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NEW-YORKER. 
OCT.48 
THE RURAL. 
Auger Tile Machine which he has been perfecting 
for the past six months. Mr. Pen field has long 
been known as a reliable manufacturer of brick 
and tile machinery, and In his new machine he In¬ 
tends to combine both the advantages of the per¬ 
pendicular and horizontal machines. It makes 
tile from two to twelve inches In size. He has not 
been able to fill ordersfor this machine this season; 
but by enlarging his works he expects another 
year to be able to supply the rapidly Increasing 
demand for the Penfleld machines. 
Cooley's Patent Creamer manufactured by John 
Boyd, Chicago, 111., was shown In operation by J. 
J. Lockwood, we have often spoken highly of 
this system, and many of our readers are familiar 
with it. By It farmers and dairymen got all the 
cream there is tn the milk. It makes the best 
quality butter, Is cheap and durable, and It pays 
for itself by the saving of labor in handling the 
milk. It works equally well In all seasons of the 
year. Mr. Boyd has put out nearly 3,w)o creamers 
this year, and has yet to hear of the first one that 
does not give satisfaction. 
Messrs. C. Aultman & Co., of Canton, Ohio, made 
a large and handsome display of their celebrated 
Buckeye, self-binders, mowers, reapers, Canton 
Monitor engines, [Sweepstakes thrashers, etc. 
Their exhibit attracted a large crowd and showed 
that the “ Buckeyes” are very popular machines 
In this State. Their engines and thrashers wore in 
full operation working to perfection. The " Mon¬ 
itor ” Is now made with a traction and sell-propell¬ 
ing steering attachment which has proven a suc¬ 
cess. Messrs. AulUnan & Co., have had a very 
successful season, finding It hard work to till their 
constantly-increasing orders. 
A fine exhibit of Porter’s patent wire cable der¬ 
rick and Porter’s wood track hay-carrier for barns 
was made by J. K. Porter, of Ottawa, Ill., and was 
awarded two first premiums. It attracted a great 
deal of attention. Mr, Porter showed his machines 
In operation, practically illustrating to visitors 
their simplicity and the ease with which hay, 
straw, etc., can be handled both In slacking in the 
field and In movlDg them away In the barn. 
An ingenious arrangement. In the shape of an 
automatic check rower, was exhibited by Mr. Jas. 
Roth30lilld3. This Implement Is manufactured by 
the sucker Check Rower Co., of Millwood, 111. It 
will meet a want long known to Hie farming com¬ 
munity. Jt Is cheap, simple and durable, and we 
are assured by the patentee that it will do and has 
done all the work that is claimed for It. onr read¬ 
ers can obtain full Information of this new Inven¬ 
tion by addressing as above. 
The Racine farm fan, warehouse and elevator 
mills were exhibited by the manufacturers, -John¬ 
son &, Field, Racine, Wls. These Improved fan 
mills combine all the advantages of the various 
kinds now in use, and also many Important and 
greatly needed Improvements introduced by these 
manufacturers. Although this is comparatively a 
new firm, still their mills are already sold all over 
the country and have obtained an enviable reputa¬ 
tion. Their warehouse mill gives the best of satis¬ 
faction and attracted a great deal of attention on 
the grounds, it was shown In rull operation, 
cleaning all kinds of grain and seeds. It Is par¬ 
ticularly adapted for separating oats from barley. 
This Is a point that warehousemen should take 
Into consideration, as this mill Is acknowledged by 
leading barley men to have, no superior In this re¬ 
spect. The manufacturers are always glad to fur¬ 
nish Information. 
The “ Boss’’ churn carried off the blue ribbon. 
Messrs. Rhoades & Palmer, of Rockford, Ill., have 
built up a very large trade In these churns. They 
are manufacturing them by the thousand and are 
sending them by the car-load to Vermont on orders 
from dairymen who are qualified to judge of their 
merits. They have also received nn order from a 
London, England, firm for churns to be used In 
making butter for the great London Exposition. 
