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THE RURAL NEW-YORKER. 
March 2fi, 1904 
The Mapes Top-Dresser, Improved 
Ammonia, 12 per cent.; Phosphoric Acid, 8 per cent.; Soluble Potash, actual, 4 per cent, (free from chlorides). 
The Most Soluble and Quickly- Acting Fertilizer made. Insures rapid growth, with full vigor and highest quality of 
’ product. Especially useful on any backward crop or portion of a crop (from late planting, cold, backward season, drought, etc ). 
Composed of the very highest grades of soluble fertilizing materials, including Genuine Peruvian Guano, so treated as to render 
all the phosphoric acid practically soluble (without objectionable acidity). Nitrate of Potash, Nitrate of Soda, Sulphate of Ammonia, all 
blended into a soluble, complete manure containing many VARIED FORMS of the choicest and most soluble plant food ingredients. 
To meet the demand, particularly among truckers, also for use on lawns, etc., for a soluble Top-Dresser, absolutely safe for 
application at any stage of growth, as well as to secure a more even and economical distribution, also to avoid all danger of caking, etc., 
this fertilizer is supplied ready mixed with equal weight of finely ground plaster and reduced to one- 
half strength. 
Another important advantage of the plaster (Sulphate of Lime) is its beneficial effect in drought, as well as in the favorable effects 
of the lime contained, on the soil. 
It is free from odor, clean and unobjectionable to handle. It is in the form of a fine, dry powder, easily and safely applied by hand, 
drill, or any seed sower. 
For Parks, Lawns, Grass, Golf Links, Meadows, Etc • 
Especially adapted for use on Lawns, Parks, Golf Links, as a Top-Dresser at any stage of growth. Even on freshly cut lawns, 400 
to 600 pounds per acre at a single application may be used with safety. 
It is entirely unobjectionable on lawns near the dwelling. It is without odor, and so finely ground that it quickly disappears from 
sight after application as a Top-Dresser. Unlike Cottonseed Meal, Nitrate of Soda or similar nitrogenous fertilizer, it is a complete 
fertilizer, developing strong, vigorous root development; healthy, hardy growth throughout the plants, greatly improving 
and sustaining the quality of the turf. The tendency of this fertilizer is to nourish all the finer grasses, and by developing strong 
growth with these, to drive out the weeds and such robber plants. Can be used also at seeding to grass. 
For Potatoes (Irish and Sweet), Cabbages, Tomatoes, Spinach, Asparagus, Strawberry beds, all 
small fruits, all truck and garden vegetables, Melons, Cucumbers, Peas, Gherkins, Beans, Radishes, 
Beets, Carrots, Onions, Egg Plants, Sweet Corn, Tobacco and Lettuce. Specially adapted for 
Oats at seeding, 100 to 200 pounds per acre. 
One of the largest and most successful growers of asparagus—who used in Spring of 1902 a few tons of this Top-Dresser— 
has ordered FIFTY TONS, FULL STRENGTH, for use this Spring. 
Iff Sending for Pamphlets, Please State the Crops in which you are Particularly Interested• 
THE IWAPES FORMULA AND PERUVIAN GUANO COMPANY, 
143 XjIBEHTY STREET. 3MEW YORK 
BUY DIRECT FROM FACTORY, BEST 
MIXED PAINTS 
AIWHOLF.SALE PRICES, Delivered FREE 
For Houses, Barns, Roofs, all colors, and SAVE Dealers 
profits. In use 61 years. Officially Endorsed by the 
Orange. Low prices will surprise you.« Write for Samples. 
0. W. IN0ERS0LL, 340 Plymouth St., Brooklyn, N. V. 
WATER TANKS 
MADE OF 
ABB THE 
RALPH B. 
CARTER GO., 26 Cortlandt St., K.W 
Extra Fine Imported 
56=Piece China 
TEA SET 
FREE 
with an order for 25 lbs. of 
New Crop 60c . 70c. or 80c. 
Tea, or 25 lbs. Great Ameri¬ 
can BakingPowder,45c alb. 
or an assorted order Teas 
and Baking Powder, or 60 
lbs.Bomosa Coffee, 33c alb. 
or 502 oz. bottles of pure ex¬ 
tracts. Vanilla. Lemon, etc., 
25c a bottle or 251-lb. eansof 
Spice, any kind, absolutely 
pure,50c a can 
For prompt attention, 
address Mr. care of 
Great American Tea Co. 
