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THE RURAL NEW-YORKER 
February 9, 1901 
Humorous. 
She would not, though I coaxed and teased 
And begged of her my bride to be. 
She said she’d marry whom she pleased, 
Yet—goodness knows!—she pleases me. 
—Catholic Standard Times. 
Sotjlful-Eyed Girl: “Tell me, Mr. 
Savage, were you ever disappointed in 
love?” Grim Bachelor: “No; I have 
never been married.”—Smart Set. 
Friendleigii: “I’m thinking of dab¬ 
bling a little in stocks. What’s a good 
thing to put your money in?” Broker: 
“Your inside pocket.”—Albany Tele¬ 
gram. 
“Do you think, Minnie, that men are 
bald because they always wear their 
hats?” “Oh, no! They always wear 
their hats because they are bald!”—Das 
Kleine Witzblatt. 
Jane: “Why did Cousin Anne refuse 
the judge, after accepting his attentions 
all Winter?” Susan: “Oh, I suppose she 
wished to prove that even a legal light 
may be turned down.”—Smart Set. 
“Look here!” cried the victim, “you 
said that house was just a stone’s throw 
from the station.” “Well?” inquired the 
real estate agent. “Well, the distance is 
half a mile at least.” “Is that all? Time 
and again I've seen a blast in a quarry 
that would throw stones upward of a 
mile.”—Philadelphia Press. 
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CONTENTS. 
The Rural New-Yorker, Feb. 9, 1901. 
FARM TOPICS. 
Farm Life in a Cold Country.82 
Where Subsoiling is Beneficial.83 
Grass Seed and Nurse Crops.83 
Home Mixture of Fertilizers; Charcoal..84 
Soiling Crops vs. Old Pasture......84 
Ten Good Agricultural Books.84 
Clearing Land and Burning Brush.84 
A Word About Cow Peas.86 
Hope Farm Notes.87 
A Farm Beneath the Snow.87 
LIVE STOCK AND DAIRY. 
Easy Driving for a Horse.85 
Feed for Brood Sow in Winter.89 
A Lively Dairy Meeting. Part II.89 
A “Cow Report” Explained.89 
Horse Talk by an Old Timer.90 
Some Notes on Stock Fodder.90 
Hen Partners that Pay.91 
The Guinea Fowl.91 
“The Polar Creamery”.92 
Prize Butter in New York.92 
Butter Left in Cream.92 
Ripening Separator Cream.92 
Influenza or Acclimation in Horses.93 
Horse Out of Condition.93 
Small Orifice in Heifer’s Teat.93 
Contracted Tender Feet on Horse.93 
Feeding Molasses to Stock.93 
Hand-Raised Pigs .93 
New York Poultry Show.99 
HORTICULTURE. 
Essential Principles of Plant Growing....81 
Statistics of an Apple Orchard.82 
Chestnut Farming in Pennsylvania.82 
The Esopus Spltzenburg Apple.83 
Tobacco and Lime for the Scale.84 
Fighting the Asparagus Rust.84 
Dandelions for Greens.84 
Air Tank for Bordeaux Mixture.84 
Small Fruits for a Windy Country.85 
Notes from the Rural Grounds.88 
Native Plums in Wisconsin. Part 1.88 
Western N. Y. Horticultural Society. 
Part II.95 
WOMAN AND HOME. 
Prom Day to Day.96 
The Rural Patterns.96 
Mrs. Fry’s Rules of Living.96 
Housekeeping on a Businesslike Basis...97 
A Small Patriot’s Idea.97 
A Salmagundi Party.97 
MISCELLANEOUS. 
The Art of Using a Buck Saw 
Facts About Porto Rico. 
Catarrh and Chilblain “Cures” 
Editorials . 
Events of the Week. 
Markets .- 
Business Bits . 
Market Briefs . 
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