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THE RURAL NEW-YORKER. 
June 13, 1303 
HUMOROUS 
Upon one side the farmers stand, 
On one the insects small— 
O.ime Nature lines the two teams up 
And tlien she cries. ‘Tlay Ball I” 
—Buck. 
“How beauUfully Sadie’s cheeks are 
colored. It must be artificial.” “Not at 
all. That’s a straight flush.”—Life. 
“So you have decided to get anothei' 
physician?” “I have,” answered Mrs 
Cumrox. “The idea of his prescribing 
flaxseed tea and mustard plasters for 
I)eople as rich as we are.”—Washington 
Star. 
“Yks, the Newriches’ reception after 
the horse show the other night was very 
select. There were only two common 
people there.” “Who were they?” “Mr. 
and Mrs. Nev/riches.”—Credit Lost. 
Mhs. Gwem: “How does it happen that 
you are out of work?” Dusty Rhodes: 
“I belonged to de labor union; den I 
joined de employers’ union, and I’m out 
on strike against meself both ways.”— 
New York Sun. 
“Awe your relations friendly toward 
the defendant?” asked the lawyer who 
was doing a cross-examination stunt. 
“All but my mother-in-law,” replied the 
man in the box. “She ain’t friendly to¬ 
ward anybody.”—Chicago News. 
Ben'Evobent Old Lady (outside of 
candy shop): “Don’t cry, little boy; 
come in here, and I’ll buy you a stick 
of candy.” Small Urchin: “Tanks; dat’s 
wot me mudder made me cry for. She 
keeps de store.”—Harvard Lampoon. 
Faro Ferd; “Say, Ike, I opined we 
had perty nervy kids here in the West, 
but suffrin’ grizzlies! They hain’t a 
marker to the eastern children. Here’s 
an account of how four little boys held 
up a bridal train at a weddin’!”—Chi¬ 
cago News. 
Farmer Hor.niuand (reading the 
markets): “Pity the President didn’t 
hev no more luck when he was a-hunt- 
in’ down there in Mississip.” Mrs. Hor- 
nihand: “Why, Silas?” Farmer Horni- 
hand: “Hain’t you been a-readin’ how 
the bears is playin’ smash with the cot¬ 
ton crop?”—Baltimore American. 
Seedsman: “You know, ma’am, you 
don’t have to plant your potatoes whole; 
you can cut them up in small pieces.” 
Mrs. Newmarket: “Yes, I know; that 
might do very well if we always wanted 
to raise potatoes for Lyonnaise or for 
mashing; but we should probably desire 
to have potatoes served whole, now and 
then.”—Boston Transcript. 
“WiiAT does your husband think of 
these people who go in so much for sym¬ 
bols?” asked Mrs. Oldcaslle, as she took 
a seat in the magnificent library. “Well, 
I don’t know exactly,” replied her hos¬ 
tess, “but it always seemed to me as 
though Josiah kind of liked the clarinet 
best, or else that horn they pull in and 
out so fast you can hardly seem to see 
the player’s hand go.”—Chicago Record- 
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CONTENTS. 
The Rural, New-Yorker, June 13, 1903. 
FARM TOPICS. 
Handling Hay on Western Farms.431 
Buncher Attachment for Mowers_434, 435 
A Farm Sale.435 
Hope Farm Notes.439 
Crop Prospects .44! 
Hay and Fodder Outlook.441 
Baling Hay in the Field.445 
The Farmer in the City.445 
LIVE STOCK AND DAIRY. 
Certified Milk in Orange County.43'J 
Mapes, the Hen Man.435 
Sheep on Virginia Mountains.435 
The T. S. Cooper Sale of Jeiseys.444 
Pure Air for Barn Stock.446 
Apples for Cows..446 
Indiana Feeders .446 
Fodder on Meadows.446 
Raising Ferrets for Busine.ss.447 
A Southern View of Oleo.447 
Improving Common Pastures.417 
Apples for Cows.447 
Alfalfa Notes .447 
HORTIC ULT U R K. 
Apple Culture in Western New York. 
Part II.433, 434 
An Apple Hold-Up.435 
Grapes in Place of Concord.436 
The “Missing Link’’ Again.436 
Crown Gall—Another View.436 
Everybody’s Garden .437 
The Ensee Apple.437 
Notes from the Rural Grounds.43S 
Salt and Wireworms.43S 
Root Rot on Stump I.and.43S 
WOMAN AND HOME. 
From Day to Day.442 
The Rural Patterns.442 
Rural Recipes .442 
A Strawberry Experience.443 
A Simple Baby Sacque.443 
A Tidy Kitchen.443 
Three Delicious Preserves.443 
“Livable” .443 
MISCEIiL A NEOUS. 
Lightning and a Steel Tower.430 
Book Bulletin . 436 
Hints About a Telephone Company.437 
Editorials .440 
Events of the Week.4^ 
Business Bits .441 
Markets .4^ 
Market Notes .44o 
Humorous .. •44» 
