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“The LEADING FARM PAPER OP THE 
There are few unbiased, competent judges who will dispute that the above line expresses the estimation in which the RURAL NEW-YORKER is now generally held. 
Our old readers know the paper. To them we cau only say that we shall si are neither money, labor, nor time to continually improve and strengthen every department. Dur¬ 
ing the coming year we shall endeavor, as never before, to keep far enough in advance of every necessary operation of the farm to enable readers to take advantage of 
timely suggestions and instruction. Our corps of contributors will be wider than ever, and the practices in vogue in different parts of the country will be collated and 
condensed in ample time for use. Thus we shall fully keep pace with the year’s work and at the same time promptly and faithfully report a 1 matters of value and interest 
to our constituency. This, with a prompt and stern denunciation of all practices that tend to demoralize or embarrass farm life should be, as we view it, the main object of 
such a journal, and there is no other published that is better prepared to carry out this work than the Rural New-Yorker. In addition to the general programme outlined 
above, we have prepared many special topics which will be worked up with the utmost care bv selected contributors. A few of these topics are given below: 
Special Topics Py Special Writers. 
How to Produce the Farm House. 
An entire number of the Rural will be 
given up to this important subject. Tbe best 
writers that cau be found will tell how to 
breed, train, feed and work the animal that 
will do the most profitable work on the farm. 
Veterinary Notes. 
Bv Dr, F, L. Kil borne. 
All questions regarding tbe diseases of ani¬ 
mals will be promptly answered, and many 
special topics will be treated in a simple yet 
exhaustive manner. 
Providing Pure Water for Stock. 
The lack of good water in many sections 
during the pest dry seasou, caused much loss 
,o stock owners, that might have been pre¬ 
vented by suitable arrangements for provid¬ 
ing water. Farmers who have carried their 
stock safely through this trying season will 
tell how they succeeded in doing it. 
English Dairy Notes. 
By the distinguished dairyman. Professor 
Sheldon. 
The Dairy Cow and Her Products. 
Articles by John Gould, Henry Stewart, T. 
D. Curtis, Major H. A. Alvord, J. A. Smith, 
Col. F. D. Curtis and others. 
Stock Breeding and Fattening. 
Articles under this head will be prepared 
by Prof. G. E. Morrow, Prof. J. A. Sanborn, 
Judge T. C. Jones, Henry Stewart, John 
Gould, A. B Allen, Prof. I. P. Roberts, L. F. 
Allen, and other breeders and feeders, 
f ke'-- Making at the South. 
By Prof. F. A. Gulley, of Mississippi. 
Papers of great importance giving the re¬ 
sults of experiments at the Mississippi Agri¬ 
cultural College with the different breeds of 
beef cattle and stock foods peculiar to the 
South; illustrated. 
Should We Teach Agriculture in the 
District School? 
By Dr. W. J. Beal, Dr. T. H. Hoskins, 
Prof. G. E. Morrow and other thinkers 
and teachers. 
This will be one of the most thoughtful and 
suggestive series of articles on country edu¬ 
cational methods ever written. 
Economic Entomology and Bee Keeping. 
By Prof, A. J. Cook, Dr. C. V. Riley, C. 
P. Gillette, W. L. Devereaux, W. Z. 
Hutchinson, O. L. Heishiser, and others. 
How to Prevent Disease. 
Couimon-sense hints on the preservation of 
health by a number of prominent medical 
men. This will be an entirely new feature, 
strikingly original and valuable. 
The Farm Work shop. 
This will include articles on tbe Care of En¬ 
gines and Implements, What Tools do I Need? 
How to Make a Farm Shop Useful, etc., all 
by practical men who are skilled in handling 
tools, 
Unprofitable Farm Work that Pays, 
Under this heading will be presented a se¬ 
ries of thoughtful articles detailing a number 
of farm operations that bring uo immediate 
results and yet pay an immense percentage of 
profit. The real value of farm experiment 
work will lie brought out in this discussion. 
The Broiler, from the Egg to the Grid¬ 
dle. 
By P. H. Jacobs. 
Nothing like these articles has ever before 
been prepared. No man in America is better 
qualified to handle the subject than Mr, 
Jacobs. There is more money in raising 
broilers than in any other department of 
poultry-raising. 
Poultry Notes, 
By P. H. Jacobs, Henry Hales, Philander 
Williams, E. J. Brownell, C. S. Cooper, 
and others. 
Among the special topics discussed will be, 
Selling Eggs by Weight, Killing Vermin, 
Lime for Poultry, and Green Food for Winter. 
What the West Can Learn of the East 
in Agriculture. 
A series of articles by men who have con¬ 
ducted farms successfully indifferent portions 
of the country, and who know how much one 
section depends upon another. 
