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THE BUBAL WEW-¥©EreR. 
OCT S© 
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LETTERS FROM THE COUSINS. 
Dear Uncle Mark. —I have read with 
much pleasure and interest the letters from 
your large family of nieces and nephews, 
and have often thought of waiting to ask if I 
too, might become a member of the Y. H. 
C. Uncle, 'don't you think it would be 
nice if each one of the Cousins could have, 
next year, a small plot of land, say an eighth 
of an acre, upon which to raise some one crop, 
giving It the best of care? Then after har¬ 
vest they could send in the reports of their 
successes or failures, describing the manner 
of cultivation etc. I am sure that almost all 
of the people who take the Rural, would be 
glad to give this chance to their children. 
Don’t you think the reports would be quite 
interesting? I for one, will try to raise some 
one crop and report. Let us hear what Uncle 
Mark’s opinion is, on this subject. 
Your Nephew, 
Sunbright, Tennessee, miles c. nichols. 
[I am in favor of such a plan. As you will 
see by reading in another part of the Rural 
we are going to give prizes for the best yields 
of potatoes. Now, if the Cousins want to be 
counted in this contest, or if they want to 
have one of their own, I will try and get one 
started. If we do give prizes we will give 
good ones so of course we will want good 
yields of potatoes. Now let’s hear from some 
of the Cousins, u. m.] 
Dear Uncle Mark,—I want to join the 
Cousins. I am nine years old. We are build¬ 
ing a new house. I have two pairs of pigeons. 
I lost one pair, they flew away. My brother 
has a pair of rabbits. I think pigeons are 
nicer than rabbits don’t you? They don’t have 
young ones so often, and eat more. 
HARVEY. 
[On the whole I think you are about right 
on this question. We have both on our farm, 
so I get a chance to see them together. 
It appears to me that rabbits are pretty stupid 
animals, ours are, at least. We- have a cat 
named Lump that rather beats all the pets 
we ever had, u. m.] 
Dear Uncle Mark.— I would like to join 
the Y. H. C. I am 12. I have one brother 
and two sisters. We live on a farm of 203 
acres, and are 7>£ miles from the City. We 
live on a high hill. I hope my letter will not 
go to the waste basket. Your Neice, 
Clay Co., Mo. c. may miller. 
Dear Uncle Mark. —I thought I would 
write a few lines so you would not drop my 
name from the list of Cousins. 
I do not agree with you about business mat¬ 
ters. My father is a farmer, and has run the 
Garnet mines two winters and my father does 
just right, I think. He worked in the mines 
winters and made money there, and worked 
on the farm summers and made money there, 
so he did not keep still at all. Good bye. 
Your Nephew, 
North River N. Y. h. w. turner. 
Dear Uncle Mark.— I am a boy 12 years 
old and live on a farm. We have six cows 
and two calves, a yoke of oxen, 2 horses and 
a lot of chickens and bens. I raised some 
chickens, peas and pop-corn. I did not have 
very good luck with my chickens; there was 
a skunk came after Papa’s and caught a lot of 
them; finally Papa set a trap for him and the 
next morning when he went over there the 
trap was gone. And after a week or two one 
night he came back and got seven of my 
chickens. The next night Papa sat up and 
watched for him. Along about 10 o'clock he 
heard him and told Mamma to get the lantern 
and Papa shot the skunk. It had only three 
legs; Papa said it was the same one that caught 
his chickens. I have one sister five years old 
and two brothers, one three years old and the 
other one year old. I wrote a letter some 
time ago and that found the way to the waste 
basket. I hope this one will not. 
Your Nephew, 
Newtown, Ct. Leonard botsford. 
Juimsf l ^wtistus. 
THE BAY STATE FAIR. 
(RURAL SPECIAL REPORT.) 
The second annual exhibition of the Bay 
State Agricultural Society was held at 
SpriDgfield Mass., October 4, to , 11. Not¬ 
withstanding the bad weather of Saturday 
and Tuesday, it was a great success, both as an 
exhibition and as a financial venture. 
Hampden Park, an enclosure of 00 acres, 
was used for the exhibition of stock, poultry, 
and horses, and also for implements, fertil¬ 
izers, etc. The Rink on Dwight street and 
new annexed buildings on Bridge and Hillam 
streets were used for the products of domestic 
manufacture, the horticultural show and the 
working dairy. 
On entering Hampden Pars the first thing 
that attracted attention was the long line of 
tents containing the implement and fertilizer 
exhibits. The Belcher & Taylor Company 
made a very large exhibit of their excellent 
implements. Their new sulky plow attracted 
much attention. The Richardson M’f’g Co. 
showed their new Spocket-wheel Buckeye 
mower and other implements. The Ames 
Plow Company showed a full line of imple¬ 
ments; their ensilage and fodder cutters 
seemed to fascinate the farmers who gathered 
in groups about them and discussed their 
merits. The largest exhibitors in the imple¬ 
ment department were B L. Bragg & Co. of 
Springfield. The greatest novelty was Smith’s 
tobacco transplanter made by V. P. Richard' 
son. It is claimed that it will set tobacco or 
tomato plants perfectly, a variety of distances 
apart, water them, draw the earth about the 
roots, compact it, leaving them upright in 
such a way that a large proportion of them 
will live. B. & J. W. Belcher showed their 
feed cutters and hay tedder. J. R. Whitte- 
more showed a spring tooth harrow; E. C. 
