1914, 
THE RURAL NEW-YORKER 
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CONTENTS 
THE RURAL NEW-YORKER, August 22, 1914. 
FARM TOPICS. 
Root Disease or Soil “Sickness” of Wheat, 
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State Testing Soy Beans.1026 
The Army Worm.1027 
Crops .1028 
Coming Farmers’ Meetings.1028 
A New Grass for Louisiana.1029 
Hope Farm Notes.1030 
These Trees Rob Crops.1031 
LIVE STOCK AND DAIRIES. 
A Business Cow. 
Are Milk Inspectors Straight?. 
Garbage-Fed Hogs and Cholera. 
A Dairyman on Milk Prices. 
Fleas on Cat. 
Abnormal Breathing . 
Suspected Heaves . 
Decrease in Butter Fat. 
Trespassing Bulls . 
Contagious Abortion . 
Mapes on the Poultry Meeting. 
New England Mi'k Problems. 
Value of Skim-Milk. 
The Milk-Can Law. 
Methods of Horse Feeding. 
Ration for Pigs. 
Ration for Milk.... 
The Egg-Laying Contest.... 
Breeding the "Egg Type” in Hens. 
Destroying Hen Lice. 
Trouble with Chickens. 
Indian Runners for Eggs. 
Washed Eggs .. 
Early Molting . 
HORTICULTURE. 
Wet or Dry Tree Planting.1026 
Manure for Currants; Cabbage Maggot.1029 
Notes from a Maryland Garden..1031 
New Jersey Horticultural Meeting.1033 
WOMAN AND THE HOME. 
From Day to Day.1036 
Seen in New York Shops.1036 
Some New Ways of Serving Fruit.1036 
Hominy Croquettes .1036 
Marlboro Pie .1036 
A Wise Woman Says.1037 
The Rural Patterns. 1037 
Two Good Relishes. 1037 
The Front Porch Philosopher.1037 
Tomatoes Stuffed with Corn.1037 
Concord Cream .1037 
MISCELLANEOUS. 
Rents for Post Office Boxes.1026 
New York State News....1028 
Scientific Bulletins .1029 
Cleaning Out Bats.1029 
Moving Bees .1031 
Editorials .1032 
The War and Commerce.1033 
Events of the Week.1033 
Government Crop Report .1033 
Publisher's Desk .1042 
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Products, Prices and Trade. 
Wholesale Prices at New York, 
Week Ending Aug. 14, 1914. 
MILK. 
The Borden milk schedule to producers 
for the six months beginning with April 
is ns follows, compared with last year. 
This is per 100 pounds in the 26-cent 
zone. For 
the 
29 and 32-eent 
zones the 
schedule is 
10 
cents less for all 
months; 
1914. 
1913. 
April .... 
Mfiv 
$1.50 
June . 
. 1.10 
1.10 
July . 
. 1.25 
1.33 
August . . . 
1.45 
September 
. 1.50 
1.55 
Figuring SO pounds to the 40-quart can 
the per quart price is as follows: April. 
3.10 cents; May, 2.47; .Tune, 2.30; July, 
2.08; August, 3.01; September, 3.22. 
Wholesale priees paid by New York 
dealers are running $1.01 and $1.51 for 
B and C. Hotels and restaurants using 
two to three cans per day are paying live 
to 5i/i cents per quart, single quart prices 
from bakeries and grocery stores, six to 
seven cents; delivered milk, nine to 10 
cents. 
BUTTER. 
The market on all grades of creamery 
is firm and one to two cents higher. Busi¬ 
ness is better than last week. The pack¬ 
ing stock arriving is mainly poor. 
Creamery, extra, lb. 29*$@ 30*$ 
Good to Choice . 25 @ 29 
Lower Grades... 2U @ 22 
State Dairy, best. 26 @ 29 
Common to Good. 18 @ 26 
Factory. 19 @ 22 
Packing Stock. 18 @ 21 
Elgin, III., butter market 28*$ cents. 
Philadelphia, western creamery, 31 cents. 
CHEESE. 
Prices on imported stock will be 
dropped for the present, as supplies are 
scarce and practically nothing new ar¬ 
riving. Domestic cheese of most grades 
is one cent higher than last week, the 
market for white being less firm than 
colored. 
