fHE RURAL WEW-YORKER 
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liave claimed that the United States has noth¬ 
ing to fear from India as a competitor in the 
production of wheat. In this view he does not 
coneur.and believes that to-day India is second 
only to the United States in wheat growing. 
Furthermore wheat growing in India is yet 
in its infancy and its fur tiler development de¬ 
pends principally upon the means of trans¬ 
portation to the seaboard. He fears that with 
the cheap native labor of India and the con¬ 
stantly growing facilities for transportation, 
the United States will find her a formidable 
competitor ns a producer of the stall' of life. 
S' Cuticura 
( ^ J 1 a Positive Cure 
\vf)\ ^ for forrq of 
SKin and Blood 
X x55 ■ Pimples to Scrofula. 
o KIN TORTURES OF A LIFETIME INSTANTLY RE- 
lO lie veil by a warm bath with CimcoilA Soap, a rea- 
Skin Beantltier, and a single application of Citiccra. 
the great skm Cure. 
This repeated dally, with two or three dotes of Ct'Ti- 
ccrrtA Rksolvbst, the New Blood Purifier, to keep the 
blood cool, the perspiration pure and uni nutating, the 
bowels open. the liver and kidneys active, will speed¬ 
ily cure 
Eczema, tetter, ringworm, psoriasis, lichen, pruri¬ 
tus seal 1-In-fid. dandruff, and every species of tortur¬ 
ing, dNfiguring, Itching, scaly and pimply diseases of 
the skin and scalp, with loss of hair, when physicians 
and all kuown remedies fall. 
broadside, with only too fatal a thrust. Hav¬ 
ing once emne off “best,” the bull will, wheu 
out of temper, attack inoffensive horses when 
grazing quietly. He recollects a man riding 
up on horseback to talk to his plowman, who 
was working a bull and an ox in the plow. 
The rider was sitting still on his horse, and the 
plow moving towards him was stopped for 
the noon time. The bull (which was perfectly 
quiet, among men) as soon as loosed from the 
plow' charged the horse, and with one thrust 
caused his bowels to gush out. And then he 
walked quietly to the stable with bis compan¬ 
ion ox. It is not at all right, to leave a bull 
in the pastures where horses are. Sooner or 
later there is almost certain to be a quarrel, 
and, although a bone broken may be the re¬ 
sult to the bull from a kick, the more common 
result is a deadly wound in the stomach of the 
horse, lu Mexico the roads are reported to 
be uot uufrequeutly impassable to horsemen 
and wagons, through the attacks made on the 
teams by bulls. _ 
The Norwat Spruce. —The following is 
from the Gardners’ Monthly. “The Rural 
New-Yorker has a number of correspon¬ 
dents discussing whether it is worth while to 
plaut the Norway Spruce as an ornamental 
tree. In this part of the world, the vicinity 
of Philadelphia, it usually retains great 
beauty till about 20 or 25 years eld. As soon 
as it commences to bear cones freely it often 
loses a portion of its beauty. But then the 
whole of the United States is much larger 
than the vicinity of Philadelphia, und there 
must be many places whore the tree does not 
do so well. Very few coniferous trees retain 
their early beauty after getting of full seed¬ 
bearing age. When it gets into a soil that 
suits it, and a situation it loves, the Norway 
Spruce will retain its pristine beauty longer 
than most coniferous trees. We often see 
poor aud miserable specimens in compara¬ 
tively young trees—so we do with all co¬ 
nifers.” _ 
Salt. —The Agricultural Gazette (England) 
says that while salt is a necessary ingredient 
of the food of mart and animals alike, it is, in 
excess, highly injurious, aud even toxic. It is 
absolutely necessary for the purpose of form¬ 
ing gastric juice, and to some extent the bile; 
for digesting alLuminoids, and for preserving 
tbe blood in a normal state. If, however, it 
is niveu in excess it produces severe inllam- 
U. S. Army Houses. —The Quartermaster- 
General sends us the following statement re¬ 
garding the horses and mules used in the 
U. H. War Department the past year. The 
animals purchased were: 1.251 cavalry and 
artillery horses, worth £170,0(57.(15, or $141.24 
each; 18 work horses, worth $205,85 each, and 
fiOo mules worth §87,2511.35, or $154.00 each. 
