CONTENTS 
THE  RURAL  NEW-YORKER.  February  0,  1916. 
FARM  TOPICS. 
Potato-Spraying-  Lessons  . 
A  Clearing  Houkb  for  Farmers  .... 
The  Breeding  of  Alfalfa  .  . 
Restoring  an  Old  Farm  . 
Grain  and  Manure  Problems  . 
Drill  for  the  Baek-to-the-Lander  . . 
Looking  for  Potash  . 
Destroying  Willow  Stumps  . 
Rusted  Beans  for  Seed  and  Feed... 
Fertilizers  for  Sweet  Corn  . 
Green  Rye  as  Manure  . 
Farming  in  Europe.  Part  IV . 
Phosphates:  Their  Origin  and  Use. 
A  Substitute  Hay  Crop  . 
The  Farm  Manager  . 
The  Yield  of  Artichokes . 
Care  of  Hen  Manure  . 
Hope  Farm  Notes  . 
Crops  and  Farm  Notes  . 
Notes  from  Southeastern  California 
LIVE  STOCK  AND  DAIRY, 
Feeding  Kietfer  Pears  . 
Milk  and  Creatn  by  Parcel  Post . 
Horses  and  Carrots  . . 
World's  Champion  Ayrshire  . 
Wintering  Horses  for  Market  . 
Best  Dual-PurpoBe  Cow  . . . . 
Varying  Tastes  of  Cows  . . . 
Home  Churning  vs.  Creamery  . 
"Back  to  the  Land"  Advice  . 
Coming  Lire  Stock  Sales  . 
"Milk  Power"  «nd  Transmission  . 
Heating  Whey  In  Vat  . 
Frothy  and  Bitter  Cream  . 
Thin  Calf  . . 
Feeding  a  Brood  Sow  . . 
Feeding  a  Dry  Cow  . 
Shrink  of  Milk  . . . . 
Ration  far  Cows  and  Horses  . 
Feeding  an  Ayrshire  Cow  . 
Ration  for  Holsteins  . 
Grain  Ration  With  Peavine  Silage.... 
Improving  Restricted  Feed  . 
Management  of  Cheese  Factory  . 
A  Dairy  Problem  . 
Hard  Churning  . . 
Knuckling  * . 
Paralysis  . . . . . 
Splints  . . . . . . 
Puffs  . . . . 
Heaves  . 
Oats  and  Peas  as  Hog  Pasture . 
Bitter  Cream  . 
An  Experience  With  Sheep  . 
Jerseys  or  Holsteins  . . . 
Pigs  Coughing  . 
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THE  HENYARD.  ' 
Poultry  Outlook  for  1916  . 199 
The  Egg-laying  Contest  . 216 
Supplying  Green  Feed  . 216 
Feeding  for  Eggs  . 216 
Poultry  Questions  . 216 
Side-hill  Henhouses  . . .216 
Narragansett  Turkeys;  White  Minorcas  . 216 
Roup  . 218 
Winter  Molt  . 218 
Blue  Ointment  and  Hen  Lice  . 218 
Formula  for  Dry  Mash  . 219 
Catarrhal  Colds  . 219 
Dizzy  Hens  . 219 
HORTICULTURE. 
An  Important  Nursery  Tree  Case . 180 
The  ‘'Protection"  in  Patents  . 180 
Fruit  Notes  from  the  Hudson  Valley  . 183 
Winter  Injury  of  Grapes  . 183 
A  Prize  Apple  Tree  . 183 
Persimmons  in  Pennsylvania  . 184 
A  Discussion  of  Lawn  Trees  . 190 
Hemlock  for  Windbreak  . 190 
Grafting  Quince  . 190 
Tomatoes  Under  Glass  . 192 
Notes  from  a  Maryland  Garden  . 193 
Variegated  Leaves  . 197 
New  Plant  Immigrants  . 197 
WOMAN  AND  HOME. 
From  Day  to  Day  . 202 
Seen  in  New  York  Shops  . 202 
The  Rural  Patterns  . 202 
Candied  Apples  . 202 
Under  Glass  . 202 
Just  Visiting  . 203 
Embroidery  Designs  . 203 
Horseradish  Mustard  .  ’.203 
MISCELLANEOUS. 
