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THE RURAL NEW-YORKER 
June 23, 1900 
Humorous. 
Yes, “money talks”— 
No doubt of that— 
But often It 
Talks through Its hat. 
—Credit Lost. 
Mrs. Youngwife: “Did you ever try 
any of my biscuits, judge?” Judge: 
“No, I never did; but I daresay they de¬ 
serve it!”—Illustrated Bits. 
“Some folks,” said Uncle Eben, “doan’ 
’pear ter take no pride in speakin’ de 
troof ’ceppin’ when it gwine ter huhx 
somebody’s feelin’s.”—Arkansas Thomas 
Cat. 
He: “It is gentle woman’s office to 
lean.” She: “Of course; and it is man’s 
office to see that she has something sub¬ 
stantial to lean against.”—Detroit Free 
Press. 
“Let me see,” mused the sporting 
editor; “what is an incubator?” “An 
incubator,” replied the agricultural 
editor, “is an egg plant.”—Chicago 
Tribune. 
“Are you a vegetarian?” “Yes; by 
proxy. I have always insisted that cow3 
and other food animals should be strict¬ 
ly limited to a vegetable diet.”—Wash¬ 
ington Star. 
Advertising Clerk: “Your advertise¬ 
ment begins: ‘Wanted, a silent part¬ 
ner.’ Patron: “Yes, that’s it.” Clerk: 
“Do you wish it placed under ‘Business 
Opportunities’ or ‘Matrimonial?’ Tid- 
Bits. 
“Phineas, this rural mail delivery is 
bound to make trouble.” “How?” 
“Why, when your city kin wants t’ come 
an’ stay all Summer with us we can’t 
say we didn’t get th’ letter.”—Chicago 
Record. 
Excited Lady (at the telephone): “I 
want my husband, please, at once.” 
Voice (from the exchange): “Number, 
please?” Excited Lady (snappishly): 
“Only the fourth, you impudent thing!” 
-Tit-Bits. 
Kansas Man (visiting in the East): 
“We have lots of near neighbors now.” 
Friend: “Why, I thought your nearest 
neighbor was 20 miles away.” “Yes;‘but. 
we’ve had a cyclone since then.”—Har¬ 
lem Life. 
Sniff: ‘Tne English keep getting 
more eager than ever for an alliance 
with the United States.” Shawe: “Yes; 
they’re a good deal like glue: they’ve 
got to be in hot water before they stick 
to anyone.”—Puck. 
“Been gunning? What did you get?” 
“A couple of ducks.” “What! There are 
no wild ducks around this time o’ year.” 
“I know. The ducks weren’t wild, but 
the farmer who owned them was.” Phil¬ 
adelphia Record. 
IY DIRECT FROM PACTORY, BEST 
1IXED PAINTS 
WHOLESALE PRAOES^livered FRKE 
Houses. Barns, Roofs, all colors, and N A \ K ueaiers 
flfs In use 5 8 year*. Officially Endorsed by the 
nge. Low nrices will surprise you. Write le y 
(V, INGERSOLL, ‘446 Plymouth St., Brooklyn, N. Y. 
AGENTS 
make 
i 25 l’KR CENT 
Commission 
by getti ng orders for ourTeas, Coffees, 
Extracts, Spices and Baking- 
Powder. Special PRESENTS or 
Checks. Freight paid. 
New terms free. 
GREAT AMERICAN TEA CO., 
31-33 Vesey St., New York. P.O. Box 290. 
The Best 
Farm 
_- _ Power 
or all purposes is an Upright or Horizontal combiner 
Engine and Roller such as we show here, 
t is of special value in cutting and grind* 
n g feed, shelling corn, 
hreshing, pumping water, — "" 
epuratint: creuin> sawing 
food, «fcc. t Ac. 
Leffel 
Engines 
represent unusual merit In do-. - . v-- 
sign, material and construction. Quick steamers, 
economical of fuel and safe. We make them from 
3 Horse Power UP. Prices very low quality con- 
gidered. Special Engine Book mailed free. Address, 
JAMES LEFFEL & CO., 
Box 60. Springfield Ohio. 
The WONDER 
Potato Digger 
Sent on trial, 
to be returned at - -jar 
our expense if y ssfj 
not satisfactory. 
