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THE RURAL NEW-YORKER. 
November 9 
“PRIZES." 
This is prize week for The R. N.-Y. 
During' the past month, some of our 
stalwart friends have been wandering 
about the land making the people happy 
by introducing them to this paper. It 
took some of these agents a long time to 
get started. There were corn to husk, 
potatoes to dig and apples to pick. This 
took time, especially when a farmer has 
to be his own hired man. The last time 
we talked about it, things looked dull 
enough. We were getting lots of single 
subscriptions, but somehow, the workers 
didn’t seem to realize the chance that 
was slipping away from them. When 
they did get started, the dust flew. As a 
matter of fact, 152 subscriptions were 
sent by telegram the last day of the con¬ 
test. As a result of this late day hust¬ 
ling, the seven cash prizes were awarded 
as follows : 
WINNERS IN OCTOBER CONTEST. 
Yearly. 
...107 
... 46% 
... 43 
... 43 
... 33 
... 26 
... 25)4 
ill be 
1. Walter Johnson, Middlesex Co., Conn.. 
2. Ronson German, Macomb Co., Mich... 
3. Fred II. Johnson, Worcester Co., Mass 
4. W. J. Bills, Wayne Co., N. Y. 
5. W. F. Newcomb, King Co., N. S. 
6 . E. G. Packard, Kent Co., Del. 
7. Preston E. Terry, Suffolk Co., N. Y.... 
Wrapped up in that money, w 
found our thanks for the excellent ser¬ 
vice performed by these gentlemen. 
While this won’t increase the purchas¬ 
ing power of that money, it certainly 
won’t hurt it any ! A thank is the crank 
that turns the wheel of good feeling. 
For, example, here is a polite man : 
Allow me to express my sincere thanks to you 
aud the correspondents who so kindly and care¬ 
fully answered my question about “Barn for a 
Fruit Farm,” in late issues of Tiie R. N.-Y. 
F. T. L. 
On our part, we are glad that the articles 
were of service to you. 
Of course you understand that what 
these seven men sent, is but a drop, so 
to speak, compared with the total sub¬ 
scriptions for the month. We wish to 
say that we took more subscriptions last 
month than in any other October of 
which we have any record. As com¬ 
pared with last year, we had an increase 
of 78 per cent in yearly subscriptions, 
and 250 per cent in trials. 
Now don’t forget just what that means. 
In the 31 days of October just closed, 
we put on our list over 75 per cent more 
paid yearly subscription names than we 
did in the 31 days of October, 1894. At 
the same time we were able to enter 2>2 
times more trial subscriptions. As we 
said; it is the best October we ever had 
in the subscription business. This is 
due to the fact that a great many people 
have sent a single new subscription with 
their own. It is a neighbor, friend or 
relative who needed only just the right 
word to become a member of the family. 
Then again, we are sending out a great 
many sample copies, and you would be 
surprised to see how many of them lead 
to permanent subscriptions. Why, here 
is a note and dollar that speaks for itself : 
I received fully oue dollar’s worth of informa¬ 
tion from the sample copy you sent me a few days 
ago, and have come to the conclusion that it is a 
good paper to have around the farm aud office! 
Fort Plain, N. Y. e. c. g. 
Then again, it is remarkable how many 
of our short-term subscribers signify 
their intention of making the thing 
permanent. They are going to be right 
with us in 1896. There is always more 
or less excitement during a presidential 
year, and it looks as though The R. N.-Y. 
would be elected by a good working ma¬ 
jority. We can’t complain a bit at the 
way our friends are acting. They are 
standing right straight by us with good, 
square-toed help. 
This October contest has turned out so 
well for all parties concerned that we 
shall try the same thing for November. 
On December 1, we will pay 
$ I 70 in Cash 
to the persons sending the largest seven 
clubs. As usual, the prizes will be di¬ 
vided in this way, $50, $40, $30, $20, $15, 
$10, $5. Of course the agent may retain 
the usual commission, and each day that 
one dollar Mil will be sent to the sender 
of the largest club for that day. Now 
enough said ! Sail in and spread the 
glad tidings of The R. N.-Y. November 
is a day short, remember ! Only 30 days 
in it, so don’t get into a daze in the early 
part of the month. 
You will notice that this has been a 
great month for Johnsons—New England 
Johnsons at that. The $50 prize winner 
is a modest man. This is all he has to 
say : 
I hope that I have the largest club. I certainly 
have worked for the largest, beginning early and 
working right up to the present time. I shall look 
for that $50 check about Saturday morning. 
Connecticut. Walter Johnson. 
He got it, too. Notice the secret of 
his success ! He began early and kept at 
it. That’s the microbe of success every 
time. 
The other Johnson, you will notice, 
also made his wheel spin over the ground 
and weave the money for a good over¬ 
coat. Some of his names came hard, but 
this one was easy enough. Read what 
he says : 
A subscriber’s paper, by mistake, got into the 
post-office box of another man of the same sur¬ 
name. It was an eye-opener in the way of an 
agricultural paper, and he was, of course, enthu¬ 
siastic and on the point of subscribing when I 
caught him.” 
“ Caught him! ” Why, certainly ! That 
bait was attractive. We can furnish any 
quantity of it free. What a lesson that 
is to some of our fishermen who say that 
they cannot get any bites ! 
And here is a note from our clubby 
friend, Packard : 
Here are six more to my credit—all new. I 
served my time as a sewing machine agent, book 
canvasser and wholesale drummer before I took 
up the seed business, and when I solicit anything, 
you bet that I get it. The word fail is not in my 
canvassing vocabulary. K. g. Packard. 
