JUNE 27 
FARQUHAR VIBRATING SEPARATOR. 
UUhLi., , 8END FOR CATALOGUE. 
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Humorous, 
Some men will keep everything but their 
distance.— Pittsburq Post. 
Why should we go away for the summer 
when it comes to us like this ?— Washing¬ 
ton Star. 
" Ed and Minnie had a falling out last 
week.” “ Serious quarrel ?” “No; ham¬ 
mock.”— Washing ton Post. 
She : “ It’s a bull, and he’s coming right 
at us 1 What shall we do ? ” He Well, 
don’t stand there doin’ nothing ! Come and 
help me tj climb this treel”— Munscy's 
Weekly. 
Hunks : “ I wonder that your son should 
be such a spendthrift.” Closefist: “I can’t 
understand it, either; send that boy away 
to spend the summer, and he’d do It in less 
than a week.”— Puck,. 
Old Cynic : “ That girl hasn’t a pretty 
smile.” Innocent Pupil: “Why, she hasn’t 
smiled once since we’ve been looking at 
her.” Old Cynic: “That proves what I 
said.”— Harper's Bazar. 
Impossible. —“ Could you make a water- 
color sketch of me?” asked Mr. Soaker. 
“All but the nose,” returned Palette. “ I 
couldn’t get that color in water any more 
than you could.”—Epoch. 
“ Maky,” said Mrs. Brown, “ has Mrs. 
Jones been over to borrow anything this 
afternoon ? ” “ No, mum.” “I was afraid 
she had been. I met her this morning and 
she said that my Jimmy was the nicest 
little boy in the block, and wanted to know 
if he couldn’t come over to-morrow and 
play with her little girl.”— N. Y. Recorder. 
Addreu. A. U. FAIURHAK, York, I’». 
Just Published. 
HOW TO RID 
MARK 
TRADE 
Buildings and Farms 
Mice, Gophers, Ground Squirrels, 
Prairie Dogs, Rabbits, Moles, 
Minks, Weasels and other Pests 
quickly and safely. How to snare 
Hawks and Owls. 
Valuable Hints to Housekeep¬ 
ers, Farmers and Poultry 
Keepers. 
By “ PICKETT.” 
the Standard Fertilizer of this country. For 29 years it has stood 
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fifgT28 ACRES YIELD 980 BUSHELS. 
Lima, N. Y., November 24,1890. 
Have used Bradley’s Phosphates for the past five or six years 
and am well pleased with the results. With 200 pounds of 
Bradley’s Phosphate to the acre on 28 acres I have raised 35 
bushels of wheat to the acre. 1 have tried a great many differ¬ 
ent brands, but will continue to use Bradley’s. I would advise 
all farmers to use it, and especially those who are in debt. 
William Dalton. 
In writing to advertisers please always 
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THE RURAL PUBLISHING COMPANY, 
For full detailed description of how representative growers secure 
large crops of grain, send postal-card for free copy “ Bradley’s 
American Farmer” to 
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For Cheap Homes, Fine Estates, Sheep Ranches, 
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please send your address 
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Dairymen 
Branch House, 
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West Upton,Mass.,' 
~ ii Catalogue ofj 
for 1891 _ 0 _____ 
for freeing milk of odors of animal or feed, without use 
of ICE or WATElt. 
■ U YOU LIKE to have insects and vermin infest 
|[ ing your plants, shrubbery and trees,retarding 
I g" if not killing the growth. Why retain the 
II clumsy wooden box's which harbor vermin 
and Insects agd afford them 
J a most excellent breeding 
e place. Mr. C. V. Riley. U. S. 
Entomologist, states that iu 
one wood entree box recently 
examined in Washington. D. 
C , he found “ 74 cocoons of 
H. Cunea; 43 egg masses of 
> Orgyla Leticastigma; 4 eo 
coons of Acronycta Ameri- 
LraKygW cana and one pupa of Dante 
nHSl'ilRubscunda besides innumer 
In 3.1RLQ I able old and empty pupal 
1 H f j fc V G if f skins j of these and other in- 
rwttffrSrn “Hartman” Steel 
Tree and Flower 
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purposes intend¬ 
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ing place fo) vermin ; conceal the foliage 
nor shade t ie plant from the sun. They 
are graceful in appearance and an orna¬ 
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cultivation ,nd trimming of the grass 
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THE ONLY RELIABLE 
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senp^ circulars, 
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DEERING MOWERS 
DEERING BINDER TWINES 
‘Whys and Wherefores” WM. DEERING & CO 
NEW 
GIANT 
IUNIOR GIANT 
CONTENTS. 
Rural New-Yorker, June 27,1891, 
LIVE STOCK AND DAIRY. 
New England Oxen. 
Conflicting Experiences with Sheep. 
Protecting Stock from Files. 
Around the Chicken House.. 
Sell Fowls when They Are Low. 
FARM TOPICS 
Chemicals and Clover.. 
Cultivation Before and After Rain .—. 
The Size of Experiment Plots. 
Doctors for New England Farming . 
Likes theThorburn Potato. 
Putting a Head on Cabbage. 
Fertility of Different Solis. 
Sub Irrigation with Sink Wastes. 
Clover In Talbot County, Md .. 
More Ensilage Talk. 
Crimson Clover. 
Cultivating for Moisture. 
Business on a Roumanian Farm. 
Lowden Fence Machine. 
HORTICULTURAL. 
Cherries and Cherries. 
Among the Newer Strawberries. 
More About those Apple Enemies. 
Trimming Grape Vines. 
Origin of the Isabella Grape. 
Manuring Tomatoes. 
Tree Trimming . 
Watering Transplanted Trees . 
The R. N. Y.’s Victory over the Rose-chafer. 
One W’ay to Sell Nursery Stock. . 
Association of American Nurserymen. 
WOMAN AND THE HOME 
Notes on the Present Issue.. 
Home Making on the Frontier. 
Relishes for the Sick. 
An Energetic Protest. 
The Home Nest. 
The Art of Making Poultices. 
A Few Wavs of Using Gooseberries . 
A School Girl’s Thoughts on Country Schools. 
General Directions ror Canning. 
Extracts. 
MISCELLANEOUS. 
Henry Stewart. 
That $22 Coat Discussed. 
What Others Say. 
Editorial. 
Brevities . 
Paying a Church Debt. 
Agricultural News . 
Crop and Market Notes. 
Markets. 
Humorous.-. 
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