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She RURAL NEW-YORKER 
January 13, 1917. 
The New York Senators 
Below this you will find a map show¬ 
ing the Senatorial districts in New York. 
'J'liis is taken from last year’s “I.effis- 
lative Manual.” Here is a li.st of the 
Senators from the districts which cdu- 
lain farnier.s, or where the faj'iners' vote 
would be w'ortli considering. 'J'liis does 
not include the 21 districts in (Ireater 
quality, but is a green variety, and much 
harder to blanch in warm weather. Also 
by using the trench method the soil will 
rust the celery unless the weather is very 
cold. I would .suggest that you use an 
ea.sy blanching variety in the future for 
marketing in early Fall, and that you 
hlan<-h it by the use of boards wliich are 
about 10 inches wide. Later in the Fall 
New York City. Keep this list on hand 
and be ready to stick a few stamps. 
Dls. 
1. Ceorge L. Thompson. Kings Bark. 
2.‘5. (Jeorge Cromwell, Dongan Hills, 
Itichmond Co. 
24. (Jeorge A. Slater, I’ort (’hester. 
2r». ,7ohn I). Stivers, Middletown. 
20. James E. Towner, Towners. 
27. Charles W. Walton, Kingston. 
25. Henry M. Sage. 'Menands. 
20. (Jeorge B. Wellington, J5 Walnut 
Place, Troy. • 
30. (Jeorge II, Whitney. 113 No. 2nd 
Ave., Mechanicsville. 
31. James W. Yelverton. 217 Union St., 
Schenectady. 
32. J'heodore Douglas Bobinson. Mo- 
haw'k, R, F. D, 1. 
.‘>3. James A. Emerson, Warrensburg. 
.34. N. Monroe Marshall, Malone, Frank¬ 
lin Co. 
Elon R. Brown, 124 Clinton St., 
Watertown. 
30. Charles W. Wicks, Sauquoit. Oneida 
Co. 
.37. Adon P. Brown, Tieonardsville. 
.38. .7. Henry Walters. 0.3.3 University 
Block, Syracuse. 
.30. William H. Hill. Johnson City. 
40. Charles J. Hewitt, Ijocke. 
41. Morris S. Halliday, 510 East Sen¬ 
eca St., Ithaca. 
42. AVilliam A. Carson. Rushville. Abates 
Co. 
43. Charh'S D. Newton, (Jenesc), l.iv- 
ingston Co. 
44. John Knight. Arcade. Wyoming Co. 
45. (Jeorge F. Argetsinger, 0K:> Ave rill 
Ave., Rochester. 
40. John B. Mullan, 0 Elwood Bldg., 
Rochester. 
47. (Jeorge F. 3’hompson. iMiddleport, 
Niagara Co. 
48. Ross Craves. 083 Manche.ster PI., 
Buffalo. 
40. Samuel .7. Ramsperger. 232 Emslie 
St.. Buffalo. 
.50. l.<*onard W. H. Gibbs, 110 Franklin 
St., Buffalo. 
51. (Jeoj'ge E. S]>ring, Franklinville. 
Chemical Bleaching of Celery 
Can you inform me what process the 
celerv which now is arriving in the North 
has 'been snb.iected to? I understand 
that celery is dug and put in crates or 
bundles green, and that chemicals are 
used to bliinch it while on its way 
North. Can you tell me what chemicals 
are used and how? We raise some cel¬ 
erv, but blanch in trenches, and as the 
weather is still too warm we lose too 
much through decay to trench at this 
time. We do not like the .self-blanch 
varieties; W’e hang to the old-time Giant 
Pascal, which as you know is a hard 
variety to blanch at an early time in 
the season. J. C. U 
Middletown, Pa. 
1 have never heard of chemicals being 
u.sed to blanch celery. That which comes 
on the market in early Fall is usually of 
the easy blanching varieties and is 
blanched by placing boards up close to 
e.ach side of the rows for from 10 days to 
three weeks. In this way the celery 
blanches out very nicely and may then 
be gathered and shipped to market in the 
crates. 
You say that you use the Giant Pas¬ 
cal variety, and that you blanch your 
celery in trendies while the weather is 
still warm. Giant Pascal is a very fine 
the green varieties may be blanched in 
llie rows where they grow by hilling up 
with dirt. For Winter use the celery 
may bo stored in an upright position in 
trenches which are about 10 indies wide, 
so that the celery will be in the dark in 
an almost dormant condition, yet the 
roots which are on it will keep it grow¬ 
ing just the tiniest bit, and during this 
time the celery will blanch out in pretty 
nice shape. K. w. P, 
White Leghorn Workers 
The picture shown on our fir.st page 
was taken on the poultry farm of F. M. 
Davis of Cortland Co.. N. Y*. This pic¬ 
ture shows a part of the White Leghorns 
on this farm, and also gives a fair idea of 
the liue rolling and well-wooded coun¬ 
try. Some of those who do not like the 
society of the White Leghorn claim that 
.she is a nervous highstrung citizen, ready 
on the slightest provocation to jump 
out of her feathers. In fact these people 
would have us believe that the Leghorn 
is nothing but a bunch of nerves, and is 
therefore not a fit comiianion for those 
afflicted with heart trouble or a love of 
ease. This picture ofi’ers positive proof 
to the contrary, for it would he hard to 
think of a bunch of birds more good- 
natured or comiianionablo than those we 
see in this picture. In order to handle 
White Leghorns pro))erly you have got 
to get into their confidence and show 
them that you have no evil designs upon 
their person. Wlien they come to know 
their keeper and to trust in him they 
are tame enough, and tlu'.y show their 
graftude in the right way liy laying their 
chalk white eggs and then letting the 
world know just what they have done. 
This is a fine bunch of white birds, and 
we hope that the boy in the picture will 
grow up to make an expert poultryman. 
Extracting Honey 
TIow can one take hone,v out of the 
cells without damaging the cells? ^ Is 
there .some instrument for doing so? 
Nanuet, N. Y’^. c. i.. n. 
Honey is removed from the comb by 
first “uiicapping” the cells, which means 
taking off a thin slice with a sharp, thin 
bla.'led knife, and then placing the comb 
in the basket of an extractor and re¬ 
volving it at a high rate of speed. The 
centrifugal force throws the honey from 
the cells without doing them further 
damage. An extractor of size suited to 
the amount of work to be done may be 
purchased of any dealer in bee-keeper’s 
supplies. M. B. D. 
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