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THE RURAL NEW-YORKER 
April 24 
Money Begging Again. 
Last week only four agents secured the weekly premiums of $2 each. In other 
words, only four agents sent five or more names. Of course the other two pre¬ 
miums of $2 each did not go out, as there were not clubs enough to claim them. 
There are nearly two weeks yet before the large cash premiums are awarded 
May 1, and in these two weeks, any agent who started out with a purpose to win 
and put in all his time to the night of May 1, could yet come in at the head of the 
list for the $100 premium. In the meantime, all that we can say is that these 
premiums are going easier than ever before, and there will certainly be very 
agreeable surprises in store for some of the agents when they get their checks. 
THE RURAL NEW-YORKER, Nkw York. 
AS WB GO TO PRESS. 
WHAT IS A BOOK? 
Here is a letter that ought to be good reading 
just now : 
“ On page 250, you say, * We want your book 
trade,’ and on page 251 is your advertisement 
of ‘The It. N.-Y. Hook-Buyer.’ My dear Rubal, 
at the prices asked for books pertaining to agri¬ 
culture, horticulture, and other ‘cultures,’ for 
the past 37 years, the ordinary farmer and fruit 
grower cannot afford to buy books. Anything in 
the book line on farming, fruit growing, or dairy¬ 
ing, etc., that is really of any importance 
will cost from $1.50 to $2 and upwards. Now, for 
$1.50 to $1.75, or thereabouts, 1 can receive two 
of any of the following papers for 52 weeks, mak¬ 
ing in all 104 papers: The II. N.-Y., Practical 
Farmer, Ohio Farmer, Michigan Farmer, Hoard’s 
Dairyman, and a score of others. How will these 
104 papers compare with any $1.50 or $2 book in 
amount of good, varied Information that is up to 
date ? What say you f” a. d. r. young. 
Ohio. 
That is a tine point—so line that it sticks right 
into what we wish to say. When we say that “ we 
want your book trade,” we don’t mean to say 
that we expect to take people by the throat and 
make them buy books at any price. Years ago, 
in our book-agent days, we came near doing that; 
but those days are now over. 
Of course a year’s volume of The R. N.-Y. is by 
far the best book you can buy for a dollar ! There 
is no question about that ! It’s true 1 Of course 
you will want a good binder to hold the 52 num¬ 
bers together. We can sell you such a binder for 
only 25 cents. That is the first slice of your trade 
that we are after. Then, if for any reason you 
want other books, we stand ready to Ret them 
for you. While The It. N.-Y. covers a wide range 
of topics, and tries to get all the latest informa¬ 
tion, it often happens that a small, handy volume 
on some particular topic is desirable. 
For example, Prof. H. H. Wing of Cornell, has 
just issued a book entitled, Milk and Its Prod¬ 
ucts, which gives a dairyman just what he wants 
to know about milk. Now a man can carry this 
little volume around in his pocket. In order to 
keep the same information about milk constantly 
at hand, a man must carry three or four bound 
volumes of The R. N.-Y. around, and this would 
give him quite a job. 
Of course, you understand that we take no 
back seat in our estimate of the quality of the 
matter in THE R. N.-Y. We don’t need to when 
people write us such letters as this: 
“I started last June, commencing with the first 
issue of 1895, and think that I have already made 
900 per cent on my $2.” J. h. c. 
Deadwood, S. D. 
There, you see, is a live man in Deadwood. If a 
man away out in South Dakota can make The It. 
N.-Y. pay him 900 per cent in two years, we 
hardly need to brag about the paper. At the 
same time, such men realize that a good, sensible 
book does not compete with The R. N.-Y., but 
rather helps it out. We can sell Prof. Wing’s 
book for $1. If we didn’t think it a good bargain, 
you wouldn’t catch us saying a word about it. 
If you want this or any other book, we want the 
chance to get it for you. If you have any good 
reason why we should not have your trade, we’ll 
not complain a bit. Now we understand the 
situation, and we respectfully announce that 
We want your book trade. 
Here’s another thing we want: We want to 
know what you are doing that indicates progress 
on your farm. Here is a Canadian reader, for 
example: 
"You ask for contributions from your readers 
and subscribers. Well, like Whittington in the 
old story of his cat, I have but little to give. Last 
summer, I planted five acres to fodder corn, 
about eight grains to the hill, hills three feet apart 
each way. As it was coming up, I noticed a great 
many weeds just starting, and also that the sur¬ 
face of the ground was forming a crust after the 
SHORT, SEASONABLE SCRAPS. 
