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November 
Harvest  a  win- 
i  /^ter  crop 
of  wood 
When  you  write  advertisers  mention 
The  Rural  New-Yorker  and  you'll  fret 
a  quirk  reply  and  a  “square  deal.”  See 
guarantee  editorial  page. 
New  England  Notes 
How  Farmers  are  Working  Together 
ply  details  of  the  necessary  steps  in  or¬ 
ganizing..  Somebody  throw  on  a  clash  of 
Cold  water  by  telling  how  a  local  co-oper¬ 
ative  creamery  had  failed  because  some 
of  the  members  had  allowed  contractors 
to  buy  them  off  by  higher  prices  which 
lasted  only  until  the  creamery  failed. 
Could  farmers  make  a  cannery  pay?  No 
reason  why  the  surplus  couldn't  be 
handled  that  way.  The  asparagus  grow¬ 
ers  of  Concord  had  been  offered  more  for 
their  crop  to  can  than  it.  would  sell  for 
on  the  tisual  market.  Thousands  of 
bushels  of  apples  were  going  to  waste, 
that  might  be  worked  into  valuable  pro- 
dnets.  A  great  deal  of  decaying  stuff 
might  be  used  that  way.  The.  difficulty 
with  small  producers  in  canning  their 
surplus  is  lack  of  a  large,  uniform  pro¬ 
duct  to  put  on  the  market.  Should  the 
co-operative  product  be  advertised?  Yes; 
some  do  it  by  taxing  members  a  small 
sutn  on  each  package  or  so  much  per 
bushel.  Advertising  should  tend  to  in¬ 
crease  the  use  of  fruit  and  vegetables  in 
place  of  meat.  How  overcome  lack  of 
mutual  Confidence?  That  is  one  of  the 
most  difficult  parts.  It  took  30  years  in 
Denmark,  and  now  that  little  country 
sells  ninety  million  dollars’  worth  of  dairy 
and  poultry  products.  Each  town  has  an 
organization  and  there  are  district  organ¬ 
izations  and  a  national  organization  and 
it  controls  all  the  markets  it  can  reach. 
Oin'  trouble  in  some  parts  of  the  East  is 
there  is  too  much  money  and  so  many 
are  not  making  fanning  the  main  busi¬ 
ness.  Many  are  working  for  some  rich 
man's  place,  or  m  the  city  and  farming 
on  the  side.  Agriculture  is  becoming 
more  and  more  a  problem  of  marketing. 
We  shall  he  forced  to  do  something  to 
hold  our  place  in  our  own  markets.  Our 
organizations  so  far  are  mostly  for  mar¬ 
keting.  Begin  with  a  survey  of  the  town 
for  soil,  agricultural  population,  occu¬ 
pied  lands,  improved  lands,  land  possible 
of  improvement  by  drainage,  clearing  or 
planting.  Wlmt.  are  the  usual  crops  and 
best  crops?  0.  u.  F. 
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Cl  ID  C  Prompt  Returns 
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An  interesting  group  of  farmers  and 
iciir-farmers  representing  three  adjoining 
towns  met  in  Ilopkinto  .  Mass.,  the  other 
day  to  consider  what  might  he  done  in  the 
line  of  cn-operiilion.  As  often  happens, 
the  moving  spirits  were  largely  those  who 
had  shifted  from  city  to  country  and 
taken  up  some  line  of  fanning  as  a  pur¬ 
suit  or  as  a  side  line.  There  were  some 
32-hotirs-ii-da.v.  lifelong  farmers,  too.  In 
addressing  this  audience.  Agricultural 
Secretary  Wheeler  was  frank  enough  to 
till  them  with  smiling  directness  that  to 
be  successful  in  co-upernt ion  a  society 
should  be  made  up  of  the  real  business 
producers.  Success,  il  seem;,  rests  upon 
the  loyalty  and  discipline  of  the  rank  and 
file,  as  surely  as  it  does  upon  the  leader¬ 
ship.  <  >tir  imported  citizens,  according  to 
Mr.  Wheeler,  arc  taking  hold  of  co-oper¬ 
ation  better  than  the  old  stock,  because  of 
their  experience  with  sncli  methods  in 
Europe.  Some  Portuguese  living  near 
Falmouth,  on  <  ape  Cod,  found  that 
strawberries  d'd  wo. I  on  their  land.  They 
owned  little  places  of  two  to  live  acres  of 
wooded  land  which  they  cleared  tip. 
Now  they  have  400  acres  of  strawberries 
and  grow  'mormons  crops  of  one  variety. 
