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MARCH 7 
■COOLEY CABINET CBEAMHh 
(kVERMOkT FARM MACHINE CO. 
ULlHSj. FALLA VT. 
*S^ l mf? CA *{ d i 
THE RURAL NEW-YORKER. . 
Humorous. 
Ringing Words: “ Wfll you marry me?” 
-Life. 
Doles the Pit Game or the Game Ban¬ 
tam pedigree closest to the Cock of the 
Walk ? 
“ Did the Ashman have frogs’ legs, Brid¬ 
get?” “Sure, I couldn’t tell, mum; he 
had his pants on.”— Life. 
“ Love is a devouring flame,” the poet 
says. It’s a pity it doesn’t burn up most 
of the love letters that are written, too.— 
Somerville Journal. 
Garrulous Stranger on a Train: 
“ My wife’s name was Wood. Whao was 
yours?” Crusty old bachelor: “ I guess 
mine’s name was ‘ wouldn’t./ I didn’t get 
her .”—Washinyton Star. % 
Washington’s Birthdai5» as lyrically 
celebrated by the New YofJ lerald with 
these charming little odes; J 
0, cherry tree of long agojf 
O tree of great renown, K 
You were set up forever j . 
By being once cut down. ' 
“ Father, I cannot tell a 11< 
Did the truthful boy beg 
But th’ old man peeled his t off 
And murmured, “That’:®® [thin!’’ 
am Our stock of both Old and New 
ILJ I | W L varieties for Spring I’latiring 
11 km p ■■ is very large, and plants are 
unusually fine. We invite all 
who contemplate planting Roses this Spring to send 
for our New Descriptive Catalogue, which contains ac¬ 
curate descriptions of all the best varieties in cultiva¬ 
tion, and is the most complete Catalogue of the kind 
published. It will be mailed FltEE on application. 
ELLWANGER & BARRY; •kSXS^. 
Established over 50 Years. [Mention this paper .] 
Thorburn’s Long-Keeper Tomato. 
The greatest success of sclentiOc selection, per packet, 25 cents. Full de¬ 
scription in our General Catalogue, which we mail free on application. 
N. B.-THE RURAL NEW-YORKER No. 2 POTATOES are now 
selling at $5.00 per barrel, and soon cannot be had at any price. Order at once. 
\ J.M.Thorburn &Co.J5 John Sr NewYork. / 
Extreme Earliness is a 
quality particularly desired in 
Peas, Beets and Sweet Corn. 
To meet the demand I have 
originated and perfected new 
varieties which really excel all 
others in precocity and have 
given them the name Electric. 
Tillinghast’a Electric S"eet Corn. Extra 
Early, large ear, pure white kernel, white cob, 
d' ctdedly sweet and productive. Fkt. lOcts.; lb. 
40 cts by mall. 
Tillinghnst’s Electric Pea. Is absolutely I be 
very earliest good market pea. In existence. Pkt. 
15 cts.; lb 40 cts by mall. 
Tillinghast’s Electric Beet. Ti n days ahead 
of Egyptian, of nice form and deep color. Fkt. 
10 cts.; oz. 25 cts. by mall. 
One packet each of above, 
with my annual catalogue, will 
be mailed for 25 cents. 
Isaac F. Tili.ingha'T, 
I.a Plume, Fa. 
GRAPE VINES. 
Write for Descriptive Price List of the Best and 
Most Reliable Varieties. It will aid In making a 
selection for Garden or Vineyard culture. 
.1. H. TR VOX, Willoughby, Ohio. 
PICKET MILLS, 
Drag and Wood Saws, 
HORSE POWERS, 
MARSH STEAM PUMP. 
B. C. MACHINERY CO., 24 Levi St., Battle Creek, Mich. 
L RIDINe or WALK1NI 
I C 111 ^ 1 vlltorH ' 
w| th double-row fort 
\\ JPlanter and Fertiiiz. 
\V frVtfdlf. J /Yflr { // 1}/ er complete In one ma 
WJmLMM Will VI c hine. Crowned witl 
■ stT iWnA f/ / Medals since 1879. 
KING £ CORN FIELI 
Thousands are in use, giving satisfaction. Agent 
wanted. Catalogue free. Name this paper. 
IIENCI1 <fc DltOMGOLD, York, Pa. 
