1897 
THE RURAL NEW-YORKER 
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Farmers' Club Discussion. 
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fee in Indiana. 
G. U. W., Tobinsport, Ind. —I have an 
ice-house 12 x 16 feet, and 10 feet deep in 
the ground, with a sandy bottom, and 
walled up with 2-inch oak plank. The 
house is 10 feet high over it, and is used 
for packing strawberries for shipment 
in the strawberry season. I have about 
one foot of straw in the bottom and use 
straw that has been baled. It makes 
bunches about four inches thick when 
unbaled and set up around the wall. I 
fill in the ice, and keep lining with straw 
all the way up. Pack in the ice as close 
as possible, and cover with straw about 
two feet. I like the straw better than 
sawdust, and have kept ice until cold 
weather in this way. 
How to Build an Ice-House. 
G. C. M., Catskill, N. Y.—For 25 
years, I have had farm ice-houses. The 
first was a large box, 10x12 feet, with 
a double floor slightly slanting, and com¬ 
mon hemlock boards nailed on the inside 
of the studding, and about seven feet 
deep. The ice kept well. It was put in 
part of an open shed, which was needed 
for other purposes ; I built one out of 
doors. This one was sided up on both 
sides of the studding, the spaces filled 
with sawdust, and was floored with about 
one foot of sawdust well packed together. 
The ice kept well, but the inside lumber 
decayed very rapidly. Six years ago, it 
was destroyed by fire, and a new one 
was built. It was put up 12 x 12 x 10 feet, 
with a sawdust floor, a good roof, and 
boarded up with green hemlock lumber, 
that in drying gives quite large open¬ 
ings. The plates and rafters give four- 
inch openings, and in the gables are 
large openings. The door opens to the 
north, and is of common screen wire. I 
have all the ice I need and to give away, 
and the decay of the building is not no¬ 
ticeable. Many near me have taken 
much care to get the right sort of a 
building, yet wonder why my ice keeps 
better than theirs. By the way, ice 
stacked on a good sawdust floor and well 
covered with it, keeps well, though out 
of doors. 
The Cost of a Pickle Crop. 
C. E. W., Babylon, N. Y.—In answer 
to your request as to whether it pays to 
grow pickles at 30 cents per bushel, I 
will quote you the cost and receipts of 
growing pickles around this locality 
where a great many are grown. We 
try to raise 100,000 to the acre, but more 
often raise less than 50,000. Here is the 
cost of one acre raised by me five years 
ago when pickles were a good crop, and 
brought a fair price at the factory ; on 
the market they brought 65 cents per 
1 ,000. The cost: 
Onecai--load of horse manure plowed in....$38 00 
One-half car-load of horse manure in the hill 19 00 
Picking pickles at 20 cents per 1,000 . 30 00 
Cost.$87 00 
Receipts from pickles : 
70,000 small at 60 cents per 1,000. $42 00 
80,000 large at $1 per 1,000. 80 00 
Receipts.$122 00 
Cost. 87 00 
Balance. $35 00 
This is to pay for all work done on the 
crop, and carting the pickles 4% miles 
to the factory. Our only recourse after 
such an outlay is to sow rye and seed 
the land to Timothy, or Red-top and 
Timothy as we always sow clover, but 
never get a crop from it around here. 
Unless we use the above amount of ma¬ 
nure, it is hardly worth while to plant 
pickles, for we could not raise enough to 
pay for the trouble. To grow a crop of 
potatoes the same year, cost me on one 
acre from which I had a big yield on old 
sod, one car-load of manure, $38, and 
one-half ton of fertilizer, $16, total, $54. 
The crop was 356 bushels at 50 cents per 
bushel, but our average crop for such a 
cost is 150 bushels. 
Growing Cucumber Pickles. 
H. E., Earner, N. Y.—J. M., Grand 
Rapids, Mich., wishes to know whether 
he can afford to raise pickles at 30 cents 
a bushel. It depends on the size of the 
pickles. If allowed to grow so that about 
200 fill a bushel, he can grow them at a 
profit. In our market (Albany, N. Y.), 
pickles have sold as low as eight cents a 
hundred ; there is no profit in them at 
that price. He must be sure to have a 
large force of pickers to go over five 
acres, or he will get left. 