What the East Can Learn of the West. 
These articles will be written by men born 
and reared on Eastern farms who have gone to 
the West and worked successfully into the new 
conditions found there. Many Eastern farm¬ 
ers think they have nothing to learn from the 
AVest. They are greatly mistaken, as this 
series of articles will prove. 
Fertilizer Studies. 
By Sir J. B. Lawes, of Rothamsted, Eng¬ 
land. 
Salt in Agriculture. 
In tbe Mississippi Valley there are many lo¬ 
calities where the use of moderate quantities 
ol salt is said to destroy insects, add vigor and 
strength to stalk and leaf, and improve the 
mechanical condition of the soil. These claims 
will be tully investigated in a series of articles 
written by practical farmers. 
How to Pay for a Farm. 
Under this heading men who started with 
nothing but brains, strength and a fair credit, 
will tell how they produced good farms from 
these elements. This will be an exceedingly 
valuable series of articles, covering fully the 
important problem of the restoration of worn- 
out soils. 
The Black Side of Farming. 
A series of articles to continue through 
several numbers powerfully' portraying the 
discouraging side of farm life both out-of- 
doors and iu the house. 
The Bright Bide of Farming. 
The happiness, contentment and tranquility 
pictured in tbe6e articles will seem all the 
brighter for the gloomy contrast present¬ 
ed in the “Dark Side.” These two series of 
articles will he sure to teach all who live on 
the farm fresh lessons of life. 
Farm Insurance. 
This important subject will be carefully' and 
exhaustively treated, Special attention will 
be given to the various insurance organiza¬ 
tions which are maintained by farmers. 
The Farmer’s Library. 
A scries of articles, prepared with tbe 
greatest care, by the librarian at one of our 
agricultural colleges. 
Farmers’ Organizations. 
By Mortimer Whitehea 1, AY. H. Morri¬ 
son, and others. - 
It is designed iu these papers to give the 
history' of the various farmers’ organizations 
that have proved valuable to American farm¬ 
ers, with the best methods of starting and 
maintaining them. 
Political Economy for Farmers. 
AVe have arranged for a series of articles 
on political economy, as it relates to tbe farm¬ 
er’s social and industrial position, from men 
who have made themselves prominent in agri¬ 
cultural legislai ion. 
Manure From AYaste Materials. 
Tbe Compost Heap, Utilization of Night- 
soil and other topics will tie thoroughly dis¬ 
cussed under this heading. 
Notes on Painting Country Houses. 
By a Practical Painter. 
This excellent series of articles will com¬ 
prise a general treatise on painting as an art 
—cultivated by taste. Effects of climate 
on colors and fashions for painting. Ready 
mixed paints—purity and economy. Best ma¬ 
terials for different work. Interior painting 
and decorating. Mineral paiuts and oils. 
Notes From the Rural’s Experiment 
Grounds. 
The past season has been the busiest ever 
known at the Rural Grounds. Among the 
many important experiments which will be 
reported during the coming season, may be 
mentioned the following: 
Trials of most of the new grapes, strawber¬ 
ries, raspberries, etc., as well as ornamental 
shrubs aud trees. Third year of tests with 
the constituents of chemical fertilizers, siugly 
and combined, upon potatoes in a poor soil. 
Important tests to ascertain how much fertil¬ 
izer may be profitably used. Tests to ascer¬ 
tain whether the fertilizers had better be 
above or below the seed; whether it is better 
to apply the fertilizer all at once or when the 
seed is planted and later. Fertilizers in the 
drill and broadcast for corn. Test to ascer¬ 
tain whether farm manure or fertilizers will 
give the larger yield of wheat; whether ic is 
belter to apply fertilizers on winter wheat in 
the fall or spring. Preservation of celery. The 
I Rural’s hybrids between the raspberry aud 
blackberry; between roses; between rye and 
wheat; cross-bred wheats. The Rural’s new 
potatoes, viz., Rural New-Yorker Nos. 2, 3 
aud 4, the first of which will probably be 
distributed among subscribers next year. 
Trials of Downy Plymouth Rocks, Patagoni¬ 
ans, Black Javas, etc., etc. 
Notes on Drainage. 
By Prof. R. C. Carpenter. 
Stone drains, defects in tile drains, house 
diaiuage, and other important matters will 
be treated in these papers, which will be finely 
illustrated. 
Seedling Roses. 
Articles by John Thorpe,Theodore Bock, 
John N. May, C. A. Peters, Henry 
Bfcuuet and the R. N.-Y. 
Arboriculture and Forestry. 
By Sumuel Parsons, Prof. AV. J. Beal, 
Prof. J. L. Budd. John P. Brown, Wil¬ 
liam Falconer. 
