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THE RURAL NEW-YORKER 
April 7 , 
PRODUCTS, PRICES AND TRADE. 
Something over $(54,000,000 will be dis¬ 
tributed in dividends by industrial and rail¬ 
way companies during April. Among the 
larger items among industrials are: U. S. 
Leather. $092,425 ; Western Union Telegraph, 
$1,21(5,760; General Electric, $966,440: 
American Tobacco, $1,180,340; American 
Agricultural Chemical, $544,590: Swift & Co., 
$612,500; American Sugar, $1,575,000; East¬ 
man Kodak, $580,500. 
Paper makers in Germany are making a 
strong effort to have an export duty of 60 
cents per 100 pounds put on rags. This is 
intended to be a prohibitive tax. The United 
States is a large user of German rags, and 
on account of the great demand for paper 
and the scarcity of suitable raw material 
American manufacturers have made heavy 
bids for these rags. The German paper peo¬ 
ple naturally want this buying competition 
squelched, as it interferes with their source 
of supply and compels them to advance 
prices. 
Better Expert for N. Y.—The National 
Agricultural Department is considering the 
stationing of an expert butter man in this 
city, who will be at the service of the trade 
and butter interests generally. He will lie 
a man competent to inspect and pass judg¬ 
ment on butter, not only criticise defects, but 
suggest practical ways and means for im¬ 
provement, both in making and handling. 
This would be excellent work for all con¬ 
cerned, and well within the province of the 
Dairy Division. Defective butter is the 
bane of the trade. It causes complaints 
from consumers and kicks from the shippers 
because of the low prices obtained. Yet 
often with the best intentions the butter goes 
wrong, and the maker is at his wits’ end 
to know what to do. To have a disinterested 
man here, competent to judge butter and 
constantly working at it, will surely tend 
to lessen the proportion of low grades. 
A news item in the Mark Lane Express 
states that at a meeting of farmers held at 
Tamworth recently to consider the price of 
milk, it was agreed that the price be fixed at 
6V->d. for six months, and 8M>d. f° r six months, 
an advance of %d. all the year round. A 
deputation was appointed to wait upon the 
principal milk dealers in Birmingham. The 
Idea of producers “tixing” the price will strike 
farmers who are supplying the New York 
market with peculiar emphasis. The fixing 
is all on the other side here. The prices per 
gallon named above, which we assume to be 
gross, do not seem high, though somewhat 
above the general range in this country. 
When the N. Y. Exchange reduces the price 
the reason given is that there is a surplus. 
This does not mean that everyone who is 
fond of milk and can afford to use it freely 
has all that he wants. Many would-be con¬ 
sumers have stopped using milk because they 
find a dark sediment in bottom of pitcher or 
glass after standing a short time. It may 
be squeamishness, but they have no use for 
milk of this sort. The real dirt, which they 
see. disgusts them more than the possible 
but invisible microbes. Boards of health and 
milk buyers have imposed some hard condi¬ 
tions upon farmers as to what they shall feed 
and how the cows shall be handled, but any 
practicable improvement looking toward clean 
milk ought to be welcomed by producers, as 
in the end it will result in an increased de¬ 
mand. It is difficult, with ordinary facilities, 
to turn out absolutely clean milk, but the 
writer knows from experience that a large 
percentage of the filth can be kept out by 
merely a careful brushing of the cow’s right 
side and udder. 
Hired Help. —The following extract from a 
letter of an Onondaga County, N. Y., reader, 
voices the feelings of many farmers: 
“We must have help that speaks English 
and we can’t take anyone in our homes unless 
he is clean and respectable. There are three 
or four neighbors and myself without help, 
and we have talked of sending some one to 
New York to look the matter up, but we are 
all confined at home with a dairy and not 
able to get away. If we sent some one 
could we get a man there to help in selecting 
the men? We are willing to pay for the 
service. We need men who can milk and 
do general farm work and will pay good 
wages if we don’t have to teach them too 
much. H. B. c. 
Onondaga Co.. N. Y. 
