CATALOGUES, ETC., RECEIVED. 
W HY NOT PLANT A GROVE ?-This 
is the title of Bulletin No. 45 smt out 
from the Michigan Experiment Station, Agri¬ 
cultural College Post Office, Michigan. Dr. 
W. J. Beal states that he has prepared this 
little pamphlet with a view to awakening in¬ 
terest in forestry and also to give elementary 
hints on planting and managing young forest 
trees. Dr. Beal gives his essay in the form of 
a dialogue, putting himself in the character 
of a traveler who in passing a substantial 
farm house, in one of the older-settled 
counties of Michigan, pauses to converse with 
the houseowner. A short conversation brings 
out the fact that the farmer has noticed that 
since the woods were cut down, the snow has 
drifted excessively, leaving the wheat fields 
with many bare spots and with some deep 
drifts. He has also noticed that since he cut 
down a grove that formerly stood between his 
house and the prevailing winds, the storms of 
winter have increased in volume, that his 
barns are colder and that the stock suffer 
more and eat more food. These points are 
just what the traveler wanted to bring out 
and he proceeds to show how the needed 
grove can be put back in its place. He urges 
the farmer to procure small trees, giving the 
names of two firms that will send such trees 
by mail. Then he gives some very useful 
bints about cultivating such trees. He says 
the roots of such little trees will live in the 
open sun and dry air just about as long as 
black bass would live out of w r ater. They 
must be well planted at once and kept well 
cultivated. The little dialogue contains 
some excellent hints that many farmers need. 
Ayrshire Cattle Breeders —The re¬ 
port of the 14th annual meeting of the Ayr¬ 
shire Breeders’ Association is sent by Secre¬ 
tary C. M. Winslow. The pamphlet contains 
the routine work of the meeting as well as the 
papers that were read. It is evident that the 
friends of Ayrshire cattle are enthusiastic and 
hopeful. They claim, as of old, that their cow 
is the best dairy animal in the world for “or¬ 
dinary'’care and conditions, while she will 
show the effects of good treatment quicker 
than any other breed. 
Field Experiments with Corn.— Bulle¬ 
tin No.4 from the Illinois Experiment S’ation, 
Champaign,Ill., is a somewhat voluminous re¬ 
port of 140 pages. The expeiiments were 
quite complete and the results are given at 
length. We shall refer to this publication 
again. 
Sugar Cane. —Bulletin No. 20 of the Sugar 
Experiment Station at Kenner, La., sent by 
Director Wm. C. Stubbs. This pamphlet is 
of value to the sugar grow r er directly, and in¬ 
directly to the general public who are all 
deeply interested in procuring cheaper sugar. 
The sugar bill of ibis country is ns much a 
national disgrace as is the butter bill of Eng¬ 
land. We ought to make our sugar here. 
Arbor Day Planting in Eastern States. 
—This is the title of a circular sent out by 
B. E. Feruow.Chief of the Forestry Division of 
the United States Department of Agriculture. 
It is designed to serve as a brief aud simple 
list of instructions for school officials who de¬ 
sire to celebrate Arbor Day in a proper milli¬ 
ner. Among the topics considered are the 
following: Time of planting, treatment be¬ 
fore transplanting, method in planting a tree, 
watering, after care and choice of kinds. It 
seems to the R. N.-Y. that this is a very valu¬ 
able little publication. A few carping critics 
try to make sport of this bulletin, because, 
they say, it gives only such information as 
every person able to plant a tree ought to 
know without beiugtold. Well! well! ! What 
a world this would be if we all knew as much 
as some of these wise men! The R. N.-Y. ap¬ 
proves of Arbor Day, not only because it be- 
lioves the trees are needed, but because the 
beautiful ceremonies connected with the cele¬ 
bration are sure to bring to our boys aud 
girls the best of thoughts and influences. And 
in connection with these remarks we want to 
publish the following thoughts which were 
prepared by one of our New York subscribers: 
ARBOR DAY. 
When our forefathers planted their homes 
in the primeval forest, the first work was to 
clear laud on which to erect the rude cabin, 
ana to raise grain and vegetables for suste¬ 
nance. As there were no mills in the vicinity, 
or a market for timber, the most expedi¬ 
ent way of disposing of the surplus, after logs 
for building and fuel had been reserved, was 
by fire. The ruthless destruction of a work 
which it took centuries to perfect has been 
[inherited by their children, to whom it is not 
» necessity or an advantage, but a positive 
detriment. Grauted that coal and gas are 
better fuel; that stone and brick are much 
more durable, while even paper now holds a 
place among building materials; yet the gen¬ 
eral effect that a total destruction of forests 
has upon the country has been for years con¬ 
sidered a serious subject. And well may the 
Empire State be appalled at the devastation 
to which she is doomed should the Adirondack 
forests be razed. He who is surrounded by 
brick walls will tell you that could he only 
transport to his city home the magnificent 
grove of oaks, whose grateful shade he sought 
when a boy, it would give him more comfort 
and happiness than wealth can purchase. 
