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THE RURAL NEW-YORKER. 
May 16 
Fighting Canker Worms. 
W. E., Hkctor, N. Y.—Another way 
of fighting Canker worms which may be 
used by those that do not have spraying 
machines, is to mix thoroughly one part 
of soft soap and three parts of soft water, 
and apply with a swab on a pole to the 
nests, before they spread over the trees. 
An Imposition. 
S. B. L., Winfield, Kan. —I desire to 
give a warning against a cunning cheat 
devised to impose upon farmers. It is 
called the Anchor Electric Belt, and is 
represented to cure all manner of com¬ 
plaints by means of the electric current 
that it generates. But it is worthless, 
because it does not generate any more 
electricity than a piece of sole leather 
will. It is made of two wheels consist¬ 
ing of two plates of zinc and one of cop¬ 
per riveted together, and sewed on a 
calico belt. These wheels seem to be 
magnetized, so that they will influence 
the needle of a little compass that the 
peddler uses to prove that they gen¬ 
erate electricity. 
Thrashed Corn Fodder. 
II. S. K. B., Middlebury, Ind.—The 
R. N.-Y. for April 25, asks its readers to 
give their experience with shredded fod¬ 
der, how it kept, and the result of feed¬ 
ing it. I have had no experience with 
shredded fodder, but last fall I thrashed 
my fodder, which for all practical pur¬ 
poses, amounts to the same thing. I 
husked my corn by hand, and then had 
the fodder run through an old wheat 
separator. It was very dry when run 
through, and was stored in the mow. It 
kept nice and bright, and horses, cattle 
and sheep ate it with an apparent relish. 
I am just now feeding the last of it to 
the horses, giving it to them only at 
night. It is a cheap and satisfactory 
feed. I do not think that I shall ever 
feed whole fodder another winter. The 
thrashed fodder can be stored in about 
one-third the space it would occupy if 
left whole, a much larger portion of it is 
eaten by the stock, and what is not 
eaten is in a condition to make excellent 
bedding. Those farmers who have not 
yet used it, can well afford to give it a 
trial. 
The “ Good Roads ” Question. 
W. D. J., Austinburg, Pa.—M y atten¬ 
tion was called to an article in which 
this statement is made: “ At a meeting 
of the wheelmen in Baltimore a few 
weeks ago, the statement was made that 
16,000,000 dumb and patient horses were 
standing in the farm stables of America, 
waiting for the drying of the mud left 
as a legacy by the February freshet.” 
Well, suppose that they are “ patient¬ 
ly ” waiting ; haven’t they earned a rest ? 
Mine has, at least, and I know of others 
that have. Also the statement by “a 
well-known civil engineer.” He as¬ 
serted that a maximum load for two 
horses, on a sandy road, is 30 bushels of 
grain ; on so-called pike roads, 50 bushels 
could be drawn ; on macadam roads, 100 
bushels, while on the telford roads, 
200 bushels would not be an overload, 
and then adds, “Figures like these are 
suggestive in the extreme.” 
Well, they are very suggestive that he 
(the civil engineer) is not very well ac¬ 
quainted with the loads that can be 
drawn on “ dirt ” roads. Let me tell you 
what a little team (weight about 1,800 
pounds) of my neighbor does : They have 
drawn on so-called “ pike ” roads, a little 
more than 4,200 pounds of hay, a dis¬ 
tance of five miles. Mine has drawn \% 
ton a number of times, while I have seen 
teams bring to market four cords of 18- 
inch wood at a load. That is marketing 
our produce fast enough to suit us, and 
if the “ wheelmen ” want us to have bet¬ 
ter roads so that we can draw larger 
loads, let them “come down” with the 
cash to build them, and we won’t find 
any fault. But, so long as we have to 
foot the bills, we would like to have 
somewhat to say about it. Macadam 
roads are all very well; but by the time 
our horses have been driven on them a 
year or tvt o, there will hardly be any 
but lame ones. 
Some say, “ Never go to town without 
a load, and on macadam roads, you could 
draw five tons.” Yes, perhaps, but the 
“ good woman of the house,” wants to 
go to town to get a dress, bonnet, etc. 