Now here is opportunity for probably half 
a dozen or more capable men to get perma¬ 
nent jobs, plenty to eat, comfortable places 
to sleep, and better pay than at the kind 
of work they would do in the city. I have 
known cases where farmers clubbed together 
in the way mentioned and sent some one to 
the city to pick out a lot of men. If he 
knows what is wanted and is a fair judge of 
human nature he needs no help here. The 
only way is to keep cruising around among 
the" agencies, employment bureaus and other 
places where the unemployed gather, until 
enough men are found. But a great many 
of the available men have some bad habits, 
which would make them unsuitable for such 
jobs as the inquirer refers to. This is the 
reason why they are walking the streets in¬ 
stead of being at work. At the writer’s home 
on a truck farm about 20 miles out in New 
Jersey, the same trouble is had with extra 
men, who are picked up at the agencies in 
this city. They are well used and not over¬ 
worked, yet very few will stay more than a 
month and some only a week. One man who 
arrived at night went away the next morn¬ 
ing. He was afraid it would be “too lone¬ 
some.” We probably ought to have hired a 
circus or grand opera troupe to furnish even¬ 
ing entertainments. Another man after a 
short stay left because he had changed his 
mind and “didn’t -want to work on a farm.” 
Many other instances might be given but 
these are named to show the risk that is 
run in getting these men, especially where 
long-distance carfare must be paid. The 
above inquirer is within a short distance of 
Utica, Syracuse and several other large 
towns. Have these places been thoroughly 
looked over? Sometimes men out of work 
make application to the local Y. M. C. A. 
and the secretary for lack of definite knowl¬ 
edge is unable to place them. It is a good 
plan for farmers needing help to make their 
wants known to people who meet those out 
of work. H. 
BUSINESS BITS. 
“Dr. S. A. Tuttle: I am a horseman and 
had charge of a barn where there were 73 
horses, i always used your Elixir and had 
good results. At the present time I am in 
Watertown, Wis., and cannot get your Elixir, 
as the druggists do not keep it. It is the 
best remedy I ever used so I wish you would 
try to get an agency in this city for your 
Elixir. Yours truly. Eli j, Heck, Water- 
town, Wis.” 
“Troy Chemical Co., Binghamton, N. Y. 
Your ‘Save-the-Horse,’ is the best thing | 
ever used. I had a trotter; the best talent in 
the country pronounced him worthless. He 
had two bone spavins, so sore and lame it 
was impossible to trot a mile. I used Save- 
the-Horse according to directions, and drove 
him every day. lie afterwards took a mat¬ 
inee record of 2:13 % and was a very con¬ 
sistent race horse; his legs did not seem to 
bother him in the least. I got $400 more 
for the horse than I paid. II. A. Watterson.” 
To our mind, there is no more profitable 
Investment a farmer could make than to buy 
a small platform scale for his own use, or 
join with other farmers in buying one for 
neighborhood use. A most excellent plat¬ 
form scale weighing from four to six tons, 
such as is made by the National Pitless 
Scale Co., 2033 Wyandotte St.. Kansas City, 
Mo., may be had for from $75 to $125. A 
little figuring will show that it is not only 
a good investment, but that such a scale will 
actually pay for itself in a year or two, to 
say nothing of the convenience and satisfac¬ 
tion of having it on the farm always ready 
for use. Exact dealings avoid misunder¬ 
standings and makes good neighbors. 
Lavender Seeds. —On page 198 I notice 
that lavender seeds were planted last year, 
but failed to come up. I have had the 
same experience when planted in the Spring, 
but they came up a year later. The soil was 
not stirred where they were planted. I think 
there are several of the herbs as well as 
some of the perennial flowers that should be 
planted in the Fali, or February might do if 
the seeds were well soaked before planting. 
Illinois. HENRY WILSON. 
TRADE 
Your Old 
Buggy fora 
New One 
We are Belling the entire 
output of a buggy top and re¬ 
pair factory at leas than reg- 
ular factory prices. You can make your Olu DUggy 
look like new for only a few dollars. 
Eight Faotorles With One Selling 
Head* Entire Output direct 
to you. 
The entire output of eight factories making Bug¬ 
gy Tops and Supplies, Vehicles of all kinds, Faints 
and Varnishes, Steel Ranges, Sowing Machines. 
Farm and Blacksmith Tools, Steel Wheels and 
Handy Wagons, Telephones and Supplies. 
All combined to cut down selling expense and de- 
liver goods to the consumer direct at unheard of 
low prices. 
Write for Big Free Catalog. 
describing and illustrating the output of all of our 
factories In one big volume. The greatest selling 
plan ever devised, to save money for the buyer, 
plainly and clearly explained. The Book Is free. 
Write for It. 
THE UNITED FACTORIES CO., 
Dept, 31 Cleveland, O. 
NO PAINTING REQUIRED 
on Arrow Brand 
Asphalt Heady 
Hoofing. Can be 
easily laid, as 
the work only 
me worn umv ... 
•onsists of nailing and cementing joints. — (Send %9 
B.partment 1 for Catalog ©, prices and samples . 
ASPHALT READY ROOFINd CO. 
