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TI1E RURAL NEW-YORKER 
May 31, 1902 
HUMOROUS 
Little Miss Muffet 
Bat on a tuffet. 
Eating some curds and whey. 
A microbe espied her. 
And slipped down beside her, 
And she’d influenza next day. 
—Credit Lost. 
“Some men,” said Uncle Eph’m, “is 
(ike fish. Dey don’t never come to the 
top ontell dey die.”—Washington Star. 
Siixk’us: “I’m afraid the world has 
very little sympathy for its unfortu¬ 
nates.” Cynicus: “Nonsense! Haven’t 
you ever noticed how people cry at wed¬ 
dings?”—Philadelphia Record. 
"Isn’t it silly for a woman to refer to 
her new hat as a ‘duck of a bonnet?’ ” 
“That’s appropriate enough. A duck has 
a pretty big bill attached to it, you 
know.”—Catholic Standard and Times. 
“Hr, thkrk!” called the policeman, 
“don’t you see that sign: ‘No dogs al¬ 
lowed in this park?” “Ah!” replied the 
dog owner, “but this poor dog can’t read. 
Fine day, isn’t it?”—Philadelphia 
Press. 
Parishioner : "The people are com¬ 
plaining that you are too liberal.” Un¬ 
orthodox Pastor: “Oh, that’s a mistake, 
my dear sir, a great mistake. I am just 
as stingy as the rest of you.”—New York 
Weekly. 
Haooock: “1 met poor old Ruyns, 
creeping towards his office to-day, and 
he complained bitterly of being all run 
down this Spring.” Juddock (defensive¬ 
ly): “Well, confound him, he had no 
business getting in front of my automo¬ 
bile.”—Harper’s Bazar. 
Doctor: “I am slightly in doubt as to 
whether yours is a constitutional dis¬ 
ease or not.” Patient: “For heaven’s 
sake, doctor, have I got to go to the ex¬ 
pense of appealing to the United States 
Supreme Court to find out whether it is 
or not?”—Richmond Dispatch. 
Senator Grab: “A man called on me 
this morning and offered me $1,000 for 
my vote on a certain measure, but I re¬ 
fused it.” Political Purist: “Bravo! You 
ought to have the approval of your con¬ 
science.” Senator Grab: “I have; we 
finally agreed on $2,000.”—Boston Post. 
“Where did all those skeletons come 
from?” asked the visitor at the medical 
college. “Can you keep a secret?” quer¬ 
ied the medical student. “Sure thing,” 
replied the visitor. “Then I’ll tell you,” 
said the embryo M. D., and continued 
in a loud whisper, “we raised them.”— 
Chicago News. 
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and 
Ensilage 
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machine, 
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Agricultural Work*, 
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The Side Delivery 
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Saves all raking and tedding. Fits any 
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TOLEDO, OHIO. 
Straight Straw, Rye and Wheat Thrasher. 
Combined with Spike-Tooth Oat 
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Our Machine will 
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Sweep powers, 
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IDE 
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BALES 
15 Tons 
a Day 
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PAt’b AUG.30I“ iaTW 
CONTENTS. 
The Rural New-Yorker, May 31, 1902. 
FARM TOPICS. 
Rack of Farm Labor in Oregon.382 
Lawing Over Mustard Seed.383 
Prof. Roberts on Farm Manures.383 
Can Farmers Protect Their Properly—384 
A Barn of Concrete.384 
Seeding to Grass Without Plowing.385 
Homemade Waterproof Cloth .385 
The Old-Fashioned Potato Beetle.385 
Hope Farm Notes .387 
Experience With “New Onion Culture”.387 
Farming in the Red River Valley; Part 
IV.389 
Crop and Weather Notes .389 
Fire Insurance on Farm Properly.389 
Farm Prospects .393 
Notes from Missouri .393 
LIVE STOCK AND DAIRY. 
Mapes the Hen Man.381 
Dairy and Farm Notes .394 
The Guernsey Breeders Meet.394 
Petroleum for Warts .394 
Care of Pigeons for Squab Breeding.395 
Jersey Cow Golden Lad’s Mermaid.39o 
Help the Horse.39.’ 
Fumigating Stables .395 
Prefers the Red Hog.395 
HORTICULTURE. 
Cabbage and Cauliflower Maggots. .381, 382 
Fumigation for San Jose Scale.382 
A Steam Spraying Outfit .384 
Fruit in Southern Ohio.384 
New Use for Worn-out Connecticut 
Scald in Storage Appies .383 
Soy Beans in Peach Orchard.384 
Pruning Trees in Locust Years.33a 
Grafting Questions .38? 
Everybody's Garden .3j~ 
Angle-worms Abundant .3% 
Notes from the Rural Grounds .38^ 
Free Nature Study .38*’ 
Killing Briars . 
Weed Killers . 
The Canker Worm.392, o93 
WOMAN AND HOME. 
From Day to Day . 
The Rural Patterns . 
Two Little Helps . 
The Use of Kerosene . 
An Easy Sunday . 
Home-Canned Vegetables . 
A Handy Medicine Cabinet . 
MISCELLANEOUS. 
Sensible Talk About Beef Trusts 
Suggestions for Fire Insurance.. 
The End of the Endless Chain . 
Editorials . 
Events of the Week . 
390 
39H 
3H0 
390 
330 
,391 
.391 
.382 
.382 
.3S6 
.388 
.389 
