1318 
November 17, 1917 
Oie RURAL NEW-YORKER 
of the exhiV)it of white corn Xaturally 
we hustle more or less through the year 
to see that evei-j’ farmer of our aeciuaint- 
ance brings in 10 ears of corn This also 
helps tis to widen our acquaintance among 
the farmers The result is that in many 
lines we have world records in size of 
entries 
I'xPENSES.—^The cost of the catalogue 
as well as the other slight incidental ex¬ 
penses are paid from the town appropria¬ 
tion. The county money is used entire¬ 
ly for paying corn club, pig club, Soy 
bean club, canning club, poultry club, 
and school work premiums The larger 
))remiums, like single farm exhibits, live 
stock, etc., are paid from town money. No 
officer of the fair may draw any pay 
for time or services reiulered. The judges 
arc secured from the State Agricultural 
School, the Federal and State Depart¬ 
ments of Agriculture. Frequently we 
are able to get a judge of national repute 
without cost. 
SpkctaI/ Attractioxs.^Fop years 
Farmville has been a big export to¬ 
bacco market, and we have immense 
warehouses in the center of town 
where farmers bring their line Austrian, 
Italian and dark wrapper tobacco to be 
sold at auction. Two of these wai*e- 
houses, decorated with ferns, pine, cedar 
and holly, make ideal exhibition halls, 
and being in the middle of things, the 
merchant reaps the benefit of the crowds. 
The parade is another feature of our fair 
that attracts much attention. The route 
is short, less than a mile, and the parade 
s-tarts on time. We have the live stock, 
wagonloads of farm products, with a 
good premium for each of the best live; 
merchants’ floats, the farmers’ unions, 
decorated automobiles and all of the pub¬ 
lic schools in the county. This year the 
Red Cross had a big division in the pa¬ 
rade. and, by the way, most of the agri¬ 
cultural exhibits were given to the Red 
Cross for sale at auction after the fair. 
Keeping Oitt TJNnEsruAin.ES. — .Tust 
here let me tell about one of the 
annoyances that a grown-uj) community 
fair will be heir to. A county fair has 
always been the gathering place of fakers 
of all sorts and we have had dozens of re¬ 
quests and often demands from that mul¬ 
titude for the privilege of operating. From 
2.’) to 75 per cent of their gross receipts 
have been held up to us if we wPiild al¬ 
low these enterprises to oi)erate. Prob¬ 
ably our premium list could be doubled if 
we chose to accept, but we have been and 
still ai'e of the opinion that such a pro¬ 
cedure will be fatal to our institution. 
This year it became necessary to threaten 
the power of the State to keep concession¬ 
aires away ^rom town. Our Legislatui*e 
has said that circuses, shows, perform¬ 
ances. etc., may not exhibit for money 
within five miles of a fair for the week 
prior, during and after a fair, except 
within the enclosure of the fair. ’To siim 
up tlio fciir proposition as it exists looaily, 
on account of much low-priced and un¬ 
developed land, we have few tenant farm¬ 
ers, and a farmer who is a land-owner 
takes more pride in his crop quality than 
a tenant farmer, hence the necessity or 
and the advantage of compkarison with 
like products of other farms. If m the 
process of making that companson we 
allow races salaries balloon ascensioiis, 
and the like to take a'way from the 
amount of premiums, are we not counte¬ 
nancing one form of robbery? 1 robably 
our kind of fair will not work every¬ 
where, but I believe that if your readers 
could have the opportunity of being with 
us at fair time and see our big neighbor¬ 
hood mingling in a friendly spirit and 
without the fear of a picked pocket, you 
would agree with me that it works here. 
ROY MAT HEW SON. 
Transplanted Onions 
Fast Summer we spoke of transplant¬ 
ing Frizetaker onions among the straw¬ 
berry plants. Several have asked if this 
plan succeeded. These strawberry plants 
were set 18 inches each way and hand- 
hoed several times. The seed onions were 
planted rather late in the garden, and in 
June it was necessary to thin out the 
rows or drills. The surplus plants were 
pulled out and pricked into the ground 
between the berry plants. The bulbs at 
that time were about the size of a lead 
pencil. They were planted about four inches 
apart, or three between two berry plants. 
The picture, page 1316, shows a fair sam- 
])le of what they came to in October. The 
larger transplanted onions often shown 
are started in a cold frame in February 
or early March and transplanted in May. 
