1906. 
PUBLISHER’S DESK. 
This year we are going to send you one 
of the best novelties that we have yet dis¬ 
tributed among subscribers. 
Sonic time ago we discovered a seed¬ 
ling of the Isabella grape in the Hudson 
Valley. There was only one vine in ex¬ 
istence. That was in Mr. William B. 
Brown’s back yard at Newburg, N. Y. 
The vine showed great vigor and prolific 
qualities. It also proved perfectly hardy 
in that trying temperature. The berries 
are large and sweet. They grow in big 
thick clusters, and in great abundance. 
'I he flavor is good, and they ripen early. 
It is fully as early as Moore’s Early, and 
has the advantage over Moore’s by adher¬ 
ing firmly to the stem and ripening evenly. 
Altogether in point of carliness, quality, 
hardiness and productiveness it is far 
ahead of any grape now on the market 
for home use, and it has no equal as an 
early market variety. See illustration on 
first page and reference under Ruralisms. 
When I first saw this grape I felt satis¬ 
fied that for an early grape there was 
nothing to compare to it in cultivation, 
and I felt then that it would be a great 
thing if we could propagate it and dis¬ 
tribute it to R. N.-Y. subscribers, thus 
spreading it at once all over the country. 
There were two serious causes of delay. 
Mr. Brown was not willing to part with 
it, believing that because of its quality he 
could make a handsome profit on market¬ 
ing it himself. The other drawback was 
the expense. I went over this matter with 
our associates and soon found that at that 
time we could not afford the expense. 
Later on Mr. Brown found himself 
growing old, with no facilities to prop¬ 
agate and market the grape, and removed 
his objection by naming a price, which, 
while rather high, yet put it within our 
reach. Then came up again the old ques¬ 
tion of cost of propagation and distribu¬ 
tion. The R. N.-Y. in the meantime had 
grown. The list and the earnings had be¬ 
come larger. This was two years ago. 
We then figured it out that we could af¬ 
ford to send a young greenhouse plant to 
each subscriber, and that we would ask 
each subscriber to send the postage at the 
time lie renewed for subscription. The 
postage would not mean much to the indi¬ 
vidual subscriber, but it would run into 
thousands of dollars to us to send to the 
whole list. So we settled on that plan, 
and started the work of propagating the 
vines. 
This brings us up to last year, about 
a year ago this time. The list had still 
increased and the general business had 
still further increased. We figured out 
what it would cost to set the plants in the 
open field, and send a year-old hardy plant 
instead of the young greenhouse rootlet. 
Some of the young plants would die. 
The one-year-old plants would all live. 
We wanted no blanks. Every family 
should have a living, bearing plant, or oui- 
purpose was not completed. So we con¬ 
cluded to set the plants in the open field. 
We did so and now have a plant for 
every subscriber on the list. But we at 
that time yet held to the plan of asking 
subscribers to furnish the postage. 
This brings us up to the present time. 
In the last year business has been still a 
shade better. The list is a little larger. 
We could hardly afford to pay postage and 
all, but yet decided to do it. So that 
every subscriber for the year 1907 will get 
free and postpaid a plant of this new early 
grape. The day your renewal comes in 
your name and address will be written on 
a label. These will be held until early 
planting time and then the plants will be 
mailed you postpaid in the order in which 
renewals have been received. The first 
renewal will receive the first plant and 
so on. 
Now, in view of all this extra work and 
expense, we want to ask two favors of 
you: 
Eirst, send in your own renewal 
promptly. 
Second, talk to your neighbors about 
it, and send in their subscriptions, We 
depend on your sending some new sub¬ 
scribers to get out whole on the expense 
-of the grape. If each one would send 
just one new yearly subscription the re¬ 
sult would amply cover all the work and 
expense, not in the profits of the new sub¬ 
scription. but in the future renewals of 
these orders. We will, of course, send 
the grape to each new name you send. 
But if you do not have the time or incli¬ 
nation to ask your neighbors for their 
yearly subscriptions send the three 10- 
week subscriptions anyway as suggested 
in notice of expiration. When these ex¬ 
pire we will tell them about the grape, and 
they will have an opportunity to get it 
then if they will. If any farmer whose 
subscription you send is not pleased with 
his bargain after reading the paper three 
months, we will return his whole dollar. 
