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THE RURAL NEW-YORKER. 
February 18. 1899 
The enormous output of McCormick Machines defies the mental grasp of man. If the 
machines we manufacture were to issue from the gate of our works, (with the largest 
output in the world) the spectator would see all throughout the working day a 
McCormick Machine emerging at full gallop every 40 seconds. The demand of 
the farmers in the past season of 1898 was for 189,760 McCormick Machines. 
This continuing tremendous call of the farmers will result in our manufact¬ 
uring and selling still larger numbers in one season by the end of the 
century. What is the cause of this unheard of demand? What is the 
reason of the everlasting popularity of McCormick Machines? 
Why are we forced to run our Works by night and by day 
up to the output of a machine every 40 seconds? 
The cause is plain. The answer is simple. It 
is The Building of the Best in the World. 
Almost seventy seasons of success have 
elapsed since Cyrus H. McCormick 
invented the Reaper in 1831. In all that 
time the McCormick has been The Best 
Built Machine in the World. The McCormick 
Machines for 1899 are The Best in the World. The 
McCormick Right Hand Self-binding Harvester; 
the New 4 Mower 4 y 2 and 5 ft. cut; the Big4 Mower 
6ft. and 7 ft. cut; the One Horse Mower, 3K and 
4 ft. cut; the Folding Daisy; the Corn Harvester; the 
Corn Husker and Fodder Shredder and the Hand 
and Self-dump Hay Rakes 8 ft., 10 ft. and 12 ft. are 
The Best in the World. All these eight machines are 
McCormick End of the Century machines; built with 
brilliance of invention and honor in construction that sets 
a noble standard to all other agricultural machines on earth. 
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CHICAGO. 
A. .A. 
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"PLANET JR.” CHAPTERS.—No. 7. 
Head of the Procession. 
You must keep yourself moving if you are going to keep up with the 
“Planet Jr.” Farm and Garden Tools. Every year they do more and 
better work than the year before. Take the new Two-Row Pivot Wheel 
!». <£2 Cultivator, that does double work at one passage, saving one man and 
team; or the wonderful Four-Row Beet Cultivator, one of the greatest labor-savers ever invented. All the “Planet Jr.” 
tools—one-horse, two-horse, and hand—keep j r ou pushing ahead, and making money. 
Write for the new 1899 Catalogue, witli splendid photographic views of farm scenes all over the world, with the “Planet Jr.” Tools at 
work. It’s the most interesting and inspiring implement catalogue ever published. Inquiries for it pile higher and higher daily. Another 
edition published if necessary. Sent FREE. 
Look up previous advertisements about “The Mortgage Lifters,” S. L. ALLEN & CO., Box 1107 V, Philadelphia. 
“A Farmer's Art Gallery," il A Pair of Manitoba Girls,” etc. 
T ^ * T 
Pulverizing Harrow, Clod Crusher and Leveler 
For all soils, all work-crushes, cuts, lifts, pulverizes, turns 
and levels. Cast steel and wrought iron-therefore 
indestructible. Cheapest riding harrow and best pul- 
verizer on earth. Sizes 3 to 13^ feet. Catalogue free. 
Blr^ SENT ON TRIAL to be returned at my expense if not Entirely Satisfactory. 
I deliver freeon board at New York, Chicago, Columbus, O., Louisville, Ky„ Minneapolis, San Francisco andothcr point*. 
Address DUANE H. NASH, Sole Mfr., MILLINGTON, N. J., or CHICACO- ILL. 
PLEASE MENTION THIS PAPER. 
Lean’s Harrow 
Omaha 
Exposition 
The simple lever adjusts the teeth to any angle. 
Slants forward to tear up theground; slants back 
to smooth the ground and to barrow growing 
crops. Unequalled weed exterminator. Saves 
its cost first season. Address 
RODKKICK LEAN MFC. CO., MANSFIELD, O. 
;oing to buy a HARROW 
’ r ant Best for least Cash 
UfC make that kind, 
ff L PAY FREil.HT. Cat¬ 
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No time is lost “cleanin 
up” when you work witl 
our Improved “Pennsylva¬ 
nia” Harrow. Each tooth 
is protected by a shoe at the 
\Jrame; each tooth works 
Tree from the frame, thus 
(avoiding clogging between 
'the frame and the tooth. 
The Friction Clamp Tooth Holder takes the lead 
for strength and simplicity. The “PESSSYLVAS1A” 
Steel Frame 
Float 
Is by far the most complete spring tooth harrow 
ever invented. The teeth are easily adjusted by 
Simply loosening one nut. Teeth wear from 15 to 
19 inches. Send for prices. Illustrated cata¬ 
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A. B. FARQUHAR CO., Ltd., York, Pa. 
OLIVER CHILLED PL0WSS8 
A “hog hole” is bad enough under a fence, but 
it is infinitely worse in a furrow. 
A good plow does not “cut and cover” and leave “hog _ 
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even width; it will work in almost any kind of soil and will turn sod 
and stubble equally well; it will be light, but strong, easy draft, easy 
to handle and long lived. 
THE OLIVERCHILLED PLOW is such a plow, and the more than 
1,800,000 now in actual use are so many testimonials to their superior 
quality and the excellence of their work. 
