1903 
78i 
THE RURAL NEW-YORKER. 
PUBLISHER'S DESK. 
The business year of The R. N.-Y. 
closes December 1 of each year. The 
year 1903 has been the most prosperous 
that the paper has ever known in every 
•way., The earnings have been more 
than for any other one year in its his¬ 
tory, the circulation is larger to-day 
than ever before in the 54 years of its 
existence, and most important the en¬ 
couragement and good will of readers 
was never before so spontaneous and 
general as it has been during the year 
now about to close. For ourselves we 
are not much inclined to take much 
ci’edit for these results. Our con¬ 
tribution has been simply the hardest 
and best work that is in us all. We 
have mfore pride in making The R. 
N.-Y. the best and most reliable au¬ 
thority in the world on farm subjects 
and a champion of farm interests, than 
in any ambition to accumulate big sums 
of money. We are not satisfied that 
every reader should find a printed 
Article on the subject that interests 
him. We want him to have the best 
information to be had anywhere on the 
subject. He can go no higher for in¬ 
formation. The R. N.-Y. must be the 
court of last resort. It is that the 
farmers of this country should have 
this authority, presented in a neat and 
attractive way, which induces us to 
spend practically the entire handsome 
income of the paper every year in its 
manufacture and growth. 
We always want our Rura\ Experi¬ 
ment Grounds to give subscribers of the 
paper some material expression of its 
work, as well as the reports of its trials 
and experiences. The Ruby Queen rose 
was the last production that we were 
able to send out. Other things are un¬ 
der way, and we hope to have some¬ 
thing of commercial value before long. 
But the most valuable novelty now is 
the new climbing rose, Philadelphia 
Rambler. This has a place in itself 
distinct from Ruby Queen and Crim¬ 
son Rambler. It comes in blooming 
earlier than Crimson Rambler, and is 
in perfection as the other begins to 
bloom, so that the season for these 
beautiful blooms is just doubled. The 
flower Is of the same shade, but petals 
are more numerous, and the flower is 
double to the center, giving a depth 
and richness that the Crimson Rambler 
does not possess. Later on we are 
going to give a colored plate of this 
flower in seven colors, and the plants 
wilj be distributed to subscribers for 
1904. All that we ask now is that you 
mention this to your friends and get 
their subscriptions, which will entitle 
them as well as you to a rose entirely 
free and postpaid. A new subscriber 
now will get the paper to January 1, 
1905, and the rose. You can a\so send 
10 weeks trials any time for 10 cents, 
and on renewal for a year the sub¬ 
scriber will get the rose. 
Horses, Cattle, Sh eep, 
and Swine. 
We have some volumes of this book 
that have become slightly shelf soiled on 
one end. You would hardly notice 
it, but we cannot send them out at the 
regular $2 price of the book. As long 
as they last we will mail them prepaid 
to subscribers only on receipt of $1. 
This is Prof. Geo. W. Curtis’s great live 
stock book, with nearly 100 full page en¬ 
gravings. It is used as a text book in 
most of the agricultural colleges of the 
United States and Canada. Orders at 
this price will not be accepted from 
dealers or schools. Orders with $1 will 
be accepted as long as the soiled edition 
lasts from subscribers only. 
The Rural New Yorker, New York, 
Rust on Wealthy Apple.—T he apple 
(Wealthy) is troubled in Fall, say last of 
August and September, with a rusting of 
the leaves, which soon begin to drop. No 
other variety seems to be troubled this 
way so strikingly as the Wealthy. 
Connecticut, edwin hoyt. 
YOUR 
(OR OTHER REAL ESTATE) 
NO MATTER WHERE IT IS 
CALIFORNIA. 
Find enclosed check fur 1407.00 I 
in full pajment of balance of jrour 
oommlMloti on the sale of mj tim* I 
her lands In this place. 1 must I 
•ay, at this long distance, it Is.f 
oertainlj wonderful how you are I 
I able to find the parties who wish to I 
I purchase. I never more willingly f 
I paid for service# than I do In thii 
I case. 1 wish you all the auccca# 
I which you so richly deserve. 
