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Humorous. 7 0 cents’ worth of Seed for 25 cents ALFALFA , CL0VER . SEED 
That wealth and cares unequaled 
Divided are, ’tis true, 
For the man who lacks the wealth for one 
Has cares enough for two. 
—New York Herald. 
The potato is very shy. Even its grow¬ 
ing is done sub-rosa —under the rows.— 
Pittshurq Chronicle. 
A great many people get into a sea of 
trouble through financial straits. —Boston 
Commercial Bulletin. 
The most humble man in the w< [knows 
of suggestions he would like tcW jTer the 
Lord .—Atchison Globe. 
New Yorker : “ Have you seejj£ !he Mer¬ 
chant of Venice?” Chicago 1: “No; 
what does he sell ? ”—Lif e. 
A Foolish Question.— “ Did bu ever 
suffer with the toothache ? ” “ lever do 
anything else when I have it.”- r ^rmont 
Watchman. 
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JUDGE: “What do you do ring the 
week?” Tramp: “Nothing.” “And on 
Sunday?” “Then I take a day off.”— 
Texas Siftings. 
“I HEAR that Mrs. Barlow is disputing 
her late husband’s will.” “ Why, I thought 
he left everything to her.” “So he did, 
but she never let the old man have his own 
way. It’s a matter of principle with her.” 
New York Sun. 
In writing to advertisers please always 
mention The Rural New-Yorker. 
THc 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* 
ufarturer. ft. H. GAKKETT, 
MANSFIELD, OHIO. 
EA DS THEM A EL for Ease & Rapid Work 
I la Bailing Hay, Loose or Bundled Straw. Bands 
^ Sg r-r- hooked with^closed 
v-t .hTRLTI n operating press. 
Ijp y* Bales of 2U01D8. made 
*/a power press. Patent¬ 
ed and man’f rd by D. B. Hendricks, Kingston. N. Y. 
Tuberous Begonias. 
Culture and Management of a 
most promising race of plants new 
to American Gardens. By numer¬ 
ous practical growers. Reproduced 
from The American Garden, with 
the addition of much new matter. 
Price, 20 cents. 
THE RURAL PUBLISHING CO., 
Times Building. New York. 
No runaway teams 
can harm your children if you have pro¬ 
tected and BEAUTIFIED your Lawn with 
OUT CONCEALING it by erecting “ Hart¬ 
man’s” 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 unequaled. A 40 page 
Illustrated catalogue of “Hartman Spe¬ 
cialties ” mailed free. Mention this paper. 
HARTMAN M’F’G CO., 
WORKS: BEAVER FALLS, PA. 
BRANCHES :-5t)8 State Street, Chicago ; 1416 West 
Eleventh Street, Kansas City ; 102 Chambers Street. 
New York ; 72 S. Forsyth Street, Atlanta. 
ONE DIME 
Buys beautiful chromo England's 
fines* fowls, from life. P. A. WEB¬ 
STER. Cezenovla. N. Y. 
A FTER fourteen years of patient selection, we have succeeded in obtaining a Toma'o, which 
Dy its extraordinary long-keeping qualities will supply a much felt went. In this respect 
Thorburn’s Long-Keeper TomatoLT'S 
for uniformity of shape, richness of color and earliness in ripening. It Is second to none. In 
order to Introduce It without further delay, we now offer to mall you a packet of It for 25 cents 
in stamps or coin and to AIH) FREE OF CHARGE one packet of each of the following 
Royal Flower Seeds: IVew Hybrid Moon Flower, New Rohustn Zinnia, New Double 
Corn Flower, New “Colored Fringe” Poppy, and the beautiful Marigold "Nugget of 
Gold.” Offer good for a month only. 
J. M. THORBURN & CO., 15 John Street, New York, 
Write to W. A. HAWS. 
Las Animas, Bent County, Colorado, U. 8. A. 
PUNTS AND SEEDS BY MAIL. 
3 dozen bedding plants and !0 packets choice flower 
seeds for 01.00; 8 Pansies, 6 Verbenas, 6 Asters, 6 Eng¬ 
lish Daisies, 2 Carnations, 2 Double Petunias, 4 Lobelias, 
1 Moon plant, 1 Lily, red and yellow. The Flower 
Seeds will produce about 1,000 plants. 20 Choice 
Gt ranlums, double and single varieties, for $1 00. 
E. FRYER. Delaware, Ohio. 
LANE’S PATENT STEEL DOOR HANGER 
Send for Cir- j \& 
cular. || 
Manufaet’d by ■' 
LANE BROS 
McKENNEY’S 
new model- 
corn PLANTER. 
Best Fertilizer Attachment 
an i Dropper made. 
Send for Circular. 
A. MctfENNEY. 
Taunton, Mass. 
THE PERKINS’ 
WindMillfgn 
is the Strongest and Best Self- 
Regulating Wind Mill made. 
Full Instructions for erecting sent with 
the first mill. All Wind Mills war¬ 
ranted. For Circulars and Prloea 
address 
THE PEaKl^WlND MILL 
Agents Wanted. Mishawaka Ind. 
Mention Rural New-Yorker. 
Or more than enough to pay for the fertilizer. 
The Stockbridge Potato Manure is ahead of all competi¬ 
tors in the great potato contests conducted by the “ American 
Agriculturist ” for the two years. 
HYDRAUUO 
PRESS. 
MACHINERY. 
Power Screw : PRCCC 1 
Hydraulic, or , 1 lVLwU'l 
Knuckle Joint) —A 
Graters, Elevators, Etc. L 
Boomer & Boschert Press Co. ^ 
118 W. Water St., Syracuse, N. Y. 
WHAT THE AVERAGE SHOWS: 
Average largest 20 acres on Stockbridge for the 
two years. 474 Bushels. 