We do not want to keep a cent of any 
man’s money unless we are giving him 
THE RURAL NEW-YORKER. 
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full value for it, and we want him to be 
the judge of its value to him. 
We make no apology for asking our old 
friends to help along in this work. Some 
of them have been doing it year after year 
for longer or shorter periods—some for 
50 years or more. It is really your work 
as well as ours, and all for the same re¬ 
sult. You know the work The R. N.-Y. 
is doing. If you approve of it, you want 
to encourage it and extend it. This spirit 
is what has made the paper the power it 
is for farming interests. Its power and 
usefulness comes more from what you 
put into it than from what the editor and 
publisher can do for it. Your influence 
and co-operation is felt and appreciated 
during the whole year. But just now, this 
month, we want to ask that your influence 
be directed particularly to increasing the 
subscription list. 
To repeat, we ask you, first, to send 
your own renewal promptly; second, to 
influence a new yearly subscription if you 
can, and anyway to send the three 10- 
weeks trial subscriptions. j. j. d. 
A Large Egg 
Yield 
A hen—any hen—will lay a great 
number of eggs (some more than 
others) if conditions and surroundings 
are such as meet the requirements 
of lien nature. Here is where your part 
comes in. Give the hen a regular daily 
portion (a penny’s worth is enough 
for 30 hens) of Dr. Hess Poultry 
Pan-a-ce-a, and she will do the rest. 
DR. HESS 
POULTRY 
PAN-A-CE-A 
is not a food—it is a tonic, specially pre¬ 
pared to give “tone” to the digestive 
and reproductive organs, so that the 
maximum of food, over and above the 
maintenance ration, is used to make 
eggs. It has also a property foreign to 
a so-called poultry food. It is a germi¬ 
cide, that is, it destroys bacteria, the 
cause of nearly all poultry ailments. 
Poultry Pan-a-ce-a is the prescription 
of Dr. Hess (M.D., D.V.S.). is endorsed 
by the leading poultry associations in 
United States and Canada, and is sold 
on a written guarantee. 
11 lbs. 25e., mall or 
express, 40c. 
5 lbs., COo. 
12 lbs., ti.es. 
25 lb. pall, 
Except in Canada 
extreme West and f 
£.50. 
ids and / 'J 
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Ashland, 0. 
Instant I.ouse Killer 
Kills Lice. 
Send 2c for 
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SQUABS 
are raised in one month: 
bring big prices. Money 
makers for poultrymen, 
fanners, women. 
Send for our Free Book and learn this, 
rich industry. Correspondence inviteddwt' 
Plymouth Hock Squab Co., ami 
335 Howard St., Melrose, Mass.^^y^ 
KALORAMAFARM BERKSHIRES 
SPECIAL OFFERING of 50 Fall Pigs. 
$6.00 each or $11.00 per pair, not akin. Your money 
back if not satisfied. Also a few high class boars 
ready for service and some splendid young sows. 
They are all Kalorama Farm quality. Address 
CALVIN J. HUSON, Penn Yan, N. Y. 
DCD|fCU|DCC Choice Young Berkshire Pigs, 8 
ELIllVonilltd weeks old, $3.50 each. 
KNOLL TOP FARM, Merchantville, N. J. 
JERSEY REDS GET HEAVY FAST 
It’s “Pounds that count.” Buy Jersey Red 
Pigs—the rapid growers. Strong, vigorous, 
small-boned, long-bodied. Nine months 
nigs often dress 350 lbs. Buv a pair now. 
Get quick profits. Circular Free. 
A. J. COLLINS, Box R , Moorestown, N. J. 
REG. 0. I. C, PIGS AND GILTS, 
Shropshire Yeoi'ling Rams and Ram Lambs. Can 
please the hardest to please. 
CE1>AK LAWN FARM, Ludlowville, N. Y. 
LARGE POLAND-CHINAS. 
