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THE RURAL NEW-YORKER. 
April 28 
As We Go To Press. 
“ ABSORPTION.” 
“A BUSINESS LETTER.” 
T/ie Rural New-Yorker, New York, N. Y. 
Oentlemea : The writer Is Just on the eve 
of starting for California avd in looking 
over returns so far from advertising, is 
vleased to advise you that The Rural New- 
Yorker st inds higher i% the list than ever 
before. In fact, in this season of general 
unsatisfactory returns from advertising, it 
is one of the very few p ipers that have paid 
us. At the end of the season we could give 
you definite Information if you desire it 
Meanwhile eongra'ulatlng you upon the 
very evident increase of your subscription 
list, we remain, 
Yours very truly, 
W. ATLEE BURPEE & CO. 
Philadelphia, Pa. 
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The baby gave us an illustration of 
one way to get business the other day. 
We gave him a little soup in a cup for 
his dinner. It was pretty hot and he 
conceived the idea of putting pieces of 
bread in to cool his soup. He kept put¬ 
ting in the bread and pushing it down 
with his spoon, until all of a sudden his 
little face clouded up and he said in a 
grieved tone—“Soup all gone!” The 
bread had absorbed all the soup. It was 
still there, but so united with the bread 
that it had lost its individual character. 
The poor baby could not realize that 
nothing had been lost by the putting of 
soup and bread into one package. All 
he knew was that his soup had ” gone.” 
There are chances here for a dozen 
good lessons. We will let you thinJt them 
out. The one we refer to here is a mat¬ 
ter of business. We are all eating soup— 
that is we are after the extract of busi¬ 
ness or pleasure that is boiled out for us 
by experience of ourselves and others. 
We cannot always get enough with an 
ordinary spoon—we need something to 
absorb it, so that we can capture more 
of it. A good, honest plan, a common- 
sense proposition, a good reputation for 
honesty, will attract and absorb busi¬ 
ness, as the bread absorbed the baby’s 
soup. An advertisement in The R. N.-Y. 
will be like a spoon to handle this mix¬ 
ture after it is made. 
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Ah ! you say : ” We thought there was 
some catch about all these words. These 
fellows bring The R. N.-Y. into it every 
time.” Correct, sir, you’re right we do ! 
That is what we are working for at 
present. Did The R. N.-Y. ever hurt 
you by being brought into your home or 
your work ? We accept a silver dollar 
from you and give you a gold dollar’s 
worth of reading matter. We want you 
to understand that the reading of the 
paper is only one part of its value. We 
want you this year to raise pedigreed 
water or blood—produce too good to eat, 
because it contains principles and prop¬ 
erties that ought to go down to coming 
generations. The R. N.-Y. is going to 
show you how to put pedigree into your 
potatoes, eggs and such like. We shall 
then come forward and show that The 
R. N.-Y. is a middleman, capable of find¬ 
ing you a customer. Going to do it for 
nothing ? Not much. A man of your 
stamp and caliber doesn’t want charity. 
You pay as you go and we charge less 
than your lawyer, doctor or commission 
man for professional service. Our busi¬ 
ness is to bring The R. N.-Y. into 
the discussion and you may rest assured 
that we shall do it. 
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And right in this line are two other 
instances of profitable absorption. When 
a man falls into difficulties we say that 
he is ” in the soup.” The baby’s experi¬ 
ment shows us that it need not be the 
end of him. A man of resources, capable 
of spreading himself when called upon 
to do so will absorb the ” soup,” master 
the difficulties that beset him, and “ get 
there.” The other instance is that of 
the man who always sends a new sub¬ 
scription when he renews for his own. 
That is a method of absorption that 
is just to our taste. Can’t you make the 
reasons why your neighbors should take 
The R. N.-Y. so clear and open that they 
will absorb his name and dollar ? If not 
you are not quite so able as a good many 
of our readers or else your neighbors 
are hard to absorb. 
Why, man alive, did you know that 
The R. N.-Y. has arranged a new scheme 
of cash (terms to agents ? Didn’t know 
that ? Why, you are far behind the pro¬ 
cession—or else ahead of it in the hearse. 
We now offer cash pay to club raisers. 
Work for everybody and pay every night. 
imrcASH^^ 
Do you see that ? Well, sir, that is what 
we are paying now for new subscriptions. 
You will show a lack of enterprise if you 
don’t write a letter to our Business Man¬ 
ager before you sleep and find out what 
T he best investment in real-estate is to 
keep buildings well painted. Paint protects the house and 
saves repairs. You sometimes want to sell—many a good 
house has remained unsold for want of paint. The rule should 
be though, “the best paint or none.” That means 
Strictly Pure White Lead 
You cannot afford to u.se c/ieap paints. 
Strictly Pure White Lead, look at the brand; 
“ ANCHOR ” (Cincinnati). 