The Greatest Success of the Nineteenth Century. 
| DR-ADER’S 
—-. \ Patent Combined Rotary Plow, 
SPADE HARROW 
y\T \\jPt iJWb The best Implement of the kind ever produced. It is 
* Tfl ' “ Pulverlxer that I*nrnlyzen all Competition. You 
[ ynSSiV can not afford to pass this by without investigation. 
if w V J. -' Vou do not find It on sale with your local dealers. 
T-- TI|E BRYAN PLOW CO., Bryan, Ohio. 
NEW FLOWERS. 
NEW SEEOS. NEW CATALOGUE. 
NEW IDEAS. NEXV SEEDSMAN. 
BEST Imported Seeds, Fresh , Pure and True. Lovely Catalogue free. 
20 PRIZES GIVEN AWAY. i^Tso^ftrmTdSngi^plX't 
Collection of best flowers— Asters. Pansies, Sweet Peas, Pinks, etc., or lOets 
for 3 pkts._It. MYRIOKCBox 13, Norlhhoro. Mass. 
BIG OSH DISCOUNTS. 
Farmers be sensible and save the 
large sums you pay for credit by 
writing to us for Seeds, Tools 
and Implements, and getting big 
cash discounts. 
Club with your neighbors, and 
order everything you want. 
TRY IT! 
The Geo. L. Squier Mfg. Co., 
P. O. Box 3454, New York City. 
HORTICULTURAL. 
Pinching and Pruning. 
A Much Grafted Tree. 
Horticultural Hints. 
Two-Year-Old Scions. 
Some N. C. Apples. 
The Crandall Currant. 
Pears on Apple Stock . 
Emily Agnes Carman Rose 
Origin of the Rochester Grape 
Some Canadian Apples. 
WOMAN AND THE HOME. 
The Entries for the Prizes. 
Science In Our Country Schools. 
The Home Paper: Who Shall Be Its Contribuors?.. 
Notelets .... . 
Prudence Primrose’s Diary.iI i 
Beautify the Grounds. 
A Review. . 
Meats. 
MISCELLANEOUS. 
The Farmer Wins the Bride_ .. . 181 
Shall the Government Own the Railroads ?!!’.!!!! 184 
Patent Taxation. 184 
Grumbling is Good. 104 
What Others Say. 18 ! 
Western N. Y. Horticu tural Society 192 
Traction Engines . 194 
A Power Converter. 193 
Novelties and Staples from the Catalogues...!. 193 
Pressing Points to Ponder. 197 
Humorous. 200 
Editorial . igg 
BREVITIES. ‘ ” .. ]g8 
Agricultural News.. 189 
Condensed Correspondence,, .. 190 
Crop and Market Notes. 189 
Markets... 199 
Publisher’s Desk... 195 
Almanac.. ... .u,M 
ASHES 
CANADA 
UNLEACHED 
HARD WOOD 
ASHES 
HEADQUARTERS FOR THE PURE ARTICLE. 
Gathered and shipped under our personal supervision and every car In good mechanical condition ; guar 
antced analysis. Send for sample prices and illustrated pamphlet free. Address THE FOREST CITY 
WOOD ASH CO., London. Ont., Canada, or our New England branch office. So. Sudbury. Mass. 
Agents wanted in every farming towD. K. W. McGARVEY. Manager, 
Please mention The Bubal New-Yorker when writing. 
Headers of The R. N.-Y. will please the 
advertisers and benefit the paper by always 
mentioning it when writing to advertisers. 
Cows are all right 
in their place, but on your lawn or in your 
dooryard, Never! Protect yourself and 
beautify (without concealing) your lawn by 
using a “ Hartman ” Steel Picket Fence 
We sell more Lawn Fencing than all 
other manufacturers combined because it 
is the handsomest and BEST FENCE made, 
and CHEAPER THAN WOOD. 
Our “Steel Picket” Gates, Tree and 
Flower Guards, and Flexible Steel Wire 
Door Mats are unequalled. A 40 page 
illustrated catalogue of “Hartman Spe¬ 
cialties ” mailed free. Mention this paper. 
HARTMAN M’F’G CO., 
WORKS: BEAVER FALLS, PA. 
BRANCHES : 
102 Chambers Street, NewYork. 
508 State Street, Chicago. 
73 South Forsyth Street, Atlanta, Ga. 
14:6 West Eleventh Street, Kansas City. 
CONTENTS. 
