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THE RURAL NEW-YORKER 
April 1 
STARTING OUT TO RAISE HOGS FOR 
PROFIT. 
Our nearest neighbors are Sam Patch 
and his sister Julia. They are the only 
surviving members of a once large family, 
and as old maid and bachelor they farm 
the land which had been in possession of 
their family for generations hack. T vo 
more jovial, pleasant and hospitable 
people never lived and their home is 
often the scene of merry-making for us 
young folks. When thoroughly angry, 
Mr. Patch has an uncontrollably hot 
temper which often gets him into trouble. 
For years and years he raised beef cat¬ 
tle for market, but these not paying as 
they had in former years, he concluded 
to keep fewer of them and raise some 
hogs. His sister Julia had become in¬ 
terested in dairy products and had pur¬ 
chased two Jersey cows, and the skim- 
milk would go far towards raising pigs 
So thought Mr, Patch, and he commenced 
looking ’round for a good brood sow In 
a short time he found one for sale—a 
full-blood Poland-China. Early in the 
fall he brought her home and turned her 
loose into the barnyard. Now the barn¬ 
yard fence was old and rickety and it 
didn’t take the Poland-China long to find 
this out. In three hours’ time that hog 
had been all over the place, and Mr. 
Patch perspiring and tired, found her 
sleeping on the top of the high hill back 
of the house. 
This hill was the steepest in this part 
of the country. A stone started from the 
top never stopped in its rapid descent 
until the bottom was reached. You may 
readily see that Mr. Patch had good 
cause to be very warm after climbing 
this steep hill, but he still had pleasure 
in seeing his new purchase safe, so .he 
only punished her “Majesty” by then 
and there naming her Rip Van Winkle. 
The usual performances were gone 
through with in getting her safely back 
to the barn yard. Only those who have 
tried to drive hogs know what these 
“performances” were. Surely a more 
roving nature in a hog never existed be¬ 
fore. She was everywhere. The corn 
shocks, still containing their golden 
grain, were her frequent roaming place. 
In desperation Mr. Patch concluded to 
shut her up. One of his cattle sheds he 
boarded up, and Miss Rip Van Winkle 
was there confined. As Mr. Patch laugh¬ 
ingly expressed it, he had fixed her up 
with a “parlor, dining-room, bed-room 
and play ground,” for the shed contained 
four roomy stalls, each of which formerly 
held two steers. 
As cold weather advanced, Mr. Patch 
became more and more interested and 
considerate of his Poland-China. Strips 
of carpet which his sister Julia would 
place on the porch for wiping muddy 
feet, began to disappear. Miss Julia 
blamed the dog, and was scolding the 
poor miscliievious pup for draggingthem 
off when Sam suddenly appeared and 
confessed that he had taken them to 
hang up over the cold side of the shed 
where the cracks between the boards let 
the cold wind in. Miss Julia only 
answered mildly that he had better bring 
his pet into the house. 
Then came warm weather and we 
seemed to be having our spring in the 
winter time. One evening Mr. Patch 
carried the usual bucket of slop to Miss 
Rip, but in an unlucky moment he forgot 
to latch the door after him as he left the 
shed, and upon going to feed her the 
next morning he found her “ gone.” 
Without waiting to get his breakfast he ’ 
started out to hunt her up. Through the 
mud of the corn field he trudged, but she 
was not in the field, although the few 
remaining shocks of corn still standing 
showed signs where her “ Majesty ” had 
stopped to eat some. Every likely place 
on the farm was tramped over in hopes 
of finding her, but the welcome grunt of 
Miss Piggy reached not his ears. 
“ The plagued thing ! I bet she’s on top 
of that hill” growled the now angry 
farmer as he wearily commenced the 
ascent. As he was nearly 50 years old, 
he did not often climb the “ mountain” 
as it was called, although in younger 
days he had often coon hunted all night THE OIL TAFT BROS. M ‘ CMOCHEST ER.HTt 
THE PRINCE OF WALES 
SMOKES. 
ff’SCNUINE 
1 sMtklSG to 3 K k 
: 'w.TBUCKWat&CO- 
I DURHAM,N O 
[or over2«5 Years] HE {eaDING^M OKING^ IqbaCCO, 
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SHORING TOBACCO 
is not like other kinds. It has peculiar fragrance and peculiar flavor. 
Its peculiar uniformity always gives peculiar comfort, and has made 
it peculiarly popular. Sold everywhere. Made only by 
BLACKWELL’S DURHAM TOBACCO CO., Durham, N. C. 
25 COLD MEDALS 
MORE than all competitors combined cnnboastof. 
No Cream Raiser or Separator can Show 
a record of as thorough and complete 
skimming. It is the only apparatus In the World 
that can show Laboratory Tests by the gravi¬ 
metric system, having absolutely no trace of fat left in the milk. 
It has many records by gravimetric process, under one-tenth of one per 
•cent, which shows it to be without a peer. 
