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THE RURAL NEW-YORKER. 
8END 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 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 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. 
Send for Pamphlet, and state crops to be grown, etc. 
NATURE’S OWN FERTILIZER. 
Plants ga 
Corn, 
Beans, 
Ensilage, 
Distributes 
Fertilizer. 
6 to 8 
^ Acres 
Planted 
Per Day, 
and in one 
Operation. 
Absolutely 
Guaranteed. 
Cuts Potatoes for Seed faster than 
eight men can by hand. Preserves 
the eyes. Pays for itself in one day. 
No fingers cut. Seed ends taken off. 
A Great Tool for Cutting up Roots for Stock. 
CANADA 
UNLEACHHD ff ^ Bn 
HARDWOOD H I Km V 
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. 
Wanted, IO Fresh Cows!! 
Guaranteed Goad Milkers ! Under six years. Cash 
on delivery. Address 
LAWRENCE RODENHEBER, Glassboro, N. J. 
FOR S&LE, i Desirable Iowa Farm. 
One hundred acres of choice land; four acres in 
fruit, two acres in choice grapes. Attractive 'J-room 
house; new barn and cum house. Farm adjoins the 
town of Alblo-, in central Iowa. Has atlvantages of 
graded school and seminary. Stdewalk from door to 
schools, post-oftlee and churches. For terms and 
particulars address 
A. A. GARVER, Albion, Marshall Co., Iowa. 
Simple in construction. Thousands 
I L- 11 in use. Fully warranted. Price and 
cutte^mpiete. merit Sell S it. Send for free lllus. Catalogue. BedofKnIvos 
ASPINWALL MANUFACTURING CO.. Jackson, Mich.. U. S. A. 
9 Fruit Trees, Small Fruits, 
Vines, Roses, Ornamentals. 
All the best new and old varieties. The celebrated 
rmnDCI 1 Strawberry. New Fr 11 i is a specialty. 
IMuntLL Buy direct and save one half. Price List/ree., 
12. W. REID, BRIDGEPORT, OHIO. 
IN writing to advertisers please always mention 
The Rural. 
BUY " DIRECT FROM FACTORY,” BEST 
MIXED PAINTS 
At WHOLESALE PRICES,Delivered FREE, 
For House*, Bams, Roofs, all colors, A SAVE Middlemen’s 
profit*. In use 61 years. F.ndorsed by Grange & Farmers' 
Alliance. Low prices wil surprise you. Write for samplea 
O. W. INGEKSOLL, £46 Plymouth St, Brooklyn, N.Y. 
ELLIOTS PARCHMEK SUTTER PAPER. “IKA FREE 
To dairymen or others who will use ^ v will send half a ream, 8x11, free, if they will ■ " * 
[ 80 cents to pay postage. V *ot try the Be«t Batter Wrapper ? 
ELLIOT St CO., Paper^Manufacturers, Philadelphia, Pa. 
iios and Ensilage wa^ts to Dairymen” 
•of. Samuel Johnson. J is the best work yet 
„ „ _ _ l,}V~3ri . plished on this interest- 
James 31. Turner. fng and economic subject, 
..and every Dairyman and 
/ y stock Feeder, of whatever 
Xflthwf kind, should have one. Free 
--yafo&SCl B," JtH withourcatalogofthe‘‘Okio” 
Ensilage and Fodder Cutters 
fftjj a nd Curriers,and plans for.biio. 
w THE savER MF0 ‘ CO *» OKIO 
Take an Agency from 
fStar Roaster and Baker Co., 
Frederickstown, Knox Co., Ohio. 
AN OPPORTUNITY 
r a young man, who understands gardening to go 
to business. 1 will furnish tools, glass, Irrigation, 
rses and land needed. I will also guarantee mar- 
t for celery grown by the new method In a town of 
000. Reference required. 
-ALBERT E. SLACK, Lock Box 2, Huntington, lnd. 
Registered Shropshires 
We are offering for sale, at moderate prices, highly 
bred ewes, both Imported and home bred, In lamb to 
first-class rams. Write for catalogue and price*. 
Now is the time to found a flock. F. M. Collin, Benton 
Center, Yates County, N. Y., Eastern Representative 
of J. S. & W. G. Crosby, of Michigan. 
CABLES FIELD AND HOG FENCING. 
Also Steel Web Picket Fence and Steel Wiro 
Fence Board. Write for c'rculars. • 
DeKALB FENCE CO.. 17, Hich St., DeKalb, 111. 
Poor Teas? 
When you can get the Beat at 
Cargo price# t u 
Dinner, Tea and Toilet Sets, 
Watches, Clocks, Music Boxes, 
Cook Books and all kinds of preml- 
urns ariveii to C lub ApentSi 
Good Income made by getting 
orders for our celebrated goods. 
For full parthulars address 
THB GREAT AMERICAN TEA CO. 
?1 and 33 Vesey St, N. Y. 
To bring the thlr g right down to facts, 
Just keep this well In view: 
We want a little Income tax, 
And want the Income, too! 
—Atlanta Constitution. 
