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The Rural New- Yo rker for 1898. 
Some things grow only in years. The R. N.-Y. is not of that class. It is nearly 50 years old. There have been just 2,500 issues published. At 50 a 
man should be in the very prime of life—a paper should be prepared to do its best work. We are, therefore, planning to make the coming 52 issues of 
The R. N.-Y. better than any that have gone before. Our special business as an agricultural paper is to collect reliable information, scientifically accurate 
and practically tested. We shall continue to grow during 1898 by making use of 
New Blood! New Ideas ! New Methods! New Plans! 
The good old features of The R. N.-Y. will be strengthened by the new. The new is generally better than the old, but there are standard things about 
the old that should not be cut out. 
The Farmers’ Club —More than 500 specialists will help us to 
answer questions. Last year our readers sent us about 4,000 questions, all 
of which were answered, by letter or in print. We sent to the island of 
Java for the answer to one question, and to Russia for another. During 
1898 our readers will be able to tap the brains of the ablest farm students 
and workmen in the world. 
Ruralisms. —All that is new and novel in plant life will be carefully 
tested and accurately reported. New varieties of vegetables, fruits and 
ornamental trees and shrubs, will be tested and compared with standard 
old sorts. This work has been done at the Rural Grounds for more than 
20 years. 
Hope Farm Notes. —The operations at Hope Farm are upon a scale 
that farmers of moderate means can fully appreciate. The soil is poor, and 
has been neglected. The farm is ornamented with a mortgage. We are 
trying to restore it to fertility at a moderate cost, chiefly with green 
manures and chemicals. We shall tell the story of successes and failures 
in this effort to develop a fruit and poultry farm, with no more capital than 
an ordinary farmer can handle. 
Ailing Animals. —Dr. F. L. Kilborne will continue to answer ques¬ 
tions about sick or injured animals. He gives sound advice, and any farmer 
can understand what he means. 
Editorials. —We shall give each week at least one page of brief, 
strong and pointed comments on passing events that concern agriculture. 
Fraud and humbug will be fearlessly attacked and exposed. We shall 
endeavor to give our readers a fair and conservative review of the progress 
of agricultural thought and practice. 
The Garden. —The care and cultivation of flowers and ornamental 
plants, indoors and out, will receive full attention. Greenhouse work, 
ornamental gardening, and flower culture in all its branches, will be 
fully discussed. 
Among the Market Men. —New York is the greatest market on 
this continent, and farm products from all over the country center here. 
Reporters will be constantly among those who buy and sell these products, 
and our readers will be kept well informed as to what is going on. New 
packages, new methods, new crops—all such things will be noted and 
described in a crisp and attractive way. 
Science from the Stations. —There are 54 experiment stations in 
the country, and the United States Government spends $800,000 yearly to 
conduct experiment work. The R. N.-Y. will give its readers a careful 
synopsis of the bulletins as they are published, and will call special atten¬ 
tion to the more important scientific discoveries and researches. 
Woman’s Whrk. —a strong feature of this department for 1898 will 
be a number of symposium discussions of topics that are of great interest 
to farm women. Another feature will be a discussion of household devices 
for lightening and simplifying household work. 
Symposiums —We often receive a question with so many sides to it 
that a single answer from the experience of one man, or from the conditions 
of one locality, cannot be complete. We send such questions to a dozen or 
more of the best experts we can find in the country. Their answers are 
carefully edited and compared, and all are printed together. In this way 
readers eDjoy a complete discussion of the subject, and are able to compare 
notes with successful and experienced men. We printed more than 175 of 
such symposiums last year, and hope to increase the number for 1898. 
A Few Special Features. 
Early Lamb Raising. 
Mr. L. A. Clinton has visited the farm of King 
& Robinson in Tompkins County, N. Y., and will 
tell our readers what he saw and heard there. 
On this farm lambs and fruit of high quality are 
produced. Mr. Clinton will visit other dairy 
stock farms during the year. 
A Country Woman at Washington. 
A bright Western woman—a practical farmer’s 
wife—will visit Washington during the winter 
and give our readers some personal impressions 
of the men who manage our National affairs, 
and of what the Agricultural Department is 
doing for agriculture. Some racy and practical 
letters may be expected from her. 
Pen Pictures of Prominent Men. 
We shall make a series of studies of the per¬ 
sonal side of some of the men who are prominent 
as agriculturists or horticulturists. The aim 
will be to present bright and sketchy studies of 
such men, showing something of their personal 
lives—how they rank as neighbors and citizens, 
rather than as public men. 
Southern Wheat Growing. 
