LANE’S PATENT STEEL DOOR HANGER 
—i ANTI-FRICTION. 
i The most perfect 
- j article of its kind 
1 made. No more break- 
age; ease of move- 
1 ij ment and satisfaction 
1 ,/j guaranteed. Lane’s 
V i PATENT STEEL TRACK 
| II 1 No Wood work. 
Simple and durable. 
Poughkeepsie, N.Y. 
Send forCir | j 
cular. |jj 
Manufad’d by ’ 
LANE BROS, 
GREENHOUSE: -W 
s _AND_ HARPY PLAhlTS 
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LAITCMn NOf TH GROWM 
C.&ALLEN BratTleboro.Vt. 
GRAPE VINES 
MARCH 28 
Humorous, 
DCCC at wholesale and retail. 
rltto Prices on application. 
E. S. JOHNSTON, Stockley, Del. 
Here lies Johnny Bevin. 
He never sighs or frets, 
He lived until eleven. 
Cigarettes.— Brooklyn Ragle. 
Is it called the highway, because It Is the 
way along which people hie ? 
It may be that revolutionary ideas are 
the result of a turning of matters over in 
the mind.— Detroit Free Press. 
Girls are but weak creatures, but the 
most ethereal of them can throw a man 
over with the greatest of ease.— St. Joseph 
News. 
He (awkwardly): “Ah, Miss Mabel, I 
hope yon understand my feelings t ” She : 
“ I’m sure I’m quite in the dark ! ” He : 
“Then (desperately) suppose you and I 
strike a match ! ’’—Life. 
Better Have Said Nothing,— Elderly 
Aunt: “ My dear, I have just put you down 
in my will for $10,000.” Her Niece : “Oh, 
Auntie, what can I say to thank you t How 
are you feeling to-day ? “’ — Life. 
Henpeck : “ Why do you call Jameson a 
cultivated man ! He is a single man isn’t 
he T ” Gubbins: “ Yes, but what differ¬ 
ence does that make?” Henpeck: “Be¬ 
cause a man can’t be very well cultivated 
who has never been under the harrow.”— 
Bansville Breeze. 
GREAT REDUCTION IN PRICE. 
“ACME" 
Thorburn s Long-Keeper Tomato 
The greatest success of scientific selection, per packet, 25 cents. Fall 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. 
Pulverizing Harrow 
CLOD CRUSHER and LEYELER. 
The new style No. 14 is not a special tool, but is a 
“general purpose” Harrow—not only the best pulverizer, 
but also the 
Cheapest Riding Harrow on Earth. 
SENT ON TRIAL/ to be returned at my expense 
if not satisfactory. 
AGENTS WANTED in unoccupied territory. 
EXTRA EARTS for old style Acme Harrows 
constantly on. hand. 
J.M. Thorburns Co.,15JohnS: NewYork. 
MILLINGTON, NEW JERSEY. 
N. B.—I deliver free at convenient distributing de- 
Gts west and south. 
Jsp^Mention this Paper. 
Wind Mill 
Is the Strongest and Best Self - 
Regulating wind Mill made. 
Pull Instructions for erecting sent with 
the first mill. All WInd Mills war* 
ranted. For Circulars and Prices 
address 
THE PERH1H8’ WIND MILL 
AND AX CO., 
Agents Wanted. Mishawaka Ind. 
Mention Rural New-Yorker. 
In writing to advertisers please always 
mention The Rural New-Yorker. 
CIDER 
HYDRAULIO 
PRESS. 
MACHINERY. 
power Screw . pp rr r 
Hydraulic, or , ri\Luw , 1 
Knuckle Joint' —A 
Graters, Elevators, Etc. |£, 
Boompr & Boschert Press Co. 
118 W. Water St., Syracuse, N. Y. 
THt GARRETT PICKET AND 
WIRE FENCE MACHINE 
Weaves to the posts. A universal 
favorite. Thousands in use. Guar¬ 
anteed. Freight paid. Agents 
are reporting big sales. Machines, 
Wire, etc., at wholesale direct 
from factory to Farmers. 
