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THE RURAL NEW-YORKER] 
March 24 
FIGURES OF FRAUD. 
The oleo men do not seem to agree on 
their figures. They ought to rehearse 
their statements a little before they go 
to Congress. We have just received 
copies of documents which are being 
circulated throughout the West. One 
is a letter signed by the Board of Di¬ 
rectors of the Kansas City Live Stock 
Exchange. It calls upon the Senators 
and Representatives at Washington to 
vote against the bill taxing oleo 10 
cents a pound. The letter states that 
this bill, if it becomes a law, will re¬ 
duce the value to farmers and raisers of 
cattle an average of ?4 per head, with 
a corresponding decrease in the value of 
hogs. Right in tne same mail comes 
a long letter from Swift & Co., of Chi¬ 
cago, also arguing against this law. 
The Swift Company being in the busi¬ 
ness of buying stock, ought to know 
something about figures. They state 
that a large steer will yield about 50 
pounds of oleo oil, and that if the oleo 
industry is killed, this oil would have to 
be sold as tallow, which would bring 
lour cents a pound less. That makes $2 
difference on a large steer. They figure 
out that if the neutral oil now used in 
making oleo had to be sold as lard, 
tnere would be a difference of 20 cents 
on the carcass of a iirge hog. It will be 
seen that these gentlemen uo not agree 
on their figures. We prefer to take the 
figures of Swift & Co., as they prob¬ 
ably know better what they are talking 
about. It is in order for them to arise 
and tell how much more they are paying 
tne farmer for the steer or the hog be¬ 
cause they are able to sell part of the 
fat for making oleo. 
Not many years ago a fair share of 
the carcass was wasted. Now it is used 
for fertilizers until all except “the hog’s 
squeal” is utilized! How much more are 
the packers paying than they did be¬ 
fore this former waste was turned into 
profit? They are actually paying less! 
According to their own argument they 
ought to be paying considerably more. 
The absurdity of some of the figures in 
these letters is well shown by a butter 
dealer in New York. He says: 
A little figuring shows that a loss of $2 
a head on the 5,000,000 cattle marketed in 
this country last year would mean $10,000,- 
000 ’loss; 20 cents per head on the 15,000,000 
hogs would mean another loss of $3,000,000, 
or a combined loss of $13,000,000 on raw 
material, which at the outside could not 
be worth more than eight cents per pound 
on the 83,000,000 pounds manufactured, or 
$6,500,000. In other words, upon every dol¬ 
lar’s worth of oleomargarine displaced, the 
cattle and hog men alone would lose $2, 
saying nothing of the amount to be sacri¬ 
ficed by the grower of cotton seed, which 
is made into oil. 
This, however, is a mild statement, 
when compared with the statements of the 
importance and magnitude of the oleo¬ 
margarine industry. Thousands of men 
are said to be employed in the factories. 
It is also asserted that 25,000 men are en¬ 
gaged in handling the traffic, while manu¬ 
facturers have $15,000,000 invested in the 
business, and the dealers $20,000,000 more. 
These statements do not hold water. It 
would cost $18,000,000 a year to employ 25,000 
persons at average wages. Six per cent 
interest on $25,000,000, said to be invested, 
would amount to $2,100,000 more. The cost 
of raw material for 83,000,000 pounds of oleo¬ 
margarine would be at least eight cents 
per pound, or $6,500,000; the two cent tax 
costs $1,660,000 on 83,000,000 pounds, and it 
costs at least $1,600,000 more to manufac¬ 
ture and ship the product, while the Gov¬ 
ernment receives about $300,000 a year from 
manufacturers’, wholesalers’ and retailers' 
licenses. The whole gives the modest 
little sum of about $30,000,000 as the ex¬ 
penses of producing 83,000,000 pounds of 
oleo—more than 35 cents a pound. 
What a humbug it is! These men 
must take the American people for a set 
of fools, with the natural color of grass, 
if they think that such statements will 
be accepted as facts. 
Emma’s Pearl, 57485, the Jersey cow re¬ 
cently pictured in The R. N.-Y., has a 
granddaughter, "by a son,” that has just 
dropped her second calf, and has reached 
a flow of 40 pounds a day. Her Babcock 
test indicates that she will produce 17 
pounds, or better, of butter in seven days. 
