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THE R.UR.A.L, NEW-YORKER J 
December 7, 
A FOOL GAME LAW. 
Can the State of New York fine me 
for skinning a skunk that my dog killed 
in my chicken yard at night, on or about 
the 12th or 15th of October? About 
the 28th of October Game Warden 
Temple of Whitehall and McDonough 
of Granville, N. Y., called at my place 
and found a skunk skin in my posses¬ 
sion, and they called me to Ft. Ann to 
Justice Houstice’s office and fined me 
$11 for having it in my possession. They 
told me that if I had thrown away the 
skunk it would have been all right. 
Don’t farmers have a nice time of it, if 
we cannot protect our property because 
the laws are on one side, like a jug 
handle? Who do the animals belong 
to that have always lived here on our 
premises? How can they claim them 
any more than they can claim our cat¬ 
tle? There is no private park nor State 
land in our country. If they want them 
they can send out their delegates and 
capture the skunks and coons and foxes 
and take them down to Albany. 
L. B. EDGERTON. 
Washington Co., N. Y. 
R. N.-Y.—In order to make sure about 
this we wrote the game protector who 
was responsible for this fine and re¬ 
ceived the following reply: 
Your letter of November 21 at hand, and 
in reference to Mr. L. B. Edgerton's case 
I will state that Mr. Edgerton did not pay 
$11 for killing the skunk, but he did pay 
for possessing the hide in closed season, 
which is a violation of Section 199. Chap¬ 
ter a 18. of the Conservation Law, State of 
New York, of 1912. 
JOHN J. M’DONOUGII. 
N. Y. State Game Protector. 
Here is the section to which Mr. Mc¬ 
Donough refers: 
199. Skunk.—Skunk may be taken in 
any manner, except by digging them out 
of their holes or dens, and possessed from 
November first to January thirty-first, both 
inclusive. Skunks which .are injuring prop¬ 
erty or have become a nuisance may be 
taken at any time in any manner. 
The latter part of it certainly means 
that skunk may be killed whenever they 
become a damage or a nuisance. In this 
case the skunk was found in the chicken 
yard, which was good evidence that he 
was on a trip of damage. Whoever ran 
upon a skunk near the buildings that 
did not quickly develop into a “nuis¬ 
ance”? We understand that if Mr. Ed¬ 
gerton had thrown away the carcass of 
this skunk or buried it there would have 
been no prosecution. He seems to have 
been fined for having the skin in his 
possession. We give this case as it is 
as part of the plan of showing New 
York farmers just what they are up 
against in the game laws. 
NEW JERSEY FARM NEWS. 
The unseasonable weather has caused 
much concern among the extensive fruit 
growers of South Jersey. These men have 
been examining their trees and find that 
many of them are ready to send forth 
buds. Should there be a few more sucti 
days as during the past few weeks, it is 
probable that thousands of trees will be in 
bud, and with the cold snap that is sure 
to come, these trees will be ruined. This 
means a great loss to this section, as 
thousands of dollars have been invested 
in orchards in the past two years, besides 
what was spent in former years. ltepp 
Brothers’ great orchards have been criti¬ 
cally examined, and it is feared many of 
the" trees will be lost. Warren and Sus¬ 
sex counties, which have hitherto been 
considered the apple belt of New Jersey, 
failed in their crops this year. Now and 
then an orchard was to be seen with a 
fair yield, but most of the orchards have 
so little fruit that it was scarcely worth 
the gathering. No reason is given except 
that it was an “off year.” For the first 
time in history, proprietors of cider mills 
have been obliged to buy apples in neigh¬ 
boring States. Dr. J T. Ileadlee, State 
entomologist, reports that he has found 
eggs of the dreaded Gypsy moth on impor¬ 
tations of stock from Belgium. 
The canning industry is of growing im¬ 
portance, to botli the agricultural and 
manufacturing interests of New Jersey. 
This industry had a product of (>8,989.057 
pounds, or more than 34,000 tons, l_ast 
year; employed 4,766 persons; paid $457,- 
*933 in wages; had a capital of $837,064 
invested, and the total selling value of all 
products was $2,173,567. The output was 
divided as follows: Fruit pack, 11,467.368 
pounds; vegetable pack, 57,521,689 pounds. 
The total number of canneries was 34. 
Thomas Markland, a well-known farmer 
near Milford, Del., has been experimenting 
upon the raising of sweet potatoes. He 
has ascertained that nearly 500 baskets of 
sweet potatoes may be grown from an 
acre of land. His best results thus far have 
been a crop of 478 half-bushel baskets of 
prime sweet potatoes and 19 baskets of 
second-grade potatoes, with no “culls” at 
all. What Mr. Markland can do in Sussex 
Countv, Del., can be done by the farmers 
of New Jersey. It would be well for our 
farmers to experiment upon the culture of 
sweet potatoes after the manner of Mr. 
Markland. , . 
