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IIE RURAL NEW-YORKER 
September 30 
Now, lovelier far the landscape looks, 
And sing the whippoorwills; 
Book agents are delivering books, 
And late mosquitoes-bills. 
—Atlanta Constitution. 
An Iowa publisher acknowledges the 
receipt of an egg which “was laid on 
our table by Rev, Mr. Smith.”— Puck. 
He: “Will you give me one kiss?” 
She : “ If I let you have one will you be 
satisfied?” ne: “Never!” She: “Then 
take it.”— Detroit Iribune. 
“ Wiiat delicious mince pies you have, 
Mrs. Nuvvo ! I’d like to see your recipe,” 
said the guest. “ They aren’t paid for 
yet,” said Mrs. Nuvvo, meekly.”— Judge. 
Ada : “ Are you going to sue him for a 
breach of promise?” Elsie: “No; my 
lawyer says I haven’t any case. Ycu see, 
Dick always signed his letters ‘ Without 
recourse.’ ”— Life. 
Visitor : “ Did I understand you to say 
that you had three sisters?” Hostess: 
“Yes, I have three sisters.” Visitor: 
“That’s very strange. Only a few days 
ago your brother told me that he had 
four sisters.”— Vermont Watchman. 
“ I can’t see why bread should remain 
at the same price when wheat and flour 
have come dovn so.” “My dear boy, 
the main things in bread are water and 
air. Neither one is a cent cheaper than 
it was at the close of the war.”— Indian¬ 
apolis Journal. 
I Would you I 
an 
Organ? 
or Piano? If you really would, write 
to us and you will find that getting 
11 L rP* n # one i s f ar easier than you thought. 
dll X Our method is to sell right “across 
lots,” from the factory to the family. 
No big profit for the dealer. No 
commission for the music teacher. 
No f?p for the friend who introduces you, etc. All these are use¬ 
less—and expensive to the buyer. The mail will bring us your 
order, and the railroad deliver it. What more do 
you want ? Our instruments are world-famous, and 
up to date. Our output is the largest known. Our 
offer is an absolutely free trial. Our terms can be 
made to suit anybody. Our Piano and Organ book 
will tell you more, and save you money. Free for 
the asking. Write to-day for latest issue. 
Established 27 Years. OJJlce and Salesroom, 
CORNISH <&. CO., WASHINGTON, N.J. 
JMAiaifflu 
▼wtotvne. Kaetra Quality. 
Warranted trap. I,ow» 
est rates. Introducers 
OX the new Blaelc Grape 
EATON. 
Ahro other SMALL FRUITS. New Descriptive Catalogue Free. 
T. 8. HUBBARD CO., FREDONIA, If.Y. 
BARDEN CABINET CREAMERY, 
DIAHOND BALANCE CHURN, 
make dairying a pleasure. BUTTEUWORKER8, RAILROAD AND 
CHEESE MILK CANS, and general DAIRY SUPPLIES. 
Send for Illustrated Catalogue. 
-. 
Barden Automatic Cream Separator Co., 
Agents Wanted. MIDDLE GRANVILLE, N. Y. 
Miss Antique (taking seat politely 
proffered): “ Thank you, my little n an 
You have been taught to be polite, I am 
glad to see. Did your mother tell you 
to always give up your seat to ladies ? ” 
Polite boy: “ No’m, not to all ladies; 
only to old ladies.”— Good Form. 
She: “You know, Reggie, that girls 
are being called by the names of flowers 
now, and my sister suggested that I 
should be called Thistle.” Reggie : “Oh, 
yes, I see; because you are so sharp.” 
She: “Oh, no; she said, it was because 
a donkey loved me.”— Boston Globe. 
Street Car Driver (to passenger) : 
“Why don’t you put down that heavy 
satchel? You’ll break your back holding 
it up.” Passenger : “ Be gob, thim little 
harses has got all they can do to dhrag 
this big k’yar and the load that’s in it. 
I'll carry the b.'.g mesilf ”— Chicago 
The best and most easily crectcdience in use. 
wire. Cut from solid steel plates, better known as 
solid Expanded Metal 
Combines beauty, strength, durability, and economy. Write for 
Catalogue No. 31 .giving particulars and showing this material! 
framed in ornamental designs for lawns .>. 
Central Expanded Meta! Co., 531 Wood St.,Pittsburgh,Pa. 
THYMO-CRESOL 
A bandy, sale, sure 
cure for Scab, Lice, 
Mange; all skin dis¬ 
eases; all parasitical troubles; Non-poisonous ; Needs 
no preparation; Mixes instantly with cold water;sam- 
ple by mail 50c. LAWFORD BROS., Baltimore. Md. 
