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THE RURAL NEW-YORKER 
November 24, 1900 
Humorous. 
He kissed her in the hall, 
The clock was there as well. 
“You mustn’t, Joe!” she cried. “You know 
They say that time will tell!” 
—Phila. Record. 
Gentleman: “What is your kite made 
of, little boy?” Little Boy: “Fly paper, 
of course.”—Brooklyn Eagle. 
Judge: “Why did you steal this 
watch?” Prisoner: “Because I was 
pressed for time, your honor.” Judge: 
“Well, we’ll wind up in jail.”—Chicago 
News. 
“Papa,” said little Ethel Snaggs, who 
has an inquiring mind, “why are you 
bald-headed?” “I was born that way, 
my child,” replied Mr. Snaggs.—Pitts¬ 
burg Chronicle-Telegraph. 
Crimsonbeak: “I got the opinions of 
two eminent lawyers on a certain ques¬ 
tion of law the other day.” Yeast: 
“Were their opinions the same?” “Yes; 
$25 each.”—Yonkers Statesman. 
“I understand you’ve been con¬ 
demned,” gurgled the river as it flowed 
along. “Yes,” replied the rickety old 
bridge, wearily, “and I suppose I was 
tried by my piers.’’—Boston Journal. 
Mrs. Wunder: “But, Mr. Artman, I 
do not understand why you have the 
title ‘Oleo’ on this plaster statuette of 
a goat.” Mr. Artman: "Because it is 
an imitation butter.”—Baltimore Ameri¬ 
can. 
Rev. Wh angle: “My boy, I am sorry 
to see you flying your kite on the Sab¬ 
bath day.” The Boy: “It’s all right, sir; 
this is a regular Sunday kite, this is. 
It’s made out of The Christian Globe an’ 
got a tail of tracts. I’ve got another for 
week days.”—Pick-Me-Up. 
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HON. LYMAN J. GAGE. 
The Youth’s 
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What is Money? 
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Lyman J. Gage. 
The Country Schoolhouse 
And Its Grounds, 
By the Secretary of Agriculture, 
James Wilson. 
Good Manners and 
Diplomacy, 
By Ex-Secretary of State, 
William R. Day. 
The Naval War College, 
By the Secretary of the Navy, 
John D. Long. 
Our Future as Shown by 
the Census, 
By the Director of the Census, 
W. R. Merriam. 
The War=Ship of the 
Future, 
By the Chief Constructor of the Navy, 
Rear-Admiral Hichborn. 
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CONTENTS. 
The Rural New-Yorker, Nov. 24, 1900. 
FARM TOPICS. 
New England Fertilizer Questions.782 
A Boys’ Agricultural Association.782 
Storing Cabbage for Winter.782 
Some Facts About Potatoes.783 
How to Grow Seedling Potatoes.785 
Alfalfa as a Forage Crop.785 
Short Bits of Talk.785 
Cutting Brush .785 
Agricultural Botany .786 
Hope Farm Notes.787 
Late Grass .787 
Connecticut Notes .793 
LIVE STOCK AND DAIRY. 
Two Ways of Raising Calves.794 
The Poland-China Hog.794 
Angora Goats and Dogs.794 
Hornless Dorsets .794 
“The Crowing Hen”.795 
Gape Worms in Poultry.795 
A Dozen Hens.795 
Winter-Laying Hens .79.. 
Double Moulting .795 
HORTICULTURE. 
Orcharding in Nova Scotia.781, 782 
A Talk on Persimmons.783 
Peach Buds and Yellows.784 
Basswood in California.784 
Yellows in Peach Trees.784 
Sweet Potatoes; Trimming Peaches.784 
Buying Trees in Fall.784 
Tar and Kerosene for Trees.784 
Planting Magnolia Seeds.784 
How to Grow Water Cress.784 
The Use of Whale-Oil Soap.785 
Bone for a Peach Fertilizer.785 
Notes from the Rural Grounds.786 
The Princess Louise Apple.786 
Japan Plums at the South.786 
Notes on Grafting.787 
WOMAN AND HOME. 
From Day to Day.790 
The Rural Patterns.790 
Washing Curtains .790 
A Book Novelty.790 
Rural Recipes .791 
Canning Meat Home.791 
Buying a Sewing Machine.791 
MISCELLANEOUS. 
Editorials .788 
Events of the Week.789 
The Country’s Apple Trade.789 
A Show of Automobiles.789 
How Quotations are Made.789 
Markets ...792 
Business Bits .792 
Market Briefs .793 
A Meeting of Agricultural Scientists.793 
Farmers’ Institutes in N. Y. State.793 
Huwsrous .... 
