for I 
have a No. 19 Syra- 
|8 |t| cuse walking-plow 
besides. The com- 
'' pound joint that 
s' x attaches the plow 
J. A, D. (p. 281) 
does well to publish 
his experience in 
Northwestern Arkan¬ 
sas. I knew the 
Ozark region nearly 
80 years ago, and can 
indorse every word 
he says about the ex¬ 
cellence of the soil, 
the salubrity of the 
climate aud its re¬ 
markable adaptation 
to fruit-growiug. If 
that country can be 
ettled up by an in¬ 
telligent, industrious immigration, it may be 
made to equal 'Western Now York, with some 
special advantages of its own. Aud it has the 
great and rich city of St. Louis for its mar¬ 
ket. I believe the new Southern Winter ap¬ 
ples will succeed there. Will Mr. R. J. 
Black, of Bremen, O., give the Arkansas 
readers of the Rural a list and description of 
the best? 
Perhaps I am “hypercritical,” Mr. Editor, 
regarding your use of the word “monopoly,” 
but I didn’t mean to be. Monopolies, in the 
true sense, may be and have been forbidden 
by law; but in what possible way can the law 
be made to interfere with these i/iwst monopo¬ 
listic arrangements, like the Standard Oil Co., 
and the Glucose Makers’ Union? They are 
dangerous by their immense wealth, perhaps, 
but similar combinations on a smaller scale 
are common everywhere, and nobody objects 
to them. They are no worse, or more illegal, 
than similar wealth in the hands of single 
men, like Vanderbilt and Gould. What are 
you going to do about it? 
-- 
PROHIBITION NOT A FAILURE IN 
KANSAS. 
In the Rural for May 5, under the heading, 
Restrictions on Rum,” is the remark: “Pro¬ 
hibition has failed in Kansas and the legisla¬ 
tion making it is to be repealed.” In making 
this statement the writer was sadly misin¬ 
Buckeye Spring-Tooth Cultiv 
parts of the country. In the interview he dis¬ 
tinctly stated that prohibition had proved a 
failure, and to the question, “Will the prohib¬ 
itory laws lie repealed?” he replied “Certainly, 
my late election settled that question. The 
repeal of those laws was the point at issue.” 
Generally we do not like to be misinformed, 
but in the present case we are glad to learn 
that the Governor of Kansas was mistaken 
alike in liis statement, as to flic failure of pro¬ 
hibition in his Stare and in his anticipation of 
the speedy repeal of the prohibitory laws. The 
recent defeat of Governor St. John, the great 
champion of prohibition, in his attempt to se¬ 
cure a re-elect ion, disposed us to place all the 
more reliance on the words of his triumphant 
opponent aud successor. — Eds. 
BOOKS RECEIVED. 
The Bkk-Kekpers’ Handy Book, by Hen¬ 
ry Alley, of Massachusetts. The book is ueat 
iu finish, well w ritteu and abouuds in most 
excellent suggestions, many of them new. The 
plain, simple stylo will enable even the novice 
to understand and practice the suggestions of¬ 
fered. A very able chapter by Secretary Geo. 
House on the production and marketing of 
honey, adds not a little to the value of the 
work Another chapter on the New Races of 
Bees, by Silas M. Locke, who was with Mr. 
Jones for one year, gives valuable ami oppor¬ 
tune information. 
Tenth Annual Retort of the New Jer¬ 
ator In Fallow Land—Fig.” 206. 
green which may have remained on the vines, 
for these same bugs were hatched out, grew 
aud prospered on these vines until, without a 
single note of warning, the place which knew 
them so numerously aud busily iu a few days 
knew them no more during the season. Spring 
work this season has, so far, disclosed no evi¬ 
dence of their presence. Formerly when 
Spring plowing and planting commenced, the 
pioneer bugs used to emerge from their winter- 
quarters and cast about as if planning their 
Summer campaign. We now miss their com¬ 
panionship and yet feel that we can get uloug 
without their copartnership. 
But suppose that Mr. Bug is engaged in 
some deep scheme, and has been only ‘ 'playing 
possum,” as it were, we have discovered a 
method by which his operations in the potato 
field can be cheaply anil effectively stopped. 
Don’t splash your Paris-greeD, however, 
everywhere with a bunch of straw- or a hand¬ 
ful of brush, or daub up your vines with an 
admixture with plaster or ashes or other dry 
material; but for 50 cents supply yourself 
with a two-gallon spriukling can with a tine 
rose-sprinkler on the nozzle. With this in one 
hand you can pass down the rows, aud place 
the Paris-green—much or little, as may be re¬ 
quired—just where “it will do the most good.” 
I first put in the can a little more thau a 
spoonful of the Paris-green, till with water, 
stir it with a few strokes, then start on the 
work of annihilation. Ten cents’ worth of 
Paris-green is sufficient for an acre. The mis- 
to the sulky is_ ex¬ 
actly under the 'axle 
and as the furrow wheel runs eight inches 
in advance of the sod; wheel, there is 
no chance for any weight to come upon the 
horses’ necks; besides, the lifting lever works 
from this same joint, and cannot throw the 
weight of the plow upon any part of the 
machine other than the wheels. The furrow 
can be instantly deepened, or the reverse, and 
the weight of plow and furrow is not trans¬ 
ferred, but is carried all the time upon the 
wheels, which accounts for the lightened draft. 
The sulky-plows—such as I am familiar w ith— 
are not adapted to light horses, but need three 
large draft animals to successfully work them, 
but the plow-sulky, with its adjusted walking 
plow—for anj' plow fits it—is the friend of 
the light team; as three years’ thorough trial 
has demonstrated upon my farm. 
To the “North Carver” correspondent I 
would say that I have used a sulky two horse 
cultivator or corn hoe, for five years and cul¬ 
tivated corn, potatoes, cabbage, and put in 
my oats with it. and find it—next to a self- 
binder—the best tool upon the farm. The 
rows should be four feet apart, aud reasonably 
straight, and then a boy aud two horses can 
do the work of about three men and as many 
horses with “ jump ” cultivators. The shields 
protect the hills, and the shovels can thus be 
brought up so near that the weeds are killed 
to within a few inches of the lull, and the fine 
dirt that is crowded under the shields buries 
The rest, so upon well marked ground the hoe 
is not needtl for upon the second cultivation 
can make squarer hills, and most of 4 lit o> 
