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THE RURAt NEW-YORKER 
September 7. 
GRANGERS AT EXPERIMENT STATION. 
On August 28 the Ontario (N. Y.) Co. 
Grange held a great meeting at the Experi¬ 
ment Station at Geneva. The day was cold 
and threatening, but about 1,000 people 
gathered. In addition to the Grangers the 
county supervisors were present and prac¬ 
tically all the local candidates were on 
hand to “sec the people.” Here, as else¬ 
where, the automobile played a great part in 
bringing the crowd. It was a fine gather¬ 
ing of orderly and thoughtful farmers. 
These are the people who look the speaker 
right in the eye and expect him to “show 
them” before they accept what he has to 
say. No man can attend such a meeting 
without becoming convinced that the Ex¬ 
periment Station needs an assembly hall 
where such meetings can be held indoors. 
There is much to be seen and learned at 
the Station and in many ways it is an 
ideal place for farm gatherings. As it is 
there is no room large enough to hold 100 
persons comfortably. There should be a 
suitable hall on the grounds. Ontario 
County is coming as a fruit producing re¬ 
gion. Orleans and Niagara counties may 
have started first in thorough development, 
but Ontario is after them for here may be 
found the soil and condition and the men 
required to produce the finest fruit. 
PENNSYLVANIA FRUIT GROWERS MEET. 
A field meeting of the Pennsylvania State 
Horticultural Society was held at West 
Chester August 27 and 28. There was an 
attendance of nearly 250, and very great in¬ 
terest in the proceedings was shown. The 
officers wisely took up the new idea of 
holding a field or Summer meeting. There 
was no formal programme of speeches, in 
fact only one address. The remainder of 
the time, with the exception of the evening 
session, was devoted to observing and study¬ 
ing orchards and nurseries. On the after¬ 
noon of the 27th, a large number of those 
in attendance were carried to the or¬ 
chards in which Prof. J. P. Stewart is con¬ 
ducting a very interesting experiment in 
the use of fertilizers. The, company passed 
from tree to tree, listening to Prof. Stew¬ 
art, who stated in an informal way just 
what they were attempting, and pointed 
out the results in the fruit growing on 
the trees. Thus a most valuable and in¬ 
structive afternoon was passed, far more 
valuable than any collection of set ad¬ 
dresses in a hall. On the second day other 
orchards and nurseries were visited in much 
the same way. Here, as with other meet¬ 
ings of similar character, the automobiles 
played a most important part. In com¬ 
fortable and swift-moving cars the visitors 
were whirled about the country and taken 
to many objects of interest, which could 
not have been reached without this means 
of conveyance. Visitors from outside of 
the State were astonished at the possibili¬ 
ties to be seen in the agriculture of Chester 
County. We have never seen such a uni¬ 
form growth of corn as was to be found 
on these farms. In many parts of the 
country the corn crop is short and inferior, 
or spotted; one farm showing a good 
stand, while another would be very poor. 
In Chester County we could not find, in all 
the miles that we traveled, a single poor 
field of corn. The stands were magnifi¬ 
cent, and the growth splendid in color and 
size. 'I'he excellent soil is, of course, re¬ 
sponsible for this in large part, but most 
of these farmers keep a good herd of cows 
and feed them well, using the manure in 
the cornfield, and this will account for the 
excellent appearance of these fields. The 
Pennsylvania Fruit Growers are certainly 
wideawake, know what they want, and are 
going to have it, and the Chester County 
farmers, if they did but know it, live in 
a regular garden spot of the world. 
BUFFALO MARKETS. 
the farmer and consumer, who really ought 
to have first say in the matter, are not 
heard from. In Gloucester the farmer 
pays no license unless he buys some of his 
stuff, but as he pays only $2 anyhow the 
ordinance is of small account. He com¬ 
plains somewhat of having to weigh most 
of his produce, by reason of a late ordi¬ 
nance. We, in Buffalo, have not reached 
that point yet. though it is no doubt on 
the way. Practically all fruits and vege¬ 
tables are sold by weight in Europe. The 
Buffalo corporation counsel's office claims 
that the charging of license fees to pro¬ 
ducers is constitutional and that a decision 
to that effect has lately been rendered. I 
have asked for a written opinion, which I 
shall obtain in a few days. 
JOHN W. CHAMBERLAIN. 
Our principal money crop here is to¬ 
bacco. with stock grass and grain to com¬ 
plete our farming. Some few fruit farms 
are well cared for, but most farm orchards 
and truck patches are for home use, and 
not much effort made to sell from them, and 
not much care given the fruit. Tobacco, 
burley, crop run, pound, six to 10 cents; 
hay, loose in mow, ton, $12; corn, bushel, 
80 cents; wheat, $1; potatoes, $1. Horses, 
young, sound, $150 to $200 each; cows, 
fresh, $40 to $60 ; butcher steers and heif¬ 
ers, pound, six cents; cows, three to five 
cents. Hogs, about 200 pounds, eight cents. 
