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FARM LEGISLATION IN NEW JERSEY. 
It is doubtful if any New Jersey Legisla¬ 
ture ever passed more new laws of benefit 
to the farming fraternity than that whose 
session have just come to a close. 
Senate 111, providing for the overflow or 
filling in of lands contained within the 
bounds of a meadow company. 
Senate 139, fixing the open season for 
quail, rabbit, squirrel and certain other 
game from November 10 to December 15. 
House 369, prohibiting the killing of any 
skunk, mink, muskrat or otter by artificial 
light and fixes the season for catching the 
same. 
Senate 181, providing penalties for the 
selling or offering for sale as “certified 
milk” any milk not produced according 
to methods prescribed * by any duly incor¬ 
porated medical commission. 
House 331, amending pure food act by 
giving to local boards of health same 
powers as State Board of Health regard¬ 
ing foods, etc. 
House 282, authorizes Prison Labor Com¬ 
mission to acquire lands for a State farm 
and quarry, on which State prisoners may 
be employed. 
House 2S3, amends act relative to em¬ 
ployment of convicts upon public roads and 
gives State Commissioner of Hoads au¬ 
thority to apply to prison authorities for 
that purpose. 
House 462, supplement to free public 
school law, dealing with vocational, indus¬ 
trial, agricultural and household arts, edu¬ 
cation and evening and continuation classes. 
House 616, provides that the estimated 
amount per year for road improvement 
contracts shall net exceed one-fifth of one 
per cent, of the latables of the county. 
House 666, authorizes the use of school- 
houses ' for instruction in any branch of 
education, for public library purposes, for 
holding’social, civic and recreational meet¬ 
ings, for meeting and entertainments where 
admission fees are charged and for polling 
places and political meetings. 
House 669, authorizes State Board of 
Education to establish Summer schools for 
elementary agriculture, manual training, 
household economics and such other sub¬ 
jects as State Board of Examiners shall 
prescribe. 
Senate 247, authorizes the State High¬ 
way Commission to take over the highways 
known as “Blue Routes,” consisting of 
about 500 miles of roadways connecting 
the various county seats. The bill au¬ 
thorizes an expenditure of $250,000 for the 
maintenance of these roads by the State, 
but the amount was not made available 
in either of the appropriation bills this 
year. It will probably be taken care of 
at the approaching special session. 
House 152, amends the act relative to 
the election of township surveyors of high¬ 
ways, fixing the term of office at one year, 
beginning January 1, each year. 
House 195, amends the road act of 1912 
by giving the State Commissioner of Public 
Hoads authority to take charge of the con¬ 
struction and maintenance of public high¬ 
ways. 
Senate 340, regulates appropriations for 
school purposes in excess of three per cent, 
of taxable value of property in a school 
district. 
Senate 237, providing for instruction in 
the public schools as to how to prevent 
accidents. 
House 624, requires that at least thirty 
minutes shall be devoted every two weeks 
to instructing pupils in public, private and 
parochial schools as to ways and means 
for preventing accident. 
House 724, amending the road act and 
removing the limit of $500,000 that may 
be appropriated each year for road im¬ 
provement. 
House 556, permitting taxpayers to pay 
their taxes in partial payments, no pay¬ 
ment to be less than $20. 
House 324, requiring all public auction 
sales to be conducted by licensed auc¬ 
tioneers. 
House 560, permitting townships to levy 
taxes for lighting roads. 
Senate 202, regulates the sale of the 
various forms of lime used for fertilizers 
and provides against imposing upon farm¬ 
ers. 
Also the bill to allow cranberry bog 
dams to be built eight feet high, instead 
of five feet as at present. 
Professional and amateur farmers whose 
lands adjoin railroad tracks have been 
busy clearing their properties from under¬ 
brush and plowing the land for a distance 
of 100 feet on each side of the track. The 
reason for this agricultural activity is the 
new law which bars the property owners 
from obtaining damages from railroad com¬ 
panies for fires if their land is not cleared 
of underbrush and other inflammable mat¬ 
ter near the tracks. 
House 757, has not yet become a law. It 
provides that it shall be illegal to fasten 
advertising matter on trees, rocks, and the 
other features of the countryside. Wholly 
apart from the esthetic ideal, it has been 
proven that the signs nailed on trees and 
fences form the most ideal harbors for 
all sorts of insect pests which plague the 
farmer and increase the cost of living. Be¬ 
sides, the nail holes in trees afford an open 
door for pests and blights. The practice 
of nailing signs on trees at least ought to 
be prohibited by heavy penalties, the com¬ 
pany whose sign is so displayed being the 
one penalized whenever possible. There is 
no sound reason for these signs, and they 
are more dangerous, to farms and forests 
than most people realize, besides being 
hideous. 
