THE RURAL 
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SUBSTITUTE 
AT SMALL COST. Send for Uiustnated Cata¬ 
logue and;Prlce><. Humpies by mail,‘^.'5 cents. 
W r YOU N fi s £, r ; F ;i° K : v 79.5 ARCH ST. 
« U. I UUBU PHILADELPHIA, PA. 
Mieaper than Paint. 
CREOSOTE WOOD STAINS. 
lor Outbuildings, Shingles, Pences, Pto. Durable, 
Strong Preservatives or the Wood. Can be applied 
with a Whitewash Brush by any boy. In all eolors. 
SAMI LL CABOT. -Sole M vjutfactt'rer, 
Send for Circular. 70 KILBY ST , BOSTON. 
R0S3IE IRON ORE P A TN T. 
Is made from Red Oxide Oro-tg the beet and most 
durable Paint for Tin. Iron and Shingle Hoofs Barns 
rarni lllenslls, etc., udlt not rr-iv/c or pee/—will protect 
roofs from sparks. Samples roe. Ask prices of 
KOSSIE IKON ORE PAINT CO., 
Ogdensbitrg, N. Y. 
Iti?onS. WATER-PRO OF, Dow DOt ruii 
or rattle. I* also V SFR^TITUTE for PLASTEB 
at Half the CoAt. OuiUsu tUe tiurirling. CAKPETJJ 
•nd HUGS of dune, double tint wetf of oil cloths. C ccxloguo 
plci ft ct. W ■ H.FAY&CO.CAMDEN.N.i. 
&T. Loots. Minneapolis Omaha. 
Throw Away the leather hold back straps on your 
wagon ot sleigh, and nut on the Safetv Hold back 
Irons—neat, durable anastrong. Four different styles 
of hitches can be made. Any boy or girl can make a 
safe hitch. One pair sent by mail on receipt of 25c. 
Send for circular. HOME MEG. CO., Holyoke, Mass. 
THE ASPINWALL POTATO PLANTER. 
Plants Potatoes In a single operation. 
THOROUGH. ACCURATE and RELIABLE. 
Send for circular to 
iu. ASPINWALL M’F’G CO„ 
_ Three Rivers. Mich. 
llaromhrr » Hand Planter./or Corn, Beans, 
and Beet Heed. The ukst In the w orhl. Money refuud- 
ed if it does not prove satisfactory, after a fair trial. 
Agents wanted, send for circular ana terms, 
r*. M Mit comber vV Co., M'f’r’s. Adams, Grand 
Isle Co., \ t. lloi.'l \gents: C. Stooparp, North 
Brook Held, Mass E. Kkl'lk Mason, UteLaeld, Conti.: 
H. M. Smith & Co., Richmond, V'a. 
hlu. umumu 
Machinery for t\ el Is of any depth, from note soot 
for Water, Oil or U*» Our Mount* d Steam DrUUn 
‘.'’■ table Horae Power Machines «u t to Work InSOmii 
l,uarunt.ss! t.* drill faster mid with U-ss is,wer tha 
other Np.sdally adapted to drilling Well* m cai 
r^°A Wtol-Wfoet. Farmer, and rtlieruaretnaklni 
to * 10 per day with our machinery ami teol, Hnl 
bu-ineas for \V inter or Summer. We are the oldes 
largest Mauufiicturers In the imslnete. Srml 1 ce: 
HLAniptf forllliiJtriifdMi < Ji. audk 
Pirrec Well Ktnvaiar Co., New Yor 
moilir 10VI IIU str Horsey. Farmer to 
INofiNt AuTLUiu. 
“SCOlbs.Stoekbridge 0<-rn Manure, applied to lignt, 
sandy loam that had been croptx-d for a number of 
years, gave the bestcoru I ever raised, and the best I 
saw last season.” BOWKER FERTILIZER CO., Bos¬ 
ton and New York. 
birds is at present n matter wholly witliiu the 
jurisdiction of the several States, and nation¬ 
al legislation on it would be unconstitutional. 
Whether in this and several other matters it 
would be well to give Congress wider powers, 
is a question which would require a great 
deal of discussion to settle to the satisfaction 
or a majority of the nation,—E ds. 1 
The value of robins and similar birds for 
food is insignificant as compared with their 
value to farmers and horticulturists, and for 
this reason alone some elVectual method for 
their preservation should be at once adopted. 
Let us have a general law prohibiting the kill¬ 
ing of any of our song birds. j. h. g. 
Queens Co., N. Y. 
