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The Rural New-Yorker 
THE liUSINESS FARMER’S FAPER 
A National AVeokly Journal for Country and Suburban JIom«« 
Established tsco 
pDblUbrd wrrkly by tbe Roral Pabllsblng Company, 8S3 Wett 80th 8fr»rt, Nrw Torb 
Herbert W. Coixijjowood, IVesldent and Editor. 
Jolty J. Dn.M)!J, Treo-surer and General Manager. 
Wm. F. Diixon, Secretary. Mrs. E. T. Royij:, Associate Editor. 
SUBSCRIPTION; ONE DOLLAR A YEAR 
To foreign countries in tho Universal Postal Union, $2.0t, equal to 8s. 6d., or 
8!j marks, or lOH francs. Kemit in n"ney order, express 
order, personal check or bank draft. 
^/ie RURAL NEW.YORKLR 
make up his mind that he cannot hope to pass be¬ 
yond the point where the orij'inal Moses was halted. 
We may see the jiromised land afar oflf, but if we en¬ 
tered it in full content the lifework might end in- 
gloriously. For “the promised land,” like every¬ 
thing else, is progres.sive—never fully reached— 
November 3, 1917 
300 lawyers! Think of it lor a moment. In 60 per 
cent or more of the States agriculture is the chief in¬ 
dustry, yet practically all these agricultural States 
are represented by lawyers! There are, of course, 
men in both houses who try to be fair to farm in¬ 
terests, but what do you think of a great nation 
Entered at New York I’ost Olfiee as Second Clasa Matter. 
Advertising rates. 75 cents per agate line—7 words. Tteferencea required for 
advertisers unknown to us ; and cash must accompany transient orders. 
“A SQUARE DEAL” 
We believe that every advertisement in this paper is backed by a respon- 
■Ible person. tVe use every possible precaution and admit the advertising of 
reliable houses only. But to make doubly sure, we will make good any loss 
to paid subscribers sustained by trusting any deliberate swindler, irrespon- 
Bible a<ivertiser8 or misleading advertisements in our columns, and any 
such swindler will be i)ublicl.v exposed. We are also often called upon 
to adjust differences or mistakes between our subscribers and honest, 
responsible houses, whether advertisers or not. We willingly use our good 
offices to this end, but such cases should not be confu.sed with dishonest 
transactiona We protect subscribers against rogues, but we will not be 
responsible for the debts of honest bankrupts sanctioned by the courts, 
notice of the complaint must be sent to us within one month of the time or 
the transaction, and to identify it, you should mention The Rl’rai. New- 
Yorker when writing the advertiser. 
Soldiers of the Legion 
No. IT. 
one comes from a bunker in Tennessee: 
Herewith I liiiuil you .$T for my I’mewal. I had 
thought of discontiuuiug my subscription, but every 
time I got about to that point my coffee quits tasting 
right. 
When tiie coffee goes wrong it is time to "do 
something for it.” This man invests a dollar in The 
R. N.-Y., and lie could not lind better medicine. 
Fifty-two doses for a dollar is easy doctoring—sure 
thing, too! 
* 
T he first of a .series of articles on the jiroduction 
or sale of unusual crops is jii’inted this w^eek. 
Selling ferns will seem like child's jilay to many 
farmers, yet .some men will make more out of the 
business than they could from a herd of cows. Every 
man to his job. The next article will tell of raising 
radishes. Others will follow. This is a great coun¬ 
try and livings are made at all sorts of work. We 
may not learn so much h 5 ' reading of those odd lines 
of business, hut it will all make ns think. 
T he s»‘ed (rade is very short of certain varieties 
of seeds this year. Stocks of such lines as spin¬ 
ach, ])eas, iheans, etc., are low, and high-grade seed 
will not run through the Winter season. Many of 
them can be lionght later only in jiackets. The 
seedsmen are not resiionsihle for this situation. They 
will do their best to make the limited sniqily go 
around, but you and otlmrs Avill he disajipointed if 
you delay your orders too long. An early order will 
prove the best insurance against seed shortage. We 
issue this warning earlj’—as soon as the situation is 
clear. There will be greater demands than ever for 
gardens next year, and good seed rejiresents both 
liromlse and ]»erfomiance. The early bird this year 
.stands the best chance of catching the seed. 
O N jiage 1200 Ave referred to an article in the 
Rochester Herald on the cost of jiroducing 
Avheat. The Herald, like many other city papers, is 
trying to sIioav that fanners Avill get rich at Avheat 
culture. We Inu’e now collecled man.A' statistics 
which absolutely di.sprove the Herald's figures. Here 
is one statement from a fanner right in the Herald’s 
own territory: 
Answering your inquiry as to the yield and cost of 
one acre of wheat, in the town of Cambria, County of 
Niagara, Now York: 
The rent of one acre of land. $7.00 
Mauui-ing, jilowiug. and preparing the 
soil, 3 horses and one man 3 days.. . 10.00 
2% bushels of wheat for feed.... I... .1.00 
Cutting, setting up and hauling. ,1.00 
Thrashing . TOO 
Cleaning the tvheat and waste. 4.00 
$32.00 
Sold 1(! bushels, $2.10 .$33.00 
2 bushels waste 
18 bushels yield 
5% Profit. 1.60 
Cost per bushel, $2.$33.60 
Noav let the Herald or anyone else pick these 
figures apart and lind any “joker.” We think the 
item for manuring and labor is too small. 