A  Built-in  Refrigerator  .......... 
A  Homemade  Windmill  . 
Insulating  Water  Pipes  . 
Painting  an  Iron  Fence  . 
Iron  in  Water  . 
Auction  Selling  is  Gaining  .  . . 
Notes  From  the  Auction  . . 
Farm  Census  of  New  York  . 
N.  Y.  State  News  . 
World  Wheat  Statistics  . 
Electric  Power  from  Stream  . 
Calculating  Length  of  Rafters 
Heating  Cetl  in  Smoke  Pipe  . 
Reducing  High  Cost  of  Living 
Publisher's  Desk  . . . 
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The  principal  products  that  are  raised 
are  wheat,  wholesale  market  price  $1.27 
per  l)ii.;  oats  SOc :  rye  S5c;  corn  70c; 
hay  from  $15  to  $1S,  according  to  the 
Quality.  Potatoes  95c.  Best  fat  steers 
from  ly*  to  9c.  live:  hogs  about  7c. 
Aliloh  cows  are  handled  on  pretty  large 
|cale,  good  cows  bringing  from  $00  to 
$90  and  sumo  $100  nnd  over. 
Fayetteville,  Pa.  n.  f. 
Oats  50c:  corn  80c;  wheat  $1;  po¬ 
tatoes  $1;  apples  SOc:  ha.v  $15  per  ton. 
Hogs,  live  weight.  0  to  So;  cattle  5  to  Sc; 
eggs  P»0c :  butter  30c  per  lb.  j.  d.  m. 
Eighty  Four.  Pa. 
•Tan.  12.  Potatoes,  per  hu.,  70c.:  re¬ 
tail.  80e,;  apples.  15  to  50c. ;  retail.  60c  ; 
eggs.  2No. ;  retail.  30c. ;  butter,  per  lb.. 
20  to  2Se. ;  retail,  30  to  32c.;  corn. 
|  W. ;  retail,  SOe. ;  wheat,  $1.20:  retail. 
$1.20;  Bye,  75e. ;  retail.  90c. ;  oats.  15 
to  50c. ;  hay,  Timothy,  $18 :  mixed.  $11. 
(  ows,  $40  to  $00;  horses.  $150  to  $200. 
Dressed^  hogs.  SeS. ;  live  hogs,  6c.:  beef 
cattle,  o  to  ($c.  ;  In  mbs.  5*4o.  T.  i>. 
Everett,  Pa. 
Eggs ,  40c. ;  butter.  35c. ;  buttermilk.  15c. 
per  gallon  ;  pork.  15  to  20c.  per  lb. ;  beef. 
TO  to  20e. ;  homemade  sausage.  20e.  per 
lb.,  potatoes,  $1  per  bn.;  carrots.  25c. 
per  peck;  beets,  20c.  per  peek;  ru  I  a  ha  go  S, 
^1C',  cabbages.  2c.  lb.;  apples. 
8.1  to  $].oQ  per  btl.  fiats.  55c.  per  bn  • 
corn.  9Se. ;  wheat.  $1.10;  middlings.  $1.05 
to  s_  per  loo  lbs. :  oil  meal.  $2.25:  cot¬ 
tonseed  meal.  $2.10;  bran,  $1.00.  There 
is  no  market  for  native  dressed  beef,  only 
as  we  sell  direct  to  the  consumer. 
Driftwood,  Pa.  A.  !r.  ,T. 
Subscribers’  Exchange 
Complying  with  several  suggestions  received 
recently,  we  open  a  department  here  to  enable 
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Products,  Help  and  Positions  Wanted  admitted. 
For  subscribers  only.  Dealers,  iobbers  and  gen¬ 
eral  manufacturers'  announcements  not  admitted 
here.  Poultry,  Eggs  and  other  live  stock  adver¬ 
tisements  will  go  under  proper  headings  on  other 
pages.  Seed  and  Nnrserv  advertisements  will 
not  be  accepted  for  this  column. 
FOR  SALE — Choice  Red  Kidney  beans,  $8.50  per 
hundred.  CUA8.  K.  OTTMAN.  Sharon  Springs. 
New  York. 