Catalogue free. Address the man¬ 
ufacturer. 8. If. (JAIIKETT, 
MANSFIELD, OHIO. 
r Everybody wants a hardy , ever-blooming Rose, and we now offer 
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. 
j»l^rcn> With every order for a single plant or more, will be sent, gratis, our superb cut • 
alogue of “Everything for the Garden” for 1891 (the price alone of which is 
25cents), together with our new “Tssay on Garden Culture of the Rose,” 
on condition that you will say in what paper you saw this advertisement. 'li-AA. 
EADS THEM A LL for Ease & Rapid Work 
I in Bailing Hay, Loose or Bundled Straw. Bands 
^_ —_^_ hooked wlth^ closed 
D t* operating press. 
YSPJtnjal . fr I" Bales of flO lbs. made 
three minutes; 24 
— use within 8 miles of 
ui, 7?\ ^easier "and faster 
SljJ than any other horse 
' /./■ power press. Patent¬ 
ed and man’frd by D. B. Hendricks, Kingston,N.Y. 
sold by Hardware Healers Generally, 
CONTENTS 
Rural New-Yorker. March 28,1891. 
LIVE STOCK AND DAIRY 
Veal Calves on Skim-Milk. 
Meat for Englishmen. 
Bakewell Sheep: Leicesters. 
Live Stock Notes. 
More About that Egg Type. 
Sundry Poultry Notes. 
Why Not More Ducks ?.. 
Poultry Scratchings. 
ARE THE MOST POPULAR AMONC DAIRYMEN. 
BECAUSE THEY MAKE MORE BUTTER. 
BECAUSE THEY MAKE BETTER BUTTER. 
BECAUSE THEY SAVE MOST LABOR, 
Because the process EXPELS the 
animal heat IMLVIEDIATELV, and PRE- . . .... 
VENTS the development of BACTERIA, - ..BW ga ti u a l 
thus producing the PUREST FLAVOR, IfgSggSigPf 
and accounting lor the great number of Medals |rM MjW 1 | 
■COOLEY CABINET CBEAMEfl’ 
(^VERMONT FA8M MACHINE CO. 
” BCIUI.S^ FALLS VT. 
FARM TOPICS. 
Artesian Wells for Irrigating. . 
Tne Treatment of Alkali Lands. 
Burning Manure. . 
Farm Gardening in Massachusetts. 
A Steuben Co., N. Y.. Farm House. 
a North Dakota Farmer’s Crop Story.. .. 
All About an Asparagus Acre . 
Why Use Sub-soil Plows ?. 
Sawdust in Manure : Nitrate of Soda. 
Treatment of Seed Potatoes. 
Fertilizers. Etc. 
Preparing Sod Land for Potatoes. 
A Bad Manure Mixture : Salt on Wheat. 
Mixed Fertilizer. . 
Sawdust as a Mulch : Wirt-Worms in Potatoes 
“New” Oats... 
A Corn Correction. 
Build Up Useful Fences.. 
Smothering Weeds iu Fayette County. 
Growing Seeds ou Contract . 
How Many Working Days in a Month. 
GOLD MEDALS 
and Silver IHedalai and First Premiums too numerous to mentfo 
Illustrated catalogue free. VERMONT FARM MACHINE CO BELLOWS FALLS.V 
Manufacturers of and Dealers in Churn*. Rutter Worker*, Butt* 
Printers and Carriers, Cheese Vats, Cream Vats, Engine 
Boilers, and all Dairy and Creamery supplies. 
HAWKEYE GRUB^STUMPliS 
Plinmf Best Quality. Warranted true to name. Lowest 
Pricss. Largest Stock and Assortment of Old and Hew 
Varieties. Send for Price List. 
BUSH & SOU A MEISSm. Enskterg, Me. 
Works on either standing timber or stumps. Will pull an ordinary Grub In l'A minutes. Makes a. clean 
sweep of Two Acre* at a Kitting. A man, a boy and a horse can operate it. No heavy chains or 
rods to handle. The crop on a few acres the first year will pay for the Machine. Send postal card for 
Illnit'd Catalogue, giving price, term* and testimonials. JAMES MILNE * SON,Sole M’f’rs, Scotch Grove,Iowa. 
