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RURAL NEW-YORKERJ 
November 18, 1899 
THE 
Humorous. 
An Indian—a civilized Sioux- 
Fell in love with a white girl named 
Prioux, 
But she shook her fair head 
When he asked her to wead, 
And informed him it never would dioux. 
“I wish,” moaned the civilized Sioux, 
“That I never had gazed upon yioux— 
It is breaking my heart, 
Since from you I must peart.” 
Then he left the house wailing “Bioux- 
hioux!” —Baltimore American. 
“Uncle John writes from Kansas that 
he has a broken leg.” “How did it hap¬ 
pen?” “He fell over an ear of corn.”— 
Chicago Record. 
“The last laundry I patronized was 
the worst I’ve struck yet.” “In what 
way?” “Why, I sent ’em six collars, and 
all I got back was the buttonholes.”— 
Cleveland Plain Dealer. 
Sympathizing Friend (to bereaved 
widow): “Well, though he is gone, I 
hope you will not give yourself up to a 
lonely life.” Widow: “Oh, Sir! this is 
so sudden!”—Tit-Bits. 
“A self-opening and closing umbrella 
has been’invented.” “That’s no good, 
what the world wants is an umbrella 
that will find its way back home when 
stolen.”—Detroit Free Press. 
Aunt Sarah (to nephew from the 
city) “Is Uncle Cyrus through milking, 
Teddy?” Teddy: “Not quite. He’s fin¬ 
ished two faucets, and has just begun on 
the other two.”—Galveston News. 
Mr. Johnson: “I notice-, Jasper, that 
you have the rheumatism as bad as ever. 
Don’t you ever take anything for it?” 
Jasper: “ ’Deed I does, Sah. I takes 
crutches mostly.”—Boston Courier. 
Lecturer: “And what man 'is most 
apt to reach that elevation whence the 
earth may be viewed ‘as one vast 
plain?”’ Voice (in the audience): “The 
one that works in a powder mill.”—Life. 
Superintendent: “Yes, and where did 
John the Baptist live?” Scholar: “In 
the desert.” Superintendent: “Quite 
right! And what do we call people who 
live in the desert?” Scholar: “Desert¬ 
ers.”—Brooklyn Life. 
Aunt Hetty: “Here’s an article on 
‘Meteorology in the Philippines.’ What 
does that mean?” Uncle Hiram: “I 
dunno what it means, but it shows how 
we’re civilizin’ them When they’ve got 
things like that out there.”—Puck. 
Mrs. Sprocket: “George, what in the 
world happened to the pipe organ in 
church this morning while you were 
singing that solo?” Mr. Sprocket (who 
always talks bicycle): “Why, the or¬ 
ganist was coasting an easy grade with 
her feet off the pedals, when she ran 
into some sharp notes, and the old thing 
punctured.”—Ohio State Journal. 
No Presents! No Premiums!! No Discounts!!! 
Our Only Inducements are the Best Imported 
COFFEES 
AT ONE-HALF PRICE. 
Special terms to Institutions, Clergymen, Farmers and 
large consumers. For full particulars address 
CONSUMERS IMPORTING TEA CO., 
Dept.B. F. O. Box 390, New York, N. Y. 
CHARTER GASOLINE ENGINE 
M icron. 
For Any Purposi 
Statiouarie*, Portable • 
Bugiue* and Pump*. 
State your Power Need*. 
Charter Gas Engine Co , Box 26, Sterling , III 
Cider Machinery.—8end for catalogue to Boomer & 
Boschert Press Co., 118 West Water St., Syracuse,N. Y. 
DRILLING 
Machines 
Over 70 sizes ano styles, ror drilling eitnei deep o, 
shallow wells In any kind of soil or rock Mounter 
on wheels or on sillB With engines or horse powers 
Strong, simple and durable. Any mechanic can 
operate them easily. Send for catalog. 
WIT,MA.IIS BKOS., Ithaca, N. Y. 
Victor Feed Mills 
AND HO R'E-POWERS COMBINED 
For Grinding from 12 to 60 bushels per hour of 
Corn and Cob and Small Grain, and furnish¬ 
ing Power for Feed Cutters, Saws, etc. 
