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THE RURAL NEW-YORKER 
September 3, 1898 
Humorous. 
“ General, our forces on the left have 
received a check,” said the aide-de-camp. 
‘ Well,” replied the General, who had 
been a bank cashier in private life, “ see 
that there’s a revenue stamp with it.”— 
Philadelphia Record. 
“ Stokes,” asked his neighbor on the 
next farm, “ how do you manage to have 
that man of yours cultivate so much corn 
A»E.\T8 
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and up 
PULVERIZING HARROW, 
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Cheapest riding narrow on earth. 
Sent on Trial ££ffS5 “»h&3££: 
Illustrated catalogue mailed free. 
N. B.—I deliver free on board at diatributing points* 
DUANE H. NASH, Sole IW’f’r, 
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Sizes up 
to 13 'A 
feet. 
PLEASE MENTION THIS PAPER. 
in a day ? He covers twice the ground 
my man does.” “ I put a pedometer on 
him.”— Detroit Free Press. 
Auntie : “ A penny for your thoughts.” 
Little Nephew : “ I was thinking that if 
I kept quiet and pretended to be think¬ 
ing you’d wonder what I was thinking 
about, and say just what you did. Gimme 
the penny ! ”— Credit Lost. 
Wallace : “I see that the aeronauts 
have discovered that a woman’s voice 
ascends to twice the height attained by 
man’s.” Ferry : “I wonder if that is 
the reason so many men let their wives 
do all the praying ?”— Cincinnati En¬ 
quirer. 
For handling potatoes, onions, beets, all 
vegetables, without bruising. It’s the lightest, 
strongest, most durable scoop you ever saw. Made 
one solid piece of best quality steel. You can save 
time and work by using a 
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handling fine manure, lime, etc. Ask your dealer for it. 
talog of Farm and Garden Tools of all kinds mailed free. 
ASHTABULA TOOL CO., ASHTABULA, Ohio. 
HAVE RICH MELLOW LAND. follow^ through drainini 
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“ I wonder what is the great secret of 
Jinks’s popularity ?” “ He never has any 
troubles of his own he wants to talk 
about to other people, and he never 
wants to talk about anything else when 
other people want to talk to him about 
their troubles.”— Life. 
“Suppose, Bobbie, that another hoy 
should strike your right cheek,” asked 
the Sunday school teacher, “ what would 
you do ? ” “ Give him the other cheek 
to strike,” said Bobbie. “ That’s right,” 
said the teacher. “ Yes,” said Bobbie, 
“ and if he struck that, I’d paralyze him.” 
—Credit Lost. 
Small Voice (in the middle of the 
night): “Papa, 1 can’t sleep.” Papa: 
“ What is the matter ? Do you want a 
drink ? ” Small Voice : “ No, sir ; I keep 
saying over and over to myself that it 
was Sampson who slew the Philippines ; 
but, somehow, it doesn’t sound right.”— 
Puck. 
An old lady from Michigan, who, 
with her husband, had spent the Winter 
in California, was asked by one of her 
neighbors if she heard an earthquake 
while in California. “ Yes, I heard one,” 
she answered, “and rather enjoyed it, 
for it was the first thing that happened 
since John and I have been married that 
he did not think I was to blame for.”— 
San Francisco Argonaut. 
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and Fanners’ Alliance. Low prices will surprise 
you. Write for Samples. 
O. W. INGEHSOLL, 246 Plymouth St., Brooklyn,N.Y. 
LACE CURTAINS, 
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with $5.00. $7.00 and $10.00 orders. 
Send this “Ad.” and 15c. and get 
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new Illustrated Price-List. 
The Great American Tea Co.. 
31 & 33 Vesey St.. N. Y., Box 289. 
The Model Mill 
A hand mill for grinding grain, 
dry bones, shells, &c„ for feeding 
chickens, &c. Three sizes, weight 
20, 34 and 62 lbs. The most rapid 
grinding:, most durable and 
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THE C. S. BELL CO., 
Hillsboro, Ohio, U. S. A. 
