1886 
THE AURAL NEW-YORKER. 
of sleep to keep up vital force. Be temper¬ 
ate, just and honorable in all things. Haul 
your manure directly from your horse stable 
during Winter, and scatter it thinly and ev¬ 
enly over your wheat; this will prevent win¬ 
ter killing, and give the wheat a good send- 
off next Spring. 
Morrow Co., Ohio. c. w. carpenter. 
to make a city man homesick, and to cause 
him to long for a real home of his own. This 
home building, and the idea of drawing men 
away from the noise and excitement of the 
city, is the most timely and important subject 
discussed in the magazine. 
The Practical Fruit Grower, by Prof. 
S. T. Maynard, published by the Phelps Pub¬ 
lishing Co., Springfield, Mass.—This little 
book is designed to help beginners ia fx*uit 
culture. It will be of great value to those 
who have np time to study through the whole 
range of pomological literature, and yet desire 
to master the rudiments of the science. It is 
evident that such a book is needed. No de¬ 
partment of the farm ueeds to be stirred up 
and improved as does fruit culture. The or¬ 
dinary farmer cannot and will not be induced 
to read long articles full of scientific terms 
element on the majority of farms. No ma¬ 
chine has, of late years, given more universal 
satisfaction, in its peculiar field, than Kemp’s 
Manure Spreader. The more offensive and 
laborious work is, the greater is the pleasure 
in discovering a machine that will take away 
hand labor. The principle of the machine Ls 
that of a substantial cart or wagon with broad- 
tired wheels, the floor of which Ls a revolving 
apron, operated by suitable gearing or machin¬ 
ery, and when machinery is in gear, the apron 
moves to the rear, carrying its load in contact 
with a swiftly revolving toothed roller that 
picks the material finely to pieces and scat¬ 
ters it uniformly over the land, broadcast or 
in drills, as fast as the team moves along, 
nearly doubling the. value of the manure by 
pulverizing and evenly spreading. The speed 
of apron or floor is so accurately controllable 
that we may put out a heavy or a light coat 
as may be desired without paying any atten¬ 
tion to the speed of team, the fanner knowing 
just the amount he is using without measur¬ 
ing his field or manure pile. The machine 
will give satisfaction. Send for the catalogue 
and study it. 
Hai.laday’s Standard Pumping and 
Geared Hand-Mills.— Catalogue from the 
U. S. Wind Engine and Pump Co., Batavia, 
Ills. No intelligent man in this age thinks of 
questioning the fact that wind power is prac¬ 
tical and cheap. For pumping water on stock 
and dairy farms, for irrigation and other uses, 
a good wind power is hard to excel as a cheap 
yet powerful agent for work. The vast 
amount of labor spent at hand pumping water 
for stock, might be employed with much 
greater profit at other wcrk, if t he wind could 
be made to do the pumping. The object of 
this catalogue is to show the good points of the 
Halladay Wind-Mill, and to prove that it is 
the best one made. It is certain that the 
special advantages of the machine are tersely 
and strongly described, and that no one can 
read the few pages of description without 
understanding why it is expected to do good 
work. The catalogue will set many a farmer 
to thinking about the unnecessary labor he 
has peiffonned at the pump handle. The 
pictures on the cover well illustrate the differ¬ 
ence between “old-time” agriculture and 
farming of the present day. On the one hand 
a farmer is lifting water from Ids well with 
an old-fashioned sweep. Near-by the re¬ 
mainder of the family are laboriously pitching 
hay with hand forks. On the other page a 
beautiful Halladay wind-mill raises water for 
the stock, while the load of hay is being un¬ 
loaded by means of hay carriers at compara¬ 
tively little expense of labor. 'The catalogue 
should be read by every farmer. 
Whitman Agricultural Company.— Cat¬ 
alogue from the above firm, located at St. 
Louis, Mo.—A pamphlet of 110 pages in which 
more than 100 machines are illustrated and 
described. The hay presses, corn shellers, 
feed mills, horse powers, cider mills, feed 
cutters, road scrapers, etc., etc., which are 
made by this house are so well known that it 
seems like a “twice told tale” to call attention 
to them. We are confident that any of the 
implements described iu this pamphlet will 
give good satisfaction. The many medals and 
prizes which the machines have won at fairs 
and other exhibitions, were given for gen¬ 
uine merit. Farming has improved so ranidlv 
A HANDSOME COTTAGE. 
At Figs. 187, 188 and 189 we present to our 
readers plans of a handsome cottage, designed 
by H. G. Knapp, Architect, 120 Broadway 
this city. At Fig. 1X7 is shown the elevation, 
30 feet front by 40 feet in depth. Fig, 188 is 
the plau of the first floor: the parlor is 13 feet 
8 inches, by 20 feet 8 inches; dining-room 14 
by 15 feet, exclusive of bay window; library 
9 by 9 foot; kitchen It by 11 feet; ball 14 by 
16 feet. Fig. 189 is the second floor. Here 
the chamber over the parlor is 14 feet 6 inches 
by 18 feet Cinches; chamber over dining-room 
14 feet 6 inches by hi feet; chamber over 
library 7 feet six inches by 11 feet 6 inches; 
chamber over hall, 10 by 14 feet; bath-room 
7 feet 6 inches by 10 feet. There are also 
three commodious rooms in the attic. The 
first story is built with brick walls, thence up 
the construction is frame, with double outer 
sheathing and back plastering. The exterior 
finish is,as shown In the sketch, with shingles and 
clapboards. The house is heated throughout 
by furnace, and is finished iu first-class style, 
with modern improvements. Its cost will, of 
course, vary with different localities and cir¬ 
cumstances, but should not exceed from S3,500 
to $4,000. 
