1906 . 
721 
THE RURAL NEW-YORKER. 
PUBLISHER’S DESK. 
You must not forget those prizes for 
short term subscription work. Here they 
are again: 
$250.00 in Cash 
for the largest Thirty-five Clubs sent by 
October 10, 1906. 
These prizes are as follows: 
better off when they paid their cxpressage. 
Finally the postal authorities have stepped 
in and issued “fraud orders” against them 
and stopped delivery of mail to them. 
The R. N.-Y. was four months ahead of 
Uncle Sam. 
How much better is the Seedless apple 
than the “puzzle” fake? Perhaps some 
of the boastful publishers who are running 
the advertisement and encouraging read- 
The largest club.$50 . • 
The second largest club. 40 ers t0 pay $2 aplcce for trees wl11 nSe up 
The third largest club. 30 ancI show the difference. We hope they 
The fourth largest club. 20 will. The best horticultural authorities in 
rhe fifth largest club....... 15 the country agree that this much-adver 
1 he ten next largest clubs.$5.00 each , c .,, . , . , 
The ten next largest clubs.$2.50 each tlsed Seed,ess a PP le 15 propagated from a 
The ten next largest clubs.$2.00 each worthless seedling found in Virginia 
In case of tie for any prize the prize * s n # °* a ^ wa y s seedless, and has no other 
money will be duplicated. mciit to recommend it. Why pay $2 for 
Every new yearly order will count as now and develop it, only to find in after 
four trials. years that you have been cheated? You 
Every short term subscription is prop- can ^ et a stan dard tree for 20 cents, ant 
erly credited. For example, a short time be . surc of rcsidts - The publisher who 
ago we sent out thousands of postals P r 'uts the advertisement contributes to the 
announcing credits of from five cents to ““fortune of every reader whom he in¬ 
several dollars for those who simply duces to buy the Seedless apple, 
wrote their names on the little envelopes 
and then handed them about among 
friends. You ought to read the responses 
to these cards. Here is a sample from 
Connecticut: 
In reply to your card. I had not expected 
any reward for what I did for The R. N.-Y. 
I had my three boys canvass this section 
through, and paid them for so doing, and was 
sorry the returns were not larger; there is 
but a small field here to cover, and few sec¬ 
tions need a good paper more. I have used 
every opportunity to say a word for The 
R. N.-Y., and always shall, I reckon. 
This man does not realize how much 
good he does us by these kindly words. 
Here is a note from Ohio: 
Please send me 50 sample copies of The 
R. N.-Y.; also 50 or 75 envelopes (the small 
ones). I received a circular a while ago, 
stating that there was 10 cents due me for 
sending a subscription. Never mind the 10 
cents. The old Rural is not going backward 
any, I can tell you. I can recommend it, 
you bet. j. s. b. 
No one would put up any money 
against that bet. When such men pass the 
word along it goes a good way. Here is 
the way a New York reader is doing it: 
The package of sample copies and enve¬ 
lopes received about a week ago I distributed 
last Tuesday on our street market and mar¬ 
ket house. I had just enough to go around. 
We placed a copy and envelope at each 
place where they were not taking The It. 
N.-Y. A number of compliments were heard 
for The It. N.-Y. 
That was good business, and you would 
be surprised to see how many of those lit¬ 
tle envelopes come back to us. The mar¬ 
ket place is good soil in which to sow 
such seed, so is the Grange, picnic, school 
meeting, home or barn. You see they all 
call for the little envelopes, for it has been 
shown that this is a popular way of send¬ 
ing subscriptions. It comes at our risk. 
Now how many of these envelopes shall we 
send you? It is getting to be quite a 
fixed habit among our readers to secure 
five or more of these short term sub¬ 
scriptions. Naturally we want to encour¬ 
age the habit by furnishing the envelopes. 
How many? 
What else can we do for you? We 
are here to be of service if possible, and 
we shall not feel satisfied until you say 
that we give you 110 cents value on the 
dollar! How many?. 
No doubt there are several of your 
neighbors who would feel as this man 
does, if you would only give them the 
chance! 
If you will take a hand at the work, 
drop us a line for samples, little enve¬ 
lopes and any assistance we can give you. 
The time is short now for the prizes. 
Get to work at once. At this time of 
year the prizes always go easy. 