A S we go about the country we find people Avho 
are beginning to feel that the tvorld does not 
appreciate their efforts. They feel that they have 
AA'orked long and hard and at considerable sacrifice to 
make conditions better, jet somehow progress is 
sloAv, and others seem to receive the glory and bene¬ 
fits, There is much of this feelin.g, but if a man 
indulges it too much he is likely te undo all the good 
he may have started. Every Moses who starts out 
to lead the way to better and happier days should 
always with the best over the next hill. There is called upon to fee<I the world with only six real 
nothing to do but journey on, feeling that if we have farmers in the National Legislature? We make that 
not been fully recognized as a leading baker of the 1.1 per cent. If in his business the farmer has a 
bread of life we have at least helped make a little 35-cent dollar in national politics he has a penny 
of the yeast. That is about all any of us can ever dollar with a mill thrown In as a tip. And the penny 
hope to do—contribute a little of the yeast of dollar is largely respon.sible for the 35-cent dollar. 
thought, which acts like the leaven in the loaf, to 
help the Avorld along. 
^I^T lea.st 50 of our readers, living in various sec- 
WiiAT has been the attitude of Attorue.A- General 
lAiwis towards the Dairymen’s I>eague? Has he started 
an investigation, too ? e. k. 
Washington Co., N. Y. 
tions, have sent us uew’spaper clippings of an 
article by E. D, Hulbert, president of a “Loan and 
Trust Co.” Here is a sample extract from it: 
The one weak spot in the situation is the attitude of 
T TT 1 -, Ki. 4 . ^ 1 , .re . , the farmers. They will neither buy Liberty Bonds, pay 
HE Attorney General s office is conducting no taxes, sell their produce, or fight. * * * The farm- 
milk investigation now, and is not likely to do f*" pampered by politicians until he seems to 
so. It lias been entirely fair to the farmer. Last want ^to^uy’^SHy^B^mS’ hJ'^doeLVwant^^to %ht! 
year duriilg the October milk fight formal complaint lie avoids his income tax. It is about time the 
was made by the big milk dealers to the Attorney appreciate his position in the country and 
^ jjgjp jjjg benefit as 
General against Commissioner Dillon and the for those who are putting up the money and doing the 
League, and after Commissioner Dillon declined to lighting for him. 
settle the milk dispute oii tenns projicsed by Mayor couise it does no good to try to I'cply to a man 
Mitchel, that official also referred the milk situation He either knows nothing about 
to the Attorney General. In the meantime Commis- f8,rming, or he is one of those hard-shelled liars 
sioner Dillon had written the Attorney General a working for the definite purpose of making 
full, clear .statement of tlie milk situation, and made farmer what the boys call the “goat” There is a 
plain the producers’ jiositioii. Hon. Merton E. Leivis campaign on to “educate” town people 
was at that time First Assistant Attorney General, believing that the. American farmer is a fraud, 
and had charge of tlie case, but he construed Com- traitor, a miser and a fool! Articles like this one 
missioner Dillon’s report as a compiaint against the Hulbert are appearing all over the country, 
dealers, and proceeded to show that the advance in part of a definite scheme to poison the mind 
the price of milk to the consumers Avas not due to people. Later, Avhen workmen and city poo- 
tlie price paid the farmer, but to tlie cost of pas- complain about higli food prices these big men 
teurization and the extravagant system of distribu- neAvspapers Avill claim tliat farmers are entirely 
tion. The dealers demanded that Commissioner Dil- I'esponsible for “starving children” and undei’fi'd 
Ion he called to the Avitness stand to be lieckled by aa^oiiich I What they are attempting noAv 
their attorney, because of his use of the State De- poison the public mind Avith stories of tlie 
partment in belialf of the dairymen’s interests of f^i'mer’s Avealth and his "cruel and miserly charae- 
tlie State, Jiiit Mr. LgavIs refused to permit it on the "PP^n they think the public will believe their 
ground that the dealers had iiroiight suit against Mr. about food prices. It is the most dangerous 
Dillon and the League, and his oflice could not be yrt attempted, because it is not open or 
used to doA'olop evidence for the prosecution. La.st ^ti'aightforAA'ard. Some of our readers have avou- 
Winter Mr. Woodbury i*esigned on account of poor tiered Avhy Ave have had so much to say about this 
health and the Legislature unanimously designated neAvspaper AA’ork. They may uoav understand what it 
Mr. l.eAvis to the vacancy. lie is noAV a candidate Farmers cannot reach the people in the 
for elwtion. Mr. Lewis Avas bred on a NeAv Y'ork P'^rger cities to present their story, but they can 
dairy farm, and has inherited a sympathy Avith the those papers Avhich have a country circula- 
producers in the industry. He has stood by the dairy- should make them understand. What 
men in a time of uncertainty, and the dairymen noAv shame that AA’ith the millions spent for “agricnl- 
luiA-e an opportunity to stand by him. 
