THE RURAL NEW-YORKER 
March 13, 1897 
188 
Humorous. 
“Youb heart,” said the rooster bitterly, 
“is as hard as adamant!” “Well,” 
answered the hen testily, “ you must re¬ 
member that I am a Plymouth Rock 
hen.”— Press. 
Economical. — Macfarlane (dying) : 
“Let my funeral take place on a Sun¬ 
day ; then my clerks can attend it with¬ 
out losing part of a working day.”— 
Modes and Fabrics. 
“ On, mamma, I have found out why 
Mrs. Solide talks so much.” “Gwen, 
my pet, you shouldn’t-” “Yes, but, 
mamma, don’t you see she has a double 
chin ! ”— New York Tribune. 
“You don't seem to like the ice very 
well,” remarked the expert skater to the 
beginner. “ No,” replied the beginner 
as he lifted both skates simultaneously 
about four feet in the air, “I’m down 
on it.”— Twinkles. 
She (sympathizingly): “I feel so sorry 
for the poor trolley-car conductors. It 
must be terrible for them to have to 
be on their feet all day long.” He: 
“ Humph ! They’re on the passengers’ 
feet more than half of the time.”— Modes 
and Fabrics. 
Father : “ Look here, Tommy, what 
do you think of the new baby brother 
the doctor has brought ?” Tommy : 
Successful record of fourteen years. Acknowledged 
King of Potato Planters. Better to-day than ever. 
Automatically marks, drops and covers in one op¬ 
eration, doing ten men’s work. 
Send for illustrated catalogue of Planters, Cutters, 
Sprayers, Sorters, etc., free. 
ASP1NWALL MFG. CO., 62 Sabin St., JACKSON, MICH. 
T* BONNIE BINDER 
oak 
felloes 
tc steel 
tire. Best steel drive chain made, screw raising gear that is simple, sure, effective. STEELGRAIN 
wheel with a steel truss rod that keeps it where you put it—can’t sag, wobble or break down, chain drive 
binder -direct, quick, perfect; no long train of gears. FRICTION FREE, non-cramping packer. Proof posi¬ 
tive will he found in our Free Bookon Binders. Sendforit. We make the Bonnie Binder, Globe and Con¬ 
tinental Mowers, Continental Reapers, Globe Rakes, Disk Pulverisers, and other machines of special merit. 
Possesses more good qualities than were 
ever before combined in one machine. 
ALL-STEEL FRAME nections, 
thorough! y braced— can ’ t strain, 
can’t break. HIGH 
DRIVING WHEEL 
with broad face, gives 
great 
traction 
power 
and light 
draft. 
STEEL 
WHEEL, or 
wheel with 
AUTOMATIC TRIP that trips every 
time—sure to discharge the sneaf. a 
perfect ADJUSTER— always makes 
even bundles fn either short or long 
grain, single lever, quick adjust¬ 
ment grain reel, big CAPA¬ 
CITY elevators. WIDEST elevators mado— 
for long grain. SIMPLEST KNOTTER, no com- 
nil rated i inrts to tret out of order: sav estwlne. 
to rear- 
THE JOHNSTON HARVESTER CO., Batavia, N. Y., U. S. A. 
“ Why, he’s got no hair ! Oh, and he’s 
got no teeth! You’ve been took in, 
father; he’s brought you an old un.”— 
Sketch. 
The new woman orator waxed elo¬ 
quent. “ And what,” she demanded, as 
she came to the climax, “is the result 
of our emancipation ? ” She looked 
around with the calm assurance of one 
who had asked a poser, and this was too 
much for the little man who was wait¬ 
ing for his wife in a far corner of the 
hall. “ I know ! ” he shouted. “ Ah ! ” 
returned the new woman on the plat¬ 
form scornfully, “ the little man with 
the bald head thinks he has solved the 
problem that we came here to discuss 
this afternoon. We will gladly give our 
attention while he tells us what is to 
be the result.” “ Cold dinners and 
ragged children,” roared the little man. 
— Answers. 
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MIXED PAINT5 
At WHOLESALE PRICES, Delivered FREE 
Por Houses, Barns, Roofs, all colors, and SAVE Dealers 
profits. In use 54 years. Endorsed by Orange ft Farmers’ 
Alliance. Low prices will surprise you. Write for Samples. 