Send for 12th Annual Catalogue showing full line of 
Feed Mills, Horse-Powers, 
Sawing Machines, Jacks. 
The J. H. McLAIN COMPANY, Canton, Ohio. 
WHEN SELECTING A CUTTER OR SHREDDER, 
we Invite you to get a catalogue of 
Wilder’s Ensilage Machinery 
Machines with 8elf-Feed Tables. Swivel or Straight Carriers, 
Front-Cut or Cylinder Machines, 8hredders or Splitters. 
OUR PLAN of SELLING will please you. Write to 
J. K. WILDER & SONS, Monroe, Michigan. 
UflDCE DflllfCDC thrashers 
nuvfoc runcitoj and cleaners 
One & two-horse Thrashing Outfits. Level pilTTCpo 
Tread, Pat. Governor, Feed and Ensilage 1 • Lno 
ELLIS KEYSTONE AGR’L WORKS, Pottstown, Pa 
F. L. MAINE, General Agent, Wlllet, N. Y. 
F. H. BENEDICT. General Agent, McLean, N.Y 
AGood Farm Engine 
pays for itself in many ways. The con¬ 
venience of an ever-ready power for cut¬ 
ting and grinding toed, 
threshing, shelling corn, 
separating cream, pumpln 
water, sawing wood, etc., 
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. Wo 
believe them to be the best all-around farm engines 
made. You will agree with us when you read our Kook 
on Engines and Boilers, sent FREE to intending 
buyers. Prices reasonable. 
in made to meet the demands of those people who want a combined 
machine that really combines. A shredder that will 
shred— not chew, bruise and haggle the feed— and a cutter 
that w ill cut. The shredder head in the machine and the 
cutter head lying on the floor are interchangeable, and 
either or both are supplied as ordered. This is the only true shred¬ 
der made requiring only low speed. Equipped with any 
length of straight or angle carrier to order. Remember that 
this machine covers the whole Held of cutting and 
shredding. Write us for circulars, testimonials, Ac. 
If, Albans Foundry Co. St. Albana, Vt. 
THE "LESLIE'' LINE 
OF FODDER AND ENSILAGE 
SHREDDERS and CUTTERS 
“Appleton goods take the lead, and your steel link 
read, all told, lias no rival.’’—AI anlky ISltOS & 
reuci, hu tom. lias 
tone, Harvard. 111. 
Hundreds of Sinillur Testimonials prove 
that our 
"^urri^*” ™* d 
allVvEOG POWERS 
are properly named. We make 1, 2 
and b horse tread 
f rowers,smooth or 
evel lags as desir¬ 
ed,down or moun¬ 
ted. The 
ONE HORSE 
“SUCCESS” 
is the best power 
made for driving 
cream separators, 
andal) machinery _ 
requiring light power, but absolutely steady motion. More power 
can be obtained from the “SUCCESS” Trend Powers size for 
size than any others because they run light, are roomy and strong 
enough for largest horses, best governed, etc. More about them 
and our sweep powers, shellers, fodder and ensilage cutters 
or shredderH, buskers, grinders, wood saws, wind mills, 
steel tanks, etc., m our 160 page Illustrated catalogue. FKKK. 
APPLETON MFG CO . 27 Far([o St., BATAVIA, ILL. 
♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦ 
Cutters 
GUT BEETS, 
MANGELS, 
Turnips, Carrots, 
and all other roots and | 
vegetables for stock feed¬ 
ing. CUT FINE. 
Choking 
Impossible. 
Run easy, have self feeder, 
separate dirt from cut feed. 
Five sizes, hand and power. ' 
0, E. THOMPSON' A SONS, 
Yp.llnnll, Mith. 
Largest Root Cutter makers 
in the world. CatoUgui free. 
