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It will interest you 
Keystone Woven Wire Fence Co., 
No. 49 Locust Street. TUEMONT, Ill. 
Is shown in our January Hustler, with 
a full view of ten large Elk. It surrounds the 
P W. W. F. Co.’s Park of 40 acres, confining 
also a herd of 15 deer. We call it perfect be¬ 
cause no animal gets in or out without a 
pass.” Bounded on three sides by public 
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THE RURAL NEW-YORKER. 
HALLADAY 
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Corn, 
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ASPIKWALL MANUFACTURING CO., 6 ltS. n Jackson, Mich., U. S, A. 
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YORK. PA. 
Sr^CLOD CRUSHER AND LEVELER, 
is adapted to all soils and all work for which a Harrow is needed. 
Flat crushing spurs pulverize lumps, level and smooth the ground, 
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Mode entirely of cast steel and wrought iron, 
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CHEAPEST RIDING HARROW ON EARTH. 
. Sells for about the same as an ordinary drag—SS and upwards. 
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^IGCANUM 
( P CQIVN. 
A CRYSTAL CREAMERY 
tank. All In excellent repair. „ _ 
L. M. ST. JOHN. Canajoharie, N. Y. 
Soil Pulverizer! 
CONTENTS. 
Rural Nkw-Yorkkr, February 2, 1895. 
FARM TOPICS. 
Farming Among the Coal Mines. Concluded.... 65 
A Sensible, Cheap Barn Floor.66 
Sub-Irrigation Again.66 
Best Portable Fence.66 
Slow with Saghalin..••• 6< 
Building a Silo in a Barn.68, tv 
What Corn for Connecticut ?.69 
The Light and Potato Sprouts.69 
Poor Luck with Government Seeds.70 
Where Does the Sugar Go ?.70 
Some Fertilizer Facts. 73 
More Sour Ensilage.78 
LIVE STOCK AND DAIRY. 
A Little Hen Talk.67 
That $10 Hothouse Lamb.68 
Too Fat to Lay ; No Exercise—No Eggs.69 
The Balanced Ration. Part XV.78 
A Cow Tie..79 
When to Serve a Sow. ' 
Motherly Hens and White Turkeys. <9 
Chicken Cholera and Castor Oil.... 79 
Value of Rye Hay. 79 
Bloody Milk.7* 
Small Hogs.<9 
Teething in a Colt.79 
A Good Ration.7t 
Ensilage and Bran Alone. 79 
HORTICULTURAL. 
Cold Weather Cauliflowers.6C 
“ Matching” Apple Borers.« 
Planting a Peach Orchard.6( 
Cranberries Without Flooding.66, 61 
Filberts in Canada.6. 
Apple Testimony.»; 
Onion Sets.6 
Some Cold Facts About Hotbeds.6 
A Twenty-cent Investment in Tomatoes.67, 61 
Highest Quality Dessert Apples.61 
Do Sprayed Apples Live Longer?.61 
A Strawberry Insect Pest.6! 
A Tree Agent’s Inverted Cuttings. .6! 
Setting a Small Lot to Fruits.6! 
“ The Best Pear” ; Hardiness of Japan Plums. 7 
WOMAN AND THE HOME. 
Editorials.7 
A Good Day’s Work.—Part 1.7 
The Aid of Small Conveniences.7 
Home May Be All-Suflicient.7 
Exercise vs. Fire for Warmth.7 
The Visiting Wife.7 
A Strategic Move.7 
Patterns for R. N.-Y. Readers. ' 
Pen Potpourri.7 
MISCELLANEOUS. 
Rubber Boots.< 
A Katydid that Did No Mischief.< 
Lost Value of an Old Bank Note.j 
Ruralisms. 
Editorials. 
Brevities.,. 
The Prospect. 
Business Bits. 
As We Go to Press.. 
\ We Want to Know, You Know !.. 
i Crop and Market Notes. 
Markets. 
IT CRUSHES, CUTS 
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J. JE». FAR-KBR, 
MAN UFA OTUBER, 
RIPLEY, OHIO. 
The Cooley Creamer 
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FARMERS build your own fences with 
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