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June"2 
THE RURAL NEW-YORKER. 
As We Qo To Press. 
“BITS.” 
Pleasb don’t forsret about the offer of 
The R. N -Y. for the rest of the year. 
Only 50 cents ! That is cheap enough to 
satisfy anybody. Send GO cents and we 
throw in a copy of “A Fortune In Two 
Acres.” Send 31 and you get “ The 
Business lien” in cloth, as well as The 
R. N.-Y. for the rest of 1894. 
§ § 2 
Before many days the season for hold¬ 
ing picnics and other outdoor gatherings, 
will be upon us. Go to such gatherings 
by all means, and have a good time. It 
does folks good to rub up against their 
friends and neighbors, and talk over 
crops and other matters. Among “other 
matters” we suggest The R. N.-Y. as a 
valuable theme for discourse. It is valu¬ 
able because it offers a chance to earn 
an honest dollar by taking a few sub¬ 
scriptions. At such meetings you will 
find a happy, good natured lot of folks 
in j ast the right frame of mind to talk 
paper. There is no better place for tak¬ 
ing subscriptions. We will thank you 
to send us the dates of all such meetings 
in your vicinity, and will take pleasure 
in fitting you out with samples and cir¬ 
culars and the best cash terms you ever 
heard of. ‘i ^ 'i 
Here is a sample story from an ad¬ 
vertiser :. 
It l8 unnecessary to run my advertisement lonjfer 
as 1 have had more orders than I could hll, espe¬ 
cially for blackberry plants. They came from New 
Hampshire to Ohio. Beware of Tuk R. N.-Y. If you 
haven’t a large stock to sell, waltjer f. tabbu. 
Not exactly that. Even with a small 
crop you should try to sell to the best 
advantage. 
A Virginia friend fathers the follow¬ 
ing statement: 
In my humble 0 ]>lnlon, The R. N.-Y. Is the best 
paper of Us kind of which 1 have any knowledge, 
and I do not see how any intelligent farmer living In 
a country like this (where agriculture may be said to 
be In Its Infancy), can do without It. I find that a 
certain amount of sense Is required to enable one to 
feel the need of a paper like yours, as well as derive 
benefit from Its teachings. I know of no paper that 
compares at all favorably with It. Wishing It abun¬ 
dant success and life until the curse Is removed 
from the earth, 1 am. yours truly, J. A. tayi.ou. 
That would certainly give us a long life. 
A friend out in Indiana doubtless in¬ 
spired by The R. N.-Y’s efforts at poetry 
drops into verse this way : 
And now, dear RuiiAi., before I’m through, I must 
say a word or two to you; your paper’s so full of good 
advice, that 1 have to read It over twice, then lay It 
carefully away to read again some rainy day. It 
teaches me the proper way to raise more corn and 
wheat and hay; it also teaches howto raise with 
ease good cabbage, tomatoes, lettuce, peas. It also 
plainly teaches how to properly feed and treat your 
cow, and lots of other useful things. It weekly before 
Its readers brings. 
To show you that The R. N.-Y. is not 
a sectional Eastern paper, we offer the 
following : 
My Advertising brings me sample copies of agri¬ 
cultural publications from all over the country, but 
I consider The K. N.-Y. at the head of the list In Its 
line. We subscribe for about 16 dltferent publica¬ 
tions. May Its shadow never grow less. 
Steele City, Neb. i). t. g ault. 
We hope to “grow less” only to the ex¬ 
tent of working off any useless fat that 
may accumulate. 
The following note may now be con¬ 
sidered : 
Y^onrs with sample copy Is received. The R. N.-Y. 
seems to retain all its old-time vim and Interesting 
matter for the farmer and market gardener. I there¬ 
fore hand you herewith expresss money order for J1 
for which please place me on your list for one year. 
Connecticut. q. p m. 
