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THE RURAL NEW-YORKER 
September 9 
“ BUSINESS.” 
About this time of the year several of 
our best farm papers begin to spruce up, 
use a little better paper, a few cuts and 
extra-good articles. They devote two or 
three columns of their valuable space to 
telling readers how good they are. This 
is all right. Everybody understands that 
a new subscription season is opening and 
that a little healthy “ blowing ” will per¬ 
haps be effective with newer readers. 
The Rural New-Yorker considers its 
space too valuable to devote half a page 
to self-praise. Here is the paper We 
are trying to make it as reliable and in¬ 
teresting as we can. Look it over for a 
few weeks and see if, with its pictures, 
its varied contributions, its bright way 
of putting things and its valuable reports 
and criticisms from its own experiment 
grounds, it does not fill an entirely dis¬ 
tinct and unique position in farm journal¬ 
ism. We have no rivals, because The 
Rural New-Yorker is original and no 
other paper can give you just the matter 
that our paper does. That is our claim— 
if you like the sort of work The Rural 
New-Yorker does, you have simply got 
to take The Rural New-Yorker in order 
to read about it. Tne sincerest compli¬ 
ments The Rural New-Yorker ever gets 
are when the other papers imitate its 
new features. , , « 
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As to circulation : The R N.-Y. has 
never made any “sworn statements” 
about a big circulation. We have done 
a good deal of advertising ourselves, and 
know the opinions of prominent adver¬ 
tisers as to these “statement claims.” 
This is the way we do it—we send the 
following note to all responsible adver¬ 
tisers : 
Dkak Silt—When a ma i sees he believes, 
jjj We want you to see the subscription books 
i'j'i and lists of Tub Rural New-Yorker, that 
ij you may know beyond a doubt that its clrcu- 
j -\ latlon is larger than ever before, and that its 
f i advertising space at the present rate is a real 
l bargain. 
We cordially invite you to come in and make 
the examination. 
THE RURAL NEW-YORK R. 
The man who avails himself of this 
invitation will find that The R. N.-Y. 
has the largest actual circulation of any 
weekly $1 farm paper in the country, 
that its circulation covers a wider terri¬ 
tory than any other, and that its readers 
place the utmost confidence in its adver¬ 
tising columns. Take your own word 
,orit! ? i n 
The Rural New-Yorker is constantly 
receiving requests from subscribers to 
investigate the doings of commission-men 
in this city. We have had the pleasure 
of helping our friends to make a settle¬ 
ment in many instances. Next week we 
hope to print an account of one such in¬ 
vestigation that will turn a little light 
on the commission business. It is a case 
where what we call “ blood ” on another 
page, came near being lost. Located here 
at the greatest market point on the Con¬ 
tinent, The Rural New-Yorker has a 
good chance to help squelch the frauds. 
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We have for sale two books that are of 
especial value just now. They are Can¬ 
ning and Preserving and Siloes and En¬ 
silage. They give all the points needed 
in preparing canned goods for both house 
and barn folks. Siloes and Ensilage con¬ 
tains among others, an article on Feed¬ 
ing Ensilage, by Mr. J. S. Woodward, that 
is highly praised by such an authority 
as Prof. W. A. Henry. Price of each 
book, 20 cents. 
PRINCIPAL STATE AND DISTRICT FAIRS. 
British Columbia, New Westminster. Sept. 26, 
California, Sacramento. sept. 4, 
Chicago Exp’n, Cattle, llorees, &c..Aug. 21, Sept. 
“ “ sheep and Swine....Sept. 26. Oct. 
“ •• Dogs. Sept. 19, 
“ “ Poultry and Fat Stock.... Oct. 16. 
Connecticut. Meriden. Sept. 19. 
Delaware. Dover. Sept. 11, 
Georgia, Augusta. Oct. 17, 
Indiana, Indianapolis. Sept. 18, 
Kansas. Topeka.Sept. 29, Oct. 
Louisiana, Shreveport.Oct SO. Nov. 
Maine, Lewiston . Sept. 6, 
Maryland, liageri town. Oct. 11, 
Massachusetts Hort’l, Boston..Sept. 6, 7; Oct. 4, 
Missouri. Sedalla.Sept. 25, 
Montreal Exposition. Sept. 4. 
