1902 
BOOK BULLETIN. 
Fumigation Methods, by Prof. W. G. 
.Johnson; .109 pages. 82 illustrations. A work 
of interest to fruit growers, nursery and 
greenhouse men, and all who have to con¬ 
tend with insects that can be successfully 
handled by fumigation. Full information 
about the use of hydrocyanic acid gas and 
carbon bisulphide, construction of fumiga¬ 
tion houses, and detailed descriptions of 
tents and other movable devices for doctor¬ 
ing planted trees and shrubs. By far the 
hest work on this subject yet published, 
price, postpaid, $1. 
Cyclopedia of American Horticul¬ 
ture, edited by L. H. Bailey, Vol. TV., 
R-Z; 530 pages, many illustrations. New 
York, the Macmillan Co.; price, $5. This 
fine volume brings the great project of a 
distinctively American Cyclopedia of Hor¬ 
ticulture to a successful close. The pres¬ 
ent volume is in many ways Detter exe¬ 
cuted than the preceding ones, and that 
is saying a good deal. The articles on the 
rose and Rubus fruits will be much con¬ 
sulted. An effort should be made to place 
the four volumes comprising this splendid 
Cyclopedia in every country schoolhouse 
and farm library. 
THE RURAL NEW-YORKER, 
409 Pearl St., New York. 
MARKETNOTES 
ASPARAGUS.—The New Jersey product 
is bringing the highest figure at present, 
$4 per dozen for the best. Receipts from 
the South are quite large, but of inferior 
quality. It is hard to understand why any¬ 
one should buy low-grade asparagus. Prob¬ 
ably most of it Is taken by the cheap 
hotels, as it gives them material for a side 
dish that makes a fair show on the table, 
even though scarcely edible. Reports from 
California state that canners are helping 
out the growers to such an extent that 
prices remain high. The demand for 
canned asparagus appears to be excellent. 
FIRE NOTES.—The reported losses in 
the United States and Canada during April 
amounted to $13,894,600. There were 221 fires 
of a greater destructiveness than $10,000 ; 31 
of these ranged from $100,000 to $750,000, the 
latter being the loss at Atlantic City, N. .7. 
The loss since January 1 is $61,994,500, nearly 
$5,000,000 more than for the same time in 
1901. Of the 221 losses named only seven 
were on farm property, chiefly the large 
barns of stock farms. It is probable that 
more than 50 per cent of the fires in farm 
buildings could be traced to smoking or 
careless handling of kerosene lanterns 
around barns. Farm property properly 
handled should be as good a risk as any, 
and it would doubtless be sought by the 
better companies if the tobacco pipe could 
be kept away from the barn and the lan¬ 
tern handled properly. 
ODD FRUITS find each year an increas¬ 
ed sale in the large markets. First they 
appear as curiosities in the fancy fruit 
stores. Then those that have the merits 
of shipping well and pleasing the public 
laste gradually work into the regular trade. 
i »nly a few years ago the pomelo (general¬ 
ly called grape-fruit) was comparatively 
rare. Now they are found in nearly all 
fruit stores. The persimmon trade is slow¬ 
ly increasing. Last season more consign¬ 
ments of this fruit than before were no¬ 
ticed in the commission houses here. The 
mango is meeting a fair sale. It is oval in 
form and greenish-yellow. The flesh of 
some varieties is yellow, sweet and a trifle 
like a high-grade muskmelon in flavor. 
Others taste like turpentine. The pit is 
large and covered with a fibrous coating, 
making it a decided clingstone. The juice 
is more sticky than mucilage, and stains 
clothing badly. The sapodilla looks like a 
small russet apple. When in proper con¬ 
dition the skin may be peeled off much like 
that of a ripe tomato. The flesh is salmon, 
sweet and high-flavored. The flat seeds are 
imbedded in the flesh as tightly as though 
driven in with a mallet. Good specimens 
are seldom seen in northern markets, as it 
seems to be difficult to get them ripened 
properly. The fig banana is a one-horse 
affair, not more than one-fourth the size 
of his red or yellow brother, but is sup¬ 
posed to be of better quality. The apple 
banana, a red dwarf variety, has a flavor 
entirely distinct from other sorts. 
FODDER NOTES FROM NEBRASKA. 
