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The above illustration is made from a photograph of a field of grass in Brockton, Mass., on 
which the Stqckbr idge Grass Fertilizer «as applied. It was a fie d ingood condition 
Mne kiwi averaged u lbs sj« ounces per week Eight belfera. three years 
er week Fdeven heifers, two years old and younger.averaged 10 lbs. 3 ounces 
Imported Nether land (family of six eow9 (two iilofj but (tirin' years old) 
222 
THE RURAL NEW-YORKER. 
MAR 28 
£jm«0V0US 
Here is the Sire of his country, but who is 
this Continental Dam we have heard so much 
about. 
-♦ - 
A fashionable lady, whose position in 
society has been but recently attained, in 
boasting of her new residence, remarked that 
the windows were all of stained glass, 
whereupon her honest old mother exclaimed: 
Why, that’s too bad! It just spiles 
everything! But won’t soap an’ turpentine 
take the stains out?” 
A New York woman was en route for Bos¬ 
ton on her first visit. “Can you tell me, 
please,” she said to a lady in the chair ahead, 
“if Springfield is where the trains stop for re¬ 
freshments?” “No, madam,” was the response. 
“Springfield is where the passengers stop for 
refreshments ” She had run up against a Bos¬ 
tonian the very first thing. 
“Can’t you walk anywhere except on 
my feet?” demanded an exasperated pas¬ 
senger on the rear platform of a horse 
oar, of a good-looking lad who had just 
jumped ou. “You can see for yourself that 
it would be rather difficult, sir,” returned 
the lad, politely. And then everybody 
laughed, and tried to get a view of the 
passenger’s shoes. 
gtU.swUanjCauiS 
DID SUE DIK7 
*'No: she lingered and s iffered along, pining ‘way 
all the Uine for year*, 'tv- doctor* doing her no 
good; and at last was eu ed by this Hon Bitters the 
papers say so much about Indeed.' indeed! how 
thankful we should he for .tint m- dlesne. 
Washington. D. C., M-y 13th, 1880. 
OxNTLXitBK—Having been a sufferer 'or a long 
time from nervous prostration and general debility, 
I wusu vised to try Hop Bitter*. I have taken one 
bottle and I have been rapidly getting bother ever 
since, and I think It the l*e»t medicine T ever used. 
I am now gain! g strenu th an 1 appetite, wh. ch was 
all gone, and I was in despair until I tried your 
Bitters. I am now well, able io go about and do my 
own work. Before taking [t, I was completely pros¬ 
trated. MBS. MARY STUART. 
DOTLESTOWN HORSE POA'E j 
m 
With either regular incline or level tread track has 
the • Implest and mo&t efficient governor made. The 
Doylesiowu Junior Thresher an«l Cleaner 
bas no superior, For Illustrated Catalogue address 
sole manufacturer, UA IS 1 KL til LHlt I/,EK. 
Doylestowu, Backs Co , Pa. 
THE 
Great American 
Company 
good news 
Ifl LADIES- 
Greatest inducements everof- 
fered. Now’s your time to get up 
Orders for our celebrated Teas 
and Cofleaa.und secure a beauti¬ 
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1V«a Set, or Handsome Decorated 
Gold Band Moss Rose Dinner Set. or Gold Bond Moss 
Decorated Toilet Set. Tor full particulars address 
I „ «ItJGAT AM’HtIC AN TPA CO.. 
I P, O. Box 288. 81 .-id 83 Vosoy Sb, New York. 
Newest and best. Graduated to sow from 3 to 23 
lbs. clover or grass seed per acre. Very strong and 
durable. Wood and gas pipe frames, all iron wheel, 
wire agitator—no cord. Honest goods-perfectly 
constructed and fully warranted. Not expensive: 
will repay cost tirsi seaaou and last for years. Send 
for circular to 
CROWN MANF’C CO., 
PliolpS, N. Y. 
Manufacturers of Crown Grain and Fertilizer Drill 
and Crown Reversible Combination Hag Carrier. 
GENUINE FRENCH BUHR 
CORN and FEED MILLS 
■j^gf and POWER CORN SHELLERS. 
I 4 
FI I St I Bro. Jonathan’s Jokes 
B* I I |1| HO pages. Illustrated. Rent, 
| | wi Postpaid,forTwelv«Cents. 
