how good, without such regis’- 
they cannot sell it for more than its valu 6 
for beef or butter production. 
Such a course is at once unwise, arbi¬ 
trary and unjust, while it is no barrier to 
improper or dishonest registration. Let 
the fee be placed at the lowest point pay¬ 
ing expenses; watch the applicants with 
vigilance,and then make your money out 
of the excellence of the breed and the sale 
of stock! Don’t let us have an onerous 
registration monopoly, on top, of all the 
rest! 
Mr. Meech has issued a pamphlet en¬ 
titled a “Reply to an attack on the Meech'* 
Prolific Quince by the Rural Nero- Yorker 
Nov. 7, 1885.'* The attack referred to is 
the following, which appeared in the 
Rural of the above date: 
"The Judges on fruit at the Mt. Holly Fair (N. J.) af¬ 
ter a el ogp and careful comparison of the Champion, 
and the so-called Meeeb's Prolific Quince, were or the 
unanimous opinion that there was not die least dif¬ 
ference whatever between them. The putting out of 
an old variety under a new name cannot be too quick¬ 
ly censured; and it seems now to be clearly seLtlcd 
that this is an instance In point.” 
We should think that the attack was 
made by the judges of the Mt. Holly Fair 
rather than by flic R. N.-Y. Little* need 
be said in reply. The question is this: 
Is Mooch's Prolific a distinct variety? If 
so, is it a seedlingproduccd by Mr. Meech? 
We would not, knowingly, do Mr. Meech 
or anybody else any unjustice whatever. 
Did you raise this quince from seed, Mr. 
Meech? If you did not, why do you give 
it a name which implies that you did? If 
you did not, who did? Let, us settle this 
first. 
The pamphlet further on says that the 
R. N.-Y., a few year ago. decided that the 
Champion was identical with the Angers. 
This is a mistake on Mr. Meech’s part. 
We were, informed that such was a fact by 
an experienced quince grower, and when 
it was found to be otherwise, the correc¬ 
tion was promptly made in these columns. 
The only “positive” statement we have 
made in regard to the Champion is that it 
“bears early, but that it is too late for the 
Rural Ex. Grounds.” 
SHALL FRAUD RULE THE LAND? 
It seems to us that there is a broad 
ground of self-interest on which the far¬ 
mers who make, and the consumers, who 
desire to use genu me butter should stand 
together. The attitude assumed by the 
“bogus butter” makers at Chicago, shows 
clearly that they care nothing for law or 
public opinion; that they are united and 
have determined to use any amount of 
money in the courts, if necessary, in the 
defence of their unhallowed deception and 
fraud. They boldly declared that they 
made an article much better than large 
amounts of genuine butter, and that they 
were not going to he deprived of the 
privilege of selling it in any market they 
chose, and under any name they cared to 
adopt, saving, in so many words, “The 
makers of pure butter have no patent on 
the English language, and we have a right 
to brand our product as we please.” 
Now. conceding their claim that oleo¬ 
margarine, when properly made, is not 
unwholesome and that it. may be superior 
to poor butter, it is still true that nine- 
tenths of the stuff is not so “properly 
made,” and that one pound in one hund¬ 
red is never sold under its true name. The 
very act of offering and selling it as but¬ 
ter is a fraud, and robs both the farmers 
aud consumers, the former by competition 
with genuine butter, thus reducing its 
price, and by creating a distrust of all 
butter aud consequently reducing con¬ 
sumption; the latter by charging them 
two or three prices for an inferior article. 
The compelling of the manufacturers to 
put it into distinctive packages, branded 
with its true name, does not offer a cure 
to the evil, because nine-tenths of it is 
removed from the package before sale, 
and when so removed it is difficult to dis¬ 
tinguish it from genuine butter. 
We urge national legislation in this 
matter. Let us have a law appointing 
inspectors who shall have supervision of 
the manufactories, and let the makers he 
compelled to give it a uniform and dis¬ 
tinctive color, and then let the manu¬ 
facturers have the markets all to them¬ 
selves. If they really can make an 
article superior to butter, they should be 
able to create a demand for it even 
when easily known by its appear¬ 
ance, and certainly the people whom they 
teach to prefer it, should be protected 
from being imposed upon by the substitu¬ 
tion of poor butter. There is, then, no 
injustice in compelling it to be so colored 
as to be easily known, and this offers an 
easy solution of the difficulty. Let us 
theu unite, both farmers and consumers, 
in agitating the matter and demanding of 
A WORD TO STRANGER FRIENDS. 
