2ud. The Holstein-Friesian made 10'., per 
cent, more butter. 
3rd. The Holstein-Friesian made 50 per cent, 
more cheese. 
if we call the average milk of the Holstein* 
Friesians equal to that of the Jersey for 
cheese (and I verily believe it to be better) 
they would haVe made 107 per cent, more 
cheese. From the above 1 feel fully justified 
in quoting Mr. Fuller's conclusions: “It 
seems, therefore, that there is little doubt as 
to which is the best all-round cow.” 
As to the test made at the exhibition at 
London and Toronto. 1 will only say that so 
much depends upon the condition of the cow, 
the amount atul quality of her previous ra¬ 
tions. her care and treatment, the length of 
time in milk, when due again, the distance 
shipped, whether fully acclimated or not, etc., 
etc., that such tests have no practical value as 
an evideuce of the actual merits of the cows 
tested, and I will spare my readers a useless 
discussion regarding them. I will simply add 
that these tests were made by “the same ex¬ 
perts” as those given in the report referred to 
above. 
Syracuse, N. Y. 
A GROUP OF HOLSTEIN-FRIESIANS. 
The fine group of Holstein-Friesian cattle 
shown at Fig. 119, (p. 189) belonging to the 
herd of James Neilsou, of Woodlawn Farm, 
New Brunswick, New Jersey, contains Rip Van 
Winkle, Billy Boelyu, Aaggie and Empire 
strains, together with much superior blood 
imported by the owner. The Holland herd 
has been bred since 1877 with a view of get¬ 
ting the best stock for the supply of milk for 
the city of New Bruuswick. The original 
Wood lawn Farm herd was bred from Short¬ 
horns imported more than 50 years ago by 
the father of the present owner. 
In the accompanying illustration, Fig. Ill), 
made from photographs, the splendid bull. 
Clarion (H. H. B. 870), the head of the herd, 
is shown in the center, His sire was Billy 
Boelyn 189; dam Clyihe 549. He weighs 2,300 
pounds, and is very vigorous iu constitution. 
He has an excellent escutcheon and combines 
the milk and beef points to a remarkable de¬ 
gree. On the right is the cow Gorter 602, 
imported iu 1878 from North Holland by her 
present owner. 8>he won several prizes 
abroad, and has here a milk reconi of 84 
pounds in one day and 14,4HP, pounds in one 
year. On the ieft hand is the cow Mooike 
4th. No. 2,984, which has a three-year-old 
milk record of 10,227 potuidsin one year. The 
handsome form common to the Mooike family 
is well exemplified by her. 
Of the other cows iu this fine herd Btapel 4th 
has a milk record of 70‘ .j pounds in one day 
and 1,750 pouuds iu a month, commencing 
when two years and 10 months old. Mooike 
089, imported, gave 72 pounds of milk iu 
one day, and one of her daughters, Mooike 3d, 
made 19 pounds five ounces of butter mseven 
days, 7J4 mouths after calving, her milk test¬ 
ing 28 per cent , of cream, 12'* pounds of mill; 
makiug a pound ot butter. 
The blood of Rip Van Winkle 11. H B 35 
the _sire of Echo 121, with a milk record of 
2 : J,775‘i pounds in u year, the greatest ever 
made, was introduced iuto the herd through 
the Iris family. 
The imported cow Ekstor has a milk record 
of 68 pounds in one day and 12,800 . pounds 
in a your. 
I he hulls in this herd are also descendants 
of famous milkers. Copia’s Empire 3659, one 
of the stock bulls, is a son of Empire 5S8‘ he 
out of Empress 539. who has a milk record 
of 108 pounds iu one duv, aud 19.714' . pounds 
in one year; while Copies Empire’s dam, 
Lopia 1067, gave 8381 pounds in 283 days, 
when a three year-old, aud 79 pounds in one 
day as u five-year-old. 
The imported cow Zwortkop took the sweep- 
stakes prize, as the best cow tor the dairy at 
the International Dairy Fair, held iu New 
i ork some years since, in competition with 
some of the finest herds of the various breeds. 
^Ivlumniltuvrtl. 
THE JAPAN CHESTNUT. 