COUNTRY  SAUSAGE  MEAT— Something  you 
will  enjoy.  Not  a  liy-produet.  but  one  of  our 
specialties:  made  with  care  from  the  best  cuts 
of  fresh  pig  pork.  Try  a  box  of  four  l  ib. 
prints,  postpaid  for  $1.  SAKRANONA1I  FARM. 
Windham,  N.  Y. 
FOR  SALE — 8  Model  incubators  200  and  300  egg 
size,  in  good  condition.  Write  for  prices. 
BABY  CHICK  FARM,  Staafshurg,  N.  Y. 
ALFALFA  HAY  from  eounty  that  won  gold 
medal  at  Pan- American.  Direct  to  consumer; 
no  commissions  to  pay.  E.  I’.  KKKEXRECK, 
Fayetteville,  N.  Y. 
PURE  MAPLE  SYRUP— From  the  fnmous  West¬ 
ern  Reserve:  finest  quality;  book  orders  early: 
folder  free.  RANSOM  FARM.  Chagrin  Falls,  O. 
WANTED — Second-hand  hatching  anil  brooding 
devices;  give  condition:  lowest  price.  N.  A. 
BAKER.  Fail-port,  New  York. 
P.LACK  WALNUT  —  Bargain:  about  seven  hun¬ 
dred  feet  of  two-inch  plank,  suitable  for  gun 
stocks:  sawed  a  year  ago;  five  d'dlurs  per  hun¬ 
dred.  F.  O.  It.  Balls  ton  Spa,  N.  Y.  K.  N.  GAR¬ 
RETT. 
INCUBATORS — Ruffalo  360  and  Imperial  240 
egg:  .Tagger  sleigh,  all  jn  good  condition; 
prices  low.  PERCY  IV.  RUSH,  Stockton.  N.  J. 
FOR  SALE  -One  three  bottom  "Oliver''  auto¬ 
matic  riVop  and  lift  engine  gaug  plow  In  ex¬ 
cellent  condition  .with  now  points,  points  having 
been  used  only  five  days.  Cost  $125:  will  sell 
for  $75.  And  one  new  "John  Deere"  automatic 
two  bottom  engine  gang  plow,  used  only  four 
davs.  Cost  $110;  will  sell  for  $75  or  both  to¬ 
gether  for  $125.  Address  JOHN  OLIVER. 
Sweetbrler  Farm.  Seneca  Falls.  N.  Y. 
FOR  SALE  Power  sprayer.  200  gallon  tank,  3V. 
II.  I*,  engine,  pump  mounted  on  truck:  only 
used  one  year:  perfect  condition,  including  all 
accessories:  cost  $285;  will  sacrifice.  BOX  90, 
care  R.  N.-Y. 
FOR  SALE — Cheap,  new  bone  i-utter.  incubator 
and  steam  cooker.  BOX  158,  Williamsport, 
Ohio. 
nOME  MADE  Fig  Preserves:  full  pints.  $5 
dozen.  MRS  M  ARSEN  A  A.  PARKER,  Mobile, 
Ala. 
HAMS  AND  BACON — Pig  bums,  home  mired  and 
home  smokeo :  tender  and  fine  flavored,  25c. 
per  II).  delivered.  A  postal  will  bring  full  par¬ 
ticulars.  SAXDANONAH  FARM,  Windham, 
N.  Y, 
I’Ol  f.TRYMAX  A  1  chicken  man  wanted',  es¬ 
pecially  strong  in  raising  young  stock  and 
brooder  work.  MORRIS  FARM,  Bridgeport, 
it.  4,  Conn. 
WANTED — Position  as  working  foreman.  life1 
experience  in  all  branches  of  farming:  mar¬ 
ried,  no  small  children:  by  April  1st.  BOX  S2, 
care  Rural  New-Yorker. 
TnE  NATIONAL  Farm  School  on  March  Sth  will 
graduate  twenty  nine  young  men  in  different 
departments  of  practical  agriculture  where  they 
have  been  trained  for  three  -years,  working  from 
31  to  56  hours  per  week.  We  would  Vic  very 
triad  to  recommend  trained  men  to  any  one  re- 
onlrtng  help  in  agricultural  or  horticultural 
lines.  Address  DIRECTOR,  The  National  Farm 
Sc hool.  Korn)  School,  P;p 
IV ANTED — March  1st,  position  as  working  fore¬ 
man  by  reliable  married  Swede:  experience, 
reference.  A.  S..  Box  144.  Sterling,  N.  J. 
