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THE RURAL NEW-YORKER. 
August 27, 18&8 
Humorous. 
If you were on top of Trinity spire 
with a goose, how would you get down ? 
Pluck it off the goose. 
“Jimmy, did you tell your sister I was 
here?” “ Yes, Mr. Tanks, an’ she said 
she’d felt all day that somepin’ awful 
wuz goin’ to happen.” — Chicago Record. 
Older Sister: “Clara, I’m surprised 
to see you soak your bread in the gravy. 
It’s exceedingly bad form.” Clara; 
“ Well, it’s awfully good taste.”— Credit 
Lost. 
Mother: “Joe, why do you suppose 
that old hen persists in laying in the 
coal-bin ?” Joe : “ Why, mother, I think 
she has seen the sign ‘ Now is the time 
to lay in your coal.’ ”— Life. 
Medium : “ Mr. North, here is the 
spirit of your wife. She wants to speak 
to you.” Mr. North : “ You should be 
more definite. Madam; I've buried three.” 
—Philadelphia Call. 
Patent Medicine Man: “I don’t 
know whether to publish this testimonial 
or not.” Ilis partner: “What is it ? ” 
Patent Medicine Man (reads) : “ Your 
cough syrup has been used with wonder¬ 
ful success on my boy, aged 10. He con¬ 
fesses that he would rather go to school 
any time than to take your preparation.” 
— Puck. 
Irate Customer: “That bug exter¬ 
minator you sold me the other day is no 
good. The cockroaches fatten on it.” 
Affable Salesman: “ Yes, sir. That’s 
the first stage. They get fat on it and 
then they die of apoplexy. Come around 
next week and report again. Anything 
I can do for you, ma’am ? ”— Chicago 
Tribune. 
BUY "DIRECT FROM FACTORY,” B ESI 
MIXED PAINTS 
At WHOLESALE PRICES, Delivered FREE 
For Houses, Barns, Roofs, nil color , and SAVE Dealert 
profits. In use 54 years. Endorsed by Orange & Farmers’ 
Alliance. Low prices will surprise j ou. Write for Samples 
>. W. IN0ERS0LL, 246 Plymouth St.. Brooklyn. N. 1 
LACE CURTAINS, 
W atclies,Clocks,Tea ITDCC 
Sots, Toilet Sets, t 
with $5.00. $7.00 and $10.00 orders. 
Send this “Ad.” and 15c. and get 
14 lb. BUST Tea, imported, and 
new Illustrated Price-List. 
The Great American Tea Co., 
31 & 33 Vesey St.. N. Y., Box 289. 
GALVANIZED 
STEEL TANKS, 
Built in all shapes and 
pizes for the Farm, 
Dairy. Creamery and 
Manufacturing Plant. 
Large sizes for storage 
of water or oil, can be 
shipped knocked down. 
Send your order for 
what you want, or write 
for catalogue. 
AMERICAN 
STEEL TANK CO.. 
Mishawaka, Ind. 
ini IT YOUR ENSILAGE, 
>1-11 I AND SHRED 
■ Y0UR FODDER. 
Vine ton cut is equal to two uncut. The] ja 
SWOLVERIHE CUTS OR SHREDS 0“° « r 
Leoarsc. Cuts any length, % to 1)4 in. Knife^T^fcoL' i 
fhead is adjustable to take up all wear. Has 
/safety fly wheel, stop feed lever. This 1C in. machine has eapa-S 
/city of 80 tons a day, price, $41.85. Have 44 sizes, all ready* 
ifor prompt shipment. largest size cuts ton in 5 minutes, Swivelr 
Scarries any length. Send for free catalogue. (Address in full.)# 
(MARVIN SMITH CO. 66 S. Clinfon St. 16B, Chicago, Ill.? 
to fill these requirements 
or no sale. Our catalogue 
explains why this is true. 
Send your address. 
We want responsible agents 
in unoccupied territory. 
If you keep cows 
you want a cream separator, and 
you want the one that runs the easiest, 
skims closest, cleans quickest and is 
most substantial. We 
guarantee the flikado 
Empire 
Cream Separator 
U. S. Buffer Extractor Co., Newark, N. J. 
Potato profits 
depend on the cost of production. You can reduce 
the cost of digging them, saving time, labor and 
money by using the 
(Cummings Patent) 
Standard Potato Harvester. 
It is easy work for two horses to dig five acres in 
ten hours. Digs either trench system or hills, and 
gets them all without injuring the tubers. You can 
try it before you buy. Send for free catalogue. 
THE STANDARD HARROW CO., Utica, N Y. 
