THE RUBAI. HEW-YORKER. 
ample for perfecting' the ’’equalization of the 
cream after the last addition of sweet cream 
has been made, and it has been well mixed by 
stirring with a large spoon or a broad wood¬ 
en spatula. 
Among the suggestions received by the 
Senate Finance Committee concerning tar¬ 
iff schedules is one from the West that a 
duty of one cent a dozen be laid upon all eggs 
imported into the United States. The writer 
says that there is just the same argument in 
favor of protecting eggs that there is for pro¬ 
tecting wheat or corn. He argues that if the 
tariff is laid upon eggs it will satisfy the 
■women of the agricultural districts, to whom 
the management of this industry is almost 
unanimously conceded by the sterner sex. .. 
The State Grange of Virginia petitioned 
Congress to give a bounty of 55 per cent, on 
exported agricultural products. The resolu¬ 
tions say that the present tariff protects 
manufactures at an average rate of 55 per 
cent., and agriculture at only 20 per cent., 
and that as any protection afforded by tariff 
laws would be ineffectual owing to the fact 
that our agricultural staples are produced in 
excess of the demand and have to seek a for¬ 
eign market, therefore, a bounty should 
be allowed.. 
In anticipation of the proposed utilization 
of a large part of the sewage of Paris by 
irrigation on the fields of Acheres, a commis¬ 
sion appointed by the French senate recently 
visited the irrigation fields at Berlin. These 
are now in working order and furnish the 
most extensive example of sewage purification 
by irrigation in the world. Berlin now con¬ 
tains more than 1,300,000 inhabitants, having 
trebled in population, during the last 20 years. 
In the outlying districts the cess pool is still 
used, Science says, but the whole of the 
closely built portion of the city, containing 
1,150,000 inhabitants, is thoroughly sewered, 
and all waste matters from this part of the 
population are carried by water to the pump¬ 
ing stations, from which they are distributed 
on the irrigation fields. 
The Philadelphia. Press, commenting 
upon the R. N.-Y.’s question: “How often 
should cows be fed?” says that whether the 
food is furnished in two meals a day or three 
or four is of small moment comparatively, so 
long as the meals are timed with scrupulous 
punctuality. No doubt she can adjust her 
apparatus to three feeds or less or more, but 
plainly it suits her easy going, ruminant na¬ 
ture best to have feed coming around with 
astronomical punctuality as regularly as the 
earth or moon revolves. If her meals come 
haphazard she will need to make a new time 
table for her stomachs every day, and they 
can not do as efficient work as when they 
settle down to an established schedule that 
never varies . 
The Press is certainly right in assuming 
that it is poor policy to buy a show animal— 
for that implies a pledge to give it show treat¬ 
ment. And if you are trying to hunt up 
some kind of stock that can live with little to 
eat and with less care, this is the very worst 
possible investment. The disappointment and 
shock which a pampered animal receives are 
too great. It should be a rule never to buy 
stock that you cannot keep in as good style at 
least as that to which they had been accustomed. 
Well-bred animals are always the best to buy, 
provided they have been brought up on good 
healthy food and with proper care. 
After 30 years’ use of stanchions Mr. John 
Gould decrees that they must go to the wood- 
pile, and his new stable is furnished with 
double stalls and neck chain ties that allow 
great freedom of motion, and by the shoulder 
partitions they are afforded no chance to use 
their horns on their neighbors. They lie 
down and rise up in comfort, and can sleep 
with their heads on their sides or rest their 
muzzles on the manger boards and dream of 
full baskets of coming silage. When he sees 
them so comfortable he kicks himself for 
hanging on to stanchions so many years be¬ 
cause they were handy. The argument for 
the stauchion was all on his side. The com¬ 
fort of the cow and her wishes as to freedom 
of movement were not considered. 
There seem to be but three ways for a na¬ 
tion to acquire wealth, said Franklin. The 
first is by war, as the Romans did, in plunder¬ 
ing their conquered neighbors—this is rob 
bery; the secout? by commerce, which is gen¬ 
erally cheating; the third by agriculture— 
the only honest way wherein a man receives a 
real increase of the seed thrown into the 
grouud, in a kind of continued miracle, 
wrought by the hand of God iu his favor, as a 
reward for his life and his industry......... 
