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THE RURAL* NEW-YORKER 
May 2, 
KEEP THEM AT HOME! 
The following members of the New York 
Senate voted against Governor Hughes in 
his efforts to remove the Superintendent 
of Insurance. Some of them have done so 
twice—others are backsliders. All have 
proved unworthy in a fair test. All are in 
districts where the votes of farmers can 
defeat them. It should be the duty of 
every farmer to blacklist them and keep 
them away from Albany. Vote them out! 
JOTIIAM P. ALLDS.Norwich. N. Y. 
ALBERT T. FANCIIER. .Salamanca. N. Y. 
S. PERCY HOOKER.LeRoy, N. Y. 
JOHN RAINES .Canandaigua, N. Y. 
SANFORD W. SMITH.Chatham, N. Y. 
WILLIAM ,T. TELLY.Corning, N. Y. 
HORACE WHITE .Syracuse, N. Y. 
BEN.T. M. WILCOX.Auburn, N. Y. 
JOSEPH ACKROYD .Utica. N. Y. 
FRANK M. BOYCE... East Schodack, N. Y. 
FRANCIS II. GATES. . . Cliittenango, N. Y. 
WM. W. WEMPLE.Schenectady, N. Y. 
WM. T. O’NEIL.St. Regis Falls, N. Y. 
OWEN CASSIDY .Watkins. N. Y. 
DISSOLVING BLUE VITRIOL. 
I find some of my neighbors are still 
bothered to get their vitriol for spray¬ 
ing dissolved without a great amount of 
trouble, and I presume others are in the 
same boat, so I give you my way, which 
I think is the easiest of all: Fill a 
barrel nearly full of water and suspend 
a sack of vitriol so that it extends about 
three or four inches into the water. 
When the water becomes saturated with 
the vitriol, which it will do in one night 
if the bag is loosely woven and supplied 
with plenty of vitriol, it will contain 
three pounds to the gallon. Put a 
faucet in the bottom of the barrel and 
draw off one gallon for each three 
pounds you wish; do not take from the 
top, for this may not be quite saturated, 
but if it is properly done it will always 
be right at the bottom. 
JOHN Q. WELLS. 
PRODUCTS, PRICES AND TRADE. 
Potatoes. —Florida new stock is plen¬ 
tiful. top grades selling as high as $5 per 
barrel, and others but little above old 
potato prices. Trade in old potatoes has 
•been light, partly owing to the higher 
prices asked in the country districts. 
Strawberries have been selling low the 
past week, very few up to 20 cents, and 
the majority below 15, with what are known 
as “usual kinds’’ down to 10 cents. These 
“usual’’ varieties are those whose chief rec¬ 
ommendation is their shipping quality. A 
good many Florida berries have sold as 
low as 10 cents, which makes a poor show¬ 
ing for the growers. 
Japanese Import Duties. —An increase 
in tariff on many articles brought into 
Japan will soon take place. All vegetables 
or fruits preserved in sugar or other sweets 
will pay about $2 per 100 pounds; honey, 
60 per cent ad valorem; jams and jellies 
six cents per pound ; candies and all fancy 
cakes and biscuits nine cents per pound. On 
alcoholic liquors the advance is upwards 
of 10 per cent. 
Montreal Gets the Trade. —It is ex¬ 
pected that the bulk of the Duluth wheat 
export business this Spring will go through 
Montreal. New York offers everything de¬ 
sirable in the way of shipping accommoda¬ 
tions and attractive ocean freight rates, 
but the hitch is in the railroad charge 
from Buffalo to New York, which is said to 
be more than three times the rate 12 years 
ago. Wheat from Duluth can now be laid 
down in Montreal for seven cents per bushel, 
while the total charge to New York is 
10 cents. 
Tom to Futures. —It is customary for 
tomato cannirtg houses during Winter and 
Spring to take orders from the distributing 
trade for deliveries the next Fall and Win¬ 
ter, and on these orders they base their con¬ 
tract for acreage with the growers. These 
advance sales are said to be very much be¬ 
hind the previous year, and this, together 
with the financial scare of last year maKes 
the canners cautious about contracling. It 
is now time to set plants in the Maryland 
and South Jersey sections and the outlook 
is that the pack will be light. 
