1907. 
THE RURAL NEW-YORKER 
893 
A “RESOLUTION” AND A HISTORY. 
We have referred several times to a “resolution” 
passed by the New York State Breeders’ Association 
at its last meeting. In many respects we regard this 
as the best example of a bunch of sterile words strung 
on an impotent string that we have on record. Since 
this resolution was passed at least 15,000 new names 
have been added to The R. N.-Y.’s list. For the benefit 
of new and old leaders we repeat this clear and cour¬ 
ageous statement: 
Whereas, a certain agricultural journal has insinuated 
that the A. J. C. C. has encouraged lax methods in their 
consideration and action on certain charges in reference to 
recent alleged fraudulent registration of cattle on the hooks 
of the Club: and, whereas, the New York State Breeders’ 
Association insists that all record associations shall maintain 
the integrity of their record to the utmost limit, and where¬ 
as the committee on resolutions of this association has exam¬ 
ined copies of all the affidavits furnished to the A. J. C. C. 
and their finding in this matter, and find that on the facts 
the Club could not. in any way, take different action than 
it did. Ab clearly no case is proven, therefore be it 
Resolved, That this association in annual session in the 
city of Syracuse, December 18-19, 1906. expresses their dis¬ 
approval of such criticism, and their regret that the higb 
character of agricultural journalism should suffer on account 
of baseless criticism directed against organizations seeking 
to maintain the high character of our farm animals and 
thus promote the public good, and we feel that the great 
body of breeders in America all suffer because of their base¬ 
less' attack on our recorded Integrity. 
There may be 25 members of this association who 
are not connected with the State Agricultural Depart¬ 
ment. The man who offered the “resolution” last year 
writes us that he knew little about it, but acted “at the 
request of certain friends of Mr. Dawley.” Our sug¬ 
gestion is that the Association attempt to pass the same 
resolution again this year, and that they get their 
members to sign their name to it. Let them get away 
from “innuendoes” and name The R. N.-Y. We would 
like to see their names! Then we can tell what they 
represent. 
Ancient History To Date. 
It was two years ago, the 2d of November, that Mr. 
Dawley sold those now famous cows to Isaac C. 
Rogers, of Dansville, N. Y. It was three years in 
May last that Mr. Dawley got 20 head of grade Jersey 
heifers from F. D. Squires, of Jefferson Co., N. Y. At 
that same time Mr. Dawley let Mr. Squires have six 
Jersey cows, some of which are likely to become as 
famous as those sold Rogers when all the facts about 
them are known. There are some other dates previous 
to these that will have significance later; but we go no 
further back for the present. Coming down to more 
recent dates it was one year the 17th of November 
since we published the first story of the Dawley-Rogers 
controversy. It was July 24 that the papers were 
served in those alleged libel suits. On October 24 the 
executive committee of the A. J. C. C. passed a resolu¬ 
tion to investigate Mr. Dawley’s breeding records for 
the past six years. On November first Mr. Dawley’s 
attorney came to New York and agreed to accept our 
original demand for a full and open investigation of 
the whole case. We accepted this overture for an in¬ 
vestigation in good faith, and as this was all we had 
ever contended for, we said we would not prejudice the 
case by publishing any part of the evidence until it 
was all submitted, nor offer further criticism, provided 
definite arrangements for the investigation were com¬ 
pleted at once, and the whole case settled not later 
than December 15. At that time it was proposed that 
the A. J. C. C. appoint a committee of investigation 
to which all concerned become interested and submit 
information and evidence. Since then the Club has 
concluded that it could not become a party to an in¬ 
vestigation of this sort, as it would probably involve 
questions in which the Club was not interested. The 
Club, properly enough, we think, takes the ground that 
it has nothing to do with the equities between the par¬ 
ties. It is concerned only with the accuracy of the 
registry papers. So that now the whole case is back in 
the old ruts, except that the A. J. C. C. is preparing 
to conduct a private inquiry. Meanwhile Mr. Dawley 
is disbursing the annual appropriation of $27,500 for 
the education of the farmer, and the papers which have 
been put under obligation to his system write “Honor¬ 
able” before his name, and tell good stories of his 
services to the farmer. Yet at every institute held in 
the State, and at every session of every institute, and 
in every hour of every session, farmers will be asking 
themselves and the instructors and each other “Did 
Dawley buy grade heifers of Squires in Jefferson 
County ? Did he sell them as purebred registered Jerseys 
to Rogers and others?” These questions will be upper¬ 
most in the minds of farmers all over this country 
until it is answered, and answered right. Meanwhile 
The R. N.-Y. still stands by the principle that every 
man who buys a registered animal has the right to 
know that the papers fit the cows! 
