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fHE RURA.L NEW-YORKER 
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RAIN-TIGHT” RUBBER ROOFING 
is the kind you can put on your buildings and forget it—yon will not need to think about that 
roof the rest of your life. You will never be reminded of it by water coming through and 
perhaps doing more damage to the contents of the house or building than the original cost of the 
roof. It is made of Trinidad Lake Asphalt—the standard Asphalt of the wodd. It is as near 
indestructible and everlasting as any roof can be. 
Remember the so-called “cheap roofing” that must be repaired and replaced freqnently are 
dear at any price. You will save money, trouble and eventually expense by buymg “Rain- 
Tight” at the start. 
Our brand of “ Perfect Roofing ” is the same 
as “ Rain-Tight ” with mica flakes added to the 
surface which make it fire-resisting. It is a non¬ 
conductor of heat and lightning and insures against 
fire from sparks falling on the roof. 
Perfect Resin Sized Sheathing and Perfect 
Tarred Felt are Best for Sheathing Purposes 
If you need a new rooffor any building, note or in the future, 
it will pay you to send for samples and booklet—write us today. 
Maurice O’Meara Co. 
448 Pearl Street, 
New York City 
Farmers-Listen! 
farm 
rocks- 
WHEELING-Crusher- 
vv Crushed limestone mix¬ 
ed with the soil makes it grow 
bigger and better crops. 
Your land needs limestone 
and maybe you’ve got lots of 
it on your farm waiting to 
be crushed. The Wheeling- 
Crusher kind of crushed lime¬ 
stone is better than kiln lime 
r.nd you produce it about one- 
sixth the cost—and it’s fine 
for good road building. cio] 
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CRUSHER 
UnlH lltii t Battleship 
We save you 10 
to 25% on en¬ 
gines for all 
farm purposes. 
Wheeling Mold & Foundry Co., >30 Raymond 
But if they're 
Limestone 
crush them in a 
Wheeling 
{ANTY an 8 H. P. engine 
needed to operate a farm- 
size Wheeling Forced Feed 
Crusher. Think of the great 
saving—then act. You can 
crush for your neighbors, too. 
Read our booklet, “Mixing 
Brains With Farming,” 
showing big profits from 
farming. Sent free upon ap¬ 
plication. Write today for it. 
It will give you many point- 
erson common sense farming. 
St.,| Wheeling, W. Va. 
Brew- Sectional Barn Equipment 
saves your time and increases your profits. 
Don't buy any barn equipment till you 
learn all about the Drew. Here are three 
more new ideas. 
1—Light, Handy, Manger Partitions— galvanized 
steel. Easily raised and stay up without springs. 
2_ Time-saving Adjustment —adjusts instantly 
without removing a bolt, and lines cows up on 
tne gutter. 
3— Double Automatic Sure-Stops —on each side| 
of stall make it impossible for cow to miss the stan¬ 
ch ion. Folds back against stal 1 p artitions out of way. 
Made by the makers of the widely-known 
Drew Carriers and guaranteed to be right. 
Send for catalog of complete barn equipments. 
DREW CARRIER CO., 134 Menree St., Waterl®®, Wis. V 
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Eastern Branch, Rome, N. Y. 
NO ARGUMENT 
AGAINST THE 
DEYO 
When yon put your money into an 
engine you expect it to do the work, 
fwMnomieally, satisfactorily, and for years. 
We know the 
DEYO PORTABLE ENGINE 
because we make every piece of it, and 
sell every engine with the strongest guar¬ 
antee of complete satisfaction that it’s 
possible to make on any machine. Has no 
equal for the farm. Let us tell you more 
about it. Sizes, 1% to 16 H. P. 
DKYO-MACEV ENGINE CO. 
JS Washington St., BINtUUHTOfi, S. T. 
Richardson Oo., Woroeator, Mass. 
Kondall h Whitney, Portland, Maine 
Handy 
Binder 
J UST the thing for 
ttonvitnnr files of 
pre¬ 
serving files or The 
Rural New-Yorker, Dura¬ 
ble and cheap. Sent post¬ 
paid for 25 cents. 
The Rural New-Yorker, 
333 W. 30th St., N. Y. City. 
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Galvanized 
or Painted 
Roofing 
AND SIDING DIRECT FROM 
MILL AT MILL PRICES 
When you buy from us you buy direct from the 
manufacturer, thus saving all middlemen’* prof¬ 
its. Send size of buildings and we will furnish 
free complete estimate of cost—write to-day 
lor free sample and free estimate; these will 
convince ypu that we caa save you money. 
QUALITY GUARANTEED 
BEST OPEN HEARTH PRODUCT 
All Sykes’ Galvanized Roofing and Siding 
have an extra heavy tight coating of gal¬ 
vanize—every sheet of both galvanized 
and painted carefully inspected and 
guaranteed perfect and full weight, 
fire and lightning proof. Don’t for¬ 
get to write for free sample andfree 
estimate —do it now ^ 
Established 1877 
THESYKESMETAL 
LATH & ROOFING 
CO. 
516Walnut 
Street, 
NILES. 
OHIO 
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EVENTS OF THE WEEK. 
