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FRUITS IN EASTERN MASS. 
./. E. G., Cambridge, Mass. —1. How should 
a Duchess dwarf pear tree be treated which 
blossoms very profusely every year, but never 
sets and holds fruit? 2. I- there any perfect- 
blossomed strawberry as large, vigorous, pro¬ 
ductive and evenly-ripening as the Manches¬ 
ter, to be used ns a fertilizer with it? (Sharj>- 
less is unproductive with me: Miner does not 
ripen evenly all over like the Manchester; 
Cumberland is not productive enough; Down¬ 
ing is a failure: Bidwellisau uneven riponer). 
Would the Parry fill the bill? 8. Would the 
following stand the Winters of Eastern Mass¬ 
achusetts? Downing's Mulberry, Pecau Hick¬ 
ory, Prteparturieu’s Dwarf Walnut, .Spanish 
and Japan Chestnut. If the Downing’s Mul¬ 
berry would not, what sort would? (Black 
English?) What magnolia and what catalpa 
will stand the climate? 
Ans.— 1. Such an unusual occurence as a Duch¬ 
ess pear or q uiu oe bloon i i ug well, yet fail iug con¬ 
stantly to set any fruit, would lead one to sus¬ 
pect that a wrong bud was set of a sort with 
imperfect flowers, or possibly bud variation 
from a genuine bud. It may, perhaps, be due 
to over-uutrition. Any answer must be but a 
guess. 2. There is no [)erfoet-b!ossomed straw¬ 
berry as large, productive or as evenly vijjen- 
ing as the Manchester. The varieties named 
uot being safcisf lory, we would recommend 
a trial of the Pai y, which is a flue berry, al¬ 
though not as pre uctive or evenly ripening 
as the Manchostt ,. 3. Downing's Mulberry 
and Juglan’s pneparturiens will not be winter- 
killed in Eastern Mm*,. Pecan hickory would 
suiter and probably fail to produce fruit, and 
the same might be true of Spanish Chestnut. 
Japan Chestnut has not been tested long 
enough. Both eatalpas stand in Boston gar¬ 
dens, but C. speciosa is the hardier. Magnolia 
glaueu is a native of E. Mass., and Gray says 
M. cordota is hardy at Cambridge, Probably 
M. acuminata also. Auy nurseryman about 
Boston can answer these questions. Why not 
ask Mr. Hovey? 
WOLF TEETH IN HORSE. 
F. .s'., Washington, Pa. —1. My four-year- 
old horse had a “wolf tooth” in bis upper jaw. 
It was knocked out. more than a week ago; but 
the eye is still very weakand discharges water; 
what can l>e done for him? 2, For more than 
a year he has had u swelling about half way 
between the kuee joint and pastern of a bind 
leg, due, it is thought, to n kick more than a year 
ago. Sometimes it disappears, but reappears 
again, especially when he has been standing hi 
the stable; what, should Ik- the treatment? 
•>. Arc sweet pumpkins, fed raw,good for milch 
cows? 4. What is a good fodder cutter? 
A\s.—1. The hors© at this age Is cutting the 
last of his permanent set of teeth, aud the back 
upper molars, which apitoar at altout. this age, 
are in close proximity to the eyes. The irrita¬ 
tion consequent upon Uio eruption of 12*orl(5 
teeth ^considerable,'undGs frequently, com¬ 
THE RURAL WEW-YORKER. 
municated by sympathy to the eyes. After 
the complete eruption of the teeth, the eyes 
usually recover without treatment. In severe 
cases a laxative (four or five drams of Barba- 
does aloes). with warm fomentations to the eyes 
and exclusion of the light, is usually a ll that is 
necessary. The knocking out of the “wolf- 
tooth” was a mistake and an unnecessary cruel¬ 
ty to the animal. It would be just as sensible 
to knock out auy other tooth as this one, which, 
of all others, could in no way produce any 
effect upon the eyes. It mil be well, however, 
to carefully examme the eyes to see that they 
have received no external injury, or that there 
is no foreign body present to produce the irri¬ 
tation. If due to these causes, one eye only 
would probably be affected, 2. It ought to 
be removable. Try painting with tincture of 
iodine. 3. The pumpkins are excellent fed in 
moderate quantities and supplemented with 
dry or concentrated folder. But if fed in too 
large quantities, they are positively injurious. 
