THE RURAL NEW-YORKER 
January 15 
44 
As We Go to Press. 
"SAVING." 
In the older parts of this country, rail¬ 
road building- has about come to a stand¬ 
still. Less than 50 miles of new steam 
railroads were built in all New England 
last year. Leaving out Texas, Oklahoma, 
California and Illinois, there was less 
railroad building than in any recent year. 
Why is this ? 
There are several reasons. Electric 
lines are taking the place of steam roads 
to a great extent. They cut in here and 
there, across country doing quick, cheap 
and effective work with which the 
heavier steam roads cannot compete. 
The steam roads are slowly losing a 
share of their passenger service. Thou¬ 
sands of wheelmen who formerly bought 
tickets now ride wheels. But one of the 
most singular losses of railroad traffic has 
been through the telephone. Chauncey 
M. Depew says that the telephone has 
certainly kept thousands of men away 
from New York and other large cities. 
For instance, merchants from the country 
used to make regular trips to the city to 
buy their goods. Now they can step to 
the telephone and talk with their cus¬ 
tomers who are hundreds of miles away. 
All this saves time and travel, and the 
railroads have lost in consequence. 
It requires but a thought to see how 
true this is. The closer we can get to 
things, the easier we can get what we 
want out of them. There was a time 
when my grandfather had to walk a mile 
to a neighbor’s house after live coals to 
start his fire. How the simple friction 
match did save such time and travel. So 
it is in every line of work. The telephone 
saves railroad fares, and in dozens of 
other business branches, old expenses are 
saved because we can cut across and go 
straight to the head. 
So it is in agriculture. Years ago, it 
was a year’s work to hunt out some de¬ 
sirable fact in agricultural science. 
There were few men who knew what 
was wanted, and what was worse yet, it 
was almost impossible to get at these 
men and tap them. It cost expensive 
time and yet more costly money to get 
at them. This is all changed now. 
There are 10 scientific men to-day where 
there was one 30 years ago. Not only 
that, but Thk R. N.-Y. is like the tele¬ 
phone, bringing you close to them, so 
that you do not have to go traveling 
about in order to learn what they have 
to sell. Thk R. N.-Y. and the books it 
sells will be found in 1898, wired right 
to these scientific and practical men. 
There is a live current of electricity run¬ 
ning along the wire. At a cost of $1, 
you can stand with your ear to the- tele¬ 
phone for 52 weeks. Better make sure 
of your ticket at once. 
SCIENCE FROM THE STATIONS. 
REVIEWS OF IMPORTANT BULLETINS. 
Bums or North Carolina.— Bulletin 144, of the 
North Carolina Experiment Station (Raleigh), 
gives a very complete list of the birds found in 
that State, with brief notes concerning each spe¬ 
cies. This list appears to have been prepared 
with great care, and those who are interested in 
such matters will be glad to keep it on file. North 
Carolina is a singular State in the fact that it 
presents a wonderful variety of climate. Gov. 
Carr told the writer two years ago that he had 
upon his dinner table, at one time, palm leaves 
grown upon the North Carolina coast, and maple 
sugar made in the mountains of the same State. 
This gives a fair illustration of the wonderful 
variety of climate and soil, and the bird life is 
equally interesting and diversified. 
Meadows and Pastures.— Farmers’ Bulletin 
No. 66 , issued by the Department of Agriculture, 
is a pamphlet of 24 pages, dealing in a brief and 
concise manner with the value of various grasses 
when used for hay or pasture; the best methods 
of handling the soils and seeding to grass, and 
a discussion of the various grass mixtures used 
in.different parts of the country. As aix illustra¬ 
tion of the great value of the grass ci-op, this 
bulletin states that, in the seven Middle Eastern 
States alone, thei-e are 11,883,000 head of all kinds 
of live stock, valued at $171,278,500. These ani¬ 
mals eat, during each year, over 20,400,000 tons of 
forage and feeding stuffs, worth more than $150,- 
000,000. Two-thirds of this vast amount must be 
grown on the farm in the form of hay, corn 
stalks, ensilage, pasturage, clover, cow peas, etc. 