Scott's S> 
Emulsion 
is made op of the most essential 
elements that go to nourish 
the body. Where the appetite 
is varying or lacking, it in¬ 
creases it, and where digestion 
is weak, it aids it to perform 
its function in a more vigorous 
way. It enriches the b!cod, 
makes healthy flesh and cures 
chronic coughs and colds by 
making it possible for the body 
to resist disease. Our friends tell 
us "IT Works Wonders” 
but we never like to over-state 
the merits of our remedy even 
when it has been tested and 
tried for over twenty-five years. 
If you will ask for it, we will 
send you a book telling you 
more about the subject than we 
can put in a few words. 
Go to your druggist for Scott’s Emul¬ 
sion. Two sizes, 50 cts. and $1.00. 
SCOTT & BOWNE, New York. 
WE’LL BUY OR SELL#-** tar-^ B*“ 
( rass,Clover orTimothj ^^^ ■■ *■ I ■ 
We clean them by special^fc^J Lb Ib 
methods & machinery, and take out every kind of weed 
seed. Ordinary seeds contain weeds—over-run the farm 
—exhaust it—& reduce quantity & quality of crop. Our 
seeds are clean.Write today for free booklet, Seed Sense 
The WHITNEY-NOYES SEED CO.^.WJF 
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shape and color; very early; cooks dark red. W 
Evergreen Cucumber. — Color, deep W 
green; desirable for slicing or pickling. w 
Grand Kaplds Lettuce.— Of superior 
quality and color, always crisp and tender. $ 
Southport "Yellow Globe Onion.— (U 
Handsome in appearance and large in size. (U 
Early White Box Radish.— One of ft 
the very best white turnip Radishes. ft 
IfCiiotiim Tomato. — Very productive; ft 
good size; rich color; smooth and solid. -E 
One large packet of each of the 
above (six varieties In all) only 
cents, postpaid, and is an offer n 
reader of this paper having 
garden should fall to accept. 
15 $ 
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The Banner Offer 
of the Year ! 
One packet of all these 
seeds—6 packets of Veg¬ 
etable and 7 of Flower 
seeds — with a copy of 
our new C’atulogue,only 
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Salplglossis, New Hybrids.— A most 
graceful annual, rich in color and variations. 
l'oppy. New Double Shirley. — En¬ 
tirely distinct in form and beautiful colors. 
Mignonette, New Golden Gem. — 
Flowers rich golden yellow and sweet scented. 
Zinnia, New Curled and Crested.— 
The best of all; evervone should grow them. 
Hellanth us, New Double Multi- 
flora. -Perfectly double golden sunflowers. 
Cosmos, New California Monsters. 
—The glory of the autumn flower garden. 
One packet of each of the above 
six Beautiful Annuals, which at 
catalogue prices amount to 05 cts., 
sent postpaid for only 15 cts. 
r-OtriT With every remittance of 15 
r nuL. cents for the above collection 
of rtower seeds, 1 will include absolutely 
free, if you mention this paper, one packet 
of the New Dwarf Sweet Pea. ••Cupid,” which 
only grows 5 inches high, with pure white 
tiowers and a copy of my 1897 Seed, Plant and 
Bulb Catalogue, which contains everything 
good, old or new, at right prices. Address 
m HENRY MAULE, 
J7J J Filbert Street, Philadelphia, Pa. 
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Before buying any Seeds 
you should write a postal card for 
IIRPCC’C FARM ANNUAL ini 
will bb W The Leading American Seed Catalogue 
A handsome new book,—tells the truth about 
The Best SEEDS that Crow! 
New Features for 1897. Hundreds of Illustrations. 
Choicest New Vegetables and most beautiful Flowers, painted from nature. 
E3 I I D DIT C" C" ET* nc r' D \A/ I Our business grows also. We 
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than do any other seedsmen in the world. Will you join our arm v of customers? If so, write TO-DAY. 
W. ATLEE BURPEE & CO., PHILADELPHIA, PA. 
Important 
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HIGH CLASS SEEDS. 
Our Ninety-sixth ANNUAL CATALOGUE is now ready, and will be 
mailed FREE on application. It contains the largest 
Collection in the World of 
Vegetable, Flower and Farm Seeds, 
Including the new WHITE PEACHBLOW POTATO, orders for which should 
be sent in early, as the supply is limited. 
Beautifully Illustrated with Hundreds of Cuts. 
«S- We Mail it FREE. ‘AH 
J.M.THORBURN & Co. 15 JOHN ST.NewYork 
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JERRUD’S SEED POTATOES. 
are always THE BEST. Grown from pedigree seed in the I 
new lands of the cold North-East, they yield Earliest and| 
largest crops In every climate. 
