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THE) RURAL NEW-YORKER 
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THE EGG SITUATION. 
As to the quantity of eggs held in stor¬ 
age as compared with last season, we do 
not think there are as many left as there 
were at the same time last year; perhaps 
20 per cent short. As to the Winter sup¬ 
plies, this will depend on the South and 
Southwest. If they have an open Winter 
in those sections we may look for lots of 
fresh eggs here by the first of January. 
New York. john c. quick co. 
We consider the holdings of eggs west of 
the Mississippi River about Go per cent less 
than they were a year ago at this time. We 
consider the situation a strong one, and we 
believe there will he very few eggs left in 
the coolers in this territory by the 20th of 
December. Fresh eggs are very scarce, cur¬ 
rent receipts, not candled, jobbing here at 
$7.20 to $7.50; candled stock worth 26 to 
27 cents per dozen. Receipts about as light 
as they generally get. 
A. W. BEAR COMMISSION CO. 
Kansas City, Mo. 
In our opinion the prices of eggs now rul¬ 
ing seem to be sufficiently high. However, 
bo much depends upon weather conditions 
that we do not consider the opinion of any¬ 
one of much value. In regard to the quan¬ 
tity held in cold storage as compared with 
last year the Produce Review says : 
"The associated warehouse report is as 
follows: 
STOCK OP STORAGE EGGS IN 30 WAREHOUSES. 
Sept. 30, 1908.1,671,758 cases 
Sept. 30, 1907.2,031,077 cases 
Sept. 30, 1906.1,463,313 cases 
“These reports from the associated ware¬ 
houses show a decrease of egg holdings as 
compared with same date last year of 17.6 
per cent, while my figures for the four lead¬ 
ing markets gave indication of a decrease 
of about 15.9 per cent. The associated ware¬ 
house figures indicate a September reduction 
in the houses reporting of 262,515 cases, or 
13.6 per cent, and my figures for the four 
leading markets indicate a September reduc¬ 
tion of 13.7 per cent—almost the same.” 
As regards the outlook for Winter sup¬ 
plies, we take it for granted that you mean 
fresh eggs, and while there is now some 
stock coming from the South and Southwest 
that shows a very good percentage of new 
eggs it is impossible for us to give any 
definite idea of what it may be during the 
Winter, as the production depends so largely 
upon the weather. enyard & godley. 
New York. 
THE INTERFERING HORSE. 
I have just read with much interest and 
amusement E. V. II.’s story and cures for 
interfering horses. I have been a black¬ 
smith for years and interfering has been 
one of my specialties. All he has to do is 
to have a low heel calk on the outside of 
shoe and a high one on the inside. Put on 
a toe calk, have it highest on inside, set 
the shoe squarely on the foot and when the 
horse lets his feet down the ankles will 
stand out so when one foot is passing the 
other ankle will stand out of the way. If 
properly done this is always sure of suc¬ 
cess on the worst horses. D. E. L. 
Pandora, O. 
The hoof should he pared down a little 
more on the outside as it tends to throw 
the ankles out a little, thus being more 
out of the line of the other foot in passing. 
If your smith will make outside hind quar¬ 
ter of Shoe a little longer with a slight 
curve out and calk a little longer it will 
be of benefit also, because the foot goes 
forward on a slight curve and the longer 
quarter of shoe tends to prevent horse 
from stepping so far in, as it strikes the 
ground first. A smith who understands his 
business can shoe an interfering horse so 
it will not strike unless it is a very bad 
case. The shoes should be rather light and 
thin, set on square so they will not project 
outside the hoof. If this does not stop it 
put on interfering roll (rubber balls on 
small strap best) for a time. 
New York. s. c. Armstrong. 
SPONTANEOUS COMBUSTION OF HAY. 
