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THE RURAL NEW-YORKER 
April 4, 1896 
llfltlTrn competent Club 
WAN I tU Agents (Women, 
Men, Girls or 
Boys) in every town in the U. 8 . 
to get orders for our celebrated 
goods. Liberal Terms; Goon 
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every sale. GoodTeas and Coffees, 
26c. per pound. Send this ad. and 
16c. in stamps, and we will mail 
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particulars. THE GREAT AMERICAN TEA CO., 
31 & 33 Vesey Street, New York, P. O. Box 289. Rural. 
AGENTS WANTED IN EVERY COUNTY 
FOR 
New Dutton 
Mower Knife 
Grinder. 
Send for Special 
Circular. 
THE CUTAWAY HARROW CO., 
HIGGANDM, CONN. 
THE DAVENPORT 
POTATO Cutter 
and PLANTER. 
It marks, furrows, cuts, 
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Operation. 
Bio more cutting seed 
by hand, 
It cuts the potato the 
same as i f done by band. 
It leaves the field with 
Its work done complete. 
The only perfect potato 
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Send for free catalogue to 
PLANO IMPLEMENT CO., 66 Plain Street, Plano, III. 
Hudson 
Order Early. 
New Potato 
’Bicycle' Potato Cultivator. 
Easy. Fast Fino. No more of horse 
snatching, cart steering, and tram 
• pling down crops. No more hold 
ing plows with arms and legs a 
day. Half the labor. Any boy Ci. 
‘hoe’ potatoes, corn, cotton, true! 
fast as team can walk. T. B. Terry 
‘ ays ‘ Perfect.' Dr. Colyer’s report 
,in m “Nearest Ideal Cultivation' 
R. H. Agl. Works, RiverHcad. N.Y 
Cutters. Harrows, Diggers, Fertilizer 
Drills, Sprayers, etc. 
“JEJUREK-A" 
SELF-LOCKING 
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THREE ACRES PER DAY. 
Does Better Work and plants 
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Greenville Planter Co., 
(Successor to Eureka Planter Co.), 
GREENVILLE, MICH. 
orowVrsATTENTION ! 
Schwingers 
Combined 
Potato 
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are the leaders for 1896. Do not try to grow potatoes 
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our Moldboard Coverer and Hiller. 
□ Our Catalogue tells all about our Disk Machines, 
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for the asking. Address the Manufacturer & Patentee. 
EDW. C. SCHW1NGEL, 129 Main St.. Dansville, N.Y. 
W SYRACUSE 
Made formerly by D. S. Morgan & Co., Brock- 
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of the greatest labor-saving tools ever invented 
for use in culture of grapes and berries, and es¬ 
pecially adapted for vineyard work. After 
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and will thoroughly stir the soil close to the 
vines. The Hoe is guided in and out around 
post and vine by the Disc Castor Wheel, to 
which the handle is attached. The horse is 
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SYRACUSE CHILLED PLOW CO., Syracuse, N. Y. 
\N»th//v ^ 1 
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When you buy a harrow and you can’t go wrong. 
The cut shown below represents our 03B3RN? COMBINATION 
Harrow, but we have others of equal merit. 
RIVAL DISC HARROW 
SPRING TOOTH HARROW 
FLEXIBLE DISC HARROW 
PEG TOOTH HARROW 
■ This one 
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and 
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See that 
smoother? 
_ We have also a Full 
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Costs about the same as 
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others, and 
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Thev are all built of the best procurable material, and superior 
workmanship. Their lines of construction make them 
Superior Implements for the complete 
tilling of the soil. 
D. M, OSBORNE & CO., 
AUBURN, N. Y. 
Write for New Catalogue 
No. 27 
MIMfEVE No * 32 SPRIHG tooth 
BUMltYt WALKING CULTIVATOR 
Arch adjustable to different width rows. Jointed arch, equalizing the draft. 
Send for catalogue to 
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■ r” a lYfi A O | CL NLa e q Branch House: PHILADELPHIA, PA. 
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Toledo , Ohio; Pittsburgh, Pa.; Harrisburg, Pa., or Batavia,nN. Y. 
Weight Boxes. 
I 
OUR 1896 Annual Illustrates the BEST. 
Binders, 
Mowers, 
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Disk Pulverizers. 
THE JOHNSTON HARVESTER COMPANY. 
SEND FOR 
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Swivel Plow. 
