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THE RURAI> NEW-YORKER 
February 13, 
NEW YORK STATE GRANGE. 
T HE largest number of duly accredited 
delegates that ever sat in a conven¬ 
tion of the New York State Grange 
assembled on Feb. 2,*'1915, at Oswego 
in the 42nd session of that body. The 
number exceeded 600. The opening ses¬ 
sion was devoted to annual reports of 
State Master W. II. Vary, State Secre¬ 
tary W. N. Giles, State Treasurer W. L. 
Bean and the executive committee. 
The State Master reviewed the work 
of the year in its various aspects and 
discussed some of the larger problems 
with which the Granges have had to deal 
and others which were presented for fu¬ 
ture consideration. He noted with sat¬ 
isfaction the growth of the Order in 
numbers during the year ending Sept. 
30th, 1914. Thirty-six new Granges were 
organized, and for the quarter ending 
Dec. 31, eleven more Granges were es¬ 
tablished. The National Master has 
Called for 600 new Granges this year 
and New York seems to be doing its 
share to secure the desired number. Some 
of the subjects touched upon in his report 
were the rural schools, in which the con¬ 
solidation of rural schools and the town¬ 
ship system of control were featured; 
assessment and taxation, concerning 
which he made three suggestions which 
if carried out would lighten the burden 
of taxation, viz. j First, requiring all 
property to bear its just share of taxa¬ 
tion, second, the removal of a large num¬ 
ber of useless judicial office-holders; 
third, reducing the salaries of others 
Mr. Vary objected to the proposal of 
the Post Office Department to let rural 
mail delivery contracts to the lowest bid¬ 
der and argued the improvement of mar¬ 
ket roads in preference to boulevards, 
lie demanded that farmers be reimbursed 
properly for cattle destroyed by the 
State that were suspected of having tu¬ 
berculosis or that really had it. He 
questioned the desirability of legislation 
to require the pasteurizing of all 
skimmed milk as interfering with the 
fanner’s business without his consent. 
The report made by Secretary W. N. 
Giles was most encouraging, lie stated 
that the State had paid into the Nation¬ 
al Grange treasury the sum of $5,434.74, 
an amount in excess of our closest 
competitor of $2,496.74 and an amount 
only lacking about $300 of the combined 
payments of 22 other Spates. 
The total actual membership Sept. 30, 
1914 was 113,943 and the number of 
Granges in the State on Jan. 1, 1915, 
was 862. The net gain in paid up mem¬ 
berships for the year was 4,688. There 
were 36 Granges organized and only 12 
disorganized or dormant. The counties 
having the largest memberships, each of 
which exceeds in numbers several States 
in the West are: Chautauqua, 8,030; 
Jefferson, 8,007; Oswego, 5,461; St. Law¬ 
rence, 5,368; Monroe, 5,197 and Wayne, 
4,887. Wayne County is the only one 
in the four thousand class. There are 
three in the three thousand class and 
nineteen in the two thousand class. 
Treasurer W. L. Bean reported that 
amount on hand Jan. 1, 1914, as $28, 
137.62. Received from the Secretary 
with accrued interest during the year 
brought the total amount up to $62,- 
051.34. The total disbursements were 
$32,831.32, leaving a balance on hand 
Jan. 1st, ’915, of $29,219.80. 
The important report of the committee 
on cooperation and trade was submitted 
by Mr. Ezra A. Tuttle of Eastport, N. 
Y. He said that the sole object of the 
State Food and Market Department is 
to secure for producers adequate return 
for their investment and labor of produc¬ 
tion and to secure for consumers a re¬ 
duction in the cost of living. He be¬ 
lieved that the Grange should give active 
support throughout the State to every 
agency, working for the organization of co¬ 
operative societies and recommended that 
the Grange cooperate actively and vig¬ 
orously with the department in estab¬ 
lishing and operating a better system of 
marketing. 
The only officers elected this year were 
one member of the executive committee 
for three years and an assistant steward ■ 
for an unexpired term. Mr. Edwin j 
Knickerbocker of Dutchess County was 
re-elected to the executive committee and 
Mr. Fred Hecker of Monroe County to 
the office of Assistant Steward. J. w. D. 
County Agent Work. 
