FEB 46 
442 THE BUBAL NEW-YORKER. 
our best horticulturists. It is certainly of 
very fine flavor and its season of ripening, 
will be found very satisfactory to vineyardrits 
who wish to supply this market. Read this 
pamphlet. 
Eclipse Corn-Planter. —Circular from 
The Eclipse Corn Planter Co., Enfield, N. H. 
This is a machine for planting seeds and dis¬ 
tributing fertilizers at one operation. With 
the improvements added for this season it is 
certainly one of the best machines of the kind 
now before the public. Write for this circu¬ 
lar and see what the planter is. 
CATALOGUES OF FERTILIZERS. 
a 
The Mapes Fertilizer Co., 158 Front 
Street, New York.— A pamphlet of 45 pages. 
This company has probably done more to 
populat ize fertilizers than any other in Ameri¬ 
ca. Station analyses show that the per cent, 
of plant lood is as high in them as in any 
S'tlveis manufactured, notwithstanding the 
fact, not always recognizable by the chemist, 
that inferior forms are never used, such, e. g., 
as S. C. rock, hair, etc. The basis of the 
Mapes fertilizers is bone, to which are added 
the highest grades of plant food at present 
known. We are personally indebted to Mr. 
Mapes for a deal of advice and assistance free¬ 
ly given during the past 14 years of our ex¬ 
periment work. 
The company also issues another pamphlet 
entitled “ Tobacco Growing, ” which should 
be examined by all who are inieres ed in this 
fhdustry. Either treatise wid be sent on ap 
plication. 
The Bowker Fertilizer Co, Boston, 
Mass —A pamphlet of 26 pages setting forth 
the merits of the well-known Stoekbridge 
fertilizers, with interesting and instructive 
reading matter regarding the use of fertilizers 
in general. Among the latter are “ Feed the 
Plant rather than the Soil; The‘Complete’ 
or Blunderbuss Fertilizers; Stinted in In¬ 
fancy, Stunted for Lite; Ninety day Crops; 
Fertilizers, Agricultural, Intellectual, Moral, 
Political.■’ Besides a list of the fertilizers 
made by this firm, “Farm Chemicals for 
Home Mixing” are appended. A page(21) is 
devoted to an account of the R. N.-Y’s Potato 
Con est” which with the Stockbridge Manure 
gave a yield of 878 buthels to the acre in spite 
of the injury done to the crop by the flea-beetle. 
The pamphlet will no doubt interest our 
readers. 
Old Standard Bone Fertilizers —Circu¬ 
lars from the Thompson & Edwards Fertili¬ 
zer Co., Union Stock-yards. Chic ago Ill. This 
circular states that 2,882,008 head of cattle, 
65,859 calves, 5,470,852 hogs, and 1,3(30 862 
sheep were slaughtered at the stock-yards in 
1887. Think of the world of feriilizing 
material contained in the vast herd. Thomp. 
son & Edwards say that nothing is wasted or 
lest except the bellow of the bullock and the 
squeal of the hog. Western farmers who need 
bone fertilize! s should patronize this house. 
Canada Ashes. —Catalogue from Munroe, 
Judson & Stroup, Oswego, N. Y. Why Cana¬ 
dians should be willing to sell so much of ti eir 
bard-wcod ashes—lepresentmg a good portion 
of the life of their soil—is a mystery too deep 
for the average mind to comprehend. It 
seems as edd as the practice we Yankees are 
getting into of sending our rich feeding stuffs 
to England mstead of feeding more of them 
to American cattle But, however unwise the 
practice may seem, no reasonable man can 
question the fact that good unleached ashes 
make a valuable fertilizer, particularly valu¬ 
able for po aloes and small fruits. Munroe, 
Judson & Stroup are fully reliable and handle 
first-quality ashes. 
Baugh & Sons, 20 South Delaware 
Avenue, Philadelphia, Pa.— A catalogue 
of fer ilizers offered by this well-known firm. 
