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THE RURAL NEW-YORKER 
August 13, 1001. 
HUMOROUS 
Mary sat upon a pin, 
But showed no perturbation; 
For some of her was genuine, 
But most was imitation. 
—Sphinx. 
Book Agent: “Now, sir, can I sell you 
an encyclopedia?” Old John: “Noa, I 
doan’t think so. I’m gettin’ tew old to ride 
one.”—Punch. 
“He’s built in an awfully peculiar way, 
isn't he?” “Yes; the only thing he can 
buy ready made is an umbrella.”—Mel¬ 
bourne Leader. 
Mabel: “Mamma says our consciences 
should tell us when we are naughty.” Kit- 
tie: “Yeth,-but I don’t lithen to gossip!” 
Harper’s Bazar. 
Architect: “Have you any suggestions 
for the study, Mr. Quickrich?” Mr. Quick- 
rich : “Only that it must be brown. Great 
thinkers, I understand, are generally found 
in a brown study.”—Credit Lost. 
“Is there anything vou don’t need that I 
might take?” asked the slovenly old junk 
man, watching Subbubs packing his goods 
on the moving van. “Yes,” snapped Sub¬ 
bubs, “a bath.”—Philadelphia Ledger. 
“Say, pa,” queried little Johnny Bum- 
pernickle,“ are you a self-made man?” 
“Yes, my boy, and I’m proud of it,” re¬ 
plied the old man.” “But, pa,” continued 
the inquisitive youngster, "why didn’t you 
use a looking glass?”—Cincinnati En¬ 
quirer. 
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Live Stock Exhibit 
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Dairy Exhibit 
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CONTENTS. 
The Rural New-Yorker, August 13, 1904. 
FARM TOPICS. 
Asparagus Culture in New Jersey.602 
Inoculation for Field Peas.602 
The Experience of a Woman Farmer.603 
Owner and Farm Manager.603 
Curing Alfalfa .603 
Various Fertilizer Questions.604 
Fruit and Vegelable Storehouse.605 
Utilizing Stable Manure.606 
Hope Farm Notes.607 
Some Actual Results.612 
Potato Growing in Switzerland.613 
LIVE STOCK AND DAIRY. 
Sheeping the Orchard.601 
A Steamboat as a Batter Factory.602 
Buying an Abandoned Farm.614 
Cleaning Eggs . 614 
Cow for New York.614 
Autos and Horses.614 
One Way of Making Egg-Eating liens....615 
Sunflower Seeds to Hurry Moulting.615 
A Creamery Agent’s Yarn.615 
Pumps for Watering Stock...615 
How to Mark Pullets.615 
Smoking Meat ...615 
Lambs for Profit.615 
HORTICULTURE. 
How to Make Dry Bordeaux Mixture.... 602 
The Renewal of Old Strawberry Beds... .604 
Nitrate of Soda for Garden Crops.604 
Making Over an Old Strawberry Bed.605 
Notes from the Rural Grounds.606 
Origin of Crimson Rambler.606 
Rose Notes .613 
WOMAN AND HOME. 
From Day to Day.610 
Something About Pears.610 
The Woman’s Work.610 
The Rural Patterns.611 
Four Plum Recipes.611 
Good Things from Tomatoes.611 
Pickled Crab Apples.(ill 
Mending crockery .611 
MISCELLANEOUS. 
Warm Air in Cellars.602 
Liability of Note Indorsers.605 
Right of Way Across Field.605 
A Patented j. ence Post.605 
Water Supply With Direct Pressure.606 
Paint for Metal Roofs.606 
Editorials .608 
Events of Ine Week.608 
Business Bits .608 
Markets .612 
Market News . 612 
The Prize Clippings.613 
