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other  large  group  of  florists'  stalls  close 
by  is  called  the  Boston  Cooperative 
Flower  .Market.  It.  has  been  running 
about  12  years  and  is  more  strictly  co¬ 
operative  than  the  older  concern  of  which 
it  is  an  offshoot.  Membership  is  Open,  ■ 
and  includes  a  hundred  >>r  more  florists, 
mostly  from  towns  near  Boston.  Kach 
nu  mber  pays  $25  rent,  a  premium  of  $15 
to  $11.1  for  a  choice  of  stall  and  pays  also 
a  share  of  the  general  cost.  Fa<*h  mom- 
bt  r  sells  his  own  goods  in  bis  own  way. 
Cooperation  extends  only  to  the  rent  and 
to  rhp  purchase  of  incidental  supplies. 
WOMEN  GAHDE.VJEB8  AND  FARMERS. 
As  farmers  and  gardeners,  more  or  less 
independent.,  women  were  much  in  evi¬ 
dence  at  Boston,  the  past  week.  The 
drawing  power  was  the  convention  of  the 
Women’s  National  Agricultural  and  Hor¬ 
ticultural  Association.  As  judged  by  cer¬ 
tain  coiispieuoiis  types  and  exhibits  seen 
at  the  meetings  in  Horticultural  Hall, 
tlm  feminine  idea  of  gardening  was  to 
go  about  in  bewitching  Japanosy  gowns 
wi:h  a  long,  white  canvas  apron  annex 
and  above  it  all  a  wide-brimmed  suffrage 
hat  of  straw.  Then  to  plan  beauteous 
floral  effects  on  fine  country  estates  and 
to  sport  with  dainty  beribbonod  garden 
tools  and  a  garlanded  wheelbarrow. 
Tiles'1  were  society  women  whose  whole¬ 
some  and  harmless  outdoor  fad  is  garden¬ 
ing.  JTominont  and  influential  they 
Were  of  course.  There  were  others: 
women  who  work  hard,  on  salary,  as 
gardeners  ami  supervisors;  women  who 
are  trying  eagerly  and  tirelessly  to  make 
a  country  home  and  to  dig  out  a  living 
from  the  soil.  A  few  seemed  to  lie  farm¬ 
ers’  wives  looking  for  some  of  the  finer 
and  more  unusual  ideas  in  relation  to 
country  life.  Discussions  took  a  wide 
range.  Neatly  everything  was  applaud¬ 
ed  with  zeal,  but  most  questions  were 
asked,  it  seemed,  when  there  was  some 
such  problem  as  what  kind  of  plant  to 
use  for  a  border,  or  how  to  move  or  to 
graft  evergreens,  or  what  is  the  most  or¬ 
namental  kind  of  marker.  Considerable 
interest  was  shown  in  rose  culture.  The 
recommendation  of  the  president,  Airs. 
Frauds  King,  of  Michigan,  regarding 
the  four  best  hardy  roses  may  be  of 
wider  interest.  They  were  Hr.  Van 
Fleet.  Silver  Moon.  Mary  Lovett.  Wyeh- 
moss. 
A  large-hearted,  large-minded  woman 
from  Southern  Massachusetts  told  of. the 
school  garden  work,  and  how  a  judicious 
mixture  of  flic  schoolma’am  and  the 
mother  plan  of  management  had  trans¬ 
formed  stupid,  mischievous  boys  into 
hustling,  enthusiastic  young  gardeners 
who  banked  $35  to  $’200  each  in  a  sea¬ 
son.  still  attending  school,  and  of  these 
apparently  unpromising  boys  captured  a 
share  of  the  State  prizes.  Anyhow,  they 
learned  to  respect  rights  in  property. 
“Boys  who  have  nothing  more  than  a 
dozen  tomato  plants,  learn  to  realize 
wliat  it  means  to  have  their  property 
meddled  with."  A  voting  lady  from  Con¬ 
necticut  told  in  lively  style  how  she  is 
making  an  impoverished  farm  of  20  to  30 
acres  pay  with  400  liens  ami  some  gen¬ 
eral  crops.  "But  it  does  not  come  like 
a  gift  from  above."  she  declared,  “blit 
as  a  result  of  patience,  ability,  hard 
work  and  a  keen  knowledge  of  the  mar¬ 
kets.  Not  watchful  waiting,  hut  watch¬ 
ful  working."  The  liens  pay  well  with 
the  general  farming,  wages  tend  to  Cat 
up  the  profit,  this  season,  she  says. 