We are now sending thousands of copies 
of the Rural New-Yorker each week to 
those who have asked to see it, that they 
may become acquainted with it. We have 
been told by our contemporaries that only 
dead beats and those who wished to get 
something for nothing w r ould apply. This 
we believe to be a slander on those who 
follow the most honest and honorable call¬ 
ing man ever pursued. Wc believe that 
all who have sent for it have done so in 
the utmost good faith, and with the in¬ 
tention, if satisfactory, of becoming sub¬ 
scribers. We find many in full sympathy 
with its honest, practical course, and wc 
believe a large proportion will at least try 
it for a year. 
"We ask all who do like it and who be¬ 
come subscribers, to mention the fact 
when sending their subscriptions, as we 
wish to preserve such a list to be able to 
refute, by positive proof, the slanderous 
imputation upon those who sustain and 
feed the nation. We also ask all those who 
are pleased with it and think it worthy of 
the patronage of progressive farmers, to 
assist in extending its circulation by or¬ 
ganizing clubs iu their neighborhoods. 
Please send to ns for posters and premium 
lists, and as many specimen copies as you 
think you cau profitably use. We know' 
that the longer you read the Rural the 
better it will please you. 
Dear stranger friends, we cordially in¬ 
vite you to join our ranks and help the 
Rural New-Yorker on to a success 
worthy of its ability and honest purposes. 
istration us it seems to us. is to provide 
some means whereby a purchaser may be 
able to trace an animal back to its ancestry 
and be reasonably sure of its purity. It is 
w T cil known that no thoroughbred animal 
is worth its hundreds or thousands of dol¬ 
lars as a mere meat, milk or butter pro¬ 
ducer. Its chief value comes from the 
power of imparting one or more of those 
qualities to its offspring, and to do this 
it must be pure-bred, and the registry is 
for the purpose of showing this purity. 
The members of these associations large¬ 
ly breed such animals for sale, and if such 
sales are to be made only to the members, 
they will be very limited indeed, and the 
business would soon he overdone and un¬ 
profitable. The more such stock can be 
scattered among cattle men for crossing 
purposes, the more money there will be in 
it. Few farmers and men of ordinary 
means will buy thoroughbred stock and 
breed it in a small way, when they are 
compelled to pay from $25 to $100 for the 
registry of its progency and no matter 
THE 
RURAL NEW-YORKER, 
ANational Journal for Country and Suburban Homes 
Conducted by 
C. S. WOODWARD, 
Associate. 
Address 
THE RURAL NEW-YORKER, 
No. SI Park Row, New Y jrk. 
SATURDAY. JANUARY 2, 1SSG. 
We beg so say. with many thanks to 
the friends who have aided the work, that 
we have now' all the copy needed for our 
Potato Special, to be dated January 10. 
At this date, the Golden Pinus Mas- 
soniana is the showiest plant at the Rural 
Grounds. It is as golden as a sun ray. 
This charming pine has, we dare say, a 
golden future. 
Prof. W. W. Tracy, the superintend¬ 
ent of D. M. Ferry & Co.’s experiment 
grounds (Detroit Mich.), writes, under 
date of December 17. “The 60 samples 
of potatoes planted on our trial grounds, 
essentially by the Rural’s trench-mulch 
system, yielded at the rate of from 200 to 
800 bushels per acre.” 
As a matter of pleasure rather than 
profit we recommend our friends next 
season to try raising tomatoes trained to 
poles. Let the poles, 12 feet high, be set 
securely in the soil. As the tomato plaut 
grows, pinch out all lateral shoots,confining 
it to a single stem and securing it loosely 
by loops to the poles as needed. By Au¬ 
tumn the plant will have reached the top 
of the pole, bearing an amount of tine 
fruit, which w'ill surprise those who have 
not tried this simple way of raising the 
tomato. 
Under date of December 2, Sir J. B. 
Lawcs writes us: “When I saw the an¬ 
swers to your various questions” (refer¬ 
ence is made to the Rural’s Fertilizer 
Special.—Eds. R. N.-Y.), “I was very 
glad that I did not add to the confusion 
by sending you an article. The action of 
manures in your country appears to be 
governed by chance. Here, as a rule, 
they act more regularly, and in cases, where 
they fail, it is generally possible to find 
out the reason for the failure.” 
