THE RURAL MEW-YORKER. 
gust may have been only its worm-eaten 
windfall. 
In the race of life it doesn’t take very long 
for poverty to overtake laziness. 
Everybody says that good times are com¬ 
ing, and, as times are controlled for good or 
for bad, very largely by what everybody says, 
everybody is glad to hear everybody say this. 
Prof. Cook, Director of the New Jersey 
Experiment Station, states in his report that 
he tries experiments over and over again be¬ 
fore he says anything about them. He says of 
potash that it must bo soluble before it. is avail¬ 
able. He would like to say that sulphate is 
better than muriate,but as yet ho has not said 
it, but does say that he sees no difference. 
After experimenting twelve years, he sees no 
reason why any one should pay seven cents a 
pound for potash in the sulphate when he can 
get it for three cents a pound in the muriate.. 
Speaking of the vitality of seeds from com¬ 
mission men. W. S. Dovol, of the Ohio Agri¬ 
cultural Experiment Station, says he has not 
observed a single instance where a variety 
from commissioned grocers gave so large a per 
cent, of germinated seeds as did the same va¬ 
riety put up by the same firm and procured 
direct from the firm. 
Public watering places are excel lout places 
for spreading diseases among horses. Avoid 
them if there are any dangerous or contagious 
diseases raging in your neighborhood. 
This Winter will be doubly severe on your 
young horses unless you have them iu first- 
class condition when they go into wiuter- 
quartors. Good care from now on will be well 
repaid before Spring.. 
Dr. Gadsden, like nearly all other Ameri¬ 
can veterinarians and most of those of Eu¬ 
rope. insists that the only safe course is to 
slaughter every animal that has ever had 
pleuro-pneUmonia, as he believes the disease 
to be incurable, and considers the so-called re¬ 
covered cases the most dangerous. 
The penalty for abusing horses is generally 
paid by those who do it, yet frequently they 
are uuawaro of the fact. 
(l'iH'njwl)cvc. 
RURAL SPECIAL REPORTS. 
Ontiadn. 
Dominionville, Ontario, Sept. 28.—Crops 
iuthis section are good. Wheat, oats and 
peas are better than an average. Corn not 
much grown. Hay hardly an average. Pota¬ 
toes rotting badly—not an average crop. 
H. A. M. 
Roxton Falls, P. Q.—Wheat, barley,oats, 
buckwheat and peas are good and harvested 
in good order. Hay bettor than expected. 
Corn shortened by drought. Potatoes yielded 
well, but rotted badly in some places. 
J. F.L. 
Delaware. 
Dover, Kent Co., Sept 21).—Wo are now 
having some very warm weather—the hottest 
of the season: thermometer ranging from 75 
to 90 in the shade. Wheat was badly dam¬ 
aged by the rain before it was thrashed. 
What, has been sold brought from 00 to 80 
cents. Corn is nearly all in the shock, or else 
topped; many fields that had a growth large 
enough for 50 to 00 bushels per acre will not 
produce more than .‘10 to 10 in consequence of 
so many barren stalks, which we attribute to 
the fact that when the silks and tassels were in 
condition to fertilize we lmd two or throe days 
of hard ruin which probably destroyed the 
pollen. The seeding of wheat is now the 
order of the day. We commenced last Satur¬ 
day; but the greater portion will not be sown 
until next week. It is now too hot. We are 
afraid of the fly. S. t. s. 
iiiiu oh. 
