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THE RURAL NEW-YORKER. 
January 25 
We hoped to he able to give the names 
of the prize winners this week, but, for 
various good reasons, it has been found 
necessary to defer this till next week, 
when we shall give the whole story. In 
the short space given us this week, let 
us deal with the future. How about the 
§175 that will be due on the night of 
February 8 ? There are 17 prizes for 17 
energetic men or women. Are you at 
work, or are you merely thinking about 
it ? Thought is good—when it is yoked 
with action. You can’t expect to earn a 
prize by sitting in a chair and rubbing 
your head—you must expect to rub some 
of the leather off your boots. Fair 
warning now ! That money is going ! 
Remember that every club of 20 wins §5 
anyway! 
Another thing — don’t forget those 
books. Here they are : 
Cloth. Price. 
The Nursery Book. “ 81.00 
First Lessons in Agriculture. “ 1.00 
American Grape Training. “ .75 
The New Potato Culture. “ .75 
The Business Hen. “ .75 
These books are all first-class. Do you 
know what we do with them ? Send us 
one new subscription (not your own) and 
you may take your choice of any one of 
these five books. We shall mail it to 
you prepaid. Now why not get a dollar 
from that neighbor or friend of yours, 
and thus put him in the way of obtain¬ 
ing 852 pages of good reading matter 
while you place one of these books in 
your library. Our advice to you is to do 
this very thing. We may be prejudiced, 
but anyway that is what we advise. 
One reason why we do this is because 
hundreds of our readers have secured 
these books, and all of them thus far are 
highly pleased. 
And now, let’s glance through a few 
letters recently received. Here’s one 
short and sweet: 
Inclosed please find $1 for 1896 subscription. As 
you live, don’t miss a single number, for it is both 
victuals and drink—a “balanced ration” for both 
man and beast I c. v. b. 
Long Branch, N. J. 
There will be no miss or mistake if we 
can help it. Here’s another : 
I took The R. N.-Y. for a number of years, dat¬ 
ing back some 40 years, when published in Roch¬ 
ester. I think D. D. T. Moore was at the head. I 
am now what my neighbors call, a man of leis¬ 
ure, but am anxious that my children and grand¬ 
children should keep abreast of these modern 
modes of farming. I seldom come to the city now, 
but when I do come, you will C. a hay Cd drop on 
your floor. b. j. (age, 75.) 
Highland Mills, N. Y. 
We shall be glad to see you. Hay is the 
foundation crop of the world, and a “hay 
seed” is one of the pillars of agriculture. 
Now one more : 
I have taken The R. N.-Y. but a short time, but 
I get more than $1 worth every week, by compar¬ 
ing the ideas of others with my own. c. h. b. 
Massachusetts. 
You know that one valuable point we 
claim for The R. N.-Y., is that its circu- 
ation is widely extended so that, in any 
farm discussion, we obtain ideas from 
all over the land. 
Space is short, but we must give you 
one more. Here it is : 
I wished to give a neighbor a New Year’s 
gift, and I could think of nothing better than The 
R. N.-Y., as I know that he will get more good out 
of it than from anything else I could give him at 
several times the cost, and he will never know 
how he got it. john molyneux. 
Tennessee. 
We are heartily in favor of a neighborly 
feeling, especially when it takes that 
THE AVORLB’S EIGHTH WONDER. 
It’s not a pyramid nor a hanging garden; it’s 
Salzer’s Silver Mine Oats, which yielded 209 bush¬ 
els per acre. Silver King Barley produces 116 
bushels per acre. You can beat that in 1896, and 
win $200. Largest grass, clover and grain seed 
growers in America ! 
148-page Mammoth Catalogue, 5-ceut postage, 
or if you will cut tills out and send it 
with 10 cents postage to the John A. Salzer Seed 
Company, La Crosse, Wis., you will receive their 
Mammoth Catalogue and 10 packages of grains 
and grasses, including package of Silver Mine 
Oats and Silver King Barley.— Adv. 
form. It won’t hurt our feelings if 10,000 
of our readers find themselves similarly 
disposed. 
