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THE RURAL NEW-YORKER. 
April 8 
tios^r 
iSESS® 
Mrs. Beebe : “ How did the Fijis take 
our dear missionary ?” Rector (sighing): 
“ Internally.”— Town Topics. 
Thk Boston Girl.—“ Do many Chicago 
men live by the pen ? ” The Chicago 
Girl: “ Oh, yes, out at the stock yards; 
lots of them.”— Nevj York Herald. 
“ If the devil lost his tail, where would 
he go to find a new one ? ” “Wouldn’t 
it be to a rum mill, for bad spirits 
are retailed there ? ”— Little Peddllnqton 
Oheewitz. 
How He Lost His Supper —Tommy : 
“Paw, did you go to Sunday school every 
day when you was a boy.” Mr. Figg : 
“ Of course, I did. Why ? ” Tommy: “I 
thought you maybe went only on Sun¬ 
days.”— Indianapolis Journal. 
“ The shark is the oldest type of fish,” 
said the country school teacher. “Not 
any older than the sucker, I guess,” re¬ 
marked the boy whose father had signed 
a lightning-rod contract that afterward 
turned out to be a promissory note.— 
Washington Post. 
SEND FOR PA MPHLETS —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 Dbessing in Spring old or worn-out meadows, mowing or pasture lands, with or without stable manure. 
Apply for pamphlets to as or to any of our agents. 
The Mapes Formula and Peruvian Guano Co., 143 Liberty St., New York. 
WORKS AT NEWARK, NEW JHBSEY 
THE 
GreatAmerican 
Company 
gftitfttUanfousi 
I» you name Thk R. N.-Y. to our advertisers yon 
may be pretty sure of prompt replies and right treat¬ 
ment. 
BUY “DIRECT FROM FACTORY,*’ BEST 
MIXED PAINTS 
BUT THE INTERESTS OF THE PUBLIC DEMAND IT 
At WHOLESALE PRICKS,Delivered FREE, 
For Houbos, Barns, Roofs, all colors. & SAVE Middlemen’* 
profits. In use 61 years. Endorsed by Grange & F armerT 
Alliance. Low prices wil surprise you. Write for sample*. 
O. W. INGERSOLL, 240 Plymouth St., Brooklyn, N. Y. 
The dairymen must be supplied with the BEST apparatus, and when they 
recognize the U. S. SEPARATOR as such and give it their preference over the 
De Laval “Baby,” “Mamma De Laval” is terribly agitated for her “child,” 
and seeks to stop the castigation by an old trick of hers, which is proving as 
unavailing now as it has proved when she has tried it before. 
This scheme of the De Laval Co. of unearthing an unused patent, 
j upon which to sue a purchaser and user of our machine, who called 
' f down their wrath upon himself by discarding their No. 2 “Baby” 
J Separator for our No. 5 U. S. Separator, is too transparent, and 
s/ although bolstered up by an alarming array (?) of legal lights, it 
/ / will no ^ ^ ave desired effect. 
) This patent, which is on the gearing, has but one claim, a com- 
y) /L bination of fifteen elements, and is too cumbersome for even the 
sJtzZL ■> De Laval Co. themselves to use, and we certainly would not. The 
yL*' U. S. dairy size Separators are beating the De Laval “ Baby ” 
Separator in every contest on their merits. This shows why the 
J De Laval Co. are so anxious to stop its sales that they resort to 
such methods in attempts to scare the dairymen ; but U. S. keeps 
on whipping the Baby just the same. 
We guarantee to protect all purchasers in the peaceful use of 
our Separator, 
— Send for pamphlets containing full particulars and description 
of the machines. 
A PRACTICAL EVERYDAY 
B n-CT containing over 2,500 
__Br wrL— 1“ tttzc. tested recipes. 320 
HErjHH pages, bound In cloth. Don’t fail to 
■SSI ^WATCH-CLOCK 
the greatest novelty of the age. For full particulars 
address The GREAT AMERICAN TEA CO-, 
P, O. Box »87. Ncvf Yorlt City, N. Y. 
CANADA 
HARDWOOD 
UNLEACHED 
Screened and ready for immediate shipment In 
carload lots, direct from our storehouses in Canada. 
