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APRIL 18 
THE RURAL NEW-YORKER. 
COMPANV 
Gold Band Moss 
Deooraterl Toilwt 
„ TUB GRE 
Buckeye Cultivators 
J^itutorous. 
PteUattfonsf 
FACTS 
Gathered from the Massachusetts and Connecti¬ 
cut Experiment Station Reports. 
PEE & KAY 
GOOD NEWS 
ia LADIES. 
THE- -i 
Great American 
Greatest inducements ever of¬ 
fered. Now'Hjronr timeto getnp 
ordersfor our celebrated Tens 
and Coll'ccn.and secure u beauti¬ 
ful Geld Band otMocs Hose China 
Bright's Disease of the Kidneys, Diabetes and 
other Diseases of the Kidneys and Liver which you 
are being so frightened about. Hop Bitters is the 
‘■'nlv thing that will surely and permanently prevent 
ana cure. All other pretended eutvsonly relieve for 
a time and then make you many times worse. 
nsKI.ftHH FRIGHT. 
To worry about any Liver. Kidney or Urinary 
Trouble especially Bright's Disease or Diabetes, as 
Hop Bitters never fail* of a cure where a cure is pos¬ 
sible. We know this. 
Walking Cul'lvator, with the best DOUBLE 
ACTING SIM UAL SPRING In the market. 
Junior Combined Riding and Walking 
CULTIVATORS, 
Senior Kidinu; Cultivators. 
TONGUE LESS C! U LTIV A TO US. 
Buckeye Grain Brills. 
Buckeye Grass Feed Fertilizer Drills. 
Buckeye Seeders. 
Eleven Foot Sowers. 
Buckeye One-Horse Drills. 
Spring Tooth Harrows. 
Cider Bills and Flow Sulkies. 
P. P. MAST & CO., 
SPRINGFIELD. OHIO. 
BRANCH HOUSES. 
Philadelphia, ft*.—216 North Broad Street. 
si. Louis, Mo .—811 North Main Street. 
San tPfituUco .—83 Market Street. 
Kansas City, Mo.— tail! W. Tenth Street. 
SI. Paul.— mast, Bufoud & Buuwell Co. 
i'ft.AWji FOR. THE re. U A. L WIW-yOHKtR. 
THE ROLLER SKATING CRAZE. 
An American Farmyard Scene of the Future 
Not long since ex-Judge Black, in examining 
a witness who had been in the army, said 
“Come, soldier, tell us what you know of this 
matter.” “I am no soldier, I am an officer,” 
haughtily responded the witness. 'Whereupon 
the old lawyer calmly said, “Well, then, officer, 
who is no soldier, tell us what you know.” 
The vain fellow was crushed. 
This: Burlington Hawkeye says: “The girl 
with soft gray eyes and rippling brown hair, 
who walked all over your poor, fluttering 
heart at the charity ball, has just finished a 
crazy quilt containing 1,064 piece* of neckties 
and hat linings, put together with 21,390 
stitches. And her poor old father fastens on 
his suspenders with a long nail, a piece of 
twine, a sharp stick, and one regularly or¬ 
dained button.” 
“I am afraid that young Featberly, who 
calls on you so often, is rather a fast young 
man,” said a father to his daughter. ‘ Oh, no, 
he isn’t, father,” replied the little brother who 
was present. "What do you know about Mr. 
Featberly?" demanded the old man. “I only 
know," he replied, “that I heard him ask sis¬ 
ter for a kiss last night, and she told him he 
could have one if he would be quick about it. 
But it was the slowest ki*s 1 ever saw." 
THIH EARLIEST LABG-E SWEET I 
. CATALOGUE sent on receipt of 4 cent* In stamps to pay postage. 
RKUABLK SEEDS. PRICE&KNICKERBOCKER 
Valuation of tlie Stockbridsje IVTannres: 
Connecticut, Seven Years, 34 Samples, Average.._.$41.62 
Massachusetts, Eight Years, 19 Samples, Average. 43’03 
SOUTH COVENTRY, COVEN , 
-oENGINESoo 
4 ™* jjTUI,ttu ' M,! MACHINES 
HORSE POWERS AND SAW MILLS 
SECOND 
k PKKBinS 
S?' YIB OHtLLKDand t baflAflSAr) 
(.ruin Thresher-, unequalled in capacity for 
separating and clean log. 
Combined Grnlu mid Clover Tlirclicr,. 
fully equal to regular grain machines oil grain unu 
a genuine Clover iluller In nddl ion. 
T<*o Speed Trsiclitin nnd Plain Engine*. 
n to lu Horse Power, positively the most ileBlralde 
tor blghtn. s* Economy, Power and Safety. Boiler 
li..s horizontal tubes and is therefore free from the 
onjeutlunuble features of vertical boilers. 
It nine Powers, both Lever and Endless Chain 
All sizes. Send for Catalogue. Address 
The WestinghouseCo., 
Schenectady N. V. 
PENGUIN ISLAND GUANO. 
A pure natural guano, containing over 15per cent, 
of bone phosphate of lime and 1,25 per cent, of am¬ 
monia, a fertilizer for all farm crops. Price, *25 per 
ton, delivered on board railroad or steamboat in 
New York; also at lowest market prices. Sulphate 
of Ammonia, German Sulphate of Potash, and all fer¬ 
tilizing chemicals. Send for circular to 
CHAS. SPEAK, Jr., Went 8t„ New York. 