Nebraska. Ltncoin. Sept. 8. 
Nevada. Reno. Sept. 17, 
New Hampshire Grange, Tilton. Sept. 12, 
New Jersey Inter-State, Trenton. Sept. 25, 
New Mexico. Albuquerque. Sept. 19, 
New York, Syracuse. Sept. 14, 
New York Western, Rochester. Sept. 25, 
North Carolina, RaleUb. Oct. 17, 
North Dakota, Grand Forks. Sept. 13, 
Oregon, Salem. Sept. 11, 
Prince Edward Island, Charlottetown.... Sept. 26, 
Rhode Island. C aoston. Sept. 18. 
St. Louis, Mo . Oct. 2, 
Sioux City (Iowa) Corn Palace.Sept. 20. Oct. 
South Carolina. Columbia. Nov. 6, 
South Dakota. Aberdeen . Sept. 11, 
Texas, Dallas. Oct. 14, 
Texas Gra nge, McGregor.Sept. 28, Oct. 
Toronto Industrial. Sept. 4, 
Virginia, Richmond. Oct. 10. 
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CROP AND MARKET NOTES. 
Grapes are dull. 
The egg market is firm. 
Butter shows little change. 
Dressed poultry is very dull. 
Wheat Is doing a trifle better. 
Little celery Is In the market. 
Musk-melons are mostly poor. 
Evaporated apples are doing better. 
Receipts of potatoes are Increasing. 
Onions are more plentiful and lower. 
Cheese Is lower, but demand is good. 
Good pickling cucumbers are wanted. 
Hops were badly Injured by the storms. 
Hay for pressing must be perfectly dry. 
Virginia grapes are about out of market. 
Beeswax Is quoted at 24 to 24J4 cents per pound. 
Water-melons are In light receipt, but few are 
wanted. 
There has been a heavy demand for fruit baskets 
thts season. 
Last Saturday 85 car-loads of peaches were re¬ 
ceived here. 
Cabbages have been coming from Albany for sev¬ 
eral days back. 
Brooklyn has been making a raid on the pigs within 
the city limits. 
About 6,000.000 acres are annually planted with 
corn In Illinois. 
The late storms have materially shortened the al¬ 
ready small apple crop. 
A new Invention for the use of sugar as a motive 
power for vessels is reported. 
Hop growers on the Pacific coast are giving prefer¬ 
ence to white labor in picking the crop. 
A cur-load of California honey sold In this market 
recently for an average price or about six cents. 
New hay generally ranges about 10 cents per 100 
pounds below our quotations, which are for old. 
The oyster beds along Long Island Sound are re¬ 
ported almost entirely ruined by the recent storm. 
About 2,0C0 car-loads of beans are the estimated 
product of Ventura County, Cal., for the present 
season. 
Unless some disaster intervenes, the cranberry 
crop Is likely to be considerably In excess of that of 
last year. 
Hop shipments have begun from the Pacific coast. 
The crop is said to be of fine quality, and will all be 
marketed In Europe. 
The dally average for weeks of California fruit on 
Its way east has been 50 to GO car-loads. On one day 
60 car-loads crossed the Sierra Nevadas. 
A revolution In the manner of handling the next 
crop of California oranges is predicted. Coopera¬ 
tion is what the growers aie striving for. 
Beware of the commission-man who quotes you 
prices much above ruling quotations or offers to han¬ 
dle goods for lees than the regular commission. 
Canadian hay In bond, Intended for export to 
Europe, has been taken out of bond In this city and 
sold here. This Is because of the decline In prices 
abroad. 
Crows by the million are said to roost nightly In the 
National Cemetery near Wasnlngton, going to their 
feeding grounds each morning at daybreak and re¬ 
turning at dusk. 
The California grape crop Is reported to be a fair 
one, but scarcity of funds ard consequent inability 
to handle It, render the growers liable to lose a large 
part of Its benefits. 
Tne New York Milk Exchange has very generously 
anu magnanimously advanced the wholesale price 
of milk to the opulent dairymen to three cents a 
quart, dating from September 1. 
