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THE RURAL NEW-YORKER 
September 12 
The Agent’s Share. 
Those weekly premiums are going easy, and it is evident that the premiums of 
§o0, §30, §20, §10 and §5 which go out to the largest five clubs September 30, will 
go to easy winners at the present rate. Here are the winners of the premiums 
last week : 
R. R. GAGE. Ontario. 33 Trial Subscriptions. 
CHAS. R. FARNUM. Massachusetts. 29 Trial Subscriptions. 
C. A. MILLER. New York.... 22 Trial Subscriptions. 
The three agents who sent the largest number of names from among those 
who had not won any of the other weekly premiums this season were : 
W. H. HOLMES. Vermont. 21 Trial Subscriptions. 
JOS. SHROPSHIRE. New Jersey. 20 Trial Subscriptions. 
HARLOW LOVELAND. Massachusetts. 18 Trial Subscriptions. 
Remember, every one competes for the first three premiums, and new agents 
only compete for the other three w r eekly premiums. The five cash premiums 
September 30 are open to all. There are just about three weeks more in this 
contest. Three sets of weekly premiums, and then the sweepstaKe premiums follow 
right up. The figures are all given ; you can see just how it works. Is not this 
hard cash worth an effort from you ? 
THE RURAL NEW-YORKER, New York. 
/isWEGoloH 
" RIGHT IN IT." 
We don’t know who originated that 
expression, but it is a good one, for it 
expresses a good deal. The man pic¬ 
tured on our first page is, certainly, 
“ right in it.” He is ‘‘looking through 
The R. N.-Y.” with every feature he 
possesses. What we want to say is that 
The R. N.-Y. will stand all the “looking 
through ” you can give it. We want it 
examined and studied, and we are not 
a bit afraid to have you sit down and 
compare it, page by page, with the other 
agricultural papers. We haven’t a word 
to say against any of them. They are 
all good, and worthy of support. We 
think, however, that you will find, after 
a careful examination of several copies, 
that The R. N.-Y. is different from the 
others. We expect that you will come 
to the conclusion that The R. N.-Y. gives 
a certain class and character of informa¬ 
tion that you cannot find in any other 
paper. Do you want that information 
or not ?—that is the question to be de¬ 
cided, and we will leave it with you to 
decide. 
The man pictured on the first page is 
“ right in it,” and you can see by the 
expression on his face, that he isn’t mak¬ 
ing any complaints. “ Looking through 
The R. N.-Y.” is a cheerful occupation, 
and if we could take you into the homes 
of our readers, we could show you thou¬ 
sands of men who sit reading our 
paper with j ust as cheerful an expression 
as this man has. You will see such men, 
after they have laid the paper aside, sit 
thinking over some idea that has crept 
out of the printed page into their brain. 
People often say this: “ What I like 
about The R. N.-Y. is that, when I read 
it, I feel as though I were sitting down 
and talking with some good friend. It 
seems as though the writers understood 
my case, and take a personal interest 
in it.” 
That criticism always pleases us, be¬ 
cause that spirit is just what we are 
trying to put into the paper. This is all 
we have to say on this side of the sub¬ 
ject. We shall be pleased to see you 
“ looking through The R. N.-Y.” with a 
face as good-natured as the one pictured 
on our first page. If you can get your 
neighbor to look with you, so much the 
better for all hands. 
The other side, of course, refers to the 
subscription contest. The names of last 
week’s winners are given above. It 
doesn’t require any elaborate figuring to 
see that some one is going to make 
money out of this contest. In other 
words, some one will be right in it”. 
Shall you ? We put that question right 
to you ! If not, why not ? Some people 
say that folks won’t take a paper this 
year. That makes us think of the man 
who brought up the calf by hand. He 
said that he had to pull the calf's ears 
out to get her up to the pail, and then had 
to pull her tail out to get her away from 
it. Some of the strongest friends we have 
to-day wouldn’t look at the paper a 
few years ago. Now they are looking 
through it as a regular part of life’s 
duties. Why, see what this Jersey man 
says: 
A near neighbor has been borrowing our Rural 
New-Yorker for the past several months, and he 
has concluded to subscribe for it the remainder 
of the year, and would like a copy of it this week. 
He gave me a quarter, and I retained 10 cents; is 
that correct ? 
Certainly that is correct—correct with a 
capital K, and we can stand it if 10,000 
more good neighbors feel the same way. 
Keep at ’em ! Look through The R. N. Y t . ! 
CROP AND MARKET NOTES. 
Trade in evaporated apples is light. 
Beware of the bogus commission man. 
There is a light supply of fancy Russia turnips. 
Straw is selling slowly at slightly lower prices. 
Fine dressed veals have sold well at good 
prices. 
The new Filled Cheese law went into effect Sep¬ 
tember 4. 
The Delaware peach crop fell short of the early 
estimates. 
Grapes are in large supply, and sell slowly at 
low prices. 
Bartlett and Seckel pears are not in large sup¬ 
ply, and the demand is good. 
