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THE RURAL NEW-YORKER 
September 12, 1896 
humorous. 
She’s not out biking spruce and gay 
To-day, and there are rumors 
That from the clothesline yesterday 
The goat ate Mamie’s bloomers. 
—Boston Courier. 
“You ride your wheel on Sunday, 
don’t you?” “Y-yes; but I never run 
over any one on that day.”— Indianapolis 
Journal. 
Minnie: “ I never could see anything 
striking about Miss Bloomer’s bicycle 
costume.” Millie : “ Oh, then you never 
saw her fall off.”— Yonkers Statesman. 
“Did Maud prevent that collision by 
flagging the train with her petticoat ?” 
“No; she just walked down the track 
with her bloomers on.”— Chicago Record. 
Customer : “I suppose in case we have 
a smash-up on this bicycle, you can sup¬ 
ply the damaged parts ? ” Dealer: “No, 
madam ; this is a cycle store, not a hos¬ 
pital.”— Truth. 
“ How did Charley get out of that 
scrape caused by his knocking the old 
woman down with his wheel ? ” “ Easily. 
He proved that the woman, who was 
walking on the sidewalk, had neither a 
bell nor a lantern.”— Judge. 
“She wants air! She wants air!” 
yelled a man on the inside of the crowd 
that had gathered around the female 
cyclist. “What’s the matter—woman 
fainted ?” inquired a policeman, rushing 
up. “Oh, no,” replied the man; “she has 
only dismounted to pump more air into 
her tires.”— Philadelphia North American. 
“You are a farmer, 1 take it ? ” queried 
the sharp-nosed man as he sat down 
beside the man with the trousers tucked 
into his boots. “Waal, yaas, I farm,” 
was the reply. “ Then I want to talk 
to you. I’ve got a patent hay fork which 
I am going to travel with this summer, 
and I should like to get a few pointers 
from you to start on.” “P’inters, 
eh ? Waal, what sort?” “ How shall 1 
approach the average farmer ? ” “Waal, 
you’ll ginerally find him in the field.” 
“ Yes.” “ Just tell him what you’ve 
got.” “ Yes.” “ He’ll ask you to the 
barn to talk.” “I see.” “But don’t 
you go. Instead of that, make a bee¬ 
line fur your buggy, climb in, and scoot 
as fast as you can go fur the next six 
miles.” “But, why?” “Oh, nuthin’ 
much. I only killed six myself last 
week ; but you know it rained purty 
steady for two days, and travel was 
1 ight.”— Harper's Magazine. 
She took a fearful header, still 
It did not seem to shock ’er, 
Nor scratch her face nor scar her wheel, 
Nor even knickerbocker. 
—Chicago Inter-Ocean. 
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CONTENTS. 
Rural New-Yobkeb, September 12,1896. 
FARM TOPICS. 
Poisoning Cutworms.606 
Potato Notes from Connecticut.607, 608 
The Harlpquin Cabbage Bug.609 
Grass to Fill Gullies.609 
Cow Peas at the North.613 
LIVE STOCK AND DAIRY. 
An American Shetland Pony.605, 606 
Is the Tuberculin Test Dangerous ?.608, 609 
Potiltry Tbat Pick Feathers.609 
Cows That Chew Bones and Sticks.609 
Sheep in Connecticut.611 
The Future of Lamb Feeding.611 
Diary of a Dairy Farm. (Concluded.).618 
Texas Fever; a Reply.618, 619 
Scrub or Thoroughbred.619 
Fowl Tips.619 
HORTICULTURAL. 
Blackberry Culture in Maryland.606 
A New England Apple Orchard (Concluded) 
Fruits in the Cold North., — 607 
Life History of the Apple Rust.609 
Crimson Rambler Rose.609 
When to Plant Peach Trees.609 
Timothy and Raspberries in Canada.609 
Some New Fruits.610 
Red Raspberries in Connecticut.610 
Beware of the Fruit-Tree Jobber. 610 
Thinning the Apple Crop.610, 611 
Why Persimmon Trees Do Not Bear.613 
Sunscald of Apple Trees.613 
Ye'low Transparent and Other Apples.613 
Plant Trees and Shrubs in September.613 
WOMAN AND THE HOME. 
Editorials... 
A Young Republic. 
For John’s Boys... 
Patterns for R. N.-Y. Readers. 
Advantages of Cycling... 
Pen Potpourri. 
A New Kettle. 
Have We Gone Too Far ?. 
Cold Spiced Peaches. 
MISCELLANEOUS. 
An Easy Way to Catch Moles. 
Poison Ivy Again. 
Firearms on the Farm. 
Editorials. 
Brevities. 
Business Bits.. 
As We Go To Press. 
Crop and Market Notes... 
Hay, Potatoes and Fruits. 
Markets. 
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