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7 RUBBER ~ 
ROOFING 
NOT 
SHEAR NONSENSE. 
Clara : “Now, I’m all ready for the 
ball. How do I look, Jack?” Jack: 
“ You remind me of a Sioux in his war¬ 
paint.” C ara : “ Oh, you nasty thing ! 
I—I—” Jack: “Don’t cry, darling! I 
simply meant you were dressed to kill.” 
Objecting Parent: “Yes, I know how 
it is with you young people. You’d get 
along all right so long as the sea is calm 
and it is smooth sailing, but what would 
you do in case of a squall ? ” Practical 
Suitor: “ Well, if the worst comes to 
worst, we can employ a nurse.”— Puck. 
“ My face has been paining me very 
much to-day,” she observed. “ It comes 
from the toothache.” “Too bad!” he 
murmured sympathetically, “ but then— 
er—if your face is painful to you, Miss 
Smilax, I assure you it isn’t painful to 
anybody else.” He proposed successfully 
that evening .—Chicaqo News. 
IN writing to advertiser* please always mention 
ru lie hal. 
BUY “DIRECT FROM FACTORY,” BEST 
MIXED PAINTS 
profits. In use iH.yeaia. Endorsed by Grange & Farmanr 
DITCH-DIGGER. fP A^» 
Patent Applied For 
Labor-Saving 
Implement of 
loosen any kind " v * ^ V. 
of cartb ronn B )}, » 
OIT DBEP. M—r - J 
Straight and 
even width. W. L. Coggsliall, West Groton, N. Y 
POTASH SALTS ARE NECESSARY 
to produce large crops of good quality. 
High and Los Grade Sulphate of Potash, Mnriate of Potash and Kainit 
Kalnlt preserves stable manure and enhances Its value. 
For Information and pamphlets address 
GERMAN KALI WORKS, 93-99 Nassau Street, New York, N. Y. 
B. C. PALMER. 0. H. HIVENBCKQ TW. ITBOST. 
HfBTABLiISHKD 1869. 
PALMER, RIVENBURG & CO., 
Successors to C. S. PALMER, 
Wholesale Commission Merchants. 
Dressed CALVES a Specialty. 
Also Poultry. Butter and Eggs. Apples and Potatoes 
In car lots. 
166 Keade Street, New York. 
References: Chatham National Bank. 
flSH h K** 
This Trade Mark is on the best 
WATERPROOF COAT 
cataloguo^ ^ World I 
Free - A. J. TOWER. BOSTON. MASS. 
“ p b1lungs Com Planter and Fertilizer. 
Perfect work whether ^ ™ „_. 
8tony, sward or Time saved. 
Better work. 
Send for circulars and catalogued 
■ Apyvn UflUTrn To canvass for tliesale 
HleP M I \ n AH I LU 0 f our jj oine-Grown 
MMlsn I W Nursery Stock. NEW PROFIT 
SHARING SYSTEM. Salary and expenses paid. 
W. & T SMITH CO. 
Established 1846. One of the Largest, Oldest Es¬ 
tablished aad Best Known Nurseries In the U. S. 
POT ATHPQ 800 11,1813618 clean, ripe Em- 
1 O 1 xx 1 OCJ, pire state, in pits; grown on 
sand, 12.60 per barrel. Don't plant debilitated, cellar- 
wintered stock. H. H. POWELL, Carson City, Mich 
SEED POTATOES. 
Choice Second-size Potatoes—all leading varieties 
—11.60 per barrel. Only a few of the large size left. 
M. F WEBSTER, Victor, N. Y. 
CAD Cil C South Georgia Farm.—Good for 
rUn dNLk TRUCK, FRUIT AND STOCK; 82 
adres, li4 mile from the Blackshear RR. Depot. 
Address W. R. ANDREWS, Eufaula, Ala. 
WRITE 
FOR 
PRICES. 
MACHINE KNIVES 
MILL SUPPLIES 
RADCL/rF, Rf O WET Ge CO . C/NC/NNAT!. O 
328 
May 6 
THE RURAL NEW-YORKER. 
