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June 8, 1895 
THE RURAL NEW-YORKER. 
THE 
GreatAmerican 
V KEMP'S MANURE SPREADER^ 
Company 
humorous 
A growing industry—farming.— Phila¬ 
delphia Record. 
The wheelbarrow dealer has no trou¬ 
ble in keeping his goods before the peo¬ 
ple. —Chicago Mail. 
Teacher: “What is an almshouse?’’ 
Little Nell: “It’s a place papa always 
talks about when mamma asks him for 
a new bonnet.”— Philadelphia Record. 
Mrs. Smith; “I declare! This leg of 
mutton has shrunk away almost to noth¬ 
ing.” Willie Smith: “ Perhaps, mamma, 
it came off the same sheep as my flannel 
did.”— Pearson's Weekly. 
Miss Vivian (to editor who once de¬ 
clined one of her poems) : “Owing to an 
overstock of such articles already on 
hand, I am compelled to decline your 
offer of marriage with thanks.”— Life. 
“ Dear me,” said Mrs. Hunnimune, “I 
must see our grocer right away.” “What 
for?” asked her husband. “I have 
some instructions to give him. I want 
to tell him to make our coffee a little 
stronger and our butter a little weaker.” 
Washington Star. 
“No man ever obtained anything 
worth having without working hard for 
it,” said Mrs. Bickers to her husband, 
who was in a discouraged mood. “That’s 
so,” replied Mr. Bickers, reflectively. 
“ I remember that 1 obtained you with¬ 
out the slightest difficulty.”— Harper's 
Bazar. 
Sun burned hay does not bring 
top price; nor is it as good for your 
own feeding. The 
smmmmmmmmmtmmts 
IF YOU ABE LOOKING FOR AN 
ENSILAGE OB, FODDER CUTTER, 
OR CORN HUSKER, 
“KEYSTONE CHIEF" 
Side Delivery Rake# 
and jm 
“KEYSTONE” 
KAY LOADER? 
Send for the ROSS 1895 Catalogue. Finest line we 
have ever produced. Low prices. Catalogue and 
NEW work on Ensilage free. 
SPRINGFIELD, OHIO. 
save time and help,make prime hay, 
gather no dirt, are light draft, 
simple and durable. Get our pam¬ 
phlet, “Quick Haying.” 
KEYSTONE MFG. CO., 
Sterling, 111. 
THE JOHNSTON HARVESTER GO., 
n MANUFACTURERS OF 
\ ELEVATOR BINDERS 
LARGE AND SMALL. 
Also single and double speed 
MOWERS (ALL SIZES); and 
_ DISK PULVERIZERS 
. ^ SEND FOR CATALOGUE TO 
THE JOHNSTON HARVESTER CO 
Balance Dump Horse Rake,$10 
Feed Cutters, $2.50 and upwards 
SEND TO R CATALOGUE TO 
BATA-VIiV., IV- Y. 
PITTSBURGH. PA. PHILADELPHIA, PA. COLUMBUS, OHIO. WEST DETROIT, MICH. 
BEAN HARVESTERS 
AND PLANTERS. 
Also HAY TEDDERS, MOWERS, CULTI¬ 
VATORS, HAY PRESSES, and other implements 
at cash prices satisfactory to the farmers. Address 
The Ann Arbor Agricultural Co., 
ANN ARBOlt, MICH. 
Prophets Predict 
: heavy rains this year in Hay-time. 
Save hay, time and money, by buy¬ 
ing our llay Carriers, Forks. Ac. Spe¬ 
cial prices to introducers. Do not miss 
them and catalogue. Address 
OBOBN BBOS., Box B, Marlon, <L 
IttisccUnnrou.o §Uv*rti£i«fl. 
IN writing to advertisers, please always mention 
The Rural New-Yokker. 
BUY “DIRECT FROM FACTORY, 
MIXED PAINT5 
METAL 
WHEELSi 
for your £ 
WAGONS 
At WHOLESALE PRICES.Delivered FREE, 
For Houses, Barns, Roofs, all colors, & SAt K Middlemen’s 
profit*. In use 51 years. Kndorsea by Grange & Farmers 
Alliance. Low prices wil surprise you. Write for samples. 
O. W. INGEKSOLL, 240 Plymouth St., Brooklyn, N. V. 
Miller's Bean Harvesters and Planters are the best, and are no experiment, as thousands will testify. 
For particulars and prices address w * MILLER, Caledonia, N. Y. 
LADIES!! 
13 Years on 
the Market. 
Improved 
for 1895. 
Any size you want, 20 tS 
to 66 in. high. Tires 1 ||j 
to 8 in.wide—hubs to 
fit any axle. Saves 6= 
Cost many times in mi 
a season to have set l 
of low wheels to fit \ 
your wagon for hauling \ 
grain, fodder, manure, % 
'Jogs, ko. No resetting of \ 
tires. Oatl’g free. Address 
EMPIRE MFG. CO., 
Qnlncyi Ill* 
Do you like a cup of GoodTea? 
