1902 
THE RURAL NEW-YORKER, 
159 
BOOK BULLETIN 
foe SALE BY THE RURAL NEW-YORKER. 
Abnakee Rugs, recently noted in this 
column, is listed at 60 cents, not 50 cents, 
as previously announced. 
Hedges, Windbreaks, Shelters and Live 
Fences, by E. P. Powell. This is a very 
useful, compact and practical handbook. 
It is accurate information concerning 
hedges and their care and planting. Its 
contents, however, are not restricted to 
this question only; it also gives instruc¬ 
tions concerning the choice and planting 
of shrubbery generally, and the arrange¬ 
ment of the grounds around a country 
home. Every owner of a farmstead or 
suburban place will find this book useful 
and instructive. Cloth bound, 138 pages, 
several illustrations; price, 50 cents. 
Mountain Playmates, by Helen R. Al- 
bee. Among the many books upon rural 
life now so freely published, none has 
given us so much pleasure in the reading 
as this. It describes the country life of 
an educated man and woman, who made 
their home upon an “abandoned” farm in 
New Hampshire, and who, amid their 
rural activities, find the fullest joy of liv¬ 
ing. Their facultv of turning work into 
play, and decorating the bare facts of 
every-day life with happy fancy, may not 
be within the power of everyone, yet the 
book remains a delightful teacher of the 
joys within the reach of every country 
dweller. To be happy among simple sur¬ 
roundings and commonplace duties is a 
talent which the two playmates possess in 
high degree, and the charm of their narra¬ 
tive may aid others in emulating them in 
some degree. It is a book which cannot 
fail to give pleasure or to impart some of 
its own cheery philosophy. Houghton Mif¬ 
flin & Co., publishers, Boston, Mass.; 
price, ?L50. 
Three Useful Handbooks.— It is often 
asserted that a pupil of ordinary intelli¬ 
gence may pass through the various 
grades of our city public schools, without 
acquiring a grammatical knowledge of the 
English language, or the ability to use it 
correctly. Slipshod speech and diction are 
extremely common, even among those 
whose education is of the better sort. Three 
little handbooks, published by Lee & 
Shepard, Boston, will be of infinite value 
to those who wish to use their mother 
tongue correctly. They are Mistakes in 
Writing English, by M. T. Bigelow, Pea¬ 
body’s Handbook of Conversation, and 
Campbell’s Handbook of Synonyms and 
Prepositions. The first deals with com¬ 
mon errors in the formation of sentences, 
use of prepositions, construction of plural 
words, etc. The second points out pre¬ 
vailing errors in pronunciation and usage, 
and gives many suggestions that are as 
applicable to the written as to the spoken 
word. The third gives a list of 40,000 words, 
which will certainly enable anyone to use 
the right word in the right place. Each 
of these handbooks costs 50 cents, cloth 
bound, and there are few persons who 
would not be benefited by their study. To 
young persons who are trying to attain 
correctness of speech they are invaluable. 
THE RURAL NEW-YORKER, 
New York. 
MARKET NOTES 
EGGS are eight to ten cents per dozen 
above last report. The local stock of any¬ 
thing that can pass for strictly fresh is 
very light, and out-of-town orders are re¬ 
ducing it still more. The effect of this 
rise is plainly seen in the lessened demand, 
as eggs retailing at five cents apiece make 
rather expensive food. 
BUTTER.—An advance of two cents is 
noted. Considerable stock is delayed on 
the road, and the market is very firm. 
Receipts of fresh creamery are quickly 
absorbed, and holders of storage creamery 
are doing a good trade at full prices. The 
old stock of State dairy is working off rap¬ 
idly, and but little new is coming in. 
UPSET.—This describes the present con¬ 
dition of affairs in the produce commission 
district. Under the best conditions there 
is none too much room for teams and 
trucks in this section during the busy 
times of the day; but with snow hub deep, 
trucking is anything but. a pleasure, both 
for teams and men. The snowfall was so 
heavy that several days will be required 
for the Street Cleaning Department to get 
things in running order again. Trucking 
companies that have a large number of 
horses double up and haul heavy loads 
through the drifts. 
POTATO PROSPECTS.—“Would you ad¬ 
vise me to sell my potatoes now, or hold 
them until Spring, when the rush of for¬ 
eign importations is over?" A reader asks 
this question, and doubtless others who 
have not yet sold their crop have the same 
thought in mind. Having taken the risk 
of holding potatoes until this time, there 
probably will be little additional danger in 
holding them for a month or six weeks 
longer. Prices may be no higher then, but 
it is reasonable to expect that with les¬ 
sened foreign receipts the domestic market 
may develop considerable strength. Of 
course this will depend largely upon the 
length of time that the remainder of the 
domestic crop is held. It sometimes hap¬ 
pens that a large number of holders wait 
until the last minute, and then unload their 
surplus at about the same time. Of course, 
this upsets the market for a time. On the 
other hand, if the shipment of these late 
holdings is spread over a month or two, 
the receipts will be so gradual as to cause 
but little change in price. Much will de¬ 
pend upon how long the foreign shipments 
continue. The low figure at which much of 
the foreign stock has been selling may dis¬ 
courage the shippers, so as to lessen im¬ 
portations. _ w. w. H. 