YOUNG  MARRIED  MAN.  Cornell  graduate, 
now  in  charge  of  600  a. -re  apple  orchard,  de¬ 
sires  change  April  firsr.  Thoroughly  competent 
In  all  branches  of  fanning,  particularly  fruit 
and  dairy  work.  ROX  70.  care  Rural  New- 
Yorker. 
SUPERINTENDENT  wants  position  with  gen¬ 
tleman  who  expects  to  buy.  or  lias  estate  In 
Virginia,  to  develop  dairy  and'  hog  farm  on 
large  scale.  Have  interesting  proposition.  Ad¬ 
dress  BOX  (il,  care  Rural  New-Yorker.  New 
York. 
MARKET  POULT  HYMAN  of  twenty  years’  ex¬ 
perience,  d'esi res  position  on  established  plant, 
or  plan  and  build  plant  in  Spring:  married;  no 
children,  excellent  references.  Address  BOX  79, 
care  Rural  New-Yorker. 
ARE  YOU  interested  In  securing  reliable, 
steady,  strictly  temperate  help  for  von r  farm? 
If  so.  address  the  BARON  HE  HIRSCII  AGRI¬ 
CULTURAL  SCHOOL.  Woodbine.  N.  J.— Not  a 
college,  but  a  practical  farm  school. 
WANTED- — Position  as  farm  superintendent  hv 
married  Englishman,  age  32,  one  child,  with 
life  experience  in  farming  in  England  and  this 
country;  good  refercuces.  HENRY  APPLEBY. 
Chester.  N.  J. 
WANTED-  Farm  teamster:  take  care  of  six- 
horses  and  horse  ham.  Good  plowman.  Strict¬ 
ly  sober;  good  worker;  wages  $25  month  and’ 
board.  BOX  101,  R.  N.-Y. 
EXPERT'  FARM  MANAGER,  small  family,  de¬ 
sires  [lost  loll  April  1st  Agricultural  College 
graduate;  salary,  nine  hundred  n  year  and  per¬ 
quisites.  NELSON  I.  SMITH,  North  Hurtlnml, 
Conn. 
1 OT  NT,  MARRIED  MAN  wants  position  as 
working  lorcman;  understands  general  and' 
trin-k  farming:  knows  how  to  take  i-arc  of 
stock,  life  experience;  good  reference:  sober  not 
afraid  to  work.  IRIX  104.  care  of  Rural  New- 
1  orker. 
COUPLE  WANTS  POSITION  -Man  experienced 
dairyman  c-  herdsman.  Wife  to  do  house¬ 
work.  References.  Address  CIIAS.  REIGEL 
HUTH,  Lakeside  Farm,  Nlvervllle.  \.  Y 
TO  WOMEN  Poultry  Raisers — Poultry  raiser. 
single.  40.  wants  life  partner:  must  have 
poultry  experience,  be  healthy,  cheerful,  of  good 
English  education,  about  30.  and  with  equal  re¬ 
sources.  Particulars  as  to  these  essentials  re¬ 
spectfully  requested:  correspondence  returned  if 
desired.  Address  PETALUMA  POULTRY 
PLANT,  P.  O.  Lock  Box  No,  84  Vineland.  N.  .1 
WANTED — Situation  as  farm  manager  liy  a  re¬ 
liable  aud'  experienced  farmer,  who  under¬ 
stands  the  breeding  and  care  of  dairy  cattle, 
swine,  sheep  anil  poultry,  good  with  horses. 
Have  practical  and  scientific  training  in  growing 
of  farm  and  garden  crops:  familiar  with  aii 
farm  machinery,  management  of  help.  etc.,  farm 
accounts.  A.  It.  0.  work,  Babcock  test,  balanced* 
ration,  etc.  Age  SO,  married,  2  children,  girls: 
experienced  In  hoarding  help.  Anyone  looking 
for  an  honest,  capable  and  industrious  man  of 
good  judgment  please  address  BOX  97,  care 
Rural  New-Yorker. 