A bill has been Introduced In the United States 
Senate authorizing the extension to Alaska of the 
provisions of the law appropriating money for the 
maintenance of agricultural experiment stations. 
It Is reported that Hartford Hebrews will establish 
three markets for the express purpose of supplylcg 
them with meat. They do this because the meat sup¬ 
plied them lias not been dressed according to Jewish 
law. 
The market has been nearly swamped with the 
peaches, pears and apples blown from the trees dur¬ 
ing the recent storms. Low prices have ruled in 
consequence, although choice hand-picked fruit Is 
In demand at good prices. 
The amount of milk controlled by the New York 
Milk Exchange ranges between 10 and 20 per 
cent of the total receipts. This milk goes to the 
dealers who supply the poorer classes, hence the rise 
In price will have to be borne by those least able to 
bear It. 
A French paper tells of the prosecution of a mer¬ 
chant In Normandy for the adulteration of butter 
He bad already been condemned for a similar offense 
to four months’ Imprisonment. The punishment for 
the present offense was eight months' Imprisonment, 
a fine of 3,0C0 francs, and the Insertion of a judgment 
In 45 newspapers of the five departments of Nor¬ 
mandy. 
The damatre to crops by the recent hurricanes 
alcng the Atlantic coast Is widespread. In some 
localities crops are nearly ruined. In fruit growing 
sections, not only are crops destroyed, but large num¬ 
bers of trees are badly damaged, thus decreasing the 
prospects for future crops. Along the lowlands on 
the coast not only was there great destruction of 
property, but the loss of life was heavy. It was prob¬ 
ably the most destructive storm this country has 
ever known at this season. 
The use of sugar Is largely on the Increase In 
Japan. In 1868 the declared value of the sugar im¬ 
ported by Japan was $918 700 and last year It was 
$10,COD,000. A Japan native gives the total value of 
the su ?ar Imported during the last 24 years as $98,850,- 
000, or an average of about $4,300,000 per annum. In 
1880 the declared value was $3.030,0 r 0, and In 1891 
$8,400,000. Meantime the value of the sugar produced 
In Japan Itself has Increased from $1,700,000 In 1884 to 
upward of $6,000,000 In recent years. 
The American South Down Breeders' Association 
announces the following programme for Its meeting 
to be held In Assembly Hall, World s Columbian Ex¬ 
position, Chicago, Wednesday, September 27. at 10 
o’clock a. m. All sheep breeders and those Interested 
In the sheep Industry are cordially Invited: Address, 
Hon. J. H, Potts, President; reports, S. E. Prather, 
Secretary, D. W. Smith, Treasurer. South Down 
Sheep: “ Their treatment and why preferred to other 
breeds,” W. W. Chapman, Secretary South Down 
Sheep Breeders' Association, London. England: “As 
found In England,” John Hobart Warren, Esq., Hoo 
sick Falls, N. Y.; “Their claims to public favor,” Jonn 
Jackson, Esq., Abingdon, Ontario, Canada: “For 
market,” George McKerrow, Esq , Sussex, Wls. 
Partridges are scarce In this market, and this fact 
Is attributed to local county laws, many of which 
still prohibit the killing, and to the State law which 
prohibits the birds being transported from one 
ounty to another unless accompanied by the owner. 
Section 76 of the State laws reads as follows: 
"Woodcock, ruffed grouse, commonly known as part¬ 
ridge, or any member of the grouse family, or quail 
killed in this State shall not be transported to any 
point within this State, from any of the counties 
thereof, or possessed for th»t purpose, except that 
such birds may be transported from the county 
where killed, when accompanied by the owner 
thereof. Possession of the blrdB named, by a com¬ 
mon carrier, unaccompanied by the owner, Is a vio¬ 
lation Of this section, unless It be proved by such 
common carrier that the birds were killed out of the 
State.” 