If fed otherwise than broken up in an open 
field, the seeds should be removed. 4. A good 
fodder cutter is the “Sherman,” made by the 
Higganum M'f’g, Corporation, Higgauum, 
Conn. Another is Dick’s Stalk Cutter, for sale 
by H. B. Grilling, CortlandtSt., New York, 
BRAN AS feed; ETC. 
H ni. A. S ., Tyre, N. I".—1. There is a good 
deal of talk in the papers lately about cutting 
bay; will it pay, aud if so, what, machine will 
cut as short as three-sixteenths of an inch, 
and how much power will it take to run one? 
2. Mr. Stewart gives the feeding value of 
brau as 33 per cent, more than that of clover 
hay; Mr. Allen gives it as five per cent, less; 
which is right.? 3. Is roller-process bran of 
as much value as the stone-ground? 4. Has 
Allen’s American Cattle been revised since 
1868? 5. What are fc e best books on cattle 
management and feeding? 
Ans. —1. Wo do not believe it will pay. We 
have tried it aud have abandoned it; any 
first-class cutter can be set to cut so short; 
but there is no advantage in cutting shorter 
than three-eighths or one-half inch. 2. Dr. 
WolfFs tables give the comparative prices as 
70 ceuts for clover hay and 81.01 for 
bran. Assuming the prices used in the Ger¬ 
man tables for the nutritive elements as 
being as fair for one as for the other, it fixes 
the comparative prices per ton as $18.40 for 
clover hay and $24.84 for bran: or, dividing 
each bv two, the comparative values are $9.20 
for clover aud 812.42 for brau, which is, no 
doubt, nearly correct. 3. It is of more value 
as appears by Dr. Jenkin's tables and by all 
other analyses. 4. Yes, there is a new and re¬ 
vised edition. 5. Stewart's Feeding Animals 
and Armsby's Manual of Cattle Feeding are 
the latest aud best. The former can be ob¬ 
tained from Prof. E. W. Stewart, Lake View, 
Ei-ie Co., N. Y.; price $2; the latter from 
John Wiley & Sons, 15 Astor Place, New 
York. Price $2.50, 
PREPARING BONES FOR A FERTILIZER. 
J. C. C., Somerset, Kg. —1. Will an3' of the 
Wilson lower-priced bone mills grind bones 
fine enough for fertilizing purposes? 2. Will 
it pay to buy dry bones at 40 cents per 100 
pouuds for fertilizing? 3. How can they be 
best prepared where hard-wood ashes are not 
to be bad ? 
Ans. —1. They will grind fine enough, but 
they grind slowly—too slowly for use in 
grinding for this purpose. 2. Forty cents per 
100 pounds is $8 per ton, and it will certainly 
pay at that price whenever the land ueeds 
phosphatic immure, which is probably the 
case in Kentucky, 3. Break the bones as tine 
as possible with an old ax, or, better, with a 
sledge. Make a heap of fresh stable manure 
from 10 to 20 foot square and a foot deep, 
leveling down and treading moderately. On 
this spread four inches of the broken bones, 
then another layer of manure and more bones, 
huviug a layer of manure on the top. It will 
be better if the sides are protected by boards 
or a layer of sods, so as to confine the heat. 
Keep the pile nicely wet, but not so damp as 
to drain, and all the better if wot with cham¬ 
ber and house slops. In three months itshould 
be forked over, when the bones will be found 
mostly decayed, so much so as to crumble to 
dust. The larger and unrotted lxmes cun be 
put into another pile, 
MANURE QUERIES. 
