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THE RURAL NEW-YORKER 
January 4, 1902 
HUMOROUS 
“Why is Merriweather always so 
cheerful?” ‘"Oh! He maybe said to take 
his troubles in capsules.”—Puck. 
Pater: “‘My hoy, Washington 
couldn’t tell a lie.” Willie: “Well, 
pop, if he just couldn’t it was no credit 
to him that he didn’t.”—Chicago News. 
“Is your uncle coming home from the 
Philippines soon?” asked the visitor. 
“Yes,” said the editor’s little boy; “his 
subscription has expired.”—Indianapo¬ 
lis News. 
“Do you regard the isthmian canal 
as a good thing?” asked the interviewer. 
“It may be,” said Senator Sorghum, 
thoughtfully, “tor somebody, if it is 
worked right.”—Washington Star. 
Young Lady (kindly): “I ho'pe you 
brush your teeth regularly, Maggie?” 
Maggie (indignantly): “Brush my 
teeth? Wot would 1 do that fer? There 
ain’t no hair on me teeth.”—Credit Lost. 
Angela (to whom Edgar has been 
proposing): “Tell me, Edgar! Did you 
ever say anything like this to any wo¬ 
man before?” Edgar (in a burst of hon¬ 
esty) : “My dear girl, do you think that 
it could be done like that the first 
time ?”—Pick-Me-Up. 
“Diogenes was a great man,” said the 
contemplative person, “and yet he had 
no use for money. He was content to 
confine his possessions to a single tub.” 
“Well,” answered Senator Sorghum, “a 
tub might have been all right in those 
days, but what a man wants now is a 
bar’l.”—Washington Star. 
“Who was Ananias?” asked the Sun¬ 
day school teacher. After a thoughtful 
pause a hand went up toward the foot 
of the class. “Very well, Tommy, 
said the teacher, “you may tell us who 
Ananias was.” “Please, ma’am,” said 
Tommy, “he wuz th’ feller wot sed 
he swollered a whale.”—Ohio State 
Journal. 
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WILSON’S 
New Green Bone, Shell 
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for the Poultryman . 
Also Bone Mills for making phos¬ 
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the farmer, from 1 to 40 horse- 
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Pulverizing Harrow 
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The Best Feed Grinder 
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LEAN’S STEEL 
Spring 
Tooth 
Harrow 
HARROWS 8-LAND ROLLERS 
Made throughout of specially forged steel and tempered under 
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CRUSHES AND GRINDS 
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Grinds cotton seed and all grains 
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or The 0. 8. Kelly Co , Springfield, Ohio. 
This admits of widest adjustment— 7H feet wide 
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PATENT GROOVED 
Tire Wheels 
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CONTENTS. 
The Rural New-Yorker, Jan. 4, 1902. 
FARM TOPICS. 
A Farm to be Proud Of. 7 
Sunflower Culture in Indiana. 2 
How to Treat Hen Manure. 4 
Cow Peas and Potatoes in Connecticut... 4 
Hope Farm Notes. 7 
The Grange and Chinese Exclusion. 9 
Shredded Corn Fodder in Market. 9 
The Cost of Wheat. 9 
HIVE STOCK AND DAIRY. 
Hens that Balance their Ration. Part II.. 2 
Feeding Bran to Horses. 2 
Cement Stable Floors. 3 
Cheap Stock Foods; Cutting Silage. 3 
New York State Breeders Meet. 13 
Dishorning and Milk Production. 14 
The Grain Ration for Cows. 14 
Increasing the Size of Jerseys. 15 
Dorset Ram and Shropshire Ewes. 15 
Warming Hens at Night. 15 
Polled Hereford Cattle. 15 
Dry Silage . 15 
HORTICULTURE. 
Experience with Boxed Apples.1, 2 
Notes on Chestnuts and Walnuts. 4 
The Ohio Horticultural Society. Part II. 4 
Everybody’s Garden . 5 
Sutton Beauty Apple for Connecticut. 5 
Notes from the Rural Grounds. 6 
Poor Eating Chestnuts. 9 
WOMAN AND HOME. 
From Day to Day. 10 
Fruit Drying in Oklahoma. 10 
Home-Canned Beef . U 
Rural Recipes . H 
The Rural Patterns. 11 
MISCELLANEOUS. 
The Centralized School Again. 6 
Editorials . 8 
Events of the Week. 9 
Markets . 13 
Business Bits . 73 
Market Notes . I 3 
New York Bee-Keepers Meet. 13 
Humorous . 1® 
