CONTENTS 
THE RURAL NEW-YORKER. JANUARY 8, 1918 
FARM TOPICS 
Wasting Plant Food.31, 32 
A Community Potato Crop.32 
Farmers and College Education.33 
Compulsory Land Laws for England.33 
Oats, Canada Peas and Cow Peas.33 
The Velvet Bean.34 
Crops and Farm News.,37 
Lime on Growing Rye.39 
Paying for Grain Bags.39 
Sell the Old Bags.39 
Buying Wood Ashes.40 
Making Commercial Fertilizers.40 
Hope Farm Notes.42 
Frostproof Cabbage Plants.43 
Land Plaster Combined with Wood Ashes...43 
Crops and Farm News.66 
Coming Farmers’ Meetings.56 
The Law in Delaware.57 
Trespass in Missouri.57 
Clover Seeding . 67 
Use of Stump Pullers.57 
LIVE STOCK AND DAIRY 
The Federal Milk Commission.45 
Tlie School Law.^..45 
Wlio is Elon P. Brown.45 
Will a Village Dairy Pay!.50 
A Cuban Town Dairy.50 
Cough . 52 
Indigestion .52 
Thin Horse .52 
Lame Cow .52 
Conditions Which Affect Churning.63 
Pasteurizing Milk .53 
Brass Letters for Milk and Cream Cans.53 
Dairying on Nantucket Island. ,....54 
Dairy Ration .54 
Feeding Rye to Pigs.64 
Low Protein Feeds.54 
Cottonseed Meal for Cows. 54 
Soft Corn for Swine.54 
A Shortage of Heifer Calves.55 
Shall I Keep a Goat.65 
Results from Selling Cream.55 
Barn Temperature; Poultry Feed.58 
Cocoa, Alfalfa and Velvet Bean Meal.58 
Georgia Dairy Ration.58 
Whey for Pigs and Calves.58 
The Care of Opossums.57 
Excrescence on Rabbits.57 
Bathtub for Hogs.57 
Ration for Pigs.58 
Handling Thin Feeders.58 
Ration Lacks Protein.58 
Ration with Silage and Pea Vines.58 
THE HENYARD 
Ailing Hens .42 
Poultry on Back Lots.60 
Improving Hen Ration.60 
Mixed Color of Barred Rocks.60 
Salt Poisons Hens.62 
Shipping Young Chicks.62 
Frozen Wattles .62 
Praise for Guinea Fowls.62 
Cost of Raising Chicks.62 
HORTICULTURE 
The Bogus Apple Packer Again.31 
Mushrooms for Home Supplies.33 
Culture of Chicory.34 
A Talk of Grape Varieties—Part II.35 
The Story of Misfit Trees.35 
Grape Notes in Missouri.38 
Growing Asters.38 
The Best Climbing Rose.38 
Making Lime-Sulphur.40 
Killing the Common Mole.43 
California Aids French Horticulture.43 
WOMAN AND HOME 
From Day to Day.48 
Tennessee Notes .48 
The Rural Patterns.48 
Red Cross Patterns.48 
Keeping Scrapple .48 
Suggestions from Delaware.48 
Conserving Household Furniture—Part III....48 
Big Hominy .48 
Salad Dressing .48 
MISCELLANEOUS 
Rural Sociology .32 
The Real Cost of a Car.32 
The Game Law Nuisance.39 
Extracting Honey .39 
A Fake Mineral Scheme.40 
“Life” Rock, An Old Acquaintance.40 
Editorials .44 
Events of the Week.56 
Publisher’s Desk .62 
Dog with Skin Disease 
I liiivo a four-,vear-ol(l Boston terrier 
and about a month ago I noticed some 
small dr.v-looking scrabs or spots on side 
of face. They became more numerous and 
I called in a veterinarian who said that 
the trouble was eczema ; he gave ointment, 
which was to he nibbed on, but it does not 
seem to do any good, as the spots or sores 
are getting more numerous but do not 
seem to cause the dog any annoyance, 
lie is kept very clean and fed puppy bis¬ 
cuits. What is the disease and the cui’e? 
^Massachusetts. p. d. 
Keep the dog absolutely free of fleas 
by tubbing in a bath of coal tar dip made 
according to directions given by the manu¬ 
facturer and rej)(>at<'d as found necc'ssary. 
Scrub the spots clean with a 1-100 solu¬ 
tion of such dip and then aiiply every 
othm* day a mixture comiiosed of two 
flrams of sulphur and one dram of com¬ 
pound tincture of benzoin rubbed iij) in 
an ounce of Lard. . Let the dog live an 
outdoor life and don’t give him any luxu- 
ri(>.s. The simiiler the diet the better. 
