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THE RURAL NEW-YORKER 
September 19, 1903 
HUMOROUS 
We should be glad we’re not a shad. 
With the physique he owns; 
If he fell down, from toe to crown, 
He’d break 10,000 bones. 
—New York Sun. 
Teaoiip:k: “Johnny, what is the oath 
of office?” Johnny: “It’s when a man 
dassent swear around the house.”—Bal¬ 
timore Sun. 
Mks. Wise (reading): “A horse can 
draw 15 times his own weight.” Mr. 
Wise: “So can a mustard plaster.”—Chi¬ 
cago Journal. 
“He named his motor car after his 
wife.” “How funny!” “Not at all 
funny. After he got it he found he 
couldn’t control it.”—Illustrated Bits. 
“Abe the mosquitoes very bad around 
here?” “Bad!” echoed the native, deri¬ 
sively. “Mister, did you ever hear of a 
mosquito bein’ converted?”—Washing¬ 
ton Star. 
■ Stranger: “Where does this road go 
to, my boy?” Boy: “I don’t believe it 
goes anywhere. I always find it here 
when I come to work in the morning.”— 
Credit Lost. 
Smi-thers: “Do you know anyone who 
has a horse to sell?” She: “Yes, I ex¬ 
pect old Brown has.” Smithers: “Why?” 
She: “Well, papa sold him one yester¬ 
day.”—Punch. 
“Yes,’ said Miss Howells, after her 
solo, “I intend to go abroad to finish my 
musical education.” “Huh!” snorted 
Miss Crowells, “why not finish it right 
now, and save the expense?”—Philadel¬ 
phia Press. 
Governess: “Now, just one more sub¬ 
traction sum -” Dolly: “Oh, Miss 
Crawford, I don’t fink Mummie would let 
me do any more of those sums, ’cause in 
them you borrow 10 and pay back only 
one, and that’s cheating!”—Punch. 
“Do you think there is any danger of 
America being dominated by Europe?” 
“No, sir,” answered Mr. Meekton, with 
extraordinary emphasis, “not so long as 
eminent Europeans continue to marry 
American girls.”—Washington Star. 
Brannigan: “The docther told me to 
get a porous plasther for me stomach.” 
Druggist: “Yes, sir; what sort do you 
want?” Brannigan: “’Tis little I care 
what sort it is so long as ’tis aisily di¬ 
gested.”—Catholic Standard and Times. 
“It seems to me,” remarked the cus¬ 
tomer as she watched the man at the 
market trim the slice of ham she had 
bought, “you are wasting a good deal of 
that meat.” “Not at all, madam,” he 
said, genially; “I weighed it first.”— 
Tit-Bits. 
“I’m getting painfully careless, my 
dear. I’ve just found a portrait of 
George Washington in my coat pocket 
that has been there for the last 10 days.” 
“Well, I don’t see anything serious about 
that.” “Don’t you, my dear? I’m glad 
to hear it. You see, the portrait is a 
part of the stamp on that letter you 
gave me to mail last week.”—Cleveland 
Plain Dealer. 
BUY DIRECT FROM FACTORY, BEST 
MIXED PAINTS 
At WH01 <B:saI..X: prices. Delivered FREE 
For Houses, Barns, Roofs, all colors, and SAVE Dealers 
profits. In use 61 y«*ar». Officially Endorsed by the 
Grange. Low prices will surprise you. Write for Samples. 
0. W. INQERSOLL, 840 Plymouth St., Brooklyn, N. Y. 
For 30 days to the readers of The 
Rural New-Yorker. 
A Beautiful 13-plece 
TOILET SET 
or China Tea Set, or Parlor Lamp, or Clock, or 
Watch, and many other articles too numerous 
to mention, with an order of 20 lbs. of our New 
Crop, 60c. Tea, any kind,or 80 lbs. Itaklng 
Powder, 45c. a lb., or an assorted order Teas 
and B. P. This advertisement MUST accom¬ 
pany order. 
THE GREAT AMERICAN TEA CO., 
P. O. Box 280. m & o8 Vesey Street, New York. 
WATER. 
If you want water only when the wind blows a windmill will do your work 
and cost loss money than our Rider and Ericsson Hot-Air Pumps, but If you want 
water every day while your flowers are growing and do not want your pump blown 
down when the wind blows too hard, no pump in the world can equal ours. We 
have sold about 20,000 of them during the past twenty-five years, which is proof 
that we are not making wild statements. 
Our Catalogue “C 4” will tell you all about them. Write to nearest store 
Rider-Ericsson Engine Company, 
.S5 Warren St.. New York. 692 Craig St., Montreal. P. Q. 40 Dearborn St., Chicago. 
239 Franklin St., Boston. Tenlente-Rey 71, Havana, Cuba. 40 N. 7th St., Philadelphia 
22 Pitt St., Sydney, N. S. W. 
The Plecvsure of Driving 
US'attSiV SPECWL SPLIT HICKORY BU6GY om, $4T50 
and is a regular $76 buggv sold by the manufacturer to you—hence the cheap prl 
and you are allowed 30 DAYS’ FREE TRIAL before you decide to keep it 
ermanently. Buy One Now and enjoy the best driving time of the year, 
end for Catalogue and descriptions. 
