688 
September 26, 1003 
HUMOROUS 
Although the flowers are blooming gay, 
No perfume fills the air, I ween, 
A motor car has passed that way 
And all you get is gasoline. 
—Washington Star. 
“Jim Slouchalong is pretty well-to-do, 
ain’t he?” “Bout the best off citizen in 
this settlement. He pays taxes on nine 
dogs.”—Chicago Record-Herald. 
He (feeling his way): “What do you 
think of love in a cottage?” She: “I 
never think of it at all. I’m opposed to 
labor unions.”—Chicago News. 
The Aunt: “Now, darling, don’t be 
afraid of telling me what kind of a doll 
you would like.” Nelly: “Oh, auntie. 
I’d just love twins.”—Brooklyn Life. 
“Yes, my husband is greatly afflicted 
by insomnia.” “Wkat does he do for 
it?” “Stays out until two o’clock every 
morning.”—Cleveland Plain Dealer. 
“De Turks is killin’ up de Christians,” 
said Brother Williams. “Yes,” replied 
Brother Dickey. “But I wish dey’d come 
our way—dey’s so many Christians in 
my settlement needs weedin’ out.”—At¬ 
lanta Constitution. 
Tommy Ficjojam: “Paw, that big oak’s 
a-standin’ with th’ long limb pointing 
just th’ same way it was, isn’t it?” Paw 
Figgjam: “Why, yes. Tommy; what a 
foolish question!” Tommy Figgjam; 
“W’y, ma said that th’ oak trees in here 
were beginning to turn.”—Baltimore 
American. 
“Is he much of a man?” asked the 
stranger in the West. “Well,” returned 
(he native thoughtfully, “he ain’t so 
much of a man now as he was before 
Bitiercreek Bill chipped off some pieces 
here an’ there with a knife, but there’s 
a good bit of him left yet.”—Chicago 
Evening Post. 
“Why do so many writers use that 
hackneyed phrase, ‘the weather-beaten 
farmer?’ ” said the young man who 
reads novels. “I dunuo,” answered Mr. 
Corntossel as he laid down the paper 
containing the latest freshut news, “on- 
less it’s because the weather beats us 
out of so many crops.”—Washington 
Star. 
B.\CKWARr), roll backward, O Time in 
3 '^our traine, let me see “Alice” spelled 
rightly again. I am so tired of “Alyce” 
anrl “Mae,” tired of the way names are 
written to-day. 0, for old-fashioned 
Mary or Jule; cut out your “Edythe”; 
don’t be such a fool, as to think that 
cognomens like “Myrtah” or “Pyrl” will 
ever set well on a sensible girl.—High¬ 
land Vidette. 
“So you think it is an advantage to a 
boy to be reared in the country.” “To 
be sure,” answered Parmer Corntossel. 
“A boy has a heap better chance in the 
country. For instance, when a boy is 
surrounded by orchards and melon 
patches he can have a stomach ache 
without the doctor jumpin’ to the con¬ 
clusion that he’s got ’pendicitis.”— 
Washington Star. 
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CONTENTS. 
The Rural New-Yorker, Sept. 2G, 1903. 
FARM TOPICS. 
Clover that “Smothers Out”.073 
A Problem In Corn Breeding.674 
Hope Farm Notes.679 
Crop Prospects .681 
“ Millions 
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LIVE STOCK AND DAIRY. 
A Young Stock Farmer.674 
Mape.s, the Hen Man.686 
Good Words for Berkshires.686 
Heating a Barn.687 
A Milkman’s Suggestion.687 
HORTICULTURE. 
Best Early Varieties of Tomatoes.673 
Some Spraying Questions.673 
Good Strawberries are Wanted.673 
Blackberries from Cuttings.673, 674 
Improving a Wild Cherry.674 
How to Kill Weeds on Walks.674 
Peaches on the Coast.674 
The Hungarian Prune.674 
Budding or Grafting Chestnuts.674 
Hardy Peaches .674 
Calla, Oxalis and Smilax.674 
Clear Kerosene for Insect Pests.674 
Apples Without Cold Storage.675 
A Mulched Orchard in Illinois.675 
An Orchard on Rough Land.675 
Planting Bush Fruits in Fall.676 
Oats in the Strawberries.676 
Everybody’s Garden .676 
Everybody’s Garden .677 
Notes from the Rural Grounds.678 
American Pomological Society.684 
Fruit Notes .676 
Fruit Prospects .681 
WOMAN AND HOME. 
From Day to Day.682 
The Photographic Competition.682 
Work Savers and Home Economies.682 
Breakfast Muffins .682 
The High School Girl and the Farm.683 
Lacked Just What He Wanted.683 
The Rural Patterns.68.3 
MISCELLANEOUS. 
A Mail Box on Wheels.674 
An Experience With Concrete.675 
Editorials .680 
Events of the Week.681 
Markets .684 
Humorous .688 
