Company 
The mcsh around the panel shows 
MOW THE FENCCISMAOC. 
THE RURAL NEW-YORKER. 
December 7, 1895 
Humorous. 
A HORSE will pull with all his might, 
but never with his mane. —Texas Siftings. 
“Why, mamma,” said little Walter, 
“a snake is only a tail with eyes in it ! ” 
— Youth's Companion. 
A little fellow who wore striped 
stockings was asked why he made barber 
poles of his legs. His reply was, “Well, 
ain’t I a little shaver ? ”—Credit Lost. 
Mistress : “ Mary, where did you put 
my hat ? ” Maid : “ Shure, on the head 
of the bed, ma’am.” Mistress: “Well, 
where is my slipper?” Maid : “ On the 
foot of the bed, ma’am, to be shure.”— 
Truth. 
Miss Antique : “ People are always 
talking of self-made men. I wonder why 
they never speak of a self-made wo¬ 
man?” Miss Austen: “ Because a self- 
made woman generally doesn’t like to 
have it known.”— Harper's Bazar. 
“ It’s all very well, Soper, for you to 
talk about the advantages of marriage, 
but my idea is that no one should have 
more of a family than is absolutely 
necessary.” “ What do you call abso¬ 
lutely necessary?” “Having a father 
and mother.”— Brooklyn Life. 
Flossie (who has ovei-heard conversa¬ 
tion between her father’s groom and the 
family doctor): “Ain’t you goin’ to buy 
our gee-gee ? ” Doctor: “No, my dear, 
I want a larger horse.” Flossie (re¬ 
proachfully): “ We always take any size 
baby you choose to bring .”—Sydney Bul¬ 
letin. 
Tip: old lady Methodist always stood 
up for her church. She had just heard 
of the appointment of an Episcopal 
chaplain at the penitentiary when she 
exclaimed indignantly : “ They ought to 
have a Methodist chaplain—there are 
more Methodist convicts in the peniten¬ 
tiary than any other denomination, I 
know. ’— Judge. 
Two young clergymen were disputing 
so loudly on the subject of religion that 
they awoke a big dog that had been 
sleeping on the hearth before the fire, 
whereupon he began to bark furiously. 
An old preacher, who had been quietly 
sipping his tea while the disputants were 
talking, gave the dog a kick, exclaiming: 
“Hold your tongue, you silly brute! 
You know no more about it than they 
do ! ”—Credit Lost. 
§jfti0rtUan*0it0 gMmtteittfl. 
IN writing to advertisers, please always mention 
Tub Rural New-Yorker. 
THE - 
Great American 
LADIES!!! 
FOR LARGEST POTATO, 
dlUiUU Rural New-Yorker No, 2, 
sent me and raised from seed purchased of me this 
season, will be awarded October 15,18915. Potato must 
reach me bv mail, postpaid, on or before that date. 
Seed, live pounds, 30 cents: one pound free, to person 
sending in tirst order. Address all orders to 
A. C. GEARHART, West Decatur, Pa. 
You Can ■ 
Shell Corn « 
j 
in any quantity with the several JU 
sizes of W 
“Keystone” * 
Corn Shelters. * 
# 
All sizes, from One Hole Hand to Six 
Hole Self Feeding Shellers for steam or Vr 
horse power. For farmers own use, nothing 
equals the “Keynote” a two hole self XL 
feeding shelter requiring only two horse 
power, and shelling <K) to 75 bu. per hour. 
Get our special .shelter catalogue ^ 
KEYSTONE MFG. CO. 
Sterling, III. 
Branches: Council Bluffs, Kansas City, 
St. Ixniis, Columbus, Philadelphia. 
SAVE YOUR FEED 
BY USING 
The New Farm Grist Mill 
RUNS EASY, GRINDS FINE AND FAST. 
/ .... Weight, 150pounds. Price, $20. Can 
be run with one to two-horse power. 
WsSr For grinding Corn and Cob,Corn, Oats. 
jWy Wheat and Rye. Fine Corn Meal and 
Graham Flour for table use. It is 
v SfTfrffl made in the most durable way pos- 
sible. Has an automatic feed ca- 
TjSwffi * pacity from live to eight bushels per 
J V hour. Speed, 800 revolutions per 
I % minute. Size of pulley, six inches. 
An extra set of Burs furnished with 
each mill free. Burs are made of the 
hardest material—can be duplicated 
at$l per set when worn. 
ALFRED B. HOLCOMBE, 
Box 274. Lambertville, N. J. 
Kelly Duplex 
Grinding Mill 
the hands of an ordin- 
* r y operator, is capable 
of doing more work bet- 
fflJL_ ter and easier than any 
' other mill made. 
An essay on “Economy of Ground Feed.” by Manly 
Miles, M. I)„ F. R. M. S., and illustrated pamphlet 
of Grinding Mills wiil be sent free to any address. 
