The  Rural  New-Yorker 
THE  BUSINESS  FARMER'S  PAPER 
A  National  Wettlj  Journal  for  Country  and  Suburban  Home* 
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Herbert  W.  COUiUt«wi.>op,  I’rrsidont  and  Editor. 
JOBS  J.  DILLON,  Treasurer  and  General  Manairer. 
Wm.  F.  Dillon.  Seeretary.  Mrs.  E.  T.  Royi.e.  Associate  Editor. 
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Yorker  when  writing  the  advertiser. 
SINCE  we  printed  that  note  on  page  1240  about 
making  acid  phosphate  in  a  compost  heap  we 
have  had  letters  asking  about  it.  Is  it  true  that 
sulphur  when  put  into  a  compost  heap  can  change 
to  sulphuric  acid?  Is  it  true  that  this  can  do  to 
raw  phosphate  rock  wliat  sulphuric  acid  does  in 
the  factory?  We  answer  yes  to  both  questions,  hut 
the  practical  details  have  not  yet  been  worked  out. 
It  is  a  big  and  important  subject.  We  have,  coming, 
an  article  by  Dr.  ,T.  O.  Lipman,  on  soil  fermentation 
which  we  consider  the  best  discussion  of  the  sub¬ 
ject  yet  presented. 
Good  Friends  Who  Stick 
No.  i. 
WE  did  not  know  we  had  so  many  friends  un¬ 
til  during  the  past  few  weeks  they  began  to 
march  up  and  fall  in!  Here  is  a  good  type: 
After  having  rend  The  R.  N.-Y.  for  *10  years,  and 
compared  it  with  other  farm  papers  and  imitation  farm 
papers,  1  believe  The  R.  N.-Y.  is  the  greatest  general 
all-round  farm  paper  published  in  the  United  States. 
When  1  have  heard  men  talk  about  their  favorite  farm 
paper  1  have  told  them  I  have  $25  for  them  if  they 
would  or  could  show  me  a  bettor  one  than  The  R.  N.- 
Y.,  but  .they  haven't  come  across  with  the  goods  yet  I 
hope  I  can  be  of  further  service  to  you. 
Craigville,  Ind,  n.  c..  scitwarz. 
Our  understanding  is  that  Mr.  Schwarz  is  a  re¬ 
liable  and  responsible  citizen  who  is  still  waiting 
for  some  one  to  “come  across  with  the  goods." 
Milk  War  is  Over 
EARLY  Saturday  morning ,  after  a  night's  confer¬ 
ence,  Commissioner  Dillon  and  the  Executive 
Committee  of  the  League  reached  an  agreement  with 
all  the  big  dealers  for  the  sale  of  milk  for  six 
months  at  League  prices.  Borders  teas  not  repre¬ 
sented  at  the  conference  hut  they  acre  pled  the  terms 
and  came  in  during  the  day.  The  prompt  and  de¬ 
cisive  measures  taken  with  Mr.  Bril!  showed  the 
big  dealers  that  no  compromise  would  he  accepted, 
and  the  conference  was  easily  arranged.  The  result 
is  the  first  complete  victory  for  dairymen  of  this 
section;  and  it  has  created  an  asset  of  priceless 
value  to  tin  dairy  interests  of  the  State  and  elsr- 
wlo  re.  Dealers  wilt  now  co-operate  with  producers, 
and  the  whole  industry  will  he  placed  on  a  sound 
basis. 