POETRY FROM POTATOES. 
Dear Editor of The Rubal, I write to you to say, 
As how it is a-raiuing, it is raining hard to-day; 
Yes, the weather has been rainy and the season 
is bo wet, 
That we have not had half a chance to plant pota¬ 
toes yet. 
The damage that the floods have done is an awful 
sight to see ! 
The river waters overflowed a pen of corn for me ! 
It has overfiowed the lowlands and injured grow¬ 
ing wheat. 
And if the late poatoes fail, what will we have to 
eat ? 
Oh, how it is a-raiuing, our oats we cannot sow, 
And the outlook is quite gloomy ’most anywhere 
you go. 
But I inclose this two-cent stamp and Bend it 
straight to you, 
For one big Sir Walter Raleigh, but if small ones, 
why, send two, 
And 1 will plant it carefully in the very best of soil, 
And In cultivating it, I’ll spare neither pains nor 
toil. 
I ought to raise at least a peck, depending on the 
season ; 
Would the hope to raise a half a barrel be beyond 
all reason 7 J. c. a. 
Washington, Ind. 
I am still growing the R. N.-Y. No. 2, and con¬ 
sider it one of my best varieties on our heavy clay 
soli. The peach crop and Cuthbert raspberry 
will be failures in this vicinity. h. g. 
Dutchess County, N. Y. 
The season, in this part of the State, is back¬ 
ward and cold; the snow went about two weeks 
ago; there has been little rain, but the ground is 
too wet for seeding yet. We usually get the corn 
planted from May 1 to 25, and, as a rule, get a 
good crop. it. P. J. 
Mower Couuty, Minn. 
We raise a good many potatoes out here in this 
“ neck o’ woods,” having a very adaptable soil 
for potato culture, which, in an ordinary year, 
yields an enormous crop of very tine tubers cf 
excellent quality for both table use and shipping 
purposes. But we are too far from market to 
make a success of them financially, as the freight 
rates absorb all the prolits. Many of our farmers 
are turning their attention to dairying, as we 
have unlimited facilities for handling stock,plenty 
of free range, with an abundance of cheap hay 
and feed, and plenty of the best water in the 
world—flowing wells of soft water. We have two 
good creameries in close proximity, which are 
turning out an excellent article of butter, which 
brings the top price in the eastern market. 
Holt County, Neb. J. d. g. 
Crops in central Pennsylvania promise fair. 
Wheat came through the winter in good shape, 
and with a favorable season, promises a fair 
crop. Grass is also in good shape. Clover was 
somewhat heaved by frost. Considerable plow¬ 
ing has been done, but no oats yet sown; acre¬ 
age will be large. Prices are away down, yet we 
must raise something. Central Pennsylvania 
has many fertile valleys, and in this couuty we 
have as good soil as there is in the State. We 
have a healthful climate, and much to make life 
worth living, but the present times are a trial, 
and many are leaving the farm. a. b. b. 
Center County, Pa. 
Farming is at a standstill here on account of 
wet weather. Very little wheat has been sown. 
Last year’s corn is in very poor condition from 
wet and warm winter; large amount on hand 
price 10 cents a bushel; oats, 10 cents. Stock 
cattle scarce and high. a. w. u. 
Plymouth County, la. 
I am not very much of a potato grower, but if 
the new potato will do as well for me as The R. 
N.-Y. has, I can afford to try it. I make dairying 
and fruit growing the main things on my farm. 
I have about 70 acres of land, have 13 cattle, 15 
pigs, about 50 fowls and a few geese. I have a 
small orchard, from which I sold almost $400 
worth of apples last fall. We evaporated them 
and sold the most of them for four cents per 
pound. We cannot complain about farming last 
year, but hope that the future may bring better 
times. M. P. 
Wayne County, N. Y. 
I had good success with the R. N.-Y. No. 2, but 
the Carman No. 1 went so far ahead of it that, 
last year, I dropped the No. 2. The latter, 
although the tubers were practically all large, 
did not yield like the No. 1. Many hills would not 
have more than three tubers, and they so large 
as to be hollow. No 1 is the best potato for a 
great yielder I have ever found; from 1% bushel 
seed pieces, I raised, last season, 54 bushels, and 
only 1 *4 bushel small ones. I like the habit of its 
growth much better than the No. 2. I shall plant 
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