Stephens, the Triumph Steam Generator for 
cooking and steaming food. Reynolds Bros, of 
Brockton showed a new pulverizing harrow 
something like the Acme. 
The show of stock was undoubtedly one of 
the largest ever made in the Eastern states. 
Some idea of the magnitude of this depart¬ 
ment may be obtained from the following 
list of entries Ayrshires 65 entries; Jerseys 
108 entries; Guernseys 21 entries; Holsteins 
132 entries; Swiss 22 entries; Devons 74 en¬ 
tries; and a number of representative herds 
of Shorthorns, Herefords, Normandy and 
Polled Angus; besides a great number of grade 
dairy cattle, fat cattle and working oxen and 
steers. In the sheep pens there were 287head, 
and the swine and poultry exhibits were extra¬ 
ordinary both in numbers and quality. There 
were 123 head of swine and 575 birds. 
The horses were all apart by themselves. 
They included the leading breeds, such as 
Percherons, Thoroughbreds, Trotters, Road¬ 
sters, Saddle horses and mules. There were 
210 entries in all. 
The Grange Headquarters was located in the 
park. It was a large tent 60x90 and was very 
largely used by visiting grangers. A com¬ 
mittee was in charge to welcome visitors and 
give any desired information. The tent was 
handsomely decorated with plants, flowers, 
etc. Meetings were held every day except 
Sunday at 1.E0 p. m. 
The Rink was unfortunately filled up with a 
“toboggan slide” as it; was called. The slide 
was put in after the Rink was engaged for the 
fair and against the wishes of the officers of 
the Society. Only a small place in tne center ot 
the building was available for the exhibition 
of domestic articles and this was so crowded 
that it was impossible to see anything to ad¬ 
vantage. The adjoining building, contain- 
iDgtbe working dairy, etc., was also too much 
crowded. However, the Vermont Farm Mach¬ 
ine Company and Moseley & Stoddard Com¬ 
panies made a fine showing and the crowds 
were largely due to the interest which the 
farmers and their families took in the exhibi¬ 
tion of dairy implements. 
The building devoted to horticultural ex¬ 
hibits was admirably adapted for the purpose. 
It was long and comparatively narrow and 
the tables were run the entire length of the" 
building, thus permitting the showing of the 
fruits, vegetables and flowers to the best ad¬ 
vantage. In the center of the building was 
the model of a steamship six feet wide and 18 
feet long,made of fruits and grains, and resting 
upon a sea of fruits and vegetables. In the 
vegetable department the largest and best 
collection was that of F. J. Kinny, of Wor¬ 
cester, Mass. It took the first premium and 
deserved it. The Stockbridge manures were 
used in growing them. The show of celery 
was doubtless the finest ever seen at any one 
exhibition. The first premium for “quality” 
was awarded W. W. Rawson, for the variety 
known as “Boston Market.” Mr. Rawson 
also took the first prize for the “best kept”— 
the variety was the Arlington. The show of 
potatoes was also remarkably fine; a great 
number of seedlings were shown by Mr. 
Rawson and others. Mr. G. E. Rand took the 
first prize for the finest collection of potatoes. 
The list included some remarkably fine spec¬ 
imens of the Pearl of Savoy, White Elephant, 
New Queen and other well known varieties. 
Jas. J. H. Gregory of Marblehead showed 
three new potatoes, the New Queen, Early 
Oxford and Early Albino, all promising 
varieties to be introduced during the coming 
year. 
One whole side of the Hall, 372 feet in length, 
was devoted to fruit. The show of apples 
and pears was one of the largest ever seen in 
New England. Very few novelties were 
shown however, and on the whole the exhioit 
was not equal to that made at Boston two 
years ago. Samuel Hartwell, of Lincoln Mass. 
itiut flantjL 
J.M.THORBURN&CO., 
15 JOHN STREET, 
NEW YOBS, 
BKCJ TO ANNOUNCE THAT THEIR DESCRIPTIVE TRICED 
CATALOGUE OF 
took the first prize for the best collection of 
grapes. A. J. Bigelow took the first prize on 
Concords, and J. B Moore & Son on Eaton. 
Moore’s Early and Hayes; G. H. & J. II. 
Hale showed 100 varieties of strawberry plants. 
Flower exhibits were made by H J. Herrick 
and L. W. Goodell. The Massachusetts Agri¬ 
cultural College, beautified the center of the 
hall and the band stand, with a rare and val¬ 
uable collection of tropical and foliage plants. 
