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Oic RURAL NEW-YORKER 
To educate the agricultural class in scientific farm¬ 
ing. 
To teach farmers the classification of crops, domestic 
economy and the process of marketing. 
To systematize methods of production and distribu¬ 
tion. 
To eliminate gambling in farm products by Boards 
of Trade, Cotton Exchanges and other speculators. 
To bring fanning up to the standard of other in¬ 
dustries and business enterprises. 
To secure and maintain profitable and uniform jtrices 
for grain, cotton, live stock and other products of the 
farm. 
To strive for harmony and ^ood will among all man¬ 
kind and brotherly love among ourselve.s. 
To garner the tears of the distressed, the blood of 
martyrs?, the laugb of innocent childhood, the sweat of 
honest labor and the virtue of a happy home as the 
brightest jewels known. 
A Michigan Farmers’ Organization 
O N i>age 745 I noticed an article from E. L. 
Tiathaway of New Yoi'k, which was interesting 
to me, as I know that every word is true, having 
gone thi-ough the expeidences he enumei'ates. I am 
going to tell Mr. Hathaway how we farmers up 
here in Michigan stopped selling for Avhat the buy¬ 
er would give, and buying from him at his price. 
We organized a Farmers’ Produce Co., incorporated 
for .$4,000, is.suing shares at $10 per share to the 
farmei's who wanted to knock out this price-fixing 
at both ends of the route. We sold .$600 worth of 
shares, borrowed enough money from our local hank, 
giving a note signed by the nine directors of the 
company. We built a warehouse 30x.50, three stories 
high, warm enough to house potatoes, which are our 
princiital money crop. We prospered from the start; 
did .$.55,000 worth of business in 1916, and $70,000 in 
1917. Our fiscal year ends on the first .Saturday in 
.Tune of each year, when we have our annual stock¬ 
holders’ meeting. We paid a dividend to ourselves of 
5% on stock issued which was $18,000 at the close 
of our fiscal year. We sold $5,000 worth of shares 
at this meeting, making our capital stock now $23,- 
000. We sell flour of all kind.s, tea, coffee, sugar, 
hardware, cement, salt, fertilizer, also farm ma¬ 
chinery, wagons, fencing, plows, harrows, etc. We 
handle only two 'brand.s of flour. Spring and Winter 
wheat, and only the best brands, which we are sell¬ 
ing now at $14.75 per barrel; salt .$1..35 per barrel; 
sugar $10 per hundred. We are buying in car lots 
where Ave can afford to, thereby cut out one com¬ 
mission. We buy from the farmer and sell many 
times direct to the consumer. What Ave have done 
INFr. IlathaAvay and his bi’other farmers can do. 
Don’t sit doAvn and let these “cutthroats” as he calls 
them, skin you. Get in tlie game and try to beat 
him. You can do it. We AA'ill do all Ave can to 
help. If it Avere not so far I AA'ould like to come 
doAvn and meet a good live bunch of farmers in his 
locality and help him to get a good organization 
started that Avould change profits for the next year. 
I Avill ansAver any questions on this subject, and do 
so gladly, only T want you to profit by these answers 
and not ask out of curiosity. g. m. aveaver. 
Missaukee Co., Mich. 
P- N.-Y.—Mr. Weaver Avill ansAver questions, but 
make them direct and practical. We all realize the 
theory of such organization. We want to knoAV hoiv 
to organize and hoAV to hold together. This sort 
of Avork is Avhat Ave must come to in New York. It 
is possible, and Ave can make it profitable, but far¬ 
mers must realize that they must do most of the 
Avork themselves. 
Improving a Spring 
I have a good spring about 600 feet from my barn 
and piped to same. Spring i.s filled up Avith soft mud, 
also pipe. I can clean pipe with sulphuric acid, I be¬ 
lieve, but would like to have complete instructions hoAV 
to clean spring out and Avail it up so as to keep it 
clean and prevent filling up again, and keep water 
from running out onto land. The ground is clay, but 
I do not knoAV Avhether Avater comes in from bottom or 
sides; I believe from bottom however, a e t 
Sherman, N. Y. 
