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THE RURAL NEW-YORKER 
subject. If it could be left to a commission there 
would be some chance of correcting an evident abuse 
without mixing it with a dozen other things. 
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On the next page will be found the report of the 
Executive Committee and Directors of the A. J. C. C. 
This masterly arraignment needs little comment from 
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The Rural New-Yorker 
THE BUSINESS FARMER'S PAPER. 
A National Weekly Journal for Country and Suburban Homes. 
Established 1850. 
Publiihed weekly by the Rural Pnblinhlns Company, 409 Pearl Street, New York. 
Herbert W. Collingwood, President and Editor, 
John J. Diijxin, Treasurer and General Manager. 
Wli. F. Dillon, Secretary. 
Dr. Walter Van Fleet and Mrs. E. T. Royle. Associate Editors. 
Entered at New York Post Office as Second Class Matter. 
"A SQUARE DEAL.” 
We believe that every advertisement in this paper is backed by a 
responsible person. But to make doubly sure we will make good any 
loss to paid subscribers sustained by trusting any deliberate swindler 
advertising in onrcolumns, and any such swindler will bo publicly ex¬ 
posed. Weprotect subcribers against rogues, but we do not guarantee 
to adjust trifling differences between subscribers and honest, respon¬ 
sible advertisers. Neither will wo be responsible for the debts of 
honest bankrupts sanctioned by the courts. Notice of the complaint 
must be sent to ns within one month of the time of the transaction, 
and you must have mentioned The Rural New-Yorkkb when 
writing the advertiser. 
TEN WEEKS FOR 10 CENTS. 
In order to introduce The R. N.-Y. to progressive, 
intelligent farmers who do not now take it, we send it 
10 weeks for 10 cents for strictly introductory pur¬ 
poses. We depend on our old friends to make this 
known to neighbors and friends. 
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PUT YOUR NAME ON YOUR JOB. 
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We never had so many questions from farmers who 
want to raise green fodder for the cattle to help out 
pastures. What can they plant? They ought to have 
green rye or wheat to cut during the latter part of . , ... . . 
May. We had oats and peas nearly three inches ' " h **. “'I.f d , S .“1"“."?!!? 
high by May 6. After rye and wheat are cut we do 
not know of anything, on the whole, better than 
Japanese millet and fodder corn in drills. We 
would keep seeding millet up to August 1, and in our 
latitude, sow corn fodder up to July 15. After that 
seed rye or wheat as the forage crop is cut off. 
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What is the truth about ginseng? The handlers 
and dealers tell us that at present there is practically 
no market for either wild or cultivated root, owing 
“to natural conditions which have developed in the 
market.” The Chinese still have some prejudice 
against the cultivated root, which brings about 50 
cents a pound less than the wild. A few careful ex¬ 
perts have sold the cultivated roots at fair prices, but 
we do not advise our readers to invest money in 
growing ginseng. 
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Mr. Fred B. Keeney, of Belvidere, N. Y., de¬ 
serves the thanks and high esteem of every breeder 
of cattle for his work as commissioner in investigat- 
and could not bring ourselves to exult at his down¬ 
fall. We have a feeling of profound regret that a 
man naturally so capable of public service, and with 
such a winning personality, should permit himself to 
go astray. Our thanks are due the thousands of 
friends who have stood by us so loyally and well. 
We would rather have The R. N.-Y. family back of 
us than any carload of politicians this nation can 
furnish. We shall, of course, analyze the situation 
and point out what seems to be the lesson to be drawn 
from it in coming issues. 
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Some of the large department stores in New York are 
making renewed efforts to sell oleo. They head their 
advertisements “The Supreme Court Decides the Sale 
of Butterine Lawful.” The object of this is evidently 
to make people believe that the laws against butterine 
have been declared unconstitutional. That has been 
the favorite trick of the oleo people, but no one need 
be deceived by it. A dealer in this city was arrested 
for selling oleo. He was discharged on the ground 
that the papers in his case did not show that the oleo 
was sold “in imitation and semblance of butter.” This 
does not affect the present law, but now raises the 
is. It appears to be settled that oleo cannot be col¬ 
ored so that it will resemble butter without paying the 
revenue tax of 10 cents a pound. It may yet be de¬ 
cided that in addition to color flavor and consistency 
may rule the oleo out of legal competition with butter. 
In any event do not forget that the oleo laws still 
stand in New York. 
♦ 
A Connecticut reader comes forward with this 
request: 
Is there a place in this country where the farmer, while 
walking behind his plow, will not be tortured by flies and 
mosquitoes, and where there are no rocks to throw his 
plow and himself all around? If you know of such a 
place please let me know through the Hope Farm Notes. 