Raw-bone meal, strictly pure,with guaranteeu 
analysis; Baugh’s New-piocess 10 per cent. 
Guano; Baugh’s A. A. nitrogen; law bone 
superphosphate; high-grade acid phosphate 
are among the fertilizers emphas’zed. This 
firm offers a $25 fertilizer, which, according 
to the Station analysis, averages as high as 
any Jow-grade fertilizer we know of. The 
R. N.-Y. desires to be understood as to Us 
opinion c f cheap fertilizers. A $25 fertilizer 
must analyse higher in proportion than a $50 
fertilizer to be of equal value, because the 
costs of transportation and spreading it upon 
the soil are the same. 
Farmers’ Manual & Almanac.— Sent 
by H. S. Miller & Co., Newark, N. J. The 
main object of this publication is to show 
forth the merits of the bone fertilizers made 
and sold by this house. This is very success¬ 
fully done and all who are interested in such 
fertilizers will find much to interest them 
here 
FOREIGN CATALOGUES. 
James Carter & Co. , 287 & 238 High Hol- 
bokn, London, England. —A large and costly 
catalogue of seeds, with numerous colored 
plates. 
Webb & Sons, Wordsley. Stourbridge, 
England.— An elaborate catalogue of seeds 
of all kinds 
William Bull, 536 King’s Road, Chelsea. 
London, S. W. England. An illustrated 
catologue of new, beautiful and rare plants 
and orchids. 
Little & Ballantyne, Carlisle, Eng¬ 
land.—A catalogue of flower and garden 
seeds— 75 pages. 
THE WOMEN’S NATI0N1L 
POTATO CONTEST. 
OVER $1,050 IN SOUVENIRS 
Contrilinted ip to Dale. 
Revised List of Contributors and 
Contributions, Arranged, 
as Near as may be, Ac¬ 
cording to Value. 
A SOUVENIR OF SOME KIND 
ASSURED TO ALL WHO 
RAISE LARGE CROPS. 
The Project Fully Indorsed by 
Progressive People. 
The M apes Formula and Peruvian Guano 
Co.. New York, $1U0 In cash for the largest yield 
grown with the Mapes Potato Manure, stable manure, 
or both. 
Rural New-Yorker. 8100 In cash or souvenirs 
as the committee may prefer. 
Lawson Valentine) President of the Christian 
Union Co., New York, 875 in the following books 
selected from the catalogue of Houghton, Mlfllln & 
Co., New York and Boston : 
Walden, by Thoreau. 
Excursions in Field and Forest, by Thoreau. 
Summer, by Thoreau. 
Winter, bv Thoreau. 
Fresh Fields, by Burroughs. 
Lncust and Wild Honey, by Burroughs. 
Winter Sunshine, by Burroughs. 
Wake-Robin, by Burr’ ughs. 
Sims and Seasons by Burroughs 
A Trea-ury of Thought, by Maturin M Ballou. 
Talks Afield about Plants and the Science of Plants, 
by Prof Bailey. 
1 he Philosophy of Eating, by Bellows. 
Pictures of Country l ife, by Alice Cary. 
The Building of a Brain, by Dr. Clarke. 
Rural Hours, by susar. Fennimore Cooper. 
Bin's on Household Taste, by Perkins. 
Castnlian Days, by Hay. 
The Autocrat of th° Breakfast Table, by Holmes. 
One Hundred Days In Europe, by Holmes. 
The Common Sense of Monev, by Howe. 
SmoklDg and Drinking, by Barron. 
The Gates Alar, by Elizabeth Stuart Phelps. 
Beyond the Gates, by Elizabeth ‘- tuart Phelps. 
'J he Gates Between. b.\ Elizabeth Stuart Phelps. 
Popular Flowers, by Rand. 
My Slimmer In a Garden, by Warner. 
