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THE RURAL NEW-YORKER 
February 13, 1897 
Humorous. 
Her mother named-her “Mary”, that good old- 
fashioned name. 
And all through school she wore it, contented 
with the same. 
But when she'd graduated and left the school 
behind, 
She dropped the “r” and “May” became— 
’twas so much more refined! 
She’s married now, and off the hands of her 
enduring pa; 
Still more her name has been reduced—her 
youngest calls her “ Ma”. — Twinkles. 
“ Do you mean to say, Chumley, that 
you spend less money since you were 
married than you did before ? ” “ That’s 
what it amounts to. I have much less 
to spend .”—Detroit Free Press. 
The Teacher : “ Now, children, what 
does v-a-s-e-l-i-n-e spell ? Doesn’t any¬ 
body know ? Why, what does your 
mamma put on her nose when she 
has a cold?” The class (in chorus): 
“ Face powder, Ma’am ! ”— Cleveland 
Plain Dealer. 
“Papa, don’t fishes have legs?” 
“They do not,” answered papa. “Why 
don’t they, papa ? ” “ Because fishes 
swim and don’t require legs.” The small 
boy was silent for a few minutes and 
papa forgot about his questions. Then 
he said : “ Papa, ducks have legs, don’t 
they ? ” “ Yes.” “ Then why don’t fishes 
have legs if ducks do ? Or why don’t 
ducks not have legs if fishes don’t?” 
Papa gave it up.— Pearson's Weekly. 
A Sunday-school superintendent at 
the close of an address on the creation, 
which he was sure he had kept within 
the comprehension of the least intel¬ 
ligent of the scholars, smilingly invited 
questions. A tiny boy, with a white 
eager face and large brow at once held 
up his hand. “Please, sir, why was 
Adam never a baby ? ” The superin¬ 
tendent coughed in some doubt as to 
what answer to give, but a little girl 
of nine, the eldest of several brothers 
and sisters, came promptly to his aid. 
“Please, sir,” she said, smartly, “there 
was nobody to nuss him ! ”— Tit-Bits. 
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CONTENTS. 
Rural Nkw-Yobkeb, February 13, 1897. 
FARM TOPICS. 
Rock, Potash, and Crimson Clover. 97 
Cutting Fodder by Hand. 98 
Corn, Oats, Barley and Peas Thrashed To¬ 
gether. 99 
Manure, Ashes and Dry Bones.100 
Potatoes on Illinois Bottom Land.100 
Mangels for Stock Feeding.101 
Give Crimson Clover the Whole Ground. 101 
Early Blight of Potatoes...102 
The Cost of a Pickle Crop.103 
Growing Cucumber Pickles.103 
LIVE STOCK AND DAIRY. 
Six Good Butter Cows. 99 
Ground Food in Pig’s Lungs. 99 
Too Much Grain for a Heifer. 99 
Skin Eruption on a Horse. 99 
What Ails the Calves ?. 99 
Fattening Steers and Idle Horses. 100 
Pasture for 25 Hogs.102 
Nutmeg State Dairymen. 108 
What Food for the Cow.110 
Death of Horses from Impaction of the Large 
Intestine. 110 
Horse or Mare ?.Ill 
That Egg-sucking Dog.Ill 
HORTICULTURAL. 
A Defect of the King Apple Tree. 99 
What Treatment for Strawberry Rust ?. 99 
Quince, Pears and Blackberries.100 
Peaches With “Wilted Black Sides”. 100 
Grafting Crabs on Apple Stocks. 101 
To Fertilize Wild Goose Plum. 101 
Planting an Arbor Vitaj.101 
Asparagus and Strawberries; An Early 
Potato.101 
Plums and Pears for Central Ohio.101 
Hedge Plants; Grafting the Mulberry. 101 
Western N. Y. Horticultural Society.105 
Rose for Cemetery Use.107 
Cyclamens for Amateurs.107 
Novelties in Violets. 107 
WOMAN AND THE HOME. 
Trimmer for Use in Binding. 106 
From the Kitchen Window. 106 
A Little Daughter of Eve. 106 
A Useful Hint. 106 
Children’s Waists. 106 
MISCELLANEOUS. 
The Portable Fence. 98 
What Fish for the Pond ?.100 
A Water-tight Reservoir.100 
Tee in Indiana. 103 
How to Build an Ice-House.103 
Editorials. 104 
Brevities. 104 
Among the Marketmen.108 
Markets. 109 
Humorous.112 
