850 , 0 OQ CRAPE VINES 
IOO VARIETIES. Also SMALL FRUITS. Quality unsurpassed. Warranted true. V'erv cheai 
IOO VARIETIES. Also SMALL FRUITS. Quality unsurpassed. Warranted true. V'ery cheai 
3 Sample Vines mailed for i 5 c. lllust descriptive price list free. LEWIS ROESCH. Fredohia, N. : 
cording to the best information accessible. 
Singularly enough, the seventh and last mill 
turns out the. best of the lot—worth all the 
others combined—doing, in the same time, 
very much better work, and more of it, with 
a power less by one-third than is required by 
either of the other mills. This well shows the 
importance of a careful inquiry before fann¬ 
ers invest in so-called improved farm imple¬ 
ments..... 
Our friend, the Farmers’ Review, of Chi¬ 
cago, says that the Legislature of Wisconsin 
has increased its appropriation for Farmers’ 
Institute work from *5,000 to 312,000, Min¬ 
nesota follows closely with an appropriation 
of $7,500 for Institute work, and it hopes soou 
to hear that the Illinois State Board of Agri¬ 
culture is urging an appropriation of i? 10,000 
for Institute work in Illinois. 
DR.C. A. CrOKSSM a v, Director of the Massa¬ 
chusetts Agricultural Experiment Station, in 
a late address before the Massachusetts Hor¬ 
ticultural Society, said that all our cultivated 
plants on the farm, in the garden and in the 
orchard contain the same elementary constitu¬ 
ents, yet not two of them in the same absolute 
and relative proportions (carbon, hydrogen, 
oxygen, nitrogen, sulphur, phosphorus, potas¬ 
sium, sodium, calcium, magnesium, silicon, 
chlorine, and perhaps manganese). 
The essential plaut constituents are not 
needed in different plants in the same corres¬ 
ponding proportions at the various successive 
stages of growth in different absolute and 
relative proportions. Each plant has its own 
wants at different stages of its development. 
Grain crops require much nitrogen in an avail¬ 
able form during their later period of growth, 
blooming and forming seeds; grape-vines 
need a large amount of potash during the 
growing and maturing of the grapes. 
A due consideration of the character and 
extent of the existing available plaut food of 
the soil and some more definite information in 
regard to the composition of the plant we pro¬ 
pose to cultivate ought to guide us in the se¬ 
lection of the kind and quality of the manor¬ 
ial substance, continues Dr. G-oesstnaun. Care 
should be taken in this connection to secure 
within certain limits a liberal supply of every 
essential food constituent of the plant under 
cultivation to meet promptly its periodical 
wants when called for. The heavier the crop 
the larger should be the return of the constit¬ 
uents carried off from the soil, keeping in mind, 
however, the fact that success does not depend 
ou any exceptionally large amount of one or 
the other prominent article of plant food, as 
phosphoric acid, potash or nitrogen, but on a 
liberal supply of every essential plant constit¬ 
uent., for that one of the essential articles of 
plant food which is present in the soil in the 
smallest proportion controls the ultimate re¬ 
sult... 
Dr. Cr. says that an excessive accumulation 
in the soil of either animal or vegetable mat¬ 
ter, or of both, is apt to turn it into a breeding 
place of injurious parasitic growth, a view sus¬ 
tained by Dr. Lfiwes. For this reason it is not 
commendable, continues Dr. G., to secure a 
liberal supply of the various essential articles 
of plant food by the use of an exceptionally 
large quantity of barnyard mauure or of an 
organic refuse material of similar character. 
To this our suburban market gardeners who 
use all the way from 50 to 100 tons of stable 
mauure per acre every year will scarcely yield 
a ready assent. The R. N.-Y., however, has 
pointed out to these gardeners, through Dr. 
Lawes and Joseph Harris, how it may be 
economy to reduce the quantity of stable ma¬ 
nure au 1 increase the quantity of chemicals.. 