Farm laborers and domestics will be 
excluded from the provisions of the em¬ 
ployers’ liability act by a bill fathered 
by Senator Gaunt, master of the State 
Grange. The bill was introduced in the 
interests of the farmers of Soutli Jersey 
and passed without opposition. Manufac¬ 
turers and others are complaining of this. 
They say if it is right to exempt the 
THE RURAL NEW-YORKER 
May 3, 
employees of the farmers from the lia¬ 
bility ' act. why discrimiate against every 
other employer of labor? 
The State appropriations for the State 
Agricultural College will be $85,000 less 
than last year. This is because an ap¬ 
propriation of $100,000 was made last 
year for a new agricultural building, and 
only funds to equip the structure were 
included in this year's bill. The other 
State appropriations are: State College, 
$30,000; Short Course College, $20,000: 
ceramics, $5.900; equipment of the new 
agricultural building, $20,000 ; departments 
of biology and bacteriology. $7.500; books 
and periodicals, $2,000: Summer school 
work, $6.000; repairs and improvements 
on the college farm buildings and grounds, 
$5,000. The feature appropriation is that 
for the Summer School. Professor K. C. 
Davis has been trying for some years to 
have the Legislature pass bills creating a 
Summer school. The sessions will be begun 
In July. . 
Several bills of interest to farmers failed 
to become laws. Legislation looking toward 
the reorganization of the present system of 
taxation, and introduced in the Senate by 
Senator Pierce, of Union County, at the 
instance of the State Tax Commission, 
created by the Legislature last year to 
investigate the tax laws and conditions 
throughout the State, has been defeated. 
The bill to constitute a commission of 
animal industry was also defeated. It was 
opposed by the representatives of the rural 
counties. Most of the Assemblymen thought 
it better to amend the present somewhat 
efficient law by adding a veterinarian to 
the Tuberculosis Commission. Senator 
Gaunt's bill to permit trolley companies 
to carry freight, under regulations by the 
Public Utility Commission, without con¬ 
currence by municipal authorities, failed of 
passage in the House. Neither could the 
legislators see their way clear to give the 
stamp of their approval to Assemblyman 
Nutting’s bill requiring labels or stamps 
on all canned goods, showing the date 
when they were packed. This measure 
provided that all food products of whatever 
character packed in airtight metal cans 
shall have stamped upon the can the date 
upon which the product was packed; also 
that the label upon any such (canned 
food product should bear the date when 
tiie product was passed. Any violation 
of the act was made a misdemeanor pun¬ 
ishable by a fine not exceeding $1,000 or 
imprisonment not to exceed one year. It 
was claimed for this bill that it stood for 
the protection of the health of the public. 
It was objected to and defeated on the 
ground that it was a national question and 
should be regulated by Congress. D. T. H. 
Spraying Notes. 
We think the fruit growers in this sec¬ 
tion have done as thorough and satisfac¬ 
tory spraying for San Jos6 scale as in any 
previous year. The custom through this sec¬ 
tion has become very generally for the 
growers to do their scale spraying during 
the early Winter. Of course, a good bit of 
it is still done in the Spring. Those who 
leave their work to be done entirely in 
the Spring, of course, would this year have 
difficulty in accomplishing it all in time, 
as the warm Spring brought forward the 
buds more rapidly than usual, which short¬ 
ened the time for such work. The usual 
spraying is now contemplated by growers 
in this section for Summer applications. 
We are, ourselves, now (April 18) spray¬ 
ing for fungus, Codling-moth and eurculio 
just after the blossoms fall in the case of 
pears, and in the course of another week 
or 10 days will be a*pplying the Summer 
application on apples. The application 
most generally used in this section is con¬ 
centrated lime sulphur solution, at this 
time of year, in combination with arsenate 
of lead. J. L. LirrixcoTT co. 
Burlington Co.. N. J. 
Mesrs. Hardesty, Burdette and Hendrick¬ 
son of Grafton are setting a 75-acre apple 
and peach orchard in the suburbs of Graf¬ 
ton. Capitalists connected with the Coal 
& Coke Railway are preparing to set a 
1000 -acre orchard along their road near 
Elkins, W. Va.; 100 acres will be set this 
Spring. More spraying than usual will be 
done in this section of the State. Commer¬ 
cial lime-sulphur and arsenate of lead are 
used. San Jose scale prevalent. Farms 
range from 60 to 500 acres. Very little 
labor other than that of family employed. 
