320 
THE RURAL NEW-YORKER 
May 8, 1897 
Humorous. 
Dairy maid—nice butter.— Texas Sift¬ 
ings. 
“ So, after they began to fear they had 
buried the man alive they exhumed 
him.” “Exhumed him? What for? 
Why on earth didn’t they go at once and 
have him dug up ? ”— Chicago Record. 
“ My wife was rather worried when I 
left her this morning.” “ What was the 
trouble ?” “ Well, she had been worry¬ 
ing about something or other last night, 
and this morning she couldn’t remember 
what it was.”— 7winkles. 
Mrs. Shallow : “ What a queer name 
for a fish— 1 smelt.’ I wonder where 
they come from?” Mr. Shallow: “I 
can’t say for a certainty, but I think 
they are of German origin and come 
from the Oder.”— Boston Courier. 
Papa : “ Well, Johnnie, you went to 
church this morning ? ” Johnnie : “ Yes, 
papa.” Papa: “How did you like the 
sermon?” Johnnie: “ The beginning 
was good and the end was good, but 
there was too much middle to it, papa.” 
—Credit Lost. 
A man was up before a judge the 
other day for stealing coal. The rail¬ 
road detective said he caught the fellow 
in a coal car, but the man said that he 
was only sleeping there because his wife 
had locked him out and he had no 
money to go to a hotel. “ Pretty hard 
bed, wasn’t it ? ” asked the judge. “ Oh, 
no, sir,” he answered. “It was soft 
coal.” And the judge was so struck 
with the joke that he let him go.— Buf¬ 
falo Enquirer. 
“ Yes,” said Archie, “I should admire 
to be a soldier, to carry a sword and gun 
and lead my men through fastnesses in 
the mountains, where the enemy lie 
concealed two to our one, and we would 
die like heroes with our boots on.” 
“ Archie,” said his mother, “ go into the 
woodshed and get an armful of kindl¬ 
ing.” “ Will you hold the light, mam¬ 
ma ? ” “ What do you want of a light ? ” 
inquired his mother. “I’m a-f-r-a-i-d ” 
—Chicago Record. 
BUY “DIRECT FROM FACTORY,” BEST 
MIXED PAINTS 
At WHOLES A LG PRICES, Delivered FREE 
For Houses, Burns, Roofs, al I colors, and S A V E Dealers 
profits. In use 54 years. Endorsed by Orange & Farmers' 
Alliance. Low prices will surprise you. Write for Samples. 
0. W. INGERSOLL, 6 Plymouth St., Brooklyn, N. Y 
TEA SETS FREE 
•with $10 orders of Teas, Coffees, Spices, etc. 
Great Reduction in prices. Send for Feiv Pre¬ 
mium and price list, etc. 
The Great American Tea Co., 
31 A 33 Vesey St., New York, N. Y. P. O. Box 289. 
The Farmers HANDY WAGOIV 
Company, 
SAGINAW, Mich. 
are makers of 
Low-Down 
Wide-Tire 
TRUCKS. Also 
METAL 
WHEELS M 
Old Farm Wagons, and 
All-Steel Trucks. 
Circulars Frs*. 
No Great Doss 
without some small gain. 
The hard times have in¬ 
creased the demand for our 
“ Handy ” Wagon, because it saves the wages of a 
hired man you don’t have to send two to the Held to 
load it. You can put on twice the load and don’t cut 
up your field when crossing it. They are cheap to buy 
and’ last forever. Free wagon for 2459X. 
WRITE 
NOW. 
^ nse. and make 
nse, and make 
money selling this 
article. Used on every shock. Pnll and its 
fast. Tier, itself. Costs less than string. 
Never wears ont. Thousands easily sold m 
a town. Good profits. Get yqurTown Agency 
now. Samples, 3 sizes, mailed for & cents. 
Holdfast Corn Binder 
"Will last a century. Saves % labor in 
binding. Shock cannot fall or blow down. 
Shocks easily tightened for loading. 
Binder easily removed for husk¬ 
ing. A boy can easily do tho 
binding. Ropes are strong 
and mouse proof. Three 
sizes made with 3, 4, 5, 
. 6,8,10 feet rope. TIE CO. 
a — Box 72 
< 1 1 Enadiila,I.L 
WHITMAN’S 
Adjustable Lever Weeder 
Most Simple, Durable and Perfect. 
Patented Feb. 25, 1896. 
The only Weeder having a Lever to adjust the 
inclination of the Teeth. Can be used on all 
crops, from the time the seed is planted till 
twelve or more inches in height. Warranted to 
give entire satisfaction. No use for Cultivator 
when this Weeder is used. 
Send fob Circular. Agents Wanted. 
The Whitman Agricultural Works, 
AUBURN, MAINE. U. S. A. 
