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THE RURAL NEW-YORKER 
October 10, 1896 
Humorous, 
The Summer girl, the biking girl 
Are drifting toward oblivion sad 
For now, in life’s uncertain whirl 
The candidate becomes the fad. 
— Washington Star. 
If you would get money, raise thyme, 
for thyme is money.— Boston Transcript. 
It does not follow because a gardener 
is growing sage that he is becoming 
wise. —Boston Transcript. 
One of the funniest things in the 
world is to see a girl wearing bloomers, 
cry like a woman.— Atchison Olobe. 
If the bicycle fever continues to 
spread, marriage will become a thing of 
the past. The women will all be spin¬ 
sters.— Youth's Companion. 
Professor : “ What kind of a noun is 
‘ kiss ’—common or proper ? ” Miss Vas- 
sar : “ It becomes common when it ceases 
to be proper.”— Credit Lost. 
Miss Scraggs : “ Yes, once when I was 
out alone on a dark night I saw a man, 
and, oh, my, how I ran ! ” Little Willie : 
“ And did you catch him, Miss Scraggs ? ” 
—Credit Lost. 
Magistrate : “ If you were innocent, 
why did you run away the moment the 
policeman appeared ? ” Pat: “ Becaze, 
yer honor, thim cops do be always 
arristin’ the wrong man.”— Harper's 
Bazar. 
Tourist: “So that’s the oldest in¬ 
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Native : “ I dunno; he ain't done nothin’ 
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Tid-Bits. 
Client : “ Good morning, Mr. Swell- 
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if I can change my mind and go to jail 
instead. ”— Truth. 
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CONTENTS. 
Rural New-Yorker, October 10, 1896. 
FARM TOPICS. 
A Talk About Tub Silos.670 
Horse Shoe Farm Notes.670, 671 
Two More Corn Ties.671 
Cow Peas and Crimson Clover in Ohio.671 
Drainage Water in Cisterns.673 
Cutworms; Poison; Song Birds.675 
Notes from a Connecticut Farm.677 
LIVE STOCK AND DAIRY. 
A Word on the Horse Question.670 
Buttermaking on tbe Farm.670 
To Poison Prairie Dogs.675 
Improvement in Dairy Stock.680 
Small Kansas Pigs.681 
Two Ways of Dealing with Tuberculosis.682 
Southern Cattle Fever Again.682 
Some Four-legged Milkers.682, 683 
Forcing a Bull Calf.683 
Skim-milk Calves.683 
Devon Cattle and Sheep.683 
Killing Woodchucks.683 
HORTICULTURAL. 
Onions in the Strawberry Bed.669, 670 
A Strawberry Bed on a Barrel.671, 672 
The Asparagus Rust.672 
Evergreens for a Small Place.672 
Swelling at tbe End of Twigs.672 
O T51 m c, • rin 1 + i ito ti n (A pnVinn/la Aff*) 
The Fiery Hunter and Its Work.672, 673 
White Grubs in Strawberries.673 
Pear Blight and Plum Rots.673 
Starting a Maryland Orchard.673 
The Bose Pear; Sheathing Paper.673 
Apple Seeds.673 
“ Wire Grass ” in a Lawn.673 
Apples and Berries for Northern New York... 673 
The Alice Grape.673 
Those Two Western Strawberries....675 
Strawberries in September.675 
Apples for Oregon.675 
Another Large Pear Orchard.675 
Rambling Horticultural Notes. 677 
Some New Varieties of Red Raspberries.677 
WOMAN AND THE HOME. 
A Veteran.678 
Editorials .678 
A Bit of Human Nature.678 
A Cheap Coffee Strainer.678 
Troublesome Children. 678 
Be Generous.678 
Patterns for R. N.-Y. Readers.679 
It Is My Way” . 679 
Men as Cooks. 679 
A List of Don’ts. 679 
Printed Patchwork.679 
MISCELLANEOUS. 
More About Apple Jelly.671 
Notes from tbe Fairs.672 
Ruralisms. 674 
Cherry Stones”.675 
Editorials.676 
Brevities.676 
Among tbe Marketmen.677 
Business Bits.677 
Condensed Correspondence.681 
Crop and Market Notes...681 
Markets. 682 
Humorous. 684 