Are you inter- ]§ M i p | 
you’re a potato 
grower, write us 
anyway. ~ 
THE YORK DIGGER CO., YORK, PA 
Short WaterSupply 
MEANS ACTUAL LOSS TO THE FARMER AND STOCKMAN. 
It is economy to linvc an ample supply and have It always 
Live Stock will live longer without food than without water* 
Cows shrink more in milk from insufficient “nnqor |J»> T1UV 
water than from lack of food. The remedy is a UUOnLn I 
— . of the proper size. It does not. leak, rot or fall to pieces. Ismade 
i of best galvanized steel. Thoroughly riveted together; re-inforced with strips of iron on both sides of seams 
I riveted through and through ; iron t>ound top and bottom and riveted to angles. A better tank ""**!•• lreC - ( 
KELLY FOUNDRY &. MACHINE CO., 27 Purl Street, COSHEN. ■NpiANA. 
For 20 years the acknowledged leading 
BEAN HARVESTER 
of the world. Catalogue and price on application. 
LE BOY PLOW CO., Successors to F. W. Miller 
Mfg. Co.. 61 Lake St., Le Roy, N. Y. 
having a large feed opening. This makes them correspondingly 
tast halers. They are made in 38 styles and sizes for either horse 
or steam power. They are thus best suited to the wants of the 
i ndivMual farmer or the man who makes baling a business. 
Made entirely of steel, they combine in ahigh degree, lightness, 
strength, durability and general efficiency. Bales are compact 
and even sized—pack to good advantage in cars, saving freight. 
We mull large illustrated catalogue free* 
coLUNjnjLov^o^n^ 
Presses 
IDE 
MACHINERY 
Best and cheapest 
Send for catalogue 
BOOMER & B0SCHERT 
PRESS CO.. 
M uter Street, 
SYRACUSE, N. v. 
IT CUTS AND SHREOS 
all kinds of green and 
dry fodder and delivers 
_ t any height or distance 
through a Pneumatic Tube. 
Largest capacity known. Made 
in 3 bandy sizes. Cuts % in. up. 
Our “Leader” is like it but 
does not use Pneumatic Tube. 8 
sizes. Runs at low Bpeed—any 
power will operate it. 
Everybody knows 'his old reliable 
DICK CUTTER. — - , 
The Original splitter and cutter—it still leads 
all others Makes the finest ensilage and dry 
feed. Made in sires to euit everybody’s needs., 
Carriers of any length. Runs easy by any 
kind of power. Don't buy a cutter of any 
kind until yon send for our free circulars of, 
“Hlizrard,” “Leader” and “Dick.” 
DICK’S AC.’I, WORKS. Box 69. Canton. Ohio. 
Stack Covere 
nade of waterproof and plain canvas. Also, 
lovers for Farm Implements, Wagons, HAY 
DAPS, Tents, etc. Send for Hay Pamphlet and 
Pricelist. HENRY DERBY, 
FARMER’S FRIEND GANG PLOW 
THE ORIGINAL MAKE. 
All others are copiss 
We now sell direct to the 
farmer. This gang will do 
all kinds of plowing. Five 
acres per day. Write for 
prices and descrip¬ 
tive circular. 
A Iso Special 
Gangs for Or¬ 
chard and Vine¬ 
yard work. See 
circular for de¬ 
scription. 
H. B. MILMiNE & CO., Toledo, Ohio. 
GEM -SaBaler 
Warranted the lightest, strong- 
est cheapest A fastest Full V_liGfCircleBalerinthe 
market. Made of wrought steel. Can be operated 
with one or two horses. Will balelOto 15 tons of hay 
a dav. Writo for description and prices. 
CEORCE ERTEL CO., QUINCY. ILL. 
UfIBCC DAUfCDC thrashers 
nUnoC rllVVklfdj and cleaners 
One <fc two-horse Thrashing Outfits. Level P||TTppO 
Tread, Pat.Governor, Feed and Ensilage 1 ■ *-110 
ELLIS KEYSTONE A6R'LWORKS,PoHstown,Pa 
F. L. MAINE, General Agent, Willet, N. Y 
PCEBNER’S 
Patent 
Level Trend 
with Speed Regulator. 
For 1, 2 and 3 horses. 
Horse Power 
TLE CIANT Threshing Machine 
sshes grain, rice, flax, millet and grass seed. Fully 
ranted. Feed and Ensilage Cutters, Feed Grinders. 
