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THE RURAL NEW-YORKER. 
JULY 26 
Humorous. 
The tramp always comes before dinner 
when he comes after dinner.— Bingham¬ 
ton Leader. 
The Dear Girls.— EthelHe fell in 
love with me at first sight.” Maud :— 
“ How nice ! What a lot of scheming and 
worry that must have saved you.”— Mun- 
sey's Weekly. 
She (reading the paper): — “Another 
cyclone out West! It has swept dozens of 
farms clear of everything.” He :—“ I’ll bet 
the mortgages didn’t budge an inch.”— 
Texas Siftings. 
A POPULAR soprano is said to have a 
voice of fine timbre, a willowy figure, 
cherry lips, chestnut hair and hazel eyes. 
She must have been raised in the lumber 
region.— Norristown Herald. 
Youthful Countess.— Jimmy“ Ma, 
can I have that candy on your dressing- 
case?” Mother:—“Yes.” (Jimmy makes 
no motion toward taking it.) Mother :— 
“Why don’t you take it, if you want it ? 
Why, I declare it’s gone!” Jimmy;— 
“ Yep. I ate it before I asked you for it.”— 
Lawrence American. 
“ I’m after gitting ther house insured fur 
one hundred and fifty dollars, Bridget.” 
“Arrah! an’ where’s ther money Pat?” 
“Faix, they won’t pay that till ther 
house is burnt down.” “ Och, yer fule, ef 
they won’t give it to yez now, divil a cent 
will they give whin there’s no house at 
all.”— Harper's Weekly. 
MR. DUMPSEY :—“ Well, Johnny, what 
did you sing at Sunday-school to day ?” 
Johnny Dumpsey“ Oh, a boss hymn, pa! 
It began like this—* I am a little greenhorn 
in a half of cheese.’ ” Fannie Dumpsey (in¬ 
dignantly):—“ It wasn’t any such thing, 
pa ! It was:—* I am a little gleaner in the 
harvest sheaves.’ "—Burlington Free Press. 
Pi,$ccUnnc0U!&’ ^dmtijsing. 
Advertisers treat all correspondents 
well if they mention The Rural New- 
Yorker. 
RANGERS’ 17TH ANNUAL 
INTERSTATE 
! 
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Picnic-Exhibition! 
Under the commendation of the Notional Grange 
and the Unanimous Support of every State Grange 
In the United States, will open at 
WILLIAMS' GROVE 
CUMBERLAND COUNTY, PA., 
The most beautiful anti healthy Camplug Grounds In 
the Middle Slates, 
AUGUST 25, I 890, 
uid continue In session SIX DAYS. The GROUNDS 
GREATLY EXTENDED. New Buildinos in Course 
of C0N8 ruction, and many new features are being 
added for the benefit and comfort ot Tent holders 
Exhibitors and Visitors. OVER THREE HUNDRED 
FAMILIES have engaged rottages and Tents WO 
111 viutlCl) AM) I'll' It LhAIIIMi MAM- 
K \< "Ti lt Kits of the Uni ed states have secured 
space for 1830 Admission to the Grounds •Auditori¬ 
um, Le tures and Meetings— tREk.. tor full Informa¬ 
tion address R fl THOMAS. Presidf.nt, 
Meelianlesburg, Cumberland Co., Pa. 
H. S. Mohlkr, Secretary. 
J. I. CASE 
Threshing Machine Co., 
RACINE, WIS., 
Manufacturers of 
IRONSIDES 
AGITATOR-SEPARATORS, 
Woodbury 8,10 and 12-Horse Powers. 
Automatic Straw Stackers, 
Tread Powers and Saw Frames. 
SINGLE AND DOUBLE PORTABLE 
PORTABLE TRACTION AND SKID 
ENGINES, &S Power. 
CATALOGUES HAILED FREE. 
HITORMISSIT. 
H IT0RMISS1T is a word used to designate the principles 
upon which many of the manufacturers of cheap fertilizers 
Liase their productions. Knowing little or nothing of the 
science of so combining needed elements ns to produce the 
best results, they purchase at the cheapest price the crudest 
materials, and upon the H1T-OR-MISS-IT principle compound a 
Hitorviissit Fertilizer , which, if yon let them tell it, will grow 
enormous crops, even when used upon a ledge. 
