344 
May 13 
Y RUBBER ^ 
ROOFING 
• '' WITHOUT , 
'6 RAOLEY-f 
BUY THE BEST! 
Not a “ sole-leas monopoly ”—the 
leather trust. —Vermont Watchman. 
Teachek : “ What is the capital of 
Ireland ?” Hoy : “ Stories of starvation 
and English oppression.”— Life. 
Mike: “ Shure, Pat, health is a good 
thing to have.” Pat: “ Yis, Moike, es¬ 
pecially whenyezis sick.”— Truth. 
“ My ole man,” said Aunty Chioe, “ is 
the wust for chicken you ever see. If he 
can’t git a chicken no other way he’ll go 
an’ buy one .”—Indianajjolis Journal. 
Little Boy : “ Mamma sent me for a 
hair brush.” Store Keeper : “ What sort 
of a hair brush do you want ?” Little 
Boy: “I want one with a soft back.” 
—Life. 
Bunsby : “I am awful glad to see you, 
old man. I read in the paper that you 
were dead.” Bixby : “ Yes, I saw it too, 
and I knew it was a lie the moment I 
read it.”— Wideawake. 
Jones : “I am getting very much 
troubled about th$se gold shipments, 
because—” Brown: “Nevermind, old 
man ; there’ll probably be some left in 
case you want to take the cure .”—New 
York Sun. 
“ Look here,” he said indignantly to 
the man with the hungry cow, “don't 
you see that ‘ Keep off the grass’ sign ?” 
“Yes.” “ Well, yer cow's on the grass.” 
“ I know it mister,” was the placid 
answer. “ I know jest as well as you do. 
You see, that cow can’t read.”—Wash¬ 
ington Star. 
IN writing to advertisers please always mention 
Thi Bubal. 
JOY “DIRECT FROM FACTORY," BEST 
MIXED PAINTS 
At WHOLESALE PRICES,Delivered FREE, 
Alliance. Low prices wil surprise you. Write for sample 
O. W. INGERSOLL, 846 Plymouth St., Brooklyn, N. I. 
Agents Wanted In every town for the most 
valuable implement for farmers’ use. This new 
and improved machine is meeting with great suc¬ 
cess wherever introduced. Every user of mowing 
machines wants this tool. Send for fully illus¬ 
trated circular. The Cutaway Harrow Co., 
Mole Manufacturers. Iligganum. Conn. 
New York Office. No. 18 Cliff Street. N. Y. City. 
PAINTeobrs 
DIXON s SILICA GRAPHITE PAINT 
Water will run from it pure and clean. 1 1 covers double 
the surface of any other paint, and will last four or Jive 
times longer. Equally useful for an.viron work. Send for 
circulars. Jos. Dixon Crucible Co., Jersey City, N. J. 
CONTENTS. 
Rural New-Yorker, May 13, 1893. 
LIVE STOCK AND DAIRY. 
Safe Exercise lor the Bull. 330 
Milk Heifer Fanning on Cheap Land. 330 
A Losing “ Spec ” with Hens. ...330 
Treatment of Scabby Sbeep. 331 
Working a ‘ White Elephant.”. 331 
Chronic Diarrhea In a Cow.333 
Spilt lloof and Ringbone . . 333 
Tapeworms In Sheep.333 
FARM TOPICS. 
Taking Pay for Labor In Manure. 329 
Tnat Big Corn Crop in Wisconsin. 331 
Reason for Fertilizer Failure. 332 
Analysis of Superphosphate. 332 
Marsh 11 ay for Sweet Potatoes.333 
Odorless Phosphate. 333 
Reversing Posts. 334 
Eradicating Witch Grass. 334 
HORTICULTURAL. 
About the Colorado Dwarf Cherry. 330 
Manuring In the Hill for Tomatoes. 331 
Shall He Raise Seeds or Berries ?.332 
Home-made Berry Crates. 332 
Starting Cabbages Before Maturity. 333 
Shaping Pear Trees. 333 
WOMAN AND THE HOME. 
Special World's Fair Committees. 338 
Evaporated Vegetables. 333 
Down Cellar. 338 
About That Competition. 338 
To Freshen Poik. 339 
Against Striped Bugs on Melons. 339 
Lucy Larcom. 339 
Pleasure By Handfuls. 339 
Kartoffel Suppe. 339 
MISCELLANEOUS. 
The Rural’s New Quarters. 331 
Taxes of New York State. 332 
Farmers’Club.. 