% W. INGERSOLL. 246 Plymoulh St.. Brooklyn. N. Y. 
Special to Readers of The Rural New-Yorker J 
™ S^nd this ad. and 10c. In 
stamps, and we will mall 
you M lb. of any kind of 
Tea you may select. The 
best imported. Good Teas 
and Coffees, 25c. V lb. We 
will send 5 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. 
jpoiflpsorfy 
GRaI 
SSEI 
Sows all kinds Clover, Timothy, Alfalfa, Red Top,: 
1 Flax and all Grass Seeds, any quantity, evenly, ac-< 
1 curately. 20 to 40 acres a day. In wet, dry or windy 1 
! weather. Weight 40 lbs. HOPPER FPR OAfS. WHEAT. I 
i Catalog O. E , THOMPSON 4, SONS 
i FREE, n River Street, YPSILANTI, MICH. 
PLANT 
Corn, Beans, Peas 
and Beet Seed 
in Hills, Drills and Checks. It is the 
only planter that will distribute all 
fertilizers, Wet or Dry, Hen Ma- 
nure, Plaster, Ashes, Etc., with 
a certainty, in different amounts, each 
side of seed. Send for circulars. 
Eclipse Corn Planter Co., 
ENFIELD, GRAFTON CO., 
New Hampshire. 
FCLIPSE 
An 
CORN PLANTER 
And Fertilizer Distributor Combined. 
WEIGHT , 150 POUNDS 
Don’t Waste Any More 
of your God-given time and strength in growing any kind 
of a farm or garden crop without using one of the Breed 
Weeders They will save three-fourths to 9-10 of your 
time, and it is a pleasure to use one Thousands of farmers 
and gardeners all over the U. S. will testify to this. Will 
work corn, hills and all. until It Is 18 inches high, potatoes 
eight to 10. and all other crops in proportion. Will work 
corn, potatoes, peas, beans, cucumbers, squashes, melons, 
cabbages, tomatoes, celery, asparagus, strawberries, beets, 
carrots, onions, etc , etc. to your perfect satisfaction, and 
give better crops than by any other method. This may 
seem impossible to you but It is true nevertheless. 
I am well pleased with the work of your Weeder. It is the greatest labor-saver 1 know of in the line of 
crop cultivators. I used mine in my garden as well as in my corn and potatoes.—S L. Simmy, Andover, O. 
The No. 4 Weeder purchased of you far exceeded my expectations. 1 used it on eight acres of potatoes 
and six acres of corn without any hand hoeing, leaving the ground perfectly free from weeds, and doing the 
work better than it possibly could he by hand. Potato crop averaged 235 bushels per acre - three acres 
yielded 925 bushels, with only 250 pounds fertilizer per acre: corn gave 100 bushels ears per acre; and 1 think 
We gained one-third in crops by the use of the Weeder with less than one-half the expense for cultivation. 
The Weeder worked equally well in strawberries and young raspberry and currant bushes; in fact, one must 
see it work before he can fullv comprehend the amount and quality of the work it will do. 
—S. II. Buiu.ingame, North Brookfield, N. Y. 
There are many reasons why you cannot afford to do without a Weeder this year. Send to-day for circu¬ 
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Please mention Tlir 7 QDCEfl M/CCRCD Pfl Desk 12, No. 26 Merchants Row, 
this paper. I IIL L . D il LLU WLLULII UUi, BOSTON, MASS. 
LEAN’S 
HARROW 
OUCHT TO 
Last a Life Time. 
JJ N EQUALLED for all kinds of farm work. Saves its cost 
- c rst season on growing crops. All steel, no castings to 
,_ reak—strongest and simplest lever adjusting arrange- 
mentmade. Write for descriptive circular. Address 
RODERICK LEAN MFG. CO. mansmumhio. 
HAWKEYE GRUB AND STUMP MACHINE 
Works on either Standing Tirr'-er or Stumps. 
Makes a Clean Sweep; <\ 
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A man, hoy ami a horse rani" " *V/ 
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information regarding our 
I. X. L. GRUBBER, 
IRON GIANT GRUB & 
STUMP MACHINE, 
2-HORSE HAWKEYE 
and other appliances for 
clearing timber land. 
