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THE RURAL NEW-YORKER. 
April 10 
Six Prize Winners Last Week. 
The six weekly premiums of $2 each went out last week. This is the first 
week in the contest that all the premiums were taken by sending five or more 
names. Here are the winners for last week : 
w. J. bills . 
S. S. CHANDLER 
C. K. LORD. 
W. S. MOORE. 
S. S. THORNILEY 
J. R. WHEATON.. 
NEW YORK. 
WISCONSIN. 
.CONNECTICUT. 
NEW YORK. 
OHIO. 
NEW YORK. 
It should be remembered that every name sent in counts for those cash premiums 
May 1, of $100, $50, $25, $15, $10 and also 20 premiums of $5 each for clubs of 20 or 
more names. The clubs are ridiculously small yet, considering the cash premiums. 
It would not take more than a week’s good work for the agent who starts in now 
to lead for the $100 premiums. There are four weeks yet for the contest premiums. 
In the meantime, the $2 weekly premiums are open for you every Saturday night. 
/I sWeC oTo^ 
- PASS IT ON." 
When I was a boy, living on the farm, 
I had to go barefooted till close to 
Thanksgiving. The folks I lived with 
thought that it made a boy tough to get 
his feet a little cold. It certainly was 
tough on my feet some of those frosty 
mornings, and I studied hard to learn 
how to keep those feet warm. The war 
news or the election result, or the prize 
fight didn’t interest me half as much as 
the warm-foot problem. I was after 
some one who could tell me where to 
find a warm spot on the frosty face of 
nature. I made bold to ask people about 
it. One man told me to run through the 
frosted grass in the morning. I did so, 
and it nearly froze my toes off. I had 
chilblains to pay for it. I’ll guarantee 
that man never went barefoot in his life. 
His advice was pure theory and nothing 
else. Another man told me to take a 
small switch and whip my feet. I tried 
that—and I’ll never try it again ! It 
was about like feeding the whip to a 
horse instead of oats. If that man ever 
tried it at all, I’ll warrant that he tried 
it on some one’s else feet! 
One Sunday, a bright, fine-looking 
minister came to our church to preach. 
I thought to myself, “ That man seems 
to know everything —he’s the man to tell 
me how to keep my feet warm ! ” So, 
when I got a good chance, I went up 
and said: “Please, sir, can you tell me 
how a boy can keep his feet warm these 
cold mornings ?” 
“Why, yes,” said he, “I was a boy 
once, and learned how to warm my feet. 
The next cold morning you just go down 
to the barnyard where the cows are 
lying, and make one of them get up. 
Then you jump right on to the spot she 
used for a bed, and see how your feet feel. 
I learned that from a little dog that 
used to run and bark at the heifers and 
make them stand up so that he could 
warm his feet.” 
Now that seemed reasonable, and the 
next cold morning, I made for the barn¬ 
yard. There was old Brindle on the 
ground chewing her cud for dear life. 
She was a lazy old thing, and it took 
some punching to make her get up. 
But when she did move, and I stepped 
into her place — why — my feet never 
were so comfortable in my life ! There 
that old cow had been keeping that 
place warm for me all night. The same 
thing had been going on for days (or 
nights), and months and years, and all 
that time I had been suffering from cold 
feet because I didn’t know about it. 
Years before, the little dog taught the 
minister, he told me about it, and you 
may be sure I passed the word along, 
for I didn’t like to see good cow heat 
wasted while there were cold feet to 
along for some one who knows more 
than we do about it, just as I hunted for 
help in keeping my feet warm. The 
help may come in a spoken word or in a 
printed word, but the point is to keep 
hunting for it. We are likely to get lots 
of theory just as I did from the men who 
told me to whip my feet and to run 
through the frosted grass. Their advice 
may give us pain and discouragement, 
but if we keep at it, we shall find the 
right word in time. 
Now I am not going to give The R. 
N.-Y. a pat on the back, but I am going 
to talk about books. During the past 
few years, there has been a wonderful 
development in agricultural literature. 
There was a time when most farm books 
were like the whipping advice for the 
feet. The men who wrote the books 
told mostly what they thought ought to 
be. This is changed now. The minister 
got his hint from a little dog, and so our 
agricultural writers nowadays go to the 
plants and animals for facts about their 
wants and habits. Mr. Carman asked 
thousands of potato plants how they 
grew and developed before he under¬ 
took to talk about them. Prof. King 
dug into the earth and tested and sifted 
it before he wrote his remarkable little 
book on The Soil. Think of the hours 
Prof. Goff must have spent looking 
through a microscope before he could 
tell us the wonderful story of plant 
growth. Read Prof. Bailey’s Forcing 
Book and you will be amazed at the 
evidence of hard and careful study con¬ 
tained in it. So it is with dozens of 
other books. Just like my old friend 
the minister, our authors are going out¬ 
side the lines of human association into 
a country where even plants and animals 
talk to those who know and love them. 
