1911 . 
THE RURAIi NEW-YORKER 
161 
CONTENTS 
The Rukal New.-Yorki;b, February 4, 1911. 
FARM TOFICS. 
A Farmer on Present Conditions. 122 
Drilling Wheat Both Ways. 122 
Agricultural Education. 122 
Some Enemies of Alfalfa. 123 
A Nebraska Corn Grower Talks. 123 
Irrigation by Pumping. 123 
Horseradish and Dandelions. 124 
A “Back to the Land” Man. 125 
Onions on Swamp Land. 126 
Maine Potato Boom on Decline. 126 
Back to the Land. 128 
Income From an “Ordinary Farm”.... 129 
Killing Out “Dog Grass”. 129 
Crop Notes . 130 
Lime Exposed to Weather. 133 
Potato Questions . 133 
Hope Farm Notes . 134 
Value of First Generation Corn Hybrids 135 
New York Agricultural Society. 137 
LIVE STOCK AND DAIRY. 
Points For That Hen Woman. 125 
Those Nine-Dollar Jersey Hens. 127 
When Should Pullets Lay?. 133 
Trespassing Pigeons . 133 
Cows With or Without Freedom. 140 
Heifer With Cough. 140 
Unnerving . 140 
Cow Barn Ventilation. 141 
Eczema in Pigs. 141 
Garget . 141 
Heaves; Worms .. 141 
Rations With Ilome-grown Grain. 142 
Balancing a Ration. 142 
Stale Bread for Cows. 142 
Value of Hand Separators. 142 
Milk Produced at a Loss. 143 
Lice on Calves.... 143 
Cow With Cough. 143 
Periodic Ophthalmia . 143 
Need of the Summer Silo. 144 
Soiling Crops in Oregon. 144 
Rape for Milch Cows. 144 
Balancing Home-grown Food.! . ! 146 
A Concrete Stable Floor. 146 
The Ilenyard . 148 
Hens Eating Eggs . 148 
Business liens and the Census. 148 
Mud and Hens’ Toes. 148 
Rearing Deer by Hand. 148 
Handling Indian Runner Ducks. 149 
HORTICULTURE. 
Working Over Old Apple Trees. 121 
Orchard Heating . 124 
Greenhouse Attached to House. ....... 124 
Orchard Taxation . 124 
Sawdust as Mulch . 125 
Orchard Heaters in Maryland. 130 
Resodding an Orchard. 131 
The Caro of Sour Cherries. 132 
Pecan Tree in New York. 132 
When to Plant Nuts. 132 
Best Sweet Cherries—Pears. 135 
From Day to Day. 138 
Cleaning Flues with Zinc. 138 
The Rural Patterns. 139 
Canning Beef .’ 139 
Dyeing Carpet . . .... 139 
MISCE LLA NEOUS. 
Parcels Post Opponents.121 122 
Success With an Pressure Water 
System . 126 
Profits in Canning.126 
Graft in Condemned Produce.... 131 
Editorials . 136 
More Express Robbery . 137 
Publisher’s Desk . . . ... 150 
A FARM POULTRY AND EGG SHOW. 
A farm poultry and egg show given by 
country boys, in a neighborhood 10 miles 
from a railroad and how it happened, should 
be the proper title for this article. To 
my mind the greatest problem on our farms 
to-day is to interest our country boys in 
farm life and keep them with us. To do 
this successfully, they must have something 
of their own to love and care for and make 
money from; also something that other 
boys have a common interest in, with a 
chance to get together and talk things 
over. Still better, is a chance to learn 
to work together for some object of rural 
improvement. With this idea vaguely in 
mind, 1 helped organize a Boys' Pigeon 
Club, when the pigeon craze struck the 
farm boys in their neigliborhod about a vear 
ago. Although five or six years older than 
most of the boys, the common tie of an 
interest in pigeons and the fact that I 
had sold some of my surplus stock to sev¬ 
eral of them soon made us friends. Then the 
notion of a club struck them, and they 
organized one evening last February, as 
they expressed it, “to encourage the keeping 
of pigeons.” They elected one of their 
number president and myself, as secretary. 
Other officers and an executive committee 
were added as occasion called for. They 
decided to meet at their homes everv other 
Friday evening, to admit only pigeon keep¬ 
ers, and to restrict the membership for 
tin* time being to 14. Strangely enough, 
after the first wave of enthusiasm, attend¬ 
ance and interest continued unabated, it 
being seldom that more than one or two 
members were absent. Minutes are read, 
short papers are written and delivered 
b.v the boys themselves, pigeon magazines 
subscribed to and studied, and practical 
questions are asked and freely discussed. 
