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THE RURAL NEW-YORKER 
SEPT. i9 
Sttiwttlancous 
Advertisers treat all correspondents 
well It thfey mention The Rural New 
Yorker. 
this is the man 
s%, T<SSe™* 
Green’s Fruit Guide* 
iii colors, 7G pages $ 
also; Mohthly Fruit 
Grower, 3 months fat 
10 cents. Learn the 
new way to buy tree's 
difeet of the prodii^- 
cer at bottom fjriheS 
Fall plautihg pays 
best. 
If you are in want of a 
formbal, feed, Ac. we offer yod 
the best mill on the market at 
such a low flgttre It will pay 
you to write to us; They are 
the Dost constructed, least coni, 
plicated and fastett grinding 
mill* yet produced. 8ATI£- 
_ ’ FACTION 
Price-List FREE, 
gffSI \ I j or An an. 
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< lltjllogiu*. 
LE0RA2D D. HAEEISON, Box E, New Haven, Conn. 
600 ACRES 
lizers we make bring 
• producing increased 
[ kinds. 
Wo offer for the Fall trade a large and fine stock 
of every description of Fitl;IT and Ornn men tni 
TREES, Shrubs. Roses, Vines, JSffIAI.fi 
F’RI'ITS, Hedge Plants, Fruit Tree Seed¬ 
lings and Forest Tree Seedlings. Priced Cata¬ 
logue, fn.ll of 1891. mailed free. Established. 1852; 
PHOENIX NURSERY COMPANY 
Sueee^ors to SIDNEY TUTTLE A C0 M BLOOJUNGTON, ILL. 
Waste Not—Want Not 
J OUR Y 
* Corn Husker & Fodder Cutter N 
is indispensable to any farmer who has 
Corn and Cattle. Itsavcs laborin hand¬ 
ling, space in storing and makes the 
stalks as valuable for feed as the grain. 
We prove this. Can you afford to miss it? 
Waste not, want not. Write for book, 
“The Great Leak on the Farm,” to 
Keystone Mfg. Co., 
Branches: Sterling, III. 
Kansas City, Mo., St. Louis, Mo., 
Council Bluffs,la. and Columbus.O. 
Mention tills paper. 
PEACH 
Specialty 
A full selection of nil tlie lending varieties. 
A correct descriptive I Also a full line of PLANTS and 
and finely Illustrated OKNAMKNTALJS. Plants 
Catalogue FREE ! and Trees t»y mail. Address 
JOS. H. BLACK, SON &, CO., 
Village Nurseries, Hightstown, N.J. 
Send for Catalogue X s 
THE FOOS MFG. CC 
Springfield, Ohio. 
Hco/yt 
Before Buying. 
P OUR some water in the sleeve holding 
the end tight as here shown or any¬ 
where else where there is a seam, and see if 
T. V. MUNSON, DENISON, TEXAS. 
Headquarters for Parker Enrle Strawberry, Bril¬ 
liant, Campbell, Rommel and Herman Jaeger 
Crapes. Descriptions and Prices on Application. 
Pennsylvania Agricultural Works, York, ?*, 
fargtkar’i htamdarrf K.giaei fcwdSftw Kills. 
Cm( ter CaUJegoe. r.ruble, 8U 
fj A/Tyi site wj, frttUM u< iiumln la 
gUetespeHaHy. WarrMiM4»geale» 
STRAWBERRY 
PLANTS, CEL¬ 
ERY PLANTS 
I and CABBAGE 
It Is water tight- There are goods In the market 
that look very nice, but willieak atevery seam. 
We warrant Tower's IMPROVED Pish 
Brand SHcRer to be water tight at every 
•cam and everywhere else; also not to peel or 
etick, and authorize our dealers to make good 
any Slicker that falls In either point. There arc 
two v ,ys you can tell the Genuine Improved 
Fish Brand Slicker. 
1 st. A Soft Woolen Collar. 
2<1. This Trad? A\arR (below.) 
Watch* Out *** 
for both these points 1 
Send for Catalogue free. 
A. J. TOWER. Mfr., Boston, Mass. 
PLANTS. All Varieties 
f® 1 ' Descriptive List Free. 
Address T. J. DWYER, Cornwall 
Address A, It. FABQDHi.fi. A SOU. fork, P*. 
“THE GRAINGER.” For family use. Cheapest 
In tbe market. $8 50, $6 00 and $10. Evaporate all the 
fruit you can, the crop may fall next year. Circular. 
EASTERN M’F’G Co., 257 South Fifth St., Phlla., Pa. 
AU kinds cheaper 
(than elsewhere. Be- 
'fore you buy, send 
stamp for illustrated 
.Catalogue to The 
I I’owell A Clemen t Co. 
1«C Main Street, 
. Cincinnati,Ohio 
DOUBLE 
Breech-Loader 
$7.99. 
RIFLES S 2 .oo 
Cook S tove DRIER 
PISTOLS 75c 
WATCHfcS, B 1 CVC 1 . 
Handiest. Cheapest. Best. 12 sq. feet of Trays. 
Weight 25 pountls. Circulars Free. I ACENTS 
Affl. MFG. CO., Waynesboro, Pa. | WANTED 
Corrugated pan over firebox, doubling, 
boiling capacity. Small interchange-^ 
able syrup pans (connected by si- Acs 
phons), easily handled for cleans- Aw 
mg and storing, and a I’erlect AftK t 
Automatic Regulator. /Ay/// 
The Champion is as great %///////// 
an improvement over the //?//$/// , 
Cook Pan as the latter f temujs 
Was over the eld iron enswr-— 
tie, hung on a fence rail. J fHA 
TheC.H.CRIMM 
MFC. CO. 