Connecticut  farmers  are  suffering  un¬ 
usual  trouble  from  scarcity  of  fertilizers 
Delays  of  freight  on  the  railroad  had  in¬ 
terfered  with  farm  operations.  A  favor¬ 
ite  rotation  started  with  rye  in  the  Fall 
to  he  plowed  under  in  Spring,  then  oats, 
and  the  land  seeded  in  September  to 
wheat  and  Timothy  with  some  clover,  i 
There  was  a  good  crop  of  wheat,  and 
rhp  grass  was  mowed  for  two  years. 
Then  a  crop  of  corn  followed  by 
wheat.  More  of  this  lady’s  successful 
poultry  work,  later,  perhaps,  "Men  dis¬ 
like  to  work  for  women,”  asserted  an¬ 
other  observing  speaker.  "Thej  will 
work  better,  if  there  are  two  of  them  on 
the  same  job.  The  woman  farmer  must 
he  ready  to  tire  her  men  at  short  notice, 
and  do  the  work  liemd£,  if  necessary. 
A  woman  can  do  everything  but  the 
heavy  lifting,  and  can  make  it  a  success 
if  she  breaks  in  gradually.  The  pay  is 
almost  unbelievably  high  for  the  well- 
truined  and  well-equipped  woman.” 
It  was  noticeable  that  some  of^tbe  most 
businesslike  women  were  from  New  Frig- 
land  towns.  Airs.  Susan  H.  Howard  of 
Stone  ham,  Alasw,.  lias  been  trying  to 
solve  the  problem  of  getting  a  good  fam¬ 
ily  living  from  three  fertile  acres,  and 
she  thinks  success  is  well  in  sight.  She 
does  it  with  bees,  fruit  and  vegetables; 
everything  sold  to  high-class  eon. sum-  ■ 
ers.  Iler  husband,  a  city  worker,  had 
turned  the  little  farm  over  to  her  man¬ 
agement.  with  the  understanding  that  1m 
was  to  leave  the  unwholesome  city  job  j 
whenever  a  living  was  in  sight  from  farm 
sources  alone.  They  set  out  (reaches  and 
plums,  and  these  are  bearing  a  little 
fruit  now.  Between  the  rows  of  trees 
they  set  800  currants,  and  the  crop  finds 
easy  sale.  Also  raspberries  for  which 
there  is  plenty  of  call,  and  more  are  be¬ 
ing  set.  Twenty-four  tons  of  squashes 
were  raised  where  not  over  eight  tons 
were  expected,  and  a  Winter  storehouse 
was  contrived  by  boarding  up  a  veranda 
and  admitting  enough  warm  air  from  tin- 
furnace  cellar  to  prcveul  freezing.  Sliip- 
RURAL  NEW-YORKER 
ments  to  Boston  were  made  in  January 
and  February,  some  of  which  averaged 
20  pounds  per  squash,  by  the  ton.  Amo- 
mobile  folks  are  good  customers.  The 
bees.  30  t<«  40  hives,  are  the  main  feat¬ 
ure.  and  have  been  so  well  managed  that 
Mrs.  Howard’s  services  are  in  demand 
as  a  teacher  and  lecturer.  g.  b.  f. 
EVENTS  OF  THE  WEEK 
DOMESTIC— New  York  City  is  in¬ 
vestigating  the  extensive  tapping  of  tele¬ 
phone  wires  by  the  police  to  obtain  evi¬ 
dence.  Much  indignation  has  heen  ex¬ 
cited  by  this  violation  of  privacy.  Ala.vnr 
Mitchel,  in  a  public  statement,  says  it  is 
absolutely  essential  to  the  protect! no  of 
the  community  against  the  commission 
of  crime  that  the  police  should  use  this 
powerful  weapon  for  crime  detection. 
During  an  attack  by  strikers  on  the 
plant  of  the  Ansonia  Manufacturing  Co., 
Ansonia,  Conn..  May  111,  one  striker  was 
killed  and  four  others  seriously  injured. 
Three  companies  and  (he  band  of  the 
New  Mexico  National- Guard  regiment  of 
infantry  have  appealed  to  Gen.  Fnnstnn 
to  have  the  regulations  set  aside  under 
which  they  have  been  called  out  for 
service  with  the  regular  army  in  defend¬ 
ing  the  American  border  from  Mexican 
raiders.  Their  excuse  is  that,  ouly  25 
per  cent,  of  their  number  can  speak  Eng¬ 
lish.  Fourteen  men  opt  of  one  company 
of  tbe  Texas  National  Onard.  11(5  en¬ 
listed  members  of  which  have,  flatly  re¬ 
fused  to  respond  to  the  call,  have  put 
up  the  plea  that  their  families  arc  desti¬ 
tute  and  cannot  spare  them. 