CATTLE ss HOGS 
fl and all kinds of live stock will produce 
better results if fed ground feed. The 
small pig and the dairy cow need it es¬ 
pecially. Tli 
feed is 
with the 
Die best way to prepare ground 
Kelly Duplex 
Grinding Mill. It just grinds any¬ 
thing—ear corn, cob, husk and all, 
cotton seed and all small grains, 
single or mixed. Makes course, 
medium or fine feed Takes little 
power, grinds fast. Strong, well made of good material 
and last indefinitely. Send for our free catalogue No. 37 
The 0. S. Kelly Mfg. Co., Iowa City, la. & Springfield, 0. 
IT 
For 
Steam 
and 
Horse 
Power. 
IS A FACT 
requires 
SCIENTIFIC 
Grinding Mllla. 
They have largest possible capa¬ 
city with minimum power. 
Crush and grind eorn, husk eob 
and all, and ail smallgrain singly 
or mixed. Have self-sharpening 
plates. Free—Catalog R. 
F00S MFG. CO., Springfield, Ohio. 
GRIND 
YOIIR 
GRAIN 
SMALLEY’ MFG. CO, 
on a SMALLEY MILL. 
Neither you nor your stock 
will have any fault to find. 
Our mills have great capacity 
combined with ease of oper¬ 
ating which is simply won¬ 
derful. Don’t take our word 
for this—try one and be 
convinced. Special intro¬ 
duction prices in all new ter¬ 
ritory. Catalogue showing the 
famous Smalley line complete 
free if you name this paper. 
>, Sole Bakers, Munitowoc,IVlk. 
JAMES LEFFEL & CO. Box 60 . Springfield, O. 
when fed with -the things eggs 
are made of. Eggs are mostly 
albumen, produced by the hens 
l from the protein they absorb 
from their food. 
Bowker’s Animal Meal 
gives a hen the maximum of 
protein and other egg making 
material. Always sold In 
yellow bags and packages. 
The Bowker Co., 
43 Chatham 5 t., Boston. 
CONTENTS. 
The Rural New-Yorker, Nov. 18, 1899. 
FARM TOPICS. 
How Rock Becomes Soil.799 
Drained Swamp; Blackberry Culture_799 
End Posts in Wire Fences.799 
Colored Men as Educated Farmers.799 
Farming In British Columbia.799 
Best Varieties of Cabbage.SOI 
What Ailed the Squashes.801 
Rape and Alfalfa.801 
The Increase in Implement Prices.809 
Hope Farm Notes.803 
BY THEIR WORKS. 
SiloktR, Htoek feeder* 
and farmer* know the 
FEED AND ENSI¬ 
LAGE CUTTERS 
by their works.They 
are not 
like otli-- 
ers, theyl 
are bet¬ 
ter. They 
both split and 
cut. That is they 
first split the 
feed with one set. 
of knives and| 
then cut it off 
vilh another. That produces a singularly fine and palatable food, 
free from any sharp edges or corners that may lacerate the mouth 
of the animal. They are aai'e, fast and efficient. -Made in 
iiiferent sizes and equipped with any desired length of our ptitent 
crescent currier. Circulars free. Ask your denier for Dick’s. 
DICK’S AGRICULTURAL WORKS, Box 27, Csnlon, 0. 
350 BU. A DAY 
with the Wolverine No. 805 Mill. Grind* 
more per hour with less power than any other mill 
on earth because Crusher and Grinder run on separ¬ 
ate shafts, relei\1ng sill friction. Grinds ear corn 
and all other grains fine or coarse,for feed or fam¬ 
ily use. Automatic adjustable shake feed. Burrs^ 
open and let nails and hard substance through, 
ppipc without Cob Crusher for grinding small grain 
r 111 . With Cob Crusher for grinding ear corn, and' 
smallgrain, $82. Elevators extra. Mill can be ordered without 
Cob Crusher and Crusher ordered any time, is easily attached. 
Made in 3 sizes for 2 to 15 h. p. We know what all mills will do, 
and the Wolverine will grind more than anybeltmill made. 
U/C QTAKF our reputation and money by offering to ship you this 
u mill in competition with all others. If it don’t do more 
and better work and isn’t the best made mill and the biffgeat 
bargain you ever saw return itat our expense. Don’t buy an 
experiment. Our line represents 66 years’ experience. 
