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THE RURAL NEW-YORKER. 
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BOTH IGNORANT. 
r Judge: “ Do you know where you will go to, little boy, if you swear to what is not true ?” 
Boy (of radical tendencies): “No; nor you either.” 
Mapes Manures 
FOR 
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POTATOES. Applications may also be made at hoeing or cultivating. 
Over 300 bushels per acre in large fields; over 500 bushels on single acres. 
Full details of how these and following crops were grown are given in pamphlet, also in 
Rural New-Yorker and other agricultural journals. 
CORN. Sweet Corn. Fodder Corn. 1,040 bushels ears 
corn on less than 4 % acres on farm of Rural New-Yorker, equal to 110% bushels shelled 
corn per acre. 
Over 87,500 salable ears sweet coni on 2% acres. —R. W. Schwarz. 
Over 11,000 ears sweet corn on one measured acre.— Dr. Henry Stewart. 
CABBAGES. Out of 150,000 cabbage plants not more than 1,000 were not cut. 
—Vreeland & Co., Truckers. 
Out of 40,000 cabbages, at least 97 in every 100 were salable.— Daniel Kuehn, Trucker. 
HUNGARIAN CRASS. 
TOBACCO. Several crops, over 2,100 pounds per acre of Havana leaf, satin fin¬ 
ish, glossy wrapper. 
TRUCK. CARROTS, ONIONS, CELERY, TOMATOES for canning, GHERKINS 
MELONS. 
fymuoxous. 
The Rural New-Yorker is prepared to 
offer very liberal terms to good , responsible, 
permanent agents. Correspondence solicit- 
T often cut my oldest acquaintance,” 
said the buzz saw, as it took off a mill-hand’s 
finger.— Nebraska Farmer. 
Mamma: “Well, did you tell God how 
naughty you have been?” Lily: “ No, I 
was ashamed. I thought it had better not get 
out of the family.”— Life. 
Chicago Youth: “My home, which is in 
the skirts of the city—” Boston spinster: 
“Sir! Your language is unfit for the presence 
of ladies.”— Indiana Farmer. 
German Professor (to young American): 
“You don’t musht make yourself droubie to 
speak Cherman by me; ven you sbpeak Eng¬ 
lish, I know your meanness ferry veil.”— 
Harper's Monthly. 
Little Tommy: “Ma, wouldn’t it be nice 
if you had the toothache, ’stead of Bridget ?” 
Mrs. Blueblood: “Why, my son ?” Little 
Tommy: “’Cause you take your teeth out;she 
can’t.”— Ohio State Journal. 
Wales: “I suppose women are all alike. 
My wife is always coming to me for money.” 
Albert: “ What does she do with it?” Wales: 
“She doesn’t do anything with it; I never 
give her any.”— Boston Beacon. 
“ Bessie, I hear your sister is sick. What 
ails her ? ” “I don’t know, ma’am. Maybe 
it’s the diploma.” “ The what, child?” “The 
diploma. I heard mother say that she took it 
at school.”— The New York News. 
Elementary Mathematics.— Teacher: 
“Tommy, what Is half of eight?” Pupil: 
“Sideways or top?” Teacher: “What do 
you mean?” Pupil: “ Why, half from the 
top of 8 is 0 and half sideways is 3.”— Time. 
Father: “There, Willie, is the old his¬ 
toric birch rod, nailed over the teacher’s desk, 
which tanned my hide twenty years ago.” 
Willie (uneasily): “ Are you sure it is nailed 
perfectly tight, pupal"—Burlington Free 
Press. 
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s eTH /'RtffilO's 
GOUGH KILLER 
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irCONsuMPriOfJ.% 
Dr. Sefh Arnold’s 
COUGH KILLER 
is the Very Best Remedy 
For a Cough 
I ever used. 
Mrs. A. J. Chnrch, Sber- 
born, Mass. 
Druggists, 25c., 60c., and £1.00. 
OATS. BUCKWHEAT. 
PHe'nOl 
fPPia'A 
Is the dressing that is pre¬ 
eminent for its wonderful 
Curative Properties for 
Man and Beast. Veter¬ 
inarians, Farmers, Liv¬ 
erymen and all Horsemen 
investigate its 
.claims for superiority as 
an application to all kinds of 
V r C JNDS. CUTS AND AB¬ 
RASIONS; and for many of 
the DISEASES, EXTERNAL 
and INTERNAL, animals are 
subject to. {3gr*p r ice, 50 cents. 
For descriptive circulars and testimonials address the 
Proprietors, 11 ance Bros. & White, Philadelphia 
For sale by Druggists and General Merchandise Dealers. 
ISLAND HOME STOCK FARM. 
8avage & Farnum,Impor¬ 
ters and Breeders of Per- 
cheron and French Coach 
Horses.IslandHomeStock 
Farm. Grosse Isle, Wayne 
County, Mich. We offer a 
very large stud of horses 
to select from, we guaran¬ 
tee our stock,make prices 
reasonable, and sell on 
easy terms, Visitors aL 
ways welcome. Large 
catalogue free. Address 
Savage & Farnnm, 
Detroit, Mich. 