Whole Milk, fresh, specials. 15?$@ 16 
Average fancy. 16 @ 15*$ 
Prime- .. 144(@ 15*4 
Under grades . 1UU@ 14*$ 
Daisies. 1544® 16*$ 
Skims, specials. 1194 ® 12 & 
Good to choice .. 10 @ ll*jj 
Poor to lair. 5 @ 10 
EGGS. 
A limited trade is noted in fancy 
white eggs at one cent above last report. 
Qualities below this are in ample supply, 
showing a considerable proportion of heat 
damage. A few eggs are being shipped 
to England this week, upwards of 15.000 
dozen. 
White, choice to fancy, large .. 33 @ 34 
Common to good . 25 @ 32 
Mixed colors, best. 28 @ 30 
Common to good. 18 @ 22 
Western fresh, white. 24 @ 28 
Lower grades. 18 @ 20 
Storage, best . 26 @ 27 
Lower grades. 19 @ 24 
FRESH FRUITS. 
The market has been overstocked with 
windfall and low-grade apples. Hand¬ 
picked Yellow Transparent and Duchess 
bring $1.50 to $3 per barrel, the latter 
price rather exceptional. Poaches selling 
well and slightly higher for fairly colored 
sound fruit. Some shipments of windfall 
peaches have been seen. They may seem 
of some value when picked up. but are 
sure to spoil on the way. Blackberries, 
huckleberries going at improved prices, 
some of the latter arriving from Nova 
Scotia, wholesaling at 10 cents per 
quart. 
Apples—Alexander, bbl. 150 @3 00 
Yellow Transparent. 150 @3 00 
Duchess. 1 50 @ 2 50 
Astracban . 1 50 @ 2 50 
Bongh. 1 50 @2 25 
Pears. Le Conte, bbl. 1 00 @ 3 60 
Clapp’s Favorite .....,.3 10 @5 00 
Bartlett .3 50 @ 4 50 
Peaches. Del. and Md., crate. 75 @ 1 75 
Southern Elberta. 75 @2 50 
W. Va., crate.1 25 @ 1 75 
Nearby, bkt. 25 @ 75 
Currants, at. S @ 5 
Plums. 0-bkt. carrier._ 75 @ 1 50 
Raspberries, red, pint . 5 @ 8 
Blackberries, qt. 6 @ 12 
Huckleberries, qt. C @ 16 
Muskmelons. Md., bu. 25 @125 
Texas, bu. 25 @ 50 
Jersey, bu. 35 @ 75 
Watermelons, 1O0.20 00 @35 00 
HOPS. 
Prime to choice. 35 @ 37 
Common to good. 30 @ 34 
Pacific Coast . 17 @ 18 
Old stock. 10 @ 15 
HONEY. 
Clver. comb, lb. 15 @ 1G 
Dark . 13 @ 15 
Extracted, gallon. 60 @ 90 
BEANS. 
There have been some further price ad¬ 
vances, and the market is very firm. Sup¬ 
plies, both here and at country points, 
are scarce, and holders asking more than 
the figures quoted. 
Marrow. 100 lbs.. 
Medium .. 
Pea . 
Red Kidney. 
White Kidney... 
Lima, California 
6 85 @7 25 
5 10 @ 5 15 
4 90 @5 10 
5 75 @6 85 
6 27 @ 7 00 
8 00 @ 8 25 
VEGETABLES. 
Potato market very weak, many hav¬ 
ing sold at $1.75 per barrel, and $2 the 
top for best Long Island. Green beans, 
cucumbers and peppers in large supply 
and low. Tomatoes running poor in 
quality. Sweet corn plentiful and lower. 
