1903 
THE RURAL NEW-YORKER 
633 
THE LITTLE ENVELOPE 
which you will find in this paper is not intended for your personal use. It is for a neighbor. We are going to ask you to use two of these little envel¬ 
opes this month—this one and one more that you will find in the paper next week. We are determined to have an even 100,000 subscribers to The K, 
N.-Y. We find the best and surest way to get them is to make liberal inducements for short-term trial subscriptions through our old readers. You know 
Ihe paper, and you know the neighbors who are likely to be interested in it. In this way we get the best farmers for trial subscriptions, and then a large 
portion of them renew from year to year themselves. Many of you who read this have learned of the paper in this way. A sample copy does not go far 
enough. A farmer and bis family must have the paper regularly for a few weeks to get a fair idea of its value to them. We have in just this way 
already nearly doubled the circulation of the paper in three years, and increased the income in the same proportion. The extra earnings have gone right 
back into the paper to make it more useful and helpful to readers, and to make it known to a greater number. This policy will be continued. So that 
when you help us in this way you simply assist in making a better paper for yourself and others, and help uplift and dignify farming as a profession. 
Your interests need a strong, staunch, fearless champion, and this is what The K. N.-Y. must be to you. 
For these reasons we have decided this year to make the biggest inducement, through your help, for new subscribers that we have’ever offered. We 
will send the paper to the new subscriber every week from the time we receive the envelope with his name and his dime to the first of January, 1904. 
You can count up the weeks for yourself. The sooner you send it the more papers he will get. You understand we send it 
Every Week for the Remaitider of the Year for Ten Cents. 
If you send the 10 cents yourself, as a gift to your neighbor, we will, of course, send the paper; but we would much prefer that you get the neighbor^!? 
dime. Small as it is, it gives him more interest in the paper. The 10 cents will probably pay for the postage and wrapping and mailing—all the rest we 
stand. We simply want more farmers to know the paper. We want the farmers who you know will appreciate it. 
We have letters in every mail telling us the paper is better than ever before. We are glad to have them. It ought to be better. We are sparing 
no money or pains to make it so. We make no boasts for the future. Its sixty columns will be sixty witnesses every week to testify as the best work 
that is in us. We simply want to show our farmer friends what that best is. We feel that we make no mistake in coming straight to you with this request. 
You know us. You believe in the purposes and ambition of the paper, and we know this little envelope, as well as the one to follow next week, will re¬ 
turn with the name of a friend and his dime. You will find a little com pocket for the dime at the point of the arrow. Make sure that the name and 
address are written on the blank lines before the envelope is sealed. 
Thanking you in advance for this interest and courtesy, we are, with best wishes. 
Sincerely yours, 
the rural NEW-YORKER. 
Events of the Week. 
DOMESTIC.—A curfew law went into effect at Water- 
town, N. Y., August 18. Under the provisions of the or¬ 
dinance all children under 16 must be off the streets 
after 9 P. M., from May 1 to September 30, and after 8 
P. M., from October 1 to April 30. Peoria. Ill., has adopted 
a similar ordinance.The first two of the series 
of yacht races for the cup won by the America B2 years 
ago, resulted in victory for the American boat, Kellance, 
by seven minutes, three seconds, and one minute 19 sec¬ 
onds respectively.August 24 the fastest trot¬ 
ting time on record, one mile in two minutes, was mad* 
at Reedville, Mass., by the five-year-old mare Lou Dil¬ 
lon. The animal was reared in California and has trotted 
but few times in public. . . . Samuel J. Parks, walking 
delegate of the Housesmlth’s and Brldgemen’s Union, was 
convicted in New York August 21 of the crime of extor¬ 
tion in receiving $200 to call off a strike. The maximum 
penalty is 3^ years’ imprisonment, and sentence was 
thus Imposed.A school of 143 small whales was 
driven ashore at St. Mary’s Bay, Newfoundland, August 
25, and all killed by the nearby Inhabitants, who attacked 
them with hatchets, scythes and pitchforks. 
