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THE RURAL NEW-YORKER 
June 21, 1902 
_ HUMOROUS _ 
A showman to the Jungle went 
And caught a fierce young gnu, 
Said he: “I’ll teach him to perform. 
And sell him to the Zoo.” 
This man was very much surprised, 
And quite delighted, too. 
For, lo! each quick and novel trick 
The new gnu knew! 
—St. Nicholas. 
“What was it the shoemaker died 
of?” “I don’t know, but I heard some 
one say that he breathed his last.”— 
Indianapolis News. 
Ciiukctt: “I see that Texan has called 
his new oil well ‘The Senator.’ Wonder 
why he gave it that name?” Gotham: 
“Because it is such a ‘spouter,’ I sup¬ 
pose.”—Yonkers Statesman. 
“How do you spell needle, Bobby?” 
asked the teacher. “N-e-i-d-l-e, needle,” 
was the reply. “Wrong,” said the teach¬ 
er, “there is no T in needle.” “Well, 
then ’tain’t a good needle.”—Little 
Chronicle. 
“Say, papa, if we were living at the 
center of the earth wouldn’t we be all 
funny?” “What makes you think so, 
my son?” “’Cause this jography says 
everything there loses its gravity.”— 
Town and Country. 
Jenks: “Haven’t you and that neigh¬ 
boring farmer settled your differences 
yet?” Farmer Akers: “No, but our law¬ 
yers have settled.” Jenks: “Settled? 
How?” Farmer Akers: “On our farms.” 
—Catholic Standard and Times. 
“I suppose you hope to make a very 
cultivated young man of your boy Josh.” 
“Yes,” answered Farmer Corntossel, 
“we’re cultivatin’ him the best we can. 
Every now and then mother and me 
gives him a rakin’ over.”—Washington 
Star. 
“I understand that it is no longer 
fashionable to believe in the orthodox 
conception of future punishment.” 
“Well,” answered the minister, “per¬ 
haps it is all for the best. I sincerely 
trust that we may be able to make the 
place so unfashionable that nobody will 
go there.”—Washington Star. 
Beggem (to himself): “I’ve got around 
that rich old great-aunt of mine at last. 
She’s interested in benevolent schemes, 
and I’m helping her night and day to 
search out worthy objects. To-day she 
she said I’d have cause for rejoicing 
when her will was read.” His Great- 
Aunt (to herself): “I had no idea my 
grandnephew was so good. It worries 
him almost sick to see so much misery 
in the world. How delighted he will be 
to find that all my money is to go to 
the support of the poor friendless or¬ 
phans!”—New York Weekly. 
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MIXED PAINTS 
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profits. In use 5 8 years. Officially Endorsed by the 
Grange. l.ow prices will surprise you. Write for Samples. 
0. W. INGERSOLL, 246 Plymouth St., Brooklyn, N. Y. 
QnnCIMP 14 Will Pay Yon to write us for sam- 
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Agents Wanted. Stowell Mfg. Co., Jersey City, N. Y. 
PA TENT GROO VED 
Tire Wheels 
For Farm Wagons 
Any Size to lit any Skein. 
MADK ONLY BY TUB 
HAVANA METAL WHEEL CO. 
Havana, Ill. 
Wo are the largest manufac¬ 
turers of steel wheels and low 
down trueks in the U. 8 . 
tP Write for Prices. 
HALLOCK’S OK” 
Potato Digger 
An Offer to 
Potato 
I Growers l 
Patented 
August 24. 1897 
PRICE 
To prove that the “U iv 
is the best potato digger 
made, that it will do 
® work entirely satisfac¬ 
tory to you, and to intro¬ 
duce them where we have 
no agents, we will send 
one on trial, freight paid, 
to any responsible potato 
grower. 
D.Y. HALLOCK & SONS, 
YORK, PA. 
HORSE POWERS, and CLEANKKS 
WOOD SAWS. 
Jne k two horse Thrashing Outfits. Level P||TTCRC 
Tread, Pat. Governor, Feed and Ensilage uu I I LUO 
ELLIS KEYSTONE AGR’LWORKS, Pottstown, Pa 
F. L. M AINE. General Agent. Willet, N. Y 
Straight Straw, Rye and Wheat Thrasher. 
Combined with Spike-Tooth Oat 
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Our Machine will 
thrash Kye or Wheat 
without "bruising or 
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tie It again in perfect 
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in fifteen minutes to a 
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attached. Will thrash more grain with less power 
:han any Thrasher built. Seud for catalogue B to 
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farmer to do his own threshing. Save expense and thresh when you have 
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threBhing, perfect denning. Grain ready for market. Capacity 200 to 600 bu. per daj. 
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HEEBNER SONS,No. 22 Broad St., Lanftdale, Pa. 
The two horse power Little 
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The Finishing 
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—perhaps j ust a little more 
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world’s standard 
for roofing tin. 
Roofing 
F 
Tin 
is made by the old-style 
band process. It carries 
the heaviest coating of 
pure tin and new lead. 
Every sheet is carefully 
inspected and only perfect 
plates sold. This @ mark 
stamped on every sheet. 
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Write fW. C. CRONEMEYER. Agent, 
to i Carnegie Building, Pittsburg, 
for Illustrated book on roofs and roofing. 
AMERICAN TIN PLATE COMPANY, New York. 
Seed Sowing Time 
Perfect Lever Regulation. 