Potatoes-Jersey, bbl. 1 50 @ 1 90 
Long Island, bbl,. 1 75 @ 2 00 
Sweet Potatoes, bbl. 3 00 @ 4 25 
Beets. 100 bunches. 50 @ 1 00 
Cariots. bbl. 75 @ 1 00 
Cucumbers, bu. 20 @ 50 
Corn. Jersey, 100. 25 ® 1 00 
Cabbage, bbl. 25 @ 50 
Lettuce, half-bbl. basket. 25 @ 50 
Onions—Southern, bu. . 150 ® 2 00 
Nearby, bu. 1 50 @ 2 50 
Okra, bu . . 1 00 @ 1 5l) 
Peppers. Jersey, bbl.1 (10 @ 1 50 
Peas, bu. 50 @ 1 00 
Radishes. 100 bunches . 50 @ 75 
8trine Beans, bu. 20 @ 75 
Squash. Hubbard, bbl.100 & 1 50 
Crook Neck . 25 @ 75 
Egg Plants, bu. 40 @ 75 
Tomatoes. Jersey Acme, box . 50 @ 1 00 
Jersey, Stone... 25 @ 6J 
LIVE POULTRY. 
Broilers, lb. 17 @ 181$ 
Fowls . 16 @ Hl*$ 
Roosters. 11*$@ 12 
Ducks. 15 @ 17 
Geese.. 12 @ 13*$ 
DRESSED POULTUT. 
Chickens choice broilers, lb. 26 @ 28 
Squab broilers, pair. 50 @ 65 
Broilers, common to good . 20 @ 25 
Fowls. 15 @ 19 
Ducks, Spring. 14 @ 16 
Squabs, doz.1 25 @3 50 
HAY AND STRAW. 
Receipts moderate and business fairly 
active on the same price basis as last 
week. 
Hay. Timothy No. 1. ton . 23 00 @24 00 
No. 2.21 00 @22 00 
No. 3.IS 00 @20 00 
Clover mixed.17 00 @22 00 
New Hay, as to quality .19(9 @22 00 
Straw, Rye .15 U0 @16 00 
LITE STOCK. 
Native Steers. 6 85 @10 00 
Bulls. 5 25 @ 7 60 
Cows. 3 50 @ 6 75 
Calves, prime veal, 100 lb. 95u @13 00 
Culls ... . 6 00 @ SU0 
Sheep. 100 lbs.3 1 0 @ 5 25 
Lambs . 7 00 @ 9 25 
Hogs. 9 00 @10 45 
GRAIN. 
The wheat market has had some wild 
advances and drops during the week, 
based on the probabilities of shipments to 
Europe being resumed. It appears quite 
certain that sales to the other side can he 
financed by exchange through gold de¬ 
posits in Canadian banks, but sellers are 
uncertain as to insurance of cargoes even 
where ships are to be had. It seems prob¬ 
able that within a week or two some sat¬ 
isfactory arrangement will be made. 
Wheat. No. 1. Northern Spring. 107 @ 
No. 2. Red . 97 @ 
No. 2. Hard Winter. 94 @ 
Corn, as to quality, bush. 90 @ 92 
Oats, as to weight, bush. 45 ® 47 
Rye. St) @ 85 
RETAIL PRICES AT NEW YORK. 
The figures given here are not the high¬ 
est or lowest, but fairly representative of 
many thousand sales in New York where 
the buyer takes the goods home instead 
of having them delivered. Fruits and 
vegetables at New York are retailing low¬ 
er than for many years, as there has 
been a large supply throughout the sea¬ 
son. Meats of the same quality vary 
widely in price, dejionding on the ex¬ 
penses of the retailer and his ideas as 
to profits, some being ready to do busi¬ 
ness on a much lower percentage than 
others. 
Eggs, fancy white, doz. 40 @ 45 
Mixed colors, new laid. 35 @ 38 
Ordinary grades. 20 @ 25 
Butter, fancy prints, lb. 35 @ 37 
Tub, choice. 28 @ 32 
Chickens, roasting, lb. 30 @ 32 
Fowls. 25 @ 28 
Leg of lamb. 16 @ is 
Lamb chops. 18 @ 20 
Roasting beef . is @ 20 
Stewing beef . 12 @ 14 
Pork Chops. 16 @ 18 
Fresh Cod. 14 @ 15 
Porgies . 10 @ 12 
Eels. 15 @ 16 
.Halibut. 18 @ 20 
Rutterfish. 7 @ 8 
Tomatoes, qt. 3 @ 5 
Cucumbers, each . 1 @ 3 
Lettuce, each. 1 @ 3 
Corn, doz. 12 @ 20 
Potatoes, peck . 30 @ 4 0 
August 6. We have had an abundance 
of rainfall in this section this year. 
