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THE RURAL NEW-YORKER. 
L-.nrd.sS I75 strung Strawberry Plants, 
30 Mulberries. Ill each. Russian, Black 
"uronr valuable Catalogue of aver 110 
Apricot.and 1 Clnxmpir 
5 sorts, early to late. N 1 
®xte$, cetlsi and giant*. 
year’s growth, and if too thick, thin the top 
somewhat. 2. The raspberries want cutting 
back to about two feet in hight, and the new 
growth should be pinched or cut off at 30 
inches. After the canes have done bearing, 
the old ones should be cut out. 3. Of a mix¬ 
ture of very fine phosphate and sulphate or 
muriate of potash, equal parts, give about 
four pounds to each tree, sown broadcast, for 
the peaches; and wood ashes 25 bushels, and 12 
loads of barn-yard manure, for the raspberries, 
working them slightly into the ground. 
E.E. V.. Winfield, Kansas.—1. What varie¬ 
ties of grapes, strawberries, black and red 
raspberries and blackberries will give fruit 
through the season here in Southern Kansas? 
2. W here can I get the genuine Niagara G rape? 
Ans.— 1. For grapes,plant the Early Victor, 
Worden, Concord, Delaware, Elvira, Lady, 
Brighton, Duchess, Perkins and Triumph; for 
strawberries, the Charles Downing, Crescent, 
Wilson and Cumberland; f or raspberries, red, 
Smith's. Cuthbert, Shaffer; black, Gregg, 
McCormick and Miami; blackberries, Kit- 
tatinny and Snyder. 2. Of almost all nursery¬ 
men; only be sure it bears the seal of the 
Niagara White Grape Company, as a guaran¬ 
tee of genuineness. 
Earle Ranch, Melrose, Mont. —1. We are 
above 45° north aud at an altitude of 
4,000 feet: native strawberries, raspberries, 
gooseberries and currants grow here, what 
other fruits would be likely to succeed? 2 . 
Where can I get sun-flower seed and at what 
price? 
Ans.— 1. You might try some of the iron¬ 
clad Russian fruits secured by Prof. Budd, 
and some of the wild varieties of plums. 2 . 
You can buy them of almost any seeds¬ 
man. The price is 25 cents a quart, or §400 
a bushel. Try S. W. Dorr, Des Moines, Iowa, 
or Hiram Sibley & C-o., Chicago, 111. 
D. H. li., Standish, Mich. — Where can 
good grazing lands lie bought at reasonable 
rates, without going too far South or West? 
Ans.—W e regret the necessity; but wemust 
really decline to answer questions of this kind. 
They are too indetinite, and the desired infor¬ 
mation should be sought through the adver¬ 
tising columns of this or some other paper. 
Then a number of auswers from various sec¬ 
tions will give the advertiser an opportunity 
of corresponding with men in different parts 
of the country, and, most likely, lead to the 
information sought. Read “Everywhere.” 
M. II., Walton, N. Y —Where can crushed 
oyster shells be purchased? 
Ans. —The cheapest way is to huy one of 
Frank Wilson’s bone mills, and grind your 
own, which you can get, for hauling away, in 
any town in the country. Or, what is better 
yet, send us a club of 12 subscribers, aud get 
one free. See Premium List in the Rural of 
November 8 . 
S. It., Boston, Mass. —Is the Shiawasse 
Beauty Apple as good as the Fameuse, and 
will it succeed m Massachusetts? 
Ans. —The Shiawasse is a seedling of Fa¬ 
meuse, somewhat, larger, as handsome, and as 
good. We think it will succeed wherever the 
Fameuse flourishes. 
G. H. 0., Liberty, P. O , Ohio.— 1. Where 
can 1 get Downing's work on fruit, aud what 
does it cost? 2. Is there a quince culled 
Dently's Quince, and is it of good quality? 
Ans —1. Through the Ameriean News Co., 
N. Y. City; price $5. 2. We know of no such 
quince. 
11. II., Niles, Mich .—Will eggs laid in De¬ 
cember do for hatching in Spriug? 
Ans. —They will be nearly worthless. They 
should not be kept more than one month for 
the best results, and are even then better if 
turned over every day. 
George M. Hay, Stanton Mills, Somerset 
Co., Pa,, wants to learn w-hore he eau get reg¬ 
istered Short horn cows belonging to some 
milk giving family of the breed. 
To Sevkral Inquirers. Again we repeat 
what we have said frequently during the past 
year— all. the publications issued by the 
different Departments of the Government at 
Washington are to be obtained by the public 
—so long as any are left—on the application 
of each person to the Representative in Con¬ 
gress for bis District, or to one of the Sena¬ 
tors for his Stale; but as the Representatives 
get a larger shure of these works than the 
Senators, au application to the former is more 
likely to be successful than one to the latter. 