In some portions of Nebraska attention 
must be given to retaining the land upon 
which the crop has been grown after the 
crop has been removed. For instance, on 
the sandy uplands, if a cornfield has been 
kept clear of weeds by cultivation and the 
cornstalks removed, the strong Winter 
winds will drift the sand about, greatly in¬ 
juring the fields. This is one reason why 
the cornstalks are left in the field all Win¬ 
ter. In Spring they are broken down, the 
grain sown and disked in, and the stalks 
lying on top prevent any trouble. Where 
THE RURAL NEW-YORKER 
361 
the cornstalks have been removed It is 
sometimes necessary to spread manure on 
the bare surface or else grow a crop of 
Winter rye. For putting in rye in a corn 
field there is nothing better than one of 
the five-hole one-horse drills, although a 
good many sow it broadcast and cultivate 
it in at the last working of the corn. If 
the rye is not wanted for a crop it can be 
pastured and turned under for another 
crop, and will pay handsomely as a pas¬ 
ture. As a milk producer it has only one 
superior in this country, and that is Al¬ 
falfa. When our native grasses are too 
closely cropped they die out and are suc¬ 
ceeded by a crop of weeds, and unless the 
pasture is given a rest, allowing the grass 
to form seed and so renew itself, the pas¬ 
ture will be what is called “played out.” 
To break up and re-seed a pasture is a 
difficult job, unless one is situated on the 
moist bottom land. Blue grass, Red-top 
and such like need more moisture than our 
uplands can supply to do their best, so that 
any kind of grass that will do well on 
sandy upland for pasture will be welcomed 
by a great many. Such a grass seems to 
be in sight—Bromus inermis, or Brome 
grass. This is sometimes hard to get 
started, but when firmly established it does 
well. It gives little promise of making a 
good heavy sod the first year, but it rap¬ 
idly forms a heavy sod when pastured, 
which should not be until the second or 
third year. When pastured it keeps green 
all Summer and starts in Spring as soon as 
the frost is out of the ground. If cut for 
hay in a dry Summer it will lie dormant 
until Fall when it makes new growth'. If 
the stand is poor don’t get discouraged; it 
will soon cover up the vacant ground. The 
famous Buffalo grass was propagated 
principally by runners like strawberries, 
and that helped to put it out of existence 
quickly when overstocking took place, as 
the cattle ate up the runners, often pulling 
up the roots, putting an end to the whole 
plant. Bromus, however, puts its runners 
underground, and so its life is not en¬ 
dangered. I consider it better adapted for 
permanent pasture than hay production. 
In the East, where the rains are more 
abundant, I would not try Bromus for hay 
at all, but would pin my faith to clover or 
Alfalfa, something that will produce more 
than one crop in a year. But if one has a 
piece of light land to be put into perma¬ 
nent pasture try Bromus, which should be 
sown without a nurse crop. As the seed 
of Bromus looks much like Orchard grass 
and some other cheaper grasses, it would 
be well to buy of some reliable seed firm. 
A man from Pennsylvania told me of a new 
grass seed which a neighbor sowed on a 10- 
acre lot and was not able to exterminate 
afterward. The field had been planted to 
corn and thoroughly cultivated, but the 
grass was still with him and spreading. 
Unfortunately, he did not know the name 
of it, but I told him that if the grass would 
stick to the western cattle ranges like that 
and he could control the seed supply his 
fortune was made. The man who com¬ 
plained to the Hope Farmer of not being 
able to eradicate Alfalfa must be a lineal 
descendant of the man who owned the 
golden-egged goose. If that man bought 
bran the past Winter he must have paid 
from $25 to $30 per ton, and one acre of 
Alfalfa ought to give at least three tons of 
hay which, if cut when one-tenth of it is 
in bloom, will be fully as good as three 
tons of bran. This is no experiment station 
pipe dream, either, but cold, hard fact 
worked out by practical men with cows, 
milk pails and scales, which, by the way, 
is the cream of all knowledge to my think¬ 
ing. W. E. GRAHAM. 
Nebraska. 
