1909. 
TWR RURAL NEW-YOKKKR 
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EVENTS OF THE WEEK. 
DOMESTIC.—It haw boon reported to the California 
State Health Department that Manuel Avila, a Portu¬ 
guese boy living near Niles. Cal., was discovered Septem¬ 
ber 24 to be III with bulranic plague. The report was 
made by Hr. Rupert Blue, of the United Stales Public 
Health and Marine Hospital Service. This Is the second 
ease of bubonic plague reported from this locality within 
two months. The llrst was that of a boy named Mendoza, 
who died. ... In the first lap of the Iamg Island 
Stock Car Derby ut IMverhcnd, U. I., September 20, Jo¬ 
seph Bates, the mechanician of the Appcrson car, was 
killed by the overturning of the car, and Herbert Lytle* 
the driver, was seriously Injured. . . . An automo¬ 
bile belonging to Mr. Baker, of Mlneola, L. I., was ditched 
near that place Seplemher 29 while going from lllcks- 
vllh* to Mlneola with I/eo Stevens, the balloonist, who 
landed near Hlcksvllle, and two of the occupants of 
the machine, Watson, the driver, and Norton, an Asso¬ 
ciated Press correspondent, were killed. Stevens was 
thrown out, hut escaped with trifling Injuries. . . . 
September 20 lire broke out In the Dunham Mfg. Com¬ 
pany's building on Pearl street, New York, causing dam¬ 
age amounting to $200,000. The firm Is engaged In the 
manufacture of coconuut products, and the lire was a 
very dangerous one. . . . Following the decision of 
the New York State Court, of Claims September .10, that 
the Fulton Light, Heat ami Water Power Company was 
entitled to compensation for water power rights in the 
Oswego IHver, appropriated by the State for the barge 
canal, Cadwell S. Benson tiled a claim against the State 
for $250,000 damages for the appropriation hy the Stall* 
of property In Colonic, Albany County, and water rights 
In the Motiawk River for the barge canal construction. 
Mr. Benson leased the water power rights to the Hudson 
River Klectrlc Power Company. Many similar claims 
are expected to be filed. . . . The Southern Pacific 
Railroad pleaded guilty October 1 in the United States 
District Court at Los Angeles, Cal., to rebating, and was 
fined $1,000 by Judge Wellborn. Through Attorney C. 
M. Durbrow, of San Francisco, the company entered a 
(ilea of technical and unintentional guilt.. The maximum 
penalty would have been $20,000. . . . Ocorge Calla¬ 
han, a fclxteen-year-old Ixiy who clung for two and n half 
miles to a taxicab that killed Elizabeth Bott at Twenty- 
third street and Ninth avenue, New York, October 1, and 
eventually caused the arrest of John O’Hanlon, the 
chauffeur, will receive a gold medal for bravery from the 
Natloual Highway Protective Society, of which Henry 
flews Is president. Coroner Shrady committed O’llanlon 
to the Tombs in default of $5,000 upon a charge of 
homicide to await an Inquest. Another chauffeur, Pat¬ 
rick Keating, 24 years old, of fit West tilth street, was 
locked up in the Tombs in default of $2,000 upon the 
charge of being an accessory. According to Callahan, 
Keating, over the protest of the boy. helped O’Hanlon 
to crank bis machine and aided him In bis escape. 
. . . October 2 the carriage house on the furm of 
Ex-Commodore F. G. Bourne, of the New York Yacht 
Club, at Sayville, L. I., was burned; loss $100,000. The 
carriage house, which was comparatively new, was u 
magnificent structure, costing $100,000. The building was 
circular In shape, surmounted by a huge dome, and the 
floors und ceilings were Inlaid with mosaic patterns of 
brick and white marble. . , . The first snowstorm 
of the season struck Sandwich, N. II., October 4. Hunt¬ 
ers who are preparing their Winter Quarters for the deer 
hunting Iff December came down from the mountains 
and reported a heavy snow fall. . . . Registration for 
the Government lands In the Cheyenne River and Stand¬ 
ing Rock reservations began with a rush at midnight, 
October 4. and within an hour thereafter 1,800 persons 
had registered. Mrs. Josephine Reed, of Wabasha. 
Minn., was the first, on the list In Aberdeen. . . . 
One of the worst prairie fires In the history of western 
Canada was raging between Calgary and Hutton Sep¬ 
tember 25—October 4, and has licked up property 
valued al over $2,000,000. Yens Yagerson, a Swede, was 
one of the llrst to we the fire hearing down on Hutton 
October 4, and he started out to give warning, but 
dropped dead Immediately after he had raised an alarm. 
