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THE BUBAL 
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CATALOGUES, ETC., RECEIVED. 
C ORNISH ORGANS AND PIANOS.— 
Circulars of the celebrated Cornish 
organs and pianos from Cornish & Co., Wash¬ 
ington, N. J. The fact that this firm has nu¬ 
merous imitators both in Washington and 
elsewhere, is evidence of the excellent reputa¬ 
tion and the superior quality of their instru¬ 
ments. Notwithstanding the increased ca¬ 
pacity of their factory, they are kept busy 
night and day filling orders. Some of their 
offers are wonderfully liberal and we hope 
that every one of our readers will get their 
catalogue. 
Hartford Compressed Air Pump Co., 
Bound Brook, N. J.—This company makes a 
machine for utilizing compressed air to raise 
water. It is used in connection with a wind¬ 
mill. Its advantages are economy of power; 
several different pumps may be operated by 
the same wind-mill; it has no parts exposed 
to the weather to be clogged by sleet or snow; 
it requires no attention; it can be set at any 
distance from the source of water supply. 
Send for this circular. 
Champion Evaporator, G. H. Grimm 
Manufacturing Co., Hudson, O.— This 
large and finely illustrated catalogue shows 
the various parts of the Champion Evapora¬ 
tor; the construction of the corrugations, the 
regulator, the portable siphon, etc., etc. It 
also contains much valuable information con¬ 
cerning the business of evaporating maple 
sap, sorghum, cider and fruit. In many 
localities this business might be conducted 
with profit. It is a matter worth looking in¬ 
to. An evaporator is often the means of sav¬ 
ing a crop which would otherwise be lost. 
Bryant & Strattons Correspondence 
College, Buffalo, N. Y.—Every farmer’s 
son should know more of book-keeping ana 
business correspondence than he can learn in 
the ordinary district school. It is possible to 
go through a course of study at home, which 
will be of very great value, and we would ad¬ 
vise our young readers to send to the above 
address for circulars telling how it may be 
done. 
The Perkins Wind-mill and Axe Co., 
Mishawaka, Ind.— This is a beautifully col¬ 
ored village scene, showing the Perkins Wind¬ 
mill in operation. One can see at a glance 
the simplicity and mechanical perfection of 
these mills. Tho cut shows the three princi¬ 
pal parts: the main casting, the wheel and the 
rudder. There are no iron weights, side vanes, 
governing balls or hooks or levers to mar the 
appearance of the mill and get out of order, 
and cause stoppage and inconvenience. Send 
for this circular. 
Dairy Questions.— Director Peter Collier, 
of the Geneva, N. Y. Experiment Station, is 
collecting some very valuable statistics re¬ 
garding the dairy interests of New York State. 
He has sent out many copies of the following 
list of questions. We hope our New York 
readers will help the work along by answer¬ 
ing them fully. Are there any who cannot 
answer them satisfactorily ? Perhaps it would 
be fairer to ask if there are any who can ans¬ 
wer them ? 
SUMMER EXPENSE FOR COWS. 
Number of cows during summer. 
Pasture, grazed by cows.Acres. 
Green forage fed cows at pasture....Acres 
Hay fed cows at pasture.Tons 
Grain fed cows at pasture.Tons 
Average daily milk yield in summer lbs. or quarts. 
WINTER EXPENSE OF COWS FOR 18SS-S9. 
Number of cows wintered. 
Fed cows during winter:. 
Hay Tons 
Silage Tons 
Fodder corn Tons 
Corn Stover Tons 
Straw Tons 
Other rough fodder Tons 
Corn-meal Tons 
Wheat bran Tons 
Cotton seed meal Tons 
LinBeed meal Tons 
Other grain Tons 
Potatoes or roots Tons 
Average daily milk yield In winter 
Value 
<« 
lbs. or quarts. 
INCOME FROM COWS FOB ONE YEAR. 
Calves.No.Value.... 
Deacons.. “ .... 
Milk produced.pounds..or quarts.. ** .... 
Milk sold. “ .. '* .. “ .... 
Butter produced. “ .. “ .. ** .... 
Cheese produced. .. “ .. “ .... 
Skim milk. " .. “ .. *• .... 
Value farm per acre. 
Taxes. 
Please iudicate in the list enumerated be¬ 
low about the amouut you are in the habit of 
feeding each cow per day during the winter: 
Hay 'clover or mixed grasses). 
Silage. 
Roots... 
Straw. 
Corn stover or fodder... 
Corn-meal. 
Wheat-bran. 
Wheat middlings. 
Oats. 
Cotton-seed meal.. 
Linseed meal. 
Other grains. 
Analyses and Valuation of Complete 
Fertilizers. —Bulletin 56 from the New 
Jersey Experiment Station. This pamphlet 
contains analyses of 73 different brands of 
complete fertilizers that are offered to New 
Jersey farmers. Of these 40 contain more of 
each of the plant food elements than the man¬ 
ufacturers claim. “ Cary’s Pure Dissolved 
Bone,” selling price $45 per ton, was found to 
be worth $2.89 per ton, while “ Excelsior No. 