CU/PPP HRINnPRS? Iduda. No. 2 Bal1 Bearing has 25 In. burrs; 
oncer unmueno No 3> 36 in< burrs Geared mill of new pat¬ 
tern ; ball bearing, a rapid grinder. Price $14.50 and up. 
CUTTERS AND SHREDDERS 
ft11 U# CDC 1-h Tread, with governor, $58; 2-h $77; 3-h $103. 
r U w ul\Q o_h Sw’p $24.90; 4-h $34.75; 6-h $36.95; 8-h$51.2o 
A full lino Feed Cookerii* Hob a, UutterB, KhmkctH, 
Kobe*. Harness. Send for FKKK fall catalog giving latest pricea 
Marvin Smith Co., 55 N. Jefferson St. 0-16* Chicago,lit ‘ 
ed. Adjustable—grinds coarse or fine, 
prices free. ELECTRIC WHEEL CO. 
ELECTRIC FEED MILL 
We have pat out this mill to meet the de 
maud of the patrons of th« 
famousEleetrle Goods foi 
a good mill at a fair price. 
It Is a direct grinder anc 
absorbs or wastes no pow 
erln useless and expensiv. 
gearings. Cuts, crusht- 
and grinds ear com,and a! 
email grains single or mb 
Prices low. Circulars an 
P.ox 88 . Onlncy. IP 
burr!ston\ FEED MILLS 
We offer you the best mill on the market 
at such a low figure that it will pay you to 
write us. Our mills have been on the mar¬ 
ket 50 years. They are the best 
constructed, least compll- 
ated and fastest grinding 
'mills yet produced. Mills 
sent on approval. Prices 
cover freight. Send for Ulus- 
jl irated catalogue. Address, 
LEONA HD 1). HAIMUSON, 
20 Third St.* Now Ilu veil, Conn. 
mm 
(Bold with or withoat Elevator.) 
For Every Variety of Work. 
Have conical shaped fjrinders.Ditferent 
from all others. Handiest to operate and 
LIGHTEST RUNNING. 
Have them in 7 sizes—2 to 25 horse 
power. One style for windwheel use. 
(\Uo make Sweep Feed Grinder*.) 
P. N. B0WSHER CO.. South Bend. Ind. 
e CORN CRIBS. 
,uTwo styles. 
Poor sizes each, 
Adam’. No. 1 drib, 
The best made. 
Adam’s No, 3 Orlb 
for One Oent per 
bushel. Ask your 
dealer for them or 
write 
W. J. ADAM, 
and Convenient. JOliet, ills. 
LIVE STOCK AND DAIRY. 
Preparing Bees for Winter.798 
A “Creamery Shark” Turned Milk 
Fraud .805 
Milk Preserving .805 
The Churn or the Babcock Test.810 
Catarrh in Turkeys.811 
Liberal Feeding .811 
A Grade Animal.811 
Moldy Ensilage .811 
Clover for Hens.811 
Improving Poultry .811 
Profit on Ducks.811 
HORTICULTURE. 
Native Plums in the Northwest.797, 798 
The Stayman Apple.800 
Advantages of Cleft Grafting.800 
Apples and Pears for Kentucky.800 
Apples for Maryland.800 
Raspberries and Blackberries.SCO 
Apples for California.800 
Apples in Virginia.800 
The Common Squash-bug.809 
The Peach Twig-borer.800 
Marketing Young Evergreens.801 
A New Fruit for Arid America.802 
The “Odd-year” Baldwin.802 
Red Paradise Sweet Apple.802 
Vermont Beauty Pear.802 
Some Fine Apples..802 
WOMAN AND HOME. 
From Day to Day.806 
Rural Recipes .806 
A Country Girl’s Dinner.807 
A Farmer’s Vacation.807 
MISCELLANEOUS. 
Distilled vs. Spring Water.798 
“A Water Witch”.798 
The Secret of the “Water Witch”.799 
Cleaning a Cellar. >< ' 
The Strength of Rope.801 
Ruralisms.802 
Editorials.804 
Events of the Week.805 
Markets .808 
Business Bits .808 
Market Briefs .809 
Humorous .812 
