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THE RURAL NEW-YORKER 
October 9 
DOWN IN MAINE. 
LEGAL MATTERS. 
In Aroostook County the potatoes are 
Toning very badly. While it is estimated 
the acreage this year was much larger 
than usual, there were quite a lot of 
“skips,” and six or eight weeks’ wet 
weather has caused the rotting. This was 
noticed more especially in the early va¬ 
rieties'. I think the crop in the county 
will be 10 per cent below last year's yield. 
Many buyers are frightened to buy for late 
shipment, especially those interested in 
shipping seed South. The new electric 
road from Presque Isle to Washburn opens 
some fine country, and farms in that sec¬ 
tion are at a premium. The Waldo- 
Penobscot Pair, held at Monroe, Me., 
showed the best fruit and vegetable ex¬ 
hibits seen in eastern Maine this season. 
The apples were especially good, and there 
is as yet very little spraying done here. 
The orchards are young and, if cared for, 
Waldo County promises to rank among the 
first for fruit in the State. Potatoes are 
better in this section than in Aroostook; 
up to September 25 no rot is reported, and 
every effort is being made to get the 
digging done as early as possible. The sea¬ 
son has caused the price to vary greatly 
with the time of shipment. O. 
PRODUCTS, PRICES AND TRADE. 
Milk Higher. —Taking effect October 1, 
the New York Exchange price 1 was ad¬ 
vanced one-fourth cent to .$1.81 per 40- 
quart can. This makes a net of 3% cents 
per quart to 26-cent zone shippers who 
have no additional station charges. It is 
figured thus: $1.50 for the milk, 26 cents 
freight, and five cents ferriage. 
Only Shellbakks Wanted. —Last Fall 
several shipments of pignuts, mocker nuts 
and other unmerchantable varieties were 
seen in the New York markets, kn some 
cases they brought enough to pay freight 
charges, and in others no offer could be 
got for them. The true shellback is the 
only variety that is wanted, and the price 
secured for these will depend on the size, 
thinness of shell and readiness with which 
the meat can be removed. It is a good 
plan to send to the commission merchant 
a sample of whatever varieties of hickory 
nuts one has for sale. He can tell quickly 
whether or not the shipment will be prof¬ 
itable. 
Fruits. —As is usual at this season, 
windfall and cull apples are plentiful, 
many of these selling at $1 or less per 
barrel. Fancy table apples have been 
scarce, such varieties as McIntosh, Fall 
Pippin and Gravenstein selling up to $4. 
Prime Seckel and Bartlett pears have sold 
as high as $7 per barrel; other standard 
varieties run from $3 to $5, and Ivieffer 
from $1.50 to $2.50. In some sections 
of northern New Jersey Kicffers are a fail¬ 
ure this year on account of the cold storm 
at blossoming time. Peach receipts from 
western New Y'ork are large, 45 carloads 
in one day recently, and a great many have 
sold under 50 cents per basket. Plums 
have been cheap nearly all the season. 
Good canning varieties like German prunes, 
have retailed at 25 to 30 cents per eight- 
pound basket. 
Prices by Wire. —“Why is it that com¬ 
mission men who quote prices by wire so 
often fail to live up to these figures in 
the returns for goods shipped them? - ’ 
Several reasons may be given. There are 
commission men who use this method of 
quotation solely for dishonest purposes, 
They know that the price they quote is 
fictitious and do not expect to get that 
figure for the produce, but hope it may 
prove a bait attractive enough to hook the 
shipment. Thousands of dollars worth of 
produce are sent to large markets under 
just such conditions every year. The ship¬ 
pers never get what they expect, though 
perhaps in some cases they get all the 
goods are worth. But not nearly all the 
failures to get the prices quoted by wire 
are the result of dishonesty. A com¬ 
mission man may telegraph : 
Chickens, apples, onions, etc., selling at 
-this morning, and the price quoted 
may be correct, but there is no certainty 
that the same price will prevail another 
day, or even half an hour after the quo¬ 
tation is made. Sales depend upon buyers, 
and in New York a large share of the 
wholesale produce business is done before 
7 a. m. Then buyers become scarce, and 
with perishable goods on hand prices' must 
be cut to make a clearance. In such a 
case a shipment an hour delayed may be 
sold for less than the price quoted by wire 
the same morning, an occurrence that 
’ would be very hard to explain to the ship¬ 
per even though no dishonesty is involved. 
w. w. H. 
Peas and Oats for Stock. 
Are peas and oats good feed for horses 
and poultry, either ground or in the kernel? 
I have been told they are injurious, 
Whitehall, N. Y. J. w. E. 
Y r es, this combination, ground, is good for 
any kind of stock. 
Chattel Mortgage on Crops. 
