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THE RURAL NEW-YORKER. 
April 23, 1898 
READ THE TESTIMONY: 
Messrs. D. Y. Hallock & Son, York, Pa. Whitesboro, N.Y. 
Gentlemen —Last season 1 used one of your Success Anti-clog Weeders. Bought 
it of my brother, R. H. Jones, and I wish to let you know how much pleased I am with 
the Weeder. One of my neighbors was afraid to buy, but he was not afraid to borrow. 
He borrowed mine and said he went over his turnips with it and was very much 
pleased with the Weeder and the good work it did. 
For myself 1 can say a great deal of my corn—never saw a hoe in the field during 
the entire'season. One'piece I planted a little too thick; so when it was about one 
foot high I wished to thin it out so it would ear better. So I took the Weeder and 
started in ; went lengthwise and crosswise, and every other way that I could drive my 
horse, thinking it might break off some of the stalks; but 1 can safely say that I did 
not break off two stalks in the whole field. 
Before I had commenced to use my Weeder many of my neighbors thought 
that it would tear up the corn and potatoes. But after they had seen 
me give it this thorough trial they were convinced that it would 
not harm the corn in the least. The fact is, I am sure the 
Weeder will not injure any crop grown on the farm. It 
is very important, however, that 
the Weeder be started early. Ifthe 
weeds are allowed to get a good 
start the Weeder will simply cul¬ 
tivate them, as it does the crop. 
Yours truly, W. R. Jones. 
Center, N. Y. 
Messrs. D. Y. Hallock <fc Son, 
Gentlemen —How about the price of your Weeder 
for the coming season? Is it the same as last 
year ? I intend to sell quite a good many. I used the 
r Weeder I purchased of you last year on everything 
I raised, including even onions, and it worked to per¬ 
fection on everything. I can honestly say I would not be 
without it for 850, if I could not get another just like it. 
Yours truly, T. B. NICHOLS. 
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Farmers! One Question! 
In view of what it lias done for others, can you afford to go through another season without 
HALLOCK’S SUCCESS 
CLOG WEEDER and CULTIVATOR 
Messrs. D. Y. Hallock & Son, York, Pa. Irwin, Pa. 
Dear Sirs —I intend to sell Just as many Weeders as I can this Spring. I bought 
one last Spring for my own use and they are certainly a complete success, and I would 
not think of farming withoutone. Last Spring, In April, I contracted to cut and haul 
to the saw mill a lot of lumber; so I took all my men away,leaving only my fourteen 
year ojd boy on the farm. Now, I will tell you what he did. He took the entire care 
of thirty-five acres of corn and twelve acres of potatoes, working both crops entirely 
with the Weeder, and I never saw a finer crop in my life. 
The secret of Success in using your Weeder is to start it early, before anything 
grows, and keep the soil stirred so no weeds will grow. No farmer can afford to farm 
without a Weeder, and all will own one just as soon as they realize Its value. 
Yours truly, Hezekiah Qongamere. 
Messrs. D. Y. Hallock & Son, York, Pa. Morley, Mich. 
Dear Sirs —Your favor of recent date, wishing to know if I am going to handle 
the Success Anti-clog Weeder the coming season received. I certainly am if you will 
permit me to, and I intend to push them for all they are worth. 
I let my Weeder go wherever the farmers wanted to try it, and they all pronounced 
It a grand success; declared that it did fine work. The Weeder that I kept for my own 
use I would not take 820 for if I could not get another just like it. 
I sold one Weeder to a neighbor near by very late in the season, and I will tell 
you what he did with it. He planted one acre of potatoes quite late, and he tended 
them entirelywith the Weeder until hewenttohill them up, and spent but five hours 
work all told on the acre of potatoes. He told me he kept the time carefully that 
he spent in cultivating them. Said he started the Weeder before they were up, and 
went over the potatoes frequently. Yours truly, J. W. Hardin. 
Russellvile, Ark., December 24th, 1897. 
“I had the best of success with the Success Anti-clog Weeder and Cultivator. I 
can truthfully say that I never used a tool thatequalled It in young cotton and corn. 
I saved half of the hoeing and plowing by running the Weeder. I beat all my neigh¬ 
bors raising corn, and equalled any of them in producing cotton, with half the expense. 
Several neighbors say they want one. I want the agency for Pope and Yell counties, 
not just for 1898, but until all the farmers get one. They will all he sure to buy sooner 
or later.” B. H. Allen. 
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CONTENTS. 
The Rural New-Yokkkb, April 23,1898. 
FARM TOPICS. 
Hubbard Squash.297, 298 
Sun Sprouting of Seed Potatoes.298, 299 
Ashes and Salt on Potatoes.299 
Labor Savers. .299 
Barbed-Wire Fence.299 
What Grasses for an Illinois Woods Pasture? 301 
White and Black Hulless Barley.301 
Hope Farm Notes.302 
Size of Potato Seed.307 
LIVE STOCK AND DAIRY. 
Live Stock Notes. 
Some Thoughts About Cows. 
Sow s Fed Qii Ensilage. 
Feeding Value of Malt Sprouts. 
Egg-Eating Hens. 
Lincoln Sheep. 
Forkfuls of Facts. 
What Killed the Cow ?. 
310 
311 
312 
312 
312 
313 
313 
315 
1 
HORTICULTURAL. 
Propagation of the Pecan and Hickory.. 
Home of the Albemarle Pippin. 
Spraying Conveniences. 
How the Strawberry Eats. 
A Basket of Fruit Notes. 
Facts About Plant Lice. 
A Disease of Apple Trees. 
What is Paradise Stock ?.. 
Treatment of Oxalis. 
Chestnut for Greenhouse Sash-bars. 
Osage Orange or Honey Locust for Hedge 
Ailing Roses Under Glass. 
Diseased Palms... 
Seasonable Notes.. 
Peaches and Plums and Frost. .\. 
Horticulture for the Children. 
Fruit Prospects. 
.... 297 
.... 298 
.... 299 
QUO 
300, 301 
....301 
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.... 303 
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.... 303 
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.... 303 
.... 315 
.... 315 
.... 315 
WOMAN AND THE HOME. 
From Day to Day. 
Building a Scrapbook. 
A Kitchen Annex. 
Some Savory Left-Overs. 
.. 308 
308, 309 
.... 309 
....309 
MISCELLANEOUS. 
Kitchen Drain for Slops. 
Behavior of Bees in the Tropics... 
Ruralisms..... 
Pumping Water for Irrigation.... 
Editorials. 
Brevities. 
Among the Marketmen. 
American Exports of Plant Food . 
Business Bits... 
Markets. 
.... 301 
....301 
304, 305 
.... 305 
.... 306 
....306 
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....307 
.314 
