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THE RURAL NEW-YORKER 
September 23, 1899 
Humorous. 
Friends, here’s a truth—that is as clear 
As it is deep: 
“How can a fellow’s wife ‘be dear’ 
While ‘talk is cheap?’ ” 
—Catholic Standard and Times. 
Mamma: “What are you playing with, 
darling?” The Darling: “With a cater¬ 
pillar and two little kittenpillars.”— 
Credit Lost. 
“Did you like it out in the country, 
Dicky?” “Yes’m; th’ cistern wuz dry, 
and Maw couldn’ be all th’ time washin’ 
me.”— Chicago Record. 
The Buyer: “Well, how old?” His 
Vet.: “Aged. Ten or twelve years, sir.” 
The Buyer: “Take ’im away. I want a 
steady, middle-aged ’orse like myself.”— 
Pick-Me-Up. 
“What’s the matter with Shingle?” 
“He doesn’t know, he’s so thin.” “What 
do you mean by that?” “Simply that he 
can’t tell whether it’s stomach trouble 
or back ache.”— Philadelphia Record. 
“You have had experience as a waiter, 
I suppose?” said the restaurant proprie¬ 
tor to the applicant for work. “Yes, sir,” 
was the reply. “I’ve been courting a girl 
for six years, and waiting all that time 
for her to make up her mind.”— Tit-Bits. 
“Now, take the cat, for instance,” said 
the teacher, during a natural-history 
lesson in our village school. "Do any of 
you children know of any other animal 
that has whiskers?” “Please, Teacher, 
my daddy has!” Collapse of teacher.— 
Answers. 
Mrs. Newlywed: “I was going to have 
some sponge cake as a surprise for you. 
dear, but I confess it was a failure.” Mr. 
Newlywed: “What was the matter?” 
Mrs. Newlywed: “I don’t know for sure, 
but I think the druggist sent me the 
wrong kind of sponges.”— Philadelphia 
Record. 
“Wasn’t that young Mr. Tiff who left 
the house as I came in?” asked the 
judge of his eldest daughter. “Yes, 
Papa.” ' Did I not issue an injunction 
against his coming here any more?” 
“Yes, Papa; but he appealed to a higher 
court, and Mamma reversed your de¬ 
cision.’ ’— Tit-Bits. 
Young Fiddleback: "Miss Gadway, 
there is a little Question I have long 
been wanting to ask you, but every time 
the words have risen to my lips there 
has been some interruption. Do you-” 
Miss Gadway: “Do not hesitate, Mr. 
Fiddleback—Clarence.” Young Fiddle- 
back: “I was going to ask you, do you 
think a pug dog has any brains?”— 
Credit Lost. 
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CONSUMERS IMPORTING TEA CO.. 
P. O. Pox 390 (Dept. B), New York, N. Y. 
Why pay high 
. price, for a Po¬ 
tato Digger, 
when the B. M. 
Potato Sifter, 
used with an 
ordinary two 
horse plow will 
dig them clean ? Don’t think it too simple, but order 
one and oe convinced that it will do the bus'ness. 
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Hall’s Corners, Ontario County, N. Y. 
DAI 
PORTABLE CORN CRIBS, 
.wTwo styles. 
Four sizes each,. 
Adam’s No. 1 Crib, 
The best made. ’ 
Adam’s No. 2 Orib 1 
for One Cent per < 
bushel. Ask your ( 
dealer for them or , 
write 
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SMALLEY CUTTERS For 1899 
are more complete than ever before. They will 
be furnisned, If desired, with Patent Automatic 
Self-Feed, increasing capacity greatly and 
diminishing labor of feeding nearly ONE 
HALF. Pour sizes. Nos. 16, 18, 30 and 36. 
If your dealer don t handle them, write for 99 Catalogue 
and get SPECIAL Introduction PRICES on tlic 
SMALLEY LINE COMPLETE. 
• Yankee Srno Sense —our latest Silo booklet, ex Gov. 
Hoard s Latest Views—mailed free to*any one naming this paper 
Patented 
899. 
SMALLEY MFC. COMPANY, Sole Makers, MANITOWOC, WIS. 
WHEN SELECTING A CUTTER OR SHREDDER, 
we invite you to get a catalogue of 
Wilder's Ensilage Machinery 
Machines with Self-Feed Tables. Swivel or Straight Carriers, 
Front-Cut or Cylinder Machines, Shredders or Splitters. 
OUR PLAN of SELLING will please you. Write to 
J. K. WILDER & SONS, Monroe, Michigan. 
gndics tThin^t^Farm 
— ^ nCv ___ J 1 1.1 ^nnS/tna all wA<vat>b1 at. 
w For handling: potatoes, onions, all vegetables* 
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DIAMOND SCOOP FORK 
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dealers for them. Farm and Garden Tool Catalogue lrce. 
ioiiriuiHTi a rrnnT T'o AQIITAUIIhA. Ohio. 
Excelsior Potato Digger. 
Digs cleaner than any other, and 
leaves every potato on top of 
ground without bruising. 
It is the lightest draft, and is the only digger adapted to all kinds 
of soil, wet or dry. We guarantee satis- AGENTS WANTED 
faction. Write for circular to-day. - 
J. A. BUCK A CO., COHOES , TV. Y. 
Pease’s Sorting Machine. 
For Potatoes, Apples Onions Etc 
Adjustable for sorting any size. Every machine warranted durable 
and rapid. Will pay for itself in one week. CAPACITY, 100 BUSHELS 
PER HOUR. We manufacture a fine line of 
Apple Slicers, Choppers and Vegetable Scoops. 
