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NORWAY MAPLE 
Geo. W. Flavell, Philadelphia, Pa., 
Says: “I planted 100 of your Norway 
Maple, 4 years ago, they are very 
fine. Name best price on 100 more, 
10 to 12 feet high.” 
I have thousands of these beautiful, 
straight, heavily rooted trees. Ask for 
price on 8 to 10 and 10 to 12 foot, 
delivered to your R. R. station. 
JAS. A. PATTERSON, 
STEWARTSTOWN, PA. 
(Old Patterson Nurseries) 
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FRASER, 2 5 Main Street, Geneseo, N. Y. 
FRUIT TREES 
We pay the freight and soil at wholesale prices. 
Satisfaction guaranteed. Send for our large 
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per 100. L’Amorcaux Nursery Co., Schoharie, N,Y. 
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All trees first class, 2 yr., 4 lo 5 ft. high, for 95 cents. 
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Beautify your property. Raise your own fruits’ 
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STEPHEN HOYT’S SONS CO., New Cenaon, Cl. 
—GRAPEVINES 
C9 varieties. Also Smid! Fruits, Trees, etc. Best rooted 
stock. Genuine, cheap. 2 sample vines—10c. Descriptive 
pricelist free. Lewis Roesch, Box D, Fredonia, N. Y, 
Trees—Plants—Vines 
in small or large lots at wholesale 
prices. Catalog and Green’s Fruit 
Book—FRIT. Green’s Nursery Co. 
4 6 Wall St., Rochester, N. Y. 
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Casey’s Pure-bred, 
Bigg’s Seven-eared, 
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Boone County, 
Gold Standard, etc. 
Descriptions and information in 
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You should surely read it before decid¬ 
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Wood’s Ensilage Corns 
are the largest yielding fodder varieties 
in cultivation. Wood’s Catalog tells all 
about them, and all other 
Farm and Garden Seeds. 
Catalog mailed free. Write for it. 
T. W. WOOD & SONS, 
Seedsmen, - Richmond, Va. 
The best money can buy— 
Clean and hardy—germination and purity 
guaranteed. Our choice home grown 
CLOVER, TIMOTHY and ALFALFA 
and all other grass and field seeds are the best 
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Dept. K LigonSer, Indiana. 
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Solves the feeding problem—one of our customers 
filleda 7d-ton siio from 2VJ acres. Stalks grow 12 to 
J5 feet, often weigh 0 lbs. or over, and produce two 
ears each. Matures well, aud is the greatest milk- 
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Our farm seeds are carefully selected and 
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FORD SEK1) CO., Box B4, RAVENNA, OHIO 
Bellmath Farms’ Seed Potatoes 
Let Us Have Your Order at Once 
Pnre stock of the SIR WALTER RALEIGH variety, grown 
from hill-selected seed, and free from scab or any 
other disease, This is finest quality stoci;, round 
and smooth, size uniform—about 3 and hs tubers to 
the pound. The Sir Walter Raleigh is a heavy 
yielder and an excellent table variety. It has more 
good Qualities than any other variety we have found. 
Price. $1.25 bushel. H C. CROCKER 8 SON, Sennett, N. Y. 
Onion Sets s 
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for all America. They are small, 
j dry and hard. Red, White and 
Yellow. These grown from our 
' own seed produce Green Onions 
and later large table Onions. 
We supply by Quart, Peck, 
Bushel or Carload. Sample pint 
postpaid 20 cents, with 160-page Catalogue. 
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$1 per bn. Choice .Swedish Select, 85c. per bn.; over 
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Potatoes, Seed Corn. Everything for the farm. 
A. H. HOFFMAN, - Box 30, Landisville, Pa. 
ONION SEED 
—Best strains grown 
Send for prices. J.B QUIRK 
NORTH MADISON. OHIO 
SWEETCLOVERSEED 
—Pure white and bi¬ 
ennial yellow. Prices 
■ and circular how to 
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Northern grown from selected Stock Seed kept in frost¬ 
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Cobblers, Ohios, Bliss, Rose. Hebrons, Man is tees. 
Mountains, Carmans, Raleighs, Gobi Coins, Kitrals, and 
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growing and a new, round, white, main cropper that has 
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Headquarters for Seed Potatoes 
CO,000 bushels in store, over two-thirds of which arc 
sold. Order promptly. Abo full stocks of Alfalfa, 
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ADDRESS 
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UNEMPLOYED WORKERS FOR FARM 
HELP. 
On March 16, SO unemployed men and 
women left New York City for Fonda, in 
search of employment as farm helpers. 
