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THE RURAL NEW-YORKER. 
November 14, 1896 
Humorous. 
The melancholy days are here, 
Now summer turns to fall; 
And flannels left us from last year 
Will not go on at all. 
—Chicago Record. 
We begin to hear of many disastrous 
explosions about this time of year. The 
wintry blast is already blowing up the 
valleys.— Puck. 
Utility.— Mother : “ Your penwiper 
has never been used at all.” Little 
Johnny : “ Don’t need it, my new pants 
is black .”—The American. 
Isaac : “ Oh ! Rachel, you vas de light 
of mine soul ! ” Rachel (shyly): “ Den 
vy don’t you turn down de gas, Isaac ? ” 
“ Vat, und me a stockholder ! ”— Life. 
Mbs. A. : “ Do you use condensed 
milk?” Mrs. B.: “I think it must be 
condensed. There is never more than a 
pint and a half in a quart .”—New Orleans 
Timcs-Dcmocrat. 
A Georgia man applied for a divorce 
on the ground that his wife “had 
whipped him in the presence of com¬ 
pany.” The jury granted him a divorce, 
returning the following verdict: “In 
the opinion of this here jury the wife 
committed a grave offense in publicly 
whipping the plaintiff. She should have 
taken him to the barn or to a room 
when whipping was necessary .”—Atlanta 
Constitution. 
PisccUancous ^dvcrtteinri. 
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For Houses Barns, Roofs, all colors, and SAVE Dealers 
pro'its. In use 54 years. Endorsed by Grange & Farmers' 
Alliance. Low prices will surprise you. Write for Samples, 
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Special to Readers of The Rural New-Yorker ! 
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stamps, and wo will mall 
you 'A lb. of any kind of 
Tea you may select. The 
bestlmported. Good Teas 
and Coffees, 25c. lb. We 
will send 5 lbs. of FINE 
FAMILY TEAS on re¬ 
ceipt of this ad. and $2. 
This is a special offer. 
THE GREAT AMERICAN TEA CO.. 
31 and 33 Vesey St.. N. Y. I J . O. Box 289. 
Cider Machinery.—Send for catalogue to Boomer & 
Boscnert Press Co.. 118 West Water St.. Syracuse,N.Y 
n | A Ilf ft *1<L50. Circulars Free. 
Ibt rLUWo H. PRAY, CLOVE,N.Y. 
$5,000 NET, PER YEAR, 
Is what a southern Orchard and Nursery has paid 
for three years. Income will he much larger here¬ 
after. The Orchard consists largely of Pears and 
Peaches, together with Oranges and other fruit. 
Trees are young and rapidly' increasing in value. 
The Nursery has a national reputation. Sales 
from same this winter will be $15,000. The prop¬ 
erty must be sold at once. 
COFFIN <fe TABER, 31 Milk St., Boston, Mass. 
DON’T READ THISIiHSH 
tical book, that farmers have ever read. The book 
of the present times: ” FARMING IN A BUSINESS 
LIGHT.” or “ HOW TO INCREASE THE FARM 
INCOME.” Tells How to Manage the Farm, Tells 
How to Market Farm Produce, Tells How to Keep 
Farm Accounts. Tells llow to Make Money on the 
Farm. Have you read it ? Your address and 10 cents 
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of Business and Farm Books. If you want one for 
10 cents, don't delay. Our large 10-cent edition is 
becoming rapidly exhausted. 
J. R. WHITNEY & CO.. Broadalbin, N. Y. 
sons of the year by regu¬ 
larly feeding 
Bradley’s Superior Meat-Meal, 
wh ich induces a freeiaying of 
large size, fine quality eggs. 
Send postal to-day for FREE 
copy of ” Feeding lor Eggs." 
Bradley Fertilizer Company. Poston. 
"We will send you Free of expense 
Samples and Particulars. 
F. W. BIRD & SON, 
Sole flfrs. East Walpole, Hass. 
Dollars in Eggs... 
Keep your Chickens warm — 
they will grow twice as fast. Keep 
your Hens warm — they will lay ^ 
more eggs. Cover your Poultry ^ 
Houses inside and outside, at small 
cost, with the Water-proof, Frost¬ 
proof, Vermin-proof, Wind-proof, 
Money-Saving 
NEPONSET 
For Roofing and Side Covering. 
Red Rope 
Water-Proof 
FABRIC. 
