1894 
THE RURAL NEW-YORKER. 
289 
As We Qo To Press, 
“RETURNS." 
Our bookkeeper has traveled all over 
the world and has engaged in many and 
various enterprises. One would think 
such a man hard to scare, and yet he 
came the other day in great concern to 
say that something must be done to pre¬ 
vent our patrons from stopping their ad¬ 
vertising. “Why,” said he, “here they 
are stopping because they are all sold 
out. This won’t do 1 Our readers are 
buying too fast.” To prove what he said 
he produced a number of letters of which 
the following are samples : 
Do not let my little advertisement run any lonKer, 
as I have had more orders for my U. N.-Y. No. 2 
potato than I can fill ; In fact, I could have sold 
three times us many bushels. The IlruAi. has 
helped me to sell my crop of potatoes at fair prices 
about 40 per cent above the local markets. 
Bverlttstown, N. J. j. butler. 
What do you think of a 40 per cent 
gain in price ? 
Please discontinue my advertisement and send the 
bill. I am much pleased with the returns thus far. 
M. CRAWFORD. 
Cut my advertisement out of Tn e U. N.-Y., as I am 
sold out of stock and have no more to offer. The K. 
N.-Y. has helped me to sell 15,(H)0 busheU of setd pota¬ 
toes this year, and when you are In need of money, 
Just send In my statement and you will get your 
check by return mall. Edward f. dibble. 
We can always find a useful purpose 
for money. “Return mail” is prompt 
enough for us. 
Yon have my thanks for the best medium to adver¬ 
tise In; 48inquiries a day. The Rural Is Incompar¬ 
ableness. T. C. KBVITT. 
Athenla, N. J. 
Nothing like a new word ! 
The results of the ad. are very satisfactory, much 
more so than from any other farm paper I ever tried. 
L. R. OAKES. 
We could easily give you plenty more 
just as strong. Nothing pleases us better 
than to have our patrons really pick up 
business through their advertising. We 
want their business, but not unless they 
can make something out of it, too. The 
man who patronizes us gets the first 
chance at any business that comes in our 
way. We are glad that so many plain, 
every-day farmers have found The R. 
N.-Y. a profitable middleman. We believe 
more and more that direct selling and 
buying—farmer dealing with farmer— 
are to help bring agriculture back to a 
profitable basis. The millions that are 
lost to the farmer in exchanging his goods 
must be saved and The R. N.-Y. presents 
itself as one medium for bringing pro¬ 
ducer and consumer “in touch.” You 
can see, with a little thought, how much 
you add to the usefulness of the paper by 
securing a new subscriber. If every one 
would do that, don’t you see that cus¬ 
tomers for your goods would be doubled? 
Our cash terms to agents are so liberal 
that you can make money and friends 
every day that you live. 
M. A. Thayer in a recent bulletin on 
strawberries says : “ Value every plant, 
not by the penny or nickel it cost, but 
by the dimes and dollars it should pro¬ 
duce.” That is right. Look to the 
future and not keep trailing back in the 
past. The future is full of possibilities. 
The past has gone to seed. To-day makes 
to-morrow. In the fullness of time the 
plan and the promise of to-day will stand 
as a record of our work and care. Life 
was made for enlargement, not for con¬ 
traction. The same is true of business. 
It is also true of The R. N.-Y. We are 
never satisfied with the present paper. 
We want to make each succeeding issue 
better than previous ones. We can’t do 
it without your help. Where is that new 
subscription ? You can offer it all the 
rest of this year for 50 cents. Where are 
you now ? 
In writing to advertisers, please always mention 
The Rural New-Yorker. 
Farmers YOUR Produce 
To F. I. SAOK A SON, 183 Besde St., N. Y., 
Receivers of all kinds of Country Produce, In- 
olndlng Game, Live and Dressed Poultry and Dressed 
Calves. Sp«ciait4e*—Berries, Grapes, Apples, Pears, 
Honey, Onions, Potatoes and Butter. Correspond¬ 
ence and consignments solicited. Stencils furnished. 
Reference: Dun’s or Bradstreet’s Commercial Re¬ 
ports, to be found at any bank. 
OUR RECORD. 
Among the many flattering references which have appeared in 
the editorial columns of the press, the following quotations will 
SLrve to illustrate the position accorded to us by the principal 
af.,ricultural editors of the country, in recognition of over 30 years of 
honorable and painstaking dealings with the farming communities. 
“ One of the leading manufacturing concerns of Massachusetts. 
Their productions are the standard of values in every market, 
and the name of “ Bradley ” is a positive guarantee that the fer¬ 
tilizers bearing this imprint are of the highest possible worth, and 
e.vactly what they claim to be.”—lio.stoii tToiiriial. 