Bulletins Boiled Down. 
Experiment Station, College Park, Md., 
No. 78. The dishorning of stock. History 
of the practice; advantages and disadvan¬ 
tages; effect on beef and milk production; 
and methods of dishorning. 
Central Experiment Farm, Ottawa, 
Canada, No. 39. Results from trials of 
grain, fodder corn, field roots and potatoes. 
Experiment Station, Fort Collins, Colo., 
No. 66. Relation of bovine to human 
tuberculosis, and the tuberculin tests of the 
college herd. 
U. S. Department of Agriculture, Wash¬ 
ington, D. C., No. 145. Carbon bisulphide as 
an insecticide. Instructions for its use on 
grape phylloxera, root maggots, ants, 
white grubs and borers. Treatment of 
stored products, such as seeds and cloth¬ 
ing. Effect of the vapor upon plants, 
food stuffs and fruits. 
DEERING to the RESCUE! 
WHEN SOMETHING GOES SNAP 
on that binder for which so much was promised, and there is an enforced halt in the 
midst of the busy harvest, the farmer instinctively turns to the Deering for succor. 
No crop is beyond harvesting when there is a DEERING IDEAL BINDER on the 
ground. It will cut, elevate and bind any condition of grain. It is built to meet every 
requirement and meet it satisfactorily. It is the all-around, ever-dependable machine. 
Get a Deering Binder and you will be always ready for harvest. 
DEERING HARVESTER COMPANY 
CHICAGO, U. S. A. 
World’s Greatest Manufacturers of Binders, Headers, Mowers, Reapers, Corn Binders, 
Corn Shockers, Huskers and Shredders, Rakes, Twine, and Oil. 
This Yankee Spring Tooth Riding Harrow 
is the best and only practical riding spring tooth harrow made. Equal of similar 
harrows sold at more than twice the price. Wheels are set on a long steel axle— 
cannot become untrue, rock or wabble. !• raine is high, almost impossible to clog 
it. rront end is supported by large strong castor wheels or shoes according to 
whether the ground is rough or smooth. Strong, convenient levers for control- 
ling depth and regulating teeth; throws them entirely out of the way in moving 
harrow from place to place. Lightest draft. Consider these points. Do not buy 
before seemg our large General Catalogue of Farm Implements and Field and 
Garden Seeds. Mailed iree on request. 
ROSS BROTHERS, WORCESTER, MASS. 
Use of Plant Boxes. —On page 69, an in¬ 
quiry is made concerning plant boxes, 
whether or not the whole box is put into 
the ground. In the Michigan fruit belt, 
wooden plant boxes by the hundred thou¬ 
sand are used for growing muskmelon 
plants. The plant is taken into the field 
in the box, where two corners diagonally 
opposite each other are cut with a sharp 
knife, care being taken not to cut the 
roots. In this way the four sides of the 
box may be laid back, leaving the plant 
on the bottom, which is then readily set 
into the place it is to occupy. The earth 
used is usually half or more well-rotted 
manure, which holds together well. Copi¬ 
ous wetting just before taking plants to 
the field will also prevent the ground from 
falling to pieces. l. w. r. 
Michigan. _ 
When you write advertisers mention The 
R. N.-Y. and you will get a quick reply and 
“a square deal.” See our guarantee 8th page. 
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they say. 
So, very 
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other narcotic. 
“I had female trouble for eight years," writes 
Mrs. L. J- Deuuis, of Sz8 East College Street. 
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sion and found none, until induced by kind 
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hundred and fifty-six pounds—more than I ever 
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in the lower part of my bowels, and such dis¬ 
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D r. PIERCE’S FAVORITE PRESCRIPTION 
MAKES WEAK WOMEN STRONG 
iad SICK WOMEN WELL. 
Will Plow Your Hard Dry Ground 
The Hapgood-Hancock Disc Sulky 
Double.Triple and Quadruple Gangs, 
asqreat an improvement over the Mould-Board Plow 
ae that Plow was over the crooked stick. Revolution¬ 
izes the method of plowing as the Twine binder did 
the method of Harvesting. You would not believe 
half we could tell you. VV'e want you to see it in the 
field. We guarantee to do more and better work 
with ti-llorses <>n it Gang, cutting 24-Inches, or 
4-llorse» on u Triple Gang cutting iSfi-Incheg 
*“!>" .von van with nny other Disc or Mould-Board Gang cutting 24 Inches and with 4-llorsc*. 
