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THE RURAL NEW-YORKER 
December 2 
“ Why haven’t you been to church," she said, 
" Sir ce we were wed. May 1 Inquire? ” 
Then he replied to his one-year bride: 
"They say ‘ A burrt child dreads the lire! 
—Life. 
He: “My ircome is small, and it is 
cruel of me to take you from your 
father’s roof.” She (anxiously): “I 
don’t live on the roof .”—Tid Bits. 
Ada: “Why does Clara sp?ak of 
George as her intended ? Are they en¬ 
gaged?” Alice: “No; but she intends 
they shall b e."—Hartford Telegram. 
• I hear Cadley is going on the stage 
in a farmyard play.” “Yes.” “ Is he 
to take a leading part?” “Yes. lie 
leads in the cows.”— Harper's Bazar. 
“Why does Mr. Spatts wear such short 
trousers?” “Because they fit him. I 
asked him for a small loan and he said 
he was so short his corns made his head 
ache.”— Jruth. 
“ Coui.d you oblige me,” said the col¬ 
onel, “with a five-dollar bill?” “I 
can,” replied the major ; “bill collector 
left one for you 10 minutes ago ? ”— At¬ 
lanta Constitution ; 
Teacher : “ Who can tell me what 
useful article we get from the whale ? ” 
Johnny: “Whalebone.” Teacher: “Right. 
Now, what little toy or girl knows what 
we get from the seal? ” Tommy: “Seal¬ 
ing wax.”— Rackxt. 
“ Madam, have you the recipe for this 
pie?” said the tramp. “Yes; would 
you like to have a copy of it?” replied 
the good woman. “ No, madam, but I 
shou’d like to destroy the original,” said 
the tramp.— Harper's Bazar. 
Aunt Eunice is conscientiously op¬ 
posed to the words “dead,” “death” and 
“die” as being both pagan and repulsive. 
When her father died, therefore, and it 
became her duty to send the sad tidings 
^ to her brotl er out West, she telegraphed 
"as follows : “ Jesus has taken father 
home.” What were her amazement and 
distress to receive, hours later, the some¬ 
what disgusted reply: “Who is Jessie, 
and where is her home ?”— Life. 
“The next train f >r Chestnut Hill 
leaves at 5:17—17 nr lutes after five. 
Train now ready, out ackNo. 5. Track 
No. 5 for 5:17 train to Chestnut Hill.” 
Those were the words of the guard, and 
they rang through the waiting-room in 
Boston with penetrating distinctness. 
As soon as he had uttered them a fair 
young thing rushed up to him and said : 
“ Is the train for Chestnut Hill ready 
yet ? And what time dees it leave ? ” 
—New York World. 
!Hi,$rcUanfou.$ 
IN writing to advertisers please always mention 
thk rural. 
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MIXED PAINTS 
At WHOLESALE PRICES,Delivered FREE, 
For House*, Barns, Roofs, all colors. & SAVE Middlemen’s 
profits. In use S1 years. Endorsed by Grange & Farmers’ 
Alliance. Low prices wil surprise you. Write for samples. 
O. W. INGEKSOLL, *J46 Plymouth St., Brooklyn, N.Y. 
LADIES!! Why Drink Poor Teas? 
When yon can get the Brat at 
Cargo prices hi ^’oitet'^Sets 
Watches, 'clocks, Musk Boxes, 
Cook Books and all kinds of premi¬ 
ums given to Club Agents, 
Good Income made by getting 
orders for our celebrated goods. 
For full particulars address 
THK GREAT AMERICAN TEA CO. 
P.O. Eox 289. 3 1 And 33 Vesey St., N. Y. 
CYCLONE FEEDER. 
Just biats the world. No 
farmer w'll be without it after 
seeing It. Sows all kinds of 
grain and seed exact and with 
ease. Over 150.000 In use. A 
boy can so^v 60 acres a day. 
Special price on single seeder 
» here we t ave no agent. Send 
ft r free circular. Be sure and 
see the ‘Cj clone.” Agents 
Wanted. Address 
CHAMPION SEEDER CO., Urbana, Indiana. 
See large cut In premium list. 
SEND FDR PAMPHLETS. NO CHARGE. 
For Truckers and Potato Growers. 
THE MAPES VEGETABLE MAXURF, 
For Celery, Onions and Early Truck. 
THE MAPES POTATO MANURE. 
THE MAPES CABBAGE MANURE. 
Some of the largest truckers are using 150 tons and upwards a season of the Mapes Manure for Potatoes, Cabbages, 
Early Truck, Spinach, Lettuce, Celery, Onions, etc. 
Some of these now use no stable manure beyond the supply from the few horses they keep, although formerly they were 
heavy purchasers until convinced after an experience of eight or ten years of the greater economy and efficiency of the 
Mapes Manure. They claim the great advantages of EARLIER MATURITY and SUPERIOR QUALITY OF PRODUCT. 
For Fruit Growers. 
THE MAPES FRUT AND VIXE M4NURE. 
For Grapes for Market and Wine; Currants, Strawberries and all Small Fruits, Peach, Apple 
and Pear Orchards. 
Vineyards that have received nothing but the Mapes Fruit and Vine Manure since setting out over 10 years ago, have 
proved to be the healthiest, and to produce FRUIT EARLIER in maturity, FINER FLAVORED and FINER COLORED, and 
to yield more largely than where stable manure was used. 
The Mapes Manures have been used many years and almost exclusively by the growers on the North River, whose 
methods are being described in The Rural New-Yorker, under the title “ Fertilizers and Fruit.” 
