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THE RURAL NEW-YORKER 
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the writer says he is reminded of a plan 
which was adopted—he thinks, in 1852—by 
an enterprising Norfolk farmer who had a 
large quantity of his wheat ground and 
made into bread to feed his stock on. He 
made the dough himself, and contracted 
with a baker in the village to bake it. He 
thus averted all the dangers we hear of in 
regard to giving raw wheat, whole or 
ground, to domesticated stock, and partic¬ 
ularly to horses; and he spoke, with en¬ 
thusiasm, of the way in which all his ani¬ 
mals—horses, cows, bullocks, sheep and 
pigs—throve on this whole-meal wheaten 
bread. “ I never had my stock do so 
well in my life,” he said. But the rise in 
the value of wheat in 1853, in the face of 
the war with Russia, put a stop to any gen¬ 
eral consumption of that grain in that way. 
“ OUR experience for three seasons,” says 
Prof. Henry, in the Breeders’ Gazette, “ with 
second-crop clover for silage was entirely 
satisfactory.” Last year he had much 
poorer silage from clover than ever before, 
and for a time he was at a loss to explain 
it, but putting his own experience with 
that of others with whom he has corres¬ 
ponded and conversed together, it appears 
now almost certain that in cases of poor 
silage with clover the crop has been cut a 
few days too early. This is a most natural 
error to fall into, as the farmer, anxious to 
secure the crop from harm, sends the 
mower into the field earlier when the crop 
is going into the silo than he would for 
hay-making. Clover cut too early makes 
a silage that is somewhat slimy, dark- 
colored, and has a disagreeable odor. 
These unfavorable qualities can be wholly 
avoided, Prof. Henry believes, by allowing 
the crop to stand until more of the water 
is given off and more woody fiber formed.. 
Oat kernels usually grow in pairs, the 
upper one of each pair being in general 
lighter and smaller than the lower one. 
Nobbe, as Prof. S. W. Johnson tells us, 
counted out 200 upper kernels, 200 lower 
kernels, and 200 average kernels, without 
selection. These were weighed, and, after 
soaking in water 24 hours, were placed in a 
sprouting apparatus at a temperature of 
about 70 degrees F. The results were as 
follows: 
100 Seeds Weighed in Grams. 
Upper Kernels. 1.53 
Lower •* 316 
Average “ 2.69 
Number of Seeds that Sprouted on tbo 
3rd 
day. 4th. 5th. 6th. 7th. 8th. 9th. 10th. 
Upper Kernels 2 100 76 15 8 2 0 1 
Lower “ 109 75 9 3 2 0 0 0 
Average “ 45 110 SO 8 4 110 
Lehman sowed, on each of three plots of 
92 square feet, the same number (528) of 
peas, of the same variety but of different 
weight with results as given below : 
Weight 
No. 
« 
tt) 
of 
Of 
g Pods. Straw 
100 peas. 
plants 
V 
US 
Small Seed-peas... 
Medium “ 
160 gm. 
423 
993 
280 2,010 
. 221 ’’ 
478 
1 495 
357 2.630 
Large 
. 273 “ 
480 
1,814 
437 3.170 
The weights 
are given in grams. 
Of the 
peas sown, there failed to germinate about 
nine per cent, both of the large and 
medium peas, and 20 per cent, of the small 
ones. 
The editor of the Country Gentleman 
has known fruits taken from different 
parts of the same tree to be pronounced 
quite distinct. 
Patrick Barry, says the Rochester 
Post-Express, was successful in accumulat¬ 
ing a large fortune, but it was a fortune in 
the collection of which every dollar gained 
for the individual represented many dollars’ 
worth of good done. He prospered on the 
improvement of land in all parts of the 
country, and on the growth of this com¬ 
munity. He made himself wealthy, but he 
left the world far wealthier through his 
labors. 
Pres. W. I. Chamberlain says that T. B. 
Terry is par excellence the one farmer of 
the United States who most nearly prac¬ 
tices what he preaches. His motto, 
adopted nearly 20 years ago, ‘‘to do on his 
farm the very best he knew how or could 
learn how,” has been faithfully followed 
ever since. He seems never to have for¬ 
gotten it, and his farm is year by year 
more closely approaching his lofty ideal.... 
