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THE RURAL NEW-YORKER 
Feb. 11 
AN KPITAPH. 
Hebe lies the chronic office seeker, 
Michael T. McGout, 
Who never sought a single place 
But that he was left out. 
'Twas In the month of August last, 
The late lamented died: 
And now he’s In the only place 
For which he ne’er applied. — Life. 
Tom Bachellob: “ I wonder if there’s 
any truth in the idea that married men 
live longer than unmarried ? ” The Host: 
“ It seems longer.”— Life. 
“Osculatory demonstrations maybe 
all right,” mused the mistletoe ; “ but— 
ahem !—as a rule, I’m above that sort of 
thing .”—Little Peddlington Oeewitz. 
Whipper : “I wonder why society peo¬ 
ple are making such a fad of slumming 
just now?” Snapper: “They wish to 
know what their grandfathers’ families 
were like, I guess.”— Puck. 
Unintentionally Correct. —“If I 
were you, Jones, I wouldn’t be a fool,” 
said Robinson, during an argument. 
“ Right,” said Jones, “ if you were me 
you wouldn’t .”—Vermont Watchman. 
Diner: “Waiter, I find I have just 
money enough to pay for the dinner, but 
SEND FOR PAMPHLETS-NO CHARGE. 
FERTILIZER - FARMING. 
THE MAPES MANURES., 
Correspondence especially solicited from practical growers of Potatoes, Truck, Tobacco, Celery, Onions, Tomatoes, 
Orchards, Small Fruits, Strawberries, Grapes (for wine or market), Lawns, and all farm crops. 
Write us fully, stating what you desire to grow, character of soil, rotation, etc., and we will mail to you pamphlets and 
circulars that will help you. We have now ready for mailing : 
i. DESCRIPTIVE PAMPHLET. 
The MAPES MANURES, and How to Use Them on Truck, Cabbage, Cauliflower, Sugar-Beets, Tomatoes (for canning), 
Onions, Celery, Rhubarb, Top-dressing Grass or Lawns, Seeding to Grass, Orchards, Tobacco, Small Fruits, Grapes and General 
Farm Crops. This is our General Pamphlet covering all crops. 
This Descriptive Pamphlet is arranged for easy reference to any crop. It should be in the hands of every farmer, 
fruit-grower, trucker and special crop-grower. 
2. THE MAPES TOBACCO MANURES. 
Testimony of tobacco packers and buyers, also large growers on the Mapes System of Tobacco Growing for light- 
colored leaf of choice qualities. 
3. ORANGE AND TROPICAL FRUIT GROWING. 
Necessity of special manuring for promoting quality and quantity of fruits, apart from vigorous wood growth. 
4. FERTILIZER FARiTING. (Chemicals and Clover. Second Series.) 
An account of “thin, poor, light lands profitably brought up to fertility without stable manure.” Successful farm 
operations on very light lands in growing ordinary crops and grass with only high-grade complete manures. By H. W. Col- 
lingwood, Managing Editor of The Rural New-Yorker. 
6. SEEDING TO GRASS, Spring or Fall, with or without Grain. 
Top Dressing in Spring old or worn-out meadows, mowing or pasture lands, with or without stable manure. 
Apply for pamphlets to us or to any of our agents. 
The Mapes Formula and Peruvian Guano Co. v 143 Liberty St., New York. 
WORK8 AT NEWARK, NEW JER8EY. 
MAtHINt'tOy 
Send for Descrip¬ 
tive Circular. 
Ro*si*»:m^ccci*o 
HYDRAULIC 
PRESS* 
it leaves nothing in the way of a tip for 
yourself.” Waiter : “ Let me add up the 
check again, sir .”—New York Herald. 
Willing to Help Him. —“ I want to rise 
promptly at five o’clock in the morning,” 
said Thaddeus to his wife. “ Then I’ll 
give you a spoonful of powder I have in 
the kitchen.” “ What kind of powder is 
it?” “ Baking powder .”—New York Sun. 
!Ui0rclUwc0U0 guthwtitfittfl. 
In writing to advertisers, please always mention 
Tub Rural Njcw-Yorkhr. 
