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THE RURAL NEW-YORKER 
May 26 
As We Go To Press. 
“TIPS." 
Wk have had many testimonials as to 
the value of The E. N.-Y. as an advertis¬ 
ing medium. Perhaps the most remark¬ 
able is the following from The National 
Provisioner—the organ of the makers 
and sellers of oleomargarine ; 
Tub lltriiAi. NEW-YORKKU has a full page Illus¬ 
trated and poetical advertlseDient of oleoiuarKarlne 
In Its Issue of &th Inst. In an editorial reference, 
the said composition Is referred to as “ dOKgerel,” 
but “ hoggerel” would be a much more appropriate 
name for the style of the production. We thank 
The K. N.-Y. for the said oleo ad. 
It is very true that one cannot possibly 
touch “oleo” without falling into “ hog- 
gerel” because the stuff is two-thirds 
hog at its best. It must be a cheerful 
man, indeed, who can see value in that 
page of advertising. He will see less 
probably when that page is hung up in 
every dairy and creamery in the country! 
That is what we want. We shall have 
the page printed on heavy paper and 
sent free to all who will post it where 
the public may read it. Let it go into 
every place where butter is made and 
sold. How many can you post up ? 
g ‘i ? 
If you were to ask the name of the 
plant that is most highly respected in 
agriculture, we would say at once, clover! 
This is a useful plant, and the most help¬ 
ful thing it does is to collect and reform 
what others have wasted. The air con¬ 
tains an immense amount of nitrogen. 
It ran away from substances that decayed 
or were burned—escaped into the air. 
Now, clover is like a pretty young 
woman, while nitrogen may be compared 
to a young man with naturally good 
qualities who is sowing a few wild oats. 
It is a case of love at first sight when, he 
sees clover, and he is willing to buckle 
down and harness his powers to the 
work of adding fertility to the soil. 
Clover is the maid of his heart. Timo¬ 
thy, potatoes, turnips, wheat and all the 
rest may smile their prettiest, but clover 
has an option on his heart, and that set¬ 
tles it. It is a case of natural affinity. 
You, sir, are not above taking advantage 
of this honest courtship. You, therefore, 
sow clover and expect young nitrogen to 
call every hour in the 24. 
§ i § 
Now, while clover and her relatives 
may i.ave a sort of patent on this nitro¬ 
gen catching in the great field of busi¬ 
ness, it is also possible to make good 
matches. The great body of men in this 
country are “ wanters.” They want bar¬ 
gains. One great object of their lives is 
to have their wishes filled. Some of them 
have wasted chances, lost opportunities, 
made mistakes, etc. All these things 
have been turned into wants and wishes, 
and are now fioating about in the air, 
like the nitrogen. J nst as the nitrogen 
is attracted by the clover plant, so these 
wants and wishes will be attracted by a 
prospect of satisfaction. Satisfying a 
want 1 That is all there is in business. 
People are ready to pay you for wiping 
their wants off the slate. Very well, we 
admit that; now what will act like the 
clover plant ? Well, sir, we suggest some 
advertising space in The 11 N.-Y. Jast 
get right into it and blow your horn 
about what you have to sell. That will 
attract trade as clover attracts nitrogen, 
if you only blow a note that has the ring 
of honesty and skill about it. We men¬ 
tion this fact because we believe it. No 
false modesty about this department. 
We have faith in The R N.-Y. as a mid¬ 
dleman, and that faith is too large to 
hide under a bushel. 
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Hebe is the text for a sermon : 
All you have to do when you meet an Intelligent 
man Is to show a copy of The Rural and pocket his 
dollar. C. K. CHAPMAN. 
We agree with that proposition. There 
is no doubt about it. Now we assume 
that there are 5,000,000 intelligent men 
in this country who are interested in 
farming. If the above proposition is 
true, why don’t we have every one of 
them on our list ? Without going into 
needless details our answer is that 
“you” don’t show the copy of The R. 
N.-Y., as you might easily do. You 
meet intelligent men every day. Why 
can’t you test this statement ? Offer the 
paper all flie rest of this year for 50 cents. 
Tell them you will throw in a copy of 
The Business Hen in cloth for SI or a copy 
of “A Fortune in Two Acres” for 60 
cents. Why not do this ? 
Here is another letter from Massa¬ 
chusetts : 
I Bee Thb Rural New-Yorker quoted right and 
left as a standard authority. 1 have never seen the 
paper, and hitherto bad Bupposed that its price was 
as high as Its quality ; but I see In a copy of the 
Rural Library that It Is but II per year. Please send 
me a sample copy. 