Address Milne Bros, for Shetland Pony Catalogue. 
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AGENTS 
WANTED. 
ACME 
Illustrated 
pamphlet 
mailed 
free. 
PULVERIZi.^HARROW, CLOD CRUSHER AND LEVELER. 
Adapted to all soils, all work. Craslies, cuts, 
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WHEEL HOES 
High Steel Wheels cause them to 
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Tubular Frame coupled to malle= 
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with freedom from breakage. 
We make 50 different implements, 
among them a full line of garden 
tools. Send for catalogue. 
BATEMAN MFG. CO., Box 102. Grenloch, N. J. 
WANTED! 
One live farmer in every place to write at once 
for special introductory price on our 
Success Anti-Clog 
WEEDER & CULTIVATOR. 
First buyer secures the agency. 
J8@TWrite quick. 
Teeth guaranteed. 
D. Y. HALLODK & SON 
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FARMERS' 
you can make money by selling and using 
HOLDFAST Corn Hinders, used on every 
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.less than string. Never wears out. Thous- 
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Get your town agency now. Outfit 5c., 
stamps. TIE CO., Box 72 Tnadilla, N.Y. M 
CONTENTS. 
Rural New-Yorker, March 13, 1897. 
FARM TOPICS. 
Six Crops in Three Y’ears.169, 170 
Potatoes Running to Vines. 171 
Fertilizer Mixture for Celery.172 
Values of Buckwheat and Ashes. 172 
"Muriate and Bone” for Peaches and Potatoes 172 
What Crops for Green Manuring?.173 
Value of Different Parts of the Corn Plant.... 173 
Building a Tub Silo. 173 
A Clover for Spring Sowing Wanted.173 
Fall Seeding to Grass. 173 
A Successful Oat Crop.179 
LIVE STOCK AND DAIRY. 
Buying Feeders in Indiana.169 
Six Tons of Duck Per Acre. 170 
Cheap Wintering for Horses.171 
At the Dog Show. 179 
Horse Out of Condition. 184 
Weaning Colts; Corns; Castration. 184 
Colic iu a Horse. 184 
Heifer’s Teats Grown Together.184, 185 
Bony Growth on Horse’s Leg. 185 
Horses Out of Condition. 185 
Splints on a Horse.185 
A Barren Bull; Overfed Pigs.185, 186 
Impotent Bull; Calf Without Milk.186 
Castor Oil for Warts. 186 
A Balanced Ration for Cows.186 
Should Horses Face the Light?.186 
Walnuts for Poultry. 187 
Ensilage for Horses. 187 
HORTICULTURAL. 
Plants for Orchard Planting. 172 
Cotton-seed Meal for Garden Crops. 172 
Cutting and Keeping Pear Grafts. 173 
What Crops in a Young Orchard ?. 173 
Wild Cherry for Grafting. 173 
Plums for Michigan; Packing Strawberry 
Plants.. 174 
What to Graft on Apple Trees. 174 
Fertilizer for Asparagus; Nitrate.174 
Worms in Soil; Plum Borers. 175 
Preparing Land for Fruit. 175 
Does Asparagus Need Phosphoric Acid ?.175 
Grass Seed for Lawns. 175 
Sweet and Sour Mixed Apple. 176 
Tar Paper on Peaches; Pruning.176 
Carrying Over Primulas; Forget-me-nots.181 
Ipomoea Pandurata from Seed.181 
Cosmos; Vines for a Cool Greenhouse. 181 
Ipomoea Pandurata. 181 
Ridding Plants of Aphides.181 
Aphides on Honeysuckle... 181 
General Notes. 181 
Various Horticultural Problems. 187 
WOMAN AND THE HOME. 
From Day to Day. 180 
Dressing tlie Babies. 180 
A Simple Dress Skirt. 180 
MISCELLANEOUS. 
What Causes a Big Stomach ?.... 173 
Some Questions About Paint. 173 
Thk R. N.-Y.’s Review of the Catalogues for 
1897.176, 177 
Editorials. 178 
Brevities.178 
Business Bits. 179 
Among the Marketmen. 179 
As We Go To Press. 182 
Markets. 183 
About Apple Pomace. 187 
Humorous. 188 
