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THE RURAL NEW-YORKER 
AUG. 3o 
Publisher s Desk. 
$100 Given for 25-cent Trial Sub¬ 
scriptions in September. 
WE WANT 20,000,000 READERS! 
How shall we get them ? We can’t, 
probably. But as man is unhappy after 
success is won, and as we want to keep on 
working for some years to come, we set- the 
figures purposely high, because our list is 
growing so rapidly now. Part of this 
growth is due to our 25-cent offers. Now 
we have a new proposition to make, be¬ 
cause, after all, we want to get as near 
that 20,000,000 mark as possible. It fol¬ 
lows : We will give $100 in 10 amounts of 
$35, $20, $10, $5, $ 0 , $5, $5, $5, $ 0 , $5, respect - 
ively, to the 10 present yearly subscribers 
who shall send us, before October 1, the 10 
largest numbers of 25-cent trial subscrip¬ 
tions (all new names), for The Rural 
New-Yorker 10 weeks (regular price, 
50 cents for 13 weeks); or The American 
Garden, three months, October, November 
and December (regular price, 50 cents). 
The senders of these competition clubs are also en¬ 
titled to any of the very liberal premiums offered In 
the Premium List, or a liberal cash commission will 
be given if preferred. 
Thus you will get well paid any way for 
your trouble, and may be doubly paid. 
The only way we can afford this is by 
hundreds taking up the offers and sending 
us in thousands of the trial subscriptions, 
many of which would become regular sub¬ 
scriptions. Better begin right away, the 
time is short. If this works well in Sep¬ 
tember we will try it over again in October. 
SIX NEW WHEATS GIVEN AWAY TO 
OUR SUBSCRIBERS. 
Two years ago we promised to distribute 
among our subscribers 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 20, 
inclosing two two-cent stamps. The varie¬ 
ties 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 hav$ 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 Pearly 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-lotted 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 diff erent hinds and their com- 
paraiive merits as nearly as may be, 
EACH VARIETY. 
will be put up in a small envelope with the 
name printed thereon, and the entire 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. 
Live Stock Notes. 
YOUNG RAMS FOR BREEDING. 
There is at present a great demand for 
rams of the mutton breeds to cross on com¬ 
mon ewes for the production of early lambs. 
Many young lambs are being sold for this 
purpose, some of them, it is feared, too 
young to give satisfaction. The following 
notes from leading sheep breeders will be 
interesting to those who are trying this ex¬ 
periment. We also include some notes on 
preventing constipation in sheep. 
Not Very Successful.— We have used 
ram lambs, but have never secured very 
good results. So far as we can notice, they 
have always proved as good as older sires, 
but were not sure getters, especially if they 
have had much work to do. We would 
recommend their employment only in small 
flocks. We always leea our sheep oil meal 
for constipation. w. c. NICHOLS & SON. 
Cresco, Iowa. 
Not Sure Breeders.— My experience is 
' that of a breeder of purebred stock rams 
which I send out as lambs and yearlings. 
The reasons for using lamb rams are that 
there are more to select from, while prices 
and express charges are less. The objec¬ 
tions to them are that they are not sure 
breeders, and cannot stand as much service 
as older sires, and their get are apt to be 
weakly when dropped. Used with moder¬ 
ation and care, a lamb ram of the mutton 
breeds will usually give satisfaction ; but 
he cannot be depended upon. The only 
way to prevent constipation in winter is to 
feed succulent food. I used to feed roots, 
but now use corn silage. 
Skaneateles, N. Y. GEO. M. TALLCOT. 
Shropshires Mature Early.— Ram 
lambs are used extensively for service. 
The Shropshires mature early and a March 
ram lamb weighing from 90 to 100 pounds, 
is suitable for 30 to 40 ewes. 1 sell every 
fall from 75 to 150 ram lambs, and will this 
fall sell about 200 for service. To prevent 
constipation in my flock I feed plenty of 
roots, as 1 raise large quantities of man¬ 
golds and sugar beets. c. s. BINGHAM,. 