It is considered, however, that it would be 
safer to defer the plauting to the first week in 
April. Others, however, know that wet 
springs are the rule, and prefer the early 
planting, and they insure a dry and pulver¬ 
ized seed-bed. Oats, potatoes and garden 
vegetables are all planted and most of them 
visible. Raspberries, gooseberries and early 
apples are coming into leaf. Wheat is look¬ 
ing well, but the acreage is much reduced, ow¬ 
ing to successive partial failures. The State 
Legislature has adjourned, having given very 
poor satisfaction to the general public. It 
seems as if every member were sent to procure 
a special local measure audthe State is already 
Hooded with special acts, making it most ar¬ 
duous for even lawyers to know the laws. Im¬ 
mense immigration is passing to the western 
part of the State. But the overwhelming 
boom prevails in every town. Suburban 
property is being bought at high prices, but 
buyers limit their liability to the amount paid 
down, which is simply an option sale, as the 
amount paid is small j, r. 
New York. 
Utica, Oneida Co., April 5.—Fine new but¬ 
ter is beginning to make its appearance, and 
is eagerly bought up. It is not yet coming 
in freely, but considerable is going to New 
York, bringing more than dealers can offer 
here. The week has seen the receipts of 185 
packages, mostly new butter, 23 cents being 
paid for good. Old dairy sells for 23 to 25 
cents, new butter 25 to 28 cents. The demand 
is good: supply small, but slowly increasing. 
The week will probably see steady, and per¬ 
haps higher prices. A good article of cheese 
is gettiug rare, and the best cream readily 
brings 14^ to 15 cents wholesale. Many fac¬ 
tories will start this week, and others are now 
in operation. The outlook is good for an 
opeuing market, as old cheese is pretty well 
cleaned out. and all are looking forward to 
the new make. It is possible thac the next 
few weeks will see au advance. There is a 
good demand for prime State hops, but 
nothing to supply it: ’ 80 s are selling in small 
quantities. The hop raisers hardly know 
whether to plow up their yards or to try 
again. I would suggest to farmers who have 
good yards not to be discouraged. There are 
better times coming. Small yards, planted 
only for speculative purposes, eaunot be 
relied on. If farmers devote their whole time 
and energies to hop raising they will have to 
stand reverses. Farmers in this vicinity are 
beginning to seethe wisdom of distributing 
their crops a little more. Nothing cau yet be 
told about the roots. There are no transac¬ 
tions in State hops reported in the market. 
Western quiet and unchanged. R. L 
Peuimvlvaufa. 
Light Street, Col. Co., April 4.—Yester¬ 
day was the first day that was warm enough 
for any vegetation to grow since last Novem¬ 
ber. Wheat is badly frozen out and much 
that is still fast looks top-dead, but we hope 
the roots are alive. My bees are all alive and 
healthy, wintered on their summer stand, 
packed iu oat chaff. 1 have wintered 
four winters now in that way with no loss. 
Prices are as follows: wheat, 83 ceuts; corn, 
54 ceuts; oats, 36 ceuts; butter, 24 cents; eggs, 
14 cents. H. H. B. 
ALEXANDER’S FERTILIZED POTATO 
SEED Per packet. 50 cents. 
(IIIAS DOWNING POTATO. 
Per pound. *1.00. 
O. U. ALEXANDER. Charlotte, Vt. 
ROSES, 
-SMALL FRUITS,- 
SHRUBS, ETC. 
—AND— 
Send for 
FREE CATALOGUE. 
Geo.R.Kxapp, Greenfield, Mass. 
NUT TREES 
GRASS’S SEEDS 
Clover, Timothy, Millet. Blue Grass, Or¬ 
chard Grass, Meadow Fescue, Red Top, 
Tali Meadow Out, J ohnson Grass, etc. Our 
mixtures forlawn 9 and permanent pasture cannot 
be surpassed. Prices lowest, quality considered. 
Write for estimate. Ail orders accompanied with 
Cash filled at lowest market price on day of receipt. 
j. m. McCullough s sons, 
Estao.1838. 151 ds 136 Walnut St.. Cincinnati,O. 
SEND FOR ILLUSTRATED CATALOGUE. 
nc ATU to BUGS. WORMS, ami ail 
•J ” **• I ■ * INSECTS in Gardens, Orchards 
and Fields. Illustrated Cireulare free. 
T. WOODASON, 71 Canalport Ave., Chicago, III. 
W SeedPotatoes Mi ■ Catalogue Free. 
NORTHERN SEED I I A.C.SAB1N, 
a specialty. IJ Glkxwood. Iowa, 
xXiad^arters 
For Earbart OACDRPDDIPQ 
and Carman AqrOCnHIICO 
Fort KIMssON CLI S STB a \if BCODICC 
TER and JEWELL* I nAiwBEnnlEw 
and many other Novelties. Also full stock of Standards. 