WANTED  Position  by  young  American,  age  30, 
single,  on  gentleman’s  farm:  capable  of  taking 
entire  charge:  a  thorough  knowledge  of  farming, 
horses,  rattle  and  poultry:  open  for  engage¬ 
ment  March  1st;  six  years  in  present  position; 
wages  and  all  particulars  in  first  letter.  BOX 
95.  care  Rural  New-Yorker. 
WANTED — Married  man,  dairy  farm.  U.  PIX- 
LEY,  Farmersvllte.  N.  Y. 
WANTED — On  commercial  poultry  farm,  young 
man  as  assistant  to  owner:  opportunity  for  one 
capable  of  taking  responsibility  and'  of  working 
intelligently  under  owner's  direction.  BOX  243, 
St.  .Tames  P.  O..  L.  I. 
MAN.  22,  fair  theoretical  and  practical  training 
desires  position.  REK’HART,  Woodbine.  N.  J. 
YOUNG  WOMAN  with  experience  wishes  posi¬ 
tion  on  poultry  farm.  BOX  93,  care  It.  N.-Y. 
WANTED — Position  as  poultry  man,  experienced 
Incubators,  brooders,  eapotliziug,  graduating 
agricultural  institution,  March  1st;  best  refer¬ 
ence.  BOX  88,  Farm  School.  Pa. 
POSITION  WANTED  as  superintendent  by 
young  man.  college  trained,  with  life  expe¬ 
rience  in  diversified  farming.  Address  BOX  92. 
care  Rural  New-Yorker. 
WANTED  —  Position  as  herdsman  by  young  man 
experienced  in  feeding,  calf  raising  and  certi¬ 
fied  milk;  best  of  references.  BOX  91.  care  U. 
N.-Y. 
FARMER  and  Gardbner  Manager,  with  practical 
experience  in  all  branches,  wish  to  make  a 
change;  not  afraid  of  work,  and  can  show  re¬ 
sults;  age  34:  A  1  references.  LOCK  BOX  622, 
I.enox,  Mass. 
POSITION  WANTED  ns  manager  of  farm,  no 
children:  American,  married.  48  years  of  age, 
understands  farming  in  all  its  branches;  best 
references.  Address  BOX  07,  care  of  Rural 
New-Yorker. 
YOUNG  married  American  wishes  position  on 
farm;  understands  the  cure  cows  and  horses, 
also  the  planting  and  raising  of  crops:  aide  to 
take  entire  charge:  nothing  under  $45  consid¬ 
ered.  J.  K.  C'AHH.  New  Canaan,  C't.,  route  No, 
31. 
WANTED — Young  man,  dependable,  educated, 
practical.  Permanent,  position  on  Incorporated 
fruit  farm.  Right  man  given  interest  In  busi¬ 
ness.  GRAND  RIVER  ORCHARDS  COMPANY, 
Geneva,  Ohio. 
WANTED— Manager  for  fruit  farm  Middle 
West,  man  with  orchard  experience  who  un¬ 
derstands  cold  storage,  canning,  evaporating 
and  cider  products;  50  acres  thrifty  orchard.  7 
year  si  ts  and  record  >p  last  year.  50  acres 
more  planted  1917.  Profit  sharing  after  luisi- 
Uess  is  developed  anil'  pay  for  time  improve¬ 
ment.  A  family  Welcomed.  Correspondence  for 
particulars  BOX  87,  Markesan,  Wisconsin. 
WANTED — Sober,  industrious  farmer,  single, 
young  or  middle  aged,  to  care  for  3ii  acre  farm 
mostly  vineyard  and  build  up  chicken  plant: 
iwanr  in  owner's  family.  J.  CRANDALL,  Broc- 
ton,  N.  Y. 
WANTED  .Married  man,  handy  with  tools,  to 
take  charge  and  carry  oat  instructions  on  a 
neglected  farm  pleasantly  situated  one  mile 
from  village  and  railroad  station.  Good  posi¬ 
tion  to  right  person:  honesty,  sobriety  and 
trustworthiness  essential;  references  required. 
Address  MANAGER.  Box  100,  cure  It.  X.  Y. 
