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T1IE RURAL NEW-YORKER 
THE PRIZE CUPPINGS. 
Prizes are awarded this week as follows: 
A Saloon Keeper's Notice. 
There is a saloon keeper at Oronogo, Mo., 
who does not want to infringe the law. In 
a card in The Index he says: “To whom it 
may concern. Know ye that by the pay¬ 
ment of $2,000 we are permitted to retail 
intoxicating liquors in this city. To the wife 
who lias a drunkard for a husband or a 
friend who is unfortunately dissatisfied, we 
say emphatically give us notice, in person, 
of such case or cases in which you are 
interested, and all such cases shall be ex¬ 
cluded from our place. Let mothers, fathers, 
sisters and brothers do likewise, and their 
request shall be regarded. We pay a large 
tax for the privilege of selling whisky and 
other liquors, and we want it distinctly un¬ 
derstood that we have no desire to sell to 
drunkards, or minors, or to the poor or 
destitute. We much prefer that they save 
their money and put it where it will do the 
most good to their families. There are 
gentlemen of honor and men of money who 
can afford it, and it is with these we desire 
to trade.” 
Town and Country “Expenses.” 
A little story, founded on fact, reads this 
way: Six members of the school board 
from Clark County attended the meeting 
of the State Board of Kuucation at Colum¬ 
bus. Their expenses were borne by the 
county, as was proper. Two of the mem¬ 
bers were from the township and four were 
from the city. The expenses of the members 
from the township averaged a little less than 
$4.25 each. The expenses of the four mem¬ 
bers from the city averaged a little more 
Jhan $10 each. All the members seemed rea¬ 
sonably well fed, and none of them showed 
any signs of hardships, such as sleeping in 
haymows, yhey all returned sober, so that 
the difference in the amount of liquor con¬ 
sumed could not have varied materially. All 
seemed happy, so that it would appear as 
follows: 
The country members can get more pleas¬ 
ure out of a dollar than the city members; 
or 
The country members can take better care 
of themselves on a few dollars than the city 
members; or 
The country members know more about 
the ways of Columbus and are not so suscep¬ 
tible of having their pockets picked; or 
The country members have more regard 
for the money of the people than the city 
members have; or, what is the same thing, 
The country members must be more honest 
than the city members in not wanting to ob¬ 
tain money from the public fund to which 
they were not entitled.—Springfield, O., Daily 
Sun. 
A New Maud Muller. 
Maud Muller on a Summer’s day 
Set a hen in a brand new way. 
(Maud, you see, was a city girl, 
Trying the rural life a whirl.) 
She covered a box with tinsel gay, 
Lined it snugly with new-mown hay, 
Filled it nicely with eggs, and then 
Started to look for a likely hen. 
Out of the flock selected one, 
And then she thought that her work was 
done. 
It would have been, hut this stubborn hen 
Stood up and cackled, “Ka-doot!” and then 
Maud Muller came, and, in hurt surprise, 
looked coldly into the creature’s eyes; 
Then tied its legs to the box. “You bet 
I know how to make you set.” 
But still it stood and worse and worse 
Shrieked forth its wrongs to the universe, 
Kicked over the box with tinsel gay, 
And ignominiously flapped away. 
Then a had boy over the barnyard fence, 
Tee-heed: “Say, Maud, there's a difference 
’Tween hens, you know, and it is that 
One says ‘Ka-doot!’ and one ‘Ka-dat 1’ ” 
Then Maud recalled that the ugly brute 
She tried to set had said “Ka-doot!” 
And ever since that historic day 
She blushes in an embarrassed way 
To think of the bobble she made once when 
She tried to set a gentleman hen. 
—Wichita Eagle. 
Apple Growing in N. IV. Connecticut. 
PI. /). O., Rye, N. Y .—Would apple trees do 
well in northern Litchfield County, Conn., at 
an elevation of 1,200 to 1,400 feet. I can 
buy land there for a song, but should like 
to know whether I could grow apples on it, 
as well as say in Ulster County, N. Y., at 
$75 to $100 per acre. 
Ans.— There are many successful apple 
growers in that section. Hon. T. S. Gold 
has very large orchards, and has been an 
extensive shipper for ycaps, and hardly 
a town could be mentioned that does not 
have some well-known growers. Many 
are planting, among others your fre¬ 
quent contributor H. G. Manchester. The 
land, if tillable at all, is well adapted to 
the growth of apples of good color and 
long-keeping qualities. Youir inquirer, 
after considering convenience of shipping 
point and ease of tillage of land selected, 
could hardly go amiss in selecting a farm 
for apple growing in the hill towns of 
Litchfield County. a. g. gulley. 
