THE RURAL NEW-YORKER. 
October 2fi, 
788 
The Rural New-Yorker 
TEE BUSINESS FARMER'S PAPER. 
A National Weekly Journal for Country and Suburban Homes. 
Established 1850. 
Published weekly by the Rural Publishing Company; H. W. 
Colllngwood, President; Dr. Walter Van Fleet, Vice-Presi¬ 
dent ; John J. Dillon, Treasurer; Win. F. Dillon, Secretary; 
409 Pearl St., New York. 
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* 
Think of what it means to keep 32 cows on one acre 
of city land without a calf or even a bull! No trouble 
about “papers” there. The sweet grains from the brew¬ 
ery mean to this dairyman about what a silo or cheap 
pasture mean for a dairyman 200 miles away, but the 
city man is right alongside the customers—who are 
paying eight cents or more for his milk. It makes a 
great difference whether you pay middlemen’s charges 
on the hay and grain or on the milk. The milking ma¬ 
chine and the modern dairy stable will make great 
changes in dairying. 
* 
The following story, credited to an English paper, 
has been going through the press: 
Strolling into a grocer’s shop the other day, a little boy 
asked for half a pound of margarine. He was being served, 
and the shopman was about to wrap the margarine up in 
paper when the lad exclaimed: “Please, sir, my inuver wants 
to know if yer’U stamp a cow on it, ’cos we’re having 
cump’ny.” 
The good old cow has long stood as a standard of 
honesty. The picture of a good cow on any sample 
of food would help sell it. Generally the deception is 
practiced by the oleo maker and dealer who would, if 
permitted to do so, make the public believe that their 
mixture of steer, hog and cotton oil traced entirely to 
old Bossy. An honest cow would, if she could, blush 
for shame at being put in a false position. It is a won¬ 
der that the figure of that cow stamped on the oleo did 
not make the stuff several shades darker. As for those 
misfit papers on the Jersey cows, they would be blood 
red if those honest four-footed friends could express 
their real feelings. 
* 
During the past four weeks we have discussed the 
work which J. H. Hale is doing in planting orchards 
on those old Connecticut hills. The work which Mr. 
Hale is doing is most interesting and will, we think, 
make its mark upon New England history. There are 
some things about it that should be understood. The 
work as Hale does :t is out of the reach of the average 
man, the poor man or the man on a small farm. Too 
much capital is required. True, the original land is 
cheap, but by the time it is fitted for thorough culture 
it costs nearly as much as the best orchard land else¬ 
where. It is not likely that such work can be done 
profitably by the laborers in reach of the average farmer. 
It will be necessary to work on such a large scale that 
a good-sized gang of foreigners can be permanently 
employed. This means large, wholesale operations, 
while as we know the strength of New England farm¬ 
ing in the past has been the fact that it gave the small 
operator a chance. We think Mr Hale will admit that 
his apple trees are by no means as promising as the 
peach trees. His close planting of the two kinds is a 
good illustration of how not to do it. The apple or¬ 
chards are to be permanent, and we would rather plant 
the trees by themselves and give them rougher culture 
if need be until they could be fully cared for. 
We are coming close to the first anniversary of the 
opening of this Jersey cattle case. A new subscriber 
naturally asks who was first responsible for it. There 
is no higher authority on that subject than the investi¬ 
gating committee of the A. J. C. C. This is what they 
say: 
It appears that he [Rogers] wrote to Dawley repeatedly 
for the papers and for information in reference to service 
and the coming in of the cows, and that Dawley delayed or 
wholly failed to give this information, and that in conse¬ 
quence Rogers found himself in difliculty with a Dansville 
bank, which was to accept the cattle as security in place 
of the engine which Rogers exchanged for the cattle. Rogers 
was entitled to this information, and the irritation caused 
by his failure to get it, was undoubtedly the beginning of 
this controversy 
The discussion might go on for 10 years more, yet 
the above would still be true. But if Mr. Dawley started 
it, it is also true that he could have ended it at any time 
during the last 300 days. All he had to do was to agree 
to an open investigation and show his herd and stable 
records. 
