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THE RURAL NEW-YORKER 
May 14, 1898 
Humorous. 
Howso : “ Why don’t you take a wife, 
old man ? ” Cumso : “ Her husband might 
object.”— Life. 
Robby : “ How did the Sphinx get the 
credit of being so wise, papa ? ” Mr. 
Knowin : “By keeping her mouth shut 
for about three thousand years.”— 
Twinkles. 
“ Children, I hope you peeled the 
apples before eating ther 1 ?” “Yes, 
mother dear.” “What hc^ you done 
with the peelings?” “Oh e ate them 
after ! ”—Credit Lost. £ 
Little Boy: “Uncle, £j n’t you tell 
us a story ?” Genial Unc’re “ Certainly, 
my boy. What kind of a <t> ry ? ” Little 
Boy: “Oh ! any kind, ojco so it’s true. 
Tell us about Jack and tl oo Beanstalk.”— 
New York Weekly. 
«o 
First Hen : “ What are those young 
Bantams fighting about ? ” Second Hen : 
“ Oh ! they are disputing about the 
question, which is the mother of the 
chick—the hen that lays the egg or the 
incubator ?”— Puck. 
Pastor : “ Did you ever play with bad 
little boys, Johnnie ? ” Johnnie : “ Yes, 
sir.” Pastor : “ I’m surprised, Johnnie ! 
Why don’t you play with good little 
boys ? ” Johnnie: “ Their mammas 
won’t let ’em .”—Chicago Record. 
A Pitiable Case.—T he Mistress : “ Be 
very careful, Marie, when you give little 
Algernon a bath. He shrinks from it 
so.” The New Nurse: “Do he, me’m ? 
That’s bad. Wid two or three more 
shrinkin’s there’ll be nothin’ left of 
him.”— Cleveland Plain Dealer. 
Mr. Bluffer : “ Mary, did you send a 
Christmas dinner to poor Brown’s fam¬ 
ily ? ” Mrs. Bluffer: “ Yes.” Mr. Bluf¬ 
fer (to minister): “ I think on Christmas 
Day people should have something out 
of the general run.” Bridget: “ That’s 
what the Browns sed, sur, when they 
seed it was nothing but liver.”— Twinkles. 
On Sunday, as a certain Scottish minis¬ 
ter was returning homeward, he was ac¬ 
costed by an old woman, who said : “Oh, 
sir, well do I like the day when you 
preach ! ” The minister was aware that 
he was not very popular, and answered : 
“ My good woman, I am glad to hear it. 
There are too few like you. And why 
do you like it when I preach?” “Oh, 
sir,” she replied, “ when you preach I 
always get a good seat.” 
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HILLSIDE 
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More about this 
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and prices 
of these and other 
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v ADJUSTABLE 
WEEDER. 
Can be adjusted 
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No shafts to hin¬ 
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Expanded to 
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\P1 fence. Depth of cut regulated. 
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1898 Farmers 
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CONTENTS. 
The Rural New-Yorker, May 14, 1898. 
FARM TOPICS. 
Early vs. Late Spring Plowing of Corn Ground 351 
Insect Enemies of Potato Beetles.353 
What Is in the Fertilizer;?.353 
Turnips as Green Manure.353 
Subsoiling and Lime for Clay Soils.353 
A Granary of Stone.853 
Hope Farm Notes.355 
LIVE STOCK AND DAIRY. 
The Veterinary College at Cornell.349, 350 
Stock at Mountain Side Farm.350 
Good Points of Angora Goats.350, 351 
Care of Bottles for Bottled Milk.352 
How to Imjirove the Cows.352 
Will Roots Substitute for Grain?.352 
Dishorning Young Bulls.353 
Sawdust for Bedding.353 
Balanced Ration with Grass.353 
The Skim-milk Calf. 362 
Profits in Pigs.362, 363 
Strangles or Influenza in Horses.363 
Congestion of Udder Following Parturition in 
a Cow.363 
Chronic Open Sore on Horse’s Leg.363 
Navicular Disease in a Horse.363 
Hollow Tail, Wolf-in-the-Tail, or Hollow Horn 
in Cattle.363 
HORTICULTURAL. 
The Boiken Apple.350 
Preserved Fruits in Natural Colors.350 
Whitewashing Plum and Peach Trees.350 
My Strawberry Barrel.350 
A Paint for Peach Trees.350 
A Tomato Grower Talks.351 
The Sugar Cane in Florida.35t, 352 
Celery, Potatoes and Squash in Florida. ...352, 353 
“Stock Solution” of Bordeaux Mixture.353 
Nitrogen on Melons.353 
Clipping Melons.353 
What Apples for Vermont ?.355 
Failure of Clematis.359 
Heating; Bermuda Lilies; Carnations.359 
Seasonable Notes.359 
WOMAN AND THE HOME. 
From Day to Day.358 
Woman’s Work and Wages.358 
MISCELLANEOUS. 
Ruralisms.354 
Editorials.356 
Brevities.356 
Among the Marketmen.357 
The Island of Java.357 
Business Bits.357 
Markets.360 
The War. 361 
Humorous.361 
