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THE RURAL NEW-YORKER 
April 24, 1897 
Humorous. 
“ Let me see,” mused the sporting 
editor; “ what is an incubator ? ” “An 
incubator,” replied the agricultural 
editor, “ is an egg plant .”—Chicago 
Tribune. 
Lady Customer: “ Are you sure this 
is real Ceylon tea?” Well-Informed 
Young Salesman: “Certainly, madam. 
Mr. Ceylon’s name is on every package.” 
— Twinkles. 
He: “ Do you think your father would 
offer me personal violence if I were to 
ask him for you?” She: “No, but I 
think he will if you don’t pretty soon.” 
—Cleveland Leader. 
Jones: “What is the idea of giving 
the protected manufacturers a hearing 
in Washington ? Is it to see what they 
want?” Jenkins: “No; to see what 
they’ll take.”— Puck. 
“ I hear, Mrs. Derby, that your hus¬ 
band has two revolvers and a Winchester 
for any burglars who may call.” “ He 
had, but they came the other night and 
got them .”—Detroit Free Press. 
“ De man dat boasts ob his cha’ty,” 
said Uncle Eben, “makes some folks 
criticise. But he ain’ ez bad as de man 
dat ain’ got no ’seuse foh boastin’, even 
ef be wanted ter .”—Washington Star. 
Miss Summers : “ That was an awfully 
old joke your friend got off a little while 
ago. I can remember hearing it when I 
was a girl.” Mr. Winters : “ Oh, it can’t 
be as old as that! ”—Yonkers Statesman 
Mother : “ When the boy in the other 
house threw stones at you, why didn’t 
you come and tell me ?” Bobby : “ Be¬ 
cause, mamma, I can throw them back 
better than you. He’s more likely to 
get hit .”—Hartford Times. 
“So you’ve got a horseless carriage, 
eh?’’demanded the professional caller 
down. “What’s its motor? Naphtha?” 
“No.” “Electricity?” “No.” “Kero¬ 
sene ? ” “ No.” “ Well, what in thunder 
is it?” “Mules, you darned fool!”— 
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CONTENTS. 
Rural New-Yorker, April 24, 1897. 
farm topics. 
Why Do We Plow ?....273, 274 
HowTeosinte Grows.274 
Sulphur on Potato Seed.274 
Clearing New England Sprout Land.274. 275 
What Is Onion Smut ?.275 276 
How to Test Acid Soils.276 
Coal Ashes as an Absorbent.276 
Where Lime Benefits Soil.276 
Muriate and Sulphate of Potash.276 
The Culture of Beans.277 
Burning Bones for Fertilizer.277 
Uncut Ensilage.279 
Sand Vetch and Giant Spurry.281 
LIVE STOCK AND DAIRY. 
Some Failures with Incubators.276 
Cut Bone for Hogs; Scraps for Fertilizer.276 
Cow Fails to Come in Heat.286 
Poisoning or Indigestion in Cilves.286 
Wbat Ails the Pigs ?. 286 
A Barren Mare in Milk.286 
Heaves or Indigestion in Mare.286 
No Gall Bladder in Horses.286 
Retention of Afterbirth. 286, 287 
Infectious Garget in Cows.287 
What Is Gluten Meal.287 
Jerusalem Artichokes.287 
Pumpkins in Virginia.287 
HORTICULTURAL. 
Heading Off Canker worms.275 
*■ A Tree Swindle” in New York State.276 
Winter Apples for Michigan.276 
Fruit Trees Near a Pond.276, 277 
Grafting Chestnuts on Oak.277 
Plums for Rhode Island.277 
Lincoln Pear; Prices and Apples.277 
How to Grow Little Evergreens.277 
Hardy Trees and Shrubs.277 
The Cost of Spraying Grapes.277 
The Lincoln Coreless Pear. 279 
Sweet Peas.283 
A Talk about Dahlias.283 
Hydrangea Otaksa.283 
WOMAN AND THE HOME. 
From Day to Day.282 
Home Paper hanging.282 
Home-made Hard Soap.282 
MISCELLANEOUS. 
Keeping Hams in Warm Weather.277 
A Permanent Tree Label.277 
Ruralisms. •••• 278 
Editorials. 280 
Brevities. 280 
Among the Marketmen.281 
Business Bits.281 
As We Go To Press.284 
Short, Seasonable Scraps.284 
Markets.285 
Humorous.288 
