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THE RURAL NEW-YORKER 
June 30, 1900 
Humorous 
That cleanliness might ward off 
plagues can’t be our earnest hope. For 
science promptly might discern some 
dreadful germs in soap.—Chicago Rec¬ 
ord. 
Assistant Editor: “Here’s a story 
about a wedding on a railroad train.” 
Editor: “Well, head it ‘Another Railroad 
Tie-Up’ and put it in with the strikes.” 
—Philadelphia Record. 
“That telepathic healer was mad, I 
tell you.” “What was the matter?” 
“Some woman telephoned for him to 
give her balky automobile absent treat¬ 
ment.”—Chicago Record. 
“Wiiat does it mean, Tommy,” the 
Sunday-school teacher asked, “where it 
says, ‘They rent their clothes?’ ” “I 
suppose they couldn’t afford to buy 
them,” replied Tommy.—Detroit Free 
Press. 
“Woman ought to have administra¬ 
tion—her touch will calm and purify the 
turgid, muddy pool of politics.” “Now, 
go slow, Eliza; you’ve temporarily over¬ 
looked the Empress of China.”—Chicago 
Record. 
Stubb: “Young Stillman said that his 
girl always kept him waiting.” Penn: 
“So I heard.” Stubb: “Well, he has had 
her picture reproduced on his watch, so 
that she will always be on time.”—Chi¬ 
cago News. 
Haughty Lady (who has purchased 
a stamp): “Must I put it on myself?” 
Postoffice Assistant (very politely): 
“Not necessarily, ma’am; it will prob¬ 
ably accomplish more if you put it on 
the letter.”—-Tit-Bits. 
“What are you doing?” inquired the 
African explorer of the dusky savage 
whom he perceived climbing a palm 
tree. “Getting up to date,” answered the 
barbarian, reaching for the nearest 
bunch—Princeton Tiger. 
Mrs. Hiram Offen: “Dinah, 1 hope 
you didn’t forget to wash the fish before 
you put it in to bake?” New Servant: 
“Mali Lan’! Whut fur Ah gwine wash a 
fish dat’s a-libin’ in de watah all hits 
life?”—Catholic Standard and Times. 
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CONTENTS 
The Rural New-Yorker, June 30, 1900. 
FARM TOPICS. 
How to Make Permanent Pastures.446 
Improving the Desert Lands.446 
New Methods of Cutting Fodder.447 
Machine for Scattering Fertilizer.447 
Lime and Sorrel.443 
Millet for Northern New York.448 
Fitting Land for Grass.44S 
Baling Cow-Pea Hay.449 
Notes from a New Farmer.449 
Potato Points .450 
Hope Farm Notes.451 
More About the Grass Crop.453 
South Dakota Notes.457 
Hay in New York State.457 
HORTICULTURE. 
Fertilizers for Large Apple Trees.446 
Pit and Pump Irrigation.447 
Dead Limbs on Trees.448 
Twig Blight on Apples.448 
White Grubs Attacking Strawberries.44S 
Rot In Plums.448 
Woolly Aphis .448 
Fighting the Tomato Worm.448 
Fighting the Red Spider.448 
When to Spray with Kerosene.449 
Notes from the Rural Grounds.450 
York Imperial Apple.450 
The Newman Plum.450 
Rose Talk .450 
Preserving Fruits .450 
Apples in Georgia.450 
Fruit in the Hudson River Valley.457 
LIVE STOCK AND DAIRY. 
Angora Goats on “Back Lots”.448 
A Dumbbell Egg.458 
Do Plens Lay Bad Eggs?.458 
Sterilizing Skim-milk.458 
Down on Wool Growers.458 
Ox with Injured Knee.459 
Warts on Calves.453 
Cow Giving Bloouy Milk.459 
Urinary D’-order in a Horse.459 
Soap Lini 459 
Cholera o- ^^Vitus’s Dance in a Dog...459 
Jersey ai *yierney Cattle.459 
Belgian .•<> in California.459 
Ho| CL 4* *.459 
^ /OMAN AND HOME. 
FroirZ-sS’ ’ to Day.454 
The “-. with the Hoe..—454 
Twr O "imer Drinks.454 
A ' <b with the Aurist.455 
Ri •ecipes .455 
<5* MISCELLANEOUS. 
f ^3 Sights Around New York....445, 446 
\i- >3ird Business.449 
Business Principles .449 
“Divining Rods” .449 
Editorials .452 
Events of the Week. 453 
Durability of Steel Nails.453 
Markets .456 
Market Briefs . ,.,.,.,,..467 