Great damage was done to wires, trees and farm prop¬ 
erty in southern New York August 25 by wind and 
lightning. 
ADMINISTRATION.—August 25 President Roosevelt 
made public the fact that Wm. H. Taft, at present Gov¬ 
ernor-General of the Philippines, had been appointed Sec¬ 
retary of War to succeed Elihu Root, who recently re¬ 
signed. The change will take place about January 1. 
GENERAL FOREIGN NEWS.—Lord Robert Cecil, 
Marquis of Salisbury, three times Prime Minister of Eng¬ 
land, died August 22, aged 73. For 50 years he had been 
connected with British politics, always being a tory. He 
was an expert chemist, finding much recreation in his 
private laboratory, and had been chancellor of the Uni¬ 
versity of Oxford since 1869.There are reports 
of horrible massacres by Turkish soldiers in Macedonia. 
All the women and children in 22 villages of the districts 
of Fiorina and Monastic are said to have been killed and 
the buildings burned. 
PHILIPPINES.—An ingenious scheme by which a con¬ 
siderable sum of money will be saved to the Philippine 
government has Just been devised by Mr. Pepperman, 
acting chief of the Bureau of Insular Affairs, and, with 
the assistance of the Postofflee Department, will be 
promptly carried into effect. When the express com¬ 
panies were asked to give rates for the transportation 
of the large quantities of Philippine pesos which are to 
be shipped to Manila by way of San Francisco, a sum 
aggregating several thousand dollars was demanded. Mr. 
Pepperman considered this exorbitant. He promptly 
consulted the Postmaster General, and made arrange¬ 
ments by which the entire shipment will go as registered 
mail at the usual pound rates, plus the registry fee of 
eight cents for each four pounds. Three postal clerks will 
be placed In charge of the shipment, and will remain with 
it throughout its trip to the Pacific coast, where they 
will surrender it to an officer and a picked guard of sol¬ 
diers bound for Manila on the transport on which the 
pesos will be shipped. This officer will be responsible for 
the shipment until he secures a receipt from the Philip¬ 
pine Commission. By this means not only will a consider¬ 
able saving to the Philippine government be effected, but 
the entire sum expended for transportation will be added 
to the postal revenues. 
REPORTS FROM THE ONION CROP. 
'Phere is a fair crop of onions around here, both white 
and yellow, also quite a few red. They are selling them 
at 50 to 60 cents a bushel. f. j. nobbtl. 
Cincinnati, O. 
We do not have many onions in this locality. We 
however understand the crop will be about the average 
in the southern part of the State. geo. hitz & co. 
Indianapolis, Ind. 
The onion crop in our State la looking fine and we ex¬ 
pect a very good yield, probably 75 per cent of a full 
crop. So far as we have learned the acreage Is about 
the same as last year. d. o. wilet * co. 
Detroit, Mich. 
The onion crop in our vicinity will be short. Practi¬ 
cally all of the onions raised here are grown In the low 
lands and everything planted In the Kaw and Missouri 
River bottoms was destroyed by high water this season. 
Kansas City, Mo. o. c. evans & co. 
The prospects are favorable for a large onion crop in 
this State. The weather has been such all through the 
season that we cannot help but have a large amount of 
stock. They are reported by the growers to be in fine 
condition. We anticipate rather a low price this season. 
Cleveland, O. d. martin & co. 
Our correspondence leads us to believe the acreage of 
onions to be greater than last season throughout New 
York and Ohio. While it Is too early to tell what the 
late crop may be. everything indicates a good yield and 
fair quality at the present time. j. d. hbndrickson. 
Philadelphia, Pa. 
Our nearby crop is almost exhausted. We have a ready 
market for all we can load; in fact, receipts are not 
nearly equal to the demand. Had quite a large acreage 
in onions In this section this season, though quality was 
not up to grade. The movement of our crop begins about 
the middle of June and is marketed by last of August. 
Louisville, Ky. e. h. bowbn & co. 