Possibly Nebraska, that State of treeless 
plains, budded better than she knew when she 
established Arbor Day. Her notes of joy and 
enthusiasm were borne back to the Alle¬ 
ghenies, and the echoes reverberating aroused 
sister States to a similar observance: and now 
every year, thousands of animated children 
in the East and West, are each doing their 
little, which is, in the aggregate, a great deal, 
to redeem the errors of the past. There are 
so many beautiful native trees that great 
work can be done with little or no expense, 
save the trouble, (or pleasure) of transplant¬ 
ing. 
Perhaps, all things considered, no tree is 
more desirable than the maple. It is of com¬ 
paratively rapid growth, symmetrical, furn¬ 
ishes dense shade and is seldom molested by 
insects ; while its beautiful tints in autumn 
more than compensate for the death of the 
flowers. 
The Silver maple is easily grown,but is more 
objectionable on cultivated ground, as break¬ 
ing the roots causes innumerable sprouts to 
spring up. Beech, dog-wood, sycamore, and 
tulip are easily procured in most localities. 
Some willows are graceful and well adapted 
to moist ground. The boy who has an eye 
for business may prefer one of the nut-bear¬ 
ing varieties. Even tne little five-year old, 
“too little” to plant a tree, may drop a nut 
into the grouud, and—wnat possibilities,from 
it ! The chestnut is lovely when in bloom, its 
long catkins swaying in the breeze, while the 
prospect of an abundance of nuts in winter is 
no small incentive to a little labor. Then 
there are the evergreens, which, like true 
friends, remain always bright and pleasant, 
unchanged by storm and tempest. The 
American Arbor-vitae is excellent for hedges, 
and the Hemlock Spruce is unsurpassed. The 
latter is also handsome when grown singly,its 
graceful drapery forming a pleasing contrast 
to the stiff, precise garb of its Norway cousin. 
Equally desirable is the larch or tamarack, 
while the White pine and many more of our 
native trees are worthy of cultivation, and 
are sold by florists at a good, round price. 
It is to be hoped that each big boy aud girl 
as well as each little one, will, on the coming 
Arbor Day, choose from the abundance of 
material, and lay a corner-stone on which will 
ultimately rise a living monument, more 
beautiful aud graceful than the sculpture of 
ancient Greece, more wonderful than the 
pyramids of Egypt. 
RUTH RAYMOND. 
Fodder Corn and Fodder Cane.— This is 
the title of Bulletin No. 2, of the Maryland 
Experiment Station. Major Alvord, the Di¬ 
rector of the Station, states in this bulletin: 
“ The condition of the worn lands of Mary¬ 
land and adjacent States has led to a general 
recognition of the value of keeping more live¬ 
stock on the farm, particularly to increase 
the supplies of home-made manures. If the 
animals can be so managed as to pay all costs 
and leave the manure they make as the profit, 
it may be considered good farming." 
Then he goes on to say that one great 
problem before Maryland farmers is how to 
produce an abundant supply of forage on an 
economical basis. Assuming that Indian 
corn or sorghum will give a greater weight 
of fodder per acre thau will any other plant, 
he gives the details of some experiments con¬ 
ducted with a view to determining the best 
methods of planting aud cultivating these 
plums, with a view to making the best pos¬ 
sible fodder from them. Those who are in¬ 
terested iu the details of the experiments 
must send and get the bulletin. (It is mailed 
from Agricultural College Po3t Office, Mary¬ 
land.) It is enough for us to record that 
Major Alvord concludes that corn or cane 
gives the greatest quantity of fodder, green or 
dry, when planted in drills far enough apart 
to permit easy aud sufficient cultivation. 
Thick, broadcast seeding of corn gate a 
smaller yield of poorer quality, the product 
of an acre of sowed corn liaviug a food value 
about one-half as great as that from the same 
acre iu drills. To get the most food value on 
an acre of corn, it should not be cut until the 
plants begiu to show signs of drying aud the 
kernels begin to glaze. These are points that 
the R. N.-Y. has made clear a dozen times 
before, but as thousands of farmers do not 
seem to believe them, it is well to keep them 
before the public. 
The Uses of association by and Among 
Agriculturists. —This is au address deliv¬ 
ered by Mr, J. M. Hubbard of Middletown, 
Conn., before the Massachusetts Board of 
Agriculture. We regard this as an admirable 
essay. We wish it might be widely read and 
studied. Farmers need to be organized: with¬ 
out organization they lose power—social, busi¬ 
ness, intellectual, political power. It appears 
to be the object of this essay to point out this 
loss and to show how the los3 might be 
changed to gain. The R. N.-Y. would like 
to have every one of its readers think over 
the ideas presented in this pamphlet. The 
following extracts are to be commended: 
“My thought of the future ot agriculture 
never makes the farm»r’s life one of ease and 
luxury. It never dispenses with the homely 
virtues of industry and economy. But it does 
bring to the farmer just recognition and com¬ 
pensation. 1 want the land upou which he 
works to recognize him as its master, and 
yield to him from its store house ample 
returns for his toil. The land will 
recognize its master when he comes. 
