THE RURAL NEW-VORKER 
The Rural New-Yorker 
THE BUSINESS FARMER’S PAPER. 
A National Weekly Journal for Country and Suburban Homes. 
Established 1800. 
published weekly by the Rural Publishing Company, 409 Pearl Street. New York. 
Herbert W. Colijngwood, President and Editor, 
John J. Dillon, Treasurer and General Manager. 
Wm. F. Dillon, Secretary. 
Dr. Walter Van Fleet and Mits. E. T. Royle, Associate Editors. 
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‘‘If we could purge administration of the efforts to 
secure improper privileges and to exploit the State 
for schemes of private advantage, and at the same 
time secure faithful service undisturbed by political 
exigencies or the demands of selfish interests, we 
should find a very large number of our difficulties 
disappearing.” — Hon. Chas. E. Hughes, Dec. 13 . 1907 . 
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Mr. Fred. B. Keeney, of Belvidere, N. Y., has been 
appointed by the A. J. C. C. “to investigate the purity 
of breeding of all animals bred by Mr. Dawley and 
entered in the Herd Register during the last six years, 
and the other matters covered by the charges.” We 
sincerely hope that Mr. Keeney will be able to settle 
this matter, as it concerns the A. J. C. C., finally. 
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The last thing in the apple line is “pomril,” or as 
some one calls it, “denatured cider.” It is said to be 
made in Germany from American dried apples. These 
apples are soaked and the liquid sterilized and treated 
so as to prevent the formation of alcohol. That’s 
good, but why have it all done in Germany? In the 
10 months ending October 1 this country sent abroad 
22,520,702 pounds of dried apples. Why not make 
this “pomril” here? 
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We learned of another case of misfit cow papers 
last week. A farmer bought a Guernsey cow and 
became suspicious about her. At his request the 
Secretary of the Guernsey Association promptly in¬ 
vestigated the case and compelled an immediate 
settlement. There was no dawdling and long wait, 
but prompt justice—as there ought to be in all such 
cases. It is refreshing to learn that the Guernsey 
cattle papers are made to fit like “the paper on the 
wall.” 
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There was some humor in the display of that list 
of insurance Senators last week. It was put under 
“Live Stock and Dairy” for a change. These gentle¬ 
men are well qualified to milk the public, and they 
certainly would have known which side their bread was 
buttered on if there could have been an election last 
Fall. When the question of removing the Insurance 
Superintendent comes up again we shall see whether 
the Senators have heard from their people or not. We 
\enture the statement that they have. 
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You will see from the articles on the first page that 
the San Jose scale has small terrors for those who 
know how to fight it. These men would be willing 
to buy an orchard of scaly trees provided there was 
not too much dead wood. Of course, if the tree has 
gone too far and lost most of its vigor it might be 
better to cut it down. At any rate it would have to 
be cut back for a fresh start. Take it in time, how¬ 
ever, and as Mr. Hopkins says, the scaly orchard 
may be likened to a herd of cattle alive with parasites. 
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You would be surprised to see the number of speci¬ 
mens of “dodder” which farmers have sent us. This 
parasite gets a “strangle hold” on Alfalfa and clover 
and fights to the death. It usually comes in clover or 
Alfalfa seed. Many a farmer has seeded his farm 
with the meanest of weed seeds through what he got 
from a seedsman. Is there any help for it? Yes; 
you surely would not deliberately sow weed seeds, 
and you can easily tell if they are in your farm seeds. 
The Department of Agriculture at Washington will 
make a business of testing your seed for you. If you 
buy a bushel of clover seed and the department 
finds “dodder” or other weed seeds in it the seedsman 
will make it good for you. Send to the Seed Labora¬ 
tory, Department of Agriculture, for information. 
The fruit growers of Adams County, Pa., have a 
strong association. The programmes at their annual 
meetings are better than 60 per cent of the large 
State meetings, and good interest is maintained. There 
is probably no county association east of the Missis¬ 
sippi better qualified to attempt co-operative selling. 
The York Imperial apple is at its best in that section— 
a fine-looking apple of good quality. Let the Adams 
County Association work into the boxed apple trade 
after the plan followed at Hood River, Oregon, and 
they would stand a good chance of a great success. 
