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THE RURAL NEW-YORKER 
August 5, 1899 
Humorous. 
“Now who is that?” asked a dignified hen; 
“That chicken in white and gray? 
She's very swell dressed, but whence did 
she come? 
And her family, who are they?” 
“She never can move in our set, mv dear,” 
Said the old hen’s friend to her, later; 
“I've just found out—you’ll be shocked to 
hear— 
She was hatched in an incubator.” 
Many a man would be all right if he 
could lose his reputation. —Chicago News. 
Teacher: “Johnny, can. you name the 
chief product of the Philippine Islands?” 
Johnny: “Yes’m. Trouble.”— Life. 
“Willie, I hate to whip you. It hurts 
me worse than it does you.” “Let Ma 
do it, then. She can’t pound hard ’nough 
to hurt me ner her either .”—Chicago 
Record. 
Mistress: “How was it you were so 
late this morning? Didn’t you hear 
your alarm clock?” Maid: “I did, Mem; 
hut I thought I had only dreamt it, and 
it didn’t go off again, Mem .”—lionlon 
Tra nscript. 
“There is one thing that you ought to 
remember, Remus, and that is that 
‘honesty is the best policy.’ ” “I done 
year folkes says that befo’, Sah, hut fuh 
merself, I’d radder play de udder kine.” 
•—Credit Lost. 
Bookkeeper: “Sir, your little son has 
just eaten some of that artificial fer¬ 
tilizer which nobody will buy.” Chief: 
“Gracious! And has it not made him 
sick?” Bookkeeper: “No; he is quite 
well.” Chief: “Then sell the stuff from 
nowon as‘The Best Food for Infants.’” 
—Lustigc Blatter. 
A very subdued looking boy of about 
13 years, with a long scratch on his nose 
and an air of general dejection, came to 
his teacher and handed her a note before 
taking his seat and becoming deeply ab¬ 
sorbed in his book. The note read as 
follows: “Miss B.:—Please excuse James 
for not being thare yesterday. He played 
trooant, but i guess you don’t need 
to lick him for it, as the boy he played 
trooant with an’ him fell out, an’ the 
boy licked him, an’ a man they sassed 
caught him an’ licked him, an’ the 
driver of a sled they hung on to licked 
him allso. Then his pa licked him, an’ I 
had to give him another one for sassing 
me for telling his pa, so you need not 
lick him until next time .”—Credit Lost. 
BUY "DIRECT FROM FACTORY," BE Si 
MIXED PAINT5 
At WHOLESAI.K PUK ES, Delivered FREE 
For Houses, Barns, Roofs, all colors, and SA \ Uealert 
profifs. In use 54 years. Endorsed by Orange & Farmers 
Alliance. Low prices will surprise you. Write for Samples 
.% W. INGERSOLL, 246 Plymouth St., Brooklyn, N. l. 
FROM GROWER TO CONSUMER 
TIIE FI3NTEST 
TEAS-i COFFEES 
At One-Half Price are our only inducements 
No Presents 
No Discounts 
Special terms to 
. __Farmers, lnsti--- 
tutlons. and large consumers. Try the goods before 
paying for them. Full particulars free. 
CONSUMERS IMPORTING TEA CO. 
1\ o. Box 290 (Dept. B), New York, N T . Y. 
APORATING FRUIT 
Complete rigs for gilt-edge work and big profit*. 
AMERICAN MANUFACTURING CO., 
Box 407, Waynesboro, Pa. 
CHARTER GASOLINE ENGINE 
Any Place 
By Any One 
For Any Purpose 
Stationaries, Portable* 
Engines and, Pumps. 
State your Power Needs. 
Charter Gas Engine Co , Box 26 , Sterling. Ill 
IDE 
MACHINERY 
I Best and cheapest. 
' Send for catalogue 
BOOMER & BOSCHERT 
PRESS CO.. 
118 Water Street, 
SYRACUSE, K. \ . 
indies fThiBSfcFflrui 
^ t? _ V _ J 1 f .— - 1 a * A — _ AM.rtMfl alt WAtVAf eVtl AO. 
- For handling potatoes, onions, all vegetables, 
without bruising. Lightest, strongest, most 
durable scoop ever sold. Made of one solid piece 
of best quality steel. Save time and work by using a 
DIAMOND SCOOP FORK 
for hAnriling fine manure, lime, etc. We also make the ap¬ 
proved Diamond Beet Kork with 7 ball end tines. Auk 
dealers for them. Farm and Garden Tool Catalogue free. 
