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THE RURAL NEW-YORKER. 
June 27, 1903 
HUMOROUS 
A wasp went buzzing to his work. 
And various things did tackle; 
He stung a boy and then a dog. 
Then made a rooster cackle. 
Then on a politician’s cheek 
He settled down to drill; 
He prodded there for half an hour, 
And then—he broke his bill. 
—Florida Times-Union. 
Litter Doley: “Why is the hour-glass 
made small in the middle?” Little Elsie: 
“To show the waist of time, dear.”— 
Boston Beacon. 
Hr: “The fact is that you women 
m-ake fools of the men.” She; “Some¬ 
times, perhaps; but sometimes we don’t 
have to.”—Boston Transcript. 
She: “Why has Boston the name of 
being such a bad city?” He: “Because 
of the number of crooks in the streets, 1 
suppose.”—Harvard Lampoon. 
Bangs; “Harry says he was in such a 
hurry this morning he omitted his ori¬ 
sons. What’s orisons, anyway?” Bings: 
“Oh, some sort o’ breakfast food, I sup¬ 
pose.”—Boston Transcript. 
“Thr longer I live,” sighed the sage, 
“and the more I learn, the more firmly 
am I convinced that I know absolutely 
nothing!” “I could have told you that 
25 years ago,” said his wife, “but 1 
knew it would be of no use,”—Answers. 
Sunday School Teacher: “How 
many commandments are there, 
Willie?” Willie: “Ten.” Sunday School 
Teacher: “And suppose you were to 
break one of them?” Willie: “Then 
there’d only be nine.”—Chicago Chron¬ 
icle. 
“At least,” remarked the courageous 
little sparrow, as the hunter-for-rev- 
enue-only aimed at him, “at least—no 
matter how I have lived—it can be said 
that I died game.” And the next day, 
true enough, he appeared on the menu 
as reedbird.”—Cincinnati Commercial 
Tribune. 
SiioiraAN OF Traveling Menagerie: 
“Now, ladies and gentlemen, we come 
to the most interesting part of the ’ole 
exhibition! Seven different species of 
hanimals, in the same cage, dwellin’ in 
’armony. You could see them with the 
naked heye, only you have come too 
late. They are all now inside the lion!” 
—Punch. 
“Giady's,” he sighed, as he leaned to¬ 
ward the frivolous young thing. “Gladys, 
there is something within me that tells 
me that you love me; something that 
thrills through and through me, bearing 
the message-” “Henry,” interrupted 
the maiden fair, “you have evidently 
cross-circuited a wireless message that I 
have nothing to do with.”—Tit-Bits. 
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For 30 day 3 to the readers of The 
Rural New-Yorker. 
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or China Tea Set, or Toilet Set. or Parlor Lamp 
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WELL 
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WILLIAMS BROS., Ithaca, M. Y. 
PIGS ARE COMING 
MAKES PIGS GAIN 3 LBS. PER DAY 
Blanchard, Iowa. 
International Stock Food Co., Minneapolis, Minn. 
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FAIRBANKS 
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They are the best and most economical power 
for all farm work—pump water, saw wood, 
run separator, ensilage cutter, feed mill or any 
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beam, and belt power with pulley attached. 
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THE FAIRBANKS COMPANY, 
416-422 Broome St., New Y^ork, N. Y. 
Baltimore, Md Bntfalo, N.T. Philadelphla,Pa. Boston, Mass. 
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WATER. 
If yi at water only when tho wind blows a windmill will do your work 
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water every day while yourflowers are growing and do not wantyourpump blown 
down when the wind blows too hard, no pump In the world can equal ours. We 
have sold about 20,000 of them during the past twenty-five years, which Is proof 
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Rider-Ericsson Engine Company, 
35 Warren St.. New York. 692 Craig St., Montreal. P. Q. 40 Dearborn St., Chtcago. 
239 Franklin St.. Boston. Tenlente-Key 71, Havana, Cuba. 40 N. 7th St., Philadelphia. 
22 Pitt St., Sydney, N . 8 . W. 
P^RQ 
“Everybody knows, or 
should know, of the old 
relial)le Blizzard. The 
Original successful 
Cutter and 
Shredder^ 
with Wind Elovalor. Justthink, 
It does everything, cuts hay. 
straw, ensilage, shreds fodder, 
and nils any heighth silo. 
Remember one and the same 
machine docs it all. Sold on 
full guarantee. Write today for catalogue, etc. 
JOSEPH DICK AGRICULTURAL WORKS, 
Box 69, CANTON, OHIO. 
CORN HARVESTING 
Done- 
Faster, 
Easier, 
Okeaper 
by usingthe BADGER CORN HARVESTER than by 
any other known method. Do not wait, investigate 
nowl Address I. Z. MERRIAM, Whitewater, WIs. 
CONTENTS. 
The Rural New-Yorker, June 27, 1903. 
FARM TOPICS. 
Cow-Horn Turnips . 
Automobiles for Farm Use . 
Lessons from the Drought . 
Seeding Grass in Corn . 
Cloth for Cold Frames . 
Corn Crop and Humus . 
Soiling Crops . 
Hope Farm Notes . 
A Blue Outlook . 
A Brighter Outlook . 
Baling Hay from Field . 
Crop Prospects . 
LIVE STOCK AND DAIRY. 
A Cow Foster Mother . 
Silo Questions . 
Sowing Corn for Silage . 
Combining Sheep and Dairy . 
Mapes, the Hen Man . 
Does it Pay to Sell Milk. 
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HORTICULTURE. 
Budding and Grafting from Boats. 
Violet Growing in the Hudson Valley, 
Severe Root and Top-Pruning. 
A Question in Irrigation . 
A Traveling Power Sprayer. 
Black Knot on Plums and Cherries 
Questions About Summer Pruning 
Dwarf Pears and Cherries . 
Notes from the Rural Grounds. 
WOMAN AND HOME. 
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From Day to Day . 
Woven Corset Covers . 
The Rural Patterns . 
Just for a Change . 
Plomemade and Purchased Rugs 
MISCELLANEOUS. 
Another Grange Hall . 
Public Utilities in Prance . 
Editorials . 
Business Bits . 
Markets . 
Market Notes . 
Humorous . 
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