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THE RURAL NEW-YORKER 
Good Words 
Coming From All Over 
Wo consider every issue of your paper 
well worth the subscription price. The 
least we can do is to thank you very 
heartily for the difference. a. r. upp. 
Ohio. 
I am a retired farmer, 70 years old, 
and have but little use for a farm paper, 
but your exposure of the Indianapolis 
seed wheat proposition is worth a dol¬ 
lar to me. I knew there was a “string” 
and wrote them through curiosity. I 
sooil discovered the string. 
Ohio. P. M. HAWKE. 
I am taking more papers than I can 
read, but cannot afford to do without The 
R. N.-Y., with the information to the 
practical point, and the good work you 
are doing in showing up all the grafting 
companies, etc. otto sciiwien. 
Maryland. 
I cannot refrain from writing a word 
of appreciation of your helpful paper. 
We have always found articles that al¬ 
most seemed written for us alone, so use¬ 
ful were they to us. In the country in 
California as well as San Francisco and 
now back home, on the dear old New 
England farm, we feel that we cannot 
lose a single copy. G. c. J. 
. Connecticut. 
I wish to commend especially your at¬ 
titude toward the “back-to-the-land” 
movement. I think many so-called farm 
papers do great harm both to the farm 
population and to those who through 
their misleading statements are lead to 
think that the farmer has an easy berth, 
and are either led to try it with dis¬ 
astrous results or from false ideas about 
and often bitter feelings toward tlu.se 
who in reality are carrying at least their 
full share of the world’s burdens. 
Kansas. w. e. koeiiring. 
.Tust a word about The R. N.-Y. I 
look for its weekly visits with greater 
pleasure than any other publication that 
comes to me, and I get several dailies, 
Weeklies, many magazines, etc. I am 
pleased to note that you retain so much 
of its individuality as I remember it 
when I was a little boy ’way back in 
1864-5. It is a clean, wholesome publica¬ 
tion, good enough to give any man an 
honest appetite. Success to you. 
New Jersey. FRED E. miliiolland. 
It gives me great pleasure to enclose 
one dollar for a renewal of my subscrip¬ 
tion. I feel as though something is 
missing when it does not arrive the day 
I expect it. There is something about 
the paper that draws the reader to it 
that is approached by no other paper. 
It is without doubt the only paper print¬ 
ed for farmers that shows by results that 
it is really a farmers’ paper. Your ar¬ 
ticle on lime is splendid. It is written 
so a person who is not a chemist can un¬ 
derstand it. That is the kind of an ar¬ 
ticle that does good. We need more of 
them. h. b. 
Memphis, Tenn. 
I am glad to see you hanging on to 
the 35-cent dollar and especially glad to 
see you announce yourself as a fighter. 
Organized fighting—not mob and rabble 
fighting—is a “paramount issue” with the 
farmers. I broke loose from the grow- 
more propagandists and promoters years 
ago. You cannot expect men hired and 
paid by a corporation Congress to fight 
for the farmer. The corporations and the 
farmer are industrial rivals. The cor¬ 
porations pretend to be friends of the 
farmer—but it is the friendship of the 
wolf for the lamb. The following is a 
sample of my fighting years ago, printed, 
strange to say, by a leading agricultural 
paper: “An advised and informed, but 
unorganized agriculture will accomplish 
nothing. It will become poorer and poor¬ 
er, more and more the dupe of its pre¬ 
tended friends and lovers.” 
Delaware. ciiari.es s. conweix. 
There are some of us who are always 
glad when the Hope Farm Man philoso¬ 
phizes ; to whom his open fire and the 
pictures it draws forth are more appeal¬ 
ing than are his cover crops. I can 
testify that one severely practical man 
became dreamy-eyed and reminiscent 
when I read to him the first part of the 
Thanksgiving story. And it did him good. 
I do not believe the Hope Farm Man 
can draw pictures of that blazing hearth 
too often; he may induce some to open 
up their long disused fireplaces, or to in¬ 
clude them in the new homes they build. 
To my mind, the open fire is half the 
furnishing of the living room on a chilly 
night. One “room beautiful” that I 
know has no fine chairs, or rugs, or pic¬ 
tures, but, before the open hearth is an 
old-fashioned settee comfortably cush¬ 
ioned, and a rocker at each end. complet¬ 
ing the semi-circle. Behind the settee is 
a long reading table with a shaded lamp 
on it. Four persons may sit comfortably 
and read, while the two rockers invite re¬ 
flection. A room such as this is hard to 
leave. The men folks like home. The 
young folks stay and others come. I 
have seen men draw their chairs about 
the hearth when it was even too warm 
for a fire. I am reminded of old Aunt 
Nancy, who told of the minister who 
visited her home when she was a girl. 
lie sat very near the- open fire and he 
finally became too warm. “Sissy, would 
you mind asking your ma to put a little 
water on this fire? It's getting a little 
hot,” he requested. He never offered to 
move his chair. One could not be severe 
on such an appreciative soul. So draw 
your pictures, Hope Farm Man. Few of 
us there are who cannot see forms and 
scenes and dreams take shape in the 
blaze, and we are all the better for. see¬ 
ing them. Louise s. Johnson. 