DOMESTIC.—The British Exchequer 
will collect death duties amounting to 
about $1,050,000 on the property of the 
late Anthony N. Brady, of Albany. N. Y., 
who died in London in July. Mr. Brady’s 
property in the United Kingdom has been 
valued for probate at $6,577,640. This 
is the fifth estate valued at more than 
$5,000,000 which has been taxed by the ; 
British Exchequer since the beginning of 
this year. 
Mrs. Frank B. Wiborg, wife of the 
former Assistant Secretary of Commerce 
and Labor in the Taft administration, 
who was indicted by the grand jury Sep¬ 
tember 26 for smuggling, appeared before 
Jndge Hough in the Federal District 
Court September 27 to plead to the in¬ 
dictment. She was charged with the en¬ 
try’of dutiable goods brought into the 
country as passenger’s baggage by fraud¬ 
ulent statements and omissions. Mrs. 
Wiborg arrived here on the Cunardor 
Mauretania on September 5. Her bag¬ 
gage, which consisted of 20 pieces, was 
sent to the public stores, as the customs 
officials were confident that there was 
much more in the trunks than the $500 
worth recorded in the declaration. Sub¬ 
sequent examination showed that the 
woman brought in gowns and lingerie 
appraised at $5,000 and subject to a duty 
of $3,000. If convicted of the charge 
Mrs. Wiborg may have to pay a fine of 
$S.000, the home value of the goods 
brought in, in addition to the penalty of 
having them confiscated. 
An indictment was returned by the 
United States grand jury at St. Louis, 
Mo., September 27, charging Thomas H. 
Smart and 11 of his agents with whole¬ 
sale frauds in the sale of New Jersey 
town lots. The technical charge is using 
the mails to defraud. Smart formerly 
had offices in St. Louis, but post office 
inspectors have learned he is now oper¬ 
ating in Chicago. The indictment 
charges that in the Fall of 1911 Smart 
and his agents sold nine hundred town 
lots in what they called Spottswood 
Manor, N. J. The prospectus represent¬ 
ed these lots as being within ten miles of 
New York City and on the Pennsylvania 
Railroad. On investigation, however, it 
is charged “Spottswood Manor” was 
found to be 39 miles from New York and 
in a swamp known as Huckleberry 
Swamp or Schoolhouse Bog. 
THE TARIFF BILL.—The Under- 
wood-Simmons tariff bill as agreed to in 
the conference committee was submitted 
to the House September 29 by Represen¬ 
tative Underwood, chairman of the Ways 
and Means Committee. The bill, voted 
on in the House September 30, went to 
the Senate October 1, and after a brief 
debate was adopted in its present form. 
President Wilson thus signed October 3, 
the second low tariff measure that has 
been passed in more than 65 years. It 
has been just 20 years since the Demo¬ 
crats last tried their hand at tariff revi¬ 
sion. The average ad valorem rate of 
the present bill is very much lower than 
that of the Wilson-Gorman act. _ The 
average rate of the latter was 39.45 per 
cent, while the estimated rate of the 
present bill ranges from 27 to 29 per 
cent. The average for the present Payne- 
Aldrieh law is 40.12 per cent. The Un- 
derwood-SImmons tariff law, however, 
will go upon the statute books under 
much more favorable circumstances than 
did the last Democratic tariff measure. 
Under the income tax provision, every¬ 
body with a net income of more than 
$3,000 a year if single, and $4,000 a year 
if married, is subject to the tax. The 
taxpayer must file a return with internal 
revenue collector by March 1, 1914, show¬ 
ing all sources of his income and the de¬ 
ductions to which he is entitled. All in¬ 
comes are to be computed by the calendar 
year, hut taxes for the first year will be 
levied only from March 1, 1913, to De¬ 
cember 31 next. Notification of assess¬ 
ments will be sent out by the government 
before June 1 next. Taxes must be paid 
by June 30. Failure to file a return 
means a fine of from $2 to $1,000. A 
fraudulent return makes the taxpayer 
liable to a fine of $2,000 or imprisonment 
for a year, or both. The man whose in¬ 
come tax is withheld by his employer 
must file an affidavit by February 1 with 
the employer or the internal revenue col¬ 
lector in claiming deductions. All hold¬ 
ers of corporate bonds must file by the 
same date a statement in writing claim¬ 
ing exemptions from the tax if it is not 
to be ded ucted fr om interest payments. 
FARM AND GARDEN.—Dr. O. S. 
Morgan, Professor of Agriculture at Co¬ 
lumbia University, is chairman of the 
“Commission on the Country Boy Leav¬ 
ing Home,” which purposes to make an 
exhaustive inquiry into the matter *f 
boys leaving the farm. The work has 
been divided among five committees, one 
dealing with cities, one with railroads, 
one with colleges, one entitled the “Rural 
Committee,” and one designated the “Ex¬ 
tension Committee.” 
The third American Road Congress 
met at Detroit, Mich., September 29. 