Discussion. 334 
Rurallsms. .'334 335 
Editorials. 334 ; 
Brevities. 333 
The National Executive and the Laws. 330 
Farmers Combine. 333 
Sugar Consumption. 333 
The Standard Oil Monopoly Complete. 333 
A Prospective Tannery Monopoly. 337 
A New Swindle. 337 
Unprecedented Drought In Europe. 337 
Marvelous Potato Yield. 337 
First Days of the World’s Fair. 337 
Publisher’s Desk . 34 O 
We Want to Know, You Know 1 . 340 
Crop and Market Notes . 341 
Markets. 344 
“ Contrary ” Cattle.342 
Live Stock Matters. . 343 
Shear Nonsense... 344 
NATURE’S OWN FERTILIZER. 
CANADA a A mm mm a 
UNLEACHED ^ hfl H 
HARDWOOD | | Boi 
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 \SH CO., 
9 Merchants' Row, Boston, Mass. 
i 11K RURAL NEW-YORKER. 
ECLIPSE CORN PLANTER 
Genuine PHILADELPHIA 
LAWN MOWER 
350,000 
)IN THE FIELD. 
Hand Sizes, 
s 10 to 20 inches. 
BOTH OPEN and SOLID CYLINDERS. 
Pony and Horse, 30 and 36 inches, 
Lawn Sweepers and Grass Edgers. 
GRAHAM, PASSMORE & CO., 
631 Market Street, PHILADELPHIA, PA. 
OLD SHINGLE ROOFS 
easily made water-tight and tire-proof at bmall ex¬ 
pense, with dark-red slate paint. On decayed shinnies 
It Dlls the pores, and gtves a substantial roof. that 
lasts years. Curled or warped shingles it brings to 
their places and keeps them there. Genuine Siate- 
palnt requires no heating, and contains no tar. 
ON TIN OR IRON ROOFS 
It Is acknowledged the best paint, has a heavy ho ly, 
Is easily applied, expands by heat, contracts by ..old, 
and never cracks. One coat equals 4 of any other. 
Buildings covered with telt can be made watertight 
at small expense. Write at once for Catalogue. 
Ind. Paint & Roof Co., 42 W. Broadway,N.Y. 
Lawn Mowers, 
GARDEN ROLLERS, 
LAWN RAKES, 
CULTIVATORS, 
HORSE HOES, 
FARM CARTS, 
and a full line of tools for farm and garden use. 
Send for Special Circular to the 
A. J. TRACY CO., Lim., 
No, 18 Cliff Street, New York, N. Y. 
NO MORE The Great SECRET of Exter- 
ft 1 U i II I ruinating by the Columbian 
| ? A M R 11 M JMetliod at Trifling Expense. 
UHI1HIIII A work on Its Habits, Character- 
TUIPTI ■■ lstlcs and Destruction—Golden 
I MlV I I fc Rod, Ox-Eye Daisy, and other 
■ NilW fl "■■Troublesome Weeds treated in 
its pages. 81 by mall. 
H. B. RICHARDS, EASTON, PBNNA. 
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. 
rpilE “SAFETY” POTATO-BUG WAGON—Pol- 
_L sons four rows at once; two acres an hour. 
Manu'actured by MICHAM & WARN, Richards, O. 
This will not appear again. 
ni 4UTC —Jersey Yellow Nansemond Sweet Po- 
rf.Mli I .1 tatoes. $2 per 1,000 In May; II In June. 
FREEMAN HURFF, Swedesbcro, N. J. 
Good Designs 
in wall papers are as plentiful as bad. Just as cheap, 
too. Selection by mail is easy. We will send you 100 
samples for eight cents. Prices 6 to 60 cents a roll. 
A. L. DIAMENT & CO., 1624 Chestnut St., Phila. 
Address 6TALBAN5F0UNDRyC0^ 
Collection. STRAWBERRIES 
We will send 25 plants each of the following varie¬ 
ties: Parker Earle, Hubach, liaverland, War- 
Held No. 2, Michel's Early and Eureka, all 
for 81.60. From Early to Late Berries, six weeks. 
The first order from each State will get 25 Parker 
Earle Plants extra as a present for promptness In 
ordering. If this don’t suit you, write me 5 our wants. 
L. MITCHELL, 
Riverside Fruit Farm, Pulaski, N. Y. 
SEED POTATOES. 
Choice Swamp Rose, Rural New-Yorker No. 2, Monroe \ 
Seedlings and other new and leading varieties, very j 
cheap. Address for price, 
O. H. WHITE & SON, Miller’s Corners, N. Y. i 
NO MORE The Great SECRET of Exter- 
ON ALL CROPS. 
manufacture fertilizers of all grades and 
for all crops ; and being the largest manufacturers 
in the .world, our facilities for furnishing all kinds of 
fertilizers and agricultural chemicals at the lowest 
prices are absolutely unequalled. 
See our Agents or write 
us before purchasing. 
Bradley Fertilizer Co., 92 State St., Boston. 
\ /J\ New Universal 
- - - Double Wheel Hoe, 
j. Cultivator and Plow. 
fl Cultivates both sides of 
\\ 1/ ■ W . row at one passing. 