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Oliver Chilled Plow Works, 
SO. BEND, INDIANA, U. S. A. 
HARROW 
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The Improved-RobbinsPotatoPlanter 
never misses and never doubles in a 
hill. It is guaranteed . 
to give satisfac- a Plants 4 to 7 
tion. StRbr acres a day. 
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777717. 
Good sense applied to potato plant¬ 
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ltobbins Potato Planter. Good 
mechanical sense perfected it, and 
good farming sense makes use of 
it. It saves time at the busiest 
time of the year. Saves wages. 
Saves crops by seeding every hill. 
Saves fertilizers by perfect sowing 
Far better than hand dropping. 
First order in new territory secures | 
special price. Iron Age Rook of| 
farm and carden implements free. 
BATEMAN MFG. CO., 
Box lO'j, Grenloch, N. J, 
E BOY.... 
(IN 
a Wiard Adjustable Weeder 
can hoe more corn, potatoes, beans, etc., than 
six men using hoes. A saving of labor and money. 
THIS 
WEEDER 
cleans a strip 
114 feet wide, 
has 85 oil tem¬ 
pered spring 
steel teeth and 
weighs 95 lbs. 
is adjustable ™ . a mi mwi -v - 
that the teeth may \ \\ \ \ \\ Non© 
lie used straight or \ VI Better, 
slanted to the row. Few as Cood. 
The coil spring produces a vibratory motion which com¬ 
pletely stirs and fines every particle of soil, not only be¬ 
tween the row but in the row; kills all the weeds, pre¬ 
serves the natural soil moisture and promotes the 
growth of plants. For sale by dealers. Ask for the 
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THE WIARD PLOW CO. Batavia, M. Y. 
SELl DIRECT 
TO THE V 
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Special 
Prices, 
Write Direct To 29 Bond St 
CaSTREE C SllAV'C»Mfrs 0 M ( l?n a 
THE EDGAR FANNING WEEDER 
Saves more labor. Does bet¬ 
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Weeder. Weeding done while 
cultivating without extra 
labor. No clogging. Will fit 
any two-horse cultivator. 
Agents wanted. For descrip¬ 
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Baiting Hollow, N. Y. 
A FIRST CLASS POTATO PLANTER 
That E VERY EARJIER can afford to buy. 
Special Introductory Price this year to farm¬ 
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usatonce. Schofield&Co., Mfrs., Freeport III 
CONTENTS. 
The Rural New-Yorker, Feb. 18 , 1899 . 
FARM TOPICS. 
Early Potato and Tomato. 117 
Three Forms of Nitrogen. 117 
Starting Cabbage in the Greenhouse. 117 
Slaughterhouse Refuse for Fertilizer.117 
Alfalfa on Heavy Clay. H7 
Protein Crops for the North...H8 
Questions About Early Potatoes. 118 
A Dangerous Cabbage Disease. 118 
Hope Farm Notes.119 
Cow Peas for Poor Land. 119 
Adulterated Seeds.120 
Farm Legislation at Albany.131 
LIVE STOCK AND DAIRY. 
A Test for Skim-milk. H8 
A Discussion of Cows. 121 
A Good Guernsey Cow.121 
Trusts and Rumors of Trusts. 122 
Keep Out Tuberculous Cattle.... 123 
Laws Regulating Dishorning. 123 
The Patron’s Relations to Cheesemakers. 124 
Dairy Matters at Albany... 124 
Old Cow Fails to Breed. 125 
Stringy or Slimy Milk. 125 
Diarrhea or Dysentery in Sheep. 125 
A Blood Purifier for the Horse. 125 
HORTICULTURAL. 
The Magnolia Quince.113 
Heading Back Peach Trees. 113 
The Doctor Apple. 113 
Best Cherry for Virginia. 113 
Old or New Land for Peaches. 113 
Foreign Grapes in South Carolina. 113 
Arkansas Seedling Apples; Garber Pear. 113 
Wickson and Red June Plums in Mass_ 113 , 114 
Peaches and Butternuts.114 
Setting a Chestnut Orchard...114 
How to Build a Chill-Room.114) H 5 
Forcing Rhubarb in the Dark. Part IV. 115 
Fruits for an Illinois Farmer. 115 
“ Both Useful and Ornamental ”. 115 
A Commercial Pear Orchard.ns 
Water Heater for Hotbeds... ’. ng 
Hardy Raspberry. 117 
Some New Apples. 117 
Improving Strawberries by Selection. 118 
WOMAN AND HOMS. 
From Day to Day. 128 
To Dispose of the Family Pig (Concluded) . 128 
Women in the Philippines. 129 
The Care of Furs. 129 
A New Departure. 129 
MISCELLANEOUS. 
Sanitary Disposal of Household Wastes. 114 
How Insects Spend the Winter. lie 
Fish for 8mall Pond; Peaches.’ H9 
Rural isms. 12O 
Editorials. 126 
“ Maple Syrup ” from Chips and Pigskins. 127 
Events of the Week.127 
Among the Marketmen. 131 
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Did you read what 30 farmers wrote 
about Hallock’s Success Anti-Clog 
V See advertisement in 
▼ Y • l as t week’s issue of this paper. 