The Waverly Set of Sir Waiter Scott’s Novels, com¬ 
prising 25 volumes. 
Giildings & Read, Rutland, Vt., $65, as follows: 
Ten prizes of 20 bulbs each of Woodbury’s choice 
gladioli. 
Ten prizes of one peck each of Rogers's Seedling 
Potato, 
Ten prizes of one pound each of the new- potato. 
Vermont W onder, not yet offered for sal». 
Ten prizes of one pound each of Read’s Red Glam, 
not yet offered for sale. 
Ten prizes, $i .'HI each, of seeds of any kind, to be 
selected from their 188"! catalogue. 
Prof. J. L. Rudd, Iowa State Agricultural Col 
lege, $5tt in 100 trees of valuable new apples, pears, 
cherries, plums, apricots and ornamental trees <uid 
shrubs suited to the special climate of the prize- 
takers. 
Bowker Fertilizer Co., Boston, Mass., $12.50 
In one ton of Stoekbridge Potato Manure for the best 
acre of potatoes grow-n with Stoekbridge fertilizer or 
manure, 
Woodason Bellows Works (Philadelphia, 
Pa.), $30 In powder and spraying bellows, viz: two 
patent double-cone bellows, extra size; two patent 
double-cone bellows, regular size; three single-cone 
bellows, large size three single-cone bellows, regular 
size; two spraying bellows, regular size. 
8. H Parvin’s Sons, Cincinnati, O., Six of 
Moody’s Taylor System of Dressmaking. Price of 
each, $5 00. 
W. Atlee Burpee (Philadelphia, Pa.), $25 worth 
of vegetable and flower seeds, selected from their 
1889 catalogue, In live premiums of $5.00 each. 
O. L. I ngersoll, President of the Colorado State 
Agricultural College, $25, In ten volumes of the works 
of Washington Irving, neatly bound. 
Thorburn «fc Co. (New York), $25 worth of seeds 
(flower or vegetable) from their catalogue for 1889. 
This may be offered as one or several prizes. 
Peter Henderson & Co. (New York). $25 col¬ 
lection of plants or a $25 collection of seeds, to bo 
selected from their 1889 catalogue, 
H. M. Engle & Son, Marietta, Pa., $20 as fol¬ 
lows : five Paragon chestnut trees, five “Good ” peach 
trees, 50 peech trees, assorted leading varieties. 
J«hn A. Wnlzer, La Crosse, Wis , $20 In flower 
seeds, to be selected from their 1889 catalogue. 
William B. Reed, Chambersburg, Pa , $20 In 10 
collections of one dozen roses each for ten souvenirs 
to as many ladles. 
S. Frogner. Herman, Minn., $20 in potatoes, as 
follows: 
10 prizes of one peek each of Early Minnesota (new). 
10 prizes of on“ pound each of No. 18 (not for sale). 
10 prizes of one pound each of No. 64 (not for sale). 
10 prizes of one pound each of No 50 (not for sale). 
The pound prizes to be sent post-paid; the peek to 
he sent by express at recipient’s expense. 
E E Stine, Cuyahoga Falls, O., $18 in a trio of 
pure-bred White Holland turkeys and (2) one barrel 
of choicest seed potatoes In his collection grown the 
coming season. 
Chadborn & Coldwell M’t’g Co. (Newburgh, 
N. Y.), one 14-iDch New Model Lawn Mower. 
Paine. Diehl & Co. (Philadelphia, fa.), one 
plnt Self-pouring, Quadruple Sliver plate Tea-pot, 
listed at $16 50. 
P. HI. Hance Elyria. O., $16 in one trio of Black 
Cochins and one trio of Light Brahmas. 
John H. Evans, Lewiston, Idaho, $12 in Idaho 
pear trees, one to each of six successful competitors. 
P. J. Berckmans, President of the American 
Pomological Society, $10 In cash. 
