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THE RURAL NEW-YORKER. 
May 20, 1899 
Humorous. 
There was a rooster in our town, 
And he in wisdom grew so, 
The neighbors called him Robinson, 
Because, they said, he crew so. 
— Credit Lost. 
“ Has Bcobton a family ? ” “ Oh, yes ; 
he is in the sixth edition .”—Judge 
“My other dolly is all spoiled!” “How?” 
“ My little baby brother got hold of her 
and eat up all her complexion.”— Puck. 
“Papa, if you hadn’t married mam¬ 
ma”-“Well?” “ What a lot of fun 
me an’ you cculd have—a-doin’ as we 
pleased .”—Boston Globe. 
Rich Uncle: ‘ Are you always so quiet?” 
Willie : “ No ; but ma said she’d give me 
a quarter if I behaved and didn’t say 
anything about your bald head.”— 
Harper'8 Bazar. 
“ Have you got any embalmed beef ?’. 
asked the joker, of his butcher. “ No,’’ 
replied the dealer, off his guard; “but 
we have something just as good.”— 
Yonkers Statesman 
Circuit Rider : “ And you respect and 
obey your tea cher, don’t you, Johnny ? ” 
Johnny Sunklands (an Arkansas lad) : 
'You beT! S he’s J,h e> lad y that’killed a 
fuihgrown wildcat with a club ”—Judge 
Insurance Agent: “Well, officer, 
hive the police succeeded in locating the 
incendary ?” Officer McManus: “They 
have not, sorr. All we’ve done so fur 
was to arrest the spalpeen who started 
the fire.”— Philadelphia Record. 
First Boy : “ Your father must be an 
awful mean man. Him a shoemaker, 
and makin’ you wear them old boots ! ” 
Second Boy: “He’s nothing to what 
your father is. Him a dentist, and your 
baby only got one tooth ! ”—Credit Lost. 
New Reporter: “Don’t you think 
we’ll get into trouble if I speak of Bood- 
ler as a political thief ? ” Editor : “ No; 
let it go. If he kicks we can say that it 
read ‘ chief ’ and the compositor made 
the mistake .”—Philadelphia Record. 
“ I suruosE you want a piece of pie,” 
said the young housekeeper. “ No, lady, 
I don’t,” replied the t-amp ; “ but I'd be 
t’ankful fur a ole suit o’ black clo’es, if 
yer got ’em. De poor feller wot yer gev 
a piece a pie ter yestid’y wuz a brud- 
der of mine.”— Catholic Standard and 
Times. 
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CONTENTS. 
The Rural Nkw-Yorkeb, May 20, 1899. 
FARM TOPICS. 
OJd Things About the Soil... 
The Wonders of Alfalfa. 
Big Potato Crop. 
Japan Millet for Seed. 
The Potato Beetle. 
Why and How to Soak Seeds 
Various Bugs. 
A Silo on Rock Foundation. 
Hope Farm Notes. 
Potatoes on Long Island.... 
Clover and Salt. 
Killing Gophers. 
Odd Clover Seeding. 
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LIVH STOCK AND DAIRY. 
The Farmer’s Mare.377, 3 ‘? 
Handling Creamery Milk .“®’? 
Milk War at Middletown, N. Y. 
Age of Dishorned Cows.“®;j 
Hickory Hill Farm Notes.j’®° 
Potato Bread for Horses."f!| 
Curing a Kicking Cow. 
Bad Smells in Butter. 
Bad Flavor in Butter. 
Ensilage from Clover or Bean..*®‘ 
When to Select Breeding Eggs.;>»» 
Salt for Poultry. 388 
Intestinal Worms and Kidney Trouble in a 
Horse.. .. 
Difficult Breathing and Cough in a Cow.3W 
Constipation in Young Lambs. ™ 
Intestinal Worms in Horses.;?®X 
Cow off Feed; Babcock Milk Test.“®" 
Impaction in Sheep... 
Feeding Beans to Stock.jj°x 
Devon Cattle. 
Dishorned Cattle at Fairs.j>®" 
Open-Air Ensilage.. 
Notes. 6 - y 
HORTICULTURAL. 
The Bahia Orange and L. C. Tibbits. 
Western E ating Apples. 
Early Muskmelon Growing. 
Two Sides to a Fruit. 
Apple Questions from Georgia. 
Orchard in a Wheat Field.... 
The Quince in California. 
Apples Grafted to Winesap. 
The Fruits of Nut Trees. 
Shipping Georgia Plums. 
The Lansingburg Apple. 
Michigan Fruit Notes. 
WOMAN AND HOME. 
From Day to Day... 
Housekeeping in Africa. 
Gallant Nebraskans in Manila. 
Farm Run by Daughter Power. Part II 
The Aftermath. 
MISCELLANEOUS. 
8hort Stories . 
Wandering Housekeepers. 
Against Railroads. 
Problems of Force. 
Notes of Travel. 
.. 
Editorials ... 
The Troubles of the Farm. Part II. 
Events of the Week. 
Markets. 
Among the Marketmen... 
Bulletins Boiled Down. 
Humorous. 
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