The 0, S, KELLY CO,, Springfield, Ohio. 
FEED MILLS 
Sold with or without Elevator.) 
Crush cob and grind all kinds of grain. 
Uave-eoclcal shaped grinders. An en¬ 
tire departure from all other mills. 
Lightest running, strongest and 
handies, made. Three sizes: 2 toti! 
6 to 8 and 8 to 12 h. p., and one style for 
wind wheel use. 
nr / also make SWEEP MILLS that' 
crush ear corn and grind all small grains, 
FIXE. 
i .N.BOWSHEB. South Bend.Ind. 
STAR GRINDER. 
Greatly Improved. 
SOLD ON TRIAL, 
12 to 25 Bushels 
per hour 
of Ear Corn, dry or 
damp, and all small 
gr ai n, fine or coarse. 
STAR MFG. CO., 
>ew Lexington, Ohio. 
OR to «9 N St. 
THE “SMALLEY” 
“FEED a "SAVERS” 
Ensilage Ac Fodder Cutters, forhand and power. 
Root flutters A- Veg’tble Slieers, hand & power. 
Karin Feed Mills, for gear or pulley drive. Ear 
Corn Grinders, Sliellers. 
l*""How to Leat a Drouth,” our ’95 hand book 
for S7**ck Feeders and Price List mailed free.. 
SMALLEY MFG. CO., Manitowoc, Wig. 
Do you like a cup of Good Tea? 
If so. send this "Ad ” and 15c. In 
stamps, and we will mail you a 
]4 pound sample Best Tea Im¬ 
ported. Any kind you may select. 
Good Incomes. Big premiums, 
etc. Teas, Coffees, Baking Powder, and Spices. Send 
for terms. R. N.-Y. 
THE GREAT AMERICAN TEA CO.. 
P. O. Box 289. 31 and 33 Vesey St., New York. 
TUC Pill | cn CTflPy burned at the Orange 
I nL UULLlU OlUulx County Nurseries, 
could he sold low. It would not be cheap. We ship 
only prime stock. Catalogue free. 
T. J. DWYER. Cornwall, N. Y. 
A FEED MILL 
CHD C A I F THE MOUNT 
r UK oAI-KL>kisco dairy. 
This is an old established milk business; owners re¬ 
tiring lrorn business. Will sell the business with the 
property or without. None but those meaning busi¬ 
ness need apply. Inquire of owners on the property. 
DkGROOT BROS., 112 Greenpoint Ave., Brooklyn, N.Y 
f ak Kfl FOR SALE. —90 acres; 13 acres 
Iwl HOPS. Fine for Dairy. Good 
buildings; new’ Ilophouse. Water at barn and house. 
Four miles from Worcester, 146 from church, one-half 
from School. Good neighbors. MELVIN A. SMITH, 
Charlotteville, Schoharie County, N. Y. 
WHAT HAVE YOU TO SELL? 
Ship to E. H. PECK (successor M. N. Edwards &Co.), 
193 Duane St., New York, Commission Merchants 
(Established 1861). Poultry, Game and Calves, 
--o ■ 
THAT’S THE REASON 
former location at Moorestown. 
T— - EVERY MAIL^-W*- 
<tr A brings fresh testimony of the superiority of the 
M Improved United States 
Cream Separator. 
/ ;j| Three U. S. No. 1 Separators 
ji M|| 1Hi I hM do tlieir Work Perfectly, 
i f fl\f/[|UIglMijlll 1 !A1 We take pleasure in saying that we have run three 
iH fa/™SiiS llii a bBiH i ° f y° ur u - s - No - 1 ie P arators for the last six 
"TSj: ^months, and that we are fully satisfied with them. 
The >' *> the work perfectly. No machine could do 
more than that. b. D. & E. F. HOBSON. 
18. Mt f Send for illustrated circulars of Creamery 
and Dairy Separators. Our new Dairy U. S. Sep¬ 
arator, with high frame and enclosed gears, is a beauty and does elegant work. 
Agents Wanted in every Town and County where we have none. 
VERMONT FARM MACHINE CO., Bellows Falls, Vermont. 
Power Leverage 64 to 1 STEEL 
Send for 64 page Illustrated catalogue. 
COLLINS PLOW CO., lilt Hampshire St„ Quincy. Ill 
NO CHANGE OF SEASON 
known to the Page. It is one continual Spring 
from the time it is put up until the purchaser has 
no further use for fence. 
PAGE WOVEN WIRE FENCE CO., Adrian, Mich. 
Grinds Corn and Coband 
all kinds of Small Grain. 
Made in four sizes for 2, 
4, 8 and 10 horse power. 
Send for catalogue and 
prices. 
THOS. ROBERTS, 
Springfield, Ohio, 
QUAKER CITY 
GRINDING MILL 
goFor CORN and COBS, 
FEED, and TABLE 
oU \/\v if’ XJJ MEAL. Improved for X896. 