Vernon, Mich. 
Generally Satisfactory.— I have never 
used on my own flock a ram that was less 
than 18 months old ; but I have sold a good 
many ram lambs that were used for sires 
when six to eight months old. From what 
1 have seen of their lambs I believe lambs 
from young sires are sure to be satisfactory. 
To prevent constipation I feed about one 
quart of turnips or carrots per head each 
day. A ram at six to eight months should 
not be bred to more than 20 or 30 ewes. 
Corry, Pa. JAS. M. COLEGROVE. 
Handle With Care.— Ram lambs of 
good size and constitution—say six to eight 
months old—are old enough to serve a flock 
of 40 to 60 ewes apiece, provided good care 
and judgment are exercised. The ram 
should be kept in a separate pen away from 
the ewes, and be given good, wholesome 
food, such as oats, bran and linseed meal. 
A common “teaser” ram should be put 
with the ewes, and those that are “in sea¬ 
son” only should be brought to the breed¬ 
ing ram, and be left witn him only until 
served once or twice. This will save the 
ram and his lambs will be strong and 
healthy. During the winter, if the sheep 
are not in pasture, I give them silage and 
bran. This has proved an excellent feed 
for breeding ewes, as well as lor young 
lambs. Before 1 began to feed silage, to 
prevent constipation 1 fed bran and linseed 
meal. T. 6. cooper. 
Coopersburg, Pa. 
Some Pig Facts. —I have found a crate 
made of basswood lumber the best for 
shipping pigs, because light and not liable 
to split from the use of nails. Mine are 
three inches longer, two higher and three 
wider than the exact measurement of the 
pigs to be shipped. In warm weather the 
animals are deprived of one meal just be¬ 
fore they are sent away. I find they keep 
cool on short green grass sprinkled with 
cold water in the bottom of the crates. 
For shipping long distances, ttiere is in 
each crate a light, chute set on end, and 
filled with shelled corn or oats, with a 
spring at the bottom large enough to allow 
a little grain to come out gradually, and 
directions at the top telling the railroad 
agent to pour on water. Thus food and 
drink are supplied. This year’s business 
to date has been better than that of former 
years. The demand was earlier. I slaughter 
or sell to feeders about one-fifth of my 
stock. My very best will breed 90 per cent, 
of animals of extra high merit. I have 
found no specific for hog cholera. I think 
good care is the “ounce of prevention” 
that is worth “10 pounds of cure.” Prob¬ 
ably no other domestic animal responds so 
readily to good care as the well-bred hog. 
Clermont, Indiana. T. M. REVEAL. 
Beef Business Will Boom.— W. A. Mc¬ 
Henry, a well-known breeder of Denison, 
Iowa, writes us as follows: “There is a 
good demand for registered Aberdeen- 
Angus males. I have sold all of my last 
year's crop. It is customary to sell them 
when a year old. My sales were confined 
to Iowa, Nebraska, Minnesota and Illinois. 
There seems to be a great desire among our 
cattle-breeders to get rid of the scrub and 
get cattle half the number of which will 
bring as much income as the whole herd 
did formerly. To illustrate this matter: I 
have sold males of my own raising during 
the pa«t year for $2,650, and at the present 
price it would take at least three car-loads 
of fat cattle to bring this amount. I have 
many reasons for believing that the cattle 
interests will soon revive. Many had been 
led to believe that all a man had to do was 
to buy a herd of cattle on the Western 
plams and he would get an income of 50 to 
75 per cent, on his money. Train-load alter 
train-load was purchased in Iowa, Minne 
sota, Illinois, Nebraska, etc., and shipped 
west. Cattle by the thousands were driven 
from Texas north, and the result was that 
the \\ estern ranches were literally covered 
with cattle. Prices of beef went down; 
stockmen became anxious to sell, and the 
markets have been flooded ever since. It 
is almost certain tnat this will not last 
much longer. For over a year breeding 
cows have been freely shipped to market 
from the West, and now there is a scarcity 
of two and three-year-old steers for the feed- 
yard, and such animals are commanding 
good figures. Another reason why beef 
will be Higher is that the price of corn has 
gone from 20 to 35 cents per bushel, and 
many of our feeders will not run the risk 
of feeding tnis high-priced corn unless beef 
should go up correspondingly.” 