This section is excellent for small fruit and 
truck gardeners. Unsprayed apples have 
reached $2 per bushel in Fairmont while 
the same grade were 60 cents in Grafton. 
Fairly well sprayed fruit sold at retail for 
double the price of the uncared-for fruit. 
There are excellent opportunities here for 
poultry growers. Many farm boys have 
come back to the farm after having been em¬ 
ployed in the glass factories. A dearth of 
girls on the farms of this immediate sec¬ 
tion is not conducive to keeping the boys 
from the city. A fact to bo deplored is 
that out of seven college boys from the 
farms of one magisterial district only one 
has returned to the farm. Apples 60 to 
$1.20 bushel; eggs 18; butter 35; pota¬ 
toes 75 ; oats 45 ; wheat not grown. Seed 
corn poor. Fruit prospects not good now 
as trees are coming out two weeks too early 
in this frosty section. s. p. 
Grafton, W. Va. 
Witen you write advertisers mention Tiih 
R. N.-Y. and you'll get a quick reply and a 
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Simplest in Construction 
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Easiest to Operate 
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ADRIANCE 
O 
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Has many 
improve¬ 
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exclusive 
with the 
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buy ANY 
HayTools 
be sure 
to examine 
the Flying 
Dutchman Line. 
Runs Easiest-Lasts Longest 
Lower the Adriance Cutter Bar and you quickly 
see why it is so flexible—why it runs sofreely and 
always follows the ground. No matter how un¬ 
even the land is there can be no binding because 
the hinges of the Coupling Frame are in exact 
line with each other. It swings like a door. See 
how much out of line are the hinges of some 
other mowers. 
When Cutter Bar is lowered Coupling Frame and 
Cutter Bar are both sustained by an adjustable 
Spring which transfers their weight from the 
ground to the wheels—lightening the draft and 
increasing the power. 
Adriance Pawls and Ratchets are strong and 
substantial. There’s no 
danger of their breaking. 
But if they should, they 
could not cause any 
trouble, because they are open 
in plain sight. You can always 
see that they are working 
right. Have you ever had to 
buy a new wheel for a mower 
because a broken pawl ground 
out a ratchet before you could 
locate tiie trouble? That never 
occurs with an Adriance. 
See how evenly balanced the 
Adriance Mower is. Holdup 
the tongue with two lingers 
while someone else sits in the 
seat. Look away from the 
machine and see if you can tell when the Cutter 
Bar is raised and lowered. Then try the same 
test with any other machine. 
The Foot Lever raises the Cutter Bar_ with a 
natural forward movement of the foot. Not only 
is it easy to operate, but it helps to brace you in 
your seat. Contrast the ease and safety of this 
foot lever with downward acting foot levers. 
Even if your team isn’t skittish you’ll like the 
Adriance Foot Lever the best. 
N ever any clogging or dragging with the Adriance. 
Scythe starts cutting the instant the wheels 
move. See if this is true of any other mower. 
Notice how the Cutter Bar folds up over the 
tongue. It only takes a moment to raise or lower 
it—no bolts to fasten. It is more secure—no taps 
tocomeloose. It cannot drop and scare the team. 
Tiie Adriance Mower has many other valuable 
features. It is impossible to give even a brief 
description of them all in this small space. Some 
of the others may be of greater importance to 
you than the ones we have named. 
Look for the Flying Dutchman Dealer 
There is one near you. He will gladly show you 
an Adriance Mower and explain its many advan¬ 
tages—or t if you will send us your address on a 
postcard, we will mail you a very interesting illus¬ 
trated descriptive booklet containing a bigpicture 
of the Mower in its natural colors. As the supply 
of these booklets is limited, please write today if 
you wish to be sure of getting one. 
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Flying Dutchman Hay Loadaf 
Positively the best in every particular. Driven direct 
from axle, without chains, sprockets, cogs, or gearing 
of any sort—nothing to lose or break. Has long, slow 
.Stroke that does not break up hay, nor shake machine 
to pieces. All steel frame construction—lighter and 
more durable than wood. Handles heaviest swath or 
lightest windrow without adjustment of any sort. 
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Flying Dutchman Side Delivery 
Rake and Tedder 
It’s a rake all the time and a tedder when you need 
ft. By buying this convertible Rake and Tedder you 
save the price—and the storage room—of one tool, To 
change from the Rake to Tedder, or back again, it is 
only necessary to lake «>ut one bolt, shift the gears, 
and reverse the forks. You can do this in five minutes. 
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