A NOTE FROM SlR J. B. LAW'ES.—EDS. 
Rural New-Yorker: I shall have much 
pleasure in complying with your request 
that I should occasionally contribute articles 
to your paper during the eotning year. I 
never write merely for the sake of writing, 
but because 1 have sometliiug to say which 
I think may be of some service to those 
engaged in agriculture. 
Rothamsted, Eug., Dec, 10. 
All who subscribe for the Rural, and 
of course, our regular subscribers, are en¬ 
titled to the Rural’s Free Seed Distribu¬ 
tion upon application. Others need not 
apply. A two-cent stamp should accom¬ 
pany the simple request “Send Seeds.” 
We trust that those who do not care 
enough for the seeds to plant and give 
them good care and report to the Rural 
how they succeed, will uot apply. Our 
stock is necessarily limited, and the seeds 
are too valuable to be thrown away. The 
object of these seed distributions is to en¬ 
able our subscribers to test in a small way 
the latest and most promising novelties 
without incurring any expense. 
§ 
2. The Prospective Increase in ’the Factory 
System of Dairying, as the Result of Compe¬ 
tition from Substitutes for Butter. * 
C. A. GREEN, New- York. 
Improving a Run -down Farm. (Continued. 
WILLIAM FALCONER, Long Island, 
New' York. 
1. The Flower Garden. 
2. Ornamental Trees and Slmibs. 
3. The Window Garden. 
4. The Greenhouse. 
5. The Vegetable Garden. 
PRES. T. T. LYON, Michigan. 
Horticultural Matters viewed from an 
Amateur’s stand-point. 
F. L. KILBORNE, B. V. S., Washington. 
Veterinary Topics for the Farmer’s Con¬ 
sideration. 
T. H. HOSKINS. M. D., Vermont. 
1. Vegetable growing : especially the Test¬ 
ing and Improvement of Varieties. 
2. Artificial Fertilizers. Which are the Best 
and Cheapest for the Crops Grown. 
3. Fruit Culture—especially for the Cold 
North. 
DR. C. V. RILEY, Washington. 
1. Bees re Fruit. 
2. Mildew on Grape-vines. 
3. The Best Remedies against Scale Insects. 
4. Special Insects of Interest. 
DR. W, J. BEAL, Michigan. 
The Structure of a Blade of Grass in two or 
three articles. 
PROF. R. C. CARPENTER, MICHIGAN. 
1. House Drainage as Applying to Farm 
Houses. 
2. Water Supply for Fann Houses. 
PETER B. MEAD, New York. 
Horticultural Notes under a nom de plume. 
PARKER EARLE, Illinois. 
1. Matters Pertaining to Distant Markets. 
3. Better Distribution of Fruit Products. 
P. M. AUGUR, Connecticut. 
High Fertilization aud Culture as Affecting 
the Growth and Fruitage of Plante on the 
Basis of Economy. 
PROF. A. J. COOK, Michigan. 
1. New Points of Value in Bee-keeping. 
2. Principles in Stock Breeding and in 
Stock Feeding. 
3. New Injurious Insects and New Reme¬ 
dies. 
PROF. L P. ROBERTS, New York. 
Recuperative Agriculture, more especially 
adapted to the South. 
PETER HENDERSON, New Jersey. 
Potatoes—T.nrge or Small Set,'. 
JOHN THORPE, New York. 
Seedling Chrysanthemums, Pinks, etc. 
JAMES TAPLIN, New Jersey. 
The Comparative Value of the Newer Roses. 
HON. F. D. COBURN, Kansas. 
A series of articles on Matters connected 
with Beef Cattle, and Beef Making. 
Prof. W. W. TRACY, Michigan. 
A series of articles on the Testing. Intro¬ 
ducing. naming and describing of Varieties of 
Vegetables. 
PROF. E. M. SHELTON, Kansas. 
Subjects not yet decided upon. 
IN GENERAL 
we may say that all of the Rural’s regular 
contributors will continue with us during the 
year. 
THE REGISTRATION BURDEN. 
