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JShe RURAL NEW-YORKER 
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Good Words 
Inkdrops from Readers 
lOiiclosod find a <diock for iny rciiowal. 
Ill yoiii’ jiapcr of Docomhor IT), on scfond 
page, is a Connoctiout farmer's views on 
war profits. I believe tliat, jiieee expres.ses 
tin* views of evei-y farmer in New Eng¬ 
land. I wi.sli (“very man in tlie TTnit(?d 
States mig'Iit have a copy. I wisli you 
would S (“0 to it that President Wilson has 
a copy, our Secretary of ARricuItinas and 
Mr. Iloovnw. kvkuictt h. siikk.max. 
Uliodc Island. 
After reading your excellent pap(“r for 
over a year I am eompelh'd to say that 
tlie editorials are tlie best, in their stand 
for tlic Ameriean farmer, and in hacking 
up the tillers of tlu' .soil I believe you are 
doinjr (lod's work. It always seems to 
UK* that the man who lives closest to 
nature lives nearest to the Heavenly 
Fatlier, iirovided he recoKuizes the Konree 
of all hle.ssiiiKS and succi'ss in tliis life 
and in tlial to conn*. Ji.ii.I. 
Watertown, N. Y. 
When I say to you that T rc'ceive about 
.SO mana/.iiK's, farm papei-s and journals 
every month free, you will at once recoK* 
uiz(‘ th'“ value I jilace on I'liK It. N.-Y., 
that costs me more than all the others jiut 
toKellier. My hrother-iu-law is an adviw- 
(tisinj; manaK(*i', and he shijis them to me 
wli(“n he has gone ov(‘i“ them. In many 
resp<‘Cts Tiik It. X.-Y. lieljis me more 
than any other farm paiier. 
Ohio, C. K. ItKADSITAW. 
I received your notice a few days since 
■stating that yon wished to increase yoiir 
iml)lication list hy 40.000 snliscrihers. I 
have l)(“(‘n a siihscrilx'r to YiiK It. X.-Y. 
for over 2.’{ years, and fei*! that I could 
not let the year go 'by without cuntrih- 
“ An Old Friend of the Paper ” 
iitiiig my share to this list, and I liopt* 
tliat (“Very one of your r(“a(ler.s Avlio knows 
it as well and ai)preciat(“s it as much as 
I do, will add one or more to your list of 
new suliscribers. Tliere is one thing (“spe¬ 
cially line about TiiK It. X.-Y. Yon may 
leave the papers lying around for any of 
the family to read, for ther(“ is ■n(“V(“r on(“ 
word or line that is ol)jecti()U«l)l(“, or that 
would coiivt'y anything but 1h(‘ pun“st 
thoughts. .r. IIK.N'UY m.NKH. 
M aiiie. 
This happ(“us to h(“ lh(“ last (hdlar. hut 
I waut(‘(l to make th(“ pr(“ach(“r a It. .X.-Y. 
reader. If (“ro.jis 'W(‘re good we would be 
all right, hut with (“rop failur(“s and otlier 
losses, most of us are hit hard. ii. l.. 
Komulns, N. Y. 
inanac and h(> does not r(“ad that off(“n, 
so I will ord(“r it for mys(df. c. .m. ii. 
Pennsylvania. 
Dear Fri(“nd : That’s what I tliink yon 
are, when I am .so tir(“d with the war 
talk and other talk that seems like that 
which I have been listening to for .say 7!i 
y(‘ars (I was 7!> y(>ars old on the P.tth of 
December) I jiick up Tiik It. X.-Y. and 
forget the world outside of the n(“ws and 
reading in your jiaiier. Merry Christmas 
and a ilapiiy and ev(“r .so jirosperous Xew 
Year for you and your good paper. 
cot,. K. KORItK.ST ItECKKY. 
I’etinsylvania. 
Here is the dollar; I do not know of 
any better inv(“stment: it is really better 
than <1 I.iherty bond, Ix'cau.se we ar(“ g(“t- 
ting principal and int(‘rest both, (“V(“ry 
w(“(“k. In this day of commotion and 
strif(‘. with both pen and sword, at lK)m(“ 
and abroad, 1 cannot tind any other paiier 
that fricH to ns(( all sid(“s with fairn(“ss 
and impartiality. 'J’he faiin(“r has car- 
ri(“d the “butt end” of th(‘ load in all 
things long enough, and it pleas(“s one to 
find a paper that is not afraid to stand 
for tlie farmer and his rights. I am not 
a finent talk(“r or writer, hut if there is 
a time when hy vote or any other way 1 
can help the cause, you can count on me. 
New York. euokne i’iiii.lipr. 
The most ‘‘fluent talker” in the world 
could not say any more than that. Tln“ 
Ei'herty bond must h(“ rem('mher(‘d. too. 
Yonr circular l(“tter about r(“n(“wal. 
your drive for 20(),(KM1 regular yearly siili- 
scrih(“rs, and your Ix'st wislx's for ('hrist- 
nias gr(“(“ting and success for the Xew 
Year to hand, and I agree to till you say. 
