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THE RURAL NEW-YORKER 
August 14, 1897 
Humorous. 
Some men call natural laziness spring 
fever. — Washington Democrat. 
A banana skin was on the grocery 
floor. “What are you doing there?” 
asked the scales, peeking over the edge 
of the counter. “ Oh, I’m lying in wait 
for the grocer.” “Pshaw!” said the 
scales. “ I’ve been doing that for years.” 
—New England Grocer. 
“What!” said the judge, “you ex¬ 
pect me to send your husband to prison 
when you acknowledge that you threw 
five flat-irons at him, and he only threw 
one at you ! ” “ Yes, that’s all right, 
judge,” said the irate Irish woman; 
“ but then the one he threw hit me.”— 
Harper's Bazar. 
Fob Show, Not fob Use. —Farmer 
Hoey : “I hear your wife took a prize at 
the county fair for an iced cake.” 
Farmer Raikes : “Yes.” Farmer Hoey: 
“ Did they cut it ? ” Farmer Raikes : 
“Cut it? They couldn’t break it with 
an axe if they tried. That same cake 
has been takin’ prizes for the last three 
years.”— Credit Lost. 
T » E FARQUHAR 
^PATENT VARIABLE 
FRICTION i FEED. 
1,1 i if - - - 33*. » 
Medal and Highest Award at the World’s Columbian Exposition, 
SAW MILL & ENGINE 
^ THE WORLD. Warranted the be*t made. 
Bhlngle Mills, Machinery, and Standard Agricultural Imple* 
u.enta or Best Quality at lowest prices. Illustrated Catalogue. 
FARQUHAR SEPARATOR 
LARGEST CAPACITY. 
Most economical, lightest draught, 
wastes no grain. >Cleans ready 
for market. Send for catalogues. 
A. B. FAKQUHAKCO., Ltd., Tork.Pa. 
H ENDRICK'S nay and Straw Balers. Best.eheapest 
on market. Upright A Perpetual. 18 styles and sizes. 
Manulactured by D. B.HENDKICK8, Kingston, N. V. 
World’s Fair 
Medals 
DOWDEN 
Potato Diggers 
The newly arrived stranger in Atlanta 
started up Whitehall Street in search of 
information. On the corner of Alabama 
Street he encountered a tall, yellow 
faced individual in a droopy coat and 
soiled tie. “ My good sir,” said the 
stranger, “lam in search of informa¬ 
tion concerning this great State of 
Georgia, and feel sure that you can 
assist me very materially. What is your 
population ? ” “ Dunno.” “ What kind 
of a school system have you here ? ” 
“ Dunno.” “ How about your tax rate ? ” 
“ Dunno.” “ Is your government friendly 
or unfriendly to manufacturing corpora¬ 
tions?” “Dunno.” “Let’s see—how 
does Georgia rank among the other 
States of the South in its agricultural 
Warranted to do all we represent them to do. 
Price reduced. Write for catalogue. 
DOWDEN MFC. CO., 
Lock Box No. 22, Prairie City, Iowa. 
HENCH & DROMGOLD’S 
Potato Digger 
f Po sitively tho simplest, neatest, 
^ o most effective and 
Agents WP" cheapest Potato 
Wanted. IL '0 Digger made. 
Circulars Al Will dig more potatoes in a 
mailed day than any other digger 
1 FlU’.E. ^ for the price. 
(ilENCH «fc DltTmGOLD, JHfrs.. York. Pa. 
POTATO 
DICCER 
Price Reduced in 1896 
HENCH 
& DROMGOLD’S 
SAWMILLandENGINES 
4 wonderful improvement In Friction Feeds and 
Gig-Iiack. Back motion of Carriage, - ! times as fast 
asany other in tliemarkeL Friction Clutch Feed, 
causing all thefeed gearing to stand still while back 
Dig; great saving in power and wear. Send 
4 cents Instamps for large Catalogue and prices Also 
Spring Harrows, Hay Itakes, Cultivators, 
Corn Planters, Shellers, etc. Mention this paper 
HENCH «fc DUOMGOLD. Mfrs., York, Pa. 
WORKING HAY PRESS: 
Will turn out from 4 to 6 tons more per day . 
I than any press made. 12 to 16 tons per 
day is the ACTUAL CAPACITY of the 
SOUTHWICK 
“Eli” Baling Presses 
38 Styles & Sizes for Horse and Steam Power. 
46 Inch P.-Ht ^—- Bell 
Feed Opening 
Hay or 
Straw 
-(sty 
r Power Leverage 64 to 1 \^STEEL 
Largest line in the world. Send for Catalog. 
