1904 
3i9 
THE RURAL NEW-YORKER. 
PUBLISHER’S DESK. 
What publishers call the “flush sea¬ 
son’’ in subscription mails is now over 
for this year. That is to say, the great 
bulk of subscriptions come in from De¬ 
cember to April, though every mail dur¬ 
ing the whole year brings more or less 
subscription orders. Some subscriptions 
are expiring during the Summer, and 
these are renewed; others have been 
neglected for a while for one reason or 
another, and these renewals come along; 
and again, when in the midst of the 
work, farmers want special information 
on some particular subject, they know 
they can always get it promptly and re¬ 
liably here, and the inquiry is usually 
accompanied by a year’s subscription, if 
the name be not already on our books, 
or the subscription follows the receipt 
of the information. For these reasons 
the Summer subscriptions at The R. N.- 
Y. office are very much greater than at 
the offices of farm papers generally. The 
returns thus far for the present year 
have been most satisfactory. There has 
been a substantial increase each month 
from December on over corresponding 
months of last year, while last year 
there was an increase over the previous 
year. In the past three years we have 
increased our regular subscription list 
by about 30,000 names. This is an aver¬ 
age increase of 10,000 names a year. We 
want to continue this increase every 
year until The R. N.-Y. family consists 
of just 100,000 homes. At the present 
rate it will take nearly—not quite—three 
years more. Credit for the increase in 
the past is due to our old subscribers 
and friends who have brought the paper 
to the attention of their neighbors, and 
in most cases took the pains to send the 
new order themselves. You have done 
the work, and the credit is yours. But 
there is work ahead for two or three 
Tarred Roofs.—I n answer to J. T. W., 
Delaware, I will say I have had a good 
deni of experience in tarring roofs. I use 
the white pine shingle nearly always, but 
the cypress will really last longer. I first 
put on the shingles, cover the entire house 
or whatever it may be, leave the scaffold¬ 
ing on roof; don't tear it dow’n until you 
have tarred above it. I take my barrel of 
tar—I use the thick tar always—knock the 
head out, have a five to 10-gallon can or 
pot to boil tar in near barrel; I use a heavy 
paddle about five feet long and six inches 
wide. This I shove down in the barrel, 
using force if it is very thick. I then com¬ 
mence to draw it out, twisting all the 
time; have the pot or can under edge of 
barrel, and let tar into it. When pot is 
about one-half full take away 10 steps 
and set upon three rocks and start fire very 
slowly, as it will explode if it gets too hot. 
To save this I have an old piece of tin 
that will cover the pot, which will smother 
it out. When tar begins to get hot I pour 
a quart of kerosene oil to the gallon of tar 
and gently bring it to the boil, when I put 
out blaze and just keep up fire enough to 
keep it hot. I have the man who is to put 
it on dressed in good, rough clothing, 
gloves on, as it will raise the skin where 
it hits. A good, stubby wall paint brush 
is the best to put it on with. Have two 
small gallon tin buckets, a rope long 
enough to reach from roof to the ground, 
a wire hook on each end and you are ready 
for business. The man on top lowers hit- 
bucket, first giving you a signal that he is 
to lower. You then uncover the pot, fill 
your bucket tw-o-thirds full, take it to the 
end of rope, and hook on. As he lowers 
the empty he raises the full one. He gets 
around over the roof on the bracket oi 
scaffolds quickly, as tar gets cold fast 
and the hotter you get it on the better. 
As he finishes to each scaffold let him 
take them off roof and to the ground, and 
so on to the last one or edge of roof, when 
you can get that with a ladder from the 
ground. If you ever try to put on shingles 
as you state, layer shingles, then paint, 
layer shingles, paint again, you will never 
get your roof on. Tar is a dirty, sticky 
job at its best. When tar is put on and 
worked in as I state here, the roof is 
practically leak-proof and to a great extent 
fireproof. If your shtnsrles are dry, space 
them from one-quarter to one-third of an 
inch apart, or they will bulge up when 
wet. Don’t put tar on a damp or cold roof; 
wait until shingles are dry and the sun 
shines. I would not swap a good tarred 
roof for a tin. h. a. w. 
