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THE RURAL NEW-YORKER 
June 24, 1899 
Humorous. 
“ My wife’s arithmetic, I find, 
Is somethin)? fierce,” Henpeck avers; 
“ She thinks she adds to my peace of mind 
By giving me a piece of hprs.” 
—Philadelphia Record. 
Inquiring boy to his mother: “Ma, 
what did the moths eat before Adam and 
Eve wore clothes ? ”— Harper's Bazar. 
A Baltimore girl recently expressed 
the opinion that old bachelors must live 
on stale bread—they were so crusty.— 
Family Herald. 
The Grocer: “Yes, sir, this grano- 
grino is the best breakfast food on the 
market. It is pre-digested—Mr. Fads- 
by (shuddering): “ Bless my soul ! By 
whom ? ”— Life. 
“Why do you say that you will marry 
only a widow ?” “ Well, I think it is 
the part of wisdom to get some one who 
has already discovered that men are not 
angels.”— Chicago Post. 
Nurse (to young husband): “ A beauti¬ 
ful ten-pound baby, sir ! ” Young Hus¬ 
band (getting things mixed in his ex¬ 
citement): “ Glorious ! Am I a father 
or a mother ? ”— Credit Lost. 
Amy (reading): “He gave her a jew¬ 
eled v-i-n-a-i g-r-e-tt-e—how do you pro¬ 
nounce that, Uncle Isaac ? ” Uncle Isaac 
(gruffly): “I pronounce it downright 
foolishness !”— The Jewelers' Weekly. 
Teacher: “Did any of you ever see 
an elephant’s skin ? ” Bright Boy : 
“ Please, sir, I have.” Teacher : “Where 
was it, my boy?” Bright Boy: “On 
the elephant, sir.”— Pearson's Weekly. 
“It seems queer,” remarked Fangle, 
“that while no animal wears a hat, 
there is only one that goes bearheaded.” 
“What animal is that?” asked Mrs. 
Fangle, with deep interest.— Harlem 
Life. 
Meeks : “ But what’s the use of argu¬ 
ing the matter ? One can’t get more out 
of a bottle than he puts in it.” Weeks : 
“ Oh, I don’t know ; I put a quart of 
liquor in a bottle once and got a big 
head and a $10 fine out of it the next 
morning.”— Chicago News. 
A New England school-teacher re¬ 
ceived the following note of caution 
from the anx'.ous mother of one of her 
pupils: “Dear Miss, plese do not push 
Johnny too hard for so much of his 
branes is intelleck that he ought to be 
held back a good deal or he will run to 
intelleck entirely an I do not dezire this. 
So plese hold him back so as to keep his 
intelleck from getting bigger than his 
boddy an injoorirg him for life.”— Har¬ 
per's Bazar. 
There was a young person named Tate, 
Who went out to dine at 8 8; 
But I will not relate 
What this person named Tate 
And his t6te-a-tcte ate at 8 8. 
— Youth's Companion 
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THE AMERICAN 
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Breakage of 
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HAY TEDDER 
Air-cured hay must not be sun-burned. 
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CONTENTS. 
The Rural New-Yorker, June 24, 1899. 
farm TOPICS. 
Chemicals and Clover in Drought.462 
South Jersey Farm Notes.463 
Potatoes After Strawberries.463 
A Talk About Cow Peas.465 
A Sulky Weeder.466 
Hope Farm Notes.467 
Potato and Pea Experiments.467 
Knocked Out by the Drought.460 
Electricity on the Farm.469 
LIVE STOCK AND DAIRY. 
P oductlon of an Egg.463 
Why Does Oleo “ Keep ”7.465 
Lean Mutton Wanted.465 
Hickory Hill Farm Notes.474 
Horse Breedirg in New York.474 
Heaves in an Old Horse.475 
Overgrown Feet and Bunch on Stifles of 
Young Cow.475 
Worms in Cows’ Tongues.475 
Prurigo or Eczema in a Horse.475 
Veterinary Briefs.475 
HORTICULTURAL. 
A Crisis with Caterpillars.463 
The Home of the Strawberry.464 
The Columbian Raspberry.464 
The Magna Charta Rose.465 
Mulching Melons.465 
The Boston Ivy.465 
A Cover Crop in Strawberries.465 
Frozen Trees in Michigan.465 
A Cheap Mixture.467 
Wine from Apples.467 
Lessons from the Freeze.469 
WOMAN AND HOME. 
From Day to Day.470 
Note and Comment.470 
Cleaning Lace Curtains.470 
The New Athletics.470 
With the Procession.471 
MISCELLANEOUS. 
“Daddy’s Boys” ( Concluded ).461, 462 
How Many Coats of Cement?.465 
Ruralisms.466 
Editorials .. 468 
Brevities. 468 
Events of the Week. 469 
Markets. 472 
Among the Marketmen. 473 
Business Bits.472 
Humorous. 476 