A. S. A. 
Ensilage !£ the Top 
Was your Silo really full when 
you began winter feeding? The 
average Silo when filled in a 
hurried fashion settles about 
one fourth. If you’d like to 
know how the upper fourth of 
Your Silo can be made to pay, 
you owe it to yourself to write 
for our 1918 catalogue to-day— 
it’s free for the asking. 
PAPEC MACHINE CO. 
110 Main Street, 
Shortsville. New York 
25 Conv*ni*iit Distributing Points 
Nursing Course 
THREE TEARS INCLUDING MEDICAL. 
SURGICAL, OBSTETRICS. CONTAGION 
ANO CHILDRENS DEPARTMENT 
Ailow.ance. eight dollars per month and board. Care¬ 
ful supervision by competent registered nurses. One 
.year of high school or its equivalent. THE STATEN IS¬ 
LAND HOSPITAL (a l)ranch of the University of New 
Yorkl.Tompkinsville.N.Y. CHAS.W. GOODWIN. M. D.,Supt. 
Subscribers^ Exchange 
If you want to buy or sell or exchange, make it known here. 
This Rate will be 5 Cents a word, payable in advance. The 
name and address must be counted as part of the advertise* 
ment. No display type used, and only Farm Products, Help 
and Positions wanted admitted. For snb.scribers only. 
Dealers, jobbers and general manufacturers’ announcements 
not admitted hero. Poultry. £ggs and other live stock adver¬ 
tisements will go under proper headings on other pages. 
Seed and Nursery advertisements will not be accepted for 
this column. 
Copy must reach us not later than Friday morning 
to appear in the following week's issue. 
Farm Help Wanted 
W.VNTED—Exppfiencpfl I’otnto Grower to Avork 
.30 acres. If sueeessful, greater opportunit.v. 
Only Potato Experts need apply. NO. 2744. 
care Rural NeAv-Yorker. 
WA.N'I'ED—A married working farm foreman 
for a country place near Wilmington. Dela- 
Avnre. .Vll round ability and sneeessfnl experi¬ 
ence in handling men an essential. For parlien- 
lars Avrite, giving age. size of family, training 
and experience, to H. H.VYW.VRl), Newark, 
DehiAvarc. • 
W.VNTED—For Vlareh, a reliable, temperate 
and experienced married man to Avork and re¬ 
side on one of oiir small farms; board one or 
more men; comfortable ten-room stone house; 
railroad station on farm: six miles from city in 
Northern Delaware State; to right man this is a 
permanent and A1 position; state Avages and 
send references. NO. 2755, care Rural Ncav- 
Yorker. 
W.VNTED—Energetic dairy farm manager; 
married if no children good Avages; good 
boarding arrangements. VV’'. L. K., Alton, R. 1. 
W.VNTED—.Vt Sprain Ridge Hospital. Yonkers. 
N. Y., middle-aged man to care for hot Avater 
healing jilaiit. laundry machinery, small motor, 
and make himself generally useful around the 
place; Avages, .$.50. room, hoard and Avasliing. 
TeIe|)lione. Yonkers, 229. (MRS.) HELE.N T. 
S.MITH, .Snpt. 
WANTED—March 1st. man and wife to Avork 
small farm near New York. Avell stocked, 
equipped, and cultivated, on shares or moderate 
rental. State experience, Avhat family consists 
of. and other details. NO. 2767, care Rural 
N'eAv-Yorker. 
W.VNTED—Sober industrious man to AA’ork at 
grocery business and make himself generally 
useful. And in the Spring help around two acre 
place. State age. Avages expected. References 
reiiuirod. BOX 100, Seymour, Conn. 
W.VNTED—Reliable married man to Avork on 
fruit and vegetable farm for the season of 
1918. Reginning March 1st. House; garden and 
privileges. Give reference and Avages expected. 
Address F. M. RROOKS, Athens, N. Y. 
W.VNTED in Bergen Co., married farmer Avith 
groAvn sou preferred. NO. 2768, care Rural 
New-Yorker. 
WANTED—First-class vegetable gardener who 
knoAvs iqi-to-date methods: industrious; like.s 
lo Avork and live in the country. Will he expect¬ 
ed to milk tAVO or three coavs, care for them, tAvo 
horses, and chickens. Employment entire year. 
Fine brick cottage, Avltli electric light, hot and 
cold water free. Man and Avife Avltliout children 
preferred. One mile from village, ninety miles 
from Ncav Y’ork. on Long Island. Write, giving 
full details. NO. 2759, care Rural NeAV-Yorker. 