They also transact some business, buying 
some of their supplies together and operat¬ 
ing a corn grinder under joint ownership. 
They finally adjourn for a social half hour 
and a “feed” of homemade cookies and 
fudge, reaching home in good season. The 
boys now look forward to Pigeon Club night. 
As one of their folks said, “Why George 
never began to live until he joined the 
club!” Of course it has not been all plain 
sailing, nor is it yet, for the personal equa¬ 
tion is strong at 14 to 16, and we have an 
amazing diversity of character in our small 
numbers. The Sandy Spring Pigeon Club, 
at first commonly regarded as a joke and 
nicknamed “The Squabs,” began to receive 
attention if not respect. When the club ex¬ 
hibit cleaned up the pigeon prizes at the 
country fair, nothing could hold them ; they 
must have a show of their own. With no 
funds to go on except unlimited enthusiasm 
and with no certain evidence of the boys’ 
working capacity, the secretary was no so 
enthusiastic. At length, he agreed to lay 
the matter before the Grange and other 
neighborhood organizations, proposing a util¬ 
ity show for farm poultry, giving especial 
attention to eggs and dressed fowls. To 
his surprise, the plan was endorsed by 
nearly all the organizations and three of¬ 
fered prize money aggregating .$12. Kind 
words and prize money, however, do not 
pay for a show, so he put up a proposition 
to the boys. If they would get up an en¬ 
tertainment by themselves and prove they 
could work, he would stand for the show. 
They went to work and delivered the goods, 
although a week late, clearing over $23. The 
affair took with the people because it was 
so thoroughly “boy” all the way through, a 
short play, songs, and a minstrel by the 
boys, mixed with music by local talent and a 
paper on pigeons made up the programme. 
This left three weeks in which to get up 
a show, meaning that circulars and posters 
must be printed and distributed, advertise¬ 
ments solicited, material bought and coops 
built, chicken raisers visited and induced 
to exhibit and attend, and all this without 
interfering with school duties and without 
previous experience of any sort to help out. 
One bunch built coops, getting together 
for three or four days when they could be 
spared from home. The coops were made 
2x2x2 feet for poultry. 2xlxl foot for 
pigeons, with bottoms of 12-inch boards, 
frames of 1x3 inch stuff covered with un¬ 
bleached muslin, 27 inches wide, and fronts 
of upright pieces of No. 8 wire (No. 6 would 
be better), tacked on with staples. An¬ 
other lot turned out with horses one sharp 
morning and plastered the countryside for 
10 miles around with posters and let every 
farmer know that the great and only show 
was on its way. One attraction was a free 
lecture on “Farm Poultry,” by an expert 
from the State Experiment Station, who 
also acted as poultry judge and gave his 
services free of charge; $5 each was of¬ 
fered for the best dozen eggs and the best 
dressed fowl, and all the entry fees were to 
be returned as prize money, which were 25 
cents for a live chicken,‘ 10 cents for a 
pigeon; eggs and dressed fowl free, pro¬ 
vided exhibitors contributed them to help 
defray expenses. Another time we would 
charge a 25-cent entry fee for the latter, 
believing more would be exhibited. And all 
this could be had for an admission charge 
of 25 cents: “come one, come all!” 
During vacation week, every club mem¬ 
ber took hold wherever and whenever he 
could, with little confusion and much prog¬ 
ress, so that on the evening of December 
28, they were ready for businef in the 
old but well lighted sclioolhouse, with 123 
new, neatly built coops, a clean sawdust- 
covered floor and a great bundle of ex¬ 
pectations. On the 29th, the first annual 
poultry, pigeon and egg show of the Bandy 
Springs Pigeon Club opened. The work 
was again divided up among the boys, 
some feeding and watering, some cooping the 
birds, some making out entry and premium 
cards, keeping the door, etc. The judge 
did his part well and drew a large crowd 
to his lecture in the Lyceum Hall, a few 
rods away from the show room. His 
audience to a man, or rather to a woman, 
I should say (for we would have been lost 
without the encouragement of the neighbor¬ 
hood women) flocked over after the lecture 
and cheerfully invested each his quarter in 
what we had to show them. Live fowl en¬ 
tries numbered 78, being mainly Rhode 
Island Reds, Barred Plymouth Rocks, and 
White Leghorns, although many other va¬ 
rieties were represented by fine specimens 
of purebred poultry. Sixty-three pigeons, 
entirely of squab breeding varieties, formed 
an attractive display, particularly eight im¬ 
mense birds, weighing between two and 
three pounds each, the only exhibit from 
outside the neighborhood, and secured as 
a display in exchange for the advertise¬ 
ment given to the owner, a resident of our 
county. 