The  largest  claim  for  reparation  over 
presented  to  the  Interstate  t’onimerco 
Hum  mission  was  filed  recently  by  the  Del¬ 
aware.  Lackawanna  and  Western  Coal 
Company.  It  is  for  $8811.771,  said  to  be 
for  excessive  charges  on  shipments  of 
anthracite  from  the  Pennsylvania  fields 
to  points  in  New  York,  New  Jersey  and 
other  States,  The  petition  states  that 
the  commission  after  a  comprehensive  in¬ 
vestigation  decided  that  the  freight,  rates 
on  anthracite  were  excessive  nml  ordered 
reductions  which  became  effective  on 
May  1,  and  the  claim  for  repn  rati  onceov¬ 
ers  payments  made  at  tlm  excessive  rate 
for  two  years  prior  to  Alay  1,  when  the 
new  rates  went  into  effect.  The  coal 
company  was  formerly  controlled  by  the 
railroad  and  at  present  many  of  tbe  offi¬ 
cers  and  directors  of  the  coal  company 
are  also  officers  or  directors  of  the  rail¬ 
road. 
Of  320,700  immigrants  admitted  into 
the  United  States  for  the  year  ended 
September  30  last  05,028  indicated  New 
York  State  as  their  intended  residence. 
The  alien  population  of  the  State  is  esti¬ 
mated  at  5.000.000  persons.  These  aliens 
are  under  the  supervision  of  the  bureau 
of  industries  and  immigration  of  the 
State  Industrial  Commission.  In  view 
of  the  rapid  increase  in  the  number  of 
alien  insane  and  criminal  State  depend¬ 
ents  the  bureau  recommends  that  steps 
be  taken  to  effect  an  arrangement  where¬ 
by  the  Federal  Government,  sliall  reim¬ 
burse  the  State  for  its  expenditures  to 
maintain  such  dependents,  as  the  Fed¬ 
eral  authorities  have  exclusive  jurisdic¬ 
tion  over  the  admission  of  immigrants. 
Nine  persons  were  killed  and  38  in¬ 
jured  and  Kemp  City.  Okla.,  eight  miles 
east  of  Denison,  Tex.,  was  wiped  off  the 
map,  .May  20.  by  a  tornado  which  swept 
a  path  three-quarters  of  a  mile  wide  and 
five  miles  long  in  the  Kemp  City  section. 
Only  three  small  dwellings  remained 
standing.  This  is  the  second  time  in  re¬ 
cent  years  that  the  little  town  of  300  in¬ 
habitants  has  been  visited  by  a  tornado. 
Eight  were  killed  in  the  town,  while  the 
other  victim,  a  child,  was  crushed  in  the 
collapse  of  ifs  father’s  home  just  across 
the  lied  River,  in  Texas. 
FARM  AND  GARDEN.— A  bill  of 
Senator  Flon  R.  Brown  signed.  Alay  10. 
by  Gov.  Whitman  is  intended  -as  tbe  first 
step  by  file  State  to  prepare  for  the  in¬ 
flux  of  immigrants  at.  the  conclusion  of 
the  European  war.  The  measure  pro¬ 
vides  for  a  bureau  of  farm  settlement  "to 
promote  the  settlement  of  immigrant 
farm  laborers.”  The  new  State  law  calls 
lor  the  appointment  of  a  director  of  the 
bureau  bj  State  Commissioner  of  Agri¬ 
culture  Wilson,  with  such  assistants  as 
may  lie  necessary.  As  tbe  first  step  Com¬ 
missioner  Wilson  will  communicate  with 
the  Consuls  of  various  countries  now  en¬ 
gaged  in  war  and  demonstrate  the  ad¬ 
vantage  of  New  York  in  agriculture. 
.Time  3,  191G, 
The  Northern  Nut  Growers’  Associa¬ 
tion  will  bold  its  seventh  annual  conven¬ 
tion  at  Washington.  I>.  C..  September  S 
and  0.  in  room  42-43  of  the  new  build¬ 
ing  of  the  National  Museum.  Horticul¬ 
turists,  nurserymen  and  the  general  (nib- 
lie  are  invited  t*>  attend.  The  associa¬ 
tion  will  offer  the  following  prizes  this 
year:  Butternut.  $5  first.  $5  second.  $2 
third  and  five  of  $1  each.  Black  walnut, 
shngbark  and  shell  lurk  hickories,  north¬ 
ern  pecans,  hazels.  Japanese  walnuts  and 
hybrid  nuts,  for  each  $5  first.  $3  second. 
$2  third.  In  addition  the  following  con¬ 
ditional  prizes  are  offered:  For  a  hazel 
nut  of  pure  American  origin  that  can 
compete  with  the  imported  filbert.  $50. 