Sweep Powers, Corn Shellers, 
Bakes, Cultivators, Saws, Engines—3 to 2o H. P., mounted or 
stationary. The Mea^inger Mfg. Co., Taturny, P* 
SEPARATORS and POWERS 
for 1,2 and 3 horses, with governor; level 
or even tread. Catalogue free. 
Clark's / California 
J. H. HALE. Glastonbury. Conn., the “Orchard 
King,” uses the Clark CUTAWAYS by the car load. 
He says : “ You know we have used the Cutaways in 
all their varied forms for 11 years. We find that the 
Clark's Reversible Harrow and California Orchard 
Plows beat the world in an < rchard. Every orchard- 
lst in America should have them. 
MORTIMER WHITEHEAD. Middlebush, N. J„ 
says: “Have used your Cutaways for years. It 1 
could not get another would not take $1C0 for the 
California Orchard Plow.'' 
A. W. STANTON. Roseburg, Ore., says : “Your Cali¬ 
fornia < utaway Orchard Plow produces every result 
desired for orchard work. It is equally good as a plow 
or barrow. 
WILLIAM MILLER. Gypsum, O., said this morn 
ing : “ I am much pleased with the California Revers 
ible Orchard Plow. Bend me two more quick.” 
Tens-of-Thousands give the same testimony. 
The Cutaways Harrow Co make all kinds of orchard 
machinery. Send for catalogue and prices to Hig 
ganum, Conn., U. S. A. 
How to Drain Land Profitably. 
On every farm there is probably some land 
that could be made more productive by under- 
drainage. Properly drained land can always 
be worked earlier, and more profitably. The 
best and most 
economical way 
to drain is ex¬ 
plained in the 
book, “ Benefits of Drainage and How to Drain,” 
which is sent free by 
JOHN H. JACKSON, Third Ave., Albany, N. Y. 
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1 SUCCESS!^ j 
I Potato Harvester: 
X A practical, perfect working po- X 
♦ tato digger at a price that every ♦ 
X farmer who grows three acres of + 
\ potatoes can afford to pay. X 
Every potato ♦ 
grower in the ♦ 
United States + 
should w r i t e X 
for full deserip- ♦ 
tion and price. 4 
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CONTENTS. 
The Rural New-Yorker, June 23, 1900. 
FARM TOPICS. 
A Chapter on Beans.429 
“The Grass of the Field”.430 
Harrowing Small Grains.430 
The Great Value of Alfalfa.431 
Fighting the Cabbage Maggot.431 
Fitting Land for Grass.432 
Hope Farm Notes.435 
A Talk With Hay Dealers.430 
Soy Beans in Kansas.436 
In the Manitoba Harvest Fields.441 
LIVE STOCK AND DAIRY. 
Dry Corn Fodder.442 
How to Ripen Cream.442 
Belgian Hares in California.442 
Dressed Turkeys.442 
Flies on Stock.442 
Angora Goats.442 
Work Cattle.442 
A Swimming Jersey.442 
Milk for uie Cheese Factory.442 
Kaffir Corn in Illinois.443 
HORTICULTURE. 
How to Grow Tulip Bulbs.430 
Final Chapter of a Fruit Fraud.430 
Cow Peas Before Strawberries.43n 
Facts About Forced Rhubarb.431 
The Lawrence Pear; Dry Trees.432 
Cultivating Steep Hillsides.432 
Rampion and Brussels Sprouts.432 
Fighting the Melon Louse.432 
Dead Limbs on Trees.432 
Bordeaux Mixture; Trees on Building 
Lots .432 
Weeds and Moles in Lawn.433 
Apple Talk.433 
Notes from the Rural Grounds.434 
American Cannas.434 
Why Seedling Fruits Vary.434 
The Carman Peach.434 
More Plum Talk.434 
New York Rose Show.441 
WOMAN AND HOME. 
From Day to F. - ..43S 
A Talk to NerOos Women.438 
Using Salt 438 
A South Bror? A Ft Cyrano.439 
Japanese Twi^ ir\/5lder.439 
HELLANEOUS. 
Something t Wood Preservatives. .431 
A Turtle -S' 431 
A “Cutwr^ fisLion”.433 
Building m.433 
Editorials’ . 436 
Events S e Week.437 
Results x, xe Louisiana Purchase.437 
Market o ..440 
Busine ^ ts . 440 
Publish*,. Desk .441 
Market Briefs . 444 
Humorous . 444 