A lot of good Spring Boars, Yearling Sows Bred, 
choice Spring Gilts Bred, Fall Pigs and Fancy Collie 
Pups. Address, F. C. 11EASLEY, Route 4, Mercer, Pa. 
O. I. C. PIGS. 
May, June, August and September farrow. Silvet 
Stock. Five strains not akin. Young Boars and 
Brood Sows. All registered stock. Prices reasonable. 
F. J. SCHWARTZ, East Pharsalia, New York 
ftllFQTFB U/IIITCC- Fal1 $ 5 1<> $6 ; 
unto I tn ff 111 I CO Spring Sows breu or 
open $12 to $15. H. A. THATCHER, Peruluck, Pa. 
You Can Get More Eggs 
And Save Feed Bills 
E VERY atom that hens use in making eggs, 
comes from the food they eat. They 
can’t get it anywhere else ; 
That being true, you must, if 
you expect eggs in abundance, 
feed foods rich in egg-making 
materials. 
Analysis shows that not only 
eggs, but the bones, the lean meat 
and the feathers of fowls are all 
made up of what the professors 
call "protein." 
Hence, fowls must have protein 
if they are to give you the best 
results. 
But protein is found only in 
small quantities in most grains 
and vegetables, but in large quan¬ 
tities in animal food. 
That’s why all fowls crave 
worms and bugs. Instinct teaches 
them that they need such food._ 
Of course, they can’t catch "the 
early worm” in winter or when 
they are yarded, so you must give 
them this protein in some other 
form. 
The best substitute is fresh-cut, 
raw, green bones—the trimmings 
from the meat market, with meat 
and gristle adhering to them. 
In its raw state it contains ex-_ 
actly the same food elements as 
the worms and bugs. It contains over four 
times as much protein as grain, and is 
Try This Free 
No Honey In Advance 
rich in lime and other egg-making materials. 
That's why fowls like it so well and why it 
doubles the egg-yield, increases 
fertility, makes larger hatch¬ 
es land stronger chicks, develops 
earlier broilers and layers and 
makes heavier market fowls— _ 
Because it ‘‘balances the ration” 
by supplying what is most scarce 
in grains. You can’t get the best 
results without it. 
Green bone is easily and quickly 
prepared, with 
MANN’S KSB? 
BONE CUTTER 
We want you to try this machine. 
You don’t have to buy it—just try 
it first. 
To prove to you what it will do,we 
will send you any one you may 
select from our catalogue on 
10 Days Free Trial 
{No Money in Advance.) 
It cuts all bone with all adheri ng meat and 
gristle, never clogging and wasting nothing. 
It automatically adapts itself to your 
strength , so that any one can use It. 
It is strong, durable and does not get 
out of order. 
But try it! 
Send today for catalogue—select the ma- 
chine you want to try—we’ll do the rest. 
F. W. MANN COMPANY. 
Box 15 Millord. Mass. 
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Standard Mbtchibs Bt ItSS Than Coat ToMakc. 
No Circular Oh Tnlil.Stiio CflSfl With OROtR At Once-. 
Sind For Rioulrr Incubator Bnwih Supput Caraioo. 
CORNELL INCUBATOR CO Ithacany 
l*lake Your 
Hens* Pay 
Til_P_ M A - V. — niM.. If .SaVi .1 
ndfihetch Chick* that Lite. Beginners, as well | 
as experts, do this with the Latest Pattern 
rYPUTRQ Incubators 
V ■ rntllO and Broodorl with their Patented - 
Improvements possessed by no others. 00 days* free trial with Money 
Back Guaranty. Get 244 pa*e Guide to Poultry Profit PREE to you. 
CYPHERS INCUBATOR COMPANY, BUFFALO, 
/few York, Boston, Chloago, Oakland, California, Kansas City. 
Poultry Supplies 
^ We keep everything 
in the Poultry Line 
—Fencing, Feed, In¬ 
cubators, Live Stock, 
Brooders—anything— 
it’s our business. Call or let us send 
you our Illustrated Catalog it’s free. 
Excelsior Wire & Poultry Supply Co., 
Sept. HO, 26-28 Vesey 8t„ New York. 
Bonnie Brae Poultry Farm, New Rochelle, N. Y. 
