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THE  RURAL,  NEW-YORKER 
January  1,  1916. 
EVENTS  OF  THE  WEEK 
DOMESTIC. — Dec.  37  a  young  wom¬ 
an  was  electrocuted  in  Astoria,  N.  Y.,  as 
a  result  of  touching  an  amateur’s  wire¬ 
less  outfit,  receiving  n  charge  of  3,400 
volts.  It  is  believed  that  ice-covered 
wires  from  a  power  plant  were  blown 
against  the  aerials  of  the  wireless.  Po¬ 
lice  took  charge  of  the  wireless  to  see 
whether  government  regulations  were 
obeyed. 
Claims  growing  out  of  the  Titanic  dis¬ 
aster  amounting  to  a  total  of  $2,500,000, 
will  be  settled  by  the  White  Star  Liue  by 
the  payment  of  $604,000  under  an  agree¬ 
ment  reached,  Dec.  17,  by  lawyers  rep¬ 
resenting  the  claimants  on  both  sides. 
The  agreement  reached  is  far  below  the 
original  expectations  of  claimants,  hut 
considerably  more  than  was  expected  un¬ 
der  a  strict  interpretation  of  the  law. 
The  sum  agreed  upon  will  be  divided 
among  the  claimants  pro  rata. 
Five  persons  were  killed  and  11  in¬ 
jured,  one  probably  fatally,  in  a  rear-end 
collision  between  an  accommodation  train 
bound  from  Wilmington  to  Chester  and 
a  train  of  empty  express  cars  on  the 
Baltimore  &  Ohio  Railroad,  Dec.  17,  at 
Felton,  Pa, 
The  North  Division  street  bridge  at 
Spokane,  Wash.,  caved  in,  Dec.  18,  car¬ 
rying  a  crowded  trolley  car  many  feet 
to  the  river  below.  Seven  of  the  pas¬ 
sengers  were  killed  and  12  severely  in¬ 
jured. 
The  obstruction  of  the  Gaillard  cut  in 
the  Panama  Canal  has  been  so  far  re¬ 
moved  that  the  canal  was  reopened  to 
traffic,  Dec.  19,  for  vessels  of  20  foot 
draught.  Six  ships  passed  through.  The 
commission  of  geological  experts  appoint¬ 
ed  by  President  Wilson  and  headed  by 
President  Van  Ilise  of  the  University  of 
Wisconsin  began,  Dec.  20,  the  study  of 
the  slides  from  a  geological  point  of  view. 
Struck  by  a  Pennsylvania  Railroad 
freight  train  at  a  grade  crossing  in  West 
Apollo,  Pa,,  Dec.  19,  four  men  were  killed 
while  two  others  received  fatal  injuries 
while  riding  in  a  jitney  bus. 
The  lake  steamer  Eastland  was  sold  at 
auction  at  Chicago,  Dec.  20,  for  $46,000 
to  the  Illinois  Naval  Reserve  and  will  be 
used  as  a  training  ship.  The  fund  for 
its  purchase  was  subscribed  by  public 
spirited  citizens.  The  Eastland,  which 
capsized  in  the  Chicago  River  last  Sum¬ 
mer,  with  a  loss  of  more  than  800  lives, 
was  owned  by  the  Chicago-St.  Joseph 
Steamship  Company,  which  went  into  the 
hands  of  a  receiver  after  the  disaster.  Its 
value  when  new  was  estimated  at  $250,- 
000. 
Charged  with  using  the  mails  to  de¬ 
fraud  ignorant  foreigners  by  promising 
to  cure  diseases  given  up  as  hopeless  by 
other  doctors.  Dr.  William  Llewellyn 
Owen,  for  30  years  a  practising  physi¬ 
cian  with  offices  at  221  East  Seventeenth 
Street,  New  York,  was  arrested  by  Fed¬ 
eral  agents,  Dec.  21,  and  held  in  $5,000 
bail.  Post  Office  Inspector  MaybeW 
found  in  Dr.  Owen's  office  a  list  of  be¬ 
tween  25,000  and  30.000  names  from 
whom,  it  is  alleged,  Dr.  Owen  picked  his 
prospective  patients.  Dr.  Owen  is  also 
under  $1,000  bail  for  having  cocaine  in 
Ins  possession  without  baying  it  proper¬ 
ly  registered. 
One  man  is  dead  and  a  dozen  others 
are  injured  as  the  result  of  an  explosion, 
Dec.  21,  in  the  postage  stamp  glue  de¬ 
partment  of  the  American  Glucose  Com¬ 
pany  at  Edgewater,  N.  J.,  on  the  west 
bank  of  the  Hudson  River.  The  explo¬ 
sion,  due  to  spontaneous  combustion, 
wrecked  the  southern  end  of  the  four 
story  brick  building.  Damage,  including 
that  from  fire,  is  put  at  $25,000. 
