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THE RURAL NEW-YORKER. 
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down. In about a week he began to emit a 
very bad odor, and the skin began to slough 
off his legs near his hoofs, and two running 
sores broke out on each of his thighs. I com¬ 
menced treatment by washing the sores with 
warm water and Castile soap, then applying 
a poultice ; but the sores did not heal. It 
seemed as though there was proud flesh. I 
then used burnt alum, bluestone and diluted 
carbolic acid until I supposed that he was 
well, when I sent him to the pasture. After¬ 
wards I noticed that his hind feet were not 
well ; the sores just above the hoofs were 
rough, dry and callused. What should be 
the treatment ? 
Ans. —Apply benzoated oxide of lime oint¬ 
ment daily until a healthy healing action is 
established. Then dress with pine tar, cover¬ 
ing the whole hoofs, and rubbing well into 
the hair around the top of the hoofs. 
DISCUSSION. 
Tar the Hilborn black cap. I Baldwin of the East and is the Baldwin for 
J. T. Lovett, of Little Silver, N. J., calls I the West • .- 
the Carlough the handsomest and longest- I Among- gooseberries the Orange (H. M. 
keeping sweet apple in existence. I E n gi ei Marietta, Pa.) is a new variety of real 
Mr. Lovett describes the Abundance plum I value. It is thought to be a seedling of 
as a remarkable variety. The tree is worthy Houghton. It is one of the earliest to ripen, if 
of being planted as an ornamental tree. The I 11 °t the earliest. It is of a medium size, 
trees bear while very young—the nursery I sweet and tender. The color is a dull yellow, 
trees often being loaded. The curculio, he Plant hardy and free of mildew. The Dougal 
says, has no effect on the fruit—the eggs do I No. 2 is a very distinct and valuable goose- 
not hatch. The fruit is large, showy and berry. The bush is an upright grower and as 
beautiful, of an amber color turning to bright I nearly thornless as any kind the R. N.-Y. has 
cherry. The stone is small and parts freely. seen. Berries are of medium size, hairy, light- 
Season very early.. green shaded with purple. It never mildews.. 
Mr. Lovett also claims that the Spaulding The fruit committee of the N. J. Horticultur- 
is curculio-proof. It ripens three weeks after al Society report favorably on the Crj stal rasp- 
the Abundance. berry (originated by the late A. J. Cay wood). 
. , . , ^ I It is a few days earlier in ripening than the 
The Wonderful peach is said to be very late. n .. , , , , u 
* ,, _ , , , . Golden Queen and a handsomer berry, though; 
as laree as Crawford s Late and as late as I , . , , 
" s Dr. Ward thinks, not quite so heavy a bearer. 
Smock. I jj 0 p ronounce8 Cohanzick strawberry a fail- 
The Champion quince is too late for the ure in every way. The Hilton strawberry 
North. It thrives south of Penn, and bears 1 was favorably regarded. The R. N.-Y. can 
while young. I tell its friends that it ls.a large, prolific berry 
Try the Paragon chestnut. It’s probably j °I I* 116 P 1 om * se . 
of Japanese origin. The nuts are twice as I Mr. Ward gives well deserved praise to 
large as the American chestnut and of good I Dana’s Hovey pear. It is an old variety 
quality. The trees bear when three years of though one of the highest-flavored on the list, 
age. The Quinn pear has been tried in various 
Try the Louise strawberry. P? rts of Jerse j and l° und be one of 
I the very best varieties for the amateur. 
The Monmouth for early aud the Gaudy I . ^ . , 
, , . ,, .. 1 Among sour cherries Dr. Ward recommends 
for late are valuable strawberries in many I . *. 
^ ^ | the Montmorency, as it comes in after the 
P . . I Early Richmond. He deems the Canfield the 
Try the Minnewaski blackberry. I very best for a long-keeping^weet apple. 
Try the Eaton grape; try Bundy’s Colerain The Industry gooseberry introduced four 
as soon as it is offered for sale. The R. N.-'Y. | or q v6 y ears ago, mildews badly in many lo- 
is inclined to regard it as the best early white, I ca ijties while in others it does not. Ellwanger 
all thing considered. I ^ Barry, of Rochester, N. Y., regard it as the 
The Berckmans grape (color of Delaware) best foreign variety ever introduced. This 
is a healthy, vigorous variety. . firm has recently introduced tne Mills grape, 
Thk R N.-Y.U, trying several of Macon.- « cross off the Muscat Hamburg upon Crev.l- 
ber-s pears which we believe to he of decided mg. The bunch » very large, some clusters 
. , ,, n .TirtTJi I weighing over 12 ounces. The berry is large, 
promise, notably Grand Isle, Dr. Hoskins, * .. , ... ... . , / „ ’ 
F , . n . .. round, let black, with a thick bloom; flesh 
Little Gem, Macomber and Refreshing. „ ’ J , 
’ , ... r I firm, meaty, juicy and nch. The vine is 
These have been described and illustrated in . ’ J . .. . . , 
” " 0 . 0 „„„ , vigorous and productive, foliage large and 
the R. N.-Y., sea pages 242, 203, 2,9, 203 and ^ th(J Conc „" d a „ d 
342 in the volume for 1885. tM1)S w8l] . 
