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THE RURAb NEW-YOWKER 
December 7, 
“I made 
big interest 
on $150,000 
this year” 
That is the reply which Mr. L. 
Casalagno, of Oakdale, California (in 
the San Joaquin Valley), made to the 
query: “What is your 120-acre fruit 
ranch worth to-day? 
Think of it! If his net profit was 
only six per cent, it would mean $75 
an acre, and six per cent is not big 
interest in California. 
Couldn’t you, with your native in¬ 
telligence, industry and ambition, do 
better than you are doing to-day, if 
you were located in a country where 
a man can make big interest on an 
average investment figured at $1,250 an 
acre, and the land costs but one-tenth 
of that? 
If you own your own place, can you 
earn big interest on the present value 
of your farm? 
If you are renting, are you getting 
ahead ? 
How long will it take you to buy a 
farm of your own? 
Can you see your way clear to a 
position of independence? 
Think about this. 
Talk it over with your family. 
Would it not be the part of wisdom 
to at least investigate the possibilities of 
California? 
I, as General Colonization Agent 
of the Santa Fe Railway, tell you that 
the chances to succeed are greater in 
California than they are in any place 
with which I am acquainted. 
You can buy desirable farms, with 
water, in the San Joaquin Valley, for 
from $125 to $150 an acre, and these 
farms, properly cultivated and planted, 
will return to you as much as Mr. Cas¬ 
alagno received from his land. 
Even if your net returns were no 
greater in California than they are 
to-day, wouldn’t it be worth while 
moving there just to live where there 
is no winter — where mere existence is 
a delight? 
The Santa Fe has no land to sell. 
Its interests are tied up with your 
interests, and unless you succeed, 
the railroad will be better off if you 
stay where you are. 
We know you will prosper. 
You can go and see for yourself at 
small expense. 
On the first and third Tuesdays of 
each month the Santa Fe sells home- 
seekers’ excursion tickets from Chicago 
to California, and elsewhere in the 
Southwest. Before you go, write for 
our two books, “ The San Joaquin 
Valley ” and “ What California 
Means for You.” 
C. L. Seagraves 
General Colonization Agent A.T. &S.F.Ry. 
2463 Railway Exchange, Chicago 
For a limited time, 
we will give abso¬ 
lutely free a can of 
Riemer’s Shoe Life 
with every pair of 
Riemer’s Wood Sole Shoes or Boots 
It’s a perfect dressing for Riemer’s or any 
other work shoes, boots or harness. 
Riemer’s Wood Sole Shoes should be worn 
by every farmer. They are light, durable, sanitary, 
water-proof and far superior to leather or metal soled 
shoes. A trial will convince you. If not 
at dealer’s send us his name and $2.50 
for Shoes or $3.75 for Boots. We pay ex¬ 
press charges. Money back if not satis¬ 
fied. Illustrated booklet free. 
A. H. Riemer Shoe Co. 
2911 Vliet Street 
Milwaukee, Wu. . 
RAW FURS WANTED 
Highest Market Prices Liberal Assortment, 
Prompt Returns 
Write immediately for price list 
Louis A. Rubenstein Fur Co. 
Dept, B, 52 West 28th Street, New York 
PRINCIPLES OF ICEHOUSE BUILDING. 
In reply to inquiry on page 1157 about 
a small icehouse, will give you our experi¬ 
ence. As we furnish milk for the New 
York market we thought it best one year 
ago to build an icehouse. We made it 10 
by 12 feet, using two by four hemlock 
for frame, siding inside and out with rough 
boards and filling the four-inch space be¬ 
tween with sawdust. We raised the sills 
three inches from ground and dug a little 
ditch around to carry the surface water off. 
The posts were six feet and a peak roof 
covered with paper roofing. We put eight 
inches of sawdust on the ground for a 
floor and put in 13 tons of ice, using about 
eight inches of sawdust all around out¬ 
side. We still have about one ton of good 
ice left, so I see nothing wrong with an 
icehouse of this size. puklex mintorn. 