There has recently been a revival of wheat 
growing in Alabama and other Southern States. 
This new industry will be described and treated 
in the light of its effect upon the food produc¬ 
tion of the South. 
A Comfortable Farmhouse. 
The R. N.-Y. offered prizes for plans of the 
most convenient farmhouse. The best of these 
plans will be printed during the year, with 
photographs of some of the best houses. 
The Agriculture of Alaska. 
A comprehensive and very interesting article 
by H. E. Van Deman, giving what is actually 
known regarding the farming possibilities of 
the now famous Territory. 
Primer Science. 
Prof. Harry Snyder of Minnesota, will tell our 
readers some very interesting things about 
human food and the preparation of a balanced 
ration for humans. We shall also take our 
readers into the chemist’s laboratory and tell 
them how analyses are made. “ A Handful of 
Bran ” and “ A Dose of Fertilizer ” will be picked 
apart and explained in simple and easy words. 
We shall also get into the “interior works” of 
a hen and show “ How an Egg Is Made”. 
New Things About “ Certified Milk” 
The R. N.-Y. was the first paper to describe 
the wonderful milk dairy conducted by Mr. S. 
Francisco of New Jersey. This place never 
stops growing. There are several new and im¬ 
portant features that have not yet been de¬ 
scribed, and The R. N.-Y. will tell all about 
them. 
Philadelphia Market Gardens. 
On the outskirts of Philadelphia intensive 
market gardening has been wonderfully devel¬ 
oped. A R. N -Y. reporter will tell in crisp and 
chatty style what these gardeners are doing and 
how they are doing it. 
Fish Culture. 
Mr. Henry Stewart will continue his instruct¬ 
ive articles on fish culture, and we shall also 
print an illustrated account of a farm where 
fish fry are propagated for sale. 
New York’s Food Supply. 
The people of Greater New York buy $12,000,- 
000 worth of flowers alone each year, while the 
cost of their food and clothing runs up into as¬ 
tonishing figures. We shall try to tell how this 
food is handled so that the middleman is able 
to obtain so large a slice of the consumer’s price. 
These articles will be fully illustrated. 
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We have called attention above to a few standard departments of the paper. The questions that are to be discussed under Farmers’ Club and else¬ 
where will fully cover all lines of profitable farming. Live stock, dairying, grain growing, manuring, orcharding—in fact all the problems that confront 
the all-’round farmer will receive careful attention. If you don’t see what you want, call for it 1 The R. N.- Y.’s trade-mark is ?, and a good share of its policy 
is dictated by the questions sent by its readers. Among the special features already in hand for 1898 may be mentioned the following : 
Every one of these topics will open the way for a discussion. The authors hold themselves in readiness to answer all questions, or to make any fur¬ 
ther explanations that may be demanded. If the description of any method or plan does not exactly fit your conditions, you are at liberty to keep on 
asking questions until we get it right. We shall feel obliged to you for the questions. 
OUR AMBITION IS TO MAKE THE RURAL NEW-YORKER DURING 1898 
The Leading Agricultural Paper of the World! 
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The Evolution of a Florist. 
This article will tell how a small farmer grad¬ 
ually worked away from farm crops, first to 
garden truck and then to flowers. Just the in¬ 
formation that thousands of farmers near towns 
and cities need. 
Improved Grass Culture. 
Mr. G. M. Clark, the Connecticut grass man, 
will tell us more of his experience in producirg 
a crop of eight tons of grass per acre, on land 
that formerly produced but one ton. 
A New Jersey Bonanza Farm. 
This will describe a great 1,000-acre farm in 
New Jersey, where Holstein cattle are kept to 
supply a great cream trade. The big farms are 
not all out West, as this article will clearly show. 
From Sea to Sea. 
A series of social studies of American farm 
life. We shall take a typical “ average farmer” 
in New England, New Jersey, Virginia, Indiana, 
Oregon, Nebraska, Texas and South Dakota, so 
that all sections of the country may be fairly 
represented, and tell how he lives and some¬ 
thing of his ambitions. These studies will show 
that the “American farmer” is a many-sided 
man, and that there are many distinct types, 
which are constantly growing more distinct. 
Injurious Insects. 
Prof. Slingeriand will continue nis interesting 
articles on insects and methods of fighting them. 
California peach growers think they have found 
a sure death for the peach borer in bisulphide 
of carbon Prof. Slingeriand will tell us all 
about this in an early issue. 
Other articles of equal merit will discuss 
New Fodder Plants. A Living on Two Acres. 
How To Fight Rats. Growing Seed Potatoes. 
Poultry for Poor Men. A One-Horse Farmer. 
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