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THE  RURAL  NEW-YORKER. 
Nov.  26 
“Special”  Premiums  for  “First”  Clubs  of  New  Subscriptions  for  1893. 
As  previously  described,  these  are  in  addition  to  the  $2,000  cash  to  be  divided  among  club-raisers.  Choice  of  the  “  specials  ”  is  given  to  those  who  first  send  in  clubs 
of  the  number  named  in  each  case  ;  second  choice  to  the  second,  and  so  on.  See  preceding  page  for  particulars. 
There  is  such  a  vast  array  of  valuable  things,  that  every  club-raiser  is  sure  to  get  more  than  well  paid  for  his  labor. 
For  a  full  description  of  the  “  specials”  see  The  R.  N.-Y.  for  October  29,  a  copy  of  which  will  be  sent,  on  request,  to  any  one  who  has  not  received  it. 
A  condensed  list  of  the  “special”  pre¬ 
miums  described  in  the  issue  of  October 
2 9  follows  : 
A  Guernsey  Bull,  Bank  Bill,  2997,  value  $300:  from 
Hon.  Levi  P.  Morton’s  Ellerslie  Stock  Farm,  Rhine- 
•cliff,  N.  Y.,  for  a  club  of  100. 
A  Jersey  Bull,  Meridale  Majestie,  21400,  from  Ayer 
&  McKinney,  Meredith,  N.  Y.;  value  $100;  for  a  club 
oi  100. 
A  Holstein  Bull,  Ferdinand  Clothilde,  value  $100, 
from  Smiths  &  Powell,  Syracuse,  N.  Y.;  for  a  club 
of  100. 
A  trio  of  thoroughbred  sheep,  either  Delaine  Me¬ 
rinos  or  Leicesters  ;  value  $75  ;  from  W.  S.  Moore,  Mt. 
Upton,  N.  Y.;  for  a  club  of  75. 
A  Columbia  Safety  Bicycle,  value  $135,  from  Pope 
Mfg.  Co.,  Boston,  Mass.,  for  a  club  of  100. 
Two  S.  P.  Bartlett  solid  gold  watches,  value  $100 
each,  for  two  clubs  of  100  each.  Two  in  gold-filled 
cases  (guaranteed  for  15  years),  for  two  clubs  of  75. 
Two,  ditto,  in  nickel-silver  cases,  for  two  clubs  of  50. 
Four  superb  ladies’  watches,  either  Elgin  or 
Waltham;  two  valued  at  $50  to  $75,  for  two  clubs  of  75 
each;  two  valued  at  $25  to  $30,  for  two  clubs  of  50  each. 
Plants  and  seeds  for  greenhouse  or  conservatory, 
yalue  $30;  from  Siebreclit  &  Wadley,  New  Rochelle, 
N.  Y. ;  for  a  club  of  50  each. 
A  Gem  Steel  Windmill,  value  $60;  from  the  United 
States  Wind  Engine  and  Pump  Co.,  Batavia,  Ill.;  for  a 
club  of  100. 
A  Bone  Cutter,  value  $26;  from  F.  W.  Mann,  Mil¬ 
ford,  Mass.;  for  a  club  of  40. 
One  Garfield  Knapsack  Sprayer,  value  $14,  for  a 
club  of  25;  and  for  a  club  of  18  a  Perfection  Barrel 
Sprayer,  value  $9.50;  from  Field  Force  Pump  Co., 
Lockport,  N.  Y. 
A  Greenhouse  Heater. — For  a  club  of  25  a  reduc¬ 
tion  of  $25  on  the  purchase  price  of  a  Furman  boiler  ; 
for  a  club  of  50,  $75;  for  100  a  reduction  of  $175;  for 
150  a  reduction  of  $250.  From  the  Herendeen  Mfg.  Co., 
Geneva,  N.  Y. 
