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AN INTERESTING PAGE. 
PROM I. 8. COMMISSIONER OF AG¬ 
RICULTURE, NORMAS J. COLMAS, 
“ 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 
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iuto 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. 1. TRIBUNE. 
‘‘The R. N.-Y. lias done 
vastlv more for farming 
than nine-tenths of all 
the land-grant colleges 
and experiment sta¬ 
tions.” 
FROM THE AMERICAN AGRICUL¬ 
TURIST OF JUNE, 1888. 
“ Crops of 100 bushels of shell¬ 
ed corn are rare. We have seen 
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on the farm of the Editor of the 
It. N.-Y. a crop of 134 bushels 
of shelled corn raised on one 
acre of ground.” 
FROM C. V. MAPES. 
“ Please note the unusual array of 
prizes offered in the coun ry this season 
for the best results from potatoes. The 
one who obtains the largest 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 THE N. Y. WORLD. 
“ The latest hybrids between rye and 
wheat growing on the grounds of the R. 
N.-Y., develop many curious freaks, 
whi'e those of previous years are still 
changing in a wonderful manner.” 
FROM LIEUT. GOVERNOR. EDWARD 
F. JOINES 
$1,000 IN SOUVENIRS 
— FOR THE- 
Women’s National Potato Contest 
FROM AGRICULTURAL SCIENCE 
FOR JANUARY, 1888. 
FROM THE GARDENERS’ MONTHLY. 
“ The Rural’s Experiment Grounds 
furnish many of the facts which render it 
so popular.” 
“ 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 DOLMAN’S RURAL WORLD. 
FROM THE HARTFORD COURANT. 
“ Everyth lug 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 friends of the R. N.-Y., has stimu¬ 
lated several publishers and manufactur¬ 
ers to the offering of large money prizes 
for crops to be raised during the coming 
year ” 
“ 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.” 
“Binghamton, N. Y., Dec. •£», 1888. 
“EDITOR RURAL NEW-YORKER: 
The Rural New-Yorker ot December ii9 is 
bel..re me, ami its effect on me is to impel 
me to express to you my sincere wishes 
lor a Happy New > ear lor yourself, and 
continued success tor the Rural, which, 
when contrasted with the agricultural 
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papers ot *J.5 years since, not only shows 
the improvement in the paper itsMI, but 
also illustrates the progress ma'e by the 
agricultural class, much ot which is due 
t o the inspiration ol the Rural New- 
Yo rker, and such of its contemporaries as 
lollow its example.” 
FROM THE AMERICAN GARDEN. 
FROM E. 8 GOFF, OF THE NEW 
YORK AGRICULTURAL EX¬ 
PERIMENT STATION. 
“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 
thousands of farmers and gardeners the 
continent over.” 
‘‘I wish to congratulate 
you on your potato, the 4 Ru¬ 
ral New-Yorker TVo. 2.’ It 
yielded "best here tite past 
season of <17 varieties} bore 
tile smallest proportion ol* 
small tubers, and, so far as 
tlie varieties have been test¬ 
ed, It Is tlie best In quality of 
nil. 1 predict for It a great 
future.” 
u The Rural New-York 
er is published lor pro 
gressive intelligent farm 
ers.” 
FROM EX.COM., GEN. W. G. LeDUC. 
‘‘The Rural New-Yorker strives to do 
good.” 
A SYMPOSIUM 
—FOR— 
[very Week During 1889. 
♦ — -- — 
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.” 
Dr. C. Y. 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 forthe 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.” 
