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THE RURAL NEW-YORKER. 
November 6, 1897 
Humorous. 
Small Dorothy'had just been stuDg 
by a wasp. “ I wouldn’t ’a’ minded itt 
walking all over my hand,” she said, 
between her sobs, “ if—if it hadn’t sat 
down so hard.”— Credit Lost. 
Mrs. Womanrites: “The contest for 
President of our club is becoming ex¬ 
citing, but I think we will manage to 
seat Miss Strongmind.” Mr. Woman- 
rites : “You might better employ your 
time in seating Johnny's/trousers.— Tid- 
Bits. 
The reason they make so much fuss 
over my birthday,” explained Kitty to 
the young man in the parlor who was 
waiting for somebody else, “ is that I’ve 
only had six. Sister’s had 32, and she’s 
so used to ’em she don’t even mention 
’em. How many birthdays have you. had, 
Mr. Spoonamore ? ”— Chicago Tribune. 
The following is going the rounds of 
the press: “The country editor is a 
reliable encyclopedia. A subscriber 
sent him this query recently: ‘ What 
ails my hens ? Every morning I find 
one or more of them keeled over to rise 
no more.’ The reply was : ‘ The fowls 
are dead. It is an old complaint, and 
nothing can be done except to bury 
them. ”— Lockhart, Minn , Phonograph. 
Peter Slowboy was working for old 
farmer Jones, and one morning he came 
rather late to work. The old man said 
nothing, but during the day Pete said 
to him. “ Well now, Mr. Jones, I want 
you to let me off in pretty good season 
to-night, for you know I was a little late 
this morning, and I don’t want to be 
late at both ends of the day.”— The 
Manhattan. 
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farm TOPICS. 
Value of the Cow Pea.722 
An English Bar hyard.722 
Potatoes Planted Too Late.723 
Some Notes from Canada.723 
A Low-Grade Fertilizer.725 
A Chapter on Wireworms. 725 
LIVE STOCK AND DAIRY. 
The Outlook for Sheep.722 
Some Light on the Light Brahma.722 . 723 
Grain Food for the Horse.724 
The Fall Calf.727 
Feeding the Work Horse.727 
Precocious Pullet and Vineless Sweet Potato.. 727 
Bacteria and Their Relation to the Care of 
Milk and Cream. Part I. 734 
Poultry Notes in Florida.734 
Another Precocious Pullet.735 
The Making of Buff Leghorns.735 
Stocking of a Horse’s Legs.735 
Red Polled Cattle.735 
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Apple Growing in Egypt, Ill., Concluded .. .721, 722 
Celery Growing in New Mexico.723 
Pecans in Central Illinois.724 
How Blight and Rot Spread.724 , 725 
Soils for Hothouse Vegetables.725 
Ivy on a Damp House— ..725 
How to Force Asparagus.725 
Some New Varieties of Fruit.727 
Laying Down Berry Plants.727 
The Seed of the Pineapple.731 
Roses from Seed. 731 
Palms for the House.731 
Seasonable Notes......731 
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Women as Barbers.730 
Teaching the Children at Home.730 
Every Day Wisdom.730 
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How Artificial Ice is Made.721 
Artificial Culture of Fish.724 
Ruralisms.726 
Need of Cooperation.727 
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Cut and Shredded.729 
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