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THE RURAL NEW-YORKER 
July 3 
AS WE GO TO PRESS. 
" UNDERSTOOD 
I will ask you this week to step with 
me into a little restaurant in this city, 
where thousands of people go each day 
for a meal. It is a simple little place. 
Up on the wall hangs a printed bill of 
fare, with no dish costing over 20 cents. 
Behind the counter stands a man with a 
big knife in his hand. On one side of 
him is a great hunk of boiled beef ; on 
the other, a big boiled ham. In front is 
a pan of baked beans, and at his elbow 
dozens of loaves of bread. At the other 
end of the room are two large tanks—one 
for coffee and one for tea—and a set of 
drawers in which are hundreds of pies 
of all sorts and flavors. Through a door 
can be seen the kitchen, where half a 
dozen cooks and dishwashers are at work. 
It is a busy place at noon. Every one is 
in a hurry. As we take our seats, a 
waiter bawls out: 
“ Beef and ! Ham and ! ” 
You may not understand it, but see 
the carver behind the counter ! With a 
sweep of his big knife he clips off a 
slice of beef and drops it upon a plate. 
Whisk ! There goes a slice of ham on 
another plate ! A big spoonful of beans 
goes by each slice, and we know what 
“beef and” and “ham and” mean. With 
each order, go two slices of bread with 
unlimited butter—all for 10 cents. 
“ Draw one in the dark! ” 
There goes another order. No mystery 
about that to those who know. The 
waiter draws a cup of coffee from the 
big tank and delivers it without the milk! 
“ Brown the wheats! " 
That is easy. There is a great bustle 
in the kitchen, and the cook pours some 
batter on the hot griddle, and with a 
quick turn dishes the well browned 
wheat cakes or slapjacks. 
“ Two on two—turn 'em over! ” 
That is as clear as mud. Some one has 
ordered two eggs on toast, and wants 
them cooked on both sides so they will 
not run. I once knew a man to order 
eggs on toast, and this is what the waiter 
bawled: 
“ Adam and Eve on a Raft! ” 
I might go on and give dozens more of 
these strange cries, but space is short 
this week. I introduce a few of them 
here to show how business men in all 
lines of work learn to economize. These 
waiters give, probably, 500 orders each 
day. Breath is worth something. 
“ Beef and !" “ Be fanned ! ” 
That means something. They can 
put force into it. Suppose they were to 
walk up to the carver with each order 
and say, “ My dear sir, will you be kind 
enough to cut a slice from that beef and 
place with it a portion of those beans ? 
A gentleman at yonder table has ordered 
that mixture ! ” How long could they 
stand it ? There wouldn’t be a customer 
left in a week. 
1 ‘ Draw one ! ” 
That is enough. Why ? Because the 
carver “ understands what is under¬ 
stood ” ! It is the great mass of white 
that makes the picture just about as 
much as a few sharp black lines—it is 
the contrast. In these orders it is what 
is left unsaid that tells the story. Econ¬ 
omy of breath and time comes through 
understanding what was left unsaid. 
Now there are two things to be ob¬ 
served from this. In the first place— 
learn to “boil it down.” Don’t go talk¬ 
ing and walking all around Robin Hood’s 
barn when you have something to do or 
say. Cut it down to “ Brown the wheats /” 
and put force into it. People will know 
what you mean, and they will think 
more of you for getting down to the 
point. 
The other thing is this. Suppose you 
hear a man shake his head and say em¬ 
phatically : 
“ You'll get your money back !" 
Why, of course, you will know at once 
that he is talking about The R. N.-Y. It 
will not be necessary for him to give a 
great long oration to explain what he is 
talking about. 
“ Couldn't farm without it." 
That’s very easy. The man does not 
mean a hoe or a plow—he means The 
R. N.-Y. every time. It is just as plain 
as the nose on your face. 
“ Father used to take it ! ” 
Take what? Why The R. N.-Y., of 
course. What a question that is ! Father 
was a good farmer, and knew a good 
thing from a bad one. How about the 
son ? Of course he agrees with father, 
and now occupies a prominent seat on 
our subscription list. 
“ Books that have helped me ! ” 
What books ? Why what a foolish 
question—of course he means the agri¬ 
cultural books sold by The R. N.-Y. 
How about that farm library ? You 
need it—your family needs it. We can 
supply it. 
We want your book trade! 