BRIEF SUMMARY OF POTATO REPORTS 
TO THE AGRICULTURAL DEPARTMENT. 
We thank Mr. A. E. Carman, Acting Commis¬ 
sioner of Agriculture, Washington, D. c., for a 
large manuscript summary, in advance of publica¬ 
tion, of the reports made to the Department from 
various parts of the country with regard to the 
results obtained from specimens or the Beauty of 
Hebron and a tew other promising new varieties 
of potatoes sent out by Commissioner Le Due to be 
tested. 01 these reports we have qpndensed a iew 
selections from those States about which our 
“ Everywhere” has given rather meagre Informa¬ 
tion : 
Alabama. 
Beauty or Hebron.— Lowndes Co. “ Planted 
Marchs; ripe in »o days; yield sit bushels per 
acre.” 
Shelby Co. “ second crop planted August 12 ; 
grew well until frost cut them In October; a few 
nice tubers were made. Two crops can be grown." 
Autauga Co. "Foliage luxurious; blossomed 
April 30; decayed in 150 days; solid; delicious.” 
Victor.— Lowndes Co. “ Planted February 1 ; de¬ 
cayed July 1 ; yield light; flavor excellent.” 
Monroe Co. “Growth vigorous and fine, no 
blossoms ; yield 400 pounds to peck ; superior In 
every respect; early as E. Rose; best ever planted.” 
Alpha.— Autauga Co. “Foliage slender; pale; 
blossomed Apnl 25, decayed In 95 days; not large 
or many In a hill; very Inferior.” 
Ruby.—A utauga Co. “Foliage largo; luxuri¬ 
ous ; blossomed April 20 ; decayod In 95 days; very 
prolific; good; as fine as E. Rose.” 
Arkansas. 
Beauty or Hebron.— Franklin Co. “ Foliage 
strong and copious, decayed In 130 days; yield, 
6,000 pounds per acre, uniform size and shape, 
mealy and superior flavor.” 
Lonohe co. “ Foliage rank and beautiful; yield 
large; a splendid table potato.” 
Garland Co. “ March 21 , planted eight quarts; 
matured June 1; yield, 450 pounds; quality very 
good; handsome shape and size.” 
Saline Co. “Planted March 18; dug July 8; 
earlier than Victor; yield. 44 pounds for one; fair 
size; flavor good; adapted to this climate.” 
Johnson Co. “ Planted two quarts March 20; 
foliage large, thrifty, decayed In 55 days; dug June 
24; yield, 79 pounds from two quarts; fine, thin 
skin; mealy.” 
Independence Co. “ Planted March 19 ; foliage 
healthy; blossomed May 15, decayed In 78 days ; 
yield, 210 pounds; medium size; most excellent, 
mealy and delicate.” 
Crawford C'o. " Better than Early Rose In all 
respects; it grows‘twostories,'one pushing the 
other out. to get room In the soli; It is the potato 
beyond all others; I get two crops a year.” 
Victor.— Saline Co. "Planted Feb. 14th; dug July 
8th; yield 24 pounds for pound—very large- 
mealy and delicious when boiled.” 
Johnson Co. " Planted one quart, March 20th ; 
foliage large, decayed in 11 5 days; dug August noth; 
yield 66 pounds; large, mealy, fine-flavored." 
Alpha.— Franklin Co. "Foliage delicate; de¬ 
cayed In 120 days from planting; yield at. rate of 
4,200 pounds per acre, irregular in form, smooth 
and tender when cooked.” 
Johnson Co. " Planted two quarts, February 2nd; 
foliage thrifty, decayed in 115 days; dug August 
20 th, yield f>6 pounds, large, mealy, fine-flavored.” 
Washington Co. "Planted March 23d; bloomed 
May 25th, ripe July 10th, yield moderate, size me¬ 
dium, white, mealy and smooth.” 
liCBY.—Franklin Co. " Foliage vigorous, decayed 
In 145 days from planting; yield 6,600 pounds per 
acre; irregular In.shape, clammy when cooked— 
not good." 