The price of lemons is much lower, the supply 
large and the demand small. 
Increasing supplies of dressed poultry have 
checked the advance in prices. 
The live poultry market is active in anticipation 
of the Hebrew New Year holiday. 
Butter maintains its position, but there has 
been no advance during the week. 
Potatoes are not in large supply, and meet a 
good demand, though the price seems very low. 
Eggs have changed little in price, but there is a 
very short supply of strictly fresh, first-class 
eggs. 
Beeswax is selling at 23 to 24 cents per pound 
for pure, but trade is moderate and the market 
weak. 
There is a fair demand for hay, and as the offer¬ 
ings are only moderate, the market is in good 
shape at fair prices. 
Sun dried apples should be in quarters, or, if 
small, better in halves. They should not be cut 
fine as for evaporating. 
Cranberries have made their appearance from 
Cape Cod, and sell for $4 to $5.50 per barrel. They 
are mostly green and of light color. 
From returns so far received, the Tennessee 
State Commissioner of Agriculture places the 
staple crops at 50 per cent of an average. 
Eggs are coming in more slowly, and really fine 
goods are especially scarce. The price has ad¬ 
vanced somewhat, and is liable to go still higher 
at almost any time. 
The visible supply of coffee in the United States 
shows a decrease of 56,494 bags, as compared 
with the corresponding day last year, and it is 
17,980 bags more than it was the same day two 
years ago. 
The Los Gatos, Cal., News says that the apricot 
crop in the Los Gatos district has been almost a 
failure, canners not being able to obtain 50 per 
cent of what they had contracted for of a quality 
suitable for canning. 
According to the Milk Reporter, the receipts of 
milk at New York City during July were 708,342 
cans against 679,257 cans in 1895; of cream 30,421 
cans against 29,045cans in July'last year; of con¬ 
densed milk 6,908 cans against 7,083 cans for July, 
1895. The daily average receipts were 22,849 cans 
of milk, 981 cans of cream and 223 cans of con¬ 
densed milk. The average price of milk for July 
was two cents per quart. The average price of 
x tra butter in July, 15 cents, was equivalent to 
the value of 7.5 quarts of milk; in 1895, the aver¬ 
age price of extra butter, 18cents, was equal 
to 9.2 quarts of milk at the market price then 
ruling. 
There is a little more activity in Marrow and 
Red Kidney beans, and exporters are making 
some purchases. The prices of these varieties 
are somewhat higher, but that of other kinds 
shows little change, and the demand is light. 
Cable dispatches from Liverpool, September 1, 
are to the effeet that the demand for American 
apples is steady at the following prices for soutd 
fruit: Kings, $2.43 to $3.65; Baldwins, $2.06 to 
$2.43; Greenings, $1.58 to $2.43; various others, 
$1.58 to $2.79. 
Export shipments of American apples during 
the week ending August 29, were as follows: From 
the United States and Canada to Liverpool. 
20,284 barrels; to Glasgow, 3,146 barrels; to Lon¬ 
don, 212 barrels; total, 23,642 barrels. The expense 
of exporting is about $1 per barrel. 
The Price Current’s weekly crop report says 
that there is no occasion for important changes 
in crop calculations; moisture delays ripening 
of a portion of the corn, but the bulk of the crop 
is now, or soon will be, secure from frost; indi¬ 
cations of yield fully maintained. Wheat situa¬ 
tion unchanged; fair amounts offering at in¬ 
terior points. 
The Hebrew holidays, which always affect the 
live poultry market, occur 11 days earlier this 
year than last. The next year, according to their 
calendar, is 5657. The holidays are as follows: 
New Year.Sept. 8 and 9, 1896 
Day of Atonement.Sept. 17 1896 
Feast of Tabernacles..Sept. 22 and 23, 1896 
Feast of Law.Sept. 29 and 30, 1896 
Purim. March 18 1897 
Passover.April 17 1897 
Close of Passover.April 24 1897 
Feast of Weeks.June 6 and 7,1897 
For the first holiday, fowls, turkeys, ducks and 
geese are most wanted. 
Tuberculosis at Columbia, Pa.—I have collected 
some facts relating to the tuberculosis scare in 
this part of Pennsylvania. From the deputy vet¬ 
erinarian of this place, I learned that nine hercs 
have been tested, and that, in somecases, the dis¬ 
ease had reached an advanced stage, while in 
others it was but slightly marked. Under the 
test, some herds showed no symptoms of the dis¬ 
ease. Of course, in cases where symptoms of 
the disease were developed, the cows were 
slaughtered, and the dairyman partially reim¬ 
bursed by the State for the loss of his cows. The 
authorities of the town, believing that they were 
getting milk from diseased cows, thought that 
they should do someting to protect the people. 1 
think that their action was hasty and ill-judged, 
for the dairymen are selling milk without com¬ 
plying with the resolution of the council. There 
is no authority to enforce a mere resolution. If 
the test is infallible, and the health of the people 
in danger from the use of the products of the 
dairy, then I think that we should be willing to 
aid the State authorities in stamping it out. 
j. u. oberlin. 
