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THE RURAL NEW-YORKER 
June 25, 1004. 
HUMOROUS 
The camel is a patient beast; 
He goes for days without a drink. 
There is a legend in the East 
Which says the camel cannot wink. 
But that is just an idle jest— 
We wished to show a thought sublime; 
The camel is a model good- 
lie humps himself all of the time. 
—Chicago Tribune. 
“I told Uncle Simon that he was get¬ 
ting too old and feeble to attend to busi¬ 
ness.” “Did he take it kindly?” “He 
threw me out of his office.”—Vanity Fair. 
Mistress: “Jane, where is the salad 
oil I told you to put on the table?” Jane: 
“Please, ’m, I did put it on the table 
when I polished it up this morning!”— 
Punch. 
Meyer: “I wonder why cals that dis¬ 
turb our midnight slumbers always have 
such high voices?” “Gyer: “Probably be¬ 
cause they are frequently pitched on a 
roof.”—Chicago News. 
Father: “So your husband has given 
up smoking? It requires a pretty strong 
will to accomplish that!” Daughter: 
“Well, daddie, you know I have a strong 
will!”—Illustrated Bits. 
“Is your husband enjoying good 
health?” asked the caller. “Well,” an¬ 
swered the tired-looking woman, “he’s 
feeling first rate at present. But after 
knowing him all these years I don’t see 
how he can be getting much enjoyment 
when he hasn’t anything to complain 
about. —Washington Star. 
“Harkins,” said the head of the firm 
to the foreman, “the firm has decided to 
inaugurate a system of profit-sharing with 
its employes.” “Good!” replied the fore¬ 
man. “What were the firm’s profits last 
year?” “Last year the firm lost £700. That 
necessitates a reduction of 10 per cent in 
wages under the new system. Tell the 
men the new arrangement comes into ef¬ 
fect immediately.”—Tit-Bits. 
“Wiiat are you feeding to those hogs, 
my friend?” the professor asked. “Corn, 
21 PIGS ™ ONE SOW-52 PICS as 3 SOWS 
International Stock Food Co., Merrimac, Mass. 
Minneapolis, Minn. 
Dear Sirs:—I had three sows and one farrowed 21 pigs, 
another 16 and the other 15. I fed these sows “International 
Stock Food” and it is splendid for sows and pigs. I also 
tested it for a little runt and in seven months “International 
Stock Food” made this runt weigh 223 pounds. 
Yours truly, NICHOLAS G. KINSMAN. 
Beware o! Interior Imitations and Snbstitutes. Write Ua About "International 
Stock Food." We Have Thousand* ol Testimonials and Will Pay 
You $1000 Cash Ii They Are Not Genuine. 
••INTERNATIONAL STOCK FOOD” JJGtTS FEEDS for ONE CENT*^ won the Highest Modal at P«rli Kxposition In 1900 as a High-Class Medicinal Preparation, made from 
powdered Root*, Barks, Seeds and Herbs, to give to Horses, Cattle. Sheep, Goats, Colts, Calves, Lamb* and Pigs, in small amounts as an addition to their regular grain feed 
to secure better digestion and assimilation so that each animal will obtain more nutrition from all grain eaten. Scientific authorities prove that the average animal digests 
55 percent, of the average kind of feeds. “International Stock Food” will cause them to digest 70 to 75 per Cent. We paid the government $40,000.00 war tax because 
“Internal lonal Stock Food” was a high-class medicinal preparation. Many other kinds did not pay any war tax because they claimed to the government that they did not 
ueo medicinal ingredients and did not claim medicinal result*. You can afford to use preparation! of this kind Only On A Medicinal Basis* “International 6tork Food” 
purifies tho blood, “tones up” and permanently strengthens the entire system. It cures or prevonts many forms of disease. It will save you $10.00 per year In tho Feed 
of Every Ilorse You Work and its use will only cost you $2.50 per year. It saves grain and 30 to 60 days* time in grow ing and fattening all kinds of stock and is endorsed 
by over one million farmers who have used it for fifteen years. It is absolutely harmless oven if taken into the human system. Beware of the many cheap and inferior 
imitations and substitutes. No chemist can separate and namo all of the ingredients wo u*a. Any company or chemist claiming to do so is a Self-Confessed Ignoramus or a 
Paid Falsifier* Insist on having the genuine “International Stock Food.”—air It is sold by 100,000 Dealers on a “Spot Cash Guarantee” to Refund Yonr Money If it ever 
fails to give you satisfactory, paying results and its nse only costs you ay 3 FEEDS for ONE CEIIT.^Stja We Have Factories at Minneapolis and Toronto, Canada* 
DAN PATCH 1:50# 
IT CONTAINS 183 LARGE ENGRAVINGS 
WE WILL PAY YOU $10.00 CASH IF BOOK- IS NOT AS DESCRIBED 
The Cover of this Book is a Beautiful Live Stock Picture a^“ Printed In Six Brilliant Colors, and Without Any Advertising on It. 
