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H. T. STATE DKAIK TILE AKD PIPE WOSXS, 
76 Third Avenue, ALBANY. N. Y. 
1 —FEED — 
kCRINDER. 
Greatly Improved. 
P SOLD 05 TBIAL. 
12 to 25 Bushel$ 
per hour 
of Ear Corn, dry or 
damp: and all email 
sraf n, fine or coarse 
STAR MFG. CO., 
5e«r Lexington. Ohio. 
Humorous 
uiiniiii iuiiss,r>i;‘S; 
CIDER, and FRUIT JELLIES. Has 
a comiated pan over tireboz, doubling 
boiling capacity; small interchange¬ 
able syrup pans (connected by , 
siphons), easily handled 
for cleansing and 
storing; and a per. 
feet autoinijtm 
CIminpion is as 
great an improve- 
-over thf 
“A merry heart doeth good like a medi¬ 
cine.” — Bible. 
GUEENIIOKN’S LUCK. 
She lit the Are with kerosene oil, 
But as far as 1 can learn. 
Not a single hair of her head was harmed, 
For she was too green to burn. 
—JirookJyn Eagle. 
“ How does Tankins manage to keep 
up his extravagant mode of living ? ” 
“He has credit.” “ How did he get it?” 
“ By pretending to be worried almost to 
death over the income tax.”— Wanhing- 
ton Star. 
Housew'ifk ; “ Those fish 1 got of you 
yesterday were stale.” “Fisherman: 
“It’s your own fault. I’ve offered ’em 
to you every day this week, and you 
could have taken ’em before if you 
liked.”—TkWIite'. 
She (a woman’s rights woman): “Do 
you believe that woman should have the 
right of being the equal to man?” He : 
“ Well, if she wants to let herself down 
so far, I don’t see any reason why she 
should be prevented.”— Nciv York Prean. 
Maud: “They ought not to allow' 
marriages between cousins.” Marie: 
“Why not?” Maud : “ Because if you 
marry your cousin, your own children 
are scarcely related to you. They are 
only your second cousins.”— Harlem Life. 
“1 SAY, Jen,” called little Tommy. 
“What?” returned his sister. “Why, I 
was just thinkin’—you've always had to 
wear ma’s old dresses made over, an’ 
I’ve always been stuck with pa’s old 
clo’es—which of us d’you suppose’ll have 
things made out o’ ma’s bicycle bloomers 
when they get old?”— Chicago Record. 
Catalogue 
Free. 
ment - — - - - 
Cook p&n as the 
latter was over the 
old iiou kettle hung on a fence raiL 
We offer you the best mill on the 
market at such a low figure It will pay 
._ you to write to us. They are the 
best constructed^ least 
complicated, and fast- 
est grinding mills yet 
produced. Satisfaction 
guaranteed. Send 2c. Stamp 
for our 48 page Catalogue. 
Leonard D. Harrisoru 
Ir Box C. New Haven.Conn* 
PEERLESS 
FEED 
GRINDERS 
UUDSON, Olilo, mONTREAL, (iaebt^< 
Grinds more grain to any 
degree of lineness than any other mill. Grlndsear- 
corn, oats, etc., fine enough for any purpose. War¬ 
ranted not to choke. We warrant the Peerless to be 
THE BEST AND CHEAPEST MILL ON EARTH. 
Write us at once for prices and agency. 
There Is money In this mill. Made only by the 
JOLIET STROWBRIDGE CO.,JOLIET, ILL. 
.Jobbers and Manufacturers of Farm Machinery, 
Carriages, Wagons, Windmills, Bicycles, Harness, 
etc. Prices lowest. Quality best. 
FEED MILLS 
(Sold with or without Elevator) 
Medul Awarded—World’s Fair. 
Crush cob and grind all kinds of grain. 
Have conical shaped grinders. An 
entire departure from all other mills. 
Lightest running, strongest and 
handiest made. Three Sizes; 2 to 6, 
(i to 8 and 8 to 12 horse power. 
I also make SWEEP MILLS that 
grind, wheat fine awl crush ear com. 
P. N. BOWSHER, So. Bend, Ind. 
Root 
Gutter! 
ENTERPRISE FEED BRINDER 
S Cuts everything in 
roots and vegetar 
blesforstock.Onlv] 
Root Cutter with] 
a self-feeding de¬ 
vice. Send for cir¬ 
culars and price. 
