1910. 
THE RI_JRA.lv NEW-YORKER 
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CONTENTS 
The Rural New-Yorker, May 28, 1910. 
FARM TOPICS. 
Alfalfa Bacteria. 
Culture of the Soy Bean. 
A New York Hill Farm. 
The Farmer's Share. 
Haying on Rough Land. 
Nitrate of Soda and Bone Meal. 
Ton of Fertilizer for an Acre. 
Com after Buckwheat. 
Value of Summer Boarder as a Form 
of Live Stock. 
The Cost of a Crop. 
Cabbage Worms... 
Tarring Corn : Crimson Clover. 
Kerosene on Stumps. 
Rye for Hay. 
The Cost of a Crop. 
The Cost of Handling. 
Crop Notes. 
LIVE STOCK AND DAIRY. 
Cows, Fed on Cactus.G01, 
A Good Feeder. 
Roof for a Poultry House. 
Notes on Feeding Pigs. 
The Green-Egg Indian Buhner Duck.. 
History of a Western Milk Strike. 
Ringbone . 
Azoturia . 
Ringworm; Summer Sore. 
Ice Cream Side of Dairying. 
The Case of the Hen...... 
Guernsey Cattle Club. 
HORTICULTURE. 
Another View of Air Pressure Sprayers 
Eradicating Dandelion in Lawn. 
Handling Young Peach Trees. 
What About Seedless Grapes. 
Strawberries in a Peach Orchard. 
Walker Beauty Apple. 
Fertilizer for Fruit. 
Experience with Lime and Sulphur... 
Extension Rod for Spraying. 
Hunting Lady-bugs. 
WOMAN AND THE HOME. 
From Day to Day. 
Potato Pie. 
More About That Rusty Kettle.'. 
Pies and Piecrust. 
Chimney Corner Talk. 
MISCELLANEOUS. 
Breach of Contract.'. 
Arrears of Wages. 
Property Rights. 
Liability for Division Fence. 
Foreclosure of Mortgage. 
Farm Partners. 
A Plague of Ants. 
The Country Merchant Again. 
Preparing for an Agricultural College. 
That New York Milk Case. 
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JERSEY BREEDERS MEET. 
The annual meeting of the American 
Jersey Cattle Club was preceded by a ban¬ 
quet at the Manhattan Hotel, New York, 
on Tuesday evening. May 3, at which 70 
guests gathered. The speakers included 
leading breeders and leaders in thought 
along lines of dairy production. Professors 
Scovllle, of Kentucky, Van Norman, of 
Pennsylvania. Wing, of Now York. Smith, 
of Massachusetts, and Rawl, of the Gov¬ 
ernment service, were invited guests, and 
contributed to the pleasure and profit of 
the occasion. The annual business meeting 
at the Hoffman House on Wednesday was 
attended by 68 members, and 227 others 
were represented by proxies, making a total 
of 295, or more than two-thirds the en¬ 
tire membership. The president reported 
that the year just ended had been the most 
prosperous in the entire history of the club; 
that more animals had been registered, more 
sales recorded, more money received, more 
money spent in the interest of the breed, 
arid that, despite the increased expendi¬ 
ture, the addition to the reserve funds of 
the club had exceeded those of any previous 
year. Among those present were one of the 
original organization of 1868 and several 
others who have outlived the three score 
years and ten. The general policy of the 
club as indicated in its past management 
was upheld by the meeting. 
Mr. E. A. Darling was re-elected presi¬ 
dent by a unanimous vote. The choice of 
four new directors fell upon Lyman A. Mills, 
of Connecticut ; Ileulings Lippincott, of 
New Jersey; A. O. Auten, of Illinois, and 
I). B. Lyon, of Texas. The management has 
every encouragement to continue its efforts 
for the improvement and development of 
the Jersey breed and the conservation of 
the best interests of Jersey breeders. 
H. N. M. 
THE CELEBRATED MILK CASE. 
The test case of Sniffin K. Bellows, of 
Roxlnirv. against Russell Raynor, Chief of 
the Bureau of Sanitary Inspection of the 
New York City Board of Health, to re¬ 
cover damages sustained because plaintiff's 
milk was rejected at the Cold Spring Co¬ 
operative Creamery by an order of Mr. 
Raynor, alleging the same was unsanitary 
and unfit for human consumption, because 
Mr. Bellows' barn did not meet the. re- 
ouirements of this board, resulted in a 
decision by Judge Coman who presided, 
of no cause of action. This termination 
deals the milk producers of New York State 
a crushing blow. Charles L. Andrus, of 
Stamford, and Frank M. Andrus and R. S. 
Ives, of Roxbury. appeared for the plaintiff, 
and Jeremiah Stover for the defendant. 
The case for the plaintiff opened by F. 
M. Andrus. Mr. Bellows was sworn and 
also two of his witnesses, R. B. Robinson, 
manager of the Cold Spring Co-operative 
Creamery, and Veterinary W. II. Wheeler, 
of Stamford, by whom it was proven that 
the plaintiff had patronized Cold Spring 
Creamery for ten years; that two barn 
inspectors, one in ’.Tune. 1909, and the 
other in November following had visited 
his premises, inspected the same, but had 
pointed out no specific unsanitary condition 
and had left Mr. Bellows no score card, 
and that his milk was stopped by an 
order sent to the manager of Cold Spring 
Creamery by Mr. Raynor, no test hating 
been taken to prove the milk impure. It 
was also proven that this rejected milk 
was permitted by Citv Board of Health to 
be delivered at the Cold Spring Creamery 
on January 14, 1910, a veterinary having 
examined and certified to the health of 
plaintiff's dairy. It was also proven that 
i laintiff had made no changes whatever 
to bis barn from the time milk was ordered 
discontinued at the creamery until the same 
was allowed to bo again delivered. 
Plaintiff established his case, proved direct 
damages of over $70, and rested. On 
piot ion of attorney for defendant. Judge 
Goman granted a non-suit, he holding that 
the New York City Health Department had 
absolute jurisdiction without as well as 
within the city limits, could impose what¬ 
ever rules and regulations its officials 
wished, and compel observance of the same, 
under penalty of prohibiting the sale of 
dairy products shipped to New York City 
for sale and consumption as food. No test 
of the milk is required, and' the City 
Board of Health evidently can disregard 
property rights of farmers. The reasonable¬ 
ness or the unreasonableness of the rules 
and regulations of this Health Department 
does not matter as regards the enforcement 
of the same. Judge Coman's decision, if 
sustained by higher courts, puts the farm¬ 
ers producing milk shipped to New York 
City practically at the mercy of the capri¬ 
cious city health officials. C. L. Andrus 
made an earnest, eloquent and logical plea 
for the farmers, but in vain. Though beaten 
at the Supreme Court, Mr. Bellows, who at 
the farmers' request and financially sup¬ 
ported by them, began this action not to 
recover damages merely, but to make it 
a test case, is not disheartened by the 
result s.o far. The farmers are with him, 
and it is possible that the case may be 
appealed, though Mr. Bellows’ action in this 
matter will be largely determined by tin- 
wishes of and the financial response from 
the people. a. h. b. 
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82 AUCTION 82 
The Ohio Holstein-Friesian 
Consignment Sales Company 
Will Sell At The Ohio State Fair Grounds, Columbus, Ohio, 
May 31st, at 10 A. M. Sharp 
Eighty-Two Choice Registered Holstein Cattle 
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Bulls from 1 month to 4 years old. 
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