12 
Jan. 7 
THE RURAL NEW-YORKER. 
THE CARMAN GRAPE VINE. 
By particular request, a few of the 
Carman grape vines have been sent out 
to subscribers north of the Ohio river, 
and to all applicants in the South. Of 
course, no more can now be sent out 
safely before spring - , except to subscribers 
in the States bordering - on the Gulf of 
Mexico and the South Atlantic to North 
Carolina, and on the Pacific coast. But 
all subscribers in these warm reg-ions are 
being supplied as fast as the applications 
come in. 
To those subscribers who want to see The 
R. N.-Y. increase its circte of readers, 
but who dislike, or have no time, to get 
up clubs: 
For all such we have prepared a neat 
special circular, which we will supply 
free of charge. It is in the form of a 
ready written letter, printed in neat 
style, which one has only to sign, ad¬ 
dress and mail. Of course, it strongly in¬ 
dorses The R. N.-Y., and invites the 
party addressed to subscribe for and read 
the paper. Tell us how many you will 
use, send in a list of the names you pro¬ 
pose to address the circular letter to (but 
only those of people you know and who 
know you) and we will send each of them 
a specimen number to reach them about 
the same time as your circular letter. 
This is one good way of adding to The 
Rural family, but, of course, the per¬ 
sonal, direct solicitation is better and 
more efficient. 
THE $200 CASH PRIZES AWARD. 
The $200 cash prizes for trial subscrip¬ 
tions will have been awarded before this 
issue reaches our subscribers, but as the 
type pages of this issue have to go to the 
printer on December 31, before we can 
tabulate the returns for that day, we are 
unable to announce them until next 
week. The total number of trial sub¬ 
scriptions received (under an offer of $200 
cash, to be divided pro rata among all 
those who may have sent in 10 or more 
at 25 cents each) amounts to about 600. 
Therefore the club raisers will receive 
about 33 cents commission on every 25- 
cent trial subscription sent in by them, 
in addition to other premiums. We trust 
that the $2,000 cash to be divided on May 
1 among those who send in five or more 
new yearly subscriptions, will bring in 
more profitable results to The R. N.-Y. 
We have no doubt of it, however, as the 
new subscriptions are coming in very 
satisfactorily. The fact remains, never¬ 
theless, that very few of the 1 ‘special” pre¬ 
miums have yet been called for, and the 
$2,000 cash w r ill surely go to a compara¬ 
tively few earnest workers. 
The Index of the volume of The 
Rural New-Yorker for 1892 is now 
ready, having been printed separately. 
Copies of it will be supplied to subscribers 
gratis, on application. 
CROP AND MARKET NOTES. 
The Ice crop is being harvested. 
Fancy prices mean fancy products. 
The weights of beef carcasses now run lighter than 
formerly, as butchers prefer these. 
A New York provision dealer has laid in a large 
stock of hickory wood which he uses for smoking 
hams for which he Is famons. 
The demand for full-cream cheeses is strong, and 
prices have advanced on every grade. There Is some 
export demand, but sales are largely to the home 
trade. Dealers are confident that prices will go still 
higher. There Is no advance in skims or part skims, 
though there is considerable trading in them. 
We have previously noted the fact of the shipment 
of a cargo of Florida oranges to England by E. L. 
Goodsell, and their sale at what seemed to be low 
prices. Explanations by mall show that quite a 
proportion of the fruit arrived In bad condition, 
owing, It Is thought, to having been packed while 
wet. This an Important point for fruit growers to 
remember. _ 
TUTT’S PILLS purge out Malaria. 
ERTEL’S VICTOR HAY PRESS 
Smippio AwrwncarToonR»Tif55'jk Purchaser to kmpomc 
oh trial agaihs t all OTHER M/ll DOIHC most AHD BEST VMM 
EOERJETi^O? auiN C.Y, ILL 
The Christmas poultry market was good, the^de- 
mand being brisk, and prices ruling well up for 
good stock. The weather was, If anything, too cold, 
as stock would freeze solid In a short time If exposed. 