How to Market Farm Produce. 
It is generally recognized by business farm¬ 
ers that tbe art of selling farm produce is as 
important as the art of raising it. We notice 
that some farmers always obtain tbe best 
prices, and that they usually dispose of what 
they have to sell with very little trouble. We 
have arranged with a number of the most 
successful fanners aud gardeners that we 
know of to write out for us the principles they 
employ in business, and to give the secrets of 
their success in selling. 
Notes on Pomology. 
By Dr. T. II. Hoskins. T. T. Lyons, Prof. 
J. L. Budd, P. J. Berckmans, P. Barry, 
C. A. Green, E. AYiLiams, J. H. Hale 
and others. 
All promising new fruits will be illustrated 
and described. All practical matters per¬ 
taining to fruit culture will be ably dis¬ 
cussed. Small fruits will receive special at¬ 
tention. 
A r EGETABLES AND THEIR CULTIVATION. 
By AVilliam Falconer, Dr Hoskins AYaldo 
*F. Brown, C. E. Parnell, Prof. AY. AY. 
Tracy and others. 
Rough on Rogues. 
The popular “ Eye-Opener” will be more 
vigilant than ever during 1S88. The great 
army of rogues, swindlers and frauds with 
which this couutry is cursed grows larger 
with each year. They regard the farmers of 
the country as their special prey. Tbe Ru¬ 
ral will watch these rascals carefully, and no 
paper in the country is better prepared to 
show them up. 
Country Road Making. 
Few things add so much to the value of 
real estate in the country as good roads. Few 
public appropriations are so thoroughly mis¬ 
applied as the money raised in many country 
districts for the purpose of keepiug roads iu 
repair. AYe propose to pay considerable at¬ 
tention to this matter. We shall give a gen¬ 
eral summary of the State laws regulating 
road-making aud repairing, views of compe¬ 
tent civil engineers and reports from high¬ 
way commissioners and roadmastors who have 
succeeded in the art of road making. 
News Department. 
A caretul synopsis of the important news of 
the world will be given each week in a con¬ 
densed aud readable form. For pithiness, ac¬ 
curacy and extensive range, the news depart¬ 
ment of the Rural has never been equaled 
iu agricultural journalism. It will be better 
than ever in L3S8. 
Domestic Economy. 
This excellent department will be kept up to 
its present high standard of excellence. It is 
now generally recognized as the most reliable 
department of its kiud in any American pa¬ 
per. Our women readers are given the results 
of carefully conducted experiments just us the 
men receive the benefits of the Rural’s out¬ 
door tests. 
Woman’s AVork. 
This popular department will be kept fully 
abreast »itb the times. The Lest writers have 
been secured to render it attractive and inter¬ 
esting. 
New Stories. 
By the author of “ Andersonville A’iolets.” 
To all our newer readers we cau only say that the Rural New-Yorker challenges comparison with other agricultural papers. AVe invite all to examine it in comparison 
. , *° * other l’aim journal published, confident that it possesses special points of superiority which will commend it to all intelligent farmers. The Rural numbers among 
with any j F - - * ■■ -- -‘ock by hundreds; those whose only real estate is confined to a flower-pot as well as 
grades of agriculture voluntarily praise our work, we confidently believe that all who 
oitKEii, for which the following points of superiority are claimed: 
•A. It exposes more frauds. Its advertising columns are cleanest. 
(i. It gives the best news in tbe simplest lorm. 
7. It has the largest editorial force—a specialist for every department. 
8. It is most widely copied. Its articles are. terse and practical. 
9. It is varied enough to please every member of the family. 
S ch ar* the claims made for the Rural New-Yorker. They are founded not upon our own opinions, but upon the wr.tteu statements ol thousands ol good people i» 
< 11 oarls of the country who have voluntarily praised the Rural. We certainly believe that those who take the trouble to examine several consecutive copies of the Rural 
will agiee that the above claims are just. The Rural New-Yorker is designed fur those who want a good paper, aud not for those who want a cheap one that has no merit 
but cheapness. AVe shall be glad to send specimen copies, as well as samples of our excellent cartoon posters, to all who may wish to examine them. 
Address THE KURIL jVEW-YORKJER, 34 Park Row, New York. 
its earnest readers those who own but a single nen as wen as mose wno courn meir m 
those who success.ully farm a thousand acres. From the fact that patties in all these 
are in any way connected with farm life can with profit subscribe to the Rural New-Y 
1. It is alone among journals iu conducting an Experiment Station ot its owe. 
2. It has the best financial backing, and can afford to be independent and clean. 
;J, Its illustrations are original. No other weekly paper attempts to compare with 
it in this line. 
4. It has the widest circulation and the most varied corps of contributors. 
