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THE RURAL NEW-YORKER 
May 11, 1901 
Humorous. 
This world is rough, but never mind, 
Keep singing as you go, 
For if you stop to kick you'll find 
You've simply stubbed your toe. 
—Washington Star. 
llocToii: “Did you take that rhubarb 
1 ordered?” Little Fred: “Yes, sir; I 
took it ill pie form.”—Judge. 
Teacher: “Name something of im¬ 
portance existing to-day that was not in 
existence 100 years ago.” Small Pupil: 
“Me.”—Boston Herald. 
“WKi.b, Dicky, what do you think of 
your new little sister?” “Huh! I don’t 
wonder it made Ma sick when the doc¬ 
tor brought her that.”—Harper’s Bazar. 
Huskand: “I wonder what we shall 
wear in heaven.” Wife: “Well, if you 
?et there, John, I imagine most of us 
will wear surprised looks.”—Smart Set. 
The Cod: “I see that J. P. Morgan is 
going to organize a fish trust.” The 
Salmon: “Great Neptune! I hope he 
doesn’t forget to water the stock.”— 
Puck. 
Editor: “Here’s a line in your poem 
about the ‘flowerets shooting into the 
air.’ Flowers do not shoot. They grow.” 
Poet: “But, sir, they have pistils.”— 
Melbourne Leader. 
"Pa,” said little Willie Hornblower, 
“what is meant by a ‘comatose state?’ ” 
“Well, my son,” replied the prominent 
Chicagoan, “that adjective applies to 
any State outside of Illinois.”—Philadel¬ 
phia Press. 
“What do you think of the dessert, 
dear?” said the young wife. “I made it 
out of Mrs. Shouter’s cook-book.” “Oh, 
that accounts for it. I suppose it’s the 
leather binding that makes it so tough.” 
—Philadelphia Press. 
“You haven’t explained how you came 
to have Mr. Smith’s chickens in your 
possession,” said the judge. “I’m try¬ 
ing to think, yer Honor,” replied the 
accused; “give me time.” “Very well,” 
replied the judge blandly, “six months.” 
—Cincinnati Enquirer. 
Mamma: “Tommy! Tommy! you’re 
doing the very thing I told you not to. 
Now, don’t you let me speak to you 
again.” Tommy: “Gee whizz! Ma; if 
Pa can’t keep you from talkin’ when 
you once get started, how d’you expect 
me to?”—Catholic Standard and Times. 
BUY DIRECT FROM FACTORY, BEST 
MIXED PAINTS 
At WHOI^ESAI.E PKIOES, Delivered FREE 
For Houses, Barns, Roofs, all colors, and 
profits. In use .5 8 y«*arH. bhicially Endorsed by th^e 
Oranee. Low prices will surprise you. Write for Samplest 
0. W. INQERSOLL, 246 Hymoutb St., Brooklyn, N. Y. 
New and Extra 
Inducements 
to sell onr celebrated Teas. 
CoSees, Spices, Extracts and 
Baking Powder. 20 and 2.*! 
per cent to agents. Freight 
paid. For speoia 1 terms ad¬ 
dress THE GREAT AMERI- 
CAN TEA COMPANY, 
31 & 33 Vesey Bt., New York, 
P. O. Box 289. 
The Efficient Hiller. 
Patented Jan. 30,1900, U. S., 
Feb. 5, 1901, Canada, 
is a new implement for hilling 
Corn, Cotton, Potatoes,Tobacco 
or any kind of plant cultivated 
in rows. It can be ad¬ 
justed In width to plant 
rows from 20 up to 40 
inches apart. The pecu¬ 
liar formation of mold¬ 
boards with extensions 
insures the banking of 
the soil close to and over 
the roots of plants at each side of furrow. The ex¬ 
tensions brush the soil downward and outward, form¬ 
ing a uniform-shaped hill. The amount of soil desired 
over the roots is regulated by adjusting the wheel. 
It need be drawn but once through between the 
rows, the earth having l)een previously cultivated. 
It Is a labor-saving implement, and insures a good 
ernp by protecting the roots of plants from heat and 
drying winds. Manufactured and sold by 
VAN ALLEN WHITBECK, Aquetuck.N. Y 
Price S>5. delivered at Ravena, West Shore R. K. 
Freight or Express Office. orCoyemans Landing. 
DrawP. O. Money Orders at Ravena, N. Y. 
Transplantinc 
Machines 
transplant all kinds of plants, osuch as cabbage 
tobacco, sweet potatoes, tomatoes, sugar beets, 
watering and fertilizing at the same time; also has 
potato planting attachment. Write for prices and 
territory. Made by 
THE NAGLBY MFG. CO., Lyons,-N. Y. 
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(Patent Applied for.) 
Sent on Trial. Test it in your own field. If it does the work, pay for it. If it fails, 
reject it. We want a good live, hustling man in each township in potato section to take 
orders. One who has a good team and can and will spend time enough between now and 
digging time to call on every farmer in the township who grows five acres or more. 
We Pay Liberal Cash Commission. 
D. Y. HALLOCK & SONS, Box D805, York, Pa. 
(Please mention box number.) 
The OHIO SULKY CULTIVATOR 
Built entirely of steel with exception of tongue and 
neck yoke. Light In construction. Simple In action. 
Patent steel wheels and adjustable arch axle. Six 
shovels and interchangeable gangs. Equipped with 
the new beam-lift spring, which assists In raising 
beams out of the ground. The easy 
Hammock Seat 
swung on adjustable seat arms 
allows of adjustment to suit the 
length of leg of operator. The first 
Hammoclx-seat Cultivator put on the 
market. Built In all styles and sizes. 
Send for illustrated catalogue of full 
line of farm implements. 