RASPBERRY PLANTS. ISK-mSS! 
TYLEP., SOUHEGAN, OHIO, and CUTHBERT Hasp 
berrv Plants, at low prices. Special rates for lots of 
3 ,000 or more. C. C. HART, Southington, Coun. 
GARDEN SEEDS given away. Send stamp at 
once for particulars. F. It- LAWRENCE. 
Box 135 W. BROOKLYN, N. Y. 
£}U$rrUancou$ mining. 
That Tired Feeling 
Tlio warm weather has a debilitating effect, 
especially upon those who are within doors most 
of the time. The peculiar, yet common, com¬ 
plaint known ns “that tired feeling,” Is the 
result. This feeling can be entirely overcome by 
taking Hood’s Sarsaparilla, which gives new life 
and strength to all tlio functions of the body. 
“1 could hot sleep; liud uo appetite. I took 
Hood ’9 Sarsaparilla uud soou began to sleep 
soundly; could get up without that tired aud 
languid feeling; and my appetite improved.’' 
It. a. SAN’kOuii. Kent, Ohio, 
Hood’s Sarsaparilla 
Sold by all druggists. $ L: six for $5. Made 
only by C. I. HOOD & CO., Lowell, Mas*. 
IOO Doses One Dollar 
SOMETHING YOU OUGHT TO KNOW. 
Send lor Circular to NEWTON & LUDLAM, 
Manufacturer* ot fertiliser 1 S2 front Street , -Wic I'ork. 
0 iu'nj w I) crc. 
RURAL SP ECIAL REPORTS. 
Alabama. 
Mobile, Mobile Co., April 2. —We have had 
now Irish potatoes, beaus, peas, cucumbers, 
etc., in our markets for the last two weeks; 
but the main crop of cabbages, Irish potatoes, 
beaus aud tomatoes will not be in until the 
last of this mouth. We have line and large 
crops of cabbages and potatoes to ship this 
year, which will be one mouth earlier than 
Urst year. The following are the prices in our 
market at present: cabbages, from 81 to £2 
per dozen; Irish potatoes, new, $2 per bushel; 
peas, $1.50 per bushel; beans, .s3 pm* bushel, 
with otner vegetables, such as radishes, let 
tuee, leeks, green ouious, cauliflowers, 
squishes, celery, beets, turnips, etc., iu pro¬ 
portion. u> 
Kansan, 
1’ hr.sons, Labette Co. March 28. — Wo 
have arrived at another seed time. After 
a very mild winter, iu which more or less 
plowing was done iu every mouth, with a loss 
proportion of snow and rain than usual, we 
liud all the corn laud ready for planting, 
?)>Uch, 111 fftftj having already been planted, 
DEITZ CORN. 
Best and Largest 1 ieId illy Corn in 
.4 nierica. 
SAM I'LK BOX, 10 C ENTS. 
Gulden Gtilui u Com, till hiuthcU corn and l<i tous of 
the host fodder per aeiv; per packet. 10 cents. Dkitz 
L ongbcrry Wheat. Sample Box, Ke. bo-t Early uud 
Second Early sweet Corn. Sample Uox. ij cents. Best 
Early Snap Bean, sample Hex. M cents. Best Early 
ami l.atc Cabbage Seed and Best Tomato, per packet, 
t Cents. Seed Of the largest and best Pie Squash In the 
world. ’15 cents e*ch. For Dkirz Early Bose. Pearl and 
White Star Potatoes; l)Krrz Patent Emit Drier, Fodder 
Gutter and Fgg Preserving materials write for pi lees. 
G. A. DKITZ, Uhuinbrrsburg, Pit. 
ButjiTt: tio scil to tho action of * Steal Onshor tod Ltvelsr, tad ta ths Croiiiag, Cnttirj, Lifting, Tnrdng Process al 
Penile Qwgs of Snot Steel l colters. Catting patter is Imaaue. Absence of Spiles or spring Tooth »«idx pigling op robtish. 
