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THE RURAL NEW-YORKER 
August 1 
“ON TIME." 
Many of our friends have been having 
exciting experience with the army worm 
during the past few weeks. This pest 
suddenly appeared on thousands of 
farms, and began its disastrous work 
without warning. Here was a new peril, 
and one that called for immediate action. 
No wonder these farmers were eager for 
true information about this worm. They 
went to all the friends they could think 
of, and many of them went straight to 
The It. N.-Y. One of our people was 
visiting in the country when a farmer 
came in with a sad story about a worm 
that was eating up his corn—he brought 
a specimen of the corn with nim. Within 
a few hours, that specimen was on the 
way to Prof. Slingerland, and last week 
we had a photograph of it—the most 
life-like picture of the army worm that 
has ever been printed. Before that 
picture and article were printed in the 
paper, we began to mail copies to people 
who wrote asking how to fight this ter¬ 
rible pest. And now, let us continue the 
story by reading this note from one of 
these men. When he first wrote, the 
worms were in the oats, and the day he 
wrote us, he cut the oats down : 
FIGHTING THE WORMS. 
As soon as we got your slip, we put the team on 
the plow and plowed a furrow around the oats, 
turning it in towards them; then, with shovels, 
we made the out or land side smooth, and as the 
oats are on flat, sandy land, with no stones, it 
was not much of a job. Now didn’t we just trap 
those worms! Not another one got in the corn, 
and as we have a nice flock of those S. C. Brown 
Leghorns, we got them on that field of oats as 
soon as we could, and they had a great feast. 
On Friday and Saturday, we drew the straw off 
the ground, and there was hardly an oat left on 
it, and in some places, the straw was badly eaten. 
On Saturday, we could find but few worms alive, 
but there were plenty of dead ones where the 
hens had not been. By looking close, we found a 
good many in the pupa state; can’t we destroy 
the most of these by plowing the ground quite 
deep at once, or will they come out ? I would 
like to seed the ground this fall, as the worms 
have eaten up all the seeding, and there was a 
nice catch. I suppose that they were working in 
the seeding a long time before we noticed them. 
If it had not been for the prompt reply of Tub R. 
N.-Y. I would have lost my corn, and as our hay 
crop is very short, would have had to sell our 
cows. As we make winter milk, we would have 
been out of pocket several hundred dollars. 
LaPlume, Pa. K. a. b. 
We are glad that we were able to 
render such prompt assistance. Advice 
must be given, and work must be done 
on time, or the true flavor is sure to get 
out of it. The results of a failure to do 
things on time are very evident all 
about us. Here is one of them : 
PANIC GRASS. 
Just a word of caution to those who intend to 
experiment with Panic grass as a forage crop. I 
have grown three varieties of it, and find it excel¬ 
lent in every way, yielding immense crops, and 
thriving on rather poor soli. But be sure you cut 
it early! If the seed has formed, it will succeed 
in ripening a portion, and itself seeds with great 
freedom. With a good crop of seed once in the 
soil, one will have all the Panic grass he cares 
for, for a good many years. It especially delights 
to creep slyly into a corn or potato field after the 
last cultivation, and in a surprisingly short time, 
it will take possession. I saw a man one day 
gazing earnestly at what I supposed was an 
extra fine field of millet. I remarked to him, 
“That’s the best millet I have seen this year.” 
No smile rose to his features, but without turn¬ 
ing his head, he solemnly replied, “ Them's my 
raters!" c. p. a. 
You see the point! This man got be¬ 
hind, and that grass formed seed. The 
grass crop was a line one, but what about 
the potatoes ? The business of The R. 
N.-Y. is to get in ahead with facts and 
information about worms, weeds or any¬ 
thing else that might go to seed and 
make trouble in your house or field. 
Lots of your friends or neighbors are 
working with ideas, methods and tools 
that have gone to seed, and which will 
turn their potatoes into grass if they do 
not cut down at once. The R. N.-Y. is 
the scythe with which to do this work ! 
It costs only $1 per year ! We look to 
you for a new subscriber this fall ! 
Don’t let us look in vain ! 
CONDENSED COHRESPONDENCE. 
From Vermont.— The Cabbage-root maggot is 
making some unpleasant inroads upon our cab¬ 
bages, cauliflowers and broccoli, especially the 
latter. The first intimation of its presence is the 
wilting of the infested plants in the hot sun. 