We do not know of a better place in the East to try 
the business. 
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We ask you to read the letter to Gov. Hughes on 
the next page. During the past year we have received 
many offers of help in this Jersey cattle case. Some 
have offered money—hundreds have endorsed our 
position. We now ask your help in showing Governor 
Hughes the true sentiment of the people on this ques¬ 
tion. We ask you to write a brief, respectful letter 
to Governor Chas. E. Hughes, Albany, N. Y., asking 
him to investigate this case. Simply let him know 
that you stand for the principle involved. No matter 
where you live, write at once. This is a question of 
National importance, and Governor Hughes is a Na¬ 
tional character. W rite this letter for a principle. 
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The United States Department of Agriculture tells 
a wonderful story of a small hay farm in South 
Carolina. There are 25 acres in the farm, yet by 
double cropping the owner is able to harvest in one 
year seven acres of Crimson clover hay, 18 of oat hay, 
22 of cow pea hay and three acres of corn. Originally 
the land was too poor to grow over one-quarter bale 
of cotton per acre. Now it returns $50 per acre. 
Most of the work is done by one man and one horse. 
These results show the wonderful power of cow peas 
and Crimson clover to produce paying crops and re¬ 
store land in the South. Take a man over your farm 
at this season and show him your Crimson clover and 
he will hardly believe your statement that it is equal to 
10 loads of good manure per acre. Plow it under next 
Spring, plant corn and let this same man see the 
crop and he will believe anything you tell him about it. 
Keep every cultivated acre in the Southern States 
covered with Crimson clover in "Winter, and the South 
would soon control Wall Street. 
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There was a case in Connecticut last Spring where 
the papers did not fit the ashes. The Connecticut 
people reach out all over t he country for fertilizing 
material. Sheep manure from California, ashes 
from Canada, nitrate from South America, all 
flavor the soil of the Nutmeg State. Last 
Spring a number of carfoads of so-called cotton 
hull ashes were brought to Connecticut from Tennes¬ 
see. They were sold under a guarantee of 18 to 20 per 
cent potash. The Experiment Station tested samples and 
found only 10 to 11 per cent. Then the dealers in the 
South who sent the ashes found that they had -been 
deceived. The “papers” or certificates of composition 
on which they bought these ashes were fraudulent— 
did not fit the real analysis. They did the fitting thing 
in this misfit—made a satisfactory settlement with the 
Connecticut dealers and through them with those who 
bought the ashes. The station by its prompt analysis 
saved $2,000 or more for those who had bought the 
bogus ashes. The principle underneath all this is 
straight and clear—there must be some final way of 
tailoring the papers whether they represent cows, 
trees or ashes! 
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A local paper at Middletown, Conn., finds fault 
with the new game law which allows farmers or land 
owners to kill deer which are found damaging prop¬ 
erty. Here is a sample: 
The opinion of many sportsmen is that the recent la yr 
is a very unjust and dangerous one. and that in effect it 
makes a privileged class of land owners. The law passed 
by the previous General Assembly of 1905, provided that 
in case a property owner sustained any damage through 
the visits of deer the State would reimburse him. It is 
very much doubted that any property owner has sustained 
any severe loss caused by the growing prevalence of deer 
in the State, and it is claimed that when the law pro¬ 
tecting deer was just beginning to show its good effects, 
a limited privilege was extended to a certain class to 
shoot them, 
Did 3 'ou ever hear anything like that? When land 
owners claim the right to defend their property they 
become a “privileged class.” A man according to 
this should stand still when deer eat up his crops and 
destroy his young orchards, for if he raises a hand 
he may be put in a “dangerous class” next. It would 
seem as though sportsmen should lie the last to kick 
at a privileged class. The average sportsman when 
he has a gun in his hands certainly considers that he 
is a privileged character, and on a plane above either 
social, moral or common law. He trespasses at will, 
carries nippers to cut wire fences, leaves bars down, 
January 4, 
or knocks down a stone wall should it so please him. 
If there ever was a useless or “undesirable citizen” 
in the country it is the average “sport.” It is hard 
to see where he has any rights which the average 
farmer is bound to respect. 