They  had  boon  shipping  to  various  Boston 
‘commission  men,  each  grower  for  himself 
and  the  market  would  be  swairnml.  He¬ 
liums  were  poor,  and  they  were  simply 
forced  to  got  together  last  year.  Growers 
everywhere  are  slow  to  co-operate  until 
conditions  force  it  upon  them.  It  took  MO 
years  in  Denmark.  These  Cape  berry 
gravers  have  two  organizations  of  100 
members  each  They  sell  through  a  man¬ 
ager  and  through  one  commission  man. 
They  got  a  low  price  on  fertilizers  and 
saved  $X  a  ton.  They  saved  one-half  the 
cost  of  crates,  and  commission  charges  in 
Boston  were  cut.  They  saved  on  cost  of 
shipping  and  icing.  Last  season  in  one 
of  the  worst  of  strawberry  markets,  these 
men  made  a  fair  profit,  all  from  savings. 
They  sold  750.00(1  quarts.  They  are  buy¬ 
ing  more  land  and  will  grow  other  crops 
to  extend  the  market  season  and  to  keep 
their  manager  busy.  A  small  cannery  is 
talked  of  to  handle  the  waste  or  surplus, 
“Our  native  farmers  will  co-operate 
when  there  is  no  other  way  out.  In  the 
little  town  of  l’liillipstoji  two  years  ago 
90  per  cent,  of  the  farms  were  for  sale. 
The  shipping  points  were  some  distance 
away  and  nothing  seemed  to  pay  the  far¬ 
mers.  After  a  survey  of  the  situation, 
the  farmers  were  advised  to  raise  pota¬ 
toes.  A  dozen  of  them  got  together  and 
planted  two  acres  each,  Tbep  lmd  a 
splendid  crop,  some  over  400  bushels  per 
acre.  They  showed  that  they  could  equal 
Aroostook  in  quality  and  yield.  Almost 
$4,000  came  into  town.  It  was  like  new 
money  and  changed  the  whole  situation. 
The  general  idea  may  be  applied  to  any 
down.  Get  together,  find  the  preferred 
crop  and  map  out  the  situation.  The  hill 
towns  seem  to  be  adapted  to  potatoes  and 
grain,  the  southeastern  section  to  cran¬ 
berries  and  strawberries,  the  Connecticut 
Valley  section  to  unions  and  tobacco.  It 
is  a  great  advantage  to  have  one  or  two 
main  crops  in  a  section. 
"The  persons  vitally  interested  should 
g<4  together;  those  interested  in  the  dol¬ 
lars  and  cents  question.  Keep  the  right 
ones  together  and  let  them  bind  them¬ 
selves  to  stick  absolutely  which  is  one  of 
the  only  hopes.  Work  out  a  better  sys- 
1 1  in.  Arrange  for  credit,  a  manager,  the 
marketing,  the  disposal  of  surplus.  Con¬ 
sider  advertising,  the  purchase  of  supplies 
at  lower  cost,  and  making  the  product 
uniform  in  variety  as  well  as  in  kind. 
The  BhilliosUm  potato  growers,  for  in- 
stanec,  will  perhaps  work  into  the  seed 
potato  line  agreeing  upon  one  variety. 
'The  co-operative  plau  must  have  book¬ 
keeping  enough  to  know  the  results  for 
each  member.  A  group  might  hire  a 
bookkeeper  to  visit  each  farm  once  a  week 
or  once  in  two  weeks,  and  put  up  the  ac¬ 
counts.  It  can  be  done  with  a  good  sys¬ 
tem.  The  labor  and  fertilizer  questions 
are  best  handled  by  a  group.  A  number 
working  along  the  same  line  can  do  more 
expert  work.  They  can  also  use,  some 
machinery  in  co-operation.  Some,  are  too 
expensive  for  a  small  farm.  The  tractor  is 
coming  to  some  extent  on  our  fairly  level 
farms.  Farm  credit  may  be  handled  by 
a  co-operative  group  and  would  be  needed 
in  arranging  for  $20,000  which  is  the 
least  amount  loaned  under  the  new  gov¬ 
ernment  plan.  The  co-operative  manager 
should  take  care  of  the  selling  end,  and 
must  be  able  to  earn  a  good  salary,  One 
of  these  in  the  West  gets  $25,000,  and 
many  of  them  get  $  1 0.000.  Even  a  small 
society  depends  for  success  on  good  man¬ 
agement.  Usually  the  surplus  is  not 
marketed,  but  is  made  into  some  other 
product.  Even  the  cranberries  not  up  to 
grade  arc  being  canned.'' 