BP rrtg If so, send this "Ad” and 15c. 
In stamps,and we will mail you 
a 14-lb. sample Rest Tea Im- 
ported. Any kind you may se- 
loot. Good Incomes. Rig 
premiums, &c. Teas, Coffees, 
Raking Powder and Spices. Send for terms. 
THE GREAT AMERICAN TEA CO., 
P. O. Hox 289. 31 and 33 Vesev St., N. Y. 
‘IB BIN PRIft SAW MILL. 4 II. P. and 
1 AnmC.K O larger. Corn and Feed Mills. 
nillllUBll “ Hay Presses &WaterWheels 
DELOACH MILL MFG. CO.. Rox 267. Atlanta, Ga. 
‘"•"Vi I C* PREADS anv kind of manure In any 
1 Oquantitv to the acre and does it better 
than hand work, even if a man spends 
.— llflli ten hours on what the machine will do in 
two minutes. Sent to any responsible party 
t will furnish satisfactory references or rating of responsibility. Illustrated 
:st and oldest manufacturers of manure spreaders In the world. 
!E MANUFACTURING CO., Box 38, Syracuse, N.Y 
CONTENTS. 
Rural New-Yorker, June 8, 1895. 
farm TOPICS. 
Crimson Clover in Delaware.389, 390 
“Cost of an Acre of Potatoes”.390 
A Steel Three-Horse Evener.391 
Marl Shows for Fifty Years.391 
A Barn Without Beams.391 
Agricultural Science Made Easy. Part IV.392 
The Best Stump Puller.392 
Sawdust as a Manure.393 
What Ails the Silo ?.393 
Benefits of a Mulch.394 
Transplanted Onions.394 
Three Crops in Twelve Months.394 
Wyoming Countv, N. Y., Bean Culture.394 
The Soil. Part VII.402 
LIVE STOCK AND DAIRY. 
Castration of a Colt.393 
Cow-Tail Holders.403 
Dry Weather Food.403 
Castrating Colts.403 
Hog Cholera.403 
Something About the Red Hog.403 
HORTICULTURAL. 
Mr. Gandy Strawberry Married Miss Crescent. 390 
Experience with Green Manures.390, 391 
Notes on Spraying.391, 392 
Strawberries from Seed in 365 Days.392 
Insects on Georgia Melons.392, 393 
The Woolly Aphis on Kansas Apples.393 
Salt for the Peach Borer ?.393 
A “ Die Back ” Caused by a Freeze.393 
The Glass for Greenhouses.393 
Wood Ashes for Peach Trees. 393 
Stimulating an Early Crop of Raspberries.... 393 
A Spraying Estimate.394 
Cost of Spraying Considered.394 
WOMAN AND THE HOME. 
The Old Picket Fence.398 
A Cooking Lecture. 398 
A Rustic Lawn or Veranda Chair.398 
Working for Pay.398 
An Experience of Long Ago. 398 
The Promise of the Future.398, 399 
For DoingTheir Washing.399 
Wearing Mourning.399 
A W 7 ife’s Rights.399 
The Perfect Home.399 
Printed Patchwork.399 
MISCELLANEOUS. 
Cost of Telephones.393 
Ruralisms.395 
Editorials.396 
Brevities.396 
The Prospect. 397 
Business Bits.397 
As We Go to Press.4(X 
Crop and Market Notes.40( 
Markets.401 
Humorous.40 
1854.— Established 41 Years.— 1895. 
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U.S.Solid Wheel, 
and Gem Steel 
WIND MILLS, 
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Guaranteed to be • 
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Also Pumps, Tanks, Feed Mills, 
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I Haying Tools, Saw Tables, etc, 
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w Light, strong and easily con’ 
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JOHN H. JACKSON, Suer . AOr to JACKSON BROS. Established 1852. 
NEW YORK STATE DRAIN TJ <^knd PIPE WORKS. Main Office: 76 Third Avenue, Albany, N. Y. 
Manufacturer of and Dealer in Agricultural Drain Tile. Salt- 
Glazed Sewer Pipe. Red Pressed Brick. Mortar Colors, Fire 
Brick, Oven Tile. Flue Lining, ChimneyTops. Encaustic Side¬ 
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paper. 
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the following lines, send 
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Hot Air Engines, ^ ^ 
Steam Engines and Boilers, 
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SMITH & WINCHESTER CO., 
19 to 87 Wendell St., BOSTON • 141 Centre SL, NEW TORN, 
Machines for THRESHING & CLEANING 
Grain, and SAWING WOOD with Circular 
- npr. and Cross-Cut Drag Saws. 
as the BEST, considering Easy Draft, Dura¬ 
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Patentees and Sole Manufacturers, 
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