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THE AURAL WIW-Y0RKE1*. 
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AN INTERESTING PAGE. 
FROM U. 8. (JUMM1SSIOSER OF AG¬ 
RICULTURE, NORMAN J. COLNAN. 
" But the Editor of the R. N.-Y. 
does not stop at testing new varieties 
produced by others, but is producing 
new varieties himself, and has accom¬ 
plished wonders in hybridizing. He 
has opened an entirely new field for 
investigation, the possibilities of which 
cannot be conjectured." 
FROM THE FARM JOURNAL. 
“ His farm and his home were turned 
into experiment grounds in the interests 
of his journal, and the results of careful 
and expensive experiments made have 
been freely given to the world.” 
FROM THE N. V. TRIBUNE. 
“The R. N.-Y. lias done 
vastlv more lor farming 
than nine-tenths of all 
the land-grant colleges 
and experiment sta¬ 
tions.” 
A SYMPOSIUM 
—FOR— 
Every Week During 1889. 
FROM THE AMEKICAN AGRICUL¬ 
TURIST OF JUNE, 1888. 
“ Crops of lOO bushels of shell¬ 
ed corn are rare. We have seen 
on the farm of the Editor of the 
R. N.-Y. a crop ot 134 bushels 
of shelled corn raised on one 
acre ot ground.” 
$1,000 IN SOUVENIRS 
— FOR THE — 
Women’s National Potato Contest 
FROM THE GARDENERS’ MONTHLY. 
“The Rural’s Experiment Grounds 
furnish many of the facts which render it 
so popular.” 
FROM THE HARTFORD COURANT. 
“ Everything is an experiment 
here. The merest catalogue of 
these experiments for the garden, 
nursery and orchard would fill 
a volume ” 
FROM THE AMERICAN GARDEN. 
“The success of the ‘Potato Contest’ 
of our friecds of the R. N.-Y., has stimu¬ 
lated several publishers and manufactur¬ 
ers to the offering of large money prizes 
for crops to bo raised during the coming 
year ” 
FROM C. V. RAPES. 
“Please note the unusual array of 
prizes offered in the country this season 
for the best results from potatoes. The 
one who obtains the laigest yield of po¬ 
tatoes will receive almost enough to buy 
a small farm. This unprecedented inter¬ 
est in potato culture is largely due to the 
efforts of the R. N.-Y.” 
FROM AGRICULTURAL SCIENCE 
FOR JANUARY, 1888. 
“ The R. N.-Y,, so far as we 
know, is the only agricultural jour¬ 
nal in the world that has experiment 
grounds established for the benefit 
of its subscribers.” 
FROM COLMAN’S RURAL WORLD. 
“ The R. N.-Y. has made an undoubted 
cross between rye and wheat. It has also 
hybridized the blackberry and raspberry. 
Different species of roses it has also 
crossed.” 
FROM E. 8. GOFF, OF THE NEW 
YORK AGRICULTURAL EX¬ 
PERIMENT STATION. 
** 1 wish to congratulate 
you on your potato, the * Ru¬ 
ral NeM'-Yorker No. It 
yielded best here t lie past 
season of 07 varieties; bore 
the smallest proportion of 
small tubers, and, so far as 
the varieties have been test¬ 
ed, it is tire best in equality of 
all. 1 predict for It a grent 
future.” 
FROM THE N. Y. WORLD. 
“ The latest hybrids between rye and 
wheat growing on the grounds of the R. 
N.-Y., develop many curious freaks, 
while those of previous years are still 
changing in a wonderful mannew.” 
FROM LIEUT. GOVERNOR. EDWARD 
F. JONE8 
'' Uiu^bnnitou, N. Y., Dec. 29, 1888. 
“EDITOR RURAL NEW-YORKER : 
The Rural New-Yorker ol December 29 is 
before me, and its eflect on me is to impel 
me to express to you my sincere wishes 
lor a Happy New Year tor yourself, and 
continued success lor the Rural, which, 
when contrasted with the agricultural 
papers ol' 25 years since, not only shows 
rhe improvement In the paper itselt, but 
also illustrates the progress made by the 
agricultural class, much ol which la du e 
t o the inspiration ol the Rural New- 
Yorker, and such of Its contemporaries as 
tollow its example.” 
FROM THE AMERICAN GARDEN. 
“We wish that every lover of garden¬ 
ing could see the garden home of the R. 
N.-Y., which has been so great a help to 
thousaads of farmers and gardeners the 
continent over.” 
u The Rural New-York¬ 
er is published for pro¬ 
gressive intelligent farm¬ 
ers.” 
FROM EX-COM., GEN. W. G. LeDUC. 
“ The Rural New-Yorker strives to do 
good.” 
GOME WITH US, PROGRESSIVE FARMERS 
LET US WORK TOGETHER FOR AGRICULTURE. ENTERPRISE AND PROSPERITY! 
Our lady friends continue to send 
in their names freely for the Potato 
Contest. It will be a NATIONAL 
Contest indeed. 
Gen. Wm. G. Le Due : “The efforts 
of the R. N.-Y. are always based upon 
something for the benefit of the lar- 
mers.” 
The Rural New-Yorker Potato No 
2 will be sent to all of our Yearly Sub¬ 
scribers who apply, without any charge 
whatever. It will be sent, as the 
weather permits, from time to time, so 
that all shall receive a tuber before 
the planting season commences. Ap¬ 
plications are now in order. 
Secretary J. S. Woodward : “The 
Women’s Potato Contest is a good work.” 
Henry Stewart: “The Women’s 
Potato Contest is an excellent thing.” 
Du. C. V. Riley : “The Women’s Po¬ 
tato Contest has my entire sympathy.” 
Pres. P. J. Berckmans: “I cheer¬ 
fully advocate the scheme." 
Peter Henderson: “I am glad to 
hear that you are going to engage the 
ladies in your potato contest, and have 
not the least doubt that it will be a suc¬ 
cess.” 
Applications for the R. N.-Y. Potato 
No. 2 must be made upon a piece of 
paper separate from all other commu¬ 
nications, and the name and full ad¬ 
dress of the applicant must be given. 
The offer is necessarily confined to 
Yearly Subscribers or those who may 
become yearly subscribers. 
Mrs. A. Battles: “ I am certain the 
Women's Potato Contest will be very in¬ 
teresting and of great benefit to agricul¬ 
turists at large, and help carry out what 
the R. N.-Y. has so ably commenced, 
viz.: improved methods of cultivation 
and the introduction of better and more 
prolific varieties.” 