WHEAT 
Will probably bring good prices 
next Fall—now for a big crop. 
NITRATE OF SODA 
Applied in the Spring, SO to 100 
pounds per acre—will greatly in¬ 
crease the yield. It can be ob¬ 
tained of any enterprising fer¬ 
tilizer dealer. 
Please ask for pamphlet with full instruc¬ 
tions for using NITRATE on Wheat and 
other crops and instructions for MIXING 
FERTILIZERS at home. Address 
S. M. HARRIS, Moreton Farm(P.0.)N,Y, 
$20 PHOSPHATE FOR POTATOES AND CORN 
Sold to farmers direct. We have no agents. Send 
for Circular. Low prices for car-load lots. 
YORK CHEMICAL WORKS, York, Pa. 
Save Money! Direct Sales to Farmers! 
Why not economize ? You save $10 to $12 on every ton of Fertilizer you buy from us. 
Pure Raw Bone Meal.» Ammonia, 4 to 5 p.c. Phos.Acld, 22 to 25 p.c 
Scientific Corn & Grain Fertilizer.So Ammonia. 2 to 3 p.c. Phos.Acid, 8 to 10 p.c. 
Scientific Economy Fertilizer.t- Ammonia, 2)4 to 3)4 p.c.Phos.Acid, 10 to 12 p.c. 
Scientific Tobacco Fertilizer.4 I Ammonia. 3 to 4 p.c. Phos.Acid, 10 to 12 p.c. 
Scientific Potato Fertilizer. y \ Ammonia, 3 to 4 p.c. Phos.Acid, 10 to 12 p.c. 
Bone and Meat Fertilizer.■< [Ammonia, 4)4 to 5!4 p.c.Pbos.Acid, 13 to 15 p.c. 
FOR SAMPLES AND BOOK WRITE 
THE SCIENTIFIC FERTILIZER COMPANY, P. 0. Box 1017,708 Bingham Street, Pittsburg, Pa. 
Per ton 
$22 
Potash, 1!^ to 2)4 p.c. Ifi 
Potash. 3 to 4 p.c. 20 
Potash. 3)4 to 4)4 p.c. 22 
Potash, 5 to fi p.c. 25 
. 18 
THE NEW CORN CULTURE 
which produces a profit demands a shallow cultivation, which thoroughly 
stirs and lines the top soil, killing all weeds and grass, leaving a line mulch 
that will destroy capillary attraction and preserve the moisture already 
in the soil. All these conditions can best be produced by using the 
FAMOUS OHIO SULKY CULTIVATORS, gj 
-T-l__ D..1U In *»' 
f 
Built in 
4, 6 & 8 Shovel 
and Spring 
They are 
LIGHT, STRONG, 
DURABLE: and 
PERFECT. 
All the beams are interchange 
now in use. Lightest of draft, easiest to 
The "Best on Earth” OHIO. 
Write for illust’ed catalogue. Mention this paper. 
THE OHIO CULTIVATOR CO., 
BELLEVUE, OHIO. 
ThVBONNIE BINDER 
rood qualities than were 
fined in one machine, 
■n i lit with solid con- 
Possesses more c 
ever before corn! 
oroughly braced—can’t strain, 
n’t break. HIGH 
RIVING WHEEL 
th broad face, gives 
eat 
iction 
wer 
d light, 
’ automatic trip that trips every 
time—sure to discharge the sheaf. A 
PERFECT ADJUSTER— always makes 
even bundles in either short or long 
grain, single lever, quick adjust- 
, ' —’ ment grain reel. BIG CAPA¬ 
CITY elevators. WIDEST ELEVATORS made- 
for long grain. SIMPLEST KNOTTER. no com¬ 
plicated parts to get out of order; sav es twine. 
STEEL SHEAF CARRIER-folds ^ to rear- 
ward, passes obstacles. 
4EEL, or 
eel with 
oak 
felloes 
& 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 be found in our Free Book on Binders. Sendforit. We make the Bonnie Binder, Globe and Con¬ 
tinental Mowers, Continental Reapers, Globe Rakes, Disk Pulverisers, and other machines of special merit 
THE JOHNSTON HARVESTER CO., Batavia. N. Y„ U. S. A. 
The Improved U. S. Separator’s 
Figures Don’t Lie. 
Records at Dairy Schools, 1897. 
Maine. Skim-Milk Test. 
Feb. 2. 0.03 
“ o. 0.04 
Wisconsin. 
Jan. 4. 
“ 5. 
“ 2 1 . 
0.03 
0.02 
0.03 
New Hampshire. 
Feb. 18. 0.01 
>9- 
flassachusetts. 
Feb. 10. 
“ 12 . 
0.04 
0.01 
0.03 
Illinois. 
March 12. 0.01 
“ is.0.005 
Ohio. 
Jan. 15 .... 
