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THE RUR.-A.Ly RE W-YORKER 
September J'J, 
N W YORK STATE FAIR NOTES. 
M A MINERY.—The gasoline engine, 
(he motor truck, the litter carrier, 
the manure spreader, the milking 
machine, the riding plow and the tractor 
attracted the business farmer at the fair 
at Syracuse this year. The farmer is 
becoming a mechanic, and his appreciation 
of machinery in lightening his tasks 
would have astonished the mechanician of 
a SCO; e years ago. Farm machinery is 
as keenly an interesting feature of the 
fair as the horse race and the live stock. 
The exhibits evidence what farmers are 
buying. The silo men declare there were 
one-third more inquiries for silos than 
last year. The prospects were more in¬ 
terested than heretofore, and the indica¬ 
tions point to the sale of one-third more 
silos the coming year than heretofore in 
the State. The tractor for a score years 
was considered at home in the West. One 
tractor representative declared fruit men 
are more deeply interested in the ma¬ 
chine for orchard tilling, farmers in this 
power for hauling, road men for grading, 
and the side hill orchards of New York 
and New England will apply the tractor 
to their farm work on nearly 40 per cent, 
increase in number of machines in use. 
Farmers are turning attention to the use 
of concrete on the farm. The old back¬ 
breaking method of mixing cement with 
hoe, and pouring in water from a pail 
and shoveling the mixture in a bucket is 
yielding to the concrete mixer. The ma¬ 
chines are inexpensive, compared with 
efficiency, and several were shown which 
could be operated by hand or the small 
horsepower engine and cost about $T>. 
“Now is the age of gasoline,” a farmer 
remarked as he observed a display in 
which there w re a half dozen eng : nes in 
operation. “There will be more engines 
sold in the East than heretofore,” re¬ 
marked a representative. “In the dairy 
sections we are p’acing the large horse¬ 
power engine, 10. 12 and even larger for 
silo filling. Many farmers are buying 
smaller engines for pumning and house¬ 
hold work.” “We are adding the magneto 
to our engine and the low price of gaso¬ 
line and fuel has rprekened the demand 
for power plants.” The patent right pro¬ 
moter has disappeared from the fairs and 
is no longer offering a new “fence idea.” 
The wire men are telling the New York 
farmers the secret of fencing. _ The farm¬ 
ers are not buying barbed wire as they 
did a dozen years ago. The farmer who 
is seeking good fencing finds No. 0 wire 
is the fenc : ng which is most profitable, 
the increased life is a sensible investment, 
and the critical buyers are asking for 
fencing with stay wires spaced six inches 
apart. The fence men will sell nearly 
double the fencing in New York State 
the coming year. We must provide more 
sanitary milk and do it profitably, dairy¬ 
men agree, and the milking machine is 
a me. ,in s of sanitary milk production. 
Four different m’lking machines were ex¬ 
hibited at the State Fair. 
Poultry Exiiftts. —The grandeur of 
display and the comfortable quarters in 
which the poultry is located are the feat¬ 
ures of the poultry exhibit at the State 
Fair, in the opinion of one of the visitors 
and exhibitors. The practical as well as 
show stock is the kind that were ex¬ 
hibited at the fair. Exhibitors not only 
from New York State, but from Canada 
and as far west as Kansas battled for 
prizes. The Rhode Island Reds were 
more numerous than heretofore. This is 
an evidence of their popularity as a 
serviceable fowl. Foghorns have been 
popular at the New York State Fair, and 
they have maintained their stand in spite 
of other birds bidding for popular favor 
on. the basis of efficiency. The varieties, 
even including the more rare Silver Duck¬ 
ling Leghorn were shown, and all in good 
numbers. The Aneonas and the Campines 
deserved recommendation. There are not 
as many Barred Rocks exhibited as pre¬ 
viously. This was probably due to the 
lack of the get-together spirit among the 
breeders. Special inducements were of¬ 
fered the Minorcas, and the breeders re¬ 
sponded by sending remarkable fowls. 
The popularity of the Aneonas and Cam- 
pines as egg machines was evidenced by 
the numerous exhibits. These birds not 
only are the kind which will satisfy the 
egg producer but the fancy breeder. The 
array of the Campines was declared the 
best outside of any great city show. The 
presence of the Sicilian Buttercups evi¬ 
denced their being a practical and effi¬ 
cient bird. Turkeys were shy this year, 
the only breed shown being White Hol¬ 
lands. The special prizes on Indian Run¬ 
ner dueks stimulated very lively compe¬ 
tition among breeders in New York and 
surrounding States. Among the geese 
Toulouse and Embden, and a large num¬ 
ber of Africans were shown. Even the 
migratory wild goose had been made to 
feel at home, and evidenced pride in the 
attention given him. A multitude of 
bantams which came from far west Kan¬ 
sas, were at home among their many 
competitors, and although some attempt 
showing efficiency in bantams, yet the 
number of exhibits show interest of fan¬ 
ciers in the small fowl, as show and pet 
bird. “The Minorcas have nothing over 
the Leghorns in s : ze of egg,” remarked 
one poultryman as he leaned over the rail¬ 
ing, and inspected the eggs shown. The 
egg exhibit was one of the interesting lit¬ 
tle features of the show. 
