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THE RUBAI- MEW-TOMER, 
Nebraska* 
Camden, Seward Co., July 12.—Our coun¬ 
try here is looking very beautiful now. Itye 
and barley are being harvested. Wheat and 
oats are following fast. Corn, although very 
much of it was replanted, is looking fully as 
well ns it did this time, last year. Some other 
sections of the State report more damages 
from wet weather than we have felt. G. b. k. 
Pennsylvania. 
Industry, Beaver County, July 16.—The 
present season has up to date been excessively 
wet. Wheat mostly !n shock, crop below the 
average. Corn small but of good color, needs 
hot sunshine and dry weather to bring it along 
right. Potatoes, rank growth of vines; but 
few bugs to trouble them. Hay crop will lie 
heavy. Oats look and promise well. Applo 
crop almost a failure. Peaches good. The 
strawberry crop was a comparative failure. 
Owing to the excessively wet weather in the 
blooming season, the pollen was drowned out 
and blossoms failed to fertilize perfectly, 
hence an abundance of " nubbins ” and a 
scarcity of choice, perfect berries. Perfect- 
flowering kinds ami pistillate varieties alj 
fared alike The raspberry crop is about half 
a crop. Quito a number of the berries 
“ blight ing ” or drying up after being formed. 
The Gregg is the leading late berry in this sec¬ 
tion. The Mnmmoth Cluster has “had its 
day, 1 ’ und the plantations that once knew it 
and gloried in its possession, shall soon know 
it only in memory. The Silver Dust, a Black¬ 
cap that originated in this section some eight 
years ago, is taking the place of the Doolittle 
as an early berry. It is about three days 
later, but is almost doublo the size of the Doo. 
little. Plant perfectly healthy and hardy, and 
has shown no signs of “ rust;” berry very firm 
meaty. It has no equal as a shipper. The 
blackberry crop will bo light. Varieties 
principally cultivated here are the Lawton 
and Kittatlnny. j, r, g. 
Lime Hill, Bradford Co., July 16.— I planted 
the Niagara Grape seeds as soou as received 
and in May 24 of. them came up and are grow¬ 
ing well. I received 50 grains of Shoe-peg 
Corn; all sprouted aud 46 aro growing. I cut 
the Blush Potato into 17 pieces of one eye each, 
which are now doing linely. Have quite a 
plot of Washington Oats, White Elephant 
Potatoes and R. T. Flint Corn, all looking 
well. c. A. B. 
South Carolina. 
Bachelors’ Retreat. Oconee Co., July 16. 
—I planted my Niagara Grape seed March 27; 
27 plants living. Lowest six, aud tallest 30 
inches high. Will not transplant until Febru¬ 
ary next. My Janesville Grapes now ripe. 
Concord turning. j. m. m’c., m.d. 
Hilton Head, Beaufort Co., July 13.—The 
Blush Potato did not prove a sucocess with 
me. I received it on March 30 aud planted it 
the same day in rich sandy soil. It weighed two- 
aiul-one-half ounces. I cut it into eleven pieces 
with one eye on each piece, dug holes i t inches 
apart, put in two quarts of rich hog manure to 
each hill aud planted one eye in a place, leav¬ 
ing the ground flat. 1 then sowed one peck of 
ashes aud two quarts of kuinit on the row 
and raked it in. In May 1 mulched the row 
with potato tops. To day I dug the potatoes 
aud got 22 tubers weighing two and live-eighths 
pounds. Five of the hills did not have one 
potato in thorn. Every hill came up aud made 
a heavy growth of tops. Had the potato 
been planted two months earlier probably the 
result w ould huve beam more satisfactory. I 
plantwl in the same field Early Rose on Feb 
7 on one*half acre, and harvested May 7, 37 
barrels said to be the best potatoes shipped to 
New York this season. They got no better 
ground or cultivation than the Blush, f. e. w. 
[For so late iu the season, we should fear 
too much manure was used. Eds ] 
Wisconsin. 
