1905 , 
THE 
RURAL NEW-YORKER 
921 
PUBLISHER’S DESK. 
The passing of time brings ns once more 
to the season of universal cheer and good 
will among mankind. It is a time when 
we lose our reverence for the glitter of 
wealth and the pomp of pride. We stop 
our business cares and social functions 
to celebrate the birth of the lowly Nazar- 
ene. We are enchanted with the story of 
His life, and in it we find the wealth of 
happiness and glory of a life devoted to 
the service of others. The secret longings 
of the soul find comfort and consolation 
i-n the examples of 11 is meek and humble 
spirit, and in this appreciation of higher 
ideals we find no inner response to the 
vanities and worldly show that often al¬ 
lure us at other seasons of the year. 
The daily newspapers have recently told 
us a lamentable story of a prominent 
business man He began life poor, as a 
mechanic. On forty dollars a month his 
patient wife made him a home and reared 
his children. By devotion, frugality and 
industry she made his home comfortable 
and his life happy. Gradually he rose 
from one position to another with increas¬ 
ing revenue, and finally, by taking advan¬ 
tage of opportunities, he has become im¬ 
mensely wealthy, and finds himself at the 
head of one of the largest and richest in¬ 
dustrial concerns of the world. He leaves 
his country home for a city residence, and 
here lie finds a gay life and frivolous com¬ 
panionship. To the amazement and dis¬ 
co st of his former friends and the humil¬ 
iation of his old father and virtuous fam¬ 
ily, he seeks to abandon his old home, to 
cast off the faithful wife of his younger 
days, and to take up a new alliance with 
a woman of the stage. 
With such experiences as this in our 
mad rush for wealth it is worth our while 
to stop and ask ourselves is it all worth 
while. Is it. after all, the accumulation 
of wealth or even the cultivation of intel 
lect that counts? Let the women of 
modest means in the farm home ask them¬ 
selves if they are not happier than that 
abandoned, faithful wife with the million 
of dollars her husband proposes to give 
her as a reward for her past devotion, a 
concession to the law of society, and a 
sedative to his unsettled conscience. 
Where is there a farmer with the im¬ 
plements of his industry, his mortgage 
and his happy wife and children around 
him, whe would exchange his daily toil 
and endearments of his family for the 
chosen life of this new-made millionaire? 
We wish you, our friends and subscrib¬ 
ers, who share with us in the support 
and building up of this paper, material 
wealth and prosperity, to the end that 
your homes may afford you greater com¬ 
fort and happiness, but much more, we 
wish you an appreciation of those simple 
and homely virtues that mirror the 
higher ideals of a vigorous manhood and 
a virtuous womanhood. 
SINGLECOMB WHITE WYANDOTTES 
Is there a Single Comb White Wyandotte 
strain of fowls? Some were entered at our 
fair. I am raising the Rose Comb. 
St. Petersburg, Fla. 
So far as 1 know there is no such thing 
as a “strain of Single Comb White Wyan- 
dottes.” The small rose comb is one of the 
beauties as well as utilities of the White 
Wyandotte, rendering them free from the 
liability to have frozen combs, and helping 
to make them the best Winter layers that 
we have here in the cold North. In Flor¬ 
ida there would be no advantage in the 
double comb, and a strain of Single Comb 
White Wyandottes could easily be made, 
for all breeders of the rose combs have 
occasionally single comb chicks in their 
broods. These arc sent to market as 
“culls” where a breeder is particular about 
the appearance of his flock, and wants to 
breed “Standard” birds. The single combs 
are never large, like those on Leghorn 
and Minorcas, and may be the result of 
an inbreeding of the White Plymouth 
Rock to increase the size of the Wyan¬ 
dotte. I don’t knozv that it so, but we 
must remember that all of these “Amer¬ 
ican breeds” are the result of various 
crosses, and that there is a constant ten¬ 
dency to revert to original types. 
GEO. A. COSGROVE. 
Cement I’osts. In regard to cement fence 
posts as discussed upon page 823, I have 
known them to stand the strain as “anchor" 
posts for three years without showing any 
weakness. They were made on the farm at 
a cost of a few cents. A notch was made for 
a In-ace while the cement was soft. Old 
wagon and buggy tires were used to bed in 
the cement, which prevents them from break¬ 
ing off. J. D. 1‘RICKETT. 
Arizona. 
.Ti ne Trimminc.- Several years ago I trim¬ 
med some young frees in January. The fol¬ 
lowing Summer I found (lie wood had been 
injured and was dead to the heart. The 
next Winter I did a little experimenting. 
I trimmed a few trees every month, beginning 
with November and ending in June. The 
wounds made iti June were the first to 
heal over, and those in November and 
December were t lie longest in healing. 