Percheron Horses. 
French Coach Horses. 
U/UITMAN’Q NEW improved 
W nl I MAN O RAILWAY POWER. 
TheBESTIN AMERICA 
Alas 25 per cent, more power. Par more 
^durable. No breakage. New Uover- 
nor. Thousands in use. Send for 
^ circular. B®” Manufacturers of 
r- Hay Presses, Cider Mills, 
Feed illills. Corn Shelters, 
_ Feed Cutters, etc. Address 
WHITMAN ACRICULT’L CO. St. Louis, Mo. 
CRAPES. Pear, Apple, Peach Trees, Etc. 
Yield of vineyards nearly doubled by single applications of Mapes’ Fruit and Vine Manure. 
MANGOLDS. 
Seeding Down to Grass, Mowing Fields, Lawns; also for Top Dressing. 
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There is no complaint of grass not catcbiug after grain crops, or land failing to produce 
as much hay as in former years by the continued users of the Mapes Manures. Many large 
sellers of hay have used only THE MAPES MANURES for many years past. Grass lands 
fully restored and maintained by the Mapes Grass Top Dressing applied in spring. 
Send for oflicial reports of State Agricultural Experiment Stations ou the Mapes Manures. 
These Manures are found to be the highest grade and the cheapest of all manures to the farmer. 
Prizes amounting to thousands of dollars offered by the American Agriculturist and the 
Mapes Company for largest crop of Potatoes, corn, oats and wheat grown in 18S9 on one acre 
with the Mapes Manures. Send for Prize Competition Book—no charge. Send for pamphlet 
describing how the large, unprecedented crops are grown with the Mapes Manures. 
Applications at Hoeings. 
APPLICATIONS MAT BE MADE to all hoed crops at any hoeing or cultivating, 
no matter il crop be liberally manured. These applications have olten been lound to be 
the most PROFITAIIEE—that is, the increased yield from the alter applications showed 
as compared with the balance of the field the LARGEST PROFIT on the outlay tor 
the fertilizer. 
Send for pamphlets. Sp°cial attention to securing best freight rates ou any quantity 
from one (200 lbs.) to car load. Pure Peruvian Guano in stock. 
The Mapes Formula and Peruvian Guano Go., 158 Front Street, Kew York. 
Use 
Warner’. Log Cabin ROSE CREAM, 
for catarrh, and thus secure healthful and 
pleasant sleep, and a clear bead. Price 50c. 
H 0 LSTEIN -FRIESIAN CATTLE 
iLOTHlLDE 1308k 
Special inducement for 
the next sixty^QLays! 
On account of being obligei ~%ate 500 acres, 
April l.u-e must reduce our st- orses and Cattle. 
The Grand .«^St of 
BUTTER T BULLS 
/v 
Cows and Hcilf Xj ally choice. Superb 
CLl’DESDALF Mares and Fil¬ 
lies. PERCH ^Stnllione of superior 
rp, n u c n Utnii<, 
breediug 
; 3 iNG*BREI) Stallions o 
choicest luini- 
lies. FRENCH 
COACH Stal¬ 
lions and Fillies 
ot u u e <j u n 1 e d 
style and action. 
First come first served. Send for Catalogue 
or better come and see for yourselves. In 
writing mention this paper. 
SMITHS, POWELL & LAMB, 
160 Heal In Admoed Bsgiitry. SYSACUGE. N. Y. 
The Very 
LATEST 
AND 
THE BEST 
BUCKEYES!*®!! 
C ultivator 
Many Farmers favor level Cultiva¬ 
tion for corn, and there is a demand 
for a Combined Corn Cultivator and 
Harrow or Fallow Cultivator. This 
we have accomplished in the ma¬ 
chine represented by the cut. it is 
attached to our regular Cultivator 
Frame. Without the center teeth it 
is a complete Corn Cultivator and 
with the center attachment is a per¬ 
fect Fallow Cultivator or Harrow. 
ALSO MANUFACTURERS OF 
Buckeye Drills, Seeders, Hay 
Rakes, One Horse Cultivators, 
Walking and Combined Cultiva¬ 
tors, Cider Mills, Etc. 
p. p. mast & co. 
SPRINGFIELD. OHIO. 
BHANCH HOUSES. 
Philadelphia, Pa. Kansas City, Mo. 
Peoria, Ills. Omaha, Neb. 
San Francisco, Cal. St. Paul, Minn. 
niversal WEEDEHULTim 
For Weeding and Cultivating all hoed crops. For 
putting in Grain and Grass and Hungarian or Millet 
it has no equal. Every farmer should inquire into 
its merits. Ex-Gov. KOBIK, Master Me. State Grange, 
writes: "It should he owned by every farmer In the 
country.” Send postal card for circulars and testi¬ 
monials. All parties in Middle States should address 
BROWN MFG. CO., 40 DEY ST., NEW YORK. All others 
UNIVERSAL WEEDER C0„ North Weare, Hillsboro Co. N. H. 
