1900 
THE RURAL NEW-YORKER 
873 
Publisher’s Desk. 
With this issue we close the nine¬ 
teenth century. In looking back over 
the past we view the work of The Rural 
New-Yorker during the last half cen¬ 
tury with a degree of satisfaction, and 
yet with a conscious feeling of errors 
made, and a regret of ideals not fully 
realized. The individuals of the present 
management, now just about at the 
meridian of life, look back with a de¬ 
gree of gratitude to those who have gone 
before them, and who have established 
a tradition for The R. N.-Y. of lofty pur¬ 
poses and high persistent ideals. In¬ 
spired by their thoughts we look to the 
future with a hope to advance the work, 
and with a fervent purpose to bring the 
paper near and nearer as years roll by 
to the ideals to which it has aspired now 
for more than a half century. For our 
own work as a business enterprise it 
must necessarily bring us the materia! 
means of existence, but our greatest re¬ 
ward has been the sympathy, yes, the 
love, it has developed for those agricul¬ 
tural and horticultural interests with 
which the work has been associated, and 
it embraces that great body of subscrib¬ 
ers who have become to all intent and 
purposes our associates and co-workers. 
At first thought it seems a little strange 
that one should cultivate an affection for 
individuals, whom he had never seen, 
and an interest in their work with which 
he had never come in direct contact, 
yet on reflection we finci that our sym¬ 
pathies and affections are always be¬ 
stowed on those for whom we are privi¬ 
leged to labor and to make sacrifices. 
It is in accordance with this law that 
our sympathies and affections have 
grown and developed for the people in 
whose interest we have been called upon 
to labor. As we grow older in the work 
we feel more and more the impulse of 
this inspiring influence; it seems fitting 
only at this time of Christmas cheer and 
good will that we give expression to the 
impulses that inspire us during the year. 
With this last message of the nineteenth 
century, we send you one and all our 
best wishes for a happy and a prosper¬ 
ous New Year._ 
Make It a Big Day! 
Tuesday, January 2, will be the first 
business day of the twentieth century. 
As a good omen we would like this to 
be the biggest subscription day of which 
we have any records. Please send in 
your own subscription to reach us by 
that day, and if you can also include 
one from your neighbor, a club, do so. 
The $2 went to these agents last week: 
Dec.. 17. John Miller, New York. 
Dec. 18. Mrs. C. B. Curtis, New York. 
Dec. 19. B. C. Foster, New York. 
Dec. 20. Monroe Morse, Massachusetts. 
Dec. 21. Jay E. Allis, New York. 
Dec. 22. N. L. Carter, New York. 
Please remember that every name sent 
by a club raiser now counts for those 
cash prizes January 15. Here is the list 
of them: First premium, $100; second 
premium, $75; third premium, $50; 
fourth premium, $30; fiftn premium, 
$20; five premiums, $10 each, $50; ten 
premiums, $5 each, $50; ten premiums, 
$3 each, $30; ten premiums, $2 each, $20; 
ten premiums, $1 each, $10. 
There is not much time left now, and 
yet most of the work is yet to be done. 
You get your commission, and your 
daily prize besides. These 50 cash 
prizes are all extra. Take a few days 
next week and work up a club among 
your neighbors. We will send samples 
if you want them. Only act at once. 
THE RURAL NEW YORKER. 
Farmer’s Guide remarks that, while a 
live dog's bark is a nuisance, a dead dog's 
bark makes excellent gloves. 
.An apple known as Reinette du Canada 
is raised in France, and finds great sale as 
a dessert fruit in London. This is also 
known as Canada Reinette and nearly a 
dozen other names; it is a large and hand¬ 
some fruit of excellent quality. 
OHIO STATE HORT. SOCIETY. 
Part II. 
An interesting discussion of the subject 
of retarding the ripening of Winter apples, 
brought out the fact that anything that 
promoted the growth of the tree retarded 
the ripening of its fruit. Nitrate of soda, 
stable manure, cultivation and mulching 
are each effective in bringing about this 
result. Prof. Green said that the past sea¬ 
son gave an excellent opportunity at the 
Station for observing the comparative hardi¬ 
ness of peach buds and blossoms. Lemon 
Cling and Hill's Chili are the standards of 
hardiness, while some of our finest varie¬ 
ties are the tenderest in bud and blossom. 
The Triumph was recommended for trial 
as an early peach. Moore’s Arctic is con¬ 
sidered the hardiest plum. Chickens in the 
plum orchard as a complement to the jar¬ 
ring process for curculio was commended. 
As the chickens cannot climb the trees suc¬ 
cessfully for the little “Turk.” it was 
shown that unless jarring was resorted to 
fowls are of questionable benefit in their 
destruction. It has been found that chick¬ 
ens can be readily trained to look for the 
fallen foe by scattering wheat quite thinly 
under the trees. Grand Duke was spoken 
of as unrivalled for its season, w'hich is 
late, and it was suggested that large, late 
sorts should receive more attention. 
Attention was also called to the fact that 
early grapes were yet profitable for the 
careful grower. Moore’s Early, Camp¬ 
bell’s Early, Green Mountain, and Dela¬ 
ware and Lady, where the latter can be 
grown, were named as desirable varieties. 