The best 
wages; they get better 
tors, and always get the 
builders use ealy the best materials— itmmer, 
brick, lime, cement, sand—whatever goes into 
the construction of a building; they employ 
only the best workmen and pay the best 
rices for their work than their less careful competi- 
est contracts; they paint their work with 
Strictly Pure W hite Lead 
manufactured by the “ Old Dutch ” 
of the following standard brands: 
“ANCHOR” (Cincinnati) 
“ARMSTRONG & McKELVY” (Pittsb’gh) 
“ ATLANTIC ” (New York) 
“ BEYMER-BAUMAN ” (Pittsburgh) 
“ BRADLEY ” (New York) 
“ BROOKLYN ” (New York) 
“ COLLIER ” (St. Louis) 
“CORNELL” (Buffalo) 
“ DAVIS-CHAMBERS ” (Pittsburgh) 
“ECKSTEIN ” (Cincinnati) 
•‘JEWETT ” (New York 
process of slow corrosion, and with one 
“ KENTUCKY ” (Louisville) 
“ FAHNESTOCK ” (Pittsburgh) 
“ LEWIS” (Philadelphia) 
“ MORLEY ” (Cleveland) 
“RED SEAL” (St. Louis) 
“ SALEM ” (Salem, Mass.) 
“SHIPMAN” (Chicago) 
“ SOUTHERN ” (St. Louis and Chicago) 
“ ULSTER " (New York) 
“ UNION ” (New York) 
For colors they use the National Lead Company’s Pure White Lead Tinting 
Colors. These colors are sold in small cans, each being sufficient to tint 
twenty-five pounds of Strictly Pure White Lead the desired shade. 
These brands of Strictly Pure White Lead,and National Lead Co.'s Tinting Colors, are 
for sale by the most reliable dealers in paints everywhere. 
If you are going to paint, it will pay you to send to us for a book containing informa¬ 
tion that may save you many a dollar; it will only cost you a postal card to do so. 
NATIONAL LEAD CO., 
i Broadway, New York. 
POT-GROWN STRAWBERRIES 
Handsome Catalogue of the Ilest varieties (old and new) ; also list of Holland Hulbs and Specialties for 
Fall Planting, mailed PI I UfflUftCD 9 DADDV Mount Hope Nurseries, 
I free on application. ELL gf flllUCn Of Dflilll I | ROCHESTER, N. Y. 
Now is the Time to 
Plant to Secure a 
Crop next Season. 
THE CHRISTY KNIVES. 
These knives are well named “ Wonderful,” as they are far and away the best 
things in kitchen and carving knives that we have seen. Use in our own house has 
demonstrated their quality. There are three in a set: a bread knife, sharpened 
only on one side so that, with its reflex curves, it cuts even warm bread in thin 
slices without crumbling ; a cake knife cuts the finest frosting, and a paring knife 
that is perfect in paring or cutting fruits and vegetables. All are nickel-plated and 
handsomely finished. Price of the set $1, express prepaid. With a year’s subscrip¬ 
tion, $1.75. Given as a premium for a club of four new subscriptions. 
THE RURAL PUBLISHING CO., Cor. Chambers and Pearl Sts,, New York. 
INCUBATORS & BROODERS 
Brooders only $5. Best and cheapest for 
raising chicks ; 40 first premiums ; 8,000 
testimonials ; send for catalogue. 
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and Brockville, Ont. 
Send for 
descriptive 
pamphlet. 
THE NEW BOTANY: 
A Lecture on the best method of 
Teaching the Science. Valuable to 
Students and Amateurs, being a Use¬ 
ful Guide in Studying “The Beauti¬ 
ful Science.”—By W. J. Beal, M. Sc., 
Ph. D., Professor of Botany, Agri¬ 
cultural College, Michigan. Third 
Edition, enlarged and revised. 
Price, paper, 25 cents. 
THE RURAL PUBLISHING CO., 
Cor. Chambers and Pearl Sts., New York. 
GRAY HAIR 
or whiskers restored to 
perfectly natural color by 
using Van’s Mexican Hair 
Restorative, or money refunded; It is not a dye, and 
Is warranted absolutely free from sugar of lead or 
anything injurious whatever. Sent to uny address 
on receipt of price; $1.00 per bottle; full informa¬ 
tion free; agents wanted. ALLEN & CO., Boom 308, 
Inter Ocean Building, Chicago, 111. 
Trade supplied by Peter Van Schaack & Sons, 
Morphine Habit cured In 10 to 
20 days. No pay till cured. 
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PANNING MACHINERY and SUPPLIES. 
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