THE RURAL NEW-YORKER 
November 4 
74o 
As We Go To Press. 
“ BETWEEN US.” 
It is now time to begin to talk about 
Tine R. N.-Y. for next year. The sub¬ 
scription season is upon us. We want 
to hold all our present subscribers and 
add as meny new ones as possible. We 
make that statement early so that all 
our friends may know just how they can 
do us a friendly act. The tooner your 
name and your neighbor’s name are en¬ 
tered on our books for next year, the 
sooner we shall know that you are to be 
one of The Rural family for 1894. We 
have not so much to say about the busi¬ 
ness pi the paper this week as about its 
make up and character, and why it is 
worthy of consideration by the side of 
other papers. As the years go by we 
are less and less inclined to print long 
statements to show how good our own 
paper is. Take a few sample numbers 
and look them over. If you don’t think 
you can get a dollar’s worth of reading 
out of 52 issues we don’t want you to 
subscribe, for if you can’t do that you 
show yourself to be a man that never 
could be satisfied. 
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We claim that The R. N.-Y. is unique 
among farm papers. It collects and 
prints a kind of material that no other 
farm paper gets. We do not know why 
other papers do not work on the same 
lines—that is their own affair. All we 
know is that there have been very few 
new departures in agricultural journal¬ 
ism in the past 10 years that were not 
originated by The R. N.-Y. We ask 
farmers who read the different papers 
to see if that statement is not correct. 
We do not ask any farmer to give up any 
old friend that he has read for many 
years. It is just this way; if you like 
the sort of reading we give, you must 
take The R. N.-Y. to get it, and as 
things now go you can well afford to add 
The R. N.-Y. to your list. We do not 
ask you to displace any of the other 
papers. Many of them are good and 
useful and we wish them prosperity. 
The point that we want to emphasize 
above everything else is that The R. N.- 
Y. will continue to be unique and differ¬ 
ent from any other paper under the sun. 
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There is one point about The R N.-Y. 
that every one seems to like-—that is, the 
collection of a variety of answers on one 
topic from men who live in different 
parts of the country. As one Delaware 
friend says about this : 
THE R. N.-Y. Is way ahead, and one of Its best 
points Is the actual experience Btateinenu that you 
gather so carefully. 
We have made quite a feature of this in 
the past and shall do even more of it 
next year. Farmers often tell us that 
by reading over these answers they are 
able to strike just the points they are 
after. We have now at least a dozen 
such questions out hunting for answers 
all over the country. 
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The R. N.-Y. not only entertains its 
friends, but it puts them in the way of 
earning money too. Just refer back to 
page 098 and see whet E. 11. Currier said 
about our work: 
I consider that I Increased the value of my crop at 
least $8 per acre, and, as I obtained my Information 
In regard to the matter througn The Rural New- 
Yorker, I shall have to give the paper credit, but I 
hope you won’t charge me with the amount, as it 
figures up just about enough on 40 acres to pay for 
all my papers and magazines for the next 15 years. 
Of course, 1 should have found it out sooner or later, 
but out of 17 different papers that I take The Rural 
was the only one that gave the proper Instructions. 
We have no charge to make against 
Mr. Currier. We are glad to see any 
reader get a fair return for his labor and 
care. It is our privilege to try to put the 
experience of experts right into the 
hands of every-day men who have no 
time to conduct the experiments that 
dig the truth out of Nature. Mr. Currier 
says that he made $320 in one year by 
reading The R. N.-Y. Do we guarantee 
that every new subscriber will make 
that much ? Not at all. We agree to 
supply the inspiration and you must do 
the rest yourself. 
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One word more about this advertising 
scheme. Here is a letter that comes to 
us from Maryland : 
I have been In the chicken business quite exten¬ 
sively and have a stock of 310 pullets for winter 
layers, and give them first-class caie. I will prob¬ 
ably have from three to live crates of eggs a week 
after the middle of November. Can you find me a 
market for such stock 7 If so. will remember your 
kindness. 1 would like to sell direct to the con¬ 
sumers. 
