THE RURAL NEW-YORKER 
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MEETING OF THE CONNECTICUT 
POULTRY ASSOCIATION. 
The “field day" of the Connecticut Poultry 
Association at Stores College on July 24 was 
a decided success. An ideal day, just cloudy 
enough to temper (he air nicely, with an 
enthusiastic crowd of poultrymgn to enjoy it; 
an abundant lunch at noontime, and after 
that the best poultry speaker in (be United 
States, namely, Prof. James E. Rice, of Cor¬ 
nell, aided by Prof. Atwood, of West Vir¬ 
ginia, Mr. Smith, of New Ilaven, and last 
and least, your humble servant of Willington, 
filled out a day pleasant to remember. On 
the principle that obtained at Cana of Gali¬ 
lee, of saving the good wine until the last, 
my address was put on first, immediately 
after the president's welcoming remarks. The 
topic assigned me was, “My Experience with 
the Connecticut Hen"; and I endeavored to 
show, in a 15-minute talk, bow a green city 
man past middle age, in poor health, had 
by the aid of the “Connecticut hen,” sup¬ 
ported his family, doubled the value of bis 
farm, recovered bis health, entertained his 
city friends every Summer, and withal laid 
by a few dollars for the proverbial rainy day. 
The need of educational effort along poultry 
lines in this State was well shown by the 
fact stated by the largest dealers in Hartford 
and New Haven, that more than half of all 
the poultry they sell is bought outside of the 
State. These cheap, rocky hillside farms, 
difficult or incapable of cultivation, are ad¬ 
mirably adapted to poultry raising, and Con¬ 
necticut ought to export instead of import 
poultry. I am glad to have had the oppor¬ 
tunity to aid in getting through the Legis¬ 
lature this year a bill making an annual ap¬ 
propriation for the Connecticut Poultry As¬ 
sociation, to be expended only in educational 
work, holding farmers’ institutes, publishing 
bulletins, and endeavoring to increase the 
interest in poultry matters. The “Year 
Book,” published by the Department of Agri¬ 
culture at Washington, states that five years 
ago the value of the poultry industry in 
all the States amounted to over five hun¬ 
dred millions of dollars; the value of the 
dairy industry being G26 millions. But con¬ 
servative meq, estimate that in the last five 
years the poultry industry has doubled in 
value, while the dairy industry has increased 
but 20 per cent in that time, so that it is a 
question whether poultry does not now stand 
as the most valuable of all the agricultural 
industries. The fact that the price keeps 
up is conclusive evidence that the work is 
not being overdone. 
The event of the day was Prof. Rice's 
splendid address on poultry, covering nearly 
all parts of the subject. Not having taken 
any notes it is impossible to give a synopsis 
of it. Prof. Rice has such a pleasant per¬ 
sonality, and is so fair and yet forcible and 
convincing in his statements, that it is 
worth going a long way to hear him. Prof. 
Atwood, of West Virginia, gave us a view 
of the different conditions there in poultry 
raising, and Mr. Smith gave a historical re¬ 
sume of the rise of the poultry industry. One 
of the woman teachers at Storrs gave a mon¬ 
ologue, and as an encore a recitation, in 
which the imitation of a French girl's dia¬ 
lect was perfect. It was a treat not on the 
programme, but delightful all the same. It 
was a day long to be remembered. 
GEO. A. COSGROVE. 
HOW TO CATCH COONS. 
I have heard that if a man would put a 
little salt on their tails he could catch them 
without any trouble. I think I would turn 
the dog loose in the corn, and if he did not 
get the coon I would cut his tail off close 
to his ears. G. w. h. 
Madan, Va. 
If J. F. will take a piece of salt codfish 
and hang it so the coon will have to jump to 
reach it, set a trap under it and fasten it so 
the coon cannot run off with it, he will prob¬ 
ably be able to dispose of the coon as he 
pleases in the morning. They are very fond 
of the fish and can smell it from a long dis¬ 
tance. D. 
New York. 
Tell J. F., who inquires on page 599 about 
how to catch coons, to bore a hole about 
three inches deep in a log where coons walk 
with three-quarter-inch auger; bait with a 
little honey or molasses (honey is better) ; 
then drive four horse-shoe nails at an angle 
at edge of hole, leaving enough space between 
the sharp points of the nails for the coon to 
push his foot through after the sweet. When 
he attempts to draw the foot out you can 
see what will happen. Coons are very fond 
of honey and old trappers throughout this 
State and others, use this method in prefer¬ 
ence to traps. p. b. j. 
