1904 
386 
THE RURAL NEW-YORKER. 
Events of the Week'. 
DOMESTIC.—The great fire in Toronto, April 19-20, left 
20 acres of ruins. The loss most keenly felt is associated 
with the unemployed. The catastrophe has thrown over 
4,000 temporarily out of employment. The majority of this 
army consists of girls, who are in numerous cases the sole 
support of houses from which they come. The homeless, as 
a result of the tire, are comparatively few. Those who re¬ 
sided in the district now in ruins were caretakers and their 
families, to whom has been given shelter in the homes of 
friends. . . . Dressier & Ilollender, contractors of Perth 
Amboy, N. J., April 20, obtained a verdict for $500 against 
the walking delegate and other members of the Bricklayers 
and Plasterers' Protective Union, of the same city, for dam¬ 
ages resulting from a boycott. . . . April 20 snow fell 
throughout the Eastern States, the Middle West, and as far 
south as North Carolina and Kentucky. There was good 
sleighing in many sections, and the temperature was the low¬ 
est for this date since 1874, being, in Connecticut, 25 degrees 
below normal. . . . Carriage and Wagon Workers’ Union 
No. 4, of Chicago, has demonstrated that it will not tolerate 
violence on the part of its members against non-union men. 
It came to light in Justice Martin’s Court April 21 that the 
union had fined Bergquist, one of its members, $20 for assault¬ 
ing a non-union workman employed in the same shop. Not 
only did the union discipline the member, but it produced 
him in court to stand trial after constables had failed to 
find him. When Justice Martin learned that Bergquist had 
already paid $20 for his offence, he dismissed him, after plac¬ 
ing him under bonds of $500 to keep the peace for the next 
12 months. . . . Flames ruined the plant of the Victor 
Talking Machine Company, Camden, N. J., April 23, and de¬ 
stroyed 700,000 phonograph records. The owners put the 
loss at $500,000. . . . Fifteen dead and scores injured 
mark the path of tornadoes which swept through Missouri, 
Arkansas, Texas, Kansas and Indian Territory, April 24-25. 
The greatest loss of life was in Indian Territory, the dead in 
two places there numbering 13 with 16 seriously injured. 
Arkansas added the other two to the death roll. Heavy rains 
followed the tornadoes and as a consequence many rivers 
were near the danger mark and scores of smaller streams 
overflowed their banks. Nebraska and Iowa were on the edge 
of the windstorm. In many places houses were swept away. 
Thousands of acres of farm lands, especially in the bottoms, 
were under water and much damage has been done to wheat 
and other growing crops. Seven persons met instant death 
and 10 others were seriously injured in the tornado at Fair- 
land, I. T., and half a dozen business buildings were levelled 
to the ground. Four miles south of Fairland the country was 
swept clean of farm houses and barns. At and near I’ryor 
Creek, I. T., six persons were killed. . . . The Pine Brook 
breaker of the Scranton Coal Company, located in the heart 
of Scranton, I*a., was destroyed by fire at noon April 26. It 
was one of the largest and most modern structures of the 
kind in the coal fields and was valued at $150,000. . . . 
Fire which started in a New York soap factory, April 26, 
caused a loss of $250,000 and killed three firemen. A fire in 
the same place last year caused the death of two men. 
ADMINISTRATION.—By a vote of 147 to 104 on strict 
party lines the House, April 19, passed the bill providing for 
joint Statehood of Oklahoma and Indian Territory under the 
name of Oklahoma, and of Arizona and New Mexico under 
the name of Arizona. Debate on the bill occupied the entire 
day. . . . The House Committee on Insular Affairs 
April 19 authorized a favorable report on a Senate bill pro¬ 
viding for the naturalization of Porto Ricans as citizens of 
the United States, the establishment of an agricultural sta¬ 
tion in that island and the examination of the question of 
making river and harbor improvements there. The commit¬ 
tee eliminated from the bill the naturalization provision, on 
the ground that the United States Supreme Court had de¬ 
cided in the Gonzales case that Porto Ricans are not “aliens.” 
