1901 
THE RURAL NEW-YORKER 
10 Weeks for 10 Cents. 
We are getting a great many of those 
10 -weeks’ subscribers; but there are 
thousands yet to hear from. Small lists 
are coming in very well, but there seems 
to be no one working for the cash pre¬ 
miums. We wish to remind those who 
have a little spare time that these pre¬ 
miums are in addition to all commis¬ 
sions. The premiums will be awarded 
January 1 , 1902, for the largest 33 clubs 
of 10 -week new subscriptions, and a 
new yearly subscription will count as .0 
for 10 weeks each. Here are the pre¬ 
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For the First Largest Club, $2.5 00 
For the Second Largest Club, - 1.5.00 
For the Third Large.st Club, - - 10.00 
For the ne.xt 10 Largest Clubs, $5 each, ,50.00 
For the next 5 Largest Clubs, $3 each, 15.00 
For the next 5 Largest Cmbs, $2 each, 10.00 
December is the best month in the 
year for taking subscriptions. Write us 
for a bundle of sample copies, and work 
up a club in your neighborhood. If you 
get a subscription from a neighbor who 
is not satisfied, we will return the whole 
of his money. 
THE RURAL NEW-YORKER. 
BOOK BULLETIN 
FOR SALE BY THE RURAL NEW-YORKER. 
The Insect Book, by Dr. L. O. Howard. 
This is a popular account of the bees, wasps, 
ants, grasshoppers, flies, and other North 
American insects, exclusive of butterflies, 
moths and beetles. It is especially adapted 
for the use of nature students. Typical 
life histories are given of the insects dis¬ 
cussed: their habits and transformations are 
a revelation to most of us, who are likely 
to class all insects other than wasps and 
butterflies under the comprehensive title of 
“bugs.” We are accustomed to look upon 
the bee as a standard model of Industry, 
yet, as one writer recently remarked, the 
bee “knocks off” work on very trifling provo¬ 
cation, while the Insect Book describes one 
solitary wasp which was observed to toil 
continuously for 42 hours, from three in 
the afternoon on .Tuly 27, through that night 
and the day and night following until nine 
o'clock on the morning of the 29th. The 
female Ammophila wasps differ in personal 
character, too, some being neat and painstak¬ 
ing, sweeping every particle of dust from 
their burrows, while others are decidedly 
slatternly in their habits. Many strange 
facts concerning the customs of the Insect 
world are desiribed in the book under dis¬ 
cussion in a popular and instructive manner. 
Price $3; 300 pages, numerous beautiful 
Illustrations. 
MABKET NOTES 
OREGON GRAIN SHIPMENTS for the 
week ending November 6 exceeded all pre¬ 
vious records for the season, reaching a 
total of nearly 1,200,000 bushels, of which 
four-fifths were wheat and the remainder 
barley. One vessel for Hongkong carried 
49,000 barrels of flour. 
EXPORTS.—The Mexican Government has 
temporarily removed the duty on wheat. 
Dealers in the United States are taking ad¬ 
vantage of this, and it is expected that 5,000 
cars of wheat will be shipped over the border 
within the next few weeks. At a number of 
Important border points the side tracks were 
blocked for several days before the new law 
went into effect, with cars to be rushed In, 
and thus take advantage of the new market 
as quickly as possible. 
GAME NOTES.—With the opening of the 
game season the country in the vicinity of 
New York appeared all at once to be alive 
with hunters, and It looked as though the 
rabbits and birds that escaped the shower 
of shot might be scared to death by the 
fearful racket. Receipts of game for sale 
in this city are light, on account of the 
stringent laws which forbid shipments out 
of many States. I have noticed but few 
specimens of bear and deer. The State 
game protector is making it lively for vio¬ 
lators of the law who have been snaring 
partridges on liOng Island. 
FARM LABOR MARKET.—The following 
from the letter of a Niagara County (N. Y.) 
I’eader states a problem that many people 
are facing at present: “Where can we get 
good farm help'/ We have 86 acres, GO in 
fruit: a new tenant house with everything 
complete; and are willing to pay good wages 
by the year. Man’s wife can earn in our 
house $50 per year at extra work. Where 
can we get a bright young German Immi¬ 
grant and wife, one who can be taught the 
care of orchards, etc.? Throughout this 
county many people want help. Tenant 
houses are empty, and a number of families 
could readily find homes here at good pay 
for their labor. Can't you assist us in get¬ 
ting help for 1902? The position will be 
permanent to the right parties.” 
