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THE RURAL NEW-YORKER. 
December 20, 1302 
HUMOROUS 
The juggler may not be Inclined 
To dally with the jug; 
The sinful smuggler may be Just 
The opposite of smug. 
The skipper isn’t always one 
Who like the lambkin skips. 
And, with disgust, the waiters know 
The tippler seldom tips. 
—Chicago Record-Herald. 
“Wjcere the wife is the better half, 
what is the husband?” “Perhaps he is 
what is meant by the submerged tenth!” 
—Detroit Journal. 
Tourist: “Is the bridge perfectly safe 
to get over?” Guide: “Yes, sir, perfect¬ 
ly safe to get over. It is only dangerous 
when you fall through.”—Harvard Lam¬ 
poon. 
Teacher: "Now, Tommy, if you had 
10 pennies, and your little brother ask¬ 
ed you for half of them, how many 
would you have left?” Tommy (prompt¬ 
ly): “Ten!”—Credit Lost. 
Teacher: “Johnnie, this is the worst 
composition in the class, and I’m going 
to write to your father and tell him.” 
Johnnie: “Don’t keer if ye do; he wrote 
it fer me.”—Detroit Free Press. 
Wife: “Why do you grumble because 
I pay $15 for a new hat once in six 
months, when you pay $25 every month 
for cigars?” Husband: “That’s an easy 
one. I don’t smoke hats.”—Credit Lost. 
"I,” said the temperance man, 
“strongly object to the custom of christ¬ 
ening ships with champagne.” “I don’t,” 
replied the other man. “I think there’s 
a temperance lesson in it.” “How can 
that be?” “Well, immediately after the 
first bottle of wine the ship takes to 
water, and sticks to it ever after.”—The 
Australasian. 
A Newcastle man, who seldom at¬ 
tends church services, was persuaded to 
hear a sermon last Sunday, and was 
much impressed. "You are never too 
old to learn,” he remarked confidential¬ 
ly to a friend. “Now, I always thought 
Sodom and Gomorrah were husband and 
wife, and I find they were nothing but 
cities.”—American Weekly. 
“Hello,” called Mrs. Cookem, over 
the ’phone, “is this Mr. Sellem’s gro¬ 
cery?” “Yes, ma’am.” “Well, you folks 
sent me a cake of patent plum pudding 
and a cake of imitation coal this morn¬ 
ing, for me to try.” “Yes, ma’am. And 
did you wish to order some more?” “I 
don’t know. You’ll have to send some 
one down to explain matters. I’ve put 
one cake on the fire and the other in the 
oven and I can’t tell whether the plum 
pudding smell comes from the firebox 
or the pudding pan.”—Baltimore Ameri¬ 
can. 
BEAUTIFUL HOLIDAY GIFTS 
FREE! 
Special Offer to Readers of 
The Rural New-Yorker 
GOOD FOR DECEMBER. 
A Very Fine Imported 
China Tea Set 
(56 pieces) or Toilet Set, or Parlor 
Lamp, or Clock, or Watch, and many 
other articles too numerous to men¬ 
tion, FREE, with a club order of 
20 lbs. of our New Crop <50c. 
Tea, or 20 lbs. Baking Powder, 
45c. a 11)., or an assorted order of 
Teas and B. P. This advertisement 
MUST accompany order. You 
will have no trouble in getting orders 
among your neighbors and friends for 
20 lbs. of our celebrated Teas & B. P. 
THE GREAT AMERICAN TEA GO., 
31 and 33 Vesey Street, 
P. O. Box 289. NEW YORK. 
FARMERS’ SAW MILL!-$M5 
Awarded First Prize, Gold Medal 
To introduce OUR NEW FARMERS’ SAW 
MILL, fitted with DeLOACH Variable Friction Feed, 
we make this special offer: 
We will deliver on cars at Factory our No. O 
PONY FARMERS’SAW MILL, with DcLoach Patent 
Variable Friction Feed, Duplex Dogs, Improved Head 
Blocks and Ratchet Set Works, complete as shown in 
cut, except has Carriage made in two foui^foot sec¬ 
tions, with Rope Drive instead of Rack and Pinion, 
without Saw oi Belt, for 
$115 SPOT GASH! 
Harry Hootman, Washington, Pa., says: ‘'The 
little DeLoach Mill is surely a Dandy. I cut 4.S00 
feet of hard oak per day with 10-h. p. A man near 
me bought a--mill, and only cuts 1,500 feet a day 
with 20-h. p. This shows that your mills are surely 
ahead of the rest.” 
With 36-ineh Solid Saw, $127.50 ; 40-inch, $132.50 : 44-inch, 
$110.00; 48-inch. $150.00. 
