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THE RURAL NEW-YORKER 
October 19, 
The Rural New-Yorker 
TUE 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; Win. F. Dillon. Secretary; 
409 Pearl St., New York. 
Entered at New York as Second Class Matter. 
Herbert W. Collingwood, Editor. 
Hr. Walter Van Fleet, / Associates 
Mrs. K. T. Hoyle, j-Associates. 
John J. Dillon, Business Manager. 
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To foreign countries in the Universal Postal Union, $2.04, 
equal to 8s. 0d., or 8% marks, or 10Mi francs. 
“A SQUARE DEAL.” 
We believe that every advertisement in this paper is 
backed by a responsible person. Rut to make doubly sure 
we will make good any loss to paid subscribers sustained 
by trusting any deliberate swindler advertising in our col¬ 
umns, and any such swindler will be publicly exposed. We 
protect subscribers against rogues, but we do not guarantee 
to adjust trilling differences between subscribers and honest, 
responsible advertisers. Neither will we be responsible for 
the debts of honest bankrupts sanctioned by the courts. 
Notice of the complaint must be sent to us within one 
month of the time of the transaction, and you must have 
mentioned The Rural New-Yorker when writing the adver¬ 
tiser. 
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Is for, should appear in every letter. 
Remittances may be made in money order, express order, 
personal check or bank draft. 
THE RURAL NEW-YORKER, , 
409 Pearl Street, New York. 
SATURDAY, OCTOBER 19, 1907. 
TEN WEEKS FOR 10 CENTS. 
In order to introduce The R. N.-Y. to progressive 
intelligent farmers who do not now take it, we send it 
10 weeks for 10 cents for strictly introductory purposes. 
We depend on our old friends to make this known to 
neighbors and friends. 
* 
A dairyman writes of spending $40 a day for teams, 
men and machinery to get his corn crop into the silo. 
With this outfit two days will about take care of the 
crop. In the old days husking would have been going 
on up to Thanksgiving time. While it might seem as 
if the outlay of this money was extravagant, if a farmer 
put any value on his own time, the old method of 
hand cutting and husking cost more. 
* 
Quite a number of people come asking if they can 
obtain legal satisfaction in a breach of verbal contract. 
They make an agreement with a hired man, a neighbor, 
or even a stranger without signing any papers. Some¬ 
times a good sum of money is involved and the parties 
fail to live up to their agreement. In most of these 
cases the loser would be unable to prove his contract, 
as he has nothing in writing. The only safe way is to 
have such things drawn up in proper legal form and 
signed. 
* 
Some weeks ago we told how Postmaster General 
Meyer will ask Congress to give the parcels post and 
postal savings banks a fair trial. Now the papers re¬ 
port that Speaker Cannon (Uncle Joe), of the House, 
says that Congress will kill any suggestion of a parcels 
post. We suppose Mr. Cannon thinks he carries Con¬ 
gress in his pocket. Perhaps he does, but the farmers 
of this country will get into that pocket and make Con¬ 
gress do its duty if they have to chop the pocket out 
with broad axes. 
* 
The Hood River Apple Growers’ Union will receive 
$3.27 J /2 per bushel box for their Spitzenberg apples, 
and $2.75 for Newtown Pippins—about 25,000 boxes of 
the two varieties. This Union simply states what it has 
for sale and calls for bids. It doesn’t stand around 
hat in hand asking for buyers. Every box is packed 
and handled so that the officers of the Union can guar¬ 
antee it. A firm in Vladivostok, Siberia, has bought 
some of the best of these apples, paying $12 a box! 
Five boxes of Winter Banana apples will be sent to the 
Czar of Russia, making him a member of the Apple 
Consumers’ League. After he eats a few baked ap¬ 
ples for breakfast he will feel like granting every de¬ 
mand of the Russian people. What they fail to win 
with bullets and bombs they may gain by baked apples! 
* 
The Fairmount Chemical Laboratory advertised a 
“Concentrated Bordeaux Mixture.” They claimed that 
one gallon of this “concentrate” would make 49 gal¬ 
lons of regular Bordeaux Mixture—all you had to do 
was to add 48 gallons of water. Now the usual strength 
of Bordeaux is six pounds of copper sulphate to 50 
gallons of water, and this “concentrate” should con¬ 
tain about the same amount in order to make its 
claims true. The authorities in the Agricultural De¬ 
partment bought a sample of this mixture, but did not 
like the appearance of it. A sample was sent to the 
chemists for analysis, and it was found that this so- 
called “Concentrated Bordeaux” contained scarcely 
more copper than the standard mixture as usually 
prepared. The “concentrate” contained only about 2J4 
ounces of copper when it should contain six pounds 
in order to make good the manufacturer’s claims. And 
worse yet, the copper is in the form of an oxide. We 
wrote the company and asked for an explanation, but 
they pay no attention to the letter. One would better 
use dishwater for spraying rather than this stuff. We 
like to see the Department play the part of watch dog 
in this way! 