When we say all, we mean all, whether 
published by the Department of Agriculture, 
of Stute, of the Interior, or any other. A 
comparatively few copies are at the disposal 
of the various Departments; but these are for 
distribution among special persons. When 
any of our friends want one of these “Ile- 
ports,” therefore, he should write for it to the 
Congressman for his District. The Govern¬ 
ment pays the postage op works 6 eut, 
Hood’s Sarsaparilla 
This successful medicine is a carefully-prepared 
extract of the best remedies of the vegetable 
kingdom known to medical science us Alteratives, 
Wood Purifiers, Diuretics, and Tonics, such as 
Sarsaparilla. Yellow Dock, Slllllngla, Dandelion, 
Juniper Berries, Mandrake, Wild Cherry Bark 
and other selected roots, barks and herbs. A 
medicine, Uko anything plsq, call bo fairly Judged 
only by its results. We point with satisfaction to 
the glorious record Hood a Sarsaparilla lias en¬ 
tered for itself upon the hearts of thousands of 
people who havo personally or indirectly been 
relieved of terrible suffering which all other 
remedies failed to reach. Sold by all druggists, 
ft!; six for ?.V Made only by C. I. HOOD & CO., 
Apothecaries. Lowell, Mass. 
100 Doses One Dollar 
DISCUSSION. 
A. E. S., Oxford, Ohio. —The advice given 
to G, W. P. in the Rural of Jan. 3, in ans¬ 
wer to his question as to the value of arti¬ 
chokes, does not accord with my experience, 
and I think few farmers have a piece of land 
so situated that it could be used as an arti¬ 
choke patch where the hogs could harvest 
the crop themselves; for that would necessi¬ 
tate a tight fence around the patch. 
The roots are not superior in quality to 
other root crops, and unless planted where 
they can occupy the ground year after year, 
they become very troublesome weeds when 
the plot is planted in any other crop. My 
advice, therefore, to G. W. P., would be to 
think twice before planting any part of bis 
farm in artichokes, or his experience may 
become a warning to his whole neighborhood. 
H. S, T., Railway, N. J.—On page 23 of 
the Rural fourthe current year, we are told 
that “many good things were said,” at the 
December meeting of the Connecticut Board 
of Agriculture It would doubtless be equally 
true to say that many foolish things were 
said there also, unless the meeting differed 
a great deal from others of the same sort. 
Usually the “good things” only are recorded 
in such cases; but in the report of this meet¬ 
ing one of the “foolish things” has slipped into 
print, doubtless by an oversight. Samuel 
Robb, we are told, said that “the horse’s feet 
in the state of nature need no shoes.” How 
many “horses’ feet in the state of nature” has 
Mr. Robb examined to assure himself of the 
truth of this statement? But, granted that it 
is really true, it does not at all follow that the 
inference he draws from it is correct. Because 
horses “in a state of nature,” can get along 
without shoes, it by no means follows that 
horses not “in a state of nature” can do so. 
The conditions are entirely different. 
The horse “ in the state of nature,” on the 
prairie or pampas, is small,light and extremely 
hardy owing to his exposure to all vicissitudes 
of weather and diet. Onl y the most robust foals 
survive to maturity, as Nature is a prodigal 
spendthrift in her processes of perpetuating 
races. Neither the pouderous weight of the 
domesticated horse, nor the strain and pres¬ 
sure of tugging under heavy loads wears or 
shatters the hoofs of the horse ‘ in a state of 
nature.” Above all, the soft, elastic turf re¬ 
ceives kindly the hoofs of the horse “in a state 
of nature”; whereas the hard, rough, unyield¬ 
ing road abrades, weakens aud disintegrates 
the hoofs of the domesticated horse. I am 
by no means a stickler for old time practices 
because they are old-time; but when a prac¬ 
tice with regard to the treatment of any one 
of our domestic animals, has received general 
acceptance for centuries, I want some stronger 
reason for a change than the loose assertion 
of anybody that the animal “in a state of 
nature” does uot ueed it. The shoeing of do¬ 
mesticated horses properly and at proper 
intervals is a bothersome aud expensive prac¬ 
tice, and were it not that the experience of 
centuries has demonstrated the wisdom of it, 
it would either never have been adopted or it 
would long ago have been discontinued, as 
the carelessness, laziness aud thrift of man¬ 
kind are alike opposed to it. There is a vast 
deal too much loose talk about the require¬ 
ments of animals “in a state of nature,” as a 
guide to the treatment of animals uot “in a 
state of nature." 
