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THE RURAL 
NEW-YORKER 
July 29, 1899 
JCCESS Edge POlflt 
One Question Only: 
'e you interested in a potato digger 
If so, we can please you! 
Write for information. 
BUY "DIRECT FROM FACTORY,” BESl 
MIXED PAIN IS 
profits. In use r, 4 .yours. I ndorsed by Grange * 
Alliance, l ow prices will surprise you. Write for Sampie* 
f>, W. INtiURSOLL, m Plymouth St., Brooklyn, N. I. 
FROM GROWER TO CONSUME]!. 
tiie finest 
TEAS® COFFEES 
At One-Half Price are our only Inducement*. 
No Presents RSTEi" No Discounts 
tutlous. and large consumers. Try the goods before 
paying for them'. Full particulars free. 
CONSUMERS IMPORTING TEA CO., 
r. (). Box 290. (l)ept. ID, New York, N. V. 
Humorous. 
"Pit wat koind av a horse is a cob, 
Larry?” “Wan thot-’s raised intoirely 
on corn, Dinny ."—Chicago Record. 
Kiiisr Tramp:* “Is dere any difference 
between indolent and lazy?” Second 
Tramp: “Well, I s'pose when a man’s 
lazy what kin afford it, dey call him in¬ 
dolent.”— JP«c?A\ 
City Man (in a village among the 
Alps): “Can I have some Alpine but¬ 
ter?” Host: “Yes; but not for an hour. 
The maid has gone to the city for it.”— 
FI icffcnde Til act t cr. 
“Yxs, sor, th’ boys are stroikin’ for 
shorter hours, but it sanies foolish to 
me.” “How long are their hours now, 
Larry?” “Sixty minutes, sor, an’ bedad, 
Oi can’t sac how they kin make ’im iny 
different widout changin’ th’ calinder.” 
’—Chicago News. 
Sadie was eleven and Alice was seven. 
At lunch said Alice, “I wonder what 
part of an animal a chop is. Is it a 
leg?” “Of course not,” returned Sadie. 
“It’s the jaw-bone. Haven’t you ever 
heard of animals licking their chops?”— 
Youth’s Companion. 
Hostess (at party): “Does your 
mother allow you to have two pieces of 
pie when you are at home, Willie?” 
Willie (who lias asked for a second 
piece): “No, ma’am.” “Well, do you 
think she d like you to have two pieces 
here?” “Oh”—confidently—“she wouldn’t 
care. This isn’t her pie !”—Credit Lout. 
“The milk has a very bitter taste this 
morning,” said the suburban resident. 
“Well,” was the answer, “if you want 
good milk, you ought to he willin’ to 
help some. I’ve wondered time an’ again 
why you didn’t chase the cow out of 
your front yard. Ail them geraniums and 
chrysanthemums an’ things is enough to 
spile any cow’s milk .”—Washington Star. 
h ENCH r&c DROMG e OLD’S grain 
and Fertilizer Drill 
I’ositively tho ' 
nentCMt, liglii/y 
cut and strong¬ 
est grain 
drill on tho 
market. 
Many points 
of superi¬ 
ority; it is 
geared from 
the centre. 
Quantity of 
grain and fertilizer 
can he changed while in 
operation without the uso ^ 
of gear wheels. Fully guaranteed. 
Positively accurate in iiuun- 
||t,y. (live one a trial and he con¬ 
vinced. Agents wanted. Circulars froe. Address 
UENCIl «Y DltOJHMOLB, iMIr’s, York, Pa. 
TIE “HOOVER’’ DIGGER 
DIGS 
POTATOES 
Rapid Clean 
id Oheup. 
By mentioning this 
paper you can get 
illustrated book free. 
and 
HOOVER, PROUT & CO- Avery, Ohio. 
MONEY 
Is greatly Increased by using labor 
_ saving ninclilncry. 
It costs too much to dig 
potatoes by hand. 
DOWDEN 
Potato Diggers 
, Dig Potatoes 
■'Cheaper and Cleaner 
than can be done by hand. No mat- 
ter how deep or shallow THEY 
GET THEM ALL. With care they last Indefinitely. 
Don’t hoy until you see our Free, Uli page catalogue. 
DOWDEN M’F’G CO.. Box 22 Prulrlo City, Iowa. 
flOW TO DRAIN LAND PROFITABLY. 
On every farm there is probably some land 
that could be made more productive by under- 
drainage. Properly drained land can always 
be worked earlier, and more profitably. The 
best and most 
economical way 
to drain is ex¬ 
plained in the 
book, “ Benefits of Drainage and How to Drain,” 
which Is sent/mi by 
JOHN H. JACKSON, Third Ave., Albany, N.Y. 
