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THE RURAL NEW-YORKER 
NOV. 2i 
huiimi 
BARNEY& BERRY 
SKATES 
CATALOGUE FREE. 
SPRINGFIELD,MAS., 
SHADELAND 
The most ^Extensive 
LIVE STOCK 
Wk^M, \kJ§ EstnbHs^hme^nt In 
New importations 
j||> - - • Jffal choicest breeding: oV 
/»v portunlty of com par 
lng different breeds. 
Breeders and Importers of 
French Coachers, Standard Bred Trotters, 
Cleveland Bays, Carriage Horses, 
Hackneys, Saddle Horses, 
Clydesdales. Welsh Ponies, 
Percberons, Iceland Ponies. 
French Drafts, Shetland Ponies, 
English Shires, Holstein-Frieslan 
Belgian Drafts, Cattle. 
Suffolks, Devon Cattle. 
Also, Dealers In Real Estate. 
No other Establishment in the World 
offers such Advantages to 
the Purchaser . 
Prices low. Terms easy. Visitors welcome. Cor 
respondence Solicited. Circulars free. 
POWELL BROTHERS, 
• Shadeland, Crawford Co., Pa. 
tST Mention The Rural New-Yorker when writing. 
F°>\ BCST A KAYfF^SjtS 
. . iTMAS CARDS BY MAID 
Our card and booklet packets have become a necessity In 
thousands of families at Christmas time. ... .. 
We will send the first six packages for 0.1.25. postpaid, or th 
HtmL complete set of nine packages for 05.40, postpaid. Satisfaction 
guaranteed. _ . _ „ „ 
Ko. 1.—For 50 Cents, and 4 Cents forPostnge, 17 Prnng «v 
r Mx Co.’s and other line Christmas Cards, together with cut out 
M i fancy shaped card and a fine birthday card. 
No. 2.— For 50 Cents, and 4 Cents for Postage. 1 O large and i 
finer Hards from the above publishers, together with a shaped 
S&'hL* monotint booklet. , , , .. 
Cr-SW', No. 3.—For 01.00. and 6 Cents for Postage, a choice selection 
Jlfe: of 25 Beautiful Cards, of L. Prang «fc Co.’s, also a handsome 
wW fA souvenir booklet. . 
No. 4.— or 01.00. and ft Cents for Postage, a selection of 1© 
of our largest and finest Cards, together with a Santa Claus Better, 
illustrated by M. C. Hopkins, and a folding Calendar for IM!>_2. 
No 5.—For 25 Cent", nnd 2 Cents for Postage, 10 Prangs. 
I. * V ::%• Tuck’s, Ward’s, and other beautiful cards. _ 
W/i'-'/Y 1 No. 6—For 50 Cents, nnd 4 Cents for Postage. 5 Christmas 
A --4: Booklets, including one shaped booklet In the form of an animal. 
Bfa&y/f: No. 7.-For 01.00, nnd K Cents for Postage, 7 handsome 
!,|Jf y'Yf: •' Souvenir Booklets, together with a colored picture book by 
' / Marcus Ward & Co. _ 
/'■ ' No. 8-BIRTHDAY PACKET. For 50 Cents. 17 Fine 
■ V' Cards of Prang’s o» Turk’s. 
M" :■■■'■:■ No. ©.—SUNDAY-SCHOOL PACKET. For 50 Cents. f>-> 
Wk Cards. Prang’s Cards, assorted. . ... . 
rv-r> rivijr 4 otrt?i?c 5© Prang s and other beautiful 
OR. TillACHI lI vS. cards, no two alike, for 01.00. and 
ents for postage. Better assortment, 02.00, and lO cents for 
tage. A very choice selection, 01.00, and 20 cents for postage, 
i for 50 cents, and 4 cents for postage. 25 Cards, no two alike. 
AMPS AND POST 4 Li NOTES RECEIVED. Novelties, 
at 15, 25, 50. 75 Cents nnd 01 .OO each, for Birthday or 
Annlversarv. which will be selected with care for different 
tastes and ages. 
t BEACON HILL LINEN. For Fashionable Uses is the Best Paper Made. 
