1895 
THE RURAL NEW-YORKER. 
99 
“Can / Afford to Borrow?” 
(CONTINUED.) 
cleanliness is next to godliness, lie will 
have a bath-room upstairs with hot and 
cold water. Then the idea occurs that 
he will put a steam heater in the cellar. 
It can be done so much cheaper when 
the house is torn up. The carpenter 
estimated the expense at $500, but it ran 
up to $900. but it is so convenient and 
comfortable. Being an intelligent and 
progressive farmer, he learns at insti¬ 
tutes that no successful dairyman can 
long do without a silo. Then the silo is 
built. It will enable him, he is told, to 
get more and better milk, keep more 
stock, and make more manure to improve 
his farm. But why make manure and 
leave it exposed to the weather ? Insti¬ 
tute lecturers will tell him that one-half 
the value of manure is lost when exposed 
to the weather. His yard should be 
roofed. The man who leaves his manure 
pile exposed to the weather is foolish. 
Does not T. B. Terry have his barnyard 
roofed? It costs only $300 or $400 and 
will save half of that every year. Yes, 
he will roof his yard. Then no progress¬ 
ive farmer can keep abreast of the times 
without the latest improved machinery. 
He must get out of the old ruts, as the j 
agricultural papers say. He must have 
disc and spring-tooth, Acme and Cut¬ 
away harrows, knapsack and barrel 
sprayers, and Leggett guns. Perhaps 
his family is growing up. He must 
“ make home attractive.” A piano is a 
necessity. Horses and buggies to ‘’keep 
the boys on the farm.” Debt is piled up. 
Abortion in the dairy. Drought. In¬ 
terest unpaid. The sheriff. Does he 
keep the boys on the farm ? Why bless 
you, no ! He has no farm. 
Lane County, Pa. .J. c. LENVILLE. 
A Debt Paid Here. 
Debt, in a great many cases, is a great 
drawback, and should be avoided as 
much as possible. Many a man has lost 
his all, by going too deeply into debt. 
Yet, under certain conditions, one is not 
only justified in going into debt, but it 
is actually a money making investment. 
In my own case, I had a nice farm left 
me, and in order to conduct my business 
profitably, I bought considerable ma¬ 
chinery. This, as every one knows, 
j Most of Eve’sj 
1 Fair Daughters{ 
love flowers, and look to us each year to sup¬ 
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Everything F( the Garden 
isai60-page book, 9xll irches, containing 
over 500 eng,avings and 8 superb colored 
plates of Seeds and Plants. And as all are drawn 
from nature, we show, as in a looking-glass, 
ihe best of the old and the atest of the new. 
To trace advertising and g've our Catalogue 
the largest possible dis.rlbu’.'on, we make the 
following unusually l beral offer: 
Every Empty Envelope 
Counts as Cash. 
To every one who will slate where this ad¬ 
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20 cents (in stamps', we will mai’ the Catalogue, 
and also send, freo of charge, our famous 5C- 
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one packet each of New White Sweet Pea 
“Emily Henderson”, New Butterfly Parsy, 
New Crested Zinnia, Succession Cabbage, New 
York Lettuce, and Ponderosa Tomato, in a 
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Catalogue to the amount of $1.00 and upward- 
i PETER HENDERSON & GO. I 
I 35 & 37 C0RTIANDT ST., NEW YORK. 
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direct from the Growers, who 
are practical men like your¬ 
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Farmer-Prices, instead 
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you will bo glad to pay. If you send I Oc. witli your 
inquiry we send l!4 Sample Packages of either 
Grass Seeds or Grain, with the Catalogue. How a 
permanent Pasture or Meadow can he obtained is 
very important with many Farmers and Dairymen, 
and our Catalogue or Book on Permanent Pastures 
and Meadows lias valuable information. It is 
FREE. Send for it. 
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O. KOZLOWSKI, Mgr. FARIBAULT,MINN. 
(Formerly Chicago, Ill.) 
Kansas Seed House. 
EVERYTHING IN THE SUED LINE. 
Our Specialties: Seed Corn. Tree Seeds. Onion 
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countries. NEW CATALOGUE MAILED 
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F. BARTELOES & CO., Lawrence, Kansas. 
ought to have protection, when not in 
use. My stock needed shelter, and like¬ 
wise my grain. Consequently I borrowed 
money and built a large barn, large 
enough to hold stock, grain, hay and 
machinery, and I am contident that it 
has paid for itself besides paying a good 
interest upon the original investment. 
My machinery, after several years of use, 
looks as good as when new, and it cer¬ 
tainly will last two or three times as 
long as if left out in the weather. My 
stock keep in much better condition on 
one-half less feed, and the feed is much 
easier to store away, and will go a great 
deal farther by being under shelter. As 
to those water arrangements, Mr. Wat¬ 
son speaks about: In September, 1894, I 
had an artificial spring made, and bor¬ 
rowed the money to pay for it. It has 
not rained here since, enough to run 
water into the branches, neither has any 
snow fallen at this date, January 24, and 
a number of farmers are out of stock 
water. Yet my spring continues to run, 
and will surely prove a good investment. 
But, because I have made a profitable 
investment, or because Mr. Somebody- 
else has done the same, is not a sufficient 
reason for every one to go into debt. 
Where one succeeds, a dozen generally 
fail. My advice is to make haste slowly, 
and to avoid going into debt, unless for 
something that that will pay its own way. 
Bonaparte, la. h. w. 
H EADQUARTERS for the best Seed Potatoes. 
It will pay potato growers everywhere to plant 
Hall’s 2nd-crop Seed. 1,000,000 Berry Plants, 
none finer, none truer. Asparagus Roots,Eggs,&e. 
Send for catalogue. J. W. Hall, Marion Sta., Md. 
