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THE  RURAL  NEW-YORKER 
Sept.  17 
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THE  FOREST  CITY  WOOD-ASH  CO.,  of  Loudon. 
Can.,  have  removed  their  selling  office  to  1  02  Mate 
Street,  Boston,  Mass.  Address  as  above  for 
prices,  sample  and  free  pamphlet. 
CONTENTS. 
Rural  New-Yorker,  September  17,  1892 
FARM  TOPICS. 
Intensive  Farming  and  Extensive  Prottt .  HOI 
Discussion  on  Fertilizers .  HO 2 
Removing  Smut  from  Seed  Wheat .  H05 
Aroostook  Starch  Making .  609 
Chemical  B'ertillzers  in  Drought .  HOI) 
LIVE  8T0CK  AND  DAIRY. 
Is  Watery  Food  Objectionable  for  Stock  ? .  H04-5 
The  Baltimore  Milk  Trade .  ...  .  hod 
The  Madison  Square  Garden  Show .  HOI) 
Keep  Dairy  Cows  Quiet .  015 
More  Holstein  “  Poetr)  !  !  ! . HI5 
Test  of  a  Jersey  Herd .  01H 
Dorset  Sheep.. . H15 
HORTICULTURAL. 
Eliot’s  Early— A  New  Pear .  602 
Some  Diseased  Plums .  H05 
Bogus  Parker  Earles .  HOB 
A  Bright  Pomologlcal  Suggestion .  BOfi 
Early  Tomatoes . BOO 
Tomato  Crosses  at  the  Rural  Grounds .  608 
The  Carman  Grape .  H08 
WOMAN  AND  THE  HOME. 
A  Trip  Through  Long  Island  Sound .  BIO 
Health  and  Pleasure  in  the  White  Mountains _  HIO 
Pure  Salad  Oil . H,u 
Summer  Fires .  610 
Not  Articles,  But  Items .  611 
Bee  Bites . fill 
Rough  and  Chapped  Hands .  611 
Polishes .  611 
Sausages  and  Pies . 611 
Recommend  Yourself .  611 
Fumigation  for  Vermin  . 611 
Indoor  Sunshine .  Oil 
Experience  With  a  Steam  Cooker — .  HU 
A  Crib  Quilt .  611 
Inexpensive  and  Pretty .  OH 
The  Name  on  our  List .  611 
Elderberries  and  Grapes .  611 
MISCELLANEOUS. 
A  Visit  to  T.  B.  Terry . 
Tobacco  in  Georgia . 
Manufacture  of  Cotton-Seed  Oil . 
Farmers’  Club . 5U4 
“Poison  Cherry” . 
Tillman  and  His  State . 
Discussion . 
Boys  on  the  Farm  Once  More . 
What  Others  Say . . . 
The  Hamburg-American  or  Cholera  Line . 
Infection  from  Food  Importations . 
That  Sugar  Bounty . 
Editorials .  .  . 
Brevities . 
Business  Bits .  . 
Publisher’s  Desk  . 
Agricultural  News . .  1 
Crop  and  Market  Notes . 
Markets . 
A  Western  Farmer's  Outing . 
Odds  and  Ends . . - •  . . 
Bhe&r  Nonsense .  . .  -.,••• 
FRENCH  COACHERS  AND 
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IMPORTERS  OF 
If  I  owned  a  trotter  that  would  not  trot 
D’  you  think  I’d  wollop  him  ?  Well  I  guess  not. 
I’d  put  him  into  races  and— why  then,  of  course, 
I'd  bet  like  the  dickens  on  the  other  man's  horse. 
—Life. 
A  Stab. — Doctor  :  “  No  man  has  to  die 
more  than  once.”  Maud:  “Aren’t  you 
sorry  ?  ” — Life's  Calendar. 
A  fellow  is  never  too  old  to  learn,  es¬ 
pecially  if  he  begins  late  in  life  to  trade 
horses. — Chicago  Post. 
Extremes  of  heat  and  cold  produce 
like  effects.  When  a  man  is  “frozen 
out,”  he  is  apt  to  get  red-hot  — Life. 
He  :  “How  the  trees  are  moaning  and 
sighing  to-day.”  She:  “So  would  you 
if  you  were  as  full  of  green  apples  as 
they  are.” — Life. 
Moneybags:  “Shiftless,  I  am  sorry 
to  tell  you  that  1  will  have  to  raise  your 
rent.”  Shiftless  :  “  I  am  glad  to  hear  it  ; 
it’s  more  than  I  can  do.” — Pittsburg 
Chronicle-Telegraph. 
Landlady  :  “  Why,  how  deftly  you 
carve  the  beef,  Mr.  Smith  !  You  must 
be  an  adept.”  Mr.  Smith  (with  a  grunt 
of  exertion) :  “Yes’m,  I’m  a  wood  carver 
by  trade.” — White  Mountain  Echo. 
An  old  darkey,  watching  with  amaze¬ 
ment  an  electric  car  running  out  from 
Hampton,  Va.,  exclaimed  :  “  Well,  de 
Yankee  sartinly  am  a  mighty  wonder¬ 
ful  man ;  fust  he  freed  de  nigger,  and 
den  he  freed  de  mule.” — Boston  Tran¬ 
script. 
“  Which  weeds  are  the  easiest  to  kill  ?” 
asked  young  Flickers  of  Farmer  Sassa¬ 
fras,  as  he  watched  that  good  man  at  his 
work  “  Widow’s  weeds,”  replied  the 
farmer.  “  You  have  only  to  say  ‘  wilt 
thou,’  and  they  wilt.” — Little  Pcddlington 
Ocewitz. 
Advantages  of  Education. — “Why. 
Bridget!”  exclaimed  the  house-wife,  “  I 
can  write  my  name  in  the  dust  here  !  ” 
“’Deed,  ma’am,”  replied  Bridget,  admir¬ 
ingly,  “thot’s  more  than  I  can  do. 
There’s  nothin’  loike  education  afther 
all,  is  there,  ma’am  ?  ” — Little  Pcddlington 
Gheewitz. 
Flossie  is  Six  Yeaks  Old. — “  Mam¬ 
ma,”  she  said  one  day,  “if  I  get  married 
will  1  have  a  husband  like  pa  ?  ”  “Yes,” 
replied  the  mother,  with  an  amused 
smile.  “  And  if  I  don’t  get  married  will 
T  have  to  be  an  old  maid  like  Aunt 
Katie?”  “Yes.”  “Mamma”  —  after  a 
pause — “  it’s  a  tough  world  for  us  wo¬ 
men,  ain’t  it?” — Times-Dcmocrat. 
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TOLEDO,  O. 
FRUIT  FARM  FOR  SALE. 
Twelve  acres.  Good  house;  two  greenhouses, 
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farm  18  years,  yearly  sales  amounting  to  over  $3,000. 
Home  market  for  all  produce.  Location  one-half 
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Parties  with  some  capital  who  desire  to  engage  in 
Peach-growing  on  a  large  scale  in  Georgia,  will  do 
well  toe  rrespond  with  T.  O.  SKELLIE,  Macon,  Ga. 
Ill  JL  hi  T  ET  To  borrow  on  long  time, 
”  IHIC  ■  $8,500.  on  ttrst-class  highly 
improved  real  estate  situated  on  coast  of  South 
Carolina;  tract  contains  900  acres;  400  cleared;  55 
sub-drained  with  tile.  Artesian  well,  silo  and  sta¬ 
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store  rooms,  etc.  A  splendid  summer  and  winter 
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particulars  address  T.,  care  Rural  New-Yorker, 
when  fuller  Information  can  be  obtained. 
