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THE RURAL NEW-YORKER 
May 23, 
The Rural New-Yorker 
THE BUSINESS FA KMEIV8 FABER. 
A National Weekly Journal (or Country and Suburban Homea. 
Established 1850. 
rabllrbed weekly by the Hural Puhli*bln|? Company, 400 Pearl Street, New York. 
Herbert W. C'OLLINQWOOD, President and Editor, 
JOHN J. DILLON, Treasurer and Geuoral Manager. 
Wm. F. DILLON, Secretary. 
Dr. Walter Van Fleet and Mrs. E. T. Royle, Associate Editors. 
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“A SQUARE DEAL.” 
We believe that every advertisement in this paper is backed by a 
responsible person. But to make doubly suro wo will make good any 
loss to paid subscribers sustained by trusting any deliberate swindler 
advertising in ourcolumns, and any such swindler will bo publicly ex¬ 
posed. We protect subcribers against rogues, but wo 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 tho courts. Notice of the complaint 
must be sent to us within one month of tho timo of the transaction, 
and you must have mentioned The Rural New-Yorker 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 
30 weeks for 30 cents for strictly introductory pur¬ 
poses. We depend on our old friends to make this 
known to neighbors and friends, 
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One of the first letters which came after that A. J. 
C. C. report contained the following: 
Whot a yellow sheet you are running! It is like 
the yellow Hag of the quarantine station, warning of 
danger. Keep the yellow flag flying. 
Closely following it came a letter beginning: 
“I have seen the wicked flourishing and spreading 
himself like a green bay tree!" “But lo, his end was 
destruction!” 
Tins is the first telegram: 
First Corinthians xiii-6. 
We quote it here: 
“Rejoiceth not in iniquity, but rejoicctli in the truth!” 
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We want a brief and full report of the crop out¬ 
look in your section. Please tell us how fruit prom¬ 
ises, how prices compare with former years, condi¬ 
tion of stock, acreage of crops—just the things you 
would like to know about other sections. 
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We felt sure of those farmers in Niagara and 
Orleans counties. When the issue was put squarely 
up to them on the race track gambling fight they 
elected the man who stood with the Governor. The 
cities and large towns in the district voted against the 
proposition as it was put to them, but the farmers, 
even at the busiest season of the year, stood firm. 
That old Wadsworth district has set the entire State 
;and Nation an example of what to do and how to do it. 
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We remind you again of the corn crop—especially 
you eastern farmers with old meadows or pasture 
land that give but little returns in grass. Raise corn. 
Plow as much of this old sod as you can take care 
of. Use a reasonable amount of fertilizer and plant 
a good local variety of corn. The indications now are 
that corn and feed of all kinds will he high. Wet 
weather is delaying corn planting in the West, and 
if the rains continue the acreage will be cut down. 
Plant corn! We are putting in more than ever 
before. 
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A Long Island farmer says that when farmers get 
their fair share of the toll they now pay to middle¬ 
men and dealers they can travel in autos if they want 
to. No doubt of it—some who have learned how to 
“put the name on the job” travel that way now. 
There is no reason why a farmer with an honestly 
purchased auto will do any less good with it than a 
man who makes his money by handling what the 
farmer produced. An extra $1,000 given to farmers 
to spend will find its way into business, and provide 
a greater market for necessities quicker than any like 
sum spent by any other class of people. 
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Let us have a frank talk about this Buffalo Fertili¬ 
zer Co. Several fertilizer agents and manufacturers 
ask us if our statements are fair. In printing an 
editorial statement in The R. N.-Y. we are guided by 
two questions: 
3. Is the statement true? ' 
2. Will its publication really benefit our readers? 
We try to live up to that. The plain truth can¬ 
not do injustice to anyone. We have stated that the 
goods made by the Buffalo Company have a poorer 
official record than those of any other concern that 
we know of. They have been found below the guar¬ 
antee when sampled fairly and accurately analyzed 
in the following States: Maine, New Hampshire, 
Vermont, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, Connecticut, 
New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Ohio and 
Michigan. We have also stated that out of 32 sam¬ 
ples taken from the Buffalo factory by The Country 
Gentlemen three were below guaranty—one to the 
extent of $2.65 in one ton. If those statements are 
not true we desire to have them corrected at once. 
If they are true we consider that it is to the best 
interests of our readers to know these facts. We 
believe that the work done by our experiment station 
is accurate, that it is the best system yet devised for 
keeping track of fertilizers, and that farmers should 
be guided by it. 
THE JERSEY COW AND HER FRIENDS. 
We break a long established rule and print a picture 
on this page. The occasion justifies breaking almost 
any rule except the Golden Rule. I bis page repre¬ 
sents the spirit of The R. N.-Y. We glory in the 
fact that our friends know that not a line here can 
be bought or influenced by unworthy motives. We 
want what we say now to stand as long as the mem¬ 
ory of The R. N.-Y. shall endure. 