* 
We have now outlined all the charges and answers 
in those Dawley suits. The final merits of these cases 
will be settled by judge and jury. It is proper 
for us, however, to make a fair statement of the issue. 
Mr. Dawley claims that he never sold to Rogers, and 
never owned, a cow which the A. J. C. C. has con¬ 
demned. We answer squarely that she is the identical 
cow which Dawley sold Rogers as Dotshome Har¬ 
mony; that Dawley identified her as such on one occa¬ 
sion and did not dispute her identity before the inves¬ 
tigating committee. Mr. Dawley claims that he sold 
Rogers 10 head of purebred registered Jersey cattle. 
We answer that some of these cattle are grades and 
others not properly registered. He claims that he never 
delayed sending necessary papers. We cite three cases 
where this was done. He claims that he did not sell 
diseased or worthless cattle. We answer that he had 
disease in his herd for some years previous and up to 
the time of sale to Rogers; that some of the cattle 
bought by Rogers were suffering from this disease, 
and that some of them, being worthless, were killed, 
while others died. Mr. Dawley claims that the calf 
which Rogers offered for registry as a daughter of 
Dotshome Queen Carey, a cow transferred by Dawley 
as not bred, is not her calf, but the calf of another 
cow. We answer that this calf is the daughter of the 
cow he now calls Dotshome Queen Carey, and that the 
calf was dropped 14 days after the sale to Rogers. 
The issues are thus clear and definite. There are no 
technicalities or evasions on our part, but frank, square 
answers at every point. Back of every point thus made 
we have abundant evidence to support it. 
With such a case pending, would you if in Mr. 
Dawley’s place, attempt to go on as director of farm¬ 
ers’ institutes? Charges have been made against him 
first by Mr. Rogers, and again by another reliable 
New York farmer. Mr. Dawley has had ample chance 
to clear himself without in any way injuring his stand¬ 
ing in these suits by producing his records and clear¬ 
ing himself. Does not his failure to do this while 
continuing as a State official create a scandal which 
Commissioner Wieting and Governor Hughes cannot 
well tolerate? For Mr. Dawley to continue would un¬ 
doubtedly cause the retirement of the strongest New 
York institute workers. How could they be expected 
loyally to support their chief and make explanations 
for him after they have demanded and failed to ob¬ 
tain the evidence to clear him of suspicion? 
* 
We go to the picture gallery again to show another 
dear old friend on the next page. This is the cow now 
called Dotshome Queen Carey. You notice that one 
of her horns has been cut off. We have already pic¬ 
tured it, and now have it safe with other legal treas¬ 
ures! Later we hope to show this cow and her calf 
together, that all may see the close resemblance be¬ 
tween them. If any novelties are wanted to make the 
farmers’ institutes more interesting we might suggest 
that this cow be taken along for an object lesson in 
breeding, registering and selling a cow! The R. N.-Y. 
will buy the cow and furnish her free to the State, and 
also furnish some facts which, properly recited, would 
make a great hit at any institute, and probably a dou¬ 
ble hit at a meeting of the New York State Breeders’ 
Association. Our respected friend. The Country Gen¬ 
tleman, can have a picture of the cow and the above- 
mentioned facts at any time. 
* 
Some of our eastern apple growers who think there 
is a large crop of apples in the country should read 
this extract from a letter from James M. Irvine, editor 
of The Fruit Grower: 
I am in trouble, and come to you for advice. I am very 
much afraid that I am going to lose my standing as a mem¬ 
ber of the Apple Consumers’ League. When Wealthy apples 
are retailing at 65 cents a peck at this time of year, I am 
afraid I shall have to backslide before Spring. Can a spe¬ 
cial dispensation be fixed up to keep a man in good standing 
in a year like the present? You New Y’ork fellows who have 
apples this year would better send them West under guard, 
for they are too valuable to risk the ordinary modes of ship¬ 
ment. 
This season will certainly try the patriotism of 
League members. The West seems to be out of it, 
and good fruit will be worth nearly its weight in 
silver. This is the year when the man who “always 
has a good crop” gets his money. One certainly needs 
to have wealth in order to buy Wealthy apples at $6 
per barrel. Our western friends this year will have to 
reach for some of the money which Ben Davis has 
banked for them in years past. 