What then? Take her on top of “five 
tons ” of produce ? Sometimes friends 
want us to take them to the station ; 
take them on top of a load of hay ? 
Hardly. Suppose that the State should 
build our roads ; it would make a chance 
for “ contractors,” and they would “ sub¬ 
let” the “jobs,” and there would be a 
great deal of money paid out and but a 
little road building. We have some 
specimens in our town road officers, that 
I would like to tell you about, but will 
forbear. But I meant to have said that 
the farmers would have it nearly all to 
pay. When city editors (I do not mean 
The R. N.-Y.), “ wheelmen,” civil engi¬ 
neers and the like, want us to have bet¬ 
ter roads bad enough to help bring 
about the compelling of capital to bear 
its just share of taxation, then we will 
meet them half way ; but until then, 
we would rather “jog” along on our 
“dirt” roads, than to have any more 
burdens in the line of taxation. 
Currant Culture. 
John Gould, Ohio.— For several years 
we have raised currants in a small way, 
and while making no pretensions to 
great merit in the matter, we think that 
we have pretty good luck at least. I am 
a strong believer in the mulch plan of 
growing them. Our currants, set nearly 
10 years ago, have never since the first 
year been hoed or cultivated, simply 
mulched so as to keep a thick matting 
of straw upon the ground, and, as fast 
as it gets thin, more is added. This de¬ 
caying straw is the only fertilizer they 
get, and more luxuriantly bearing bushes 
it would be hard to find. Once in a while 
a weed will show through the straw, 
but it is a brief life after that. The 
bushes are kept in shape so as not to be¬ 
come sprawling, and about all the labor 
that is involved is, now and then, a little 
hand work in pulling out a little Blue 
grass that will come up in close proxim¬ 
ity to them. We have very little trouble 
in regard to insects, the Currant worms 
being about the sole depredators. As 
soon as they appear, the bushes showing 
their presence are well dusted with old 
and very fine airslaked lime, in which a 
trace of sulphur has been mixed, and in 
five minutes not a worm can be found on 
the bushes. This is, we find, quite as 
effective as hellebore, is not poisonous, 
costs little, and between the lime and 
the sulphur, the leaves are benefited, 
and about all of the other “ enemies ” 
take their departure. One of the new 
dry-air guns is valuable in distributing 
the lime, and puts it on very nicely ; but, 
of course, it is not advisable to buy a 
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LARGEST CAPACITY. 
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\A by our line of 1, 2, 8 aud 4 horse tread powers. 
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MUCH POWER-3 Horse. 
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Gas and Gasoline Stationary Engines 
Gasoline Traction Engines 
Comb’d Engines & Pumps 
Gasoline Portable Engines 
Any place 
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Charter Gas Knglne Co. 
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larger. Corn and Feed Mills 
Hay Presses AWaterWheels 
DULOACH MILL MF3. CO.. Box 367. Atlanta. Ga 
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BUTLER’S BERRIES 
are true to name, fresh dug, reasonable 
in price, and Standard varieties. No 
Circus Poster , but honest descriptive 
list free. All fruits. 
G. 8. BUTLER, Box B, Cromwell. Conn 
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I A |k| 200 Choice Assorted Straw- 
IH I berry Plants, postpaid, for$l. 
W M. PERRY, Cool Spring, Del. 
Berry Baskets. 
Quarts, Shorts, Pints, Thirds, &c. 
Peach Baskets. 
Sizes, 2, 4, 6, 8, 10. 12, 14 
and 16 quarts. 
Grape Baskets. 
Sizes, 354, 5, 8, 10 and 
15 pounds. 
Peach Covers. 
Wood, burlap and cotton. 
BERRY, PEACH AND GRAPE CRATES. 
Crate stock and box shooks in all sizes, direct from 
the manufacturers. Special prices to dealers and car¬ 
load buyers. Write for catalogue. 
A. H. MONTAGUE & SON, 
Manufacturers and Agents, 
120 Warren St., New York City. 
FRUIT PACKAGES^" 
Also lteekeepers’ Supplies. 
Now is the time to order be¬ 
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Price list free. 