Old Fort, N. C. 
years yet. There are, of course, more 
hands to do it, and many hands make 
lighter work. Many of the new members 
who come to us during the last two or 
three years are doing splendid work. 
We wil! soon be planning now for the 
next year’s work. You have an interest 
in this. Possibly you have some plan in 
mind for the work. We would be glad 
to have your suggestions. Tell how you 
think the list could be best increased at 
your place. What plan or inducement 
do you think would be most effective? 
In the meantime, let us again remind 
you that to introduce the paper we send 
it to farmers who are not now taking it 
10 weeks for 10 cents. Get the dime from 
your neighbor and send it along with his 
name. 
The plants of the new Crimson Ram¬ 
bler rose, Philadelphia, are going out 
row every week as fast as the renewals 
for 1904 are coming in. They have not 
been sent to the colder sections yet; but 
these will go now soon as the weather 
permits. If you have not renewed yet, 
please do so now, and the rose will go 
back promptly. There is nothing one 
can do that pays betler from a business 
standpoint than to beautify his home. 
It increases its value in dollars and 
cents. But it does more than this. It 
cultivates a taste for the beautiful, ex¬ 
erts a refining influence on the members 
of the family, and stimulates an intel¬ 
lectual and spiritual activity that raises 
one above sordid things, and enriches 
and ennobles the lives which are 
brought within the radius of its influ¬ 
ence. The boys and the girls of the farm 
should be interested in this work of 
beautifying their home in early life, and 
the old who have neglected it can never 
Just a little 
too far and the 
woman who reaches 
over the cliff for the 
coveted flower goes 
crashing down into the 
abyss below. Just a 
little too far and the 
woman, who, day by 
day, neglects to cure the 
womanlydiseases which 
weaken her is prostrated 
upon a bed of sickness. 
No woman should 
trifle with the diseases peculiar to her 
sex. Neglect to-day means a worse con¬ 
dition to-morrow. 
Dr. Pierce’s Favorite Prescription is a 
safe and reliable remedy for the cure of 
diseases peculiarly womanly. It estab¬ 
lishes regularity, dries enfeebling drains, 
heals inflammation and ulceration and 
cures female weakness. 
"My wife, Mrs. Mary Estes, has been taking 
your medicine and received great benefit from 
it,” writes Mr. Geo. Wm. Estes, of Springgrove, 
Va. "Was troubled with female weakness, 
heavy, bearing-down pains, severe pain in back 
and head,. and a tired, worn-out feeling all the 
time. Tried all the remedies we could hear off, 
but they did no good. Finally we wrote to you 
and my wife commenced taking ‘ Favorite Pre¬ 
scription.’ Took ten bottles, and is in better 
heaith than before in a long time. We shall 
always recommend Dr. Pierce’s Favorite Pre¬ 
scription to all who are thus afflicted.” 
"Favorite Prescription” makes weak 
women strong, sick women well. Accept 
no substitute for the medicine which 
works wonders for weak women. 
The Common Sense Medical Adviser, 
1008 large pages, in paper covers, is sent 
free on receipt of twenty-one one-cent 
stamps to pay expense of mailing only. 
Address Dr. R. V. Pierce.. Buffalo, N. Y 
FROM LAST TO FIRST 
People used to take plain 
cod liver oil for coughs, colds, 
throat and lung troubles after 
other remedies had failed. 
Scott’s Emulsion is the 
modern idea of cod liver oil 
—the first instead of the last 
resort when such ailments 
appear. 
The taste of the oil is not 
apparent and the oil itself is 
partly digested — makes it 
easy for the stomach. Scott’s 
Emulsion is a quick, reliable 
help at all ages. 
We’ll send you a sample free upon request. 
