JULY 25 
SAMPLES 
NECESSARY TO THE SUCCESS OF 
IV THE WORLD. 
POULTRYMEN and FARMERS 
Cover and Sheath vonr Barn, all of your Out Building*. They Cost.but One-Third the price of Shingles, absolutely 
Frotect your Green Housesand Hot Beds. Sheath \our WATER PROOF, FROST PROOF and AIR TIGHT. 
Houses, etc. The best thing made, and is Low Cost. Anyone can put them on. They will Save you Money. 
WRITE AT ONCE TO 
Fp W. BIRD 6 l SON, Sole Manufacturers, E. WALPOLE, MASS 
SPECIAL: Our circulars show you many uses, Including: carpeting:, etc., etc. 
1 / 1 1 ! in^ oCMAR « 
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ALWAYS USEFUL. 
GOOD Fertilizers we make bring 
B IC returns by producing increased 
CROPS of all kinds. 
Send for Circular, descriptive Of our OLD RELIABLE Super-Phosphates and special Fertilizers. 
THE CLEVELAND DRYER COMPANY, No 15 Wick Block, Cleveland, Ohio. 
Humorous. 
Had Gone to tiie Wall—“How did 
Wall Street get Its name ? Tcere’s no waP 
there.” “ Yes, there is. I went to it about 
a month after I began to speculate.”— 
Smith, Oray and Co.’s Monthly. 
Johnnie : “ I was lookin’ through the 
keyhole at Sally and Mr. Featherly, and 
ma came and stopp'd me” Ehel: “What 
did she do then ? Spank you ?” Johnnie: 
“ No ; she took a peep.”— Harvard Lam 
voon. 
A HIGH PERSONAGE, on visiting a small 
country place, asked the Slndaco : “How 
is it that all the children go bare foot in 
this neighborhood?” “ Beg your pardon, 
Excellenzi, they are born so .’’—Motto per 
Rid ere. 
“ Say, pa, gimme a quarter, will you ? ” 
“ No, sir ! What do you want with a qu ir 
fc-r?” “Oh, nuthin’, only Jimmie Jonis 
wants to bet me 25 cents that you’re the 
stingiest man in town.” N. B —He got the 
cash .—Ring ham ton Republican. 
“ You young scoundrel,” said the father, 
feizing his disobedient son by the neck, 
“ I’ll show you how you ought to treat 
your mother 1” And he gave him several 
bangs on the ears, and then shook him till 
his hair began to fall out.— Vermont 
Watchman. 
“ I say, Bill,” said one summer phil 
osopher to another as they lay beneath a 
spreading tree, “ did yer ever turn yer at- 
tentin to llteratoor any?” “I should say 
so.” “ What’s the longest sentence you 
ever run across?” “Ten years,” was the 
unhesitating reply .—Washington Post 
For Future Reference.— He: “ Is your 
father wealthy ?” She: “Yes.” He: “Is 
he old?” She: “Very.” He: “Mother 
dead?” She: “Yes.” He:“ Is your tem¬ 
per good?” She: “They say so.” He; 
“ Well, I’ll make a memorandum, and p r- 
haps I may see you again before the clo- e of 
the season .’’—Life 
THE; 
GREAT ' 
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I POT-GROWN STRAWBERRY PLANTS. I 
Sure to live and bear the first season. A 
y jPM 3 )1Lovett’s Early. — The best early. % 
Shuster’s Gem.— The most valuable^ 
/ (I > t niidseasoii sort. Gandy.—The latest of / 
; tLwM; ’ all. Dozen each for #2.50; 25 each $4.00; . 
/ Beebe.—An extra large most prolific % 
/ and highly flavored new sort. Dozen, || 
'£ ^HU&T $2.50; 25 for $4.00. Parker Earle, I 
% GANDY Tucunda Improved, Middlekiei.d, 4 
/ ^ Doz.,$i.oo; 100, $5.00. Bidwell, Bu -1 
^ c bach, Downing, Crescent, Ilaverland, Jessie, May 
^ * King, Michel’s Early, Monmouth, Parry, Pearl, ^ 
'%■ \^'^^<'^ll>» S h ar Pl ess . Warfield, Wilson. Doz. 50c; 100, $2.50. ^ 
An Illustrated Pamphlet giving descriptions ^ 
iy- and complete instructions for culture and manage- 
V ment with a colored plate of Lovett's Early, Shuster || 
■& and Gandy mailed free. The Pamphlet gives prices also for Ordinary or Layer Plants ^ 
and for Trees and Plants of all varieties of Orchard and Small Fruits, Nuts, etc., ^ 
y worthy of culture. J. T. Lovett Co., Little Silver, N. J. Q? 