1,” from the same party, sellipg at $40, was 
worth $2.42. Yet considerable quantities of 
these fertilizers are still bought by New Jer¬ 
sey farmers. Prof. Cook gives the following 
general suggestions: 
“ It is admitted by most farmers that ferti¬ 
lizers pay, how to buy and how to use, are 
questions which are becoming clearer each 
year. Yet the large number of brands from 
which to select is at times confusing to those 
who are influenced by names of brands and 
prices per ton. The fact that any brand 
reaches its guarantee in contained plant-food, 
or that it corresponds closely in estimated 
value to selling price, is not evidence in itself 
that it is better than some other brands which 
do not reach their claims in this respect. In 
addition to these points, the guarantee must 
be high enough to warrant the price, and the 
contained plant-food must be the kind that is 
needed. Attention cannot be too otten called 
to the fact that nitrogen, phosphoric acid and 
potash are the elements sought for in a com¬ 
plete fertilizer; the amount, kind and quality 
of these determine its commercial, and to a 
large degree its agricultural value. As a 
rule, tho fertilizer which contains the greatest 
amounts of these elements is the cheapest; for 
the cost of manufacture, freightage and rate 
of commission are the same tor high-grade as 
for low-grade fertilizers, and the labor on the 
national Exposition is an illustration of the 
modern idea. Last year, its first season, there 
was an attendance of 400,000 people, and this 
year’s attendance promises to be even larger. 
At Fig. 216 we give a view of the grounds 
used by the Buffalo Exposition. The build¬ 
ings are all elegant and substantial, and the 
grounds are excellently arranged for exhibi¬ 
tion purposes. The fair will be held this year 
September 3—10. 
A JERSEYMAN’S JOTTINGS. 
T HE POTATO ROT.—This is still the 
main topic of Interest with our farmers. 
We are now getting hold of the matter and 
can get some idea of the damage. I expect 
to lose just about one-half of my crop, and I 
think that will be a fair statement for most 
of New Jersey. We shall lose even more than 
that if we get more of these heavy showers 
followed by hot, scalding suns. Reports from 
other parts of the country are conflicting. 
Here is a letter just received from Central 
Indiana. 
“You speak of damage to the potato crop. 
East. We have the largest crop for three 
years. We have much rain too, but potatoes 
out of sloughs are a large crop I never be¬ 
fore had 10 or 12 large potatoes in a hill in 
drill planting; generally three or four. I 
may have 1,000 bushels on five acres. We 
usually have about 100 to 135 bushels per 
acre.” 
GROUNDS OF THE BUFFALO INTERNATIONAL EXPOSITION Fig 216. 
part of the farmer is increased as the grade 
of the goods decreases.” 
Cream by Machinery. —Catalogue of the 
De Laval Separator Company, 74 Cortlandt 
Street, New York. The history of the sepa¬ 
rator is now pretty well known. It is a won¬ 
derful machine and thousands are now in use. 
This catalogue tells all about the machine and 
also gives considerable dairy information. 
Noxious Weeds of Wisconsin. —In Bul¬ 
letin No. 20, Prof. E. S. Goff writes on the 
above subject. In 1885 the legislature of 
VV isconsin declared certain weeds outlaws, 
and ordered the authorities to kill them at 
sight. Prof. Goff gives a list of these weeds, 
with illustrations, and the story of their hab¬ 
its. We shall have more to say about this 
matter later. 
The Horn Fly. —This insect is dignified 
by the publication of a bulletin devotea to his 
habits and tastes. Special bulletin F. of the 
New Jersey. Station gives the fly the best pos¬ 
sible send-off. Little seems to be known 
about him except that he likes to work at the 
base of the horns on cattle. Tobacco insecti¬ 
cides are most effective against him. 
£ or Mrs. 
THE BUFFALO INDUSTRIAL FAIR. 
ri^HIS appears to be an era for the holding 
of large fairs at permanent locations. 
It seems as though the plan of holding State 
or sectional exhibitions at a new place each 
year, so that all sections may be represented, 
has gone out of fashion. The advantages 
claimed for a permanent location are many 
and strong, and if we may judge from the 
recent actions of fair managers, the argu¬ 
ments are convincing. The Buffalo Inter- 
Other letters from Ohio and Michigan tell a 
mixed up story. I still think there will be a 
short crop, though I notice the Department of 
Agriculture still goes merrily on predicting a 
“ flue crop.” This Indiana man certainly has 
no cause to complain tbis year. I think his 
prices will be satisfactory. A great many 
Michigan potatoes come to this market. The 
chances for the Michigan crop this year seem 
to be below the average. 
A Potato Bulletin.— The New Jersey 
Experiment Station people are so alarmed 
about the rot that they have issued a special 
bulletin telling all they can about the disease. 
VV e all know pretty well how the vines and 
tubers look, and also the sort of weather most 
favorable for the spread of the rot. Mr. Hal- 
sted seems to think that coarse barnyard man¬ 
ure helps the rot along, particularly in sea¬ 
sons like the last, I think there is something 
in this. I wish other farmers would tell us what 
they think about it. This may be one reason 
why farmers always want to use fertilizers on 
the potato crop. In this bulletin we are ad¬ 
vised to dig the potatoes as soon as we can. 
This advice ought to be qualified. On dry 
ground, I think the tubers are just about as 
safe in the soil as out of it. 
I shall not dig my potatoes until about the 
usual time for digging. There are some fields 
near my place so wet that a man can hardly 
get in to dig. This shows what a very wet 
season we have had. I feel rather sorry for the 
potato-digger men this season, There could not 
be a worse time to show off the meritsof their 
machines. Quite a number of our scientific 
men are telling us to spray the potato vines 
with the Bordeaux Mixture on the first ap¬ 
pearance of the mildew that attacks the vines. 
They don’t tell us how to do it or whether we 
can put our Paris-green into the mixture and 
thus make one application for beetles and 
rot. I fear sometimes that many of these 
scientific people never saw a good-sized potato 
field, but confine their operations to one or 
two plants. 
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