1898 
THE RURAL NEW-YORKER. 
61 
SCIENCE FROM THE STATIONS. 
REVIEWS OF IMPORTANT BULLETINS. 
Those who are interested in the Or¬ 
chard Inspection Law of Michigan de¬ 
scribed on another page, should send 
to Washington Gardner, Secretary of 
State, Lansing. Mich., and secure a copy 
of this law. It is printed in a pamphlet 
entitled Fruit Trees and Fruit Tree Pests. 
This matter of regulating the spread of 
plant diseases and insects is, evidently, 
going to he an important thing, and 
fruit growers will do well to look up the 
law on the subject. 
Bulletin 6(5 of the Indiana Station 
(Lafayette) gives an excellent account of 
indoor lettuce culture. The matter is 
explained in a simple and clear manner, 
and the pictures add greatly to the value 
of the bulletin. A first-rale pamphlet 
for all glass gardeners. 
Bulletin 129 of the New York Experi¬ 
ment Station (Geneva), contains the an¬ 
nual report of analyses of commercial 
fertilizers offered for sale in New York 
State. Here we have a list of the manu¬ 
facturers who have complied with the 
law. analyses of the fertilizers on sale in 
the State, and much other interesting 
matter concerning the trade. Every 
farmer who needs fertilizer should study 
this bulletin carefully before placing his 
order. The time has gone by when a 
farmer can afford to buy plant food 
without knowing what he is buying. It 
appears that the trade values of fertilizer 
ingredients are lower in many cases than 
ever before. Nitrogen in high-grade 
mixed fertilizers is quoted at 14 cents 
per pound, in cotton-seed meal, 12 cents, 
and fine ground bone and tankage 13% 
cents ; phosphoric acid, soluble in water, 
is quoted at 5% cents a pound, and 
in fine bone and tankage, five cents; 
potash in high-grade sulphate is quoted 
at five cents, and in muriate at 4% cents. 
This is an exceedingly valuable bulletin, 
and it ought to form the basis of buying 
the fertilizers used on the farms in New 
York State. 
Bulletin No. 36 of the Iowa Station 
(Ames) discusses a wide variety of topics, 
such as soil mixture, seed testing, plant 
diseases, dairy matters and hybrid roses. 
Prof. J. L. Budd contributes 10 pages to 
a discussion of his experiments in hybrid¬ 
izing roses, gooseberries and strawber¬ 
ries. For example, he has succeeded in 
crossing a wild strawberry from the 
plains of Manitoba with pollen of our 
best cultivated varieties. The object was 
to attempt to retain hardiness, perfec¬ 
tion of leaf and aroma of fruit of the 
wild type, with the size of berries of our 
garden sorts. Prof. Budd feels compelled 
to conclude that, thus far, the experi¬ 
ment is a failure. He has been able to 
secure the needed hardiness and perfec¬ 
tion of leaf, but in no case has he secured 
the needed size for market or home use. 
Now he hopes to cross the blossoms of 
the best of these hybrids with pollen of 
the largest and best cultivated varieties. 
Possibly this second generation will give 
him what he is after. The whole story 
of his work in hybridizing is exceedingly 
interesting, especially to those who are 
attempting such experiments of their 
own. In speaking of roses, Prof. Budd 
is inclined to believe that the future 
favorite rose of the prairie States will be 
developed from the Rosa rugosa and the 
native wild rose. This bulletin also con¬ 
tains some interesting botanical notes on 
corn, prepared by Prof. Pammel. 
Bulletin No. 79 of the Alabama Station 
(Auburn) contains a great deal of really 
interesting and valuable matter. It 
is different from most bulletins in the 
fact that it does not record any special 
experiment, but is in the form of a 
pamphlet on market gardening in the 
South. It is entitled, Some Horticultural 
Suggestions, and is prepared by Prof. F. 
S. Earle. It is, of course, impossible to 
give copious extracts from this bulletin, 
although it is well worth careful study. 
Speaking of fertilizers suitable for gar¬ 
dening crops at the South, Prof. Earle 
recommends three [parts of cotton-seed 
meal by weight, three parts acid phos¬ 
phate, and one part kainit. This is a 
mixture to be prepared at home, and 
used at the rate of 800 pounds or more 
per acre. We have never been able to 
understand just why the southern people 
used kainit so largely in making up their 
fertilizers. Muriate certainly isacheaper 
source of potash, and is less bulky. 
One excellent thing about the use of 
cotton-seed meal in a mixed fertilizer is 
the fact that its color will always show J 
when the mixture is complete. Prof. 
Earle gives the good advice to use the 
available stable manure for the garden, 
and depend on commercial fertilizers for 
the orchard. At bearing age, he recom¬ 
mends a mixture of one part by weight 
of cotton-seed meal, four parts acid phos¬ 
phate, two parts of kainit. One of the 
most interesting features of this bulletin 
is the section devoted to marketing and 
transportation, and most of the advice is 
as sound as a dollar, and will apply to 
every State from Maine to New Mexico. 
