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THE RURAL NEW-YORKER 
July 10, 1897 
Humorous. 
“ Didn’t you say that the former Miss 
Dashaway was defeated in her campaign 
for Mayor? How do you figure out that 
she rules the town?” “She married 
her successful opponent.”— Philadelphia 
North American. 
“Thebe was a strange man here to 
see you to-day, papa,” said little Ethel, 
who met her father in the hall. “ Did 
he have a bill?” asked Binks. “No, 
papa. He had just a plain nose.”— 
American Druggist. 
Wallace : “ There is nothing like 
matrimony to make a man appreciate 
the value of money.” Ferry : “ That’s 
so. A dollar a man gives to his wife 
does look bigger to him than any other 
dollar.— Cincinnati Enquirer. 
Mks. Harduppe : “ The butcher is 
outside and says he won’t leave until he 
knows the color 'of your money.” Ilard- 
uppe: “Oh, certainly. Tell him I’m 
glad to accommodate him, and that it’s 
an invisible green.”— Credit Lost. 
Some men have an idea that their 
views should be obtruded whenever 
there is an opening. There was an 
illustration of this want of tact given 
on a Woodward Avenue car the other 
evening. After a thin, pale man and a 
big, florid man had been engaged in a 
warm discussion for a time, the smaller 
and more peppery of the two made it 
apparent that he wanted all those pres¬ 
ent for an audience. He was averse 
to hiding his light under a bushel. “ I 
am a vegetarian,” he shouted. “ I never 
saw one of your beef eaters yet that 
could think clearly or reason intel¬ 
ligently.” Then some of the indignant 
passengers that did not agree with him 
and resented his sweeping assertions 
came in with their voluntaries. “ Hair’s 
just the color of a carrot,” chuckled the 
fat man, with a wheeze. “ Nose is a 
little ‘reddish,’” said the young man in 
evening dress. “ And something of a 
‘ turnup,’ ” tittered the pretty girl hang¬ 
ing to the same strap. “ Bet he’s a 
1 beat,’ ” snorted the butcher. “ Regular 
* punkin ’ead,’ ” growled the English¬ 
man who had eaten many an ox, and 
everybody expected a fight. When the 
vanquished vegetarian raised a parsnip 
shaped finger to the conductor, the 
parson in the corner murmured, “ Let¬ 
tuce have peas,” and the tittering girl 
ended the fusillade by requesting the 
little man not to “ squash ” her as he 
WITH THE 
Improved U. S. Separator 
Bei.lf.fontaine, O., June 14, 1897. 
Previous to the use of the Separator we 
could scarcely reach over 250 lbs. of butter 
per cow per year. With the Improved U. S. 
Separator we average considerably above 
300 lbs. JOHN L. SHAWVER, 
Dairy Lecturer and Ag’l Editor. 
Figure it for the whole herd. Send for our 
Catalogues. Free. 
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BELLOWS FALLS, VT. 
MANUFACTURERS OF 
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St. .lolinsville, N. V'. 
The Charter Gasoline Engine 
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to; and for 
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Work Is unequalled. Full par¬ 
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RACINE 
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theaid of one of/ 
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shell and grind) 
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umping Mills, Steel, 
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theFARQUHAR 
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FARQUHAR SEPARATOR 
LARGEST CAPACITY. 
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“Eli” Baling Presses 
38 Styles & Sizes for Horse and Steam Power 
Bell 
-ft) 
_ STEEL 
Send for 64 page illustrated catalogue. / 
COLLINS PLOW CO., 1111 Hampshire St., Quincy, IU> 
RIFE HYDRAULIC ENGINES 
PUMP WATER BY WATER POWER. 
Put in Place of Hams. 
Deliver More Water. 
Never Stop. 
Your Money Hack It 
You Want It- 
Send your conditions for 
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HE “STRUCK OIL.” 
That’s what happened to the man who bought 
STAR DRILLINC MACHINE because 
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any machine made. Either steam or horse 
power. Operator can pull tools, sand 
r pump, reverse and stop engine with- 
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No springs, no cogs, longer stroke 
Rand more of them than any other 
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Hand full line of tools and supplies 
... e sent on application. Write for it. 
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Use Our 
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LOOMIS & NYMAN, 
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WORKING SOUTHWICK HAY PRESS 
Largest feed opening of any 
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Short Crank—10 inches. --- 
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ACTUAL CAPACITY 12 TO 16 TONS PER DAY. 
Light 
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Will turn out from4 to 6 tons 
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SANDWICH MANUFACTURING COMPANY, 119 Main St., SANDWICH, ILLINOIS. 