WANTED — Pesilion  as  foreman  by  nu  experi¬ 
enced  farmer  who  thoroughly  understands 
farming  nnd  fruit  growing.  BOX  17.  It.  R.  No 
2,  Ghent.  N.  Y. 
WANTED — Capable.  industrious,  experienced 
man  who  has  been  brought  up  on  a  farm  and 
understands  care  of  all  live  stock,  horses  m 
particular.  Good  teamster,  experienced  driving 
four  horses.  Used  to  managing  others.  Expe¬ 
rienced  in  repair  and  upkeep  of  roadways,  a 
natural  mechanic,  capable  of  directing  or  'doing 
any  kind  of  work  necessary  to  tiie  upkeep  of  a 
large  place.  BOX  98,  care  It.  N.-Y. 
WANTED — Scotchman  and  wife,  who  have  been 
in  America  not  over  three  years.  Man  must 
fie  exceptionally  good  in  the  care  of  sheep. 
Wife  must  lie  firsl  class  dairy  woman,  capable 
of  doing  her  own  milking.  She  must  be  exceed¬ 
ing  neat  and  painstaking  in  the  care  of  milk 
and  cream,  and  an  excellent  butter  maker.  Six 
cows  to  care  for.  Botli  man  and  wife  must,  fur¬ 
nish  highest  references.  In  answering  state 
length  of  time  employed  in  former  places,  nnd 
number  of  sheep  cared  for.  Give  names  and 
addresses  former  employers:  state  age.  number 
in  family  and  wages  expected.  Position  is  in 
New  Hampshire;  good  wages:  permanent  to 
right  party.  BOX  87.  care  Rural  New-Yorker. 
BOARD  WANTED  on  farm  in  the  mountains  for 
elderly  Christina  man  with  nervous  trouble. 
Will  do  light  work  in  part  [my men t  of  board. 
Mill  pay  $-1,511  a  week.  References  exchanged. 
BOX  99.  onro  Rural  New-Yorker, 
WANTED-  Farmer  and  wife,  small  farm,  mid¬ 
dle-aged  man,  handy  with  tools,  sober  and  in¬ 
dustrious.  M’omun  housekeeper  and  cook  for 
owner.  BOX  105,  care  Rural  New-Yorker. 
I'Ol  l,'l  ID  MAN  M  ANTED — Must  lie  a  poultry 
expert ;  must  be  elenn  ill  Ids  methods,  sys¬ 
tematic,  thoroughly  Inmost,  preferemo  given  to 
one  who  iimlerstnilds  farming  ami  orchard  work 
I.  LICHTENSTEIN.  22  \Y.  43rd  St.,  N.  V.  C. 
WANTED  Reliable  man  for  general  farm  work, 
good  milker  preferred,  no  boozer:  state  wages 
and  reference  in  first  letter.  Apply  to  E  li 
QUINTON,  N.  ,T. 
ORCHARD1ST  as  manager,  desires  to  take 
charge  of  large  farm,  with  possibilities  and 
promising  future  development:  four  years'  prac¬ 
tical  and  theoretical  training  nndVr  Eastern  ami 
Western  conditions.  Familiar  with  the  handling 
of  nil  kinds  of  fruit-:  field  crops:  men  and 
stock.  Fare  BOX  112.  It.  N.-Y. 
MARRIED  MAN  with  small  family  desires  po¬ 
sition  on  commercial  poultry  farm,  scientific 
training:  experienced  with  mammoth  incuba¬ 
tors:  reference  furnished.  BOX  ill,  care  15. 
WANTED — Position  as  working  manager  on  farm 
or  estate,  experienced  in  all  branches,  bal¬ 
ancing  rations  and  Babcock:  best  references; 
married'.  F.  O.  R.,  522  East  State  St.,  Ithaca, 
N.  Y. 
WANTED — Position  by  practical  farm  manager, 
where  results  count:  would  work  a  good 
equipped  farm  on  shares:  American,  age  34, 
small  family;  sober.  BOX  109,  care  Rural  New- 
Yi  irker. 
