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THE RURAL NEW-YORKER. 
GOOD LUCK/’ 
Some folks say that instead of “good¬ 
bye ” or “ farewell.” To wish a person 
“good luck” is to wish them well and 
that is certainly the feeling we have to¬ 
ward all our readers. Now is the time 
of the year to give expression to such 
feelings. 
Of course you all want to know how 
that last subscription contest came out. 
Well here are the names of the nine win¬ 
ners : 
1. B. Kenyon, Fairfax Co., Va. 
2. E. G. Packard, Kent Co., Del. 
3. Monroe Morse, Norfolk Co., Mass. 
4. Jos. Morris, Sanilac Co., Mich. 
6. Isaac Alter, Lake Co., Cal. 
6. S. M. Rector, Yates Co., N. Y. 
7. H. J. House, Ulster Co., N. Y. 
8. Parker Bristol, Rensselaer Co., N. Y. 
9. Theo. Bond, Monroe Co., N. Y. 
These men are privileged to select from 
those nine sweepstake premiums. Mr. 
Kenyon has first choice. Mr. Bond last 
and so on between. These men did first- 
rate work and well deserve their success. 
Just as we said some weeks ago the last 
six of them obtained some remarkable 
bargains. There will be 25 more immense 
bargains in the present contest for 31 
premiums. 
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Another thing we want to refer to is 
our plan of giving $2 in cash each work¬ 
ing day for the largest daily clubs. Here 
are the winners who have won this money 
since our last report: 
Nov. 26.—O. H. Root, Madison Co., N. Y. 
“ 27.—E. G. Packard, Kent Co., Del. 
“ 28.—Monroe Morse, Norfolk Co., Mass. 
“ 30.—B. Kenyon, Fairfax Co., Va. 
Dec. 1.—Geo. W. Beebe, Yale Co., B. C. 
“ 3.—Isaac Alter, Lake Co., Cal. 
“ 4.—B. Kenyon, Fairfax Co., Va. 
“ 6.—Courtney E. Ferris, Chenango Co., N. Y. 
“ 7.—S. M. Rector, Yates Co., N. Y. 
“ 8.—F. E. Bennett, Susquehanna Co., Pa. 
“ 10.—Monroe Morse, Norfolk Co., Mass 
“ 11.—B. Kenyon, Fairfax Co., Va. 
“ 12.—E. G. Packard, Kent Co., Del. 
“ 13.—H. J. House, Ulster County, N. Y. 
“ 14.—A. L. Sherman, Chittenden Co., Vt. 
“ 15.—Theo. Bond, Monroe Co., N. Y. 
“ 17.—A. H. Root, Madison Co., N. Y. 
“ 18.—A. Culbertson, Clarion Co., Pa. 
“ 19.—Francis Peck, Prince Edw’d Co., Ont. 
“ 20.—John Smith, Lagrange Co., Ind. 
Now you will notice that a good deal of 
this money goes to a few individuals, 
who have found, by several trials, 
that comparatively small clubs sent 
from day to day, stand the best chance 
of winning this money. These men, 
therefore, divide their large clubs 
into sections, and thus secure quite a 
good share of these prizes. That is all 
right. We don’t care who gets the $3, 
but it is strange to us that some of our 
readers don’t make a little harder effort 
to secure it when small clubs are the 
rule as they are now. 
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This subscription season is a peculiar 
one and very satisfactory to us. Thus 
far in December we have received over 
twice as many yearly subscriptions as 
■we did in the same period last year. In 
November we received nearly three 
times as many as in 1893. This increase 
is chiefly in the form of single new sub¬ 
scriptions or clubs of two or three. A 
man gets a sample copy and sends in his 
dollar for a year or some reader gets one 
or more of his neighbors to subscribe. 
