THE RURAL HEW-YORKER. 
WHEN YOU BUY A BUGGY 
BE SURE IT HAS THE 
WHEEL 
THE STRONGEST AND BEST WHEEL MADE 
•rwiMW 
10,727 box(>N Strawberries per acre* no stable or tarni raannre 
tor tour and flve years. Only tbe MAPES’ FERTILIZER used. 
I)\yi|) KUE11N. “Highland Truck Farm," Allentown, Penn. 
January «, 1887, reports on Strawberries s 
Soil. h. limestone—some rather heavy. The patch 1,H acre 
was mulched with salt marsh hay. 
Chop. Strawberries—varieties; “Crescent Seedling, Sharp¬ 
ies » “Manchester” and “Old Ironclad.” The latter not of 
A SUBSCRIBER suggests tu6 ioliowiug as a 
sequel to “Courtship and Marriage.—A Nov¬ 
el in Three Chapters,” which appeared in the 
Rural of January 22: 
“l. Mail two. 
11. Made two. 
III. Maid bum.” 
The biggest gum-boil on record has been 
discovered in a mucilage factory.— New Age. 
If there is anyone who should be “rapped 
in slumber” it is the man who snores.— Life. 
What is more chilling to the ardent lover 
than the beautiful's no?— Next) Age. 
Professor: “ Mention an oxide. 1 ’ Student: 
“ Leather.” Professor: “Oxide of what?” 
st,„w- “Oxide of beef.” Exit Professor— 
Used the “Mapes Fiuit and Vine Manure;” 
,500 pounds($30) per acre— broadcast.mostly before 
en again in the fall another application so that the 
about $40 per acre.” 
ANCKiNO. Patch 1H acre had been in truck for 
half of it had received only the Mapes’ Manure lor 
i the other half had received only the Mapes' 
ee years—used nothing but the Mapes’ in that time, 
eked 12,070 boxes (accurate count) of straw be tries 
ri nf nirkinu season commoucinor on June 1st and 
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PERCHERON HORSES. 
Island Home Stuck Farm, Grosse Isle, 
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