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THE RURAL NEW-YORKER 
May 24, 1902 
HUMOROUS 
Tell me not in churnful numbers 
Oleo butters are a dream; 
Yellow pigment in them slumbers, 
But we know it is not cream. 
—Indianapolis News. 
Of course the conductor never knew 
why she giggled when he remarked: 
“Careful, miss; always get off the car 
with your face in front!”—Baltimore 
News. 
“Brother Highmore, are you contrib¬ 
uting anything for the benefit of the 
heathen this year?” “Yes, sir. I am 
having my washing done at a Chinese 
laundry.”—Chicago Tribune. 
“Yes,” said Chumpleigh, speaking of 
the millionaire, “he begins life without 
a cent in his pocket. Isn’t that remark¬ 
able?” “It is, indeed. Most men are 
born without even a pocket.”—Chicago 
Tribune. 
Sportsman: “Is there anything to 
shoot up here, my boy?’ Schoolboy 
(with the afternoon’s chastisement still 
fresh in his memory): “Yes, sir, there’s 
the schoolmaster coming over the hill. 
—Melbourne Leader. 
“So you advise me not to sue,” said 
the client. “I do,” said the lawyer. 
“Well,” returned the disappointed client, 
“it seems darned strange that when a 
man pays for advice he can’t get the 
kind he wants.”—Chicago Post. 
“I don’t believe whippings do children 
any good,” said Mrs. Wiggins. “Why, 
I whipped Johnny at the photographer’s 
three times because he wouldn’t look 
pleasant, and he still looked as cross 
and disagreeable as ever.”—Tit-Bits. 
Teacher: “Johnny, can you tell me 
how iron was first discovered?” John¬ 
ny: “Yes, sir.” “Well! Just tell the 
class what your information is on that 
point.” “I heard pa say yesterday that 
they smelt it.”—London Spare Moments. 
“Even though you seem successful for 
a time,” said the solemn theorist, “you 
will find some day that you have not a 
friend left in the world.” “That’s all 
right,” answered the practical politi¬ 
cian; "it’s a part of my business to see 
that my friends don’t get left.”—Wash¬ 
ington Star. 
First Neighbor: “Hallo! You look 
busy. What are you doing?” Second 
Neighbor: “Planting some of my seed, 
that’s all.” First Neighbor (suspicious¬ 
ly): “H’m! Thought it looked as if you 
were planting one of my hens.” Second 
Neighbor: “Well, that’s all right. The 
seeds are inside.”—Moonshine. 
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Spring is at hand and you will need supplies of all kinds. 
If you are a progressive, up=to=date buyer, go slow and place 
your order where you will get biggest returns for your dollar. 
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This is our Famous Catalogue. 
It can be found in over two 
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IHAYI 
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IIEEBNER & SONS,No. 28 Broad St., Lanadale, Pa. 
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*8.DO Wauscon, Ohio, U. S. A. 
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EDERICK’S 
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Presses. Over 150 styles. Write 
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P. K. DEDERICK’S SONS, 
45 Tivoli Street, 
Albany, N. Y. 
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Twelve Styles—2 and 4- 
Wheel—Wide and Narrow 
Tires—Steel Axles. Low rates 
of freight from our Works— 
Tatamy, Fa.— to all points. 
Adopted by farmers, con¬ 
tractors, miners, gardeners 
cemetery authorities, etc., 
wherever the best is wanted. 
HOBSON & CO., Manufrs., 19 State 8t., New York. 
SHRED YOUR STALKS 
AND MARKET YOUR HAY 
You can do it with a Deering Husker and Shredder, a machine easy to procure and easy to operate. 
Deerlng Shredders are built In two sizes, two and four roll. The former Is Just the thing for the 
individual farmer, the latter the Ideal machine for the big corn grower. Both are absolutely safe, 
requiring less horse power and fowor attendants than any other. For cleanly husked ears and 
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Debring Harvester Company, Chicago, u. s. a. 
World’s Greatest Manufacturers of 
Binders. Headers, Mowers, Reapers, Com Binders, Com Shockers 
Kuskers and Shredders, Rakes, Twine and Oil. 
i from planting to feeding the crop, and include) 
j and specifications for building aflsllo*. AJao < 
I—Silage Crops. II—Silos. 
Ill—Silage. IV—Feeding of SU*g* 
V— Comparison of Silage and other Feed*.. 
VI— The Silo la Modern Agriculture, 
XwS Illustration* and complete plana for roond I 
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SYRACUSE, 
W ater Street* 
CONTENTS. 
The Rural New-Yorker, May 24, 1902. 
FARM TOPICS. 
Robber Plant on Corn. 
Mechanic Wants a Farm. 
High Feeding for Potatoes. 
Roundabout Track to a Farm.. 
Early-cut Hay; Clover Wanted. 
Good News for Farmers. 
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Hope Farm Notes.371 
LIVE STOCK AND DAIRY. 
Mapes the Hen Man. 
Selling Skim-milk in New York 
Our Live Stock Interests. 
Milk Making in Oneida County. 
Angora Goats . 
Cow with Injured Teat.. 
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Hog Feeding in California.. 
Rhode Island Sitting Hens. 
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HORTICULTURE. 
Spraying for Plum Curculio. 
Mulch vs. Sheep for Orchards... 
Vigor of Russet Apple Trees. 
Everybody’s Garden . 
Peaches for Georgia . 
Do All Apples Need Spraying?... 
The Hickman Apple . 
Ruralisms . 
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WOMAN AND HOME. 
From Day to Day. 
The Rural Patterns .. 
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Rural Recipes. 
My Kitchen; Part II. 
Day By Day at Norwood. 
The Household Congress.. 
MISCELLANEOUS. 
Feeding the Water. 
Private Rights in Flowing Water. 
Students at Experiment Stations. 
Editorials . 
Events of the Week. 
Crop and Weather Notes. 
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Farming in Red River Valley; Part 
Root-Pruned Trees and Vines. 
Markets .££ 
Business Bits . 
Market Notes . 
New York Horticultural Society."2 
Humorous . S!U 
