1909. 
TH EC RURAL NEW-YORKER 
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TARRING THE SEED CORN. 
There have been many calls for the method of putting 
far on the corn to repel the crows. We have printed it 
many times in prose—perhaps the following verse will help 
keep it in mind : 
Well, boys, I guess we’ll plant that corn to-day 
Off yonder by the woods; yes, crows are thick 
In that back lot—ain’t got no time to play 
With scarecrows—I know how to make ’em sick. 
Now, Johnnie, bring that tar an’ sorter stir 
A gill right in that pail of seed ; you, Fred, 
Go in where mother is an’ just ask her 
To let you have them ashes in the shed. 
I want no great big job—just pour the tar 
Right in the corn—then take an iron spoon 
And stir and stir and stir again—dig far 
Down in the bucket—you will get it soon. 
Stir till your arm quite peters out—then shift 
And take the other like you’d row a boat, 
And give the spoon a sort of sidling lift 
Till every kernel has its tarry coat. 
Now sift the ashes in an’ dry it out. 
That’s right! Now, boys, come on—it’s getting late. 
See that old crow? Caw! caw! Hark at his shout! 
lie thinks he’s got us now—but you jest wait. 
Them crows are knowin’ birds—they’re watchin’ us, 
Let’s set down here at this end of the row 
An’ watch ’em—there they go without no fuss; 
See that one scratch. He's found the corn! IIo! ho! 
Don't like that tar? Jest see him spit it out! 
Try one more—eh ! I'll bet that burned his tongue. 
Caw! caw! That’s right! Your hopes are up the spout. 
Fly home and tell your folks with every lung 
That we ain't buildin’ scarecrows in our corn 
Fer crows to laugh at—tell ’em all to come 
An’ try their teeth on tar—from early dawn. 
Come, boys, let’s plant this field an’ then go home. 
EVENTS OF THE WEEK. 
DOMESTIC:—Fire April 28 destroyed the main build¬ 
ing of tiie Loekport Rubber Company, a four-story stone 
structure covering an entire block, it also destroyed the 
old city pumping station at Loekport, N. Y. The loss 
will total upward of $200,000. ... A spectacular fire 
burned out the three upper floors of a six-story building 
at 01 Crosby street. New York, April 28, and did $100,- 
000 damage. Tons of wafer were thrown into the burn¬ 
ing structure from a water tow’er and three high-pres¬ 
sure wagons, but the fire had a big headway and the sky 
was lighted with an intense golden glow for more than 
an hour. . . . One fireman was killed, another is miss¬ 
ing, and eight wore seriously injured, in a fire which 
destroyed elevator K, of the Illinois Central Railroad at 
Chicago, April 20. The conflagration, which was dis¬ 
covered in the height of a violent thunderstorm, com¬ 
pletely consumed the elevator and its contents. The loss 
is estimated at $1,000,000. The blaze, fanned by a gale. 
which swept in from the lake, spread to the Illinois Cen¬ 
tral docks to train sheds and freight cars, and it was 
with great difficulty that the firemen checked the fire 
from a general spread over the lake front yards of tue 
railroad company.The $200,000 Terra Marine 
Inn, erected two years ago at Huguenot, on the south 
shore of Staten Island, overlooking Princes Bay, burned 
April 28. . . . Details from April 29's wind storms in 
the Mississippi Valley indicate the death roll will total 
182. The number of seriously injured is about 740. The 
greatest loss of life was along the Arkansas boundary, 
from the Oklahoma line to Tennessee. Unly a few weeks 
ago a tornado killed and injured many in the Arkansas 
border, but not in the towns that were hit this time. 
Reports show the following number of persons killed at 
or near these places: Illinois—Texas City, 5. Mis¬ 
souri—Golden, It; Summerville 2; Alton, 6; St. Louis, 
2. Arkansas—Caddo, 18; Crawford and Washington 
counties, 15; Wheatley, 1; West Marion, 3. Tennessee— 
Horn Lake, G; Bee Springs, 20; Franklin, 5; Quito, 2; 
Cuba, 1; elsewhere in the Memphis district, 9. 
. . . Death, ruin and misery fallowed the storm which 
seized Chicago on April 28-29. One man was killed out¬ 
right, one fell dead from heart disease during the tumult 
and nearly 50 were injured, some probably fatally. 
Twenty-five houses were blown down, many more un¬ 
roofed, several set afire and more than 50 families ren¬ 
dered homeless. ... A tornado swept over Texas City, 
Ills., April 30, killing four persons and injuring several 
others. . . . May 1, frost and snow prevailed over a 
wide area. There was heavy snow at several places in 
New York. . . . Five children, two men, and a woman 
were burned to death and 1G other Italian tenement 
dwellers were injured April 30, at 37 Spring Street, New 
York, in a fire believed to have been started by Black 
Hand criminals because of their failure to get $1,000 
they had demanded. Of the fourteen injured, several are 
expected to die. Immediately after they had been dis¬ 
covered the flames spread rapidly through the house, 
aided by quantities of kerosene oil that had been sprin¬ 
kled about the halls. The 20 families in the tenement 
were thrown into a panic, and men and women fought 
their way down the fire escapes. Many jumped from the 
first and second floors, and the firemen and policemen 
made thrilling rescues. Babies were thrown from win¬ 
dows to the street, where they were caught, and the 
rescuers time and again made perilous trips up and down 
the scaling ladders. . . . William K. Partridge, a flor¬ 
ist, of Cincinnati, O, filed a deed of assignment May 4. 
lie gives his assets as $40,000 and liabilities at $30,000. 
