1888 
645 
im BUBAL NEW 
flowers of this showy Chili annual have been 
greatly improved of late years, especially by 
French gardeners. The colors, which range 
from dark purple and blue to clear yellow, 
and are variously striped, are now “ fixed,” 
and come true from seed. The plants are 
easily and cheaply raised, and the flowers, 
which last well when cut, make an attractive 
and very useful addition to florists’ material.. 
The new pear “Early Wilder,” wo are told, 
pleases everybody..... 
The editor of the Orange Co. Farmer, 
quoting from and commenting upon Mrs. 
Fisher’s article in the lt.N.-Y. respecting the 
seeds of fruits, says that the seeds of grapes 
form so large a proportion of their bulk that 
one is easily able to fill his interior depart¬ 
ment with an indigestible mass, if ho freely 
indulges in them. The remedy is to eject the 
seeds when eating grapes. He has practiced 
this for many years until it has become 
“second nature” and it would be as hard to 
swallow the pulp of a grape with its seeds as 
as it would be to swallow a pill. He has 
learned to like them best that way and many 
of his friends, to whom the seeds had proved 
an annoyance, have, at his suggestion, become 
habituated to that method of eating them, 
and thus obviated all trouble. It is the proper 
thing to do and one will enjoy grape eating 
far more than ever before, if he persists in 
this course. 
Directoh Whitchkh (N. H. Ex. Sta.) finds 
that the corn plant accumulates dry substance 
much moro rapidly while the tassels are 
being developed than at any subsequent 
period. 
11k concludes as the result of his trials that, 
all things considered, it is best to plant such 
varieties for ensilage as will, in a given local¬ 
ity, produce plants having well-filled ears, the 
kernels being in the milk or,better still, in the 
“doughy” state, and to delay the harvesting 
until the plant shows evident signs of ripen¬ 
ing, such as the turning of the lower leaves, 
the glazing of the kernel in the flint or the 
shriveling of the dent varieties. Up to this 
point there is a gain in two ways: first, an 
actual gain in the dry matter, and, second, a 
loss of water, reducing the ratio between the 
water aud dry substance to about that re¬ 
quired by cattle, thus improving the silage 
and reducing the labor of handling. 
Con. Curtis advises farmers to cover their 
farms with cows and feod them, even while 
at pasture, with cheap feed brought from 
the West. The more cows, he says, 
and the better feed the more income 
from a less number of acres. 
Prof. I. P. Roherts says that the se¬ 
cret of life for young people is to 
want something that is good . 
Sec’y J. S. Woodward’s trip to England did 
him good in one way at least, viz., a better 
appreciation of home. He says that America 
never looked so good to him as it did when he 
first saw laud on his return voyage. He is 
thankful that he is a genuine, blue-blooded 
Yankee. 
The Michigan Farmer has always found 
that the most unrelenting enemy of the work' 
ing man is the working man himself. 
Howard says in the Boston Weekly Globe, 
that we spoil our children at home and then 
send them to school for their education. 
On Saturday, August 11th, the Garden 
Committee of the Massachusetts Horticultural 
Society paid a visit to the beautiful estate of 
R. M. Pratt, Esq., at Watertown Mass. 
Garden & Forest mentions that among the 
interesting objects shown were several large 
trees in whoso trunks or large limbs decayed 
cavities had beon filled with elastic cement, 
thus excluding the air, and in every case the 
bark has begun to close up over the cement, 
with indications of health aud vigor. 
The above paper describes and illustrates 
the comparatively new magnolia specifically 
known as Hypoleuca. The Rural’s specimen 
is about 12 feet high and about eight years 
old from the nursery. It has not as yet 
bloomed. In appearance it resembles the 
Umbrella Magnolia. But the blossoms are 
produced later aud they are, according to 
Prof. Sargent, possessed of an ugreeable odor 
between wintergreen aud bananas. This 
magnolia is a native of Japan and is hardy in 
this climate and probably further north. 
ABSTRACTS. 
Century : “Weakness trusts in its strength; 
strength fears in its weakness.” 
“He who is unconsciously selfish is not so 
dangerous as he who is consciously so ; the 
fonuer betrays his selfishness ; the latter con¬ 
ceals it.” 
“ He who is unwilling to submit to unde¬ 
served blame should repieflibej* t9 reftfPP un- 
desemfi pw§9.’ ? 
“ None are such accomplished dissemblers 
as those who find dissembling difficult.” 
