February 23, 
THE RURAL NEW-YORKER 
The Rural New-Yorker 
THE BUSINESS FARMER'S PAPER. 
A National Weekly Journal for Country and Suburban Home*. 
Established 1850. 
Entered at New York as Second Class Matter. 
Herbert W. Collingwood, Editor. 
Dh. Walter Van Fleet, (. Ac .,oeiatea 
Mus. E. T. Hoyle, Associates. 
John J. Dillon, Business Manager. 
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SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 23, 1907. 
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intelligent farmers who do not now take it, we send it 
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neighbors and friends. 
* 
Naturally we take pleasure in announcing that the 
A. J. C. C. will now investigate that famous Jersey cat¬ 
tle case. We have a le'tter from the Secretary in which 
it is stated that the Executive Committee has instructed 
the President to appoint a committee to investigate. 
We congratulate the Executive Committee. 
* 
It is announced that Mr. Alva Agee is to take charge 
of the extension work of the Pennsylvania Agricultural 
College. This is an excellent selection. We wish that 
more of our college professors could and would work 
up as Mr. Agee has done through patient and sensible 
farm practice. 
As will be noticed we have started a special spraying 
department. Just now' there is no department of hor¬ 
ticulture so popular as this one of fighting insects and 
plant diseases through a nozzle. We shall have the aid 
of scientific and practical men and will endeavor to 
make a specialty of discussing the mechanical side of 
the w'ork. 
* 
Prof. Fletcher tells us on page 147 of his visit to the 
home of the Spencer Seedless apple. As the promoters 
of this apple have abandoned the extravagant claims 
formerly made for it they will not be disposed to quar¬ 
rel wfith Prof. Fletcher’s estimate. Too bad Mr. Spen¬ 
cer w'as not at home so that he could answer that 
famous question. However, the company that is offer¬ 
ing the trees has answered for him, as we shall prob¬ 
ably see next w'eek. 
* 
Some one w'rote the Hope Farm man—‘‘You now get 
a taste of your own medicine of urging people to ‘lick 
a stamp.’” That is right. These cards have been 
pouring in from all over the country. We are frank 
to say that a man does not realize wdiat this “voting 
with a postage stamp” means until he gets a dose of it. 
No use talking, the postage stamp can be made to rank 
next to the ballot in power. 
* 
Do you grow apples? If so have you written your 
Congressman to do what lie can about that German 
tariff? We now make large sales of fruit to the Ger¬ 
mans and there is every reason to believe that this trade 
will increase if it is given a fair chance. The present 
German tariff on apples is 50 cents a barrel. That is bad 
enough, but the German people seem willing to pay the 
additional price because they like our fruit. The Ger¬ 
man government threatens to increase this tariff to 
$1.65 a barrel unless our own government will recipro¬ 
cate in other articles. This higher tariff would shut off 
our trade because consumers could not afford to pay the 
increased price. Thus fruit growers would be de¬ 
prived of this excellent outlet for part of our crop and 
gain nothing in return for it. It is within the power of 
Congress to settle this business with Germany so as to 
retain the present tariff but Congress as at present 
made up will never do it unless it is forced by public 
opinion to do so. The same power that can keep un¬ 
worthy Congressmen and Senators at home can compel 
these Washington statesmen to give our fruit a fair 
chance in the German market. Keep at them then— 
for the sake of the apple. 
* 
History will Be changed considerably by the work 
now being done by the Bureau of Animal Industry in 
destroying the southern cattle tick. In Colonial days, 
over a century ago, fine herds of cattle were found in 
Virginia and further South. Losses from cattle ticks 
increased until in some sections fine stock has nearly 
disappeared. Systematic work is now being done to 
clean out this dangerous insect. It will be possible in 
time for farmers again to use large herds of fine cattle 
where now an investment in such stock would mean 
little beside loss. This will help all sections of the 
country. There will be a new supply of meat, the de¬ 
mand for purebred stock will be greater than ever and 
thousands of new homes will be made in the grazing 
lands of the South. This is only one instance where 
science by helping to solve practical farm questions also 
helps to change the history of a section. 
