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THE RURAL NEW-YORKER 
November 17, 1900 
Humorous. 
Justice: “What were you doing in 
Colonel Pullet’s chicken coop?” Uncle 
Mose: “Fo’ de Lawd, judge, I was jes’ 
takin’ de census.”—Harlem Life. 
“Do you believe a married man lives 
longer than a single one?” “Well, I 
dont know,” replied Mr. Neuwed. “I 
lived longer before I was married than 
1 have since.”—Illustrated Bits. 
Superintendent: “Yes, and where 
did John the Baptist live? ’ Scholar: 
“In the desert.” “Quite right! And 
what do we call people who live in the 
desert?” “Deserters.”—Credit u.ost. 
“Wiiat are you nosing around that 
Atlantic cable for?” said the lobster to 
the bluefish. “Oh,” said the latter, non¬ 
chalantly, merely picking up a few 
ocean currents.”—Detroit Free Press. 
Barber: “Shall I take a little of the 
ends of your hair off, sir?” Customer: 
“Yes; I think you had better take it off 
at the ends, unless you can get it out of 
the middle.”—Glasgow Evening Times. 
She: “John, dear, that recipe for 
lemon pie in my new cook book says to 
sit on a hot stove and stir constantly.” 
He: “Well, Penelope, if you do sit on 
a hot stove I think you will find that 
you have to stir constantly.”—Indiana 
Weekly. 
“Wiiat is an anecdote, Johnny?” ask¬ 
ed the teacher. “A short, funny tale,” 
answered the little fellow. “That s 
right,” said the teacher. “Now, Johnny, 
you may write a sentence on the black¬ 
board containing the word.” Johnny 
hesitated a moment, and then wrote 
this: “A rabbit has four legs and one 
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CONTENTS. 
The Rural New-Yorker, Nov. 17, 1900. 
FARM TOPICS. 
The Angoumois Moth in New Jersey.765, 766 
Pasturing Cow Peas.769 
Frost In Potato Cellars.769 
Hope Farm Notes.771 
The Potato Crop.773 
The Clover-Seed Crop.773 
News and Notes.773 
Improving Railroaders .777 
LIVE STOCK AND DAIRY. 
The Market Value of Silage.766 
The Legal Status of a Dog.767 
Farm Stock Notes.778 
Portable Houses for Hogs.778 
Selling Value of Corn Silage.778 
Are Buff Leghorns Nervous?.779 
Feeding the Hen.779 
Hen Possibilities .779 
Oats for Poultry.;.779 
Poultry Diseases .779 
HORTICULTURE. 
Whitening Trees Against Frost.766 
A Problem for Nova Scotia.768 
Dipping Apples in Bordeaux Mixture....768 
Do Bees Damage Fruit?.768 
Fruit-Planting ini Idaho.769 
King Raspberry: Cumberland Blackcap.769 
Killing Flies; Birds.769 
Remarks on Plants.769 
Notes from the Rural Grounds.770 
Notes on Grapes.770 
The Emma Peach.770 
WOMAN AND HOME. 
From Day to Day.774 
The Rural Patterns.774 
Pioneer Experiences . 774 
Rural Recipes .77o 
The Lost Art of Leisure.77o 
With the Procession.775 
MISCELLANEOUS. 
How to Build a Stone Road.766 
A View of a Battlefield.767 
A Robe Out of Beef Hide.769 
Gettysburg Battlefield .771 
Editorial .™ 
Events of the Week.77* 
Markets . L‘Ji 
Business Bits .776 
Market Briefs . ‘j.'. 
Long Island Notes. 
Humorous . m 
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