* 
Much to our regret the New York Court of Appeals 
has finally decided that there shall be no election of 
Senators in New York this Fall. We shall, however, 
continue to keep the names of those insurance Senators 
in type. Had there been an election this Fall at least 
six of them could never have gone back to Albany. 
We were in hopes that the country people in these 11 
districts would have another chance to show their 
power in the right way. This year, free from other 
political complications, every ballot would have cut 
right into the mark. We need more of such oppor¬ 
tunities. The average man does not realize what he 
can do for his country if he will only try. It seems 
impossible to make headway against the politicians, yet, 
whenever a man begins to feel that way, he should 
remember that every item of what we call liberty was 
started in the first place by a few ordinary men at 
personal sacrifice. We would like to talk straight at 
you in the words of President Frost, of Berea College: 
Do not shrink from tasks which are to human power im¬ 
possible. You will see very little brought to pass if you see 
only what your own strength alone could accomplish. We 
do not think of living in these days without availing our¬ 
selves of the force of steam and dynamite. Do not be con¬ 
tent to live without availing yourself of the force of prayer 
and faith. None of the limitations of your early life need 
hinder you, none of them must be allowed to hinder you, from 
rising in the full strength of your manhood and womanhood, 
and playing the part of a true leader of men. 
Now, you man, back on a lonely farm, or you pros¬ 
perous farmer or you good citizen in the town—all 
hoping that your children may have a better chance 
than you have had, may well think that over. In the 
end the spirit will always master the material forces. 
While we cannot get at those New York Senators this 
Fall, there are plenty of opportunities for public service. 
In Orleans County, N. Y., there is a contest for prin¬ 
cipal which ought to appeal to every honest man. Farm¬ 
ers in that county at least have a chance to strike just 
such a blow as they did last year. 
BREVITIES. 
Keep on sowing rye until Election Day. 
How much of your life would pass for a sermon? 
The Alfalfa doesn’t like to grow under the apple trees. 
The men on well drained soil got a double advantage this 
year. 
Elbow grease is a standard oil which will pay good 
dividends. 
No sir—seeds of our ordinary weeds will not be killed by 
passing a Winter in the manure pile. 
Try baked cabbage with a little grated cheese if you want 
a good substitute for liigb-priced meat! 
It is the Hon. John Frost this Fall. Nature is trying to 
make up for the late Spring and the dry Summer. 
Good sheep are about as easy to sell this year as anything 
grown on a farm. 
AVe tried growing carrots between strawberry rows. What 
was gained in carrots was more than lost on the straw¬ 
berries. 
We keep on scraping off the hen boards and putting the 
droppings -on the strawberries. This can be kept up till 
December 
On October 8 the Cow-horn turnips were nearly 15 inches 
both above and below the surface. The wet Fall has proved 
a blessing to the cover crops. 
AVe have all sorts of people on the list. Here is one: “I 
am not a farmer nor on a farm, but a city lot. AVe visit 
the country via The R. N.-Y.” 
A feature of the next Connecticut poultry meeting will be 
a series of talks by men “who are willing to be used as 
examples of what the hen can do for a man.” 
A farmer’s wife says she has been called upon to do 
almost everything but plow and wash. Plowing is not 
woman’s work, but a good washing machine saves the back. 
It will be interesting to learn what those AVestern New 
York apple growers think of this talk of abandoned farms and 
poverty of farming in New York. AVhy not have some of 
them come to talk at that Syracuse meeting? 
One of the quick lunch corporations controlling a large 
number of restaurants in New York now prints a notice on 
the bill of fare announcing that they have been obliged to 
lessen the size of their five-cent glass of milk, owing to the 
increased price of that product. 
The New Haven Evening Leader reports an increase in 
rabies throughout Connecticut. The last session of the 
Connecticut Legislature passed a law providing that any 
person bitten by a rabid dog may receive Pasteur treatment 
immediately at the expense of the town, the State to reim¬ 
burse the town for such expenditure. 
The milk committee of the N. Y. Association for Improv¬ 
ing the Condition of the Poor is urging the sale of properly 
inspected skim-milk, which would give poor people an oppor¬ 
tunity to buy a wholesome article at a moderate price, while 
securing better returns to the producer than could be obtained 
when the skim-milk is made into casein. 
Signs calling on drivers to blanket their horses properly 
are being put on every ferryboat that plies to and from 
Manhattan by the American Society for the Prevention of 
Cruelty to Animals. It is estimated that fully 50,000 horses 
cross these ferries every day. They are exposed to every 
wind that blows: the effort to put storm doors on all the 
ferryboats has been defeated so far. 