Witq 36-inch Inserted Saw, $147.50; 40-Inch, $152.50; 
41-inch, $160.00; 48-Inch. $170.00. 
Best Rubber Belting, 4-ply, 6-inch. 20 cents per foot; 
8-inch, 89 cents per foot, net cash. 
NO DISCOUNTS FROM THESE PRICES. 
OUR GUARANTEE: This Mill is warranted to be made in workman-like manner, of first-class material 
throughout, and to give perfect satisfaction if operated according to our printed instructions, which arc so 
simple that a hoy can understand them. Anyone with ordinary intelligence can set and operate 
This mill without the assistance of an experienced sawyer or mill man. The Mill will easily cut 2,000 to 
2,500 feet of first-class lumber per day. with only four-horse power; 8,000 to 3.500 feet with 6-horsepower; 
(Be sure to say you saw our ad. in this paper). 
~ All HI A J| X —. Address BOX 900. ATLANTA, G A. 
L/GLOdCn IV1 I 11 IVI Tg ■ V O ■ j or 120 LIBERTY STREET, NEW YORK. 
P. S. Crowley, Quitman, Pa., says: “The DeLoach Variable Friction Feed is perfection. When I need 
another saw mill I want the DeLoach every time.” 
WATER. 
If you want water only when the wind blows a windmill will do your work 
and cost less 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, 
35 Warren St.. New York. 
230 Franklin St., Boston. 
692 Craig St., Montreal. P. Q. 
Tenlente-Itey 71, Havana, Cuba. 
22 Pitt St., Sydney, N. S. W. 
40 Dearborn St., Chicago. 
40 N. 7th St., Philadelphia. 
Portable Saw Mills 
with Engines and Boiler* Complete. 
Made in seven sizes, friction feed, cable 
lightning gig, patent cliain set works and 
improved dogs. AJAX CENTER 
CRANK ENGINES are constructed 
with especial reference to the peculiar 
work required of them. This com¬ 
bination of engine and mill 
makes the best sawmill, 
outfit on earth. 
A. B.Farquhar Co., Ltd 
York, Pa. 
2-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-Ilorse Power, 
$90.00 
For efficiency, quality, simplicity, mechanical construction and 
economy, the engine is unsurpassed. . 
We have all kinds of Motive Power, both new and second hand. 
Write for our catalogue No. 5 ~. 
CHICAGO HOUSE WRECKING CO., 
W. 35th and Iron Sts., CHICAGO. 
HAVE RICH MELLOW LAND. SfiHS 
AGRICULTURAL DRAIN TILE. For 45 years we have been making these 
and Sewer Pipe, Red ami Fi re Brick, Oven Tile, Chimney and Flue Linings 
and Tops, Encaustic Sidewalk file, Ac. Supply Mortar Colors, Plaster, Lime, 
Cement Ac. Write for prices. .Tohn K. Jackson, 76 3rd Av. Albany. N. Y. 
USED 
CHARTER 
Gasoline Engine 
Any Place 
By Any One 
For Any Purpose 
Stationaries, Portables, Engines 
ami Pumps, Hoisters, 
Sawing Outfits. 
Send for Illustrated Catalogue and 
Testimonials. State your Power Needs. 
Charter Gas Engine Co., Box 26, Sterling, III. 
THE MIETZ & WEISS 
Kerosene Engines. Sizes, 1 to 60 H.P. 
ChenpeiJt and Safest Power Known 
For pumping and electric light¬ 
ing, grinding corn, separating 
cream, rawing wood and all power 
purpoHeii. Highest Award for 
Direct Coupled Engine ai l Gener¬ 
ator, Parle Kxn., 1900; awarded 
Gold Medal Pan-Am. Exp., Buffr..' >, 
1901; GoM Medal, Charleston, S.C., 
Rxp.,1901. Send for Catalogue. 
A. MIETZ, 128 Mott tit., New York 
CAUTION! 
When you are purchasing a 
ROOEING 
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. 
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Keep 
This 
dl' 
lour 
/flbOYf 
If you are building, or repairing, M 
or re-roofing, get MF Roofing V% 
Tin—the tin that 1 asts hal f a cen¬ 
tury. 11 has a very heavy coat¬ 
ing of pure tin and new lead, 
yet it is very pliable and easiest 
to wo ' 
MF 
Roofing Tin 
Is the best roofing from every 
viewpoint. It is made entirely 
by hand labor. Ask your roofer 
or— write to W. C. Crnnttnejer, 
Agent,Carnegie Building,Pittsburg, 
for illustrated 
book on roofing. 
