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THE RURAL NEW-YORKER 
July 24, 1897 
Humorous. 
There was a young maid in Dubuque 
Who ate an assortment of cuque- 
Umbers and cream, 
And now, it would seem, 
She is gore beyond praise or rebuque. 
—Indianapolis Journal. 
Kindly Visitob (noticing the empty 
cage): “Did your canary die a natural 
death?” Little Reginald (promptly): 
‘ • Yes ; the cat ate him.”— Odds and Ends. 
Farmer Honk : “ You are from Boston, 
ain’t ye?” Summer Boarder: “Yes, 
sir.” Farmer Honk: “Wa’al, now, do 
you live right in the Hub or out in one 
of the hubbubs ? ”— Puck. 
“ No,” he said, “it is impossible to 
take something from nothing.” “ I don’t 
know about that,” she replied, as she 
picked a long brown hair from his coat 
collar.— Cleveland Leader. 
She : “ Is the bicycle taking the place 
of the horse in Paris?” He: “No, in¬ 
deed ! there isn’t any old bicycle that 
was ever made that was good enough to 
eat. ’’— Yonkers Statesman. 
Mbs. Mulcahy : “ And so your cow is 
sick?” Mrs. Burke: “She is, and it 
makes it hard for mesilf and the chil¬ 
dren, we have no milk at all ; I have to 
sell it.”— Boston Transcript. 
“ I guess there’s something the matter 
with our rubber tree,” observed the 
small boy. “I’ve been watching it for 
a year or two now, and it hasn’t sprouted 
any overshoes yet.”— Harper's Bazar. 
Mrs. Mann (meeting her former serv¬ 
ant) : “ Ah, Mary, I suppose you are get¬ 
ting better wages at your new place?” 
Mary: “No, ma’am; I’m working for 
nothing now ; I’m married.”— Flmjende 
Blaetter. 
Fair Customer: “Is this Western 
beef?” Eastern Butcher (proudly): 
“ No, Madam ; we don’t deal in illman- 
nered steers from the rowdy West. This 
beef, Madam, is from a highly cultivated 
and very refined cow, formerly of Bos¬ 
ton — New York Weekly. 
He Liked the Family. —“Dick pro¬ 
posed to me last night.” “ What did you 
tell him?” “I said he had better ask 
mamma, and what do you think the 
wretch said?” “Goodness knows!” 
“ He said he had asked her already, and 
she wouldn’t have him.”— Boston Beacon 
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FRUIT EVAPORATOR 
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Cir 
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“TUP TRAMfFU For family use. 
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we get the cream 
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and more of it. The 
boys of io and 12 can 
turn it. 
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June 19, 1897. 
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Pay less than $(X)—you have 
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CHARTER GAS ENGINE CO.. Box26, Sterling, Ill. 
RIFE HYDRAULIC ENGINE. 
Yon can get a constant stream of water 
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A GOOD WELT 
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They will drill to a depth, through any 
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Price, $2.50 per set. Send for Circular. 
F. RICHARDS, FREEPORT, N. Y. 
On wheat fields prepared by the new 
WHEAT CUTAWAY, the crop In¬ 
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acre. Send for new Descriptive Circu¬ 
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ST. JOHNSVILLE AGRICULTURAL WORKS, 
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SAMPLES THREE SIZES, FOR FIVE CENTS 
Testimonials of Agents who have sold the 
Holdfast Corn Binder. 
“Finest thing for holding corn shocks that I have ever seen. The best 
seller. Sold 200 to a farmer, he liked them so well ordered 800 more. 
Sold from 100 to 1000 to almost every farmer to whom I showed them. 
Expect to sell more this fall.” J. W. Gilbert, Hillsdale, N. Y. 
“Had good luck with them for the hard times and no money. Those 
sold to are more than pleased with them. Want more this fall.” 
He bought 6,000 in 1896. C. E. Livermore. 
“Best things for the purpose I ever used or sold. Used 4,000 my¬ 
self last season. Sold ten thousand in a very few hours to my 
neighbors.” C. H. Taylor, Round Hill, Conn. 
“Holdfast Corn Binders arejust what their name implies, 
they do hold fast. I sold 4,750 lastyear.” 
Lewis Roy, Stillwater, N. J. 
- . i- -tr— Theron Lawrence, Denver, N.Y’. says:—“Have 
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in Stnmng based on their actual merits. Have sold 
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IOr Samples, and have never heard one XI E CO,, 
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to Send Them. 
single complaint. 
Box 72, 
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CONTENTS. 
Rural New-Yorker, July 24, 1897. 
FARM TOPICS. 
Chemicals, Clover and Cows.481, 482 
A Barn Without Timbers and Posts.482 
Crimson Clover Experience.483 
Wheat Growing in France.483 
Timber Lands Turned to Grass.484 
Chemicals for a Wheat Crop.484 
Thorough Cultivation and Potato Bugs.485 
Alfalfa in New York State.4«5 
Bugs and Blight on Potatoes.486 
Quack Grass in Nebraska.486 
Manure Shed for a Bank Barn.486 
Cow Peas, Winter Oats, Crimson Clover.486 
Hope Farm Notes...494 
LIVE STOCK AND DAIRY. 
Horse Shoe Farm Notes.483 
Suggestions Regarding Cream Ripening. .483, 484 
Butter Making in Hot Climate.485 
A Cow That Drank Bordeaux Mixture.489,494, 495 
Abortion in Cows.495 
Poultry Keeping in California.495 
HORTICULTURAL. 
The Plum Can Stand Wet Feet.482 
The Cottony Maple Scale.485 
A New Blight on Plums.485 
“ Gold Bugs ” on Sweet Potatoes.485 
Plums on the Sand.486 
Horticulture for the Children.489 
Fragrant Roses.491 
Osage Orange Hedge.491 
Roses for Winter Blooming.491 
Early Phloxes.491 
Roses for Massachusetts.491 
A Book About House Plants.491 
Protecting Fig Bushes.491 
Seasonable Notes.491 
WOMAN AND THE HOME. 
From Day to Day.490 
A Sure Riddance for Files.490 
A Cooperative Mending Day.490 
Labor-Saving in Summer.490 
Borax for Housecleaning.490 
MISCELLANEOUS. 
Mysterious Barn Fires.483 
How to Build a Root Cellar.485 
Government Reports and Cutworms.486 
Making or Buying Poultry Netting.486, 487 
Wind Power Cheapest. .487 
Ruralisms.487 
Editorials...488 
Brevities.488 
Among the Marketmen.489 
Business Bits.489 
As We Go To Press.492 
Seasonable Scraps.492 
Markets...493 
Humorous...,....... 496 
