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fHE RURAL NEW-YORKER 
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In Great Britain they have an industry 
not yet developed here, and that is, raising 
the calves of the dairy farmer. Calves are 
contracted for and taken away when young. 
They are raised partly on milk and partly 
on specially prepared feeds, are well cared 
for, well fed and well wintered, and the 
following fall are sold to the feeders as 
store stock. A special business is made of 
this. For this purpose the dairy cows are 
usually crossed with a bull of a good beef 
breed.. 
The Northwestern Agriculturist 
tells of a city man. a close observer, who 
says he never buys milk of a milk-man who 
drives a poor team before his delivery 
wagon. A man who takes care of his horses 
and feeds them well will take care of his cows 
and feed them well, and will be systematic 
and neat about his place and work. The 
man who takes good care of his horses, is, 
almost without exception, a careful and suc¬ 
cessful farmer, and one who goes to town 
with a lame and poor team, a rickety wagon, 
and a shabby harness, may be safely set 
down as shiftless in the management of his 
farm. 
The National Horse Breeder says 
that the farmers who raise horses that will 
not bring over $125 when matured, are apt 
to think that there is not much profit in 
the horse business. It is the horses that 
sell at from $200 to $300 per head, and often 
bring a good deal more, that pay well for 
their raising, besides giving a good profit 
on the money invested, and every farmer 
can raise this kind if he will only go at it 
in the right way. But it can never be ac¬ 
complished by patronizing mongrel or 
grade stallions whose only recommenda¬ 
tion is a low service fee. 
Messrs. Hurst & Son, English dealers in 
clover and grass seed, say in their circular 
that a leading feature of the coming season 
will be a plentiful supply of English Red 
Clover. They have long advocated the 
superior claims of home-grown Red Clover 
seed over almost all foreign grown, and 
this was strongly exemplified again last 
summer in some experiments they had 
been carrying out at their trial grounds 
from seed sown in 1888, and treated under 
equal conditions. With the exception of 
Lowland Dutch, which produced the 
heaviest yield of forage in all their trials, 
home-saved seed came most markedly in 
advance of any others, American and Can¬ 
adian producing the lightest. 
The new rose Clothilde Soupert is the 
result of a cross between Mme. Damaizin, 
a creamy-white Tea, with the pretty Poly- 
antha rose called Mignonette. This is said 
to give it the strong growth of the Tea class 
and the profuse-flowering habit of the 
Polyantha class. It seems that while 
visiting Soupert’s nurseries (Luxem¬ 
burg) last year, Mr. J. C. Vaughan was so 
well impressed with the new rose that he 
purchased for one thousand francs 20 
plants (one-third of the stock) and the sole 
right to its sale in America. 
Nothing is more favorable to the 
growth of the black fungus, or knot, than 
neglect. We have seen trees growing in 
grass in some uncultivated door-yards 
transformed into a mere mass of black 
knots, while trees in neighboring gardens, 
under good cultivation, were entirely ex¬ 
empt. Our preventives and remedies are 
good, clean culture and prompt amputa¬ 
te n . 
ABSTRACTS. 
American Garden : “ One thing, above 
all others, should be urged by every horti¬ 
cultural writer, not to plant more than 
can be properly cared for. Neglect of 
this fundamental rule is the cause of 
many inferior goods. Every tree, every 
rod of ground, more than can be well 
cared for, lessens, instead of adding to, the 
profits of the grower.” 
- Prof J. L. Budd : “Under the name 
of Ribes Alpiua we found red and white 
varieties of a nearly sweet currant in dif¬ 
ferent parts of East Europe. In leaf, bud 
and fruit it wholly differs from Ribes rub- 
rum, and is said to be indigenous to South 
Central Asia. The plant seems at home in 
our Iowa climate and soil, and its first fruits 
are very satisfactory in size and quality. 
In inflorescence it is so near the common 
currant that we can hope to cross it with 
the Cherry and Fay, with a view to sweet¬ 
ening and improving the flavor.” 
-Husbandman : “ What kind of a para¬ 
dox is it—the dolorous refrain * farmin' 
don’t pay,’ and the whole civilized world 
dependent on farming for its daily bread ?” 