HORTICULTURAL. 
Trellis for Blackberry Vines.. 
Some Choice Conifers.. 
Fertilizer for Celery . 
Currants. 
Imperfect Nectarine Flowers. 
The Crandall Currant. 
» Slx days earlier than 
any variety tested atthe 
Agricult’l Ex. Grounds 
at Geneva, N. Y. Color 
greenish white : pulp 
tender, sweet and de¬ 
licious. The only grape 
that ranks first both in 
earliness and quality. 
Each vine sealed with 
our registered trade- 
_ mark label. Send for 
circulars giviug lurun r information. Agents wanted 
Address STEPHEN HOYT’S SONS, New Canaan, Cf 
SYMMES HAYiNLGRAIN CAP 
WOMAN AND THE HOME 
Harness Y 
20,000 
BETTER QUALITY 
OVER A ^ 
*000 \ STL 
, — \ con- 
\ vinced. 
MORE HAY 
Economy as She Is Practiced at Large. 254 
How They Wrestle With the Problem Down South 254 
Pennsylvania’s Economic Creed . 254 
Michigan Takes Time by the Forelock. 254 
Tenets of a Canadian Homemaker. 254 
How Nebraska Breezes Enforce Economy. 255 
A Girl’s Temptation. 255 
Practical, 
Useful, 
lest of 
Satis¬ 
faction. 
Write 
for 
Circu- j 
lars. f 
MISCELLANEOUS. 
The Colerain 
Delicious 
Kansas Politics. 
Western Farm Mortgages. 
Great Interest in the Single Tax. 
The Single Tax in Japan. 
Kefi rm Yourself First. 
Breachy School Chil ;ren. 
Indebted Subscribers. 
A Bowl of Apples and Milk. 
Vested Rights vs. Human Rights. 
What Others Say . 
Timely Topics. 
We Know. 
We Want to Know. 
Novelties and Staples from The Catalogues 
That Adirondack Park. 
Humorous. 
Editorial. 
Brevities. 
Trade Winds. 
Agricultural News. . 
Crop and Market Notes . 
MARKETS-. 
Publisher’s Desk.... 
Almanac ....... 
NEW GRAPE 
Unequalled for Orchard and Vineyard Plowing. 
11 eduction in prices brings it in reach of nil. 
No Tugs or Whifflctrees to bother. 
As a Plow and Farm Harness they have no equal. 
Address Home Office and Manufactory, 
Very early. Of the most delicate flavor. Very 
hardy. A vigorous grower, and abundant bearer. 
Free from rot and mildew. Generally but one seed 
to the berry. Eight green with white bloom, and 
pronounced by prominent fruit men “The best na¬ 
tive white Grape in cultivation.” It is now offered 
for the first time. Send for terms and testimonia's. 
Address, COLERAIN GRAPE CO.. Colerain, o. 
BRANCH OFFICES! 
Sherwood Harness t'o., Kansas City 
slierwood Harness Co., Chicago, 111. 
M y specialty for34 years 
SLtJ N Ij j£T Vines of 100 best kinds. 
Hi r Concord, i v‘- , Moores 
Uni ■B%#E;irly, Lady ) J ockling- 
ton, Delaware. Wood ruff Red,Gree<*Mountain, 
Colerain, Brilliant, Moore’s Diamond, Moyer, 
ALFALFA CLOVER SEED 
ALDEN & WOODS 
sole manufacturers 
SKOWHEGAN . MAINE 
By the car-load or In any quantity. 
Write to W. A. HAWS, 
LtisjAnlmas, BentICounty, Colorado,5U. S. A. 
Champion, Eaton,etc. industry,Triumphand 
other Gooseberries. Currants, Raspberries, Straw¬ 
berries and Blackberries.Best stock. Low prices.Cat- 
alogue free, GEO, W. CAMPBELL, Delaware, Ohio. 
