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THE RURAL NEW-YORKER. 
AUG. 16 
Publisher s Desk. 
Make Hay When the Sun Shines. 
A FAIR PROPOSITION. 
A lot of our friends are going to the fairs 
with us, and have agreed to introduce us to 
their friends and their friends’ friends, 
all their sisters, cousins, uncles and aunts, 
neighbors, acquaintances, and all the rest 
of the folks. What is better—from our 
friends’ standpoint—is that we propose to 
pay them for their courtesy and work. 
Work ? Oh, yes, there will be plenty of 
work about it, for we want them to get all 
the folks to pay them 35 cents each for the 
privilege of receiving us in their homes for 
a season. But it will be a kind of play- 
work ; lots of fun and some profit! 
“ Us,” of course, means The Rural 
New-Yorker and The American Garden. 
Any of o r enterprising subscribers who 
desire to represent us in this work will 
please write for terms by early mail. 
ACCORDING TO PROMISE. 
Two years ago we promised to distribute 
among our readers certain varieties of The 
R. N.-Y. wheats as soon as the supply 
should enable us so to do. It may now be 
announced that we are prepared to fill all 
applications received before September 15, 
inclosing two two cent stamps. The var¬ 
ieties have been named as follows : 
Willits.—This is a rye wheat hybrid, 
though resembling wheat in every way. 
The heads are beardless, inclined to club- 
shape, white chaff, medium-sized amber 
kernels—four to a breast. It is nearly as 
early as rye. 
Roberts.—This is also a rye-wheat hy¬ 
brid by parentage, though resembling 
wheat in all essential respects. The heads 
are bearded, tne kernels large and of amber 
color—three to four grains to a breast. It 
is very early. The stems are tall and strong. 
Stewart.—This is a pure wheat cross. 
It is late in maturing. Heads very long, 
averaging four inches, nine breasts to a 
side, heavily bearded—three to four grains 
to a breast, of medium size and amber 
color. Stems tall and strong. 
Bailey.—A pure wheat cross. Early. 
Heads average three inches, somewhat club- 
shaped, seven breasts to a side, chaff white, 
beardless. Generally four grains to a 
breast, medium to small in size, hard and 
of an amber color. 
Beal.—Pure wheat cross. Medium to 
mature. Stems pink. Heads average nearly 
four inches, breasts crowded, often 10 to a 
side; chaff very clear and white, heavily 
bearded—four grains to a breast, fair size, 
amber color. 
Johnson.—Pure wheat cross. Medium 
to mature. Heads average nearly four 
inches, eight breasts to a side, chaff white, 
heavily bearded, three to four grains to a 
breast, of fair size, and bright amber color; 
hard. 
A REQUEST. 
We have to request that all applicants 
will prepare a plot six-fortieths (3-20) of an 
acre in area. Divide this into six plots, 
each one 33 feet square, or one-fortieth of 
an acre. Make the drills a foot apart and 
plant a single seed every foot in the drill, an 
inch deep as nearly as may be. So soon, in 
the fall or early winter as the soil is frozen 
hard enough to bear, mulch the plots with 
an inch of well-iotted horse or farm 
manure. 
INASMUCH 
as it is desirable that the real value of these 
wheats should be made known to the 
wheat-growing public as early as practi 
cable, it is first of all important that they 
should be tried in every portion of the 
country adapted to winter-wheat culture, 
and second, that our readers should report 
to The R. N.-Y. next summer, the yields 
of the six different kinds and their com¬ 
parative merits as nearly as may be. 
EACH VARIETY. 
will be put up in a small envelope with the 
name printed thereon, and theentire collec¬ 
tion, under the cover of a strong envelope, 
will be mailed, as has been stated, to every 
applicant who incloses two two-cent stamps. 
FOR INTRODUCTION ONLY. 
We will send The R. N.-Y., 
or The American Garden 
from receipt of order to 
January 1, 1891, to any new 
subscriber for 75 cents, as a 
means of introduction to 
new readers. 
Live Stock Notes. 
The Holstein bull, Mahomet 289, a son of 
old Aegis, is dead at 14 years of age. He 
has to his credit 22 cows with milk records 
of over 50 pounds per day. 
The Galloway Cattle Society of Scot¬ 
land have discussed the desirability of 
adopting the American system of Advanced 
Registry. 
The Poland-China sow,Lady Benton 2nd, 
owned by W. T. and M. F. Armstrong, Oak 
Grove, Texas, recently farrowed 17 pigs. In 
lour litters she presented her owners with 
54 pigs. 