Two  Acme  Harrows,  No.  15  size,  for  two  horses, 
price  $16  each.  From  Duane  II.  Nash,  Millington,  N. 
J. ;  for  two  clubs  of  30  each. 
A  Morgan  Spading  Harrow,  style  A.,  six-foot 
size,  for  two  horses  (value  $32.50).  From  D.  S.  Mor¬ 
gan  &  Co.,  Brockport,  N.  Y.;  for  a  club  of  60. 
One  Billings  Corn  Planter  and  fertilizer  distrib¬ 
utor,  value  $20;  from  Ames  Plow  Co.,  Boston,  Mass.; 
for  a  club  of  40. 
A  Cooley  Cabinet  Creamer,  No.  1.,  value  $33; 
from  Vermont  Farm  Machine  Co.,  Bellows  Falls,  Vt. ; 
for  a  club  of  50. 
A  Double  Wheel  Hoe  cultivator  and  plow  com¬ 
bined,  value  $7.50;  from  the  Ames  Plow  Co.,  Boston, 
Mass.;  for  a  club  of  18. 
A  Babcock  Milk  Tester,  value  $16  ;  from  the  Mose¬ 
ley  &  Stoddard  Mfg.  Co.,  Rutland,  Vt. ;  for  a  clnb  of  25. 
Five  tons  of  the  Mapes  Potato  Manure,  value  $42 
a  ton  ;  from  the  Mapes  Fertilizer  Co.,  New  York  ;  for 
five  clubs  of  75  each. 
$200  worth  of  choice  seeds  from  J.  M.  Thorburn 
&  Co.,  New  York ;  divided  into  10  lots,  value  $10  each, 
for  clubs  of  20  ;  10  lots,  value  $5  each,  for  clubs  of  10  ; 
25  lots  worth  $2  each,  for  clubs  of  five. 
500  Van  Deman  Strawberry  Plants,  value  $25  ; 
from  L.  J.  Farmer,  Pulaski,  N.  Y.;  for  a  club  of  40. 
100  grape  vines,  from  George  W.  Campbell,  Dela¬ 
ware,  O. ;  value  $10  ;  for  a  club  of  20. 
Eight  sets  of  four  milking  tubes,  a  set  for  each  of 
eight  clubs  of  eight ;  also  one  teat  opener  for  each  of 
12  clubs  of  five  each;  from  George  P.  Pilling  &  Son, 
Philadelphia. 
A  Sherwood  Steel  Harness,  value  $16 ;  from  the 
Sherwood  Harness  Co.,  Syracuse,  N.  Y.;  for  a  club 
of  25. 
Three  American  Fruit  Evaporators,  value  $25  ; 
from  the  American  Mfg.  Co.,  Waynesboro,  Pa.;  for 
three  clubs  of  35  each. 
Barden’s  No.  4  Automatic  Cream  Separator,  a 
four-can  machine,  capacity  20  gallons,  value  $40  ;  from 
Barden  Automatic  Cream  Separator  Co.,  Middle  Gran¬ 
ville,  N.  Y.;  for  a  club  of  60. 
A  Jagger  Wagon,  from  James  H.  Birch,  Burling¬ 
ton,  N.  J.;  for  a  club  of  50. 
Ten  Caponizing  Sets,  from  George  P.  Pilling  & 
Son,  Philadelphia,  with  full  instructions  ;  for  10  clubs 
of  10  each. 
A  Five-Bottle  Babcock  Milk  Tester,  price  $12,  for 
a  club  of  20  ;  a  No  4  Blanchard  Churn,  value  $7,  for  a 
club  of  15  ;  a  No.  2  Lightning,  double-dash,  eight  gal- 
lan  churn,  value  $4,  for  a  club  of  10  ;  a  two-pound 
butter  mold,  value  $2,  for  a  club  of  five.  All  from 
The  Porter  Blanchard’s  Sons  Co.,  Nashua,  N.  H. 
