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THE RURAL NEW-YORKER 
August 20, 1904. 
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“I hope Rockefeller won’t give > 
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“Because I am paying all I can afifor.^, 
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school to-day?” “Well—er—there’s one 
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late Jabez Flint, the millionaire, are going 
to erect a monument to his memory.” 
“What did he ever do to deserve a.mon¬ 
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“Now then, children,” said the teacher, 
“what is it we want most in this world 
to make us perfectly happy?” “De things 
we ain’t got,” shouted the bright boy in 
the back seat.—Catholic Standard and 
Times. 
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how it was that David prevailed against 
the giant Goliath?” Pupil: “My pa says 
brute strength never is in it with the feller 
with a pocketful of rocks.”—Boston 
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CONTENTS. 
The Rural New-Yokkek, August 20, 1904. 
FARM TOPICS. 
The Business of an Ohio Farm.617 
The Hop Outlook in Otsego Co., N. Y....618 
A Bunch of Sand Vetch.618 
Value of Irrigation Water.618 
The City Man in the Country.618 
In Farming for Himself.619 
Tankage for Grass.620 
A Farm Cottage.620 
Hope Farm Notes.623 
Sulphur and Cabbage Maggots.629 
LIVE STOCK AND DAIRY. 
Artificial Heat for Poultry.619 
How to Train a Dog.621 
Handling the Colt.628 
Buying Yearling Hens.630 
Long Brooder or Colony Plan.630 
•A Stone Henhouse.630 
Buying an Abandoned Farm. Part 11....630 
The Purebred Business Hen.631 
Lambs as Breeders.631 
When to Wean Lambs.631 
Homemade Mutton .631 
HORTICULTURE. 
Notes from Central Illinois.: ..619 
Bitter Rot Fungus on Pear.620 
Chopped Dried Apples.620 
Notes from the Rural Grounds...622 
The San Jos6 Scale.625 
Indiana Fruit.625 
Long Keeping in Cold Storage.629 
Fruit Picking Sack.629 
WOMAN AND HOME. 
From Day to Day.626 
Seasonable Relishes . 626 
For the Apple Consumers’ League.626 
Everyday Accidents .621 
The Rural Patterns.627 
MISCELLANEOUS. 
Fighting the Buffalo Carpet Beetle.617 
Many Uses for Live Steam.618 
Piping Water from Small Spring.620 
The Prize Clippings.021 
Editorials .624 
Events of the Week.625 
Business Bits.625 
Improving an Icehouse.628 
Markets .628 
Market News .629 
Humorous.632 