We are often asked if it is really possible 
for hay in the stack or mow to heat so 
that it will take fire. There are a number 
of cases where this has occurred. The 
Pennsylvania Experiment Station once is¬ 
sued a bulletin describing such a case of i 
spontaneous combustion and there are a 
number of western cases on record. In 
Wallace’s Farmer Mr. I. M. Jamison, of 
Louisa Co., Ia., gives this experience: 
“About June 25 we commenced filling 
basement barn 36x54x30 feet with clover 
hay cut in midday after dew was gone 
when very few heads were brown. The first 
six or eight loads were cut after heavy 
rains and very hard to cure even with side 
rake. After this amount was put in we 
got a tedder and put in probably 20 loads 
more in good shape. Then we quit bay¬ 
ing for a week or 10 days to plow corn. 
We then put in probably 25 loads ipore in 
good shape, finishing around July 15. The 
hay began heating soon after the first hay 
was put in and kept hot until about one 
week before I discovered it was burning, 
when it seemed to cool off, but still gave 
off an odor of gas that could be smelled 
at times 40 rods or more. 
“On the morning of August 18, as I was 
going to do the chores, I discovered smoke 
and gas coming through the side of the 
barn, and on going into the basement I 
found a hole burned in floor and up into 
the mow eight or 10 feet the size of a 
barrel. I went to the ’phone and gave the 
alarm, and in a very few minutes a score 
or more neighbors were on hand and con¬ 
tinued to arrive, until S5 men had gathered. 
After taking everything out of the barn 
except the hay and putting out all visible 
fire it was decided that if it were possible 
to hold the fire in check the barn could be 
saved, but only by taking the hay out. We 
called our two neighborhood company- 
thrashing tanks, stood one tank alongside 
of barn with long hose with reducer on 
and played a heavy stream of water con¬ 
stantly, while the other tank was used to 
haul water to supply the first one. At 9 
a. m. we began hauling hay and fighting 
fire and gas fumes (the latter being almost 
unbearable except when thoroughly cooled 
and soaked with water), and at 5.30 p. m. 
we had the mow emptied of something like 
fifty tons of hay and the fire put out. We 
estimate that we used from 8,000 to 10,000 
gallons of water. Now for the probable 
cause of hay firing. As I have above stated, 
the barn is a basement barn, 36x54 with 
24-foot posts, roof two-fifths pitch, with 
mow on each side north and south of 14- 
foot driveway, each mow being 20x36x24 
feet with hay piled up tight to roof. The 
mow taking fire was on the north side and 
had about three feet of old hay in the bot¬ 
tom when we began putting clover in. We 
dropped the hay from the carrier down to 
the floor and allowed it to pile up as high 
as eight to 10 feet, then it would roll 
over, leaving a loose unpacked space next 
to the hard center. The hay at this point 
of the mow seemed to fire first and burn 
most, leaving the center unburned, but so 
hard and solid that we had to chop it out 
with an ax. The first few loads of wet 
hay remained untouched in the center of 
mow where it was dropped from the car¬ 
rier, and I am of the opinion that if these 
few loads had been well scattered over the 
mow the hay would have cooled off all 
right, as the rest of the hay went in the 
mow in good shape.. I am satisfied the hay 
had been burning in center for days before 
it burned through.” 
Isn’t It More 
Sensible 
to examine an article before buy¬ 
ing, than to take for granted the 
merits claimed for it? 
Of course it 
is. 
That’s the 
way we sell the 
Tubular 
Separator 
Furthermore, 
we assist you 
in the examin¬ 
ation by explaining the • mechan¬ 
ism thoroughly. 
The simplicity of the Tubular is 
exemplified in its entire construc¬ 
tion; its durability is guaranteed 
by us and vouched for by satisfied 
every day users; and its efficiency 
proves itself, immediately, upon 
using. 
To prove these merits try a 
Tubular and be convinced. 
Catalog 153, explaining fully the 
entire mechanism, sent free for 
the asking. 
THE SHARPLES SEPARATOR COMPANY, 
West Chester, Penna. 
