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The Rural New-Yorker 
From the New York Times. 
Tho Rural New-Yorker’s Experiment 
Grounds constitute the most useful agricul¬ 
tural experiment station in the United States. 
From the Courant of Hartford, Conti. 
Everything is an experiment at the Rural 
Grounds. The experiment thrift of every¬ 
thing is staring you in the face. The merest 
catalogue of these home experiments for the 
garden, nursery and orchard would till a vol¬ 
ume. All about this paradise are flowers of 
fruiting or bloomiug shrubs or trees done up 
in papers, indicating that trials in hybridiza¬ 
tion were going on for which the Rural family 
is famous. Such labor is rare in agricultural 
journalism. 
From the Gardener's Monthly. 
Tho Rurat. New-Yorker Experiment 
Grounds furnish many of the facts which 
render the paper so popular. 
From Our Country Home. 
The Rural New-Yorker was the first 
farm journal to practically and usefully con¬ 
duct field and garden experiments. Its work 
in this line has been of great value to agri¬ 
culture. 
From Colman's Rural World. 
Tho Rural New-Yorker does not stop at 
testiug new varieties produced b} r others, but 
is producing new varieties for itself and has 
accomplished wonders in hybridizing. It has 
opened an entirely new field for investiga¬ 
tion, the possibilities of which cannot be con¬ 
jectured. Wo believe the Rural’s first at¬ 
tempts wore at hybridizing wheat and rye, 
and it has been successful in establishing an 
undoubted cross between them. It has also 
established ft cross between the blackberry 
and the raspberry, the offspring showing the 
cross in a remarkable degree, some having the 
characteristics of either variety in greater or 
less proportion. Different families of roses 
have been likewise crossed and a most inter¬ 
esting field for experiment has been opened, 
which we hope will bo profitable to the 
country. 
From the Farm Journal, 
The Rural New-Yorker has made Ameri¬ 
can farmers. East and West, its debtors for 
all time. 
From Green's Fruit Grower. 
The Rural Grounds in New Jersey, which 
we visited lost season, are a curiosity shop in 
the way of new aud rare fruits. These grounds 
are a desirable place for experiments, for the 
reason that tender varieties, and those with 
feeble constitutions have no opportunity there 
to distinguish themselves. No variety that 
has proved hardy and vigorous at the Rural 
Grounds will bo apt to disappoint others. 
The Rural's tendency has been toward the 
conservative; thus, varieties that it has 
recommended have proved worthy of recom¬ 
mendation. Being extremely careful about 
exaggerating. Rural readers are never dis¬ 
appointed in the specimens they secure, when 
compared with the illustrations given. The 
Rural was among ,the first to recommend the 
Cuthbert, Shaffer, Caroline, Marlboro, and 
other lending raspberries; the Manchester, 
Sharpies:, Crescent, Jewell, aud other favor¬ 
ite strawberries, many of which it took an 
active part in disseminating ut an early date. 
The benefit accruing to the community by 
being correctly informed about the value of 
a new variety of fruit, cannot be fully appre¬ 
ciated at a casual glance. For instance, when 
the Cutlibert was first offered it was natural 
for the public to hold back, hesitating and 
waiting for a thorough test of the variety. 
Supposing we have to wait 10 years before a 
thorough and satisfactory test can be made 
of a ucw fru t, what a loss is there to the 
community; a loss t hat could not be estimated 
by hundreds of thousands of dollars. But in 
case a prominent journal, well known for its 
reliability, makes a thorough test of the 
variety and recommends it, a variety may 
establish a reputation in a very short space of 
time, and bo placed at once in general culti¬ 
vation. enabling all to derive the benefit, 
which might otherwiso be derived only by a 
few. A strong point with the Rural tests 
was that they were entirely disinterested. 
While the Rural is enthusiastic over im¬ 
proved fruits, it does not permit its enthusi¬ 
asm to get the better of its judgment. We 
have sometimes sympathized with introducers 
of new fruits, who have rent them to the 
Rural Grounds to be tested, when the report 
from such testing has Iteon that the variety 
was unworthy of further attention by the 
public, knowing as wo did that such a report 
could not bo received by the introducer with 
complacency. The experiments iu wheat, oats, 
potatoes, corn aud other farm crops, hav* 
beeu as noticeable as those with fruits. 
Known also as “THE COLD WATER DIP,” is a very highly con¬ 
centrated fluid preparation, absolutely non-poisonous, and which 
mixes instantly and thoroughly with water of any temperature, 
forming a milky liquid, which, for cheapness, convenience, safety 
and efficiency, is unrivaled as a Sbeep-Dip, Cattle-Wash, Insecticide, Disinfectant, &c. One or 
two applications in a year to Sheep, not .only keep them in health, but also increase the growth 
and improve the quality of tho fiecee, to a surprising degree. For 
Ticks. Lice, Scab. Mange, Herew-Worms, Thrush, Scratches, Wonnds, iSbc. 
For all Sldn-troubles, and for ridding all kinds of Live-Stock from parasites, it has no equal. 
It is also wonderfully effective in many infectious and contagious diseases, such as 
Plenro-Pnoumonia, Swine-Plague, Chicken-Cholera, &c. 
In such cases it is administered internally as well as externally. 
It is used and recommended by the leading Veterinarians in both hemispheres. Its uses 
upon a Farm are innumerable. Hon. John E. Russell, of Massachusetts, writes, under date of 
October, I88fi, il Your DIP is not only excellent for Sheep, Days, Fowls, tie., but it is the best 
possible dressing for diseased hoofs of horses. J have, used it for thrush, bruises of the sole, 
and wounds with great effect. It is also an excellent stimulent for the coronet, to increase the 
growth of the hoof, in eases of contraction and slow growth. If I did not keep sheep I should 
have it on hand for stable use." 
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