Crops are looking the best they have in 
several years. Haying is nearly all done, 
with a little larger tonnage than last 
year. Pastures are holding out well, and 
cows have kept up the milk flow better 
than commonly. The milk companies are 
riding the country looking for more milk; 
they say the milk has dropped off nearly 
one-half in quantity since the flush of 
feed. If they would advance the price a 
little that would encourage the dairy¬ 
men to feed more grain, and more grain 
means more milk. Pea picking is at its 
height just now and prices are running 
very low, mostly selling around 50 and 
60 cents, with a few sales running $1 
per bushel. We would like to know what 
the consumer is paying for them. It is 
estimated that this county has produced 
300.000 cases of eggs in the last 12 
months with prices a little better than a 
year ago. Hog cholera has broken out 
in several places in the county, and it is 
advised not to exhibit swine at the fairs 
this Fall M. w. F. 
Otsego Co., N. Y. 
BOSTON MARKETS. 
B OSTON market is in a slump, various 
causes have brought this about. The 
shutting off of our export trade at 
this time, just as our apples are coming 
on the market, is very bad, especially as 
there is practically no other outlet for 
these as all other markets are supplied by 
the general good crop all over the coun¬ 
try. Native stock, mostly drops, brings 
50 cents to $1 per box, a few good ones 
$1.50 or better. The market is flooded 
with' cantaloupes, and these are sold at 
whatever is offered, in many cases from 
$2.50 down to $1 per crate, and are re¬ 
tailed 011 1 at three for 25 cents in most 
cases, but many are offering them at five 
for 25 cents to catch trade. California 
pears $2.50 per box, natives not yet 
ready. Poaches plenty from Southern 
sections and are selling at $2 per bushel 
basket for best, in other cases good fair 
fruit goes at $1 per bushel basket and 
around $2 per crate. Oranges a little 
short and bring $3.50 and better per box. 
Lemons about $7; watermelons 25 and 35 
cents each. Blueberries in fair supply at 
10 to 15 cents per box, other berries in 
scattering lots sell at 14 for blackberries, 
5 and 10 per box for currants, and 10 
cents per pint for raspberries.- All kinds 
of vegetables plenty and in most cases 
low in price. Local grocers complain of 
too heavy shipment from Connecticut as 
one of the chief causes of the surplus and 
low prices. Green corn is cheaper than 
usual at this time of year, only bringing 
50 to 75 cents per box in most cases; 
quality fair and size rather small. String 
beans bring any price from 25 to 50 as 
the rule. Cabbage about 60 cents per 
barrel. Good cucumbers about $1 per 
box; beets 1*4 and 1 Y 2 cent per bunch; 
lettuce 15 cents per box in many cases. 
Onions dropping from the $2 price of a 
short time ago to $1.50 and $1 per box. 
Potatoes a little more plentiful and price 
getting reasonable, $1.50 to $1.75 per bar¬ 
rel and 80 to ‘JO cents per box. Sweets 
$4.50 per barrel. Tomatoes, outdoor, 
$3.50 per box, indoor 10 cents per pound. 
Squash $2 per pound for marrow; Sum¬ 
mer about 60 cents per box. 
All meats are being held at higher 
prices and consumption of these is failing 
oft', eggs being used freely. Beef, dressed, 
brings 14 to 18 for best cuts, others 10 
to 12. Best lamb 18, others 9 to 15. 
Dressed hogs ll^->. Live beef or native 
stock at Brighton 7 to 9 for good, others 
5 to 7. Live hogs 9%, live veal 9^4 per 
pound. 
Hay is not offered freely and brings 
$25 for best per ton, other grades down 
to $15 per ton. Grain on the jump. $1.80 
per bag for meal and corn; cottonseed 
.<33 per ton; gluten $30; linseed $32 to 
$34; bran $28; mixed feed $30; oats 50 
cents per bushel. A. E. P. 
Subscribers’ Exchange 
WANTED—Farm of about 80 acres, 40 acres 
tillable; must have orchard, running water, 
woodland, pasture, dwelling and outbuildings, 
about 100 miles of New York Citv; no agencies. 
Address F. E. SCHELL, 433 West 46tli St., 
New York City. 