The shrewd farmer, however, demands something besides 
“Analyses” and “Prize Offers,” and looks to the maker of 
the fertilizer which is to cause his crop to be a success or 
failure. He asks for character, reputation, experience, 
facilities: knowing that all these things are necessary to 
produce the best fertilizers. A difference in price of a few 
dollars a ton doesn’t disturb him, for he has no use for the 
HITORMISSIT Fertilizers at any price. 
On the other hand, he patronizes the Bradley Fertilizer Co., 
who for twenty-nine years, with ample capital, unequaled facilities, 
and unimpeachable character, have been producing their “ Standard 
Fertilizers which are conceded by every one to be unequaled for 
producing the best results. Not being a Ilitormissit man he has no 
use for Ilitormissit Fertilizers, but relies upon those time-tested, 
trial-proved productions, “Bradley’s Fertilizers,” whose sales 
upon their merits alone exceed those of any other manufacturer in 
the world. If you wish to learn more about the best fertilizer this 
world has ever seen, send a postal-card to the Bradley Fertilizer 
Co., 27 Kilby Street, Boston, for their beautiful almanac. 
NEW YORK, CINCINNATI, 
CHICAGO, July 15th, 1890. 
American Book Company. 
ELLIOT’S PARCHMENT PAPER 
dealers Indorse It In place of inuslln or wax paper, 
Good butter demands a good wrapper. _ Send for samples an 
A. C. ELLIOT & CO., Paper Manufacturers, Philadelphia. Pa. 
A PAIR OF LABOE-SAVERS. 
The Deere Potato Digger. 
D IGGING potatoes Is neither easy nor profitable 
when done with a hoe, but with a DEERE or 
SHAKER POTATO DIGGER, which will IU n out 500 
bushels of potatoes a day. potatoes can be made a 
paying crop. The Deere Potato ingger Is aBght- 
running. easy bundling tool, that WILL I *1 1 pit 
ITSELF IN TWO DAYS’ WORK. The blinker Po¬ 
tato Digger Is a belter but more expensive imple¬ 
ment. ft shakes the dirt off 1 be potatoes and h aves 
them clean on top of the ground There Is no tool used 
on the farm that will pay for Itself In any less time. 
The Shaker Potato Digger. 
MANUFACTURED BY 
DEERE & CO., MOLINE, ILL. 
If you want to make a profit on your crop of 
potatoes this fall, buy one of tills pair. 
POTATO DIGGERS.- W 2S a£»S?"* 
WM. CLORE’S SONS, Rising Sun, IntL 
GE0.ERTEL& CO. OUINC-Y, ILL.' 
THE NEW CUTAWAY SEEOER 
NEW YORK STATE FAIR 
SYRACUSE, SEPTEMBER II to 18, 1890. 
Entries Close August 12, 
For Prize List and new features, address 
N. Y. S. Agricultural Society, Albany. N. Y. 
American Book Company. 
(INCORPORATED.) 