.1. ,/. M., Auburn, N. I'.—1. Aside from 
feeding to cattle, what is the best way to re¬ 
duce straw to a condition to lie used on clay 
land as a manure2. Would mixing gas lime 
with half-rotted straw help to reduce the 
straw to manure? 3. Would n mixture of salt, 
plaster and lime be beuefleial to all crops? 
Ans. —1. There is no way by which the mati- 
urial value of the st raw can be increased. If 
it lie thrown down into the barn-yard and 
trodden under the feet of the cattle, it w ill 
only be wet straw. If we wished to use it on 
such laud, we would draw and spread it tis 
convenient, and plow it in next Spring, 9, 
No, It would rather have a tendency to pre¬ 
serve it. 3, No. Everything would depend 
upon the soil and the crop to which it is to be 
applied. To some crops one might be bene¬ 
ficial, and another of the three injurious. A 
trial of each and the mixture ivould be the 
only positive way to learn. 
Miscellaneous. 
A. F. FT., Dansville, N. Y .—How can I 
cleanse a kerosene barrel so as to fit it for 
cider? 
Ans. —Scald it out with hot water several 
times over, and then submerge it in a stream 
or pond with the bung out ami also the spigot 
in the end open. The oil will all come out 
of the staves ami float on top of the water. 
Running water is the best. 
IF. C., Carthage, Mo .—Where can I get the 
Jewell Strawberry by the hundred, and at 
what price ? 
Ans. —Of the originator, P. M. Augur & 
Sons, Middlefleld, Conn. We don’t know the 
price. 
J. B., Marlboro, A r . Y .—All important in¬ 
formation about telephone matters should be 
sent to Secretary Lamar, of the Department of 
the Interior, Washington, D. C. 
H. C. B., Portcau, Ark. —Yes, indeed; W. 
H. Moore, Subscription Agent, Brockport, N. 
Y., is quite reliable. 
T. R. M., Middletown, Va .—You can get 
all from J. M. Thorburn & Co., 15 John Street, 
New York. 
DISCUSSION. 
R., Omaha, Neb.—In a late Rural James 
Sinclair, in an article on shoeing horses, says 
we are without evidence of the successful use 
of unshod horses. Here in Nebraska the shoe¬ 
ing of farm horses is exceptional, the majority 
of farmers never shoeing their horses, and we 
find that those which have never lieen shod 
have the best feet, while horses that were for¬ 
merly shod are not as sure-footed, and the feet 
often need trimming or doctoring. 
On the same page Professor Sanborn advises 
the young man without capital to change his 
system of farming, and to feed cattle and hogs 
in a costly barn. Does he think we can afford 
to mortgage our farms, at 10 per cent, to buy 
the cattle and hogs? If we tried this but few 
of us could raise money enough on our farms 
to buy half the required number, and then it 
would be necessary to borrow money on our 
cattle at two i>er cent, per month, and renew 
our notes every 90 days, for the building. If 
the Professor would come out here with the 
young men of Kansas or Nebraska, and try 
farming without capital, he would find it 
necessary to feed cattle in a sod stable and use 
straw roofs. 
R. N.-Y.—Our friend does not quite com¬ 
prehend the argument of Prof. Sanborn. As 
we understand it. the Professor would advise 
every farmer of the West to procure stock for 
feeding purposes, wherever he can do so, in 
order that the corn aud other crops may be fed 
at home and only the resulting meat be sold. 
AYheuever this can be done, even at a moder¬ 
ate profit, then the manure can be saved and 
returned to the farm to grow other crops. 
