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THE RURAL NEW-YORKER. 
August fi. 1808 
Humorous. 
The Boakdeb: “This milk looks mighty 
blue!” The Bandit: “I guess thet 
comes from me havin’ nothin’ but pedi¬ 
greed cows.”— Puck. 
Dabhekly : “ They’ve stopped making 
cigars in Havana.” Flasherly : “ Yes, 
I suppose they needed the cabbage.”— 
New York Journal. 
“What are pauses?” the teacher 
asked the first class in grammar. 
“Things that grow on cats and dogs,” 
answered the smallest girl .—Credit Lost. 
“ How short the years seem ! When I 
was a boy on the old farm they were 
much longer.” “ Yes, and if you were 
to try that sort of work now they’d seem 
longer still.”— Life. 
Mother : “ What’s the matter, my 
dear? Why are you crying?” Harry 
(between sobs) : “I left my m’lasses 
candy on that chair, and the deacon's 
a-sittin’ on it .”—Credit Lost. 
“ There’s one thing I can’t understand 
about this map,” said the purchaser. 
“What’s that?” asked the dealer. 
“ What is this small spot like an ink 
blot?” “That? Oh, that's Spain.”— 
Philadelphia North American. 
The Farmer: “ Don’t go ercross the 
field with them golf clothes on.” The 
Freak : “Oh, I’m not afraid of the cat¬ 
tle.” The Farmer: “ Yes, but it wuz 
them I wuz considerin’.” — Cincinnati 
Enquirer. 
A hen-pecked husband called the 
servant-maid aside, and said : “ Look 
here, Robustina, I am told that my wife 
and daughters are planning a trip to 
Paris; do you know whether I am going 
with them or not ?”— Tit-Bits. 
A safe preventive. —A farmer saw 
a recipe advertised for keeping the cis¬ 
tern from freezing in Winter. Having 
sent stamps he had a reply: “ Take in 
your cistern at night, and stand it in 
front of the fire .”—Credit Lost. 
Perspiring Manager (of excursion): 
“ We’re a little behind time, I know, 
but we’ll make it up on the last half of 
the run.” Indignant Excursionist: 
“ Make it up ! What’s the use of talking 
that way ? We’ll meet ourselves coming 
back long before we get there !”—Chicago 
Tribune. 
A religiously inclined, though often 
captious, cycle tourist strolled into a 
fashionable seaside church just before 
the service began. The sexton followed 
him up, and, pointing to a small dog 
that had followed him, said : “ Dogs are 
not admitted.” “ That’s not my dog,” 
responded the visitor. “ But he follows 
you.” “ Well, so do you, but you are 
not my property. 1 wouldn’t own you 
for anything.*’ The sexton growled and 
removed the dog with unnecessary force. 
—Bicycling World. 
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Used exclusively by the Hon. GEO. M. CLARK on his famous hay field 
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CONTENTS. 
The Rural Nkw-Yorkkb, Aug. 6 , 1898. 
FARM TOPICS. 
Plank-Framed Barns.541 
Building Tub Silos.542 
Good and Bad Flowing.542, 543 
Setting Sweet Potatoes.543 
Thrashers Mix Grain.543 
Heading Off the Corn Worm.543 
A Talk About Grasses.543 
An Ohio Man Talks.544 
Posted on Fence Posts...544, 545 
The American Wheat Crop.545 
Hope Farm Notes.547 
Notes from Kansas.547 
A Five-Ton Grass Crop. Part II.549 
LIVE STOCK AND DAIRY. 
An Indiana Mule Feeder.542 
The Lady or the Jersey ?.543 
The Care of the Ram.554 
Tlie Bull and His Care.554, 555 
A Colt with the Striughalt.555 
Cow Fails to Breed.555 
Horse with Cough and Nasal Discharge.555 
Cyst on Cow’s Knee.555 
The Lincoln Sheep.555 
Turnips and Milk.555 
Potatoes in Silo.555 
Stock Fences Coming Up.555 
HORTICULTURAL. 
Poor Strawberry Crop.542 
A Nurseryman Wanted.542 
The Dreaded Asparagus Rust.543, 544 
English Walnuts for Massachusetts.545 
Cow Manure for Mulch.545 
WOMAN AND THE HOME. 
From Day to Day.550 
Photography for Women.550 
Passe-Partout Frames.550 
How the Soldiers Keep House.550, 551 
Canned Mulberries.*•.551 
MISCELLANEOUS. 
The Prize House Plans.541 
Work of a Buzz Saw.542 
A Business Problem.542 
More About Hydraulic Rams.544 
Pond for Irrigation.545 
Ruralisms.54(5 
Editorials.548 
Brevities.548 
Among the Marketmen.549 
Business Bits.549 
Science for the Farmers.551 
..552 
The War.553 
Science from the Stations.553 
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