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THE RURAL NEW-YORKER 
MAY io 
Humorous. 
“ Why do they call it pin-money ?” said 
Wifey, putting it in her pocket. “I guess 
it’s because wives always stick their hus¬ 
bands for it,” sighed Hubby, and went out 
to earn some more .—Washington Star. 
The Weight of Words.— Customer : “I 
want to get an unabridged dictionary.” 
Clerk : “ Yes, sir. Webster or Worcester ?” 
Customer: “ Makes no difference. It’s the 
only thing that will keep my trousers from 
bagging .”—Clothier and Furnisher. 
Mr. Tootles (who has been scolded by 
his wife for being out late): “ If you don’t 
like it, my dear, why don’t you strike, as 
factory employees sometimes do?” Mrs. 
Tootles : “No, I won’t strike ; but you’ll 
find there’ll be a lock-out some night.” 
^jj^forllhirtratec^ataloguej^Mi 
This Trade 
Mark Is on 
Tie Best 
Waterproof 
Coat 
In the world. 
M EKENNEY’S 
Acme Fertilizer 
Distributor, 
is (In* best for Fertilizers 
—Ashes, Plaster, Lime, 
Salt,etc., etc. Also the New 
Model Corn Planter, 
for field and ensilage corn. 
Send for Circular and 
prices to 
A. MEKENNEY, 
Taunton. Mass. 
ONE RESULT OF THE HIGHER EDUCATION OF WOMAN. 
He : What are you reading, dear ? 
His Wife: The latest society novel. I’m just glancing thro’ to see if it is fit for you to read, dear!— Life. 
Something entirely new— Potato Planter, with 
Plow connected, on account of inventor’s old age 
for sale very cheap. Model taken with sale. 
C, W. FREYKR. 
422 Park Street, Pueblo, Colorado. 
CHOICE SEED POTATOES -Packed In 
Yy barrels; assorted if desired ; delivered to R K. 
as follows: Early Oh lo. Early Maine, Chas. Downing 
Ohio, Jr.. 75c per bushel: Delaware, <2 
JAMES H. WOODHI RY, Sterling. Ill. 
CIDER 
MACHINERY 
Knuckle Joint A Screw Presses. Grater*, 
levators. Pumps, etc. Send for Catalogue 
. 118W.\ 
Boomer & Boechert Press Co 
'.Water St. Syracuse,N.Y 
THE PERKINS’ 
Wind Mill 
la the Strongest and Best Self- 
Regulating Wind Mill made. 
Full Instructions for erecting sent with 
the first mill. All Wind Milla war¬ 
ranted. For Circulars and Prices 
address 
THE PERKINS’ WIND MILL 
AND AX CO., 
Agents Wanted. Miahawaka Ind. 
Mention Rural New-Yorker. 
FULL LE ATHER T OP. DlRECTTO CONSUMER. 
orr Saving 25 to 40% 
ROAD CARTS A SPECIALTY. 
full Illustrated Cata¬ 
logue and COMPLETE 
HORSE BOOK, send 
six cts. in stamps 
ONEER BUGGY CU 
COLUMBUS, O. 
nuin ensilage and 
UnlU FEED CUTTERS 
New Features in our Carriers for 1890. 
The wide, open Throat and Improved 
Feeding Device give our machines larger 
capacity than others. We are the origin¬ 
ators of the Safety Fly Wheel, and have 
the best one in use. Catalogue of Cutters 
and Powers, including Treatise on Ensi¬ 
lage and Plan for Silo, Free. 
51LVEE S> BUM! Manufacturing Co,, 
SALEM, OHIO. 
Is Your Carriage Bright f 
“ Hundred 
I put to the test 
on a large panel. I 
flowed on all I could pos¬ 
sibly get on, hardly dressed it at 
all, and left it! I expected it would ‘ cur¬ 
tain’ and ‘sag,' but Lo and behold! 
It did nothing of the kind! 
but flowed out with a 
Sample Free it you elate rise of roof. 
ER ROOFING . 
UNEQUALED 
For House, Barn, 
INDIANA 
and all out-buildings. 
Anybody can put it on. 
PRICE LOW. 
Writo for Sample and Book. 
14 :* Duane St.. New York City. 
PAINT & ROOFING CO. 
GENUINE 
PRICES REDUCED 
Lawn Mower. 
USE, 
| A SIZES AND STYLES FOR HAND 
I *#■ Weighing from 21 to 51 lbs. 
THREE SIZES FOR HORSE POWER. 
LAWN SWEEPERS, GRASS EDGERS, Etc. 
GRAHAM, EMLEN & PASSMORE, 
Patentees and Manufacturer*, 
631 Market Street. Philadelphia. Pa. 
THOMAS P. SIMPSON, Washington. 
D. C. No atty’s fee until patent ob¬ 
tained. Write for Inventor’s Guide, 
CONTENTS. 
Rural New-Yorker, May 10,1890. 
FARM TOPICS. 
E GGS from Pure, High-class Plym. Rocks, $1.50 pe. 
18; $2A0per26. E.A. JOHNSON Vermillion, Ohio 
WEBSTER’S 
U NABRID GED 
ANCI ENT EDIT ION. 
