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For the First Club of 150 
A Jersey Bull, Meridale Ma¬ 
jestic. 
Here is the grandest offer ever made 
^ by a farm 
V—paper for a 
from Messrs. 
Ayer & Mc¬ 
Kinney’s famous Jersey herd. Here is 
the description of the bull given by 
Messrs. Ayer & McKinney in a letter to 
us December 5 : 
Meridale Majestic 31400, the bull calf given by us 
to The Rural Nbw-Tokkek, was dropped April 4 , 
1892; he Is solid color, full black points; sired by our 
famous bull, Matllda 4th’s Son, 20214. This Is one 
of the handsomest, as well as one of the finest Jersey 
bulls In the country. He is a son of Matilda 4th 
12816, who gave 16,153^ pounds of milk In 
Supplemental Premium List. 
HESE premiums are subject to the same conditions as those 
in the regular premium number of Dec. 2. See page 804. 
For the First Club of 40. 
Mann’s Bone Cutter. 
There is no implement on the market 
that has of late grown so much in popu¬ 
lar favor as the bone cutter. Every 
practical poultryman 
now recognizes the value 
of freshly cut green am / 
bone for poultry. F. W. { 'iHE [Jjl 
Mann Co. the manufact- j tfe 
urers of Mann’s bone fiffV ^ 
cutter, have 
given us Isa | Baf 
one of their No. 10 / f 
Power cutters, price $ 20 , I \ I 
to offer for the first club // JL_JI 
of 40subscriptions. Tlrs j r"^ I 
is the very best machine || . t 
ever made for the work. 
and the man who gets it is lucky. Send 
to F. W. Mann Co., Milford, Mass., for 
any particulars, and hustle in the mean¬ 
time and get the 40 subscriptions. 
one year; 
officially tested 21 pounds 8^ ounces of butter In 
seven days, and is estimated to have made 927 pounds 
8J4 ounces of butter in one year. Her sister, Matilda 
5th, 18068, maae 21 pounds 6 ounces of butter in 
seven days, and her two daughters, each with 
first calf, made 14 pounds 1 ounce and 14 pounds 6 
ounces of butter In seven days. Still another sister, 
Matilda 6th, 39290, tested for us 20 pounds 1 ounce of 
butter in seven days. For five generations Matilda 
4th’s Son’s dam« have tested 17 pounds and over of 
butter. The dam of Meridale Majestic Is Dllva, 
30515. universally pronounced the handsomest show 
cow In our herd, who tested for us 15 pounds 10 
ounces of butter in seven days. Both in breeding 
and In Individuality, this young bull Is tit to head a 
good herd, and should make a record for himself of 
which the owner may well be proud. 
Ayer & McKinney value this bull at you particulars. 
8200, hard times prices, too. We will 
give it to the first man who sends us a 
club of .150 new subscriptions. Any man 
can start out in his neighborhood and 
earn this bull in a week or 10 days. 
Here is a chance to earn from $15 to $20 
a day. Don’t lose the opportunity. It’s 
an opportunity of a lifetime, 
afford to do it simply because the 
give it to us for the 
For the First Club of 40. 
’A'nvanv'h 
The Ohio Fodder Cutter, 
Every farmer who owns a cow or a 
horse should have a fodder cutter. The 
one we illustrate here is just the thing 
for cutting hay, straw or corn stalks by 
shown in the cut. It is just one of the 
nicest things in the world for a small 
dairy, and if you once get hold of it, you 
wouldn’t part with it for the world. The 
price of this creamery is $32, but we will 
give it to you for a club of 40 new sub¬ 
scriptions. Write to the Crystal Creamery 
Co , Lansing, Mich., and they will send 
" ’ 5 , You can get the 40 
subscriptions in two or three days, and 
then the creamery is yours. 
For a Club of 5. 
Pontiac Weed Slayer. 
We have used this little 
“ weed slayer ” and know it 
is good. It is light, strong jfijr 
We can and effective. Jy 
owners Some 6,000 of Jy 
purpose. Write these were sold 
Messrs. Ayer & McKinney, Times Build- in one season. Jy 
ing, Philadelphia, Pa., for further in- It w m pay f or 
formation about the bull, and set to work itself every day 
and get him. The farmer who gets this it is used in the 
bull will soon have a herd of which he garden. Price, 
may well be proud. $2 ; with a year’s subscription, $2.50; 
For the First Club of 15 . with a renewal and a new subscription, 
$3.25, or given for a club of five new sub- 
The Acme Washer. scriptions. Sent prepaid anywhere in 
, A . the United States for 50 cents extra ; in 
Here is just the thing wanted in many Canada for 90 cents extra. 
a farm house. This washing machine is For clubB of Kour . 
guaranteed by the manufacturers, 
Messrs. H. H. Palmer Co., Rockford, Ill , Tlie Eclipse Egg Carrier, 
to do both family and laundry work Few farmers appreciate what a demand 
easily and well. All you have to do is there is in large cities for real fresh 
PATENT NOV. §. 90. 
hand. This has two knives 8>3 inches 
^- ' ; li [j ffll long, and will cut in lengths % and 
17=^ ^ l| jV !j % inch. It will cut dry or green fodder, 
i ■ and is just the thing for small farmers. 
j Price ® 25, We £T ive it for the first club 
' I if Ml Fruit, Wine and Jelly Press, 
-- : Hill This press is for pressing fruits like 
£ ra P es > Strawberries, currants, pine- 
apples, huckleberries, etc., for making 
. , , ,, . , wine, fruit syrups, shrub, jam, jellies, 
tended. The American Manufacturing 
Co., of Waynesboro, Pa., have given us otfsfi&sc. 
three of these to be offered for three 
clubs of new subscriptions of 15 each. ''MS? 
These driers are worth $7 apiece, and W 
with them large quantities of fruit which 
otherwise would go to waste may be 
evaporated and saved. ? 
A Cup of Coffee 
from our premium coffee pot will brighten ;/ 
the good wife and send the husband to ~~ 
his work in a cheerful frame of mind. It 
saves 40 per cent over ordinary methods 
of coffee making. It is no more trouble 
than the ordinary coffee pot and insures * s stron £ an d simple. Price. $3 ; 1 
a year’s subscription, $3 ; with ren< 
and a new name, $3.75; or given f 
club of 7 new subscriptions. Exp 
not prepaid. 
For Clubs of 35. 
Frank Wilson Bone Mill. 
We have offered this mill as a prem 
so often that it seems like an old s 
to speak of 
its m e r i t s . 
We can only 
say that it is 
the market ^ 
time for extracting all the aroma and dry bones or 
strength and none of the bitterness, oyster shells. We use our mill, too, 
IS ickel-plated ; wooden handle. Price, cracking corn or wheat. It will g 
$ 1 . 20 , by express. This is the two-quart green bone fresh from the butch 
size, holding three to seven cups. With Capacity one-half pound a minute, I 
a yearly subscription only $1.75 ; with a $15. Given for clubs of 35 new subsc 
renewal and a new subscription, $2.50, tions, or for 17 new subscript 
or for clubs of three new subscriptions. and $7 in cash. 
THOHM CM- 
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