We print a picture of old Coomassie, the famous 
Jersey cow who heads one of the most noted families 
in Jersey history. The descendants of this grand old 
dairy mother have carried her blood to honor and 
fame. Strong, vigorous and capable herself, she was 
also prepotent, and through hundreds of her progeny 
the drop of pure Coomassie blood carried the character 
and capacity of the old cow. But while Coomassie 
and the other strong individuals which head these 
famous families give opportunity to breeders, it was 
after all “the man behind the cow,” the honorable 
breeder, who is truly responsible for the present-day 
Jersey. The long contest which has been fought for 
the principle which underlies the purity of cattle reg¬ 
istration has shown us all the weakness and the 
strength of cattle pedigrees. The man hack of the 
pedigree papers must stand for either character or 
lack of it. Wc rejoice that this long contest proves 
that the reputation of the Jersey cow is safe in the 
hands of strong men great enough to rise and meet 
a crisis. 
Wc have expressed our admiration and gratitude for 
the work so well done by Mr. Fred. B. Keeney. No 
less praise is due Mr. E. A. Darling, the president of 
the A. J. C. C. This strong and fair-minded gentle¬ 
man has pursued a most honorable course all through 
this controversy. No consideration could have in¬ 
duced Mr. Darling knowingly to permit injustice to 
Mr. Dawlcy or anyone else. Our first personal 
interview with Mr. Darling convinced us that the 
desire of the Club was essentially the same as ours. 
Both wanted to know the exact truth, and were will¬ 
ing to he guided to a settlement by that truth. 
We have been impatient at delays because we 
knew the damage such delays were doing in 
weakening confidence. The Club was not re¬ 
sponsible for most of these delays, and if at 
times they seemed slow to act it was because they 
gave Mr. Dawley every advantage of time and oppor¬ 
tunity. 
For if ever a man had a fair chance to prove his" 
innocence that man is Frank E. Dawley. Few organ¬ 
izations in this country contain a larger proportion of 
able lawyers and strong business men than does the 
A. J. C. C. Such men were capable of analyzing this 
case to the last grain of evidence. They gave Mr. 
Dawley every right and privilege that a Club member 
should enjoy, listened patiently to his story and argu¬ 
ment, and then decided unanimously that the charges 
were sustained. Their blow fell like a thunderbolt 
when it finally came. Flad the evidence shown that 
Dawley was innocent or had it been insufficient or 
inconclusive we are safe in saying that no power on 
earth could have prevented a decision in his favor. 
We have the greatest admiration and respect for 
President Darling and his associates for the manly 
and honorable way in which they have conducted 
themselves through this hard and trying investigation. 
They have rendered a great service to the breeding 
fraternity everywhere. 
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THREE GOOD CITIZENS. 
We refer to Isaac C. Rogers, Fred. D. Squiers and 
Melvin Benedict, whose pictures appears on the next 
page. This is not a good picture of Mr. Rogers, as it 
was taken some years ago. It is the only one we could 
obtain. Mr. Rogers deserves the thanks of the Amer¬ 
ican people for making his fight against heavy odds. 
Handicapped in every way, he stuck to the contest 
when it seemed as if the powers of evil were com¬ 
bined to crush him down. Rogers would be better 
off to-day if, when he found what he was fighting 
against, he had killed every one of the cattle and 
never said another word about them. To keep up the 
fight meant loss of trade, threats of financial ruin, 
ridicule and open hostility from Dawley’s powerful 
political machine, and heart-breaking worry. Mr. 
Rogers held on after he gave up hope of financial 
recompense because be felt that by doing so lie might 
at least force this principle to an issue, and save some 
one else from disaster. It is just this unconquerable 
spirit of fighting for common rights against injustice 
that has in all ages kept any hope of freedom in the 
hearts of men. Rogers has done the public a service, 
and we respect and thank him for it. 
Mr. Squiers stands for another type of the good 
citizen. He did not need to enter the case. He had 
suffered loss at Dawley’s hands, but had given up hope 
of having it made good. To stand out and identify 
the cattle meant, as he well knew, ridicule and slander 
from a host of small politicians whose darts are poi¬ 
soned with the meanest of venom. A weak or selfish 
man would have hesitated after counting the cost. But 
Squiers is no tin soldier or wishy-washy trimmer. 
His ancestors conquered the wilderness, and there is 
warm blood in his heart. When he saw the situation 
he came out like a man, told the truth, stuck to it and 
impressed every man who heard him with his sin¬ 
cerity. No one ever had more loyal or courageous 
support in a worthy cause than F. D. Squiers has 
given The R. N.-Y. in this hard battle. He has given 
an example of that higher citizenship which enables 
a man to go out of his way to make sacrifices for 
others. 
