BARNEY & BERRY 
SKATES 
CATALOGUE FREE. 
SPRINGFIFLD.MAS- 
December 19 
Humorous. 
Papa (to Dorothy uetat seven) : “ Come 
pet, it’s time to go up stairs. It’s eight 
o’clock.” Dorothy: “Well, papa, it 
won’t be any earlier up there.”— Christ¬ 
mas Puck. 
The American hog is doing some splen¬ 
did rooting. Already he has made routes 
under the excluding fences into France, 
Germany, Italy and Austria. Hurrah for 
the A. II !— Little Peddlington Oheewitz. 
Willing to Modify.— Stranger: “Here! 
Here ! Hi! Halloo ! Call off your dogs !” 
Farmer : “We don’t want any lightning 
rods or mowing—” Stranger: “Woo! 
Ouch! I’m not a peddler! I’m a candi¬ 
date!” Farmer: “Oh! Well, bein’ as 
you’re only a candidate, I’ll call off all 
the dogs but three.”— New York Weekly. 
An Egg Episode. —The young woman 
who writes her name and address on the 
eggs before she sends them to market 
has received a proposal. It came from a 
man who proposed that hereafter she 
send strictly fresh eggs instead of the 
stale ones she has been in the habit of 
sending. She no longer counts her chick¬ 
ens before they are hatched.— Detroit 
Free Press. 
The most Extensive 
Pure Bred 
AND 
LIVE STOCK 
Establishment In 
the World. 
New importations 
constantly arriving: 
unequale i collections; 
superior quality; 
CREAM SEPARATOR 
Does more and better work hA'a we ever dared to claim for it. In other 
advertisements we show what tl^ s ’ have done as Butter Extractors. In this we 
show what they have done as Cr .1 Separators. Read what the users sav : 
aT' 
Separates 2,8^- „o 3,000 Pounds of Milk per Hour. 
A Fairmount, Minn., November 13, 1891. 
Dkar Sms—We have run thrc i > . the Extractors for separating cream the. past season, with entire 
satisfaction. We have run through ,, oh machine 2,800 to 3.000 pounds of milk per hour and done thorough 
work, the analysis of the skim mWA» lowing practically no trace of fat, so slight It could not be computed. 
We are using other separators, prefer the Extractor. J. A. SINCLAIR, Manager Sinclair Creamery Co. 
French Coachers, Standard Bred Trotters, 
Cleveland Bays, Carriage Horses, 
Hackneys, Saddle Hoises, 
Clyoesdales. Welsh Ponies, 
Percherons, Iceland Ponies. 
French Drafts, Shetland Ponies, 
English Shires, Holstein-Friesian 
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. 
13 T Mention The Rural New-Yorker when writing. 
From the Manager of Seven Butter 
^ g Vinton, Iowa, Nov. 18, ’91. 
U™ 1 * DEAR Sir—A t the Iowa Butter. Cheese and Egg 
_ Convention, at Waverly, I was interested for my own 
L ^IlMi ■ 1 benefit in investigating the thoroughness of the work 
liill'jiljSffiffi ' f -of the centrifugal machines, and obtained samples 
J? of tlie skim milk. The analysis of that from the 
Butter Extractor by the Babcock Test showed no 
. ’ V,. '^ gjp yfcytrace of fat. showing that the Extractor was doing 
Sm I perfect work. A. M. ROWE, 
C/F f* jiff AM Manager Vinton Creamery Co. 
Wfl] jflw Kj iJL Separates 2,000 Pounds Per Hour 
M fjpMjlF Thoroughly. 
j ||V If ALOONA, Iowa. Nov. 13, '91. 
HP Mil IH HI ■Sr Dear Sir—I have run the Extractor as an Extractor 
MW Haft IE Vra III and as a Cream Separator for about 17 months. It 
M Bjf I /\M/Ia W . /Mil. does excellent work run in either way. 
fmfj | / IWA As a separator! average to run 2,000 pounds of milk 
/M l 5 Wh- per liour and I find no trace of fat in skim milk when 
I F i -AW’li/ y 7 —' ' - ,,1, ‘ hntter maker is particular to have the conditions 
Jmjf I have Danish-Weston and De Laval machines but 
/M / /\VmWI!lfrVs ‘ prefer to run Extractor ns the capacity is much 
y/W / i - \wKillMjiMl!i ]. larger and the separation more thorough. 
Jffm. A.. - i.' * I can also run milk that is near the point of souring 
AMBF ' -- K at " ,ow temperature, whereas if I attempt to warm 
Jr/ \PwjmlljS milk in the same condition of sourness so as to run 
* jF* through other machines it curdles and the Danish- 
t - 1,,, W Weston and De Laval machines cannot separate it. 
----“ J. WALLACE. 
2,300 Pounds Per Hour and Favorites Over all Others. 
