November 25 
788 
THE RURAL NEW-YORKER. 
As We Qo To Press. 
Wk are preparing a premium list of 
much more than ordinary value this 
year. Those of you who look over the 
lists prepared by the different papers 
have perhaps noticed that they run about 
the same articles year after year. In our 
list this year, we have tried to get out of 
the usual line and offer some new articles 
—at good bargains, too. Just wait for 
our offers before you stai t working for 
any other paper. You will surely find 
something you want in it and if “you 
don't see what you want, call for it 1 ” 
We are prepared to get for you any 
article you desire. We want a club of 
subscribers—what do you want ? 
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We look upon a “premium” as only 
another name for “ payment.” It takes 
time and energy to get people to sub¬ 
scribe for a paper, and we don’t ask any 
one to work for us for nothing. Every 
farmer has a want—he needs some article 
for barn, field or house, and that article 
represents so much cash outlay. Now 
we are in a position to get that article 
for a good deal less money than you can, 
and we propose to give you the benefit 
of our purchasing power. In exchange 
for that, we ask you to get your friends 
and neighbors to take The R. N.-Y. 
You get them to subscribe, and we will 
give you all the advantage we have in 
buying at wholesale rates. Isn’t that 
fair ? Some of the papers used to think 
there was something very wrong about 
this premium business. But we notice 
now that all of them are doing it. In 
fact, when honorably and fairly con¬ 
ducted this premium business can be 
made very helpful to the readers of 
a paper. It is right in line with our 
efforts to make The R. N.-Y. a cheap and 
prompt middleman. So whatever you 
want write us about it first. 
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A friend in West Virginia sends us 
this pleasant little note : 
I shall he clad to do what I can for The Rubai., 
though my time Is very much occupied the year 
round. It Is a pleasure 10 me to have my neighbors 
read the paper, and what I do is not for the money 
there Is in It, but more because there Is a kind of 
satisfaction In knowing that some farmers—sadly in 
need—have a chance to read and think. For Instance, 
the two numbers concerning root growth, etc,, alone 
are worth more to the farmers at large than can be 
properly estimated. I have been of the opinion for 
some time that the corn crop has been partially de¬ 
stroyed In cultivating—we might say, “plowed to 
death.” 
That’s right—all of it. Of course, we 
are pleased, too, to have Tiie R. N.-Y. 
taken in communities that way. We find 
it to our advantage to have a good-sized 
club at any post office. People can thus 
discuss the paper, talk over different 
articles and get all the meaning out of 
them. Our experience is that the more 
the paper is discussed, the stronger it 
grows. So that those who work on the 
principle of our West Virginia friend not 
only give themselves pleasure, but help 
us, too. \ l l 
We get lots of pleasant letters from 
those who buy watches and jewelry of 
us. Well we may, because these articles 
are sold at great bargains. A man once 
came to our office and looked at a cer¬ 
tain watch. “ Oh,” he said, “ I can get 
that a good deal cheaper than you offer 
it! ” “ Very well,” we said, “ go out in 
this great city and take your time find¬ 
ing it, and bring it back to show us ! ” 
He had to come back at last and admit 
that he couldn’t touch our price within 
several dollars. Now, if he could not 
beat it in this great market, what about 
you buying in your small town ? That’s 
a fair question. What about you ? Where 
are you ? Not patronizing some of these 
cheap watch concerns, we hope ? 
We notice that some of our esteemed 
contemporaries are indulging in a little 
self-praise because they “pay more for 
contributions than any other agricultural 
The rice crop of Louisiana Is estimated to be less 
than 1,000,000 sacks, against 2,000,000 sacks last year 
The wheat crop of Italy Is Anally estimated at 116,- 
000,000 bushels, against 112.250,000 In 1892 and 138,144, - 
COO In 1891. 
Prospects are good for liberal shipments of green 
peas and string beans from Southern ports, from 
Norfolk to Florida. 
