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WT A ’XTTIVITV'r'v Agents In every town to 
W AI I ' U sell Mattressess, Spring 
Beds and Folding Cots. A rare opportunity to make 
money for farmers and others having a horse and 
wagon, as the goods sell readily at a handsome profit. 
Send for Illustrated Catalogue. 
JULY 4 
WESLEYAN ACADEMY. 
One of the best preparatory and academic schools 
in New England. For both sexes. The sum of *200 
v ill cover ordinary tuition with boa’-d 'or the year. 
The year begins September 2. Send fot Catalogue to 
G. >f, STEELE, I’rin., Wilbrahain, Mass. 
Dairymen p'casc^nd jouraddrc, 
te%Y p S““oiHILL’S MILK AERATOR 
for freeing milk of odors of animal or feed, without use 
of ICE or WATER. 
Humorous. 
Thk country boy cried to the boy from town. 
*• Don’t you envy my health and my skin so brown ? 
I get tanned by the sun as through meadow I roam, 
And also by mother when I get home.” 
A bird in the hand is worth two on a 
bonnet —Life. 
Even the funny man fometimes gets out 
of humor.— Dallas News. 
To tell the age of a horse rake examine 
Its teeth.— Buffalo Times. 
The man that “ gets out on a foul ” isn’t 
necessarily a chicken.— Lowell Mail. 
Dogs and men both have summer pants ; 
but a dog has a fit somt times.— Richmond 
Recorder. 
A milkman’s bills should be made out on 
quarto-size, cream-laid paper, not blue- 
tinted or water-marked.— Lowell Courier. 
Consider the man who is always punc 
tual—how much time he wastes waiting 
for other people.— Vermont Watchman. 
Professor: “Name the bones of the 
skull.” Student (unprepared and nervous): 
“ I’ve got ’em all in my head, but I can’t 
j ust think of the names, sir. ”— Boston 
P08t. 
The man from the country goes to town 
to see the sights; and the man from town, 
on invitation of the real estate dealer, goes 
to the country to see the site3.— Yonkers 
Statesman. 
The hour was late. For ten minutes 
neither said a word. Then she spoke : “We 
made molasses candy to-day.” “Y-yes,” 
he faltered, “ I’m sitting on some and can’t 
get up.”— New York Herald. 
(u™^HaRR0W 
SUPERSEDES the PLOW 
Makes a 
PERFECT SEED BED. 
Send for SPECIAL CIRCULAR. 
THE HARTMAN” PATENT STEEL PICKET FENCE 
Costs no more than an ordinary clumsy Wood Picket affair that obstructs the view and will rot or fall apart in 
a sho t time. The “ Hartman ” Fence is artistic in design, protects the grounds without concealing them, and 
is practically everlasting. Illustrated Catalogue with Prices and Testimonials Mailed Free. 
HA-RTMikKr M’F’G CO., - BEAVER FALLS, PENN’A. 
Bsanches-102 Chambers Strert, N. Y.; £0? State Street, Chicago: 73 South Forsyth Street Atlanta ; 14 6 West 
Eleventh Street, Kansas City. . Always mention this paper in writing. 
COME TO VIRGINIA 
For Cheap Homes, Fine Estates, Sheep Ranches, 
Stock Farms, Trucking Lands, Vineyards, Fruit 
Farms. Labor cheap; climate unsurpassed ; health 
perfect; the worst land easily reclaimed ; good mar¬ 
kets accessible; taxation low; every social and 
domesiic convenience within easy reach, 
for Information apply to 
THOMAS WHITEHEAD. 
Commissioner of Agriculture and Immigration, 
RICHMOND, VA. 
t; A T "CT —A fruit farm of 164 acres 
X? V / 1 l nil I J Hi, located in Sussex Co , 
Del., adjoining a thriving town of two thousand In¬ 
habitants. Unusual Railroad facilities — deslratdy 
located. Sixty acres In peach orch rd ; trees voung 
and healthy ; yellows unknown House In excellent 
t epalr. ret ently rebuilt; tenant house new ; suitable 
distance from dwelling: three wells of excellent 
water; barns and outbuildings In fair repair climate 
healthy. Satisfactory reasons for selling. Address 
GEO. W. PHELPS, Seaford, Sussex Co , Del. 