ASHTABULA TOOL CO., ASHTABULA, Ohio. 
THE SPANGLER 
ENSILAGE CUTTER.'FoVfsol? 
Do you eiDect to put up Ensilage this Fall ? 
If so, the TORNADO -will do it better and 
faster than any other. With our Improved 1899 
Carriers or Conveyers they n-ake the beet 
Ensilage Outfits kno—n UNEijUALEI) FOR 
DRY CORN FODDER AND HAY. 8end for 
catalogue and Pree Sample of the TORNA¬ 
DO’S work on Corn Fodder and liny. Also. 
Land Rollers and 
Sweep Horse Powers. 
W. R. HARRISON & CO.,Mfrs.,Massillon,0. 
Treatise on Cheap and Practical Silo Building 
mailed FREE. Mention The R.N.-Y. 
LATEST IMPROVED 
HORSE POWER 
Machines for Threshing and Cleaning Crain. 
Also machines for SAWING WOOD, 
and cross-cut 
drag saws. 
Acknowledged 
by all to be 
ity and quantity of work. 
The Best 
regarding easy 
draft, durnbil- 
50 page pamphlet free. 
A. W. CRAY’S SONS, r £Z'SS? 
P. O. Box 80, Middletown Springs, Vt. 
One A two-horse Thrashing Outfits. Level PHTTCDO 
Tread, Pat. Governor, Feed and Ensilage 9" • I LliO 
ELLIS KEYSTONE AGR’L WORKS, Pottstown, Pa 
F. L. MAINE, General Agent, Willet, N. Y. 
F. II. BENEDICT. General Agent. McLean. N.Y. 
UHDCC DflUfCDC thrashers 
flunot rUVvCnO) and cleaners 
wood SAWS. 
LIGHTNING WELL MACHY 
IS THE STANDAR D 
sr/AM pumps, air urrs.i J 
GASOLINE ENGINES 
WRITE FOR CIRCULAR Big 
eurniAAM tifpi i iiinm/r u ■■ 
THE AMERICAN WELL WORKS 
m 
AUR0R/ULL-CHICAGO- DALLAS,TE)C 
DRILLING 
Machines 
Over 70 sizes and styles, for drilling either deep or 
shallow wells in any kind of soil or rock. Mounted 
on wheels or on sills. With engines or horse powers. 
Strong, simple and durable. Any mechanic can 
operate them easily. Send for catalog. 
WILLIAMS BROS., Ithaca, N. Y. 
RIFE HYDRAULIC ENGINE 
Pure water delivered by muddy 
water a» power. 
Brook water used to pump spring water 
Absolute Guarantee. 
Your Money Back if 
You Want It. 
Send Your Conditions. 
POWER SPECIALTY CO., 12G Liberty St., New York. 
Grain and Fertilizer Drill. 
Best on earth. Absolutely Positive Force-Feed. 
Light Draft. Fully warranted. Write us for Drill 
Book and Prices. We will make it pay you. 
SPANGLER MFG. CO., York, Pa. 
BALED HAY 
Every little ship¬ 
ping station is a 
market. No matter 
how far away from 
the city you live, 
thete Is a market 
for baled hay at the 
nearest 
railroad 
station 
Finds a Market 
anywhere. 
This mach¬ 
ine means a 
profit on the 
hay crop 
every time, 
everywhere. 
The Beet and most Economical Hay Presses are the 
DEDERICK PRESSES. 
This cut shows the Dcdcrlck Pntcnt Continuous Belt 
Pres* with steel case. We build hand, horse and 
steam power presses both 111 wood frame and steel 
case. Are fastest and make the most eompnet, even 
sized hales. Pack evenly and perfectly In a car—you 
can get In moro hay and save much freight. Wo also 
make the best wire bale ties. “Hay Baling Facts” free. 
P. K. DEDERICK’S SONS, 20 Tivoli St., Albany, N. Y. 
OEM i&Baler 
__ Warranted the lightest, strong 
esTcheapest A fastest Full >LLCT)ircle Baler in the 
market. Made of wrought steel. Can be operated 
with one or two horses. Will hale 10 to 15 tons of hay 
a day. Write for description and prices. 
CEORCE ERTEL CO., QUINCY, ILL. 
AHAYCROPAB 
and its value depends upon how 
It is marketed. Haled Hay 
finds a ready market anywhere. 