Chickens, 1 to two pounds, 18 cents; 
hens, 11 cents; butter, 18 cents; eggs. 17 
cents. Apples, picked, bushel, $1 ; plums, 
$1.50; peaches, $1.50. k. c. j. 
Wheat, $1 per bushel; oats. 60 cents, 
rye, $1 ; corn, 85 cents; butter, .30 cents, 
wholesale; eggs, 25 cents; tomatoes, short 
crop so far, $1 per bushel; potatoes, $1 
per bushel; cabbage, 1*4 cents pound, re¬ 
tail; beans, 20 cents peck; corn, 15 to 20 
cents per dozen retail. Summer apples. 50 
and 60 cents wholesale, not a big crop; 
Winter apples about one-third of a crop. 
No peaches raised in my township of any 
account; not many beef cattle raised here. 
The young stock is raised for cows. 
Cumberland Valley, Pa. j. w. e. 
“For the Land’s Sake, use Bowker’s 
Fertilizers; they enrich the earth and 
those who till it.”— Adv. 
SEED WHEAT 
Jones’ “ Red Wave ” and “St. Louis Grand Prize.” 
Two of the hardiest, best yielding and fly-resisting 
varieties grown. Winter Rye and Timothy .Seed. 
Prick List and Samples on Application. 
J. N. MacPHERSDN, Pine View Farm, Scottsville, New York 
Sow 
10 Big Yielders—Smooth and Bearded— 
Hardy and Reliable—Clean and Pure— 
Sold Right from Farm—Close Prices. 
If You Don’t Like It WUTAKH IT BACK, 
RETURN YOUR MONEY & PAY FRUKiiiT 
Write for Wheat Catalog No. 33—IT IS FREE. 
A. H. HOFFMAN, Bamford, Lancaster Co., Pa. 
Fruit Trees that Produce Results 
Fruit trees differ in productiveness. During the first 
tea years one tree will produce 35 Bushels, another but 
20 bushels, still another only 6 bushels. 
Don’t grow a flve-busliel orchard. Be sure you are 
putting your time and money on good trees. Lindley 
trees are known as the trees that produce results. For 
three generations the Lindloys have been growing this 
kind of trees. 
i 
Write for Catalog and Orchard Booklet 
3. VAN LINDLEY NURSERY CO., Box N, Pomona, N. C. 
BETTER FRUIT TREES 
Direct from the grower. at tnlf what you would 
pay* an agent. 200,000 cApplc trees, 175,000 Peach 
trees, and Pear, Cherry, Plum, Quince, shade and 
ornamental trees—all large, thrifty, and with One 
roots, c/411 Dansvillc grown, where San Jose scale 
has never been been found, IVc Pay the Freight. 
Free, Illustrated Catalogue gives special 
introductory' bargains, for Fall planting, 
Write today for Catalogue A 
DENTON, WILLIAMS SSI DENTON, Dansvllie, #ew York 
The recent changes in the market situ¬ 
ation, as affects Summer crops, is that 
copious rains, in Western New York a little 
too copidus, have more than doubled former 
growing conditions and at last brought 
the retail price of potatoes below a dollar. 
I lately made a trip from Buffalo to the 
Massachusetts coast and back, mainly by 
daylight, and noted two conditions, the 
rather backward condition of most Fall 
crops on the first trip and their much 
improved condition on the return trip. 
Even the farmer-dealer I met in Gloucester, 
Mass., told me that there would now be a 
fair crop of potatoes. Speaking of farmer- 
dealers, and there ought to be more of 
thenv. brings up again the much-vexed 
point as to the rights of such traffic in the 
cities. A former article of mine has 
brought out some inquiries on the situation, 
which I will try to answer in part now, 
though I have uot had time to cover them 
fully yet. The present Buffalo huckster 
ordinances practically shut out the farmer 
as a dealer, as they were no doubt intended 
to do, for they make him take out a li¬ 
cense that costs $100 for running a one- 
horse peddling rig in the city, and $125 
for a two-horse rig, which is so high as to 
he prohibitory, it would seem. So the 
farmer is restricted to the bringing in of 
his crops and delivering them to customers, 
that is, mostly wholesale dealers, so that 
the eousumer usually has to pay two pro¬ 
fits on an article after it leaves the farmer’s 
hands. I find that the old ordinance of 
not selling before 3 p. m. has been dropped. 
