1903 
THE RURAL NEW-YORKER 
861 
PUBLISHER'S DESK, 
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In reply to occasional inquiries in ref¬ 
erence to the Nursery and Seed Com¬ 
pany, of Charlton, W. Va., we find this 
is not an incorporated company but a 
name assumed by Joseph M. Neil, who 
formerly conducted a company under 
the name of the Cooperative Nursery 
Company of the same place. Reports 
would indicate that there is no basis for 
extension of credits, and we have had 
complaints about the old company for 
which no redress could be secured. 
CALIFORNIA NOTES, 
November nearly gone, at time of writ¬ 
ing, still pleasant weather; mostly bright 
and clear, with little disagreeable wind 
from any source. At 11 A. M., November 
22 temperature 72 degrees, so you see we 
have our share of pleasant weather, as 
there has been no rain of any account for 
six months. The harvest is nearly all 
gathered; in fine condition and fair yield. 
Lima beans were In the lead, many acres 
yielding a ton each. A large part of the 
crop was sold on contract at three cents 
per pound; prices somewhat less now, 
about $2.75 per 100 pounds. English wal¬ 
nuts came next in order, nearly 225 tons 
the local crop. The Walnut blight, or 
bacteriosis cut some of the groves so some 
nuts were spoiled. There is much anxiety 
about the blight, and many fear it Is a 
death blow to walnut culture, which has 
been so profitable in this vicinity and fur¬ 
ther south in Ventura and Los Angeles 
counties. Lemons are not altogether satis¬ 
factory. Considerable land has been cleared 
of the trees and more trees will go unless 
something better turns up. Some of the 
growers seem to prosper, so the industry 
will not die out. Apples and pears a me¬ 
dium crop, and will soon be sold; apricots 
about half crop, mostly dried and sold at 
about six cents a pound. Grain hay a 
large growth, but below first quality: 
plenty of low quality is so much better 
than none, as we can average up with a 
little more grain, so the work stock can be 
kept in good condition. Not much is done 
in the dairy line; so more or less of the 
butter and cheese is imported from other 
parts of the State or eastern markets. 
Poultry and eggs are not in full supply, 
so our people do not always depend wholly 
ou the local supply. Very little grain, 
wheat, oats and barley is thrashed in this 
locality, as most of the grain is cut green 
for hay. The Lima bean straw has been 
well taken care of. Some of it was spread 
on the land to be plowed under when the 
rains come, some of it baled, same as hay, 
so a large part is saved for stock feed. 
Very little dry plowing is done, almost all 
waiting for rain. o. n. c. 
Santa Barbara Co.. Cal. 
TURN ABOUT. 
The horse and the dog had tamed a man 
and fastened him to a fence 
Said the horse to the dog, “For the life of 
me I don’t see a bit of sense 
In letting him have the thumbs that grow 
aJ; the sides of his hands, do you,’’ 
And the dog looked solemn and shook his 
head, and said, “I’m a goat If I do.'* 
The poor man groaned and tried to get 
loose, and sadly he begged them: 
“Stay! 
You will rob me of things for which I have 
use by cutting my thumbs awayr 
You will spoil my looks, you will cause me 
pain! Ah, why would you treat me so? 
As 1 am God made me, and He knows best! 
Oh, masters, pray let me go!” 
'I’he dog laughed out and the horse replied: 
“Oh, the cutting won’t hurt! You see. 
We’ll have a hot iron to clap right on, as 
you did in your docking of me! 
God gave you your thumbs and all, but 
still the Creator, you know, may fall 
To do the artistic thing, as he did In fur¬ 
nishing me with a tall!’’ 
So they bound the man and cut off his 
thumbs, and were deaf to his pitiful 
cries. 
.\nd they seared the stumps and they 
viewed their work through happy and 
dazzled eyes. 
"How trim ho appears,’’ the horse ex¬ 
claimed, “since his awkward thumbs 
are gone! 
For the life of me I cannot see why the 
liOrd ever put them on!” 
“Still it seems to me,’’ the dog replied, 
“that there’s something else to do; 
Mis ears look rather too long to me. and 
how do they look to you?" 
The man cried out, “Gh. spare my ears!’’ 
God fashioned them as you see, 
And if you apply your knife to them you’ll 
surely disfigure me!” 
"But you didn’t disfigure me, you know,” 
the dog decisively said, 
"When you bound me fast and trimmed 
my ears down close to the top of my 
head!” 
So they let him moan and they let him 
groan while they cropped his ears 
away, 
.‘Vnd they praised his looks when they let 
him up. and proud Indeed were they! 
