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THE RURAL NEW-YORKER. 
May 7, 1898 
Humorous. 
A Boston spinster owns a dog, 
One of those high-toned “ towsers”, 
That’s so well-bred and nice, ’t is said, 
He never pantB but trousers. 
—The Bulletin and Good /loads. 
Cholly (hesitatingly) : “I have half a 
mind—•” She (quizzically) : “ So much ?” 
Memphis Appeal. 
“ Tommy,” said the teacher, “ what is 
meant by nutritious food£”» “Some¬ 
thing that ain’t got no tas^> to it,” re¬ 
plied Tommy.— Credit Lost.£ 
q> 
“ When a woman buys iwn mower 
she thinks she can n<^- J it herself.” 
“Yes?” “And after v has had it a 
week she finds out shf^ n’t even make 
her husband run it.”—^ icatjn Record. 
A Doubtful i om m endation. — 
Cq 
Buyer: “Is this uJg affectionate?” 
Dealer : “ I should say so ! I have sold 
him four times, and every time he’s come 
right back to me ! ”—Fliegende Blaetter. 
She : “ And, now that we are engaged, 
John, dear, how long shall the engage¬ 
ment be for ? ” He (an absent-minded 
lawyer, who has just drawn up a street 
car lease): “Oh, 99 years, I s’pose.”— 
Roseleaf. 
Abtist (to Mr. Ilenpekt): “ Now, don’t 
you think this is a speaking like¬ 
ness of your wife, sir?” Mr. Henpekt: 
“ Well, when my wife speaks to me, she 
always shakes her fist at me ; you’ve 
omitted that! ”— Punch. 
Infantine Philosophy.—T ottie (aged 
five): “ I wonder why babies is always 
born in de night time.” Lottie (aged 
seven, a little wiser): “ Don’t you know? 
It’s cos they wants to make sure of findin’ 
their mothers at home .”—Harlem Life. 
“ You say, mamma,” said Bobby, “that 
I mustn’t hit Tommy Jones when I’m at 
his house, because it isn’t polite, and 
that it isn’t polite to hit him when he’s 
visiting me. Then when can I whack 
him—on the street ? ”— Harper's Bazar. 
LOUNGER : “ Do cookbooks form an im¬ 
portant item in your sales?” Book¬ 
seller : ’• Yes, we sell them by the thou¬ 
sand.” “The women appreciate them, 
eh ? ” “ Oh, the women don’t buy them ; 
their husbands do .”—New York Weekly. 
Salesman : “You were the lady, I be¬ 
lieve, who purchased the cookbook ? 
Will you take this card, please ?” Lady: 
“ ‘Dr. Pilton ! ’ Why do you give me his 
card?” Salesman: “We always give 
one of his cards to every purchaser of 
‘Ovener’s Cook Book.’ lie is very suc¬ 
cessful in disorders of the stomach.”— 
Boston Transcript. 
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OTIS MEADER, 
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CONTENTS. 
The Rural New-Yorker, May 7, 1898. 
FARM TOPICS. 
The Soja Bean in Massachusetts. 331 
Estimating the Silo.335 
Treatment for Old Pastures.336, 337 
Hay Barn for 100 Tons.337 
Green Rye as Manure.337 
Sulphur on Potatoes.337 
Hope Farm Notes.339 
Crimson Clover Prospects.339 
LIVE STOCK AND DAIRY. 
The Veterinary College at Cornell.333, 334 
Beef-Making in the Far West.335 
Incubator Lamp and Fire Insurance.337 
Buying and Feeding Poultry.337 
“Secrets” of Breeding.337 
Gluten Feeding Stuffs.346 
Selecting Calves.346 
Sheep Affected with Amemia.347 
A Severe Cold, Strangles or Influenza in a 
Mare.347 
Cotton-seed Meal for Poultry.347 
Belgian Hares Kill Young.347 
Dried Brewers’ Grains.347 
HORTICULTURAL. 
Apple Growing in Delaw’are.335 
New Life for Old Trees.335, 336 
Best Culture for the Columbian Raspberry... 336 
Mixing Kerosene Emulsion and Bordeaux 
Mixture.336 
Damping Off in Cantaloupes.337 
Failing Cucumbers; Hog or Sheep Manure... 337 
Dried Blood for Orchards.337 
Horseradish Growing.337 
Regulating the San Jose Seale by Law.341 
Seedling Orange Not Blooming.343 
Window’ Boxes.313 
Ants in Garden.343 
Japan Ivy; Sanseveira.343 
A Book About the Greenhouse.343 
WOMAN AND THE HOME. 
From Day to Day.342 
Merely the Dish-cloth.342 
Alcohol Pickles.•..342 
An Improvised Bathroom.342 
MISCELLANEOUS. 
Homemade Irrigation Hose.337 
Ruralisms.338 
Editorials.3-40 
Brevities.340 
Among the Marketmen.341 
Business Bits.*.341 
Markets.344 
The War.34o 
Humorous.^ 