Wrxn Power Mills. —1 see very little in 
the papers al>out wind-mills geared for gen¬ 
eral farm work. I would like to draw out 
more facts respecting the practical value of 
wiud engines. I used to consider a wind-mill 
as of value only in pumping water. For other 
purposes it looked like n gentleman's toy. I 
am tiow satisfied there are mills which are 
neither frauds nor toys. I have just been to 
see a lii-foot geared mill which has been in 
use nine months. The owner is an every-day 
farmer, who, without experience or skilled 
help, set up his own mill upon an old barn. 
He was sawing hard wood into stove lengths, 
had boeu grinding buckwheat for family use, 
an 1 a few hours before had ground oats, corn 
and rye for his stock. He also showed me the 
pile of dry corn-stalks cut during chore time 
in an old-fashioned cutter, and the ease with 
which he could avail himself of all the grit of 
his grindstone. I was surprised to observe the 
efficient work of the mill in a wind that I sup¬ 
posed could produce very little power. I have 
letters from others which tell about the same 
story. It Is evident that some geared wind¬ 
mills aro doing good service on the farm. 
They are not very much used about here. We 
need more light on the subject. C. E. L. 
Ocean Co., N". J. 
A Rural writer tolls of a woman who al¬ 
ways took the buggy robe into the houst* 
rather than have the hired man use it when ho 
went to the store. I know of cases whore 
that would bo a vory sensible thing to do. I 
al ways take my best robe into the house. It 
goes with clean boots and good clothes. 
When the hired man goes after the mail in his 
every-day clothes ho knows where to get a 
horse blanket which is just as good for the 
purpose as a high-priced robe. If I had a 
careful man who wautod to ride out to see his 
girl, I would lot him take the best robe. If 
he was careless about other things, I wouldn’t 
let it go out of the house. M. s. k. 
Ulster Co., N. Y. 
At the Cayuga County Farmers’ Club sev¬ 
eral members advocated the practice of har¬ 
rowing winter wheat in the spring. The 
Thomas harrow is fine for such work. Some 
experiments had been made at pasturing 
sheep on wheat in spring. All who ha I tried 
it were satisfied it was good business. Lots ol' 
time and money are lost every year by fail¬ 
ure to prepare mowing ground properly. 
Broken guards ami knives are costly in hay¬ 
ing time. Sheep washing was considered bar¬ 
barous. One member thought it ought tu be 
stopped by Mr. Bergh, as it is plainly “cruel¬ 
ty to animals.” C. w. B. 
Cayuga Co., N. Y. 
Scab in Potatoes.— My potatoes are al¬ 
most every year injured by the scab, but I 
am satisfied, by many years of close observa¬ 
tion, that there is no insect visible to the 
naked eye on my farm that works the mis¬ 
chief. STEPHEN REEVES. 
Wayne Co., N. Y. 
The dividing Of the profits on a farm be¬ 
tween the hired hands and the farmer, spoken 
of in a late Rural, may be a very nice plan in 
theory, but I don’t believe it practicable. If 
the profits are to tie divided, so should the 
losses. Would hired hands stand that? 
W. H. L. 
#11 IE “WASHINGTON SEED STORE.” 
The Rural has received many letters eou- 
ceruiug the seeds scut out by the Dcpurtineut 
of Agriculture. Below are given careful syn¬ 
opses of the views expressed by some of our 
correspondents. The Rural is glad to get at 
die truth of the matter. So far as lies In our 
power wo wish to reform abuses ami strength¬ 
en blessings. All frieuds and enemies of the 
seed store” will be given a fair hearing. 
W hut is good for the country is good for us. 
J- 8. Carlilk, Morris Co., N. J., says:— 
“I con indorse all that Mas. D.’ says on 
page I (Hi. l received the Beauty of Hebron 
1 otato from Washington two years before 
Bliss, Henderson or Buist advertised it. Mauy 
of us get good seeds from Washington, but 
are not writers enough to defend the ‘seed 
store’ properly.” 
Jerome Wiltse, Richardson Co., Neb.— 
“In a life of 52 years I have not heard a word 
of complaint from those who have actually 
planted the Washington seeds. In 1875, when 
grasshoppers ate our crops, we felt very grate¬ 
ful to this same ‘seed store.' We believe, 
that the attack upon the seed distribution 
comes from the seedsmen. We felt that a 
paper like the Rural —itself distributing 
seeds—would hurt itself in the eyes of its read¬ 
ers by such an attack. It was with pleasure 
that I read your invitation to all who had 
anything to say concerning the matter to 
send in their views.” 
J. IT. Krabks, Waukesha Co., Wis.—“I 
know hundreds of Western farmers who have 
been vastly bellied by the seeds from Wash¬ 
ington. Many poor lieginners at the West 
depend largely upon Washington for seed. I 
got some last year ami they were as good as 
what. I bought nt. a fancy price. I have bad 
from seedsmen seeds that were all mixed up.” 
