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THE RURAL NEW-YORKER 
525 
BROTHER TUCKER ON “STUPID” FARMERS 
The Bald Statement of a Snob. 
Brother Tucker, of The Country Gentleman, has 
been stung to desperation by the outcome of this 
cattle case. Some of his friends advised him to admit 
frankly that he had been deceived into taking a false 
position. Had he done this people would have re¬ 
spected him, and the incident would have been closed. 
Brother Tucker evidently isn’t admitting anything. 
Not daring to print his real sentiments, he sends 
them through the mail. One of our readers asked 
Brother Tucker why The Country Gentleman printed 
the A. J. C. C. report in the smallest possible type, 
why it continues to advertise Dawley’s bacteria soil, 
and why it exploits the Buffalo Fertilizer Company. 
In reply Brother Tucker sent the letter which appears 
on this page. We have had it photographed and 
engraved just as it was written. We have read many 
other such letters in which Brother Tucker refers 
to The R. N.-Y. as “an unspeakably unscrupulous 
sheet” or “a yellow journal.” He also refers to the 
editor and publisher as “liars” and scoundrels, with 
utter lack of character. We have long known that 
Brother Tucker, like all snobs, regards common work¬ 
ing farmers as “stupid” and lacking in intelligence. 
As he does not dare -express his real sentiments in 
public print we give him a chance to do so. No pos¬ 
sible comment from us would add to the self-inflicted 
indictment which Brother Tucker’s own words will 
firing him. Mr. Small made the following good- 
tempered reply, which leaves little to say: 
“Country Gentleman : 
Dear Sirs: —Your favor of 26th inst. at hand and 
contents noted. While the facts may all be correctly 
stated by you, the tone of your letter is that of one 
who has the losing end of a bad cause. As I have 
been a subscriber to The R. N.-Y. for rising 20 years, 
I naturally do not feel flattered by your classification 
of the The R. N.-Y. subscribers. 
“Of one thing I am very sure; the rumors of this 
scandal will permeate every farming community, and 
no more effective service could be done the dairy 
breeding interest than to publish opetily that the reg¬ 
istry associations administer some decent sort of dis¬ 
cipline to such men as Dawley, who have abused con¬ 
fidence of such associations. When you attempt to 
convince me by assertion without proof or argument 
that it would be safe to buy Alfalfa bacteria of Daw- 
ley—well, all I say is that I should look elsewhere 
if I were buying that kind of goods. Rural sub¬ 
scribers may be as dense as you assert, but some of 
them can see through a millstone—when the hole is 
bored.” e. l. small. 
EVENTS OF THE WEEK. 
DOMESTIC.—East Aurora, N. Y., was scorched June 
2 in a .$100,000 fire that wiped out the opera house 
and a dozen other buildings. Giant trees which have 
lined East Main street for years were ruined. All the 
village records in the town clerk’s office were destroyed. 
. . . The Alaska Road Commission, composed of army 
officers, which has been in session at Seattle, Wash., has 
made its allotments for the coming season, amounting to 
a total of $308,000. The great main Winter trail to the 
interior from Valdez will be widened in places at the 
cost of $110,000. The famous Keystone Canon will be 
made passable in all kinds of weather and a road will 
be carved out of the mountain side on the big Delta 
River. Many new mining camps will be connected with 
the rivers which are navigable, and the old camps will 
have new roads constructed to hasten their development. 
Arrangements are being made for an inspection 
of the oyster beds in New York Bay and along Long 
Island by Commissioner Porter of the New York Health 
Department, and Forest, Fish and Game Commissioner 
Whipple, under a law recently enacted. The departments 
are authorized to co-operate in improving the sanitary 
conditions of the oyster beds. Samples of the oysters will 
be secured and State certificates, showing their condi¬ 
tion, will be issued. The inspections will be in charge 
of Dr. II. D. Pease of the State Health Department. 
. . . Justice Mills, in the Supreme Court at White 
Plains,, N. Y., dismissed June 3 the action brought by 
John N. Itohrs, a convict at Sing Sing, who sued C. V. 
Collins, State Superintendent of Prisons; ex-Warden Addi¬ 
son Johnson and other officials for $10,000 for working 
him more than eight hours at the prison, which he con¬ 
tended is in violation of the State law. This suit has 
attracted wide attention among the prison officials of the 
State, as its success would have involved an entire change 
of discipline at all penal institutions. It is said that 
Rohrs was backed indirectly by the labor unions, who 
hoped to restrict convict labor. Rohrs was convicted of 
wife beating. lie was employed as a printer. . . . 
Harry Brunaugh, former secretary to Mayor Bookwalter, 
of Indianapolis, Ind., and more recently superintendent of 
street repair work for the Western Construction Company, 
was convicted June 4 of defrauding the city and sen¬ 
tenced to the penitentiary for a term of from two to 14 
years. Brunaugh presented and collected bills from the 
city for patching asphalt streets, some of the patches 
being wider than the streets on which the work was done. 
The frauds on the city aggregate about $15,000. . 