IMPROVED LOW-DOWN PENNSYLVANIA 
Grain and Fertilizer Drill, 
Most perfect working and handiest drill on the mar¬ 
ket. No bunching; sows all kinds of grain, including 
Corn and Peas, with absolute regularity. Forcircu- 
iar and prices address 
A. B.FAKQUHAB CO., Ltd., Mfrs., York, Pa. 
HOOVER, PROUT & CO., A very, Ohio. 
- vvvwv'vt.vv vwvvwvwwwvivwwvV 
SAVE LABOR 
in that most slavish job of cutting off corn by using the 
SCIENTIFIC H^RVESTEP 
Those side wings are 
hinged. SAFETY 
SHAFTS. 
SAVES 
LABOR 
SAVES 
CORN 
SAVES 
MONEY 
ADJUST¬ 
ABLE 
SAFETY 
SEATS. 
Cuts any de¬ 
sired height. 
It meets every requirement of a machine com cutter 
at a price that places it within easy reach of every 
farmer. Send for catalogue and price. 
THEFOOS MFGCO. SPRINGFIELD, O. 
it 
GEM 
” FULL 
CIRCLE 
BALING 
HEEBNERS 
I Patent LEVEL-TREAD 
HORSE-POWER 
With SPEED RECULATOR SQ 
For l v 2 and 3 Horses. 
LITTLE GIAN ITThreshing Machine.® 
Threshes Grain,Rice,Flax.Mil let and Grass Seed.Fully 
warranted. Feed & Ensilage Cutters,Feed Grinders,tc. 
IIEEBNF.lt A. SONS, LANSDALE, PA., C. S. A. 
PRESS 
=113 
AND ALL METAL' U ^ MACHINE. 
Write for Catalogue. GEO. EltTEL CO., Quincy, III, 
THE CLIPPER 
HJIII I C nr d guaranteed 
Iw 1 ILLO to be the best 
Grain and Seed Cleaners made. 
We use them in our warehouse 
(Power sizes) for recleaning 
Clover, Timothy, Vlcia Villosa, 
Dwarf Essex Rape, Seed Wheat, 
and other Farm Seeds. Write 
for MILL CIRCULAR; also. Seed Price List. 
The Henry Philipps Seed and Implement Co., 
115 & 117 St. Clair Street, Toledo. Ohio. 
AGENTS 
WASTED. 
$ 8.00 
and up 
Sizes up 
to 13 ^ 
feet. 
PULVERIZING HARROW, 
CLOD CRUSHERand LEVELER. 
Pre-eminently adapted to the preparation 
of wheat ground and to covering seed .... 
Crushes, cuts, lifts, pulverizes, turns and 
levels. All metal —practically indestructible. 
Cheapest riding harrow ou earth. 
^ont nn Trial To be returi| ed at my ex- 
OCill U11 Midi pense if uot satisfactory.... 
Illustrated catalogue mailed free. 
N. B.—I deliver free on board at distributing points. 
DUANE H. NASH, Sole M’f’r, 
Millington, New Jersey, and 110 W. Washington St., Chicago, III. 
PLEASE MENTION THIS FAPEK. 
THE NEW SERIES 
- RIGHT LAR 
Cutaways 
are made in five sizes, 
plowing a furrow 
from five to eight 
inches deep and 34 to 
76 inches wide. 
Send for our little book that tells what other people say about this tool. It is the only tool that 
prepares stubble, fallow and old land at one operation for seeding, taking the place of the old style 
plow, harrow and seeder. Agents wanted in every county. 
THE CUTAWAY HARROW CO., Higganum, Conn. 0 
GILT EDGE 
POTATO DIGGER. 
1A# ANTrni Every potato grower 
l» AA 111 I b L# ■ to write at once for 
testimony enough to convince him that this is the 
best digger made, regardless of price; also 
SPECIAL PRICK to first, purchaser in un¬ 
occupied territory. AGENTS WANTED. 
D. Y. HALLOGK & SONS 
Box 805 
I YORK, PA. 
MEN 
FO-RM ER8, 
CREAMERY 
STOCK 
DAIRY 
AND ALE OTHER 
are appreciating 
THE “CHARTER” 
8tationaries, Portables. Ac. 
Catalogue, Testimonials, &c., by addressing 
Charter Gas Engine Co., Box 26, Sterling, III. 
THE LEFFEL ENGINES 
ARE COOD ENCINE8 
because they are made of the 
best material known, with the 
very l>e*t worbtnanihlp proenrabl*. 