She will soon be tested. Her milk record 
with first calf was 7,181 pounds. 
A Lesson in Breeding. 
What would be the breeding of a heifer 
three generations from three-quarter blood, 
each generation sired by pure blood? 
Would it be considered purebred? 
Ohio. M. H. H. 
We suppose that a purebred bull of 
the same breed would be used in each 
case. Let us say that the heifer is 
three-quarters Jersey, and that each 
heifer of the three generations is mated 
with a pure Jersey. The calf takes half 
its “blood,” or breeding, from each 
parent. Each calf, therefore, represents 
the following per cent of Jersey blood: 
From 
From 
Sire. 
Dam. 
Total. 
First calf.... 
. 50 
27 % 
87% 
Second call’.. 
. 50 
43% 
93% 
Third calf_ 
. 50 
46% 
96% 
The third 
heifer is not 
pure, 
nor will 
any of her descendants be eligible to 
registry, though they may be otherwise 
just exactly as good, or better, than 
registered stock. 
The Western Agriculturist remarks that 
wool is a product that does not take fer¬ 
tility from the soil like grain growing. 
A form of artificial ivory known as lac- 
tite is now made from coagulated milk. 
Your tooth-brush handle may have made 
its first appearance in a milk pail. 
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Superphosphate. 
An all-round fertilizer of unquestioned merits for 
all farm crops. Made for 44 years, it has annually 
succeeded where many new brands failed and is 
to-day the favorite fertilizer wherever known. 
One trial will prove its worth. 
If you use Lister’s “ Standard ” this spring you 
will insure success and discount failure. 
Send postal card for our “ Memorandum Book.” 
Listers Agricultural Chemical Works, 
159 FRONT STREET, NEW YORK. Factories at NEWARK, N. J. 
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BUTTER PROWS 
More money cornea with the use 
of improved machines—and easier 
work. Bend for our big illustrated 
catalogue—mailed free. 
“BESTOV” every¬ 
thing for dairymen. 
THE DAIRYMEN’S 
SUPPLY CO., 
1937 Market St. Phila. 
Lightest Draft 
By using the best steel in the frame, 
rolled so as to give tire greatest strength 
with the least weight; by the use of 
wheels behind and a pivoted shoe in 
front a beautiful ease of working is 
attained in the improved 
< ( 
PENNSYLVANIA” 
Wheel and Lever 
Harrow, 
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So constructed as to clear itself of trash 
readily. May be used in one, two, three 
or more sections. 
Send for prices. Illustrated catalogue 
free, showing our full line of lever and 
plain spring-tooth harrows—steel and 
wood frame. 
On any ground, 
in any kind of 
soil,on hillside or 
among rocks and 
stumps, you can 
cultivate thor¬ 
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deep or shallow 
by a touch of the 
hand, with the 
“PENNSYLVANIA” 
Riding CULTIVATOR 
For rocky or stumpy land the spring 
hoe saves time, machinery and temper. 
Send for prices. Send lor illustrated 
catalogue ol' Hiding and Walking Culti¬ 
vators, also full line of one-horse culti-1 
vators—mailed free. 
A. B. FARQUHAR CO., Ltd., York. Pa. 
A Good Planter 
should plant all kinds of field seeds, 
Field. Ensilage and Sweet Corn, Peas, Beans, 
Sugar Beets, S tock Beets, etc. 
It should plant in hills, drills or checks at the ■will 
of the operator. It should at the same time drop or 
drill all kinds of commercial fertilizers, wet, dry 
or lumpy, pulverized hen manure and other 
home made fertilizers, evenly in any quantity 
per acre. 
EASILY 
ADJUSTED. 
EASY TO 
HANDLE. 
Weighs 150 lbs. 
THE ECLIPSE 
CORN PLANTER AND 
FERTILIZER DISTRIBUTER 
does all this in the most perfect manner. Drops 
seed from 6 to 45 inches apart. Will distribute from 
50 to 450 lbs. of fertilizer per acre. They are strong¬ 
ly built of good material and will last indefinitely. 