COMMONWEALTH LINEN. A Medium-priced but Fine Grade. 
I U. S. TREASURY BOND. Toughest Paper made. Is very fashionable. 
CARTER’S TYPEWRITING PAPERS. “ Best and cheapest in the market,” 
1 , p,.,,,, ,1 We guarantee our prices lowest In America. Sample sheets of paper and en- 
e A OUUl velopes from 10 cts. a pound and upward, with prices and number of sheets 
receipt of 15 cts. These papers are the correct sizes and finish for fashionable correspondence 
On orders of 01O and over we will prepay freight chorees to nearest 1 
lIlElt. railroad station Club your orders with friends and take ad>antasrg^/ > 
ruid dealers should correspond with us. , ... U 
... . For $1.75 we send a copper])late. finely engraved with 50 cards. 
/l Siting* Caros. Estimates furnished for Wedding and Class day Invitations. Street 
am pi tig Samples free on application. All the work is done on our premises. We employ 
tmen and use the finest cards. We guarantee satisfaction nn . 
<es of fine stationery, plain or illuminated, for 35 cents, 50 cents, 75 cents, Sl.uoto 
PIANOS. 
UNEQUALLED IN 
Tone, Touch, Workmanship and Durability 
Baltimore, 22 and 24 East Baltimore Street, 
NewYork, 148 5th Ave.; Washington,’817 Market Space 
CANADA m II A 
UNBEACHED Pi 
HARD-WOOD B 
Nature’s Own Fertilizer. 
Send for Sample, Prices, Pamphlet and Guaranteed 
Analysis to THE FOREST CITY WOOD ABB 
CO., London, Ont., Canada, or South Sudbury 
Mass. 
SAM’L B. WOODS, LEWIS D. AYLETT. 
Mayo- City of Charlottes- Formerly Treasurer 
viljn Va. Commissioner Georgia Pacific R.R. 
University U I D I Id I A 
of Virginia. V HvLilIlIH, 
ALBEMARLE COUNTY. 
The great fruit, grain and stock raising section of 
the State. Winters mild and short. Scenery beautiful. 
Health fine. Near the great markets. Educationa 
advantages unsurpassed. 
Land Good ! Prices Cheap ! Taxes Low ! 
Farms and City property for sale. Writ’ to 
WOODS AYLETT, Charlottesville, Va. 
PURE UNLEACHED. 
Order direct from Canada. 
t3&~ Write for free pamphlet. 
F. R. LALOR, Dunnvllle, Ont. 
WOOD 
ASHES 
C :1 '■ or n a year. 
gs good cheer. 
IDEALFEEDMILL 
O. 1 CUT HAY— In Bales averaging 125 pounds 
each, for sale In carload lots. 
C. <>. NEWTON. Homer. N. Y. 
CONTENTS 
DISSTON’S SAWS 
ARE THE 
BEST! 
Rural New-Yorker, November 21, 1891, 
STOVER MFG. CO 
* ;. 
CIDER 
111 II ^ TEMPERED 
ui?NR’ dtsston commenced to niftiiuf£ictiiro S&ws in 1S41 \ since thRt time our bu.sln©ss hss steEdilv in* 
C re2?d* until to dayowgc^is are known the world ove^ and stnnd at the head of the market on th-ir merits. 
We desire 'o call the special attention of the farmers to our No. 7 Hand Saw and our No. fa Buck Saw as being 
lv Sited to their wants. These are the cheapest saws we make branded Dlsston and are Fully War¬ 
ranted T ue difference in price between these saws ami the cheap common grade of goods usually sold Is very 
• S5ii «'nd s more than covered by the saving In expense of files and the labor In settlug and tiling. They are 
ground thin bTckfflnelv tempered; will retain their set longer and do more work without filing than other 
saw" In < ross-Cut Saws wo make all the different patterns of teeth and grades suited to the farmer’s use. 
Send for pamphlet, ‘‘The saw, how to choose It and how- to keep it In order,” mailed free. 
HENRY DISSTON & SONS, Inc., PHILADELPHIA, PA. 
BEST 
CRUCIBLE 
CAST 
STEEL. 