This proportion of rough fodder might be still 
further increased if our farmers would grow 
more of the plants like clover and cow peas, 
which contain a larger proportion of the protein, 
or muscle-making elements. In this pamphlet, 
the following mixtures of seeds are suggested 
for meadows: 
No. 1: Pounds. 
Tall Oat grass. 70 
Red clover. 30 
(Sow 35 to 40 pounds per acre.) 
No. 2: 
Red-top. 30 
Orchard grass. 40 
Meadow Fescue. 20 
Red clover. 10 
(Sow 40 to 45 pounds per acre.) 
No. 3: 
Italian Rye grass. 20 
Orchard grass. 25 
Red clover. 10 
Tall Oat grass. 20 
Red-top. 25 
(Sow 35 to 40 pounds per acre.) 
No. 4: 
Timothy. 40 
Red-top. 40 
Tall Oat grass. 20 
(Sow 40 pounds per aci’e.) 
For pasture mixtures, the following are said to 
have given good results: 
No. 1: Pounds. 
Kentucky Blue grass. 25 
White clover. 10 
Perennial Rye. 30 
Red Fescue. 10 
Red-top. 25 
(Sow 35 pounds per acre.) 
No. 2: 
Canada Blue grass. 5 
Red clover. 5 
Orchard grass. 5 
Tall Oat grass. 5 
Red-top. 35 
Pexennial Rye grass. 20 
(Sow 40 to 45 pounds per acre.) 
No. 3. For wet pastures: 
Red-top. 35 
Alsike. 20 
Creeping Bent. 15 
Perennial Rye. 30 
(Sow 40 pounds per acre.) 
No. 4. For light sandy soils: 
Red Fescue. 50 
Red-top. 25 
Kentucky Blue grass. 20 
White clover. 5 
(Sow 35 to 40 pounds per acre.) 
<• • 
Good habits, 
healthful exercise, 
and proper medi¬ 
cation are the 
three preat con¬ 
servators of 
health. Good 
health is the greatest 
beautifier. Neither a 
man nor a woman can 
have an attractive person¬ 
ality who suffers from ill- 
health. If it were not for 
disorders of the digestive organs, nine- 
tenths of the medical hooks in the world 
could be safely destroyed. Not only the 
minor maladies, but the majority of serious 
diseases have their inception in a disorder¬ 
ed digestion. Consumption is undoubtedly 
the most deadly enemy with which man¬ 
kind has to contend. Like all other wast¬ 
ing diseases, it has its origin in disorders 
of the digestive organs. As a result of these 
disorders, the appetite falls off; the life-giv¬ 
ing elements of the food are not properly 
assimilated: the blood becomes thin ana im¬ 
pure; and all the tissues of the body are im- 
{ xerfectly and Improperly nourished; the 
ungs become clogged with inert, half dead 
tissues that offer an attractive soil for the 
invasion of the germs of consumption. It 
has been said thousands of times that con¬ 
sumption is incnrable. It is not. 
Ninety-eight per cent, of all cases of con¬ 
sumption are cured by Dr. Pierce's Golden 
Medical Discovery. It corrects all disorders 
of ths digestive organs, invigorates the liver 
and makes the appetite keen and the assim¬ 
ilation perfect; It makes new blood, pure 
blood, and lots of it. It builds new and 
healthy tissue. It is the great flesh-builder. 
It acts directly on the lungs, driving out all 
impurities and disease germs. Thousands 
have testified to its merits. All good drug 
gists keep it. 
Geo. H. Slater, Esq., of Yates City. Knox Co., 
Ills., writes; **I have been troubled with indi- 
gestisa and dyspepsia for the last two years. I 
got a bottle or your ‘ Golden Medical Discovery,' 
and it did me so much good I am going to get 
another bottle. It is the best medicine in the 
world for stomach trouble.” 
Good health is the hest endowment 
Those who have it cannot be too careful t< 
preserve it. Constipation is the worst 
enemy of good health. It causes nearlj 
every disorder known to physicians. Dr. 
Pierce’s Pleasant Pellets are a sure, swift, 
safe and permanent cure for constipation. 