Theyare Horizontal, 6 H. P. 
up; Upright, 8 H. P. up; and 
Portable, 6 to 12 H.P. These 
are ideal engines for faim use 
good for running SEPARATOR, 
FEED AND ENSILAGE CUTTERS 
CORN SH ELLER, FEED GRINDERS, 
AWOOD SAWS, ETC. Send for fre. 
ebook on Engines and Boilers. 
JAMES LEFFEL & CO., Box 1308, Springfield. 0. 
U* 
KEYSTONE 
‘Wilful waste 
makes woeful 
want.” 
Here’s a rhaure to pet i 
the most from whatj 
you already have. 
I _ double SPIRAL I 
| Rodder Shredderi 
a the* machine that makes the famous 1 
, . Keystone Corn Hay ." 
1111 kinds of ,lr y fodder—Corn 
1^.! , r Fum, &c., into a soft, long fibre] 
^substance better than hay. Shreds greeni 
|oom for ensilage. Shredded ensilage !sf 
better than any other, i 
It packs closer, excludes more air and J 
1 is consequently sweeter. Don’t buy. 
1 until you get our illustrated cata- 
i logue. sent free upon application. 
, ’ KEYSTONE MAN’F’G CO. 
[ 24 River St., Sterling Ills, i 
CONTENTS. 
ELECTRIC 
WHEEL CO. 
How About Your Wagon ? 
Does it stand up to the work? Don’t the wheels get loose, the spokes rattle and the 
tires come off when the weather is hot? Don’t the felloes and hubs rot and require 
much repair to keep the old thing in order during wet weather? These things are 
true at least of most wood wheel wagons. Stop the expensive repairs, liny 
u wagon that lasts. There are two ways of doing this, one way is to buy 
THE ELECTRIC HANDY WAGON 
way V^to buy The Electric Low Steel Wheels || 
The Electric Handy TV agon will stand up under any load your team can haul. No rut- 
ting—light draft. Being low it is easy to load and saves much heavy lifting. 
The Electric Steel Wheels will lengthen the life of your old wagon indefinitely. They 
fit any skein. Convert your old high wagon into a low-down-easy-to-load farm wagon 
Write for our Free Rook, “Farm Savings” It tells the whole story. 
ELECTRIC WHEEL CO., Box 83, Quincy, Illinois. 
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The Rural New-Yorker. Aug. 27, 1898. 
FARM TOPICS. 
The Silver Lining.589 
“ One-Man ” Farming in South Dakota_589, 590 
Our Friend Ragweed.590 
Salt the Fence Posts.590 
A Better Dooryard.590 
Molasses for Weeds.590 
Spontaneous Combustiou in Stack aud Mow.. 592 
What to Do with Timber Land.592 
Sowing Awnless Brome Grass.593 
The Potato-Stalk Weevil. 593 
Thrashing Sorghum Seed.593 
Plowing Under Cow Peas.593 
Sugar Beets in NewYork State.597 
A Comparison of Fertilizers.601 
Hope Farm Notes.603 
LIVE STOCK AND DAIRY. 
Hens that Lay Figures.590,591 
Changes in Milk Quality.591 
Good Points of Shropshire Sheep.591 
Division of Income from Dairying.593 
Fall Laying in Ducks.593 
Hens with Indigestion.593 
Inflammation of Eyes in Cattle.594 
Chronic Constipation in a Horse.594 
Barbed-Wire Cut on a Colt.594 
Abscesses on a Horse.594 
Periodic Ophthalmia.594 
oO Wind galls ou a Horse.594 
02 Mississippi Jersey Heifers.602 
to The Ayrshire Cow.602 
Forkfuls of Facts. 603 
HORTICULTURAL. 
os 'he Stone Pear.590 
otes on Budding.590 
nnetbing About the Raspberry Crop.591, 592 
rigation by a Water Ram.592, 593 
o bes or Manure for Fruits.593 
<3 e Brown Rot in Plums.593 
uble Stocks and Petunias.593 
,2 -mination of Hardy Catalpa Seed.593 
. berry Cuttings.593 
^ive Notes from Illinois.'.597 
WOMAN AND THE HOME. 
From Day to Day.598 
Canned Tomatoes.598 
Domestic Science in New Mexico.598 
Education for Domestic Life.598, 599 
MISCELLANEOUS. 
Two Tennessee Notions.590 
A New Old Reader.591 
Good Talk from the West.592 
Ruralisms.595 
Editorials.596 
Brevities.596 
Among the Marketmen.597 
Business Bits.597 
Where the Salt Winds Blow.599 
Markets.600 
The War.601 
Homeward Bound.601 
Humorous.604 