Chicago, Cook Co., October 5.—Fora week 
the whole Northwest has enjoyed extremely 
bright- weather, andovery department of farm 
work has moved along uninterruptedly. There 
are uo areas at present needing ruiu where the 
pastures were not seriously damaged by the 
terrible drought of July and August. The fa¬ 
vorable conditions also have enabled us to 
complete the Full seeding of winter wheat iu 
all areas north of the Ohio River. Of course 
the acreage question is one of great interest, 
and in nearly every State in the winter wheat 
belt the acreage promises to be fully as large 
as in 18.85. I think that the low prices of every¬ 
thing which farmers have to consume and buy 
have in a great measure reconciled our far¬ 
mers to the prevailing prices of wheat. The 
movement of winter wheat for the last .80 days, 
owing to the fact that farmers have been so 
busy seeding, is only nominal. At. the same 
time there does not seem to be any feeling 
among the producers that higher prices will 
prevail, for the present at least. The move¬ 
ment in the spring wheat belt continues very 
free, and there are no signs at present that, it 
will be materially reduced for the next 30 to 
00 days. Reports with regard to yield in Min¬ 
nesota and Dakota are still just as conflicting 
as ever 
The first killing frosts of the season put iu 
their appearance October 1st and 2d. The 
corn crop in the meantime had everywhere 
matured. So far we have had very little dry¬ 
ing weather to put corn in condition for crib¬ 
bing. A great deal of corn lias been cut up 
in the different States for feed, and so far no 
reports have been received which would indi¬ 
cate that the crop was any better than lias 
been reported during the last 60 days. No¬ 
body pretends to say that corn is particularly 
scarce. At the same time i f the statements 
are true which have been so generally made 
that there is a deficiency of 350,000 bushels iu 
the yield, this shortage must be felt very per¬ 
ceptibly before auother crop is made. The 
receipts of old corn out of farmers’ bauds, and 
also what is knowu as the cribbed corn along 
the railroads, have been very materially re¬ 
duced during the last 30 days. 
The bog situation is a question which will 
interest us very particularly from the present 
time until the winter packing season is well ad¬ 
vanced. I notice that the Government has lately 
reported considerable disease called hog chol¬ 
era. “ Hog cholera” is a very wide form of ex¬ 
pression; and it takes in every ill that hogs are 
heir to. It has battled so far the skill of 
science to determine- what it is, or to point out 
a remedy for the disease. It comes when we 
expect it the least, and does not leave us as 
long as it has any material to work upon. 
That we have had t.his disease this Fall is a 
fact, but so far. from my investigation I do 
not think it has been anything like as fatal as 
it was during the Fall and Winter of 1885 aud 
1884. I think there is a fair supply of hogs 
still iu the country, and that, the fall and early 
winter run may probably fall a little below 
that of the preceding season, llogs are not 
held for particular seasons, as in former years, 
but are now marketed all the year round 
whenever they are fit to go. c. M. 
Kansan. 
Frankfort, Marshall Co., Sept. 30. —We 
have had some showers this mouth, and cool¬ 
er weather of late, but it is yet too dry for 
plowing. Crops are not an average in this 
vicinity. Corn something more than half a 
crop. Early potatoes pretty good, but late 
ones almost uothiug. Pastures have been 
short, ( ’lover and Timothy are growing nice¬ 
ly, but not enough for half pasturage, and hay 
is needed. a. n. y. 
Kentucky. 
Louisville, Jefferson Co,, Oct. 3.—Dis¬ 
patches to this place report frosts till over the 
State. About half of the tobacco crop is 
uncut, aud so much has been injured that one- 
half to three-quarters of it will make only 
frosted lugs. Tobacco in lowlands is much 
damaged, while (hat on the uplands is little 
hurt. An experienced broker and handler 
thinks Friday night’s frost will much impair 
the quality, but not reduce the quantity of the 
crop. Reports from the Flat Liek section, 
noted for dark, rich tobacco, are bad. 
M. L. H. 
M assn eh use t tn. 
Sandwich, Barnstaple Co., Get. 4.—The in¬ 
land cranberry hogs suffered more on Satur¬ 
day and last, night by frost than at auy time 
this season. At nine o'clock last night the 
thermometer registered 31) degrees, gradually 
falling until midnight, it was the coldest 
night this season. In the little village of 
Mash pee the frost dill heavy damage. The 
largest grower there is the Mashpee Manufact¬ 
uring Company, which loses one-half of its 
Crop—about <»<mi barrels. Oliver M. Holmes, 
another large grower there, lost 400 barrels. 