CATALOGUES, ETC., RECEIVED. 
The Home Acre.— Rev. E. P. Roe, has se¬ 
lected an exceedingly happy title for the ser¬ 
ies of papers he is writing for Harper’s Maga¬ 
zine. The picture he paints of the ideal rural 
home, is one well calculated to appeal to the 
heart of the over-worked city man. Those 
who follow his directions, will surely fence 
in “an acre of paradise.” To our mind these 
bright, crisp, little articles are as readable and 
SHORT PITHY PARAGRAPHS. 
Profit in Farming consists in devoting 
most of your land to grass and stock; in mak¬ 
ing large quantities of manure, and applying 
it to a small portion of cultivated land, giving 
high cultivation. In this way more grain, 
roots, etc., will be raised one year with an¬ 
other than can be raised on the >Rhole farm by 
the usual skimming and half cultivating 
process. Here is success in a nutshell; your 
farm and pocket will grow fat; no mistake 
about it! 
Profit in Stock-raising comes from giv¬ 
ing the best care and shelter with full feed 
In breeding use only 
from the beginning, 
thoroughbred males; half-breds produce only 
mongrels and scrubs. One pound of sulphur 
to 20 of salt will prevent, disease, and keep 
your animals healthy. Always salt the hay 
in the mow. One is apt to neglect giving salt 
in Winter. Add sulphur as it prevents hay 
from molding and keeps it sweet. 
f Boiled Linseed Oil should be applied to 
all the wagons, carriages and farm imple¬ 
ments at least once a year, especially to the 
wagon wheels; then the tires will not get 
loose and they will last five limes as long. If 
the plow or cultivator teeth get rusty, clog 
and will not scour, apply nitric acid; go right 
to work and the rust will soon disappear. 
Boiled linseed oil is the beat furniture pol¬ 
ish in existence. Try it, see how new and 
fresh everything will look. 
To Paint Ff.nces and out-buildings, use 
water-lime and skim-milk; mix a small por¬ 
tion at a time; apply with a brush; add any 
color you wish—a very nice, cheap and dur¬ 
able paint. 
Cut-worm ravages in corn or tobacco 
fields, may be made good by getting a few 
hundred or thousand two-inch flower pots— 
price about four dollars per 1,000. When 
you plant, corn, plant at the same time four 
kernels in each pot, and where a hill is 
missing, lift a hill out of one of the pots 
and replace it. Transplanting out. of the 
pots, does not check the growth. The trans¬ 
planted hills will come right on with the 
rest. With tobacco, transplant into pots at 
A NEAT COTTAGE. Fi 
strong as anything in the famous magazine. 
There Ls grace of diction, and at the same 
time an earnestness and practicality about 
thorn that leave an admirable impression on the 
memory. Those who view, on their own tables, 
fruits and vegetables—the product of their 
own exercise and thinking—will highly ap¬ 
preciate the idea that those who patronize 
stalls and peddlers’ wagons, can buy but dead 
and dying things. It’s a decidedly happy 
thought to speak of a light, thin sandy soil 
as a spend-thrift, that never can lie kept rich, 
no matter how much you give it, or to call a 
stiff, heavy clay, a miser that hates to part 
with its stolen fertility. Roots are called 
levers. It is only when they rest against a 
and matters of interest only to professional 
fruit-growers. This book ought to be in the 
hands of every farmer in the country. The 
farm* and homes would be better off for such a 
distribution. Nearly one-half is properly 
given up to the apple. Its value, origin, prop¬ 
agation, bow to market, how to graft, its insect 
enemies, etc., etc., are all briefly treated. The 
blackberry, cherry, currant, grape, goose¬ 
berry, plum, ’quince, raspberry, strawberry, 
l>ear and peach tire all described and treated. 
The illustrations are frequent and timely. 
Among other articles we notice one on Fruits 
for the Cold North, by Dr. Hoskins, which ajv 
peared in the Rural last year. Send for the 
book. Price, 25 cents. 
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First Floor, 
Fig. 188. 
Second Floor, 
Fig. 189. 
deep fertile soil, that they can lift condensed 
sunshine into our hands. The chapter in 
the May Harper’s, is given up to a talk on the 
garden portion of the “acre.” More than ouo- 
half of the space Ls devoted to the cultivation 
of the vine. No attempt is made to deal with 
technical or scientific details, but the reader 
is told which varieties to procure, how to lo¬ 
cate his vineyard, and how to watch and care 
for it. The articles are just the kind needed 
Kemps Manure Spreader. Catalogue 
from the Kemp & Burpee Manufacturing Co., 
Syracuse, N. Y.—Machines for preparing the 
soil for a crop, or for securing the crop at the 
end of its life, are plentiful. Those for apply¬ 
ing fertilizers, giviug the crop its life, are 
few. The manure pit Ls truly the farmer’s 
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