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THE RURAL NEW-YORKER 
NOV. 8 
‘Rough on Rogues.' 
LOOKOUT 
ALMANAC 
LOOKING OUT FOR NUMBER ONE. 
NOVEMBER 
10 . 
Look out for fraudulent fertiliz¬ 
ers. A patent has just been 
issued to a Philadelphia man for 
a fertilizer composed of “caustic lime, 
gypsum, rotten-rock, common bog, sulphate 
of iron, salt and water.” Doubtless this 
will have a fine sale under some stirring 
name until the chemists get a chance to 
analyze it. Even then the farmers who do 
not believe in “ book farming ” will spend 
their hard-earned money for it I Such 
money comes hard but goes easily. Look 
out that you do not ridicule “ science ” and 
then turn about and do things that are 
founded on correct scientific principles. A 
farmer in the South had a lot to say about 
the “ bosh ”. of scientific writers who 
talked about “green manuring,” “plants 
drawing nitrogen from the air,” etc., etc. 
Then he went on to tell how he grew big 
crops of corn. He drilled in the corn in 
rows five feet apart, and put what manure 
he had right in the drills. Half way be¬ 
tween the corn rows he sowed a narrow 
strip of cow peas. These cow peas were 
plowed right under and the next year the 
corn was planted where the peas had 
grown, while another strip of peas took the 
place of the corn, the manure going into 
the drills as before. That man was a 
scientist, only he did not know it. There 
are two lessons to be taken from this: 
One is for you “practical” people,—do not 
sneer too much at “ science.” The other is 
for your “scientific” friends,—talk prim¬ 
er I Be so clear that people cannot help 
following you. 
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TDPSdUV kook out that you recognize the 
3 fact that it is your duty to 
^ ^ • make a 
out of whatever you undertake. A howl¬ 
ing success is one that is so full of the good 
things that naturally follow successful 
efforts that it is absolutely obliged to howl 
in order to be comfortable. Try to make 
your work successful by staying by it with 
all the energy, strength and thought you 
can muster. Young man, do you realize 
that a day now will count for more than 
five days will after you are 45 ? 
♦ 
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Wednesday kook out f° r “lottery bonds.” 
^ These bonds are issued by 
small European governments, 
like Servia, Roumania and Bulgaria Tney 
are supposed to pay six per cent, interest, 
but only three per cent, will be paid when 
the coupons are presented. The other three 
per cent, goes into a fund for a lottery 
drawing in which bondholders alone partic¬ 
ipate. Many people of foreign birth buy 
these bonds and show a surprising foolish¬ 
ness by so doing. Let them alone. Look 
out for your sales of opiates, you druggists. 
You are not justified in trying to increase 
your sales of opium, morphine, chloral and 
cocaine. You are guilty of a detestable 
crime when you seek to “ build up a trade” 
in these drugs. It is a shame that compe¬ 
tition should have so reduced their prices. 
Think of competing for such an accursed 
trade as this I Look out for the man who 
tries to increase his trade in opiates. He 
is worse than the slave to these drugs. 
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Thursday k°°k out f° r “The Sparta Nur- 
3 serymen,” a firm in Wisconsin 
13 1 claiming to sell genuine Wiscon¬ 
sin-grown trees. The Prairie Farmer gives 
strong evidence to show that these parties 
are frauds. They do not grow 'heir own 
trees at all, but ship trees in 'rora Ohio and 
other States where they are probably bought 
as culls. Wandering tree peddlers are now 
abroad with their wonderful “specimens.” 
Look out for the frauds among them. * * * 
Look out for adulterated cattle foods. 
Prof. W. A. Henry shows up a new means 
of adulterating mill feed: oat hulls, which 
sell at about $7 per ton, are mixed with 
ground grain—corn and-cob meal, for exam¬ 
ple,and sold as a mixture of oats and ground 
feed. The customer sees the hard oat hulls 
in it and thinks of course there must be oat¬ 
meal there too. This is on the same prin¬ 
ciple that the city “ lemonade” man mixes 
tartaric acid and water and then puts a piece 
of lemon peel in the glass. * * * Look out 
for cheap tin-ware. Do not depend upon 
the ragman for your milk pans and pails. 
Get good, heavy tin, no matter if you have 
to pay more for it. 
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Friday Look out that you do not let prej- 
3 udice ride necessity to death. An 
1 4* excellent illustration of the folly 
of local prejudice is found in the following 
quotation from the Florida Dispatch. 
“ Our sturdy Anglo-Saxon race, which 
despises all others, is very apt to look with 
contempt upon anything eaten by ‘greasers’ 
and ‘ nitrgers.’ That, we apprehend, is one 
trouble with cassava. The idea of digging 
and eating roots is looked upon with dis¬ 
favor. The potato has been so many years 
in use that we have ceased to think of its 
origin. A cassava root cut into convenient 
pieces, well boiled, peeled, mashed and 
seasoned with butter, salt and pepper, 
would not by very many people be distin¬ 
guished from that universally popular 
dish, mashed Irish potato. We can testify 
to this fact personally, but it will doubtless 
be many years before a root eaten by 
* greasers ’ will be found often on an Amer¬ 
ican gentleman’s table.” As our readers 
have been told, the cassava root is exceed¬ 
ingly nutritious and palatable, besides be¬ 
ing a very heavy cropper. And yet, 
“ American gentlemen ” will not eat it be¬ 
cause “ niggers ” were first to dis°over its 
good qualities. What a boon this food 
would be to the poor in our great cities—if 
they would eat it! This is a strange world. 