“ The Bradley Fertilizer Co. may perhaps truly be called the 
father of the commercial fertilizer industry. Its enterprise and 
ability are not in the least dimmed by age, while its many years 
of experience and its ancient and honorable record entitle all its 
suggestions to the careful notice and study of the farmer.”— 
New J’^iiglaiid Farmer. 
“ The Bradley Fertilizers undoubtedly contain as much or even 
more real plant food that is in better mechanical condition, and 
therefore of higher agricultural value, than any fertilizer on the 
market. For this reason they are recognized as the most eco¬ 
nomical to use.”— New Fiiglaiid Homestead. 
“ The Bradley Fertilizer Co. has for 30 years or more taken the 
lead in the manufacture of standard reliable fertilizers, which 
have won a most honorable name wherever they have been used, or 
wherever they have been subjected to chemical analysis. The 
Company has the largest establishment for the manufacture of 
fertilizers in the world, and is also the heaviest importing house 
of fertilizing materials in this country.”— Massachusetts 
Ploughman. 
“The preeminent value of the Bradley Fertilizers has been at¬ 
tained through two generations of practical experimenting, with 
crops, soils, and manures. The Bradleys have worked with the 
farmer and for the farmer to ascertain the true value of their 
fertilizers. No other fertilizers stand the practical test of values 
ahead of these. They contain the required plant food in the 
most available form, and in the best mechanical condition, thus 
possessing high agricultural value.”— Hoston Cultivator. 
“Thirty years ago the writer used Bradley’s incomparable Phos¬ 
phate, and has used it much of the time ever since. It is this 
sort of experience which establishes the truth, and such testimony 
is as common among the farmers who use them as big crops 
are wherever Bradley’s Fertilizers are used.”— Lewiston 
Journal. 
“ We have used the Bradley Fertilizer nearly as long as it has 
been made, and it has never failed to give excellent results. It 
is best not to try many experiments with fertilizers, when a well- 
tried article, which never fails, can be had at a fair price. It 
doesn’t pay.”— V'crinoiit Watcliman. 
“The manufacturers of commercial fertilizers, quite as much as 
any men, have mustered into their service all that science has 
discovered and experience taught. With the vast resources at 
its command, and doing business upon such an immense scale, 
the Bradley Fertilizer Company is fully alive to the demand of 
the people whom it serves, and demonstrates in its announce¬ 
ments what it confirms upon thousands of farms throughout the 
length and breadth of the country, the superior excellence of its 
productions.”— Connecticut Fanner. 
“The Bradley Fertilizer Co. has a most ancient and honorable 
record. In the marts of trade their goods are always standard, 
and their intrinsic value is well recognized. Farmers can trade 
with this firm with the utmost confidence ; with no fear of being 
imposed upon; and will receive just the grade of goods they pay 
for.”— Maine Farmer. 
“The Bradley Fertilizer Co., of ancient and honorable record, 
was never more alive to its own and the farmer’s interest than it 
is the present year. Its name and merits have been before the 
people for more than a generation, and there is not an intelligent 
farmer’s boy in the country who has not heard of it.”— Man¬ 
chester (N. H.) Union. 
“The fact is, these works are so vast and complete that they 
are beyond the comprehension of the ordinary visitor. 
“ Let a farmer go there and realize that this great establishment 
has grown from one single small building, and he will surely be 
impressed with the fact that these goods must have merit, or 
these works never could have grown to their present proportions, 
the largest fertilizing establishment in the world.”— Kural 
New Yorker. 
We manufacture ferti¬ 
lizers of all grades, and for 
all crops; and, being the larg¬ 
est manufacturers in the 
world, our facilities for furn¬ 
ishing all kinds of fertilizers 
and agricultural chemicals 
at the lowest prices are abso¬ 
lutely unequalled. 
• 
See our Agents, or write us for descrip¬ 
tive catalogues and prices before purchas¬ 
ing any fertilizing materials. 
Bradley Fertilizer Co., 
No. 92 State St., Boston, Mass. 
Rochester, N. Y. Cleveland, O, Baltimore, Md. Augusta, Qa* 
FALMEB, EIVENBUEa & CO., 
Snooessors to G. S. PALMER. EstabllBbed 1809. 
Wholesale Commission Merchants. 
POULTRY AND CALVES A SPECIALTY. 
Also Butter, Ekrs, Apples, Potatoes and Oranges. 
160 R«ade Street, New York, 
References: Chatham National Bank. 
Choice Butter, Fggs, Cheese. 
