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THE RURAL NEW-YORKER. 
APRIL 26 
MURRAY 
$55.22 BUCCIES and $5. 95 HARNESSSttySartW! 
THEY ARE SOLD DIRECT TO CONSUMERS. WRITE FOR CATALOGUE, 11111 nrn 11 UIIDDAV II AMlirAPTIIDIUP nn n • • n 
one price, no deviations WILBER H. MURRAY MANUFACTURING CO., Cincinnati, 0. 
Humorous. 
OF BUCKWHEAT CAKES. 
You may talk about your terrapin, 
And canvasbaek and wine: 
We’re here to sing of buckwheat cakes 
And gravy from the swine. 
There’s nothing that delights us so 
In all the gastronomies 
As watching flapjacks steam and glow, 
And hearing them “ kerfloinleks.” 
—Punxsutaxjpnty Spirit. 
Though some of our colleges are very old, 
they are still in possession of their facul¬ 
ties. —Exchange. 
Not Much of a Sight, After All —“ I 
saw a goblet to-day made of bone.” 
“Pshaw 1 I saw a tumbler made of flesh 
and blood last night.” “Where?” “At 
the circus.”— Harper's Bazar. 
Overheard in the Kitchen.—** What 
did you wear last night ? ” asked the celery. 
“A lovely mayonnaise,” replied the lettuce. 
“And you ? ” “I never was so mortified in 
my life: I wasn’t dressed at all,” said the 
celery ; and the beet.blushed.— Life. 
“ They’re selling things cheap at the 
corner store.” “Are, eh?” “Yes, thir¬ 
teen postage stamps for a cent and a quar¬ 
ter.” “What! Thirteen stamps for a cent 
and a quarter ? ” “ Exactly.” “ Why-” 
“ Same as the postoffice—26 cents. Ain’t 
that a cent and a quarter—of a dollar ? ”— 
The American. 
The Sun : “ Awake 1 Awake I Thou Sluggard 1 I have been up for over two 
ours, and am thousands of miles on my way 1 ” 
The Sluggard : “ That’s all right, smarty, but you don’t have to foot it over 
a gravel road with one shoe gone.”— Life. 
CIDER 
^ MACHINERY 
Knuckle Joint A Screw Presses. Graters, 
KSN-ssS^TElevators. Pumps, etc. Send for Catalogue 
Boomer ft Boschert Preii Co. 118 W.Water St. Syracuse,If.Y 
C E N U I N E 
PRICES REDUCED 
'J’HIIMDEIiI’HIV 
Lawn Mower. 
< Jk SIZES AND STYLES FOR HAND USE, 
I Weighing from 21 to 51 lbs. 
THREE SIZES FOR HORSE POWER. 
LAWN SWEEPERS, GRASS EDGERS, Etc., 
CRAHAM, EMLEN Si PASSMORE, 
Patentees and Manufacturers, 
GUI Market Street, Philadelphia, Pa. 
This Trade 
Mark Is on 
The Best 
Waterproof 
ffSH BRk^HniwL. 
SejjdjorjlluitratetljCatalogue 1 ^«i^iS22£Sl22!i2£: 
T^il re Instant relief. Final cure in 10 days and 
never returns. No purge, no salve, nc 
X suppository. A simple remedy mailed free. Ad¬ 
dress Tuttle & Co., 78 Nassau Street, New York City. 
THE NEXT 
3 OR 4 WEEKS 
IS THE /TIME TO TOP-DRESS WITH THE 
STOGKBRIDGE GRASS MANURE. 
Photograph of Grass raised on Stockbridge Grass Manure, byIk T -<. Willmartu, of 
Billerica, Mass, (firm of Talbot, Willmarth & Co., Boston). It** ,,t>d even with 
the horse’s back, and was estimated to yield fully three t /per acre. 
.Ja'T’ Send for pamphlets. S 
BOWKER FERTILIZER COMPANY,’ BOSTPj? & NEW YORE 
The “PLANET JR.”s“P 
The “PLACET Jit.” No. 2 GARDEN I) It 11.1/ is beyond question the best; sows the most difficult 
seeds: opens, covers. rollB down and marks the next row with the greatest regularity. 
The COMBINED DRILL, and HOE, &c. The greatest favonte ever produced. Perfection as a Seed 
Drill or aB a Plow, Hoe. Garden Rake, Cultivator or Marker. Saves labor and seed aiui Boon saves cost. 
The DOUBLE WHEEL IIOE. A money maker for farmers and gardeners. Works both sides ofarowat 
once Plows to or from, opens furrowB, covers, cultivates, hoes, rakes and has leaf guards. 
DOUBLE WHEEL HOE PLAIN. Same as last, but has one psir of hoes only. 
The SING LE WIIE E L HOE is a treasure. Beats the double in some crops; is lighter. Has a Large Plow, 
two Long Hoes, two Rakes, three Cultivator Teeth, and a Leaf Guard. _, 
The FIRE-FLY SINGLE WHEEL HOE. Equals the last, except hasno rakes nor leaf guard. 
The FIRE-FLY GARDEN PLOW. Worth its price yearly m a garden 20x40 feet 
The G R ASS EDG ER. The newest.neateBt.cheapest and best machine known for edging nathB and flower beds 
The 1890 HORSE HOE. The finest tool and most costly to make that we have ever offered. Yet the result 
justifies ourcare, as every one who sees the tool will admit. The first grand improvement; is i ournew,patent Lever 
Expander, one all farmers admire and which they will pay S3.04) for, to put on old machines. The 
l*allen & co. 
sweepsTAKES 
Gbken Mountain Stock Farm, » 
West Randolph, Vt., Dec. 2nd, 1889. { 
The butter upon which we were awarded the GOLD MEDAL at the 
Paris Exposition of 18S9, was made by the Cooley Creamer 
Prerevs. We hare used the Cooley i.’rmmrr peocene o»du>Jveij- 
for several years, and give it our hearty endorsement for the large 
Increase In quantity and especially lu quality ot Butter. This system 
satisfies us. yours truly, G. S. MOULTON, Pres. 