•—“ He is a low, vile creature who betrays 
the interests of others in the effort to 
promote, aid or advance his own ambitions 
founded on past favors that should have 
inspired gratitude.” 
-N. Y. Times : “ In agriculture now the 
fittest only can survive, and one who can 
labor only with his hands and has no brain 
power or head for work must stay a laborer, 
but can never profitably become an employ¬ 
er of labor or a user of the costly complica¬ 
ted machinery now required for profitable 
culture of the soil.” 
-“ Grade Jerseys will give more profit 
for the same food eaten and the same 
money cost than any other cows. A num¬ 
ber of reports made at recent dairy conven¬ 
tions are singularly alike in respect to the 
yield of a cow of this kind. Three hundred 
pounds of butter per year is the general 
average. At 25 cents a pound it is equal to 
$75 per year, which is double the average 
yield of native cows kept in the State of 
New York. The advantage gained by 
selecting good native cows and keeping a 
good Jersey bull is, therefore, a doubling 
in value of the herd.” 
-Philadelphia Press 
“The way 
make sure of a competence is to begin 
to 
at 
once. The man who lays up even a little 
the first year has begun well. He is on the 
winning road. The young man with 
health and hope who does not begin at once 
to lay by a little money is dangerously 
liable to stop where he is all his life long. 
Not one of the years to come will be so 
promising a one to begin with, and if this 
chance is neglected it will be harder and 
harder to seize an opportunity forever 
after.” 
pUsrcUattCous 
March 
April May 
Are the best months in which to puriry your blood. 
During the long, cold winter, the blood becomes 
thin and Impure, the body becomes weak and tired, 
the appetite may be lost, and just now the sys 
tem craves the aid of a reliable medicine. Hood’s 
Sarsaparilla Is peculiarly adapted to purify and 
enrich tbe blood, to create a good app tite and to 
overcome that tired feeling. 
Hood’s Sarsaparilla 
Sold by all druggists. *1; six for *5. Prepared only 
by C. I. HOOD & CO.. Lowell. Mass. 
IOO Doses One Dollar 
^ING ON EA R 
Highly concentrated. Dose small. __ 
«s than one-tenth cent a day per hen. 
CONDITION POWDER 
less -- 
cures all diseases. 
orders or more. L 
In quantity costs 
... n. Prevents and 
)t it, we send by mail 
wc. x-ive $1. 2 1-4 lb. con $1.20 i 
Testimonials free. Send stamps or 
- ’ J - '—*— ' free with $1.00 
f you can’t get 
:. 25c. Five |l. 
..d. Testimonials!__ 
ultrv Guide (price 25c.) ft—- 
S. JOHNSON & CO., Boston. Mass. 
\A / p LEAD " here Others Nltow 
^ ^ Beyond a question we 
have the beat line of CARTS made, for 
the Horseman, farmer, or tor business or pleas¬ 
ure purposes. Send stamp for Catalogue and 
wholesale prices. A. I.. PRATT & lO.. 
7 1 to HI Willird St., Ka'amaiJO. Jlieh. 
WHITMAN’S REBOUND 
jroR Jt PLUNGER PERPETUAL 
LEVER PRESS 
NOW MADE 
FOR 
HAY, 
STRAW 
AND WOOL 
PATENTS 
UY CARRIERS. 
lOULTBV PAPER. 16 pages, 4 months for 10c 
C. C. f>KPUY.! 
Sample free. 
t$it f £tt&$ and glatrtjs. 
55 
‘ THE IDAHO PEAR. 
A new and distinct variety of largest size 
and finest texture, rivaling in quality the 
best European varieties, hardy in tree and 
foliage, and destined to become immensely 
popular wherever known. 
An Illustrated Pamphlet will be sent on 
application with full history and descrip¬ 
tion of this pear, and the opinions of such 
men as Prof. Budd, Dr. Hexamer, Parker 
Earle, P. Barry, P. J. Berckmans, Dr. Hos¬ 
kins, Waldo F. Brown, T. T. Lyon, W. Fal¬ 
coner, Storrs & Harrison, T. V. Munson, H. 
