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THE RURAL NEW-YORKER. 
December 18 
Fair Play. 
We have been informed that an agent has been taking sub¬ 
scriptions for The Rural New-Yorker in the western part of New 
York State at 50 cents each. We have started inquiry to learn 
whether this is so. If the information is correct, this agent will not 
be allowed to compete for premiums January 15. The condition of 
the contest is that full price be collected for the paper, and every 
name must be paid for before it can count for the premiums. The 
agent has only his 15 cents commission. If he take subscriptions 
for less than he has to pay us, he simply gambles. He bets with 
himself that he will get a premium. We admit that every one who 
does a little work is sure to get some of that 
$ 1 , 000.00 
premium money; but he must get it on the square, if at all. 
One thing more, this same agent is accused of sending his sub¬ 
scriptions through another agent with the purpose of drawing the 
$200 first premium and dividing up. We have notified both agents 
that they cannot compete in this way for any premiums. We hope 
the story will prove to be untrue. We make the terms liberal for 
the work done. We want to pay liberally for work. That is the 
way to get good work done. But we are going to see that every 
person who works for these premiums has a fair chance with every 
other person in the work. Our position is open and fair. If any 
agent try to take advantage of the others, he can not complain 
after this timely warning, if his club be not allowed to compete for 
the premiums. But every one will have a fair hearing first. Fair 
play for every one, is our motto. We want our share of it, too. 
THE RURAL NEW-YORKER, New York. 
THE R. N.-Y.’S LAST POTATO. 
The two-ounce Sir Walter Raleigh potato was 
cut into five pieces, and planted May 25. Icat 
as small as I dared to for fear they would not 
grow. But they did grow and produce tops 
beyond my expectation. October 1, I dug and 
weighed the potatoes. There were 17% pounds 
Nine potatoes weighed exactly nine pounds; 26 
were of merchantable size, and weighed 16 
pounds; 17 were-small and weighed i'/i pound. 
Surely the Sir Walter Raleigh is on top. I would 
not take the price of a year’s subscription to Tub 
R. N.-Y. for my seed for next year. I thank you 
for the small potato much more heartily than I 
could have done last spring. u. j. Hathaway. 
Cuyahoga County, O. 
From the Sir Walter Raleigh potato sent me 
last spring, I raised one-half bushel of tubers; 
about five per cent were about the size of the 
one sent, the others were all larger, 59 in all. One 
weighed 14 ounces, four weighed three pounds 
two ounces, four others weighed three pounds. 
Some of the tubers were grown togeth r, but 
most of them were smooth. The tuber was 
planted in March, one eye to each piece, and nine 
hills were made in light, sandy soil, by digging 
holes about 12 inches deep and putting in three 
or four inches of well-rotted horse manure, then 
putting on this an inch or two of soil, then the 
piece of potato, and covering six or eight inches 
deep. The vines died about September 1, but 
kept a rich green until the last of August. 
Wise County, Va. wm. s. mathews. 
On arrival, the tuber was placed in the cellar 
until spring. When it was taken out, I found 11 
eyes in all. It was cut into 10 pieces, and these 
were planted 18 by 36 inches apart in black loam 
soil of medium fertility. The weather was cool, 
and on one occasion, the 10 hills had to be covered 
with earth to prevent them from being frostbit¬ 
ten. Growth was very rapid when it turned warm 
again; they bloomed, but no seed balls formed. 
The tillage received was rather poor, less than 
they deserved, but my object was to test them 
under ordinary care. On August 12,1 dug the 
potatoes; the plants averaged 4 7-10 tubers to 
the hill, 47 tubers in all. They were beautiful 
specimens for this year. Out of the lot, 43 could 
be said to be of merchantable size. They weighed 
seven pounds and fourteen ounces, so that I 
got a return of 63 ounces for every ounce planted. 
Assuming that it take eight bushels to plant one 
acre, the yield would be per acre 63 times 8, or 
504 bushels. Assuming that the seed used were 
double the size with the same number of eyes, 
we would have only one-half as many plants, 
and one-half the yield; even 252 bushels per acre 
would be called a good crop. j. f. wagner. 
Cedar Coun y, la. 
I received my Sir Walter Raleigh potato in 
March. A neighbor brought my mail for me on 
the day that Sir Walter arrived, and not knowing 
the contents of the package, and the day being 
severely cold, he allowed Sir Walter’s toes and 
fingers to get somewhat cold. But I put him down 
cellar, and about the middle of May, I brought 
him to light. No sprouts had started at that 
time, and I could not tell how many eyes there 
were in it that would grow. I should judge that 
it weighed about two ounces. I cut it into four 
pieces, and planted one piece in a hill. Two of 
the pieces did not sprout at all, but the other 
two grew and flourished like a green bay tree. 
