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THE RURAL NEW-YORKER. 
November 2 
THE 
Rural New-Yorker. 
THE BUSINESS FARMERS' PAPER 
A National Weekly Journal for Country and Suburban Homes 
Established 1850. Copyrighted 1895. 
Elbert S. Carman, Editor-In-Chief. 
Herbert W. Collingwood, Managing Editor. 
John J. Dillon, Business Manager. 
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able THE RURAL NEW-YORKER, 
Corner Chambers and Pearl Streets, New York. 
SATURDAY , NOVEMBER 2, 1395. 
By the time this issue of The R. N.-Y. reaches our 
readers, the cash prizes in the October subscription 
contest will have been awarded. At this writing, the 
clubs are ridiculously small ; but this will make no 
difference in the awards. We have decided to make 
the same offer for next month, and on December 1, 
we will pay $170 cash to the largest seven clubs 
received during November. The prizes will be graded 
as before, viz.: $50, $40, $30, $20, $15, $10, $5. Full 
particulars, with names of the October winners, next 
week. 
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The farmers of New York State are the ones most 
affected by the Erie Canal. A poll of the farmers 
alone would quickly decide that the proposed 
$9,000,000 for canal improvements should be kept 
in the people’s pockets. 
O 
At a high valuation, a ton of dry sheep manure 
does not contain over $5 worth of plant food. Yet, 
after grinding it to a fine dust, dealers sell it to green¬ 
house men for $40 ! The question is, where does the 
extra $35 in value come from ? 
G 
At many of the di-essed beef stations, it is possible 
to obtain beef livers for a small sum. We have a 
friend who can get all he wishes at three cents a 
pound. This will make very cheap poultry food, and 
aid in putting up a “ balanced ration.” We expect 
to have some experiments with the use of this liver 
for hens. Half an ounce for each is a fair allowance. 
G 
There are two ideas in that chopped corn fodder 
article on the first page. The cut stalks lasted longer 
than the milk yield did. The edges were too sharp. 
The shredder is better because it leaves no sharp 
edges. The other idea is in grading the feed of grain 
to the milk yield. One quart of ground feed to each 
quart of milk is a good rule to go by, but you must 
know what your cows are giving. 
G 
San Jose, Cal., will have a flower festival next 
spring. Even now the people are getting ready to 
start crops of flowers for decorations. It is reported 
that several persons have agreed to plant an acre 
each of sweet peas. Public land formerly in grass 
will be planted to marigolds, and, in all, 25 acres of 
flowers will be planted. All this merely for public 
decorations. There’s public spirit. Would that more 
country neighborhoods had some of it. 
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Our friend who (page 729) asks about planting black 
walnuts, says that if his grandfather had planted 
such trees 50 years ago, an acre of them would now 
be about the most valuable part of the farm. That 
is true. The way to correct grandfather’s mistake, is 
to plant the trees now, so that your grandchildren 
may reap the benefit. Why not look ahead half a 
century ? We may not then enjoy the old farm, but 
our descendants will. Let’s plan some lasting labor 
for which coming generations will bless us ! 
Q 
A few years ago, large quantities of German peat 
moss were used in this country for bedding for ani¬ 
mals. Somewhat later, The R. N.-Y. found several 
stock farms that had discontinued its use because 
they claimed that it packed in the stalls and became 
wet and soggy, in some cases forming a regular mud. 
It appears that two kinds of peat moss are imported. 
The German peat moss is a spongy product that ab¬ 
sorbs all liquids, but retains its form just like a 
sponge filled with water, and may be dried and used 
again if desired. The other moss comes from Hol¬ 
land, and is a darker colored, less absorbent material, 
much less desirable than the other. It is, also, a 
little cheaper, and is sold by many unscrupulous 
dealers as German peat moss, at full prices, a larger 
profit being thus realized, and the genuine material 
being brought into disrepute. This peat moss is 
brought over in freight vessels, and the price at which 
it is sold varies with the freight charges. 
Q 
The annual meeting of the New York State Dairy¬ 
men's Association, will be held in Syracuse on Decem¬ 
ber 10 and 11. Dairying is a very prominent industry 
in New York State, and our farmers ought to take 
more interest in this association. Formerly the State 
made an appropriation to aid in holding this and 
other dairy meetings. Of late years, this appropria¬ 
tion has not been made. The dairymen of the State 
ought to ask, WHY ? in a voice loud enough to be 
heard at Albany. 
