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THE  RURAL  NEW-YORKER. 
Dec  10 
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All  new  yearly  subscriptions  received 
in  November  and  December  are  entered 
as  for  a  full  year  from  January  1,  the 
parties  receiving  the  paper  for  the  rest 
of  1892  free  of  charge.  So  club  raisers 
will  please  not  hold  back  the  names  in 
order  to  send  them  all  at  one  time,  but 
send  them  in  as  fast  as  secured,  so  that 
the  parties  may  begin  to  receive  their 
papers  promptly.  You  can  add  to  the 
club  at  any  time.  We  keep  a  careful  ac¬ 
count  with  every  club  raiser. 
THE  “  SPECIALS  ”  AGAIN. 
As  stated  last  week,  the  condition  still 
remains  that  as  yet  but  few  of  the  valu¬ 
able  “  special”  premiums  have  yet  been 
called  for,  though  we  know  that  quite  a 
large  number  are  being  worked  for. 
There  are  so  many  of  them,  however, 
that  any  brisk  worker  is  pretty  sure  to 
secure  his  choice  among  them,  and  surer 
still  to  win  a  very  valuable  “special”  that 
he  wants.  December  and  January  are 
the  harvest  time  for  the  “  specials.” 
HOW  TO  RAISE  CLUBS. 
1.  Show  The  Rural  New-Yorker  and 
American  Gardening.  You  can  honestly  say 
that  each  Is  the  best,  and  cheapest  at  the  price,  of 
any  journals  In  Its  field. 
2.  If  the  party  is  not  ready  to  subscribe 
at  once,  then  leave  a  copy  for  examination,  re¬ 
questing  that  It  be  carefully  preserved,  so  that 
none  may  be  wasted.  A  careful  examination 
usually  convinces  any  Intelligent  man  or  woman 
Interested  In  agriculture  or  horticulture  of  their 
real  value. 
3.  Then  call  a  second  time  and  get  the 
order. 
4.  Each  time,  don’t  forget  to  mention  the 
valuable  seeds  and  plants  to  which  every  sub¬ 
scriber  for  1893  Is  entitled. 
5.  If  the  yearly  subscription  comes  hard, 
solicit  a'  “trial"  three  months’ subscription  for 
cents. 
Then  call  In  a  month  or  so  and  get  the  yearly 
subscription. 
Always  bear  in  mind  that  every  club 
organizer  (1)  will  share  in  the  $2,000 
cash,  May  1;  (2)  may  win  one  of  the 
“special”  premiums,  and,  (3)  if  he  does 
notwin  a  “special”  that  he  wants,  is 
entitled  to  any  of  the  general  premiums, 
to  be  described  in  a  few  weeks  in  The 
R.  N.-Y.  So  that  in  any  case  every  club 
raiser  for  these  journals  is  sure  to  be 
well  paid  for  his  work,  perhaps  better 
than  for  any  other  paper. 
YOUR  SUBSCRIPTION  HAS  EXPIRED! 
T  your  subscription  has  expired  it 
X  A  will  be  indicated  by  the  date  on  the 
address  label.  For  example,  a  label  as 
follows : 
John  Smith,  31|92, 
means  that  Mr.  John  Smith’s  subscrip¬ 
tion  is  paid  to  the  end  of  December,  and 
that  his  renewal  subscription  for  the 
year  to  come  should  be  forwarded  soon. 
If  the  label  reads, 
John  Smith,  5|92, 
it  indicates  that  the  time  his  subscription 
has  been  paid  for  expired  on  November  5, 
and  the  renewal  is  past  due. 
Don’t  hold  orders  for  trial  subscrip¬ 
tions,  but  send  them  along  as  fast  as  re¬ 
ceived,  so  that  we  may  send  the  paper 
promptly  to  the  subscribers.  It  looks  now 
as  if  that  $ 200  January  1,  is  going  to  be  di¬ 
vided  up  among  a  very  small  number  of 
club  raisers.  *  *  * 
If  you  will  send  us  lists  of  names  of 
your  farm  acquintances,  we  will  send 
to  each  one  a  copy  of  The  R.  N.-Y.  No 
matter  whether  they  be  far  or  near,  we 
will  send  a  copy  to  every  address  recom¬ 
mended  by  a  subscriber  to  The  Rural 
New-Yorker. 
CROP  AND  MARKET  NOTES. 
Pears  from  cold  storage  are  about  out  of  market. 
Continued  cold  weather  renders  the  egg  market 
firmer. 
Best  grades  of  apples  are  In  light  receipt,  and  con¬ 
tinue  to  bring  good  prices. 