BxreUlorPubll.hlngHou«* p 20A81 ftwliuantU., JiewYork. 
THE MAPES MANURES. 
THE HIGHEST GRADE AND CHEAPEST MADE, 
EXCELLING ALL OTHER BRANDS IN STRENGTH AND IN SUPPLYING 
THE BEST FORMS OF PLANT FOOD AT THE LEAST COST. 
See official report of the Connecticut Agricultural Station, Prof. S. W. Johnson, Director. 
See extract from report, page 498, Rural New-Yorker, March 21, 1885. 
Two Premium Crops-Plymouth Coun¬ 
ty (Mass) Agricultural Society. 
First Premium Crop One Hundred and Twenty 
Bushels Shelled Corn on One Acre. 
Second Premium Crop. Potatoes, Cabbage*, 
(grown exclusively w itli the Wape# Al’iunro) 
on very poor loud » hich bnd not produced 
500 pounds of bay per acre. 
Report of Rvn>« A. LITTLEFIELD, East Bridgewater, 
Plymou’h County. Mass. 
Feb. 26, 13 SS; 
1 have used tUe Mapoa Complete Manures for 
Special Crop* on Corn. Potatoes, Millet, Cabbages 
and Turnips, and on all with good results but partic¬ 
ularly on the Corn. On this crop I was awarded the 
highest premium by the Plymouth County Agricul¬ 
tural Society "for the beat aero or corn." The yield 
according to the supervisor’s measurement, was 
One HritDRED .xn Twkstv liuswsui of Sheli bp Cohn 
peb acbs. Stable manure <40 load-i urns applied 
broadcast and plowed la. 425 pounds of the Mapes 
Corn Manure was applied in and around the hills, 
spreading It well. The e°m came up well, very even¬ 
ly and grew rapl ly, making n stoat stock seven feet 
high. My success with this crop t-UUO mulnlv to the 
Mapes Mannrc. The vigorous grcw|li imparted by it 
was essential in a cold season flke tn*t or I*®#. 
1 also tong Second Premium oh Potatoes raised 
with the Mopes Potato Manure-150 lbs. per aero— 
with stable manure broadcast 132 loads). The soil 
was sandy loam Season wet and cold until middle 
of August, after that was warm. I used two tons of 
the Mapes Manure last season on the above crops. 
The German Millet did well. . 
Cabbages grown with no other manure but the 
Mape-, aud on very poor laud, headed well. This 
land was so poor that If bad not produced ‘itxi lbs. of 
hay per ucre. iSIgnedi RUFUS A. LITTLEFIELD. 
Corn—Two yea-• In nucceasiou —Two acres 
of old ntendnw- land. 
Mr. T. D. Carman reports February 9. 1385. on two 
acres of Corn grown at the ‘'Rural” Experiment 
Farm, East Roekaway, Long Island: ...... 
On two acres of ordinary meadow land that had 
not been plowed oi received any farm manure for 
ten j ears ana over, have erown two excellent crops of 
corn In succession, using only the Mapes Corn Ma¬ 
nure applied broaoca^t-planted and cultivated by 
the "Rural” process, tint uud shallow culture. The 
yield In 18<8 was about 300 bushels of ears ou the two 
acres. 
Season Owing to the depredation of the birds, 
It came up very unevenly. It is, therefore, by no 
menus a test of the possibilities either of the system 
of culture or Of the fertilizer Used. 
Six average >»rt carefully counted, averaged 931 
kernels to the ear 
Where the corn came up and was In no wise In¬ 
terfered with, tho growth was enormous and pre¬ 
sented n grand sight Had the Held been an even 
gr wth it would have been a remarkably large crop, 
one ear plucked at random contain) d over1,3 1 K) leer 
nels. Tbe vleld, however. Is at least one-third larger 
than on neighboring land under lhe old process of 
hill culture with ordinary manure. This crop now 
In the crib is pronounced by neighbors and many 
who have seen it ns "the fluted show of corn they 
hove ever seeu. Heavy dressings Of stable manure 
together with verv liberal applications of Super¬ 
phosphates have failed to procure equal result*. 
For Successful Continuous Corn Growing on poor land without rotation and without any 
manure except the Mapes Com Man ure , and with steady improvement of the land. 
