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THE RURAL NEW-YORKER 
June 8, 1901 
Humorous. 
An Impudent fellow In Hawarden 
Inquired, wKliout asking his pawarden, 
Of the learned Colquhoun if the man in the 
mquhoun 
Always lodged in some nobleman’s gawar- 
den? 
Whereupon the fire-eating Lord Cholmon- 
deley, 
Overhearing the words, remarked grolo- 
mondeley. 
To an awe-stricken neighbor, unsheathlnf 
his selghbor, 
'rhat the question was beastly uncolmo 
deley. —Life 
‘‘Wiif) are our closest friends, p 
“Those who won’t lend us a cent, ^ 
Oo 
son.’’—Brooklyn Life. /a-c ^ 
“Why can’t a man’s nose he ' vr 
than 11 inches?’’ “Oh, if it were over i2 
it would he a foot.’’—Yale Record. 
“ 0. K.” POTATO 
The “O. K.” 
I’oliilo Harvester 
can I)e8eenai tlie 
Pan Ainehean 
Kyi)08iiion. 
cy 
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5 
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He: “Yes, she is living under an as¬ 
sumed name.” She: “Horrible! What 
is it?” He: “The one she assumed im¬ 
mediately after her husband married 
her!”—Tit-Bits. 
Visitok: “Don’t you think it’s hard on 
your daughter to run that grain-drill 
out on the prairie every day?” Western 
Farmer: “Why, I didn’t think it was 
anything unusual for a girl to do plain 
sowing.”—Judge. 
Bakheh: “Why is it that you and your 
brother are so bald, sir?” Victim: “I’ll 
tell you if you’ll promise not to say any¬ 
thing more about it.” Barber: “Sure, 
sir.” Victim (whispering): “It’s because 
our hair has fallen out.”—Tit-Bits. 
Uncle Jethro: “There’s no trusting 
these city storekeepers.” Aunt Han¬ 
nah: “What’s the matter now, Jethro? 
Uncle Jethro: “I bought a porus plaster 
night before last and when I got home 
I found it was full of holes.”—Boston 
Transcript. 
Said the teacher, “And it came to pass 
when the king heard it, he rent his 
clothes. Now, what does that mean 
children—he rent his clothes?” Up went 
a little hand. ‘ Well, if you know, ten 
us.” “Please, ma’am,” said the chiid, 
timidly, “I s’pose he hired ’em out.”— 
Leslie’s Weekly. 
Amateur Farmer: “Mr. Green, there 
seems to be something serious the mat¬ 
ter with the horse I bought of you yes¬ 
terday. He coughs and wheezes dis¬ 
tressingly, and I think, perhaps, he is 
wind-broken. What would you advise 
me to do?” Horse Dealer (promptly): 
“Sell him as quickly as you can, jes’ like 
1 did.”-Tit-Bits. 
“Our milk,” urged the agent, “is 
sterilized.” The housewife laughed 
scornfully. “There is a lot of foolish¬ 
ness about sterilization and all sorts of 
health precautions these days,” she said. 
“I don’t take any stock in it myself. Our 
ancestors didn’t resort to any such 
methods.” “True,” admitted the agent, 
“and look at the result. They are all 
dead.”—Chicago Post. 
“Are you de gemman dat said, ‘De 
boss mils’ go?” asked the colored man. 
“1 am,” answered the enthusiast on the 
subject of mechanics. “Well, sir, I jes’ 
desiahed to take de liberty o’ sayin’ aat 
1 has de halkies’ animal dat ever blocked 
a street, jes’ around’ de corner. I sho’ly 
would be much oblige ef you could come 
aroun’ an’ prove yoh words.”—Wash¬ 
ington Star, 
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MIXED PAINTS 
AtWIIOLESALK PUIOES, Delivered FREE 
For Houses, Bams, Roofs, all colors, and ^lAYE I^lere 
profits. In use 5 8 yea rw. Officially Endorsed by the 
Qranre. Low prices will surprise you. Write for SamplM. 
0. W* INQERSOLL, Plymouth St., Brooklyn, N. Y. 
New and Extra 
Inducements 
to sell our celebrated Teas, 
Coffees, Bplces, Extracts aud 
Uakiiig Powder. 20 aod 25 
per cent to agents. Freight 
paid. E'er special terms ad¬ 
dress THE GREAT AMERI¬ 
CAN TEA COMPANY, 
31 & S3 Vesey 8t., New York. 
P. O. Box 289. 
DIGGER 
(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, hu.slling man in each lownshij) in potato section to take 
orders. One who has a good team and can and will sjiend lime 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 D 805, YORK, PA. 
Pirate mention box number. 
Piiri It no ricord , 
of 1 J 
FARQUHAR lOILER^ 
ever eiplodioe. 
The BEST Threshing Outfit 
for a thresherman to buy and for a farmer to uso Is the Farquhur Celebrated 
Ajax Thrc.hing Engine and the Faryulinr Scpuriitor. Engines made in sizes 
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ersand develop more than rated horse-power. Have driver’s seat, foot-brake and 
two injectors. Separators of oil styles and sizes for merchant 
threshing or farm use. Fanjuhar machines have all late 
Improvements, they thresh and clean all kinds of groin 
perfectly. Ostalo^e of KnKinee, ThrceliInK Machinery, 
Saw Milla and Agricultural Implemenla FREE. 
Z/A 
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York, Pa. 
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Sweep Powers, Corn Shellera, Feed Mills, Steel Rollers. Mowers, 
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stationary. The Ucaainger Mfg, Co., Tutamy, Pa. 
HALE'S 
ORCHARD 
TOOLS 
Clark's Hay Tools, 
D. A. Harrow moves 
15,000 tons earth in 
a day. These 5 tools 
cut a track 81 feet wide. 
