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THE RURAL NEW-YORKER. 
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When the broad leaves have become from one 
or two inches in diameter appear, they can be 
transplanted into rows in the field. 2. The 
RURAL Thoroughbred Flint is the best kind. 
You can get it from .J. M. Tborburn & Co., 
15 John Street. But the large Southern dent 
will answer very well, and this you can prob¬ 
ably buy of the feed dealers near home. Try 
it and see how large a proportion will grow. 
Put the drills three feet apart, sow rather 
thinly and cultivate as long as you can. 
./. li. McC., Mt. Morris, N. Y.—l have a 
piece of land, upon a ridge quite difficult to 
reach, soil a light sandy loam upon a clay 
subsoil. It is 20 miles from a poiut where 
commercial fertilizers can be sent by rail. I 
have plenty of Umestotio, but would have to 
double teams up the hill, what can I best do 
to get a better sod on that piece of land? 
Ans. —It is certain that the land must have 
plant food of some sort. It may be that an 
application of lime is all it needs; no one can 
tell without trying. If barnyard manure 
can not bo obtained, it would be well to try 
bone dust and wood ashes, or if they can’t be 
obtained, muriate Of potash. It would not be 
very expensive to try an acre with 300 pounds 
of line bone and 100 pounds of muriate of pot¬ 
ash. You can thou tell if it pays, and if it 
does, then maim re the whole field. We send 
12 Marlboro plauts to each present subscriber 
for each new subscriber for one year. 
J. It. W., Elmira, N. Y .—One of my horses 
is weak in the fetlock joints. What is the 
best treatment? 
Ans.—B athe the limbs with cold water ; 
then rub dry with a rough cloth. Apply cam¬ 
phorated liniment to the joints and sinews 
above them, aud pub on a bandage of factory 
cotton four inches wide, wound round the 
joint and half way up to the knee. Give 
daily one dram of powdered cascarilla bark, 
one dram of ground ginger and half a dram 
of sulphate of iron in a bran mash. Don’t tie 
the animal up. 
A E. Nolhjh, Neb. —1. How should I treat 
coarse manure so as to have it in the best con¬ 
dition in the fall. 2. How can I raise and 
care for cliufas? 
Ans.— 1. The best that you can do i 3 to turn 
the pile of manure as often as it heats so as to 
prevent it from burning. 2. The chufa will 
not prove hardy with you. Plant the little 
tubers m May about two inches deep m drills 
about two feet apart. 
D. M. S., Marlinsburg, W. Va. —1. How 
can hen manure be reduced fine enough to be 
used in the drill? 2. What can be added to 
ashes, plaster aud hen manure to make a good 
fertilizer for corn? 
Ans.—B uch questions have been answered 
over and over again in late Ruuals, to which 
wo must refer our friend, as our space is too 
valuable to be taken up by constant repetitions 
of the same story. 
S. S., Coxsaokie, N. V.—Where and at what 
price can I buy nitrate of soda for use on 
wheat! 
Ans.—O f those men who advertise fertiliz¬ 
ers in the Rural, at the prices named in our 
market reports. 
W. S. E., Simia > Falls, Dak .—What are 
three or four of the most beautiful, very 
hardy flowering shrubs? 
Ans. —Splnna prunifolin, Japan Quince, 
Viburnum plicatum and Hydrangea panicu- 
laUi grand iflora. 
C, li., Prescott, Arizona .—The wild potato 
Is growing on my place, shall I send you some? 
Ans.—W e have grown it two years, and 
can't see that there is any improvement iu it. 
Accept thanks. 
11. K. 11,, Marsh Sill, Pa .—Who manu¬ 
factures twisted wire burbed fence? 
Ans.—A mong others, it is made by tboNat’l 
Iron Fence Co., 22 Cortland t St. N. Y. 
D, M. S., Plymouth, N. If. —Are any pearls 
of value ever found iu our common oysters? 
Ans. —We have never heard or read of such 
a “find.” 
DISCUSSION. 
J. B. A., Ulster Co., N. Y.—We have 
used the Farmers’ Friend Corn-planter during 
several years. Two drills (four feet apart) 
are plauted at once from 10 inches to two feet 
apart. Or it will plant in hills, as desired. 
The machine has a fertilizer attachment. 
Address the Farmers’ Friend Co., Dayton, O. 
Communications Biokivad kou tiik YY’kkk Ending 
Saturdav, Amu. jy, 1885, 
S. A. K.-D. S. - J. K. McC. D. a J. l\-J. K. B. It. 
B„ thanks. K. H.O.-I F.-T. A 0.—W. E. C —P, T, 
K S. A O.B.-W. L. D.-H.A. W.-J.R, R J. J. p. 
— C. A, o.— M. A. Allen,potatoes received, P. R.-\v. 
W. K.-A. M. C. .1, R. B., thank*, li. P. M, -c. A. G. 
J. s.—“Hortnt. a. a. vv., thank*.—K. si s. ,r, m. 
n. II. 11. YV. H. A.—M. a—J. B. O.—C. S. P.-T. H. 
u.-s. S.—11. P.-J. a—T. E. SL—T. K. ;B.—I). H.', 
thauks.-G. S. C.-YV. B. C.-K. I. D.-S. H.-A. A. B. ’ 
gufcUotwnssi. 
and 
Bro. Jonathan's Jokes 
Rbimges. Mlustnited. Sent, 
B Bi Pol -1 paid, foi Twelve Cents. 
KxcMor I'ul.ll.hlnt- IIoum*. 19A31 Hrt'kmnnSL., New Y ork. 
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