But that was years and years ago. In an 
unenlightened age! 
Such things are ended now, you know; we 
have reached a higher stage! 
The ears and thumbs God gave to man 
are his to keep and wear 
And the cruel horse and dog look on and 
never appear to care. 
—Credit Lost. 
t.iLovER IN Iowa.— You ought to see my 
Crimson clover; it is immense. I sowed 
it in August, where I had had onions, 
plowed and harrowed and then drilled it 
in. It is eight Inches deep and all over the 
ground, and looks fine. It may not live 
through, but if It does it will be worth a 
heap. If it does not. I will get my money’^ 
worth out of what it has done this Fall. 
Iowa. HENRY FIELD. 
Far-m Power.— a. L. H., Norway, N. Y., 
page 801, doesn’t take much stock In cheap 
silage rigs. My claim Is that an eight- 
horse engine and No. 18 cutter, 12 men 
and three teams is too big an outfit for a 
farm that has only a 70-ton silo, unless 
there are other silos to be filled within 
reach. If there are other silos to fill, the 
conditions differ from those I assumed in 
my previous article. I was arguing for 
the isolated small farmer. E. c. birge. 
Horses, Cattle, Sheep, 
and Swine. 
We have some volumes of this book 
that have become slightly shelf soiled 
ou one end. You would hardly notice 
it, but we cannot send them out at the 
regular $2 price of the book. As long 
as they last we will mail them prepaid 
to subscribers only on receipt of $1. 
This is Prof. Geo. W. Curtis’s great 
live stock book, with nearly 100 full- 
page engravings. It is used as a text 
book in most of the agricultural col¬ 
leges of the United States and Canada. 
Orders at this price will not be accepted 
from dealers or schools. Orders with 
$1 will be accepted as long as the soiled 
edition lasts from subscribers only. 
The Rukal N'ew-Yokkek, New York. 
The recent marriage 
of a couple of cripples 
each having only half 
the proper comple¬ 
ment of arms 
and legs, was 
noted by the 
press as a"con¬ 
nubial curios- 
.” But who 
notes the mar¬ 
riages which 
occur daily in 
which both par¬ 
ties are cripples 
in health. 
Crippled health 
means, as a rule, in¬ 
sufficient nutrition, 
and lack of nutrition ^ 
points to disease of 
the stomach and di¬ 
gestive and nutritive 
tract. Doctor Pierce’.s 
Golden Medical Dis- 
covery cures diseases 
of the stomach and 
other organs of digestion 
and nutrition. It enables 
the perfect nourishmeiu 
of the body, and so builds 
It up in sound health and strength. 
«I had been a great sufferer from indigc-tion 
for the la.st nine years.’’ writes Mrs. Margarel 
Stingle, of Owings Mills, Baltimore Co.. Md. 
”I was such a wreck it seemed death was near, 
but to-day can say I feel like another woman. 
I have received much and lasting good from Dr. 
Pierce’s Golden Medical Discovery and ‘ Favorite 
Pescription.’ I have taken twenty-five bottles in 
all, and followed the advice of Dr. R. V. Pierce, 
and am happy to say that life is worth living 
now. A thousand thanks for your treatment.” 
Do not be cajoled into trading a Sub¬ 
stance for a shadow. Any substitute 
offered as ”just as good” as "Golden 
Medical Discovery ” is a shadow of tluit 
medicine. There are cures behind every 
claim made for the " Discovery.” 
The Common Sense Medical Adviser, 
1008 large pages, in paper covers, is .sent 
/ree on receipt of twenty one o’ue-cent 
stamps to pay expense of mailing ou/y. 
Address Dr. R. V. Pierce. Buffalo, N. Y. 
ARROW BRAND 
Ready Roofing 
can be laid on 
top of old 
shingles with¬ 
out tearing off 
the old roof. 
ASPHALT READY ROOFING CO. send for free 
8a Pine St., New York. samples. 
FAN MILLS 
Hand or power, for all kinds 
grain. Harder Mfg Co., 
Cobleskill, N.Y. 
A COW, 
Steer, Bull or Horse 
hide, Calf skin, Dog 
skin, or any other kind 
of hide or skin, and let 
us tan it with the hair 
on, soft, light, odorless 
and moth-proof, for robe, 
rug, coat or gloves. 
But first get our Catalogue, 
giving prices, and our shipping 
tags and instructions, so as to 
avoid mistakes. We also buy 
raw furs and ginseng. 