This was the first experiment on the part 
of the State in trying to locate the city 
unemployed in the country. Several na¬ 
tionalities were represented in this party, 
as well its people from till over this coun¬ 
try. Most of them were persons who had 
drifted to New York in search of work, 
and either failed to obtain employment, 
or lost the jobs which they had secured. 
They were generally of good character, 
healthy and strong, and honestly in search 
of work. They all seemed to understand 
what they were doing, and that there was 
no “picnic” ahead of them, for the man¬ 
agers of this movement seemed to have 
shown good judgment in selecting the help¬ 
ers. The journey from New York up the 
river was enlivened in various ways. A 
quartet of singers from New Jersey. South 
Dakota. Sweden and Brazil gave an im¬ 
promptu concert, and other singers from 
Holland. Norway, England. Scotland and 
France joined in. These songs and stories 
whiled away the time. There was prac¬ 
tically no drinking or carousing, for this 
first carload of workers realized what 
they were doing, and were honestly 
searching for work. On arrival at Fonda 
they were taken to the court house, where 
they were fed and cared for by the town. 
On the 17th, farmers from the sur¬ 
rounding country came in to look these 
workers over, and engage them if found 
desirable. It was a bad season for the 
farmers. The roads are badly drifted in 
spots, and bare in others, and it was .very 
difficult for the farmers at any distance 
away to get into town. It was also rather 
early for hiring farm hands, as the season 
is backward and regular work for the 
Spring has not been started. Most of the 
men were engaged, however, promptly. A 
few who failed to find places were taken 
elsewhere, so that in the end they all 
found work. Our reports from farmers 
thus far indicate that these workers were 
quite satisfactory. Naturally at the be¬ 
ginning of such an enterprise some farm¬ 
ers would be suspicious of city help, aud 
would hesitate to employ them, hut this 
first lot of workmen seems to have im¬ 
pressed the farmers around Fonda favor¬ 
ably, and the experiment may certainly 
be called a success. Other lots of men 
will he sent away from time to time to 
various parts of the State. It is a now 
enterprise, and a worthy one, and the 
State is well justified in taking hold of 
the matter, and trying to bring the labor¬ 
ers to the farm, rather than to leave in¬ 
dividual farmers at the expense of time 
and money of going to the city, one by 
one, to pick out their helpers. 
It would be quite remarkable if such 
an enterprise as this were to start off 
from the very beginning as a complete 
success. There are many things to be 
adjusted and understood by both sides. 
We want to hear from farmers who have 
employed these men. We would like to 
(have them tell us frankly just what satis¬ 
faction these workmen are giving, and 
anything else about the matter which 
other farmers ought to know. This is 
the best way to get the desired informa¬ 
tion before the public. In theory the 
scheme is an excellent one. and the first 
experience with it at Fonda was very 
satisfactory. It will be a great blessing 
both to honest workmen in the city, and 
farmers who need help, if this plan can 
he developed and made fully practical, 
and the best way to make it so is to 
obtain the experience and advice from 
practical farmers who have employed this 
he! p. 
NEW YORK STATE NEWS. 
A Law Needed. —It would seem that 
there should he a law to prevent diseased 
cows from being sold and slaughtered for 
food. The other day 825 cattle were un¬ 
loaded in the Albany stockyards, which 
were examined by I)r. O'Leary, of the 
Federal Bureau of Animal Industry, and 
six were found to he infected with tuber¬ 
culosis and were ordered to be kept with¬ 
in tin* State. These animals were thin, 
bony and emaciated, with sores on udder 
and about the head. Iu response to a 
query of the man in charge of the cattle. 
Dr. O’Leary told him lie could do anything 
he wished with them hut ship them out 
of the State, that he had no further juris¬ 
diction. There is no law, he said, to pre¬ 
vent anybody from purchasing these ani¬ 
mals, butchering them and offering the 
meat for sale iu the markets. The Fed- 
March 2S, 
oral Government has no authority beyond 
detaining such stock where it is found, 
but where the power of the government 
ceases there the authority of the State 
and city ought to begin. It is a serious 
and alarming condition, he is reported to 
have said, to which the city and State 
should wake up. There are some slaugh¬ 
ter houses inspected by the government, 
but such inspection is not compulsory. 
Commissioner Iluson's agents soon got 
onto their job and killed two of the six 
cattle, “embalmed” them in oil and sent 
them to the “crematory” for fertilizer. 
