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THE RURAL NEW-YORKER. 
August 30, 1902 
HUMOROUS 
Mary had a little hen, 
That caused her many a tear. 
Tt used to lay when eggs were cheap 
And quit when eggs were dear. 
Washington Star. 
La Montt: “Here is a periodical de¬ 
voted to air navigation.” La Moyne: 
“Ah, it must be a fly-paper.”—Philadel¬ 
phia Record. 
Mrs. Beniiam: “The doctor says that 
you will soon be another man.” Ben- 
ham: “All right; tell him to send his 
bill to that other man.”—Judge. 
Prop Drop: “My baby has been learn¬ 
ing to talk for six months, now.” Hen- 
pekt: “Well, it will take him longer 
than that to learn not to.”—New York 
Sun. 
Western Judge: “Has the jury come 
to an agreement?” Foreman (with a 
broken nose and black eye): “I don’t 
know, yer honor. Most of them are un¬ 
able to speak at present.”—Smart Set. 
“Of course, every young man thinks 
he’d be perfectly happy if he could only 
have his own way.” “Yes; and the old¬ 
er he grows the happier he is to think 
that he didn’t have it.’’--Catholic Stand¬ 
ard and Times. 
Indignant Visitor: “Confound you, 
sir! You advertised a ‘gusher,’ and now 
I find that there is not a drop of oil com¬ 
ing out of the well! What kind of a 
gusher do you call that?” Texas Oilo- 
erat: “Ingrowing gusher.”—Puck. 
Biggs: “I hear your friend Simkins 
has taken a wife.” Diggs: “Not a word 
of truth in the rumor, I assure you.” 
Biggs: “Then he ain’t married?” Diggs: 
“Oh, he’s married all right enough; but 
instead of taking a wife a widow took 
him.”—Credit Lost. 
“He was delighted with the service at 
your church last Sunday. He told me 
that at certain portions of it he felt act¬ 
ually transported; absolutely oblivious 
to his surroundings.” “Yes, I noticed 
bis obliviousness when the plate was be¬ 
ing passed.”—Philadelphia Press. 
“You eat bottles exclusively, you 
say?” said Mr. Pointdexter to the glass 
eater in the dime museum. “I should 
think you would find thin window glass 
more digestible.” “You are wrong, sir. 
Window glass would give me a pane in 
the stomach.”—Melbourne Leader. 
“Hi!” shouted the policeman, as the 
man in the big motor-car started to go 
past him like a railway train, “ain’t you 
riding a trifle more than the right num¬ 
ber of miles an hour, sir?” “How do I 
know?” howled the speedmaker over his 
shoulder. “I haven’t ridden an hour 
yet.”—Saturday Journal. 
BUY DIRECT FROM FACTORY, BEST 
MIXED PAINTS 
At WHOLES A LF> PRICES, Delivered FREE 
For Houses, Barns, Roofs, all colors, and SAVE Dealers 
profits. In use 5 8 years. Officially Endorsed by the 
Granee. Low prices will surprise you. Write for Samples. 
0. W. INGERSOLL, 846 Plymouth St., Brooklyn, N. Y. 
The Gem Full-Circle Baler, lightest, strongest, cheapest 
baler. Wade of wrought steel. Operated by 1 or 2 horses. 
Bales 10 to 15 tons a day. Sold on 5 days’ trial. Catalogue 
free. Address GE0 EBTELCO., Quincy. III. 
15 TON8 
A DAY 
BALES 
E: SMALLEY 
The best Ensilage and Fodder Cutter on earth, 
and ho warranted. Special introduction prices 
where we have no agents. We also make Snap¬ 
per and Shredder attachments for our machines, 
combining three first-class machines at a reason¬ 
able price. We also make Sweep and Tread Pow¬ 
ers, Drag and Circular Saw' machines. “Yankee 
Silo Sense” and our catalogue mailed free if you 
Thtrt It tt rtcird 
of « 
FAR9UHAR I0ILER 
•nr exploding. 