Write for free catalogue, circulars, &c. 
THE BELCHER & TAYLOR A. T. CO., 
Box 75, Chicopee Falls, Mass. 
The Slag Phosphate 
is not in the Fertilizer Trust. We are 
still selling at old prices. Orders must 
be sent in early to receive prompt 
shipment. Address 
JACOB REESE, 
400 Chestnut Street, Philadelphia, Pa. 
SibgI Wheels wagons 
Any size wanted, any width of tire. Hubs to 
fit any axle. For catalogue and prices write 
Empire Manufacturing Co., Quincy, III. 
STEEL WHEELS and HANDY WAGONS 
of every style and price are made In out 
mammoth factory and sold direct to farmers 
We supply all trucks used by U. S. Govt. 
Farmer’s Handy Wagon Co., Saginaw. Mich. 
Quick Fertilizer 
There is nothing in the American 
market today that acts so quickly and 
surely as a fertilizer as 
Nitrate of Soda. 
Apply to the surface in the spring. 
A small quantity does the work. Watch 
the crops closely and when they look 
sick or make slow growth apply the 
remedy promptly. Book, “Food for 
Plants ,” tells all about it. John A. 
Myers, 12 OJohn St., New York, will 
send you free copy on request. Nitrate 
for sale by fertilizer dealers everywhere. 
Write at once for List of Dealers. 
Farm Wagon Economy. 
The economy of this proposition is not all found 
in the very reasonable price of the wagon itself, 
but in the great amount of labor it will save, and 
its great durability. The Electric Wheel Com¬ 
pany, who make this Electric Handy Wagon and 
the now famous Electric Wheels, have solved tne 
problem of a successful and durable low-down 
wagon at a reasonable price. 
This wagon is composed of the best material 
throughout—white hickory axles, steel wheels 
steel hounds, etc. Guaranteed to carry 4,000 lbs. 
These Electric Steel Wheels are 
made to fit any wagon, and 
make practically a new wagon 
out of the old oue. They can be 
had in any height desired, and 
any width of tire up to 8 inches. 
With an extra set of these wheels 
a farmer can interchange them 
with his regular wheels and have 
a high or low-down wagon at 
will. Write for catalogue of the 
full “Electric Line” to Electric 
Wheel Co., Box 88, Quincy, 111. 
Where to Buy Farm Trucks. 
Of course you ought to have u low-down, broad-tire 
fiat-platform, short-turning iarm truck, and you ought 
to have 
sesses 
tures. 
one 
the 
\N agon Co., 
nuw, Mich., own 
patents for it. Have _ 
you ever seen their catalogue? You ought to send for 
ono at once. They are 
free. They tell you 
all ubout farm trucks. 
You Know these people 
n Saginaw were 
whoever built 
for farmers, 
_ _ nre the only 
ones used by the U. 8. Government. During the lute 
war they ' -. 
wheeled farm trucks per 
day for our Uncle 8am. 
They build trucks for 
nearly every civilized 
country on the globe. 
These are the reasons 
why they can build 
trucks cheaper and better than anyone else. Then, 
too, they can ship a 
farmer any kind of u 
truck he needs, for 
they build all kinds 
as they own all the 
i patents there are on 
1 farm trucks. They 
[guarantee their 
patented wood wheels 
for five years, while it 
is impossible for you 
to get a guarantee on any other make longer than for 
one yeur. Well!! I can’t 
stop here to tell you all the 
reasons why these Michigan 
people are in better position 
to supply your wants than, 
anyone else, but if you will[ 
just send your name on a 
postal card to the 
Farmers’ linndy 
Wagon Co., Sagi¬ 
naw, Mich., they will gladly send you full 
information and prices. Try it. It will cost 
you only one cent nud may bring you infor¬ 
mation that will be valuable to you. 1“. S. 
I forgot to say that these same people can 
supply you with metal wheels for your old wagons. 
Steel Frame, Reversible. 
DUTTON 
MOWER 
KNIFE 
GRINDER. 
CLARK’S CUTAWAY SULKY 
The Cutaway Harrow Co., Higgauum, Couu 
