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THE RURAL NEW-YORKER. 
June 19 , 1897 
Humorous. 
Some women think that they want a 
vote when all they want is a voter.— 
New York Press. 
“ Freddie, why did you drop the baby 
on the floor?” “Well, I heard every¬ 
body say it was a bouncing- baby, and I 
wanted to see it bounce.”— Punch. 
She : “ What is this mineral wool one 
reads so much about ? ” He : “ Mineral 
wool ? Why, that’s the wool they shear 
from hydraulic rams.”— New York Times 
“Do you know a good tonic for nerv¬ 
ous persons, Simpkins?” “No; what 
I want to find is a good tonic for people 
who have to live with them.”— Chicago 
Record. 
Doi.kr : “ Are you troubled with the 
toothache?” Moler (in agony): “Great 
Caesar ! Did you ever know a person to 
have toothache without being troubled 
with it ? "—Judy. 
Bertha : “ And you permitted him to 
kiss you ? ” Ethel: “ How was I to pre¬ 
vent it ? His face was so near mine, you 
know, that I couldn’t see what he was 
about.”— Boston Transcript. 
“George, before we were married 
you were pleased if I sat in your lap.” 
“ Yes, dearest.” “ But, now, if I do, 
you say, ‘ Gracious, Julia, you’re forever 
roosting on my lame knee.’”— Chicago 
Record. 
Sunday-School Teacher : “ So you 
forgave the bad boy that hit you ? That 
was very good Now tell me why you 
showed such a Christian spirit.” Tim¬ 
my Scrapper : “ ’Cause he was twicet 
my size.”— Credit Lost. 
The Parson: “Your neighbor looks 
like a very persistent man. He doesn’t 
look as if he would give up anything.” 
The Deacon : “ Well, I’ve been passing 
the plate for hard on 10 years, and I 
never see him give up anythin’ yet.”— 
Yonkers Statesman. 
Gladys (aged six): “ Ma, acrobats 
stand on their heads, don’t they?” 
Mother: “Yes, sometimes.” Gladys: 
“Is Mr. Jones an acrobat?” Mother: 
“ No, of course not.” Gladys: “Then 
how did the hair get worn off the top of 
his head ?”— Pick-Me-Up. 
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“ Being com¬ 
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CONTENTS. 
Rubal New-Yorker, June 19, 1897. 
FARM TOPICS. 
Gasoline or Wind for Pumping.401 
Good and Bad Field Rollers.402 
Grinding Mowing-Machine Knives.402 
Crimson Clover for Seed.402, 403 
Farm Bookkeeping. 403 
Onions Without Hand Weeding. 403 
Paints for Farm Buildings.403, 404 
Turnips as a Fall Farm Crop.404 
Cutting Hay with the Binder.404 
Wheat and Chess Again.404 
The Analysis of Soils.404 
What Crops Take from the Soil.404 
Grass on Muck Land.405 
Ashes and Bone on Clover Sod.405 
Value of Lime and Ashes.405 
Crimson Clover Seed in Canada.405 
Insects in Cow Peas; Melori Disease.405 
Fall Seeding of Grass.406 
Crimson Clover on Long Island.407 
LIVE STOCK AND DAIRY. 
Likes Western Horses.406 
Breeding the Horse..406, 407 
Notes from Hope Farm.414 
Dishorning the Dairy Bull.414, 415 
HORTICULTURAL. 
A Nursery Bottle for Strawberries.401 
Moles Willi n jure Asparagus. 405 
Tickets for Berry Pickers.405 
Calomel for Pear Blight.405 
Work of the Currant Louse.405 
“A Better Peacb than Alexander”.406 
Black-knot and Plums.406 
Small Air Sprayers WaDted. 406 
The Bubacb Strawberries... 407 
Cemetery Fence..411 
Anemone Japonica.411 
Clematis PaDiculata—Carnations.411 
Seasonable Notes.411 
Half-Sweet, Half-Sour Apples.412, 413 
WOMAN AND THK HOME. 
From Day to Day.410 
Soup and Soup-meat.410 
Summer Drinks.410 
Oil Stoves for Summer Use.410 
Water In the Farm House.4i0 
Corning Beef—Canning Corn and Peas.410 
MISCELLANEOUS. 
Ruralisms. 407 
Editorials.... ....408 
Brevities.408 
Robert Douglas.409 
Among the Marketmen.409 
Business Bits.......409 
Book Trade Notes.4U 
Markets. 
Humorous. 
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