* 
At the recent meeting of the New York State' Grange 
the following resolutions were unanimously adopted: 
Whereas, Chapter 391 of the Laws of 1904 is believed 
to be unjust in its operation tg both producers and manu¬ 
facturers of evaporated apples, therefore be it resolved, that 
if Chapter 391 of the Laws of 1904 prohibits the sale of 
partially dried fruit which contains more than 27 per cent 
of moisture when the same is not sold as evaporated apples, 
and when no deception is practiced by the manufacturer 
upon the dealer, then be it the sense of the New York State 
Grange that the statute should be so amended as to permit 
such sale by such manufacturer. 
We have referred to this before. The fruit evap¬ 
orators have formed an organization of their own in 
order to obtain their rights. Every fruit grower in the 
State, whether he patronizes an evaporator or not, 
should help these men overhaul that law. While it 
may not affect you directly as an apple grower, you 
must realize that the proper and fair disposal of the 
by-products such as vinegar and canned or dried fruit 
does affect the market. E. W. Catchpole of North Rose, 
N. Y., is president of the new association. Let us all 
fall in behind him and march upon the Legislature with 
plenty of postage stamps. 
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Readers frequently complain because we do not give 
full addresses of correspondents. One well-known man 
recently said lie could see no possible reason for not 
printing the post office. We explained that such pub¬ 
licity would mean trouble for most sensitive people.’ 
There are so-called “agencies” that make a business of 
collecting such addresses and selling lists of names to 
whoever will buy. Fakers of all sorts thus obtain ad¬ 
dresses of worthy people and often flood them with 
circulars and “literature,” which no self-respecting per¬ 
son will have in his house. When we made this expla¬ 
nation our friend wrote at once: 
It did not occur to me that there would be the objections 
you refer to in giving the names and addresses of the 
writers of articles. Much as one would like to locate the 
writer as to climate, etc., the conditions you refer to are 
recognizd as all important. The matter of circulars of 
every character that are sent through the mail is a very 
serious one. I have found that in many cases such people 
have even secured the names of students in public and other 
institutions and flooded them with the most vile literature. 
Once when I was at the head of a college it became neces¬ 
sary for me to inspect all the mail coming to the students 
and I burned many hundred weight of circulars which I 
would not have go into their hands. 
We :ire satisfied that any sensible person will see the 
force of this. It is hard enough at best to keep the 
rogues out of the home without inviting them to enter it. 
* 
The New Jersey Agricultural College starts its first 
class of short-term students this Winter and starts well. 
The building and apparatus are very complete, for Prof. 
Voorhees has made a thorough study of other institu¬ 
tions and profited by their mistakes as well as by their 
successes. We think that perhaps unconsciously the 
various agricultural colleges are adopting specialties— 
paying most attention to the things which seem most 
useful in the agriculture of their State. As we all 
know the New Jersey college farm has perfected a re¬ 
markable system of growing forage crops. A practical 
dairy herd is kept and milk is retailed in a business¬ 
like way. We should therefore naturally expect that 
some form of dairying would form a strong feature in 
the course at this college. It does. A student here will 
have a remarkably good chance to study the production 
of sanitary milk or the sale of high-class cream. While 
other lines are not neglected this question of producing 
high-class milk is naturally a leading one. Many sec¬ 
tions of New Jersey are naturally adapted to dairying. 
Even a fruit or truck grower can find profit in the sort 
of dairying followed at this college farm. With a few 
acres of Alfalfa, a good silo and at least two good crops 
of forage on every plowed acre, a farmer can on a 
small area turn off a large quantity of milk or meat and 
provide needed manure for his fruit or other crops. 
We believe that the future will see a great development 
of this kind of farming. 
Last week We printed affidavits from Isaac C. Rog¬ 
ers, Dr. Samuel Barber and Mr. C. I. Hunt. J hese 
papers have also been sent to the A. J. C. C. All this 
and more beside would have been sent by Mr. Rogers 
at first had he not been told that his first statement 
was “proper.” As a result of these statements the Club 
will investigate. We may therefore turn to a few other 
matters. 