Last Spring we exposed the crooked 
methods of the McLean Publishing Co., 
of 88 Walker Street, New York, and cau¬ 
tioned our readers against them. They 
were then and have been since advertising 
in many other papers. Their plan was the 
old puzzle trick. Of course everyone 
could solve it, and everyone who wrote 
them was notified he was entitled to the 
prize and needed only to send $1.35 for 
boxing and packing. You could pay the 
expressage on delivery, though the fact 
was carefully avoided in the advertise¬ 
ments and circulars. Many who sent the 
$1.35 got nothing. The others were no 
Chicken Killers Strike. —The New 
York Sun gives an account of a strike 
among the Jewish chicken killers or 
schochets in this city. 
Folks who don’t care for chicken will be 
surprised to know that the Jews of Man¬ 
hattan get away with 50 carloads, or 250,000 
chickens, every week. The religion requires 
that fowls be eaten on the Sabbath day and 
oftener in the holidays. Each fowl must be 
killed by a schochet, who has to pass a rigid 
examination as to his knowledge of the 
Talmud and the laws of killing prescribed 
by the religion before the rabbi gives him 
a diploma. When killing a fowl the schochet 
bends back its head, slashes it across the 
windpipe and says a Hebrew prayer, the 
English of which is: “God blesses this 
fowl because he made it.” Then he allows 
a little of the fowl's blood to drip on the 
floor and says another prayer over the 
blood after he has covered it with sawdust. 
The chicken or capon or whatever it may be 
is then ready for orthodox consumption. 
Formerly th^se schochets were paid one 
cent each for killing the chickens. Efforts 
were made to put them on a basis of 
$14 a week, and they have begun a 
strike. In addition to killing chickens 
these schochets perform marriages and 
other religious ceremonies. 
Floor for Horse Stall. —Reading the 
article written by Edward P. Mayo on “Ma¬ 
terial for Stable Floor,” brings one material 
to my mind that I have never seen ad¬ 
vocated ; that is, clay mixed with gas tar. I 
have seen such floors that gave satisfaction. 
The clay was put in, then the tar was 
mixed with a rake in the top laver. This 
made it tough and hard, yet yielding enough 
to make an ideal floor. I would like to hear 
if others have tried it. w. h. ridge. 
Pennsylvania. 
NINETY MILLION 
BUSHELS! 
—That’s the 
WHEAT 
CROP 
in Western Canada 
this Year. 
This, with nearly 
80,000,000 bushels of 
oats and 17,000,000 
bushels of barley, means a continuation of 
Good Times for the Farmers of 
Western Canada. 
Free Farms, Big Crops, Low Taxes, Healthy 
Climate, Good Churches and Schools, Splendid 
Railway Service. 
The Canadian Government offers 160 acres of 
land free to every settler willing and able to com¬ 
ply with the Homestead Regulations. 
Advice and information may be obtained free from 
W. D. SCOTT,Sup’t of Immigration,Ottawa, Can., 
or from 
TH0S. DUNCAN, Canadian Government Agent, 
Syracuse Bank Building, SYRACUSE, N. Y. 
Mention this paper. 
HOLD UP! 
and c orvsid&ir 
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br£nd*SLICKE& 
LIKE ALL 
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CLOTHING. 
is made of the best 
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fully fiuaiunteecUnd sold by 
reliable dealers everywhere 
_ STICK TO THE 
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r !SH BBkw* T0WIR CANADIAN COnUHirta. A.JTOWER CO. 
• *rnenwrn rtU «n<rrr>u miu net 
WILD WITH ITCHING HUMOR. 
Eruption Broke Out in Spots All Over Body 
—Cured at Expense of Only *1,25 
—Thanks Cuticura Remedies. 
“The Cuticura Remedies cured me of 
my skin disease, and I am very thankful 
to you. _ My trouble was eruption of the 
skin, which broke out in spots all over my 
body, and caused a continual itching, 
which nearly drove me wild at times. I 
got medicine of a doctor, but it did not 
cure me, and when I saw in a paper your 
3 .d., I sent to you for the Cuticura book 
and I studied my case in it. I then went 
to the drug store and bought one cake of 
Cuticura Soap, one box of Cuticura Oint¬ 
ment and one vial of Cuticura Pills. From 
the first anplication I received relief. I 
used the first set and two extra cakes of 
Cuticura Soap, and was completely cured. 
I had suffered for two years, and I again 
thank Cuticura for my cure. Claude N. 
Johnson, Maple Grove Farm, R. F. D., 2, 
Walnut, Kan., June 15, 1905.” 
ASTHMA CURED 
SCHIFFMANN’S ASTHMA CURE 
Instantly relieves the most violent attack and insures com¬ 
fortable sleep. NO WAITING for RESULTS. Beine used by 
Inhalation, Its action is immediate, direct and Certain, i 
and a cure is the result in all curable cases. A silicic trial 
convinces the most skeptical. Price, 50c. and $1.00 of any ' 
druggist, or by mail. Samples Pree for stamp. 
