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THE RURAL NEW-YORKER 
May 15 
The Result. 
Here]are the winners of the six Sweepstakes Premiums in contest closed May 1: 
Names. Amount. 
S. S. CHANDLER JR., Wisconsin. 130 $100 
W. J. BILLS, New York. 109 SO 
W. S. MOORE, New York. 92 25 
C. C. LORD, Connecticut. 89)4 15 
W. F. NEWCOMB, Nova Scotia. 49'A 10 
R. R. GAGE, Ontario. 22 5 
Considering the premiums, both weekly and sweepstakes, and also commissions, 
the clubs were small, but the last week increased them very much, especially the 
first two or three. The $5 premiums have been sent to all who sent 20 names 
as promised. 
We will announce no new contests now until after the summer season ; but 
the six $2 weekly premiums will be continued for clubs of five or more, so as to 
give a good reward to any one who sends any names during the summer. 
Here are the winners of the $2 premiums for first week in May: 
E. B. MILLER.Minnesota. 
W. SWEET.Oregon. 
W. H. SPEERS.Ontario. 
W. F. NEWCOMB...Nova Scotia. 
THE RURAL NEW-YORKER, New York. 
BOOK TRADE ROTES. 
Diseases op Horses and Cattle.—By Prop. D. 
McIntosh. —This book contains 379 pages, and 
sells for $1.75. It is an excellent treatise on dis¬ 
eases among animals, and we are selling a good 
many copies. 
One of our newer readers wants a back number 
containing an account of the way Mr. Carman’s 
seed potatoes are originated. We cannot supply 
the paper, but Mr. Carman’s “New Potato Cul¬ 
ture” tells the whole story and a good deal more 
besides. It costs 40 cents. You may be able to 
make It worth $40 to you. 
Ailing Animals. —There has been considerable 
demand for a good book on the diseases of live 
stock. During the year, there is sure to be a sick 
horse or cow on the farm. You want to know 
what to do at once. Not being a veterinarian, 
you want a book that tells its tale in simple style 
without words so long that they strangle compre¬ 
hension. We have just the book for you. 
When the first warm spring weather comes, 
rhubarb and asparagus start up so rapidly that 
we can almost see the plants move. We then 
realize how easy it is to force these succulent 
vegetables, either for the home table or the home 
market. Prof. Bailey’s Forcing Book ($1), or 
Dreer’s Vegetables Under Glass (25 cents), are 
the best books we know for any one contemplat¬ 
ing vegetable forcing on ever so small a scale. 
During the past week, a reader asked for com¬ 
plete works on the chemistry of agriculture, 
human physiology, entomology, and the practical 
side of mixing fertilizers. Here is our list: 
Agriculture, three volumes, Prof. Storer. 
Human Physiology, Dalton. 
Economic Entomology, Prof. J. B. Smith. 
Manures and How to Mix Them, F. Sempers. 
That covers the ground well, and will give our 
friend a condensed library. 
One of the most fascinating of studies is the 
evolution of plant life; the changes induced in 
familiar plants by the influence of selection and 
environment. The selection of the fittest has 
changed the small, watery, thin-fleshed fruit of 
Lycopersicum esculentum into the solid, meaty 
tomato, just as the many-pronged, irregularly- 
branching roots of the native European carrot 
have developed into the present shape of that 
vegetable. Some of our garden fruits, such as 
the cucumber, are being gradually cultivated to 
a seedless state, like the banana, which, during 
the countless years it has reproduced itself by 
suckers, has got outof the habit of making seeds 
at all. A very interesting book dealing with this 
subject is The Survival of the Unlike, by Prof. 
Bailey, price $2. It is a book every horticultural 
student needs, and one of value to the general 
horticultural reader, the nurseryman and the 
florist. 
Plant Breeding. —Any one who is interested in 
the originating of new varieties of plants, either 
commercially or otherwise, soon begins to puzzle 
over the strange results produced by cross-fer¬ 
tilization. Why should a simple cross between 
two distinct varieties produce a third totally dis¬ 
tinct from either parent ? A pure white carna¬ 
tion, pollentzed by a red-striped variety, may 
produce half a dozen different sorts from the 
same seed-pod, and none of them like the parents. 