Rural New-Yorker. March 6,1801. 
VINES, PLANTS, Etc.* 
Strawberry, ltuspberry. Blackberry, Cur- 
runts, Drupes, Gooseberries, Ac. Sena for cat¬ 
alogue j, s, COLLINS, Moorestown, N. J. 
LIVE STOCK AND DAIRY 
Sports and New Breeds.. 183 
Nature or Artifice In the Hornless World. 183 
Fresh Brewers Grains for Milch Cows. 185 
Partial Soil! r g for Cows. 186 
The Business of Dog Breeding. 193 
Live Stock Notes. 196 
The Egg Type Hen.198 
FARM TOPICS. 
Roller for Sled Corn Cutter. 183 
Handling Corn Fodder. 184 
Root Growing la Illinois . 184 
Gram Hay: Care of Sod Grouu t. 184 
Wrought Iron Water Pipe. 184 
Thickening Pastures, Eic. 185 
Wood, Ashes and Ground Bone. 185 
Cost of Fertilizers for Experiments . 185 
Leaching of Manure on Frozen Hillsides. 185 
Second Crops After Potatoes.185 
Grasses for Kansas Pastures.185 
Scotch Magnum Bonum Potatoes’. 185 
Different Kinds of Mustard. 185 
Fertilizers us. Stable Manure. 185 
Prices of Potash. 185 
Concentration of Work and Expenses .. 187 
No Buckwheat Cakes Without the Japanese 
Variety . Is 6 
Electric Motors for the Farm. 193 
Big Story Chopped Finer. 193 
Maine tannery Prices.. 193 
Prices for Pickles. 193 
Implement Notes. 193 
Voices from the Silo. 196 
NUT TREES, 
CHESTNUTS — Japan Mam¬ 
moth and Giant, Parry’s; 
Japan Walnuts, .Japan Golden 
B asset, Idaho and Kleffei Pears, 
Blcngntis I,engines, Hardy 
Oranges, and other valuable 
novelties. Small Fruits, Grapes, 
etc. Fruit. Shade and Nut Trees, 
Ornamental Shrubs, Vines, etc. 
Illustrated descriptive Catalogue Free. 
WM. PARRY, Parry, N. J. 
THt GARRETT PICKET AND 
WIRE FENCE MACHINE 
Weaves totbe posts. A universal 
favorite. Thousands in use. Guar¬ 
anteed. Freight paid. Agents 
are reporting bigsales. Machines, 
Wire, etc., at wholesale direct 
from factory to Farmers. 
Catalogue free. Address the man- 
ufacturer. 8. If. GARRETT, 
MANSFIELD, OHIO. 
Everybody wants a hardy, ever-blooming Rose, and we how offer 
f the grandest of this class. From early summer until frost it can be 
depended on to produce flowers of large size and exquisite fragrance 
in lavish abundance. In color, it is a rich, glossy pink. It is such 
a strong grower that it is almost impregnable against attacks of 
insects. For gardens or cemetery plots it has no equal. 
Price, 25 cents each; five for $1.00; twelve for $2.00. 
geem With every order for a single plant or more, will be sent, gratis, our superb cat- 
alogue of “ Everything for the Garden ” for 1891 (the price alone of which is 
25cents), together with our new "Essay on Garden Culture of the Rose,” 
on condition that you will say in what paper you saw this advertisement. 
35G0RTlANDTSl| 
37 NEW YORK. 
COOLEY CREAMERS 
ARE THE MOST POPULAR AMONG DAIRYMEN. 
BECAUSE THEY MAKE MORE BUTTER. 
BECAUSE THEY MAKE BETTER BUTTER. 
BECAUSE THEY SAVE MOST LABOR. 
Because the process EXPELS the 
animal heat IITIITIKDI AXECY, and THE- . , um 
VENTS the development of BACTERIA. .. . - Sr- 1 
thus producing the PUREST FLAVOR, I 
and accounting for the great number of Medals EMSff 
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GOLD MEDALS 
and Silver lTIedals and First Premiums too numerous to mention f i 
Illustrated catalogue free. VERMONT FARM MACHINE CO BELLOWS FALLS,VT j 
Manufacturers of and Dealers in Churns, Butter Workers, Butterf 
Printers and Carriers, Cheese Vats, Cream Vats, Engines , 1 
Boilers, and all Dairy and Creamery supplies. 