&Hi.$ccUancou.$ §Umtisam), 
Disease is like a 
railroad train. It 
has a regular way of 
coming and going 
and keeps on stead¬ 
ily along a certain 
track. You can al¬ 
most always tell how 
a disease starts, and 
where it will prob¬ 
ably end. It won’t 
go out of its way 
to oblige you any 
more than a locomo¬ 
tive will. Disease 
usually begins when 
the appetite gives 
out—that’s the first 
warning whistle. 
Then the stomach 
and nutritive organs 
fail to supply good 
blood. The circula¬ 
tion grows poor, thin 
and tainted. Instead of carryingnourishment 
to the different parts of the body it carries 
poison, which settles at some point and eats 
away the tissues. According to where it set¬ 
tles it is called liver or kidney or skin dis¬ 
ease—scrofula, erysipelas, eczema, or con¬ 
sumption if it settles on the lungs. It is all 
one trouble : tainted blood; clear out this 
taint and build up the tissues with rich 
blood and the disease is stopped; side¬ 
tracked ; it can’t go any further. No matter 
what the name of a disease is if it’s a blood 
disease, Dr. Pierce’s Golden Medical Dis¬ 
covery will cure it by driving the poison out 
of the circulation and creating a new sup¬ 
ply of healthy, red, life-giving blood to re¬ 
vive and nourish the wasted tissues. It 
puts the digestion in order, invigorates the 
jlood - making organs and builds firm 
healthy flesh. Consumption is a blood- 
disease. Don’t believe it can’t be cured ! 
It is cured every day by Dr. Pierce’s Golden 
Medical Discovery. 
Dear Sir: —I cannot say enough for your “ Gol¬ 
den Medical Discovery.” For two years my little 
boy suffered with lung trouble—first taking la- 
grippe; second intermittent fever; third, lung 
trouble. For two years he coughed. The phy¬ 
sician could do no good and I thought he must 
die. I was told to try Dr. Pierce’s Golden Med¬ 
ical Discovery. I did, and before he had taken 
one bottle he began to mend and could eat a 
little. When he had taken four bottles he was 
well and now is as stout as before. 
Respectfully youra, 
Proctor, Morgan Co., Mo. 
Under 25 Feet Of Snow. 
V e lately filled an order foi a two mile 
sample for use in the great Yosemite Park, 
California. The statement that it would be 
subject to the above test, and that everything 
tried thus far had proved a dead failure, 
did not deter us, for the Page has no fear of 
‘•the beautiful.” Send for evidence. 
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To erect, simply strain cables. The only fence suit¬ 
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OUR RURAL BOOKS. 
Any Book on this List will be forwarded 
promptly on receipt of price. 
Accidents and Emergencies. 
G. G. Groff, M. D. What to Do In—Home 
Treatment of—What to Do ’till the Doctor 
Comes. Sunstroke, poisoning, broken bones, 
cuts, bites of mad dogs, insects, snakes, etc., 
freezing, bruises, burns, choking, colic, 
drowning, exhaustion, explosion, suffocation 
by gases; what to do in storms, being stunned, 
wounds, etc.20 
A Fortune in two Acres. 
Fred Grundy. This is a story of how a work¬ 
man in a small market town gained inde¬ 
pendence and a fortune on two acres. 
Paper.20 
Canning and Preserving Fruits and 
Vegetables, and Preparing Fruit 
Pastes and Syrups. 
The experience of practical workers. The best 
methods by which the surplus fruits may well 
be saved for home use and for the large mar¬ 
ket demand. Hundreds of tested recipes from 
famous preservers. Evaporation of fruits. 
Paper.20 
Chemicals and Clover. 
H. W. Collingwood. A concise and practical 
discussion of the all-important topic of com¬ 
mercial fertilizers, in connection with green 
manuring, in bringing up worn-out soils, and 
in general farm practice. Paper.20 
Country Roads. 
I. P. Roberts and others. Expert opinions 
upon laying out, constructing and maintain¬ 
ing public highways. Highway laws. Illus¬ 
trated. Paper.20 
Fruit Packages 
A description of the current styles of baskets, 
boxes, crates and barrels used in marketing 
fruits in all parts of the country. How to 
grade and pack fruit. Illustrated. Paper..20 
Fertilizers and Fruits. 
H. W. Collingwood. How the Hudson River 
fruit growers cultivate and market their 
crops, and especially shows how these skill¬ 
ful men are feeding their vines and trees. 
Paper.20 
Fruit Culture. 
W. C. Strong. Laying out and management 
of a country home. Hlustrated. Each kind of 
fruit treated separately. Injurious insects 
described. How to fight them. Cloth.$1 
How to Rid Buildings 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 29 
Improving the Farm. 
Lucius D. Davis. Methods of Culture that 
shall Afford a Profit, and at the same time In¬ 
crease the Fertility of the Soil. The contents 
treats exhaustively on renewing run-down 
farms. Cloth.$1 
The Rural New-Yobkeb, New York 