When run according to directions it is absolutely unapproach¬ 
able In its work. MADE IN 4 STYLES and 10 SIZES. 
Don’t be influenced to purchase any other Cream Raiser or Separator, 
until you have sent for Illustrated Circular and read it carefully. 
THE VERMONT FARM MACHINE CO., Bellows Falls, Vermont. 
MANUFACTURERS OF FULL LINES OF FACTORY AND DAIRY APPARATUS. 
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In writing to advertisers please always mention 
Th* Rural. 
CREAMER, 
Any good judge 
of butter can tell 
when 
ashtons 1 
ji ^Ofly f\^': ! 
Ashton’s 
Salt 
Kneeiands 0nly Cr r mery 
Crystal Glass Milk Cans 
Creamery Steel Plate Water Tanks 
CREAM WITH OR WITHOUT ICE. 
Practicable, Durable, Simple, Perfect, Profitable. Non-rusting, 
Non-corrosive, no Leaking. Sediment removed by bottom skirn- 
is used,—when some other 
brand. 
There is a difference in the 
selling value of such butter, 
too; largely in favor of Ash¬ 
ton’s Salt. 
FRANCIS D. MOULTON & CO., 
General Agents for U. S. and Canada, 
2 l J Broadway, New York. 
[WIlMCHM 
BARDEN CABINET CREAMERY, 
DIAMOND BALANCE CHURN, 
make dairying a pleasure. BUTTERWORKERS, RAILROAD AND 
CHEESE MILK CANS, and general DAIRY SUPPLIES. 
Send for Illustrated Catalogue. 
Barden Automatic Cream Separator Co., 
Agents Wanted. fllDDLE GRANVILLE, N. Y. 
DODGE’S PATENT TRIPLE 
MILK STRAINER. 
. Hast and Only Perfect One 
In existence. Very durable. Brass 
“ frame: containing three separable 
wire cloths, edges neatly soldered. 
Screws on. Takes off to wash. Try 
It and you can’t do without It. 
Send for descriptive price-list, 
and address all orders to 
CHAS. II. DODGE, Sole Mfr., 
Washington Mills, New York. 
OUR SPECIAL OFFER S3 
Below see sample letters from those who have accepted our Special 
Offer for 1892, have got their Creameries and tested them, 
_ Lyons, Mich., May 6th, 1692. 
1 received the Creamery. Have tried it. Several neighbors have seen 
it, like it very much and want them at once. It gets all the cream. It pays 
to accept the Delaware County Creamery Co.’s offer. You get just what 
is recommended. Resnectfullu. A. A. CRANK 
p ^ <er\STA!J8§r 
(Sddress 6 tALBAN5FoUNDRYCo.^ 
ELLIOT’S PARCHMENT BUTTER PAPER. 
To dairymen or others who will use It, we wlli send half a ream, 8x11, free, If they will 1 It k E 
forward 30 cents to pay postage. Why not try the Best Butter Wrapper ? TT-rwr tr-in _ -m 
_ A. G. ELLIOT & CO., Paper Manufacturers, Philadelphia, Pa. 
CANADA UNLEACHED HARDWOOD 
ARE NATURE'S 
FERTILIZER. 
All the LATEST IMPROVEMENTS tm 
DAIRY APPLIANCES. 
Jfcwytblag for the — a— « i . 
Dairy f THE 
FARM J riMDvuru’c 
Supplied by Kail on short notice. I can 
positively guarantee my ashes pure unleached and 
free from adulteration. For price, pamphlet and all 
other information, address 
CHAS. STEVENS, Drawer O, 
Napanee, Ontario, Can. 
Send name for » particulars best butter- 
box to A. E. LANE, West Randolph, Vt. 
P JLHIII y A MACHINERY and SUPPLIES. 
vMnlallfU D. G. Trench Co., Chicago, Ill., and 
Farnham, N. Y Mention this paper. 
RHEUMATISM. 
In any form, Lumbago, or Neuralgia, 1 will gladly 
give, without charge, Information that will lead to a 
complete cure, as It has In mv case, and hundreds of 
others. I have nothing to sell or give, only direct you 
to a cure. Address F. W. PAKKHUBST, Fraternity 
Publisher, Box 1501, Boston, Mass. 
SUPPLY CO 
1937 Market St. 
PHILADELPHIA. 
ROTTER 
FACTORY 
MYm of the Automatic Capillary Milk Cooler, 
and Other Specialties. Price List fbek. 
Aaeate tor VI CTO it IA CREAM g&PAK ATOM 
Morphine Habit Cured in 10 
to 20 days. No pay till cured. 
DR.J.STEPHEN8, Lebanon,Ohio. 
OLD corns 
»13,388 Paid 
For 149 Old Coins. Save all 
you get, coined before 1878, 
& send 2 stamps for Ulus- 
trated list. Shows the 
highest prices paid. W. 
VON BERGEN, 95 Scollay 
Square, Boston, Mass. 
WANTED. 