0. E. THOMPSON 
A SONS, 
YPSILANTI, MICII.| 
A Complete Creamery 
IN ONE MACHINE. 
The Butler Accumulator 
17 RIVER ST. 
skimm/lk' 
will grind ear corn and small grain at the satce 
time In any desired proponlo'. This Is the oniy Feed 
Grinder that was awarded a Gold Medal at the Paris 
Kxooeiuon. Guaranieedlto do as represented. Send 
for special price. Also make Sweep-power Mill'', 
Saw Mills, Engines, etc. Address 
ENTERPRISE MFG. CO., 
14 Main Street, Columbiana, Ohio, 
PiisrTUunrou;^ ^(UcvtiSiinn. 
IN writing to advertisers, please always mention 
The Rubal New-Yohkek. 
Has now been Thoroughly Tested and the 
following facts fully proven : 
It gives more butter and better batter, 
skims cleaner and runs smoother. It Is sim¬ 
pler in constrnctlon and easier cleaned than 
any other machine of Its kind in existence. 
It will Save Us Own Price either In Redaction of 
First I'ost, in Its Increase In Yield, or in Its 
Saving cf Labor. 
made by 
THE KEYSTONE MFG. CO, 
STERLING, ILL. 
When you can get the Best at 
g arco prices Inimy Quantity. 
Inner, Tea and Toilet Sete, 
Watchea Clocks, Music Boxes, 
Cook Books and all kinds of premi¬ 
ums given to <'lub Agents, 
Gnod Income made by getting 
orders for our celebrated goods. 
For full particulars address 
THK QEKAT AMEKICAN TEA CO. 
81 and 33 Vesey St.. N. Y. 
DOUBLE-TIN SAP SPOUT 
TUi^BES^^’D 
vse. Ask your ~ j - j / , 
dealer or write ^--—- V ^— / / 
for free sample. 
RECOPDMFC.CO .CONNEAUT, O, 
Manufacturers of Spouts, Pails, Cans, Etc. 
will be unequaled. Send 
for description, mentioning 
this paper. 
I, 3 & 5 Washington St., Chicago, HI., Sole Agta. 
County and State Agents wanted in 
every part of the United States. 
Swedish Cream and Butter Separator Co., 35 William 
Sireet, New York. 
Cornell University. 
FOUR COURSES IN AGRICULTURE. 
Two winter courses begin January 3,1895. Regular 
and Special begin September 25,1895. For announce¬ 
ment address 1. P. ROBERTS. Director. Ithaca. N.Y'. 
IGE PLOWS 
S16.50. Circulars 
Free. H. PRAY, 
Clove, N. Y. 
CONTENTS. 
IluR.'i.L New-Yorker, December 8, 1894. 
F.A.RM TOPICS. 
Gathering Leaves.775 
A Hard Road in Sand.775 
Wood or Garbage Ashes for Fertilizer.776 
How a Potato Grows.776 
Potato Sprouts That Did Not “ Pan Out.”.776 
New Facts Abotit Crimson Clover.776, 777 
What Ears Should Be Taken for Seed Corn ?.. 777 
Where to Put Manure.778 
Crimson Clover in Southeastern New York.... 778 
About Stone Drains.778 
A Sweet Silo.787 
LIVE STOCK AND DAIRYL 
Prime Roast Beef on Foot.774 
Breeding Up a Dairy Herd.774 
Butter or Beef ?.775 
How to Get Big Eggs.775 
“ Big-Head ” in a Colt.777 
Swelling on a Horse’s Withers.777 
The Balanced Ration. Part VII.786 
Twin Calves.787 
Mixing Feed.787 
Buckwheat and Oats.787 
Chickens as Insecticides.787 
Best Butter Cows.787 
HORTICULTURAL. 
A Fifty-Year Posy Bed, and How It Was Made. 773 
Hill Culture of Strawberries.774, 775 
The Lawyer Apple.775 
Best Food for Celery.775, 776 
Some Truths About Japan Plums.776 
Hollo-w Celery; Best Varieties.777 
How to Pack First-class Apples.777 
Onions Growing Under Glass.777 
Trimming Trees to Meet Storms.778 
Hills for Parker Earle Strawberry.778 
WOMAN AND THE HOME. 
