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THE RURAL NEW-YORKER 
September 5. 
FARMERS’ CLUB 
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KEEP THEM AT HOME! 
The following members of the New York 
Senate voted against Governor Hughes in 
his efforts to remove the Superinlendent 
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. A ELDS.Norwich, N. Y. 
S. PERCY HOOKER.LeKoy, N. Y. 
JOHN RAINES .Canandaigua, N. Y. 
SANFORD W. SMITH_Chatham, N. Y. 
HORACE WHITE .Syracuse, N. Y. 
BENJ. M. WILCOX.Auburn, N. Y. 
JOSEPH ACKKOYD .Utica, N. Y. 
IRA NIC M. BOYCE.. East Sehodack, N. Y. 
FRANCIS H. GATES. .Chittenango, N. Y. 
WM. W. WEMI’LE_Schenectady, N. Y. 
WM. T. O’NEIL_St. Regis Falls, N. Y. 
OWEN CASSIDY .Watkins, N. Y. 
Fumigating Beans. 
M. O., Pennsylvania. —IIow can I destroy 
weevils in beans? 
Ans. —Put the beans into a tight box 
or barrel; pour a little bisulphide of 
carbon into a saucer; set this on top 
of the beans, cover the barrel with a 
heavy blanket and let it stand for sev¬ 
eral hours. The vapor being heavier 
than air sinks into every crevice, kill¬ 
ing the weevils. As the vapor is inflam¬ 
mable do not bring a lamp or lantern 
near it. The job is best done in day¬ 
time. 
Destroying Sorrel. 
I. M. N., Oxford, A r . Y —What can be 
done to get rid of sorrel? Does it indicate 
that the soil is sour, and needs lime? If 
lime is needed, how best apply it? 
Ans. —A growth of sorrel is usually 
accepted as evidence of a sour soil. The 
remedy is cultivation and lime. The 
best way to use lime is to spread it on 
the furrows after plowing and harrow 
it into the soil. Fall is considered the 
best time, and a seeding to grass or 
grain the best crop. At least one ton 
per acre of slaked lime should be used. 
Keeping Green Bone. 
K. J., Newport , R. I .—What method is 
used to keep ground green bone with meat 
attached from decay, so it can be kept and 
used as fertilizer? 
Ans. —You can use land plaster freely 
on the cut bone. Make a thin layer of 
the bone and dust the land plaster over 
it. This will dry the bone and meat and 
preserve most of it. If you could get 
powdered charcoal and use enough of it 
on the bone you could hold it in good 
condition. Kainit scattered over the 
cut bone would prevent fermentation 
and add potash, but would not be so 
convenient to handle as the plaster. 
Prof. E. B. Voorhees, of New Jersey, 
says that formaldehyde can be used to 
keep the meat and bone. A two per 
cent solution—that is, one part of for¬ 
maldehyde to 49 parts of water—used 
so that it will moisten the material will 
give good results. This is worth try¬ 
ing, both where the meat is to be kept 
as a fertilizer or for chicken feed. 
PRODUCTS, PRICES AND TRADE. 
Slack July Trade. —Our exports for 
July lacked $15,350,009 and imports $38,- 
217,203 of the volume of business for the 
same month a year ago. The greatest de¬ 
cline both ways is in manufactured goods, 
trade in food stuffs being little affected. 
Plenty of Salt. —During 1907 the 
United States produced 8,117.150.840 pounds 
of salt, exporting about 02,000,000 pounds, 
most of this going to Canada, Cuba aud 
Central America. During the same period 
we imported 297,598,280 pounds from the 
West Indies, England and other countries 
of Europe. 
Plenty of Thieves. —New Jersey truck 
and fruit farmers within 30 miles of New 
York and Philadelphia are having an un¬ 
usual amount of trouble with thieves. 
Peaches, melons, sweet corn, tomatoes and 
potatoes are harvested by these outsiders 
at night, aud sometimes in broad daylight. 
In some cases it is necessary to have 
watchers night and day to save a crop. 