Danville, Dunn Co., July 16 —Crops are 
looking well. Grass u good crop. Small grains 
all looking well, but late coru more so and 
still it is coming along fast. My corn is all 
cone of which I have planted 160 acres, most 
of which is looking well, but it is about two 
weeks later than common, Spring being about 
that much behind. Potato bugs very plenti¬ 
ful. Wheat, 60 cents; corn, 50 cents; oats, 25 
to 30 cents; butter, 15 cents. Farm hunds, 
$20 to $25 per month and board. F. m. s. 
Merrimack, Sank Co,, July 16. -On my 
Niagara Grape seeds I poured scalding water 
aud let them stay in a dish where it was warm 
three days, then sowed them iu open grouud. 
I think the seeds nearly all came up and the 
viuelets art) looking One, Crops are looking 
extremely well in this vicinity. 1 have lived 
here for the lust 27 years and have never seen 
them, all together, look so well. Grass is un¬ 
usually good. Full-sown grain is ready for 
the reapers. Wheat very heavy and iu some 
localities it has rusted, Coru looking well— 
IwMsr than last year. Hi u. j. 
CLl)e {jli tmgl, 
ANSWERS TO CORRESPONDENTS. 
[Every query must be accompanied by the name 
and address of the writer to Insure attention.1 
STRAWBERRY SEED, ETC. 
S. E. IV., Hooker, Ohio .—There is a fruit 
tree agent traveling through here who claims 
to have a thornless blackberry; he says the 
bush does not die down annually, but is like 
the currant and is increased only by cuttings. 
1. Is there such a berry? 2. How should a 
strawberry plantation be prepared after the 
berries are goue, when one expeels to sell a 
great many plants this Fall, and at the same 
time work for the best possible berry crop next 
season? 
Ans. —1. Thoro is no such blackberry. These 
tree agents are uoted for having the most won¬ 
derful horticultural novelties. If you would 
avoid paying “ too dear for the whistle,” let 
them alone. 2. There are various methods of 
treating bearing strawberry beds retained for 
another crop of fruit, oue of which is to plow 
or dig under all the plants except in narrow 
rows. Weed these out and manure them. 
The young runners starting out are allowed to 
root in the cleared spaces, thus furnishing new 
plants for setting new beds; but such plants 
are later and apt to be weaker than those pro¬ 
duced from Spring-set plants. It is poor policy 
to attempt to get a crop of strong, healthy 
plants after a crop of fruit. In fact, it is sel¬ 
dom done. The plau generally pursued by our 
best cultivators, is to plant new beds in Spring, 
the first season cultivating aud encouraging 
the growth of young plants, which are used 
for Fall and Spring sales or settings. Then a 
crop of fruit is gathered from those remaining 
and the bed is turned under for a Fall crop of 
late sweet coni, cabbage, or turuips. Plants 
before fruit, not. afterwards is the true plan. 
It is claimed by some that the second crop of 
some varieties is better than the first, but in 
practice, it is often found much loss labor and 
expense to plant and care for a new' bed than 
to attempt to clean an old oue. 
PROSPECT FOR FRUIT CROPS. 
J. Greencastle, Pa. —What States will 
have full crops of apples this year, and what 
States will have only partial crops? 
Ans. —The reports on fruit prospects by the 
State Boards of Agriculture and the General 
Government aro far more tneager than they 
should be in view oL' the aggregate value of 
these crops. The latest aud most extensive 
estimates are those of a largo Chicago fruit 
commission firm which sent out a large num¬ 
ber of inquiries on July 5, and received up¬ 
wards of 3,IKK) replies from all the fruit-grow¬ 
ing States aud Canada. Reckoning an aver¬ 
age crop, for a number of years, ut 100 in the 
respective States, then the information ob- 
taiued is thus briefly condensed by the firm, 
under date of July 20: 
Apples — N. Y., l’a., Ohio, Ind. aud Out., 
Canada, 40 per cent. Micb,, Mo. and Ky., 55 
per cent. Tenn., Va., N. C., Ark. and East¬ 
ern Kan,, 75 per cent. Southern Ill., Cal., 
Ore., Quebec, Cun., 110 per cent., making the 
general average for the entire country 69 
per cent, as against 52 per cent, last year. 