The Jersey Bulletin is supposed to champion the 
Jersey cow and those who breed or milk her. The Bul¬ 
letin at first sneered at this case. Then Jersey breeders 
began to talk and the Bulletin opened its columns for a 
discussion. We are in a position to state that it would 
not print the facts when they were offered and that it 
abjectly confessed that it could not consider the right 
or wrong of the question! Now some one has effect¬ 
ively pulled a string which shuts up the Jersey Bulletin 
tighter than a trap, though it has in its possession a fair 
statement of the case! Also our respected friend, the 
Country Gentleman! This paper has grown rapidly 
away from its “nothing to investigate” proposition. 
Now it is engaged in the cheerful task of hunting for a 
hole through which the A. J. C. C. may pass in its dig¬ 
nified way to the investigation— which they now prom¬ 
ise! Our friend has found the hole for them by claim¬ 
ing that Mr. Rogers did not make definite charges in 
his first statement. This hole was pretty well plugged 
up when the Secretary told Mr. Rogers his statement 
was proper, but no one need criticise the size of the 
door through which people pass to their duty! This 
conversion of the Country Gentleman is the greatest 
tribute to the power of the postage stamp we have yet 
seen. People who cannot be denied have been sticking 
stamps upon the back of oqr respected friend. We hap¬ 
pen to know some of the statements which went with 
the stamps! The power of these postage stamps proved 
stronger than that which silenced the Jersey Bulletin. 
These stamps have broadened the vision of our able 
friend and brought within range of his eyes— something 
to investigate ! Then comes the New York State 
Breeders’ Association. These gentlemen passed a sol¬ 
emn “resolution” accusing us of injuring the live stock 
interests. Dr. Smead is vice-president of that Associa¬ 
tion and he tells us on page 115 that he thinks what we 
are doing will prove a good thing for these same live 
stock interests! We hunted up the origin of that “reso¬ 
lution” and find that it was offered “at the request of 
certain friends of Mr. Dawley,” and that no documents 
or evidence were examined! Lastly we refer to dozens 
of men who are connected with the State Department of 
Agriculture or with some public institution. These men 
admit in private that it is absolutely necessary that the 
A. J. C. C. should investigate this case. Some of them 
go so far as to say that this executive committee is by 
its action steadily destroying confidence in the registra¬ 
tion of purebred stock. Yet these men when asked to 
say these things publicly and help clear the issue, dodge 
as if confronted with a pestilence. Over these men 
hangs the sinister influence of a small band of poli¬ 
ticians who have just about stifled independent thought 
in our so-called agricultural leaders! Now, if inter¬ 
ested parties are able to force the agricultural papers 
into silence and petty politicians are able to frighten 
our so-called leaders and teachers, what becomes of the 
plain farmer? Judging from our correspondence lie has 
the great chance of his life to assert himself, and we 
predict that he will take hold and clean things up. 
BREVITIES . 
A promising business! Growing fence posts in Iowa. 
The farmer “pays the freight” on the San Jos6 scales. 
Note what Mr. Mapes says about that Lakewood hen 
man on page 154. 
A new insect—the apple leaf miner is getting in its evil 
work in some parts of the country. 
Suppose you sit down and tell us of any industry that 
will not be helped along with any help given to agriculture. 
That man who wanted light on the subject of appleless 
apple pie will find a few side lights on page 161, and more 
are coming. 
Has this Winter suggested any mew ideas in household 
conveniences? How are your women folks cared for in re¬ 
gard to drying the family washing? 
Now the orange growers call for a National Orange Day ! 
It never can quite compete with Apple Day, for the apple 
is the more universal fruit—close to a necessity. 
English companies are now giving earthquake insurance 
in Great Britain, as a result of the scientific dictum that 
we have entered on a period of instability in the earth’s 
crust. The rate runs from 18 to 36 cents per $500. 
The Swiss government has been asked by 168,341 persons 
to suppress the manufacture and sale of absinthe in that 
country. That subtle srreen spirit is held responsible for 
much human wretchedness wherever it is freely used, so this 
wholesale prohibition is to be submitted to a vote of the 
whole Swiss people. 
One of the big railroads has. it is reported, raised the 
“dead line’’ or age limit to entrance into its employment 
from 35 to 45. A good many infant phenomenons have be¬ 
come a weariness to the public and we begin to see a reac¬ 
tion in favor of the man whose knowledge has ripened with 
maturity—despite Dr. Osier. 
