1323 
this  price  per  barrel  we  charged  up  the 
time  spent  in  picking,  hauling  to  barn, 
stenciling  and  nailing  barrels  and  grad¬ 
ing  the  apples,  also  packing  away  the 
culls  in  boxes.  We  divided  this  total 
labor  and  team  cost  by  the  actual  num¬ 
ber  of  barrels  packed  for  sale.  Our  idea 
being  to  find  the  cost  of  placing  the  ap¬ 
ples  on  the  market.  If  culls  are  sold  this 
would  help  reduce  cost  of  production. 
We  use  the  Treseott.  mechanical  grader. 
GRANT  JIITCIIINGS. 
Onondaga  Co.,  N.  Y. 
The  Dairymen’s  League  Investigated 
(Continued  from  page  1319) 
New  York,  New  Jersey,  Pennsylvania 
and  Connecticut.  The  stock  is  apportion¬ 
ed  as  follows : 
Members  of  the  League  pay  in  at  the 
rate  of  2f»e  for  each  cow  they  own.  For 
every  10  cows  a  member  is  allowed  one 
share  of  the  stock,  the  par  value  of  which 
is  $2.50.  The  funds  of  the  League  are 
deposited  in  the  National  Bank  at  Sus¬ 
sex,  N.  J.,  and  Middletown,  N.  Y.  Checks 
are  signed  by  president  and  treasurer. 
The  object  of  the  League  is  to  propagate 
among  dairymen  the  gospel  of  improv¬ 
ing  their  own  business.  It-  is  a  mutual 
benefit  society.  Organizers  are  em¬ 
ployed  and  paid  $15  a  week  and  expenses. 
The  treasurer  receives  $100  a  year  and  is 
under  bond.  The  secretary  receives  $900 
a  year  salary.  At  the  end  of  the  last 
fiscal  year  the  League  represented  190,- 
000  cows.  Since  then  this  number  has 
been  increased  to  about  800.000.  The 
League  has  received  in  all  $17,000.  The 
books  of  the  League  showed  that  during 
1914  and  1915  the  expenditures  were 
$28,048.  The  books  were  fully  examined 
by  the  Wicks  Committee  and  found  cor¬ 
rect.  There  is  no  other  source  of  income 
Other  than  membership  fees,  and  sale  of 
stock  at  the  rate  of  25c  a  cow,  and  the 
League  has  never  represented  that  it 
would  pay  dividends.  The  by-laws  pro¬ 
vide  that  an  added  assessment  not  to  ex¬ 
ceed  25c  a  cow  may  be  levied,  but  no 
assessment  on  the  stock  shares  is  per¬ 
mitted.  Mr.  Manning  gave  a  statement 
of  the  results  thus  far  obtained  by  the 
League.  This  statement,  of  course,  was 
made  before  the  present  milk  battle  came 
to  a  head,  but  he  showed  results  which 
amply  justified  the  League  and  all  that 
its  members  havo  paid.  The  object  of 
this  investigation  was  to  show  members 
of  the  League  that  Us  management  had 
been  clean  and  straight,  that  its  work 
had  been  justified,  and  fanners  who  at¬ 
tended  the  hearing  or  received  reports  of 
it.  were  evidently  well  satisfied  to  go  on 
with  the  organization. 
Disputing  Price  of  Milk 
The  milk  controversy  is  at  a  deadlock. 
The  largest  contracting  firm,  which  sets 
the  pace  for  the  others,  has  offered  to 
advance  the  price  to  47  cents  per  S}4- 
quart  can  delivered  at  Boston,  and  they 
assert  they  can  get  enough  farmers  to 
sign  at  that  figure  to  keep  the  concern’s 
route  supplied.  The  producers  as  a  body 
are  holding  out  strongly  for  their  demand 
of  50  cents  a  can.  Boston  delivery, 
amounting  to  about  five  cents  a  can  ad¬ 
vance  above  the  old  price.  Whatever 
happens,  the  consumer  has  nothing  to 
hope,  other  than  10-ccnt  milk.  The  only 
question  is  whether  the  contractors  arc 
to  he  allowed  to  seize  the  lion’s  share  of 
the  one  cent  increase  In  the  retail  price. 