After this, the damage is rapidly finished, and 
the plant usually soon dies. Mr. Slingerland has 
recently published an exhaustive bulletin on this 
subject from the Cornell Experiment Station. 
Burlington. f. a. w. 
Lackawanna County, Pa.— The weather for the 
last few weeks, has been just suited to the buck¬ 
wheat crop, and I never saw it make a better 
growth; present indications are that it will be a 
big crop. Corn looks fair where planted early. 
Potatoes are few in a hill, and small; will not 
yield ooe-half of what they did last year. Apples 
promise an enormous crop; if they yield all over 
as they have here, they won’t be worth picking. 
E. P. B. 
Tub Carman No. 3 Potato. —The half of a Car¬ 
man No. 3 potato received from The R. N.-Y. in 
April, was planted in the garden May 20. I cut 
to five single-eye pieces. They received common 
garden culture, aud are just three feet two inches 
high (July 14). I thought that they would do 
better with tops erect, so I have twined them as I 
sometimes do peas. The blossom buds are begin¬ 
ning to show, and cultivation will cease ; but I 
shall mulch them heavily to-day with coarse 
horse manure. I shall write you again whan I 
dig them. Any farmer with The R. N.-Y’. and 
Farm Journal in his home, cannot be a good 
business man if he does not make a success of 
farming. They are two good ones. o. K. H. 
Layton, N. J. 
New Varieties of Small Fruits —Golden May¬ 
berry.—This highly lauded and advertised novelty 
is not worth space on any one’s ground north of 
the orange belt. Its defects are that it starts to 
bloom so early that the frost is sure to kill the 
blossoms. It would be productive enough, as it 
sends out a s ogle bloom in the axil of each leaf, 
and a 1 ; e bush would aggregate a large amount 
of f Uit. The bush is hardy here. 
The Logan Raspberry-Blackberry.—My advice 
to those that have it is to propagate all you can, 
as it is a grand acquisition—a red blackberry 
with red raspberry flavor, large as Snyder black¬ 
berry and very productive. It will make a good 
shipper, comes in about the middle of the straw¬ 
berry season, and its appearance will surely 
command fancy prices. Bush hardy, vigorous 
grower on our thin soil, and I am sure that it will 
displace all other early raspberries now on the 
market. J. c. b. 
Arkansas. 
§Uvmi.sinfl. 
Women go on, 
heedlessly ignoring 
the dangers that lie 
right in the path of 
their thoughtless¬ 
ness. They neglect 
little warnings un¬ 
til they get used to 
them. The warn¬ 
ings become louder 
and louder, and 
still they do not 
heed them. Their 
sickness increases 
like a snowball 
rolling down hill. 
The sickness comes 
on gradually, and 
they get used to it 
gradually, but it 
ruins their lives just 
the same. One wo¬ 
man in a hundred, perhaps, is perfectly 
healthy. Sometimes her weakness is in¬ 
herited, sometimes acquired by careless¬ 
ness. In every case, care and Dr. Pierce’s 
Favorite Prescription will give her new 
life and strength and vitality. It will fill 
out the hollows in her cheeks, bring color 
to her lips, brighter, her eyes, and make 
her really and truly a woman. The “ Fa¬ 
vorite Prescription” is of inestimable 
value at three stages in the lives of every 
woman—when the girl becomes a woman, 
when the woman becomes a mother, and 
when the mother becomes incapable of 
maternity. At these times it gives safety 
and strength. It is the only medicine 
now before the public for woman’s pecu¬ 
liar ailments, adapted to her delicate or¬ 
ganization by a regularly graduated phy¬ 
sician—an experienced and skilled spe¬ 
cialist in these maladies. It cannot do 
harm in any condition of the system. Its 
sales exceed the combined sales of all 
other medicines for women. 
Every woman should have and read Dr. 
Pierce’s Common Sense Medical Adviser, 
a great book of a thousand pages, pro¬ 
fusely illustrated which will be sent free 
on receipt of 21 one-cent stamps, to pay 
for mailing only. Address, World’s Dis¬ 
pensary Medical Association, No. 663 
Main Street, Buffalo, N. Y. 
FOR SALE. 