hllfr’l  l-CTtrm  lh<‘  point— just  what  our  111  viiuiwui*  or  excusing,  Close  up 
It  W  f  II  \  |  J!  K  farmers  need,  as  we  all  the  ranks  and  march  on.  Commissioner  Dillon  and 
it  L  LL  V  I  found  in  the'  great  milk  ,3ie  LeaSue'H  executive  committee  know  what  to  do 
light.  Those  North  Dako-  aud  *vou  may  fully  trust  thera  to  do  ifc  ri^ht 
ta  farmers  are  going  at  * 
their  business  just  as  they  \  A /E  a3ready  have  letters  from  most  of  the  can- 
t  -would  clear  and  plant  a  ^  *  didates  for  the  Legislature  in  the  rural  coun¬ 
piece  of  land  with  some  of  the  old  stumps  left  and  ties  of  New  York.  The  great  majority  of  them  favor 
brush  growing  between.  It  is  the  old  tight  against  the  Foods  and  Markets  Department,  and  will,  if 
the  useless  middleman  (not  the  needed  merchant  or  elected,  give  it  support.  This  sentiment  is  particu- 
handler)  and  the  curse  of  the  35-cent  dollar.  Those  larly  strong  through  Southern,  Central  and  North- 
l'anners  need  a  State-owned  terminal  and  a  State-  era  New  York,  where  the  dairy  interests  are  located, 
controlled  system  of  grading.  We  in  New  York  need  A  few  candidates  are  non-committal,  and  a  few 
a  State -owlied  terminal  market  in  this  city  with  bodge  by  declining  to  answer.  They  may  come  yet. 
State  protection  to  shippers  in  grading  and  selling.  The  point  is  that  the  great,  majority  of  them  recog- 
Our  need  is  as  great  as  that  of  the  Dakota  farmers,  nize  the  importance  of  the  issue  and  the  demand  for 
Wo  have  other  needs  too,  hut  it  is  too  late  to  or-  marketing  reform.  The  shortest  letter  we  have  is 
ganize  any  full  campaign  for  them  this  year.  We  from  Win.  II.  llill,  a  candidate  for  the  Assembly  in 
can,  however,  make  a  start  by  bringing  the  Foods  Broome  County.  He  says: 
and  Markets  Department  up  as  a  clear  and  definite  ^  favor  it.  Dill. 
issue.  Such  a  terminal  market  as  we  need  would,  Three  good  Saxon  words  are  W'orth  a  5,000  word 
of  necessity,  be  a  part  of  that  Department  We  oration.  The  most  significant  letter  is  from  Senator 
can  then  this  year  start  the  campaign  by  refusing  Morris  S.  Hallhlay  of  the  41st  Senate  District, 
to  vote  for  any  candidate  who  is  against  the  De-  Tompkins  and  Schuyler,  Tioga  and  Chemung  Coun¬ 
part  uient.  This  is  the  beginning  of  such  a  cam-  ties: 
paign  as  they  have  started  in  Dakota.  Let  us  adopt  I  am  a  firm  believer  in  the  economic  value  of  tbe 
.  tpvjt  aiini-t  Department  of  Foods  and  Markets.  As  a  member  of 
thm  motto.  Well  Stick!  the  Wicks  Investigating  Committee.  I  have  had  many 
*  opportunities,  in  various  parts  of  the  State,  to  judge 
both  the  value  of  the  work  the  Department  is  doing 
Thf*  \^/av  (~)iit  for  O h i rvm on  and  the  sentiment  of  the  farmers  toward  it.  I  stand 
me  vvdy  wui  lur  L^curymen  ready  to  help  the  Department  in  every  legitimate  way, 
THIS  milk  war  has  made  one  thing  perfectly  anb  will  do  so,  if  elected.  morris  s.  halliday. 
clear.  The  great  profit  in  the  sale  of  whole  That  is  significant  because  Senator  Halliday  as  a 
milk  comes  in  assembling,  pasteurizing  and  grading,  member  of  the  Wicks  Committee  has  been  able  to  get 
Where  a  buyer  has  absolute  control  of  weighing,  right  into  the  very  heart  of  farm  sentiment. 
testing  and  price-making  he  has  a  clearer  monopoly  - 
than  any  other  handler  of  food  products  enjoys.  Brevities 
You  cannot  conceive  of  anything  closer  to  a  “sure  “Deep-Seated  prejudice”  is  often  found  in  a  soft- 
tiling.  ’  Just  as  long  as  this  monopoly  stays  in  the  cushioned  chair! 
hands  ol  the  dealers  and  distributors  the  relations  Many  Eastern  farmers  are  planning  to  substitute 
between  them  and  the  producers  will  be  those  of  Soy  beans  for  oats. 