THE CROSBY FRISIAN FUR COMPANY, 
116 Mill Street, Rochester, N. Y. 
SEND US 
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Improved 
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_I COOKERS 
Ucook U5 bimhels of feed in 2 hour#; 
heat water In itock tank 250 feet a'way. 
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MadeofboUer steel; can’t blow up; no 
flues torustorlcak. PRICES 15.00 TO 
$45.00;5(itylesand 15 slxefl. Fold under 
apnarantoe. Endorsed by Experiment 
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jpley Hdw. Go., Boi223, Grafton .III. 
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COOK YOUR FEED and SAVE 
Half the Cost—with the 
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With Dumping Caldron.-^Empties Its 
kettle in one minute. The simplest 
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food for stock. Also make Dairy and 
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Jacket Kettles, Hog Soaldera, Cal^ 
drons, etc. SO’’ Send for oironlars. 
D. R SPERRY a GO.. Batavia. lU 
S CIENTIFIC GRINDING MILa-S grind Com 
in the ear, or Grain in any form. Strong, exact, 
reliable. Catalogue D mailed f ree. 
EOOS MFG. CO., Springfield, Ohio. 
RUBEROin 
TRAM MARK REGISTERED. 
ROOFING 
STANDARD FOR 
TWELVE YEARS. 
LASTS INDEFTNITBIIjY. EASILY 
APPLIED. 
AVEATHER-PROOF. 
FIR E-R E S IS'r IN G. 
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Department K. 
lOO WUllani Street, N. ¥. 
CL/IRK'S ffif Si! CROPS 
Clark’s Reversible Bush 
Plow and Harrow. 
Cuts a track 5 ft. wide. 1 
ft. deep. Connects the 
sub-soli water. It is an 
excellent machine for 
covering In sugar cane. 
Strength guaranteed. 
Can plow a newly cut 
forest, stump, busn or bog land, leaves the land true, 
oioan for any crop. 
Clark’s Dbl. Action 
Cutaway Harrow. 
Moves 15,000 tons of 
Earth in a Day. 
I 
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CLARK’S RCCT GUTTER. 
TWO SIZES. Cats I or 2 
bushels per minute, for fowl 
or beast. Gouge cutters, 
never choke or clog. 
PRICE,.»7 to *15 
Send tor Circulars. 
Clark’s Rev. Sulky Disk Plow. 
Made single or double. One 
or two furrows, five to ten 
Inches deep, 14 inches wide. 
For two or four horses. Light 
draft. No side draft. No 
similar plow made. 
I pUTAWAY Harrow Go. 
E ^Higganum, ^^Ct. U. S. A. 
KICKING, 
Balking, Shying or any 
kind of a habit cured 
in a few hours by my 
system. Particulars free. 
SURE CURE. 
Brooks’ Appliance. New 
discovery. Wonuerfui. No 
ObnoxiovG springs or pads. 
Automatic Air Cushion. 
Rinds and ilraws the 
broken parts together 
as YOU ivould a broken 
llml.. Nosalves; nolymph- 
ol; no lies. Durable, cheap. 
Pat. Sept. 10, loot. Sent on 
trial. Catalogue free. 
Brooks Appliance Co., Box 96.5, Marshall, Mich. 
“ SAVE-THE - HORSE ” 
Registered Trade Mark. 
SPAVIN CURE 
Begin Treatment at Once; Have a Permanently Sound Horse for Spring. 
Cui’ed horses are absolute certainties as to the possibility of the remedy for your own case Such 
ve.sults, as shown in ourbooklet, by business men whose reliability can be readily ascertained, have 
carried “SAVE-THE-IlORtSE” over skepticism, prejudice and uncertainty. Send for booklet and copy 
of written guarantee, which is as binding to protect you as the best legal talent could make it. No 
man ueed see his horse suffer aud become iucapacitated. 
Sl..A.'S7'2E3—rmiB—HOHSTD Positively aud Perinanently Cures HONE 
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(■APi’ED HOCK, AVINDPUFF, SHOE BOIL, AVE.VK aud SPRAINED TENDONS and all 
L.V.HENESS, Cures without scar, blemish or loss of hair. Horse may work as usual. 
$5,00 per bottle. Written guarantee with evei’y bottle. Need of second bottle improbable, 
except in rarest cases. If your case is different we advise frankly as to possibility of the remedy 
effecting a cure. Give veterinarian’s diagnosis, if he is competent. Describe age, development, location 
of swellings, lameness, and way horse carries and holds leg. 
$5.00 per bottle at all druggists and dealei’s, or sent express prepaid. 
TROY CHEMICAL CO., TROY', N. Y. Also manufacturers of Veterinary Ifixine. 