T he digging out and AA’alling up of a spring is 
Iboth unsanitary and umsati.sfactoiT. There is 
generally pipe trouble and never insurance of a 
l)ure Avater supply. There are generally detail con¬ 
ditions that the enquirer does not notice oj- take 
into account that necessitate a little different treat- 
Diagratn of Water Supyly. Fig. 326 
1, Surface of ground; 2, Filtering material; 3, 3-in. tile through 
spring; 4 4-in. main to sewer pipe; 5, 20-inch sewer pipe; 6, 
Strainer; 7, 1-in. iron service pipe; 8, 3-in. overflow; 9, Stone or 
brick over opening, 
ment. I will reply as best I can from the data 
given. 
Dig the pipe trench from the point Avhere you 
AA'ant the Avater supply located, right up through the 
spring tract. If you can get a depth of three feet 
through the spring tract, and still have a good fall, 
so much the better. Digging a deep pit does not in¬ 
crease the Avater supply. There may need to be some 
short branches or laterals to capture all the water. 
If the bottom is clay or hard ground, lay three- 
inch drain tile in thes'e trenches, connecting with 
the main line Avith Y's. If the bottom is at all soft 
lay the tiles in boards, then fill in over and around 
the tiles Avith soft coal cinders or crushed stone or 
gravel to a depth of a foot or more. This for the 
AA’ater to filter through before entering the tiles. 
A foAV feet from Avhere the branches unite with 
the main four-inch tiles, dig doAvn in the clay or 
hard soil and place a length of IS or 20-inch seAV’er 
pipe having a tee connection to engage the four- 
Growth of Red Sorrel Sprouts from the Rootstocks. Fig. 327 
inch main from the spring. A hole is drilled 
through the soAver pipe directly opposite the four- 
inch opening or inlet for the iron pipe to enter. Ce¬ 
ment around the outside of thi.s, so that the Avater 
cannot seep out around the pipe, and place a bulb 
screen on the end of the pipe. The bottom of the 
upright seAver jupe should also be cemented. Noav 
beginning at the top of this sewer pipe directly over 
Avhere the iron i)ipe enters, and Avith a hammer 
Avork out an opening to allow of a thi’ee-inch over- 
floAV, this to connect Avith some di’ainage system or 
outlet. This as simply an insurance to dispose of a 
surplus that sometimes occurs during the times 
Avhen the spring furnishes more AA’ater than the 
service pipe can take care of. 
When this is all done good and proper, place a 
perfectly tight cover oA’er the top of the sewer pipe 
i-eservoir and fill Avith earth level Avith the surface. 
The space in the upright seAver pipe beloAV the in¬ 
let and outlet pipe acts as a silt Avell if such should 
by any chance get into the tiles. If all is properly 
Delivering Cream by Bicycle. Fig. 324 
done no silt Avill ever enter the system, for all 
Av;iter is filtered through the material placed over 
the tiles, and a flat stone is placed over the upper 
end of the tiles. 
The reservoir is located at the buildings. Fi’om 
this, Avater is draAvn by pipe and faucet to differ- 
June 23, 1917. 
I originated and have used this system of connect¬ 
ing up or developing springs and It has proved to be 
both economical and pmctical, and does away with 
the idea that because the outlet of a spring is in a 
certain place where it is generally inconvenient of 
access that a hole or reservoir must be located right 
there. The cut. Fig. 326, is intended to explain 
more fully. A good spring properly harnessed up is 
a valuable asset to a farm property. h. e, cox. 
A Small Fanning Mill Wanted 
A MUCH needed i)iece of farm machineiT is a 
small fanning mill, one suitable for doing the 
small jobs of .sifting and winnoAving that are al- 
Avays turning up on a farm; the cleaning of small 
quantities of grain, such as a peck of buckAvheat 
or sunflower seed, a few quarts of beans, small 
lots of poultry feed, garden seeds, such as peas, 
etc. Thrashing is nOAv almost all done by the big 
separators, and the fanning mill that once held its 
place in almost every farm barn, is a thing of the 
past, or stands in dusty idleness the year round. 
Will not some one Avho knoAvs the requirements 
and has the mechanical skill, set his Avits and 
hands to AA’ork and give us a small mill for small 
jobs of cleaning? There Avould be a ready sale for 
it. The cost should be Avell beloAV $10. It should 
sit on the floor, no counter mill Avill do, as farmers 
do not have counters. A foot and a half is Avide 
enough, the length enough to alloAV the screen and 
fan to do their Avork properly. The cleaned grain 
should fall in a box, to hold small lots, or on the 
floor at Avill. Frequent inquiries, made for years 
past, have failed to find anything of this kind on 
the market, but possibly The K. N.-Y. will be 
more successful. e. j. baird. 