Of course the sample copy goes ahead. 
You see many people have the idea that 
because The R. N.-Y. is high in quality 
it is high in price. We have kept up the 
quality and kept doum the price. The 
paper is now printed at just half its former 
price, and yet we can offer agents just 
as much as we used to pay 1 We have 
urged people to use The R N.-Y. for ad¬ 
vertising their goods. Now we want to 
take some advertising space in your 
boots. We want you to walk and talk 
for us. Our advertising rates are 30 
cents a line. We offer agents certain 
rates—not per lie, but per truth about 
The R. N.-Y. Send at once to our Busi¬ 
ness Manager and see what these rates 
are. 
Send at once and learn the new sched¬ 
ule of cash discounts to agents. Do it 
right off or somebody else will make the 
dollar that ought to fill the hole in your 
pocket. We call this a tip-top “ tip.” 
WE WANT TO KNOW, YOU KNOW I 
[f you don't see what you want, ask for it. 
Fruit Notes.—O ur planti tlon Is looking very fine. 
Southard plants are a perfect mass of white blossoms; 
I never have seen anything to equal It. Gandy does 
not show a blossom as yet. Lovett’s aie also making 
a Uno snow. Pears promise a very full setting here, 
but very few apple orchards are showing any signs 
of fruiting. Grapes are coming on Unely with every 
promise of a good crop Mlnnewaskl and Erie black¬ 
berries never went through the winter In better shape 
and tnelr general healthfulness as well as that of the 
Marlooro, Is shown by their dark green foliage. We 
have a little object lesson In our Marlboro patch. 
Five rows to which we applied nitrate of soda last 
spring, can be picked out by the most casual 
observer. The dark green foliage and larger growth 
of stalk attest Its value. f. a. taker. 
Poughkeepsie, N. Y, 
Saving Seed Corn.—C an any of The R. N.-Y. 
readers tell me bow best to save seed corn In large 
qiantltles? What is the best kind of crib r G i). 
Ontario, Canada. 
ANS,—We would be glad to hear from our readers 
who have had experience. The Ideal way of savlrg 
Corn Is 10 leave a few husks on each ear, braid them 
up In strings of as many ears as can be conveniently 
handled, and hang these up In a dry, airy place. Of 
course, this Is Impracticable In saving large quan¬ 
tities of corn, but the crib that nearest approaches 
these conditions would be best. It must have a tight 
roof, be well slatted and ventilated, and secure from 
rats and mice. Ventilators running up through the 
corn at Intervals are excellent. These conditions 
should preserve corn perfectly. 
Pea B'ertilizers.—I intend to sow about four 
acres of peas for a canning factory, two of which 
will be on clover sod, soil gravelly, the other two on 
a darker and heavier soil where 1 had potatoes last 
season. Wnao kind of fertilizer would be best to 
use? Would a brand well’’up'’In potash be gocdJ 
Will the vine collect enough nitrogen to supply its 
needs, or would it need to be fed ? c. H. 
Wayne County, N. Y. 
ANS.—The packers will say what variety they wish 
grown. Peas ate grown either in drills two or three 
feet apart, or are sown with a common grain dril , or 
sometimes broadcast, about two bushels per acre. 
They do not succeed so well on a heavy soil i^s on a 
lighter one. A fertilizer well up in potash Is prefer¬ 
able. The pea Is a nitrogen gatherer, but would, 
need some besides what li gets from the air. 
Sick Fowls.— What is the matter, and what will 
cure my hens 7 They get stupid, stop eating, and 
sit around in the shade and. In a week or ten days die. 
We have examined several of Them and find nothing 
wrong with them, except that the heart is soft, and 
In some Instances two or three times larger than It 
should be, J. f. j 
A.vs.—No one can tell without knowing more about 
the circumstances. It Is necessary to know the 
symptoms and how the hens are kept and fed. Any 
sick hen will act stupid, i It around and refuse t) 
eat much. The trouble may be lice, in which cose 
the hens should be provided with a go.d dust bath, 
and have some kerosene oil rubied on their heads 
and through their feathers. Several nmedles for 
lice have appeared in recent Issues of The K N.-Y. 
The trouble may be roup, and several remedies for 
this have also been published within a few weeks 
past. The hens may have been overfed, or may not 
have had sufficient grit or green food, or not enough 
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