A so-called “Webster’s Unabridged 
Dictionary” is beingoifered to the public 
at a very low price. The body of the book, 
from A to Z, is a cheap reprint, page for 
page, of the edition of 1847, which was in 
its day, a valuable book, bnt in the pro¬ 
gress of language for over FORTY YEARS, 
has been completely superseded. It is 
now reproduced, broken type, errors and 
all, by photo-lithograph process, is printed 
on cheap paper ana flimsily bound. A 
brief comparison, page by page, between 
the reprint and the latest and enlarged 
edition, will show the great superiority 
of the latter. These reprints are as out 
of date as a last year’s almanac. No hon¬ 
orable dealer will allow the buyer of snch 
to suppose that he is getting the Webster 
which to-day is accepted as the Standard 
and THE BEST,—every copy of which 
bears our imprint as given below. 
If persons who have been induced to 
purchase the “ Ancient Edition” by any 
misrepresentations will advise ns of the 
facts, we will undertake to see that the 
seller is punished as he deserves. 
G. & C. MERRIAM & CO. 
SPRINGFIELD, MASS. 
lustre like polish¬ 
ed glass!” 
The above mentioned “ Hundred ” Is one of 
the ’■ Numerical Varnishes ’ of the 
Lawson Vialentine Company, 
Of New-York and Hunter’s Point. 
Device for Leading Cattle. 293 
Building Wire Fence Alone.293 
Stock and Dairy Notes.298 
Is It So Had? Agricultural Depression. 289 
Hoistelns In Kentucky. 299 
Natural Live Incubator. 299 
Some Mic ilgau Hens... 300 
Poultry Notes. 8U0 
Cough and Skin Eruption In Horses. 300 
Brewers’ Grains as Feed. 801 
Collar Gall on Horse.801 
Home-Made Potato Fertilizer.8IH 
Pearl-Barley Refuse and Barley as Feed.801 
Shoulder Lameness In a Colt.801 
Artichokes: Cultivation and Cooking.801 
New Polntson Silage.802 
Grain Hay and Other Matters.302 
Opposed to Dogs.3na 
American 8eeds. 803 
Live Stock Insurance.805 
A HANDY TOOL. 
New Japanese Duck wheat—$1 per bushel, 2 bush¬ 
els and over. Bags free. H. TONG, Erie, Pa. 
The MANAHAN LADDER HOOK 
Is a convenient device to be attached to the top of 
ih" ladder, tor the purpose of holding It In position 
when placed upon the roofs of buildings, when In use 
for picking fruit, pruning trees, etc. It eomhlnes 
strength with light weight and small cost, and being 
reversible Is < ntirely out of the way when closed. 
Regular Price, *1 per Set; iny Price, 50 
cents per set by mail, post-paid. Address 
X. E. FELLOWS, Box 4, Tenafly, N. J. 
MINERALS ON THE FARM. 
11800.) 
REVISED 
POCKET GEOLOGIST 
AND MINERALOGIST. 
Sixteen Practical Chapters. 
I.—Bottom Facts and Beil Kecks. 
II.—The Coni Measures. 
III. —Oil and Gas. 
IV. —Iron and Manganese Ore*. 
V.—Gold mid silver Ores. 
VI.—Copper and Tin Ores. 
\ II.—Lead and Zinc Ores. 
VIII.—.Nickel, Cobalt and Chrome Ores.! 
IX.— Antimony, Mercury, Platinum, etc. 
X.—Gems an i Precious Stones. 
XI.—Ornamental and Building Stones. 
XII.—Cements a d Clays. 
X *11.—Salts nud Fertilizers, 
XIV.—Mineral Paints. 
XV.—Grits and Spars. 
XVI.—Ollier Yultinble Minerals. 
20-1 Pages-Cloth Bound—Pocket and Flap. Price One 
Dollar, post paid. 
FRED'K II. SMITH. Engineer and Geologist. 
Mention this paper. 22J K. German St., Baltimore, Md. 
HORTICULTURAL. 
Hybrid Castor-Oil Plants... 297 
Notable Trees . 297 
Decorative Vines. 801 
MISCELLANEOUS. 
Formidable Enemy to the Tulip Tree In New 
Jersey .293 
Anti Steal Bar. 298 
Read, Seen and Spoken.3U) 
Trench System Once More. 801 
Tariff Twaddle .801 
A pie Jelly vs. Hard Cider. 801 
Numerous Short Notes.80t 
Malate of Lime lu Maple Sirup. 802 
Against Moles. 802 
Oat-Meal; Opposed to Use. 802 
Middleman.A '.302, 305 
Samples fr.mi Several 'irees.3U2 
Direct from Divers D' % tmentB..803 
Business Farming In >rado.306 
More About the Nun & Business.806 
•• Looking Back war' «/r. 806 
Chat by the Way.. .306 
Confessions of a C try Girl.... 807 
Having Things H: 3 . 307 
Martha Tuby s Hr cSvellstio Work. 807 
Recipes.v ...807 
Canning Vegetao”.810 
To Keep Pie-Crust Fresh. 810 
Km to at a. i.804 
Brevities.304 
Publisher's Desk. 806 
S' kwh. 808,309 
Markets . Si'9 
Market Notes. 809 
Almanac: . aio 
Rural Special Reports . ail 
