1904 
THE RURAL NEW-YORKER 
469 
PUBLISHER’S DESK. 
This is the last chance to get a plant of 
the new climbing rose “Philadelphia.” 
We have prepared a stock of good thrifty 
plants to send this month. We will send 
none later than June 30. Here are a few 
comments from some of our friends who 
have just received the plants: 
I write to thank you for the nice Crimson 
Rambler Philadelphia you sent me a few days 
ago. It is a fine plant, and came through in 
good condition. I made a place to plant it 
according to instructions given some time ago 
in The R. N.-Y. and hope to have a grand 
bush by another year. I appreciate your 
kindness in sending me this fine plant. 
Tennessee. J. h. allisox. 
Our southern friend has made good use 
of the instructions given some weeks ago 
for the planting of this rose, and the bush 
is quite sure to meet his expectations by 
another June. But the interest in this 
rose is confined to no latitude or section. 
See this from the hardy hillsides of New 
Hampshire: 
Please accept my sincere thanks for the 
Philadelphia rose, which arrived in fine con¬ 
dition. I set it into the ground immediately, 
and it is looking well at the present time. 
New Hampshire. mbs. Doha t. putnam. 
Here is an extract from a kindly letter 
from a New York friend: 
Allow me to thank you most heartily for 
the rosebush, which was received in perfect 
condition, looking as fresh as though just dug 
up. After setting it out it wilted and leaves 
dropped off, and I was much disappointed, 
but now, to my delight, new leaves are com¬ 
ing out, and I trust it is going to grow and 
be' to us a constant and beautiful reminder 
of our highly-prized It. N.-Y. It is such an 
excellent idea for the paper, which is so full 
of life and growth, to be represented among 
Its subscribers by a live premium. 
New York. jibs. j. b. stboxg. 
We have been rather persistent about 
your having one of these plants. One rea¬ 
son is something of a selfish one. 1 lie 
rose originated at the Rural Grounds, and 
we want every reader to associate the 
work done there with the paper and with 
his own home work. The rose will be a 
link between the two. The other reason 
has less of personal interest in it for us, 
and for that reason is perhaps more 
worthy. The rose is a beautiful thing. 
It is new, and it is hardy. Your neigh¬ 
bors will have nothing to compare with it. 
It will go into some homes where flowers 
and beautiful plants are rare. Being 
showy as well as pretty, it will attract the 
attention of neighbors who have not in¬ 
dulged themselves in such luxuries. If 
among all these thousands of people, 
young and old, only a few get from these 
blooms the inclination to grow flowers and 
the inspiration to know and love them, 
and to realize their refining influences, we 
will feel repaid for all the work and ex¬ 
pense that we have undertaken in the 
propagation and distribution of the plants. 
You share in this influence as soon as 
the plant is under your care. You can do 
more in it than it is possible for us to 
do. Perhaps you have in mind a child 
whose mind you would like to train to an 
appreciation of the beautiful. There is 
no more effective way. The plants go out 
every day now as the renewals are re¬ 
ceived, but this is the last chance. 
MILK NOTES . 
The outlook for the milk situation in this 
locality is very encouraging. The cows as a 
rule are in fine condition, owing to the large 
amount of grain that was fed them during 
last Winter. The pastures are in fine condi¬ 
tion on account of the warm rains. At this 
date it looks as though there would be a very 
large hay crop. The oats and grass seed are 
also doing nicely. The supply of milk this 
season is a great deal better than the aver¬ 
age. A number of the dairymen are making 
about eight cans a day from 18 cows, while 
others with larger dairies are making from 
10 to 20 cans. The average price of milk for 
the six months from April 1 to October 1 is 
.$1.10 per 100, which is five cents a hundred 
less than last Summer, owing to the fact 
that the Bordens are getting the milk trade 
under their control, and also from the rea¬ 
son that they want Winter milk instead of 
Summer milk. Q. B. M. 
Mt. Upton, N. Y. 
Most cows went to pasture rather thin in 
flesh, though grain fed through the Winter. 
The supply of milk is more than up to the 
average. Pasture Is the best at this time 
of year it has been in several years; the out¬ 
look for pasture is good. Milk was 94 cents 
per 100 from May 1 to May 10; then it 
dropped to 82 cents. The milk here is made 
into butter; the separator milk made into 
curd, the whey returned to the farmers; then 
they let the farmers have separator milk at 
10 cents per 100 most of the Winter. Grain 
is looking poor. Meadows are very good. 
Horses scarce and high ; hired help scarce at 
$1 per day and board. Quite a good many 
farmers leaving their farms. The farmers 
cannot get the help to do their work; they 
have to do what they can and let the rest go. 
There is but very little corn planted; there 
has been so much rain farmers could not get 
on their ground to work. There is a great 
amount of corn to be planted, as many of the 
farmers have silos. F. L. 
Lounsberry, N. Y. 
About everything in the shape of vegeta¬ 
tion and farm work is in fine shape now, the 
late start having been nearly all wiped out 
by the favorable weather for work since. 