* 
Next Spring promises to be a great season for 
San Jose scale fakes. This year has been an easy one 
for scale fighters. The insect has not bred or spread 
as rapidly as usual, and some remedies which would 
have been worthless last year have been fairly success¬ 
ful. The entomologists should be very careful how 
they report these new remedies, for a report based on 
this year’s trial might lead many honest people astray. 
We expect to find a dozen men advocating some plan 
of boring a hole in the tree and inserting some powder, 
or painting the base of the tree with carbolic acid or 
paint. In both cases the claim is that the tree absorbs 
the substance, carries it in the sap and thus kills the 
scale. We advise readers to pay no attention what¬ 
ever to any such claims. It is surprising that some 
fraud has not tried the “trap crop” cure for the scale. 
Many of us find a trap crop useful in catching insects 
—for example, planting early squashes to draw the 
bugs away from later varieties. Some rogue will most 
likely come with seeds of a wonderful plant which will 
attract the San Jose scale so that the insects can be 
caught and killed. The chances are that in spite of 
all that has been said, he would find people to buy his 
seeds. 
* 
Now and then some good man comes forward to 
say he will get up a petition for the neighbors to sign, 
or have some “resolution” passed by a farmers’ meet¬ 
ing. This is well enough as far as it goes, but it 
doesn’t go anywhere. The average “petition” is about 
the cheapest and poorest expression of popular desire 
that we can think of. Here in New York a politician 
named Quigg has just coolly explained how he used 
thousands of dollars to “accelerate” public opinion in 
favor of a combination which was against public in¬ 
terests. He bribed people to get up these “petitions,” 
or to attend mass meetings, and paid bigger men to 
appear at Albany. No more shameless record has been 
laid bare in years, and no public man will respect such 
“petitions” hereafter. The “resolution” is little if any 
better. In nearly any large gathering of farmers a 
few dozen shrewd politicians could pass a “resolution” 
which was opposed to the interests of 80 per cent of 
those present! The only thing that counts is the 
strong, fearless personal letter. If there is any spirit 
of fear or compromise in it, the politicians will find it, 
but if you tell them just what you think, they will re¬ 
spect you and know that you mean business. 
* 
It is years since we have had in New York State a 
Governor who commanded more general respect than 
that given Charles E. Hughes. Nor have we had in 
years a Governor who has said more about the duties 
of public servants. At Gettysburg, the other day, he 
spoke before the faculty and students of a college and 
said, among other things: 
This country will never he great, nor realize the ‘ideals 
we profess unless we count service to the State far greater 
than the amassing of wealth or any private gain. The 
man who will cheat the State, whether he be in a Legislature 
or an executive office, ought to be put in a public place and 
run out. 
No man in his right mind will be likely to argue 
against that proposition, but has not the Governor laid 
down precept enough? Suppose we show him a man 
who, before his appointment to public office, lived with 
the shadow of the sheriff’s hand constantly upon his 
back! When he knew his appointment was coming, 
and that he could pay his honest debts, he kept the 
knowledge secret, and settled at a reduction on the 
dollar, leading his creditors to understand there was 
nothing else for them. Suppose we go on to show the 
Governor how this man, freed from these deluded 
creditors, has used his official position to play politics, 
benefit his friends and sell his own goods, covering 
his tracks with the cunning of an Indian, until, grown 
bold with success, he is caught “with the goods on!” 
We think the career of this man would furnish Gov¬ 
ernor Hughes with something more than a text. Does 
he want it? 
It seems that John D. Rockefeller is an active mem¬ 
ber of the Apple Consumers’ League. A writer in the 
New York Sun, reciting the many worthy qualities of 
Mr. Rockefeller, very properly puts the following as 
most prominent: 
Some years ago my wife and I occupied a house with John 
D. Rockefeller in Morristown, N. J., w’liere he was staying 
at the time to benefit some throat affection, I believe. One 
of his keen enjoyments was apples, and he went to much 
trouble in obtaining choice varieties, of which he always 
kept a supply, in his own room, and courteously urged my 
wife to indulge in them freely during his absence in town 
and to invite the others to do so. 
