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THE RURAL NEW-YORKER 
September 28, 
Tlie Rural New-Yorker 
T11E BUSINESS FARMER'S PAPER. 
A National Weekly Journal for Country and Suburban Homes. 
Established 1850. 
Published weekly by the Rural Publishing Company; H. W. 
Collingwood, President; Dr. Walter Van Fleet, Vice-Presi¬ 
dent ; John J. Dillon, Treasurer; Wm. F. Dillon, Secretary; 
409 Pearl St., New York. 
Entered at New York as Second Class Matter. 
Herbert W. Collingwood, Editor. 
Dr. Walter Van Fleet. I A 
Mrs. K. T. Koylk, ( Associates. 
John J. Dillon, Business Manager. 
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THE RURAL NEW-YORKER, 
409 Pearl Street, New York. 
SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 28, 1907. 
TEN WEEKS FOR 10 CENTS. 
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intelligent farmers who do not now take it, we send it 
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We depend on our old friends to make this known to 
neighbors and friends. 
* 
A picture of our much discussed friend “Dotshome 
Harmony” will be found on page 721. This is the cow 
which the committee rejected. Notice her head and 
horns! A cow with this striking peculiarity, as com¬ 
pared with most Jersey cows, could be easily picked 
out and identified by one who had seen her before. 
* 
The terrible drought through central New York 
gave another argument for Alfalfa. Good fields of 
this crop kept on growing right through the dry 
weather, yielding fine crops of rich forage. At the 
New York State Fair a number of farmers spoke of 
having fields of cut Alfalfa out in the rain, which 
came at last in fair week. No one seemed greatly 
troubled about it, for experience has shown that it is 
hard to spoil Alfalfa so that stock will not eat it. 
* 
It is a great satisfaction to us to see the farm green 
with cover crops. All through the corn and bush fruits, 
Crimson clover and Cow-horn turnips are growing. 
In the cabbage, and following other crops, will go 
rye and vetch, or rye and clover. We do not believe 
in leaving ground bare over Winter. There may be 
some cases where a tough old sod will do better if 
turned up in rough furrows to “winter-kill,” but in 
the great majority of cases some living crop is best for 
the land. Not only does this living crop save nitrogen 
that would otherwise be leached from the soil, but it 
provides organic matter which, with lime, is the great¬ 
est need on many of our old farms. By all means 
sow rye on land which would be left bare over Winter! 
* 
In the impressive speech with which Governor 
Hughes welcomed the Grand Army men at their con¬ 
vention in Saratoga there was one strong passage that 
ought to live. 
“The same flag which floated over the armies in the 
Add, floats over the public buildings in which are gath¬ 
ered the chosen servants of the people.” 
This is the whole thing in a few words. We would 
like to have that printed in big black letters and nailed 
over every place where a State employee works. On 
the battlefield men feel the wild thrill for what that flag 
represents and willingly follow it into danger. In 
everyday life the same flag may become a mere part 
of the day’s routine, because we do not glorify the 
quiet, humble work which we are called upon to do for 
society. Work for the State, under the flag, is more 
than a job; it is a chance for honest service to country. 
* 
Readers will remember that there was some delay 
in making public the report of that investigating com¬ 
mittee appointed by the A. J. C. C. At the annual 
meeting it was stated that this report had been lost 
by an express company. This explanation did not 
seem to satisfy some of our readers, but we are now 
fully satisfied that the report was mislaid or delayed 
in this way. It was without doubt a source of great 
annoyance to President Darling that such delay oc¬ 
curred, but there is no question but that his explana¬ 
tion was correct. As a whole, there is no more hon¬ 
orable body of men in the country than the members 
of the A. J. C. C. We have frankly criticised the ac¬ 
tions of the Executive Committee and may continue 
to do so if such criticism seem justified. We wish, 
however, to thank the Club for the great courtesy ex¬ 
tended in permitting us to examine their records and 
make copies of pedigrees, etc. This proved of very 
great value to us in our recent investigation, and the 
Club officials certainly gave us opportunity to obtain 
what was needed. Prominent members of the Club 
are now familiar with the latest developments, and 
we feel confident that they will take needed action. 