It m(“et.s with my aiiproval. My neigh¬ 
bor hoy. Clay Potts, is agent for paix-rs. 
yours iiiclu(l(“d, and he siinke to m(“ last 
week about my r(“U(*wal and I will stay 
with him on that deal. I’lP 'Uiehow. 
before December .'H. 1!)17, I hope to get 
you one new suhscriher to boost you to¬ 
ward your coveted 200,()(K) r(“Kular yearly 
subscribers. I f(“(“l sure your plans for 
your paper’s suc(“(*ss. itushed hard, will 
help us to lick the Kaiser. 
< )hio. Wn.K R. PKTKR.S. 
The IIoix' Farm man tells us many iii- 
tei'estiug stories. I am fond of his writ¬ 
ings. 4'he Pastoral Par.soii is int(“r(“sting. 
(“utertaining, instructive; may he coii- 
tiuu(“ to thrive. The Publisher’s Desk is 
wortli the i)ri(“(“ of th(“ iiajier. ’rher(‘ is a 
lif(* about every word in th(“ wlxde issue, 
whicli mak(“s The R. N.-Y. my best com¬ 
panion of all the papers I take. 
Xew York. .mii.es ii. de eo.n’g. 
W(' take many so-called farm pai)(“rs. 
hut father says The R. X.-Y. is the only 
farm paix“r that coiik's to our box; tliat 
i.s, it takes tlie side with tlx* farmer in¬ 
stead of lamhasting him; also that The 
R. X’^.-Y. is the only farm paiier that we 
know of where the farmer can get by 
without lx“iiig everlastingly insulted, for 
it has never called the farmer slacker, 
pr()fit(“er, traitor, hoarder, u(»ii-|)rogres- 
sive, uniintriotic, human hog, I. W. W.. 
etc. FaMi(“r was ch()s(“u jis d(“legate to a 
big farm(“rs’ meeting, and I am collecting 
all hack (“opies of ’riiE R. X.-Y., which 
fath(“r will take to this Farmers’ Tluioii 
meeting, and distribute among the dele¬ 
gates. (5RACE METZ. 
Nebraska. 
It is a far jump from the Atlantic 
(“oast to Nebraska, but evidently there are 
certain (“lemental things about farming 
which ai)p(‘al to all. For ti(*arly 70 years 
The R. N.-Y. has call(“(l itself “a journal 
for the Huharhan and couritrjf home." 
That is what it is now and will continue 
to be. 
The Brother-in-Law 
May we hoiie that the iireaclier will 
take ilie .V)-ceiit dollar right uii into his 
puljiitV 
Since ‘‘he gives twice who giv(!S promjit- 
ly,” I hasten to comply, hy r(“turn mail, 
with your r(“(|ue.st for my r(*n(“wal. and 
am doulding the (hdlar, to lielji, hy my 
littl(“, to increase your infiiience hy aclding 
to your list of l■(“ad(“rH. 'I'lie political 
idckiiigs wliicli you have been fe(“(liiig us, 
in tiddiliou to the usual advice about 
crops and “critters.” have stimulated 
mental activity of the right .sort among 
farmers. Ix‘t us strive to put farming 
on a manufacturing basis, logard the 
farmer as ti mauufactur(“r (of tlie iinxluce 
he sells) iind adopt as a slogan “10 tier 
cent above cost.” .r. (). pre.S<ott. 
Founecticut. 
fTr(‘etings to the good (dd Rurae Xew- 
YY)rkkh and tli(“ tru(“-hlu(“ Americans 
who make it! 'I’lin'i* liejirty ch(“(‘r.s, and 
niiiy it jiass over the treiiclu's a big win¬ 
ner tin its siihscriiitioii camiiaign. (I 
would as .s(x>ii think of not wearing u 
Red Dross button as going without The 
It. X’.-Y. Roth deserve the siipixirt of all 
wlio apiireciate ageuci(“s for human good 
and heiietit. WAiXAC'E ii. mieeer. 
Donnecticut. 
I don’t know a per.son w.hom I (“oiihl 
send the iiaper to. except one man, and 
h(‘ savs that he has tlie last yi'ar’s al- 
T am sending you a letter from my 
hrother-in-law. Part will interest you 
and jiart will not. That is the way it 
always goes (“very time I jiick out som(“- 
oiie to send The II.N.-Y. to, and .s(“ud them 
six or eight paiiers, then neglect them for 
two or three weeks, they g(“t imjiatient 
and subserihe for it. Now I have to 
hunt up someone else to send it to. I 
am getting real peeved about this (?). 
As to The R. N.-Y., tli(“ fact that I have 
at diffen'ut times taken from Ifi to 20 farm 
papers and dropi)e(l them till hut The 
R. X.-Y., will show what I think of it. 
Wasliingtoii. c. it. VAN 8ANT. 
Tills is the “iuter(“sting” part of hrotli- 
er-iu-Iaw’s h'tter; 
I just want to tell you to keep tliat 
R. X.-Y. at home, as I am re(“eiviug 
one dir(“Ct from lieadiiiiarters. I liked 
the first ones you sent m(“, so I sub¬ 
scribed for one y(“ur. It seems good to 
know wliat they are doing hack there, 
and the prices of farm nxliicts. 
Surely we can find no fault with the 
conduct of such a hrother-in-law. We 
could stand 10,000 of them. Th(‘y say 
that when a man makes a success of his 
relation with brother and mother-in-law 
it is a sure sign tliat he has a very fine 
wife. 