“ARMSTRONG & McKELVY ” (Pittsburgh). 
“ ATLANTIC” (New York). 
“ BEYMER-BAUMAN ” (Pittsburgh). 
“ BRADLEY ” (New York). 
“BROOKLYN ” (New York). 
“COLLIER ” (St. Louis). 
“ CORNELL ” (Buffalo). 
“ DAVIS-CHAMBERS ” (Pittsburgh). 
“ECKSTEIN” (Cincinnati). 
“FAHNESTOCK” (Pittsburgh). 
To be sure of getting 
any of these are safe: 
“JEWETT ” (New York). 
“KENTUCKY” (Louisville). 
“JOHN T.LEWIS & BROS. CO.” (Phila.) 
“ MORLEY ” (Cleveland). 
“MISSOURI ” (SL Louis). 
“RED SEAL ” (SL Louis). 
“SALEM ” (Salem, Mass.) 
“ SHIPMAN ” (Chicago). 
“ SOUTHERN ” (St. Louis and Chicago). 
“ ULSTER ” (New York). 
“ UNION ” (New York). 
For Colors. —National Lead Co.’s Pure White Lead Tinting Colors. 
r. are sold in one-pound cans, each can being sufficient to tint 25 pounds of Strict! v 
Pure White Lead the desired shade ; they are in no sense ready-mixed paints, but a combination of 
perfectly pure colors in the handiest form to tint Strictly Pure White Lead. 
_ A good many thousand dollars have been saved property-owners by having our book on 
pamting and color-card. Send us a postal card and get both free. 
NATIONAL LEAD CO., New York. 
these cash terms are. Now is your 
chance to absorb a little money. 
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We began this department with a let¬ 
ter showing the value of The R. N.-Y. for 
selling goods. Here is one indicating its 
value for spreading ideas : 
1 do not wish to flatter The B. N.-Y. or to speak 
disparagingly of other similar publications; but It 
seems evident to me that If original, sclentlflo, prac¬ 
tical, condensed Information is of any value to the 
horny-handed sons of toll, The U. N.-Y. may Justly 
be termed headquarters for that commodity. Indeed, 
I regard The B. N.-Y. as the dynamite gun among 
agricultural literature. G. x. 
Glenwood, Ind. 
Dynamite is terrible stuff for the person 
who undertakes to hold it down. It will 
make the next great war horrible be¬ 
yond conception. What a fearful slaugh¬ 
ter there will be. There is no law against 
the use of mental dynamite in the war¬ 
fare waged against superstition and all 
the old agricultural chestnuts and back 
numbers that do so much to make a slave 
of the farmer. We will fire at them as 
long as there is any force left in us. How 
is it going to do full work unless you help 
spread it by sending in that new sub¬ 
scriber ? 
CROP AND MARKET NOTES. 
Cheese meets a good demand. 
All but the best grades of butter are dull. 
Prices of Scotch potatoes are on the up grade. 
Notice the big jump In the price of old onions! 
Spring chickens have been arriving very freely. 
Apples are bringing good prices for choice stock. 
Honey from Havana has come In during the week. 
Heavy receipts of eggs have again depressed the 
price. 
The supply of dried fruit Is estimated to be the 
smallest In many years. 
Nearby lettuce Is now so plentiful that Southern 
shipments hardly bring enough to pay expenses. 
Prices for live poultry have been the lowest for 
many years for the Jewish Passover. Many shippers 
must have lost heavily. 
More than 70,000 sacks of potatoes arrived from 
Europe In 10 days, nearly all from Great Britain. 
Some flne strawberries from North Carolina were 
received during the week, the first this season that 
were worth shipping. 
SHIP PRODUCE, 
Fruits, Vegetables, Poultry, Pork, Calves, etc., to the 
old reliable Commission House, Established 1865. 
8. H. & E. H. FROST, 
100 Park Place, New York. 
Stencils and Shipping Cards furnished on applica¬ 
tion. Beferences: Irving National Bank, or any of 
the Commercial Agencies. 
Keystone 
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Corn Planters 
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are made in several styles, 
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suited to all needs. For 
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large farms or small, 
West, or East, or South. 
You will be interested 
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in our free pamphlet. 
“How to Plant Corn.” 
Send for it now to 
KEYSTONE MFG. CO., Sterling, Ill. 
(We have branch houses.) 
Mention this paper. 
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Pedigree Seed Corn! 
We oiler a superb strain of 8-rowed yellow flint 
called JVIYEKS’ SUCCE.SS, the flnest we have ever 
seen for this latitude. Bred for excellence. Early, 
very productive, uniformly long and handsome ears, 
plump grains, very light cob. Stalks leafy, of medium 
thickness. Excellent for ensilage. Will please in everv 
way. We never ship Inferior goods. Price, per ;eck 
60 cents; half bushel, 80 cents; bushel, tl.25; flve- 
bushel lots and over at (I 00. 
