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THE RURAL NEW-YORKER 
May 25, 15»0i 
Humorous. 
That man’s a sage who knoweth how 
To rule his wife. I don’t. 
To tame her will is hard, I vow; 
It’s worse to tame her won’t. 
—Phila. Record. 
Teaoheh: ".Johnny, what do we 
hren,the?’’ .Johnny: "Air.” Teacher: 
"That’s right. Now, Tommy, of what 
is air composed?” Tommy: “Breath.”— 
Chicago News. 
Mistress: “I wouldn’t hold the baby 
so near the tiger’s cage, Nora.” Nora 
(the nurse): “There’s no risk, mum. Th’ 
tiger is a ‘maneater’ and th’ child is a 
gur-rul.”—Chicago News. 
“I WONDER why they call the hotel 
bellboy ‘Buttons?’ ” said the inquisitive 
traveler. “Probably,” replied the bache¬ 
lor, “it’s because he’s off when you need 
him most. —Philadelphia Press. 
Jed: “Chollie has just returned from 
a hunting trip. He says he shot the 
biggest bear on record.” Ned: “That 
might be so. If it hadn’t been a big one 
he would never have hit it.”—Smart Set. 
Mrs. Nkwbride (who has been bak¬ 
ing): “I wonder who first invented angel 
cake?” Mr. Newbride (who had to sam¬ 
ple the baking): “I don’t know, but I 
fancy it was one of the fallen angels.”— 
Credit Lost. 
Gotham: “I once bought one of those 
automatic pianos on the installment 
plan.” Church: “Went itself, did it?' 
Gotham: “No; the sheriff came and took 
it the second week I had it.”—Yonkers 
Statesman. 
“Now,” said the public school teacher, 
“name the Presidents in their order.’ 
“Adams, Washington—” began the 
bright little girl. “Wrong. Washing¬ 
ton was first.” “Oh, no; Mr. Adams 
must have been first, ’cause my Sunday 
school teacher told me he was the first 
man.”—Philadelphia Press. 
Wicios: “Just think of the wealth of 
that multi-millionaire! It would take 
an ordinary man two thousand five hun¬ 
dred years to earn that much—” Waggs: 
’‘Nonsense! Before he was two hundred 
years old he’d be comman.ling one thou¬ 
sand dollars a week in a dime museum! ” 
—Catholic Standard and Times. 
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“O. K.” Potato 
The O. K. Potato 
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CHICAGO 
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MCCORMICK MAKES CHICAGO A SEAPORT. 
The tlret careo of Chicago-made agricultural machinery to go by all-water route from Chicago direct to Europe was shipped by the McCormick Harvesting 
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Liverpool, England. Following the steamer “Northwestern" the “Northman ", also carrying a cargo of McCormick machines, cleared from the McCormick docks 
April 24th, bound for Hamburg, Germany. More than 144 carloads of McCormick machines were shipped on the two vessels. 
To the McCormick Harvesting Machine Co., belongs the honor of opening Chicago as a seaport, and in making the initial shipments by steamers direct from the 
great manufacturing center of the "West to European ports the McCormick Company has inaugurated a new epoch in the commercial world. Both in boldness and 
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the leadership of the McCormick Company, the largest harvesting machine manufacturers in the world. 
New and Extra 
Inducements 
to sell our celebrated Teas, 
Coffees, Spices, Extracts and 
Baking Powder. 20 and 25 
per cent to agents. Freight 
paid. For special terms ad¬ 
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P. O. Box 289. 
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ESTIMATES FURNISHED FOR 
Orange and Grape Fruit Trees. 
ADDRESS 
H. S. RANKINE, F M. PENNOCK, 
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Howto Drain Land Profitably. 
On every farm there Is probably some land 
that could be made more productive by under- 
drainage. Properly drained land can al"ways 
be -worked earlier, and more profitably. Ths 
--_ best and most 
) economical way 
_ I to drain Is ex 
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HALES 
ORCHARD 
TOOLS 
Clark's Hay Tools, 
D. A. Harrow moves 
15,000 tons earth In 
a day. These o tools 
cut a track 31 feet wide. 
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with Speed Regulator. 
For 1, 2 and 3 hi 
Horse Power 
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reshes grain, rice, flax, millet and grass seed. Fully 
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- MAKES - 
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Two S ^ 
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mo’C?' old roof, can be appiieawitnouc previous 
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'S35M 
CONTENTS. 
The Rural New-Yorker, Mat 25, 1901. 
FARM TOPICS. 
Corn-Growing in the Central West..369, 370 
Sugar from Sorghum Again.370 
A "Windmill Scarecrow.371 
Hope Farm Notes .375 
Sweet Clover .375 
The Potato Crop.377 
Government Crop and Weather Report..3/7 
r>IVE STOCK AND DAIRY. 
The Hen as a Machine. Part 1.370 
Justice for Oleo Rogues.3/7 
Pa.sture with Rape. 
'rhat Kicking Cow.382 
What Makes the Cream Bitter?.382 
Seeding Alfalfa .. 
Dairy and Farm Notes.. 
The Milk Situation. 
A Good Guernsey.382 
HORTICULTURE. 
Killing Canker Worms in California....371 
An Orchard Scheme.. 
Parasites of Tent Caterpillars. 
A Vermont Apple Crop.. 
Van Deman’s Fruit Notes...... 
Notes from the Rural Grounds.“i’ 
Melon Blight and Soda Bordeaux.3/4 
Starving or Feeding Pears. 2/4 
'I'he Strawberry Crop. 
WOMAN AND HOME.* 
iOom Day to Day. 
The Rural Patterns. 
Out-Of-DOOlts .*. nnn 
A Balsam Pillow.o-g 
Rural Recipes . 
MISCELI.ANEOUS. 
Benefits of the Centralized School.369 
Editorials .. 
Events of the Week.ggg 
Briarcllff Agricultural School. 
Market Briefs .. 
Humorous . 