Thanks. 
The Hope Farm man thinks he has lived among all 
sorts and conditions of men, and seen many sections. 
He never struck such an ideal place. Real estate 
agents and land boomers have described such a happy 
land, but to mortal eyes it is usually “far, far away.” 
When you find places without rocks or stones you will 
ing this Jersey cattle case. His position was hard and -find other drawbacks nearly as hard. There is usually 
embarrassing. Many prominent men had declined the 
task, which, from the peculiar conditions surrounding 
it, was not one to be greatly desired. We desire to 
express our admiration for the patient, fair and 
painstaking way in which Mr. Keeney has taken evi¬ 
dence, searched for facts and sifted out the truth. 
The breeding fraternity owes him a debt of gratitude 
for doing his full duty thoroughly and well. 
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For some years there has been an inspection and an 
analysis of Paris-green sold in New York much like 
that of fertilizers. A law has now been passed which 
extends such inspection to arsenate of lead, sulphur, 
lime sulphides, miscible oils, sulphate of copper, Bor¬ 
deaux Mixture “or any other insecticide or fungicide 
or essential ingredient thereof.” These goods must 
be sold under a certificate issued by the Commissioner 
of Agriculture, and are to be sampled and analyzed. 
Fruit growers who buy these goods are entitled to this 
protection. In spite of what critics may say, the 
experiment stations have saved farmers a great deal 
of money by analyzing fertilizers. Their figures not 
only show up the bogus character of some goods, but 
establish the purity of others. Any farmer will do 
well to study the station figures and be guided by them. 
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The present tariff on wood pulp ought to be re¬ 
moved. It has enabled a trust to control the price of 
white paper and thus compelled newspaper publishers 
to pay tribute. No good reason in the interests of 
the general public can be given for continuing this 
tariff. It was stated at one time that Canada would 
levy an export tariff in case this country put wood 
pulp on the free list. It is now said that, on the 
contrary, Canada would be glad to see a greater de¬ 
mand and export, as it would give greater value to 
certain forest sections of Canada which are now be¬ 
ing deserted. There is no excuse for the present 
tariff. Congress will not even vote on the subject. 
It will only appoint a committee to “investigate.” 
Every time any effort is made to correct some tariff 
abuse we see greater need of a strong tariff com¬ 
mission. A tariff on a single material can never be 
settled in Congress without going over the entire 
some fly in the ointment, even when the mosquitoes 
have been killed out. Perhaps when the State of 
New Jersey has killed off the gnats and mosquitoes 
in its low lands we shall get a glimpse at such a 
place as this man calls for. Does anyone know 
where it is now? 
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A case is reported from California which ought to 
interest consumers. The Crescent Cream Company of 
Los Angeles handled butter made by the Lucerne 
Butter Company under contract. The Lucerne com¬ 
pany finally stopped shipping, and the creamery com¬ 
pany brought suit for breach of contract. In de¬ 
fence: 
The Lucerne company claims that it had detectives en¬ 
gaged who discovered that its agents were taking its 
butter, which was put up in full weight one and two- 
pound prints under its copyrighted wrapper, removed it 
from the wrapper and after “shaving” from half an ounce 
to two ounces from each print, it was returned to the 
wrapper and sold. 
It seems that this is a “common practice” in the 
butter trade of that city. It enables a dealer to sell 
a “square” of butter for less than his competitor sells 
a pound. Thus the public is defrauded through short 
weight. The company making the butter was justified 
in breaking the contract. Otherwise it would have 
been an accessory to a crime, for the dealers were 
using its brand to defraud. 
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Dr. Morgan Dix, who died recently in his eighty- 
first year, was a representative New Yorker in the 
best sense of the word. He had been rector of 
Trinity Church for 46 years—a great parish that 
comprises, in addition to Trinity itself, nine chapels, 
among them historic St. Paul’s, over 25 clergymen, 
and many lay helpers. The outside world often hears 
of the great wealth of Trinity Corporation, without 
forming any accurate impression of its moral power 
in the community—a power that found full expression 
in the life of Dr. Dix. Coming from a distinguished 
family that has given soldiers and statesmen to the 
country, Dr. Dix inherited culture and mental power, 
and with it a moral strength that enrolled him 
among those who “fear not the face of any man.” 
