1911. 
THE RURAL NEW-YORKER 
3£»1 
$ 1,000 FOR 
LETTERS 
on “HOW FARMERS CAN MAKE MONEY 
WITH GASOLINE ENGINES” 
Write to Fuller & Johnson Mfg. Co. for Full Details—NOW l 
Farmers all over this country are just beginning to wake up to the tremendous 
money-making possibilities of high-grade gasoline engines, yet not one farmer in a hundred fully realizes the importance 
and money •'value of these aids to successful and more profitable farming, when applied to his own work on his own farm. 
Good gasoline engines are mechanical marvels which mean immensely increased farm production, multiplied farm profits, a higher standard of living 
and vast savings in labor and wages. 
We are offering $1,000 in cash prizes in order to get together the best ideas of practical farmers and farmers’ sons on “How Farmers Can Make 
Money With Gasoline Engines.” Our object is threefold: 
First: To stimulate widespread interest in the subject of the profitable use of gasoline engines. 
Second: To widen the field for gasoline engines by learning of every possible use to which they are and can be applied. 
Third : To familiarize farmers everywhere with the merits of Fuller & Johnson Double Efficiency 
Engines, the most successful agricultural engines ever designed or built. We are willing to pay big 
money for new and useful ideas. 
The Most Intensely, Vitally Interesting 
Subject Ref ore the Modern Farmer 
Your letter may be the one to win the Grand Prize. Don’t you think $300 in cash is pretty good pay for merely 
writing a letter ? 
- And there are sixty-one cash prizes in all, making a grand total of ONE THOUSAND DOLLARS which we 
are. going to distribute to those who write the sixty-one best letters on this fascinating and important subject. The 
eminent men who have consented to act as judges insure absolute fairness to every contestant. 
Whether or not your letter wins a prize, it will be worth a great deal of money to you to thoroughly investigate 
this great question. You will be astonished to find how the gasoline engine opens up a new world of possibilities. 
You will find all about your opportunities for more profit which had been entirely overlooked. 
Costs Nothing to Enter the Contest! 
There are absolutely no restrictions as to who may take part in this contest except that contestants must be farmers 
or the sons of farmers working on the farm. What we want is IDEAS, expressed in your own way—without regard to 
literary style. You need not be an engine owner. The facts you give may be based on observation or experience. 
We want ideas that arc practical and valuable. It makes no difference what engine you have studied or worked 
with in gaining the information. It costs you nothing to try —and we urge you to “get in the game.” 
A Nation-Wide Educational Campaign on the Money-Making Possibilities of Gasoline Engines 
GRAND TOTAL - $1,000 
Any farmer or farmer’s son working on the 
farm can compete for these splendid prizes. No 
expense or obligation incurred. Not necessary 
to be an engine owner to enter the contest. Ideas 
arc what count, not literary style or grammatical 
correctness. Write just as you would talk, in 
everyday language. Letters must contain at 
least soo words, and not to exceed 1,000 words. 
JUDGES 
We are pleased to announce that the editors of 
leading agricultural papers have accepted appoint¬ 
ment as judges of all letters sent us. This guaran¬ 
tees every contestant that the letters submitted 
will be judged Strictly on their practical value 
and without any favor being shown any person. 
The contest closes May ist, the time having 
been extended at the urgent request of many busy 
farmers. Write at once for Special Circular giving 
full details of the great $ 1,000 Cashl’rize Offers. 
$ 1,000 
Cash Prizes 
for Letters on 
“How Farmers Can 
Make Money With 
Gasoline Engines” 
Grand Prize - - - - $300 
Second Prize - - - - 200 
Third Prize. 100 
Fourth Prize - - - - 75 
Fifth Prize. 50 
Sixth Prize. 25 
Ten Prizes, $i0 each - - 100 
Twenty Prizes, $5 each - loo gj Every Farmer Ought to Own a “FULLER & JOHNSON” 
Twent»-five Prizes, $2 eac h, 50 m Let Us Tell You How to Get One at Lowest Price Possible 
We have started this far reaching educational campaign for the 
benefit of the farmers and the entire gasoline engine industry. 
It will focus the attention of the agricultural world on the value 
of engines as labor-savers and wealth producers. Tt will uncover 
countless unusual uses to which engines may be applied and prove 
of tremendous benefit to the farmers of this country. 
FULLER & JOHNSON 
Double - Efficiency 
FARM ENGINES 
Fuller & Johnson Farm Engines arc famous for Double-Effi¬ 
ciency. The value per dollar being the greatest offered by any 
engine concern, makes our prices extremely low, and the value of 
our product correspondingly high. Our business was established 
in 1840 . The great engine works of Fuller & Johnson have the 
most up-to-date and complete engine building equipment in the 
United States. 
They are manned by experts whose training and skill are un¬ 
equalled in the engine industry. Our engines have won the foremost 
place in^the favor of power users. The man who owns a “Fuller & 
Johnson ’ has the best that money can buy. 
Write us and we will tell you how to get a “Fuller & Johnson” 
from our nearest dealer at surprisingly low cost, quality considered, 
carrying with it the broad and liberal guarantee of the maker. 
Fuller & Johnson Engines Absolutely Unexcelled 
Fuller 
We 
cannot 
& Johnson” the O.Nl.Y engine for farm use, 
its high efficiency and matchless simplicity; its “frost-proof,” 
engines. 
“dust-proof,” “trouble-proof” features have made it supreme among farm 
Send Coupon for Free Engine Books and $1,000 Prize Offer I 
The coupon or a letter or postal card brings full particulars of the big $1,000 letter-writing contest 
Get in line for a big cash prize 1 
and our valuable Engine Books. 
You can’t spend a little time to better advantage than in looking into this subject, ‘‘How Farmers Can Make Money With Gasoline 
Engines.” 
whether you are ready to buy an engine or not,get posted on Fuller&JohnsonDouble- Efficiency Engines 
NOW. If you haven’t y it sent for the catalog of our wonderful little Farm Pump Engine, askfor a free 
copy today. Somebody is going to pick up every ono of the cash prizes— irhy not be one of the winners 7 
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