MACHINERY. | 
Power Screw ; DRECC I 
Hydraulic, or If l\Lt3w4| 
Knuckle Joint ) — 
Graters, Elevators, Etc. [u 1Q| 
Boomor & Boschert Press Co.^^ 
118 W. Watsr BL, Syracuse, N. Y. 
TOWER’S 
IMPROVED | 
Absolutely 'M*/ 
Water Proof Coat! c 
Guaranteed 
\tr\T to Peel, Break or Stick. 
I \ L/ 1 to Leak at the Seams, 
There are two way* you can tell the genuine 
Slicker: the Fish Brand trade mark and a Soft Wool- 
•n Collar. Sold everywhere, or sent free for price. 
A. J. TOWER, Hanufr. Boston, Mass. 
Our Shield Brand Is better than any water- 
,r oof coat made exceut the Tun B tx * D . 
Latest Improved ■ and Cheapen t. Our Perfection aud 
nlre l’umns stir the liquid automatically aud will Bpray 100 Trees Her Hour, 
the Little Gem and Garfield Knapsack Sprayers aud the Verm Orel, fine 
-«-1- .w* wor )(£ Also a Horse Power Sprayer at low price. 
ureeu ana uouuuu Purple at wholesale prices. Catalogue free.Write 
FORCE PUMP 00.115 lirintol Ave*LOOKPOKT,N.Y, 
La teat Improved 
^^Empire Pumps8 ' 
We make the Little Gvu. -- - - T 
nozzle, most economical spray nozzle in the worn 
ilphate of Copper, Paris Orpeujin^Lmidon ^[P^at' 
giving county. FJLi’^LD 1 -—-- 
spray 
FRENCH jkPERCHERON 
200 STALLIONS AND MARES 
l Largely from TONGLEUR7513 
I (11596) winner of 40 Prizes and Gold 
Medals with his eet in 1891 
Visitors welcome. Correspondence solicited. 
JOHN. W AKIN. SCIPIO. N Y. 
COACH HORSES. 
More Stallions imported in *91 
any otl erfirm More,Government 
Prize tv nners than any two firms. ’Hg 
100 Prices at four leading American^!Is^^v/ 
Fair8. nd lor Ulustrated catalogue.. 
In writing mention this paper. 
LIVE STOCK AND DAIRY. 
The Cows That Saved a Farm.814, 815 
Some Economies in Shtep Kalstug. 816 
Raising Heifers.816 
The Scrub Hull.816 
Duroc Jersey Swiue... . 816 
Bloodthirsty Mosquitoes—.816 
Feeding Good Qualities into Native Cows.817 
Splints on a Horse . 817 
Foreign Butter In England.826 
The Farmer’s General Purpose Fowl. 826 
FARM TOPICS 
Changing the Character of Corn.815,816 
Potatoes In Pits. 816 
Weeds Are a Blessing.816 
Linseed Meal as a Fertilizer. 817 
A Western Fertilizer.817 
The Value of a Dog Power.821 
HORTICULTURAL. 
A New Apple of Great Promise . 
Wood Ashes for Peach Trees. 
A Tomato That Looked Up. 
Double Strawberry Crops. 
Two Strawberry Crops In Mississippi. 
Heeled In Trees. 
Dry Treatment of Vines. 
Fruit Business In Oswego County, N. Y. 
Chrysanthemums at Madison Square Garden 
WOMAN AND THE HOME. 
Editorial Comments. 
Thanksgiving Day and Good Cheer. 
The Mother’s Opportunity, 
The Feast and Its Service. 
Reading with Mother. 
815 
816 
816 
816 
816 
816 
MISCELLANEOUS. 
Thanksgiving at Grandma Farmer’s.818 
An International Sliver Argument. 817 
Wbat Ails the Temperance Movtment ? . 817 
What Others Say.818, 819 
Editorial. 820 
Brevities . .... .820 
How Do You Like your Commission Merchant ?... 821 
A Folding Saw. 821 
Utilizing a Waste.821 
Agricultural News . *24 
Crop and Market Notes.824, 825 
Markets.. 825 
American Institute Fair.S26 
Why do Boys Leave the Farm ?.| 826 
Premiums. 827 
