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THE RURAL NEW-YORKER 
December 13, 1902 
HUMOROUS 
Life Is real and life Is earnest. 
And we all have stunts to do; 
Even if they are not pleasant, 
We have got to see them through. 
Knowing this, the little bumble 
Bee will hustle like a chump 
Just to furnish an example 
That will make a sluggard hump. 
And the robin clears the garden 
Of the surplus bugs and worms, 
While the little fresh mosquito 
Peddles round the fever germs. 
—Harvard Lampoon. 
Frikxd: “But if there’s no hope of 
saving him, doctor, what are you going 
to perform the operation for?” Doctor: 
“$100.”—Town and Country. 
Dextist: “I see that I shall have to 
kill the nerve.” Patient: “Don’t. It 
would ruin me in business. I’m a life 
insurance agent.”—New Jersey Mirror. 
Tile Maid: “I see they have now a 
Woman’s Dictionary. Do you suppose 
it differs from any other?” The Brute: 
“Probably has more words in it.”—Mel¬ 
bourne Leader. 
Boxes: “What makes you so down¬ 
hearted?” Binks: “My employer’s wife 
has gone and endowed another mission.” 
Bones: “What of that?” Binks: “Every 
time she does it the old man cuts down 
our salaries to get even.”—Credit Lost. 
“Yes,” said the pilgrim in the elderly 
overcoat with the bulging pockets, “him 
an’ me is in partnership, but we don’t do 
business together.” “How’s that?” 
“Why, he goes around sellin’ a stove 
blackin’ that leaves a stain on the fin¬ 
gers. I go around next day to the same 
houses with the only soap that’ll take 
it off.”—Chicago Tribune. 
Miss Joy: “Madam, Mr. Foster has 
come to take me for a drive; may I go, 
madam?’' Madam: “You know. Miss 
Joy, the rules of Vassal- do not allow it, 
unless you are engaged. Are you en¬ 
gaged to Mr. Foster?” Miss Joy (doubt¬ 
fully): “N-no; but if you will let me go 
I shall be by the time we get back.”— 
Our Dumb Animals. 
The Boy’s Father: “Madam, let me 
ask if your daughter knows how to run 
a house—can cook, for example, and 
nurse the sick, mend clothes, and, in 
fact, is familiar with all the multifar¬ 
ious details of domesticity?” The Girl’s 
Mother: “Certainly not, sir! Why, if 
she had learned all those things her edu¬ 
cation would have been neglected.”— 
Credit Lost. 
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At WHOLESALE PRICES, Delivered FREE 
For Houses, Barns, Roois, all colors, and SAVE Dealers 
profits. In use 5 8 years. Officially Endorsed by the 
Grange. Low prices will surprise you. Write for Samples. 
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BEAUTIFUL HOLIDAY GIFTS 
FREE! 
Special Offer to Readers of 
The Rural New-Yorker 
GOOD FOR DECEMBER . 
A Very Fine Imported 
China Tea Set 
(56 pieces) or Toilet Set, or Parlor 
Lamp, or Clock, or Watch, and many 
other articles too numerous to men¬ 
tion, FItEE, with a club order of 
20 lbs. of our New Crop OOc. 
Tea, or 20 lbs. Baking 1 Powder, 
45c. a lb., or an assorted order of 
Teas and B. P. This advertisement 
MUST accompany order. You 
will have no trouble in getting orders 
among your neighbors and friends for 
20 lbs. of our celebrated Teas & B. P. 
IHE 6REAT.AMERICAN TEA GO., 
31 and 33 Vesey Street, 
P. O. Box 289. NEW YORK . 
CAUTION! 
When you are purchasing a 
ROOFING 
for your houses and outbuildings, be sure that the 
name “RUBEROID” is stamped on every three 
feet of the material, as.in the cut, throughout the 
full length of the roll. You will then know that 
you are getting the genuine Ruberoid Roofing, 
which has been the standard for Eleven Years, 
and not one of its poor imitations. Ruberoid 
is water-proof and fire-resisting. Never melts, rots 
or tears. Lasts for years. You can apply it 
yourself. Send for samples and Booklet K. 
Address Dept. K, 
THE STANDARD PAINT CO., 
IOO William Street, New York. 
DELOACH 
fsm MILLS ARE BEST. 
The Price is Right Too. 
Known the World Over. 
FARMERS' SI25 SAW MILL 
Oats 2000 Feet Lumber u day with only 4 h. p. 
DeLoach Variable Feed 8aw Mills, 4tol00h.p., 
any price. DeLoach Mill Machinery, Planers, 
Shingle, Latli and Corn Mills, Water Wheels, etc. 
DeLoach Mill Mfg. Co., ItoxOOO Atlanta, Go. 
