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The Rural New-Yorker for 1899. 
To stand still is to stagnate ! Stagnation means mud ! Action—new forces prevent stagnation. We are not 
satisfied to point to last year’s R. N.-Y., and say that next year’s paper will be just as good. It must be better. 
The old features must be improved, and new ones must be added. We want to be brief in promise, but big in 
performance. 
A New and Powerful Feature. 
We shall print a series of strong educational articles, dealing with living and vital problems. They will be prepared by men of character and 
influence, who have no axes to grind, no political grudges to pay, and no motive save a desire to bring out the truth. These articles will he fair, thoughtful 
and free from political or personal bias. Here are a few of them : 
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Our National Banking System. 
By Pres. T. E. Will, of the Kansas Agricultural College. 
Possibilities of the N. Y. State Agricultural Department. 
By Geo. T. Powell, and others. 
The Ohio Agricultural Department. 
By Hon. F. A. Derthiek, of Ohio. 
Corners In Grain. 
How Produced ; Their Influence Upon the Markets. 
Davis, of Kansas. 
By C. Wood 
Extension Work at the Agricultural Colleges. 
By Prof. E. B. Voorhees, of New Jersey. 
State Association of Farmers’ Clubs. 
By Hon. A. C. Bird, of Michigan. 
Better Mail Service in the Country. 
By Secretary L. J. Gage and John Wanamaker. 
The Experiment Station as a Watch Dog. 
By Dr. W. H. Jordan, of New York. 
State Regulation of Feeding Stuffs. 
By Prof. Chas. D. Woods, of Maine. 
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The Old Features Improved. 
The Farmers’ Club. 
Tiik R. N.-Y. has more than 600 cor¬ 
respondents located in all parts of the 
country. We feel prepared to give bet¬ 
ter service than ever in answering all 
questions relating to the soil and its 
products. We can reach the best prac¬ 
tical and scientific farmers in the world. 
Questions are often sent to a dozen of 
the best men we can find, and their an¬ 
swers are boiled down and seasoned. 
We promise better service than ever for 
1899. 
Hope Farm Notes. 
“Hope Farm” is a small place with 
thin soil left sterile by a dozen years of 
poor tenant farming. The problems at 
Hope Farm are to try to provide bread 
and butter for a large family, and also 
to build up the soil at moderate cost. 
We shall continue to give records of 
failures as well as successes. Our chief 
products next year will be small fruits, 
potatoes, sweet corn, hens and hogs. 
liens, Hogs and Humus. 
That will be the agricultural motto for 
Hope Farm for 1899. 
THE RURAL GROUNDS. 
The Editor-in-Chief of The Rural New- 
Yorker, who established the first real farm 
experiment station in America, will con¬ 
tinue during the coming year as in the 
past to describe the rarest of the hardy 
evergreen and deciduous trees and shrubs. 
Choice specimens are growing at the Rural 
Grounds, and many will be photo-engraved. 
Grapes and all small fruits will be tested and 
described, and field experiments with peas, 
potatoes, sweet corn, etc., will be continued. 
For 22 years, this work has been done at 
the Rural Grounds, and with this ripe ex¬ 
perience to draw from, the department of 
‘ ‘ Ruralisms ’ ’ will be of great value to all 
who seek the most suitable varieties of trees, 
shrubs, vines or grasses for garden, lawn or 
home surroundings. 
Editorial Correspondence. 
The R. N.-Y. stands»alone among agri- 
c lltural papers in its work along this 
line. Its editors go out among the peo¬ 
ple, study actual conditions, and faith¬ 
fully report them. The following studies, 
already arranged for, will give an idea 
of the work for 1899. 
A Hairy in the Snow, Canada. 
A Mississippi Cane Brake, Gulf States. 
A Dry Country, Western Kansas. 
Cape Cod Cranberries, Massachusetts. 
Every issue of The R. N.-Y. for 1899 will 
contain more or less editorial corre¬ 
spondence. 
Personal Interviews. 
During 1899, representatives of The 
R. N.-Y. will talk with some of the pub¬ 
lic men who may safely be ranked as 
leaders in agricultural thought and 
action. Bright and original personal 
sketches will be made of such men as, 
Gov. James A. Mount, Indiana. 
Prof. S. M. Babcock, Wisconsin. 
Prof. S. W. Johnson, Connecticut. 
Booker T. Washington, Alabama. 
Hon. James Wilson, Secretary of Agriculture. 
New Blood in the Old Departments. 
It must not be thought that the educational articles named above, will interfere in the least with the strong 
agricultural features of The R. N. -Y,; in fact, we are preparing to make our departments of practical agriculture 
stronger than ever. Here are a few articles already arranged for : 
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The Cow As a Machine. 
By Dr. W. H. Jordan. Dr. Jordan will tell us in plain 
and simple language, something of what the cow does with 
her food. 
Clover Culture in Ohio. 
L. N. Bonham Is to tell us how the farmers in southern 
Ohio succeed with this great manurial crop. 
The Udder of the Cow. 
Prof. C. S. Plumb, of Indiana, will discuss this subject, as 
well as dairy form in the cow, and will also discuss the 
value of “ Good Grades ” as compared with “ Scrub Pure- 
breds ”. 
How to Guarantee Rich Milk. 
Prof. E. B. Voorhees, of New Jersey, will tell us how the 
New Jersey Agricultural College has been able to guar¬ 
antee milk containing four per cent of fat, from a mixed 
herd of cows. 
Odd. Things About the Soil. 
Prof. F. H. King, of Wisconsin, who has spent a lifetime 
in studying the soil, will tell us some of the curious and 
odd things about the great earth from which we draw our 
living. 
Woman and Home Department. 
New features will be Introduced in the way of a series of 
talks with professional men. People who have made a life 
Btudy of these matters, will discuss, among others, the fol¬ 
lowing topics: 
The Teeth : How and Why They Decay. 
The Ears and Their Care. 
The Child’s Throat. 
The Care of the Hair. 
A reporter of The R. N.-Y. will describe A Hide With a 
Country Doctor, and report A Country Minister’s Sermon. 
The Abandoned Church. 
We shall give a study of some of the causes for the weak¬ 
ening of country churches. This will include a picture 
of an abandoned church in Ohio, and notes from some of 
our most eminent clergymen. 
Scientific Agriculture in Europe. 
Prof. H. J. Wheeler, of Rhode Island, spent several months 
in Germany and France, vlBitlng the European agricul¬ 
tural colleges and experiment farms. He will tell us 
what he saw there. 
Rural Telephone Companies. 
A series of articles showing how such companies are 
organized, how equipped, and how conducted. 
Electric Freight Railroads. 
These railroads are now reaching out through the coun¬ 
try, but at present are mostly devoted to the carrying of 
passengers. We shall endeavor to show something of the 
good they will do when they are permitted to transport 
light freight from the country to the town. 
Insects During the Winter. 
Mr. M. V. Slingerland will tell us of some of the odd habits 
of insects while Jack Frost holds sway. 
The Farmer’s Tools. 
A series of economic studies of the manufacture of various 
farm appliances, such as: 
Tlie Story of a Drain Tile. 
The Making of a Plow. 
The Story of a Stove. 
Efforts will be made to show in these articles, how some of 
the necessities in the farmer’s house and field are put to¬ 
gether for him. 
The Old Improved, the New Fresh and Strong. 
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