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THE RURAL NEW-YORKER 
August 29, 1896 
Humorous. 
The bold, bad caterpillar soon, 
All snugly hid from view, 
Will murmur to the summer girl: 
“I have a drop on you.” 
— Washington Star. 
A woman knows a bargain—after she 
has been married long enough .—Detroit 
Free Press. 
“ I know why it’s such fun to play in 
the hay,” said little Anne. “ It’s be¬ 
cause hay tickles you and makes you 
laugh.”— Harper's Round Table. 
A lazy man, of a sort that most of us 
have seen, is said to have remarked, “ I 
git so tired doin’ nothin’ that I can’t do 
nothin’ else.”— Youth's Companion. 
A lady and gentleman touched each 
other’s feet accidentally under the table 
“ Secret telegraphy,” she said. “ Com¬ 
munion of soles, I think,” said he.— 
Credit Lost. 
Judge : “ You say your husband gave 
you that black eye. Then why isn’t he 
in court to answer to the charge ? ” The 
Plaintiff: “Sure, your honor, he can’t 
see or walk.”— Life. 
Economics. —“The present trouble is 
that there are too many men for the num¬ 
ber of jobs,” said the amateur lecturer on 
the situation. “ And that ain’t all, mis 
ter,” interrupted Dismal Dawson; “an 
other trouble is that there is too much 
work to the job after the man gets it.” 
—Indianapolis Journal. 
An old fellow who had recently buried 
his fourth wife was accosted by an ac¬ 
quaintance who, unaware of his be¬ 
reavement, asked : “ How is your wife, 
Cap’n Plowjogger?” “Waal,” replied 
the captain, with a solemn, not to say 
sad, countenance—“ waal, to tell the 
trewth, I’m kinder out of wives just 
now .”—New York Tribune. 
He was very deferential, but he was 
a deacon in the church and he felt that 
he had a right to criticise. “ I hope 
you’ll pardon me,” he said, “if I sug¬ 
gest that your sermons are — ah — ’ 
“ Too prosy, I suppose,” suggested the 
minister. “ Oh, no; not that. But too 
long.” “ But you mustn’t blame me foi 
that,” returned the minister pleasantly 
“If you knew a little more I wouldn’t 
have to tell you so much.” — Chicago 
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CONTENTS. 
Rubal New-Yokkkr, August 29, 1896 
FARM TOPICS. 
How Is Wet Hay Injured ?.574 
Potato Beetles on Tomato Vines.574, 575 
Onion Seeds and Sets.575 
Rye for a Soil Overcoat.575 
An Ice House and Cold Storage.576, 577 
Making Sorghum on Shares.577 
A Verdict for the Silo.578 
Wheat Fertilizers in New York.579 
More About That Grass Crop.58i 
Winter Feed in New York State.584 
LIVE STOCK AND DAIRY. 
An Ice Cream Business in Michigan.373, 374 
A Cow Dialogue.576 
Founder or Rheumatism in Cows.577 
Cow with Injured Teat.577 
Bad Tooth or Sore.577 
Tetanus or Lockjaw in a Horse.577 
A Taint in the Breed.586 
Influence of Sire and Dam.586, 587 
Some Hen Notes.587 
HORTICULTURAL. 
When to Plow and Fertilize an Orchard.574 
An Authority on Gooseberries Talks.575, 576 
How Bean Vines Twine.577 
Something about Ginseng Culture.577 
Sterilized Air and Georgia Peaches.578 
Down With Dendrolene.578 
Salt on Asparagus.578, 579 
How to Blanch Celery.581 
Big Statements Regarding New Fruits.581 
Notes from “Luava”.586 
WOMAN AND THE HOME. 
Editorials .582 
The Carpet Beetle.582, 583 
Beginnings.583 
Printed Patchwork.583 
Leghorn Hats. 583 
Blisters and Poultices.583 
Washing Table Linen.583 
Errors in Training.583 
MISCELLANEOUS. 
How to Make Cider Jelly.576 
Don’t Poison the Birds.579 
Ruralistns.579 
Editorials.580 
Brevities.580 
Business Bits.581 
Crop and Market Notes. 584 
Markets.....585 
Humorous...588 