The committee has Information that two suits are to be car¬ 
ried to the United States Supreme Court to establish the 
exact citizenship status of Porto Ricans. In view of these 
suits the committee decided it would be better to wait until 
a decision had been reached. . . . The Department of 
Agriculture, in a report on forest fires in the Adirondacks, 
says that the fire warden service there is insufficient, and 
that it should be supplanted by a permanent force of rangers 
continually on the lookout against fires. It is stated that the 
direct loss of the fires that raged in the Adirondacks between 
April 20 and June 8 of last year, was $3,500,000, aside from 
the no less serious but indirect loss due to the destruction of 
young growth which was to form the future forest, and the 
injury to the forest soil. The report says that the State 
would be powerless to prevent a repetition of this calamity 
under present methods against fire if another long drought 
should occur. The Department says culpable carelessness is 
responsible for the largest part of the fires, deliberate incen¬ 
diarism for no small number, and unavoidable accident for 
a few. 
FARM AND GARDEN.—Under the new appropriation bill 
the State college at Ames, Iowa, gets $386,000 for the next 
two years, In addition to former appropriations. The items 
in the college of agriculture appropriation are as follows : 
Increased support fund, annually, $50,000; increased exper¬ 
iment station fund, $15,000; for engineering experiment sta¬ 
tion, $3,000 ; for good roads investigations, annually, $3,500 ; 
for purchase of dairy farm, $22,000; for equipping dairy 
farm, $7,000; for poultry, $500; for dairy building, $45,000; 
for equipping dairy building, $10,000; for completing central 
building, including heating, lighting and furniture, $95,000; 
for beginning central heating plant, $54,500. The experiment 
station appropriation is in addition to the $10,000 granted 
last year, which now makes a total of $25,000 from the State 
annually for experimental work In agriculture. To this 
should be added the $3,000 for experiments in engineering 
and $3,500 for investigation and instruction in roadmaking. 
This last item is in accordance with Professor Curtiss’s sug¬ 
gestion last year to the effect that provision be made for a 
Summer school in road building, similar to the remarkably 
popular short courses at this institution in stock and grain 
judging. It is probable that a course of instruction in road¬ 
making will be offered about the first week in June. 
The Percheron Registry Company was incorporated last 
January under the laws of Ohio, for the purpose of keeping 
a record of the pedigrees of purebred Percheron stallions and 
mares and publishing the same; also the offering of prizes 
at the leading shows and otherwise encourage Percheron 
breeders. Capital stock is divided into 500 shares, $5 each. 
The officers are Wm. Bell, president; James B. McLaughlin, 
vice-president, and Charles C. Glenn, Columbus, O., secretary 
and treasurer, who with John R. McLaughlin and Prof. 
C. S. Plumb, in charge of the Department of Animal Hus¬ 
bandry at the Ohio State University, form the board of 
directors. 
The members of the committee to arrange for Apple Day 
at the St. Louis Exposition are J. T. Stinson, Superintendent 
of Pomology at the Exposition; J. W. Stanton, Superintend¬ 
ent of the Illinois exhibit, and L. A. Goodman, Superintend¬ 
ent of the Missouri horticultural exhibit. 
The fruit buds on my peach trees are nearly all dead, but 
not many of the trees by present appearances. 
Medway, Mass. m. m. 
The gardeners here are fully two weeks behind last season, 
and I believe more .in getting their crops started. The gen¬ 
eral farmers are as late with their Spring work as any season 
in the remembrance of our oldest citizens. At this writing, 
April 26, there are practically no oats sown ; a very small 
portion of the early potatoes have been planted; wheat has 
made little progress, the showing for a crop is less than fifty 
per cent. The fruit prospects are very good, though the early 
Winter caught much of last year's growth unmatured. Not¬ 
withstanding this and the long close Winter with the gradual 
opening of Spring there will be sufficient opening of blooms 
to make a good crop of almost all kinds of fruit. Glasshouse 
crops are not much, if any, behind other seasons, though 
many of our small gardeners who had not made proper ar¬ 
rangements in the Fall for their hotbeds this Spring are 
behind several weeks, on account of the ground staying 
frozen so late. f. p. 
Jewett, O. 