Average largest 20 acres on-Potato Manure 
for the two years. 43 1 “ 
Average difference in favor of the 
Stockbridge Potato Manure, 43 Bush. 
So far as the Stockbridge is concerned, the contestants bought 
it of dealers in the open market, and it was our regular brand, 
no change having been made iti the grade for the contest. 
Send for Illustrated Catalogue, Free. 
nnii/l/rn fertilizer 43 Chatham St., Boston, Mass. 
DU Wf\L.n COMPANY, 27 BEAVER ST., NEW YORK, N. Y. 
Sold by Hardware Dealers Generally, 
CONTENTS 
Rural New Yorker, April 11,1891 
LIVE STOCK AND DAIRY. 
Victoria Swine. 
Raising Pigs. 
Train Horse; Save Runaways. 
The Making of Farm Butter. 
Holstein Cat'le : Patagonian Poultry. 
Disease-of the Horse. . . 
Churn and Butter Prints. 
Livestock Notes.. ... 
Ailing Animals.231 
The Flavor of Duck..,. 
Poultry for Business . 
Poultry and Asparagus on Cape Cod . 
FARM TOPICS 
A Combined Marker and Furrtwer. 
r xlgencles of Corn Culture.. 
Ensilage Not to Drive Out Roots. 
Seeding to Pasture... 
Mixinu Chemicals at Home. 
Painting Farm Utensils.. . 
Bone-Black and Bone Flour, etc. . 
Caustic Pctasli as a Feitillzer. 
Potato Culture... 
Cheap Paint for Outbuildings.. 
Beans for Name. 
Surplus Bedding. 
Top Dressing : Clover. 
Shall Re Burn Manure?.... 
Petroleum as a Wood Preserver.. 
Final as to Japan Clover.. 
Improves on Terry’s Tiling Tactics ...:. 
Roadside Fences In Ohio. . 
A New York Farmer s I otato Business.:... ., 
Home-Mixed Fertilizers... 
Sweet Corn for a Summer Hotel. 
Wnere shall We Use Subsoil Plows ?. 
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 EXPEES the 
animal heat IMMEDIATELY, and PR 12- , mm 
VENTS the development of BACTERIA, _ cU '» 
thus producing the PUREST FLAVOR, iTu ^ a ] § 
and accounting for the great number of Medals |rWVlW 1111H* 
■COOLEY CABINET CREAMER^ 
(-VERMONT FARM MACHINE CO. 
ft! BELLOWS^ FALLS VT. 
GOLD MEDALS 
iiiustrated catalogue free. VCnMUm TAnNI lYIAunlllC uU,,BtLLUWi rALLo,VI, 
Manufacturers of and Dealers In Cliurns, Rutter Workers, Rutter] 
Printers and Carriers, Cheese Vats, Cream Vats, Engines , 1 
Boilers, and all Dairy and Creamery supplies. 
HORTICULTURAL. 
Notes From the Rural Grourds. 
A Sl.iKX) Acre of Celery. 
The Anjou Pear. 
Pruning Saw and Brush Boat. 
Plant More Pear Trees . . 
Fertilizer for Strawberries. .:. 
Moss on Lawns. 
Grafting Apple Trees. 
Currant Culture.-. 
Pears in Northern Wisconsin. 
Bordeaux Mixture. 
Protecting Cloth. 
Young FruitTrees in the Places of Old. ... 
The Fordhook Squash. 
“ Market Grapes” Again. . 
Sweet Apple Butter... 
WOMAN AND THE HOME. 
Note and Comment. 
Spring Work for the Home-Makers. 
Once Around the Clock. 
House Cleaning Notes . 
A New York Mother's Incentives to Economy 
Flower Fashions in Canada .... 
MISCELLANEOUS. 
Road Improvements . 
The Railroad Robbers. 
Preachers in Politics . . 
Epsom Salts for a Steady Drink. 
Close Quarters With the Indians. 
The Sunday Paper Question . 
When Plows Were Built of Wood . 
What Others Say. 
Timelv Topics... 
Hon. JeremUh Simpson. 
Novehies and Staples from The Catalogues .. 
Editorial..:.. 
Brevities. 
Trade Winds. 
AGRICULTURAL NEWS . 
Crop and Market Note*. 
Markets... 
What Shai l I Grow ?. 
Publisher’s Desk. 
Almanac. 
The potato Is raised by more individual growers than any other crop in the world 
and it is the chief food crop for whole countries. The “ trucker ” raises it by the acre 
and harvests by machinery and every little garden patch that helps out the poor man’s 
income includes a few hills. There have been countless experiments in raising potatoes, 
hundreds of test plantings made to find out the best and most profitable methods of 
planting and culture. Among these none are more interesting and valuable than those 
made in the past 15 years by ELBERT S CARMAN, Editor of The Rural New-Yorker, 
and told in his new book, entitled: 
THE NEW POTATO CULTURE 
Do you want to know how to grow 500 to 1,000 bushels jper acre 
Do yu want to know why the methods are used ? 
Are you in doubt between Manures and Fertilizers ? 
Are you up to the new “trench idea” ? 
Do you want to make your crop pay ? 
GET THE BOOK 
It is a grand “tuber” full of meat. It will pay to read before planting, 
book to have in the library and to stick in the pocket while in the potato field. 
Price, bound in cloth, 75 cents; in paper covers, 40 cents. 
THE RURAL PUBLISHING CO., Times Building, New York 