Peaches.— Ky. and Mich., 60 per cent. N. 
Y. and Penn., 75 per cent. IU., 90 per cent. 
Vu., 100 per cent. Ga . 50 j>er cent. Mo.. 110 
per cent. Del., 80 per cent. Md., 80 per cent. 
General average 78 per cent., as against 75 
per cent, last year. 
Small Fruits. —The crop of small fruits is 
generally good. Raspberries especially, will 
be a much larger crop thau usual, probably 
three times larger thau last, year, which was 
less than the average. Blackberries are above 
the average and plums an average crop. 
Cherries fall a little short of an average crop. 
Although our friend’s inquiry is confined to 
apples exclusively, for the benefit of others 
we give the full list. 
HEAVES IN HORSES. 
H. G. H\, Wheeling, W. Vo.—What is a 
remedy for heaves in horses and thecause? 
Ans. —Lung diseases und severe exertion are 
prominent causes of heaves iu horses. So is 
feeding on bulky fowl and ou dusty hay aud 
gram. Where no clover is fed, the disease is 
comparatively rare. Rapid driving, especial¬ 
ly after feeding, is also likely to produce 
heaves. There is no certain cure for the dis¬ 
ease. At best, the ailment can only bo allevi¬ 
ated. Brpken-winded horses, however, if prop¬ 
erly fed are capable of doiug a great deal of 
service, but the work assigned them should lie 
slow. The food should be small in compass 
and given regularly four or five times a day. 
It should consist of outs, beuns, wheat straw, 
chatl', turnips or carrots, with at night a little 
lmrd stalked hay free from dust. Clean, cured 
coi n-stulks, humull quantity, have also proved 
beneficial. Glain and glass, however, should 
be the chief food iu Sun mer, and giain with 
loots iu W inter, V\‘ater should Vie allowed 
sparingly at a time, and the horse should not 
be used for an hour or so after being fed or 
watered Arsenic in small doses is a favorite 
remedy with dealers, as in nearly all cases it 
effects a temporary cure more or less complete. 
They usually begin w ith three grains a day, 
increasing to five a day in a week, and con¬ 
tinue for three or four weeks, giving from 10 
to 12 grains daily towards the end. We have 
seen reports of good effects from elecampane 
root. As the appetite of affected animals is 
morbidly ravenous, leading them to eat the 
litter, etc., the bedding should be removed by 
day and the horse muzzled by night. A lump of 
rock salt at one end of the manger and a chunk 
of chalk at the other have proved helpful. 
CnERRY SPOUTS. 
F. K. Phoenix, Delavan, Wis.—The last 
Rural, page 427, says root sprouts of the Early 
Richmond Cherry would not bear fruit like 
the parent. Is not this a mistake i I most 
certainly think it is. I have known plenty 
Early Richmonds on their own roots that bore 
well and just as good fruit as budded trees. 
Ans. —Mr. Phomixis right, and the Rural 
was also right. It is a fact known to most nur¬ 
serymen and fruit growers that the Early Rich¬ 
mond as well as some other popular varieties 
of this fruit, w as first propagated extensively 
from sprouts, and still is so propagated all 
over this country. At the same time great 
numbers of them have also been budded upon 
seedling stocks, and of course an old uursery- 
man like Mr. Phoenix knows that sprouts 
from such trees will not bear true fruit. 
SETTING OUT STRAWBERRY PLANTS. 
F. G. A., Lebanon, Ohio. —Should Sharpless 
seedling strawberry plants be set out uext 
Fall or next Spring ? 
