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THE RURAL NEW-YORKER. 
December 16 
Chappie : “ I’m awfully fond of hunt¬ 
ing dogs.” She (innocently): “Yes? 
Where do you go to hunt them ?”—Detroit 
Free Press. 
City Sportsman : “ Have you seen any¬ 
thing worth shooting at around here ?” 
Farmer : “ Well, no ; not till you came.” 
—Tid Bits. 
Hobbs (looking at statue of Burns in 
Central Park) : “ Gee ! These city fellers 
is rich. Make all their scarecrows o’ 
brass.”— Harper's Bazar. 
Si Hosack: “How brown an’ yaller 
the sun is settin’ to-day.” Liz Francis : 
“ Yes ; it looks for all th’ world like one 
of mother’s punkin pie6 !”— Life. 
“ Say, Santa Claus come ter my house 
las’ night ” “ How you know ?” “ Cuz 
dat turkey I done won at de raffle wuz 
gone dis morning .”—Press SifLinas. 
Hoax : “ Hjw did the expression ‘ liv¬ 
ing in clover’ originate?” Joax : “I 
dare say it came from the scriptural say¬ 
ing that all flesh is grass .”—Philadelphia 
Record. 
A Complaint of a Foub-vkar-old.— 
Oh, aunty ! I just went to touch a little 
chicky, and the old hen growled at me 
and bit me with her nose !”—Boston 
Courier. 
Miss Winslow : “ I’m very glad you 
called, Mr. Walker.” Mr. Walker: “Oh, 
thanks, awfully.” Miss Winslow (more 
enthusiastically) : “Yes, I am so delight¬ 
ed to have seen that beautiful dog of 
yours.”— Iruth. 
Little Son: “What is bricks made 
o'?” Mrs. Youngma : “ Bricks are made 
ci clay.” “But clay is soft, rna.” “After 
the clay is shaped, the bricks are baked.” 
“ Oh, yes, I know now. * Like your bis¬ 
cuits .”—Good News. 
“ What is the lesson taught us in the 
parable of the seven wise virgins?” asked 
a Sunday-school teacher of his pupils. 
“That we should always be on the look¬ 
out for a bridegroom,” said the smallest 
girl in the class .”—Texas Siftings. 
Mrs. Billus (after the company had 
gone) : “ Johnny, you shouldn’t have 
eaten those preserved fruits. They were 
not intended to be eaten. They were 
put on the table to fill up.” Johnny 
Billus : “ Well, that’s what I used ’em 
for, mamma .”—Boston Globe. 
“ Then you are going to marry him 
simply for his money. I hope he’ll never 
find it out and despise you for it.” “Oh, 
dear, no ! I have told him just how it is. 
He says he knows his money is much 
more worth having than himself, and he 
is grateful to me for takirg him with it.” 
—Life. 
IN writing to advertisers please always mention 
1 ’hk Rural. 
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MIXED PAINT5 
At WHOLESALE PRICES,Delivered FREE. 
For Houses, Barns, Roofs, all colors, & SAVE Middlemen’s 
profits. In use 61 years. Endorsed by Grange & Farmers 
Alliance. Low prices wil surprise you. Write for sainplea. 
O. W. INGEKSOLL, 240 Elymoutli St, Brooklyn, N.x. 
Fox 289. 
Why Drink Poor Teas? 
Dinner, Tea and Toilet bets. 
Watches, Clocks, Music 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_ 
THE GREAT AMERICAN TEA CO. 
31 and 33 Vesey St., N. Y. 
FOR SALE, A Desirable Iowa Farm. 
One hundred acres of choice land; four acres in 
fruit, two acres in choice grapes. Attractive 9-room 
house: new barn and corn house. Farm adjoins the 
town of Alblo", in central Iowa. Has advantages of 
graded rcuooI and seminary. Sidewalk from door to 
schools, post-otllce and churches. For terms and 
particulars address 
A. A. GARVER, Albion, Marshall Co., Iowa. 
SEND FOR PAMPHLETS. NO CHARGE. 
For Truckers and Potato Growers- 
THE MAPES VEGETABLE MANURE, 
For Celery, Onions and Early Truck. 
THE MAPES POTATO MANURE. 
THE MAPES GARBAGE MANUBE. 
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 FRUIT AND VINE MANURE. 
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. 
tLST” Send for Pamphlet, and state crops to be grown, etc. 
vi.i 
FARMERS " HAPPY 
WHO USE THE LATEST AND i 
MOST IMPROVED MACHINERY. 
rg.AM.8iS 
CUTAWAY HARROW 
HAS IMPROVEMENTS 
PECULIAR TO ITS SELF 
dost send for Ciroulcer ancl , 
> see uuhat it luill do FOR YOU j 
IT'S MONEY IN VO ’ JP POCKET. I 
Hir.r.hMUM CONN YORK OFFICE 1 
hIGUANUM, CU/V/V. cuFF s TRE E T f 
ASPINWALL” 
Plants 
Corn, 
Beans, 
Ensilage, 
Distributes 
Fertilizer. 
6 to 8 
Acres 
Planted 
Per Day, 
and in one 
Operation. 