T. H. Hoskins, M. D , Newport, Vt, $10 in 
Iron-clad apple trees (his selection) In three pre¬ 
miums. 
John Saul, Washington, D. C., $10 In choice 
plants lo be selected from his catalogue. 
Bcnjninin Hammond, Flshklll, N. Y., $12, as 
follows: Two kegs of Hammond’s Slug Shot, 125 
pounds each; two packages of Grape Dust, 10 pounds 
each. 
W. W. Rawson & Co., Boston, Mass., $10worth 
of vegetable or flower seeds, to be selected from their 
1889 catalogue. 
D. Lnndreth & Sons, Philadelphia, Pa., $10 
worth of seeds from their 1889 catalogue. 
J. C. Vaughan, Chicago, Ill., $10 collection of 
flowering bulbs, selected from their catalogue for 
1889. 
Lieut-Gov. J ones, of Binghamton, N. Y„ $10 in 
two platform scales. 
Northrup, Bruslan & Goodwin Co.. Minne¬ 
apolis, Minn., $10 In any kind of seeds from their 1889 
catalogue. 
W. S. Waite. Haley, Tenn., $10 In a pair of either 
of the following breeds, cooped and delivered at ex. 
press station : Houdans, Langshans, Silver Wyan- 
dottes, Leghorns, W. F. B Spanish, P. Cochins, Light 
Brahmas. 
Pomeroy & Pearson, Lockport, N. Y., $9 in one 
set (No. 4) Botsford Wagon Springs 
Porter Blnnchard’s Sons, Concord, N. H., $8 
in a No. 5 Blanchard Family Churn, 
James Pyle «fc Sons, New York, $7.50 In five 
boxes of Pearline, one dozen pounds each, to be given 
as five prizes. 
Henry Stewart, Highlands. N. C„ $6.50 in the 
live works of which he is the author, viz: Culture of 
Farm Crops. Dairyman’s Manual. Shepherd’s Manual, 
Irrigation for the Farm. Orchard and Garden. 
W. R. Norris, Sodus. N, Y., $8 in one trio of 
thoroughbred Light Brahmas. 
Frank Siddall (Phllade'phia, Pa.), one box of 
Frank Siddall’s Soap, freight paid 
Gen. \\ in. G. Le Due, Hastings. Minn., $5 In 
cash. 
Gen. N. M. Curtis.Ogdensburg, N.Y., $5 In cash. 
W. A. Stiles, editor of Garden and Forest, New 
York, $5 in cash. 
Sec’y J. S. Woodward, Lockport, N. Y„ $5 in 
cash. 
W. B. AI wood, vice-director of the Virginia Ex¬ 
periment Station, $5 In cash. 
Geo. B. Coring, >1. D., Washington, D. C., $5 
in cash, 
Charles J. Wright, Fergus Falls, Minn., $5 in 
cash. 
Prof. C. V. Riley, U. S. Entomologist, $5 in cash. 
Mrs. E. E. Stine, Cuyahoga Falls, O., $5 as 
an extra souvenir to the lady who raises the largest 
crop by her own personal cultivation, hoeing and all 
necessary work. 
Dr. W. J. Beal, Michigan Agricultural College, 
$5 In his two volumes entitled the Grasses of North 
America. 
R. A: J. Parcmhar «fc Co. (Boston, Mass.), $5 
worth of sepds (Including the newest varieties of 
sweet-peas, asters, stocks, dlanthus, etc.) to be selected 
from their 1889 catalogue. 
John S. Pearce &; Co., London, Ont., $5 In 
seeds selected from their catalogue. 
Toledo Blade, Toledo, O., $5 in five yearly sub¬ 
scriptions. 
Wilson Bros., Easton, Pa., $5 in a bone and shell 
mill. 
Mrs. .In inch H. Lam pm an, Coxsackle. N. Y , 
$5 in a choice between a pair of Rouen and Imperial 
Pekin ducks. 