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Within the past four years, we have had to do with 
nearly a score of children of various families. Every 
one of them has had more or less trouble with the 
throat. Several had growths back of the palate that 
were sure, in time, to cause deafness if nothing worse. 
We believe that many of the ills of mature years are 
due to neglect of the throat in childhood. It is the 
custom of many doctors to make light of enlarged 
neck glands or throat troubles in children. We are 
convinced that this is a mistake. 
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NOTICE TO THE PUBLIC. 
A Business Chance. —The undersigned officers of The Profit 
Investment Company (Unlimited), desire to obtain partners with 
good, working capital to enable them to develop a sure and 
profitable enterprise. 
All kinds of grain are now low in price; clover hay, cabbage 
and meat are also cheap. Lumber, nails, whitewash and oyster 
shells were never lower than at present. Our plan is to take these 
cheap products and convert them into delicate, perishable goods 
such as eggs and the finer grades of poultry meat. 
We have all the skill and experience needed for this work, but 
we lack working capital. We wish to combine our forces with 
humans—male or female of any age, race or color. We desire for 
partners those who possess common sense, kindness, energy, 
patience, and a fair amount of money. To all such, we offer lots 
of fun, lots of food and some profit. 
THE PROFIT INVESTMENT COMPANY (Unlimited). 
A. Business Hen, President and Manager. 
T. Bred Rooster, Vice-President. 
F. Roast Capon, Secretary. 
S. Fry Broiler, Treasurer. 
V. Fresh Egg, Auditor. 
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That farmer who was arrested in Syracuse for sell¬ 
ing his farm products to the citizens, page 727, ought 
to have a good case against the city for damages for 
false imprisonment. Some of these “city fathers” 
seem to get the impression that they own the earth 
and the fulness thereof. The City Council of Roches¬ 
ter, N. Y., passed such an ordinance a few years ago, 
but -were obliged to recede from their position, as 
have -all other officials under similar circumstances, 
so far as we have heard. The farmer has the right to 
sell his produce to whomsoever will buy, wheresoever 
he may be. 
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Three farmers have recently sent us the analyses 
they had received from experiment stations, and asked 
us to translate the terms used. That should not be. 
These .experimenters are paid to make themselves 
serviceable to agriculture. They can't do any greater 
service than to talk so that the average farmer can 
know what it’s all about. For example, take analyses 
of stock foods. Why not take the three simple terms 
“muscle-makers,” “fat-formers” and “pure fat,” 
instead of “ albuminoids,” “ nitrogen free extract,” 
etc., etc. Gentlemen, you are wasting lots of your 
powder by sticking to your “big words.” “ Speak as 
the common people—think as the wise.” 
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For many years the annual Fat Stock Show at Chi¬ 
cago has been a great event with American live stock 
breeders. This year the scene is changed, and New 
York will draw the stockmen together. The “ Live 
Stock Society of America ” has been organized, and 
will hold its first annual show in this city November 
25 to 30. This includes Thanksgiving Day, and it is 
proposed to make the show a real exposition of the 
best products of the farm. All the breeds of live 
stock will be exhibited with their products and the 
crops grown for food. There will also be a great 
display of flowers. In fact, every department of farm 
life will be represented, from flowers and fruits down 
to the fertilizers that fed them. In many respects, 
this show promises to be the most complete farm ex¬ 
hibition ever held. The superintendent of the show 
is James Mortimer, New York. The entries close 
November 9. 
For many years, new schemes for towing canal 
boats have been devised, and we have been told 
periodically that the horse and the mule were to be 
superseded as motive power on the slow-going canal 
boats. But there’s always been some hitch or other. 
Electricity has been the latest agency which was to 
do the work, and heretofore electric devices have 
failed. But the most recently tested one, we are 
assured, has proved a success, and the day of the 
festive mule and his erstwhile driver are numbered. 
The power is to be furnished by the great Niagara 
cataract, and with the great Erie Canal deepened to 
the tune of $9,000,000 contributed by the affluent 
farmers of the Empire State, the produce of the 
great West can be poured into our Eastern markets 
as never before. 
