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THE RURAL NEW-YORKER 
August 15, 1896 
humorous. 
Up from the cradle came a wail, 
At first a pensive coo; 
Into a weird, vociferous wail 
Of mournfulness it grew. 
His sorrow, in a vein prolix, 
He struggled to reveal, 
“ My father’s talking politics, 
And mother rides a wheel. 
“ They say I’m cross. I’m simply sad 
At being slighted so. 
I wish the baby-carriage fad 
Could somehow get a show. 
How can you blame one in my fix 
For setting up a squeal ? 
My father’s talking politics, 
And mother rides a wheel.” 
— Washington Star. 
Mbs. Seq.ukl : “I understand your 
husband can’t meet his creditors.” Mrf. 
Equal: “I don't believe he wants to 
especially.”— Truth. 
“Come into the garden, Maud;” but 
Maud was much too wise. Said she: 
“ Oh, no; the corn has ears and the 
potatoes eyes .”—Indianapolis Journal. 
Mb. Figg: “Tommy, 1 hear you have 
been telling lies. I never told lies 
when 1 was your age.” Tommy: “ When 
did you begin, paw ? ” — Indianapolis 
Journal. 
First Boy: “My papa knows more 
than your papa does.” Second Boy : “ I 
bet he doesn’t. Did you ever see my 
papa ? IIis forehead reaches ’way to the 
back of his head .”—Harpers Bazar. 
By gum ! Huldy,” said Uncle Ephraim 
Skinner, biting into a luscious peach, 
“ I like to have them city folks up here 
for the summer.” “What fer, Ephraim ?” 
asked Aunt Ilulda. “They bring such 
a heap of fresh fruit with ’em .”—Chicago 
Tribune. 
□ “ Know all women by these presents,” 
began a sagacious attorney on a public 
proclamation. “ Know all men, etc.,” 
corrected a fellow lawyer. “ That’s all 
right,” explained the first; “if the women 
know it, the men will soon hear of it.” 
—Washington Times. 
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The Potash Question. 
I he better the use of Potash is understood, the better 
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using fertilizers containing a large percentage of Potash; 
no plant can grow without Potash. 
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CONTENTS. 
Rural New-Yorker, August 15, 1896 
FARM TOPICS. 
The Experiment Stations and Fertilizer 
Analyses.542 
A Good Crop of Grass. Part III.542,543 
Horse Shoe Farm Notes.543, 544 
An Experience with Corn Hay.544 
Alfalfa for Hog Pasture.545 
A Number of Insects and Diseases.545 
Always Plenty of Hay.547 
Notes on Silo Building.555 
LIVE STOCK AND DAIRY. 
The Fate of the Calf.541 
How Much Hay ?.554 
Ways of Killing Woodchucks.555 
Natural Heat for Chicks.555 
HORTICULTURAL. 
How Roses Are Propagated.544, 545 
How to Grow Ampelopsis.5<5 
The Humboldt Blackberry.547 
An Experiment with Peas.517 
The California Privet.547 
The Crimson Rambler.547 
The Value of New Varieties.549 
Apples and Apple Barrels.549 
The Rukal’s Fruit Reports.552 
WOMAN AND THE HOME. 
Mother’s Wish.550 
Editorials . 550 
A Jar of Jelly—Part VI.550 
Called to Be a Cook (Concluded).550 
Printed Patchwork.551 
Washing the Chicken.551 
Cat-tail Pillows.551 
Fly Paper.551 
Patterns for R. N.-Y. Readers.551 
MISCELLANEOUS. 
A Country Doctor’s Medical Notes.. 
Ruralisms. 
“ Ivy Poisoning”. 
Editorials. 
Brevities. 
“Muscle-makers,” “Fat formers,” “ 
Business Bits. 
As We Go To Press. 
Crop and Market Notes. 
Markets. . 
Being a Slimmer Boarder. 
Humorous..... 
..543 
.546 
.546 
. 548 
. 548 
Pure Fat” 549 
.549 
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