ALL ABOARD 
FOR 
GREATER DAIRYING PROSPERITY, 
The political uncertainties which have 
blocked general prosperity for several 
years past are at an end. We are now 
well within the threshold of an era 
of relatively unprecedented commercial 
and agricultural prosperity. It will 
however be a prosperity of modern 
conditions and not of past traditions. 
The methods of our fathers and grand¬ 
fathers will not avail us now. To make 
the most of present conditions we must 
utilize the best of modern facilities. 
Thus only can the relation of present 
cost to present price be satisfactorily 
maintained. 
We address ourselves to the dairy 
farmer particularly Keep only the 
best of cows. Test them constantly and 
carefully and weed out the unproductive 
ones quickly. Peed them well and 
economically according to varying feed 
prices. Read the best of Creamery and 
Dairy publications. Practice absolute 
cleanliness. Use only the best of all 
utensils. If you patronize a creamery 
see that it does this, and make sure it 
uses an “ Alpha ” De Laval Cream Sepa¬ 
rator, without which it must waste a 
fair profit for you in separation alone. 
If you make up your own butter, learn 
how to make the best of butter and to 
waste no butter-fat. See that you have 
a “Baby” De Laval Cream Separator, 
and don’t waste your money and a con¬ 
siderable percentage of your product 
in a so-called “cheap” and infringing 
imitation machine. Find the best mar¬ 
ket for your butter, set a fair price on it 
and do not be content until you get it. 
Put brains and confidence into your 
work. Practice dairying in a business 
way only, j ust as any other business man 
must if he is to succeed. A De Laval 
catalogue will afford you a fund of 
practical information and may be had 
for the asking. 
Start now, get aboard now, don’t wait 
to fall in behind the crowd. Break the 
fetters of antiquated methods, or rather 
lack of methods, and the wave of 1897’s 
prosperity must carry the practical 
dairyman on its crest. 
THE DE LAVAL SEPARATOR GO., 
Western Offices: General Offices: 
Elgin, Ill. 74 Cortlandt Street, New York. 
LIGHTNING WELL MACH’Y« 
PUMPS, AIR LIFTS, 
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THE AMERICAN WELL WORKS. 
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SAW MILLS, 
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Best Machinery at Lowest Prices. 
A. B. FARQUHAR CO., York, Pa. 
HENCH 
& DRONIGOLD’S 
SAWMILLandENGINES 
usanyotber in—-- M -■- , 
causing all the feed gearing to stand still while back¬ 
ing. great savins in power and wear. Send 
4 cents In stam ps for large Catalogue and prices Also 
Spring Harrows, Hay Jtakes, Cultivators, 
Corn Planters, Sliellers, etc. Mention this paper. 
HENCH &• DROMGOLD, Mfrs., York, Pa. 
The Charter Casoline Engine 
Is used for almost every pur¬ 
pose power is applied 
to; and for 
FARM, DAIRY, 
and CREAMERY 
Work is unequaled. Full par¬ 
ticulars by addressing 
Charter Gas Engine Co., 
P. O. Box2(i, Sterling, Ill. 
“Eli” Baling Presses 
38 Styles & Sizes for Dorse and Steam Power 
^46 Inch 5§| 
Feed Opening 
_ Power Leverage 64 to 1 XSz STEEL 
Send for 64 page illustrated catalogue. 
COLLINS PLOW CO., Till Hampshire St., Quincy, life 
A WIND MILL 
THAT YOU CAN RELY UPON 
for alltlie purposes tlie GOODHUE 
for which wind jSS^. PUMP AND 
mills are used p q ^ p 
MILL. 
IT IS NOT LIKE 
OTHERS—I 
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We also 
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wood saws, she! 
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ensilage cutters, &c. 
Catalogue sent FREE. 
Our 
famous 
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I horse 
READ 
POWER 
is a Marvel. 
Adapted to all 
uses requiring a 
moderate power. 
APPLETON MFG. CO. Batavia, 
Ills. 
Kemp’s Man’ e Spreader 
15 Years on the Ma ^ Improved for 1896. 
J Spreads any kind of manure qj *y quantity to the acre and does 
it better than hand work, ev A a man spends ten hours on what 
) the machine will do in two tes. Sent to any responsible party 
I subject to approval, who furnish satisfactory references or 
I rating of responsibility, k. .rated catalogue free. Largest and 
i Oldest Manufacturers of Manure Spreaders in the World. 
i KEMP & BURPEE MFC. CO., Box 38. Syracuse, N.Y. 
