[Entered according to Act of Congress, In the Year 1889, by the Rural New-Yorker, In the Office of the Librarian of Congress, at Washington.] 
VOL. XLVIII NO. 2052 
NEW YORK, MAY 25, 1889. 
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PRICE FIVE CENTS, 
$2.00 PER. YEAR. 
the country by these absurd awards. What 
is demanded on all bands by worthy compet¬ 
itors is competent judges, men of knowledge 
and character, who thoroughly understand 
their work and their duty, and do them faith¬ 
fully, honestly, intelligently. 
Well Understood.— That the people well 
understand the ordinary basis of awards, is 
shown by the frequent remark heard: “We 
had a bigger squash,” (or turnip, or pumpkin, 
or potato,) “than any that is here; I wish 
we’d ’a brought it.” No self-respecting man 
wants to enter into a contest of this sort. 
Size, alone, above that which is recognized as 
normal and of marketable value, should have 
no recognition, except as a disqualification. 
It is true, as the Editor says, that “large 
specimens are always regarded with interest,” 
just as we look with interest upon every sort 
of abnormal or monstrous thing; but this in¬ 
terest is far removed from the interest of ap¬ 
proval in all intelligent minds. 
Transporting Corn.— Mr. Ghdden was 
not quite careful enough in his statement 
criticised by J. P. A., of Florida, on page 398. 
u The North ” is a very 
vague term. An Ala¬ 
bama man would call 
Maryland and Ken¬ 
tucky “ North,” but cli¬ 
matically, so far as corn 
is concerned, there is but 
little difference between 
the three States. While 
Alabama corn might be 
too late for Maryland, 
probably any good Mary¬ 
land variety would suc¬ 
ceed in Alabama, but 
when we get farther 
north, things are very 
different. Mr. Glidden 
would have been quite 
right if he had said 
that few sorts of corn 
grown from New Jersey 
to the St. Lawrence 
would succeed well if car¬ 
ried CO miles north, or 
100 miles south, in the 
valleys; or when re¬ 
moved equivalently as 
to elevation, say from 
the Hudson valley up to 
the Catskills, or the 
Green mountains. 
Scarcely any cultivated 
plant is so influenced in 
its growth by temper¬ 
ature as corn. A 90- 
i day corn from Mary¬ 
land, or from Connecti¬ 
cut, or even from Massa¬ 
chusetts, taken 100 miles 
north in New Eugland, 
would not mature in 125 
days without frost—sim¬ 
ply because in all those 
135 days the aggregate 
of heat would not equal 
the aggregate of heat in 
90 days in the more 
southern locality. This 
is the way in which in¬ 
experienced planters get 
badly deceived by quite 
truthful advertisements. 
But the advertisers 
who offer 90 day corn 
should saywhere it 
was grown. The St. 
Lawrence valley not 
infrequently has 120 
days free from frost 
between corn-plantiug 
Ipommim. 
THE RESULT OF ABUSE. From Life. Fig. 122. 
THE SCRUB. 
nu 
WO weeks ago we 
gave a picture of 
the nead of a re¬ 
markably intelli¬ 
gent and hand¬ 
some horse. This 
was to show what 
skillful breeding 
and the best of 
care can accom¬ 
plish. We want 
our readers to 
place that picture by the side of the one 
shown at Fig. 122. The latter is also taken 
from life. It represents the head of a poor, 
broken-down animal that spends its days in 
hauling about a huckster’s wagon. It is a sad 
sight to see him toiling along over the hard 
pavements. He is evi¬ 
dently a horse of good 
breeding. If he could 
only speak, he could tell 
a sad story of man’s in¬ 
gratitude. Years ago 
he carried his head as 
proudly as the most fas¬ 
tidious driver could de¬ 
sire. He worked well 
and faithfully. Who 
knows but that his speed 
and courage were relied 
on some dark aud stormy 
night to bring the doctor 
so that some dtar life 
might be saved ? All 
these acts of service were 
forgotten when age or 
accident spoiled his 
proud beating or his 
ready speed. He was 
sold and drifted through 
one hard place after 
another until he came to 
his present degrading 
service. Now he goes 
stumbling through his 
duty, with the pride, the 
courage aud hope 
clubbed out of him. It 
is a shame! It is a dis¬ 
grace 1 What shall be 
the punishment of the 
man who would turn a 
faithful old servant into 
the bauds of those who 
would reduce him to such 
a condition ? 
There are two animals 
on the It. N.-Y. New 
Jersey farm that, in their 
appearance aud be¬ 
havior, illustrate some¬ 
thing of the difference 
we have tried to show in 
these two pictures. One ,. . 
is a little brown Cana¬ 
dian mare. She is a \ 
tough, wiry little ani¬ 
mal, full of life and en¬ 
ergy and with an almost 
human intelligence. She 
has always been treated 
witn kindness, aud has 
never lost her self-re¬ 
spect. As a consequence 
she actually takes 
an interest in her work, 
giving the plainest indi¬ 
cations of satisfaction 
and pleasure when her work is satisfactory. 
Her special delight is in cultivating or fur¬ 
rowing or in other work where a perfectly di¬ 
rect course is needed. The writer has seen 
her glance back along the row and nod her 
head in satisfaction when she saw that it was 
as straight as an arrow. If, in culivating, 
she should step on a hill of corn or potatoes, 
she is evidently sorry for it. The other ani¬ 
mal is a poor little gray mare that had been 
whipped and abused all her life. When we 
bought her she bad just finished a season's 
work on a thrashing machine, through which 
monotonous work she had been clubbed with¬ 
out mercy. She has but little interest in her 
work. She goes along with hanging head 
and stumbling feet, little caring what the 
result of her work is. The Canadian mare 
knows from experience that she will not be 
abused and worked too hard, while the other 
one has found that the harder she worked the 
more she was expected to do. The gray 
mare seems to improve a little, however. 
Perhaps it is due to the association with her 
more fortunate companion. 
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BUCEPHALUS BROWN’S NOTIONS AND 
IDEAS. 
On Overgrowth.— Mrs. L. M. C. does well 
in calling attention, in the Rural of May 4, 
to the fact that the practical and sedate 
Englishman does not care to compete with the 
Yankee in the production of over-grown 
fruits and vegetables; but sensibly prefers well- 
grown specimens of medium size. This fond¬ 
ness for “big things,” without regard to 
quality, is fostered by the stupid “com¬ 
mittees ” at our fairs, local and State, which 
almost invariably accord more “points” to 
size than to quality in all exhibits, from 
bullocks to mushrooms. 
We Want Judges. —Men who know good 
products from poor ones, men who take pride 
in the quality of what they produce, giving 
only a just and practical value to size, are 
driven away from the fairs and expositions ot 
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