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THE RURAL NEW-YORKER 
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FARMERS’ CLUB DISCUSSION . 
(continued.) 
referring to this subject, is the lack of 
knowledge regarding this plant by the 
people east of the Mississippi. It has 
already notably lessened the consump¬ 
tion of corn in the West, and will con¬ 
tinue to do so to a greater extent in the 
future. 
Cows, at this writing, fed corn fodder 
of a morning, out all day and stabled at 
night, with all the Alfalfa they can eat, 
look as well in flesh as when on grass, 
and give from one-half to three-fourths 
as much milk per day as when on the 
best of pasture ; not a mouthful of chop 
feed or grain of any kind has been fed 
this winter. For horses, it is excellent 
if fed moderately ; oat straw or hay at 
night, with this through the day, accord¬ 
ing to the needs of the animal, give ex¬ 
cellent results. If worked moderately, 
no grain is needed. Fed alone and too 
freely, it is too laxative in its effects. 
A horse will turn from the best of oats 
for a nip of this, when placed within his 
reach. 
An acre of ground made rich adjoining 
the stable, to be mown with the scythe 
and fed green, gives wonderful results, 
and is better than the interest of a few 
hundred dollars in the bank. It is rather 
delicate the first year, and needs ground 
free from weeds, and especially foxtail 
and other grasses, and needs clipping or 
cutting, according to the season and 
growth, at least two or three times the 
first year. Fifteen pounds of good seed, 
evenly sowed and lightly harrowed in, 
are sufficient for one acre. The gi-ound 
should be plowed in the fall or early 
spring, and harrowed well two or three 
times to settle it; a roller or slab com¬ 
pletes the job. Sow about the time of 
good corn-planting weather, or about 
the time of the last-looked-for frost. 
Choice Standard and New varieties grown and stored 
in the Cold Northwest. Send for handsome 
Illustrated Catalogue, containing article de¬ 
scribing method of raisingand handling. Small ship¬ 
ments at car-load freight rates. Samples free. 
E. W ALLEN, Wolverton. Wilkin County, Minn 
POTATOES -WE 
Largest growers of POTATOES for Seed In 
America. The “Rural New* Yorker” given Sal- 
ser’a Early Wlucoiitrin a yield of 78<» bunlieln 
per acre. Price* dirt cheap. Our great Seed 
Hook, 148 pagenand sample 14-Day Kadlsh for 
6c.postage, JOHN A. SALZKR SB1I) CO., LaCrosse, TVIs. 
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Bargain Sale of Seeds, 
POTATOES. 
Selected Tubers: Hebrons, Freemans. Rurals. Most 
excellent seed I ever offered. Lowest in price. Cor¬ 
rosive-sublimate treated, to protect crop from scab. 
May plant safely in diseased soil, or use barnyard 
manure. Also, 
CHOICE WHITE MAINE SEED OATS. 
This variety never fails. Does well on wet, dry 
high or low lauds. Heavyweight; large yield. 
Address MAHLON SAGEK, Orangeville, Pa. 
IT’S A GREAT POTATO 
That outyields the Sir William, Carman No. 1, Rural 
No. 2. American Wonder, and half a hundred others 
Wise’s Seedling did it at the Ohio Experiment Station. 
Ail the above varieties and many others for sale t 
popular prices. Lincoln Oats and White Cap Corn. 
Send your own and neighbors’ names for free cata¬ 
logue. J. M. FLUKE. Box 32, Nankin, O. 
Seed Potatoes 
Seed Oats 
We have a small sur¬ 
plus of Carman No. 1 
and No. 3. Will be sold 
cheap to close out. 
Also, a nice lot of White Plume 
Oats weighing i2 lbs per bush. 
Prices right M. GARltAHAN, 
Kingston, Pa. 
CARMAN No. I. 
A fine stock of this grand potato. Prices reduced. 
Circulars free. Dr. JABEZ FISHER, Fitchburg,Mass 
A “ Mortgage Lifter” and Five-Cent Potatoes. 