J'rofitable Veteran Hens.—A large egg 
and butter dealer in this city lives about 
30 miles out in the country, where in addi¬ 
tion to other live stock be keeps 12 White 
Leghorn hens. They are all over five, and 
some more than seven years old. He is 
getting eight to 10 eggs daily from the 12 
hens. Contrary to the usual belief he has 
great faith in old hens, and thinks it a mis¬ 
take tc kill them when only two or three 
years old. These 12 bens, however, have 
what might be called parlor treatment. 
The house is cleaned daily, and white¬ 
washed every two weeks. In addition to 
everything desirable in the form of food, 
there is a stream of running spring water 
in one corner of the bouse. 
To Advertise Coffee. —The Brazilian 
government is preparing to do extensive ad¬ 
vertising of its cofTee in Great Britain. This 
is an outgrowth of the valorization plan 
previously mentioned, in which the govern¬ 
ment entered the market as a buyer to pre¬ 
vent the price to the planter from falling 
disastrously "low and also undertook to reg¬ 
ulate production. In this advertising cam¬ 
paign trade marks will he established for 
special brands; everything in reason will 
be done to attract attention of the con¬ 
sumer to the merits of the coffee; and spe¬ 
cial efforts made to secure legislation and 
its enforcement with regard to coffee adul¬ 
teration. Adulterated coffee may be more 
healthful to use than the pure article, but 
of course the buyers ought to know what 
they are getting and should not be charged 
coffee prices for ever so wholesome a mix¬ 
ture of chicory, beans, peas, etc. The 
writer spent, one Winter with a man who 
was working for a prize clock offered by 
the local groceryman to the customer who 
used the largest amount of ground coffee 
from a certain lot. My man got the prize 
and we would doubtless have all been phy¬ 
sical wrecks had the stuff been real coffee 
instead of harmless dried succotash. 
w. w. H. 
Covering Roof With Cement. 
J. E. P., Gardner, Maas. —Possibly I do 
not understand N. B. F., page 24G, on cov¬ 
ering roof with cement. Does he mean to 
lay the netting directly on shingles, and if 
so what holds mixture in place at point of 
contact with roof, where there would be 
only the thickness of wire above shingles? 
I have an old roof that I wish to fix up, but 
do not want to start till I thoroughly un¬ 
derstand how to go about it. Is ridge cov¬ 
ered with cement, or in ordinary manner? 
Ans. —By laying the wire over the 
shingles it saves laying a tight roof, and 
although, the wires are not in the center 
of the cement on all portions of the roof 
it is on the end of the shingles and all 
defective places and cracks between the 
shingles, and when used so far has been 
satisfactory. Don’t spare elbow-grease in 
applying cement. m. b. f. 
200 Styles 
of 
Vehicles 
65 Styles 
of 
Sold Direct 
from our 
Factory 
to 
User 
No. 669tG Fancy Car Plush Trimmed 
Buggy with auto seat, fancy padded wing 
dash, bike gear and rubber tire. Price 
complete, 978.00. As good as sells for 
825 more. 
Buy Direct From Our 
Factory 
Saving all expenses and profits of the dealer. 
Elkhart Buggies and Harnesa have been sold direct 
from our factory to the user for 35 years. We are 
The Largest Manufacturers In the World 
selling to the consumer exclusively. We ship for 
examination and approval, guaraiiteeing safe de¬ 
livery. No cost to you If not satisfied as to style, 
quality and price. Send for new free catalog. 
Elkhart Carriage & Harness Mfg. Co* 
Elkhart, Ind. 
No. 
Surrey 
top and fin 
seats. Price complete, 
$78.00. 
As good 
sells 
tor 
B3o 
more. 
Makes a SULKY PLOW ,° n f ( 
The Western Plow Attachment does it. 
Right or 
left hand, 
wood or 
Iron beam. 
Absolute control 
of shear, however 
hard the ground. 
WESTERN IMPLEMENT CO. 
it p»ik st. Pt.Washingten.Wis. 
NO 
SIDE 
DRAFT 
SAVE BIG MONEY 
BY BUYING DAIRY FEED NOW 
Our Distillers’ Dried Grains now on summer 
prices. Lay in your winter supply. It’s a better and 
safer investment than money at interest. Prices 
are bound to go up shortly on account of high priced 
corn and closing distilleries. The standard feed 
for milk production. Dairymen agree summer 
feeding keeps up milk flow in winter. No waste or 
deterioration if kept dry. Write for prices today. 
