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THE RURAL NEW-YORKER 
August 1, 1896 
Humorous. 
The lightning-bug is brilliant, 
But he hasn’t any mind; 
He blunders through existence 
With his headlight on behind. 
—Chicago Record. 
Can a hammock be called a spoon- 
holder ?—Atchison Globe. It might hold 
a pair of spoons. 
It is not the proper thing to say that 
a man will make a good husband. It is 
the wife who makes the good husband. 
The bad ones only are the the self-made 
article.— Boston Transcript. 
“ Wouldn’t it be terrible, Robbie,” 
said little Mabel, as they drank their 
morning’s milk, “if there wasn’t no 
cows.” “ Yeth,” said Robbie. “ We’d 
have to dwinlc condenthed milk then, 
and it’s horrid.”— Harper's Bazar. 
“ If women have not finer sensibilities 
than men,” asked the defender of her 
sex, “ then why is it that men laugh and 
women weep at a wedding ? ” Because 
they are not the ones who are getting 
married,” answered the coarse, heartless 
man.— Credit Lost. 
Little Tommy, while alone, had 
bumped himself pretty severely against 
the edge of a door, and related the acci¬ 
dent to his mother. “ Did you cry, 
Tommy ? ” she asked. “ No, mamma. 
What was the use ? There wasn’t any¬ 
body around ! ”— The Household. 
Pat Hooligan : “ I wonder, Mr. Mor- 
iarity, whoi they always put a cock atop 
of the weather vane, and niver a hen 
d’ye see?” Moriarity: “ Shure, Pat, me 
boy, it’d be the difficulty they’d have 
collecting the eggs if they was to put 
hens there.”— Alley Sloper. 
Mbs. Subukbs (an old resident) : “Well, 
how are you making out with your gar 
dening?” Mrs. Newcome (fresh from 
the city): “ Why, we are not making out 
at all! The man who sold us these 
potato seeds cheated us. The vines- 
came up splendidly, but there isn’t a 
sign or sight of a potato on one of them 
John is going to tear them all up to¬ 
night. ”— Puck. 
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CONTENTS. 
Rural New-Yorker August 1, 1896 
FARM TOPICS. 
A Good Crop of Grass. Part I.511 
Barley and Rye for Fall Fodder.513 
The Cure for Alkali Soil.513 
LIVE STOCK AND DAIRY. 
Cows Without Hay.510 
Pasturing from the Silo.510, 511 
Feeding Farm Poultry.522, 523 
Stock Growing in Oklahoma.523 
Western Stock Notes.523 
Killing the Horn.523 
HORTICULTURAL. 
Drink for Thirsty Plants.509, 510 
Irrigating with Steam Power in Ouio. ... 510 
The Marshall Strawberry.510 
The Japanese Walnuts.510 
Lawn and Garden Notes.511 
Peaches in Canada..“.511, 512 
Notes from Dale View Farm.512 
Hilborn Raspberry in Vermont.5<2 
Some Michigan Notes.512 
Delaware Straw berries.512 
A Massachusetts Plum.512 
Accident to an Apple Tree. .512 
Advice About Planting Plums.512 
Root Pruning; Chestnut Grafting.512, 513 
Is It True Abundance Plum ?.513 
Picking and Packing Grapes.513 
Winter Lettuce Without Frames.513 
Anthracnose of the Raspberry.513 
The R. N.-Y.’s Strawberry Report for 1896..514, 515 
“Sterilized Air” for Peaches.517 
The Apple Crop.521 
Notes from “ Luava ”.522 
WOMAN AND THE HOME. 
Editorials .518 
Teaching the Children.518 
Only a Little Thing.518 
A Jar of Jelly—Part IV.518 
Fragrant Cushions.518, 519 
Patterns for R. N.-Y. Readers.519 
The Kid.519 
Country Life.519 
Benefits of Cycling.519 
Peculiar People.519 
MISCELLANEOUS. 
Poison Ivy Again.510 
Ivy Poison Will Spread.510 
The Harlequin Bug or Calico-Back.513 
Ruralisms. 515 
Editorials.516 
Brevities.516 
The Poets Turn Loose.517 
Business Bits.517 
As We Go To Press. 520 
Condensed Correspondence.520 
Crop and Market Notes... 521 
Markets. 521 
BumorouB. 524 