SHORT HILLS, N. J. 
IN THE 
TRUST 1 
MSB 
^Adjustable! 
• Warranted • 
Sold direct to school officers. 
Circulars free. Address, 
Adjustable School 
Seat Manf’g Co., 
MARCELLUS, MICH. 
WE HAVE A SURPLUS 
of new Strawberries: Van Deinan E. P. Roe, Muskingum, 
Beverly, Dayton, Eclipse, Beauty, Sherman, Mystic, Iowa 
Beauty, Beebe, Jucunda Improved, Auburn, Gillespie, Gov. 
Hoard, California, Edward's Favorite, Swindle, Gen. Putnam, 
Southard, Accomac, Leader, Phillips, Anna Forest, Woolver- 
ton, Standard, Princess, Standard Varieties: Enhance, 
Pearl, Michel’s Early, Great Pacitlc, Lady Rusk, Crescent, 
Lor g John, Lovett, Mlddlefleld, Saunders, Beder Wood, 
Oregon, Neverbearlng, Caineronlan, Farnsworth, Westbrook, 
Edijar Queen, Ilaverland, Warfield, Parker Earle, Eureka, 
Bui t. Bubach, Gandy, Sadie, Mrs Cleveland, etc.—100 varieties 
Raspberries: Cuthbert, Marlboro, Caroline (most produc¬ 
tive and best for home use); Golden Queen, Gregg, Tyler, 
Shaller, etc. 
Blackberries: Snyder, Taylor, Klttatinny, Stone’s Hardy, 
Erie, Agawam, Wachusettand Lawton. 
Currants, Grapes, Asparagus, etc. 
Write for prices on what you need. Have you read “Farmer 
on the Strawberry ? ” Price, 25 cents. Catalogue free. If you 
have no experience better leave selection to us. 
Yours for fruits, 
LAWRENCE JONES FARMER, Pulaski, N, V, 
Kelly Axe Mfg.Co. 
LOUISVILLE, KY. 
in Plants, Seeds and Bulbs. 
Beautiful catalogue with 
full-page photo engravings 
throughout now ready. 
Contains also an excellent 
colored plate of the new 
Datura or ‘Horn of Plenty.’ 
Send for it. Free. 
Pitcher & Manda, 
CONTENTS. 
Rural New-Yorker, May 6, 
LIVE STOCK AND DAIRY. 
A Big Chicken Business. 
A Healthy Mule and Two Sick Chickens.. 
A Talk About Creaming MUk . 
Call in a Vet. on This. ...\ 
A Heifer’s Extra Teat."' 
Killed by Timothy. 
Cured a Kicker. 
A Belated Mule Colt. . . . . . . 
Lice on Dogs. . . . . . 
Itupe for Sheep. 
1’he Ticks Are Too Thick.. . . . . . 
About Those Wyandottes. 
FARM TOPICS. 
A Ditcher for the Ditcher. 
Another Potato Crate. . . . . . . 
The Cost of Spraying Potatoes. 
Raising Egyptian Cotton. 
What to Do with Night Soli. [ 
Plowing In Late Potatoes. ' 
Fighting a Deadly Grass.” 
To Try the Trench System.[ 
Success with Lucern. 
More Potato Scabs. 
HORTICULTURAL. 
A Niagara Grape Grower Talks. 
A Crop to Follow Strawberries. 
Fertilizer to Raise Canes. 
Pruning Maple Trees. 
Japan Chestnuts and Plums.. 
WOMAN AND THE HOME. 
Killing One's Own Business. 
New Spring Furnishings. 
How I Raised the Lambs. 
The 8unbonnet Too. 
An Experience Item. 
Few New Gowns Vet. . 
A Mistake as to Dates. 
For the Home Milliner. 
Angles Become Curves. 
Good Yeast.. 
Reversible Mustard Plasters. 
A Claimant for Favor. 
Care of Fruit Jars. 
A Woman’s Restaurant..,.. 
MISCELLANEOUS. 
Will this Restore His Confidence 5. 