The  close  of  the  season  at  cheese  factories  engen¬ 
ders  a  firmer  feeling  among  holders  of  stock. 
Some  California  growers  think  that  Limas  will  bring 
$4  per  bushel  there  before  the  next  crop  comes  In. 
Prices  for  Elgin  butter  at  leading  points  the  past 
week,  were  about  as  follows:  New  York,  31J^  to  32; 
St.  Louis,  32;  Cincinnati,  32;  Philadelphia,  31;  Bos¬ 
ton,  30;  Minneapolis,  30;  New  Orleans.  30;  Elgin,  30. 
The  largest  turkey  reported  In  the  New  York  mar¬ 
ket  this  year,  was  raised  to  weigh  42  pounds.  It  sold 
for  $6.75.  A  number  weighed  from  35  to  38  pounds. 
These  large  sizes,  however,  are  not  popular.  It  Is  the 
medium-sized  ones  which  sell  best,  and  for  the  high¬ 
est  prices. 
Receipts  of  poultry  after  Thanksgiving  were  unusu¬ 
ally  large,  and  this,  added  to  the  large  accumula¬ 
tion,  tended  to  depress  prices.  But  with  favorable 
weather,  dealers  express  the  belief  that  the  lowest 
point  has  been  reached,  and  that  the  outlook  will 
be  considerably  Improved. 
The  Mark  Lane  Express  of  November  28,  In  Its 
weekly  review  of  the  British  grain  trade,  says. 
‘Farmers  are  selling  little  wheat.  They  refuse  to 
sell  under  28s.  per  quarter.  Rather  than  accept  a 
less  price  they  say  they  will  feed  their  grain  to  their 
stock.  There  has  been  an  average  decline  of  Od.  per 
quarter.  Foreign  wheat  is  continually  arriving,  and 
this  pushes  the  stocks  of  foreign  flou1-  into  the  rural 
markets.  Minnesota  flour  has  been  offered  In  small 
country  towns  at  a  guinea  a  sack  of  280  pounds.  The 
present  depression  is  largely  attributed  to  excessive 
shipments  from  California.” 
AGRICULTURAL  NEWS. 
Maine  expects  to  pack  20.000,000  cans  of  corn. 
Belgium,  In  1891,  exhorted  23,000,000  dozen  eggs. 
Colorado  shipped  20  car-loads  of  honey  this  year. 
Fifty  thousand  dollars  are  spent  dally  in  London 
for  milk. 
The  American  Shropshire  Association  has  some¬ 
what  over  1,000  members. 
Who  has  ever  heard  of  a  registered  polled  Holstein 
like  Leopellas  Prince,  advertised  In  this  Issue. 
The  cranberry  crop  for  1892,  is  estimated  at  700,000 
barrels-  50,000  barrels  less  than  last  year's  output. 
Crows  throughout  several  States  have  become 
scarce  since  the  election,  so  many  Republicans  have 
had  to  eat  ’em. 
The  Chief  Veterinary  Inspector  of  the  Dominion 
says  contagious  pleuro-pneumonia  doesn’t  exist 
among  Canadian  cattle,  and  never  existed  except  In 
1886. 
The  Masssachnsetts  State  Board  of  Agriculture 
last  year  sold  51  abandoned  farms,  representing  a 
total  of  4,522  acres,  for  $74,150,  an  average  of  $16.40 
per  acre. 
An  exchange  for  the  sale  of  fruits  at  autlon  has 
been  opened  at  Pittsburg,  at  the  corner  of  Water 
and  Short  streets,  and  auction  sales  will  be  held 
twice  a  week. 
The  14th  annual  meeting  of  the  New  York  State 
Merino  Breeders’  Association  will  be  held  at  the 
Whitcomb  House,  Rochester,  on  December  13  and 
14.  J.  H.  Earll,  Shaneatelas,  N.  Y.,  Secretary. 
On  December  15  freight  rates  on  wool  from  Chicago 
to  New  York  will  be  advanced  from  40  cents  per  100 
pounds  for  compressed  wool  and  54  cents  per  100 
pounds  for  slack  wool  to  65  cents  per  100  pounds  of 
all  kinds. 
It  was  demonstrated  by  tests  made  November  30, 
at  the  Chicago  stock-yards  by  representatives  of  the 
United  States  Bureau  of  Animal  Industry,  that 
lumpy  jaw,  In  a  mild  form,  at  least,  is  curable,  and 
is  not  dangerously  contagious,  If  at  all. 