One little Pellet ” is a gentle laxative, and 
two a mild cathartic. They never gripe. 
Druggists sell them. 
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clips, etc. Catalogue Free. Quotations on any article. 
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NORTHERN PLANTERS 
. should get our catalogue of tested 
varieties of Strawberries, Ruh|>- 
, berrles,Curroiits,Asparu(tUR, Fruit 
and Ornuniental Trees, Seed Cora 
and Potatoes Write to-day—free. 
Coe A Convene, No. 9, Fort Atkinson,It in. 
A GOOD CHEAP FARM WAGON. 
In order to introduce their low metal wheels 
with wide tires, the Empire Mfg. Co., Quincy, Ill., 
have placed upon the market a farmer’s handy 
wagon, sold at the low price of $19.95. The wagon 
is only 25 inches high, fitted with 24 and 30-inch 
wheels, with 4-inch tires, either straight or stag¬ 
gered spokes. This wagon is made of best ma¬ 
terial throughout, and fully guaranteed for one 
year. Catalogue, giving full description will be 
mxiiled upon application to the manufacturers, 
who also furnish metal wheels at low prices, 
made any size and width of tire to fit any axle. 
SPRAYING FRUIT TREES. 
The question of spraying fruit trees to prevent 
the depredations of insect pests and fungous dis¬ 
eases is no longer an expei-iment but a necessity. 
□ Our readers will do well to write Wm. Stahl, 
Quincy, Ill., and get his catalogue describing 21 
styles of Spraying Outfits and full treatise on 
spraying the different fruit and vegetable crops, 
which may be had for the asking, and contains 
much.vxtluable information. 
THE STUART PECAN CO., 
NURSERY, 
with good name and 20 years’ business now for sale. 
Seven acres celery ground on place. Grafts of best 
pecans, all ready for orders. For particulars address 
STUART PECAN COMPANY, 
Ocean Springs, Miss 
Poarh a specialty. Other 
I vOvll I I CC9 stock, too. Don’t 
buy without first seeing our catalogue. Send for it. 
W. M. PETERS, Wesley, Md. 
Vegetables 
can be raised at a profit, and 
the yield enlarged, if properly 
fertilized. Most fertilizers do 
do not contain enough 
Potash. 
Vegetables need plenty ofpot¬ 
ash — at least 10% — besides 
the phosphoric acid and nitro¬ 
gen. 
Write for our books which tell all about 
fertilizers. They are free. 
GERMAN KALI WORKS, 
93 Nassau St., New York. 
Home-Mixed 
Fertilizers 
A man can save hundreds of 
dollars by mixing his own 
fertilizers. He saves about 
half the first cost; he can use 
the materials best adapted to 
the particular crop, and conse¬ 
quently secure the best re¬ 
sults possible for the money 
spent. Nitrate of Soda should 
be used to furnish the nitro¬ 
gen (ammonia). It is not only 
the cheapest , but the most sol¬ 
uble, available, and in every 
way the best form of nitrogen. 
P**pxp A 40-page book, “Food for Plants.” 
P1 CC Tells all about mixing and using 
fertilizers. Please ask for it. 
S. M. HARRIS. MORETON FARM (p. O.) N. Y. 
HIGH CLASS SEEDS. 
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L Including every Standard Variety and every 
Novel tv of Established Merit 
For Nearlv a Century the Leading Seed House of America. 
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You Save Salesman’s Expenses and Agent’s Profit. 
Analysis. ‘ ‘ * " ~ ' 
Phos. Acid, 
Per cent. 
22 to 25 
Ammonia, 
Per cent, 
4 to 5 
Actual Potaali, 
Per cent. 
# 22.00 
9 to 10 
2 to 3 
2 to 3 
16.00 
8 to 10 
2 vf to f',% 
l%to 2 % 
i 5 -oo 
9 to 10 
4 to 5 
20.00 
9 to 10 
3/4 to 4)4 
G to 7 
23-oo 
, 11 to 12 
3 to 4 
4 to 5 
21.00 
13 to 15 
4 to 5 
18.00 
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Pour Fold Fertilizer. 
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Potato Special “ . 
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