Remember that the onion here shown was 
planted in the garden during April, and 
not forced in growth. On rich land with 
a good water sui)ply this close planting 
is practical, but it requires much hand- 
hoeing and finger work. 
is nothing new, only it did not go by 
that name. A slice of bread a day can¬ 
not be saved where it is never wasted. 
The garbage helps to raise good pigs and 
chickens, and is not burned as it often is 
in city homes. Farm women have had 
the canning and drying habit for genera¬ 
tions, but they do not have the habit of 
wasting money and bodily strength— 
every kind of strength—on tobacco and 
alcoholic drinks. A local paper the other 
day made note of the fact that all the 
theaters in the city were croivded to the 
doors last night. Probably not one per 
cent of those crowds were farmers. So we 
must pass by a great deal of the advice 
given, and think for ourselves where we 
can save, though it will not hurt any of 
us to use a little more vigilance along the 
lines suggested. For instance, to save 
wheat, we can bake johnny-cake a little 
oftener; also make cornbread, corn muf¬ 
fins and musb. We can pei'suade the men 
folks to raise at least wheat enough for 
our own use for graham flour and break¬ 
fast food. We saw a little hand-mill at 
the State Fair that appeared to be just 
what is wanted for the grinding of whole¬ 
wheat flour. 
Economical Buying. —If you lack 
some fruit or vegetables, and a neighbor 
has a surplus, buy or exchange with him, 
so as to lay in a identiful supply for the 
Winter. Those articles which must be 
purchased should be bought at a cash 
store if possible, and in as large quantities 
as desired, as both time and money can 
usually be saved by so doing. And right 
here I want to ask a question : Why is it 
that a farmer (or anyone not a retailer) 
cannot buy from a wholesaler when he 
wishes to buy in quantity? M’by should 
we be compelled to support the retailer? 
Our own i)roduce almost all goes at 
wholesale, but as consumers, no matter in 
how great quantity, we must buy at re¬ 
tail. “They get us coming and going.” 
And the world at large thinks we are 
producers only, forgetting that we are 
also consumers, and must contribute to 
the middlemen both ways. 
Butter and Milk. —The farm woman 
is in something of a quandary concerning 
butter and butter substitutes. Some be¬ 
lieve that to be loyal to their own occu¬ 
pation the faianer’s family must use but¬ 
ter, while others say, “Why pay 50 cents 
a pound for butter when you can get oleo 
for 30 cents?” And still others say,_“We 
should pi'efer to use butter, but simply 
can’t afl’ord it.” When milk brings $3 
per hundred (with grave doubts as to 
whether it pays at that), I do not see 
how farmers or anyone.else can afford to 
make butter, for even if five pounds of 
butter is made from 100 jiounds of milk 
(four pounds is more probable), if_ it 
brings 50 cents i)er jmund and the skim- 
milk is worth r,0 cents a hundred, the 
farmer would get only .$3 j)er hundred 
for the milk, with all the extra labor 
thrown in. There is no butter substitute 
so appetizing, so satisfying and so nec¬ 
essary to children as the real thing; good, 
clean, fresh butter, and I hope that cir¬ 
cumstances will soon make it a profitable 
business again. 
tContinued on i>age 1335) 
Farm Women’s Experience 
Thrift Campaigns. —Since the war 
began, everybody who would be a loyal 
American must save as he may have been 
in the habit of doing, and more besides. 
In many ways farm women have con¬ 
ducted thrift campaigns for years and 
years. The “gospel of the clean jdate” 
**In most cases 
of Dyspepsia 
Coffee Does 
Not A^ree”— 
says a well known 
authority. 
Many who use cof¬ 
fee — not knowing 
that it aggravates 
stomach troubles— 
could still enjoy a 
delicious hot table 
beverage and es¬ 
cape coffee’s effects 
by a change to the 
wholesome, pure 
cereal drink— 
POSTUM 
*There's a Reason” 
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Highest Prices Now* 
Send Today! 
Bight mow Is yonr beet tnoney-Tnaking time, 
when fare ere ryinjo. Ship quick. Tlie eeaeon Is 
at its height. Big demand for all kinds of furs. 