Protecting Trees from Sheep. 
Reader (No Address). —What can I use 
to protect young trees in an orchard from 
sheep or swine? 
Ans. —We have found nothing better 
than wire cloth or wire netting. The for¬ 
mer can be put loosely around the tree 
and fastened on with wire. To use the 
netting we drive three stout stakes into 
the ground around the tree and fasten the 
netting around them, so as to make a cir¬ 
cle about three inches from the trunk. 
Plowing Under Cow Peas. 
J. A. O.j Mendon, Mass. —If there is any 
really good way to turn under a thick growth 
of cow peas, say 18 inches high, will you 
tell me what it is? I have found no way 
that avoids clogging the cutter badly. 
Ans. —A rolling cutter running ahead 
of the plow generally cuts the vines so 
they will turn under. We have known 
a roller used ahead of the plow to crush 
the vines down. A disk harrow will cut 
and chop the vines so that they go under 
quite readily. 
White Niagara Cherry. 
I. M. P., Spring Brook, Ore. —I desire in¬ 
formation concerning the White Niagara 
cherry; its hardiness and healthfulness, its 
time of blooming and ripening, compared 
with the old-time popular sorts. No nursery¬ 
man or fruit grower I have met here ever 
heard of It before; one nurseryman for 18 
years here laughed at me. As a grocer over 
20 years ago in Colorado our highest priced 
fancy cherry was called White Niagara, Ba¬ 
tavia Canning Co. brand. I am near a can¬ 
nery here; cherries and berries are simply 
great, and the leading cherry is Napoleon, 
which is here called ltoyal Ann. 
Ans.— After investigation of this mat¬ 
ter, I find that the Erie Preserving Com¬ 
pany, of Buffalo, N. Y., own the label 
called “White Niagara” cherry, and have 
the right to use it. There is no variety 
of cherry, so far as I can learn, that bears 
the name Niagara or White Niagara. It 
is simply a trade name for a kind of goods 
that was and perhaps is yet put up. 
H. E. V. D. 
Grafting Cherries on Wild Stock. 
If. A. R., Easton, Pa .—Can Duke and 
Morello cherries be successfully grafted on 
wild and chokecherry of Pennsylvania? Can 
Heart or Bigarreaus be successfully grafted 
on same? Can Duke or Morellos be success¬ 
fully grafted on Hearts and Bigarreaus? If 
so, does it affect the flavor or quality? Can 
pear cuttings or scions be successfully 
grafted on quince roots in the same manner 
that apples are grafted on whole or piece- 
root apple? 
Ans. —Cherry grafting is not a very 
easy thing to do, and to cross-graft the 
sweet and sour kinds, or the Hearts, 
Dukes and Bigarreaus on the Morellos, or 
contrariwise, is not a success. But each 
can be grafted on its own class of stock 
with fair success, by those who understand 
the art. None of the cultivated cherries 
are grafted on the wild cherries of any 
kind with much success. There are occa¬ 
sional cases of its being done, but the 
union is rarely permanent. The flavor 
of the fruit is not changed by being 
grown on trees that have wild stocks. 
Dwarf trees are usually made by budding 
on quince stocks instead of grafting them, 
although the latter can be done. 
H. E. V. D. 
Making a Cement Walk. 
Several Readers ,—IIow can we make a 
good cement walk for a farmhouse? 
Ans. —To make the best walks we dig 
about two to 2)4 feet and fill that up 
with stone or coarse ashes. Pound it 
down solid and put about four to five 
inches concrete on that and about one 
inch topping. If a person can keep the 
water out that is the safest way, but if 
water will get under the frost will lift 
it. The cheapest way is to dig only six 
inches and make it on the ground. Fig¬ 
ure out your length in blocks, as long as 
you want, then put up sides and make a 
cross piece and set it at mark of the 
block. Fill up with concrete and topping, 
and to start the second block put paper 
between that so it will stay apart, and so 
June 25, 
on between every block, and then cut the 
blocks where that paper is between them, 
ii the frost will lift it it will break no¬ 
where else, and will settle again in Spring. 
To make concrete I take six bushels 
crushed stone, clean of all dirt, and three 
bushels sand, and to that one bushel Port¬ 
land cement. For the topping equal parts 
sand and cement. We use three-quarter 
inch crushed stone to make our concrete. 
If stones are too coarse it will take more 
cement. We just finished a stone house, 
pointing outside with colored cement; it 
makes a fine appearance. d. b. m. 