F. B. PEASE, 
Send for Circular. 610 South Clinton St., Rochester, N. Y. 
the “HOOVER” DIGGER 
DIGS 
POTATOES 
Rapid Clean 
ana Cheap. 
By mentioning this 
paper you can get 
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HOOVER, PROUT & CO. Avery, Ohio. 
F ODDE R CUTTER with Corn Stalk Crusher 
Powers for 1, 2, 3 and 4 horsei, either 
level or regular tread; Sweap 
Powers, Grain Separators, hand 
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cultivators 
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THE "LESLIE" LINE 
OF FODDER AND ENSILAGE 
SHREDDERS and CUTTERS 
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3t. Albans Foundry Go. St. Albans, Vt. 
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F. H. BENEDICT, General Agent. McLean, N.Y 
LATEST IMPROVED 
HORSE POWER 
Machines for Threshing and Cleaning Grain. 
Also machines for IAWING WOOD, 
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a. w. Cray’s sons, 
P. O. Box 80, Middletown Springs, Vt. 
MANY A MAN 
has been detered from buying an Ensilage and 
Fodder Cutter because 
his power was not heavy 
enough to 
run one. 
Cuts 4 
different 
Lengths. 
Any length 
of elevator de¬ 
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wheel, safety 
treadle lever. 
THE CALE-BALDWIN 
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ENSILACE and DRY FODDER CUTTER8 
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THE BELCHER A. TAYLOR A. T. CO. 
Box 76, Chicopee Falls, Mass. 
A FEED R UTTER 
to be a success must cut all kinds of green 
and dry fodder fast, 11 nc, and with 
the minimum of power. 
DICK’S 
Feed and Ensilage Cutters 
do this and more. They 
first *plit and then cut 
r 11 feed. 
They get 
all tn e 
profit out 
of a corn crop. 
They are atrong, 
well made and 
long-lived, 
cut feed in 
lengths, from 
in. up Haud 
any length. Ask your dealer for Dick’s. Write us for free catalogue. 
DICK’S AGRICULTURAL WORKS, Box 27, Canton, 0. 
CORN FODDER 
is equal In feeding value to> 
the best hay when prepared by 
The Ross 
ENSILAGE MACHINERY. 
Cuts ensilage, corn fodder, 
hay. Ac., for feed, and straw for 
haling and bedding. Send for 
free catalogue No. 18 
IS A FACT 
that the best result* in feeding stock 
of any kind are attained with ground 
feed. To grim! feed most success¬ 
ful! v requires 
SCIENTIFIC 
Grinding Mills. 
They have largest possible capa¬ 
city with minimum power. 
Crush*and grind corn, hunk eon 
and nil, and ail smallgrain singly 
or mixed. Have self-sharpening 
plates. Free —Catalog It, 
FOOS MFG. CO., Springfield, Ohio. 
H H 
For 
Steam 
and 
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Power. 
BOWSHER MILLS 
(Hold with or without Elevator.) 
For Every Variety of Work. 
Have conical shaped grinder*.Different 
from all others. Hand lest to operate and 
LIGHTEST RUNNING. 
Have them in 7 sizes—2 to 25 horse 
power. One style for windwheel use. 
(Also ninke Sweep Feed Grinders.) 
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lEEBNER’S Leve^’tr.ad HorsePower 
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with Crasher.AlsoThreshers and Cleaners.Feed Mill*, 
Corn Shellers, Drag and Circular Saw Machines, etc. 
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CONTENTS. 
The Rural New-Yorker, Sept. 23, 1899. 
FARM TOPICS. 
Potato Growing in Kansas.6G9 
The Short Course in Agriculture.670 
Pickles for Profit.670 
The Farm Water Supply.671 
Curing Onion Smut.671 
Cotton-Seed Meal or Nitrate_>.671 
Experience with Cow Peas.672 
Bringing Up Worn-Out Land.672 
The Man With the Hobby.673 
The Wicked Wireworm.673 
Test the Clover Seed.673 
Hope Farm Notes.675 
LIVE STOCK AND DAIRY. 
A Precocious Cow Calf.682 
Western Beef Cattle.6S2 
Homebred Horses .682 
Cow Peas in the Silo.682 
Bone Food in Wheat Bran.....682 
Diluting Cream .682 
Empire State Poultry.682 
Indoor Chicken Coops.683 
Poultry Experiments .683 
Farm Ice Cream.6S3 
Poultry Notes ...683 
HORTICULTURAL. 
Fruit Inspection Laws in Washington 
670, 671 
Green’s Tartarian Cherry.671 
Various Fruit Notes.672 
Cheap and Easy Spraying.672 
What Varieties of Small Fruit.672 
“Perfect" and “Imperfect”.674 
“New Varieties”.674 
Notes from Illinois.674 
Prunings .674 
Some Wisconsin Fruits.674 
American Pomological Society.677 
WOMAN AND HOME. 
From Day to Day.678 
Buttermilk Bread; Fruit Soups.67S 
The Everyday Cinderella.679 
Mrs. Mills's Economy. Part II.679 
MISCELLANEOUS. 
Ruralisms .674 
Bulletins Boiled Down.675 
Editorials .676 
Brevities .676 
Events of the Week.677 
Markets .680 
Business Bits .680 
Among the Marketmen.681 
Here and There. 681 
Humorous .684 