Now one more from a Wisconsin man. 
please commence my time with the first issue 
for January, as I intend to keep right on with it. 
One of my neighbors has been taking The R. 
N.-Y., and I have been reading it. He says that 
he cannot afford to take it any longer, and I can¬ 
not afford to go without it, although I now have 
more papers than I can read; but I shall drop 
some of them when my time expires, and con¬ 
tinue with The R. N.-Y. e. j. scofield. 
That’s the other side of the neighbor 
question. Does it hit you ? 
Now, last of all, we must give the 
names of last week’s dollar winners. 
Here they are. Y’our name should be 
there: 
Jan. 13.—Mrs. E. B. Engle, Franklin Co., Pa. 
14. —W. S. Moore, Chenango Co., N. Y. 
15. —W. S. Moore, Chenango Co., N. Y. 
16. —J. F. Rose, Genesee Co., N. Y. 
17. —Fred. H. Johnson, Worcester Co., Mass. 
18. —Jos. Morris, Sanilac Co., Mich. 
CROP AND MARKET NOTES. 
Supplies of pork have been larger, and the price 
has declined. 
The poultry market is dull under heavier arri¬ 
vals and lighter demands. 
English growers want the duty on beer changed 
so as to encourage the growth of hops and barley. 
Bradstreet’s advices make the Australian 
wheat crop 16,300,000 bushels, against 21,900,000 
last year. 
The bean crop of southern Washington was 
very large last year ; but freight rates are so 
high that large quantities are being stored. 
The North Dakota State Dairymen’s Associa¬ 
tion will hold its second annual convention at 
Lisbon, February 13 and 14. A large number of 
local speakers and prominent authorities on 
dairy subjects will make addresses. E. F. Ladd, 
secretary, Fargo. 
Pacific coast hop growers are reported to have 
decided to plow up a large area of their hop- 
yards. There has been no money in this crop 
during the past few years, and reducing the 
acreage seems to be the only way of affording 
relief. This course would seem to be a wise one 
for eastern growers to pursue. 
A market authority says that much pork is 
sjioiled in sticking, the knife penetrating the 
shoulder, and causing the blood to settle there so 
that the meat soon spoils. Great care should be 
exercised in having the carcass as clean as pos¬ 
sible, and by all means have it thoroughly cooled. 
A fine appearance always helps the sale and in¬ 
creases the price. 
The English market for American apples is 
very strong, and the supply light. Higher prices 
are anticipated. Latest quotations from Glas¬ 
gow and Edinburgh are as follows: York Impe¬ 
rials, $4.62 to $5.35; Winesaps, $4.87 to $5.35; Rome 
Beapty and Ben Davis, $4.12 to $4.87. Quotations 
from Liverpool are as follows: Newtown Pippins, 
$2.93 to $4.38; Golden Russets, $1.70 to $2.43; Bald¬ 
wins, $2.79 to $4.12. 
Number of barrels of American apples shipped 
during the week ending January 11, were as fol- 
follows: 
From U. S. and Can. to Liverpool. 12,000 
From U. S. and Can. to Glasgow. 1,600 
From N. Y., Halifax and Can. to London. 15,000 
Total. 28,600 
Corresponding week in 1894. 49,000 
Totai snipments from U. S. and Can. this 
season. 560,000 
Total shipment to date last season. 1,205,000 
Shipments this week were about 1,400 barrels. 
The egg market was nearly swamjied the past 
week. Receipts were very heavy, and many of 
those received from the South and West, as well 
as some from nearer points, were so dishonestly 
packed as to kill the trade. Cases of “ strictly 
fresh,” would have a layer of fresh over the 
top, the rest being refrigerator eggs, and some 
cases were made up of a mixture, largely refrig¬ 
erator. Under ordinary conditions, the lower 
prices prevailing would stimulate consumption, 
but this sort of trickery disgusts dealers and de¬ 
stroys demand. Little of this trickery can be 
laid to the farmers, however. 
(Continued on next page.) 
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important booklet containing recipes 
for making kerosene emulsions, for 
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