1912 . 
THE RURAE NEW-YORKER 
1019 
THE NEW YORK 
GAME LAW. 
I read with much in¬ 
terest your story of Mr. 
Juckett’s experience with 
the game laws of this’ 
State. Having been a 
protector for 10 years 
prior to 1912, I have 
watched with alarm the 
tightening up of these 
laws and have expected 
war would be declared 
against them by the 
farmer. In the days of 
Commissioner Middleton 
and James S. Whipple 
the protectors were in¬ 
structed to use their own 
good “horse sense” in 
cases of this kind, and 
in many instances I have 
found cases similar to 
Mr. Juckett’s and after 
ascertaining the facts 
had the animals released 
and left warning not to 
repeat the offence. Dur¬ 
ing the last Commission¬ 
er’s regime, however, or¬ 
ders were issued to the 
protectors removing all 
discretionary p o zv e r, 
even to the extent of 
exacting a fine, even 
though it was later re¬ 
turned by the Commis¬ 
sion. I am reliably in¬ 
formed that the State is 
liable for any damage to 
crops or trees or other 
property done by its pro¬ 
tected wild life. I am 
also informed that the 
State is paying rental 
for farm lands sub¬ 
merged by a beaver 
dam, also that the State 
has paid damage for 
trees felled upon a cot¬ 
tage owner’s lawn by 
beaver. That in order 
’to prevent further dam¬ 
age (which shows liabil¬ 
ity) the State has built 
a wire fence to prevent 
any further depreda- 
tions. Protectors 
should, in my opinion, 
be given discretionary 
power, then such out¬ 
rages could not occur 
without someone being 
individually responsible. 
Such drastic laws will 
result in the farmers 
combining and “posting 
their lands,” and so com¬ 
pel recognition of their 
rights from the sports¬ 
men. A. P. WILLIAMS. 
Jefferson Co., N. Y. 
PURE CULTURE 
BACTERIA. 
Please describe the 
method used in propa¬ 
gating soil bacteria cul¬ 
ture. It has occurred to 
me, where a farmer has 
50 to 100 acres of cover 
crops to sow and he 
wants to inoculate his 
seed, that it would be 
possible to secure a 
small bottle, say two 
ounces, of pure culture 
bacteria and increase the 
supply by propagation so 
as to have enough to in¬ 
oculate 50 or 100 bush¬ 
els of seed. m. f. 
Ohio. 
The propagation o f 
bacteria employed for 
soil inoculation is not a 
difficult matter. It is 
merely necessary to pre- 
SORTING AND PACKING THE ONION CROP. Fig. 423. 
AN ONION HOUSE SHOWING STORAGE CRATES. Fig. 424. 
HAULING THE GRAPES FOR SHIPMENT. Fig. 425 
pare a culture medium 
in which these organ¬ 
isms could multiply. 
Such a medium would 
consist of the following: 
One gallon spring water, 
one-fifth ounce potassi¬ 
um phosphate, one-tenth 
ounce magnesium sul¬ 
phate, three ounces cane 
sugar. When a small 
quantity of material con¬ 
taining legume bacteria 
is introduced into solu¬ 
tion of this character, 
and the latter placed in 
a warm place at a tem¬ 
perature of, say, 80 de¬ 
grees to 90 degrees Fah¬ 
renheit, the organisms 
would multiply rapidly, 
each individual becom¬ 
ing the ancestor of mil¬ 
lions. Within two or 
three days the resulting 
culture should be rich 
enough to inoculate a 
large quantity of seed. 
While the method as 
outlined above is quite 
simple, it should be 
pointed out here that the 
culture solution in ques¬ 
tion is a fit medium for 
the development of an 
almost innumerable 
number of d i ff e r e n t 
kinds of micro-organ¬ 
isms. Because of this fact 
a farmer or any other 
individual who is not a 
bacteriologist might ob¬ 
tain, instead of the cul¬ 
ture desired, a mixed 
growth of various micro¬ 
organisms that would fail 
to produce the expected 
results. To produce a 
pure culture, the bacteri¬ 
ologist finds it neces¬ 
sary to sterilize his cul¬ 
ture solution and to take 
every precaution that 
would assure the grow¬ 
ing of the single kind of 
bacteria and of no oth¬ 
ers. This result can not 
be readily obtained by 
people possessing no 
bacteriological training, 
and, for that reason, it 
seems hardly wise for 
the average person to 
attempt the preparation 
of large quantities of 
satisfactory culture ma¬ 
terial. j. g. lipman. 
N. J. Exp. Station. 
We understand the 
Pennsylvania Railroad 
Company has discontin¬ 
ued the sale of liquors 
along its lines and in its 
dining cars. This action 
was taken in considera¬ 
tion of public sentiment 
expressed by the travel¬ 
ing public. This is a 
good and consistent pol¬ 
icy. The railroads pro¬ 
hibit their employees 
from drinking when on 
duty. Some go further 
and include “off duty.” 
If the men must not 
drink it is only fair to 
cut out the liquor for 
officials and passengers! 
Recently a New York 
paper contained a letter 
from a man who said he 
had been a bartender, 
and this fact prevented 
him from obtaining a 
job. He complained that 
as soon as his previous 
business was known he 
was “not wanted.” The 
situation was hard on 
that individual, but there 
could hardly be a more 
encouraging sign of the 
growth of public opinion 
on the liquor question. 