Declaring that the original allowance of $75,000 for each 
of the three receivers of the Knickerbocker Trust Com¬ 
pany, and the same sum for their counsel, amounted to 
a spoliation of assets, and that to allow it to stand 
would impair confidence in tne administration of justice, 
the Appellate Division of the Supreme Court in Brook¬ 
lyn, N. Y., cut those fees down to $20,000 for each man. 
Justice Gaynor, who wrote the decision, said: “The 
amount allowed was so grossly excessive as to amount 
to a spoliation of the assets of the trust company, and 
the order must be revised or modified for that reason. 
To allow it to stand would implant a general distrust in 
the administration of justice.” . . . Eight pei-sons 
were killed and from 15 to 20 injured in a head-on col¬ 
lision between two cars on the Washington, Baltimore 
&. Annapolis Electric Railway Company June 5 at Camp 
Parole, about two miles from Baltimore. The respon¬ 
sibility for the accident has not been definitely deter¬ 
mined, but there was, it was stated, a confusion in the 
orders as to where the cars should pass. 
FARM AND GARDEN.—The agricultural experiment 
station of the University of Wisconsin has entered into an' 
agreement with the Bureau of Entomology of the United 
States Department of Agriculture to carry on co-operative 
work at the State cranberry station at Cranmoor, Wis., 
in the study of problems relating to cranberry culture. 
Insect and fungus diseases affecting the crop will demand 
special attention this season under the special direction 
of C. B. Ilardenberg, a graduate of the University of 
Wisconsin, the class of 1905, who is now special field 
agent for the United States Department of Agriculture. 
The results of the work of last year are now in press, 
and will be issued shortly in a bulletin entitled “The 
Cranberry Insects of Wisconsin.” 
State Agricultural Commissioner Pearson served notice 
June (i on managers of county fairs that if any gambling 
is permitted at the fairs State funds will be withheld. 
The Commissioner says technical violations have taken 
place heretofore, hut in the future the law governing 
gambling and exhibitions will be strictly enforced and no 
evasions will be permitted. 
A meeting of the New York State Berkshire Breeders’ 
Association is called to meet at the Vanderbilt Hotel, 
Syracuse, N. Y., June 17, 1908, at seven o’clock p. m. 
At that time officers will be elected for the ensuing year, 
an executive committee will be selected and such other 
business transacted as will tend to promote the interest 
of the breed in this State. Calvin J. Iluson, president; 
Harry B. Harpending, secretary. 
OUTLOOK FOR THE HAY CROP. 
We have a very large amount of old 
crop prospects were never any better, 
here. 
Albion, Mich. 
hay back, and the 
No Alfalfa raised 
F. E. NOLIN. 
Tin' present outlook in this section is very flattering 
for a large crop of hay. There is probably at least 
are low, but yet sellers understanding the position as 
well, realize that present prices will prove to be high the 
remainder of the season, consequently they are making 
sales at best possible prices. Alfalfa clover is handled 
on our market, and the feeders are beginning to realize 
its true value, but have no desire to pay a premium over 
the price of all other clover, but yet everything being 
equal they show their preference for Alfalfa. 
Baltimore, Md. clarence a. euler & co. 
We consider there is one-third of the hay that goes to 
city markets still left in sections contributory to New 
York and New England, or enough to supply the city 
markets till, say December, without touching the growing 
crop. The growing crop seems sure to be a heavy one, 
a much larger percentage than usual of it being clover. 
The demand for hay has been unusually light, with pros¬ 
pects of a continuance. Quebec still has large quantities 
of old hay and prospects of a bumper crop, and this hav 
will now supply a largo amount of the export demand, 
that has been using United States bay. We look for 
prices in New York to soon be between $12 and $U5 for 
No. 3 and No. 1. Alfalfa, if nice quality, we have l*een 
able to dispose of at about the same price as prime Tim¬ 
othy, but as supplies of it have been*'limited, the outlet, 
has been to a few customers who would have it regard¬ 
less of price. At such times when we were able to get 
it in quantities, we have sold it to cow owners, and they 
seemed to prefer it to the best clover, and paid us 
about $2 a ton premium for it. We think it would sell 
in good quantities at about $1 to $2 a ton over clover. 
Townley, N. J. the American hay co. 
The present outlook for the hay crop in the Middle West 
is certainly very promising. It has been exceptionally 
grass-growing weather up to the present time, with ius'f 
a trifle too much moisture in lowland, but upon the whole 
promising indeed ; more than an average yield in tons per 
acre. We are told the acreage will he larger than Iasi 
year. Clover mixed and clover promise to be very abund¬ 
ant. It seems to have come up spontaneously, not onl.t 
The ONLY Agricultural NEWSpaper, 
LUTHER TUCKER & SON, Publishers, ALBANY, N. Y. 