When he left on his mission he gave Instructions to 
hi* niece, Mary Segelstad, to plough a fire guard around 
his farm buildings, and she was discovered later hy 
Northwest mounted policemen In an unconscious' con¬ 
dition. She Is In the local hospital, where but smnll 
hopes are entertained for her recovery. Every Holder 
for miles around, aided hy several detachments of 
mounted police, was fighting the flames. The district 
which has suffered most by the lire was occupied almost 
entirely hy new settlers, who can little afford the loss, 
the fire having taken everything before It In a clean 
sweep, leaving nothing but ashes in Its wake, Mrs. Will¬ 
iam Grover and her two children, Katharine, aged four, 
and Dorothy, aged two years, were burned to death 
October 3, near Sf.cf.tler, Alberta. A prairie fire ap¬ 
proached their home. They set out to a neighbor’s for 
refuge, but were overtaken hy the fire and all perished. 
FARM AND GARDEN'.—Reports received at the Burley 
Tobacco Society headquarters show that the crop for 
1009 will amount to about two hundred thousand acres, 
and that a little more than half of It has been pooled. 
The question whether the pool shall be declared off was 
submitted to a vote of the growers In each county. 
The Pennsylvania It. It. Co. has bought a farm at 
Bacon, Del., to be used for experimental work In agri¬ 
culture, for tests in Improved methods of restoring fer¬ 
tility to “worn-out hoRs,” and In special fruit culture. 
An unpromising farm with a good part lying waste has 
been purposely bought to show what can he done with It. 
The undertaking will be In charge of II. S. Lipplncott, a 
graduate ol' Cornell Agricultural College. 
The Massachusetts State Poultry Association will hold 
Its first annual meeting on Tuesday and Wednesday, 
October 12 and 13, at the Agricultural College and Ex 
perlmenf station at Amherst. The sessions will begin at 
2 P. M. on Tuesday and continue Tuesday evening and 
Wednesday morning and afternoon. 
Alarming prevalence of lip and leg disease is reported 
among sheep In Utah. Experts have been sent out by 
the State authorities to Investigate. 
CROP PROSPECTS. 
Severe froRts for the past week did much damage 
to tender vegetation. Sweet corn for canneries some¬ 
what hurt; tomatoes and late potatoes nipped badly. 
Wheat sowing done; most of It sowed In the corn. Corn 
(this county) good, hut In general In this part of the 
State It will be short. Early potatoes good. No fruit 
of any consequence. Trees 1 and plants made a tine growth 
for another year. Stock of all kinds very scarce, and 
prices high. Many farms are being sold and owners 
seeking new fields. One cause Is the burdening in taxa¬ 
tion on farm property. Wheat nearly all In elevator 
and sold, Farmers needing money had to sell. Land 
brings $75 to $125 per acre. Wheat, $1.05; oats, 34 
cents; corn, 87 cents per 100 pounds; clover seed, $7; 
poultry. 12 to 15 cents; eggs, 23 cents; butter, 3<> cents. 
Delphi, lnd. _ I. H. H. 
CO-OPERATION AMONG FRUIT GROWERS. 
The Canandaigua (N. Y.) Lake Fruit Growers' Assocla 
tion has been organized with about 50 members. It 
will be affiliated with the Growers’ and Shippers’ Ex 
change. The officers are; President, John L. Case; vice- 
president, A. D. Fisher, Rushvllle; secretary and treas¬ 
urer, Frank A. Seeley. Canandaigua; manager, W. M. 
Crowly, Canandaigua; directors, John A. Johnson, Can¬ 
andaigua; Elmer N. Coye, South Bristol; C. 10. Swartbout, 
Rushvllle; IOIzer B. Green, Rushvllle; James Gleason, 
Medina ; S. B. Douglass, Canandaigua. The object of this 
organization Is to net. as selling agents for producers of 
all kinds of fruits. Eventually it will Include all farm 
products, and deal In implements. It will establish 
agencies for the Hale of Its products, and In a general 
way will handle, buy, sell and store fruit and vegetable 
products. Mr. F. A. Seeley, the secretary, has given In 
a local paper this argument for co-operation : "Boston 
and Baltimore, two of the chief markets to which we 
have access, were selling Delaware grapes at from seven 
to nine cents per Iwisket. This means practically the 
cents to the grower. Out of this lake 3Vis cents for 
sicking, packing and basket hill. This should, of course, 
ncludc board of help. We now have left 1 Vi cents per 
basket. But we are not yet through. Take out I he care 
and expense of caring for the vines for a year, spraying, 
fertilizing, depreciating on posts and wire, same on 
buildings for special use of vineyard. If any, etc. Add 
to this, Interest on Investment, taxes and Insurance, and 
It appears that the affluent grower is about three cents 
per basket behind his schedule, or, to use the old slang 
term, he Is “so much In the hole.” Is this not an object 
lesson and the best argument In the world In favor of 
co-operation and proper distribution hy the growers of 
this section?” We believe this association will “make 
good.” The only chance for these growers Is In co¬ 
operation for sale and dtsfribritton. The Growers' and 
Shippers’ Exchange is moving on. In some localities 
growers lake hold of the scheme at once—In others I hey 
need further education. The organizers will hang on 
••rid win out In time. 