Single Wheel Hoe, 
L I) II fl! Matthews' Seed 
Endorse d by 
' Leading Seedsmen. 
AMES PLOW COMPANY, Boston and New York. 
Send for Catalogue embracing whole line. 
FOR THE BEST 
Two Wheelers, 
Road Wagons, 
Hay Carriers, 
Forks, Slings, &c., 
WRITE TO 
C, H. FOWLER CO., Weedsport,N.Y 
THE ADVANCE HAY TEDDER. 
\ The most perfect article 
^ of its kind made. 
.. Ease of movement and 
^t satisfaction guaranteed. 
YS Also manufacturers of 
yVI \W vv ye v* y T\ Mowers, Rakes, Hay 
Yk ' Presses, Feed Cutters, 
Plows, etc. Address 
Ain Arbor Agricultural Co., Am Arbor, Mich, 
CHEAP VIRGINIA STOCK FARM. 
1,016 acres for $4,500 ; good land, 300 In original 
hardwood timber; good buildings of all kinds; near 
two depots and navigable river. Mild and eminently 
healthy climate the entire year. Splendidly watered; 
much lenclng and bottom land. Good society, post- 
office, churches, schools, one mile. Full particulars 
W. G. STEVENS. Houston. Vo. 
CIDER 
„ MACHINERY II P 
Hydraulic, Knuckle Joint and Screw I Gil r 
Freeses, Graters. Elevators, Pumps, I 
etc. Send for Catalogue 
800MER& BQSCHERT^irijJSHt 
PRESS CO., 
11 » W.WatvrSL. SYRACUSE, N.Y.!^s9Mi 
ft* f Vfi K PUMPS. 
■ fflL ■ Automatic Mixers, limes Working 
n m Tf Parts, heavy Host* and VKKJIOKKL KOZJI 
“ lIllfZLES. Our GARFIELD KNAPSACK and- 
B I TlITTLK GEM lead all other*. You can saYe* 
_ . II r money by dealing with us. Book of instruct 
I tion* free. Field force pump co.,* 
Imm " Hj^ J* r, * to1 Ave-. LOCKPOKT. N. iO| 
Great Labor Saver. You cannot afford to work 
Vineyards or Berries without one. Send for special 
circular with testimonials. 
D. S. MORGAN * CO., Brocfeport, N. Y. 
I ^ FT THYM0-CRES0L 
■ ■ ■■* Cold Water Dip,” recommended 1 1 1 1 1,1 U UIII.UUL 
I and used by the leading Breeders and Veterinarians all over the 
■■■i ■ ■■■■ world; non-poisonous. Mixes instantly with cold water. Sampleby 
mail 50c. For sale by all reliable dealers. Lawford Bros., Baltimore, Md., Sole Agents for U. S. 
THYMO-CRESOL 
CHEAPER THAN WINDMILLS, 
Always Ready ! No Fire ! No Engineer t No 
Danger! For all farm and dairy' work. 
Send stamp for catalogue. 
Safety Vapor Engine Co., 16 Murray St., N.Y. 
ELLIOTS PARCHMENT BUTTER PAPER. 
To dairymen or others who will use It, we will send half a ream, 8x11, free, if they will 
forward 30 cents to pay postage. Why not try the Best Batter Wrapper T 
FREE 
30 cents to pay postage. Why not try the Best Batter Wrapper ? 
A. 6. ELLIOT 4k ©©.. Paper Manufacturers, Philadelphia, Pa 
THE 
GreatAmerican 
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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. 
1893 
We Are The Only Firm 
Giving to customers cash discounts on orders. We 
catalogue that best of all bush beans, the Warren, and 
that best ol all early peas, t le Excelsior. No 
other. Seed Catalogue, of America or Europe, 
contains so CTeat a variety of several of the stand- 
^a|£lSps^P ard vegetables, and, in addition, are many choice 
jQgr varieties peculiarly our own. Though greatly 
T enlarged in both the vegetable and flower seed depart¬ 
ments. we send our catalogue FKGI1 to all. The three 
warrants still hold good, and our customers may rely upon it, 
that the well earned reputation of our seed for freshness and 
purity will continue to be guarded as a most precious part of 
ur capital. J. J. H. GREGORY & SON, Marblehead, Mass. 
On steep or flat surface. Excellent roof, complete 
$2.00-l >er 100 square feet.-$2 OO 
Send stamp for sample and state size of roo . 
FOR SHED OR HENHOUSE. 
TheflSll BRAND SLICKER is warranted water¬ 
proof, and will keep you dry in the hardest storm. The 
new POMMEL SLICKER is a perfect riding coat, and 
covers the entire saddle. Bewareof imitations. Don’t 
buy a coat if the “ Fish Brand” is not on it. Illustra¬ 
ted Catalogue free. A. J. TOWER, Boston, Mass. ; 
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