At first thought It would seem that there 
should be no trouble In filling a place under 
conditions such as those named above. The 
diflJculty in most cases seems to be that 
those who can do the work have some bad 
habit or are not trustworthy, and those who 
can be trusted either can’t or won’t learn 
how to handle work like the care of orchards, 
where the profits depend upon all details 
being attended to properly. W. H. Meara, 
Superintendent of the Labor Bureau, Barge 
Office, Battery Park, New York, says that 
by having a few week’s notice he can often 
get desirable help for such positions. The 
best plan is to write him, giving full par¬ 
ticulars as to what Is needed, the conditions, 
and amount that will be paid. The letter 
will be kept on hand and referred to as 
Immigrants come In. Italians have been 
employed satisfactorily on a few large farms, 
where a gang of them could be hired to 
work under an overseer. But few of the 
rank and file of Italian Immigrants can speak 
English, so they would scarcely be suitable 
for general farm help, and they usually pre¬ 
fer working In gangs with their own people. 
Several of the extensive wholesale fruit deal¬ 
ers in New York are Italians, and very pros¬ 
perous business men. One of them, on being 
asked whether an Italian country laborer 
could probably take hold of farm work 
readily as carried on In this country, said 
that he thought many of them could after 
learning the language to some extent. He 
appeared rather averse to saying much about 
It, and put on a scornful look when speak¬ 
ing of the Immigrants. Evidently he, like 
many others who have struck prosperity, had 
learned the art of despising his poor rela¬ 
tions. XV. w. H. 
Chrysanthemum Show of the American 
Institute. 
The annual Chrysanthemum show of the 
American Institute was held In the Berkeley 
Lyceum Building, New York, November 13- 
14. The entries were numerous, and the lim¬ 
ited space too much crowded. It may be 
said that everything exhibited was above 
average quality, and many specimens really 
remarkable for size and finish. Nothing bet¬ 
ter than Timothy Eaton, the successful 
novelty of last year, was brought forward. 
It Is truly a magnificent variety, the creamy 
white blooms shown being nearly 10 inches 
across and 7 or 8 deep. In foliage, stem 
and general finish It leads all the large- 
flowering Chrysanthemums. The blooms ex¬ 
hibited were much better than last season, 
the bright sunlight of the last six weeks 
having a very favorable effect on their de- 
velpment. The finest flowers were of well- 
known standard varieties, such as are offered 
in every catalogue of Chrysanthemum plants, 
and It Is useless to recapitulate their names. 
There was a creditable collection of hardy 
garden varieties, which have reached great 
perfection this season. Good roses, violets 
and carnations were to be expected, and some 
fine groups were shown. The new forcing 
rose, Mrs. Oliver Ames, Is very taking. 
While not large, the form Is perfect and the 
coloring a pleasing blend of blush and Ivory 
white. The fragrance is better than with 
most roses of Its class. A vase of the new 
Barberton daisy, Gerbera JamesonI, attracted 
great attention. The large size and novel 
color of vermilion daisies are not the only 
striking characteristics. The form is very 
graceful, the petals and disk being arranged 
in a vase form, and the stems Ipng and 
stiff, with good foliage. It will soon become 
a favorite plant with those who learn how 
to grow it. A specimen of Solanum py- 
racantha was quite remarkable for the waxy 
brilliance of its large scarlet toraato-llke 
fruits. The display of orchids and foliage 
plants was limited, but of excellent quality; 
some have not been exceeded in late exhibi¬ 
tions. There was a fair variety of vegetables 
and fruits. A collection of 21 varieties of 
apples from Vermont was most creditable, 
the fruits being of fine finish and brilliant in 
coloring. _ w. v. f. 
Cow Peas in Kentucky. 
About April 10 I drilled in with a disk 
wheat drill six acres of Whippoorwill cow 
peas. In spite of the dry season a fair crop 
matured, and was mowed August 1. I 
picked enough dry peas to drill in one acre 
first of August. This second crop now (No¬ 
vember 2) has peas fully matured, but not 
dry; just right to mow for hay—but too 
late in the season to cure. After frost kills 
the vines I shall plow the entire second 
crop under for a fertilizer. My invariable 
and fairly satisfactory practice is to sow' 
thickly cow peas on the land I expect to 
plant in early potatoes. After the vines 
and peas are matured and dry I plow all 
under in Autumn. The result is excellent 
for ensuing potato crop, the tubers being 
bright and smooth; vines free from blight, 
and tubers with no sign of scab. I have 
grown Carman No. 1 on apparently poor 
red land by this system of which best 
specimens would weigh one pound, and I 
could make “pens” of them as (children 
797 
do of corncobs). All stock have eaten pea- 
vines and peas with more avidity than any 
forage of which I know except peanut hay. 
Hickman, Ky^_ d. w. r. 
Witch-Hazel Extract.— Last year we 
had some discussion about the value of 
w'ltch hazel as a farm crop. T. S. Gold 
tells Meehan’s Monthly something about 
the industry: “Agriculturally, the plant 
has no value, as it hardly grows large 
enough for fuel, but makes a bushy clump 
full of branches. It is found abundantly 
in bush pastures, and the only good thing 
to be said about it is that it acts as a 
nurse plant for better forest growth, to 
which it gives way. Medicinally, It has 
a great reputation. Pond’s extract of 
witch hazel is manufactured by thousands 
of gallons in Middlesex County, Conn., as 
a remedy for wounds, bruises, etc. It is 
sold by the bottle and the barrel, and Is 
in wide demand. Witch hazel brush—the 
whole plant, body and branches—Is cut up 
short in a huge straw-cutter, and a fluid 
extract is prepared. The farmers get just 
enough for cutting and delivering the 
brush to pay for the labor, thus getting 
pay for clean pastures within the reach 
would like to share with Middlesex 
of the factories. Other parts of the State 
County, in this market for an otherwise 
useless product.” 
