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THE RURAL NEW-YORKER 
June 14, 1902 
HUMOROUS 
I love that man who knows It all. 
From east to west, from north to south; 
Who knows all things, both great and 
small. 
And tells It with his tireless mouth; 
Who keeps the wondering world in awe 
’'fhe while he works his iron jaw. 
—Credit Lost. 
1'eaciier: “Johnnie Stokes, how many 
make a million?’’ Johnnie: “Very few 
on dis earth.”—Chicago Journal. 
“Josh, what makes your mustache 
grow so long?” “Oh, I shook some hair- 
tonic on a sandwich ’stead of Worcester¬ 
shire sauce.”—Indianapolis News. 
Gyer: “Crankleigh is working on a 
perpetual motion machine.” Myer: 
“How is he getting on with it?” Gyer: 
First-rate. 1-Ie has all the necessary 
wheels in his head.”—Chicago News. 
“There’s only one comfort to be 
drawn from a volcanic eruption,” said 
the optimist. “What is that?” “It must 
grind the feelings of the coal barons 
fearfully to see such an enormous con 
sumption of fuel without being able to 
collect a cent.”—Washington Star. 
Attorney: “Did you see the plaintiff 
strike the defendant?” Witness: “Oi 
did, sor.” Attorney: “And was the as¬ 
sault committed with malice afore¬ 
thought?” Witness: “No, sor; it wor 
committeed wid a mallet behoind th’ 
ear.”—Judge. 
“I’ve been on this road 10 years,” said 
the conductor on a southern railroad to 
a passenger who complained of the slow 
time, “an’ I know what I’m talkin’ 
about.” “Ten years, eh?” said the pas¬ 
senger. “What station did you get on 
at?”—Stray Stories. 
Guide (savagely): “How in tarnation 
did you come to take me for a deer? 
Why, I was sittin’ on this here log 
smokin’ my pipe plain as could be!” 
Cbolly (nervously): “W-w-well, I’ve 
seen wild a-a-animals smoke a pipe in a 
circus!”—Credit Lost. 
Mrs. Jones: “Just think of it! That 
fellow came in and actually stole the 
clock right off the mantelpiece.” Mrs. 
Brown: “And your dog was in the very 
same room?” “Mrs. Jones: “Yes, but 
that didn”t count. Fido is only a watch 
dog, you know.”—Boston Transcript. 
Customer: “I believe you are the man 
of whom I bought this cane?” Proprie¬ 
tor: “Yes, I sold you that cane.” Cus¬ 
tomer: “And you said the handle was 
of genuine ivory, and I find that it is ar¬ 
tificial.” Proprietor: “1 can’t help it, 
sir. I import my ivory direct from Cey¬ 
lon, and the only explanation I can give 
is that the elephants have taken to 
wearing false tusks.”—Credit Lost. 
Mrs. Winks: “A peddler was here to¬ 
day, and I got the greatest bargain—a 
whole pound of insect powder for only 
10 cents. It looks just like dirt, but it’s 
awfully effective. I tried it.” Mr. 
Winks: “Worked, eh?” Mrs. Winks: 
“Yes, indeed. The peddler said I should 
put a little in water and apply it boiling 
hot, and I did, and it killed every insect 
it touched.”—New York Weekly. 
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10 
HALLOCK’S “OK” 
Potato Digger. 
An Offer to 
Potato 
Patented 
August 24, 1897. 
PRICE 
$50 
W2!l} L 
mm 
tit* 3 
m 
I I 
Growers l 
To prove that the “0 K” 
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duce them where we have 
no agents, we will send 
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grower. 
D. Y. HALL0CK & SONS, 
YORK, PA. 
WE’LL PAY THE FREIGHT 
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With Uuhber Tires, $15.00. I mfg. wheels % to 4 in. 
tread. Top Buggies, $28.75; Harness, $3.60. Write for 
catalogue. Learn how to buy vehicles aud parts direct. 
Wagou Umbrella Fit EE. \V. R, BOOB, Cincinnati. O. 
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Tire Wheels 
For Farm Wagons 
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ty Write for Prices. 
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Way 
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CUTTERS 
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T. GIBSON, 5 Jefferson Ave., Utica, N. Y 
WEI I DRILLING 
WELL Machines 
Over 70 sties and styles, for drilling either deep or 
shallow wells in any kind of soil or rock. Mounted 
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WILLIAMS BROS.. Ithaca, N. Y. 
The Gem Full-Circle Baler, lightest, strongest, cheapest 
b»lcr. Made of wrought steeh Operntcd by 1 or 2 horses. 
Kales 10 to15 tons a day. Sold on 5 days’ trial. Catalogue 
free. Address 
GEO. ERTELCO., Quincy, Ill. 
LIGHTNING WELL MACHT 
IS THE STANDARD, 
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Wire FOR CIRCULAR EEI I®’* W- 
THE AMERICAN WELL WORKS " 
AURORA, ILL - CHICAGO.- DAL LAS.TEX 
CONTENTS. 
The Rural New-Yorker, June 14, 1902. 
FARM TOPICS 
Farming in the Red River Valley. 
Part V.413 
Pennsylvania Grass .413 
Farm Insurance .414 
Does the Boy Have a Chance?.415 
Boy Wanted on the Farm......416 
Formalin for Wheat Smut.416 
Nitrogen on Asparagus.417 
Hope Farm Notes.419 
Grangers and the Isthmus Canal.421 
Crop Prospects .421 
LIVE STOCK AND DAIRY. 
Disinfecting a Dairy Barn.414 
Ayrshire Cattle .414 
Skim-milk for Hens.414 
Mapes, the Hen Man.415 
Crimson Clover Hay.416 
Liquid Gluten .416 
Cow Goes to College.424 
Heaves In Horse.425 
Cow Gives Bloody Milk.425 
Thrush in Horse.425 
Roughage and Rooting for Swine.426 
Use of Embalmed Milk.426 
Swine-Raising for Women Farmers.426 
Wintering Cattle .427 
Early-Cut Hay; Clover Wanted.427 
Sale of Jersey Cattle.427 
HORTICULTURE. 
Mr. Stringfellow on Cover Crops.415 
Pruning Peach Trees.416 
Sawdust as Orchard Mulch.416 
The Chance in Gladioli Culture.416 
Cuttings of Carolina Poplar.416 
Peaches for Texas.416 
Bees in the Hothouse.417 
Second Crop of Fruit Buds.417 
Grafting Questions .417 
Notes from the Rural Grounds.418 
Fruit Notes from Iowa.418 
WOMAN AND HOME. 
From Day to Day.422 
The Rural Patterns.422 
Washing Fine Fabrics.422 
Housewifely Hints .422 
Uncle Ichabod’s Plain Talk.423 
The Use of Gooseberries.423 
Tomato Patties .423 
Keeping Jelly .423 
MISCELLANEOUS. 
Concrete for House Construction.414 
Editorials .420 
Events of the Week.421 
Markets .424 
Business Bits .424 
Market Notes . 425 
Humorous . .428 