That bears out Mr. Chapman’s statement 
that all you have to do is to show the 
paper and pocket a dollar. Are there no 
men near you who simply need “ ask¬ 
ing ”? And now, thanking you for your 
attention, we will conclude with this 
brief sermon: § | | 
From where we sit, on the eighth fioor 
of a big building, we can look down on a 
large portion of New York. In all direc¬ 
tions the city sweeps away. Here and 
there high buildings and chimneys shoot 
up into the air, but for the most part 
they are lower than we are. A singular 
spectacle is presented when a storm 
cloud sweeps down upon the city. The 
sun is shut out from view. The air is dim 
and misty and many objects are obscured. 
Things that are prominent on sunny 
days are now hardly to be distinguished. 
There is one tall white church steeple in 
view. The darker the day the clearer it 
stands out in full relief. When other 
things are obscured, there it stands like 
a white finger pointed upward. It 
attracts more attention than any other 
object. Now for the business side of it. 
These days of business depression are like 
the cloud. There is poor demand for 
ordinary things. Their value is obscured. 
Things are needed so good and superior 
that they will stand out in bold relief 
like the white church steeple. Are you 
breeding for such quality in your prod¬ 
uce ? No ? Why not ? What are you 
taking The R. N.-Y. for ? 
WE WANT TO KNOW, YOU KNOW I 
[f you don't see what you want, ask for it. 
Turning eggs.—I n The r. N.-Y. of April U, F. 
H. V. says: “ The tray of eggs is taken from the in¬ 
cubator, and set on top of the machine, an empty 
tray Is placed on it, the two are firmly grasped and 
reversed. 1 noticed that before replacing in the in¬ 
cubator, the eggs are carefully placed large ends up. 
‘ What Is the object of that?’ ‘ So that the ducks or 
chicks will have more room to form, and thus develop 
better.’” I full to comprehend this. If the object Is 
to keep the large ends up all the time, why turn at 
all? Is there more room Inside an egg shell with 
the large end up than In any other position? 
AN8.—The passage quoted evidently didn’t make 
the matter quite clear. The eggs are not set up on 
end. The following from Mr. Ordway, proprietor of 
the farm described, makes the matter and the reason 
for turning, plain: “The large end of the egg Is ele¬ 
vated slightly so as to have the chick form In that 
end where there Is the most room, as you said. The 
germ floats and Is always on top, but If not turned 
regularly It sticks to the shell and dies. Ducks 
especially are liable to die In the shell when they 
form In the smaller end.” 
Mending marble table.— I have a marble table 
which Is broken In two pieces. Is there any way to 
have It mended so It will hold together ? reader. 
Ans.—N o. If the marble slab can be placed on 
something solid, a cement may be made that will fill 
up the broken place, but It will not hold It together 
otherwise. Melt together two pounds of beeswax 
and one pound of resin, and add I)^ pound of the 
same kind of marble that Is to be cemented. Strew 
this into the melted mixture, stir them well together 
and knead the mass in water that the powder may 
be thoroughly Incorporated. The proportion of pow¬ 
dered marble may be varied as required to make the 
cement nearer the color of the stone on which it is to 
be used. It must be heated when applied, as well as 
the parts to which It Is to be applied, and the latter 
must be thoroughly dry. Some of the dust may be 
rubbed into the seam before the cement Is hardened, 
so as to make a uniform surface. This cement may 
be used on different kinds of stone. 
If you name The Rural New-Yorker to our 
advertisers, you may be pretty sure of prompt 
replies and right treatment 
A Full Crop of Strawberries 
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Send for handsome new descriptive 
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GRAIN, GRASS, 
VEGETABLES, FRUITS, 
TOBACCO, TREES 
ANO VINES, , 
in fact everything that grows In or out of the 
ground. \Ve keep in stock all fertilizing 
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CLEVELAND. OHIO. 
R emember there are hundreds of brands 
of White Lead (so called) on the market that are not White 
Lead, composed largely of Barytes and other materials* 
But the number of brands of genuine 
Strictly Pure White Lead 
is limited. The following brands are standard “Old Dutch” process, 
and just as good as they were when you or your father were boys; 
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“ MORLEY ” (Cleveland). 
