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THE RURAL NEW-YORKER. 
June 20, 1896 
Humorous. 
The girl a-flshing went 
For a husband, so they said. 
At any rate she baited her hook 
With biscuits like mother made. 
—Detroit Tribune. 
Woman proposes and a man gits up 
and gits, this year.— Western Plowman. 
A woman and a hen are seldom able to 
find things where they lay them. — Phila¬ 
delphia Record. 
“ What do you think of this previous 
existence theory?” “I know it to be 
su pported by facts. For instance, I know 
a woman only 27 years old who often 
thoughtlessly tells about things that 
happened 35 years ago.” —Indianapolis 
Journal. ’ 
“ I suppose, Mrs. Newman,” said Mr. 
Newman, sarcastically, “ that, in case of 
war, you will insist on a man’s rights 
and go to the front.” “ No, my dear,” 
said Mrs. Newman sweetly; “ I should 
stay at home and take care of you.”— 
Harper's Bazar. 
Tenderfoot (to Texas ranchman after 
engaging his services and “viewing the 
landscape o’er ”): “I accept your terms, 
but, really, where am I to sleep ? ” 
Ranchman : “ Sleep, man ? Anywhere, 
anywhere! I’ve 250,000 acres lying ’round 
here loose. I don’t care a snap where 
you sleep.”— Judge. 
A devout gentleman of Boston who 
teaches a Sunday school class of boot¬ 
blacks and newsboys, recently under¬ 
took to tell the story of Jacob’s ladder. 
After he had graphically pictured the 
wanderings of the patriarch, his dream 
in the Eastern pasture and the ladder 
on which the angels were ascending and 
descending, he paused and said : “ Now, 
boys, if there is anything in this story 
that I have not yet explained, you may 
ask me any question you like and I will 
answer it.” Thereupon a little chap 
cried out: “ Say, mister, did you say 
dem angels hed wings?” “Yes, my 
boy ; angels always have wings.” “Well, 
den, if dey hed wings, what for did they 
need ladders ? ”— Philadelphia Telegram. 
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FARM TOPICS. 
The Dry Bordeaux Mixture.414 
Acres of Grasshoppers to Kill.414 
How to Brace a Fence.414 
What Substitute for Clover Hay ?.414, 415 
Alfalfa in Ohio.416 
Try Home-Grown Seed.416 
Crimson and Red Clover.416 
Lye in Place of Lime for Bordeaux Mixture— 417 
What Is “ Land Plaster ? ”.417 
To Kill Out a Foul Weed.417 
The Law of Irrigation.417 
Fall-Planted Potatoes.418 
Crimson Clover and Rye Hay.418 
“ Out West”.418 
Baling Fresh-cut Hay.418 
Danger in Crimson Clover Hay.419 
Potatoes in Field and Market.421 
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Use and Care of Cream Separators.415, 416 
Making Small Cheeses at Home.417 
Vigor Gone to Feather.426 
Profits in Oleo.426 
Some “ Balanced Ration” Thoughts.426 
Some Cow Theory.426 
Potatoes for Horses...427 
Pigs in Nebraska.427 
Feeding Hogs.427 
Power Over the Glands.427 
HORTICULTURAL. 
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Packages for Peaches.417 
About the Angel Pear.417 
Japan Walnuts in New Jersey.418 
Berberis Repens.418 
Money in Parker Earle Strawberries.421 
Peach Trees That Split.421 
An Ohio Cherry Farm.424 
WOMAN AND TH E HOME. 
A Misunderstanding.422 
Editorials .422 
The Art of Making a Home.422 
Ned’s Experiment.422 
Radishes for Garnishing.422 
Mrs. Stanton’s Beginning.423 
Pot Cheese.423 
Woman in the Labor Market.423 
Destroys the Taste. 423 
Patterns for R. N.-Y. Readers.423 
Printed Patchwork.423 
MISCELLANEOUS. 
Civil Engineering for Boys on the Farm- 
Part IV.416 
Sulphur As an Insecticide.416 
How to Kill June Bugs.416, 417 
The Troublesome Umbrella Ant.417 
The White Grub Question.418 
Ruralisms.419 
Editorials.420 
Brevities.420 
Business Bits.421 
As We Go To Press.424 
Condensed Correspondence.426 
Crop and Market Notes.425 
Markets.425 
Humorous. 428 