We have simply to say that memories 
do not pay our paper and printing bills, 
at least they never have thus far. Our 
advertising columns are always open for 
such business. The eggs laid by one hen 
would more than pay the cost of securing 
an extra price on all that the 350 can lay. 
WE WANT TO KNOW, YOU KNOW ! 
Cauliflower has been Injured by the recent storms 
and sells lower in consequence. 
Live poultry was in good supply with prices higher 
than last week and the market easy. 
An importation of one lot of 600 bags of Marrow 
beans has rendered the market easier. 
String beans atd green peas are very Irregular In 
quality, and prices show a wider range. 
Best grades of onions are In good demand, but 
there Is too much poor stock In market. 
Best grades of butter are lower, but the demand Is 
good, and the market firm at quotations. 
A few rabbits and squirrels have arrived In mar¬ 
ket, but net In sufficient numbers to fix prices. 
A Concord grape four Inches In circumference and 
1% Inch In length Is reported by the Grape Belt. 
Grapes rule somewhat higher for choice, but much 
stock from up-river is poor. Catawbas aTe very low. 
The supply of dressed calves Is light, but most ar¬ 
rivals are In such poor condition that they sell low. 
Some potatoes received from northern New York 
will not realize enough to cover cost laid down here. 
Auction sales of California and Kiorlda as well as 
foreign fruits, bananas, onions, etc., continue to be 
made. 
Country dealers say that if the railroad companies 
could provide more cars, there would be more bay In 
the markets. 
If you don't see what you want, ask for it. 
Rotators in Nkw York Statk.— What Is the es¬ 
timated yield of potatoes In New York State this 
year? subscriber. 
Michigan. 
Ans.— We cannot give a satisfactory answer be¬ 
cause estimates vary so widely. In a general way, 
taking early and late potatoes together.lt may be 
stated that the crop Is a light one, probably not over 
two-thirds to three-quarters of an average. But the 
general market Is likely to be less affected by the 
New York crop than by the foreign Importations, 
which are already arriving in considerable quanti¬ 
ties. 
Chestnuts in New York.- 1. Who In New York 
would buy a few bushels of chestnuts? 2. What 
would the freight per barrel be on them, or should 
they be put In smaller packages than barrels to 
prevent moulding 7 J. W. G. 
Tennessee. 
ANS.—1. Any of the commission merchants adver¬ 
tising In The K. N.-Y. handle chestnuts, but the 
price is now very low. 2. Ask the frelgnt agent at 
your shipping point. We would have to do that, and 
it Is handler for you to do so than for us. Barrels 
are all right if the chestnuts are well dried first, and 
plenty of holeB are bored in them for ventilation. 
Otherwise, the smaller packages are better, but, no 
matter what the size, they should be well ventilated. 
Heifer Drying Up.—I would like to know what 
to do for my heifer. She dropped her calf September 
6. 1 was sick at the time and unable to get to the 
barn for several days, and she was not properly 
milked. Now she seems Inclined to dry up, and does 
not give more than half as much milk as at first. She 
Is a grade Jersey and Short-horn In good flesh. 
.T K. N 
ANS.- If the heifer is In good health, as Is prob¬ 
able, as you say that she Is in good flesh, the only 
thing that we can suggest Is regular and liberal 
feeding and watering and regular and thorough 
milking. Unless she Is sick, she certain.y doesn’t 
need doctoring. Good care and a warm stable snould 
be given her during stormy or cold weather. It may 
be that after again becoming fresh, If properly 
milked and cared for, she will give a better flow of 
milk. _ 
CKOP AND MARKET N0TBS. 
Cabbages are selling low. 
Corn Is nearly out of market. 
Tomatoes are nearing the end. 
Dressed pork Is plenty and dull. 