Johnson Co. “ Planted one quart, March 20th; 
foliage thrifty; decayed in 91 days; dug July 25th; 
yield 3,600; rather small, cook well: extra flavor. ” 
Florida. 
Beauty of Hebron.— Wlllsboro’ Co. “ Reported 
to grow' thriftily and to he of good quality. No¬ 
vember Is tbe best month to plant.” 
Columbia Co. "Planted 1 quart August 15 ; 
bloomed In 63 days; vines vigorous, decayed In 70 
days; yield over 80 pounds: as good as Early 
Rose.” 
Taylor Co. " Planted i quart September 28 ; 
foliage healthy; decayed in 74 days; yield 10 
pounds to a quart, good quality." 
IIlLlsboro Co. •• Fine for table 
Taylor Co. “ Not successful.” 
Georgia. 
Beauty ok Hebron.— Forsyth Co. “ Grew well • 
ripened quickly; fair yield; mealy and good qual¬ 
ity.” 
Johnson co. “ Planted five potatoes August 12 ; 
bloomed September 18 ; gathered 360 potatoes; 
very good.” 
Coffee Co. “Yield small, but fine, smooth 
tubers.” 
Early Co. “Good yield.” 
Bullock Co. “ Ready for use In 50 days; supe¬ 
rior.” 
Charlton Co. “ Dry and mealy.” 
Sumter Co. “ Fine yield and quality.” 
Kentucky. 
Beauty of Hebron. — Owsley Co. “ Planted 
August 15; matured In 120 days; yield 280 pounds 
for eight, pounds; mealy, delicious for table.” 
Warren Co. “ Beautiful potato; 50 from four 
potatoes; better and earlier than E. Rose. Supe¬ 
rior to any other. ’ 
Shelby co. " Planted April 1 on sod land; foli¬ 
age luxuriant, dacayed In 100 days; yield 190 
pounds tor 12 planted; quality equal to E. Rose.” 
Bath Co, “ strong foliage and bloom; yield goo 
pounds for 16 plautod; large tubers; excellent.” 
Victor.— Bath Co. "Strong foliage; ripe In 115 
days; 252 pounds for four quarts planted.” 
Scott Co. "Foliage healthy ; yield heavy; ex¬ 
cellent quality.” 
Alpha.— Owsley Co. •• Planted August 15 ; ripe 
In 120 days; yield 210 pounds for eight; mealy and 
of flue flavor.” 
Bath Co. “Delicate foliage; ripe in 100 days; 
yield small, but tubers good." 
Rub v.—Owsley Co. “Planted August 15 ; ma¬ 
tured In 90 days; yield 250 for eight; flavor good; 
fair and smooth, not so large as Victor.” 
Maryland. 
Beauty of IIebkon.— Cecil Co. “ Yield, 173 
pounds from two quarts; very good quality; nearly 
Identical with the Early Rose.” 
Montgomery Co. “One quart yielded 27# pounds, 
each potato weighed 11 or is ounces, and some one 
pound.” 
Anne Arundel co. “ Yield, 27 # pounds from one 
quart; very fine, rich potatoes.” 
Victor.— Cecil Co. “ Very productive, but not, 
so good as Beauty 01 Hebron.” 
Howard Co. “As good as Early Rose and bettor 
than Alpha." 
Carroll Co. “ Planted 10 pounds, and In 90 dayB 
dug 184 pounds; not so good as Early Rose,” 
Mississippi. 
Beauty of Hebron, —Clark Co. “Yield, 54 
pounds for one planted; excels all other potatoes.” 
Noxubee Co. “ Fine yield and quality.” 
Alpha.— Fayette Co. “ Yield good; tubers size 
of turkey eggs; fine flavor and quality.” 
Jefferson Co. “Excellent yield.” 
Ruby.— Grenada Co. “ Superior yield and qual¬ 
ity.” 
i\'orih Carolina. 
Beauty of Hebron.— Yancey Co. “ Yielded 72 
pounds for eight planted.” 