“The surest way to reveal your weakness is 
to hide your motives.”-“That evil and 
desperate men may bo found among us, who, 
for selfish purposes, are ready to defy the laws, 
is not marvelous; that the men who are in¬ 
trusted with the execution of law should, in so 
many instances, appear to be in league with 
the law-breakers, guaranteeing them immuni¬ 
ty in their transgressions, is certainly alarm¬ 
ing.”-Mass. Plowman : “That farmer is 
wise who frequently compares the condition 
of his farm with that of his neighbors, having 
for an object the improvement of his 
own. It is time well spent to take a 
few hours occasionally and go over 
to a neighbor’s and compare notes.”- 
Breeder’s Gazette: “Yes, there is plenty of 
fun to be had breeding, rearing and selling 
“scrubs,” but isn’t the amusement just a little 
too expensive for the average farmer to in¬ 
dulge in?”-N. Y. Ex. Sta.: “There is 
12 29 per cent, less digestible albuminoids in 
hay that has been kept over one year as com¬ 
pared with new hay.”-Farm Journal: 
“At the Kirby Homestead Butter Conference 
10.50 pound3 of milk made a pound of butter. 
Cows had pasture, three quarts of wheat bran 
and one quart of cotton-seed meal daily. 
Cows, Jerseys. A good average is 24 pounds 
of milk for one of butter. Cows range from 
20 to 40 pounds of milk for one pound of 
butter. Care pays.”-N. O. Picayune: 
“Whisky saloons all over the country need 
dehorning much more than cattle do.”- 
London Live Stock Journal: “ Most of us 
live to seo our ideals shattered! The ideal— 
which most needs expediting out of existence 
—is that of the sleepy, asthmatic, helpless 
show-yard pig”’-Western Rural: “Twen- 
ty-fivo years from now we really believe that 
the results of a campaign will be entirely 
problematical, because of the immense inde¬ 
pendent vote which will go where it pleases 
aud will not be influenced by bombast or politi¬ 
cal sophistry. Things point distinctly to 
greater independence of American voters, and 
it will be a grand tliiug. An immense inde¬ 
pendent, intelligent vote will put all parties 
upon their best behavior.”-Farm, Field 
and Stockman: “To Mr. W. D. Hoard’s 
efforts, no doubt, more than to any one other 
man may bo traced the development of the 
dairy interest in Wisconsin.”-Mr. Hoard 
is the farmers’ candidate for Governor of 
Wisconsin. We do not know what his politics 
are, but whatever party he belongs to, we 
should vote for him if we lived in Wisconsin. 
Horslord’s Acid Phosphate 
Imparts New Energy t« the Brain. 
giving the reeling aud sense at increased 
intellectuaI power.— Adv. 
jPiswnHttmt# gdlvtrtteinfl. 
$93 Sewing. lade Free! 
We want one ponton in every village, town ami township, to 
keopin their homes a line of our AKT SAMPLES; to thoso 
who will keep and aimply show these samples to thoso who call, 
we will semi, free, the very heat Sewing Machine manufactured 
Vi the world, with all the attachments. This machine is mado 
After the SINGKK patents, which have expired. Before the patents 
run out, this style machine, with the attachments, was sold for 
$93; it now sells for $.50. Keadur, it may seem to you the most 
WONDEKFDL THING ON KAKT11, hut you can secure one of 
these machines ABSOLUTELY KKKK, provided your application 
como8 in first, from your locality, and if you will keep in your 
home and show to those who call, a set of our elegant and un¬ 
equaled art samples. We do not ask you to show these sam¬ 
ples for more than two months, and then they become your 
own property. The art samples are sent to you ABSOLUTELY 
FREE of cost. How can we do all this?—easily enough! Wcofton 
got as much as $2,(XX) or $.‘1,000 in trade from even a small place, 
after our art samples have remained where they could he seen for 
a mouth or two. We need one person in each locality, all ovof 
the country, and take this means of securing them at once. 
Those who write to us at once, will secure, FREE, the very best 
Sewing Machine manufactured, and the finest general assort¬ 
ment of works of high art ever shown together in America. All 
particulars FREE by return mail. Write at once; a postal card 
on which to write to irs will cost you but one cent, and after you 
know all, should you conclude to go no further, why no harm is 
dono. Wonderful as it seems, you need no capital—all it free. 
Address at once, TRUE & CO., AUGUSTA, Mai.njc. 
MAKE HENS LAY 
S HERIDAN’S CONDITION POWDER is absolute¬ 
ly pure and highly concentrated. It is strictly 
a medicine to be given with food. Nothing on earth 
will make hens lay like it. It cures chicken chol¬ 
era and all diseases of hens. Illustrated book by 
mail free. Sold everywhere, or sent by mail for 
26 ots. In stamps. 2X-lb. tin cans, $1; by mall. 