That explains several things which have often both¬ 
ered us. We have often wondered how Mr. Rockefeller 
could keep his health so vigorously, carry his great 
wealth without breaking down with it and endure with 
such composure the savage assaults made upon him by 
the newspapers! It is now all made clear—he is a 
thirty-third degree apple eater. His five apples a day 
have brought him a large measure of health and phil¬ 
osophy. Further, we commend Mr, Rockefeller’s exam¬ 
ple in giving apples away. Instead of handing out a 
cigar or offering a drink, why not say “Have one on 
me—an apple!” And even if there be those who think 
Mr. Rockefeller a trifle dry in his capacity to absorb 
v/ater, they may find the reason for it in his apple 
habit. He may be partial to the Ben Davis apple. 
* 
The New York State Dairymen’s Association will 
meet this year at Malone, Franklin Co., on December 
10-13. Efforts will be made to make this meeting a not¬ 
able one. The president, W. W. Hall, has given most 
effective service, and will do much toward making the 
coming meeting the best this Association has ever bad. 
It cannot be said that the last meeting was strikingly 
impressive. In order to make such meetings successful 
and have the Association carry any particular weight in 
its “resolutions” something must be done to interest 
practical dairymen, or the Association may well change 
its name so as to represent the butter and cheese man¬ 
ufacturers. It is a fair criticism of programmes in the 
past to say that too much space has been given to the 
past of dairying and to general topics which do not 
touch everyday life in the barn. Why not have at least 
one day as “Dairymen’s Day?” By “dairymen” we 
mean those who actually milk cows with their own 
hands. Select several of the most important dairy topics 
for northern New York, and go to the local Granges 
for the best local speakers Give the experts a chance 
to rest and listen while President Roosevelt’s “man 
who works with his hands” takes the floor. There are 
half a dozen vital subjects which these men could dis¬ 
cuss. The one which would call out the largest audi¬ 
ence and do most to give power to the Association 
would be an open and frank discussion of the value 
of registry papers in buying purebred stock. We would 
like to see it discussed by a breeder and also by a 
dairyman who uses pedigreed animals to improve his 
herd. 
BREVITIES. 
IIow long can we stick to the cattle case 
And hammer away without changing base? 
Though the days be many or days be few, 
We’ll stick to the principle clear and true, 
That when a cow comes with a guarantee 
Of certified papers and pedigree, 
And buyer can honestly raise a doubt 
It’s some one’s duty to straighten him out. 
Without any bluffing or snub or sneer. 
And until that’s settled we stay right here. 
If it takes 10 years for the right to come. 
We stay with the job “Till the cows come home!’ 
Time to begin to corn the pigs. 
The first thing a “book farmer” ought to do is to start 
a set of books of his own business. 
No, there never was a mortal man worth what his mother 
or sister would be willing to do for him. 
Something wrong if your children can dominate you 
before they get away from the nest. The hen beats you in 
family discipline. 
If a root crop like carrots began to rot we would dig at 
once. If for sale sell them. If to be held store in a dry 
place and sprinkle with lime. 
Many a youne man who starts out with the idea that he 
only has to “accept a position” finds later that it is more 
necessary to be able to hustle for a job. 
Two and two make three. Love, consolation and hope are 
the ruling forces in the world. Those who are growing old 
have two of them and the young two more. 
At the Mississippi State Fair we are told that trials of 
bloodhounds form quite a prominent part of the exhibition. 
The sheriffs of various counties find it very useful to have 
a good pack of hounds. 
Interesting work is being done on some of the old salt 
meadows along the Atlantic coast. The tide flows into some 
of them through a narrow channel. When this is closed 
the salt may in time be taken out of the soil, leaving rich 
land on which great crops are grown. 
Bear in mind that this new idea of cloth ventilation for 
stables doesn’t cost much to try. All you have to do is to 
take out part of the glass and put cloth screens in place. 
Also remember that no one who has tried the screens re¬ 
ports failure. Try them in your stable. 