A MIGRATION TO THE SOUTH. 
During the past few years we have had some discus¬ 
sion of the plan of “farming both ends of the country.” 
The theory is for a farmer in the North to put his farm 
into grass, grain or orchards, and spend six months 
with these crops. The Winter months he is to go to 
Florida or some other southern point and grow the 
crops which are suitable there. This is the theory, but 
it doesn’t always work out. While the northern grass 
or grain farm can be left alone during the Winter the 
southern farm will require attention during the Sum¬ 
mer, and there must be a worker at both ends. An 
Ohio man sends us this statement of a Winter pil¬ 
grimage which gives a new side to it: 
Two years ago I chartered a car, put therein household 
goods for a small familv. one cow and 325 hens and pullets, 
and sent it in charge of the owner of the furniture to Tampa, 
Fla., and four days thereafter with wife and daughter fol¬ 
lowed on the passenger train. During January and Feb¬ 
ruary, 1905, I sold eggs from 300 of those fowls at 30 cents 
a dozen on an average and realized $180. This paid the 
rent of a house. $60; feed for hens and cow, $60; and left us 
$60 as a profit, besides the eggs used in the family. 
We want to know more about this. It is a new idea 
in American farming. As a rule, it is risky taking a 
cow direct from the North to South, though we think 
the Florida climate would start the pullets to laying 
earlier than if they were left in the North. We expect 
to have fuller particulars from this correspondent. Let 
no man pack up a carload of live stock and start South 
before he gets the whole story. 
TOPICS FOR THE STATE DAIRYMEN. 
We were asked to suggest one or more good topics 
for discussion at the State Dairymen’s meeting at 
Malone. We have asked a number of our readers in 
northern New York to name a few things which are of 
vital interest to them. Here are three good ones from 
a practical dairyman: 
Are the milking machines practical for the average dairy 
farmer? 
Are the rules and regulations of the cattle clubs, also the 
laws of the various States, adequate for the protection of 
the honest breeder? 
Can as good an article of butter or cheese be made from 
milk from cows fed on good conn silage and clover, or clover 
mixed hay, as though a well-balanced grain ration were fed 
with it? 
There will be more suggestions, but the Association 
will find that the second question is the popular one. 
The officers appear to be just about as willing to take 
this up as they would be to take the red-hot end of a 
poker. They prefer to hand it over to the New York 
State Breeders’ Association. They do not rank as 
very funny men, and yet they must see how the public 
regard the joke of turning this burning question over 
to a society dominated by the parties most likely to be 
scorched by it. Llere are a few other suggestions from 
readers: 
How shall we manage to Improve our dairies in milk 
productiveness, both in quality (butter fat) and quantity? 
Which will last the longest aind prove most satisfactory, 
a silo built square and plastered up inside with cement or 
the round stave silo? 
What breed of cows are best adapted, with ordinary care 
and stabling, to this northern climate and will prove the 
most profitable? w. s. o. 
Lewis Co., N. Y. 
The help question is of most importance to farmers of this 
section. This is a dairy section, and it is common to find 
farms of 25 to 35 cows with only the owner, wife and chil¬ 
dren to do nearly the whole thing. There are plenty of 
good farms here that are abandoned to one-horse farming 
because of the scarcity of help, which in many cases is not 
to be had at: any price. Personally, I care but little for the 
whole institute outfit, because they do not care whether the 
papers fit the cows or not, or how much whiskey and graft 
there is to diminish a farmer's chances to get help. The 
farmers themselves are to blame for many of their adverse 
conditions, and if the State Dairymen’s Association would 
fearlessly discuss the above statement I think it would be 
Interesting reading. a. l. h. 
Herkimer Co., N. Y. 
IIow can we improve old meadows where land is too rough 
to plow? Chemicals, rock? 
What kind of grass is best for dry knolls where soil is 
light? 
Is native stock crossed with purebred better for our cold 
climate than purebred stock? 
As farmers’ institutes can reach but few, how can im¬ 
proved methods be taught? 
As improved methods would bring better quality and in¬ 
creased production, adding greatly to the wealth of the 
country, should not the State and national government make 
a greater and more systematized effort to educate the 
farmer? s. c. a. 
Warren Co., N. Y . 
Grain farming in England has become profitable once 
more. For many years English wheat barely paid the 
cost of seed and culture, and large tracts of grain land 
were seeded down to pasture. Englishmen were fed 
largely upon American wheat and flour, and there has 
always been great concern about what would happen 
to the English people in case of a foreign war. One 
thing that hurt the English farmer was the low freight 
on ocean traffic. A ton of wheat was carried for less 
money from New York to London than from Norfolk 
to London, only about 100 miles away. It is now ex¬ 
pected that these ocean rates will be higher, thus giv¬ 
ing a little advantage to the English farmer. The 
great demand for wheat screenings and inferior wheat 
for poultry food has helped wheat growers. The 
Mark Lane Express estimates that 80.000,000 head of 
poultry are fed in Great Britain. They have made 
such good use of the screenings that what was formerly 
counted as a loss now brings over $1.75 per 100 pounds. 