Now, to be brief, you need some of 
these books. You ought to have them 
if you expect to find the foot-warming 
word. We want your hook trade. We 
don’t need the trade, perhaps, as much 
as you need the books, but we want it. 
We have learned that, when we want 
a thing, the first thing to do is to ask for 
it. We can give you figures on any book 
or any combination of books you may 
select. We mean business—book busi¬ 
ness—and we would like to book your 
order. Tell us what you want, and we 
will do our best to advise you. If the 
advice doesn’t fit, no harm will be done. 
Some of our advice fits “ like the paper 
on the wall.” For example, a Massachu¬ 
setts man sent some apples for name. 
We kept our feet warm hunting for a 
man who knew what they were. Now the 
man writes as follows : 
Please to excuse the delay in answering your 
report on the two apples that I sent you. I have 
been awaiting the reports from two sources, one 
at Washington, D. C., and the other one of the 
experts of this State. Neither one of them came 
within a gun shot of it. One of them could not 
tell what the apple was; the other thought it was 
the." Baker,” and referred me to other authority, 
which I did not consult. The one who could not 
tell what it was had branches of the tree, and 
compared it with other trees. Our society accepted 
the description of your expert as being perfect. 
The habit of the tree, its growth, and even the 
closin g of the leaves together, were a true descrip¬ 
tion, having seen the tree myself in different sea¬ 
sons of growth. 
The man who dug out the facts for us 
went to the apple just as the minister 
went to the dog. No whipping feet or 
frosty grass for him. 
We want your hook trade ! 
Crimson Clover in Luzerne County, Pa.—I 
sowed 10 acres with Crimson clover last year, five 
in buckwheat, and two in corn; all grew well, 
that in the corn the better, as the ground was 
manured lightly, and limed on top before plant¬ 
ing the corn. It all looks fine now. I sowed about 
the same in 1895, and it nearly all heaved out, 
with the rye and wheat and everything that was 
not clinched on the under side ; the exception 
was a small piece that, in plowing I had back- 
furrowed, leaving a solid bottom to the furrow on 
theoutside; in this furrow, it held and did not 
heave out, but grew to be 15 inches tall, bloomed 
and was as pretty as a picture. The rose that 
The R. N.-Y. sent me two years since, threw up 
a growth last summer of over 9*4 feet. The Car¬ 
man potatoes also did nobly. I think, if you would 
cross some of your fine potatoes with my big rose 
bush, I would only need to plant a few hills to 
have a full crop. o. d. t. 
Potatoes in Chemung County. N Y.—I sell my 
potato crop direct to the consumers. I try to raise 
what will please them. The best that I have 
found yet are the Stray Beauty and Potentate— 
the Beauty for early and the other for late. The 
only fault I can find is that they are not large 
yielders. My ground is new and has been plowed 
only twice. I plow my ground, mark it out with 
a marker, then take all -the teeth out of a Planet 
Jr., .except the back ones, and run that in the 
mark, then drop and step on each piece so that 
the horse will not move it. I let the horse walk 
in the row, and cover with the horse, taking out 
the back teeth and putting on the wings, throw¬ 
ing the two furrows in; that is the quickest way 
I can find and safe. My ground is upland, clay 
soil with clay subsoil, a pitch pine ridge, good 
for anything. I sell everything I raise direct to 
the consumer—even to chicken feed. z. o. s. 
DANIEL MYERS, 
OF PENNSYLVANIA. 
A Living Object Lesson for Dr. Miles' New 
H EART DISEASE Is curable. "For over 
forty years," writes Daniel Myers of 
Two Taverns, Pa., on Aug. 10, 1896. 
“I suffered with heart disease. First a slight 
palpitation, gradually growing worse. Then 
shortness of breath, sleeplessness, smother¬ 
ing sensations and much pain in the region 
of the heart alarmed me and I consulted a 
physician. Receiving no benefit I tried 
others and a number 
of remedies, spending 
a large amount of 
money, but finally be¬ 
came so bad that it was 
unsafe for me to leave 
home. I commenced 
using Dr. Miles' Heart 
Cure two years ago. 
For eighteen months I have been well. Al¬ 
though 72 years of age I can go where I wish 
and 1 sleep all night and wake up as cheer¬ 
ful as a babe and completely rested." 
Dr. Miles Remedies are sold by all drug¬ 
gists under a positive guarantee, first bottle 
benefits or money refunded. Book on Heart 
and Nerves sent free to all applicants. 
DR. MILES MEDICAL CO., Elkhart, Ind. 
At first ill-healtli 
creeps up slowly, 
but at last it comes 
at a gallop and 
the rider is death. 