A tenant has given me a chattel mort¬ 
gage on all his personal property, includ¬ 
ing the growing crops, to secure his debt. 
Now his laboring men demand that they 
be paid first out of crops. Who has the 
first claim? B. c. 
New Y'ork. 
A chattel mortgage is a sale of goods 
on condition that it may be redeemed on 
payment. If it is filed with the town clerk 
it is notice to the world that the goods 
belong to the lender until the debt is 
paid. As the property and crops are yours 
until the mortgagor pays for them, the 
laborer has no rights to them. Nothing 
is exempt from the judgment of a debt 
for labor, and he may imprison the em¬ 
ployer. Y’ou should take possession of the 
goods; if the mortgagor demands that 
they lie sold you can have them sold at 
auction, he being entitled to the proceeds' 
over the amount of the debt. 
Liability for Division Fence. 
I liave been maintaining the division 
fence between my land and X for about 
40 years; X says that he is not obliged 
to keep up the fence, and that I cannot 
remove the rails. What is the law as to 
these matters? s. e. 
Ohio. 
The statutes of your State read: “The 
owners of adjoining lands shall build and 
maintain in good repair all partition 
fences between them in equal shares” un¬ 
less they otherwise agree in writing. You 
may call upon the township trustees to 
inquire into the matter and apportion the 
cost of the fence, their report being a 
lien. Y'ou may also recover damages for 
any injury you sustained by reason of the 
trespass of his cattle. If X lias a de¬ 
fense or claims an exemption from the 
fence law he must show it. The rails 
are yours, and you may remove the entire 
fence and ask the trustees to apportion 
a new fence. Y'ou should not submit to 
this hardship. 
Negligent Board of Health. 
Several cattle died on an adjoining farm 
and were left unburied. The odor from 
them is very disagreeable and injurious to 
us. I have demanded of the local board 
of health that they have the cattle buried, 
but this has not as yet been done. What 
remedy have I ? p. b. 
New York. 
Y'ou may recover from the man who 
allowed the carcases to decompose near 
you without a burial. This is a serious 
nuisance. You can complain to the State 
board of health that the local board ig¬ 
nored your request. Y’ou should also com¬ 
plain to the supervisor. 
Insufficient Drainage. 
I have opened a ditch, but its outlet, 
which is along a highway, is insufficient 
to carry off all the water; the overflow 
resulting does pie great injury. 1 have 
petitioned the town to deepen the ditch, 
but they have failed thus far to do any¬ 
thing. What should I do? h. s. 
New Y'ork. 
Serve a written demand on commissioner 
of highways and on the supervisor to 
open up and deepen this ditch; otherwise 
you will do it at the expense of the .town 
and will demand damages in addition. A 
petition signed by some of the well-known 
men will help you. Urge this- matter upon 
all who have influence in the town board. 
Keep it before them until the work is 
done. Tell them that you will sue out a 
mandamus to compel the officials to do 
this. 
WHAT DO YOU SAY? 
Several hundred thousand farmers say that 
the best investment they ever made nil 
when they bought an 
Electric Ha Wagon 
Low wheels, wide tires; easy work, light draft. 
We’ll sell you a. set of the best steel wheels 
madeforyour old wagon. Spoke united with 
hub, guaranteed not to break Bor work loose* 
Send for our catalogue and save money. ' 
ELECTRIC WHEEL CO.. Box 88. Quincy, III. 
MEN WANTED 
1200 men 92 profit 
average Ol— per day 
Selling “WEAR-EVER" Aluminum' 
Specialties 
Half of these men had no previous experi¬ 
ence. Work made pleasant by our 175 
page Instruction Book. No door-to-door 
canvassing. Let us show you what otherb 
have done. Address 
The Aluminum Cooking Utensil Ca., Desk 44, Pittsburg, Pa. 
Opportunity knocks but don’t expert the door to be kieked in. 
AC.FNTS 200% profit, 
v J. UJ Handy, Automatic 
HAME FASTENER 
r Do away with old hame strap. 
Horse owners and teamsters 
wild about them. Fasten 
instantly with gloves on. Outwear the harness. Money back if 
not satisfactory. Write today for confidential terms to agents. 
F. Thomas Mfg. Co., 8(55 Wayne St., Dayton, Ohio 
The Grand Prize 
(Highest Award) 
HAS BEEN AWARDED TO THE 
United States Separator 
at the 
Alaska-Yukon-Pacific Exposition 
SEATTLE, WASHINGTON 
Again the stamp of official Approval has been placed 
on the cream separator which the dairyman has found to be 
most profitable, easiest to run, easiest to clean, 
and handsomest in appearance. 
H Again the “would-be" competitors of the United’ States 
Separator go down in defeat. 
If you want to see for yourself why the United States Separator 
was awarded the Grand Prize, go to our local agent nearest 
you. He will show you. 