(Branch, 120 Liberty St., NewYork.) 
Handsome Catalogue Free if you cut this out and 
give name of paper. 
WATER 
If you want water only when the wind blows a windmill will do your work 
and cost less money than our Itider 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 
■si 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, 
35 Warren St.. NK\v York. 
2.>0 Franklin St.. Boston. 
692 Craig St., MONTREAL. P. Q. 
Teniente-Itey 71, Havana, Cuba. 
22 Pitt St., Sydney, n. S. W. 
40 Dearborn St., CHICAGO. 
40 N. 7th St., Philadelphia. 
THE WHET Z & WEISS 
Kerosene Engines. Sizes, 1 to 60 H.P. 
Cheapest and Safeat Tower Known 
For pumping and electric light¬ 
ing, grinding corn, separating 
cream, sawing wood and all power 
pnrposes. Highest Award for 
Direct Coupled Engine and Gener¬ 
ator, Paris Kxp., 1900; awarded 
Gold Medal Pan-Am. Exp., Buffo] >, 
1901; Gold Medal,Charleston, G.O., 
Exp.. 1909. Send for Catalogue. 
A. MIfiTZ, 128 Mott At,, New York 
THE KELLY pAUT'ilft 
does perfect work 
grinding ear corn, 
in husk or out, mixed 
feed in any propor¬ 
tions. with or without 
clover, cotton seed, 
Kaffir corn, or any 
grain that grows. Has 
d up lex 
grinding 
surfaces, 
andshows 
a greater 
capacity, 
per unit, 
of driving 
power than any 
other mill. 
Gives a uniform 
grist for stock 
feed of any de¬ 
sired fineness. 
Every machine 
tested and guaranteed. Send for our new catalogue 
and Prof. Miles’ essay -‘The Economy of Ground 
Feed,” free. THK O. S. KELLY CO., 
Dept. X. Springfield, Ohio. 
THE 
Farquhar 
has been the leading 
PORTABLE SAW MILL 
for 45 years—too well known to need 
description here. 
Send for illustrated catalogue of En¬ 
gines, Threshing Machinery, Saw Mills 
and Agricultural Implements, mailed 
tre A. B. FARQUHAR CO., Ltd., 
York, Pa. 
CHARTER 
Gasoline Engine 
— Any Place 
By Any One 
For Any Purpose 
Stationaries, Portables, Engines 
and Pumps, Hoisters, 
Sawing Outfits. 
Send for Illustrated Catalogue and 
Testimonials. State your Power Needs. 
Charter Gas Engine Co., Box 26, Sterling, III. 
USED 
CRE OF CORN 
and Its possibilities under the Silage 
system—being the theme of 
"A BOOK ON SILAGE” 
ay Prat. F. W. WOLL , 
• of the University of Wisconsin. Revised nnd up-to-oato, ne»t- 
I ly bound into a volume of 234 pn^es. Itembraceafulilnform- 
! ation from planting to feed ini? the crop, and includes working 
fl plana and specifications for building allsllos. Also embraces: 
I 1—Silage Crops. II—Silos. 
Ill—Silage. IV—Feeding of Silage 
V— Comparison of Silage and other Feeds. 
VI— The Silo In Modem Agriculture, 
* And Illustrations and complete plans for round and 
rectangular silos, dairy barns, tables of com¬ 
pounded rations, etc. Mulled for 10c. 
coin or stamps. 
SILVER MFC. CO. 
Salem, Ohio. 
The High Price of Goal 
Is the cause of much present anxiety but there is a 
practical way of overcoming it to some extent. 
'WW W With an Appleton Wood Haw 
L W V you can rapidly and with ease 
‘vlkia 9 and safety — 
SAW 
your own wood and 
SAVE COAL, 
time, labor, money; 
or saw your neigh¬ 
bor’s wood and make 
$5to$l5 DAY 
Strong, rigid frame, 
adj ustable dust proof 
oil boxes, etc. We 
make 5 styles. Also 
the famous “Hero” 
Friction Feed Drag 
Saw, Feed Grinders, Ensilage and Fodder Cutters, 
Huskers. Shellers.Sweop Horse Powers,Tread Powers, 
Wind Mills, etc. Write to- day for Free Catalogue. 
APPLETON MFG. CO.. 27 Fargo St.. Batavia.III. 
HORSE POWER GASOLINE ENGINE 
FOR $90.00 
We offer you a strictly modern, absolutely new and perfect, fully 
guaranteed gas or gasoline engine, complete with pumping jack and 
all fixtures and fittings. 
Price for the 2-Horse Power, 
$90.00 
For efficiency, quality, simplicity, mechanical construction and 
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We have all kinds of Motive Power, both new and second hand. 
Write for our catalogue No. 57. 