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M OTHER, let’s have apple pie for 
Thanksgiving.” 
"But apples cost so much a 
bushel, we shall have to pay the mer¬ 
chant $1.50, and you know we have the 
best pumpkins this year that Montgom¬ 
ery County, Ohio, ever had.” 
"But,” said the young man, "Our coun¬ 
ty agent has a notice on his blackboard 
that a carload of apples will be brought 
in from Meigs or Gallia County, and he 
tells us they will be sold from the car at 
50 cents a bushel. Apples are rotting on 
the ground over there where Uncle John 
lives.” 
Several carloads of apples during the 
past Fall were brought from surrounding 
counties through the efforts of E. A. 
Brenneman, Dayton, Ohio, and sold to 
the farmers at a saving of a dollar a 
bushel. 
Apples were not all that the farmers 
purchased more economically. Mr. Bren¬ 
neman has made it possible for the farm¬ 
ers to secure their bran at $24.20, while 
heretofore they had paid, $28 a ton. 
Farmers are now securing cottonseed 
meal for $26 a ton, and are saving $8 on 
each ton they are buying. 
“We do not want to do away with the 
middleman, but when three, or four men 
reach in our pockets for a good share of 
the price the consumer pays for our pro¬ 
ducts they should be eliminated. We 
need one middleman,” says Mr. Brenne¬ 
man. The county agent now has too 
much on his hands to act as buyer and 
seller but he can see that the farmer is 
not charged exorbitant prices by three or 
four men who simply look at the product, 
and turn it over to several intermediar¬ 
ies. In Mr. Brenneman’s office is a long 
blackboard. This is sort of a classified 
advertising section. Farmers come in on 
Saturday afternoon, write in one section 
of the board description of a horse for 
sale, the date of an auction, or help 
wanted. This in itself has been of value 
to the farmer in bringing buyer and sell¬ 
er together. Mr. Brenneman has been in¬ 
specting seeds, and has put buyer and 
seller in touch with one another. 
Note Size of* 
Rock that Can 
be fed* 
At last you can get an inexpensive gl 
outfit, that will reduce big rocks to §§ 
finely ground limestone, and do it §j 
with little power. No need to buy g 
a new engine. The Lime-Pulver is fi 
now built in smaller sizes. 
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Size* for Engines from 6 H. P. to 30 H. P. H 
FARM NEWS. 
In recognition of services to the State 
the College of Agriculture of Wisconsin 
has annually recognized men in that and 
other States who have helped in the de¬ 
velopment of farming in Wisconsin. 
Three men who this year received the 
honor include George McKerrow, for 20 
years superintendent of institutes. Mr. 
McKerrow has considerable reputation 
as breeder, importer and exhibitor. A. J. 
Phillips, one of the oldest and best known 
horticulturists of the State was the sec¬ 
ond honored. J. W. Martin, breeder and 
importer of draft horses, beef cattle, and 
director of the International Live Stock 
Show, was third to be recognized. 
The first week of February was Farm- | 
ers’ Week at Ohio State College, Colum- 
bus. Aside from lectures and demon- j 
strations by professors of Ohio State Col¬ 
lege, Prof. S. A. Beach of Iowa, Dr. 
Duval of the Department of Agriculture, 
Prof. Carl W. Gay, Miss Anna Barrows 
of New York, Mrs. Virginia C. Meredith, 
Indiana; Prof. E. G. Montgomery, Cor¬ 
nell, and Mrs. Rose Morgan of New York 
participated in the programs. 
Word comes from North Dakota that 
Brome grass is one of the best pasture 
plants. Its good points are it has a good 
root system, thus stands tramping well; 
it starts early and grows late, is leafy 
and makes a fine pasture. It does well 
on poor as well as on good soil, but re¬ 
sponds very readily to good soil and ma¬ 
nuring. 
Five hundred quack grass plants from 
the underground stems of the quack 
grass on a square foot, is the observa¬ 
tion of the North Dakota Experiment 
Station. It was found that the total 
length of underground stems in this area 
was 86 feet, and there was a joint at 
about every two inches. A new plant 
may start from each joint. This empha¬ 
sizes the danger of spreading quack 
grass by its being dragged by the plow 
or barrow. 