Nut Culture in Texas. 
T. E. IF., Troupe, Tex .—Will you inform 
me about the culture of edible nuts, such 
as the hazelnut, almond, Japan and English 
walnuts, and the pecan. Give a full descrip¬ 
tion of me habits, growth, time of fruiting 
and maturity of the different varieties of the 
five species. I understand that it is quite 
difficult to graft or bud these trees success¬ 
fully. Will you give illustrations how to 
graft and bud them according to the lat¬ 
est science? There are thousands through¬ 
out the South who would be greatly bene¬ 
fited by a full and complete knowledge upon 
this subject. 
Ans.— To give a full history of the 
species and varieties and directions for 
propagating the trees and growing the 
nuts that are suited to the Southern 
States alone would make a book. The 
pecan is the best of them all, and is well 
adapted to any of the rich lands of the 
cotton-growing sections, but especially the 
alluvial river bottoms. There are two 
ways of starting the orchards, one by 
planting the nuts where the trees are to 
grow, and budding or grafting them there, 
and the other by planting budded or 
grafted trees that were reared in a nurs¬ 
ery. Both have their good points, and 
the grower can choose which will suit 
his case best. The trees should not stand 
closer than 50 feet apart, and they should 
be well protected by stakes while small. 
Cotton may be grown between them with 
profit until they got to be about 10 years 
old, when they may be allowed to go with 
only an occasional mowing of the growth 
between the trees. The best varieties are 
Stuart, Van Deman, Frotscher, Money¬ 
maker, Schley and a few others. At about 
10 years of age they should begin to bear 
profitable crops, and if well cared for 
they will continue to do so for genera¬ 
tions to come. The hazelnut, filbert and 
almond are not suited to the South. The 
Japanese walnut makes a nice tree, but 
the nuts are of little value. The Persian 
(English) walnut trees will grow in most 
parts of the country, but not very success¬ 
fully, except on the Pacific Slope, where 
the almond does well in some places. For 
a full treatise on the subject of nut culture 
address the U. S. Department of Agri¬ 
culture. H. e. v. D. 
Clover IIay in Kansas. —To make clover 
hay we cut it in the afternoon late, s 6 the 
sun does not wilt It, and it lies as we cut 
it until the next afternoon. We shock it 
and the next day put it in the barn. As 
a rule we have fair success. The reason 
that we cut it in the late afternoon is not to 
have the dew on it any more than can be 
helped. We hay almost all the clover that 
we raise. j. l. 
Piper, Kan._ 
For the land’s sake, use Bowker’s Fer¬ 
tilizers. They enrich-the earth.— Adv. 
I’each Diseases. — I have never used lime, 
sulphur and salt mixture, and therefore I 
cannot speak from experience. One thing 
sure is that the leaf-curl is worse among 
peaches this season than I ever knew it here. 
Elberta and Chinese types are generally worst, 
but it shows on almost all kinds. Our peach 
trees are never sprayed, but we must come 
to it or go out of the business. I see a good 
deal of rot from Monilia fungus, and peaches 
are now rotting badly, although they will not 
he ripe for a month, and many for two or 
three months. I once used Bordeaux on 
young peaches for rot. and took off all the 
leaves. My judgment is it would have to he 
used before growth begins, or a very weak 
Solution. C1IAS. WRIGHT. 
Delaware. 
When you write advertisers mention The 
R. N.-Y. and you will get a quick reply and 
“a square deal.” See guarantee, page 8. 
U/ANTED-Man and wife without children, for 
' care of stock; must be a good milker. Wife to 
assist with housework and dairy. State wages. 
W. W. ROBINSON. Manager, Ridgefield, Conn. 
EUREKA INDESTRUCTIBLE FENCE POSTS. 
Cheap as cedar. Made where used. No freight to 
pay. Great inducements to Agents to work territory. 
For terms, etc., address, with stamp, 
J. W. WYNKOOP. U. R. No. 4. Erie. Pa 
■■ Investigate the” Monarch” 
■ 111 ■■ lap Hydraulic Press befoto 
1 Lm buying. Special Con- 
struetlon, Added Con- 
nnPPQrO venlences. Maximum 
1* 11 LililLil. Capacity and Results. 
■ Catalogue free. 
MONARCH MACHINERY COMPANY, 
41 Gortlandt Street, New York. 
PECAN TREES AND NUTS SfflS 
years old.i TheG. M. Bacon Pecan Co. (Inc.) Dewitt.Ga 
ppyPLANTS The plants have an 
vCLCn I average of 7 square inches of space 
each over the whole field. Very stocky. From im¬ 
ported seed. Golden 8elf Blanching, White Plume, 
Giant Pascal, Golden Heart, SI.50 per 1000 ; 90c. per 500. 