THE VINELAND FARMERS’ EXCHANGE. 
Encouraged hy the example of the Freehold and Woods- 
town organizations, the leading farmers of the Vineland 
district of New Jersey have recently Incorporated under 
the laws of New Jersey til© Vineland Fanners’ Exchange. 
The territory embraced hy the exchange is that portion 
of i'umberland and the udoinlng counties of Gloucester, 
Salem and Atlantic, from Malaga south to • Man rive town, 
and from Landlsvllle and Buena west to Rosenhayn and 
I’edarvllle, comprising the prominent shipping points of 
Main Road, Wheal Rond, Newlleld, North Vineland, Vine- 
hind, South Vineland, Millville, Norma and llaleyvllle. 
This practically covers the best sweet potato country, 
and will enable the exchange to maintain the price of 
"Vineland Sweets." The purpose of the Vineland Far¬ 
mers' Exchange Is to eliminate the middleman and tils 
high commissions, and to deal direct with the retailor; 
also to furnish members at cost price with fertilizer, 
seeds, packages, hags, crates, hampers, etc. Besides sweet, 
potatoes, the exchange will sell all manner of fruit, ber¬ 
ries, melons and garden truck, its accessibility to the 
great markets of the country giving It a great advantage 
In the economical hand ling of such produce. Frequent 
meetings have been held throughout the Vineland Dis¬ 
trict, and great enthusiasm has been manifested. D is 
confidently believed that over live hundred members will 
he enrolled when the exchange gets Into operation this 
Full. The Vineland Fanners' Exchange Is capitalized al. 
$25,000, divided Into shares of $5 each, each member 
being required to take at least one share, the money so 
obtained to he used as working capital for the exchange, 
to he paid for the members’ produce when It Is brought 
to the slutlun platform for shipment.. The officers of the 
Vineland Farmers' Exchange, who will hold office until 
the annual meeting, December 31, 1000, are: President, 
Robert E. Chalmers; vice-president, Wm. T. Strut hers; 
secretary and treasurer, Arden M. Ellis. The directors 
include the officers above named and Messrs. Thomas 
Mole, Georgs Cavagnaro. Herbert Loper, Dominick Bet- 
tonazzl und Raymond I.lpman. 
A New York man. Valentine Thomas Mlley. recently re¬ 
ceived a silver medal from the Society for the Prevention of 
Cruelty to Animals for saving the life of a horse at 
the risk of Ids own. The animal had fallen into the 
East River, between two barges, and Mlley, Jumping 
in. cut. away the harness and swam six blocks with the 
horse to a landing place. 
JAPAN AND SOY BEANS.—The Mark Lnne Express 
thus refers to a new source of stock food In the English 
market : "The scientific side of this Journal had fully 
apprised farmers of the high feeding content of the Soy 
bean, hut until the Japanese conquered Corea and acquired 
a dominating influence In Manchuria, an export surplus 
was not available in the Far East, Japan making a 
great use of the bean at home and having no export: 
surplus In ordinary years from the Island-grown. But 
now the thinly populated areas on the mainland facing 
Japan are being placed under cultivation on a vast 
scale. The grower* are Chinese, Coreans, etc.; the Jap¬ 
anese send buyers to the farms and arrange for the trans¬ 
port. of the produce. We learn on excellent authority 
that tinder these auspices fully a million quarters of 
Soy beans are likely to be shipped In the new cereal 
year.” 
PREMIUMS FOR MEN.—At some of the English fairs 
irizea are offered to farm laborers. The Mark Dane 
express mentions some of these premiums as follows: 
John Miller, of Long Whatton. was the first prize winner 
In the class for the laborer having no other occupation, 
not possessed of property to the amount of £10, Inclu¬ 
sive of his household goods, who was not In debt on 
June 1, had not received parochial relief for five years, 
and who had maintained out of his wages the greatest 
number of children. To the farm laborer, married or 
single, who has worked the longest time without Inter¬ 
mission. and Is still working with the same family, or 
on the same farm, such farm not being less than 70 
acres, and who has never received parochial relief, except 
In case of sickness, and has uniformly borne a good char¬ 
acter. To the team man or wagoner who has lived the 
longest time (uot less than five years), without inter¬ 
mission. as team man or wagoner, and who Is still living 
with the same family, or on the same farm, such farm 
not belqg less than 70 acres, who hns conducted himself 
in the best, manner, and has never been In a state of 
intoxication with hi* team. To the shepherd who shall 
have reared previously to May 1 the greatest number 
of lambs belonging to the same master or mistress. 
With the least loss of ewes during the lutuhlug season. 
In proportion to the number of ewes put. to the ram, 
whose lloek Is not less than 100. 
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