M. W. H., Gloversville, N. Y.—I t 
like G. R., do not like the five-cent 
potato statements, and cannot believe it 
truth. I cannot grow them for less than 
five times five cents. I think it worth 
five cents a bushel to draw from the 
field and deliver to customers. I want 
something for my labor, and when I 
hire a man to work for me, I want to 
give him living wages. I have used a 
narrow on corn and potatoes, and now 
have a one-horse weeder. The trouble 
is with the weeds that grow in the hill, 
after the potatoes are too large to use a 
weeder, and then we must weed by hand 
and hoe to do justice to the crop. 
I think that The R. N.-Y. is a better 
paper for the money than it was 5 or 25 
years ago, and like it as well as, or bet¬ 
ter than, any other farm paper that 
comes to me, and I receive seven of 
them ; hut such statements seem to me 
to he the chaff of the paper, more 
or less of which is expected. We farm¬ 
ers must sift the grain from the chaff, 
and then we shall get many times our 
money’s worth. This potato statement 
is somewhat like the statements of mort¬ 
gage lifters printed in some papers; 
while they are telling the story, they 
want to make it as startling as possible. 
Being a mortgage lifter myself, and 
having done extra well with a run down 
farm (in the estimation of the people of 
these parts), and a small capital, and 
having grown potatoes in many different 
ways, plowing under in every third fur¬ 
row, in hills, in drills, in shallow and 
deep furrows, I ought to know some¬ 
thing about the above subjects. Butmy 
story would be tame compared with the 
statements mentioned, and I, like many 
others never heard from, shall plod along 
and in the end, be there just the same, 
and, perhaps, make as much or more 
money from our poor eastern farms as 
those of the West on their rich farms 
raising five or ten-cent potatoes. 
A POTATO WORTH MENTIONING. 
The “ Early Favorite,” brought out by 
W. L. McKay, of Geneva, N. Y., has 
made a great record for ’95, 720 bushels 
per acre. Fifteen separate yields, scat¬ 
tered over fourteen counties and seven 
States, averaged 454 bushels per acre. 
These are reported by farmers, and not 
fancy experimenters. We understand 
that the seed of this enormous yielder 
can be had at a reasonable price from 
Mr. McKay.— Adv. 
Carman No. I Potatoes $1 per bushel; S3.50 
per barrel. E. M. WOOD, North Madison, lnd. 
Perfect Seed Potatoes^NT^e^' wrR; 
for prices. G. A. PARCELL, Wilawana, Pa. 
P0T4T0r^“ Q " ality and yleld back of our potatoes 
rUlnlULvJ They are clean, healthy and vigorous. 
The better varieties at ve.ry reasonanle prices. Send 
for list. E. Manchester & Sons, West Wlnsted, Conn. 
Seed Potatoes. 
ED S HILL, 
PERUY1LLE, 
Tompkins Co., N. Y. 
* 
Carman No. I 
(Thorburn Stock). $2.50 per 
barrel; 90 cents per bushel; 
six pounds postpaid $1. Carman No. 3, $0 per barrel: 
live pounds, $1. Also, Moonlight and Shuleys No. 7 
(new;. Price list free. 
A. E. JANSEN, New Paltz, N. Y. 
Carman Seed Potatoes (Thorburn 
stock), It. N.-Y. No. 2 and Sir William. Costs less to 
grow in Wisconsin. We sell accordingly. Write for 
prices. FRASER BROS..Vernon.Waukesha Co..\Vls. 
Carman No. I Potatoes. 
#3 per barrel. Barrel lots only. 
T. GREINER. La Salle. N. Y. 
Vineland Sweet Potatoes three bushel bbl. 
Cash with order. F. S. NEWCOMB, Vineland, N. J. 
Vineless or Bunch SWEET POTATOES 
Genuine, white and yellow. Tubers and plants. Send 2c 
stamp for particulars to original introducer & grower. 
G. CAMERER, Box 72, North Madison, Jeff. Co., Ind 
SEEDS 
All Varieties. 
