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TIIK RURAL NEW-YORKER 
1891 
Humorous. 
BILK IMS : “I know what I want." Fll- 
kins : “ Then you must know a great deal." 
—Somerville Journal. 
“ O, PAPA, let me kiss you right on that 
dear little bald spot.” “ Whose bill 1 h It, 
and how much ? "—Life. 
CHOLLIE : '* Oh ! It wan vewy exciting 
I quite loHt me head." Kitty KlawM: 
“And did you miss It?"— Brooklyn Life. 
“Mamma, why do they put the picture 
of an eagle on dollars ? ” “ To show that 
money IIlea, my dear."— Little Bedding- 
ton Ueewltz. 
Bella: “Estelle la auch a lucky girl. 
She wan born with a golden spoon In her 
mouth." Nell: “ Yea, and It muat have 
been a tableapoon, too, I ahould judKe." — 
Somerville Journal. 
Goodhead’s Sudden Change.—R eturn 
ed Tourist: “la Mr. Goodhead atlll pay¬ 
ing attentions to your daughter ? " “Indeed 
he ltm’t paying her any attention at all. 
No, he’a married her."— New York Weekly. 
“ Could you not, If you tried, grant me 
a place In that Icy heart of youra ?” “My 
heart may be of Ice, aa you aay, Mr. Soph 
lelgh, but, all the aame, I am not In the 
cold storage bualneaa "— Indtana/poltH 
Journal. 
Countbt Farmer: “Hal Hal la It 
really true that you poured boiling water 
down a hen’a throat to make her lay boiled 
egga ?’’ City Farmer: “Oh, yea, but 
my partner did atlll better—he tried It 
on a rooater." 
Mr. Urhan: “Your farm looka aplen- 
dld ; I never aaw any flelda ao free from 
weeda.” UncleIInmatead : “Yea;weha<l 
a lot of city boardera laat Hummer, a id the 
wlmmln folka picked every bit of golden 
rod an’ all the other darn atufT off of 
them."— Buck 
Rev. Mr. Whitie : “It la very annoy¬ 
ing the way the Weather Hureau fallato 
predict the weather." Mra. Whitie: “Yea, 
dear. Why?" Rev. Mr. Whitie: “Laat 
Sunday morning the papera predicted 
ahowery weather. I prayed fervently for 
rain, and now the predlctlona have failed 
and the weather la drier than ever. Juat 
AND STEREOPTICONS 
affor'l tho txift and chfitpfiNl me an a object U *cMng for 
< a, HehooU, nii'l Mu inlay Mctioolft. Our m 
aorlment of View*, llluatratlug Amt, hcntucu, Utm-rouv, 
aiifl I'arlor Kiit«Tlulnimnt, Cto., nothing can 
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Si. Testimonial* from Veterinarian*. Role manu¬ 
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CONTENTS. 
Rural New-Yorker, November 14, 1891. 
I.IVK BTOOK AND DAIRY. 
Stock at Hhudclund . 711} 
The Best Breeding Season Not Natu c* . .. 7M 
Unprofitable stock ...H u 
The Butter Extractor for Testing Cows. *01 
Cow Feeding ; Hollow Horn...hid 
Special cow for Infaut'* Milk ...hoi 
A Coat from a flow’s Buck...... H02 
A (Jrazing Muzzle . HUS 
To Prevent Interfering. HOS 
Calloway Hides. 80ft 
Wool Prices. HOD 
KARM TOPIOH 
The Bordeaux Mixture for Polato Blight.7MS 
The Hessian Fly ... ........ ?'.iM 
Sweet Potatoes In North Carolina.7011 
What Grain* are Oarhotiaceou*7.789,800 
English Agricultural Law. 800 
Feeding Turnip* and Cabbage*. WX) 
The Grain question In Germany... WXJ 
Urau V*. Cotton-Heed Meal... MM 
To Exterminate White Grub*...802 
wheat after 1 loin .tut 
'that One horse Jemey Farm. gi ft 
Keeping Potatoes.......801 
a Convenient Gate. toft 
Hartman wire Fence.. . 101 
Dlnslon's Haws. Soft 
Manure Llflera . 101 
Engine* and Mills... . HOC 
HORTICULTURAL. 
Russian Pears In Illinois...... W 
Double Strawberry Crop*. 798 
Meeting of the American Point,logteul Society.... HOO 
A Gardener's Labor. moi 
Grafting Grape Vines In (lie Fall. Mil 
Berries by Weight in Iowa.... Ml2 
Water tight Cl- lb . Culadltiin Leaves .802 
A Lawn Sweeper .. 805 
WOMAN AND THE HOME. 
Editorial Xotclcl* . 
Tlie Merit* of Keiosene and Washing , 
A Marvelonxly Successful Berio Ileal . 
A Chapter on Grid tile Cukes. 
Judgment In Cooking. 
Helps for Girls Dish WiiHltlng.. 
Bill of Fare for a Pretty Tea.. 
The World of Women. 
Altls to Economy. 
MISCELLANEOUS. 
M)« 
800 
HIM 
MM 
MSI 
M7 
807 
807 
807 
The Elections.800 
Home Fact* About Pensions. Mil 
Restricted Paper Money. hid 
w hat others Kay.H 02 , m« 
Editorial. h"4 
Brevities . . ..8ii4 
A Chance to Trade Apple* for Oranges. mi.i 
Electric Devices. Huft 
Agricultural New* .W, 1 * 
Condensed Correspondence. MW 
Crop and Mnrket.Noto*. 809 
Marks La. WAI 
Premium*,,.........810, hi i 
Humorous.—.8P2 