DR. R. SCHIFFMANN, St. Paul, Minn. 
FENCE 
Made of High Carbon colled wire. We 
have no agents. Sell direct to user at 
factory prices on 30 days free trial. 
We pay all freight. Catalog shows 37 
styles and heights of farm and pou ltry 
fence. It’s free. Buy direct. Write today 
COILED SPRINC FENCE CO. 
Box 263. WINCHESTER, INDIANA 
STEEL 
WHEELS 
with wide tires double the use¬ 
fulness of the farm wagon. 
We furnish them any size to 
fit any axle. Cheaper than re¬ 
pairing old wheels. Catalogue/ree. 
EMPIRE MFG. CO., BoxTOa, Quincy, Ill. 
HORSE POWERS 
THRASHERS Wood 
and CLEANERS Saws, 
One & two-horse Thrashing Outfits. Level PHTTERQ 
Tread, Perfect Governor, Feed & Ensilage wU I 1 LilO 
Write for catalogue 
ELLIS KEYSTONE AGR’L WORKS, Pottstown, Pa. 
FEED GREEN BONE 
Make jour poultry profitable. Hens, 
lay moro eggs. Chicks grow fat faster. Cut it yourself. 
This guaranteed $8.80 Standard Bone Cutter is just the 
thing. Write for catalog of larger sixes and free trialplan. 
Standard Bone Cutter Oo„ Milford, Mass, 
Registered Angora Goats. Rambouillet sheep, 
Holstein cattle. J. E.VanGelder, Haminondsport.N.Y. 
FOB SALE—A HANDSOME AND 
WELL BRED STALLION 
along in years, at a low price if given a good home. 
Address It. F. D.. Box30, Morris Plains. New Jersey. 
O. I. C. SWINE, all ages, at reasonable prices. 
VAN BOREN BROS., Lysander, O 11011 . Co., N. Y. 
I /N PIGS. Registered stock; five strains. 
■ ■■ Silver’s premium stock: May, June, 
August and September farrow; prices low; pairs 
and trios not akin. 
P. J. SCHWARTZ, East Pharsalia, N. Y. 
DUROC-JERSEY PIGS 
Exceptionally fine, from Registered stock. No better. 
HUGH BRINTON, West Chester, Pa. 
15,000 FERRETS, S'jS’r"," 
. illustrated ferret book published. 48 pages 
of practical experience from a life study 
of these useful little animals, telling how 
to successfully breed and work ferrets, how ferrets 
clear buildings of rats, drive rabbits from burrows. 
Price list tree. Samuel Farnsworth, Mid<iieto»n, Ohio. 
CCppCTC Raised in small lots are strong and 
I tflrlt I O healthy. Wan-anted good rat and 
rabbit hunters. Descriptive circular and price list 
free. Shady Lawn Ferret Farm, New London, Ohio. 
Z" l Eo b o p -S t p woodlands farm 
Largest Utility Poultry Plant in America. 
If you wish to head your breeding pen with one of 
the cocks that headed our choice breeding pens this 
year, here is a chance to do so; a chance to produce 
pullets that will lay 200 eggs. We are doing it, 
and will give others a chance to do the same. Even 
with our 36,800 square feet of floor space we shall find 
it impossible to house the thousands of pullets we 
have in our colony houses, and will be compelled to 
sell 3,000 liens and pullets, 100 cocks and 400 cockerels. 
PRICES. 
S. C. White Leghorn Hens . . 
S. C. White Leghorn Pullets 
>S. C. White Leghorn Cocks . . 
S. C. White Leghorn Cockerels 
Same prices for White Wyandottes and Barred 
Plymouth Rocks. All these birds are from our great 
laying strains. A few extra choice selected cock¬ 
erels and pullets, from ancestors with un¬ 
usual trap-nest reeord, $10.00 to $25.00 each. 
WOODLANDS FARM, 
Lee T. Hallook, Prop., Iona, New Jersey. 
$ 1.50 to $ 3.00 
$ 2.50 to $ 5.00 
$ 3.00 to $ 15.00 
$ 3.00 to $ 10.00 
UTILITY! 
Laying ability tirst.standard require¬ 
ments second. LARGEST POULTRY 
PLANT IN AMERICA. 8. C. White 
Leghorns, White Wyandottes, Barred 
Plymouth Rocks. Free Booklet. 
WOODLANDS FARM, Iona, NewJorsey. 