When farmers fairly conquer the land 
they may rule it. but never until then. I 
want this compensation and recognition to 
come also from the community in which the 
farmer lives; and 1 believe this, too, will come 
when fairly conquered. When, tnerefore, I 
assume that the farmer of to-day is without 
the compensation and recognition he ought to 
receive, I do so for the purpose of stirring 
him to action, and not in the way of weak 
complaint against any other class. Agricul¬ 
ture must fight its own battles, aud conquer 
and hold what is of right its own. And it must 
use in this strife the agencies which are calcu¬ 
lated to win, It must use the power of asso¬ 
ciation. It must not be deterred by the inevi¬ 
table risK, or !oy the necessary cost, or by 
trivial criticism of details of organization. 
It must go lor ward, even at the cost of some 
mistakes, some losses, some defeats. It is a 
campaign, and perhaps a long one. for which 
the forces of agriculture have enlisted: but 
who doubts that it will isme in victory? Not 
he who is in bis place and doing his work.’' 
Cmrr. 
“ Every Man is presumed to know the Law. 
Nine-tenths of all Litigation arises from 
Ignorance of Law" 
FISH IN A NON-NAVIGABLE STREAM. 
J. B. McC.s Greene County, Pa. —I live on 
a non-navigable creek. Parties on the creek 
own to the middle of it. Is there any law to 
prevent me from setting nets in the stream 
for the purpose of catching fish, if the party 
on the opposite side of it is willing that I 
should build a fish dam to prevent the fish 
from passing up the stream. The creek has 
never been stocked with fish. The fish are 
generally taken with nets. They come prin¬ 
cipally from the rivers to which they return 
in autumn. 
Ans. —This statement of the case is not at 
all clear. With regard to streams not nav¬ 
igable, that run by the side of a man’s farm, 
the owner has a title to the center of the 
stream, or rather of the current. If the same 
person be owner of the land on both sides, he 
owns the whole stream as far as his land ex¬ 
tends on both sides of it; but no proprietor of 
land on a water-course, either above or below 
another, has a right unreasonably to divert it 
from flowiug in its usual course into the 
latter’s premises, or to obstruct it in passing 
from them, or to corrupt or destroy it, or to 
render it less valuable in any way. While 
therefore our inquirer has a right to set fish 
nets in his own naif of the stream at any 
time, and iu any part of it with the consent 
of the owner of the land on the opposite side 
of it, it is doubtful whether he has a right to 
build a dam or by any other artificial means 
absolutely to prevent fish from ascending the 
stream; for if it naturally affords good fishing 
higher up, by artificially preventing the fish 
from ascending it, it is obvious that it would 
be rendered less valuable to those owning 
laud bordering ou it higher up its course. It 
should be borue in mind that the game laws 
of Pennsylvania allow the killing of the 
following fish only within the given dates: 
Salmon and speckled trout from April 1, to 
August 1; lake trout, from Jauuary 1,'to Oc¬ 
tober 1; black, green, yellow, willow, rock, 
Lake Erie, and grass bass, pike, pickerel, aud 
wall-eye pike or Susquehanna salmon, from 
June 1, to January 1. 
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BRUTE HUMANITY. 
Once in the city of Vienna, there was a 
dread of hydrophobia, and orders were given 
to massacre all the dogs which were found 
unclaimed or uncollared in the city or suburbs. 
Men were employed for this purpose, and 
they generally carried a short stick, which 
they flung at the poor prescribed animal with 
such certain aim as either to kill, or maim it 
mortally, at one blow. 
It happened one day that, close to the edge 
of the river, near the Ferdinand’s-Brucke, one 
of these men flung his stick at a wretched dog, 
but with such bad aim that it fell into the 
river. The poor animal, following hts in¬ 
stinct, or his teaching, immediately plunged 
in, redeemed the stick, and laid it at the feet 
of its owner, who, snatching it up, dashed out 
the creature's brains. 
Which was the brute? 
We may surmise what the Athenians would 
have done to such a man from the fact that 
they banished the Judge of the Areopagus, 
because he flung away the bird which sought 
shelter in his bosom. 
There are men in whom is no spark of grat¬ 
itude or generosity. There are others who 
appreciate benefits received and are happy in 
makiDg grateful acknowledgement. 
Rev. J. W. Asheman, one of the most elo¬ 
quent divines of Detroit, Mich., writes March 
3d, 188S: “In 1884 I visited Coatham, Out., to 
lecture and preach. I was in agonizing pain 
(the result of kidney disorders), and unable to 
dine with my host. I explained to Judge 
Woods what was the matter. He asked me if 
I was too prejudiced by my medical edu¬ 
cation to try Warner’s Safe Cure, adding: 
‘Although I have never tried it, I can taite 
you to a gentleman whom it has helped won¬ 
derfully.’ 
“ I used 25 bottles of Warner’s Safe Cure 
and was in b°tter health than for twenty-five 
years. I have everything to lose and nothing 
to gain by making this statement, save the 
approval of a good conscience.” 
There are tens of thousands of people in this 
country who have gained the approval cf a 
good conscience in a like manner, and are not 
too bigoted to do good. 
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