BUY “DIRECT FROM FACTORYBEST 
MIXED PAINTS 
At WHOLES ADIS PRICES,Delivered FREE, 
For Houses, Barns,Roofs, all colors, & SA\ K Middlemen 8 
profits. In use 51 years. Endorsed by Grange * Farmers 
Alliance. Low prices wil surprise you. Write for samples. 
O. W. INGERSOLL, 246 Plymouth St, Brooklyn, N.Y. 
CANADA 
HARDWOOD 
UNLEACHED 
ASHES 
Screened and ready for Immediate shipment In 
irload lots, direct from our storehouses in Canada, 
mailer quantities, In bags, from our storehouse In 
ew York* We guarantee all ashes shipped by us 
> be absolutely pure unleached, and give all pur- 
tiasers ample time to satisfy themselves as to qua 
ty of the ashes before paying for them. Send foi 
ur prices, circulars and other information before 
rderlng ALLISON, STROUP & CO., 
Mention this paver. 166 Fulton Street, New York 
WONDERFUL. 
/ htlSc<tvin u almost hull-less. 
Kevitt’S Abundance Strawberry 
>', ) From 260 plants last season 
",«» . 1 picked 261 quarts Berries. 
W4EWV4WWW Send postal for 3 Plants, 
free by matl , and Price List 
of fc’ ruit Trees, Grape 
' S ' s '—-—Athenia, N. J. 
No. 2, #2.35 per hundred. 
The trials at the Wisconsin Ex- 
W IIIIC perlment Station have proved the 
„ White Schonen Oats to be su- 
n( HONrN perior to all others for productive- 
1 ness, stiffness of straw and thinness 
OotC o/ huU. Prof. W. A. Henry says: 
“Up to date It has proved Itself 
superior to any variety against which It was tested 
continuously." Write for circulars and prices. 
Address J. L. ALBERT, Freedom, Ill. 
mill I rnillTO TREES, plants and 
N ilinll r Kill IN Vines, Strawberries and 
UIIIHLL I lllll IU Raspberries our special¬ 
ties. Herry Crates and Baskets. Prices low. 
Catalogue free. D. B. Garvin & Son, Wheeling, W.Va. 
PenhsylyaniaAgbiculturalWorksTobkTa 
Farquhar’s Standard Engines, Saw Mills, Shingle 
Mills, Grist Mills and Standard Implements Gener¬ 
ally. Send for Catalogue. Portable and Stationary Engines and 
Boi lers a specialty. Warraated equal or superior to any made. 
Address A. B . FARQUHAR CO., York, Pa 
"ACME ’ ’ Pulverizing Harrow, Clod Crusher ^ Leveler 
x II NT A S now mac ^ e ) * s a g encra l purpose Harrow that 
^ 1 wanted. does the whole business from start to finish, 
Ld^jp viz., it cuts, lifts, turns, crushes, pulverizes, levels 
I and smooths, all in one operation. Is made en- 
- tirelyof cast steel and wrought non—practically 
Sizes 3 indestructible —and, withal, is the cheapest riding 
harrow on earth. Price of new style about 40 
r per cent, less than old style ; in fact, it sells for 
, about the same as an ordinary drag. 
^ I deliver free on board QT’NTT' AM TUT A T To responsible farmer!, to be returned 
at convenient distributing oUlT 1 Uli 1 L* at my expense if not satisfactory, 
points. 
j3rig8jM«ai(gDUANE H. NASH, Sole Mfr., MILLINGTON, NEW JERSEY. 
p - I deliver free on board 
HP at convenient distributing 
points. 
ERRY 
OXES 
*ND fruit baskets. 
I R sTuth HAVe'n" gfigj 
BERRY PACK AG EOF THE WORLD ? 
ILLUSTRATED CATALOGUE FREE 
FOR SALE 
MENTION THIS TAPER. 
—300 FARMS. Two Fruit Farms 
at a great bargain. Circulars free. 