Harman Nn I 8EKD potatoes, strictly 
Udrmdn IvUi I pure and true to name. Price. 
$1.25 per peek. Also, R. N.-Y. No 2; pure stock. Price, 
$1.50 per 90 lbs.,bags included.on board cars at Seymour 
or Ft. Howard. NORMAN NELSON, Laney, Wis. 
CARMAN No. I. 
A few bushels only of this 
grand new potato. Prime 
Peck. $2; bushel, $7; barrel, $14. 
E. & J. C. WILLIAMS, Montclair, N. J. 
Northern-Grown Seed Potatoes 
Wanted — Every 
reader of this pa¬ 
per who grows Po¬ 
tatoes to secure 
free my new whole¬ 
sale Price List, de¬ 
scribing 00 valu¬ 
able varieties. 
Best ever offered. 
Prices low. Send 
address on postal 
at once. This ad. 
will appear hut 
once. Arthur G. Aldridge, Victor, Ontario Co.. N. Y. 
POTATOES. 
Northern grown potatoes best to plant. 
Get Carman No. 3, Irish Daisy, Irish Cob¬ 
bler, etc., Of G. B. PICKERING & CO., 
Growers and Dealers in Potatoes for 
Seed. Fishers, Ontario Co., N. Y. 
IC. FREE SEEDS 
Eft 
■ ■ with every dollar order, and #500 in 
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an( j 27 other varieties new SEED 
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WANTED. ENTERPRISE SEED CO., 
Mention this paper. NEWARK N. Y. 
Dynamite in Manure. 
W. W. B., Pottsville, Pa.—R eferring 
to the articles upon the use of dynamite, 
I would suggest thawing or softening it 
in the stick by placing it in the ferment¬ 
ing horse manure heap. It is the general 
practice among miners here. 
THE NEW, LARGE. HANDSOME, LONG 
(MAIN CROP) 
Potato “Sir William,” 
Combines STERLING WORTH for the eater, 
and X. STERLING for the grower. 
If large yields and choice salable stock are your stand¬ 
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price, etc., address R. D. BURR, Gloversville, N. Y 
New Catalogue 
We have just published a new Supplementary Catalogue of novelties and 
specialties for Spring, 1895, containing, in addition to valuable matter, 28 
beautiful new illustrations from nature, being photogi’aphs of specimens 
growing in our grounds. Every one who lias a garden,farm,orchard or pleas¬ 
ure ground, should have this publication. It is mailed free to all applicants. 
ELLWANGER & BARRY, Mt. Hope Nurseries, ROCHESTER, N. Y. 
“ Tlie most complete Nurseries on the American continent.” 
FOR A GOOD HARVEST 
I If you plant Gregory’s Seeds. These Seeds, famous through many years, 
1 have turned the tide of success toward a great many sowers. Perhaps they 
are all that you lack. The whole story ubout 
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Is told in Gregory’s Catalogue for 1895—a book that helps solve all 
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AND 
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TRE 
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Honeoye Falls, New York, 
mm 
JERRARD’S SEED POTATOES 
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POTATOES 
$2.5C 
a Bbl, 
_ Largest grower* of POTATOES for Seed In 
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is ready to mail to all who 
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pure stock of the leading 
varieties of Seed Pota- 
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Bronze Turkeys, Lang- 
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Fowls. Pekin and Cayuga 
Ducks and Eggs. 
O. H. WHITE & SON, 
Miller Corners, N. Y 
s 
EED POTATOES that can win the race. 
Are for sale by G. W. MACE. 
Sir William, and World’s Fair, new, 
Carman No. 1 and Rural New-Yorker No. 2; 
Then Freeman, which created such a flurry, 
Irish Cobler, and Vick’s Pride early. 
American Wonder and Irish Daisy late. 
Everitt’s Colossal and his Heavy Weight. 
Lastly, the “ Maggie Murphy ” he quotes; 
And the wonderful, new, Lincoln Oats. 
As the above is somewhat in the mist. 
Send for free Descriptive Catalogue and Price 
List. GEO. VV. MACE, Greenville, O. 
WANTED 
Address 
300 to 500 bushels State of Maine 
Potatoes; same quantity of 
White Star and Early Rose. 
C. S. KINSEY, Willow Grove, Pa. 
CARMAN No. 3, 
00 cents per pound, $5 per peck, $40 per barrel; Carman 
No. 1, $1.25 per peck, $5 per bushel, $13 per barrel; Free 
man, Early Sunrise, Early Rose, Early Puritan, New 
Queen, $3.25 per barrel; Green Mountain, Rural New- 
Yorker No. 2, Monroe Seedling. White Star and the 
Maggie Murphy, I will put in this list for 30 days at 
$2.50 per barrel; any other variety you may want 
write and I will send you prices on them that will 
surprise you. C. E. KELLEY. Newark, N. Y. 
OLDS’ SEED 8®°" 
For Potatoes, we have the great ’94 introductions, 
Carman No. 1, Irish Daisy and The Great Divipe. 
also, about all the standard varieties, but better than all, 
\A/nPI n’C PAID Best Potato we ever grew, 
IVUnLU u rAm, All Things Considered. 
For Seed Corn, we have Queen op tub Field, 
considered the best yellow dent for this latitude, 
For Seed Oats, The Lincoln, a great-yielding, new 
variety. Catalogue Free. L. L. OLDS, Clinton, RockCo.Wia. 
Double Your Potato Crop. 
Northern-grown Seed from natural potato soil; no 
blight, no rot. 600 bushels White Star, choice selected 
stock, at $2 per 180 pounds, in sacks, f. o. b. here. 
100 bushels good seconds, at $1.50 per 180 pounds. 
W. E. MANDEV1LLE, Brookton, Tompkins Co., N.Y 