SCOTT & BOWNE, 409 Pearl Street, New York- 
Ten^ Days Free Trial 
.allowed on all our bicycles. We SHIP 
’ON APPROVAL without a cent 
deposit ; any wheel not satisfactory 
.returned at our expense. 
Highest grade $0.75 
1904 Models O s J tO*g £ 
. Coaster Brakes, Hedgethorne Punc- 
Iture proof Tires anil best equipment. 
11902 & 1903 Mod- £ 
lels. best makes S' # «*» ip ! 
1500 Second-hand Wheels 
(All makes & Models m O 4 d* O 
zood as new *° ip if 
Sreat Factory Clearing Sale at 
half Factory Cost. 
RIDER AGENTS WANTED 
■in each town to take orders from 
sample wheel furnished by us. Our 
' agents make big profits. Write at once for 
catalogues and our Special Offer. 
AUTOMOBILES, TIKES, Sewing Ma- 
chines. Sundries, etc., half usual prices. 
MEAD CYCLE CO., Dept. 17 r> c Chicago 
N O MORE BLIND HORSES.—For Speciflo Oph¬ 
thalmia, Moon Blindness, and other Sore Eyes. 
BARRY CO., Iowa City, Iowa, have a sure cure. 
spavins 
cured Dy one 
45-minute 
treatment 
. FLEM INC’S is_ 
quick and sure spavin oure. 
Thousands cured by this 
wonderful 46-mi uute method. 
Guaranteed always. Free 
Book about Spavin, Curb, 
Ringbone, Splint, etc.Write. 
FLEMING BROS., ChrmUU, 
322 liaiaa Slock Yds.Chicago, Ill. 
9 I A.80 For 
I ms 200 Egg 
INCUBATOR 
Perfect in construction and 
action. Hatchea every fertile 
egf. Write for oatalog to-day. 
GEO.* H. STAHL, Quincy, Ill. 
SUCCESSFUL 
| Results are what count. It brings 
them. Machines that are proven, 
I both INCUBATOR AND BROODER. 
May be there are others, but why 
.run a hazard! Eastern orders 
{promptly filled from Buffalo. Cata- 
_logue free, poultry book 10 cents. 
DES MOINES INCB. CO., Dopt. OO, Da. Moines, la. 
VICTOR 
,Incubators 
are truthfully pictured and theif 
actual working told in about 30 
of the 80 pages of our new cata¬ 
logue. The rest of the book 
_ £ives information about the 
chicken business. We begin the story in the egg and end 
It with the marketing of the fowls. There’s knowledge 
which will benefit anyone and may mean dollars to you. 
Our incubators are driving hens out of business. They work 
regardless of weather or of seasons. You can counton 
hatching every fertile egg. Money back If not all we claim. 
We pay freight. The book is free. Just say “Send Victor 
Book” and we’ll doit. GEO. ERTEL CO., Quincy, HI. 
Does Your 
Money Earn 
5% 
Assets 
*1,700,000 
Surplus and 
Profits 
*160,000 
Invested with the INDUSTRIAL 
SAVINGS AND LOAN CO. It will 
bear earnings at this rate for every 
day in our rare. Subject to with¬ 
drawal whenever you desire. Estal>- 
lished over ten years. Our patrons, 
prominent clergymen, professional 
and business men all over the coun¬ 
try, heartily endorse our methods. 
Our business conducted under N.Y. 
Banking Department supervision. 
Write for full particulars. 
INDUSTRIAL SAVINGS AND 
LOAN CO., 
1134 Broadway, New York 
NOW DEPOSITED IN THE BANK 
$ 75 , 000.00 
IN CASH GIVEN AWAY. 
To arouse interest in, and to advertise the 
GREAT ST. LOUIS WORLD’S PAIR, 
this enormous sum will be distributed. 
Full information will be sent you ABSO¬ 
LUTELY FREE. Just send your 
name and address on a postal card and 
we will send you full particulars. 