J. F. 8., Lewis Centre, Ohio.—I can speak 
only from my own experience and that of my 
neighbors. The seeds we get from Washing¬ 
ton have given just as good satisfaction as any 
we get from seedsmen. We look upon the 
attempt to kill this ‘seed store’ as a jealous 
move on the part of seedsmen to make the 
farmers pay more for seeds. Unless these 
same seedsmen can sell better seeds than they 
have in past years, we shall have to save our 
own seeds. That will be the best thing to 
do.” 
S. B. H , Crawfordsville, Ind.—“I take the 
view expressed by Mas. D.’ Whatever the 
shortcomings of the ‘seed store’ may be, it has, 
in its life of SO years, done much good. It 
introduced sorghum. That one thing was 
worth more than its cost. It has fostered a 
more general planting of garden and field 
vegetables all over thu country. It has, in 
fact, made it possible for seedsmen to build up 
a great trade in seeds. When regular seeds¬ 
men seud out so many worthless seeds, it is 
unfair to charge the Department with doiug 
the same thing. The Rural rightly condemns 
seedsmen for giving a variety of names to the 
same thing. Some of them like to laud sjiecial 
things to the skies when actual use proves 
them to be good for nothiug. I paid at the 
rate of $100 per pound for Perfect Gem squash 
seeds. When the variety was cooked it was 
fouud to be inferior to a common squash that 
never dreamed of a fancy price. Lost year I 
got from the Department of Agriculture a 
squash called ‘Early Summer Crook-neck,’ 
It was worthless for man or beast. While 
both were worthless, we shoul 1 not decide that 
both seedsman and the Department are hum¬ 
bugs. The ‘seed store’ should be fostered and 
improved. After it has paved the way for a 
great business in seeds, it is very poor taste 
for the seed trade to turn about and try to kill 
it off. It looks like the camel getting its nose 
under the tent aud then running out the oecu- 
pauts. I wrote my Member of Congress that 
he will not misrepresent me by standing by 
the 'seed store,’ ” 
M. Nelson, Meuomenee Co., Mich.—“I 
should be sorry to see the ‘seed store’ abol¬ 
ished, but it could be greatly improved. Many 
seedsmen will not send seeds that are true to 
name. The idea of having an independent 
place at Washington where we can get good 
and tested seeds is right. I would limit the 
Department to new ami tested varieties. 
These should be sent to the statistical corres¬ 
pondents of the Department, and given by 
them to the best farmers who would agree to 
report success or failure. These statistical 
correspondents should be paid small salaries. 
As it is now they get uothiug. These seed re¬ 
ports from farmers would soon determine the 
value of the seeds. As it is, 1 know of parties 
who get seed every year, aud yet have not one- 
tenth of au acre to plant. They never report 
ami, in fact, never plant one-quarter of the 
seed. Nobody knows whether the seeds wore 
good for anything or not. The Government 
asks no questions but sends more seeds next 
year. The only good done is to save some 
men a few cents. That is not getting the most 
out of such a distribution. We don’t want 
the Government to pay our seed bills. We 
would like to get small packages of new va¬ 
rieties that wo can test aud compare, aud 
when we get something that suits, buy it.” 
S. R., Marion, N. Y. —“A few years since 
I received a small package of very nice oats 
from the Department of Agriculture. I propa¬ 
gated them for a few years, sowing them by 
the side of such as 1 had beeu raising. The 
R. N.-Y. described them and gave the differ¬ 
ent names by which they were known. These 
facts prevented much money being sent to a 
seedsman from this neighborhood for ,$10-a- 
bushel oats, besides saving farmers much 
trouble and disappointment. Thus the 
‘Washington Seed Shop,’ and the Rural 
Nkw-Yorkkk saved to mauy who were not 
subscribers to the Rural enough to pay for 
many subscriptions.” 
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Chemical Co., Boston. Mass. 
IRr-Send for "How to Cure Skin Diseases." 
T| H * 1 E , [1 w h-h the loveliest delicacy Is the skin bath- 
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THE FAMOUS CUSTOM-MADE 
PLYMOUTH ROCK S3 RANTS. 
HPaste?-t,. Pa., March 7.1887. 
Plymouth hock Pants Co . si Mila si., Boston. 
Gentlemen The two pairs pants . ordered by me 
were duly received, ana In every way satisfactory, as 
good as 1 have been pay In,- eight and nine dollars for. 
In every par'icular. Igavc your address to a young 
man In Bradford, who will order flume m once. 
