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“  There’s  nothing  like  poached  eggs,’’ 
as  the  man  said  when  he  robbed  his 
neighbor’s  hen-house. — London  Annin  era. 
A  PETRIFIED  ham  has  been  found  in  an 
Indiana  field.  This  is  the  first  supply  of 
material  for  World’s  Fair  sandwiches. — 
Oil  Oily  Derrick. 
Inquiring  Child:  “Why  do  the  pa¬ 
pers  call  office-holders  public  servants  ?” 
Mother  :  “  because  they  are  paid  so  much 
and  do  so  little.” — Good  News. 
.Jasper:  “Why  did  the  Rev.  I)r.  Pound- 
text  come  East?  ”  Jumpuppe:  “He  was 
chased  out  of  the  West  for  teaching  the 
golden  rule  in  a  silver  State.” — New  York 
Herald. 
First  Drummer  :  “  What  noble  ani¬ 
mal  do  you  think  best  represents  our 
business?”  Second  Drummer  :  “  Give  it 
up.”  First  Drummer:  “Why,  the  lie- 
on,  of  course.” — Washington  Post. 
Giglamp:  “  The  cardinals  wear  red 
cloaks,  do  they  not?”  Knowitall  :  “Yes.” 
“  Well,  I  suppose  they  have  to  keep  the 
Papal  bulls  tied  up  when  the  cardinals 
are  at  the  Vatican.” — New  York  Herald. 
The  Farmer’s  Pleasant  Life. — Bos¬ 
ton  Girl  (to  Uncle  James)  :  “  Do  you  like 
living  on  a  farm  ?  ”  Uncle  James:  “Yes, 
I  like  it  very  much.”  Boston  Girl:  “I 
suppose  you  like  it  well  enough  in  the 
grand  summer  time  ;  but  to  go  out  in  the 
cold  and  snow  to  gather  winter  apples 
and  harvest  winter  wheat,  I  imagine 
might  be  anything  but  pleasant.” — Texas 
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CONTENTS. 
Rural  New-Yorker,  May  28,  1892. 
Chicago,  U.  S.  A 
FARM  TOPICS. 
The  American  Beet  Sugar  Industry . 
The  Evaporated  Fruit  Industry . 
Some  English  Ensilage . 
Some  Silo  Questions . 
Cheap  Forms  of  Potash  and  Phosphoric  Acid.... 
Irrigation . 
Comparative  Value  of  Farm  Lands  Now  and  For 
merly . 
Crimson  Clover . 
Farm  Tools . 
More  About  Wide  Wagon  Tires . 
Decoration  Day  on  the  Farm . 
Farming  Corporations . 
We  have  11  acres  solid  beds  of  Strawberries,  and  offer  plants  as  follows  : 
Michel’s  Early  and  Warfield,  $2.50  per  1,000  ;  PARKER  EARLE,  Lovett,  Enhance, 
Saunders.  Middlefield,  Yale.  $15  ;  Sadie,  Westbrook,  Mrs.  Cleveland,  Oliver.  EDGAR 
QUEEN,  Pacific,  Lady  Rusk,  $5  ;  Jessie,  Gandy,  Bubach,  Eureka,  Burt.  Haverland, 
Wilson  and  Pearl,  $3  per  1,000.  Fifty  other  varieties  at  lowest  rates.  Catalogue 
free.  Snyder.  Taylor,  Agawam,  $10 ;  Erie,  $20  ;  Schaffer,  Gregg.  Tyler  and  Ohio, 
$8.  Our  stock  is  backward,  and  we  can  ship  away  into  June.  July  Report  ready 
Aug  ast  1.  Address  l.  j-  FARMER,  Pulaski,  Oswego  County,  N.  Y. 
LIVE  STOCK  AND  DAIRY. 
Clover  Hay  and  Slobbering  Horses . 
Keeping  Milk  in  a  Well . 