One man after giving a thief a thorough 
lashing with a horsewhip had him sent 
to jail. It is probable that the horse¬ 
whipping will have a much more deterrent 
effect than the jail sentence. The most 
serious feature of all this is the growing 
lack of respect for the property rights of 
others and for law in general. 
Fruits. —Hand-picked apples that will 
grade above medium are having a better 
sale. Peach receipts are heavy, and sales 
show a very wide range of prices. The 
best on hand at present are a few from 
I’ine Island, N. V., retailing at $3 and up 
per crate. This is at least $1 more than 
top wholesale prices. Basket stock is 
bringing from 35 cents to $1.25. Bartlett 
pears are running small on account of 
the drought, with few good enough to bring 
over $2 per barrel wholesale. The supply 
of huckleberries holds out well, those from 
Nqva Scotia bringing about twice as much 
as Jersey stock. Nearby muskmelons are 
mostly poor and scarcely worth charges. 
Some from New Mexico have brought as 
high as $5 per bushel. 
The words “wholesale” and “retail” as 
applied fo fruit transactions in this market 
are indefinite and somewhat, misleading. 
The dealers themselves pay no attention to 
whether a sale is wholesale or retail. 
Strictly speaking il is probable that in the 
produce trade “wholesale” should apply 
onlv to the man who sells at first hand, but 
as a rule there are two or three jobbers 
between him and the consumer, and some 
of these jobbers must be wholesalers. 
Clean Milk. — It is reported that the 
Chicago Board of nealtli has put a ban 
on milk dipped from cans and is going to 
Insist that small stores that have been 
selling bulk milk shall sell only bottled milk. 
All who have watched the sale of milk in 
small stores and bakeries know that con¬ 
ditions are so revolting that the milk buy¬ 
ers will cat their “peck of dirt” many 
times over during an average lifetime. 
Hut bottling milk does not necessarily 
make it clean. I have seen milkmen 
bottling milk from cans in their open 
wagon on the street in New Y'ork, a 
process that certainly will not reduce the 
bacterial contents of the fluid. After milk 
gets into an atmosphere as thoroughly 
laden with germs and filth as that of New 
York on the street level the less it is 
handled the better. Only a few days since 
I saw the driver of a wagon belonging 
to a high class concern that handles only 
bottled milk pouring milk from one bottle 
to another right on the street. Just why 
he was doing this was not learned. I 
might, have asked, but have found out that 
the peace of the community is not fostered 
by inquiring too closely info the affairs of 
others. This milk company has prob¬ 
ably done more than any other in 
the United States toward the produc¬ 
tion of clean milk, yet here was one of 
their uniformed employees undoing it. 
Being busy and not looking for trouble I 
did not report him, though it would have 
been a kindness to the company to do so. 
I want no bottled milk unless It has been 
bottled where produced or at some clean 
central station here, and in thoroughly 
clean bottles. A bottling law to be effec¬ 
tive would have to be on that basis. Other¬ 
wise the milk of the cheap buyer would 
be in dirty or rinsed-out bottles and prob¬ 
ably less wholesome than can milk. 
w. w. H. 
The Benefits 
Derived by 
Using a 
TUBULAR 
are so many, 
buys one, he 
wonders why 
he waited so 
long, to “get 
wise.” 
Don’t you 
wait and then 
regret; but 
investigate, 
now, the su¬ 
periority of 
the Tubular Separator. 
Easy filling—Waist low supply 
tank. 
Easy turning—Light running, 
sell oiling gears. 
Easy cleaning—Simple (3-part) 
bowl. 
Clean skimming—S us pended 
bottom fed bowl. 
Durability—Made to stand wear 
and tear. 
Economy—Less attention—less 
repairs than other separators 
require. 
These are some advantages 
found in the Tubular, only. To 
learn more write for Catalog 153. 
The Sharpies Separator Co., 
West Chester, Penna. 
Toronto, Can. San Francisco, Calif. Chicago, Ill. 
that after a man 
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MILLIONS OF TREES, 
VI. A NTS, VINES. ROSES, ETC. 
. " he oldest, largest and most complete nursery 
in Michigan. Send for catalog. Prices reasonable, 
Agents wanted. 1. E. ILGENFRITZ’ SONS CO.. 
