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TH EC RURAI> NEW-YORKEJR 
September 20 
EVENTS OF THE WEEK. 
DOMESTIC—More than 30 blocks on 
the eastern edge of the business district 
of Hot Springs, Ark., were swept away 
September 5 by a lire which for a time 
threatened to reach Central Avenue, the 
main business thoroughfare. A high 
wind was blowing and the Hot Springs 
and Little Rock lire departments made 
but little headway in checking the Haines. 
The loss is estimated at $12,000,000, and 
the city is compelled to ask outside aid. 
Michael Francis Joyce, 17 years old, a 
Western Union messenger boy, was 
shocked to death at Clinton, Mass., Sep¬ 
tember 7. when the wire attached to a 
kite he was flying came into contact with 
a live high-tension wire. It was esti¬ 
mated that 6,600 volts went into the 
boy’s body. 
The probable cost of the latest New 
Haven wreck in money damages to be 
paid by the railroad company to the in¬ 
jured and the legal representatives of the 
dead is estimated at $300,000 by experts 
of the Interstate Commerce Commission 
and at $500,000 by lawyers experienced 
in the trial of negligence actions. The 
cost to the railroad of the 14 New Haven 
wrecks in the last twenty-seven months, 
in which 70 persons were killed and 400 
injured, is estimated at $900,000 for the 
dead and $800,000 for the injured. These 
estimates are based on the results of the 
actions against the New York Central 
Railroad, arising out of the collision in 
the Park Avenue tunnel on January 8. 
1902, when 15 persons were killed and 
36 injured. Many of the victims were 
New York business men. The New York 
Central paid $1,000,000 to the victims 
or their families. 
Eight negro convicts confined in the 
dark cell of Camp No. 3 on the State 
farm at Harlem, Tex., were suffocated 
September 8, and four others were seri¬ 
ously ill from breathing the impure air 
in tlie cells. The charge of homicide by 
negligence was preferred against Sergt. 
Sid Wheeler and two guards after a coro¬ 
ner’s investigation. The men gave bond. 
The dark cell has been used as a means 
of discipline since whipping was abol¬ 
ished. The cell is about 10 feet long, 
seven feet wide and seven feet high. Ven¬ 
tilation is supplied by 10 air holes, each 
one inch in diameter. 
Fire September 9 destroyed half of the 
Zacharies Garage block, at Main Street 
and Monroe Avenue, Asbury Park, N. J., 
the business center of the city. The fire¬ 
men fought the flames more than two 
hours before they were able to get them 
under control. The loss is estimated at 
about $30,000. 
FARM AND GARDEN.—An organi¬ 
zation to be known as the New York 
State Nurserymen’s Association was 
formed at Utica September 4 by nursery¬ 
men from many sections of the State. 
The following oflieers were chosen : Presi¬ 
dent, E. S. Osborne, of Rochester; vice- 
presidents, J. Pitkin of Newark, Maxwell 
Sweet of Dansville, F. A. Guarnsey of 
Schoharie and F. J. Smith of Fredoina; 
secretary, John Watson of Newark; 
treasurer, Horace Hooker of Rochester. 
On the executive committee are J. B. 
Morris of Dansville, and John Rice of 
Geneva. One of the purposes of the new 
association is to amalgamate the Na¬ 
tional Association, which is national in 
name only, and the Eastern Nursery¬ 
men's Association, whose territory is 
confined to Western New York. 
A fire in the hay barn of the Lineoln- 
dale, N. Y.. Agricultural School Sept. 9 
spread to a large modern dairy building, 
destroying it and two silos. The loss 
will be $100,000. One team of oxen was 
burned to death. All the dairy cows 
were taken out in time. A short circuit 
in the electric light wires in the hay barn 
caused the fire. Brother Barnabas, su- 
erintendent of the school, was at the 
Putnam County Fair, making a speech 
to tin* Grangers. The Lincolndale school 
is a modern farm school for boys. The 
fire will not interfere with the school 
work. 