Last year our first “greens” came from the 
cultivated dandelion. The variety called 
French Garden is offered by seedsmen at 20 
cents the ounce..... 
Prepare for the next meeting of the Amer- I WORD FOR WORD. 
ican Pomological Society to be held at Ocala I - 
Florida, beginning Februar A cordial re- - Herald: “ No one ever can or ever will 
ception awaits the members and visitors. I know half as much as ayoung man of 20.”.... 
Mr. Crawford, in Popular Gardening, -N. Y. Times: “Just now there is a ten- 
says that in an experience of over 30 years he dency to adopt the old discarded favorites, 
has never seen strawberry plants injured by the Saxony and Silesian rams again, and to 
too deep a covering if uncovered early displace the large French sheep and to favor 
enough in the spring. He has seen beds cov- the production of light, fine fleeces, instead 
ered with six inches of soil, that were in per- of the heavy, coarser ones, which are always 
fection in the spring. more profitable and always will be so long as 
,, „ ,, wool is sold and bought as it is now, has beeD, 
Members of the New Jersey Horticultural and babl will be for „ 
Society are of the opinion that the old Law- I 
ton and the new Erie blackberry are the - Gleanings in Bee Culture: “ I feel 
same... I called upon to say amen to the statement 
The question i, raised by S. B Eeaeb, tbat digging potatoes is just as honorable as 
whether the Signal Service is not a signal tbe or controlling large 
„ bankmg interests. May God be praised that 
it is my privilege to dig potatoes at least part 
Our respected friend, J. ' J. Thomas, says of the time.” 
that the Shaffer raspberry has exceeded any - Christian Union: “Steady work for 
other of the new varieties for the short period the love of it> and for the satisfaction and 
it has require for a general approval, ast I peace whichit brings, never breaks the worker 
and West, throughout the country. It ex- down 0 n the contrary, it so weakens temp- 
ceeds any other variety he has tested in its tations from without> and so dest roys infer- 
invariably heavy crops. The berries are lor arabitions and des ires, that it gives the 
largo and uniformly free from distortion or whole nature steadiness and poise. It is the 
any c e ec in orm. I beg j. cnre f or restlessness. The joy of life 
Our friend E. P. Powell, an experienced for strong natures lies in a noble activity • a 
fruit grower of Clinton, N. Y., mentions, in work adapted to the aspirations of the soul; 
Popular Gardening, several pears which for a work that brings calm by its magnitude, 
one reason or another he prefers. He thinks and by its very demands evokes the best and 
there is no early pear equal to the Tyson. greatest in us.” 
Season August. He prefers Clapp’s Favorite - Dairy World: “Hon. J. Irving Pearce, 
to the Bartlett, in which preference the I the proprietor of the Sherman House, Chicago, 
R. N -Y. disagrees with him. Howell is a under da t 6 of Dec. 2, 1888, writes as follows 
grand and handsome pear either as a dwarf concerning the carcass of the pure-bred Jersey 
or standard. Sheldon, Mr. Powell thinks, is s t e er exhibited at the late American Fat 
the fiuest table pear in the word. Picked Stock Show and purchased by him of the 
early in September and stored in a cool cellar, Michigan Agricultural College: “You ask how 
it wid be in good order for two months. Louise Hike the carcass of the Jersey steer that I 
Bonne should be left on the tree till frost, and purchased of the Michigan Agricultural 
then placed in a cool room to ripen slowly. College. I do not think; I ever used finer 
Anjou is the noblest Roman of them all. meat. I bought of the college meat from all 
The Jones pear, Mr. Powell says, promises to the animals (Short-horn, Hereford, Devon, 
be the best for mid-winter, and Josephine de Holstein, Galloway and Jersey), they had on 
Malines for late winter. exhibition at the Fat Stock Show, and put 
The Arkansas Experiment Station, Fay- them on our m£nu as premium beef. The 
etteville, set out 165 varieties of grape vines I Jersey was pronounced by all, without hesita- 
lasc spring, many of which were affected with I tion, as the finest in quality and flavor and 
the downy- mildew. On July 1, the Eau the tenderest of any beef they ever ate. I 
Celeste, or blue water, was applied with satis. I had the Jersey meat for Thanksgiving dinner, 
factory results. The mildew was completely and do not think any one tasted it without 
checked, no further application being made I remarking that he never tasted such meat.'’ 
