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THE RURAL NEW-YORKER 
May 1, 1897 
Humorous 
The 
Improved U.S. Separator’s 
A toung man can’t be sure that a girl 
is economical, just because she makes 
one chair do for two.— Twinkles. 
“Mary, I hope you took good care of 
my pets while we have been at Mar¬ 
gate ? ” “ Indeed I did, mum ; only once 
I forgot to feed the cat ? ” “ I hope she 
didn’t suffer.” “Oh, no, mum; she ate 
the canary and parrot.”— Tit-Bits. 
Mamma: “Why did you strike little 
Ethel, you naughty boy, you ? ” Dick : 
“ Well, what did she want to cheat for, 
then ?” Mamma : “How did she cheat?” 
Dick : “ Why, we was playing at Adam 
and Eve, and she had the apple to tempt 
me with—and she never tempted me— 
but went and ate it all up herself ! ”— 
Roseleaf. 
“ Mandy”, said Farmer Corntassel, as 
he set down a bucket of spring water 
and leaned against the doorpost, “’ain’t 
the Goddess of Liberty a female ? ” 
“Course.” “Ain’t Queen Victoria a 
lady?” “Certainly.” “Ain’t all our 
warships called ‘ she ’ ? ” “ Invariably.” 
“ Ain’t the stattoo of Freedom in the 
feminine gender?” “It is.” “Well, 
what do you ’mancipated women want, 
anyhow—the earth ? ”—Credit Lost 
She walked haughtily, yet flutter- 
ingly, into the voting place to cast her 
first ballot. “ I want to vote,” she said 
to one of the judges. “ Very well; you 
will find the tickets right there. How 
old are you?” “None of your busi¬ 
ness,” she retorted. “ I beg your pardon, 
madam, but it is.” “ Do you have to 
know?” “Yes, madam.” “ Do I have 
to vote?” “No, madam.” “ Then good 
morniDg,” and she flounced out .—Detroit 
Free Press. 
Unci.k Reuben was visiting the me¬ 
tropolis for the first time. “ What do 
you think of New York?” asked his 
city nephew. “ Waal,” replied the old 
man, “ it’s a mighty big place, but it 
don’t seem sitified. I haiu’t seen a tele¬ 
graph pole in the hull town.” “ The 
wires are underground.” “Under¬ 
ground?” “Yes—in conduits.” “Con¬ 
duits ? What’s them ? ” “Subterranean 
passages.” Uncle Reuben was thought¬ 
ful. “ Waal,” said he, “ they must be 
powerful deep to take in them tall 
poles .”—New York World 
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Records at Dairy Schools, 1897. | 
Ohio. Skim-Milk Test. 
Jan. 15 . 0.02 
Feb. 2. 0.00 
“ 15. 0.02 
14 tests under. ... 0.05 
Cornell. 
In 25 tests, Jan. 7 
to March 15 . 
8 showed only. . .Trace 
11 showed only 
0.03 to 0.05 
0.04 
0.03 
0.02 
0.03 
Maine. Skim-Milk Test 
Feb. 2. 0.03 
“ 9 . 
Wisconsin. 
Jan. 4. 
“ 5 . 
“ 21. 
New Hampshire. 
Feb. 18 . 0.01 
“ 19 . 0.04 
flassachusetts. 
Feb. io. 0.01 
“ 12. 0.03 
Illinois. 
March 12 . 0.01 
“ is.0.005 
Vermont. 
Jan. is.. 
“ 28 .. 
:* 29.. 
30.. 
0.01 
0.02 
0.03 
0.04 
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CONTENTS. 
Rubai. New-Yorker, May 1, 1897. 
FARM TOPICS. 
Grain Hay in Oregon.290 
Wby Do We Plow ?.292 
Crimson Clover for Hay.292 
“ Fungiroid ” and Paris-green for Potatoes... 292 
Suggestions About Potato Blight.292 
Weeder and Cultivator.293 
Wood Ashes and Ground Bone.293 
Lime and Salt for Oat Smut.293 
Big Ears of Sweet Corn.295 
Notes on Grass Seeding.297 
LIVE STOCK AND DAIRY. 
Sorghum for Sheep Pasture.291 
Raising Rabbits for Market. .. . 293 
Why Twin Lambs Come Dead.302 
Death of Cow from Foreign Body Puncturing 
Stomach.302 
To Breed Early Lambs.302 
Antenna or Anasarca in Sheep.302 
Sunstroke in a Horse.302 
Milking Heifers Before First Calving,.302 
Diarrhea in Sheep.302, 303 
Sheep and Cow Out of Condition.303 
Some Cross-bred Poultry.303 
Middlings and Bran for Pigs.303 
HORTICULTURAL. 
Evergreens for a Windbreak in Ohio .289, 290 
Raising Plums for the Home.290 
Plum Nonsense.290 
Pruning from the Wagon.290 
Sowing Oats Among Strawberries.291 
The Fanny Apple.292 
Cauliflower. Egg Plant and Hubbard Squashes 292 
Trees to Protect Banks of Creeks.292 
The Tree Hydrangea; Weeping Cherry.292 
Black Walnut Near Fruit Trees.292 
Best Trees for Windbreaks.295 
A Simple Fountain.299 
Single Tuberous Begonia.299 
Care of Lemon Trees.299 
Cemetery Planting.299 
Border for Canna Bed.299 
Seasonable Notes.299 
Fruit Notes from Beaver County, Pa.301 
WOMAN AND THE HOME. 
From Day to Day.298 
Potatoes in Variety.298 
Easily Made Kitchen Cabinet.298 
MISCELLANEOUS. 
A Movable Berry Shanty.290 
Green Scum in Watering Troughs.291 
Life Habits of Twig Borers.293 
Boring Stumps to Death.293 
“Hot” and ••Cold” Lightning.293 
Lime Paint for Outbuildings ..293 
How to Use Dynamite.293 
Ruralisms.294 
“Jadoo Fiber”.295 
A Cheap Oil-cloth.295 
Editorials. 296 
Brevities.296 
Among the Marketmen. 297 
Business Bits.297 
As We Go To Press.300 
Short, Seasonable Scraps.300 
Markets.301 
Humorous. 304 