William Henry Maule, the well-known 
Philadelphia seedsman, died suddenly in 
New York September 3. Mr. Maule was 
55 years old, and is survived by his 
widow and two daughters, lie succeeded 
his father in the seed business, and ac¬ 
quired a large fortune. 
WASHINGTON.— The House by a 
vote of 183 to 43 passed September 3 the 
water project bill providing tor the grant 
of an extensive tract of land in the 
Hetch-IIetchy Valley, a part of the Y r o- 
semite Valley National Park. This pro¬ 
ject has been before Congress for several 
years and has been a mutter of bitter con¬ 
troversy. It was opposed by a group of 
legislators who insist that the creation or 
a 35,000 acre lake in the Iletch-lletchy 
Valley destroys a place of natural beauty, 
second only to the wonderful Yosemite 
Valley. The Iletch-Hetchy Valley is 
more than 4.000 feet above the level of 
the sea. It is about 140 miles southeast 
of San Francisco. The creation of the 
Hetch-IIetchy Valley lake is projected 
primarily to supply pure water for drink¬ 
ing and other purposes to San Francisco. 
The water supply is expected incidentally 
to be utilized by power plants. 
The killing of immature cattle and the 
interstate shipment of veal are prohibited 
in a bill introduced in the House Septem¬ 
ber 8 by Representative Fred A. Britton, 
of Illinois. The purpose of the measure 
to increase the beef supply. The bill 
provides that hereafter no live cattle or 
carcasses of beef less than two years old 
may be objects of interstate shipment. 
The bill carries a penalty of not less than 
$50 nor more than $100 for each live 
animal or carcass so shipped. 
THE TARIFF BILL.—The Under- 
wood-Simmons tariff bill passed the Sen¬ 
ate September 9 by a vote of 44 to 37. 
It went through with all the features fo.r 
which President Wilson has contended— 
free wool, free sugar, free meats and 
greatly reduced duties on all of the nec¬ 
essaries of life. The result was a great 
personal victory for Woodrow Wilson, 
and he was showered with messages of 
congratulation. The bill now goes to 
conference between the two houses and 
it is expected that the next 10 days will 
see final action on this important meas¬ 
ure which has dragged itself along for five 
months. Senators La Follette, of Wis¬ 
consin, Republican, and Poindexter, of 
Washington, Progressive, voted for tbe 
Democratic bill. Only two Democrats, 
Thornton and Ransdell, of Louisiana, 
failed to stand by the caucus pledge. They 
voted with most of the Republicans 
against the measure. 
PENNSYLVANIA CROP REPORTS. 
During a recent trip over parts of 
Bedford. Blair, Huntingdon. Juniata, 
Perry, Dauphin, Lebanon, Berks, Lehigh 
and Schuylkill counties in Pennsylvania 
I noticed the crops as a whole are good 
to fair; while it was very dry in some 
sections, others had local rains sufficient 
to promote vegetation. While the corn 
crop is somewhat irregular, upon fertile 
fields it is a good average. Bedford 
County in the limestone coves produced 
good crops of hay, wheat, oats and corn, 
while the fruit crop is almost a total fail¬ 
ure in the valleys, where during recent 
years apples were shipped in quantity. 
This year there are none in Bedford. 
Peaches are abundant around Harrisburg, 
Lebanon, Reading and Allentown, while 
Schuylkill has a large crop on trees that 
are of bearing age and properly cared for. 
In the vicinity of Allentown peaches are 
plentiful, finding markets in the vicinity 
and in the coal regions. One of the ex¬ 
tensive growers with orchards some dis¬ 
tance from railroads uses auto trucks pro¬ 
vided with shelves upon which 106 bas¬ 
kets are carried on a trip. The potato 
crop turns out better than expected dur¬ 
ing the dry spells, so the Lehigh potato 
distinct will harvest a very satisfactory 
crop. The acreage is about an average 
and the size of patches runs from five to 
30 acres on various farms. Price 70 
cents on cars. Apples are a fair crop 
on trees that are in good condition, but | 
very many are being destroyed by scale. 