The Ohio CuHIvaior Company, 
Bellevue, Ohio, 
CULTIVATOR QUALITY 
both as to construction and ability for working row crops, finds 
its complete embodiment in (he 
KILAUS CULTIVATOIL 
The pivot axles make it the easiest to guide and handle, moving the wheels 
and shovels simultaneously. It will stick to the steeliest hillside row and not 
crowd out the plants. Convenient levers for handling the gangs. Center 
lever spreads or closes gangs to suit wide or narrow rows. Two, three or 
four shovels on each gang. .Made pin or spring hoe and spring toom. 1 uu 
description In our free catalogue. We also make the C.rpo Walking l^ltiTstor. 
The Akror\ Cultivator Co. Dept. D» Akron O- 
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’ 32 Cn*|CPof every description 
dunLLw Satisfaction guaranteed. 
Write for prices. JESSE MARDEN, 
109 S. Charles St., baltimobh, Md. 
HORSE POWERS, 
THRASHERS 
and CLEANERS. 
WOOD SAWS. 
One&two-hcrse Thrashing Outfits. Level PHTTCDC 
Tread, Pat. Governor, Feed and Ensilage uU I I Llld 
ELLIS KEYSTONEAGR’LWORKS,Pottstown,Pa 
F. L. MAINE, General Agent, Willet, N. Y. 
GRINDSTONES. 
Direct from maker to user. 75-lb stone, diameter 
20 Incnes, $2.80. 100-lb. stone, diameter 24 inches. 
$3.30. Either size stone mounted, $1.25 extra. The 
prices include cost of delivery at nearest railroad 
station. Write for circular 
P L. COLE, Look Box 381, Marietta, Ohio. 
CORN 
ENSILAGE. CUTTERS. 
‘ ' THE ROSS 
H*vc Proven Superior (o alt Others. ^ 
THE E. W. ROSS CO., ^ 
SPRINGFIELD, O. ■ 
Send for Ctfilogue Na 44 . which describes ihe full line. ^ 
and ito possibilities under the Silags 
system-^being the theme of 
“A BOOK OK SILAGE” 
By Pmf. r. w. mu. ,, 
of the University of Wisconsin. Revised and up-to-date, neat¬ 
ly bound Into a volnmeof 234 pages. Itembraces fullinform- 
ation from planting to feeding the crop, and includes worising 
plans and specificaUons forbmldlng allsfios. Also embraces: 
1—Silage Crops. II—Silos. 
Ill—Silage. IV-FeedIng of Silage 
V— ComparisoD of Silage and other Feeds. 
VI— The Silo In Modem Agriculture, 
And illustrations and complete plans for round and 
rectangular ellos, dairy bams, tables of com- — 
poonded rations, etc. Mailed for lOo. 
coin or stamps. 
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Salem, Ohio. 
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OPE OF ALL KINDS, 
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f IRON PIPE in all sizes at 
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Top-Quality, Bottom Prices. For75-page catalogue ad¬ 
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How to Drain Land Profitably. 
On every farm there Is probably some land 
that could be made more productive by under¬ 
drainage. Properly drained land can always 
be worked earlier, and more profitably. The 
best and most 
economical way 
to drain is ex¬ 
plained in the 
book, “Benefits of Drainage and How to Drain,” 
which Is sent/ree by , _ 
JOHN H. JACKSON. Third Ave.. Albany, N. V 
CONTENTS. 
'rilK ILUKAI. NKW-YORKKR, M.'-Y II, lll'H 
FARM TOPICS. 
Feeding Muscle-Makei’s into Plaiit.s. 
Fertilizers that Sour Soil.i!F 
What to Do With Bone.s.310 
Manurial Value of Corncobs.310 
A Silo in Northern New Y'ork.341 
Round Silos of Rough Staves.341 
Hope Farm Notes.343 
Hope Farm Revisited.343 
Scraps .313 
Vegetables in the South.315 
LIVE STOCK AND DAIRY. 
A Useful Fowl for the Farm.333 
A Made-Over Dairy Barn.33S 
Eggs and Meat.33S 
Plaster in the Stable.340 
New York Milk Producers Talk.34u 
Weight of Grade Lambs.349 
Soiling Crops Needed.350 
Why Butter May Not Please.350 
Suppuration in Cow’s Udder.351 
Heifer Calf with l.arge Udder.351 
Cough and Thick Wind in a Horse.351 
Disinfectants and their Use.3ol 
Pig Points . 
A Plea for Red Polled Cattle.3al 
A Guernsey’s “Lost Pedigree . 3 oi 
Some Connecticut Hens. 3 oi 
HORTICULTURE. 
A Fruit Grower in Porto Rico.......-337. ^8 
Pineapple Culture in S. W. Florida.338 
Everybody’s Garden .'o'/n'iio 
Paper Baskets for P’riut.340, dw 
Fertilizer for Strawberries.■,•,’''■■,"■■ 9^1 
Reading Course Editor Among Pupils...34i 
Root Gall of the Raspberry.. 
Time to Sow Hairy Vetch in the Grchaid.311 
Fruit on the Delaware Peninsula. 
Orchard Prospects in Ohio. 
Notes from the Rural Grounds. 
I’ennsylvania Fruit Prospects.* 
WOMAN AND HOME. 
From Day to Day.q,/. 
The Rural Patterns. 
Red Letter Days. q,g 
Too Much Learning. 
Alicia Gale’s Final Choice. 
MISCELLANEOUS. 
Whitewashing With Spray Pump. 
Roofing Information Wanted. 
How Much Cement Needed. 
Editorials . 345 
Events ol the Week..543 
Markets .. 
Business Bits . 349 
Market Briefs . 352 
Humorous . 
