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THE RURAL NEW-YORKER 
July 21 
THE 
LARGEST 
WHEAT GROWERS 
ALWAYS 
TO LEARN THE REASON, WRITE TO BRAD- 
Is ext week you riiunt read the offer that is 
to appear in the space this week given to 
premiums on page 401 ) The coming offer is 
one that you cannot afford to miss ! 
As We Qo To Press. 
“A MILLION.” 
A CKKTAiN class of people find great 
delight in imagining an answer to this 
question : “ WJiat would you do if you had 
$1,000,000 ?” Very few of these guesses 
end with any satisfaction because it is 
impossible for any one unused to the 
handling of great wealth to tell just 
what they would do in case of a sudden 
fiood of fortune. The chances are that, 
to most of us, a present of $1,000,000 in 
one lump would be about the worst mis¬ 
fortune that could strike us. Why ? 
ilecause we have not been educated in 
the care and responsibilities of wealth. 
It is more than probable that we would 
be unhappy to have great wealth thrust 
suddenly upon us, and be made to feel 
that we are held responsible for the 
good or evil that results from it. The 
wealth that comes to us as a result of 
our own labor is one thing. That may 
not spoil us, because we know that every 
dollar of it represents a part of our own 
force and energy. But the wealth that 
represents the labor of others is another 
thing, and, as a rule, it carries little 
happiness with it. Few sensible men 
will sit down and wait for somebody to 
die and leave them some money. They 
prefer good work and fair pay and a 
chance to get a little wealth out of their 
lator. j j j 
We were led into this line of thought 
by the question, What would you do if 
you had 1,000,000 subscribers to The R. N.- 
Y.? While we don’t care to consider 
the possibility of handling $1,000,000, we 
have a very clear idea of what we would 
do in the way of talking each week to 
1,000,000 readers. Of course we realize 
that this would represent $1,000,000, but 
we would put the reader far above the 
dollar in our estimation of the future. 
Our first thought would be to improve 
the paper. We w’ould enlarge it, use 
better paper, and more and better en¬ 
gravings. We would secure the best and 
truest minds in the world to help teach 
the true science of agriculture and the 
farmer’s duty as a citizen and a man. 
We would make use of the telegraph and 
every other serviceable appliance to give 
market and trade reports from every 
town and city in which our readers had 
dealings. We would organize great buy¬ 
ing and selling agencies for our readers, 
so that they might be saved the awful 
profits of the middlemen. In short, our 
first thought would be to make The R. 
N.-Y. the most powerful agent for good 
that American agriculture has ever 
known. 2 2 g 
You may say that this is all talk—that 
there is no possible chance of our secur¬ 
ing 1,000,000 subscribers. To that we 
make two statements : 
1. How do you know it is not possible ? 
There are over 8,000,000 farmers in this 
country, and every one of them could get 
more than $1 worth of good out of such 
a scheme as we have outlined. Who offers 
a bigger prospect for a dollar’s worth 
than we do ? Give us only 12 per cent of 
the farmers in this country, and the thing 
is done. Are 12 per cent of the farmers 
in your township subscribers ? 
2. We don’t propose to wait for the 
full million before starting our plans. 
They are already started, and every single 
new subscriber pushes the plan a little 
nearer completion. When you send your 
neighbor’s name as a new subscriber, 
you cut down the needed number by one. 
A million is made up of ones —it was one 
once. We are not sitting here waiting for 
the whole million to fall into our hat at 
one shot; we expect them one at a time, 
and every one that comes gives us a little 
hitch ahead. Now, then, as usual, you 
will find that all this leads up to a mat¬ 
ter of business. If you wait for us to 
leave you $1,000,000, you will die with 
your desire unfulfilled. If you are satis¬ 
fied with the wealth that comes from fair 
and honest exertion, we are right with 
you. Your job is waiting. We want you 
to represent us at every fair, picnic or 
other gathering that occurs within reach 
of you. We will guarantee you good 
terms and prompt attention. We now 
await your pleasure. 
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And there is another side to this 1,000,- 
000 subscriber business—that is the ad¬ 
vertising side. Think for a moment of 
the loads of stuff you could dispose of if 
2,000,000 sharp eyes were watching cur 
columns for good bargains ! As it is, we 
are able to clean out a man’s stock be¬ 
fore he knows it. Read this: 
The results from tbe little advertlscmeDt In The 
R. N.-Y. were so Kood we need not continue It, as we 
are entirely sold out of seed. You will hear from us 
In the sprlnK- SLATMakkk & son. 
“ Entirely sold out of seed.” What more 
do you want ? That’s right! Don’t ad¬ 
vertise after the stock is all sold. But 
what about the wisold stock ? Our 
opinion is that a good AD would quickly 
wipe out the un. 
And now on the other side of the busi¬ 
ness fence we have the following: 
Enclosed please find check for month of May for 
our adyeitlsement. We must say that we are greatly 
satlsHed with the returns from It. We have received 
letters from all parts of the country and are trying 
to keep up the reputation of your paper by treating 
all who ship us goods in a fair, business-like man¬ 
ner. GAKNER & CO. 
A fair, business-like manner is all that 
any one can reasonably ask and it is the 
treatment we demand for our readers. 
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One of the most remarkable business 
enterprises we have ever heard of, is 
recorded in the following statement: 
I bought 900 each of Snyder and Taylor’s Prolific 
blackberries, and set them on about one acre of land. 
