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THE RURAL NEW-YORKER 
January 9, 1897 
Humorous. 
Boarding School Teacher : “ And 
now, Edith, tell me the plural of baby.” 
Edith (promptly): “ Twins.”— Credit Lost. 
Teacher : “ How old are you, Willie ? ” 
Willie : “ I’m five at home, six at school 
and four in the ears.”— WashingtonTimes. 
Inquisitive Boy : “ Say, pop, what 
does the boa constrictor tie himself up 
in a hard knot like that for ? ” Pop : 
“Oh, that’s to remind himself of some¬ 
thing when he wakes up.”— Twinkles 
Mrs. Wigbald: “No, my husband 
hasn’t done much for 25 years.” Mrs. 
Oldbrain : “ Has he been an invalid all 
that time ? ” Mrs. Wigbald : “ No, he’s 
been a government employee.”— Pear¬ 
son's Weekly. 
Teacher (severely): “ Tommy Smith, 
come here. Why haven’t you learned 
your geography lesson?” Tommy: 
“’Cause the papers say there’s going to 
be a change in the map of Europe.”— 
Chicago Dispatch 
“ What’s the matter now ? ” asked the 
milkman when the pretty young house¬ 
wife said that she must quit him. “ The 
milk seems nice and white when you 
deliver it, but if I let it stand for a few 
hours it turns an ugly yellow.”— Detroit - 
Free Press. 
“I have called,” said the young man 
to the busy contractor, buried among 
his papers, “to propose for the hand of 
your daughter.” The answer was in 
stereotyped form and given without any 
idea of what the young man had said : 
“Send in a sealed proposal, sir. The 
lowest bidder gets it.”— Detroit Free 
Press. 
Special to Readers of The Rural New-Yorker ! 
Send this ad. and 10c. in 
stamps, and we will mall 
you lb. of any kind of 
Tea you may select. The 
bestimported. Good Teas 
and Coffees, 25c. V lb. We 
will sendG lbs. of FINE 
FAMILY TEAS on re¬ 
ceipt of this ad. and $2. 
This is a special offer. 
THE GREAT AMERICAN TEA CO., 
31 and 33 Vesev St.. N. Y. P. O. Box 289, 
DIBBLE’S seed CATALOGUE 
the leading and most reliable Farm Seed 
Book of the year is free, for the asking. 
The choicest kinds of Northern-grown 
Seed Potatoes, Corn, Oats, etc., direct 
from Grower to Planter at the lowest 
possible prices, consistent with the high¬ 
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EDWARD F. DIBBLE, SEEDSMAN, 
Honeoye Falls, N. I'. 
your name and address 
plainly written, and 
receive a copy of my 
Fruit Catalogue, 
issued. Not a conglomeration of 
stale clippings from other nursery catalogues, 
not a collection of old back-number cuts, but 
fresh, reliable information on fruit culture and 
honest descriptions of leading old and new 
fruits, as seen by a practical man on his otvn 
grounds. CHAS. WRIGHT, Seaford, Del. 
SEND 
shortly to be 
INCUBATORS, 
BROODERS,VEGETABLE and 
CLOVER CUTTERS. 
BONE and GRAIN MILLS. 
A complete line of po ultry supplies at 
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cut bone will I 
MAKE HENS LAY 
in Winter and produce 
__fertile eggs for hatch¬ 
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Engines and Boilers a specialty. Send for catalogue to 
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HENCH 
& DROMGOLD’S 
SAWMILLandENGINES 
SAW 
WOODP 
Why not use the best machinery £ 
and save time and strength.The S 
SMALLEY SAWS | 
enable one man to do the work two could do in £ 
the old way. Our “Electric” Circular Saws s 
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are by far the best general 5 
purpose Farm Saws ever a 
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list of ‘Small ey* a 
Saws, Ensfi- 5 
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tier Cutters, £ 
Feed Mills, 5 
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“Electric” 
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Creek 
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2 . 
The Charter Casoline Engine 
Is used for almost every pur¬ 
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to; and for 
FARM, DAIRY, 
and CREAMERY 
Work Is nnequaled. Full par¬ 
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A wonderful Improvement in Friction Feeds and 
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Spring Harrows, Hay Rakes, Cultivators, 
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“Eli” Baling Presses 
38 Styles & Sizes for Horse and Steam Power 
Bell 
„ „- _ STEEL 
Send for 64 page illustrated catalogue. * 
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CREAM SEPARATORS IN EUROPE. 
Dairying is the national industry in Denmark 
and her people lead the world in practical and 
scientific dairying knowledge. Danish butter 
brings the highest general prices in the world, 
and nearly 50 per cent more than our own. 
Chicago Produce, the leading American butter- 
trade journal, has recently had a special cor- 
resjjondent make a personal study of Danish 
dairying methods. This writer reports in its 
columns, as to cream separators, that he finds 
the De Laval “ Alpha” and “ Baby ” separators 
in absolutely universal use, and that they have 
within a few years wholly replaced all other 
separators and creaming methods. 
This is likewise true of other European dairy¬ 
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Send for Catalogue No. 246. 
STEAM ENGINES 
All sizes. 1 H.-P. up; 
bottom prices. Cat. free 
Wm. Butts, Trestle.N.Y 
Cider Machinery.—Send for catalogue to Boomer & 
Boscnert Press Co., 118 West Water St.. Syracuse.N.Y 
FRUIT PACKAGES £fnds! 
