THE RURM. NEW-YORKER. 
You are proving also that high quality is not 
inconsistent with success.” 
H. R. Robert, Lee Co., Ill.:—“The Rural 
is a household treasure with us, and the 
seeds and plants are worth to us the price 
of the paper.” 
W. H. Dagley, Caledonia Co., Vt :—“The 
beautiful and pleasant by the Rurals’ 
flowers.” 
Ira E. Benton, of Illinois:—“Not that I 
would lav sh undue praise; but it seems to me 
if all of your subscribers had to pay 30 cents 
for every one of the 52 numbers that you issue 
yearly, it would be money well expended.” 
Ward D. Gunn, of Ulster Co., N. Y.:—“I 
Rural New-Yorker is doing as much good 
So say the best farmers of the country of the 
Great National Plural J our 
AGRICULTURE and HORTICULTURE 
It is Original from beginning to end, and costs more 
in its make-up than any other rural journal in 
America, and, considering its price, more 
than any other published in the world. 
TWO DOLLARS PER YEAR 
It admits no disreputable advertisements, and its reading matter is pure and chaste. 
FOR THE NORTH, SOUTH, EAST AND WEST 
Over 500 Original Engravings v very Year. 
It is the accepted medium for the introduction of all New Plants, Seeds and Agricultural 
implements. These are tested at the 
and impartial reports rendered. 
It is the first journal to have establftbeu Experiment Grounui. le first- to hate distributed 
valuable seeds andpluute free among its subscribers—the first to ha engaged the best farm wri¬ 
ters in the world—the first to present beautiful and original Portraits i the plants carefully tested 
in its experiment grounds—the first, in short, to combine in pra . . c the true interests of the 
Farm and Garden with the editorial labor of a rum iOum.il. 
The RURAL NEW-YOltKER has become the leading A: can paper by real worth, 
perseverance and enterprise—by its devotion to the true interests of all who till the land, 
whether for pleasure or profit. 
All are solicited to examine specimen copies, which will be se~'0 free, and to compare them 
with other farm journals, before selecting for another year. 
Cross-bred Diehl-Mediterranean Wheat, Front View._Fig. 618 , 
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dependence ot opinion and honesty of purpose 
E. L. Nelson, M D., Vernon Co., Mo.:— 
“ The Rural is never defiled by vile quack 
advertisements, jobberies, bought puffs, or 
by sham hombuggeries.” 
A. B. C. Salmon, Essex Co., , . 
New Jersey:—“I think the fckll 
Rural is the best country . L jJjjH n 
paper I ever saw.” mWlsHJI/? 
Thos. R. Hornaday, Morgan / 
Co., Ind :—“ 1 thought w< 
could do without bread (or 
take our chances) about us 
well as without the Rural.” Ml / 
Mrs. Nelson Kelly, W hatcow |y M 
Co., Watti. Ter.:—“ God bless fclP yv 'yf 
the Rural. It is the best W :^jj / j/Jjj 
farmer’s paper ever printed, la 
and gets better every week.” ii mf w 
Mr. C. E. Parnell, Queen's TO 
Co., Long Island N. Y.:— *1 j \ if, ■ fy 
do not think the Rural can V 
well be improved upon.” V 
Thos. J. Werner, Putnam 
Co., Ohio:—“The Rural’s 
impartial and honest dealing- J 
iti'« evideuce of superiority,” 
Mr. Homer Davis, of New 
Hampshire:—“I shall take tie 
Rural New-Yorker as long 
as I draw an agricultural 
breath. It is the ,:>est paper 
Mi - . Geo. 3. Wales, Roches- 
ter, N. Y. •—“It isapleasuru 
for me to say a good word for ^ j |B 
the Rural. How you can ^ j| 
publish so good a paper for l| 
$2.00,1 cannot understand.” 
E. H. Libby, Ag Special- Cboss-Bred diehl- 
lst of H. Sibley & Co., Roeh- 
ster.N. Y:“You arecertainlv ?.” Vtt P. -BlDE ViE 'V 
by its excellent portraits of improved farm 
stock as in any other division of its work.” 
D. W, Curtis, of Ft. Atkinson, Wis.:—“I 
do not see any lack of interest in the Rural, 
and I often think that the one who looks after 
the general welfare of the R,ural does two 
days' work in one every day of his life. I hope 
that the Rural Farm brings happiness and 
rest, when the noisy city is left behind.” 
The RURAL NEW-YORKER is printed upon fine tinted paper, each page 15 by 9 inches, -and 
there will be over 900 pages in the present volume. It employs the best artists and the best 
rural writers in the land. 
It combines the best features of the daily and weekly press with all that can instruct, elevate 
am i interest the rural home. Progressive farmers cannot afford to do without it. 
The Rural New - Yorker 
clubs with the Weekly In ¬ 
ter- Ocean, INCL TIDING 
our Free Seed Distribu¬ 
tion, for $2.75 
Witn the New York 
Weekly Times, including 
Seed Distribution , for 
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Truth, progress, the real interests of the land and those who cultivate it: the dissemi> 
nation of improved seeds aud plants, and of the knowledge how best to cultivate 
them ; to conduct the journal so that it may have a just claim upon all who 
love nature, are among the aims of THE RURAL NEW-YORKER. 
TRUSTWORTHY MARKET REPORTS FROM ARE OEM 
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IT WILLHELPY0U TO MAKE MONEY AND SPEND IT JUDICIOUSLY 
With the Detroit Free 
Press with its Household 
Sup plement, including 
the Rural's Free Seed 
Distribution, for $3.00 
Thirty-fourtli Year of its Age. 
Seventh Year of its Present Management 
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