DEAR Sir—T he two Extractors at Grizzly Bluff Creamery are doing splendid work as separators, each 
Extractor having a capacity of about 2,300 pounds of milk per hour. They are giving complete satisfaction 
and are favorites over all others with all those who have seen them work. 
Ferndale, Cal., September 26,1891. Respectfully, R. A. SIMPSON. 
2,000 to 2,200 Pounds Per Hour. 
DEAR Sir—I can run 2,000 to 2,200 pounds of milk per hour easily when used as a separator and the work 
is done clean. FRANK. B. DICKEY. 
Hazel Green, Iowa, April 10,1891. 
Please bear in mind that they extract the Putter direct from the milk at one 
operation, or separate cream as desired. Send for full illustrated pamphlet. 
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New York, 148 5th Ave.; Washington, 817 Market Space. 
CANADA A Ol IF^ 
UNLEACHED HM Wm 
HARD-WOOD i■ ■ Ml 
Nature’s Own Fertilizer. 
Send for Sample, Prices, Pamphlet and Guaranteed 
analysis to THE FOREST CITY WOOD ASH 
CO., London. Ont., Canada, or South Sudbury, 
Mass. 
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.There are two way* you can tell the genuine 
Slicker: the Fish Brand trade mark and a Bolt Wool¬ 
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A. J. TOWER, Hanufr. Boston, Mass. 
Oar Nlileld Brand is better than any water¬ 
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Style 
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WOOD 
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sent on application to 
E R. HA R BY, Abingdon. III.,TanDer of Galloway 
• and Angus Hides. Galloway Cattle for Sale. 
Maker of Robes, Coats, Rugs, Caps. Gloves, Mittens, 
Collars etc., always on hano. Send for Circular. 
CONTENTS. 
Rural New-Yorker. December 19, 1891 
LIVE STOCK AND DAIRY. 
New York's Milk Business. .. .. 
A Nineteenth Century Horse. 
How Man Has Changed Domestic Fowls. 
Progressive Veterinary Science. 
The Evolution of the Dog. 
A Dog Can Do the Family Washing. 
Cob Meal Dangerous for Horses. 
FARM TOPICS 
Progress In American Agriculture. 
Farming on Worn-out Land. 
Old and New Ideas Regarding Stable Manure, 
History of the Use of Chemical Fertilizers.... 
Grass Twine Binder. 
Cans’t Thou Minister to a Plant Diseased'/.... 
Killing May Beetles and White Grubs. 
Progress In Corn Breeding. 
Cellars in Fprin Dwellings....— . 
English Farm Scenes In 1891. 
Big Pumpkin Farming.. 
HORTICULTURAL 
The Nursery and Floral Business. 
Progress In Tomatoes. 
Is It Dishonest to Improve a Variety ?. 
The Fruits of the Indians.. 
A Promising New Pear. 
An American Product—The Tomato. 
Coaxing Growth out of Tomato Plants. 
Entomological Progress. 
WOMAN AND THE HOME. 
American Fare, Past and Present. 
Easy Christmas Presents. 
Holiday Hints... 
A Christmas Angel. 
Useful Presents. 
DISSTON’S SAWS 
No stronger witness or better testimony 
could be offered. 
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Wide Awake is one of the most remark¬ 
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Sent, postpaid, to any address. 
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HENRY DISSTON commenced to manufacture Saws in 1841; since that time our business has steadily In¬ 
creased, until to day our gools are known the world ove" - and stand at the bead of tbe market on their merits. 
We desire to call tbe special attention of the farmers to our No. 7 Hand Saw and our N’o. 6 Buck Saw as being 
especially suited to their wants. These are the cheapest saws we make branded Disston, and are Fully War¬ 
ranted. The difference in price between these saws and the cheap common grade of goods usually sold is very 
small, and Is more than covered by the saving In expense of flies and the labor In setting and tiling. They are 
ground thin hack, finely tempered, will retain their set longer, and do more work without filing than other 
saws. In Cross-Cut Saws we make all tbe 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. 
100 Pages, Illustrated, Each Month. 
$2.40 a Year. 
Send subscriptions for 1892 before January, and re¬ 
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MISCELLANEOUS. 
Growth of American Trade. 
What Others Say. 
Editorial. 
Brevities. 
Changes in Markets. 
Notes. 
News.. 
Notes of Progress. 
Publisher’s Desk.. 
Markets. 
White Slaves within a Century. . 
The Farmer and His Chances 50 Years Ago 
Premiums. 89 
Humorous,,........ 
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COACH HORSES. 
More Stallions imported in *91 than 
any other firm More.Govemment 
Prize winners than any two firms. 
100 Prizes at four lei 
200 STALLIONS AND MARES 
Largely from TONGLEUR7513 
(11596) winner of 40 Prizes and Gold 
Medals with his eret in 1891 
Visitors welcome. Correspondence solicited. 
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