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events of the week 
“Ghe RURAL NEW-YORKER 
, —The 20.000-ton Aineri- 
f-in freighter Minnesota, which was re- 
' i)nri hase(l from the Great Xorth- 
Steamsliip Company by the Interna- 
tioiiiil >rercantile Marine Corporation, 
Kiiiled fnmi San Francisco for New York 
., 11(1 Immlon Feb. lo. The Minnesota, it 
is -aid, will be the largest vessel thus far 
t,» jiass through the I’anama Canal. In 
order to be able to get through the canal 
the l>ig freighter is drawing only about 
;10 f'’('t of water. If loaded to cap.icity 
she would draw more than 40 f»'et. 
With the surrender Feb. lo of O. R. 
Waltex-s, 11 men indicted by the Federal 
Oraud Jui’y s^t Indianapolis, lud., have 
been arrested on charges of conspiracy to 
o.rrupt tim 3014 elections. Samuel V. 
I’errott. chief of police, and nine other 
men said to be leaders and followers of a 
g,(-called jxditical machine surrendere<l to 
I nited States Marshal Storeu earlier in 
the day. Ronds were provided for eight 
of the men ami two were released on their 
own recognizances. One hundre<l and 
(iixtv-six men were named in live indict- 
nifiit.s. including both Democratic and Ke- 
puldicau party workers of Indianapolis, 
(Jury, Frankfort and Evansville. Ind. 
A* fourteen-inch gun at Fort de Russy, 
Homdulu, has been disabled and will be 
i.ut of commission for about three months, 
jiccording to an unofficial report. The 
gears, it is said, were stripped either dur¬ 
ing or since the mameuvres held Febimary 
8. The responsibility for the damage, it 
was said, had not been placed. 
l.assen Teak, near Redding, Cal., was 
again in violen'^ eruixtion Feb. 17-l.S. 
Feb. 18 tire in the Aetna Exph sives 
Co.'s plant at Emporium. Fa., destroyed 
tliree buildings and a 50,000-gallon tank, 
causing a loss of 75,000. No om; was 
killed or injured. ^ , , , 
Falling w.alls of buildings wrecked by 
tliiaies at (tuobec, C amnia, I eb. 10. 
ciushed tliree liremen to death and in¬ 
jured live others severely to-day. The lire 
was (Quebec’s seventh disastrous one with¬ 
in a month, and a searching inquiry is un¬ 
der way. 
An anti-alien land bill, defeated by the 
Idaho State Senate February o, after pro¬ 
tests by the .Itipanese Embassy to the 
^lati' i>epiirtment at Washington, was 
n-introiluced Feb. 10. The anti-alien land 
llill was killed in both houses of the Idaho 
r.egishiture at the request of "Secretary 
r.aiising, made the day before the United 
States severed reliitions with Germany. 
.\t. the same time a similar bill wtis killed 
ill the Oregon Eegi.slature. Senators Rorao 
,)l Idtiho and Clmmberlain of Oregon used 
their iutiuence to have the bills wdth- 
drawn. Japiiii had nmde informal repre¬ 
sentations to the United States through 
the .lapanese Embassy against the bills, 
which were said to be especially obnox¬ 
ious to .Japanese. The controlling reason 
for their withdrawal, however, was the 
critical state of relations wdth Germany 
and the necessity for the United States to 
have no dispute with other nations, par¬ 
ticularly any of the Entente Allies. 
Major-Gen. Frederick Fiinstou, CMin- 
luanding the Southern Department of the 
United States army, and one of the lead¬ 
ing tigures in the country’s military his¬ 
tory since the capture of Aguinaldo, died 
of acute indigestion Feb. 19. He col¬ 
lapsed in a hotel .soon after dining with a 
friend and did not regain consciousness 
before his death, a short time afterward. 
He was 51 years old. Gen. Funston was 
born in Ohio, but went to Southwestern 
Kansas in early youth. He had a varied 
and picturesque career, first obtaining 
conspicuous fame as the captor of Aguin- 
aldo. 
FARM AND GARDEN.—Dr. B. T. 
(iallowav, whose resignation from the po¬ 
sition of Dean of the College of Agia- 
culture at Cornell University, has been 
announced has returned to the Depart¬ 
ment of Agriculture, Washington, and 
has taken charge of important inve.stiga- 
tivc proj.'cts in the office of Foreign Seed 
and I’liint Introduction of the Bureiiu of 
I’ltint Industry. 
The sessions of the Ontario Fruit 
Growers’ Association, held at Toronto, 
February 10. giive special attention to 
the subject of rtiising strawberries. The 
stamping of the growers’ names on all 
phekages of berries was strongly advo¬ 
cated. The association asks that the rail¬ 
road (Mubargo on spraying and other ap- 
p.aratus coming from the Ignited States be 
lifted and a petition to this effect will be 
addrt'sst'd to the Minister of Agriculture 
at Ottawa tind tilso to the railway board. 