Richmond Co. “ Yield, 9,872 pounds per acre.” 
Nash Co. " Nine potatoes produced 3M bushels.” 
Alexander Co. “Yield, 300 pounds from eight 
quarts; large.” 
Alpha— Henderson co. “The earnest potato 
grown.” 
Orange Co. “ Yield, 17 pounds from one quart.” 
Ruby.— Henderson Co. “Yield. 40 pounds for 
one quart.” 
Oregon. 
Beauty of Hebron.— Grant Co. “ Great, ac¬ 
quisition; we’d like to have them throughout the 
county.” 
Curry Co. “Foliage blighted; no bloom, de¬ 
cayed In 125 days; yield 133 bushels per acre; 
sound and very good. 
Clackamas Co. " Planted March 15; vines 
strong and green ; no bloom: ripe July 20; yield at 
the rate of 200 bushels per aero; mealy and very' 
good for the table; good and solid.” 
Multnomah Co. "Foliage thrifty; bloomed 
June 20, decayed In 85 days; yield 120 pounds from 
36 hills; very fine for the table. 
Tillamook Co. “Planted April 13; prolific; 
blossoms decayed July 18; dug July 29; planted 
four quarts, dug 252 pounds; cook very readily; 
the finest I ever used. 
Lane Co. " Foliage healthy; decayed In 95 days; 
yield fair; size large; of excellent quality. 
Victor.— Josephine co. “ Foliage healthy; did 
not bloom; decayed in 75 day's; yield moderate; 
quality fair—not dry enough. 
Multnomah Co. “Foliage thrifty; bloomed 
June 14; decayed In 79 days; yield ISO pounds 
from 36 hills; excellent for the table. 
Douglas Co. *• Foliage healthy; yield 100 pounds 
from two quarts; superior quality; a great acqui¬ 
sition. 
Tillamook co. •• Planted April is ; blossomed 
June 15; decayed July 25; dug August 1; planted 
two quarts, dug 194 pounds; quality good.” 
Lane Co. “Foliage healthy; decayed in 100 
days; yield 12-rold the seed planted; good quality 
and keeps wen.” 
Curry Co. “ Foliage healthy; no blossoms; de¬ 
cayed In H9 days; yield, at the rate of 200 bushels 
per acre; best quality known here.” 
Alpha.— Josephine Co. “ Foliage not large ; no 
bloom; decayed In so days and rotted badly; sound 
ones dry, mealy and of good flavor.” 
South Carolina. 
Beauty ok Hbbkon.— Newberry Co. “Good yield, 
quality and flavor.” 
Abbeville Co. “ Yield, 50 pounds to two quarts, 
Inferior.” 
Victor.— Abbeville Co. “ Yield, i>; bushel rrom 
one quart; good.” 
Hershaw Co. “Good as Early Rose; more pro¬ 
lific.” 
Ruby.— Newberry Co. “ Superior quality.” 
Tennessee. 
Beauty ok Hebron.— Greene Co. “Yield 40 
pounds to two quarts; excellent.” 
Unicoi Co. “Twenty-four potatoes yielded 274 
pounds.” 
Sevier Co. " Healthy, yield 28 pounds to one 
quart seed.” 
Victor.— Sumner Co. “Yield 70 pounds per 
quart; fine, large, mealy.” 
Jackson Co. Tubers equal to E. Rose.” 
Sevier Co. “ Yield 53 pounds from one quart." 
Alpha.—O verton Co. “Yield fair, tubers line." 
Ruby.— Overton Co. “ Good yield; superior to 
Alpha.” 
Sevier Co. “Yield from one quart66pounds, 
extra.” 
Texas. 
Beauty of Hebron.— Burleson Co. “ Yield six 
bushels from eight quarts.” 
Bee Co. “Largest potato ever raised here; 
smooth, sweet and mealy.” 
Washington Co. “ Is agreat. acquisition; would 
not take $1 a pound for the seed If I could not, get 
more.” 
