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THE RURAL NEW-YORKER 
June 15, 1901 
Humorous. 
Take this life Jest as you find it: 
Hot or cold, no use to mind It! 
If it’s a sunshiny day, 
That’s your time for makin’ hay! 
If it’s rainin’, fills your wish— 
Wakes the lakes Jest right for fish; 
Spring or Winter—Summer—Fall, 
Jest be thankful for ’em all! 
—Atlanta Constitution. 
“He’s one in a thousand.” “It’s not 
hard to be one in a thousand.” “No?” 
“All the others are merely ciphers.”— 
Credit Lost. 
“I woNDEK what is meant by a green 
old age.” “I guess'-'"fjt’s the age at¬ 
tained by the vent victim of the 
bunco man.”—Phi ^phia Record. 
Ckaweoui): “JI -*-do you figure that 
the exhibition ir cffalo is better than 
the one they ha^ Paris?” Crabshaw: 
'C 
“It doesn’t cost ;^iuch to get there.”— 
Judge. ^5 
'She; “This ^ ►jcle in the paper says 
that in Form, '^a wife costs five dol¬ 
lars.” He; “Well, she ought to oe worth 
it if she is a good wife.”—Baltimore 
World. 
“Say, I told that Boston man my fish 
story, and all he said was ‘Kindly 
alight.’ What did he mean?” “Oh, that’s 
just his way of saying ‘come off.’ ”— 
Philadelphia Press. 
Wielie; “Teacher told us to-day that 
there’s a certain kind o’ tree that grows 
out o’ rocks. I can’t remember what it 
was. Do you know, Pa?” Pa; “It’s a 
family tree, I guess.”—Philadelphia 
Press. 
“Faumino is a great science, isn’t it?” 
“Say, my friend, it’s more than that; 
it’s a composite of many sciences. For 
instance, to-day, in the ordinary course 
of my agricultural duties, I had to prac¬ 
tice chiropody.” “How was that?” 
“Why, cut the corn on the foot of the 
hill.”—Christian Advocate. 
“This,” said the inventor, “is my new 
dredger for river and harbor work.” 
“Ah!” replied the capitalist. “I observe 
you call it the ‘Politician.’ Your idea in 
that, I suppose, is to court favor with 
the powers that be?” “No, I call it the 
‘Politician’ simply because it throws 
mud.”—Catholic Standard and Times. 
“Orandma,” said little Allen one day 
upon his return from Sunday school, “I 
don’t believe the Bible always tells the 
truth.” “Well, Allen,” exclaimed the 
HodVER 
POTATO 
DIGGER 
Catalog 
free. 
A perfect machine con¬ 
taining Improvcmeiita 
found In no other. 
Heparatee potatoes 
from vines and 
weeds. Jtapld, 
clean worker. 
Wnrrniilcd. 
Dirt firoof brass lioxes, 
side hlli spurs, special 
shovel, from and side 
levers. 
IIOOVEK, IMIOITT A 0«., Averj, Ohio. 
PERFECTION MOWER KNIFE GRINDER. 
The easiest, simplest 
and beet thing ever 
Invented for grinding 
Mowing Machine 
Knives. Grinds every 
knife the same, and 
leaves them all on 
the same bevel. Will 
sharpen a set In ten 
minutes. Fastens on¬ 
to the mowing ma¬ 
chine wheel. To In¬ 
troduce them, will 
sell for a short time 
only, two at the price 
of one. You can sell one and keep the other. 
KOH 8 ItKOTilKKH, Worcester, Mass. 
THE IVIIETZ & 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 
Gasoline Engine 
USED 
Any Place 
Ky Any One 
For Any Purpose 
Htationariea, Portablea, £!nginea 
tend Pumps, Hoiaters 
Send for Illustrated Catalogue and 
Testimonials. State your Power Needs. 
Charter Gas Engine Co., Box 26, Sterling, III. 