Delaware. 
I feel impelled to write you and ex¬ 
tend my thanks for the personal interest 
you have taken. It is surely very un¬ 
usual for the editor in chief of a great 
magazine or farm paper thus to give at¬ 
tention to the wants of his army of sub¬ 
scribers. If only serves to prove how 
thoroughly The R. N.-Y. is identified 
with the interests of its farm readers. 
New York. joiin p. griffin. 
It is indeed a great relief to find that 
you are publishing a farm paper with an 
evident serious purpose. I have grown 
hopelessly tired of the cheap things, the 
snides of farm journalism whose one goal 
is the advertiser’s pocketbook. I cer- 
articles on lime and liming, for example; 
they are alone worth a year’s subscrip¬ 
tion to one who has not made a study 
of this question. baird halberstadt. 
Pennsylvania. 
Your paper is essential to anyone who 
wants to be a successful money-making 
farmer; it has helped to improve the gen¬ 
eral appearance of our farm, to improve 
our stock and increase our crops with 
its timely advice and suggestions and also 
to study and improve conditions under 
which the wife does her household work. 
Enclosed find $2 of our turkey crop to 
pay for renewal. 
MR. AND MRS. FRANK G. SILVERS. 
Maryland. 
Enclosed please find $1 for my re¬ 
newal. I think the best Christmas pres¬ 
ent that I ever received was the 10-week 
subscription sent me by a friend about 
10 years ago. I have not missed a copy 
since, and I do not expect to as long as I 
live. c. W. HOUGHTON. 
Michigan. 
I herewith enclose $1. This is my 
verdict. I believe that The R. N.-Y. is 
the best iarm paper I have read. 
Minnesota. s. M. jensen. 
I take great satisfaction in the thought 
that there is one paper in the United 
States that makes a specialty of expos¬ 
ing fakes and crooks in behalf of the peo¬ 
ple, and for that reason, I always read 
the items under the head of “Publish¬ 
er’s Desk,” the first thing. I also note 
“ I Read It in My Paper” 
tainly do find The R. N.-Y. very instruc¬ 
tive, and want to thank you for the solid, 
substantial and seemingly carefully ed¬ 
ited information which I have obtained in 
the few weeks I have been a subscriber, 
all of which has been valuable to me 
even within this brief length of time. 
Texas. cliff d. cates. 
I simply must say that if there is any 
one rural publication that deserves the 
hearty support of the farming class, it 
is The N. N.-Y. The thorough way in 
which you get to the bottom of farm prob¬ 
lems, your campaign on the “35-cent 
dollar,” your anti-fake stand, and plans 
to increase consumption of potatoes, 
stand out as particularly big issues. I 
don’t know of another farm paper that so 
practically reaches the condition found 
on the average farm and in the home. I 
was brought up in the city, but have been 
farming for the past seven years. The 
advice you give “baek-to-the-landers” is 
certainly good. I know from experience. 
Michigan. hart benjamin. 
At first I was inclined (because of 
many other farm journals for which I 
subscribe) to drop The R. N.-Y. at the 
end of the trial subscription. However, 
the more I saw of it. the better I liked it. 
The paper is eagerly looked for weekly, 
and what is more, it is carefully read, 
and thoroughly digested. The writer is 
not a farmer, but for the past nine years 
has.been closely associated officially with 
farmers. I wish every farmer in the land 
would read good farm journals. They 
would be, if they heeded the advice given, 
infinitely better off. Take your serial 
your zeal in behalf of the farmers in the 
interest taken in the distribution of foods 
in New York City. Tell Brother Dillon 
for me to “hold the fort” for the people 
will come to his rescue when once their 
eyes are opened. H. p. hart. 
Illinois. 
I plan to be a subscriber to The R. 
N.-Y. as long as I can read it. I am 
getting old in years; have very poor 
sight. You give us good clear print, a 
clean truthfully told helpful publication, 
for not only the farmers, but for all who 
will read and think and practice its 
teachings. j. h. carr. 
New York. 
The first copy of your paper was a 
clincher and is now a household necessity. 
Perhaps it will be pleasing to you when 
I say there are numerous so-called farm 
papers, but for me the only one is The 
It. N.-Y. Journalism is not my line; 
however, I enjoy good editorials such as 
are found in your paper. Some time 
when Maine wakes up we may have the 
public auctions of produce; when that 
day will be I dare not predict. As you 
know, we as a whole are pretty sound 
sleepers. ' wilbur l. phoenix. 
Maine. 
