1899 
THE RURAL NEW-YORKER, 
893 
Publisher's Desk. 
Subscribers are asking us what we 
will charge for the Ruby Queen rose by 
the dozen or half dozen. For the in¬ 
formation of all, we wish to say that we 
would not sell one at any price. We 
wish them to be as widely distributed as 
possible, and we hope to have enough to 
send one to every 1900 subscriber who 
cares for it. New subscriptions are, 
however, coming in fast, and every one 
seems to want the rose. This makes us 
fear that the supply will be exhausted 
before renewals are all in for the Win¬ 
ter. We are booking and counting or¬ 
ders as fast as received, and notice will 
be given when the applications equal 
the supply, so that there will be no dis¬ 
appointments afterwards. The way to 
be sure is 'to get applications to us early. 
The old subscribers who send along a 
new name with their own renewals are 
more numerous this month than ever 
before in my recollection. I always like 
to acknowledge these favors in person, 
and by letter. When this is impossible, 
on account of other pressing duties in a 
husy season, like the present, I wish 
these friends to know that I am denied 
a personal pleasure in not doing so, and 
that I appreciate their kindly interest. 
Of course, both subscribers get the rose, 
and the sender may select one of the 
book premiums. 
For a club of four with $4 we send the 
club-raiser a year’s subscription free, or 
rather as a reward for the work. 
Make a resolution now to preserve 
Tiie R. N.-Y. next year for reference. 
We have a handy binder for the purpose 
that we can send you for 25 cents. It 
makes a valuable reference book. 
Our new book catalogue is now ready. 
It includes all the latest and best books 
on agricultural and horticultural sub¬ 
jects. Send a postal card for the cata¬ 
logue. If you desire a list of books, we 
will make you a special price. We can 
save you money on your book trade. 
Do you take more than one paper or 
magazine? Send us a list, and we will 
save you money on that, too. 
Just one thing more this week. The 
white paper on wnich The R. N.-Y. is 
printed costs now nearly one-half more 
than it did one year ago. This will 
Market Briefs. 
We are here In this great market. You ship goods 
here. You can ship to better advantage if you know 
how and when to do it. We will try to tell you. 
We must know what you want. Ask questions We 
will try to answer them. 
Picked Up Here and There. 
QUEER HORSE SENSE.—A truck horse 
standing in front of a commission house 
helped himself out of a barrel of hickory- 
nuts standing on the sidewalk. He chewed 
up the nuts like oats, and seemed to enjoy 
his new ration. I once saw a horse eat 
a mouse. It ran out of a load of corn 
stalks. A boy killed it and held it before 
the horse, which ate the rodent as though 
it was a choice morsel. 
AN OFFERING FROM THE NORTH.— 
Once a year Maine sends a large delega¬ 
tion down here in the shape of spruce trees 
for Christmas. Great piles of these may 
now be seen in front of the wharves and 
other places along the river front in the 
west side downtown district. They are a 
great attraction to the children in this 
part of the city, who see but little of na¬ 
ture except human nature—and much of 
that depraved—and it is interesting and 
almost pathetic to see how eagerly they 
gather up and carry home great armfuls 
of twigs broken off where the trees are un¬ 
loaded. The shippers evidently appreciate 
the value of fine appearance in anything 
offered for sale, as only the best trees are 
sent, ami the limbs of these are neatly 
tied together with tarred strings about two 
feet apart. 
NIGHT WORKERS.—At the Gansevoort 
Market, in this city, there is a large open 
space, between 300 and 400 feet each way. 
Through this there are 11 raised walks 
and wide roadways on each side, whore the 
vegetable men from New Jersey and near¬ 
by sections come with their produce, cov 
ered with canvas, and often piled up like 
loads of hay. These teams arrive some 
time in the night, and long before day¬ 
light business begins. The retailers from 
all parts of the city come with their 
wagons and lay in their stocks for the 
day. There is a large amount of dickering 
between the buyers and sellers. Some 
clean out their loads at once, while others 
whose ideas of prices are too high, are 
left until the last. On cold and stormy 
nighls the drivers have a hard time, and 
the numerous saloons around the square 
do a rushing business. 