The first year I did not keep an account, but the sec¬ 
ond bearing year I sold 180 worth of plants and J320 
worth of berries, at an average price of 11 cents; 
this on land that was considered worthless. With 
the same money I bought 10 acres of good land, 
price $240—previous appraisal $650—leaving me a bal¬ 
ance of $160 for picking, marketing, etc. G. n. p. 
Bethel, Conn. 
Now that beats anything we have heard 
yet. We have heard of cows and sheep 
and hogs that paid for a farm, but here 
we have blackberries, leaving a record 
so white that it dazzles your eyes. Think 
of it! Earning a farm in one year ! Back 
of all this is the fertilizer, and the cul¬ 
ture and care our friend gave those ber¬ 
ries, but after all the true lesson is that 
skillful fruit-culture offers first-rate 
chances to those who will study it out, 
and in order to study it out you must 
have a good book. We suggest 
Fruit Culture. W. C. Strong. - $1.00 
The Nursery Book. L. H. Bailey. l 00 
For $1.30 we will send either of these books 
and The R. N.-Y. for the rest of this year. 
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WE WANT TO KNOW, YOU KNOW I 
If you don't see what you want, ask for it. 
Feeding Young Ducks green Corn.— In The 
K. N.-Y. of April 21, Mr. Ordway says that the main 
point In feeding ducks Is to fill them up. In summer, 
he feeds them green corn cut up in the feed cutter, 
which I think Is a cheap feed. 1. How early after 
the ducks have been hatched can we feed this cut 
green corn, or the green stuff ? Can they be fed 
with It from one to two days old 7 2. How much 
would It cost to raise a duckling until It Is nine 
weeks old. In New Yoik State? I mean the cost of 
raising several hundred In a flock. T. s. 
California. 
ANS.—1. Mr. Ordway says that they feed green 
corn or some other green food as soon as the ducks 
will eat it, and the more they eat the better. They 
will usually begin to pick up green food as soon as 
they will eat anything. 2. It costs at the Pine Tree 
Farm, the ducks weighing at that age from 4)^ to 5 
pounds each, about 25 cents each, but, as Mr. Ord¬ 
way says. It might cost a novice much more. *’ Sev¬ 
eral hundred In a flock” probablv wouldn't pay for 
the feed devoured. Mr. Ordway keeps from 50 to 75 
In a flock, and says that still smaller flocks would do 
better. Overcrowding Is one of the great mistakes 
made by novices in poultry keeping. 
Killing Weevils.—W hat will keep weevils out of 
corn snd peas and not he Injurious to man or beast? 
Marshall, Tex. A. o. k. 
ANS.—Bisulphide of carbon. See U. N.-y. of July 
7, page 42), second column. It should be used with 
caution and not brought near a light as it Is very 
Inflammable. 
Blight On apple and Pear Trees —The blight 
seems to be on the rampage In our vicinity, and 1 
fear It will kill some of my pear and apple trees. 
What causes It? Is there a remedy? M. L. s. 
ANS. — Blights have different causes, generally 
fungus or Insects. Spraying with the Bordeaux 
Mixture as freqently recommended in The K. N.-Y. 
will be advisable. 
Sick Ducks.—W hat is the trouble with my young 
ducks ? They commenced hatching in March, and 
we have had good luck with them until the past two 
or three weeks. They begin by acting dizzy; will be 
that wav for a few days, then get lame, and legs and 
toes get out of shape. Some of them get over It and 
some die. Those that die generally go blind. I ex¬ 
amined one to-day and tried to pnll the eve lids 
apart, but could not. In another one, the eye seemed 
to have all turned to water. I hatched them with 
hens and did not let them go to the oreek for a 
couple of weeks after the hens weaned them. I have 
fed them wheat middlings, bran and whole wheat, 
mixed. The early hatched ones are getting corn 
now. E. E. w. 
Berrien County, Mich. 
Ans.—T he symptoms given would indicate roup, 
though ducks do not usually have that. They may 
have contracted It from sleeping In a damp house, or 
from having been allowed In the water too young. 
We have seen young ducks similarly aflltcted, which 
had been kept where there was insutflclent shade, 
and the hot sun seemed to have overcome them. If 
any of these causes are the real ones, the remedy Is 
their removal. A duck Is usually one of the easiest 
things In the world to raise after once started. An¬ 
other thing, your ducks have been fed too high. See 
answer to T.S. In this column, and article to which 
he refers. They would do better if one-half to 
two-thirds of their feed were green stuff. It will 
not only be better but cheaper. Medicinal treatment 
would avail little for those ducks. 
CROP AND MARKET NOTES. 
Fine muskmelons have come from Norfolk. 
A refrigerator car of grapes came In Monday from 
Florida. 
The average condition of corn Is 95, against 93.2 
last July. * 
Alfalfa is said to thrive In the dry districts of 
Australia. 
The grape-root worm Is reported serious In some 
parts of Ohio. 
Jersey apples have appeared, but mostly windfalls, 
and sold for low prices. 
The condition of winter wheat Is 88.9, against 83.2 
In June and 77.7 last July. 
Egyptian onions have gone still lower, and sold for 
what must be losing prices. 
The preliminary acreage of corn as reported by 
ooirespondents shows 1C6 per cent as compared with 
the acreage of 1893, being an Increase in round num- 
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