1888 
CLUBBING COMBINATIONS. 
Arrangements have been made with the fol¬ 
lowing excellent papers whereby such of our 
readers as desire to do so, can secure the Ru¬ 
ral with their favorite local papers at a re¬ 
duced rate. These papers are all of good 
standing. They circulate among the best 
people of their respective sections, and are 
well worthy of patronage. In all these com¬ 
binations it is understood that the Free Seed 
Distribution is included and will be sent with 
the papers for the regular combination price: 
The Inter-Ocean , Chicago, Ill., 82.50. 
The Weekly World (with its History of the 
United States, post paid), New York City, 
$ 2 . 00 . 
The Free Press , Detroit, Mich., $2.50. 
Weekly Press , Philadelphia, $2.25. 
Plain Dealer, Cleveland, Ohio, $2.50. 
Post, Washington, D. C., $2.25. 
American, Baltimore, Md., $2.50. 
Advertiser, Elmira, N. Y., $2.50. 
Democrat <& Chronicle, Rochester, N. Y., 
$2.50. 
Mail, Toronto, Canada, $2.50. 
Sentinel, Milwaukee, Wis., $2.50. 
Republican, Springfield, Mass., $2,50. 
Ohio State Journal , Columbus, Ohio, $2.50. 
Times, Cincinnati, Ohio, $2.25. 
Farm Implement Nmcs, Chicago, $2.50. 
Kansas State Journal, Topeka, Kan., $2.50. 
Herald , Omaha, Neb., $2.25. 
Journal, Kansas City, Mo,, $2. 85. 
Times, Philadelphia, $3.00. 
Register, Wheeling, W. \ r a., $2.75. 
MAGAZINE COMBINATIONS. 
Price, with the Rural New-Yorker, in¬ 
cluding Seed Distribution: 
Cottage Hearth.$2 25 
Arthur’s Home Magaziue.3 00 
Godey’s Lady’s Book.3 00 
Peterson’s Magazine. 3 00 
Harper’s Magazine. 5 Oil 
“ Weekly. 5 20 
“ Bazar. 5 20 
“ Young People. 3 50 
The Century.... ,.5 50 
St. Nicholas.4 50 
Building; a Journal of Architecture, 
weekly.5 50 
“ monthly. 2 75 
The New York Times says: “The editor 
of the Rural New-Yorker is a New Jersey 
farmer who has au experiment station of his 
own, which is not equaled iu value for useful, 
practical results by any of the scientific sta¬ 
tions operated by a staff of Professors at great 
cost.” 
Our regular Premium List and Post¬ 
ers will be sent to all applicants with¬ 
out charge. Specimen copies will be 
mailed free to any name or list of 
names with which our readers or agents 
may favor us in order to aid them in 
obtaining subscribers. 
CORRESPONDENTS’ VIEWS. 
The wagon which I received as a premium 
last year came to hand all right. It was so 
well packed that there was not a scratch on it. 
A wagon-maker at our place calls it the finest- 
finished piece of work he ever saw, The Col¬ 
umbus Buggy Co. write me that this wagon is 
not a special article, but just what they furnish 
to all. It is light, but strong, carrying three 
with ease, it is a real treat to ride iu such a 
carriage after a day’s hard work ou the farm. 
If any reader of the Ritual wants to get a 
good carriage, lie can’t do better than to go 
where mine came from. Such a carriage 
makes fine pay for my work at canvassing. 
Chenango Co., N. Y. w. s. moore. 
I was glad to see the Rural speak of Kaffir 
Corn. Wherever wheat and Indian corn are 
sure crops, these new or old sorghums will 
have less value or no value, but with us both 
Indiau coru nud wheat are very precarious, 
and the sorghums offer us certain returns in 
grain aimost as good as Indian corn, and for¬ 
age iu fargrenter abundance. After years aud 
years of dependence on one or another sort, l 
would feel as if I could ill get along without 
them. For ensilage, any early sort of sorg¬ 
hum should have a place with vou. 
Augusta, Gft. J. H. ALEXANDER. 
The taste for fattening cattle at the college 
farm at Champaign, Ill., gave some surpris¬ 
ing results. Prof. Morrow writes that the 
heaviest cattle are half flood Holstoins. The 
greatest weight is 1.7X5 pounds for a steer 
not 31 months old. Tho steer of best quality 
is a three-quarter Hereford. A pure-bred 
Ayrshire weighs 1,525 pounds at 32 mouths, 
The steer of best form is a pure-bred Short¬ 
horn, but a local trouble has reduced his 
fore tlie pohl.c m its ,1: -ni} le>. 
tlian t»n vm ». and »t toavo will ove- 
winch istlu'snrcs- tc-st luftti nn-rtt: 
Pond union* have hewn rev- 1 V,,I I’Mir 1 >■ r\ 
country on the gktta. Hinnm'i, In- 
Uii’iilor t hart is a lunrhiiic 
which ht? over the h*-cs of a Ihoaoor 
Organ. ("Kti'.irnw v k.-rr ami A-wc a. 
iilAih cnfffti tt piACfit, ami !\c rrvf'er 
lo siriJcr, caiugn its posit mn and ar¬ 
rangement tri Mui the different keys. 