IMPROVED ’ikMiy 16-ln. Sulky 
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WATER 'iOO lbs. All made by 
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Send for Circular. 
IB Tons 
The Gem Fnll-Oircle \UiCP Baler, lightest, 
strongest,cheapest baler. Made of wrought steel. 
Operated by 1 or 2 horses. Bales 10 to 15 tons a day. 
Sold on 6 days trial. Catalogue free. Address 
CEO. ERTEL CO., Quincy, III. 
IDER 
MACHINERY 
I BmI and oheapeit. 
' Bend for catalogue. 
BOOMER & BOSCHERT 
PRESS CO., 
Water Street, 
• T&AOUSE, M. 3V, 
2 ^ 
WELL 
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Machines 
Over 70 lUea and ityles, for drilling either deep or 
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HEEBNER’S t.yenVLd HorseJPow.r 
with Kpeed Regulutor. 
Cami^ue. ENSILAGE AND DRY FODDER CUTYER 
with Criisher.AlHoTliroHhersand Cleaners,Feed Mills, 
Corn Shoilers, Drag and Circular Saw Machines, etc. 
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HORSE POWERS, 
THRASHKKS 
and CL1!;ANKR.S. 
WOOD SAWS. 
One&two-hcrse Thrashing Outfits. Level pilTTCDC 
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F. L. MAINK, General Agent, WiUet, N. Y. 
^^uAiinv maii” 
j” flARU I niAll workaa walkiof? btaiii pump 
jack, griodSy ebelJa, cutateedyBcparaUs 
■ i. Easy to 
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disconnect and put on belt. Engine 
1)^ actual h , p, ICasy to learn, cany 
to operate, mort economical. Gasoline 
supply tank. Engine and all, on one 
base, /^nd for our 1 Ilustrate d catalog. 
WKBRTKIIMAM FACTruINO CO. 
1091 w. 15th St, Chicago, III, 
X. y. office 38 ]>ey St., N. Y. City, 
THE MIETZ & WEISS 
Kerosene Engines 
Cheapest and Safest Power 
Known. For pumping and 
electric lighting, grinding 
corn, separating cream, 
sawing wood, and all power 
purposes. Send for Catalog. 
A, MIKTZ, 
128 Mott Street. New York. 
CHARTER 
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I T r* r' Any Place 
I Sr 11 Any One 
Por Any Parpose 
Stationeeriea, ZPortablea, JEngirsea 
emd Pumpa, JBfoiatera 
Bend for Illustrated Catalogue and 
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Charter Gas Engine Co., Box 26, Sterling, III. 
REBUILT 
:h] 
RUBBEl 
ROPE OF ALL KINDS, 
Wire, Manila, Flax, Tow, 
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: IRON PIPE in all sizes at 
a saving of 60 per cent. 
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PERFECTION PREPARED FELT ROOFING. ^ 
Two Klieets saturated felt, and between sheets water-proof 
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caps and nail s to la y. Price per roll.>1.05 
A~inilIion loet ol Brand New and Second , 
r?nd RUBBER, LEATHER and COTTON - 
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the SllBg* 
me meYne of 
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VI— The Silo in Modern Agricaltore. 
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Farm BlacktmHhIno. 
An Illustrated book writ¬ 
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It tells all about making 
anti tempering steel tools, 
making chains, hooks, 
rings, clevises, bolts, etc., 
etc. Filing saws, splicing 
rope, shoeing horses. 
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CONTENTS. 
The Uural New-Youkeii, June 8, 1901. 
FARM TOPICS. 
Cowhorn Turnips and Crimson Clover....401 
Renters and Rain.401 
Water Works for the Farm.402 
Wholesale Wheat Harvesting.403 
Compost of Fish.-.404 
A Potato Picker.404 
Home-Grown Grass Seeds.404 
Japan Millet for Pasture.404 
The Snake River Valley.405 
Early Clover Seeding.405 
Hope Farm Notes.407 
The Hired Man Again.407 
Cioi) Prospects .409 
Crop and Weather Report.409 
Cantaloupes from North Carolina.409 
The Eastern Shore of Maryland.409 
Harn Pasture for Cows.413 
T.IVE STOCK AND DAIRY. 
The I.aw of Animals.403 
Self-Cleaning Cattle Stables.40t 
Remedies for Files on Cattle.414 
How to Handle Alfalfa Hay.414 
Rutter from Kaffir Corn.414 
Dairy and Farm Notes.416 
Price of Milk for Butter.415 
Killing Flies .416 
Unmate the Flocks.415 
The “Beef” Horse.415 
HORTICULTURE. 
Trimming Varieties of Blackberries.402 
Notes on Strawberry Growing.402 
Everybody’s Garden .402 
Smyrna Figs Growing in California.403 
That Moth Catcher Again.403 
Sterile Grapevine .404 
The Resin-Lime S' raying Mixture.404 
Sin-ays for Plum Blight and Red Spider..404 
The Idaho Pear.404 
Peach I.eaf-Curl .405 
Peach Borers .405 
Questions About Pears.405 
Grafting Dwarf Anples; Various Ques¬ 
tions . 
Notes from the Rural Grounds.405 
Wide and Narrow Orchard Rows.406 
Rabbits and Fruit Trees.406 
York Imperial Apple. 
WOMAN AND HOME. 
From Day to Day.jlO 
The Rural Patterns.. 
An Act of In.subordlnation. Part I.’G 
l,aundering Starched Clothes. 
MISCELLANEOUS. 
Editorial . 
Events of the Week.’1^ 
Markets .. 
Business Bits .IJ, 
Market Briefs .. 
The Study of Shorthand.J!" 
‘ Humorous .’ 