The total number of animals fit for service 
was 8,dul) horses, 454 team horses and 5,403 
mules. This makes a poor showing beside tbe 
clouds of European cavalry. Most of the 
horses for tbe army are purchased at St. 
Louis, Mo., Louisville, Ivy., aud in Arizona. 
Animals that have become unit for army ser¬ 
vice are sold, after due notice in advertise¬ 
ment, to the public. During the past year 
800 horses and 320 mules have been thus sold. 
The regulations as to size, age, etc., are given 
below: 
Cavalry Horses. —To bo geldings, of 
hardy colors, sound in all particulars, in good 
condition, well broken to the saddle, Irom 15 
to 11} hands high, not, less than live nor more 
than nine years, and suitable in every respect 
for cavalry service. Whenever it becomes 
necessary to purchase the half-breed horses of 
California or Southern Texas, the standard of 
bight may be reduced to not less than 14’* 
hands. 
Artillery Horses.—To be geldings, of 
hardy colors, sound in all particulars, in good 
condition, snuare trotters, well broken to har- 
RLES, b(nck heads, chapped and oily skin pre¬ 
vented bv ctrncruA Mki*k - ateu Soap. 
How to sA V E re shingling, STOP 
leaks effectually and cheaply In 
roofs at all kinds, or lav Pi E VV roofs. 
Particulars FREE If you mentiou this paper. 
111! y -^7 UNEQUALED 
■ F'" r House. Barn, 
8 CAN POT IT ON. 
PRICE LOW. 
f*ui~i TTTTT~~ . Wrire fnr Sample and Book. 
■OmUlOltlllin 1 |:t Dunne St., New York (,’ity. 
INDIANA PAINT & ROOFINC CO. 
J SAMPLE 
SHELLER 
$ 3 . 00 . 
WARRANTED 
CUTTERS. PUMPS AXO WEU SUP¬ 
PLIES. Meat'.on tliia Paper. Send 
rr-~Tt‘i'’ to cover oust mailing 
^ Cutalvgtn;. 
-i GA CHICAGO 
, TUBULAR WELL WORKS. 
Caw. LakeSl, Chicago, 11 L 
Sulphuring Meat.—T he Poultry Keeper 
is responsible for the following item: 
“Takea piece of fresh beef, a fish, or any¬ 
thing that will quickly decay. Place it at 
one end of a close box and burn a little sul¬ 
phur at the other eud. The beef or fish will 
absorb the sulphur fumes. Keep the box 
closed half an hour, then take out the beef or 
lish, hang it up somewhere (in a cellar, out of 
doors or auywheie) and our word for it that 
you can let it hang up a year without the 
slightest odor or signs of decay. The first 
three days there will be a slight odor of sul¬ 
phur, which passes away. The meat may 
dry up gradually, but will not spoil. If placed 
m a pot the boiling water at once disengages 
the sulphur, and it passes oft It is perfectly 
harmless, lu fact it is best to treat all the 
meats used in the family in that manner, 
even wheu wanted for immediate use, as tue 
meat even if from diseased animal, will be 
purified from disease germs.” 
Scab on Potatoes.— It appears from a late 
Rural Vermonter that so good an authority 
as Dr. Hoskins agrees with the R. N.-Y. in at¬ 
tributing scab to insects aud uot to a fungus. 