Angelina Co. “Splendid yield, not to be ex¬ 
celled ; very early ” 
victor.— Isleta Co. “ Yield 154 pounds for five 
pounds planted.” 
Burleson Co. “ very good yield." 
Brown Co. “ Yield 170 pounds from two quarts.” 
Virginia. 
Beauty of Hebron.— Prince William Co. “One 
quart yielded 85 pounds, and I also got 91 pounds 
from one quart planted late.” 
Highland Co. “ Very fine and the earliest potato 
raised here,” 
Dinwiddle co. “Yield six pounds from two 
potatoes. 
Stafford Co. “ Yield 180 pounds from two 
quarts.” 
Mechlenburgh Co. “ Planted March 15; bloomed 
In May; ripe July 1; large, smooth, medium-sized; 
yield 67 for 1 .” 
Lee Co. “ Excellent; yield 160 pounds from four 
quarts.” 
Caroline Co. “ Well a daptod to this climate, fine." 
Amelia Co. “Yield 104 pounds to one quart. 
Superior.” 
Westmoreland Co. “ Yield rrom 15 potatoes one 
bushel of extra-flhe tubers In flavor and quality.” 
Victor.— Wise Co. “ Large yield, flno quality.” 
Mechlenburgh Co. “ Yield 48 potatoes for one.” 
Ruby.—F airfax Co. “ Y'leld light but fine.” 
Wise Co. “ Excellent quality.” 
Alpha No. 2 .—Stafford Co. “ Planted April 1 ; 
bloomed In 40 days; ripe June 20; yield 100 pounds 
from two quarts; white and mealy.” 
Mechlenburgh Co. “ Yield 180 pounds from four 
quarts, white, mealy, good flavor.” 
West Virginia. 
Beauty of Hebron.— Mason Co. Strong growth. 
yields well; early; handsome; we prize It highly! 
Morgan Co. Good yield —10 pounds from one 
quart. 
Roane Co. Much larger than Early Rose. Supe¬ 
rior quality and yield. 
Jefferson Co. " Mag nlflcent yield. Superior.” 
Alpha.— Mason Co. Yield 45 pounds, good qual¬ 
ity, from one quart. 
Ruby.— Mason Co. Foliage healthy. Yield oo 
pounds from one quart; color pink; good grow'th; 
excellent. 
litftaqj lltisttllanjr. 
IN FOLLY’S NET 
CHAPTER XT 
MAKING DOUBLY SURE. 
Mr. Blair entered the room with his usual easy 
grace of manner and self-possession, and Jean, 
rising from the sofa, stood berore him, a quaint, 
odd figure, In her trailing crimson draperies, with 
the white kerchief crossed over her breast, and her 
pretty hatr fastened up high on her graceful head. 
“ How do you like me?” she said, sweeping him 
a saucy courtesy. 
“ How do I like you?” he repeated, looking down 
at, her with smiling, tender, dark eyes. “I like 
you always far too well for my peace of mind, 
Jean.” 
Jean's fair face, flushed, and she repented her 
little coquettish movement. 
“May I give you some tea?” she said, with a 
pretty assumption of hauteur, which Mr. Blair 
thoroughly admired. “ I hope you have had some¬ 
thing substantial.” 
“Yes,” he said, absently. “But I shall like 
some tea, if you will be good enough to give me 
somo.” 
Jean poured out some tea, coloring a little as 
she gave It to him, at the thought that they were 
here together, domesticated “ as man and wife,” 
and there was something significant in Mr. Blair’s 
glance, as he lifted his eyes and met hers. 
“ I have just despatched a messenger to Sholto, 1 
he said. “ It was impossible to do so before, In the 
storm. As It Is, I think we must reconcile our¬ 
selves to passing the nlghthere. it Is getting late, 
and the night Is dark. ” 
“ Oh! 1 hope not,” said Jean — most sincerely. 
“ They would be so anxious.” 
“ ’Fhelr anxiety will be relieved by the arrival 
of my messenger,” said Mr. Blair. 