IMPROVED HYDRAULIC RAIS. 
Thousands In use in all sections 
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and price lists address 
Allen Gawthrop, Jr., Wilmington, Del 
WANT A T All If THAT will-hot leak 
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wedged his way to the rear platform.— 
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BOYS^GIRLS 
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be return¬ 
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AT LAST ; just what the po¬ 
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Be sure and mention this paper and give your Co. 
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The Great American Tea Co., 
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ERTEL’S VICTOR 
SmPPCDAMV WHERETO OKR*1 
ON TRIM. AGAINST ALL OTHER 
M 
HAY PRESS 
Purchaser to keep one 
Doing most and best won 
PRIMERS 
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HENCH & DltOMGOLD’S 
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GRAIN & FERTILIZER 
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Use, and 
frlake Money 
Selling this 
Article. 
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NOW. 
Used on every 
shock. Pull and it’s fast. 
Ties itself. Costs less than string. 
Never wears out. Thousands easily sold 
in a town. Good profits. Get your Town 
Agency now. It is a valuable agency. Sam¬ 
ples, three sizes, for five cents in stamps. 
Testimonials of Agents who have sold the 
Holdfast Corn Binder. 
I sold over these three towns 8,000 Corn Binders.” 
N. A. Elsinger, Turner Centre, Maine. 
“ I saw your Ad. saying that I sold over these three towns 8,000 Bind¬ 
ers. Please exchange that for 19,000 and you will tell the truth.” 
N. A. Elsinger, Turner Centre, Maine. 
“ I expect to sell a good many Binders for you this season." 
Robt. Crabbe, Vanderbilt, Pa. He sold 6,000 last season. 
" Was your agent last year for Agawam, Mass., and Suffield, Conn. 
Would like the same this year. Every one liked them.” 
E. F. Newton, Agawam, Mass. He bought 7,900 last season. 
"Sold 5,500 Corn Binders in a short time. Believe I can sell 
many more than I did last season. From all who used them 
I get only words of praise.” 
E. R. Keech, Rockford, Mich. 
W. G. St.John, Hammonton, N. J., says:—“I 
sold 6,000 in small lots in this town. Can 
sell a.good many more this season, as 
farmers have tried them, and wy TIP 
know wbat they are.” lit vvj., 
Box 73 
Unadilla, N.Y. 
CONTENTS. 
Rural New-Yorker, July 10, 1897. 
FARM TOPICS. 
From Timothy Meadow to Hay.450, 451 
Securing the Crimson Clover Seed Crop.451 
Shrinkage of Wheat.451, 452 
Lime Has Brought the Soil to Time.452 
Starting Grass in a Wood.452, 453 
How to Enlarge a Silo.453 
Don’t Dig Down for a Tub Silo.463 
LIVE STOCK AND DAIRY. 
Shipping Live Stock Abroad.449, 450 
Young Stock on the Farm.450 
Hens In Narrow Quarters.450 
A Piano-Box Poultry House.450 
What Dry Fodder for a Dairy Farm ?.453 
A Simple Way of Making Butter.453 
Sick Calves; Cement Floors.454 
The Robber Hen.462, 463 
Dry Feed vs. Pasture Grass.463 
Which Is the Male Pigeon ?.463 
Hen Roosts in Texas.463 
HORTICULTURAL. 
A Trial Bed of Strawberries.450 
Trees Planted by Robert Douglas.450 
Various Fruit Questions.453 
"Rusts” on Blackberries and Raspberries.... 453 
Galls on Grape Vines.453 
Another Berry Ticket.454 
Calomel for Pear Blight.454 
■Japan Plums in Ontario.454 
CuttiDg Back Maple Trees.459 
Trees Near the Seaside.459 
Decumaria; Climbing Hydrangea.459 
Mildewed Roses.459 
Violets in Frame.459 
Seasonable Notes.459 
WOMAN AND THE HOME. 
From Day to Day.458 
A Domestic Symposium.458 
Notes... 458 
MISCELLANEOUS. 
Some Makeshifts of the Flood.452 
Walk of Portland Cement.453 
A Device for Distilling Water.453 
Phosphoric Acid for Humans.454 
To Burn Old Stumps.454 
Cement Floors.454 
Rurallsms. 455 
Editorials.,.456 
Brevities.456 
Among the Marketmen.457 
Blankets for Plants and Horses.457 
Wide Guessing at Truth.457 
Irrigation on Cape Cod.457 
Business Bits.457 
Book Trade Notes.460 
Markets.461 
Humorous...464 