Luckily for 11 s the first day and evening 
were mild, drawing a good crowd, but -the 
second was cold and disagreeable. That 
and the numerous distractions of the Christ¬ 
mas season caused the attendance to fall 
much below our expectations. Friday night 
found us, however, with everything paid 
for and with a small balance assured, which 
included the possession of 84 chicken and 
39 pigeon coops, raw material costing 39 
cents and 21 cents each respectively. Final 
returns, owing to a slump in the' price of 
eggs and dressed fowls, show a balance of 
23 cents, plus $2.50 prize monev donated by 
a generous exhibitor. But the Pigeon Club 
does not care: they are rich anyhow, for 
they did it and did it right! “You know we 
did !” 
FINANCIAL STATEMENT. 
DEBIT. 
Material for Coops: 
Lumber, 416 bd. ft.. 12x1 inch, 2 1 / 4c.$10.40 
Lumber. 432 bd. ft., 3xlin., 2%c. . 10.80 
Wire, 100 lbs., (2,500 ft.), No. 8 
wire ,414 c. 8.08 
Muslin, 170 yds., 27 in. wide, 5c.. 8.50 
Staples, 9 lbs., 6 c.55 
Tacks, 9 boxes, 3c & 5c box. 1.34 
Nails, 35 lbs., 6 s. and 8 s., 3c. 1.05 
Drinking cups, 12 doz., 21c doz. 2.52 
Traveling expenses of judge and lec¬ 
turer .25 
Printing : 
500 4-page circulars. 13.50 
500 entry blanks. 2.75 
50 posters . 3.00 
200 envelopes . 1.25 
Miscellaneous: 
750 blank cards (filled out by 
hand) . 75 
150 leg bands. 1.00 
60 wooden plates.25 
200 paper napkins. 20 
132 premium cards, etc. 1.96 
Rent of Lyceum and Schoolhouse.... 5.00 
Prizes, Specials. 12.50 
Eggs . 6.00 
Live poultry and pigeons. 14.50 
$106.15 
CREDIT. 
Proceeds from Entertainment.$21.35 
Private donations from friends. 2.50 
Special prizes offered. 12.50 
Proceeds from ads in circular. 7.00 
Entry fees. 19.75 
Gate receipts.. 30.00 
Two dozen eggs, 40c.80 
Sixteen dozen eggs, 38c. 6.08 
Two dressed fowl, 90c. 1.80 
Seven dressed fowls, 60c. 4.20 
One live duck, 40c. 40 
Total income.$106.38 
Expenses.$106.15 
Balance . .23 
Donation of prize money. 2.50 
123 coops, valued at. 60.00 
$62.73 
Maryland. reoben brigham. 
^Galloway 
MANURE SPREADER 
The real thing. A successful 50 bushel Spreader with 
more than four years of success behind it, only $39.50 j 
T his is only one of the great Galloway line.’ Afore 
than 40,000 farmers of America have stamped their 
O. K. onit. They say, “It’s the Best.” This is the latest 
from the Great Galloway factory. It’s part of my 1911 
capacity of 40.000 manure spreaders. It is you that gets 
the benefit of this tremendous output, and you save 40 to GO 
per cent on your purchase because I divide the melon with 
you. Every page of my big free book fairly bristles with Proof 
0nly $ 39- 
~ F.O.B.WATERLOO! 
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this big book 
Let me quote you prices on a Galloway Spreadef 
to suit the size of your farm. I’ve got the one for you. I’ll 
trust you to try it. I’ll put it all up to you, and if you say it’s not what you 
want. I’ll take it back and you don’t lose one dollar by the deal. Se© it 
work, then vou know what it is. Here’s what you will find out: 
It’s the simplest and handiest—two horses can handle 
it—spreads any kind of stuff—no breakage hills—long 
life —satisfaction all the way—it’s a money-maker 
every day — it pays you blti profit on every crop 
you use it. Now prove this out. Find out that you can 
make this saving. I know something about the spreader bus¬ 
iness you ought to know; let me tell you. Write me and 
don’t put it off till tomorrow. —WM. GALLOWAY 
WM. GALLOWAY CO., 669 Galloway Sta„ Waterloo, Iowa 
Let Me Tell You How I Divide the Melon with You 
Guernsey Bulls 
Two-year-old and yearling registered and tested 
Bulls for Sale, out of advanced registered parents. 