For all such we win get you extra prices. Wo don’t 
want poor goods Creamery butter In prints or tubs a 
specialty. Stencils and cards furnished on appllca- 
GAUNKK & CO., 
Produce CoininlsHlon merchants, 
32 Little 12th Street, New York. 
ESTABLISHED IN 1876. 
SOMERS, BROTHER & CO. 
HEAVQUAHTEIiS EOIt 
Fruits and Produce. 
Receive and sell, In car-load lots and smaller quan¬ 
tities. all Pr< ducts of the Orchard, Garden, 
Dairy, Hennery and Farm 
Market Reports. Sneclal References, Stencils, etc., 
furnished free on application. 
611 Liberty Street. PITTSBUKGH. PA. 
tW Inquiries and Correspondence Invited. 
FREEMAN POTATOES. 
PRICE KEOUCKD. 
Raised on sandy ground from seed bought of Win. 
Henrv Maule. Warranted pure. Pk., (iOc.; half 
bushel, {l.UO; bushel. barrel, t4.(X)., f. o. b. cars 
here. A. M BURNETT, Mayvllle, N. Y. 
SAVE 
MONEY 
Write for Review and Special 
Premium Price List of Sweet 
Potato, Cabbage, Tomato, Egg, 
I’epper and r.ll kinds of Plants. 
Bulbs and Roots. 
A. L. & ,J. II. LKONAKO, 
Box 7, Iona, Gloucester Co., N. J. 
AIIPCII I AFC—Choice and Pure Pigs from 
VH^wlll^kw mature stock. 
ED. S. HILL, Peruvllle, Tompkins Co.. N. Y, 
yOUNG AYRSHIRE BULLS & HEIF- 
^ ERS at Low Prices. For Sale by 
J. ANDREW CASTERLINE. Dover, N. J. 
FERTILIZERS 
ARE UNPROFITABLE, 
Unless they Contain Sufficient Potash. 
Complete fertilizers should contain at least six per 
cent of Potash. Fertilizers for Potatoes, Tobaceo, 
Fruits and Vegetables should contain from 10 to 15 
per cent of Potash. Farmers should use fertilizers 
containing enough potash or apply Potash salts, 
such as Mnrlate of Potash, Sulphate of Potash and 
Kalnlt. For Information and pampblots, address, 
GERMAN KALI WORKS, 
93 Nassau Street, New York City. 
NATURB’8 OWN FERTILIZER. 
CANADA Jk OUPO 
UNLBACHBD MB 
HARDWOOD V V Mi 
The Forest City Wood Ash Co., of London, Canada, 
have perfect facilities lor handling them In proper 
shape. Send lor tree Pamphlet and Guaranteed 
Analysis to 
THE FOREST CITY WOOD A8H CO.. 
9 Merchants’ Row, Boston, Mass. 
Salt for Fertilizer. 
Best thing to use on Wheat, Barley, Oats, Hay and 
Potatoes. Natures restorer for worn out land. In¬ 
creases yield from 15 to 50 per cent. After long ex¬ 
perience we are preparing a grade exactly salted to 
the purpose. Write for prices delivered. 
THE LbROY salt CO., LeRoy, N. T. 
CANADA 
HARDWOOD 
ASHES. 
1 CAN FURNISH 
Best Diy-Scieened, Unleaclied Haidwood Asdes. 
At the Lowest Prices. Quality and Quantity Guar¬ 
anteed. Write for Prices. These Ashes are strictly 
No. 1. A. L. HAKTNESS, Detroit. Mich. 
Second-Hand Salt Kettles, 
for sale cheap. To water stock, boll feed, soap, sap 
or apple batter; scald bogs, dip sheep, compost ma¬ 
nure, or make a hanglrg flower bed oi. Freeze solid 
wltnoutharm. Last 99 years; ar y time In 40 years 
will bay back at same price. Hold 3 to 4 barrels. 
A. U. CRAWFORD, Liverpool. N. Y. 
LANDS 
For Sale at Low Prices and on 
Easy Terms. 
The Illinois Central Railroad Companv oiTers for 
sale en easy term' and at low prices, 150 007 acres of 
choice fruit, gardening, farm and grazing lands 
located in 
SOUTHERN ILLINOIS. 
They are also largely Interested In, and call especial 
attention to the 600,000 acres of land Ir the famoos 
YAZOO DELTA OF MISSISSIPPI, 
lylug along and owned by the Yazoo and Mississippi 
Valley Railroad Company, and which that Company 
oeers at low prices and on long terms. Special In- 
dneements and facilities oiTered to go and examine 
these lands both in Southern Illinois and In the 
“Yazoo Delta.’’Miss. For further description, map and 
any Information address or call upon E. P. SKENE 
Land Commissioner, No. 1 Park Row, Chicago. III. 