== _ The Lime-Pulver is the only machine com- 
jjjg biningr a crusher and pulverizer in one eom- 
=§ plete compact outfit. The machine that either 
= crushes rock for road and concrete work or 
eg gives you finely ground limestone—reduces 
§§ 40 lb. rocks to dust. 
These smaller Lime-Pulvers handle rocks 
= as large as the larger Lime-Pulver—the only 
difference is they cost less—they require less 
power, and their capacity is less. Endorsed 
by the leading agricultural authorities, and 
used by Commissioners of Agricultural and 
County Agents for demonstrations. 
Half What Outfits Cost Before 
Write today, giving us the horse power of 
your engine, and get full particulars about our 
free trial and special advertising-demonstra¬ 
tion offer to the first man in each community 
who gets a Lime-Pulver. 
THE JEFFREY MFG. CO. 
40S First Avenue, COLUMBUS, OHIO. 
Big Recks Crushed for Road and Concrete Work or Pulverized to Dust. 
Lime, Legumes 
and Drainage 
are the three crying needs of most 
farms and the men making use of these 
vehicles to success should write the 
title "L.L.D.” after their names. The 
greatest of these is Lime, because with¬ 
out lime it is well nigh impossible to 
grow the legumes, and the drainage 
would prove barren of results. 
“CYCLONE” 
TILE DITCHING MACHINE 
Saves its cost in 10 to 12 days 
use. Enables you to tile land 
THIS YEAR, which because 
of expense of ditching by 
other means, you might put 
off until next year thus losing 
from 25 to 50% increase in 
your crops. 
Write for booklet called "Ditch¬ 
ing Dollars' ’which we send free. 
Jeschke Mfg. Co. 
BAKER-BARRON, Inc. 
Eastern and Export Sales Managers 
BARRON BUILDING 
221 West Broadway, New York City 
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is best for all agricultural purposes— 
sold under a guaranteed analysis and 
a reputation of more than a century 
standing back of the product. Write 
today for our free illustrated booklet, 
telling how, for what, and when to 
use lime. Address nearest office. 
Rockland & Rockport Lime Co. 
Rockland, Me. 
Beaten, 45 Milk St.; New Yerk, 101 Park Ave. 
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iiYbur Planting 
LET US TAN 
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Cattle or Horse hide, Calf, Hog, Deer 
or any kind of skin wuhkair or fur on. 
We tan and finish them right ; make 
them into coats (for men and women). 
robes, rugs or gloves when ordered. 
Your fur goods will cost you less than 
to buy them, and be worth more. Our 
Illustrated oatalog gives a lot of in 
formation which every stock raiser 
Bhould have, but we never send out this 
valuable book except upon request. 
Ittelis how to take off and care for 
hides; how and when we pay the freight 
both ways 5 about our safe dyeing pro¬ 
cess which is a tremendous advantage 
to the customer, especially on horse 
hides and ealf skins | about the fur 
goods and game trophies we sell, taxi¬ 
dermy, etc. If you want a copy send us 
your correct address. 
The Crosby Frisian For Company, 
571 Lyell Ave., Rochester. N. Y. 
By using 
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WELL ROTTED 
HORSE MANURE Dried—Ground 
A natural manure (or the ute of Gardeners, 
Truck Growers and for General Fanning. 
It is largely HUMUS and rich in Plant 
Foods, which are immediately available. It 
also stimulates bacteriological action in the 
soil. It is sure to please the most critical 
grower. 
Write for Circular “ H ” and prices. 
NEW YORK STABLE MANURE COMPANY 
273 Washington St., Jersey City, N. J. 
j....-- Increased the crop of silage corn • . 
: \ 
..••t 9 Tons Per Acre . 
The cost of the phosphate was $3.20 and more 
than three-fourths of the phosphorus remains for 
future crops. This is the record of a prominent 
Jersey breeder. 
Equally profitable results have been had on com. 
clover, wheat, alfalfa, oats and potatoes in other 
states. 
Send for these records and for prices pd Rock 
Phosphate delivered to your station. 
FEDERAL CHEMICAL CO. 
Ground Rock Dept. 
30 W. Main Street, COLUMBIA. TENN .,1 
SULPHUR 
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T.S S. C. WHITE CO., Bergenport Sulphur Works, 100 William St., New York 
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