For  a  shngbark  hickory  better  than  those 
now  being  (iropagat  i  d  $25.  For  a  north¬ 
ern  pecan  better  then  those  now  being 
propagated  $10.  Tim  secretary  is  W.  C. 
Doming,  Georgetown,  Conn. 
The  Secretary  of  Agriculture  has  ad¬ 
vised  the  Treasury  Department,  that  the 
prohibition  of  the  importation  of  plants 
by  mail  lias  been  extended  to  include  all 
growing  or  living  plants,  seeds  and  other 
plant  products  for  propagation,  except, 
field,  vegetable  and  flower  seeds,  and  that 
the  term  “field  seeds"  includes  only  seeds 
of  cereals,  grasses  and  other  annual  farm 
crops  and  does  not  include  bulbs  and  tu¬ 
bers. 
A  "war  settlement’*  warrant  for  $068, 
signed  by  Secretary  of  the  Treasury  W. 
G.  AicAdoo.  was  received  at  Butte, 
Mont.,  Alay  21.  by  the  heirs  of  Samuel 
li,  Pipes  in  payment  for  15  Missouri 
mules  wh)ch  the  Government  requisi¬ 
tioned  from  him  in  the  Civil  War.  Ef¬ 
forts  to  collect  for  the  in  it  1  os  had  heen 
made  by  I’ipes  for  10  years,  according  to 
attorneys  for  the  claimants.  Pipes  died 
at  Butte  <ix  years  ago. 
A  New  Koine.  Wis.,  farmer  has  taken  a 
contract  with  the  United  States  Biological 
Survey  to  furnish  that  organization  with 
200  crows.  An  effort  will  be  made  to 
determine  which  kind  of  eroWs  are  de¬ 
structive. 
The  New  England  Fair  at  Worcester, 
Mass.,  Sept.  4-7,  offers  premiums  for 
junior  exhibits  by  boys  and  girts  and  live 
stock  judging  by  boys,  the  age  limit  be¬ 
ing  18  years.  Entry  forms  may  be  ob¬ 
tained  from  the  secretary.  B.  Durell,  405 
Alain  Sr..  Worcester.  Mass. 
If  Others  Prefer  CASE  There  Must 
Be  Reasons  Why  You  Should 
Most  men  who  buy  threshing  outfits  demand  Case. 
We  build  and  sell  each  year  more  rigs  then  the  next  three  concerns 
combined.  This  means  that  the  safe  way  for  you  is  to  join  the  majority  and  to 
buy  the  one  threshing  rig  which  has  won  practically  universal  approval. 
Why  Men  Prefer 
Case  Threshers 
The  all-steel  construction  of  Case  thresher- 
is  absolute  insurance  against  fire,  wind  and 
water.  The  frame  is  solidly  constructed  «f 
steel  channels.  There  •?  m»  danger  of  warp¬ 
ing  and  getting  out  of  line. 
You  grain  growers  or  threshennen — voq 
who  need  a  threshing  outfit — must  insist  up  :i 
a  Case  separator,  because  it  saves  the  grain 
and  operates  at  the  lowest  cost. 
The  big  cylinders  of  Case  separators,  with 
their  steady  motion,  are  thorough,  so  that  un¬ 
favorable  weather  conditions  do  not  stop  thresh¬ 
ing — damp  and  wet  grain  is  handled  easily. 
Th .  Sign  of 
Mechanical 
Excellence 
ihe  World  Over 
Why  Men  Prefer 
Case  Engines 
The  chief  reason  is  that  every  owner  can 
depend  utterly  upon  the  ability  of  his  Case 
steam,  kerosene  or  gasoline  engine  and  his 
Case  separator  to  work  from  morn  till  night — 
or  any  number  of  hours — without  wasting 
any  time. 
And  better  is  this  tnro-fcld  economy:  (1) 
Case  engines  have  won  top  place  because  of 
their  simplicity  and  dependability,  (2)  Case 
threshers  get  all  the  grain  there  is  to  be  gotten. 
In  the  past  74  years,  Case  has  tested  out  all 
kinds  of  power  for  agricultural  use.  Today  we 
sell  the  three  final  types,  in  steam,  kerosene  or 
gasoline  classes. 
Owners  of  Case  threshing  rigs  have  nearby  and  continuous  service  facilities. 
You  run  no  risk  in  the  busy  harvest  season,  for  parts  and  repairs  are  ever  handy. 
Write  for  our  thresher  catalog — it  tells  the  story  complete.  Study  it  before  you  buy. 
J.  I.  Case  Threshing  Machine  Co.,  Inc.  (FOV&^“D)  722  Erie  St.,  Racine,  Wis. 
Supremacy  has  long 
belonged  to  CA  S  E 
Threshing  Outfits 