Now is the time to get a good herd header reason¬ 
able. HILLHURST FARM, Orchard Park, N.Y, 
■ REGISTERED, 
Jersey Cow mm 
rnlljn Dime— GOLDEN SABLE, grandsons of 
UulllU I U[IO Ch. Squire of Tytton, $7.00 each. 
Clovernook Stock Farm, Chamhersburg, Pa. 
Woodland Dorsets 
Woodland Dorsets have been sold into practically 
every State In the Union, and are giving satisfac¬ 
tion. I can spare fifty head of splendid ewes, all 
of them bred to a very fine ram. 
CHAS. B. WING, Mechanlcsburg, Ohio. 
Farmers and Poultrymen. 
You must not blame ns if occasionally onr end 
bubbles over when speaking of our custom hatch¬ 
ing department as carried by our experts in our 
mammoth hot water incubator. Results are show¬ 
ing people all over the country that we know our 
business by saving them time, worry and money, 
and giving them stronger chicks than the old hen 
or kerosene oil fume incubators ever did. Yon 
send us the eggs—we’ll do the rest—do it right and 
send yon tho chicks. Write for information and 
prices, anyway. 
MAPLE GLEN POULTRY FARM. Miilerton, N.Y. 
White Holland Turkeys ™&iiS 
and Duston’s White Wyandotte Chickens. Walnut 
Hill Stock Farm, N. Bacon, Mgr., Taleott, W. Va. 
Onfl Buff and Barred P. Rock and CHR CHIC 
OUU white and Partridge Wyandottes * wALfc 
Inspection solicited. Price reasonable. Satisfac¬ 
tion guaranteed. Dr. S. O. Moyer, Lansdale, Pa. 
SroffiS S.C. White Leghorn RM 
GEO. H. CHASE, 35 Broadway, Newport, R. I. 
WILD AND BRONZE TURKEY EGGS— Chicken Eggs. Hand- 
**- — - ■ some Catalog 2 ct. 
stamp, showing pure wild gobbler from the moun¬ 
tain. VALLEY VIEW POULTRY FARM, Belleville, Pa. 
Rhode Island Reds~§; Comb, Tompkin’s 
cock, $10. CLOVERNOOK STOCK FARM, Chambersburg. Pa. 
S.C. RHODE ISLAND REDS 
At The Horseshoe Road Poultry Farm p&es.^Address 
WM. R. BURKHOLDER, Box 152, R. 5, Lancaster. Pa. 
R C. B. MINORCAS, Cockerels, $1.25each. Indian Run¬ 
ner Ducks, $0 trio. Geo. Bowdish, Esperanco, N.Y. 
S, C. W. Leghorn Eggs 
perlu, $8 per 100 . PatapscoFarm,R.D.2,Reisterstown,Md. 
Lt. Brahmas, White P. Rocks, B, P. Rocks. 
Fine Birds. J. A. ROBERTS, Malvern, Pa. 
SKUNKS WANTED-^ SUS 
alive. Will pay good price for some. Address 
JOS. ENDERLIN, Ju., &CO., ft. Front 8t„ L. I. City. 
Gentleman’s Truck Farm, Stock and Tools 
FOR SALE. Fifty acres, excellent nine-room 
house, three porches; basement barn, 30 by 40; to¬ 
bacco barn, 28 by 64; two hen houses; plenty of 
fruit; two large horses, 100 hens, tobacco plant 
setter, two seated carriages, other wagons, twenty 
tons of hay, quantity of straw. One-fourth mile 
from village, trolley line and main line railroad 
station. Price $6,000 — $1,850 cash, balance time. 
HALL S FARM AGENCY’, Owego, Tioga Co., N.Y. 
PO'D CAT C— Good Farm of 80 acres, with 
vJALL good buildings. Also good 
water and fruit. School and church very near, 
u. F. D. Sherman Seakles, Groton, No. 12, N. Y. 
FARM WANTED— Want to buy good farm suited to 
1 apple culture. Will rent or work on salary an 
equipped dairy farm. “C., ’’care Rural New-Yorker. 
A BEAUTIFUL FARM FOR SALE in the finest fruit 
H growing and trucking section in the world; 
fertile soil and fine climate: also a beautiful water 
trout larm with timber. For full particulars ad¬ 
dress SAMUEL P. WOODCOCK, Salisbury, 
Wicomico County, Maryland. 
WANTFn~ Pon,try fann of tl,ree to 46,1 acres, 
IF nil ILL! consisting of small house and barn, 
with poultry houses, within short distance of N. Y. 