[BLUE OMOJBeV 
$ 1.75 WORTH 
ofChoico Music 
FOR MAN AND BEAST. 
1838 Pomona Nurseries 1880 
A STPTRB STOCK OF 
Lawson, best Early Market Rear, Kief- 
fsr. best Late Market Rear; Le Conte 
and other Pear Trees; Wilson Jr,, Lar¬ 
gest known Blackberry: 163 bushels per 
acre—Ho inches around: Erie, the Lar¬ 
gest iv ru/mrdy Blackberry; Marlboro 
andUoLPEN Qi.’Ren Raspberries: Parry 
and Lida, best Market Strawberries; 
N’tAOARA. Esotre.STATES other Grapes 
— — In large supply. All the worthy old, 
and promising new fruits Catalogue free. 
WM. PARRY, PARRV, N. J. 
Hav e yo u seen it lately? 
gd'-^ir^e and J-Jar-vesfe 
A, / Is an Illustrated Monthly Ru- 
-8 A ral Magazine whose mission is 
A to bring PLEASURE and 
PROFIT to our American 
^C*Wa Count it Hornes. So bright 
Slkf/^Aand progressive a Magazine 
ought to hare a million 
readers, and no doubt it 
would have if they only knew how easily 
A SUCH A GEM 
-vrW } can be procured. It 
SIS 
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really gives monthly *TL fl 
A TREAT 
of the most instructive and inter¬ 
esting matter to be found in any 
periodical published anywhere. 
Each number 
is divided into 
the following 
£53fc OUR SCRAP-BOOK:, 
a In this is given [ 
Very choice se- ’ 
lections in verse 
worthy of pres¬ 
ervation either — 
for their elocutionary or true poetic 
merit or oddity. Poetic gems res¬ 
cued from the literary high seas. 
'T s T =r PROHIBITION:.. ,/f 
The influence which will quietly be ftj 
exerted by the onjulhly visits ofthis f lB\ 
in which boys 
are growing W *m(tB Sr 
m , up may be of '^SSSKoT 
incalculable 
value in help- » IT 
t ^e.to mould 
their characters for all time. 
ftARnEKIIMft. T his mugazine was originally 
OHnUCninUa devoted to market gardening 
and will continue to j>ay spec- nmmiiir 
ial attention to this great 1 in- ('i 1 , nffiV.b ’l i»v 
dustry, giving note3 and^iUus- ^ ^ ^ 
§ crop reports, 
THE FRUIT GARDENS"^ 
manner, giving 
essays written 
by the eminent 
Fruit, Growers of the dav.also 
notes and illustrations of new 
Fruits. Pleasure and Profit- 
t U 0RAL 
y >k Notes will 
I continue to 
ammuiiiniiiiiic be a strong 
: 4 4 A ^ ’s' : And pleasing 
; E feature. Then there is “’Aunt Mar- 
thus" HOUSEHOLD, and the 
= GREAT= CARP POND, POULTRY 
I-- ~A and PET STOCK, and the 
: Vkrprp = PUZZLE DEPARTMENT 
: Ul I Ll\ z which gives prizes 
month to the 
best solvers. Although our siihscri- 
bers say that single numters are I(fjfif 
worth a dollar wir price is bur [NSr*=yt;t -YlVIj) 
Fifty.Cents a Whole Year \vSSw & 7 adB 7 / 
Or to introlnre it we iril L send it fur JpJ’er l 
(liree months for one dime! 
We give club-getters very li be ral 
connnisanns, and as an additional stimulant shall on 
the first of April next pay $ 100.00 in Cash to the 
one who shall have sent the largest list of subscribers. 
Address, Seed-Time and Harvest. 
Aa Plume, LaclCa Co., Pa. 
BETTER .STILL! By a special arrangement we 
will semi both the Rvral New-Yorker, with seed dis¬ 
tribution. and seed-Tuie vsd Harvest cue year to any 
address on receipt of only *2 .h. Address 
SEED-TIME'AND HARVEST, 
La Plume, Lack’a Co.. Pa. 
PAKTIOULAK 
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OF JOURNALS WITH WHIOH THE RU¬ 
RAL NEW-YORKER OLUBS. ANY OF 
OUR READERS WHO DESIRE TO SUB¬ 
SCRIBE FOR ANY OF THESE PAPERS 
IN CONNECTION WITH THE R N.-Y. 
ARE PROMISED THAT THEIR COM¬ 
MANDS SHALL RECEIVE OAREFUL 
AND PROMPT ATTENTION. 
BULBS FOR AUTUMN OR SPRING PLANTING. 
Catalogues FREE. 
sJM. Thorburns. C<k 15 JohnS:NewYork. 
Bear in mind that, the Rural never sells 
its premiums. We give them as payment for 
work. We will not. under any circumstances 
sell them for cash. The Rural sells nothing 
aud hence is not bound to praise any imple¬ 
ment or plant except as it deserves praise. 
weight 200 pounds or more. This “battle of 
the breeds” was harmless enough, l. v. c. 
