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THE RURAL NEW-YORKER. 
August 22, 1896 
Humorous. 
Some folks look out for number one. 
That all may be quite true. 
But when it is a widow, she 
Looks out for number two.— Truth. 
A man may not see the point when he 
sits down on a tack, but it makes an im¬ 
pression on him.— Philadelphia Record. 
She : “ If you attempt to kiss me I’ll 
call mamma.” He: “ What for? I don’t 
want to kiss your mamma.”— Philadel¬ 
phia Record. 
“ Those sandwiches remind me of my 
native town,” said a Massachusetts man 
at the railway restaurant. “ Dedham ? ” 
asked the girl at the counter. “No, 
Needham .”—Commercial Bulletin. 
A little girl was describing a might- 
have-been drowning accident at the sea¬ 
shore the other day. “ You see,” said 
the little girl, “ the trouble was that she 
went out beyond her width .”—Evening 
Sun. 
Mechanic: —“I have just been mar¬ 
ried and would like a raise in my 
wages.” Employer: “I am sorry, but 
the company is only responsible for 
accidents that happen to the men while 
in the factory .”—Brooldyn Life. 
Willie Littleboy: “ I wish 1 had been 
George Washington.” Papa : “ Why so, 
my son ? ” Willie : “ Why, papa, he 
couldn’t tell a lie, and so when he was 
visiting and was asked if he would like 
another piece of pie, instead of saying 
no, just for the sake of being polite, he 
told the truth and said yes.”— World. 
His Ibea of Size: “Talking about 
chickens,” said the rural citizen who 
habitually exaggerates, “I’ve got the 
most remarkable hen in the country.” 
“ A good layer?” “That’s her strong 
point. Why, sir,” he said, getting ex¬ 
cited as he talked, “that fowl, sir, lays 
eggs as big as hailstones .”—Washington 
Star. 
“Now, Josh,” said the farmer to his 
18-year-old son, “ we allow to board a 
lot of city gals this summer, and you 
want to keep out of failin’ in love with 
’em, sure. It ain’t been more’n 20 
year ago that I fell in love with one of 
our city boarders, and when she jilted 
me,” he continued, lowering his voice 
and looking cautiously over his shoulder, 
‘•it made me feel so bad thet I rushed 
right off and married your maw before 
I thought what I was doin ’.”—Cincinnati 
Enquirer. 
A teacher was recently hearing a 
class in the infant Sunday school room, 
and was having her scholars finish each 
sentence to show that they understood 
her. “ The idol had eyes,” she said, 
“but it couldn’t see” —“See!” cried 
the children. “ It had ears, but it 
couldn’t”—“ Hear,” was the answer. 
“It had lips,” went on the teacher, 
“ but it couldn’t”—“ Speak,” once more 
repeated the class. “ It had a nose, but 
it couldn’t”—“Wipe it!” shouted the 
children. And the lesson had to stop a 
moment for the teacher to recover her 
composure .—Epworth Herald. 
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“I expect to sell a good many Binders for you this season.” 
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CONTENTS. 
Rural Nkw-Yorkeb, August 22, 1896 
FARM TOPICS. 
Fertilizers for Wheat.558, 559 
Fertilizer Analysis for Farmers.559 
What “Winter Overcoat for Land”. ■••• 559 
A Talk About “ Tub” Silos. n& 9, 560 
A Derrick for Lifting Stone. 5b0 
Winter Sod Cover.560 
Keynote to Grass Culture. 
Figuring the Cost of a Crop.o60, 561 
New Ideas for Agricultural Education.561 
An lee House and Cold Storage.561 
Salt for Canada Thistles.oTO 
LIVE STOCK AND DAIRY. 
Buttermaking on the Farm.561 
Adding Water to Cream.561 
Winter Feed in New York State.568 
How to Kill Sheep Ticks. ••••570 
Keeping Sheep From Fruit Trees.5(0, 571 
Our Business Hen.571 
Killing Woodchucks.5(1 
Fodder and Feed Notes.571 
Two Stock Notes.551 
Skim-Milk for Hens.571 
HORTICULTURAL. 
Borers in Fruit and Shade Trees.557, 558 
Seasonable Notes for the Garden."... 558 
Fall Planting of Fruits...558 
Fruit Notes from “Dale View”.558 
Some Hedge Plants.560 
Peach Borers in Virginia.560 
A Word About Cherries...561 
Cultivation of Raspberries and Cabbages.561 
The “White Blast” in Onions — -.561 
The Lincoln Plum.563 
To Grow Large Melons.563 
Budding Time.563 
Buds and Bugs.563 
Certain Raspberries in Iowa.563 
The Rural’s Fruit Reports.568 
Golden-Leaved Hop Tree.570 
WOMAN AND THE HOME. 
Smiles and Frowns. 566 
Editorials .566 
Western Ways and Means.56b 
For the Baby’s Wardrobe.566 
A Plea for the Oldest Son.566 
A Word to the Tall and Round-Shouldered— 566 
I Patterns for R. N.-Y. Readers.567 
The Screen Door Spring.567 
To Make a Sun Hat.567 
Praising Children.567 
Drying Corn.567 
MISCELLANEOUS. 
To Soften a Paint Brush.561 
Ruralistns.562 
Editorials.564 
Brevities.564 
Leasing Indiana Farms for Oil and Gas.565 
The Markets in Hot Weather.565 
Business Bits.565 
As We Go To Press.568 
Crop and Market Notes.568 
Markets . 559 
Condensed Correspondence.5b9 
Notes on the Poison Vine.570 
Poison Ivy Again.570 
Humorous.572 
