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THE RURAL NEW-YORKER 
September 25, 1897 
Humorous. 
I kissed her lightly on the cheek, 
Her /ace blazed up, as I could see; 
I thought in scathing terms she’d speak— 
She turned the other cheek to me! 
—Cleveland Plain Dealer. 
Poet : “ Give me a word that’s synony 
moils with crop.” Amateur Parmer 
(sadly): “Failure.”— World. 
“ Abe the lawyers making 1 any prog¬ 
ress with that will case ? ” One of the 
Heirs: “Oh, yes. They’ve used up about 
half the money .”—Life 
Mother : “ What would poor mamma 
do without her boy if he went away ? ” 
Her Boy : “ You could whip Fido when 
you were cross and just pretend it was 
ire, couldn’t you?”— World. 
IIobkins : “My brother bought a 
wheel here last week, and you said if 
anything broke you would supply a new 
part.” Dealer: “That's right. What 
do you want?” “I want two deltoid 
muscles, a new set of knuckles and a 
knee-pan.”— Life. 
“ Why, Bridget, you have too much 
salt in the hash ! ” “ Oi know it, ma’am.” 
“ Then why did you make it so salty ? ” 
“ Because, ma’am, you said yesterday 
that there wasn’t nearly salt enough in 
it, and so oi put in too much this toime 
to kind o’ aven it up.”— Harper's Bazar. 
Reuben Railfence : “ What do you 
think about this here thing of givin’ 
women their rights equal with men ? ” 
Henry Harrow: “Puffectly proper. 1 
give ’em to my wife. I have that blessed 
woman out in the field to work as soon 
as her breakfast work is done up.”— 
Puck. 
“Suppose,” suggested the teacher, 
“ that you have a piece of beefsteak and 
cut it into halves, then cut the halves 
into quarters, the quarters into eighths, 
and the eighths into sixteenths, into 
what could the sixteenths be cut ? ” 
“Hash,” responded Tommy, whese 
mother kept a boarding-house. And the 
class in fractions was dismissed.— Tit- 
Bits. 
The physician in charge had decided 
that an operation should be performed. 
“ Do you think,” a6ked a relative anx¬ 
iously, “ that the operation will do any 
good ? ” “ Well, I should say it would,” 
replied the doctor confidently. “And 
he’ll live ?” “ Oh, dear, no ; not at all. 
But it will settle a medical point that 
has been in dispute for the last 50 years.” 
—Chicago Evening Post. 
Willie and Johnny set up a lemonade 
stand the other day, and a gentleman 
was their first patron. Willie’s sign 
read, “Four cents a glass.” Johnny’s 
modest announcement was, “ Two cents 
a glass.” Being a man with an eye open 
to the fact that “ a penny saved is a 
penny earned,” the customer bought a 
glass of Johnny’s lemonade, paid the 
two cents due and casually inquired 
“Why is yours cheaper than your broth¬ 
er’s ? ” “Cos mine is the lemonade that 
the puppy fell into ”—Argonaut 
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or Watch, Clock, or Toilet Set, 
with 20 pounds COCKATOO TEAS 
and a handsome present with 
every pound. Great inducements. 
Send for our new illustrated 
premium and price list. 
THE GREAT AMERICAN TEA COMPANY, 
31 and 33 Vesey St., New York. P. O. Box 289. 
Cider Machinery.— 8 end for catalogue to Boomer & 
Boscnert Press Co.. 118 West Water St.. Syracuse,N.Y 
■ m| B"— Farmers wishing to fertilize and im- 
Lb I Iwl CL prove their land, should send at once 
and get a car-load of Pure White Rock Lime. Ana¬ 
lysis 95per cent pure Carbonate Lime. Price only 
81.50 per ten. Shipped to any part of the country in 
good tight box cars. Address WHITE BOCK LIME 
AND CEMENT CO.. McAfee Valley. N. J. 
Ill /I |kj E* .A reliable man to travel 
II IM I Ci U and sell fertilizers in New 
Jersey. One who has had experience preferred. 
Address J. H. G., P. O. Box 2350, New York City. 
Potash 
to stock means a “ scrubby ” animal. 
Too little Potash in 
the fertilizer used pro¬ 
duces a “scrubby” 
crop, just as a lack 
of sufficient grain fed 
An illustrated book which tells what Potash is, how it 
should be used, and how much Potash a well-balanced 
fertilizer should contain, is sent free to all applicants. 
Send your address. 
GERMAN KALI WORKS, 93 Nassau St., New York. 
PEASE’S SORTING MACHINE. 
For Potatoes, Apples, Onions. Etc. 
Adjustable for sorting any size. Every machine warranted durable 
and rapid. Will pay for itself in one week. CAPACITY, 100 BUSHELS 
PER HOUR. We manufacture a fine line of 
Apple Slicers, Choppers and Vegetable Scoops. 
Send for Circular. 510 South Clinton St.. Rochester, N. Y. 
Convention at Springfield, Ohio September 15 to 22. 
The Home of the FAMOUS ROSS ENSILAGE and FODDER 
CUTTERS. Silver or Gold or a good note will buy a Ross Cutter, and a 
Ross Cutter will pay 20 to 1 on the Investment. Remember, we guarantee 
full value or no sale. Send for our 1897 Catalogue. 
THE E. W. ROSS COMPANY. Sorliurflold, Ohio. 
Peerless 
k Feed 
.Grinders 
increase your 
profit by im¬ 
proving what 
you have not 
what you must 
buy. Turns half'¬ 
ll tgestible ear corn into wholly digest¬ 
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or mixed. Makes grits, hominy or 
fine meal. Circulars and prices free. 