Milk supply is fully up to the average, and 
price 75 cents a hundred against 87 last 
year. On account of the failure of the Tap¬ 
per Bros, and the Tuxedo Dairy Co., who at 
different times operated the co-operative 
creamery at Poolville, the plant is now in 
the hands of the Empire State Dairy Co. 
Cows have been well cared for through the 
Winter, and are in fairly good condition this 
Spring. The farmers are well supplied with 
stock of all descriptions, and prices are fully 
25 per cent lower than last year. 
Ilubbardsville, N. Y. E. L. H. 
Supply of milk is slightly above average, in 
proportion to number of cows, which is far 
below that of former years, a number of the 
heaviest producers having gone out of the 
business. Milk is about equally divided be¬ 
tween shipping station and skimming station. 
Cows went back to pasture in fair shape, 
though not many of them were grain-fed 
through the Winter. Outlook for pasture is 
good, very good, but prices are 10 cents lower 
per can than at this time last year. 
Van Etten, N. Y. I. v. K. 
Dogs and Robins. —On page 427 E. Tally 
discusses the robin and dog question, and 
while I cannot entirely agree with him when 
he says in substance that there are no good 
dogs and robins but dead ones, yet in the 
main I am in accord with what he says. The 
Ohio law ir. regard to dogs is the best I have 
ever heard of, and as to the robins, I have 
another dollar to add to his when occasion re¬ 
quires. By the way, why not have a mutual 
“It. N.-Y. Protective Association” along this 
line? The first sentence in Mr. Tally's arti¬ 
cle precisely expresses the situation as I see 
it, and the last our faith in the correctness 
of our views in the matter. But I would go 
further. The robin is not the worst bird 
there is for many localities. The waxwing 
or cedar-bird among cherries, the Grape 
oriole among grapes, the flicker and bluejay 
in the chestnut grove, and the sweet-voiced 
catbird and Brown thrush among fruit gen¬ 
erally are just as destructive in their lines 
as th.e robin. All that legislatures need to 
remember when making bird laws is the open¬ 
ing sentence in Mr. Tally's article. I fight 
the birds only when I am obliged to, just as 
I trap and shoot rabbits that ruin ray young 
trees; just as I trap moles in the garden 
and lawn ; just as I kill hawks that are car¬ 
rying off the chickens. A robin may be of 
use to apple growers or corn raisers, the 
hawk to the grain grower who has no chickens 
to lose, and the rabbit is a remarkably clean¬ 
ly and inoffensive animal if he does not use 
his large cutting teeth on our trees and gar¬ 
den plants. A well-trained shepherd dog is 
invaluable to some stockmen, a water spaniel, 
setter or pointer to the hunter, if they keep 
in their place and do not become neighbor¬ 
hood nuisances. Very often the owner of the 
dog is more to blame than the dog itself, and 
really needs—well, some kind of a reminder. 
When a man will staud silently in his door¬ 
way and allow his dogs to chase pedestrians 
and people on horseback and in vehicles up 
and down the road Mr. Tully's views need no 
amending; 99 per cent of the dogs are of the 
nuisance class. benj. bockmax. 
Illinois. _ 
Tab ox the Haxds. —No matter how care¬ 
ful one may be in preparing and handling 
tarred corn, he is sure to get tar on his 
hands. With ordinary treatment It is on to 
stay till it wears off. A little soap and warm 
water, assisted by coarse cornmeal will re¬ 
move every particle of the tar from the hands. 
The meal appears to act in the same way 
that scouring soap does. It may leave the 
cuticle a little thinner, but no harm is done. 
The tar is off, and the disagreeable odor re¬ 
moved. Using cornmeal in tHis way will fre¬ 
quently be found useful in removing disagree¬ 
able substances from the hands. h. ii. l. 
Romantic young lady (spending Sum¬ 
mer on a farm): “Just hear how those 
old trees in the orchard moan and groan 
in the storm, like the crying of a lost 
soul!” Small boy: “Well, I guess you’d 
make a worse racket if you were as full 
of green apples as they are.”—Smart Set. 
A 
Courage fa a Matter 
of the Blood* 
Without 
good red 
blood a 
man has a 
weak 
heart and 
poor nerves. 
Anemia means thin¬ 
ness of blood. It is 
common in men and 
▼aung women and all 
those who work indoors, 
who do not get enough outdoor air and 
good oxygen in their lungs. There are too 
many white blood corpuscles in such cases, 
and there is often a peculiar sound in the 
heart, called a murmur, in cases of anemia. 
This heart murmur is caused by thinness 
of the blood passing through the heart. 
The murmur of anemia disappears when 
the blood regains its natural consistency 
and richness. It is not heart disease. 
Sometimes people suffer intense pain over 
tl»e heart, which is not heart disease, but 
caused by the stomach. It is the occasion 
of much anxiety, alarm and suffering, for 
which its victim is dependent upon reflex 
disturbances from the stomach caused by 
indigestion. In the same way many bad 
coughs are dependent upon these reflex 
disturbances of what i6 called the pneumo- 
astric nerve. To enrich the blood and 
ncrease the red blood corpuscles thereby 
feeding the nerves on rich red blood and 
doing away with nervous irritability, take 
Dr. Pierce’s Golden Medical Discovery, 
which promotes digestion and assimilation 
of food so that the blood gets its proper 
supply of nourishment from the stomach. 
