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THE RURAL NEW-YORKER 
March 14, 1896 
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CONTENTS. 
Rural New-Yobkeb, March 14, 1896. 
FARM TOPICS. 
A Homemade Fertilizer Mixer.175 
Steel Tracks for Country Roads.175, 176 
Crimson Clover and Ensilage in Massachusetts 176 
The Making of a Smoothing Harrow.176 
An Examination of Two Fertilizer Analyses.. G 
Saltpeter, Bone Black and Bone Clippings.... 177 
Gasoline Engine for Pumping. 177 
What Money Crops for Maryland ?..177, 178 
Grasses for Spring Seeding. 178 
Value of Fish Pomace. 179 
English Rye Grass for Pasture.179 
Some New Fodder Plants. 180 
The Use of Plaster in Manure. 180 
A Batch of Connecticut Notes. 183 
The “ Knack ” in Farming.190 
Hints on Road Making.190, 191 
LIVE STOCK AND DAIRY. 
A “ Balanced Ration ” Without Clover.177 
“Fenugreek’’ aud Its Use for Horses.177 
Starting a Dairy Farm in North Carolina.177 
Where Does a Cow Keep Her Milk ?.183 
Killing Filled Cheese.183 
Feeding a Hen. Part X. 188 
Two Meals a Day.188 
Two Horse Notes. 188 
Fire in a Poultryhouse.188 
Food for Calves.189 
Why Stop with Oue Cross ?.189 
Barley Hay; Worms.189 
Feeding Corn to the Best Ad vantage.189 
HORTICULTURAL. 
The Winter Window Garden.173 
Root Pruning.173 
Preparing the Soil for Peaches.174 
The Columbian Raspberry at Home.174 
The Parker Earle Strawberry. 174 
New Ideas in Currant Culture.174, 175 
To Cure Knotty Apples. 178 
Something About German Prunes. 178 
A Talk About Strawberries. 179 
A Talk About Raspberries. 179 
Winter Pears and Strawberries. 180 
Winesap and York Imperial Apples.190 
One-Year-Old Trees. 191 
Another apology to KeilTer Pear. 191 
WOMAN AND THE HOME. 
Editorials.184 
Comfort in the Kitchen. 184 
Shall She Propose?. 184 
What One Woman Did. 184 
The Handy Man.184, 185 
For the Babies’ Good.185 
Leap Year Privilege. . . 185 
Freshening a Straw Hat..185 
Sense and Sentiment. 185 
MISCELLANEOUS 
The Deaf Hear. 176 
Electricity from Windmill Power.; 176 
Ruralisms...:.181 
Editorials .182 
Brevities. 182 
Business Bits .183 
As We Go to Press. 186 
Markets.187 
Crop and Market Notes.187 