Granges and Farmer’s Clubs can help the 
agricultural colleges materially. The colleges 
need students and there are plenty of bright 
farm boys who need educations. Let each flour¬ 
ishing Grange provide for one or more schol¬ 
arships at the agricultural college—that is to 
say, let them each lay aside at least $75 each 
year, to go towards paying the expenses of at 
least one boy from the neighborhood. Let the 
boys be put to some test to determine the one 
best qualified for the place. With $75 back of 
him a bright boy can easily work his way 
through an agricultural college and there are 
plenty of boys who would jump at such a 
chance. If the farmers of any State want to 
make something out of their agricultural col¬ 
lege, let every farmers’ organization pledge 
itself to provide at least one student. Try 
five years of such a policy and see what the 
result will be. graduate. 
When I first started reading the Rural 
New-Yorker three years ago. I could hard¬ 
ly interest myself in the contents, but now I 
welcome it eagerly, and can hardly wait until 
evening to scan its well-filled pages of sound, 
wholesome reading. I used to think, too, that 
you were fearfully one-sided and partial; but 
after getting acquainted with your ways and 
views, I am convinced that you do sometimes 
speak the truth when it hurts* but for a good 
purpose and in the best of spirit, for tbe good 
of all. I well know that agricultural editors, 
like all others, must educate them readers to 
then- particular duty, and practice as they 
profess, or accomplish nothing. 
Dayton, Ohio. william Barringer. 
1 find by experience that the way to grow 
the best crop of potatoes at the least cost of 
labor, is to plow in November the ground 
that is to be planted the next Spring. Af ter 
plowing, manure broadcast with 12 three- 
horse cart loads of bara-yard manure to the 
acre. Let it be until Spring without harrow¬ 
ing. The action of the weather will complete¬ 
ly pulverize the ground. In the Spring the 
weed seeds will sprout early and grow vigor¬ 
ously. When in the seed leaf, put the har¬ 
row on, giving the ground a rough harrow¬ 
ing, destroying them with ease and dispatch, 
and at the same time leveling the ground. 
Chester Co., Pa. Charles c. moore. 
On a space of my strawberry bed oue-haif 
rod wide by oue rod long I picked 90 
quarts of berries. It was a fair average of 
tho whole. Who beats that! The plants were 
Crescents, a trifle over a year old. They were 
in matted rows feet apart. Tho field was 
a sandy loam. It had a fair dressing of stable 
manure, aud I applied to the plants a little 
“patent medicine,“as I call commercial fertiliz¬ 
er* N. C. JESSUP. 
Suffolk Co..N. Y. 
Princess, the flue English hackney mare, 
recently died suddenly. She had been carried 
about from one show* to another, spending 
most of the time, iu the cars, the stall and the 
show ring. High feeding for months with¬ 
out proper exercise had made the horse 
“soft.” Whenever turned into the pasture on 
returning irom a show, she was so glad to be 
at liberty that she spent the first hour trot¬ 
ting at full speed up and down the pasture. 
This in her “show” condition, engendered a 
chill which resulted iu inflammation of the 
lungs, and death. There are doubtless many 
cases where animals are killed or injured by 
the treatment necessary to fit them for exhi¬ 
bition or the result of this treatment. We 
seldom hear of such eases. It is poor policy 
to let the public know of them. Our horse 
shows are filled with fat horses. They present 
a fine appearance to the visitor, but their con¬ 
dition is unnatural. We want fat in the 
steer, but muscle in the horse. 
The Early Beauty Sweet Potato I con¬ 
sider the most promising variety. The vines 
are of strong and vigorous growth. The po¬ 
tatoes are large iu size, very round and short, 
and of the yam species. I think it a variety 
worth trial. It originated in Florida, j. s. b. 
GOOD FOR MAN. 
_ Inflammation of all kinds. Dlptherla, Wounds, 
a 
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Broken 'Breasts, Frost Bites, Chlllblalns, Piles. Bee 
Stings and all sores. 
GOOD FOR BEAST. 
FTe-sh Wounds, Galls, Sprains, Bruises, Cracked, 
Heel, Blugbotie. Poll Evil, Wind Gulls, Spavins, 
Sweeney, founder. Lameness, Sand Cracks. Scratches, 
or Grease, Mange, Horse Distemper, etc., etc. 
Cures Garget, Sore Teats and Bags. 
Asn all Sores and Swelllvqs nt Cows a yd oxen. 
For more extended remarks and for a large number 
of testimonials voluntarily sent to us by the persons 
whose signatures are attached, we refer you to our 
Circular Pamphlet around each bottle. 
We would say to Livery Stable Keepers make It a 
point never to bo without this great remedy. It Is a 
cheap, ertlcient and st re medicine. With this "Der 
niador." there is uo such v.-ord as "fail." It never 
blisters, but cools. Price 35 and Si cents. Sold by all 
druggists. D. RANSOM. SON & CO., 
BUFFALO, N. Y. 
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The only Catalogue Published. Illustrating everything 
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