Size of Book is6^ by 9# inches. It cost us $3000 to have our Artists and Engravers make those Engravings, which are the finest 
engravings of Horses, Cattle, Sheep, Coats, Hogs and Poultry that you have ever seen. Those 183 Engravings are all mado from 
actual photographs and are worthy of a place in any library. It also gives Description, History and Illustrations of the Different 
Breeds of Horses, Cattle, Sheep, Coats, Hogs and Poultry. It contains Life Engravings of many very noted Animals. It con¬ 
tains a Finely Illustrated Veterinary Department That Will Save You Hundreds of Dollars, because It describes all common 
diseases and tells you how to treat them. The Veterinary Illustrations aro large and absolutely reliable. 
Correspondence promptly aniwered as we have an office force of 200* including 106 typewriters. 
POSTM3EfPREPAiD 
WE WILL MAIL BOOK TO~YOU 
If Too Will Writ. T. At Once, Letter or Postal Card, and ANSWER TIIESK TWO QUESTIONS: 
1st.—NAME THIS PAPER. 2nd.—HOW MUCH STOCK HAVE YOU? 
.INTERNATIONAL STOCK FOOD CO., BBEWH 
Largest Stoek Food Factory In the World. 
Capital Paid in $2, 000,000.00. 
This Engraving Shews Onr New Factory. 
It Contains IS Acres of Floor Spaee. 
DAN PATCH 1:56/4 
FASTEST HARNESS HORSE IN THE WORLD 
Mile Record, 
Half-Mile Record, 0:56 
Dan Eats “International Stock Feod” Every Day and 
HOLDS FOLLOWING WORLD RECORDS: 
1:56# Mile Record on Half-Mile Track, 2:03# Mile Record to High Wheel Sulky, 2:04# 
- 1:57# Two-Bile Record, • - • 4:17 
Mile Uoeord to Wagon, 
HIS BEAUTIFUL COLORED PICTURE FREE 
Printed In Six Brilliant Colors--Size 21 by 28 inches 
We own the World-Famous, Champion Pacing Stallion, Dan Patch, and have Fine 
Lithographs of him. They give complete record of all his Race* and Fait 
Miles and are Free of Advertising. The large Colored Lithograph 
will show Dan hitched as you see him in this engraving. 
IT WILL ALSO BE MAILED FREE-Poslage Prepaid 
«®“IF YOU ANSWER THE "TWO QUESTIONS” AND SEND FOR BOOK DESCRIBED ABOVE. - ®* 
professor,” the grizzled old farmer, who 
knew the learned gentleman by sight, re¬ 
plied. “Are you feeding it wet or dry?” 
“Dry.” “Don’t you know if you feed it 
wet the hogs can digest it in one-half 
the time?” The farmer gave him a quiz¬ 
zical look. “Now, see here, professor,” 
lie said, “how much do you calculate a 
hog’s time is worth?”—Linnincott’s Mag¬ 
azine. 