“ The Jessica Grape.—T he Rural-New- „_„ ....... 
Yorker mentions Mr. E. P. Powell, of Ellwanger & Barry regard the following 
Oneida county, as saying of the Jessica grape as the best of the Russian apples: Arabskoe, 
that it is a ‘miserable fraud,’ and the R. N.- I Titovka and Yellow Transparent. 
Y. calls it an * early good-for-naught.” ’ We I 
had never supposed that earliness was an ob- I The Windsor cherry introduced by the 
jection to a grape, for so theR. N.-Y. appears I above firm (it originated with the late James 
Do " 8a1 ’“■ « Caua ' la ' , I bears Jr 
R. N.-Y.’s place.but on good grape land it is a fruit remarkable for firmness. It is of hne 
very excellent fruit; in fact, we doubt if the I quality. The tree is hardy and prolific. It is 
most expert grape taster could tell the differ- a va i ua ble late variety for both market and 
ence between the Jessica and the Delaware 
without seeing them. So much for its quaii- home use. 
tv. It proves, with ns, to be a heavy cropper, „ „ „ 
resembling Delaware, also, in this respect. It I Mr. McCann, Ex-I resident of the Elmira 
is a good grower and has firm, healthy foliage. Farmer's Club, (N. Y.) says that, with him 
The bunches are rather loose, and the green I sorghum yields, on an average, a crop of more 
color is not attractive for a market grape. value per acre than corn. In every respect it 
For the family garden, where quality is want- . ” ** 3 Jg 
ed, we think it is a most desirable variety.” is fully equal to corn as food for fattening 
. * stock or dairy cattle. It will yield 40 bushels 
The above is from V.ck’s Magazine. We of seed per . . 
called it an “ early good-for-naught ” because 
that is just what it is (or was—it has been dis- I A Writer in the Albany Cultivator says 
carded) at the Rural Grounds. The few ber- I that generally a catalogue the whole of whose 
ries that ripened were very early. But rot I contents is quoted low, evidently with a view 
destroyed most of them. It is now apparent to undersell, had better be laid aside for 
that the variety succeeds admirably in some future reference if required. 
places, and fails in others. The attention of _ _ _ 
the reader is called to Mr. Crawford’s article I 
in this issue . Horsford’s Acid Phosphate 
_ c rr • . -n • I Useful in all lorms of Dyspepsia.—Adv. 
The Storrs & Harrison Co., of Painesville, I 
O., say that the Wonderful peach will keep I - 
“t ‘.XI 5 ; syss | 
It originated, as our readers have been in- I ~ 
formed, at Excelsior, Minn., from seed of 1 f _ 
the Wealthy. It has endured 45 degrees be- O CPOflJ,ICt 
low zero without injury. It promises to be I 
the apple for the Northwest. The above firm I Trobably no form of disease is so generally dis 
say that the Ogon and Botan plums are tnbuted amongour whole populationa. •erofote. 
• ” I Almost every individual hivs this latent poison 
hardy. They regard the Kelsey as less hardy coursing his veins. The terrible sufferings en- 
than the peach. I dured by those afflicted with scrofulous sores 
I cannot be understood by others, and their grati- 
The Storrs & Harrison Co., offer a new tude on finding a remedy that cures them, astou- 
grape called the Leader. It is said to be I ishes a well person. The wonderful power of 
mildew-proof, as hardy as Concord, aud a __ , j — ..« _ 
vigorous grower. The bunches and berries HOOU S o3rS3p3il11«1 
are of good size and sweeter than any other I in eradicating every form of Scrofula has been so 
white grape they cultivate.. I clearly aud fully demonstrated that it leaves no 
I doubt that it is the greatest medical discovery of 
PALMER’S Seedling, (black-cap), is rep- this generation. It is made by C. I. HOOD & CO., 
resented as perfectly hardy, as early as Lowell, Mass., and is sold by all druggists. 