Over 3,000 tons of the Mapes Fruit Manures were sold in the first six months of this year, 1893. Address 
The Mapes Formula and Peruvian Guano Company, 143 Liberty St., New York. 
Send for Pamphlet, and state crops to be grown, etc. 
NATURE’S OWN FERTILIZER. 
CANADA m U mm A 
UNLEACI1ED M H 
HARDWOOD I I MM 
The Forest City Wood Ash Co., of London, Canada, 
have perfect facilities for handling them In proper 
shape. Send for free Pamphlet and Guaranteed 
Analysis to 
THE FOREST CITY WOOD ASH CO.. 
9 Merchants’ Row, Boston, Mass. 
BALING 
ALL KINDS 
-HORSE AND 
HT / STEAM POWER 
^ Y Jj Address Manuf’rs. 
COLLINS PLOW CO 
Box 11 QUINCY, ILL. 
YOU MAY WANT 
A few gcod R. C. Leghorns or some good Barred P. 
R. pullets, or a trio of Rouen Ducks, an Aylsbury 
Drake, a Tculouse Gander, a Buff Gobbler or a Col. or 
S. G. White Dorking, an extra good Cheshire Boar (fit 
for service), or a Jersey Heifer. If you do, write to 
FREEMAN & BUTTON, Cottons, N. Y. 
PI flRUlA We offer cheap lands In our frost-proof 
r LUnlun, j a ke region, where you can make money 
growing tomatces, egg plant and beans this winter. 
Best transportation. IRVING PAGE, 
Auburndale, Florida. 
CONTENTS. 
Rural New-Yorker, December 2, 1893. 
FARM TOPICS. 
How to Treat the Carman Potato. 794 
The Cost of Crops.795 
The No. 2 Potato Keeps Well. 796 
Great Future for Crimson Clover.796 
A Trap for Ammonia .... .796 
Why Should a Hay Farmer Grow Clover ?.797 
Some Fertilizer Questions. 797 
Coffee Grounds as Manure. 797 
Corrosive Sublimate for Potato Scab. . 798 
The Holes In a Beetle. 798 
Wood Ashes on Potatoes. 793 
Stalks and Straw for Ilav.809 
LIVE 8TOCK AND DAIRY. 
The Making of Fancy Cheese.793, 794 
How Fancv Cheece Is Made. 794 
Here Is a lien Record. 794 
To Make Butter In New Mexico.797 
[STEEL PRESSES^ 
W ANTED.- Reliable man In each good town, to 
open small office and handle my goods. Stamp 
and reterences. A. T. MORRIS. Cincinnati, Ohio 
p.ltDtPEKie^Cs. 
2 DF.DERICK'S WORKS, ALBANY.NY. 
6 to 8 
^ Acres 
jgj Planted 
Per Day, 
and in one 
Operation. 
Absolutely 
Guaranteed. 
Plants 
Corn, 
Beans, 
Ensilage, 
Distributes 
Fertilizer. 
Cuts Potatoes for Seed faster than 
eight men can by hand. Preserves 
the eyes. Pays for itself in one day. 
No Gngers cut. Seed ends taken off. 
A Great Tool for Cutting up Roots for Stock. 
Simple in construction. Thousands 
in use. Fully warranted. Price and 
merit sells it. Send for free IUus. Catalogue. 
Bed of Knives 
Cutter complete. 
ASPINWALL MANUFACTURING CO.. Jackson, Mich.. U. S. A. 
Many Old FA DUO that farms and gardens Won’t Produce a Profit. 
Mf fliil ■ IvB Tlle rlch ’ loam y 80il OI Michigan Farms produces a fine crop 
VVOrn-UUI ■ rill IVOR# without this expense. The near markets, general healthfulness 
of climate and freedom from cyclones, blizzards, together with good society, churches, etc., make Michi¬ 
gan Farms the he.t la the world. Write to me and I w‘ll tell you how to get the best farms on long 
Utm; low rat* Of intoresL O. M. BARNES, Land Commissioner. Lanatng, Mich. 
Mere About the *• Ceriined Milk ’ Business. 
Cream Not Always Cream. 
Cast’atlng Dogs. . 
Benetited the Dog. 
A Veterinary on Dogs. 
Hellers in a Tread Power. 
HORTICULTURAL. 
Fertilizing Fxult. 
Apples for New Mexico. 
Shippers’ Pride Plum. 
The Japanese < limbing Otcomber. 
Where the Champion Quince Dies. 
Potato Vines as a Mulch for Strawberries.. 
The Value of an Acre of Fruit. 
Waste for Mulching. . 
A Utah Apple. 
More About That Big Apple. 
WOMAN AND THE HOME 
The Universal Apple and Its Uses. 
Popular Winter Top Garments aLd Furs.... 
Our Mall Bag. 
Grape Pie. 
Preventing Mold on Pickle Vinegar. 
Keeping Flour. 
Mush Gems. 
A Pie for Dyspeptics. 
1 he White House K.tchen. 
Snow Trousers. 
To Mend Ea:then or Glassware. 
Paper as a Cold Weather Comforter . 
Spice Grapes. 
Clear Complexions.. 
Salads. 
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MISCELLANEOUS 
Some People Get Rich. Some Don’t.. 
Farmers’ Reading Courses.... 
Rurallsms. 
Editorials. 
Brevities.. 
Secretary Morton’s Address. 
Premiums. 
Our Secretary of Agriculture. 
The Middleman. 
The Cheapness in Free Wool.. 
As We Go to Press . 
Business Bits. 
Crop and Market Notes.. . 
We Want to Know. 
Markets... - - . 
Shear Nonsense. 
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