Moreover, by thus concentrating corn and 
other bulky food stuffs into beef and pork, the 
cost of transportation to distant markets is 
greatly reduced, an item the importance of 
which railroad greed never permits the farmers 
to forget. Further, the Professor would not, 
by any means, object to the sod barn with a 
straw roof His point is that warm barns and 
houses for all stoek save food, no matter how 
the barn be made, whether of straw, sods, 
stones or boards aud paper, so long as it is 
warm, dry and well ventilated. We have seen 
sod stables and sheep houses in Nebraska as 
warm aud comfortable us is our new barn on 
the Western N. Y. Farm, and no doubt such 
would produce just as good results. We have 
also seen those made of poles plaeed iu tw<\ 
tiers, the space between which was rilled 
with straw, that were u hundred times 
preferable to the exposure of t he stock to fierce 
winter winds. The straw piles the fires of 
whose burning so often reddens the evening 
sky in the Prairie States, if used to house 
and shelter the stock, would add many thou¬ 
sands of dollars to the income of the stock 
feeders. 
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Communications Received for the Week Ending 
Saturday, February 6,1SS6. 
C. C. L.-C. G. R.—F. W. S.—G. J. S.—P. G. S.-E. 9. 
W.—I. M. S.—F. M. S.—A. Q., thanks for the relics.—H. 
H. B.—J. R. A.—W. B. T.-N. B. M.—J. G. W.—K. & B.- 
T. A. C.—J. H.-W. C. D.-F. J. A.—J. M. -D. R. H.-H. 
H. W.-0. 8. C.-F. D. K. ft CO.-J. A. R.-W. L. A.— 
Mrs. 8. E. S. M. A. B.-E A. Q.—W. G.-W. A. M.-R. 
O. C.-D. L. K. -J. P. S. -J. l.-J. S. McA.—IS. S. D.-.T. 
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B. L.-C. T. F.-E. G. S. U. M. P.-J. H., thauks.-A. H. 
R. —A. A.—E. C. W., will answer as soon as we can find 
space.—CE 13. B.-A. J. C.-D. B.—J. T. T.-C. D. L.-F. 
A. P.—1*. B. M.—n. B.—G. W.T., fruit received, thanks. 
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W. S.-D. K. H.-A. A. M—H. M. F. H. W. K.-C.E. R. 
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l&tettUatieattjs 
J 1 ENCE TIG liTEN ER. Can be adjusted to any 
wooden post; can tighten or slacken, according to cli- 
vlt’-—--- • 
Price S8 
mate, with an ordinary' monkey wrench, 
per doz. For full particulars, apply to 
„ . W. SHAW, 
Delaware, Ontario, Canada. 
Agents wanted, Patent applied for. 
Macainber’s Hand Planter, for Com, Beans, 
ami Beet Seed. The best In the world. Money refund¬ 
ed If it does not prove satisfactory, after a fair trial. 
Agents wanted. Send for circular and terms. 
&. M. Maeoniber A Co., il’Fg's, Grand Isle, Vt, 
THE COLO WATER DIP! 
(Th ymn-Ceeso'.i 
Ness ft Co., Ma-nvfactueeks. 
Non-Poi*»onoii9. Safe In Coldest Weather. 
Sure Cure for Scab, Mange, and all Skin Diseases. 
Stimulates growth of Wool. Kerry,Watson ft Co.,Mon- 
treal. Agents for Canada. For fnl! particulars,address 
J. W. LAW FORD it CO., Baltimore, I»Id. 
MUSHROOM SPAWN. 
CUTBUSH'S WLLTRACK never fail- a quick and 
ready crop. Price l.icts. per cake, or Si for 12 cakes. 
C- M- Hovey. Agent for the United States. 
STANDEES MAM RE. 
The oldest and most highly concentrated of all ar¬ 
tificial manures. Is admitted to be the most effec¬ 
tual aud permanent fertilizer. Tins. :5e.. itte., $1.20, 
and $3 each, f, M. H ovey. Agent for the United 
states, 21 SorTH Mvr.k-Frr .Stbket, Boston. 
GO-EASY FEED CUTTER. Price *5. Send 
for Circular. Agents wanted. 
J. N. Slaughenliaiip. Cbambersbarg, Pa. 
New Bevfirsil Harrow. 
A. Perfect Smoothing: and Scotch 
Harrow Combined. 
Thoroughly Tested and Warranted. 