We don’t bet—don’t believe in the prin¬ 
ciple ; but we know that Mr. Packard 
doesn’t fail to stir up the Delawareans 
until they are fully aware that there is 
such a paper as The R. N.-Y. What a 
pedigree that is for a canvassing agent ! 
We expect an earthquake from it in the 
November contest. And now to con¬ 
clude our remarks—here is a little letter 
that pleases us greatly : 
Inclosed please find $3 for a club of three yearly 
subscriptions to The Rural New-Yorker. Sister 
and I got the names after school. We hope that 
we will get one of the prizes. We will try to get 
more subscriptions next month. 
Respectfully your namesake, 
Erie County, Pa. elbert carman seltzer. 
There is a worthy '‘Carman No. 2.” He 
has started in early to show what he 
thinks of The R. N.-Y. Sorry he didn’t 
win a prize this time, but there are lots 
of them ahead of him, and we hope that 
he will win his share of all sorts of good 
things. 
But wait a moment; we don’t wish to 
pick out only the successes. How about 
the failures ? Here is a Jerseyman with 
honest reasons for ill success: 
I would gladly help The R. N.-Y., but must tell 
you that I am very hard of hearing, and the peo¬ 
ple must shout everything into my ears. Not that 
alone, but most all I know are Italians and can¬ 
not read English, and the few Americans are such 
that you cannot pound it into them at all. 
Now, we don’t know how to make Ital¬ 
ians take The R. N.-Y. We say that 
without reserve. We do know a good 
deal about deafness, though, and next 
week, if nothing prevent, we will talk 
a little hearing into the deafness ques¬ 
tion. 
The people who helped put $6 into cir¬ 
culation by sending the largest clubs the 
past week, are : 
Oct. 28.—W. J. Bills, Wayne Co., N. Y. 
29. —Walter Johnson, Middlesex Co., Conn. 
30. —Ronson German, Macomb Co., Mich. 
31. —Ronson German, Macomb Co., Mich. 
Nov. 1.—E. J. Rurnsey, Tioga Co., Pa. 
2.— W. E. Clark, Wentworth Co., Ont. 
Fertilizers for Fall Crops 
should contain a high percentage of Potash to 
insure the largest yield and a permanent enrichment 
of the soil. 
Write for our “Farmers’ Guide,” a 142 -page illustrated book. It 
is brim full of useful information for farmers. It will be sent free, and 
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Little Giant Cider Mill. 
For a Club of 12. 
Perhaps you have only a few apples 
that you wish to turn into cider. Possibly 
you wish just sweet cider enough to boil 
down to make some of that delicious 
cider-apple-sauce. You don’t want to 
bother and cart the apples to a mill, and 
if you did, you could not get the juice of 
your own apples. In this case, you need 
one of these little mills. They are light, 
strong, durable and handy. They cost 
$7.50, but we can send you one for a club 
of 12 new yearly subscriptions to The 
R. N.-Y. at $1 each. Here is more than 
half profit. It is made by the Little 
Giant Cider Mill Co., Nashville, Tenn. 
If you write them, they will send you 
full description of it. 
No. 3 Bone Cutter. 
For a Club of 10. 
You may have just a small flock of 
hens. You don’t feel like buying a large 
bone cutter ; yet you want your hens to 
do just as well as though you had a larger 
flock, and to encourage them to do this, 
you need to feed them just as well We 
appreciate the situation, and can help 
you. The F. W. Mann Co., Milford, 
Mass., are now making a small bone cut¬ 
ter that is just the thing you need. Send 
to them and get full description. It 
costs $7 cash. You may not feel like 
paying out this much money ; you don’t 
need to. Just take a day among your 
neighbors, and send us 10 new yearly 
subscriptions to The R. N.-Y. at $1 each, 
and we will send you one of these small 
No. 3 bone cutters for your work. Now 
if you want healthy hens and lots of 
fresh eggs, or the very best and cheapest 
food, go to work. 
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We have seen other papers offering cheap 
watches to their subscribers, and often looked 
them up to see if we too could not offer them to 
our readers; but in every case, we found the 
watches to be so worthless that we would have 
nothing to do with them. We had about given up 
the idea of finding a satisfactory cheap watch. 
We mentioned our experience in this direction to 
the representative of a large American watch 
company, and through his help we are now able 
to offer a real good watch at a very low price. It 
is guaranteed to keep accurate time, has seven 
jewels, expansion balance, cut pinions, porcelain 
dial, stem wind and set in solid nickel silver open 
face. You see this is not a cheap clock move¬ 
ment put into a tin oval case. It is a watch that 
you can rely upon. If not satisfactory, return it 
and get your money back. Price delivered, $3.75. 
We will send it free for a club of seven new sub¬ 
scriptions. Or, it and one new subscription for 
rest of this year for $4. 
The Rural New-Yorker 
CASH PRIZES 
FOR THE MONTH OF NOVEMBER, 
$ 50 , $ 40 , $ 30 , $ 20 , $ 15 , $ 10 , $ 5 , 
$170 in all, go to the seven agents 
who secured the seven largest 
clubs during the month of No¬ 
vember. The regular commission 
is also allowed on all subscriptions 
sent, and, in addition, the dollar 
prize goes every night to the 
agent who sends the largest club 
for that day. 
The checks for the above prizes 
will go out December 2. The one 
that starts early, has the best 
chance for that $50 check. 
Remember, we send the paper 
from now until January 1, 1897, 
for $1; that is, the rest of this 
year free, to new yearly subscrib¬ 
ers, and the dollar back if sub¬ 
scriber is not satisfied. 
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