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THE RURAL NEW-YORKER 
Jauuary 5, 1901 
Humorous. 
“If you and I and ewe and eye 
And yew and aye (dear me). 
Were all to be spelled u and 1, 
How mixed up we should be!” 
—Harvard Lampoon. 
Strangeu: “What are the principal 
objects of interest in this town?” Citi¬ 
zen: ‘‘Savings bank deposits.”—Tit-Bits. 
“WiiAT do you think of the plans for 
that gigantic corner in eggs?” “I think 
they are well laid.”—Cleveland Plain 
Dealer. 
“Paw,” asked Tommy, “what does the 
‘D.’ in John D. Rockefeller’s name stand 
for?” “1 don’t know,” said Mr. Tucker, 
“Dollars, I guess.”—Chicago Tribune. 
Young Mother (to butcher): “I have 
brought my little baby, Mr. Bullwrinkle. 
Will you kindly weigh him?” Butcher: 
“Yes, ma’am; bones an’ all, I s'pose?” 
Little Harry: “Why haven’t we ever 
had a lady President, papa?” Papa: 
“Because, Harry, a man-made law 
makes it imperative that the President 
be more than 36 years old.”—Judge. 
He: “And so she’s married! Ah, 
well! I used to have a soft spot in my 
heart for her myself.” She: “Indeed! 
Everybody else always supposed it was 
in your head.”—Chicago Times-Herald. 
"Is your son pursuing the usual stud¬ 
ies?” inquired the visitor. “Yes,” an¬ 
swered Farmer Corntossel; “he’s still 
pursuin’ ’em, an’ from what I kin hear 
without much show of ketchin’ up to 
’em.”—Washington Star. 
“What do you think of the idea of 
broadening the present course of school 
studies?” asked the facetious friend of 
the family. “I don’t care how broad 
they make ’em,” answered Tommy, “so’s 
they don’t lengthen ’em.”—Indianapolis 
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CONTENTS. 
The Rural New-Yorker, Jan. 5, 1901. 
FARM TOPICS. 
Feeding Muscle-Makers Into Plants. 
Part II. 2 
Talks About Drainage. 2 
The Farm Institutes of Wisconsin. 3 
A Steam Horse in California. 3 
Picking Potatoes by Machinery. 4 
I.ate Cabbage in Iowa. 4 
The Value of Wool Waste. 4 
Great Need of Phosphoric Acid. 4 
<!fatcli Crops in Corn. 5 
Subsoiling on New England’s Hills. 5 
Hope Farm Notes. 7 
Connecticut Farmers Meet.13 
LIVE STOCK AND DAIRY. 
A Horse Trader. 5 
A Milk War in Pennsylvania. 9 
Cheap Dairy Cows in New York State.... 9 
New York City Milk. 9 
Western and Eastern Butter.14 
Cow Leaks Her Milk.•..14 
A Cow Report.14 
Pulp and Molasses.14 
Handling “Devonshire Ci'eam”.15 
A Trouble With Cheese.15 
Butter That Grows Strong.15 
How May the Herd be Improved?.15 
Hoghouses .15 
HORTICULTURE. 
The Essentials of Peach Culture.1, 3 
Peach Trees on Black Walnut Roots. 3 
New “Cure-All” for Trees. 5 
Notes from the Rural Grounds. 6 
Fruit Notes from Montana. 6 
Ohio State Horticultural Society. Part HI. 7 
Fine Apples in Boxes. 9 
San Josd Scale. 9 
WOMAN AND HOME. 
From Day to Day. 
The Rural Patterns. 
Pioneer Experiences; Retrospection 
A Substitute for Grape Juice. 
Dressmaking as a Business. 
Rural Recipes . 
MISCELLANEOUS. 
A Domestic Science Man. 
Windmill for Electric Power. 
Road Nuisances . 
Editorials . 
Events of the Week. 
Markets .. 
Business Bits . 
Market Briefs . 
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