MILK CANS FOR GARBAGE.—On the 
platform of a station along the Harlem 
Railroad, I saw a lot of milk cans. The 
cover of one was off, and in the bottom 
was some stuff that looked like cast-off 
pumpkin pie. A boy standing near said 
that it was a common thing for cans to 
come back from New York with restaurant 
leavings in the shape of cake, bread and 
garbage of all sorts. In nearly all of the 
cheap restaurants two or three cans of 
Club publishes a Year Book full of Guern¬ 
sey information, and a convenient stable 
blank sheet for recording the milk by 
months of 25 cows has been devised. Dur¬ 
ing the year the first competitions for the 
prizes established by the Club for the home 
test of Guernseys have been made. The 
best record for a single cow was that of 
Lily Ella, a five-year-old belonging to J- 
H. Bierne, of Oakfield, Wis. She produced 
12.282.6S pounds of milk, testing 6.421 per 
cent butter fat, and making 912.5 pounds of 
butter. This cow weighs about 1,080 
pounds. She was milked to within one 
week of calving, and had one milker nearly 
all the time, Mr. Bierne himself attending 
to this. Her daily ration during the Win¬ 
ter was about 45 pounds of roughage and 
13 pounds of grain, consisting of corn meal, 
oats, gluten and oil meal. 
The financial receipts for the year were 
$5,922.95, and, after deducting expenses, the 
amount in bank at present is $1,651.90, about 
$600 more than last year’s balance. The 
present net assets of the club including all 
property are $6,483.90. 
On account of December often being a 
disagreeable month for the annual meet¬ 
ing, it was voted to change the time to the 
Wednesday following the second Monday 
in May, so that the next annual meeting 
will be held on this date of May, 1901. At 
a previous meeting, a committee, consist¬ 
ing of Ex-Governor Hoard, President Cod- 
man and Secretary Caldwell, was appoint¬ 
ed to revise the scale of points. Their re¬ 
port was read and the matter discussed at 
some length. In the proposed new scale 
for cows, 35 is allowed for dairy tempera¬ 
ment, constitution, symmetry and size, 40 
for quantity and duration of flow, and 25 
for color and quality of milk. The mean¬ 
ing of dairy temperament was described 
to be a strong disposition to turn the con¬ 
sumption of food toward the production of 
milk rich in butter fat, rather than the 
tendency to turn food into flesh. In the 
best dairy breeds there are often found in¬ 
dividuals that show a strong disposition to 
flesh-making, and to breed from such ani¬ 
mals is not considered wise, as it is neces¬ 
sary constantly to guard against this beefy 
tendency. It was voted to give the com¬ 
mittee on scale of points power to adopt 
the new scale for the Club, after carefully 
considering the criticisms and suggestions 
made, and making what changes in their 
judgment were necessary. 
In discussing the relation of food to but¬ 
ter fat, Ex-Governor Hoard said that in 
his opinion the percentage of butter fat Is 
fixed by the individuality of the cow. The 
milk flow, and hence the amount of butter 
fat may be increased by feeding, but not 
the percentage. He said: “We breed, but do 
not feed, for richness. We feed for quan¬ 
tity.” The majority were in favor of dis¬ 
horning, on account of the cows being so 
much more peaceable. One man said that 
with his herd of 100 cows it was formerly 
necessary to have several men to keep 
them in order in driving to pasture. Now, 
amount to quite a good many thousand 
dollars during the year. We are not 
going to advance the price of the paper 
to meet this extra expense. Our friends 
may do their part in sending new sub¬ 
scriptions. 
NEW YORK FARMERS’ INSTITUTES. 
FOR GENERAL FARMING. 