Breeders of Blue Ribbon, Single and Rose Comb 
White Leghorns'and mammoth rekin Ducks. Stock 
and Eggs for salo at reasonable prices. Largest 
plant in the vicinity of New York City. Incubators 
10,000 Eggs capacity. 
B arred, buff and white Plymouth 
ROCKS, White Wyandottes, White Minorcas, 
White Leghorns, Mammoth Pekin Ducks; $3.00 each, 
$7.f>0 for trio, $12.00 for breeding pen. Catalogue free, 
EDWARD G. NOONAN, Proprietor East Donegal 
Poultry Yards, Marietta, Pennsylvania. 
C1X RIBBONS on White H. turkeys St. Louis Ex- 
position; stock akin, others not. P. ducks. White 
Rocks. Mrs. Morton W. Fordice, Rnssellville, Ind. 
WHITE WYANDOTTE HENS, cockerels and 
'V pullets for sale. Also M. PEKIN DUCKS. 
Good stock at right prices. K. Franklin Kean, Stanley, N. Y. 
WRIGHT’S WHITE WYANDOTTES 
lOO Cockerels, Duston’s direct, $1.25 each. 
GRAND VIEW FAR M, Stanfordville, N. Y. 
Pfl D Cl I C—50 Choice Buff Wyandotte Pullets 
rUn wALt at $1.00 each to reduce stock. 
CIIAS. I. MILLER, R. F. D. No. 1, Hudson, N. Y. 
EMPIRE STATE S. G. 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. 
' Send f dr free | 
Catalogue- 
Hatch Chickens by 
Steam with the 
EXCELSIOR INCUBATOR 
Or WOODEN HEN 
Simple, perfect, self-regulating. 
Hatch every fertile egg. Lowest 
priced first-class hatchers made. 
CEO. H. STAHL, Quincy, III. 
EARLY CHICKS PAY BIG 
Hatched In January, Feb¬ 
ruary and March, they make 
bigprofits. Hatch themin a 
BANTA INCUBATOR 
Heat uniform, case tight, 
ventilation gives strong 
chicks, regulator reliable. Ten 
minutes work daily. New cata¬ 
log free. Banta-Bandsr Mfg. Co Dept. 4B.llE°nl»f l"d. 
A Free Book About 
Incubators 
We issue the best book ever written on 
Incubators—written by a man who has 
spent 25 years in perfecting them—by the 
man who made the Racine. It tells facts 
that you must know to get the right incu¬ 
bator. Don’t buy without reading it, for 
the book is free. We Pay the Freight. 
Racine Hatcher Co., Box 87, Racine, Wla. 
Warehouses: Buffalo, Detroit, Kansas City, St. Paul. 
_,E VILLA POULTRY YARDS can fill orders from all vari¬ 
eties, Andalusians, Rocks, Wyandottes, Minorcas, leghorns, 
Hamburga, Spanish, Anconas, Javas. W. G. Mosher,Sylvania,Pa. 
Large English Berkshire Figs. Female Collie 
Puppies, B. Rock and Buff Orpington Chickens. Prices 
right, stock as represented. «• A. I, others, Peru I.aek, Pa. 
PRIMROSE STOCK FARMtIK^'K. 6 ;!'^ 
imported stock. A. A. BRADLEY, Frewsburg, N. Y. 
IMPROVED LAR6E YORKSHIRES 
Hog. Pigs of all ages from imported stock for sale. 
Meadow Brook Stock Farm, Rochester. Mich. 
THIS MEANS just what it says. These are not 
‘‘razor backs” but pedigreed pigs. Eligible to Register 
and are FREE, except Express, to any 
.live man or boy. Oneormore of these 
Lplgs easily secured. For particulars 
^dtcopy of Best Swine Magaxlne, write 
The Poland China News, Box 15. report, in. 
Reg, P. Chinas, Berkshires and C. Whites. 
8 wks. and older, mated not akin* Ser¬ 
vice Boars, have stock returned, re¬ 
fund money if not satisfactory. Reg. 
ITolsteins. Heifers, Bulls and Cows 
in Calf. Hamilton &C'o., Ercildoun, Chester Co., Pa. 