Will you make an exception for Florida, and in particular 
for Wauchula, to your facts in editorial regarding southern 
immigration on page 334? Two years ago, without advertis¬ 
ing, settlers began flocking especially to this part of Florida. 
They are coming every day from all over the country; some 
are lucky to find a bed, some have to camp, some live in tents, 
and more are coming and going to come. Four saw mills 
can’t furnish lumber fast enough, and there is a lively 
scramble for crate material now. Our principal crops are 
Jean River oranges and Wauchula wax beans. Will The 
I t. N.-Y. tell us why this sudden Immigration, not only here, 
but to all over the South, if you care to Investigate? 
Wauchula, Fla. a. c. c. 
It. N.-Y - .—We referred on page 334 to Immigrants from 
Europe. It is true that northern people are going to the 
South in considerable numbers. Most of them, we think, are 
not in the best of health, and seek a warmer climate. 
MOWING BLIGHTED POTATOES.—A friend of mine last 
season raised a large garden of potatoes. When the rust or 
blight commenced on them he mowed the tops off close to the 
ground except occasionally a hill that he let stand. When 
he dug them the hills that were not cut were nearly all 
rotten. The hills where the tops were cut were all sound, 
but he says they were smaller than if they could have grown. 
He thinks sure he made a greaT saving. o. h. smith. 
BUSINESS BITS. 
At butchering time everyone knows the convenience of a 
handy derrick, but this Is only one of the few uses to which 
the Parker derrick can be put. It Is safe to say that any 
farmer having one for a week would not again be without it 
at any reasonable price. It does all the heavy lifting with 
ease. Write for catalogue and price list to National Hoist 
& Machine Company, 463 W. 22d St., Chicago, Ill. 
The time has gone by when any argument is necessary to 
convince the “Business Farmer” that the manure spreader is 
a labor-saving machine and pays well for the investment. 
The manufacturers of the New Am. Manure Spreader claim 
it has points of advantage over all others; these advantages 
are fully. explained in a nicely illustrated catalogue, which 
will be mailed free to any reader of The R. N.-Y. who asks 
for it. Address American Harrow Company, 1589 Hastings 
St., Detroit, Mich. 
The Havana Metal Wheel Company, Box 17, Havana, Ill., 
manufacture all kinds of metal wheels; also steel handy 
wagons. This firm is the exclusive manufacturer of the 
grooved tire wheels, which they claim will outlast five flat 
tire wheels because of the improved construction by which 
the heads of the spokes are not exposed beyond the tire. The 
tires are stronger, will not sink as easily as a flat tire, readily 
permit the use of the rublock and should last a lifetime. 
Every one intending to buy a wagon should write this firm 
for free circular. 
The Racine incubator is so entirely automatic that no one 
can fail of securing a good hatch if directions are followed. 
The regulator is what really makes an incubator. The 
Racine regulator is simple, sure and reliable. A good many 
people have not bought incubators because the season has 
been so cold and backward. Both poultry and eggs will be 
high this Summer and Fall, and those who do buy and use 
incubators are going to participate in these high prices. 
Write the Racine Hatcher Company for their “Book About 
Incubators;" they will mail a copy of their book free. 
The custom of dipping sheep Spring and Fall is quite gen¬ 
eral in Great Britain. In fact, it is never neglected by any 
breeder of recognized standing. It is found that the flock is 
thus kept clean the whole year and the wool benefited con¬ 
siderably by the practice. The Cooper Dip is the popular 
favorite, being used by no less than eighty out of every hun¬ 
dred sheepmen in the country. Valuable pamphlet, “Diseases 
of Sheep and How to Cure Them,” sent free by mail to 
readers of this paper on receipt of 12 names of sheep-owners 
by William Cooper & Nephews, 142 Illinois St., Chicago, Ill. 
The “Buckeye” family of farm tools is a very old and dis¬ 
tinguished family, starting back a good many years ago 
when farming was not so scientific as It is to-day. The ad¬ 
vancement of the farm industry stimulated inventive genius 
to keep pace, but the Buckeye family, not satisfied to merely 
keep pace, was always forging ahead of the times with im¬ 
proved tools that made better planting and better cultivation 
possible. So during all these years the Buckeye drills, seeders 
and cultivators have been the recognized leaders. This year’s 
offerings mark the highest point of superiority ever reached. 