My, but don’t the Hope Farm Man 
biff the Ben Davis apple? When I think 
of how long the Ben Davis has been 
knocked and still see it selling so well I 
cannot help but believe it has some 
merit, or it would have disappeared long 
ago. Now I only raise about four per 
lent. Bens in a large orchard, so you 
December 18, 1915. 
cannot say I am prejudiced, but I have 
a friend who raises lots of them, who 
wants to fight whenever he hears anyone 
say anything about Ben Davis. About 
four years ago I boxed a car of very fine 
Ben Davis, and would you believe it I 
got $2.25 per box. but of course apples 
were very high that year. I am not 
going to try it again. While gathering 
our apple crop this Fall I was in the 
orchard where a Ben Davis stood beside 
a Winesap, and I thought I could hear 
the Ben tree say: “Now be honest, boss, 
haven’t I made more money than that 
aristocratic Wimsap?” I said, “You 
certainly have.” No, personally I don’t 
eat Ben, at least until May, and am not 
going to plant any more; am just writ¬ 
ing this to say something in favor of the 
under dog. Besides there are no bad 
apples, just good, better and best. You 
are doing a great work the way you 
are going after the fakers. Give it to 
them good and strong, and while I think 
about it, put me down as a member of 
the Anti-Fake Club. So here is wishing 
The R. N.-Y., the Hope Farm Man, Mr. 
Massey and all of the rest who have made 
The R. N.-Y. so interesting many years 
of happiness and prosperity. 
Virginia. r. r. iieydenreich. 
I am a country minister, and know the 
needs of the farmer. Whenever I can 
get a farmer to read The R. N.-Y., I 
know that a better farmer, a better citi¬ 
zen and a better man will be the result, 
so I am sending you herewith the names 
of a few farmers to whom you may send 
sample copies. o. a. kelley. 
W. Virginia. 
So far as I know you are the only one 
who considers protecting the interests of 
the subscribers as a duty. In some re¬ 
spects such papers as the Prairie Farm¬ 
er, Wallace's Farmer, Iowa Homestead, 
Breeders' Gazette, are better adapted to 
our style of farming, which is neces¬ 
sarily extensive rather than intensive. 
The selling end of the business is now the 
important thing, rather than the produc¬ 
ing one, and you are doing fine work in 
that line. daniel e. bobbins. 
Illinois. 
It is too bad to have this renewal neg¬ 
lected so long. I was away visiting and 
ministering to the sick, during the month 
of October, and my better half never at¬ 
tends to such things, even though he is 
fully competent and a good penman. 
However, he never fails to keep the wood- 
box supplied with wood or the coal pail 
full. MRS. M. M. ASHLEY. 
Michigan. 
I have just finished reading the 
Thanksgiving number, and consider it 
well worth the price of the paper. I 
have marked the pages I prefer, and am 
sending it on to a farmer family who do 
not take it. I enjoyed the page devoted 
to the Pastoral Parson’s letter, and can¬ 
not but think there would be plenty of 
Pastoral Parsons if they could be put in 
touch with fields that are ripe for such 
harvests. Along with the great temper¬ 
ance wave sweeping over our country 
comes the problem of regenerating the 
country church and school, making them 
Centers of social service—from which will 
radiate a mutual betterment of all and 
for all. A great commission of ministers 
and lavmen will meet in Columbus, O., 
to talk and formulate a plan for such 
work, but even great minds like those 
who will participate (including our Pres¬ 
ident) cannot consumate a problem like 
this without the co-operation of those 
in the communities where it is to be 
worked out. And be it remembered it 
is one tiling to stand on the hilltop and 
see the vision, but another to go into 
the valley and make it real. Ministers as 
a rule are not lazy, and many would be 
glad to work with their hands to supply 
the material things of life and preach, on 
the Lord’s Day whenever an opportunity 
presented itself, if they could be put in 
touch of farms to be had or rented rea¬ 
sonably. At any rate I hope Wm. A. 
Landers will fall in line and become 
better acquainted with the great body 
of ministers who are ever on duty, as 
Noah of old, even though they preach 
120 ytars with only Ids own family as 
converts. In the end, if he has done his 
duty, all will be well. 
Pennsylvania. a minister’s wife. 
What a reformation in rural life a few 
thousand such pastors as Mr. Gilbert 
could bring about! The harvest is white, 
but the laborers have all gone to the 
city. Strikes me that printing Mrs. Gil¬ 
bert’s picture ought to accomplish some¬ 
thing toward attracting young men into 
the ministry, too! m. b. d. 
R. N.-Y.—These young men should be 
Milling to serve seven years and more 
at hard labor to show their worth ! 
God bless you! And may the stiff 
backbone of the grand old R. N.-Y. never 
weaken (and I’m not a farmer exactly 
either). w. Parker smith. 
New York. 
I have just read the Hope Farm Notes 
in your issue of Nov. 20, and I at once 
write to thank you for it. I have been a 
continuous subscriber to your instructive 
paper for over 20 years, and this one 
letter is well worth to me and ought to 
be to every one who will read and apply 
it the $20 I’ve paid in last 20 years. 
Though I take, or get, from other pub¬ 
lishers, six farm papers, your R. N.-Y. is 
the first to be read. It is the only farm 
paper I’ve read on Sunday. I am an old 
school churchman on Presbyterianism 
learned at my sainted mother’s knee. 
Virginia. massie l, mc cue. 