Wisconsin Milk Inspectors.— Pi of. 
Henry in the Breeder’s Gazette, speaks of 
the advance Wisconsin is making in dairy¬ 
ing. He says:—“One most interesting line 
of invetigation is that of testing milk de¬ 
livered by patrons at cheese factories and 
creameries, ior the purpose of determining 
the percentage of fat. The surprise of the 
patrons as tbey drive up to the factory at 
finding a State officer waiting to open the 
cans and take samples can well be imagined, 
and the face * sicklied o’er with the pale 
cast of thought ’ of the man who ‘ skimmed 
off a little cream for his coffee’ that morn¬ 
ing is a tit suject for a sketch artist. 
Though Wisconsin patrons are as honest 
as any in the Union, nothing at the present 
time will be more beneficial to co-operative 
dairying than a little of this supervision so 
helpful to honesty.” 
A Hartford, Conn, man claims to have 
produced a mouse that will catch flies and 
eat them. He had better perfect the breed 
for sale. 
Shipping and Breeding Hogs.— For 
shipping pigs under 200 pounds’ weight I 
use three-quarter-inch pine for bottoms 
and ends, and half-inch by th v ee-inch, and 
half-inch by six-inch pine for side and top 
slats, with a half by three-inch strip up 
each side and across the top about oue- 
third of the way back from the head of the 
crate. And for a trough, 1 use a cleat two 
inches deep across the bottom, 10 or 12 
inches from the head. I have not had an 
accident in shipping in 10 years. During 
the past year 1 have not bred so many sows 
as in some former years ; but the quality 
has been good and the size of the litters 
a good general average. About weaning 
time 1 make a practice of disposing of any 
{Continued on next Paye.) 
$U$rcUanrou.$ guUTrtisinfl. 
If you name The R. N.-Y. to our adver¬ 
tisers you may be pretty sure of prompt 
replies and right treatment. 
/ 1 IIESIIIKKS FOR SALE.— 20 Sprint? pigs. In 
V_ pahs, 1101 akin, from S to 12 weeks old, cheap for 
nt-xt :i< days, 10 reduce stock ; Sows in farrow ; soar 
two years old. It. C Leghorns, fowls and chicks. 
HOMER J. BROWN, Hartford N. Y. 
/ i t ¥ / \ I / ’TI7T Jersey Cattle, Shropshire 
V-l 1 '/ 1 V J J gheep, Chester White 
Swine, Ucattle Doga— 
bred from grand stock. 
A No. 1 in all respects. I 
can please you. 
C. E. MORRISON, 
Londonderry, Pa 
POULTRYMEN! JSlSf,' tStSSfUS: 
free. P. A. \\ EUSI’ER, Ctzenovla, Y. 
n mil HI 011 MORPHINE HABIT Cured at Home. 
Hr Hill! Trial EREE. No pain Add. Compound 
U I IU III Oxygeu Association, Fort Wuyne, Ind. 
LINSEED OIL MEAL, 
For Feeding all Domestic Animals. 
Use with your other feed at least One- 
Third L,inseeil Oil Meal. 
Write us for Prices and other particulars, and 
mention the Rural New-Yorker. 
DETROIT LINSEED OIL CO., 
Detroit, Mich. 
University of the State of Hew York. 
AMERICAN 
VETERINARY COLLEGE, 
181) and l it West 54th St., New York City. 
SIXTEENTH ANNUAL SESSION 
Clruclarand information can be had on application to 
Dr. A. HALT \ HI). V. M.. Dean of the Faculty. 