For this reason I always prune trees in June. 
I used to trim grapevines in February, fol¬ 
lowing the advice of the fathers. I prune 
now as soon as the fruit is removed. Try it 
on a few vines and see the effect on next 
year's crop; first in number of clusters, size 
of the clusters and size of berry in the 
cluster, compared with adjoining vines 
trimmed in February. The ground froze No¬ 
vember 2!». apparently for Winter. No snow. 
Farmers here are thankful not only for tur¬ 
key but for the best of crops and prices. 
Cherry Valley, Ill. s. e. h. 
The Busy Hsn 
that Fills the Basket 
Are your hens workers? Do they have 
full, red combs, and do they hustle? If 
they are active foragers and lay eggs, 
give them Dr. Hess Poultry Pan-a-ce a 
and they will lay more. If they do not 
lay at all, give them Dr. Hess Poultry 
Pan-a-ce-a and they toon will. Dr. IleBS 
Poultry Pau-a-ce-a makes hens lay by 
Increasing the digestion, enabling the 
organs to extract the largest possible 
amount of egg-making material from the 
food. In addition to the wonderful 
powers of egg production, 
DR. HESS 
Poultry PAN-A-GE*A 
the prescription of Dr. Hess (M. D., 
D. V. B.), cures and prevents cholera, 
roup, simple catarrh, and many other 
diseases due to indigestion and specific 
germs or poisons. This germicidal prin¬ 
ciple Is peculiar to Dr. Hess Poultry Pan- 
a-ce-a. In fact, Dr. Hess Poultry Pan-a- 
ce-a possesses medicinal principles found 
In no other preparation. It has the In¬ 
dorsement of leading poultry associations 
In the United States and Canada. Costs 
but a penny a day for about 30 fowls, and 
1 b sold on a written suaruntee. 
1J lbs. £5o, mall or X 
express 40c. ( Except In Canada 
5 lbs. 60c. > and extreme 
1 a lbs. * 1.25. ( Westand South. 
86 lb. pull #8.60. J 
Bend 2 cents for Dr. Hess 48-page 
Poultry Book jfree. 
DR. HESS A CLARK, 
Ashland, Ohio. 
Instant Louse Killer Kills Lice. 
EATONS 
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Sample, 
MENTION 
THIS PAPER. 
MRS. WIHSLOW’S 
SOOTKINQ SYRUP 
has been used by Millions of Mothers for their 
children while Teething for over Fifty Years. 1 
i It soothes the child, softens the gums, allays I 
i all pain, cures wind colic, and Is tho best- ( 
. remedy for diarrhoea. 
TWENTY-FIVE CENTS A BOTTLE. 
PISOS CURE FOR 
CURES WHERE ALL ELSE FAILS 
Best Cough Syrup. Tastes Good, 
if Use in time. Sold by druggists. 
CONSUMPTION 
H" Darling’s Laying Food. >1 
Your trouble is to pret eprprs at riprht timo. One dozen now is worth three dozen In June. 
Feeding is everything. We’ve solved tho problem in out egg producing mash. 
MAKES EGGS COME. 
Scientifically prepared to accomplish the one result, most ogtjs ot loast coal In cold wealhor. It does tho work. 
Price, *2.(10 per 100 pound bag. f. o. b. Chicago or New York. each wlili order. Also the following Darling 
Standard Foods in 100 pound bags on same terms: Scratching Food 82.Off, Forcing Food 12.00, Clilck Feed *2.50, 
Mica Crystal Grit 65o Oyster Shells 60c. Also Beef Scraps. Beef Meal and Bone products. In short, a complete 
line of Poultry Foods and Supplies. Get onr 1905-6 Poultry Supply Catalog. Mailed free. Address nearest office. 
Bo* 08, LongI Island City, DARLING & COMPANY, Bo* 68. Union Slock Yard. 
YOU WANT EGGS 
— Lots of them, feed green bone fresh cut, rich in protein and all other egg elements. Gefctwico 
the eggs, more fertile eggs, vigorous chicks, earlier broilers, heavier fowls, bigger profits. 
MANN’S LAT ^; e M °cut L t E b 10 Days Free Trial, 
Makes bone cutting simple, easy and rapid. Try it and see. Open hopper, automatic feed. Cuts 
all bone with adhering moat and gristle. Never clogs. Don’t buy until you try it. "at’ig free 
F. W. MANN CO., Box 15 Milford, Mass. 
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WOMAN WANTS 
The butter and egg money uAnr 
is a big item to the farmer’s ITlUrlb 
A. E00S 
egg production by feeding tUUd 
'linrvcy’s Mixed Grains 
-a combination of cereals specially suited I 
to poultry, with 7 years of success behind it. I 
A Money-Saving Catalogue Free. 