COLLINS PLOW CO., 1111 Hampshire St., Quincy,III. 
RICHARDS’ TRANSPLANTERS. 
Price. $2.50 per set. Send for Circular. 
F. RICHARDS, FREEPORT, N. Y. 
Sold^tON TRIALS 
Imperial ( 
Pulverizer ! 
Clod CrushacS 
Roller and I 
Leveler ! 
Plainly descri- j 
; „ bed in circular f 
mXik' »^\_ l sent free. 
<befo£hmrfn B PFTF.RSON MFC. CO.. Kent.O. 
products?” “Dunno.” “Ah, you don’t 
live here, then ? ” “ Yaas.” “ What do 
you do?” “Oh, I’m just a member of 
the Legislatur’.”— Calhoun Times. 
BUY "DIRECT FROM FACTORY,” BEST 
MIXED PAINT5 
At WHOLESALE PRICKS, Delivered FREE 
For Houses, Barns, Roofs, al I colors, and SA V K Dealers 
profits. In use 54 years, (indorsed by firange & Farmers' 
Alliance. I ow prices will surprise you. Write for Samples. 
0. W. 1N0ERS0LL.Plymouth St.. Brooklyn. N. Y 
BOYS'CIRLS 
Watches, Clocks, Tea Sets and Toilet Sets, 
with #5. #7 and $10 orders. Now 
is your chance to get orders for our 
TEAS, COFFEES, ETC. Send for new 
Premium and Beduced Price List. 
The Great American Tea Co., 
31 & 33 Vesey St., New York, N. Y. P. O. Box 289. 
HOOVER, PROTJT & CO., Avery, O 
Staggered Oval Spokes. 
p SUY A SET TO FIT YOUR NEW OR OLD WACON 
CHEAPEST AND BEST 
way to get a low wagon. Any size 
wheel, any width tire. Fatal, frkk. 
ELECTRIC WHEEL CO., Quincy, III. 
THIS'a s FACT 
All plants take their food-nourishment in sol¬ 
ution. Tho more nearly manure is reduced to a 
solution the more quickly it becomes available 
as plant food. Therefore coarse manure is poor 
plant food. Fine manure is good plant food. 
Kemp’s Manure Spreader 
makes all kinds of manure fine and spreads it 
evenly. 16 years on the market. Improved 
for 1897. Catalogues and circulars FREE. Address 
KEMP & BURPEE MFC. CO., BOX 38, SYRACUSE N. Y. 
Why Hire Your Corn Harvested 
WHEN YOU CAN BUY A 
Standard Corn Harvester, 
STEEL FRAME WITH SAFETY GUARDS, FOR 
0 j A DELIVERED AT YOUR R. R. STATION. 
V* •) ADDRESS 
THE STANDARD HARROW CO., UTICA, N.Y. 
MUCH MORE 
corn can be cutinagiventimeby theuseofthe 
SCIENTIFIC 
than can be cut by hand or with 
chine, not excepting 
CORN 
HARVESTER 
any other mo, 
a self-binder. 
ADJUSTABLE 
SEATS 
SHAFTS 
Cuts 
high or 
low as 
desired. 
Corncut 
with this ma¬ 
chine shocks 
better, cures better and is better. 
It will save many times its price in one season; made 
in several styles; is not cheap, hut low priced enough 
to be within the easy reach t~c\r\c ■, t-o ne\ 
of every fanner. Write for — - rUO j Im rll Lu, 
Catalogue and prices, Springfield, O. 
“SUCCESS GILT-EDGE 
h Potato 
! Digger. 
Guaranteed a 
Perfect Digger. 
WE MEAN JUST WHA1 WE SAY. 
FIRST digger in each place 
at greatly reduced price. 
Don't delay and 
miss this special 
price for a per¬ 
fect POTATO 
DIGGER. 
Our “ SUCCESS JR. 
IMPROVED” we guar¬ 
antee the best low-priced 
digger on the Market. 
Agents Wanted. 
D. Y. HALLOCK & SON, 
P. O. Box 
804=, 
YORK, PA, 
flOWjUF 
I We 5 
I a _ Z-r—aWBr t_fl " snons- W 
Calvanized Steel 
Pumping 
li-Vf 
N 
Write 
, for 
what you 
want and our 1 
illustrated Cata¬ 
logue—FREE. 