NEW YC ttK COLLFOE OF 
Veterinary Surgeons 
Lectures will begin Octobo- 1,1890. For circular ad¬ 
dress Secretary. 382 East 27th Street, New York City. 
HQLSTEIN-FRIESIAN CATTLE 
DO YOU WANT THE BEST? 
1 non send fora Catalogue of the only 
herd in which 100 Cows have averaged 
19 lbs. and 18 have averaged 24 lbs. ol 
butter per week. In which 96 Cows 
have averaged 16,019 lbs. of milk per 
year. 
HORSES, 
Clydesdale, Percheron, French Coach, 
American-bred Coach, Standard-bred 
Trotters, of the best and most Popular 
Breeding. 
Also Berkshire and Cheshire Swine. 
Separate Catalogues of Horses and Cattle. Prices 
low for high quality of stock. (In writing mention 
this paper.) 
SMITHS, POWELL & LAMB 
SYRACUSE, A. Y. 
Oxford Down Sheep. 
Some very flue Buck Lambs and three imported 
yearling Bucks ; also a few Ewes for sale. Purely 
llock book bred. Price, $15 to $40 each. 
S. S. STREETER, Wcstbtiry, L. I., N. Y. 
P IGS, Chesters.Berkshlres, Polands. Fox Hounds, 
Beagles, Collies, Setters. W. GIBBONS X: CO., 
\Y est. Chester, Pa. Send stamp for Circular. 
Base, Comfort and. Thrift I 
THE BEST CATTLE FASTENING! 
SMITH’S SELF-ADJUSTING SWING STANCHION. 
t*f The only Iiraetlral String Stnnchion Invented. 
Thousands in use. Illustrated Circular free. Alen- 
tton Kurai, Nkw-Yorkk.r. 
F. G. PARSONS*CO.. Addisou.SteubenCO..N.Y. 
PURE BRED 
Suffolk Down Sheep. 
Three Buck Lambs, and two yearling Bucks (im¬ 
ported) for sale. Read article in Rural, of Jiiue 7. 
Price, $S0 to $40 each. Will show at State Fair. 
M. H. STREETER. 113 Hooper St., Brooklyn, N.Y. 
SHEEP SHROPSHIRE; LAMBS 
COTSWOLD. OXFORD DOWN AND MERINO. Bred 
from highest class prize winning stock. Lambs 
ready for shipping August I : also a few choice Rams 
and Ewes. 1, 2 and 3-year old, of all the above breeds. 
A number of prtze winners ready for shipment about 
the middle of October. 
YORKSHIRE PICS. 
JERSFY REDS, CHESTER W HITE, POLAND 
CHINAS, BERKSHIRE. Spring litters ready tor Im 
mediate shipment. Also several Rough Coated Scotch 
Collie Bitches, 1 to 2 years old. Write at once for 
prices. W. Atlee Burpee * Co., Philadelphia, 1’a. 
HOG CHOLERA AND SWINE PLAGUE 
PREVENTED 
and CURED. 
W* M, DOLE, 
7 1 Clinton Street, Boston, Mass. 
Particulars; 
and 
Information 
Free. 
AGENTS 
\VA IN' T K D. 
E COMING HOG. 
Not liable to Cholera. 
GROWTH. SPLENDID 
EXHIBITION. MOST 
FOR FOOD OON8UMFD 
WEIGHED 2800 LB8 
B. Sliver Co. Cleveland,0- 
J AKOJV ELLA 118, BOOK WALT E R, OHIO, has 
for stue Registered Berkshire Pigs and south- 
down Sheep that are first class. Reasonable prices. 
CHOICE 
YOUNG SMALL AND MEDIUM 
YORKSHIRE PIGS al reduced 
prices to make room. Address W. E. PENDLETON, 
Red House Farm, New London, Conn. 
E. WHEELEE, Chester white' 
ANDuTTK CHICKENS AND PEKIN 
mg slock for sale. 
SWINE, 
DUCKS. 