Amkkican 
Tin Plate 
Company, 
New York 
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GRINDS 
EAR CORN, SHELLED CORN, OATS, 
RYE, BARLEY, KAFFIR CORN, ETC. 
Fine or coarse, for feed or family pur- 
purposes. Has shake feed. Hurra are " 
made of white metal,so hard that neither hie nor 
tool will touch them. They will open and let 
nails or hard substances through without break- , 
age. We furnish this mill with or wlth- r 
out crushers and elevators. 
PADAPITV 10 to 45 bu. an hr., 1 
WMrMul | I according to pow 
csed, kind of grain and fineness you grind. 
The only mill that grinds ear corn and all . 
other grain successfully. With 2, 4 or Cl 
H. P. Made In 3 sizes for power up to 12^ 
horse. Guaranteed togrlnd more ear corn, 
than any mill made with same power,because* 
crusher and grinding plates are on separate 
ahafts, reducing friction. We have 40 styles of grinders,adapted to 
power wind mills, engines and horse powers of nil sizes. We also 
furnish powers of all kinds for driving all kinds of machinery. 
Write for our Lnrge Free Catalogue of 40,000 other Articles. 
55-59 N. .JefFerson Street, 
CHICAGO, ILL. 
MARVIN SMITH GO. 
Do You Feed We will also 
ENSILAGE? I I tell you about 
If not , write I I Profit-Makine 
as and we will ciucil . Ross Ensilage 
tell you why tNolLAUt Cutters. 
you should. CUTTERS Address , 
The E. W. Ross Co., Springfield, O. 
Our Illustrated Catalogue No. 45 is Free. 
No. 3 “Prize’’ 
Best Feed Grinder Money Can 
Buy for Operation with Gasoline 
or Steam Engine, Tread Power, 
Power Wind Mill, etc. 
U/||Y9 Because it 
WW ■■ 1 ■ grinds rapidly 
making splendid feed, ta¬ 
ble meal or graham Hour, 
has ample capacity for 
4 or 5 horse power, and 
an automatic feed 
ulator. which prevents 
choking down the lightest 
power; is built throughout of iron and steel and will 
last a life time. Thousands in use for lOand 15years 
still as good as new. We make 26 sizes and styles of 
Feed Grinders, including the only really successful 
Corn nnd Cob, and Corn, Cob nod Bliuck Feed 
Grinders. Also a full line of Ensilage and Fodder 
Cutters, Buskers, Shellers, Wood Saws. Sweep Horse 
Powers, Tread Horse Powers, Wind Mills, etc. 
Write to-dau Jor free catalogue. 
APPLETON MFG.CO., 27 Fargo St,. Batavia, III. 
CREAM EXTRACTOR 
mm 
<¥V. 
FREE 
This is a genuine 
offer made to introduce the Peoples 
Cream Extractor in every neighbor¬ 
hood. It is the best and simplest in 
the world. We ask that you show it to 
your neighbors who have cows. Send 
your name and the name of the near¬ 
est freight office. Address 
PEOPLES SUPPLY CO., 
Dept, 86. Kansas City, Mo. 
CONTENTS. 
The Rural New-Yorker, Dec. 20, 1902. 
FARM TOPICS. 
A Fertilizing Mixture of Chemicals.848 
Potash, Nitrogen and Refuse Hops.848 
Grass and Fertilizer Questions.849 
Cooperation in Buying Large Machinery.849 
Hope Farm Notes .851 
Agricultural Education in New York....853 
LIVE STOCK AND DAIRY. 
Mapes, the Hen Man.846 
What Share for Dairy Tenant?.847 
Some Connecticut Hen Notes .847 
Caused Abortion .851 
New York Dairymen’s Association; 
Part I. 857 
November Cows and Milk .857 
Purebred Stock .858 
The Market for Capons .858 
New Mexico Hens .858 
Milk Notes .859 
A Practical Cow Man Talks.859 
Bad Blood .859 
HORTICULTURE. 
The Vergon Apple Orchard.845, 846 
Fighting Rabbits and Apple Borers.846 
A West Virginia Apple House.847 
Concords for Grape Juice .848 
Chautauqua Climbing Currant .848 
Dwarf Apples .848 
Disappointing Apple Trees .848 
The Value of a “Trade Mark”.848 
Massachusetts Apples .848 
Everybody’s Garden .849 
Notes from the Rural Grounds .850 
WOMAN AND HOME. 
From Day to Day .854 
The Rural Patterns .S54 
Turkeys; Joe’s and Mine.S54, 855 
MISCELLANEOUS. 
Other Side of the Telephone Question...846 
Device for Oil Heating . 846 
Editorials . 852 
Events of the Week .853 
Markets .856 
Market Notes .857 
Humorous .860 