World’s Fair Contest Co., 
108 N. 8th Street, 
St. Louis, Mo. 
Straight Straw, Rye andWheatThrasher 
Combined with Spike-Tooth Oat 
and Wheat Thrasher. 
Our Machine will 
thrash Rye or Wheat 
without bruising or 
breaking the straw,and 
tie It again in perfect 
bundles.Can be changed 
In fifteen minutes to a 
spike-tooth Oat, Wheat, 
Buckwheat, Barley and Corn Thrasher with stacker 
attached. Will thrash more grain with less power 
than any Thrasher built. Send for catalogue B to 
the GRANT-FERRIS COMPANY, Troy, N. Y. 
Barbed Wire-$2.35 100 'bs. 
Brand new, on original 
reel*. Also galvanized 
smooth wire shorts, gauges 
8 to 16, $1.40 per 100 
’ponndii. Annealed wire In continuous lengths, 
8to 16, 81.90 per lOO pounds. Wire staples, 
82.00 per IOO pounds. Tubular fence posts at 80o 
euch. Write tor tree catalogue 57 on building 
material, household goods, etc. 
CHICAGO HOUSE WRECKING CO., 
West 85th and Iron Streets, • • Chicago, Ilk 
POULTRY 
OOOOOOOOO 
LA -U O 4. 1 GC L\J i. LAIC # 
ing. ( 
>ultry Supply Co.,< 
Street. New York City, j 
We keep ev-i 
_ — _ __J erything in the, 
(POULTRY LINE— Fencing, Feed, Incu-J 
jbators. Live Stock, Brooders—anything—j 
yit’s our business. Call or let us send you 5 
>our Illustrated Catalogue—it’s free for the] 
(asking—it's worth having 
(Excelsior Wire 8c Poi 
> Dept. H.G- 26 & 28 Vescy Street! New York City". < 
This is the Limit 
A Hot Water. Self-Regulating, 50 egg 
Incubator $4.50. $3.00 and up for 
Brooders. All on 30 DAYS’TRIAL. 
No agents. You pay no middlemen’s 
profits, bee catalogue for “100£ Hatches.’ Write 
BUCKEYE INCUBATOR COMPANY., Boi 23, Sprlogflild, Ohio 
PINELAND 
INCUBATORS 
HATCH GRKATKST NUMBKK 
OF FINEST CHICKS. 
BROODERS 
UAVB NEVER BEKN KqUALKD 
FIDELITY FOOD 
FOB YOUNG CHICKS. 
Used everywhere by practical poultrymen and 
specialists fanciers with unfailing success. Insures 
perfect health and promotes rapid growth. 
Concise Catalogue from 
PINELAND INCUBATOR & BROODER CO, 
Box B. Jamesbur*, N. J., U. S. A. 
Local agencies and complete repair stocks everywhere 
CHAMPION 
HARVESTERS 
International Harvester Co. of America, Chicago, U. S. A. 
begin younger than now. Those who 
have once taken it up need no argument 
to continue it beyond the fascinating 
pleasure they find in it for themselves. 
Make a start now. It costs nothing. 
Send your renewal for 1904 and you will 
get this rose free and postpaid. Send it 
to-day. 
ABOVE ALL T 
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STANDARD FOR THIRTEEN YEARS. WEATHER-PROOF, FIRE-RESISTINt 
Manufactured Solely by THE STANDARD PAINT CO., IOO William Street, N. Y. 
NICKEL PLATE ROAD'S NEW 
TOURIST SLEEPING CARS. 
If you expect to take advantage of the 
low colonist rates to the Pacific Coast, 
write R. 0. Payne, General Agent, 291 Main 
St., Buffalo, N. Y., or A. W. Ecclestone, 
D. P. A., 385 Broadway, New York City, 
for particulars regarding their splendid 
tourist sleeping cars. They afford a com¬ 
fortable journey at a very low cost. 