If the gathering of wisdom from experi¬ 
ence continues a few more years we may 
confidently expect that at some period in 
the next century farmers and owners of land 
generally will discover that an English 
walnut, shellbark hickory, butternut, pecan 
or chestnut will afford as dense shade, and 
that these trees are fully as attractive as 
the elm, maple, linden, oak and similar 
kinds now so extensively planted along 
roaUsides, in parka and gardens, all for 
Show, >Yitli never a thought of practical 
utility. So says A. S. Fuller in the N. Y. 
Tribune. Had our New England ancestors 
looked ahead, instead of leaving us giant 
American elms everywhere we would now 
see rows and groves yielding annual crops 
of nuts worth at home or in our markets 
tens of thousands of dollars. The shade of 
the nut-bearers is as enjoyable and refresh¬ 
ing as that cast by the elm ; and as for ap¬ 
pearance and grandeur, they should be con¬ 
sidered its equal. 
r 
There are to-day a million acres of wild 
uncultivated land within a hundred miles 
of the great city of New York, which does 
not yield enough to pay the taxes; some of 
this land Is hilly and rocky ; some low, flat 
and sandy; but there is scarcely an acre of 
it that could not be made to pay a good in¬ 
terest on |L,000a few years hence, if planted 
to nut-bearing trees. Who among those 
who have money to loan at two or three per 
cent, will invest in this wild land and nut- 
culture. 
It is merely a matter of time and ex¬ 
perience ere our horticultural contempor¬ 
aries will take the view that The R. N.-Y. 
has long pressed upon the public. Popular 
Gardening says: ‘‘Our handsomest tree: 
a young Colorado Blue Spruce.” It is also 
about time that our esteemed contempo¬ 
raries began to praise the Umbrella Pine 
(Sciadopitys verticillata). 
Set the celery plants on the surface if 
you will—in shallow trenches if you follow 
The R. N.-Y.’s advice. 
The following is an excerpt from Mr. 
Terry’s article in a late RURAL. It will do 
no harm to read it over again and then cut 
it out and paste it in one’s hat: “ For my 
wife to spend much time mending a 16 cent 
bag, after it got old, would be about as 
foolish as to darn a pair of 12-cent socks 
when the heels are all gone. I fear I should 
scold if I caught her doing either. I am 
not wasteful either; but time can be better 
employed. It would be better for her to come 
out and ride my sulky cultivator under a 
canopy top and earn 10 times as much. 
Evenings ? She had better be reading and 
resting than working for, say, a cent or 
two an hour, just because she is a woman, 
while I sit with my heels up buried in The 
Rural.”. 
If the temperature of the cellar is 60 and 
that outside above 60, keep the windows 
closed if you want a dry cellar. 
No trade or business can thrive which 
does not furnish employment more than 
one-quarter of the working year, said Pres¬ 
ident McLeuth, before the Dakota Wool- 
growers’ Association. The shoemaker of 
Lynn or the weaver of Manchester, who is 
reduced to “ half time” is in a precarious 
condition; what, then, could we expect of 
a Dakota wheat farmer who, with his 
teams, and his tools, and his lands is re¬ 
duced to less than “ half time ?” There is 
a law here as inflexible as that of gravita¬ 
tion. There may be rare exceptions, but 
they are accidental and temporary, and 
only go to prove the rule. Your farming 
must be such that when you cannot plough, 
or sow, or cultivate, or harvest you can be 
employed with your stock; when your 
grain, or your roots, or your hay, or your 
fruit cannot grow, your cows, your sheep 
and your swine shall still grow and yield 
their increase. This is the philosophy of 
thrift, and this is safe and profitable farm¬ 
ing. 
Mr. A. L. Gardner, of Ohio, is opera¬ 
ting a butter extractor. A short time ago 
he invited a number of dairymen to witness 
its operation. Mr. Gardner milks 100 cows 
all Holsteins and Ayrshires. They are fed 
no grain and at the test made at the trial it 
required 21 pounds and 14 ounces of milk to 
make a pound of butter. Our correspon¬ 
dent, Johu Gould, asked Mr. Gardner why 
he did not grain his cows. Mr. G. replied 
that he wished to show that good cows and 
good pastures will give good and paying 
results. Here he said are 50 Berkshire 
pigs and hogs in this lot. They have noth¬ 
ing but this Blue Grass and the sweet milk 
from the extractor, and they are making 
fine growth. The 20 calves do not have 
grain, only warm, sweet milk, and the run 
of this lot. They might look better if fed 
oats, etc., but he is experimenting to find 
out whether the milk from the extractor if 
fed sweet does have a large feeding value, 
and he thinks he is succeeding fairly 
well. 