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We have just heard of the following facts in con¬ 
nection with the use of tuberculin. Three cows were 
tested several years ago and gave the usual reaction. 
They were taken out of the regular stable and put 
into sunny box-stalls and given the best sanitary con¬ 
ditions. The following year they were tested again, 
and again reacted. The next year they were again 
tested, but failed to react After they were slaugh¬ 
tered, an examination of the lungs showed that the 
disease had been stopped—the scars or marks showing 
how far it had gone. This suggests two things. Sun¬ 
shine and a perfect sanitary condition is the best 
“ consumption cure.” Many herds are undoubtedly 
weakened and made more liable to the disease by 
being kept in dark, filthy and poorly ventilated 
stables. Another thought is that while tuberculin 
may prove an accurate test for the presence of the dis¬ 
ease, it does not follow that every cow that shows the 
reaction should be killed at once. A cow may have 
the germs of the disease in her system and yet be so 
well cared for that she will entirely recove 
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BREVITIES. 
We’ve often wished some other boy might come 
To take the place of that dead little one 
Who took the joy and comfort of our home 
Off to the graveyard when his life was done. 
It’s mighty lonesome up here on the farm 
Alone, old folks, with no small, pattering feet 
To guide from trouble and to shield from harm. 
That’s what we thought—scarce dreaming we should meet, 
Our heart’s desire in that poor feller there, 
Saved from the poorhouse door by accident, 
Placed as by miracle within our care. 
Poor little chap—see how his foot is bent ? 
Can’t call him cripple—yet he isn’t right. 
I didn’t fancy him until he run 
Right to my wife and hugged up to her tight, 
Just like the actions of that other one. 
If I’d a-had my choice, he’d been the last 
That I would pick; yet now that he has come 
And wound around our heart strings, and made fast, 
He’s brought a blessing to our lonely home. 
Kine know kind keepers. 
Cut back the berry canes. 
Make sure of your mulching material. 
Carnations will soon put on bloomers. 
Rub the rubbish off the garden’s face. 
Disappointing — th e purse suit of happiness. 
We hope your house is not shorn of a lawn. 
How do you change corn into cain ? Dis still it'. 
No man is “ heir ” to ills he might have avoided. 
A deficit is better than a surplus—of idle roosters. 
Which is worse—a nagging woman or a bragging man ? 
“ Change is the flavor of existence ! ” Too much flavor is worse 
than none. 
Hot water kills germs—there are germs all over your skin that 
need killing. 
Reports seem to indicate that the Carman No. 1 potato is about 
as near “blight-proof” as a tuber can get. 
Where, when and how can a farmer grow more pounds of food 
from an acre of sorghum, than from an acre of corn ? 
It would cost $1,500,000 additional to pay the women teachers of 
New York City what men get for doing similar work. 
Talk about tuberculosis in cattle, a good proportion of Ameri¬ 
can dairy cows need consumption to set them straight—consump¬ 
tion of food. 
When the yeast kicks in the bread dough, you can knead it out 
with your fist. Don’t expect to knead the kick out of a cow in the 
same way. You can’t. 
We raised a fair crop of sweet potatoes this past summer, in 
Bergen County, N. J. The plants were set the middle of June in 
“ made soil”—nearly two-thirds coal ashes. 
We have a basket of those famous Keiffer pears Mr. Packard 
tells about, in cans. Maybe a taste of this ensilage about Christ¬ 
mas time will give us a better opinion of this variety. 
At last we have a small picture of our old friend, Fred Grundy 
—see first page. You can’t see much of his face, but the whole 
attitude is that of a man who knows how to hold his own. 
Two big Massachusetts steers are said to have hauled a weight 
of 11,061 pounds loaded on a dray. This is probably the heaviest 
load ever hauled by any two animals smaller than elephants. 
Our friend tells us, on page 726, of several new wrinkles in 
potato culture that were learned from The R. N.-Y. That is one 
advantage of a paper with a wide circulation. You get ideas 
from all over, and can test and adapt them. 
“ I see you are engaged in pan sy culture,” said Jones as he saw 
the dozen tin pans in the dairy. “Yes, and also hand sy,” said 
Smith as he tested the temperature of the cream with his finger. 
“ Better get a creamer and make it a can sy,” put in Brown. 