BERLIN FRUIT BOX CO., 
Berlin Heights, Erie Co.. Ohio. 
GRAPE AND PEAGH BASKETS, 
^ BERRY 
BOXES. 
Write 
for 
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and 
PriceB to 
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GRASS 
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Golden, Russian and Commoi 
Millet, Hungarian. Field Peas 
Crimson Clover, Onion Seed. 
Dwarf Essex Rape Seed, and 
all kinds of vegetable plants. 
Little Giant Seeders, Clipper 
Grain and Seed Cleaners, Bi 
cycles. Write for Seed Cata 
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TOLEDO, OHIO. 
PDIBICnil Pi HUED-Tb® largest handler 
unimoun ULUVCn of American-grown 
Crimson Clover 8eed in the United 8tates, is JOSEPH 
K. HOLLAND, Grower and Jobber. Milford, Del. 
Also, Cow Peas, Winter Oats. Timothy Seed, etc. 
PRIM^nN PI nVCO Thomas McElroy, Euro- 
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FOR SALE 
'—Early Amber Cane Seed, at 
GOc. per bushel; perfectly 
clean and pure; f. 0 . b. cars 
at Doniphan, Kan. Address 
C. D. BRENNER. Doniphan, Kan. 
Selected Seed Potatoes. 
Rural New-Yorker No. 2, 75 cents per barrel, f. o. b. 
WM. S. LAWRENCE, Moira, Franklin Co., N. Y. 
RooH Pnfptnoc _Carman No - h R - N - _Y No 2 - 
OCCU rUlQlUCo Owen Seedling, etc., at low 
prices. 
L. W. McELWAIN, Wilawana, Pa. 
CARMAN No. I. 
I paid Thorburn *26 per barrel; have never been 
sorry for they are grand in quality and production. I 
have a few barrels for sale at *2 f. o. b. 
C. A. SWEET, East Aurora, N. Y. 
WORLD’S FAIR DIPLOMA 
on collective exhibit of 12 varieties of potatoes, some 
of which yielded over 1,000 bushels per acre; the 
average was 490 bushels per acre of large, smooth 
and good flavored potatoes. It is therefore proven with¬ 
out a doubt that our elevation and soil are superior 
to anything In the United States for the growth of 
hardy and vigorous seed. Prices: R. N.-Y. No. 2 and 
Potentate, per bush., 50c.; bbl.,$1.50. Mt. Carbon, per 
bush..*l; bbl., *2.50; 10 bbl.. $2. Rutland Rose and 
White Mountain, per bubh.,*1.50. Seed limited. Our 
Flarly Siberian Oats are new and direct from the 
international Seed Co. The heads are from 10 to 18 
Inches long, with three oats in a chaff, shuck thin, 
berry large. Mr. B. Truax, of Ohittenango Station, 
harvested 108 busbels of these oats from two bushels 
Of seed. Price, $1 per bush.. 60 bush., 85c. Address 
HOWARD LOUCKS SEED CO., Chittenango, N. Y. 
for four bbis. 
$ 1.50 abw $ 5,00 
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EARLY NORTHER SEED POTATOES. 
All warranted true to name, and grown on our rugged 
slate land in Sullivan County, where the best quality 
of potatoes In the world are grown. Kept in ground 
pits all winter, they are in best possible vigor for 
seed. Orders mav be sent to The Rural New- 
Yorker or to GROTTO FARM, Mongaup Valley, 
Sullivan County, N Y. 
Strong, Vigorous Berry Plants 
are grown on my soil. ALL KINDS. BE3T VARIE¬ 
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WALTER F. TABER. 
Lakeview Fruit Farm, Poughkeepsie, N. Y. 
CHEAP VEGETABLE PLANTS. 
CABBAGE, CAULIFLOWER, TOMATO, CELERY, 
EGG PLANT, PEPPER PLANTS. All good varieties. 
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Freestone PEACH 
Ripening with Amsden. 
Ool’d plates of 3 new fruits and on# 
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he Latest 
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Freestone PEACH. 
Send 10c. for catalog describing the 
wonderful Mercer Cherry and recei' 