The BEST Threshing Outfit 
for a thresherman to buy and for a farmer to use is tne Farqubar Celebrated 
Ajax Threshing Engine and the Farquhar Separator. Engines made in sizes 
4 n. p. and up, and combine the advantages of all successful engines. Easy steam¬ 
ers and develop more than rated horse-power. Have driver's seat, foot-brake and 
two injectors. Separators of all styles and sizes for merchant 
threshing or farm use. Farquhar machines have all late 
improvements, they thresh and clean all kinds of grain 
perfectly. Catalogue of Engines, Threshing Machinery, 
ind A " 
Saw Mills and Agricultural Implements FREE. 
A. B. Farquhar Co., Ltd. 
York, Pa. 
OHIO” Feld Ensilage Cutters 
And New Metal 
Bucket Swivel Carriers. 
A large capacity, solidly constructed Ensilage Cutter 
and compact elevator with ample capacity. 
Self Feed is greatest improvement made in Ensilage 
Cutters and saves three-fourths of labor feeding and 
increases capacity 83V6 per cent. 
If supply of corn is at hand the larger sizes will 
fill a 100 ton silo in 10 hours. Parties often write that 
machine cuts faster than they could deliver corn, 
therefore stands idle good percentage of time. 
New •‘Ohio” Monarch has tremendous capacity 
and is made with Swivel Carrier. 
Nos. 13, 16, 18 and 19 made also with Blower 
Elevator. 
Indications point to a shortage of supply of ma¬ 
chines same as past two years. 1903 catalog is ready. 
THE SILVER MFG. COMPANY, SALEM, OHIO. 
AMERICAN 
THE _ 
I Combined Feed Cutter A Shredder 
kindle. .11 fodder orope and ensilage. Stationary or traveling feed 
table. Four alien— 13, 16, 18 and 20 inchea. Right, I eft or straight 
away Swivel and Giant Klevatore or special Blower — 
Outfit. They are doubly strong, 
durable, fast and efficient. Cani 
be used mounted or unmounted. 
Send for special Illustrated Cata¬ 
logue of Farm Machinery. 
J K. WILDER A 80X8, 
Box 20_Monroe, Michigan. 
% CYCLONE ENSILAGE CUTTER 
With TRAVELING TABLE and BLOWER 
< iuaranteed to cut., 
split, shred and ele¬ 
vate ensilage 60 feet 
perpendicular height. 
For catalog address 
FARMERS MFG. CO. 
Box 405, Sebrlng, Ohio 
THE 
Flexible Roofing 
M F Roofing Tin not only has a very heavy coating of pure 
tin and new lead, but it is the most flexible and easiest 
worked of all roofing tin. This property of M F Roofing 
Tin permits perfect fitting around angles of roof, corner 
or chimney— no waste of time or material. 
MF 
Roofing Tin 
is so carefully made, by hand labor, and so 
many precautions taken to send out only 
perfect plates, it invariably makes a > 
roof that will lasthalf a century 
or more. This (^trademark 
stamped on every sheet. 
Ask your roofer for 
M F Roofing Tin, or 
r write / W. 
to 
C. CR0NEMEYER, Agent, 
. Carnegie Building, Pittsburg, 
for illustrated book on roofing. 
American Tin Plate Company, New York. 
11 wm ■“% A I AR P | A Ml CNh is the earliest, easiest worked and most pro- 
fc" UKAmbL) LANU ductive land. By using tile you get rid oUtlie 
■ ■ “ ” aim ■■ mm m -am surplus water and admit the air to the soil— 
.both necessary to best results in agriculture. My AGRICULTURAL 
DRAIN TILE meets every requirement. Make also Sewer Pipe, Bed 
and Fire Brick, Chimney Tops- Encaustic Side Walk Tile, etc. Write for 
you want and prices. JOHN H. JACKSON. 76 I bird Ave. Albany, N.Y. 
The Universal Bean Harvester. 
The profit derived from the growing 
of beans depends largely upon quick 
and efficient methods of harvesting 
them. When beans are ripe, just right, 
and the weather favorable, harvesting 
should be done in a hurry. The quality— 
the bright and salable condition of the 
beans, depends upon that. All hand 
labor should be displaced with im¬ 
proved machinery. 
This Machine 
Harvests Beans 
tppr 
red 
manner. The tempered steel 
blades cut off the stems of two 
rows of beans at one passage 
and the steel rod cleaners sepa¬ 
rate all dirt, etc., and deliver 
the two rows of beans into one 
long continuous windrow. 