A  Little  Giant  Power  Converter,  from  Little 
Giant  Power  Converter  Co.,  Cincinnati,  O. ;  for  a  club 
of  60. 
Ten  Pittsburg  brass  lamps,  for  10  clubs  of  15  each; 
10  silver  lamps  for  10  clubs  of  20.  Value,  $5  and  $6  each. 
Five  cook  stove  driers,  value  $7  each,  from  The 
American  Mfg.  Co.,  Waynesboro,  Pa.,  for  five  clubs  of 
15  each. 
Five  “Sure  Shot”  rifles,  value  $10,  from  J.  Stevens 
&  Co.,  Chicopee  Falls,  Mass.;  for  five  clubs  of  20. 
Empire  Gra  n  Drill,  nine-hoe,  seven-inch,  with  fer¬ 
tilizer  attachment  and  all  improvements  up  to  date  ; 
value  $87.70,  from  Empire  Drill  Co.,  Shortsville,  N.  Y.; 
for  a  club  of  100. 
One  Hay’s  Four-Can  Creamer,  from  the  American 
Mfg.  Co.,  Waynesboro,  Pa.;  for  a  club  of  25. 
Fifty  Books,  famous  classics,  value  $75,  from  the 
Empire  Publishing  Co.,  New  York  ;  fora  club  of  75. 
Twenty  choice  farm  libraries,  value  $13.50  each, 
for  20  clubs  of  20  each. 
Fifteen  Garrett  Fence  Machines,  value  $20  each, 
for  15  clubs  of  20  each. 
Twenty  Rural  New-Yorker  Scales,  value  $3.50,  for 
clubs  of  eight.  _ 
The  following  “specials”  were  received 
too  late  for  insertion  in  the  issue  of  Oc¬ 
tober  29  ;  two  of  them  are  corrections. 
For  Five  “  First  ”  Clubs  of  200  each. 
A  Week  at  the  World’s  Fair — Everybody 
wants  to  go  to  the  World's  Fair  at  Chicago  next  sum¬ 
mer.  We  offer  to  pay  all  the  expenses  for  a  full  week, 
including  hotel  bills,  entrance  to  fair  grounds  and  rail¬ 
road  fare  both  ways  from  any  point  within  1,000  miles 
of  Chicago  to  five  club  raisers  who  shall  each  sendi  us 
clubs  of  200  new  subscriptions. 
shouldered,  and  the  berries  hold  to  the  stem  as  well  as 
do  those  of  the  Concord.  It  is  an  exceedingly  showy 
grape  and  will,  no  doubt,  be  prized  as  a  near  market 
variety.  It  ripens  with  the  Concord.  A  vine  sent  to 
the  Rural  Grounds  three  years  ago  has  proved  hardy 
and  of  vigorous  growth.  “  There  is,”  writes  Mr.  Hos- 
ford  under  date  of  November  1,  “no  grape  in  Michigan 
that  equals  it.  It  has  shown  a  hardiness  this  season 
that  has  not  appeared  before,  in  resisting  black  rot, 
though  it  has  attacked  every  other  variety  grown  in 
this  locality.  I  sold  1,400  baskets  in  a  few  days  at 
five  cents  the  pound  while  Concords  sold  at  less  than 
two  cents.”  These  vines  are  worth  75  cents  each. 
Mr.  Hosford  authorizes  us  to  offer  100  of  them  for  new 
subscriptions.  We  will  give  three  to  each  of  33  sub¬ 
scribers  who  send  us  four  new  names. 
For  A  “  First  ”  Club  of  100. 
A  Holstein  Bull,  Ferdinand  Clothilde. 