Farm High School.- —-A project is on 
foot to establish an agricultural high 
school at Wyoming, about 40 miles from 
Rochester. The people there are said to 
he willing to donate a site and a suitable 
building for the purpose. Dr. W. II. Dex¬ 
ter of the Agricultural Department at 
Washington has been there to look over 
the situation, and is reported as being 
favorably impressed with the proposition. 
State Fair Premiums.—I t has been 
announced that the State Fair Commis¬ 
sion will have $4,000 more at its disposal 
for agricultural premiums this year than 
last. The principal beneficiaries of the 
increased premium money will be the cat¬ 
tle, sheep and poultry departments. The 
appropriation for the racing features this 
year is $5,0(H) more than last. 
Cayuga Farm Bureau. —Plans are 
under way for the organization of a Farm 
Bureau in Cayuga County. J. R. Tcale 
of Lysander has been engaged as manager 
at a salry of $1,800 a year. The County 
Grange is co-operating and the matter 
was discussed at the recent meeting of 
the Grange. A scheme of co-operative 
farming was outlined by Mare W. Cole 
of the Department of Agriculture. A 
meeting will be held soon at the court¬ 
house in Auburn for further consideration 
of the Bureau. 
Compensation Commission. — The 
Workmen’s Compensation Commission re¬ 
cently established includes the following 
members: Robert K. Dowling, New York, 
chairman, salary $10,000 a year; John 
Mitchell, Mt. Vernon; Dr. Thomas Dar¬ 
lington. New York; .T. Mayhew Wain- 
right, of Rye. The salaries of the three 
latter are $7,500 each. There is still one 
other commissioner to he appointed. The 
nominations were promptly confirmed by 
the Senate. 
Municipal Market. — While others 
have boon talking the Syracuse Chamber 
of Commerce has been acting in the mat¬ 
ter of municipal m rket. At a recent 
meeting of that body a plan was outlined 
for a city market, to cost not more than 
$800,000, or if the city was not ready to 
go into the market business, then a pri¬ 
vate plant under municipal control was 
suggested as the ncyt best thing. A re¬ 
port submitted to the Chamber of Com¬ 
merce by a committee appointed last De¬ 
cember provides that the market shall 
have ample inside sanitary stalls, with 
cold storage and refrigerator equipment, 
also accommodations for producers. 
Wayne County Fruit. —Reports from 
Sod us and other sections in Wayne 
County are to the effect that the moderat¬ 
ing weather is assisting in niovin" of cold 
storage apples. Choice Baldwins are 
commanding $5 a barrel on track, and 
many sales have been made at a higher 
figure. Some fancy Greenings have been 
sold at $5. and one car of gilt-edged fruit 
went at $7. Estimates on the damage to 
fruit, especially peaches, are as discourag¬ 
ing as ever, and the total estimated loss 
is placed by some at $1,000,000. Last 
year more than 4.000 cars of peaches 
were shipped from the belt, valued at 
$2,000,000. Up uear the lake the buds 
are iu better condition than further in¬ 
land. 
Arkport Produce Exchange. —Another 
cooperative association under the new 
law has been organized at Arkport with 
Frank H. Latimer as president and Clay¬ 
ton H. Rollers as secretary and treasurer. 
This is intended to be principally a buy¬ 
ing exchange where farmers may combine 
tlicir orders for farm supplies and ma¬ 
chinery. The principal produce which 
this exchange expects to sell is potatoes, 
and they hope to effect some sort of a 
connection with the Long Island potato 
growers to their mutual advantage. 
Convict Laror on Roads. —The As¬ 
sembly has passed the bill permitting the 
use of convict labor on State highways. 
The bill lias already passed the Senate, 
and it will probably become a law in a 
few days. It is said that the bill has the 
approval of the Superintendent of State 
Prisons. 
Catalpa Case Appeal. —The appeal of 
Bert Walton of Indianapolis, Ind., the 
Catalpa tree salesman, was heard in the 
county court at Batavia on March 16. 
It will be remembered that a verdict was 
found against him in justices’ court in 
his suit to recover for Catalpa trees sold 
to James A. Pettibone, a farmer of Alex¬ 
ander. Decision was reserved. On the 
outcome of this appeal will depend wheth¬ 
er many similar suits against other Gen¬ 
esee County farmers will be dropped or 
not. The attorney for Walton, Mr. Web¬ 
ster. is said to have made the statement 
that the gathering of 800 or 400 fanner* 
throughout the three davs’ trial of the 
case in the justices’ court was calculated 
to unjustly influence the jury, and that 
the farmers composed “an angry mob, 
which had threatened to endanger our 
lives.” Attorney Webster should carry a 
gun. j. w. d. 