Hudson, Ohio and Rutland^ Vt. u 
FRUIT evaporator 
8 HUB I THE ZIMMERMAN 
** ~ -""—— The Standard Machine. 
lifferent sizes and prices. Illustrated Catalogue free. 
BE BLYM YEU IKON WORKS CO., Cincinnati,O. 
a Oata- 
y logues 
Free. 
Mention 
this paper. 
CANADA m ^ || H 
UNLEACHED M y* 
HARD-WOOD V# ■ ■ ■■ 
Nature’s Own Fertilizer. 
Bend for Sample, Prices, Pamphlet and Guaranteed 
Analysis to THE FOREST CITY WOOD ASH 
CO.. London, Ont., Canada, or South Sudbury, 
Mass. 
We are enabled to offer our readers a most attrac¬ 
tive combination, by which all may obtain a 'copy 
of the modern Cook Book,” which contains 
||« r i I C 11 p DI 1 F C 7 Water, Gat. OH, 
Uu uai I I ^ ^ ^ ^ Mining, Ditching, Pump - 
%^lng,Wind&Stcam Mach'y. Encyclopedia 25c. 
■ ■ "The American Well Works, Aurora, III. 
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320 Pages, Over 1,200 Recipes and 
Hundreds of Illustrations. 
Dairymen and Fruit-Growers 
Should get cheap lands near the lines running Milk 
and Fruit trains to Ch'cago. Finest of grass lands 
for dairy, and the fruit land equal to New Jersey. 
Prices low. Say what you wish to Invest and we will 
furnish something that will make you rich. UNION 
INVESTMENT CO., J. R. Jackson. Manager, 201 Inter- 
Ocean Building, Chicago. • ff3?~Mention paper. 
CONTENTS. 
Rural New-Yorker, September 19, 1891, 
The recipes are the choicest selections from 20,000 that 
were received from practical housewives living in all parts 
of the United States, to which were added hundreds of the 
newest, best and most practical recipes of this progressive 
age, all of it set in new and large type, and the whole booh 
handsomely illustrated. 
LIVE BTOCK AND DAIRY. 
Shall We Have Polled Herefords?.671 
Wisconsin Condensed Milk. 671 
Holstein vs. Jersey.671 
Lincoln Sheep .671 
A Tough Animal..672 
Feeding Bees; Winter Protection. 678 
Bunches on a Cow’s Knees. 673 
The Horn Fly.673 
Cystitis or Inflammation of the (’ladder in a Horse *78 
Soda tn Milk .673 
Carter’s Butter Packages.6 u 
A New Breed—The Argonauts..682 
Ninety Per Cent by tbe Natural Method. 683 
FARM TOPICS 
Chemicals and Clover. 671 
Whole Corn in the Silo.672 
Wheat for Virginia.673 
Killing Wire Worms. 673 
The Action of Soil Moisture..674 
Handling the Pota'o Crop.677 
When to Kill Bushes in Pastures. 677 
A Hay Windrower. 677 
Swing Stanchions.677 
First Class Saws. 677 
Patent on Spading Machines. 677 
HORTICULTURAL 
Blackberries at the Rural Grounds. 670 
Cellar storage for Nursery Stock.673 
Wilsons W ill Starve Us. ... 674 
WOMAN AND THE HOME 
Gasoline Stoves. 678 
Keeping Canned Vegetables.678 
Tbe Good and the Glorb s of the Country .678 
Various Ways of Scr» ing Tomatoes.67s 
Gar en Hints for Early Autumn.678 
Our Economy Column.678 
A side Issue in Dress Reform. 679 
Notes on Prunes and P< aches. 679 
How I Roast Beef at the Farm. 679 
Fashionable Colors.679 
Trailing Dresses in Vienna . 619 
Berlin Ladies Riding Astride.679 
SMl for Pol Plants. 679 
MISCELLANEOUS 
Going Blind.669 
What About the Weak Workers ?.610 
A New Ticket Rush and Phelps.662 
Taxation Driving Away Business. 672 
I) bt-Payiug Associations. 672 
Who is my Landlord ? 674 
Learn How ro Make Fewer Mistakes. 674 
Rural Mail Delivery. 674 
W hat Others Say.67E 
Editorial. 67t 
Brevities. 67t 
Time Tried and Fire Tested. 67' 
Crop and Market Notes. 6W 
Agricultural News.6Hi 
Markets.68 
The Michigan Agricultural College. 68 
New Jersey State Fair, Waverley, 
on line of Pennsylvania Railroad, between Newark 
nnd Elizabeth. Thirty-Third Annual xhiliition 
will be held Sent. 21, 92, 23. 24. 25 <fc 2<i ’91. 
Trotting and Pacing Races each day. Grand Exhi¬ 
bition of Road, Draft and Carriage Horses; Thorough¬ 
bred Cattle, Sheep, Swine and Poultry. Pigeons in 
Great and Rare Varieties. Magnificent Display of 
Fruits, Flowers and Vegetables. Farm Machinery and 
Garden Implements; Works of Art in Painting and 
Embroidery. 23?“ Madame Marantette, the Greatest 
Horse woman in the United States, will appear every 
day with her celebrated L< aping Ho’-se, Fitemaker, 
the King of High Jumpers, and Woodlawn, tne 
Champion Saddle Horse. 
Privileges of all kinds will be sold on the Fair 
Grounds, on and after Sep'ember 8. All persons 
wanting privileges of any kind must make applica¬ 
tion in person. Space for Exhibition Purooses free. 
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P. T. QUINN, Cor. Sec’y, 764 Broad St., Newark. N. J. 
H. H. ISHAM, President. 
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