There are many smaller bogs there aud iu the 
immediate neighborhood, including those 
which caUnot be flowed. These are nearly 
total wrecks. Many ot the berries were only 
tupped, which necessarily reduces the price. 
R. H. 
\\ yomtug Territory. 
West Fervdalk. Whatcom Co., Sept. 28.— 
All crops here are above the average on a 
largely increased acreage, Prices are: wheat. 
81.50 per cental, or 100 pounds; oats, $1.25; 
peas, $1.50; barley, $1.50; hay, $ti per ton, 
eggs 28 cents per dozen, dressed meats six 
cents per pound, potatoes 40 cents per bushel. 
Mrs. Fisher’s articles were very good, and we 
hoped she would visit the Noaksaek Valley. 
She would have found a great deal more agri¬ 
cultural land than on the White River, and 
uot half us hard to clear. The photo, of her 
was an agreeable surprise. She saw things 
about as they are, except the Chinese ques¬ 
tion. She eentainly did not see the moral side 
of that, or she would have written differently 
about the Mongolians. z. h. r 
Virginia. 
Richmond, Henrico Co., Oct. 2.—Our mar¬ 
ket this week for leaf tobacco has been a quiet 
one, and little else but low grades of lugs and 
nondescript leaf seemed to find ready buyers, 
and these sold at very low prices, ruling at 
2% to 3.':j cents. This morning a heavy and 
damaging frost is reported from all parts of 
this and adjoining States of North Carolina 
and West Virginia. From one-third to one- 
half of the crop was uncut, and it appears that 
little of this escaped the frost, which blackened 
it iu many sections. Of course, much will 
have boon cut green to-day, with still very 
threatening weather. The late tobacco was 
chiefly depended ou for the best of the crop, 
and the weather tall yesterday was fine on the 
plants in the field. Potato vines were black¬ 
ened in aud near town. The market, no 
doubt, will lie firmer and higher, and some 
have withdrawn good stocks from sale already. 
There must be few wrappers or good fillers 
jnade at any rate. Our tobacco year ended 
September 30, 1880. Total stocks on hand are 
as follows, with comparisons of previous 
years: 
Inspected. 
Uninspected. 
Total. 
Hhtls. 
Tes. 
Hhds. Tes. 
Hhds. 
Tes. 
,18.744 
1,329 
li.iios 397 
25,332 
1.728 
,13,517 
1.098 
4,990 7b 
18,537 
1,173 
, 7,*78 
147 
1,889 22 
9,567 
429 
The annual report of the president of the Dan¬ 
ville Tobacco Association shows that the sales 
for the year were 40.353,942 pounds at an 
average of $9.41 per 100. T. H. M. 
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COW-POX IN COWS. 
TV. 77. P.i Grow, Pa. —The teats of some 
of our cows have become completely covered 
with scabs which come off wheu one tries to 
milk the animals. It is cow-pox I suppose. Is it 
contagions, and what should be the treatment? 
Ans. —There are many forms of eruption on 
the tents and udder of a cow, which tire some¬ 
times confounded with those of variola oreow 
pox: but the cruptious of genuine cow-pox have 
certain characteristics which distinguish them 
from those produced by what are called spur¬ 
ious forms of the disease. The local symptoms 
of true cow-pox are beat, swelling and tender¬ 
ness of the teats for three or four days, followed 
by irregular, pimply hardness of the skin, par¬ 
ticularly about the base of the teals. The 
pimples can generally be felt in from five to ten 
days after communication. They become red 
when about the size of a pea, are very painful 
and hard, gradually increasing in size, and in 
three or four days they attain the size of a 
horse bean; and are circular in form on the 
udder aud oblong ou the teats. They rise in 
the center, becoming more or less pointed, and 
contain at first a clear and, later, an opaque 
fluid. If the vesicles are broken, troublesome 
sores occur, the discharge front which will 
communicate the disease to the milker, if not 
protected by previous vaccination. If not 
broken the vesicles become depressed in the 
center aud around the base is a very red aud 
tender halo or circle. The size is greatest 
about the truth day, when it is a pustule— 
having an inflamed base aud containing' pus. 
