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THE RURAL. NEW-YORKER 
May 21, 
THAT TREE AGENT FIGHT. 
The case of the Whiting Nursery Co., 
in Orleans County, N. Y., brings up some 
points of law and business which farmers 
everywhere ought to consider. There 
seems no good reason why farmers 
should ever have bought this stock. The 
big stories that were told and the extra 
high prices are all part of the well- 
known earmarks which have for years 
been pointed out. Right within easy 
reach were some of the best nurseries 
in the country. It hardly seems possible 
that right in this intelligent community, 
well supplied with telephones and farm 
papers, a “nursery orator” like Whitmg 
could sell $ 20,000 worth of trees 
He did so, however, and the question 
now is whether these farmers ought to 
pay for them or can be compelled to 
do so. Mr. Whiting was arrested as 
stated in the papers: 
On a warrant charging violation of Sec¬ 
tion 924 of the Penal Code, which makes it 
a misdemeanor for a person to represent 
himself as a company unless he lias a 
partner or has had one and, upon the ex¬ 
piration of the partnership, has filed a 
certificate with the county clerk to that 
effect and lias published such a notice in 
one of tlie papers in the county where his 
office is located for at least four successive 
weeks. 
He has been held for the grand jury 
which meets in June. In the meantime, 
having delivered the stock, often under 
protest. Whiting will try to collect all 
he can before his trial. The question 
arises as to whether his violation of the 
corporation law, if the charge were 
proven, would make the sale of his stock 
illegal. It would have little if anything 
to do with whether he is found guilty 
or not. Those who signed his contract 
can be held to it unless they can show 
that the goods arc not as represented or 
that they were defrauded. 
There has been much trouble over the 
delivery of these trees. They were 
mostly refused. In some cases as re¬ 
ported Whiting and his agents after 
notifying the farmers threw the bundles 
of trees into the yard or on the farm. 
That will be held as delivery. They 
have urged farmers to heel these trees 
in while the case is being discussed, and 
we are told that in a few instances they 
have come at night and heeled in the 
trees themselves. This was done on the 
pretext that trees heeled in become a 
part of real estate. That is not true. 
The trees will not become real estate 
until thej^ are properly planted where 
they are to stay, and thus become per¬ 
manently fixed to the freehold. 
The final question between Whiting 
and these farmers will lye whether the 
trees as delivered by Whiting came up 
to his description or guarantee. In one 
case a farmer has bought plum trees on 
the representation that they were new 
varieties and particularly valuable. We 
printed on page 412 a statement about 
these plums by Prof. Hedrick. They are 
not new varieties, and are not likely to 
succeed in Orleans County. This 
nursery deal has been a sharp lesson 
to farmers all over western New York. 
We exposed the methods employed long 
before this trouble occurred. If these 
farmers will now stick together they will 
not have much trouble in the matter of 
proving that the stock was misrepre¬ 
sented by agents. On May 11 a special 
meeting of farmers who bought these 
trees was held. It seems that very few 
indeed have paid—Whiting’s stories to 
the contrary notwithstanding. These 
farmers are all ready to fight to a finish. 
No suit has yet been brought, but the 
farmers are waiting for him to begin 
being well organized and well advised. 
CniMSON Clover Seed.—A fair average 
yield of Crimson clover seed would be from 
six to eight bushels. A thrashing machine 
would be of absolutely no use. Our custom 
Is to wait until the seed has nearly all 
turned yellow before cutting, and then cut 
while the clover is damp, which means oft- 
times cutting during the night. If cut too 
green, it will shrivel. If cut ripe and dry. 
half the seed may be lost. Avoid any rain 
after cutting. If it cannot be hulled as 
soon as it is dry, it should be moved to 
cover. SAJI’L H. DERBY. 
Delaware. 
HOW TO GET PARCELS POST. 
I have read with much interest the 
articles in The R. N.-Y. in regard to 
the parcels post. You advise readers 
to write their Congressman and Sen¬ 
ators in regard to it. You no doubt 
have done some good, but do you know 
that our Congressmen have voted away 
their right to speak on or bring before 
the House of Representatives, unless 
they have permission from the chair, and 
that such permission will not be granted 
by the present chairman “or any other 
chairman the House may elect” unless 
he cares to, as long as the present House 
rules stand? Mr. Cannon is opposed 
to a parcels post, and the clique that 
he represents is also, and they will see 
that no measure of any advantage to 
the people passes the House. I am 
sorry to say it, but it is a fact, the 
Speaker of the House runs this country 
as far as new legislation is concerned, 
and has and does use that power and 
sees that no legislation passes which 
he or his clique is not in favor of. Now, 
if we wJnt a parcels post, the first thing 
to do is to nominate and elect Con¬ 
gressmen who will not vote for the 
adoption of the present rules of the 
House, but will work and vote for a 
new set of rules, which will not give 
the control of the House of Repre¬ 
sentatives to the Speaker, and will al¬ 
low a free and fair discussion of any 
measure which a member may intro¬ 
duce. Then and not until then, in my 
opinion, will the people of this country 
get much of the very much needed re¬ 
form legislation from Congress. It may 
seem a long way to get such legislation, 
but remember “the longest way round 
is the shortest way home.” r. t. h. 
Newington, N. H. 
R. N.-Y.—We still hope that the pres¬ 
ent Congress will order a trial of par¬ 
cels post. If they do not, most of the 
Congressmen realize what will happen 
to them. There has been no time in the 
past 50 years when the common people 
have been as disgusted with the be¬ 
havior of Congressmen as they are to¬ 
day. Watch them! 
Sawdust and Marl as Fertilizer. 
A. J. D., Waverlj/, Va .—I have plenty of 
sawdust which has been exposed to tlie 
weather about 10 or 15 years. Most of my 
soil is light sandy loam. It gets in fine 
condition when plowed and harrowed, but 
because it is almost entirely without humus, 
it packs and becomes quite solid after the 
next rain. Many farmers disapprove of the 
idea of turning sawdust under; some even 
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liberal quantity of sawdust on the forest 
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seven feet below the surface of the soil, 
and is about five feet thick. Since this marl 
contains much lime, would it and the saw¬ 
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run down by being cropped year after year. 
Ans. —From our experience we would 
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it under. The disk would mix it better 
through the soil. Then put on the marl 
and harrow in. This treatment ought 
to increase the organic matter, and this 
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