So it goes—a clear and steady gain from 
an excellent class of people. By the way 
A farm of 430 acres, having 13,000 fruit 
trees—apples, pears, peaches, cherries 
planted five years ago, can be bought this 
winter at a low price. The farm nearly 
adjoins the city of Chillicothe, O., lies on 
fine rolling land well adapted to fruit 
culture and stock raising. The owner 
died and the land came into the hands of 
a corporation whose business is not farm¬ 
ing or fruit growing. It is a fine oppor¬ 
tunity for the right man. For full in¬ 
formation address A. C. Houghton, 01 
Wheeler Building, Columbus, O.— Adv. 
that premium of “ The Business Hen,” 
cloth binding, for one new subscription 
has proved very effective indeed. Now 
of course this is very gratifying to us. 
The chief reason we have for printing 
The R. N.-Y. is to increase its circula¬ 
tion and business and thus increase its 
power of usefulness. It pleases us to 
think that we have the confidence of our 
readers and we shall never knowingly 
abuse that confidence. As the year draws 
to a close we wish to say “ thank you ! ” 
for all the kind words and deeds we have 
received from our readers. We are sorry 
more of you don’t realize the possibilities 
of our premium offers, but then—we have 
done our duty in telling about it! 
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And now, a last word to those who for 
one reason or another will leave us with 
this issue. This paper is always stopped 
at the expiration of a subscription, so 
unless you renew for next year this will 
by your last R. N.-Y. We say good luck 
to you too. Maybe .something we have 
said or our manner of saying it has hurt 
your feelings. We are sorry if that is so. 
If you would judge us by the motive 
rather than by the deed, you would 
quickly see that we have never sought to 
injure any honest man’s feelings or busi¬ 
ness. If some sharp prick of the pen has 
exposed one of your foibles or crank¬ 
inesses, we are glad of it for your family’s 
sake, and if you leave us for that cause, 
we wish you the good luck to see the 
error of your ways and come back to The 
R. N.-Y. again. We trust that Santa 
Claus will put in your stocking the foot 
of a man who will toe the mark fairly and 
honestly all through 1895. That’s what 
The R. N.-Y. is going to try to do and 
we want our readers to stand by us and 
step on our toe if extra weight seems 
needed to hold it up to the mark. 
CROP AND MARKET NOTES. 
Strictly fancy apples are scarce and high. 
Stocks of cranberries are reported extremely 
low. 
The Western flour mills are limiting iiroduc- 
tion. 
One steamer brought 2,888 bags of potatoes from 
Dundee. 
Bob veals have been receiving the attention of 
the health officials. 
Some German onions didn’t bring enough to pay 
cost of importation. 
Much of the New Orleans lettuce has been of 
poor quality, and sold far below the prices real¬ 
ized for the best. 
A few California tomatoes have come to this 
market, and realized extreme prices, as other 
stock was scarce. 
Most Florida oranges are of very poor quality, 
and are very unsatisfactory. There is an excel¬ 
lent demand for prime stock. 
There are reports that a syndicate has pur¬ 
chased nearly a score of large creameries in 
New York and Pennsylvania. 
A few pears have been sent to this country 
from Germany, and it is understood that the prices 
realized were very 8.atisfactory. 
Baltimore spinach sells much more slowly, and 
at lower prices than that from Norfolk. Buyers 
claim that the former is not packed so tight as 
the latter. 
The next annual meeting of the Amerian Oxford 
Down Sheep Record Association will be held at 
Cincinnati, O., January 8. W. A. Shafor, secre¬ 
tary, Middletown, O. 
The first hothouse lamb of the season, arrived 
December 19, and was sold by Archdeacon & Co., 
for $10. A few are always wanted for the Christ¬ 
mas market, and such always bring good prices, 
though not so high now as in former years. 
A bill has been introduced in Congress asking 
for the restoration of the old rate of duty on Mexi¬ 
can cattle. In addition to the ruinously low price 
at which these cattle are purchased and brought 
into this country, many of them are said to be dis¬ 
eased. _ 
WE WANT TO KNOW, YOU KNOW! 
IP TOU don’t see wbat you want, ask fob it ! 
Sweet Potatoes, Gasoline, Peanuts. —1. I wish 
to grow sweet potatoes, but cannot get the jilants. 