W. 8. TEATOB, 
Meadow Brook Seed Farms, Upper Bed Hook, N.Y. 
Seed Potatoes! Last Call! 
Bural New-Yorker No. 2, Freeman, Empire State. 
Vick’s Champion, Early Market, American Wonder. 
Write for special Price-List. We send by mall 10 
eyes Bural New-Yorker No. 2; 30 eyes Freeman and 
30 eyes any other variety In above list for ^1.00. 
Address ENTERPRISE SEED CO.. Newark. N. Y. 
MACOMBER’S 
—HAND— 
Corn and 
Bean 
Planter. 
ALL IRON AND STEEL 
INDESTR UCTTDLE. 
Automatic; iron cut-off 
insures accuracy in drop¬ 
ping. No brush or rubber 
is used. The seed is forced 
into compact soil, not 
merely dropped into a hole 
which may not close. The 
advantage of thus firming 
the soil is fully appreciated 
by all. 
Duane H. Nash, 
Sole Manufacturer, 
Millington, N. J. 
Governor Hoffman’s Experience. 
Jefferson, Wis., March 28,1894. 
The Page Woven Wire Fence Co., Adrian, Mich.; 
Gentle.men:—A bout a year ago 1 procured from 
you a roll of your woven wire fence, with the in¬ 
tention of probing its merits. The fence was used 
for the enclosing of a yard containing a consider¬ 
able number of cattle. It was thus put to a severe 
test. It gives me great pleasure to inform you that 
the fence gave the greatest possible satisfaction. 1 
concluded that no other fence should ever be erect¬ 
ed on Riverside Farm while 1 had the control of it. 
Intending to repair an old barbed wire fence in a 
manner to give complete protection against tlie in¬ 
trusion of hogs, I beg to Inclose my order for sever¬ 
al rolls of the fence woven for that special pur- 
piose. 
I remain, gentlemen, with high regards, yours 
truly. FRANCIS A. HOFFMaN, 
Agricultural Editor Germania, etc- 
Many farmers who are selling their potatoes for a 
lower price than was offered them last lall, have con¬ 
cluded that holding for higher prices doesn't pay. 
A receiver has been appointed for a 250-acre vine¬ 
yard company, and an action has been begun against 
another of equal size In the lake regions of central 
New York. 
More recent reports indicate that the Injury to 
fruits and vegetables by the last great storm was 
not so great as at first reported. A cneck in the 
growth seems to be the only injury In some places, 
though there was considerable Injury In some loca¬ 
tions. 
GRADES OF HAY IN MONTREAL, P. 0, 
No. 1 Timothy shall be Timothy with not more than 
one-elghtb of clover or ether tame grasses mixed, 
good color, sound and well cured. 
No. 2 Timothy shall bo Timothy with not more than 
one-third of clover or other tame grasses mixed, 
good color, sound and well cured. 
No. 3 shall cossist of at least 50 per cent of Timothy 
and the balance of clover or other tame grasses 
mixed, fair color, ^ound and well cured. 
No. 1 clover shall be clover with not more than 
one fourth of Timothy or other tame grasses mixed, 
good color, sound and well cured. 
No. 2 Clover shall be clover with not more than 
one-loartn of Timothy or other tame grasses mixed, 
fair color, sound and well cured. 
No Grade.—All kinds of hay badly cured, stained 
or out of condition. 
Universal WEEDER AND CULTIVATOR 
Ask your Dealer for it. 
It takes out the Weeds, Breaks 
up the Crust, Loosens the soil. 
Stops evaporation, Increases 
the Crop, Decreases Labor. 
Just the thing for Corn, Pota¬ 
toes, and Beans. 
The Universal WeederCo. 
Boston, Mass. 
Thousands in use. Recom¬ 
mended by John Gould, J. S. 
Woodward, T. B. Terry, 
Theo. Louis, W. I. Cliamber- 
lin, Waldo F. Brown, Irving 
C. Terry, and by every user. 
“Modern Stff 
Melliods,'’“ua“.".«Free 
ARNELL’n« 
PATENT 
:URR0WER, 
MARKER 
AND COVERER. 
SIX TOOLS IN ONE. 
Adjastableto all inequalities of 
the ground. 
RUNS STEADILY. 
CANNOT BB CHOKED. 
Opens Furrows, Double Far¬ 
rows or Kidges. Covers. 
Cultivates or Plows to and from. 
Marks any width—from 2)^ to 6 feet 
and from 1 inch to 6 Inches deep. 
Thousands In Use. 
A constantly Increasing demand 
the beet testimony. 
Write for further particulars and 
Illustrated Catalogue. 
H. W. DOUCHTEN, Mfr., Moorestown, Burlinjgton Co., N.J. 