Catalogues FREE 
j-chas,McCullough 
Second A Walnut Sts. 
CINCINNATI,OHIO. 
oDiucnu ni nucD _TheiarKcstha,u,ler 
U It I III wUII ULUfI.ll Of American-grown 
Crimson Clover Seed In the United States, is JOSEPH 
E. HOLLAND, Grower and Jobber. Milford, Del. 
Also, Cow Peas, Winter Oats. Timothy Seed, etc. 
PDIUCDM HI (WILD Thomas McElroy, Euro- 
unllYluUri ULUVCn pean Seed Commission 
Merchant, Mercantile Exchange Building, Harrison 
St., N.Y. Continues the largest importer of fine grade 
Crimson Clover in the U. S. Prices to dealers only. 
Mammoth Pumpkin Seeds 
For the last four years I have been raising Mam¬ 
moth Pumpkins. I find them very valuable for feed¬ 
ing hogs and cattle; also excellent for pies. My 
pumpkins are a surprise to all who see them; ordi¬ 
nary ones in general crop weigh from 60 to 90 pounds 
and very oftemconsiderably over 100 pounds. Price 
of seed, per packet of 75 seeds, only 10 cents; three 
for 25 cents. Address 
C. C. ASFOHL, P. O. Box 358, Riceville, Iowa. 
CARMAN No. I, LV; 
Carman No. 3, $7 per barrel. Great Divide and 
Maggie Murphy. $2 per barrel. Freeman. World's 
r air, Irish Daisy. Early Puritan and Vaughan. $1.50 
per barrel. 100-Day Bristol Corn. $1 per bushel. 
Barrels and bags free. 
MONROE SEED CO., Rochester. N. Y. 
References.—Bank of Monroe. Rochester, N. Y.; 
Fourth National Bank. New York City. 
Carman Seed Potatoes. 
No. 1, 800 bushels (Livingston’s stock). $1.25 per 
bushel; Carman No. 3 (Thorburn stock). $3; Banner, 
World’s Fair, $1. All seeds kept true to name. 
Packages free. WM. H. RUSSELL. Pine City. Minn. 
Choice Seed Potatoes. 
Daisy, etc. All choice varieties, tine samples, extra 
quality and Northern grown, at rock bottom prices. 
Special discount on 5 and 10 bushel lots. No cata¬ 
logue. Limited amount. Write for prices. 
L. HINMAN, Neenah. Wis. 
POTATOES 
FOR SAL E.—Carman 
No. 1. 25c. per lb., three 
lbs., 50c.; No. 3. 30c. per 
_ lb., three pounds. 60c.; 
Adirondac (Wilson's), Great Divide (Burpee’s), three 
lbs.,50c.; Freeman. Late Burbank, three lbs, 40c., 
all prepaid. CHAS. C. FITCH. West Groton. N. Y. 
Send for our 1896 Catalogue of Northern Grown 
SEED POTATOES. 
Catalogue I Prices Reduced to I AGENTS 
FREE. I suit the times. | WANTED. 
HOOKER, GROVER & CO. 
j men, Rochester. N. Y. 
LUO 
Z NU-UHUK SttU PUTATUES returns 
Hebron, N. Queen, Thorburn. Puritan, Early 
Norther. Rose, Freeman, Burpee’s Extra Early. 
Free Pamphlet. JQHN C. PEARCE & CO., 
404 West Main Street, Louisville, Ky. 
These superior 
fertilizers com¬ 
mand the largest 
sale of any ferti¬ 
lizers in the world, 
because they are 
prepared from the 
choicest materials 
money can buy, 
and always give 
perfect satisfac¬ 
tion. Give them a 
trial this year. 
Bradley Fertilizer Co., Boston, 
Rochester, N.Y., Cleveland, O. 
Carman No. I 
POTATOES FOR 8AL15. New 
Salz.er's Earliest and Lightning Express $1.50 per sack. 
Rural New-Yorker No. 2, Freeman. Early Sunrise, $1, 
and White Star. 85 cents. C. A. LULL, Ellis, N. Y. 