Souhegan or Tyler, while the berries are lOO DOSeS One Dollar 
larger, aud the canes far more productive. 
This variety is Matthew Crawford’s first I 
MAKE HENS LAY 
hln^b hns not „ =i„o-l« weak noint He OHBRIDAN'S CONDITION POWDER is absolute- 
blat k-t.ap has not a single teak point, we I O ly pure and highly concentrated. It la strictly 
fully supports theR. N.-Y.’s opinion of the I a medicine to be given with food. Nothing on earth 
, I will make hens lay like it. It cures chicken chol- 
Lucretia dewberry. I era and all diseases of hens. Illustrated book by 
I mall free. Sold ever y w h ere, or sent by mall for 
Secretary Goodman (Missouri) regards I as cts. in stamps, ay-ib. tin cans, $i; by mail, 
„ I $1,20. Six cans bv express, prepaid, for $6. 
the Gano as an improvement over the Hen I i. s. Johnson & Co., p. o. Box ai is, Boston, Mass 
Davis, being equal to it in all other respects I •_ — ■ - —a — _— 
ami superior in appearance and quality. I MACHINE FOR ^in 
I Tk / 11 Freight paid. ItuaruntieU. HuutreU* iu u^e. ’nlll 
The Babbitt, he says, is the equal of the circuar. free. s. 11 . usrrett, M»iwar»d, 0. 
lime for the cabbage maggot. 
E. S. Goff, Geneva, N. Y.—On page 124 
of the Rural the statement is made that 
slaked lime mixed with the soil in which cao- 
uage plants are set, will prevent damage 
from the cabbage maggot. This is contrary 
to my experience. During the summer of 
1887 my colleague, Mr. Beckwith, placed 
about half a pint of air-slaked lime in the 
hills prepared for two rows of cabbage plants 
in the Station garden, leaving tbose of a third 
row without the lime. The soil and lime 
were mixed together with a trowel just before 
setting the plants. Now, for the result. The 
plants treated with the lime actually suffered 
more from the cabbage maggots than did the 
others. An examination made on June 18, 
showed that the plants in the rows that re¬ 
ceived the lime contained, on the average, 
more than five maggots each, while the plants 
not treated had but little more than two mag¬ 
gots apiece. It is certain that in this trial the 
lime was not beneficial. 
S. N. R., Haddonfield, N. J.—In the Far¬ 
mers’ Club, Feb. 23rd, page 124, the bird de¬ 
scribed by C. H., of Afton, N. Y., is identified 
as the Bine Grosbeak. If the inquirer's de* 
ocnption is correct, tne bird in question is 
certainly not a Grosbeak, but a Crossbill, most 
probably the common, red species (Loxia 
curvistrata minor). Contrary to the descrip¬ 
tion given by the correspondent, the Pine 
Grosbeak is as large as a room, uas not a 
hooked bill and never shows any green in its 
plumage coloration. The Rural’s description 
of the habits and distribution of the Grosbeak 
may apply in great part also to the Crossbill, 
except that the latter bird is more evenly dis¬ 
tributed during winter throughout the East¬ 
ern States, and migrates as far south as the 
Gulf, whereas the former is only an irregular 
winter migrant, rarely penetrating into Penn¬ 
sylvania. 
A. J. Gale, Waukesha, Wis.— The 
plan of blackberry growing that Mr. Craw¬ 
ford thinks might work well anywhere (as 
described iu the Rural of February 23,) 
would hardly work well here in AVisconsin. 
We have no blackberry that will stand unpro¬ 
tected aud bear a crop of fruit, no matter how 
well ripened the wood may be. The wood 
may winter well, but the buds are always 
damaged more or less. The plan followed by 
growers here is to give clean cultivation the 
entire season, and just before the freezing of 
the ground bend over and cover the canes en¬ 
tirely with earth. Then uncover them in 
early spring. We treat the Cuthbert and other 
tender raspberries in the same manner, and 
have to do so to secure a good crop. 
R. B., St. Henry of Montreal, Canada. 
—I very much admired the picture of the 
collie dogs in a late Rural, but I would like 
to speak a good word for the Scotch terrier. 
If a counle of them are around, one will not 
need to protect the young apple trees with tar 
felt or wire netting to keep off the field mice 
and moles. The Scotch terriers will save all 
that work. The owner can always see them 
hunting around) in the grass wherever rats, 
mice or moles are to be found. As watch 
dogs, too, they are better than a burglar alarm. 
They will not let themselves be tampered 
with or bribed. 
mut giant#. 
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It is pronounced the most original, 
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Beware of a silent dog and still waters. 
The impure blood flowing silently through the 
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