1904. 
THE RURAL NEW-YORKER. 
8o5 
PUBLISHER’S DESK. 
For strictly introductory purposes this 
paper will be sent 
Ten Weeks for 10 Cents 
Orders may come through our old sub¬ 
scribers or direct from the new readers 
themselves. We simply want every farm¬ 
er with a rood of land to know the paper. 
Last week an old subscriber came to 
the office, and began to read the riot act 
to the management. He was full of 
anger. We got all the records and showed 
him just how his subscription account was 
kept, and the date and amount of each re¬ 
mittance. Then we said: “Now you see 
how carefully we keep all these accounts, 
but there are 75,000 of them all told. The 
work is done by clerks. Sometimes they 
make mistakes, and if you think there has 
been any error in your account we will 
take your word for it, and give you the 
credit. If there is any doubt in your mind 
we would rather give you the benefit of 
it.” lie replied: “Well, that’s square, 
and sounds like the old R. N.-Y. itself, 
and I want to say you have been polite 
and courteous about it all along. If you 
got mad I would feel different about it.” 
He paid for his own subscription and for 
a trial for one of his neighbors. Why do 
we repeat this conversation ? Simply to 
say that if anything ever seems wrong 
about your subscription or anything else, 
do not get mad, but write us fully about 
it, and we shall be glad to give you at¬ 
tention, and to explain or correct anything 
that is not right. The benefit of the doubt 
shall be yours. The writer has had to do 
with subscription matters for 25 years, 
and he has found very few farmers who 
were willing to take undue advantage of 
a liberal policy in such matters. 
HOW TO SET A HEN ! 
What poultry book really tells how to 
put a hen on eggs so as to hatch them? 
“The Business Hen” is about the only one. 
The other books seem to think a hen man 
ought to know half the business to start 
with. They ignore details, and give much 
space to things beyond the reach of most 
farmers. “The Business Hen” gets down 
to the soil and describes the simplest 
things. It is prepared by farmers—not 
fanciers—and is written in such a way 
that anyone can understand it. Here is 
an opinion of it that we prize because of 
the well-known ability of the writer: 
“The Business Hen” is duly received, and I 
want to compliment you on getting up such 
a good and really valuable book. It is the 
very best poultry book that I ever read. By 
bringing together the experience of so many 
different ones you have succeeded in making 
a book that is worth a great deal more than 
any one man’s ideas, no matter how much 
experience lie might have had. And I think 
it would be hard to find anyone who could 
have “strung it together” better than you 
have. In my opinion, there isn’t another 
poultry book published that has so much real 
information in it as “The Business Hen.” 
Wallingford, Conn. gko. a. cosgbove. 
The book is fully illustrated; 128 pages; 
good paper and new type. Price, paper, 
75 cents; cloth, $1. 
Beans. —Some varieties are bringing un¬ 
common prices. Choice marrows are scarce 
and have sold up to $3 per bushel. This is 
almost to tlie mark for red kidneys, which 
are generally much in advance. California 
dry I.imas are quite a feature in this mar¬ 
ket, but the growers are not selling any 
great quantity at this figure. Some are ex¬ 
pecting $4. Part of the crop might work off 
at this price, but it would make a retail 
charge out of the reach of a good many 
buyers. 
Potatoes. —There is very wide range in 
prices, from .$1.35 to $2.25, the latter figure 
for very choice Long Island tubers. There 
is no reason for this premium price except 
that the potatoes are worth more, and a cer¬ 
tain lot of buyers will have the best, no mat¬ 
ter what they cost. Parts of Long Island are 
specially adapted to potatoes, and those light 
sands when properly handled pay good divi¬ 
dends on heavy dressings of high grade fer¬ 
tilizer. But while these top grades are firm 
at the high figure named, other qualities are 
dull. Some varieties that come here ought 
never to lie planted, as they are scarcely eat¬ 
able, and there are also soils not at all suited 
to potatoes. The results are misfits which al¬ 
ways disappoint the consumer and make less 
of a consumer of him. 
A CONFIDENTIAL CHAT. 
"It's perfect nonsense, Bessie, for you to 
talk of being laid on the shelf. Why, it all 
depends on yourself. Forget your worries, 
your aches and ailments ; do as I did, take 
plenty of out-of-door air, cultivate happi¬ 
ness by not allowing your mind to dwell 
on the trifles and the worries of life. I sent 
thirty-one cents in stamps to Dr. R. V. 
Pierce, of Buffalo, N. Y., for his ‘Common 
Sense Medical Adviser,’ and found it con¬ 
tained much useful information about the 
care of my health, about physiology, anat¬ 
omy, and everything a woman should know. 
I then decided to write Dr. Pierce and tell 
him all about my ailments. I received 
such a nice, carefully considered and con¬ 
fidential letter, in reply, giving me advice 
about my diet, exercise and all. This 
advice is free to everyone and I wonder you 
don’t write him at once. It didn’t take me 
many months to regain my good looks. 
Ever since I was fifteen I have suffered 
untold agonies periodically but now I am 
free from pain, worry and bad temper. Oc¬ 
casionally I took Dr. Pierce’s Pleasant 
Pellets—this for the complexion, and to 
stimulate the liver. Then I took Dr. 
Pierce’s Favorite Prescription three times 
a day for those womanly weaknesses 
I told you about. That’s my secret of 
beauty. It’s the easiest thing in the world 
to be happy and keep one’s good looks. 
Look at the thousands of wo^en who have 
been made well by Dr. Pierce’s Favorite 
Prescription; look how they keep their 
good looks. Dr. Pierce offers $500 reward 
for any case of Leucorrhea, Female Weak¬ 
ness, Prolapsus, or Falling of Womb which 
he cannot cure. All he asks is a fair and 
reasonable trial of his means of cure.” 
11 - * ft. ft cured to STAY CURED. No 
medicines needed afterwards 
Book 54F Free. Dr. P. Harold Mayes, Buffalo, N. Y. 
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Automatic Air Cushions. 
Binds and draws the broken 
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No lymphol. No lies. Dur¬ 
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he best is produced by a 
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PRESS 
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Root Gutter $6.90 
For this extra fine hand-power Root Cutter we ask only 
5 $6.9 0. Capacity about a bushel a minute. It's a money 
saver to farmers. We have smaller ones for Poultry- 
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United States. Send $1.00 as a guarantee of 
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THE 
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A Single Application of S. P. F. CARBOLINEUM 
KEEPS LICE OUT of CHICKEN HOUSES 
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CUTAWAY TOOLS FOR LARGE HAY CROPS. 
Clark’s Reversible Bash and Bog Plow, cuts a track 4 ft. wide, 1 ft. deep. Will plow i 
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Rev. Disk Plow cuts a furrow 5 to 10In. deep. 14 In wide. 
All these machines will kill witch- 
grass.wlld mustard, charlock,hard- 
hack, sunflower, milkweed, thistle,' 
any foul plant. Send for cir’larsJ 
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