VOL. XLVIII. NO. 2082. 
NEW YORK, DECEMBER 21, i 889 . 
PRICE, FIVE CENT 
$ 2.00 PER YEAR. 
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, D. C.J 
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Potato Contest. 
THE PRIZE-TAKERS. 
Wyoming, first; Illinois, second; Min¬ 
nesota, third ; Ohio, fourth; Mis- 
souri, fifth; Connecticut, 
sixth; Michigan, seventh; 
Canada, eighth; Min¬ 
nesota, ninth,etc. 
OVER 1,000 ENTRIES. 
200 Souvenirs Awarded. 
The Mapes Formula and Peru vian Gu¬ 
ano Co., New York, §100 in cash for the 
largest yield grown with the Mapes Po¬ 
tato Manure, stable manure, or both. 
Awarded to Mrs. Eliza Day, Johnson 
County, Wyoming. Y r ield at the rate of 
1,015% bushels per acre on one-twentieth of 
an acre. 
Rural New-Yorker First Prize §50 cash. 
Awarded to Mary Rusk, Madison County. 
Illinois. Yield at the rate of 970.00 bushels 
per acre on one-fortieth of an acre. 
liowker Fertilizer Co., Boston, Mass. 
One ton Stockbridge Potato Fertilizer. 
Awarded to Mrs. M. J. Covell, Erie 
County, Ohio. Yield 9120 bushels to the 
acre on one-twentieth of an acre. This 
prize was won by Emma Hissam, but on 
account of freight charges it was forwarded 
to Ohio instead of Minnesota. 
Lawson Valentine, President of the 
Christian Union Co., N. Y.—The following 
books (first prize) selected from the cata¬ 
logue of Houghton Milllin & Co.: 
Walden by Thoreau. 
Excursions In Field and Forest, by Thoreau. 
Summer, by Thoreau. 
Winter.bv Thoreau. 
Fresh Fields, by Burroughs 
Locusts and Wild Honey, by Burroughs. 
Winter Sunshine, by Burroughs. 
Wake-Robin, by Burroughs. 
Signs and Seasons, t>y Burroughs. 
A Treasury of Thought, by Maturiti M. Ballou. 
Talks AtleUl about Plants and the Science of Plants, 
by Prof. Bailey. 
The Philosophy of Eating, by Bellows. 
Pictures of Country Life, by Alice Cary, 
The Building of a Brain, by Dr. Clarke. 
Rural Hours, by Susan Fennimore Cooper. 
Hints on Household Tastes, by Perkins. 
Castilian Days, by Hay. 
The Autocrat of the Breakfast Table by Holmes. 
One Hundred Days in Europe, by Holmes. 
The Common Sense of Money, by Howe. 
Smoking and Drinking, by Parton. 
The Oates Ajar, by Elizabeth Stuart Phelps. 
Beyond the uates, by Elizabeth Stuart Phelps. 
The Oates Between, by Elizabeth Stuart Pbeips. 
Popular Flowers, by Baud. 
My Summer la a Garden, by Warner . 
Awarded to Emma Hissam, Steele 
County, Minnesota. Yield at the rate of 
925 bushels per acre on one-twentieth of an 
acre. It was a question upon which the 
judges were divided whether Miss Hissam 
is not entitled to second prize, her acreage 
being one-twentieth of an acre. 
Lawson Valentine (second prize). The 
Waverly set of Sir Walter Scott’s novels, 
comprising 25 volumes. 
Awarded to Mrs. Agnes C. Cameron, Texas 
County, Missouri. Yield 854% bushels on 
one-fortieth of an acre. Having performed 
all the work herself, she receives another 
prize as noted below. 
C. L. Ingersoll, President of the Colorado 
State Agricultural College, §25, in 10 
volumes of the works of Washington Irv¬ 
ing, neatly bound. 
Awarded to Marv E. Warren. Fairfield 
County, Connecticut. Yield 810 bushelsto 
the acre, the area being one-fortieth. 
Pro/. J. L. Rudd, Iowa State College, 
Ames, 50 trees of valuable new apples, 
pears, cherries, plums, apricots and orna¬ 
mental trees and shrubs suited to the 
climate of the prize-taker. 
First prize.—Awarded to Mrs. Mary A. 
Presly. St. Clair County, Michigan. Yield 
700 bushels per acre. 
Second prize (Prof. Budd).— Awarded to 
Mrs. Daniel Dunn, Algoma, Canada. Yield 
719% bushels per acre, the area being one- 
fortieth. 
Prof. J. L. Budd, as above; third prive. 
Awarded to Sarah A. Smith, St. Louis 
County, Minnesota. Yield 700 bushels, the 
area being one-fortieth. 
Thorburn *6 Co., (New York), §25 worth 
of seeds (flower or vegetable) from their 
catalogue for 1890. 
Awarded to Mrs. J. W. Baker, Bureau 
County, Illinois. Yield 695 2-5 bushels, the 
area being one-thirty-eighth of an acre. 
Peter Henderson <£• Co., (New York), §25 
collection of plants or a §25 collection of 
seeds, to be selected from their 1890 cata¬ 
logue. 
Awarded to Mrs. Etta M. Kline, W’hat- 
com County, Washington. Yield 694 bush¬ 
els per acre on one-thirty-eighth of an acre. 