High prices curtail consumption. 
Further arrivals of foreign potatoes. 
Rears are dull under a light demand. 
Maple sugar Is 7J4 to 8 cents per pound. 
Beeswax quiet at 24 to 25 cents per pound. 
Celery of good quality continues to arrive. 
The market on Scotch green pease is weak. 
Fancy dried cherries are scarce and rule high. 
The supply and demand for limed eggs are both 
light. 
The market has been oveistocked with venison 
lately. 
Receipts of milk have been lighter, but the market 
Is dull. 
Supplies of Southern vegetables will Increase from 
now on. 
Quinces are not In large supply, and sell readily If 
choice. t 
Rrlme, dry-picked turkeys are wanted at outside 
quotations. 
A new India rubber tree has been discovered In 
Madagascar. 
Dried small fruits rule higher with the exception 
of raspberries. 
Choice domestic potatoes are Arm, but poor stock 
Is dull and low. 
California dried fruits are quiet, but sell fairly 
well at quotations. 
The producer Is judged, not bv the top, but by the 
bottom of the package. 
Hickory nuts have sold as low as $1 to $1.12 per 
bushel during the week. 
The demand for eggs Is slow, and the market dull 
at slightly lower prices. 
The Majestic, due next week, will bring 350 sacks 
Irish Magnum potatoes. 
Fancy game is selling at low prices, probably on 
account of the hard times. 
Frozen pork Is to be shipped from New Zealand to 
London according to reports. 
Congress lias been asked for an appropriation to 
enable the Secretary of Agriculture to exterminate 
the Gypsy moth. 
Cheese Is dull, the price being too high to tempt 
any activity on the part of buyers either for home 
trade or for export. 
Dressed poultry Is In light supply, the market Arm, 
and prices considerably higher. Rrlme, dry-picked 
stock Is in most demand. 
Cnolce apples are scarce and prices have advanced. 
Red varieties are most In demand, while the poorer 
qualities move very slowly. 
During the beet sugar season up to October 9, 
there had been over 10,000,000 pounds of sugar turned 
out at the Chino factory, southern California. 
Evaporated apples are In very light supply, and 
the market Is Arm at materially higher prices. Much 
of the stock received is of rather poor quality. 
The 33d annual meeting of the Indiana Horticul¬ 
tural Society will be held at the Capitol at Indian¬ 
apolis November 8-10. W. H. Ragan, Greencastle, 
secretary. 
The crop of whalebone Is a heavy one this year 
and recent sales were made at $2.50 per pound, quite 
a drop from $7, at which much of It has been sold 
during the past two years. 
Large quantities of htekorynuts have arrived from 
the West, prices have declined heavily, and the 
market is extremely dull. Many recently sold 
brought less than first cost. 
A nice basket of Tokay grapes may be purchased 
at retail for 35 to 40 cents. They contain about five 
pounds. The grapes are excellent, more meaty and 
“go farther” than our common varieties. 
Usually small, white onions for pickling are In 
great demand and sell at $5 to $8 per barrel. Recently 
the demand has been light, and prices have been not 
much more than half those usually ruling. 
An orchard of soft-shell almonds on the Rio 
Bonlto ranch. In Butte County. Cal., it is said, will 
yield Its owners 150,000 pounds of first class, mer¬ 
chantable almonds, worth, delivered on the cars, not 
lees than $24,000. 
The Missouri 8tate Horticultural Society will meet 
at Fulton, Decemoer 5 to 7. This Is the 30t,h annual 
meeting. Suggestions are desired as to programme, 
topics for papers or discussions, or other matters 
connected with the meeting, and may be addressed 
to L A. Goodman, secretary, Westport. 
The hop market is dull, sales being made very 
slowly Tne Oneida Union reports that ihe local hop 
market remains quiet, with comparatively Utile 
being done In that Immediate vicinity at any figures. 
