THE RURAL NEW-YORKER. 
will get out before the term of seven years, 
and that all they have paid in will be clear 
gain, helping to pay the preposterous premi¬ 
ums of the 40 per cent, who remain. But this 
explanation is taken os a proof of fraud in 
itself,as it owns that a precalculation has been 
made that a majority of the members will 
never get any returns for the money they 
have paid Into the order. The concern ap¬ 
pears very tricky, and an investigation is cer¬ 
tainly needed. 
A concern styling itself “Messrs. Thiele & 
Co., Bankers, Hamburg, Germany,” through 
an agent in Baltimore, Md., has flooded the 
country with letters containing a circular 
printed in German and English, giving a 
glowing description of the “292d German Gov¬ 
ernment Lottery of the City of Hamburg.’ 
It outlines the scheme of the lottery, the 
prizes ranging from 5,000 to 500,000 marks. 
It announces that ou each ticket, to insure 
genuineness, will be printed the Government’s 
coat of arms. Baron von Nordenflycht, the 
German Consul at Chicago, says; “This is one 
of the most palpable swindles I have ever 
seen. There is no such lottery as the ‘German 
Government Lottery. 1 The Government of 
the German Empire has no connection or con¬ 
trol of any lottery or premium enterprise 
whatever. This scheme is also a robbery on 
the face of it.” 
To Sevkra r. Inquirers.—T he Inter-State 
Company, of Chicago, which offers “beautiful 
books free to everybody,” is a humbug. 
We cannot recommend the Household Journal, 
of this city.We don’t recommend the 
Welcome Guest, Chicago. III., nor the Inter¬ 
national Watch Co., of this city........H. O. 
Brown, Salem, N. H., is a fraud, and an abet¬ 
tor of swindling.We do not recommend 
the Gibbs’ Manufacturing Co., Chicago. ..... 
Wo cau't recommend the Illustrated Literary 
World, Cincinnati, Ohio, nor the Electric Pad 
MTg Co., Brooklyn .The People’s Pub¬ 
lishing Company, Boston, which offers “The 
Homo” for three months, for 85cents, together 
with a packet of silk ribbons, is a humbug.... 
....So ulso is H. G. Fay, Albany, N. Y., who 
offers a package of silk ribbons aud a book 
for 85 cents, or “three packages and three 
hooks for $1.F. P. Hammond & Co., Au¬ 
rora, Ill., is fairly trustworthy.H. A. 
Henry, Hartsville, Ala., is a sharper Ashing 
for gudgeons. 
_After all our denunciations of the Farm¬ 
ing World, T. S. Gardner, its originator, and 
his four-per-cent, loan swindle, wo are still 
steadily receiving inquiries as to their reliabil¬ 
ity. “Would you bo kiud enough to inform 
me if the Farming World Loan Company is a 
reliable thing?” asks a Kansas subscriber. 
“Will T. N. Gardner, of the Farming World, 
really make loans at four-per-cent, as head 
vertines, to be refunded only as the borrower 
pleases?” inquires a reader from Minnesota. 
We really can’t be more emphatic than we 
have been iu condemning Gardner and his 
four-per-cent, loan, Farming World, Farmers* 
Album aud Farm Journal swindles. 
iVlisccU ancons. 
“CONCERNING AGRICULTURAL COL¬ 
LEGES.” 
A MISCONCEPTION CORRECTED. 
I find that my criticism of the general 
management of the University of Illinois and 
the Ohio State University in the Rural of 
April 3, lias been construed os a criticism of 
the teachers of agriculture and its branches in 
those institutions; but such wits the furthest 
from ray intention. I certainly have the high¬ 
est respect for tho ability and earnestness of 
those gentlemen. My point of insistence is 
that abundant experience has proven the im¬ 
possibility of maintaining a genuine agricul¬ 
tural college iu the midst of a university, 
however great the attainments of the profes¬ 
sor of agriculture may be, and while I regard 
the application of the laboratory system of 
instruction to the management of tho college 
furm as Indispensable to the success of the ag¬ 
ricultural college. I not only admit, but insist 
that such application can only be successfully 
mode in a school ull whose iuiluonces uphold 
aud dignify those occupations of which man¬ 
ual labor must, form a prominent feature. 
