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THE RURAL NEW-YORKER 
December 19, 1896 
liumoruua. 
I never could see the sense in 
A man forming strict ideals 
Of the woman he will marry— 
The way she must cook his meals— 
For, with very few exceptions, 
He enters married life. 
And eats entirely different meals 
Kemp’s Manure Spreader 
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Spreads any kind of manure in any quantity to the acre and does 
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KEMP & BURPEE MFC. CO., Box 38. Syracuse, N.Y. 
With a very different wife. 
—Philadelphia North American. 
Suitor (seeing flowers on table): “ May 
I take this as a token of your friend¬ 
ship ? ” Fashionable Miss: “Good gra¬ 
cious, no, sir ! Why, that’s my new bon¬ 
net .”—Spare Moments. 
Tommy : “ Here ! Don’t you hit me 
with that old shoe. Don’t you know it’s 
awful bad luck to hit anybody with a 
shoe?” Jimmy: “Is it? I must tell maw 
that as soon as I get home .”—Cincinnati 
Enquirer. 
Crimsonbkak : “That alarm-clock of 
mine went last night for the first time 
in a year.” Yeast: “Why didn’t it go 
before?” “ Well, because it’s the first 
time I ever fired it at a cat .”—Yonkers 
Statesman. 
Magistrate : “ Do you mean to say 
such a physical- wreck as he is gave 
you that black eye.” Complaining Wife : 
“ Shure, your honor, he wasn’t a physical 
wreck till after he give me th’ black 
eye.”— Puck. 
“ Why do they say 1 as smart as a steel 
trap ’? ” asked the talkative boarder. “ I 
never could see anything particularly 
intellectual about a steel trap.” “ A 
steel trap is called smart,” explained Mr. 
Asbury Peppers, in his sweetest voice, 
“ because it knows exactly the right 
time to shut up. ”—Cincinnati Enquirer. 
A Boomerang. —Arizona Abe : “What’s 
Mojave Mike lookin’ so made erbout ? 
The court decided that th’ shootin’ was 
done in self-defence, didn’t it ? ” Alkali 
Ike : “Yes, but this is th’ sixth man Mike 
hez shot wat b’longs to th’ same mutual 
insurance company ez he does. It keeps 
him broke a-payin’ th’ ’sessments.”— 
Truth. 
Nurse (to Master Todd, who has soiled 
his clothes): “ You bad, bad boy, where 
have you been ? ” Master Todd (holding 
out hands, innocently): “ Maten mud 
pies, Nursey.” Nurse (shaking him): 
“ Look at your clean white dress ! How 
did you get so dirty ? ” Master Todd (un¬ 
certain): “Me don’t know-.” Nurse 
(wiping his hands): “ Your hat is dirty, 
too. What am I to do with such a boy 0 
Look at the top of your head ! ” The 
last request was not complied with.— 
Herald. 
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THE FOOS MFC/CO, 
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JOHN H. JACKSON, Successor to JACKSON BROS. Established 1852. 
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CONTENTS. 
Rural New-Yobkkb, December 19, 1896. 
FARM TOPICS. 
Manure in New England.831 
One Hundred Cabbages to the Ton.832 
When and How to Use Lime.832 
What “Plaster” Does to Ammonia.833 
Value of Tobacco Stems.833 
Making Carcasses into Fertilizer.833 
Rye Hay; Millet in Potatoes.833 
Some Kansas Notes.835 
The Manure Question.835 
LIVE STOCK AND DAIRY. 
Utilizing Whole Carcasses for Poultry Food.. 832 
Treatment for Abortion.833 
A Balanced Ration with Dry Hay.833 
Corn Fodder, Bran and Carrots.833 
Alcohol for Regulating Incubators.834 
Killing Poultry Vermin.834 
Old-fashioned Prize Butter.834 
Defending the Dorsets.834 
What Is Good Milk ? Part II.842 
The Hampshire Down Sheep Breeders.842 
Balancing the Ration.843 
HORTICULTURAL. 
All about Lima Beans.829, 830, 831 
York State Prune and Lincoln Pear.833 
Sterile Flowers on Melons.833 
Trimming a Five-Year-old Peach Orchard_833 
Improving Varieties of Cotton.834 
Pacific Coast Apples.835 
Strange Antics of Carman.835 
That Strawberry Barrel.835 
Winter Protection of Shrubs.839 
Pruning Roses in California.839 
The Sweet Daphne.839 
General Notes.839 
Indiana Horticulturists.841 
WOMAN AND THE HOME. 
From Day to Day.838 
Winter Gowns and Accessories. .838 
Contentment in the Country.838 
Rural Recipes.838 
MISCELLANEOUS. 
Potatoes for Fuel.835 
Editorials.836 
Brevities.836 
Among the Marketmen.837 
The Experiment Stations.837 
Business Bits.837 
As We Go To Press.840 
Condensed Correspondence.840 
Markets.841 
A Big Bite.842 
Humorous.>844 