For Good 
—BO that 
grain will 
come up 
uulrkly, 
stool out 
well and 
make a 
full crop, 
nothing 
equals 
this 
DRILLING 
LOW-DOWN 
Grain and Fertilizer 
bow and easy to flllj light draft, force feed all 
over; feeds fertilizer SO to 700 Ihs per acre, lumpy. 
damp or dry; grain, fertilizer, grass seed and land 
measures all tested and correct. Hoes easy to raise, 
Zig-zag and lifting levers. All foods thrown out of 
gear at once by lifting hoes. Pin or spring hoes. 
Warranted In all ways. Write for free catalogue. 
THE SPANGLER MANFG. CO., 508 QUEEN ST., YORK, PA. 
Why Not 
Preserve Wheat and 
Rye Straw Straight 
Round in 
Bundles? 
I’leaae your custom 
ers by saving barn room and saving labor In handling 
straw. Our Combined Straw-Preserving and Spike- 
Tooth Thrasher we guarantee to thrash Wheat or 
Hyo perfectly clean and not bruise or break the 
straw, and bind tbe straw again in perfect bundles. 
The same machine can be changed in 15 minutes to 
a Spike-Tooth Oat, Wheat, Buckwheat. Barley and 
Corn Thrasher with Stacker attached. Will thrash 
and clean more grain with less power than any ma¬ 
chine built. Send for catalogue B. 
GRANT-FBUH18 COMPANY, Troy, N. Y. 
LITTLE 
Throshos grain, rice,flax, millet 
warranted. Feed and Ensilage Cutters, Feed Grinders. 
UCCDNCn’C Patent 
nCCDnCn O LcvcI Trend 
with Speed Refrulntor. 
For 1, 2 and 3 nomes. 
HEEBNER dt SONS, Lansdale, Pa., U. S. A. 
UnDCC DnUfCDC thbashbbh 
nUllvC rUfffCndf and CLBANKBS. 
WOOD SAWS. 
One A two-horse Thrashing Outfits. Level nilTTCDC 
Tread, Pat. Governor, Feed and Ensilage uU I I Lllo 
ELLIS KEYSTONEA6R’LWORKS,PottslOwn,Pa 
F. L. MAINE, General Agent, Wlllot, N. Y. 
We Can’t Tell Our Story 
In an advertisement. Write 
for new free Catalog showing 
over 150 Styles Vehicles, Har¬ 
ness and other articles. 
Cash Supply & Mfg. Co., Dept. G, 
CONTENTS. 
The Rural, New-Yorker, June 16, 1901. 
FARM TOPICS. 
Farmers and Farm Fire Insurance.418 
Indiana Farm Notes.418 
The Nation’s Wheat Field.419 
A City Man Turns Farmer. Part VII...419 
Velvet Bean or Cow Pea.420 
old lady in astonishment, “what makes 
you think that?” “Because,” said the 
young investigator, “it says every hair 
of our head is numbered, and I pulled a 
dozen out of my head to see, but there 
wasn’t a number on one of them,”—Col¬ 
orado Weekly Times. 
BUY DIRECT FROM FACTORY, BEST 
MIXED PAINTS 
At WHOLES A LK PRICES, Delivered FREE 
For Houses, Bams, Roofs, all colors, and SAVE DmI*™ 
profits. In use 6 8 yvarn. Officially Endorsed by the 
Orange. Low prices will surprise you. Wrile for hampiM. 
0. W. INQERSOLL, !i40 Plymouth St., Brooklyn, N. Y. 
UST and MOST 
KCONO.MICAI, 
FFEE GKOWN. 
etialresOnly TWO- 
31BDS the regular quan- 
y.BoinoJa is always packed 
1 -lb. trudc-niark red bags, 
od Coffees 12c. and 15c. 
r special terms address 
a Great American Tea Co., 
& 33 Vosey St., NewYork. 
P. O. Box 289. 
“n 
If ” PHTATn 
Ui 
1 iVi ru 1 M 1 u 
Tbe “O. K.” 