On farms under lease neither owner nor 
tenant appear to care for the trees, con¬ 
sequently many fine fruit trees are de¬ 
stroyed. Bees had an unusually good 
season, so the honey yield is more than 
an average. Upon asking a son of Mr. 
Cooper at the famous Jersey stock farm, 
about high prices realized. I am informed 
that $7,000 for a cow and $15,000 for a 
bull were received. w. H. s. 
September 1. In the eastern part of 
Carroll and western part of Jefferson 
Counties it is very dry at present; have 
not had any rain for two weeks. The 
early corn is nearly made; dry weather 
will not affect it much. Plowing nearly 
all done; wheat sowing promises to be 
early this year. Thrashing nearly all 
done; wheat averages from 10 to 13 
bushels per acre; oats from 15 to 20 
bushels per acre. Peaches almost a fail¬ 
ure. Apples a short crop. Potatoes will 
yield about one-fifth of a crop. Pasture 
is getting short. Stock markets not very 
brisk. Sheep are selling from two to 
three dollars per head. Stock sheep slow. 
Fat cattle eight cents. Hogs 914 cents; 
young chickens, 12 cents; old chicks, 
nine cents; not much poultry raised in 
this section this year. w. B. 
Bergliolz, O. 
COMING FARMERS* MEETINGS 
New Jersey State Fair, Trenton, N. J., 
September 29-October 2. 
Fruit Week, Washington, D. C.. No¬ 
vember 17-22; union meeting of Ameri¬ 
can Pomological Society. Society for 
Horticultural Science, Eastern Fruit 
Growers’ Association and Northern Nut 
Growers’ Association. 
Lancaster Fair, Lancaster, Pa., Sep¬ 
tember 30-October 3. 
National Dairy Show, Chicago, Octo¬ 
ber 23-November 1. 
Vermont Corn Show, Windsor, Vt. 
November 5-7. 
Third Indiana Apple Show, Indianap¬ 
olis, November 5-11. 
National Grange, Annual Meeting. 
Manchester, N. II., November 12. 
New England Fruit Show, Horticul¬ 
tural Hall, Boston. November 12-16. 
Maryland State Horticultural Society, 
Maryland Crop Improvement Association. 
Maryland Dairymen’s Association, Mary¬ 
land Beekeepers’ Association and Farm¬ 
ers’ League, Baltimore, November 17-22. 
Society for Horticultural Science, an¬ 
nual meeting, Washington, D. C., Novem¬ 
ber 20-21. 
Dover, N. J., Poultry, Pigeoif ami Pet 
Stock Association, annual show, Dover, 
N. J., November 24-29. 
The Capital Poultry and Pigeon Asso¬ 
ciation will hold its annual show at 
Washington, I). C., December 2-6. 
St. Mary’s Poultry Club, first annual 
show, St. Mary’s, Pa., Decern per 18-19. 
Peninsula Horticultural Society, an¬ 
nual Winter meeting, Easton, Md., Jan¬ 
uary 13-15, 1914. 
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3 h.p. up ... . 
3-5 h.p. 
6 h.p. 
454 h.p. up . . . 
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Rumely Feed Mill 
Rumely Baler—Standard 
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Rumely Silage Cutter 
Bigger Rumely Machines 
Send for "The All-Round Power Plant". Ask our 
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793 
Fall Seeding Time 
Y OU can’t afford to buy cheap ferti¬ 
lizers for Fall Seeding. Low-grade 
fertilizers are sure to cost you more in the 
long run. They have a high percentage of 
matter which neither the plant nor the soil 
can assimilate. You can’t afford to pay for 
the waste. It’s the amount of actual, avail¬ 
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Hubbard's BJJsE Fertilizers 
the most economical you can use. 
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