Fulton, Oswego Co.Dec. 18, 19 
West Chazy, Clinton Co.Dec. 18, 19 
Jamestown, Chautauqua Co.Des. 18, 19 
Cigarville, Onondaga Co.Dec. 19 
Georgetown, Madison Co.Dec. 19 
DeWittville, Chautauqua Co.Dec. 19 
Hannibal, Oswego Co.Dec. 20, 21 
De Ruyter, Madison Co.Dec. 20, 21 
Plattsburg, Clinton Co.Dec. 20, 21 
Sherman, Chautauqua Co.Dec. 20, 21 
Willsboro, Essex Co.Dec. 22 
Fredonia, Chautauqua Co.Dec. 22, 23 
Weedsport, Cayuga Co.Dec. 22, 23 
Vernon, Oneida Cc.Dec. 26, 27 
Marcellus, Onondaga Co.Dec. 26, 27 
Clinton, Oneida Co.Dec. 28 
Skaneatcles, Onondaga Co.Dec. 28, 29 
Chadwick, Oneida Co.Dec. 30 
Fair Haven, Cayuga Co.Jan. 2, 3 
Richfield Springs, Otsego Co.Jan. 3 
Ira, Cayuga Co.Jan. 4 
Leonardsville, Madison Co.Jan. 5 
Wolcott, Wayne Co.Jan. 5, 6 
So. New-Berlin, Chenango Co.Jan. S 
Sodus, Wayne Co.Jan. 8 , 9 
Lincoln, Wayne Co.Jan. 10 
Fly Creek, Otsego Co.Jan. 10, 11 
Webster. Monroe Co.Jan. 11, 12 
Lyndonville, Orleans Co.Jan. 12 
Sc.henevus, Otsego Co.Jan. 12, 13 
Hilton, Monroe Co.Jan. 13 
Cherry Valley, Otsego Co.Jan. 15, 16 
Ransomville, Niagara Co.Jan. 15, 16 
Carlisle, Schoharie Co.Jan. 16 
Spencerport, Monroe Co.Jan. 17, 18 
Esperance, Schoharie Co.Jan. 18 
Colonie, Albany Co.Jan. 18 
Quaker Street, Schenectady Co...Jan. 19, 20 
Mnrilla, Erie Co.Jan. 19, 20 
West Sand Lake, Rensselaer Co..Jan. 19, 20 
Bethlehem Center, Albany Co.Jan. 19, 20 
Altamont. Albany Co.Jan. 22, 23 
Batavia, Genesee Co.Jan. 22, 23 
Riverhead, Suffolk Co.Jan. 22, 23 
Southold, Suffolk Co.Jan. 24 
Voorheesville, Albany Co.Jan. 24, 25 
Southampton, Suffolk Co.Jan. 25 
Arcade, Wyoming Co.Jan. 25, 26 
Northport, Suffolk Co.Jan. 26 
East Greenbush, Rensselaer Co...Jan. 26, 27 
Albion, Orleans Co.Jan. 26, 27 
Warsaw, Wyoming Co.Jan. 26, 27 
Springville, Erie Co.Jan. 29, 30 
Gansevoort, Saratoga Co.Ian. 29, 3? 
Greenfield Center, Saratoga Co...Jan. 31 
milk are seen, and it is evident that the 
empties are sometimes used to get rid of 
the leavings. The cans that are sent 
back without washing are bad enough, as 
it is about impossible to get off the dried 
milk. I have seen it caked on the bottom 
of the can and in the corners a quarter of 
an inch thick. Doubtless some of it soaks 
off when the can is filled again and gets 
mixed with the fresh milk! A “starter” 
rnay be all right for cream, but few people 
care for any additional bacteria, or “start¬ 
ers” for the next world, in the milk they 
consume. The time to wash a milk can 
is as soon as it is emptied, and the stuff 
to wash it with is live steam. It looks as 
though there was room for a little legisla¬ 
tion in the way of compelling receivers to 
wash the cans before returning them. 
w. w. H. 
GUERNSEY BREEDERS MEET. 