Secretary  Puttee,  of  the  New  England 
Producers’  Association,  declared  that  the 
present  contractors  will  not  get  the  milk 
at  the  price  they  offer  now,  even  if  the 
producers  are  forced  to  sell  the  milk  at 
auction  in  Boston. 
The  Worcester  County  (Mass.)  Pro¬ 
ducers’  Association  is  still  working  over 
its  plan  of  a  milk  auction,  hut  has  moved 
forward  its  date  of  October  1  to  such  a 
time  as  when  “a  clcan-eut  plan  can  be 
put  in  operation.”  Meanwhile  its  mem¬ 
bers  propose  to  sell  their  milk  the  best 
way  they  cau  as  individuals  without  bind¬ 
ing  themselves  by  contracts.  Their  man¬ 
agers  seem  to  have  run  against  snags  of 
a  more  or  less  temporary  nature  in  pro¬ 
viding  for  an  auction  system.  In  the 
first  place,  the  railroads  arc  putting  up  a 
new  milk  terminal  in  Somerville,  which 
mehns  that  a  place  for  milk  sales  and 
storage  might  need  to  be  found,  and  milk 
coming  on  the  southern  railroad  lines 
would  have  to  he  switched  across  at  Cam¬ 
bridge,  with  result  of  possible  delay.  The 
lower  rates  in  proportion,  for  40-quart 
cans  will,  the  managers  think,  tend  to 
drive  out  the  present  H^-quart  cans  that 
have  been  the  standard  so  long  in  the 
New'  England  territory  and  in  that  case 
the  shippers  would  want  to  get  the  large 
cans.  The  difficulty  of  selling  the  milk 
from  thousands  of  shippers  by  sampling- 
each  lot  of  milk  at  the  sale  is  met  by  the 
suggestion  that,  the  milk  he  sold  by  a 
guarantee,  with  a  local  organization  to 
stand  back  of  it.  Plainly  it  will  take 
time  to  meet  all  the  difficulties  in  such  a 
way  that  the  new  plan  would  have  a  fair 
chance  of  proving  a  success. 
Here  and  there  the  producers  who  sup¬ 
ply  the  smaller  markets  are  putting  up 
the  price  without  argument.  For  exam¬ 
ple,  the  other  day  85  milk  farmers  supply¬ 
ing  the  city  of  Springfield,  Mass.,  raised 
the  price  by  one  cent  a  quart.  The  deal¬ 
ers  have  only  to  pay  what  is  asked  or 
leave  the  milk,  and  about  all  the  nearby 
producers  seem  to  have  joined  in  the  ad¬ 
vance.  Of  course  it  is  far  easier  for  a 
compact  body  of  shippers  to  unite,  as 
compared  with  the  widely  scattered  pro¬ 
ducers  for  the  Boston  market.  Prices  iu 
IShe  RURAL  NEW-YORKER 
local  markets  are  being  advanced  all  over 
New  England,  making  them  often  rela¬ 
tively  higher  than  the  Boston  market, 
and  this  fact  is  serving  as  a  powerful 
lever  iu  bringing  the  Boston  contractors 
to  terms.  It  is  quite  plain  that,  the  scores 
of  rapidly  growing  cities  of  New  England 
will  get  more  and  more  of  the  most  de¬ 
sirable  shippers  unless  the  Boston  mar¬ 
ket  will  pay  enough  to  hold  them. 
Vermont  as  well  as  New  Hampshire  is 
fighting  hard  for  a  better  milk  price. 
They  are  making  butter,  starting  cream¬ 
eries,  and  in  every  way  possible  taking 
milk  from  the  Boston  market.  Huch 
shipping  stations  as  White  River  Junc¬ 
tion,  Bennington,  Rutland,  Grafton, 
Canaan,  Danbury,  Barnsteud,  are  re¬ 
ported  having  greatly  reduced  shipments. 