The  Knights  of  Labor  at  their  annual  convention 
In  St.  Louis  the  other  day,  favored  the  closest  affilia 
tton  of  farmers  and  laboring  men— that  is,  of  all  pro¬ 
ducers  and  consumers.  Wouldn’t  such  an  affiliation 
go  a  great  way  towards  “  eliminating  ”  the  middle¬ 
man? 
A  partial  list  of  the  cash  premiums  to  be  given  at 
the  second  annual  meeting  of  the  National  Butter 
and  Cheesemakers’  Association  at  Dubuque,  la., 
February  7,  8,  9  and  10, 1893,  aggregates  $870.  All  ap¬ 
plications  for  programmes  and  premium  lists  should 
be  sent  to  E.  I.  Burrldge,  Secretary,  Produce  Ex¬ 
change,  Chicago,  Ill. 
In  Upper  Egypt  the  Nile  flood  has  receded  enough 
to  permit  the  partial  sowing  of  cereals.  In  Lower 
Egy  pt  the  outlook  Is  fairly  promising,  as  the  river  con¬ 
tinues  to  fall.  Over  100,000  men  have  been  employed 
In  forced  labor  In  watching  and  repairing  the  banks, 
and  thus  alone  has  the  country  escaped  a  seriou 
disaster  from  this  year’s  abnormal  flood. 
According  to  the  report  at  Its  annual  convention 
the  other  day,  the  National  Grange  has  $50,000  surely 
in  bank,  and  Its  membership  Is  steadily  Increasing. 
It  has  attempted  to  secure  loans  for  farmers  on 
mortgages  from  New  England,  New  York  and  Penn¬ 
sylvania  capitalists  as  well  as  from  English  agents 
at  five  per  cent  per  annum,  but  failed.  It  urges  the 
Immediate  passage  of  the  desirable  Paddock  Pure 
Food  Bill,  among  other  legislative  measures.  Master 
J.  H.  Brlngham  strongly  advocates  free  trado. 
The  council  of  Chicago  passed  at  its  last  meeting 
an  ordinance  regulating  the  sale  of  milk  in  that  city, 
as  well  as  the  method  of  keeping,  and  number  of 
cows  in  a  single  stable.  The  law  provides  for  a  chief 
of  the  department  thus  created,  with  a  force  of  In¬ 
spectors  to  look  after  the  violators.  The  chief  will 
be  a  chemist,  and  will  have  full  charge  of  the  analy¬ 
sis,  and  his  certificate  will  be  sufficient  evidence  of 
adulteration.  Retail  dealers  are  required  to  take 
out  a  license  for  every  wagon  they  use,  so  the  de¬ 
partment  will  have  a  complete  list  of  the  dealers 
Hotels  and  restaurants  are  also  to  come  under  the 
operations  of  the'law. 
Beginning  January  10,  1893,  and  continuing  eight 
weeks,  a  special  course  In  live  stock  husbandry  and 
dairying  will  be  given  at  Purdue  University,  La  Fay¬ 
ette,  Ind.  Charges,  $5  for  tuition  and  $10  for  labora¬ 
tory  fees  and  materials.  Each  county  society  can 
appoint  two  persons  to  scholarships,  which  will  ex¬ 
empt  them  from  these  charges.  Expenses,  $4  to  $4.50 
per  week  for  board,  room.  etc.  Applicants,  female 
and  male,  must  be  at  least  16  years  old,  and  have  a 
fair  common  school  education.  Advantages  offered 
too  numerous  for  mention  here.  For  further  infor¬ 
mation  apply  to  President  James  H.  Smart,  or  Pro¬ 
fessor  C.  S.  Plumb.  La  Fayette,  Ind. 
The  boom  in  cotton  Is  proving  a  bonanza  to  fore¬ 
handed  cotton  brokers.  One  in  Charleston  has  al¬ 
ready  cleared  $100,000  and  others  $40,000  apiece;  while 
$10,000  each  is  a  modest  gain  for  several  more.  In 
New  Orleans.  Savannah,  Mobile,  Memphis,  and  other 
Southern  cotton-receiving  centers  similar  stories  are 
told.  New  Yorkers  too  have  made  fortunes.  The 
“  big  bugs  ”  here,  however,  have  sent  word  to  their 
Southern  agents  and  correspondents  that  they  must 
double  the  margins  to  be  put  up  for  the  purchase  of 
100  bales,  requiring  a  deposit  of  $200  Instead  of  $100 
for  that  number.  This  is  attributed  to  the  wild  state 
of  the  market,  but  It  will  give  speculators  36  points 
to  play  on  and  force  them  to  risk  more  money. 
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