THE DEWEY BROS. CO., Box 656, Blanchester, Ohio 
GREENIMOUNTAIN 
SUjOS 
Superior in design, material 
and workmanship. 
Simplest, strongest, most 
practical, most durable. 
Write NOW for money-sav¬ 
ing offer. 
Creamery Package Mfg. Co. 
220 West St., Rutland, Vt. 
Vastly more of them and vastly 
better quality will be obtained by 
the use of a fertilizer which contains 10% actual 
POTASH 
Pure Food laws are greatly increasing the use of 
hops. The richest hops will command a much better 
price. Potash will double both quantity and quality. 
All of this and much more is fully explained in the “Farmer s 
Guide” which we shall be glad to send you free. It is brimful of 
money-making information. Get it right away. It is mighty 
interesting reading. Address 
GERMAN KALI WORKS. 93 Nassau Street, New York 
V 
Cnicago—Monadnock Building 
Atlanta, Ga.—1224 Candler Building 
J 
Sa nitary S tablings, Cow Comfort 
Clean Cows " 
These things with safe fastening, and perfect 
convenience in feeding, watering, cleaning 
and milking, make our 
Sanitary Stalls and 
Rotary Adjustable 
Stanchions 
the most up-to-date and practical cow 
stablings in the world. 
The Adjustable Stanchion* are of 
an entirely new type and have no 
equal. The only stanchions which 
enable you to line cows up on the gutter per¬ 
fectly. They adjust six inches either forward 
or back for cows of different lengths. They 
are steel, wood-lined, chain hanging and allow the most perfect freedom of movementof cows, standing or 
lying down. The Mangers (furnished any length) are strong sheet steel, reinforced by angle Iron and pro¬ 
vide for easy cleaning and Indoor watering. Trough in cement floor forms bottom. Counter weights raise 
mangers over cows’ heads for cleaning trough and turning In water—the idea! arrangement for cleanliness 
and convenience. Stall Partitions are ljf-inch steel pipes. No overhead bracing. Room for all attentions, 
COWS turn easily, easily kept clean. The whole Is the most open, neatest, cleanest, most convenient and sub¬ 
stantial cow stabling arrangement ever perfected, bar none. Write for free book of particulars. It will 
open your eyes on ideal cow stabling, we make live styles of stanchions, steel and wood stalls, and full 
Hue of dairy supplies. Address 
The Kent Manufacturing Co., 130 Kent St., Fort Atkinson, Wls. 
Note 
weights 
for raising 
mangers. A line of 
15 to 30 mangers can be 
instantly raised over cows’ 
heads for cleaning and watering. “ __ 
Concrete floor trough forms bottom of mangers. 
DON’T THROW MONEY 
TO THE PIGS 
The mine owner gets his gold 
mixed with rock and combined 
with other metals. He gets out 
all the gold and then makes in ad¬ 
dition what he can from the lead 
and silver, the “by-products.” 
The dairyman’s gold is cream; 
the skim-milk his principal “by¬ 
product.” To get all the profit he must use an 
IMPROVED 
1908 
CREAM 
’■ Separator 
With this Separator he gets out all the cream, and then 
uses to best advantage the skim-milk. He can’t afford 
to feed cream to pigs. 
Our Catalogue No. 159 tells why. Let us send you one. 
VERMONT FARM MACHINE CO., Bellows Falls, Vt. 
427 
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Are Different From All Others 
When the late Walter A. Wood built his first mow¬ 
er in 1852 it was upon a principle entirely different 
from any other. That same principle today distinguish¬ 
es our mowers from all others. It is 
the “floating frame’’ described so 
fully in our catalog. All manufacturers of 
mowers admit that the * ‘direct under- 
draft” principle is the correct 
one— bat they can’t Use it because 
f enuine underdraft is possible only 
the “floating frame” construction 
which is exclusive to Walter A. Wood 
Mowers. We feel justified in asserting that 
our mowers are: the easiest running; lightest 
draft; handiest to operate; least expensive to keep in 
repair and longest lived. The mower that leads on 
these points is the mower it will pay the farmer 
to buy. There are many other good points 
fully illustrated and described in our Catalog^, , 
Write for it today and name of nearest dealer. 
WALTER A. WOOD 
Mowing & Reaping Machine Co. 
Hoosick Falls, N. Y. 
“If it's a 
WOOD 
its sure to be 
GOOD ’* 