See the Mapes Pamphlet on Complete and SPECIAL Crop Manures , Fertilizers for Top 
Dressing Grass, Pastures, Lawns, and all special crops. Apply to 
THE MAPES FORMULA AND PERUVIAN GUANO CO., 
158 Front Street, New York. 
ST0CKBRIDGE GRASS FERTILIZER. 
but needing fertilizer. Two bags were appnea to me acie, «u.« iub 
by tbe photograph, wag very large; over three tons at the first crop. T be pneeof the G ra^s 
Fertilizer has been reduced, so that this year it only costs from $4.50 to $9 to top dress 
an acre. 
Give it a Trial. 
Bowker Fertilizer Company , 
BOSTON AND NEW YORK. 
HOLSTEIN CATTLE. 
SOO XX EJA.O OW HAND 
Largest and 
Choicest Herd 
in this 
Country. 
Every Animal 
Selected by 
a Member of the 
Firm in Person. 
Over thirty yearly record* made In thU herd average If,212 lbs. 5 ouncesiaverage age of cow* year*. 
In ik*i our entire lien) of mature cows averaged 14 IM lbs. 15 ounces, In l&M our entire herd of eight three- 
? ear- olds' uverngod 12.8S8 I 
R.oOO enrh. averaging 15,608 
lbs I 2-5 ounces, seven he 
aged • l.siifi iii«. 1 2-3 ounces. 
12.36N Ib«. » ounces. April 1,188* leu cows In this herd bad made records from U.WJ to 
g 15,608 lbs. 6 K-lfi ounces. For the year ending June, 1814. Ove mature cows averaged 15,631 
ven heifers of tbe Netberlaad Family, five of them 2 years old and two 3 years obi, urer- 
FOR f : L* OB KXCHANGE.-IIOTBL, 
RIC!II>‘~’i>»ON, Dover, Delaware. Nicely fur¬ 
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*40.) 00. irms easy. Possession. Cost ovsr $76,000 
to tulld In 1882. THO*. S CLARK, 
Dover Delaware. 
Gnia takers. Horse HowerslEapaes, 
nichest prize awarded ibose mnehlni's at tbe 
New York State Agricultural Society's latest trial, 
over a large number competing- 
Ample warranty ami opportunity for trial given. 
For full particulars addreM* 
ST. JOHNSVILLE AGR’L WORKS, • 
ST. JOHNSVILLE, MONTGOMERY CO.. N. Y. 
THE PERCHERONS VICTORIOUS 
IN TI1K 
Contests of Breeds l 
il_ ONLY TWICE* 
su®SS^Hnvo I lit* Great Reids ot lhe Rival Breeds of 
-dSvYS eVA Draft Horse* mot in competition: 
11 r ’’ 1 ' ftt t’ll ic.Vt'O INI 8 ft A, where 
IVOK 1 .IPS FAIR at 
Now OriciuiH, 18B4-3, 
where four of tho Best Herds In America or the differ¬ 
ent breeds were entered for the 
$600 SWEEPSTAKES HERD PRIZE, 
and again 51.IV. Dunham - UuLluwn Wsd of Perch- 
trail, were victorious, Here. vtsi). Mr. Dunham was 
awarded tile First Prize In Kvyrj kltilllen Class en- 
tcred for, tv* follow*: )'V»t St-alUons old and 
over—SO ontrlius—ItrlMliinl. Ilr-t; Sliltionsa yen re old 
—23 entries, PenfldenL, m-i . Stallion; 2 years old—1 3 
ontrlri, 4v*.ur, llret. \ 1 >. flr>t for hest i'iAde Stallion. 
M. W. DUNHAM, Wayne, Du Pace Go., Illinois, 
now has the following Pedigreed Slock on Hnndt 
160 Imported Brood Mares, 
250 Imported Stallion*, Old enough for 
service, also, 10il Colts, two year* old and younger. 
140 Page Catalogue sent five. It i« illustrated with 
81* Picture.- uf Prize Horen* drawn from life by Kuhh 
K onheur, the mo»t famous ul all animal painters. 
averaged 17 lbs. 6 1-6 ounces per week. When writing always mention R. N.-Yorksr. 
8A11TUK A PUWRLL, Lokrktslde Stock Farm. Hyrncuae, N. Y. 