Cayuga Co., N. Y. 
J. M. G. laments that he can go only 
18 inches below the surface. That is 18 
inches too much; keep the icehouse above 
ground by all means. As to size of the 
house that J. M. G. and E. S. wish to 
build, I may say that a 50-ton house will 
not be a very large affair, but will keep 
ice with very little waste if built so the 
air can work about the ice and keep it 
dry. I would advise a 75 or 100 ton 
house, as the cost is very little more, and 
as the business grows so will the amount 
of ice used. I find that a house built as 
follows serves best: Concrete foundation 
18 inches high, ventilation on the four 
sides, strong floor timbers laid close to¬ 
gether, outside of house built to suit 
owner, with good ventilation in roof; say 
outside of building to be shingled, sides 
and all. For the inside, start an entirely 
separate building inside the one you have 
finished, leaving a four-inch space for the 
air to carry off the moisture and keep the 
body of ice cool. Do not fill this air space 
with sawdust or you will spoil the whole 
job. Use salt hay to cover the ice in the 
house. When the warm days come along 
in Spring keep doors closed. Chink every 
crack with broken ice when filling the 
house. I find I have no trouble keeping 
ice the above way. c. w. t. 
Newburgh, N. Y. 
I have an icehouse in use, the measure¬ 
ments of which are: Outside, 12 feet four 
inches square; inside, 11 feet four inches 
square; nine feet six inches high to plate, 
with a four-foot pitch gable roof. The 
outside is boarded with novelty siding, the 
inside with any lumber one has on hand. 
An air space of four inches between the 
walls is caused by nailing inside and out¬ 
side boarding onto two by four studding. 
Under the eaves I leave an air space of 
from four to six inches, and also cut a 
window in each gable 24 by 16 inches, 
thereby giving the air a good chance to 
circulate over the top of ice. This house 
was built on the ground, no foundation 
being dug, and no excavating to pack ice 
below the sills. After house is built, great 
care must he taken to see that it is banked 
around the bottom so that no air can work 
its way in. Great care must be exercised 
when packing the ice. Lay ice so as to 
leave a space of four to six inches from 
the wall, then fill it up with sawdust, but 
be sure to tamp it down good and tight, 
so as to exclude any air holes there inay 
be. When you have that done, get some 
snow, throw it on top of layer and sweep 
it in the crevices when the ice does not 
fit well. Continue each layer the same 
till the last, and on that put about 12 
inches of sawdust. You can now let your 
ice alone till the days get warmer. When 
they do, as an extra precaution go in and 
tamp down the sawdust around the edges 
now and then. Last Winter I packed 480 
cakes and I used it from the 1st of April 
till September 10, and must say it kept 
remarkably well, considering small size 
of house. ' My neighbors told me the same 
thing as they did to E. S. P. S. 
Westport, N. Y. ’ 
My father’s icehouse near here was 
simply a lean-to shed at the north end of 
the barn. It was eight by 10 feet on the 
ground, with single hoard sides up to the 
plate, and open both ends above. The 
roof was battened boax-ds, and extended a 
few inches beyond the east end to keep 
out sunshine. The floor was loose boards 
on four by four joists on the ground, and 
covered with four inches of sawdust, on 
which the ice was packed about eight 
inches from the outside walls and six 
Inches from the barn side, five to six feet 
deeo. After the ice was packed, if the 
weather was freezing cold, several pails of 
water were thrown over the ice, so it was 
a solid mass, when the sides were packed 
with sawdust and about a foot put on 
top. From this shed we usually had to 
dig out old ice when it was refilled each 
Winter. A change was made to a “better 
protected” location, and -the ice didn’t last 
until August, on account of poor ventila¬ 
tion overhead. The principle seems to be 
to have perfect drainage, a dead air space 
between the floor and the earth, and plenty 
of ventilation overhead. 