JE RBABD’S NORTHERN SEEDS 
produee*earlier vegetables than any other on earth. I 
OUR NEW ILLUSTRATED CATALOGUE MAILED FREE. Address 
The George W. PJ.errard Co.. Caribou. Maine. 
MY NEW SEED BOOK tells all about the best varieties of Peas 
and everything of interest in the Seed Line. Tells how to grow them for profit. 
It’s Free if you send postal to-day. Mention this paper. 
H lil Dlin/DCC ROCKFORD SEED FARMS, j p. Q. BOX 
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DIBBLE’S SEED POTATOES. 
Northern grown, true to name, produce larger and better crops in any soil or climate, than those 
from any other source. The new and standard varieties at the lowest prices consistent with 
the^highest quality. Catalogue Free. Market gardeners ask for special price list. 
EDWARD F. DIBBLE, Seed Grower, Honeoye Falls, N. Y. 
Jobes’ “Mortgage Lifter” Oats. 
Mr. Frank Jobes developed this heaviest, best yielding and most profitable variety 
of Oats. Named it “Mortgage Lifter” because it would seem impossible for a mort¬ 
gage to stay on the farm where it is grown. 
Not many for sale—a-trial bushel, $1.25; xo bushels, $7.50. Order early to secure 
some—at least write me about them and your seed potatoes. 
FRANK P. JOBES, Honeoye Falls, N. Y. 
FOR SELLINC 
FULLER’S SEEDS. 
Send for Cash 
and Catalogue. 
Premium List 
).00 for growing largest Tomato from seed of onr 
$50.uu new variety Wallabout: pkt.ioc: 8 for 25c. 
KIIKK with every order 1 pkt.of Jap.Climbing Cucumber. 
•J. Koseoe Fuller A Co., Floral Park, N. Y. 
FREE 
if you send 3 
correct names 
and addresses 
of gardeners or those intending to buy seeds, we will 
mail FREE OUR NEW 1897 Seed and Gardeners’Guide; 
tells how to MAKE MONEY on a small piece of land. 
»t .00 worth of Seeds for 25 Cents. 26 years experience. 
JOHN BAUSCHER, Jr,, box 912, Freeport, Ill. 
Send for our 1897 Catalogue)!;:" 1 :).;;;;;:’ 
Wholesale and Retail Dealers in 
High-Grade Garden. Flower and Grass Seeds 
We make a specialty of Southport-grown Onion Seed. 
It is raised from choice, healthy bulbs, producing 
seed which does well in all climates. Market Gard¬ 
eners send for our catalogue. 
WHEELER & CO., Bridgeport, Conn. 
EESEEDPOTATOES 
FARM 
y Sal zee’s Seeds grow and produce! 
f John Breider, Mishfcott* Wis., astonished 
the world growing 173 bu. of Salzer’s Silver 
' King Barley per acre. Don’t yon believe 
it? Just write him. In order to gam, in 
1897, 100,000 new customers, we send on trial 
10 DOLLARS’ WORTH FOR 10c. 
12 pkgs. of new and rare farm seeds, includ¬ 
ing above Barley, Teosinte, Giant Spurry, 
Sand Vetch, *‘40c. Wheat," etc., positively 
worth $10, to get a start, including onr 
great seed catalog, all postpaid, for 
10 cents. Catalog alone, 6o. postage. 
Largest growers of farm seeds and 
potatoes ($1. 50 a hbl) in the world. 
35 pkgs. earliest vegetable 
seeds, $1.00 
Danish Ballhead Cabbage. 
IMPORTED RELIABLE SEED. 
Prices on application. Catalogue Free. 
Frank H. Battles, Seed Grower, Rochester, N. Y. 
FARM AND GARDEN SEEDS 
are grown on Michigan new muck lands by 
HARRY N. HAMMOND, Seedsman, Decatur, Mich. 
largest grower of SEED POTATOES in America. Write 
him today for his handsome illustrated catalogue 
FREE, describing the best new and standard varieties of 
Potatoes, Oats, Corn and Garden Seeds. 
Prices and Quality Tell 
Ten full size 5c. pkts of tested Garden Seeds— 
your own selection— Free by mail 25c. Globe or 
Flat Danvers Onion Seed (finest strain) by mall), 1 lb. 
80c.; A lb., 46c.; A lb., 25c. Finest Mix Sweet Peas 
(none better) 1 lb . 3oc.. A lb., 20c., A lb., Vic. Cat. free. 
Order at once. J. W. RAMSEY & SON, Auburn, N. Y 