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A pure California production, an Infallible exter¬ 
minator of Roaches. Bedbugs. Water bugs. Flies, 
Fleas, Mosquitoes, Ants, Moths, and in fact all insect 
pests of the household, field, orchard, garden and 
conservatory. 
BUBACH Is guaranteed to be as harmless to animal 
and plant life as It Is destructive to that of the 
Insects. 
For Sale by all 
Dairymen •*mrn;i£r 
S'S.PlBSnHILL’S MILK AERATOR 
for freeing milk of odors of animal or feed, without use 
of ICE or WATEll. 
FARQUHAR VIBRATING SEPARATOR. 
_ 8END F0R CATALOGUE. 
*3 ^§1 
IMPROVED 
Cummings’Y‘Clippe 
FEED AND ENSILAGE GUTTERS. 
MADE IN ALL SIZES. FOR 
FACTORV. F X It !>I A Y I) 
FAMILY USE. 
At the test of the leading Fruit 
Evaporators, at the Pennsylvania 
State Fair at Philadelphia, t 1 e 
"FNEIJ »| ATIC”dried a barn 1 
of Pippins in 50 minutes 1 ss 
time than the -American The 
Zimmerman was distanced and 
withdrew before finishing. 
AWARDED THE 
SILVER MEDAL 
over all competitors at New Eng¬ 
land Fair, Boston. 
1 he operation is such that they 
retain the natural fruit flavor. The 
evap 'rati' n is the most rapid, 
with least fuel. Send for Circulars. 
iddreu, A. U. FA KqlTlAU, York, l'». 
CANADA 
U"LEACHED 
HARD-WOOD 
Nature’s Own Fertilizer. 
Send lor Sample, Price?, Pamphlet and Guaranteed 
Analysts to TIIE FOREST CITY WOOD ASH 
CO., London, Ont., Canada, or South Sudbury, 
Mass. 
VERMONT FARM MACHINE COMPANY, 
BELLOWS FALLS, VT. 
^li^rcUatttousf 
In writing to advertisers please always 
mention The Rural New-Yorker. 
CONTENTS. 
Rural New-Yorker, July 25,1891. 
We manufacture a full line of the most desirable 
Feed Cutters offered to the trade. Tlvy have the 
upward cut, rocking feed roller and safety balance 
wheels. They have every point of excellence that is 
most valuable In a cutter, and have easily displaced 
all others wherever introduced. Combined Angle 
and Direct Carriers furnished fo- all power cutters 
when desired. Write for Free Circulars. 
Address 
LIVE STOCK AND DAIRY. 
What About the Percheron. 
Suffolk Ewe Lambs. 
Feeding Percheron Colts . 
Cat'le in the Central West . 
Artificial Milk Fats for Calves . 
Lo«s of Cud in Cow«. etc. 
A Hard Milking Heifer . 
Abortion in Heifers. 
Discharge from Cow’s Nose. 
A Cheap and Accurate Milk Tester. 
FARM TOPICS 
One Man’s Work in New York State .. 
The Strawberry and the Farm Home. 
Muck and Fertilizers . 
Are You the Friend of a Weed ?. 
Quantity of Paris Green for Potato Beetles. 
Rural Wheats . 
Weak Wheat Stems. 
Tested Agricultural Methods.. 
Care of Horse Manure. 
HORTICULTURAL. 
Strawberries in Pennsylvania.. 
Notes from the Rural Grounds. 
Melon Pests, etc . . 
The Gandy asa Fertilizer. 
Abundance Plum, etc . 
Treatment of Young Orchards. 
' an We Compete with Calif jrnia Fruit? 
About Grape Bagging. 
WOMAN AND THE HOME 
Home for Self-Supporting Women.. 
Chicken for the Summer Boarder. 
A Wedding Anniversary. 
The Welcome Guest. 
The Thoughtless Guest. 
Coinnn nt, on “ Home Making in Dakota ”.. 
To Boll Whole Wheal. 
A Unique Cradle . 
The Suece?sful Omelet. 
A Popular Silver Polish... 
MISCELLANEOUS. 
A Missouri Farmer Has an Idea. 
Criticising that Tax Reform Platform. 
*• What's the Matter with Green ? ” Again,. 
Needed ! A Seien e of Weather. 
What Others Say. 
Editorial. 
Brevities . 
Business Bits.. 
AgrPultural News . 
Condensed Correspondence. 
Crop and Market Notes. 
Mftrk v? ts... . 