A very expensive icehouse, dug from a 
side hill, was filled in March with pond 
ice 25 inches thick, some 30 tons of it, 
on a dirt floor,, and it had all melted by 
August 1, although well protected at the 
sides and top with sawdust. The above 
simple construction may not be sufficient 
further south, but the principle must be 
the same, so I would not put in concrete 
floor, nor go much below ground for the 
bottom, unless it could have air space all 
around and under the rce packing, and J. 
M. G.’s “close proximity” to a water ditch 
is quite an advantage than otherwise. An 
icehouse in Florida, of one carload ca¬ 
pacity, costing .$800 before lumber went 
up, with one packed and one open dead- 
air space all around, closely ceiled, and 
well shaded from the sun. melted 10 tons 
in about two weeks (and was never re¬ 
filled) for lack of ventilation and drain- 
age, and shows the importance of these two 
items in a hot country. C. B. G. 
Vermont. 
An Engine Your Wife 
Can Use 
TV/TUCH of the drudgery of the farm falls on 
■1YJ. your wife and children. You can and 
should change this by ordering a Fairbanks- 
Morse 
Jack Junior Engine 
It will do the washing, cream separating, 
churning, pump water—or better still, oper¬ 
ate a.water system—and do it on a pint of 
gasoline an hour. You will find it a money, 
time and labor saver for your work. too. 
1 Use it to grind feed, grind tools, shell corn, 
chop hay or fodder, spray. 
The Jack Junior is a simple, 1 H. Pi, four 
cycle engine that you can always depend 
upon to do exactly what we say it will. 
Catalog No. FA 598 illustrates a practical 
farm engine equipment and describes our com¬ 
plete line of Farm Engines, Water Systems, 
Electric Light Outfits, Saw Frames, Grind¬ 
ers, Shellers, Supplies, etc. Write for copy. 
Fairbanks, Morse & Co, 
Chicago New York 
Oil and Gasoline Engines, Oil Traeiors, PumBS, Wafer 
Systems, Electric Light Plants, Wind Mills, Feed Grinders. 
WRITE FOR OUB PRICE LIST 
RAW FURS 
If you want the Highest Prices, Liberal 
Grading and Prompt lteturns, write 
now for Market Report and Price List. 
B. J. Maiback 
130 W. 25th St. New York 
FUR SHIPPERS 
WE WILL PAY YOV YOVR 
OWN PRICE FOR YOUR FURS 
Make us a trial shipment stating how much you 
want tor same anti we will pay you as much, or 
more, than you expect, or we will return your furs, 
express prepaid. 
Send in your name and address, at once, and we 
will send tags; also “ The Schoenen Fur Reporter” 
our own publication, containing market reports 
and LATEST QUOTATIONS. We keep you 
posted all winter. Write today. 
H. A. SCHOENEN 
277 Seventh Avenue, - New York, N. Y. 
Raw Fur shippers 
A postal will bring you a trustworthy price list 
Issued from November to March. Avoid shipping 
to commission houses and extremely high quoters. 
Thirty years’ experience, with best of references, 
personal assortment and cash for all shipments, 
ought to he sufficient. All shipments held separate 
on request. A trial will convince yon. 
LEMUEL BLACK, Exporter Raw Furs, Hiohtstown, N. J. 
SKUNKS and ALL 
OTHER FURS 
We want them. If you have 
never written to ns for a price 
list, do so at once and be kept 
posted throughout the season. 
We want Furs from the East¬ 
ern States and Canada only. 
CHARLES A. KAUNE 
284 Bridoe Montoomery, N. Y. 
AMERICAN RAW FURS 
GINSENG AND GOLDEN SEAL 
WM. J. BOEIINER <fe CO. 
159-103 W. 35tli St., New York 
EXPOUTERS 
Webuy Skunk, Mink,Musk 
rat and all other raw furs at 
highest market prices, and 
give liberal assortments and 
‘‘A square deal” to everyone. 