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“ RED SEAL ” (SL Louis). 
“SALEM ” (Salem, Mass.) 
“ SHIPMAN ” (Chicago). 
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“ ULSTER ” (New York). 
“ UNION ” (New York). 
If you want colored paint, tint any of the above strictly pure leads with National Lead Co.’.s 
Pure White Lead Tinting Colors, a pound of color to 25 pounds of lead. The best merchants 
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A good many thousand dollars have been saved property-owners by having our book on 
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WORLD’S FAIR. 
This barn Is divided 
Into three compart¬ 
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Floor, Driveway and 
Mow. Bend to the 
” Pioneer” hay car¬ 
rier manufacturers for an illustrated description, giv¬ 
ing size and dimensions of the 
material used In its construc- 
tlcn. with estimate of cost; also 
lor circulars describing im- 
proveaenis In hay Cirrlers and 
track pate ted to us May 1,1894. 
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Ottawa, Ill. 
HAY CAPS, 
STACK COVERS. 
Agricultural Implement Covers. Covers for all pur¬ 
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AWNINGS, TENTS. 
National Waterproof Fibre Co., 
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Analysis to 
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Salt for Fertilizer. 
Best thing to use on Wheat, Barley, Oats, Hay and 
Potatoes. Natures restorer for worn out land. In¬ 
creases yield from 16 to 60 per cent. After long ex¬ 
perience we are preparing a grade exactly suited to 
the purpose. Write for prices delivered. 
THB LkBOY salt CO., LeBoy, N. Y. 
FERTILIZERS 
A/iE UNPROFITABLE, 
Unless they Contain Sufficient Potash. 
Complete fertilizers should contain at least six per 
cent of Potash. Fertilizers for Potatoes, Tobaceo, 
Fruits and Vegetables should contain from 10 to 16 
per cent of Potash. Farmers should use fertilizers 
containing enough potash or apply Potash salts, 
such as Muriate of Potash, Sulphate of Potash and 
Ealnlt. For Information and pamphlets, address 
GERMAN KALI WORKS, 
93 Nassau Street, New York City. 
PERKINS 
Our 1894 PERKINS’ STEEL 
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PUMP¬ 
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Warrant covers all points. In¬ 
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ON’T 
Water unless pumped H El nif 
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$30 
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working all your life when ‘ 
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Let us send you our handsomely 
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SM/TH& WINCHESTER CO., ^ 
19-37 Wendell St 2-12 Hartford St BOSTON, MaSS. 
Branch Office; 174 Fulton St., New York City. 
New Angle Steel Post 
Plain Wire Fence. 
Will not burn, blow or rot down, and the price has 
been put down from $1 to 65 cents per rod, 
complete with wire stay. Our tightener will tighten 
your old wire fences. Call on your dealer or order 
direct. Write for circulars. Agents wanted. 
A MICHIGAN GOVERNOR TESTIFIES. 
IIambubg, MICH., May 7,1894. 
Sirs:—T he strip of Page Woven Wire Fence put 
up by your Mr. C.W. Scott for me, Is attracting much 
attention and favorable comments from my neigh¬ 
bors. The question of fencing Isone of deep Interest 
in this section. Our Fences are old and poor; we 
have not the timber to make rails and lumber is too 
expensive. Wire seems to be the material we must 
use and yourfeuce—The Page Woven Wire seems 
tome the bestyetinvented. It Is neat la appearance, 
durable and safely keeps all kinds of stock and 
really is the most economical fence a farmer can 
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I am very truly yours, 
EDWIN B. WINANS. 
PAGE WOVEN WIRE FENCE CO., Adrian, Mich. 
Aspinwall Potato Planter 
FOB SALE CHEAP. 
I have a nearly new Aspinwall Potato Planter, with 
Corn and Fertilizer Attachments, and also an Aspin¬ 
wall Cutter for sale. Also a Clark Cutaway Harrow. 
C. B. WHITE, Miller Corners, N. Y. 