'you'shoulJ use a complete fertilizer, one which will 
PRODUCE THAT STRONG GROWTH OF ROOT so necessary 
to enable the plant to stand the rigors of winter. The 
. --- - _ — residum left in the soil WILL HELP THE CROP through 
the coming season and insure a good catch of grass, p,. - . never fin Olpvplanri Ohio. 
We recommend a lln 8Jvhich^meets^everyje^mrement ; ^U^j^^[ ( fJ^^n^^^~v^^ i ^’(^J^fU N XiIi-L. 
THE 
PUBLIC 
DEMAND FOR A MACHINE 
that would not only cut en¬ 
silage, hay, straw and dry 
fodder, but which would 
shred dry fodder perfectly, 
led us to supply the want 
with the 
OHIO) 
; Standard Dry Fodder Shredder which is 
3 the latest, and we believe the best of its kind. J 
| You will see by the cut it istho same mnehinei 
I with a shredder cylinder; it is interchangeablij 
| with the knife cylinder. Two machines in one * 
• Will tell all about it in our circulars _ * 
I and catalogue, muiled FREE. 
The Silver Mfg. Co. 
SALEM, OHIO. 
rHAT YOU HAVE LONG SOUGHT I 
The "BOSS” Flush T-Bevel. 
Dsscriktion.— Disc attached to blade is 
marked 5 (or Square (<)o l> ). W (or Window, 
sill Pitch (</). 8 (or Octagon (u>4*). 0 (or 
Hexagon ( 3 o»). M (or Mitre (,»•). Move to 
mark desired, lock by pressing button on 
side and fasten by turning thumb-nut 
THE HILL BEVEL CO.. 
MANCHESTER CONN. 
io in. Size. 
91.15 
Postage prepaid. 
BANKRUPT STOCK BICYCLES 
aAA each. New, High-grade ’96 models. 
Jp Must be said. Write at once. 
R. W. Mead & Prentiss, Chicago, Ill. 
CONTENTS. 
Rural Nkw-Yorkkr, November 14, 1896. 
FARM TOPICS. 
Swamp Lands and Their Reclamation. Part 
III.750 
A Moss-backed Connecticut Pasture.751 
Unseasonable Questions.751 
Beating Coal Trusts with Corn Cobs.752 
Burning Corn in Nebraska.752 
When to Open the Silo.753 
A Muskrat-proof Dam.753 
Farmers and Machinery.755 
Don’t Buy Nitrogen for Wheat.755 
LIVE STOCK AND DAIRY. 
Auction Sales of Poland-China Swine.749 
Success in Early Lamb Raising.750 
Disinfection After Tuberculosis.751, 752 
“Prize Butter” Articles Reviewed.752 
Crimson Clover Hay for Stock... 753 
The American Jersey Cow.762, 763 
Northern Cattle at the South.763 
Oil Meal for Young Stock.763 
Hungarian Grass for Stock.763 
HORTICULTURAL. 
Preparing Roses for Winter.750 
Value of the Persimmon.750 
Starting a Cranberry Bog.751 
The Boiken Apple.751 
About Honest Packing of Apples.752 
The Crosby and Other Peaches.752, 753 
Planting Dwarf Apple Trees with Standards. 753 
Storing Celery for Winter.753 
Whole-Root vs. Piece-Root Apple Trees.753 
Habits of the Cranberry Fruit Worm.753 
Crimson Clover and “Strawberry Barrels”... 754 
Late Strawberries in Colorado.754 
Japanese Morning-Glorys.754 
Apples on the Pacific Coast.754, 755 
Carman Grape and Muscadine Pear.755 
WOMAN AND THE HOME. 
The Biography of a Bedbug.—Part II.758 
Cookery Lecture by Mrs. Lemcke.758, 759 
Patterns for R. N.-Y. Readers.759 
Making Children’s Underwaists.759 
The Girl Crop.759 
MISCELLANEOUS. 
Ruralisms. 754 
Editorials.756 
Brevities.756 
Among the Marketmen.757 
How Street Fairs Are Managed.757 
Business Bits.757 
As We Go To Press.760 
Crop and Market Notes.760 
The Rise in Wheat.760, 761 
Markets...761 
Humorous.....764 