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25 to 30 per cent, commis¬ 
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address J. J. I)., care of 
TH* GREAT AMERICAN TEA CO., P.O.Box 289,81-83 VeseySt.,N.Y 
TOOL OF 
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Every farmer, mechanic or travel¬ 
ler should carry our 6-in. adjust¬ 
able, nickel plated combination 
wrench, pipe plier, screw driver, wire < 
ter, etc. Chance Instantly so as to handle 1J4 
in. nut or the smallest pin. Write for circular No.40. 
2-whcel Wind Mills and Armsaver buskers. 
GOOD MFC. CO., APPLETON, WISCONSIN. * 
RYE THRESHERS 
Clean the grain; 
bind and pre¬ 
serve the straw. 
HARDER MANUFACTURING CO., Cobiesklll, N. Y. 
CARTS 
OF MANY PATTERNS. 
SPRINKLERS 
AND 
WATER TANKS. 
Park and Lawn 
12 different and hand¬ 
some designs. All up 
to date and best of- 
their kind. 
HOBSON & CO.» 
Manufacturers, 
Office, 17 State St., 
NSW YORK. 
Made for the Mas 
Who Wants the 
Best. 
One Man Gan Spread More Manure 
with our Great Western Endless Apron 
Spreader than 15 men can spread by hand, 
and when spread with the Great Western it 
Is thoroughly pulverized and spread evenly, 
which makes 1 load equal to 3that are spread 
by hand. LTade In 4 sizes: 30, 50, 70 
and 1 OO bushels capacity. Spreads all 
kinds of manure, compost, lime, land 
plaster, wood ashes, etc. It saves time, 
nard back aching work and money, and more 
than pays for itself the first season. Kndlepft 
Apron is always ready to load, no cranking 
back after each load is spread. Cun bft 
regulated while in motion, to spread thick 
•r thin from 9 to 25 loads per acre. Front Axle U the same length as the hind one, making wheels track. Front end of 
box is close to horses v/hich gives the Ilgrhtcfttpossible draft, IN on-Bunehable Rake keeps all lar^e “hunks on top of 
beater until they are thoroughly pul veri zed. Comoined Hood andEndgate keeps manure away from beater while loading and acts 
as hood in spreading. GUARANTEE.—We use the very best material in this machine that money can buy and w-e guarantee 
it to handle any kind of manure, no matter what ft Is. and if anv Darts break we will furnish new parts any time within one yea* 
without charge. Inquire of your dealer or send to us for free catalogue. Implement dealers can secure agency. 
SMITH MANURE SPREADER CO. 16-18 SOUTH CLINTON ST. CHICAGO, ILL. 
S SCALES,$29.00 
FOR FARM AND STOCK usage un. 
The “PEERLESS ” is a 6-ton 
Compound Beam, Wagon and 
Stock Scale, of the 
best material and 
workmanship, and 
each scale is guar¬ 
anteed fnr 5 vear?. 
3end for our catalogue, peerless scale CO. 
tltlwaakcv and Ft. Scott Aves., Dipt Z, Kauaaa City, Mo. 
WIRE-$I.40 Per 100 Lbs. 
Smooth galvanized wire,put up 100 
lbs. to a hale, lengths running up to 
250t'C. No. 14 guage, per 100 lbs. *1.40. 
Write for prices on other gauges. 
Fence staples, per 100 lbs.. *2.00. Wire 
nails,mixedin akeg.per 1001bs.,*1.60. 
Barbed wire,per lOOlbs., *2.35. Poultry 
netting, steel fence .etc., a tlow prices. 
Ask for Catalogue No. K, 
on merchandise of all kinds from 
Sheriffs’ and Receivers’ sales. 
CHICAGO HOUSE WRECKING CO., West 86th & Iron Sts., Chicago 
HORSE POWERS, 
THRASHERS Wood 
and CLEANERS Saws 
One&two-horse Thrashing Outfits. Level pilTTCDP 
Tread, Perfect Governor, Feed & Ensilage UUI I Eno 
Write for catalogue. 