Springfield, O. c. k. thornk. 
CATALOGUES, ETC., RECEIVED. 
Champion Wagon. —Catalogue from Gere, 
Truman, Platt & Co., Owego, Tioga Co., 
N. Y.—There are 12 excellent reasons given 
why farmers should buy this wagon. The 
inquiring and studious farmer, aud nobody 
else tnukes money on tho farm, will do well to 
send for this eululogue und study those rea¬ 
sons out. The great poiut of difference be¬ 
tween the Champion and tho ordinary farm 
wagon lies in the construction of its front 
gear. Many decided advantages are gained, 
while no desirable features are lost. There is 
tio striking or whipping of the pole against 
the horses when tho wheel strikes against a 
stone or other obstruction. In the roughest 
places the team will pull together. Tho Cham¬ 
pion can be turned in one-third less space than 
any other wagon. The load rests on four 
corners, close to the wheels, and not at the 
middle of the axles. The wagons are strong 
and well made. Wo invite our friends to ex¬ 
amine the claims made for this wagon. 
Vermont Farm Machine Co.—Catalogues 
from this concern, Bellows Falls, Vermont.— 
Tho celebrated Cooley creamer is made by this 
company. This creamer is probably the most 
widely known of any of the improved devices 
for safely and enconomically raising cream. 
As all dairymen know, the system consists in 
putting the milk into cans, and then putting 
the caus, covers and all, uuder water. The 
milk is drawn off at the bottom leaving the 
cream in the cans. The Davis Bwing Churn, 
the Eureka butter-worker, Skinner butter 
worker, and numberless other firsts class dairy 
implements are well illustrated and described 
in the catalogue. Let those who go to the 
Dairy Show watch tho implements in opera¬ 
tion. Let those who do not go send for the 
catalogue. 
The Blanchard Churn. Circulars from 
Porter Blanchard’s Sons, Concord, N. H.— 
This churn has been before the public for 
many years and has lost little, if any, of its 
popularity. Its peculiarity of construction is 
well known to ah'" who have made a study of 
dairy implements.^ It is simple, easily oper¬ 
ated and st ‘iing. The Blanchard square fac¬ 
tory chunks made in sizes largo enough to 
churn 50 to 250 gallons. Revolving box 
churns, butter packages, parchment papers, 
butter carriers, faucets and scales are all de¬ 
scribed and illustrated iu these circulars. The 
implements may be seeu at tho Dairy Show. 
Stoddard Creamers and Churns. Cir¬ 
culars from Mosely & Stoddard Manufactur¬ 
ing Co., Poultney, Vermont.—These circulars 
are full of arguments aud figures to show the 
points of excellence of these implements. It 
is a strong showing, and all who think of in¬ 
vesting in dairy goods should get these circu¬ 
lars and road them. Those who attend the 
dairy show will see the implements in actual 
o|K-ration. Notice the arrangement for skim¬ 
ming the cream. Examine also, the Stoddard 
churn, lever butter-worker, milk strainer, 
milk pails, butter packages, and numberless 
other implements exhibited by this firm. 
Dairy Supplies. —Catalogue from Cornish 
Curtis & Greeue, Fort Atkinson, Wisconsin. 
It would require a column to name all the im¬ 
plements made or sold by this Arm. The list 
Ls very complete, both for creameries and 
private dairies. A specialty is made of an 
improved corn for fodder aud ensilage pur¬ 
poses. 
The Life of Henry Ward Beecher, by Ly¬ 
man Abbott and Rev. S. B. Halliday, prom¬ 
ises to be the best of any of the promised his¬ 
tories of the great preacher’s life and works. 
It is as near to an autobiography as can be 
prepared, being written from notes and papers 
left by Mr. Beecher. It will be an interest¬ 
ing volume. 
Pennsylvania Horticulture. —Report 
of the State Horticultural Association, from 
Thomas J. Edge, Harrisburg, Pa. A very 
readable pamphlet of 92 pages,\vell illustrated. 
Subjects pertaiuing to fruit and vegetable 
culture are discussed. 
A Treatise on Potato Culture, by L. 
A. Aspluwall, Three Rivers, Mich., is a very 
handy little volume of 23 pages. Mr. Aspiu- 
wall is famed as the inventor of the potato 
plauter so frequently mentioned in these col¬ 
umns. 