FARM  AND  GARDEN.— The  rural 
life  conference  at  the  New  Jersey  Agri¬ 
cultural  College,  Dee.  27-30,  was  devoted 
specially  to  programs  appealing  to  per¬ 
sons  interested  in  the  country  church, 
community  betterment,  marketing  meth¬ 
ods,  and  boys'  and  girls’  club  work.  The 
State  Board  of  Agriculture  cooperated 
with  the  State  Agricultural  College  in 
this  Conference. 
The  annual  convention  of  the  Nation¬ 
al  Potato  Growers’  Association,  in  con¬ 
junction  with  the  Michigan  State  Potato 
Growers’  Association  and  an  attendance 
of  a  number  of  prominent  members  of  the 
Wisconsin  Potato  Growers’  Association, 
opened  at  Grand  Rapids,  Mich.,  Decem¬ 
ber  1,  the  meeting  continuing  three  days. 
Standardization  was  the  keynote  of  the 
addresses  and  discussions,  among  the 
speakers  being  J.  W.  Hicks,  president  of 
the  Wisconsin  association;  A.  L.  Hop¬ 
kins.  head  of  the  Michigan  organization  ; 
W.  A.  Martin,  president  of  the  national 
association ;  Dr.  II.  B.  Wheeler,  of  Bos¬ 
ton.  Mass.;  Carl  Scburz  Vrooman,  as¬ 
sistant  secretary  of  the  United  States  De¬ 
partment  of  Agriculture;  Dr.  W.  A.  Or¬ 
ton,  Washington,  D.  C, ;  E.  R.  Smith, 
president  of  the  New  York  State  Potato 
Growers’  Association ;  Dr.  G.  H.  Coons, 
of  the  Michigan  Agricultural  College, 
East  Lansing,  and  Dr.  H.  E.  Horton,  of 
Chicago.  Dr.  Wm,  Stuart,  of  Holton, 
Me.,  secretary  of  the  national  association, 
was  among  those  present. 
California  State  Fruit  Growers’  con¬ 
vention  will  be  held  at  San  Bernardino 
February  17-24,  in  connection  with  the 
sixth  annual  orange  show. 
The  American  Forestry  Association 
will  hold  its  annual  meeting  at  Boston, 
Mass.,  January  17-1S.  All  meetings  will 
be  held  at  the  Copley  Plaza  hotel. 
Under  the  leadership  of  prominent 
horticulturists  the  Nebraska  State  Ilor- 
Workers.  Ohio  State  University,  Colum¬ 
bus,  O.,  Feb.  1. 
New  Jersey  State  Board  of  Agricul¬ 
ture,  Trenton.  Feb.  2-4. 
Farmers’  Week,  N.  Y.  College  of  Agri¬ 
culture,  Ithaca,  Feb.  7-12. 
New  York  Vegetable  Growers’  Asso¬ 
ciation,  Ithaca,  N.  Y.,  Feb.  8-11. 
Farmers'  Week,  State  School  of  Agri¬ 
culture,  Alfred  University,  Alfred,  N.  Y„ 
Feb.  22-25. 
Holstein -Friesian  Club  of  New  York 
State,  Syracuse.  N.  1\,  March  1. 
National  Feeders'  and  Breeders’  Show, 
Fort  Worth,  Tex..  March  11-17. 
American  Jersey  Cattle  Club,  annual 
meeting.  New  York,  May  3. 
Holstein -Friesian  Association  of  Amer¬ 
ica,  Detroit,  Mich.,  June  6. 
American  Association  of  Nurserymen, 
Milwaukee,  Wis.,  June  28-30. 
International  Apple  Shippers’  Associa¬ 
tion,  New  York,  Aug.  2. 
tioultural  Society  will  make  at  the  mid¬ 
winter  apple  show'  to  be  held  at  Lincoln, 
January  17-23,  a  complete  exposition  of 
the  horticultural  resources  of  the  State. 
The  annual  convention  of  the  Utah 
State  Horticultural  Society  was  held  in 
two  places  last  month,  the  first  rime  in 
the  history  of  the  organization  that  the 
programme  has  been  divided.  The  meet¬ 
ing  at  Provo  was  held  December  14-15 
and  at  Ogden,  December  16-17. 