Of all known forms 
of ill-health and 
disease, consump¬ 
tion is the most 
insidious. Its ap¬ 
proach is slow and 
•jStealthy. But at 
the last death 
comes with a rush. Consumption has beet 
frequently pronounced incurable. It is not. 
It may be stopped—warded off—at almost 
any stage. But if the sufferer neglects to 
take the proper remedy in the proper way, 
death is swift and certain. 
Consumption like almost all manner of 
disease has its inception in a trio of all- 
embracing disorders. They are “imper¬ 
fect digestion,” “irregular bowels,” and 
“impure blood.-” They are triplets. One 
is dependent for existence upon the other. 
Cure one, cure all. Dr. Pierce’s Golden 
Medical Discovery is the best of all known 
remedies for this disorder. It corrects dis¬ 
ordered digestion, invi)|orates the liver, 
regulates the bowels, makes the blood pure, 
and the nerves strong. It is the great blood- 
maker and flesh-builder. It makes the 
muscles firm and springy. It soothes and 
invigorates the nerves. It tones up body 
and brain. It cures ninety-eight per cent, 
of all cases of consumption. 
S T O TH E 
TANDARD HARROW 
Utica, N.Y. 
THE deCLERCQ 
Double-Action Spraying Pump, 
one of the most practical devices for 
spraying Erult 'Trees, Shrubs. Pota¬ 
toes, etc., is fitted with two nozzles 
one delivers a fine spray Immediately 
after leaving nozzle, the oilier from 
10 to 15 feet after leaving nozzle, 
which Is designed for tall trees Can 
be used with a knapsack can Write 
for Circulars and Prices. 
deCLERCQ BROS., Cazenovia, N. Y. 
Dolfin nnnlfO‘“ ThoroUKl,bred Pekin Ducks —11 
ICMII UUblVO Eggs, $1.50 Letters receive prompt 
attention. Clarence Howell, Box 76, Goshen, N. Y. 
Texas Siftings. 
Mrs. Rebecca F. Gardner, of Grafton, York 
Co., Va., writes: “ When I was married I weigh¬ 
ed one hundred and twenty-five pounds. I was 
taken sick and reduced in health and broke out 
with a disease which my doctor said was eczema. 
He treated my disease but failed to do me any 
good, and I fell away to 90 pounds. I began us¬ 
ing Dr. Pierce's Golden Medial Discovery, and 
thank God and you. I began to improve. When 
I began taking the ‘ Discovery ’ my weight was 90 
pounds and now I weigh 140 pounds and have 
only taken two bottles. I cannot say too much 
about the medicine. My husband is one of the 
happiest men in the world. He says I look 
younger than I did the first time he ever saw me. 
and that was fifteen years ago. Well, doctor, I 
am a well woman, and do all of my housework, 
tend to my fowls and cow and do some work in 
the garden. It is a miracle that I am cured.” 
Health and happiness formed a partner¬ 
ship in the garden of Eden. It has never 
been dissolved. You cannot have one with¬ 
out the other. Constipation is the usual 
cause of ill-health. Dr. Pierce’s Pleasant 
Pellets are tiny, sugar-coated granules. 
They cure constipation. One is a gentle 
laxative, and two a mild cathartic. They 
never gripe. Druggists sell them. 
This is said to be the funniest paper on earth 
It’s choke-full of funny things, just to brighten 
you up and make you laugh. It is said that 
It beats a circus for driving away the blues, 
and is better than Sarsaparilla for that "tired 
feeling.” Weekly, $2 a year. We will send it 
three months as a reward for one new sub¬ 
scriber to The R. N.-Y. with $1. 
Wanted—An Idea 
Protect your Ideas; they may bring you wealth. 
Write JOHN WEDDERBURN & CO., Patent Attor¬ 
neys, Washington, D. C., for their $1,800 prize offer 
and new list of one thousand Inventions wanted. 
—To any one sending 
names and addresses 
of 10 Fruit Farmers 
■ ■■ (names of renters 
™ " preferred), we will 
send a beautiful WORLD’S FAIR PICTURE. 
An ornament to any home. Three pictures, all 
different, for 20 names; the finest and most artis¬ 
tic reproductions; size, 13x 17 inches. Only a few 
left; send at once. BEAR RIVER IRRIGATION 
COMPANY, 40 Wall Street, New York. 
think about. 
Now the point of all this is that all 
ambitious and hopeful people are like 
the boy on the farm. Many of us have 
“cold feet”—that is, we are at times 
uncomfortable in mind, heart or body, 
because we don’t know how to warm or 
cure ourselves. We just go hunting 
For Allaying Hoarseness and Irritation of 
the Throat, “ Brown's Bronchial Troches ” are 
wonderfully effective. Avoid imitations.— Adv. 
AGENTS 
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Cheapest riding- harrow on earth. $8.00 and np. 
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unfil Ufl llUnL if not satisfactory. Millington, New Jersey, and 
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