Tbe  questions  were  fair  samples  of 
those  usually  asked.  Should  they  sLart. 
with  a  emnplnto  producing,  buying  and 
selling  organization?  No;  begin  the 
simplest,  possible.  A  survey  of  tbe  local 
situation  should  come  iirst.  and  that 
should  take  all  Winter.  Would  the  State 
department  take  the  lead?  The  depart¬ 
ment  had  been  trying  to  get.  a  Bureau  of 
Markets  and  an  appropriation  partly  for 
I j, L-  work.  Secretary  wheeler  would  sup- 
Appleton 
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RAW  FURS  Wanted 
American  and  Canadian  Raw  Furs  wanted  nt  full  market, 
value.  Liberal  assortment — Prmnjit  return*.  Shipments 
lieM  separate  on  ream  sl.  If  my  valuation  Is  noi  saiiw- 
f  lelorv,  your  furs  will  be  promptly  returned  wtili  all 
cli  ores  paid.  I  charge  oncnmnitSMoti  and  pay  all  mail 
irt, |  express  charter-  on  Raw  l'nr«  and  Olno  iur. 
Write  (•  r  my  free  Price  I  ,ist  and  t air-  Kepulur  shippers 
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are  built  tm  withstand  the  greatest  strai;. 
and  wear  that  a  wood-saw  gets.  Strong 
rigid  frames  of  haavy  steel,  or  ol  hard¬ 
wood;  bolted,  braced  and  mortised.  Non- 
rigid  boxes— dustpronf.  non-heating  and 
self-adjusting,  Shafts  ol  lathe-turned  steel. 
Ten  »tyle»;  with  tilting  or  eliding  tables. 
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for  Price  List. 
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We  charge  no  commission  and  grade  libera 
for  price  list  mailed  lo  you  free  cf  charge, 
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firm,  individual  or  corporation,  that  can  give 
Trappers  Better  Satisfaction 
Bigger  Results  and  Quicker  Returns 
Write  for  our  Price  List  and  Market  Reports 
which  quote  the  very  highest  possible  honest 
market  prices. 
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TDAP^FR^  Ship  your  furs  to  the 
■  house  that  pays  you 
what  they  advertise  in  their  price-list.  Remita 
you  the  day  your  shipment  is  received.  Charg¬ 
es  you  no  commission  and  refunds  you  the  ex¬ 
press  charges  where  they  do  not  exceed  10% 
of  shipment.  We  do  this  and  more. 
Writ,  for  Tnppflrn  (lulde  So.  82  and  jirlee-ILt  today. 
Northwestern  Hide  &  Fur.  Co.,  114-118  W.  26th  St. 
Est  1890  New  York,  N.  Y. 
Boston  Milk  War  Ended 
The  producers’  accept  a  lice  of  the  offer 
made  by  the  remaining  contractors  ap¬ 
pears  to  have  brotwht  the  milk  struggle  in 
the  New  England  territory  to  a  success¬ 
ful  close.  The  uew  prices  represent  a 
minimum  advance  of  four  cents  per  8*4- 
quurt  can,  and  according  to  Secretary 
Richard  Puttee,  the  shippers  will  get 
$200,000  more  for  their  milk  this  Winter 
than  they  did  a  year  ago. 
The  new  schedule  brings  into  line  not 
only  the  Hoods  and  other  previously  as¬ 
senting  concerns  and  also  the  Whitings, 
the  Brigham  Co.,  the  Elm  Farm  Co., 
tilt;  Grnnsleiu  companies  ami  Alden  Bros. 
The  directors"  of  the  New  England  Milk 
Producers’  Association  have  culled  a 
dairy  conference  of  all  the  dairy  inter¬ 
ests  of  New  England  or  those  shipping  to 
New  England  markets,  with  the  object,  of 
forming  a  general  organization  of  all 
those  producing  milk  for  the  New  Eng¬ 
land  nqtrkets.  The  lack  of  such  a  com¬ 
bination  was  considered  the  producers’ 
weak  point  in  Hie  recent  contest.  A  plan 
for  concerted  action  and  uniform  organ¬ 
ization  of  the  Massachusetts  dairy  inter¬ 
ests  was  worked  out  at  a  conference  of 
the  county  agents  of  the  State  at  Wor¬ 
cester  early  in  the  month.  A  similar 
plan  in  the  other  States  will  bring  the 
whole  territory  into  line.  It  is  announced 
that  all  those  shipping  from  a  given  sta¬ 
tion  will  he  organized  regardless  of  the 
market  to  which  they  ship.  These  locals 
will  he  organized  by  counties  and  again 
into  a  State  organization.  The  work  is 
now  actively  going  on  in  several  parts  of 
this  State. 
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ROSENSTIEL  FUR  CO.,  Inc.,  New  York 
MAURICE  ROSENSTIEL,  Pres.  -  -  269  Seventh  Avenue 
We  guarantee  to  hold  all  shipments  entirely  separate,  and  in  ease  our  valua¬ 
tions  are  not  satisfactory  we  will  return  your  goods  at  once,  and  pay  all 
express  charges  both  ways. 
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WHITE  RIVER  JUNCTION.  VT. 