S For very early sweet corn, plant Tom Thumb anti Pee & Kay. The 
best musk melon is the Surpiise. The Sunrise is the earliest potato. 
CUT For our specialties and general list of seeds, see our illustrated cata- 
logue, mailed upon receipt of 4 cents in stamps. 
E PRICE & KNICKERBOCKER, 
MILKING TUBES 
For Milking Co* villi Sore or Obstructed Teats. Price 25 cents. Mailed to any address on receipt of price. 
Descriptive ClL ar, and rur 
htED CATALOGUE FOR 1885, 
Bartlett & Dow, 
FOR sale:, 
Delaware Fruit, Grain and Gras* Farms. All prices 
and sizes. For catalogue giving full Information 
apply to TAIOS S. CL A ILK. 
Dover, Delaware. 
You can ride and plant Fft-r Acre m ver Any. 
WONDERFUL IMPROVEMENT FOR 1885. 
Every machine made under the supervision of Mr. 
AsnswAi.i.. eend for circular to 
ASPINWALL M’fg CO. 
Three River*, Mich. 
MCSHERRY 
GRAIN DRILL. 
Sows Fertilizers splendidly. It Is very accurate, 
anu strictly tlrsc enu-s. Works to the entire satisfac¬ 
tion of everybody who kuows wbat a Grain and Fer 
ti'izer Drill ought to du. All wuo appreciate excel- 
lenco and accuracy, prefer the ,11 c^lli.ltUI, 
Mention this paper. 
D. E. McSHERRY & CIO., 
Dayton, O, 
FI KLD’8 
® WELL FORCE PUMP 
I Is a sure protection ngalnst Are. 
i^*i Thousands of them 111 use. Posl- 
ri pj Tr V ^ tively the cheapest and best in 
the world. Send for catalogue 
giving depth of well. 
FIELD FORCE PUMP CO. 
Lockport, N, Y> 
LINSEED MEAL. 
ABSOLUTELY THE BEST FEED FOR 
Cattle, Horses, Cajves, Sheep and Hogs. 
This Meal 1* the product of pure sound Flaxseed, 
l.lnserd being it* other name. 
The reason why Lin need Meal is the most nutrit 
portion of nitrogenous ubstance; 
The effects of Nitrogenous Foods, such ns l.lNSKKU 
Mkal, may oe briefly summed up »h follows: 
1. Fed with straw or oilier coarse rodder iney ar 
quire a viiine as food not attainable in any other way. 
2. They add a great value bi the dairy. 
8. They lav on flesh and fut rnpldly. 
4. They promote a healthy activity in oil the orvans. 
Ing the mnniireof animals ted with them. 
6. They prt vernt dlsi osc by keeping the orgnus lu n 
healtiiy condition Linseed Meal ha* been frequently 
used In Hog Cholera, and has never faded to prevent 
Us spread. 
It Is almost needlessto sny. that In order to derive 
much benefit from the use of Unwed M'-til it must be 
ted In quantity. At least oue half of all an unlroai 
consumes may safely and prolltably be Linsbkd 
He.il. 
fjyPleoae send In a -ample ord.-r or for circular 
and prb’es Order* will be promptly tilled by any one 
of the following parties; 
Clevelii"il ldn>ie*-*l Oil Clevrlnml. 
Toledo I iusw'il Oil ( »., Toledo, Ohio. 
Detroit Linseed Oil Co., Octroi! Mhhltiui' 
1 1*. Evans & Co., ludlannpoli-, lud 
St. Pnul • Inseed tl I Co , Hi. Paul. MlUB. 
(In ilii n a it Linn*-fid Oil Co.. Cilicia unit, 'dun ■ 
Central Linseed Oil Co., Lenvenvvoi tb, Hun. 
Aqkkcies as follows: 
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J. E. SOPER <C CO.. No. 2 and 8 India St.. Boston. 
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JOHN KING. Norristown, l'enu. 
S A I T ONONDAGA F. F. 
A L I ■ Dairy and Table ralt. 
The Purest, Strongest, Heat and cheapest salt 
made ** urrn aied a*purea**uy. * 
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A test of’6;: at the ew York Butter and heese 
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Union Dairy kn'r. '-3, inking all the leading 
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T rival on that, over lour foreign competitors 
Sole muuufacturer8 the Ainericnn unity 
Salt Co., L. Address v 
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