THE RURAL NEW-YORKE 1 . 
MARCH 22 
192 
P«ltlts!)fvs’ Desk. 
MEN AND COWS. 
The publishers have a word to 
say to dairymen this week. It is 
said that the average cow will 
have to exert herself to produce 
125 pounds of butter in a year. 
Now there are cows that can 
make over 300 pounds in a year ; 
there are herds that average fully 
that. The ancestors of these 
cows were hardly up to the 
average. The men who develop¬ 
ed these herds are the folks we 
want to talk about. We want to 
say what we think about them, 
or if we find them bashful, 
we will confine our remarks to 
facts concerning their cows. Any 
man who owns a herd of cows 
which average over 250 pounds 
of blitter per year, “ will find it 
greatly to his advantage” to 
communicate with the R. N.~Y. 
-«-»*-———. 
WELL PUT. 
The most valuable advertising mediums 
in the country are those that have but one 
price without variation or discount for 
time or space and will not under any cir¬ 
cumstances accept a cut rate. 
The most valueless are those thac con¬ 
tinue to run your advertisement as a dead¬ 
head, beyond the time ordered, proving 
conclusively that the publisher does not 
value his own space or he would utilize it 
for the benefit of his readers. 
Next in order I would class the array of 
publications whose chief aim according to 
their announcements is to give every sub¬ 
scriber a present from a rolled gold collar 
button to a $5,000 U. S. Bond, which it is 
needless to say the subscriber never gets, 
and becoming disgusted with false prom¬ 
ises places no value upon the paper he has 
subscribed for, hence its undesirability as 
an advertising medium.— A dvertiser’s 
Guide. 
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A SEEDSMAN’S COMMENT. 
We want to thank the R. N.-Y. for the 
article entitled “ The North Carolina Ag¬ 
ricultural Experiment Station Goes off 
Half-Cocked.” It is well put. That sta¬ 
tion flooded us and our neighbors some 
time ago with a long list of ridiculous 
questions to answer which life was too 
short. JOHNSON & STOKES. 
SPELLS IT WITH A K. 
The R. N.-Y. for which I paid a straight 
$2 bill without any premium or side-show, 
comes directed to M. B. Fish. I am no 
Fish, although I hardly ever drink any 
thing stronger than cold water. Remem¬ 
ber, “ he who steals my good name ” etc., 
and change the directions. I have stood 
up under a misnomer given me by another 
agricultural paper for two years without 
flinching. When I saw that the Connecti¬ 
cut Register had located me in Stamford, 
Conn, and that the Rural New-Yorker, 
for which 1 had great respect had joined in 
the business of “ muddling” me and mine, 
the back-bone of my mental reservation 
broke short off. Hence this epistle. 
Tolland County, Conn. M. B. FISK. 
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for short-time trial subscriptions, 
by which thousands, literally, are becom¬ 
ing acquainted with the paper. Any of 
our friends who would like to help in this 
good work, and also earn a few dollars in 
this dull season, will write us a postal card 
something like the following: 
Send terms for introduction. 
JOHN DEE,] 
Deeville, N. Y. 
A prompt reply trom the Rural will tell 
the whole story in a few words. 
Readers will kindly bear in 
mind that the R. N. -Y. clubs with 
all respectable periodicals and 
will guarantee to them the low¬ 
est possible combination rates. 
We cannot afford the space 
which a standing list in detail 
would require. The following 
may serve as illustrations : 
R. N.-Y. and the New York Weekly 
World, $2.25.. 
R. N.-Y. and the Chicago Inter-Ocean, 
$2 50 
R. N.-Y. and the Chicago Weekly 
Times, $2.2A 
R. N.-Y. and the Detroit Free Press, 
$2.50. 
R. N.-Y. and Harper’s Magazine, $5. 
R. N.-Y. and The Century, $5.50. 
R. N.-Y. and American Garden, $3. 
R. N.-Y. and Christian Union, $4.50. 
WttflS of i\)t Week. 
HOME NEWS. 
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Saturday. March 15,1890. 