Very likely the English hen could handle the entire crop 
at a ^ood profit. While the population of the world is 
steadily increasing, the production of wheat does not 
gain. New countries like China are being opened to 
flour markets, yet comparatively few new acres are 
going into wheat. All these things are making it pos¬ 
sible for English farmers to make money out of wheat, 
and all over the world a like condition prevails. In 
parts of this country where, years ago, wheat growers 
thought they were ruined the crop has become again 
profitable. 
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We have the following note from a letter in Colo¬ 
rado : 
I find The R. N.-Y. a valuable assistance to me in my 
occupation of a western ranchman, having adopted many of 
its suggestions that I had looked upon as well enough for the 
eastern farmer, but wholly out of place to the ranchman of 
the West. I am on your list to stay as long as I have the 
price. 
We do not think anyone will dispute the statement 
that The R. N.-Y. has a wider circulation than any 
ether agricultural paper. We have one or more readers 
in practically every county in the United States and 
Canada, and in most civilized countries. We also find 
that wherever they are, readers have taken up the idea 
of calling themselves members of the “Rural family.” 
This prompts them to offer information freely, or to 
ask for it when needed. There is no doubt that farm¬ 
ers in many Western States will be forced, sooner or 
later, to adopt some of the methods now followed in 
the East. The use of chemical fertilizers, for example, 
is growing in the West, and farmers who wish to ex¬ 
periment with them will save money by studying the 
question in a paper which is prepared to give the 
methods of successful eastern farmers. 
EVENTS OF THE WEEK. 
DOMESTIC.—Tlie first members of the Mano Blanca, or 
“White Hand police force,’’ were “sworn in” at Chicago 
November 19. and started on their task of running down the 
suspected leaders of the Black Hand in Chicago. It is 
probable that the Chicago society will be the main branch of 
national movement to rid the country of the Italian and 
Sicilian blackmailers who have been using the Black Hand 
symbol to terrify their victims. The White Hand police 
will be as secret as the band that it is sought to stamp out. 
From the many Italian societies in Chicago that have joined 
the movement nearly 500 applicants were received for 
places as secret agents. Only a few trusted men were 
chosen. . . . Fifteen thousand foreigners left Pittsburg, 
Pa., during November for their homes in Italy, Hungary and 
Russia, taking with them $1,500,000 in cash and letters of 
credit for almost as much more This month it is expected 
that as many more will depart for their homes, not to return. 
After having experimented with this labor for a number of 
years, the big manufacturing concerns of the Pittsburg 
district have decided against it, and this, more than the 
financial depression, is responsible for the exodus. The 
T'nited States Steel Corporation was the first of the big 
companies to discharge the foreign element wherever possible, 
one lot of 500 having been dismissed at the plant of the 
Shelby Tube Company at Sharon November 23. According 
to the manufacturers, one intelligent American, Englishman, 
German or Irishman can do the work of two “foreigners," by 
which is meant Italians. Hungarians and Russians. The 
manufacturers have been paying the foreigners $1.75 a day 
for common labor and are willing to pay Americans $2 a day 
for the same work, because they save money by it. . . . 