TICKS 
ELLIOT’S PARCHMENT BUTTER PAPER. CDCC 
To dairymen or others who will use It, we will send half a ream, 8x11, free, if they will H ■ m HM ■ 
f orwsrd SO cents to pay postage. Why not try the Best Butter Wrapper » hwm w —am 
A. G. ELLIOT & CO., Paper Manufacturers, Philadelphia, Pa. 
Tribune. 
Oh, them fellers up in Congress! they're a wranglin’ 
all the time 
Fer they think they're big pertaters, an’they know 
they’re big per diem ; 
An’ they make the longest speeches that was ever 
said or wrote. 
But they ain't a-gotn’ to git there till they 
Vote! 
Vote! 
Vote! 
They hear the people shouting, with the loudest 
kind o’ shout, 
But they’ll keep on with the spouting’till we all go 
up the spout; 
For the hardest work before’em—an’ the country’s 
takin’ Hote¬ 
ls to buckle down to business, an’ to 
Vote! 
A T 0te! 
Vote! 
—Atlanta Constitution. 
pisrcllnncouss 
IN writing to advertisers please always mention 
The rural. 
BUY "DIRECT FROM FACTORY,” BEST 
MIXED PAINTS 
At WHOLESALE PRICES,Delivered FREE, 
For Houses, Barns, Roofs, all colors, & SAVE Middlemen’s 
profits. In use 51 years. Endorsed by Grange & Farmers’ 
Alliance. Low prices wii surprise you. Write for samples. 
O. W. 1NGEKSOLL, 24 <> Plymouth St., Brooklyn, N. X. 
DIES!! Why Drink Poor Teas? 
When yon can get the Best at 
Cargo prices in any Quantity. 
Dinner, Tea and T oilet Sets, 
.O. Box 289. 
Watches, Clocks, Music Boxes, 
Cook Books and all kinds of premi- 
runs given to Club Aarents* 
Good Income made by getting 
orders for our celebrated goods. 
For full particulars address 
THE GREAT AMERICAN TEA CO. 
31 and 33 Vesey St„ N. Y. 
CHEAPER THAN WINDMILLS, 
Always Ready ! No Fire / No Engineer / No 
'fiaV Dangerl For all farm and dairy work 
iQSfl Send stamp for catalogue, 
* Safety Vapor Engine Co*, "6 Mhmag St- !¥ 
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■HOLLAND BULBS! 
E Plant in tile Fall for Early Spring = 
r Flowering. Hyacinths, Tulips, Cro- 3 
=<cus. Narcissus, &c., direct from the = 
most reliable growers. 
E-CATALOGUE FREE.- ~ 
I/E LLWANCER&BARRY! 
MT. HOPE NURSERIES, = 
E 53d Year. ROCHESTER, N. Y. 3 
Eiinihii nniUiUi.illliiiiiiiiiiiiiliiiiilimiiilllui iluuUmd 
GANDY STRAWBERRY PLANTS. 
Berries are mammoth size, bright crimson, of 
superior flavor and quality. One of the best and 
finest late sorts. $2 per 100; transplanted plants. 
E. L. CLARKSON, Tivoli, N. Y. 
ENTERPRISE MEAT CHOPPER. 
The Enterprise Mfg. Co. of Pa., 
Third and Dauphin Sts., Philadelphia. 
GRAPE VINES 
Large stock, all varieties; extra strong. It will 
pay you to send list of wants for quotations. 
EUGENE WILLETT, Nerth Collins, N. V. 
m* UNION HORSE POWERS, 
Most Durable, 
Most Power, 
Least Friction. 
MADE BY 
Ames Flow Co., 
Bosto n and Ne w York 
Send for circulars 
and catalogue. 
ENGIN 
Threshing Machines. 
Best Machinery at Lowest Prices. 
SAW 
I MILLS, 
A. B. FARQUHAR CO., York, Pa. 
The Paragon Chestnut. 
A fine lot of trees for sale this fall 
Address H. M. ENGLE & SON, 
MARIETTA, PA. 
SAVE H YOUR FUEL 
By using our (stove pipe) r a DI AT O R. 
It has 108 cross tubes where 3300 sq. 
in. of iron get intensely hot, thus mak¬ 
ing ONE stove do the work of TWO. 
Scientists say you now burn FOUR 
tons of coal or four cords of wood 
to get the heat of ONE, 15 per cent, 
being lost up the chimney. This in¬ 
vention saves most of this. Send pos¬ 
tal for proofs from prominent men. 