Proceedings of The Second Annual Meet¬ 
ing of The Holstein-Friesian Association, from 
T. B. Wales, Secretary, Iowa City, Iowa. Tho 
volume also contains essays by T. M. Koldyk 
aud Dudley Miller. 
A. H. Reid & Son, Philadelphia, Pa.— 
Au excellent list of dairy implements. Tho 
Reid butter-worker is an excellent one. The 
prints and butter packages are first-class. 
Fourth Annual Report of the Board of 
Control of the State Agricultural Experiment 
Station at Amherst, M&ss. C. A. Goessmauu, 
Director. 
Report of the Agricultural Experiment 
Station of North Carolina. Chas. W. Dabney 
Jr., Director, Raleigh, N. C. 
Circulars of Information of the Bureau of 
Education, Department of tho Interior, Wash¬ 
ington, D. C. 
Report of Fruit Growers’ Association of 
Ontario, from Secretary L. Wolverton, 
Grimsby, Ontario. 
THE STODDARD CREAMERY, 
WITH SURFACE SKIMMING ATTACHMENT. 
HAS MORE GOOI) POINTS THAN ANY OTHER. 
The thorough construction and Improvements maria In skim¬ 
ming are such that competitors are obliged to Imitate, which Is 
the bent guarantee of Its merits. 
Avoid m«<I intent in cream by using the Stoddard 
Crcntnery, which is the only one provided with A 
PERFECT WORKING SIR FACE SKIMMER. 
Received the only award at the Bay State Fair, 
Boston, October , 1886. 
Abo, THE FIRST PRIZE BUTTER, exhibited by Thos. Walton, 
Haverhill, Maes, was made In the STODDARD CREA?II- 
ERY. 
MORE S PYRAMIDAL STRAiNER 
|g used by all who wish to clean milk thoroughly. 
The shape of strainer cone permits the use of extra tine 
wire cloth and gives large straining surface. Strains 
rapidly aud will not clog. Adapted for use on any 
sized milk vessels or cans. Is of special value to but. 
ter-makers who use Creameries that skim through 
faucets at the side or bottom of cans. 
Renselaer Dairy 
Scale. 
One of the most useful 
of dairy I m p I« m cuts. 
nutter run. tie weighed 
and salted at one o/ir.ra- 
tion and without flour¬ 
ing. Kaoh scale Is war¬ 
ranted accurate. The 
butter salting a t t a <• h- 
nietit does not Interfere 
with Its turn for house- 
hold purposes. 
Stoddard Churn. 
Mo»t Popular.moMt Dur¬ 
able, Finest Finished, 
Mon tiulinfictory 
Churn in unt- The best 
butter makers are using and 
recommend the Stoddard 
Churn to their friends, as ac¬ 
tual tests have proved it su- 
terlor to auy form of oscil¬ 
lating or box churn. 
For circulars describing In full the above goods and a complete line of dairy apparatus, address the manufac¬ 
turers. Please state size of your dairy. 
MOSELEY & STODDARD M’F’G CO., Poultney, Yt. 
1STEW YORK 
CATTLE AND DAIRY SHOW. 
NEW YORK, M VY 10—14. 
REGULAR SEPARATORS. 
TURBINE SEPARATORS, 
WITHOUT ENGINE, 
HAND BOWER SEPARATORS, 
LALTOCRITUS, 
CHURN TURBINES, 
“BABY” HAND MACHINES, 
EMULSORS, 
ALL SIZES. 
SPECIAL FEATURE 
MODERN EUROPEAN DAIRY. 
All Dr. De Lavals Inventions and Latest Improvements. 
RUNNING COMPLETE WITHOUT ENGINE, SHAFT 
ING OR BELTING. 
Address for descriptive catalogue. 
THE DE LAVAL SEPARATOR COMPANY, 
Sale Offices, 221 Dock St., Philadelphia, Pa. 
ANSWERS TO CORRESPONDENTS. 
[Every query mast be accompanied by the name 
and address of tho writer to Insure attention. Before 
asking a questlou. please see If It Is not answered In 
our advertising columns. Ask only a few questions at 
one time. Put quest ions on a separate piece of paper.] 