M. Engle, Samuel Miller, E. S. Carman, E. 
Van Deman, etc., etc. 
Single Tree by mail, post-paid, $2.50 
Three for $6.00. 
All trees are sent out under the seal of 
our registered trade-mark. 
THE IDAHO PEAR CO., 
LEWISTON. IDAHO. 
THOMAS P. SIMPSON, Washington. 
D. C. No atty’s fee until patent ob¬ 
tained. Write for Inventor's Guide. 
Reversible or One Way. The 
cheapest and best Carrier ever 
iffered to the farmer. Fully warranted. Liberal 
Recounts to agents and dealers. 
i\ >1. SPIER, Jr., Canaan Four Corners, N. ■ . 
OO Agents’ profits per month. Will prove 
It or pay forfeit New portraits just out. 
A $:! 5U Sample sent free to all. 
OH1DKSTER & SON, 2S Bond St., N. Y 
The Parker Earle 
Strawberry. 
The Large. Firm 
High-Colored Berry. 
The Sweet, Rich- 
Flavored Berry. 
The Perfect Berry in 
Flower, Fruit and 
Plant, 
The Steel-Clad Berry 
that Bears so Well. 
SnccessM Norm, Soum 
East and Vest. 
82 oer 12: 810 per 100; $50 
per 1.000. Safely by mall 
Under Trade-Mark, 
Catalogue Free 
T, V. MUNSON, 
Denison, Tex 
Catalogue free. 
P 1S38. !,*?«• 
OMONA NURSERIES. 
WONDERFUL PEACH. 
1 Lawson. RiefTer. Le Conte 
and Idaho, Japan and NATIV E 
Plums. Apples.Cberries.Peaches, 
and Nut-bearing trees. Strawber 
rfes, Raspberries, Blackberries and 
Grapes in large supply. All the 
worthy old & promising new fruit**. 
W>1. PARRY, Parry. N. J. 
Evergreen Hedges. 
Arbor-vilte Seedlings. 50 cents per 1,000. 
Norway Spruce Seedlings. Si “ “ 
By mail, 50 cents per 1.U00, additional. 
Write for prices on larger sizes and transplanted 
trees Cheapest in America. 
GEORGE FINNEY . Evergreen Door Co.. Wis. 
My Annual PRICED CATALOGUE is now ready, and 
mailed free to all applicants. It contains all the lead 
VEGETABLE, FARM 
AND FLOWER SEEDS, 
ble novelties of last season, and nearly everything 
else in my line Of business. 
ALFRED BRIDCEMAN 
37 EAST 19th STREET. NEW YORK CITY 
JOHN SAUL’S 
WASHINGTON NURSERIES. 
Our Catalogue of New, Rare and Beautiful 
Plnnts for 1890. will be ready in February. 
It contains list of all the most Beautiful and Rare 
Greenhouse and Hothouse Plants in cultivation, a« 
well as all Novelties of merit, well grown and at very 
low prices Every plant lover should have a copy. 
ORCHIDS.—A’very large stock of choice East In¬ 
dian American, etc. Also. Catalogues of Roses, 
Orchids, Seeds. Trees, etc- All free to applicants. 
JOHN SAUL. Washington, D. C. 
MAILED mailing size 
FREE 
The YVM. H. 
of the Choicest 
TREES, Flow¬ 
ering SHRUBS. GRAPE 
VINES and Small Fruits. 
MOON CO.. Morrisville. Pa. 
FOREST TREES. 
Catalpa Speciosa, 
White Ash, European 
Larch, Pines, Spruces, 
Arbor Vitais, etc., etc. 
■’ Cat a!pa Speciosa Seed. 
Forest and Evergreen 
Seeds. q 
R.DOUGLAS & SON, 
Waukegan, til. 
— 
. Syracuse. N. V I 
CCCIYC BERRY PLANTS. VINES, TREES. 
dCCUdi Send list of wants for special prices, bree 
List. ALLY N BROS.’ Nurseries. Palmyra, N. Y. 
ORAPE, VINES 
Wm at greatly reduced rates. Also 
Strawberriet.BlickberrlM, Ra*pbcrrie«. 