The  twenty-sixth  annual  meeting  of 
the  Western  Association  of  Nurserymen 
was  held  at  the  Coates  House,  Kansas 
City,  Mo.,  December  8-9.  1915.  Follow¬ 
ing  the  reading  of  the  minutes  of  the  last 
meeting,  appointments  of  committees  and 
other  routine  business  the  following  offi¬ 
cers  were  elected  for  the  ensuing  year : 
Floyd  G.  Stark,  Louisiana,  Mo.,  presi¬ 
dent;  W.  A.  Harrison,  York,  Nebr.,  vice- 
president;  Geo.  W.  Holsinger,  Rosedale, 
Kan.,  secretary;  E.  J.  Holman,  Leaven¬ 
worth,  Kan.,  financial  secretary  and 
treasurer.  The  executive  committee  is 
composed  of  the  following :  Peter  Young¬ 
ers.  Geneva,  Nebr.;  D.  S.  Lake,  Shenan¬ 
doah,  la. ;  II.  D.  Simpson,  Vincennes, 
Itid.;  J.  II.  Skinner.  Topeka,  Kan.,  and 
Geo.  H.  Johnston,  Kansas  City,  Mo. 
OBITUARY. — Geo.  D.  Leavens,  Pres¬ 
ident  of  the  Cot -Mortimer  Co.,  died  De¬ 
cember  21.  He  was  born  in  Providence, 
R.  I.,  July  5,  1875.  In  1S97  he  entered 
Massachusetts  Agricultural  College  and 
after  graduation  entered  the  experiment 
station  in  the  department  of  fertilizers. 
Soon  after  this  be  bought  a  farm  in 
Grafton,  Mass.  lie  devoted  himself  to 
practical  farming  and  soil  chemistry, 
soon  becoming  an  authority  on  fertilizers 
and  in  demand  as  a  lecturer.  About  10 
years  ago  be  entered  the  firm  of  Edmund 
Mortimer  Co.  as  agricultural  expert  and 
worked  bis  way  to  the  top  of  the  present 
company. 
Mr.  L  cavous  was  a  man  of  the  highest 
business  and  personal  ideals  and  a  de¬ 
lightful  friend. 
Franklin  Newhall.  the  92-year-old 
“apple  king”  of  Glencoe,  Ill.,  died, 
Dec.  16.  He  was  born  in  Conway, 
Mass.,  Sept,  28.  1823.  Newball’s  estate 
is  now  estimated  at  $750,000.  lie  owned 
extensive  apple  orchards  around  Glen¬ 
coe  and  6,000  acres  of  cherry  and  apple 
orchards  on  Mauitou  Island,  Mich.  He 
also  owned  real  estate  iu  Chicago.  Ilis 
Glencoe  property  Includes  “Newhall  Ra¬ 
vine,”  one  of  the  best  known  beauty  spots 
in  the  vicinity  of  Chicago. 
Coming  Farmers’  Meetings 
New  York  Poultry  Show,  Madison 
Square  Garden,  Dec.  31-Jan.  5. 
Annual  Corn  and  Grain  Show,  Tracy, 
Minn.,  Jan.  3-8. 
American  Delaine  Merino  Association, 
Columbus.  O.,  Jan.  5, 
West  Virginia  State  Horticultural  So¬ 
ciety,  Morgantown,  W.  Va„  Jan.  5-6. 
N.  Y.  State  Fruit  Growers’  Associa¬ 
tion,  Rochester,  Jan.  5-7. 
Peninsular  Horticultural  Society,  Eas¬ 
ton,  Md„  Jan.  11-14. 
Chenango  Valley  Poultry  and  Pet 
Stock  Association,  annual  show,  Oxford, 
N.  Y„  Jan.  11-14. 
Boston  Poultry  Show,  Boston,  Mass,, 
Jan.  11-15. 
Virginia  State  Horticultural  Society, 
twentieth  annual  meeting  and  fruit  ex¬ 
hibit,  Charlottesville,  Va.,  Jan.  12-13. 
Ayrshire  Breeders’  Association,  annual 
meeting,  Hotel  Adelphia,  Philadelphia, 
Ta..  Jan.  13. 
New  York  State  Agricultural  Society, 
annual  convention,  Albany,  N.  Y.,  Jun. 
18-19. 
Pennsylvania  Horticultural  Associa¬ 
tion,  Reading,  Pa,,  Jan.  18-20. 
Pennsylvania  Vegetable  Growers’  Asso¬ 
ciation,  Reading,  Pa.,  Jan.  18-20. 
Vermont  State  Poultry  Association  an¬ 
nual  show.  St.  Albans,  Vt.,  Jan.  18-21. 
Steuben-Allcghany  Poultry  Show  Hor- 
nell,  N.  Y..  Jan.  37-21. 
New  Y’ork  State  Agricultural  Society. 
Albany,  Jan.  39. 
New  York  State  Association  of  County 
Agricultural  Societies,  Albany,  N.  Y., 
Jan.  20. 
National  Western  Stock  Show,  Den¬ 
ver,  Colo.,  Jan.  37-22. 
Amherst  Poultry  Association  second 
annual  show,  Amherst,  Mass.,  Jan.  18- 
19. 
First  annual  farmers'  week,  Delhi 
Agricultural  School,  Delhi,  N.  Y.,  Jan. 
24-27. 