ABSTRACTS. 
-Breeder’s Gazette : “ The statement 
is on the rounds that the experience in the 
horse-car stables of Paris and New York is 
to the effect that gray horses live longest 
ftod Hive the greatest; amount of perYloe, 
although in these particulars the roans are 
said to be a close second. Bays are de¬ 
clared to be about an average as to longev¬ 
ity and endurance, while cream-colored 
horses are discounted as lacking staying 
ability, especially in the hot weather. 
Black hoofed horses are pronounced tough¬ 
er and stronger than those with light- 
colored feet. According to this showing a 
good horse can be a bad color, despite the 
common saying to the contrary. We are 
not just prepared to believe that there is 
any great difference in the wearing quali¬ 
ties of horses of different colors in this 
climate, although this is not the first time 
these points have been brought forward.” 
-Hiram Smith.—“T he skim-milk or 
whey from 15 cows will raise calves or pork 
enough to buy the bran and oil meal for 
these cows. The increased number of cows, 
however many, will do the same thing, cul¬ 
tivating and enriching the lazy acres. The 
use of fodder crops is the key-note to suc¬ 
cessful farming.” 
-Hoard’s Dairyman.—“N ot to feed 
cows, no matter what the price of milk, at a 
time when they will dry off, otherwise, is 
just as silly as not to throw a few pails of 
water on a fire when a little water will pre¬ 
vent a conflagration.” 
-N. Y. Tribune. —“ The annoyance flies 
cause horsesin the field during midsummer 
is serious. A little coal-tar or pine-tar, or 
pitch, diluted if you like, is a good pre¬ 
ventive, applied to the more sensitive 
parts.” 
-Fourth of July Oration from Life : 
“Our progress is a miracle, fellow citizens; 
yes, a miracle, and ere long the vice of 
Patriotism will have disappeared, and those 
twin virtues, Indifference and Greed, ruie 
in its stead.” 
Century : '* A blackbird that can’t sing 
and will sing ought to be put into a pie.” 
-N. Y. Tribune : “ This morning a 
couple of dogs dashed out of the road, 
across my grounds, down the whole length 
of the garden, and off through a field of 
oats. Down went the growing plants and 
away flew the startled birds before the un¬ 
welcome intruders. What did I do? Noth¬ 
ing. I have a shotgun, but bad dogs may 
be better than bad neighbors. Besides, the 
dogs have rights.” 
-Atchison Globe: “Some men’s idea 
of economy lies in preaching it to their 
wives.” 
——Mich. Farmer : “ It is seldom that a 
cool, quiet man, one who can govern his 
own temper, ever has a fractious or nervous 
horse.” 
- Popular Gardening: “ Patrick Barry 
was an upright man—a model of industry, 
integrity and honor. No one in the city, 
where he lived his busy and eventful life, 
was held in higher esteem by his fellow- 
citizens ; and the life of no man furnished 
a better example or stronger incentive to 
the youth of the present day, who would 
make for themselves a spotless name and 
achieve enduring fame.” 
lUi.orcllancou.si gulmti.sing. 
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RARE BARGAINS 
IN 
USEFUL ARTICLES 
lu the course of trade we have obtained the follow 
lug named articles which we will sell at a big discount 
from manufacturers' prices. We have no use for 
them and the prices named ought to take them off 
our hands in short order 
A Weed Sewing .Machine, Boudoir Cabinet of 
Black Walnut. Manufacturer’s price $75. We will 
sell in New York for $30—a rare bargain for some 
one. 
A Wheel Hoe and Cultivator ; retails for $6. 
Our price $3. 
Several Curtiss’s Improved Needle Hay 
Kuivea, chisel edge teeth, Retail price #1.25 each. 
Our price only 75c, egefo. Ufdcr ui on< c. Address 
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