HARVEY SEED CO., 83 ELLICOTT ST., BUFFALO, M. Y. U 
Qflail ■jfQ wioooooeooo 
rUUL I KYe^s^l 
l POULTRY LINE- Fencing, Feed, Incu-I 
I bators. Live Stock, Brooders—anything—. 
fit’s our business. Call or let us send you. 
jour Illustrated Catalogue—it’s free for the J 
^asking—it's worth having. < 
(Excelsior Wire & Poultry Supply Co.,< 
I Dep H. G. 26 & 28 Vesey Street. New York City. ( 
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Big Profits in Capons 
Capon izing is easy—soon 
learned. Complete outfit with 
free instructions postpaid 
$2.50. Capon Book Free. 
0E0. P. PILLING & SON 
PHILADELPHIA, PA. 
[CAPON 
TOOLS 
WHITE HOLLAND TURKEYS. 
We have a choice lot of early-batched W. H. Tur- 
kevs at $4 each, both young Tonis and Hens. B. F. 
WRIGHT, Route 23. Kansomville, Niagara Co., N. Y. 
Choice W. Holland and Buff Turkeys. 
HARRY PROUTY, Cumberland, Ohio. 
WHITE HOLLAND TURKEYS, 
White Plymouth Ttoek and 8. C. White 
Leghorns, both sexes. Also, Dttroc 
Jersey Hogs and Hereford Cattle, registered. 
Address, ASHLAND STOCK FARM, Camden, O. 
LARGE 
For Sale—Fox and Rabbit Hounds. 
Choice PUPS now ready to 
MELVIN THOMAS, R. F. 
Saratoga, County, N. Y. 
ship for $5.00 each. 
D. No. 1, Wayville, 
LIVE DA RRITQ WANTED, 
WILD ITV D C3 I I Large numbers. 
E. B. WOODWARD, 302 Greenwich St., New York 
RAPRPn HUFF and WHITE PLYMOUTH 
D/VIvIvLU, Rocks, White Wyandottes, White 
Minorcas, Brown Leghorns and Mammoth Pekin 
Ducks, $3.00 each; $7.50 for trio. EDWARD G. 
NOONAN, Marietta, Lancaster County, Penna. 
R egistered angora goats.— Pairs or 
trios. REGISTERED RAMBOUILLET RAMS. 
Write for prices and information 
MELROSE STOCK FARM, Cincinna 
jincinnatus, N. Y. 
Mfjlirpo FOR SQUAB BREEDING—JUMBO, 
nUIYItnO $1 per pair. Extra largo and very prolific 
breeders. Send for free pamphlet. PROVIDENCE 
SQUAB CO., 772 Hope Street, Providence, R. T. 
Healthy Mated Homers, 85c. pair. Pheasants, Pea¬ 
cocks, Quail, Ferrets. Standard Poultry, Indian Runner, Mallard 
Ducks, 90c, setting, stamp. KURD. SUDOW, Poughkeepsie, N. Y. 
FOR SALE 
MALE ANl» FE 
MALE ELK at 
The Michigan School for the Deaf, Flint, Michigan. 
EMPIRE STATE S. C. WHITE LEGHORNS 
Winners at N, Y. State Fair, 1904-05. Trios, $5. Eggs 
for hatching, $1.00 per 15; $5.00 per 100. Catalogue 
free. C. H. ZIMMER, R. I). 41, Weedsport, N. Y. 
[JARRED ROCK COCKERELS, Ringlet strain, 
good ones $1.50 to $3.00 each, if ordered soon. 
J. W. COX, Now Wilmington, Pa. 
R OSE Comb B. Leghorns exclusively; pure bred 
cockerels at reasonable prices, thrifty and farm 
range. I. C. HAWKINS, Chester, N. Y. 
10 
BLUE RIBBON 
Strain of choice Plymouth Rocks. Fine Barred Pullot- 
bred Cockerels for sale. Also, pairs, trios, and breed¬ 
ing pens. H. C. HAND, Amagansett, N. Y. 
Vara Poultry, Pigeons, Parrots, Dogs, Oats. 
Ferrets, etc. Eggs a specialty. 60 p. book. 10c 
Rates free. J A .BEUGEY.Box8,Telford,Pa, 
Berkshire pigs $5 up,pairs not related. W. H. turkeys, 
B. Orpington cockerels, B. R. Pullets and cockerels, 
female collie pups. Stock pure. Bothers,(Lack, Pa. 