— In  R.  N.-Y.  of  October  29,  the  “  specials”  mentioned 
a  high-bred  Holstein  offered  by  Smiths  &  Powell  of 
Syracuse,  N.  Y.,  to  be  given  for  a  “first”  club  of  100, 
Those  gentlemen  now  inform  us  that  they  have  sur¬ 
passed  their  promises  and  will  contribute  Ferdinand 
Clothilde,  born  July  10,  1892.  They  write  that  “  he  is 
a  little  over 
one-half  white, 
and  very  hand¬ 
somely  marked ; 
a  straight, 
smooth,  finely 
formed  calf, 
with  handsome 
head  and  neck, 
and  of  the  milk  type.  His  dam  is  a  two-year-old, 
which  made  a  record  of  2139  pounds,  2  ounces  of 
milk  in  2  months  and  13  days,  to  October  1.  His 
g-dam,  g-g-g-dam  and  g-gg-g-dam,  have  made 
milk  records  which  average  9,499  pounds, 4  ounces, 
in  an  average  length  of  time  of  9  months  and  8  days, 
two  of  them  being  but  three  years  old.  The  dam 
and  g-dam  of  his  sire,  and  dam  of  g-sire,  have 
made  milk  records  which  average  19,648  pounds,  7 
ounces  in  a  year,  and  butter  records  which  average  22 
pounds,  10 %  ounces  in  a  week.  His  12  nearest  female 
ancestors,  including  the  dam,  which  has  only  been  in 
milk  three  months,  have  made  records  which  average 
13,632  pounds,  4  11-12  ounces  of  milk,  several  of  them 
being  heifers,  and  only  milked  for  9  or  10  months. 
In  his  pedigree  are  the  noted  sires  Clothilde  6th’s 
Statesman,  Netherland  Statesman,  Netherland  Prince, 
Schemel,  Schreuder,  Baron,  Burgomaster,  Neilkorn- 
twisk,  2nd  Lad  of  Twisk,  Banjo,  Ebbo,  etc.,  and  among 
the  dams  are  such  cows  as  Clothilde  6th,  Clothilde, 
Lady  Fay,  Lady  Netherland,  Netherland  Dowager, 
Maid  of  Twisk,  Neiltje  Twisk,  Neiltje  Korndyke, 
Finesse,  Finesse  2nd,  and  Finesse  4th,  Coral,  Iona,  etc., 
all  of  which  have  made  very  large  records.  Clo- 
thilde’s  milk  record  is  26,021  pounds,  2  ounces  in  a 
year,  and  butter  record  28  pounds,’  2%  ounces  in  a 
week.  She  is  the  founder  of  the  great  Clothilde  Fam¬ 
ily,  and  was  the  winner  of  the  Butter  Prize  at  the 
New  York  Dairy  Show,  over  all  competitors,  and  all 
breeds.” 
$50  worth  of  seeds,  divided  into  five  lots  worth 
$10  each  ;  from  W.  Atlee  Burpee  &  Co.,  Philadelphia, 
Pa. ;  for  five  clubs  of  20. 
$25  worth  of  hardy  perennials,  from  the  Shady 
Hill  Nurseries,  Cambridge,  Mass. ;  for  a  club  of  40. 
Matthews’  Combined  Seed  Drill,  cultivator  and 
hoe,  value  $22.50;  from  Ames  Plow  Co.,  Boston,  Mass.; 
for  a  club  of  20. 
$50  worth  of  fruit  and  ornamental  trees,  divided 
into  two  lots,  value  $25  each,  for  clubs  of  40  ;  from 
Ellwanger  &  Barry,  Rochester,  N.  Y. 
500  Fay  Currants,  from  George  S.  Josselyn,  Fre- 
donia,  N.  Y.  ;  250  are  offered  for  two  clubs  of  20  each. 
$50  worth  of  Green  Mountain  grapes  from 
Stephen  Hoyt’s  Sons,  New  Canaan,  Conn.  ;  divided 
into  two  lots  ;  value  $25  each  ;  for  two  clubs  of  40. 
$60  worth  of  hardy  perennial  plants  and  seeds 
from  Siebrecht  &  Wadley,  New  Rochelle,  N.  Y.,  to  be 
divided  into  five  “  specials”  of  $10  each  ;  for  five  clubs 
of  20  subscribers  each. 