ROUND T 
Special 
Offer 
The first order for Osgood's Scales 
In your locality takes the agency. 
One OSGOOD always sells another. 
OSGOOD SCALE CO.. Don’t 
103Central St . Binghamton. N Y Wait 
GEM ibBaler 
Warrantod the lightest, strong 
eil cheapest A fastest Full Circle Baler in the 
market. Made of wrought Btoel. Can be operated 
with one or two horses. Will hale 111 to 16 tons of hay 
a day. Write for desorlpt ion and prices. 
CEORCE ERTEL CO., QUINCY, ILL. 
fllDER 
MACHINERY 
li 
Best and cheapest. 
Send for catalogue. 
BOOMER & BOSCHERT 
PRESS CO.. 
'■8 Water Street, 
SYRACUSE, N. V. 
CONTENTS. 
The Rural New Yorker, July 39, 1S99. 
FARM TOPICS. 
Sizing up tho Weeck 
Killing Grasshoppei 
Alfalfa in Ontario.. 
Clover and Timothy 
A Cover Crop for N 
Green Manure for Poor Land.545 
What Manorial Crops?. 
“Atomizing” Potato Beetles.545 
Second-Crop Potatoes.645 
Hope Farm Notes.547 
“Black Death”.547 
Old Times on the Farm.549 
Work. 
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.fr 
Ohio. 
1 lampshlrc 
Land. 
dndiestThin^theparn) 
^ bundling potatoes, onions, nil vegetable*, 
without bruising. Lightest* strongest, most 
tlur/ihlo scoop ever sold. Made of one solid piece 
of best quality steel. Save time and work by using a 
DIAMOND SCOOP FORK 
for handling fine manure, lime, etc. We also make the ap¬ 
proved Diamond Bed Fork with 7 hall end tines. Ask 
dealers for them. Karin and Garden Tool Catalogue lree« 
ASHTABULA TOOL CO., ASHTABULA. Ohio. 
DON'T BE 
A ROBBER! 
MluHhantl the fertility of your farm 
a ml every time, you plant seed 
you trill yet a paying crop. 
Strange how a man will take crop after crop off the farm, putting nothing back, and then expect 
to lie prosperous. If you handled the manure you have on the farm properly, results 
would be different and you should not need to be be buying commercial fertilizer. 
The KEMP MANURE SPREADER 
Will Doubt • and Treble the Value of tho Manure Heap. 
It spreads all kinds of fine and coarse manure evenly; makes no “skips;” does not dump a great 
load in one spot, but covers the entire ground evenly. Tears up coarse and lumpy manure and 
makes it fine. Better than anyhodycan do it by hand. Spreads lime, wood ashes, salt, etc., equally 
well. With the drill attachment it puts tho manure direct into the open drill. Made in three con¬ 
venient sizes. Ask the opinion of anybody that uses one. Write for illustrated catalogue. 
Kemp & Burpee Mfg. Co., Box 38, Syracuse, N. Y. 
LIVE STOCK AND DAIRY. 
Protect the Horses. 
A Novel Chicken Coop.. 
High Pressure In Milk Preserving... 
Long Island Ducks. 
Some Odd Bits. 
Tuberculosis in Cattle. 
Corns on a Horse. 
Hernia in a Colt; Warts. 
Foot Rot in Cow. 
Thick-Winded I lorso. 
Inflammation of Eye. 
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HORTICULTURAL. 
Soils and Fruits in Alabama. 
How to Keep Apples. 
Cold and San Jos6 Scale. 
The Primus Slmonl Plum. 
(Been Crops for Georgia Orchards. 
How to Kill Plantain. 
Sex in Strawberry Plants. 
Melons in Peach Orchards. 
Ginseng . 
I landscape Gardening. 
The Western N. Y. Raspberry Crop... 
Summer Apples in Illinois. 
WOMAN AND HUM 13. 
From Day to Day. 
Woman’s Work iu Syria.. 
A Comment on Vegetarianism. 
The Wheel and the Woman. 
With tho Procession. 
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MISCELLANEOUS. 
Current-Wheel Water Power... 
Spanish Land Laws. 
Cider-Making in Illinois. 
Condensing Boiler Steam. 
Acetylene Gas..— 
The Bicycle Bug. 
The Bight Talk. 
Ruralisms . 
Bulletins Boiled Down. 
Value of a Life. 
Editorials . 
Brevities . 
Events of the Week. 
Markets . 
Business Bits. 
Among tho Marketmen. 
Humorous . 
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