Much stock was sold from cold storage that had 
been put away during the prevailing low prices a 
month ago, and good profits must have been realized 
on this. The market Is now well cleaned up, and the 
outlook good, though trade Is remarkably quiet. 
Not much Is wasted In the city markets. In Wash¬ 
ington Market some sundries retail about as follows, 
varying, of course, with the season and the supply: 
Pigs’ feet 35 cents per dozen; pigs' heads from to 
5 cents per pound, according to the manner of cutting; 
lamb fries, 10 cents per pair; oxtails, $1 per dozen, or 
10 cents each; calves' heads, 35 cents each; calves' 
feet 25 cents per set of four; tripe six to eight cents 
per pound. Then there are livers, kidneys, hearts, 
etc., from beeves, sheep, lambs, calves, hogs, etc. 
Almost any pocket-book can be suited but an empty 
one. 
IN writing to advertisers please always mention 
Thb rural. 
$20 INVINCIBLE HATCHER 
ARE jour poultry pay 
ORE ,han jour wheat, 
i »»'0NEY refunded, if thin 
N Incubator does not hatch as 
well as any one made. Send 
i 4«. stamp for No. 23 catalog. 
BUCKEYE INCUBATOR CO. 
SPRINGFIELD, OHIO. 
FEEDING ANIMALS 
This Is a practical work of 560 pages, by Professor 
E. W. STEWART, upon the science of feeding In all 
Its details, giving practical rations for all farm ani¬ 
mals. Its accuracy Is proved by Its adoption as a text 
book In nearly all Agricultural Colleges and Experi¬ 
ment Stations In America. It will pay anybody hav¬ 
ing a horse or a cow, or who feeds a few pigs or 
sheep to buy and study It carefully. Price, »3.00. 
Address THE RURAL PUBLISHING COMPANY, 
Times Building, New York. 
BEST LINE 
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The tendency of butter prices, especially of the best 
grades, Is still upward, and the market Is firm. The 
demand Is good, and supplies seem light. Some 
dealers talk still higher prices, though it would seem 
that present prices were plenty high enough to sat¬ 
isfy producers. They certainly are high enough to 
suit those who have to buy. Of all the uncertain 
qualities that come Into the market, roll butter takes 
the lead. It comes mostly from nearby points, and 
in not very large quantities. It Is probably made 
mostly by the class who think there Is no money In 
cows. 
To Send Potato Growers 
OF NEW YORK STATE. 
I would like to correspond at once with a reliable 
party to act as agent for the sale of his Seed Pota¬ 
toes. Best references given, etc. 
HERBERT BRINTON. Westtown, Pa. 
A I)AV. Agrent samples free. Horse 
owners buy 3 to 9. 20 fast selling special¬ 
ties. E. E. Brewster, Box 612, Holly, Mich. 
ALUMINUM SOUVENIR 
Charm (dime size) with the Lord’s Prayer coined In 
smallest characters, and strung on blue silk ribbon, 
sent free to anyone sending 10 cents for 
sample copy of The I 5! EE St. Louis Magazine. 
Aluminum Is the wonderful new metal, bright as sli¬ 
ver, light as wood, strong as steel, will not tarnish. 
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Nichols. Tioga. 
Oswego. Oswego. 
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Cattaraugus Station Cattaraugus, 
Mlddleburgh. Schoharie... 
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Cambridge. Washington., 
Scottsvllle. Monroe. 
Granville. Washington. 
Clyde. Wayne. 
Cortland. Cortland. 
East Schodack. Rensselaer... 
Greene. Chenango_ 
Voorbeesvllle. Albany. 
Margaretsvllle. Delaware. 
Walden. Orange. 
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AGRICULTURAL NEWS, 
ROBINSON 
WOOD AND METAL PICKET FENCE MACHINE 
In spite of the McKinley Bill, some potatoes are 
now being Imported. 
Philadelphia claims to have the most convenient 
markets In the United States. 
Germany has placed an embargo upon imports of 
Russian eggs, butter and game. 
Eleven two-year-old trotters went in 2:20 or better 
this year, and 169 in 2:30 or better. 