Among the organizations taking part in 
the congress and represented by commit¬ 
tees were the National Association of 
Road Machinery and Material Manufac¬ 
turers, the American Bar Association, 
the American Bankers’ Association, the 
National Grange, the National Old Trails 
Association, the Lincoln Highway Asso¬ 
ciation and the Quebee-Miami Interna¬ 
tional Highway Association, besides good 
roads associations in practically all of 
the States. There are 100,000 members 
October II, 
in the different organizations interested 
in the congress. 
The biggest agricultural pilgrimage 
ever made to Washington will take place 
on December 5, when 1,200 Ohio boys, 
the champion corn growers of the State, 
accompanied by 600 parents, other rela¬ 
tives, friends, educators and Ohio State 
officers, will arrive in the city on several 
special trains and proceed to come into 
ownership of the Capital City for sev¬ 
eral days thereafter. T. P. Riddle, of 
Lima, O., acting as advance agent for 
A. P. Sandies, chairman of the State 
Agricultural Committee, arrived in Wash 
ington to-day to make arrangements for 
the big visit." Within a few hours Riddle 
had leased several hotels outright, char 
tered all the rubberneck wagons of Wash 
ington for the week, made arrangements 
for special steamers to take the boys or 
Potomac River excursions and generally 
notified all the sightseeing places of 
Washington to prepare for the invasion 
The “corn boys” will receive royal treat¬ 
ment on their visit. They will be re¬ 
ceived at the White House by President 
Wilson and hear a lecture by the Secre¬ 
tary of Agriculture and other department 
heads. 
It is said that the United States in¬ 
tends to turn its vast Indian reservations 
into grazing grounds to ward off the 
meat famine that is driving up the price 
of beef. This announcement was made 
September 29 by Cato Sells, Commis¬ 
sioner of Indian Affairs, who stated that 
an initial expenditure of $400,000 had 
been made for cattle to be grazed and 
bred for market on the Crow Indian Res¬ 
ervation, Montana. Similar purchases 
will be made for other reservations. 
At the National Dairy Show, held at 
Chicago, October 23-November 1, the 
following meetings and conventions will 
be held: National Ice Cream Manufac¬ 
turers’ Association; International Milk 
Dealers’ Association; National. Dairy 
Union; International Association of 
Dairy and Milk Inspectors; American 
Association of Creamery Butter Manu¬ 
facturers; National Creamery Managers ; 
Dairy Department Men of the State Agri¬ 
cultural Colleges; The American Jersey 
Cattle Club; The American Guernsey 
Cattle Club; The Holstein-Friesian As¬ 
sociation of America; Dutch Belted Cat¬ 
tle Association of America. Among the 
exhibits will be 1,200 of the best cattle 
in America, 40.000 square feet of dairy 
machinery, farm and barn equipment, in¬ 
cluding silos, and ice cream machinery 
and material, a full sized creamery, mak¬ 
ing butter to capacity, a full sized milk 
pasteurizing, bottling and distributing 
plant, a full sized ice cream factory in 
operation. Daily addresses by experts 
in every branch of dairying. The Dairy 
Division of the U. S. Department of 
Agriculture gives daily demonstration of 
the value of cows in au experiment show¬ 
ing cost of feed and results. 
The next annual meeting of the Maine 
State Pomological Society will be held in 
City Hall, Lewiston. November 18-20. 
The executive committee has voted a 
prize of a free scholarship in the short 
course in fruit growing at the University 
of Maine, Orono, to the young man in 
the State who procures the largest num¬ 
ber of members for the society, before 12 
o’clock, noon, November 20, 1913. For 
information and blanks, apply to the sec¬ 
retary, E. L. White, Bowdoinham. 
COMING FARMERS’ MEETINGS. 
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. 
National Grange, Manchester, N. II., 
November 13. 
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. 
Maryland State Horticultural Society, 
Maryland Crop Improvement Association, 
Maryland Dairymen’s Association, Mary¬ 
land Beekeepers’ Association and Farm¬ 
ers’ League, Baltimore, November 17-22. 
Paterson, N. J., Poultry Show, No¬ 
vember 14-22. 
Maine State Pomological Society, 
Lewiston, Me., November 18-20_. 
Society for Horticultural Science, an¬ 
nual meeting, Washington, D. C., Novem¬ 
ber 20-21. 
Dover, N. J., Poultry, Pigeon and 1 et 
Stock Association, annual show, Dover, 
N. ,T., November 24-29. 
International live Stock Show, Chi¬ 
cago, November 29-December 6. 
The Capital Poultry and Pigeon Asso¬ 
ciation will hold its annual show at 
Washington, D. C., December 2-6. 
New York State Dairymen’s Associa¬ 
tion, Syracuse. December 9-12. 
St. Mary’s Poultry Club, first annual 
show, St. Mary’s, Pa., December 18-19- 
Poultry Show, Madison Square Gar¬ 
den. New York, December 26-31. 
New York State Fruit Growers’ Asso¬ 
ciation, Convention Hall, Rochester, A. 
Y.. January 7-8-9, 1914. 
Peninsula Horticultural Society, an¬ 
nual Winter meeting, Easton, Md., Jan¬ 
uary. 13-15. 1914. 
Western New York Horticultural So¬ 
ciety, Rochester, N. Y., January 28-29- 
30, 1914. 
