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THE RURAL NEW-YORKER 
very important to give flavor and texture 
to butter. To have dairy cows in good con¬ 
dition, and to give rich, pure cream they 
must have change of feed, and not feed 
alone, but must be kept clean. The stables 
are cleaned every day, and the cows are 
curried and brushed once each day. This 
gives contentment and comfort to them, 
and if he finds a cow that does not give 
him an equal return, she goes to the 
butcher. 
FULL AS A TICK. 
While still the ground is open, those 
who have trees of any kind to set may pre¬ 
pare the places which are to receive them 
in the early spring. Dig ample holes at 
least two feet deep and the wider the bet¬ 
ter. Remove the worthless soil and fill in 
with the best that can be procured. Mark 
the center so that in April or earlier a few 
spadefuls taken out will give in this mel¬ 
low, rich soil a home for the roots that will 
insure vigor and long life. 
Now, too, is the best time for thinning 
out. Cut away unsparingly the poorest of 
those trees that are trespassing upon each 
other. This means death or deformity to 
one or the other or both. Better save one 
good specimen than retain two or more 
that are deformed. Cut ofE the branches 
close to the main branch and cover the 
wound with some material that will pro¬ 
tect it from the elements—thick paint, tar 
or anything that will stay put. 
Mr. Rankin' is doubtless right, as he is 
reported to have said in the Massachusetts 
Ploughman. A certain amount of glass in 
poultry houses isall that is necessary, and a 
small amount too. When the sun shines 
it will be warm enough. When it does not 
shine the glass radiates the heat rapidly 
and leaves the house very cold. There is 
too much change in the temperature unless 
it is well ventilated every day, and this de¬ 
mands care. 
The R. N.-Y. believes in having the win¬ 
dows in the east and west sides rather than 
in the south side. 
N. Hallocic of Queens County, Long 
Island, N. Y., has this to say of the Igno- 
tum Tomato which originated with Prof. 
Bailey now of Cornell University : 
“ I am greatly pleased with the Ignotum 
and the more I see of it the better I like it. 
I have 23 plants, and have picked 10 crates 
and have more to come. It was the second 
to have ripe fruits (Station first), but at the 
end of 10 days the quantity was greatly 
ahead of the Station. The quality is A 1; 
solidity, ditto. It has been picked longer 
than almost any other variety. I have no 
wrinkled ones..”. 
Prof. Budd, of the Iowa Agricultural 
College, writes that the Idaho Pear kept 
perfect foliage during the past season 
which was the worst for leaf fungi “in our 
prairie history.”. 
One of the merits of the new white grape 
Green Mountain is it earliness. Another 
is its pure quality. It has not a trace of 
foxiness. Ripe grapes of this variety were 
sent to us last season from New Canaan, 
Conn., when Moore’s Early were ripening 
at the Rural Grounds. 
ONCE create a market for Angora fleece, 
and the hardy little breed will carry civili¬ 
zation nearer to the tops of the mountains 
than California gold ever did is the opinion 
of the American Sheep-Breeder. The writ¬ 
er says he once owned a flock of grades in 
the Sierra foothills. As soon as a perma¬ 
nent demand has been created for their 
fiber they will be better property for the 
mountaineer than sheep. They require 
neither fence nor herder ; t hey always come 
home at night, and when dogs or coyotes 
assail them they make a bee-line for the 
corral, the buck covering t he rear and 
turning often to beat back the enemy. 
Their flesh is good mutton and their milk 
is free from offensive taste. 
A writer in Farm and Fireside proposes 
to put a one-foot layer of potatoes for seed 
into a pit dug three feet deep, cover with a 
foot of chaff, with a board cover on top and 
upon this place soil to the depth of two 
feet. This will be left until June, and the 
tubers, if all right, will be taken out and 
used for planting. The plan seems worthy 
of a trial.. 
The Rolfk Apple.—I f any one is finding 
a profit in growing the Graveustein—and 
it is a very profitable apple when well 
grown—we advise him to try the Rolfe, a 
Maine apple, highly recommended by the 
Pomological Society of that State as being 
much like the Graveustein, but a month 
later. It is a seedling of the Blue Pear- 
main, and keeps.up to and beyond.the holi¬ 
days So says Dr. Hoskins in the Vermont 
Watchman. 
We are pleased to learn that Mr. Wilmer 
Atkinson has withdrawn from the Chi- 
nook-Montana-Boom Enterprise. Such en¬ 
terprises are for editors without con¬ 
sciences and who do not care a whiff for 
the welfare of the public they profess to 
serve. 
ABSTRACTS. 
- Sunday School Times : “ Man’s ‘prop¬ 
er study ’—rightly conducted—is himself, 
the only personality that he has always at 
hand, and into whose inner life he can look. 
It may be thought to be part of conceit 
to be continually studying oneself. More 
commonly, however, self-discovery is a very 
humbling, as it is always a sobering pro¬ 
cess. The conceited man. is always the 
man of little real self -knowledge. However 
much we may find to commend in ourselves 
by the process of self-discovery, there will 
always be enough that ought to be regret¬ 
ted, changed, and forsaken, to effectually 
check any excessive self-estimation to which 
we may be inclined.”. 
- Farm, Stock & Home : “ Cattle are 
low in price—very low—and many of my 
neighbors are reducing stock as rapidly as 
possible; in fact, I learn that there is a 
general reduction going on all over the 
country, but I am doing the exact contrary. 
‘ When everybody goes out I always go in ’ 
Las been my lifelong motto, and I am able 
to pay my debts too.” 
- Western Rural : “ How much sooner 
it gets too dark to saw wood than it does to 
play lawn tennis.” 
The Mirror via Tribune : “ One of the 
strongest copartnerships on the farm is 
Breed & Feed.” 
- Philadelphia Inquirer : “ How in¬ 
consistent men are. When a couple of them 
are poisoniug themselves with whisky they 
are sure to preface the dose with well 
wishes for each other’s health.” 
“The man who Is content to Idly stand, 
Nor strives his hopes to gain. 
Will get a 'leket to the promised land 
And then will miss the train.” 
— Traveler. 
- Binghamton Herald: “Yes, there 
is plenty of room at the top, and there al¬ 
ways will be unless facilities for getting 
there are improved.” 
-Farm and Fireside : “ It will not pay 
you to make a banker of yotir merchant. 
Pay him cash, even if you have to borrow 
the money with which to do it.” 
-PUCK : “A Cereal Story—Acknowledg¬ 
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less than one-tenth cent a day per hen. Prevents and 
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