Price-list free. 
M. J. Jewett «fe Sons, Redwood, N. Y„ Dept- 29 
Raw Furs 
Best Prices 
Webuy 
FURS all 
over the 
world and 
make them 
up in our 
own work¬ 
shops for 
our immense trade in New York, Paris 
and London. WE WANT MORE 
SHIPPERS and pay HIGHEST 
PRICES. For nearly 200 years our busi¬ 
ness has been growing steadily on fair 
dealing. SEND at once for Price List 
and Shipping Tags. 
'UTievi/lo/i Freres 
rOUNOED 1723 
Address Dept. Z, 19 W. 34th St., New York 
ATTEWTIOW 
Manufacturer’s Samples; Gentlemen’s black broadcloth 
Fur Lined Overcoats ; lined throughout with Australian 
Mink; large Persian Lamb Collars. Sizes 36 to 48, $30 
each. These coats have never been worn. Similar gar¬ 
ments not used as samples, retail at $75. Several Ladies’ 
Fui*s; beautiful Scarf, large stylish Muff, $15 set. Also 
few large size Pur Robes, plinth lined,each. All guaranteed 
new. Sent by express with privilege of examination before 
paying for them. Kendt only express charges. Write or call. 
E. ROBERTS, Room 24, 160 West 119th St., New York. 
Pn h« Highest Cash 
^ m ^ PRICES PAID 
FOR SKUNK, MINK, MUSKRAT, ETC. 
We Guarantee Full Satisfaction or return 
iurs free of charge. Send for Price List and Market 
Reports. 
J. HENRY STICHT & CO. 
46 W. 29th Street, New York. 
Positively the best-firm to sell raw furs. IVe pay all 
express charges and charge no commission. . • 
Raw 
WE TAN 
Every kind of Skins, Horso and Cattlo hides for 
Rugs, Robes and Coats. Wo make Ladies’ and Gents’ 
Fur Coats, Scarfs, Muffs, Gloves,etc., from skins sent 
ns to be tanned. We guarantee everything we make. 
Bend for Illustrated Catalogue. 
TAXIDERMY IN ALL ITS BRANCHES 
THE PELOQUIN FUR TANNING CO., 
386 East Main St., Rochester, N. Y. 
Esta lished 1894 
RAW FURS WANTED 
Write in Now for our Market 
Quotations. We will send 
you our Trappers’ Guide Free. 
AMERICAN RAW FUR CO. 
130 West 25th Street, New York City 
RAW FURS WANTED 
I PAY THE HIGHEST CASH PRICES for all 
kinds of raw furs, and GUARANTEE YOU 
THE VERY BEST RETURNS you 
ca n get for you i- fu is 11 w ill 
pay you to get my price lists, 
and ways of doing business 
befoio you sell. Write to¬ 
day without fail to 
0. L. SLENKER 
Box 23 Q East Liberty, 0. 
LET US TAN 
YOUR HIDE. 
Cattle or Horse hide, Calf, Dog, Deer, 
or any kind of skin with hair or fur on. 
We tan and finish thorn right; make 
them into coats (for men and women), 
robes, rugs or gloves when ordered. 
Your fur goods will cost you less than 
to buy them, and be worth more. Our 
niustratod catalog gives a lot of in¬ 
formation which every stock raiser 
should have, but we never send out this 
valuable book except upon request. 
It tells how to take off and care for 
hides; how and when we pay the frolghf 
both ways ; about our safe dyeing pro¬ 
cess which is a tremendous advantage 
to the customer, especially on horso 
hides and calf skins; about the fur 
goods and game trophies we sell, taxi¬ 
dermy, etc. If you want a copy send us 
your correct address. 
The Crosby Frisian Fur Company, 
S71 Lyell Ave.. Rochester. N. Y. 
A. SUSKIND & CO., RAW FURS 
Formerly SUSKIND & LEVY. 159 W. 24th St., New York 
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