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a'HtC RURAL* NRW-YORKER 
July 10, 1009. 
HUMOROUS 
Teacher : “Johnnie, do you know 
what a blotter is?” Johnnie: “Yessum. 
It’s de t’ing wot youse hunts fer while 
de ink gets dry.’’—Chicago Daily News. 
The Court: “Six years' hard labor. 
You’ll get a chance to learn a trade, my 
man.” Burglar: “Couldn’t I be per¬ 
mitted to learn it—er—by correspon¬ 
dence ?”—Tit-Bits. 
“What did they do with the money 
their aunt left them?” “Spent it for a 
monument to their aunt’s memory and 
an automobile.” “What did the monu¬ 
ment cost?” “Seven dollars.”—Cleve¬ 
land Plain Dealer. 
“Sure, it’s Mike, the boy, that’s the 
lucky man.” “How was he lucky?” 
“Why, mum, he got inshured fer five 
thousand dollars, and the very nixt day 
he fell off the ladder, paintin’, and broke 
his neck.”—Baltimore American. 
First Undergraduate: “Have you 
telegraphed to the old man for money?” 
Second Undergraduate: “Yes.” "Got 
an answer?” “Yes. I telegraphed the 
old man, ‘Where is that money I wrote 
for?’ and his answer reads, ‘In my in¬ 
side pocket.’ ”—Tit-Bits. 
“Paw,” queried little Tommy Tod¬ 
dles, “what’s a parasite?” “How long 
have you been going to school, young 
man?” asked Toddles. Sr. “Four 
years,” answered Tommy. “Well,” 
continued the old man, “there is some¬ 
thing wrong with our educational sys¬ 
tem if four years of schooling hasn’t 
taught you that a parasite is a person 
who lives in Paris.”—Chicago Daily 
News. 
A grade teacher after having a medi¬ 
cal examination in her room recently 
wrote the following note to the parents 
of a certain little boy: “Your little boy, 
Charles, shows signs of astigmatism. 
Will you please investigate and take 
steps to correct it?” To which she re¬ 
ceived a note in reply, saying: “I don’t 
understand exactly what Charles has 
been doing, but 1 have wholloped him 
to-night, and you can whollop him to¬ 
morrow, and that ought to help some." 
—Credit Lost. 
“Isn’t that a lovely shower!” ex¬ 
claimed Mrs. Randall to her friend in 
the parlor as they gazed out on the sud¬ 
den downpour. “Yes, we need it so 
badly.” “Need it? I should say we 
did. It’s a God-send! Why, our gol¬ 
den-glows, hyacinths and roses out in 
the back yard are shrinking for the 
want of rain. The sprinkler can’t take 
the place of rain, .you know." “Indeed 
not.” “Oh, I tell you this is just lovely! 
See how it pours! And to think that 
just when everything threatens to dry 
up and everyone is praying for rain 
nature answers these appeals and sends 
us beautiful— Good heavens!” “What’s 
the matter?” “I’ve left the baby out in 
the yard !’’—The Circle. 
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GREEm MOUNTAIN 
SILOS 
The best in design, material and 
results obtained. 
Double the profit of the farm. 
Silage superior in every way. 
Construction unanproached. 
Fully guaranteed. 
Write now for Jterature. 
Creamery Package Mfg. Co. 
322-324 Broadway, Albany, H. Y. 
FACTORY AT RUTLAND, VT. 
l>c*c 
^.ROOFING 
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Five Roofings Tested 
Gentlemen : Oakford, Pa., Febuary 15, 1908. 
The Amatite Roofing you advised me to try has proved to 
be the best roofing I have on any of my chicken houses, having 
tested it for two years with four other roofings. Consequently, 
when I was compelled to buy a new roof on my wagon house, 
used Amatite. 
If you see fit to use this letter as a testimonial, you will be 
doing the chicken fanciers a great benefit. 
If anyone wishes to see how the roofing lasts I will be 
pleased to have them visit my farm. Yours truly, 
Hill Crest Farm, William F. Fotterall. 