‘ C. P. Higoins, 
Monroe, Cal. 
NEW JERSEY. 
We have received the check In I 
I full payment for our New Jersey I 
property. It Isa remarkable fact I 
that this property ha# been on the | 
market and in the hands of various I 
agents for more than twenty years, 
and your success In making a cosh I 
sale in a short time Is proof to us I 
that you are the only agent who I 
ever made a real effort to dispose 
of it. Your methodsareup-to-date. 
Mr. & Mrs. 0. C. WiirrrsMoRs, 
Athol, Mass, j 
FLORIDA. 
Touts, 26th inst., containing 
money-order for payment on 
Florida property is received. 
1 thank you for the efforts you 
have made to effect a sale. 
Wm. S. Tancrs, 
1120 O Rt,N. E.. 
Washington, D. C. 
NEW YORK. 
1 am in receipt of your letter 
aoknowletiging draft covering 
oommiselun on the sale of my 
office building, at Amsterdam, 
N. Y., for 110,000 cash. I 
wish to thank you fur the inter* 
sst you have taken in the mat* 
tsr, and express my satisfaction 
at having entrusted you with 
tbs business. 
W. 0. BARTftS, 
Beattie, Wash. 
SOUTH DAKOTA. 
1 am in receipt to-day of your 
check in full settlement for my 
Brown Co., 8. D., farm which 
you have sold for me. Your 
ability to sell at lung range has 
been proven to my satisfaction. 
Thanking you for the attention 
given my case, 1 remain, 
bavin ARMSTRoyo, 
Uayeeville, Ohio. 
COLORADO. 
X received your check to-day 
covering the full amount real* 
ized on my building lots at 
Boulder, Colo. 1 am pleased 
with the way you have handled 
this matter, and can endorse 
your method of completing quick 
sales, i again thank you. 
H. .McC. Hart, 
Box 227 
Halifax, Nova ScoUa. 
IOWA. 
I approve of your up-to-date 
and thorough methods displayed 
In conducting your business. 
The several farms which yea 
have secured for my clients have 
all proven satisfactory, and I 
shall certainly call upon you for 
more properties from tlms to 
time as I find the buyers. 
L. T. Graves, 
Emmetsburg, Iowa. 
VIRGINIA. 
I hereby acknowledge receipt 
of your check, payment In full 
for the Bedford Co., Vs., farm 
you sold for me. My dealings 
with you have been entirely sat* 
isfactury. I wish to thank you 
for the attentiun you have ao* 
corded me. 
Mrs. E. B. Stevsns, 
Baltimore, Md. 
MINNESOTA. 
I have to thank you, as it wti 
through your “.Monthly List" 
that I found my bargain, and 
1 will truly recommend you as 
the safest and best real estate 
dealer and agent in tbe United 
Bates. 
Frank 0. Wilson, 
Cyrus, Minn. 
VERMONT. 
I am In receipt of your check 
In payment in full for my 
Monkton Ridge, Vt., property 
sold to Mr. Carpenter. 1 ap* 
preciaa the effort you have 
made in this connection, and am 
pleased with the prompt and 
businesslike manner in which 
tbs deal was carried through. 
Claea R. Paigi, 
New Haven, Conn* 
PENNSYLVANIA. 
I have received in cash, my 
price, lees your commission, In 
ftill payment for my HoUldays* 
burg property. Your services 
have highly satisfactory In 
every way, and your promptness 
in finding a cash buyer U sub* 
santlal evidence of tbe superior¬ 
ity of your methods. I earnestly 
recommend your serrioes to any 
one having real esua for sale. 
J. Goss DnriNO, 
HolUdaysburg, PiL 
If I did not have the 
ability and facilities 
to sell your property, 
I certainly could not 
afford to pay for this 
advertisement. This 
“ad” (like all of my 
other “ads”) is practi¬ 
cally sure to place on 
my list a number of 
new properties, and I 
am just as sure to sell 
these properties, and 
make enough money 
in commissions to pay 
for the cost of this 
“ad” and make a good 
profit besides. That 
IS why I have the larg¬ 
est real estate business 
in the world to-day. 