Smallei quantities, In bags, from our storehouse In 
New York. We guarantee all ashes shipped by us 
to be absolutely pure unleaclied, and give all pur¬ 
chasers ample time to satisfy themselves as to qua 
llty of the ashes before paying for them. Send foi 
our prices, circulars and other information before 
ordering ALLISON. STROUP A 00., 
Mention thU paper. 106 Fulton Street, New York 
VERMONT FARM MACHINE COMPANY 
Bellows Falls, Vermont. 
PSH Jr 
This Trade Mark is on the best 
WATERPROOF COAT 
NATURE’S OWN FERTILIZER. 
CANADA m BIJFCIi 
UNLEACHED VhJ An 
HARDWOOD r%L | | Eh 
The Forest City Wood Ash Co., of London, Canada, 
have perfect facilities for handling them In proper 
shape. Send lor free Pamphlet and Guaranteed 
Analysis to 
THE FOREST CITY WOOD ASH CO., 
9 Merchants' Row, Boston, Mass. 
Continental” Disk Pulverizer. 
IT TILLS Convex Bumpers. 
Square Shaft, Disk 
Thimble and Bumper, 
1 in the World ! 
A. J. TOWER, BOSTON, MASS. 
niustrated 
Catalogue 
Free. 
Leaving no ridge in the centre or between 
gangs not cultivated. Made in widths 
from 6 to 25 feet. 
,HPR bKgs Com Plai 
Perfect work whether 
stony, sward or mellow 
• r 1 " , ~7 land, yb 
All rotary disk pulver¬ 
izers have a strong end 
pressure in an opposite 
direction from which the 
soil is turned. _ But our 
bumpers revolving in the 
same direction are so 
made that they simply 
roll against each other 
and prevent all friction 
from that source. 
The Draw Iron 
Is attached to the shaft, 
thus reducing the draft. 
The Scraper Lever 
Can be operated by the 
driver’s hand or foot 
while he is in the seat. 
Time saved, 
w ^ Better work. 
Quicker results. 
Made only by 
Ames Plow Co* 
BOSTON AND 
NEW YORK. 
with this beautiful Organ an Instruction 
Book and a handsome, upholstered Stool! 
The organ has 11 stops, 6 octaves, and is 
made of Solid Walnut. Warranted by us for 
15 years. We only charge *46 for this beau- 
. tlful Instrument. Send to-day for KKKK Illus¬ 
trated catalogue. OX HI It L) MKG. CO Chicago. 
Bend for circulars and catalogue. 
CIDER 
NEW PRUNE WEEDSPOP^ 
Prices reduced. Ask for same. 
Std. and Dwf. Pears, Plums, P ^ as 
and all SMALL FRUITS. OrcharMst* a liters 
should ask our Prices. Oswego Plum an Pear 
trees YV1LEY & CO.. Cr 4? N. Y. 
£8’- Mention Thk Ruua 
MACHINERY. 
Power 8orew :nprrp I 
Hydraulio, or 1 rivLwo«l 
Knuokle Joint) 
Graters, Elevators, Etc. 
boomer & Boschert Press Co.^^ 
IIS W. Witir Bt. Syracuse. V. 7. 
Standard Draft Box, 
Weighted Scraper Lever. BATAVIA, N. Y., U. S. A, 
The GARRETT PICKET & 
WIRE FENCEMACHINE 
Weaves to the posts. Best in th« 
world. Thousands in use. Qua? 
anteed. Freight paid. JLfscts 
are reporting big sales. Mashinee, 
Wire, etc., at wholesale direst ie 
Farmers where I have ne Agents 
Catalogue free. Address the man¬ 
ufacturer, H. H. tlAK&KTT, 
MANSFIELD, OHIO* 
“OllklUV Oinr v Flee Virginia Grass and Stock 
uUNNT OlUL. Farm, near large city; 737 
acres; 300 In cultivation, 267 In grass, 180 In wood¬ 
land; 100 acres are tine river bottoms. Absolutely 
Inexhaustible; uplands rich; farm well fenced and 
watered. Nice residence on commanding situation; 
eminently healthy; amt>le outbuildings, everything 
In good repair. Average 20 per cent net profit an¬ 
nually. Price $13,100 
W. G. STEVENS, Houston Ya. 
100 
I Prizes at four leading 
American Fairs. 
| Write for Catalogue. 
JOHN W. AKIN 
Sciplo, N. Y. 
srar narrow and| r 12 
WIDE TIRES.U STYLES. 
^^/Two and Four Wheels. $25.UpwaboL 
WRITE FOR CIRCULARS. 
Y AND SAY WHAT YOU NEED. 
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