WANTED—Fcarnier for Winter dairy farm, 
tA\’(‘nty-five cows furnished, milk sold at con- 
densery, Ithaca. N. Y. Half everylliing raised 
and produced. GOOD DAIRY FARM, 4 Bald- 
Avin Ave., Jersey City, N. J. 
W.VNTED—Working manager who provides dairy 
for 135 acres, located Ncav Jersey, 25 iniles 
I’hiladelphia, to develop dairy; farm completely 
(Miuipped; iicav 40-liead barn; long terms, profit- 
sharing and salary; home comforts; line trans¬ 
portation; non-resident owner. Rare terms for 
right man. NO. 2746, care Rural NeAV-Yorker. 
W.VNTED—For March, single, reliable and 
strictly temperate man as gardener and handy 
man around house; to right man thi.H is a jier- 
mnnent and eoiufortahle iiosition, in Northern 
IleluAvare State; state Avages and send refer¬ 
ences. NO. 2756, care Rural NcAv-Yorker. 
Situations Wanted 
VYAX'TED, April 1. 1918—Position ns farm man¬ 
ager or superintendent. Married American, 
understands construction farm buildings and con¬ 
crete work; reference; practical and scientific 
farming. In ansAver give full particulars, Avagi's 
paid, etc.; only first-class position considered. 
NO. 2716, care Rural NoAV-Yorkcr. 
WORKING ST:PERINTENDENT, American. .50. 
married, one child; life experience in farming; 
competent handling men; strictly temperate; 
state Avngps, full particulars. ROX 108, Ka- 
tonah, N. Y. 
HERDSMAN—Thoroughly capable and experi¬ 
enced, desires jiosition April 1st; best refer¬ 
ences. Address NO. 2762, care Rural Ncav- 
Yorker. 
WANTED—•Farm work by young American, 
non-drinkcr. married. Can milk hut have 
little experience with plow. Address G. W. C., 
Box 252, Poultney, Vt. 
F.VIt.MER; 30: hard working manager wishes 
Iiosition; American; married; lifetime experi¬ 
ence, all branches general farming: practical 
and scientific; expert dairyman and stock Iireed- 
or: ambitious; economical; total abstainer. 
ZE'l'LIN, 2.53 West 20tli Street, New York Ciiv. 
POSmON desired as manager of small modern 
farm, or as assistant to manager on large 
farm, by single Ameriean, 24 years of age; 
three-year agricultural course graduate; life ex¬ 
perience; tliorouglily understands coavs, ponltr.v, 
crop raising, etc. Reference and reason for leav¬ 
ing from present employer. NO. 2765, care 
Rural NeAV-Yorker. 
I'OULTUYMAN—.Single, expeupnced, A No. I 
references. State AgricnltiiTTiI School gradu¬ 
ate. WILLIAM H. ZI.MMEUMANN, 4038 Hub¬ 
bard Place, Brooklyn, N. Y. 
POSITION WANTED—Farmer, married man, 
absolutely temperate, capable of taking entire 
charge of farm or estate. Thoronglily nnder- 
•stands raising all crops, stock, etc., does own 
repairs, good house essential, wages 8(1.5.00 per 
month. NO. 27(>0, care Rural New-Yorker. 
WANTED—Position as caretakers of gentleman’s 
estate or an institution, by a middb'-aged 
couple: understand truck gardening, care of 
ponltr.v, domestic animals, curing of meaf.s. etc.; 
wife a good cook and liotisekeoiM'r; salary ex¬ 
pected, .$70 a month and maintenance for fam¬ 
ily of four. NO. 27(')1. care Rural New-Yorker. 
I’OSriTOX wanted as superintendent or mana¬ 
ger of gentleman's estate: have had eighteen 
years’ previous experience; not afraid of work; 
thoronglily understand all croiis, stock, poultry 
and handling of men: married; At references. 
NO. 2758, care Rural New-Yorker. 
THOROfCHLY EXPERIENCED farm hand 
wants position on a farm. Add’css W.VLTER 
PSENSKI, 7S(! Maxwell .Vve., Detroit, Mich. 
W.l.NTE!)—Position as working manager or 
owner’s assistant: married; state fall par¬ 
ticulars in first letter. NO. 27.54, care Rural 
New-Yorker. 
IIERI)S.M.\N' desires iiosition on up-to-date place; 
fnll.v qiiulified to take eliurge of feeding, lireed- 
ing calves and butter making: only (iuernseys 
and R. work considered. TII08. COOKSON, 
351 West 24th St.. New York City. 
FARM OR ESTATE MAXAliER—At liberty Jan. 