It was said that there is less interest mani¬ 
fested in small fruits than in the past few 
years, and that prices promise well for 
next season. In strawberries, Mr. Green 
said that the Crescent type is growing out 
of popularity, size and quality now be¬ 
coming the ruling characteristics In most 
cases. As to new varieties, Gladstone was 
described as large with green tips, and not 
so good in Ohio, as in the East. Johnson's 
Early was praised as an early berry, being 
better for this latitude than Excelsior, 
which is especially adapted to the South. 
The latter is rather small, very sour and 
very firm. Luther came short of expecta¬ 
tions, lacking vigor, making but one good 
picking, when it ran out. New York is 
large, good quality, but too few berries; 
Superb, large, good and productive. Sam¬ 
ple was declared one of the most promising 
of all new strawberries, no unfavorable re¬ 
ports having been received from it. Nick 
Ohmer was said to be good in places, but 
not generally satisfyactory. Hunn Is a 
large, late berry; Star same as Sharpless. 
Prof. Selby, of the Ohio Experiment Sta¬ 
tion, as the committee on Vegetable Pa¬ 
thology read a very able and interesting 
paper which was illustrated by the stere- 
opticon. Blights and galls, cankers and 
smuts, rusts and fungi of all descriptions 
were shown and described. Truly it was 
an exposition conducive to a brilliant at¬ 
tack of nightmare to the horticulturist who 
expects by “spray gunnery” to combat all 
of these silent but formidable foes. The 
root-gall of the red raspberry is becoming 
a very serious disease. It is doubtful 
whether one could find a perfectly healthy 
plantation in Ohio—especially of Loudon, 
which seems to be doomed to destruction 
by root-gall. The old Cuthbert seems to 
be quite exempt so far. Prof. Webster, of 
the Ohio Experiment Station, in his report 
of the committee on entomology and the 
use of crude petroleum, clearly demonstrat¬ 
ed that the San Jos6 scale is not only wide 
spread but in all probability is here to stay, 
and that crude petroleum is indeed a 
dangerous weapon to use against it. It 
seems that we have much to learn before 
we can safely use it. Darkling beetles are 
proving a serious enemy to strawberry 
growers in some parts of the State. These 
beetles are of two varieties and are five- 
eighths of an inch, and one inch in length, 
respectively. They feed upon the seeds of 
the strawberry and in doing so they tear 
and lacerate the berries very badly—entire¬ 
ly ruining the fruit. The most practical way 
of trapping them is to scatter pieces of 
boards throughout the plantation, under 
which the beetles will retreat when not 
at work. Social Economics and Land¬ 
scape Effects, by Arnold Shanklin, 
of the National Cash Register Com¬ 
pany, was a wonderful object lesson of 
what may be done in beautifying even the 
most humble home by the introduction of 
flowers, vines, shrubs and trees. “True 
to Nature” views of “before and after 
taking” were projected upon the screen by 
a powerful stereopticon. The effect was 
certainly thoroughly convincing, even to 
the most enthusiastic advocate of sloven¬ 
liness. r. H. BALLOU. 
A Canadian exchange estimates that 50,- 
000 turkeys will be shipped from the Prov¬ 
ince of Ontario to England for the Christ¬ 
mas trade. 
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Hoard’s Dairyman, $1.00 per year, and 
The Rural New-Yorker, $1.00 per year, 
Both One Year, 
Hoard’s Dairyman is so well known, standing as it has for many years as the leading authority in dairying of the country, 
that perhaps little need be said for it in the columns of The Rural New-Yorker. Hoard’s Dairyman is a 20-page weekly, 
published at Fort Atkinson, Wis , and edited by W. D. Hoard. It is the most generally read dairy publication in the world, 
goes into the homes of the thinking, reading, progressive, dairy farmers from the Atlantic to the Pacific ; even having subscrib¬ 
ers in nearly every country on the Globe. It enjoys this large and wide circulation simply from the fact that the principles 
und-rlying successful breeding and feeding of dairy animals are the same everywhere. It is read with same interest and 
profit by those in Maine or California as by its subscribers in Wisconsin. It is replete every week with the most practical 
dairy information possible to find anywhere. It is a journal that supports an editorial staff nowhere excelled. The editor and 
his associate editors are all men, not only well known to the dairy world, but are practical dairymen, owning and running 
their own dairy farm at present time. 
Hoard’s Dairyman is a striking example of what the readers of a paper can make of it, for every issue is full of practical 
experiences and good sound dairy talks from its readers. Hoard’s Dairyman covers a broad field and is an invaluable journal 
to every up to-date farmer who desires to manage intelligently and progressively the dairy side of his farm business. It han¬ 
dles such questions as the breeding and feeding of dairy stock with an ability not even attempted in another publication. 
Every issue has its illustration and comments on dairy-bred animals. Its authority on dairy feeds and feeding is unquestioned. 
It handles all quesrions of interest to a farmer engaged much or little in dairying, discussing all questions on feeding crops', 
gives plans and a great deal of information on silos and ensilage, dairy barn plans, in fact every issue is full to the “brim” of 
information on dairy questions from the cow and the broad acres kept for her support to the making and marketing of her product. 
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