80 Pine Street A'ew York City 
Beware of cheap imitations Made from Tar. 
CAPITAL 
GAS & GASOLINE 
ENGINES 
We will sell a 
sample 3*2 H. P. 
engine at half 
price. 
C. H. A. Dissinger & Bro. 
400 Cherry Street 
Wrightgville, Penna 
No More Hand Pumping 
No coal. No steam. No oil. No packing or labor. 
No Cost for Motive Power 
NIAGARA AUTOMATIC PUMP 
(Hydraulic Kam) 
works night and day on any brook, 
creek, rlverorrunning water. 
Used and endorsed by Gov¬ 
ernments, railroads and 
public institutions, farmers, 
owners of factories, country 
homes and mines. Write to-, 
day for free booklet. 
Niagara Hydraulic Engine Co. 
140 NASSAU STREEET, NEW YOI 
YORK. Factory; Chester, Pa. 
WHAT DO YOU SAY? 
Several hundred thousand farmers say that 
the best Investment they ever made WAS 
when they bought an 
Electric Ha Wagon 
Low wheels, wide tires; easy work, I ight draft. 
We’ll sell you a set of the best steel wheels 
made for your old wagon. Spoke united with 
hub, guaranteed not to break nor work loose,. 
Sena for our catalogue and save money. 
ELECTRIC WHEEL CO.. Box 88. Quincy, III. 
The WAGON to BUY, 
Properly con¬ 
structed. Saves labor, annoy¬ 
ance and expense of repairs. 
STEEL WHEELS WAGofths! 
Your address on a postal will bring you free catalog. 
The Geneva Metal Wheel Co., 
Box 17, Geneva, Ohio. 
THE FIRST 
Hartman Stockade Woven 
Wire Fence 
Ever built was erected 17 years ago and is still in 
use as durable and strong as when first put up. 
The Hartman is a perfectly woven wire fence that 
is strong enough to keep in the maddest bull and 
fine enough to keep out the chickens. It is made 
of the best quality galvanized steel wire and con¬ 
tains much more material than fences more cheap¬ 
ly constructed. That’s why it lasts so long. If 
your dealer doesn’t handle it, write for catalogue 
and prices. Address 
GLEN MFG. CO., 110 Mill St., Ellwood City, Pa. 
Also Mfrs. Hartman Steel Picket Fence, Hart¬ 
man Flexible Wire Mats and Glen Steel Mat. 
NCHOR FENCE 
There is no possible 
way to make a fence 
'any stronger, last¬ 
ing or more practical than 
ours. Made of the right ma¬ 
terial in the right way. 
The Anchor Fence & Mfg. Co., Dept.I), G'leveiand.O. 
WHEELOCK 
Trellis 
Flower=bed Guard 
Lawn Fence 
Lawn Border 
Tree Guards and 
Fences for al1 Purposes 
Low in price, made by a 
new method. Galvanized 
after weaving and guar¬ 
anteed RUST PROOF. 
Send for Catalogue. 
WRIGHT WIRE CO., 
75 Hammond St., Worcester, Mass. 
THEY LAST FOREVER 
Standard Steel Posts 
Are to be Driven 
ONE-THIRD CHEAPER 
THAN WOOD POSTS. 
Can be uf*ed with plain, barb or 
woven wire fencing. Posts made 
for all requirements; will last for¬ 
ever. For grape fields they have 
no equal. Thousands In use and 
thousands sold for immediate de¬ 
livery. Write for circular, price 
list and reference to 
J. H. DOWNS, 
235 Broadway, N. Y. 
Factory near Pittsburg. 
LEARIM TO BE A JUDGE! 
OF WIRE FENCE. 
The size of the wire and the form of the “knot” 
are the vital points to be considered Ask different 
makers for FREE SAMPLES of these parts, compare 
them carefully, and you won’t need advice from any¬ 
body. Our Sample is ready for the asking. 
BOND STEEL POST COMPANY, ADRIAN, MICH. 
A SIMPLICITY GASOLINE ENGINE 
ETDCC All TDIA I to any man who requires power on 
I nil KL Ull I ill AL his farm. To prove that the SIM¬ 
PLICITY will do more work at less cost in less time than any 
other power or any other engine, we will let you use it flist, and 
then if satisfied you can pay for it on our easy terms. FKKK 
TRIAL PLAN, catalogue showing engine In use, instruction and 
experience books, all sent FREE to those who write. Address 
WESTERN MALLEABLE & GREY IRON MFG. 
CO., 30 Chase St., Milwaukee, Wis. 
ADVANCE 
Gasoline Engines. 