Dealers, however, expect to do their full share of 
business when orders roll in, as they no doubt soon 
will. A few sales are reported at 19 cents, but hold¬ 
ers are, as a rule, unwilling to part with a good 
quality of hops at less than 20 cents. Hops are 
already getting well thinned out, many of the largest 
growers, who have been In the habit of holding their 
growths, have already disposed of their '93 product. 
In regard to the Canadian cheese markets, the 
Montreal Gazette reports as follows: “At Montreal 
the cheese market did not sh w any pronounced 
change to-day, but It is worthy of remark that some 
shippers were going around to see what could be 
picked up. We learn also that the Ottawa Valley 
combination, which was supposed to have con¬ 
tracted the balance of Its season’s make, has not 
done so, but that It sold Its last half September and 
some October at 11)4 cents, which gives a good Idea 
of the price. Shippers also spoke of 50 shillings over 
the cable, or about 11% cents for Western goods, 
being offered more freely than It was before, and 
say that when the goods can be had there Is no great 
difficulty In making a sale on this basis. Tne dif¬ 
ficulty Is, however, that holders want an advance on 
this for finest Ontario la.ll cheese. At Ingersoil 
offerings were 2,320 boxes September makes. No 
sales. Market dull; 1 cents bid for some lots. Sales¬ 
men reiuse to set a price.” 
IN writing to advertisers please always mentlci 
Thm Rural. 
An|U y or whiskers restored tc 
ll FI fit I perfectly natural color by 
using Van’s Mexican Uali 
Restorative, or money refunded; It is not a dye, anc 
Is warranted absolutely free from sugar of lead o? 
anything Injurious whatever. Sent to any addrest 
on receipt of price; $1.00 per bottle; full lnforma 
tlonfree; agents wanted. ALLEN & CO., Room 30b 
Inter Ocean BulldlLg, Chicago, HI. 
Trade supplied by Peter Van Schaack & Sons 
Morphine Habit cured In 10 to 
20 days. No pay till cured. 
Dr. J. STEPHENS, Lebanon, 0. 
Gold Watch, Jeweled Gold Hands. 
No 303. Price , $25. Men's Size. 
No. 303 is a magnificent Elgin watch. It has the 
very greatest Improvements, including the world- 
renowned cut balance, patent safety pinion, stem 
winding and setting apparatus, nickel works, jeweled 
balance, quick train, dust band, etc. The jewels are 
real precious stones It has a genuine doable sunk 
dial, with either Roman or Arabic figures, and gold 
hands set with sparkling gems. These hands are 
made in Europe, by processes yet unattainable in 
this country. The gems have all the appearance and 
sparkle of real genuine diamonds, and in the trade 
are often sold as diamonds. They are extremely 
handsome, and give to the watch the appearance of 
a $300 timepiece. The case is made of solid 14-karat 
gold in two plates, stiffened between with a thin 
sheet of very stiff composition metal. The gold is 
warranted to last 20 years The ring, joint plugs, 
thumb-piece, and all parts subjected to constant 
wear are solid gold. The works are good for at least 
50 years’ wear. We have an option upon a few. and 
for a short time we will deliver them free for $25 In 
hi nting case, or $24 in open face 
SOLID COLD JEWELRY. 
The country is flooded with cheap jewelry called 
‘'rolled gold,” that is worn from two weeks to two 
months, and then disappears for reasons never men¬ 
tioned by the wearer. RIns, earrings, studs* and fin¬ 
ger-rings do not require enough gold to make It worth 
while to use rolled gold. Tne wholesale price to the 
trade of certain solid gold adornments Is often less 
than the retail price of the electro-plated brass, and 
in compliance with many requests from subscribers 
to purchase for them pins and rings, wc have made a 
contract that will give our subscribers individually 
the wholesale price on a number of trinkets guaran¬ 
teed by the makers to be solid gold. 