A license is from 7 a. in. to 7 p. m., week 
days only. This state of things does not 
come so much as a consequence of an ef¬ 
fort of the city aldermen to legislate them¬ 
selves and everybody else into paying extra 
prices for what they cat, as it does from 
the way the ordinances are procured, which 
is in every way parallel to the way that 
high tariff legislation is obtained in Wash¬ 
ington. The people who want this tariff 
to aid them in their business go down 
there and they stay there till they get 
what they want. The good public stays at 
home—and grumbles. So the city grocer 
and huckster go to the aldermen and say 
that they are paying high rents and taxes 
to the city and the farmer is not, so 
they ought to have all the show in the 
trade, and they get what they ask for, as 
FRUIT TREES at Whol esale 
Apples $7.00 per 100, Cherries $5.00, Peaches $5.00, 
Pears $G.OO. All trees GUARANTEED First-class 1 
True to Name and free from Scale and disease. 
Send for new fall price list, and for 1912 Cata¬ 
log if you do not nave one. WM. J. REILLY 
Nurseries, Box 08. Dansville, N. Y. 
First-Class FRUIT TREES 
FOR FALL PLANTING. Propagated from 
trees of known merit. True to name. No scale. 
SAMUEL FitASEK, Box C, Geneseo, N. Y. 
700,000 Hardy Fruit Trees planing 
at wholesale prices. Cherries, 6 to 6 ft.. 10c each; 4 to 
& ft., 6c each. Genesee Vulley grown, direct from 
nursery to planter. Write for free illus. catalogue, 
f. W. Wells Wholesale Nurseries, 10 Treeacres Hoad. Dansville,N. Y. 
TRFFS anH Pi ANTS- Allkinds “ By the Mi >- 
1IYLLO ana rLAHIO lions—at wholesale 
prices. Big supply Apple and Peach Trees, Privet 
Hedging. The Westminster Nursery, Westminster, Md. 
STRAWBERRY PLANTS 
Karliost, latest, largest, most productive varieties. 
$1.00 hundred, prepaid. Low thousand prices. Rasp¬ 
berry, blackberry, asparagus plants, fruit trees. 
Catalogue free. HARRY L. SQUIRE, Good Ground, N. Y 
Now The FALL BEARING Strawberries. 
Send for T. C. KEVITT’S Catalogue, Athenia, N. J. 
FALL 
Bearing Strawberry Plants. Best varieties. 
Catalogue Free. BASIL PERRY, Cool Sprino, Del, 
APPLE BARBELS-Car Lots or Less 
ROBT. GILLIES 
MEDINA, N. Y. 
NATURAL Ground PHOSPHATE ^ 
Will add irnmen- 
isely to the quan¬ 
tity, quality and 
appearance of 
Your, fruit. 
Write for free Booklet 
telling all about il. 
Address. 
$1.25 worth per 
acre will add 50 
to 75% to your 
crop yields. 
JLeading Agricultural 
Experiment Stations 
confirm this, as our 
free Booklet shows. 
THE FARM ERS GROUND ROCK PHOSPHATE CO.KsIeS 
You are invited to 
visit the exhibit of 
DE LAVAL 
CREAM SEPARATORS 
-- AT THE 
N. Y. STATE FAIR. SEPT. 9-14 
The De Laval Cream Separator has been the greatest factor 
in the advancement of modern dairying, and every cow owner visit¬ 
ing the Fair should see the latest De Laval machines. 
The De Laval separators were first 34 years ago, and have 
been kept far in the lead ever since. Improved year by year they 
are better now than ever before. 
Users of De Laval machines will be especially welcome, and 
will be interested in the changes and improvements that have been 
made in the up-to-date machines. 
Users of other makes of separators, of which a large number 
are replaced by the De Laval every year, will be equally welcome, 
and may compare the construction, sanitariness and ease of running 
of their machines with the De Laval. 
Those who have yet to buy a separator will have opportunity 
to learn all about one and what the De Laval would do and save 
for them, as it is already doing for its 1,500,000 users. 
There will he De Laval representatives in attendance glad to 
discuss and explain anything of separator interest to either old or 
new friends. Be sure to look up the De Laval booth. 
Every cow owner will he welcome 
The De Laval Separator Co. 
NEW YORK CHICAGO SAN FRANCISCO SEATTLE 
NEW PITKUS 
This new Russian Rye has proved much 
superior to any other variety both in yield 
and quality. Wo have a fine lot of seed 
which we are selling at a low price. 
Hairy or Sand Vetch 
We offer pure seed of our own scrowiiiff 
of this year’s crop, at $8.70 per bushel. 
Also rye and vetch mixed, H vetch and 
% rye, at $2.75 per bushel (56 lbs.) This mix 
ture makes an excellent cover crop and is 
much cheaper than to buy the two seeds 
separate. 