FOR SALE—3,500 acres ranch, 400 acres in 
farm, 3 sets improvements, 4 silos. 1,526 acres 
deeded, balance leased: deeded laud, §14 per 
acre, lease thrown in; crop, live stock and equip¬ 
ment put in at reasonable price. E. D. HUNT, 
Owner, Childress. Tex. 
FOR SALE—Good 80 acre farm, fair building, 
50 acres improved, balance good timber and 
pasture; telephone and R. l>.; good neighbors: 
1 mile from school, 2*5 miles from two small 
town and Erie II. li.; price, §2.400; reason for 
selling, other business. Address the owner, 
WALTER BEERS, Cameron Mills, N. Y. 
FOR SALE—A seventy-acre dairy farm, located 
in West Brookfield, Mass.; near first-class mar¬ 
kets. schools and churches; twelve-room house, 
05-foot barn with basement, carriage house, or¬ 
chard. running water to house and, barn; year’s 
supply of stove wood; large flock hens, two 
sbotes. seven cows, two horses, necessary farm 
machinery in good condition. This is a splen¬ 
did farm and would make a nice summer or uU- 
the-year-round home; plenty of fine shade trees, 
sightly; American neighbors; a good place to 
live: been in the family over sixty years. Terms 
easy. Price §6,000; no dealers. Write or see 
II. W. KING, East Longmeadow. Mass. 
Subscribers’ Exchange 
Complying with several suggestions received 
recently, we open a department here to enable 
RURAL NEW-YORKER readers to supply each 
other’s wants. If you want to buy or sell or 
exchange, make it known here. This Rate will 
be 5 Cents a word, payable in advance. The 
name and address must be counted as part of 
the advertisement. Copy must reach us not 
later than Friday to appear in the following 
week. No display type used, and only Farm 
Products, Help and Positions Wanted admitted. 
For subscribers only. Dealers, jobbers and gen¬ 
eral manufacturers’ announcements not admit¬ 
ted here. Poultry, Eggs and other live stock 
advertisements will go under proper headings on 
other pages. Seed and Nursery advertisements 
will not be accepted for this column. 
POSITION WANTED—By married dairyman, 
milker and butter maker. Has small family. 
Reference. PATRICK DONOVAN, Hope, R. I. 
AMERICAN—Single, first-class carpenter and 
painter; also experienced gardener, wants po¬ 
sition on gentleman's place or institution. E. 
C., enre R. N.-Y. 
YOUNG MAN—-Some experience with cows, 
horses, garden truck, etc., wants position on 
practical farm, with good home. Address SUL¬ 
LIVAN, 7 W. 92nd St., N. Y. C. 
POSITION WANTED—On private or commer¬ 
cial poultry farm, by single man, 27; 4 years 
experience; can run incubators and brooders; 
good on winter egg production; best of refer¬ 
ence. A. E. EDWARDS, Jermyn, Pa., R. 1. 
PRACTICAL FARMER—Wants position as man¬ 
ager; capable of, and to be trusted with, en¬ 
tire charge of gentleman’s estate; married; ac¬ 
quainted with up-to-date methods and machin¬ 
ery; references exchanged. P. S. H., care of 
Rural New-Yorker. 
POSITION WANTED—By experienced single 
man; understands creamery work, testing, 
production, sanitary milk, care and feeding cat¬ 
tle. general fanning; first-class bnttermaker; 
college training; practical and sensible: refer¬ 
ences. Address DAIRYMAN, care Rural New- 
Yorker. 
FARMER—Young married man. with life ex¬ 
perience in general farming and dairy, wishes 
to correspond with parties in need of a reliable 
man; have been employed as foreman of an up- 
to-date business dairy on Long Island for two 
years, where my services have been absolutely 
satisfactory. Address BENJ. DAVIS, Roslyn. 
L. I. Box 116. 
POSITION WANTED—As manager for farm or 
estate: would take good dairy farm on shares, 
thoroughly understand farm crops, up-to-date 
machinery, steam and gasoline engines, tractor 
plows, concrete work; New York State pre¬ 
ferred; strictly sober, reliable, married Ameri¬ 
can; small family; good references. Address 
Energetic, Care II. New-Yorker. 