“ELI” 
Baling 
make the most even, com¬ 
pact halts. Save freightin loading full 
cars. Famlc^t and Huf'ent to feed. 
Feed hole 53x30 inches. They are built to last. Require the min¬ 
imum of power. Write for HLF.K illustrated catalogue. 
COLLINS PLOW CO., III! Hampshire St., QUINCY, ILL. 
llorse and 
Stui Power. 
PUMPS 
WATER — 
SHELLS 
CORN- 
GRINDS 
FEED- 
CHURNS 
BUTTER- 
—and hundreds of other jobs with the 
strength of 15 men. Most Convenient and 
useful power ever invented. Costs only TWO 
cents per hour to run. Especially adapted 
to farm work. 
it isa NEW ENGINE made by 
Fairbanks r Agencies 
in all principal Cities 
Chas. J. Jager Co., 
Boston. 
Patterson, Gottfried 
& Hunter, 
New York 
Morse & 
Company 
Chicago 
BUCKEYE FORCE PUMPS 
are leaders In the trade 
because they work easy, throw a steady- 
stream, do not drip, do not freeze but 
Please all who use them. 
They are made to pump and to last, and 
they do both The complete embodiment 
of pump goodness. Write for circulars. 
MASTT F00S & CO., II River Street, Springfield, Ohio. 
A Good Far in Engine 
pays for itself in many ways. The con¬ 
venience of an ever-reody power for cut¬ 
ting and grin ding feed, 
threshing, shelling corn, 
separating cream, pumping 
water, sawing wood, etc., is! 
appreciated by all. Then, too,' 
if you have the power you may 
make a great deal of money 
by grinding feed for your 
neighbors. We make 
UPRIGHT and 
HORIZONTAL 
ENGINES 
with STEEL BOILERS 
from 3 H. P. up, both sta¬ 
tionary and portable. We 
believe them to be the best all-around farm engines 
made. You will agree with us when you read our Book 
on Engines and Boilers, sent FREE to intending 
buyer*. Prices reasonable. 
JAMES LEFFEL 6l CO. Box , 0 . Springfield, O 
Success Z. Potato Harvester 
One Question 
Only: 
Are you interested in 
a potato digger? 
If so, we can please 
you. 
Write for information 
D.Y. HALL0CK&SONS, 
Box 805, York, Pa. 
CONTENTS. 
The Rural New-Yorker, August 5, IS”!). 
FARM TOPICS. 
South Jersey Potatoes.557, 55S 
Early Potatoes in Northern Michigan_55S 
Killing Sorrel.55S 
Killing Insects by Disease.559 
Drying Sweet Corn for Seed Purposes_559 
Plaster and Paris-Green.550 
Mixing of Corn.550 
Grass for Name.550 
Buying Potash and Phosphoric Acid.560 
First Experience with Cow Peas.560 
Western Fertilizers.561 
Government Grass Seed.561 
Quick to Learn.561 
Seeding from Cultivator.561 
Practical Farm Experiments.561 
Hope Farm Notes.565 
LIVE STOCK AND DAIRY. 
Tuberculosis in Connecticut.559 
Fodder Crops for Northern New York—560 
Long Island Ducks ( Concluded ).570 
State and Western Creamery Butter.571 
Purebred Scrub Stock.571 
Sterility in a Cow.571 
He Likes Red Polls.571 
Raising Belgian Hares.571 
HORTICULTURAL. 
An Orchard of Bose Pears. 
Early-Bearing Nut Trees. 
Neat Packages for Good Products 
Montana Tree Planting. 
Strawberry Plants. 
Cow Peas for Strawberries. 
A Blister Beetle. 
A Strawberry Trust. 
High-Priced Grapes. 
Pears in Virginia. 
A Connecticut Field Meeting. 
WOMAN AND HOME. 
From Day to Day. 
The Lesson of Endurance. 
Midsummer Shopping. 
Sugarless Apple Jelly. 
With the Procession. 
557 
557 
558 
,558 
560 
,560 
,560 
561 
562 
.562 
563 
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.567 
.567 
'.567 
MISCELLANEOUS. 
“Turning Black”. 
Agricultural Scientists Meet. 
Ruralisms . 
Editorials .. — 
Brevities .. 
Old Days on the Farm. Part III 
Events of the Week. 
Markets . 
Business Bits. 
Among the Marketmen. 
Here and There. 
Humorous . 
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