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THE RURAL NEW-YORKER 
January 16, 1897 
Humorous. 
“ I know now,” remarked the young 
man who was sued for breach of promise, 
“why they call it ‘courting’.” — Credit 
Lost. 
“ Why can’t you get an accident in¬ 
surance, Grumpy ? ” “ Because they say 
I’m too stiff to dodge bicycles.”— Detroit 
Free Press. 
Breathless Hunter : “ I say, boy, did 
you see a rabbit run by here ? ” Boy : 
“Yes, sir.” “How long ago?” Boy: 
“I think it’ll be three years next Christ¬ 
mas.”— American Review. 
Jones: “Heaven bless him! He 
showed confidence in me when the clouds 
were dark and threatening.” Robinson : 
“In what way?” Jone8: “He loaned 
me an umbrella.”— Puck. 
“ Pop,” said Willie, “why is it called 
a gymnasium ? ” “ Why ? Why, because 
that’s its name—ah—” “Yes, I know 
that,” said Willie, “ but why didn’t they 
call it a Tomnasium or a Bobnasium, 
eh ? ”— Harper's Round Table. 
Artie : “ Darling, you have no idea 
how anxious I was while you were com¬ 
ing down the rope ladder. I was so 
afraid you had not fastened it securely 
above.” Susie : “You needn’t have been 
alarmed, dear. Papa tied the knot for 
me.”— Detroit Free Press. 
A British sailor being a witness in a 
murder case, was called to the stand, 
and was asked by the counsel for the 
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Crown whether he was for the plaintiff 
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said the sailor, scratching his head. 
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“ You’re a pretty fellow for a witness,” 
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time of the murder: “Abaft the bin¬ 
nacle, me lord,” said the sailor. “Abaft 
the binnacle?” replied the barrister. 
“ What part of the ship is that ? ” “ Ain’t 
you a pretty feller for a counsellor,” said 
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“ not to know what abaft the binnacle 
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CONTENTS. 
Rural New-Yorker, January 16, 1897, 
FARM TOPICS. 
Potato Blight Is Contagious.34 
That Basement Barn.34 
Do Silos Waste the Corn Kernel V.35 
Oats and Peas for Fodder.36 
An Old Canadian Pasture Field.37 
Nitrate of Soda in Manure Liquor.37 
Growing Second-crop Potatoes.37 
Powdered Sulphur for Potato Scab.37 
Notes from the Rural Grounds; Potato Trials 
for 1896. (Concluded).38 
The Use of Sawdust Manure ..39 
LIVE STOCK AND DAIRY. 
Two Cows to the Acre.33, 34 
Price for Milk.35 
What Breed Is the Business Hen ?.35 
Cotton-seed Meal for Poultry.36 
Making Small Cheese at Home.36 
A Ration for Fattening Steers.36 
How Hens Are Fed at Cornell.37 
Killing Ticks on Cattle.37 
Give Cows Fresh Air.39 
The Udder of the Cow.46 
Inflammation of the Eyelids of a Horse; Sick 
Fowls.41 
Hog Cholera.41 
Acute Indigestion in Young Pigs.41 
That Connecticut Ration.46 
Where Is the “ Robber Cow ” ?.46 
Which Hogs for Rooters ?. 47 
Shall We Buy or Raise Cows ?.47 
HORTICULTURAL. 
Killing Peach Borers.35 
Electro-Horticulture.35 
Root Galls on Peach Roots.37 
What Ails the Plum Orchard ?.37 
The Hybrid Tomatoes; Pruning the Vines.37 
Apples on Pear Stocks.37 
Fertilizing Strawberries Through a Mulch.37 
What Value in Coal Ashes ?.37 
Fertilizing Arbor Vitas Hedge.37 
Crab Apple; Handling Seed Potatoes.37 
Which Is the True Longfleld?.39 
The Hudson River Fruit Growers.41 
Hybrid Wichuraiana Roses.43 
Shrubs and Their Pruning.43 
Useful Bedding Plants.43 
General Notes.43 
WOMAN AND THE HOME. 
From Day to Day.42 
Binding Books at Home.42 
MISCELLANEOUS. 
The Market Price. 34 
The Hunting Season. 34 
Those Homemade Nebraska Windmills.37 
Editorials.40 
Brevities.40 
Among the Marketmen.41 
Business Bits.....41 
As We Go To Press.44 
The Experiment Stations.44 
Farmers’ Meetings. 45 
Condensed Correspondence.45 
Markets.45 
Humorous.48 