Over a week ago great floods in the Ohio 
and Upper Mississippi Rivers caused the 
water to overflow the country at their junc¬ 
tion at Cairo, Ill., creating an inland sea 
100 miles across. It takes nearly a fortnight 
for the crest of a flood to sweep along the 
900 miles between Cairo and New Orleans. 
For over 10 days the flood has been rushing 
down the river and yesterday’s reports 
from the Crescent City tell us that the 
water there was seven inches higher than 
ever known. It overtopped the levee and a 
large part of the city was flooded but no 
serious damage had been done, but worse 
things were expected. Reports from Ar¬ 
kansas City, Helena, Memphis, Natchez, 
Greenville, Yicksburg, Baton Rouge and 
other places along the river tell of an un- 
irecedented hight of water. The Cairo de- 
uge has been augmented by heavy rains 
lasting from 48 to 60 hours along the lower 
Mississippi Valley, causing a precipitation 
of from three to six inches east of the river 
and from 3K to five inches west of it. This 
has swollen the White, Arkansas and Red 
Rivers as well as other tributaries of the 
Father of Waters, and they are bursting 
through their levees or overflowing their 
natural banks in numerous places, and 
flooding great areas of the surrounding 
country. Already the Mississippi has made 
several crevasses in the levees on both sides 
and poured its turbulent, yellow flood over 
vast tracts of country. At Charleston, Mo. 
alone over 100,000 acres of farming lands 
were under water last Thursday, and sev¬ 
eral small towns along the river were sub¬ 
merged. At Arkansas City the people 
were ready yesterday to cut the levee above 
the town so as to allow a part of the water 
to rush into the swamps back of the place 
and so relieve the pressure in front of it, as 
it threatened the destruction of the levee 
which would entail a disastrous loss of hu¬ 
man lives and all kinds of property. There 
is no law providing for such last recourse; 
but the citizens there and at other places 
along the river think self-preservation 
would justify it in the last extremity. At 
threatened points all classes are hard at 
work strengthening the levees and prepar¬ 
ing sand-bags ana other materials for 
S romptly closing any incipient break. 
enator Allison has been re-elected bv the 
Iowa legislature... .Nearly all the smelting 
companies in the country have formed a 
syndicate with a capital of $25,000,000. 
Congress proposes to investigate thorough¬ 
ly “ all the causes which may relate to the 
present depressed condition of the agricul¬ 
tural interests of the country.” The com¬ 
mission for the purpose is to consist of nine 
members to be appointed by the Secretary 
of Agriculture and to report “not later 
than 90 days after its appointment.” First 
find out the cause of any evil; then apply 
a remedy.Senator Stanford of Cali¬ 
fornia, has introduced a bill providing for 
government loans of money to farmers at 
the rate of one per cent, per annum inter¬ 
est; and Senator Cullom, of Illinois, has a 
similar bill which makes the rate of inter¬ 
est two per cent. Never before have farm¬ 
ers, as farmers, taken so prominent a part 
in politics as they are doing at present, and 
their present action seems to mark only a 
starting point. The Grange and especially 
the Farmers’ Alliance are the chief factors 
in the movement. The latter is increasing 
its membership at a great rate and branches 
are being rapidly organized in several of 
the Middle and Eastern States. A large 
number have just been organized in West¬ 
ern New York.The New York State 
Assessor of Taxes says there is an increased 
assessment of real estate amounting to $90, 
583,117 over the preceding year, and an in¬ 
creased assessment of personal property 
amounting to only $7, 046,595, making a to¬ 
tal of $4,567,428,757 for 1889. The assessors 
say that the personal property in the State, 
liable to taxation is fully equal to the asses¬ 
sed value of the real, while the real pays 
more than 90 per cent, of the taxes. Small 
wonder that farmers who own nearly all 
the real estate, are loud In their complaints 
of unfair taxation. 
A sign of the times—the farmers of Lynn 
County, Kansas, have passed resolutions 
denouncing the State Immigration Society 
and protesting against bringing more 
people into Kansas.Investigations 
by the Inter-State Commerce Commission 
j&jwitsi amt flanks. 
BE SURE TO ORDER YOUR 
RURAL NEW-YORKER NO. 2 POTATO 
FROM THE ORIGINAL INTRODUCER. 
Hy Mail, .{■> cents per III., including postage. 
