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THE RURAL NEW-YORKER 
July 7, 1900 
Humorous. 
We’ve been told in flowing rhyme 
Of footprints in the sands of time. 
And yet we can’t help wondering why 
The footprints come when time does fly. 
—Credit Lost. 
“Is she interested in any business?” 
“Oh, yes; everybody’s.”—Philadelphia 
Bulletin. 
Teacher: “What do you understand 
by the floating population, Tommy?” 
Thomas: “Sailors, Mum.”—Tit-Bits. 
“Pa, why do they call it ‘cold cash’?” 
“Because people have a habit of freezing 
to it, I guess.”—Chicago Times-Herald. 
Teacher: “What’s the meaning of 
‘elocution,’ Harold?” Pupil: “It’s the 
way people are put to death in some 
States.”—Judge. 
“What was it deranged Dwiggs?” 
“Oh, he manufactured artificial eggs and 
couldn’t make his incubator hatch 
them.”—'Credit Lost. 
He: “What do you think of a man 
who calls on such a stormy night as 
this?” She: “I should call him a rain- 
beau.”—Cornell Widow. 
O’Flaherty: “Is your son working 
now, Pat?” Pat: “Shure, an’ he’s got a 
job in the powder mill with prosp’cts uv 
gittin’ a rise.”—Australasian. 
“Why do you wag your beard so con¬ 
stantly?” inquired the impolite dog of the 
goat. “Because I chews,” replied the 
goat.—Cleveland Plain Dealer. 
Friend: “The doctors don’t seem to 
be able to do anything for you?” Dys¬ 
peptic (gloomily): “No; I guess I need 
a constitutional amendment.”—‘Puck. 
“How much did you pay for that 
horse?” asked the ice man. “Seventy- 
five dollars a front foot,” answered the 
real estate man.—Indianapolis Press. 
“Tommy,” said his preoccupied parent, 
“don’t ask so many questions.” “But, if 
I don’t ask questions, what am I to 
ask?” inquired the youthful one.—Wind¬ 
sor Magazine. 
Church: “Too much light is bad for 
the eyes, you know.” Gotham: “Per¬ 
haps so; but no man ever lost his eye¬ 
sight from looking on the bright side of 
things.”—Yonkers Statesman. 
'Stern Father: “What an unearthly 
hour that young fellow stops till every 
night, Doris. What does your mother 
say about it?” Daughter: “She says men 
haven’t altered a bit, Pa.”—Punch. 
Mrs. Crawfoot: “Oh, Hiram, the old 
hen thought the pile of mortar was 
chicken food and ate a lot of it.” Mr. 
Crawfoot: “Well, Mandy, I reckon she’ll 
be laying bricks soon.”—'Chicago News. 
A little city girl had never before 
seen an ox with its large, well-formed 
horns. “Oh, Mamma!” she exclaimed, 
with wide-open eyes, “just see that ani¬ 
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CONTENTS. 
The Rural New-Yorker, July 7, 1900 
FARM TOPICS. 
The Home of the Miller Cream Melon...462 
A Problem in Cultivation.462, 463 
Feeding the Grass Crop.463 
A New Plan for Southern Farming.463 
Nitrate of Soda in Meadows.464 
White Melilot or Sweet Clover.464 
Hope Farm Notes.467 
Promotion of Agricultural Science.469 
Notes from Canada.473 
LIVE STOCK AND DAIRY. 
Milk a Cheap Diet.463 
The Western Horse.474 
Wire Fence for Silo Hoops.474 
A Cooperative Creamery.474 
Breeding Facts .474 
The Latest in Skunk Farming.475 
Dorset and Merino Sheep. 475 
Welcome Farm Stock Notes....475 
The Milk Situation.475 ‘J 
HORTICULTURE. 
Notes on Horticultural Topics.461, 462 
Deeply-Planted Apple Root Grafts.462 
Learning About Evaporators.464 
Fighting the Red Spider.464 
Hillside Slide for Fruit...464 
Insects on Roses.464 
What Stocks for Japan Plums?.465 
Influence of Stock on Scion.465 
Seedling Hickories; Grapevine Queries..465 
Ailing Cherry, Apple and Plum Trees...465 
Strawberries and Apples for Home Use.465 
Notes from the Rural Grounds.466 
The Stayman Apple.466 
Behavior of the Gladstone Strawberry..466 
Fruit in t . Hydson River Valley. Part 
II.•/ 473 
^^7.1 AN AND HOME. 
From s ^o Day.470 
IronijjJ^ 7 wt Waists.470 
The <5* en’s Teeth.470 
Th^ ^ «ling Library in Ohio.470 
W-^» ' v.d Strays. Part 1.471 
R4 .ecipes 471 
i MISCELLANEOUS. 
ials .•.468 
'A rL of the Week.469 
Markets .472 
Business Bits .472 
Market Briefs . 473 
Humorous . 476 
