1915. 
THE RURAL TM KW-VOKKE K 
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THE LAND BANK. 
O NLY three weeks ago, we announced 
the temporary organization of the 
Land Lank of the State of New York, 
and the call to subscribers to pay in 
the capital. 
On January 29 the full $100,000 of 
cash capital was in the hands of the 
temporary treasurer, the by-laws had 
been signed; and the Superintendent of 
Banks issued the final certificate of in¬ 
corporation and authorized the bank to 
open, elect permanent officers and open 
its doors for business. 
The first annual meeting of the stock¬ 
holders was held on Friday of last week 
.it 61 Broadway, New York City, and the 
following directors were elected: 
For the three directors at large, E. F. 
Howell, New York, John ,T. Dillon, New 
York, and R. B. Van Courtland, Bed¬ 
ford. N. Y. 
For the First District: 
('has. S. Folsom. New York. 
Wm. II. Judson, New York. 
(J. F. Flandreaux, New Rochelle, N. Y. 
For the Second District: 
D. B. Hutton, Brooklyn. 
Ren j. Thompson, Brooklyn. 
Jas. I*. Judge, Brooklyn. 
For the Third District: 
B. O. Parker, Gouverueur, N. Y. 
E. E. Stanton. Troy, N. Y. 
I. II. Hyde, Norwich, N. Y. 
For the Fourth District: 
\V. G. Cooper, Oswego, N. Y. 
F. D. Kingsbury, Corning, N. Y. 
J. G. Farwell, Geneva, N. Y. 
A supervisory committee was appoint¬ 
ed of three members, II. G. Eckoff, Brook- 
'yn, Geo. Thomas, Rochester, and Thos. 
E. Jones, Catskill. 
Immediately after the stockholders’ 
meeting adjourned the directors organized 
’ y electing the following officers for the 
ensuing year: 
President B. G. Parker, vice-presi¬ 
dents: D. B. Suttoh, Wm. H. Judson, E. 
E. Stanton and J. G. Farwell. Manag¬ 
ing director, E. F. Howell; secretary and 
treasurer John J. Dillon. 
The bank is now ready for business. 
Its first business will be to loan out its 
capital stock on first mortgages on im¬ 
proved real estate in the State. Before 
this is undertaken blank applications 
must be provided and minor details 
worked out. In the meantime prepara¬ 
tions will be made for an issue of bonds, 
so that member associations may be ac¬ 
commodated with money for loans to lo¬ 
cal members. 
This bank is destined to be one of the 
great institutions of the State. We hope 
to see farmers use it freely if they have 
need for its services. The loans may be 
made on long terms not to exceed 40 
years, but may be paid off at any time. 
They may also be paid off in small an¬ 
nuities, one per cent, a year will wipe 
out a mortgage in 40 years. Farmers 
with money will also find a safe and pro¬ 
fitable investment in the Land Bank 
bonds. Young men will find an in¬ 
ducement for saving in these bonds. 
When the savings accumulate, the bank 
will loan money to help buy a farm. 
Farmers will never regret joining a 
Savings and Loan Association, »*,? one is 
located within 50 miles of them. If not, 
a new association should be formed. 
This will be a good work for the Granges, 
and other local organizations. It will 
not matter if the association in your 
neighborhood is not yet a member of the 
Land Bank. There are nearly 250 in 
the State; and less than 50 are yet mem¬ 
bers, but they will all come in when the 
benefits are apparent and the benefits 
will soon be apparent to all. 
This is to be one of the great financial 
institutions of the State. In time it 
should, and probably will become one of 
the largest institutions in the State, and 
young men and women now coming into 
manhood and womanhood will later on be 
proud to say that they began at the be¬ 
ginning and were connected with the 
Land Bank from the first year of its or¬ 
ganization. 
Pullets With Worms. 
M Y pullets, two or three of them, arc 
evacuating droppings covered with 
white worms. This state of things 
I am sure is a very recent development. 
I am giving permanganate of potash in 
drinking water since, also sour milk to 
drink, and in mash. I have 50 pullets; 
am getting from 15 to 22 eggs a day, and 
do not want anything to interfere with 
their health. They are very brisk and 
active, but have been somewhat over¬ 
crowded and have an , xtension, however, 
to the henhouse just colnpleted. Can you 
tell me the proper treatment for worms 
and a possible cause? The pullets are 
Rhode Island Reds. I feed mash once a 
day according to the Australian formula; 
grain, oats, cracked corn, wheat and buck¬ 
wheat twice a day; cabbages, Alfalfa, 
and beets for green food. The litter just 
now is Alfalfa leaves chiefly. l. s. 
New York. 
Intestinal worms in moderate numbers 
do not seem to affect injuriously fowls, 
but, in excessive numbers, they are prob¬ 
ably inimical to their welfare. Any birds 
known to harbor them may be individu¬ 
ally treated by administering turpentine 
mixed with an equal quantity of some 
bland oil in tablespoonful doses. Or, the 
turpentine may be given in smaller dose 
clear. It is most easily given through a 
soft rubber catheter passed down the 
fowl’s gullet. It is difficult to rid a flock 
of worms since these are so easily trans¬ 
mitted from one to another through the 
medium of the droppings, and in attempt¬ 
ed treatment, these must be kept thor¬ 
oughly cleaned up. m. b. d. 
Hens With Staggers. 
W IIAT do you think is the matter 
with my poultry? I have a Leg¬ 
horn pullet that started laying some 
time ago and was apparently in good 
health until the last few days when she 
started to go lame, and when she started 
to move would stagger forward, run 
three or four feet, and fall on lame side. 
There is no external injury noticeable. I 
am keeping her in with the flock; she 
seems to be getting weaker, comb drying 
up and turning dark. I had two-year- 
old hens during the Summer with same 
trouble. I am feeding the Cornell ration 
and the rest of flock are doing well. I 
have a g od new poultry house free from 
vermin, with good sanitary conditions. 
New 7 York. j. *. _i. 
Inflammation of the egg duct some¬ 
times produces similar symptoms to those 
you mention, though this, of course, may 
not be the trouble with your pullet. It is 
impos 'ble to say positively but as the 
trouble is evidently not contagious and 
there is no reason to think that your 
methods of care have anything to do 
with it, the loss may be accepted philo¬ 
sophically as one of those incident to the 
business. M. B. D. 
Use for Henhouse Litter. 
I ll AYE been looking for sometime for 
an article on what to do with litter 
from scratching shed, when it becomes 
soiled, or damp, or both. Would it be 
all right to put in the gutters back of 
the cows? e. b. w. 
One objection to this might be the dan¬ 
ger of putting hen lice in the barn. They 
sometimes become a great nuisance there. 
We use this litter as a mulch around 
fruit trees and find it good for that pur- 
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WORLD WINNING 
WYANDOTTES and LEGHORNS 
SPECIAL NOTICE. 
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at the three contests, at Pennsylvania, Storrs, Missotiri. 
All my Wyandottes and Leghorns are Pure Barron birds, or 
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20814- One bird laid 259 eggs. Most 
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MISSOURI PEN. 
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MORRIS S. C. REDS.—Three pens headed by Vibert cockerels out of 247, 239, 225 egg 
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