1889 
THE RURAL NEW-YORKER. 
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CATALOGUES, ETC., RECEIVED. 
I NDIANA INVESTIGATION.—A number 
of bulletins have been received from the 
Indiana Experiment Station. Among them 
are the following: 
Experiments With Vegetables, by Prof. 
Troop. A number of experiments with com¬ 
mercial fertilizers on potatoes and with vari¬ 
ous varieties of potatoes, are here recorded. 
In planting the potatoes Prof. T. used the 
same system that the Rural has always used 
in its experiments. The results are conflicting, 
to say the least. Experiments with sweet 
corn, peas, beets and onions are also recorded. 
Spotting of Peaches and Cucumbers, by 
Prof. J. C. Arthur. This is an important 
and well gotten up bulletin, showing the re¬ 
sult of considerable research. Unfortunately 
no remedies have yet been discovered for 
either of the fungi causing these diseases. 
Experiments in Cross-Fertilization and 
with Tropical Ferns , by Prof. Van Landeghen. 
AH experimenters will be pleased with this 
bulletin. The pictures are all well calculated 
to add to the value of the text. 
Parturient Apoplexy, by Dr. Hinebaugh. 
We are receiving a number of questions re¬ 
garding treatment of cows for milk fever. 
Tbe following from Dr. H.’s bulletin will 
be valuable just now. 
“This disease is easily prevented, but some¬ 
what difficult to cure. w 0 r two weeks previ¬ 
ous to calving diminish the food. Keep the 
bowels active by small doses of Epsom salts 
or a laxative diet. Avoid all highly nutri¬ 
tious food. The common practice with some 
people of giving extra food at this period to 
increase the flow of milk is, without doubt, 
the most prolific cause of this disease.” 
Robert Scott & Son, Philadelphia, Pa. 
—This attractive catalogue is mostly given 
up to popular plants. The list of roses com¬ 
prises the best of tbe new and the best of the 
old varieties. A new double geranium, 
“Centaure,” is represented as the “largest 
and finest in cultivation.” A colored plate 
shows Primula obconica, the new rose Madame 
Etienne, Salpiglossis graudiflora, sweet pea 
Princess Louise, and the pelargonium above 
alluded to, Centaure. The catalogue gives 
prominence to Crozy’s new cannas, which on 
account of their dwarf habit, large flowers 
and long season of bloom, must rank as our 
most satisfactory bedding plants. 
The following “ introduction box ” of roses 
is offered for one dollar. The Bride, Sunset, 
La France, Marie Guillot, Etoile de Lyon, 
Queen’s Scarlet, Coquette de Lyon, Comtesse 
Riza du Parc, Hermosa, Catherine Mermet, 
Madame Camille, and Mad. Caroline Custer. 
Michigan Forestry.— Report of the Direc¬ 
tors of the State Forestry Commission, sent by 
Dr. W. J. Beal, Lansing, Michigan. This is 
an important publication. In 1887 the legis¬ 
lature of Michigan passed an act giving the 
State Board of Agriculture power to act as an 
independent forestry commission. It was 
proposed that this commission should take 
steps to ascertain how much loss is being sus¬ 
tained by the forests of Michigau from fires 
and wasteful cutting, and also as to the effect 
of this diminution of the wooded surface upon 
ponds, rivers and water-powers. Dr. Beal 
and Chas. VV. Garfield were appointed direc¬ 
tors to begin this investigation, and this vol¬ 
ume is a record of their labors up to the date 
of publication. The book contains notes on a 
great variety of topics, a report of a conven¬ 
tion held at Grand Rapids and a “ sympos 
iuni” arranged by Dr. Beal. The illustrations 
give very accurate pictures of life in the lum 
her regions. The first picture, representing 
what is left of a great pine forest alter the 
lumbermen have taken all they want, is al¬ 
most sad in its truthfulness. 
New Model Buckeye Mower. —Catalogue 
from the Richardson Manufacturing Com- 
pauy, Worcester, Mass. This is what the 
manufacturers say about the machine they 
are making: “ New England farmers are a 
thrifty, saving class, and they demand imple¬ 
ments that will endure. In other localities, 
where farmers are more lavish, and little care 
is taken of farm machinery, a cheap mower, to 
last a single season, is accepted. If a good 
machine is bought it is ruined by one season's 
neglect. The Buckeye is built for critical 
New England farmers, who demand that a 
machine properly cared for, shall last a life 
time. We do not compete with the builders 
whose machines can have but a short life, but 
we offer the Buckeye, confident of its durabili 
ty at every point.” The catalogue is au ele 
gaut affair with excellent illustrations, show¬ 
ing the mower in every position. 