for six weeks, when it appeared again, this - Idem: “ A farmer had a boy who showed 
time mostly on new foliage and on varieties no S p ecia i aptitude for business, and he was 
not previously affocted. The station does puzzled what to do with him. He concluded 
not recommend waiting until the mildew has (. r y an experiment, so he locked the boy in 
appeared, but to apply the solution as a pre- a room i Q which there were only a Bible, an 
ventive to all the varieties subject to the apple and a dollar> A few minn tes later he 
disease. stole quietly to the room. He made up his 
The Eau Celeste was made as follows: Dis mind that if he found the boy eating the 
solve one pound of sulphate of copper in two apple he would make a good farmer. If he 
or three gallons of warm water; wheu com- was reading the Bible he should be trained 
pletely dissolved and the water has cooled for the pulpit, and if he had taken the money 
add one pint of commercial ammonia, then his success as a broker, the; father thought, 
dilute to twenty-two gallons. Use a force was assured. Upon entering the room he 
pump and a spraying nozzle. found the boy sitting upon the Bible, eating 
Geo. W. Campbell, in Green’s Fruit Grow- tbe a PP* e ) tbe dollar i Q bis pocket. Ihe 
er, speaks out loudly in favor of the Wood- **7 became an able P° litician ’” 
ruff Red Grape. He says that quality is a - Germantown Telegraph: “Don’t you 
matter of individual taste to such an extent think it t»me for our lawmakers to accept 
that he never questions any one’s opinion on smaller salaries commensurate with the chang- 
that point. But nine out of 10 who have ed condition of things? A hundred cents will 
tasted the Woodruff in his presence have ex- now buy a dollar almost anywhere, while the 
pressed delight as to its quality, and pro- same cost 285 cents when the high salaries 
nounced it very good. And about 19 in 20 were fixed where they remain yet, and the 
would call it at least good. He has heard farmers are working ‘tooth and nail’to make 
parties express a preference for the Woodruff hoth ends meet and pay these salaries.” 
over the Delaware! For himself, while he ^__„ 
would not call it very poor,he would not class 
it very good; but he thinks it as good as Con- 
cord or Niagara, and it is earlier in ripening | ______ 
than either. He thinks also, it will be for 
general culture one of the most popular and • f / n I I 
generally useful red grapes we have. It is so PUPlfV tu6 DlOOU 
strong in growth, so productive, so healthy in / 
foliage, and so perfectly hardy, combined Wo d° not claim that Hood’sSarsaparilla is the 
... . , ' ,1 only medicine deserving public confidence, but 
with large* size, beautiful color and early I we believe that to purify the blood, to restore and 
ripening, it must be popular and valuable, I renovate the whole system, it is absolutely 
especially for market. And its quality will unequalled. The influence of the blood upon 
be fouud good enough for the great mass of the health ca,mot be over-estimated. If it be- 
. I comes contaminated, the train of consequences 
buyers and consumers. by which the health is undermined is immeasur- 
All that Secretary Campbell says of the able. Loss of Appetite, Low Spirits, Headache, 
Woodruff the R. N.-Y. can substantiate from I Dyspepsia, Debility, Nervousness and other 
. . . . , ... I “little (?) ailments" are the premonitions of 
its own trial of a vine dug up and thrown more serious aud often fatal results . Try 
away two years ago, except as to quality. It __ ^ 
is as foxy as many wild Labruscas, and the rlOOG S 03rS3p3Mll3 
pulp is as tough. Sold by all druggists. $1; six for $5. Made 
From a recent bulletin issued by the Univer- on ^ b Y & CO., Lowell, Mass, 
sity of California Experiment Station,we learn IOO Doses On© Dollar 
that two-ounce packages of seed of Pyrethrum __ 
cinerarft'folium and roseurn (Dalmatian Insect 
plant) will be sent to applicants forwarding |U| A £ ^11* Al O I A 
two cents for each package. ITlA^b ||kl«0 L ffA 1 
The station will also supply cions of many oheridan’s condition powder is absolute- 
A , - - ... _ O ly pure and highly concentrated. It is strictly 
different kinds Of fruit trees 10 cents for e&cll j a medicine to be given with food. Nothing on earth 
dozen Cions. The varieties may be selected will make hens lay like it. It cures chicken chol- 
, . , era and all diseases of hens. Illustrated book by 
from the University report of lSSt) on pages mail free. Sold everywhere, or sent by mail for 
ion hn 1JO A 11 ormlinfltinnQ niiKt Ha maria 26 cts * in stam P 3 - tin cans, $1; by mail. 
loO tO 140. All applications must De maue lO $ 1 . 20 . Six cans bv express, prepaid, for $5. 