$1.20. Six cans by express, prepaid, for $6. 
LS. Join)so* l> Oo. , P. O. Box 2118, Boston. Uas*. 
Now then, friend, is there not some im¬ 
plement that you need on your farm? We 
leant new subscribers for *he RURAL. 
Can't we come to terms and make one want 
supply the other ? 
DOUBLE 
Breech-loader 
$6 75. 
RIFLES *2.25 
PISTOLS 75c 
All kinds cheaper than 
elsewhere. Before you 
buy send stamp for 
Catalogue. Address 
POWELL & CLEMENT, 
1 NO Muln Street, 
Cincinnati. Ohio. 
WILLIAMS & CLARK CO.’S 
HIGH GRADE BONE FERTILIZERS 
•Immoniated Hone Superphosphate . 
No Fertilizer Selling at the Same Price Shows as High Valuation. 
According to the Massachusetts ami Maine Experiment Station 
Bulletins just published, giving the grade of all fertilizers 
sold in their respective States the last spring, the 
Amerious Superpliospliat© 
Had a Higher Valuation than any other Superphosphate. Our 
POTITO PHOSPHITE 
This is the most com¬ 
plete and. satisfactory" fer¬ 
tilizer for Potatoes now 
in the market. It con¬ 
tains all the Plant Food, 
necessary for a large 
crop of potatoes. Try it 
next spring and. you will 
find, it is the 
Best Fertilizer for Potatoes 
von ever used. 
Fertilizers for all Crops; send, for Oircnlars. Prin¬ 
cipal Office 
Cotton Exchange Building, New York. 
For Halo Toy Liocnl Agents. 
MT. HOPE NURSERIES 
1840 ROCHESTER, N. Y. 1888 
Wo ofTor for FATA, PI.ANTINU the Urgent, 
most complete and carefully cultivated collections 
m the United States of: 
FRUIT TREES. Standard and Dwarf.- 
CRAPES. All the best old and new sorts, in¬ 
cluding the fine new grapo “ Anils.” 
SMALL. FRUITS. A11 the best, embraci ng tlio 
new Gooseberry “Industry.” 
AND SHRUBS. 
ROSES of every class, the finest in cultivation. 
Catalogues scut to all regular customers. Free. 
To others: No. l Fruits 10c.; No. 2, Oniamontal 
Trees, etc illustrated, 16c.: No. 3, Strawberries; 
No. 4, Wholesale; No. 5, Roses, free. 
ELLWANCER & BARRY. 
0OO ACRES. 13 CREENHOUSES. 
TREES »J PLANTS 
We offer for the Fall trado a largo and fine stock 
of every description of Kll L IT and Ornii nienliil 
TlMiliS, Shrubs, Koses, Vines, SMALL 
FRUITS, Hedge I'liinfs, Fruit Tree Seed¬ 
lings and Forest Tree Seedlings. Priced Cnta- 
logue Fall of 1888, mailed free. JBstabUshsd 1862. 
BLOOMINGTON tPHCEN IX) NURSERY 
BII1NKI TUTTLE & CO. Proprietor*, BLOOMINGTON, ILL. 
New and Rare Plants, Orchids, Sc. 
A Large Collection of Hot-house and Green¬ 
house I'lnnls, carefully grown, at Low Rams. 
OR till IDS, a very extensive stock, Fast Indian, 
Mexican, Central and South American. .4c Pitcher 
Plants, a large collection ; Roses, Clematis, &c. 
DUTCH BULBS, 
Targe Importations from Leading Growers In 
Holland Fruit and Oriiauiental Trees, «fcc. 
Catalogues on application. 
JOHN SATIE, 
Washington, D. C. 
P 
RO FIT ABLE Tw i s < the ww 
PYLE’S RED WINTER APPLE 
a largo, red. showy apple; good keeper, and 
abundant bearer. Price, first-class trees, 7.} cents, 
second class QO cents, each. Write to 
GliOKGli AtlllFI,IS, West Chester, l*a. 
On Tuesday three acres of the mammoth wheat 
grown by the Frazier brothers, at Bustleton, was 
threshed, which yielded 121% bushels, this being 
40 % bushels per acre, which is undoubtedly the 
heaviest yield of wheat that has been grown in 
that part of Burlington county for a number of 
years. The fertilizer used was Baugh’s 825 Animal 
Bone Phosphate.—Mount Holly llerald. July SS. ’Sd 
TREES 
Vines, Root Grafts, Kverythina. 
No larger slock in the U. S. No 
No better, cheaper. PIKE CO. 