* 
When it is legally filed we will print a synopsis of 
the complaint and answer in the first of those Dawley 
suits. We delayed publishing this matter so as to give 
Mr. Dawley every chance to disprove the charges, if 
he cared to do so. The issue in this first case is very 
simple. Dawley, Rogers and the A. J. C. C. commit¬ 
tee all agree that this cow, “Dotshome Harmony,” does 
not fit her papers. Rogers charges Dawley with sub¬ 
stituting a bogus cow for the true one. Dawley says 
this is not the cow he sold to Rogers. The committee 
condemned the cow, but did not fix the responsibility 
upon either Rogers or Dawley. When the cow was 
brought before the committee, Dawley did not deny 
her identity. He now claims that after the investiga¬ 
tion he found data which convinced him that he never 
owned this cow and never sold her to Rogers. As Mr. 
Dawley never mentioned this new data to us until a 
few minutes before he brought his suits we naturally 
accepted his former judgment and referred to her as 
the cow he sold Rogers. By doing this, M'r. Dawley 
claims that we have damaged him to the extent of 
$50,000. It is now clear that, as we have contended 
from the first, a mere compromise of the business be¬ 
tween these two men would leave the main question 
unsettled. Any money damage sustained by Rogers 
might properly be submitted to compromise, and such 
settlement might satisfy the equity between the two 
men. There is in addition to this a principle at stake, 
and one which reaches out to every farmer in the 
country. It is too broad a principle to be measured 
in dollars and cents, being far more important than 
Rogers or Dawley or The Rural New-Yorker. This 
principle is the right of every man who has a reason¬ 
able question as to the breeding of any registered ani¬ 
mal which he may purchase to have the accuracy of 
the records established beyond reasonable doubt. The 
acceptance pf this principle involves the duty of the 
registry associations, and also of the breeders to pro¬ 
duce proofs and records that will convince any im¬ 
partial mind that the registry papers are accurate. 
Every one admits that it is comparatively easy to com¬ 
mit the crime of substitution. In the case of young 
animals this is especially difficult to detect. All admit 
that the accuracy of pedigree records must depend 
in the last analysis on the integrity of the breeder. We 
realize, too, that this principle is not narrowed down 
to any transaction in purebred cattle. It concerns 
every transaction where goods of any kind are guar¬ 
anteed so that a part of their value consists in the 
honor and character of the seller. With large sums of 
State money to spend at his discretion few men in the 
State have ,had Mr. Dawley’s opportunity not only to 
make friends of his co-workers and others looking for 
favors, but. also to cement the friendship of the farmers 
of the State by a faithful performance of his official 
duties. Farmers have given him the confidence which 
should go to the occupant of an important State posi¬ 
tion. They will receive with great regret evidence to 
convince them that he has betrayed the trust reposed 
in him. While unable to understand why he should be 
unwilling to prove the accuracy of his Jersey records, 
those without definite information will accord him the 
right of every man to be considered innocent until 
proven guilty—at the same time demanding the truth. 
They will want to know whether he has deliberately 
betrayed the confidence given him as a State official to 
sell bogus cows with crooked pedigrees to one or more 
of their fellow-farmers. Place-hunters and parasites 
will ever cringe before the hand which distributes easy 
graft, but the strongest men connected with the institute 
work have already expressed their desire to know all 
the truth. 
As for ourselves* we have been led, through the most 
patient and thorough investigation, straight to con¬ 
viction. Our most persistent demand all through was 
for the truth, no matter where it led or who was af¬ 
fected by it, and that policy will be continued. No 
consideration whatever could induce us to suppress 
any development of this case which was in favor of 
Mr, Dawley. We would rather have The Rural New- 
Yorker wiped out into utter oblivion than know¬ 
ingly to publish one line to the discredit of any, honest 
man, but the paper never did and never will so long 
as we are connected with it merit the favor of rogues. 
How long is it safe to keep seed wheat? Every 
once in a while a story goes the rounds telling of 
wonderful wheat found packed away with a mummy or 
in some ancient caye. Farmers through the West have 
been advised to hold wheat in steel tanks or “elevators” 
—for several years if need be—until the price rises. 