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WANTED—Man and wife; man must be feeder 
and milker, and do general farm work. Wife 
to work in house. Farm just outside city of 
Poughkeepsie. Modern improvements. House 
left in entire charge of couple from October to 
May. Give names and addresses of persons who 
know your ability to fill position and wages ex¬ 
pected. in first letter. JOHN G. PHEIL, 52 
Broadway, New York City. 
A METHODICAL, practical, scientific and suc¬ 
cessful general farm and dairy manager cov¬ 
ering years of extensive and varied experience 
in exacting operations will be open for engage¬ 
ment Sept. 1. Eminent credentials will be fur 
nished and nothing short of a first-class, respon¬ 
sible and remunerative position will be consid¬ 
ered. If desirous, might consider cash propo¬ 
sition of lease of entire property. Address T. J. 
A., care Rural New-Yorker. 
ALFALFA HAY—F. P. EKKENBECK, Fayette¬ 
ville, N. Y. 
FOR SALE—For want of use, cow-pea harves¬ 
ter, cuts, threshes, cleans, in one operation, 
horse driven; price, §70. W. LERCH, Supt., 
ScobeyviUe, N. J., via Eatontown. 
SOUR CHERRIES in No. 2 cans, syruped with 
pits. §1.25 per doz.; Clapp's favorite aud 
Bartlett pears in No. 2V. cans, with syrnp 
§1.50 per dozen. SENECA FRUIT FARM, Wa¬ 
terloo, N. Y. 
FIG PRESERVES—Home made: a new delicacy 
for most people; made from choice fruit right 
from the tree; few people have ever tasted a 
fig as It ought to be; write for prices aud sam¬ 
ple to MRS. M. A. PARKER, Rickeriy, near 
Dauphin way. Mobile, Ala. 
FARM WANTED—Columbia County; mnst be 
bargain; fullest information. Address C. R. 
H., care U. N.-Y. 
10 ACRES—House, ham, ben honses, outbuild¬ 
ings, orchard; price reasonable. W. P. TAY¬ 
LOR Oradell. N. J. 
FOR SALE—235 acres, good soil and buildings. 
fruit and stock farm in fine condition, §35 
acre. Inquire T. S. PAGE, Cohocton, N. Y., R3. 
FRUIT. TRUCK. POULTRY FARM—Will sell 
all or any portion of 36 acres; good bnildings, 
excellent location; immediate possession; no 
agents. HOMER TWEED. Quakertown, Pa. 
FOR SALE—The Mattitnck White Leghorn 
Farm. A new plant, fully stocked and 
equipped. Will net annually 25 per cent, of 
purchase price—§S,000. ARTHUR H. PENNY, 
Mattitnck. N. Y. 
ON POCOMOKE SOUND, Eastern Shore of 
Maryland, mild, healthy climate. 500 acres 
fertile soil, beautiful home and buildings; salt 
water front; oysters, fish, crabs, clams and 
game plentiful. Will sell at a bargain, or 
would lease to a party <uat would buy the 
crops, stock and farming machinery. Address 
OWNER, Box 23, R. F. D. No. 2, Marion Sta¬ 
tion. Somerset Co., Maryland. 
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REAL ESTATE FOR SALE—Massachusetts—A 
bargain—Farm and mill. 200 acres in lovely 
valley, 2 two-story houses. 2 barns and out¬ 
buildings, SO acres wood. 20 acres pine, crops 
in; farming tools, SO apple trees, 16 cattle, 2 
horses, fowls, bees, mill complete, circular saw. 
shingle machine, planer, matcher, rip saw and 
wood splitter; 3 miles from town. Boston & 
Albany railroad station; 2 lines of trolley. In¬ 
quire of BOX 413. West Brookfield, Mass. 
DO YOU NEED FARM HELP 
M e have many able-bodied young men both with 
ami without farming experience, who wish to work 
on farms. If yon need a good, steady, sober man, 
write for an order blank. Ours is a philanthropic 
organization and we make no charge to employer 
or employee. Our object is the encouragement of 
Jews - THE JEWISH AGRICULTURAL 
SOCIETY, 178 Second Avenue. New York City. 
The FARMERS’ BUREAU 
agricultural help. Only first class farm help ami positions solic¬ 
ited. Refereno-S investigated. Scientific advice on farm prob¬ 
lems. Dept. R, lit) Nassau St., N. Y. Phone, 5565 Beckman 