WANTED — Position  as  working  foreman  or  man¬ 
ager  on  general  fruit  and  dairy  farm,  by  a 
steady,  reliable  young  mao  life  experience,  with 
two  winters  at  Cornell.  BOX  108.  care  Ii.  N.-Y 
AYIDOWER  FARMER  wants  housekeeper:  must 
like  and'  understand  farm  duties;  give  all  par¬ 
ticulars  in  first  letter.  BOX  107  care  It.  N.-Y. 
WANTED — Temperate,  industrious  man  on  good 
dairy  farm.  M.  L.  WIGTITMAN,  Greene, 
N.  Y. 
WANTED — Married  gardener,  no  children;  at¬ 
tend  horse,  milk  3  cows;  house,  fuel,  milk, 
butter,  vegetables,  fruit  nnd  thirty  dollars 
month.  R.  M.  WASHINGTON.  Green  Spring. 
W.  Vn. 
rOUT.TRYMAN  with  years  of  experience  with 
chickens,  ducks,  geese,  incubators  and  brood¬ 
ers.  desires  position:  reliable,  honest,  sober  man. 
Gan  furnish  reference  and  produce  results  Good 
salary  and  home  eypectedC  BOX  106,  care  R. 
N.-Y. 
YOUNG  MAN  wishes  position  as  assistant  herds¬ 
man,  good  milker,  understands  rare  and  rais¬ 
ing  of  stock.  Address  BON  96,  care  Rural  New- 
Yorker. 
WANTED — Small  farm:  give  full  particulars. 
BERNHARDT,  31  Curtis  Place,  New  Brighton. 
N.  Y. 
COMMUTER'S  HOME.  Metuchen.  N.  .T.,  for 
wale.  Express  service  on  Pennsylvania;  six 
acres,  well  fruited:  eleven-room  modern  home. 
P.arn,  garage  and  hen-house.  Splendid  location. 
OWNER.  Box  102.  care  Rural  New-Yorker. 
WANT  TO  RENT,  with  privilege  of  buying.  50- 
acre  farm  in  N.  Y.  or  N.  J.,  DIO  miles  from 
New  York  Cltv:  onlr  owners  need  npplv.  CHAS. 
E.  BOUROETTK,  Milan,  Pa.,  It.  D.  1. 
FARM  FOR  SALE  or  rent.  27  acres  dear  land, 
on  Long  Island.  BOX  103,  eare  R.  New- 
Yorker. 
FOR  SALE — 75  acres  (fairy,  fruit,  timber;  beau¬ 
tifully  located:  state  road:  2  mails;  near  city. 
Particulars  furnished.  JASON  GREENE,  Put¬ 
nam,  Conn. 
WANTED — To  rent  farm.  N.  Y..  N.  .T.  or  Conti. 
would  prefer  rent  or  build  up.  If  neglected.  C. 
SEE HSTYAK,  41(1  East  9th  St..  N.  Y.  C. 
FOR  SALE — Farm  90  acres,  2 ’A  miles  from 
town,  railroad,  schools  and  creamery:  further 
particulars  write.  H.  D.  BARNETT,  Williams¬ 
burg,  Virginia:  route  2. 
FARM  of  458  acres;  must  he  sold  by  April  1st; 
$70  per  acre:  3  miles  to  Syracuse.  N.  Y. ;  fine 
road;  good  buildings,  nnd  first  class  land.  BOX 
570,  Syracuse,  N.  Y. 
7(i  ACRES  one  mile  from  Bridgeville,  the  best 
fruit,  sweet  potato,  melon  truck  or  poultry 
farm  in  this  locality,  800  Kicffer  pear,  1.000 
peach,  15  acres  pine  timber:  will  sell  at  a  bar¬ 
gain  price  BRIDGEVILLE  NURSERIES, 
Bridgeville,  Del. 
OLD  HOMESTEAD  in  the  Rcrkshires,  grand 
views,  mountain  spring  water  (soft),  fruit; 
a  home  that  is  worth  while.  ELDON  L. 
FRENCH,  Housatonic,  Mass. 
122-ACRE  Alfalfa  Farm  for  sale.  Central  New 
York:  well  located;  good  buildings.  $8,000. 