tiT T ARD cider” seems to have come to its OAvn 
Xi under the uoav exci.se laws in Noav York, 
and is now classed as “liquor.” Many readers have 
aske<l about this and so Ave give the section of the 
hxAV on page 1257. Evidently at some point of its 
changes into vinegar cider is cla.ssed as an intoxi- 
ture” we have no public man to stand up straight 
and smash such slanders on the head! 
I N England the govenimeut is attempting to regu¬ 
late food prices by making prices at Avhich pro¬ 
ducts may be bought and sold. The folIoAving order 
refers to potatoes: 
On and after September 16 no grower may sell, and 
cant "Mo'sl- of Vnow fuie person may buy from a grower, his sound market- 
r. x ost or Us knoAV this fiom obseivation—of able Avare potatoes at less than £6 per ton f. o. r. Nor 
others, of course! We Avrote the Department of * grower sell potatoes (other than seed potatoes) 
E.xcise asking Avhen in its development cider gets 
under the hiAv. The chief counsel replies as folloAvs: 
This IS a question of fact which the department can¬ 
not pass upon. The Liquor Tax LaAV defines liquor as 
including and meaning all distilled or rectified spirits, 
Avine, fermented and malt liquors. It is apparent that 
are sold for delivery before October 1, in which case no 
maximum price has been fixed. An exception from both 
minimum and maximum prices is made for sales in lots 
le.ss than 1 cwt., which may be sold by the grower at a 
price not exceeding Id. per pound. 
This means about $30 per ton, or cent a 
.a strict construction of the law AA'oukl require the hold- pound for the minimum price, and $32.40 for tlie 
mg that cider is a liquoi*, as soon as the process of fer- • -r^ -i i..,, ^ , 
mentation has commenced. ^ . maxiiniim. Dealers are forbidden to charge a prolit 
The department consistently refuses to rule upon tbe of more than seven shillings and sixpence, or $2, for 
I>a,\v. In one case in this State the Appellate Division the object of all this is to compel dealers 
of the Supreme Court held that a beverage sold under to retail their stock at two cents a pound or le.ss. 
the name of “malt rose.” Avhich resembled beer, but v.- • <. .ai. , 
which contained only 74-100 of one per cent of alcohol highest maigiu of profit permitted a dealer Is 
Avas a liquor Avithin the meaning of the Liquor Tax imlf a cent a pound. Growers receive at least 90 
LaAV, Any person selling cider must take all responsi 
hility for his act. 
That last sentence seems to cover the whole story, 
and Ave urge our readers to remember it, as this is 
fair Avarning. You can sell sweet cider and standard 
vinegar Avithout any license, but along the road 
Avhich lies betAveen those places of refuge “hard 
eider” is liable to arrest! 
♦ 
As a matter of information I should like to know how 
many farmers (the real thing) Ave have in our National 
House of Representative.s; also in our United States 
Senate. a. b. cook. 
Michigan. 
W E have gone carefully over the records. The 
result is astonishing. There are 96 members 
of the National Senate Avith three present vacancies. 
cents a bushel, but are not permitted to exceed 97 
cents. This sort of legislation has not succeeded. 
Both growers and dealers disregard the law at 
times. They are fined in many cases, but it must he 
said that this attempt to fix food prices by laAV has 
not succeeded. 
Brevities 
Make a bonfire of the squash and pumpkin vines. 
Thus you burn the borers. 
Theib name is legion! The men and AA'omcn avIio 
say they would like to write a dog law! 
Aib-SLAked lime scattered through the stored beans 
will help kill the bean weevil, but bisulphide of carbon 
is surer. 
Win ALE meat has been sold in Seattle, Wash. People 
who ate it thought they were eating beefsteak! Many 
Out of the 93 members there are two real farmers, J^pire^r with lyes an^ S, 
eight near-farmers and 75 luAvyers. A near-farmer „_ 
_ , , South Dakota presents a new argument against 
is a man who makes his living at some profession or weeds. Growing along the prairie roads, weeds may 
business and nins a farm as a side line. The catch the snow so as to block the road completely. 
House of Representatives has 438 members, also The value of all stone products sold last year in this 
with three vacancies at present. There are four ^ 
, , I , ^ , , 402,952 for crushed stone, and $16,0(>I,390 for:building 
real farmers and six farmers on the side, and also stone. Of all this total $17,418,582 was for granite. 