E. J. Jackson, Berkeley Cal.*. .. I f.S. Johnson & Co., P.O.Box 2118. Boston, Mass. 
and 
tKfOVER 6.000.000 People believe that ib 
MiwwwjKww beBtto buy Seeds 
of the largest and most 
pays 
reliable n< 
ouse, and they use 
Ferry’s Seeds 
Earliest Cauliflower 
In existence. 
M. FERRY & CO. are 
acknowledged to be the 
i Largest Seedsmen 
In the world. 
D. M. Febby A Co’s 
I llustrated, Descrip¬ 
tive and Priced 
SEEDANNUAL 
For 1889 
Will be mailed FREE 
to all applicants, and 
r to last year’s customers 
without ordering it. Invalu - 
'able to all. Every person using 
Garden, Field or Flower Seeds 
should send for it. Address 
D. M. FERRY & CO., Detroit. Mich. 
Cl 
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mailed free to all seed buyers. Two 
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nators of Paragon, Acme. Perfection, 
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A. W. LIVINGSTON’8 SONS, 
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rcdll olIanQUMJ. most perfect-formed berry.best 
colored and most productive Ahead of Jessie on the 
same soil and cultivation, m acres produced $*4S.S7 
worth of berries the past season Send for eirc. Plants 
A10 per 1.000. Fine ileeche's Quince and Apple trees in 
abundance. West Jersey Nursery Co.,Bridgeton.N.J. 
nnf| TWO AND THREE-YEAR APPLE TREES, 
&UU,UUU Hedge Plants and Apple Seedlings, at low 
prices. BABCOCK <fc STONE, 
North Topeka, Kan. 
Oursales in 1S88 
• double those of 1887. 
.Why? Because/-« 
) sell only the Best, at 
Reasonable Prices. 
&EED P O T A TOES, large stock, great variety. 
Small Fruit Plants and Trees. Catalogue Free. 
FRANK FOKI> tfc SONS, Kavenna, Ohio. 
SEEDS. 
My Annual PRICED CATALOGUE is now 
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tains all the leading and most popular sorts of 
Vegetable, Farm, 
-AND- 
Flower Seeds, 
Besides all the desirable novelties of last season, and 
nearly everything else in my line of business. 
ALFRED BR1DGEMAN, 
37 East 19th Street, New Y'ork City. 
D ON’T BUY YOUR SMALL FRUIT PLANTS.TREES 
or seeds until you get our Catalogue. It will in¬ 
terest you. Send for one Free. 
COE & CONVERSE. Fort Atkinson, YVis. 
SEED AND PLANT 
dress of 4 persons who buy seeds and plants, we will 
send a 20 cent package of pansies. Address 
HOOP & Z1LK. Westminster, lid. 
TREES 
ROOT GRAFTS —Everything .' No larger 
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Pike Co. Nurseries, Louisiana. Mo. 
rF you want to grow vegetables.get some of Burwell’s 
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E E. BURWELL, Branch P. O., New- Haven, CoDn. 
D.LANDRETH&SONS 
the house 
OLDEST W Ei E- VJ AMERICA 
have issued their handsomely illustrated SEED Cata¬ 
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Private Families desiring Good Seeds, should send a 
postal for a copy. FREE to all applicants. Address 
D.LANDRETH&SONS PHILADELPHIA ! P A. ’ 
FAXON’S Seed Specialties 
Asters,Pansies, Sweet Peas.Nasturtiums, 
v ■MWr*"' \N, S and Danvers Onion. F.8SAY8 Annuals 
) ~ and Their Cultivation, 10 cents. Garden 
J y Vegetables. 10 cents. Both, and Catalogue, 
10 cents, if you mention this paper. 
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OLE’S TESTED SEED 
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Seedsmen, PELLA, IOWA. 
th PERSON 
who sends for my 
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will receive a new 
by simply naming 
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Catalogue of over 
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variety r|) Cf 
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