NUHSERlkS. LOUISIANA MO. 
UNIVERSITY of the ST ATE ei N E W YORK 
AMERICAN 
UETERINARY COLLEGE 
189 & 141 West 54th Street, New York City. L. 
Chartered under General Laws of the State of New 
York, 1875, and by special act of the Legislature In 18R<>. 
The regular Course of Lectures commenced In Oc 
tober. Circular and Information can be had on ap¬ 
plication to DR. A. L.IAIJTARD, V.8., 
Dean of the Faculty. 
CIIICiYGrO 
VETERINARY COLLEGE. 
INCORPORATED 1883. 
Facilities for Teaching and Clinical, Ad¬ 
vantages unsurpassed. Session of 1888-0 
commences October 1st. B'-TfFor Catalogue and 
further Information, address the Secretary, 
JOSEPH m'GIVEN, M. R. Cl. V. 8.. 
iiSitr and 2.73U State Street. Chicago. 
IMPROVED 
HYDRAULIC RAMS. 
Awarded Medal and Diploma at the 
Centennial Exhibition, Philadelphia. 
Send for Circular and Price List. 
Address 
ALLEN GAWTHROP, Jr., Wilmington, Del. 
LIGHTNING WELL-SINKING 
MACHINE MAKERS. 
Wcll-ninking and prospecting tools sent 
on trial. 529 feet has been sunk in 8 
hours. Instructions for beginners. Au 
Encyclopdia of 800 Engravings of well 
V and prospectors” tools, pumps, 
wwind and steam engines. Atrea- 
1 atiso on gas and oil. Book 
* free, mailing charges 
>5 cts.each. 
The American 
WellWorks. 
as aurora, ills., 
It K A. 
THE NEW 
I M PROV KD 
UNI VIE RS'ALI 
HATCHER. 
It is the best and most 
reliable heat regulator 
and the ouly moisture 
regulator In the world. 
Batteries, clocks, and 
all complications a- 
volded. T N 1 V E R - 
SAI, HATCHER 
CO., Elmira, N. Y. 
Raise No More Wheat 
But make your money out of the Barn and Poultry 
Yard, as the Dadiy. Poultry and Doctor Book tells 
For live 2-ct stamps. L). G. I Timer, Allentown, Pa 
OXFORD DOWN 8HEEPI SSJSE® 
“ Ellenhorough ” Flock makes another importa¬ 
tion necessary tills season. Selections of yearling 
Rams and Ewes have been made by Mr. John Tread¬ 
well. the acknowledged leading breeder, and best 
judge In England. Oxfords are the largest of the 
black faced breeds (rams weigh 425 lbs,), are heaviest 
shearers, and will outlive "tree wool.” At the last 
Smithfleld, London, Fat Stock Show, Oxfords won 
champion prize for best mutton sheep at the show, 
and were considered the bes f class at the la*t areal 
“ Royal.” Address F. C. GOLDSBOROUGH, 
Easton, Talbot Co., Maryland. 
Dehorning Cattle 
U/1CU M. Cnl. 
pa kg book particularH 10 c. 
pti il<t (•kiirimru. f Inin 
SHEEP AND LAMBS. 
Cotswold, South down, Oxford-down, Shropshlres, 
and Merinos, bred from our very choicest stock Write 
at once for our special prices for the fall; also Rough- 
coated Collie Puppies. 
W. ATLEE BURPEE & CO., Philadelphia, Pa 
Strong, Simple, mid Dura- 
able. Fits any wagon. Goods 
sent on trial, and If not satisfac¬ 
tory may be returned at our ox- 
1 pense. Agents wanted; Sample 
at wholesale. Write for Circulars. 
rOiHKROY «fc PEARSON, Eockport, N. Y. 
SHERWOOD harness CHEAP. 
Great inducements to clubs of 8 to 6. To reliablo 
Agents Driving Harness Free. Address 
SHERWOOD HARNESS CO., Syracusk, N. Y. 
mm 
AND PREVf.NI CHOLERA. GAPES. ROUP L-‘ 
TRlAI PACKAf.F nuMio by mail, to' t p 
•Gwuiittri No Huoj!Aijf.EM toilet ((lied Wider tSwurn 
p R60UlAIS! | .*RtruW'iP»io0i>:i0i i e).tlR KoU-ovA. 
JiWittR efitfVAngriFic, 1 ptH'ir:" 
Wasting the flavoring Oils of Butter, by overworking:, injures its keeping 
quality and market yalue. Use Higgins’ Eureka High Grade English Salt, 
It dissolves quickly end doeo its work completely* 