Can I ral.se them from seed myself, and if so, 
where can I get the seed? 2 Can I make gasoline 
myself, so as to run an engine or light a house ? 
3. Does The Rural know of any kind of peanuts 
that would thrive as far north as this? Common 
kinds won’t do, as the season is too short here in 
southern Ontario. p. c. u. 
Newark, Ont. 
Ans.— 1. You can buy the plants in season, but 
can probably grow them if you have the proper 
facilities. It is a difficult matter to keep sweet 
potatoes unless you know just how to do it, and it 
wouldn’t pay a beginner to try it. They may be 
bought in spring of dealers in the cities. 2. No. 
3. No. We think there is none. 
Evaporated Cider. —Can The R. N.-Y. inform 
me of some parties that buy evaporated cider ? 
Sabbathday Lake, Me. w. d. 
Ans. —We know of none here that would pay 
enough for it to pay for shipping it so far. This is 
one of the products that are best sold in nearby 
places, to storekeepers or consumers. The best 
plan is to canvass for customers, either those who 
will use the goods themselves, or retail grocers. 
Large manufacturers of such goods send out 
drummers to work up sales, and there is no reason 
why others shouldn’t push their business in the 
same way. 
Introducing Disease on Purchased Grape 
Vines. —I have a few grape vines, and would like 
to get .some different varieties. No disease or in¬ 
sects trouble my vines at present. If I send to 
some nursery for vines, shall I be likely to intro¬ 
duce some disease or insect ? h. h. c. 
Madison County. N. Y. 
Ans. —Not if you order from a flrst-class nur¬ 
sery. Watch the advertising colums of The R 
N.-Y. a little later for responsible Arms. 
Onions, Lambs, Sweet Corn. —1. Can onions be 
profitably grown for market from sets? 2. Where 
can I And a market for hothouse lambs, when 
three months old? 3. What is a good variety of 
sweet corn to plant to feed hogs in the ear, in 
early August? e. p. b. 
Kanona, N. Y. 
Ans.— 1. No, not as a field crop. They are used 
to grow early onions for bunching. 2. Archdeacon 
& Co., 100 Murray Street. 3. Perry’s Hybrid, 
Crosby, Minnesota. 
Trench System op Planting Potatoes.—W hat 
is meant by it? c. p. b. 
Ans.—I n the trench system, the potatoes are 
planted in deep furrows or trenches, from four to 
eight inches deep, fertilizers being applied in the 
trenches, and no hilling is done, all cultivation be¬ 
ing level. The method has been often described 
in detail in The R. N.-Y., and will be again before 
the next planting season. 
HANDY REPAIRING OUTFIT. 
“A stitch in time saves nine.” Every farmer knows that the greatest expense 
in repairs comes from neglecting the first appearance of weakness. If the first 
stitch that broke in the harness, had been promptly mended, it would never have 
given way, and many a runaway with a broken wagon, ruined horse, and crippled 
man or woman, would have been avoided. With this set of 37 first-class tools, any 
man can repair boots, shoes, harness, tinware, rubber goods, and do countless other 
jobs about the place. Your excuse for not keeiiing things in repair is that you 
have no tools. Hence you let the little breaks go, until a breakdown occurs, and 
then you take a day to go to the shop for repairs. Ten minutes work at home at 
the right time would have saved all this. These are no toys. Every tool is full 
size and first-class. It is in all about the cheapest thing of which we know, con¬ 
sidering its many uses. It weighs, complete, 18 pounds. We send it and The 
R. N.-Y', one year, for $3.75. Or we will send it as a premium for a club of six 
new subscriptions. Address THE RURAL NEW-YORKER, New York. 
To THE Editor —I have an absolute remedy for Consumption and 
all Lung Troubles. By its timely use thousands of hopeless cases have 
been already permanently cured. 
So proof-positive am I of its power that I consider it my duty to 
send two bottles free to any of your readers who have Lung Troubles or 
Consumption if they send me their express and post-office address. 
Sincerely, 
Established 1876. 
T. A. SLOCUM, M. C. 
183 Pearl Street, New York. 
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