Two thousand cases of violation of the postal laws, the 
majority of them traced to patrons of a tobacco company 
of St. Louis, are on file in the office of the post office in¬ 
spector at Chicago, James E. Stuart. Mr. Stuart protested 
against the methods of this company and several other 
large concerns in the country, by which ignorant persons 
are led into violations of the laws and making themselves 
liable to $10 fines when a few cents postage would evade 
all trouble. The law violated is Section 484 of the Postal 
Regulations. Patrons of the tobacco company in Chicago 
and other cities break this law by sending tags back to the 
company as fourth class matter with a written request on 
the same package for the kind of premiums desired. The 
tobacco company in the past lias asked the tag sender to 
designate the premiums wanted. The writing in the pack¬ 
age places the matter in the first class. . . . The Brook¬ 
lyn Grand Jury, which has been investigating the affairs 
of the Borough Bauk, handl’d down November 21 indictments 
against William Gow. a director and the majority stock¬ 
holder in flic hank : Howard Maxwell, the president, and 
Arthur D. Campbell, the cashier. There are five indict¬ 
ments against Gow, two for grand larceny and three for 
overdrafts, three against Maxwell, two for grand larceny 
and one for forgery, and two against Campbell, one charging 
forgery and the other larceny. Maxwell committed sui¬ 
cide November 26. ... In the Chancery Court at Gallatin, 
Tenu., November 32. Chancellor Stout handed down a deci¬ 
sion revoking the Standard Oil Company’s license to do busi¬ 
ness in tlie State of Tennessee. The suit was brought under 
the State anti-trust law and alleged discrimination on the 
part of the Standard against dea’ers. . . . United States 
Steamboat Inspectors Walz and Hodge, of Memphis, who 
November 20 began the trial of the officers and crew of the 
steamer Dick Fowler, charged with reckless navigation on 
tlie occasion of President Roosevelt's trip down the Missis¬ 
sippi River on October 3, have returned a verdict of not 
guilty. The charge was preferred by Captain Vanduser of 
the Government steamer Lily, one of the boats which 
escorted the President down the river, and President Roose¬ 
velt sent a personal telegram to the inspectors ordering the 
license of the Fowler's master revoked Instantly. Later steam¬ 
boat men who were near and saw the alleged recklessness 
of the Fowler's crew declared that the boat was safely navi¬ 
gated and that Mr. Roosevelt was a victim of apprehension 
where there was no cause. . . All the buildine’S in Sul- 
zer’s Harlem River Park. 126th street and 2d avenue. New 
York, were destroyed by fire on November 21 ; loss $300,000. 
The park was one of the landmarks of Harlem, and was the 
scene of many picnics. ... A large buck, followed by 
seven female deer, created a disturbance in the southern 
part of Plainfield. Conn., November 24. The buck showed 
fight and drove several people indoors. Robert and Lucien 
Weeks, sawmill men. were driven from the woods by the ani¬ 
mal. . . . Past Assistant Surgeon Blue of the Marine 
Hospital Service, who is in charge of the plague situation 
in San Francisco, has reported to Surgeon-General Wyman 
that the disease seems to be on the decrease, and it is be¬ 
lieved that the cases now being reported represent all that 
are occurring in that city. During the first week of Novem¬ 
ber 13.000 rats were trapped and found dead by the men 
scattered about in an effort to kill all rodents which are in¬ 
fected with and transmit plague germs. Up to November 
16, according to the reports received at the offices of the 
Marine Hospital Service in Washington, there had been 96 
cases of plague reported in San Francisco, from which 60 
deaths have resulted. The poisons used for rats have in¬ 
cluded plaster of paris flour, phosphorus paste and arsenic 
paste. The best results have been obtained from the arsenic 
and phosphorus pastes. Experiments which have been con¬ 
ducted in San Francisco seem to prove that these pastes 
kill the rat in about six or seven hours. A bounty of 10 
cents has been offered for rats. The situation in Seattle, 
where the occurrence of plague was reported to the Marine 
Hospital Service, is entirely under control. The last case re¬ 
ported to the Government surgeons appeared on October 30, 
making a total on that date of two cases. Bubonic plague 
is more widely scattered over the world in the opinion of 
surgeons of the Marine Hospital Service than it has been for 
many years. . . . Thirteen Italians were burned to death 
or suffocated and several others were injured in a fire, possi¬ 
bly of Incendiary origin, which wrecked the third and fourth 
floors of the four-story tenement at Second Avenue and One 
Hundred and Ninth Street. New York. November 25. As is 
usual In Ifalian tenement districts, the house was crowded 
with tenants. In many instances there were as many as 
eight persons sleeping in one room. Some of the families, 
although living in three or four-room flats, harbored several 
boarders or relatives. . . . Fire started by crossed elec¬ 
tric wires in a show window spread through the department 
store of the William Windhorst Company at Cincinnati, No¬ 
vember 25. One saleswoman was burned to death. Ten 
other young women were severely hurt by jumping from 
windows. The loss was $200,000. 
FARM AND GARDEN.—The annual meeting of the New 
York State Fruit Growers’ Association will be held in Syra¬ 
cuse, January 8 and 9, 1908. The following speakers from 
out of the State have been secured : Prof. McNeill, of Ottawa, 
Can.; Prof. S. A. Beach, of Iowa State College, and Senator 
Dunlap, of Illinois. _ 
When a man”s chief ambition is to get “all the law 
allows,” which do you call the easier job—changing the law 
or the man? 
The New York Sun tells the story of a man who sold a 
horse. He could get no cash and so took a note. “When I 
went home the other night I told my wife about selling fa 
horse. She asked me what I got for the horse. ‘Oh, I got a 
note,’ I told her. ‘What good is the note?’ she asked. ‘Just 
as good as the horse,’ I said.” 