There are lots of the “ McAllister 400 ” who 
seem to forget that their ancestors were 
glad to saw wood and wash clothes for a 
living. 
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SltUrdiLV E- Itelaud. President of 
* the U. S. Pure Milk Company, 
*0* is in trouble. He was arrested 
last week for cheating t he secretary of the 
company. He claimed to have some secret 
process for sterilizing milk, and showed 
some affidavits from prominent chemists to 
prove that his system was very valuable. 
It was found that these affidavits were 
forgeries, and that the fellow had no secret 
at all. We speak of this because we learn 
that a number of sharpers are getting ready 
to sell a “right” to a patent process for 
sterilizing milk. We say to all our friends, 
let them alone. At the suggestion of The 
R. N.-Y. some of our experiment stations 
are making experiments in this line which 
will tell the whole story. Wait for it 1 
Poultry Yard. 
Clean the coops. 
Wyandottes will not wander. 
Most poultry houses are too small. 
Who have fed cotton seed meal to hens ? 
Bantam eggs are “ condensed richness.” 
Never expect firstclass layers from 
Dorking crosses. 
Why do poultry seem to prefer corn to 
any other grain ? 
How do you store cabbages for winter 
eating for the hens ? 
Plaster, carbolic acid and kerosene are 
good for the chicken house. 
Brown eggs for winter. Breeds that lay 
white eggs do best work in spring and 
summer. 
White Wyandottes breed remarkably 
true considering the fact that the “ origi¬ 
nals ” or sports from the laced breed are but 
two or three generations removed. It is 
claimed, with good reason, that many 
White Wyandottes contain White Leghorn 
blood. 
How many useless roosters are you going 
to winter ? You can safely get rid of half 
a dozen or more, the number depending on 
the size of your flock. Other folks who 
own poultry feel the same way, conse¬ 
quently this is a good time to buy a well- 
bred bird. 
The latest hen theory is that it is a good 
plan to have a few persistent old sitters 
among a flock of laying hens. The point is 
that the laying hens see their broody 
sifters so patiently waiting for a family 
and are so moved to compassion that they 
lay extra eggs in order to help them out I 
A specialist in breeding poultry is as sure 
to lead as the manufacturer who devotes 
his entire time and attention to a certain 
grade of goods or articles he manufactures. 
The time is certainly passing when the 
person who breeds several kinds of poultry 
will have the confidence placed in the purity 
of his breeds the specialist has. 
A. S. F. LYONS. 
A WRITER in the Florida Agriculturist 
fed too much corn until his hens were too 
fat. In that hot country apoplexy re¬ 
sulted He says: “ Many times since then 
I have saved the lives of over fat hens by a 
simple operation. When the bird falls, 
take a sharp-pointed knife or lancet, raise 
the wing and you will observe a large vein, 
make a small puncture and let it bleed 
well, and you will be surprised how soon 
that fowl will be scratching about as if 
nothing had occurred. 
Volcanoes as Incubators.— The United 
States revenue cutter Rush, has just 
reached San Francisco from an Alaskan 
trip. The officers paid a visit to the island 
of Bogoslov. This is a volcanic island with 
two huge craters, from which issue steam 
aud clouds of sulphur smoke. The officers 
ascended to the crater and state that one 
of the most novel discoveries in connection 
with the ascent was that the ocean birds 
used the volcano island as a natural incu¬ 
bator for their young. Thousand of gulls 
flew away at the approach of the Rush. 
They left behind them, along the sides of 
the volcano, eggs in all stages of develop¬ 
ment. 
Denmark exports about $1,275,000 worth 
of eggs annually. Most of them go to Eng¬ 
land, while a few in former years came to 
this country. The McKinley Bill will 
probably stop any further importations. 
The English market demands large eggs— 
2% pounds per score being the lowest 
weight allowable for first-class prices. The 
Danes are very careful farmers and are 
now devoting their attention to the im¬ 
provement of their present breeds, with a 
view to the production of larger eggs. Gotd 
specimens of the Italian and Spanish breeds 
are being imported, and careful experi¬ 
ments in crossing will be made at the agri¬ 
cultural colleges. 
“ The Best Breed.” —The answer to 
the question what breed has done 
most to improve poultry generally, is 
largely a matter of opinion; yet one may 
use his eyes to advantage in seeing what 
his neighbors do. Wherever I have seen 
any seemingly purebred poultry on the 
farm or elsewhere, I have taken pains to 
notice what strain or family was most gen¬ 
erally found, and so far the Plymouth Rock 
far outnumbers any other. My own choice 
rather halts between the Houdans and 
Plymouth Rocks; but I have seen but few 
Houdans on the farm, possibly because their 
virtues are not so well known. They are 
good layers of large, white eggs, and on 
the table are hard to beat. F. M. CARRYL. 
The importance of providing some “green 
food” for the hens in winter cannot be 
overestimated. A Florida man tells in a 
recent issue of the Fruit Grower how he 
feeds Crab Grass. He says: “ I cut and 
feed nearly, or quite, two bushels of it every 
day : by running it through my cutter the 
second time 1 get it nearly as fine as bran. 
This quantity mixed with 24 quarts of 
wheat bran, 14 quarts of ground grain and 
10 pounds of desiccated fish will make an 
evening meal for 500 fowls. I thoroughly 
mix it all with boilin water early in the 
morning, then feed at 4 30 p m.” Clover hay 
is excellent for this purpose. A clover cut¬ 
ter—a little implement designed especially 
for chopping up hay or grass for poultry 
—is made by P. A. Webster, Cazenovia, 
N. Y. 
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