Why not put your 
property among the 
number that will be 
listed and sold as a 
result of this “ ad ?” 
I will not only be 
able to sell it—some¬ 
time—but will be able 
to sell it quickly. I 
am a specialist in 
quick sales. I have 
the most complete and 
up-to-date equipment 
in the world. 
I do not handle 
any of the side lines 
usually carried by the 
ordinary real estate 
agent. I do not make 
any money through 
renting, conveyanc¬ 
ing, mortgages, insur¬ 
ance, etc. f must sell 
real_ estate—and lots 
of it—or go o>it of 
business. I can assure 
you I am not going 
out of business. On 
the contrary, I have 
already sold twice as 
many properties this 
year as I did during 
PI 
4 
W, At. Ostrander, 
1902 and expect to sell 
several times as 
many next year. 
Eight years’ expe¬ 
rience, offices in prin¬ 
cipal cities from Bos¬ 
ton to San Francisco, 
hundreds of repre¬ 
sentatives and an ex- 
penditure of over 
$ 100,000 a year in ad¬ 
vertising, gives me 
better facilities for 
quickly selling your 
property than any 
other broker any¬ 
where. 
It doesn’t matter 
what kind of a prop¬ 
erty you have; it 
doesn’t matter wheth¬ 
er it is worth $500 or 
$ 500 , 000 , or in what 
state or territory it is 
located. If you will 
send me a description 
including your lowest 
cash price, I will tell 
you how and wliy I 
can quickly convert it 
into cash, and will 
give you my complete 
plan (free) and terms 
for handling it. The 
information I will 
give you will be of 
great value to you, 
even if you should de¬ 
cide not to sell. Fill 
out the upper coupon 
on this page and mail 
it to me to-day. 
If you want to buy 
any kind of a prop¬ 
erty, anywhere, fill out 
the lower coupon on 
this page and mail it 
to me to-day. I will 
guarantee to promptly 
nil your requirements 
and save you some 
money at the same 
time. 
367 North American Bldlg» 
PMILaOELPHIA. 
If You Want to SELL, Fill Out, Cut Out, and Mail this Conpon to me to-day 
IV. M. OSTRANDER ./poj 
367 North American Bldg., Philadelphia. 
Please send without cost to me, a plan for finding a cash buyer for my 
property, which cotisisls of.. .... 
. in the town or city of. .. 
County of. . and State of. . 
and which I desire to sell for $ . 
The plan is to be based upon the following brief description of the 
If You Want to BUY, Fill Out, Cut Out, and Mail this Coupon to me to-day 
W. M. OSTRANDER . .....1903 
367 North American Pldg., Philadelphia. 
With a viezu of buying, I desire information about properties which 
correspond approximately with the following specifications. 
Kind of Properly . Size _ 
State . City or County or part of State preferred . 
The price must be between $ . and $ .. / tvillpay 
.. down, and the balance . 
TEXAS. 
1 have flnallj completod a satis¬ 
factory trads with your client, la 
which he accepted in part pay for 
bis property my Manvel, Texas, 
real estate. I appreciaa the effora 
you have made In this direction, 
and am satisfied with what has 
been accomplished. Should 1 have 
any further dealings in real estate 
I wlllceralnly accord you theflrst 
opportunity of handling the bua^ 
ness. B. W. Lentz, 
Manvel, Texas. 
ILLINOIS. 
On Beptember l.Mh I mailed 
you the balance of eomniUsion 
due you for selling my Illinois 
farm. 1 thank you for the 
promptness and the businesslike 
thanner In which you handled 
this transaction, and wish to 
express roy gratification that ao 
little time elapsed between the 
time I placed the proMrty In 
your hands and the time the 
buyer arrived at tbe fknn. 
P. Q. Raoains, Norman, Okla. 
KANSAS. 