Exjterience notes from one of the first to 
raise and graft them in America; hard¬ 
iness; the best waif to secure varieties. 
IN planting any kind of fruit seed, we know 
that the result is always attended with un¬ 
certainty us to the quality of the fruit. The 
Japan Chestnut is no exception. The trees I 
have were from seed sent to a well known seed 
firm m New York, a case having been sent in 
an invoice of lilies. The major part of them 
were sent to a fruit Stand. A few were taken 
I >y one of the proprietors and planted.aud from 
then. 1 received the grafts from which mine 
were grown. They were root-grafted ou our 
native stock, and when three years old had 
‘•me fruit. At four years oue bore over a 1 
quart of the most beautiful chestnuts I ever 
saw, of a deep chestnut color, with dark Hues 
i uuniug from the base to the point, making u 
beautiful contrast of color. The fruit of all 
partook of this character. But there was a 
very marked difference iu the size of the burs 
and nuts, While some burs were very large 
with from three to five nuts, and early, others 
were very .small and seldom had over one, 
never more than two nuts. Of course, the 
early and large ones are the most valuable. 
Some wore ripe as early as Kept. 25; other’s 
were at least four weeks later. 
As to hardiness, I think from my observa¬ 
tion that they will not stand much below I-V 
below zero, or at least they have not with me. 
During the Winter of 1884—5 some were 
slightly hurt aud one was entirely killed. 
Some hail not sustained the slightest injury. 
It may be that extreme cold will not, so much 
affect them as the peculiar conditions during 
the Winter spoken of. as I think more plants 
suffered in this section than I ever knew to 
have suffered in any former Winter. The 
true way to introduce the Japan will be either 
to import reliable stock, or else to grow them 
from seed and then, after fruiting, select the 
early and large-fruited trees aud graft 
from them. They are a little shy to unite, 
sometimes growing two or three years and 
then blowing off. I tried budding, but failed, 
as the operation, I think, was performed too 
late - f N. HALLOCK. 
Creedmoor, L. I. 
Pomoio0kt\l. 
MEECH’S PROLIFIC QUINCE. 
A LETTER FROM MESSRS. HANCE & BORDEN. 
Why are you not willing to deal fairly 
with contributors? You are doing Mr. Meech 
an injustice and through him are injuring us. 
You seem to have a particular spite against 
the “Meeeh’s Prolific Quince,” aud show a 
disposition to say everything possible detri¬ 
mental to Mr. Meecb’s aud our interests in 
connection with it; at the same time you are 
just as determined to give us no opportunity 
to deny what you say. You print a note in 
your February number in effect that all the 
communications you receive are of the same 
tenor, viz., that Mr. Meech had no right to 
give this quince his uatne. 
Now some time ago you published an 
editorial bearing upon tin’s same point, 
making assertions and insinuations, and call 
iug upon Mr. Meech to answer, refute aud 
explain if lie could. Mr. Meech sent you a 
reply iu detail, that, to an unbiased mind, 
would have been a satisfactory explanation 
aud refutation; and would have lifted us 
from the position of impostors, to which your 
remarks have tended to lower us. You were 
in duty bound, according to what we are told 
by newspaper men i-. journalistic etiquette, 
to publish Mr. Meeoh's reply; and yet by your 
silence you refuse to do so. We are taking up 
the cudgels iu Mi’. Meech's behalf simply be¬ 
cause what harms him injures us in this con¬ 
nection. We don’t ask for assistance, 1 >ut we do 
cry for justice, aud if you are still determined 
to carry out your policy of saying what you 
please detrimental to our interests respecting 
this quince, and of printing imtendoes and of 
ask iug questions with a covert meaning (for 
so your remarks have impressed us), aud then 
refusing to publish the replies, thereby allow¬ 
ing your readers to infer that the questions 
are unanswerable; or, in other words, it you 
are not going to publish Mr. Meech’s reply 
to your editorial above referred to, we shall 
have the editorial and reply published iu some 
paper with a circulation equal to that of your 
own, if vve have to pay for it as au advertise¬ 
ment. We don’t mean this as a threat; but 
we are bound in justice to ourselves to make 
such a request, and we are further bound by 
the same law to place ourselves in a proper 
light before the public. hanck a burden. 
