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THE RURAL NEW-YORKER 
October 25, 1902 
HUMOROUS 
They raised his salary two years ago last 
May, 
The said increase amounting to SO cents 
a day, 
Since then they’ve raised the prices 
Of carrots and of beets, 
Of flour and of meats, 
Of corn and coal and fruits, 
Of babies’ little boots, 
Of potatoes, milk and cheese, 
Of the product of the bees. 
Of hats and socks and coats, 
Of all that sinks or floats. 
He’s paying out the money that he saved 
before his raise, 
But prosperity’s upon us, and his heart is 
full of praise 
—Chicago Record-Herald. 
“Mamma, what will I have to do when 
I am educated and accomplished?” “Oh, 
you can pass the rest of your life learn¬ 
ing to keep house.”—Life. 
“Freddie, why did you drop the baby 
on the floor?” “Ah, I just wanted to 
test the kid. Heard everybody say that 
it was a bouncing baby.”—Philadelphia 
Ledger. 
McBrier: “Did yez ever see a horse 
jump five feet over a fince?” McSwatt: 
Oi’ve seen 'em jump four feet over. 1 
didn’t know that a horse had foive feet!” 
—Indianapolis News. 
Bramble: “What did you buy a safety 
razor for? Can’t you shave with the 
other kind?” Thorne: “Oh, yes, but I 
want one that my wife can’t use to rip 
out basting threads with.”—New York 
Journal. 
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CONTENTS. 
The Rural New-Yorker, Oct. 25, 
FARM TOPICS. 
The Clark Grass Plan Again. 
Iron Posts for Wire Fencing. 
Another “White” Farm. 
Hope Farm Notes . 
Crop Prospects . 
LIVE STOCK AND DAIRY. 
The Belgian Hare Business. 
Berkshire Litters . 
Mapes, the Hen Man. 
Prices for American Mutton . 
Angora Goats and Young Trees. 
Typhoid Fever Germs in Milk. 
Horse with Swollen Legs. 
Old Corn or Green Corn for Steers_ 
Cows Killed on Railroad. 
Milk Notes . 
Cheese as Food . 
HORTICULTURE. 
1902. 
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Cold Country Fruit Problems.717 
Tobacco Dust as Insecticide.717 
Black Ben Davis Apple at Home — 717, 71b 
Heating a Small Conservatory.713 
Currant Jelly Making .718 
How to Handle Peach Pits.718 
Mr. Hitchings Answers Questions.718 
Tree Planting on Sable Island. 7M 
Ivieffer Pears in England.720 
Everybody’s Garden .721 
Notes from the Rural Grounds.722 
WOMAN AND HOME. 
From Day to Day.726 
The Rural Patterns .726 
Grange Reading Courses .726 
Pears in Variety .727 
Every-Day Thoughts .727 
MISCELLANEOUS. 
Tax Abatement for Watering Trough — 718 
Protection and a Surplus of Skunks.719 
The Need of Practical Forestry.719 
The Danbury Fair .723 
Editorials .724 
Events of the Week .725 
Business Bits . 725 
Markets .728 
Market Notes .729 
Humorous .732 