Absolutely 
Guaranteed. 
POTATO SUTT 
Cuts Potatoe 
eight men 
Cutter complete 
jP/r Seed faster than 
___ V by hand. Preserves 
the eyes. $/s for itself in one day. 
No huge 1 at. Seed ends taken off. 
A Great Too, f or Cutting up Roots for Stock. 
Simple in construction. Thousands 
in use. Fully warranted. Price and 
merit sells it. Send for free lllus. Catalogue. 
Bed of Knives. 
ASPINWALL MANUFACTURING CO.. Jackson, Mich.. U. S. A. 
Many Old 
Worn-Out 
FARMS 
that farms and gardens Won’t Produce a Profit. 
The rich, loamy soil of Michigan Farms produces a fine crop 
__ 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 best in the world. Write to me and 1 will tell you how to get the best farms on i ong 
time; low rate Of interest. O. M. BAKMJS, Land Commissioner, Lansing, Mich. 
THOMPSON’S GRASS 
~ SEEDER 
Sows Clover, 
Timothy, Alfalfa, 
Red Top, Flax, 
and all kinds of 
GRASS SEEDS. 
‘JO to 40 if 
Acres Per Day. 
Sows any quantity. 
Evenly. Accurately , 
n wet, dry and 
windy weather. 
Weight 40 lbs. 
0. E. THOMPSON & SONS, 
See our Rauuer Root Cutter on another page. 
LATOR 
H EEBNER’S 
With SPEED RE' 
For 1 , 2 and 3 Hoi 
Patent LEVEL-TREAD 
HoftSE-POWER. 
LITTLE GIANT Threshing Machine. 
Threshes Grain, Rice, Flax, Millet and Grass Seed. Fully 
Warranted. Feed and Ensilage Outters.Feed Grinders, &o 
11EE IIS Ell & S OSS, Lansdale, Ea.,U.ii. A.. 
NATURE’S OWN FERTILIZER. 
CANADA m || Wm A 
UNLEACHED 
HAHDWOOD W II 
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. 
II OYS and GIRLS by GROWING 
STRAWBERRI ES 
for market, can make money and pay their way 
through scnool. “How to Grow Berries,” a little 
book giving luU Instructions, 25 cents, post-pa.n, rte"~ 
ducted from flrst order for plants. Catalogue free. 
L. J FARMER, Pulaski, N. Y. 
Wanted, IO Fresh Cows!! 
Guaranteed Good Milkers ! Under six years. Cash 
on delivery. Address 
LAWRENCE RODENHEBER. Glassboro. N. J. 
CONTENTS. 
Ri m at. New-Yorker, December 16, 1893. 
FARM TOPICS. 
Farm Failures—II. 
Sweet Corn for the Cows. 
A Potato Scoop.. 
wm Selection Affect Shape ?. 
What Causes Hollow Heart in Potatoes ?... 
Fish Chum and Potash. 
Seeds of R. N.-Y. No. 2 Potato. 
Where Wood Ashes Are Cheap Enough. 
A Talk About Cauliflowers. 
Potash and Rye tor Potatoes. 
Why Use Sulphate of Potash for Potatoes. 
“ Scab ” on Potatoes ar d Chickens . 
r»n He Make a Living on a Farm ?. 
The Cost of Crops. 
Corn and Wheat Pay Here. 
An Indiana Man Figures It. 
A Change In Potato Shape. 
Effect of Heavy Manurlrg. 
LIVE STOCK AND DAIRY. 
How an Egg Becomes a Chicken. 
A New Check-rein. . 
Marketing the Fall Pigs. 
Some Pacts About Southern Dalrjig. 
Why Churn So Long ?. 
Wild Turkeys. 
Registering Dorsets. 
Changing Wneat for Peed. 
Poultry Notes for December. 
A Boy and His Hens. 
Those Smart Sows . 
Boot Heels and Hard Milker. 
Ensilage and Manure. 
HORTICULTURAL. 
A Most Promising New Grape. 
Notes on Raspberry Culture. 
Horticultural Talk Alter the Fair. 
Fertilizers and Fruit. .... 
Some Hardy Roses for Massachusetts. 
Some Grapes. 
Fruit and Other Notes from Idaho. 
WOMAN AND THE HOME 
Business Methods of Irench Women. 
Du You Know?. 
Needlework Bags.. 
Kindergarten Kinks... . 
Sausage Saeasoning. 
Scouring Steel Steals Time. 
Homemade School Bag... 
The Mrs. Van Deusen Cake M > 0b . 
Fruit as Medicine. 
Cupid’s Ball. 
Renovating Wali Pacer. 
Graham Staff of Life. 
MISCELLANEOUS 
A New York Commissioner of Agriculture. 
Rurailsms. 
Editorials. 
Brevities. 
The Prospect... 
Business Bits. 
As We Go to Press . 
Crop and Market Notes... . 
We Want to Koow. You Know. 
Condensed Correspondence. 
Markets. . 
Secretary Morton Criticised. 
Secretary Morton vs. the Grange. 
Shear Nonsense. 
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