A good many Jersey cranberries have been sold 
directly to Western dealers Instead of being handled 
paper.” That means, we presume, that the 
bulk of their paper is filled by correspon¬ 
dents who write for money -and who have 
acquired a reputation that warrants them 
in placing a cash valuation on their ex¬ 
perience. That is a first-rate claim to 
make and it shows enterprise to be able 
to back it up. The R. N.-Y. will cheer¬ 
fully show up its bills for contributions through this market. 
with any paper. As for engraving bills, Numerous complaints have bren made of the man- 
J r c , ,, ner of packing resin and cotton In the South, poorer 
no other weekly farm paper spen s ve grades being covered up with the better, 
per cent of the money we do in this line. English dealers advise against the shipment to 
We have always considered this “paid that country of any apples but the very choicest. 
contributors” argument a weak one be- Even the8e wll > net about as much at borne - 
Dispatches say that the crop of potatoes In the 
Province of Prince Edward Island this year Is enorm¬ 
ous. and the potatoes are of splendid quality. 
Wednesday, the 15th Inst, closed the market here 
for venison, and large quantities were shipped from 
here to other cities where there Is no prohibition on 
Its sale. 
A few yellow onions are arriving from western 
New York in bushel boxes, packed about the same as 
Bermuda onions. They have little attention and 
are offered low, sales making at 50 to 75 cents per 
box. 
The average yield of hay Is reported at 132 tons 
per acre as against 1.17 tons in 1892. The returns by 
States range from half a ton per acre in Delaware to 
2.66 tons per acre In Nevada. It must be borne In 
mind, however, that In most of the States reporting 
the largest yields per acre, the hay crop Is mostly 
made up of Alfalfa, and that the yield of this fodder 
plant is very much higher than that of the grasses 
chleAy cultivated In other 8tates. 
(Continued on next page ) 
We furnish to subscribers of THE RURAL NEW- 
YORKER these desirable periodicals at reduced rates. 
side the fact that The R. N.-Y. can print 
from week to week such a mass of facts 
and experience as our friends send us out 
of pure love for the paper and a desire 
to aid in our discussions. Many of our 
most valuable articles come in this way, 
and if we wanted to brag, the first point 
we would make would be this evidence 
that our friends and readers take a per¬ 
sonal interest in our paper. 
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Here is another little note about The 
R. N.-Y. as an advertising medium. This 
comes from the Rochester Radiator Co.: 
We are advertising In the magazines and about 40 
papers. We have an opportunity of judging the 
merits of different ones; having been a farmer, I am 
Inclined to take them home and look them over. In 
so doing, I always pick out The Rural Arst as being 
the brightest and most Interesting. You must enjoy 
a wide circulation, judging from the many States 
from which we get inquiries mentioning The Rural 
New-Yorker. 
This is a fair sample of a good many 
letters. Advertisers seem to agree that 
The R. N.-Y. is a paper that is read by 
its readers. People do not pick it up, 
glance through it and throw it aside, 
but they go over it carefully. That is 
bound to help an advertiser. As to the 
amount of territory we cover, nobody 
has ever disputed our claim that we cir¬ 
culate in more States and foreign coun¬ 
tries than any other weekly farm paper. 
That fact is valuable too. 
In writing to advertisers, please always mention 
The Rural New-Yorker 
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Price, 
Postpaid, 
CROP AND MARKET N0TBS. 
Butter Is lower. 
Cranberries are doing better. 
Evaporated apples are a trlAe lower. 
Chestnuts are largely of very poor quality. 
German potatoes are selling higher than 8cotch. 
Radishes have been almost a drug on the market. 
A recent Importation from Liverpool was 100 voung 
deer. 
Clams from the South are plentiful and sell at low 
prices. 
Very Ane string beans have been received from 
Charleston. 
A lot of string beans In this week from Charleston 
were badly frozen. 
One schooner from Nova Scotia brought nearly 
1,500 barrels of apples. 
The heavy arrivals of foreign potatoes have bad 
the effect of depressing the price. 
A few Florida oucumbers have made their appear¬ 
ance and sold well when of good quality. 
A recent shipment of 150 coops of Ohio turkeys sold 
for 12 cents per pound, an extreme Agure 
Considerable New Orleans lettuce has come to this 
market, and met a good demand when choice. 
A single steamer brought 5,COO bags of potatoes 
from Dundee, quite a good sized drop In our market. 
Reports from many parts of the country Indicate a 
heavy crop of turkeys. This being the case, none but 
good stock should be shipped, as, on a full market, 
any other will sell at very unsatisfactory prices. 
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