The vines were dark green and very luxuriant; 
the blossoms were the color of Peachblow’s, but 
no balls formed, to my disappointment. The 
vines were dead and I dug them September 8. 
The two hills produced just 13 potatoes weighing 
exactly six pounds, of which four ounces were 
under market size, which is nearly 97 per cent 
merchantable by weight. One acre contains 
10,890 hills, planted 18 by 36 inches; at three 
pounds to the hill, this would be a yield of 583 
bushels to the acre. Many of us poor farmers 
would shout for joy if all our potatoes had 
yielded one-half that amount to the acre this year 
in this section. Many of my neighbors have seen 
them this afternoon,and they say that they are too 
nice to eat, that I ought to keep them to look at. 
St. Lawrence Co., N. Y. feed j. rkxfobd 
The Buff Breeds.— While I am not prepared 
to give the exact origin of the Buff P. Rocks, 
Wyandottes, Leghorns, etc., there is not the least 
doubt that they were made up with the blood of 
other breeds. The Plymouth Rock and Wya> - 
dotte were a cross-bred fowl, properly speaking, 
originated several years since, and fixed in type 
by careful and persistent selection, until they 
have become thoroughbred, in every sense of tbe 
word, and among the most valuable breeds we 
have. It is generally understood that the Buff 
P. Rocks were made principally from the Biff 
Cochin cross, and it is indicated in some strains 
by an occasional bird with slight leg feathering. 
The buff color is becoming quite popular, and 
nearly all breeds are being bred to that color; 
some of them are fairly well fixed in color and 
type, but are not perfected yet, as the very best 
strains and finest stock that can be had, throw 
a large per cent of off-colored birds. As to tbe 
time required to fix a type, it depends altogether 
upon the skill of the breeder, and takes several 
years in the best hands, and some would never ac¬ 
complish anything in this line. .t. k stevenson. 
The jungles of 
Africa are not the 
only places in 
the world where 
a man courts 
death from an 
unseen foe. All 
the savages of all 
'the barbarous na- 
I'tions of history have not slain 
one tithe of the men that have 
been killed by that dread assas¬ 
sin—consumption. One-sixth of all the 
deaths in th« world are due to It. 
Dr. Pierce’s Golden Medical Discovery 
cures 98 per cent, of all cases of consump¬ 
tion. It cures by going to the very root 
of the evil—imperfect and improper nu¬ 
trition. It corrects all disorders of the 
digestion, makes the appetite keen and 
assimilation perfect. It drives out the 
impurities from the blood and fills it with 
the life-giving elements that build up the 
body. It is the greatest blood-maker and 
purifier. When you pump rich, red, healthy 
blood into an organ it cannot long remain 
diseased. This is true of the lungs. New 
healthy tissue is built up in them and tbe 
germs of consumption are driven out. 
Thousands have testified to their cure by 
this great remedy. Druggists sell it. 
Ralph Green, Esq., of Williamsburg, Callaway 
Co., Mo., writes: Before I commenced your 
treatment I could not take a drink of water with¬ 
out great suffering in my stomach. I could not 
eat. I was fast sinking and did not weigh more 
than 135 pounds. To-day I weigh 157 . I had 
five different doctors examine me, and each one 
treated me without doing me any good, At last 
I took four or five bottles of your ‘ Golden Medical 
Discovery,’ and to-day am in better health than I 
have been for five years. Whenever I see any of 
my friends suffering I tell them of your medicine 
and advise them to write to you." 
w-w. • It is better to do 
I If* Kl^rfP ^ mending while the 
* riC1 3 damage is slight, 
than wait until the whole structure is ready 
to fall. Constipation is the one, all-embrac¬ 
ing disorder that is responsible for many 
other dis- ni J. eases. Doc¬ 
tor Pierce’s r|fi3S3flT Pleasant 
Pellets cure ^ it. Drug¬ 
gists sell them. They never gripe. One 
little “Pellet” ia a gentle laxative, and 
two a mild cathartic. They are tiny, 
sugar-coated granule*. -- 
Nothing else is “just as Mpllfkfc 
good." A permau-'U cur «. 1 
THE GRANITE STATE 
MAPLE SAP EVAPORATOR 
.has for more than 21 years given entire satisfac¬ 
tion to all users. It is simple in operation, and 
with our automatic regulator is perfectly safe to 
leave. Each section is constructed from one sheet 
of tinned steel, requiring no solder to prevent 
leakage. The arch is constructed of east iron 
and galvanized steel, and made by the manu¬ 
facturers of the. 