Also Beekeepers’ Supplies. 
Now is the time to order and 
get the DISCOUNTS. Cata¬ 
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Berlin Heights, Erie Co.. Ohio. 
THE DE LAVAL SEPARATOR CO., 
Randolph and Canal Sts., I 74 Cortlandt Street, 
CHICAGO. | NEW YORK. 
“Strawberry Plants that Grow.” 
Standard, sorts, $1.50 to $2.50 per M Best Raspberry 
and Blackberry plants, $3.50 to $5 per M. 
My •• 97 ” Catalogue mailed Free. 
C. E. WHITTEN, Bridgman, Mich. 
We Grow Seeds. 
Our Specialties are: 
Cabbage, Celery,Onions,Tomatoes, 
Potatoes and Improved Farm Seeds. 
Prices low. Please ask for Catalogue. 
JOSEPH HARRIS CO., 
Moreton Farm (P. O.), Monroe Co., I¥. Y, 
TREES-SHRUBS-ROSES I 
The largest and most complete collections of GENERAL NURSERY STOCK. If 
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If ELLWANCER &. BARRY, Mount Hope Nurseries, Rochester, N.Y. H 
A FEED MILL % a GOLD MINE: 
The Scientific 
The best on Eartli. Grinds 
all grains, including ear corn. 
Numerous styles and sizes 
for all power. Send for catalog. 
THE FOOS MFC/CO* 
Springfield, Ohio* 
newly improved. This year’s buyers of the “PLANET JR.” No. 8 
Horse Hoe will have the advantage of a longer and higher frame, 
new lever wheel and depth regulator, new expander and other 
improvements that make this long known and widely used 
cultivator absolutely perfect. To learn of the im¬ 
provements in this and the good features of all the 
other “Planet Jr.” Farm and Garden Tools, write 
for the “Planet Jr.” Book for ’97. 
S. L. Allen & Co., 1107 Market St., Philadelphia. 
AGENTS 
WANTED. 
ACME 
Illustrated 
pamphlet 
mailed 
free. 
PULVERIZING HARROW, CLOD CRUSHER AND LEVELER. 
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Also Pumps. Tanks, Corn 
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SEND FOR CATALOGUE. 
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113 Water St., BATAVIA, ILL. 
Write for 
Circulars. 
IMPERIAL 
GALVANIZED STEEL 
Wind Mill 
With Covered 
Internal Gear. 
Unequaled in the line of 
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Wo solicit the closest investigation. 
Also Imperial Galvanized Steel 
Derrieks. Iron Turbine 
and Columbia Steel 
Wind KnginCH. Ituck- 
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Tank and .Spray l’uiniwt, 
Well Drilling Machines. 
Buckeye Lawn Mow era. 
Iron Fencing, etc. 
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ALL STEEL! 
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. The *hn|»le lever adjusts the teeth to any ancle. Slants ^ 
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SOUGHTI 
BOSS” flush T-Bevel 
The 
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THE HILL BEVEL CO.. 
MANCHESTER CONN. 
CONTENTS. 
Bubal Nkw-Yobkkb, January 9, 1897. 
FARM TOPICS. 
Potatoes, Peaches and Moons.21 
Compost of Muck and Cotton Seed..21 
The Use of Plaster in Stables.21 
Dissolved Rock or Ground Bone. 21 
Wbatto Do with Muck.21 
Wbat to Do with Offal.21 
Sulphur for Potato Scab.21 
Plans for a Georgia Barn.21 
Notes from Rural Grounds; Potato Trials for 
1896. 22 
How to Use Lime.23 
LIVE STOCK AND DAIRY. 
The Cattle Industry in Virginia.17 
A Massachusetts Milkman and Florist.17 
How Prize Butter Is Made.18 
The Dexter Cattle.20 
Oil Meal or Vegetables for Hens.21 
Another Theory About Breeding.23 
New York Poultry Show.25 
The Udder of the Cow.30 
The Clipped Horse.31 
What 20 Albany Hens Did.31 
Would It Pay to Raise Good Calves ?.31 
Buying or Breeding Cows. 31 
HORTICULTURAL. 
Newer Varieties of Lima Beans.19 
Apple Trees in a Peach Orchard. 19 
Remarkable Chestnut Growth.20 
Experience with Tree Peddlers.20 
Blackberries and Raspberries; Kainit.20 
When and How to Mulch Strawberries.21 
What Shall We Plant?.23 
Flavor of California Peaches.23 
One Point in Pruning.23 
Plants for Wardian Cases.27 
The Fern Case.27 
General Notes.27 
WOMAN AND THE HOME. 
From Day to Day.26 
Three Plum Puddings.26 
Use and Renovation of Feathers.26 
New Gowns from Old.26 
From the Kitchen Window.26 
Washing Flannels.26 
MISCELLANEOUS. 
A Fruit Storage Building. 18 
A Hudson River Valley Horticultural Society.. 20 
An Egg-sucking Dog.20 
What Does a Poultice Do ?.20 
How to Build an Icehouse.21 
The “Catarrh Cure” Improved.21 
Traps for Codling Moths. 23 
Editorials.24 
Brevities.24 
Among the Marketmen.25 
Keeping Account of Fruit Sales.25 
Business Bits.25 
As We Go To Press.. i.28 
The Experiment Stations.28 
Crop and Market Notes.28 
Condensed Correspondence.28 
Markets.29 
Humorous.32 