POWER MILLS 
are acknowledged to he the most powerful and 
) durable; they are self-oiling, direct or back-, 
geared, and have the most perfect governor 
made. We make Ensilage and Fodder Cutters, 
l Corn Buskers, Corn Shellers, Feed Grinders, 
Wood Saws, Sweep Powers, Tread Powers, Hay 
Loaders—full line of anything the farmer needs. 
APPLETON MFC. CO. 
27 Fargo Street, BATAVIA, ILL. 
RIFE HVDRAULIC ENGINE 
Pure water delivered by muddy 
water as power. 
Brook water used to pump spring water 
Absolute Guarantee 
Tour Money Hack it 
You Want It 
Send Your Conditions 
Power Specialty Co., 12ti Liberty Street. New York. 
WELL DRILLING SUCCESS ,OUI effort. 
‘‘.r^snrStarOrilllng Machines 
They will drill to any depth, through any 
substance and always produco a strong liv¬ 
ing well. We make them in 9 sizes, 
suitable for drilling for water, gas or 
oil. Wehave a new spudding and pipe 
driving attachment that will be 
appreciated by well drillers. We 
carry a full line of tools and sup¬ 
plies which are fully described in 
ourfree catalogT* Star Drilling Machine Co. Akron,0. 
FARMERS 
are appreciating the 
Charter Gasoline Engine, 
STATION ARIES. 
PORTABLES AND TRACTION. 
PROOF by addressing 
Charter Gas Engine Co., Box 26, Sterling, III. 
^Agents Wanted Now 
to sell the Uncle Sam Potato Sprayer. Live 
Agents make $5 and expenses. Great demand for 
these SprayerB. Two gallons of water and one spoon 
ful Paris-green sprays halt acre. Agent’s Outlit, $1. 
Kxpress p'd. Send at once and state territory wanted. 
Field Force Pump Co.. 88 Market St., Lockport, N. Y. 
MAMMOTH WHITE WINTER RYE, 
noted for its productiveness In grain and straw. 
Grown from Seed awarded us First Prizes at 
New York State Fair 1895 and 18915; American Insti¬ 
tute Fair, 1898; ^t. Louis Mo., 189s. For prices of seed 
acdressK L. CLARKSON. Tivoli. N. Y. 
liefer by permission to The Kcral New-Yorker 
CONTENTS. 
Rubal New-Yobkeb, August 14, 1897. 
FARM TOPICS. 
The Cheapest Fertilizer.531, 532 
Mixing Crops in the Silo. 533 
What Will Kill Out Dodder ?.533 
Lime, Phosphate aDd Potash. 533 
Sawdust to Supply Potash. 533 
Spring or Winter Wheat Bran.533 
Fertilizers on Long Island. 535 
Sir Walter Raleigh’s First Report.541 
Crimson Clover, Celery and Strawberries.541 
Hope Farm Notes. 542 
LIVE STOCK AND DAIRY. 
The Private Dairy vs. the Creamerv.530, 531 
Does Second-Growth Clover Cause Slobbering? 533 
Overdoing tbe Duck Business.535 
Cattle Flies in Texas.535 
Diabetes and Skin Disease in a Horse.542 
A Tariff on Hides .543 
Keeping Off Milk Fever. 543 
HORTICULTURAL. 
Horticulture for the Children.531 
Medicines for Blighted Pear Trees.532 
Fighting Vine Insects in California.532 
What Slope for Fruit Farming?.533 
Pruning Red Raspberries.533 
The Oleaster Family. 535 
Striped Roses. 539 
Crimson Rambler Rose.. 539 
Monkey-Puzzle Tree.539 
Seasonable Notes. 539 
Fruit Notes from Maine. 541 
WOMAN AND THE HOME. 
From Day to Day.538 
A Kitchen Chair.538 
A Sunday Dinner. 538 
Every-Day Wisdom.538 
Renovating Straw Hats.538 
MISCELLANEOUS. 
Life History of the Silkworm. 539 
Ruraltsms .;. 534 
That Whitewash. 535 
“ Mysterious Barn Fires”.535 
The Honest Tree Agent.535 
Editorials...536 
Brevities.536 
Among the Marketmen. 537 
An American Agriculturist Abroad.537 
Business Bits.537 
A Few Book Notes...540 
Seasonable Scraps. 541 
Markets...., ... 541 
Humorous. 544 