BEST CROPS FOR SOILING. 
L. S., Esperance , N. Y .—What are the best 
crops for soiling? 
Ans.— The first crop for soiliug is winter 
rye. After rye there is a vacancy which can 
be filled only by Orchard Grass aud clover, 
which come in in May and early in June, and 
before corn can be got ready. Clover alone 
will last until the earliest sweet corn is ready. 
This is the main soiling crop, aud should be 
planted iu succession. Tho earliest variety a 
second utul a late kind are planted at the 
same time, aud successive plantings are made 
at intervals of 10 to 14 days, as tho quantity 
planted may last out. Corn lasts uutil frost 
comes, and indeed there is no other crop which 
can take the place of this, which will not bo 
hurt by frost. Orchard Grass pasture or Tim¬ 
othy and clover will last until severe weather 
when hay, corn fodder, cured millet aud man¬ 
gels come in for winter use. Mangels are in¬ 
dispensable, as they furnish the only succu¬ 
lent food which is free from objection iu a but¬ 
ter dairy. This crop makes up the lost of the 
season. It is sown in Muy or early iu June. 
There are many other crops which may be 
grown for soiling; as peas and oats mixed; 
barley and oats mixed; cow-peas, annual 
Scarlet Clover,and others whieh may be suit¬ 
ed to the climate. Hungarian Grass and mil¬ 
let require rich soil aiul will not make a profit¬ 
able or useful crop for soiling. There is no profit 
iu soiling excepting ou rich soil or with plenty 
of manure, und indeed the one is the key to the 
other, as the largo number of cattle kept make 
the soil rich,and tho rich soil furnishes £0x1 
for a large number of cattle. Winter rye ;for 
soiling should be sown early, os it may^fur- 
nish early cutting’in the.spriug, and at least 
three bushels of seed.periaere should be sown. 
It is useful to have some pasture for spring and 
for late fall. Timothy and clover make the 
best pasture and help to enrich the soil when 
the sod is plowed under. One square rod of 
crop is estimated as a daily allowance for one 
head of stock. 
now TO SOW ORCHARD GRASS. 
H. D. Greenwich , Conn. —1. Should Or¬ 
chard Grass be sown with either rye or oats or 
separately! 2. If it can be sown either way, 
which is the best? 
Ans. —Not with rye certainly. A. W. Chee- 
ver, who is as well posted in regard to Orchard 
Grass as any one we know, advises us to sow 
in spring os early as tho laud can be worked, 
or, better, tho last half of July or first week 
in August, not later, and with no grain crop 
to interfere. Put ou two bushels of seed per 
acre and a bushel of Kentucky Blue Grass 
with a few pounds of clover. Harrow the 
seed lightly and follow with a heavy roller. 
If sown in the spring, the field will require 
cutting once tho first year, but it should not 
be cut late. We should not suppose, though 
without definite information, that it would 
be well to sow Orchard Grass, with oats. Un¬ 
less the seed is sown with a liberal hand, this 
grass will grow in bunches, and if sown thick 
the oats would be crowded or if not they 
would facilitate the tussock habit of the grass. 
We should bo pleased to hear from auy of 
our friends ou this subject. 
M. E. D., Dover , Del. —Marshall P. Wilder’s 
name was pronounced Wild-er. 
DISCUSSION. 
C. V. P., West Claremont, N. H.—In a 
late Rural “N. C.” of Bristol, Conn., says 
thoroughbred hens are superior to cross-bred 
as layers. I keep 100 hens, consisting, at pres¬ 
ent, ot 40 old ones—a cross of Light Brahma 
and Plymouth Rock—and 60 pullets from these 
hens crossed with a White Leghorn cock. Iu 
January they laid 116 dozen; in February 124 
dozen,and in March 165 dozen, making in three 
months, 405 dozen eggs, which brought some¬ 
thing over $100. I have fed iu the morning, a 
mash of boiled vegetables or apples mixed 
with corn oh the ear, oats ami beaus ground 
together; at noon a small feed of oats; and at 
night all they would eat of wheat, or, if very 
cold, corn sometimes heated iu the oven. 
Meat, the small whole sea-shells, plenty of fresh 
water, with, once or twice a week, a little of 
Douglas Mixture, made up the bill-of-fare. 
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