We make a spe¬ 
cialty of Gasoline 
Engines for farm¬ 
ers. If you want to 
learn about the 
best farm gasoline 
engine on the mar¬ 
ket write to Geo. 
D. Pohl Mfg. 
Co., Vernon, N. Y. 
Buys Our Warranted 
3 % H.P.Gasoline Engine 
ICredit is 
Good 
$0C.5O buys our 
0 J warranted 
horse power gasoline 
engine which we ship 
guaranteed to develop 
Write lor Book 
and Special 
Otter 
everywhere. -. , . 
•,\y, horse power and to work right in any climate. No 
engine uses less fuel; better than many engines costing 
nearly twice as mneh. We sell on credit no matter where 
you live and will make you a special time offer. Write us 
for catalogue and we will tell you how we make lowest 
price in America on Engines. 
CALDWELL-HALLOWELL CO. 
SI I THIRD STREET WATERLOO, IOWA 
CYCLONE 
SPRING 
STEEL 
FENCE 
Made in all heights. So 
good that we can and do 
guarantee every rod of it. 
Quick shipments. Ask 
forour catalog and prices. 
Both will interest you. 
CYCLONE FENCE CO. 
Waukegan, Ill. 
Holly, Mich. Cleveland, O. 
■WANS’ 
POSTHOLE 
AND WELL 
AUGER 
Best earth auger in the world. For Fence and 
Telphone Post H oles, Wells, etc. Three times 
the work ac-/£55£s>. complished with an 
_ M \r Iwan Auger than with 
-- ■ ■ ■ l other. Makes 
smoothly and 
.qulokly.emptle* eafily; ie very durable. Used by U. 8. Gor’t. 3.4,6, 
16, 7, 8. 9 and 10 inch, $2.60 each; 12 Inch, $0.00; 14 inch , 17.50. 8ampl# 
special price to introduce. Apents Wanted. Inquire of dealer! or writ© 
direct for particular®. IWAN BR08.,Dept.No4 8treator, ILL. 
SAVE POSTS! 
Only from one-half to one- 
. third the usual number are ne- 
jeessary with Page Fence—the 
jgreatest post saver known. 
'Double-strength spring steel 
horizontals is the reason. 
This saving in posts is worth 
- your while. Write today. 
Pane Woven Wire Fence Co.. Box 713 Adrian, Mich. 
YES, WE 
PAY FREIGHT 
and give a large cash discount on 
26 rods or more of the Frost Fence. 
Better still, we give you a fence that 
looks better and wears longer than any 
other make. Write at once for catalogue. 
H. B. Drake& Co., 29 Broadway, N. Y. 
The Frost Wire Fence Co., Cleveland,0. 
WM& 
HEAVIEST FENCE MADE| 
^®A11 No. 9 Steel Wire. WeLGalvanized. Weighs j 
K more than most fences. 16 to 85c per rod 
delivered. We sell all kinds offence wire at 
wholesale prices. Write for fence book show-*J 
' llOstyles. The Brown Fence i 
Wire Co*, Cleveland, Ohio* 
American Saw Mills 
LEAD THE WORLD. 
Factory at doors of iron, coal and steel production. Lowest freight 
rates; prices right, too. Five sizes portable sawmills; shingle ma¬ 
chines; lath mills; cord wood, cut-off and rip saws; steam and gaso¬ 
line engines; feed mills. Free catalogue. Ask for it. Address 
American Saw Mill Machinery Co.. 129 Hope St., Hackettstown, N. J. 
New York City Office,610 Engineering Building. 
Distributing Points: Son Francisco, Portland, Seattle, Vancouver, St. Louie, riew 
Orleans. Atlanta, Richmond. 
PUMP YOUR WATER 
LIGHT YOUR BUILDINGS 
and furnish power for your farm or shop with a 
STODDARD GASOLINE ENGINE. 
On account of their even, steady speed 
and the ease with which they can be eon- 
trolled, these engines are the ideal power 
for Farm, Shop or Mill use 
VERTICAL OR HORIZONTAL. 
SIZES FROM 1 X TO 100 H. P. 
Sold under Our Guarantee. 
STODDARD MFG. CO., 
Write for Catalog; E. H. 
Rutland, Vermont. 
a 
ABENAQUE” 
CIRCULAR AND DRAG 
SAW OUTFIT WITH 5 H. P. ENGINE. 
Everything 
on one set 
of trucks. 
Simple, 
Strong, 
Easy to 
Operate. 
GASOLINE 
ENGINES 
and 
SAW RIGS. 
Write for Free Cat. O., ABENAQUE MACHINE WORKS, WestminsterSta., Vt. 