Many  communities  are  unanimous  that 
they  will  not  ship  unless  they  get  orders 
from  their  association.  o.  b.  f. 
Corn  is  not  large;  very  dry  weather 
the  cause.  Heavy  crop  of  hay,  cured 
well ;  cows  have  shrunk  a  good  deal  in 
quantity  of  milk;  had  to  grain  them. 
Prices  of  eggs  good;  no  cabbage  nor 
other  vegetables  to  mention.  Grain  is 
very  high ;  hired  help  very  scarce.  We 
had  lots  of  strnv.-ben-ies  in  season. 
Glenwood,  N.  Y.  A.  h. 
Exterminating  Chlekweed  . 
Arrangement*  tor  a  Hillside  Fruit  Farm . 
A  Day’s  Work  Picking  Angles  . 
WOMAN  AND  HOME. 
From  Day  to  Day  . 
The  Rural  Patterns  . . . 
Embroidery  Designs  . 
Seen  In  New  York  Shops  . 
The  Passing  of  a  Friend  . . . 131 
Hints  for  “Blue  Monday” . 
Patterns  for  Window  Draperies  . 
Laundering  Starched  Clothes  . 
MISCELLANEOUS. 
Co-operation  In  Washington,  D.  C.......... 
An  Evaporator  for  Potatoes  . 
Planning  an  Icehouse  . . . 
Keeping  loo  . 
Concrete  Protection  for  Water  Pipe  . . . 
Events  of  the  Week  . 
Better  Crop  Reports  Needed  . 
New  England  Notes  . 
Frank  ot  Peach  Hill  . 
Winter  Rare  of  Bees  . 
The  Inventor’s  Troobles  . 
Hay  Fever  and  Its  Prevention  . 
Editorials  . . . 
Notes  from  Department  of  Foods  and  Markets 
Put  Then  On  Record  . 
Now  England  Notes  . 
Publisher’s  Desk  . 
CONTENTS 
THE  RURAL  NEW-YORKER,  October  14.  1916. 
FARM  TOPICS. 
The  Farm  Bureau  Discussion . 
Grain  Binder  for  Cutting  Corn . 
Crops  and  Farm  Notes . 
Hope  Farm  Notes  . 
LIVE  STOCK  AND  DAIRY. 
Looking  Things  In  the  Face . . 
Work  ot  a  Cow-tcitlng  Association . 
The  Milk  Situation . 
Planning  a  Dairy  Building . 
Cortland  County  Milk  Notes . 
The  Dairymen’s  League  Investigated _ 
New  England  Milk .  . 
Construction  Ot  ha-ha  Fence . 
Injured  Mulo  . . . 
Worms  . . . . 
Saddle  Sores  . 
Cow  Loses  Calf  . 
Warts  . 
Hardening  Horses'  Shoulders  . 
Green  Buckwheat  In  Silo  . 
Paint  lor  Inside  of  Silo  . . 
Whole  Stalks  in  Silo  . 
Whole  Corn  Silage  . 
THE  HENYARD. 
Egg-laying  Contest  . . 
Laying  Ration  . . 
House  for  Ducks  . . 
Henhouse  for  Rhode  Island . 
HORTICULTURE. 
Tree  Oamage  by  Arsenic  . . 
Harvesting  and  Curing  Asparagus  Seed. 
Mrs.  Ydpnohkidk  (to  butcher)  :  “Eve 
just  thought  of  something  for  dinner  my 
husband  is  very  foud  of.  You  have 
chickens?”  Butcher:  ‘“Yes’m ;  nice  and 
fresh.”  Mrs.  Youngbride:  “Well,  please 
cut.  out  the  croquettes  and  I’ll  take  them 
with  me.” — Boston  Transcript. 
We  Must  Add  $175  to  the 
HUDSON  SUPER-SIX 
Here  is  an  issue  which  we  can’t  evade.  So  we  meet 
it  fairly  and  frankly,  but  give  you  a  full  month’s 
warning.  Every  Super-Six  will  be  sold  at  present 
prices  while  they  last.  If  you  can  get  one,  get  it. 
