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THE RURAL NEW-YORKER. 
October 30, 1897 
Humorous. 
Willie: “Say, pa.” Pa: “Well, 
Willie.” Willie: “ What holds the 
rain up when it doesn’t rain ? ”— Chicago 
Record. 
Fond Loyee : “Mr. Qotrox, your 
daughter is the apple of my eye.” Her 
Father: “ Young man, you’d better con¬ 
sult an oculist.— New York Herald. 
“ What a beastly cold you’ve got, Sam ! 
Where did you get it ? ” “ It’s not a 
cold, it’s hay fever. 1 got it dancing 
with that grass widow the other night! ” 
— Punch. 
Minister (to elderly female crofter): 
“I’m sorry to hear your potatoes are 
very bad this year, Janet.” “ ’Deed they 
are, sir ; but I’ve reason to be thankful 
to Providence that other folks are as 
badly off as mysel’.”— Ht-Dits. 
“You get off some pretty rank things 
sometimes,” said the grocer to Bacon, 
who was holding down boxes around 
his stove. “Yes,” replied Bacon 
modestly, “ I got off that firkin of butter 
a few minutes ago.”— The Manhattan. 
Jenny: “ I heard mother say she got 
caught in the jam at the store, and she 
came home just ready to drop, and she 
couldn’t do a thing till she sat down for 
awhile.” Alex: “Huh! I got caught 
in the jam once, and I couldn’t sit down 
for a week.— World. 
Bobby’s mother had invited a few 
friends to tea, and Bobby was conse¬ 
quently instructed to be on his best be¬ 
havior. The conversation having become 
animated at the table, our young friend 
was forgotten. A few minutes after¬ 
ward his mother asked the servant for 
a clean plate. “ You can have mine, 
mamma ; there ain’t nothin’ on it,” said 
poor little Bobby — The Housewife 
A kindergarten teacher was recently 
reviewing her little class on the instruc¬ 
tion given the day previous. The follow¬ 
ing are a part of the questions and 
answers : Teacher : “ Now, children, I 
told you yesterday about the various 
materials from which your dresses are 
made—silk, wool and cotton. Let me 
see how well you remember. Margie, 
where did the material come from of 
which your dress is made ? ” Margie : 
“ It once grew upon the back of a sheep ” 
Teacher : “ Very good ; and yours, 
Blanche ? ” Blanche : “ My dress once 
grew upon the back of a sheep, and a 
part of it was spun by the silkworm ” 
Teacher : “ Correct ! And yours, Lucy? ” 
Lucy (with evident embarrassment): 
“ My dress was made out of an old one 
of mamma’s.— Union Signal. 
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CONTENTS. 
Rural Nkw-Yorkeb, October 30,1897 
FARM TOPICS. 
Keeping Hunters Off the Farm. ...708, 7f!t 
Wood Ashes or Slaked Lime.709 
A Silo of One Thickness of Boards.7( 9 
Hope Farm Notes.718, 719 
LIVE STOCK AND DAIRY. 
Separator Skim-milk for Calves. 706, 707 
Tne Fall or Winter Calf.707 
A Skimming Station for a Creamery.708 
Hand Separator for a Small Herd.709 
To Thicken Separator Cream.709 
Cattle High in Pennsylvania.711 
Plain Talk About Tuberculosis.711 
Possibly Chicken Cholera.719 
Mare Loses Her Foals.719 
A Horse with the Heaves.719 
Indigestion and Loss of Cud in a Cow.719 
HORTICULTURAL. 
Peaches in Central New York...705, 706 
Apple Growing in Egypt, Ill., Continued .7(,'6 
Horticulture for the Children..7< 8 
Strawberries Under Glass.708 
Bordeaux Mixture for Black Rot.708 
Celery or Onion Ground.709 
Best Varieties for Glass Forcing.709 
A “Fake” About Peach Grafting..709 
Apples in an Old Peach Orchard . .709 
A Neglected Apple Orchard . 709 
Whitewashing Peach Trees.711 
Rooting Strawberry Plants in Dry Weather.. 711 
ManettiRose.715 
Tuberous Begonias.715 
Seasonable Notes.715 
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Breeding Out the Tobacco Habit.714 
MISCELLANEOUS. 
Some Young Ohio Stock. 706 
Pomace Flies Hard to Kill.709 
Starting a Siphon; How it Works.709 
To Avoid Freezing of Water Pipes.709 
Ruralisms. ....710 
Destroying a Hornets’ Nest. 711 
Editoria'B. 712 
Brevities. 712 
Among the MarVetmen. 713 
Cut and Shredded.713 
Business Bits.713 
Science from the Stations.716 
Hindsight.717 
Markets. 717 
Humorous..,.... 730 