CANADA 
UNLEACHED 
HARD-WOOD 
ASHES 
Nature’s Own Fertilizer. 
Send for Sample, Prices, Pamphlet and Guaranteed 
Analysis to THE FOREST CITY WOOD ASH 
CO., London, Out., Canada, or South Sudbury, 
In writing to advertisers please alwat 
mention The Rural New-Yorker. 
Address MATTRESS FACTORY, Castorland, N. Y. 
- Six days earlier than 
any variety tebted at the 
Agricuit’l Ex. Grounds 
at Geneva, N. Y. Colot 
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 
■ irculars giving rurim r information. Agents wanted 
Address STEPHEN HOYT’S SONS, New Canaan, Cr 
SEPARATOR and POWERS 
Saws. Endues— 3 to 15 Horse Power, mounted or on base plate. 
S. 8. MESSENGER & SON, TATAMY, PA. 
L EADS THEM ALL for Ease & Rapid Work 
iu Balling Hay, Loose or Bundled Straw. Bands 
hooked with closed 
doors while horse is 
J j |^Bal es of 2^0 J>8. made 
within 8miles of 
power press. Patent¬ 
ed and mnn’frd by D. B. Hendricks, Kingston. N. Y. 
CIDER 
MACHINERY. 
power Screw : ppCCC 
Hydraulic, or ! | IVLwO 
Knuckle Joint' 
Graters, Elevators, Etc. 
Boomer & Boschert Press Co. 
118 W. Water St., Syracuse, N. Y, 
CHEAPEST 
anil BEST. 
Send forCir 
cular. 
Manufact’d by 
LANE’S PATENT STEEL DOOR HANGER! 
ANTIFRICTION. 
The most perfect 
article of . its kin dj 
made. No more break¬ 
age; ease of move¬ 
ment and satisfaction 
guaranteed. Lane’s] 
PATENT STEEL TRACK 
No Wood work. 
Simple and durable 
LANE BROS., Poughkeepsie; N. Y. 
Sold by Hardware Dealers Generally. 
CONTENTS. 
Rdi al New-Yorker, July 4, 1891. 
LIVE STOCK AND DAIRY. 
Poultry In the Tool House. 496 
Id English Polled Cattle..493 
Unique Butter Exhibit. 496 
Farming in Jersey.496 
Buttermilk for Sheep.496 
American Horses Abroad .496 
Two Good Calves.496 
Fewer Cows • Better Feed.496 
A Good Shropshire. 496 
indigestion or Stomach Staggers in a Cow. 497 
Fistulous Withers. . . .437 
FARM TOPICS 
What is One Man’s Work ?.494 
Chemicals and Clover. 495 
Small Plots vs. Large Plots. 495 
Possibilities of Peanut Culture.496 
Raising Wattr from a Well .. 497 
Rotting of Potato Steins.497 
Cheap Form of Nitrogen .497 
Tannery Ashes. .497 
Tnose Hired Men .'..498 
That Potato Puzzle.498 
Flavor of Sweet Potatoes .. 498 
Rolling and Packing for Moisture. 561 
Tools for Cutting and Curing Hay.501 
Implement Notes. 501 
Potato Diggers. ..501 
Ensllane Cutters. . 50t 
A Test of Harrows.501 
A Northern New York Berry Business.501 
HORTICULTURAL. 