The pustule dries up, and dark brow n or black- 
solid scabs or crusts form ou the surface. 
Vesicles, pustules and scabs may sometimes be 
seen ou the same teat at one time. The scabs 
if left undisturbed, gradually become thicker 
aud darker until about the fourteenth day,and 
fall off sjKJUtanoousI) utaboutt.he end of three 
w eeks, leaving shallow, smooth, oval or circu¬ 
lar pits of a pale rose color. In tropical cli¬ 
mates the disease is generally very severe, of¬ 
ten causing death; but in temperate regions it 
is generally mild,usually ettusiug only a slight 
diminution in the milk yield aud u little loss 
of appetite'. Sometimes, however, the mouth 
becomes sore, driveling of saliva takes place, 
the checks are pushed outward and inward by 
it partial breathing through the mouth, there 
are some abdominal pains aud diarrhea ; but 
these symptoms are almost entirely confined to 
the hot sections of the country, The disease is 
contagious and when once it appears in a herd 
it will usually pass through it, unless special 
care is taken to isolate completely all infected 
animals. A stable is often infected by it so 
that every cow brought, into it will take the 
disease. Boyoud making the udder aud teats 
very sore, the disease is uot harmful; and iu 
ordinary cases non-interference is the best 
course, as it will come to an end naturally in 
about three weeks. Sometimes, however, 
treatment may be advisable. The course of 
the disease is hastened and ameliorated by giv¬ 
ing daily doses of one ounce of hyposulphite 
of soda for a week or ten days, and continuing 
smaller doses of one dram daily as long as the 
pustules remain. Cara should be taken not to 
break these, so as to avoid painful sores and a 
good deal of inflammation. The soreness is 
relieved by painting them over with camphor¬ 
ated soap liniment mixed 'with an equal quan¬ 
tity of ether. The milking should be done with 
milking tubes, when there is any danger of 
breaking the vesicles, pustules or scabs. The 
person who milks the diseased cows should 
milk no others or the infection will be con¬ 
veyed in that way. Indeed, those who attend 
the infeeted cows should not go near the oth¬ 
ers. The feed should he laxative and cooling 
—bran mash or beets and carrots are advis¬ 
able; but no corn meal or cotton-seed meal 
should be used. 
CUTTING BACK RASPBERRY AND BLACKBERRY 
CANES. 
•I. A. Me E., Canton , Mo. —Will the cutting 
back of raspberry and blackberry canes in 
October iujure their fruiting next year? If a 
cane of either berry, not having been pinched 
back, has been allowed to grow live feet in 
length, and is now cut back to two or three 
feet, will it bear a full crop next season? 
Ans. —We should prefer to leave the new 
canes as they are in order to secure the best 
yield. The cutting back of the caues of the 
current year’s growth had better be done early, 
when they have reached the desired bight. 
Later the laterals should he pinched off or cut 
back. The object is to secure all the bearing 
wood possible to each cane. Cutting, or pinch 
mg back iu early September will hasten 
maturity. But by cutting them back now, 
nothing would be gained. If the old canes 
have not yet been removed, it would be bet¬ 
ter to wait until the Spring and then make 
one job of it, viz., cut out the old canes and 
cut back the new ones. 
Miscellaneous. 
F. S. W., Des Moines , la. —1. What is the 
difference between Optimus and Living¬ 
ston's Favorite Tomatoes? 2. What between 
Pearl of Savoy and Beauty of Hebron Potato? 
Ans.—L The Optimus is a better keeper— 
less liable to rot. 2. We have before stated 
they are very nearly alike; but we are not 
prepared to saj- that they are the same. 