VEGETABLE AND FRUIT EXHIBITS. 
I N view of activity of the Vegetable 
Growers’ Association during the past 
Winter, in which it was decided to 
bring to the attention of the Fair Asso¬ 
ciation the need of improvement in ex¬ 
isting conditions, Henry Greffrath, a 
large commercial grower, was appointed 
superintendent, and the premium list was 
doubled. The prizes, particularly in 
onions, potatoes, tomatoes, and other veg¬ 
etables, were secured by commercial grow¬ 
ers rather than fanciers. The Grange 
and the county exhibits had fallen off in 
the past two years. This is due to the 
effort required to collect material for 
these exhibits. It was suggested that 
men should be hired to collect these coun¬ 
ty exhibits, they should be paid, and 
should visit orchards with the view to se¬ 
lecting fruit for exhibition purposes. 
Others proposed that the Granges should 
hold preliminary fairs and from the win¬ 
ning exhibits, the county exhibits should 
be selected for the State Fair. In fruit, 
prizes were offered to packs, and it was 
suggested that much of the fruit shown 
would be in boxes and baskets and bar¬ 
rels, and the plate displays would be left 
to the Granges. In the volume of the 
exhibits, owing to the peach shortage, the 
peaches shown were less than previous 
years. There are more apples being 
shown than last year, and about the same 
number as two years before. The grape 
exhibits are the best shown in several 
years. Many prizes were awarded the 
Hudson Valley and Long Island grapes, 
because of their being well advanced in 
maturity compared with the western and 
the lake vineyards. 
LEGAL FARM MATTERS 
Private Water Supply. 
H OW long can a lease be obtained in 
this .State for putting a reservoir for 
water on a hill above the house, and 
could I supply my neighbors with the 
running water and fix our rates without 
the permission of some other official? 
Whose property would the pipe be that 
ran from the reservoir to my place if I 
paid for the installing of it in the begin¬ 
ning? D. M. 
The right you desire in the spring 
would be more in the form of an easement 
than a lease, but if yon wish to lease the 
right to get water from the spring, the 
term could be for any length of time you 
wish. The lease should also contain the 
provision for carrying the water over 
your neighbor’s property. Unless you 
protected your right in the pipe by con¬ 
tract, it would revert to the owner of tin 1 
property on which it was laid after your 
lease expired. You can snpp’y your 
neighbors up to the number of 10 with 
the running water and fix your rates 
without the permission of any public offi¬ 
cial, but if it got over this number you 
probably would have to consult the Pub¬ 
lic Service Commission. 
Payment of Taxes. 
A PURCHASED a farm in New Hamp¬ 
shire for $S()0, paying one-lmlf down 
and securing a mortgage for $400 
from B, the first owner of the farm. A 
agTees to pay B $100 down each year at 
the rate of 6% on the $400. A claims 
that as long as the rate of interest is 0% 
he has no taxes to pay and that B is 
obliged to pay the taxes, but if the rate 
of interest were 5 %, A would have to 
pay the taxes. D. M. 
New Hampshire. 
The rate of interest has nothing to do 
with the taxes. The taxes must lx* paid 
by the party who has the legal title to 
the land. If A has been given a deed and 
he has recorded it, he must pay the taxes, 
unless by contract A and B have decided 
otherwise. 
Damages for Change of Grade of Railway. 
O UR buildings are situated on the low¬ 
er side of the highway and are so 
situated that we have quite a steep 
incline to drive up to get into the high¬ 
way. Now the State authorities are 
building an improved highway which 
cause a fill in front of our driveway and 
house of some eight to 10 feet which 
makes it impossible to drive on to road or 
make a reasonable drive in the old place. 
We have had to move our road fence and 
drive along parallel with road for some 
distance before we can get on. It is quite 
a damage to us as a matter of conven¬ 
ience, and more so if we, were to sell off 
farm. It is considered a very serious | 
damage by the best men of this com¬ 
munity; some have estimated the dam¬ 
age around $1,000. Are you of the opin¬ 
ion that I could get damage from the 
State? Is there any law protecting peo¬ 
ple in this respect? K. s. H. 
New York. 
Section 50 of the State Highway Law, 
which does not seem to have been amend¬ 
ed lately, provides that in any town in 
which a town highway shall be repaired 
or graded from curb to curb by the auth¬ 
orities of the town the owner of the land 
adjacent to the State highway shall be 
entitled to recover from the town the 
damages resulting from any change of 
grade. This claim should be verified and 
presented to the town board within 60 
days after such change of grade is ef¬ 
fected. The town board may agree with 
the owner upon the amount of damages, 
hut if no agreement is made withm 30 
days the property owner may apply to the 
Supreme Court. 
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