We had quite a large crop of onions in this vicinity, 
but most of it has been shipped out, and by the time the 
Northern crop is ready we shall probably have to bring 
them in from that section. Our crop coming In as it does 
between the early Southern onions and the Northern 
crop, is distributed over the whole country: many of 
them being taken in New York, Philadelphia, Pittsburg, 
Cleveland, etc. Just now the onions we have seem to be 
wanted in the South. The same is true of our potatoes, 
which are nearly exhausted, and we will soon have to 
look North for them. d. b. sperrt. 
Louisville, Ky. 
They have a large crop of onions in Ohio. A good crop 
in far western New York. Around Canastota is is claimed 
the Insects are causing much trouble. Near Boston and 
the Newburyport section Is a good crop of large size and 
quality. In the Connecticut Valley they have a big crop, 
but all reports up to date claim a small size. To-day 
(August 22) onions bring about $2.25 per barrel. The pres¬ 
ent impression would be that no Immediate change need 
be expected in price. patch & robbjrts. 
Boston, Mass. 
The onion crop is very short here, not over 36 per cent; 
the early varieties were being marketed the second week 
in August. Hay was good and secured in good condition. 
Corn looks the poorest It has been for several years. 
Peaches run very uneven; some orchards have a good 
crop, while others are nearly a failure. Apples are good 
all through this section. p. 
Florida, N. Y. 
EXPERIMENTS WITH FERTILIZERS IN 
MISSOURI. 
It Will surprise many readers to be told that farmer! 
'n Missouri are conducting tests with fertilizers In con 
nection with the State Experiment Station. This Is noi 
-so strange when we learn that Missouri farmers speni 
over $1,000,000 for fertilizers last year. The greatest neet 
of the western soils is phosphoric acid, because, as w« 
have pointed out, that is the element sent away fron 
le farm* in stock raising. Prof. H. J. Waters, directoi 
of the Experiment Station, makes this interesting state¬ 
ment about these experiments: 
W^e are using an animal bone as our source of phos¬ 
phoric acid for two reasons: 1. This is the cheapesi 
source of phosphoric acid in the Middle West, and wil 
be for some time to come, as we are right at the door¬ 
way of the source of supply of animal fertilizers. 2. Th< 
reason for using the bone was that nearly everybody is 
using this fertilizer who uses any, and we thought it ad 
vlsable to use this in our preliminary experiments so ai 
to answer the question definitely as to whether bone usee 
alone, or with potash, or with additional nitrogen, couR 
be profitably applied to corn. In other words, we were 
taking up the practical or commercial end of the prob¬ 
lem first. Now as we get the farmers Interested In th< 
experiment we can take It up in a somewhat more scien¬ 
tific way, and use materials that contain but one ele 
ment, and combine these in such a way as to show whici 
elements are most needed. On most of our soils an artl 
ficlal supply of potash does not seem to be required Ir 
pe majority of c^es where a commercial fertilizer car 
be applied profitably It must at present be malilly ^os 
° A small amount of nitrogen will produce t 
good effect, but we are trying to educate our people t( 
use clover and cow peas to supply the nitrogen ” 
are not bearing this year, for the first time, but ai 
blighting, one member at our horticultural society sai 
and was corroborated by another, that If plums wei 
now sprayed with a five-per-cent solution of coal c 
R would step or prevent the rot. As I had been award* 
first on both European and native plums, taken fro 
trees with rotten plums on, I came home, made an emu 
Sion and put it in my sprayer, but before I got the pre 
sure up It burst out through several rust holes throus 
the bottom. I set it over a bucket and let it go, ar 
brought out my atomizer, but knowing how hard 
worked, and that I would have to be up close to n: 
work, I bethought me of a squirt gun one of ray bo'^ 
made some years ago as my first sprayer. It Is a pie*< 
of brass pipe three-quarter inch in diameter and 
inches long. TVlth that I used up the three gallons < 
emulsion to my satisfaction. I will let you know short' 
with what effect. The tree, German prune, has a hal 
bushel of good plums on it and one-.half as many ro 
ten or commenced, and some in thick clusters Natli 
trees (Marianna) were all gone, so I could not try it r 
them. H I H 
Indiana. ’ 