Mr. J. G. Myers of Kalona, Iowa, holds 
a public sale of Short-horns on August 13. 
He says that if any man comes to the sale 
and does not find every thing as repre¬ 
sented, he will buy for that man a ticket 
home. 
Mechtchilde 6718, a Holstein cow, owned 
by Charles Robinson & Son, Barre Plains, 
Mass., gave, in seven days, 717 pounds of 
milk, from which 39 pounds 10% ounces of 
butter were made. 
Many farmers are preparing to use 
young rams of the mutton breeds for pro¬ 
ducing early lambs. How young may these 
rams be profitably used and how much ser¬ 
vice should they be given 1 
The Fees for Registration in the 
American Jersey Cattle Club have been re¬ 
duced from $3 to $2.50. The limit of age 
under which animals may be registered has 
been extended Irom two to four years. 
The census will tell us not only how 
many sheep were killed by dogs within the 
past year, but also how many dogs it took 
to do it. Leaving out the dogs harbored in 
cities, it will without doubt be shown that 
theie are more dogs than sheep on the 
farms of the United States. 
A Young Mother.— On page 470, Mr. 
Titsworth tells about his Jersey calving 
when 13 months and four days old. The 
registered Jersey heifer Mattie Armstrong 
53077, dropped her first calf when only 12 
months and seven days old. Bhe has 
dropped another calf which was born seven 
days before she was two years old. Here are 
two records in one cow, to be beaten. 
F. M. CARRYL. 
A Heavy Fleece.— Mr. Algoe, of Gene¬ 
see County, Michigan, sends to the Michi¬ 
gan Farmer the following report of a fleece 
of wool: “ When taken to the mill it 
weighed 39% pounds, when cleansed it 
weighed 10% pounds ; when sheared off 
the sheep it weighed 40 pounds 14 ounces. 
There was over a pound sampled out. It 
lacked eight days of one year’s growth. At 
the same ratio a full year would give 41 10- 
100 pounds in the rough, or 11 3-100 pounds 
cleansed. W e claim it to be the best record 
of cleansed wool in the State.” The Farmer 
says that this is the heaviest cleansed fleece 
it has heard of except one irom the ram 
Rowe, by M.‘ S. Sheldon (48). It thinks his 
fleece cleansed 11% pounds. 
Drying Brewers’ Grains.— The Eng¬ 
lish and Germans have devised machines 
or attachments for drying the grains from 
breweries and distilleries. These grains 
are frequently fed to cows, but many dairy¬ 
men object to them as a sour, ill-smelling 
product, claiming that they are injurious 
alike to the cows and their milk. They are 
sold wet, and contain a large amount of 
water. It was argued that if this water 
could be driven out the resulting product 
would be lighter, sweeter, and more easily 
kept. The machines are large evaporators, 
so arranged that no manual .abor is needed 
in handling the grains, which, when dried, 
are bagged and shipped like other grains. 
About 75 per cent, of the water is evapo¬ 
rated, leaving a product which gives a bet¬ 
ter analysis than oats. 
T. Farrar Rackham, of East Orange, 
N. J., sends dates forthe following poultry 
show's : Montgomery, Alabama, November 
4, 1890; New York Poultry and Pigeon 
Association, at New York City, February 
4—10, 1891. 
Age of Breeding Ewes.— Breeding ewes 
can be kept with profit to seven years of 
age; wethers to three years. There is no 
definite age at which I dispose of my sheep. 
My selected breeding ewes I keep as long 
as they will breed with profit. Rams for 
shipping should not be older than two 
years. I think thereis no difference between 
the various breeds in this respect, unless 
one is raising lambs for mutton. The most 
noticeable mark of old age in sheep at the 
first glance is the broad appearance of the 
mouth. Average flocks of sheep should be 
sold under six years of age. c. COLLINS. 
Orleans Co., N. Y. 
Inoculation for Hog Cholera.—F rank 
5. Billings & Co., of Chicago, issue the 
following note: “Having endeavored to 
bring the inoculation of swine against the 
real plague of this country, hog cholera, 
before the farmers of the West and found it 
to be a most dismal financial failure, we 
have decided to withdraw all our advertise¬ 
ments, and, to show our own faith in inoc¬ 
ulation as a preventive measure against 
the plague mentioned; we have also decided 
to go into the market, or rather to the 
farms, and buy hogs and inoculate them on 
our own account and to feed them, our ex¬ 
periments having shown us that, with due 
attention to matters of common sense, 
hygiene and cleanliness, this can be done 
with perfect safety, as far as hog cholera is 
concerned The government ‘ swine plague’ 
has no terrors for us. While we shall 
make no endeavor to do public inoculation, 
we are still willing to attend to the de¬ 
mands of those farmers who desire it, but 
most decidedly upon our own terms.” 