J. H. G. 
MASSACHUSETTS STATE GRANGE 
MEETING IN CONNECTION WITH 
THE BAY STATE FAIR. 
In connection with the Bay State Fair a 
meeting of the Massachusetts State Grange 
was held in the City Hall,Springfield, on Mon¬ 
day evening Oct. 8. The Hon. Edward Bur¬ 
nett spoke on the subject of “Pure Food.” He 
said that most of the bills introduced in Con¬ 
gress relating to pure food were introduced 
for po litical effect. It was an outrage to sell 
lard containing 50 per cent, of cotton seed oil 
but that other adulterations were iqually as 
bad, and that any bill that became a law should 
compel the lard to be branded so as to show 
just what it was. 
Hon. J. W. Draper said that the Bay State 
Fair had demonstrated the fact that a purely 
agricultural fair could be made to pay. He 
spoke of the power of the Grange, of the Hatch 
bill, and of the bill providing for a Secretary 
of Agriculture, which hangs fire because of 
the amendment relating to the Weather Bu¬ 
reau. W. R. Sessions, Secretary of the State 
Board of Agriculture, spoke of the work of 
the Grange and its magnificent possibilities. 
J. H. Hale, Master of the Connecticut State 
Grange, made a little fun at the boasts of the 
Massachusetts speakers and said that Hartford 
County, Conn., was fourth in the list of agri¬ 
cultural counties in the United States. He 
spoke of the success of the Grange in fighting 
oleomargarine and driving bogus butter from 
his State. Mrs. Dr. John Law spoke of the 
duty of the granges in the work of suppress¬ 
ing the liquor traffic and of the noble work of 
the white-ribboned women and blue-ribboned 
men. It is evident that the patrons are in 
earnest in their efforts to secure the prohibi¬ 
tion of the liquor traffic. How much better 
would the world have been, said she, if man 
had been satisfied with the drinks God created 
BULBS 
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applicants. 
Lily of the Valley Pips, Bermuda Easter Lilies 
and Koinau Hyacinths 
For Florists, a Specialty. 
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And all BULBS, SEEDS, etc., for Fall planting in the 
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37 East 19th Street. New York City. 
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A Large Collection of Hot-house and Green¬ 
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ORCHIDS, a very extensive stock East Indian, 
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JOHN SAUL, 
Washington, D. C. 
379 
Apple, Fear, Feach.Chcrry, Plum, 
Ouince, Strawberry, Raspberry, 
Blackberry, Currants, Grapes, 
Gooseberries, Ac. Send for Catalogue 
J. S. COLLINS, Moorestovrn, N. J. 
AEIETIES OB’ 
RUITTREES, 
NES, PLANTS, etc 
1838. Pomona Nurseries. 1888. 
Parry, Lida and Bomba Strawberries; 
Marlboro and Golden Queen Raspber¬ 
ries; Wilson, Jr , Eileand Minnewa^ki 
i Blackberries; Niagara, Empire State 
) and Moore’s Early Grapes ; Lawson, 
> Kiefferand LeConte Pears; Wonderful 
and Globe Beach: Scalding and Japan 
Plums ; Delaware. Winter and Red Ci¬ 
der Apples. All the worthy old and 
promising new varieties. Cata¬ 
logue tree. 
WM. PARRY, PARRY'. N. J. 
HIL80RN RASPBERRY. 
Two years ago the proprietors of Eonthill Nurseries 
of Canada purchased the entire stock of this valuable 
Black Cap. and can now furnish first-class planis at 
reasonable rates: much hardier than Gregg, fully as 
productive, and of excellent quality. 
See notice in Rcbal of Sept. 15th. Send for circular 
and price. Address 
STONE & WELLINGTON, 
Toronto, Canada. 
and had not made artificial drink to curse its 
makers and users. 
Addresses were also made by the masters of 
the New Hampshire, Rhode Island, Maine anil 
Oregon State Granges. The speakers all spoke 
of the unjust taxation and discrimination 
against the farmer and urged the grangers to 
see to it that they obtain their rights; that 
they stand upon their dignity, and make agri¬ 
culture what it should be, the highest and most 
ALL THE LEADING VARIETIES. 
Apple Trees. 
Varieties for all sections North and South. Special 
collec'ion of winter ke"pers for sections where North¬ 
ern varieties do not succeed. Pears, < herry and 
tyuincc Trees, Grape Vines. !*bn<tc and v»r- 
liamental Trees. For sale Cbeap. 80 page Cata¬ 
logue free. The RANDOLPH PETERS NURSERY Co., 
Mention Rural New-Yorker. Wllmingtou. Del. 
lucrative employment in the land. Mr. T. 8. 
Gold, Secretary of the Conn. State Board, 
Col. Stinson, of New Hampshire and J. S. 
Woodward, Secretary of the N. Y. State Board 
of Agriculture made short speeches about the 
Grange and kindred topics. Mr. Woodward 
boasted a little of the work that had been done 
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