S. F. Leonard, 149 West Randolph St., 
Chicago. —This large and voluminously illus 
trated catalogue gives well-selected lists of 
spring wheats, oats, potatoes, field corn, sor¬ 
ghums, millets, grasses, clovers, etc. Sixteen 
pages are devoted to novelties. The $250 prize 
collection of seeds is sent (one packet of each) 
for $1.00. Osage melon, Chicago Market 
Sweet corn, Upright Champion tomato, 
Leonard’s Bridgeport Drumhead cabbage, 
Leonard’s Globe Danvers onion, Edmand’s 
Blood beet, Westerfleld Chicago pickle are 
illustrated in colors, and $25 each for the best 
yields are offered. The catalogue will be sent 
without charge to all R. N.-Y. readers who 
apply to Mr. Leonard. 
Henry A. Dreer,714 Chestnut St.,Phila¬ 
delphia, Pa. —This is a large (150 pages)hand- 
some and costly catalogue of seeds of all kinds 
as well as hardy and greenhouse plants, fruits, 
etc. It is finely illustrated throughout. A 
colored plate and engraving show Dreer’s 
Eclipse asparagus, a bunch of which is shown 
to be made up of stalks two inches in diameter 
and 15 inches high. It is said to be the larg¬ 
est asparagus ever sent out. The seed is 15 
cents per packet; two-year roots $2.00 
per 100. The R. N.-Y. is trying every kind 
of asparagus side by side in its test grounds. 
Dreer’s Golden Cluster Wax pole bean is 
placed before the reader as the best pole bean. 
Among hardy plants attention is called to 
Aristolochia ornithocephala and A. cymbifera, 
the Bird and Boat-flowered Aristolochia, 
also to A. elegans. This is one of the most 
interesting catalogues we have examined. 
John Saul, Washington, D. C.—This is 
a catalogue (80 pages) of new, rare and beau¬ 
tiful plants—musas, clerodendrons, aphelan- 
dras, alocasias, passifloras, anthuriums, yuc¬ 
cas, drachmas, begonias, montbretias, dieffen- 
bachias, nepenthes, hoyas, ornamental aspara¬ 
gus, crotohs, ferns, new cannas, palms, 
abutilons, marantas, primroses, hardy trees 
and shurbs, clematis gloxinias, geraniums of 
all kinds, fuchsias, dahlias and innumerable 
other choice plants. We are indebted to Mr. 
Saul for the introduction of many valuable 
novelties. Also a catalogue of roses of all 
sorts. 
The Storrs & Harrison Co., Painesville, 
O.—This is one of the best and largest nursery 
firms in America, and its name is everywhere 
respected. The present catalogue (140 pages) 
is one of unusual interest and merit: 23 pages 
are given to seed and plant novelties and 
specialties. The firm puts up certain collec¬ 
tions at greatly reduced prices which may be 
forwarded by mail. Thus, 15 roses all differ¬ 
ent, will be mailed for $1.00; an assortment 
of 14 different bedding plants for $1.00; one 
dozen different kinds of fruit trees (apples, 
peaches, plums, cherries, apricots, grapes, 
strawberries, blackberries, etc.,) for $2.00. 
Not only does the firm offer the usual lists of 
vegetable, flower or farm seeds, but also all 
kinds of fruit, evergreen and deciduous trees. 
The catalogue should be examined by all R. 
N.-Y. readers. 
J. T. Lovett, Little Silver, N. J.—A 
handsome catalogue of 80 pages with several 
colored plates and many wood-cuts. One col¬ 
ored plate shows the Abundance and Spaul¬ 
ding plums, Ganly and Monmouth strawber¬ 
ries, Early King aud Erie blackberries. 
Collections of fruits are put up at reduced 
prices. Thirty pages are given to small fruits, 
17 pages to large fruits, two pages to nuts 
aud the rest to ornamental trees, shrubs, 
roses and the like. The Wonderful peach is 
praised as a large, handsome and productive, 
very late peach, as large as the Crawford, as 
late as the Smock, and a reliable bearer. A 
large engraving shows the Lawson or Comet 
pear, the largest and handsomest of early 
pears, though the quality is not of the best. 