STEVENS MFC. CO., Joliet, III. 
MORE BEER 
more milk and more butter,, 
more pork and mutton can be 
made from same amount of 
corn If it is ground. 
STAR Feed Grinders 
grind all grains singly or 
mixed, ear corn dry, damp 
frozen. Can t choke. Circu¬ 
lars of sweep & steam mills 
free. STAR MFC CO. IS 
Depot St.,N ew Lexington, <j 
his MILL Does 
all kinds of work fine; on one 
set of grinders without injuring 
them. Handles corn and cob, 
rye, barley, oats and screenings. 
It’s different from all others. 
(Also make 6 sizes Belt Power Mills 
2 to 25 //. P ) 
P.N.B0WSHERC0 So Bend.Ind 
you wan 
will crush and 
grind car corn 
cob and all, and 
all small grains singly or 
mixed, and which will 
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other purposes at 
same time get our 
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* COMBIN 
FEED 
MILL 
AND 
POWER_ 
Machines and prices are 
right. Send l or catalog, 
Staver Carriage Co. 
Ititlnt Wal lace Sts. Chicago 
.None 
Better 
Made, 
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a-_ _ _ ___ 
with the WOLVERINE-i 
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Best hand shellerSl. One hole? 
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rJMARVIN SMITH CO. bu. an hr. Self feedE 
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SCIENTIFIC 
GRINDING MILLS 
the corn husk, cob 
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iCUT AND SHRED 
44 sizes and 
styles, 
fjSend 
efor 
jjfree 
jlCat- 
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your feed with the combinedE 
WOLVERINE CUTTER? 
& SHREDDER,, New fea-j 
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Guaranteed better thanf. 
the old style Price S2.50and> 
up. Largest cuts ton in 5 minutes.j. 
Swivel Carrier any length.!- 
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B 66 So. Clinton St.. CHICAGO. ILL.! 
ENSILAGE Cutters, 
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Low Prices 
Carriers, Powers 
Smalley Mfg. Co., Manitowoc, WIs. 
VICTORY 
Feed Mil 
Grinds Corn and Coband 
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Made in four sizes, for 2, 
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Send for catalogue 
and prices. 
TUOS. ROBERTS, 
P. O. Box 92. Springfield, O. 
flLtbNtnb Level Tread HUHoL PUTILI 
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For 1, 2 and 3 Horses. 
. Send for 
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Send for pamphlet and stute 
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SMALLEY FEED SAVERS 
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theFARQUHAR 
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Calvanized Steel 
UMPING 
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27 Fargo Street, 
MFC. CO. 
BATAVIA, ILL. 
WELL DRILLING SUCCESS wiU attend 
if in the operation^ 
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They will drill to any depth, through any 
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RIFE HYDRAULIC ENGINE 
Pure water delivered by muddy 
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Brook water used to pump spring water 
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Power Specialty Co., 126 Liberty Street. New York 
FARMERS 
are appreciating the 
Charter 6asoline Engine, 
STAT10NARIE8, 
PORTABLES AXI) TRACTION. 
PROOF by addressing 
Charter 6as Engine Co, Box 26, Sterling. III. 
AN AUTUMN ITEM. 
Your milk supply will begin falling off 
before lone-, and the amount you are 
receiving for butter 
will do likewise if you 
do not have a Little 
Giant Separator. This 
will increase your 
output, and will thor- 
o uglily aerate the 
cream and remove 
that musty odor that 
sometimes comes 
from feeding moldy 
hay or fodder. This means still better 
prices for your butter P. M. SHARPLES, 
Elgin, Ill. West Chester, Pa. 
Dubuque, la. 
Omaha, Neb. 
CONTENTS. 
Rural New-Yobkeb, September 25,1897. 
FARM TOPICS. 
Ten Boys on the Farm.625 
White Roads In Black Soil.625, 626 
Possibilities of Crimson Clover.626 
A Nebraska Wheat Crop.626 
How I Fill the Silo.628 
Some Facts About Lime—What Is the Best 
Form to Buy ?.629 
LIVE STOCK AND DAIRY. 
Feeding the Young Pullet.638, 639 
A Wart on a Horse.639 
Abscess on a Horse’s Leg.639 
Grub in the Head of Sheep.. 639 
Cattle Dying from Unknown Cause.” 639 
HORTICULTURAL. 
Three Good Market Apples.626, 627 
Are First Fruits Best of All ?.627 
The American Pomological Society.627, 628 
Chrysanthemum Culture in Mississippi.628 
A Connecticut Apple Orchard.628, 629 
The German Prune in Pennsylvania.629 
Questions About Plums and Grafting.' 629 
an Apple Orchard for Iowa. . .j. 629 
Burbank Plums In Pennsylvania. .631 
Some Coming Cannas.’’ 635 
Ox-eye Daisy and Rudbeckia.635 
Agnes Emily Carman Rose.”” 635 
Seasonable Notes.' 635 
WOMAN AND THE HOME. 
From Day to Day.634 
An Up-to-Date Clothes Post... 634 
Homemakingcs. Housekeeping.\.j. 631 
In the School and Out. 634 
MISCELLANEOUS. 
Ruralisms. 630, 631 
Editorials. 632 
Brevities.... 632 
The “New BlackcMan.” Part V.633 
Among the Marketmen....” 633 
Business Bits...” 6’3 
°rizes for House Plans. 633 
As We Go to Press .‘ 636 
Science from the Stations.636 
The New Jersey State Fair.....'. 637 
Hindsight. 637 
•larkets. ,. ... p 37 
Hope Farm Notes. !!”!!!... 638 
Humorous.. 640 