Editorials.782 
What Shall Our Pleasures Be ?.782 
In a Prairie Home.782 
For Saving Steps.782 
An Array of Aprons.782, 783 
The Value of Education.783 
Patterns for R. N.-Y. Readers.783 
Baby’s First Shoes.783 
Getting Them Used To It.783 
MISCELLANEOUS. 
To Get Rid of Ants.777 
Ruralisms.778, TO 
Editorials.^ 
The Prospect.781 
Business Bits.781 
As We Go to Press.784 
We Want to Know, You Know !.78o 
Crop and Market Notes.^ 
Markets. 
Humorous.78c 
W II V PAY Enormous Prices for 
If n I r MI Creamery Plants, 
When you can get the Best for Hoderate Prices. 
Will not burn, blow or rot down, and the price has 
been put down from iffl to 66 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. 
}Fe refer to the following as < xamples; 
SI, 136 ‘ The cost of niy puint was SI J30- I using the 
IK^'I ’ apparatus furnished by tlie Vermont I‘'ann Macliiiie 
Company, and it is giving complete satisfaction. If 
' ~i gofKl goods are wanted, tliey furnish tliein every time. 
' I have had no trouble witli any of tlie macliine'ry get- 
* I ■ ting out of repair, wliile otlier factories near here, 
using otlier makes, have liad to liave machinery o\ er- 
_k'- hauled and repaired.” 
COKTI.AND, N. Y. E. C. Rindge. 
®l 950 “My bufter factory cost me complete, including well 
’ tiuisned and convenient building, and all apparatus, 
m‘‘m/f nla SlJl-'iO. The apjiaratus was Iiurchased of the Vermont 
Kl * flStAa Farm Macliine Comiiaiiy and has given tlie very best 
B ■ i'0 1 of satisfaction.” i'li.AS II. Sanfoku. 
m liA pfflil lIoi’KiNToN, St. Law. Co., N. Y. 
jpL 06 “ Ours is tlie most convenient iilaiit in tliis part of the 
y •- ' country. It cost, all told, building and macliiiiery, 
Jy / S^,0(X).' 1 often hear it remarked by men traveling 
^ through the country that we have the finest and most 
•--- complete creamery plant that they have seen in I'.is 
f " part of Northern Pennsylvania.” 
' \ Rushville, Susq. Co.. Pa. 
- -' 2. ^ RnsHvii.i.E Ckeajieky Co. 
«2 459 “Our / erected a creamery plant at North Mehoopany in March, 1893, 
’ at the ,ng expense: 
Fol‘'^,,.'Hvating and laying foundation, below frost-line, - - - - $74.27 
Two^Jory building, 24x70 feet, lower room with elevation floor, so all milk 
and cream is handled without dipping with buckets; second flcjor par¬ 
titioned into seven rooms; both floors ceiled sides and overhead with good 
quality of pine; outside of building papered and sided, and all painted 
well; woi'k-room painted and varnished; roof of tin; also engine-room, 
16x^, finished the same; all at a cost of. 863.48 
Machinery, all complete, everything needed in a creamery to make and 
ship butter, purchased of the Vermont Farm Machine Co., . - - - 1,443.88 
Ice-House, 20x24, capacity of 100 tons,.78.00 
$2,459.63 
The plant has given entire satisfaction, and is in as good condition to do good work 
now after two seasons as ever. Would defy any company to put up a more convenient 
plant and of as good material for any less expense.” 
No. Mehoopany, Pa. O. A. Love, Sec’t Mehoopany Creamery Co., L’t’d. 
These are only a few of many. Send for our special book “How to Build 
Creameries,” containing over 20 illustrations, free upon application. 
We furnish everything for the dairy and creamery. 
STEEL WEB PICKET LAWN FENCE 
Steel Posts. Steel Rails and Steel Gates; Steel Tree 
Flower and Tomato Guards; Cabled Field and Ho| 
Fence; Steel Wire Fence Board, etc. Catalogiie free 
DeKALB FENCE CO., I7 High St., DeKalb.Ul 
Fencing Railroads 
The secret of our great success In this line 
Is iust here. Their civil engineers pronounce 
It all right scientifically, but they want evi¬ 
dence as to Its durability. The canvasser s 
word for It don’t go. They find where It has 
been used for many years then go and see for 
themselves. After becoming satisfied on all 
points, they take hold In earnest and pay no 
attention to the fellows who have something 
“lust as good as the Page.” Farmers would 
VERMONT FARM MACHINE COMPANY, BELLOWS FALLS, VT 