Box 289, 
31-33 Vesey St., New York 
f'S-' Let Us Send You '-s»> 
Our Book. 
about good wheels and good wagons that will save 
you a lot of work and make you a lot of money—tno 
ELECTRIC STEEL WHEELS 
- and the- 
ELECTRIC HANDY WAGON. 
H By every test, they are th© best. More than one and 
a quarter millions sold. Spokes united to the 
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make your old wagon new. Catalogue free. 
ELECTRIC WHEEL CO.,Box 88, Quincy, Ills. 
WIRE 5U405 
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Here’s a great Kicker. 
m Everyone who uses them says that Walter A. Wood Tedders scatter the 
hay more and dry it more quickly than any other machine. We know 
I they are stronger and will last longer. Everything steel hut the tongue. 
Strong springs take all the jar off the seat and the horses and also protect 
the machine from breakage. Each fork has its own spring for protection. 
Strong, staggered-spoke steel wheels, both driving the forks. Made with 
6 or 8 forks; combination shafts and tongue. Send for the new Walter A. 
Wood catalog illustrating Mowers, Rakes, Tedders, Reapers, Grain and 
Corn Binders and Sickle Grinders. It’s free. Mention this paper to 
WALTER A. WOOD M. & R. M. CO., 
Hoosick Falls, New York. 
Repairs furnished for Walter A. Wood machines of any date. 
WE LEAD THE WORLD 
We are the largest manufac¬ 
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Tire Steel Farm Wagon 
Wheels in America. W# 
guarantee our patent 
Grooved Tire Wheels to 
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HAVANA METAL WHEEL CO. 
HAVANA. ILL. 
PLANTS 
All kinds of plants are transplanted by the 
NAGLEY TRANSPLANTER with automatic 
watering device, which waters the roots. Send 
for circular. References given. Sold every where. 
M Ly“- Nagley Mfg, Co., Lyons, N. Y. 
Rural Mail Many new routes will go in this yean We 
nUICII mall want name and address of every man who 
sends I n a petition. QAy rDEC to first one sending 
.We will send a DU A rltEt us full information. 
BOND STEEL POST CO., ADRIAN, MICH. 
JH V M SMOOTH GAtVAMtKDfl lllE 
M put up 100 lbs. to a bale, gauges from 
E® F33 ll to 11 Inclusive. Lengths running up 
&£/ to 250 ft. Per 100 lbs. <1.10. Fend 
Staples, nil sizes, per 100 lbs. 12.00. 
Wire Nalls, assorted In a keg, per 
joo ifos. *1.70. Barbed Wire, per 
100lbB. *2.60. Poultry Netting. Field Fence. -*c . at 
low prices. Ask for free catalogue No. - on 
merehandiseof all kinds from Sheriffs urid Reeetv, . -sales 
UllLAtlO HOISK AVKKL'KI.NO to., SOth A Iron Sts. Lhtr.ro. 
Straight Straw, Rye and WheatThrasher 
Combined with Spike-Tooth Oat 
and Wheat Thrasher. 
Our Machine Will 
thrash Ryo or Wheal 
without bruising or 
breaking the straw, and 
tie it again in perfect 
bundles.Can bechanged 
’in fifteen minutes ton 
spike-tooth Oat, Wheat, 
Buckwheat, Barley and Corn Th r^herwlthstacker 
attached. Will thrash more grain with less power 
than any Thrasher built. Send for catalogue. R 
the GRANT-FERRI8 COMPANY Troy. N Y 
Farmers 9 
Handy Wagon 
With 4-Inch Tire Steel Wheels 
Low and handy. Saves labor. Wide tires, avoid 
cutting farm into ruts. Will hold up any two-horse 
load. AVe also fumiBli Steel Wheels to nt any axle. 
Any size wheel, any width of tire. Catalogue ireo. 
EMPIRE MASDFiCTDRIIG CO.. Box 70, QnincT- H 
CUTAWAY 
TOOLS 
F6r Large Hay Crops 
Clark’s Reversible 
Bush and Bog Plow 
Cuts a track 4 ft. wide, X ft 
deep.Will plow a new-cut forest. 
His Double - Action Cutaway 
Harrow keeps flic land true, 
moves Is,000 tons of earth and 
cuts :«i acres per day. His Ke ' 
vcrsible Disk Plow cuts a fur¬ 
row S to 10 in- deep, tl in. wide. 
All of these machines v.111 kill 
witch-grass,wild mustard, char¬ 
lock, hardback, sunflower, milk¬ 
weed, thistle or any foul plant. 
Send for circulars. 
Cutaway Harrow Co, 
Hlgganum, Conn.,U.S-A- 