John Lewis Childs, Floral Park, 
Queens Co., Long Island, N. Y.—This 
showy catalogue delights us with three col¬ 
ored plates, one of very large and beautiful, 
hardy carnations, Childs’ New Jubilee 
Phloxes—a very pretty picture, indeed—and 
a colored cover of roses, etc. Mr. Childs 
offers the Craudall currant, the Japan chest¬ 
nut, Alberts, pecans, and a selection of the 
best small fruits. There are a number of in¬ 
teresting plants, such as Brugmausia arborea 
(“Giant Ghost Flower”), the Yellow calla, 
new varieties of hardy hibiscus, etc. 
John A. Salzer, La Crosse, Wis.—A 
large, extremely showy catalogue of seeds 
aud plants. Much space is devoted to cereals, 
fodder plants, etc. Wnite Wonder and White 
Bonauza are among the new kinds of oats. 
Assiniboia Fife, Okanagan Valley Velvet 
Chaff, French Imperial Spring Saskatchewan 
Fife are among the wheats offered. They 
are all spring varieties. The large sum of 
$3,260 is offered as prizes for the best yields, 
so distributed that there seems a fair chance 
for all competitors. 
Lucien Sanderson, 87 Long Wharf, New 
Haven, Conn. —This firm sells fertilizing 
materials in any quantities. The farmer 
mixes them, aud in this way saves paying 
others for the labor which he performs him¬ 
self. Mr. Sandersoujputs up four formulas, one 
or the other of which will meet the purchaser’s 
wants. We would advise our friends to read 
this pamphlet. It tells how to mix eco¬ 
nomically and gives some valuable hints. 
Horses, CAttle, Sheep and Swine.— 
This is the title of an attractive volume just 
issued by Prof. Geo. W. Curtis, of the Texas 
Agricultural College. It gives a concise and 
readable history of the various breeds of live 
stock, with excellent hints as to breeding, 
feeding, and training. It is an excellent book 
containing many origina features. Price 
$2.50; For sale by the author, at College 
Station, Brazos Co., Texas. 
Milk and Vinegar in Massachusetts. 
—Thirtieth Annual Report of the Inspector 
of Milk and Vinegar, sent by James F. Bab¬ 
cock, Boston, Mass. This is an interesting 
volume, as several timely topics are discussed 
in it. The present position of the oleomar¬ 
garine question, the wisdom and morality of 
coloring butter and the methods employed in 
purifying and preserving butter are questions 
that are ably discussed. 
Taxation. —This is the general topic dis¬ 
cussed in the Consular Reports, Numbers 99 
and 100 (November and December); just issued 
by the State Department. Fifty two of our 
representatives in foreign countries give the 
modes of taxation employed in the countries 
in which they live. It is a very important 
and interesting volume. 
Ellw anger & Barry, Rochester, N. Y. 
—A descriptive catalogue of select roses and 
one of the most conservative and trust¬ 
worthy of all similar catalogues published. 
Practical, brief instructions are given as to 
planting,pruning, insects,etc. A list of new and 
recently introduced roses is appended. Among 
them is the rose Mad. G. Bruant, a hybrid 
between R. rugosa and the Tea rose, Sombreuil. 
F. C. Huntington & Co., Indianapolis, 
Indiana.—A catalogue of farm, garden and 
flower seeds. Huntington’s Improved Earliest 
Red Valentine Bush-bean is represented as 10 
days earlier than the Early Red Valentine. 
Wardwell’s New Kidney Wax, King of the 
Garden Lima, the Lentz beet, improved 
strains of cabbage, onions, lettuce, musk and 
watermelons, peas, radishes, are among the 
specialties. 
C. L Hood & Co., Lowell, Mass.— Calen¬ 
dar for 1889. There is a peculiar charm about 
the beautiful baby face which looks at us 
with such life-like love aud innocence, from 
these calendars. One never tires of such 
faces. They are as fresh and attractive in 
December as they are in May. Send for, or 
call at a drug-store and get one. 
New Jersey Horticulture.— Proceedings 
ot the Fourteenth Annual Meeting, sent by 
Secretary E. Williams. A very good report 
of this meeting was given in the first issue of 
the Rural for this year. The New Jersey 
horticulturists are generally considered about 
the best authorities on horticultural matters 
that we have. 
Vilmorin-Andrieux & Co., No. 4 Quai de 
la M£gisserie, Paris. —An illustrated cata¬ 
logue (1S2 pages) of all sorts of vegetable, 
flower and farm seeds. A long list of wheats 
Probably one of the mo3t conservative and re 
liable catalogues published. 