“ Thick-Necked ” Cattle.— On another 
page TnE R. N.-Y. speaks of cattle in 
Brazil, that excel at the yoke because of 
the strength and thickness of their necks. 
In a book on Brazil by G. C. Andrews, we 
are told that the native Brazilian breed of 
cattle were called Caragua, or thick-necked, 
and that these were the descendants of 
cattle originally introduced by the Portu¬ 
guese and Spanish pioneers of civilization. 
He says those cattle are very large and tall, 
and that one cow measured by him had an 
interval of four feet seven inches betweeu 
the tips of her horns. A thickness of neck 
is of course common to all male hovines; 
but when one breed wants an epithet to 
distinguish it from other breeds, and the 
one most easy to notice and remember 
turns out to be Caragua or thick-necked, it 
is evident that this peculiarity must have 
been specially developed. The neck must 
look to the ordinary observer thicker than 
the necks of common cattle look. Now this 
appearance of thickness may be (and often 
is) due to the falling off in substance of the 
hinder-quarters as well as to any unusual 
development of the front ones. 
Best Age for Sheep.— In my experi¬ 
ence sheep are at their best when from one 
to six years old. Some at eight years will be 
as hardy as at six, while others will fail. 
I have frequently kept favorite ewes oue 
year too long for profit; many sheep breed¬ 
ers are apt to do so, hence the “oldcrones” 
as they are called, take off the profits of 
the flock or a portion of them. To have a 
flock in Its best state, no old sheep should 
be allowed in it; all inferior animals should 
be fattened and sold—whether their infer¬ 
iority be due to age or any other cause—as 
soon as their poorer qualities are discovered. 
A sheep that is lacking in vigor from any 
cause shows age sooner than those in per- 
lect health. If the best are selected for 
breeders, and the inferior ones are sold for 
lambs or mutton, as the case may be, 1 see 
no reason why a Hock of sheep may not be 
kept and improved on a farm so long as it 
is desired to Keep them there. J. T. 
tests are very deceptive. An ordinary cow 
can be forced to a large record for a day or 
a short period, but may utterly fail on a 
year’s trial.” 
Warranty of a Horse.— The Breeder’s 
Gazette calls attention to a decision recently 
rendered by the New York State Supreme 
Court, which it pronounces in accordance 
with “good law and morals.” The seller 
had warranted a pair of horses sound and 
kind in every respect. Upon hitching up 
^U^eUancou,$' Advertising. 
If you name The R. N.-Y. to our adver 
tisersyou may be pretty sure of prompt 
replies and right treatment. 
LINSEED OIL MEAL, 
For Feeding all Domestic Animals. 
Use with your other feed at least One- 
Third Linseed Oil Meal. 
Write us for Prices and other particulars, aud 
mention the Rural New-Yorker. 
DETROIT LINSEED OIL CO., 
Detroit, Mich. 
University of the State of New York. 
AMERICAN 
VETERINARY COLLEGE, 
139 and 1-11 West 54th St., New York City. 
SIXTEENTH ANNUAL SESSION 
Clruelaraml Information can be had on application to 
I)r. A. LIAIIT ' RD. V. M., Dean of the Faculty. 
NEW V UK COU.FUK OF 
Veterinary Surgeons 
Lectures will begin Octobi r 1,1890. For circular ad- 
dresB Secretary. 832 East 27th Street, New York City. 
Oxford Down Sheep- 
some very fine Buck Lambs and three imported 
yearling Bucks ; also a few Ewes tor sale. Purely 
flock book bred. Price. Si5 to $40 each. 
S. S. STREETER, Westbury, L. I., N. Y. 
P IGS, Chesters,Berkshlres, Polands. Fox Hounds, 
Beagles, Collies, Setters W. GIBBONS A CO., 
vv esc Chester. Pa. Send stamp for Circular. 
THE BEST CATTLE FASTENINC! 
SMITH'S SELF-ADJUSTING SWING STANCHION. 
(W The only practical Stofnp St'inch, ion Invented. 
Thousands In use. Illustrated Circular free Men 
tion Rural Nkw-Yorkkr. 