Seed Potatoes 
Empire State Seed Potatoes, 
for sale at $2 per barrel; 
choice stock. 
D. J. SHANAHAN, Fallston, Md. 
SEED POTATOES. 
Carman No. 1. $1; Carman No. 3. $2 per bushel 
(Thorburn Stock). Livingston Banner, per bushel, 
$1, from A. W. Livingston's Son’s stock. 
C. Z. MURDOCK, Meriden, Conn. 
NK ^E^ rK - SEED POTATOES. 
William Very productive. The best 
Oil VV llllalli. main-cropper on the market. 
Rltrr’Q No 1 A new early seedling. It’s a 
Dull o I'U. 1. thoroughbred, and bred for 
business. My illustrated booklet tells the story. 
It’s free; write for it. It. D. Burr, Gloversville,N.Y. 
THE SEED THAT GROWS 
Michigan New 
Muck Band 
SEED POTATOES 
THE 
Aroostook 
County,Maine 
SEED POTATOES 
All of the good NEW and the STAND A RD varieties. 
Don’t pay for flowing catalogues, but buy the best 
PURE SEED POTATOES of us at fair prices. De¬ 
scriptive circular mailed free. 
WM. S. SWEET & SON, Providence, R. I. 
ARE ALWAYS THE BEST. 
One hundred best varieties. Choice sorts, $1.50 per 
barrel. Early Michigan, best extra early. Carman 
No. 3, best late potato grown. My Northern-grown 
pedigree seeds are guaranteed the best. Michigan 
Wonder Oat. the ’96 novelty. Seed Corn, Clover, etc., 
at lowest prices. 40-page Catalogue and new book. 
“ Potato Culture in a Nutshell,” free. Read it before 
ordering your seeds. Address (~ ' i ' 
HARRY N. HAMMOND. Seedsman. Decatur. Mich. 
CUBAN GIANT. 
PERFECT FODDER AND ENSILAGE CORN. 
From 10 to 12 days the Earliest and will produce and ripen more ears of solid corn than any 
other variety. Grows from three to live ears on each stalk. Grains pure white, very large, broad and long, 
and of stronger vitality than any other variety in cultivation. It is the best milk producer of ail the 
Held ensilage corns, being most as sweet and tender as sugar corn. Will crop from 50 to 70 tons per acre. 
Send 10 cents in silver or postage for large packet, and examine the corn for yourself.uMy 1896 Seed 
Annual, free to all. contains full description. 
Prices, by express or freight, one-half peck, 35 cents; peck, 50 cents; bushel, $1.50. Write for prices on 
larger amounts, state quantity wanted. Stock limited. 
A®" Get my .Special Wholesale Prices on Seeds of all Kinds before you Buy. “SH 
FRANK H. BATTLES, ROCHESTER, N. Y 15 ( ' R °gakden Yeel>« A N 1 ) 
JERRARD'S SEED POTATOES 
[ are always THE BEST. Grown from pedigree seed in the 
new lands of the cold North-East, they yield Earliest and 
largest crops in every climate. 
JERRARD’S NORTHERN SEEDS ^ 
produce earlier vegetables thari’any other on earth. 
% OUR NEW ILLUSTRATED CATALOGUE MAILED FREE. Address 
' The George W. P. jerrard Co.. Caribou. Maine. 
u 
We Grow Potatoes 
for seed — that’s our business. We must have the latest and 
best varieties. We reject all ordinary new seedlings, and 
select the best tubers of the best varieties, cultivating these 
with greatest care; then selecting and sorting again, just as 
a careful breeder does in breeding fine stock. This is why 
our selections are known as Dibble’s 
“ Blooded Seeds.” 
You get varieties true to name when you order from us. 
We make a point of it. Are you sure of the varieties when 
you buy of a dealer who does not know one variety from 
another himself. We are the largest growers of Farm Seeds 
in this country. 
Our catalogue is free. Send your address for it. 
EDWARD F. DIBBLE SEED CO., Honeoye Falls, New York. 