Plants  and  seeds  for  greenhouse  or  conservatory, 
$20  worth,  from  Siebrecht  &  Wadley,  New  Rochelle, 
N.  Y.  ;  for  a  club  of  35. 
A  Keystone  Disc  Harrow  from  the  Keystone  Mfg. 
Co.,  Sterling,  Ill.  ;  value  $31  ;  for  a  ciub  of  50. 
A  Land  Roller,  clod  crusher  and  pulverizer  com¬ 
bined,  value  $45 ;  from  Ewald  Over,  Indianapolis, 
Ind.  ;  for  a  club  of  60. 
$20  worth  of  greenhouse  plants,  from  John  Saul, 
Washington,  D.  C.,  divided  into  two  lots ;  value  $10 
each  ;  for  two  clubs  of  20. 
For  Six  “  First  ”  Clubs  of  10  each. 
The  Poulterer’s  Ho.  1  Mill,  for  grinding 
dry  bones,  shells,  grain  and  many  other  substances 
for  poultry.  Wilson  Brothers,  Easton,  Pa.,  instruct 
us  to  offer  six  of  their  No.  1  mills,  of 
which  they  say :  “I  used  to  pound 
shells  and  bones  for  my  poultry  in  a 
mortar.  That  way  was  hard  work,  and 
it  took  a  great  deal  of  my  time — time  is 
money.  This  led  me  to  devise  some  means  by  which 
time  could  be  saved  and  labor  made  easy.  I  now  claim 
that  both  can  be  accomplished  by  using  these  hand 
mills.”  They  are  a  complete  success  for  crushing  oys¬ 
ter  shells,  grinding  bone  meal,  and  all  kinds  of  grain. 
A  peck  of  shells  can  be  crushed  in  15  minutes.  May 
be  adjusted  for  grinding  coarse  or  fine.  They  also  grind 
stale  bread,  cracker  dust,  roots,  spices,  etc.  Price, 
$5,  weight  35  pounds.  Given  for  six  clubs  of  10  each. 
For  33  Clubs  Of  Four  New  Names. 
The  Hew  Grape,  Hosford’s  Mam¬ 
moth. — This  originated  with  Mr.  George  Hosford  of 
Ionia,  Mich.,  and  is,  as  we  remember,  a  seedling  of  the 
Concord.  The  size  is  about  that  of  the  Eaton.  The 
skin  is  nearly  black  with  a  bluish  bloom,  as  firm  as 
that  of  the  Concord.  The  pulp  is  more  tender,  the 
s^eds  sep  .rate  more  readily  and  it  is  less  foxy.  It  is 
one  of  the  juiciest  grapes  in  cultivation,  as  well  as  one 
of  the  largest.  The  bunches  are  very  large,  single 
For  Two  "First”  Clubs  of  25. 
Syracuse  Plows. — a  good  plow  is  the  basic 
tool  on  which  much  of  the  success  of  the  farmer  de¬ 
pends,  and  the  greatest  variety  of  styles  and  sizes 
are  made  by  the  Syracuse  Chilled  Plow  Company, 
Syracuse,  N.  Y.  They  have  placed  at  our  disposal  for 
premium  purposes  one  each  of  the  plows  illustrated 
below,  valued  at  $14  each,  which  will  be  awarded  to 
first  clubs  of  25  new  subscribers.  This  company  will 
send  their  illustrated  catalogue,  on  application,  to 
any  of  our  readers,  and  prize  winners  may  substitute 
other  plows  of  equal  value,  if  they  are  so  disposed.  It 
goes  without  saying  that  the  implements  made  by 
this  company  are  first-class  in  every  respect,  and  they 
comprise  almost  all  sorts  of  tools  used  in  cultivating 
the  soil.  Get  their  catalogues. 