Rural New-Yorker §30 in cash. 
Awarded to Mrs. B. F. Closson, Highland 
Creek, Ontario, Canada. Yield at the rate 
of 686 bushels per acre on one-fortieth of an 
acre. 
H. M. Engle & Son, Marietta, Pa., §20 as 
follows: five Paragon Chestnut trees, 
five “ Good ” peach trees, 50 peach trees, 
assorted leading varieties. 
Awarded to Mrs. F. A. Bly, Butler County, 
Nebraska. Yield 657 bushels per acre on 
one-fortieth of an acre. 
John A. Salzer, La Crosse, Wis., §20 in 
flower seeds, to be selected from his 
1890 catalogue. 
Awarded to Mrs. Nancy J. Neff, Belmont 
County, Ohio. Yield 663% bushels per 
acre on one-fortieth of an acre. 
Rural New-Yorker §20 in cash. 
Awarded to Mary McKenzie, Lawrence 
County, South Dakota. Yield 660 bushels 
per acre on one-thirty-third of an acre. 
j E. E. Stine, Cuyahoga Falls, O., §18 in a 
trio of pure-bred White Holland turkeys 
and (2) one barrel of choicest seed pota¬ 
toes in his collection grown the past 
season. 
Awarded to Cora E. Clark, Steele County, 
Minn. Yield 660 bushels per acre on one- 
fortieth of an acre. 
Chadborn <£ Cold well Manufacturing 
Co. (Newburgh, N. Y.), one 14-inch New 
Model Lawn Mower. 
Awarded to Mrs. R. N. Lewis, Dutchess 
County, New York. Yield 640% bushels 
per acre on one-fortieth. 
Paine, Diehl & Co. (Philadelphia, Pa.), 
one 7%-pint Self-pouring, Quadruple 
Silver-plated Tea-pot, listed at §16.50. 
Awarded to J. S. McChesney, Louisa 
County, Iowa. Yield 638% bushels per 
acre on one-fortieth. 
F. M. Hance Elyria, Ohio, §16 in one trio 
of Black Cochins and one trio of Light 
Brahmas. 
To E. Mahan, Beaver County, Pennsyl¬ 
vania. 634 bushels. 
P. J. Berckmans, President of the Amer¬ 
ican Pomological Society, §10 in cash. 
To Eda M. Haskell, Scott County, Illi¬ 
nois, 633 1-10 bushels. 
Benjamin Hammond, Fishkill, N. Y., 
§12, as follows : Two kegs of Hammond’s 
Slug Shot, 125 pounds each; two pack¬ 
ages of Grape Dust, 10 pounds each. 
To Mrs. M. A. Gager, Howard County, 
Iowa, 630% bushels. 
John Saul, Washington, D. C., §10 in 
choice plants to be selected from his cat¬ 
alogue. 
To Lizzie Abel, Belmont County, Ohio, 
626 bushels. 
D. Landreth & Sons, Philadelphia, Pa., 
§10 worth of seeds from their 1890 cata¬ 
logue. 
To Emma Wilson, Shelby County, Ill¬ 
inois, 624 bushels. 
IF. IF. Rawson & Co., Boston, Massa¬ 
chusetts, §10 worth of vegetable or flower 
seeds, to be selected from their 1S90 cata¬ 
logue. 
To Mrs. Edward Wilkinson, Muskingum 
County, Ohio, 620 bushels. 
Lteu t.-Gov. Jones, of Binghamton, N. Y., 
§10 in two platform scales. 
To Mrs. E. Mainwood, Will. County, Ill¬ 
inois, 615%. 
J. C. Vaughan, Chicago, Illinois, §10 col¬ 
lection of flowering bulbs, selected from 
his catalogue for 1890. 
To Annie Anderson, Kitsap County, 
Washington, 612% bushels. 
Northrup, Braslan Goodwin Co., 
Minneapolis, Minnesota, §10 in any kind 
of seeds from their 1S90 catalogue. 
To D. Dovers, Indiana County, Pennsyl¬ 
vania, 612%. 
IF. 8'. Waite, Haley, Tennessee, §10 in a 
pair of either of the following breeds 
cooped and delivered at express station: 
Houdans, Langshans, Silver Wyandottes, 
Leghorns, W. F. B. Spanish, P. Cochins, 
Light Brahmas. 
To Mrs. J. F. Pitt, Allamakee County, 
Iowa, 60S bushels. 
Pomeroy & Pearson, Lockport, N. Y., §9 
in one set (No. 4) Botsford Wagon Springs. 
To Mrs. L. E. Wood, Dade County, Mis¬ 
souri, 606% bushels. 
Porter Blanchard's Sons, Concord, N. 
H., §8 in a No. 5 Blanchard Family 
Churn. 
Mrs. Alice Brown, Livingston County, 
Illinois, 605% bushels. 
IF. R. Norris, Sodus, N. Y., §8 in one trio 
of thoroughbred Light Brahmas. 
M. J. Auten, Cedar County, Iowa, 603% 
bushels. 
Jatnes Pyle & Sons, New York, §7.50 in 
five boxes of Pearline, one dozen pounds 
each. 
MRS. AGNES C. CAMERON. 
Winner of Fifth Prize. Fig. 299. Page 836. 