And Melvin Benedict stands for another type of citi¬ 
zenship which ranks even higher than the others. This 
young man had every material thing to gain by refus¬ 
ing to talk about the cattle. Both lie and his mother 
felt under obligations to Mr. Dawley, and gratitude 
is strong in an honest heart. It must have 
been hard for a young man like Benedict to 
endure the covert sneers and insults which Daw¬ 
ley and his friends know so well how to put into 
circulation. Yet, with nothing to gain hut a clear 
conscience and the respect of friends and loved ones, 
Melvin Benedict told the truth. He told it so simply 
and so well, and his character stood such a searching 
analysis, that the committee evidently accepted every 
word of it as true. We delight to honor a man with 
such a record, for the finest sort of courage is needed 
to enable a young man to take such a stand. 
During the hard days when it seemed as if all the 
powers of public patronage had turned against us 
some of our friends wondered how we could keep 
serene, good-natured and hopeful. It was because we 
knew the character of the men pictured on this page. 
We knew they could not be coaxed or driven or 
bought, and that sooner or later the truth would beat 
down the evil. Here are three good citizens who 
deserve well of the public. We are proud to have 
been associated with them in Ibis fight. The outcome 
should give us all encouragement to march against 
other evils! 
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The House of Representatives last week voted, 3 67 
to 46, against permitting “canteens” for the sale of 
liquor in soldiers’ homes. Ever since Congress met 
there has been more or less talk about a hill rein¬ 
stating the canteen in army posts, or camps. No one 
has been able to get such a hill seriously before Con¬ 
gress for discussion. It would probably have no 
chance of passage, for it must be evident to anyone 
who goes about the country that the temperance sen¬ 
timent is growing stronger than ever in rural com¬ 
munities. Year after year the area in which liquor 
cannot be legally sold is increasing, and with this in¬ 
crease the sentiment for temperance grows stronger. 
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Every farmer who soaks seed potatoes to prevent 
scab or grain to kill smut should realize what he owes 
to Prof. H. L. Bollcy of North Dakota. Prof. Bollcy 
suggested this treatment and worked out the reasons 
for it. All who have seen the results in clean pota¬ 
toes and grain will acknowledge him an authority. 
Having made good on this treatment of plant diseases, 
he now talks confidently about killing weeds by spray¬ 
ing them with chemicals. Here is what he says in a 
recent bulletin: 
Each year our experiments Have resulted in success of 
such marked nature that tlm writer feels safe in asserting 
that when the farming public lias accepted this method 
of attacking weeds as a regular farm operation the gain 
to the country at large will lie much greater in monetary 
consideration than Unit which lias heen afforded hy any 
other single piece of investigation applied to field work in 
agriculture, not even excepting the mow generally used 
formaldehyde method of seed disinfection which has saved 
to the State of North Dakota, annually, wheat and other 
cereals to the value of several mlllons of dollars. 
This is a bold statement hy a confident man. For 
over 30 years now he has heen experimenting with 
spraying grain fields and lawns with solutions of sul¬ 
phate of iron, sulphate of copper, salt and arsenite 
of soda. It has been proved that when these sprays 
are used at the right time and with proper strength 
the grass and grain are uninjured, while the weeds 
arc killed. Mustard, ragweed, Canada thistle and 
other troublesome weeds have been cleaned out of 
grain fields hy this method. Dandelions have been 
cleaned out of lawns hy spraying with sulphate of 
iron. We hope Prof. Bollcy is right in his prophecy. 
No man in the country is better qualified to make it. 
Most of us have settled down to the conviction that 
the weed curse is a permanent affliction which wo 
must ever struggle against with finger or steel. If 
the sprayer is to do the work for us we shall feel 
like one who has come up from slavery. The facts 
about Prof. Policy’s work will be printed soon. Then 
we can all help experiment. If any man feel in¬ 
clined to laugh at this prophecy let him remember 
what was thought 25 years ago wln n a few wise men 
said that diseases and insects would be held in check 
by a spray pump. 
BREVITIES. 
Now give that self-boiled lime-sulphur mixture a fair 
trial. Will it take the place of Bordeaux in fighting 
Potato blight ? 
The first wild mustard has appeared on the farm in the 
Alfalfa field. It evidently came in the seed. We are pull¬ 
ing it by the roots. 
A Canadian hired man says that at every place he lias 
worked he lias urged the boss into subscribing for The 
R. N.-Y. That’s a good agent. 
We are sometimes asked if Cow-horn turnips live over 
Winter. Of those we seeded last year perhaps 10 per cent 
are alive and are now In bloom. 
llow about the cultivated orchard men in tins wet sea¬ 
son’ How do they get in to spray in the mud? (lie soil 
men have the advantage in tills. The ground is firmer and 
the grass sucks out some of the moisture. 
I’liE Atchison Globe says that tho first dress suit that 
r came to Kansas came witli tin* “aid” contributed from 
*ton during tho dry Sinnmor of 1860. Somo misguided 
■son in the East sent it as a gift to the “Kansas suf- 
ors,” and a farmer in Kapioma township wore it an 
nmer while plowing corn. 