Send for Illustrated Pamphlet to 
THOMAS HARROW CO., 
Geneva, N. Y< 
“SMOKE Your MEAT” 
With Kra t '.sePs Liquid Extract of’Smoke. 
It Is a liquid; you wash It on; it will keep it in a well 
preserved condition and free from Insects; It is much 
more pleasant to the tASfe than meat smoked in the old 
way; it is done In less dine, no trouble, and less ex¬ 
pense. Thor ■ Is no danger from fire or of being stolen, 
as you can hang it in a nu .tv secure place than a smok- 
bnuse. Send for circular. 
E. KRAI SE R * BRO., Prop's and M’f’s, 
Druggists. Milton, Pa. 
WE WANT ACTIVE AGENTS 
TO SELL THE 
Renner Combined Alarm and Door Bell 
In every County in the United States and Canada. Geo. 
C. Owens, Mode*ta.Oai.,says: -I have canvassal one day 
and took 22 orders.'’ In same letter be ordered two 
gp-ss. Wro. McKtm. of Grand Haven, Mich., says “he 
t<xjk lJ orders In M hours.' Profit on Bell, $2,y\ In our 
ExiRAORnmAftr Oftkiuo Agents we agree to take back 
ail Bells unsold If tie? Agent falls Co dear $125 In 80 
davs. Illustrated Circulars s>aBt tree. Address 
RENNER MAM F’INGCO., Pittsburg, Pa. 
17 \ Tl for new H page Cata 
1A XJ logue and Price List of 
Heavy aud Light Single and 
Double Harness manufacture 
from Best Oak Leather, all hand 
made, at Wholesale Prices to the con¬ 
sumer. KING ft CO., Owego, N. Y. 
EUMPHSSYS’ 
Homeopathic Veterinary 
Specifics for 
HORSES, CATTLE, SHEEP. 
DOGS, HOGS, POULTRY. 
Used by S. Govenun’t 
Chart on Rollers, 
and Book Sent Free. 
Hii.-nohrev^’ Med. Co.. 10 ’ Fullon St., N. Y. 
AEfl&fiSfWHUS FAMILY SCALES 
Entirely new in principle. Weigh one ounce to 25 
pounds. What every family needs and win buy. Ra¬ 
pid sales surprise old luvutr. 
FOBSHEF. <x MeMAKIX. Cincinnati, O. - 
BEST TRUSS EVER USED f i 
Improved Elastic 
Tr-.ias. Worn night 
and liar. Positively 
cures Rupture. Sent 
bv mail everywhere. 
Write forfull deseript- 
i\e circulars to the 
NEW YORK ELASTIC 
TRUSS CO., , 
744 Broadway. N. Y. 
TELEPHONES SOLD. 
Don't pay ocorbitaut ;eu:nl fees to 
the Bed Telephone Monopoly to use 
their Telephones on lines less than 
two miles in length. A tew months’ 
rental buys a tirsl-olass Telephone 
that is si) lafri&gymcut, and works 
splendid on lines tor prlsate use on 
any kind of wire, and works good in 
stormy weather, It makes homes 
pleasant; annihilates time; prevents 
tmrglnr.es; saves many steyts, and is 
just what cverr business aau and far¬ 
mer should have to tounevt o res, houses, depots, fac¬ 
tories. colleges, etc., etc. The c dv practicable and reliable 
Telephone that Isso i t'clriglh ami warranted to work. 
Chance for ag<«tv. No pervious evprricn c required. 
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W.R&CO’S 
IMPROVED 
BUTTER 
COLOR 
IF YOU REALLY WISH 
to tine tire very beet Butter 
Color ever mode; one that 
never turns rancid, always 
gives a br.ght natural color, 
and will not color the butter¬ 
milk. ask for Wells, Rich¬ 
ardson & Co's., and. take no 
other. Sold everywhere. 
MORE OF IT USED 
than of all other mokes cons* 
bined. Send for our valua* 
bio circulars. 
WELLS, RICHARDSON & CO., Burlington. Vt, 