People in modest circumstances now enjoy the 
possession of doublet precious stones equally with 
millionaires. These stones are known as ■‘doublets.’ ’ 
The face and cutting is a piece of real stone; the 
backing Is not. 
We have six of the scarf or lace pins in solid gold 
to choose from, and a choice is hard with them be¬ 
fore one. Each seems more desirable than any of 
the others, and he who chooses by lot will be per¬ 
fectly satisfied. Here are the numbers and prices: 
342. Solid gold horseshoe perfectly finished, $1.35. 
325. Tl ree small gold links, bunched; ideal pin 
for gentlemen.90c. 
232. Solitaire lk. brilliant sparkle, doublet ruby 
or emerald, or rhinestone.$1.25. 
343. Genuine y.k. moonstone with flue play of 
color.$1.25. 
331. Three-leafed clover, doublet ruby and sap¬ 
phire and white stone.$1.25. 
3855. 
Shirt Studs. 
3855. A solitaire lk. shirt stud, wire 
screw, set with rhinestone, costs $1.25, 
and may be had in doublet ruby or 
doublet emerald at the same price. 
325 is the one for those having quiet 
tastes to select, and No. 881 la the pin 
for them to present to those liking color. 
Earrings. 
There are three kinds to choose from, and he would 
bo a wise man to name which will prove the most 
popular. 
349. Real onyx pansy, with pearl center in minute 
gold star drop.$3.25. 
345. Ono karat drop, rhinestone, doublet emerald 
or ruby.$1.75. 
Diamond Pins, 
No. 2121 is a genuine diamond scarf or lace pip. It 
is equally suited to men's or ladies’ wear. It is made 
of solid gold in the shape of a knot, set with a beau¬ 
tiful diamond. This stone is not an imitation; it is 
genuine Price delivered.$4.50. 
No 618 is a flower pin set with a well-cut genuine 
diamond The pin Is solid gold. Price delivered, $3.25. 
No. 1674 is a ladies solid gold engraved ring set 
with a real amethyst of high quality. List price, $3 
to $5. Price $2.25 
No 669 is a ladles' solid gold ring set with an 
American ruby and two real pearls. List price, $4. 
O price, $2. 
No. 18 Is the handsomest ring we offer. It is meant 
for an engagement ring, but Is suitable for any lady 
of taste. Tne ring Is solid gold, and the diamond Is 
a white, perfectly cut genuine stone. It is not an 
imitation diamond, but guaranteed real and genuine. 
Price delivered to subscribers only, $9.10. 
No. 1672 is a solid gold ring for ladies’ wear, set 
with three beautiful whole pearls. Price, $3. 
No. 1666 is a heavy solid 
gold ring, men’s or ladies 
sizes. It Is engraved In an 
elegant design. The gold 
is standard. List price, $4. 
Our price, $2. 
No. 183 is a solid gold ring, 
set with a genuine solitaire 
diamond or garnet. Sub¬ 
scribers may take their choice. This is a ladies 
ring and should not he ordered in large sizes. Price 
delivered, $2.50. 
The Marquise Ring 
Solid Gold, Set with 11 jewels. 
Every lady and girl in the United States should 
own a marquise ring. The marquise ring we 
offer Is one of the most beautiful ever made. It Is 
formed by joining a pointed marquise head set with 
10 real pearls, with a beautifully wrought circle of 
gold. Inside the pearls it has along pointed doub¬ 
let ruby. Every part of the ring, excepting tho 
stones, is solid gold The marquise ring Is popular 
and will remain so, because t shows every precious 
stone with which it Is set This ring s very rich In 
appearance, and will prove a most acceptable addi¬ 
tion to any lady's jewel case. Price, including free 
delivery $2.70. 
The prices above are to subscribers only, and in¬ 
clude free safe delivery. 
THE RURAL NEW-YORKER, 
Cor. Chambers and Pearl Sts., N. Y. 
No. 1666. $2. 