.\nother resolution also passed urged the 
government to apjioint an official to act 
for the dominion in similar work to that 
now being done b.v Geo. McIntosh, pro¬ 
vincial .transportation officer. The follow¬ 
ing officers were elected for the ensuing 
year; F. A. Shepherd, St. Catherines, 
lu'esident; IV. R. Garrison, Oshawa, vice- 
l.resident; Percy W. llodgetts. Depart¬ 
ment of Agriculture. se<-retary-treasurer. 
Feeding of thousands of hungry canvas- 
back ducks which have taken refuge in 
the marshes at the foot of Cayuga Lake 
and along the Seneca River was begun 
Feb. 3!) by Willard A. Iloagland, New 
York State game protector. Acres of the 
surface of the lake are covered with 
<luck.s. As there is no food for them in 
the few spots of open water they are suf¬ 
fering from hunger. The birds’ plight 
was brought to the attention of the Cayu¬ 
ga County Sportsmen’s Association and 
the State Conservation Commission, un¬ 
der whose direction Mr. Hoaglaiid under¬ 
took to save them from starvation. 
Keeping of 29 horses without food, 
water or rest for 37 hours on railway 
cars, caused Assistant United States At¬ 
torney I’ine to institute a suit Feb. 20 at 
New York against George (’. Taylor, 
pre.sident of the American Express Com- 
,pany. for payment of a $500 penalty un¬ 
der the Federal law for te prevention of 
cruelty to animals. The alleged violation 
occurred oil November 14 last, when the 
horses were being shipped from ('hii-ago 
to dealers in New York. The law pro¬ 
hibits keeping dumb animals more than 
28 hours in the condition in which these 
horses are said to have been confined. 
This used to be quite a dairy section, 
but the creamery went into bankruptcy 
three different times, and every time the 
farmers were the losers, so they quit 
milking. A few milk yet; cream is 
shipped out mostly to Davenport or 
Clinton, Iowa. The liggest part of the 
cattle here is of the beef breeds. F''armers 
let the calves suck the cows six or seven 
months and then wean them; good 
calves will weigh 500 to (500 lbs. at that 
age, and sold for seven to eight cents p,er 
pound the past few years. This is a corif 
country and a great hog section ; in this 
neighborhood they would average better 
than 500 hogs to the section ((>40 acres). 
(^orn was a good crop last year; would 
average around 50 bu. per acre and is 
worth 90c per bu. now. Oats also were 
good, between 40 and 50 bu. per acre and 
worth 50c per bu. Ilay was a heavy 
crop, Timothy and clover, no Alfalfa to 
speak of, Timothy made about two tons 
per acre and is worth .$10 per ton loose 
in the stack. Potatoes about a failure, 
too dry in the Fall. Potatoes shipped in 
here last Fall sold for .$1.50 per bu, off 
the car. l. c. 
.Tohnson Co., Iowa. 
YouShouI(lHave‘‘E-Z”;'l1,?rR‘k"c!j>1,'’i’^ 
Adds to your profits, ('ircul.irs free. 
J. R. (jreiner - 128 26th, Ogrden, Utah 
S3,9(IOWillBiiy65-»criiFariii K 
iiigs; fine stre.inij near Trenton and Philadelpliia 
markets; to close an estate. HORACE G. REEDER, Ntwlown, Pi. 
CnriilnCnrma Beautiful rerkioiuen Valley near Phila- 
rerTIIOrarillS delphia. catalog, w. STi 
. STEVENS, Psrkssie, P>. 
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1917 is going to be the biggest 
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42 RIVER ROAD, TRENTON JUNCTION, N. J, 
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Buff Orpington DUCKS 
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o .VH) chicks in one Hock. Kurus 
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have been bred for 
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type, color, size and 
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Hatching Eggs—$3, $S 
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and Mating Lists 
SUNSWICK POULTRY FARM, Rufus Delafield, Owner 
Box N, South Plainfield, N. J. 
CANDEE 
HANCOCK’S 
WHITE LEGHORNS 
My birds OUTLAIIF all American bred Leg¬ 
horns at last year's Storrs laying contest from 
the fifth week uutli the twenty-fifth week. 
Average 172 EGGS Each 
NOTKwhat luy pen 75 at Storrs is <loing tliis 
year. M A I.KS from '/SSH, a.5‘.4, egg liens 
head my matings. Ilatcliing eggs 1S3.00 I’KR 
15; Diil.'i.oo FKR 100 KGtJS. 
FRANK R. HANCOCK, Jacksonville, Vermont 
• J From a heav}’ laj ing strain of S. C. W. 
Leghorns. Bred for size, vigor and heavy 
egg production, which have a record break- 
ing record for winter laying. Average 
from these pens have laid 45% since Dec. 1st to Feb. 16. Eggs and chicks front 
these pens at the following prices; Eggs $8.00 per 100, ,$4.50 per 50, $70.00 per 1,000. 
Baby chicks $15.00 per 100, $8.00 per 50, $125.00 per 1,000. Saf arrival guaranteed. 
LOCUST CORNER POULTRY FARM Archer W. Davis, Prop. MOUNT SINAL L. L, N. Y. 
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