Alabama Agriculture.— Report of the 
Commissioner of Agriculture for the year end¬ 
ing September 1SS8. This report is not as in 
terestmg as it might be. The agricultural 
resources, climate and needs of Alabama 
would warrant a much more attractively dis¬ 
played statement. 
Alfred Bridgeman, No. S7 East Nine¬ 
teenth St., N. Y. —A plain,clear, condensed, 
trustworthy catalogue of an excellent house. 
The best of all vegetable and flower seeds are 
listed without hifalutin comment. 
Joel Horner & Son, Delair, Camden Co., 
N. J.—A catalogue of grape-viues and small 
fruits. Eaton, Moore's Diamond, Moyer, 
Nectar and Downing are mentioned among 
the newer grapes. 
G. H, & J. H. Hale,South Glastonbury, 
Conn.— A catalogue of choice small fruits. 
Five pages are given to an interesting essay 
on “ Money in Small Fruits” by Mr. J. H. 
Hale. Only the leading kinds are catalogued. 
Iowa Seed Co , Des Moines, Iowa. —An 
illustrated catalogue of seeds, etc., 70 pages. 
Anew potato called the Eyeless and a second, 
Wide-awake, seem to give promise of merit. 
Champion Vegetable Cutter.— Circular 
from John R. Whittemore, Chicopee Falls, 
Mass. This is an excellent implement. The 
circular also contains illustrations and descrip 
tions of the Victor feed-cutter aud the Im¬ 
proved Champion harrow—three good im¬ 
plements. 
Pennslyvania Agriculture.— Report of 
the Pennsylvania State Board of Agriculture 
for 1888, sent by Secretary Thomas J. Edge, 
Harrisburg, Pa. This is one of the best vol¬ 
umes of the kind we have ever examined. 
R. J. Farquhar & Co., Boston, Mass. 
—An excellent catalogue of 125 pages and 16 
pages of specialties. Seeds of all kinds, orna¬ 
mental grasses, bulbs, plants, shrubs and 
trees. 
The Kodak. 
ANYBODY can use 
the Kodak. The ope¬ 
ration of making a 
picture consists sim¬ 
ply of pressing a but¬ 
ton. One hundred in¬ 
stantaneous pictures 
are made without re- 
PRICE $45.00. loading. No dark 
room or chemicals are necessary. A division 
of labor is offered, whereby all the work of 
finishing the pictures is done at the factory, 
where the camera can be sent to be re-loaded. 
The operator need not learn anything aoout 
photography. He can “press the button ”— 
we do the rest. 
Send for copy of Kodak Primer, with sam¬ 
ple photograph. Mention Rural New-Yorker. 
The Eastman Dry Plate and Film Go.’ 
ROCHESTER, N. Y. 
The Worcester BuckeyeiMower 
Has^Patented' Self-Oiling Pitman. ^Patented 
Hardened Steel (’hale Plates, maintaining the 
Shear Cut throughout the life of machine. A new 
device for carrying the weight of Cutter Bar lightly 
over the ground, preventing its dragging, and lighten¬ 
ing draft. 
A NEW SCYTHE 
Which will not break at heel. Many other 
new and valuable improvements. Don't fail to see 
it. Send for 18S9 Circulars. Agents wanted in unoc¬ 
cupied territory. Manufactured by 
The Richardson Manufacturing Go. 
WORCESTER, MASS. 
JOHN N. CHILFANT & SONS, 'SJffOTfc 
Have improved their THRESHER and CLEANERS for 
Steam and Horse Power. Send for our 1889 Catalogue. 
FABQUSA2 SS7ST0NT COBH PLANT2B 
Warranted the beat corn dropper and in oat 
^perfect force-feed ferfllaer distributor in the 
, world. 8 snd 
Foa Catalogue. 
Address 
i. 3. 
nswHAS. 
York, fa. 
Send for large Illustrated Catalogue. 
ECLIPSE CORN PLANTER. 
Will plant Field and Ensilage Corn, Beans. Peas and 
Beet Send In hills, drills and checks— In hills up 
to 45 Inches: In checks from 36 Inches up to any dls 
tanee desired. Will distribute all Fertilizers wet or 
dry. Farmers, send for circulars. 
ECLIPSE CORN PLANTER CO., 
Enfield, Grafton Co., New Hampshire. 
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LANE&BODLEY CO. 
CINCINNATI, OHIO. 
AND ENGINES 
NOW ISTHE TIME TO BUY. Send 
for Circulars. An experience of THIRTY 
Years permits us to offer the BEST- 