May 1C, 
He had little in common with those pulpit orators 
who seek screaming headlines in the daily press, but 
his voice was ever on the side of family purity, civic 
pride and national patriotism. When wearying of 
the pessimists who point out our national frailties, 
with doleful prophecies of future decadence, it gives 
renewed spirit to remember that there is a greater 
world than that of the yellow journalist, wherein 
move the nobler figures of our national life, and to 
this world belonged the honored rector of Old Trinity. 
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New Jersey is securing many acres of useful land 
by driving out some undesirable citizens—the mosqui¬ 
toes. Along the coast and back along the sluggish 
streams are marsh lands naturally rich, but so pes¬ 
tered with “Jersey birds” that few care to occupy 
them. The mosquitoes have made life a burden at 
seaside resorts, and at many suburban towns. The 
swamps are being drained and oil is used on the stag¬ 
nant pools, so that the mosquitoes are driven out and 
destroyed. Swamps thus redeemed are coming into 
productive farming, and healthy towns are springing 
up where formerly the mosquitoes drove out the 
humans. By its warfare on the mosquito the State 
is acquiring a richer territory—and showing the rest 
of the nation how to do it. 
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That fertilizer trouble in Ohio has reached a new 
phase. The injunction brought by the Smith Fer¬ 
tilizer Company against the State Board of Agricul¬ 
ture was sustained by Judge Bigger, on the ground 
that as then constituted, and as conducted for 62 
years, the Board was a private corporation and not 
authorized to exercise police powers. We understand 
that the case was appealed to the Supreme Court, but 
the Legislature at once proceeded to remedy the 
trouble by passing a bill which provides that the mem¬ 
bers of the Board are to be appointed by the Gov¬ 
ernor, makes the Secretary a State officer and per¬ 
mits and requires him to carry on the police work 
formerly done by the Board. It seems that in refer¬ 
ring to papers which claim to represent Ohio farmers 
we overlooked the fact that the Ohio Farmer named 
the Smith Chemical Company on January 18. It 
printed the Smith Company’s advertisement, in which 
this concern offered to sell upon a guarantee, and ad¬ 
vised its readers to hold the company to its pledge. 
We make this statement in justice to our contempor¬ 
ary. We are now informed that the Smith Company 
has sued the Secretary of the State Board for com- 
tempt of court, and that under the new law the Board 
has been reorganized just as it was before. 
BREVITIES. 
Arizona is preparing to grow cotton. 
“Certified milk” has reached the San Francisco market. 
Hafpv the man—no odds what comes to pass, if in his 
garden grows asparagus. 
A few years ago there was a rage for the use of 
“weeders.” Are they still in use on your farm? 
No man has a right to howl about trusts and monopolies 
who believes “anything will go in a cow trade.” 
The worst curse about the pheasants seems to he the 
fact that farmers are obliged to harbor and feed them for 
the “sports” to kill later. 
The Northern Pacific Railroad was recently fined $4,000 
for violating the Federal law which prohibits carrying 
live stock more than 28 hours without food, water and rest. 
We do not often hear of buckwheat as a soiling crop. 
At the New Jersey Station last year it gave 6 Vj tons 
green forage per acre. After the cows became used to it 
they ate it freely. 
The first box of California cherries this year sold in 
Philadelphia for $14. Last year this price was $22.50 
and the year before $25.52. These first cherries are hardly 
fit to eat. The price is paid for “glory.” 
We are told that nearly all the protein and a large part 
of the starch is near the surface of the potato. Thick 
paring often means a loss of 30 to 50 per cent. Baking 
or boiling “with the jackets on” is most economical. Eat¬ 
ing skin and all of a baked potato is good practice. 
If you have never seen a healthy plant of Crimson 
clover grow in the Spring you cannot say that you know 
what plant growth is. How that stuff does get up and 
stretch 1 We pastured off one patch, and before the cow 
got to one end the clover was again nearly ready at the 
other. 
One of our readers bought a mare from a minister who 
was going West to convert the people of a certain seel ion. 
The minister warranted the mare as a perfect beast—kind 
and willing. She proved to be about the worst balker ever 
seen in that section. Now what State do you think the 
minister hailed from? 
An English gardener, describing the use of wire netting 
to keep rabbits out of his garden, says he has it extending 
six inches underground, with another six inches turned 
outward horizontally at the bottom. The rabbit digs down 
close to the netting, strikes the netting at the bottom, and 
gives up the job. Would the same idea keep rats out of a 
henhouse ? 
Among the best Spring visitors on the farm are the 
little clover plants in the rye and wheat. They come 
out of cracks and holes with good promise of the future. 
They make us think of a man going over the field throw¬ 
ing nitrate of soda out of a bag—for that is just about 
what they will do later. Clover seed is high but we have 
not found it economy to give it up. 