R. N. Lewis, Red Hook, N. Y., $5 in a trio of 
Laced Wyandottes. 
M. M u rray, Centre, O., five premiums, each con¬ 
sisting of two pounds of Ross’s Favorite potato (new). 
Theodore Neff, Bellaire Ohio, $5 in strawberry 
or raspberry plants or grape vines, as may be se¬ 
lected. 
O. P. Putnam, Leominster, Mass., $5 in one pair 
of thoroughbred Barred Plymouth Rock chicks. 
H. L. Barricklow, Rising Sun, Ind., $5 In grape 
vines and ornamental shrubs. 
Brainerd <fc Armstrong Co. (Philadelphia, 
Pa.), six boxes Assorted Colors Embroidery Silk put 
up one ounce In a box. 
Mrs. D. Haskell, Exeter, Scott Co., Ill, $5 In 12 
prizes of one dozen each of mixed tulip bulbs, to be 
sent post paid. 
Mrs. P. H. Valentine, Elizabeth. N. J, $5 In 
one pair of pure-bred Silver Wyaudotte chicks, or 
three settings of eggs of the same breed. 
A. P. Allen, Meadvllle. Pa., $3 In one Single- 
combed White Leghorn cockerel, delivered at express 
office. 
Bartlett & Dow (Lowell, Mass.), one Common- 
Sense Milk Pall. 
The WhiteMountain Freezer Co., Nashua, 
N. H. t one four-quart White Mountain Freezer. 
G. W. Pry, Dunlap, Mo„ a choice of a setting 
of eggs of either Silver Wyandottes or R. C. B. Leg¬ 
horns. 
Mrs. O. J. Putnam, $1 In one dozen bulbs of 
Freesia refracta alba. 
THE WOMEN’S 
National Potato Contest. 
A Mighty Interest is Shown in 
the Project. 
the souvenirs will probably 
AMOUNT TO OVER $1,200 IN 
VALUE BEFORE SPRING. 
INSTRUCTIONS AND SUGGESTIONS. 
The R. N.-Y. proposes that its lady 
readers enter into a potato contest of their 
own. In the way of suggestion merely at 
this time, let us propose that the plot be 
33 feet square, or just one-fortieth of an 
acre. This is a very convenient size and 
shape. The plot may be larger but not 
smaller. Each contestant will choose htr 
own method in every particular, the kind 
and quantity of fertilizer or manure, the 
variety of potato, the distance apart to 
plant, etc., etc. It will not, of course, be 
required that the contestant do all or any 
of the actual work herselt, but merely 
that it be done under her direction and 
supervision. The aim will le to produce 
the largest quantity of merchantable potatoes 
on *he chosen area at the least cost ; the 
standard of what constitutes a “mer¬ 
chantable ” potato to be fixed hereafter. 
The reports (to be satisfactorily substan¬ 
tiated) will give the full particulars as to 
the kind of soil, fertilizer, manure, variety 
of potato and method of culture, and 
are to be handed in before the first of next 
October. 
THE REWARDS. 
The R. N.-Y. is collecting 500 or more 
rewards, or souvenirs, to be given to a cor¬ 
responding number of the most successful 
contestants. 
We believe this to be a very laudable 
project and certain to do a great deal of 
good in very many ways. 
The R. N.- Y. begs to express the hope 
that those of its friends who may take the 
above view of the project, will continue to en¬ 
courage it by donating suitable articles or by 
contributing such moderate sums of money 
as in the aggregate may enable the committee 
(l to be appointed) to extend the number of 
souvenirs as fur as possible, and in this way 
help to secure a general interest and en¬ 
thusiasm throughout the entire potato grow¬ 
ing country. 
The Committee to examine the re¬ 
ports and to award the prizes will 
When Baby was sick, we gave her Castoria, 
When site was a Child, she cried for Castoria, 
When she became Miss, she clung to Castoria, 
When she had Childreu, she gave them Castoria 