•• True,” assented Miss McLeod, looking into the 
fire. “ It Is a most, dreadful contretemps alto¬ 
gether.” 
"Icannot but-” he stopped abruptly, then 
went on—“I cannot regret what gave me tbe In¬ 
tense pleasure of your society for so many hours,” 
l?.e said. •• 1 can never regret our adventure, Jean, 
and It will be the object of my life to prevent you 
from regretting it also. Ah! think,” he went on 
“ what happiness It must have been to feel that 
you were with me, dependent on me for help and 
protection; to have held your little hands In mine 
—to have felt you cling to me in your terror, to 
have held your dear head against my breast—to 
have carried you In these arras—these arms that 
have yearned to hold you ever since my eyes first 
fell upon your face. All! Jean, those hours of terror 
and distress to you were hours of unutterable Joy 
and delight to me; to the man who lovo 3 you—who 
loves yon dearer than his life—dearer than his 
honor.” lie had caught her hands in his, and was 
holding them tightly, pressing them passionately 
to his Ups and to his heart, while Jean, faint and 
trembling, shrank from the burning passion In his 
eyes, 
“Does my love frighten you, little bird?”he 
said, In a moment, tn a voice or the softest tender¬ 
ness. “You must not let it, my pretty, timid 
child, for It is yours ,to order, mine to obey. I 
shafl be wax In your hands. Jean. You shall never 
repent your trust tn me. You shall be very happy, 
my darling.” 
“ 1 do not, understand you," she said, with a 
little faint shudder—“,i do not understand you. 
You are terrifying me, Mr. Blair ; It, is not gener¬ 
ous, when I am so completely tn your power.” 
“Ah! forgive me, my darling; 1 will be patient. 
Do not, fear, Jean, in time, when you shall be 
my wife, not In name only, but In heart and 
mind, then my love shall not terrify you as It 
does now.” 
His words, which she did not understand, but 
which startled her with a sudden, vague dread, 
were hardly uttered, when the door of the little 
sitting-room was thrown hastily open and before 
Jean’s hands were free from Mr. Blair’s eager 
clasp, Lord Sholto, followed by Capiam Murray, 
appeared on the threshold. Jean sprang forward 
with a little cry of surprise and joy; hut before 
Andrew Blair turned to greet, his mends, he pushed 
Into the breast pocket of Ids coat, a crumpled paper 
which lie had picked up from the floor by Jean’s 
sofa. 
It was the note he himself had written to her. 
“We met your messenger. Blair,” exclaimed 
Lord Sholto. “Well, Jean, how are you? half 
drowned, and terrified out of your life at the 
thunder? Whose garments are those you are 
wearing ?” 
“The landlady’s,” said Jean, laughing, recov¬ 
ering her usual good spirits at the prospect of 
deliverance. “Don’t I look bewitching? would 
you like a trots temps with me ?” 
“ Immensely," laughed his lordship. “ Are you 
coming with us ? or do you prefer spending the 
night here; you look very cosy, I must say.” 
Jean flushed a little. 
“ Was Florence very anxious ?” she said. 
“ A little at first; but when 1 told her Blair had 
left us to go and meet you she knew. I suppose, 
that you were In good hands, and set, her anxiety 
at rest. Collins put in some dry clothes for you, 
Jeanle.” 
"Did she? That was thoughtful,” said Miss 
McLeod, “is that my bundle, Captain Murray? 
So many' thanks. Now I shall get rid of my' pic¬ 
turesque garments; 1 will not bo many minutes." 
Bo saying, she disappeared Into an inner room 
and divested herself of Mrs. Martin's flowing gar- 
menls; dressing tor about tho first time In her 
life without the assistance of a maid, and In a few 
minutes she was equipped and ready to start. She 
found Lord Sholto and Captain Murray alone In 
the sitting-room; and the former volunteered the 
explanation that Blair had gone to settle with 
the landlady. 
“Ify'ou are ready, Jeanle, we can go down to 