C. S. VAN SLYKE, 47 School St., Carthage, N. Y. 
CfWUl lciTITW 4or sa l e at low prices in nearly all 
UUUU tdlllio parts of New York State. Cata¬ 
logue free to parties intending to buy. 
NORTHERN REALTY CO., Syracuse, N. Y. 
BEFORE BUYING, send for our descriptive catalogue 
U of Delaware and Maryland Farms, free. FORD 
& REIS, Inc., Dept. H, Wilmington, Delaware. 
Farm Superintendent 
WANTED who is a 
good dairyman and 
knows bow "to handle help. To take charge March 
1st. Address, stating experience aixl salary ex¬ 
pected, .MONTEFIORE HOME. Bedford Hills, - N.Y. 
AJJS0RB1NE 
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Cures Strained Puffy Ankles,Lymphangitis, 
Poll Evil, Fistula, Sores, Wire Cuts, Bruis¬ 
es and Swellings, Lameness, and Allays 
Pain Quickly without Blistering, removing 
the hair, or laying the horse up. Pleasant 
to use. $2.00 per bottle at dealers or de¬ 
livered. Horse Book 5 D free. 
ABSORBINE, JR., (mankind,$1.00 bot¬ 
tle.) For Strai ns, Gont, Varicose Veins, Var-. 
icocele.Hydrocele, Prostatitis, kills pain. 
YOUNG, P. D, F., 88 Temple St., Springfield, Mass. 
Water Witch Wanted 
WANTFn- A SCIENTIFIC FARMER—Young 
II nil I LU married man preferred. Can take 
full charge of farm in Southland. Must provide 
own expenses. “G.,” care Rural New-Yorker. 
S 
ITUATION WANTED —Young man experienced in but¬ 
ter making, handling stock and farm work. 
“E.,” care Rural New-Yorker. 
Single Man Wanted 
milker and careful feeder. German or Pennsyl¬ 
vania German preferred. Give particulars, with 
age and experience, in first letter. Location New 
Jersey. “SINGLE,” care Rural New-Yorker. 
W ANTED —A high-grade experienced man to take 
charge of Rhode Island farm and make a pay¬ 
ing proposition of same. Alan must have a thor¬ 
ough knowledge of all branches of scientific, and 
practical farming, breeding of cattle, and dairying. 
Must know how to handle help and assume full 
responsibility for making a show place of this farm. 
Address reply to “Box R. I.,” Rural New-Yorker, 
giving full details of training, education, experience, 
character, and what references you can supply. 
Hothouse Lambs. 
Calves, Poultry, Fancy Eggs, Hothouse Products, 
Fruits, Vegetables. Top prices secured for choice 
goods. Correspondence solicited. 
Archdeacon & Co., 100 Murray St., N.Y. 
pi.I'JASK semi a trial shipnientto the Oldest Coin- 
*■ mission House in New York. lCst. 1838. Butter, 
Eggs. Poultry. Pork, Halves. Hay. Grain, Beans, 
Apples, etc. E. IS. WOODWARD, SOU «r*emrleli St., .N. Y 
Hothouse Lambs, Poultry, Calves, Fancy Eggs 
Ship to W. H. COHEN & CO., 229 Washington St., New York. 
Eggs, Poultry, Meats, Produce. 
Shipments solicited. JELLIFFE, WRIGHT 8 CO., Com¬ 
mission Merchants, 284 Washington St.,New York. 
GKO. P. HAMMOND. EST. 1875. FRANK W. GODWIN 
GEO. P. HAMMOND & CO., 
Commission Merchants and Dealers in all ldmlsof 
COUNTRY PRODUCK, Apples, Peaches, Ber 
ries Butter, Eggs, Cheese, Poultry. Mushrooms 
aud Hot-house Products a Specialty. Consignments 
solicited. 34 & 36 Little l»tli St.. New York- 
Boston Produce Go. 
Commission Merchants, 
Fruits and Produce. Consignments Solicited 
93-95 South Market St., - Boston. 
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TRAPPERS AND HUNTERS. 
Furs are high. A fact which you are all probably ac¬ 
quainted with. But the question is, Arc you getting 
highest market value for yours? Remember we do not. 
charge any commission; pay all express charges; will 
hold your goods separate for approval of our valuation, 
when requested, and if not satisfactory' will return and 
pay all charges. Don’t you think we are entitled to a 
trial shipment on the strength of the foregoing ; For 
further information write for our free price list and 
Trappers’ Guide. Make us a trial shipment today. 
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SHIP YOUR 
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