PennsylA’ania. 
“The Cobb Duck Case” 
T he folloAving statement of a Case involving a 
duck and a dog is furni.shed by the Vineland 
(N. J.) Poultry Association. This ca.se promises 
to become nearly as famous as the “Dartmouth 
College Ca.«e,” as it covers a prineijfie AA'hich every 
poultry keeper Avill recognize—the right to defend 
your OAvn property: 
l\Ir. D. II. Cobb lives in Landis ToAvnship about 
one-half mile from the city limits, on a small fiv’e- 
acre farm. lie has several hundred ducks of different 
ages which he is noAV raising for market. On Sun¬ 
day afternoon the OAvner of this dog Avas passing by 
the Cobb farm on the public highway folloAved by her 
dog. Unnoticed by the owner, the dog in some Avay 
got into one of the pens containing about 75 young 
ducks, and started at once to chase them about the 
yard. Mi-. Cobb Avas awakened from a nap by a 
member of hi.s family, and his attention Avas called 
to the dog in his duck yard. He ran out of the 
house and on his way picked up a club, and accord¬ 
ing to the CA'idence, tried to hit the dog Avith this 
club. The ducks Avere very much excited and Mr. 
Cobb testified that he struck at the dog several times 
before he finally hit him. The oAvner of the dog tes¬ 
tified that .she aiipealed, to Mr. Cobb not to strike 
the dog and she Avould pay all damages. Mr. Cobb 
testified that he did not see the oAvner of the dog, 
nor did he hear her until after he had struck the dog 
once, then he desisted and alloAved the OAvner to take 
her dog and go. It was shoAvn by cros.s-examination 
that the OAvner Avas about 300 feet from Mr. Cobb 
when she started to call to him not to kill her dog. 
It was further shoAvn that the dog had already killed 
one duck and Avas trying to get' another when Mr. 
Cobb reached ,the pen. Mr. Cobb further says that 
he believes the dog Avould have killed every duck in 
timt pen if he had not stopped him. Another Avitness 
testified that he Avas about 400 feet from the pen of 
diicks and says he saAv Mr. Cobb hit the dog at least 
three. times. 
The OAvner of the dog offered to pay for the duck 
that Avas killed, but Mr. Cobb Avould not accept any¬ 
thing from her. - The veterinary surgeon testified that 
when he first saw the dog it Avas bleeding from the 
mouth, and he thought it had been hit at least three 
times. lie further stated that he found no bones 
broken and thought the dog Avould get Avell. 
,Mr. Cobb, representing his own case, made a frank 
statement to the court, saying that he Avas a great 
lover of dogs, and his only thought Avas to get that 
dog . out of his pen of ducks and protect his OAvn 
property. He further testified that he only struck the 
dog once, and did stop as soon as he heard and saAV 
the OAvner, and further says that he supposed he was 
within his legal rights in protecting his OAVn prop- 
ertj'. Mr. Cobb never saAV this dog before and did 
not know to Avhom it belonged. The oAvner of the 
dog testified that she had recently bought it and paid 
$35 for this dog, and that it was only a puppy. 
After^ hearing the evidence, the justice fined Mr. 
Cobb $50 and costs. The appeal bond has been fur¬ 
nished and the Poultry Association Avill fight the ca.se 
in order to establish the right of a poultryman ir. 
protecting his OAvn property, believing that the laAvs 
of this 'State should protect the property of a far¬ 
mer or poulti-yman just the same as it does any other 
merchant, and if such is not the case, the Association 
Avll try to have such a laAV passed. 
cut points Avliere needed. An overfloAV i.s provided 
for this reservoii-, Avhich should be of generous cap¬ 
acity, according to the amount of water that the 
s])ring supplies. When this is all done the spring 
or outlet has simply been extended to Avhere it is 
Avanted and the old spring hole in the field is dry 
land and can all be ploAved and cropped. I usually 
jdace a cement slab on the surface directly over 
the little seAver pii)e reservoir as a marker. 
The OAvner of this dog i.s an officer of the Society 
for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals, and she 
Aviil try to have Mr. Cobb fined $100. Noav, has a 
poultryman the right to pi-otect his property Avhen 
it is in danger? Mu.st he stand by and see a cat 
or a dog kill his birds Avithout fighting back? 
This Cobb case puts that question up for decision, 
and Ave are glad the Vineland Association wlil stay 
by it for a deci.sion. 