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Prcparc by 
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Low-Down 
Grain and 
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Hows all grain and grans seeds. Force feed fertilizer spreads evenly all 
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SPANGLER MFG, CO. 505 Queen St., York, Pa, 
The BEST Threshing Outfit 
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Easy steamers and develop more than rated horse-pow er. H ave, dr iver’s seat, foot- 
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and clean ail kinds of grain perfectly. 
Catalogue of Rugbies, Threstiing M. chjnery, 
Saw Mills, Agricultural Implements, tree. 
A. B. Farquhar Co., Ltd. 
YORK. PA. ' 
CORN 
and Its possibilities under the Silage 
system—the theme of 
“A BOOK ON SILAGE” 
By Prof. F. W. WDLL 
of the University of Wiscons n. Revised and up-to-date, neat¬ 
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plans and specifications for building at 1 silos. Also embraces 
I—SiiagcCrops. II—Silos, 
f 111—Silage. IV—Feeding of Silage 
V— Comparison of Silage and other Feeds. 
VI— The Sdo In Modern Agriculture, 
I Ami illustrations anil complete plans for round and 
J rectangular silos, dairy turns, tables of com- 
I pounded rations, etc. ]M ailed for 10c. 
coin or stamps, 
SILVER MFC. CO. 
Salem, Ohio. 
Over 70 wises end styles, for drilling either deep or 
shallow wells In any kind of soil or rock. Mounted 
•in wheels or on Bills. With engines or horse powers. 
Strong, simple and durable. Any mechanic can 
operate them easi Iy. 8 end for catalog. 
WILLIAMS BROS., Ithaca, N. V. 
Price ronipl.te. 
Oil Your Windmill 
From the Ground. This Machine 
does It. Thousands In use. Absolute 
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BURKE-BOLLMEYER OILER CO., 
Wuuseon, Ohio, U.S. A. 
The Gem Full-Circle Rnlor, lightest., strongest, chonprst 
hulor. Mode of wrought steel. Operated hv I nr 2 hors. 
Bales 10 to 15 tons a day. Sold on 5 days' trial. Catalogue 
free. Address GEO. ERTEL CO., Quincy. III. 
The “WeberJunior” 
Pumper 
In nil complete, ready to st- 
inch to pump. Equal* 30 ra*ra 
pump lug waUr. 
Can also 
bs used 
for other 
power 
purpoe- 
1 p illg wa 
but little 
Uros but little gaa> 
oline. Is shipped 
crated completely 
erected, all connec¬ 
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one can operate It. Every 
one guaranteed. Other sizes 
|up to 50 H. P. Send for cat¬ 
alog. Weber Gas A Gasoline 
Engine Co* Box 102. 
Kansas City, Ma 
That Is a name 
that means char¬ 
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Itsuggests the best 
iti Threshing Ma¬ 
chinery. Ifinves- 
gating, start with the Rumely and you will end at the same 
place. Get our catalog on the New Itiimcly Separator 
and the Kiiinely lUnr Geared Traction Engine. All 
approve! devices and appliances to each,and constitute the one 
perfect threshing outfit. Catalog shows our engines for all 
purposes. We send it for the asking. Write to-day. 
Iff. RUMELY CO., La Porte, Ind. 
CONTENTS. 
The Rural New-Yorker, June 21, 1!>02. 
FARM TOPICS. 
^arming in the Reel River Valley, 
Part VI.4-9. 
Hay Next a Concrete Wall. 
Great Value of Cow Peas. 
Cover Crops in Corn. 
Cow Pea. Questions. 
How to Conquer a Bog. 
When to Cut Rye Hay . 
Cow Peas After Rye. 
Manure from Rotted Cornstalks. 
Hope Farm Notes. 
Government Crop Reports . 
Western Grangers Want the Canal — 
130 
130 
431 
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433 
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.433 
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.435 
.437 
.437 
LIVE STOCK AND DAIRY. 
Mapes, the Hen Man. 
Washings from a Creamery. 
The Profit in Squab Breeding. 
Feed for Wintering Steers. 
Catarrh in Horses . 
Garget; Obstructed Teat. 
Disinfecting a Dairy Barn. 
A Chapter on Dogs. 
How to Feed Oil Cake. 
431 
412 
442 
442 
413 
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443 
443 
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HORTICULTURE. 
New Plums Fruited Last Year. 
Spraying in Windy Weather. 
Crown-Call in Peach Trees. 
A Good Point in Strawberry Culture 
The Climax Strawberry. 
Round-Headed Apple Borer. 
Care of Gnawed Trees. 
Apple Tree Damage. 
Propagating Trees and Shrubs. 
Fruit Trees for Roadside . 
Ladybird Beetles in New Jersey. 
Notes from the Rural Grounds. 
A Good Apple Country. 
Two More Nursery Frauds. 
Strawberry Field Meeting . 
423 
430 
430 
431 
431 
,432 
.432 
,432 
432 
.432 
.432 
,434 
.434 
.437 
,411 
WOMAN AND HOME. 
From Day to Day. 
The Rural Patterns .!;5 
The Use of Rhubarb. 
Laundry Work in Summer. 
Rural Recipes ... 
Butter Dressing for Potato Salad. 
Laundry Suggestions . I,,J 
MISCELLANEOUS. 
Concrete for House Construction. 
II. 
A “Joke” About Comb Honey. 
Editorials . 
Events of the Week. 
Markets . 
Business Bits . 
Market Notes . 
Hurporouss . 
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.436 
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.440 
.140 
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