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CONTENTS. 
Rural  New-Yorker,  January  23,  1892. 
LIVE  STOCK  AND  DAIRY. 
The  Winter  Butter  Business . 
FARM  TOPICS 
A  County  Institute . 
HORTICULTURAL. 
Tomatoes— Notes  from  Rural  Grounds . 
Trials  of  Tomatoes . 
Origin  of  Peach  Tomato . 
R.  R.-Y.'S  Varieties  of  Tomatoes . 
Faults  of  the  400  Tomato . 
Culture  of  Tomatoes . 
Fertilizers  for  Early  Tomatoes . 
Qualities  and  Flavor  of  Tomatoes . 
Winter  Tomatoes .  . 
Tomatoes  That  Sell . 
Origin  and  Classification  of  Tomatoes . 
What  Others  Say  of  Tomatoes . 
Tomato  Experience  of  R.  N.-Y.  Contributors 
Tomato  Experiments  at  New  Jersey  Station. 
Peach  Trees  and  Their  Culture . 
The  Green  Mountain  Grape . 
About  New  Fruits . 
WOMAN  AND  THE  HOME. 
johnny  Jones  for  President . 
Home  and  Comfort  vs.  Style . 
The  Girl  Who  Whistles . 
Waiting  on  Table . 
To  Serve  the  Breakfast . 
Mrs.  Eyebrigbt’s  Ways . 
Recipes . 
MISCELLANEOUS. 
Editorial . 
Brevities . 
Business  Bits .  . 
The  Wood  Ashes  Business . 
Publisher’s  Desk . 
Condensed  Correspondence . 
Agricultural  News . 
Crop  and  Market  Notes . 
Markets . 
Shear  Nonsense . . . 
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