We also offer Seed Wheat, Grass Seeds, etc. 
Price list free. 
JOSEPH HARRIS CO. Growers 
COLDWATER, N. Y. 
wT,h y SAN-U-ZAY s oTL 
A Wouldn't it bo profitable and gratifying to you to J 
keep your orchard free from Scale with only one thorough^ 
spraying per year? We can prove to you, Mr, Fruit 
Grower, that by using “SAN-U-ZAY" this can bedouo, 
and is being done, at a very low cost. Mr. T. J. Shoe¬ 
maker, Mt. Clemons, Mich., says: “ My experience with 
your ‘San-U-Zay* proves that it effectually destroy a 
with one thorough spraying auy and all Scale.** 
ENDORSED BY USERS 
This is but one of the hundreds of totters we have 
from enthusiastic users of “ SAN-U ZA Y," and we 
guarantee that it will do the same good work for you. 
Send postal to-day to l>ept. F. for our new free book 
4 ‘Better Spraying," and get all the facts. Learn also 
about our “ Misty-Make** sprayers. 
The Gardiner-Johns Company 
210 Livingston Bldg., Rochester, N. Y. ^ 
FOR RELIABLE SEEDS 
bought direct from the farming community, and 
gold direct to the consumer; Medium and Mammoth 
Clover. Alsike, Alfalfa, White and Crimson Clover, 
Timothy. Rape, Red Top. Blue Grass, Orchard 
Grass, Barley, Rye, Spring and Winter Wheat, all 
kinds of Seed Corn and Peas. Sent freight prepaid 
your Railroad Station. Write for samples and 
prices. N. Wertheimer & Sous, Ligonier, Iud. 
NEW TIMOTHY SEED 
also Alsike, Mammoth, Red, etc. Samples FREE. 
0. M. Scott & Son, 140 Main St., M^ry^vllie, Ohio 
C ABBAGE and CELERY PLANTS— Best variety, $1 per 1000, 
$7.50,10.000;Tomato, Sweet Potato and Peppers,$1.50 per 
1000; Cauliflower, $2.50 per 1000. J. C. Schmidt, Bristol, Pa. 
MOST POPULAR FRUIT TREK COLLECTION ever offered. 1 Klberta 
Peach, 1 Harvest Apple, 1 Bartlett Pear, 1 Seckel Pear, 1 Montmorency 
Sour Cherry, 1 Ox heart Sweet Cherry, 1 Orange Quince, 1 Maloney 
Prune. All 4 ft. high. GRAPES: 1 Concord, blue, 1 Niagara, white, 
1 Delaware, red, CURRANTS: 1 Perfection, red, 1 Champion, block, 
1 White Grape, best white, 4 Rhubarb roots. Each tree and plant perfect. 
All for $1.00. Every Farm and Village Garden should have this col¬ 
lection. Send to-day. The bargain will surpriso you. Write for FREE 
Illustrated Catalog of Guaranteed True to Name Trees. 300 Acres. Kstab- 
ished 2Syears. MALONEY BROS. & WELLS CO. 
Dansville’s Pioneer Wholesale Nurse ' -!r “ 1 
Main St., Dansville, N. Y 
WOOD’S 
Special Grass «»*> 
Clover Mixtures 
Make the Largest Yields of 
Hay and Pasturage. 
They are combined in proper propor¬ 
tion to give the best results for the differ¬ 
ent soils for which they are recommend¬ 
ed. 
We use in these mixtures our Trade 
Mark Brand Seeds, which are best qual¬ 
ities obtainable, and tested both as to 
germination and purity. 
Our customers report the most satis¬ 
factory results, both as to securing excel¬ 
lent stands and largest yields of both hay 
and pasturage. 
Wood’s Descriptive Fall Catalog 
gives full information; also tell about all 
other Grass and Clover Seeds, Alfalfa, 
Vetches and all Farm and Garden Seeds 
for fall planting. 
Catalog mailed free. Write for it. 
T. W. WOOD & SONS, 
Seedsmen, - Richmond, Va. 
Alfalfa Seed. 
should bo sown during August and Sep¬ 
tember. Wo offer high-grade seed, and 
* will send sample and price on request. 
Write for a copy of our Alfalfa Leaflet, 
free. 
Crimson Clover 
the great soil improver; also early green 
fdod. grazing and hay. Special circular, 
sample and price of seed on request. 
Winter Vetch 
(Vicia Viliosa) 
Valuable as a winter cover crop and for 
green manure. Extremely hardy. Write 
for price. 
Dreer’s Autumn Catalog 
Ready early in September and mailed free to 
all applicants; offers Seeds, Plants and Bulbs 
for Fall planting. Write for a copy. 
HENRY A. DREER 
-PHILADELPHIA, PA.--- 