Gentleman’s Country Uesidence and Fruit Farm, in 
Cliestiire. Conn., between three cities, 94-mile from 
railroad and center. Address Box 01, Cheshire, Conn 
50-40 
ACRES, divided by road. 
Light loam land. 
N. WILLOUGHBY, 
Hobbs, Caroline County, Md. 
Continued Victories for the—- 
IMPROVED UNITED STATES SEPARATOR. 
Competitors delight in trumping up old testimonials referring to our old style 
machines, because the IMPROVED UNITED STATES SEPARATOR beats them so that 
they are compelled to go back to these old dates and old styles. These actions on the 
part of competitors are confessions that the IMPROVED U. S. SEPARATOR is too much 
fisrthem. _ 
“ I tried a No. 5 Improved U. S. beside a No. 2 Sharpies and a No. 2 De Laval and a No. 3 Dc 
Laval. The Improved U S. will run strong 400 pounds per hour, and runsmuch easier than either of 
the other machines. I am making ten per cent, more butter now then when I used my pans. 
Cambridge, Vt., June 28, 1800. H. B. CURTIS.” 
Remember, always, in reading these testimonials, that they are 
backed up by reports from the Experiment Stations. The Improved 
United States excels its competitors everywhere. Just read once 
more the reports from the Stations : 
At CORNELL UNIVERSITY Experiment Station, in nineteen tests, running through two 
months (see bulletin 105, page 609) the average of the tests was only 0.05 
At VERMONT Experiment Station, - - 0.03 
At PENNSYLVANIA Dairy School, - - 0.04 
At INDIANA Dairy School, - trace. 
Send for new Catalogue No. 143. 
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STEEL FRAME, GRAIN 
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With the Celebrated Glass Disc 
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Our New Lifter Bar raises 
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New Single Shifter ISnr 
With New Lever for shifting 
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Also manufacturers of ItUCK- 
KYE Ridingand Walking Cul¬ 
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Cider Mills and Hay Rakes. 
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PHILADELPHIA, PA. 
Send for Catalogue. 
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DON’T POT YOUR PLANTS! 
but use RICHARDS’ TRANSPLANTERS instead, as it is a much 
better and cheaper way. Send postal for circular telling all about it. 
Price of complete set of six Transplanters, one Excavator, and one 
Ejector, §2.50. Extra Transplanters, 20 cents each. Agents Wanted. 
F. RICHARDS, Freeport, N. Y. 
IIENCH <fc DROJIGOLD’S 
FORCE FEED 
GRAIN & FERTILIZER 
DRILL 
1’osilively the 
neatest, lightest, 
ami strongest grain 
drill outhe market. 
Many points of su¬ 
per i O r i l y; it is 
geared from the cen- 
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and fertilizer can be 
changed while 
in operation 
without the use of 
gear wheels. Fully 
guaranteed. Posi¬ 
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beconvineed. Agents wanted. Circulars free. Address 
HEiNCTI & l)lt<UUGOLI>, Jllr’s, York, l*a. 
IjhFgem 
Automatic 
Wrench 
Wrench 
When oiling your spring wugon and l 
keep your hands clean. I)o not need < 
to touch the nut during operation , 
and doit all with one hand. Is the , 
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/ Sample60c„ two for £1,00 by mail, postage paid. I 
> Get sample at once and secure territory. Big profits. I 
$ D. Y. H ALLOCK & SON, Box 805 York, Pa. 
High-Grade Farms. Also a few 
cheap Farms. Write for my list 
J. LELAND HANNA, Baltimore, Md. 
Harvest 
Excursions 
TO THE FARM LANDS AND PRINCIPAL CITIES CF THE 
West, Northwest »<■ Southwest 
The Burlington Route and many eastern railroads will 
sell Excursion Tickets at 
VERY LOW ROUIMD-TRIP RATES 
ON 
August 4,18, September 1,15,29 and October 6,20 
Take this opportunity to go and see the splendid crops that Nebraska, Northern 
Kansas and other Western sections have produced this year. Ask your nearest 
ticket agents for particulars, and see that your ticket reads via the BURLING¬ 
TON ROUTE. Send to the undersigned for a pamphlet (no charge) about 
Western Farm Lands. 
p. S, ETJSTIS, General Passenger Agent, CHICAGO, ILL. 