* a. \y\ Y fty" Send for all mills advertised, 
o 3 t^CA^Vj'irSI^^vKeep the best—return all others. 
p 2 A.W. STRAUB & CO. 
Pliiludu., Pa., and 41 8. Jefferson St., Chicago, 11L 
Clark’s Root-Cutter. 
Used by all the Leading 
STOCK-RAlSERS.and i>ro- 
nounced to be the BEST 
ffi ROOT-CUTTER 
MADE. Send for Special 
11^ Cutaway Harrow Co., 
Wi HIGGANUM, CONN. 
WAREHOUSE ; 131 Water Street, New York City. 
Sent Free to Farmers ! 
A new book on Agriculture. Horticulture, 
and the Cultivation of the soil by John Gould, 
T. B. Terry, J. H. Hale, and others, ou appli¬ 
cation, to any address. 
THE CUTAWAY HARROW CO., 
HIGGANUM. CONN., 
Sole Mfrs. of the only “ CUTAWAY HARROW.” 
Gabled Field and Hog Fence, 
24to58inches high; Steel Web Picket Lawn Fence; 
Poultry Garden and Rabbit Fence; Steel Ga.es, 
Steel Posts and Steel Ra!ls;Tree.Flower and Tomato 
Guards; Steel Wire Fence Poard.etc. Catalogue free. 
DcKALB FENCE CO., | 7 High St., DeKalb, ill. 
MILL b ;LaC » GOLD MINE: 
The Scientific 
The best on Earth. Grinds 
all grains, including ear corn. 
Numerous styles and sizes 
for all power. Send for catalog. 
THE FOOS MFC. CO, 
Springfield, Ohio. 
£ ft ft El We have no big freight bills to pay. no expense for 
4 fl V I I (l| heeling and rehandling, no loss to us, no loss to 
U ft I I 111 customers, and that's the reason why we can sell 
m II W I 1 you a better tree for less money than we could in our 
FltS NURSKRIFS, ISAAC C. ROGERS. Manager. Dansville, N. Y. 
THERE ARE MANY REASONS WHY 
KEYSTONE 
WOVEN WIRE FENCE 
is the BEST Our Catalogue explains fully. 
Keystone Woven Wire Fence Co., 
PEORIA. ILL. 
DflfTT PUTTED Wellington, $7; about new. 
ilUU I UUi I Lit Address Box 25, Waquoit, Mass 
CONTENTS. 
Rural New-Yorker, December 7, 1895. 
FARM TOPICS. 
Millers and Their Ways.806, 807 
A Cheap Outfit of Tools.807 
A Colorado “ Potato Day ”.807 
Insurance Rates.808 
What Ails the Pork ?.808 
Homemade Fertilizer; Bone and Ashes.808 
“Discing” and Drilling for Corn.808 
A Bank Barn with Balloon Frame.809 
What Will Give a Hay Crop ?.809 
Home Mixing of Manures.809 
Ice in a Straw Stack.810 
Another Gasoline Man.810 
Cost of Silo Filling.810 
Some Good Crimson Clover.810 
Dwarf Essex Rape.810, 811 
Another Carman Potato Story.811 
How Chapman Cheapens Potatoes.811 
Use for Mustard Seed.811 
The Cost of a Bushel of Potatoes.813 
Curing a Sour Soil. Part IV.*.818 
LIVE STOCK AND DAIRY. 
The Story of “ Certified Milk ”.805, 806 
Is It Bacteria or Cow ?.806 
Ice Cream from the Farm.808 
Separator or Creamer ?.808 
A Tough Milk Problem.808 
Roup in the Coop.808 
Potatoes for Butter Cows.809 
“Scratches” on a Horse.809 
Quittor on a Horse’s Fetlock.809 
Trouble in Colt’s Nose. : .809 
xv Guernsey Man Talks.810 
Pigs’ Feet.818 
Crab Apples and Heifers.818 
Liming a Cat. 818 
Cows and Milk.818 
Eversion of Womb.819 
Color in Egg Yolks.819 
HORTICULTURAL. 
The Boiken and Other Apples.806 
A Neglected Kansas Orchard.808, 809 
Plums on Peach Roots.809 
Strawberries and Crimson Clover.810 
Why Not Pedigreed Plants?.811 
Forcing Strawberries for the Winter.813 
An Overcoat of Leaves.813 
WOMAN AND THE HOME. 
Editorials.814 
The Prizewinners.814 
A Man’s Model Kitchen.814 
The Baby’s Picture...814, 815 
For An Invalid.815 
Pen Potpourri. 815 
Train the Appetite.815 
He Didn’t Mind It.815 
Patterns for R. N.-Y. Readers.815 
MISCELLANEOUS 
Ruralisms.811 
Editorials.812 
Brevities.812 
Business Bits.813 
As We Go to Press.816 
Markets. 817 
Crop and Market Notes.817 
Humorous.820 