Oftft s. C. White Leghorn Pullets, three, 
faUU four and five months old at 50c, 75c and $1.00 
each. Also a few cockerels and yearling hens. One 
300 egg Cyphers Incubator, $25.00. 
E. J. TAYLOR, Westbrook, Conn. 
COR SALE— High bred White Wyandotte Pullets, 
1 Cockerels, Hens and Cocks at honest prices. Also 
Pekin Ducks. E. F. KEAN, Stanley, N. Y. 
ROCK-HOLLAND FARM 
STONE RIDGE, 
NEW YORK. 
W. Plymouth Rocks and W. Holland Turkeys. 
EDWARD G. NOONAN, M ^ T V TA ’ 
Breeder of Thoroughbred Poultry. Prices reasonable. 
EMPIRE S1ATE S. C. WHITE LEGHORNS 
Winners at N. Y. State Fair. 1904-05. Cockerels and 
Pullets, five months old, $1.00 each. Catalogue free. 
' C. H. ZIMMER, R. D. 41, Weedsport, N. Y. 
A Var’s Poultry, Pigeons, Parrots, Dogs, Cats, 
5§ 11 Ferrets, etc. Eggs a specialty. 60 p. book, 10c. 
W Rates free. J.A.BERGEY, Box8, Telford,Pa. 
BUFF PLYMOUTH COCKERELS . 
For Sale. March and April hatch. $1 to $2 if taken 
at once. Also, a limited number of Buff Rock Hons 
at $1 each. HOWARD SUTTON, Fairmount, N. J. 
PPIflU nilPKS Now is the time to get your Fall 
rtIVHI llUWhw show birds from yards contain¬ 
ing First Prize pair at N. Y. State Fair. 1905, also 
many other winners. Let us know your wants, $1.00 
to $3.00 each. WALTER McEWAN, Lauder¬ 
dale Farm, Loudonville, Albany Co., N Y. 
PLYMOUTH ROCK COCKERELS. 
ses; May 
take $2.00 
A limited number for breeding purposes 
... .... - 
___mg _^ 
apiece if ordered now. Address 
HUGH SWAN, Sherburne, Chenango Co.. N. Y. 
BONNIE BRAE Breeders of high class 
D U II 11 I t >HNL Single and Rose Comb 
FARM White Leghorn Chickens 
» Mil lit y a nd M ammo tli Pekin 
N, Y. ~ 
Ducks, winners of 22 rib¬ 
bons at Jast Madison 
POULTRY 
New Rochelle, _.. 
Square Garden and Poughkeepsie shows. Special 
bargain prices during the Summer and early Fall of 
mated pens of 10 yearling hens and one selected cock- 
eral ot a fane breed, Single or Rose Comb White 
I .eghorns, $15.00 per pen. 1,000 laying pullets now 
ready. Choice mammoth Pekin Ducks for breeding, 
$1 each tor any ntimber. Selected breeders, $1.50 each. 
SQUAB BREEDERS 
Tf. O_, 
It pays to raise Squabs for Market when your 
breeders are from the best stock. Give our Antwerp 
Homer Breeders a trial and you will keep no other 
kind. Send for a Free Booklet To-day. 
NORTHERN VALLEY PIGEON FARM 
P. O. Box 23, Norwood, N. J. 
ASYPOULTRYPROFITS 
Make money raising poultry with the 
„ Standard Cyphers Incubator. 
Guaranteed to hatch M <re and Healthier Chicks than 
any other. OOdavstrial. Big 228pago cat’lg FRKB 
Jfyou mention thigjournal and send name of two 
frlonda Interested in poultry. Write nearest office. 
Cyphers Incubator Co., Buffalo, N. Y. 
Chicago, Boston, Rcw York, Kansu City or ban Francisco. 
SPORTING AND PET DOGS, 
Cattle, Sheep, Swine, Pigeons, 
Ferrets and Rabbits. Eight 
cents for fifty page illustrated 
catalogue. 
C. G. 
Dept. K, 
LLOYDT, 
Sayre, Pa. 
COLLIE PI PS, Shropshire Rams. Buff Orpington 
v and Barred Lock Chickens. Stock right, prices 
right. W. A. LOTHERS, Peru Lack, Pa. 
Cox Hounds-Pedigreed trained Hounds and Pups. 
1 Reliable Trained Coon Hounds. Rabbit and Wolf 
Hounds. Squirrel Dogs. D. Hopkins, Imboden, Ark. 
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Our handsome new catalogue describes in detail the operation and construction of the 
United States Separator. Many fine and accurate illustrations aid in making perfectiy 
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