FAY SSL CRAPES T~F: 
SMALL FRUITS AND TREES. LOW TO DEALERS AND PLANTERS. EVERYTHING FIRST- 
CLASS. FREE CATALOGUES. GKC. S. JQSSELVN, FREDON1 V. N- A ■ 
SIBLEY’S 
SEEDS 
«r* SEND for our ILLUSTRATED unil DE¬ 
SCRIPTIVE CATALOGUE „f CCC HC 
VcKdabli', Flower, olid Field OCCUu 
nI A CVITC BULBS, FLORISTS’si P- 
rLAIl I O PLIES and IMPLEMENTS 
of ALL KINDS, mulled FREE on application. 
HIRAM SIBLEY & CO 1 . 
ROCHESTER, X. Y. 
822-826 E. Main St. 
CHICAGO. ILL. 
200-200 Itxn.lvlph St- 
* 
1555 
IN VALUABLE TO ALLI^^^Tffy 
inVTlTaBle TO AUI"%SJ LJ 
Will be mailed fTQC ff / 
to all applicants r l\L 
and to customers of last year without 
orderingit. It contains Illustrations, prices, 
descriptions aud directions for planting all 
Vegetable and Flower SEEDS, BULBS, etc. 
D. M. FERRY & C0. 06 fflS£ IT _ 
NEW PLUM 
SHIPPERS’ PRIDE now Offered without re¬ 
strictions. Send at once for description and testi¬ 
monials, and hear what Plnm Authorities say of it. 
I also have .50.0110 Ohio It lack Caps, strong 
nkmts. Send for prices. Address 
H. S. WILEY, 
Cnyuga Co., CAYUGA, N, Y. 
CABBAGE SEEDS. 
Price Lists to dealers free. Address 
Francis Brill, Ktverhrnd, S Y, 
SMITH’S 'cccng 
Thirty Year*’ experience in the busiinass, ouoblas 
ofYegetalile.Flower & Field Seeds 
For puril > . v iliilirv and superior oualiq they can¬ 
not be excelled, especially Ibr those who appreciate a 
choicestock of Seeds. A ti ed is rOt)ua*T«d. and they will 
recommend thwnselvw. Muitli’siS'i il (ntuloguc 
wit h select list s of V egetable. Flow or .V Field Seeds and 
Bulbs, also Implements and Garden Uetpiisites mailed 
to all applicants. Fftftr. WI H. SMITH. Seedsman 
(Late of the firm Homy Diver in D|| A DC I DU I A 
Nois.o vkketstreet* rt 1 llAUCl,rnlA, 
the United States. 
• WFRUIT CULTURE f 
uL AS It l» n Mtlft»f>tUOU«ly IIIur- 
irs*t<*il biHik > f ovtr TO pace*. 
A ]i 'iVh ho* ti' fr’liL.S Of all 
Ximli, trlv • ho«H'ht lr-4/riptiona 
MEKorir WORTHY SMALL 
5 FRUITS. 1 ' 1 “ r «P r “- 
si uxinf ’■.»•*" 1fincu«S in 
It ccmUHs fall Rutraetiotis tor phutting. 
prutting* Mil obtaining Fruit Trefund Plants and 
14 r« , ^ iLit inforni.-Kum mvaltuMo to Alt lTjtvcrsi.il in fruit 
culture, t-A!wvl*nr Heir* 
Cento; without plates* 3 cent*- rrlucd.Ul* r KtL. 
J. T. LOVETT, Little Silver. N. J. 
HAVE YOU A 
GARDEN? 
IF YOU HAVE YOU WILL NEED 
SEEDS 
And w ill want tile Best at the least 
money. Then my new Seed Catalogue will 
surprise you. No matter where you have 
been dealing it ".fill save money. It is mailed 
Free to all, and you ouglit to 
liave it before buying anywhere. 
WM. HENRY MAULE, 
ieq N 131 South Front St., Philadelphia. 
CKAFTS, STOCKS, TREE'S. -Everything 
" for Nurserymen. Fruit Growers ami Amateurs. 
Stark Npkskkiks, Louisiana, Mo. 51st year. 300acres. 
FOR SPRING PLANTING. 
GLADIOLI, DAHLIAS, BEGONIAS, 
And other popular Bulbs. Roots, 
,)C \ aud Plants. Direct irom the fam- 
■. J \ ons growers. 
[4 ANT. ROOZEN k SON, 
-«* Orcrtwa, wr Haarlem, Holland, 
(Established tSSti 
e rn* , Delivered free In New York City, 
iyT \ 11 ,1 duty and all expenses paid. 
f. r \ I J Apply for Special Illustrated Cat- 
y, AYiAalli/ oloKiic-to J. dr VEER. 
\P~ * \ y% \W Sole Agent for United States, 
iftwr 31S Broadway, New York. 
Valley View Nursery. 
DO Peach True* lor Sole. Liberal dts- 
oO.OCJO eouut to nurserymen aud dealers Special 
offer to new customers Send for catalogue and 
priees. Valley View Nursery. Washington, N. J. 