Only Eirrow tilt cuts over the onhro nrfito of .oo ground. ■ 
Sires, 8 to 15 ft. wide. With and without Sulky attachment. We deliver flnee at Distributing Depots. 
fk’fhT JDO NOT BE DECEIVED. Don't let dealers palm off a base imitation or 
v some Inferior tool under the assurance that it is lie tier. SATISFY YOURSELF 
BY ORDERING aN “ACME” ON TRIAL. We will send » double gang Acme 
| if to any responsible farmer in ih* United States; if it does not suit, he may send it 
A. Im. Aatm. back, we paying return freight. G • don’; ask pay until t ned on his own rariu. » 
bend for pamplslrl tOtHsiUhitf tbvUBumlii of tesijiuunlul’* Iruiu 4N States and Territories. 
Branch Office: 
[HO So. Clark 8t. CHICAGO 
A 6\-“777./ IGF IS M, 
FFICe: n I I A K1 P 1-4 M AQU Manufactory a Principal Office, 
CHICAGO, be tv i v L. II b INrtOrl) Millington, New Jersey, 
/•;! W# ! N *V ,LY ( \t(F." ft ml other ess 1 m «*wf fit e to pa rtics who ,Y. I V K TU J8 Pd Pfi ft, 
FOREST TREES. 
CuttUm Sprelum, 
Whitii A*h, European 
Larch, Pines, spruce*, 
Arbor Vitas, etc., etc, 
‘ Ostaljs! Sptciosa S<td. 
Forest iuuI Evergreen 
turds. 
R, DOUGLAS A SON, 
Waukegan, III, 
M AILED AT PRICES QUOTED Per oz 
Ail Season's Cabbage (Packet id cents). «n 50 ’ 
New Uueraude Carrot. . 015 
Gilt Edge Snowball (pare heading) Cauliflower (Packet 25cents)"."’"'."' 5 03 
Imnrov-ed White PI mu • Celery 1 Packet to cents).. 0 75 
Perfection Hcartwell C .-lery (Packet 10 cents). . . o’tO 
Urey Seeded Butter Let uce (superb sort) ... p'jjq 
Yellow Globe Danveis Onion/Die strain.. . o'2!) 
Roman Carmine Turnip Radish. . 0 30 
Extra Early Orange Marrow Squash quite distinct .. ’ '. 0 30 
Pek kb. 
Sfi.Oo 
1.50 
J.M. Thorburn & Co. Jo JohnS: NewYork. 
VX/ ido- Awalio Oats. 
1 5 6.*20 Bush, raised from IOO pounds of Seed as an 
Ordinary Field Cr"p. 
This wonderful variety of Oats Is being Introduced 
by seedsmen this season for the first For description 
see Catalogue. IIIRA M SIBLEY Sc CO., 
ROCHESTER, N. Y. 
Wholesale price, S3 per bush. 
WT USE 
BAUGH’S 
$25 P 
ANIMAL BONE 
HOSPHATE 
East WeMmortiatni, X. H., Feh. 35 th, 1887. 
“ t hare experimented idlh Hu ligli's ?2.i Phosphate ar.,1 teceral reliaide Hgh-prteed brands of 
high sta i-llng in tht* locality. Thr result* hare euncineed me gf these fact- ■ HuughN 825 Phosphate pro- 
duce* a- large crops, and is us permanent cm the high-priced article*, therefore e (.« a cheap, reliable 
Phosphate.” ('HAENCE r 4. GRIMES. 
i. nr»i necessary lo experiment with I7?“lf your xtecekeeper has none of Ratiith’s Raw 
B.V1 (ill’s s'2.i I’llOSI’lTI'. us its excel- Bone Manures sad Agricultural Chemicals 
I eric e is established beyond all possibilities on hand, send your order direct to ns. 
ot doubt. Send for Baugh’* Phosphate Hiuiual. prices,etc. 
OKIGLXAt. MANUFACTURER* OF DAIIPU Ot CHklC PflUDAklV 
RAW BONE SUPER-PHOSPHATE. DAUUil OL OUNO UUmrANTj 
Combined uapacity of tmr works: Manufnctu rent and DJJ|| Iftn OUIA DA 
7 5000 tons per year, and still increasing. , 'Importers I II ILMUCLl VIIMl I n‘ 
-^ 1 1 is not necessary lo experiment with 
II AUG IDs silij PlIOSI'ATK. as its exeel- 
lenee is established beyond all possibilities 
ot doubt. 
ORIGINAL M ANUF VCTl RKKS OF Ql 
RAW BONE SUPER-PHOSPHATE. _ DA 
Combined uapacityof our works: Manufi 
15000 tons per year, and still increasing. 1 dui 