Some will be single, because all double flowers 
have a tendency to revert to the single type, and 
some will show the ugly dull purplish tint that 
carnation breeders have been trying to eliminate 
for many generations. If a plant always took 
after its own parents, it would be easy enough to 
produce a strawberry with as good a blossom as 
Chas. Downing, as good a plant-maker as Haver- 
land, and with a berry equal to Bubach No. 5, 
such as that Massachusetts man longs for on 
page 327. But then, you can’t be absolutely sure 
that it will take after its parents, or its grand¬ 
parents, or its great-great-great grandfather. 
We are groping after the laws that govern in¬ 
herited tendencies in plants, as in animals, and 
here we find Prof. Bailey telling us about the 
philosophy of the crossing of plants, in his handy 
little book, Plant Breeding. Years ago, the same 
author gave us his experience in the manual 
entitled, Cross Breeding and Hybridizing, but 
this is now out of print and superseded by the 
later work. The price of Plant Breeding is $1. 
The detailed directions for the crossing of plants 
will be especially interesting to those who are 
just groping towards this work; the chapter on 
the philosophy of variation will give a further 
incentive, if one were needed, to those who are 
aiding Mother Nature in her marvelous work¬ 
shop, where every baby orchid has an insect 
sponsor, and every waste product is turned into 
blossoming beauty. 
The American Jersey Cattle Club held its an¬ 
nual meeting at the Fifth Avenue Hotel, this 
city, May 5. About 50 members were present, 
and a large number more were represented by 
proxy from nearly every State in the Union. The 
treasurer’s report showed the club to be in a 
flourishing condition. Only routine business is 
transacted at these meetings. The officers elected 
for the ensuing year were as follows: E. A. Dar¬ 
ling, New York, president; Hiram Hitchcock, New 
York, treasurer ; Guy C. Barton, Nebraska, 
Henry S. Redfield, New York, E. S. Henry, Con¬ 
necticut, and J. B. Bradbury, Ohio, directors. 
VARIOUS FRUIT ROTES. 
Winnebago County, III.— The freeze of April 
20 has, apparently, destroyed the peach and pear 
blossom buds. Willard plums are just beginning 
to show the pink. Forsythiaviridissimais loaded 
with bloom — that is my conundrum, how the 
tender Forsythia should escape while the hardy 
peach and pear blooms were destroyed. Cabbage 
seeds sown four weeks ago to-day, are just be¬ 
ginning to show—cold, late, wet spring. Colum¬ 
bian raspberries have come through the winter 
in fine shape, the Superb ditto. s. h. 
Butler County, Pa.—I have a number of Japan 
plum trees—Abundance and Burbank—set out in 
the spring of 1895, which came through the win¬ 
ter well, the temperature falling to 15 and 18 de¬ 
grees below zero in January. Abundance seemed 
to be somewhat hardier here, having scarcely a 
bud killed; the trees were in full bloom April 20 
and 21 , when we had a very hard freeze, the 
ground being frozen to a depth of 1 % inch in 
many places. To protect my trees, I covered, 
using sheets large enough to extend clear around 
(Continued on next page.) 
Isn’t it a pity that so many women go 
through life as nervous, fretful invalids, al¬ 
ways in a sick - bed or on the verge of it. 
They are to be sincerely pitied for the 
reat majority have in them the making of 
ealthy, amiable, capable wives and moth¬ 
ers. These cases become sadder still when 
it is realized that the sufferings they endure 
are unnecessary. Any woman can be healthy 
and amiable and helpful if she will take care 
of the health of those delicate organs that 
are essentially feminine. 
The greatest known medicine for women 
is Dr. Pierce’s Favorite Prescription. It 
cures all weakness and disease of the or¬ 
gans that make wifehood and motherhood 
possible. It allays inflammation, soothes 
pain, and restores calm and strength to the 
shattered nerves. It prepares for wifehood 
and maternity. Over 90,000 women have 
testified to its virtues. Druggists sell it. 