Or ask us, direct, for information. 
THE VERMONT FARM MACHINE CO. 
BELLOWS FALLS, VT. 
GET MY PRICE 
l Buy direct from the biggest 
spreader factory in the world. 
—My price has made it—No such 
price as I make on this high 
grade spreader has ever been 
made before in all manure 
spreader history. I save you 
$50. Here’s the secret and reason: 
1 make you a price on one based 
on a 25,000 quantity and pay the 
freight right to your station. You 
only pay for actual material, labor and 
one small profit, based on this enor¬ 
mous quantity on a 
This Ad. Saves Dealer, 
Jobber, Catalog House 
Profits. 
6 Size* 
GALLOWAY 
Get my bran new proposition 
with proof—lowest price ever 
made on a first class spreader, 
with my agreement to pay you 
back your money after you try 
Jt 12 months if it’s not a paying investment How’s that for a proposition? If I did not 
have best spreader I would not dare make such an offer. 20,000 farmers have stamped 
their O. K. on it. They all tried it 30days free just like I ask you to try it—30 DAYS FREE. 
Drop mo a postal, and say—“Galloway, send mo your new proposition and Big Spreader BOOK FREE 
with low pricos direct from your factory." I also mako a new complete steel gear Spreador— 70-bu sire, 
H. Guthberson, Gladbrook, Iowa. “Worksfine. Spreads T. F. Stice, Oswego, Kans. “Often pull it with tny 
all kinds of manure better than any spreader I ever saw. small buggy team. Does good work. Have always 
So simple, nothing to get out of repair as compared with 
other spreaders." 
the 
_ _ used 
before. Galloway much the best. If going to 
WM. GALLOWAY COMPANY, 
buy a dozen more they would aU be Galloways." 
669Galloway Station, WATERLOO, IOWA 
Wood Saws For Farmers’ Use 
For sawing firewood, lumber, 
lath, posts, pickets, etc., tha 
cheapest and best saw you can 
buy is a 
Hertzlep & Zook 
Wood Saw 
Easy to operate. Guaranteed for 
one year. You can build up a 
paying business in sawing fire¬ 
wood or lumber for your neigh¬ 
bor. Price $10 00. Write for circular. 
Heitzui 8 Zook Co., Box 3 Belleville, Pa. 
Monarch 
Hydraulic 
Cider Press 
Great strength and ca¬ 
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gasoline engines, 
steam engines, 
sawmills, thresh¬ 
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Monarch Machinery Co„ 609 Cortlaudt Bldg.. New York 
CUTAWAY TOOLS 
FOR LARGE CROPS 
Clark’s Reversible Bush and 
Bog Plow will subdue 
bogs or newly cleared 
forests or stump land. 
Cuts a track 5 ft. wide, 
9 in. deep. Has eight 
24-in. cutlery steel 
disks. Turns the earth 
to or from stumps. 
Guaranteed to kill any bueh or plant that growB, and leave 
the land true and clean for any crop. 
Send for our FKF.li Booklet which describes 120 sizes 
and styles of Cutaway tools. Write today. 
Cutaway Harrow Co^fi^fUdr^St^Jfilgamini^onn^ 
I Will Send My Scale on Approval 
To any businesslike farmer who 
knows the profit in buying, selling 
and feeding by weight and not by 
guess. Forty-five years ago I first 
fought the scale trust by selling to 
the buyer in my original freight 
paying, free trial before settling 
dan”. I have invented the REsi 
teel Frame tiu 1 '!. IT ^ * 1.1 e s s 
which 1 
money 
other reli- 
scalf . I 
send it on 
approval 
and ask no money 
until satisfactory. -- \ t p 
New compound beam and beam UtUj* only! 
Introductory discount onfirst ® ; 'ale on 
Let me send a free pricelist and a 5? 
approval. “JONES He Pays The Freight 
21 H St. Binghamton, N. Y. 
STAR GRINDERS STRONG 
A plain, practical mill; construct- 
ed along simple lines and does ns 
work right. A grinder built to 
cover the farmer’s needs. 
We make other styles — Sweep 
and Belt—and all have &1AR 
quality. . ,, , 
Write today for Free booklet 
and prices. 
The Star Manufacturing Compant 
1 3 Depot Street 
New Lexington, Ohio 
WHEELS^FREIGHT PAID ^$8.7 9 
for I Buggy Wheel., Steel Tires. With Rubber Tires. 115.20. 1 
mfg. wheels g to 4 in. tread. Buggy Tops »5.60, Shafts I? 00. T«» 
BouI** $W; Har«ss,SS. Learn bow to boy direct-C*ta I o*»e Free. Rep»> r 
Wheels, fi>.60. Wagon Umbrella free. W R BOOB. ClodooatJ. 0- 