A good deal of the truck and fruit from 
the South is shipped in refrigerator cars, 
and this feature of the business is well 
discussed by Prof. Earle. With regard 
to the shipper’s business connection with 
the commission men, Prof. Earle makes 
the following suggestions, which might 
well be printed in big letters, and pasted ( 
on the side of your barn or packing shed : 
It is never good policy to ship to one man to¬ 
day, and another to-morrow, acting on the whim of 
the moment, or yielding to the persuasions of the 
last solicitor who asks for your shipments. It is 
equally bad policy to scatter a small shipment 
among half a dozen houses in the same market. 
Make your trade of some importance to the com¬ 
mission man, by sending good goods regularly, 
and it will be to his interest to see that you are 
given satisfaction. The men who abuse the com¬ 
mission men most are usually those who ship the 
poorest and most dishonestly packed goods. 
Another point: Keep your dealer posted, in ad¬ 
vance, of the amount and character of your ship¬ 
ments, and of the total shipments that are going 
to his market from your locality. Insist on his 
keeping you posted as to his market, and on his 
making you prompt returns. Do not let him send 
you weekly or monthly statements, but demand 
account sales and check for each lot sent, on the 
day that it is sold. 
A nkw process in freezing meat for transporta¬ 
tion, now being tested in Australia, operates 
from the interior of the carcass outwards. The 
old process, by which the cooling began on the 
outside, caused the heat to be gradually driven 
inwards until, being concentrated in a small 
space, putrefaction was likely to begin. 
The sick, nerv- 
M~|.l l(” ous, fretful use- 
' less, helpless, irri¬ 
table, woman 
makes her hus¬ 
band miserable. 
If he is a good- 
tempered, good 
man, he tries to 
soot * ie an( ^ com- 
fort her. If he is 
^ only an ordinary 
man, he swears 
and gets drunk. Few men realize what it is 
that makes a woman cross, fretful, and 
nervous. If they did, they would see to it 
that their wives took proper care of the 
health of the organs distinctly feminine, 
and reported to the proper remedy to make 
them strong and healthy in a womanly way. 
The best medicine for nervous, fretful, 
irritable women is Dr. Pierce’s Favorite 
Prescription. It goes to and corrects the 
cause. It acts directly on the feminine or¬ 
ganism and restores it to natural health and 
vigor. It soothes inflammation and cor¬ 
rects all weakening drains. It will make a 
sick woman well, and a fretful, cross woman 
happy and amiable. It prepares a woman 
for the duties of motherhood, and taken 
during the expectant period makes baby’s 
coming easy and almost painless. Women 
who wish to know more about this great 
remedy should write to its discoverer, Dr. 
R. V. Pierce, chief consulting physician to 
the Invalids’ Hotel and Surgical Institute, 
at Buffalo, N. Y. 
Mr. 8 . J. Bartlett (Teacher), of Granger. Sweet¬ 
water Co., Wyo., writes: “ Dr. Pierce: I desire to 
certify that your ‘ Favorite Prescription ’ is a boon 
and a gTeat help to all females. My wife has 
used your me4»ne. Prior to taking it, she was 
constantly troubled with female weakness and 
monthly, and frequently oftener, irregular flows 
that incapacitated her for the labors incident to 
raising a large family. She is now well.” 
Whoever would find a conclusive answer 
to the problem: “ How to be well ” should 
send to World’s Dispensary Medical Asso¬ 
ciation, Buffalo, N. Y., for a copy of Doctor 
Pierce’s Common Sense Medical Adviser. 
This book is all that its title implies. It 
uses no technical terms. Its 1,008 pages of 
graphic explanation and carefully correct il¬ 
lustrations make it a treasure for any house¬ 
hold. Its 90 pages especially relating to 
women are worth many times its original 
price, which was $1.50. There is now ready 
a large edition to be given away. Send 21 
one-cent stamps, to pay for mailing only, 
and you will receive the book in paper cov¬ 
ers absolutely free. You may have it in 
fcne cloth covers for 10 cents extra. 
is one of the three im¬ 
portant ingredients of 
a complete fertilizer; 
the others are phos¬ 
phoric acid and nitro¬ 
gen. Too little Potash is sure to result in a partial crop 
failure. 
An illustrated book which tells what Potash is, how it 
should be used, and how much Potash a well-balanced 
fertilizer should contain, is sent free to all applicants. 
Send your address. - 
GERHAN KALI WORKS, 93 Nassau St., New York. 
SAVE MONEY.—DIRECT SALES TO FARMERS. 
You h&vo the benefit of the Agents’ Commission and the Middleman’s profit. 
ANALYSIS Pll0s - Acid. Ammonia. Actual Potash. 
per cent. per cent. per cent. 
Pure Raw Bone Meal. 22 to 25 4 to 5 . $22 00 per ton 
Scientific Corn & Grain Fertilizer 9 to 10 2 to 3 2 to 3 1600 “ 
Scientific Economy Fertilizer .... 9 to 10 2 % to 3 % 4 to 5 2000 “ 
Scientific Tobacco Fertilizer. 11 to 12 3 to 4 4 to 5 21 00 “ 
Scientific Potato Fertilizer. 9 to 10 3% to 4% 6 to 7 2300 
Bone and Meat. 13 to 15 4 to 5 . 1800 “ 
THE SCIENTIFIC FERTILIZER CO., 
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Some concerns which manufacture machines 
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$17 outfit for $ 6 . Express paid. Will spray a 10- 
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