Get as near to nature’s way as you can. A 
medicine made entirely of botanical ex¬ 
tracts and which does not contain alcohol is 
the safest. Dr. Pierce’s Golden Medical 
Discovery contains no alcohol or narcotics. 
Dr. Pierce’s Pleasant Pellets are the 
best liver pills. 
fi 
FREE TRIAL 
of the BEERY BIT 
Even a Lady can hold an ugly horse 
Cures hichera, shyers, runaways etc. 
FOUR bits m onfi. TEN dayd TRIAL 
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spavins 
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ireaimem ^ L' a ion Stock Id».Chicago,III. 
Perfect Butter 
—the kin d which brings the highest 
price in any market can only be mad* 
, from perfect milk. AHbadodors 
Sand flavors of animal, feed of 
stable must be removed, 
THE PERFECTION 
Milk Cooler and Aerator 
Will do it quickly, cheaply and perfectly. Msdsiavari* 
las lilts from 1 to 200 cows Send for prices and free circulars. 
L.R. LEWIS, Munir., Box 12. Cortland, N. Y. 
TAKE THE NICKEL PLATE ROAD 
FOR THE ST. LOUIS FAIR . 
Lowest Rates and many unusual privileges. 
Special $15.00 rate on certain dates. Full 
information on application to local Agents, or 
R. E. Payne, General Agent, 291 Main St., 
Buffalo, N. Y., or A. W. Ecclestone, D. P. A., 
3S5 Broadway, New York. 
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Full information will be sent you ABSO-- 
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World’s Fair Contest Co., 
108 N. 8th Street, 
St. Louis, Mo. 
KA DEXX 
§11, Cream Extractor 
Means less labor, more and 
better butter, larger proflts, be¬ 
cause it 
Separates Glean. 
Has three times the separating 
power of other makes. Does 
not mix water with milk. 
Easier to clean and operate. 
Xo waste. Durable. Ami-rust 
throughout. Results guaran¬ 
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KA DEXX CHEAM SEPARATOR COJ 
16 KaDcxx Bldg. ROCHESTER, N.Y^ 
The Superior 
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Cream Separator 
Gets ALL the Cream In 60 to 90 min¬ 
utes. Simple, scientific, practical. Never 
fails. 40.000Farmersuseit. Doesnotmlx 
water with milk. Least trouble and ex¬ 
pense. Our Rinding Guarantee assures 
your satisfaction or money back. Write 
today for particulars. 
Superior Fence Machine Co. 
.jog Grand River Ave., Detroit, Mich. 
-DEATH TO HEAVES 
NKWTON’8 Heave, Coaglt. Ol.- 
temper and Indigestion Lore. 
A veterinary specific for wind, 
, throat and stomach troubles, 
-f. * ;1 Strong recommends. $1.00 per 
can. Dealers. Mail or Ex. paid. 
The Newton Remedy Co., 
Toledo, Ohio. 
WELL DRILLS. 
With one of Loomis’ late improved machines 
you are sure of large profits on the capital 
invested. They are the leaders in this line. 
Certainly the greatest money earning Well 
Drilling Machinery made in America. Address 
LOOMIS MACHINE CO., TIFFIN. OHIO. 
STACK AND WAGON COVERS, 
TARPAULINS, ETC., MADE PERMANENTLY 
WATER & MILDEW PROOF 
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27 William Street, New "York. 
iV 
COOPER 
s- SHEEP DIP 
Standard of the World 
for 60 years. Used on 250 milliona 
annually. One dipping kills Ticks, 
JLice and Aits. No smell. Keeps flock 
clean a longtime. Increases growth of wool. 
Dipping Tanks at cost. 
Send for Pamphlet to Chicago. 
If local druggist cannot supply 
send 91.75 for (IOOgal.)pkt.to 
CYRIL FRANCKLIN, 72 Beaver St.. NY,* 
, WALKER & GIBSON, Albany, N. Y. 1 
WM. COOPER & NEPHEWS, Chicago. 
DON’T PUT YOUR MONEY 
INTO SEPARATORS THAT CANNOT PRO¬ 
DUCE THE BEST y THE THICKEST CREAM 
All the large creameries of Minnesota, Iowa, Nebraska, and 
all the Dairy States pay one cent per pound more for cream 
that contains from 35 to 50 per cent, butter fat than they do for 
the cream testing less than 30 per cent, butter fat. 
The cost for shipping cream testing 40 per cent, is only half 
as much as the cost of shipping cream that tests 20 per cent. 
Thin cream retains more of the milk than rich cream, and as 
the milk becomes sour first the thin cream is the hardest to 
keep sweet. 
By skimming a rich thick cream, you retain all your skimmilk 
at home, and you will find it valuable feed for young stock. 
Many separators on the market cannot produce thick cream 
and are therefore unprofitable to buy. 
The U. S. Separator makes thick cream and gets all the 
butter fat out of the milk, 
Holds World’s Record for Close Skimming 
Write for catalogue 
Vermont Farm Machine Co.* Bellows Falls. Vt. 
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