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THE RURAL NEW-YORKER 
December 8. 1900 
Humorous. 
The farmer sits beside the stove 
And cracks a nut or so, 
And pounds his thumb and thinks the world 
Is just a vale of woe! 
—Kansas City Star. 
Bobbs: “Nobbs says he runs his busi¬ 
ness just like clockwork.” Dobbs: “Yes. 
I understand he runs on tick.”—Balti¬ 
more American. 
“My pra’r ter de Lawd is,” said Broth¬ 
er Dickey, “Gimme neither poverty ner 
riches—des gimme all I kin tote!”— 
Kansas City Star. 
The fellow who tries to borrow money 
from a distant relative sometimes dis¬ 
covers that even a distant relative can 
be close.—Credit Lost. 
“You didn’t seem to be in the running 
at all!” exclaimed the friend. “Oh, yes,” 
answered the defeated candidate, cheer¬ 
ily, “I was in the running, although you 
may not have seen me. I was getting 
run over.”—Washington Star. 
“There was something remarkable 
about the fire down at our store. Out of 
an entire lot of ladies’ shoes only the 
rights were damaged. The lefts are as 
good as ever.” “Ah, again women’s 
rights have suffered.”—Chicago News. 
Mrs. Greene: “Of course, it is none of 
my business, Mrs. Black, but they tell 
me you are going to marry again. You 
always used to say that you didn’t be¬ 
lieve in second marriages.” Mrs. Black: 
“That was before Mr. Black died, dear.” 
—Boston Transcript. 
Little Edith had been to church for 
the first time and on her return her 
grandma asked her how she liked it. “I 
didn’t like the organ very well,” was the 
reply. “Why not?” asked the old lady. 
“ ’Cause,’ answered Edith, “there wasn’t 
any monkey with it.”—Evening Tele¬ 
gram. 
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Clark’s Root Cutter. 
Cuts all roots fast ar.d fine, 
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For 
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Hlgganum, Conn. 
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THE YOUTH'S COMPANION, BOSTON. MASS. 
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REBUILT MACHINERY 
. and SUPPLIES at Bargain Prices. Larg 
I & est Machinery Depot on earth. W e buy 
p buildings and plants; among 
others we bought the World’s 
, Fair, the Omaha Exposition, the 
| Chicago Post Office, and other 
1 structures. We rebuild machin¬ 
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, binding guarantees. Boilers 
from *25up; Engines front $35 
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■ Constantly buying entire stocks 
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Chicago House Wrecking Co.. 
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CAVE FEED& 
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ST AVER CARRIAGE CO., 
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Heavy galvanized steel sides, 
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KELLY FOUNDRY & MACH. CO- 
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HEW HOLLAND MACHINE WORKS. Bo* 15 New Holland. Pa 
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SMALLEY MFG. CO., Sole Makers, Manitowoc, Wis.; 429 Greenwich St., New York G„, Randolph and So. Canal Sts., Chicago, III 
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Cuts Hay and Straw without change in attachments, 
saving cost of extra cutting head. Sample of 
its work and catalogue furnished free. Traveling 
Feed Tables, with larger sizes when wanted. 
W. R. HARRISON & CO., Massillon, O. 
ICE PLOWS ICE TOOLS. 
Write for discounts H. PRAY, No. Clove, N. Y. 
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Wm.T.Wood & Co., Arlington, mass 
ICE 
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In thre 
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John I)orsch<l'Kons22i; Wells St, Milwaukee, Wts. 
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the Buckley Ice Plow. Cuts two grooves at a time. 
Adjustable for any sized cake. Runs easily. Will do 
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Tools ROSS BROTHERS. 
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Cider Machinery.—Send for catalogue to Boomer A 
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CONTENTS. 
The Rurae New-Yorker, Dec. 8, 1900. 
FARM TOPICS. 
Swamp Muck; How to Handle it.814 
How Canadian Farmers Feed Roots.814 
A New Hessian-Fly Problem.814 
The Best Farm Power.815 
Dry Fodder and Grain Useful.815 
Cabbage and Potatoes at the South.815 
Seeding Grass with Wheat or Rye.816 
A Corn Breeders’ Association.816 
Hand-Power Hay Presses.817 
Cooking Soda as Fertilizer.817 
Lime or Plaster for Grass.817 
Bordeaux Mixture on a Small Scale.817 
Hope Farm Notes.819 
Potato-Crop Notes .821 
LIVE STOCK AND DAIRY. 
Notes from the Horse Show.821 
Value of Silage and Hay.826 
Rheumatism in a Plorse.826 
Horse Out of Condition.826 
Bloody Milk from a Cow.826 
Driving Out Woodchucks.826 
A Talk About Bone.827 
A Spicy Hen Talk.827 
The Business Hen in Florida.827 
Incubator Chicks; Their Care.S27 
Scraps .827 
Cooking for Hogs.827 
Some Animal Remedies.827 
HORTICULTURE. 
A Challenge to Peach Growers.813, 814 
What is a Fair Price for Grafting?.814 
What Apples for Grafting?.816 
Wood Ashes for Fruit.816 
Bone and Potash for Orchards.817 
Treatment of Raspberries.817 
Notes from the Rural Grounds.818 
Notes on Peaches.818 
A Promising Pear from Washington.818 
Three Good Strawberries.818 
Campbell’s Early Grape.818 
Some Notes on Apples.819 
Apples at Louisville.821 
Virginia State Horticultural Meeting.82o 
WOMAN AND HOME. 
From Day to Day.822 
The Rural Patterns.822 
Crocheted Cover for Pincushion.822 
An Exempted Conscience. Part II.823 
Rural Recipes .823 
MISCELLANEOUS. 
Editorials .820 
Events of the Week.° 2 i 
Markets .*24 
Business Bits .°24 
Market Briefs .825 
Humorous .828 
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