To introduce our Radiator, the first 
order from each neighborhood will be 
filled at wholesale rate, thus securing 
an agency. Write at once. 
ROCHESTER RADIATOR CO., 
Rochester, N. K. 
NATURE’S OWN FERTILIZER. 
CANADA A ^ 
UNLEACHED bgoi Ab. 
HARDWOOD ^*9 9 1 Sw ^58? 
The Forest City Wood Ash Co., of London, Canada, 
have perfect facilities for handling them in proper 
shape, 8end for free Pamphlet and Guaranteed 
Analysis to 
THE FOREST CITY WOOD ASH CO.. 
9 Merchants’ Row. Boston. Mass. 
This Trade Mark is on the best 
WATERPROOF COAT 
illustrated ,* n the World 1 
jataiogue 
*' ree - A. J. TOWER. BOSTON, MASS. 
GIDER 
MACHINERY 
iSydraalic, Knuckle Joint and Screw 
Pr am . Graters, Elevators, Pumps, 
•tc. Send for Catalogue. 
BOOMER & BOSCHERT 
PRESS CO. 
ns w. Water st.. Syracuse, n.v 
STEEL WEB PICKET FENCE 
18 to 50 inches high. Also Hog and Field Fences, 
and Wire Fence Board. Write for circulars. 
HeKALH FENCE CO., I71ligh street. BcKalb, III. 
f\ I I Al fk Revolvers, Seines, Nets,Tents,Ammunitlon, 
lei 19s \ Tools. es» Send stamp for Catalogue to 
U U I lO Great Western Gun Works, Pittsburgh, Pa. 
CRIMSON CLOVER. 
300 Rush, for Sale. Crop of 1893 will be ready 
for shipment by June 20. Seed guaranteed pure and 
flrst-class in every respect. Price $6.00 per bushel, 
sacked. 8end check with order. 
WYNKOOP BROS., Milford, Del. 
CONTENTS. 
Rural New-Yorker, September 30, 1893. 
FARM TOPICS. 
Who Downs the Mortgage ?. 651 
All About the Wheat Midge.652, 653 
Dry Field Corn in the Silo. .653 
A Sample of Maine Muck. 653 
When to Use the Muriate. 653 
Experiment Stations. 653 
" You Farmers Have Your Living Anyhow.”. . . 654 
The Difference. 654 
Fat in Corn Butts.654 
Some Nebraska Hired Men. 654 
The Black Lima Bean. 654 
Forty-one Successive Corn Crops. 654 
LIVE STOCK AND DAIRY. 
The Cheshire Hog.'. 649 
Pork Made from Pickings. 650 
A Small Poultry Story.650, 651 
Dishorning the Dorsets. 652, 653 
More About Bottled Milk. 653 
That Old Farm Team.654 
Why Not Good Dairy Cheese ?. 654 
Rape for 8heep. 663 
Sheep and Tobacco. 663 
Pastured on Bran. 663 
A Silo Substitute. 663 
Chemistry of the Hen.663 
HORTICULTURAL. 
An Apple Picker. 650 
Bagging Out the Rot . 651 
Notes from the Rural Grounds. 651 
The Auction Sale of Fruits.652 
Some Differences in Peaches. 652 
Whitewashing Trees in the Fall. 653 
Life and Habits of ” Devil Bugs.”. 653 
The Abundance Plum. 654 
WOMAN AND THE HOME. 
Mr. and Mrs. Clever Watch the Trend of the 
Times.658 
A Happy Home. 658 
Exhibition Furniture: For Sale . 658 
A Prepared Blotter. 659 
Mending With Big Patches.659 
Exact Baktng. 659 
Home Secrets. 659 
The Removal of Ashes. 659 
An Excellent Gingerbread. 659 
Waxy Cookies. 659 
The Passenger Wheel. 659 
Suet Pudding Without Molasses. 659 
To Smooth Flat-irons. 659 
Roseberry Soup. 169 
Fad and Fancy in Framing. 659 
Yeast Without Yeast. 659 
Absolutely Necessary to Health. 659 
MISCELLANEOUS. 
Ruraltsms. 
Editorials.... 
Brevities. 
The Prospect. 
Novelties and Staples from the Catalogues. 
The Business End.... 
Crop and Market Notes. 
We Want to Know. 
Markets. 
Agricultural Education from a Farmer Boy’s 
Standpoint. 
Boys Leaving the Farm. 
Shear Nonsense. 
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