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THE RURAL NEW-YORKER 
July 19, 1902 
HUMOROUS 
The climate is a wondrous thing, 
It never comes to terms 
With human beings; but somehow, 
It’s always good for germs. 
—Washington Star. 
Customer: “When was this chicken 
killed?” Waiter: “We don’t furnish 
dates with chicken, sir. Only bread and 
butter.”—Baltimore World. 
Sunday School Teacher: And so 
Lot’s wife was turned to salt. Can any¬ 
one tell why?” Wicked Willy tfrom the 
rear): “She was too fresh!”—Harvard 
Lampoon. 
Fond Mother (to teacher): “Don’t 
you think my boy is bound to make his 
mark?” Teacher: “I am afraid so. It 
seems impossible for him to learn to 
write.”—Tit-Bits. 
Magistrate: “Haven’t I seen you 
twice under the influence of liquor?” 
Prisoner: “If you were in that condi¬ 
tion, your Honor, you probably did.”— 
Philadelphia Record. 
Ding: “I tell you my wife is a con¬ 
scientious housecleaner. Why, only yes¬ 
terday I saw her putting insect powder 
in the clock.” Dong: “Why?” Ding: 
“To get rid of the ticks!”—Baltimore 
Herald. 
“But father,” replied the erring son, 
“you know every young fellow has to 
sow his wild oats.” “Yes,” answered the 
father, “but you ought to know when 
you have a big enough crop in.”—Ohio 
State Journal. 
The boy was sitting on the pavement 
crying bitterly. “How did it happen?” 
asked a sympathetic gentleman who 
chanced to be passing. “It d-didn’t,” 
said the boy; “f-ather done it on pur¬ 
pose.”—Tit-Bits. 
Miss Gtodtgosti: “Oh, Uncle, have you 
seen the Williamses’ baby? Do describe 
it to me.” Uncle Snark: “Description! 
Urn!—ah! Very small features, clean 
shaven, red faced and looks like a hard 
drinker!”—Credit I.ost. 
“Ah got no use fo’ de man,” said Char¬ 
coal Eph, in one of his philosophical 
turns, “dat donate er thousan’ dollahs 
t.’ de heathen fund ob de fashionable 
church wid one han’, an’ raise de rents 
on bis tenement houses wid de udder. 
Ah ’sDec’ he bettah begin practicin’ 
crawlin’ fro’ de eye ob er needle, Mistah 
Jackson!”—Baltimore News. 
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CONTENTS. 
The Rural New-Yorker, July 19, 1902. 
FARM TOPICS. 
Information Wanted About Cabbage, 
493, 494 
Farm in Central New Jersey.494 
A Veteran Farmer .494 
A Harvest of Grasshoppers.497 
Hope Farm Notes .499 
The Onion Outlook .o01 
LIVE STOCK AND DAIRY. 
Mapes, the Hen Man .495 
A Duck Farm .B04 
Special State Fair Prize.505 
“Buffalo Robes” from Scotch Cattle.... 506 
“Breeding Up” Corn .506 
Notes on Alfalfa .506 
Calves are Killed by Dogs.507 
Breeding Cattle .507 
Dairy and Farm Notes .507 
Cost of Cow Keeping .507 
HORTICULTURE. 
Still Another Nursery Rogue .493 
Feeding Birds on Cherries .494 
The Apple Box .494 
Rose Cuttings; How to Handle Them...495 
Kieffer Pear and San Jos6 Scale.495 
Dwarf Apple .495 
Budding Peach on Native Plum .495 
Strawberries and the Complexion.495 
Heavy Strawberry Yield .49a 
Hilton Strawberries .496 
Still the Moth Trap .496 
Self-Warming Plants .496 
Everybody’s Garden .497 
Pruning Grapevines and Raspberries—4ih 
The Hardwood Peach .49i 
Notes from the Rural Grounds.498 
The Squash Bug .498 
Apple Disease in Western New York....501 
Fruit and Crop Notes .501 
WOMAN AND HOME. 
From Day to Day. 
The Rural Patterns .. 
German Fruit Soups . 
Turkey Scrapple . 
Canned Grape Juice . 
Raised Fruit Cake — 
A Trial of Hospitality 
A Household Helper . 
,502 
,502 
.502 
.502 
.592 
602 
.503 
.503 
MISCELLANEOUS. 
Editorials . 
Events of the Week . 
Markets . 
Market Notes . 
Humorous . 
.500 
501 
.604 
.605 
.608 