“ I commenced using your medicine three days 
after my child was born,” writes Mrs. A. J. Bry¬ 
ant, of Wilbraham, Hampden Co., Mass, (care of 
Wesleyan Academy). “ It was the fourth one, 
and I never got up se strong and well. I can do 
all iay own work. I have recommended my 
friends to try the 4 Favorite Prescription.’ " , 
If somebody was offering to give away 
gold mines for the asking what a scrambling 
there would be ! When a mine of health is 
offered there is some lively scrambling too. il 
Over 680,000 people hurried to get Doctoi jj 
Pierce’s Common Sense Medical Adviser at I 
$1.50 per copy. It has 1,008 pages with over jj 
300 illustrations. Something over 90 of these | 
pages relate to diseases peculiar to women, o 
This book may now be had free. Send 21 1 
one-cen'. stamps, to World’s Dispensary j 
Medical Association, Buffalo, N.Y., the coslj 
of mailing only, and get the book in paper | 
•orers; or, send 31 cents for cloth binding. 
c °'s 
NOTHING BUfCRAINl 
INSURES 
MORE AND 
BETTER 
MILK 
AND 
SUPERIOR BUTTER 
“ Vour money’s mortb or Vour 
money BacR” 
Address 
THE H=0 COMPANY 
71 and 73 Park Place, New York City 
Time is money. Pievention betterthan 
cure SCOTT'S ARABIAN PASTE 
will reduce swollen shoulders and pre¬ 
vent (jails. Or will enre a gall and 
work the horse every day. One appli¬ 
cation will remove lumps from cows’ 
udder and save the bag. Keep it In the 
stable. Guaranteed. Druggists. Har¬ 
ness-maker, or by mail, 25c., 50c., $1. 
SCOTT'S HOOP PA 8 TE CO., 
Rochester, N. Y. 
Send for description of the 
Famous O. I. C. hogs, two 
which weighed 2806 lbs. Sold 
2995 for breeders in 1895*96. 
despite panic and hard times. 
First applicant from each lo* 
cahty secures a pair ON TIME 
and an agency. 
L. B. SILVER CO. 
.. 135 Summit St. CLEVELAND. O. 
FARM FOR SALE 
—Containing over 100 
acres, divided into till¬ 
able pasture and wood, 
Well-watered; living stream of spring water of the 
best. Has produced to keep 35 head of horses and 
cows for milk the past 10 years; all manure used on 
tlie place. A ready sale has been found for milk at 
the door. Located in Wayne township, Passaic Co., 
N. J ,20 miles from New York, via rail.2‘<f miles from 
Mountain View, on Del., Lack. & Western R. R.; also 
Greenwood Lake R. R . and three miles from Pater¬ 
son, N. J., a city of about 100.000 inhabitants, and 
growing; alarge manufacturing business. Locomotive 
and machine shops, and very many silk mills. Erie 
& N. Y.. Susquehanna and Western pass through the 
city to New York. Macadam roads. On the place a 
large and commodious two-story house with ample 
cellar room, water in the house and at barn: barn, 
40x70 feet, hay shed, wagon sheds, henhouse and 
granary 24x30. Convenientto school, church, mill and 
market. Tillable land loam soil, clear of stone. 
Ample and convenient springs for cooling and keep¬ 
ing milk. Apple and pear orchard and grapes nicely 
in bearing order. For a gentleman's home, ora farmer 
not easy to be excelled. Terms easy. Inquire of 
I. W. BLA1N; or MOSES DRURY, 104 Washington 
Street, Paterson, N. J. 
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For yourself where 
kind is good and 
cheap. Where thou¬ 
sands have become 
prosperous. Where 
the climate is per¬ 
fect, and the soil is rich. NEBRASKA offers great 
opportunities to the farm renter who wants to 
become a farm owner. Send for a free handsome 
illustrated pamphlet on Nebraska to P. S. Eustls, 
Gen’l Pass r Agent, C. B. & Q. It. It., Chicago, Ill. 
P otash 
is a necessary and important 
ingredient of complete fer¬ 
tilizers. Crops of all kinds 
require a properly balanced 
•Danure. The best 
Fertilizers 
contain a high percentage 
of Potash. 