Will you send me some hew samples of spring goods? 
J here are several parties her* who want to order, and 
have requested rile to write for samples. 
Either our tailors make very large profit?, or you 
very small cues. Yours very truly, II W. Lane. 
& We have several thousand 
testimonials otl tile at our 
office Similar to the above. 
We are bed roes manufac¬ 
turers. buying cloths direct 
from the looms, and by cut¬ 
ting each day au Immense 
number of individual or¬ 
ders wr- reduce the coat to a 
minimum. Our scheme of 
supplying the consnmrr 
direct with good, well tit¬ 
ling pants made to order at 
first cost Is death tu the 
rail tir and retail riot li¬ 
mit dealer, who are ab¬ 
using us roundly. Hat with 
Iti.UM customers buck of us. 
as our hooks now show, we 
ure ready to tight tt out. 
Send six cents tor package 
of llfteeu samples of cloth, 
spring styles, medium aud 
heavy, arid self-measure 
mein rule*. As a special In 
dueement to mention this 
paper, we. will include a good linen tape measure, 
prick. If you cannot wait tor samples, tell us about 
what color you prefer, and send us your waist, hip, 
and inside leg measures, together with #3, audits 
eu for pett.age and packing, ami goods securely pack 
ed will be mailed or expressed to you we taking entire 
risk of pleaslug. Any buver ot our goods hits 
prire'ege ot returning iliem for any ennse 
ana tils money will be refunded or a new 
pair made, just ns he prefers, the American 
Express Co., Bostou (capital twenty million dollars!, 
will reply to all letters addressed to them asking about 
the Plymouth Rock Pants Co.—Us methods and relia¬ 
bility. 
PLYMOUTH ROCK PANTS C0„ 
81 AIilk Street. Boston. Mass. 
A MONTH and TCAPUCdC 
Board for Three Sni- I CAutlCKd 
dents or live men In each county. 
P. W. ZIEGLER & CO., Philadelphia. 
$65 
W. L. DOUGLAS 
$3 SHOE. 
Stylish, Durable, Easy Fitting. / 
The best $3 Shoe in the World. W,U> I J 
W. I.. DOV6LA8 
$2.50 SHOE ySVeC 
equals the $3 Shoes advor- s 
Used by other firms. 83 /av ^ ' 
Our $2 „ ' 
SHOE FOR BOYS gives great satisfaction. The 
above, are made in Hutton, Congress and Lace, all 
styles of toe. Snery pair toarr anted; name and price 
stamped on bottom of each skoe. No others genuine. 
Sold by 2,000 dealer* tltruaghout the U. S. It your 
dealer does not keep them, send name on postal to 
AY. L. DOUGLAS, Brockton. Mass., for free 
Information. Shoes mailed, postage free. 
Humphreys’ 
W - V DR. HUMPHREYS’ 
W ^ Book of all Diseases, 
I 1 Cloth & Cold Binding 
I ifefeXiSZr I *“ ‘‘■‘•t"*, xllh S|,-el Kugrr.rinir, 
I JSSSt-aSIt-TTS I HAILKD nULE. 
LIST OF PRINCIPAL ROB. CERES PRICK. 
1 Fevers, Congest ion, Inflammations... .25 
2 Worms. Wouu l ever. Worm Polio.25 
3 Crying Colfe, or Teething ol Infants. .25 
-* Diarrhea, ot Children or Adnle*..25 
5 Dysentery. Griping. Bilious Colic.25 
<> Cholera Morbus, \ omiliog.25 
7 Coughs, Cold, Bronchitis.25 
8 Neuralgia, Toothneho, Fucoacho..25 
9 Hcaiinches. Nn-k H-mi.ichi*. 1 nigo, .25 
HOMEOPATHIC 
ID llyspciubi, Bilious stomach..25 
11 Hurqircssed or Fnittrul Periods.25 
12 Whiles, loo Profile Periods.25 
13 Criiiin. Cough, Difficult Breathing.25 
14 Salt Hhe-Min. Erysipelas, Kruidions.. .25 
15 Rheumatism. Rhfumatie Pan -.25 
11» Fever anil Ygue, Chills. Malaria.50 
17 Piles, Blind or Bleeding...50 
11* Catarrh. Intluenro. Cold in the Head .50 
20 Whooping Cough.Violent Concha.. .50 
2-1 General Debility .PhysicalWeakness .50 
27 Kidney Disease .50 
2S Nervous Debility. 1.00 
30 Urinary Weakness. Watting Bad... .50 
32 Diseases of the Heart, Palpitation.. 1 .DO 
SPECIFICS. 
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