ri''HE AMERICAN BOOK COMPANY is an incorporated stock company, whose sole and exclusive business Is 
J the manufactureand <ale of School and College Text-Books, Laps and Charts. Its principal places of 
b US i?has a puS ^randTtheabVolute owner g ofthe school-book publications heretofore Issued by D. Appleton & 
Co A S tanicf& Co Harper & Brothers, Ivison, Blakeman & Co . and Van Antwerp. Bragg & Co and t en- 
gaiies faithfully to carry out all contracts made by these firms for the publication and supply of their respect t 
U X Am'ng the advantages of this corporate union over every other method of association, are the following: 
First B The American Book Company is not a trust, or trustee, for other parties, but is the absolute 
o'« iter of all its publications accountable only to its authors and to the public. , f , 
-eeond The union of these varied interests under one ownership will reduce the nrIte of seiiooi 
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1 * urines to the service of the company and the public the best trained ability met 1 ry brant h 
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bu>biess secures to the local trade and to school boards n saving of time and tr ’ u '.’L" ?t« d nf r con d - 
receiving supplies and a material reduction In the cost of transportation, as a 1 ihe various books of the con.- 
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° f Seventh. ^It'wVlTopera umo do away with Ihe annoying and frequent changes of books in use by re- 
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hOU ^ 8 e A^man BoSk^o^ny d^^«,S"uShcfcwlation. with the actual consumers of its hooks and 
*° K l'I t offers to scmMt shrinks' m an^ddl^s ‘urthcUnUvd^tau's free of charge for postage or express on 
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time tho'comiMm’Usprices shnBbercducedfa^o^ 
The general prlc** list of the puhllcetions of the American Book company will ho mauea on request, 10 any 
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Elevators, Pumps, etc. Send for Oatalogns 
Boomer 4 BoBchert Press Co. 11GW. Water St. Syracuse,N.Y 
AMES PLOW CO, Boston aui Hew Toil. 
-Send for 
Circulars. 
Will 
Road Rollers. 
Indispensable lor Macadamizing 
K vaTt 
Better work than 
with any flat 
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SEND FOR CATALOGUE. RS PAGES. 
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CONTENTS. 
Rural New-Yorker, July 26, 1890. 
LIVE STOCK AND DAIRY. 
Merciful Man te Merciful to his Beast.4T? 
Watering and Feeding In Hot Weather.*77 
Summer Care of Work Horses. 4 ij, 
Eng lab Treatment of Farm Horses. hi 
Small og House.■*.» 
Botillrg Milk for Sale.479 
Tuberculous C ws .. . ... ........... 481 
(Edema anil Partial Paralysis In a Mare During 
Pregnancy.. . 49 1 
Umbilical H« rnla in a Calf. 481 
I.’ve S'O k Notes .4S8 
New and Old Breeds.490 
Breeding Laving Stock . 490 
Poultry Notes. 490 
FARM TOPICS. 
Wheat in Western New York. 478 
Importance of Sweet Cassava as a 1-ood Plant.4SI 
Sowing Millet ... 
Plows ed. Harrows — 
Exterminating Gophers.. 
Implement Notes 
481 
4S2 
482 
4H5 
HORTIC 
J-URAL. 
Plum Curcullo Punetur' ipples.. 
Gardening Notes From ' -on. 480 
Wisconsin Celery Cultu . 481 
Crosby Sweet Corn. ■ . 
Trees Winter-killed... f .. 
479 
480 
481 
*82 
sow nil kinds of grass seeds and grains. Send for new 
special Circular. 
The HIGGAHUM MINF’G CORPOR4TION, 
N. Y. Office, 189 St 191 Water St. Iliggnnuni, Conn. 
THE SPANGLER 
BROADCAST FERTILIZER DISTRIBUTOR. 
Unexcelled. Also the Spang¬ 
ler S ngle - Row Fertilizer 
Distributor, Grain Drill, 
Corn-Planter. Corn-Shebers, 
land Rollers, Feed and 
Fodoer Cutlers, die. Send 
for free Illustrated Cata- 
_ loguc. 
THE sPAMILER MFG. CO., York, Pa* 
Make the Best of It.. 
Cheap Cookery. 
Rank Heresy .. . 
Knot In the Ktght-cd 
wo.v a 
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'3 WORK. 
480 
487 
487 
487 
4* •LLANEOUS. 
Beneficial Insects . 480 
Two Timely Topics .480 
Time for Cutting Black Locust Trees .481 
Woman's Intensive Comments. 482 
south Carolina Political Campaign.482 
Loaning Money to Farmers : Personal Liberty — 482 
American Book Company Not a Trust. 482 
What Others Say . 482,483 
Trade Needs Adjusting—Not Abolishing,. 485 
Bu' lag I hrough the Grange...485 
Georgia Notes.. .491 
Why 1 Am a Farmer. 491 
.. 484 
BllKVlTI - .. 494 
Aoricui turai. News.. 488 
Crop asd Markrt Notes..,... 489 
Markeis. 499 
.. . 490 