Uncle Sam Has No Book Agents. 
What Do 1 Know Tnls Spring?. 
Ruralisins.. 
Editorial. 
Brevities. 
The Prospect.i. 
We Want to Know, You Know !. 
Crop and Market Notes . 
Markets. 
The Bell on the Milk-house Top.. 
By Weight Instead of Measure. 
Hard Cider. 
A Terrible Moment. 
Shear N onsense... 
ATTENTION! 
ASK FOR THIS AXE. 
USE NO OTHER. 
Wood-choppers, try the 
Kelly Perrect Hxe 
It will cut more wood 
than any other axe. 
The scoop in the blade 
keeps it from sticking in 
the wood, and makes it 
cut deeper than any other 
axe. Ask your dealer for 
it. Send us his name if 
he don’t keep it. It is the 
Anti-Trust Axe. 
NEW WOLCOTT 
Automatic Prize Wind Mill, 
made from the best Steel, Iron ^lHL WwifS; 
and Wood. Has proved to have 
no equal for Simplicity, Dura¬ 
bility, Power and Beauty. Warranted 
to do more work and to outlast all 
others, and to last three times longer 
than any all-Steel mill made. Send 
for Facts, Folders and Prices. Agents 
Wolcott Wind Mill & Pump Co., 
113 Michigan Avenue, Albion, Mich. 
Is unequaled for house, barn, factory, or outbuild¬ 
ings, and costs half the price of shingles, tin or Iron. 
It Is ready for use and easily applied by any one. 
FOR SHED OR HENHOUSE. 
On steep or fiat suiface. Excellent roof, complete 
$2.00-» ,6r l 00 square feet-$2.00 
Send stamp for sample and state size ol roof. 
Ind. Paint & Roof Co., 42 W. Broad way, N.Y. 
THt 
Gpeatamericak 
A 
Company 
NOVELTIES 
AND 
RARITIES 
CIDER 
_ MACHINERY 
BOOMER d & BOSCHERT^^^HPIb 
press co., 
11H W. Water St.. SYRACUSE, N. Y^TsSBi 
TIE GREEN MOUNTAIN GRAPE. 
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Ol D SHINGLE ROOFS 
easily made water-tight and fire-proof at small ex¬ 
pense, with dark-red slate paint. On decayed shinqles 
It fills the pores, and giyes a substantial roof, that 
lasts years. Curled or warped shingles It brings to 
their places and keeps them there. Genuine Slate- 
paint requires no heating, and contains no tar. 
ON TIN OR IRON ROOFS 
It Is acknowledged the best paint, has a heavy body, 
Is easily applied, expands by heat, contracts by cold, 
and never cracks. One coat equals 4 of any other. 
Buildings covered with felt can be made watertight 
at small expense. Write at once for Catalogue. 
CANADA 
UNLEACHED 
HARDWOOD 
ASHES 
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. 
Ain Arbor Agricultural Co,, An Arbor, Micb, 
NATURE’S OWN FERTILIZER. 
THE ADVANCE HAY TEDDER. 
The most perfect article 
of Its kind made. 
Ease of movement and 
satisfaction guaranteed. 
Also manufacturers of 
Mowers, Rakes, Hay 
Presses, Feed Cutters. 
Plows, etc. Address 
B ROWN’S MEDIUM EARLY, YEL- 
LOW DENT SEED CORN—Ninety-day; large 
ylelder, small cob, deep kernels. Nearly all sold. 
One peck only, f. o. b., $1. J. H. BROWN, 
Climax, Mich. 
The Seventh Year’s 
Trial of this wonderful 
grape more than sus¬ 
tain* all that has been 
said of it In the past. 
The most desirable 
hardy outdoor early 
grape known. Send for 
free circular giving full 
Information. Address 
8TKPHEN HOYT’S SONS, New Canaan, Conn. 
A W ADAPTED TO 
feu, / 
SHEDS ET.C. 
FOR INFORMATION & PRICES WRITE TO 
NILES IRON & STEEL ROOFING CO.NH^ 0 - 