Feb. 2. ... 
“ 15. ... 
14 tests under 
Skim-Milk Test. 
. 0.02 
.0.00 
. 0.02 
0.05 
Cornell. 
In 25 tests, Jan. 7 
to March 15. 
8 showed only.. .Trace 
11 showed only 
0.03 to 0.05 
Vermont. 
Jan. it.. 
“ 28 .. 
“ 29-- 
“ 30.. 
0.01 
0.02 
0.03 
0.04 
Thousands of dairymen find the same close skimming 
in daily use. 
Our catalogues are full of it. Free for the asking. 
We want agents where we have none. 
VERMONT FARM MACHINE CO., Bellows Falls, Vermont. 
More 
in the fertilizers applied 
on the farm means 
larger and better yields 
of crops, permanent 
improvement of the 
soil and 
More Money 
in the farmer’s pocket. 
All about Potash—the results of its use by actual ex¬ 
periment on the best farms in the United States—is 
told in a little book which we publish and will gladly 
mail free to any farmer in America who will write for it. 
GERMAN KALI WORKS, 
92 Nassau St., New York. 
Farmers, 
Gardeners and 
Fruit Growers 
To economize should freely use the time 
tested reliable brands of FERTILIZERS 
we manufacture. The goods increase 
quantity and improve quality of Grain, 
Grass, Vegetables and Fruit, and make 
healthy Trees , Vines and Shrubs. 
Brands for all soils and all crops. 
X3f~ Some prefer making their own “ home 
mixings.” for such we always keep in stock the 
Chemicals and crude materials required. 
THE CLEVELAND DRYER CO., 
No. 130 Summit Street, Cleveland, Ohio. 
IDITSTGr and 
HENCH’S R 
CULTIVATOR 
with double row planter and 
fertilizer complete in one ma¬ 
chine. Greatly improved 
Ifor’Sk. Thousands in use m 
levery State in Union, giving 
entire satisfaction. Agents 
wanted. Catl’g frer. Address 
HENCH & DROMGOLD, 
YORK, PA. 
CONTENTS. 
Rural New-Yorker, May 8, 1897. 
FARM TOPICS. 
Grass for a Sandy Hill.308 
Rape for Pasture in Wisconsin..309 
Questions About Cow Peas. 309 
Lessons Taught by WoodAshts.309 
Notes on Grass Seeding. 310 
Late Planting Potatoes; Mixed Apples.310 
LIVE STOCK AND DAIRY. 
A Good Guernsey Cow.305 
Creamery or Home Dairy...305, 306 
A Western New York Guernsey Farm.306 
Western Horses for Eastern Farms.306, 307 
What Ails the Ducks ?.309 
Sitting Hen Eating Eggs.309 
A Leaking Mtlkmaker.313 
Grease Heel and Acclimation Fever in a Horse 313 
Can Salt Injure a Horse?.313 
How to Keep Milk Sweet.313 
A Champion for Scrubs...318 
Sow Eats Her Pigs.318 
Cow with Hard-milking Teat.318, 319 
Tumor on Pig’s Throat.319 
Two Openings in Heifer’s Teat.319 
Garget from Teat Obstruction.319 
Lump on Colt’s Foot... 319 
Hock Lameness in Mare.319 
Hydrophobia from Bite of Pig.319 
Scouring in a Driving Horse.319 
A Cow’s Breeding and Feeding.319 
Kicking Cows.319 
HORTICULTURAL. 
Evergreen Windbreaks for Ohio.307 
How to Trim York Imperial Apple Trees.308 
Using Salt on Peach Trees.308 
“California” Grapes in Delaware.308 
List of Shrubs for a Lawn.309 
Nemaha Raspberry and Fertilizers.309 
Killing Apple-tree Borers.310 
Pine Tar on Trees.310 
Cultivate the Orchards Early.310 
Honeysuckles.315 
Variety in Lilacs...315 
Hardy Tea Roses.315 
Bedding Begonias.315 
Rex Begonias.315 
WOMAN AND THE HOME. 
The Trained Nurse.314 
MISCELLANEOUS. 
Our Agricultural Colleges; A Word of Sugges¬ 
tive Criticism.307 
Drinking Water in Cisterns.308 
All About Whale-oil Soap.308 
Katydid “Didn’t Do a Thing” to the Twigs.... 309 
“Black Lice” on Apple Trees.309 
The Oyster-shell Bark-Louse. .309 
Onion Thrips on Long Island.309 
The Frost in Maryland.310 
How to Keep Eggs.310 
The Farmers’ Institute.311 
Ruralisms.311 
Editorials. 312 
Brevities.312 
Among the Marketmen. 313 
Business Bits.313 
As We Go To Press.316 
Various Fruit Notes.317 
Markets.,,...317 
Humorous........320 