Ass.—All other things being equal, we pre¬ 
fer Spring setting. If, however, we desired 
Sharpless or any other variety, we should set 
it this season and not wait until Spring. We 
should then be able (if we chose) to make a 
new bed next Spring from the runners. If 
we desired a full crop in the Spriug w*e should 
purchase the plants note aud give them the 
best of care until cold weuther, when we 
should mulch them. 
MISCELLANEOUS. 
A. J. C., Listoivel, Canada .—1. Out of 19 
Niagara grape-vines, three in a six-inch pot 
came up early and have made a good growth; 
the other 16 in a ten-inch pot are only just 
above ground; what should I do with them ? 
2. Is it usual for the Wilson Strawberry to 
bear heavily the second year and then dwindle 
in yield, as mine have done? 
Ans. —1. There aro two things for you to do. 
Oue is to transplant each vine to a small pot, 
and then place the pots and vines in the soil 
a little over the rims, aud water them if need¬ 
ed lieyond what they receive from rains. 
These may again bo transplanted to lurger 
I>ots later. In the Fall, the pots may bo taken 
in the house for the Winter and set out next 
Spring. Or, you may transplant at once into 
the opeu ground and shade and water as 
needed, protecting iu the late Fall with straw 
or evergreeu boughs. 2. Reports come to us 
from different States that the W ilson is grow¬ 
ing less vigorous yearly. 
& *4. L., Moorseille, N. C. —Is there any 
difference between Aldernevs and Jerseys, and 
w hat a tv the standard colors of each ( 
Ans. —Yes. The Alderueys resemble the 
Guernseys rather than the Jerseys. For over 
a century there have beeu iu Jersey regula¬ 
tions forbidding the landing of cattle from 
any outside place, so as to prevent any possi¬ 
bility of crossing with the native stock. Iu 
Guernsey and Alderney uo such laws have ex¬ 
isted. So closely allied are the Guernsey aud 
Alderney cattle that it is now proposed to add 
to the Guernsey Herd Book an appendix 
in the form of an Alderney Herd Book, and 
M. de Mouilpied, Secretary of the Guernsey- 
Herd Book of the Island of Guernsey, is com¬ 
piling such a work. As there has hitherto 
been no Alderney Herd Book, no “scale of 
;>oiut.s” of that breed has been formulated. 
J. Ft. U ., Industry, Pa .—1^ have JL til teen- 
acre field of “bottom laud” along the Ohio, 
through which a spring brook runs. The land 
being almost level, the stream is sluggish and 
spreads over considerable land—in fact it has 
made quite a swamp, in which Hags and all 
kinds of swamp grass grow rank, fall down 
in Autumn, rot and are followed by another 
crop. This swamp muck is from three to five 
feet thick. Is it valuable as a fertilizer, aud 
how can it bo made available ? 
Ans. —It may be, we can not say'. Decay¬ 
ing vegetation contains all the elements of 
plant growth. How much of this hits been 
washed out of your “muck” aud how much 
remains could lie ascertained only by a care¬ 
ful analysis or by trying it upon your land. 
/). fif,, AW. Fern oh, Ind. —1. What are 
the best varieties of raspberries and strawber¬ 
ries from the earliest to the latest? 2, What 
would hv* the best strawberry to plant near 
the Manchester? 3, Are-of - 
quite trustworthy? 
Ans.— 1. Raspberries: Hansell for earliest; 
Turner, Marlboro, Cuthbert, Caroline for yel¬ 
low Strawberries: Duchess, Duncan, Sharp¬ 
less, Charles Downing, James Yick, Cumber¬ 
land Triumph, Kentucky. 2. Wilson, Charles 
Downing, James Vick, Cumberland Triumph. 
3. We are not acquainted with them. 
C. G. T„ Westerville, Kan. —1. Does the 
Post-Office Department, regulate the box rent 
in the post-offices? 2. Name the plant a leaf 
of which is sent. 3. Is the Chickasaw Plum 
good for hedges, and where can it be obtained? 