Get the cash quick and buy more for extra 
profit. Don’t hold furs. Prices have never been 
higher than they ere today. Soldiers, sailors and 
aviators ell need fur protection. Gash in on the 
high prices now being paid. Your time In which 
to reap a harvest is short. The best selling sea¬ 
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Becker treats yon right, as more than 60,000 
satisfied trappers know. Wo send yon full cash, 
highest market price by return mail. Most lib¬ 
eral gradings. Ko deductions. No commissions. 
We pay transpoitation charges. Yon get ALL the 
money for your furs from Becker Bros. & Co. 
We were the first to issue Classified IWce Lists, 
which keep you fully informed. Mailed you 
regularly free. If requested, we keen yonr furs 
separate and submit valuation. Satisfaction 
tuaranteed or no sale. We have $1,000,000 to buy 
lurs with. Ship today SUBS. 
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Chicaeo: Dept. S7, 416 N. Dearborn St. 
Naw York: Dept. 87, 129 W. 29th St. 
Good as a Government Bond— 
What We Promise We Do 
Let us prove to you that we pay 
niGHESTFUlCES. We pay exactly 
_ what we quote and know you will be 
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WULFSOHN 
A house you can depend upon. 
I Wo make no deductions of any kind, give 
I every shipment individual consideration 
regardless of how small or large. On 
account of our unusual outlet for 
furs, we can actually pay you 
L more morcy. Write for price list. 
f M. Wulfaohn & Co. 
219 West 27th Street 
New York City 
RAW FURS 
^ Our prices are always the highest the mar 
I ket akords. Liberal grading and prompt 
|L remittance guaranteed on oil shipments. 
Send for Fur Fries List 
D^y id Blusteih & Bro. 
fflCT West St .NevTYork 
More Cash forYouil 
Put your own assortment on your Bnw Furs. I 
We guarantea to pay you your \<rice (sometimes I 
J more) or return your furs. Write now for our ] 
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H. HAIMOWICZ, (esi.1894) 
1 265-ae7 Main St., Paterson, N. J. j 
RAPPERS 
T 
■ le Joseph E. Sullivan prot more for his furs 
than you did, there miiHt be a reason. He tied 
a little red tag on his shipment and ho knew 
from past experience that if he wasn’t satis- 
■1 fled with the offer submitted, he could get his 
FURS back with all charges prepaid. Some 
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Writ© for free price list and ship your next lot to JAS. P. ELLIS, 
34 &36 Mill Street, MIDDLETOWN, N.Y. Estoblished in 1899, 
LET’S GET ACQUAINTED 
The Reason n A 117 Send For Price 
We Pay KAW _ Lists 
^heck“polr 
Prices IS FI IRQ oLe Money 
Because We x vJIxO Order or Gash 
Manufacture Same Day We 
For Our tA/AMTFri KeceiveYour 
Own Trade, ’ ’ 1 1 s-,\J shipments. 
SAMUEL LEWIS, 149-151 W. 29th St., N. Y. r. 
RAW FURS Wanted 
I BUY RAW FURS—DIRECT FROM the hunter or 
trapper, the country fur buyer, or the local dealer, 
ru buy one hide or ton thouaaud bides. 
My price lists are issned regularly throughout the 
season. WHITE for one and keep jiosted on market 
conditions. It Is free for the asking. 6 PER CENT 
EXTRA PAIDON SHIPMENTS AMOUNTING TO »25.00 
AND Over. I pay all transportation charges. 
If you prefer, you can put your own valuation on 
your furs and if I cannot pay as much or more, I 
will return your fui-s to you at niy expense. If you 
will bo reasonable, we will bo able to trade very 
nicely and be of benefit to each other. Try me—It 
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me at once. DO IT NO W. 
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134-136 West 25th St., New York City 
Member of th© Krw Fur ^Irrcliauts’ Association of 
llu* (’ity of Nrw York. 
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Raw Furs Wanted 
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square deal. Shipments held separate for approval upon 
request. Send trial shipment at once. WiU pay ad¬ 
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267 7th Avc. RAAV FURS New York 
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Muskrat, and^all i-aw Furs. Price list 
free. M. J. JEWETT <fe SONS. 
REDWOOD, N. y. - DEPT. 29 
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833 WEST 30th ST., NEW YOBK. 
RAW FURS 
We Pay Highest Prices 
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156 WEST 27th STREET 
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