OHIO CARRIAGE MEG. CO., Station SO. Cincinnati. Ohio. 
WE HAVE A SPECIAL OFFER FOR YOU ON 
ENSILAGE CUTTERS 
Write for Catalogue to-day. 
IT MAY SAVE YOU MONEY. 
THRESHERS, CUTTERS, CARRIERS. 
Engines—Tread and Lever Powers. 
ALL MACHINES FULLY GUARANTEED. 
Orangeville Agricultural W’ks, Orangeville, Pa. 
C CI ENT 1 FTC CORN HARVESTERS-Cut Corn 
•^quicker, better than any other. No ears knocked 
off. No mouldy fodder. Get Catalogue D. 
FOOS MFG. CO., Springfield, Ohio. 
CURK'S S!!! CROPS 
Clark’s Reversible Bush 
Plow and Harrow. 
Cuts a track 6 ft. wide, 1 
ft. deep. Connects the 
Bub-suil water It is an 
excellent machine for 
covering in sugar cane. 
Strength guaranteed. 
Can plow a newly cut 
lorest, stump, bush or bog land, leaves the land tnffe, 
clean for any crop. 
Clark’s Dbl. Action 
Cutaway Harrow. 
Moves 15,000 tons <)f 
Earth Id a Day. 
Clark’s 8 Foot 
Smoothing Harrow 
Wll! smooth an acre a; 
true as a mill pond in 
twenty minutes. 
Clark’s Rev. Sulky Disk Plow. 
Made single or double. One or 
two furrows, five to ten Inches 
deep, 14 inches wide. B'or 
two or four horses. Light 
draft. No side draft No 
similar plow made. When 
Clark’s grass tools are used 
as directed In his grass clr- 
ular, we, the C. H. Co. guarantee 
them to kill wild mustard, char¬ 
lock, hard hack, sun flower, milk weed, morning 
glory, Hussion thistle or any other foul plant that 
grows, or money refunded. Now Is the time to com¬ 
mence work for next year’s seeding to grass. 
CLARK’S ROOT CUTTER. 
TWO SIZE.S. Cuts 1 or 8 
busliels per minute, for fowl 
or beast. Gouge eutter.s, 
never choke or clog. 
PRICE,.»7 to #16 
Send lor Circulars 
{PUTAWAY Uarrow Co. 
E ^Higganum, '*Cf. U. S. A. 
FAST GRINDIN6 
of family moal or 
ear corn and grains 
“‘••'“'“"•"“Monarch French Burr 
and Attrition Mills ■ Imported 
French burr. None to compare in vpeed 
orcbAnhcterofworkia the^artiDtee. 
Sold on 15 days f rial. 
All bIms and Btylei. Catalogue free. 
Sprout Waldron & Co. 
Box 214, Muncy, Pm, 
WE LEAD THE WORLD 
We are the largest manuf ac- 
tttrers of Grooved and Plain 
Tire Steel Farm Wagon 
Wheels in America. We 
gusrsntee our patent 
Grooved Tire Wheels to 
be the best made by anybody 
anywhere. Write us. 
HAVANA METAL WHEEL COr 
HAVANA ILL. 
» WIRE 
New two and four 
■ point Galvanized 
Barbed Wire. Per 100 
',lbs.,S2tOOm Painted, 
■per 100 lbs., $2.60. 
V Smooth Qalvanized Wire Shorts, guages 
* 12,13 and 14, per 100 lbs., $1.4-0. Wo 
have all kinds of wire for sale. Write for free 
Catalogue No. 57 CHICAQO HOUSE WRECK¬ 
ING CO., West 35th and Iron Streets, Chicago. 
HORSE POWERS, 
THRASHERS Wood 
and CLEANERS Saws 
One & two-horse Thrashing Outfits. Level nifTTCPC 
Tread,Pat.Governor,Feed and Ensilage uU I I CIlO 
ELLISKEYSTONEAGR’LWORKS.Pottstown.Pa 
P. cut* 2,000 feet pe 
I day—All Sizes—Plan 
era,Shingle Mills am 
Bdgers with Paten 
Variable Frlctioi 
iFeed-PortableGrlnd 
ing Miiln, Wate: 
Wheels, Lath Mill, 
etc. Bend for largi 
Oatalogue. Freigh 
don’t count. 
UeLOlCH HILL lire.C0 
Box 900 AtUnla, Ga. 
114 Liberty St., M. T. 
Straight Straw, Rye and Wheat Ihrasher 
Combined with Spike-Tooth Oat 
and Wheat Thrasher. 
Our Machine wU;l 
thrash Rye or Wheat 
without bruising or 
breaking the straw, and 
tie it again in perfect 
bundles.Can he changed 
in fifteen minutes to a 
spike-tooth Oat, Wheat, 
RSnekwheat, Barley and Corn Thrasher with stacker 
{attached. Will thrash more grain with less power 
than any Thrasher built. Send for oatalogue B to 
the QBANT-FBRRI8 COMPANY. Troy, N. Y. 