53 Samples Average $42.33. 
ON 
THE MAPES POTATO MANURE. 
Report of the Secretary, MARTIN PARKER. Testimony of 
Practical Farmers. 
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The above valuations are taken from the Connecticut and Massachusetts reports, and 
include every valuation from the time these manures were first put on the market, to the latest 
issue, covering a period of eight years, and fifty three samples, or an average of nearly seven 
samples per year, which is probably a larger number than any other Fertilizer concern doing 
business in New England, has had inspected during the same period. The Bowker Fertilizer 
Company averages to have from 12 to 15 samples inspected by New England icispecters, 
each year, while most other concerns do not average more than half this number. These 
samples which go on record have always been drawn by the inspectors themselves from bags as 
found in customers’ hands, or sent to them by the farmers. We are manufacturing many kinds 
of Fertilizer, and handling a great variety of Fertilizing material and chemicals, and are 
therefore under *‘a constant fire of inspection^ And while occasionally we may have a 
low valuation, yet our general average will compare more than favorable with any other con¬ 
cern in the country. Don’t be misled by comparisons of manufacturers who take high valua¬ 
tions of their oum and compare them with low valuations of their competitors. 
THE VJERDICT OF THE FARMERS: 
IN 1873, OUR SALES WERE. 125 TONS. 
IN 1876.1,033 TONS. 
IN 1884, 
31,971 TONS 
An increase in twelve years, which shows that tee must have done well by the farmer , and 
made rich and reliable Fertilizers, which they have liked, aud which have not, only stood the 
test of the inspectors, but that of the farmers in the field, which, after all, is the best criterion 
of value. We propose to keep up the staudard; and, having two factories, a large capital, 
aud a well earned reputation at stake, we cannot afford to do otherwise. 
BOWKER FERTILIZER COMPANY, BOSTON & NEW YORK. 
STEELED 
METAL 
GUARANTEED to be mode of first-clans material, nicely fin¬ 
ished, and warranted to Rive PERFECT SATISFACTION. 
Two years ago this Spring we tried Mapes Potato Fertilizer for the first time in this neigh¬ 
borhood,nearly all purchasing oue or more bags. 1 tried it faithfully, just as the directions 
said, also planted alternate rows with stable manure aud two rows witn no fertilizer, atid care 
fully noted the result. The year 1883 was a remarkable one for potatoes, but let us see the 
result of our test. We did uot weigh the crop, but judged from the looks, which was enough 
to convince all who saw them dug. The rows with no fertilizer were certainly one-third less 
than where stable manure or Mapes was used, at>d where the Mapes was used the yield was 
large and smooth tubers, while those growu with stable manure were scabby. We said that 
Fall that we would use no more stable manure for potatoes, but last Spring money was scarce, 
and we tried stahle manure without any Mapes, and we are very confident from what we saw 
of our neighbors’crops who used the Mopes that it would have paid us large Interest to have 
borrowed money to pay for fertilizer. P. H. Peterson, President of our Partners’ Club, sav* 
that be shall not use any more stable manure for potatoes. Carlos Ttlden, Vice President., said 
last Fall that he made a great mistake in using stable manure for potatoes when he uec-ded it 
for corn; said it cost him $15. besides a great deal of labor, to haul it half a mile; that he was 
confident from what he saw of his neighbor Wilson's crop that he should have had double the 
saleable potatoes if he had used Mapes Potato Fertilizer. Mr. Judd told the farmers of the 
Club that he should use Mapes for potatoes as long as he could get ns good results a- heretofore. 
Another of our neighbors used Mapes on potatoes with goud results, and then sowed rye in tno 
Fall with no fertilizer, and the rye was one-third better thau the acre right by the side win re 
no fertilizer was used. Mr J. D. Wilson has tried Mapes Grass Top-Dressing for mowing with 
the best of success. 
The Mapes Potato Manure may be used also on VEGETABLES and FRUITS aud FRUIT 
TREES OF ALL KINDS. 
A Single Bag sold at ton rates. Price $4S 00 per ton; $4.80 per bag (200 pouuds), delivered 
to cars or boat ut New York or Newark, N, J. 
Freight^.—By reason of present competition between the leading transportation lines, 
we can otteu ship at very favorable rates, particularly lu car load lots. Send postal for pam¬ 
phlet on manures for all crops. 
THE MAPES FORMULA AND PERUVIAN GUANO CO., 
158 Front Street, New York, N. Y. 
A BEAUTIFUL LAWN 
| 41 ■ ■ Gjia "““TIG!Y^ 
---HENDERSOt AWN ENRI; 
For Old and New Lawns. 
For many years we have been using In onr ow n mounds a fertiliser wlileh we have found to be 
never failing in Inducing a rapid and rich green growth in the lawn. To meet the wants of hundreds 
of natrous who desire a clean, portable aud convenient lawn dressing, WO now Oder them the 
mixture designated us “HENDERSON'S LAWN ENRlCHER." ISv express or freight, a 10 lb. 
package for 60 ets ; 20 lb. package for $1,00; rat ih. package fur 12.00; 100 lb. package for $4.00. 
Asa guide lu ordering, wo WOUld Stale that, a 10-lh package Is sntllclent, 1,1 go over nil area of 
300 square feet. New Catalogue of SEEDS and PLANTS mailed on receipt of 6 cents (in stamps.) 
Peter Henderson ft Co. 35 & 37 Cortlandt St., New York. 