The  next  production — starting  a  Super-Six  can  be  bought  now  at  a 
December  1 — will  be  like  the  present  saving  of  $175, 
models.  The  changes,  if  any,  will  be  We  have  under  way  of  the  present  pro- 
only  minor  refinements.  But  materials  duction  about  3500  cars.  Part  are  open 
for  that  series  were  contracted  this  year,  models,  part  enclosed.  Many  of  them 
and  at  prices  enormously  advanced.  are  sold. 
So  the  cars  now  in  process  are  the  only  But  many  Hudson  dealers,  suspecting 
Super-Sixes  we  can  deliver  at  the  present  the  advance,  have  unsold  Super-Sixes. 
Hudson  prices.  The  advance  will  be  If  you  get  one  now,  you  will  save  $175. 
$175  per  car.  For  all  Hudson  dealers  will  advance  the 
Super-Six  when  we  start  production  of 
No  Way  Out  the  next  series. 
Most  people  know  that  Hudson  profits  ^  can  one  now»  go  get  it. 
are  amazingly  low  for  our  output.  Here 
is  the  top-place  car — the  largest-selling  Next  Year’s  Ruling  Car 
fine  car  in  the  world  with  a  price  above  ,  , ,  -  . ,  , 
$1100.  Yet  it  sells  way  below  some  -  Nex‘ year>  a*  this  year,  the  Hudson 
fine  cars.  Still  our  standards  are  so  high  ®upepf?:  ^  certain  to  hold  its  suprem- 
~  +.  4.  £4.  B  acy.  The  Super-Six  is  controlled  by 
S  P  ’  P  °  tS  are  our  patents-the  motor  which  added  80 
Jl  *  per  cent  to  efficiency.  So  other  cars 
Now  these  high-grade  materials,  in  can’t  use  it. 
one  year,  have  enormously  advanced  The  Super-Six  now  holds  all  the  worth- 
We  must  either  adopt  lower  grades  of  while  reCords.  All  the  world’s  stock  car 
materials,  or  add  the  advance  to  our  records  up  to  100  miles.  It  holds  the 
pn^e*  #  24-hour  record  of  1819  miles.  It  won 
There  is  no  other  way  out  for  fine-car  the  Pike’s  Peak  hill-climb — the  world’s 
makers  whose  profits  have  been  fair,  greatest  event  of  its  kind. 
This  enforced  raise  means  no  greater  In  September  it  won  the  ocean-to- 
profit  to  us.  So  we  frankly  state  the  ocean  record.  It  went  from  San  Fran- 
*acts*  cisco  to  New  York  in  14  hours  59  minutes 
We  shall  continue  the  present-grade  less  time  than  the  next  best  record. 
Hudson.  Next  year  s  models  will  be  the  Jt  won  all  these  records  because  of 
same  as  this  year  s;  save  perhaps  in  some  endurance.  Because  this  invention  has 
minor  refinements.  There  will  posi-  so  nearly  eliminated  all  friction,  vibra- 
tively  be  no  change  in  the  Super-Six  tion  and  wear. 
motor.  So  the  added  cost— and  that  So  every  man  who  knows  the  facts 
alone— will  be  added  to  our  price.  must  eoncede  the  Super-Six  su- 
Coocl  News  for  Owners  premacy.  Every  test  Has  proved  it. 
If  you  want  such  a  car — even  for  next 
This  will  be  good  news  for  owners,  year — now  is  the  time  to  get  it,  if 
About  2 5-, 000  have,  or  will  get,  Super-  you  can. 
Phaeton,  7-passenger 
Roadster,  2-passenger 
Cabriolet,  3-passenger 
$1475  Touring  Sedan  .  .  .  .  . 
1475  Limousine  ....... 
1775  ( Prices  f.o .  b.  Detroit ) 
Town  Car  .... 
Town  Car  Landaulet 
Limousine  Landaulet 
$2000 
2750 
$2750 
2850 
2850 
HUDSON  MOTOR  CAR  CO.,  DETROIT,  MICHIGAN 
.HUDSON, 