It seems as though the thorough bred 
stock breeders’ associations are losiug 
sight of the main objects to he secured by 
registration, and are cutting their own 
throats by ehargi ng such outrageous fees for 
registry, Each seems determined to excel 
the others in the amount fixed, as though 
the chief end and aim of the association, 
was to make money out of the registration 
and we fear the result will be only disas¬ 
trous to the best interests of the best 
breeds. The central leading idea of reg- 
1UI111CV4UHC acuuu. IjL I HO litl V c 
a distinct oleomargarine color, and we 
suggest a pale green as the most appropri¬ 
ate. 
— »♦ ♦ — ■ 
THE RURAL'S 
Special Contributors 
For 1886. 
With a Revised List of the Subjects to be 
Considered. 
(ENGLAND.) 
SIR J. B. LA WES. 
Subjects not as yet decided upon. 
PROFESSOR J. P. SHELDON. 
Dairy and Stock Notes. 
JAMES SINCLAIR. 
General English Farm Notes. 
(UNITED STATES.! 
PROFESSOR G. E. MORROW, Illinois. 
1. A series of short articles on The Princi¬ 
ples of Breeding and Improvement of Animals, 
with Descriptions of Breeds and their Adap¬ 
tations, 
2. Notes on Live Stock in general. 
GEN. CASSIUS M. CLAY, Kentucky. 
How Live Stock may be Improved. 
GEN. W. H. NOBLE, Connecticut. 
Rural Adornments and Comforts. 
PROF. THOMAS MEEHAN, Penns’a. 
The Relation which Water bears to Success 
ful Culture. 
MAJOR HENRY E. ALVORD, Houghton 
Fann, New York. 
1. A Noteworthy Change iu Public Opinion 
regarding the Bureau of Animal Industry. 
BREVITIES. 
The best grape vine? That is a question. 
The best strawlierry: Jewell (?) 
The best wheat: Diehl-Mediterranean (?) 
The best, oate: White Austmlati (?) 
Try the Enrhort Everbearing Black-cap. 
Thy tlie Golden Queen Raspberry. 
Try the Alaska Pea for the earliest. 
Plant a tree of the Frederick Clapp Pear. 
Plant a tree of the Prunus Pissardii if you 
admire purple leaves during the entire Sum- 
mer. 
YOUNG jx-ople—let botany be one of your 
studies for the new year. 
Prof. J. L. Berm, of the Iowa Agricultural 
College writes: “The Rural is doing a grand 
work.” 
Subscribe for the R. N.-Y. if you are a 
progressive farmer and are uot “penny-wise 
and pound foolish.” 
Money' sent iu letters for subscriptions to 
the Rural New-Yorker is at the sender’s 
risk. Our terms are invariably $2.00 a year 
in advance. 
Prof. J. W. Sanborn, of the Missouri Agri¬ 
cultural College, under date* of December 14, 
says: “The Rural for energy aud breadth 
holds a very high place in my estimation, aud 
is worthy of your pride.” 
Tjik price of Cole’s Improved Garden Plow 
complete With scuffle# is $5.80 instead of $5.00, 
as stated iu oui premium list, Notwithstand¬ 
ing the difference in price is'against as. we 
shall continue to send it for five subscribers, 
as announced. 
It is often said that to be well gloved’and 
well shod ore two prime conditions of dress. 
Similarly it may bo said of u dwelling, that to 
have a neat, front yard, uud ueut, smooth 
roadway are two iiidispensaliles to its good 
appearance. But wo often see this truth’over¬ 
looked even by people who have gone to great 
expense with the house itself. All good effect 
is spoiled by a liabit of letting litter lie about 
the yard, or throwing it into the street where 
it is a nuisance, and a public notification of 
the character,/:)f|the people living iu the’bouse. 
A point of pomological lore that can 
not be learned from any source but obser¬ 
vation. is the behavior of special sorts of 
fruit in any given locality. They are so 
nice in their requirements, and differ in 
these so greatly, that a sort which attains 
high excellence and abundant fruitage iu 
a section of soil or exposure, may be quite 
inferior and unremunerative in places 
near-by. This is becoming generally 
known, and already wc find not only plan¬ 
tations of sorts of fruits, but of other 
crops, as onions, celery, etc., clustering 
around any spot on which they have shown 
themselves at their best. Those who test 
new varieties in any locality do a most 
useful public service, and intending plan¬ 
ters should study well all growths and 
yields in their vicinity,and he guided by 
their own observations in selecting. 