This Is the THIRD GOLD MEDAL at the Paris Exposition 
on the Cooley Creamer and Product- Having taken the Gold 
.tied a I at EVERY EXPOSITION since It was Invented. 
that'thi’ COOLEY CREAMER INCREASED THE 
QUANTITY and improved the QUALITY Of the Butter. 
The above Is reputed the largest and most celebrated 
Dairy in tlie World— Has over 400 Registered Jersey Cattle. 
Butter sells as high as «1.00 per pound. 
Send for Illustrated Catalogue of Coolky Creamers, Davis Swing 
Churns, Butter Workers, Printers, Parchment Paper, Ac. 
VT. FARM MACHINE GO., Bellows Falls, Vt. 
PRACTICAL HINTS 
TO BUILDERS. 
A LITTLE BOOK of 100 pages, con- 
taming aolid fact* that every DiaQ 
contemplating BUILDING should 
know before letting hia contracts. 
Shortchaptera on the kitchen chim¬ 
neys, cistern, foundation, brickwork, 
ventilation, the roof and many iiema 
in poa* 
Improved Edition, 1890 
mortar, cellar, heating, ■v 
of interest to bulidera. Mailed free on receipt of 10c 
NATION ALSH EET METAL ROOFING CO 
51G East 20th St., New York City. 
(tj-Thi, advertisement appears every other week. 
CONTENTS. 
Rural New-Yorker, April 26,1890. 
FARM TOPICS. 
North Carolina Sweet Potatoes .268 
Making Prime Butter.269 
Portable Sprayer.269 
Fertilizers. 269 
Horse with Flat Feet. 269 
History and Propagation of the American Potato 266 
Water by Telegraph.266 
Buying Tools C. O. D. 278 
Indications of a Good Soil. 267 
Tough Pork. 267 
Potatoes Again, on last year’s trial acre.. 267 
TIN PLATE 
STEEL PLATE 
GALVANIKED 
AND COPPER 
SHINGLES. 
MANDFACrUHD IT TITS 
NATIONAL SHEET METAL ROOFING CO. 
510 East 20tl» St., New York City. 
Are, without any exception, the best in the 
world. Descriptive circular free. 
Cj'ThU advertisement appears every other week. 
HIGH CLA 88 JERSEY CATTLE— All registered 
tu American Jers. y Cartle Club. Bulls now In service 
are STOKE POGIS 5th, 5997, sire of 8 young cows, test¬ 
ing from 14 lbs. lhj ozs to 42 lbs. 12 ozs. or outter lu 7 
davs. Full and only living broth-r of Stoke Pogls 3d, 
now dr ad, sire of 27 cows averaging over 20 lbs. of 
butter apiece perwrek. IDA’S RIOTER OF ST. L., 
13656. inbred son of Ida of 8t. Lambert; official butter 
test 30 lbs, 2!$ ozs lu 7 days. No bull calf sold for 
less than $’00, nor heifer for less than *200. 
Also Pure Bred ANOORA GOATS and Children’s 
Ponies, state what you want. No general catalogue. 
Trotting Horse catalogue sent on application. Ten 
Sons of the great Electioneer. Mention this paper. 
MILLER dk 8 IBLEY. Franklin, Venango Co., Pa. 
T)ARE WATER LILIE8. Pink and Yellow 
JLV Lotuses. Also, White Water Lilies. Send 
for Catalogue. ^ s 
GEO. RICHARDSON, Lordstown, Ohio. 
IASTHMA CUHS 
\SCHIFFMANN’S ASTHMA CURE\ 
Instantly relieves the most violent attack. I 
waiting: for results. Its action is immedi-l 
I ate, direct, and ce rta i n, and a care is the result I 
I in all curable cases A single trial convinces I 
I the mi*t skeptical. Price .j()c. and S 1 JK), of I 
druggists or by mail Trial package AVer to any 
address. I>r. It. BOH 1FFMANN, St. Taul, *6 
HORTICULTURE. 
When and How to Set Out Plants. 268 
Manures for Melons . 269 
Improved Label. 266 
Straightening Crooked Trues.266 
Too Much Orchard. 266 
Killing Flea-beetles. 267 
Growing Vine Seeds. 267 
Ashes for Cabbage Maggots. 267 
Transplanting Weather.267 
Instructing a Professor—Stripod Cucumber Beetle. 270 
Vagaries of Seeds. 270 
Seed Testing Again, Reply by Botanist Me Carthy. 270 
MISCELLANEOUS. 
Five Young Ohio Farmers. 265 
Succession of Forests. 269 
Oil and Its Uses. 269 
Agriculture of Holland. 278 
Patrons of Industry. 
A Progressive Farmer.... 
Wyoming's Wants. 
Rural Special Reports. 
More Manufacturers Talk 
Origin of Breed’s Weeder. 273 
Treading on *• Corn’’—corn should be called 
maize. 267 
Any Potato Beetle!?.267 
That ••Temperance ” Measure. 270 
“Imperfect Distribution’’ and "Over-Produc¬ 
tion.”. ..270 
Almanac. 278 
Woman’s Work .274, 275 
Publisher's Desk.276 
Editorial. 272 
t ..276, 277 