Ans.— 1. Yes. 2. We cannot give you the 
name of the plant simply from seeing the leaf 
We must have both leaf and flower. 3. It has 
been sometimes cultivated as a hedge-plant, 
but we could not recommend it when other 
trees are to be found which make much finer 
hedges. We do uot know who sells it. 
H. M. J., Merrimack, Win .—I sowed clean 
wheat on new* land, yet I have harvested 
more or less chess, chess aud wheat, in some 
cases, forming parts of the same stool; whence 
came the chess? 
Ans.—E ither from the seed, soil, birds, men, 
wagons or something other than the wheat. If 
you will examine the stools carefully, it will 
be found that the plants can be separated. 
W. H. D., Litoesmlle, Pa .—Is there a Regis¬ 
try of South Down sheep, and who is a relia¬ 
bly breeder of them? 
Ans. —We do not know of any work of the 
kind in this country , but oue is in course of 
preparation, aud will be announced when 
ready. Gen. CassiusM. Clay,Whitehall, Ky., 
is a thoroughly trustworthy- breeder of an ex¬ 
cellent strain of South Downs. 
D. L., Crown Point, Ind. —1. Where can 
pure Light Brahma chickens be obtained ? 2. 
What is the name of some good poultry peri¬ 
odical ? 
Ans. —1. C. S. Cooper, Seraalenburg, N. J. 2. 
The Poultry Monthly', $1.25, Albany, N. Y.; 
American Poultry Yard, weekly, $1.50. and 
Poultry World, mouthly, $1.25, both published 
at Hartford. Conn. 
F. J. G., Weldon Ct'eek, Mich .—When about 
the size of pear my apples all fall off; what 
is the reason aud a remedy? 
Ans. —It is no doubt caused by the Codling 
Moth worm. Spraying with Paris-green wa¬ 
ter when the apples are set is recommended 
to kill the larva* as the eggs hatch in the calyx. 
G. K. B , Camden, Neb., sends plant for 
name. 
Ans.-I t is Trifolium stoloniferurn—Running 
Buffalo Clover. It is common at the West, but 
little is known of its agricultural value; but 
stock do not seem to like it as long as they can 
get other pasture, 
J. E. P., Westport , Dak .—My Niagara Grape 
seedlings are out-of-doors; should they be left 
there all Winter? 
Ans. —Where the temperature is not excess 
ively severe in Winter, to protect the vines 
with a little straw or evergreen twigs is pre¬ 
caution enough. 
J. -4. P., Portsmouth , Va .—Is there a clover 
huller cheap enough for a farmer who has 
from 80 to 40 seres of clover but who has no 
use for a thrasher? 
Ans.—W rite to the Birdsell M’PgCo., South 
Bend, Ind., for circulars of their hullers. 
J. M , Owasco, Mo .—Will bricks make a re¬ 
liable foundation for barn or house with cel¬ 
lar ? 
Ans.—Y es, if properly laid. Bricks, as a 
rule, form the foundations for all sorts of 
houses in cities, even for those 11 stories high. 
C. L., Chatham, N. J .—What of the Sheri¬ 
dan condition powders advertised as egg-pro¬ 
ducing food? 
Ans.—W e have never tried them; but have 
heard they are as good as ordinary well-select¬ 
ed food. 
.4 "Subscriber,'' Franklin, N. J .—A couple 
of years ago I sowed W inter rye on buckwheat 
ground, and plowed it under in the Spring for 
com. The corn was not a good crop; does the 
Rural know of any similar experiment? 
Ans.—N o. 
D. H. A., Stermsville.Pa .—Where can Prof. 
Cook’s new book on bees be purchased? 
Ans. —From Prof. A. J. Cook, Agricultural 
College, Lausing, Mich. 
O. I*. B., Sodas, Mich .—Address Dr. Dio 
Lewis, Bible House, New York City, N. Y. 
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Saturday, July 38: 
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