Toronto, Can. San Francisco, Calif. Chicago, Ill. 
CATTLE INSTRUMENTS 
arc “Easy to llse,’ no veterinary 
experience necessary A lew dol¬ 
lars invested in our goods will save 
hundreds of dollars. Pilling Milk Fever 
Outfit for Air treatment recommended by 
U. S. Agricultural Dept., price $3.00. Silver Milk 
Tubes 50c#; Teat Slitter $1.50; Garget Outfit $4.00; 
Capon Tools, Horse and Cattle Syringes, all sent pre¬ 
paid with full directions. Write lor free Booklet " 
O. P. PI 1,1,1 xn A SON I’ll.,ArrhSt.. Philadelphia. Ps. 
Large English YORKSHIRES boars,brood sows* 
and pigs of both sexes. All bred from the famous 
Chilmark herd. Otto W. Post. Owasco Lake, N. Y. 
IC|JQ E VC—Combination and Golden Lad;for 
ULtlwL I V sale, 51 cows, 4 heifers, 20 bulls. 
S. E. NIV1N, Landeuberg, Pa. 
F OR SALE —Very finely marked fawn and white Guernsey 
Bull Calf, best breeding. Also two Shropshire Ham Lambs 
sired by one of Dr. Davison’s rams. Prices low. Address 
EVERGREKN STOCK FARM, Larfcfield, New York. 
EflR Q.l |J—Registered Dutch Belted Bull 
|(JH wftLE “Prince”—two years old—seven 
prizes. Ditto. “Lad”—yearling—marked perfect: 
Ditto. "Pirate”—calf—marked perfect. Registered 
Hampshire Swine (the Bacon hog), Pigs, regular 
markings $8.00, irregular markings $6.00. Address 
Chas. Stewart Davison, So. Williamstown, Mass. 
BROOKSIDE BERKSHIRES 
Boars and Sows of all ages combining the most 
fashionable strains of the breed. Give me full des¬ 
cription of what you want and let me give you 
price. Address J. P. O’HARA, Moravia, N. Y. 
Climax Carrier. 
Feed, Ensilage, Litter. 
A stable help that saves labor. Brings feed from 
silo or bin to manger, carries manure from nil 
stablings to same.pile or dumps oh wagon. Easy 
lift, light running, positive dump. Made of steel. 
Straight or curved tracks to run anywhere and suit 
any stable plan. Write for descriptive circular. 
Warsaw-Wilkinson Co., 
50 Highland Ave., Warsaw, N. Y. 
This sawing rig fills a long 
felt want for sawing large 
timber. It is simple, durable and the most 
practical straight-line sawing rig on the 
market. We also make circular saw rigs. 
The Ireland 
Straight-Line Drag 
Sawing Machine 
Write for full information and prices. 
IRELAND MACHINE & FOUNDRY COMPANY. 
NORWICH, NEW YORK. 
3-2 to 200H.R Saw Mill Outfits, i 
Steam .Gasoline or Water Power, 
Planers. Shingle Mills, Corn Mills. 
; FREIGHT DtfOACH M.LLMA ? UrACTUR 1NG ^. ™ 
i __ _ Bridgeport. Ala..._J 
THE THIRD ANNUAL 
NATIONAL DAIRY SHOW 
AT CHICAGO IN THE COLISEUM 
DECEMBER 2 TO 10, 1908. 
Will be an event worthy your attention and patronage. 
At this Show the finest dairy herds in the world 
will be exhibited. They will come from all parts 
of the United States and Canada. It will be the 
best show of dairy cattle ever presented to the 
public. The display of dairy machinery will be 
better and bigger than ever before, showing many 
new inventions and dairy apparatus. 
PREMIUMS AND PRIZES 
$7000 in premiums for live stock exhibitors, 
besides many special prizes and trophies. 