Hailstones are held responsible for the assignment. Two 
weeks ago, the petitioner says, a hailstorm did $8,000 
damage to plants and glass in his greenhouses and flower 
beds at Bloom hurst. Two years ago a similar storm did 
greater damage. . . . Six explosions in two weeks, in 
which as many buildings were either totally or partially 
wrecked and one life was lost, in Chicago, resulted May 
4 in a sweeping order from Chief of Police Shippy to the 
police to scour the city for the bomb throwers who are 
believed to be responsible for the outrages. Labor 
troubles, in the opinion of the police, have led to the 
bomb throwing. 
NEW YORK STATE APPROPRIATION FOR 
AGRICULTURE. 
“Will you tell us how much money New York will spend 
this year for agriculture? 
The general appropriation bill submitted by the Senate 
carried the following items: 
DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. 
Salaries, chemists and scientists. $3,000.00 
Balance due for this purpose. 3,800.00 
Deficiency in expenses. 8,300.00 
Collecting labor information. 7,500.00 
Deficiency expenses of enforcing agricultural law 3.000.00 
Enforcing fertilizer and feed laws. 7.000.00 
INiforcing vinegar and food laws.. . 17,000.00 
Continuation and extension of farmers' insti¬ 
tutes . 20.000.00 
Enforcing the agricultural law. 104,000.00 
Deficiency fobt and mouth disease. 15.000.00 
Enforcing dairy laws. 14.000.00 
Confidential detectives . G.300.00 
Furniture, repairs, etc. 5.794 14 
For agricultural fairs. 250.000.00 
Two private claims. 900.00 
Geneva Station, repairs, etc. 2.500.00 
Cornell University. 
Extension work . $10,000.00 
Agricultural college buildings. 22.999.00 
Veterinary college experiments. 10.000.00 
Veterinary college buildings. 20.000 00 
St. Lawrence University. 
Building a barn. $15,000.00 
Equipment . 10.000 00 
Equipment . 7.000 00 
School at Morrisville. 35.000 00 
Alfred University . 9.SOO.OO 
State Fhir Commission. 
Commissioners’ salaries . $6,666.65 
Commissioners’ expenses . 2.000 00 
Other salaries . 3.325.00 
Printing and advertising. 10.000 00 
Insurance . 600.00 
Fence and painting. 2.500.00 
Improving grounds . 20.000.00 
Premiums . 40.000 00 
Sewers . lo.ooo 00 
I/oading dock . 7.000 00 
Surveying lines, etc. 1,000.00 
Electric plant . 1.250.00 
Grading, etc. 16.455.00 
Highway wall . G.000.00 
Annex stable . 10 . 000.00 
Live stock building. 30.000.00 
Poultry building . 30.000.00 
Moving grandstand . 50 000 00 
Live stock building 11010). 200,000 00 
Geneva Experiment Station. 
Salaries, etc. $40,000 00 
Labor, etc. . 15.000.00 
Research expenses . 22.500.00 
General expenses. 5,500.00 
Tn addition to the above, special appropriations were 
made as follows : 
Building at Geneva Station. $40,000.00 
Grape experiment station. 10 000.00 
Alfred University (building). 40.000.00 
Nursery inspection work. 25.000.00 
Milk investigations . 10 000.00 
New State Fair buildings. 278.000 00 
Some of these special items have not been approved by 
the Governor as we write. 
SB! 
ROOFING 
No more paint for me! 
IVe now covered every roof 
on my place with Amatite. 
nro buy a roofing that requires 
A painting is inviting trouble. 
Fainted roofings are as out of 
date as the harvester machinery 
of thirty years ago 
The roofing of today needs no 
painting. That’s one of its great 
features. 
If you are still using the “ old 
rubber kind, ’ the kind that re¬ 
quires paiuting every year or two 
to keep it tight, we want to tell 
you about Amatite; why it needs 
7io pointing : why it wears longer 
than the ‘‘smooth surfaced’’ roof¬ 
ings, and why it costs less. 
First—Its chief ingredient is 
Coal Tar Pitch—not a ” secret 
compound” but a well known, 
long tested material, recognized 
by engineers as the greatest 
waterproofing material known. 
Two layers of this material are 
used in every sheet of Amatite. 
Second —We use two layers of 
the best grade of wool felt to hold 
the pitch in place. This wool felt 
gives tensile strength to the roof¬ 
ing, and is the best material 
known for that purpose. 
Third —On top of these four 
layers is a r’cal mineral surface. 
This surface requires absolutely 
no painting, and adds materially 
to the life of the roofing. It is 
fire retardant. It is permanent. 
FREE SAMPLE 
We want to send you a sample 
so that you can see what a solid, 
substantial waterproof roofing 
Amatite really is. Write to-day. 
Address nearest office. 
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Paint your Buildings 
Machinery, Tools and Fences 
—Paint them frequently— 
Use only good paint 
Good paint adds to the appearance of your farm and en¬ 
hances its value. 
It enables your farm buildings and farm machinery to give 
the best service, for the longest time and at the smallest cost 
per year. 
It decreases your average expenses and thereby increases 
your yearly net profit. 
Do you know good paint as you know good seed or good 
farm machinery ? Do you know what paint to buy for different 
purposes and how and when it should be applied to get the best 
results? 
We have a book of reliable information. It tells what paint 
to use. when to use it, and many helpful suggestions for paint¬ 
ing on the farm. The book, 
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“Paints and Varnishes for the Farm” 
is sent free and contains information so complete and so helpful that it should find a 
permanent place on your book-shelf. Write for it. 
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buildings. 
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S-W BUGGY PAINT—for refinishing the carriage. 
S-W WAGON AND IMPLEMENT PAINT—for preserving farm machinery. 
S-W ENAMEL LEATHER DRESSING—for renewing carriage tops and aprons. 
S-W PARIS GREEN 1 , ....... . . . 
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S-W MEDICINAL LINSEED OIL —for treating and conditioning of horses and 
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