ONE or TWO MEN Anything 
Does 
Saving 
in ensilage cutting time? Self Feed on “Ohio” cutters does that and 
more, and increases capacity 33J<3%. 
1903 Blower Elevators 
solve the Blower problem. They successfully elevate ensilage into silos up 
to any height, as demonstrated by abun¬ 
dant proof in 1903 catalogue. 10 and 12 
H. P. Engines drive Nos. 13, 16, 18 and 19 
Cutters with blowers, and all other sizes 
“Ohio” Ensilage Cutters. In capacity 
“Ohio” Cutters lead; 10 to 30 tons per hour. 
1903 SKredder Blades (patent applied for) are inter¬ 
changeable with knives, all sizes. They put corn stalks 
into best condition for feed, running at normal speed. 
Our absolute guarantee goes with every machine. Made by 
The Silver Mfg. Co., Salem, Ohio. 
Save Time^ Labor and 
This Ho* 8 PeBBtjIvaaU Tkrethcr and ClMmsr 
Levsl Tread Power i s the best 1 Ddividual outfit fi)rthrestUaF rye. barley. 
oetA.iUs,rio6telfAUe,mlll«i,Aorghita, timothj»«to. WlUthrMheed •UMiOOtallo 
boihelt o f whoet per dey. Alee mode la two end three h orte tUee. Fewer een be weed 
for outting onsiU^ end dry feed, ebelling ell Unde otgridn* to ram tbe eew* gteea borne 
oattor, pump weter. eeperete oreem, ehorn, etc. Aleo meke Urer powert, Feed emd 
Mnnnw by havina a threahing 
munuj power outfit of your own. 
and KaUcr Bearing 
TORNADO 
ENSILAGE 
MACHINERY 
Embodies the latest and most up-to-date ideas 
^?.¥.J^’!^.«.?.'.BL0WERS 
CHAIN 
CARRIERS 
to select from 
Sample of Tornado’s work and 1903 Catalog 
sent Free upon request. 
W. R. HARRISON & CO., Mfrs., 
Massillon Ohio. 
BEST CUTTERS 
for Ensilage and Dry Fodder because of their rapid 
work, smooth, easy run¬ 
ning and light power to 
operate, 
are 
The 
Cutters 
which do 
most 
work 
with 
least 
power. 
The Gaie^BaMwSn 
and Baldwin Cutters 
They cut feed In four lengths and elevate any height, 
straight away or aside and do not clog. Strong self-feed 
with safety devices to preclude all accldent.s. Various 
sizes for hand and power. Study them and you will know 
why they are superior to all others. Ask for catalog. 
THE BELCHER $ TAYLOR A. T. CO., 
Box 75, Chicopmo Falia. Mama. 
Vlso Manufacturers of 8-wheel and 4-wheel 
Dumping Carts, 18 Styles. Low Kates 
or Freight from our Factory, 
Tatamy, Fa., to all points. 
HOBSON & CO., Manufacturers, 
17 State Street, New York. 
DRILL WELLS 
with Loomis’ late improved machinery and 
you can make large profits on capital invested. 
They are leaders In the line. The most efiec- 
tlve and durable Well Drilling Machines 
in America. Address 
LOOMIS MACHINE CO., TIFFIN, OHIO. 
cider Machinery-Send for Catalogue to Boomer & 
Boschert Press Co., 118 West Water St., Syracuse,N.Y. 
CONTENTS. 
The Rural New-Yorker, Sept. I'J, 1903. 
FARM TOPICS. 
Ohio Crop Conditions.B59 
Hope Farm Notes .663 
Crop Reports .665 
LIVE STOCK AND DAIRY. 
Future of the Milk I'rade .665 
New York State Breeders Meet.668 
Market for Squabs .668 
Mapes, the Hen Man .670 
Homer Pigeons tor Squabs .670 
Are There any Polled Holsteins .670 
“Hogging Down Corn” .671 
National Delaine Merino Sheep .671 
Butter “Coming” Quickly . .671 
Sheep Pasture in Michigan .671 
Cut Cabbage for Stock .671 
HORTICULTURE. 
Defects of the Gradus Pea .658 
Experience With Blpening Tomatoes 
after Frost .658 
Arsenite of Soda for Spraying .6.58 
Hale Experiments with Mulching .659 
Are More Sweet Apples Needed?.659 
An Experience With Dry Bordeaux ....659 
Woolly Aphis .660 
Cherry and Peach Questions .660 
Winter Vetch with Wheat .660 
Trees Injured by Altered Grade .660 
Everybody’s Garden .661 
Notes from the Rural Grounds .662 
Disappointing Strawberries .661 
A Failure with Root-Pruned Trees —661 
WOMAN AND HOME. 
Prom Day to Day.666 
Shade Trees for Illinois.661 
The Photographic Competition.666 
'I'he Rural Patterns.666 
Mistress Ashe’s Punch Bowl.687 
MISCELLANEOUS. 
A Macadamized Road In Indiana.657 
Cucumber Pickles.660 
Editorials.664 
Events of the Week.665 
The N. Y. State Fair.665 
Western Duststorms .668 
Markets .668 
Market Notes.669 
The Bird Plague .669 