Ktllng Insect Pests with Hydrocyanic Acid. 491 
A New Insi cticide Tested— sludgite. 495 
Treatment of a Young Orchard... 497 
Strawberry Plants and Planting. 497 
WOMAN AND THE HOME 
The New York Fruit and Flower Mission.501 
How Shall we Can Vegetables ?.502 
Molly Wiggins, or Araminia ?. 502 
Currants Ad Libitum.503 
A Hint for Girl Graduates . 503 
Colton Wool Again. 503 
Summer Sausage.513 
A Good Cake. . .. f,03 
Harvest P otectors .5' 3 
Shortcake with Chicken.603 
A Successful i hysician. £03 
MISCELLANEOUS. 
'Uinmer Drinks for the Harvest Field. 493 
The Land Loan Scheme not Class Legislation. 496 
What About Those Childien?.497 
What Others Say. 498, 499 
Editorial.500 
Brevities .500 
Cheap Ice Machines.501 
Publishers’Desk. 514 
Agricultural News . .. . . 501 
Condensed Correspondence. .... 504 
Crop and Market Notes .505 
Markets.5(5 
An Agricultural Jubilee. 506 
Shots from the Farmers.. 50? 
Summer Sprouts.507 
Humorous.. 508 
Husband : “ I save $4 by buying that 
cigar by the box.” Wife: “ Do you, Jack ? 
How nice It would be if you would only 
buy five boxes rlghtaway and give me the 
$20 you save for a new dress.”— Judge. 
Bride (just after the wedding): “Alfred, 
you promised to give me a grand surprise 
after we were married ; say, what is it ?” 
Bridegroom (a widower): “I’ve got six chil¬ 
dren, my pet \"—Humor istische BUltter. 
The Fall of Man. —Miss Parsons : 
“ And so Adam was very happy. Now, 
Willie, can you tell me what great misfor¬ 
tune befell him ?” Willie: “Please, Mis- 
Parsons, he got a wife.”— N. Y. Continent 
Husband; “You have done splendidly. 
This month’s bill is only half the amount 
we usually spend. How In the world have 
you managed to cut down expenses so ?” 
Wife: “Why, I bargained on sixty days' 
time for lots of things.”— Life. 
Fair Maiden (a summer boarder): “How 
savagely that cow looks at me f” Farmer : 
“ It’s your red parasol, mum.” Fair Maid 
en : “ Dear me 1 I knew it was a little out 
of fashion, but I didn’t suppose a country 
cow would notice it.”— New York Weekly 
“That’s a pretty old alligator, I guess,” 
remarked one tourist to another, as a huge 
cayman opened his cavernous jaws and took 
in a young darkey that had recklessly ven¬ 
tured into the river. “He may be old,” re 
turned the other, “but he’s evidently got a 
good deal of the boy in him yet.”— Boston 
Courier. 
As Good, Every Bit.— “ Why 'weren’t 
we invited to the Briggs party f” asked 
Mr Huffy of his wife. “I don’t know.” 
“The Benders were there, weren’t they ?” 
“They were.” “ Then it was all Bender’s 
doiDg, you bet. That Binder is a mean, 
cowaidly, lying, unprincipled scoundrel 
And he was invited ! I guess I’m every H 
as good as he is, any day.”— The N. Y.Pi ess 
NEW 
GIANT 
SUNIOR GIANT 
DEERING 
MOWERS 
SAVE GRASS 
THAT 
OTHERS 
LEAVE. 
FLOWER 
BRANDS 
DEERING BINDER TWINES 
SUIT EVERY 
PURSE AND 
EVERY TASTE 
A SOLID STEEL FENCE. 
MADE OF EXPANDED METAL. 
Far RESIDENCES, CHURCHES, CEMETERIES, FARMS GARDENS, Gates, Arbors, Window Guards, Trellises, 
Write for Illustrated Catalogue. No. IO. CENTRAL EXPANDED METAL CO. 
! :.rdwnre Men keep it, Give name of this paper. 
116 Water St., Pittsburgh, Pa 
For Sale 
‘Whysand Wherefores” WM. DEERING & CO. 
Everywhere. by Ther Trit e o D ^ s °’ E<n ’ 
CHICAGO. U. S. A. 
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