Potato Harvester 
can Iwsetinnttbe 
I’an ,\ineri<-an 
ExiKjsilion. 
DIGGER 
(/Yitent 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.stling man in each township in jtotato .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. 
b. Y. HALLOCK & SONS, Box D 805, YORK, PA. 
Please mention box number. 
LIGHTNING WELL MACHT^ 
IS THE STANDARD 
STiAMPUMPS. AIR UFTS,^ 
GASOLINE ENGINES 
wmreron emeuLAR^^ 
THE AMERICAN WELL WORKS 
I I lb f II f f btatp Wl 
AURORA. ILLCHICAG 0.- DA L LA S.TEX. 
UfCI I DRILLING 
IfCLL Machines 
Over 70 sices and styles, for drilling either deep or 
shallow wells in any kind of soil or rock. Mounted 
on wheels or on sills. With engines or horse powers. 
Strong, simple and durable. Any mechanic can 
operate them easily. Send for catalog. 
WILLIAM8 BBOB., lUuio*, M. Y. 
ElTINQi; 
REBUILT 
UNLIHITED .SUPPLIED 
BARGAIN PRICES 
ERFECTION PREPARED FELT - 
Khecls saturated felt, and between eheets water-proof 
ROOFING. 
kOPE OP ALL KINDS, 
Wire, Manila, Flax, Tow, 
Sisal, Ac. Write for prices. 
IRON PIPE in all sizes at 
saving of 50 per cent. 
PERFECTION P 
Two Kneels saturated 1---.- 
cement, making a solid, flexible sheet, the layers of compo¬ 
sition tnoroughly combined. It can be put on without re¬ 
moving the old roof. Can be applied without previous ex¬ 
perience, requiring no special tools. Each roll contains 108 
square feet. Comes complete with cement for two coat^ 
caps and nails to lay. Brice per roll— .♦1.06 
A million leet of Brand New and Second 
F?nd RUBBER. LEATHER and COTTON 
S'^itCHED belting, bought at various 
Sales. We puarantee to save you from 25 to 
50 ixT cent. We have a jfib in 
ENDLESS THRASHER BELTS. 
ASK fON fNEE laUSTRATED aTALOflUE N9 « - 
CHICACO HOUSE WRECKINCCO; 
WEST 35!r* IRON STS.. CHICACO. 
What is Asparagus Rust?.420 
Hope Farm Notes.423 
Crop and Weather Report.426 
The Hay Crop.425 
LIVE STOCK AND DAIRY. 
Cracking the Butter Bowl.421 
The Care of an Incubator.421 
The Slaughter of Tame Pigeons.421 
Barn Pasture for Cows. Part 11.429 
A Surprise in Breeding.430 
Simple Tests for Oleo.430 
Short-horn Cows for Dairying.430 
Knee-Sprung Mare for Breeding.431 
Tetanus In Colts.431 
More Cures for Kicking Cow.s.431 
How to Pasture Hogs.431 
Trouble with Pigeons.431 
HORTICULTURE. 
A Novel Method of Raising Melons.417 
Is Ben Davis Self-Fertile?.417 
Notes from California.419 
Everybody’s Garden .419 
Blight on Quince Trees.420 
Dung Worms and White Grubs.420 
How to Grow Large Melons.420 
When and How to Thin Peaches.421 
Notes from the Rural Grounds.422 
The Worden-Seckel Pear.422 
Fruit Prospects .426 
The Hudson River Valley Cherry Crop..426 
Paper Boxes for Strawberries.425 
WOMAN AND HOME. 
From Day to Day.426 
The Rural Patterns.426 
Pioneer Experiences .426 
An Act of Insubordination. Part H.427 
Rural Recipes . 
A Fresh-Alr Pantry.427 
MISCELLANEOUS. 
The Fight Against Mosquitoes.417 
Educating Purchasers and Consumers...418 
Editorials .^^4 
Events of the Week. 
Markets .^ 
Business Bits .^ 
Market Briefs .^ 
Humorous . 