Much interest is being shown, both in 
agricultural and railroad circles, over the 
results of the experiment which the Lack¬ 
awanna Railroad, in connection with the 
United States Department of Agriculture, 
inaugurated about two years ago for the 
betterment of agricultural conditions along 
the line of that road. The bureau at 
Newton is in a flourishing condition, and 
is meeting with the favor of the farmers 
as well as business men interested in build¬ 
ing up agriculture in that section. The 
management of the railroad is now con¬ 
firmed in the opinion that the method of 
conducting these farm bureaus is such 
that the farmers will get practical re¬ 
sults of a most desirable character. Two 
additional bureaus will be established in 
the near future. H. W. Gilbertson, who 
is director of this Sussex County farm 
bureau, with headquarters at Newton, is 
now addressing the Grangers of the county 
on the subjects of liming land to produce 
better fertility, and seed selection. 
The commissioners specially appointed 
for that purpose have condemned the Thorp 
property near Ilaekettstown for use in 
part as a fish hatchery. The land is sur¬ 
rounded by a plot now owned by the Fish 
and Game Commissioners. 
Poultry dealers were disappointed in their 
search for Thanksgiving turkeys. There 
are plenty of birds in North Jersey, but be¬ 
cause of the warm weather they will not 
be suitable before Christmas. One dealer 
offered 24 cents a pound live weight, but 
was unable to get a supply. 
The Freehold Board of Education has 
added to the high school curriculum a reg¬ 
ular four years’ course of study in agri¬ 
culture—the first to be thus established in 
the State of New Jersey. Not only will the 
theory and practice of good farming be 
taught, but actual laboratory work in ex¬ 
perimentation will be given. A new green¬ 
house, to co.st $5,000. is to be erected at 
once in order that the laboratory work 
may go on in the Winter under glass. 
So far 23 women have enrolled at the 
Winter short courses at Rutgers College. 
For the four courses, 153 students have en¬ 
tered, and half of these have taken up 
the study of farming. Four women have 
entered in the course for fruit growers and 
gardening, six will study poultry husbandry 
and 13 home economics. 
The thirty-eighth annual convention of 
the New Jersey State Horticultural Society 
will be held at New Brunswick, December 
9, 10 and 11. It is expected that this will 
be the greatest event of its kind ever held 
in the State, and that the apple show will 
equal in size similar exhibitions in the 
greatest of apple States of the Far West, 
while the fruit shown will surpass in size 
and flavor any Western apples. Cash prizes 
and many special premiums have been of¬ 
fered the competing apple growers of New 
Jersey. Farmers’ week will be held Decem¬ 
ber 30, 1912, to January 4. 1913, at College 
Farm, New Brunswick. The fortieth an¬ 
nual meeting of the State Board of Agri¬ 
culture will be held in Trenton, January 
7, 8, 9, 10, 1913. Building up a county 
(union) is the object of the Elizabeth 
Board of Trade, which is making elaborate 
plans for one of the greatest industrial ex¬ 
positions ever held in New Jersey. The 
big show will be held in the Second Regi¬ 
ment Armory, Elizabeth, from February 10 
to 15, 1913. d. T. H. 
COMING FARMERS’ MEETINGS. 
International Live Stock, Chicago, No¬ 
vember 30-December 7. 
Sixteenth annual meeting of the U. S. 
Live Stock Sanitary Association, Hotel 
Sherman, Chicago, December 3-4. 
Trenton 1'oultry and Pigeon Association, 
annual show, Trenton, N. J., December 2-9. 
Annual meeting of the Maine Dairymen’s 
Association, Portland, Me., December 3-6. 
Annual Apple Show, Ohio State Univer¬ 
sity Horticultural Society, Columbus, O., 
December 5-6. 
New Jersey State Horticultural Society, 
New Brunswick, N. J., December 9, 10, 11. 
Fifty-seventh annual convention of the 
Illinois State Iloricultural Society, Uni¬ 
versity of Illinois, Cliampaign-Urbana, Ill., 
December 10-13. 
Western New York Horticultural Society, 
Rochester, N. Y., December 11-13. 
New York State Dairymen’s Association. 
Syracuse, N. Y., December 10-13. 
Eastern Fruit Growers’ Association, Ho¬ 
tel Raleigh, Washington, D. C., December 
17. 
North Dakota Country Life Conference, 
Fargo, N. I)., December 17-20. 
Northern Nut Growers’ Association, Lan¬ 
caster, Pa., December 18-19. 
Adams County Fruit Growers’ annual 
meeting, Bendersville, Pa., December 18-19. 
Farmers’ week, Pennsylvania State Col¬ 
lege. December 26, 1912, to January 2, 1913. 
Virginia State Horticultural Society, 
Lynchburg. Va., January 8-10, 1913. 
Massachusetts' Fruit Growers’ Associa¬ 
tion, Horticultural Hall, Boston, January 
10-11, 1913. 
Sixteenth exhibition Vermont State Poul¬ 
try Association, St. Albans, Vt., January 
14-17, 1913. 
Fourth Ohio State Apple Show, Zanes¬ 
ville, O., January 20-24, 1913. 
Massachusetts Agricultural College, Am¬ 
herst. Mass., school of apple packing. Jan¬ 
uary 23-29, 1913. 
Cleveland, O., Fanciers’ Show, January 
20-25. 
American Breeders’ Association, Colum¬ 
bia, S. C., January 25-27, 1913. 
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