Granite State Feed Cookers 
A sampleof the "Pearl” (tinned or galvanized 
after being made) steel Sap Snout will be sent 
FREE to any sugar maker who mentions this 
paper and sends a 2c. stamp to pay postage. 
Thousands of these spouts are sold < 
every year. 
ACTUAL SIZE 
3 ft. high 
43J4 in. wide 
8 to 16 ft. long 
If your hardware dealer does not keep them, we will send 1,000 spouts, with 
hooks, for $12.50; 100 
for $1.50. Send for 
catalogue of sugar- 
_ _ . ... makers’ supplies, free 
8—500 Temple Court, Hew York City on application. 
Granite State Evaporator Go. 
THE IXL EVAPORATOR I 
1 
FOR 
SUGAR MAKERS 
By Far the Best. One 
man can o perate any size_ ___ 
withouUhelpT No waste.' Sap cannot -run ary, 
or run over, n Works rapidly with little fuel. 
Booklet tells all about It; mailed free^ 
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Finely Improved 21-acre Farm Sale. 
Within a town of 4.5U0 people in South Arkansas. 
New, large six-room dwelling. Large barn and large 
greenhouse. Windmill with water to all buildings. 
Tools, implements and stock included. City electric 
light and telephone connections. Everything new. 
Just the place for a trucker; no competition. Or for 
gentleman with business in town. One business 
opening wherein can double capital annually. No 
competition. Price, $2,200; one-third cash, balance 
on time. Illustrated particulars will be furnished. 
K. L. BKNM5TT, Fayetteville, Arkansas. 
How to Bid Building-8 and Farms of 
Rats, Mice, Gophers, Prairie Dogs, Ground 
Squirrels, Rabbits, Moles, Weasels, Minks and 
other Pests, Quickly and Safely. How to Snare 
Hawks and Owls. Valuable Hints to House¬ 
keepers, Farmers and Poultrykeepers.20 
The Rural New-Yobkeb, New Yobk. 
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RHEUMATISM 
Permanentlv cured by using DR. WHITEHALL’S RHEUMATIC CURE. The sorest and the best. Sample 
sent free onmention of this publication. THE DR. WHITEHALL MEGRIMINE CO., South Bend Indiana. 
THINK OF 
THE COWS 
HOARD’S DAIRYMAN 
of the farm work thoroughly, from the raising 
There is no work on the farm that pays better for thought¬ 
ful management. You may have had much experience In 
the feeding, breeding and management of a dairy. Your 
knowledge and experience would be worth much to others, 
and it must be true that others have knowledge and ex¬ 
perience that can be worth much to you. If you are interested 
in your own success and desire to manage your cows so that 
they bring you the largest possible returns, make up your 
mind now to subscribe for Hoard’s Dairyman. It puts you 
In touch with tbe most successful dairymen in the United 
States. What these practical men know and their experi¬ 
ences you will find ia Hoard’s Dairyman, and it makes a 
20-page weekly, that costs the reader but $1.00 to January 1, 
1899. If taken in connection with The Rural New-Yorker, 
both papers can be secured to January 1, 1899, at the low combination price of $1.65. 
is in every sense of the word a journal for the farmer who 
desires to make a profit from his cows. It handles this part 
___ _ _ of the crops to the delivery of the product, milk or 
butter. A year’s reading will convince you that you cannot afford to be without it. It is the leading 
dairy journal published in the English language. 
YOU CET LOTS OF FUN 
Out of a camera. You can soon learn to take pictures of your friends or family ; 
of animals or scenes from nature. You can get the camera 
now for a little work. It need not cost you a cent. 
THE CRESCENT. Adapted for dry plates or . THE PEEK-A-BOO. Fitted with the highest 
films. Equipped with an achromatic lens ground ( grade Achromatic Lens. Holds three double 
from the finest imported glass. Takes a picture ) Plate Holders. Makes pictures 3%x4\i. Adapted 
3x3. Is adapted for instantaneous or time ex- ) to Instantaneous, Time or Flash-Light Work, 
posure. We will send you this camera for a club < We will send you this camera for a club of 12 
of 6 new subscriptions to The R. N.-Y. at SI each.o ( new subscriptions at $l_each. 
Five Dollars for the Best Picture. 
April 1 we will give a prize of $5 for the best picture made from one of these 
cameras. The camera must he secured for a club of subscriptions as above, and the 
picture must be taken by an amateur who has had no previous experience with a 
camera. The prize picture will he printed in The Rural New-Yobkeb. Any 
other pictures that are offered in competition will be paid for at regular rates, if 
we can use them. Get to work at once ; you should have one of these cameras by 
Christmas. Send the picture any time before April 1. 
THE RURAL NEW-YORKER, New Yobk. 