Remarks,— How are we doing Mr. Meech 
an injustice? Evidently, if at all, by an ex¬ 
pression of the opinion that he should not ap 
pend his name to a quince which he neither 
originated nor introduced, but is now merely 
popularizing. We have never uttered one 
word against the quince, knowing nothing 
against it. 1 lance & Borden arc again wrong 
when they say we refused to print Mr. Meech's 
letter. The letter appeared in the It. N. Y. of 
Feb. 8. with the omission only of such irrele 
vaut parts as apjieared to be simply a bold 
effort to obtain avertisiug without paying for 
it; and we may be pardoned for saying that 
the above letter strikes us as of the same 
character, llance & Borden have no right to 
use such words as “inuoudo,” “covert, mean 
mg,” “Insinuation,” in connection with the 
Rural New-Yorker. We do not know Mr. 
Meech: we do not kuow llance & Borden, but 
if we did and they were among our best ad¬ 
vertising patrons, we should still feel that it 
was our duty to speak our mind to the public, 
(Continued on page 184.) 
tUtercUanfOtttf 'goUmitfinip 
That Tired Feeling 
The warm weather has a debilitating effect, 
especially upon those who are within doors most 
of the time. TIio peculiar, yet common, com¬ 
plaint known as “that tired feeling,'’ Is the 
result. This ic.-ling can he entirely overcome by 
taking Hood's Sarsaparilla, which gives new life 
and strength to all the functions of the body. 
“I could not sleep; had no appetite. I took 
flood's Sarsaparilla and soon began to sleep 
soundly; could get up without that tired and 
languid feeling; and my appetite Improved,” 
R. A. S A -n mriri, Kent, Ohio. 
Hood’s Sarsaparilla 
Sold by all druggists. $1; six for $5. Made 
only by C. I. HOOD & CO., Lowell, Alas*. 
IOO Doses One Dollar 
“C.C.BROOKS ,, SWIVEL PLOW. 
It Marks! ft Furrows! It Drops! It Covers! 
It Distributes Fertilizer! 
CORN I'LANTEK ATTACHMENT FOR 1S86. 
Send for Circular to 
ASPINWALL M’F’G CO., 
_ THREE RIVERS, MICH . 
The J. S. C. 
The greatest Improvements ever made iu Harrows 
are embodied In tin- J. s, c. 
It is the most perfect working Harrow over put into 
the market- 
Be sure and examine it and send for circular. 
Higganum M’f’g Cor’n, 
SOLE MANUFACTURERS, ll iggnuuill. Ct. 
New RfiFersifiliTowr 
A Perfect Smoothing and Scotch 
Harrow Combined. 
Thoroughly Tested and Warranted. 
Send for Illustrated Pamphlet to 
THOHA8 HARROW (■«., 
_ Geneva, N. Y, 
Maeomber’s Huud Planter, for Com. Brans, 
and'Bret Seed. The bisst In the world. Money refund 
ed if ft does not prove satisfactory, after a fair trial. 
Agents wanted. Send for oirvulur and terms. 
!■*. M. Mncomber A- C'o., M'f'g's, Oraud Isle Vt. 
PATENT 
C’Olt it UC3 A.T.E I > 
WIRE FABR1G, 
Suitable lor Fencing in manvlo 
cations, and for Ralllugs, \Yin 
dow iinstate Tree Guards, and 
. other purposes. 
- It consists of vet tleal pickets 
or bars, made of corrugated gal 
vanlzcd steel rods, oval in sec¬ 
tion. secured by horizontal 
cattles, each composed of two 
strands of galvanized steel wire. 
.Vs n fence It is L'licup, strong, 
durable, aud easily erected; Ills 
as effective ns A barbed fence in 
turning cm do, and then 1 is no 
risk of Injuring either the ant 
mal or the fence. It requires no 
longitudinal rail to support it. 
as it carries It*, if from pbst to 
post ns. well as a plain wire or 
barbed w ire fence; li can be seen 
as plainly as a regular picket 
fence; tr can ivadlly be taken 
down, rolled up and moved from 
place to place. 