Lte and Rats. —Poultry Monthly pub¬ 
lishes this plan for getting rid of rats 
“A most ingenious plan for driving away 
rats was worked recently by a friend who 
lives in the northern part of New Jersey. 
He had tried everything. Including poison. 
The latter did kill a few rats—and a good 
many chickens. Some one told him to get 
some concentrated lye of the greatest pos¬ 
sible strength, and mix it with butter. He 
did this and used the mixture with the 
result that, for several nights at Intervals 
the rats about the place rent the air with 
their screams. But the rodents disap¬ 
peared. When next signs Indicated that 
some had returned, more of the mixture 
was used, with the pleasing result that 
they again became notable by their ab¬ 
sence. The method of treatment was as 
follows: Every rat hole that could be found 
was smeared to the depth of about six 
inches with the mixture. Near at hand 
was placed a pan of water In which a few 
drops of capsicum (red pepper extract) had 
been dissolved. When the rodent made up 
his mind to emerge from his hole, inquisi¬ 
tiveness and the odor of the butter in the 
mixture impelled him to poke his nose 
into it. One poke was always enough, and 
Mr. Rat would dash out of that hole ‘on 
the fly.’ The water promised relief, and 
into It he would promptly jam his snout. 
More excruciating torture, and the rat 
would promptly shake the dust of those 
premises from his feet, even though he 
was unable to keep the mixture, over 
which he had walked, from fairly scorch¬ 
ing those same feet.” 
House work 
Seems easy to a man, but there is a 
great deal of lifting and reaching to do ; 
a great many trips up and down stairs to 
make in the course of day’s house work. 
It’s hard where a woman is well. For 
a woman suffering with some form of 
” female trouble ” it 
is daily torment. 
There are thousands 
of such women 
Consumption, Bronchitis and 
Bronchial Asthma. 
Diseases Which Cause Almost as 
Many Deaths as Consumption. 
From Dr. Robert Hunter’s Lectures on 
Consumption. 
A cold settling on the chest or grippe 
that goes down to the lungs produces 
bronchitis, and when it has continued for 
several months it becomes chronic bron¬ 
chitis. 
There is at first only trifling cough in 
the morning with slight chilly feelings, 
followed by a sense of feverishness towards 
evening. Walking rapidly or going up¬ 
stairs cause shortness of breath with a 
general sense of tightness and oppression 
in the chest. 
As the disease advances the patient be¬ 
gins to raise yellow or greenish-yellow 
matter; has hectic fever and night sweats 
and loses in flesh and strength. Prom 
this point, unless arrested by treatment, 
it goes on rapidly, soon exhausts the vi¬ 
tality and causes death with symptoms 
closely resembling consumption and yet 
not consumption at all. 
By careful observation extending through 
many years. I am confident that fully 
TWO-FIFTHS of all the deaths charged 
to consumption are really deaths by con¬ 
sumptive bronchitis. On examining the 
sputum and the tissue of the lungs In 
these cases we find neither tubercle nor 
the bacilli germs that are always present 
in TRUE consumption. 
This is a most important fact, for bron¬ 
chitis is much easier to cure than con¬ 
sumption, every case being curable If prop¬ 
erly treated. It is only a seated, chronic 
inflammation of the mucous lining of the 
air tubes, and at the worst is as certainly 
curable in the lungs as such inflammation 
In any other part of the body. 
Consumptive bronchitis is not curable 
by medicine given in the stomach, nor by 
those hyperdermically Injected, for they 
never reach its seat. It is only by the 
direct application of medicines to the lining 
of the bronchial tubes in the lungs that 
cure is ever effected. The disease Is not 
In the stomach, nor In the blood, but In 
the lining of the lungs, and THERE THE 
REMEDIES MUST BE APPLIED. 
Nothing but a direct application of heal¬ 
ing medicines, antiseptics and germicides 
to the very seat of the disease will affect 
the cure of this or any other lung case, 
and they can be applied only by Inhaling 
them In a gaseous state. The lungs con¬ 
stitute an air cavity, and can be reached 
medicinally only by medicated air. This 
treatment was discovered, perfected and 
first successfully applied by me. It is the 
only natural, scientific and common-sense 
treatment ever applied for the cure of 
bronchial and consumptive diseases. If It 
fails, nothing else could possibly succeed. 
But it never does fall, unless mortal Injury 
to the lung structures has taken place be¬ 
fore it is applied. 
Readers mentioning The Rural New- 
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