Prospecting on Puget Sound . 
Drought Stricken Long Island. 
Good Roads a Profitable Investment. 
Humorous. 
FRUIT EVAPORATOR 
will be held on the new and permanent Fair Grounds 
at Syracuse, N. Y., 
SEPTEMBER 10 to IT, 1891, 
Premium Lists largely increased. 
Sweepstakes and Third Prizes added. 
Unusual Railroad fa ilitles for both Exhibitors aud 
Visitors. 
Three great Trunk Lines of the State have depots on 
the Grounds which cover over 100 acres. 
This will be the largest an t bfst fair ever held. For 
Premium Lists and full particulars Address 
The IVew York State Agricultural Society, 
ALBANY, N. Y. 
ANN ARBOR AGRICULTURAL WORKS 
ANN ARBOR. MICH. 
“TIIE GRANGER.” For family use. Cheapest 
in the market. S3 5 ». $60) and fin. Evaporate all the 
fruit veu can, the crop n ay fail next year. Circular. 
EASTERN M’F’G Co.. 2‘>7 Sou h Fifth St., Phila , Pa. 
THE ONLY RELIABLE 
_DIGG ER IN THE 
■SlSto^WoRLD' 
^SJ he BELLE CITY 
“VVJjL ENSILAGE PIITTFR 
* FODDER L»U I I Ln 
Sjjn[or&*d J-uiJ Only Self-Feeder made- 
j All sizes for Hand or Power; 
r f-Walso Horse Powers. Root Cut- 
. A - ' d r \ IFiters. Saw Frames, Feed Grind- 
'era, full line ot Hand A Water 
— ' Y.WS;- (arts. Harrows, Cultivators, 
etc - Send for Cata- 
^LaSklw£^’’5y"logue and work on Ensilage. 
CITY MFC. CO., - RACINE. W1S. 
Please mention this paper. 
JUNIOR 
WINDMILL 
,*» and a little 
-a little money 
“Money makes the mure go, 
breeze operates the I<1 enl »Iunlor- 
buys it. Ask for catalogue tree. 
STOVER MFC. 1 
502 River Street. FREE 
SEND F0 « CIRCULARS, 
Pruyn Manufacturing Company, 
BOX A, HOOSICK FALLS, N. Y 
TORNADO feed 
CUTTER! , 
T. V. MUNSON, DENISON, TEXAS. 
Headquarters for Parker Earle Strawberry, Itril- 
limit, Campbell, Rommel and Herman Jaeger 
Grapes. Descriptions aud Prices on Application. 
it AST LOUISIANA LANDS.-FOR SALE. 
Vj 8(0 acres high land; HID in cultivation. Two 
miles f om station. Suitable for Cotton, Sugar Fruit, 
Truck, Dairy or Stock. Also 2-0 acres 150 ln cultiva¬ 
tion. W. F KERN AN, Clinton, La. 
A new invention for 
cutting Hay, Straw, 
Sheaf Oats aud Corn 
Fodder. 
STRAWBERRY 
PLANTS, CEL- 
| ERY PLANTS 
I and cabbage 
Ph f 1 1c eat all up Clean. Buv a TORNADO and save 
half vour feed. Send for Circulars, giving full par- 
ticularsmid Prices, to W. R HARRISON & CO , 
Sole Manufacturers. CANTON, OHIO. 
PLANTS. All Varieties 
ft?* D> seriptive List Free. 
Address T. J. DWYER. Cornwall. N 
MIKE PICKET FENCE MACHINE. 
Lowden's Perfection. Latest improved best field 
machine in the world. Kvcry farmer his own 
fence builder. Costs 30 to 35 cents & rod. Rest 
Post Auger made. Wire and Pickets for sale. 
For large illustrated catalogue address 
L. C. LOWDEN, Indianapolis, Ini., U. S. A. 
nrtfpni v strawberry. 
■■ V P* BC I W originator offers 
mM ■■ W ■■ ■ ■ B* B for sale plants of this 
new seedling at the following prices. Runner plants 
for delivery in September aud October, $1.50 per 
dozen. Potted plan's delivered after July 25 $2 50 
per doz»n. Orders filled in rotation. 
BENJAMIN M. SMITH, Beverly, Mass. 
PURE UNLEACHED. 
Orier direct from Canada. 
Write for free pamphlet. 
F. R. LA LOR, Duunville, Ont. 
WOOD 
ASHES 
TiTrrLTnjC! —Write us for prices 
■UiUuJllIkid. and discounts. 
WM. CLORE’S SONS. Rising Sun, Ind. 