The annual meeting of the American 
Guernsey Cattle Club was held in this city 
December 13. The report of the secretary 
showed entries on the books of the Club, 
during the year, of 652 bulls, 1,181 cows, and 
1,547 transfers. The increase in business 
is shown by a comparison with 1894, when 
the entries were 334 bulls, 654 cows and 652 
transfers. There are now 132 active mem¬ 
bers in the Club, six having been added 
during the season. The largest single im¬ 
portation of cattle for the year was 30, 
brought over by F. S. Peer for persons in 
Pennsylvania and Connecticut. In addi¬ 
tion to its regular Breeders’ Journal, the 
a boy can do it. There is no hooking, and 
the cows go along slowly and without ex¬ 
citement. Another said that he had a very 
ugly cow that lost no opportunity to hook 
and drive around the others. She was dis¬ 
horned, but still tried to make a disturb¬ 
ance. The other cows, however, soon found 
that she could not hurt them, and were 
not afraid of her, so she gave it up in dis¬ 
gust. Mr. Lord, of Boston, spoke of the 
difficulty in securing competent judges of 
Guernsey cattle at fairs, as often the same 
men judge both the beef and dairy breeds 
He thought it would be a good plan if the 
secretary were authorized to offer com¬ 
petent Guernsey judges to fair managers 
the Club paying whatever difference there 
might be between the cost of these and 
the regular fair judges. The general 
opinion was that fairs ought to be patron¬ 
ized by Guernsey breeders to a greater ex¬ 
tent, and they doubtless would be if proper 
judges were provided. Ex-Governor Hoard 
remarked that there were judges who 
scarcely knew the difference between a 
hen and a dairy cow. He also said that 
the breeder must be constantly studying 
to improve his cattle. He alluded to the 
saying of Christ: “Except ye become as 
little children, ye shalt not enter into the 
Kingdom of Heaven,” stating that Christ 
did not refer to the ignorance or inno¬ 
cence of children, but to their teachable¬ 
ness, and that unless a man is willing to 
If you are a farmer or want to be one, 
send for the “Western Trail.” Published 
quarterly. Full of pointers as to settling 
in Kansas, Oklahoma and Indian Terri¬ 
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Address by postal card or letter. 
John Sebastian, G.P.A., Chicago.— Adv. 
Tlie No. 6 Iron Age Combined Hill and 
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implement ever offered. Drills accurately or 
drops in hills any distance desired. Can be 
easily and quickly changed into ten practical 
tools. It sows, rakes, hoes, cultivates, plows, 
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is ten toolsin oneandeachoftheten isthevery 
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Send for a free copy of the famous illustrated Iron 
A«e Hook for 1900. It’s a guide book to prosperity. 
BATEMAN MFG. CO., Box 102, Grenloch, N. J. ' 
learn, he shall not enter into any kingdom 
of success. “The question that concerns 
me most,” said he, "is not how much do I 
know, but wliat is there to know, and how 
can I best get it.” 
The following officers for the ensuing 
year were elected: President, James M. 
Codman, Brookline, Mass.; vice-presidents. 
A. J. Cassatt, Berwyn, Pa., and Sidney 
Fisher, Knowlton, Canada; secretary and 
Treasurer, W. H. Caldwell, Peterboro, 
N H. w. w. h. 
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that somebody is 
pushing yon over a 
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you neglect the warning 
you may find 
that you are act¬ 
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yourself over 
the precipice of 
disease into the 
abyss of death. 
Don’t forget 
that your heart 
and lungs and 
brain and 
k nerves are sup¬ 
plied with blood 
and nutriment 
through your stomach, 
liver and bowels. If 
they do not do their 
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^ ‘ ,,/^the blood is full of 
poisonous matter your whole body will 
soon be full of impurity and disease, and 
it is small wonder you dream of disaster. 
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purifies and enriches the blood. It 
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It is a blood-maker and flesh-builder and 
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“ I used Dr. Pierce’s Golden Medical Discovery 
and ‘ Pleasant Pellets ’ and have had no trouble 
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WATCHES 
It is our privilege to furnish people 
who raise clubs for The R. N.-Y. with 
the best watches at prices that are won¬ 
derfully low. We can furnish them on 
terms that will surprise and delight you. 
Special Offer No. I. 
Full Jeweled Solid Silver Watch. 
Open Face or Hunting. 
No. I is a genuine Elgin or Waltham Watch. Nickel 
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offer It to our readers at only $10.25, including free 
delivery, or we will send it free for a club of 40 yearly 
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for a club of live yearly subscriptions at $1 each and 
$6.70 added money; or for a club of 10 new subscrip¬ 
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to wear 20 years. Price delivered $11.30; or sent free 
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The Rural New-Yorker, New York. 