This is the kind of letters which 
we get daily regarding Amatite. 
When it was first put on the 
market a great many people were 
attracted by it but did not wish to 
spend all their money in a new 
type of roofing, so they used some 
Amatite with the old-fashioned 
“ smooth surfaced ” roofings right 
alongside so as to get a good com¬ 
parison of their durability. Now 
they are finding that Amatite ‘with¬ 
out any painting lasts longer than 
other roofings that need continual 
painting , and they are writing in 
letters like the above. 
Amatite has a surface of real 
mineral matter which w'ill not rub 
off or wear off, as the coal tar pitch 
w’hich holds it in place is a power¬ 
ful adhesive. 
The price of Amatite is very low. 
The smooth surfaced roofings sold 
at the price of Amatite are usually 
a one-ply or half-ply grade which 
is very flimsy and light in weight, 
and do not compare with Amatite, 
which is five-ply. Amatite has a 
double layer of Coal Tar Pitch, a 
double layer of wool felt, and a 
real mineral surface. 
Free Sample and Booklet 
Send for 1 a Sample of Amatite 
and see what the mineral no-paint 
surface looks like. You’ll then un¬ 
derstand why it is so much better 
than “painted roofing.” 
BARRETT MANUFACTURING COMPANY 
New York 
Cincinnati 
Pittsburg 
wmm 
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Minneapolis 
New Orleans 
Philadelphia 
Cleveland 
Kansas City 
Boston 
St. Louis 
London, Eng. 
GRAY’S 
THRESHERS, GASOLINE ENGINES, 
HORSE POWERS, ENSILAGE CUTTERS, 
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Practical,dura¬ 
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Your Own Threshing! 
■ ® You can save the cost of a rig 
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are equally well suited to tlireshenne 
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threshers. Made in different sizes to meet all needs. 
We also make Tread and Sweep Horse-Power, circular 
and drag saws, ensilage cutters, corn shellers, etc. Send 
for catalog giving full information about these machines. 
ELLIS KEYSTONE AGRICULTURAL WORKS, 
Pottstown, Pa. 
What 
do you know 
about Silage Cut¬ 
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The Silver Mfg. Co. 
Salem, Ohio 
Modern Silage Methods," 
224 pages, 10c coin or 
stamps. 
THE PAPEC 
PNEUMATIC 
Ensilage Gutter 
■will preparo you a better silage and fill your 
silo In less time, with lesr power and with less 
trouble to you than any other blower ensilage 
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It is the most convenient and the easiest to 
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' If you need an ensilage cutter you need a 
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Papec Machine Co., Bex 10 Shortsville.N. 
SILOS 
The inventors of the Modern 
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their semi-centennial year, offer 
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Experience, antedating that of 
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Send for our Silo Catalogue and ““ 
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We also make Silo Killing Machin¬ 
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HARDER MFC. COMPANY, 
Box I 1, Cobleskill, N. Y. 
Get Oup Introductory Offer On This Potato 
In order to introduce the Farquhar O. K. Potato Digger 
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every grower who reads this advertisement. The 
igger 
Farquhar 0. K. Elevator Digger 
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Better drop a postal for that Special Offer NOW. 
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A. B. FARQUHAR CO.. Ltd., Box 850. York, Pa. 
SEA GREEN AND PURPLE SLATE 
is nature s own product—not man made. Quarried from solid rock—split into 
convenient form for laying, and then in its natural state ready for the roof. 
SOLID ROCK GAN NOT WEAR OUT It can’t burn, 
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faeaGreen & Purple Slate Hoofs are suitable for any [building, new or old. 
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FUMA 
Granville, N. Y. 
WEEDSPORT IMPROVED SILO 
with removable, slid¬ 
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Write for catalogue and prices. Address 
THE ABRAM WALRATH CO., Weedsport, New York. 
HFiiia a ”, kills Prairie Dogs, 
Woodchucks, Gophers, 
and Grain Insects. 
“The wheels of the gods 
grind slow but exceed¬ 
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jUnlimiJed Wealth May Be Your? 
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