Greater  Newark  Poultry  and  Pigeon 
Association,  annual  show,  Coliseum,  New¬ 
ark.  X.  J.,  Jan.  24-29. 
National  Poland-China  Record  Associa¬ 
tion,  Dayton,  O.,  Jan.  26. 
Pennsylvania  State  Board  of  Agrieul- 
ture,  Harrisburg.  Jan.  26. 
Western  N.  Y.  Horticultural  Society, 
Rochester,  Jan.  26-28. 
N.  Y.  State  Tobacco  Growers’  Associa¬ 
tion,  Baldwinsville,  N.  Y.,  Jan,  29. 
Connecticut  Pomologies!  Society  and 
Connecticut  Vegetable  Growers’  Associa¬ 
tion,  Hartford,  Conn.,  Feb.  1-3. 
N.  Y.  State  Grange,  Jamestown,  Feb. 
1-4. 
Farmers’  Week,  Ohio  State  University, 
Columbus,  O.,  Jan.  31-Feb.  1-4. 
Ohio  State  Dairymen’s  Association  an¬ 
nual  meeting,  Ohio  State  University  Cam¬ 
pus,  Columbus.  Feb.  2-4. 
Ohio  State  Corn  Show,  Ohio  State  Uni¬ 
versity  Campus,  Columbus,  Jan.  31-Feb. 
i-4. 
Ohio  State  Vegetable  Growers’  Asso¬ 
ciation,  Ohio  State  University,  Colum¬ 
bus,  Feb.  3. 
State  Round-Up  Farmers’  Institute 
Service  means  reliability  the  year  around, 
low  cost  of  operation  and  long  life.  The 
"A’etc-  Way"  is  built  and  guaranteed  to  give 
SERVICE,  not  for  one  year  or  live  years, 
but  GUARANTEED  FOR  LIFE! 
Dec.  16.  Milk  is  sold  for  four  cents 
per  rjt.,  wholesale  at  the  dairy ;  cows 
bring  from  $40  to  $125,  according  to 
quality.  Butter  35c;  potatoes  $1  per  bu. 
Cabbage  $3  to  $4  per  100  for  Danish, 
common  40c  per  bid. ;  apples  $2  to  $3  per 
bbl.  Fowls  16c  to  18c  per  lb.  Roads 
badly  filled  with  snow.  F.  L.  w. 
Clark’s  Green,  Pa. 
Dec.  18.  Ilay,  baled,  large  bales  from 
$15  to  $20  f.  o.  b.  East  Chatham,  ac¬ 
cording  to  qunlity.  Oats  50  to  55c;  rye 
90c  for  60  pounds;  buckwheat  80c  per 
bu.;  rye  straw  $9  to  $11  per  ton.  Pota¬ 
toes  85c  to  $1  per  bn.  Onions  $1  per 
bu.;  cabbage  scarce,  none  raised  tbis  sea¬ 
son.  New  milch  cows  sold  at  auction  re¬ 
cently  as  follows:  Seven-year-old  Guern¬ 
sey  grade  in  milk  about  two  months,  calf 
sold  before  sale,  $91  ;  near  springer,  six- 
year-old  grade  Holstein  $81;  two-year- 
old  grades  up  to  $60 ;  yearlings  '  $30. 
Sheep, L  one  choice  bunch  of  ewes  sold  lip 
to  $8.50  per  head.  Pork,  dressed,  heavy, 
about  $10  per  ewt. ;  light  $10.50;  dressed 
poultry  at  the  Pittsfield,  Mass.,  markets: 
Chickens  20  to  22c;  geese  16c;  ducks 
18c;  fowls  18  to  22c;  not  much  call  for 
live  poultry.  Horses,  young,  from  1200 
to  1400  pounds,  sold  recently,  four-year- 
olds,  about  1350  pounds  $185;  three- 
year-olds,  weight  about  1100  pounds, 
$120;  sucking  colt  $45.  The  above  lot 
were  grade  Peroheron.  Potatoes  were 
nearly  a  failure,  from  40  to  100  bu.  an 
acre,  some  fields  not  worth  digging.  Ap¬ 
ples  about  all  sold;  one  orchard  about 
300  barrels,  sold  f.  o.  b.  cars  at  East 
Chatham  at  $2.25,  2pi-in.  minimum ; 
some  sold  to  go  in  storage  at  slightly  bet¬ 
ter  figure  as  to  size,  etc.  Locally  N.  Y. 
Standard  apples,  A  grade,  sold  at  $2, 
buyer  furnished  the  barrel.  Milk  is  sold 
to  an  Italian  cheese  factory,  Dec.  $2  per 
ewt.,  or  about  10c  advance  on  Borden’s 
flat  price.  Dairying  at  present  cost  of 
feed  is  a  poor  paying  business. 
East  Chatham,  N.  Y.  j.  j.  d. 
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