By Express or rail, per peck.. ..Kfl-'A.’S. 
•* “ bushel.;{..•)(► 
“ “ barrel...8 OO. 
CATALOGUE FREE. 
J.M. Thorburn & Co. J5 JohnS: NewYork. 
go to show that freight rates to the sea¬ 
board from Nebraska and Kansas are now 
from 25 to 30 per cent, lower than they were 
five years ago, and that reductions in rates 
serve simply to lower the markets without 
benefiting the Western producer, while his 
Eastern brother is greatly injured by in¬ 
creasingly disastrous competition with 
cheap Western products Maryland is be¬ 
ginning to lay a fair quota of taxation on 
corporations, which will relieve the rest of 
the community, especially the farmers. 
The legislature has just exempted from 
taxation, farmers’ implements to the value 
of $500.A French syndicate which 
controls the best gypsum quarries in 
France, has just purchased the plaster 
mills at Brighton, Staten Island, for 
$3,000,000. Is gypsum to go up?. 
Negotiations between Secretary Blaine and 
Sir Julian Pauncefote are reported to be 
going on finely with regard to the Behring 
Sea embroglio. The matter is said to be 
limited to two questions—the claims of the 
owners of the captured Canadian sealers 
for compensation, and the question of a 
close season, in which it is proposed that 
by joint action the United States, British 
and Russian Governments shall look after 
and enforce protection of the seal fisheries 
during the season of propagation. It is now 
said that the U. S. Government has never 
officially claimed jurisdiction over the 
‘‘American” part of Behring Sea.... 
Much more trouble is expected in settling 
the Atlantic fishery question, and it is 
thought likely that Canada will have to 
make important concessions. 
Chicago claims that she has already secured 
$5,000,000 hard cash for the World’s Fair, 
and that she can readily raise $5,000,000 
more when it is needed. She wants the 
opening of the show deferred until 1893, 
however, on the ground that it would be 
impracticable to construct suitable build¬ 
ings and secure enough domestic and 
foreign exhibits to make the exposition the 
grandest ever seen if it is insisted that it 
must be opened in 1892—the real 400th anni¬ 
versary of Columbus’s discovery New 
York wanted a like delay before her defeat; 
but now she insists that if the Windy City 
asks Congress for the delay, the whole 
question of the site of the fair must be re¬ 
opened and again decided by Congressional 
action. The Fair Bill now before the House 
provides that the Fair Commission shall 
consist of two members from each State, 
nominated by the Governors and appointed 
by the President, and equally divided be¬ 
tween the two political parties. The com¬ 
missioners will not be appointed until 
Chicago has raised $5,000,000 in hard cash, 
and given assurances of a like sum if it is 
required. Congress will appropriate a 
million and a half for a Government ex¬ 
hibit. The impression at Washington is 
that the fair will not be opened until 
1893. 
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ernes. 
We make a special¬ 
ty of Roses for out¬ 
door culture . and 
Small Fruits for the 
garden. Our stock 
and facilities are the 
most complete in 
the U. S. Also 
Fruit and Orna¬ 
mental Trees of all kinds, of the finest quality 
and at lowest prices Lovett’s Guide to Hor¬ 
ticulture, a profusely illustrated book of go 
pages, gives instructions for purchasing, plant¬ 
ing, culture, etc., and descriptions with both 
defects and merits. It is mailed free or with 
colored plates for loc. 
Trees and Plants by Mail a Specialty. 
J- T. LOVETT CO., Little Silver, NJ.i 
Established 
1864. 
DAVENPORT’S 
SEED POTATOl 
HEADQUARTERS 
1*24 Dock St., Philadelphia. 
% We have the finest p. K.l eland 
; Komi* and Kurly Hehruim 
in the U. S., being the onh/ 
importers of this stoch in Philo- 
; delphia. They lead all other 
’ Rose and Hebrong in earli- 
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Early Thoroughbred a 
renewal of the Early Rose, with 
all its old-time vigor—a full tree!,- 
J earlier. Early White Ohio— 
seedling of White Peach Blow 
combines the table quality of Snow 
Flake with heavy yield of Peerless. 