All about Potash—the results of its use by actual ex¬ 
periment on the best farms in the United States— is 
told in a little book which we publish and will gladly 
mail free to any farmer in America who will write for it. 
GERMAN KALI WORKS, 
93 Nassau St., New York. 
Farmers, 
Gardeners and 
Fruit Growers 
To economize should freely use the time 
tested reliable brands of FERTILIZERS 
we manufacture. The goods increase 
quantity and improve quality of Grain, 
Grass, Vegetables and Fruit, and make 
healthy Trees , Vines and Shrubs. 
Brands for all soils and all crops. 
Some prefer making their own “ home 
mixings,” for such we always keep in stock the 
Chemicals and crude materials required. 
THE CLEVELAND DRYER CO., 
No. 130 Summit Street, Cleveland, Ohio 
WHEAT 
Will probably bring good prices 
next Fall—now for a big crop. 
NITRATE OF SODA 
Applied in the Spring, 50 to 100 
pounds per acre—will greatly in¬ 
crease the yield. It can be ob¬ 
tained of any enterprising fer¬ 
tilizer dealer. 
Please ask for pamphlet with full instruc¬ 
tions for using NITRATE on Wheat and 
other crops and instructions for MIXING 
FERTILIZERS at home. Address 
S. M. HARRIS, Morefon Farm(P.0.)N.Y. 
$20 PR0SPHA1E FOR P01AT0ES AND CORN 
Sold to farmers direct. We have no agents. Send 
for Circular. Low prices for car-load lots. 
YORK CHEMICAL WORKS, York, Pa. 
FERTILIZERS^ 
Cash and responsible buyer 
Address HUBBARD & CO., 
( 708 Merchants B’k, Balt., Md 
Save Money! Direct Sales to Farmers! 
Why not economize ? You save *10 to *12 on every ton of Fertilizer you buy from us. Per ton 
Pure Raw Bone Meal.* 
Scientific Corn & Grain Fertilizer.35 
Scientific Economy Fertilizer.t- 
Seientitic Tobacco Fertilizer.^ 
Scientific Potato Fertilizer. £ 
Bone and Meat Fertilizer.<; 
Ammonia. 4 to 5 p.c. Phos.Aeid, 22 to 25 p.c 
Ammonia, 2 to 3 p.c. Phos.Aeid, 8 to 10 p.c. 
Ammonia, 2)4 to SHj p.c. Phos.Acid, 10 to 12 p.c. 
Ammonia, 3 to 4 p.c. Phos.Aeid. 10 to 12 p.c. 
Ammonia, 3 to 4 p.c. Phos.Aeid, 10 to 12 p.c. 
A mmonia. 4)4 to b)4 p.c.Phos.Acid, 13 to 15 p.c.. 
FOll SAMPLES AND BOOK WHITE 
.*22 
Potash. 1)4 to ‘i)4 p.c. 10 
Potash, 3 to 4 p.c. 20 
Potash, '04 to 4)4 p.c. 22 
Potash, 5 to 0 p.c. 25 
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THE SCIENTIFIC FERTILIZER COMPANY, P. 0. Box 1017,708 Bingham Street, Pittsburg, Pa. 
YOU WANT A WATCH ? 
. IF NOT, YOUR BOY DOES. $|. 
This is fully warranted to keep good time. The case is 
solid nickel, nickel movement, jeweled, stem wind and 
stem set. This is not a clumsy clock, commonly called a 
watch. It is a watch, and a very neat one at that. For 
just one month—May—no longer, and no shorter—we will 
make a special drive on them at less than cost even to us, 
cheap though we get them by the thousand. Anytime 
during the month of May you may send us one new 
subscription and $2, and 15 cents extra for postage and 
registering watch, and we will send you the watch by 
return mail, and the paper for a year to the new sub¬ 
scriber. Of course, you get the dollar for the new subscrip¬ 
tion, so the watch will cost you only $1 besides the post¬ 
age. If you are not satisfied, we will return all the money. 
This will hold good only for the month of May. These 
watches are actually worth $5 at retail. We want the new 
subscription, but we positively will not repeat this offer 
after May. Now is the time if you want a good watch for 
a dollar.. THE RURAL NEW-YORKER, New York. 