Cut this out it may do you good 
The B. M. POTATO SIFTER and STEEL 
BEAM SHOVEL PLOW with Wheel, used 
together, will dig potatoes as clean as a man with a 
fork, with nothing to get out of repair, and costs but 
$12 complete. Sent to any address on receipt of 
price: freight prepaid. Manufactured by 
C D. HERSHEY, Hall’s Corners, Ontario Co., N. Y. 
REMEMBER 
the MAIN question is, 
How can I utilize my 
Corn Fodder to the best advantage ? We answer, Cut it up 
on a TORNADO Hay, Straw, Fodder and Ensilage Cutter. 
Send for Catalogue and Sample of TORNADO’S work on 
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W. R. HARRISON & CO., MASSILLON, OHIO. 
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Write for Cata¬ 
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A Big Hay Crop 
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l 
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dug wells. The 
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STHE STANDARD/ 
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GASOLINE ENGINES 
write for circular EE 
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ITHACA. N.V. 
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’ADDRESS WILLIAMS BROS.ITHACA, N.V. 
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ot ou. “Old Reliable” 
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sizes—frc ^ 10 to 24 f -- 
buy until & >u inquire into its 
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The "GEM 
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F. L. MAINE, General Agent, Willet, N. Y. 
F. H. BENEDICT. General Agent, McLean, N.Y. 
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YA/ A RITrn T Ever y potato grower 
V V MIW I U ■ to write at once for 
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best digger made, regardless of price; also 
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Box 805 
» YORK, PA. 
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STAR 
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Write direct for special price delivered. 
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CIDER 
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BOOMER & BOSCHERT 
PRESS CO., 
118 W. Water St., Syracuse, N. YV 
CONTENTS. 
The Bubal New-Yobkkb, Sept. 3, 1898. 
FARM TOPICS. 
Clover, Cow Peas and Chemicals.606 
Selling Farm Produce.606 
Use of Corn Binders.606 
Potatoes with Corn Planter.606 
Spontaneous Combustion.606 
Work of a Potato Plow.606 
Working the Robbins Potato Planter.606, 607 
Fall-Planted Cabbage; Spring Setting.608 
Fillingthe Silo.608 
Rockland Farm Economy.608 
How to Preserve Fence Posts.608, 609 
A New Plan for Colored Labor.609 
Drying and Handling Night Soil.609 
Lime on Grass Land.609 
The Value of a Fertilizer. 609 
Hope Farm Notes.611 
Farming Among Westchester Hills.613 
LIVE STOCK AND DAIRY. 
The Ayrshire Cow.605 
What to Do With the Bull.605 
A Southern Milk Dairy.605 
Forcing the Early Pullets.607 
A Small Flock of Sheep.618 
Obscure Lameness in a Horse. 618 
Chemical Disborners for Calves.618 
Kill the Cockerels.618 
Water for Animals.618 
The Delaine Merino Sheep.619 
Notes of a Wheelman.619 
Feeding for Fat.619 
Skim-milk and Chicks.619 
Bad Butter.619 
HORTICULTURAL. 
Lessons from a Hailstorm.607 
The Currant Crop of 1898 . 607, 608 
The Shot-Hole Fungus iu Plums.609 
Mulching Strawberries in Tennessee.609 
Japan Walnuts.609 
Blueberries and Other Fruits.609 
Notes from Illinois.611 
Palms by the Acre.615 
WOMAN AND THK HOME. 
From Day to Day.614 
Farm Life in Illinois.614 
A Wall Cupboard.615 
The Solution of the Puzzle.615 
MISCELLANEOUS. 
Ruralisms.610, 611 
Editorials.612 
Brevities.612 
Among the MarketmeD .613 
The Work of a Windmill.613 
Business Bits.613 
Markets. 616 
The War. 617 
Science from the Stations.617 
Humorous. 620 