J. H. Brlstor, Martinaburg, W. Va. 
^QUARTERS roa ™| T 
B ^nHORSE CARTS 
SREAT popular PRICES 
r A R| ET Y w 'OE^N«RRO» 
" W . HEE l Y 
iticl axlcb. HUBSON fltCOuTatamy, P«U 
CANADA UNLKAUHKD HARDWOOD 
ASHES. 
Acknowledged to be the best and cheapest Fertili¬ 
zers for Grass, Grain and Fruits. 
THU FOBBST CITY WOOD-ASH CO., Of London, 
Can., have removed their selling office to 102 State 
Street, Boston, Mass. Address as above for 
prices, sample and free pamphlet. 
FRENCH COAGHERS AND 
Percheron Horses. 
100 
Prizes at four leading 
American Fairs. 
Write for Catalogue. 
JOHN W. AKIN, 
Sclplo, N. Y. 
,hpr bBgs Corn Planter and Fertilizer. 
Perfect work-whether ^ . 
stony, sward or meUo'^^^s^Time saved. 
Send for circulars and catalogue. 
A NEW ERA IN 
AMERICAN GRAPES. 
certainly is inaugurated by the in¬ 
troduction of the America, Bril¬ 
liant, Rommel, Hermann Jaeger, 
and some others of my Hybrid 
Grapes. 
For Descriptive List, address 
T. V. MUNSON, Denison, Tex. 
GRAPE-VINES, 
Old and New Varieties. Warranted extra strong. 
None Cheaper. Send for Catalogue. 
EUGENE WILLETT, Nobth Collins, N. Y 
“I AM THE ONLY MAN” 
that sells Seed Potatoes, Oats and Fresh Garde> 
Seeds direct to consumers at wholesale. Be cy 
Stock. Best Prices. Catalogue fhek. EDWA’ <v’ 
F. DIBBLE, Seed-grower, Honeoye Falls, N. Y. JXy 
The Only SAP SPOUT 
r " U 111 ( . ,f tf "“ r Hdrd- 
MAPLE SUGAR MAK- 
^*&X/ ER:s who buy my latest 
Improved Eureka Sap 
Spouts bearing my name as manufacturer and patentee upon each 
box, have my guarantee of a perfect made and a perfect-fitting spout. 
I will deliver to any railroad station east of the Mississippi lilver, 100 
or more on receipt of prices herein given Samples of each sent post¬ 
paid on receipt of 10 cents. Address C. U. POST, Burlington, vt. 
ALL KINDS OF FRUITS, VEGETA 
AND PRODUCE. 
S || 0 [ || rnnQT lOOTarkPla . Y. 
■ n. & Li IIb I n U 0 I ^Produce CommisKif rjj .hunts. 
Reference: Rural New-Yorker, Irving .Bank. 
or Churn sale price 
IIIf Wsy fe.IfraHl Best, Ill’_*tr Oat’lg free. 
~IllPV » Send no H. Poundor. 
’UlT . 'IfuL ' Mil No. IS, Ft. .Skluson, WlS. 
CIDERg 
Power 8orew : nprr p 
HYDRAULIC), OR { 
Knuokle Joint) _ 
Graters, Elevators, Etc. [» 
Boomer A Boschert Press Co. 
118 Witir St.. Syracuse. N. T, ■ 
They Have Post’s Patent Air Trap. 
U.S. CREAM SEPARATOR, 
and has compared it with other Separators. 
It has the Largest capacity. 
It is the Closest Skimmer. 
It is the Easiest and Quickest Cleaned. 
The Separating Bowl has only 2 parts. 
It is Self-oiling, consequently needs less care & 
Is Superior in every particular. 
The cut represents the THREE Dairy sizes, that sep¬ 
arate from 300 to GOO pounds per hour. The factory 
sizes separate from 1,100 to 2,500 pounds per hour. 
The U. S. Butter Extractor is furnished in 5 Sizes. 
SEND FOR FULL ILLUSTRATED CIRCULARS. 
VERMONT FARM MACHINE CO., Bellows Falls, Vt„ 
Manufacturers of full lines Daily and Factory Apparatus 
UNEQUALLED, 
is the verdict of everyone who has tried the 