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~  We  have  a  million  In  cash  ready  to  pay  you  for  your  furs.  This  means 
safe,  prompt  returns.  We  pay  full  prices  shown  on  our  price  list.  No  deduc¬ 
tions  made  on  pretext  of  commission,  transportation  or  anything  else. 
No  one  pay*  more.  If  higher  prices  are  Quoted  beware  of  deductions. 
Thousands  of  hunters  and  trappers  make  sure  Jiving  by  depending  S* 
on  our  fair  df-alili.'-.H.  1'iirnicni  who  quit  Others  stay  w  l>  u*-  hy  run 
1  isles  of  losing  a  wUOlo Kfi.-uxm'*  work  by  eendinu  furs  to  nomeono  you 
arc  not,  Hiiru  oH  Kouieiulw,  S1.UOO.IXO  in  cash  and  a  thirty-year 
reputation  are  behind  our  offer.  Write  tuitu;,'  for  prii'O  list. 
Thou  we  will  keep  yon  posted  on  every  turn  In  tbo  fur  market,  /T^  X.  * 
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New  England  Fruit  Show 
The  transfer  of  the  Fruit  Show  as  far 
north  ns  Montpelier  this  year  did  not 
seem  to  lesson  the  interest  on  the  part  of 
growers.  The  exhibits  of  native  fruit  in¬ 
cluded  125  varieties,  with  SO  exhibitors. 
One  of  the  most  varied  and  complete 
showings  came  from  the  Connecticut  Col¬ 
lege.  Department  of  Agriculture  and  Po- 
lunlogical  Society.  The  Vermont  Horti¬ 
cultural  Society,  about  500  members,  held 
its  annual  meeting  at  the  same  time,  No¬ 
vember  14-15.  There  were  addresses  by 
Agricultural  Secretary  Wilfrid  Wheeler, 
of  Boston;  E.  II.  West,  of  Dorset,  Vt., 
and  Geo.  D.  Aiken,  of  Putney,  Vt.,  who 
predicted  a  boom  for  the  New  England 
apple  that  would  secure  the  top  of  the 
market  for  the  home  product. 
Use  NATCO  Drain  Tile— Last  Forever’ 
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best  Ohio  clay,  fthoroughly  hard  burned.  Don't  have  to  dig  ’em  up 
to  be  replaced  every  few  years.  W  rite  for  prices,  Sold  in  carload 
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High  or  low  wheels — steel  or  wood— wide 
or  narrow  tires.  Steel  or  wood  wheels  to  fit  any 
running  gear.  Wagon  parts  of  all  kinds.  Write 
today  for  free  catalog  illustrated  in  colors. 
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Boston  Produce  Market* 
POULTRY  MARKET  DOIM1  IU0TTLR. 
The  poultry  market  is  picking  up  with 
the  approach  of  colder  weather  and  the 
Thanksgiving  season  Arrivals  are  large, 
but  demand  is  much  better.  There  is  a 
gin  til  deal  of  poor  stuff,  both  alive  ami 
dressed,  that  goes  slowly  with  prices  fa¬ 
voring  buyers.  Give  fowls  and  chickens 
bring  IS  to  19c;  live  turkeys,  27c;  geese, 
14  to  Iflc;  ducks,  15  to  20c;  young 
guineas,  $1.25  to  $1.35;  old  guineas.  75c 
to  $1  per  pair ;  roosters,  12  to  12c.  West¬ 
ern  dressed  poultry  is  in  liberal  receipt, 
hUt  much  of  it  thin.  “Before  Thanks¬ 
giving  everybody  is  hungry  for  poultry 
(Continued  on  page  1487) 
A  ROLLER  FEED  MILL 
WILL  GRIND  A  WAGON  LOUD  OF  FEED  FOR  lO  CENTS. 
npHlS  is?  the  Famous  howell  Roller  Mill  you  have  heard  so  much  talk 
A  about.  Tbo  new  improved  mill  for  the  scientific;  Blinding  of  gvain.  Old 
•jlyle  I  birr  and  SLme  Mills  arcoutof  date.  Thousands  of  them  are  being  annu¬ 
ally  replaced  by  the  Famous  Howell  Roller  Mills.  Grind  twice  ns  fast  as  the 
best  burr  mill  made.  Does  not  heat  the  feed.  Grinds  Grtihnm  and  Rye  flour 
as  well  aa  feed.  Has  big  capacity.  Requires  little  power.  No  burrs  or 
as?-  stones  to  wear  out.  Guaranteed  to  last  a  life  time.  Made  in  13  sizes  suit- 
-  J  able  for  any  size  engine.  Save  one-half  your  time,  gasolene  and  money 
b  by  using  a  Howell  Roller  Mill.  Write  for  Catalog  I<  -20.  .We  will  send  it 
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