$2000 in cash prizes for Managers and Secretar¬ 
ies of creameries and cheese factories. 
EDUCATIONAL FEATURES 
A Dairymen’s convention. 
An International Milk Dealers’ Ass’n Convention. 
A Convention of creamery and cheese factory 
Managers and Secretaries, etc. 
Two Cattle Parades daily. 
Special Engagement —The management positively 
announces that Colantha 4th’s Johanna, the Cham¬ 
pion Dairy Cow of the world, will be on exhibition. 
For further information write to the 
NATIONAL DAIRY SHOW ASSOCIATION, 
154 Washington Street, Chicago, Illinois. 
For Rheumatism 
Nothing gives such quick and permanent relief as 
Sloan’s Liniment 
It quickens the circulation, relieves congestion and in¬ 
flammation, and giveselasticity to themusclesand joints. 
Use it for Neuralgia, Sciatica, Lumbago, Pleurisy and 
any Stiffness. pn Ce> 25c., 50c., and $1.00. 
Send for free book on care of Horses, Cattle, Hogs and Poultry. 
Address DR. EARL S. SLOAN, BOSTON, MASS., U. S. A. 
My Price —the Lowest 
Ever Made on a High-Grade Spreader 
"m The ONLY . 
iff Spreader WL 
'if Guaranteed for N 
/ 25 Years with a 
$25,000 Bond Guar¬ 
antee TO PROTECT YOU 
1 am the 
ACTUAL 
MANU¬ 
FAC¬ 
TURER 
of 
Manure 
Spread¬ 
ers—not 
a Jobber, 
so the Gal¬ 
loway really 
is sold from 
factory to 
larm. 
I Will Give You a Real 30 Day Free Trial wm> thc Moncy ln YOlJR Pockct 
OU don’t have to pay me or any one else a single cent on the price of 
my spreader before you try it or after you try it, if it doesn’t prove 
itself to be the best made. I am not beginning in the spreader busi¬ 
ness. I have built spreaders for years. So I know what beginners don’t 
know. I know how to and do build the Galloway Spreader so it can’t break 
and wear out where experimental spreaders are sure to break and wear out. 
I challenge any other manure spreader seller or manufacturer to put 
his spreader alongside of the Galloway in the hardest kind of a test. 
I don’t care what other spreader you try—it won’t cost you a cent to try 
the Galloway at the same time. So it’s certainly to your advantage to 
try the Galloway at no cost to you even if you do put up your money to try 
any other spreader. If the Galloway doesn’t beat any other that you try, 
all you have to do is return it at my expense and you’re not out a penny 
and you haven’t risked a penny. 
Galloway 
I make the only 70 bu. spread¬ 
er with wagon running-gear. 
Patented. It’s something new. 
Worth $15 more than any^® 
other, and costs $20 less."?! 
The ONLY Spread¬ 
er with MALLEA¬ 
BLE and STEEL for 
ALL Parts that 
break and wear 
out in other 
spreaders. 
Fits the 
wagon gears 
you already 
have. 
Wagon Box 
Manure Spreader 
T HE Galloway has the best improvements—all patented so 
you can’t get them on other spreaders. The Galloway is 
Lightest Dralt—Feeds as You Wish—and is the Only 
Spreader that Fits Quickly and Easily to the Ditler- 
ent Widths ot Wagon Gears. 
WILLIAM GALLOWAY, 669 Jefferson St., Waterloo, Ia. 
prompt delivery to you from Waterloo Factory or transfer points at Kansas City; Minneapolis; Madison, Wis., etc. 
Galloway ol Waterloo 
Send me a postal and I will 
send you, absolutely free, my 
special proposition to you and 
the Best and Biggest Manure 
Spreader Book, Free. 
The 
ONLY 
End- _ 
less Apron 
Force Feed 
Spreader In 
the World. 
Patented — 
Worth $25 on 
any Spreader. 
Costs you nothing 
on the Galloway. 