master  aud  slave.  It  is  exactly  like  handling  fruit  Why  not  let  hogs  husk  their  own  corn?  The  liens 
V  dealer  will  buy  the  bulk  fruit  in  tin  orchard  at  a  ca  K,,f  l^mler  Northern  potato  seed-better 
low  figure.  Then  he  will  sort  and  grade  it  and  make  make  sure  of  it  early  this  year. 
fill*  more  through  doing  that  work  than  the  grower  Buckwheat  as  an  orchard  cover  crop  is  good  where 
did  after  all  the  expense  and  lisle  of  his  produc-  -v"u  bo  not  care  for  Spring  growth, 
tion.  The  Pacific  Coast  apple  growers  saw  this  sit-  Some  men  think  they  are  far  ahead  of  the  procession 
nation  and  worked  away  from  it.  They  do  their  because  th,*y  arc*. ,l,  iving  tbe  hmv^ ! 
own  grading,  sorting  and  packing.  If  they  did  not  North  Dakota  sends  out  a  package  library  from  the 
,  ■  , ,  ...  ...  agricultural  college.  The  packages  are  loaned  for  21 
do  so  they  would  soon  be  driven  out  of  business,  days. 
L>  lining  thomseh es  the  wuik  which  Eastern  grow-  Whkx  potatoes  arc  piled  up  in  the  cellar  a  line  of 
ers  have  been  paying  the  dealers  to  do  for  them  crates  built  up  through  the  pile  will  give  ventilation 
these  Western  fruit  growers  prosper.  and  bry  them  out. 
Nmv- the  way  out  for  the  milk  dairymen  is  along  Experiments  in  ,T\’Vst‘'mi  eoUU!''y  “eIio®lM  agPoar  to 
..  .....  show  that  when  children  have  hot  lunches  they  get 
the  same  line.  1  hey  arc  now  paying  the  dealers  ex-  along  faster  than  when  on  cold  victuals.  Cooking  the 
travagant  prices  for  preparing  their  raw  milk  for  lunch  is  part  of  ilu*  school  work. 
retail  use.  It  is  just  like  the  farmer  who  sells  500  The  latest  advice  about  making  a  stack  of  corn  fod- 
barrels  of  apples  at  $1.50  in  the  orchard.  The  bnv-  der  is  ,to  *,ut  bown  a  layer  of  corn  bundles,  then  a 
layer  of  straw  and  so  on  up.  The  dry  straw'  will  take 
er  sorts  and  packs  so  as  to  sell  at  $.*’.50  and  $1.  Ts  c,p  enough  mnisturi  to  prevent  molding. 
FOUR  years  ago  the  Hope  Farm  Man  published 
his  little  book  “The  Child.”  One  of  the  char¬ 
acters  thus  expressed  a  thought  which  has  been  in 
the  minds  of  all  serious  farmers: 
“You  and  I.  Hiram,  can  remember  when  tbe  hills 
were  full  of  little  factories,  and  little  shops  at  every 
water  power.  They  have  all  been  taken  away,  ab¬ 
sorbed  by  the  great  manufacturers.  In  like  manner 
will  come  the  tendency  for  great  corporations  aud  for 
the  great  railroad  companies  to  take  up  land  and 
produce  food  on  a  large  and  cold-blooded  plan.  By 
cold-blooded  I  mean  that  fanning  will  he  done  by  such 
people  with  as  little  regard  for  sentiment  and  home 
feeling,  as  cloth  is  now  produced  in  our  great  factories. 
The  only  way  tliut  1  see  for  our  farmers  to  stand  up 
against  this  in  the  future  is  for  them  to  form  organiza¬ 
tions  in  which  they  can  work  together  and  still  preserve 
their  manhood  and  individual  character.  I  need  not  tell 
you  what  it  will  mean  for  the  children  now  growing  up 
on  the  farms,  should  the  time  come  when  by  means  of 
the  lower  classes  of  foreign  labor  the  railroads  aud  great 
corporations  are  able  to  produce  the  food  which  our 
cities  will  call  for.” 
This  same  thing  came  up  during  the  fight  over 
milk  prices.  It  became  dear  that  unless  the  pro¬ 
ducers  were  paid  a  fairer  share  of  the  consumer’s 
dollar  many  farmers  would  he  driven  out  of  dairy¬ 
ing.  They  represented  the  small  freeholders  or 