Yourletter received, enclosing 
check for one of my Kansas 
farms, sale of which you have 
just completed. 1 am pleoseil 
that tbe many difficulties which 
arose in connection with this 
matter were successfully over* 
oome. CUARLOTTB B. Knox, 
PeekskiU, N. Y. 
MICHIGAN. 
I am in receipt to-day of your 
check and papers in final settle¬ 
ment on the sale of my Mich¬ 
igan farm. I am well pleased 
with tbe manner in which this 
transaction was bsndled, and 
can say from personal sx{)erience 
that your methods are straight¬ 
forward and show results. 
Gioror Martin, 
PUtto, MIoh. 
new MEXICO. 
I have received deed and other 
papers for tbe transfer of my 
property in Meseilla Park. New 
Mexico. I desire to compliment 
you upon the good and prompt 
service, and 1 gladly recommend 
your services to any one who 
wants to buy or sell. 
F. W. Bradt, 
Beranton, Pa. 
ALABAMA. 
Your letter and your personal 
check came duly to hand. 
Thanks. 1 really think you are 
a gentleman above the average, 
and the best and fairest real 
estate man I ever dealt with. No 
honest person esn find fault with 
your lules governing the adver¬ 
tisements and sale of lots and 
farms. W. T. Trammsll. 
Bcottsboro, Ala. 
NEBRASKA. 
1 beg to acknowledge check In I 
I settlement for the Hayes Co., I 
Nebraska, quarter section, thesalo I 
of which you have just completed. 1 
This, I believe. Is the last one of I 
I the sales which you have made on | 
my western holdings. I appro* L 
date your success In disposing of I 
I the several properties place<i In f 
I your hands, and feel satlifled with | 
I the attention you have given me. 
H. J. Wtnkoop, 
Bath, N. Y. I 
SOUTH CAROLINA. 
The transfer of my property, 
mode by you, was oompleted to 
my entire satisfaction. 1 thank 
you for tbe prompt and careful 
service. R. P. RaNeoM, 
WilUamston, 8. 0. 
WISCONSIN. 
I have tbe pleesure of tcknowl* 
edging your check for 11268.00, 
In settlement for the Jackson 
County, Wli., And, sale of 
which you have just completed. 
Your efforts have been entirely 
satisfactory to me, particularly 
as the land was only placed in 
rour bands tbe tatter part of 
’’ebruary. 
Hrnrt Gritfith, 
Bhandaken, N. Y. 
ARKANSAS. 
I am in receipt of your check 
covering tbe amoun t of first pay¬ 
ment on the sale of my Arkansas 
property to Mr. Weaver. 1 am 
ple.isetl with the way you have 
handled this matter. In my 
case, you have demonstrated 
your ability to make sales at 
long range. 
Warrim Conawat, 
Coffey burg. Mo* 
MARYLAND. 
I received your letter thlf 
morning, enclosing check for my 
Maryland farm, the sale of 
which you have just completed. 
1 consider your method of ad* 
vertising and system of handling 
property fumUbes the surest 
means of converting real estate 
Into cash, which the present 
generation has an opportunity 
to epjoy. I thank you for your 
promptness in this matter. 
J. Burns, 
7 W. 98th 81, 
New York City, N. T. 
OHIO. 
1 received the deed and pspaifl 
to-day for the farm which ycra 
seour^ for me In exchange for 
my building lots. 1 wl^ to 
tfaimk you for the attention yon 
have given this matter, and from 
my experience can recommend 
you to any one wishing to find 
property or to any one wiihiag 
to dispose of property. 
J. 0. Moss, 
Cambridge, Ohio* 
Name . 
Address _ 
MASSACHUSETTS. 
Your letter noticing me of 
tbe sale of my Borcbester pro|> 
erty through your office is at 
hand. 1 must say you have 
handled the matter to my com* 
plete satisfaction. I have bad 
my property in other agents* 
bands before wov have put it 
on their books and seeistd to 
fosget it at once. 
V. Hakeis, 
Boebestsr, N. T. 
