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CONTENTS. 
Rural New-Yorker, October 11, 1890. 
LIVE STOCK AND DAIRY 
Home of the Short-horn. 679 
Breeding Chester White Hogs. 680 
Thoroughpin or Puffs about Hock of Colt. tSS 
Ailing Cattle. 683 
Veterinary Surgery for Bone Spavins. 683 
Hereford Blood Tells. 684 
Some Virginia Cattle. 68-i 
startling Figures on Chicks.692 
The Best Mothers. 692 
Numerous Poultry Notes . 692 
Poultry Vermin Exterminator. 692 
FARM TOPICS. 
Talks with Farmers. 682 
Rice Bran and Meal.68S 
About Mulching Potatoes. 683 
Keeping Seed Potatoes. 6«8 
Inserts on Cabbages. f 88 
Joining Wood and stone in Silo. B s 4 
More Light on Fertilizers ... 684 
The Edwardsville Potato Association. 6S7 
Barn-Door Experience... 687 
HORTICULTURAL. 
Cross-Fertilization of the Trumpet Flower. 680 
Montreal Melon Culture. 680 
Flower Garden Notes. 682 
Notes on a Maryland Orchard... 682 
Bangor Blackberry: Grapes for Vineyard. 683 
Planting Grape and Currant Cuttings. 683 
What isBuhaeh?. 683 
Dusting Trees t>». Spraying. 683 
Setting Raspberries and Strawberries. 683 
Baistng Rose Getanums. 683 
Showing Melons with Vegetables. 688 
The Idaho Pear. 683 
Growing Onions In a Hot-Bed. 683 
Grape Mildew and the Rot and the Remedy.6*4 
Grapes on Line Fences. 684 
WOMAN’S WORK. 
Fruits of the Season. 688 
Fashion Pointers. 689 
Bits of Lore. 68$ 
Inconveniences for Women. 689 
Misappropriation. 689 
More About Green Tffmatoes. 689 
Notes at Random. 6S9 
We Want to Know..-. 689 
Lemon Snaps. 689 
Drop Cakes.689 
Paste that will Keep and Stick. 689 
Cucumber Catsup. 6S9 
Washing Windows and Lamp Chimneys.689 
MISCELLANEOUS. 
If I Could Be Young Again. 680 
Ohio Farmers on Politics. 681 
Listener’s Notes. 6-1 
Making Root Beer. 683 
Milk ts. Meat • 684 
Farmers’All lance hi New York State. 684 
Cold-Country Tree Agents .6*4 
Water-Melons and the Trust, So Called.684 
Does Wealth Indicate Dishonesty. 684 
Abnormal Growth of Corn Plant.685 
What Others Say. 683 
The New Webster's Dictionary. 687 
I mplement Notes. 687 
The Pie Hunter’s Profit. 688 
Should the Government Own the Telegraphs and 
Railroads. *93 
The Ohio State Fair. 695 
The N. Y. State Fair. 695 
Editorial. 686 
Bhkvitios. 686 
Publisher's Desk . 69t> 
Crop and Market Notes .. .... 691 
Markups.691 
Almanac — . 692 
Agricultural News .eW 
Domestic News. 694 
Humorous. *9*> 
Prkmium List . 69i-i0« 