Ihe MONROE NURSERY, Monroe, Michigan. 
LANCASTER COUNTY 
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The splendid soil, careful culture and thorough fertilization for which 
the famous Lancaster Valley is noted produce the very best Seed Wheat. No 
other section is so well adapted to the growing of hardy and vigorous grain. 
Here varieties do not "run out” but become hotter and bettor each year. 
I offer graded seed only, five to twenty per cent of the wheat screoned 
out, leaving nothing but plump and vigorous grains. The Seed Wheat 1 sell 
is grown on my own and neighboring farms, under my personal supervision, 
in the heart of the finest Wheat section of the world. The varieties which I 
offer have proved, under careful tost, to he the most hardy and productive. 
A SPLENDID NEW KIND 
Four Rowed Fultz (Smooth). Though I have grown It very successfully for soveral ycai-s 
I sin this full, for tlio (li st time, prepaicd to offer seed of this Wheat at moderate prices. Four 
Kowed Fultz produces splkelets composed of a row of four grains, close together, forming n 
compact head of fair size, full of wheat, ofteu containing dnuhle the quantity that Is in a head 
of same length of other standard varieties. It is yielding immenso crops—one 20-aere Held last 
year threshed out a little more than 800 bushels. Chaff, while; berry, red; extremely stiff 
straw of medium length; good milling qualities; among the earliest varieties to ripen; stools 
well and Is very hardy, wintering without difficulty In the most rigorous climates. 
A FINE OLD VARIETY 
Laiicniiter Fulcantcr (bearded)—the Old Fulc»«ter Wheat Improved and perfected by 
cultivation in the fertile wheat fields of Lancaster County. U grown more vigoroun, hardy 
and productive, yielding well In bnd wheat yearn as well an good onen. Even on poor land, 
the grains almoBt alwa.vn attain full nlze. The berry is red, very large and plump; an even 
bushels weighing 63 pounds. A good wheat for straw, and fine for those who desire heavy 
yields of both wheat and ntraw. Average yield at the Pennsylvania Experiment Station for 
17 years has been 81.38 bunhcls per acre, heading entire list of 17 kinds tried; Tennesnee record 
41. G6 bushels ^Kentucky, 4l>.2 hiiHheln. 
MY MONEY BACK PRICES 
Quotation Bubject to market fluctuations and previous sale of stock. 2 to 4 bus., II .40 per 
bu.*6 to 9 bun.,$1.86 par bu.; 10 to 19 bus.,$1.SO per bu.; 20 to 49 bus., $1.25 per bu.; to bus. 
or more, $1.20 per liu.; bags 22c. each extra; not more than 2 1-2 bushels can be shipped in a 
bag. liofh varieties may be taken to make a quantity order. Cash must accompany order. 
Send by Money Order, Draft or Registered Letter. Checks accepted from persons having 
mercantile ratings. 
Within four days after arrival of seed at your freight station, examine It care¬ 
fully and if you do not find It clean, sound and graded, return It to me, and 
upon its return, I will promptly refund your money and pay freight both 
ways. I u ill not he responsible for seed nfter it is sown or for crops resulting. 
Order early before stock is exhausted—Get your Heed Wheat while you can 
and he ready for seeding time. 
AMOS H. HOFFMAN, Box 15, Bamford, Lancaster Co., Pa. 
This Advertisement Will not Appear Again. 
If YOU are in want of anything for 
Orchard, Vineyard, Lawn, Park, 
Street, Garden or Greenhouse, 
why not patronize the old, 
reliable, up-to-date, S. & II. 
CO., who have made a spe¬ 
cialty of dealing direct with 
planters over half a century? 
Seeds, Bulbs, Roses, Shrubs, 
Vines, Mail-Size Trees, Etc. 
by mail, postpnid, safe arrival 
and satisfaction guaranteed. 
Largo orders and inrge trees 
by express or freight. Cata¬ 
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Fruit and Ornamental Trees: 
No. 3 to buyers of Holland and 
other Bulbs, Roses, Ferns, 
Fulms and Greenhouse Plants 
in general. Try us. 64 yours. 