F. G. PARHOAS »fe CO..Addison. Steuben CO..N.Y. 
PURE BRED 
Suffolk Down Sheep. 
Three Buck Lambs, and two yearling Bucks (lm- 
portel) for sale Read article In Rural of June 7. 
Price, $30 to $40 each. Will show at State Fair. 
M. B STREETER. 113 Hooper St., Brooklyn, N.Y. 
CUTCD SOUTHDOWN, I A mi D c 
OnCCr SHROPSHIRE, LAIV1 DO 
COTSWOLD, OXFORD DOWN AND MERINO. Bred 
from highest class prize winning stock Lambs 
ready for shipping August 1: also a few choice Rams 
and Ewes. 1. 2 and 3-year old. of all the above breeds. 
A number of prize winners ready for shipment about 
the middle of October. 
YORKSHIRE PICS. 
JKRSt-Y BEDS, CHESTER WHITE, POLAND 
CHINAS. BERKSHIRE. Spring litters ready for Im 
mediate shipment. Also several Rough Coated Scot CD 
Collie Bllcno-t, 1 to 2 years old. Write at once for 
prices. \V. Atlee Burpee A Co., Philadelphia, Pa. 
jclase. Comfort and. Thrift I 
Holstein-Friesian Cattle.— The an¬ 
nual catalogue from Smiths, Powell & 
Lamb, ot Syracuse,N. Y., is at haud. The 
R. N.-Y. has frequently called attention to 
this catalogue, which is in many respects, 
a model one It is of bandy, compact form, 
and presents the arguments in favor of 
this breed in a clear and forcible manner. 
Smiths, Powell & Lamb have a national 
reputation for honest dealing, as well as for 
skill in breeding. Their cattle are first- 
class in all respects. The followiug extract 
from the catalogue gives an idea ot what 
they claim for their own herd: “ ‘ By their 
works ye shall know them,’ is a proverb 
that will apply as well to the bovine as to 
the human race, and it is by this, the truest 
of all tests, that of actual performance, 
that we ask the public to judge our herd. 
We will not confine ourselves to records of 
a single cow, or family, or a few choice ani¬ 
mals, but will give yearly averages of the 
entire herd, and of large numbers of cows 
—the only true standard of excellence. We 
keep a strict and careful continuous record, 
by actual weight, of each milking, so that 
our customers can know the actual merits 
of each animal offered. By these records a 
very sale and reasonable estimate can be 
formed of the future capacity aud merits of 
heifers or even calves selected from this 
Herd. On the universally admitted prin¬ 
ciple that In breeding ‘ like begets like,’ lar 
better results can reasonably l>e expected 
from young animals selected from the herd 
or lamilv where every cow has proven a 
deep milker lor the entire year, than from 
herds which are unproven, or only esti¬ 
mated by a day’s or a month’s trial. Short 
HOG CHOLERA AND SWINE PLAGUE 
PREVENTED 
and CURED. 
Particular.; 
and 
Information 
Free. 
AGKAT8 
WANTS D. 
W. M. DOLE, 
7 1 Clinton Street, Boston. Mass. 
THE COMING HOG. 
Not liable to Cholera. 
RAPIO GROWTH. SPLENDID 
FOR EXHIBITION. MOST 
PORK FOR FOOD CONSUMED 
2 WEIGHED 2806 LBS 
L.B. Silver Co. Cleveland. O. 
J Ats'‘A ELLARS, BO Uv WALTER. OHIO, has 
for sme Registered Berkshire Pigs ami South¬ 
down sheep that are ttrst class. Reasonable prices. 
nTTA I / i IT YOUNG SMALL AND MEDIUM 
H.'Ct YORKSHIRE Pius at (educed 
prices to muse io>>iu. Address W E. PENDLETON, 
Red Huuse Farm, New London, Conn. 
XITAIV’TKB.— A thoroughly methodical farmer of 
VV practical experience to superintend a highly 
cultivated, neatly kept tarmot several hundred acres 
In the stale of Maryland. Must be skilled in cultivat¬ 
ing grass crops and fattening cattle. Personal refer¬ 
ences will be required as 10 character and experience. 
State particulate and salary expected Notice will 
not be taken of any apptleadou not conforming here¬ 
with. Address foi 1 days P. O. Box 363, New York. 
m OK MORPHINE HABIT Cured at Home. 
Trial FREE. No pain Add. Compouud 
Oxygen Association, Fort Wayne, lud. 