H. G.i Hamburg, Conn .—Is kainit a good 
dressing for peach and plum trees; and if so, 
when should it be applied ? 
Ans. —We don't quite understand the ques¬ 
tion as to planting “potato onion sets in the 
Fall.” Please repeat. Yes, it is a proper 
dressing for auy kind of fruit trees if the soil 
needs potash. Better add raw bone. 
IF. B - O., Muncii *, Ind .—The flower sent 
for name is Tagetes teuuifolia, a Mexican 
marigold. 
DISCUSSION. 
C. H., Columbus, Ohio. —In a late Rural, 
the Burpee’s Turner, Henderson’s Mikado and 
Livingston’s Potato-leaf Tomatoes are all said 
to be the same. I exhibited the Potato-leaf at 
the Olno State Fair, and others exhibited the 
Mikado and Turner; and of the Potato-leaf 95 
per cent, were perfect tomatoes, while of the 
other two not a perfect tomato was shown. 
My only interest in the matter is a desire to see 
justice done, to Mr. Livingston. 
R. N Y.—We know nothing of Livingston’s 
Potato-leaf Tomato, except that ho sent us 
several plants in order to ascertain what they 
were. We found them to be the Mikado or 
Turner's Hybrid, though the Tomatoes aver¬ 
age smoother as if a better or longer selection 
had been made. 
COMJtcxtCATtoxs Received for tub Week F.ndino 
October 9. IXS6. 
1. .1. B.-J. H. EF. S. W.—H. H—E. H.-E. T—F. F. 
-C. O. C.-H. H.—N. T.-T. R. C—L. S. E.—J. C. S.—A. 
.1.—F. C. S.—W. H. II.—J. G. L.-B. B. R.—R. P. G., 
wheat rac'd— G. K P., tints nvM -O. H. A.—apples aud 
grapes rac'd—W. W. O.—W. T. A. G. C., thanks—M. 
A. H. A.—L. A. R.—F. G. G., grapes rec’d in bad condi¬ 
tion-.!. H. s sou. grapes rac'd-O. H. A.—P. E.. thanks 
-j. S.-C. w. H.-J. c. C.-W. H. >t.-H. H.-A. L.-A. 
>(. L.—M. J. W.—C. S. .1. . 1 , A,—E. L. Y.—H. H.— 
J. S., thanks-B. B. R.-G. E. 31.—J. C.-C. I— F. E. H.— 
B. F. V.-M. D. B.-D. 31. R.-H. F. H.-W. J. P.—A. L. 
IV A. E W.-W. H. H.-N. T.-E. ft. N—G. W. A.—H. 
A. S.-W. R. W.-N.G. D.—E. J. 31.—C. B.—*'W.”—C. 
Bros.—R. W. 3te n.—A. S. S.—31. >1. Me.—A. .1. H.-T. 
D. B.—31. P. W.. thanks-W. S. E.—A. N. Y.—D. D. W 
—O. H. A.-F. K. r. D. B.—F. E. H.-K, S. G.—T. 3I.-P. 
—T. A. R.-F. N. B.-K. Y.—F. F.-B. B.-I.. W. P.—G. 
W. K.-W. 31 B.—H. L. C.-H. R. Jr.-3L C. G.-C, B. 
P.-H. B. S.—E. & B.—\V. H. B.. thanks-W. W. K.— 
B. R.K. K.-F. H. 31. F. P.-C.O. B.-W. W. W.—R. 3T 
S. thauks.-L. 31. H.—R. W. R—W. F. D—S. S. T— I. S* 
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DIXON'S "Carburet of Iron" Store Polish was 
established in 1827. aud is to-day. as it was then, the 
neatest and brightest tu the market; a pure plumoago, 
giving off no poisonous vapors. The size is non- doub 
led t»nd cake weigasnearly half a pound, but the quali¬ 
ty aud price remain the same. Ask your goooer rot- 
Dixon's big cake. 
