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THE RURAL NEW-YORKER. 
OCT. 17 
Those who ovy 
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CONTENTS. 
Rural New-Yorker, October 17,1891, 
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We warrant Tower'5 IMPROVED Pish 
Brand Slicker to be water tight at every 
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stick, and authorize our dealers to make good 
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Life on an O inch Fa-m.'34 
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S"mp C w N 0 ie«.. . 736 
Ra tlesuake Hher. 36 
Prolific Eyes .'S 6 
Tonies for Horses.736 
Sau for St id-.',37 
Pou trv Are A’ imals.787 
A ' ilk Condi nslng Factory . 746 
Advice From a Poultry Expert.747 
FARM TOPICS 
The Practical Use of Swamp Muck. 733 
Gotti- * Hav out of the Bjid .737 
Moving the Whe » ... . .'37 
Preparing i4r<-und for Cabbage.7’7 
Woo Ash-s Feeding Substances.737 
Handling the 1 otato Cro 1 .7-tl 
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Fruit a-id Vine 'houvhts.735 
some Facts About Fru"S . .736 
Mr. an<l Mrs. A-paravus Pianr. 73T 
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New Things in Wlllircry. 742 
The D W-He - in tbe ‘ Lark's Nest". 742 
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our Economy Column.742 
Shift ie- n- >s. 743 
I- Writing Ea«v Work?. 743 
Cau es ol Disease . 743 
A Norwegian Law. 743 
A Slemory Jar. 743 
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Jelly Makicg. 787 
Music on the Farm.7 ;8 
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4g*t ultural News . .744 
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Orooaod Market Notes . 745 
Markets 745 
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•‘A hundr d thousmd dollars he took with him 
away. 
And he skipo' , d to some republic In South Amerl ’a: 
A hundred thousand d.il a's he coda-ed and he went. 
And of bat sum we ne’tr again wt 1 see a single 
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“What w«s his name, dear father,” inquired the 
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“Who this oerrayid bts trust and wrought your 
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" His na • c,” 'opii d the father, white his breath came 
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"His name my son was Richard, but we called him 
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"Why did MIps Ant'qne leave the hotel?” 
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