44 greenhouses. 1200 acres. 
THE STORRS & HARRISON C0u 
Box 8, Painesville, Ohio. 
Peach, Apple 
6 Pear Buds 
Over one 
thousand 
acres in cul¬ 
tivation. 
VISIT 
Harrison’s Nurseries,Berlin,Maryland 
STRAWBERRY PLANTS KiSS ***" 1 
W. H. PARSIL, Hopewell, New Jersey. 
POT GROWN STRAWBERRY PLANTS 
from selected stock of the host fruiting varieties, 
will produce a full crop the first season. 40 cents 
per dozen, $2.00 per 100. Write for list. 
O. W. 8G1INEH)ER, Little Silver, New Jersey. 
F or Sale. Seed Wheat. No. 8 bald, No. 10 beards; 
choice vur. C. Coolidge, Clifton Springs, N. Y. 
fresh as whole 
! per barrel f. o. b. 
pounds to the barrel) from the 
factory of NEW ENGLAND BISCUIT CO.. 
Worcester, Mass., manufacturers of the famous 
“Touhtcd llutter Craekeri } tt “Little Jlrotkerii Lunch IlLouit,” 
etc. Check or money order must accompany order. Writ® us. 
Monarch 
Hydraulic 
Cider Press 
Great strength and ca¬ 
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gasoline engines, 
steam engines, 
sawmills, thresh- 
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Monarch Machinery Co., 609 Cortlandt Bldg.. New York 
The WAGON to BUY 
*“ Properly con¬ 
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STEEL WHEELS 
Your uddresfl on a postal will bring: you free catalog*. 
The Geneva Metal Wheel Co. 
Box 17 Geneva, Ohio. 
Dure Seed AVheat. Rudy, Invincible, Fullzo- 
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Booklet No. 14 tolling about it and my guarantee. 
WILLIS It. KNOX, Intercourse, l’enn. 
APPLE BARRELS'> ; ’-«teA:r 
m I IL. UnilllLLU R .Medina, N. V. 
WANTED.—Alfalfa Hay, 
NOW and later. Quote delivered. 
R. F. SHANNON, Sewiekley, All’yCo., Penn. 
T HE ENORMOUS YIELD of 50,000 quarts of 
Strawberries now growing by my system on 
one acre. Send for CHART. 
KEVITT'S PLANT FARM. Athenia. N. J. 
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Made of Split Chestnut. 
Hurdles arc Htj ft. long ami 4 fi. high 
when set. They are set by driving 
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Write for Catalogue. 
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187 Water St., N. Y. City 
For strength and 
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-- FROST HEAVY WEIGHT 
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Cleveland, Ohio._ 
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We Are The 
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Fence Fellows 
We make fence that has 
Strength and staying qualities. 
Thousands of good farmers 
are beginning to see things as 
we do. No little wires to rust 
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Empire Fence 
All big—No. 9— 
just like this 
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Freight Paid 
to your town if you live north of the Ohio 
and east of the Mississippi. Paid that far 
for everybody. Write us. We want to send 
you sample Free. 
BOND STEEL POST CO.. Adrian, Mich. 
WANTED 
HAY OF ALL GRADES 
WRITE FOR QUOTATIONS. 
One profit—from producer to consumer. 
F. D. HEWITT, 120 Liberty St„ New York 
Seeds for Fall Planting. 
Catalogue free. XHEJUNTJti’Y" A. 
Choice varieties seed wheat, rye, winter 
vetches and grass seeds; also spring 
flowering bulbs for fall planting. 
DHEER, PHILADELPHIA, PA. 
Dwyer’s Pot Grown Strawberry Plants 
Strong, healthy plants from selected stock of choicest fruiting varieties sure to give 
satisfaction and PRODUCE A FULL CROP IN 1909. 
We also have a full line of Fruits and Ornamental Trees, Plants, Vinos, etc., for 
Fall Planting. We do Landscape Gardening in all its branches. Catalog Free. 
T. J. DWYER & CO., P. O. Box I, Cornwall, Now York. 