BERKSHIRES. 
American and English Breeding; the best at reason¬ 
able prices. Matings not akin. 
Descriptive circulars on application. 
WILLOUGHBY FARM, Gettysburg, Pa. 
SPRINGBANK HERD 
LARGE BERKSHIRES 
A fine hunch of Sows coming a year 
old by Grand Premier. No. 80005, bred to Baron Duke 
85th. No. 91215. A son of Premier Longfellow, No. 
68000, Grand Champion at St. Louis in 1904. Booklet 
on application. J. E. WATSON, Marbledale, Conn. 
POULTRY and PIGEON 
SUPPLIES 
for every need in our line, including the famous 
KEYSTONE FOODS. 
Prices right. Send today for Booklet and useful Sou¬ 
venir Free. TAYLOR BROS., Dept. M, Camden, New Jeriey. 
EGGS ALL WINTER, if you feed Eaton’s Perfec¬ 
tion Mash Mixture, will increase profits, Ask your 
dealer, or write R. D. EATON GRAIN AND 
CO,. Norwich, N. Y. Mention this paper. 
BLACK MINORCA HENS Also, Cockerels, 
Black Minorca and White Leghorn (Van Dresser) 
same price. SLAYMAKER & SON, Dover, Del. 
R ( 
OSE COMB Brown Leghorn Cockerels. Best strain. 
Price reasonable. I. C. Hawkins, Bullville, N. Y. 
90 
Var’s Poultry, Pigeons, Parrots, Dogs, Cats, 
Ferrets, etc. Eggs a specialty. 60p. book, 10c. 
Rates free. J.A.BERGEY, Box8, Telford,Pa. 
DARRED ROCKS and S. C. Brown Leghorns, 
our Famous Egg-producing strains; Pullets lay 
at 131 days. NELSON BROS., Grove City, Pa. 
ROCK-HOLLAND FARM 
W.Plymouth Rocks and W. Holland Turkeys 
R. C. R. I. REDS. Partridge Wyandottes. Fine 
stock. Best strains. Return privilege my expense. 
Cockerels, Pullets, Eggs, $2.00 up. Sinclair Smith! 
602 5th St.. Brooklyn., N. Y. Farm, Southold, N. Y. 
AMERICA’S Best Silver Penciled Wyandottes. 
** WmnersatMadison SqnareGarden 1906. Summit 
Hill Poultry Farm, Box Y. Apulia Station, N. Y. 
pOR SALE—Mammoth Bronze Turkeys, hred 
■ from exceptionally large stock, and of first-class 
quality, CHARLES BKOCK WAY. Moravia, N. Y. 
Registered Angora Goats, Rambouillet sheep. 
Holstein cattle. J. E.VanGelder, Hammondsport.N.Y, 
(TCPRCTQ Raised in small lots are sti-ong and 
rtnnt I O healthy. Warranted good rat and 
rabbit hunters. Descriptive circular ami price list 
free. Shady Lawn Ferret Farm, New London, Ohio 
15,000 FERRETS. Perfect workers. 
These animals exterminate rats, hunt 
rabbits. 48-page illus. book 6c. Cir. price 
list free. s. Farnsworth, Middletown, Ohio 
kCOTCH COLLIES, Spayed Females, two to 
height mos. Circ. SILAS DECKER, Montrose, Pa. 
©PORTING DOGS, Cattle, Sheep, 
** Swine, Pigeons, Ferrets and 
Rabbits. Ten cents Fifty-six page 
illustrated catalogue. C. G. Lloydt, 
Dei>t. K, Sayre, Pa. 
IMPORTED CATALONA, MAJORIC 
AND KENTUCKY BRED JACKS. 
We have the grandest lot of 
Imported Catalona,. Majoric and 
Kentucky bred jacks ever offered 
by any firm. Our stock of saddle, i 
trotting & pacing stallions is also 
very large., oland ChinaaudTam- 
worth Hogs. Write for Catalog. 
J. F. COOK & (X)MPANY, 
Lexington, Ky. 
Branch Barn, Newton, ILsu. 