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Straight Straw, Rye andWheatThrasher 
Combined with Spike-Tooth Oat 
and Wheat Thrasher. 
Our M lohine vriV 
thrash Rje or Wheal 
without bruising oi 
breaking the straw,and 
tie it again in perfect 
bundles.Can be changed 
in fifteen minutes to a 
spike-tooth Oat, Wheat 
Buckwheat, Barley and Corn Thrasher with stackex 
attached Will thrash more grain with less power 
than any Thrasher built. Send for catalogue B tc 
•.aeGBANT-FBKBiS COMPANY Troy N Y 
JONES HE PAYS THE FREIGHT AND HE LIVES AT BINGHAMTON, N. Y. 
A Never Failing Water Supply, 
with absolute safety, at small cost may be had by using the 
Improved Rider Hot Air Pumping Engine and 
Improved Ericsson Hot Air Pumping Engine. 
Built by us for more than 30 years and sold in every country in the world Exclu¬ 
sively intended for pumping water. May be run by any ignorant hoy or woman. 
So well built that their durability is yet to be determined, engines which were sold 
30 years ago being still in active service. 
Send Btamp for “C4 ’ Catalogue to nearest office 
RIDER-ERICSSON ENGINE CO., 
85 Warren St., New York. 239 Franklin St., Boston. 
40 Dearborn St., Chicago. 692 Craig St., Montreal, I’. 
*0 North 7th St., Philadelphia. S3 Fltt St., Sydney, N. B. W. 
Tenlente-Key U, Havana, 0»h*. 
You have only to inves¬ 
tigate the merits of 
American Saw Mills 
to be convinced of their su¬ 
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tho door* of Iron, coal and Btoel production. Lowest freight rates. 
1’ricos j use ri^ht too. Five sixes portable saw mill*. Edgers, trimmers, 
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> AMERICAN SAW MILL MACHINERY CO. 
610 Engineering Bldg. Kcw York City. 
CONTENTS. 
Tiie Rural New-Yorker, June 25, 1904. 
FARM TOPICS. 
Vetch as a Forage Crop.489, 490 
Tomato Growing.491 
Plowing Under Cow Peas.492 
Clover Haj in Kansas.492 
Sullivan Co., N. Y., Notes.492 
Trucking Notes for June.492 
Hope Farm Notes.495 
Crop Notes.497 
Michigan Peppermint.497 
Ohio Prospects. 500 
How We Make Clover Hay.500 
Connecticut Note.500 
Corn and Silo Notes.501 
LIVE STOCK AND DAIRY. 
Certified Milk. 
Little Chicks as Cannibals. 
Hens with an Egg Pedigree. 
Protecting Trees from Sheep. 
Pullets vs. Old Hens. 
Notes on Animals. 
Exercising a Bull. 
Chickens that Eat Eggs. 
Talks with a Hen Man. 
Defective Cows. 
Hawk Bait.’. 
Story of a Michigan Silo. 
Salt on Chicks. 
Soft-Shelled Eggs. 
HORTICULTURE. 
Guaranteed Strawberries. 
Bridge-Grafted Trees. 
House for Vegetable Plants. 
Apple Growing in N. W. Connecticut 
White Niagara Cherry.. 
Grafting Cherries on Wild Stock... 
Nut Culture in Texas. 
Notes from the Rural Grounds. 
Lime Sulphur Wash.. 
WOMAN AND HOME. 
From Day to Day. 
Some of Mother’s Ways. 
Entire Wheat Bread. 
Cooking with Acetylene. 
Laundering Summer Waists. 
The Rural Patterns. 
Teachers Who Need Teaching. 
MISCELLANEOUS. 
Government Fractional Currency.. 
Dynamite and a Horse. 
The Prize Clippings. 
Making a Cement Walk. 
Recreative Work for Young Folks. 
Editorials . 
Events of the Week. 
Business Bits. 
On an Oregon Steamboat. 
Why the “Boys” Leave the Farm.. 
Duties of Stewardess. 
Publisher's Desk... 
The Woodchuck Has Friend*. 
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