TRENTON IRON GO., 
Manufacturers <\f lf<r« ,t Fence 
Material. 
Trenton, Now Jersey. 
New Yoke Office: 
.COOPER, HEWITT & CO., 
17 Burling Slip. 
JSfSeud for circulars and prices. 
The Best SIDE DILL PLOW in the Market 
WARRANTED TO DO AS GOOD WORK AS ANY 
PLOW IN THE MARKET. 
We manufacture a full line of Tools, including the 
Mudgett Hay Tedder. Circulars and Price Lists FREE. 
TAgents wanted in all unoccupied territory. 
B. & J. W. BELCHER, 
1*. O. Box 75, Chicopee Falls. Maas. 
THE ASPINWALL POTATO PLANTER. 
AX 1 JC. 
AMEEIGAN DAIRY SYSTEM 
(Holds the Silver Medal.) 
Wooster’s Cabinet Perfection Creamery 
Before buying any milk sotting or cream churning ap 
paratus, Address D. B. WOOSTER, 
n , N'ortbfield, Vt. 
Dairymen vtll do well to heed this notice. 
THE “COMMON SENSE” MILK PAIL. 
-f** This Is the only 
perfect Pall made. 
'Yte- "■*? _J There are no seams 
\ yf irntf In the front to catch 
Ijjlmjj the cream. It has a 
(■p-vl i la perfectly fitting 
l»Vi; illlmjl strainer, which can 
mmm /////W 06 Instantly remov- 
MHllHr lllllm cd.so that everypart 
VR\ V of the pail may be 
■U l illllmj quickly and thor- 
1HUL |J|V ouyhly cleaned. 
H Should the stralnpr 
lilli i j 1 Mu become foul or worn 
■Mi '/HP w 1 th use, we can fit r- 
... . Milli I mm It Vv ulsh new ones at 
JefLJfk. I very little expeuse. 
The Pall Is well 
made of heavy XX (in. and we ofTer tr to the fanner ac 
the very lowest price at which a really good article can 
be sold. .Send for special circulars. Price SI .1$ 
each. Discount to the Trade. 
f MILKING “TUBES, 
3h FOR MILKING COWS WITH SORE TEATS 
I This Is the best Tube in the market. Sent, post 
paid, to any address ou receipt of price. One 
Tube, 35 Cents. Five Tubes. $1.00. Send for 
special Circulars. 
Send ns your name aud address and we will 
mail you. FREE, our 
Seed Catalogue for 1886. 
Choice New England Seeds. The very Best and 
Purest Stocks of Cabbage, Onion, Beet, Parsnip, 
•fcc. All grown by ourselves and sure to give com 
plete satisfaction. TRY THEM. 
j BARTLETT <fc DOW, 
LL LOWELL, JIASS. 
w l‘lea se men tion this paper. 
J E use SHAW'S WIRE 
G.Ml TIGHTENER, Can be adjusted to any 
wuoden post: can tighten or slacken, according to cli¬ 
mate, with an ordinary monkey wrench. Price £S 
pe r doz. For full particulars, apply to 
^ , W. SHAW, 
Agent, wanted. FtnenfaenMeAfor.'"' *■ anada - 
thT spangle r 
^ y, ru Planter, Simrle Row and Broadcast 
fertilizer Distributor, Vegetable Seeder, 
Lillie Spreader and Hrain Drill. 
rile spauirlrr Corn Planter cun drop fertiliz¬ 
er with corn, or mix with soil lx-fore covering. The 
dropping of the corn 1* full> exposed to the operator, 
Ailuutti drop it in hill or drill. Tlie Spangler Veg• 
rtn hlr Seeder can sow am seed large or small, put 
in I he fertilizer, cover and roll It. all at one operation. 
I he Spuugler Potato Fertilizer Dint ributor 
distributee fertilizer* six inches wide in potato rows 
" it h cultivator ttMith at Inched to mix w it It shovels 
can tie lowered or raised. The Spnouter Lime 
^prouder will spread u indexed lime from 30 to SO 
m.sh, 1 1 * 1 - acre. rite Spangler Broadcast Dis- 
t ributor will sow ashes, plaster and till kinds of fer¬ 
tilizers from ?«i to 1«W pound* per acre with perfect 
regularity. The wpnuglrr Grain Drill gives full 
Mew nt the discharge of grain and feet direr, and is 
made wit It or w u hunt seed regulator. 
tin 1 uterus of the Spangler Fertilizer I’t-ed are 
attested also by their most successful use by A. B. 