Tar On the Corn.—I have just read 
Hope Farm Notes and now write you to 
correct or contradict some statements in 
regard to the use of tar on corn, having 
used tar for a number of years with good 
success. I take eight or 10 quarts shelled 
corn; put it into a nail keg; put a small 
tablespoonful of tar on top of corn; take 
an old broom handle or something similar; 
stir and stir, and keep on stirring; and 
every kernel will have a coating of tar on 
it. It is a good plan to pour the corn over 
once or twice, as you can tar the corn 
more evenly with less stirring. After the 
corn is well tarred, throw a good handful 
of plaster or wood ashes into the keg and 
stir some more. After this is thoroughly 
done, If ashes are used, winnow the corn 
by pouring it from one dish to another a 
few times. The ashes prevent the corn 
being sticky. Put it In the corn planter 
and plant same as you would dry corn. No 
trouble at all, just as easy as rolling off 
a log. Before the corn comes up run a 
Hallock weeder over, and do so every few 
days, until you think you will break the 
corn down. Then run a cultivator through 
Mapes’ Balanced Ration solves the 
problem of feeding 1 hens by rule. Cheap¬ 
est and best. Made only by L. R. Wal¬ 
lace, Middletown, N. Y.— Adv. 
it a few times and you will have corn with¬ 
out hand hoeing. Perhaps we may have a 
dry season but now it Is wet enough here. 
We had a very heavy rain yesterday 
(April 30), and water is standing every¬ 
where. Little plowing has been done. Eggs 
are selling better than common at this time 
of year—18 to 20 cents per dozen. 
Dover, N. PI. w. E. R. 
Bones and Grease.—T he Philadelphia 
Record prints the following. 
“When a cook applies for a place in a 
restaurant he says first: 
“What’s the wages?” 
And after he has learned about the wages 
he goes on: 
“Includin’ grease?” 
“Yes,” is the answer, or else it is 
“No,” whereupon he resumes: 
“Includin’ bones? ’ 
An inquisitive person the other day heard 
a cook asking these strange questions of 
a restaurateur and the inquisitive person 
inquired: “What on earth did the cook 
jiiiccui ; 
“He meant that he wished to know if he 
would get the grease and bones as perqui¬ 
sites,” the restaurateur explained. “The 
waste grease and bones of a big eating 
house amount in the course of a month to 
a great deal, you know. Here we get 
monthly 3,700 pounds of bones, and they 
all go to the cook. He sells them at a 
half-cent a pound, and thus they add $4.50 
a week to his salary. But the grease here 
is not a perquisite. I keep it for myself. 
And I get $70 a month for it. It is used 
in the manufacture of soap.” 
That shows how in the larger city fac¬ 
tories wastes and “little things” are cared 
for. In some cases the money obtained 
from these little things means all the dif¬ 
ference between profit or loss. If a hired 
man could have as his own share all the 
liquid manure that runs through auger 
holes or into the brook to put on a crop o? 
grain he might double his wages. Could 
he do so on your farm? 
Buff Turkey 
EGGS FOR SALE, 15 cents each. 
A. CLGreen&Sons, Winchester, Ind 
■por Sale.—Entire stock of W. and B. P. Rooks; low 
prices. Few W. Wyan., W. Leg. and P. Guineas- 
Eggs from all, 26 $1; stamp. Mrs. Helllngs, Dover, Del 
B. Plymouth Rock eggs, 5c. each, or $4 50 per 100 
from leading strains; have farm rnnge. Also, Berk¬ 
shire and P. China pigs. W. A. Lothers, Lack, Pa. 
White Wyandottes Exclusively.—Eggs 
for hatching, from choice matings, $1 per 16. 
M. M. LAMB, Branchport, N. Y. 
Barred Rocks Onlrr,o! e '£ 2 ES «. 1 ?5 
hank in city. L. S. TOWNSEND, Wilmington, Del. 
S. C. White Leghorns, Wyckoff strain. 
Yearling Hens, SI each. 
EGGS, 75 cents per 13; $4 per 100. 
ZIMMER BROS.. Weedsport, N. Y. 
E GGS from Thoroughbred Bar. Wh. Buff Rocks, Br. 
Wh. Buff Leghorns, Gold, Wh. Buff Wyandottes, 
Langshans, Cochins, Minorcas, Hamburgs, Brahmas, 
16, $1; 40, $2. Catalog. H. K. Mohr, Quakertown, Pa. 
XX7HITE LEGHORN Eggs for Hatching. We have 
* " 600 hens, bred for egg production; large size, 
vigor and purity of stook. Free range and food In¬ 
sures fertility. We agree to please. Write for cir¬ 
cular. WHITE & RICE, Box B, Yorktown, N. Y. 