Large Eng. Berkshires 
Imported and Domestic Strains. Matings not akin. 
Descriptive circulars on application. 
WILLOUGHBY FARM, Gettysburg:, Pa. 
S COTCH COLLIES, Spayed Females, two to 
eight mos. Clrc. SILAS DECKER, Montrose, Pa, 
C holceStock for Sale.—Kooks. Wyandottes, Leghorns 
Minorcas, Turkeys, Ducks andGuineas. Also Lice 
Killing Nest Eggs. Sample mailed 5c.: dozen. 50c. 
Agents wanted. Pino Tree Farm, Jamesburg, N. J. 
are raised in one month: 
bring big prices. Money vrzcrz 
makers for poultrymen, < 
gSQUABS makers for poultrymen, 
dVF^Send for our Free Book and learn this 
V' 4 rich industry. Correspondence invitedffffft 
• Plymouth Rock Squab Co., r®7 
335 Howard St., Melrose, j 
LIFE PRODUCERS 
SUCCESSFUL INCUBATORS. 
LIFE PRESERVERS 
SUCCESSFUL BROODERS. 
"The only machines that rival the mother 
——- hen. Incubator and Poultry Catalogue 
FR EE . Booklet, "Proper Care and Feeding Small Chicks, 
Ducks and Turkeys," 10c. 50c poultry paper one year, 10c. 
_ — ../Mur-r m/silBlTnO CAUDAMV 
— 
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Incubator 
The simple, sure, dependable kind. Used by 
thousands of successful poultrymen and women. 
Our free Incubator 
Book tells about them 
—tells how to. make 
poultry pay, 24 years 
experience. Don’t buy 
untilyoureadit. Ware¬ 
houses; Buffalo, Kansas 
City, St. Paul. Address 
^acbieHatcherCo^Bo^SLRachie^Hg 
ON THE FARM 
Nothing you can buy 
will pay for itself 
quicker and be a 
source of satisfaction 
longer than a 
1906 SURE HATCH 
INCUBATOR 
America’s finest, most used and most 
I successful chick hatcher. 
I DOES THE WORK better than the 
old hen. Bound to hatch everywhere 
and at all times, Winter or Summer— 
I North, South, East or West. 80,000 sold 
in 8 years. Over 20,000 sold last season. 
Made of finest materials; best workman¬ 
ship. Good enough for a lifetime. Fully 
guaranteed. Costs you nothing if, in 
your hands it can’t pay for itself with 
one hatch. 
Prices $7.50 up, freight prepaid to your 
station. Send postal today for big free 
catalogue and poultry manual. 
SURE HATCH INCUBATOR CO. 
Box 445, Clay Center, Neb. Dept.l4 > Indianapolis, Ind, 
INCUBATORS 
HATCH OKKATKST M’MKKK 
OF FINKS T CHICKS. 
BROODERS 
HAVE NEVER BEEN KQUA l.ED 
FIDELITY FOOD 
FOR FOWLS AND CHICKS. 
Used everywhere by practical poultrymen and 
specialists fanciers with unfailing success. Insures 
perlect health and promotes rapid growth, 
Concise Catalogue from 
PINELAND INCUBATOR & BROODER CO., 
Dox D.D., Jamesburg, N. J., U. S. A. 
PINELAND 
The Natural 
Incubator 
is the incubator of right air con. 
ditions—Natural because it most 
nearly approaches Nature’s way. No poison¬ 
ous gases to stifle chicks. Walls of hard glazed 
compressed paper board, (such as is used for 
car-wheels) making the lightest, strongest, most 
durable incubator in the world. Walls CAN¬ 
NOT WARP, CRACK NOR SPLIT, as all oth¬ 
ers Jo. Compound heater; perfect regulator; 
no supplied moisture required. 
WE PAY THE FREIGHT 
to all points east of the Mississippi. Don’t buy 
an incubator until you get out Free Catalog. 
Porpotual Hen Co., Manufae- Incubators & Brooders, 
21 EscherSt., ‘m.rsof Trenton, N. J. 
$ I 0-80 For 
I mm 200 Egg 
INCUBATOR 
Perfect in construction and 
action. Hatches every fertile 
egg. Write for catalog’ to-day. 
GEO. H. STAHL, Quincy, 111. 
THE LANGWORTHY SPAVIN CURE, 
The Cure that CUKES, has made thousands of 
dollars for owners of lame horses hy making them 
sound. Sent post-paid to any part of the World on 
receipt of Two Dollars. Guaranteed to cure the 
worst cases of SPAVIN, RINGBONE, SUI.INT, 
Etc., or money refunded. Send for circulars, 
LEWIS BROS., Proprietors, Jordan, N. Y. 