1st. Scotch, age 42; many years of practical, 
stieeessfnl experience in all hraiu-lies of estate 
management, dairying, sheep, swine, poultry and 
liorses. Familiar witli all modern methods anil 
niachinery, huilditig roads, eonstruetion work, 
renewing run-ilown land, Alfalfa culture, keeiiing 
records and accounts; can also supply first-class 
dairyman anil herdsman: also stud groom and 
several experienced farm hands. Nothing hut a 
good proposition considered. Address NO. 2740. 
care Rural New-Yorker. 
Farms For Sale, to Rent, etc. 
40-ACRE and 15-acre farms; ideal home; fine 
location; good land: good buildings; suitable 
for fruit and gardening; eiinipped for poultry. 
JOHN STEM, Savannah, Ohio; Ashland County. 
FOR S.ILE—Ten acres: Vineland. New Jersey; 
seven-room house with bath, barn, shop: fif¬ 
teen hundred fowl capacity: Kewnnee water sys¬ 
tem; easy terms, and cheap, Il.VRVEY, cue 
Cliiimians, Easton, I’a. 
FOR SALE—2.50 acres, I.iv. Co.. N. Y.; one 
mile from station; land especially adapteil 
to Alfalfa; $80. NO. 2753, care Rural New- 
Yorker. 
FARM WANTED in Lower New York State, 
Jersey or Delaware: have a .$200 fi<% mortgage 
to give as first payment. NO. 2700, care Rural 
New-Yorker. 
FOR SALE—9 aircs good truck land, with 9- 
room house and barn, in Northern New Jer¬ 
sey. NO. 2703, care Rural New-Yorker. 
F.VRM FOR S.\LE—90 acres: 8 coavs, 25 hens, 
good ti'.'un liorses. orchard, 50 trees, all tools; 
nmning water to house and iiarn; 9-room house; 
for further information .address M. A. IIAL- 
WIG, Rarton, N. Y., I!. I). 1. 
W.VNTEl)—Fruit farm of small acreage, prefer¬ 
ably in Columhiu or Dutchess (’onnty. New 
York: must have some orchards of aiiple trees 
in good condition; on or near State road. Reply 
to NO. 2757, care Rural New-Yorker. 
FARM, fift.v acres, miles from macadam 
road, church and high school; reasonable 
price. Owner, FLOYD GILTNER, Barton. N. Y. 
FOR S.\LE or exchange for Pittshurgh property, 
suburban farm of 12 acres; strong stone house, 
new barn; two macadam roads iTossing center 
of village; 8 miles to Rochester, N. Y.; 5 miles 
to Ontario lake. Write to JOHN CHOMA, 109 
7th St., S. S., I’ittshurgh, I’n. 
FOR S.VIjE— 00 acres, river. 10 minutes’ tridle.y 
Ncav Bnmswiek, fare 5e; 8 rooms, hath: barn, 
huUdings, orchard; .$235 per acre. P>OX 91, New 
Brunswick, N. J. 
FOR RENT—Cash or shares, to responsible man, 
good truck farm, 40 acres, 5 minutes from 
Pennsylvania Railroad Station, good location 
hetAveeu I’liiladelphia and Newark and New 
York markets. Attractive dwelling house, farm 
hnildings, etc. Address, Mrs. WILLI.V.M H. 
TIIO.MA.8, Reverly, (R. D.), New Jersey. 
GltANl) (’OI’XTRY HOME and oiglit-aere poul¬ 
try farm for sale; excellent location; large 
house, fine eondition: gas, (wo baths, furnace; 
other hnildings, A1 eondition. Include barn, ice 
house, large poultry house and fifteen colon.v 
coops. Price .$0,500; terms to suit. Good rea¬ 
sons for selling. H. G. McELHENEY, Cuba, 
N. Y. 
FOR SAI.E—7S-aere farm, 114 miles from Haw¬ 
ley; good hnildings; plenty fruit. FRED 
SCHFTZ, Hawley, Pa. 
F.MIM I'OK S.VLE—^50 aere.s, sandy loam 
suitahlo for fruit and truck; good dwelling, 
shade, water and 8 acres young orchard: river 
front; town two miles by land or water; .$1,800; 
easy terms. ,SIL.\8 SP.VRKLI.N, F'ederalshiirg, 
Mil. 
I'OR S.VLE—Camlee colony brooder, almost new; 
.$18. E. Or.lN, Laeona, N. Y. 