Southern  Ice-Cream..... . 
Bone  Meal  for  Cows....  . . 
Live  Stock  Notes . 
Patent  Cattle  Foods . 
Selling  Old  Cows . 
Prickly  Comfrey  for  the  Dairy . 
WEED  SLAYER 
HORTICULTURAL 
Trade  In  Asparagus  Tips . 
Strawberry  Fertilizers . 
Florida  Oranges  for  Europe . 
Keeping  Tally  with  Berry  Pickers.. 
Non-Returnable  Fruit  Packages... 
Organization  Among  Fruit  Growers 
Best  Hand-Cul¬ 
tivator  known. 
LONG  ISLAND  DRYING  COMPANY 
Feeding  our  DRIED  BREWERS’  GRAINS  ernment  Ag’l  Station.  An 
Price,  #3.00 
Express  Paid, 
WOMAN  AND  THE  HOME. 
Notes  of  the  Day . 
Magnifying  the  Cook's  Office . 
Food  Value  of  the  Legumes  and  Ways  of  Cooking 
Them . 
A  Home  Well  Won . 
The  Growing  of  the  Corn . 
Press  Censorship  of  the  Home . 
About  Troubles .  . . 
Average  daily  ration  for  each  Cow, 
Bran. 
Dried  Brewers'  G'n ,  3  lbs. 
Corn  meal .  3  lbs. 
Gluten  meal .  3  lbs. 
Hay .  5  lbs. 
Soja  beans  (green)  47  lbs. 
53.52  quarts. 
9.03  quarts. 
0.17  quarts. 
1.58  cents 
905  lbs. 
(Same  live  cows  In  each  test.) 
August  6  to  August  17,  August  21  to  September  3,  1891, 
respectively. 
Average  dally  yield  of  Milk  from  5  Cows . 
Average  dailyvyield  of  Cream . 
Average  yield  of  cream  per  quart  of  milk . 
Net  Cost  (after  deducting  value  of  manure)  of  feed 
for  production  of  one  quart  of  milk . 
Average  Weight  of  Cows  at  close  of  feeding  test . 
Corn  meal . 3  lbs. 
Gluten  meal .  3  lbs 
Hay .  5  lbs 
Soja  beans(green)51  lbs 
51.88  quarts. 
8.22  quarts. 
0.1G  quarts. 
1.70  cents. 
885  lbs. 
MISCELLANEOUS. 
A  Mortgaged  Man’s  Proposition . 
Debt-Paying  Associations  . 
More  Money  Per  Capita:  National  Interest  Law 
Advantages  of  Settlement  South . 
Governmental  Relief  for  Mortgagors . 
An  English  “Weighbridge” . 
A  Portable  Fence . 
Preserving  Eggs . . . 
Farmers’  Club . 
Patent  Medicines . 
Notes  on  Poplars.  . 
What  Others  Say . 
Graduated  Income  Tax .  . 
Industrial  Epileptic  Homes . 
The  Use  of  Indian  Corn  in  Europe . 
Anti-Food  Adulteration  Legislation . 
Editorials .  .  . 
Brevities . 
Business  Bits . 
Agricultural  News . 
Condensed  Correspondence . 
Crop  and  Market  Notes . 
The  Western  Floods .  . 
Markets .  . 
A  Novel  Potato  Dish . . . 
Odds  and  Ends . 
Shear  Nonsense . 
For  scientific  feeding  directions,  prices  and  grain,  address 
LONG  ISLAND  DRYING  COMPANY,  Johnson  and  Morgan  Avenues,  BROOKLYN,  N.  Y. 
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one  of  these  brands  for  your  General  Spring  Crops,  do  not  fail  to  use 
our  POTATO  FERTILIZER  on  your  POTATOES.  Address 
THE  CLEVELAND  DRYER  CO., 
Offices— 13,  14  and  15  Wick  Block,  CLEVELAND,  OHIO. 
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