A tax on incomes: Christmas. — Phila¬ 
delphia Record. 
George: “ You would marry the big¬ 
gest fool in the world, if he asked you, 
wouldn’t you?” Ethel: “Oh, George, 
this is so sudden ! ”— Voque. 
The Clergyman : “ And why should 
little boys say their prayers every night?” 
The Good Boy: “ So’s the Lord can have 
a chance to get what they want by morn¬ 
ing.”— Life. 
Postal Clerk: “This letter is too 
heavy, Miss; you want to put another 
two-cent stamp on it.” Miss Innocence : 
“ But won’t that make it heavier still ? ” 
— Raymond's Monthly. 
Mrs. Newlywed : “ How I love to 
hear the merry Christmas bells ! ” Mr. 
Newlywed: “ I’d like to hear them, too, 
if Christmas bells were not so confound¬ 
edly suggestive of Christmas bills.”— 
Credit lost. 
Mrs. Bride : “ I suppose you and 
Fred will give each other handsome 
holiday presents ? ” Miss Fianc6: “Yes, 
we have promised to surrender our liber¬ 
ties to each other right away.”— Ray¬ 
mond's Monthly. 
Dimples (examining her new Christ¬ 
mas doll): “Buddy, how do you s’pose 
Santa Claus got pieces just like mamma’s 
wrapper to make dollie’s dress ?” Buddy: 
“ I don’t know, ’less maybe Mrs, Santa 
Claus buys remnants.”— Harper's Young 
People. 
Mamma : “ Tommie, what are you 
going te buy mamma for her Christmas 
gift?” Tommie: “Why, Momsy dear, 
I’ve thought and thought about that, and 
I decided that the best thing I could get 
for you would be a pair of new skates 
for your little boy.”— Harper's Young 
People. 
Country Editor : “I guess we’d bet¬ 
ter get out a World’s Fair edition, Jim.” 
Foreman : “ Great Scott! Isn’t the Fair 
too much of a has-been now ?” Country 
Editor: “That’s nothing. I’ve bought 
a half bushel of old cuts from the type- 
metal folks cheap. Let’s show our 
readers that we’ve got some enterprise.” 
— Recorder. 
Mistress; “What did you do with 
that old brown dress that hung in my 
closet?” Domestic: “You told me to 
get rid of all the rags, ma’am, and so I 
gave it to the rag-man.” Mistress: 
“Goodness me! How do you suppose I 
am ever to get any new clothes if I 
haven’t an old dress to put on when my 
husband comes home ? ” — New York 
Weekly. 
The professions live; no wonder, 
For, In every town and village, 
The lawyer lives by plunder, 
And the doctor lives by pillage.— Life. 
CONTENTS. 
Rural New-Yorker, December 23, 1893. 
HORTICULTURAL. 
Fertilizers and Fruit..•••••• £48 
Can Raspberries Stand Too Much Richness i. 818, 849 
Keep Blackberries Out of the Wet. 849 
The Trouble with that Plum.850 
Paragon Chestnut Culture.863 
840, 847 
.... 847 
.847, 848 
.... 848 
_ 849 
.... 849 
. 849 
. 850 
LIVE STOCK AND DAIRY. 
Among the Hogs. 
Look Out for Tuberculosis. 
A Heifer with the Dropsy. 
“ Quack ” Milk from Wet Drawers’ Grains. 
More About that Slow Cream. 
Cow Tall Holders. 
70-Cent Wheat; Hollow Horn. 
Some Maine Hens. 
.845. 840 
.... 849 
.... 849 
.... S49 
.... 850 
_ 859 
.... 869 
_ 859 
Random Notes on Farm Failures. 
Farm Squarely Fed from Circular Silo. 
Curse and Blessing from the Same Bag 
A Lesson In Wheat Seeding. 
Hand vs. Machine In Potato Planting... 
Hen Manure and Katnit. 
Where to Dissolve Bones. 
The MOBt from One Tuber. 
WOMAN AND THE HOME 
Commercial Christmas Greener?. 
For the Feast, and Afterward. 
Just Room for Two. 
Like the Rest of Us. . 
Cabbage Salad. 
To Cook Dry Peas.. 
A Convenient Pacer Weight. 
The Beater as a Mixer. 
A Dainty Whisk Holder. 
Economy In Meat.... 
Women as Voters. 
Home, Sweet Home. 
MISCELLANEOUS 
No Fortune In Buying at Wholesale. 
The Reason for the Surprise. 
More About Bats and Bedbugs. 
Farmer and Business . 
lturallsms. . 
Editorials.. 
Brevities. 
The Prospect.. 
Business Bits. 
Crop and Market Notes... . 
Markets. . 
Premiums. 
A Voice from the West. 
Shear Nonsense.. 
854 
854 
855 
855 
855 
855 
855 
855 
855 
855 
FARM TOPICS. 
855 
855 
... 847 
... 849 
... 850 
... 850 
850 851 
. 852 
... 852 
... 852 
. . 858 
... 850 
... 850 
... 857 
... 858 
... 800 
