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CONTENTS. 
Rural New-Yorker, November 7, 1891, 
T H ? CENTURY 
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Tumor on Point of Shoulder of Mare. 
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Kerosene Sprayer . .. 
Effect of Food on Butter Product. 
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Green Manuring on New England Abandoned Farms 
.782 
How’* the Going thl - Fall?... .-jt.2 
Some Fertilizer Nuggets. 7-3 
Whole or Cut Ensilage?.’ 754 
Snail x Deaden the Timber?. 
An Amateur Farmer Wants Help.7S5 
A Hollow-hearted Potato. ',85 
The Use of Old Barns. 78 C 
We Are Talking Fertilizers. .. 715 
Prof. Morrow Explains.7b6 
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Strawberries In October. 783 
Grapes in 1891.7fc3 
Kentucky Grape Experience.783 
A S; edllllg Pear. ..783 
Meeting of the American Pomological Society. .7-3,7*4 
TFruit Queries_ . .785 
Experience with Manettia Vines.785 
Keeping Onions in th- Row. 785 
Excelsior Peach Trees.785 
Late Grapes. 7b5 
Raspberry Information.7s# 
Figures of a Fruit Business. 789 
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Women’s Wavs.790 
A Practical View of the Dark Side..790 
Fun fo r the Maidens ana their Guests. 790 
Present Day Bed Coverings . 790 
Lasting Impressions. 790 
A Colorado Hous keeper’s Bookcase. 791 
A Satisfactory Dumbwaiter. 791 
Some Reminders .791 
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The New Farmers’ Senool.785 
tv hat Others Say.787 
Editorial.*. 786 
Brevities. .. . 788 
Questions About Cold Storage . 7 C 9 
Agn ultural News 792 
Condensed Correspondence . 792 
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Markets. .793 
Premiums. 794 
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