F.  II.  R1VENBURGLT,  MunnsvIIIe.  N.  Y. 
FOR  SALE — 1 40  !j  acre  Alfalfa  farm,  Onon¬ 
daga  County,  rolling  land,  well  watered,  tine 
buildings;  double  six  tcen-ronm  house:  furnace: 
basement  barn,  Gamble  roof;  King  Ventilators. 
New  silo:  capacity.  40  (tattle;  water:  horse 
barn,  hog  house,  tool  shed;  about  one  hundred 
fruit  trees,  twelve  thousand  dollars,  including 
team,  implements.  IV.  B.  ROE.  Syracuse.  N.  Y. 
FOR  SALK  147  acres,  25  clear,  finp  lumber  on 
place,  two  good  large  houses,  improvements, 
barn,  garage  fine  location,  one  mile  from  station, 
107  miles  from  New  York  MRS.  C.  MONT¬ 
GOMERY,  Barryvllle,  New  York. 
FOR  SALE  200  acre  poultry  and  dairy  farm. 
new  buildings,  electric  L.  &  P.,  city  improve¬ 
ments;  Vi  mile  from  depot  ami  town;  $13,000. 
Address  BOX  543.  Hawley.  Pa. 
FOR  SALE  -5-acre  poultry  and  truck  farm  edge 
of  thriving  village  in  So.  Delaware:  improve¬ 
ments;  $2,400.  Address  "OWNER,”  Box  110, 
eare  It.  N.-Y. 
FOR  SALE— Farm  235  acres  best  of  land  35 
acres  wood,  keeping  42  head  of  stock;  nice 
set  of  buildings,  spring  water  running  to  them; 
'j  mile  to  center  of  town,  all  business,  schools 
of  all  grades,  electric  and  steam  cars.  For  par¬ 
ticulars,  price  and  picture,  N.  POWERS.  War¬ 
ren,  Mass. 
FOR  SALE-  -25  acres,  near  village,  house,  car 
riage  house.  BOX  94.  care  R.  N.-Y. 
135  ACRES  Lltm-rock  land.  Grain  ami  dairy, 
state  road.  Photos  of  buildings  on  applica¬ 
tion:  $6,200.  Terms  easy.  C.  G.  PARKER, 
Moravia,  N.  Y. 
FOR  SALE — Ideal  country  home,  130  acres; 
house  seven  rooms,  bath,  steam  heat,  barns, 
shed's,  orchard.  ROBERT  LINK!?,  Barnard, 
Vermont. 
\  A  LI  ABLE  Farm  For  Sale-  250  acres,  50  acres 
smooth,  free  from  stone.  11  acres  in  fruit, 
good  buildings,  good  money  making  farm  or 
fine  location  fur  country  home,  sickness  cause 
of  selling;  $6,001 1 ;  $2,501)  mortgage.  L.  S. 
WHITE,  Collinsville,  Conn. 
WANTED — To  rent  with  privilege  of  buying, 
poultry  farm  located  near  railroad  station, 
having  accommodation  for  at  least  500  fowls; 
buildings  most  bo  in  best  condition.  GHEGOKIE, 
Ncwfleld  New  York. 
68  At  RES  -Good  buildings,  good  soil,  lb,  mile 
from  station:  state  road.  Price.  $5,500. 
HARVEY  SMITH,  Trumbauersville,  Bucks  Co 
Pa. 
FOR  SALE — Gentleman’s  country  home:  eon- 
sists  of  16-acre  farm  with  fine  set  of  buildings, 
lu  ii  village.  Healthy  locution.  Address  owner, 
F.  C.  GOLDSMITH,  Kidgebury,  Orange  Co.,  New 
York. 
I'OR  SALK  Poultry  plant  fully  equipped ;  pay¬ 
ing  proposition;  some  prize  winne.  •  THE 
RED  FARM.  'WilHiimstoWti.  \.  .7. 
I  ill'.  (  ONDITIOX  of  your  herd  depends  on  the 
reliability  of  your  help.  A  number  of  our 
graduates  who  have  bad  two  years'  practical 
training  are  ready  to  take  up  work  on  dairv 
farms.  Address  KARON  DE  HIRSCII  AGRI- 
<  i  LTt  UAL  school.  Woodbine.  N.  ,1. _ not  a 
college,  luit  a  practical  farm  school. 