EGGS 
—Fertility guaranteed. By the sit¬ 
ting or hundred. 23 varieties of 
prize-winning land and water 
fowls. Big catalog free. Our guarantee means some¬ 
thing. PINE TREK FARM, Box T, Jamesburg, N.J. 
JOHN A. IRION, Gallipolis, Ohio, 
Breeder of Barred Plymouth Rocks; 15 choice fertile 
eggs, $1. Guaranteed to give satisfaction. 13 Pekin 
Duck eggs, $1; large strain. 
BARRED P. ROCK EGGS 
$2.50. A prize-winning 
male at head of every yard, scoring 91 or better; 
large, blocky. and heavy Winter layers. S. C. White 
Leghorn Eggs, same price. A few trios, $7. 
BALKS & CO., 102 So. Main St., Washington, Pa. 
SILENCEI 
The instinct of modesty natural to 
every woman is often a great hindrance 
to the cure of womanly diseases. Women 
shrink from the personal questions of 
the local phy¬ 
sician which 
seem indelicate. 
The thought of 
examination is 
abhorrent to 
them, and so 
they endure in 
silence a condi¬ 
tion of disease 
which surely 
progresses from 
bad to worse. 
It has been 
Dr. Pierce’s 
privilege to cure 
a great many 
women who 
have found a 
refuge for mod¬ 
esty in his offer 
of free consulta¬ 
tion by letter. 
All correspond¬ 
ence is held as 
strictly private 
and sacredly 
confidential. 
Address Doctor 
R. V. Pierce, 
Buffalo, N. Y. 
Dr. Pierce’s 
Favorite Pre¬ 
scription estab¬ 
lishes regularity, dries weakening drains, 
heals inflammation and ulceration, and 
cures female weakness. 
"Having used Dr. Pierce’s Favorite Prescrip¬ 
tion and ‘Golden Medical^Discovery ’ during 
the past year,” writes Mrs. Mattie Long, or 
Pfouts Valley, Perry Co., Pa., "I can truthfully 
recommend these medicines for all female weak¬ 
nesses. I have used several bottles of 1 Favorite 
Prescription,’ which I consider a great blessing 
to weak women. I was so nervous and dis¬ 
couraged that I hardly knew what to do. Your 
kind advice for home treatment helped me won¬ 
derfully. Thanks to Dr. Pierce.” 
Biliousness is cured by the use of Dr. 
Pierce’s Pleasant Pellets. 
LIGHT BRAHMAS llStSC- 
elB and 50 pulletB for sale at reasonable prices. Also 
25 B. P. R. cockerels. All bred from Madison Square 
Garden winners. Eggs for hatching from Light 
Brahmas, Barred P. Rocks and W. Wyandottes $2 
per 15. Woodcrest Farm, Rlfton, Ulster Co., N. Y. 
EGGS, $2 PER 15. 
Choice Barred and Buff P. Rock, W. and S. Wyan¬ 
dotte. Dr. S. C. MOYER, Lansdale, Pa. 
Incubators FromSG0 ° 
Brooders Frnm * 400 Vp - 
Fully Warranted. Free Catalogue. 
L. A. BANT A, Ligonier, Ind. 
1 A I on HENS and CHICKS 
Ucaltl 10 LIG6 64-page Book FREE. 
D. J. LAMBERT, Box 307, Apponaug, R. 1. 
/mi your chicks. The Scientific Gape- 
3Vc Worm Extractor, 10 cents. Eggs for 
hatching, 20 for $1; 100 for $3.50. Buff and Barred 
Rocks; Buff and Golden Wyandottes; R. C. Brown 
and S. C. White Leghorns. Berry Plants. 
Circular free. 
Macedon, N. Y. 
If illincr Uitoc and lice; making hens lay, 
, Mlllllg, rnllCo eggs hatch and chicks 
grow, with least expense and bother. AHk for 
new 82 page pamphlet which tells all about 
it. Sent free postpaid. GEO. II. LEE OO., 
Oinnhu. Neb.,or No. 8 Park Plaee.New Y orU 
When Vacation Time Comes 
the Lackawanna Railroad can help you 
in choosing a resort. Its Summer Book 
will tell you where to go, how to go, and 
cost of board. Send five cents in stamps, 
to cover cost of postage, to T. W. Lee, 
General Passenger Agent, Lackawanna 
Railroad, New York City. 
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