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Last week we suggested a Christmas stocking suit¬ 
able for a number of gentlemen who need a thorough 
shaking up. We nominate James W. Wadsworth for 
a wholesale treatment of this kind at the hands, or 
hoots, of the farmers in the Thirty-fourth New York 
District. W hen Peter A. Porter was kept out of 
the Republican caucus and given nothing in the way 
of committee appointments, Wadsworth no doubt 
thought he had insulted and crushed the man who 
beat. him. That is where he made his mistaxe. He 
insulted his district and crushed any chances he might 
have had left. The district rose against him and 
kicked him out. Instead of acting as a grown-up 
man should have done, Wadsworth acts like a spoiled 
child. Mr. Porter is hampered as much as possible, 
and “Wadsworth or nobody” is the ultimatum put 
up to the district. But it won’t work. Those farmers 
know their business. They will make nobody some¬ 
body —in other words they will send Mr. Porter back 
with any brand Washington calls for. There won’t 
be any doubt about it next time. The farmers of that 
district have got to do this after what Wadsworth 
has put up to them or else sit down and admit that 
he owns the district. 
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There is no end to the signs which indicate the 
spread of prohibition sentiment in the South and West. 
Some years ago a law was made regulating interstate 
commerce on liquors. The object was to put liquor 
carried from one State into another under control of 
the police powers of the State where its journey ended. 
Some States had prohibitory laws, but liquor was 
shipped in from other States and consumed. The 
Supreme Court decided that the law in question was 
unconstitutional, since it interfered with interstate 
commerce. The original package in which the liquor 
was shipped did not arrive at its destination until it 
was delivered to the owner! Efforts are now being 
made to change this so that the State may control the 
package of liquor when it passes over its border. 
When the matter came up in the Senate it was sur¬ 
prising how many Senators at once agreed that the 
change was necessary. There can be no doubt that all 
the Southern States and a majority of the Western 
States are going on record against the liquor traffic. 
What a curious turn history is taking. Nearly 50 years 
ago the North led a crusade against the southern in¬ 
stitution of slavery. Now the South starts another 
crusade against the even stronger liquor interests of 
the North. 
BREVITIES. 
The feed problem is getting harder. 
A fitting present. The public statement which you put 
on. 
There are great openings in forestry for young men 
who like outdoor life. 
How about having good will toward the man who pre¬ 
sents a good-sized bill? 
You good people with comforts of the body in your home 
—try to have comforts of the soul there, too. 
Many a poor horse suffers because it cannot chew its 
food well. Look at their teeth before you dose them with 
medicine. 
Young man—name a business in which you, as an indi¬ 
vidual, will have the chance 25 years hence that you would 
have in a good apple orchard. 
It has been stated that fruit growers have found many 
young birds dead in the nests after spraying an orchard— 
evidently killed by the spray. Have you ever noticed it? 
Now then, what better Christmas present coulld you 
have than a farm well covered with Crimson clover or 
vetch? You might have had it if you had acted as Santa 
Claus last Fall. 
We find a number of people who intend to try “home 
mixing” of the soluble oils. They will make an “emulsi¬ 
fier” of caustic potash and oil and carbolic acid and use 
this to “cut” the petroleum. We advise going very slow 
with this. Try it in a small way first. 
We told you so J What? That there would not be so 
many of those “resolutions” passed this year at meetings 
supposed to represent agriculture. Both the State Dairy¬ 
men and the State Breeders very wisely dodged any direct 
endorsement of the Agricultural Department or Mr. Daw- 
ley. The evident intention was to get such resolutions 
through those meetings and then try the New Y'ork State 
Fruit Growers at Syracuse. 
The chief forester of the Department of Agriculture, 
Gifford Pinchot, says that as far as endangering future 
forests is concerned, the effect of cutting for Christmas 
trees is infinitesimal compared with forest fires-and waste¬ 
ful lumbering. He says that trees suitable for Christmas 
do not grow in old forests, where reproduction is most 
important, hut in the open. Even if serious denudation 
were threatened the proper remedy would he not to stop 
using the trees, hut to adopt wiser methods of cutting and 
growing. 