A DD APT PLANTS, $1 perl,000 ; 70c. per 
LADDHUCi Ml: $8.50 per 10,000 Strong, 
stocky plants grown In rows and hoed like onions. 
Danish Ballhead.Surehead. A11 Seasons, Stone Mason, 
Flat Hutch F W. ROCHELLE. Drawer3,Chester,NJ 
APPLE BARRELS.— Made of seasoned stock 
■*“ guaranteed to stand. You will need them; buy 
now and save money. Itobt. Gillies, Marlboro, N. Y. 
TPQTpn GjUtDEx,FAKM 5PPn 
1 Co 1 CLIand floweroCCI/ 
Agricultural Implements, and Poultry Supplies. 
Send for Catalogue. 
YOUNG & HAL8TKAD. 2 and 4 Grand St., Troy, N. Y. 
CELERY AND CABBAGE PLANTS 
For Sale.— Leading varieties, carefully packed with 
moss in baskets. F. O. B. here. Write for prices. 
Cash with order. Plants ready about June 15th. 
WOODLAND FARM, Canastota, Madison Co., N. Y 
CELERY PLANTS for sale In large or small 
^ quantities. Will save vou money if you will « rite 
to us. L. M. DIBBLE & SONS, Tipton, Mich. 
CABBAGE AND CELERY PLANTS. IViWi: 
transplanted plants from best seed. Danish, Flat 
Dutch, Warren Stone Mason and Sure Head. $1.26 per 
1.000. For prices on Celery plants write Frank Shearer 
& Son, Market Gardeners, Binghamton, N. Y. 
COD OAI C— Crimson Clover Seed, $4 per bushel. 
lUn OHLL Cow Peas,tl.75and$2perbushel; Seed 
Sweet Potatoes, $1 per bushel. 
J. E. HOLLAND, Milford, Del. 
CHOICE CELERY ^CABBAGE 
PLANTS, only SI per 1,000. Allgcod sorts rtady 
in July. SLAYMaKER & SON, Dover, Del. 
POTTED STRAWBERRY PLANTS. SIS 
T C. KEV1TT, Atheuia, N. J. 
Potted Strawberry Plants 
List free. C. \A. HALL, Oa^HtH, N. Y. 
CTARK FRUIT BOOK 
^ I shows In NATURAL COLORS and 
accurately describes 216 varieties of 
l^f fruit. Send for our liberal terms of distri- 
bution to planters. —Stark Bro’s, Louisiana, Mo. 
MUSHROOM GROWERS. 
We wish to send you our circular on 
“MUSHROOM SPAWNS.” 
It telis about Spawns in general, and 
“ Tissue Culture Pure Spawn ” 
In particular. Most productive and sure yet. Will 
you send us your name ? 
PUKE CULTURE SPAWN COMPANY, 
St. Louis, Mo. 
LARGE LUSCIOUS STRAWBERRIES IN 1905. 
From our STRONG POT GROWN PLANTS offered in our Summer Catalogue. A full crop of fruit 
ten months after plants are set out. Plant now, we have the best varieties for market a ud home 
use. We have in five-inch pots, now ready for planting and late bloom, all the best hardy Roses, 
Honeysuckle and Clematis; also Boston and English Ivy. A full line of selected FRUITS and 
ORNAMENTALS for Autumn planting. Stock first class. Prices reasonable. 
I ANnCPADE GADnCWIWP. and the beautifying and enrichug of the Home ground our leading 
LMHUoUHiL UHlUJUllllU specialty. We will be pleased to call ard see you on this matter, or 
call at our Nurseries and see our stoek. Our Catalogue mailed free. Write for it to-day. 
T. J. DWYER db CO , COIOtTWALL, 1ST. Y. 
SAFETY FRUIT PICKER 
‘The Latest and Rest FRUIT 
PICKER on the market 
No Bruising of Fr it. 
No Breaking of Branches. 
No Danger to Life or Limb. 
Better Fruit for the Market 
Better Prices for the Pro¬ 
ducer. 
Cheap in Price and Simple in 
Construction. 
Order one by Mail at once, to insure delivery in time for crop. 
Price, $2.50. 
LIVE AGENTS WANTED. NONE OTHERS NEED APPLY. 
Pat. Granted. YOU HAVE WAITED LONG. HERE IT IS. 
Address, SAFETY FRUIT PICKER CO., Rochester, N. Y. 
