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THE RURAL NEW-YORKER 
May 23, 1896 
Humorous. 
One morning in tbe garden bed, 
Tbe onion and the carrot said 
Unto tbe parsley group; 
“ Ob, when shall we three meet again, 
In thunder, lightning, hail or rain ? ” 
“Alas! ” replied in tones of pain, 
The parsley, “In the soup!” 
—Drake's Magazine. 
“Do editors ever do wrong?” “No.” 
“ What do they do ? ” “ They do write.” 
—School and Home. 
“ That’s what I get for my pains,” 
sobbed the small boy, as he swallowed a 
dose of castor oil.— Babyhood. 
Young Pullet ; “ What’s the correct 
way to sit on a nest ? ” Old Hen : 
“ Hatchway.”— Philadelphia Record. 
Mb. Fussy : “ I don’t see why you wear 
those ridiculous big sleeves, when you 
have nothing to fill them.” Mrs. Fussy: 
“Do you fill your silk hat?”— Harper’s 
Bazar. 
A whiter thinks that if the way of spell¬ 
ing tho is “though,” and ate “eight,” 
and bo ‘ beau,” the proper way of spell¬ 
ing potatoes is “ poughteighteaux.”— 
Modes and Fabrics. 
Adam had slept too long. He felt sure 
of it as he stretched himself, yawned and 
rose, with a heavy sensation in his head 
and a lightness round his stomach, to 
take a turn about the garden. But sud¬ 
denly he doubted whether he was yet 
awake. There in front of him was an 
animal he had never seen before. He 
thought it was an animal. But it was 
strangely like himself, yet strangely dif¬ 
ferent. His surprise increased. For 
some moments he was speechless. Then : 
“What are you ?” he gasped. The un¬ 
usual creature smiled. She picked a 
loose hair off one of his shoulders, com¬ 
pared it with his wild, unkempt locks 
and smiled again. “ I am the New 
Woman,” she said.— Life. 
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CONTENTS. 
Rural New-Yorker. May 23, 1896 
FARM TOPICS. 
Homemade Swill Truck. 350 
A Chance for an Argument.351 
A Case of Busted Wheat.352 
To Build a Small Sdo.353 
How io Raise La-ge Potatoes.333 
Hulled Oats for S-ed, E c.353 
Crimson Clover Reports.354, 355 
LIVE STOCK AND DAIRY. 
Summer Forage for Sheep.349 
The Butteruiaker’s Share.350 
Two Drinking Vessels. 35) 
The Food for Ducks.350, 351 
The Cause Ot Snlt-Snelled Eggs.351 
To Drive Flies Out of Stables.352 
Ail’ng Atmnals.352, 3 3 
Whv Scald or Dilute Mi'k ?. 353 
Feeding a Hen. Part XVII.362, 363 
Curing Tuberculosis.363 
Skim-tndk Calves.363 
Raw Potatoes for Cows.363 
HORTICULTURAL. 
Strawberry and Cabbage Partners.351 
Vines for Garden and Lawn.352 
Printer’s Ink on Trees.352 
Tbe Ovster-Shell Bark Louse. 352 
What Will Kill Root Lice?.352 
Use of Bordeaux Mixture on Apoles.352 
Curculios and Rose Beetles Dislike Neighbors. 353 
Cause and Cure for Sun Scald.353 
Rust 'n t"e Blackberry.353 
The Hardiness of Japan Plums.357 
Destroy-ng the Codling Moth Without Spr; y- 
ing. 357 
WOMAN AND THE HOME. 
Here and There.358 
Editorial* . 358 
Our Neighbors.358 
From Country to City.358 
Printed Paten work.359 
Patterns lor R N.-Y T . Readers....’..359 
To Make Pot Cheese. 359 
Is It Anv Disgrace?.359 
A Good Soup.359 
Jealousy iu Children.359 
For the Diuiug Table.359 
MISCELLANEOUS. 
On What Do 17-Vear Cicadas Live ?. 351 
Fruit Stolen iu Transit.353 
Ruralisms. 355 
Editorials. 356 
Brevities. 356 
Electricity in tbe Industrial World.357 
The New York Commissioner of Agriculture.. 357 
Business Bits.357 
As We Go To Press.360 
Crop and Market Notes. 360 
Markets.361 
Humorous .. 364 