Automatic Lock 
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Steel Jointer 
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These Plows and c 
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in quality of v 
ease of handling 
draft, and dura 
d stimbia Plow Works, Copake Iron Works 
Columbia 
tfGoa, 
RICHARDS TRANSPLANTING IMPLEMENTS. 
Patented April 2, 1895. A cheap, sure and simple way to transplant all kinds of 
plants; guaranteed not to disturb their growth. The inventor has transplanted 
thousands of plants with these implements and is therefore qualified to say what they 
will do. Indorsed by many of the most prominent plant growers. Send for circular 
giving testimonials, directions how to use, and other valuable information, especially 
to strawberry growers. Price, per set of six transplanters, one excavator and one 
ejector, $2.50. Extra transplanters, 20 cents each. Agents wanted. 
F. RICHARDS, Freeport, N. Y. 
Cheap Water Supply 
BY AUTOMATIC ENGINES. 
A Rife Engine at work. 
Cost OUARANTEED Less than an average 
of One Dollar a Tear. 
The only practical economical method of elevating 
water for Small Towns. Kallroad Tanks. Irrigation, 
Colleges. Country Residences, etc. Highest Efficiency, 
Constant Action: Never Stops. 
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Go down from 10 to 2(00 feet 9 
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ou r WOOD WlNfiNfnil 
In constant use 26 
years and still 
leads 
PE R K I N S' 
1 The 
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leads by its superior pointsin l 
wheel, rudiler, regulator and, 
I elsewhere. We make steel mills : 
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U. S. Solid Wheel 
Old Reliable 
Halladay Standard, 
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118 Water St., Batavia, III. 
S TEEL 
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Powers, Hand and 
' Power Corn Shell¬ 
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__ ^Grinding Mills, 
- 1-horse Cultivator* 
Umpire Mowers, Hay Rakes, Wood Saws, &c. 
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CONTENTS. 
Rural New-Yorker, April 4, 1896. 
FARM TOPICS. 
“ Chemicals and Clover”.233, 234 
That “Test Case ” Silo Well Tested.235 
Wood Ashes vs. Potash Salts.235 
How to Kill Quack Grass.236 
Potash ; Subsoiling.236, 237 
Oats Better Than Spring Rye.237 
Corn for Fodder; Grass for Hog Pasture.237 
Hay Crop to Follow Clover.237 
Attempt to Explain a Fertilizer Analysis.237 
Will Moldy Ensilage Keep?.237 
Some Points About Fertilizers.237 
Making a 75-Acre Lawn.237 
What Crop for a Pond Bottom ?. 238 
What to Add to Packing-House Fertilizer..238, 239 
Some Old Ruts.243 
A Crimson Clover Crank.250 
Producer and Consumer.251 
LIVE STOCK AND DAIRY. 
A Five-Dollar Henhouse.235 
Carrots or Mangels for Hogs.235 
What Ailed the Pullets ?.237 
Raw Potatoes Suit Milch Cows.243 
Sex in Animal Breeding.243 
Feeding a Hen. Part XIII.248 
Sicilian Poultry.248 
Mixing the Meals.248 
Raw Potatoes for Butter.248 
Wanted I a Bull.249 
Exercising a Bull. 249 
Bad Time with Hogs.249 
1 Rye and Bran.249 
HORTICULTURAL. 
More About Currant Culture.234 
Notes on Horticultural Novelties.—No. II. .234, 235 
The Scurfy Bark Louse.236 
Winter Pears. 236 
Two Hardy Russian Peaches.237 
Best Varieties of Peas and Sweet Corn.237 
Ben Davis Apple in New England.239 
Catalogue Reviews. 239, 240 
The Arkansaw Apple.243 
Planting Nursery Trees.243 
Winesap and Johnson’s Fine Winter Apples.. 250 
WOMAN AND THE HOME. 
Easy Enough to be Pleasant.244 
Editorials .244 
Games for Grown-ups.244 
Mixing a Cake.244 
In the Laundry.244, 245 
Use Harmonious Colors.245 
Serviceable Pillows.245 
Hard on the Bachelor. 245 
MISCELLANEOUS. 
“Tumble-Bugs” and Their Curious Habits.... 236 
Ruralisms...241 
Editorials.242 
Brevities. 242 
Business Bits.243 
“ Like Father, Like Son ”..... 243 
Crop and Market Notes. 246 
Markets.. 247 