* arquhur 01 . tits Pennsylvania Drill, Kevstone Cultiva 
tor i under ootid i ttonnl license from J. W Spangler which 
expires January ;*r IR8H. and on Bench's Cultivator, 
t.nivnnir.rd feeda are furnished whe-n desired. For 
turlber tnTonnatjoii s« rtd tor lHustratixl catalogue. 
rilE Sl A NGliER .11.1X1 FACTI K I NG C’O., 
i Successor to J, It. Spanyler dt Bro.) York, Pa. 
THKCOLD WATi:R DIP! 
t Thymo-Oresol. | 
.. „ . -\tSS it CO., Mittl Ktril ttKItt. 
Noii-l’oiKonous. Sate in ( oldest Weather. 
Sure c ure for Scab. Mange, and aU skin Diseases. 
Stimulates growth of Wool. Kerry, Watson A Co.,Mon- 
CHANNEL CAN CREAMERY. 
Makes more Butter than any other process. 
Calls for toss labor aad ice. Will raise all the 
cream without lee. Automatic Butter-work¬ 
ers, Churns, etc. one at wholesale. 
Agents wanted. Send for circular. 
Wm.E, Lincoln Co.. 
v\ akkkx. Mass., and Fort Atsuxson, Wis. 
“ SMOKE Your MEAT” 
H ith Kra users Liquid ILctract of Smoke. 
It ts a liquid; von wash It on-, it will keep it in a well 
preserved condition and free from Insects; It is much 
ttnirv pleasant to the taste than meat smoked In the old 
way; tt is done in less time, no trouble, aud less ex- 
I«< use. rhetv Is till danger front fire or of being stolen 
a. miu can hang It it, a more secure place than a smut' 
house. -Send for circular. 
E. KKAI’SKR * BRO.. Drop'stutd M’Fs, 
_ Phi o utsTs. Milton. Pa. 
A ROYAL GIFT." 
Every p»rsoa sciulimrcn 35ets. 
r t * i t*t* moil th» MibM’Hptioii to 
■LLi'xrK.m/o cum- 
l r ANION nidri-i-.ive .---a Alt- 
MJI IJTK HIFK t, l ft this 
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li I \ €» rL‘^ii t duuTeul bv iht? 
.ntn-xud Utu.tntlton. TldsrlticiR 
a n-w »t-ii very bi-nnt:tu i pattern 
niu-eU toh- hot Id Rolled 
Gold Plate aud will wear *i 1L T a Stnuc wttti which it 
is sot i» vory clear, brill sat and spar a: • g. This Ring is of 
such value that any GJy Wtesos-n.g tt vitU be tho env> ot 
»r hertrlands as n is to ail apyoarHUcos n very valuable 
»• cto. Send a slip of paper tha stxoof theRlu^ you w,»! 
vt... II. LUST HI Ikn < imfANItlN la a m am ninth 
6 | column 1 6 pngc pnyxsr tmely IMuatrated Ij.a fullpMgo 
jni;ravliiA<j»oi .riiitie imiril au l contains SloiU n Sketches, 
r ( »otry. Aii^niocca. W.*. atid Mmuor jhiO In fai t all that 
K't.ttoco "P a emu plot an family pnhll«ti.ilc*n. Wherever 
it m onea lakrto It Is Qhlverxnilr poTtiildj ra onrrenewals 
A V f you ill Ikoit The regular price 
year. Tho ahrue e«crtr>oil i^nHsinn 
Iilaufeond Rlntf inam.o Velvet UtteU Cafo, ami 
thfi IbltUSTIP 1TED ( 0>|r v VIOXior three months 
° r .7v c fco ° bbeml au offer to be passed by. Full 
This u a special offer 
^ ^ SIVY* as this will not appear a*:iin 
E F. NASON, Publisher, 190 Fnlton St- NY, 
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