* P. si. C.AHBAOE, The Host SEEDS in tha 
world supplied by Isa ac J?,Ti«,ixi}HAST, La Plume, Pa. 
J. M. THORBURTV c to OO., 
15 JOHN STREET, NEW YORK. 
The OLD ESTABLISHED SEED HOUSE of JVew York. 
<3rKO WER8 A1VJD IMPOB.TEfXlS OF 
SEEDS AND BULBS. 
Will MA.IXJ FREE THEIR 3NTEW PRICED CATAIjOGrUE of 
SEEDS, SEEDS, SEEDS, 
ADout tlie Middle Of January. 
|A|M ■ (Hi THE NIACJARA WHITE CRAPE I '0- having decided t.. offer for wile to 
■fll ■■■ I 8 ■■ the general public, without restriction, a limited uimiber of two-year-old vines of 
Ww,H ■ ■ I R_ their Celebrated While Ornpe NI At; A K A. orders ivill now be received and 
entered in rotation for vines to be delivered in the spring of 1K*5, until their stock of 
vines is exhausted. Its merited |l(i|iiilMrity has induced unscrupulous persons to at tempi a ERA IT |» in of¬ 
fering to furnish them to their customers at a reduced price, claiming that they are genuine Niagaras.. This Co. 
desires therefore, to inform the public that it now has, and always has hit d, the absolute control and 
possession of all the vines grown from the wood or cuttings of the Niagara up to ibis rime. 
Cry' Anil that NO !■ — HI Ml Drily persons hav- 
OT HER PERSON {A H OH inn a eeri itieate of 
HAS FA I If llVD Pj» f*4 CK aufborit v front the 
THE RIGHT TO H £f B Bk M M Co., under thr Go’s 
PROPAGATE IT VM « fll m MgA S 3 -SEAL, will Have the 
/-'tS'-s ®u m sfSsggrs 
/ *■ \ supply thevinesof the Niagara, and thatrrsrv rinefnrnithfib., hr C,., direct or through 
/ \ tlieir authorized agents, »rt7/*arr .rrarrfy a/foc/lrd tn i' a SEAL plainly stamped with our 
r - TRAHF \ Registered Triolr-mark. Reliable dealers and nurserymen will be supplied on liberal 
2 ! q| terms, and furnished with nnlhoritv to tnkr orders, making satismctory arrange- 
V™ MAR K *** rnents with the Company. I.nenl agents wan red in every town throughout the United 
\ J States and Canada to sell oar Niagara vines from sample mm, n & ^ 
\ / grapes. Du t lit for canvassing furnished to agents. Address g M ■_ J JR H M li 
vines is exhausted. 
NIAGARA WHITE GRAPE CO. WR3L T * 
CRAPE 
^ATALOG^ 
a cpp D Warranted to«Crow. 
er refilled gratis, i have sold vegetable and flower 
->ver a million farmers and gardeners in the 
ed Ftales, perhaps some are ymir neighbors, if so ask 
im whether they are reliable. Mr. Thom is Hetishdl of 
trey,Kansas, writes ma: ••For 26 year* I have dealt with 
you. 1 have lived in town. Missouri. Colorado, and Kan¬ 
sas, nnd no matter what the soil or climate, ihe result 
was .ilways the same, to wit:—religiously honest 
ud.’’ This Is the kind of seed I raise and sill. The 
>ard and Marblehead Sqnash, Marblehead 
Marblehead Cabbages, Ohio Potato, Eclipse 
re M>me of tlie vegetables off wl ichlwastl e iriginal in- 
Fair with 1506 in premiums- See my catalogue, free to nil. 
ja.hes j, it. GK LGOUY, Seed Grower), Marblehead. Mass 
NEW AMD RARE »«« 
and all the old reliable sorts. NONE BETTER. None Cheaper. 
Plants. Trees. Vines. Seeds, Ac., >•/ mail, a specialty. Pretage paoi, 
guaranteed. 64 CHOICE CHEAP $1 
blooming Roses. 15 sorts, our choice. !*ll : 14 m-vgniriceut Carnations. 14 
sorts, SI: 1 4 Chrysanthemums. 14 sorts .>1 ; 36 packets choice Flower 
Seeds, Sil.or 17 for oOe., >«r 8 for lior. HDpctcketB choice N'eget.vble 
Seeds. !81 • nr I t for.iOc.. or" (arSar, 7 pickets choice Vegetable and 
S packets choice Flower Seeds, -rOr. 1 Kielter Standard Pear. I Rii—tm 
pages. Fll EE. Everything kept in the Nnrsery line, from put plants to forest trees, incluiding an immense stock of 
Grape Vines and Fruit and Ornamental Trees of all ~ :es, 31st Year, 500 Acres. 21 Large Green ho lines. 
THE STORRS & HARRISON CO. Painesvilte, Lake Co'.,Ohio- 