Will plow hard dry ground where no other plow will work. We want your help to introduce this 
Plow, and will give special discounts on the first Plow in a neighborhood. Agents wanted. Write 
now 1 he only Plow Factory in the World selling direct to the farmer. IIAPGOOD PLOW <JO., 
of the United Htates. Box I 7 Alton, 111. 
ACME 
Agents 
Wanted 
Pulverizing Harrow 
Clod Crusher and Leveler 
SENT ON TRIAL 
To be returned at my expense if not satisfactory. 
I deliver free on board at NewYork, Chicago, 
Columbus, Louisville, Kansas 
City, M inneapolis, 
Sau Francisco, etc. 
Sizes 3 to 13 1-2 Feet 
The best pulver¬ 
izer — cheapest 
Riding Harrow 
on earth. We 
._.. . also make walk¬ 
ing Acmes. The Acme crushes, cuts, pulverizes, turns and levels all soils for 
all purposes. Made entirely of cast steel and wrought iron— indestructible. 
Catalog and Booklet, "An Ideal Harrow," by Henry Stewart, mailed free. 
IHJANE H. NASH, SOLE MLR., MILLINGTON, NEW JERSEY, and CHICAGO. 
BEFORE BUYING SiCnT 
A NEW HARNESS alogue srlr- 
lug full de¬ 
scription ana prices of all Kinds of single am£ 
double harness and save 25 per cent. 
King Harness Co. 510 Church St., Ow«fo,N.Y 
IDEAL 
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Made open or closed. Send for dealers’ 
S hoe list and catalogue of full hne of 
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THE MIETZ & WEISS 
Kerosene Engines. Sizes, 1 to 60 H P 
Cheapest and Safest Power 
Known, For pumping and 
electric lighting, grinding 
Corn, separating cream. 
Sawir.g wood, and all power 
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128 Mott Street. New York 
CHARTER 
Gasoline Engine 
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j Statlonaries, Portables, Engines 
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Sawing Outfits. 
Send for Illustrated Catalogue and 
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IX L Combined S, Cultivator & Harrow 
Strong, durable, efficient, with its various advantages does the work of half a dozen special ma¬ 
chines at the cost of one. Seat folds forward. We furnish handles, making it an ideal walk, 
idg cultivator. Uses either spring or eagle-claw teeth. We furnish center 
section which makes it a fallow cultivator. Wood or steel wheels, adjustableto 
work wide or narrow. Also Bean Harvester and Broadcast Seeder attach meats. 
Uir Wj|||T Ymia nanCD now,although we know you will not j 
■V EL TV All I I UUn unuen need the cultivator for many weeks. \ 
We can sell cheaper now than later, if we can determine how many cultivators to | 
make. We make the price an object to you. We do not want your money now,' 
but we do want your order. 500,000 Farmers "ill see this ad. Probably 
6,0 n 0 of them would buy this cultivator if they could see it and know how cheap we will sell it. In order 
to determine the number needed and to enable us to manufacture intelligently, we solicit advance orders, 
which will insure prompt shipment and lower prices. On such advance orders we quote a price of only 
Qr lift and order the cultivator now. The balance to be paid when shipment is made and you receive the cult!* 
dkilll v vator and find it as represented. If not entirely satisfactory, ship it back; we will pay the freight both 
ways and refund you your $. You risk absolutely nothing, but have the opportunity of saving fully $10.00, We guarantee 
the cultivator against defective workmanship or material, and will replace, at our own cost, anything breaking from the above 
causes during the first season’s w < rk. Every part of this cultivator is manufactured under our personal supervision, that is why 
we guarantee it as wedoto you. We will ship whenever you desire, up to as late as May 15. 
WRITE Tfi DAY for our special I X L Cultivator Circular, which fully illustrates, describes and prices this 
TV ill I EL I U"U A I implement and its various attachments. We will also send free our new catalogue No. C-82, show¬ 
ing almost everything used on the farm for spring and summer months, also new Vehicle and Harness Catalogue No. 13-81, show¬ 
ing more than 150 styles of buggies, carriages, surreys, etc., and harness for every purpose. We add only one small profit to 
first factory cost and make lowest prices on best grade of work. We have no agents, but sell direct to the consumer and save 
you money. We ship direct to responsible purchasers, on trial, no money or deposit required. Write us to-day. 
CASH SUPPLY & MFC., CO. Department C, KALAMAZOO, MICHIGAN. 
II e recommend the above firm to our readers as reliable in every way. — Publisher, 