There are no authentic records that mummy or cave 
wheat has ever been found to germinate. Many experi¬ 
ments have been made and all show that the actual 
life of wheat is short. Three-year-old wheat gave 
about half live grains. After eight years all were dead. 
If wheat were stored in these steel tanks for four years 
very little of it would germinate and only a small pro¬ 
portion would sprout after three years! Two years 
of such storage would be the limit for us. 
* 
The prices of milk for the six months commencing 
October were announced by the Borden Condensed 
Milk Company, September 12. The prices are as fol¬ 
lows : For October and March, $1.70 per 100 pounds ; 
November, December, January and February, $1.90 
per 100. Farmers were looking for somewhat higher 
prices, since the price of grain feeds has advanced so 
much. This advance is about 16 2-3 per cent. Wheat 
feeds and corn appear to have advanced from 20 to 
30 per cent already, and are expected to be raised con¬ 
siderably in price yet. These are the principal grains 
fed. Gluten had advanced 20 per cent, at least, though 
some other feeds, such as distillers’ grains, cotton¬ 
seed meal and oil meal have made an advance some¬ 
what less. A rise is expected, however, in these feeds. 
The fact that there has been so much greater advance 
in the cost of feeds than in the price of milk causes 
many dairymen to proclaim that they will not attempt 
milk production on an extended scale. Some of these 
producers will do as they assert, and will dry off the 
cows early. It is not likely that there will be an over¬ 
production of milk this Winter. The threats that 
have been made by the city milk commission also cut 
some figure in the plans of dairymen. 
* 
The Hope Farm man gives two illustrations from his¬ 
tory to show how opportunity was offered men to re¬ 
cover what they had lost. Fate played into their hands, 
but they lacked the courage to strike. They knew that 
the men who had conquered them were few in num¬ 
bers, yet their firmness of purpose had struck terror 
to the multitude who might have crushed them out. 
History repeats itself, and opportunity is given from 
time to time for the common people to assert them¬ 
selves. Such a chance was offered last year in the 
Wadsworth campaign. One could hardly find a dis¬ 
trict in this country more completely under control of 
a political machine. Some of the leaders fell out over 
the spoils and the majority became arrogant in their 
supposed power. Instead of standing off with nerve¬ 
less hands as the Indians and the Persians did cen¬ 
turies ago, the farmers in Wadsworth’s district saw 
their chance and fell upon the politicians in a fury 
that could not be resisted. Several well-known men 
were asked to go into the district and make speeches 
advising farmers to vote the straight ticket. After 
looking the ground over they wisely refused to go, 
because they knew that the battle had gone beyond any 
argument they could make. If we could have an elec¬ 
tion of State Senators in New York this year the 
same thing would happen in at least half a dozen dis¬ 
tricts, and none know this better than the men whose 
names we are printing. The truth is that all along 
the line the common people are coming more and 
more to know their power. They have read and 
thought and observed, and now they are ready to act 
if only the chance is presented to them. 
BREVITIES. 
Is the middleman on top? 
A sure thing in “futures” is forestry for the man with 
cheap land. 
How can. you ever have public spirit without private 
spirit first? 
Help is needed in Orleans and Niagara Counties, N. Y., 
to harvest the fruit crop. 
With this year’s prices w r e find the apple and peach crop 
“safe as a Government bond.” 
This cotmes from Wisconsin : “I think your paper is 
O. K. and my wife thinks more of it than I do.” 
A readier in Virginia says: “We have a fine climate, and 
the white people are the best in the world, but never in 
a hurry!” How would that place suit you? 
That picture of the bumper boy crop showm on page 681 
seems to have hit some of our readers hard. One calls it 
a “boy-cottage,” because there are no girls recognizable. 
Careful figuring at the Maine Experiment Station showed 
that the cost of food for a hen averaged $1,455 per year, 
while the hens laid' 144 eggs on the average. What happens 
when the feed bill remains about the same while the egg 
yield drops to 75? 
A newspaper report from Greeley, Col., asserts that in 
the box elder districts coyotes are raiding the melon patches, 
digging holes in the melons to drink the juice. We expect 
to learn later that in the same districts the jack rabbits 
have started to raid henhouses. 