Catalogue giving full information may be had by applying to 
the manufacturers, P. 1*. Mast & Co., 9 Canal St., Spring- 
field, O. 
HOOVER-PROUT CO. 
^ Hoover 
Digger 
Saves lime, labor and pota¬ 
toes. The only ma¬ 
chine that sepa¬ 
rates the potatoes 
from the vines 
Prices within 
reach of evei 
farmer. 
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Rube rota Roofing in the most durable roofing made. 
Easily applied. Manufactured solely l,v 
the standard paint company 
100 WILUA 1 STREET, NEW YORK 
This 
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Buggy 
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This buggy is one of our leaders. Long distance axles, bell collar; 
Armstrong or open head springs, your cuoice; reaches Ironed full 
length and steel braced, round edge hand set tires; second growth 
selected clear white hickory wheels, Sarven patent or compressed 
bandhubs; screwed rims if wanted; high bent XXX hickory shafts, 
steel braced; Fernald quick shift couplers, heel braces If wanted; top 
Is buffed leather quarters, heavy rubberroof and side curtains; sewed 
valance. Trimmed with fast color broadcloth, whipcord or liber 
leather, high patent leather dash, double silver rail; seat handles, 
boot; lull length carpet, toe carpet and pads; front of seat panels 
carpeted; body painted black, handsomely striped gear, Brewster 
green or carmine, or, at the same price, wo give you any color or 
painting, striping or finishing you want. Every buggy as good as 
skill, money and material can make it. 
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tee for Two Full Years if you buy. For 
twenty-1 our years wehavebeen making 
the best buggies that could be made and 
our great factory and our long experi¬ 
ence are behind our guarantee that every 
buggy,can luge or other vehicle wesend 
out is absolutely perlect down to the 
smallest bolt. Every ounce of material 
weuse is the best that men trained to 
the business can buy. Every piece from 
the largest to the smallest is closely inspected before it is used. We do not make low-grade goods at any price. No‘‘cheap’' ’•oods to sell cheaply, but the 
very best possible goods at the lowest possible prices. No shoddy work, noimitation materials. Everything genuine and of. tl)< it quality. The long, cold 
winter has made sales drag. We have a large force of skilled workmen that we must keep at work the year around. We have on nand a large stock of ve¬ 
hicles and wo are going to cut looso and lot this stock out at prices that will open the eyes of the buggy-buying public. We have just, issued a new catalogue 
in which our line of Buggies. Phaetons. Stanhopes. Surrevs, Road Wagons, Spring Wagons, Harness, etc., is shown ami described to the last detail. No bet¬ 
ter buggies n|in DDIPrC OANNflT RET flllPI IPATm Everything we have! s listed at less than regular whole, 
can he made. uUtl rlllubd UAiinlU I DC UUrLIDA I CUa pale prices. We sell direct to you as low as the dealei 
can tiuy at wholesale. We have no agents and we save you the profits that usually go to the jobber and his agents. Everything we make goes direct from 
our factory to the usor. When you buy a buggy or carriage of usyou buy comfort i\ndsatisfaction. Everything that goes to make a strong, durable, easy- 
ridin..'. I i ghl running, handsome and stylish vehicle will be found in our goods. We couldn't make them better or more durable at any price. Wo are tho 
originators ot tho thirty days' trial method of selling buggies and our continued use of this method shows that our goods are entirely satisfactory. The 1 wo 
Years guarantee proves that we are ready to stand behind every sta teme nt wi make in regard to our goods. We trim and paint our buggies in different 
eolorsami use different kinds of materials in tops and trimmings. Bnnpp We wanttosendyou ourcatalogu even it you do not intend to buy- a 
If we cannot suit your fancy from our regular stcck we will ■■ nLL buggy this year. We want you to know what kind of buggies we muke. 
paint and trim to your order without extra cost. ■ We send it free to any oneasking for it. Don’t fail to write for it. 
Kalamazoo Carriage & Harness Co,, Box 220, Kalamazoo, Mich. 