Curranta, Wonderful Peach, and other 
Nursery Stock. Prices rmsotuibl? l>e- 
scrip. Catalog .vritU instructions jorplanting and pruning 
JOEL HORNER & SON. Oelair. Camden Co.. It. J. 
Best Cough Medicine. Recommended by Physicians. 
Cures where all else fails. Pleasant and agreeable to the 
taste. Children take it without objection. By druggists. 
$mpUmettfci and pajhinety. 
THE ADVANCE HAY TEDDER. 
The most perfect atrlcle of its kind made. Ease of 
movement and satisfaction guaranteed. Also manu 
facturers of Mowers. Rakes. Hay Presses. Feed Cut-' 
ters, Plows, etc. Write for Free Circular. Agents 
wanted in every ocallty. Address 
ANN ARBOR 
MICH. 
INK ARBOR AGRICULTURAL CO. 
IMPR 0 VED KEMP MANURE 
chief merit is the 
distribution of manure ■ 
SPREADER 
While in 
operation 
it Bpreads 
manure 
with the 
rapidity that 
a mowing 
machine cutB 
crops. But the 
pulverizing and even 
SKNI) FOK CIRCULAR. 
KEMP&BURPEE MFG.CO.Sjracuse.N.Y. 
DARNELL’S 
FURROWER 
ISlMARKER 
lei* 
Open3 a 
J butter row 
leither soft or bard 3 
f ground than any other Marker. 
Leaves the earth welTpnlverized at bottom of furrow. 
Mark* any width from 2M to 5 feet, and from a mere 
* mark to 6 inches deep. 
“Take pleasure in recommending it. It does the business; is 
well made and will last for years." J.S.Collins,Moorestown,AT. J. 
“It far exceeds my expretations. If the real merits of this 
cheap implement were known to potato growers alone, the sales 
would b*» immense.” E.L.Coy,Prcs. Wash.Co.ilf. T.) Agr.SvHMf 
Gauge" 
adjustable 4 
lo all ine'iualT 
Hies of ground. 
U.W.DOUGHTEM 
BurlLugtou Co., 
.town. 
S. A 
MOSELEY’S 
OCCIDENT 
CREAMERY. 
SOLD ON MKRIT. 
Send for Special Inti ,/duo* 
tory Oiler, 
Freight Paid by us. 
MOSELEY'S PRITCHARD 
MANUFACTURING CO., 
Clinton. - - Iowa- 
BROAD-CUT |C||DC|f A 
Center-Draft «£ 
SIZES 
5,6 and 7 Feet 
Saves over 
half -- 
in labor, 
and pro¬ 
duces bet- - 
ter quality v 
of hay. An ordinary 
pair of horses will 
handle with ease. A 
DIRECT DRAFT 
what you want. 
fl D E-PUT 
nillVKK is 
EUREKA 
SPRING TOOTH 
HARROW 
tlianuel Steel Frame 
k which clears all obsta¬ 
cles. Does not bury itself 
, 'thusmakingit the light- 
-=- 'est Draft Harrow in the market. 
RIGHT TO BUY. SELL AND USE GUARANTEED 
Semi for Circular and Price I.ist. Address 
EUREKA MOWER CO. UTICA. N.Y. 
ICHAMPION STEEL RIM: 
Land Roller 
LAllH 
AND 
BEST. 
^ ACENTS 
M WANTED 
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 paying return freight. We do not ask 
pay until you have tried It on vour farm 
THE AMESICAN FOUNDS! & MACHINE CO., 
Bowling Green, Ohio. 
F OR prices of the original Y'ONKLBS CLIP- 
PEB MOWEBS, address Clipper Machine 
Works. Keene, N. H. Incorporated 1S89. 
.Cook your POTATOES with the 
PROFIT FARM BOILER 
With Damping Caldron, emp¬ 
ties its kettle in one minute. The 
simplest and best arrangement for 
cooking food for stock. Also make 
Dairy and Laundry Stove., 
Water and Steam Jacket 
Kettles. Hog .Sea 111 era. t’al- 
tiniiiH. Ete. Send for circulars. 
D.R. SPERRY 4 CO. BATAV'A.ILL, 