Other standard kinds— State ol Maine, White 
Stars, Mammoth Pearls, Ac. Remember nil our 
stork is xrown in llte far North, and prices 
the lowest, quality considered. Bond tor Catalogue 
KING of the GARDEN 
LIMA BEANS 
The Best Strain of “ Lima” Ever Introduced. 
R. D. HAWLEY & CO., 
HARTFORD. COIVIV., 
Offer a limited quantity from the Original true stock 
grown by the orlglnalor from Pods eontnining 
Six Beaus to the Pod. 
Price, per packet, 15c. j half pint, 25c.; pint, 50c.; 
quart, $UK1; hy mall, post-paid. 
New Ruby Sweet Corn, packet, !5e.: ear, 15c.; New 
Gold Coin Sweet Corn, packet, 15c.; pint. 80o. 
Early Beamy of Elberon Potatoes, 8 lbs. by mail 
post paid. This Is the finest Potato ever introduced. 
Our New Spring Seed Catalogue free to all. 
Choice Onion Seed a specialty. 
R. D. HAWLEY & CO., Seedsmen. 
Alaska cost only $7,000,000, and the revenue 
to the Federal Treasury is expected to 
average $3,000,000 a year for the next 20 
years, besides enriching many of the citi¬ 
zens with the proceeds of the fisheries, 
mines and forests of the region. 
Ex-Senator Warner Miller has been elected 
President of the Nicaragua Canal Com¬ 
pany, that American rivtu of the Panama 
concern, and is going to ‘‘push things.”- 
_A rascal justly punished—Al. Graham, 
formerly auditor of Warren County, Ohio, 
has just been sentenced to 18 years’ im¬ 
prisonment and a fine of $126,422, for hav¬ 
ing embezzled the funds of the couuty to 
the amount of $63,211.Both Houses 
of the Dakota legislature have killed the 
Louisiana lottery infamy in spite of the 
offer of $50,000 cash for a franchise, and a 
yearly tribute of $150.000. 
Twenty years ago Michigan had a popula¬ 
tion of 1,185,000, and a mortgage debt of $72- 
000.000. To-day Michigan has a population 
of 2,200,000, and a mortgage debt of $500,000, 
000.In retaliation for the action of 
the Secretary of the Treasury in regard to 
raising the duty on Mexican ores, the Mexi¬ 
can government has laid a tax of half a 
cent a pound, or 28 cents a bushel, on 
American corn. The Kansas farmers 
grumble. 
pisrcUanmitf 
CEND 10 Cts. In 
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P. O.stamps to 
E o n winn Produce Commls- 
. ft U. nlinil, slon Merchants, 
forclrculnr about Shipping Produce Also recipe 
for Preserving Katin, Established 1845. 
Mo. M70 Washington Hi., New York Pltv 
Do not forget our Flower Seeds. They are 
superb, and all new and fresh, and sure to please. 
BERRY GROWERS. 
Improved Folding Paper Berry 
Basket for shipping & delivering. 
Heavier Paper. Square Bail «n4 
Cover. Send $*2. for 500 b as ke t* 
or a cent stamp for sample. 
Detroit Paper Novelty CN 
Detroit. JlicJu 
Mention this paper. 
CCCnQ BERRY PLANTS. VINES, TREES. 
akbUu) Send list of wants for special prices. Free 
List. ALLYN BROS.’ Nurseries, Palmyra, N. Y. 
10 NUT TREES Mr" SI.OO 
Spanish Chestnuts, American Chestnuts, or English 
Walnuts. FHKE ! a handsome mall Catalogue. 
The WM. II. MOON CO.; Morrlsvllle, Pa. 
CHAMPION STEEL RIM: 
I>and Roller 
LATEST 
AND 
BEST. 
AGENTS 
WANTED 
Sent on Trial. 
We will send this Roller to any responsible farmer 
on trial, and If It, Is not as represented. It mAy be re 
turned, we pnying return freight. We do not ask 
pay until you have tried It on your farm 
SEED POTATOES 
THE AMERICAN FOUNDS? h MACHINE CO., 
Bowling Green, Ohio. 
Choice selected Houlton, Aroostook Co.. 
Maine, Earlv Rose, Beauty of Hebrou, and 
all other well known varieties. For sale by 
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