CHICAGO HOUSE WRECKING CO 
W. 35th and Iron Sts., CHICAGO. 
AFTER TRIAL 
if our Quaker City Qrlndlnjc Mill 
docs not prove to be the best you have 
ever seen or used for all classes of work, 
send it back to us. We guarantee every 
mill. Crushes and grinds all grains 
singly or mixed. Makes excellent corn 
meal for tabid um. -BALLBEARINGS—rum 
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yik We handle all standard makes of farm imple¬ 
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A. W. STRAUB & CO., 3737 Filbert 8t., Philadelphia, P*. 
ffhe A. W. STRAUB CO., Canal and Randolph Sts., Chicago, 
FARMERS’ MILLS 
French Burr anil Attrition. For every farm purpose. 
Grind all grain for meal or feed. Crush and grind ear 
corn. Guaranteed to do more and better 
work than any other mill of same size. 
15 DAYS’ FREE TRIAL 
Their work speaks for and 
. sells them. If not superior 
' to others, return. Nocharge. 
Write for catalog* discount. 
Sprout, Waldron «fc Co., 
Box 18 Muncy, Pa. 
VICTORY FEED MILL. 
Oldest and Best Grinding Mill 
Made. Will crush and grind 
corn and cob and all kinds of 
grain, mixed or separate. 
Grinds faster, finer and with 
less power than other mills. 
Are built strong, well made of 
good material, and will last 
a lifetime. Small size adapt¬ 
ed for wind and tread power. 
Made in four sizes for 1,4. 8 
and 10 H. P. Free Catalogue. 
T1IOS. ROBERTS, 
Box 92. Springfield, O. 
MILLS 
That 0© the Work 
mm to Perfection 
and are away down in price. Geared mills 
for ear corn or small grains. Guaranteed to 
grind rye faster and better than any other 
mill. COMBINED MILLS with best horse 
power. Easy running saws. 
Don’t Buy Until You Got Price and Free Catalog 15. 
You will find many advantages in 
buying from the 
| Buckeye Feed Mill Co., Springfield,0. 
Try This Mill 
Before You Buy it. 
If it doesn’t do better 
work, more rapidly than 
others costing twice as 
much don’t keep it. It’s ' 
a Hew Holland ^ 8 Sizes. 
Cob and Feed Mill especially adapted to* 
wind-mill and other light power. It is sold at ] 
a low price under positive guarantee. Capa 
city 20 to 100 bu. per hour. Catalogue free. 
New Holland Machine Works, Box 115. New Holland, Pa. 
When You Buy IT fkl C g I A f IT 
buy the best and LlTO*! s_ ra O sL 
the'ross machinery 
is the best , and if you will send for Catalogue No. 45, 
we will tell you why. Send 10c for Prof. Woll’a 
Book on Silage. Address, 
THE E. W. ROSS CO., Springfield, 0. 
pn ii BfiBB I Hand or power, for all kinds 
FAN mlLLSai..‘iirn J yy’:"-' t; "’ 
CONTENTS. 
The Rural New-Yorker, Dec. 13,. 1902. 
FARM TOPICS. 
Oyster Shells as Fertilizer.830 
Plowing and Drainage Questons.831 
Handling Sweet Corn and Pumpkins.834 
Hope Farm Notes.835 
LIVE STOCK AND DAIRY. 
“After Milking” for Dairy Cowa.830 
Feeding for Increased Milk.831 
A Protein Ration for Milch Cows.831 
Corn for Freshening Cows.831 
Poultry Losses .S-il 
Mapes, the Hen Man.842 
Litter for Henhouse Floor.842 
Bad Teeth in a Cow.843 
Pigs with Blind Staggers.843 
To Stop Hogs from Rooting.843 
Notes from the Cows.843 
HORTICULTURE. 
The Mother Apple.829 
Two North Jerseymen on Kieffer Pears..829 
The Triumph Peach.829 
Small Apple Packages; Ben Davis.829 
Ben Davis and Tree Frauds.829, 830 
Wire Cages for Apple Borers.£30 
A New England Authority Says Don’t...831 
Why Cut the Grass?.832 
Exporting Peaches to Foreign Countries.S32 
Notes on Celery Culture.822 
Hypodermics for Trees.832 
Everybody’s Garden .833 
Notes from the Rural Grounds.8'24 
A Friend of Elberta Peach.834 
California Fruits in New York.837 
WOMAN AND HOME 
From Day to Day.838 
The Rural Patterns.838 
The Women’s Christmas Tree.839 
MISCELLANEOUS. 
Measuring Hillside Land.833 
Editorials .826 
Events of the Week.837 
The Objection to Local Telephones.837 
Business Bits .837 
Markets .840 
Market Notes .841 
Free Rural Mail and Business.841 
New York Weather.841 