He says: 
“ Tbe wide prevalence of scab the present 
year, even on light soils not dressed with dung, 
seems to be looked upon very generally as in¬ 
validating the behet that it is due to insect 
agency. We can hardly so regard it-. There 
is no proof that wire worms, or other insects 
which gnaw the potato, may nut, in some sea¬ 
sons, become very numerous in soils dressed 
only with artificial fertilizers and ashes—espe¬ 
cially where there is considerable decayed 
vegetable matter m the ground, such as turned 
sou. Wherever we have found scabby pota¬ 
toes, we have found wirc-worius extremely 
numerous this season. They not only nibble 
the potatoes, causing scab, hut bore into them, 
and m pickiug them up on some snots, a large 
percentage hud wire-worms hall imbedded in 
the tubers.” 
We should like to have Dr. Hoskins use 
powdered sulphur nextyearasa preventive of 
scab. We have tried it for three years with¬ 
out a failure. 
Bulls Dangerous to Houses.— A writer 
iu the Loudon Live Stock Journal is npt sur¬ 
prised at the result of a fight between a Short¬ 
horn bull aud a Clydesdale stallion in which 
the latter was killed. Thrice has ho kuown 
F. A. LEHMANN. Soi icitorot Latent*. Washington, D. CL 
No charge Unicoi jaunt a secured. Semi for Circular. 
£rre$ t and giants. 
SAMPLE PACKAGE.— choice ROSES 
or three CON CURD or one ROGERS GRACE, with Ca¬ 
talogue ami directions r<ir culture, by mail, for 'l.j 
eta. W M. It. KEEI), t hum her shun;. I’ll. 
1S3N Pomona Nurseries 1887 
e Parry, Lida, arid Betnha Strawberries: 
Marlboro aud Golden queen Raspber¬ 
ries; Wilson Jr., Er.« and Mlnnewaskl 
Blackberries; Niagara, Empire State 
and Moore's f urly Grapes: Lawson, 
KicfTer and Lot onto Pe-irs: Wonderful 
and i J lobe Peach; span Ming and Japan 
Plutus; Winter and Red Cider Apples. 
All the worthy old and promising now 
varieties. Cntulogue true. 
HU. 1'ARRY, Parry, N. J. 
Worked on Natural Stocks. 
S \n Immense stock Including 
GLORY, FORD'S LATE. 
ROSE it. YICl.LO IV MYS¬ 
TERY. TOSH-PA, JAPAN 
hardy. Ac. iiescriptions, 
hints on Peach Culture, and 
low prices, anil Catalogue of 
Fruit Trees and plants of all 
kinds mailed applicants. 
.1 r LOVBTT. Lil'Tl.E AIM El*. .V. J. 
Introducer Monmouth Strawberry aud itrleBlackberry. 
THE LATEST AND BRIEFEST 
Dll IMP" ”— 
I NEW AMERICAN' 
1 * COOSEBERRY 
V<*» Inlrwittc.-.I. Wonil.rM|jr»««»-»ftil. Writ,-to 
CEO. ACHELIS -West Chester,Pa. 
The U. S. Dairyman, opposing the popular 
clamor for small cheeses, reminds its readers 
that the smaller the cheese the larger the per 
cent, of rind and wttste. It is a serious ob¬ 
jection to all small cheeses not only that they 
involve extra labor and waste, but that they 
do not cure as well as large ones.. 
One of the most uufortunate features of 
some of our farm colleges aud experiment 
stations, remarks the Agricultural Science, is 
the political relation existtug between their 
officers aud the public... 
In the same journal, Mr. Ladd, of the N. Y. 
Ex. Station, concludes, after a careful inves¬ 
tigation, that, from a chemical point of view, 
it seemsjpreferable.to cut Timothy for feeding 
nrapII cCCn Properly snv«f in district 
rCAun OllUi when* no "•yellows" or dl* 
eusu exists, from orchards that are absolutely henlthv 
eeed from line mrletl*6 -«T»GCk principally-supply 
limited—as a realty healthy article la scarce. Price 
*1.31 per bn. lWlbu. for $l'.*5. _ 
,T. W. K.KKR. 
Denton, Caroline Co., Md. 
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