.Tust see what this man says : 
Please quote me your lowest price on agricul¬ 
tural and horticultural books; also send cata¬ 
logues, as I wish to get a good farm library for 
my children as complete as possible. Wish to 
get 30 or 40 volumes this fall. j. s. b. 
Iowa. 
That is the way they are coming. We 
understand the situation without an¬ 
other word. 
Why—but here we are at the end of 
our space. The “jumping off place ” is 
sometimes a little too hard, but here is 
a good sound bit of poetry from an In¬ 
diana friend, that will make a good end¬ 
ing for this week. 
In reply to your kind notice, 
I will tell you that our vote is, 
That the valiant R. N.-Y.’s without a peer; 
And we cannot do without it, 
There are no two ways about it, 
We must have it in our home another year. 
So, to avoid the awkward blunder 
Of missing a valued number 
I inclose, at once, a dollar—as you see— 
And trust you will receive it, 
As I verily believe it 
Will insure The Rural’s continuance to me. 
J. M. HOLLINGSWORTH. 
Now what is “understood” there? 
Why we understand that you will “go 
and do likewise”, and just send your 
neighbor’s name with your own. 
THE YORK STATE APPLE CROP. 
BAD SHOW FOR BALDWINS. 
Baldwin trees did not bloom to any consider¬ 
able extent, and of other varieties such as Green¬ 
ings, Russets, Kings and 20-Ounce, there was a 
fair show of blooms—enough for a tolerable crop 
if they come to fruitage. But the trees do not yet 
show without careful examination whether the 
fruit holds on, and I have not examined enough 
to learn whether it adheres or not. No one about 
here has ever attempted a regular or extensive 
thinning of fruit on apple trees. Apples without 
the Baldwins must necessarily be a light crop. 
Wayne County, N. Y. t. g. yeomans. 
I believe that it would be rather difficult to 
make anything like a careful estimate of the con¬ 
dition of the apple crop in western New York 
just at present. In addition to the ravages of the 
Canker worm and Tent caterpillar, the foliage 
has been very much in j ured by the aphis. Baldwins 
seem to be a light crop. I have seen Greenings 
and Spys that gave promise of a heavy crop, but 
whether this is generally true or not, I cannot 
say. I understand that many of the summer and 
fall varieties, including 20-Ounce, Oldenburg and 
Maiden’s Blush give prospects of a fair crop; 
Hubbardston trees are in some instances heavily 
loaded. I have not the data at hand for forming 
anything like a correct idea as to the general 
condition of the apple crop. s. a. beach. 
Geneva Experiment Station. 
I do not think the apple crop will be one-half 
as large in this section this year as last; but 
there will be quite a few apples and more green 
than colored fruit this year, as Greenings are 
quite generally in bearing. In regard to thinning 
fruit last year, I cannot say that it had any effect 
whatever on bearing this year. This, I think, is 
one of the worst years I ever saw for fungi and 
insect life. There are many orchards in this part 
of the State that appear to be completely stripped 
by the Tent caterpillar, and in the western part of 
the county, I have been told that the Army worm 
is doing a great amount of damage. In this im¬ 
mediate section, I do not think trees are hurt 
much by the ravages of the Tent caterpillar, 
for the orchards have been pretty thoroughly 
sprayed. t. b. wilson. 
Ontario County, N. Y. 
It is early yet to venture an opinion on the out¬ 
come of the apple crop. The Baldwin is the staple 
sort. In view of the heavy crop of last season, 
they will be light. In the main, the crop will be 
grown only on trees that bore none last year. The 
excess will be on Greenings and, of course, pur¬ 
chasers will want red apples in this event. Ben 
Davis, Hubbardston Nonsuch, and a few others, 
including Sutton’s Beauty, that produced last 
season, will produce fair crops this year, show¬ 
ing their inclination to make annual crops, a fea¬ 
ture worth remembering by the planters of apple 
orchards, But there are so few of these apples 
grown in the commercial orchards, that they 
hardly have any effect in estimating the crop. In 
my opinion, a change in the sentiment of planters 
is taking place, and the future will show it. The 
indications are not favorable for a large crop. 
The Tent caterpillar, Canker worm, aphis and, 
indeed, every insect that preys upon the apple, 
have been at work drawing upon the vital forces 
of the trees to such an extent as will materially 
reduce the crop that will hang and mature; this, 
certainly, is my opinion from all that I can see 
and learn. The exceptions are those where feed- 
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