The Ilnrvexter is made of best „ , - , „ , , , . 
material throughout, well painted and varnished and will last indefinitely. Pole has a apeclul shining 
lever which enables the machine to work on hillsides us well ns on the level. A long evener and neck- 
yoke are furnished with each machine. We Guarantee the Harvester In every respect. Ask your local 
dealer for the Universal Bean Harvester. If not found there, write us direct and we will see that you 
are supplied. Write at once for catalogue and prices, and be informed on the subject. 
WIARD PLOW COMPANY, BATAVIA, N. Y. 
HITORNADO 
All Steel «r LAND ROLLERS. 
Write us 
for Special 
Delivered 
Prices. 
W. U. HARRISON & CO., Massillon, Ohio. 
Also manufacturers of TORNADO Feed Cutters- 
Straight Straw, Rye and Wheat Thrasher. 
Combined with Spike-Tooth Oat 
and Wheat Thrasher. 
Our Machine will 
thrash Rye or Wheat 
without bruising or 
oreaklug the straw, and 
tie It ago in in perfect 
bundles Can be changed 
in fifteen minutes to a 
spike-tooth Oat, Wheat, 
Buckwheat, Barley and Corn Thrasher with stacker 
attached. Will thrash more grain with less power 
than any Thrasher built. 8eud for catalogue B to 
the GRANT-FKKRIS COMPANY, Troy. N Y 
ENSILAGE 
MACHINERY 
Before you spend 
your money find out 
what we can do for you. 
Can furnish either 
BLOWERS or 
CARRIERS. 
Fully Guaranteed. 
Write for Catalog No. 45 
Send 10c for PROF. WOLL’S BOOK ON SILAGE. 
Address.Th e E.W. Ross Co. 
Springfield, Ohio. 
Quality Counts 
above everything else In an ensilage and dry fod¬ 
der cutter. The quality 
of th* machine and the 
machine 
Itself; 
quality of 
work and 
the abili¬ 
ty to run 
with a 
light 
power. 
THE GALE-BALDWIN 
and BALDWIN 
are machines of known high quality. Cut 4 lengths 
of feed. Anylengthof elevator desired. Easy to feed 
and fast workers. Safety fly wheel and safety trea¬ 
dle lever—prevent all accidents. Send for free Illus¬ 
trated catalogue and look it over beforo you buy. 
THE BELCHER A TAYLOR A. T. CO., 
Box 71, Chtcopoo Falla, Mama. 
CONTENTS. 
The Rural New-Yorker, Aug. 30, 1902. 
FARM TOPICS. 
Wheat After Corn. 539 
Sawdust for Bedding.589 
Potato Crops in New Jersey.591 
Short Talk About Bean Culture.591 
Handling Wild Mustard.592 
Some Legumes .591 
Hope Farm Notes .595 
Truck Farming in Cuba...601 
LIVE STOCK AND DAIRY. 
Mapes, the Hen Man.590 
Cow and Pump .600 
Dairy and Farm Notes .602 
Working With Silage .602 
Beef in Central New York.603 
Beef-Making in Western New York.603 
Will a Hen Work Overtime?.603 
HORTICULTURE. 
Birds and Insects .590 
Vines Saved From Leaf Hopper.590 
The Obnoxious Robin .59" 
“Laying Down” Peaches in Winter.591 
Hastening Bearing of Pecans.592 
Cover Crop for Shady Orchard.592 
Everybody’s Garden .593 
Fruits and Soils in Tennessee .593 
The Gano Apple . 593 
Fruits for Arkansas .593 
Notes from the Rural Grounds.594 
New Peaches to Come.601 
WOMAN AND HOME. 
From Day to Day.598 
The Rural Patterns .59S 
Rural Recipes .598 
Reformation of a House.599 
MISCELLANEOUS. 
Greatest Fraud of All.591 
Building a Stone Dam.592 
Stone Wall Notes .595 
Editorial . 59 « 
Events of the Week .59< 
Crop Prospects .697 
Markets . 600 
Business Bits .600 
Market Notes . 601 
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