Benton, Ark. 
I think if I were J. F. I would purchase 
a coon dog to get rid of those coons. It 
is not only a source of pleasure, but profit 
to hunt coons, as their fur is quite valuable. 
Take a trained dog and be will tree or kill 
several coons each night. Get several men 
or boys with axes and a gun and start out 
about nine or 10 o’clock at night, and let 
the dog run loose through the cornfield. He 
will soon start the coon and tree him, and 
if you cannot find the coon in the tree cut 
it down and “Old Tige” will close with him 
instantly if he has grit enough. It would 
be well to help him some, as it takes a good 
dog to kill a coon unaided until he learns 
the “tricks of the trade.” We have killed as 
many as eight in one night. b. h. g. 
Jerome, N. Y. 
J. F., on page 599, wants to know how to 
catch coons. I have got them in three ways; 
the best, if you have a stream of water near 
your cornfield, is to put a steel trap in about 
three inches of water, then hang bait over it, 
and high enough up so the coon will have to 
step in the trap to reach it. You can bend 
a limb or small sprout to hang bait on, or 
set a stick bent out over it: a hen or chicken 
is good bait. If there is a fence around your 
field the coon will walk on that, and you can 
find where they come down on to the ground. 
Put -a rail or board from top of fence to the 
ground, and let the coon get to going up and 
down on it for a few nights; then set steel 
trap at foot of it, welL covered, and you will 
get him. A figure-four deadfall baited with 
chicken, birds or parts of squirrel will fetch 
them, but it must be a heavy weight, so as 
to kill when it drops. Your corn seems to 
be bait enough to draw them. Can some one 
tell me how to keep a hawk from taking chick¬ 
ens? We lose one every day; he just swoops 
down, takes one and never stops, and so far 
has only taken one a day. d. s. 
Connecticut. ________ 
WANT TO K\0W. 
Transplanting Wild Blackberries.—I 
would like some of your horticultural writ¬ 
ers to tell me if it would pay to take up 
wild blackberries that make a rank growth 
on very poor land and plant them on fairly 
fertile soil. I have some on this place that 
grow very rank that are very full of fine 
berries. If anyone has bad experience with 
such plants I would be glad to learn how 
they managed and how they succeeded. 
Indiana. J. e. b. 
The Missing Link Apple. 
A. II. 8., Balsam, N. G .—There is a man 
traveling over this section selling what he 
calls the “Missing Link” apple trees. He 
claims the trees are grown and sent out by 
a nursery in Illinois. He has circulars and 
testimonials telling what a wonderful apple 
it is. It grows very quickly, bears very 
young and very heavily the most beautiful 
red apples of the very best quality, and they 
will keep almost indefinitely, and if one does 
from any cause rot in the barrel it remains 
hard and does not affect the others. In 
fact he said they were not really ready to use 
before March, and then would keep right 
on in an ordinary cellar until the next March 
if you cared to keep them so long. He also 
said they were a wonderful export apple, 
and that there is a company already formed 
and ready to contract all we can grow for 
20 years at $2.50 a barrel. Have you ever 
heard of this apple, and if so. why have you 
not told us about it, that we might have 
orchards ready to bear now? They only 
cost $1 each, or six for $5, and to get them 
introduced here he offered to sell me 100 for 
$50. Is the man a fraud, or has he been 
imposed upon, or is the apple all that he 
represents it to be? 
Ans. —The Missing Link apple has 
been before the public for a number of 
years, and T have seen it at the meetings 
of the Illinois Horticultural Society and 
on other occasions, and have had several 
chances to test its character. I have also 
talked with the introducer of the variety, 
and had its history from him and from 
others. Without going into details on 
these points, which are conflicting, I would 
sav that it does not seem to be valuable. 
It does keep well, but that is the best 
point in its favor. It is neither attractive 
in color, large nor of high quality. Some 
of those who have known it for many 
years in Illinois have told me they think 
ite practically worthless, and from what 
I have seen of it I agree with them. Any 
apple that is so tough, dry and “woody” 
as to keep for two years is not much 
better than a stone, and the Missing 
Link is claimed by its boomers to be of 
that character. Let it alone and you 
will not miss any link in the chain of 
good apples. The price they ask for the 
trees, one dollar each, is extortionate. The 
agent in North Carolina may be honest, 
but misled as to the value of this variety. 
He ought to know better than to guar¬ 
antee to buy the fruit at $2.50 per bar¬ 
rel or any other price. H. E. van deman. 
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