Mr. Ei, L. Snail- 
Dear Sir : 
We have given the whole story of the Dawley ‘business, accu¬ 
rately^ AS NO OTHER PERIODICAL HAS DONE ; hut referring to what you say 
about the size of the type, we would ask you whether it is possible that 
you do not know that it is for the interest of all breeders of improved 
live stock ( AND THAT MEANS THE GENERAL INTEREST OP ALL AGRICULTURISTS 
OP ANY SORT ) to say just as little do out this case as may be, beyond gi¬ 
ving the facts ? Dont you know that stupid farmers who believe there is 
nothing in blood, use every such disclosure to argue that pedigreed cat¬ 
tle are all nonsense anyhow ; that you cannot trust any pedigree ; and 
all that sort of rot ? If you really do not know that it is for the 
common interest of our agriculture to make such disclosures just as little 
prominent as possible, it is most astonishing ; we should think anybody 
would see that, without the need of any explanation* We have, 0? COURSE, 
made a regular study to state the facts in this case just as briefly as 
possible* We leave it to suoh papers as the Rural New Yorker, which havo 
no circulation among farmers intelligent enough to distinguish between 
a Jersey and a scrub cow for butter making, to parade the facts in this 
case and do as much harm as possible to the whole cause of improvement 
of our live stock* You will never see the Country Gentleman doing dirty 
work of that contemptible kind* 
As to the Bacteria Soil, we are entirely sure that you can 
buy it of . the advertiser with entire safety* The advt would not have been 
inserted otherwise* There agai n is where our policy la absolutely the 
reverse of that of the Rural New Yorker* Mr* Collingwood, the editor of 
that paper, professes to know that the Buffalo Fertilizers are of poor 
quality ; but he saidnot a word about it until he had exhaused every 
possible means in his power to persuade the Buffalo Company to advertise 
in hiB paper* ; If they had given him a ten- dollar advt- he would never 
have said one vrord agdnst them* The Country Gentleman is conducted ott 
lines aeu&ifferent from this as day is different from night* 
Very truly Yours- 
LUTHER TUCKER' & SON# 
/ / K.G* 
5/26/0e 
25 per cent of the old hay still in the farmers’ hands, 
and we look for much lower prices. We believe, consid¬ 
ering the present conditions of things, that there is a year 
of very low prices for hay ahead. deax & co. 
Bath, N. Y. 
New England as a whole has a very flattering outlook 
for a large crop of bay. The State of Maine has not 
had as much rain as rest of the country, but the 
report from there with the exception of a few localities is 
good, and weather now very favorable to all growing 
crops, especially grass. The greater part of Vermont 
is cleaned up of their old bay, but New Hampshire and 
Maine must have one-third of their old crop yet to 
market. There is a good demand for Alfalfa, but we 
get very little that is of sufficiently good color to get top 
prices; when it was nice it brought prices equal to 
No. 1 hay. ‘ anderson & co. 
Boston. 
The outlook for the new hay crop is very promising, 
and bids fair to be much above the average. It is esti¬ 
mated that there Is about 30 to 35 per cent of the crop 
of 1907 still in the country, held principally in the 
farmers’ bands. No doubt the tendency of the market 
will be downward for the remainder of this crop, and 
we will see much lower prices for the crop of 1908. 
In regard to Alfalfa, there is very little of it coming into 
this market and the trade in general is not familiar with 
it. I have bandied a few cars in the past year, and 
wherever I have induced people to take hold of it, it 
has given better satisfaction than Red clover. 
New York. f. d. hewitt. 
The prospects of another large crop of hay are good ; 
there is still a good bit of the old crop in farmers’ hands 
to be marketed, and they are very anxious sellers. At 
present, market being well stocked, buyers are very 
scarce, and the consequence is, that their views and prices 
where clover seed was sown, but also in fields where it has 
been known that no seed has been sown for many years. 
We may all expect a larger proportion of clover mixed 
than usual. Let us hope that the quality may also be 
good. We should not be misled, however, by the present 
promising condition of the hay crop, as there is ample 
time to lose it. The writer has seen a number of times 
when it would be very promising 15 or 20 days later than 
now, and then have a very short crop. We still need 
some favorable conditions to make a good crop in ton¬ 
nage and in quality. Alfalfa is growing in favor. The 
amount bandied in this market, however, lias not reached 
large proportions; less last year than the year before on 
account of the short crop and bad condition in which it 
was saved. There was not sufficient sunshine at any 
time to cure it. We practically handle no Alfalfa in this 
market. It seems to be a very meritorious feed indeed, 
but good old-fashioned Red clover has lost none of its 
value as a feed. We are told that there is more old 
hay than usual in the country at this time of the year 
in most sections; in fact that there is a great deal more 
than usual. We look for the old crop to go out at low 
prices, and probably not far from the prices ruling at 
present, which are $12.50 to $13 for No. 1 Timothy. 
Cincinnati, O. whitcomb & root. 
It has been wet for the last fortnight. Blossoms have 
been out about a week, but only seven or eight hours of 
sunshine. Trees have a great show of blossoms. Wago¬ 
ner is much used for a filler. Stark is a good grower 
and very hardy. Spy, King, Ribston and Blenheim are 
favorites: Wellington winters well, but it is earlv to sav 
whether it will pay to grow. Feed oats are GO cents, 
buckwheat, 75 cents; bran, per 100 pounds. $1.20- 
cornmeal, $1.80: Timothy hay, $12 per ton; potatoes’, 
35 cents per bushel; cotton-seed meal, $1.90; nutter 
25 cents; eggs, 14 cents. j. n. 
Berwick, Nova Scotia. 