The great Futurity stakes for 1893 will be worth 
not less than $100,000 to the winner. 
Twenty government mleroscoplsts will soon be at 
work In Swift’s packing house at Kansas City. 
The American Tobacco Company (Trust) is reported 
to have absorbed the Lorlllard tobacco factories. 
According to moderate estimates, $2,360,000 will be 
offered In purses for pacers and trotters next season. 
Experiments In shipping refrigerated beef from 
Fort Worth, Tex., to New York have proved success¬ 
ful. 
The National Trotting Association has a member¬ 
ship of 518, and a balance of over $22,000 in its 
treasury, 
The cotton crop In India has suffered severely 
owing to the failure of the November rainfall—the 
worst season within 20 years. 
France has forbidden the Importation of oattle 
and hogs from Holland, owing to the prevalence of 
foot-and-month disease there. 
The rinderpest has spread to five hitherto unin¬ 
fected estates In Mecklenburg and to seven estates 
In Holstein. Many cattle are dying of It also In Jut¬ 
land. 
Secretary Rusk with several members of the House 
Committee on Agriculture has been In Florida In¬ 
specting the drained sugar lands of the Philadelphia 
syndicate. 
At Bad Axe. Mich , the elders and congregation of 
a church raised 325 bushels of corn on a small piece 
of land lent by a layman, and with the proceeds 
canceled a church debt. 
The Inter-State Commerce Commission has cited 
Edward Cudahy, the Chicago packer, to appear befoie 
it and give Information In regard to alleged discrimi¬ 
nation In railroad rates. 
The Duke of Sutherland, the largest land owner in 
the United Kingdom, possesses 1,358,545 acres, all 
save about 15,000 acres In Scotland, and his rent roll 
Is more than $700,000 a year. 
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SAFETY GATE COMPANY, Box Y, RICHMOND, IND 
Let the Croakers Croak 
Philadelphia, December 15, 1892. 
VERMONT FARM MACHINE CO., Bellows Falls, Vermont: 
Dear Sirs— We have used four of your No. 1 U. 8. Extractor-Separators 
constantly since early last spring; part of the time as C’eam Separators and 
part of the time as Butter Extractors. We received the same price from the 
commission men for the Extractor butter as for the ripened or sour cream 
butter. The last of August and early September we ran through these four 
machines 42,000 quarts of milk, dry measure, per day, 2}$ pounds to the quart, 
which Is 105,000 pounds of milk In a single day. 
I have used centrifugal Separators of different kinds for over eight years, 
and I have never seen any other machine that could do as much work as well 
and with as little care as these. 
We stored our surplus butter In September and October, when butter was 
selling for 24 cents. We sold It recently for 34 and 35 cents. At the present 
time we are selling our tub butter for 33 and 35 cents, and our prints for 35 and 
38 cents per pound. The great advantage of your machine over all others is 
the easy adjustment of its bearings, and greater wearing qualities, Its endur¬ 
ance under very severe and continuous work, which Is one of, If not the most 
Important point In Separators They were often tested when doing the most 
work, and the skimmed milk showed less than one-tenth of one per cent of fat. 
One man ran the four machines without help. I am satisfied one man can 
run six or eight of these machines, they need so little attention. 
EUGENE A. SAVAGE, Foreman Farmers’ Creamery Co. 
No. 624 Race Street. Philadelphia. Pa. 
Extractor- 
Separator 
has 
“Cot there 
just the 
These machines are made in two factory sizes and three dairy sizes. Send for 
pamphlet full of testimonials of the same sort. 
VERMON r FARM MACHINE CO., Bellows Falls, Vermont. 
Farquhar's Standard Engines, Saw Mills, Shingde 
Mills, Grist Mills and Standard Implements Gener¬ 
ally. Send for Catalogue. Portable and Stationary Engines and 
Boilers a specialty. Warranted equal or superior to any made. 
In Mason and Jackson Counties, W. Va., are a con¬ 
siderable number of wild sheep unsheltered and 
uncared for. They find Jfood and protection in the 
forests and mountain cliffs. 
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Address A. B. FARQUHAR CO., York, Pa 