390-EGG Standard Cyphers Incubator. Sati.s- 
faetion guaranteed. CHA.S. L. lIOXEIt, 
Linlitligo, N. Y. 
WANTED -5 to 15 acres with or without hn'Id- 
ings; must he cheap. H. W. BERK, 2.5(!th 
St. ami Sylvan Ave., New York. 
Miscellaneous 
W.VNTED—Locust logs and lumber. C. C. G.VL- 
BRAITH & .SON, 47-49 West St., New York 
City. 
I’FRE SUGAR CANE SYRTU’—One dollar rnl 
fifty cents per gallon. JA.MES F. McCALEB, 
Insniore, Mississippi. 
FOR S.VLE—l.SOO-egg Newtown Giant Incubator; 
used once: automatic egg turner which turns 
all the eggs in one minute; saves hours each 
(lay; cost iioav .$287; will accept .$225 cash; bar¬ 
gain; better hurry. DR. PRUDHOMME, Tluir- 
mont. Mil. 
LARGE Candee incubator or brooder furnace, 
complete with automatic regulator and fit¬ 
tings, .$45: forty second-hand trays for Hall or 
Candee ineuhatoi’, at 1214c each. A. H. I’E.N- 
NY, Mattituck, N. Y. 
FOR SALE—Auto truck, % ton. 2 cylinders, in 
good condition. Steam boiler, 31x74, good 
condition. Duplex Wagner steam pump, 
514x314x(>, suction 2Vj, discharge 2; good as 
new. Cimtrifugal pump, 3 suction and 2V4 dis¬ 
charge; good as new. NO. 27li0, care Rural New- 
Yorker. 
HA\'E eiglit new Taylor certified incubator ther¬ 
mometers: list i)rice .$1.50 each; will sell, C. 
O. 0.. ,$1 each. NO. 27(!4, care Rural New- 
Yorker. 
CYPHERS and Prairie State Incubators, 360 
egg. late models, good shape. Price $15.W 
each crated. New lianner oat sprouter, .$7.00. 
RANSOM F'ARM, Geneva, O. 
International Stock Food Tonic is a great grain saver be¬ 
cause it improves digestion and assimilation and makes 
stock thrive to maturity in the shortest time. 27 years’ suc¬ 
cessful use have proven this. 
Thousands of farmers saved big money by using International Stock 
Food Tonic when corn was 60 . Now with corn selling at $2, you more 
than triple your savings because International Stock Food Tonic costs no 
more than before the war. You can’t beat this proposition—it’s a sure 
winner for you. 
It means more milk from your cows— 
extra weight on your hogs every day. 
Undigested feed means waste. Don’t 
waste a single bushel of com—it’s worth 
$2 to you—not 60c as in the old days. 
International Stock Food Tonic will not 
save you any larger feed percentage 
than 3 years ago, but it will save you 3 
times as much money because the prices 
of feeds have tripled. And remember, 
International Stock Food Tonic is still 
selling at the pre-war price and is al¬ 
ways backed by a strong money-back 
guarantee of satisfaction. 
Here’s the Offer 
For a short time only, we will ship 
you 200 lbs. or more at the special low, 
before-the-war price of $14 a 100 lbs. 
in 200 lb. shipment, or 100 lbs. lor $15 
in 100 lb. shipment, delivered your sta¬ 
tion. Smallest shipment 100 lbs. Send 
no money—pay when goods arrive. 
Sold in 25 lb. packages. 
Same low price offer applies on In¬ 
ternational Hog Tonic, International 
Hog Worm Remedy and International 
Poultry Food Tonic—all well known, 
successful remedies. Make up any de¬ 
sired assortment—you are sure to be 
pleased. Raw material shortage may 
push the price of International reme¬ 
dies up any day. So end order, while 
the $14 price stands. Use the coupon. 
INTERNATIONAL STOCK FOOD CO. 
Dept. 7 Minneapolis, Minn 
International Stock Food Co., Dept. 7 Minneapolis, Minn. 
Gentlemen—As per your special offer, you may ship me the tollowing goods: 
... lbs Inti. Stock Food Tonic at $... per 100 lbs. , 
— lbs. Inti Hog Tonic at $....per 100 ibs. 
....lbs. Inti Hog Worm Remedy at ..per lOO lbs. I 
_lbs. Inti. Poultry Food Tonic at$....per 100 lbs. 
NOTE: If total order is for 200 lbs. or more, price la fI4 per 100 lbs. delivered, on any Item 
deuJc«d”aT^ou”su’t?on?'‘^®'200 Iba. the price is $16 er 100 lbs.. 
My Shipping Station is. 
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